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Cost efficiency, Morishima, Allen-Uzawa and Cross-Price elasticities among Irish potato farmers in Dedza district, Malawi
Assa, Maganga M.; Edriss, Abdi-Khalil; Matchaya, … - In: International Journal of Economic Sciences and Applied … 6 (2013) 1, pp. 59-73
Malawi has experienced a forward shift in its demand for Irish potato (Solanum tuberosum) consumption. Given limited … Dedza district of Malawi using a translog cost function, inefficiency effect model and input elasticities derived from a …
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How does Market Access affect Smallholder Behavior? The Case of Tobacco Marketing in Malawi
Zant, Wouter - 2012
Transaction costs play a key role in the behaviour of smallholders in developing countries. We exploit the quasi … experimental design of the introduction of an additional tobacco auction floor in Malawi in order to investigate the impact of a … of tobacco, the major cash crop in Malawi. Estimations are based on annual data by Extension Planning Area, 198 in total …
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Agricultural Input Subsidies: The Recent Malawi Experience
Chirwa, Ephraim; Dorward, Andrew - 2013
contributions to wider growth. A detailed examination of Malawi’s controversial agricultural input subsidy programme follows …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011331411
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Is EU Support to Malawi Agriculture Effective?
Zant, Wouter - 2012
We measure the impact of the Farmers Income Diversification Program (FIDP), an EU funded program implemented in Malawi … impact. Computations are based on annual data by Extension Planning Area, 198 in total, fully covering Malawi, for the period …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010326289
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Modeling and evaluation of political processes: A new quantitative approach
Henning, Christian H. C. A. - 2015
At the academic level and in political practice, participatory and evidence-based political processes are increasingly recognized as mechanisms that guarantee more efficient political decisionmaking. However, no theoretical framework that allows a clear definition of participatory and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012040558
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Entwicklung des tschechischen Zuckersektors seit 1989
Bavorová, Miroslava - 2002
und sich an die dort herrschenden Bedingungen anpassen. Als Ziel der Agrarpolitik nach 1989 galt die Beschaffung liberaler … Bedingungen des Zuckersektors der EU an. Die Privatisierung sowie die Umstrukturierung und Modernisierung der Unternehmen wurden … Agrarpolitik abhängig sein. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010299413
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Evaluation of the impact of milk quota - case study Germany
Kleinhanß, Werner; Offermann, Frank; Ehrmann, Markus - 2010
At the time of the introduction of the quota system the structure of dairy production in Germany was rather unfavourable. Since 1993, German policy generally aimed at improving quota mobility. The introduction of transfers without land in 1993 facilitated farm growth and the transfer of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010302610
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Preisvolatilität auf landwirtschaftlichen Märkten
von Ledebur, Ernst-Oliver; Schmitz, Jochen - 2011
hat die Preisvolatilität auf die Marktakteure? Welche Rolle spielen dabei die Instrumente der Agrarpolitik und welche … Strategien in den Vordergrund rücken. Vor dem Hintergrund des Pfades der Reformen der Agrarpolitik und der gegenwärtige Debatte …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010304614
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A sustentabilidade ambiental da agropecuária brasileira: Impactos, políticas públicas e desafios
Sambuichi, Regina Helena Rosa; Constantino de Oliveira, … - 2012
This study aimed to discuss environmental sustainability issues of the Brazilian agricultural sector, regarding aspects such as the impacts of the sector's growth on the natural environment, current policies and strategies needed to mitigate these impacts. Historically, agricultural policies...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010330791
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Agroholdings and clusters in Kazakhstan's agro-food sector
Wandel, Jürgen - 2009
The paper provides an overview of the institutional arrangements on the micro level that have evolved in the agro-food sector of Kazakhstan in the course of transition. Emphasis is laid on more complex arrangements like agroholdings and clusters, hitherto mostly unknown in the agro-food sectors...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010331247