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Non-Credit Services of Group-Based Financial Institutions: Implications for Smallholder Women’s Honey Income in Arid and Semi Arid Lands of Kenya

Otieno, Peter Shimon; Nyikal, Rose Adhiambo; Mugivane, … - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE - 2008

on marketing, business, production and subsector analysis). The study uses cross-sectional data from a survey of women …

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Risk aversion and sustainable maize production in Nigeria: Some challenges and prospects for agricultural and economic development

Olarinde, Luke O.; Manyong, Victor M. - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE - 2008

This paper determines the degree or extent of farmer’s risk aversion that affects sustainable maize production in Northern Nigeria. Using a ridge regression analysis, a measure of risk aversion was derived for each individual farmer in a model of safety-first behaviour from a cross-sectional...

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Gendered impact of NERICA Adoption on Farmers’ Production and Income in Central Benin

Agboh-Noameshie, Afiavi R.; Kinkingninhoun-Medagbe, … - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE - 2008

Today, development and dissemination of new technologies constitute an important strategy for agricultural intensification, poverty reduction and food security in developing countries. Rice is an important source of farmers’ income and foreign currencies in developing countries. Although women...

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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 of access to credit on the adoption of hybrid maize among households that vary in their credit constraints. The data used in the study is from Malawi collected by the...

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The Role of Credit Access in Improving Cocoa Production in West African Countries

Nyemeck, J.B.; Gockowski, James; Nkamleu, Guy Blaise - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE - 2008

This study uses survey data to examine the role of access to credit on cocoa production, in West African cocoa production countries under conditions of agricultural policy liberalization. The study specifies and estimates econometric models to simulate the counterfactual of what cocoa production...

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Backyard Fish Farmers Information needs in Osun State, Nigeria

Ogunlade, I. - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE - 2008

The need for increase in fish production in order to improve protein intake by Nigerians led to this study. The study analyzed information needs of backyard fish farmers in Osun State, Nigeria. Specifically, the study investigated the socio-economic characteristics of backyard fish farmers,...

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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

Pests and diseases caused by bacteria, nematodes, fungi and viruses cause significant losses to tomato in West Africa. This study, carried-out within the framework of the IPM-CRSP implemented jointly by IITA, IER and Virginia Tech. and State University, assesses farmers’ perceptions on tomato...

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Optimal Coverage Level Choice with Individual and Area Plans of Insurance

Bulut, Harun; Collins, Keith J.; Zacharias, Thomas P. - 2011

We theoretically examine a farmer’s coverage demand with area and individual insurance plans as either separate or integrated options. The individual and area losses are assumed to be imperfectly and positively correlated. With actuarially fair rates, the farmer will fully insure with the...

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The Impact of External and Internal Factors on Strategic Management Practices of Agribusiness Firms in Tanzania

Dominic, Theresia; Theuvsen, Ludwig - Institut für Agrarökonomie, Georg-August-Universität … - 2015

practices. With regard to African agribusiness firms, there is scant research on how these factors determine the successful … application of strategic management practices. Therefore, this study uses empirical data from 229 agribusiness firms in Tanzania … for the management of agribusiness firms in African countries and other developing and emerging economies. …

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Społeczna odpowiedzialność przedsiębiorstw (CSR) w sferze agrobiznesu

Wołoszyn, Jan; Ratajczak, Marcin - In: Problems of World Agriculture / Problemy Rolnictwa … 11 (2011) 26

and medium sized enterprises from various industries, including the agribusiness industry. This article presents the basic … essence of the concept. In the second part of the paper, examples are presented from the sphere of agri-business companies …

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