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Does Contract Farming Improve Diet Quality? The Case of Senegalese Smallholders
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The institution of contract farming has gained prominence in most developing countries owing to its numerous benefits. While several studies have already highlighted the welfare benefits of contract farming, very few have investigated the effects on diet quality, despite poor quality diets being a serious challenge in most parts of the ...
Francis E. Ndip, Takeshi Sakurai
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Education of the countryside, waters and forests: the peasantry in the poetic song “Xote Ecológico”
Revista Brasileira de Educação do CampoThis essay analyses the intersection between Rural Education, the representation of the peasantry in the song "Xote Ecologic" by Luiz Gonzaga and Aguinaldo Batista, and the socio-environmental impacts of the Belo Monte Dam in the Xingu. It explores Rural
Ronaldo dos Santos Leonel, Everton Bedin
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Rural Nonfarm Employment and Incomes in the Himalayas [PDF]
Nonfarm activities generate on average about 60 percent of rural households incomes in the Himalayas. This paper analyzes the determinants of participation in nonfarm activities and of nonfarm incomes across rural households.
Dil Bahadur Rahut, Maja Micevska
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The penetration of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in farming communities is increasing the use of smartphone‐based instant messaging apps. Despite this, the reasons behind participation and the impact on farm productivity in developing countries remain unexplored.
Zafar Kurbanov +4 more
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Revista Brasileira de Educação do CampoThis writing is an excerpt from a Course Conclusion Paper (TCC) presented to the Pedagogy Course at the Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM). The general objective is to understand how rural childhoods are considered in the pedagogical practices of ...
Priscila Michelon Giovelli +2 more
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Education for Rural People: A Neglected Key To Food Security [PDF]
In the world there are approximately 800 million people who live in condition of food insecurity and illiteracy. This paper shows that education is a key to food security for rural populations in developing countries.
Francesco Burchi, Pasquale De Muro
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Smallholder farmers are reverting to traditional production methods due to the high opportunity costs and unintended consequences of new technologies. This study focuses on row planting technology, which is labor‐intensive and slow without mechanized operations.
Emmanuel Tetteh Jumpah +4 more
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Exploring the barriers to implementing hybrid learning in rural primary schools
Cogent EducationHybrid learning is a progressive approach that offers flexibility and expanded learning opportunities for students. However, limited attention has been given to the contextual barriers faced by rural primary schools in adopting such models.
S. Kanageswari Suppiah Shanmugam +3 more
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Achievement evaluation of Colombia's Escuela Nueva : is multigrade the answer? [PDF]
In the mid 1980s, half of Colombia's rural schools did not offer complete primary education and more than half of rural children between the ages of 7 and 9 had never attended school.
Psacharopoulos, George +2 more
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