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Restructuring and the loss of preferences : labour challenges for the Caribbean banana industry
Nii Addy, David - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 1999
Analyzes the banana industry crisis and its labour related effects. Highlights the continuing importance of the banana …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010966191
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The IUF/COLSIBA-CHIQUITA framework agreement : a case study
Riisgaard, Lone - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 2004
banana enterprise Chiquita and the Latin American Coordination of Banana Workers Unions (COLSIBA). Shows how the banana …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010966756
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Agrarian structure and rural poverty: the case of Honduras.
P, Peek - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 1984
banana plantations in the evolution of the agricultural sector; examines trends in farm size, land tenure, land utilization …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010967587
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An empirical study of the limits and perspectives of institutional transfers
Möller, Marie - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Westfälische … - 2012
The aim of this paper is to determine which country-specific characteristics promote and which impede the adoption of institutions. On the basis of a broad panel of 183 countries for the period between 1996 and 2010, we test whether there are tendencies towards a general improvement and towards...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010984522
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The Promise of the E-conomy for Freedom : Cautions from the Broader Perspective of Scientism
Machan, Tibor R. - In: Journal of Private Enterprise 17 (2002) Spring 2002, pp. 131-138
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010833165
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Estimates and implications of the costs of compliance with biosafety regulations for African agriculture
Falck-Zepeda, Jose Benjamin; Zambrano, Patricia - In: Genetically modified crops in Africa: Economic and …
Modern biotechnology needs to be a part of the tools used for effective pov¬erty alleviation in Africa. As GE crops and other products are regulated products, it is imperative to establish regulatory systems that are commen¬surate with the potential risk of the technology. These systems...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010850575
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Benefits, costs, and consumer perceptions of the potential introduction of a fungus-resistant banana in Uganda and policy implications
Kikulwe, Enoch M.; Birol, Ekin; Wesseler, Justus; … - In: Genetically modified crops in Africa: Economic and …
Banana is a staple crop in Uganda. Ugandans have the highest per capita consumption of cooking bananas in the world … (Clarke 2003). However, banana production in Uganda is limited by several productivity con¬straints, such as insects …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010850576
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Socioeconomic and farm-level effects of genetically modified crops: The case of Bt crops in South Africa
Gouse, Marnus - In: Genetically modified crops in Africa: Economic and …
This chapter supplies a brief summary of the performance, socioeconomic impacts, and main issues surrounding Bt cotton and GM maize in South Africa. A substantial number of peer reviewed papers on GM crops in South Africa have been published, and it is recommended that interested readers refer...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010850577
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Policy, investment, and partnerships for agricultural biotechnology research in Africa: Emerging evidence
Spielman, David J.; Zambrano, Patricia - In: Genetically modified crops in Africa: Economic and …
Progress in agbiotech and GE crop research, development, and dissemination in Africa is constrained by insufficient investment in—and regulatory imped¬iments to—the approval and release of new GE products. The two stud¬ies on agricultural research in developing countries...
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Study on Banana Cooperatives in Hainan Province
Huang, Huide; Zhang, Wanzhen; Liu, Enping; Zhang, Xizhu - In: Asian Agricultural Research 05 (2013) 07
This paper gives an overview of the distribution, member scale, production and operation of banana cooperatives in … Hainan Province, and points out the market risk and natural risk faced by the production of banana cooperatives in Hainan … Province. In order to promote the banana cooperatives to form new agricultural management system integrating organization and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010881733