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Hired‐labor demand on Chinese household farms

Rada, Nicholas E.; Wang, Chenggang; Qin, Lijian - In: Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies 2 (2012) 2, pp. 115-129

Agriculture. More specifically, the purpose of this paper is to evaluate the scale and dispersion of China's farm‐household hired …) of household survey data collected by the Research Center for Rural Economy at China's Ministry of Agriculture. Findings … present article makes a contribution by showing that hiring of labor in Chinese agriculture is much more prevalent than …

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Evaluating the constraints affecting land access among urban crop farmers in metropolitan Lagos

Odudu, Christopher O.; Omirin, Modupe M. - In: Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies 2 (2012) 2, pp. 130-146

Purpose – Urban crop farming as a variant of urban agriculture is a rising phenomenon in food and income generation …

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Bloom or bust? A global value chain approach to smallholder flower production in Kenya

Zylberberg, Ezequiel - In: Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies 3 (2013) 1, pp. 4-26

Purpose – Integrating smallholders into high‐value global markets represents a unique opportunity to effect large‐scale poverty reduction in the countryside. The purpose of the paper is to add empirical evidence to the discussion of how to best incorporate smallholders into the formal...

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Education for all and for what? Life‐skills and livelihoods in rural communities

Poole, Nigel; Álvarez, Fernando; Penagos, Nora; … - In: Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies 3 (2013) 1, pp. 64-78

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to argue for appropriate formal education for rural young people in order to sustain and enhance viable rural communities. Design/methodology/approach – In reviewing the literature, it bridges the gap between thinking on education and development...

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Urban food retailing and food prices in Africa: the case of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Assefa, Thomas; Abebe, Girum; Lamoot, Indra; Minten, Bart - In: Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies 6 (2016) 2, pp. 90-109

Purpose Despite the large interest in urban food markets, there are, however still relatively few good studies that have empirically documented the functioning of retail markets in developing countries, especially in Africa. The purpose of this paper is to look in particular at the case of Addis...

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Implications of changing agri-food system structure for agricultural education and training in Sub-Saharan Africa

Kabasa, John David; Kirsten, Johann; Minde, Isaac - In: Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies 5 (2015) 2, pp. 190-199

Purpose – African agri-food systems are undergoing major structural change in response to growing urbanization, rising incomes and shifting patterns of food consumption. The purpose of this paper is to explore four major dimensions of this surprisingly rapid structural shift in African food...

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Agriculture supply chain

Routroy, Srikanta; Behera, Astajyoti - In: Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies 7 (2017) 3, pp. 275-302

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to review the agriculture supply chain (ASC) literature along many dimensions …

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The effect of Banana Xanthomonas Wilt on beer-banana value chains in central Uganda

Margaretha Rietveld, Anne; Jogo, Wellington; Mpiira, Samuel - In: Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies 4 (2014) 2, pp. 172-184

Purpose – Beer-bananas in Central Uganda are important for smallholder farmers’ livelihoods, especially for those that process the banana into beer and spirits. The purpose of this paper is to understand how actors in the beer-banana value chain are affected and how they are managing disease...

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Case study: Partnering strategies in a bio tech. world: the case of Dairyland Seed Company

Leach, Mark P.; Mesquita, Luiz; Downey, W. David - In: Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing 16 (2001) 3, pp. 219-238

Large agricultural producers often demand seed with high yielding genetics along with specialty traits specific to their particular needs. Dairyland Seed Company prides itself on its superior genetics and a research program that adds specialty traits while retaining the qualities of the original...

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Cracking export markets with genetically modified crops

Isaac, Grant E.; Perdikis, Nicholas; Kerr, William A. - In: International Marketing Review 21 (2004) 4/5, pp. 536-548

Public and private policy responses to the introduction of genetically modified (GM) crops have differed across countries and regions, resulting in market fragmentation that is in conflict with the entry mode strategy of standardisation that has dominated the food distribution system for a...

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