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Livestock asset transfers with and without training: Evidence from Rwanda
Argent, Jonathan; Augsburg, Britta; Rasul, Imran - 2013
programe results in some beneficiaries receiving complementary training with the cow transfer, and other households not … receiving such training with their cow. We exploit these constraints to estimate the additional impact of receiving … complementary training with the cow transfer, on household's economic outcomes up to six years after having receieved the livestock …
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Livestock asset transfers with and without training : evidence from Rwanda
Argent, Jonathan; Augsburg, Britta; Rasul, Imran - 2013
programe results in some beneficiaries receiving complementary training with the cow transfer, and other households not … receiving such training with their cow. We exploit these constraints to estimate the additional impact of receiving … complementary training with the cow transfer, on household's economic outcomes up to six years after having receieved the livestock …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009787959
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Livestock asset transfers with and without training : evidence from Rwanda
Argent, Jonathan; Augsburg, Britta; Rasul, Imran - In: Journal of economic behavior & organization : JEBO 108 (2014), pp. 19-39
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Productive inefficiency in patriarchal family farms: evidence from Mali
Goetghebuer, Tatiana - 2011
In Mali, there exist various farm-cum-family structures, so that agricultural production occurs on plots controlled by different members of the household. In this paper, we want to lay emphasis on the under-researched differentials between collective and individual plots (attended by male or...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010305609
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Farm restructuring and agricultural recovery in Kazakhstan's grain region: An update
Petrick, Martin; Wandel, Jürgen; Karsten, Katharina - 2011
Against the rising global concern of how to achieve sustainable output expansion in food, we document the main outcomes of post-Soviet agricultural recovery and restructuring in the Kazakhstan grain region. Together with an expansion of cropland area and increasing capital input, real...
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Agricultural Extension and Technology Adoption for Food Security: Evidence from Uganda
Pan, Yao; Smith, Stephen C.; Sulaiman, Munshi - 2015
This paper evaluates causal impacts of a large-scale agricultural extension program for smallholder women farmers on food security in Uganda through a regression discontinuity design that exploits an arbitrary distance-to-branch threshold for village program eligibility. We find eligible farmers...
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The Impact of Agricultural Extension for Improved Management Practices: An Evaluation of the Uruguayan Livestock Program
Maffioli, Alessandro; Muffally, Conner - 2014
Management is an important input into agricultural production, as it a determinant of the uptake and proper implementation of productive technologies and practices. While there is a large literature on evaluations of extension programs meant to improve management practices in agricultural...
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When a Short-term Analysis is not a Short-term Approach: Impacts of Agricultural Technology Adoption in Bolivia
Aramburu, Julián; González Flores, Mario; Salazar, Lina; … - 2014
This paper presents the results of an impact evaluation for the CRIAR program, implemented in rural areas in Bolivia. The objective of this program is to increase the agricultural income and food security of smallholder farmers through productivity gains that result from technological adoption....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011314169
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Food Security and Productivity: Impacts of Technology Adoption in Small Subsistence Farmers in Bolivia
Salazar, Lina; Aramburu, Julián; González-Flores, Mario; … - 2015
This paper presents the impact evaluation of CRIAR program, implemented in rural areas in Bolivia. The objective of CRIAR is to increase smallholders' agricultural income and food security through productivity improvements triggered by technological adoption. In this study, we use data from a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011314190
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Do emerging land markets promote forestland appropriation? Evidence from Indonesia
Krishna, Vijesh V.; Pascual, Unai; Qaim, Matin - 2014
This paper empirically examines the emergence and functioning of land markets and their impacts on deforestation in Sumatra, Indonesia. While the evolution of land markets is expected to promote deforestation activities by rural households, we find no sizeable impact, due to two major reasons....
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