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China's feed industry in transition: the case of New Hope Group – an industry perspective
Fu, Wenge - In: Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies 1 (2011) 2, pp. 162-178
impact of mandates outlined in China's Twelfth Five-Year Plan, such as the imperative to modernize agriculture and improve …
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The impact of changing marketing conditions on Ugandan banana farmers
Komarek, Adam M.; Ahmadi-Esfahani, Fredoun Z. - In: Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies 2 (2012) 1, pp. 74-88
Purpose – Low productivity and the prevalence of marketing and demand constraints are all interrelated problems for banana growers in East Africa. The purpose of this paper is to examine how different marketing policies can alter the incomes of banana-growing households in the Ntungamo...
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The 7 Cs of rural credit in China
Turvey, Calum G.; He, Guangwen; Kong, Rong; Ma, Jiujie; … - In: Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies 1 (2011) 2, pp. 100-133
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the farm and rural credit system in China. To do this the authors use the so-called “7 Cs” of credit (these include: Credit, Character, Capacity, Capital, Condition, Capability, and Collateral) and for each “C” provide...
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Farm-level Autonomous Adaptation of European Agricultural Supply to Climate Change
Leclère, David; Jayet, Pierre-Alain; de … - In: Ecological Economics 87 (2013) C, pp. 1-14
The impact of climate change on European agriculture is subject to a significant uncertainty, which reflects the … intertwined nature of agriculture. This issue involves a large number of processes, ranging from field to global scales, which …
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The Impact of Agriculture Credit on Growth in Pakistan
Akmal, Nadeem; Rehman, Bushra; Ali, Akhtar; Shah, Hassnain - In: Asian Journal of Agriculture and rural Development 2 (2012) 4, pp. 579-583
Agriculture took place on land, where crops, rising and rearing animals for the production of food for man and … important role in economic growth. This study is designed to analyze the impact of agriculture credit on growth. This type of … 1970-2010.Water availability; labour availability and crop intensity are the important determinants of agriculture GDP. …
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The Concept of Withholding Period and Pesticide Residue in Grain Storage
Adegbola, J. A.; Anugwom, U. D.; Awagu, F.; Adu, E. A. - In: Asian Journal of Agriculture and rural Development 2 (2012) 4, pp. 598-603
This review focuses on pesticides, their unquantifiable benefits to agriculture, pesticide residue, maximum pesticide …
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Rain, temperature and agricultural production: The impact of climate change in Sub-Sahara Africa, 1961-2009
Exenberger, Andreas; Pondorfer, Andreas - Institut für Finanzwissenschaft, Fakultät für … - 2011
of the most obvious factors of influence is certainly valuable in the African case. Since agriculture is not only the …
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Parametric decomposition of the malmquist index in an output-oriented distance function: Productivity in Chinese agriculture
Yu, Bingxin; Liao, Xiyuan; Shen, Hongfang - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013
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Género y derecho a la tierra - Comprender las complejidades; adaptar las políticas
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), United Nations; … - 2010
Aumentar el acceso de las mujeres a la tierra es crucial para combatir el hambre y la pobreza. Sin embargo, las disparidades de género en el acceso a la tierra siguen siendo notables en muchos países, con independencia de su nivel de desarrollo. La nueva base de datos de la FAO ayudará a...
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Impact of variation in climatic factors on crop yield: A case of rice crop in Andhra Pradesh, India
Barnwal, Prabhat; Kotani, Koji - Graduate School of International Relations, … - 2010
This study examines the effects of temperature and precipitation on the mean and variance of seasonal rice yield in Andhra Pradesh, India, over a period of 33 years (1969-2002). For this purpose, two distinct approaches are employed: (i) panel data analysis using Just and Pope stochastic...
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