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, insurance, or information, however, such complementarity may be reduced. This study analyzes how the ownership of particular … matching grants for the acquisition of various types of farm implements. We found that ownership of certain farm implements … of farm equipment in these countries. Ownership of farm equipment may provide a good indicator of farmers' potential …
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Processing of highly perishable non-storable crops, such as tomato, is typically promoted for two reasons: as a way of … chain through a value-added process. For Ghana, improving domestic tomato processing would also reduce the country … development opportunities in what are poor rural areas of the country. Many reports simply repeat the mantra that processing …
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process in the context of building social capital through consensus, and compare indicators of social capital as an outcome of …
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Research on collective action confronts two major obstacles. First, inconsistency in the conceptualization and operationalization of collective action, the key factors expected to affect collective action, and the outcomes of collective action hampers the accumulation of knowledge. Inconsistent...
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Burkina Faso in 2000 and 2002. Results indicate that better managed pastures, proxied by community-level cooperative capacity … livestock production, is not associated with cooperative capacity. …
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With renewed recognition of the importance of collective action in many aspects of agriculture, natural resource management, and rural development programs in developing countries, there is a need for research on the factors that affect its emergence, as well as its performance. Yet because of...
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capacity to reduce poverty and enhance food security. " Author's Abstract …
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The need for agricultural ministries to have the capacity to develop appropriate policies and effectively implement … the lead in pulling together evidence based strategies and building partnerships that ensures their ownership. As donors … limitations to and identifying strategies for improving the capacity of ministries to make effective use of human and financial …
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John W. Bruce.
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