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Agricultural productivity in developing countries

Fulginiti, Lilyan E.; Perrin, Richard K. - In: Agricultural Economics of Agricultural Economists 19 (1998) 1-2

This paper examines changes in agricultural productivity in 18 developing countries over the period 1961-1985. We use a nonparametric, output-based Malmquist index and a parametric variable coefficients Cobb-Douglas production function to examine, whether our estimates confirm results from other...

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Labor productivity measurement in Japanese agriculture, 1956-90

Kuroda, Yoshimi - In: Agricultural Economics of Agricultural Economists 12 (1995) 1

This paper investigates the factors responsible for a drastic decline in the growth rate of labor productivity of the agricultural sector for the 1956-90 period. This investigation is carried out by a newly devised procedure which decomposes the growth rate of labor productivity into (1) the...

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Farmers' perceptions and adoption of new agricultural technology: evidence from analysis in Burkina Paso and Guinea, West Mrica

Adesina, Akinwumi A.; Baidu-Forson, Jojo - In: Agricultural Economics of Agricultural Economists 13 (1995) 1

Economists investigating consumer demand have accumulated considerable evidence showing that consumers generally have subjective preferences for characteristics of products and that their demand for products is significantly affected by their perceptions of the product's attributes. However, the...

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Economic impacts of East Coast Fever immunization on smallholder farms, Kenya: a simulation analysis

Nyangito, Hezron O.; Richardson, James W.; Mundy, Darrell S. - In: Agricultural Economics of Agricultural Economists 13 (1996) 3

A whole farm simulation model, Technology Impact Evaluation System (TIES), was used to assess ex-ante financial and economic impacts of immunization of dairy cattle against East Coast Fever (ECF) by the infection and treatment method (ITM) on smallholder farms from two sites in Kenya. Four...

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Challenges in quantitative economic analysis in support of multilateral trade negotiations

Meilke, Karl D.; McClatchy, Don; Gorter, Harry de - In: Agricultural Economics of Agricultural Economists 14 (1996) 3

A wide range of economic analysis of agricultural trade liberalization was performed prior to and during the Uruguay Round of trade negotiations. Views differ as to the effectiveness of this research, although most would agree that it became less relevant as the negotiations progressed. This...

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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

that would lead to increased productivity of capital and higher response to external inputs are desired for the highlands …

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Utilizing conjoint analysis to design modern crop varieties: empirical example for groundnut in Niger

Baidu-Forson, Jojo; Ntare, Bonny R.; Waliyar, Farid - In: Agricultural Economics of Agricultural Economists 16 (1997) 3

Preferences for monetary and non-monetary plant traits influence modem crop variety adoption decisions of farmers. To enhance adoption probability of modem crop varieties, it is necessary to identify and focus research on traits that significantly contribute to utility while de-emphasizing...

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Farm-level nonparametric analysis of cost-minimization and profit-maximization behavior

Featherstone, Allen M.; Moghnieh, Ghassan A.; Goodwin, … - In: Agricultural Economics of Agricultural Economists 13 (1995) 2

This study investigates non-parametrically the optimizing behavior of a sample of 289 Kansas farms under profit-maximization and cost-minimization hypotheses. The study uses both deterministic and stochastic non-parametric tests. The deterministic results do not support strict adherence to...

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Sources of agricultural productivity growth and stagnation in sub-Saharan Africa

Frisvold, George; Ingram, Kevin - In: Agricultural Economics of Agricultural Economists 13 (1995) 1

This paper examines sources of agricultural growth in sub-Saharan Africa. Growth in the stock of traditional inputs …

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Wheat production in Saudi Arabia between feasibility and efficiency

Al-Hamoudi, K.A.; Sherif, Sherin A.; Sofian, B.E. - In: Agricultural Economics of Agricultural Economists 16 (1997) 1

inputs, especially water, seeds, and nitrogen fertilizers, have been applied to the sandy Saudi soils to increase …. Classical production functions analysis has not yielded significant conclusions regarding the use of inputs. A 3-year experiment … results concerning the use of inputs. The findings were obtained through the stochastic dominance efficiency criterion which …

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