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Household Consumption and Natural Disasters: The Case of Hurricane Mitch in Nicaragua

van den Berg, Marrit; Burger, Kees - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2008

This paper analyses coping strategies and consumption reactions of rural households in Nicaragua to hurricane Mitch, which caused massive losses in especially the agricultural sector in 1998. A switching-regression model confirms theoretical considerations which indicate that responses to...

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Rural Household Access to Assets and Agrarian Institutions: A Cross Country Comparison

Zezza, Alberto; Winters, Paul C.; Davis, Benjamin; … - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2007

the rural space. This paper characterizes household access to assets and agrarian institutions of households engaged in … agricultural-specific assets (including land and livestock) and institutions is in general low, though highly heterogeneous across …

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Towards a shift from agricultural to rural development policy. The case of the Republic of Macedonia

Todorov, Kiril; Vittuari, Matteo - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2010

taken a major step towards the process of identification of its own resources in order to create the necessary basis for the …

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La construction de ressources territoriales : l’échalote du plateau dogon (Mali) face à la mondialisation du marché des alliacées.

Fournier, S.; Chabrol, D.; de Bon, H.; Meyer, Anne - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2010

This communication aims at the analysis of the construction process of territorial resources which allowed the local … system of production / processing of shallot to remain on the Dogon plateau. Complex resources, putting in relation specific … appropriation and the collective management of the new resources built by the IG. …

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The sustainability of small dairy farms in six regions of France. The roles of resources and local institutions

Mundler, Patrick; Jauneau, Jean-Claude; Guermonprez, Bruno - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2009

sustainability of small farms is linked to economic, social and human resources. In this way the study shows the important part … disappear. The mobilisation of the farm household’s internal resources combined with the positive impacts of the “local dairy …

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HUMAN CAPITAL AND SUSTAINABILITY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

Milanovic, Milan; Dorovic, Milutin; Stevanovic, Simo - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2009

The strategies and policies of agricultural and rural development, within the overall long-term area development, traditionally lean on natural-resource capital and certain differential-rent advantages. New dimensions of the agricultural and rural multifunctionality of areas in the zones of...

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Optimal Management of Invasive Species with Different Reproduction and Survival Strategies

Elofsson, Katarina; Bengtsson, Goran; Gren, Ing-Marie - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2011

invasions when the invader and resident species compete for scarce resources. Species with low juvenile survival and high …

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Climate change impacts on crop risks and agricultural production in Finland

Lehtonen, Heikki; Kujala, Sanna - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2007

Climate Change is expected to improve crop production conditions significantly in northern Europe. In some studies a significant increase in agricultural production is expected in northern Europe while drought is becoming gradually more severe in Southern Europe and France due to climate change....

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Optimal Structure of Farms in a Region - A Modeling Approach

Majewski, Edward; Was, Adam - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2005

In the paper the regional, optimization model of agriculture and its use for predicting probable reactions of farmers … optimization models a farm model, used to optimize the production structure of the farms typical for the region, and an …

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Effects of category management on producer-retailer relationships

Hovelaque, Vincent; Soler, Louis-Georges; Hammoudi, … - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2009

The relationships between retailers and producers are considered for understanding the determinants of quality, variety and prices. In the food sector, some issues have been extensively studied: impacts of private labels, supply contracts, price transmission. Despite an increasing role, the...

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