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Do outgrower schemes enhance technology adoption and productivity? Evidence from maize farmers in Northern Ghana

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
wiley   +1 more source

Efficacy and cost-effectiveness of outdoor residual spraying with α-cypermethrin, pirimiphos-methyl, and deltamethrin against sand flies: a pragmatic cluster randomised controlled field trial in Uganda. [PDF]

Trop Med Health
Livingstone K, Kigozi E, Ssewante N, Kiyimba B, Nabidda S, Seremba E, Munerya A, Achuma R, Lomokol D, Olivia N, Matovu PB, Tamale D, Sagaki P, Epuitai J, Bongomin F, Mbalinda SN.   +15 more
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Can outsourcing pest and disease control help reduce pesticide expenditure? Evidence from rice farmers

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract Outsourcing pest and disease control (PDC) has grown rapidly worldwide, especially in developing countries. Although numerous studies have investigated various advantages of outsourcing PDC, little is known about its impact on pesticide expenditure.
Pengcheng Wang, Wanglin Ma, Mengling Diao   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Businessmen-driven village governance: A viable path for rural collective economic development? [PDF]

PLoS One
Yi Y, Chen F, Yuan L, Liu C, Hu Y, Zhao Y.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

OVERVIEW OF THE ROLE OF THE VILLAGE CONSULTATIVE BOARD IN VILLAGE GOVERNMENT

Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 6 of 2014 concerning Villages has brought new enthusiasm and hope to create independent villages. The Law regulates the position, function and role of village government, and also explains the representation of the
Sudiyarti, Sudiyarti, Ghufron, Ghufron, Mahmud, Raudah, Riyanti, Titin, Jubaidi, Ahmad   +4 more
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Foreign labor, peer‐networking and agricultural efficiency in the Italian dairy sector

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract While the presence of immigrants in the agricultural sector is widely acknowledged, the empirical evidence on its economic consequences is lacking, especially from a microeconomic perspective. Using the Farm Accountancy Data Network panel data for Italian dairy farms in the period 2008–2018, the present study investigates the relationship ...
Federico Antonioli, Simone Severini, Mauro Vigani   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sustaining community self-help groups beyond donor support: lessons from a qualitative study of self-help groups, including persons affected by leprosy and disability in rural India. [PDF]

BMJ Open
Darlong J, Charles MV, Ilozumba O, Govindasamy K, Shrivastva A, Choudhury S, Sartori J, Lindenmeyer A, Lilford RJ, Griffiths F.   +9 more
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PENGARUH AKUNTABILITAS, TRANSPARANSI, DAN KEPASTIAN HUKUM TERHADAP KINERJA PEMERINTAH DESA: THE EFFECT OF TRANSPARENCY ACCOUNTABILITY AND LEGAL CERTAINTY ON VILLAGE GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE

This study aims to examine the effect partially and simultaneously on the variables of accountability, transparency, and legal certainty on village government performance (study on the Village Government of Kuantan Singingi Regency).
Afifah, Ulfa, Sari, Ria Nelly, Sapitri, Ade Desma   +2 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
wiley   +1 more source

Between utopia and precarity: subsistence labour as embodied technology in Indian ecological documentaries. [PDF]

Front Sociol
Sundriyal A.
europepmc   +1 more source