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This research was designed to understand better the patterns of agricultural intensification and transformation … narratives and land-cover maps supplemented with quantitative data at regional levels, the research shows that farming has … intensification in Africa South of the Sahara. We conclude that it is essential for future research to expand the scope of this work …
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relative decline of agriculture was due to the policies of import-substituting industrialization (ISI). This was also the …. We find that the declining land-labor ratio was more important than ISI in explaining relative stagnation in agriculture … agriculture …
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clearer picture of Chinese activities in agriculture is important as a foundation for Africans and their development partners … to more fruitfully engage with an increasingly important actor. Chinese engagement in agriculture and rural development …
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Because many rural poor live in areas far away from markets, we investigate whether better road access could help improve their livelihood and reduce rural poverty. We use three waves of a primary panel survey at the household level conducted in 18 remote natural villages in China to study how...
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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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's Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI), a recent internationally-validated measure based on interviews of women and men within …
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A landmark achievement of the Uruguay Round, and notably, the Agreement on Agriculture, was the full inclusion of … agriculture in multilateral rules and disciplines. Since the birth of World Trade Organization (WTO), a significant number of … member countries have used the dispute settlement mechanism (DSM) for resolving the disputes in agriculture. The DSM has …
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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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This study analyzes impacts of large, one-time cash transfers and farm management plans among farmers in Senegal. Farmers were randomized into groups receiving advisory visits, the visits and an individualized farm plan, or the visits, the plan, and a cash transfer. After one year, crop...
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implementation in agriculture. The availability of and access to timely and reliable data to inform the M&E system is an undeniable … sector. The Poverty Monitoring Survey carried out in Senegal in 2011 is used to build the economic accounts for agriculture …. The information from the economic accounts for agriculture offers valuable inputs for decision-support tools such as the …
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