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RAINFALL FLUCTUATIONS AND ECONOMIC GROWTH: EVIDENCE FROM SENEGAL 降雨波动与经济增长:来自塞内加尔的证据

Review of Agricultural and Applied Economics Pub Date : 2017-09-01 DOI: 10.15414/RAAE.2017.20.02.12-21

François Joseph Cabral

引用次数: 1

SMALLHOLDER FARMERS CROP COMMERCILIZATION IN THE HIGHLANDS OF EASTERN ETHIOPIA 埃塞俄比亚东部高地的小农正在进行作物商业化

Review of Agricultural and Applied Economics Pub Date : 2017-09-01 DOI: 10.15414/RAAE.2017.20.02.30-37

Alelign Ademe, B. Legesse, J. Haji, Degye Goshu

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引用次数: 19

TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY IN ORGANIC AND CONVENTIONAL AGRICULTURE - A GENDER COMPARISON 有机农业和传统农业的技术效率——性别比较

Review of Agricultural and Applied Economics Pub Date : 2017-09-01 DOI: 10.15414/RAAE/2017.20.02.03-11

J. Djokoto, Victor Owusu, D. Awunyo-Vitor

引用次数: 4

Language Skills Needs In Business Environment 商业环境对语言技能的需求

Review of Agricultural and Applied Economics Pub Date : 2017-09-01 DOI: 10.15414/RAAE.2017.20.02.38-43

A. Holúbeková, Maria Fordosova

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引用次数: 2

Disparity In Adoption Of Wheat Production Technology Packages In Eastern Ethiopia 埃塞俄比亚东部小麦生产成套技术采用的差异

Review of Agricultural and Applied Economics Pub Date : 2017-09-01 DOI: 10.15414/RAAE.2017.20.02.22-29

Degefu Kebede, M. Ketema, N. Dechassa

{"title":"Disparity In Adoption Of Wheat Production Technology Packages In Eastern Ethiopia","authors":"Degefu Kebede, M. Ketema, N. Dechassa","doi":"10.15414/RAAE.2017.20.02.22-29","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15414/RAAE.2017.20.02.22-29","url":null,"abstract":"Production of wheat by smallholder farmers in Ethiopia contributes a significant share to the agricultural production of the country. However, the actual productivity of the crop has been far below its potential. Varied levels of technology adoption are often observed among smallholder farmers producing the crop. For enhanced dissemination of technology packages and improving wheat productivity, it is vital to elucidate socio-economic factors that are behind disparity in technology adaption among smallholder farmers. Therefore, this study was conducted to analyse the socio-economic, institutional, and other pertinent variables that determine the existing disparity observed among smallholder farmers in terms of adopting wheat production technology packages in Gurawa and Meta districts of eastern Ethiopia. The study utilized survey data collected from 124 randomly selected wheat households producing wheat. For this purpose, an ordered logit model was applied. The econometric results revealed that age of the household head, membership in cooperative institutions, and household annual income significantly and positively explained the disparity observed in adoption of wheat production technology packages. Conversely, gender of household head (sex), farming experiences, number of plots owned, and frequency of contacts with extension agents explained the disparity significantly, but negatively. It could be concluded that development practitioners, planners, and policy makers should give due considerations to the aforementioned socio-economic and institutional factors when designing dissemination of wheat production technology packages for adoption by farmers.","PeriodicalId":320413,"journal":{"name":"Review of Agricultural and Applied Economics","volume":"24 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125668914","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 3

THE SOCIOECONOMIC DETERMINANTS OF ASSET CONTROL CHOICES IN ALGERIAN AGRICULTURE 阿尔及利亚农业资产控制选择的社会经济决定因素

Review of Agricultural and Applied Economics Pub Date : 2017-04-15 DOI: 10.15414/RAAE.2017.20.01.20-24

Amine M. Benmehaia, Fatima Brabez

引用次数: 1

Trade Competitiveness In Global Tropical Fruits 全球热带水果的贸易竞争力

Review of Agricultural and Applied Economics Pub Date : 2017-04-15 DOI: 10.15414/raae.2017.20.01.31-38

A. Gibba

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引用次数: 0

SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE IN EASTERN ETHIOPIA 埃塞俄比亚东部的可持续农业

Review of Agricultural and Applied Economics Pub Date : 2017-04-15 DOI: 10.15414/raae.2017.20.01.25-30

H. Mesfin

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引用次数: 0

TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY AND IMPACT EVALUATION DIFFERENTIALS BETWEEN THE ADOPTERS AND NON-ADOPTERS OF NERICA IN THE SIX BASELINE STATES IN NIGERIA 尼日利亚六个基线州采用非洲和不采用非洲之间的技术效率和影响评价差异

Review of Agricultural and Applied Economics Pub Date : 2017-04-15 DOI: 10.15414/RAAE/2017.20.01.03-15

A. Obayelu, J. Adeoti, Nguezet Paul Martins Dontsop

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引用次数: 3

DETERMINANTS OF RURAL FARMERS PREFERENCE FOR CASH-LESS TRANSACTIONS IN IMO STATE imo州农村农民偏好无现金交易的决定因素

Review of Agricultural and Applied Economics Pub Date : 2017-02-01 DOI: 10.15414/raae.2017.20.01.16-19

I. I. Ukoha, A. Henri-Ukoha, O. Ibeagwa, U. Essien, M. N. Osuji

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引用次数: 1