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An analysis of technical efficiency of rice farmers in pakistani Punjab

Ahmad, Munir; Muhammad, Rafiq; Ali, Asgar - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1999

This study uses stochastic Cobb-Douglas production frontier to estimate farm level technical efficiency of rice farms. Average technical efficiency of sampled farms was estimated to be 85 percent with a minimum of 57 percent and a maximum of 96 percent. The results further showed that the visits...

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Nitrate pollution due to agriculture: project report No.1: policy in the United Kingdom

Parsisson, David; Hanley, Nick; Spash, Clive L. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1995

This paper is a review of nitrate pollution attributable to agriculture in the United Kingdom and its regulation policy …

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Relação econômica dos setores agrícolas do Estado do Mato Grosso com os demais setores pertencentes tanto ao Estado quanto ao restante do Brasil

Figueiredo, Margarida Garcia de; Barros, Alexandre … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005

The purpose of this paper is to empirically show the relative importance of the agricultural sector in the productive framework of Mato Grosso State (Brazil), an inter-regional input-output model for two regions: Mato Grosso and the rest of Brazil for 1999. The idea was to identify the most...

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Food and Nutrition Scenario of Kenya

Mohajan, Haradhan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014

of agriculture from survival to commercial farming and agribusiness, markets, efficient use of agricultural products. The …

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The benefits of preventing crop loss due to tropospheric ozone

Spash, Clive L. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1994

agriculture from air pollution control. Journal of Economic Surveys, vol. 11, no. 1, 47-70. …

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Look who's talking: the impacts of the intrahousehold allocation of mobile phones on agricultural prices

Lee, Kyeong Ho; Bellemare, Marc F. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

Using data from the Philippines, we study the impact of mobile phones on the prices agricultural producers receive for their cash crop. We first look at the impact on price of mobile phone ownership at the household level. Because this masks a considerable amount of heterogeneity, we then look...

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Special agricultural lending Institutions - the Case of Macedonia

Kovachev, Goran - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014

Accounting over 10% of country’s GDP, agriculture has substantial role in Macedonian economy. As a viable, yet risky … (sometimes state owned) institutions for lending in agriculture is a key element in helping farmers to enhance agricultural … has significantly succeeded in increasing banks’ agriculture credit portfolio by 204%, decreasing interest rates by 8 …

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A pro bit analysis of the incidence of the cotton leaf curl virus in Punjab, Pakistan

BATTESE, GEORGEE.; Ahmad, Munir - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1997

Factors affecting the incidence of the cotton leaf curl virus (CLCV) in Punjab, Pakistan are investigated using a probit model. The results indicate that the history of a cotton valiety grown on the farm, better land preparation before sowing, and use of pesticides and phosphorus fertiliser...

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Forms, Factors and Efficiency of Eco-management in Bulgarian Farms with High Eco-activity

Bachev, Hrabrin - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014

This paper presents the results of a first large-scale study on forms, factors, and efficiency of eco-management in Bulgarian farms with a high eco-activity. First, a brief characterisation of surveyed “eco-active” farms is made. After that, diverse (internal, private, contract, market,...

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EMERGING ERITREAN AGRICULTURE IN ACCORDANCE WITH GLOBAL COMPETITION: A CASE STUDY ON ELABERED ESTATE

Rena, Ravinder - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2003

paper covers the success story of Elabered Estate of an important player in Eritrean agriculture sector. The paper deals … and challenges of Eritrean agriculture sector. …

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