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Exploratory Research into the Resilience of Farming Systems during Periods of Hardship
Parsonson-Ensor, Chris; Saunders, Caroline M. - New Zealand Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2011
This paper investigates the management strategies and responses used by New Zealand sheep and beef farmers to ensure resilience during periods of hardship. Using two, farm level surveys conducted in 1986 and 2010, some aspects of resilient farming systems were identified. Despite apparent...
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Productivity in the New Zealand Primary and Downstream Sectors
Cao, Kay; Forbes, Rod - In: Australasian Agribusiness Review 15 (2007)
In this paper, we report our results in measuring total factor productivity (TFP) growth in the New Zealand primary and downstream manufacturing sectors. Our results showed strong TFP growth in the agriculture sector during 1988-2006 (2.7 percent per year). Forestry and logging’s TFP grew...
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Investment Potential for New Sugarcane Plants in Brazil Based on Assessment of Operational Efficiency
Junior, Salgado; Pereira, Alexandre; Carlucci, Fabio … - In: International Food and Agribusiness Management Review 17 (2014) 2
The IFAMR is published quarterly by the International Food and Agribusiness Management Association. www.ifama.org …
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Agricultural Supply Management and Antitrust in the United States System of Agribusiness
Bolotova, Yuliya - In: International Food and Agribusiness Management Review 17 (2014) 3
The IFAMR is published quarterly by the International Food and Agribusiness Management Association. www.ifama.org …
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Modelling Land Use in Rural New Zealand
Olssen, Alex; Kerr, Suzi - New Zealand Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2011
Regional Councils are primarily responsible for environmental management, as specified in the Resource Management Act (RMA), 1991. The Local Government Act 2002 has an integrative component, requiring consideration of social, economic, environmental and cultural well-being of their communities....
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Internationalization and Firm Performance in Agribusiness: Empirical Evidence from European Cooperatives
Heyder, Matthias; Makus, Christian; Theuvsen, Ludwig - In: International Journal on Food System Dynamics 02 (2011) 1
The ongoing internationalization of markets has become a major issue also for companies of the agribusiness …. Nevertheless, neither the degree of internationalization of agribusiness firms nor the internationalization …-performance relationship in the agribusiness sector have been analyzed thoroughly so far. To help fill this void, we use panel data compiled …
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Understanding Spatial Welfare Impacts of a Grain Ethanol Plant
Van Wart, Justin; Perrin, Richard K. - 2009
A changing world of increasing complexity, fluctuating prices, high energy costs and limited data necessitate creative blending of economic theory and available empirical statistics to understand the welfare impacts in a specific market. In this paper, a programming approach is used in tandem...
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The Economic Determinants of the On-farm Management of Rice Cultivars in the Rhone River Delta (France)
Jaeck, Melanie; Lifran, Robert - 2011
The aims of our paper are to identify economic determinants of theon-farm cultivars diversity and to empirically characterize the farmers'diversi…cation choices. We focus on the private decision making processinvolving the choice of rice cultivars and the corresponding allocation offarmland....
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2009
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A Return of the Threshing Ring? A Case Study of Machinery and Labor-Sharing in Midwestern Farms
Artz, Georgeanne M.; Colson, Gregory; Ginder, Roger G. - 2010
Machinery-sharing provides an alternative for smaller producers to obtain the efficiencies of large farming operations and remain competitive in an increasingly concentrated agricultural industry. This research uses a multiple case study design to examine the motivations for sharing equipment...
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