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10 years of transition in Ukraine agriculture: An analysis of productivity and efficiency of enterprises
Lissitsa, Alexej; Odening, Martin; Babycheva, Tamara - 2003
This paper analyzes efficiency and total factor productivity (TFP) change of large agriculturalenterprises during their transition to a market economy in Ukraine. In this case the efficiencyis calculated by data envelopment analysis and the productivity change is measured by theMalmquist...
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Short and long-run returns to agricultural R&D in South Africa, or will the real rate of return please stand up.
Schimmelpfennig, D.; Thirtle, C.; Van Zyl, J.; Arnade, C.; … - 2000
agriculture, for 1947-1997, and illustrates some potential pitfalls in rate of return to research (ROR) calculations. The lag …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009429487
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Agricultural Productivity and Policies in Sub-Saharan Africa
Yu, Bingxin; Nin Pratt, Alejandro - 2011
show a remarkable recovery in the performance of Sub-Saharan Africa’s agriculture between 1984 and 2006 after a long period … sector specific policies, appear to have played an important role in improving agriculture’s performance. Despite the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009445217
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A EVOLUÇÃO DA INDÚSTRIA DE AGROTÓXICOS NO BRASIL DE 2001 A 2007: A EXPANSÃO DA AGRICULTURA E AS MODIFICAÇÕES NA LEI DE AGROTÓXICOS
Terra, Fabio Henrique Bittes; Pelaez, Victor Manoel - 2008
. ----------------------------------------------Between the years 2001/2007, brazilian agriculture has grown in extraordinary levels, greater than the others economic sectors …. This excellent performance of the national agriculture occurred without a grandeur of public policies aiming to foment it …. From this, the agriculture’s performance supports pressure groups over the pesticides’ regulatory mark, in which …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442751
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Natural Disasters and Agriculture: Individual Risk Preferences towards Flooding
Sauer, Johannes - 2011
This study contributes to the understanding of behavioural responses to climate change induced extreme weatherevents. It suggest a microeconometric method for measuring flooding related risk preferences of affectedindividuals. The method is outlined using the empirical case of agricultural...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442826
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Cooperatives and Contracting in Agriculture: The Case of West Liberty Foods
Ginder, Roger G.; Hueth, Brent; Marcoul, Philippe - 2005
The West Liberty Foods turkey cooperative was formed in 1996 to purchase the assets and assume operations of Louis Rich Foods (an investor-owned processing firm), which, at the time, announced the imminent shutdown of its West Liberty, Iowa, processing facility. We study the creation and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009443061
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SZÁLLÍTMÁNYOZÓK MEZŐGAZDASÁGI ÉS ÉLELMISZERIPARI VÁLLALATOK RÉSZÉRE NYÚJTOTT LOGISZTIKAI SZOLGÁLTATÁSAI
Tatrai, Anna - 2005
A szállítmányozási vállalatok jelentős része nyújt logisztikai szolgáltatást megbízói részére. Ezáltal az őket megbízó termelő vállalatok állandó költségeik egy részét változó költségekké alakíthatják át. Az alapanyagok és késztermé-kek fuvarozásának...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009446464
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Policy Responses to 2008 High Food Prices: Domestic Incentives and Global Implications
Woolverton, Andrea E.; Kiawu, James - 2009
Global food commodity price inflation beginning in 2006 and continuing through mid-2008 became a priority concern for global consumers, producers and policy-makers alike. In response, many governments across the world implemented policies targeting high food commodity prices in their domestic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009446712
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IMPACTOS DA ESTRUTURA EMPRESARIAL, AGRICULTURA E PECUÁRIA SOBRE O PIB PER CAPITA: UMA ABORDAGEM ESPACIAL NO ESTADO DO ACRE
Silveira, Breno Carrillo; Silva, Rubicleis Gomes Da; … - 2008
.241.847.000,00, with per capita GDP equal to $ 5.143,00. According to the IBGE, the figures added to the GDP in agriculture, industry and … per capita is strongly impacted by the livestock and agriculture practiced in its neighbours. In relation to the amount of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009446729
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A magyar mezőgazdaság finanszírozásának főbb elemei a pénzügyi válságban
Kemeny, Gabor - 2010
. ------------------------------------------ The findings of our research show that the main channels of financing agriculture include direct and indirect bank …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009446970