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Tradeoffs and Complementarities in the Adoption of Improved Seeds, Fertilizer, and Natural Resource Management Technologies in Kenya
Wainaina, Priscilla; Tongruksawattana, Songporne; Qaim, … - Institut für Agrarökonomie, Georg-August-Universität … - 2014
technologies in the same context are not easily possible. We use representative data from maize-producing households in Kenya and a …
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Spatial effects in organic agriculture adoption in Honduras: the role of social conformity, positive externalities, and information
Wollni, Meike; Andersson, Camilla - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2013
In low potential agricultural areas like the Honduran hillsides characterized by soil degradation and erosion, organic agriculture can provide a means to break the downward spiral of resource degradation and poverty. We use original survey data to analyze the factors influencing the decision to...
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Striga Management through Herbicide Resistance: A Public-Private Partnership in Action
Woomer, Paul L.; Savala, Canon N. - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE - 2008
Striga is an indigenous parasitic weed that attacks cereals and other crops in Africa. In maize croplands alone, Striga … to controlling the parasite was to induce herbicide resistance in maize and to coat the seed with herbicide to provide … development by the International Maize and Wheat Centre (CIMMYT), the Kenya Agricultural Research Center (KARI) and the Weizmann …
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Livelihood Strategies of Resource-Poor Farmers in Striga-Infested Areas of Western Kenya.
Manyong, Victor M.; Alene, Arega D.; Odhiambo, George D.; … - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE - 2008
Striga hermonthica (del) Benth is threatening rural livelihoods in western Kenya where maize is the major food and cash … yield loss to Striga given high dependency on maize for livelihoods; adopt no integrated Striga control options; and live in …-scale farmers in the Striga-affected areas of western Kenya. Key words: livelihoods, maize, Striga, Kenya, Logit …
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2009
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Economic and Environmental Impacts of Dietary Changes in Iran: An Input-Output Analysis
Rahmani, Roham; Bakhshoodeh, Mohammad; Zibaei, Mansour; … - In: International Journal on Food System Dynamics 02 (2011) 4
Iran's simple and environmentally extended commodity by commodity input-output (IO) model was used to determine the impacts of dietary changes on the Iranian economy and on the environmental load. The original model is based on the status-quo diet and was modified to include the World Health...
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Facilitating access to rural services in Vietnam: The invisible social capital link
Hoang Dinh, Quoc; Dufhues, Thomas; Buchenrieder, Gertrud - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2012
This paper investigates the effects of network based individual social capital on the access of rural households to services. In the context of development economics, an innovative data collection approach is used to determine network based social capital. The approach originates from the field...
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Editors' Report
Bosch, Darrell J. - In: Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 44 (2012) 03
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International Trade in Biofuels: Legal and Regulatory Issues
de Beer, Jeremy; Smyth, Stuart J. - In: Estey Centre Journal of International Law and Trade Policy 13 (2012) 1
Governments around the world are betting heavily on biofuels as one part of a solution to a wide range of public policy challenges, from environmental sustainability in the face of climate change, to energy security given rising geopolitical instability, to economic growth especially in rural...
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A Glimpse into the Future: A Lens through which to Consider 'Africa's Rising'
Connolly, Aidan J. - In: International Food and Agribusiness Management Review 17 (2014) B
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