Nutritional effects of commercialization of a woman's crop: Irrigated rice in The Gambia

The Gambia (West Africa) had a population of approximately 0.75 million and a total agricultural cultivated area of only 1,850 square kilometers in 1987-88. By virtue of its small size, The Gambia is prone to an open market economy, and commercialization and specialization of agriculture have to be...

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Main Authors: von Braun, Joachim, Johm, Ken B., Puetz, Detlev
Format: Book Chapter
Language:Inglés
Published: International Food Policy Research Institute 1994
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157014
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description The Gambia (West Africa) had a population of approximately 0.75 million and a total agricultural cultivated area of only 1,850 square kilometers in 1987-88. By virtue of its small size, The Gambia is prone to an open market economy, and commercialization and specialization of agriculture have to be elements of any viable growth strategy. Besides its small size, The Gambia is almost completely surrounded by Senegal, except for the Atlantic Ocean on the west. Consequently, there is vigorous cross-border trade in agricultural commodities and inputs, in addition to basic nonfood commodities. In 1985, reexport of goods accounted for 69 percent of total domestic exports.
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spelling CGSpace1570142025-01-10T06:43:02Z Nutritional effects of commercialization of a woman's crop: Irrigated rice in The Gambia von Braun, Joachim Johm, Ken B. Puetz, Detlev agricultural trade developing countries case studies food supply cash crops food crops nutrition economic situation poverty The Gambia (West Africa) had a population of approximately 0.75 million and a total agricultural cultivated area of only 1,850 square kilometers in 1987-88. By virtue of its small size, The Gambia is prone to an open market economy, and commercialization and specialization of agriculture have to be elements of any viable growth strategy. Besides its small size, The Gambia is almost completely surrounded by Senegal, except for the Atlantic Ocean on the west. Consequently, there is vigorous cross-border trade in agricultural commodities and inputs, in addition to basic nonfood commodities. In 1985, reexport of goods accounted for 69 percent of total domestic exports. 1994 2024-10-24T12:46:44Z 2024-10-24T12:46:44Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157014 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute von Braun, Joachim; Johm, Ken B.; Puetz, Detlev. 1994. Nutritional effects of commercialization of a woman's crop: Irrigated rice in The Gambia. Baltimore, MD: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157014
spellingShingle agricultural trade
developing countries
case studies
food supply
cash crops
food crops
nutrition
economic situation
poverty
von Braun, Joachim
Johm, Ken B.
Puetz, Detlev
Nutritional effects of commercialization of a woman's crop: Irrigated rice in The Gambia
title Nutritional effects of commercialization of a woman's crop: Irrigated rice in The Gambia
title_full Nutritional effects of commercialization of a woman's crop: Irrigated rice in The Gambia
title_fullStr Nutritional effects of commercialization of a woman's crop: Irrigated rice in The Gambia
title_full_unstemmed Nutritional effects of commercialization of a woman's crop: Irrigated rice in The Gambia
title_short Nutritional effects of commercialization of a woman's crop: Irrigated rice in The Gambia
title_sort nutritional effects of commercialization of a woman s crop irrigated rice in the gambia
topic agricultural trade
developing countries
case studies
food supply
cash crops
food crops
nutrition
economic situation
poverty
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157014
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