UID:
kobvindex_HPB905921003
Umfang:
1 online resource (211 pages) :
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illustrations, tables
ISBN:
9783862198016
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3862198014
Serie:
International Rural Development ; Volume 6
Anmerkung:
Front Cover; Series Title; Title Page; Imprint; Preface; Dedication; Abstract; Acknowledgement; Table of Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Abbreviations; Key Concepts and Definitions; 1 INTRODUCTION; 1.2 Objectives of the research; 1.3 Organization of the study; 2 STATE OF RESEARCH; 2.1 Banana and legumes production and marketing systems in Central Africa; 2.1.1 Banana and legume production system; 2.1.2 Marketing challenges in banana and legume based system.
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2.2 Market orientation and crop production2.3 Market orientation and household food security situation; 2.4 Collective action and marketing performance; 2.5 Labour out-migration and crop intensification; 3 THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK AND RESEARCH HYPOTHESES; 3.1 Agricultural Household Model; 3.2 New Economics of Labour Migration (NELM); 3.3 Conceptual framework; 3.4 Research hypotheses; 4 RESEARCH METHODOLOGYAND DATA BASE; 4.1 The study regions; 4.1.1 Rwanda; 4.1.2 The Democratic Republic of Congo; 4.2 Sampling design.
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4.3 Data collection methods4.4 Household food consumption survey; 4.4.1 Dietary diversity; 4.4.2 Indices of household coping strategies; 4.5 Analytical framework; 4.5.1 Characterization of farmer groups; 4.5.2 Effect of market orientation on crop intensification and production. Specification of the empirical model; 4.5.3 Impact of improved market orientation on household food security; 4.5.4 Effect of labour out-migration and remittances on intensification of banana and legumes; 4.5.5 Description of variables in the empirical models.
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5 CHARACTERIZATION OF FARMER GROUPS ADOPTING MARKET ORIENTATION STRATEGIES5.1 Background information of farmers groups; 5.1.1 Basic farmer group organization; 5.1.2 Group leadership; 5.1.3 Wealth categories within farmer groups; 5.2 Adoption of market orientation strategies; 5.3 Factors influencing farmer groups� marketing performance; 5.3.1 Data base; 5.3.2 Cluster analysis; 6 EFFECT OF MARKET ORIENTATION ON INTENSIFICATION AND PRODUCTION OF BANANAS AND LEGUMES; 6.1 Descriptive analysis; 6.1.1 Socio-economic characteristics of farm households.
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6.1.2 Farm households� crop intensification and production6.2 Econometric analysis and discussion; 7 IMPACT OF MARKET ORIENTATION ON HOUSEHOLD FOOD SECURITY; 7.1 Household food security analysis; 7.1.1 Perception of the household food security situation; 7.1.2 Indices of household coping strategies and dietary diversity; 7.2 Socio-economic characteristics of farm households by market orientation; 7.3 Estimating the impact of market orientation on household food security; 7.3.1 Determinants of market orientation of farm households.
Weitere Ausg.:
Print version: Ochieng, Justus. Market orientation, rural out-migration, crop production and household food security : the case of smallholders in Central Africa. Kassel, [Germany] : kassel university press, ©2014 ISBN 9783862198009
Sprache:
Englisch
