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Feasible Fumigant-Herbicide System Alternatives to Methyl Bromide for Bell Pepper Producers

Byrd, Mark M.; Escalante, Cesar L.; Fonsah, Esendugue Greg - In: Journal of Agribusiness 25 (2007) 1

With the current methyl bromide (MeBr) system for producing Georgia’s peppers being phased out, alternative fumigant and herbicide systems for producers are analyzed. Using stochastic dominance analyses, two alternatives exceeding MeBr’s yield and financial efficiency were identified. A...

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COMPARATIVE YIELD RISK CALCULATIONS OF SOUR CHERRY AND PEAR VARIETIES REGARDING RISK AVERSION

Persely, Szilvia; Ertsey, Imre; Ladanyi, Marta - In: APSTRACT: Applied Studies in Agribusiness and Commerce 06 (2012)

the middle of Europe Hungary has to face several challenges as competing for market. Since yield risk has an important … role in Hungarian fruit production we investigate the yield risk of two of the most important sour cherry varieties … Beurre’ and ’Williams’) grown in Bánfa and Zalasárszeg (1984- 2009). In the examined periods we analyse yield risk with …

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Economic Benefits of Fungicide Use in Corn Production

Liu, Yangxuan; Langemeier, Michael; Wise, Kiersten - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2015

This study used experimental data from West Lafayette, Indiana to examine the economic benefits of applying fungicide to corn. The average improvements in yield, gross revenue, and net return (gross revenue minus fungicide and application cost) were 4 bushels per acre, $19 per acre, and -$9 per...

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Conservation Tillage of Grain Sorghum and Soybeans:A Stochastic Dominance Analysis

Mikesell, Chris L.; Williams, Jeffery R.; Long, James H. - Department of Agricultural Economics, Kansas State … - 1987

, continuous soybeans, and soybeans after grain sorghum. Conventional tillage continuous grain sorghum would be preferred by risk …

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Factor Input Demand Subject to Economic and Environmental Risk: The Case of Nitrogen Fertilizer in Corn Production

Carriker, Gordon L. - Department of Agricultural Economics, Kansas State … - 1993

dominance analysis. Results suggest that, in the absence of environmental risk, N demand becomes more elastic as farmers become … more risk averse. When environmental risk is introduced to the decision-making process, N demand becomes even more elastic. …

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A producer theory with business risks

Kim, Seong-Hoon; Moon, Seongman - 2012

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Banking Firm and Two-Moment Decision Making

Broll, Udo; Wong, Wing-Keung; Wu, Mojia - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

ways to manage risk of which one of the most important forms is interest rate risk. In this paper we use the mean …-variance (mean-standard deviation) approach to examine a banking firm investing in risky assets and hedging opportunities. The mean …-standard deviation framework can be used because our hedging model satisfies a scale and location condition. The focus of this study is …

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Commercial Agricultural Production in Tanzania: Mountainside Farms Limited

Simpson, John Y.; Cheong, Qing Yang - In: International Food and Agribusiness Management Review 17 (2014) B

The IFAMR is published quarterly by the International Food and Agribusiness Management Association. For complete …

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Termelői értékesítő szervezetek jelene és jövője a hazai zöldség-gyümölcs termelésben

Magda, Sandor; Gergely, Sandor - 2010

Tanulmányunkkal hozzá kívánunk járulni ahhoz, hogy Magyarország elfoglalja az őt megillető méltó helyét a zöldségek és gyümölcsök hazai és nemzetközi piacán. Ugyanis nem elegendő tudnunk azt, hogy milyen komparatív előnyökkel rendel¬kezünk ezen a téren (is). Azt sem...

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Sustainable and diversified vegetable-based farming systems in highland regions of West Java

Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific … - 2008

This study coincided with a research project "Identification of Pulling Factors for Enhancing the Sustainable Development of Diverse Agriculture in Selected Asian Countries (AGRIDIV), co-ordinated by CAPSA. While AGRIDIV project focused on poverty alleviation through secondary crop based...

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