Ghana is often considered an African development success story. Over the past two decades, the country experienced strong and steady economic growth in a stable and democratic political environment. Broad-based growth over the past two decades— during which the agricultural sector has been an important driver, thanks to its transformation—has led to impressive progress in poverty reduction. Gha...

The focal objective of this study is to analyze and explore the Co-movement of Pakistan stock market (KSE-100) with the stock market of developed countries (US, UK, Canada, Australia, Germany, Japan, France and Neither land) which have portfolio investment in Pakistan by applying co-integration approach using Johansen and Juselius multivariate and bi variate co-integration. Secondary data of st...

Livelihood sustainability remains a major challenge for rural households in Northern Ghana. Although farming has traditionally been the core livelihood strategy for most households, diversifying into non-farm activities remains a common livelihood strategy employed to sustain household basic needs, particularly for women, who because of their gender often face challenges in accessing land for f...

Attaining agricultural sustainability and eliminating poverty are the key challenges of rural areas. Non-farm income diversification is a vital livelihood strategy that endorses sustainable agriculture alleviates poverty. Considering land degradation poor economic situation Pakistan's rain-fed areas, current research examined potential effects non-farm on household adopting soil water conservat...

Abstract This research was conducted in Loksado District, Hulu Sungai Selatan Regency, South Kalimantan, Indonesia. Demographic changes and land use that occurred District resulted a decrease the area of farmland. condition gave rise to conditions field farmers meeting household needs. study aimed analyze livelihood strategies farm farmer households applied. is based on application qualitative ...

We investigate the economic rationale for a law pertaining to tenancy in Roman Palestine, found in a Jewish legal text. This law allows for risk-sharing (through rent reduction) between tenant and landlord when the macro-economic situation is severe (makas medina), but not if the particular rental plot has a bad harvest. We consider and critique the possibility that the restriction of risk-shar...

The rain-fed mechanized agricultural sub-sector of the Sudan has high potential of building a national food stock and foreign exchange earnings, which could contribute substantially to agricultural development and hence the development of the whole economy as well. However, the agricultural production in this sub-sector is generally characterized by a high degree of instability, which arises fr...

Many countries promote food security through agricultural policies to boost productivity without looking at the effect of such on sustainability. This study investigates and land ownership adoption sustainable practices in Nigeria. A structured questionnaire was used for data collection from a survey 288 smallholder farmers November 2018. The results Logistic Regression Model revealed that prog...

The diversification of agriculture and the development of new crops are closely related. Although diversification is often justified by reference to practical experience, we know little about the theoretical basis for diversification or its causes and effects. Is it theoretically possible to feed the world on a fixed and unchangeable set of species and varieties? Empirical evidence suggests not...