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Producer protection legislation and termination damages in the presence of contracting frictions

Wu, Steven Y. - 2009

This study models producer protection legislation that would grant growers the right to claim damages (PPLD) if their contracts are prematurely terminated. In the absence of contracting frictions that prevent contractors from redesigning contracts to accommodate exogenous policy changes, PPLD...

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Agricultural Extension and Technology Adoption for Food Security: Evidence from Uganda

Pan, Yao; Smith, Stephen C.; Sulaiman, Munshi - 2015

This paper evaluates causal impacts of a large-scale agricultural extension program for smallholder women farmers on food security in Uganda through a regression discontinuity design that exploits an arbitrary distance-to-branch threshold for village program eligibility. We find eligible farmers...

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Cultural diversity, geographical isolation, and the origin of the wealth of nations

Ashraf, Quamrul; Galor, Oded - 2012

This research argues that variations in the interplay between cultural assimilation and cultural diffusion have played a significant role in giving rise to differential patterns of economic development across the globe. Societies that were geographically less vulnerable to cultural diffusion...

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Immigrant workers and farm performance: Evidence from matched employer-employee data

Malchow-Møller, Nikolaj; Munch, Jakob Roland; Aastrup … - 2013

Many developed countries have recently experienced a significant inflow of immigrants in the agricultural sector. At the same time, the sector is still in a process of structural transformation resulting in fewer but bigger and presumably more efficient farms. In this paper, we exploit detailed...

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Financial Literacy and Food Security in Extremely Vulnerable Households

Millimet, Daniel L.; McDonough, Ian K.; Fomby, Thomas B. - 2015

Food insecurity is one of the most, if not the most, significant, nutrition-related public health issue confronted in the US. Unfortunately, we know very little about the determinants of food security except that it is not synonymous with poverty. Many households above the poverty line are food...

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Small-Scale Farming and Food Security: The Enabling Role of Cash Transfers in South Africa's Former Homelands

von Fintel, Dieter; Pienaar, Louw - 2016

Cash transfers successfully alleviate poverty in many developing countries. South Africa is a case in point, implementing one of the largest unconditional cash transfer programmes internationally, and with substantial benefits to household well-being along multiple dimensions. Yet, grants...

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How Sustainable Are Benefits from Extension for Smallholder Farmers? Evidence from a Randomized Phase-Out of the BRAC Program in Uganda

Fishman, Ram; Smith, Stephen C.; Bobić, Vida; … - 2017

Many development programs are based on short-term interventions, either because of external funding constraints or because it is assumed that impacts persist post program termination ("sustainability"). Using a novel randomized phase-out research method, we provide experimental tests of the...

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Can Agricultural Extension and Input Support Be Discontinued? Evidence from a Randomized Phaseout in Uganda

Fishman, Ram; Smith, Stephen C.; Bobic, Vida; Sulaiman, … - 2019

Many development programs that attempt to disseminate improved technologies are limited in duration, either because of external funding constraints or an assumption of impact sustainability; but there is limited evidence on whether and when terminating such programs is efficient. We provide...

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Country Statistical Capacity: A Recent Assessment Tool and Further Reflections on the Way Forward

Dang, Hai-Anh; Jolliffe, Dean; Serajuddin, Umar; Stacy, … - 2024

with some agriculture development indicators such as food security, food sustainability and productivity as well as other …

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Modernizing Smallholder Agriculture and Achieving Food Security: An Exploration in Machinery Services and Labor Reallocation in China

Zou, Baoling; Mishra, Ashok K. - 2024

connect smallholders with modern agriculture and achieve food security in China. Using household-level data from China, this … importance of technology to improve smallholder agriculture and food security, not only in China but also in other South and …Worldwide, most farms are small and family-operated. This study discusses the future of smallholder agriculture in …

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