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An Analysis of the 2002 Farm Bill’s Value-Added Producer Grants Program
Boland, Michael A.; Crespi, John M.; Oswald, Dustin - In: Journal of Agribusiness 27 (2009)
Our objective is to identify the determinants for success among USDA’s Value- Added Producer Grants (VAPG) program recipients. Business development has become an important program in departments of agricultural economics. Market share was found to be an important determinant of VAPG...
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Poverty, Inequality and Subjective Quality of Life in Rural Russia during the Transition to a Market Economy: 1991–2006
O'Brien, David John; Wegren, Stephen K.; Patsiorkvosky, … - In: Poverty & Public Policy 3 (2011) 2, pp. 4-4
<p>Abstract Survey data is used to examine the relationship between changes in indicators of poverty and inequality in … of changes in incidences of poverty and inequality on the overall mental health of the rural population is …
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Technical Efficiency in Louisiana Sugar Cane Processing
Johnson, Jason L.; Zapata, Hector O.; Heagler, Arthur M. - In: Journal of Agribusiness 13 (1995) 2
Participants in the Louisiana sugar cane industry have provided little information related to the efficiency of sugar processing operations. Using panel data from the population of Louisiana sugar processors, alternative model specifications are estimated using stochastic frontier methods to...
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The Pleasures and Pitfalls of Interdisciplinary Research in Agriculture
Duffy, Patricia A.; Guertal, Elizabeth A.; Muntifering, … - In: Journal of Agribusiness 15 (1997) 2
Increasingly, interdisciplinary research is being touted as a way to solve real-life problems of interest to the taxpayers who support research at public universities. The purpose of this paper is to examine the benefits of interdisciplinary agricultural research involving economists and natural...
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Analysis of Sales Problems of Small Value-Added Agricultural Processors
Torok, Steven J.; Menkhaus, Dale J.; Columbel, Vincent; … - In: Journal of Agribusiness 08 (1990) 2
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The Effects of Weather and Output Price Risk on the Economic Returns of Backgrounding Feeding Cattle
Harrison, R. Wes - In: Journal of Agribusiness 15 (1997) 2
Stochastic simulation is used to analyze the effects of weather and output price risks on feeder cattle backgrounding systems common to the mid-south region of the United States. The results show that backgrounding systems beginning in the fall and ending from April to late August are associated...
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Cash Wheat Marketing: Strategies for Real People
Brorsen, B. Wade; Anderson, Kim B. - In: Journal of Agribusiness 12 (1994) 2
A new paradigm is needed in extension marketing programs. Attempts to help producers time the market, either through cask sales or futures trading, appear to be of little benefit. Marketing extension programs need to place less emphasis on outlook and futures trading and more emphasis on simple...
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Review of <i>One Illness Away: Why People Become Poor and How They Escape Poverty</i>
Yamoah, Afia B. - In: Poverty & Public Policy 3 (2011) 2, pp. 11-11
<p>Afia B. Yamoah reviews <em>One Illness Away: Why People Become Poor and How They Escape Poverty,</em> by Anirudh … Krishna. Krishna argues that poverty policy needs to address reasons why people become poor and how they can escape poverty.</p> …
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The Two Poverty Enlightenments: Historical Insights from Digitized Books Spanning Three Centuries
Ravallion, Martin - In: Poverty & Public Policy 3 (2011) 2, pp. 2-2
suggests that only the second came with a widespread belief that poverty could and should be eliminated. After the first … Poverty Enlightenment, references to “poverty†(as a percentage of all words) were on a trend decline until 1960, after … references to both general and specific policies relevant to poverty. Developing countries also became more prominent in the …
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