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Smallholder agriculture 37 smallholder agriculture 37 Kleinbauern 30 Smallholders 30 Agriculture 19 Landwirtschaft 19 Kenya 11 food security 10 Ethiopia 9 Malawi 9 Agricultural development 8 Food Security and Poverty 8 Sustainable development 8 Äthiopien 8 Agricultural and Food Policy 7 Landwirtschaftliche Entwicklung 7 soil fertility management 7 Agrarproduktion 6 Agricultural production 6 Nachhaltige Entwicklung 6 Productivity 6 Produktivität 6 Agribusiness 5 Farm Management 5 Gender 5 Geschlecht 5 Mozambique 5 Smallholder Agriculture 5 Uganda 5 food policy 5 Community/Rural/Urban Development 4 Consumer/Household Economics 4 Developing countries 4 Entwicklungsländer 4 Food security 4 Innovation adoption 4 Kenia 4 Microfinance 4 Production Economics 4 Productivity Analysis 4
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Article 45 Book / Working Paper 34 Other 1
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Article in journal 22 Aufsatz in Zeitschrift 22 Graue Literatur 8 Non-commercial literature 8 Working Paper 8 Arbeitspapier 6 Article 2 Hochschulschrift 2 research-article 2 Collection of articles of several authors 1 Collection of articles written by one author 1 Sammelwerk 1 Sammlung 1 review-article 1
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English 41 Undetermined 39
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Tchale, Hardwick 8 Sauer, Johannes 7 Benfica, Rui M.S. 4 Chamberlin, Jordan 4 Tschirley, David L. 4 Haszler, Henry 3 Henderson, Heath 3 Hone, Phillip 3 Jayne, Thomas S. 3 Nivievskyi, Oleg 3 Tubuna, Sakiusa 3 Araar, Abdelkrim 2 Ayalew, Hailemariam 2 Barrett, Christopher B. 2 Berger, Thomas 2 Berkhout, Ezra D. 2 Cheng, Enjiang 2 Copestake, James 2 Coulibaly, Ousmane 2 Cramon-Taubadel, Stephan von 2 Gonemaituba, Waisiki 2 Grote, Ulrike 2 Hall, Andy 2 Headey, D. 2 Israel, Elizabeth 2 Kilelu, Catherine W. 2 Kimhi, Ayal 2 Klerkx, Laurens 2 Kuyvenhoven, Arie 2 Lal, Abhishek 2 Leeuwis, Cees 2 Mausch, Kai 2 Meier zu Selhausen, Felix 2 Muyanga, Milu 2 Newman, Carol 2 Njikam, Ousmanou 2 Sambo, Liria 2 Schipper, Robert A. 2 Stam, Erik 2 Wossen, Tesfamicheal Assfaw 2
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Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics, Michigan State University 5 Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA 3 African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE 2 Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society - AARES 2 International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE 2 Agricultural Economics Society - AES 1 Centre for Development Studies 1 Courant Research Centre PEG 1 Deakin University, Faculty of Business and Law, School of Accounting, Economics and Finance 1 Department of Agricultural Economics and Management, Hebrew University of Jerusalem 1 Department of Economics, Iowa State University 1 Gesellschaft für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften des Landbaues - GEWISOLA 1 International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) 1 United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and social Research and training centre on Innovation and Technology 1 United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research Institute of Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT) 1 Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) 1
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World development : the multi-disciplinary international journal devoted to the study and promotion of world development 5 African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 3 Agricultural economics : the journal of the International Association of Agricultural Economists 3 Cahiers d'Economie et Sociologie Rurales 3 Food Security Collaborative Working Papers 3 2006 Conference (50th), February 8-10, 2006, Sydney, Australia 2 2007 Second International Conference, August 20-22, 2007, Accra, Ghana 2 Environment, Development and Sustainability 2 Food Security Collaborative Policy Briefs 2 International Journal of Agricultural Resources, Governance and Ecology 2 Journal of development economics 2 PEP working paper series 2 2006 Annual Meeting, August 12-18, 2006, Queensland, Australia 1 2006 Annual meeting, July 23-26, Long Beach, CA 