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Did farmers’ livelihood improve? An impact assessment of incorporating forages into the crop-livestock system in the coastal savannah zone of Ghana

Ameleke, G.Y.; Okantah, S.A.; Sottie, E.T.; … - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE - 2008

The study used programming methods to assess the farm-level impact of incorporating forages, including dual purpose Cajanus cajan (C. cajan), into the crop-livestock system in the Coastal Savannah Zone of Ghana. The system was modeled in GAMS and solved using linear programming. The optimal...

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Risk aversion and sustainable maize production in Nigeria: Some challenges and prospects for agricultural and economic development

Olarinde, Luke O.; Manyong, Victor M. - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE - 2008

This paper determines the degree or extent of farmer’s risk aversion that affects sustainable maize production in Northern Nigeria. Using a ridge regression analysis, a measure of risk aversion was derived for each individual farmer in a model of safety-first behaviour from a cross-sectional...

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Impact Assessment of agricultural research and development to reduce virus problems in tomato production in Mali: Farmers perceptions

Nouhoheflin, Theodore; Coulibaly, Ousmane; Norton, Geoff; … - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE - 2008

Pests and diseases caused by bacteria, nematodes, fungi and viruses cause significant losses to tomato in West Africa. This study, carried-out within the framework of the IPM-CRSP implemented jointly by IITA, IER and Virginia Tech. and State University, assesses farmers’ perceptions on tomato...

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Long Term Challenges and Opportunities: Future Competitiveness and Prosperity of the Agriculture and Agri-Food Industry

Agriculture Canada, Government of Canada - 2006

This report was prepared by the Federal/Provincial/Territorial (FPT) Working Group (WG) on Economic Analysis at the request of FPT Assistant Deputy Ministers (ADMs) in an effort to study the challenges and opportunities that are arising from the trends and factors affecting the sector's long...

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Report on Long Term Challenges and Opportunities for Future Competitiveness and Prosperity of the Agriculture and Agri-Food Industry - Chapter 2: Structure and Performance of the C...

Agriculture Canada, Government of Canada - 2007

This report is the second chapter of the final report prepared by the Federal/Provincial/Territorial (FPT) Working Group (WG) on Economic Analysis at the request of FPT Assistant Deputy Ministers (ADMs), in a joint FPT effort to study the challenges and opportunities facing the agriculture and...

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Summary of the Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals Survey

Agriculture Canada, Government of Canada - 2006

This report provides an overview of the Functional Food and Nutraceuticals (FFN) survey. The FFN survey was conducted by Statistics Canada on behalf of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. The objective of the survey was to produce new statistical information on the functional food and...

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Report on Long Term Challenges and Opportunities for Future Competitiveness and Prosperity of the Agriculture and Agri-Food Industry - Chapter 1: Primary Agriculture

Agriculture Canada, Government of Canada - 2006

This report is the first chapter of the final report prepared by the Federal/Provincial/Territorial (FPT) Working Group (WG) on Economic Analysis at the request of FPT Assistant Deputy Ministers (ADMs), in a joint FPT effort to study the challenges and opportunities facing the agriculture and...

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MARKETING OPPORTUNITIES FOR JAMAICA’S GRAPEFRUIT INDUSTRY

Evans, Edward A.; Nalampang, Sikavas; Spreen, Thomas H. - Caribbean Agro-Economic Society - CAES - 2007

illegal. One alternative worth considering is exporting fresh grapefruits to the EU. This marketing opportunity comes about as … the demand for the fruit in the EU could create a marketing opportunities for countries such as Jamaica. The paper … discusses the state of the Florida citrus industry with particular reference to grapefruits and the marketing prospects for …

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CARICOM’s COMPETITIVENESS WITHIN THE US IMPORT MARKET FOR SPECIALTY CROPS: A SHIFT-SHARE ANALYSIS

Lowe, Garfield G.; Davis, Carlton George - Caribbean Agro-Economic Society - CAES - 2007

This paper is based on the premise that if CARICOM’s agricultural sector in general, and more specifically the export sub-sector, is to thrive in the rapidly changing trade environment there has to be a continuous systematic assessment of market opportunities and competitiveness status. Such...

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South Korean Millers’ Preferences for the Quality Characteristics of Hard White Wheat that is Used in Producing All-purpose Flour

Park, Jaehong; Henneberry, Shida Rastegari - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2010

Using the choice-based conjoint analysis and self explicated approach, I elicited South Korean millers’ preference and willingness to pay for the quality characteristics of hard white wheat that is used in producing all-purpose flour. In specified seven attributes, test weight, moisture, and...

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