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concepts that consider people's intrinsic drivers and values, such as aspirations and personality traits. We aim to contribute … aspirations relates to personality traits against the background of different socio-economic household characteristics. This … unique needs and aspirations of individuals and households. Our analyses are based on a primary data set of 272 smallholder …
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standard. Using data from 805 farm households in Kenya, we estimate average treatment effects. We also analyze impact …
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Many people in rural Africa still rely on smallholder agriculture as their main source of livelihood. Yet pursuing … role of people's income aspirations in the process of diversification. We first show that in settings where wage employment … aspirations that are moderately ahead, but not too far ahead of one's current income level, serve as best incentives for future …
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brought outside investment and management to this region. With stable employment in agriculture, real consumption spending of …
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unlikely that short- or long-term investment projects in agriculture can be credit funded. Currently, peasant farms are mainly … perspectives concerning a market-oriented, commercial private agriculture. … Landwirtschaft durch Kredite finanziert werden können, ist gegenwärtig gering. Zur Zeit werden private Bauernwirtschaften …
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depend on agriculture for their livelihood and well-being. This paper attempts to build a picture of the vulnerability of …
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analyze WII impacts, research with observational data is scant. We use data from a survey of farmers in Kenya, where a …
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hypothesis is confirmed with data from Kenya, using different indicators of production diversity and dietary diversity scores at …
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Investment in improved agricultural inputs is infrequent for smallholder farmers in Africa. One barrier may be limited access to formal savings. This is the first study to use a randomized controlled trial to evaluate the impact of using mobile money as a tool to promote agricultural investment....
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