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Biomass, mainly firewood and charcoal contributes over 90% of Malawi’s total energy demand. As a result, deforestation is increasing at unprecedented rate and firewood is becoming scarce. Individual assessment of various cooking technologies has been widely done without comparison of various...
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This paper aims at analyzing fuel consumption in households of forest zones, and showed fuelwood’s place as energy source in the region. The study is carried out in Cameroon and it is based on a survey done in 1996. A sample of 400 household from Yaounde, Mbalmayo and Ebolowa was used. The...
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This paper studies the integration of rice markets in the mid-west and far-west districts of Nepal. The data were drawn … mainly from the World Food Programme (WFP) database on Nepal. Results indicate that the rice markets of the hinterland are … of Nepal. Moreover, the poor road infrastructure determines the price differentials. Poor infrastructure impedes price …
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Climate change influences crop yield vis-à-vis crop production to a greater extent in countries like Nepal where … variables on yield of major food-crops in Nepal, namely rice, wheat, maize, millet, barley and potato based on regression model … period. Climate variables show some influences on the yield of these major food-crops in Nepal. Increase in summer rain and …
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This study analyzes productivity differentials between men and women in the peasant agriculture in Nepal. Both Cobb …-Douglas and translog production functions are estimated using data from the Nepal Living Standard Survey 2003/04. Evidence is … output among ethnic and caste groups residing in different ecological belts of Nepal. Overall, adult male labour is found to …
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Lanka and Nepal. All the variables are found to be integrated of the same order in the case of Pakistan, India and Nepal …
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This paper examines the farm size and productivity relationship using data from Nepalese mid hills. The household data used has been drawn from a survey conducted by the author and financed by the Norwegian University of Life Science. The analysis uses models both allowing for and not allowing...
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This paper applies Ricardian approach to measure the effect of climate change on crop production in Nepal using cross …-section data of Nepal Living Standard Survey 2003/04 and climate data from Department of Hydrology and Meteorology, Nepal. The … all climatic zones of Nepal. Net farm revenue is regressed on climate and socio-economic variables. The findings show that …
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among South Asian countries with particular reference to Nepal. In this regard this study makes a comparative assessment of … also explores the impact of the sensitive list maintained by India, under SAFTA, on the rise in exports from Nepal to India … scenario. However, Nepal also turns out to be important gainer as her exports to the South Asian region as whole increase by …
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Tourism has been growing in Nepal. Tourism creates various direct, indirect and induced effects in the economy. This … paper is designed to examine the role of tourism development on economic growth in Nepal. The study is based on annual data … development in Nepal using co-integration techniques and a Vector Error Correction Model (VECM). The evidence confirms that …
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