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Planting strategies of maize farmers in Kenya: a simultaneous equations analysis in the presence of discrete dependent variables

Hassan, Rashid M. - In: Agricultural Economics of Agricultural Economists 15 (1996) 2

of Kenya. Access to extension and machine services, distance to the maize plot, and time of onset of the rains were also …

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An application of Target MOTAD Model to crop production in Zambia: Gwembe Valley as a case study

Maleka, Phiri - In: Agricultural Economics of Agricultural Economists 09 (1993) 1

new crops will entail the education of the people (through extension services) in the crop husbandry of these crops. …

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A stochastic dynamic programming framework for weed control decision making: an application to Avena fatua L.

Pandey, Sushil; Medd, R. W. - In: Agricultural Economics of Agricultural Economists 06 (1991) 2

This paper develops a stochastic multi-period decision model to analyse a continuous wheat cropping system infested by wild oats (Avena fatua L.), in southern Australia. The multi-period solutions is obtained by employing a dynamic programming model in conjunction with a bioeconomic simulation...

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Relationship between agricultural growth and farm imports in LDCs: a Sims' causality test based on 35 countries

Wu, Xiling; Yao, Xianbin - In: Agricultural Economics of Agricultural Economists 07 (1992) 3-4

Previous empirical studies on the relationship between agricultural growth and farm imports in the LDCs suffer from serious methodological defects, which to some extent may invalidate their results and interpretations. This study used Sims' causality test to examine interactions between...

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Value of information on crop response function to soil salinity in a farm-level optimization model

Feinerman, Eli - In: Agricultural Economics of Agricultural Economists 10 (1994) 3

The study investigates the value of additional information on the response function to soil salinity of a given crop (potatoes), with regard to a stochastic long-run optimization model for utilization of saline water in a single-farm framework. The analysis provides a conceptual and...

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An econometric analysis of rice consumption in the People's Republic of China

Peterson, E. Wesley F.; Jin, Lan; Ito, Shoichi - In: Agricultural Economics of Agricultural Economists 06 (1991) 1

Rice is the most important staple food in the People's Republic of China (PRC). In many Asian countries rice appears to have become an inferior good, with income increases leading to declines in per capita consumption as other food products are substituted for rice. In this study, human rice...

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Dynamic modelling of agroforestry and soil fertility interactions: implications for multi-disciplinary research policy

Babu, Suresh Chandra; Hallam, Arne; Rajasekaran, B. - In: Agricultural Economics of Agricultural Economists 13 (1995) 2

This paper attempts to contribute to one of the major aspects of international research agenda in agroforestry. A general framework is developed in this paper to capture the dynamic interactions of various components of agroforestry system. Using a multi-seasonal model of agroforestry, the...

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Empirical testing of alternative price spread models in the South African maize market

Faminow, Merle D.; Laubscher, J. M. - In: Agricultural Economics of Agricultural Economists 06 (1991) 1

evaluate the economic factors affecting the marketing margins for agricultural products. Drawing on Gardner, Heien, Buse and … marketing channels of agricultural commodities. Thus, the analysis in this paper extends the framework of Wohlgenant and Mullen …, and Thompson and Lyon to include measures of price risk. Finally, like Brorsen et. a!. this study pertains to the grain …

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Alternative models of input allocation in multicrop systems: Irrigation water in the Central Plains, United States

Moore, Michael R.; Gollehon, Noel R.; Carey, Marc B. - In: Agricultural Economics of Agricultural Economists 11 (1994) 2-3

This paper compares three models of input allocation in multicrop systems. In addition to the variable input and satisficing models analyzed in previous research, an allocatable fixed input model of short-run input use is derived. The empirical application studies irrigation water use in the...

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COTION: THE 1985 FSA MADE A DIFFERENCE, BUT SO DID DEVALUATION

Chen, Dean T.; Anderson, Carl G. - In: Choices 05 (1990) 2

The strong economic performance of the U.S. cotton industry has been widely attributed to the 1985 Food Security Act (1985 FSA). These effects have been substantive. However, the devaluation of the dollar relative to other currencies was also important and its effects were substantial and...

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