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Determinants of poverty in rural cocoa farming communities in Ghana : unidimensional and multidimensional analysis

Agyeman-Boaten, Solomon Yaw - In: Cogent economics & finance 12 (2024) 1, pp. 1-21

farming households predominantly in rural Ghana. A census was conducted in the Chorichori community in Ghana using a … insights into the complex nature of poverty among cocoa farming households in rural Ghana. By comparing unidimensional and … contributing to broader economic development and social equity in Ghana and similar contexts across developing countries. …

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Wealth distribution, peasant production and poverty traps in African smallholder agriculture

Hoogeveen, Johannes - 1999

A model is developed for peasant households in land abundant areas who choose between two technologies for land preparation: a manual one and one using draught animals. For draught a minimum number of animals is required so that a technological non convexity exists. It follows that certain...

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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...

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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, Lenis 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 Ochieng; Ochieng, Dennis O.; Qaim, Matin - 2019

The food retail sector in many developing countries is transforming with a rapid growth of modern supermarkets. Supermarkets are not only influencing how food is sold to consumers, but also how agricultural products are sourced from farmers. Especially for the procurement of fresh fruits and...

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Explaining the perception of smallholders towards weather index micro-insurance alongside risks and coping strategies

Isaboke, Hezron Nyarindo; Zhang, Qiao; Nyarindo, … - In: International journal of food and agricultural … 4 (2016) 4, pp. 59-77

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Dangers of a Double-Bottom Line : A Poverty Targeting Experiment Misses Both Targets

Karlan, Dean - 2019

Two for-profit Philippine social enterprises, aiming to demonstrate corporate social responsibility by increasing microlending to the poor, incorporated a widely-used poverty measurement tool into their loan applications and tested the tool using randomized training content. Treated loan...

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Negative Rainfall Shocks Increase Levels of the Stress Hormone Cortisol Among Poor Farmers in Kenya

Chemin, Matthieu - 2013

in farmers who depend solely on agriculture for their income than among those who also have other sources of income …

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The Impact of Agricultural Shocks on Households Growth Performance in Rural Madagascar

Thomas, Anne-Claire - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2009

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Rural Policies, Price Change and Poverty in Tanzania : An Agricultural Household Model-Based Assessment

Tiberti, Luca - 2015

Exogenous shocks to farmers' consumption, production and labour market decisions are rarely considered accurately. For farm households, under labour market imperfections, such decisions are often interlinked. This calls for non-separable agricultural household models. According to this...

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