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Small-scale irrigation dams, agricultural production, and health : Theory and evidence from Ethiopia
Ersado, Lire - 2005
irrigation water. Households with poor health are less likely to adopt productivity-enhancing as well as resource …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522705
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How do agricultural policy restrictions to global trade and welfare differ across commodities ?
Lloyd, Peter John - 2009
"For decades the world's agricultural markets have been highly distorted by national government policies, but very differently for different commodities. Hence a weighted average across countries of nominal rates of assistance or consumer tax equivalents for a product can be misleading as an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011394158
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Global distortions to agricultural markets : new indicators of trade and welfare impacts, 1955 to 2007
Lloyd, Peter John - 2009
"Despite recent reforms, world agricultural markets remain highly distorted by government policies. Traditional indicators of those price distortions can be poor guides to the policies' economic effects. Recent theoretical literature provides indicators of trade and welfare-reducing effects of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011394159
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Developing the regulatory environment for competitive agricultural markets
Hill, Lowell D. - 1995
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010525933
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Price Volatility in Food and Agricultural Markets : Policy Responses
FAO - 2011
The approach taken in this report reflects the view of the collaborating international organizations that price volatility and its effects on food security is a complex issue with many dimensions, agricultural and non-agricultural, short and long-term, with highly differentiated impacts on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012247809
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Zambia - Commercial Value Chains in Zambian Agriculture : Do Smallholders Benefit?
World Bank - 2012
smallholders benefit from greater participation in value chains?' It provides an evidence-based analysis of the benefits and … constraints associated with smallholders' integration into specific commercial value chains. The study also investigates whether … the benefits of participating in these value chains can be increased for smallholders and provides corresponding policy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012550838
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Zambia : Smallholder Agricultural Commercialization Strategy
World Bank - 2012
, key issues, support from agribusiness to smallholders, and development of potential and opportunities for smallholder …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012553131
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ICT in Agriculture : Connecting Smallholders to Knowledge, Networks, and Institutions
World Bank - 2011
The livelihoods of the world's poor rise and fall with the fate of agriculture. Enhancing the ability of smallholders … to connect with the knowledge, networks, and institutions necessary to improve their productivity, food security, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012247500
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Priorities for the Development of Smallholder Agriculture in Swaziland
World Bank - 2013
that lives off the land, smallholder farm productivity and production have been declining over time. Finally, the policy … options that could improve productivity of smallholder farmers. In addition, it summarizes the findings of a recent review of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012557766
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Agricultural Insurance in Bangladesh : Promoting Access to Small and Marginal Farmers
World Bank - 2013
Bangladesh is ranked as the world's fifth most exposed country to natural disasters, including floods, cyclones, and droughts. The purpose of this study is to investigate the viability of agricultural insurance in Bangladesh, particularly for small and marginal farmers and to present the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012557914