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| Silva, Alvaro. |
| The problem of unemployment in Colombia is very important for a variety of reasons. A large portion of it can be identified as technological unemployment. This kind of unemployment is related to the technological dualism, which exists in the economy. Technological unemployment arises from technological and resource restraints in both sectors, and due to the current composition of effective demand. The traditional sector uses a technology which is relatively labor-intensive, and depends heavily on simple tools produced domestically. In contrast, the modern sector uses imported production processes which are relatively capital-intensive and with a limited degree of flexibility in the substitution of labor for capital. But, labor is abundant, and... |
| Tipo: Thesis or Dissertation |
Palavras-chave: Labor and Human Capital; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies. |
| Ano: 1972 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/11139 |
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| Ayuya, Oscar Ingasia. |
| Carbon markets are developing world wide with the major aim of environmental protection and poverty alleviation in developing countries. Some carbon sequestration projects have been started in Kenya though it is still not yet a vibrant investment in spite of the available suitable biophysical land. Njoro district has no such project regardless of being affected by deforestation. One inevitable result has been the unpredictable rainfall pattern constituting overall climate change, increased surface run off, the low water levels in river Njoro, loss of biodiversity and the increased poverty in the region. It is still not clear if such projects are to be initiated, the smallscale farmers would be willing to accept and adopt them. There was need therefore, to... |
| Tipo: Thesis or Dissertation |
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/117799 |
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| Dedegbe, Danielle. |
| For the great majority of small scale farming households in West Africa, labor is one of their most crucial factors of production. Yet, the dynamics behind these households' patterns of labor allocation are not well understood by planners and policy makers. This study argues that (a) a household's labor allocation behavior is determined by its real opportunity set vis-a-vis the household's basic objectives, (b) a household's real opportunity set is the sum of its main constraints and opportunities after all environmental dimensions have been simultaneously considered, (c) male and female household members do not have the same opportunity sets. The environmental circumstances of the Diola and Mandingized Diola farm households from the Casamance region of... |
| Tipo: Thesis or Dissertation |
Palavras-chave: Consumer/Household Economics; Labor and Human Capital. |
| Ano: 1986 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/11102 |
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| Zhang, Desheng; Jiao, Yunqiu. |
| The necessity of taking government as the implementing subject in the construction of new countryside was analyzed from the aspects such as narrowing urban-rural gap, government’s responsibility, connotation and complexity of new countryside construction. Dynamic mechanism of government in the construction of new countryside was discussed, and some problems were introduced. The basic reason of these problems was the deficiency of government’s publicity. Firstly, self-interest of government led to the deviation of public target. Secondly, government was controlled by superior groups, thus benefits of vulnerable groups can’t be ensured. On this basis, establishing an incentive and constraint mechanism for government officers was put forward. It was essential... |
| Tipo: Thesis or Dissertation |
Palavras-chave: New countryside construction; Implementing subject; Dynamic mechanism; China; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Political Economy. |
| Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53755 |
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| Kargbo, Alimami M.. |
| Sierra Leone, like most developing countries is primarily agricultural, with about 75 percent of its population getting its living from farming. The main characteristic of its farming is the large number of small holdings-averaging about two hectares per farm. Most of these farms are fragmented. Large-scale farming is a fairly recent development and the few large farms are either government or quasi-government institutions, confined to crops that require expensive machinery and timely processing. In the country's search for new sources of economic expansion, agriculture assumed first priority. This was due, in part, to the fact that a large percentage of the population derived its living from agriculture. In addition, the development of agriculture... |
| Tipo: Thesis or Dissertation |
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries; Demand and Price Analysis. |
| Ano: 1979 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10961 |
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| Fei, Ping; Xu, Liqing. |
| On the basis of time series data from 1984 to 2006, co-integration analysis and VAR model are used to carry out empirical analysis on the dynamic relationship between the foreign direct investment in agriculture and the variable volume of international trade of agricultural products. Result shows that there is long-term co-integration relationship between the two. But it is probable that foreign direct investment (FDI) has substituted for improving in the short term and shows deviation from the long-run equilibrium relationship. Therefore, we put forward two policy proposals which are improving market system and strengthening the import management of foreign-funded enterprises. |
| Tipo: Thesis or Dissertation |
Palavras-chave: Foreign direct investment; Agricultural products; International trade; China; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods. |
| Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53528 |
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| Bloom, Roger A.. |
