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The evidence of improved performance of agriculture in Africa south of the Sahara (SSA) in recent years has indeed been … average rate of developing countries. Previous studies concluded that SSA should increase investment in agricultural research …
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Determining the causality between health measures and both income and labor productivity remains an ongoing challenge for economists. This review paper aims to answer the question: Does improved population health lead to higher rates of agricultural growth? In attempting to answer this question,...
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"This paper proposes a simple methodology to estimate the agricultural spending that will be required to achieve the Millennium Development Goal of halving poverty by 2015 (MDG1) in 30 sub-Saharan African countries. This method uses growth-poverty and growth-expenditure elasticities to estimate...
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agriculture has also changed to reflect shifts in policy priorities. This paper reviewed public agricultural expenditure in a … agriculture has increased steadily in China; however, the definition of agricultural spending might not precisely measure …
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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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Contrary to conventional wisdom that equates rural economies with agriculture, rural residents in developing countries …
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The authors assess the role various strategies can play in augmenting global food supplies and combating hunger.They attempt to defuse the contentious debate surrounding the development and spread of genetically modified (GM) foods, which, they argue, can help meet the needs of the poor.The...
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pace of climate change, combined with global population and income growth, threatens food security everywhere. Agriculture … of climate change on agriculture are expected to be negative, threatening global food security. Populations in the … half of the economically active population in developing countries—2.5 billion people—relied on agriculture for its …
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This paper reviews existing microeconomic empirical literature on gender differences in use, access, and adoption of nonland agricultural inputs in developing countries. This review focuses on four key areas: (1) technological resources, (2) natural resources, (3) human resources, and (4) social...
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