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

Market liberalization created a situation where there are no guaranteed grain prices, no central information source and …

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Gender, Food Security and Livelihoods: The Case of Plan Ghana And Sissala

Bediako, J.A.; Debrah, Kofi - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE - 2008

The study was used by Plan International to formulate a common Nutrition Action Plan for its food and nutrition security interventions in developing countries. The aim was to get insight into the food and nutrition security as well as livelihoods status at the household and community level of...

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The Impact of Access to Credit on the Adoption of hybrid maize in Malawi: An Empirical test of an Agricultural Household Model under credit market failure

Simtowe, Franklin; Zeller, Manfred - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE - 2008

Guided by the frame work of a household model under credit market failure, this paper aims at investigating the impact …

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Impact Assessment of agricultural research and development to reduce virus problems in tomato production in Mali: Farmers perceptions

Nouhoheflin, Theodore; Coulibaly, Ousmane; Norton, Geoff; … - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE - 2008

were carried out in three tomato production areas where pests and diseases are major agricultural problems encountered by … farmers. Data were collected a sample of from 343 farmers through a set of questionnaires on tomato production systems. Farmer … household income and the level of farm income. Men are more involved in tomato production due to access to pesticide and …

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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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Long Term Challenges and Opportunities: Future Competitiveness and Prosperity of the Agriculture and Agri-Food Industry

Agriculture Canada, Government of Canada - 2006

This report was prepared by the Federal/Provincial/Territorial (FPT) Working Group (WG) on Economic Analysis at the request of FPT Assistant Deputy Ministers (ADMs) in an effort to study the challenges and opportunities that are arising from the trends and factors affecting the sector's long...

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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...

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An Overview of the Canadian Agriculture and Agri-Food System 2011

Agriculture Canada, Government of Canada - 2011

This 2011 report provides an economic overview of the Canadian agriculture and agri-food system. It is meant to be a multi-purpose reference document to provide: an introduction to the agriculture and agri-food system; a snapshot of structural changes that are occurring throughout the system in...

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Policies and politics: Challenges and opportunities for agricultural and resource economists

Pannell, David J. - New Zealand Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2005

This is a broad-ranging discussion of the role of economics and economists in the formation of government policies. The … economist involvement in the policy process (market failure, government failure, economist failure), a range of theories that …

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Scenario Analysis of New Zealand’s Sheep Meat and Beef Sector Over The Next 10 To 15 Years

Forsyth, Hamish; Knutson, Russell - New Zealand Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2009

This paper identifies and synthesises strategic opportunities and challenges facing New Zealand’s sheep meat and beef sector over the next 10 to 15 years. A Delphi survey draws on the sector’s collective knowledge and identifies areas of consensus and divergence of opinion. Using the results...

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