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Impact Study of Self-Help Group Bank Linkage Programme on Beneficiaries in Rural Rajasthan 自助团体银行联动方案对拉贾斯坦邦农村受益者的影响研究

International Journal of Rural Management Pub Date : 2023-10-18 DOI: 10.1177/09730052231170046

Deepali Bhatnagar, Kajal Yadav

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Finances of Gram Panchayats in West Bengal: Disparities and Determinants 西孟加拉邦村务委员会的财政状况:差异和决定因素

International Journal of Rural Management Pub Date : 2023-10-04 DOI: 10.1177/09730052231183218

Seemantini Chattopadhyay

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Determinants of Marketing Channel Choice Among Handloom Micro-entrepreneurs: Evidence From Rural Assam, India 手织机微型企业家营销渠道选择的决定因素:来自印度阿萨姆邦农村的证据

International Journal of Rural Management Pub Date : 2023-09-26 DOI: 10.1177/09730052231185412

Saddam Faruque, Pradyut Guha

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Local Food Entrepreneurship in Rural India: Modelling the Challenges 印度农村地方食品创业：挑战建模

International Journal of Rural Management Pub Date : 2023-08-17 DOI: 10.1177/09730052231151796

Anupama Panghal, S. Sindhu, Jessica Sarao, S. Dahiya

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Impacts of Training Rural Dairy Producers in India: Role of Dairy Vigyan Kendra 培训印度农村奶制品生产商的影响：奶制品Vigyan Kendra的作用

International Journal of Rural Management Pub Date : 2023-08-03 DOI: 10.1177/09730052231157138

Harekrishna Misra, Yashobanta Parida, D. Yadav, J. Prajapti, Ankit Sontakke, S. Krishnan, S. J. Jadav

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The Occupation of Last Resort? Determinants of Farming Choices of Small Farmers in Nigeria 占领最后的避难所？尼日利亚小农户农业选择的决定因素

International Journal of Rural Management Pub Date : 2023-08-01 DOI: 10.1177/09730052221091343

T. Begho, Mary Omokhose Begho

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Climate Change-induced Salinity Intrusion and Livelihood Nexus: A Study in Southwest Satkhira District of Bangladesh 气候变化引起的盐度入侵与生计关系:孟加拉国西南Satkhira地区的研究

International Journal of Rural Management Pub Date : 2023-06-27 DOI: 10.1177/09730052231176915

Tasneem Chowdhury Fahim, Sabrina Arefin

{"title":"Climate Change-induced Salinity Intrusion and Livelihood Nexus: A Study in Southwest Satkhira District of Bangladesh","authors":"Tasneem Chowdhury Fahim, Sabrina Arefin","doi":"10.1177/09730052231176915","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/09730052231176915","url":null,"abstract":"Anthropogenic climate change-induced extremities have turned southwest Bangladesh into one of the most climate-vulnerable regions of the Earth. The southwestern coastal Satkhira District of the country is alarmingly exposed to climate change-driven salinity intrusion. This research attempted to explore the challenges faced by the informal livelihood-dependent households in the presence of salinity, changing livelihood patterns of the salinity-affected households and the nature of sector-specific adaptation strategies aimed at improving livelihood in Satkhira District. Based on the survey of 180 households and the in-depth interview, focus group discussion and participatory rural appraisal, this study uncovers different livelihood challenges faced by the local households. Increasing salinity forced 27% of households to change their livelihood patterns. Livelihood adaptation strategies of the local households are analysed according to their opinions. Saline-tolerant crop cultivation has emerged as a very effective adaptation measure in the area, where replacing crop fields with fish enclosures is not creating a substantial impact on the local community. The importance of nature-based solution has increased in recent days to adapt to the impacts of climate change. More than half of the respondents are satisfied with the recent adaptation initiatives championed by the government and non-government organisations.","PeriodicalId":39177,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Rural Management","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45279013","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}

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Agricultural Producer Markets in the Maldives: How Poor Market Connectivity Between Farmers and the Markets can be Enhanced 马尔代夫的农业生产者市场:如何改善农民与市场之间薄弱的市场连通性

International Journal of Rural Management Pub Date : 2023-06-09 DOI: 10.1177/09730052231161897

Paul Arthur Van Driessche

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The Hindrances to Income Growth of Smallholder Sunflower Farmers in Tanzania: A Market Knowledge Aperture Cause? 坦桑尼亚向日葵小农户收入增长的障碍：市场知识缺口的原因？

International Journal of Rural Management Pub Date : 2023-04-06 DOI: 10.1177/09730052231157542

Rogers Rugeiyamu, Kidney Chilingo, Joachim Chisanza

{"title":"The Hindrances to Income Growth of Smallholder Sunflower Farmers in Tanzania: A Market Knowledge Aperture Cause?","authors":"Rogers Rugeiyamu, Kidney Chilingo, Joachim Chisanza","doi":"10.1177/09730052231157542","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/09730052231157542","url":null,"abstract":"Income growth for smallholder sunflower farmers is persistently dominating the writing due to the crop’s contribution to the national economy. Ponders are proceeding to divulge challenges going up against smallholder sunflower agriculturists around the globe. This study assesses whether the market knowledge gap hinders the income growth of smallholder sunflower farmers. Kongwa district of Tanzania is recruited as a study area. A Case study is used as a design where data were collected through interviews, Focus Group Discussion and observation from thirty (30) participants. The findings discovered that limited market knowledge attributed to an unfriendly selling system affects the income growth of smallholder sunflower farmers. Also, poverty and lack of a communication platform between the LGA and smallholder sunflower farmers are other discovered factors. The study recommends changing the modality of using middlemen to allow farmers to sell crops directly to the buying companies, establish farmer’s cooperatives and ensure continuous sharing between smallholder sunflower farmers and the LGA.","PeriodicalId":39177,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Rural Management","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49246017","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}

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Supply Chain Vulnerability and Resilience: A Case of Harvested Shrimp from Kerala, India 供应链脆弱性和恢复力:以印度喀拉拉邦收获的虾为例

International Journal of Rural Management Pub Date : 2023-01-11 DOI: 10.1177/09730052221140699

Asha Vijay T., M. S. Raju

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