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Sustainable and diversified vegetable-based farming systems in highland regions of West Java
Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific … - 2008
This study coincided with a research project "Identification of Pulling Factors for Enhancing the Sustainable Development of Diverse Agriculture in Selected Asian Countries (AGRIDIV), co-ordinated by CAPSA. While AGRIDIV project focused on poverty alleviation through secondary crop based...
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RISK AND RISK MANAGEMENT IN PLANT PRODUCTION
Lorincz, Zsuzsanna; Kacz, Karoly; Kalmar, Sandor - In: GAZDÁLKODÁS: Scientific Journal on Agricultural Economics 50 (2006) 17
Investigations were carried out to study how plant production enterprises operating in the West-Transdanubian region of Hungary relate to risk management; how they view, in terms of risk factors, the production, market, financial, technological, legal and human elements affecting production....
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Determinants of Net Changes in Farm Real Estate Debt
Lins, David A. - In: Agricultural Economics Research (1972) 1
Supply and demand equations for explaining net changes in farm real estate debt by lending institutions arc presented … explain changes in demand. Changes in supply arc measured by the yield differential between farm and nonfarm investments and … availability of mortgage funds. Elasticity estimates indicate that demand is more sensitive to changes in income than to capital …
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Farmer Demand for Soil Fertility Management Practices in Kenya’s Grain Basket
Kamau, Mercy; Smale, Melinda; Mutua, Mercy - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2013
in Kenya. We then estimate demand for the most common soil nutrients (N and P). We find that, consistent with theory …, farmers are price-responsive and remoteness depresses demand for mineral fertilizers. Knowledge and plot tenure have a strong …
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A GIS based characterisation of livestock and feed resources in humid and sub-humid zones in five countries in South East Asia
Lapar, Ma. Lucila A.; Jabbar, Mohammad A. - International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), … - 2003
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The Role of Contracts in Wine Grape Supply Coordination: An Overview
Fraser, Iain - In: Australasian Agribusiness Review 11 (2003)
In this paper the role of contracts in coordinating the supply of grapes between independent wine grape growers and …
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A magyar zöldség-gyümölcs kisárutermelők nagy láncoknak történő értékesítési lehetőségei
Seres, Antal; Szabo, Marton - In: GAZDÁLKODÁS: Scientific Journal on Agricultural Economics 53 (2009) 3
. With the exception of these products, small farmers cannot viably supply products to these buyers, as their offer is … chains to also consolidate their purchasing operations. This will cut back on the opportunities for small farmers to supply …
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Farmer Willingness to Supply Poultry Litter for Energy Conversion and to Invest in an Energy Conversion Cooperative
Jensen, Kimberly L.; Roberts, Roland K.; Bazen, Ernest F.; … - In: Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 42 (2010) 01
Conversion of poultry litter to energy can serve as a renewable energy source and provide an alternative to land application in areas where poultry production is intensive. Economies of size may limit a farmer’s ability to economically use on-farm conversion. Capital costs can be spread...
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Converting to organic farming in France: Is there a selection problem?
Latruffe, Laure; Nauges, Celine - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2010
Using a sample of French crop farms during the 1999-2006 period, we test whether less technically efficient farmers are more likely to engage in organic farming in order to benefit from conversion subsidies. Despite some limitations in our data, we find no evidence of such selection effect. On...
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Mitigation options and policies in agricultural sector: a theoretical model and application
Ervola, Asta; Lankoski, Jussi E.; Ollikainen, Markku - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2010
Agriculture’s impact on climate change is unambiguous although its role is multifaceted as it is a source of greenhouse gases but also a sink. It’s feasibility to mitigate climate change has raised interest, but thorough studies about the net benefits of the mitigation practices are needed....
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