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"Dairy sector reforms and transformation in Uganda since the 1990s

Mbowa, Swaibu; Shinyekwa, Isaac; Lwanga, Musa - Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC) - 2012

The Dairy sector in Uganda has responded positively to agricultural sector liberalisation policies that took effect in the 1990s. Total national milk production has grown from 460 million litres in 1990 to 1.6 billion litres in 2011, with per capita milk consumption growing from 16 litres in...

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How to increase the effectiveness of agri-environmental subsidy schemes through knowledge of farmer perceptions-a choice experiment on pesticide free buffer zones

Christensen, Tove; Pedersen, Anders Branth; Nielsen, … - 2010

Danish farmers have been far less interested in agri-environmental subsidy schemes than anticipated. We use choiceexperiments to estimate 486 Danish farmers’ preferences for a number of policy relevant scheme-characteristics.Subsidy schemes for pesticide free buffer zones along hedgerows are...

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Auctioning Conservation Contracts and Evaluating the Risk Attitudes of Farmers: Economic Experiments in Japan

Sasaki, Hiroki; Fujie, Takeshi; Kawasaki, Kentaro; … - 2010

Agri-environmental programs in Japan have generally been promoted through the provision of fixedpayments for certain environment-friendly farming and management practices. However, the auctioning of agrienvironmentalcontracts is a noteworthy alternative for the furtherance of such programs....

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Scenario Analysis of New Zealand’s Sheep Meat and Beef Sector Over The Next 10 To 15 Years

Forsyth, Hamish; Knutson, Russell - 2009

This paper identifies and synthesises strategic opportunities and challenges facing New Zealand’s sheep meat and beef sector over the next 10 to 15 years. A Delphi surveydraws on the sector’s collective knowledge and identifies areas of consensus anddivergence of opinion. Using the results...

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The adoption of market-based instruments for resource management: Three case studies

Sinner, Jim; Fenemor, Andrew; Palmer, James - 2005

Market-based instruments (MBIs) for resource management create financial incentives for people and businesses to use resources more efficiently, within a regulatory context designed to ensure that ecological, social and cultural objectives are also met. Three case studies were done to identify...

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Rural Household Labour Demand, Contract Choice, Hoarding Cost and Poverty: Evidence from Western Kenya

Gathungu, E.; Musyoka, M.P - 2008

of daily contracts for semi-permanent contracts. Methods and costs of farm preparation are significant in influencing the … choice and demand for any type of contracts. The proxy variable for hoarding costs is significant and positive indicating … that there are hoarding costs incurred in the maintaining a steady pool of labour within the farm. From the results the …

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Does Futures Price Volatility Differ Across Delivery Horizon?

Karali, Berna; Dorfman, Jeffrey H.; Thurman, Walter N. - 2009

We study the difference in the volatility dynamics of CBOT corn, soybeans, and oatsfutures prices across different delivery horizons via the smoothed Bayesian estimatorof Karali, Dorfman, and Thurman (2010). We show that the futures price volatilitiesin these markets are affected by the...

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Segmenting Consumers to Inform Agrifood Value Chain Development in Nepal

Adhikari, Rajendra Prasad; Collins, Ray; Sun, Ximing - In: International Food and Agribusiness Management Review 15 (2012) 4

The IFAMR is published quarterly by IFAMA. www.ifama.org

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China’s Agricultural Modernisation Program: an assessment of its sustainability and impacts in the case of the high-value beef chain

Waldron, Scott A.; Brown, Colin G.; Longworth, John W. - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2009

China has embarked on a major program to modernise agricultural and agribusiness structures with far reaching implications for rural development, international competitiveness / trade and food safety. There are, however, few studies that examine in detail how the modernisation program has...

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