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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Page 22
... input costs for feeding by more than 50%. In Indonesia, the IAF/WB Smallholder Cattle Development Programme involved more than 70,000 smallholders in livestock keeping and showed an economic rate of return of 16% (AfifiAffat, 1998) ...
... input costs for feeding by more than 50%. In Indonesia, the IAF/WB Smallholder Cattle Development Programme involved more than 70,000 smallholders in livestock keeping and showed an economic rate of return of 16% (AfifiAffat, 1998) ...
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... inputs such as fertilizer and improved seeds in northern Ethiopia, but with less use of manure and compost, probably due to labour constraints (Pender and Gebremedhin, 2006). Similar results were found in central Honduras, where ...
... inputs such as fertilizer and improved seeds in northern Ethiopia, but with less use of manure and compost, probably due to labour constraints (Pender and Gebremedhin, 2006). Similar results were found in central Honduras, where ...
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... inputs. Over the longer term, however, women's lack of inheritance rights to land can undermine their ability and incentive to invest in land improvements. In Honduras, female-headed households are less likely to be involved in off-farm ...
... inputs. Over the longer term, however, women's lack of inheritance rights to land can undermine their ability and incentive to invest in land improvements. In Honduras, female-headed households are less likely to be involved in off-farm ...
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... input or 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 ...
... input or 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 ...
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... inputs, cash advances and gifts, thereby creating interlinked transactions. The Ethiopian study focuses on farm household land and labour decision making under imperfect factor and product markets in central and eastern Ethiopia. High ...
... inputs, cash advances and gifts, thereby creating interlinked transactions. The Ethiopian study focuses on farm household land and labour decision making under imperfect factor and product markets in central and eastern Ethiopia. High ...
Contents
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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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