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Impact of small scale irrigation technology on women empowerment in Amhara national regional state of Ethiopia
Belete, Belainew; Melak, Surafel - In: Cogent economics & finance 8 (2020) 1, pp. 1-17
scant to evaluate the role of small-scale irrigation technology on women empowerment. This study evaluates the impact of the … adoption of small-scale irrigation technologies on women empowerment, where empowerment is measured by Women Empowerment in the …-adopting sample households. Results of the average treatment effect on treated suggest adoption of small-scale irrigation technologies …
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The potential and limits of farmers’ groups as catalysts of women leaders
Nakazi, Florence; Aseete, Paul; Katungi, Enid; Ugen, … - In: Cogent economics & finance 5 (2017) 1, pp. 1-16
The Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index revealed weak leadership and influence of women in the community as …
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The impact of agricultural package programs on farm productivity in Tigray-Ethiopia : panel data estimation
Mebrahtu, Teka Araya; Lee, Sung-kyu - In: Cogent economics & finance 7 (2019) 1, pp. 1-28
Ethiopian government has introduced various agricultural package programs in promoting agricultural productivity of the smallholder farmers. The paper attempts to explore the status and determinants of agricultural productivity and estimate the impact of integrated agricultural package programs...
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Irrigation in farmers' land-use choices : panel-data evidence from Viet Nam
Thanh Quang Ngo; Khai Duc Luu; Phuc Ngoc Doan; Hoa Thi … - In: Cogent economics & finance 10 (2022) 1, pp. 1-34
Irrigation and land use are crucial issues in rural sustainable development. The current study modifies the sustainable … framework of livelihoods to clarify the role of irrigation management in farmers’ land-use choices. A five-wave panel dataset of … influence of irrigation management on land-use selections, employing a fixed-effects model. Irrigation management is …
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Livelihood security among rural poor : evaluating the impact of Rural Livelihood Mission in Odisha, India
Mishra, Abhisek; Debata, Byomakesh - In: Cogent economics & finance 9 (2021) 1, pp. 1-14
rural poor, the government of India has introduced a self-employment type poverty alleviation programme namely National … structured questionnaire from Sonepur district of Odisha (India). A livelihood security index (LSI) was constructed to capture …
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Impact of economic sectors on inflation rate : evidence from Ethiopia
Sirah, Endashaw Sisay; Atilaw, Wondimhunegn; Adisu, … - In: Cogent economics & finance 10 (2022) 1, pp. 1-24
It is unclear how sectoral growth in the agriculture, industrial, and service sectors affects inflation, and the topic … is also quite rare. Accordingly, the researchers in this paper examine the long- and short-term effects of agriculture … conducted. The results clearly demonstrate the negative relationship between agriculture, services, population, and inflation …
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Impact study of agricultural value added on foreign direct investment, economic development, trade openness for India following ARDL approach
Sharmiladevi, Jekka Chandrasekaran - In: Cogent economics & finance 11 (2023) 2, pp. 1-20
This research aims to identify the impact of agriculture, forest and fishing value-added on international business …, capital flow, and economic growth for India from 2000 to 2022, by examining short-term and long-term equilibrium using the … Auto Regressive Distributive lag (ARDL) approach. Agriculture value added is taken as a dependent variable, and inward …
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Efficiency of public spending on human capital in Africa
Sikayena, Isaiah; Bentum-Ennin, Isaac; Andoh, Francis Kwaw - In: Cogent economics & finance 10 (2022) 1, pp. 1-15
Government spending on human capital continues to increase over the years. However, knowledge of the efficiency of such spending is limited. Using data from World Bank's World Development Indicator and World Governance Indicator from 2006 to 2017 and Data Envelopment Analysis and DEA...
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Poverty and malaria morbidity in the Jirapa District of Ghana : a count regression approach
Nkegbe, Paul Kwame; Kuunibe, Naasegnibe; Sekyi, Samuel - In: Cogent economics & finance 5 (2017) 1, pp. 1-13
Malaria potentially affects everyone in the tropics and sub-tropics, however, the poor and vulnerable are worse affected mainly due to the socio-economic constraints that confront them. In Ghana, the Upper West Region, which is the poorest, is one of the worse affected in terms of malaria...
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An econometric analysis of major Chinese food crops : an empirical study
Rehman, Abdul; Jingdong, Luan - In: Cogent economics & finance 5 (2017) 1, pp. 1-23
their relationship with agricultural gross domestic product (GDP) using an econometric analysis. Agriculture is considered … series data were collected from the China Bureau of Statistics, Ministry of Agriculture China and various publications. Crop …
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