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The Dynamics of Income Diversification in Ethiopia: Evidence from Panel data [PDF]
Block and Webb (2001) in food policy address the issue of the dynamics of livelihood diversification in Ethiopia. Their study uses the ratio of per capita income derived from crops to the sum of all other incomes as an indicator of livelihood ...
Adugna Lemi
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Assessing Agricultural Green Total Factor Productivity in Latin America
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The agricultural sector in Latin America plays a vital role in ensuring food security while impacting the environment. However, there remains a lack of analysis regarding the inputs responsible for pollution within its sub‐technologies. Hence, this article aims to assess agricultural green total factor productivity (TFP) through a novel ...
Tianxiang Li +2 more
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Labour-use pattern on Swiss dairy farms
Agricultural Economics (AGRICECON), 2013 : Analysing the labour-use pattern on Swiss dairy farms, we apply a typology scheme with two criteria: on-farm wage labour and off-farm family labour.
Markus LIPS, Dierk SCHMID, Pierrick JAN
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Financing Constraints and the Family Farm: How do Families React? [PDF]
This paper explores the idea that off-farm income is used for investment in farm assets. Using Alabama farm data for the 1997-2004 period, we find that farm investment is more sensitive to off-farm than to on-farm income, and that this sensitivity is ...
Hartarska, Valentina M., Mai, Chi
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The Cordillera Administrative Region in the Philippines is home to terraced rice embedded in centuries of cultural heritage. However, weak market incentives threaten sustained production, jeopardizing indigenous communities' cultural heritage and the in situ biodiversity of rice genetic resources.
Kofi Britwum, Matty Demont
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Off-farm Income and Investments in Farm Assets: A Double Hurdle Approach [PDF]
The farm household structure is a complex set of inter-relationships between and among a variety of internal and external factors involving consumption, investment, and income-earning activities. In this paper we use ARMS data to explore the contribution
Blank, Steven C. +3 more
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Amidst a recent surge in US goat meat imports to meet growing demand, this study contributes to the meat demand literature by examining consumer preferences for goat meat, a relatively healthy and environmentally friendly alternative to other popular meats.
Binod Khanal +2 more
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Determinants of Farm Household Income Diversification in the United States: Evidence from Farm-Level Data [PDF]
This study examines the determinants of income diversification of farm households in the United States. Farm households allocate their time between farm and off-farm activities to help stabilized household income (consumption).
Erickson, Kenneth W. +4 more
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Agribusiness, 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
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Discover SustainabilityThe Ethiopian economy relies heavily on agriculture, but the sector faces significant challenges, including dependence on rain-fed farming, fragmented landholdings, low adoption of modern technologies, and vulnerability to climate shocks.
Sura Degefu
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