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context of modern agriculture, with well defined property rights, agricultural contracts must balance costs and benefits …
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This paper examines the process of implementing land privatization and its effects on household livelihoods in the Uplands of Vietnam. The research was undertaken with three upland villages situated in the buffer zone of Cat Tien National Park in the southern uplands of Vietnam where have...
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Most markets have evolved as buyers and sellers constantly search for ways to create value, however this has not occurred naturally in all areas of the economy markets are missing for some goods, including the environment. In such cases, transaction costs linked to property rights, asymmetric...
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Recent academic discussion regarding crop insurance in developing and transition countries has focused on weather index insurance. But empirical analyses of such schemes based on farm level data cannot be found in the literature, though this insurance type shows clear advantages compared to...
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We analyze the consequences of seasonal variation in maternal consumption on child health using two nationally representative Gambian household surveys. Seasonal fluctuation in consumption stems from difficulties borrowing when incomes are low during the rainy season and saving when they peak...
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preferential) trade integration are compared to assess policy reform priorities. Their coherence with the objective of agriculture …
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impacts that changes in agricultural productivity might have for seven food industry sectors, namely meat, vegetable oils and … productivity and its impacts on production, trade and prices of primary agriculture, and ultimately, food processing sectors. We …
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We analyze the consequences of seasonal variation in maternal consumption on child health using two nationally representative Gambian household surveys. Seasonal fluctuation in consumption stems from difficulties borrowing when incomes are low during the rainy season and saving when they peak...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011069639
This paper studies how the internal structure of agriculture export markets and the level of competition affect poverty … and welfare in rural areas in Africa. We develop a game-theory model of supply chains in cash crop agriculture between …
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The Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) has continued to be fiercely debated between North and South, particularly with respect to its provisions for the agricultural sector. Article 27.3(b) of the TRIPS Agreement requires WTO member countries to offer some...
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