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Do organic inputs in African subsistence agriculture raise productivity? : evidence from plot data of Malawi household surveys
Zant, Wouter - 2014
with livestock and chemical fertilizer, is shown to be statistically similar to productivity of fertilized maize mono … investigate how organic cultivation techniques contribute to productivity of non-subsidized local maize and what to expect from … techniques for estimating impacts. Productivity of local maize-bean, local maize-groundnut and local maize-nkhwana, each combined …
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Russian reforms : the return of the peasant?
Bezemer, Dirk Johan - 1999
Russian agriculture in transition (1991-1998) was characterised by a production collapse due to aloss in quality and quantity of acreage, disinvestments, falling purchasingpower, and increasedimports. Neither traditional agriculture nor the nascent family farm sector havebeen able to ensure...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011301148
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Wealth distribution, peasant production and poverty traps in African smallholder agriculture
Hoogeveen, Johannes - 1999
A model is developed for peasant households in land abundant areas who choose between two technologies for land preparation: a manual one and one using draught animals. For draught a minimum number of animals is required so that a technological non convexity exists. It follows that certain...
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Agriculture, transportation and the timing of urbanization : global analysis at the grid cell level
Motamed, Mesbah J.; Florax, Raymond J. G. M.; Masters, … - 2014
This paper addresses the timing of a location's historical transition from rural to urban activity. We test whether urbanization occurs sooner in places with higher agricultural potential and comparatively lower transport costs, using worldwide data that divide the earth's surface at half-degree...
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Spatial patterns of technology diffusion : an empirical analysis using TFP
Abreu, Maria; Groot, Henri L. F. de; Florax, Raymond J. … - 2004
In this paper we employ techniques developed in spatial econometrics to analyse spatial patterns of technology diffusion, to detect clusters and to estimate theoretical models that incorporate space explicitly. These techniques correct for misspecifications resulting from the omission of spatial...
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Multilevel approaches and the firm-agglomeration ambiguity in economic growth studies
Oort, Frank van; Burger, Martijn J.; Knoben, Joris; … - 2012
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The regional self-organizing potential in sustainable agriculture : an analysis of co-operative agreements on nitrate pollution by means of rough set methods
Nijkamp, Peter; Oltmer, Katrin - 2004
This study addresses the achievements of cooperative agreements in sustainable agriculture policy. After an economic analysis of multi-actor choice situations, it focuses the attention on the self-organizing potential of regional market parties in order to comply with environmental policy...
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Modelling the effects of oil prices on global fertilizer prices and volatility
Chen, Ping-Yu; Chang, Chia-Lin; Chen, Chi-chung; … - 2013
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Damming trans-boundary rivers : a welfare analysis of conflict and cooperation
Zeng, Yuyu; Houba, Harold; Dinar, Ariel; Marence, Miroslav - 2016
Dams are essential for water storage and hydropower generation, but change river flow patterns and endanger local environments. Dam projects may further exacerbate already existing problems in trans-boundary rivers. We consider three scenarios of institutional factors: (1) each country pursues...
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