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Agriculture and trade opportunities for Tanzania : past volatility and future climate change
Ahmed, Syud Amer; Diffenbaugh, Noah S.; Hertel, Thomas W.; … - 2011
Given global heterogeneity in climate-induced agricultural variability, Tanzania has the potential to substantially … exporting regions, Tanzania may be able to export more maize at higher prices, even if it also experiences below … partners' usual import sources. Future climate predictions suggest that some of Tanzania's trading partners will experience …
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Agribusinesses, smallholder tenure security, and plot-level investments : evidence from rural Tanzania
Sipangule, Kacana - 2017
The last decade has witnessed an increase in the interest in agricultural land in developing countries. While a great deal of attention has been paid to understanding the impacts of this increased interest in agricultural land, very little is known about how local smallholder communities are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011639675
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The impact of commercialization of rice on household welfare in rural Viet Nam
Cazzuffi, Chiara; McKay, Andrew D.; Perge, Emilie - 2018
The past 30 years have seen a consistent increase in agricultural commercialization in rural Viet Nam, at the same time when rural residents have moved increasingly into non-agricultural activities. The contribution of the latter to welfare improvement and poverty reduction is well known; in...
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Tenure insecurity, climate variability, and renting-out decisions among female smallholder farmers in Ethiopia
Akpalu, Wisdom; Bezabih, Mintewab - 2014
Land tenure arrangements in Africa are generally skewed in favour of males. Compared to males, female plot owners face complex sets of constraints and systemic high tenure insecurity which culminate in low yields. In order to obtain better returns, some females rent their plots to males, but...
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Legal empowerment of the poor through property rights reform : tensions and trade-offs of land registration and titling in sub-Saharan Africa
Boone, Catherine - 2017
smallholders' and pastoralists' rights of access to land and other land-based resources. Land registration is also on the … will transfer land out of the hands of smallholders and into the hands of 'those who can make most efficient or productive …
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Effect of non-farm work on agricultural productivity : Empirical evidence from northern Ghana
Anang, Benjamin Tetteh - 2017
important livelihood strategy among smallholders, and earnings from off-farm work enable smallholders to improve their yields. …
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Contract farming in Mozambique : implications on gender inequalities within and across rural households
Navarra, Cecilia - 2018
This paper analyses the implication of contract farming on gender inequalities in rural Mozambique. Contract farming is often considered one of the major tools of agribusiness development: it broadly includes those arrangements under which producers commit to provide a pre-defined quantity of...
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Contracts between smallholders and private firms in Mozambique and their implications on food security
Navarra, Cecilia - 2017
The focus of this paper is the role played in rural contexts by contract farming agreements between smallholders and …
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Caste differences in behaviour and personality : evidence from India
Dasgupta, Utteeyo; Mani, Subha; Sharma, Smriti; … - 2016
The persistent gap in economic outcomes between the upper and lower caste groups in India is typically explained through differences in endowments and the presence of discrimination. While there is sizable literature that examines caste gaps in physical and intellectual human capital, this paper...
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Reflections on the ethics of social experimentation
Humphreys, Macartan - 2015
Social scientists are increasingly engaging in experimental research projects of importance for public policy in developing areas. While this research holds the possibility of producing major social benefits, it may also involve manipulating populations, often without consent, sometimes with...
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