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▼a 9780438173125 |
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▼a (MiAaPQ)AAI10839629 |
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▼a (MiAaPQ)grad.msu:16182 |
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▼a 338 |
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▼a Haider, Syed Hamza. |
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▼a Intensification & Asset Dynamics: Intrahousehold Decision-Making in Burkina FASO. |
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▼a [S.l.] :
▼b Michigan State University.,
▼c 2018 |
| 260 | 1 |
▼a Ann Arbor :
▼b ProQuest Dissertations & Theses,
▼c 2018 |
| 300 | |
▼a 173 p. |
| 500 | |
▼a Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 79-12(E), Section: A. |
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▼a Adviser: Veronique Theriault. |
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▼a Thesis (Ph.D.)--Michigan State University, 2018. |
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▼a With a population of over one billion people, Sub-Saharan Africa represents one of the poorest regions of the world. Efforts to eradicate global poverty require substantial economic growth in this region. Similar to other developing countries, a |
| 520 | |
▼a My dissertation is motivated by two key observations that hold across most developing countries. The first is that a majority of the population derives at least part of their income from agricultural activities. Therefore, any efforts to reduce |
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▼a My dissertation focuses on understanding the agricultural decisions of households in Burkina Faso. Adopting an intrahousehold decision-making approach, I study how input allocation decisions are made between family members and how they can affec |
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▼a In chapter two, I study the fertilizer subsidy program in Burkina Faso. I find that while it increases fertilizer use and productivity of farmers, the increase is concentrated amongst male farmers. In fact, fertilizer use for female farmers in t |
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▼a The third chapter develops a theoretical model of how agricultural inputs, such as fertilizer, are allocated between fields managed by different family members. The model shows that individuals can engage in strategic behavior to influence the l |
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▼a Given increasing climate variability in Burkina Faso, the fourth chapter studies the effects of floods and droughts on agriculture, and how households cope with these shocks. I find that droughts lead to less land being cultivated and lower crop |
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▼a School code: 0128. |
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▼a Agricultural economics. |
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▼a 0503 |
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▼a Michigan State University.
▼b Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics - Doctor of Philosophy. |
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▼t Dissertation Abstracts International
▼g 79-12A(E). |
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▼t Dissertation Abstract International |
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▼a 0128 |
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▼a Ph.D. |
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▼a 2018 |
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▼a English |
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▼u http://www.riss.kr/pdu/ddodLink.do?id=T14999691
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▼a 201812
▼f 2019 |
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▼a 관리자 |