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The broken broker system?: Transacting on agricultural wholesale markets in India (Uttarakhand)
Minten, Bart; Vandeplas, Anneleen; Swinnen, Johan F.M. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2011
There is a vigorous debate on liberalization of the heavily regulated agricultural markets in India. A crucial institutional characteristic is the role of state-regulated brokers in wholesale markets. Relying on data from a unique survey in Uttarakhand, a state in North India, we find that...
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Linking urban consumers and rural farmers in India: A comparison of traditional and modern food supply chains
Minten, Bart; Reardon, Thomas; Vandeplas, Anneleen - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009
"Food supply chains are being transformed in a number of developing countries due to widespread changes in urban food demand. To better anticipate the impact of this transformation and thus assist in the design of appropriate policies, it is important to understand the changes that are occurring...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004967166
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Marketing underutilized plant species for the benefit of the poor: a conceptual framework
Gruère, Guillaume; Giuliani, Alessandra; Smale, Melinda - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006
"Modern crop production is based on only a few plant species. Particularly in marginal environments of developing agricultural economies, many less well-known agricultural or non-timber forest species, continue to be grown, managed or collected, thus contributing to the livelihood of the poor...
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Impact of trade liberalization on agriculture in the near East and North Africa:
Minot, Nicholas; Chemingui, Mohamed; Thomas, Marcelle; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004997099
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Collective action and marketing of underutilized plant species: The case of minor millets in Kolli Hills, Tamil Nadu, India
Gruere, Guillaume P.; Nagarajan, Latha; King, E.D.I. Oliver - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2007
"Minor millets are examples of underutilized plant species, being locally important but rarely traded internationally with an unexploited economic potential. In the Kolli hills of Tamil Nadu, India, a genetically diverse pool of minor millet varieties are grown by the tribal farming communities...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005028109
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Collective action initiatives to improve marketing performance: Lessons from farmer groups in Tanzania
Barham, James; Chitemi, Clarence - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2008
"The primary inquiry of this study is to identify and understand the underlying factors that enable smallholder farmer groups to improve their market situation. The specific objective of this paper is to examine to what extent certain group characteristics and asset endowments facilitate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005028113
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Micro-level practices to adapt to climate change for African small-scale farmers:
Below, Till; Artner, Astrid; Siebert, Rosemarie; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2010
This paper discusses micro-level practices for adapting to climate change that are available to small-scale farmers in Africa. The analysis is based on a review of 17 studies about practices that boost small-scale farmers' resilience or reduce their vulnerability to observed or expected changes...
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WTO disciplines on agricultural support: Experience to date and assessment of Doha proposals
Orden, David; Blandford, David; Josling, Timothy Edward; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2011
for domestic support, market access, and export competition for agriculture. The Agreement on Agriculture laid the way for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132768
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Agriculture and the economic transformation of Ethiopia:
Mellor, John W.; Dorosh, Paul A. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2010
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010850557
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Exploring agricultural levers for mitigating the overnutrition burden in India:
Sachdev, H.P.S. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2012
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010850566