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agriculture, and examine the potential impacts of FDI in African agriculture. Design/methodology/approach – The dynamic Global … Africa. Findings – The results illustrate that combined efforts to improve land productivity and growth in FDI could … potentially increase Africa’s share in global agricultural output and exports, particularly with respect to oil seeds, sugar, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014689963
agricultural and rural development, to increase growth and reduce poverty in Africa South of the Sahara. It also examines China …'s rising economic involvement in Africa and makes recommendations for how the win-win outcomes from this engagement can be … well as poverty and hunger reduction, in China and Africa South of the Sahara. The authors then examine strategies for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011277221
Purpose – The paper aims to theoretically and empirically investigate the impact on human capital investment decisions and income growth of lowered life expectancy as a result of HIV/AIDS and other diseases. Design/methodology/approach – The theoretical model is a three-period overlapping...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008641386
Purpose – The paper aims to theoretically and empirically investigate the impact on human capital investment decisions and income growth of lowered life expectancy as a result of HIV/AIDS and other diseases. Design/methodology/approach – The theoretical model is a three‐period overlapping...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014689598
agricultural and rural development, to increase growth and reduce poverty in Africa South of the Sahara. It also examines China …'s rising economic involvement in Africa and makes recommendations for how the win-win outcomes from this engagement can be … well as poverty and hunger reduction, in China and Africa South of the Sahara. The authors then examine strategies for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014689808
Purpose – The objective of this paper is to examine chemical fertilizer use efficiency at the household level and provide an assessment of the causes of efficiency variation. Design/methodology/approach – A stochastic frontier production function approach is employed to estimate fertilizer...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009319735
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to perform an investigative analysis of the distribution of agricultural growth in China and the evolution of the decision mechanism. Design/methodology/approach – The kernel density estimation method was used to investigate the distribution of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009319738
/methodology/approach – The conference theme was “Agriculture and the Wealth of Nations”, aiming to explore the importance of agriculture as well … as the relationship and interaction between agriculture and the whole economy. The attendees from 14 countries discussed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009319739
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to fill a knowledge gap by examining the changes in fruit and vegetable consumption of Chinese households. Design/methodology/approach – Using 1993 and 2001 household survey data from three selected provinces in China, the authors estimated a quantile...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009319741
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to apply a market efficiency theoretical framework to analyse and postulate solutions to the challenges confronting China in engaging smallholders in higher value, specialty, agricultural product markets. A marketing experiment/trial to test these ideas...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009319743