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This paper establishes level of up-take of the business opportunities provided by the metal silos technology among the artisans who were trained on how to make metal silos. It also assesses the factors that determine the practice of the metal silo business among the trained artisans. A third of...
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Since the beginning of 1970’s, more than 40 improved maize varieties have been released and disseminated to maize potential areas in Ethiopia. Using cross-sectional survey data collected in 2011 from 39 districts in five Regional States, this paper examines smallholder farmers’ knowledge,...
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This paper analyses the impact of the intensity of improved maize varieties adoption on food security and poverty using data collected in 2010 from maize-legume farming systems in rural Tanzania. We used a continuous treatment approach using generalized propensity score matching and parametric...
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Als neuer Koeffizient zur Erklärung technologischen Wandels in der Landwirtschaft ist die Maßeinheit "Bevölkerung pro Einheit Ackerland" eingeführt worden. Sie verdeutlicht den Einfluß zunehmenden Bevölkerungsdrucks auf die Bereitschaft der Bauern zu technologischen Neuerungen....
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Der Autor entwickelt ein allgemeingültiges Modell, das wesentlich zur Optimierung von Erhebungen landwirtschaftlicher Daten in der Dritten Welt beitragen kann, indem es die möglichen Versuchsfehler minimiert. Daran anschließend wird gezeigt, wie dieses Programm mit Hilfe eines...
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Access by smallholder farmers to markets has traditionally been constrained by lack of market information. Yet progress in smallholder agriculture is inconceivable without greater market participation. The desire to strengthen farmer access to market has thus resulted in the emergence of many...
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