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Technical efficiency of small-scale honey producer in Ethiopia: A Stochastic Frontier Analysis

Shiferaw, Kaleb; Berhanu Gebremedhin, Berhanu - 2015

Ethiopian farmers have a long tradition of beekeeping and the country has huge potential for honey production. However traditional mode of production still dominate the sub sector which negatively affect the total production and productivity. A number of studies has been conducted to better...

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Households typology for relating social diversity and technical change. The example of rural households in the Khambashe area of the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa.

Laurent, Catherine; van Rooyen, Johan; Madikizela, Patrick - 1998

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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Impact of the Informal Economy on the Efficiency and Productivity of Pakistan’s Agricultural Sector

Shakeel, Jovera; Attique, Iman; Nadir, Munazza - 2024

According to the Ministry of Finance, more than 40 percent of Pakistan’s GDP is attributed to the informal sector. Nearly 75 percent of Pakistan’s working-age population is employed in the informal sector, according to the Labour Force Survey (2020-2021). The widespread persistence of the...

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Constraints to Tanzanian Agricultural Development: Input Use in Households Under Non-Separability

Dickinson, Jeffrey - 2020

This paper builds on the literature testing for labor market inefficiencies in developing countries. Empirical tests using a panel data survey from Tanzania first reject the homogeneity of family and hired labor, and then reject labor market separation or completeness. Further tests for the...

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Competitiveness of Bulgarian farms

Bachev, Hrabrin - 2010

This paper suggests a holistic framework for assessing farm competitiveness, and analyses competitiveness of different type of Bulgarian farms. First, it present a new approach for assessing farm competitiveness defining farm competitiveness and its three criteria (efficiency, adaptability and...

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Constraints to Tanzanian Agricultural Development: Input Use in Households Under Non-Separability

Dickinson, Jeffrey - 2020

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Wheat Productivity, Efficiency, and Sustainability: A Stochastic Production Frontier Analysis

Ahmad, Munir; Chaudhry, Ghulam Mustafa; Iqbal, Muhammad - 2002

This paper uses the farm-level survey data to estimate the stochastic frontier production function incorporating inefficiency effects. Sufficient evidence of positive relationship between wheat productivity and higher and balanced use of fertiliser nutrients was present. The productivity showed...

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Оползотворяване на утайки в селското стопанство на България

Bachev, Hrabrin; Ivanov, Bojidar - 2021

The issue of utilization of sludge from wastewater treatment in agriculture is an important socio-economic and environmental problem in Bulgaria. Despite their relevance, in-depth studies of the diverse effects and critical factors of sludge utilization in agriculture are at an early stage. The...

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Framework for analyzing and assessing the system of governance and the level of agrarian sustainability in Bulgaria and China

Bachev, Hrabrin; Ivanov, Bodjidar; Toteva, Desislava; … - 2017

This framework is a part of a bilateral research cooperation project between Bulgaria and China on „Governing and … Assessment of Agrarian Sustainability - Experiences, Challenges, and Lessons from Bulgaria and China“ funded by the Bulgarian … Science Fund and the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China (http://bg-china.alle.bg/). First …

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Growth Performance and Resource Use Efficiency of Maize in Bihar: An Economic Perspectives

Ahmad, Nasim; Sinha, D.K.; Singh, K.M.; Mishra, R.R. - 2017

The present investigation was undertaken to evaluate the growth in area, production and productivity and resource use efficiency of maize in various agro-climatic zones of Bihar. The growth pattern in production and productivity were also observed to be positive and statistically significant....

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