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More than adopters: the welfare impacts of farmer innovation in rural Ghana
Tambo, Justice A.; Wünscher, Tobias - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2014
With the rapidly changing economic environments and numerous challenges hindering smallholders’ adoption of externally developed technologies, it is often argued that farmers’ innovations may be essential in the livelihoods of rural farm households and need to be promoted. Yet a rigorous...
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Reconsidering Post Green Revolution Food Choices: New Processing Technologies and Food Security in India
Miller-Tait, Evan; Luckert, Marty; Mohapatra, Sandeep; … - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2013
reversing the decline in local ragi consumption and improving food security amongst households in the community that are …
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The Effect of Agricultural Diversification on the Anthropometric Outcomes of Children: Evidence from Tanzania
Chen, Susan E.; Salas, Paula Cordero - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2013
This paper provides evidence of the eect of agricultural diversication and commercialization on the health of preschool children. We specically look at the impact of diversication and commercialization on stunting, wasting and underweight by using a nationally representative sample of households...
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Is Individual Behavior Oriented to Self-interest, Other-interest or both? Empirical Evidence from a Case Study of Social Capital
Zhang, Zhenyu; Lynne, Gary D. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2006
a mid-western U.S.A. rural community we refer to herein as "Nirvana" as it was identified in Cordes et al. (2003). The …-interest, which likely explains the development success of this community. The question on what degree of orientation from strict …
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Social Network Capital and Academic Careers
Medicamento, Umberto; Wilson, Paul N.; Rahman, Tauhidur; … - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2010
Social Network Capital and Academic Careers: The Case of a College of Agriculture ABSTRACT The relationship between economic performance and various forms of capital anchors a significant portion of mainstream economic theory and applied economics. Human, physical and financial capital represent...
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Farmers’ preferences and social capital towards agri-environmental schemes for protecting birds
Alló, Maria; Igleasias, Eva; Loureiro, Maria L. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2013
The steady decline of birds living in steppes is a worrying situation that the European Commission is attempting to remediate through the application of agri-environmental schemes (AES). The aim of this study is to assess farmers’ preferences towards these AES, which call for a number of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011070035
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Social capital formation across space: proximity and trust in European regions
Fazio, Giorgio; Lavecchia, Luciano - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2012
An extensive economics and regional science literature has discussed the importance of social capital for economic growth and development. Yet, what social capital is and how it is formed are elusive issues, which require further investigation. Here, we refer to social capital in terms of civic...
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Local Food Systems, Ethnic Entrepreneurs, and Social Networks
Hightower, Lisa S.; Brennan, Mark A. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2013
networks, connecting immigrant farmers to training, farming resources, and members of the local community who provide access to … connect immigrants to technical training, farming resources, and community members who can provide access to markets. Data … with economic outcomes. These relationships were with the following organizations: farmers markets, community …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010916029
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Technical efficiency in small-scale irrigation cooperative and its determinants from the perspective of social capital heterogeneity–the case of northwestern China
Wang, Xin; McIntosh, Christopher S.; Watson, Philip; … - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2013
Increased attention has recently been given to technical efficiency of small-scale irrigation to achieve food security and increase agricultural development. In this paper, the authors classify irrigation supply management methods as cooperative or non-cooperative, introduce social capital by...
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The Effect of Fishery Management on Information Sharing Networks and Social Capital
Dunham, Gabriel; Uchida, Emi; Uchida, Hirotsugu - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2013
The benefits from increased levels of social capital have been shown to manifest themselves in ways that can increase the efficiency of the use and regulation of natural resources, as well as increase the resiliency of resource dependent communities against fluctuations in abundance. While the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010916195