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Optimal Farm Size in Russian Agriculture
Svetlov, Nikolai M.; Hockmann, Heinrich - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2009
A set of dynamic DEA models is applied to investigate the determinants of farm size of Moscow oblast corporate farms in … the period 1996-2004. New institutional economics is found to be more relevant to explaining farm sizes and their changes … than the neo-classical framework. The results prove the hypothesis that the development of farm size is mainly caused by …
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The Impact of Demographic and Structural Change on Transport Use
Ballingall, John; Steel, Doug - 2004
The 2002 New Zealand Transport Strategy states that in the long run, economic development and transport activity need not be directly related. This implies that a degree of „decoupling‟ is required – that economic development needs to occur without similar growth in transport. Before...
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Regional Economic Implications of Water Allocation and Reliability
Harris, Simon; Doak, Murray; Ford, Stuart; Bywater, Tony; … - 2005
models of the hydrological, irrigation, farm and financial systems over the 1973 – 2000 period. The results show that there …
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The Relationship Between Wildfire and Welfare
Kaval, Pamela; Loomis, John B. - 2005
We used the well-being evaluation method, a technique for measuring individual utility, to study how people in the wildland urban interface of Colorado (USA) felt about their lives before and after two wildfire scenarios. Variables such as age, family size, fire frequency, and house value were...
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Rural Household Labour Demand, Contract Choice, Hoarding Cost and Poverty: Evidence from Western Kenya
Gathungu, E.; Musyoka, M.P - 2008
of daily contracts for semi-permanent contracts. Methods and costs of farm preparation are significant in influencing the … that there are hoarding costs incurred in the maintaining a steady pool of labour within the farm. From the results the …
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2009
Includes cover page, journal info, contents page, and editorial information
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Effects of Water Priority Policy on Farmers' Decision on Acreage Allocation in Northwest China
Zhang, Lei; Herzfeld, Thomas - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2012
variable inputs and levels of quasi-fixed inputs is estimated. The analysis based on a two-year farm household panel data from … grains differs from other crops due to their use within the farm household. Moreover, the estimated elasticities of quasi …
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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...
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Table of Contents and Front Matter
In: Agricultural and Resource Economics Review 43 (2014) 2
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Integration of Smallholders in Modern Agri-food Chains: Lessons from the KASCOL Model in Zambia
Mungandi, Sepiso; Conforte, Daniel; Shadbolt, Nicola M. - In: International Food and Agribusiness Management Review 15 (2012) 3
The IFAMR is the official journal of the International Food and Agribusiness Management Association. We are open access. The complete library can be found at www.ifama.org
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