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Author: John A. Dixon
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 424
ISBN-13: 9789251046272
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA joint FAO and World Bank study which shows how the farming systems approach can be used to identify priorities for the reduction of hunger and poverty in the main farming systems of the six major developing regions of the world.
Author: Brighton Nyagadza
Publisher: CABI
Published: 2023-10-31
Total Pages: 218
ISBN-13: 180062252X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe future of Africa and the whole globe is dependent on sustainable agribusiness management. This book offers insights to a wide range of agricultural marketing and agribusiness management practices with a focus on sustainability. It is designed to provide academics and graduate students in business studies with a comprehensive treatment of the nature of agricultural marketing and agribusiness management, as well as sustainability transitions and related practices in certain regions of the world (particularly in Africa). The text also serves as an invaluable resource for agricultural marketing practitioners requiring more than anecdotal evidence on the structure and operation of agricultural marketing and agribusiness management, as well as sustainability in different organisations and geographical areas. It allows the reader to compare and contrast agricultural marketing and agribusiness management, as well as sustainability practices across different research methodologies and settings. The book provides a unique mix of theory, reviews, primary research findings and case studies.
Author: Ian Scoones
Publisher: James Currey
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9781847010247
DOWNLOAD EBOOKChallenges the commonly held myths about Zimbabwe's land reform.
Author: Berhanu Gebremedhin
Publisher: ILRI (aka ILCA and ILRAD)
Published: 2010-01-01
Total Pages: 30
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe literature on commercial transformation of smallholders makes little distinction between market orientation (production decision based on market signals) and market participation (sale of output). This paper analyzes the determinants of market orientation and market participation in Ethiopia separately and examines if market orientation translates into market participation. Empirical results show that market orientation translates strongly into market participation. The key implication of this study is that policy, technological, organizational and institutional interventions aimed at promoting commercial transformation of subsistence agriculture should follow two-pronged approach: improving market orientation of smallholders at production level, and facilitating market entry and participation of households in output and input markets. Focusing on either may not be as effective in achieving the transformation.
Author: Mandivamba Rukuni
Publisher:
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 774
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Joachim Von Braun
Publisher: International Food Policy Research Insitute
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 444
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSubsistence production: a sign of market failure. Commercialization cannot be left to the market. Household effects of commercialization. Nutrition effects of commercialization. Policy action needed.
Author: Garth John Holloway
Publisher: ILRI (aka ILCA and ILRAD)
Published: 2002-01-01
Total Pages: 92
ISBN-13: 9789291461318
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis compendium reproduces results from several, independent research projects undertaken at the Livestock Policy Analysis Programme (LPAP) of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. This reproduction brings together separate pieces of research that relate to the same goals, namely, market expansion, food security, poverty alleviation and hunger prevention. It is to showcase the power of Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) methods, particularly Gibbs sampling, in providing direct answers to policy questions. It is hoped that the empirical research showcased in this compendium will spur other researchers to apply MCMC methods and the Bayesian paradigm to the heterogeneous research projects and policy questions that employed research encounters in less developed regions.
Author: Stephen Chipika
Publisher: Sappho
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 188
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
Published: 2019-03-13
Total Pages: 150
ISBN-13: 9251308713
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis framework presents ten interrelated principles/elements to guide Sustainable Agricultural Mechanization in Africa (SAMA). Further, it presents the technical issues to be considered under SAMA and the options to be analysed at the country and sub regional levels. The ten key elements required in a framework for SAMA are as follows: The analysis in the framework calls for a specific approach, involving learning from other parts of the world where significant transformation of the agricultural mechanization sector has already occurred within a three-to-four decade time frame, and developing policies and programmes to realize Africa’s aspirations of Zero Hunger by 2025. This approach entails the identification and prioritization of relevant and interrelated elements to help countries develop strategies and practical development plans that create synergies in line with their agricultural transformation plans. Given the unique characteristics of each country and the diverse needs of Africa due to the ecological heterogeneity and the wide range of farm sizes, the framework avoids being prescriptive.
Author: Dina Umali-Deininger
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Published: 1994-01-01
Total Pages: 88
ISBN-13: 9780821328033
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWorld Bank Discussion Paper 236. Agricultural support services play an important role in increasing agricultural productivity. Given the importance of agriculture to developing countries, governments have taken the lead in providing such services.
