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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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The Impact of Participation in Cooperatives on the Success of Small Farms

Mishra, Ashok K.; Tegegne, Fisseha; Sandretto, Carmen L. - In: Journal of Agribusiness 22 (2004) 1

This study identifies and analyzes factors that contribute to the success of small farms. Particular attention is given to the effect of participation in marketing and supply cooperatives on the success of small farms. Using modified net farm income per dollar of assets and operatorâ€™s...

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Purchasing Characteristics of the Shelled Peanut Market

Smith, Nathan B.; Wolfe, Kent - In: Journal of Agribusiness 22 (2004) 1

The elimination of the quota program in 2002 reduced the barrier to entry into the peanut shelling industry. Peanut producers have expressed interest in integrating up to peanut shelling and marketing their own peanuts to peanut manufacturers. The peanut shelling and manufacturing sectors are...

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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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LOCAL COOPERATIVES' EVALUATION OF BUSINESS INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES

Hine, Susan E.; Fulton, Joan R.; Loureiro, Maria L.; … - In: Journal of Agribusiness 21 (2003) 1

Agricultural cooperatives have been restructuring, by way of mergers, acquisitions, joint-ventures, and strategic alliances, to increase efficiencies to remain competitive in a changing business environment. The research evaluating the reorganization of cooperatives has revealed that less than...

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Conditionality and the Impact of Programme Design on Household welfare: Comparing two diverse cash transfer programmes in rural Mexico

Davis, Benjamin; Handa, Sudhanshu; Ruiz-Arranz, Marta; … - Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), United Nations - 2002

national antipoverty scheme directed at chronic rural poverty, and PROCAMPO, which is a scheme designed to compensate farmers …

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Discerning Transient from Chronic Poverty in Nicaragua: Measurement with a two period panel data set

Stampini, Marco; Davis, Benjamin - Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), United Nations - 2003

This paper deals with consumption dynamics and its effects on poverty. An econometric model is proposed in which … changes in poverty. Second, it allows distinguishing between chronic and transient poverty, by defining as chronically poor … those households whose level of consumption sustainable in the long term lies below the poverty line. This definition of …

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Domestic and International Migration from Rural Mexico: Disaggregating the effects of network structure and composition

Davis, Benjamin; Stecklov, Guy; Winters, Paul - Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), United Nations - 2002

This article explores the role of migrant networks in Mexican rural out-migration focusing on how network composition influences rural-to-rural, rural-to-urban, and rural-to-international migration. Using data from rural Mexico, migration is considered in a multiple-choice context allowing for...

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Can Public Transfers Reduce Mexican Migration? A study based on randomized experimental data

Stecklov, Guy; Winters, Paul; Stampini, Marco; Davis, … - Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), United Nations - 2003

determining migration outcomes. This study utilizes experimental data on PROGRESA, Mexico's primary poverty reduction program, to …

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