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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"Agriculture and state"”.
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Welfare costs of alternative agricultural policies in Austria
Thesis (M.S.)--Michigan State University of Agriculture and Applied Science. Dept. of Agricultural Economics, 1971
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The suitability of the common agricultural policy for small islands in the European Union
… Agricultural Policy is suitable for small islands in the European Union. The research was conducted through literature review and focuses on a case study research of the Aland Islands. The Aland Islands were taken as a representative sample since it shares many common characteristics with …
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Understanding the criteria for successful community based co-operatives – the case for co-operative schemes as a vehicle for successful land reform in agriculture.
This research explores and describes the factors applicable to the success of community-based co-operative ventures in a land reform context. Its theory-base is rooted in entrepreneurship with useful additions gleaned from the experiences of co-operative ventures in South Africa and …
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Organic farming: science and ideology in a technological dispute
… the concepts of the sociology of knowledge and the sociology of science as well as precedent case studies, the structure of the argument is developed as the basis for the empirical research. Science is examined in terms of norms and counternorms and as ideology.</p> <p>Chapter II discusses …
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Integrating econometric analysis with scenario analysis for forecasting in a rapidly changing environment : case study of the United States dry bean industry
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Michigan State University. Department of Agricultural Economics, 2005
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Smallholder women empowerment: the case of Norwegian agricultural programme in Senanga, Zambia.
In Zambian agriculture, women generally perform most activities such as weeding, harvesting, stocking, marketing and processing than men who are largely involved in tillage. However, women are marginalized in terms of access to and ownership of productive assets. In response, government, civil …
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Land tenure and rural livelihoods in Zambia: case studies of Kamena and St. Joseph
This study explores how land and natural resources in rural communities are accessed, used, and managed in livelihoods. In particular it examines first, crop field tenure, and livelihoods in natural resources. Second it explores factors that mediate access, use and control of land and natural …
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Zimbabwe Ruins: Claims of responsibility within speculations on psycho-social experiences of exile and diaspora
… owned commercial farms, is political, economic and psycho-social, and has resulted in major upheavals and catastrophic changes to Zimbabwean society. The researcher investigates from an autobiographical and speculative point of view what it means to live in and after such a crisis by considering …