Even though a large majority of poor households are engaged in agriculture, per capita productivity and real levels of sectoral growth remain low in Madagascar. Approximately 80 percent of the population are engaged in agriculture, which provides the main source of income for households, albeit at subsistence levels. Cultivation practices are based on extensification strategies with implications for Madagascar’s fragile natural resource base, rather...
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2016/12/01
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Working Paper
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2016/12/01
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Note de conjoncture économique de Madagascar
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contract farming
Citation
Sharma,Natasha; Razafimanantsoa,Faniry.
Madagascar economic update : Note de conjoncture économique de Madagascar (French). Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/555751480598799853