Resultados de búsqueda - "empirical evidence"

Neighbor effects in the provision of public goods in a young democracy: Evidence from China por Agostini, Claudio A., Brown, Philip H., Zhang, Xiaobo

“…However, there is very little empirical evidence concerning these practices in developing countries with young democracies. …”
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Food and agriculture in Ethiopia: Progress and policy challenges por Dorosh, Paul A., Rashid, Shahidur

“…The book is designed to provide empirical evidence to shed light on the complexities of agricultural and food policy in today's Ethiopia, highlight major policies and interventions of the past decade, and provide insights into building resilience to natural disasters and food crises. …”
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Land tenure and the adoption of agricultural technology in Haiti por Smucker, Glenn R., White, T. Anderson, Bannister, Michael

“…This paper contributes to this debate by reviewing and interpreting the body of literature and new empirical evidence concerning the relationship between land tenure and the adoption of technology in rural Haiti. …”
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Spatial coordination in public good allocation: Nonparametric evidence from decentralized Indonesia por Yamauchi, Futoshi, Chowdhury, Shyamal, Dewina, Reno

“…Our analysis also shows that possible strategic interactions among communities connected with transportation infrastructure (externalities) implies spatial divergence. Empirical evidence on education and heath facilities, however, demonstrates that during the decentralized period, (1) accessibility to school has improved and school investments were effectively coordinated over space; (2) hospital access has improved only marginally; but (3) per-capita availability of schools and local medical clinics (puskesmas) in the community shows convergence toward low-level equilibria. …”
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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.

“…This paper develops an econometric approach and provides empirical evidence on the impact of government investments in rural India using district-level data. …”
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Cities and agricultural development por Steinhuebel-Rasheed, Linda, Christiaensen, Luc, Minten, Bart, Swinnen, Johan, Vandercasteelen, Joachim

“…As a result, the empirical evidence is often context specific. JEL codes: J61, O18, Q12, Q15, R11, R14…”
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The saga of participatory forest management in India por Saxena, N.C.

“…The book attempts a synthesis of diverse experiences in participation and links hypotheses of collective action with empirical evidence. One of the first source books on Joint Forest Management, it will be of value to donor agencies, state governments, policy makers and researchers on participatory development programmes…”
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Policy options related to roads in tropical forests por Kaimowitz, D.

“…Economic theory and empirical evidence suggest that building or improving roads near forests encourage forest clearing for land speculation, agriculture and other activities. …”
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Impacts of land redistribution on land management and productivity in the Ethiopian highlands por Benin, Samuel, Pender, John L.

“…While the impacts of such redistributions have been hotly debated, little empirical evidence exists concerning the actual impacts of redistribution. …”
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Education and agricultural inputs use by female farmers in Zimbabwe por Matshe, I., Zikhali, Precious, Chilonda, Pius

“…There is ample empirical evidence that suggests the existence of gender discrimination when it comes to access to and subsequent use of productivity-enhancing farm inputs, specially those provided via market institutions, such as chemical fertilisers and hired labour. …”
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The performance of six cultivars of white yam derived from three sources and evaluated across three zones in southern Nigeria por Asadu, C., Ezumah, H.C., Nweke, F., Akammigbo, F.O.

“…Growers of yam demarcate certain areas as being suitable for yam culture and the factors responsible are suspected to relate to both prevailing soil and aerial environments. No empirical evidence to substantiate this suggestions has been documented. …”
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The impacts of a capacity-building workshop in a randomized adaptation project por Alpízar, Francisco, Bermedo Carpio, María del, Ferraro, Paul J., Meiselman, Ben S.

“…Yet there is little empirical evidence about which project components are effective in changing human behaviour1,2. …”
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Subsistence agriculture in Central and Eastern Europe; how to break the vicious circle?: studies on the agricultural and food sector in Central and Eastern Europe por Abele, S., Frohberg, K.

“…Economic Background and Development Opportunities of Individual Subsidiary Holdings in the Ukraine: Some Empirical Evidence; Andriy Nedoborovskyy. Modeling Subsistence Agriculture in Russia: Effects of Total Productivity Changes and Reduction of Marketing Margins; Peter Wehrheim, Peter Wobst…”
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‘Clearing the air’: Common drivers of climate-smart smallholder food production in Eastern and Southern Africa por Branca, G., Perelli, Chiara

“…While national climate policies already include climate-smart agriculture as an adaptation blueprint, policy makers need empirical evidence to support large-scale adoption. This research is an innovative contribution to that effort. …”
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Wheat varietal diversification increases Ethiopian smallholders’ food security: Evidence from a participatory development initiative por Gotor, Elisabetta, Usman, Muhammed Abdella, Occelli, Martina, Fantahun, Basazen, Fadda, Carlo, Kidane, Yosef Gebrehawaryat, Mengistu, Dejene Kassahun, Kiros, Afewerki Yohannes, Mohammed, Jemal Nurhisen, Assefa, Mekonen, Woldesemayate, Tesfaye, Caracciolo, Francesco

“…This paper provides further empirical evidence for the effective role that varietal diversity can play in improving food security in marginal environments, and also provides clear indications for development agencies regarding the importance of improving smallholders’ access to crop genetic resources.…”
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The poverty impacts of improved soybean technologies in Malawi por Hirpa Tufa, A., Alene, A., Manda, J., Feleke, S., Assfaw Wossen, T., Akinwale, M.G., Chikoye, David, Manyong, Victor

“…However, there is no empirical evidence on the welfare impacts of adopting improved soybean technologies. …”
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Motivational pathways for farmer learning behaviour in the student‐to‐farmer university outreach por Kalule, S.W., Sseguya, H., Karubanga, G., Ongeng, D.

“…This comes at the time when there is an increasingly growing desire for more community‐engaged African universities, and as such, making the integration of agricultural students into community outreach services a necessity. However, empirical evidence on whether student‐led outreach and training models adequately respond to the psychological learning needs of host farmers and subsequent motivation of these farmers for learning is lacking. …”
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Importance of socio-economic and institutional factors in the collection of dry forest products: The case of gum and resin in Jawi District, Northwest Ethiopia por Sheko, M., Kassa, G., Abebaw, D., Kassa, H.

“…Although the important role of dry forests in livelihoods is immense, empirical evidence on the role of socioeconomic factors in the collection of dry forest products is still lacking. …”
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Are agro-clusters pro-poor? Evidence from Ethiopia por Tabe-Ojong, Martin Paul Jr., Dureti, Guyo Godana

“…However, there is very limited empirical evidence to support this promise. We use a large farm household survey of about 4000 smallholder farmers in Ethiopia growing cereals like teff, maize, wheat, maltbarley and sesame to examine the relationship between agro-clusters and smallholder welfare and poverty. …”
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Information and communications technology (ICT) and agricultural extension in developing countries por Spielman, David J., Lecoutere, Els, Makhija, Simrin, Van Campenhout, Bjorn

“…These conceptual and methodological insights—coupled with empirical evidence from prior studies—offer direction for several lines of policy-relevant research on ICT-enabled extension.…”
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