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	Provedor de dados AgEcon (46) Autor Escalante, Cesar L. (46) Barry, Peter J. (8) Fonsah, Esendugue Greg (8) Epperson, James E. (7) Florkowski, Wojciech J. (4) Raghunathan, Uthra (4) Brooks, Rodney L. (3) Byrd, Mark M. (3) Ferrer, Myra Clarisse R. (3) Gunter, Lewell F. (3) Park, Timothy A. (3) Rejesus, Roderick M. (3) Santos, Florence Ivy M. (3) Stegelin, Forrest E. (3) Turvey, Calum G. (3) Wetzstein, Michael E. (3) Wu, Ya (3) Boumtje, Pierre I. (2) Deng, Xiaohui (2) Flanders, Archie (2) Mais... Palavra-chave Agricultural Finance (14) Crop Production/Industries (8) Farm Management (7) Risk and Uncertainty (6) G21 (4) Labor and Human Capital (4) Land Economics/Use (4) Agribusiness (3) Agricultural and Food Policy (3) Credit risk (3) G20 (3) Production Economics (3) Profitability (3) Q12 (3) Q14 (3) Business risk (2) Capitalization (2) Community/Rural/Urban Development (2) Delinquency (2) Farm Service Agency (2) Mais... Tipo do documento Conference Paper or Presentation (32) Journal Article (7) Article (2) Presentation (2) Report (2) Working Paper (1) Mais... Ano 2012 (3) 2011 (4) 2010 (4) 2009 (3) 2008 (4) 2007 (3) 2006 (6) 2005 (3) 2004 (7) 2003 (5) 2002 (1) 2001 (2) 2000 (1) Mais... País United States (46) Idioma Inglês (46)		Ordenar por:  Relevância Autor Título Ano Registros recuperados: 46 Primeira ... 1 2 3 ... Última Local Food Impacts on Health and Nutrition AgEcon Ferrer, Myra Clarisse R.; Fonsah, Esendugue Greg; Ramirez, Octavio A.; Escalante, Cesar L.. Prevalence of local foods is believed to answer several food issues one of which is health and nutrition. This study focused on the on the availability of local foods to consumers and see its relationship with two specific diet-related diseases namely, obesity and diabetes. Other variables were included in the analysis to provide additional evidence to previous findings. Factors considered are divided into 5 groups namely diet-, local food-, environment-, education- and gender-related factors. Diet- and environment-related variables provide the most perceptive findings while local food variables provided significant however weak evidence of positive impacts to health and nutrition. Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Local foods; Diabetes; Obesity; Food environment; Farmers' market; Agricultural and Food Policy; Consumer/Household Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Health Economics and Policy; I15; I31. Ano: 2011 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103664 Foreign Workers and the Organic Farms’ Demand for Seasonal Unskilled Labor AgEcon Wu, Ya; Escalante, Cesar L.; Perkins, Samuel L.; Neely, Carrie E.. This study analyzes farm labor management strategies of organic farms by employing Heckan selection model. Econometric results present interesting relationships between foreign worker-related variables and the hiring of non-family seasonal part-time workers. First, the extent of hiring is inversely related to the population of illegal residents. Second, the outcome variable (extent of hiring) is directly related to the number of H2A permits (foreign guest farm worker visas for temporary, contractual work) issued. The results also indicate that higher wages, corporate farms, and more educated, younger and full-time farm operators are associated with greater tendencies to hire non-family seasonal part-time workers. Family labor is used to supplement the... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Organic farm; Unskilled labor; Immigration; Heckman selection model; Foreign worker; Farm Management. Ano: 2010 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61155 Improved Seed, Intra-crop Diversity and Risk Exposure in Ethiopia AgEcon Chiputwa, Brian; Kostandini, Genti; Escalante, Cesar L.. Replaced with revised version of poster 07/15/11. Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development. Ano: 2011 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103745 The Road to Financial Sustainability. Comparative Analysis of Russia and the Caucasus Region AgEcon Sheremenko, Ganna; Escalante, Cesar L.; Florkowski, Wojciech J.. This paper examines delinquency, profitability, and outreach determinants of microfinance institutions’ (MFIs) performance in Russia and the Caucasus. The estimation is done using the Seemingly Unrelated Regression (SUR) technique. The estimation results suggest that Russian and Caucasian MFIs are profit-driven but are expected to improve outreach in the long-run. Tipo: Working Paper Palavras-chave: Microfinance institution; SUR; Financial sustainability; Delinquency; Profitability; Social outreach; Agricultural Finance; Financial Economics; G20; G21. Ano: 2012 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/119525 Economics of Organic Blueberry Establishment in Georgia AgEcon Plattner, Kristy; Fonsah, Esendugue Greg; Escalante, Cesar L.; Krewer, Gerard; Scherm, Harald; Andersen, Peter C.; Liburd, Oscar; Tertuliano, Moukaram. Tipo: Report Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries. Ano: 2008 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/55620 Feasible Fumigant-Herbicide System Alternatives to Methyl Bromide for Bell Pepper Producers AgEcon Byrd, Mark M.; Escalante, Cesar