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Do outgrower schemes enhance technology adoption and productivity? Evidence from maize farmers in Northern Ghana

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract Nucleus outgrower schemes are contractual arrangements where well‐resourced large‐scale farmers (nucleus farmers) are empowered by development support agencies to take charge of smallholder farmers, by providing them with market access and the necessary training on agronomic practices and farm inputs for production.
Dominic Tasila Konja, Awudu Abdulai
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The Failure Of Development Economics

, 2023
Development economics is a complex field of study that considers the sole development of any society. It has started its journey for more than one hundred years.
MAJUMDER, MD. MARUF FOYSAL
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Is Effective Altruism Effective?

Антиномии
In the early 21st century, effective altruism (EA), a philosophical and social movement developing ideas of classical utilitarianism, started to gain popularity in the USA and European countries.
Dmitry V. Balashov
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Can outsourcing pest and disease control help reduce pesticide expenditure? Evidence from rice farmers

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract Outsourcing pest and disease control (PDC) has grown rapidly worldwide, especially in developing countries. Although numerous studies have investigated various advantages of outsourcing PDC, little is known about its impact on pesticide expenditure.
Pengcheng Wang, Wanglin Ma, Mengling Diao   +2 more
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Writing the History of Development Economics

, 2018
The disciplinary field of development economics has been surrounded by controversies since its inception in the postwar period. Although growth economics and development economics were born around the same time span, they evolved in different ways.
Michele Alacevich, Mauro Boianovsky
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Foreign labor, peer‐networking and agricultural efficiency in the Italian dairy sector

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract While the presence of immigrants in the agricultural sector is widely acknowledged, the empirical evidence on its economic consequences is lacking, especially from a microeconomic perspective. Using the Farm Accountancy Data Network panel data for Italian dairy farms in the period 2008–2018, the present study investigates the relationship ...
Federico Antonioli, Simone Severini, Mauro Vigani   +2 more
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Response: Development economics-time to improve research methods. [PDF]

Int J Epidemiol, 2016
Sinclair D, Jullien S, Garner P.
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Determinants of local food producer participation in state‐sponsored marketing programs: Evidence from Missouri

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examines producer participation choices considering a variety of potential benefits linked to state‐sponsored marketing programs, using a real choice dataset of farmers in Missouri. Multinomial logit models are employed to predict determinants of farmer enrollment in three tiers of the Missouri Grown local food marketing program ...
Lan Tran, Ye Su, Laura McCann
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The Greening of Development Economics: A Survey [PDF]

Although ignored for decades, environmental issues now attract considerable attention in the literature on economic development. This paper describes research on environmental issues in seven topic areas that historically have been at the heart of ...
Blackman, Allen, Nelson, Per-Kristian, Mathis, Mitchell   +2 more
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On Some Neglected Topics in Development Economics (Quaid-i-Azam Lecture)

, 1985
In this lecture I shall present to you a variety of topics which are typically not dealt with in textbooks of development economics and whose study, it seems to me, will advance the understanding of Our subject.
Khan, M. Ali
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