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Globalization, the rise of biotechnology and catching up in agricultural innovation: The case of Bt technology in India
Iizuka M.; Thutupalli A. - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2014
The agricultural sector has played an important role in the provision of food, foreign exchange and sustainable energy to many developing countries. This sector, however, has not been considered as a driving force of innovation as compared to other productive sectors. However, recent economics...
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Zur wirtschaftlichen Situation georgischer Landwirtschaftsbetriebe
Schulze, Eberhard; Tillack, Peter; Mosashwili, Nodar - Leibniz-Institut für Agrarentwicklung in … - 2003
Dieser Forschungsbericht beinhaltet die Ergebnisse einer Untersuchung von 200 Familienbetrieben im Osten Georgiens im Distrikt Sighnagi in der Kakheti-Region Ende 2001/Anfang 2002. Sie dienten dem Ziel, Erkenntnisse über die wirtschaftliche Situation georgischer Familienbetriebe sowie zum Teil...
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Eigentumsverhältnisse, Rentabilität und Schulden landwirtschaftlicher Großbetriebe im Gebiet Wolgograd
Schulze, Eberhard; Tillack, Peter; Gerasin, Sergej - Leibniz-Institut für Agrarentwicklung in … - 2001
E N G L I S H V E R S I O N: Discussion Paper 32 contains information on property relations and profitability of 100 … consequences for the profitability of enterprises. Within a farm, land shares are principally of the same size varying between 2 … voting mode was not in agreement with the legal rules. A significant nonlinear relationship between acreage and profitability …
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Risk Implications of Farm Technology Adoption in the Ethiopian Highlands
Yesuf, Mahmud; Kassie, Menale; Köhlin, Gunnar - 2009
In countries where insurance and credit markets are thin or missing, production and consumption risks play a critical role in the choice and use of production inputs and adoption of new farm technologies. In this paper, we investigated impacts of chemical fertilizer and soil and water...
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Risk Implications of Farm Technology Adoption in the Ethiopian Highlands
Yesuf, Mahmud; Kassie, Menale; Köhlin, Gunnar - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2009
In countries where insurance and credit markets are thin or missing, production and consumption risks play a critical role in the choice and use of production inputs and adoption of new farm technologies. In this paper, we investigated impacts of chemical fertilizer and soil and water...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008469623
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Effect of High Yielding Variety of Seeds in the State of West Bengal: An Empirical Quest
Gupta, Rangan - Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic and … - 2005
The paper studies the effect of High Yielding Variety (HYV) of seeds on agricultural yield for the state of West Bengal and, in turn, goes ahead and prepares a postmortem of why, if so, the Òmiracle seedsÓ failed to deliver in West Bengal, as is so often claimed. The results indicate that the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005773187
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Network Learning, Principal-Agent Conflict, and Award-Winning Wine-Making in Chile's Colchagua Valley
Hojman, David - Regional and International Economic Development Group, … - 2005
Chile’s Colchagua Valley is both a geographical cluster of wineries and a dynamic learning network of wine-making professionals. A principal-agent problem arises in that the latter knowledge network is frowned upon by owners and top managers. Whereas experts aim at maximising quality, firms...
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R&D and private investment: How to conserve indigenous fruit biodiversity of Southern Africa
Waibel, Hermann; Wesseler, Justus; Mithöfer, Dagmar - Verein für Socialpolitik, Ausschuss für … - 2005
Indigenous fruits contribute widely to rural incomes in Southern Africa but their availability is declining. A domestication program aims to increase farm-household income and conserve biodiversity through farmer-led tree planting. Planting domesticated indigenous fruit trees is an uncertain,...
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To a Mathematical Model of Economy and Environment Interaction //Mathematical modelling. 2003. V.15. No.4. P.107-121.
Demberel S.; Olenev, Nicholas; Pospelov, Igor - EconWPA - 2003
This paper presents new results of mathematical modeling of economy and environment interaction. A model of mutual interaction of livestock farming - one in a two main agricultural branches - and natural pastures that are the essential part of livestock farming forage reserve is proposed....
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Geographic Indications for Javanese Teak: A constitutional change
Muhtaman, Dwi R.; Guizol, Philippe; Roda, Jean-Marc; … - Centre de coopération internationale en recherche … - 2006
The central issue addressed in this paper is whether geographic indication (GI) can be applied as a tool to encourage some furniture industries and teak producers to take collective action to improve teak product quality and increase global market competitiveness. This paper explores the...
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