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Socioeconomic aspects of rice-fish farming in Bangladesh: opportunities, challenges and production efficiency
Ahmed, Nesar; Zander, Kerstin K.; Garnett, Stephen T. - In: Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 55 (2011) 2
In spite of the potential for rice-fish farming in Bangladesh, it has been adopted by relatively few farmers because of … socioeconomic, environmental, technological and institutional constraints. Rice monoculture remains the main farming system in … Bangladesh even though integrated rice-fish farming is the best farming system in terms of resource utilisation, diversity …
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National Conference on Water, Food Security and Climate Change in Sri Lanka, Volume 2: Proceedings of the Water Quality, Environment and Climate Change, BMICH, Colombo June 9-11, 2...
Jinapala, Kiribandage - International Water Management Institute (IWMI) - 2010
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National Conference on Irrigation for Food Security Voluume 1; Proceedings on Water, Food Security and Climate Change in Sri Lanka, EMICH, Colombo, June 9-11, 2009
Godaliyadda, G.G.A.; Jinapala, Kiribandage - International Water Management Institute (IWMI) - 2010
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The Relationship Between Sire Representation and Average Yearling Prices in the Thoroughbred Industry
Poerwanto, Devie A.; Stowe, C. Jill - Agricultural Economics Association of Georgia - AEAG
Many Thoroughbred stallions are being bred to increasing numbers of mares. This practice raises the question of how progeny value is affected by an increased supply of foals by the same sire, which ultimately influences the sire’s value. This paper addresses that question. Three of the...
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Production risk in multi-output industries: estimates from Norwegian dairy farms
Tveteras, Ragnar; Flaten, Ola; Lien, Gudbrand D. - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2008
Farmers who produce multiple outputs are portfolio managers in the sense that they use inputs to balance expected economic return and variance of return. This paper estimates the structure of the stochastic multi-output production technology in Norwegian dairy farming, allowing for a more...
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The Impact of Foot and Mouth Disease Outbreaks in Taiwan and South Korea on the Red Meat Industries in Canada and the United States
Charlebois, Pierre; Gagne, Stephan - Agriculture Canada, Government of Canada - 2008
In addition to trade liberalization, other factors have contributed to the strong growth of red meat production in Canada since the end of the 1980s. In particular, the outbreaks of foot and mouth disease (FMD) in Taiwan and in South Korea eliminated two competitors in the Japanese market. This...
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An Overview of the Canadian Agriculture and Agri-Food System
Agriculture Canada, Government of Canada - 2008
This 2008 report provides an economic overview of the Canadian agriculture and agri-food system. It is meant to be a multi-purpose reference document to provide: an introduction to the agriculture and agri-food system; a snapshot of structural changes that are occurring throughout the system in...
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IOWA QUALITY BEEF SUPPLY COOPERATIVE INITIATIVE
Brinkmeyer, Joel C. - Office of the Chief Economist, Department of Agriculture - 2003
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The Economic Impact of Land Purchases to Meet Buffer Zone Requirements on Representative Texas Dairies
Anderson, David P.; Smith, Edward G.; Richardson, James W. - Agricultural and Food Policy Center (AFPC), Department … - 1998
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PERFORMANCE OF COOPERATIVES AND INVESTOR OWNED FIRMS IN THE DAIRY INDUSTRY
Parliament, Claudia; Lerman, Zvi; Fulton, Joan R. - Department of Applied Economics, College of … - 1989
A comparison of regional dairy cooperatives with investor owned dairy firms for the period 1976-1987 produced empirical findings that are at variance with the hypotheses suggested by the theory of cooperatives. The cooperatives in the sample performed significantly better than the IOFs when...
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