Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 4,034
Cover Image
Farmland loss, nonfarm diversification and inequality: A micro-econometric analysis of household surveys in Vietnam
Tran, Tuyen; Vu, Huong - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
The relationship between farmland loss, nonfarm diversification and inequality has been well-documented in the …, this study has contributed to the literature by providing the first econometricevidence about the impacts of farmland loss …-urban areas. Our results show that under the impact of farmland loss, households have actually diversified their income through …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011109296
Cover Image
Women's Enterprise Development in Eritrea through Microfinance
Rena, Ravinder - 2015
Women play a key role in economic growth and development, yet they are still discriminated against in economic life. Eritrea has extreme poverty and more than 66 percent of people live below poverty line. Eventually, the number of poor households in the country is high. Many are women-headed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012749999
Cover Image
Boda-bodas rule: Non-agricultural activities and their inequality implications in Western Kenya
Lay, Jann; M'Mukaria, George Michuki; Omar Mahmoud, Toman - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2007
Diversification into non-agricultural activities in rural areas can be broadly classified as either survival-led or opportunity-led. The existence of these two types of non-agricultural activities implies a U-shaped relationship between the share of income derived from non-agricultural...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010956010
Cover Image
Sugarcane outgrowers in Ethiopia: ’Forced’ to remain poor?
Assefa Wendimu, Mengistu; Henningsen, Arne; Gibbon, Peter - Institut for Fødevare- og Ressourceøkonomi, … - 2015
Contract farming is often seen as a panacea to many of the challenges faced by agricultural production in developing countries. Given the large heterogeneity of contract farming arrangements, it is debatable whether all kinds of contract farming arrangements offer benefits to participating...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011255341
Cover Image
Commercialisation and Poverty in Tanzania: Household-level Analysis
Eskola, Elina - Økonomisk Institut, Københavns Universitet - 2005
Data from a recent Tanzanian household survey are used to investigate households’ connectedness to market economy i.e. commercialisation. The study puts emphasis on facilitating access to the nearest markets and market information as means to enhance commercialisation. Commercialisation and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005749608
Cover Image
SELLING OUR WAY INTO POVERTY: The Commercialisation of Poverty in Malawi
Bokosi, Fanwell Kenala - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
The aim of the article is to investigate the impact of commercialisation on household poverty in Malawi using the 1997/98 Integrated Household Survey data. The results indicate that overall those household who were more commercialised were better off than those who did not and thus...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005616643
Cover Image
Climate variability and child height in rural Mexico
Skoufias, Emmanuel; Vinha, Katja - In: Economics & Human Biology 10 (2012) 1, pp. 54-73
We examine the impacts of weather shocks, defined as rainfall or growing degree days, a cumulative measure of temperature, more than a standard deviation from their respective long run mean, on the stature of children between 12 and 47 months of age in Mexico. We find that after a positive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010664771
Cover Image
Income Diversification and Poverty in a Growing Agricultural Economy: The Case of Ghana
Lay, Jann; Schüler, Dana - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2008
This paper analyses changes in income portfolios of rural households and its determinants for the case of Ghana in the 1990s. Our analysis shows that, contrary to common beliefs, rural Ghana has seen major economic transformation, as households increasingly diversify their livelihoods by both...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010982867
Cover Image
South Dakota Agricultural Land Market Trends 1991–2008
Janssen, Larry; Pflueger, Burton - Economics Department, South Dakota State University - 2008
The 2008 SDSU Farm Real Estate Market Survey report contains information on current agricultural land values and cash rental rates by land use in different regions of South Dakota, with comparisons to values from earlier years
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005811524
Cover Image
Reforming farmland and rangeland in Tharparkar: Suggested implementations for income generation
Herani, Gobind; Rajar, Allah Wasayo; Khaskheli, Muhammad Ali - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
source of income due to shortage of rainfall. There is need of awareness of reforming of farmland and rangeland; fencing is … the best way for farmland reform. Only this practice can help the farmers supplying the fodder in drought conditions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005621532