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A Study on Rural labor Markets, Rural Nonfarm Enterprises and Agrarian Reform in the Philippines [PDF]
The Philippine agriculture sector’s limited capacity to absorb the existing rural labor force has led to the demand for nonfarm employment in the rural labor market.
Sanchez-Robielos, Maria Teresa
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Mapping poverty in rural China: how much does the environment matter?
, 2011 A recently developed small area estimation technique is used to geographically derive detailed estimates of consumption-based poverty and inequality in rural Shaanxi, China.
Rozelle, Scott +9 more
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Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In recent decades, agriculture has become increasingly concentrated through horizontal mergers and acquisitions via corporate entities, and policy makers are concerned this will be exacerbated by the aging population of farm operators. To reduce market concentration in agriculture, many states have enacted policies to entice new prospective ...
Justin M. Ross +2 more
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, 2021 Malaysians’ English proficiency is on a decline, and this phenomenon is extensively debated on its possible causes. With this come renewed interest towards English language anxiety as it is an internal factor of the learners which sometimes can be ...
Idrus, Faizah +1 more
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Measuring Nutrition Security Using the Consumer Food Data System Datasets
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Nutrition security is an emerging concept lacking a consensus definition, conceptualization, or standardized measure. This perspectives manuscript synthesizes findings from two previously published analyses to assess the feasibility of using available measures of key dimensions of nutrition security from two Consumer Food Data System (CFDS ...
Vibha Bhargava +2 more
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ROLE OF RURAL TOURISM FOR DEVELOPMENT OF RURAL AREAS
Journal of Central European Agriculture, 2007 The paper analyse the role of rural tourism for the development of rural areas, on the comparison of two regions with different types of rural tourism. One area is of highly diversifi ed rural tourism with wide range of tourist products (rafting, hiking, cycling, farm tourism, skiing …). The tourism offer in the second area is much more uniform (mainly
Udovč, Andrej, Perpar, Anton
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Business Models in Rural Area Telecommunications [PDF]
, 2005 This paper discusses prerequisites for the provison of rural broadband telecommunication services through public and private sector collaboration. In terms of public-private partnerships, two types of business models that provide rural broadband access ...
Fujii, Yoriko
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Assessing Household Welfare in Response to Rising Food Prices in The Gambia
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines how rising food prices affected household welfare in The Gambia using nationally representative data from the 2015/16 Integrated Household Survey (IHS‐3). The analysis reflects household consumption behavior and market conditions prevailing during that period and provides a structural benchmark for understanding ...
Roger Vorsah +3 more
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Journal of Integrative AgricultureLignans are critical bioactive compounds in sesame (Sesamum indicum L.), valued for their health benefits and industrial potential. However, the genetic mechanisms underlying the lignan biosynthesis pathway remain poorly understood.
Yeon Ju An +11 more
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Proofing rural lifeling learning
, 2003 The countryside covers 85% of England’s land surface and the people who live and work in it comprise one fifth of the population. Yet in lifelong learning discourse, (as so often elsewhere) the countryside rarely receives much specific attention as the ...
Jackson, Sue, Clarke, Richard
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