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Agricultural Development and Economic Transformation : Promoting Growth with Poverty Reduction

Mellor, John Williams - 2017

This book examines the role of agriculture in the economic transformation of developing low- and middle-income countries and explores means for accelerating agricultural growth and poverty reduction. In this volume, Mellor measures by household class the employment impact of alternative...

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Agricultural Supply Chains, Growth and Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa : Market Structure, Farm Constraints and Grass-root Institutions

Depetris Chauvin, Nicolas - 2017

This book investigates if and how agricultural market structures and farm constraints affect the development of dynamic food and cash crop sectors and whether these sectors can contribute to economic transformation and poverty reduction in Africa. The authors map the current cash and food crops...

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Efficient Consumer Response : Supply Chain Management für die Ernährungswirtschaft

Obersojer, Thomas (contributor) - 2009

Managements (SCM) in der Wertschöpfungskette Lebensmittel -- Rahmenbedingungen für ECR in der Wertschöpfungskette für Milch und … Milch -- Fallstudien zur Analyse erfolgreich umgesetzter ECR-Kooperationen zwischen Molkereien und Handelsunternehmen …Die aktuelle Konkurrenzsituation in der Wertschöpfungskette Milch erfordert eine verstärkte zwischenbetriebliche …

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Technological and Institutional Innovations for Marginalized Smallholders in Agricultural Development

Gatzweiler, Franz W. (ed.); Braun, Joachim von (ed.) - 2016 - 1st ed. 2016

The aim of this book is to present contributions in theory, policy and practice to the science and policy of sustainable intensification by means of technological and institutional innovations in agriculture. The research insights re from Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. The purpose of this...

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Institutional Innovations in the Delivery of Farm Services in India : A Smallholder Perspective

Singh, Sukhpal - 2018

This book uses primary evidence to assess the value of agro-input and service delivery business models in terms of their inclusiveness, effectiveness and impact from a small farmer perspective, in the form of case studies in three Indian states: Punjab, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. The services...

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Food Security and Sustainability : Investment and Financing along Agro-Food Chains

Mergos, Geōrgios I. (ed.); Papanastassiou, Marina (ed.) - 2017

This edited volume brings together contributions from experts on a range of food security issues, and examines them through a number of case studies. A Millennium Development goal and important policy concern, food security is experiencing renewed interest due to globalisation, which has led to...

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Diversification of Agriculture in Eastern India

Ghosh, Madhusudan - 2015

Divided into three parts - Rationale and Extent of Agricultural Diversification, Nature and Problems of Agricultural Diversification, and Food and Livelihood Security through Agricultural Diversification, this edited book examines various aspects of agricultural diversification in Eastern India....

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Global Agro-Food Trade and Standards : Challenges for Africa

Gibbon, Peter (ed.); Ponte, Stefano (ed.); … - 2010

Standards are replacing tariffs as the main trade barriers facing African agro-food exports. This book examines the challenges and opportunities that new public and private standards present to African countries - focusing on food safety, environmental and climate change, and social and labour...

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Production Structure and Productivity of Japanese Agriculture : Volume 1: Quantitative Investigations on Production Structure

Kuroda, Yoshimi - 2013

Analyses quantitatively in a comprehensive, consistent, and integrated manner the production structure and productivity of post-war Japanese agriculture for the latter half of the twentieth century, more specifically, 1957-97

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Production Structure and Productivity of Japanese Agriculture : Volume 2: Impacts of Policy Measures

Kuroda, Yoshimi - 2013

Analyzes quantitatively in a comprehensive, consistent, and integrated manner the production structure and productivity of postwar Japanese agriculture for the latter half of the 20th century, more specifically, 1957-97

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