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Has Green Revolution Bypassed Coarse Cereals? The Indian Experience

Janaiah, Aldas; Achoth, Lalith; Bantilan, Cynthia - 2005

This paper analysed the growth performance of non-rice crop sectors by estimating total factorproductivity (TFP) growth for the selected coarse cereals viz., maize, sorghum and pearl millet inIndia. The analysis indicates that the TFP growth contributed substantially to the output growth...

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The impact of Access to Credit and Training on Technological Adoption: A Case of the Rice Sector in Tanzania

Nakano, Yuko; Kajisa, Kei - 2011

Using an extensive household-level data set collected in Tanzania, this paper investigates the determinants of the technological adoption of rice cultivation and of paddy yield. We especially focus on the impact of credit and training on the adoption of modern technologies. Based on empirical...

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A new framework for African smallholder agriculture : harnessing innovation and the private sector to drive sustainable development

Wilson, Robert Hines (contributor) - 2010

This report will outline a new framework for improved yields and increased sustainability in Sub-Saharan African smallholder agriculture. Given the failures of agricultural development aid and policy in the past, cross-sector collaboration among local farmer networks, national governments, and...

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Land Security, Efficiency and Productivity, and Rural Income in China

Zhang, Yanjie - 2013

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FINANCIAL CHARACTERISTICS OF NORTH DAKOTA FARMS 2001-2003

Swenson, Andrew L. - 2004

The performance of over 500 North Dakota farms, 2001-2003, is summarized using 16 financial measures. Farms are categorized by geographic region, farm type, farm size, gross cash sales, farm tenure, net farm income, debt-to-asset, and age of farmer to analyze relationships between financial...

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U.S.-CANADA WHEAT TRADE AND ITS EFFECTS ON U.S. PRICE AND INCOME

Koo, Won W.; Mattson, Jeremy W. - 2002

The objectives of this study are to analyze the factors causing an increase in wheat imports from Canada and to estimate the effect of increased wheat imports on U.S. prices and farm income. An econometric model is developed and estimated to determine these factors and effects. Canadian exports...

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FINANCIAL CHARACTERISTICS OF NORTH DAKOTA FARMS 2000-2002

Swenson, Andrew L. - 2003

The performance of over 500 North Dakota farms, 2000-2002, is summarized using 16 financial measures. Farms are categorized by geographic region, farm type, farm size, gross cash sales, farm tenure, net farm income, debt-to-asset, and age of farmer to analyze relationships between financial...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009443992

FINANCIAL CHARACTERISTICS OF NORTH DAKOTA FARMS 2003-2004

Swenson, Andrew L. - 2005

The performance of over 500 North Dakota farms, 2003-2004, is summarized using 16 financial measures. Farms are … farm financial trends for the 1995-2004 period are also presented.Year-to-year changes in median net farm income averaged … nearly 40 percent from 1995 to 2004. Median net farm income fell slightly in 2004 to $44,912, after reaching a 10-year high …

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FINANCIAL CHARACTERISTICS OF NORTH DAKOTA FARMS, 1999-2001

Swenson, Andrew L. - 2002

The performance of over 530 North Dakota farms, 1999-2001, is summarized using 16 financial measures. Farms are categorized by geographic region, farm type, farm size, gross cash sales, farm tenure, net farm income, debt-to-asset, and age of farmer to analyze relationships between financial...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009443994

FINANCIAL CHARACTERISTICS OF NORTH DAKOTA FARMS 1998-2000

Swenson, Andrew L. - 2001

The performance of over 530 North Dakota farms, 1998-2000, is summarized using 16 financial measures. Farms are categorized by geographic region, farm type, farm size, gross cash sales, farm tenure, net farm income, debt-to-asset, and age of farmer to analyze relationships between financial...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009444007