Changes in rural poverty in Perú 2004–2012
Lunes, 30 enero 2017
This paper written by Samuel Morley disaggregates the various sources of rural income growth in Peru between 2004 and 2012 and shows that about 80% of the increase came from rising earnings and only 15% from transfer programs. This increase in rural earnings was not led by agriculture. It was mainly because of a general rise
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Production risk and adoption of irrigation technology: evidence from small-scale farmers in Chile
Jueves, 21 julio 2016
In most developing countries non-irrigation status often dominates adoption of traditional and modern irrigation technology. In this paper, César Salazar and John Rand study the effect of production risk on irrigation technology choice among small-scale farmers in Chile, applying sample selection and discrete choice models. We find that more educated farmers, with credit access, receiving extension
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