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We analyse the microeconomic determinants of the extent of crop diversification in Afghanistan by employing instrumental variable Tobit analysis using data from a cross-section survey of 8,613 farm households in 364 districts in all 34 provinces collected in 2013/14. The estimates of the...
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consequences of the nearly six-fold increase in the global price of vanilla on vanilla farming communities in Madagascar. We find a …
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Low efficiency is a problem in most developing agriculture, and is one of the reasons for food insecurity. This paper provides information on smallholder production efficiency in one of the developing Sub-Saharan Countries: Kenya. It applies Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) to farm-level seasonal...
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Low efficiency is a problem in most developing agriculture, and is one of the reasons for food insecurity. This paper provides information on smallholder production efficiency in one of the developing Sub-Saharan Countries: Kenya. It applies Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) to farm-level seasonal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011097031
This paper shows that using yields may not be informative of the relationship between farm size and productivity in the … context of small-scale farming. This occurs because, in addition to productivity, yields pick up size-dependent market … distortions and decreasing returns to scale. As a result, a positive relationship between farm productivity and land size may turn …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012665044
agricultural productivity and output. However, even though this practice is widely spread and represents a large part of the … shed light on this issue by exploring the impact of agricultural input subsidies on agricultural productivity. Using a … the value of production per hectare as a measure of the effect on agricultural productivity. To this end, data from the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011661156
Technology (PATCA II) implemented in the Dominican Republic. The program aimed to increase the agricultural productivity and …
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This paper shows that using yields may not be informative of the relationship between farm size and productivity in the … context of small-scale farming. This occurs because, in addition to productivity, yields pick up size-dependent market … distortions and decreasing returns to scale. As a result, a positive relationship between farm productivity and land size may turn …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012816072
Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) to estimate productivity in the cotton and citrus chains. Applying the event study method, we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014518226
agricultural productivity and output. However, even though this practice is widely spread and represents a large part of the … shed light on this issue by exploring the impact of agricultural input subsidies on agricultural productivity. Using a … the value of production per hectare as a measure of the effect on agricultural productivity. To this end, data from the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011786422