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The Paradigm of African Agricultural Efficiency, 1967-2012: What Does Meta-Analysis Reveal?
Ogundari, Kolawole - New Zealand Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2013
The present study investigates the development (i.e., rise or decline) in African agricultural efficiency level and … what drives the efficiency over the years. A total of 379 frontier studies resulting in 534 farm level efficiency estimates … were considered using meta-regression analysis (MRA) for the empirical analysis. The results show that mean efficiency …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010920208
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Relationships between Agricultural policies and Environmental Effects in Japan: An Environmental-Economic Integrated Model Approach
Sasaki, Hiroki - 2010
This study investigates the optimal agricultural land use allocation and nitrogen application to arepresentative Japanese farm. The site-specific nature of numerous agri-environmental issues necessitates analysis ata disaggregated level in order to capture the underlying heterogeneity of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442745
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Rural Household Labour Demand, Contract Choice, Hoarding Cost and Poverty: Evidence from Western Kenya
Gathungu, E.; Musyoka, M.P - 2008
This study determines the factors that influenced contract choice, labour demand and examines the existence of labour hoarding practice in Western region of Kenya. Data from Egerton University’s Tegemeo Institute of Agricultural Policy and Development was used for the analysis.. A two step...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009446371
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2009
Includes cover page, journal info, contents page, and editorial information
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009446503
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Transgenic technology adoption and on-farm varietal diversity
Krishna, Vijesh V.; Zilberman, David; Qaim, Matin - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2009
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 agro-biodiversity impact of technology adoption might be partially counteracted by an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010880108
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Facilitating access to rural services in Vietnam: The invisible social capital link
Hoang Dinh, Quoc; Dufhues, Thomas; Buchenrieder, Gertrud - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2012
This paper investigates the effects of network based individual social capital on the access of rural households to services. In the context of development economics, an innovative data collection approach is used to determine network based social capital. The approach originates from the field...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010880311
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Turning farms into businesses: Some unexpected consequences of neoliberalism for New Zealand farmers
Hunt, Lesley; Rosin, Chris; Campbell, Hugh; … - New Zealand Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2013
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010882158
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Cost Efficiency of Dairy Farming in New Zealand: a stochastic frontier analysis
Jiang, Nan; Sharp, Basil - New Zealand Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2013
competitiveness on efficient utilization of resources, both physical and financial. Prior research on the efficiency performance of … dairy farming in NZ is scant and the focus to date has been on technical efficiency, which alone only reveals how well farms … utilize the physical production process. This paper contributes to the empirical literature by examining the cost efficiency …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010882160
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Inclusiveness of the Small-Holder Farmer Key Success Factors for Ethiopian Agribusiness Development
Steen, Marc; Maijers, Woody - In: International Food and Agribusiness Management Review 17 (2014) B
The IFAMR is published quarterly by the International Food and Agribusiness Management Association. For complete library visit: www.ifama.org
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A Glimpse into the Future: A Lens through which to Consider 'Africa's Rising'
Connolly, Aidan J. - In: International Food and Agribusiness Management Review 17 (2014) B
The IFAMR is published quarterly by the International Food and Agribusiness Management Association. For complete library visit: www.ifama.org
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