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Understanding Principal Component Analysis (PCA) in the Azerbaijan Economy: Case Studies of Vegetable and Fruit Sectors
Niftiyev, Ibrahim - 2021
Is it possible to apply Principal Component Analysis (PCA) in the Azerbaijan economy? Before blindly answering the question, careful examination of the collected data and the relevance of the data set to the mentioned analysis should be checked. PCA is a widely used multivariate dimension...
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Performance Evaluation of the Fruit and Vegetable Subsectors in the Azerbaijani Economy: A Combinatorial Analysis Using Regression and Principal Component Analysis
Niftiyev, Ibrahim - 2021
Azerbaijan has an oil-led economy, which according to the well-known resource curse and Dutch disease hypotheses decreases the role of non-oil tradable sectors. Nevertheless, the government has actively fostered the growth of non-oil tradable sectors as the export orientation of Azerbaijan is...
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Fertiliser and Biofuel Policies in the Global Agricultural Supply Chain: Implications for Agricultural Markets and Farm Incomes
Lampe, Martin von; Kavallari, Aikaterini; Bartelings, Heleen - Trade and Agriculture Directorate, Organisation de … - 2014
prices. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011276770
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Chapter 72 Total Factor Productivity Growth in Agriculture : The Role of Technological Capital
Dias Avila, Antonio Flavio; Evenson, Robert E. - In: Handbook of agricultural economics : volume 4, (pp. 3769-3822). 2010
In this chapter we compute measures of total factor productivity (TFP) growth for developing countries and then contrast TFP growth with technological capital indexes. In developing these indexes, we incorporate schooling capital to yield two new indexes: Invention-Innovation Capital and...
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Smallholder Supply Response and Gender in Ethiopia: A Profit Function Analysis
Suleiman, Abrar - Department of Economics, University of Sheffield - 2004
single crop or aggregate output, ignoring the role of prices and endogeneity of input choice. We apply the profit function … range of crops and prices and non-price incentives. Gender-differential in labor productivity is accounted for by including …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005593067
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Agriculture for Development: Toward a New Paradigm
Byerlee, Derek; Janvry, Alain de; Sadoulet, Elisabeth - In: Annual Review of Resource Economics 1 (2009) 1, pp. 15-31
The fundamental role that agriculture plays in development has long been recognized. In the seminal work on the subject …, agriculture was seen as a source of contributions that helped induce industrial growth and a structural transformation of the … constraints have deeply changed the context for agriculture's role. We argue that a new paradigm is needed that recognizes …
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An evidence-based approach to ending rural hunger
Kharas, Homi Jamshed; McArthur, John W.; Braun, Joachim von - 2017
Development Goal for ending hunger and malnutrition, especially in rural areas. The G20 should target interventions and investment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011703908
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An evidence-based approach to ending rural hunger
Kharas, Homi Jamshed; McArthur, John W.; Braun, Joachim von - 2017
Development Goal for ending hunger and malnutrition, especially in rural areas. The G20 should target interventions and investment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011729426
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Agricultural and rural transformations in Asian development : past trends and future challenges
Vos, Rob - 2018
accelerated growth of both agriculture and non-agricultural sectors. Vast challenges of still widespread poverty and food …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011894303
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Trade Liberalization, Food Security and the Environment : The Neoliberal Threat to Sustainable Rural Development
Gonzalez, Carmen G. - 2011
International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank, and the World Trade Organization (WTO) exacerbate hunger and environmental … earnings needed to finance the import of food and other necessities to fluctuating world market prices for agricultural …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014050535