The present study investigates the development (i.e., rise or decline) in African agricultural efficiency level and what drives the efficiency over the years. A total of 379 frontier studies resulting in 534 farm level efficiency estimates were considered using meta-regression analysis (MRA) for...

This paper uses a national dataset from 1980 to 2010 of valuations and sales data by land use category from Quotable Value New Zealand to explore patterns in and potential drivers of values of rural land in New Zealand over time. Increasing our understanding of the drivers of rural land values...

This paper is a current draft of my Honours research project, and looks into whether changing economic variables have any predictive power on changing rural land use in recent years. To do this I attempt to answer three questions: 1. Do recent commodity prices have any predictive power on land...

This study assesses the performance of supply chains for two major export crops produced in Nepal (ginger and large cardamom) from a smallholder perspective. It aims to identify factors that constrain marketing choices available to smallholders, limiting the chain’s robustness from their...

In this viewpoint article we seek to make the farming community aware of the increasing presence of organised criminals and crime within the farming community. In the past decade there has been a discernible rise in the level of organized criminality in rural areas especially in relation to farm...

Los signos de calidad son una estrategia muy utilizada en los paises del sur de Europa para promocionar productos con caracteristicas difernciales. Pero la enorme profusion de los signos realcionados con el origen esta provocando un efecto contrario al pretendido, ya que el mensaje que...

El trabajo infantil rural es uno de los princiaples flagelos de la sociodad actual, es clasificado por la OIT como una de las peores formas de trabajo infantil. En Mexico a pesar de que su practica esta prohibida, cada dia, ninos/as y adolescentes se suman al mercado de mano de obra, en...