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What do buyers really want when shopping for travel online? The relationship between travel product attributes and online buyer behaviour
Dunn, Gregory; Baloglu, Seyhmus; Annaraud, Katerina; … - In: International Journal of Revenue Management 4 (2010) 3/4, pp. 344-362
purchase, amount spent on travel and gender. Theoretical and practical implications as well as future research ideas are …
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Collective action initiatives to improve marketing performance: Lessons from farmer groups in Tanzania
Barham, James; Chitemi, Clarence - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2008
improve their market situation. Gender composition of groups also factors in group marketing performance. It acts as an … characteristics and asset endowments facilitate collective action initiatives to improve group marketing performance. This objective …
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Traditional food crop marketing in Sub-Saharan Africa: Does gender matter?
Handschuch, Christina; Wollni, Meike - Courant Research Centre PEG - 2013
the role of gender and collective action. Based on household data from 270 finger millet producers, a probit model on … finger millet group positively influences the decision to market finger millet. While female household members who do not … context, marketing traditional food crops poses an important income alternative. The present study aims to contribute to the …
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Zimbabwe
Mugabe, Francis T.; Thomas, Timothy S.; Hachigonta, Sepo; … - In: Southern African agriculture and climate change: A …
Zimbabwe is a landlocked country with a total area of 390,580 square kilometers. The country shares borders with Mozambique, South Africa, Botswana, Zambia, and Namibia. Before 2000, Zimbabwe was one of the most industrialized economies in Africa south of the Sahara, with an extensive...
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Malawi
Saka, John D.K.; Sibale, Pickford; Thomas, Timothy S.; … - In: Southern African agriculture and climate change: A …
Malawi is located in the eastern part of southern Africa between latitude 9°22′ and 17°7′ South and between longitude 32°40′ and 35°55′ East. Its total area is 118,483 square kilometers, of which 94,275 square kilometers is land, while 24,208 square kilometers...
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South Africa
Johnston, Peter; Thomas, Timothy S.; Hachigonta, Sepo; … - In: Southern African agriculture and climate change: A …
In examining agricultural vulnerability to climate change in South Africa, we see that an important factor is the enormous existing socioeconomic disparity in access to resources, poverty levels, and capacities to adapt. Recent research results suggest that the South African farming sector is...
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Lesotho
Gwimbi, Patrick; Thomas, Timothy S.; Hachigonta, Sepo; … - In: Southern African agriculture and climate change: A …
Lesotho is located on the plateau of southern Africa, with altitudes ranging from about 1,400 meters to more than 3,480 meters above sea level. This position exposes the country to the influences of both the Indian and the Atlantic Oceans, with wide differences in temperature. Annual...
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Zambia
Kanyanga, Joseph; Thomas, Timothy S.; Hachigonta, Sepo; … - In: Southern African agriculture and climate change: A …
Agriculture in Africa south of the Sahara is becoming increasingly risky due to extreme climate variability. In recent times, scientific studies have strongly suggested that many developing countries face substantial environmental and social challenges, with food insecurity high on the list...
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Mozambique
Maure, Genito A.; Thomas, Timothy S.; Hachigonta, Sepo; … - In: Southern African agriculture and climate change: A …
Africa, in general, is vulnerable to climate change, mostly due to its dependence on agriculture. Mozambique is a prime example. Agriculture is an important sector of the country’s economy, and, as indicated by the 2007 FAO country factsheet, around 80 percent of the population (about...
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Botswana
Zhou, Peter P.; Simbini, Tichakunda; Ramokgotlwane, Gorata - In: Southern African agriculture and climate change: A …
In this chapter we assess the vulnerability of Botswana’s agriculture to climate change, with special emphasis on impacts on the poor. The agriculture sector is inherently vulnerable to climate change, and Botswana’s semiarid climate already severely limits agricultural production....
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