Agriculture
- Do farmers’ organisations put more efforts into marketable goods or production for home consumption?
- M.E. Bachke / Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2009
- This paper examines the hypothesis that farmers’ organisations act as a tool to improve the living conditions of farmers in poor countries, both by improving their market situation and enhancing the dissemination of information....
- Factors that enable poor farmers to leave the poverty trap in Malawi
- M. Hatlebakk / Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2009
- An obvious pathway out of poverty for poor households in agricultural based economy is to supplement agricultural incomes with non-farm economic activities. This paper identifies livelihood strategies at the household level as a funct...
- Do land markets contribute to poverty reduction?
- A. Tatwangire; S. T. Holden / Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2009
- This paper estimates the poverty reducing impact of land access in rural Uganda. The paper firstly states that land acquired through markets or otherwise may play an important role for rural household welfare. Conversely, there are co...
- The effects of production risk on farm technology adoption among small holder farmers, Kenya
- M. Juma; W. Nyangena; M. Yesuf / Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2009
- This study examined the role of production risk on adoption of soil conserving and conditioning inputs in selected semi-arid districts of Kenya. The paper demonstrates that production risk factors (both yield variance and down side ri...
- Why farms without certification are less productive than certified plots, Ethiopia
- H. H. Ghebru; S. T. Holden / Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2008
- This paper analyses the impacts of the Ethiopian Land Certification Program on productivity. It aims to identify how “technological gains” would measure up against the benefits from a resultant improvements in “techn...
- The relationship between structural changes in land ownership and environmental protection
- C.R. Radison; R. Ramananarivo; S. Ramananarivo / Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2008
- This study aims to show that by increasing landownership among peasants their incomes will improve, even as they continue to practice their agricultural methods in the same economic and technical environment. The study was conduc...
- Land distribution and agricultural wages before and during the Maoist existence, Nepal
- M. Hatlebakk / Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2009
- This paper conducts a statistical analysis of agrarian change in Maoist influenced districts of Nepal. The paper analyses land distribution and agricultural wages before and during the Maoist existence. The analysis contributes to the...
- What are the impacts of land registration in Ethiopia?
- K. Deininger; D. A. Ali; T. Alemu / Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2009
- While early attempts at land titling in Africa were unsuccessful, factors such as new legislation, low-cost methods, and increasing demand for land have generated renewed interest. This paper aims to assess the impacts of land registr...
- The importance of written forestland certifications in stimulating investments
- S. Holden; J. Xu; X. Jiang / Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2009
- This study assesses the determinants of forestland allocation to households in the forest tenure reforms in China in the period 1980-2005. It also examines the current level of tenure security on forestland and how this tenure securit...
- FADCANIC’s project in Nicaragua: reducing the number of students who drop out from school before graduating
- A. Borchgrevink / Norwegian Institute for International Affairs, 2009
- The Fundación para la Autonomía y el Desarrollo de la Costa Atlántica de Nicaragua (FADCANIC) has established and is running the Environmental and Agroforestry Education Centre (CEAA) at Wawashang, in Nicaragua&rs...
- Factors that enable poor farmers to leave the poverty trap in Malawi
- M. Hatlebakk / Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2009
- An obvious pathway out of poverty for poor households in agricultural based economy is to supplement agricultural incomes with non-farm economic activities. This paper identifies livelihood strategies at the household level as a funct...
- Do land markets contribute to poverty reduction?
- A. Tatwangire; S. T. Holden / Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2009
- This paper estimates the poverty reducing impact of land access in rural Uganda. The paper firstly states that land acquired through markets or otherwise may play an important role for rural household welfare. Conversely, there are co...
- The effects of production risk on farm technology adoption among small holder farmers, Kenya
- M. Juma; W. Nyangena; M. Yesuf / Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2009
- This study examined the role of production risk on adoption of soil conserving and conditioning inputs in selected semi-arid districts of Kenya. The paper demonstrates that production risk factors (both yield variance and down side ri...
- Why farms without certification are less productive than certified plots, Ethiopia
- H. H. Ghebru; S. T. Holden / Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2008
- This paper analyses the impacts of the Ethiopian Land Certification Program on productivity. It aims to identify how “technological gains” would measure up against the benefits from a resultant improvements in “techn...
- The relationship between structural changes in land ownership and environmental protection
- C.R. Radison; R. Ramananarivo; S. Ramananarivo / Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2008
- This study aims to show that by increasing landownership among peasants their incomes will improve, even as they continue to practice their agricultural methods in the same economic and technical environment. The study was conduc...
- Land distribution and agricultural wages before and during the Maoist existence, Nepal
- M. Hatlebakk / Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2009
- This paper conducts a statistical analysis of agrarian change in Maoist influenced districts of Nepal. The paper analyses land distribution and agricultural wages before and during the Maoist existence. The analysis contributes to the...
- What are the impacts of land registration in Ethiopia?
- K. Deininger; D. A. Ali; T. Alemu / Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2009
- While early attempts at land titling in Africa were unsuccessful, factors such as new legislation, low-cost methods, and increasing demand for land have generated renewed interest. This paper aims to assess the impacts of land registr...
- The importance of written forestland certifications in stimulating investments
- S. Holden; J. Xu; X. Jiang / Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2009
- This study assesses the determinants of forestland allocation to households in the forest tenure reforms in China in the period 1980-2005. It also examines the current level of tenure security on forestland and how this tenure securit...
- FADCANIC’s project in Nicaragua: reducing the number of students who drop out from school before graduating
- A. Borchgrevink / Norwegian Institute for International Affairs, 2009
- The Fundación para la Autonomía y el Desarrollo de la Costa Atlántica de Nicaragua (FADCANIC) has established and is running the Environmental and Agroforestry Education Centre (CEAA) at Wawashang, in Nicaragua&rs...
- Land productivity differential between high and low caste households in Nepal
- J. P. Aryal; S. T. Holden / Department of Economics and Resource Management, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2009
- This paper looks for the possible explanations for the land productivity differential between high caste and low caste farm households in Nepal. The paper indicates that caste position still plays a vital role in rural areas of Nepal....
- Farmers' Rights
- The Farmers' Rights website has been developed as a tool for decision makers, practitioners, and others involved in the realisation of Farmers' Rights. It is also intended as an information source for researchers and other interested individuals. The website provides information on the history, legal status and contents of Farmers' Rights, on the state of implementation of these rights...
