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Community-based management (CBM) of village poultry aims to foster development and reduce poverty in Benin by disseminating five technologies for improving village poultry farming. We develop a theoretical model to analyze multiple technology adoption decisions that takes into account the...
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Some entry barriers in agricultural and agro-processing value chains, particularly for smallholder farmers and small/medium-sized processors, can be overcome with innovation and technology adoption. Technologies and innovation in these sectors have been both radical and incremental, ranging...
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supplied. These hypotheses are tested and confirmed with panel data for the case of transgenic cotton in India. Cotton varietal … diversity in India, with of over 90% adoption of transgenic technology, is now at the same level than it was before the …
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areas of India, and that farmers respond more strongly to the forecast where there is more forecast skill and not at all …
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It is often assumed that recent success in the high-technology software industry will lead India's development. However … development pattern in India. …
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factors governing entry rates, especially in the context of developing countries. Using 3-digit industry level data from India … institutional and legacy factors. We also find evidence to suggest that, in India, entry rates were positively associated with …
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Following the economic liberalization in India, the service sector has gained prominence in the economy as it accounts …
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manufacturing sector of China and India. We first provide a comparison between India and China using a broad international … perspective. We find that China has increased its labor productivity to a level above that of India, but due to a somewhat higher … compensation level, China is still somewhat at a disadvantage in terms of unit labor cost in manufacturing relative to India. In …
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Among fast growing developing countries, India is distinctive for the role of the service sector. However, sceptics … underscores the importance for India of continuing to invest in labour skills. We conclude that sustaining economic growth and …
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It is often assumed that recent success in the high-technology software industry will lead India's development. However … recent development pattern in India. …
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