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Positive and Negative Aspects of Financial Economic Development in Selected Branches of the Food Industry of the CR in 2007 – 2009 as Revealed by Spider Analysis
Mejstrikova, Lenka; Mezera, Josef; Plasil, Martin - In: AGRIS on-line Papers in Economics and Informatics 3 (2011) 2
The food industry as an important part of the agriculture sector markedly influences through its financial economic results development both in agriculture and in related links of the food chain. The objective of the present paper is to identify negative and positive these aspects of results...
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Emergence and Impact of USDA’s WASDE Report
Adjemian, Michael K. - In: Amber Waves, 2
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Understanding the motivation of farmers in financing agricultural research and extension in Benin
Moumouni, Ismail M.; Streiffeler, Friedhelm - In: Quarterly Journal of International Agriculture 49
Farmers are increasingly asked to pay for agricultural research and extension (ARE) services in many developing countries. Although, farmers participate diversely in funding these services, their motivation is rarely sustainable. This paper addresses the question whether this financial...
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Effects of technological progress on consumers’ and producers’ welfare: a case study for Pakistan Punjab
Arifullah, Shahnaz A.; Önal, Hayri; Chishti, Anwar F. - In: Quarterly Journal of International Agriculture 49
While there is no dearth of regression analyses or linear programming models reviewing the agricultural performance of Pakistan, hardly any study has used a price endogenous mathematical programming model to simulate the ex ante effects of new policies on consumers and producers simultaneously....
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Impacts of School District Characteristics on Farm-to-School Program Participation: The Case for Oklahoma
Vo, Anh; Holcomb, Rodney B. - In: Journal of Food Distribution Research 42 (2011) 3
implementation and success, although such information could have value to policy makers, school administrators, and producers …
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The Response of the German Agricultural Sector to the Envisaged Biofuel Targets in Germany and Abroad: A CGE Simulation
Sorda, Giovanni; Banse, Martin - In: Journal of International Agricultural Trade and Development 60 (2011) 4
available for agriculture. Biofuel targets are set exogenously according to the current policy goals. The model recursively …
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ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF AN AGRICULTURAL INNOVATION – PRECISION CROP PRODUCTION
Takacs-Gyorgy, Katalin - In: APSTRACT: Applied Studies in Agribusiness and Commerce 06 (2012)
Innovation in agriculture ensures the wide-spread use of the latest, up-to-date technology. Such new technology is precision farming in crop production, which serves as a validation of the criteria of environmental and economic sustainability. The economic applicability of precision crop...
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Product and process innovation in the food processing industry: case study in Guangxi province
Ma, Xin; McSweeney, Peter - In: Australasian Agribusiness Review 16 (2008)
China's food processing sector has arrived at a critical stage and the challenges for the food industry including undergoing relevant structural adjustments are well documented (OECD 2000). The Chinese domestic economy continues to boom and living standards of people continue to improve. Food...
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Productivity and Technical Change in Brazilian Agriculture
Arnade, Carlos Anthony - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 1992
Brazil's agricultural sector underwent major changes in the past two decades. Though Brazil is abundant in labor, land, and animal power, government subsidies encouraged the use of fertilizer and machines. Since productivity growth arises from technical change, Brazil's drive to modernize its...
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Agricultural Trade Liberalisation and Economic Growth in Developing Countries: Analysis of Distributional Consequences
Ali, Ershad; Talukder, Dayal - In: eJADE: electronic Journal of Agricultural and … 11 (2010) 2
, based on existing literature, considers the background and reasons for the policy shift in developing economies away from … consequences resulting from trade liberalisation. It also analyses how agricultural trade policy reforms affect poverty and … distribution and inequality measures in the policy sphere. The article might be useful for policy makers and researchers. …
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