This study examines the food security and marketed surplus effects of intensified dairying in the peri-urban area of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, where a market-oriented dairy production (MODP) system has been introduced for smallholders. Implications for policy formulation are drawn …
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La place des produits forestiers non-ligneux (PFNL) dans l'économie des ménages agricoles a fait l'objet d'une étude dans la région de Thiès, au Sénégal, par le biais d'enquêtes et de groupes de discussion. Au total, 101 ménages ont été intérrogés dans trois villages. En plus, 1…
Two dominant traditional subsistence economies characterize Central Maluku, eastern Indonesia. One is a coastal strand/maritime-based economy in which marine resources play a central role. The other is an arboreal-based terrestrial economy in which forest resources play a domina…
Member countries of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) are determined to form a West African Monetary Zone (WAMZ) by 2004 whereby a single currency and a common monetary policy would be adopted as an attempt to promote regional trade. A West and Central Afric…
The role of brackishwater shrimp aquaculture as an export industry has risen rapidly in the last ten years as the Government of Indonesia (GOI) has become concerned about increasing export earnings from non-oil exports. Limited GOI investment funds, because of drastic reduction …
This dissertation analyzes the determinants of female migration to Export Processing Zones in Malaysia, given special attention to the role of intra-household dynamics in family decision-making. Previous research has paid little attention to the role that intra-household conside…
This dissertation investigates the effects of risk on farm production decisions. A non-separable household model of crop choice is developed that allows not only risk attitude but also consumption preferences to affect crop choices, when risky markets exist for all consumption i…
The primary objective of this research was to build an econometric model of the international oilseed sector that could be used to simulate policy changes, macro economic changes, and technology growth. The oilseed commodities covered by the study included soybeans, soybean meal…
The thesis's objective is to describe the relationship between inland capture fisheries management and the welfare of the poor m Bangladesh. Existing economic models of fisheries management do not address issues of income-distribution, concentrating instead upon rent-maximisatio…
This dissertation examines income-earning and agricultural strategies of households living in Kalabancoro zone, a Bamanan village 15 km southwest of the core of the city of Bamako, the capital of Mali, upstream along the Niger River. The population, predominantly farmers, used t…
Kazakhstan's livestock sector experienced dramatic changes during the first decade of transition from a centrally-planned to a market economy. The livestock population declined by 60–70 percent and production largely shifted from large-scale farm enterprises to subsistence rural…
This study estimates the effect of risk on choice of agricultural self-employment. Modern theory of contracts suggests both moral hazard and adverse selection cause the risk and monitoring costs of developing country agriculture to favor self-employment of farmers. These conside…
The economy of Saudi Arabia is essentially dependent on oil production which is a depletable resource. Thus, the fundamental question facing the Saudi Arabian economy is whether oil revenue can be used to create a self-sustaining economy. To address this issue, this study will a…
This dissertation examines the underlying factors behind sustainability of participatory forest management (PFM) in developing countries. Concerns about rapid deforestation in many parts of the world have led the policy community to recognize that without the willing participati…
To offset declining productivity and incomes in the current cropping systems in Pakistan, the Government invested substantially in rural infrastructure during 1986-92. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) examines whether higher levels of rural infrastructure have actually affected farm…
Scope and method of study. This study was carried out to examine the role of Pakistan's agricultural sector in its quest towards economic development and industrialization. The study was divided into three phases; first phase was aimed at determining the role of agricultural exp…
The purpose of this study was to develop a dynamic empirical framework to investigate: (1) beef and pork prices and quantities, (2) beef and pork prices and quantities when supply-demand interactions from the poultry sector (broiler prices and quantities) are allowed in the mode…
The concept of cointegration has become a cornerstone in applied time series analysis to study the long-run equilibrium relationship among the series. The idea was originally put forth by Engle and Granger (1987). According to the Granger Representation Theorem cointegrated seri…
In light of the changes that are occurring in the grain handling and transportation industry, one area of major concern in the new deregulated environment is the branch line abandonment and the optimal length of branch lines. The length of branch lines and location of delivery p…
The Edwards aquifer controversy is a classic example of the transition which occurs when a common-pool resource governed under the institution of 'free capture' fails to meet all demands. As such, it provides opportunities for water planners to develop institutions which allocat…