UID:
edoccha_9961024912002883
Format:
1 online resource (211 p.)
ISBN:
3-86219-801-4
Series Statement:
International Rural Development ; Volume 6
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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""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 production""""2.3 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 methods""""4.4 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 STRATEGIES""""5.1 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 production""""6.2 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""
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""7.3.2 Propensity score matching results""
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 3-86219-800-6
Language:
English
