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Productivity and economic growth in Kenyan agriculture, 1964-1996

Gerdin, Anders - In: Agricultural Economics of Agricultural Economists 27 (2002) 1

This paper analyses the patterns of productivity and economic growth in the aggregated Kenyan agriculture between 1964 …

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Seasonal labor constraints and intra-household dynamics in the female fields of southern Cameroon

Elad, Renata L.; Houston, Jack E. - In: Agricultural Economics of Agricultural Economists 27 (2002) 1

African agricultural production is modeled as a sequential decision process, with men's labor first allotted to clearing, then women's labor allotted to harvesting. A switching regression is then used to measure the constraints due to clearing labor capacity and harvesting labor capacity. The...

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The potential impact of climate change on Taiwan's agriculture

Chang, Ching-Cheng - In: Agricultural Economics of Agricultural Economists 27 (2002) 1

This paper intends to estimate tbe potential impact of climate change on Taiwan's agricultural sector. Yield response regression models are used to investigate the climate change's impact on 60 crops. A price-endogenous mathematical programming model is tben used to simulate tbe welfare impacts...

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An Introduction to Nutrition-Agriculture Linkages

Chung, Kimberly - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2012

nutrition. Accordingly, the term “nutrition-agriculture linkages” describes the set of relationships that shows the mutual … dependence of nutrition, health and agriculture. Changes in nutrition or health status are expected to affect agricultural … status. Most development professionals, however, are sectoral specialists. Some are trained in nutrition or agriculture, but …

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Kyoto and the EU CEP 2020: A Dynamic Study of the impacts on the Agricultural Sector in Spain

Childs, Jack - Agricultural Economics Society - AES - 2012

agriculture, the indices of output (4.3% fall), and supply price (7.7% rise) perform relatively worse, whilst there is a … concomitant cumulative fall in aggregate farm incomes of €1,510m by 2020. The more notable impact in agriculture is attributed to …

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The Rhythm of the Rains: Seasonal Effects on Child Health in The Gambia

Gajigo, Ousman; Schwab, Benjamin - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2012

We analyze the consequences of seasonal variation in maternal consumption on child health using two nationally representative Gambian household surveys. Seasonal fluctuation in consumption stems from difficulties borrowing when incomes are low during the rainy season and saving when they peak...

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Trade policy reforms in the new agricultural context: Is regional integration a priority for Sub-Saharan African countries agricultural-led industrialization? Insights from a globa...

Douillet, Mathilde - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2012

preferential) trade integration are compared to assess policy reform priorities. Their coherence with the objective of agriculture …

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Climate Change, Agricultural Productivity and its Impacts on the Food Industry: A General Equilibrium Analysis

Ludena, Carlos E.; Mejia, Carla - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2012

productivity and its impacts on production, trade and prices of primary agriculture, and ultimately, food processing sectors. We …

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The Rhythm of the Rains: Seasonal Effects on Child Health in The Gambia

Gajigo, Ousman; Schwab, Benjamin - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2012

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Market Competition in Export Cash Crops and Farm Income

Depetris Chauvin, Nicolas; Porto, Guido G. - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2011

This paper studies how the internal structure of agriculture export markets and the level of competition affect poverty … and welfare in rural areas in Africa. We develop a game-theory model of supply chains in cash crop agriculture between …

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