Seasonality and Capital in Farm Household Models - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Seasonality and Capital in Farm Household Models write by Andrew Dorward. This book was released on 2011. Seasonality and Capital in Farm Household Models available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A wide variety of farm household models have provided a valuable theoretical basis for empirical and conceptual analysis of interactions between production and consumption resource allocations of poor rural people. A weakness of common applications of many such models, and unfortunately of much analysis, is failure to also recognise and adequately describe the fundamental seasonal nature of most agricultural production and the effects of pervasive seasonal finance market failures on poor rural people's behaviour and welfare. This is despite considerable theoretical work that uses such models to investigate (often limited) production impacts of formal financial services. A general model recognising this is presented, with graphical applications showing the potential importance of seasonal finance constraints on the behaviour and welfare of different farm households. Formal methods for investigating the effects of seasonal finance constraints on household behaviour and welfare should be standard tools used by applied rural development economists.
Agricultural Household Models
Agricultural Household Models - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Agricultural Household Models write by Inderjit Singh. This book was released on 1986. Agricultural Household Models available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book presents the basic model of an agricultural household that underlies most of the case studies undertaken so far. The model assumes that households are price-takers and is therefore recursive. The decisions modeled include those affecting production and the demand for inputs and those affecting consumption and the supply of labor. Comparative results on selected elasticities are presented for a number of economies. The empirical significance of the approach is demonstrated in a comparison of models that treat production and consumption decisions separately and those in which the decisionmaking process is recursive. The book summarizes the implications of agricultural pricing policy for the welfare of farm households, marketed surplus, the demand for nonagricultural goods and services, the rural labor market, budget revenues, and foreign exchange earnings. In addition, it is shown that the basic model can be extended in order to explore the effects of government policy on crop composition, nutritional status, health, saving, and investment and to provide a more comprehensive analysis of the effects on budget revenues and foreign exchange earnings. Methodological topics, primarily the data requirements of the basic model and its extensions, along with aggregation, market interaction, uncertainty, and market imperfections are discussed. The most important methodological issues - the question of the recursive property of these models - is also discussed.
Risk and Seasonality in an Empirical Model of the Farm Household
Risk and Seasonality in an Empirical Model of the Farm Household - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Risk and Seasonality in an Empirical Model of the Farm Household write by Emmanuel Skoufias. This book was released on 1991. Risk and Seasonality in an Empirical Model of the Farm Household available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Seasonality, Rural Livelihoods and Development
Seasonality, Rural Livelihoods and Development - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Seasonality, Rural Livelihoods and Development write by Stephen Devereux. This book was released on 2013-07-03. Seasonality, Rural Livelihoods and Development available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Seasonality is a severe constraint to sustainable rural livelihoods and a driver of poverty and hunger, particularly in the tropics. Many poor people in developing countries are ill equipped to cope with seasonal variations which can lead to drought or flood and consequences for agriculture, employment, food supply and the spread of disease. The subject has assumed increasing importance as climate change and other forms of development disrupt established seasonal patterns and variations. This book is the first systematic study of seasonality for over twenty years, and it aims to revive academic interest and policy awareness of this crucial but neglected issue. Thematic chapters explore recent shifts with profound implications for seasonality, including climate change, HIV/AIDS, and social protection. Case study chapters explore seasonal dimensions of livelihoods in Africa (Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi), Asia (Bangladesh, China, India), and Latin America (Peru). Others assess policy responses to adverse seasonality, for example through irrigation, migration and seasonally-sensitive education. The book also includes innovative tools for monitoring seasonality, which should enable more appropriate responses.
Farming Systems and Poverty
Farming Systems and Poverty - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Farming Systems and Poverty write by John A. Dixon. This book was released on 2001. Farming Systems and Poverty available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A joint FAO and World Bank study which shows how the farming systems approach can be used to identify priorities for the reduction of hunger and poverty in the main farming systems of the six major developing regions of the world.
