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The Agricultural Credit Review Committee (1989) headed by Khusro identified several weaknesses in the rural credit delivery system which included poor loan recovery and overdues. In this context, the economic survey (1992-1993) had noted that 'despite phenomenal increase in overall agricultural...
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Presented to USDA Economists Group, Washington DC, May 27, 2009
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This paper compares agricultural nonpoint source crediting procedures between the Pennsylvania and Virginia nutrient trading programs. Differences in farm-level credit production across states will be evaluated for agricultural operations, holding nutrient reduction technologies constant. The...
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We report a small-sample, preliminary evaluation of the economic impact of temporary overseas work by Haitian agricultural workers. This work occurs in the United States in the context of a pilot program designed as a form of post-disaster development assistance to Haiti. We find that the...
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This paper presents promising methodologies for modeling and quantifying nontariff barriers (NTB) to trade in the agricultural and food sectors. We limit the analysis to sanitary, phytosanitary, and technical regulations that can have an impact on trade and to methods that provide some...
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. Particular emphasis is placed on production economics and policy design issues.Production is placed in a multi-product multi …
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changes in the output structure and an adjustment in the use of inputs. Policy interventions, including fiscal, trade and …
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farms of similar size is so large that it renders farm size an ineffective indicator for policy targeting. Our findings … stress the need to revisit the empirical evidence on the farm size-productivity relationship and its policy implications. …
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of the 2nd Pillar of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). This report builds on a series of similar earlier reports and … updates the policy support data and descriptions for the decade 2010-2020, covering the two CAP programming periods 2007 … policy measures to meet defined national or regional needs, priorities and targets. As part of its Farm to Fork and …
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While policies and institutional arrangements aimed at intensification and growth of the Indian agriculture sector are inevitable for the livelihoods and food security of the country's vast population, the inclusion of land-constrained farmers especially women, therein requires certain...
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