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Globalization and Poverty in Senegal: A Worst Case Scenario?

Maertens, Miet; Colen, Liesbeth; Swinnen, Johan F.M. - 2009

There is no consensus about how globalization –trade and foreign investments – affects poverty reduction. Using household survey data, this study contributes to the empirical literature on globalization and poverty by analyzing the household-level implications of increased foreign...

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Policy and Institutional effects on market participation by smallholder rice farmers: case studies in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger

Toure, Ali; Bamba, Ibrahim; Diagne, Aliou; Harouna, Kore; … - 2008

on irrigated rice production and commercialization was conducted by WARDA and its country partners of Burkina Faso, Mali … data on irrigated rice production, commercialization, and irrigated schemes governance. A common critical constrain cited … by the producers in these countries is the commercialization of their product and their inability to take advantage of …

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Transition to Decoupled Rice Support and Its Production Effects in Korea

Lim, Song-Soo - 2008

Abolishing a nearly 50-year-old policy for rice price support, Korea adopted a new direct payment program in 2005. Making the transition to decoupled income support has been governed by the need for operative and effective income safety nets and the WTO disciplines on domestic support. The...

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Effects of Environmental Regulation on Economic Activity and Pollution in Commercial Agriculture

Sneeringer, Stacy E. - 2009

Research on environmental regulation’s effects on economic activity has largely focused on manufacturing, ignoring one of the major polluters in the U.S. – commercial agriculture. As livestock production has become increasingly mobile, regulation has become an important criterion in firm...

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Production Contracts and Farm Business Growth and Survival

Key, Nigel D. - 2010

In recent decades there has been a substantial increase in the scale of production and the use of production contracts in the hog sector. This paper explores empirically whether these two phenomena are related by examining whether the use of production contracts has allowed finish hog operations...

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Network connections and innovation capacity in traditional agrifood chains

Kuhne, Bianka; Gellynck, Xavier; Weaver, Robert D. - 2010

In the New Economy, the network is considered as more important than the firm itself. In this paper the focus is on chain networks which include vertical networks among chain members, horizontal networks with peers, and networking with third parties. Networks have an important role in the...

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Live and Feeder Cattle Options Markets: Returns, Risk, and Volatility Forecasting

Brittain, Lee; Garcia, Philip; Irwin, Scott H. - 2009

The paper examines empirical returns from holding thirty- and ninety-day call and put positions,and the forecasting performance of implied volatility in the live and feeder cattle optionsmarkets. In both markets, implied volatility is an upwardly biased and inefficient predictor ofrealized...

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Smallholder Commercialization Trends as Affected by Land Constraints in Zambia: What Are the Policy Implications?

Hichaambwa, Munguzwe; Jayne, Thomas S. - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2012

In spite of vast expanses of the country’s land currently being uncultivated, there is increasing evidence that a surprisingly high share of rural smallholder households face land constraints that adversely affect their productivity and ability to participate in agricultural supply chains.

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Managing Wicked Problems in Agribusiness: The Role of Multi-Stakeholder Engagements in Value Creation

Dentoni, Domenico; Hospes, Otto; Ross, R. Brent - In: International Food and Agribusiness Management Review 15 (2012) B

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