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Matching grant programs administered to agricultural groups and cooperatives have emerged as a means of helping smallholder farmers to commercialize in Nepal. These programs help farmers to access information on new technologies, overcome barriers to productive investment, and connect with...
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Matching grant programs administered to agricultural groups and cooperatives have emerged as a means of helping smallholder farmers to commercialize in Nepal. These programs help farmers to access information on new technologies, overcome barriers to productive investment, and connect with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014082724
On March 11, 2011 the strongest ever recorded in Japan earthquake occurred which triggered a powerful tsunami and caused a nuclear accident in Fukushima nuclear plant. The later was a “man-made” disaster having immense impacts on people’s life, health and property, infrastructure, supply...
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Fukushima nuclear disaster on the Japanese agriculture and food sector. It contains fourteen parts: introduction with the …; evaluation of the effects on markets, consumers and international trade; analysis of effects on food regulation and inspection …
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agriculture, food industries and consumers as well as factors for persistence of negative impacts, and longer-term impacts on … Fukushima nuclear disaster on the Japanese agriculture and food sector. Nearly four years after the triple disaster, it gives … earthquake, tsunami and nuclear accident on agriculture, food industries, and food consumption in different regions of the …
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The transformation of the global agrifood system is characterized by the increasing importance of food safety and quality standards. This trend is challenging farmers in countries like Guatemala, who often lack necessary skills and assets. We contribute to the ongoing discussion about the impact...
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This paper evaluates the impact of the introduction of savings groups on poverty, vulnerability, and financial inclusion outcomes in rural Peru. Using a cluster randomized control trial and relying on both survey and administrative records, we investigate the impact of savings groups after more...
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In der vorliegenden Arbeit wird eine semi-parametrischer Matching-Ansatz (Propensity Score Matching) verwendet, um den Effekt von Agrarumweltprogrammen, der Aus-gleichszulage für benachteiligte Gebiete sowie der Ausgleichszahlung für Gebiete mit umweltspezifischen Einschränkungen auf den...
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This chapter presents a review and synthesis of effects of education in agriculture, summarizes major contributions … specialization of labor, which generally raises labor productivity, and technical change, the dominant effect on agriculture has been … technical change. A puzzle remains why schooling does not have broader direct impacts in agriculture. Furthermore, as we proxy …
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details of these agriculture-nutrition-health linkages are not yet well understood. While there is a broad literature on the …
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