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China teas, but lowered bids for Vietnam tea. The econometric results show very high premiums for Taiwan products, ranging … Taiwan in 2009. Charcoal-smoked plums from Taiwan and China and oolong teas from Taiwan, China, and Vietnam are auctioned … from 83% to 109% for tea and 55% to 66% for charcoal-smoked plum. These findings clearly show strong preference of …
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smallholder dairy farmers in Vietnam to independently verify milk testing results. Treatment farmers use 13 percent more inputs …
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that time. While there has been a focus on the entire food basket, this paper concentrates on the consumption of tea, which … was entirely imported. I seek to explore why demand for tea increased during the Industrial Revolution by examining the … effect of working hours on tea imports between 1760 and 1834. I aim to identify the determinants of tea demand and while …
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This paper explores the impact of water quality on mortality by exploiting a natural experiment. the rise of tea … declines in mortality rates after tea drinking became widespread and following larger volumes of tea imports. Results are …
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In the last 60 years, the results of development aid have been mixed. Thus far, it has been mostly the aid recipient countries, which have been held responsible for aid's shortcomings. That focus is misplaced, however, since the donor countries, through development aid, also export some of their...
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Through contract farming schemes between cohorts of farmers and private companies the Indonesian government intended to spur rural economic development. In particular within the oil palm sector, such community-company 'partnerships' are commonplace. Yet, empirical evidence of the success of...
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The indirect effects of biofuels are mostly considered negative. In this paper, we argue that there may be a positive indirect effect of biofuels on food security and poverty. Our analysis shows that the introduction of castor production for biofuel in a poor country as Ethiopia can...
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Linking small farmers to modern markets, whether domestically or for export, increasingly entails participation in modern supply chains coordinated by contract farming. Concerns have been raised regarding the possible disadvantages from contract farming facing small farmers. Most empirical work...
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Large-scale land acquisition has increased dramatically in recent years. The question whether land deals can benefit both the local population and the investor is therefore high on the international agenda. Contract farming is discussed as a possible solution but studies identifying the causal...
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