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Establecimiento de lechuga y albahaca a través de sistema hidropónico

“…En cuanto a demanda alimentaria, lo anterior refuerza nuestra dependencia centralista a la hora comer, desde donde se entiende que muchas de las hortalizas acá consumidas provienen de la capital, aumentando los costos de comprar y la huella de carbono en la comercialización de estas. …”
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Création d’emplois pour la jeunesse rurale dans les chaînes de valeur agricoles by Rim, Ji-Yeun, Nsanganira, Tony R.

“…Ces différentes approches, axées sur différentes catégories de jeunes, les aident à comprendre les marchés et à répondre à la demande, les sensibilisent aux possibilités d’emploi dans le secteur agricole, développent et renforcent leurs compétences, facilitent leur accès au financement et à la terre ou améliorent leurs réseaux et leur capital social.…”
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Effects of eliminating the US–China trade dispute tariffs by Zheng, Jian, Zhou, Shudong, Li, Xingzi, Padula, Antonio Domingos, Martin, Will

“…The increases were dramatic, with the US raising tariffs on industrial products by a factor of six – with particularly large tariff increases on intermediate and capital goods – and China increasing its tariffs on US agricultural products more than five-fold. …”
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Determinants of farm mechanization in central and southeast Oromia Region, Ethiopia by Gebiso, T., Ketema, M., Shumetie, A., Leggesse, Getachew

“…Household’s sex, educational background, experience in farming, family labor availability and social capital, location of household, access to all-weather roads and distance to farm mechanization service providers centers, participation in market and off-farm activities, landholding, land fragmentation and size of livestock owned (TLU) are statistically significant in determining level of farm mechanization. …”
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The indirect impact of crop insurance on household food security in the Guinea savannah region of West Africa by Mponela, Powell, Kizito, Fred

“…The goal of this paper is to investigate the role of information, social capital, and resource endowments on farmers' decision to invest in insurance bundled with fertilizer and modern improved seeds and its impacts on food security indicators including surplus produce, marketing share, and produce storage. …”
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Climate, peace, security and migration in Mozambique by Maviza, Gracsious, Synnestvedt, Thea, Caroli, Giulia, Tarusarira, Joram, Sax, Niklas

“…In Southern Africa, Mozambique is a prime example of how the adverse effects of climate change interact with conflict, fragility and displacement in multifaceted ways, eroding social capital and social cohesion and even making conflict dynamics more pronounced and intractable. …”
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Cohort One 2023 Pitch Event and Field Visit Report by Niru, A., Bohjanen, C., Sewe, L.

“…The attendees included different capital providers, the 10 Accelerator Partners, the CGIAR scientists (technical assistance providers), the Ukama Ustawi leadership team and the implementation partners (IFDC-2SCALE and The Rallying Cry). …”
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Collective action and “social distancing” in COVID-19 responses by Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S.

“…What happens to the women who rely on weekly savings group meetings to build their financial and social capital?…”
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Does dairy intensification threaten livelihood diversity in East Africa? by Kihoro, Esther, Vernooij, V., Schoneveld, G.C., Crane, Todd A., Vellema, S.

“…Because intensification is labor and capital intensive, resource diversions may occur that could make rural livelihoods more specialized. …”
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Asset dynamics in Northern Nigeria by Dillon, Andrew, Quiñones, Esteban J.

“…We show that the initial endowments of both household capital and livestock holdings are inconsistent with the poverty trap hypothesis but that tracking rules for households in panel surveys may lead to differences in empirical results on poverty traps. …”
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Intrahousehold allocation and gender relations: new empirical evidence from four developing countries by Quisumbing, Agnes R., Maluccio, John A.

“…Using new household data sets from Bangladesh, Indonesia, Ethiopia, and South Africa, we present measures of individual characteristics that are highly correlated with bargaining power, namely human capital and in ividually-controlled assets, evaluated at the time of marriage. …”
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Transforming the rural Asian economy: the unfinished revolution by Rosegrant, Mark W., Hazell, Peter B. R.

“…The authors argue that six emerging challenges will also need special attention: (1) Making growth pro-poor; (2) Managing the legacy of the economic crisis; (3) Managing globalization; (4) Revitalizing agricultural research and technology dissemination; (5) Managing land and water scarcity and degradation; and (6) Building good governance and social capital.…”
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An empirical investigation of short and long-run agricultural wage formation in Ghana by Abdulai, Awudu, Delgado, Christopher L.

“…The Johansen cointegration framework is used to examine long-run relationships among agricultural and urban wage rates, the domestic terms of trade between agriculture and non-agriculture, urban unemployment, capital stock in agriculture and the size of the rural population. …”
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Assessment of the enterprise selection and development process of the Ugandan National Agricultural Advisory Service by Kyomugisha, Elizabeth

“…Most Ugandan farmers are smallholders lacking capital for investment and other resources, limiting the range of economic activities in which they might engage. …”
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Dynamics of structural transformation: An empirical characterization in the case of China, Malaysia, and Ghana by Badibanga, Thaddée, Diao, Xinshen, Roe, Terry L., Somwaru, Agapi

“…The results show that two important factors characterize the rapid transformation of the Chinese economy: the high proximity of its export basket to three main industrial clusters-capital goods, consumer durable goods, and intermediate inputs-and the increase in the values of the new goods belonging to those three clusters. …”
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Contract farming and technical efficiency: evidence from low-value and high-value crops in Nepal by Mishra, Ashok K., Shaik, Saleem, Khanal, Aditya R., Bairagi, Subir

“…Finally, we find that human capital and distance to the market increases the technical inefficiency of low‐value crop smallholders in Nepal. …”
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Building resilient agribusiness: Insights and opportunities from the CGIAR food systems accelerator in East and Southern Africa by Musau, Caroline, Peterson, Nathanial

“…Despite the sector's critical importance, agriculture remains underfunded. Private capital flows are limited, with only a fraction of venture financing and development finance reaching agribusinesses. …”
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Labor force activities and income among young Guatemalan adults by Hoddinott, John F., Behrman, Jere R., Martorell, Reynaldo

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Trees, terraces and llamas: Resilient watershed management and sustainable agriculture the Inca way by Frogley, M.R., Chepstow-Lusty, A., Thiele, G., Chutas, C.A.

“…We contend that, in the face of modern environmental uncertainty, a second climate-smart agricultural revolution is necessary, but one that accounts for the significant social capital of highland communities whilst still leaning heavily on native crops, trees and livestock.…”
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The IITA farming systems program by Okigbo, B.

“…The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) was established in 1967 on 1,000 hectares of land located at 3o 54'E longitude and 7o 30'N latitude, about 16 kiloneters north of Ibadan, the capital of the Western State of Nigeria. It is one of a network of international research institutes where priority is given to research, training and related activities aimed at quantitatively and qualitatively increasing food production in the developing countries of the world. …”
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