In this article, the author suggests that it is time for the countries to return to the drawing board to construct new … to ensure economic growth, especially in the developing nations. He points to the disconnect between the economic models … currently employed in the hemisphere and the dominant development patterns in the Latin American countries, which in many cases …

This paper reviews and discusses the more recent literature and application of Positive Mathematical Programming in the … context of agricultural supply models. Specifically, advances in the empirical foundation of parameter specifications as well … as the economic rationalisation of PMP models – both criticized in earlier reviews – are investigated. Moreover, the …

Tricyclazole, which is normally employed to combat rice blast. The main objective is to quantify the variation in farmersâ …€™ revenues and the change in use of land, in response to variations in the yield of rice produced and its production costs. The … research has been focussed on the rice-farming sector in the Parco Agricolo Sud Milano (PASM), a sub-urban agricultural area of …

Rural households in Nigeria are vulnerable to shock because of their limited capacity to make informed decision on … used to select 80 respondents and well structured questionnaire was used to collect data through in-depth interview. Data … coping actions in response to shocks; coping strategies employed but not limited to include borrowing, distress sales of …

market experience and training. In effect, preferences can be refined by eliminating subjects’ misconceptions regarding … on truthful revelation of induced values in WTP and WTA auctions using the Becker-DeGroot-Marschak (BDM) mechanism. The …

results are illustrated using an application of choice experiments to fish restoration in Rhode Island’s Pawtuxet watershed. …