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INSTITUTIONAL INNOVATIONS LINKING SMALL-SCALE FARMERS TO PRODUCE MARKETS IN SOUTH AFRICA
Chitja, Joyce M.; Mabaya, Edward - In: Innovative Institutions, Public Policies and Private …
access challenges against the institutional innovation in the South African context.To illustrate the above, the chapter …
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THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT IN ENSURING A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD: THE CASE OF SOUTH AFRICA'S COMPETITION COMMISSION AND THE MAIZE MILLING INDUSTRY
Traub, Lulama Ndibongo - In: Innovative Institutions, Public Policies and Private …
In general, sustained agricultural productivity, growth and poverty reduction require an enabling policy environment that encourages private sector investments in input, output and financial markets. Using South Africa's maize milling industry as a case study, this chapter analyzes the impact of...
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THE QUIET REVOLUTION IN AGRI-FOOD VALUE CHAINS IN ASIA: UNDERSTANDING THE FAST EMERGENCE OF COLD STORAGES IN POOR DISTRICTS IN INDIA
Minten, Bart; Reardon, Thomas; Singh, K.M.; Sutradhar, Rajib - In: Innovative Institutions, Public Policies and Private …
In disadvantaged districts of Bihar, one of the poorest states in India and an area where smallholders dominate, we find that there have been dramatic increases and rapid up-scaling of modern cold storages, triggered by market reform, investment subsidies, and better overall public service...
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AUTONOMY, COMPETENCE AND MARKET STRUCTURE: SELF-DETERMINATION THEORY APPLIED TO SMALL AGRICULTURAL EXPORTERS FROM LATIN AMERICA
Young, Linda M.; Bushman, Theresa C. - In: Innovative Institutions, Public Policies and Private …
The success of small agricultural producers in meeting the challenges of exporting high value products may be enhanced if interactions with intermediaries and market institutions support basic human needs. We use self-determination theory from social psychology to identify and examine the...
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CAPABILITIES AND PERFORMANCE IN COLLECTIVE MARKETING: THE IMPORTANCE OF LEARNING TO COPE WITH AGENCY DILEMMAS
Ton, Giel; Flores, Lithzy; Monasterios, Rubén; Yana, … - In: Innovative Institutions, Public Policies and Private …
This chapter focuses on the inherent challenges in collective action and the institutional arrangements or regulations that hold market-oriented farmer groups together. It operationalizes the measurement of the capacity to contain these inherent challenges by mapping the presence and...
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SWEET SORGHUM: A SMART CROP TO MEET THE DEMANDS FOR FOOD, FODDER, FUEL AND FEED
Basavaraj, G.; Rao, P. Parthasarathy; Reddy, C. Ravinder; … - In: Innovative Institutions, Public Policies and Private …
Sweet sorghum is a C4 plant with high photosynthetic efficiency producing high biomass with sugary stalks in a short time (4 months) under rain-fed conditions. The stalks can be crushed to make juice, which can be fermented to produce ethanol or boiled to produce syrup. The syrup can be...
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PROMOTING FOOD PROCESSING THROUGH FOOD PARKS AND FOOD PROCESSING SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONES: THE INDIAN EXPERIENCE
Aggarwal, Aradhna - In: Innovative Institutions, Public Policies and Private …
This study evaluates the performance of food processing clusters and their role in the development strategy of the food processing industry in India. We focus on two major cluster development initiatives of the Government of India: one, a food park scheme of the Ministry of Food Processing, and...
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PROMOTING AGRO-ENTERPRISES IN THE HIGHLANDS OF ETHIOPIA THROUGH IMPROVED INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT SERVICES: EXPERIENCES OF MARKET-ORIENTED DAIRY AND FATTENING DEVELOPMENT
Gebremedhin, Berhanu; Hoekstra, Dirk; Tegegne, Azage - In: Innovative Institutions, Public Policies and Private …
Ethiopia. This five-year project, operating in 10 districts distributed in four Regional States, follows innovation systems … services in promoting market-oriented dairy and livestock fattening to transform smallholder farms into rural agro … agribusinesses can be successfully used to boost production and the supply of inputs and services. …
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Innovationspotenziale im Ablauf von Tarifverhandlungen
Groels, Marcel - Rainer Hampp Verlag
Die in Deutschland gaengigen Aushandlungsprozesse im Rahmen von Tarifverhandlungen sind kaum erforscht und stehen doch vielfach in der Kritik, „ritualhaft“ und damit – so der intendierte Vorwurf – ineffizient und gestrig zu sein. In diesem Buch wird zum einen die Substanz dieser...
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Einfluss des Verhaltens von Inhaber-Unternehmern auf Innovationen und deren Erfolg in ihren Unternehmen. Eine empirische Studie nach der Grounded-Theory-Methodologie
Hauser, Tobias - Rainer Hampp Verlag
Innovation entsteht kein Produkt. Wie sich Unternehmer beim Hervorbringen von Innovationen verhalten, ist aber weitgehend … unbekannt – und damit auch, welches Verhalten sich positiv und welches sich negativ auf eine Innovation auswirkt. Ueber dieses …
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