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This paper investigates the relationship between EU agricultural subsidies and the outflow of labor from agriculture … find that, on average, CAP subsidies reduce the outflow of labor from agriculture, but the effect is almost entirely due to … outflow from agriculture, i.e. on preserving jobs in agriculture. The impact of Pillar II is mixed. Our estimates predicts …
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This paper shows that using yields may not be informative of the relationship between farm size and productivity in the context of small-scale farming. This occurs because, in addition to productivity, yields pick up size-dependent market distortions and decreasing returns to scale. As a result,...
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Hamilton’s essay begins with a reflection on food and society. He writes of the effect of modernization and industry on the relationship America has with food. What once was a centerpiece of our economic independence, family life, and health is now merely an afterthought. Quality and trust in...
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, driven by technical change in fertilizer production. Expansion of fertilizer consumption has been particularly high in many …
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challenges in Bulgarian agriculture, and suggests recommendations for improvement of public policies for effective environmental … analyzing the eco-management in agriculture. Second, it presents the evolutions of diverse forms of eco-management during post …-communist transition and EU integration of Bulgarian agriculture, and analyzes their impact(s) on agents' behaviour and efficiency. Third …
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retaining output for household consumption, allowing for market differences across crops. We estimate probit models for each …
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The last decade has seen a resurgence of parastatal crop marketing institutions in sub-Saharan Africa, many of which cite improving food security and incomes as key goals. However, there is limited empirical evidence on the welfare effects of these programs. This article considers one such...
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households able to successfully transit to the non-farm sector continued to maintain small plots of land for self-consumption …, suggesting that agriculture remains a kind of safety net. …
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strengthen them. Our evidence suggests that a bundle of measures improving the local institutional environment of agriculture is …
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modernization of agriculture. The analyses comprises the evolution and importance of agriculture in Bulgaria and Vietnam, the pace … and progress of land reforms and restructuring of farms, policies of state support and regulations of agriculture … on possibilities to improve competitiveness of agriculture in both countries …
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