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Factor Endowments, Wage Growth, and Changing Food Self-Sufficiency : Evidence from Country-Level Panel Data

Otsuka, Keijiro; Liu, Yanyan; Yamauchi, Futoshi - 2013

Asian countries have witnessed a sharp increase in real wage as a result of rapid economic growth and structural transformation in recent years. Using a country level panel data from 1980 to 2010, this paper examines the effects of real wage increase on Asian agriculture that traditionally used...

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The Cost of Transporting Cereals in West Africa

Mercier, Stephanie - 2018

This study examines transportation alternatives for moving cereals into position for storage under the West African Food Security Regional Reserve agreed to by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in 2013, for which cereals were first procured in 2017. It describes the...

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Supply and Demand for Cereals in Pakistan, 2010-2030

Nazli, Hina; Haider, Hamza; Tariq, Asjad - 2012

This paper presents the projections of future demand and supply for these two main cereals for 2010, 2015, 2020, 2025, and 2030. For projecting household demand, the Almost Ideal Demand System (LA-AIDS) is estimated for eight food items using the data of nationally representative household...

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Prospects for the Myanmar Rubber Sector : An Analysis of the Viability of Smallholder Production in Mon State

van Asselt, Joanna - 2017

only improving the institutional environment, will not result in positive returns on investment for smallholders; reforms …

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Empowering Smallholder Farmers’ Organizations Through Non-Public Extension Service Providers : A Case Study and Lessons From Mozambique

Gêmo, Hélder - 2019

The role and impact of non-state extension services providers have not been studied adequately. In this paper, we assess the performance of the non-State extension service provision through farmers organization (FOs) in Mozambique. Using participating methods, focused group discussions, and key...

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Effects of Agricultural Mechanization on Smallholders and Their Self-Selection into Farming : An Insight from the Nepal Terai

Takeshima, Hiroyuki - 2016

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Agricultural Value Chain Development in Practice : Private Sector-Led Smallholder Development

Kolavalli, Shashidhara - 2015

smallholders. The objective of this research is to understand how development organizations are conceptualizing and developing … agricultural value chains in Ghana to include smallholders. The study is based on case studies of five programs supported by … encourage the development of interlinked vertical contracts between smallholders and buyers and investments to improve the …

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Geography of Smallholders’ Tractor Adoptions and R&D– Induced Land Productivity : Evidence From Household Survey Data in Ghana

Takeshima, Hiroyuki - 2019

Despite the urbanization and gradual rise of medium-to-large scale farming sector, smallholders without substantial … agricultural mechanization among smallholders for whom the scope for exploiting complementarity with land is limited. We test the … farm power use, are important drivers of adoptions of agricultural mechanization among smallholders. Using the three rounds …

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Linking Smallholder Farmers to Commercial Markets : Evidence from Nongovernmental Organization Training in Nicaragua

Ebata, Ayako - 2016

farming and overcome poverty. However, achieving that goal is challenging for smallholders given their lack of appropriate …

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Contracting by Small Farmers in Commodities with Export Potential : Assessing Farm Profits of Lentil Growers in Nepal

Kumar, Anjani - 2016

This study is undertaken to quantify the benefits of contract farming (CF) on farmers' income in a case where new market opportunities are emerging for smallholder farmers in Nepal. CF is emerging as an important form of vertical coordination in the agrifood supply chain. The prospect for CF in...

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