This paper concerns the economic assessment of a nonconventional technology to provide a cheap food and/or feed for many developing countries, using wasted resources, i.e. coastal arid areas irrigated directly with seawater to grow a halophyte crop(Salicornia-sos-7). It was cultivated for two...

This paper used the Uganda National Household Survey (UNHS) data set of 2005/06 to examine the productivity of improved inputs used by smallholder maize farmers in Uganda. Yield and gross profit functions were estimated with the stochastic frontier model. Results revealed a significant effect...

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This paper updates an analysis of returns from major productive land uses in New Zealand carried out in 2008. Trends in profitability over time are shown, and a preliminary investigation of the relationship between land-use change towards forestry (new land planting) and forestry profitability...

Magyarországon az 1990-es évektől kezdve az egyes régiók, kistérségek közötti fejlettségbeli különbségek növekedtek, a kormányzati intézkedések nem voltak képesek ezt ellensúlyozni. A 174 magyarországi kistérségből a 33 leghátrányosabb helyzetűben él a lakosság...