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IMPACT OF AN AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT ON TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION AND CROP YIELDS OF RESOURCE POOR FARMERS IN BANGLADESH
Jabbar, M.A.; Ziauddin, A.T.M.; Abedin, M.Z. - In: Bangladesh Journal of Agricultural Economics 34 (2011) 1-2
An agricultural development project targeted to resource poor households disseminated a wide range of crop, livestock …
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2nd Forum on Irrigation and water for sustainable development: 15 –16 December, 2008 Ghion Hotel, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Awulachew, Seleshi Bekele; Erkossa, Teklu; Balcha, Yodit - International Water Management Institute (IWMI) - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009398466
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Climbing the water ladder: multiple-use water services for poverty reduction.
van Koppen, Barbara; Smits, Stef; Moriarty, Patrick; … - International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
In low- and middle-income countries, people need water for drinking, personal hygiene and other domestic use. But they also use it for livestock, horticulture, irrigation, fisheries, brickmaking, and other small-scale enterprises. Multiple-use water services (MUS) are best suited to meeting...
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Fertilizer Use and Price Statistics, 1960-93
Taylor, Harold H. - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 1994
The rapid growth in fertilizer consumption throughout the sixties and seventies peaked at 23.7 million nutrient tons in … application. Farm fertilizer prices, while stable or declining during the sixties, have varied widely since 1973. This bulletin … includes quarterly or semiannual time series for farm fertilizer prices, annual, farm and wholesale fertilizer price indexes …
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PROGRESS AND PROBLEMS IN PROMOTING HIGH EXTERNAL-INPUT TECHNOLOGIES IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA: THE SASAKAWA GLOBAL 2000 EXPERIENCE IN ETHIOPIA AND MOZAMBIQUE
Howard, Julie A.; Kelly, Valerie A.; Maredia, Mywish K.; … - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 1999
Critics argue that high external input technologies are too costly for African farmers, and that pilot programs to promote them are economically unsustainable. This paper assesses Sasakawa-Global 2000 programs in Ethiopia and Mozambique; budgets, yield models and subsector analysis help explain...
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Synergistic Green and White Revolution: Evidence from Kenya and Uganda
Jia, Xiangping - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2009
haunting concern on food security. Nevertheless the soaring price of fertilizer and sluggish dissemination of improved seed …, subsidizing fertilizer and seeds is recently voiced heavily. This study reveals that the adoption of improved maize variety in … Africa, subsidizing fertilizer is not sufficient; there exists multiple trajectories to achieve in food security …
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The People Question: Creating Global Advantage through Global Talent Initiatives
Lyons, T.P.; Connolly, Aidan J. - In: International Food and Agribusiness Management Review 15 (2012) A
As agribusiness has evolved from a local, generalized activity into a global, specialized industry, fewer of the … challenges of global agribusiness. …
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Can Agribusiness Feed 3 Billion New People…and Save the Planet? A GLIMPSE into the Future
Connolly, Aidan J.; Phillips-Connolly, Kate - In: International Food and Agribusiness Management Review 15 (2012) B
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The Scientific Pluralism of Agribusiness: A Special Issue on Theory and Practice: Forward
Harrison, R. Wes; Ng, Desmond W. - In: International Food and Agribusiness Management Review 14 (2011) 5
The IFAMR is published by the International Food and Agribusiness Management Association. www.ifama.org …
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An Epistemology for Agribusiness: Peers, Methods and Engagement in the Agri-Food Bio System
Peterson, H. Christopher - In: International Food and Agribusiness Management Review 14 (2011) 5
The IFAMR is published by the International Food and Agribusiness Management Association www.ifama.org …
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