FARMING & RURAL SYSTEMS ECONOMICSedited by Werner Doppler and Siegfried Bauer

VOLUME86

Issues and Challenges inRural Development:

Compendium on the occasionof 15 years Ph. D. Program

"Agricultural Economics andRelated Sciences" for Students from

Developing Countries

Vol. I

Editors:Siegfried Bauer

Lila Bahadur Karki

ISBN 978-3-8236-1502-6ISSN 1616-9808 JMARGRAF PUBLISHERS

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Table of Contents(Volume I)

Preface I:POSTGRADUATE TRAINING IN AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS FOR STUDENTS FROMDEVELOPING COUNTRIES: MOTIVATION, EXPECTATION, AND IMPLEMENTATION V

Heinz-Ulrich Thimm

Preface II:CAPACITY BUILDING AND HIGHER EDUCATION FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES xv

Siegfried Bauer

CHAPTER 1: AGRICCULTURE IN THE ECONOMY:GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODELLING 1

1.1 Eastern enlargement of the EU and its economic implications for the/enlarged union and East Asia: A CGE approach 1

(Jeng-Hwan Ko

1.2/External Shocks to Liberalized Economy: Simulations with a CGE/ Model of Bangladesh

A. N. K. Noman 1 9uCHAPTER 2:AGRICCULTURAL SECTOR AND REGIONAL MODELLING 3 1

2.1 pector model for agricultural sector and policy analysis in Sri

/ Lanka: A positive mathematical programming model 31

^-Wasanthi Wickramasinghe

2.2 /Resource use optimisation in sorghum-cowpea production in/ Eastern Uganda 43I Johnny Mugisha, H. N. Magino, O. L. Oruko, D. S. O. Osiru, J. S.

2.3 /Export horticulture and pro-poor livelihood linkages in southernI Ghana: Application of the agricultural household model 51

\y Victor Afari-Sefa

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2.4 .Optimal crop combination und livestock integration in the irrigated/ agricultural sector in Sudan

R. M. Elzaki, H. H. Faki, H. A. Elobied

2.5 Economic evaluation of the crop combinations in the Gezira scheme/(Sudan)

/ Adam E. Ahmed, F. Kuhlmann, M. Mau, H. A. Elobeid, E. M.\_Elaminr

2.6 /Impact of Trade Liberalization on Chinese Cotton Sector

V Shudong Zhou

2.7 impact of Grain area Subsidy in China: An Agricultural Sector/Analysis

^•Guanhua Lin

2.8 A Spatial Equilibrium Model of Regional Trade of Natural/Rubber

/ Zhang Yumei, Jianchun Guo, Jianyoung Lu

2.9 Economic analysis of the distribution and use of compost from/household waste in the Yaounde" urban and Peri-urban areas: AnI illustration of the von Thilnen Model

~Achille Jean Jaza Folefack

CHAPTER 3:PROJECT IMPPACT ANALYSIS

3.1 Assessing impact of rural projects on sustainable development of/beneficiaries in Nagot and Adja areas of Benin

I Afouda Jacob Yabi3.2 Assessment of socio-economic impact on rural livelihoods: the case

/of subsistence farming

Lila Bahadur Karki

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CHAPTER 4:EFFICIENCY AND PRODUCTIVITY ANALYSIS 195

4.1 Economic efficiency of sugarcane production in Kenya: A DEA meta-/frontier approachRichard Mulwa, Ernst-August Nuppenau 195

4.2 Technical efficiency estimation of wheat production in Bangladesh:/accounting for environmental factors^ 209

Khandaker Md. Mostqfizur Rahman, Md. Ershadul Haque

CHAPTER 5:ENVIRONMENTAL AND RESOURCE USE MANAGEMENT 223

5.1 A study on improvement for Voluntary Agreements for Green House

Gas reduction: A Case Study in Korea 223

Sang-Youp Lee

5.2 Analysis of the role of public and private sector playing in Chineseirrigated agriculture 237Lan Fang, Ernst-August Nuppenau

5.3 Valuing the benefits of hedgerows for soil conservation and sustainableagriculture 253

Saholy Lucia Ravalison

5.4 Factors affecting soil conservation adoption: A case of the coastal

region of quangtri province, Vietnam 269

Sen Thi Hoa Le

5.5 Combating Desertification in the Gum-Belt Area in Northern Cordovan,

Sudan 285

Hanan MohamedElhadi

5.7 The Role and Effects of the Civilized Eco-Village on RuralDevelopment: A Case Study of Hainan Province, P. R China 299Liu Yan, Jainchun Guo, Lin Rui, Jan Guo

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