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Gendered Impact of Irrigated Rice Schemes’ Governance on Farmers’ Income, Productivity and Technical Efficiency in Benin

Kinkingninhoun-Medagbe, Florent M.; Diagne, Aliou; … - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE - 2008

Collective actions groups have many advantages and are sometimes essential, yet they can reinforce or perpetuate inter-and intra-gender inequalities when their functioning is left entirely subject to internal community dynamics and they are not well managed. This is well illustrated by the case...

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Demand-driven and Cost Effective Production: What the Farmers Ought to know. A case of Local Chicken Enterprise in Masindi District-Uganda

Alum, W.; Kanzikwera, R.; Sanginga, Pascal - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE - 2008

Most African communities depend on agriculture for both income generation and food security and yet farming has faced and is still confronted with a lot of production and market related hardships. Despite all these constraints, farmers are stuck on agriculture as it’s the only definite way of...

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Linking Farmers to Markets: The Case of Grain Marketing Information in Western Kenya

Odendo, Martins; De Groote, Hugo - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE - 2008

the need for marketing information increased. Unfortunately, most farmers have little or no access to marketing … information. This study evaluates farmers’ perceptions of importance of marketing information; identifies farmers’ sources of … grain marketing information; determine farmers’ confidence in and use of marketing information; and assesses determinants …

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Does Participation in Microfinance Programs Improve Household Incomes: Empirical Evidence From Makueni District, Kenya

Kiiru, Joy M.; Mburu, John G.; Klaus, Flohberg - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE - 2008

Although microfinance has elicited different reactions from different stakeholders, there seems to be a general agreement that it is useful in reducing poverty. This study is an attempt to contribute in to the debate on the impact of microfinance on household incomes. We use a pooled data set...

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Tea Farming Enterprise Contribution to Smallholders’ Well Being In Kenya

Mwaura, Francis; Muku, Ogise - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE - 2008

Poverty reduction among smallholders has remained a major priority for the Kenyan government. Efforts have been geared to have a streamlined agri-business system like emulated by the tea sub-sector. In the smallholder tea sub-sector, farmers are organized to private companies, owns factories,...

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Bioproducts Development Survey: Analysis of the Summary Results

Sparling, David; Cranfield, John A.L.; Henson, Spencer J.; … - Agriculture Canada, Government of Canada - 2006

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Report on Long Term Challenges and Opportunities for Future Competitiveness and Prosperity of the Agriculture and Agri-Food Industry - Chapter 2: Structure and Performance of the C...

Agriculture Canada, Government of Canada - 2007

This report is the second chapter of the final report prepared by the Federal/Provincial/Territorial (FPT) Working Group (WG) on Economic Analysis at the request of FPT Assistant Deputy Ministers (ADMs), in a joint FPT effort to study the challenges and opportunities facing the agriculture and...

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Summary of the Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals Survey

Agriculture Canada, Government of Canada - 2006

This report provides an overview of the Functional Food and Nutraceuticals (FFN) survey. The FFN survey was conducted by Statistics Canada on behalf of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. The objective of the survey was to produce new statistical information on the functional food and...

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The Estimation of Food Demand Elasticities in Canada

Pomboza, Ruth; Mbaga, Msafiri Daudi - Agriculture Canada, Government of Canada - 2007

Changing consumer and market demands is an important driver behind the challenges and opportunities that are facing the agriculture and agri-food sector in Canada and that will influence the sector's profitability and competitiveness in the future. It is therefore important to understand...

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Report on Long Term Challenges and Opportunities for Future Competitiveness and Prosperity of the Agriculture and Agri-Food Industry - Chapter 1: Primary Agriculture

Agriculture Canada, Government of Canada - 2006

This report is the first chapter of the final report prepared by the Federal/Provincial/Territorial (FPT) Working Group (WG) on Economic Analysis at the request of FPT Assistant Deputy Ministers (ADMs), in a joint FPT effort to study the challenges and opportunities facing the agriculture and...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005068514