Search Results - subject:"cows"

Aldy, Joseph E.; Viscusi, W. Kip - 2013

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ADB Briefs No. 13: Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions for Grassland and Livestock Management in Mongolia

Asian Development Bank; Asian Development Bank (ADB) - 2013

Mongolia has made relatively minor contributions to global climate change, although its emissions per capita are relatively high and continuing to rise. In 2006, Mongolia’s total net (sources minus sinks) greenhouse gas emissions were approximately 15.6 million tons carbon dioxide equivalent....

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Can dairy value-chain projects change gender norms in rural Bangladesh? Impacts on assets, gender norms, and time use:

Quisumbing, Agnes R.; Roy, Shalini; Njuki, Jemimah; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013

Value-chain projects are increasingly being used to link smallholders to markets. However, in contexts where women tend to own and control fewer assets than men, and are more likely to be involved in informal rather than formal market activities, there is potential for value-chain projects to...

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Alternative Retention and Marketing Strategies for Cull Beef Cows

Raper, Kellie; Amadou, Zakou; Biermacher, Jon T.; Cook, … - In: Journal of the ASFMRA (2013)

Cull cows are a revenue source that gets relatively little attention for cow-calf producers with respect to marketing …-calving cull cows in the fall immediately after weaning. Cull cows were randomly assigned to either a pasture or low-cost dry … and feeding cows on native pasture for about a three-month period. …

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Union of the Comoros; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper: Review of the Second Year of Implementation

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2013

Since its independence in 1975, the Union of Comoros has been deeply affected by political and institutional crises. Resolution of the separatist crisis on the island of Anjouan and subsequent national consolidation has constituted a historic turning point. The government has begun a...

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ОЦЕНКА БИОЛОГИЧЕСКОЙ БЕЗОПАСНОСТИ МОЛОКА ПО БИОЭНЕРГЕТИЧЕСКОМУ СТАТУСУ КОРОВ

ЛЕЩУКОВ К.А.; КРАСЮК Ю.Ю. - In: Russian Journal of Agricultural and Socio-Economic Sciences 6 (2012) 3, pp. 29-31

capacity of biologically active centers of cows it is possible to estimate with a high share of probability quantity of somatic …

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The economics and productivity of US dairy farms that use crossbred vs non-crossbred breeding technology (production systems)

Nehring, Richard Frederick; Barton, Richard; Hallahan, … - In: Agricultural finance review 77 (2017) 2, pp. 275-294

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Risk attitudes, social interactions, and the willingness to pay for genotyping in dairy production

Hailu, Getu; Cao, Ying; Yu, Xi - In: Canadian journal of agricultural economics : CJAE 65 (2017) 2, pp. 317-341

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The economics and productivity of US dairy farms that use crossbred vs non-crossbred breeding technology (production systems)

Nehring, Richard; Barton, Richard; Hallahan, Charles - In: Agricultural Finance Review 77 (2017) 2, pp. 275-294

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the rise in crossbred cow numbers in the US dairy herd. Methods used look at well managed herds to see if crossbreeding provides a management tool that producers are using to maintain profitability. Design/methodology/approach The authors estimate...

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Greek Meat Supply Response and Price Volatility in a Rational Expectations Framework : A Multivariate GARCH Approach

Rezitis, Anthony N. - 2011

This paper examines supply response models in a rational expectations framework for each one of the four major Greek meat markets, i.e. beef, broiler, lamb and pork. A multivariate GARCH model with Cholesky decomposition is used to incorporate price volatility into the rational expectations...

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