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Livestock asset transfers with and without training: Evidence from Rwanda
Argent, Jonathan; Augsburg, Britta; Rasul, Imran - 2013
programe results in some beneficiaries receiving complementary training with the cow transfer, and other households not … receiving such training with their cow. We exploit these constraints to estimate the additional impact of receiving … complementary training with the cow transfer, on household's economic outcomes up to six years after having receieved the livestock …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010331033
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Livestock asset transfers with and without training: evidence from Rwanda
Argent, Jonathan; Augsburg, Britta; Rasul, Imran - Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) - 2013
programe results in some beneficiaries receiving complementary training with the cow transfer, and other households not … receiving such training with their cow. We exploit these constraints to estimate the additional impact of receiving … complementary training with the cow transfer, on household's economic outcomes up to six years after having receieved the livestock …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010691090
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Livestock asset transfers with and without training : evidence from Rwanda
Argent, Jonathan; Augsburg, Britta; Rasul, Imran - 2013
programe results in some beneficiaries receiving complementary training with the cow transfer, and other households not … receiving such training with their cow. We exploit these constraints to estimate the additional impact of receiving … complementary training with the cow transfer, on household's economic outcomes up to six years after having receieved the livestock …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009787959
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Trials and tribulations: High-yielding varieties and small farmers in Bihar, circa 1970
Bell, Clive - 2025
This paper recounts an early attempt to promote the adoption of high-yielding varieties (HYVs) of rice and wheat by small farmers. The instrument was a package not only of inputs, extension advice and supervision, but also - addressing risk aversion - a guaranteed net revenue. The scheme was...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015325411
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Why do Overlapping Land Rights Discourage Investment in Agriculture?: Customary Land Tenure System in West Africa
Kimura, Yuichi - 2024
Under the customary land tenure system in Ghana, family land allocated through matrilineal ties is associated with a lower propensity to take up rubber cultivation and lower yields when they do. Land tenure insecurity is associated with lower yields, as conventional wisdom suggests. Much of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015214196
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Modélisation de la résilience post-cyclonique à Mananjary : Une analyse Probit Multivariée
RAVELOSON, Armel R.; Andrianady, Josué R.; … - 2024
This article analyzes the territorial resilience of the Mananjary district in Madagascar in response to tropical cyclones, focusing on the communes of Tsaravary and Tsarahafatra. The study employs a multivariate Probit model to examine three hypotheses: the relevance of resilience policies, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015214552
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Mechanisms of Governance of Sustainable Development
Bachev, Hrabrin - 2009
In this paper we incorporate the interdisciplinary New Institutional and Transaction Costs Economics (combining Economics, Organization, Law, Sociology, Behavioral and Political Sciences), and suggest a framework for analyzing the mechanisms of governance of sustainable development. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015216685
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Governing of Agro-Ecosystem Services
Bachev, Hrabrin - 2009
In this paper we incorporate interdisciplinary New Institutional and Transaction Costs Economics (combining Economics, Organization, Law, Sociology, Behavioral and Political Sciences), and suggest a framework for analysis of mechanisms of governance of agro-ecosystem services. Firstly, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015217028
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Farming Management in Pakistan: Suggested Techniques
Herani, Gobind; Wasim, Mohammad Pervez; Rajar, Allah Wasayo - 2007
Abstract: In this paper an attempt has been made to identify types of farming in deserted district Tharparkar, Pakistan and suggest the techniques for improvement. Study reveals that in Tharparkar farming is of three types: rain-fed agriculture (crops), livestock and use of rangeland (no-crops)....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015217400
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Farming Management in Pakistan: Suggested Techniques
Herani, Gobind; Wasim, Mohammad Pervez; Rajar, Allah Wasayo - 2007
Abstract: In this paper an attempt has been made to identify types of farming in deserted district Tharparkar, Pakistan and suggest the techniques for improvement. Study reveals that in Tharparkar farming is of three types: rain-fed agriculture (crops), livestock and use of rangeland (no-crops)....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015217505