Browsing Fakultät für Agrarwissenschaften (inkl. GAUSS) by Advisor & Referee "Qaim, Matin Prof. Dr."
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Economics of Weather Index-Based Insurance: Analysis of Smallholder Farmers' Preferences and the Impact of Insurance on Productivity in Kenya
(2016-11-29)Climatic risks are a major challenge for rural communities, especially those whose livelihoods directly depend on agriculture. Weather extremes affect crop productivity not only through the direct relationship between ... -
Efficiency Measurement of Dairy Farmers under Integrated Cropping Sytems in Pakistan
(2016-08-01)Pakistan’s dairy sector has experienced a remarkable expansion over the past 25 years. This expansion is marked by increased milk production, an improvement in herd breed structure, enhanced extension services, and the ... -
Determinants and livelihood impacts of natural resource management strategies among smallholder farmers in Malawi
(2016-05-30)During the last five decades, policy approaches towards food security have promoted input-intensive agricultural technologies to increase global food production. However, there are concerns about the environmental, social ... -
Tradeoffs, Complementarities and Synergies between Different Agricultural Technologies: Insights from Maize Farmers in Kenya
(2016-05-24)Global demand for food and farm commodities continues to grow, while land and other natural resources are becoming increasingly scarce. In Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), rising population, decreasing per capita arable land, ... -
Mobile money adoption and household welfare in Uganda
(2015-12-16)Over the last 10 years mobile money has emerged as an important innovation with a potential to increase financial access in developing countries. Mobile money is making an important contribution to financial inclusion in ... -
Das Problem der Welternährung: Simulationen zu Einflussfaktoren, die Bedeutung von Agrartechnologien und gesellschaftliche Einschätzungen in Deutschland
(2015-11-05)Hunger is still a widespread problem. According to newest estimates of the FAO, more than 800 million people are not able to fulfil their basic dietary needs. Projections estimate that the global agricultural production ... -
Environmental Efficiency Measurement of Grassland Grazing using Stochastic Distance Function on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau of China
(2015-09-09)With the use of first hand field survey data from yak grazing households combined with remotely sensed Net Primary Productivity data on the Qinghai-Tibetan-Plateau, stochastic distance functions are developed with grazing ... -
An analysis of the dynamics of two high-value export chains: smallholder participation, standards and trust
(2015-09-02)Globalization and growing demand for high-quality food have facilitated and increased international trade in food products and at the same time opened up new and promising business opportunities for farmers worldwide. Given ... -
Oil palm expansion among Indonesian smallholders - adoption, welfare implications and agronomic challenges
(2015-05-29)Oil palm has become one of the most rapidly expanding crops throughout the humid tropics. Over the last two decades, the area under oil palm has almost tripled and its production more than quadrupled. This development is ... -
Impacts and Impact Dynamics of Smallholder Participation in High-Value Markets in Kenya
(2015-05-26)Many developing countries are experiencing a food system transformation with a rapid growth of supermarkets. This supermarket growth can be attributed to demand-side factors such as rising incomes, urbanization, and changing ... -
Social Networks, Technology Adoption and Technical Efficiency in Smallholder Agriculture: The Case of Cereal Growers in Central Tanzania
(2015-04-02)Global demand for food and agricultural products is on the rise. There is hence the need to increase production to meet this growing demand and smallholders will play a significant role. One strategy for smallholders to ... -
Land-use dynamics, economic development, and institutional change in rural communities - Evidence from the Indonesian oil palm sector
(2015-02-26)This dissertation is an empirical investigation of the implications of the Indonesian oil palm sector for rural village communities located in Jambi province, on the island of Sumatra. It consists of three contributions ... -
Sustainability Standards, Welfare Impacts, and Risk Attitudes Among Coffee Farmers in Uganda
(2014-12-12)Agriculture is still the most important sector in driving economic growth and poverty reduction in developing countries. In recent times, global agricultural food systems around the world are undergoing a rapid transformation ... -
Performance of the Fruit Crop Industry in Ghana: Empirical Results and Policy Implications
(2014-12-11)This study investigates the causes of declining output performance in the Ghanaian fruit pro-duction industry. Average industrial output level is lagging far behind that of competing na-tions (for instance, the productivity ... -
Dynamic Food Demand in China and International Nutrition Transition
(2014-11-18)Economic growth followed by urbanization and food supply modernization in developing countries would lead to substantial changes in food demand. Global agri-food systems are undergoing a rapid transformation towards ... -
The nutrition transition, supermarkets, and nutritional outcomes in developing countries
(2014-07-29)Many developing countries are currently undergoing a rapid nutrition transition. This transition is characterized by changes in dietary habits towards more energy-dense, often processed foods with high fat and sugar contents, ... -
Decision Making under Uncertainty in Developed and Developing Countries: An Experimental Analysis of Farmers’ Risk Attitude and Investment Behavior
(2014-06-18)The papers of the dissertation focus on decision making under uncertainty of farmers in developed and developing countries and apply experimental approaches in order to investigate farmers’ risk attitude and investment ... -
Traditional Food Crop Production and Marketing in Sub-Saharan Africa - The Case of Finger Millet in Western Kenya
(2014-03-07)Despite remarkable advances, overcoming rural poverty and food insecurity in developing countries remains one of the biggest challenges of the 21st century. Increasing production and income opportunities in the agricultural ... -
Climate Change, Risk and Productivity: Analyses of Chinese Agriculture
(2013-09-17)This thesis analyzes challenges to agricultural production in China, which could impair the country’s ability to maintain or to increase its output of important food commodities. By means of three empirical studies, issues ... -
Food Safety and Quality Standards in the Thai Horticultural Sector
(2013-05-21)The growth of the agricultural sector is crucial to reduce poverty in developing countries. Poverty is still a mainly rural phenomenon and more than two thirds of the world’s poor continue to live in rural areas, most of ...