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The study analysed sources of return on equity in countries with strong and economically weak farms. The economic size used in FADN was used as the breakdown criterion. In the group of countries where farms reached a relatively small economic size, there were Bulgaria, Greece, Croatia (from...
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Inter-annual climate variability in the Southeastern US that affects farm productivity and cash flows is largely driven by the predictable El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO) phenomenon. In this paper, we evaluate the impact of the ENSO anomalies on the performance of agricultural loan...
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of gross value added (GVA) data in the target indicators of the Government Program of Agriculture Development and …
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I estimate stochastic frontier models for agricultural productivity using factors that proxy for absolute risk aversion (e.g. loan amounts) and factors that proxy for relative risk aversion (loan pricing or interest rates). Empirical findings show absolute risk aversion ceases to matter for...
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We find financing helps make up for deficiencies in farming experience and the absence of crop insurance, such that farmers that have less experience or do not have crop insurance are more likely to adopt productivity enhancing activities. We also find farmers are less likely to spend on output...
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productivity, and improved private investment in agriculture. The effects of external shocks transmitted dynamically through … private investment to agriculture terms of trade is strong and has in turn a positive effect on aggregate agricultural output … critical for enhanced private fixed capital investment and sustained long term aggregate productivity growth of agriculture …
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agriculture and rural areas. New products, delivery channels, and partnerships, along with greater attention to savings, provide …
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European perspective of Macedonian agriculture and rural development became viable on 17th of December 2005, with … and private consultants to understand how EU agriculture and rural development works …
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We partnered with a micro-lender in Mali to randomize credit offers at the village level. Then, in no-loan control villages, we gave cash grants to randomly selected households. These grants led to higher agricultural investments and profits, thus showing that liquidity constraints bind with...
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