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Agricultural Commercialization and Diversification in Jammu and Kashmir : Causes and Impacts
Shah, Mohd Asif - 2021
The paper has examined trends and patterns in crop diversification in Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir for the … period 2007-08 to 2013-14 using Simpson Index of Diversification (SID) and estimated the determinants of crop diversification … replacing the food crops, either via specialization or diversification for reaping the higher benefits from the horticulture …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013217270
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Diversification and its Determinants : A Search for Alternative Income and Agricultural Development in Eastern India
Ahmad, Nasim - 2020
group and over 75% of their earnings are utilized to ensure their food security. Issues related to diversification have been … discussed by researchers for a long period and they have been trying to relate diversification to the developmental prospects … attempt has been made to measure diversification using Herfindahl- Hirschman index, known as the most popular method, it was …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012844280
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Crop diversification and technical efficiency in Afghanistan : stochastic frontier analysis
Ahmadzai, Hayatullah - 2017
Using Stochastic Frontier Analysis (SFA), this paper centered on analysing the impact of Crop Diversification (CD) on … investigated for potential endogeneity in crop diversification. Instrumental Variable (IV) method was employed to correct for … endogeneity in crop diversification. The results of the IV estimation reveal that failing to account for endogeneity in the basic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011638217
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Using Energy Resources to Diversify the Economy : Agricultural Price Distortions in Kazakhstan
Pomfret, Richard - 2014
The agricultural sector in Kazakhstan experienced declining output throughout the 1990s, partly because relative prices shifted from being distorted in favor of farmers to being distorted against them. After the end of the decade public policy shifted towards support for (or less discrimination...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014206137
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Cuba: Agricultural transition and food security in a global perspective
Riera, Olivia; Swinnen, Johan - 2015
This paper reviews the situation in the agricultural sector and food security in Cuba and in particular the transformations that have (not) taken place since 1990. We compare the Cuban transition with transitions in other "transition countries" and show that Cuba does not fit easily in one of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011419206
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Cuba : agricultural transition and food security in a global perspective
Riera, Olivia; Swinnen, Johan F. M. - 2015
This paper reviews the situation in the agricultural sector and food security in Cuba and in particular the transformations that have (not) taken place since 1990. We compare the Cuban transition with transitions in other "transition countries" and show that Cuba does not fit easily in one of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010474743
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Myanmar's agriculture sector : unlocking the potential for inclusive growth
Raitzer, David A.; Wong, Larry C. Y.; Samson, Jindra … - 2015
Myanmar's agriculture sector offers substantial unexploited potential to underpin the country's inclusive economic development. With extensive land, water, and labor resources, as well as proximity to fast-growing markets, the country's agriculture has key competitive advantages. At the same...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011402445
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013099067
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Myanmar's Agriculture Sector : Unlocking the Potential for Inclusive Growth
Raitzer, David - 2015
Myanmar's agriculture sector offers substantial unexploited potential to underpin the country's inclusive economic development. With extensive land, water, and labor resources, as well as proximity to fast-growing markets, the country's agriculture has key competitive advantages. At the same...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013009381
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African Agricultural Mechanization : Myths, Realities and an Emerging Research Agenda
Daum, Thomas - 2019
African farm systems remain the least mechanized of all continents. There were substantial state-led efforts to promote agricultural mechanization during the 1960s and 1970s, but these efforts failed, which led to a subsequent neglect of mechanization, both in practice and in academia. In...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012858019