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Agricultural Risk Aversion Revisited: A Multicriteria Decision-Making Approach

Gomez-Limon, Jose Antonio; Riesgo, Laura; Arriaza … - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2002

In modelling farm systems it is widely accepted that risk plays a central role. Furthermore, farmers' risk aversion determines their decisions in both the short and the long run. This paper presents a methodology based on multiple criteria mathematical programming to obtain relative and absolute...

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Adjustment of Conventional PSE's Methodology for Economy in Transition

Shick, Olga - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2002

The conventional PSE's methodology doesn't provide adequate estimation of agricultural support for the economy in transition. In this paper we attempt to adjust PSE's methodology for Russian economy, and also coefficients' analysis and interpretations are adapted for transitional conditions....

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Florida Agriculture and the Vegetable Industry

Stevens III, Thomas J.; Hodges, Alan W.; Mulkey, W. David - International Agricultural Trade and Policy Center … - 2003

Florida ranked ninth in the U.S. in agricultural receipts for the year 2000, and ranked first or second in receipts for 12 of the nation's top 25 agricultural commodities. Ten of these twelve leading agricultural commodities were fresh fruits or vegetables, and combined, they represented over 45...

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Relance agricole: Sécurité alimentaire et plus

Wodon, Quentin; Morris, Michael; Glaesner, Vincent; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008

Burundi is still experiencing a major food crisis. One important element that will help to avoid new episodes of violence is revised agricultural policies that support sustainable food security. Food crops and livestock supply 91 percent of agricultural GDP and the major livelihood for most...

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Agricultural Recovery: Food Security and Beyond

Wodon, Quentin; Morris, Michael; Glaesener, Vincent; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008

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Le système alimentaire mondial est-il soluble dans le développement durable ?

Rastoin, J.L. - Unité Mixte de Recherche Marchés, Organisations, … - 2006

In a process of world economic domination by an agro-industrial and agro-tertiary food system, the author wonders about the feasibility of an alternative model. The intensive agro-industrial model (financiarized, concentrated, specialized and globalized), allows remarkable results in terms of...

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Science and Technology in World Agriculture: The World Development Report as an Example of “Achievement Narratives”

Scandizzo, Pasquale Lucio - In: QA - Rivista dell'Associazione Rossi-Doria (2009) 1

of technology and science on world agriculture. Beliefs, stylized evidence and arguments on this subject tend to fall … as parts of contrasting discourses on the future of agriculture. In this respect, the World Development Report represents … an excellent example of the interpretation of technological progress in agriculture as a series of narratives focusing on …

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Agricultural Regional Differentiations in Poland towards the Cap

Crescenzi, Riccardo - In: QA - Rivista dell'Associazione Rossi-Doria (2004) 1

This paper analyses the development of the “spatial” structure of agriculture in Poland from transition towards a … agriculture is addressed with the focus on the disparities between the dynamic farming of the central and western areas and the …

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The pace of poverty reduction across the globe: an exploratory analysis

Kalirajan, Kaliappa; Singh, Kanhaiya - In: International Journal of Social Economics 36 (2009) May, pp. 692-705

formulations are to strengthen economic activities such as labour-intensive export promotion, emphasis on agriculture productivity …

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Preconditions for the economic mobility of immigrants working in the countryside: The case of Greece

Labrianidis, Lois; Sykas, Theodosis - In: International Journal of Social Economics 36 (2009) June, pp. 798-812

immigrants working in agriculture. It argues this through an analysis of immigrants in the Greek countryside and a comparison of … employment and allows them to develop strategies to increase their income by either working within or outside agriculture. The … from agriculture to non-agricultural jobs, and thus to achieve upward occupational mobility. The third is the lack of …

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