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Stochastic frontier production function analysis was performed to examine relative crop and milk production efficiency among peasants in Ada and Selale districts of the Central highlands of Ethiopia. The results indicate that Ada farmers exhibit relatively higher efficiency scores in cereal...
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An aggregate measure of production efficiency involving crop and livestock enterprises is examined in the Selale and Ada regions of Ethiopia using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). In general, farmers in regions more suitable to crop production (Ada) tend to attain higher production efficiency...
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Fukushima nuclear disaster on the Japanese agriculture and food sector. It contains fourteen parts: introduction with the …
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agriculture, and assesses the forms, factors and efficiency of agro-eco-management in Bulgaria during post-communist transition … evaluating the system of environmental management in agriculture. After that is analysed evolution of diverse formal and informal … management forms for environmental management in Bulgarian agriculture, and identifies and assesses the forms, factors …
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Food security is about ensuring that all people at all times have both physical and economic access to the basic food they need. In a number of African countries chronic malnutrition and transitory food insecurity are pervasive. Like most African countries, Eritrea is also a victim of the...
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The present paper examines the rationale for the introduction of contract farming in Indian context and advantages and disadvantages it draws with reference to rural and agricultural development where particular emphasis is given to marginal and small farmers. It is also looking into what are...
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The main economic activity of the people of Eritrea is agriculture: crop production and livestock herding. Agriculture … mainly comprises mixed farming and some commercial concessions. Most agriculture is rain-fed. The main rain-fed crops are … assess the agriculture development and food policy in the country. Furthermore, the paper captures the available food …
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Various South African policy statements and strategy proposals argue that farmer focused planning and farming systems research approaches are required to develop policies, strategies and project activities to serve farmers efficiently. Then, the question is how to give a practical content to...
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the forms and efficiency of environmental management in agriculture. First, it defines environmental management as a … environmental management in agriculture as eco-management associated with agricultural production. Second, it specifies spectrum of …. Third, it suggests stages in analysis and improvement of environmental management in agriculture including: identification …
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agriculture, food industries and consumers as well as factors for persistence of negative impacts, and longer-term impacts on … Fukushima nuclear disaster on the Japanese agriculture and food sector. Nearly four years after the triple disaster, it gives … earthquake, tsunami and nuclear accident on agriculture, food industries, and food consumption in different regions of the …
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