Search Results - "marginalism"

Returns to social capital among traders by Fafchamps, Marcel, Minten, Bart

“…Better connected traders are shown to have significantly larger sales and gross margins than less connected traders after controlling for physical and human inputs. …”
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Sensitivity of welfare effects estimated by equilibrium displacement model: A biological productivity growth for semisubsistence crops in Sub-Sahara African market with high transa... by Takeshima, Hiroyuki

“…The conventionally used EDM is compared with an alternative EDM that reflects more realistic assumptions for African semi-subsistence crops, such as the shape and shift of supply curve, significant margins due to high transportation costs between farmgate and consumption market, as well as between different consumption markets, and the degree of precisions of estimated structural parameters. …”
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Puzzlingly low utilization of solar irrigation pumps by smallholders in Nepal undermines cost-effectiveness by Oziel, Dan, Mukherji, Aditi, Lamichhane, Nabina, Fishman, Ram

“…In contrast to diesel-based irrigation, which carries steep fuel costs, irrigation by SIP requires zero marginal costs, but high initial investments. This makes their competitiveness with diesel pumps highly dependent on the temporal frequency of their usage. …”
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The New Goal: How can We Facilitate Financial Flows to Fragile Contexts in the Horn of Africa and the Sahel? by Chilambe, Pedro, Mascarenhans, Martina

“…It also underscores the importance of prioritizing adaptation funding, particularly for women, youth, and marginalized groups in conflict-affected areas, while promoting sustainable and inclusive financing models like grants over loans. …”
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Human capital, productivity, and labor allocation in rural Pakistan by Fafchamps, Marcel, Quisumbing, Agnes R.

“…Female education and nutrition do not affect productivity and labor allocation in any systematic fashion, consistent with the marginal role women play in market oriented activities in Pakistan. …”
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Socially inclusive and equitable approaches for resilient livestock systems by Bullock, Renee, DuttaGupta, Tanaya, Triana-Angel, Natalia

“…Women, men, youth and marginalized social groups obtain differential access to essential resources that underpin resilience (e.g. services, knowledge and capital). …”
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AICCRA Mali: Advancing Gender Equity in Climate-Smart Agriculture and Climate Information Services by Diabate, F, Mujawamariya, G, Gondwe, T, Huyer, S.

“…By reducing labor burdens, improving access to information, and enabling financial autonomy, AICCRA Mali helped women move from the margins to the center of agricultural transformation. …”
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Policy recommendations by Kaimowitz, D., Angelsen, A.

“…It also discusses some typical win-lose outcomes of situations with trade-offs: technologies which require little or displace labour, new products for large markets with abundant labour, eradication of diseases that limit deforestation, and technological progress in forest margin areas with rapidly growing labour forces. The chapter also relates the issues this volume discusses with the current trend towards greater economic liberalisation and globalisation and with the overall policy objectives of poverty reduction and economic growth.…”
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Profiling local-level outcomes of environmental decentralizations: the case of Cameroon’s forests in the Congo Basin by Oyono, P.R.

“…It shows that the experiment has not yet brought up expected positive results and very often generates internal conflicts, a new social stratification and the marginalization of traditional authorities. Second, the article argues that decentralized management is not producing positive economic results, as there is no significant economic change in the case study villages. …”
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Scientists in social encounters: the case for an engaged practice of science by Diaw, C., Kusumanto, T.

“…In this chapter we questioned the link between conventional modes of knowledge extraction and local societies’ continuous marginality with regard to global knowledge and power networks. …”
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Forests, illegality, and livelihoods in Cameroon by Cerutti, P.O., Tacconi, L.

“…These include allowing small-scale logging operations as a way to reverse the historical marginalization of rural people and reducing the misuse of the forest area tax, which is supposed to benefit rural communities.…”
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Livestock Fish Mega Program to focus on specific value chains, working with development partners by Randolph, Thomas F.

“…He was speaking in the margins of the CGIAR Livestock Fish Mega Program Livestock Fish Mega Program to focus on specific value chains, working with development partners…”
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Efficiency of fresh milk marketing systems in the Bamako area: some preliminary results by Achuonjei, P.N., Debrah, S.K.

“…On average, traders made a margin of 45 FCFA/litre, which is not excessive relative to services rendered. …”
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Land tenure and allocative efficiency in Niger by Gavian, S., Fafchamps, M.

“…It is found that yields are strongly influenced by manpower available to farming households, an indication that marginal returns to labour and land are not equalized across households and the results also show a nonsignificant relationships between manuring and whether or not local customs allow land sales. …”
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Mineral status of Boran Zebu cattle in semi-arid rangelands of southern Ethiopia and the effects of supplementary phosphorus and copper by Kabaija, E., Little, D.A.

“…Reports a study conducted in the southern rangelands of Ethiopia, to evaluate the mineral status of Boran zebu cattle and their responses to supplementary P and Cu. Forages were marginal-to-deficient in Na, P and Cu probably due to the very low levels of these elements in the soil. …”
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Five lessons to integrate gender in market-oriented agriculture by Waters-Bayer, Ann

“…In the margins of the AgriGender 2011 workshop in Addis Ababa (31 January - 2 February, 2011), we talked to Ann Waters Bayer about the whole issue of gender and livestock value chains. …”
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Crop per drop of diesel?: Energy squeeze on India's smallholder irrigation by Shah, Tushaar

“…India's smallholder irrigation is in the grip of an energy squeeze and is proving the proverbial last straw on the camel's back. Marginal farmers and sharecroppers are particularly badly hit. …”
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Agroforestry in REDD+: Opportunities and Challenges. ASB Policy Brief 26 by Minang, Peter A., Bernard F, Noordwijk, Meine van, Kahurani E

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Mineral status of soils and forages and effect of mineral supplementation on performance of lambs by Sendalo, D.S.C., Mtenga, L.A., Ekern, A.

“…Soil P, Cu and Zn, and forage CP, P, Na and Zn were in marginal levels to recommended requirements of lambs. …”
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Practical tips for communicating research findings in a gender-responsive way by Elias, Marlène, Hermanowicz, E.

“…Ensuring that research and action partners, but also the local women, men and marginalized groups who are the target beneficiaries of our research are able to equitably access our findings can support their empowerment and is an essential part of the research-for-development process.…”
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