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Inequality within countries is falling : underreporting robust estimates of world poverty, inequality, and the global distribution of income
Pinkovskiy, Maxim; Sala-i-Martin, Xavier; … - 2024
global poverty and inequality have declined dramatically between 1980 and 2019. Finally, we find that within …
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Can crop purchase programs reduce poverty and improve welfare in rural communities? : evidence from the food reserve agency in Zambia
Fung, Winnie; Liverpool-Tasie, Lenis Saweda; Mason, Nicole - 2015
cite improving food security and incomes as key goals. However, there is limited empirical evidence on the welfare effects … effects of the FRA's maize marketing activities on smallholder farm household welfare. Results suggest that FRA activities … have positive direct welfare effects on the small minority of smallholder households that are able to sell to it. However …
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Agricultural and trade policy reform and inequality : the distributive effects of direct payments to German farmers under the EU's new common agricultural policy
Witzke, Harald von; Noleppa, Steffen - 2007
The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) of the European Union has been in a process of reform since the early 1990s. As a result of reforms, agricultural market regulations have become more liberal and direct payments have been introduced which are to a large extent decoupled from production. In...
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Distribution of Support and Income in Agriculture
Moreddu, Catherine - Trade and Agriculture Directorate, Organisation de … - 2011
Agricultural production and support in Canada, the United States, and the European Union are highly concentrated on larger farms, which have higher income levels than the average of all farms. Smaller farms, though, are more dependent on support (in particular, payments) which accounts for a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009019979
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Households typology for relating social diversity and technical change. The example of rural households in the Khambashe area of the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa.
Laurent, Catherine; van Rooyen, Johan; Madikizela, Patrick - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1998
Various South African policy statements and strategy proposals argue that farmer focused planning and farming systems research approaches are required to develop policies, strategies and project activities to serve farmers efficiently. Then, the question is how to give a practical content to...
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Peasant classes, farm incomes and rural indebtedness: An analysis of household production data
Banerjee, Arindam - Centre for Development Studies (CDS) - 2009
The crisis and stagnation in Indian agriculture have persisted for over a decade and are not showing any signs of reversal. Falling real product prices faced by primary commodity producers have been one of the central causes for escalating farm indebtedness. The gradual shrinkage of formal...
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Crop and Milk Production Structure of Smallholders in Ethiopia
Mariam, Yohannes; Coffin, Garth - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1993
Radical changes took place with respect to several agricultural policies in Ethiopia in 1990-91. Different agricultural technologies were being delivered by several international agencies. Shifts in government policies and technological intervention would induce changes in the production...
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Indicators of Poverty in Transitional Russia
Irina, Korchaguina; Lilia, Ovcharova; Evgeny, Turuntsev - EERC Research Network, Russia and CIS - 1999
The authors attempt to provide poverty rate estimates in Russia adjusted for in-kind consumption. The results show that … consumption for the total sampling comes from part-time family farming. It follows that poverty headcounts are significantly … below the poverty line; official estimates put these figures between 34% and 44%. The paper offers a broader concept of …
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Wrong Turn; Agricultural Policy in Iran
Mohammadi, Omran - 2020
Food security is a global concern. Iranian farmers have the obligation to provide food but they don't have the right to food. International restrictions combined with incorrect national schematization put them in a situation that they can't afford to buy their own products just to endure to the...
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Governing Agrarian Risks
Bachev, Hrabrin - 2012
Risks management studies in the agri-food sector predominately focus on the technical methods and the capability to perceive, prevent, mitigate, and recover from diverse risks. In most economic publications the risks are usually studied as other commodity regulated by the market supply and...
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