Poverty and Gender Effects of Smallholder Organic Contract Farming in UgandaSimon Bolwig
"We have embarked on modern farming, which is getting us out of poverty. Many farmers in this group can now afford school fees for their children and are also now building permanent structures as their houses." Dawson Daka, the chairman of the farmers' group told Xinhua. Daka said previousl...
The short-term impact of higher food prices on poverty in Uganda World prices for staple foods increased between 2006 and 2008, and accelerated sharply in 2008. Initial analysis indicated that the adverse effects of high... KR Simler - 《Policy Research Working Paper》 被引量: 71发表: 2010年...
Most perceived effects were positive, suggesting that mechanization can help to reduce poverty and enhance food security but other effects were negative such as deforestation, soil erosion, land-use conflicts, and gender inequalities. Accompanying research and policy efforts, which reflect variations in ...
In 2016 the Polish government introduced a large new child benefit, called "Family 500+", with the aim to increase fertility from a low level and reduce child poverty. The benefit is universal for the second and every further child and means-tested for the first child. Increasing out-of-wo...
The global economic crisis caused by pandemic-related restrictions has led to a sharp rise in unemployment and poverty around the world [11, 12]. Especially in low-income countries, these economic hardships have forced many children into exploitative and dangerous work to support their families [11...
Impact of farmer field schools on agricultural productivity and poverty in East Africa World Dev., 40 (2) (2012), pp. 402-413, 10.1016/j.worlddev.2011.05.019 View PDFView articleView in ScopusGoogle Scholar [9] A.F. Larsen, H.B. Lilleør Beyond the field: the impact of farmer fiel...
province also has a negative spatial spillover effect on rural relative poverty in surrounding areas. Therefore, it is necessary to boost the development of digital inclusive finance, improve the coordination of inclusive finance between regions, and promote inter-regional economic cooperation in the fu...
Another report found that under a scenario in which income and consumption contracts by 20 percent, between 420 and 580 million people would be pushed into poverty, reversing decades of decreasing poverty trends (Sumner, Hoy, & Ortiz-Juarez, 2020). However, detailed insights in the immediate ...