1 2009 Annual Meeting, July 26-28, 2009, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 1 2009 Conference, August 16-22, 2009, Beijing, China 1 2012 Annual Meeting, August 12-14, 2012, Seattle, Washington 1 46th Annual Conference, Giessen, Germany, October 4-6, 2006 1 86th Annual Conference, April 16-18, 2012, Warwick University, Coventry, UK 1 African journal of science, technology, innovation and development : AJSTID 1 Agrekon 1 Agricultural Systems 1 Agricultural Water Management 1 Agriculture and Human Values 1 American Journal of Experimental Agriculture 1 American journal of agricultural economics 1 Bath Papers in International Development and Wellbeing 1 Bath papers in international development and wellbeing 1 Bio-based and applied economics 1 Canadian journal of development studies 1 China Agricultural Economic Review 1 China agricultural economic review : publ. in association with the China Agricultural University 1 Climate policy 1 Courant Research Centre: Poverty, Equity and Growth - Discussion Papers 1 Development Southern Africa 1 Discussion Papers 1 Discussion Papers / Department of Agricultural Economics and Management, Hebrew University of Jerusalem 1 Discussion papers / Courant Research Centre "Poverty, Equity and Growth in Developing and Transition Countries: Statistical Methods and Empirical Analysis" 1 Ecological economics : the transdisciplinary journal of the International Society for Ecological Economics 1 Economics Papers from University Paris Dauphine 1
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RePEc 42 ECONIS (ZBW) 30 EconStor 4 Other ZBW resources 3 BASE 1
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Husbands and wives : power, peril and female participation in a Ugandan coffee cooperative
Canelas Tobar, Carla; Meier zu Selhausen, Felix; Stam, Erik - In: Journal of small business & enterprise development 31 (2024) 8, pp. 168-204
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Husbands and wives: power, peril and female participation in a Ugandan coffee cooperative
Canelas, Carla; Meier zu Selhausen, Felix; Stam, Erik - In: Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development 31 (2024) 8, pp. 168-204
Purpose Female smallholder farmers in low-income countries face barriers to accessing capital and commodity markets. While agricultural cooperatives provide services that contribute to the income and productivity of small-scale producers, evidence of cooperatives' social and economic empowerment...
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A complex web of interactions : personality traits and aspirations in the context of smallholder agriculture
Deißler, Luzia; Mausch, Kai; Karanja, Alice; McMullin, … - In: Bio-based and applied economics 12 (2023) 1, pp. 53-67
Some recent research began to shift the focus of development efforts away from income and yield to more diverse concepts that consider people's intrinsic drivers and values, such as aspirations and personality traits. We aim to contribute to the literature by exploring the connections between...
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Women's changing opportunities and aspirations amid male outmigration : insights from Makueni County, Kenya
Crossland, Mary; Paez Valencia, Ana Maria; Pagella, Tim; … - In: The European journal of development research 33 (2021) 4, pp. 910-932
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The gender gap in smallholder agricultural productivity : the case of Cameroon
Njikam, Ousmanou; Araar, Abdelkrim; Elomo, Therese Zogo - 2021
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Exploring spatial gender disparities in smallholder agricultural productivity in Cameroon
Araar, Abdelkrim; Njikam, Ousmanou; Abossolo, Ingride … - 2021
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Social Capital and Large-Scale Agricultural Investments: An Experimental Investigation
Khadjavi, Menusch; Sipangule, Kacana; Thiele, Rainer - In: The Economic Journal 131 (2020) 633, pp. 420-449
Following the 2007–8 global food crisis, agricultural producers have invested in large tracts of land in developing countries. We investigate how the arrival of large-scale farms changes inter-personal trust and reciprocity, important components of social capital, in traditional villages. We...
