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Agricultural Clusters in China
Kiminami, Lily; Kiminami, Akira - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2009
The purpose of this study is to assess the potential of clustering in the development of agriculture and rural communities in China. We shall examine in detail the food industry, which is the link in the food chain that propels the industrialization of agriculture, and identify instances of...
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Emprendedoras rurales en Andalucia. Posibilidades y limites de sis estrategias
Cruces Roldan, Cristina; Palenzuela Chamorro, Pablo - In: Revista Española de Estudios Agrosociales y Pesqueros (2006) 211
El articulo presenta las estrategias disenadas y aplicadas por las mujeres empresarias del medio rural andaluz, dentro del context de las politicas europeas de desarrollo rural. Sis contenidos remiten a un proyecto de investigacion basicamente sustentado en una metodologia cualitativa, que tuvo...
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La desigualdad y la pobreza como desafios para el desarrollo territorial rural
Berdegue, Julio; Schejtman, Alexander - In: Revista Española de Estudios Agrosociales y Pesqueros (2008) 218
El articulo analiza la evolucion de la pobreza y la desigualdad rurales en America Latina a partir de inicios de la … incidencia de pobreza como en la distribucion del ingreso. El articulo profundiza en la dimension territorial de la desigualdad … ingreso y pobreza. Las dinamicas de crecimento economico con inclusion social estan sumamente concentradas geograficamente. El …
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Rural Poverty and Employment Effects of Bt Cotton in India
Subramanian, Arjunan; Qaim, Matin - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2009
The impact of genetically modified (GM) crops on the poor in developing countries is still the subject of controversy. While previous studies have examined direct productivity effects of Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) cotton and other GM crops, little is known about wider socioeconomic outcomes. We...
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Determining the Role of Social Capital in Linking Smallholders with Agribusiness
Patrick, Ian; Marshall, Graham R.; Abdurrahman, Muktasam; … - Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2006
Improving smallholder welfare in the rural sectors of developing countries requires improving access to both input and product markets. Success, however, in developing sustainable and mutually beneficial links between smallholders and agribusiness has been variable. Two recent ACIAR studies...
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Rural Development and Poverty Reduction: Is Agriculture Still Key?
Anriquez, Gustavo; Stamoulis, Kostas G. - In: eJADE: electronic Journal of Agricultural and … 04 (2007) 1
This paper examines the relationship between rurality and poverty, and the role the agricultural sector can play in rural development, poverty reduction, and overall development. The historical views regarding the role of the primary sector in development are presented, and then using original...
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Croatia's EU accession: socio-economic assessment of farm households and policy recommendations
Moellers, Judith; Zier, Patrick; Frohberg, Klaus; … - Leibniz-Institut für Agrarentwicklung in … - 2009
Croatia is very close to meeting the requirements necessary for becoming a member of the European Union (EU). On February 6, 2008, the European Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn said that accession negotiations with Croatia are moving ahead well. As in all new member states (NMS), the...
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Natural Resource Management, Food Security and Rural Development in Zambia: Moving From Research to Action
Simasiku, Phyllis; Chapoto, Antony; Richardson, Robert B.; … - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2010
More effective policies are needed to improve access and secure rights to land and other natural resources for various stakeholders, particularly smallholder farmers. Service delivery at all levels of governance needs to be restructured and strengthened in order to promote and improve economic...
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Responding to Economic Shocks in Ghana: The Agricultural Sector as a Social Safety Net
Sarpong, Daniel Bruce; Asuming-Brempong, Samuel - In: eJADE: electronic Journal of Agricultural and … 1 (2004) 1
The objective of this paper is to document, assess and characterize the role Ghana's agriculture has played as a safety net when the urban labor market suffered economic shocks. The study explores how agriculture influences non-agricultural dependent households. Specific attention is given to...
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Poverty and Agricultural Growth: Chile in the 1990s
Lopez, Ramon E.; Anriquez, Gustavo - In: eJADE: electronic Journal of Agricultural and … 1 (2004) 1
This paper analyzes the roles of agriculture in reducing poverty. Following the methodology proposed by Lopez (2002), three channels by which agricultural growth reduces poverty are tested: (i) its effects on the real wage of unskilled workers (and/or its possible effect in reducing their...
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