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Climate shocks, democratization and (a culture of) cooperation

Economica, EarlyView.
Abstract While the direct economic effects of adverse climate shocks are well known, their indirect institutional impact is still poorly understood. To clarify this, we test the idea that adverse climate shocks push time‐inconsistent elites to enact inclusive political institutions, and non‐elites to embrace strong norms of cooperation.
Giacomo Benati, Carmine Guerriero
wiley   +1 more source

A systematic literature review on the impact of climate change on the livelihoods of smallholder farmers in South Africa. [PDF]

Heliyon
Zenda M.
europepmc   +1 more source

How Efficient Is Maize Production among Smallholder Farmers in Zimbabwe?

, 2016
Douglas Mugabe, Xiaoli Etienne, Mugabe, Douglas, Etienne, Xiaoli L.   +3 more
openalex   +2 more sources

Felons’ chattels and English living standards in the later fourteenth and fifteenth centuries

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract The later fourteenth and fifteenth centuries have long occupied an intriguing and contested place in discussions of England's long‐run economic development. One key issue around which debate has coalesced is the living standards of the population as a whole and of different groups within it. We contribute to this debate by bringing forward new
Chris Briggs, Ben Jervis, Alice Forward, Tomasz Gromelski, Matthew Tompkins   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluating the impact of improved maize varieties on agricultural productivity and technical efficiency among smallholder farmers in the Eastern Cape, South Africa: an empirical analysis. [PDF]

GM Crops Food
Mdoda L, Tamako N, Gidi LS, Naidoo D.
europepmc   +1 more source

The commercialization of labour markets: Evidence from wage inequality in the Middle Ages

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper moves beyond the focus on ‘average’ wage trends in pre‐industrial economies by examining the broad diversity of pay rates and forms of remuneration across occupations and regions in medieval England. We find that whilst some workers enjoyed substantial growth in wage rates after the Black Death, there was a large group who ...
Jordan Claridge, Vincent Delabastita, Spike Gibbs   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Smallholder Farmers' Perception on Impact of Climatic Change and Variability on Coffee Production and its adaptation Practices in Mattu District, South West Ethiopia

Leta Jima
openalex   +1 more source

Potential impact of Stratospheric Aerosol Injection on horticultural crop suitability in Africa

The Geographical Journal, EarlyView.
Short Abstract Global warming will be devastating for horticultural crops in Africa; however, the injection of sulphur into the atmosphere has been proposed as stop‐gap solution that may help reduce the warming. This intervention may lead to an increase (~0.2) in Suitability Index Values (SIV) of mango and tomato over West and central Africa.
Temitope S. Egbebiyi, Christopher Lennard, Kwesi A. Quagraine, Romaric C. Odoulami, Babatunde J. Abiodun, Simone Tilmes   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Disability and labour market participation among smallholder farmers in Western Kenya. [PDF]

PLoS One
Bechange S, Jolley E, Jeyam A, Okello G, Wekesa B, Schmidt E.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Migration, circular mobility and food security in Nicaragua: An analytical framework based on food sourcing and farm household multi‐localisation

The Geographical Journal, EarlyView.
Short Abstract The article proposes a methodological approach to analyse the links between mobility, migration, immobility and food security, and its application to a case study in Nicaragua. Abstract This article explores the links between agriculture, circular mobility, migration and food security in the Global South. It focuses on farm households in
Sandrine Fréguin‐Gresh, Geneviève Cortès   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source