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Seeds of change: The impact of Ethiopia's direct seed marketing approach on smallholders' seed purchases and productivity

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract While multiple factors explain low adoption rates of improved varieties by small‐scale farmers in sub‐Saharan Africa, a key supply‐side constraint is the limited availability of seed embodying new traits in the volume, quality, price, and timeliness required by farmers. This constraint is partly attributable to classical failures in the market
Dawit Mekonnen   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ownership Structures [PDF]

open access: yes
In this paper, we analyse the effects of the massive Russian privatisation programme on the ownership of Russian firms and on the behaviour of formerly state owned enterprises.
J Earle, S Estrin, L Leshchenko
core  

Caractérisation des plantations privées de teck (Tectona grandis L.f.) du département de l'Atlantique au Sud-Bénin

open access: yesBiotechnologie, Agronomie, Société et Environnement, 2012
Characterization of private teak (Tectona grandis L.f.) plantations in the Atlantic Department of South Benin. Teak plantations are an undeniable asset, representing socio-economic and environmental importance in South Benin.
Atindogbe, G.   +3 more
doaj  

A Review of Privatization in Iran [PDF]

open access: yesInternational Journal of Management, Accounting and Economics, 2014
Privatization has become a popular panacea for solving the organizational problems of governments by reducing the role of the state and encouraging the growth of the private sector enterprises.
Leila Sedighikamal   +1 more
doaj  

Redistributive land reforms, agricultural productivity, and structural change: New cross‐national evidence

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Large‐scale land reforms constitute a substantial redistribution of wealth and reallocation of agricultural land, which is a major form of asset and production input in developing countries. While land redistribution (from the rich to the poor) remains a highly controversial issue, extensive evidence on its effect is limited.
Devashish Mitra   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Compulsory Purchase in the Transitional Countries of Central and Eastern Europe [PDF]

open access: yesTheoretical and Applied Economics, 2008
Until the ending of Communist rule in Central and Eastern Europe, the objective of compulsory purchase was the achievement of a socialist society in which the ownership of the means of production, including land, was to be collective rather than private.
Richard Grover   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Private ownership in outer space: Still waiting? [PDF]

open access: yesPravni Zapisi, 2015
Having in mind that property rights, such as ownership right and right of use, are not regulated in detail by Space law legislation, one has to raise a question - can we regulate property rights outside Earth?
Mijović Milan
doaj  

Neighborhood social environments and mental health among youth and adults in public housing

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Neighborhoods influence health in part through social processes. However, little is known about how multiple neighborhood social processes co‐occur, or about within (vs. between) neighborhood variation in social processes and health. This study asked how residents of a large public housing development describe their neighborhood and used ...
Jane Leer   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

INFLUENCE OF THE PROPERTY FORMS DEVELOPMENT ON COMPETITIVENESS OF THE RUSSIAN ECONOMY

open access: yesRussian Journal of Economics and Law, 2015
Objective: to determine the impact of the ownership forms development on the Russian economy competitiveness. Methods: systemic-functional approach, based on general scientific methods of empirical and theoretical research, such as observation and ...
E. V. Anokhin
doaj  

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