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The purpose of this document is to describe the features of the Medium Term Outlook (MTO) covering the period 2011 to 2021. The MTO is a plausible future for the international and domestic agri-food sectors based on current policies in Canada and other countries as of Fall 2011. It serves as a...
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- and weight group in a Holstein_Freisian herd. Handled more than 2000 milk record samples and concluded that the optimal … milk production over 30 kg milk daily. Our results show that fitness traits and body scores are major factors and every 50 … kg of extra weight rises the forage cost in average of 0,11 €cents. The mid-weight cows produce 25 kg of milk daily but …
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This study investigates the determinants that influence a firm’s decision to use external private equity in agriculture. The use of external equity as a funding source in agriculture has increased since 1990; however, the literature addressing this phenomenon is limited. The asset specificity...
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The analysis of the 2009 Uganda National panel Survey (UNPS) collected by the UBoS shows that milk production from … smallholder farm units was 1 billion litres, and about 52 percent (524 million litres) joined the second level of the milk value … chain – and of which 72 percent was marketed in unprocessed form to consumers. High informality in milk marketing can be …
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microfinance on household incomes. We use a pooled data set collected from the south western part of Makueni district in Kenya to …
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interest of arriving at viable economic entities to facilitate sustainable agri-business. The restructuring will require …
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Alcohol consumption is considered an important social activity but a major health risk in Latin American and Caribbean countries (LAC). Alcohol consumption net benefits are doubtful and the factors influencing alcohol consumption in the LAC countries are not well documented. In this study, we...
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The understanding of how allocation decisions can maximise the economic returns to the community from water for irrigation has received little attention, but is a significant issue for regional councils, those interested in water allocation policy development, and for irrigated farmers. There is...
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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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