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Carbon farming training and welfare : evidence from Northern Ghana
Yaw Okyere, Charles; Kornher, Lukas - 2022
Carbon farming, particularly soil carbon climate strategies, has emerged as a popular tool in addressing climate change and variability in worldwide agriculture. Yet, there is a paucity of evidence on its application, and even more so, limited evidence exists on the welfare impacts in developing...
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Cotton made in Africa : a case study of sustainable production through responsible consumption
Peltzer, Roger; Brüntrup, Michael - German Institute of Development and Sustainability - 2023
remain, particularly regarding whether the local social and economic impacts are sufficient. Cotton made in Africa (CmiA) is … chain, CmiA – like its sister scheme the Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) – seeks to ensure compliance with specific … environmental and social conditions in the cotton production process. Wherever it is implemented and monitored, the CmiA …
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Diversities and Disparities among Female-Headed Households in Rural Malawi
Takane, Tsutomu - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2007
Using data obtained from a survey carried out in six villages in various parts of rural Malawi, this paper examines some of the main characteristics of female-headed households. In the study villages, most female-headed households are in a disadvantageous position relative to their male...
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Agricultural Productivity, Poverty Reduction and Inclusive Growth in Africa : Linkages and Pathways
Ogundipe, Adeyemi; Oduntan, Emmanuel Akanji; Adebayo, … - 2016
Poverty in Africa is primarily rural concentrated, about 75% of the poor population live in rural areas and draws their … extreme poverty, with the Eastern and Southern Africa having the world’s highest concentrations of poor people. The renewed … productivity on poverty reduction in Africa using the dynamic panel data approach estimated using the System-GMM technique for the …
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Evaluating nutrition and health impacts of agricultural innovations
Qaim, Matin - 2014
Agricultural innovations are seen as a key avenue to improve nutrition and health in smallholder farm households. But details of these agriculture-nutrition-health linkages are not yet well understood. While there is a broad literature on the adoption of agricultural technologies, most studies...
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Do Minimum Wage Laws Affect Those Who Are Not Covered? Evidence From Agricultural and Non-Agricultural Workers
Fan, Maoyong - 2020
Some employers are not obligated to pay at least minimum wages to all employees. U.S. farm employers comprise one of these groups. Employees of large farms and H-2A workers (lawfully admitted, nonimmigrant workers performing temporary or seasonal agricultural work) are protected by minimum wage...
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Do Minimum Wage Laws Affect People Who are Not Covered? Evidence from Documented, Undocumented, Hourly, and Piece Rate Workers in U.S. Agriculture
Pena, Anita - 2015
While a stated goal of minimum wage increases is to benefit low income workers, some employers are not obligated to provide at least minimum wages to all employees. U.S. farm employers comprise one of these groups. Employees of large farms and H2-A workers, (temporary non-immigrant workers...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013035593
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Bt cotton and ecosystem impacts of pesticide reductions
Chellatan Veettil, Prakashan; Krishna, Vijesh V.; Qaim, … - 2014
This paper examines the ecosystem impacts of transgenic Bt cotton technology resulting from reduced chemical pesticide … output in the production process. Negative externalities are significantly lower in Bt than in conventional cotton. The …
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Entrepreneurship and the reallocation of African farmers
Naudé, Wim - 2015
agriculture and focus on the literature on entrepreneurship in Africa's structural transformation. I present a conceptual model to …
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Mobile money, market transactions, and household income in rural Kenya
Kikulwe, Enoch M.; Fischer, Elisabeth; Qaim, Matin - 2013
Mobile phone based money services have spread rapidly in many developing countries. We analyze micro level impacts using panel data from smallholder farmers in Kenya. Mobile money use has a large positive net impact on household income. One important pathway is through remittances, which...
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