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Can commercial farming promote rural dynamism in sub-Saharan Africa?: Evidence from MozambiqueThe impact of commercial farms on smallholders in developing countries remains highly controversial...
Agriculture Farm produce Welfare economicsWorking Paper
Can commercial farming promote rural dynamism in sub-Saharan Africa?: Evidence from MozambiqueThe impact of large commercial farms on neighbouring smallholders in low-income sub-Saharan Africa remains controversial...
Agriculture Farm produce Welfare economicsWorking Paper
Inter- and intra-farm land fragmentation in VietnamThis paper uses panel data at commune, household, and plot levels to study the causes and effects of agricultural land fragmentation in rural Vietnam...
Agriculture Farm produce Land tenureJournal Article
Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security in TanzaniaPart of Journal Special Issue Climate Change and Economic Development
Agriculture Climate change Farm produceBook Chapter
On-Street Upgrading?: Assessing the Consequences of Allocation and Regulation Policy in Santiago de Chile’s Ferias LibresFrom the book: Latin American Urban Development into the 21st Century
Commercial policy Farm produce Informal sectorWorking Paper
Climate Change, Agriculture, and Food Security in TanzaniaThe consequences of climate change for agriculture and food security in developing countries are of serious concern...
Agriculture Climate change Farm produceWorking Paper
Reputation, Policy Risk, and Land Use: A Study of China’s ‘Grain for Green’ ProgrammeSince 1999, China has spent RMB 50 billion (about US$7 billion) to implement the ‘Grain for Green’ programme, the largest land retirement programme in the developing world...
Conservation of natural resources Farm produce Forests and forestryWorking Paper
Socio-Spatial Implications of Street Market Regulation Policy: The Case of Ferias Libres in Santiago de ChileUnlike in most Latin American cities, street vendors organized in farmers’ markets popularly known as ferias libres in Santiago de Chile, gained legal recognition early in the twentieth century...
Commercial policy Competition Farm produceWorking Paper
A Tale of Two Countries: Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Rice Productivity in China and BrazilThis paper looks at differences in spatial and temporal variation of rice yields in China and Brazil. We find that rice yields in China have converged over time and that rice production has become more and more homogeneous...
Agricultural industries Agricultural innovations Farm produceWorking Paper
Empowering Women Through Livelihoods Orientated Agricultural Service Provision: A Consideration of Evidence from Southern AfricaThe paper considers the impact of livelihoods oriented agricultural service provision for smallholder farmers on gender relationships and food security...
Farm produce Food security Rural developmentWorking Paper
Food Marketing Reconsidered: An Assessment of the Liberalization of Food Marketing in Sub-Saharan AfricaThe liberalization of food marketing has been implemented as part of structural adjustment programmes in Sub-Saharan Africa...
Agriculture Farm produce Free enterpriseBook Chapter
Is Co-operation Habit-Forming?From the book: The Environment and Emerging Development Issues
Cooperative societies Farm produce Game theory