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McGregor, B. A.; Chaffey, S. - 2009

We aimed to identify impediments to investing into mohair and cashmere production and to suggest programs and strategies to attract investors. Targeted interviews of people focussed on attributes of an investment opportunity. Analysis differentiated views of small and large-scale producers and...

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Analyzing Relationships Between Cash and Futures Dairy Markets Using Partially Overlapping Time Series

Bozic, Marin; Fortenbery, T. Randall - 2010

Replaced with revised version of paper 02/10/10.

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Social Responsibility, Business Strategy and Development: The Case of Grameen-Danone Foods Limited

Ghalib, Asad; Hossain, Farhad; Arun, Thankom - 2009

The aim of this paper is to study the phenomenon of Social Business Enterprises (SBEs) and gain an understanding of their nature, operations, objectives and implications by using Grameen Danone Foods Limited (GDFL) as an illustration. Within this context, some questions that this paper seeks to...

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PRODUCER SEGMENTATION AND THE ROLE OF LONG-TERM RELATIONSHIP IN MALAYSIA’S MILK SUPPLY CHAINS

Boniface, Bonaventure - 2011

Research on buyer-seller relationships in the agricultural sector receives little attention. A growing body of evidence suggests that strong buyer-seller relationships facilitate more efficient supply chains. The long term relationship literature tends to treat suppliers as a homogenous group...

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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...

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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 …

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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 …

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