Showing 7,291 - 7,300 of 7,352
Drought is a major cause of economic loss to the world’s wheat growers; estimated at up to US$20 billion (£12.5 bn) in 2000. Film antitranspirants are polymers applied to foliage to reduce water loss and have recently been shown to increase droughted wheat yield. This increase is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011143520
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011143525
Farm productivity in the Peanut Basin of Senegal has been declining over time, requiring strategic interventions to reverse this trend. Using pooled cross-section time-series data and probit and Tobit models, this paper examines factors that influence the decision whether or not to use...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011143561
L’objectif principal de ce travail est d’analyser l’impact du changement climatique sur la productivité des cultures céréalières dans la région de Béja, située au nord-ouest de la Tunisie. Pour ce faire, des modèles de régression multiple ont été estimés pour trois cultures...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011143565
Com a reestruturação e modernização do Complexo Agroindustrial (CAI) canavieiro no Estado de São Paulo, milhares de trabalhadores rurais oriundos das regiões mais pobres do Brasil passaram a migrar todos os anos para São Paulo. Estes migrantes vêm para trabalhar no corte manual da...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009371126
A soja é um dos cultivos agrícolas mais praticados no Sul do Brasil, estando presente em milhares de propriedades familiares. Entretanto, estudos acadêmicos vêm comprovando a inviabilidade econômica dessa oleaginosa nas pequenas unidades. Diante disso, o objetivo desse estudo se constitui...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009371127
Desde meados da década de 70, os mercados brasileiros de açúcar e álcool têm passado por importantes transformações que conduziram o país de volta à posição de líder mundial na produção de cana-de-açúcar. O objetivo deste trabalho é avaliar o papel de choques de oferta (área e...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009371130
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009371143
Horticulture provides many developing countries with opportunities for export diversification, poverty alleviation and rural development. However, stringent public and private-sector food-safety standards, for example EurepGap, pose a challenge especially to small export farmers. Compliance with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009371147
Uganda’s rice demand has been on an increase due to increasing population, urbanization and changing consumer preferences. The resulting effect has been increased importation of rice into the country consequently straining foreign exchange accounts. Insufficiency in the rice supply is related...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009371148