This paper presents evidence on how farmers’ decisions to adopt a new crop, sunflower,relate to the adoption choices of farmers in their social network of family and friends. Weshow that the relationship is shaped as an inverse-U, suggesting social effects are positivewhen there are few...

This paper analyzes an environment where a plotof land is currently under agricultural use under tenancy, andboth the landlord and the tenant can invest to enhance agricultural productivity. There is the possibility of converting theland to non-agricultural use. We analyze the incentives of...

In this paper we review as well as contribute to the empirical literature on the impact of landreform on agricultural productivity in India. We find that, overall for all states, land-reform legislation had anegative and significant effect on agricultural productivity. However, this hides...

During the last two decades West Bengal has led the rest of the country with regard to agricultural performance andimplementation of panchayat institutions. But these developments have begun to level out. At the same time the state hasfallen behind in other sectors – industry, higher education...

The paper analyzes the effect of agricultural tenancy laws offeringsecurity of tenure to tenants and regulating the share of output thatis paid as rent on farm productivity. Theoretically, the net impact oftenancy reform is shown to be a combination of two effects: a bargainingpower effect and a...

We analyze optimal contract choice in agriculture when there is joint moral hazard onthe part of the farmer in the supply of effort and the riskiness of the technique ofcultivation. In the presence of limited liability, high-powered incentive contracts such asfixed rental contracts will induce...

It is recognised that Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) need to adapt and change toremain competitive in the rapidly changing business environment of the 21st Century. As withmany other industries this is evident in the Agri-food industry in Wales where Agrifood SMEscan attain a...

This paper provides an analysis of the economy and labour market of West Wales, which isdefined as Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, and Pembrokeshire. Some key points emerging fromthis are:- the important but declining role of agriculture, the growing importance of tourism, theimportance of...

The paper considers the development of the Finance, Tourism and Agricultural industries, as the main sectors of business activity, in Jersey in the twentieth century. The development of the Finance industry (from the arrival of the first merchant bank in the 1960s to its present day standing...