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| Ritter, Krisztian. |
| There is no universally accepted definition of the category of "rural area" in Hungary and this issue is the subject of controversy. The EU or OECD standards cannot be fully applied due to unique national characteristics. As a) the role of agriculture in the national economy has drastically decreased in the last 15 years in Hungary - due to the political transition and globalisation, and as b) this decreasing importance causes heavy and pressing problems, especially in agricultural and ex-agricultural areas and regions, job loss is a characteristic sign of the underprivileged areas, and that affects mainly the villages and rural people who have lost their jobs in the agricultural sector. Main goal of the author's Ph.D. research is an analysis of the... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Agricultural employment; EU; Job loss; Rural area; Rural development; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Q19. |
| Ano: 2005 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24448 |
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| Taylor, Philip Eugene. |
| Interest in Management Intensive Grazing (MIG) of dairy cattle has increased during the last 2 decades. Most dairy producers utilizing MIG were former confinement or non-intensive pasture operations while the others started their operation with MIG. While research publications tout the financial and other benefits of MIG, often comparing them to non-MIG dairies, and anecdotal evidence in popular farm press has shown MIG in a favorable light, comparing a MIG dairy farm to itself before and after the management switch has not been a subject of research scrutiny. Knowing the potential impact of a switch to MIG prior to making a management decision to do so would be a significant piece of information for a dairy farm to understand if contemplating such a... |
| Tipo: Thesis or Dissertation |
Palavras-chave: Dairy; Grazing; Economics; Pasture; Management; Farm; Farm Management; Livestock Production/Industries; Production Economics; Q10; Q12; Q19. |
| Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56008 |
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| Rezitis, Anthony N.; Tsiboukas, Kostas; Tsoukalas, Stauros. |
| This study investigates a number of factors influencing technical efficiency of Greek farms participating in the 1994 European Union (EU) farm credit program. Technical efficiency measures are obtained within the framework of a parametric stochastic frontier. Factors showing a positive effect on technical efficiency are value of liabilities, number of hours of mechanical operation, large land size, and rental land, whereas those showing a negative effect are value of EU product subsidies, value of off-farm family income, and hired labor. The value of investments incurred by farms because of their participation in the 1994 farm credit program does not show any significant effect on technical efficiency. The predicted levels of technical efficiency... |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Farm credit program; Stochastic frontier; Technical efficiency; Q10; Q12; Q16; Q19. |
| Ano: 2003 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43157 |
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| Lovendal, Christian Romer. |
| This report documents the main findings of the vulnerable profiling work carried out in Viet Nam, in cooperation with national partners and under the framework of a UNDP Policy and Strategy for Sustainable Food Security in Viet Nam project, as a means to support the planning of appropriate interventions at the national level. Similar studies were undertaken in Guatemala and Nepal, and related work was carried out in Afghanistan and diverse mountainous areas in connection with the International Year of Mountains (2002). The report describes the livelihood strategies of four vulnerable groups (small farmers in the Red River and Mekong Deltas, small farmers in the Northern Region, artisanal fisherfolk in Central Coastal Region, and urban workers without... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Vulnerability; Food Insecurity; Vulnerable Groups; Livelihoods Profiling; Nepal.; Food Security and Poverty; Q18; Q19; O20. |
| Ano: 2004 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23798 |
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| Mason, Nicole M.; Jayne, Thomas S.. |
| • The Zambia Urban Consumption Survey, a survey of 1,865 urban households in Lusaka, Kitwe, Mansa, and Kasama, was conducted in August 2007 and February 2008 by the Central Statistical Office in collaboration with the Zambia Food Security Research Project. • Survey results indicate that in Lusaka and Kitwe, wheat has overtaken maize as the most important staple in terms of urban consumer expenditures. Maize is no longer the dominant staple food in urban Zambia, except among the poor. This finding is consistent with broader regional trends toward declining dependence on maize for urban staple food needs. • Hammer-milling services are readily available to the vast majority of urban households and in most cases their cheapest maize meal option is to obtain... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Zambia; Food security; Consumption; Household; Urban; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Food Security and Poverty; International Development; Q19. |
| Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56810 |
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