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| Eze, Christopher C.; Lemchi, J.I.; Ugochukwu, Albert I.; Eze, V.C.; Awulonu, C.A.O.; Okon, A.X.. |
| The study examined the agricultural financing policies of the government of Nigeria and effects on rural development .The study found that though the government has made serious efforts at making good agricultural policies through schemes, programmes and institutions, it has not been able to back them up with adequate budgetary allocation and financing coupled with corruption in the execution of the policies. It is recommended that for the government agricultural financing policies to achieve its target of rural development, Nigeria will need an adequate level of strategically targeted investment in agriculture, upgrade rural infrastructure, boost productivity, and increase competitiveness of the farm output, in addition to fighting corruption. |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Agricultural financing; Policies; Institutions; Rural; Development; International Development. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/91677 |
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| Somwaru, Agapi; Tuan, Francis C.; Gehlhar, Mark J.; Diao, Xinshen; Langley, Suchada V.. |
| This paper delves into China's differential growths in trade flows with high income countries by focusing on bilateral content of trade data over the time period 1962-2005. Unlike other studies, we account for end use of traded goods ranging from primary, intermediate, and finished goods because China's policies impact all segments China's trade flows. China's trade growth patterns with major high income countries clearly indicate that the adjacency-neighborhood partners alone is unlikely to explain its unprecedented growth in exports and imports. China's outstanding performance in trade growth can be traced back to the 1970s with changes in its policies and increased involvement in the international segmentation of production processes and preferential... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: China; International trade; Growth; Policies; International Relations/Trade. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9907 |
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| Koffi-Tessio, Egnonto M.. |
| Climate change is a natural and dynamic phenomenon resulting from complex interrelationships between physical, environmental and human factors. The sustainability of life on earth depends partly on the ability of mankind to maintain this natural and balanced flow of such gases such as carbon dioxide (CO2) and water vapor traping heat. Unfortunately, human beings contribute significantly to the presence of such gases known as Green House Gases (GHGs) through agricultural and industrial activities. The implications are the excess trap of sunlight and the blocking of outward radiation. In sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), the importance of agriculture cannot be stressed enough given that it is central to economic growth and most of economic activities in the region... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Modelling; Agriculture; Climate change; Variability; Statistics; Policies; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management. |
| Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/50821 |
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| Mwangi, Wilfred; Mwabu, Germano; Nyangito, Hezron Omare. |
| Adoption of technologies that increase farm yields is a prerequisite for poverty alleviation in agrarian societies. However, the link between adoption of improved agricultural technologies and poverty reduction is not well understood or documented. This relationship is explored with an example of improved maize seed adoption in Laikipia and Suba - two rural districts in Kenya. We show that adopters of improved maize varieties have higher yields per acre and that poverty is negatively correlated with technology adoption. Policies for increasing diffusion of these technologies include improving access roads to market centers to enhance maize profitability and extension of information about improved maize varieties to farmers. |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Maize adoption; Technologies; Poverty; Policies; Kenya; Crop Production/Industries. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25376 |
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| Chen, Jianwei; Qi, Yan-bin; Zhao, Yufeng. |
| In the first place, the definitions of ecological agriculture defined by scholars both at home and abroad are introduced. In the second place, the domestic and foreign ecological agriculture policies are expounded. Through contrastive research on the domestic and foreign ecological agriculture polices, the problems in the development of ecological agriculture in China are found. By mirroring the western experiences in developing ecological agriculture, the countermeasures and relevant suggestions are put forward from the perspective of government. The first one is to increase the subsidies from the government to ecological agriculture. The second one is to clarify the standard of ecological agriculture construction. The third one is to promote the... |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Ecological agriculture; Policies; Agricultural subsidies; Sustainable development; China; Agribusiness. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/101889 |
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| Xayavong, Vilaphonh; Gounder, Rukmani; Obben, James. |
| This paper re-examines the theoretical aid-growth nexus by expounding on the issues relating to policies designed for aid delivery and the lack of aid recipient's state institutional capability to enforce policy conditionality. Two propositions have been demonstrated to explain why policy conditionality attached to aid might not always promote sustainable economic growth in Least Developed Countries. First, the model has simulated that a stable aid flow contributes to economic growth even when aid is fungible. Second, the model has also simulated that unstable aid inflow impairs the favourable effect of stable aid inflow. It is suggested that the contribution of aid to economic growth depends not only on the ability of aid to increase investment in the... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Foreign Aid; Economic Growth; Policies; State Institutions; Food Security and Poverty; D72; D9; F35; H30. |
| Ano: 2005 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23704 |
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| Krumalova, Veronika; Backman, Stefan. |
| The protected landscape area of the White Carpathians in Czech Republic is confronted with several threats. The protection of the landscape involves instituted policies and restrictions on production. Due to the approaching EU accession and the possible subsequent institutional changes, there is an increased demand for knowledge on production opportunities and threats. In addition there are immediate concerns on the relation between agricultural production and the environment. One major concern is the abandonment of agricultural land. In this article the combination of production elements and protection is described. Factor analyses are used to identify groups of farms with similarities in production structure and organisation. The results of the factor... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Factor analysis; Landscape protection; Livestock production; Policies; Institutions; Land Economics/Use. |
| Ano: 2003 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/18883 |
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| Del Bel Filho, Egmar; Bacha, Carlos Jose Caetano. |
| This paper evaluates the main changes that happened in the Brazilian policies of agricultural minimum price since 1997, paying attention to operational issues and discrepancies among regions and products that occurred when implementing those policies. In 1996, Brazilian Federal Government created two new programs, Prêmio de Escoamento de Produto (PEP) and Contratos de Opções de Venda de Produtos Agropecuários (COVPA), in addition to other two traditional programs (Aquisição do Governo Federal, AGF, and Empréstimos do Governo Federal, EGF). However, the new programs only were implemented one year after. Since then, these four Federal programs of minimum prices have had different performances. This paper evaluates those differences, highlighting unequal... |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Minimum price; Policies; Regions; Brazil. |
| Ano: 2005 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56743 |
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| Gustavsen, Geir Waehler; Rickertsen, Kyrre. |
| Increased consumption of vegetables may reduce obesity and the prevalence of cardiac diseases and cancer. Norwegians consume less vegetables than nutrition experts recommend and the per capita consumption is lower than in most European countries. To investigate the causes of low consumption, a two-step approach is used to estimate the demand segmented by nine different household types. In the first step, a probit model is estimated to investigate the decision whether to purchase traditional vegetables, salad vegetables, and industrially processed vegetables. Conditional on purchase, an almost ideal demand model is used to model how much to purchase. The own-price elasticities and total expenditure elasticities are high for traditional and industrially... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Vegetables; Demand; Segmentation; Household types; Policies; Demand and Price Analysis. |
| Ano: 2002 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24885 |
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