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"Dairy sector reforms and transformation in Uganda since the 1990s
Mbowa, Swaibu; Shinyekwa, Isaac; Lwanga, Musa - Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC) - 2012
The Dairy sector in Uganda has responded positively to agricultural sector liberalisation policies that took effect in the 1990s. Total national milk production has grown from 460 million litres in 1990 to 1.6 billion litres in 2011, with per capita milk consumption growing from 16 litres in...
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2008 Michigan Dairy Industry Survey
Bitsch, Vera - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2009
The Michigan State University (MSU) Dairy Team conducted an industry survey with the objectives of identifying and rating industry priorities. After holding discussion groups across the state, two questionnaires were developed and sent to 2,237 dairy farm owners and operators and 480 allied...
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Perceived Traceability Costs and Benefits in the Italian Fisheries Supply Chain
Asioli, Daniele; Boecker, Andreas; Canavari, Maurizio - In: International Journal on Food System Dynamics 02 (2011) 4
The paper proposes a model in which it is hypothesized that firm characteristics influence both costs and benefits of … costs and benefits on the one hand and perceived actual outcomes on the other, and is tested in a series of regression …. Finally, the study also finds considerable discrepancies between expected and actual costs and benefits. The managerial …
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Boosting water benefits in West Bengal
International Water Management Institute (IWMI); …
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Developing dairy farmer business management competence through the Preferred Future workshop.
Stantiall, J.D.; Parker, W.J.; Shadbolt, Nicola M. - Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 1999
Despite the wealth of information freely available via a range of media, farmers lack both confidence and many of the capabilities to develop their own written strategic business plans. The fact that most farmers do not have a formal strategic plan for their business is testimony to this....
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Smallholder Dairy Farmers’ Access to Modern Milk Marketing Chains in India
Kumar, Anjani; Staal, Steven J.; Singh, Dhiraj Kumar - In: Agricultural Economics Research Review 24 (2011) 2
The smallholder dairy farmers’ access to modern milk marketing chain has been assessed in India by collecting data at the farm level in two states, viz. Bihar and Punjab. These states are among the largest milk producing states of the country but depict stark variations in terms of milk...
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Late Planting Decisions with Crop Insurance: Decision Guidelines for Michigan Farmers in Spring 2011
Betz, Roger; Schweikhardt, David B.; Black, J. Roy; … - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2011
Michigan has had unusually wet planting conditions in 2011, leading to substantial acreage that has not been planted at this late date. Farmers who purchased crop insurance have many options available to them. This paper addresses the major crop insurance decisions that farmers will face during...
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How Would Farm Managers Respond to a Limit on Crop Insurance Premium Subsidies?
Davis, Todd D.; Anderson, John A.; Young, Robert E. III - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2014
A stochastic simulation model is used to determine crop insurance premiums and farm program payments for a Illinois corn-soybean and Mississippi corn-soybean-rice-cotton farm. The optimal portfolio of crop insurance and farm programs are determined subject to payment limitations and crop...
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California Water Wars: Tough Choices at Woolf Farming
Baker, Gregory A.; Sampson, Alana N.; Harwood, Michael J. - In: International Food and Agribusiness Management Review 16 (2013) 2
The IFAMR is published quarterly by the International Food and Agribusiness Management Assocation. www.ifama.org
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The Economics of Organic Versus Conventional Cow-calf Production
Gillespie, Jeffrey M.; Nehring, Richard F. - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2012
Costs, returns, and profitability of cow-calf farms that are organic or transitioning to organic are compared with … higher cost of organic production due to higher unpaid labor, taxes and insurance, and overhead costs. …
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