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Food Standards, Certification, and Poverty among Coffee Farmers in Uganda
Chiputwa, Brian; Qaim, Matin; Spielman, David J. - Institut für Agrarökonomie, Georg-August-Universität … - 2013
Private standards are gaining in importance in global markets for high-value foods. We analyze and compare impacts of three sustainability oriented standards – Fairtrade, Organic, and UTZ – on the livelihoods of smallholder coffee farmers in Uganda. Using survey data and propensity score...
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Investigating the Sources of Agricultural Growth in Africa: Factor Accumulation, Total Factor Productivity, and Technology Absorption
Nkamleu, Guy Blaise - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE - 2008
This paper investigates sources and determinants of agricultural growth in Africa, concentrating on the growth path …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005068364
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The Economics of Biotechnology (Gmos) and the Need for A Regional Policy: The Case for COMESA Countries
Minde, Isaac J.; Kizito, Mazvimavi - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE - 2008
impact on agriculture, industry and trade. However, to date for the whole of Africa, only South Africa has commercialized … genetically modified organisms (GMOs). Realizing the high transactions costs—particularly in trade that may underlie different … countries having varying policy stances on biotechnology, COMESA (COMESA—Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa, is a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005068375
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Aflatoxin Redux: Does European Aflatoxin Regulation Hurt Groundnut Exporters from Africa?
Xiong, Bo; Beghin, John C. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2010
Replaced with revised version of paper 07/02/10.
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Policy and Institutional effects on market participation by smallholder rice farmers: case studies in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger
Toure, Ali; Bamba, Ibrahim; Diagne, Aliou; Harouna, Kore; … - 2008
Rice sector contributes significantly to secure households with regard to their food needs but also to the creation of employments and income generation. The sector development and its evolution over the years have been marked by various policies and approaches. These development stages of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009444868
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Competitiveness and revealed comparative advantage in the SADC maize industry
Mutambatsere, Emelly - 2008
This paper evaluates the production and trade trends for maize and maize products in southern Africa, individual … countries’ revealed comparative advantages in producing these products, and the expected implications of freer trade in this … sector. The analysis employs mainly annual bilateral trade data for the period 1996-2004, evaluated using comprehensive …
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Has Imported Rice Crowded-out Domestic Rice Production in Ghana? What has Been the Role of Policy?
Asuming-Brempong, Samuel; Osei-Asare, Yaw Bonsu - 2008
Commercial rice imports have accounted for approximately 61%, food aid in rice accounted for about 2%, and domestic rice accounted for some 37% per annum of rice consumption in Ghana over the four years between 2000 and 2003. Compared to the 1990s, these figures show a gradual decline in the...
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Smallholder marketed surplus and input use under transactions costs: maize supply and fertilizer demand in Kenya
Arega, D.A.; Manyong, Victor M.; Omanya, G.; Mignouna, H.D. - 2008
This paper assessed the effects of transactions costs—relative to price and non-price factors—on smallholder marketed surplus and input use in Kenya. A selectivity model was used that accounts not only for the effects of fixed and variable transactions costs but also for the role of assets,...
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The Impact of Access to Credit on the Adoption of hybrid maize in Malawi: An Empirical test of an Agricultural Household Model under credit market failure
Simtowe, F.; Zeller, Manfred - 2008
Guided by the frame work of a household model under credit market failure, this paper aims at investigating the impact of access to credit on the adoption of hybrid maize among households that vary in their credit constraints. The data used in the study is from Malawi collected by the...
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2009
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