Extent of Use of ICTs by Fish Farmers in Isoko Agricultural Zone of Delta State, Nigeria by A. Aphunu, C. N Atoma

“…However, use of ICT facilities was constrained by the problem of maintenance, low level of production and rural poverty. Training to increase technical efficiency of farmers on ICT use and maintenance, and establishing appropriate policies to reduce rural poverty remain instrumental towards ICTs use by fish farmers.…”
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Extent of Use of ICTs by Fish Farmers in Isoko Agricultural Zone of Delta State, Nigeria by A. Aphunu, C. N Atoma

“…However, use of ICT facilities was constrained by the problem of maintenance, low level of production and rural poverty. Training to increase technical efficiency of farmers on ICT use and maintenance, and establishing appropriate policies to reduce rural poverty remain instrumental towards ICTs use by fish farmers.…”
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A Transformative Social Policy Perspective on Land and Agrarian Reform in Zimbabwe by Clement Chipenda

“…Land access can be utilised to overcome rural poverty and inequality, which makes it critical for inclusive and sustainable growth.…”
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The effect of economic growth and poverty on stunting in Indonesia by Jumhur Jumhur

“…However, the tertiary sector GRDP and rural poverty do not significantly affect stunting rates in Indonesia. …”
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Poverty as Exclusion: Causal Analysis of multiple and simultaneous structural relationships by Daniel Campos Ruiz Diaz

“…This study was based on another study to evaluate the impact of TEKOPORA Program so called to the “conditional cash transfer” as part of state policy to reduce and overcome poverty in general and especially rural poverty. It was a representative sample at the level of the five poorest departments of Paraguay: Caaguazú, Concepcion, Canindeyú, San Pedro and Caazapá with over 2300 sampling units focused on the rural sector. …”
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Land-based Investments for Rural Development? A Grounded Analysis of the Local Impacts of Biofuel Feedstock Plantations in Ghana by George C. Schoneveld, Laura A. German, Eric Nutakor

“…A case study analysis shows that this can significantly exacerbate rural poverty as communities lose access to vital livelihood resources. …”
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Agrarian vista or vortex: African rural livelihood policies by Bryceson, D

“…International financial institutions, specifically the World Bank, have become increasingly alert to rural poverty over the last few years but tend to ignore the policy influence in this field. …”

A profile of the urban poor in Malaysia by Yahaya, Nurizan

“…Nevertheless, the rural poverty especially in 'the agricultural sector is still high (24.7%) in 1984 as compared to urban poverty (8..2%). …”
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Can rewards for environmental services benefit the poor? Lessons from Asia by Beria Leimona, Laxman Joshi, Meine van Noordwijk

“…Emerging approaches to payment for environmental services vary in mechanism and form of payment. Rural poverty is multidimensional and the poverty syndromes vary with the intensity of landscape use and management, with the solution to lack of access to markets, education and healthcare associated with loss of natural capital. …”
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An Innovative Policy for Rural Development ? Rethinking Barriers to Rural Communities Earning Their Living from Forests in Indonesia by Maryudi, Ahmad

“…With so much of promises community forestry brings, this paper primarily asks why the program is yet to meet the high expectation of rural development, tackling the pervasive rural poverty. It aims to identify, analyze and address key constraints of rural communities in exercising their rights which are considered as key factors to improve their livelihood and alleviate rural poverty. …”
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A Historical Overview Of Poverty Eradication Through Agricultural In Sabah, Malaysia by Romzi Ationg, Rose Patsy Tibok, Madiyem Layapan, Andreas Totu, Wong, Jane Kon Ling, Lo, Alvie Sin Voi

“…This paper presents a comprehensive overview of the rural poverty eradication efforts undertaken by the Sabah state government by way of various agricultural- based solutions. …”
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Macroeconomic and Distributional Impacts of Jatropha Based Biodiesel in Mali by Dorothée Boccanfuso, Massa Coulibaly, Luc Savard, Govinda Timilsina

“…The distributional results are slightly different. We find that rural poverty would decrease no matter whether idle lands or existing agricultural lands are used for jatropha plantation, although the percentage reductions in rural poverty are higher in the former compared to the latter case. …”
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Determinants of rural household poverty in Pakistan with multilevel approach by Sehar Saleem, Maria Aslam, Rehan Ahmad Khan Sherwani, Atif Khan Jadoon, Ambreen Sarwar, Ijaz Butt

“…AbstractRural poverty is often discussed in combination with spatial inequality where rural poor face worse problems with diverse remedies in comparison to urban poor. …”
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Determinants of Rural Household Income in Jiangxi, China by Fu Gonghua, Ge Zhijun

“…Both rural poverty and the huge urban-rural gap are serious problems in China. …”
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MGNREGA Vis-à-Vis Tribal Livelihoods: A Study in Kurung Kumey District of Arunachal Pradesh by Tame Ramya

“…In this context, the rural employment guarantee programme has played a significant role in alleviating rural poverty by giving them 100 days guaranteed job in a year. …”
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Environmental consequences of agro - pesticides necessary for rural development by Hussein, Mohd Yusof

“…The Malaysian government's strategy for economic development is sustaining rapid industrial growth and focussing its development programmes on the rural population in an all out effort to redress rural poverty. The rural poverty level, inspite of expected rapid development, is forcasted to be still around 50% by 1990. …”
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Analyzing of the Impact of Tourism on sustainable livelihoods of rural residents (Case Study: Uraman Village of Sarvabad city) by Saadi Mohammadi, Marizeh Talaati, Sivan Asadi, Soran Manoochehri

“…Several decades of activity based on different approaches, such as the Green Revolution, Industrialization of villages and integrated rural development, failed to solve the rural poverty issue and many of the problems caused by rural poverty remained unresolved. …”
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Protecting both infant and mother: perceptions of infant feeding practices in rural Haiti by Alison Mildon, Stéphane Decelles, Bana Salameh, Ines Sebai, Malek Batal

“…Underlying all these concerns is the context of rural poverty and the cultural meanings of breastfeeding…”
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CONTRIBUTION OF AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVES TO UNEMPLOYMENT AND POVERTY REDUCTION IN RURAL AREAS IN SERBIA by Miladin M. Ševarlić, Marija M. Nikolić

“…Through massification of membership, increasing the volume of business of agricultural cooperatives and their involvement in processing and distribution of agricultural and food products, it is possible to meet the economic needs of cooperatives members and associated members, more significant involvement of the rural population and rural poverty reduction. …”
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Pluriatividade e política pública: o caso do Sul do Brasil Pluriactivity and public policy: the case of the South of Brazil by Carlos Alves do Nascimento

“…<abstract language="eng">The growth of contingent of pluriactive farm families (pluriactivity) has increasingly been accepted as important in reducing rural poverty and unemployment since at least two decades in the EU and very recently in Brazil. …”
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