| The use of animal traction as a source of on-farm power has often been regarded as a logical and appropriate approach for improving Sahelian agriculture. Animal power, it is argued, enables the farmer to execute timelier agricultural operations and to overcome the seasonal labor constraints which inhibit agricultural production. Furthermore, by increasing total production and returns to farm labor animal traction makes possible the attainment of food self-sufficiency and an increased marketable surplus. There has been a relatively long history of attempts to introduce animal traction in the Sahel, but in spite of the proposed theoretical benefits resulting from its use, the many efforts of integrating animal traction into the traditional farming systems... |
| Tipo: Thesis or Dissertation |
Palavras-chave: Farm Management. |
| Ano: 1979 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/11163 |
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| Morris, Michael L.. |
| The objective of this study is to investigate the appropriateness of hand-held programmable calculators as a research tool for economists working on price policy issues in LDC's. The emphasis is on the use of programmable not for purposes of sophisticated analysis of large data sets, but rather for preliminary analysis of the sorts of data economists typically work with in the field. A few authors have attempted to develop and test research-oriented programs relating to particular fields of inquiry, but such efforts are not yet widespread. This study attempts to expand the scope of these preliminary efforts by exploring the possibility that programmable calculators might be adopted for use by the research economist working on price analysis issues. If... |
| Tipo: Thesis or Dissertation |
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis. |
| Ano: 1983 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/11187 |
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| Ollila, Petri. |
| This literature review summarizes research on member influence in cooperatives conducted in Scandinavia and some of the research conducted in West Germany. The review divides the contents of member influence into three components: individual factors, the cooperative organization's internal factors and the organization's external factors. As individual factors, participation, representation and representativeness are considered. Conflict in cooperative organizations, the effect of the growth of the organization and the rules of decision making are discussed as organizations internal factors. The major interest groups in addition to members (the market, personnel and the society) are presented as external factors. The external factors are increasingly... |
| Tipo: Thesis or Dissertation |
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness. |
| Ano: 1983 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/11208 |
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| Garst, Elizabeth. |
| The purposes of this study were to characterize beef cow-calf producers and their enterprise; determine the factors which would motivate them to adopt new technology, improve the use of available resources, and consider new marketing techniques; and to ascertain effective communication channels for reaching the small beef producer. The target group was defined as beef cow-calf producers with less than 50 cows over two years of age in the States of Michigan, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia. |
| Tipo: Thesis or Dissertation |
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries. |
| Ano: 1976 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/11197 |
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| Mbaye, Makhona. |
| This paper is centered around rural development projects. But what is meant, specifically, by development? There is a tendency for people to confuse development with economic development and to use national income as a yardstick for measuring economic development. Economic development is too narrow a concept to tell all the development story. There are policital and social dimensions to development. Any definition of development incorporates implicitly or explicitly some value judgements. But where are those value judgements to come from? The common answer is that they should come from governments through their planning documents or the development path of other countries whose present state is judged desirable. A definition of development is... |
| Tipo: Thesis or Dissertation |
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development. |
| Ano: 1983 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/11091 |
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| Wu, Zhe; Li, Jing. |
| Based on the introduction of modern agriculture, relationship between land circulation and modern agriculture is discussed. This relationship is reflected mainly in two aspects. Firstly, land circulation is a necessary requirement for the development of modern agriculture, which can speed up the adjustment of agricultural structure and realize the scale management, accelerate the transfer of the rural population and improve the agricultural income, enhance the risk resisting ability of agriculture and the response of agriculture to market challenges. Secondly, development of modern agriculture must be based on land circulation. Land circulation can not only provide resource allocation basis for modern agriculture, but also offer economic benefit basis for... |
| Tipo: Thesis or Dissertation |
Palavras-chave: Land circulation; Modern agriculture; Marginal expectation; Scale economy; China; Land Economics/Use. |
| Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58612 |
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| Muncan, Mihajlo. |
| The full use of resource capacities of agricultural enterprises favorably affects the general increase in economic efficiency and rational production making them more competitive in the market. This creates the need for constant improvement of business strategies that uses all available resources to create the most profitable production. The main objective of this study was to find the ideal structure of production in agricultural enterprise and to enable the realization of maximum profit using the available production resources (land, mechanization, labor forces). As the basic method of planning, this study used the simplex method of linear programming which gives the most profitable sowing structure after detailed analysis of resources and achieved... |
| Tipo: Thesis or Dissertation |
Palavras-chave: Model; Agricultural enterprises; Resources; Profit; Crop Production/Industries; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/91118 |
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