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Economic Efficiency of Smallholder Irish Potato Producers in Kenya: A Case of Nyandarua North District
Nyagaka, Daniel; Obare, Gideon A.; Nguyo, Wilson - 2009
With declining Irish potato production trends in Kenya this paper identifies and analyses factors that influence the economic efficiency of smallholder Irish potato producers in Kenya by drawing on data from random sample of 130 smallholder farmers from Nyandarua North district. A dual...
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The US Agriculture Greenhouse Emissions and Environmental Performance
Kabata, Tshepelayi - 2011
efficiency change has been invariant to the treatment of the undesirable output as input. The average productivity growth is 2 …, the productivity growth is driven by technological change. …
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ASPECTS OF ECONOMIC LIFE IN FRANCOLISE DURING THE MIDDLE AGES
BOVA, Giancarlo - In: Theoretical and Empirical Researches in Urban Management 5 (2010) 7(16), pp. 86-91
Francolise is a small farm and thermal town that rises on the right bank of the river Volturno, in the territory of …
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The economics of Kappaphycus seaweed cultivation in developing countries : a comparative analysis of Farming Systems
Valderrama, Diego; Cai, Junning; Hishamunda, Nathanaël; … - In: Aquaculture economics & management : official journal … 19 (2015) 2, pp. 251-277
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Origin of the product and the buying decision
Veith, Cristina; Lianu, Costin - In: Theoretical and applied economics : GAER review 20 (2013) 11, pp. 147-164
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Relationships between Agricultural policies and Environmental Effects in Japan: An Environmental-Economic Integrated Model Approach
Sasaki, Hiroki - 2010
Japanese farm. The site-specific nature of numerous agri-environmental issues necessitates analysis ata disaggregated level in … order to capture the underlying heterogeneity of agricultural productivity and environmentalsensitivity across different …
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Sustainability Strategies in U.S. Agribusiness: Understanding Key Drivers, Objectives, and Actions
Rankin, Amber; Gray, Allan W.; Boehlje, Michael D.; … - 2011
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Hog Options: Contract Redesign and Market Efficiency
Urcola, Hernan A.; Irwin, Scott H. - 2010
This article tests the efficiency of the hog options market and assesses the impact of the 1996 contract redesign on efficiency. We find that the hog options market is efficient, but some options yielded excess returns during the live hogs period but not during the lean hogs period. Our findings...
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Dynamic Effects of Grain and Energy Prices on the Catfish Feed and Farm Sectors
Muhammad, Andrew; Zheng, Hualu - 2010
-sized catfish at the farm level. Using the autoregressive distributed lag model and bounds testing procedure, a long …-run relationship between feed and farm prices and their determinants was confirmed. Given the effect of corn and soybean meal prices on … catfish feed prices, and catfish fish feed prices on farm prices, the long-run responsiveness of feed prices to a percentage …
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CIMMYT 1998-99 WORLD WHEAT FACTS AND TRENDS. GLOBAL WHEAT RESEARCH IN A CHANGING WORLD: CHALLENGES AND ACHIEVEMENTS
Pingali, Prabhu L. - 1999
against projected demand for wheat. Next, they present strategies for increasing productivity in favored and less favored …
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