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Trends in Research, Productivity Growth and Competitiveness in Agriculture in New Zealand and Australia
Mullen, John D.; Scobie, Grant M.; Crean, Jason - New Zealand Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2006
Investment in R&D has long been regarded as an important source of productivity growth in New Zealand and Australian … public investment in R&D and in productivity growth are reviewed. Investment in R&D has been flat in both countries although … significantly higher than that in New Zealand. Productivity growth is also likely to have been higher. Econometric evidence about …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009324364
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Trends in Research, Productivity Growth and Competitiveness in Agriculture in New Zealand and Australia
Mullen, John D.; Scobie, Grant M.; Crean, Jason - New Zealand Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2006
Investment in R&D has long been regarded as an important source of productivity growth in New Zealand and Australian … public investment in R&D and in productivity growth are reviewed. Investment in R&D has been flat in both countries although … significantly higher than that in New Zealand. Productivity growth is also likely to have been higher. Econometric evidence about …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005493430
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An Evaluation of Self-governance in the New Zealand Bluff Oyster Fishery – The Indicator System Approach@
Yang, Yuwen; Cullen, Ross; Hearnshaw, Edward; Macdonald, Ian - New Zealand Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2013
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010920195
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Dairy productivity in the Waikato region, 1994-2007
Cameron, Michael P.; Bell, Kendon - New Zealand Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2010
this paper the productivity performance of the mature dairy industry in the Waikato region is investigated, using panel … data at the sub-regional level from 1994 to 2007. Overall we show that, under a range of specifications, productivity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008802941
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Productivity of heli-logging with the Sikorsky S-61F, S-64E and S-64F in Sarawak
Bigsby, Hugh; Ling, Ling - New Zealand Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2013
productivity. This paper provides an analysis of logging productivity in the tropics for the Sikorsky helicopters using daily …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010920201
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Turning farms into businesses: Some unexpected consequences of neoliberalism for New Zealand farmers
Hunt, Lesley; Rosin, Chris; Campbell, Hugh; … - New Zealand Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2013
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010882158
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Cost Efficiency of Dairy Farming in New Zealand: a stochastic frontier analysis
Jiang, Nan; Sharp, Basil - New Zealand Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2013
Historically NZ dairy farming has held a position as the lowest cost, non-subsidized producers at the farm gate. Recently, this position has been eroded as a result of increases in labor and land costs, while other emerging countries, such as Argentina and Ukraine, have adopted lower cost...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010882160
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Passing the Buck: Impacts of Commodity Price Shocks on Rural Outcomes
Grimes, Arthur; Hyland, Sean - New Zealand Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2012
Producers of agricultural commodities treat world commodity prices as exogenous. Prices facing regional producers can also be considered exogenous when we aggregate producers over small districts, and even across New Zealand. Through estimation of a vector autoregressive (VAR) model, under a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010916371
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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 attempts to identify the determinants and importance of transaction costs impeding this market. A generalised ordered logit model with shifting thresholds accounting for effects of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010920204
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Analysis of Agriculture Production Survey and Annual Enterprise Survey Data: Findings and Lessons
Murray, Stephen J.; Satishkumar, Meena; Marfell-Jones, Alice - New Zealand Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2013
The Agriculture Production Survey and Annual Enterprise Survey were analysed as part of a redesign of the Ministry for Primary Industries’ Farm Monitoring Programme. These data sets are hosted by Statistics New Zealand, and access is possible for accredited researchers. This paper is intended...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010920205