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The Role of Income Diversification, Transaction Cost and Production Risk in Fertilizer Market Participation
Olale, Edward; Cranfield, John A.L. - 2009
Past agricultural input market participation studies have generally ignored the joint influence of income diversification, transaction cost and production risk on input market participation decisions. This study develops an analytical framework that jointly incorporates the three factors and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009444756
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The Role of Income Diversification, Transaction Cost and Production Risk in Fertilizer Market Participation
Olale, Edward; Cranfield, John A.L. - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2009
Past agricultural input market participation studies have generally ignored the joint influence of income diversification, transaction cost and production risk on input market participation decisions. This study develops an analytical framework that jointly incorporates the three factors and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010913400
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GM Technology Adoption, Production Risk and On-farm Varietal Diversity
Krishna, Vijesh V.; Zilberman, David; Qaim, Matin - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2009
This paper examines the impact of transgenic technology adoption on varietal diversity. Transgenic pest-resistant varieties are hypothesized to reduce farmers’ demand for on-farm diversity through an act of substitution, as both serve as production risk reducing instruments. This adverse...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005060386
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Dochodowość uprawy wybranych roślin strączkowych a ryzyko dochodowe i produkcyjne
Czerwińska-Kayzer, Dorota; Florek, Joanna - In: Problems of World Agriculture / Problemy Rolnictwa … 12 (2012) 27
In recent years, the possibility of increasing production of legumes, whose area of cultivation has decreased, is being considered. It has been influenced by the yield variability which adversely affected the profitability of these plants cultivation. This paper attempts to assess the risk in...
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Analysing the Effect of Decoupling on Agricultural Production: Evidence from Irish Dairy Farms using the Olley and Pakes Approach
Kazukauskas, Andrius; Newman, Carol F.; Thorne, Fiona S. - In: Journal of International Agricultural Trade and Development 59 (2010) 3
Recent reform of the Common Agricultural Policy has led to the decoupling of direct payments to farmers from production … maximization objectives become profit maximizing objectives. In this paper we explore the impact of decoupling on the productivity … effect of decoupling on productivity by controlling for other policy changes that have occurred alongside decoupling. We also …
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Towards some principles of good practice for decision analysis in agriculture
Hardaker, J. Brian; Lien, Gudbrand D. - Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2005
Because the analysis of risky choice in agriculture and rural resource management is important but difficult, we argue that there is a need for some agreed principles on how to proceed. This paper is intended as a first step to this end. We start with the proposition that the importance of risk...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010920144
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Risk Analysis in Selected European and International Food Chains
Ameseder, Christoph; Haas, Rainer; Fritz, Melanie; … - 2009
The purpose of this study is to assess and evaluate the most important risks in selected Europeanand international food chains from the perspective of the buying company. The primary objectiveis to identify the “non-acceptable” risks in terms of damage potential and likelihood of...
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The role of cash crop marketing contracts in the adoption of low-input practices in the presence of risk and income supports
Ricome, Aymeric; Chaib, Karim; Ridier, Aude; … - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2012
The objective of this paper is to study the effect of agricultural policies on marketing decisions as well as the link between marketing and production decisions. We develop an analytical model to study how policies affect marketing decisions and conditions under which the two types of decisions...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010878776
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MODELLING ECONOMIC ALTERNATIVES FOR TOBACCO PRODUCERS: THE CASE OF SHEEP FARMING
Tzouramani, Irene; Karanikolas, Pavlos; Alexopoulos, George - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2008
After the introduction of the new tobacco regime, many regions in Greece, formerly specialized in tobacco cultivation, are now facing serious threats of economic and social decline. Sheep farming is considered by many analysts as a viable alternative to tobacco. This study analyses the financial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005321075
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Risk and Nitrogen Application Decisions in Florida Potato Production
Asci, Serhat; Borisova, Tatiana; VanSickle, John J.; … - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2012
This study focuses on development of agricultural best management practices (BMPs) for potato production areas in Northeast Florida, and presents the results of the initial situation assessment. BMP implementation is the primary strategy used by agencies and farmers to improve the efficiency and...
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