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High Grading Standards Improve Student Performance
Figlio, David N.; Lucas, E. Maurice - In: CESifo DICE Report 2 (2004) 4, pp. 21-26
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005056403
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Disseminating the bed-and-furrow irrigation method for cotton cultivation in Bahadarwah Minor
Alberts, J.; Kalwij, I. M. - International Water Management Institute (IWMI) - 1999
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011274284
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Agricultural Credit - Accomplishments and Challenges
Subbarao, Duvvuri - eSocialSciences - 2012
Agriculture’s share in GDP is less than 15 per cent but it still remains the direct domain of over half of the population whose economic prospects are linked to the performance of agriculture. There are many schemes taken by NABARD to improve the agricultural sector but there ahead which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011133106
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Agricultural credit rationing in Ghana: what do formal lenders look for?
Awunyo-Vitor, Dadson; Al-Hassan, Ramatu Mahama; … - In: Agricultural Finance Review 74 (2014), pp. 364-378
Heckman's two-stage regression model to identify types of rationing faced by farmers and investigate factors that influence … farmers in seven districts within Brong Ahafo Region of Ghana. Findings – The result reveals that farmers face three types of … in farm size, positive balances on accounts and commercial orientation of the farmers has the potential to reduce …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010895031
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Risk in agriculture as impediment to rural lending: the case of North-Western Kazakhstan
Petrick, Martin; Ditges, C. Markus - Leibniz-Institut für Agrarentwicklung in … - 2000
On the basis of portfolio selection theory, this paper finds that whole-farm risk must be regarded as a major reason for the low level of credit flow to agriculture in North-western Kazakhstan. A quadratic programming model was used in order (a) to demonstrate the comparatively high overall risk...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008526827
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A strategic matrix model for the apple industry in Lebanon
Mehanna, Rock-Antoine - In: Global Business and Economics Review 11 (2009) 1, pp. 65-87
formulation of a matrix model comprising grand and competitive strategies. Several experiences from the USA, New Zealand, Chile …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008538851
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A strategic matrix model for the apple industry in Lebanon
Mehanna, Rock-Antoine - In: Global Business and Economics Review 11 (2009) 1, pp. 65-87
formulation of a matrix model comprising grand and competitive strategies. Several experiences from the USA, New Zealand, Chile …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005048928
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International labour standards and micro-finance : a review
Menon, Hema - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 1998
Reviews provisions in ILO standards that refer to finance, the financial sector as a whole, financial isntitutions, financial instruments and policies addressed to the financial sector.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010967027
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Factors that influence farm women to advocate the adoption of environmentally benign agricultural production practices
Bridges, Tracy R.; Napier, Ted L. - In: International Journal of Agricultural Resources, … 2 (2003) 2, pp. 201-219
Few researchers have examined the roles and responsibilities of women in the farm enterprise or women's influence in the adoption of environmentally responsible farming practices; thus, women's role in the adoption of conservation practices has remained relatively unclear. A better understanding...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008564205
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Factors that influence farm women to advocate the adoption of environmentally benign agricultural production practices
Bridges, Tracy R.; Napier, Ted L. - In: International Journal of Agricultural Resources, … 2 (2003) 2, pp. 201-219
Few researchers have examined the roles and responsibilities of women in the farm enterprise or women's influence in the adoption of environmentally responsible farming practices; thus, women's role in the adoption of conservation practices has remained relatively unclear. A better understanding...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005543750