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Orphan crops and the vulnerability of rural livelihoods : the case of enset in Ethiopia
Feyisa, Ashenafi Duguma; Mey, Yann de; Maertens, Miet - In: Q open : a journal of agricultural, climate, … 2 (2022) 2, pp. 1-29
This study examines the role of enset or false banana, an orphan crop with high resilience to extreme environmental conditions, high nutritional value, and long storability, in the livelihood of rural households in Ethiopia. With its specific characteristics, enset could reduce households'...
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Weathering shocks : the effects of weather shocks on farm input use in sub-Saharan Africa
Nsabimana, Aimable - 2022
food production. In regions such as sub-Saharan Africa, where agriculture is the major source of household livelihoods … fertilizer use reduces much more in drought-prone areas than in less drought-prone areas during growing seasons. I also find that … purposively reduce farm investments, including yield-enhancing technology such as chemical fertilizer, hence worsening adverse …
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Risk management and coping strategies : climate change and agriculture in the Philippines
Ravago, Majah-Leah V.; Roumasset, James Alan; Jandoc, … - 2015
We provide an initial framework regarding priorities for government programs to reduce the natural-disaster vulnerability of farm households in the Philippines. We begin with the likelihood that climate change will increase the probability of flooding, since rainfall is expected to both increase...
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Remittances, informal loans, and assets as risk-coping mechanisms : evidence from agricultural households in rural Philippines
Pajaron, Marjorie C. - 2014
This paper investigates whether agricultural households in rural Philippines insure their consumption and whether they use remittances, informal loans, or assets as ex post risk-coping mechanisms. Since these households have limited access to formal insurance and credit markets, any shocks to...
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Macroeconomic Shocks, Human Capital and Productive Efficiency : Evidence from West African Farmers
Barrett, Christopher B.; Sherlund, Shane M.; Adesina, … - 2003
Little empirical work has quantified the transitory effects of macroeconomic shocks on farm-level production behavior. We develop a simple analytical model to explain how macroeconomic shocks might temporarily divert managerial attention, thereby affecting farm-level productivity, but perhaps to...
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EMEs and COVID-19 Shutting Down in a World of Informal and Tiny Firms
Alfaro, Laura; Becerra, Oscar; Eslava, Marcela - 2020
Emerging economies are characterized by an extremely high prevalence of informality, small firm employment and jobs not fit for working from home. These features factor into how the COVID-19 crisis has affected the economy. We develop a framework that, based on accounting identities and actual...
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Digital labour platforms as shock absorbers : evidence from COVID-19
Jones, Sam; Manhique, Ivan - 2022
Digital labour platforms have grown five-fold over the last decade, enabling significant expansion in gig work worldwide. We interrogate the criticism that these platforms tend to amplify aggregate economic shocks for registered users (workers). Based on the universe of records from a matching...
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Natural disasters and climate change : innovative solutions in financial risk management
Durante, Juan José (ed.); Rosillo, Rafael (ed.) - 2020
This book presents a technical approach to promoting the development of disaster and climate change risk financing and transfer strategies, and discusses several practical issues, chiefly focusing on Latin America and the Caribbean. Innovative risk financing and insurance mechanisms are vital...
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The COVID-19 consumption game-changer : evidence from a large-scale multi-country survey
Hodbod, Alexander; Hommes, Cars H.; Huber, Stefanie J.; … - 2021
Prospective economic developments depend on the behavior of consumer spending. A key question is whether private expenditures recover once social distancing restrictions are lifted or whether the COVID-19 crisis has a sustained impact on consumer confidence, preferences, and, hence, spending....
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The COVID-19 consumption game-changer : evidence from a large-scale multi-country survey
Hodbod, Alexander; Hommes, Cars H.; Huber, Stefanie J.; … - 2021 - Version: 2021-10-17
Prospective economic developments depend on the behavior of consumer spending. A key question is whether private expenditures recover once social distancing restrictions are lifted or whether the COVID-19 crisis has a sustained impact on consumer confidence, preferences, and, hence, spending....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012665880