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The IFAMR is published quarterly by the International Food and Agribusiness Management Association. www.ifama.org …
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This paper investigates the effects of network based individual social capital on the access of rural households to services. In the context of development economics, an innovative data collection approach is used to determine network based social capital. The approach originates from the field...
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This paper investigates sources and determinants of agricultural growth in Africa, concentrating on the growth path during the last three decades. The analysis employs the broader framework provided by empirical growth literature and recent developments in Total Factor Productivity (TFP)...
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We explore households coping and adaptation strategies to climate change and variability in Arid and Semi-Arid Lands … (ASALs) using data collected from 500 households across Samburu District; Kenya. We hypothesised that as we move from wet to … dry areas, households’ accumulate livestock wealth, structural and cognitive social capital as insurance against risks and …
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The purpose of this document is to describe the features of the Medium Term Outlook (MTO) covering the period 2011 to 2021. The MTO is a plausible future for the international and domestic agri-food sectors based on current policies in Canada and other countries as of Fall 2011. It serves as a...
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The IFAMR is published quarterly by the International Food and Agribusiness Management Association. For complete …
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This study assesses the determinants of income diversification of farm households in the Western Region of Ghana. A censored Tobit regression model was used to find the determinants of the degree of income diversification measured by the Simpsons Index of Diversity (SID). The results indicate...
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of the major polluters in the U.S. – commercial agriculture. As livestock production has become increasingly mobile … particular importance to upcoming federal regulation of large-scale livestock production under the Clean Air Act. By exploiting …
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. Results indicate preference for farm level reports by Extension agents and leading economic indicators by agribusiness or …
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This report presents finding of a rapid appraisal of institutions supporting livestock trade and marketing in Somalia … supporting livestock trade and marketing in Somalia; evaluated the roles played by each organisation, identifi ed the rules and … organisations effectively perform their roles in improving livestock trade and marketing in Somalia. Emphasis was put on …
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