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impact on agricultural production decisions remains limited. Data from 1,200 Ghanaian rice farmers suggest that noncognitive … the short term, and help farmers to respond flexibly to new opportunities and risks in the longer term …
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from researchers to extension workers,and from extension agents to contact farmers (CFs). CFs should then train other … farmers in their communities. Such a modality may fail to address informational inefficiencies and accountability issues. The … extension network: from extension agents to CFs, and from CFs to other farmers. Directly training CFs leads to a large …
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percent of the agricultural labor force. However, female farmers typically have lower output per unit of land and are much … and participation between male and female farmers are due to gender differences in access to inputs, resources, and …
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This study examines the major constraints of rural business entry and performance in Yemen. The Yemen rural investment climate survey made it possible to analyze rural investment climate constraints for rural businesses. The survey was used to investigate both farm and nonfarm rural enterprises....
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by initial wealth. In response to price increases, wealthy farmers invested more in productive assets, while poor farmers …
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This paper documents the positive link between the noncognitive skills of women farmers and the adoption of a cash crop …
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The 2007-2008 global food crisis has renewed interest in post-harvest loss, but estimates remain scarce, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa. This paper uses self-reported measures from nationally representative household surveys in Malawi, Uganda, and Tanzania. Overall, on-farm post-harvest loss...
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smallholder cereal farmers contributed to this growth, but only when the weather was good, and prices were high. Access to markets …
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To assess the conventional view that assets uniformly improve childhood development through wealth effects, this paper tests whether different types of assets have different effects on child education. The analysis indicates that household durables and housing quality have the expected positive...
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Rapid economic growth over the past two decades lifted millions of people out of poverty in Central Asia. But the uneven spread of prosperity left many communities struggling to catch up. To support lagging regions within countries, each of the region's five national governments has made...
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