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Mechanization outsourcing clusters and division of labor in Chinese agriculture:
Zhang, Xiaobo; Yang, Jin; Reardon, Thomas Anthony - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2015
Most of the poor in the developing countries are smallholder farmers. Improving their productivity is essential for reducing poverty. Despite small landholdings, a high degree of land fragmentation, and rising labor costs, agricultural production in China has steadily increased. If one treats...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011200207
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Infrastructure and cluster development: A case study of handloom weavers in Ethiopia
Ayele, Gezahegn; Chamberlin, Jordan; Moorman, Lisa; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011114801
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Infrastructure and cluster development: A case study of handloom weavers in Ethiopia
Ayele, Gezahegn; Chamberlin, Jordan; Moorman, Lisa; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009
Rural non-farm development plays a key role in generating employment in many developing countries. Clustering is an important industrial organization in the rural non-farm sector. Based on primary surveys of both urban and rural handloom weaver clusters in Ethiopia which took place in May/June...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010933117
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Village inequality in Western China: implications for development strategy in lagging regions
Xing, Li; Fan, Shenggen; Luo, Xiaopeng; Zhang, Xiaobo - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006
accounts for the largest share of overall income inequality. But agriculture is still the rural people's major source of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005037963
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A typology for vulnerability and agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa:
Zhang, Xiaobo; Rockmore, Marc; Chamberlin, Jordan - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2007
focus on risk related to agriculture, since vulnerability and agriculture are intimately linked in SSA due to the location … of the poor, their dependence on agriculture and the inherent risks of an agricultural livelihood. We argue that …, agriculture is not homogeneous, and the inherent risks vary across countries and regions. Therefore, we also discuss appropriate …
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