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Appui a la mise en oeuvre de l’ Integration Regionale des Centres de Recherche et a la coordinaton regionale. Project Intégré de Croissance Agricole dans les Grand Lacs (PICAGL) –P... por Fungo, Robert

“…This report is related to activities implemented from 1 July - 30 September 2022 by the Alliance of Bioversity International & CIAT, Harvest Plus and the Pan Africa Bean Research Alliance (PABRA) based on the contract signed with IITA under PICAGL project. This period was mainly characterized by selecting bean varieties to adapt to low and mid highland bean varieties that can adapt to humid environments of Uvira and Fizi in South Kivu and Tanganyika province, identifying and engaging partners for introduction and production of bio-fortified beans (High iron bean) and Maize (Vitamin A Maize) in targeted sites of South Kivu and Tanganyika.…”
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Have Chinese firms become smaller? If so, why? por Yang, Qiming, Zhang, Xiaobo, Zhu, Wu

“…In this paper, we develop a structural dynamic model with heterogeneous workers to study the relative contributions of three factors to declining firm size: rising real wages, implementation of minimum wages, and the introduction of a new national labor contract law. While rising wages make a sizeable contribution, we find that the new labor law plays a dominant role in solving the puzzle. …”
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An experiment on the impact of weather shocks and insurance on risky investment por Hill, Ruth Vargas, Viceisza, Angelino

“…In later rounds of the game protocol, a random selection of farmers made this decision in the presence of a stylized weather-index insurance contract. Insurance was found to have some positive effect on fertilizer purchases. …”
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Borrowing from the insurer: An empirical analysis of demand and impact of insurance in China por Liu, Yanyan, Chen, Kevin Z., Hill, Ruth Vargas, Xiao, Chengwei

“…We present results from a randomized controlled trial in rural China designed to understand whether a small change in the timing of a premium payment for a swine insurance contract helps to overcome an important barrier to insurance demand and, if so, whether the resulting increase in insurance would allow farmers to increase investment in activities that expose them to the risk being insured against. …”
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The dynamics of insurance demand under liquidity constraints and insurer default risk por Liu, Yanyan, Myers, Robert J.

“…We then propose an alternative insurance design that allows farmers to enter an insurance contract while delaying payment of the premium until the end of the insured period. …”
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On the preferences of principals and agents por Castillo, Marco, Petrie, Ragan, Torero, Máximo

“…Markets work because they remunerate good judgment and punish mistakes. Indeed, modern contract theory is based on the assumption that principals are less risk averse than agents. …”
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The gender implications of large-scale land deals por Behrman, Julia A., Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S., Quisumbing, Agnes R.

“…It addresses the current information gap on the differential gender effects of large-scale land deals through (1) an overview of the phases of large-scale land deals and discussion of related effects on rural men and women based on new literature on large-scale land deals and past literature on the gender effects of commercialization and contract farming; (2) a presentation of further evidence using several recent case studies on the gender effects of large-scale deals; (3) an identification of knowledge gaps and areas where further research is needed; and (4) a recap of promising initiatives, followed by recommendations and conclusions.…”
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Bibliometric analysis: Smallholder aggregation models in South Asia por Gupta, Ishika, Veettil, Prakashan Chellattan, Janakiraman, Deepa

“…The findings reveal a strong geographic concentration of research in India (80% of studies) and a predominant focus on contract farming (46%) over other aggregation models. …”
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Sleeping with the enemy?: capturing internal risks in the logical framework of a water management project por Yamaswari, I.A.C., Kazbekov, Jusipbek S., Lautze, Jonathan F., Wegerich, Kai

“…These include addressing internal risks; the use of baseline studies for the accuracy of assumptions; the ability to adapt under an inflexible budget; and linking the logframe and contract. Findings show that rigid planning may constrain effective project implementation. …”
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Pre-commercial sorting line for peaches firmness assessment por Gutiérrez, Abelardo, Burgos, Jose Antonio, Moltó, Enrique

“…Maturity can be assessed by measuring firmness and sugar content. Through contract CRAFT-1999-70106, funded by the European Union, the Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias (IVIA) has designed a firmness sensor capable of classifying peaches in three categories: very firm, firm and not firm. …”
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The power of tobacco : discipline, power and knowledge : decision to grow a controversial crop por Khumalo, Caroline Claudia Mugadza

“…Using Foucault’s theories of discipline, power and knowledge alongside with symbolic interactionism I conduct a study of tobacco growers and how communication motivates them to grow tobacco, cut down or grow trees, use child labour and become contract growers. I analyse the ways in which common symbols are used to gain access to information and the ways in which the stakeholders use power and knowledge to motivate action. …”

CGIAR Business Meeting 2009, Washington, DC, December 8, 2009: Summary Record por CGIAR Secretariat

“…The Consortium will unite the 15 Centers under one legal entity and provide a single entry point for the Fund to contract Centers and partners for research products. …”
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Modeling dynamic systems for sustainable supply chains : a case study in La Fortuna, Costa Rica por Montero Vega, Mercedes

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Farmers management of fluctuating market prices for wheat and oilseeds por Beck-Friis, Caroline, Linde, Vilhelm

“…Traditional agreements for the physical delivery of agricultural products are usually spot prices, pool prices and forward contracts. Furthermore, there are also financial futures contracts. …”
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Transforming food systems through inclusive agribusiness por Schoneveld, G.C.

“…By reviewing recent IAB literature, discourse and strategies, as well as past IAB scaling experiences, it shows that IAB models such as contract farming and producer cooperatives are liable to discriminatory practices, uneven benefit capture and socio-ecological trade-offs, especially at scale. …”
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L3: On Farm systems and risk management por Dimes, John P., Minde, Isaac, Rooyen, Andre F. van

“…Market development initiatives such as contract farming, voucher-based input distribution schemes for seed and fertilizer and innovative fertilizer marketing strategies will be implemented by project partners, technically supported by research and extension and monitored for impacts across the value chain.…”
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Transformation of the rural economy por Otsuka, Keijiro, Zhang, Xiaobo

“…The chapter examines whether contract farming confers benefits primarily to large farmers in practice and how we may be able to make smallholders significantly better off by introducing new profitable crops and livestock products. …”
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Knowledge driven development: Private extension and global lessons por Zhou, Yuan, Babu, Suresh Chandra

“…Motivated by the increase in sales or contract farming revenues that extension can generate, private providers include seed and input companies, distributors and dealers, service providers, food processors and retailers, and mobile phone companies. …”
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Cropland expansion in Ethiopia: Economic and climatic considerations for highland agriculture por Schmidt, Emily, Thomas, Timothy S.

“…In fact, many areas may be reaching an environmental threshold that will require the local agricultural land area to contract to maintain the agricultural productivity outcomes realized in previous years.…”
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Income and employment generation from agricultural processing and marketing at the village level: A study in upland Java, Indonesia por Kawagoe, Toshihiko

“…In the rapidly growing economies of Southeast Asia, besides the emergence of processing enterprises (as discussed in chapter 9) catering to the diversifying and growing domestic and international demand, partly combined with contract-farming systems (as discussed in chapter 10), sizable informal village-level processing and marketing activities are a feature of the rural growth process. …”
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