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Site-specific agronomic information and technology adoption : a field experiment from Ethiopia
Ayalew, Hailemariam; Chamberlin, Jordan; Newman, Carol - 2020
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Site-specific agronomic information and technology adoption : a field experiment from Ethiopia
Ayalew, Hailemariam; Chamberlin, Jordan; Newman, Carol - In: Journal of development economics 156 (2022), pp. 1-12
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The times are changing : understanding past, current and future resource use in rural Papua New Guinea using participatory photography
Hazenbosch, Mirjam; Sui, Shen; Isua, Brus; … - In: World development : the multi-disciplinary … 151 (2022), pp. 1-12
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Regionalized liquidity : a cross-country analysis of mobile money deployment and inflation in developing economies
Qiu, Christina M. - In: World development : the multi-disciplinary … 152 (2022), pp. 1-12
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Factors affecting the adoption of sustainable agricultural practices : findings from panel data for Vietnam
Huong-Giang Pham; Chuah, Swee Hoon; Feeny, Simon - In: Ecological economics : the transdisciplinary journal of … 184 (2021), pp. 1-13
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Sustainability impact assessment for improved food security : the benefit of local stakeholder participation : the case of four villages in Dodoma and Morogoro Region, Tanzania
Schindler, Jana - 2017
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From cradle to chain? : gendered struggles for cassava commercialisation in Mozambique
Gengenbach, Heidi - In: Canadian journal of development studies 41 (2020) 2, pp. 224-242
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Bridging the financial inclusion gender gap in smallholder agriculture in Nigeria : An untapped potential for sustainable development
Adegbite, Olayinka O.; Machethe, Charles L. - In: World development : the multi-disciplinary … 127 (2020), pp. 1-10
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Climate variability, social capital and food security in Sub-Saharan Africa : household level assessment of potential impacts and adaptation options
Wossen, Tesfamicheal Assfaw - 2015
Climate variability and poor distribution of rainfall often causes serious agricultural production losses and worsens food insecurity. Given that the direct effects of climate change and variability are transmitted through the agricultural sector, improving farm households capacities to adapt to...
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The implications of ignoring smallholder agriculture in climate-financed forestry projects : empirical evidence from two REDD+ pilot projects
Duker, A. E. C.; Tadesse, T. M.; Soentoro, T.; … - In: Climate policy 19 (2019), pp. S36-S46
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Developing pathways to improve smallholder agricultural productivity through ecological intensification technologies in semi-arid Limpopo, South Africa
Rusere, Farirai; Mkuhlani, Siyabusa; Crespo, Olivier; … - In: African journal of science, technology, innovation and … 11 (2019) 5, pp. 543-553
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Correlated non-classical measurement errors, "Second best" policy inference, and the inverse size-productivity relationship in agriculture
Abay, Kibrom A.; Abate, Gashaw Tadesse; Barrett, … - In: Journal of development economics 139 (2019), pp. 171-184
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The impacts of natural disasters on smallholder agriculture in rural Cameroon
Balgah, Roland Azibo; Buchenrieder, Gertrud - In: American Journal of Experimental Agriculture 4 (2014) 3, pp. 233-243
Problem: That climate change and subsequent natural disasters resulting from it will affect the agricultural sector is not new to anyone familiar with the disaster literature. However, the exact magnitude of such impacts remains to be estimated. Methodology: Using empirical evidence based on a...
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Livestock and livelihoods in Africa : maximising animal welfare and human wellbeing
Devereux, Stephen - 2014
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Behind the aid brand: Distinguishing between development finance and assistance
Copestake, James - 2013
International aid is often analysed as if it was a homogeneous product exclusively distributed between a relatively small numbers of public agencies. In contrast, this paper contributes to thinking about aid as a quasi-market with many different suppliers, users, channels, products and brands....
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Assessing multi-level drivers of adaptation to climate variability and water insecurity in smallholder irrigation systems
McCord, Paul; Waldman, Kurt; Baldwin, Elizabeth; … - In: World development : the multi-disciplinary … 108 (2018), pp. 296-308
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Tenure (in)security and agricultural investment of smallholder farmers in Mozambique:
Hagos, Hosaena Ghebru - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2012
Using the case of past and ongoing land tenure reforms in Mozambique, this paper aims at assessing the determinants of tenure security for households and the implications of such tenure security on their observed behavior in undertaking long-term land-related investments. An attempt is made to...
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Land Constraints in Kenya’s Densely Populated Rural Areas: Implications for Food Policy and Institutional Reform
Jayne, Thomas S.; Muyanga, Milu - Agricultural Economics Society - AES - 2012
This study analyzes the impact of increasing population density in Kenya’s rural areas on smallholder behavior and welfare indicators. We first present evidence to explain how land constraints can be emerging within an overall context of apparent land under-utilization. Using data from five...
