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Profitable Use of SCF in a Policy Context : the Case of Rice Stockholding in the Philippines
Reyes, Celia M.; Mina, Christian D. - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2009
This paper documents the activities of the National Food Authority (NFA), particularly on rice marketing, in realizing its mandates of buying high and selling low. Because the Philippine agriculture is greatly affected by extreme climate events such as El Nio and La Nia, this paper highlights...
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HIGHER BORO PRODUCTION FOR FOOD SECURITY : AN INTEGRATED STRATEGY
Deb, Uttam; Khaled, Nafisa; Bairagi, Subir Kanti; Amin, … - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2009
Distribution System (PFDS). This paper attempts to arouse interest for an integrated strategy for food security through higher Boro … and distribution of foodgrains to ensure social protection and social safety net. …
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Modelling Nitrogen Losses from Sheep Grazing Systems with Different Spatial Distributions of Excreta
Bell, Matthew J.; Cullen, Brendan R.; Johnson, Ian R.; … - In: Agriculture 2 (2012) 4, pp. 282-294
The aim of this study was to assess the effect that the randomised versus even distribution of excreta (dung and urine … distribution of excreta at stocking densities up to 1200 sheep/ha (equivalent to an annual stocking rate of 20 DSE/ha). But at … higher stock densities, when N loads are high, the spatial distribution of excreta is important and models need to explicitly …
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Competition in TV-Distribution - A framework and applications to Sweden
Bergman, Mats; Stennek, Johan - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2007
distribution. For this purpose we suggest a framework of analysis and, at the same time, we apply this framework to the Swedish … market. Even if our focus will be distribution services, we will need to paint a broader picture, including contents …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005651647
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CONCEPTUAL APPROACHES REGARDING THE COMPANY LOGISTICS
Dima, Ioan Constantin; Grabara, Janusz; Pachura, Piotr - In: Polish Journal of Management Studies 1 (2010) 1, pp. 79-85
the change in the structure of potential clients, suppliers have performed ground changes in their distribution. The … distribution logistics depending on clients’ new data. …
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Rising Inequality of Housing? Evidence from Segmented Housing Price Indices
Larsen, Erling Røed; Sommervoll, Dag Einar - 2003
This article uses the Case-Shiller technique for constructing housing price indices on a Norwegian data set of transactions for the period 1991-2002 consisting of 10 376 pairs of repeated sales. Using a weighted least squares scheme in order to control for heteroskedasticity, we construct a...
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Increasing block tariffs in the water sector: a semi-welfarist approach
Meran, Georg; von Hirschhausen, Christian R. - 2009
We analyze the properties of progressive water tariffs that are often applied in the sector in the form of discretely increasing block tariffs (IBT). We are particularly interested in water tarification in a poverty context where a subsistence level of water has to be allocated to each...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274287
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Increasing block tariffs in the water sector: An interpretation in terms of social preferences
Meran, Georg; von Hirschhausen, Christian - 2014
Many developing countries around the world apply progressive water tariffs, often structured in the form of discretely increasing block tariffs (IBTs). These tariffs have been criticized in the welfare economic literature due to their perceived inefficiency: many of the prices charged under IBTs...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010457074
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Increasing block tariffs in the water sector : an interpretation in terms of social preferences
Meran, Georg; Hirschhausen, Christian R. von - 2014
Many developing countries around the world apply progressive water tariffs, often structured in the form of discretely increasing block tariffs (IBTs). These tariffs have been criticized in the welfare economic literature due to their perceived inefficiency: many of the prices charged under IBTs...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010442381
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The Effects of Application of Lean Concept in Retail
LUKIC, Radojko - In: Economia. Seria Management 15 (2012) 1, pp. 88-98
Lean principles and techniques can be successfully applied in the retail sector. In the retail sector, lean approach improves operational flows. Lean retail encourages manufacturers to produce standard products in accordance with the created (placed) orders from retailers pursuant to the demand...
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