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Self-selection into credit markets: Evidence from agriculture in Mali
Beaman, Lori; Karlan, Dean; Thuysbaert, Bram; Udry, … - 2014
We partnered with a micro-lender in Mali to randomize credit offers at the village level. Then, in no-loan control villages, we gave cash grants to randomly selected households. These grants led to higher agricultural investments and profits, thus showing that liquidity constraints bind with...
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Agricultural decisions after relaxing credit and risk constraints
Karlan, Dean; Osei-Akoto, Isaac; Osei, Robert Darko; … - 2012
leads to significantly larger agricultural investment and riskier production choices in agriculture. The salient constraint …
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Cotton made in Africa: A case study of sustainable production through responsible consumption
Peltzer, Roger; Brüntrup, Michael - 2023
-private partnerships of German Development Cooperation with private foundations and private companies around an agriculture-based supply … crop, the revenues it generates can boost food security among smallholders via the income channel and can also promote … assessment is needed and this must be adapted to the especially complex conditions of African smallholder agriculture. …
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Development of capitals and capabilities of smallholder farmers for promoting inclusive intensification in agriculture: Experiences from northern West Bengal, India
Mishra, Pulak; Behera, Bhagirath; Bagchi, Niladri Sekhar; … - 2023
While policies and institutional arrangements aimed at intensification and growth of the Indian agriculture sector are …
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Crop insurance in transition: a qualitative and quantitative assessment of insurance products
Bokusheva, Raushan - 2004
This discussion paper considers insurance as a possible instrument of farm income stabilization and compares several crop insurance products with respect to their applicability in a transition economy using the case of Kazakhstan. The analysis is based on a qualitative evaluation as well a...
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Which type of crop insurance for Kazakhstan? Empirical results
Heidelbach, Olaf; Bokusheva, Raushan; Kussaiynov, Talgat - 2004
Risk plays an important role in agricultural decision-making, particularly in those regions that are remarkably exposed to natural hazards and underdeveloped input and output markets. This is especially true for crop production in CIS countries where many farms have to deal with low liquidity...
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Landwirtschaft in Moldova
Petrick, Martin - 2008
This paper provides an overview of the economic situation of agriculture in the Republic of Moldova. Emphasis is laid … on the natural conditions for production, its structure, trade, as well as the historical development of agriculture and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010299365
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Produktivitätsentwicklung in der Landwirtschaft in der Europaischen Union und in den Transformationsländern
Rungsuriyawiboon, Supawat; Lissitsa, Alexej - 2006
from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of United Nations. The aim of this study is to measure TFP developments in … agriculture of transition countries after breakdown of socialism and to compare their TFP growth with other European countries … promote a higher growth rate in agriculture in transition countries. …
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Recent evidence on agricultural efficiency and productivity in China: a metafrontier approach
Rungsuriyawiboon, Supawat; Wang, Xiaobing - 2007
Chinas wirtschaftliche Reformen halfen der Landwirtschaft, die Struktur und dem Umfang der landwirtschaftlichen … technischen Fortschritts und TFP-Wachstums in der chinesischen Landwirtschaft erforderlich. Zentrale Ergebnisse der Analyse zeigen …
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Buchbesprechung: Beckmann, V. (2000): Transaktionskosten und institutionelle Wahl in der Landwirtschaft: zwischen Markt, Hierarchie und Kooperation
Weingarten, Peter - 2000
Landwirtschaft : Zwischen Markt, Hierarchie und Kooperation [Transaction costs and institutional choice in agriculture : Between … der Landwirtschaft : Zwischen Markt, Hierarchie und Kooperation besprochen. …
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