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Farm income variability and off‐farm diversification among Canadian farm operators

Jetté‐Nantel, Simon; Freshwater, David; Katchova, Ani L. - In: Agricultural Finance Review 71 (2011) 3, pp. 329-346

Purpose – For many farm families and operators across the OECD countries, off‐farm income has become a major determinant of their well‐being. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the potential role of off‐farm employment as a risk management tool among farm operators....

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Examining changes in fresh fruit and vegetable consumption over time and across regions in urban China

Ernest Liu, Kang; Chang, Hung‐Hao; Chern, Wen S. - In: China Agricultural Economic Review 3 (2011) 3, pp. 276-296

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to fill a knowledge gap by examining the changes in fruit and vegetable consumption of Chinese households. Design/methodology/approach – Using 1993 and 2001 household survey data from three selected provinces in China, the authors estimated a quantile...

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Impacts of agricultural public spending on Chinese food economy

Xu, Shiwei; Zhang, Yumei; Diao, Xinshen; Chen, Kevin Z. - In: China Agricultural Economic Review 3 (2011) 4, pp. 518-534

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to develop a dynamic computable general equilibrium (DCGE) model to analyze economy‐wide impacts of different types of public spending in China. A particular focus is placed on their impacts on food economy. Design/methodology/approach – In this...

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Reforms, WTO, arbitrage efficiency and integration between the China‐US soybean markets

Han, Shengfei; He, Pei - In: China Agricultural Economic Review 4 (2012) 3, pp. 318-341

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to develop a new approach to market analysis, and test how the China‐US soybean market integration and arbitrage efficiency have changed across 1995/1‐/2004/1 – a period covering strengthened government efforts to join WTO, and the institutional...

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Diaspora, social entrepreneurs and community development

Dhesi, Autar S. - In: International Journal of Social Economics 37 (2010) 9, pp. 703-716

Purpose – In view of significance of social entrepreneurial activity for community development, the purpose of this paper is to attempt to identify attributes of social entrepreneurs and philanthropists among returning successful diaspora in North Indian villages. Philanthropists are defined...

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Level of living and Gandhian economic theory

Sen, Raj Kumar - In: International Journal of Social Economics 24 (1997) 7/8/9, pp. 791-798

Argues for a stricter compliance with Gandhian economics to promote more effective economic development in India and … other developing countries. Copying Western economic practices has not helped India. The application of the more socialist …

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Macroeconomic conditions and opening up ‐ Argentina, Chile and India

Chakraborty, Debasish - In: International Journal of Social Economics 26 (1999) 1/2/3, pp. 298-311

This paper analyses the economic liberalization process in India that started in 1991. The focus of this paper is … trade balance (under a flexible exchange rate). The paper compares the reform process in India, Argentina and Chile, and … simultaneously and failed to control the fiscal deficit. Evidence from India suggests that India followed the right sequence with a …

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Agricultural productivity growth and drivers: a comparative study of China and India

Gautam, Madhur; Yu, Bingxin - In: China Agricultural Economic Review 7 (2015) 4, pp. 573-600

Purpose – China and India have made significant strides in transforming their agricultural sectors to cut hunger and … characteristics of technology such as structural bias. India study first applies data envelopment analysis to estimate the aggregate … demand, improving productivity is the only way to meet long-term food security. Agriculture sector has performed impressively …

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Achieving food and nutrition security under rapid transformation in China and India

Fan, Shenggen; Rue, Christopher - In: China Agricultural Economic Review 7 (2015) 4, pp. 530-540

yet incomplete progress made in eliminating hunger and malnutrition in China and India. Design/methodology/approach – The … paper provides background of the progress and challenges to achieving food security and nutrition in China and India. It …

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Causality between Technical and Allocative Efficiencies: An Empirical Testing

Kalirajan, K.P.; Shand, R.T. - In: Journal of Economic Studies 19 (1992) 2

In production economics, one of the most interesting questions is that of the causal relationship between technical efficiency and allocative efficiency. This as yet remains a puzzle without a unique answer. There are a few theoretical analyses conceptualizing the relationship, but consensus has...

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