Malte Reimers
Biographic Data
| ID | 3710568 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Malte Reimers |
| GIVEN NAMES | Malte |
| FAMILY NAME | Reimers |
| SIGNATURE | REIMERS M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Göttingen |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Livestock as a Buffer Stock in Poorly Integrated Markets
Livestock holdings in rural areas of the West African semiarid tropics are often substantial, yet the evidence for livestock sales in response to shocks is mixed. This paper revisits farm households’ ability to cope with adverse shocks via livestock sales. Based on data covering Burkina Faso’s 2004 drought, we find that livestock sales increase significantly in response to drought, with households citing the need to finance food consumption. At t…
Looking at Pro-Poor Growth from an Agricultural Perspective
Looking at Pro-Poor Growth from an Agricultural Perspective
Livestock as a Buffer Stock in Poorly Integrated Markets
Livestock holdings in rural areas of the West African semiarid tropics are often substantial, yet the evidence for livestock sales in response to shocks is mixed. This paper revisits farm households’ ability to cope with adverse shocks via livestock sales. Based on data covering Burkina Faso’s 2004 drought, we find that livestock sales increase significantly in response to drought, with households citing the need to finance food consumption. At t…
Looking at Pro-Poor Growth from an Agricultural Perspective
Livestock as a Buffer Stock in Poorly Integrated Markets
Livestock holdings in rural areas of the West African semiarid tropics are often substantial, yet the evidence for livestock sales in response to shocks is mixed. This paper revisits farm households’ ability to cope with adverse shocks via livestock sales. Based on data covering Burkina Faso’s 2004 drought, we find that livestock sales increase significantly in response to drought, with households citing the need to finance food consumption. At t…
Agriculture (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Agricultural economics (1 work) · Agricultural productivity (1 work) · Agricultural risk and resilience (1 work) · Business (1 work) · Child Nutrition and Water Access (1 work) · Consumption (sociology) (1 work) · Developing country (1 work)