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Did the plan Sénégal emergent affect cropping decisions in the Senegal River Basin?

Moss, Charles B.; Mbaye, Samba; Naseem, Anwar; Oehmke, … - In: Economies : open access journal 6 (2018) 3, pp. 1-17

developing economies from subsistence to commercial agriculture. Senegal’s Plan Sénégal Emergent (PSE) provides a data point in … this discussion. Senegal and international donors invested in agricultural supply chains starting in 2012 to facilitate the … emergence of commercial agriculture for peanuts, rice, and vegetables. This study focuses on these investments in the Senegal …

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Estimating the impacts of a fruit fly eradication program in Peru : a geographical regression discontinuity approach

Salazar, Lina; Maffioli, Alessandro; Aramburu, Julián; … - 2016

In this paper, we evaluate the short term impact of a Fruit Fly Eradication Program in the coastal areas of Peru. Exploiting arbitrary variation in the program's intervention borders, as well as precise geographic location data of farmer's households, we use a Geographical Regression...

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Rural Policies, Price Change and Poverty in Tanzania : An Agricultural Household Model-Based Assessment

Tiberti, Luca - 2015

Exogenous shocks to farmers' consumption, production and labour market decisions are rarely considered accurately. For farm households, under labour market imperfections, such decisions are often interlinked. This calls for non-separable agricultural household models. According to this...

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Can crop purchase programs reduce poverty and improve welfare in rural communities? : evidence from the food reserve agency in Zambia

Fung, Winnie; Liverpool-Tasie, Lenis Saweda; Mason, Nicole - 2015

The last decade has seen a resurgence of parastatal crop marketing institutions in sub-Saharan Africa, many of which cite improving food security and incomes as key goals. However, there is limited empirical evidence on the welfare effects of these programs. This article considers one such...

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Kazakhstan's wheat, beef and dairy sectors : an assessment of their development constraints and recent policy responses

Petrick, Martin; Oshakbaev, Dauren; Wandel, Jürgen - 2014

Kazakhstan is now widely regarded as a key player on world agricultural markets, with considerable export potential in the wheat, beef and dairy sectors. Based on unique farm-level data covering all production systems currently relevant, we offer new insights into the constraints that hamper...

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Impacts of EU CAP Implementation on Bulgarian Farms

Bachev, Hrabrin - 2011

This paper assesses impacts of EU CAP implementation on Bulgarian farms of different type and specialization. First, a framework for assessing the CAP effects on farms is presented. Next, an evaluation is made of the impacts of CAP on: economic results and income of farms; production and...

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Agri-Environmental Management During EU Integration of Bulgaria

Bachev, Hrabrin - 2012

This paper suggests a holistic framework for analyzing the forms and efficiency of agri-environmental management; assesses evolution of market, private, public and hybrid modes of agri-eco-governance during transition and EU integration in Bulgarian; evaluates the impacts of EU CAP on...

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Jobs and agricultural policy : impact of the common agricultural policy on EU agricultural employment

Garrone, Maria; Emmers, Dorien; Olper, Alessandro; … - 2018 - Version: 13 July 2018

This paper investigates the relationship between EU agricultural subsidies and the outflow of labor from agriculture. We use more representative subsidy indicators and a wider coverage (panel data from 210 EU regions over the period 2004-2014) than has been used before. The data allow to better...

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Moving Toward Food Democracy : Better Food, New Farmers, and the Myth of Feeding the World

Hamilton, Neil D. - 2015

Hamilton’s essay begins with a reflection on food and society. He writes of the effect of modernization and industry on the relationship America has with food. What once was a centerpiece of our economic independence, family life, and health is now merely an afterthought. Quality and trust in...

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Comparative Analysis of Agricultural Policy of Bulgaria and Vietnam

Bachev, Hrabrin; Ivanov, Bodjidar; Radev, Teodor; Dung, … - 2015

This book is a first attempt to make a comprehensive comparative analysis of agricultural policies in Bulgaria and Vietnam. Twenty year experience in reforming the agrarian sectors in both countries gives an extraordinary opportunity to (re)assess agrarian policies, their impacts and...

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