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Labor requirements and profitability of alternative soil fertility replenishment technologies in Zambia
Ajayi, Olu Clifford; Akinnifesi, Festus K. - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE - 2008
Low soil fertility is a major concern in agricultural productivity and development policy discourse in sub-saharan Africa. The problem is exacerbated by government withdrawal from fertilizer input markets and the inability of private sector operators to fill the gap. This warranted a search for...
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Exploratory Research into the Resilience of Farming Systems during Periods of Hardship
Parsonson-Ensor, Chris; Saunders, Caroline M. - New Zealand Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2011
response to economic changes being the adoption of a low input policy. This result was quite significant, as conventional …
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Farmers' Willingness to Grow Cover Crops: Examining the Economic Factors of Adoption in Alabama
Bergtold, Jason S.; Fewell, Jason E.; Duffy, Patricia A. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2010
-economic factors affecting their decision. Survey data collected in 2007-8 from Alabama farmers about cover crop adoption and … management is utilized to estimate a cover crop adoption model. …
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Facilitating access to rural services in Vietnam: The invisible social capital link
Hoang Dinh, Quoc; Dufhues, Thomas; Buchenrieder, Gertrud - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2012
This paper investigates the effects of network based individual social capital on the access of rural households to services. In the context of development economics, an innovative data collection approach is used to determine network based social capital. The approach originates from the field...
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Abstracts: Proceeding of National Seminar on "Integrated Rural Development and Management: Issues, Strategies and Policy Options"
Das, Prakash Kanti; Mallick, Amal Kumar; Dutta, Amitava; … - Faculty Centre for Integrated Rural Development and … - 2010
This document is a collection of 157 abstracts received during the National Seminar on "Integrated Rural Development and Management: Issues, Strategies and Policy Options" held at the IRDM Faculty Centre of Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda University during 17-18 December, 2010
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Managing agricultural landscapes for production of multiple services: the policy challenge
Benton, Tim - In: Politica Agricola Internazionale - International …, 1
There is increasing recognition that there are a range of environmental goods and services that are important to society as a whole, but may have little or no value to individual landowners whose land may contribute to the overall production of these services within the landscape. Many of these...
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Proceedings of the National Conference on Managing Irrigation for Environmentally Sustainable Agriculture in Pakistan, Islamabad, Pakistan, November 5-7, 1996. Volume I - Inaugurat...
Skogerboe, Gaylord V.; Shafique, M.S. - International Water Management Institute (IWMI) - 1996
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HomeVeg Tanzania Managing a New Strategy Amidst GLIMPSE Challenges
Dominic, Theresia; Theuvsen, Ludwig; Mvungi, Mussa; … - In: International Food and Agribusiness Management Review 17 (2014) B
The IFAMR is published quarterly by the International Food and Agribusiness Management Association. For complete library visit: www.ifama.org
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Evaluation de la diffusion et de l’adoption des variétés de riz NERICA en Guinée
Diagne, Aliou; Sogbossi, Marie-Josee; Diawara, Sekou; … - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE - 2008
L’objectif de la présente étude est d’évaluer la diffusion et l’adoption des variétés de riz NERICA en Guinée cinq … quatre régions naturelles de la Guinée. L’approche d’estimation du taux d’adoption utilisée dans ce papier se fonde sur les …% de la population guinéenne connaissaient au moins une variété NERICA en 2001 avec 23% pour le taux d’adoption observé au …
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Technology Adoption And Pest Control Strategies Among UK Cereal Farmers: Evidence from Parametric and Nonparametric Count Data Models
Sharma, Abhijit; Bailey, Alastair; Fraser, Iain - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2009
This paper examines technology adoption and integrated pest management strategies employed by UK farmers, using both … determinants of technology adoption in relation to pest management. Our preferred model specification is nonparametric which makes …
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