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Smallholders, market failures, and agricultural production: evidence from India
Merfeld, Joshua D. - 2020
reallocate labor across activities less in response to intra-seasonal crop price changes than do non-smallholders. A … counterfactual exercise indicates smallholders could increase revenue by almost nine percent if they were to reallocate labor …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012290639
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The agricultural mechanization in Africa : micro-level analysis of state drivers and effects
Kirui, Oliver K. - 2019
mechanization on use of household and hired labor. Finally, agricultural mechanization significantly raises the productivity of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011992253
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The gendered effects of climate change: production shocks and labor response in agriculture
Afridi, Farzana; Mahajan, Kanika; Sangwan, Nikita - 2021
gender-differentiated labor impacts of droughts resulting from lower precipitation using unique individual-level panel data … highlight the gendered impact of climate change, potentially exacerbating extant gender gaps in the labor market. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012592972
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Air pollution and agricultural productivity in a developing country
Merfeld, Joshua D. - 2023
, with large changes in productivity being common. The negative effects of pollution are larger in areas growing more labor …-intensive crops, indicating that the pollution works at least partly through direct effects on labor productivity. Finally, combining …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014315725
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The determinants of food aid provisions to Africa and the developing world
Nunn, Nathan; Qian, Nancy - 2010
"We examine the supply-side and demand-side determinants of global bilateral food aid shipments between 1971 and 2008. First, we find that domestic food production in developing countries is negatively correlated with subsequent food aid receipts, suggesting that food aid receipt is partly...
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EU-US climate cooperation: Challenges and opportunities for the implementation of the Paris agreement
Stranadko, Nataliya - 2021
The transformation from Kyoto to Paris has been analysed by international relations scholars, international law, and transnational governance theory. The international relations literature looks at the climate regime from a perspective of power distribution, state interests, institutions, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012416697
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EU-US climate cooperation : challenges and opportunities for the implementation of the Paris agreement
Stranadko, Nataliya - 2021
The transformation from Kyoto to Paris has been analysed by international relations scholars, international law, and transnational governance theory. The international relations literature looks at the climate regime from a perspective of power distribution, state interests, institutions, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012416102
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Modernization of agriculture and long-term growth
Yang, Dennis Tao; Zhu, Xiaodong - 2010
price of industrial products, but has a limited effect on per capita income because most labor has to remain in farming …
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How Modern is Philippine Agriculture and Fisheries? Synthesis Report
Briones, Roehlano M. - 2022
The agriculture and fisheries sector has been expanding over time, albeit within the overall context of structural change in the Philippine economy. However, based on progress made in other similarly situated economies, growth and productivity trends have not been "on track." While considerable...
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