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Input, Output Technical Efficiencies and Total Factor Productivity of Cereal Production in Tunisia
Dhehibi, Boubaker; Bahri, Haithem; Annabi, Mohamed - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2012
. The findings revealed that significant factors related to TFP were age, education level and the share of wheat crops into …
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Investigating the Sources of Agricultural Growth in Africa: Factor Accumulation, Total Factor Productivity, and Technology Absorption
Nkamleu, Guy Blaise - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE - 2008
developments in Total Factor Productivity (TFP) measurement to search for fundamental determinants of growth in African agriculture …. Growth accounting computation highlights the fact that factor accumulation rather than TFP accounts for a large share of …
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Productivity in the New Zealand Primary and Downstream Sectors
Cao, Kay; Forbes, Rod - In: Australasian Agribusiness Review 15 (2007)
In this paper, we report our results in measuring total factor productivity (TFP) growth in the New Zealand primary and … downstream manufacturing sectors. Our results showed strong TFP growth in the agriculture sector during 1988-2006 (2.7 percent … per year). Forestry and logging’s TFP grew at a lower rate (1.5 percent) which is similar to that of the economy average …
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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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Hog Options: Contract Redesign and Market Efficiency
Urcola, Hernan A.; Irwin, Scott H. - 2010
This article tests the efficiency of the hog options market and assesses the impact of the 1996 contract redesign on efficiency. We find that the hog options market is efficient, but some options yielded excess returns during the live hogs period but not during the lean hogs period. Our findings...
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Market Interactions Between Aquaculture and the Common-Property Commercial Fishery
Anderson, James L. - 1985
Market interactions between the common-property commercial fishery and (1) competitive aquaculturists and (2) a dominant-firm aquaculturist are modeled. It is found that the entry of a competitive aquaculturist increases natural fish stocks, reduces price, and increases total supply. If...
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Exploring production-theoretical insights for analyzing trade-offs between economic performance and environmental pressure at firm level
Van Meensel, Jef; Lauwers, Ludwig H.; Van Huylenbroeck, … - 2009
The objective of this paper is to construct a framework for analyzing trade-offs between economic performance and environmental pressure at firm level. Based on a literature review, partially conflicting economic-environmental trade-off paradigms are structured and five necessary conditions for...
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2009
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A Return of the Threshing Ring? A Case Study of Machinery and Labor-Sharing in Midwestern Farms
Artz, Georgeanne M.; Colson, Gregory; Ginder, Roger G. - 2010
Machinery-sharing provides an alternative for smaller producers to obtain the efficiencies of large farming operations and remain competitive in an increasingly concentrated agricultural industry. This research uses a multiple case study design to examine the motivations for sharing equipment...
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The Influence of Clusters on the Competitiveness of Hog Production: The Example of Northwestern Germany
Deimel, Mark; Arens, Ludwig; Theuvsen, Ludwig - In: International Journal on Food System Dynamics 02 (2011) 2
In recent decades the northwestern part of Germany (Weser-Ems region) has come to focus on intensive pork production. This has led to public outrage about the disposal of biological waste, farmers’ complaints about the high cost of leasing land, soaring risks of animal diseases, and the...
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