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Integrated Marketing Services as an Approach to Sustainable Horticultural Development in NWFP, Pakistan
Muhammad, Fida - International Farm Management Association - IFMA - 2002
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Marketing Methods and Income Generation amongst Small-Scale Farmers in Two Communal Areas of Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa
Matungul, Pierre M.; Ortmann, Gerald F.; Lyne, Michael C. - International Farm Management Association - IFMA - 2002
enforcement are likely to influence the marketing of food crops. This study hypothesises that the level of income generated from … marketing methods is significantly influenced by transaction cost proxies such as cooperation with large commercial farmers and … is determined by the depth of marketing methods, the size of allocated arable land and off-farm income. Households with …
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Measuring Impacts of an Holistic Farm Business Management Training Program
Cameron, Donald; Chamala, Shankariah - International Farm Management Association - IFMA - 2002
This paper reports on the development of 4 new instruments to measure impacts of an extension program on farming family participants. A case study approach within an action research framework incorporating qualitative and quantitative domains was adopted to explore the impact on Queensland...
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Herbicide Resistance in Ryegrass: Stochastic Evaluation of Management Strategies
Draper, Alister; Bent, Martin J.M. - International Farm Management Association - IFMA - 2002
Annual Ryegrass is a significant weed in cereal production in Western Australia. Herbicide resistance is increasing and is a major concern to producers. Long-term, field scale trials are being conducted on a number of sites in the state. The apparent costs and benefits of different management...
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Environmental Cross Compliance - Panacea or Placebo?
Webster, Paul; Williams, Nigel - International Farm Management Association - IFMA - 2002
Environmental Cross Compliance is one policy by means by which government can seek to influence farmers so that they give greater weight to environmental goods in their decisions. The policy is evaluated from both a theoretical and pragmatic viewpoint and its strengths and weaknesses are...
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Modeling of the Connection Between the Ecological Farming and Farm Sizes under Hungarian Conditions
Takacs, Istvan; Takacs-Gyorgy, Katalin - International Farm Management Association - IFMA - 2002
Nowadays, the spread of ecological farming occurs in an ever-accelerating rate in Europe. In the beginning of the 1990s, this process started in Hungary too. Primarily, horticultural bioproduct have appeared on the market; however, farms, which can be regarded as a sample, formed out relatively...
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Adding Value to Milk through the Production of Cheese and Other Dairy Products on the Farm in The Netherlands
Booij-de Hann, B. - International Farm Management Association - IFMA - 2002
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Structural Development in Agriculture - A Global Perspective
Hansen, Henning Otte - International Farm Management Association - IFMA - 2002
Agricultural structure - the size, number, specialization, concentration etc. of farms - is changing heavily these years. To a large extend this development is a result of the economic and technological development, which takes place in a developed society. The development follows a rather...
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Sustainability Profitability and Australian Landcare
Polkinghorne, Lachlan - International Farm Management Association - IFMA - 2002
The landcare movement in Australia has contributed towards a significant change in environmental awareness, and understanding of the immediate and real issues that face landholders. Consequently, many are now questioning the very farming systems that they implement and are keenly aware of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005807464
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Use of Information, Product Innovation and Financial Performance on Belgian Glasshouse Holdings
Taragola, Nicole; Van Huylenbroeck, Guido; Van Lierde, Dirk - International Farm Management Association - IFMA - 2002
In order to meet the changing needs and preferences of consumers it will be important for Belgian glasshouse growers to change from a production-driven to a customer-driven strategy. More than ever, use of information and product innovation become critical factors in the changing competitive...
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