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Application of an optimisation model for analysing production seasonality in the Irish milk processing sector
HEINSCHINK, Karin; SHALLOO, Laurence; WALLACE, Michael - In: International Journal of Agricultural Management 01 (2012) 4
Ireland’s dairy sector is characterised by pastoral spring-calving systems and seasonal milk production at national level. This production seasonality initiates various implications at processor level, such as poor plant capacity utilisation off-peak season or a requirement for seasonal...
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Can rent adjustment clauses reduce the income risk of farms?
Hotopp, Henning; Mußhoff, Oliver - In: International Journal of Agricultural Management 01 (2012) 4
Risk management is gaining importance in agriculture. In addition to traditional instruments, new risk management instruments are increasingly being proposed. These proposals include the rent adjustment clauses (RACs), which seem to be an unusual instrument at first sight. In contrast with...
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Impact of integrated pest management technologies on farm revenues of rural households: The case of smallholder Arabica coffee farmers
Isoto, Rosemary E.; Kraybill, David S.; Erbaugh, Mark J. - In: African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 09 (2014) 2
Enhancing farmers’ incomes through the utilisation of improved agricultural technologies is an important step towards poverty eradication among rural households in developing countries. Using empirical data from small-scale Arabica coffee farmers in Manafwa district in Uganda, this paper...
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The Distribution and Importance of Arthropods Associated with Agriculture and Forestry in Chile
Koch, C. Klein; Waterhouse, Doug F. - Australian Centre for International Agricultural …
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Saline Agriculture for Irrigated Land in Pakistan: A Handbook
Qureshi, R.H.; Barrett-Lennard, E.G. - Australian Centre for International Agricultural …
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TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY OF UPLAND RICE PRODUCERS IN SOUTH WESTERN UGANDA
Jude, Asiimwe. K. - Collaborative Masters Program in Agricultural and … - 2009
Uganda’s rice demand has been on an increase due to increasing population, urbanization and changing consumer … preferences. The resulting effect has been increased importation of rice into the country consequently straining foreign exchange … accounts. Insufficiency in the rice supply is related to the low national average yield of 1.5t/ha. New upland rice varieties …
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EVALUATION OF THE CONSTRAINTS TO PROFITABLE SMALLHOLDER DAIRYING: A CASE OF NAKURU COUNTY, KENYA
Dennis, Kinambuga - Collaborative Masters Program in Agricultural and … - 2010
The Kenya dairy sub-sector has been undergoing developments since the 1980s, these has been in the areas of adoption of intensive dairy farming especially zero grazing. There have been concerted efforts to commercialize the sub-sector so as to make it more profitable to farmers, especially...
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A cross-region study: climate change adaptation in Malawi's agro-based systems
Assa, Maganga Mulagha; Gebremariam, Gebrelibanos G.; … - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE - 2013
Agriculture in Malawi is vulnerable to the impacts of changing climate. Adaptation is identified as one of the options to abate the negative impacts of the changing climate. This study analyzed the factors influencing different climate change adaptation choices by smallholder farmers in Malawi....
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Determinants of Farmers' Preference for Sustainable Land Management Practices for Maize and Cassava Production in Ogun State, Nigeria
Babalola, D.A.; Olayemi, J.K. - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE - 2013
In order to ensure agricultural sustainability, as highlighted in the millennium development goals, it has become necessary to focus policies on enhancing sustainable land management, especially in vulnerable areas of sub-Saharan Africa. Hence there is the need for this study which was designed...
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Climate Change Impact on Smallholder Farmers in the White Volta Basin of the Upper East Region of Ghana
Amikuzuno, Joseph - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE - 2013
, survey data from the upper White Volta Basin of Ghana. Combining simu-lated and expected crop and livestock yields under …
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