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Migration and land rental as risk response in rural China
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P.S. Ward;G.E. Shively
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AgEcon Search,
2011
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Households in developing countries take various actions to smooth income or consumption as a means of managing or responding to risk. This paper examines migration and land rental market participat...
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Analyzing the impact of food safety information on food demand in China
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D. He;B. Chidmi;D. Zhou
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AgEcon Search,
2011
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What are Chinese consumers’ reactions to food safety information provided by mass media? This study analyses the impact of food safety information on food demand in urban China, underscoring ...
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Farmers’ choice and informal credit markets in China
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Y. Yuan;Y. Hu;P. Gao
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AgEcon Search,
2011
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Informal credit markets are very active in China. This paper investigates farmers' borrowings in China from both formal and informal sources with higher/lower interest, by looking into both demand ...
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Demand for drought tolerance in Africa: selection of drought tolerant maize seed using framed field experiments
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T.J. Dalton;M. Yesuf;L. Muhammad
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AgEcon Search,
2011
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Recent projections on the impact of climate change argue that eastern and southern Africa will experience dramatic reductions in maize yields by mid‐century. This research paper argues that such st...
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Modeling agricultural innovation in a rapidly developing country: the case of Chinese pesticide industry
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G. Shi;C. Pray
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AgEcon Search,
2011
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Technology and innovation play an increasingly important role in the economic development of developing countries. This paper seeks to investigate how policy and market factors influence firms&rsqu...
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The impact of access to credit and training on technological adoption: a case of the rice sector in Tanzania
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Y. Nakano;K. Kajisa
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AgEcon Search,
2011
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The imbalance between domestic production of rice and rice consumption has been growing in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Nevertheless, one possible strategy for achieving productivity improvement is to...
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The response of consumption to income shocks: evidence from the Indian trade liberalization
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S. Tandon;M. Landes
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AgEcon Search,
2011
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In the past two decades, India has enacted a number of policies, including a dramatic trade liberalisation, that in part aim to reduce the incidence of both poverty and food insecurity. This study ...
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The global supply and demand for agricultural land in 2050: a perfect storm in the making?
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T.W. Hertel
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AgEcon Search,
2010
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The number of people which the world must feed is expected to increase by 50% during the first half of this century, but will the world’s agricultural resource base be up to the task of meeti...
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The conduct of monetary policy in Uganda: an assessment
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C. Adam
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AgEcon Search,
2009
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Observers state that recent modifications to the Bank of Uganda’s operating procedures have very significantly improved the conduct of monetary policy. This paper discusses aspects of the con...
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ADOPT: a tool for predicting adoption of agricultural innovations
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G. Kuehne;R. Llewellyn;D. Pannell
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AgEcon Search,
2011
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There is an increasing demand from research, development and extension agencies for estimates of likely extent of adoption and the likely timeframes for project impacts. This paper reports on the r...
