Sustainable Poverty Reduction in Less-favoured AreasRuerd Ruben, J. Pender, Arie Kuyvenhoven CABI, 2007 - 472 pages Printbegrænsninger: Der kan printes 10 sider ad gangen og max. 40 sider pr. session |
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... output until reaching complete crop failure. Post-harvest losses can be equally large. Pest incidence in LFAs is most relevant in semi-intensive cropping systems that face water stress or nutrient limitations typical for poor farmers ...
... output until reaching complete crop failure. Post-harvest losses can be equally large. Pest incidence in LFAs is most relevant in semi-intensive cropping systems that face water stress or nutrient limitations typical for poor farmers ...
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... outputs from this research will be appropriate for farmers in LFAs. Crop varieties with built-in herbicide resistance require much greater reliance on herbicides than is common in developing countries, where most weeding is still done ...
... outputs from this research will be appropriate for farmers in LFAs. Crop varieties with built-in herbicide resistance require much greater reliance on herbicides than is common in developing countries, where most weeding is still done ...
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... output prices. This is due largely to the low response of maize to various technological options tested in the study villages, leading to low profitability of efforts to promote such options for maize production. By contrast, Woelcke et ...
... output prices. This is due largely to the low response of maize to various technological options tested in the study villages, leading to low profitability of efforts to promote such options for maize production. By contrast, Woelcke et ...
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... output and credit. Asymmetric information on the side of buyers (traders) notoriously results in imperfect competition favouring traders. Government interventions can seriously distort markets (and create opportunities for rent seeking) ...
... output and credit. Asymmetric information on the side of buyers (traders) notoriously results in imperfect competition favouring traders. Government interventions can seriously distort markets (and create opportunities for rent seeking) ...
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Contents
1 | |
Development Strategies for Poor People in Lessfavoured Areas | 63 |
Resource Management Options | 133 |
Livelihoods and Food Security | 203 |
Markets and Institutional Development | 271 |
Strategies and Policy Priorities | 419 |
Index | 467 |
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