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This study was conducted with the objective of determining the returns to sustainable land management (SLM) at the national level in Bhutan. The study first uses satellite data on land change (Landsat) to examine land use change in 1990–2010 and its impact on sediment loading in hydroelectric...
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Highland Ethiopia is one of the most densely populated regions of Africa and has long been associated with both Malthusian disasters and Boserupian agricultural intensification. This paper explores the race between these two countervailing forces, with the goal of informing two important policy...
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The past decade has seen several African countries increasing their agricultural growth, a trend largely underpinned by increases in land area cultivated instead of productivity increases. Meanwhile, scholars debate whether Africa should pursue a strategy of large-scale or smallholder farms,...
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This study assesses whether the recent public and private efforts to improve farmers' access to mechanical power in Ghana have had the intended effects on the country's agricultural sector. Using panel survey data, this paper analyses the drivers of farm mechanization and its net impacts on...
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Gold mining is the main economic activity in Madre de Dios, Peru. Despite efforts, the state has not yet managed to … and the potential for development of the agriculture sector. It also analyzes three different policy scenarios: (1 … that investment in agriculture can achieve structural change in the gross domestic product of Madre de Dios. Development of …
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economies, agriculture, and people. Findings suggest that because of the climate change impacts on agricultural production …$ 194.7, respectively. Peru, with a different productive structure, may face both economic gain and loss (a gain of US$11 …
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Almost two decades have passed since China first enacted legislation to protect farmland from conversion to nonagricultural use. Yet hundreds of thousands of hectares of agricultural land are still developed to urban area each year, raising the question of whether the legislation is effective in...
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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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input uses and affects rural poverty. Our results show that access to roads is strongly associated with specialization in … rural roads does not appear to bring about significant changes in nonagricultural income …
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