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An Analysis of Scope Economies and Technical Efficiency in Intensive Rainfed Lowland Rice-based Cropping Systems in Northwest Luzon, Philippines
Villano, Renato A.; Lucas, Marilou P.; Pandey, Sushil - Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2005
. The cropping-system is predominantly rice-based in the wet season and high-value cash crops are grown during the dry … scope economies in this environment. Results show that significant scope economies exist between rice and the major dry …-season crops of garlic and mungbean. Scope diseconomies exist between rice and maize. …
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Pattern of investment allocation to chemical inputs and technical efficiency: A stochastic frontier analysis of farm households in Laguna, Philippines
Velarde, Orlee; Pede, Valerien O. - Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2013
This study focuses on the pattern between investment in chemical inputs such as fertilizer, pesticides and herbicides and technical efficiency of farm households in Laguna, Philippines. Using a one‐stage maximum likelihood estimation procedure, the stochastic production frontier model was...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011070404
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Economic assessment of technologies aimed at reducing air pollution in rice-wheat farming system in north-west India
Crean, Jason; Milham, Nick; Singh, Rajinder - Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2013
The burning of rice stubbles is widely practised in rice based farming systems in north-west India (Punjab, Haryana and … tractor powered machine capable of direct drilling wheat in standing rice stubbles, provides an alternative to burning …. However, the adoption of this technology has been limited and burning of rice stubbles remains widespread. The Australian …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010882129
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Applying MBIs for sustainable natural resource and environmental management in South Australia: Challenges and opportunities
Shi, Tian - Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2006
desirable manner. It is important to note that MBIs often rely on a regulatory framework and carefully designed policy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010914782
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The implications of policy settings on land use and agricultural technology adoption in North-West India
Millham, Nick; Crean, Jason; Singh, Rajinder Pal - Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2011
The irrigated rice-wheat cropping system is the predominant and most profitable farming system in north-west India … practice of burning rice stubbles, due to its adverse effects on human health and air pollution. In this paper we consider the … wide array of policy settings that tend to favour current land uses and management practices and their impact on the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008853508
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A strategic protection approach to biosecurity: Policy implications of an ‘immune system’ model for addressing the risks and consequences of invasive species
Cook, David C.; Lonsdale, Mark - Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2006
Like the human immune system, a biosecurity system is a constellation of responses to external attacks comprising of many facets, a number of which can change to optimize the response to these unwanted intrusions. When either system hits the wrong target, or is inhibited or crippled somehow, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010880582
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Strategic positioning of international agricultural research centres: Comparative advantage and trade-offs from a transaction cost economics perspective
Kamanda, Josey; Birner, Regina; Bantilan, Cynthia - Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2013
International agricultural research centres (IARCs) have a mission to reduce poverty, improve food security, human health and nutrition, and ensure sustainable management of natural resources. Their role in the research for development (R4D) continuum has long been a subject of discussion, often...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010882122
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Effects of U.S. Public Agricultural R&D on U.S. Obesity and its Social Costs
Alston, Julian M.; Okrent, Abigail M.; Parks, Joanna - Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2013
How much has food abundance, attributable to U.S. public agricultural R&D, contributed to the high and rising U.S. obesity rates? In this paper we investigate the effects of public investment in agricultural R&D on food prices, per capita calorie consumption, adult body weight, obesity, public...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010882124
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Institutional Aspects of Upland Agriculture in East Java
Budi, G.; Cramb, Rob A.; Harrison, S. - Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 1997
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010914523
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Handbook, 57th Annual Conference The Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre, Darling Harbour, Sydney NSW 5-8 February 2013
Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2013
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010920078