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This study uses the Box-Cox (BC) transformations to examine nonlinearity in price modeling and compare results from several functional specifications in hedonic price analysis of yam in Togo. Based on a sample of 6,402 observations on price and produce characteristics generated through a market...
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Mali is a Sub-Saharan African country with 19.1 million people. Almost half of this population lives in poverty, due to the dysfunction of activity sectors (agriculture, energy, education, employment, services, etc.). Natural resource management especially land and water together with...
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Le présent article vise à analyser les facteurs déterminant la préférence des consommateurs et leur consentement à payer pour bénéficier des attributs du riz local et du riz importé. Le modèle de prix hédonique a été utilisé pour déterminer les prix marginaux implicites des...
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Contrairement aux cultures de rente et vivrières pour lesquelles l’Etat a mis en place un minimum de politique, des moyens de production et de distribution de semences améliorées, les cultures maraîchères n’ont pas bénéficié d’un appui substantiel sur ce plan. L’objectif de cette...
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Intensifying inland valley systems will require the promotion of high value commodity chain system involving rice and vegetable with increased productivity and low per unit cost of production and natural resources. The objective aim to identify the current production systems assesses their...
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Commitment of local communities to protected areas is essential for conserving biodiversity. However, in many developing countries like Benin, former management strategies kept human from protected areas using coercion. Fortunately, more recent regimes attempt to give local populations more...
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Household characteristics are commonly used to explain variation in smallholder efficiency levels. The underlying assumption is that differences in intended behavior are well described by such variables, while there is no "a priori" reason that this is the case. Moreover, heterogeneity in...
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Bon nombre d’études ont abordé les déterminants du profit dans les bas-fonds en se basant sur la fonction de production. Ces études ont été critiquées du fait de l’endogénéité des inputs. Le présent article se propose de prendre en compte cette critique. Ce qui permettra aux...
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