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Diffusion of Sustainability Innovations around Lynedoch EcoVillage
Stüwe, Claudia - 2009
In form of a qualitative single case study this thesis examines what people from industrialized countries such as Germany can learn about sustainability from Lynedoch EcoVillage, South Africa, and the associated 'Sustainability Institute', a non-profit trust based at and operating from Lynedoch...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009461026
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Cost-Responsiveness of Conservation Practice Adoption: A Revealed Preference Approach
Lichtenberg, Erik - 2004
While there is current interest in reorienting agricultural policy toward environmental and resource conservation goals, relatively little is known about the influence of cost on conservation adoption decisions or about how farmers combine multiple practices into an overall conservation package....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009446630
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A Reappraisal of the Role of Agriculture in Economic Growth in Melanesian Countries
Fleming, Euan M.; Fleming, Pauline - 2006
Fortunes in the agricultural sectors of four of the largest South Pacific countries are traced in recent decades by estimating the single factoral terms of trade index. The single factoral terms of trade are measured for agriculture in four Melanesian countries-Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Solomon...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442460
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Organic farming and fair trade in developing country as a new agribusiness paradigm: Evidence from Mali
Sinaba, Famory; Dessein, Joost; Lauwers, Ludwig; … - 2011
valorise the small peasants agriculturein Africa and include the smallholders in global markets. Certification and labelling … systemsaccompany these chains in developed countries. The aim of this article is to analyze thechallenges for smallholders of this new …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009443377
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Non-Traditional Export Crops and Household Livelihood Strategies: Panel Data Evidence from Guatemala
Kilic, Talip; Carletto, Calogero - 2009
This study uses a unique panel dataset that spans a 20-year period (1985-2005), and estimates the effect of household non-traditional agricultural export (NTX) adoption on changes in livelihood orientation and participation in non-farm employment in Santiago Sacatepéquez municipality of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009446380
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Non-Traditional Export Crops in Guatemala: Short-Term Tool or Long-Term Strategy for Poverty Alleviation?
Carletto, Calogero; Kilic, Talip; Kirk, Angeli - 2009
This study is the first to document the long-term welfare effects of household non-traditional agricultural export (NTX) adoption. We use a unique panel dataset, which spans the period of 1985-2005, and employ difference-in-differences estimation to investigate the long-term impact of NTX...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009446383
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Rethinking the development, dissemination and adoption of agricultural technologies
Cramb, Rob - 2005
This paper focuses on the higher order factors affecting successful adoption of technologies. Drawing on the "actor-oriented perspective" in rural sociology, it is argued that successful examples of adoption at this higher level result from a complex conjunction of people and events, with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009447969
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Improving Financial Returns to Smallholder Tree Farmers in the Philippines: Issues and Way Forward
Herbohn, J. L.; Harrison, S. R. - 2005
smallholder tree farmers in the Philippines. The paper first discusses the main drivers for current low returns to smallholders … regulations on market access and product quality appear to be the dominant constraints on smallholders receiving higher returns … these constraints by improving the implementation of policy, helping smallholders access markets and through longer term …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009448017
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Contesting 'ethicality': Ethical trade, gender and sustainable livelihoods for smallholder farmers in Kenya
Kiah Smith - 2011
of Southern women smallholders, most do not. It is argued here that multiple understandings or meanings of social justice … thesis asks: How do women smallholders construct ‘ethicality’ in their food networks in relation to sustainable livelihoods …-level of women smallholders’ livelihoods (agency) and the macro-level of ethical regulations (structure), as well as how …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009448348
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Commercialization of Smallholders: Is Market Participation Enough?
Gebremedhin, Berhanu; Jaleta, Moti - 2010
The literature on commercial transformation of smallholders makes little distinctionbetween market orientation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009443638