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Problematising the Effect of Rural - Urban Linkages on Food Secutiry and Malnutrition in Guatemala´s Western Highlands
Fenton, Ioulia - Instituto de Estudios Avanzados en Desarrollo (INESAD) - 2013
Strong rural-urban linkages are increasingly seen as key to achieving sustainable livelihoods and food security in developing countries. However, not all linkages are positive and, although this is recognised in literature, few explore their potential unfavorable characteristics. Based on twelve...
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Beyond Oil: Dual-Imperatives for Diversifying the Nigerian Economy
Eko, Sunday A.; Utting, Clement A.; Onun, Eteng U. - In: Journal of Management and Strategy 4 (2013) 3, pp. 81-93
unfavourable quota arrangement, there is need for diversification. Two sectors¨Cagricultural and tourism¨Care suggested as possible …
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Enhancing Sustainable Development of Diverse Agriculture in Sri Lanka
Mahrouf, Abdul R.M. - Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific … - 2005
in detail in relevance to agricultural diversification and poverty alleviation. Key Words: diversification, food crops …
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NEW RURAL ECONOMY: CHALLENGES AND DIVERSITY IN EASTERN CROATIA
Sudaric, Tihana; Zmaic, Krunoslav; Loncaric, Ruzica - In: APSTRACT: Applied Studies in Agribusiness and Commerce 3 (2009)
, population density, TEA index, unemployment ect.). Challenges through diversification of rural economic activities in this paper … possibilities measures of rural economic activities diversification are reflected through two main streams. First stream is … diversification of activities through added value of agricultural products as vertical connection (organic food, autochthony products …
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Enhancing Sustainable Development of Diverse Agriculture in India
Singh, R.P.; Singh, N.P.; Kumar, Ranjit - Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific … - 2005
Agriculture in India occupies an important place as it contributes nearly 25 per cent of GDP and two-thirds of the population depend upon it. Agricultural growth in the past has been sufficient to move from severe food crisis to aggregate food surplus today. The rainfed regions are diverse in...
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Opportunities for biofuel sustainable development in Bulgaria
Gallucci, Teodoro; Lagioia, Giovanni; Dimitrova, Vesselina - In: International Journal of Sustainable Economy 2 (2010) 3, pp. 241-257
The introduction of Directive 2003/30 EC of the European Union (EU) on biofuels had the ambitious goal to both reduce greenhouse gas emission (GHG) and create new jobs in rural areas. The challenge lies in the availability of premises to convert biomass in energy, which depends on the...
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Migrations et diversification des activités économiques locales : étude du Bassin arachidier du Sénégal
Bignebat, Céline; Sakho-Jimbira, Maam Suwadu - In: Mondes en développement n° 164 (2013) 4, pp. 93-114
We assess the relationships between local diversification and migration. Remittances can alleviate the liquidity … deal with this reverse causality problem and show that migration and local diversification are substitutable. …
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Agricultural Export Diversification in Latin America and the Caribbean
Taylor, Timothy G.; Francis, Brian - In: Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 35 (2003)
resources devoted to the promotion of agricultural export diversification in LAC, there has been virtually no research … disaggregate data on agricultural exports over the 1961-2000 period for 10 LAC countries, entropy-based measures of diversification … export diversification in LAC. However, the results are mixed particularly for the smaller Organization of Eastern Caribbean …
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Migrations et diversification des activités économiques locales : étude du bassin arachidier du Sénégal
Bignebat, Celine; Jimbira, Maan Suwadu Sakho - Département Sciences Sociales, Agriculture et … - 2013
L’article étudie les relations entre diversification des activités locales et migration. Les transferts des migrants … diversification locale sont substituables. …We assess the relationships between local diversification and migration. Remittances can alleviate the liquidity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011141468
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Enhancing Sustainable Development of Diverse Agriculture in Viet Nam
Anh, Dao The; Thinh, Le Duc; Bihn, Vu Trong - Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific … - 2005
The objective of the study is to investigate the socio-economic impacts of recent developments in the regional and global economic environment, including trade liberalization on upland agriculture at a village level and identifying constraints to the sustainable development of diversified...
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