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Small producer participation in export vegetable supply chains and household labour allocation in Tanzania: An age-disaggregated approach
Benali, Marwan; Brümmer, Bernhard; Afari-Sefa, Victor - 2017
chains, we apply lognormal double-hurdle models and find that participation in vegetable export supply chains in Tanzania …. Failing to reject the separability hypothesis as well as the exogeneity of small producer participation in export supply …
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Small producer participation in export vegetable supply chains and poverty : evidence from different export schemes in Tanzania
Benali, Marwan; Brümmer, Bernhard; Afari-Sefa, Victor - 2017
producer participation in export vegetable supply chains in Tanzania on household income and compare the effects of supplying … two different types of French beans and snap peas export supply chains, defined as high-value (HVESC) and regular export … supply chains (RESC), respectively. We find that participation in export supply chains increases producers' household per …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011713425
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Persistence of full- and part-time farming in Southern China
Brosiga, Stephan; Glaubena, Thomas; Herzfeldb, Thomas; … - 2009
The goal of this study is to assess the dynamics of rural households' labor market participation in the wake of China's efforts to develop rural labor markets in a manner that is conducive to its transition to a market economy. Based on a theoretical model that emphasizes the impact of duration,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011638463
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Does Off-Farm Labor Relax Farmers' Credit Constraints? Evidence from Longitudinal Data for Vietnam
Stampini, Marco; Davis, Benjamin - 2021
We examine the relationship between participation in non-agricultural labor activities and farming production decisions, focusing on the use of inputs. In particular, we are interested in the hypothesis that income from non-agricultural labor relaxes credit constraints. Using longitudinal data...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013325294
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Effect of health insurance coverage on labor allocation : evidence from US farm households
D'Antoni, Jeremy M.; Mishra, Ashok K.; Khanal, Aditya R. - In: Health economics review 4 (2014) 19, pp. 1-11
In the past three decades, farm families have relied on government payments and off-farm income to reduce income risk and increase total household income. Many studies have analyzed the role of government payments; however, little is known about the impact of health insurance coverage on labor...
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The Common Agricultural Policy and the Farm Households’ Off-Farm Labour Supply
Loughrey, Jason - 2019
The economic sustainability of farm households is frequently dependent on the availability of off-farm employment. This paper uses farm-level data to examine the impact of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) direct payment scheme, farm household characteristics and agricultural market...
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Growth in High-Value Export Markets in Sub-Saharan Africa and Its Development Implications
Maertens, Miet - 2014
During the past decades the global food system changed dramatically with increased trade in high-value food products, increased exports from developing countries, increased consolidation and dominance of large multinational food companies, and increased proliferation of public and private food...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013070535
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Growth in High-Value Export Markets in Sub-Saharan Africa and its Development Implications
Maertens, Miet - 2014
During the past decades the global food system changed dramatically with increased trade in high-value food products, increased exports from developing countries, increased consolidation and dominance of large multinational food companies, and increased proliferation of public and private food...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013070702
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Getting on the Wagon : Alcohol and Rural Labor Market Outcomes
Murphy, David M. A. - 2022
This study analyzes the results of a randomized control trial in thirty villages of rural western Kenya. The intervention combined several days of community group counseling with two weeks of household therapy sessions with cohabiting spouses in which at least one spouse is alcohol using. Using...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013305739