the crude oil market. In the long-run, around 2-7 percent of the variability in grains, oilseeds, and cotton prices can be …

This article examines the effects of R&D on cotton yield and relationship between R&D and commodity support programs …. The results indicate that yield elasticities with respect to cotton R&D is around 0.2-0.5 based on different regions. It …

This paper examines the role of institutional environments on cotton farmer technical efficiency scores in Benin …-sectional data collected by the Cotton Sector Reform Project of the Africa, Power, and Politics Programme in 2009. Results from a one … technically efficient in producing cotton. In contrast, Burkinabe farmers who are dissatisfied with the management of their …

A nested logit model was used to analyze the 2009 Southern Cotton Precision Farming Survey to study the impact of … based VDTs are more likely to adopt VRT. The probability of adoption of VRTs was lower for Texas cotton farmers irrespective …

This paper assessed cotton production and land use change (CPLC) and resource competition along the Aksu-Tarim River … resource allocation for sustainable cotton production; minimize resource competition and conflict in the arid region. The … results revealed a relative variation in comparative advantages (CA) in cotton production among upstream and downstream farms …

Brazilian cotton crop with an approach in the changes that has occurred in this sector and the possibility of inserting the … instruments for the analysis of the production costs and the viability of the cotton crop for the family agriculture. The cotton … not only in the cotton crop, but in all of the segments. Also highlighting that the problems may aggravate at the moment …

Estimates of factors influencing Cameroon's exports of cocoa, coffee and cotton are derived in a system of equations … cotton exports are consistent with the independence of cotton from the other two commodities. These findings are corroborated … exports are indeed determined endogenously to the system and not linked to cotton exports. Statistical significance of the …

This paper attempts to identify sources of resource use inefficiency for cotton production in Pakistan's Punjab. The … circumstances. In the 'cotton-wheat' system of Pakistan, there are a considerable number of farms that are both technically and … sources of technical and allocative inefficiencies in cotton production. However, both the interpretation of the farm level …

effects using the case of cotton in Gokwe North District in Zimbabwe. Analysis is based on instrumental variable analysis of … locational differences-households engaging intensively in cotton production obtain higher grain yields than non-cotton and … marginal cotton producers. We also find evidence of regional spill-over effects whereby commercialisation schemes induce second …