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| Upton, Martin. |
| This paper reviews the diverse and changing roles of livestock as they relate to the process of economic development and poverty reduction, departing from the premise that livestock production plays an important role in contributing to the livelihoods of most of the world's poor and in meeting the fast growing demand for livestock products in the developing countries. It is argued that investment in livestock raises farm production by extending the area of land utilised, diversifying productive activity for crop cultivators or intensifying production, and that changes from grassland-based systems to mixed farming systems and thence to landless production systems represent stages of increasing intensity. The author draws on New Institutional Economics... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Pro-poor livestock policy; Livelihoods; Economic development; Poverty alleviation; Food Security and Poverty; Livestock Production/Industries. |
| Ano: 2004 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23783 |
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| Arriaza Balmón, Manuel; Gomez-Limon, Jose A.; Upton, Martin. |
| Spanish authorities have recently approved a new legislative framework for the creation of local water markets to improve allocative efficiency for this scarce resource. This paper analyses the potential impacts of the policy. A utility function for three groups of farmers was elicited, using a method that does not require interaction with the decision‐makers. Utility was measured as a function of the first two moments of the distribution of total gross margin. The utility functions were then used to simulate farmers' responses to changes in the price of water. |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy. |
| Ano: 1997 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/118068 |
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