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2008 Michigan Dairy Industry Survey
Bitsch, Vera - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2009
The Michigan State University (MSU) Dairy Team conducted an industry survey with the objectives of identifying and rating industry priorities. After holding discussion groups across the state, two questionnaires were developed and sent to 2,237 dairy farm owners and operators and 480 allied...
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Boosting water benefits in West Bengal
International Water Management Institute (IWMI); …
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Cost Analysis of Alternative Harvest, Storage and Transportation Methods for Delivering Switchgrass to a Biorefinery from the Farmers’ perspective
Wang, Chenguang; Larson, James A.; English, Burton C.; … - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2009
Switchgrass for bioenergy production will require substantial storage. This study evaluated costs of alternative baling …
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The Comparative Cost and Profit Analysis of Organic and Conventional Farming
Urfi, Peter; Hoffmann, Andras; Kormosne-Koch, Krisztina - In: Studies in Agricultural Economics 113 (2011) 1
explained by the differences in the technologies used. According to the production data, in organic farming direct costs per … three of the investigated crops. Regarding the calculation done by economy models, the costs per hectare relating to the two … production methods were not significantly different. Yields in organic plant production were typically lower but costs per unit …
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Climate change in Australia: agricultural impacts and adaptation
Kingwell, Ross S. - In: Australasian Agribusiness Review 14 (2006)
facilitating farmers’ adaptation to climate change. Farmers are likely to face additional costs of capital adjustment due to …
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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...
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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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Evaluating the efficiency of a N-input tax under different policy scenarios at different scales
Petsakos, Athanasios; Jayet, Pierre-Alain - 2010
Nitrate pollution from agriculture is an important environmental problem, caused bythe excessive use of inorganic fertilizers. The internalization of this externality, via a tax onmineral nitrogen, could lead to a second best solution, reducing nitrate emissions. Severalauthors suggest that a...
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DOES INTENSITY OF CHANGE MATTER? FACTORS AFFECTING ADOPTION IN TWO AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL SCHEMES
Barreiro-Hurle, Jesus; Espinosa-Goded, Maria; Dupraz, Pierre - 2008
Agri-environmental schemes are the main policy instrument currently available in the EU to promoteenvironmentally friendly farming practices. Nevertheless, the adoption rate of these measures is stilllimited. This paper develops a theoretical framework to explain farmer sign-up decision and...
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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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