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Study of structural imbalances in agricultural engineering

Abuselidze, George; Kotliarov, Valerii; Petrychuk, Svitlana - In: E3S Web of Conferences 363 (2022), pp. 1-10

The authors emphasized that the development of the agricultural machinery industry is inextricably linked with the development of agricultural production, and consequently, changes in land use forms and the development of agricultural science, which, in turn, are conditioned by the current...

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Editorial. Special Issue: Growth of agroholdings and mega-farms in transition and emerging market economies: Institutional and organizational aspects

Gagalyuk, Taras; Meyers, William H.; Balmann, Alfons - In: International Food and Agribusiness Management Review 24 (2021) 4, pp. 581-592

Since the research agenda on agroholdings and mega-farms was elaborated in the 2017 special issue of IFAMA, much has been learned about structure, performance and management of these farming systems. Despite doubts about the sustainability of these farming systems, they have evolved and even...

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Spekulation mit Agrarrohstoffen: zuviel des Guten?

Filler, Günther; Franke, Christian; Odening, Martin; … - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 81 (2012) 4, pp. 9-28

Der Beitrag untersucht den Einfluss von Spekulation mit Terminkontrakten auf die Preise von Agrarrohstoffen. Konkret wird der öffentlich diskutierte Vorwurf aufgegriffen, Spekulation sei für den Preisanstieg und die Preisschwankungen auf Agrarmärkten mit verantwortlich und trage so zur...

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The emergence and proliferation of agroholdings and mega farms in a global context

Hermans, Frans; Chaddad, Fabio; Gagalyuk, Taras; … - In: International Food and Agribusiness Management Review 20 (2017) 2, pp. 175-186

the name of mega-farms or agroholdings: horizontally or vertically integrated operations with farm sizes of up to 500 …

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Microfinance for poverty alleviation: Do transnational initiatives overlook fundamental questions of competition and intermediation?

Arp, Frithjof; Ardisa, Alvin; Ardisa, Alviani - In: Transnational Corporations 24 (2017) 3, pp. 103-117

Numerous microfinance initiatives around the world aim to alleviate poverty in developing countries. However, debate persists about their effectiveness and sustainability – a concern for transnational corporations and the international business community, which contribute about $9.4 billion to...

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The impact of stock, energy and foreign exchange markets on the sugar market

Sariannidis, Nikolaos - In: International Journal of Economic Sciences and Applied … 3 (2010) 1, pp. 109-117

This study examines the effect of financial factors on the sugar market by using Generalized Autoregressive Conditional Heteroskedasticity (GARCH) models. The results show that changes in capital and energy markets returns have a positive impact on the mean returns of Sugar futures as opposed to...

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A study on the determinants of financial performance of U.S. agricultural cooperatives

Singh, Kuldeep; Misra, Madhvendra; Kumar, Mohit; … - In: Journal of Business Economics and Management (JBEM) 20 (2019) 4, pp. 633-647

A significant number of studies have been made in the area of agricultural economics; however, there is a paucity of work that investigates factors or determinants which influence the financial performance of agro cooperatives. This paper investigates determinants of financial performance for...

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Weather extremes, agriculture and the value of weather index insurance

Hott, Christian; Regner, Judith - In: The Geneva Risk and Insurance Review 48 (2023) 2, pp. 230-259

This paper evaluates the potential value of a weather index insurance for the agriculture sector in an high income country (Germany). In our theoretical analysis we model an index insurance, a loss-based insurance market as well as a combination of both kinds of insurance and compare the...

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Agricultural policies and technical efficiency of wheat production in Kazakhstan and Russia: Evidence from a stochastic frontier approach

Tleubayev, Alisher; Bobojonov, Ihtiyor; Götz, Linde - In: Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 54 (2022) 3, pp. 407-421

inputs, such as fertilizer, have a relatively large influence on wheat production compared to land. Nearly every fifth farm … agroholding membership, and participation in insurance programs, are positively related to farm efficiency. The results imply that … education system, fostering cooperation among farms, and developing functioning farm insurance schemes. …

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The effect of an electronic exchange on prices and return volatility in the fine wine market

Czupryna, Marcin; Oleksy, Paweł - In: e-Finanse: Financial Internet Quarterly 14 (2018) 4, pp. 22-35

Fine wine has become an attractive alternative asset class in recent decades. In our study, we take the market microstructural perspective and verify how innovations in trading infrastructure affect the fine wine market. More specifically, we examine the average prices and the return volatility...

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