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Effect of market participation on the food and nutrition security status of the rural smallholder farmers: the case of Limpopo and Mpumalanga provinces, South Africa [PDF]
Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2023 IntroductionHunger and malnutrition remain serious issues in developing countries, particularly in rural regions. Increased market participation of smallholder farmers can result in improved livelihood and nutrition outcomes. However, smallholder farmers
Simphiwe Innocentia Hlatshwayo +6 more
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Household financial literacy and relative poverty: An analysis of the psychology of poverty and market participation [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 Financial literacy is the significant human capital factor affecting people's ability to obtain financial services. Evaluating the relationship between financial literacy and relative poverty is of great significance to poverty reduction.
Shanping Wang +3 more
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The Determinants of Market Participation and Its Effect on Food Security of the Rural Smallholder Farmers in Limpopo and Mpumalanga Provinces, South Africa [PDF]
Agriculture, 2022 Addressing the disproportionate burden of food insecurity in South Africa requires targeted efforts to help smallholder farmers to access markets. The purpose of this study was to assess determinants of market participation and its contribution to ...
Simphiwe Innocentia Hlatshwayo +5 more
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Agriculture, 2020 The study explored the contribution of information and communication technology (ICT)-based information sources to market participation among smallholder livestock farmers.
Christopher Ugochukwu Nwafor +2 more
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Wieś i Rolnictwo, 2023 Agriculture plays a significant role in the economic sector in Limpopo province in terms of its contribution to the economy, and the number of employment opportunities it produces within local communities.
Puseletso Perpetua Kalauba +2 more
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Cogent Economics & Finance, 2023 Livestock market participation is an important way to improve the livelihoods and income of the smallholder farmers in Southwest Ethiopia. Although it plays an important role, livestock producers do not fully participate in the livestock market.
Yaregal Tilahun +8 more
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Cogent Food & Agriculture, 2023 Maize is the main cereal crop that supports the livelihoods of millions of smallholder farmers in Africa. However, one of the main bottlenecks for maize production is low market penetration.
Alula Tafesse +9 more
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Cogent Food & Agriculture, 2023 Smallholder farmers have for a long time preferred to sell at the farm gate, where the prices have been very low compared to market places. This has been fueled by several challenges related to market participation. The purpose of this study is therefore
Ismail J. Ismail
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Reference Dependence and Market Participation [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2017 This paper finds optimal portfolios for the reference-dependent preferences by Kőszegi and Rabin with piecewise linear gain–loss utility in a one-period model with a safe and a risky asset. If the return of the risky asset is highly dispersed relative to its potential gains, two personal equilibria arise, one of them including risky investments and ...
Paolo Guasoni, Andrea Meireles-Rodrigues
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EV Parking Lots for Flexible Energy Sourcing
IEEE Access, 2023 Energy storage is inherently a flexible asset that can be used to reduce renewable energy curtailment and the congestion at its host network, enhance system resilience, and provide ancillary services at peak times.
Khashayar Mahani +2 more
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