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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"smallholder households"”.
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The Economics of Smallholder Households in Central Haiti
Smallholder households in Haiti face many natural resource management challenges. Agricultural production occurs on deforested hillsides prone to erosion. Charcoal is in an important source of income, and woodfuel stocks are often over-exploited. Donor-funded projects and non- governmental …
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Institutions and social-ecological synergies in Indian agriculture
… over sixteen months of fieldwork among 212 smallholder households in six villages and over sixty institutions in Telangana, India, I examine the influence of five institutional pathways on livelihood and landholding effects. I find that the pathways generally improved livelihood and …
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Three essays on weather shocks, nutrition and forests
… have particularly harmful effects for poor rural households in developing countries. In this dissertation, I determine how forests affect a household's ability to cope with shocks, estimate how agricultural input use changes after shocks, and explore a novel explanation for high rates of …
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Hybrid organisations in global value chains: insights from Uganda's coffee sector
… coffee sector, which supports 1.8 million smallholder households and accounts for 22% of the country's export earnings, faces challenges such as price volatility, unequal power relations between local and international actors, weak infrastructure, and climate threats. These difficulties are …
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Farm forestry decision-making strategies of the Guraghe Households, Southern-Central Highlands of Ethiopia
… a behavioral decision-making study approach from households in ten Peasant Associations of the study district. Major decision objectives, available alternatives, constraints, and the likelihood of the chance events were elicited through a questionnaire survey, participatory observation, detailed …