Narrow search
Showing 51 - 60 of 247,466
Cover Image
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
With the rise and consolidation of modern supply chains, literature has put emphasis on the welfare effects for participating small producers but has often considered these effects through the comparison of participating producers with those not participating at all. Using an endogenous...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011713425
Cover Image
Markets and Pro-Poor Agricultural Growth : Insights from Livelihood and Informal Rural Economy Models in Malawi
Dorward, Andrew - 2014
This article presents the development of a set of programming models describing the major features of different rural livelihoods and of the informal rural economy they together make up in Malawi. The models allow for differentiated responses by different household types to change and for the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014183487
Cover Image
Agricultural Decisions after Relaxing Credit and Risk Constraints
Karlan, Dean S.; Osei, Robert Darko; Osei-Akoto, Isaac; … - 2013
The investment decisions of small-scale farmers in developing countries are conditioned by the farmers’ financial environment. Binding credit-market constraints and incomplete insurance can reduce investment in activities with high expected profits. We conducted several experiments in northern...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014160330
Cover Image
Welfare Effects of Vegetable Commercialization : Evidence from Smallholder Producers in Kenya
Muriithi, Beatrice; Matz, Julia - 2014
We investigate the impact of smallholder vegetable commercialization through the export and domestic market channels on household income and assets in Kenya. We use a survey panel dataset, which allows us to control for unobserved heterogeneity across households, and show that the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014146527
Cover Image
Gender-Differentiated Impacts of Tenure Insecurity on Agricultural Performance in Malawi's Customary Tenure Systems
Deininger, Klaus - 2017
improve agricultural performance. Data from 15,000 smallholders and 800 estates in Malawi allow exploring the long …-term effects of such a strategy. The results suggest that (i) most estates are less productive than smallholders; (ii) fear of land …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012246503
Cover Image
Gender-differentiated impacts of tenure insecurity on agricultural performance in Malawi’s customary tenure systems
Deininger, Klaus W.; Fang, Xia; Holden, Stein Terje - 2017
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011622852
Cover Image
Gender-Differentiated Impacts of Tenure Insecurity on Agricultural Performance in Malawi's Customary Tenure Systems
Deininger, Klaus - 2017
improve agricultural performance. Data from 15,000 smallholders and 800 estates in Malawi allow exploring the long …-term effects of such a strategy. The results suggest that (i) most estates are less productive than smallholders; (ii) fear of land …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012965194
Cover Image
High Speed Rail Network for India : A Detailed Analysis
Hegadekatti, Kartik - 2018
sector is the Republic of India. India already has a vast and well-established network of Railways. Though it is run … professionally, there are still certain shortcomings of the present railway network in India. A fresh allocation of resources to … creating a High-Speed Railways (HSR) Network for India in the presence of an already well-established Rail Network.In this …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012911509
Cover Image
The socio-economic and environmental impact of a large infrastructure project : the case of the Konkan Railway in India
Jaiswal, Sreeja; Bensch, Gunther; Navalkar, Aniket; … - 2022
construction endeavours in independent India. We employ a quasi-experimental mixed-methods design to explore the impact of the … potenziellen Auswirkungen auf die lokale Entwicklung und die Umwelt. In diesem Artikel untersuchen wir die mittel- und … größten Eisenbahnbauprojekte im unabhängigen Indien. Wir verwenden ein quasi-experimentelles Mixed-Methods-Design, um die …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012813725
Cover Image
Driving a Bus in India : A Study of Indore Bus Rapid Transport System
Rastogi, Siddhartha Kumar - 2020
Indore is a typical tier-2 town in the central province of India, fast becoming a regional commercial hub in an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014037423