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Farmland loss, nonfarm diversification and inequality: A micro-econometric analysis of household surveys in Vietnam
Tran, Tuyen; Vu, Huong - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
The relationship between farmland loss, nonfarm diversification and inequality has been well-documented in the …, this study has contributed to the literature by providing the first econometricevidence about the impacts of farmland loss …-urban areas. Our results show that under the impact of farmland loss, households have actually diversified their income through …
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Sugarcane outgrowers in Ethiopia: ’Forced’ to remain poor?
Assefa Wendimu, Mengistu; Henningsen, Arne; Gibbon, Peter - Institut for Fødevare- og Ressourceøkonomi, … - 2015
Contract farming is often seen as a panacea to many of the challenges faced by agricultural production in developing countries. Given the large heterogeneity of contract farming arrangements, it is debatable whether all kinds of contract farming arrangements offer benefits to participating...
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Climate variability and child height in rural Mexico
Skoufias, Emmanuel; Vinha, Katja - In: Economics & Human Biology 10 (2012) 1, pp. 54-73
We examine the impacts of weather shocks, defined as rainfall or growing degree days, a cumulative measure of temperature, more than a standard deviation from their respective long run mean, on the stature of children between 12 and 47 months of age in Mexico. We find that after a positive...
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Are the economic benefits of Bt cotton sustainable? Evidence from Indian panel data
Kathage, Jonas; Qaim, Matin - Courant Research Centre PEG - 2011
While several studies have shown that genetically modified Bt cotton can benefit smallholder farmers economically, the sustainability of these effects is still unclear and debated controversially between biotechnology proponents and critics. We use unique panel data of 533 cotton farmers,...
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Boda-bodas rule: Non-agricultural activities and their inequality implications in Western Kenya
Lay, Jann; M'Mukaria, George Michuki; Omar Mahmoud, Toman - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2007
Diversification into non-agricultural activities in rural areas can be broadly classified as either survival-led or opportunity-led. The existence of these two types of non-agricultural activities implies a U-shaped relationship between the share of income derived from non-agricultural...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010956010
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Income Diversification and Poverty in a Growing Agricultural Economy: The Case of Ghana
Lay, Jann; Schüler, Dana - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2008
This paper analyses changes in income portfolios of rural households and its determinants for the case of Ghana in the 1990s. Our analysis shows that, contrary to common beliefs, rural Ghana has seen major economic transformation, as households increasingly diversify their livelihoods by both...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010982867
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The Welfare Effects of Farm Household Activity Choices in Post-War Mozambique
Brück, Tilman - 2004
This paper analyses the effects of activity choices on farm household income and consumption in a war-affected developing country. The study uses household survey data from Mozambique and controls for the endogeneity of activity choices with instrumental variables. War-time activity choices...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010260686
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Boda bodas rule: Non-agricultural activities and their inequality implications in Western Kenya
Lay, Jann; M'Mukaria, George Michuki; Omar Mahmoud, Toman - 2007
Engagement in non-agricultural activities in rural areas can be classified into survival-led or opportunity-led. Survival-led diversification would decrease inequality by increasing the incomes of poorer households and thus reduce poverty. By contrast, opportunity-led diversification would...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273176
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Boda-bodas rule: Non-agricultural activities and their inequality implications in Western Kenya
Lay, Jann; M'Mukaria, George Michuki; Omar Mahmoud, Toman - 2007
Diversification into non-agricultural activities in rural areas can be broadly classified as either survival-led or opportunity-led. The existence of these two types of non-agricultural activities implies a U-shaped relationship between the share of income derived from non-agricultural...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010295054
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Income Diversification and Poverty in a Growing Agricultural Economy: The Case of Ghana
Lay, Jann; Schüler, Dana - 2008
This paper analyses changes in income portfolios of rural households and its determinants for the case of Ghana in the 1990s. Our analysis shows that, contrary to common beliefs, rural Ghana has seen major economic transformation, as households increasingly diversify their livelihoods by both...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010301448