This article examines the effect of remittance income on deforestation in Nepal during 2001–2010 using satellite-based land use data and a nationwide household survey.
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Contract farming has gained in importance in many developing countries. Previous studies analysed effects of contracts on smallholder farmers’ welfare, yet mostly without considering that different types of contractual relationships exist.
Supermarket contracts, opportunity cost and trade-offs, and farm household welfare: Panel data evidence from Kenya
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Export barriers (or controls) can take a variety of forms -such as prohibitions, taxes, quotas or licenses, among others- and have been applied to industrial and agricultural products, both by developed and developing countries, while pursuing eco
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