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Firm turnover under asymmetric information: Tanzania's agro‐dealer sector

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract We study firm turnover (i.e., entry and exit) and its consumer implications in a market characterized by asymmetric information. Using a three‐round census of agro‐dealers in Tanzania's Morogoro Region, we document annual firm entry and exit rates of 33% and 17%, respectively.
Alix Naugler, Hope Michelson, Sarah Janzen, Christopher Magomba   +3 more
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Geographical Concentration of Rural Poverty in Bangladesh [PDF]

This paper was presented at the dialogue on Mapping Poverty for Rural Bangladesh: Implications for Pro-poor Development. The dialogue was organised as part of CPD's ongoing agricultural policy research and advocacy activities with IRRI under the PETRRA ...
Suan Pheng Kam, Tahmina Latif, L Villano, M A H Chowdhury, S Ghulam Hussain, Mahbub Ahmed, Anwar Iqbal, Manik Lal Bose, Mahabub Hossain   +8 more
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Does industry convergence between agriculture and related sectors alleviate rural poverty: evidence from China. [PDF]

Environ Dev Sustain, 2022
Yang G, Zhou C, Zhang J.
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The causal effect of agricultural landscape simplification on Germany's grasslands during a compound drought and heatwave in 2018

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Preserving ecosystem services, along with economic and environmental benefits, will require future landscape policies to identify and incorporate relevant landscape features. In this paper, we investigate the causal effect of agricultural landscape simplification on drought‐related grassland damages.
Marco Ferro, Jan Börner, Silke Hüttel, Katja Kowalski, Patrick Hostert, Krisztina Kis‐Katos   +5 more
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Measuring Rural Poverty in China: a Case Study Approach [PDF]

This paper measures rural poverty in Hubei Province and Inner Mongolia in China. The poverty lines we derived by Ravallion's method differ from the official Chinese poverty lines.
Wenjuan Ren, Xian Xin, Juan Liu, Xiumei Liu, Xiuqing Wang, Shujie Yao   +5 more
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Psychological Poverty Traps in Rural Farm Households: Implications for Sustainable Agricultural Development and Rural Revitalization in China

Agriculture
In the context of sustainable agricultural development and rural revitalization in China, understanding and addressing psychological poverty traps among rural farm households is crucial.
Dong Zhang, Hongfeng Zhang, Ziran Meng, Jianxu Liu   +3 more
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Does Eco-Compensation Alleviate Rural Poverty? New Evidence from National Key Ecological Function Areas in China. [PDF]

Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2022
Qin B, Yu Y, Yu Y, Ge L, Yang L, Guo Y.
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Reproductive stages in lowbush blueberry (Vaccinium angustifolium) occur earlier with increasing temperature

American Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Abstract Premise Climate change is altering the timing of many plant phenological events, yet most studies focus on flowering, with less attention given to later reproductive stages such as fruit development and ripening. Vaccinium angustifolium (lowbush blueberry) is an important perennial berry species that may be sensitive to these changes.
Jenna Floyd, Elise Cadiou, Alain G. Belliveau, Zoe A. Panchen, Terrell T. Roulston, Zoë Migicovsky   +5 more
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FIGHTING RURAL POVERTY IN LATIN AMERICA: NEW EVIDENCE AND POLICY [PDF]

We synthesize recent case studies on rural poverty in six Latin American countries, plus two thematic studies. We find that the return to education in farming is surprisingly small; land redistribution increases total farm output, but has mixed effects ...
Valdes, Alberto, Lopez, Ramon E.
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Negotiating contested spaces and places: Narratives of social suffering and resistance in racialized Cape Town communities

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract This study employs a schizocartographic approach to explore community narratives of space, memory, and violence in Kraaifontein, Cape Town. Through participants' accounts, ordinary places—gardens, shops, blocks, sports grounds, and streets—emerge as ambivalent geographies where trauma, resilience, and belonging intersect.
Guido Veronese, Chiara Fiscone, Ashraf Kagee   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source