Search Results - "The Economist"

Revisiting the relationship between dairy cooperative membership and performance of smallholder dairy farmers in Bihar, India: Evidence from a panel data analysis by Sharma, Kriti, Kumar, Anjani, Katoch, Sonali

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What incentives are critical for scaling out the adoption of agroecological practices? A systematic review of Peruvian cocoa value chains by Mockshell, Jonathan, Omulo, Godfrey, Addo, Collins Asante, Nielsen Ritter, Thea, Quintero, Marcela, Remans, Roseline

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Promoting sustained poverty reduction and resilience through social protection by Ahmed, Akhter, Roy, Shalini

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Smallholder competitiveness: Insights from pig production systems in Vietnam by Lapar, Ma. Lucila, Nguyen Ngoc Toan, Staal, Steven J., Minot, Nicholas, Tisdell, C.A., Nguyen Ngoc Que, Nguyen Do Anh Tuan

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Les petits barrages au Maroc: De la dimension sociale a l'impact economique, sanitaire et environnementale by Laamrani, Hammou, Boelee, Eline, Ait Lhaj, A.

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A gendered assessment of the Mulukanoor Women’s Cooperative Dairy value chain, Telangana, India by Swamy, K., Blümmel, Michael, Cadilhon, Joseph J., Colverson, Kathleen E., Reddy, Y.R., Ravichandran, Thanammal

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Farmers’ preference for bundled input-output markets: Implications for adapting dairy market hubs in the Tanzania dairy value chain by Rao, E.J.O., Mtimet, Nadhem, Twine, Edgar E., Baltenweck, Isabelle, Omore, Amos O.

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Does climate change cause conflict? Damned if you do, damned if you don’t by Gatti, Nicolas, Baylis, Khaty, Crost, Benjamin

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Are smallholders willing to pay for animal disease control? Empirical evidence from a study of mass vaccination for Avian Influenza in Indonesia by Lapar, Ma. Lucila, Toan, N.N., Nuryartono, N., Bett, Bernard K., McLaws, M., Schoonman, L., Jost, Christine, Unger, Fred, Mariner, Jeffrey C.

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Economies of scale and contract farming in poultry and egg production in South and Southeast Asia by Jabbar, M.A., Fakhrul Islam, S.M., Mehta, R., NaRanong, V., Tiongco, Marites M., Costales, A., Delgado, Christopher L.

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Market outlet choices in the context of changing demand for fresh meat: implications for smallholder inclusion in pork supply chain in Vietnam by Lapar, Ma. Lucila, Toan, N.N., Que, N.N., Jabbar, M.A., Tisdell, C.A., Staal, Steven J.

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Temperature and low-stakes cognitive performance by Zhang, Xin, Chen, Xi, Zhang, Xiaobo

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Do improved agricultural practices boost farm productivity? The evidence from Karnataka, India by Pal, Barun Deb, Saroj, Sunil

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Smallholder competitiveness: Insights from household pig production systems in Vietnam by Lapar, Ma. Lucila, Nguyen Ngoc Toan, Staal, Steven J., Minot, Nicholas, Tisdell, C.A., Nguyen Ngoc Que, Nguyen Do Anh Tuan

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Assessing the financial and economic viability of water user associations and canal management organizations in Ferghana Valley countries of Central Asia [Abstract only]. by Anarbekov, Oyture, Wichelns, Dennis, Akramov, Isomiddin

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Synthesis Report of Workshop on Assessing the Impact of Policy-oriented Social Science Research in Scheveningen, The Netherlands November 12-13, 2001 by Ryan, James G.

“…Economists have engaged for some time in developing methodologies for assessing the economic impact of agricultural research and in undertaking empirical studies to measure this impact. …”
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What do intra-household experiments measure? Evidence from the lab and field by Hoel, Jessica B., Hidrobo, Melissa, Bernard, Tanguy, Ashour, Maha

“…Household economists have recently begun to use laboratory experiments to study behavior between spouses. …”
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Randomized controlled trials of multi-sectoral programs: Lessons from development research by Quisumbing, Agnes R., Ahmed, Akhter, Gilligan, Daniel O., Hoddinott, John F., Kumar, Neha, Leroy, Jef L., Menon, Purnima, Olney, Deanna K., Roy, Shalini, Ruel, Marie T.

“…For over two decades, our research group of economists and nutritionists has designed and implemented randomized trials to assess the effectiveness of multisectoral programs in improving nutrition, food security, and other measures of well-being, largely at the request of developing country governments, development partners, and non-governmental organizations. …”
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Summary of the agro-ecological and socio-economic context for the Cereal Systems Initiative for South Asia (CSISA) by Pede, Valerien, Ward, Patrick S., Spielman, David J., Paris, Thelma R.

“…Pursuant to these objectives, a structured questionnaire was developed in a joint effort of socio-economists from different centers of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), as well as agronomists and hub managers. …”
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En Afrique de l'Ouest la commercialisation des résidus de culture procure des rentrées financières by Abdoulaye, Tahirou

“…Tahirou Abdoulaye, socio-économiste l'IITA, a expliqué durant sa participation à la réunion du Systemwide Livestock Programme d’Addis Ababa : "Une évolution claire dans la régions est le développement rapide des marchés et l’émergence des marchés pour les aliments du bétail, concernant principalement les résidus de culture… ces marchés procurent un bénéfice immédiat pour les agriculteurs. …”
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