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    The global supply and demand for agricultural land in 2050: a perfect storm in the making?

    AgEcon Search, 2010
    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 meeting the diverse demands being placed on it?
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    Awareness and use of m-banking services in agriculture: The case of smallholder farmers in Kenya

    AgEcon Search, 2010
    Smallholder farmer access to agricultural finance has been a major constraint to agricultural commercialisation in developing countries, yet ICT revolution in Africa has brought an opportunity to ease that constraint. This study assesses the level of awareness and usage of mobile phone-based money transfer among smallholder farmers in Kenya.
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    Reclaiming Policy Space: Lessons from Malawi’s Fertilizer Subsidy Programme

    Food, Agriculture and Natural Resource Policy Analysis Network, 2007
    This paper is based on research work carried out the under auspices of the Politics and Policy Processes theme of the Future Agricultures Consortium (FAC). It demonstrates that political context matters in agricultural development policy issues, using as illustration the case of the fertilizer subsidy programme launched in Malawi in the 2005/2006 growing season.
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    Measuring market potential for fresh organic fruit and vegetable in Ghana

    AgEcon Search, 2010
    Organic products are considered worldwide as superior in quality to conventionally produced products in terms of health and environmental benefits. This paper examines the market potential for fresh organic lettuce and water melon in Ghana.
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    Market integration with transaction costs in developing country staple food markets: the case of the Malawi maize market

    AgEcon Search, 2010
    A higher degree of market integration entails smooth trade flows from surplus areas to deficit areas, less price volatility, and higher welfare. This paper investigates measurement of market integration of staple food markets in developing countries, examining the Malawi maize market as a case study.
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    Supermarkets, farm household income and poverty: insights from Kenya

    AgEcon Search, 2010
    Expansion of supermarkets in developing countries is increasingly providing opportunities for farmers to participate in modern supply chains. This paper argues that supermarket expansion is likely to have substantial welfare effects if more farmers are supported to overcome inherent entry barriers. The paper relies on data from a survey of vegetable growers in Kenya.
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    Dynamics in trade streams in international food supply networks: the case of fresh produce, meat, and cereals

    AgEcon Search, 2010
    In terms of trade, the identification of the most relevant agri-food trade streams serves as the foundation. This study focuses is on the size of trade streams regarding agri-food products in selected countries on a yearly basis and shows the potential for the introduction of e-commerce.
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    South Africa and Chile - agricultural trade relationship

    National Agricultural Marketing Council, South Africa, 2010
    The objective of this paper is to uncover areas where South Africa could potentially increase its trade with Chile and what policy lessons can be taken from the Chilean experience. The paper indicates that South Africa and Chile followed similar paths in terms of the evolution of their agricultural policy, where both countries underwent significant liberalisation in their agricultural sectors.
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    What needs to be done to improve the impact of ADMARC on the poor?

    Chancellor College, University of Malawi, 2002
    The aim of the study was to look into what can be done in order to improve the impact of the the Malawian parastatal, the Agricultural Development and Marketing Corporation (ADMARC), on the poor.
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    The outlook for agriculture and rural development in the Americas: a perspective on Latin America and the Caribbean

    Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture, 2010
    After the revival from the economic crisis of 2008-2009, the fundamental challenge facing Latin America and the Caribbean is how to consolidate the recovery with medium- and long-term economic development. In this respect, this report believes that by basing rural development policies on an integral view of the countryside and agriculture, economic development and recovery can be promoted.

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