Agricultural Development in Malawi, Die Entwicklungsbedingungen Ugandas: Ein Beispiel für die Probleme afrikanischer Binnenstaaten and Energy Supply and Economic Development in East Africa

1971 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 197-198
Author(s):  
J. A. Hellen
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
East Africa ◽  
Energy Supply ◽  
Agricultural Development

scholarly journals Rural Financial Development Impacts on Agricultural Technology Innovation: Evidence from China

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 1110
Author(s):  
Yuyu Liu ◽  
Duan Ji ◽  
Lin Zhang ◽  
Jingjing An ◽  
Wenyan Sun
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Financial Development ◽  
Agricultural Development ◽  
Technology Innovation ◽  
Agricultural Technology ◽  
Rural Finance ◽  
Rural Economic Development ◽  
High Degree ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Positive Effect

Agricultural technology innovation is key for improving productivity, sustainability, and resilience in food production and agriculture to contribute to public health. Using panel data of 31 provinces in China from 2003 to 2015, this study examines the impact of rural financial development on agricultural technology innovation from the perspective of rural financial scale and rural finance efficiency. Furthermore, it examines how the effects of rural financial development vary in regions with different levels of marketization and economic development. The empirical results show that the development of rural finance has a significant and positive effect on the level of agricultural technology innovation. Rural finance efficiency has a significantly positive effect on innovation in regions with a low degree of marketization, while the rural financial scale has a significantly positive effect on technological innovation in regions with a high degree of marketization. Further analysis showed that improving the level of agricultural technology innovation is conducive to rural economic development. This study provides new insights into the effects of rural financial development on sustainable agricultural development from the perspective of agricultural technology innovation.

A critical review and re-assessment of theories of smallholder decision-making: a case of conservation agriculture households, Zambia

2013 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 277-290 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bridget Bwalya Umar
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Agricultural Development ◽  
Potential Role ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Rural Livelihoods ◽  
Conservation Agriculture ◽  
Economic Incentives ◽  
Uncertain Environments

AbstractDifferent theories have been posited that try to explain the decision-making process of smallholders especially regarding the adoption of new technologies or new agricultural techniques. The objective of this paper is to review and re-assess the dominant household production theories to explain the decision making of smallholders practicing conservation agriculture (CA) in the southern, eastern, and central provinces of Zambia. It also discusses the potential role of CA toward economic development. It finds that the CA smallholders studied did not aim to maximize profits but tried to secure household consumption from their own production before any other considerations in risky and uncertain environments. Their response to economic incentives was contingent on minimizing risks associated with securing a minimum level of livelihood and investing into local forms of insurance. This paper concludes that the ability for CA to contribute to rural livelihoods and economic development would depend on how adequately the factors that hinder smallholder agricultural development in general are addressed.

A Wider Eastern African Economic Union? Some Geographical Aspects

1968 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 485-493 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. M. O'Connor
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
East Africa ◽  
Economic Integration ◽  
Customs Union ◽  
The Past ◽  
Political Independence ◽  
Close Relationship ◽  
Economic Union

Economic integration in East Africa has been discussed throughout the past 50 years or more, although—until recently—only in terms of Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. Almost as soon as Kenya and Uganda became established as political entities, close economic links were established between them, and when British administration was extended to Tanganyika after 1918 that country was brought into close relationship with its two northern neighbours. Thus a customs union between Kenya and Uganda was established in 1917, and Tanganyika was gradually incorporated within it between 1922 and 1927. The links were strengthened as economic development advanced, and were formalised under the East Africa High Commission from 1948 onwards: so they became an important part of the inheritance of the three states as they gained political independence in the years 1961–1963.1

Land concentration and land grabbing: Implications for the socio-economic development of rural communities in south-eastern Romania

2018 ◽  
Vol 47 (3) ◽  
pp. 204-213 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elena-Ana Popovici ◽  
Bianca Mitrică ◽  
Irena Mocanu
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Rural Communities ◽  
Agricultural Development ◽  
Land Grabbing ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Socio Economic Development ◽  
Current Article ◽  
Administrative Units ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Statistical Indicators

In the periods of pre- and post-accession to the European Union, Romania experienced great and rapid land concentration and land grabbing. The current article is seeking to identify the relationship between these processes, and the socio-economic development of rural communities in two counties (Călăraşi and Ialomiţa) located in the south-east of Romania. By using a set of statistical indicators, the authors computed two secondary indexes: Agricultural Development Index and Social Disadvantage Index, whose correlation revealed that areas with massive land concentration (almost 80% of all Local Administrative Units) have a low level of socio-economic development.

How Trucking Services Have Improved and May Contribute to Economic Development

2018 ◽  
pp. 133-150 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles Kunaka ◽  
Gaël Raballand ◽  
Mike Fitzmaurice
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
East Africa ◽  
Regional Integration ◽  
Trucking Industry ◽  
Published Data ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
Slow Pace ◽  
Noticeable Reduction

In East Africa, there have been numerous concerns over logistics efficiency. Among them, a slow pace of regional integration of the trucking industry is perceived as a major problem. This chapter utilizes a combination of unpublished data surveys and published data to assess the extent of regional integration. Based on various types of data, several main messages can be drawn from the trucking industry: there has been a noticeable reduction in the price of long-distance trucking services along the Northern Corridor; the integration of trucking services is moving fast in East Africa, with foreign-owned trucks accounting for three-quarters of services in the Rwandan market; trucking fleet characteristics and management have improved tremendously and are now comparable to those in South Africa; and the facilitation of border clearance processes has played a major role in improving productivity. Despite all these improvements, the performance of the Tanzanian fleet still lags behind.

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