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The Dynamic Implication of Agricultural Research and Development Investment for Economic Development

Didier, Y. Alia; Reed, Michael R. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2014

This paper presents some evidence of a positive effect of Agriculture R&D investment on economic growth in general … result appears to be robust to various proxies for Agriculture R&D investment. The finding suggests the intensification of …

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Identifying climatic constraints of US agriculture

Ortiz-Bobea, Ariel; Kim, Do-Hyung; Chen, Yanyou - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA

The paper estimates the countervailing climatic factors driving the timing of US corn planting decisions. We combine very diverse sources of data, including daily fine-scale satellite-derived information, to infer the timing of planting decisions over the past 30 years at the county-level. We...

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Aflatoxins: A Negative Nexus between Agriculture, Nutrition and health

Narayan, Tulika; Belova, Anna; Haskell, Jacqueline - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2012

by, for example, washing or heating. The risk of aflatoxin contamination creates a negative nexus between agriculture … aflatoxin-contaminated food produced by the agriculture sector is consumed domestically, resulting in significant social costs … participate in the aflatoxin-free food markets. To assist potential government interventions in the context of sub-Saharan Africa …

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Shale oil and gas booms: Consequences for agricultural and biofuel industries

Taheripour, Farzad; Tyner, Wallce E. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2014

This paper examines and quantifies the consequences of increases in supplies of oil and gas from shale resources for the US economy and its agricultural and biofuel industries using a computable general equilibrium modeling framework under alternative economic conditions and emissions reduction...

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Agricultural Production under Climate Change: The Potential Impacts of Shifting Regional Water Balances in the U.S.

Marshall, Liz; Aillery, Marcel; Malcolm, Scott; … - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2014

temperature over the next century. The vulnerability of agriculture to climate change will depend on both the biophysical impacts …

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Migration, Local Off-farm Employment and Agricultural Production Efficiency: Evidence from China

Yang, Jin; Wang, Hui; Jin, Songqing; Chen, Kevin; … - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2014

increasing concern about the potential negative effects of moving labor away from agriculture on China’s future food security …

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Accounting for Land Use Adaptation to Climate Change Impacts on US Agriculture

Chonabayashi, Shun - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2014

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Agricultural taxation in developing countries: a survey of issues and policy

Khan, Mahmood Khan - In: Agricultural Economics of Agricultural Economists 24 (2001) 3

This study surveys the experience of agricultural taxation in developing countries in the context of the ongoing policy debate about the tax structure and administration affecting agricultural producers. Using the examples of a number of countries, it analyzes the conceptual and practical...

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US-Mexico fresh vegetable trade: the effects of trade liberalization and economic growth

Malaga, Jaime E.; Williams, Gary W.; Fuller, Stephen W. - In: Agricultural Economics of Agricultural Economists 26 (2001) 1

Studies of US-Mexico vegetable trade have generally emphasized the importance of US tariffs in determining the competitive advantage of US producers. Even so, research has identified at least four factors related primarily to the different levels of economic development in the US and Mexico that...

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The performance of Botswana's traditional arable agriculture: growth rates and the impact of the accelerated rainfed arable programme (ARAP)

Seleka, Tebogo B. - In: Agricultural Economics of Agricultural Economists 20 (1999) 2

This study assesses the performance of Botswana's traditional arable agriculture for the 1968-90 period. Growth rate …

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