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Effects of Population Density on Smallholder Agricultural Production and Commercialization in Rural Kenya
Muyanga, Milu; Jayne, Thomas S. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2012
This study analyzes the implications of increasing population density in Kenya’s rural areas on smallholder production and commercialization. Using data from five panel surveys on 1,146 small-scale farms over the 1997-2010 period, we use econometric techniques to determine how increasing rural...
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Modern value chains and the organization of agrarian production
Henderson, Heath; Isaac, Alan Glen - In: American journal of agricultural economics 99 (2017) 2, pp. 379-400
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Smallholder agriculture and inclusive rural transformation
Rahman, Atiqur - In: The Bangladesh development studies : the journal of the … 40 (2017) 1/2, pp. 119-147
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Beyond knowledge brokerage: An exploratory study of innovation intermediaries in an evolving smallholder agricultural system in Kenya
Kilelu, Catherine W.; Klerkx, Laurens; Leeuwis, Cees; … - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2011
The recognition that innovation occurs in networks of heterogeneous actors and requires broad systemic support beyond knowledge brokering has resulted in a changing landscape of the intermediary domain in an increasingly market-driven agricultural sector in developing countries. This paper...
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Beyond knowledge brokerage: An exploratory study of innovation intermediaries in an evolving smallholder agricultural system in Kenya
Kilelu, Catherine W.; Klerkx, Laurens; Leeuwis, Cees; … - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2011
The recognition that innovation occurs in networks of heterogeneous actors and requires broad systemic support beyond knowledge brokering has resulted in a changing landscape of the intermediary domain in an increasingly market-driven agricultural sector in developing countries. This paper...
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The political economy of agriculture for development today : the "small versus large" scale debate revisited
Dürr, Jochen - In: Agricultural economics : the journal of the … 47 (2016) 6, pp. 671-681
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The state of family farms in the world
Graeub, Benjamin E.; Chappell, M. Jahi; Wittmand, Hannah; … - In: World development : the multi-disciplinary … 87 (2016), pp. 1-15
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Stages of Agricultural Commercialization in Uganda: The Role of the Markets
Nivievskyi, Oleg; von Cramon-Taubadel, Stephan; Zorya, … - 2010
Agricultural commercialization has become the centerpiece of the sector development strategy in Uganda in recent years. Nevertheless the low market participation of most smallholders in the country remains a fact. We employ semi-parametric regression techniques to analyze the current state of...
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Institutional innovations for smallholder farmers’ competitiveness in Africa
Oluoch-Kosura, Willis - In: African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 05 (2010) 1
In most sub-Saharan African economies, agriculture is the dominant sector and plays an essential role in rural and overall economic development. Paradoxically, sub-Saharan Africa is the sole region in the developing world where per capita food production has remained low for many years....
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Stages of Agricultural Commercialization in Uganda: The Role of the Markets
Nivievskyi, Oleg; Cramon-Taubadel, Stephan von; Zorya, … - Courant Research Centre PEG - 2010
Agricultural commercialization has become the centerpiece of the sector development strategy in Uganda in recent years. Nevertheless the low market participation of most smallholders in the country remains a fact. We employ semi-parametric regression techniques to analyze the current state of...
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Stages of agricultural commercialization in Uganda : the role of the markets
Nivievskyi, Oleg; Cramon-Taubadel, Stephan von; Zorya, … - 2010
Agricultural commercialization has become the centerpiece of the sector development strategy in Uganda in recent years. Nevertheless the low market participation of most smallholders in the country remains a fact. We employ semi-parametric regression techniques to analyze the current state of...
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Does heterogeneity in goals and preferences affect allocative and technical efficiency? A case study in Northern Nigeria
Berkhout, Ezra D.; Schipper, Robert A.; Kuyvenhoven, Arie; … - 2009
Household characteristics are commonly used to explain variation in smallholderefficiency levels. The underlying assumption is that differences in intended behaviorare well described by such variables, while there is no a priori reason that this is thecase. Moreover, heterogeneity in farmer...
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Revitalizing and Modernizing Smallholder Agriculture for Food Security, Rural Development and Demobilization in a Post-War Country: The Case of the Aldeia Nova Project in Angola
Kimhi, Ayal - Department of Agricultural Economics and Management, … - 2009
The Aldeia Nova project aimed at demobilizing ex-combatants to remote areas and settling them in modern agricultural communities. Three years since the first settlers arrived at the Waku-Kungu valley, 600 families are using modern agricultural technology to produce milk, eggs and vegetables...
