Resultados de búsqueda - "capitalism"

Land tenure and the adoption of agricultural technology in Haiti por Smucker, Glenn R., White, T. Anderson, Bannister, Michael

“…The findings suggest that (a) formal title is not necessarily more secure than informal arrangements, (b) informal arrangements based on traditional social capital resources assure affordable and flexible access to land for most people, and (c) perceived stability of access to land-via stability of personal and social relationships-is a more important determinant of technology adoption than mode of access. …”
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Investigación y extension a cargo de agricultores por Knox, Anna, Lilja, Nina

“…El proceso de participar en la investigación también puede tener un impacto en el capital humano y social del agricultor.…”
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Globalization of food and agriculture and the poor por von Braun, Joachim, Díaz-Bonilla, Eugenio

“…They examine the different interactions between the forces influencing and driving globalization—politics and governance; markets, capital investment, and labour; information and innovation; and health, social policies, and conflicts—and elements of the food chain—production, marketing, and consumption. …”
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The role of clustering in rural industrialization: A case study of the footwear industry in Wenzhou por Huang, Zuhui, Zhang, Xiaobo, Zhu, Yunwei

“…Therefore, Wenzhou represents an example of how clustering plays a significant role in helping fledgling rural industries overcome the growth constraints of capital and technology in the incipient stage of industrialization.…”
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The transformation of property rights in Kenya's Maasiland: triggers and motivations por Mwangi, Esther

“…Heightened perceptions of impending land scarcity, failures of collective decision making, the promise of new income opportunities and the possibility of accessing capital markets motivated individuals to support group ranch subdivision. …”
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A 1992 social accounting matrix (SAM) for Tanzania por Wobst, Peter

“…The factor disaggregation of productive factors consists of Capital, Land and 5 labor categories, while households are divided into Rural Farmers, Rural Non-Farmers, Urban Farmers, and Urban Non-Farmers.…”
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A 1991 social accounting matrix (SAM) for Zimbabwe por Thomas, Marcelle, Bautista, Romeo M.

“…The outcome is an 88 by 88 matrix that includes 36 activities, 27 commodities, 9 factors of production (4 labor, 3 capital, and 2 land categories), 5 households groups, and one account each for enterprises, government, investment/saving, and rest-of-the-world. …”
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Are returns to public investment lower in less-favored rural areas?: an empirical analysis of India por Fan, Shenggen, Hazell, Peter B. R.

“…Choices have to be made between different types of investments, especially infrastructure, human capital and agricultural research, and between different types of agricultural regions, e.g., irrigated and high- and low-potential rainfed areas. …”
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Infrastructure, market access, and agricultural prices: evidence from Madagascar por Minten, Bart

“…Differences in seasonal variation are mainly related to the differential opportunity costs of capital in rice villages and to hard infrastructure in non-rice villages. …”
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Trade liberalization and regional integration: the search for large numbers por Robinson, Sherman, Thierfelder, Karen

“…There are even bigger welfare gains when models incorporate aspects of “new trade theory” such as increasing returns, imperfect competition, technology transfers, trade externalities, and dynamic effects such as links between trade liberalization, total factor productivity growth, and capital stock accumulation. We broaden the search for large numbers by suggesting an additional gain from RTAs. …”
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Macroeconomic reforms and regional integration southern Africa por Mataya, Charles

“…They also sought to improve financial sector policy (to achieve competitive returns on financial assets, increase the marginal productivity of capital, and boost the saving rate); improve the efficiency of public enterprises and labor markets (to enhance the mobility of goods and labor and to make prices and wages more flexible); and improve the coverage and quantity of social services.…”
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Profit efficiency of smallholder vegetable farms in Nepal: Implications for improving household income por Shrestha, Rudra Bahadur, Bhandari, Humnath, Pandey, Sushil

“…The profitability differential in vegetable farms is significantly explained by input variables, namely, labor, land, seeds, fertilizer, pesticides, and capital. The determinants of profit inefficiency in vegetable farming were the types of crop varieties, access to information and extension services, access to agricultural credit, distance of farms to markets, and sex of farm manager. …”
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Rice farming in central Java, Indonesia-Adoption of sustainable farming practices, impacts and implications por Connor, Melanie, de Guia, Annalyn H., Pustika, Arlyna Budi, Sudarmaji, Kobarsih, Mahargono, Hellin, Jon

“…Furthermore, farmers perceived changes in social and human capital and also poverty reduction due to technology adoption. …”
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Perspectives from historical analyses of agri-food system transformations: A case study of Odisha, India por Sarkar, Anindita, Mukherji, Aditi

“…By analysing the historical evolution of policies since the 1850s, the study finds that even though the political and economic contexts have changed, low investment in agriculture remains the primary challenge even today. The cycle of low capital investment in agriculture, lack of adoption of better farm technologies, and overall public sector neglect of the agriculture sector has perpetuated, leading to low productivity. …”
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Gendered constraints to smallholder pig farming and marketing in Rwanda por Ouma, Emily, Ntawubizi, Martin, Achandi, Esther

“…The data covered aspects of decision making over engagement in piggery, use of resources such as land, labour, and capital as well as access to veterinary services, supporting productivity improvements. …”
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Collaborative Solutions: Leveraging Artificial Intelligence for Resilient Agriculture, Energy, and Risk Systems in Africa por African Climate Policy Centre, Accelerating Impacts of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa, United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction

“…. • Africa should transition from passive technology recipient to co-creator, but success depends on human capital, inclusive governance, ethical standards, financing, and continental collaboration. • Youth engagement, citizen-centric approaches, and locally grounded co-creation are critical for equitable deployment. • South-South and intra-African cooperation provide replicable models for scaling, knowledge sharing, and avoiding duplication. …”
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China's development of a plantation-based wood pulp industry: government policies, financial incentives, and investment trends por Barr, C., Cossalter, C.

“…It is doing so by providing discounted loans from state banks, fiscal incentives, and capital subsidies for establishment of at least 5.8 million hectares of fast-growing pulpwood plantations. …”
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Poverty alleviation and tropical forests: what scope for synergies? (extract) por Wunder, Sven

“…Absorption of (poor) unskilled labor is low in forestry, which tends to be capital-intensive. Natural forets may thus lack comparative advantage for poverty alleviation. …”
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The role and management of Eucalyptus in Lode Hetosa district, central Ethiopia por Mekonnen, Z., Kassa, H., Lemenh, M., Campbell, Bruce M.

“…A market survey showed that 74% of firewood sold in the district capital was Eucalyptus. The tree generated a quarter of annual cash incomes of rural households, and contributed significantly to subsistence. …”
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Is China unique?: exploring the behaviour of Chinese and European firms in the Cameroonian logging sector por Cerutti, P.O., Assembe-Mvondo, Samuel, German, L., Putzel, L.

“…Through a general analysis of Cameroonian timber production and trade, and a detailed analysis of two European companies (one FSC-certified) and one Chinese company (without FSC certification), this paper assesses the effects of Chinese capital and China-related trade on rural livelihoods and forest condition in the Cameroonian forestry sector. …”
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