Author: Thomas S. JaynePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Corn
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
An Analysis of Alternative Maize Marketing Policies in South Africa
Author: Thomas S. JayneUnderstanding Linkages Among Food Availability, Access, Consumption, and Nutrition in Africa
Author: Patrick DiskinPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture and state
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
Business Research
Author: Pieter W. BuysPublisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 981199479X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
This book focuses on research methodologies that apply to business research, particularly for researchers and managers embarking thereon to support managerial decision-making in the industry. In doing so, the book's objective is to guide business researchers in identifying, defining, and applying rigorous academic methodologies that will enable them to formulate, design, and execute effective research that answers their specific management problems. Such guidance can empower organizational managers to understand that business research can contribute to practical solutions to actual problems experienced in the industry. In addition, by emphasizing the integrative nature between (1) academic research and (2) experienced industry problems, it becomes possible to foster an awareness of such research's potential impact on organizational performance management, sustainability, and resilience. With that, attention is given to narrowing the gap between theory and practice, which requires that fundamentals of scientific research be adhered to while maintaining the delicate balance between a practice-friendly guide to pragmatically sound and academically rigorous business research.
Issues in Maize Marketing
Author: Brendan BayleyWorking Paper
Author: Market-oriented Strategies to Improve Household Access to Food
Author: Agrekon
Author: MSU International Development Papers
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agricultural development projects
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Institutional Constraints to Small Farmer Development in Southern Africa
Author: Ajuruchukwu ObiPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9086867049
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
The Southern Africa region has experienced more than its fair share of problems in recent years. Just when it seemed that the hardships wrought by the devastating cycle of droughts and floods of 2000 to 2002 were a thing of the past, other problems emerged. At one level, there have been the weak and often erratic governance mechanisms and political crises in some countries of the region, leading to severe disruptions in agricultural production to the point that supplies and markets have virtually disappeared. At another level, socio-cultural rigidities have often militated against the adoption of efficient farming practices, resulting in sub-optimal choices that lock smallholders into a low equilibrium trap. In the face of the disappearing supplies and missing markets, these have engendered hyper-inflationary trends of a magnitude unknown anywhere else in the world. But in the midst of all this apparent dreariness, cases are emerging from which immense lessons can be drawn. This book assembles a collection of research papers based on studies completed in 2008 and 2009 in Southern Africa that examine various dimensions of the institutional constraints small farmers are facing in the region and how they are going about dealing with them. The papers draw from these diverse and polar experiences and present some theoretical and practical insights that should form the basis for more in-depth, country-level, sector-specific analyses, focusing mainly on citrus, horticultures, cotton and livestock. The thematic issues of income inequality, land reform, natural resource management and value chain governance and chain choice, are covered in this book and are expected to be of interest for a wide constituency, including researchers, development practitioners, rural animators, and policy makers.
Africa's Emerging Maize Revolution
Author: Derek ByerleePublisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers
ISBN: 9781555877767
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Intended for policymakers and scholars, the 15 contributions in this volume are divided into two sections: the first provides six country case studies of the evolving maize economies of Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, Kenya, Ghana, and Nigeria. The second part synthesizes major technological, institutional, and policy issues with chapters on research and extension, soil fertility, seed and fertilizer delivery systems, and marketing and price policy. Paper edition (754-0), $29.95. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR