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DOES GROUP AFFILIATION INCREASE PRODUCTIVITY AND EFFICIENCY IN RUSSIA’S AGRICULTURE? EVIDENCE FROM AGROHOLDINGS IN THE BELGOROD OBLAST

Hahlbrock, Konstantin; Hockmann, Heinrich - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2011

The impact of group affiliation to agroholdings on enterprise performance in terms of productivity and efficiency is controversially discussed in the literature. However, only few papers evaluate the effects of group membership on the productivity and the efficiency of agricultural enterprises...

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Inputs use in the agriculture of Emilia-Romagna: farm comparison through the Total Factor Productivity (TFP) index

Ghelfi, Rino; Bertazzoli, Aldo; Marchi, Alan; Rivaroli, … - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2010

In order to measure agriculture sustainability, the efficient use of inputs becomes a crucial issue. In this perspective, the analysts concentrate their attention on the total factor productivity index (TFP). In this view, Lynam and Herdt (1989) proposed the TFP as a suitable assessment of the...

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Land Quality in an International Comparison: It's Importance in Measuring Productivity

Nehring, Richard F.; Ball, V. Eldon; Breneman, Vincent E. - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2002

The purpose of this paper has been to present quality-adjusted values for land in the United States and nine European countries using price and quantity data for 1990. Disregarding such differences in the quality-adjusted land input would generate biased estimates of the land input and thus of...

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The contribution of innovations in total factor productivity of organic olive enterprises

Karafillis, C.C.; Papanagiotou, Evangelos - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2008

This paper measures the contribution of innovations in total factor productivity(TFP) of organic olive farmers. By constructing an innovation variable instead of the use of a time trend, technical change is replaced by technical difference and TFP growth becomes TFP difference. Primary cross...

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UK Sugar Beet Farm Productivity Under Different Reform Scenarios: A Farm Level Analysis

Renwick, Alan W.; Revoredo-Giha, Cesar; Reader, Mark A. - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2005

The purpose of this paper is to study the effect that the imminent reform in the European Union (EU) sugar regime may have on farm productivity in the United Kingdom (UK). We perform the analysis on a sample of sugar beet farms representative of all the UK sugar beet regions. To estimate the...

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Comparison of Industrial Dynamics of Food and Beverage Industry in Bulgaria, Romania and Greece

Kopeva, Diana Ilieva; Shterev, Nikolay; Blagoev, Dimitar - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2011

Union (EU 16), Greece, Romania and Bulgaria. The analysed period is 2000-2010. The conclusions are concentrated mostly on … Bulgaria. …

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Bulgarian rural development policy implementation and new rural paradigm

Peneva, Mariya Marinova; Kopeva, Diana Ilieva - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2010

The role of Rural Development Policy is growing nowadays. As an EU member state Bulgaria started implementation of … Bulgaria. The programme started in 2008 and most of the measures are implemented. But effective payments have been done only … development policy in Bulgaria in order to be consistent with the new rural paradigm. …

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Multifunctional land use: is it a key factor for rural development?

Kopeva, Diana Ilieva; Peneva, Mariya Marinova; … - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2010

review the role of multifunctional land use in Rural Development Policy in Bulgaria. …

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Land Market With Fragmented Landownership Rights in Bulgaria: An Institutional Approach

Dirimanova, Violeta - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2005

The land restitution in Bulgaria led to a severe fragmentation in land ownership. This has an impact on the …, results of conducted survey in two regions of Bulgaria with different degrees of land fragmentation. Key words: Bulgaria …

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Risk Governance in Bulgarian Dairy Farming

Bachev, Hrabrin Ianouchev; Nanseki, T. - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2008

This paper identifies and assesses the efficiency of major modes for risk governance in Bulgarian dairy farming. Firstly, New Institutional Economics is incorporated and framework for analyzing governance of natural, market, private, and social (institutional) risks presented. Next, major types...

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