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Is the Green Revolution Vanishing? Empirical Evidence from TFP Analysis for Rice
Adlas, J.; Achoth, Lalith - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2006
A serious concern has been raised recently on the long run sustainability of the productivity effects of Green … ecosystem. However, the changes in physical yield are not true measures of productivity from efficiency perspective. Total … factor productivity (TFP) is a true measure of economic efficiency of any technology impact. The paper addresses the crucial …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005060631
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A spatial bio-economic modelling approach on the trade-offs between global bioenergy demand, agricultural intensification, expansion, and trade
Lotze-Campen, Hermann; Popp, Alexander; Beringer, Tim; … - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2009
analyse the required rate of productivity increase on agricultural land as well as the implicit values (shadow prices) of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010913515
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Public Expenditures, Private Incentives, and Farmer Adoption: The Economics of Hybrid Rice in South Asia
Spielman, David J.; Kolady, Deepthi; Cavalieri, Anthony - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2012
The rapid expansion of hybrid rice cultivation in China has contributed significantly to improving food security in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010914007
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FUNDAMENTAL AND INDUCED BIASES IN TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE IN CENTRAL CANADIAN AGRICULTURE
Clark, J. Stephen; Klein, Kurt K.; Kerr, William A. - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2003
A new procedure is developed to estimate innovation possibility frontiers and test for biases in technological change. Using data on four inputs (land, machinery, chemicals and labour) from central Canada (Ontario and Quebec) over the period 1926-1985, we find that the innovations possibilities...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005801141
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Immigrant Workers and Technological Change in U.S. Agriculture: A Profit Maximization Approach of Induced Innovation
Napasintuwong, Orachos; Emerson, Robert D. - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2006
This paper analyzes changes in U.S. agricultural technology during 1960-1999, emphasizing the role of immigrant workers on farm mechanization. The rates and directions of biased technological change based on the induced innovation theory are compared before and after the passage of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005805154
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The Effect of Household Wealth on Input Market Participation in Southern Africa
Langyintuo, Augustine S.; Mungoma, Catherine - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2006
Input technological change, fundamental to rural transformation, sometimes bypasses some rural populations because farmers are often reluctant to use new inputs due to production and price risks that could render their use unprofitable. The level of wealth of the household significantly relates...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005060580
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Trust and Control Dynamics in Agrifood Supply Networks: Communication Strategies for Electronic Transaction Environments
Fritz, Melanie; Hausen, Tobias - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2006
Agrifood supply networks are dynamic structures where firms regularly face the need to search for new market partners. A decision for a transaction with a new partner requires the existence of appropriate control and safeguard mechanisms as well as trust to overcome perceived risk and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005525312
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Stochastic Production Frontiers and Decomposition of Output Growth: The case of citrus-growing farms in Tunisia
Dhehibi, Boubaker; Elloumi, Mohamed - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2009
approach applied to panel data for the period 2003-2005. Knowledge of the relative contribution of factors productivity and … contribution of total factor productivity is found to be the main source of that growth. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010880083
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Farm Productivity and Household Market Participation: Evidence from LSMS Data
Rios, Ana R.; Shively, Gerald E.; Masters, William A. - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2009
We analyze the correlation between farm productivity and market participation using comparable household data from … productivity, which we relate to that household’s level of participation in local markets using a wide range of agricultural … productivity have greater participation in agricultural markets. In contrast, households with greater rates of market participation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010880136
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Combining Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Assessing the Impact of Agro-pastoral Programs on the Productivity of Farmers Organisations: The Case of Cameroon
Nguetse Tegoum, Pierre; Nakelse, Tebila; Ouedraogo, Issaka - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2012
the impact of these actions on the productivity of famers’ organisations. The methodology is based on a combined … implemented by Cameroun government and donors between 2002 and 2008 have had a positive impact on the productivity of farmers … matching techniques revealed that FOs aid recipients have experienced a 4% increase in their productivity. More specifically …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010880257