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Simulation of farmer decision on land use conversions using decision tree method in Jiangsu Province, China

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Policy Papers & Briefs
September, 2009
China

Understanding farmer decisions on land use conversions (LUC) in rural areas has significant importance to understand and predict the patterns of land use changes in China. Many methods have been developed to search for the influencing factors on land use changes at farm household level.

The Global Financial Crisis: What it is and How it Affects Small-Scale Men and Women Farmers in the ASEAN Region

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Policy Papers & Briefs
July, 2009
Asia

This issue paper is about what is known as the “global financial crisis,” which is said to have affected the economies in Europe and North America and caused massive loss of jobs and bankruptcy in these countries. For some of us here in the developing world, the global financial crisis may seem very far from us and therefore, has no effect on us.