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Livelihood diversification and nutrition in the Indian rural-urban interface
Purushotham, Anjali; Steinhübel, Linda - 2024
patterns are driven by income or lifestyle changes associated with livelihood diversification. Our analysis shows that … consumption of nutrients. This effect is however linked to lifestyle changes, while potential income gains further increase excess … lifestyle rather than income factors associated with improved market access. …
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Determinants of agricultural and non-agricultural livelihood strategies in rural communities: evidence from eastern Nigeria
Bongo AdiAuthor-Email: adibongo@hotmail.com - In: Journal of Developing Areas 40 (2007) 2, pp. 93-109
-controlled, probit model employing data on household assets, demographics, human capital, as well as a proxy for differences in agro …
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Livelihood diversification and nutrition in the Indian rural-urban interface
Katiganere Purushotham, Anjali; Steinhübel, Linda - 2024
patterns are driven by income or lifestyle changes associated with livelihood diversification. Our analysis shows that … consumption of nutrients. This effect is however linked to lifestyle changes, while potential income gains further increase excess … lifestyle rather than income factors associated with improved market access. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014502411
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Firms' export performance: a fractional econometric approach
Faria, Samuel; Rebelo, João; Gouveia, Sofia - In: Journal of business economics and management 21 (2020) 2, pp. 521-542
Export activities have become crucial to firms' competitiveness, with determinants of export performance being a challenging field of research, since there is no consensus regarding the explained and explanatory variables or on the econometric methods to be used. Using a panel data of Portuguese...
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Selected effects of financing agriculture from a regional perspective
Kołoszko-Chomentowska, Zofia; Wojsznis, Barbara - In: e-Finanse: Financial Internet Quarterly 12 (2016) 4, pp. 105-110
different regions of Poland. In the years 2006-2013, growth of the level of income from a family-owned farm was registered in … all regions, but capabilities of reproducing fixed assets and development capabilities varied. Favourable changes in the … availability of fixed assets in farms were observed. Regional differences became apparent in the efficiency with which these assets …
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Selected effects of financing agriculture from a regional perspective
Kołoszko-Chomentowska, Zofia; Wojsznis, Barbara - In: E-Finanse : finansowy kwartalnik internetowy 12 (2016) 4, pp. 105-110
different regions of Poland. In the years 2006-2013, growth of the level of income from a family-owned farm was registered in … all regions, but capabilities of reproducing fixed assets and development capabilities varied. Favourable changes in the … availability of fixed assets in farms were observed. Regional differences became apparent in the efficiency with which these assets …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011712345
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Rural Household Access to Assets and Agrarian Institutions; A Cross Country Comparison
Zezza, Alberto; Winters, Paul; Davis, Benjamin; … - Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), United Nations - 2007
Access to assets and agrarian institutions is of critical importance to the economic viability of rural households … poverty is thus vital for designing rural development policies. This paper characterizes household access to assets and … four regions of the developing world. We find that the access of rural households to a range of assets (including education …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005755042
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Can Crop Purchase Programs Reduce Poverty and Improve Welfare in Rural Communities? Evidence from the Food Reserve Agency in Zambia
Fung, Winnie; Liverpool-Tasie, Saweda; Mason, Nicole; … - 2015
The last decade has seen a resurgence of parastatal crop marketing institutions in sub-Saharan Africa, many of which cite improving food security and incomes as key goals. However, there is limited empirical evidence on the welfare effects of these programs. This article considers one such...
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Supermarket contracts and smallholder farmers: Implications for income and multidimensional poverty
Ogutu, Sylvester O.; Ochieng, Dennis O.; Qaim, Matin - 2019
, high-quality supply. Previous studies analyzed the effects of supermarket contracts on smallholder farmers' income. However …, most existing studies relied on cross-section data and focused on the estimation of average income effects. Possible … treatment effects of supermarket contracts on income and multidimensional poverty. On average, supermarket contracts increase …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012037326
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Stochastic transfers, risky investment and incomes : evidence from an income guarantee program in Thailand
Wagener, Andreas; Zenker, Juliane - 2015
From 2009 to 2011, the Thai government implemented an income guarantee program for rice, tapioca and maize farmers …
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