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Common diseases of tobacco and cotton
1926
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Estimation of women beedi workers in India and their socio-economic condition
Mallick, Jagannath; Satpathy, Sachi - In: The Indian journal of labour economics : a quarterly … 64 (2021) 2, pp. 499-521
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Economics of Tobacco Toolkit, Tool 6 : Equity Issues, Tobacco, and the Poor
Peck, Richard M. - 2013
Currently there are approximately 4 million tobacco related deaths annually. If present trends continue, by the year …, government action to establish various tobacco control initiatives can prevent this from happening and save a significant number … of lives. Tobacco control measures include: i) raising tobacco prices by imposing higher excise taxes; ii) advertising …
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Up in Smoke?: Agricultural Commercialization,Rising Food Prices and Stunting in Malawi
Wood, Benjamin; Nelson, Carl H.; Kilic, Talip; Murray, … - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2012
Agricultural commercialization, or the transition from food to cash crops, has gained increasing attention over the past few decades. Plans for developing world farmers to focus on labor-intensive cash crops, to exploit their natural comparative advantage, typically depend on stable food markets...
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Crowding-out Effect of Tobacco Expenditure And Its Implications on Intra-Household Resource Allocation
John, Rijo M - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2006
The aim of this paper is to examine if tobacco consumption crowds-out consumption of basic needs and whether it has … whether preference over other commodities for tobacco users and non users vary significantly. Using a nationally … commodities by the status of tobacco consumption of households. Average per capita per diem intake of nutrients such as calorie …
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Crowding-out effect of tobacco expenditure and its implications on intra-household resource allocation
John, Rijo - Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR) - 2006
The aim of this paper is to examine if tobacco consumption crowds-out consumption of basic needs and whether it has … whether preference over other commodities for tobacco users and non users vary significantly. Using a nationally … commodities by the status of tobacco consumption of households. Average per capita per diem intake of nutrients such as calorie …
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Zimbabwe
Mugabe, Francis T.; Thomas, Timothy S.; Hachigonta, Sepo; … - In: Southern African agriculture and climate change: A …
Zimbabwe is a landlocked country with a total area of 390,580 square kilometers. The country shares borders with Mozambique, South Africa, Botswana, Zambia, and Namibia. Before 2000, Zimbabwe was one of the most industrialized economies in Africa south of the Sahara, with an extensive...
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Malawi
Saka, John D.K.; Sibale, Pickford; Thomas, Timothy S.; … - In: Southern African agriculture and climate change: A …
Malawi is located in the eastern part of southern Africa between latitude 9°22′ and 17°7′ South and between longitude 32°40′ and 35°55′ East. Its total area is 118,483 square kilometers, of which 94,275 square kilometers is land, while 24,208 square kilometers...
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South Africa
Johnston, Peter; Thomas, Timothy S.; Hachigonta, Sepo; … - In: Southern African agriculture and climate change: A …
enormous existing socioeconomic disparity in access to resources, poverty levels, and capacities to adapt. Recent research …
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Lesotho
Gwimbi, Patrick; Thomas, Timothy S.; Hachigonta, Sepo; … - In: Southern African agriculture and climate change: A …
Lesotho is located on the plateau of southern Africa, with altitudes ranging from about 1,400 meters to more than 3,480 meters above sea level. This position exposes the country to the influences of both the Indian and the Atlantic Oceans, with wide differences in temperature. Annual...
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