Agribusiness, EarlyView.Abstract Nucleus outgrower schemes are contractual arrangements where well‐resourced large‐scale farmers (nucleus farmers) are empowered by development support agencies to take charge of smallholder farmers, by providing them with market access and the necessary training on agronomic practices and farm inputs for production.
Dominic Tasila Konja, Awudu Abdulai
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The Issue of Poverty in the Urban and Rural Communities in Romania [PDF]
Revista Română de Sociologie, 2008 The main objective of this work is to answer questions which are relevant for the process of preparing anti-poverty strategies.The major discrepancy between the rural and urban environment with respect to the aspects mentioned above is one of the main ...
ELISA PARASCHIV
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Environments and situations as correlates of eating and drinking among women living with obesity and urban poverty. [PDF]
Obes Sci Pract, 2022 Clark DO +6 more
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Halving poverty in Mexico [PDF]
We estimate the required time and the minimum necessary growth rate to halve poverty incidence and poverty intensity in Mexico’s rural and urban areas for a series of counterfactual distribution and growth scenarios.
Juan Carlos Chávez-Martín del Campo +1 more
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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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Food poverty and consumption inequality in urban Ethiopia
Discover FoodUnderstanding the current state of food poverty is crucial to eradicating hunger and achieving the Sustainable Development Goals of 2030. Accordingly, this study was designed to assess food poverty, investigate consumption inequality, and identify the ...
Zenaye Degefu Agazhi, Melkamu Mada
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Spatial Measurement of Urban Poverty Areas (Case Study: Varamin City) [PDF]
اقتصاد شهریNowadays the cities of developing countries have become concentrated places of poverty and the spatial Focus of this focus is mostly on the periphery of cities. A series of factors including a Severe shortage of urban services and the lack of appropriate
Hafez Mahdnejad +3 more
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The Prevalence and Determinants of Child Hunger and Its Associations with Early Childhood Nutritional Status among Urban Poverty Households during COVID-19 Pandemic in Petaling District, Malaysia: An Exploratory Cross-Sectional Survey. [PDF]
Nutrients, 2023 Ooi KS +6 more
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Some aspects of poverty in Sri Lanka : 1985-90 [PDF]
The authors characterize poverty in Sri Lanka, using data from two recent household surveys (for 1985-86 and1990-91). Poverty rates in 1990-91 were highest in the rural sector and lowest in the estate sector, with the urban sector in between.
Datt, Gaurav, Gunewardena, Dileni
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Poverty and Casino Gambling in Buffalo [PDF]
, 2011 The Buffalo Creek Casino will exacerbate Buffalo’s poverty. Casinos, especially urban casinos, attract many gamblers living at or near the poverty line, and problem or pathological gamblers often fall from the middle class into poverty.
Magavern, Sam, Mulé, Elaina
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