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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"Agrarian economy"”.
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The evolution of agrarian economy in Gujarat, (India) 1850-1930
… PhD Dissertation is a study of the evolution of agrarian economy in Gujarat, a region distinguished by its geography and culture, and by virtue of its location on the mid-west coast of the Indian sub-continent, an emporium of urban commerce for centuries. Peopled by small peasant landowners …
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Idiosyncratic Income Shocks, Access to Credit, and Households' Welfare in an Agrarian Economy: Micro -Econometric Studies on Rural Households in Bangladesh
The final analytical chapter tests the theories, which purport to explain the continued use of traditional rice varieties some thirty years after the introduction of High Yielding Varieties (HYV). Commonly used theories to explain this observed behavior of farm households are portfolio selection, …
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Agricultural trades unionism in Shropshire 1900-1930
… the wider labour movement, the Shropshire agrarian economy and the domination of a conservative cultural ideology. It is found that leaderships were moderately important. It is shown that the relative strength of the NUAW village activists accounts for the longevity of that union compared …
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The Labor of Writing in the Pastoral Genre: Philip Sidney's Arcadia through John Milton's Paradise Lost
… genre is a literary response to changes in the agrarian economy as landed property is freed from older notions of obligation and political dependence on the monarch. Thus, the Renaissance English pastoral can be read as a cultural form that corresponds to agrarian capitalism and a moment of …
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The socio-economic implications of conversion from commercial agriculture to private game farming: The case study of Cradock, a small town in the iNxuba Yethemba Municipality, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa
… who reside in the townships. By using the de-agrarianisation thesis as a theoretical framework, the study argues that the agrarian change in the form of conversion towards private game farming industry is a form of the de-agrarianisation process, not the proliferation of off-farm activities or …
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The Origins of German Industrialization: The Transition to Capitalism in Prussian Agriculture
… the overwhelmingly dominant sector of the German economy prior to industrialization, and Prussia, the largest and most important of the polities that would unite to form the German nation-state in the late nineteenth century. The study argues that Prussia experienced a discontinuity in its …
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Migrant Capitalism: Emigration, Remittances, and Urbanization in Punjab
… by remittances from the diaspora, but also an agrarian economy in decline, as the 2021 historic protests have attested to. Punjabi farmers, once perceived as the favored beneficiaries of state-led development policies, are now ensconced in a social and ecological crisis with falling incomes, …
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Theological and Ecological Foundations for Youth Ministry in Relation to the Archdiocese of Mbarara, Uganda - East Africa
… customs and worship and a predominantly agrarian economy, is undergoing steady but dramatic transformation. Amidst this process of transition, the Church is struggling with the immediate need to adjust the message and methods of its pastoral ministry, especially to the youth who are most …
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The impact of industrial agrarian policies on soils: experiences of small-scale farmers in the rural Eastern Cape
… the context of current Eastern Cape industrial agrarian policies. Navigating from small-scale farmers' voices, remote sensing technology, history, African environmentalism, soil science and the human psyche, the study examines what happens when corporations and the government encroach on …
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The dynamics of Vietnam agriculture under changing conditions
… continues to play a pivotal role in the economy. Given the rising food demand and declining availability of farmland areas, improvements in rice technology are vital for Vietnam to maintain food security and export status. Despite the rising application of high-yielding varieties, rice …
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A History of Transportation, Land Use and Economic Development in Coastal marin County 1800-1900
… <p>Within the span of 100 years this simple agrarian economy of some 4,000,000 souls had defined its continental borders and been transformed into a modern industrial giant with a population of 144 million people, complex and diversified in geography and economy. The story of this …