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Effect of contract farming on productivity and income of small holders: The case of tea production in north-western Vietnam
Saigenji, Yoshiko; Zeller, Manfred - 2009
and income of small holders in tea production in north-western Vietnam. In the present research, three economic analyses … are applied. First, the technical efficiency of tea production is estimated by using stochastic frontier model. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009444845
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Food Security, Energy Equity, and the Global Commons: a Computable Village Model applied to sub-Saharan Africa
Winter, Etti Maria; Fasse, Anja - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2009
and income of small holders in tea production in north-western Vietnam. In the present research, three economic analyses … are applied. First, the technical efficiency of tea production is estimated by using stochastic frontier model. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010913436
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Effect of contract farming on productivity and income of small holders: The case of tea production in north-western Vietnam
Saigenji, Yoshiko; Zeller, Manfred - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2009
and income of small holders in tea production in north-western Vietnam. In the present research, three economic analyses … are applied. First, the technical efficiency of tea production is estimated by using stochastic frontier model. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010913543
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Integration of Smallholders in Modern Agri-food Chains: Lessons from the KASCOL Model in Zambia
Mungandi, Sepiso; Conforte, Daniel; Shadbolt, Nicola M. - In: International Food and Agribusiness Management Review 15 (2012) 3
The IFAMR is the official journal of the International Food and Agribusiness Management Association. We are open access. The complete library can be found at www.ifama.org
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010909700
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Facilitating access to rural services in Vietnam: The invisible social capital link
Hoang Dinh, Quoc; Dufhues, Thomas; Buchenrieder, Gertrud - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2012
This paper investigates the effects of network based individual social capital on the access of rural households to services. In the context of development economics, an innovative data collection approach is used to determine network based social capital. The approach originates from the field...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010880311
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Efficiency And Equity Impacts Of The Rental Market For Cropland In Vietnam And Sources Of Transaction Costs Impeding The Market
Huy, Hoang; Lyne, Michael; Ratna, Nazmun; Nuthall, Peter - New Zealand Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2013
This research investigates the efficiency and equity impacts of the cropland rental market in rural Vietnam and … specified and estimated using pooled data extracted from the Vietnam Household Living Standards Surveys of 2004 and 2008. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010920204
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Is farm benchmarking the new acceptable face of comparative analysis?
Fleming, Euan M.; Farrell, Terence C.; Villano, Renato A.; … - In: Australasian Agribusiness Review 14 (2006)
In this paper, we assess the potential for rehabilitation of comparative analysis under its new guise of benchmarking. After a brief description of comparative analysis, we discuss the deficiencies that surrounded its fall in reputation: neglect of economic principles, limited scope for action,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010923374
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Climate change, the monsoon, and tea yields in China
Nemec-Boehm, Rebecca L.; Cash, Sean B.; Anderson, Bruce T. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2014
The objective of this research is to estimate the economic impact of climate change on tea production in China. We use … partial effect of specific weather factors on tea yields in China, with a specific focus on monsoon dynamics. We base our … mostly on staple crops like maize as well as other food crops like fruits and vegetables, but tea is an important export crop …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011068783
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Interlinked Transactions in Cash Cropping Economies: The Determinants of Farmer Participation and Performance in the Zambezi River Valley of Mozambique
Benfica, Rui M.S.; Tschirley, David L.; Boughton, Duncan - 2006
This paper investigates the determinants of participation and performance of tobacco contract farmers, and the effects of participation on overall crop and household incomes in the Zambezi Valley of Mozambique. We test the existence of threshold effects in land holdings and educational...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009444299
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Optimal Contracts to Induce Biomass Production under Risk
Yang, Xi; Paulson, Nicholas D.; Khanna, Madhu - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2012
There is growing interest in biomass from perennial grasses (e.g. switchgrass and miscanthus) for bioenergy production because of their high yields, their potential to be grown on low quality land with minimal competition with food crops and, and their ability to achieve significant reduction in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010881115