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  • Examining Agricultural Household Welfare through Output Marketing Choices and Land Market Efficiency : Evidence from Rural India

    Creator:
    Dickson, Caleb
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    Development research and policy aim to improve household welfare by improving access to assets and economic opportunities (Besley & Burgess 2000; Deininger et al. 2003). In rural and agrarian contexts, these goals may be achieved by well-functioning markets for outputs, inputs, off-farm work, and credit. The status of these markets...
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    improving access to assets and economic opportunities (Besley & Burgess 2000; Deininger et al. 2003). In

  • Socio-ecological vulnerability in a Tibetan village on the Lancang River, China

    Creator:
    Galipeau, Brendan A.
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    This ethnographic research examines socioeconomic vulnerabilities to resettlement from a large hydropower dam and agricultural commodification in a Tibetan village in Yunnan Province, Southwest China. After providing an initial background on the dynamics of the research region and hydrodevelopment on its rivers, the research framework of examining vulnerability through a...
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    outlined. Utilizing this framework, the socioeconomic strategies surrounding agriculture and commodified

  • A topography of dams in China : impacts to agriculture, labor, and migration

    Creator:
    Foster-Moore, Eric
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    Dams are often promoted as a tool to reduce poverty and spur economic development. Dam construction worldwide, and particularly in China, which has built nearly half the world's large dams since 1949, remains contentious due to the potential for negative environmental and socioeconomic impacts. Despite numerous case studies, there is...
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    . 2001). Reservoirs may inundate land previously used for agriculture or other economic activities and

  • Commodification in an Ersu Tibetan village of Sichuan, China

    Creator:
    Schmitt, Edwin Anton
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    This ethnographic research aims to discover the implications of the commodification of production processes amongst the Ersu Tibetans of Sichuan, China. This thesis examines the commodification of Ersu agriculture and ethnic identity in the historical context of both China and the world-system. Ethnohistorical and ethnoecological methodologies are utilized to answer...
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    closely examined: agriculture and tourism. The socio-economic, socio-cultural and socio-ecological

  • Three essays on trade liberalization and Korean agriculture

    Creator:
    Yoo, Chun Kwon
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    Since the Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture (URAA) in 1994, global competition in Korean agricultural markets has significantly increased. The objective of this dissertation is to identify the effects of trade liberalization on productivity and pricing in the Korean rice market (Essay 1 and 2) and on the entire agricultural...
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    , 2011. Title: Three Essays on Trade Liberalization and Korean Agriculture Abstract approved

  • What are the environmental, economic, and social barriers to achieving agricultural sustainability in the Ten Rivers region of western Oregon?

    Creator:
    Stanton, Michael
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    This ethnographic study examined some of the ways that global markets and the infrastructure of agribusiness affect local smallholder farmers in the Ten Rivers region who are transitioning toward more sustainable and traditional agricultural methods. The purpose of this research was to discover what barriers smallholder farmers face in developing...
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    unsustainable alternative of industrial agriculture. Another aspect of this research is the development of