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Partial Price Stabilisation and National Export Earnings Instability

Nguyen, D.T. - In: Journal of Economic Studies 16 (1989) 3

This article shows that partial price stabilisation is superior to complete price stabilisation in stabilising national export earnings in virtually all situations and is more likely to stabilise national than world export earnings, in contrast to the findings of an earlier study. It also shows...

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Estimating US Soybean Exports: A Simultaneous Supply/Demand Approach

Sarwar, Ghulam; Anderson, Dale G. - In: Journal of Economic Studies 17 (1990) 1

A simultaneous equation model is used to estimate export demand and supply functions for US soybeans. Price, income, exchange rate and other effects on exports to four world regions are estimated. Inclusion of export supply relationships have very significant implications for estimated price‐,...

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Facing up to new realities: The case for using relevant cost and target cost approaches in agriculture

Jack, Lisa; Jones, James V.H. - In: Journal of Applied Accounting Research 8 (2007) 3, pp. 116-145

researchers. Agriculture is currently in an era of significant change and adjustment, where change in accounting practice needs to … relevant costing and target costing. These have been developed and applied outside agriculture. They have not so far been used … in a formal sense within agriculture but have links to existing methodologies used in farm business planning, such as …

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Trends and patterns of institutional credit flow for agriculture in India

Biradar, R.R. - In: Journal of Asia Business Studies 7 (2013) 1, pp. 44-56

by the CBs, SCBs and RRBs, for production and investment purposes in agriculture and allied activities in India in the …, Agricultural Statistics at a Glance, Economic Survey of India, etc. The data relating to institutional credit at the all India … agriculture and allied activities, the indictors such as the average institutional credit per hectare cultivated area and as …

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The private sector's role in agricultural extension systems: potential and limitations

Feder, Gershon; Birner, Regina; Anderson, Jock R. - In: Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies 1 (2011) 1, pp. 31-54

Purpose – The poor performance of public agricultural extension systems in developing countries engendered interest in pluralistic concepts of extension involving a variety of service providers. Within the reform agenda, modalities relying on private‐sector providers were perceived as a path...

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Agricultural credit market participation in Finoteselam town, Ethiopia

Shete, Maru; Garcia, Roberto J. - In: Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies 1 (2011) 1, pp. 55-74

primary data were collected from 210 households through a questionnaire survey in Finoteselam town, north western Ethiopia. A …

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The 7 Cs of rural credit in China

Turvey, Calum G.; He, Guangwen; Kong, Rong; Ma, Jiujie; … - In: Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies 1 (2011) 2, pp. 100-133

/methodology/approach – This paper is largely based on a survey of 897 farm households in Shaanxi and Gansu provinces, and extensive interviews of …. Agricultural and rural credit in China is very complex and in many instance under developed. The survey results from Shaanxi and …

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China's feed industry in transition: the case of New Hope Group – an industry perspective

Fu, Wenge - In: Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies 1 (2011) 2, pp. 162-178

impact of mandates outlined in China's Twelfth Five‐Year Plan, such as the imperative to modernize agriculture and improve …

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Agricultural‐risk management through community‐based wildlife conservation in Zimbabwe

Muchapondwa, Edwin; Sterner, Thomas - In: Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies 2 (2012) 1, pp. 41-56

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether community‐based wildlife conservation can potentially be added in rural farmers’ investment portfolio to diversify and consequently reduce agricultural risk. Design/methodology/approach – The correlation coefficient is...

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The impact of changing marketing conditions on Ugandan banana farmers

Komarek, Adam M.; Ahmadi‐Esfahani, Fredoun Z. - In: Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies 2 (2012) 1, pp. 74-88

Purpose – Low productivity and the prevalence of marketing and demand constraints are all interrelated problems for banana growers in East Africa. The purpose of this paper is to examine how different marketing policies can alter the incomes of banana‐growing households in the Ntungamo...

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