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The roles of nutrition-sensitive interventions and market access in enhancing household food security and resilience in Sierra Leone
(2021-05-17)
Using Sierra Leone – a post-conflict country in West Africa – as a case study, this dissertation addresses pressing issues on how to make smallholder agriculture more nutrition-sensitive, mitigate the adverse effects of ...
Interlinkage between food prices and agricultural wages and implications for farm mechanization in Bangladesh
(2021-12-01)
In recent decades, Bangladesh’s economy has undergone a remarkable structural transformation. Agricultural wages are becoming high while staple food prices are becoming volatile. In the meantime, agriculture has experienced ...
The Economics of Irrigation Systems in Ethiopia: Technological and Institutional Analysis
(2021-12-14)
The Government of Ethiopia has made a strong commitment to developing and expanding various types of irrigation systems, technologies, and institutions among smallholder farmers. As a result, the irrigated area in the ...
Quantitative modelling of the Rural Development Programs of the Common Agricultural Policy - EU-wide and region-specific effects
(2021-03-18)
Rural Developments Programmes (RDPs) of EUs Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) are implemented to promote agricultural competitiveness, sustainable management of natural resources and climate protection, and a balanced ...
Economic and policy mechanisms affecting land use decisions in the Brazilian agricultural frontier
(2021-06-16)
The sustainable use of land resources is one of the most complex challenges facing the 21st century. As Brazil is one of the countries most endowed with land resources, it can facilitate global food and energy demands while ...
Armed Conflicts and Forced Displacements: Incentives and Consequences on Consumption and Social Preferences
(2021-04-06)
Several countries currently have ongoing armed conflicts or are in post-conflict. Relatedly, the number of refugees has almost doubled in the last decade from continued armed conflicts with an increasing influx to countries ...
Roads, Geography, and Connectivity: Economic Impacts of Road Infrastructure in Georgia and Armenia
(2021-12-16)
Adequate road infrastructure is considered one of the major factors for economic development. The improvement of connectivity has been crucial for the development agenda. This has resulted in rapid increase in infrastructure ...