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/dropout of children from primary education. A Cox box proportional hazard model was used analyse the survival of children in … all has been broadly successful, children from poor and/or highly indebted families still face significant constraints … opportunities for women should simultaneously be accompanied by community childcare systems in order to prevent older children from …
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associated with major health risks, including cardiovascular disease, diabetes, stroke, and some forms of cancer; large health … establishes the econometric underpinning of an aggregate household health production function and an aggregate household health … supply function using data for 15 high income countries, 1971-2001. Our health production function estimates show that …
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Using the most recent data from Tanzania, we investigate the impacts of district-level health and education … health and education indicators and their effects on agricultural productivity. Indeed, the marginal productivities of inputs … (labor in particular) respond significantly and positively to health and education outcomes, especially considered jointly …
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The braconid larval parasitoid Cotesia flavipes Cameron was introduced from Asia into East and Southern African region starting in 1993 to control the invasive exotic maize stemborer Chilo partellus (Swinhoe) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae). A quasi-experiment was constructed using farmers that applied...
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There is an emerging body of literature analysing how smallholder farmers in developing countries can benefit from modern supply chains. However, most of the available studies concentrate on export markets and fail to capture spillover effects that modern supply chains may have on local markets....
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Natural resource management practices, such as the System of Rice Intensification (SRI), have been proposed to tackle agricultural challenges such as decreasing productivity growth and environmental degradation. Yet, the benefits of system technologies for farmers are often debated. Impacts seem...
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estimation results show that both the household demand for metal silos and the impact of their adoption varied across the four …
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factors. Using the concept of environmental impact quotient parameters on the health and environmental consequences of a … farmer knowledge, yield, pesticide use, gross margin, pesticide health costs and environmental consequences of pesticides. In …
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Transboundary water conflicts between urban and rural populations often center on water use in the agricultural sector. Public officials may select a water conservation policy as the primary tool for reducing agricultural water use with the goal to improve water availability to urban areas and...
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A conservative ex-ante assessment of supply-shift gains alone (excluding social and environmental gains), shows that the investment in zero tillage (ZT) R&D by the Rice-Wheat Consortium and CIMMYT was highly beneficial with a benefit-cost ratio of 39, a net present value of US$ 94 million and an...
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