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After nearly two centuries of lagging behind the industrial countries, growth in many developing countries has surged since the early 1990s. This outperformance has major implications for almost all areas of agricultural economics and, if continued, will likely do so into the future. This paper...
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assess its relationship with public investment in agriculture. Amidst sizeable ups and downs, the magnitude and rate of … growth in private investment in agriculture has gained momentum from 2000s except in Odisha, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and … formation in farm business, is evident in agriculturally advanced states. Within agriculture, relatively higher investments in …
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's empowerment in agriculture and indicators of individual dietary quality. Our findings suggest that women's empowerment is …
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As a substantial portion of the rural labor force migrates to urban areas, it is commonly assumed that women could take over traditionally male tasks in agricultural production, with potentially empowering outcomes for women. We study how changes in the supply of labor may influence female labor...
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Nigeria's rural youth are facing various challenges in agriculture, with limited job opportunities outside the sector …, inputs and equipment to support young farmers who cannot leave the agriculture sector. A promising factor is that many young … men and women realize the importance of agriculture and aspire to become successful in the sector …
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In this paper, we study the transformation process Indian agriculture exhibited in the recent past, studying its policy … implications. Between the years 2005-06 and 2015-16, more than 52 million workers left agriculture, which did not have any effect … structural change in agriculture to national productivity growth during 1981-2016. We estimate differentials in agricultural …
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The adoption of climate-adaptive agricultural technologies (CAATs) for extensive (outdoor) agriculture is stalled by … one way of helping bridge these gaps is for providers and users of CAATs for extensive agriculture to learn from the … practices of those in CAATs for intensive (indoor) agriculture. Indoor CAATs are already receiving significant private …
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development of agricultural strategies by expanding the number of commitments and goals under the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture … achieving the Malabo overarching goals on poverty and hunger. Agriculture-led growth complemented by extended social assistance …
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This paper uses the Biennial Review (BR) data and simple correlations to analyze the potential relationship between progress in recommitting to CAADP or mutual accountability and progress in meeting commitments in the other five broad areas. Various weighting systems are used to demonstrate the...
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