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The Arkansas Global Rice Model is based on a multi-country statistical simulation andeconometric framework. The model … mechanisms by which countries intervene in their rice sectoreconomy.More specifically, the Arkansas Global Rice Model is a … representation of the world rice economy.It is specified as a series of six regional models, each having a similar structure within …
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The Arkansas Global Rice Model is based on a multi-country statistical simulation and econometric framework. The model …, population, inflation rate, technology development, and especially, government determined policy variables which reflect the … various mechanisms by which countries intervene in their rice sector economy. More specifically, the Arkansas Global Rice …
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During 1998-2002, India experienced record public surpluses of wheat and rice, sharply higher government grain subsidy … outlays, and declining per capita consumption of wheat and rice. By 2006, despite continued high subsidies and sluggish … fundamental reform, recent policy changes have moved toward better targeting of food subsidies to low-income consumers …
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In this solicited article, Willard Cochrane, the U S Department of Agriculture's first Director of Agricultural Economics, assesses the mission, performance, and organization of-the Economic Research Service (ERS) 22 years after Its establishment m 1961 The current organization IS satisfactory,...
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The farming industry in the United Kingdom faces considerable challenges in playing a proportionate role in meeting increasing global food needs whilst minimising the environmental, social and economic impacts of production agriculture. To do so effectively requires the generation, promotion and...
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Exogenous, unobserved factors often confound the effects of alliance networks. More capable farmers might be less likely to exit and more likely to have a large number of alliances. In this case the negative correlation between alliance network size and exit likelihood is due to the unobserved...
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The burning of rice stubbles is widely practised in rice based farming systems in north-west India (Punjab, Haryana and … tractor powered machine capable of direct drilling wheat in standing rice stubbles, provides an alternative to burning …. However, the adoption of this technology has been limited and burning of rice stubbles remains widespread. The Australian …
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This book is a study of the ways in which U.S. agriculture policies contribute to or help to ameliorate the adverse effects of farming on the environment.
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