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With globalization, market liberalization, and the rapid development of rural infrastructure, new market opportunities …, farmers, government, and donors. In particular, this work examines contract farming in the Lao PDR and Cambodia and points to … donor resources, private sector endeavors that serve to generate pro-poor growth may be the key to poverty alleviation. …
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Global food markets demand the adoption of food standards by small-scale farmers in developing countries when they enter international markets. While a conventional certification with GlobalGAP can be a market entry condition for conventional food, especially for horticultural products, organic...
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Poverty is prevalent among small farms in transition economies such as the Lao PDR, where market failures prevail and … development tool to increase small farm incomes and reduce rural poverty. Using propensity score matching methodology and an … tool to improve the profitability and raise the incomes of small farmers, thereby reducing poverty in rural areas with …
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An agricultural growth model is proposed to verify the agricultural convergence hypothesis among some Asian countries following the method of Barro and Sala-i-Martin (1992) and Sala-i-Martin (1996). Conditional convergence of agriculture is facilitated by foreign aid intended for agriculture and...
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Goal 1 (No poverty), Goal 2 (Zero hunger) and Goal 3 (Good health and well‑being). Another purpose, recognized as the added …
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This article is devoted to the impact of the Eastern Partnership on agricultural production of the member states. ENPARD basic parameters are examined. The results of agricultural development of the states participating in ENPARD and states preparing to join the project was monitored. The...
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The article draws upon the insights of Yale philosopher Thomas Pogge to suggest a way that we might think about the structural inequities in the global economic order that produce food insecurity. The article argues that chronic undernourishment is not a function of food scarcity, bad weather,...
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This paper shows that greater global spatial correlation of productivities can increase cross-country welfare dispersion by increasing the correlation between a country's productivity and its gains from trade. We causally validate this general-equilibrium prediction using a global climatic...
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inherently international, and their pervasiveness can be seen as a symptom of border-less globalization, excessive liberalism …
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positive impact on society, globalization and the rapid pace of technological development, including robotics and artificial … of economic recession and/or in areas of growing economic and human poverty. A reaction to these developments might be …
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