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Enhancing Sustainable Development of Diverse Agriculture in Sri Lanka
Mahrouf, Abdul R.M. - Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific … - 2005
the current status of CGPRT crops and identifies the constraints faced in developing diverse agriculture in Sri Lanka … agriculture for poverty alleviation was the primary objective of this study. Ten major CGPRT crops grown in Sri Lanka were studied … in detail in relevance to agricultural diversification and poverty alleviation. Key Words: diversification, food crops …
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Secondary Crops Based Farming Systems and Their Integration with Processing and Marketing in Bangladesh
Alam, Jahangir - Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific … - 2005
This report is an outcome of the study on the second phase of the AGRIDIV project. It examines the performance of a few important secondary crops in the farming systems of some selected areas in Bangladesh. The analysis is limited to the productivity and profitability of different combinations...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005805238
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Enhancing Sustainable Development of Diverse Agriculture in Bangladesh
Alam, Jahangir - Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific … - 2005
, livestock, fisheries and forestry subsectors. This study deals primarily with crop agriculture and the scope of diversification … enhancing the sustainable development of diverse agriculture in Bangladesh. Agriculture in Bangladesh is composed of crop … is limited to crop rather than agricultural diversification. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005484058
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Enhancing the Sustainable Development of Diverse Agriculture through CGPRT Crops in Myanmar: Current Status of CGPRT Crop Agriculture and Identification of its Development Constrai...
Kyi, Aung - Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific … - 2005
This study comprises of two main parts, a national level study and a field survey. Both the data and information on key CGPRT crops in Myanmar are focused and extensively collected. At the national level study, Time Trend Analysis and Simple Welfare Analysis were used to determine the impact of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005484079
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Stabilization of Upland Agriculture under El Nino-Induced Climatic Risk: Impact Assessment and Mitigation Measures in Indonesia
Irawan, Bambang - Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific … - 2002
The El Nino events of 1982 and 1997 are the biggest ones in history. Both El Nino events resulted in decreased rainfall, particularly during the dry season of May-August. The 1997 El Nino caused a higher decrease in rainfall than the 1982 one. Consistently, in Java and Sulawesi the decrease in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005805240
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Enhancing Sustainable Development of Diverse Agriculture in Viet Nam
Anh, Dao The; Thinh, Le Duc; Bihn, Vu Trong - Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific … - 2005
global economic environment, including trade liberalization on upland agriculture at a village level and identifying … constraints to the sustainable development of diversified agriculture, in particular upland agriculture based on CGPRT crops in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005484071
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DYNAMICS OF AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS IN SUB-SAHARA AFRICA: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY OF RUBBER AND COCOA FROM NIGERIA
Nwachukwu, Ifeanyi Ndubuto - In: International Journal of Food and Agricultural … 2, 3
specifically estimated the determinants of their export performance and determined the degree of export diversification of the … analysis, descriptive statistics, diversification index and Error Correction Model (ECM) were employed. Prior to estimation … cost of export affected it in the short run. The study results further revealed that export diversification measure showed …
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On the Institutional Details that Mediate the Impact of Cash Crops on Food Crop Intensification: The Case of Cotton
Tschirley, David; Theriault, Veronique - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2013
The surge in basic food commodity prices in 2007/08 and again in 2011, have led to a renewed focus among governments and donors on agricultural growth, especially in staple food production in Sub-Saharan Africa. It is widely agreed that smallholder-led agricultural growth would contribute most...
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Pengembangan agribisnis berbasis palawija di Indonesia: perannya dalam peningkatan ketahanan pangan dan pengentasan kemiskinan: prosiding seminar nasional, Bogor, 13 Juli 2006
Napitupulu, Togar Alam; Manikmas, Made Oka A.; Kasim, … - Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific …
This book is a proceeding of a national seminar on the development of secondary crops-based agribusiness in Indonesia: its role in improving food security and poverty alleviation. The seminar was initiated by UNCAPSA and Indonesian Centre for Food Crops Research and Development (ICFORD). It was...
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Prospects of Feed Crops in Malaysia
Yahya, Tunku Mahmud Bin Tunku; Sukir, Sarmin Bin - Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific … - 2005
The study was initiated with the objectives of elucidating and analyzing potentials, weaknesses, opportunities, constraints and policy options in the development of feed crop farming with an emphasis on secondary crops in Southeast Asian developing countries. In Malaysia, feed crops currently...
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