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UNISA996215332603316 |
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Autore |
Schalkwyk Herman D. van |
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Titolo |
Unlocking markets to smallholders : lessons from South Africa / / edited by Herman D. van Schalkwyk, Jan A. Groenewald, Gavin C.G. Fraser, Ajuruchukwu Obi, Aad van Tilburg |
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Wageningen, : Wageningen Academic Publishers, 2011 |
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Wageningen : , : Wageningen Academic Publishers : , : Imprint : Wageningen Academic Publishers, , 2012 |
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[1st ed. 2012.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (273 pages) : illustrations; digital, PDF files(s) |
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Mansholt Publication Series ; ; 10 |
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Life sciences |
Life Sciences, general |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Preface -- 1. Market access, poverty alleviation and socio-economic sustainability in South Africa -- 2. Strategies to improve smallholders? market access -- 3. Influence of institutional and technical factors on market choices of smallholder farmers in the Kat River Valley -- 4. Technical constraints to market access for crop and livestock farmers in Nkonkobe Municipality, Eastern Cape province -- 5. Smallholders and livestock markets -- 6. Unlocking markets to smallholder farmers: the potential role of contracting -- 7. Food retailing and agricultural development -- 8. Unlocking credit markets -- 9. Governance structures for supply chain management in the smallholder farming systems of South Africa -- 10. Smallholder market access and governance in supply chains -- 11. Factors unlocking markets to smallholders: lessons, recommendations and stakeholders addressed -- About the authors -- Index. |
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This book assesses the institutional, technical and market constraints as well as opportunities for smallholders, notably, emerging farmers in disadvantaged areas such as the former homelands of South Africa. Emerging farmers are previously disadvantaged black people who started or will start their business with the support of special government programs. Public support programs have been developed |
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as part of the Black Economic Empowerment strategy of the South African government. These programs aim to improve the performance of emerging farmers. This requires, first and foremost, upgrading the emerging farmers skills by providing access to knowledge about agricultural and entrepreneurial practices. To become or to remain good farmers they also need access to suitable agricultural land and sufficient water for irrigation and for feeding their cattle. Finally, for emerging farmers to be engaged in viable farming operations, various factors need to be in place such as marketing and service institutions to give credit for agricultural inputs and investments; input markets for farm machinery, farm implements, fertilizers and quality seeds; and accessible output markets for their end products. This book develops a policy framework and potential institutional responses to unlock the relevant markets for smallholders. |
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UNINA9910438143703321 |
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Autore |
Borak Szymon |
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Statistics of Financial Markets : Exercises and Solutions / / by Szymon Borak, Wolfgang Karl Härdle, Brenda López-Cabrera |
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Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2013 |
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[2nd ed. 2013.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (265 p.) |
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Universitext, , 0172-5939 |
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Statistics |
Economics, Mathematical |
Finance |
Statistics for Business, Management, Economics, Finance, Insurance |
Quantitative Finance |
Finance, general |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
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Note generali |
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"Now with exotic options and more quantlets"--Cover. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Part I Option Pricing: Derivatives -- Introduction to Option Management |
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-- Basic Concepts of Probability Theory -- Stochastic Processes in Discrete Time -- Stochastic Integrals and Di erential Equations -- Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model -- Binomial Model for European Options -- American Options -- Models for the Interest Rate and Interest Rate Derivatives -- Part II Statistical Model of Financial Time Series: Financial Time Series Models -- ARIMA Time Series Models -- Time Series with Stochastic Volatility -- Part III Selected Financial Applications: Value at Risk and Backtesting -- Copulae and Value at Risk -- Statistics of Extreme Risks -- Volatility Risk of Option Portfolios -- Portfolio Credit Risk -- References. |
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Practice makes perfect. Therefore the best method of mastering models is working with them. This book contains a large collection of exercises and solutions which will help explain the statistics of financial markets. These practical examples are carefully presented and provide computational solutions to specific problems, all of which are calculated using R and Matlab. This study additionally looks at the concept of corresponding Quantlets, the name given to these program codes and which follow the name scheme SFSxyz123. The book is divided into three main parts, in which option pricing, time series analysis and advanced quantitative statistical techniques in finance is thoroughly discussed. The authors have overall successfully created the ideal balance between theoretical presentation and practical challenges. |
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