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The Economics of Land Consolidation in Family Farms of Moldova
Cimpoies, Dragos; Lerman, Zvi; Racul, Anatol - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2009
The paper investigates the current situation with fragmentation of family farms in Moldova and its effects on family well-being and farm productivity. A key hypothesis is that consolidation of agricultural land in Moldova has beneficial effects in terms of productivity and is desirable in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004998973
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Boosting water benefits in West Bengal
International Water Management Institute (IWMI); …
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The Paradigm of African Agricultural Efficiency, 1967-2012: What Does Meta-Analysis Reveal?
Ogundari, Kolawole - New Zealand Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2013
, this implies that over the years, negative efficiency change characterized the growth of African agriculture and food … development associated with education and extension should be prioritized to enhance the growth of agriculture and food production …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010920208
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Changing Rural Land Use In New Zealand 1997 To 2008
Dorner, Zach - New Zealand Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2013
This paper is a current draft of my Honours research project, and looks into whether changing economic variables have any predictive power on changing rural land use in recent years. To do this I attempt to answer three questions: 1. Do recent commodity prices have any predictive power on land...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010920210
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Identification Of Important Criteria In Farm Systems Decisions Around Lake Taupo
Dooley, A.E.; Smeaton, D.; Ledgard, S.F. - New Zealand Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2005
Nitrogen leaching from agriculture contributes to contamination of Lake Taupo. Multiple criteria decision making was …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008800982
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Proceedings of the International Conference and Young Researchers’ Forum - “Natural resource use in Central Asia: Institutional challenges and the contribution of capacity building...
Pawlowski, Ira - Zentrum für internationale Entwicklungs- und … - 2013
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011068445
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Las roturaciones de tierras forestales en el siglo XVIII frente al abandono agrícola actual: El monte Pereroles de Morella (Castelló)
MARTÍ, JAVIER SORIANO; CHABRERA, VICENT ORTELLS - In: Revista Española de Estudios Agrosociales y Pesqueros (2001) 191
La comarca de Els Ports, ubicada en el extremo NW de la provincia de Castelló, asiste en apenas doscientos años a dos realidades contrapuestas en relación con su paisaje agroforestal, característico de la montaña media mediterránea. El insólito crecimiento demográfico obligó a realizar...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011078347
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Sources of Agricultural Productivity Growth in Central Asia: The Case of Tajikistan and Uzbekistan
Lerman, Zvi; Sedik, David J. - Department of Agricultural Economics and Management, … - 2009
The paper examines agricultural production and productivity growth in two Central Asian countries – Tajikistan and … agriculture to more market-compliant individual and family farming. In both countries, the beginning of the policy-driven switch … to family farming around 1997 coincided with the beginning of recovery in agriculture, namely resumption of agricultural …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008549262
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Friend or Foe? The Kyoto Protocol and the NZ Greenhouse Industry
Barber, Andrew; Parminter, Irene - 2004
The greenhouse sector has reinvented itself as a technologically advanced and relatively environmentally friendly industry over the past 15 years. However it remains a high energy user. Two recent surveys have highlighted the potential impact on greenhouse grower costs of the proposed emissions...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009443698
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Regional Economic Implications of Water Allocation and Reliability
Harris, Simon; Doak, Murray; Ford, Stuart; Bywater, Tony; … - 2005
The understanding of how allocation decisions can maximise the economic returns to the community from water for irrigation has received little attention, but is a significant issue for regional councils, those interested in water allocation policy development, and for irrigated farmers. There is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009443714