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adoption of these varieties in general, there is increasing pressure on breeding and technology dissemination programs to … desirable and undesirable attributes. In addition, it determines the adoption rates of these varieties and the factors that have … influenced the speed of adoption of the most adopted variety. Results show that NASE 1, NASE 2, NASE 3, NASE 4, NASE 10 and NASE …
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unemployment. This paper reports factor interrelationships in dairy adoption with a view to understanding factors that influence … adoption. The binary probit model was used to analyse data from 1575 households. Contrary to findings from similar studies … elsewhere, some factors had a negative association with adoption, thus unfolding a unique adoption process. The association …
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of access to credit on the adoption of hybrid maize among households that vary in their credit constraints. The data used … estimated using a switching regression in a Double-Hurdle model. Results reveal that while access to credit increases adoption … affect adoption among credit constrained households are different from those that that affect adoption among unconstrained …
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of adoption of certified organic farming. …
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This 2008 report provides an economic overview of the Canadian agriculture and agri-food system. It is meant to be a multi-purpose reference document to provide: an introduction to the agriculture and agri-food system; a snapshot of structural changes that are occurring throughout the system in...
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This paper investigates the effects of network based individual social capital on the access of rural households to services. In the context of development economics, an innovative data collection approach is used to determine network based social capital. The approach originates from the field...
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Due to the size of the European Union’s agricultural production and its market, the impact of the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reaches far beyond Europe and has major implications for trade in agricultural goods all over the world including the ESA region. Since the 1950s, the CAP...
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This 2009 report provides an economic overview of the Canadian agriculture and agri-food system. It is meant to be a multi-purpose reference document to provide: an introduction to the agriculture and agri-food system; a snapshot of structural changes that are occurring throughout the system in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008456876
. Results show that households engaged in export horticulture are better-off than those which do not. Yet, the sole adoption of …
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regional grouping of 20 countries. In the context of this study, Tanzania is also included although it is not a COMESA member … principle by the end of May 2006. Based on case studies of six countries—Egypt, Kenya, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia …
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