wyszukanych pozycji: 54
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Commercialization of Smallholder Horticultural Farming in Kenya: Poverty, Gender, and Institutional Arrangements
ISBN: 9783631653371 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 278 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. This study assesses income and poverty effects of vegetable commercialization in Kenya with a special focus on gender issues and evaluates the performance of institutional arrangements that link small producers to the high-value vegetable supply chains. Using econometrics analysis of two rounds of rural household survey, the study reveals that the participation of smallholders in the domestic and export vegetable markets is declining. Weather risks, high costs of inputs and unskilled labour as well as erratic vegetable prices contribute to the declining trend. The impact evaluation of market...
This study assesses income and poverty effects of vegetable commercialization in Kenya with a special focus on gender issues and evaluates the perform...
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436,82 |
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Determinants of Commercial Orientation and Sustainability of Agricultural Production of the Individual Farms in Romania
ISBN: 9783631546536 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 145 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. Subsistence farming, a widespread phenomenon in developing countries, emerged as well in Central and East European and former Soviet Union countries during their transformation process from a centrally planned to a market economy. Romania is one of the Eastern European countries with a large share of subsistence farmers where the commercialization of agriculture could be a means of reducing rural poverty and increasing the competitiveness of agriculture, although with possibly detrimental effects on the environment. The study examines which constraints should be addressed to promote...
Subsistence farming, a widespread phenomenon in developing countries, emerged as well in Central and East European and former Soviet Union countries d...
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Robotics, Ai, and Humanity: Science, Ethics, and Policy
ISBN: 9783030541750 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This open access book examines recent advances in how artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics have elicited widespread debate over their benefits and drawbacks for humanity. The emergent technologies have for instance implications within medicine and health care, employment, transport, manufacturing, agriculture, and armed conflict. While there has been considerable attention devoted to robotics/AI applications in each of these domains, a fuller picture of their connections and the possible consequences for our shared humanity seems needed. This volume covers multidisciplinary research,... This open access book examines recent advances in how artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics have elicited widespread debate over their benefits... |
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Education, Child Labor and Human Capital Formation in Selected Urban and Rural Settings of Pakistan
ISBN: 9783631626764 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 156 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. Education is essential for human resource development and sustainable socio-economic development of a society, as it can facilitate economic growth through the broader application of knowledge, skills, and the creative strength of a society. The other positive and long-term outcomes of education include the reduction of poverty and inequality, improvement of health status and good governance in the implementation of socio-economic policies. Keeping in view the role that education through human capital formation can play in the development of Pakistan where the population of the children below...
Education is essential for human resource development and sustainable socio-economic development of a society, as it can facilitate economic growth th...
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The Impact of Information and Communication Technologies (Icts) on Rural Households: A Holistic Approach Applied to the Case of Lao People's Democrati
ISBN: 9783631506226 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. Despite the plethora of discussions on the potentials of information and communication technologies (ICTs) for development, efforts to bridge the so-called digital divide have suffered from the lack of convincing evidences of the positive impact of the new technologies, especially on rural areas and households. The present study aims at identifying and measuring the positive impact of ICTs on rural households through a holistic approach integrating national, project and target group level analyses. With a case of the Rural Telecommunications Project in Lao PDR, the impact of telephone, the...
Despite the plethora of discussions on the potentials of information and communication technologies (ICTs) for development, efforts to bridge the so-c...
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Impact of Technological Innovation on the Poor: Integrated Aquaculture-Agriculture in Bangladesh
ISBN: 9783631671412 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 199 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The author examines the dynamics of participation in and welfare impact of integrated aquaculture-agriculture (IAA) value chain by using three-year panel data from indigenous households in the northern and north-western regions of Bangladesh. By different panel estimation methods he analyses the IAA value chain participation dynamics and indicates that education and household size, access to extensions and market information, community-based organisations (CBO) membership are positively associated with participation and continuing participation in IAA value chain activities. Welfare impact...
The author examines the dynamics of participation in and welfare impact of integrated aquaculture-agriculture (IAA) value chain by using three-year pa...
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Marginality: Addressing the Nexus of Poverty, Exclusion and Ecology
ISBN: 9789400770607 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 389 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This book takes a new approach on understanding causes of extreme poverty and promising actions to address it. Its focus is on marginality being a root cause of poverty and deprivation. Marginality is the position of people on the edge, preventing their access to resources, freedom of choices, and the development of capabilities. The book is research based with original empirical analyses at local, national, and local scales; book contributors are leaders in their fields and have backgrounds in different disciplines. An important message of the book is that economic and ecological approaches...
This book takes a new approach on understanding causes of extreme poverty and promising actions to address it. Its focus is on marginality being a roo...
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208,80 |
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Bio-Economics of Sustainable Land Management in Uganda
ISBN: 9783631512173 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 181 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. Land degradation is a serious economic and environmental threat contributing to declining agricultural productivity, poverty and food insecurity. The extent and rate to which land degradation occurs is of growing concern, particularly in developing countries. Why do poor farm households deplete their soils? This case study of Uganda provides a better understanding of farm household economics in the context of sustainability issues. A bio-economic model has been developed to run scenarios of high relevance for the current reform process in the agricultural sector. Economic and ecological...
Land degradation is a serious economic and environmental threat contributing to declining agricultural productivity, poverty and food insecurity. The ...
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Clinician's Manual on Axial Spondyloarthritis
ISBN: 9781907673849 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. A thorough guide for readers to quickly gain an update on standard diagnosis and treatment methods for axial spondyloarthritis. Approximately 80 illustrations and images are used throughout the text to exemplify the disease and diagnostic and treatment algorithms. Easily accessible text and tables review the current treatment recommendations and emerging treatment options based on recent clinical trials.
A thorough guide for readers to quickly gain an update on standard diagnosis and treatment methods for axial spondyloarthritis. Approximately 80 illus...
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208,80 |
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Clinician's Manual on Ankylosing Spondylitis
ISBN: 9781858734361 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 80 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. An overview of diagnosis and current management of ankylosing spondylitis. Presented in a clear, concise format An overview of diagnosis and current management of ankylosing spondylitis. Presented in a clear, concise format |
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208,80 |
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Spondylitis ankylosans
ISBN: 9783837420562 / Niemiecki / Twarda / 2008 / 212 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. |
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38,46 |
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Food Security, Diversification and Resource Management: Refocusing the Role of Agriculture?: Proceedings of the Twenty-Third International Conference
ISBN: 9781138313958 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 711 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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Food Security, Diversification and Resource Management: Refocusing the Role of Agriculture?: Proceedings of the Twenty-Third International Conference
ISBN: 9781138313927 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 711 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Published in 1999, the book is the proceedings volume of the 23rd International Conference of Agricultural Economists, held in Sacramento, California, in August 1997. It continues the series of triennial IAAE conferences.
Published in 1999, the book is the proceedings volume of the 23rd International Conference of Agricultural Economists, held in Sacramento, California,...
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Economics of Land Degradation and Improvement - A Global Assessment for Sustainable Development
ISBN: 9783319191676 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 686 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This volume deals with land degradation, which is occurring in almost all terrestrial biomes and agro-ecologies, in both low and high income countries and is stretching to about 30% of the total global land area. About three billion people reside in these degraded lands. However, the impact of land degradation is especially severe on livelihoods of the poor who heavily depend on natural resources. The annual global cost of land degradation due to land use and cover change (LUCC) and lower cropland and rangeland productivity is estimated to be about 300 billion USD. Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)...
This volume deals with land degradation, which is occurring in almost all terrestrial biomes and agro-ecologies, in both low and high income countries...
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208,80 |