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Impacts of Public, Private, and R&D Investments on Total Factor Productivity Growth in Tunisian Agriculture
The paper analyzes the patterns of productivity and economic growth in Tunisian agriculture during the period 1981–2007. A regression approach is used to test the hypotheses that government-funded research, development and ...
Assessing the Impacts of the GAFTA Agreement on Selected Members’ bilateral Agricultural Trade: an Application of the Gravity Model
Trade flows of agricultural commodities have always received a lot of attention in the Arab region,
mainly due to their implications on food security, politics and competition. Most international trade theories
postulate ...
Improved crop productivity and rural livelihoods through balanced nutrition in the rainfed semi-arid tropics
Diagnostic soil analysis in targeted clusters of eight districts in Andhra Pradesh revealed critical deficiencies of sulphur (61 to 98%),
boron (23 to 98%) and zinc (45 to 85%) in addition to that of soil carbon (25 to ...
Enhancing the Dairy Processing Skills and Market Access of Rural Women in Jordan
This report presents the findings of the socioeconomic, dairy processing and marketing conditions of
women in four communities in the Karak Governorate of Jordan. It is part of a project targeting rural
women that develops ...
Role of geoinformatics in ensuing global food security with special reference to dryland agroecosystems
Agriculture plays an important role in providing
food security in developing countries. Better agricultural
information is one of the key factors in understanding current
trends and status that determine food security from ...
Index-based insurance for climate risk management and rural development in Syria
Improving the adaptive capacity of rural producers to climate and weather risks may become an urgent issue in the early stages
of political stabilization in Syria. Therefore, this study analyses the agro-ecological, economic ...
Income, Education and Age effects on Meat and Fish Demand in Tunisia
Socio-economic and demographic variables can have a deep impact of the demand for food. The objective of this work is to analyze how these variables can affect the demand for meat and fish for Tunisian consumers. This study ...
Characterization of indigenous breeding strategies of the sheep farming communities of Ethiopia
This working paper synthesizes and analyzes the characteristics of the indigenous sheep production and breeding strategies and practices of four sheep farming communities located in pastoral (Amibara), sub-alpine sheep-barley ...
Nomadic pastoralism in southern Iran
The nomadic pastoralist system in Baft district in Kerman province is well known in
Iran for producing cashmere from Raeini goats. However, there is little information
on the production system. Interviews were carried out ...
Innovative Agriculture for Food Security Be smart, Be Systematic
If agricultural research and innovation are to deliver acceptable levels of food and nutrition security to poor communities at a global scale, a rethink is needed of how current approaches to research-for-development are ...