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facing Cambodia's forests and fisheries, the most economically important subsectors of agriculture that rely on common …. The core argument is that (1) policy support for community-based management in forestry and fisheries requires explicit …
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and services. Since agriculture currently dominates Ethiopia's economy and employment, however, there is an issue as to … grow more rapidly than the agricultural sector. The slower growth of agriculture, its relative decline, concern about the … difficulty of modernizing agriculture and pessimism about the potentials for technological change in agriculture suggest to some …
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Agriculture is the largest contributor to the economic well-being of most Nigerians. For the agriculture sector to … also been shown that agriculture R&D could increase agriculture growth and reduce poverty (Fan 2008; Thirtle et al. 2003 …). Therefore, research-based evidence is important to guide decisions that affect Nigeria's agriculture sector and its people. The …
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The second of three books in IFPRI's climate change in Africa series, East African Agriculture and Climate Change: A … contributors of East African Agriculture and Climate Change present plausible future scenarios that combine economic and … biophysical characteristics to explore the possible consequences for agriculture, food security, and resources management to 2050 …
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Ethiopia enjoyed remarkable economic growth from 2004/05 to 2008/09, in large part due to increases in foreign transfers and capital inflows combined with expanded domestic credit to fund major increases in private and public investments in infrastructure and housing. However, this rapid growth...
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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...
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In comparison to other African countries, Ethiopia has a low urbanization rate. According to the World Bank World Development Report (WDR) 2009, Sub-Sahara Africa is 30% urbanized, whereas Ethiopia is only 10.9% urbanized. Urbanization rates differ according to methodologies and data base...
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Dawa, and Harari) and from 43.6 to 32.6 in rural areas. Given rapid agriculture-led economic growth between 2004-05 and …
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