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Did the plan Sénégal emergent affect cropping decisions in the Senegal River Basin?
Moss, Charles B.; Mbaye, Samba; Naseem, Anwar; Oehmke, … - In: Economies : open access journal 6 (2018) 3, pp. 1-17
developing economies from subsistence to commercial agriculture. Senegal’s Plan Sénégal Emergent (PSE) provides a data point in … this discussion. Senegal and international donors invested in agricultural supply chains starting in 2012 to facilitate the … emergence of commercial agriculture for peanuts, rice, and vegetables. This study focuses on these investments in the Senegal …
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Farm Productivity and Market Structure. Evidence From Cotton Reforms in Zambia
Brambilla, Irene; Porto, Guido G. - 2005
This paper investigates the impacts of cotton marketing reforms on farm productivity, a key element for poverty alleviation, in rural Zambia. The reforms comprised the elimination of the Zambian cotton marketing board that was in place since 1977. Following liberalization, the sector adopted an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010369207
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Farm productivity and market structure : evidence from cotton reforms in Zambia
Brambilla, Irene; Porto, Guido G. - 2005
This paper investigates the impacts of cotton marketing reforms on farm productivity, a key element for poverty alleviation, in rural Zambia. The reforms comprised the elimination of the Zambian cotton marketing board that was in place since 1977. Following liberalization, the sector adopted an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011610940
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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 farm level technical efficiency in Afghanistan. Data from a household level survey conducted in 2013-2004 by the Central Statistic Organization (CSO) is used in the analysis. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011638217
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Farm Productivity and Market Structure. Evidence from Cotton Reforms in Zambia
Brambilla, Irene; Porto, Guido G. - 2006
This paper investigates the impacts of cotton marketing reforms on farm productivity, a key element for poverty alleviation, in rural Zambia. The reforms comprised the elimination of the Zambian cotton marketing board that was in place since 1977. Following liberalization, the sector adopted an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014063309
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Agricultural supply response and poverty in Mozambique
Heltberg, Rasmus; Tarp, Finn - 2001
This paper identifies the key causal factors behind farmers’ marketing decisions in Mozambique. A two-step decision making process is modelled. Farmers decide, first, whether or not to participate in the market and, second, how much to market. The model is estimated using a Heckman switching...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010279229
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Can commercial farming promote rural dynamism in sub-Saharan Africa? : evidence from Mozambique
Glover, Steven M.; Jones, Sam - 2016
The impact of large commercial farms on neighbouring smallholders in low-income sub-Saharan Africa remains controversial. Bringing evidence to a largely anecdotal debate, we deploy a dataset covering all commercial farms in Mozambique, linking them to a nationally representative survey of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011557662
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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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Efficiency and factors for agricultural use of sludge in circular Bulgarian economy
Bachev, Hrabrin; Ivanov, Bodjidar - 2021
The issue of utilization of sludge from wastewater treatment in agriculture is an important socio-economic and environmental problem in the European Union and Bulgaria. Its significance is determined by the fact that the amount of sludge formed is constantly growing, as the annual amount of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013212151
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Agrarian Economy and Rural Development - Realities and Perspectives for Romania
Necula, Diana; Liliana, Berevoianu; Necula, Raluca; … - 2021
The present volume is the collection of the conference papers presented on the 11th International Symposium Agricultural economics and Rural Development - Realities and Perspectives for Romania, organized by the Research Institute for Agrarian Economy and Rural Development during 19 of November,...
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