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How Institutions Mediate the Impact of Cash Cropping on Food Crop Intensification: An Application to Cotton in Sub-Saharan Africa
Theriault, Veronique; Tschirley, David L. - In: World Development 64 (2014) C, pp. 298-310
cotton sectors in Sub-Saharan Africa, this study investigates whether cotton can be used to spur the intensification of … smallholder food production. First, a conceptual framework linking cotton institutional structures to food crop intensification is …
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Pengembangan agribisnis berbasis palawija di Indonesia: perannya dalam peningkatan ketahanan pangan dan pengentasan kemiskinan: prosiding seminar nasional, Bogor, 13 Juli 2006
Napitupulu, Togar Alam; Manikmas, Made Oka A.; Kasim, … - Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific …
This book is a proceeding of a national seminar on the development of secondary crops-based agribusiness in Indonesia: its role in improving food security and poverty alleviation. The seminar was initiated by UNCAPSA and Indonesian Centre for Food Crops Research and Development (ICFORD). It was...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008741314
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Inquérito ao Sector Familiar da Província de Nampula: O Algodão na Economia Camponesa
Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 1991
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Directorate of Economics, Republic of Mozambique
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008457006
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A Socio-Economic Survey in the Province of Nampula: Cotton in the Smallholder Economy
Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 1991
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Directorate of Economics, Republic of Mozambique
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008457023
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Technical Efficiency of Major Food and Cash Crops in Karnataka (India)
Kalirajan, K P; Bhende, M J - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2007
Among the important issues debated in the current phase pertaining to the agricultural sector include the expectations about the next technological phase and the efficiency parameters during the current phase. Growing population as well as income enhances the demand for agricultural products and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365332
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Technical Efficiency of Major Food and Cash Crops in Karnataka (India)
Kalirajan, K P; Bhende, M J - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2007
Among the important issues debated in the current phase pertaining to the agricultural sector include the expectations about the next technological phase and the efficiency parameters during the current phase. Growing population as well as income enhances the demand for agricultural products and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365396
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Secondary crops based farming systems and their integration with processing in Lampung, Indonesia
Siregar, Masdjidin; Nagai, Naoko; Suryadi, Muhammad - Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific … - 2006
This report is the outcome of the second phase of the AGRIDIV project in Indonesia. The goal of this second phase study is to examine the performance of farming, marketing and processing of CGPRT crops at two study dry land that have different cropping patterns. The two selected sites were Siswa...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008741289
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Taking from cotton to grow maize: The shifting practices of small-holder farmers in the cotton belt of Mali
Laris, Paul; Foltz, Jeremy D.; Voorhees, Briton - In: Agricultural Systems 133 (2015) C, pp. 1-13
Cotton yields in Mali have fallen during the past 15 years while maize yields have risen. The objective of this study … of these key crops. In particular, this study seeks to understand the causes of the drop in cotton yields in southern … cotton to grain crops – was an important and under-recognized factor in the decline in cotton and simultaneous rise in grain …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011189367
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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
This report presents the findings of phase I of the study, which provides a descriptive and quantitative analysis of the current status of CGPRT crops and identifies the constraints faced in developing diverse agriculture in Sri Lanka. Assessing the socio-economic impacts of recent developments...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005330304
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Enhancing Sustainable Development of Diverse Agriculture in Bangladesh
Alam, Jahangir - Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific … - 2005
The report presents the current status of some selected CGPRT Crops (secondary crops) and examines their potentials in enhancing the sustainable development of diverse agriculture in Bangladesh. Agriculture in Bangladesh is composed of crop, livestock, fisheries and forestry subsectors. This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005484058