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The recent empirical literature on economic sustainability of certified export crops shows that certification standards that enhance yields are important for improving farm revenues and farmer welfare. However, limited evidence exists on the impact of organic certification on the adoption of...
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enter international markets. While a conventional certification with GlobalGAP can be a market entry condition for … conventional food, especially for horticultural products, organic certification is required for the growing organic food market … organic market. Thus, certified organic farming is found to be the more profitable venture …
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The development of the agricultural sector and the improvement of the food security situation are seen as essential components to sustainable development in Africa. However, continuing population growth, impacts of climate change and environmental degradation add to an unprecedented combination...
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Diversification into non-agricultural activities in rural areas can be broadly classified as either survival-led or opportunity-led. The existence of these two types of non-agricultural activities implies a U-shaped relationship between the share of income derived from non-agricultural...
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This paper analyses changes in income portfolios of rural households and its determinants for the case of Ghana in the 1990s. Our analysis shows that, contrary to common beliefs, rural Ghana has seen major economic transformation, as households increasingly diversify their livelihoods by both...
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Engagement in non-agricultural activities in rural areas can be classified into survival-led or opportunity-led. Survival-led diversification would decrease inequality by increasing the incomes of poorer households and thus reduce poverty. By contrast, opportunity-led diversification would...
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. Organic products earn a premium price on the market compared to conventional varieties. Hence, organic production is often … the pineapple sector in Ghana and extensive data from the European market, this paper tries to shed light on the … fruit and large farms benefit from economies of scale, production for the export market is a realistic option for both …
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As consumers' demand for organic products grows, selling organic products potentially opens up profitable market … the strongly growing pineapple market as an example. This analysis confirms a nonlinear dependence of the organic market … market and hence the number of farmers in developing countries who can potentially benefit from growing organic products. …
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direction of causality between the conventional and organic pineapple price using the European pineapple market as an example … pineapple. The results indicate the dependence of organic market price movements on conventional ones. On the contrary, the … conventional market is not affected by this niche market …
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Large-scale agricultural land acquisitions might entail substantial welfare implications for the affected rural population. Whether the impacts are indeed as devastating as the popular notion of "land grabs" would suggest depends on a number of factors, including the size of compensation...
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