Keyword: developing countries

Found 852 papers in total
Impact of global cotton markets on rural poverty in Benin
Impact of global cotton markets on rural poverty in Benin
2005,
World cotton prices fell by about 40% over 2001–2002, focusing attention...
Modeling spatial price transmission in the grain markets of Ethiopia with an application of ARDL approach to white teff
Modeling spatial price transmission in the grain markets of Ethiopia with an application of ARDL approach to white teff
2005,
Following the agricultural market liberalization policy, there is an emerging grain...
Analysis and implications of the determinants of healthcare expenditure in African countries
Analysis and implications of the determinants of healthcare expenditure in African countries
2005,
The income elasticity of health care spending in the OECD countries tends toward...
A model for optimal allocation of water to competing demands
A model for optimal allocation of water to competing demands
2005,
The present study develops a simple interactive water allocation model (IWAM), which...
Assessment of informativeness of groundwater monitoring in developing regions (Gaza Strip case study)
Assessment of informativeness of groundwater monitoring in developing regions (Gaza Strip case study)
2005,
Groundwater resource management and planning requires appropriate and accurate data....
Virtual water in global food and water policy making: Is there a need for rethinking?
Virtual water in global food and water policy making: Is there a need for rethinking?
2005,
The argument that economies that face acute water scarcity problems can and should...
Organizational citizenship behavior in the People's Republic of China
Organizational citizenship behavior in the People's Republic of China
2004,
In recent years, Western scholars have increasingly emphasized the importance of...
A multiobjective fuzzy stochastic program for water resources optimization: the case of lake management
A multiobjective fuzzy stochastic program for water resources optimization: the case of lake management
2004,
In many real decision situations more than one objective has to be considered and...
Demand-based planning of rural water systems in developing countries
Demand-based planning of rural water systems in developing countries
2004,
In the past decade, international donors and governments have generally required water...
Conjunctive use of surface and groundwater for coastal and deltaic systems
Conjunctive use of surface and groundwater for coastal and deltaic systems
2004,
A regional conjunctive use model is developed for a near-real deltaic aquifer system,...
Evaluation of irrigation-service utility from the perspective of farmers
Evaluation of irrigation-service utility from the perspective of farmers
2005,
This paper highlights an alternative approach for the partial evaluation of an...
Integrating remote sensing and GIS techniques with groundwater flow modeling for assessment of waterlogged areas
Integrating remote sensing and GIS techniques with groundwater flow modeling for assessment of waterlogged areas
2005,
False Colour Composites (FCCs) of IRS-1A LISS-II sensor pertaining to the dates 9th...
GIS-based groundwater management model for Western Nile Delta
GIS-based groundwater management model for Western Nile Delta
2005,
The limited availability of renewable fresh water is a major constraint on future...
Investigation of sludge re-circulating clarifiers design and optimization through numerical simulation
Investigation of sludge re-circulating clarifiers design and optimization through numerical simulation
2003,
In steam thermal power plants (TPP) with open re-circulating wet cooling towers,...
Textile wastewater treatment and reuse by solar catalysis: results from a pilot plant in Tunisia
Textile wastewater treatment and reuse by solar catalysis: results from a pilot plant in Tunisia
2004,
Based on the results from bench-scale flow-film-reactors (FFR) and aerated cascade...
Assessing the performance of a nucleus estate and smallholder scheme for oil palm production in West Sumatra: a stochastic frontier analysis
Assessing the performance of a nucleus estate and smallholder scheme for oil palm production in West Sumatra: a stochastic frontier analysis
2004,
In this paper, we study the performance of smallholders in a nucleus estate and...
Improving yields and reducing risks in pearl millet farming in the African Sahel
Improving yields and reducing risks in pearl millet farming in the African Sahel
2004,
Over 40 years of research on pearl millet farming in the semi-arid Sahel has not been...
Methods of consensus building for community-based fisheries management in Bangladesh and the Mekong Delta
Methods of consensus building for community-based fisheries management in Bangladesh and the Mekong Delta
2004,
A method of consensus building for management of wetlands and fisheries using a...
How productive is infrastructure? A new approach and evidence from rural India
How productive is infrastructure? A new approach and evidence from rural India
2004,
There have been competing arguments about the effect of public infrastructure on...
Better technology, better plots, or better farmers? Identifying changes in productivity and risk among Malagasy rice farmers
Better technology, better plots, or better farmers? Identifying changes in productivity and risk among Malagasy rice farmers
2004,
We introduce a method for properly attributing observed productivity and risk changes...
Incentive for shifts in water management systems by shrimp culturists in southern Thailand
Incentive for shifts in water management systems by shrimp culturists in southern Thailand
2005,
Water management systems and other business situations of shrimp culturists were...
A daily water balance modelling approach for simulating performance of tank-based irrigation systems
A daily water balance modelling approach for simulating performance of tank-based irrigation systems
2005,
Tanks are small reservoirs, which are widely distributed in South India and Sri Lanka,...
Adoption of agroforestry innovations in the tropics: A review
Adoption of agroforestry innovations in the tropics: A review
2004,
The period since the early 1990s has witnessed an explosion of research on the...
Land-use system modeling and analysis of shaded cacao production in Belize
Land-use system modeling and analysis of shaded cacao production in Belize
2005,
Shaded cacao ( Theobroma cacao ) cultivation is a tropical land-use that has potential...
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