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Does heterogeneity in goals and preferences affect allocative and technical efficiency? A case study in Northern Nigeria
Berkhout, Ezra D.; Schipper, Robert A.; Kuyvenhoven, Arie; … - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2009
Household characteristics are commonly used to explain variation in smallholder efficiency levels. The underlying assumption is that differences in intended behavior are well described by such variables, while there is no a priori reason that this is the case. Moreover, heterogeneity in farmer...
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Food vs. Wood: Dynamic Choices for Kenyan Smallholders
Peralta, Maria Alexandra; Swinton, Scott M. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2009
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The efficiency of smallholder agriculture in Malawi
Tchale, Hardwick - In: African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 03 (2009) 2
This paper analyses Malawi’s smallholder agricultural efficiency, using a nationally representative sample survey of rural households undertaken by the National Statistical Office in 2004/2005. It aims to inform agricultural policy about the level and key determinants of inefficiency in...
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Boosting smallholder production for food security: some approaches and evidence from studies in sub-Saharan Africa
Matshe, Innocent - In: Agrekon 48 (2009) 4
This paper uses the sustainable livelihoods framework to explore the contribution of smallholder production to food security in some sub-Saharan African countries and relates it to the South African case. Noting that many of the world’s hungry are smallholder farmers, it is clear that...
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Rural Poverty : Old Challenges in New Contexts
Dercon, Stefan - In: World Bank Research Observer 24 (2009) 1, pp. 1-28
Poverty is still a predominantly rural phenomenon. However, the context of rural poverty has been changing across the world, with high growth in some economies and stagnation in others. Furthermore, increased openness in many economies has affected the specific role of agricultural growth for...
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Innovations in financing of agri-food value chains in China and India : Lessons and policies for inclusive financing
Chen, Kevin Z; Joshi, Pramod K; Cheng, Enjiang; … - In: China Agricultural Economic Review 7 (2015) 4, pp. 616-640
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to synthesize lessons from the agricultural value chain models and their associated financing mechanisms in China and India as to provide policy recommendations on how best to facilitate development of efficient and inclusive value chains....
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Social capital, risk preference and adoption of improved farm land management practices in Ethiopia
Wossen, Tesfamicheal Assfaw; Berger, Thomas; Di Falco, … - In: Agricultural economics : the journal of the … 46 (2015) 1, pp. 81-97
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Considering technical and allocative efficiency in the inverse farm size-productivity relationship
Henderson, Heath - In: Journal of agricultural economics 66 (2015) 2, pp. 442-469
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Innovations in financing of agri-food value chains in China and India : lessons and policies for inclusive financing
Chen, Kevin Z.; Joshi, Pramod Kumar; Cheng, Enjiang; … - In: China agricultural economic review : publ. in … 7 (2015) 4, pp. 616-640
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Soil Fertility Management And Maize Productivity In Malawi: Curvature Correct Efficiency Modeling And Simulation
Tchale, Hardwick; Sauer, Johannes - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE - 2008
We assess the level and determinants of relative technical efficiency of maize-based smallholder farmers using a translog stochastic frontier (TL) model and a symmetric generalized Barnett production function (SGB), both of which are tested for economic regularity conditions. In addition, we...
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Strategies to Promote Market-Oriented Smallholder Agriculture in Developing Countries: A Case of Kenya
Omiti, John M.; Otieno, David Jakinda; McCullough, Ellen; … - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE - 2008
Smallholder Agriculture is key to livelihoods of many rural households in developing and transition economies. In Kenya, small farms account for over 75% of total agricultural production and nearly 50% of the marketed output. Despite favourable trends in global development drivers such as rising...
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Scarcity amidst abundance? Reassessing the potential for cropland expansion in Africa
Chamberlin, Jordan; Jayne, T.S.; Headey, D. - In: Food Policy 48 (2014) C, pp. 51-65
Sub-Saharan Africa is typically regarded as land abundant, and previous efforts to estimate the true extent of potentially available cropland (PAC) have largely affirmed this perception. Such efforts, however, have largely focused on production potential and have underemphasized economic...
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