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Problems addressed, in reporting from relevant sources, include population pressure, subsistence agriculture, rural … form an insurmountable barrier in the development path toward sustainable agriculture. Efforts made so far have had impacts …
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University. Identifies priority areas for future research as sustainable agriculture and use of forestry resources with the …‐eastern Indian states consists of tribal people, many of whom still engage in shifting agriculture and are still very dependent on …, traditional practices in agriculture and forest use in this part of India are no longer sustainable, noting that the incomes of …
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Purpose – To obtain an understanding of the disposition of Chinese agriculture. Design/methodology/approach – By … applying econometric methods to make a narrow assessment on several productive factors in Chinese agriculture covering most of …/implications – Since the paper deals with the whole picture of Chinese agriculture, it presumably may cause partial loss of accuracy in …
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Purpose – The Global Trade Analysis Project (GTAP) model has been used to claim that genetically modified (GM) crops have substantial positive welfare potential for sub-Saharan Africa. The purpose of this paper is to critically examine these claims with a view to seeing if this type of...
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Purpose – The Chinese government has increasingly turned to industry policy as a means of promoting rural development. These industry policies have not necessarily led to an improvement in rural incomes nor to the achievement of other social and environmental goals. This paper examines ways of...
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general equilibrium model to assess how the multifarious trade and support policies in agriculture affect the poor in the Sub …
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formulations are to strengthen economic activities such as labour-intensive export promotion, emphasis on agriculture productivity …
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immigrants working in agriculture. It argues this through an analysis of immigrants in the Greek countryside and a comparison of … employment and allows them to develop strategies to increase their income by either working within or outside agriculture. The … from agriculture to non-agricultural jobs, and thus to achieve upward occupational mobility. The third is the lack of …
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to generate three types of forecasts, namely, historical, ex-post and ex-ante, using the world famous Box-Jenkins time series models for motor, mash and mung prices in Bangladesh. Design/methodology/approach – The models on the basis of which these...
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Purpose – To illustrate problems a developing country faces in generating and managing agricultural R&D funds and to portray some practical solutions to these problems. Design/methodology/approach – A case study of cocoa and coconut R&D in Papua New Guinea is used to illustrate the problems...
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