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The Power of Unity: Collective Action and Smallholder Agricultural Performance in West Africa
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We analyze the impact of collective action through farmer‐based organizations (FBOs) on smallholders' farm performance and income inequality in Ghana, Benin, The Gambia, and Mali. We find that FBO membership increases cereal yield in Ghana and The Gambia, legume yield in Mali, ruminant numbers in Benin and The Gambia, and total farm income in ...
Emmanuel Donkor +3 more
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Global Heart, 2020 Background: Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is thought to be a rare diagnosis in sub-Saharan Africa, but little is known about diagnostic practices for patients with possible ACS symptoms in the region.
Julian T. Hertz +8 more
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Influencing Academic Library Use in Tanzania: A Multiple Regression Analysis [PDF]
Journal of Library and Information Studies, 2016 Library use is influenced by many factors. This study uses a multiple regression analysis to ascertain the connection between the level of library use and a few of these factors based on the questionnaire responses from 158 undergraduate students who use
Leocardia L Juventus, Kafigi Jeje
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American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract Crop insurance is undoubtedly an extremely valuable element in protecting agricultural businesses, but in many cases standard indemnity‐based products have had very low uptake due to high transaction costs elevating premiums to unaffordable levels.
Amogh Prakasha Kumar +2 more
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American 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
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Stabilisasi Pada Sistem Pendulum-Kereta dengan Menggunakan Metode Fuzzy-Sliding Mode Control
Jurnal Teknik ITS, 2014 Sistem Pendulum-Kereta merupakan salah satu sistem nonlinear yang memiliki karakteristik sederhana namun sulit untuk dikontrol, sehingga sering digunakan untuk menguji berbagai metode kontrol.
Niora Fatimah Tanzania +1 more
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Smart Watch Detection of Supraventricular Tachycardia (SVT): First Case from Tanzania
International Medical Case Reports Journal, 2021 Nadeem Kassam,1 Omar Aziz,1 Eric Aghan,2 Samina Somji,1 Hanifa Mbithe,1 Mustafa Bapumia,3 Robert Mvungi,3 Salim Surani4 1Department of Internal Medicine, Aga Khan University Medical College East Africa (Dar), Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; 2Department of ...
Kassam N +7 more
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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 +3 more
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Index Comunicación, 2013 The promises of democracy in Tanzania underscore a wide range hopes for the nation, notably with regard to media freedom and freedom of speech. However, the intensifying privatization of the media that has characterized the last two decades of Tanzania ...
Kaanaeli Bariki Kaale +1 more
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Competition in Mobile Financial Services: Lessons from Kenya and Tanzania
The African Journal of Information and Communication, 2016 Mobile financial services (MFS) are the main drivers of financial inclusion in many developing countries, where they provide low-income consumers with access to transfers, payments, and increasingly more complex products including credit, savings ...
Rafe Mazer, Philip Rowan
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