Essays about: "Off-farm working"
Found 3 essays containing the words Off-farm working.
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1. Is the income difference affecting off-farm employment decision? Evidence from Chinese households
University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionenAbstract : China is experiencing a rapid economic transformation, which witnesses a vast number of labourers moving out of agricultural sectors. In such a transformation, the effect of spatial income variance on labour’s off-farm work decision is still unclear. READ MORE
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2. Livelihood and transition to certified cacao production in the Peruvian Amazonas : gendered responsibilities in Irazola
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural DevelopmentAbstract : Peru is recorded as the second largest organic cacao producer and the second largest coca producerin the world. Consequently, the demand has made cacao an important alternative crop for coca.Cacao can just be grown around the equator and is therefore an attractive cash-crop for export tocountries in Europe and North America. READ MORE
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3. The effects of avian influenza on rural poultry farmers’ livelihood : a case study in Yen Son and Tan Binh communes - Tam Diep town - Ninh Binh province, Vietnam
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural DevelopmentAbstract : The objective of this research was to investigate how HPAI (highly pathogenic avian influenza) shocks and threats affected livelihood assets of poultry farmers. The policies helping poultry farmers to mitigate HPAI at national and local levels and what livelihood strategies did the poultry farmers have in order to accommodate threats and outcomes by avian influenza in Yen Son and Tan Binh communes - Tam Diep town – Ninh Binh province? The study combined both qualitative and quantitative approaches in collecting data and information. READ MORE
