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The rise and fall in the price of food, fuel and manufactured goods : interdependency between prices and technology determining comparative advantages and development paths

Yamagata, Tatsufumi; Asuyama, Yoko - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2011

Green innovation, which enables us to extract energy from food crops, caused a food shortage in 2008. Countries suffering severe damage started to reconsider their agricultural policy with the aim of becoming more autonomous. The food price hike of the time looks like a reversal of the...

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Economic development capitalizing on brand agriculture : turning development strategy on its head

Fujita, Masahisa - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2006

This paper explores the possibilities of two unique Japanese concepts - the One Village One Product Movement (OVOP) and Michino Eki (or Roadside Stations) - as potential tools for bridging the gap between cities and rural areas through community-driven development. From the viewpoint of spatial...

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Farming strategy of African smallholder farmers in transition from traditional to alternative agriculture : the case of the Nupe in central Nigeria

Abe, Shin; Takahashi, Ryo; Haruna, Akiko; Yamaji, Eiji; … - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2012

It is worthwhile to understand farming strategies of smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa, especially those of … farmers who are in transition from traditional to alternative agriculture in terms of adoption of innovative technologies. In … a case study of inland valleys in central Nigeria, we investigated the farming strategy of Nupe farmers who have a long …

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Development of land rental market and its effect on household farming in rural China : an empirical study in Zhejiang Province

Hoken, Hisatoshi - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2012

This paper investigates the impact of land rental market development on the efficiency of labor allocation and land utilization in rural China. To test the hypothesis that the shadow wage of a rent-in household with limited off-farm opportunities will increase with the development of a land...

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Land and labor reallocation in pre-modern Japan : a case of a northeastern village in 1720-1870

Arimoto, Yutaka; Kurosu, Satomi - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2015

In agricultural societies, adjusting land and labor according to changes of labor endowment that result from family life cycle events is premised on making full use of resources for each farming household and for the economy as a whole. This paper examines how and how well households in...

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Linked versus Non-linked Firms in Innovation: The Effects of Economies of Network in Agglomeration in East Asia

Machikita, Tomohiro; Ueki, Yasushi - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2009

that did not. These findings support the hypothesis that production linkages and faceâ€toâ€face communication encourage …

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Industrial Development and the Innovation System of the Ethanol Sector in Brazil

Ueki, Yasushi - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2007

The purpose of this paper is to analyze innovations and the innovation system and its dynamics in the ethanol sector in the State of Sao Paulo. More specifically, this paper focuses on the development process in the sector, the public policies taken to promote the sector, and the organizations...

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Rice flows across regions in Madagascar

Ralandison, Tsilavo; Arimoto, Yutaka; Kono, Hisaki; … - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2015

Although spatial disintegration of rice markets in Madagascar has been well documented, little is known about actual rice flows across regions. Using weekly collected unique data from rice markets in 22 regional capital cities for one year, this study explores the physical distribution of rice...

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Understanding traders' regional arbitage : the case of rice traders in Antananarivo, Madagascar

Arimoto, Yutaka; Kono, Hisaki; Ralandison, Tsilavo; … - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2015

Many studies find that agricultural markets in developing countries are poorly integrated spatially. Traders' regional arbitrage plays a key role in integrating markets across space. We investigate the performance of regional arbitrage and the associated obstacles for rice traders in...

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Impacts of solar lanterns in geographically challenged locations : experimental evidence from Bangladesh

Kudo, Yuya; Shonchoy, Abu S.; Takahashi, Kazushi - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2015

Despite continuous efforts to improve the coverage, the access to electricity remains insufficient in many developing countries, particularly in geographically challenged locations, due mostly to the high cost of grid extension. To rigorously investigate the effectiveness of solar products as an...

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