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A Pathway to Adoption of Yield-Enhancing Agricultural Technologies Among the Rural Poor : Evidence from a Randomized Control Trial in Benin
Houndolo, Deo-Gracias - 2020
were provided with intensive agricultural-extension support and a full package of inputs to test on one of their plots. In … the control group, farmers were offered improved seeds, and agricultural-extension agents gave them only limited support …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012825711
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Consumption Risk, Technology Adoption and Poverty Traps : Evidence From Ethiopia
Dercon, Stefan - 2015
Much has been written on the determinants of input and technology adoption in agriculture, with issues such as input availability, knowledge and education, risk preferences, profitability, and credit constraints receiving much attention. This paper focuses on a factor that has been less well...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012707610
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Measurement of Attitudes of Rural Poor Towards SHGs in Bihar, India
Meena, M.; Singh, Krishna M. - 2012
-driven and decentralized extension system; use of media-mix for technology transfer, informal education at rural level …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014171543
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The Role of Agricultural Extension in Rural Poverty Reduction of Eritrea – An Analysis
Rena, Ravinder - 2015
The main objective of the study is to examine the impact of agricultural extension in the development of Eritrean … agriculture extension, and some significant factors that could improve the efficiency of agricultural extension. It is evident … agricultural extension in order to increase agricultural production and eventually to minimize the high level of poverty in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014195523
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Cognitive Skills, Noncognitive Skills, and School-to-Work Transitions in Rural China
Glewwe, Paul - 2017
Economists have long recognized the important role of formal schooling and cognitive skills on labor market participation and wages. More recently, increasing attention has turned to the role of personality traits, or noncognitive skills. This study is among the first to examine how both...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012962277
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Cognitive skills, noncognitive skills, and school-to-work transitions in rural China
Glewwe, Paul; Huang, Qiuqiong; Park, Albert - 2017
Economists have long recognized the important role of formal schooling and cognitive skills on labor market participation and wages. More recently, increasing attention has turned to the role of personality traits, or noncognitive skills. This study is among the first to examine how both...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011613141
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Investments of rural households in Northeast Thailand and the future of small scale farming
Hohfeld, Lena; Waibel, Hermann - In: Quarterly journal of international agriculture 52 (2013) 3, pp. 217-236
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The politics of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act in Andhra Pradesh
Maiorano, Diego - In: World development : the multi-disciplinary … 58 (2014), pp. 95-105
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010389667
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Profile of the Italian farmer : the main entrepreneurial types
Capitanio, Fabian; Adinolfi, Felice - In: Acta agriculturae Scandinavica / C : an official … 7 (2010) 1, pp. 25-35
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008810815
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Analysis of the impact of alternative enterprise interventions on poverty and livelihoods in rural Ghana
Prince Osei-Wusu Adjei; Adjei, Joyce Osei - In: African review of economics & finance : AREF : (a … 8 (2016) 2, pp. 269-291
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011721513