Search for dissertations about: "farmers insurance"
Found 5 swedish dissertations containing the words farmers insurance.
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1. The Economics of Community-Based Wildlife Conservation in Zimbabwe
Abstract : This thesis deals with the economics of community-based wildlife conservation in Zimbabwe. It consists of an introductory chapter and four self-contained chapters. Chapter 1 spells out the history of wildlife conservation leading to the inception of CAMPFIRE. Research issues at the core of the rest of the thesis are also highlighted. READ MORE
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2. Economic Analysis of Soil Capital, Land Use and Agricultural Production in Kenya
Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to investigate economic and natural science aspects of soil management and agricultural production in a developing country context. It does so by theoretical as well as empirical investigation, based on data from field surveys in Kenya’s central highlands over several years. READ MORE
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3. Utilisation of health services in a transitional society : studies in Vietnam 1991-1999
Abstract : General objective: The general objective is to assess the utilisation of public health services among different social groups in a period of rapid policy and society changes in Vietnam. Methods: Studies on the utilisation of reproductive health services were based on one household survey conducted in a lowland district in 1992 and two other surveys performed in 1991 and 1994 in a highland district. READ MORE
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4. Devising Capabilities : Service Design for Development Interventions
Abstract : Despite the progress in recent decades, one in ten people globally still live in extreme poverty, and this number is set to increase in the coming years. Designing interventions to improve well-being and livelihoods is challenging because poverty is multidimensional and plays out in complex, adaptive social-ecological systems, where behaviours and practices at the local level can have unintended consequences elsewhere in the system. READ MORE
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5. Essays on Land Lease Markets, Productivity, Biodiversity, and Environmental Variability
Abstract : Paper 1: Tenure Insecurity, Transaction Costs in the Land Lease Market and Implications for Gendered Productivity Differentials This study assesses the link between land leasing behavior and productivity differentials between male and female-headed households. A double-moral hazard model allows us to show that the landlord’s tenure insecurity leads to a sub-optimal level of effort on the tenant’s part, via its impact on the likelihood of contract renewal. READ MORE