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Land use and development plan Western communal remote zone : planning zone 6, Ngamiland West

open access: yes, 2017
Land use and development plan Western communal remote zone : planning zone 6, Ngamiland West ..
Working Group Western Communal Remote Zone, Ngamiland District
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Examining the Impact of Row Planting on Labor Use for Sustainable Food Production Among Maize Farmers in Rural Ghana

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Smallholder farmers are reverting to traditional production methods due to the high opportunity costs and unintended consequences of new technologies. This study focuses on row planting technology, which is labor‐intensive and slow without mechanized operations.
Emmanuel Tetteh Jumpah   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The role of land reform in addressing women empowerment in the rural communal area of Nqandu, Eastern Cape, South Africa [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Magister Artium (Development Studies) - MA(DVS)Endless debates on the land reform policy and the ‘radical’ proposed strategy of expropriating privately-owned land without compensation had South Africans questioning the effects of the strategy, and the ...
Qomfo, Athenkosi
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Women's land rights in the transition to individualized ownership [PDF]

open access: yes
This study explores the impact of changes in land tenure institutions on women's land rights and the efficiency of tree resource management in Western Ghana.
Payongayong, Ellen   +3 more
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Effects of Environmental and Health Information on Willingness to Pay for Local and Organic Foods in Taiwan

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using a lab‐in‐the‐field experiment, we investigate how providing information about food miles and pesticide residue influences willingness to pay (WTP) for potatoes among 407 shoppers in Taiwan, split between a supermarket and a farmers market.
Chiu‐Lin Huang   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Agricultural Diversification at the Margin. Strategies and Determinants in Italian Mountain and Remote Areas

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper explores the convergence in on‐farm diversification strategies of agricultural holdings, between remote areas and more central ones. Using Italian farm‐level data, we explore the determinants of diversification strategies across farms.
Gianluca Grilli   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Land grabbing in Botswana: Modern era dispossession

open access: yesTown and Regional Planning, 2019
Land grab refers to the formal transfers of large tracts of communal land to foreign or locally based investors for carrying out activities associated with livestock rearing, carbon trading and commercial food production.
Chadzimula Molebatsi
doaj   +1 more source

Russia as the land of communism in the nineteenth century? [PDF]

open access: yesCahiers du monde russe, 2004
RésuméLa Russie était-elle la patrie du communisme auXIXe siècle ? Représentations françaises de la Russie tsariste en tant que société communiste, 1840-1880.L’article examine l’apparition en France de la vision de la Russie comme une société communiste dans les années 1840-1850, soit bien avant la révolution bolchevique (en fait, avant la naissance du
openaire   +1 more source

Charting the Path to Increased Oil Palm Output in Ghana Beyond Area Expansion: Technology or Managerial Capacity — Which Leads the Way?

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study sets out to investigate the prospects for raising oil palm output in sub‐Saharan Africa, particularly Ghana, without further expansion of cropland. Given global concerns about oil palm's role in deforestation and land use change, the focus is on enhancing productivity on existing farmlands.
Jacob Asravor   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Vendor Types, Attendance, Experience and Sales 2019–2021: Evidence From Five Rural Oregon Farmers Markets

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Farmers markets provide a direct‐to‐consumer marketing path for farmers and small businesses, facilitating customer discovery and product refinement. This paper explores farmers markets as a business incubator, with a focus on beginning vendors and resilience to a shock, namely, COVID‐19 market restrictions.
Mallory L. Rahe   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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