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Why Do Livestock Farmers Participate in Voluntary Environmental Programs? An Empirical Study of the Michigan Agriculture Environmental Assurance Program (MAEAP)
Chantorn, Charapon - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2013
Previous studies have identified regulatory preemption and differentiation as two main motives for participation in voluntary environmental programs (VEPs). This research examines the motivations of livestock farmers to participate in the Michigan Agricultural Environmental Assurance Program...
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Determining the Role of Social Capital in Linking Smallholders with Agribusiness
Patrick, Ian; Marshall, Graham R.; Abdurrahman, Muktasam; … - Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2006
agribusiness has been variable. Two recent ACIAR studies concluded that there may be more to linking smallholders with the … agribusiness sector than individual smallholder characteristics. This paper hypothesizes that social capital influences the ability … of individual smallholders to take advantage of emerging agribusiness opportunities. It outlines a project proposed by …
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FORMS OF ENVIRONMENTAL CRIME IN AGRIBUSINESS
Subosic, Dane; Cvetkovic, Dragan; Vukovic, Slavisa - In: Economics of Agriculture 59 (2012) 4
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Analysis of the determinants of borrowing by public companies of Brazilian agribusiness
Bressan, Valeria Gama Fully; Lima, Joao Eustaquio de; … - 2009
leverage in the Brazilian agribusiness sector using the model of Rajanand Zingales (1995). In the definition of the sample …
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The Environment for Agricultural and Agribusiness Investment in India
Landes, Maurice R. - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2008
Despite strong overall economic growth and strengthening food demand, investment in Indian agriculture and agribusiness …
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The New Roadmap for Measuring and Valuing Carbon in the Agribusiness Sector
Williams, Dawson - USDA Economists Group - 2009
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Análise dos determinantes do endividamento das empresas de capital aberto do agronegócio brasileiro
Bressan, Valeria Gama Fully; Lima, Joao Eustaquio de; … - In: Brazilian Journal of Rural Economy and Sociology (RESR) 47 (2009) 1
leverage in the Brazilian agribusiness sector using the model of Rajan and Zingales (1995). In the definition of the sample … there were selected 26 companies that are classified in one of three subdivisions of the Brazilian agribusiness sector: a … statiscally significant as determinant factors of the debt structure of Brazilian agribusiness companies. It is also possible to …
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Can Agribusiness Feed 3 Billion New People…and Save the Planet? A GLIMPSE into the Future
Connolly, Aidan J.; Phillips-Connolly, Kate - In: International Food and Agribusiness Management Review 15 (2012) B
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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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Auctioning Conservation Contracts and Evaluating the Risk Attitudes of Farmers: Economic Experiments in Japan
Sasaki, Hiroki; Fujie, Takeshi; Kawasaki, Kentaro; … - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2010
Agri-environmental programs in Japan have generally been promoted through the provision of fixed payments for certain environment-friendly farming and management practices. However, the auctioning of agrienvironmental contracts is a noteworthy alternative for the furtherance of such programs....
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