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The Mission : Human Capital Transmission, Economic Persistence and Culture in South America
Valencia Caicedo, Felipe - 2019
This article examines the long-term consequences of a historical human capital intervention. The Jesuit order founded religious missions in 1609 among the Guarani, in modern-day Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay. Before their expulsion in 1767, missionaries instructed indigenous inhabitants in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014107672
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Background Paper: Research and Development and Extension Services in Agriculture and Food Security
Wesley, Annie; Faminow, Merle - 2014
Investments in agricultural research and extension have consistently demonstrated high rates of return in Asia and the … development and extension services through the two-pronged approach of boosting food production and preventing losses. Priority … and extension to address the numerous challenges along the pathway from agriculture production and distribution to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011432713
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Women in African Agriculture : Integrating Women Into Value Chains to Build a Stronger Sector
Njiraini, Georgina Wambui; Ngigi, Marther W.; Baraké, … - 2018
extension services …
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Development of Potato in Bihar-Issues and Strategies
Singh, Krishna M. - 2013
Potato is the fourth major food crop after rice, wheat and maize in Bihar. It occupies less than 5% of net sown area with production only 4th after rice, wheat and maize. Potato a short duration crop has special significance since it gives exceptionally high yields/unit area/unit time and has...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013072209
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The Poverty of Nations - The Aid Dilemma at the Heart of Africa
Morton, James - 2021
Why, after 30 years of aid, were so many African countries no better off in the 1980s than they had been at independence? Why, indeed, were so many of them slipping back and earlier economic achievements being undermined?Concentrating on Sudan, the Poverty of Nations examined what had gone wrong...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013245275
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Background paper : research and development and extension services in agriculture and food security
Wesley, Annie S.; Faminow, Merle D. - 2014
Investments in agricultural research and extension have consistently demonstrated high rates of return in Asia and the … development and extension services through the two-pronged approach of boosting food production and preventing losses. Priority … and extension to address the numerous challenges along the pathway from agriculture production and distribution to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010463534
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Agriculture and Development : A Brief Review of the Literature
Dethier, Jean-Jacques - 2015
seeds and inputs, agricultural extension, credit, rural infrastructure, connection to markets, rural non-farm employment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013036761
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State, Efficiency and Factors for Development of AKIS in Bulgaria
Bachev, Hrabrin - 2020
Unlike in many other countries, in Bulgaria there are no comprehensive analysis of the state and evolution of the system of knowledge sharing, innovation and digitalization in agriculture (AKIS). The goal of this paper is to fill the gap and analyze the state, efficiency and factors of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012837218
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Farms versus firms in economic development : the assumptions and consequences of learning dynamics in agriculture and mnufacturing
Srinivas, Smita; Vieira Filho, José Eustáquio Ribeiro - 2015
Economic development theories and their learning frameworks differently address farms and firms. This article argues that the traditional double-standard of the primacy of manufacturing rests on a debatable stages model that under-recognizes learning and innovation in agriculture and its...
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Livelihood programs for climate change mitigation and economic development in coastal areas of southern minadanao philippines
Corpuz, Onofre - 2022
The problem of the study is to find out the extent of the Bureau ofFisheries and Aquatic Resources Livelihood Program and its relation toClimate Change in Southern Mindanao Coastal Areas. The descriptivesurvey and correlational methods was used. The respondents of this studywere 270 BFAR’s...
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