L.; Fonsah, Esendugue Greg; Wetzstein, Michael E.. With the current methyl bromide (MeBr) system for producing Georgia’s peppers being phased out, alternative fumigant and herbicide systems for producers are analyzed. Using stochastic dominance analyses, two alternatives exceeding MeBr’s yield and financial efficiency were identified. A programming model, incorporating simulation-optimization techniques, generated optimal production and financial plans. Results indicate potential economic viability under alternative systems vis-à-vis the traditional MeBr production system. The Telone II and Chloropicrin combination with Metham potassium may offer a viable substitute for MeBr. Tipo: Journal Article Palavras-chave: Fumigant; Herbicide; Methyl bromide; Multi-period programming; Optimization; Simulation; Stochastic dominance; Agribusiness; Crop Production/Industries. Ano: 2007 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/62283 RISK BALANCING IN AN INTEGRATED FARM RISK MANAGEMENT PLAN AgEcon Escalante, Cesar L.; Barry, Peter J.. Using optimization techniques in a simulation framework, this study demonstrates the synergy between risk balancing and alternative strategies in effectively reducing risk under changing farm conditions. Highly risk-averse farmers tend to prefer integrated risk-management plans, based on the diversification principle, that yield offsetting combinations of the risk-reducing benefits of most strategies and the profit-generating capacities of the others. The greater appeal of a more diversified plan usually downplays the risk balancing strategy as the farm utilizes credit reserves to implement other production and marketing plans considered essential to overall risk reduction. The farm, however, still realizes overall, although more regulated, reduction in... Tipo: Journal Article Palavras-chave: Business risk; Expected utility-mean variance framework; Financial risk; Multiperiod quadratic programming model; Risk Balancing Hypothesis; Farm Management; Q12. Ano: 2001 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15461 FARM FINANCIAL STRUCTURE DECISIONS UNDER DIFFERENT INTERTEMPORAL RISK BEHAVIORAL CONSTRUCTS AgEcon Nelson, Carl H.; Escalante, Cesar L.. An alternative unconstrained expected-utility maximization model of farm debt is developed using the location-scale parameter condition that incorporates the empirically validated hypotheses of decreasing absolute and constant relative risk aversion. Simulation-optimization results based on the old and new model versions provide interesting implications for various levels of risk aversion and initial equity investments. Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Risk and Uncertainty. Ano: 2004 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/34756 A Plan for Economic Evaluation of Organic Blueberry Production in Georgia AgEcon Plattner, Kristy; Fonsah, Esendugue Greg; Escalante, Cesar L.; Krewer, Gerard; Anderson, Peter; Liburd, Oscar; Tertuliano, Moukaram. Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Blueberry consumption is increasing across the United States. Georgia’s production value of conventional blueberries has exceeded that of peaches to reach a farm-gate value of $75 million. Demand for organic food products is increasing with United States gross sales at $16.9 billion in 2006. Economic feasibility of organic blueberries is uncertain creating risk in transitioning from conventional to organic production. The principal objective is to utilize field data to determine the costs of various production methods; By developing several enterprise budgets for each adopted technique.; Crop Production/Industries. Ano: 2008 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6805 Credit Risk Assessment and Racial Minority Lending at the Farm Service Agency AgEcon Escalante, Cesar L.; Brooks, Rodney L.; Epperson, James E.; Stegelin, Forrest E.. The nature of credit risk assessment and basis of loan approval decisions of the Farm Service Agency are analyzed in the aftermath of the black farmers’ 1997 class action suit against the U.S. Department of Agriculture. This study did not uncover convincing evidence of racial discrimination against nonwhite borrowers under a binomial logistic framework based on the probability of a loan application’s approval. Moreover, the collective use of more stringent and objective credit-scoring measures usually employed by commercial lenders is less evident in the Farm Service Agency’s evaluation of loan applications. Tipo: Journal Article Palavras-chave: Binomial logistic regression; Credit risk; Credit-scoring model; Direct lending; Farm Service Agency; Guaranteed lending; Racial bias; Agricultural Finance; Risk and Uncertainty; G20; G21; G28; Q10; Q14. Ano: 2006 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43749 REDIRECTING UNIVERSITY EXTENSION SERVICES TO AN ALTERNATIVE CLIENTELE IN THE GOLF INDUSTRY AgEcon Escalante, Cesar L.; Florkowski, Wojciech J.; Landry, Gil W., Jr.; Boumtje, Pierre I.. This study explores the partial redirection of university extension services to the golf industry given the farmer-clientele's declining demand. Econometric results indicate that the clientele's demand depends on the golf facility's size, the managers' industry experience and the urgency of growth-, pest- and labor-related concerns. Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession. Ano: 2003 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22158 Farm-Level Evidence on the Sustainable Growth Paradigm from Grain and Livestock Farms AgEcon Escalante, Cesar L.; Turvey, Calum G.; Barry, Peter J.. This study uses the sustainable growth rate model to investigate, measure, and analyze sustainable growth rates and trends for Illinois farmers. Results of farm-level econometric analyses indicate the relevance of the sustainable growth paradigm in explaining most farm financial decisions made each year. Grain farms have shown a greater tendency to balance growth through adjustments in production efficiencies while livestock farms rely more on financial leveraging strategies. In general, our results have shown that the farm sector has adapted to positive or negative sustainable growth challenges consistent with the Higgins' model and that, from an equilibrium point of view, countercyclical measures of the sustainable growth challenge indicate that there... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Agricultural finance; Asset turnover; Balanced growth; Capital structure; Panel corrected standard errors; Random-effects model; Sustainable growth challenge; Farm Management; Q14; Q13; D9; Q10; Q11. Ano: 2006 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25329 Equilibrium of Land Values from Agricultural and General Economic Factors for Cropland and Pasture Capitalization in Georgia AgEcon Flanders, Archie; White, Fred C.; Escalante, Cesar L.. Nonagricultural factors impact land values to cause a divergence of discounted cash rents for agricultural land and land values in Georgia. General economic factors are represented by per capita income in nonmetro areas. Cash rents for cropland and pasture have positive impacts on land values. Nonagricultural factors are stronger influences on land values than are cash rents. Greater effective demand exists for pasture than for cropland because pasture is subject to relatively more pricing pressure in northern counties with higher incomes and population. Increased land values have led to increased net wealth for Georgia agricultural producers. Tipo: Journal Article Palavras-chave: Capitalization; Cash rent; Cointegration; Equilibrium; Error correction mechanism; Land values; Land Economics/Use. Ano: 2004 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/59605 FARM-LEVEL EVIDENCE ON THE RISK BALANCING HYPOTHESIS FROM ILLINOIS GRAIN FARMS AgEcon Escalante, Cesar L.; Barry, Peter J.. This study provides farm-level empirical support to the Risk-Balancing Hypothesis using Illinois grain farm data. The econometric results indicate that risk-balancing farmers comprise more than half of the sample. These farmers tend to be older, have higher leasing ratios, are less financially efficient and manage risk through crop specialization, enterprise diversification, and marketing strategies in addition to risk balancing. Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Risk and Uncertainty. Ano: 2001 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20617 Profitability Efficiency Analysis of Methyl Bromide Fumigants and Mulch Systems Alternatives for Pepper Production in Georgia AgEcon Ferrer, Myra Clarisse R.; Fonsah, Esendugue Greg; Escalante, Cesar L.; Culpepper, Stanley. With the goal of looking for the best fumigant substitute not only effective to production yield but more importantly to profitability and its excellent corresponding mulching option, this study used the complete factorial treatment analysis approach. Seven fumigant options and four mulching alternatives were included in the study and results showed that 1,3-dichloropropene plus chloropicrin and metam sodium (TELPICVAP) and smooth low density black on black polyethylene mulch (METAL) are the most profitable fumigant and mulch option. Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Methyl bromide; Profitability; Complete factorial treatment analysis; Bell pepper; Fumigant; Mulch; Agribusiness; Agricultural Finance; Crop Production/Industries; Farm Management; Production Economics. Ano: 2010 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56519 Grass-Fed versus Organic Dairy Production: Southeastern US Willingness to Pay AgEcon Wong, Jonathan; Raghunathan, Uthra; Escalante, Cesar L.; Wolfe, Kent. This paper examines determinants of consumers’ willingness to pay a premium for grass-fed and organic dairy by using a survey data from the southeastern United States. We use ordered and Heckman probit regression techniques to estimate the impact of consumer characteristics on their willingness to pay premiums. The results suggest that some of relevant determinants are: age, income, gender, and geographical variables. This research has important implications for the large dairy industries in Florida and also as provides important information for the growing dairy industries in the rest of the southeastern United States. Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Grass-fed Dairy; Heckman Probit Regression; Organic Dairy; WTP; Livestock Production/Industries. Ano: 2008 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6268 CREDIT ASSESSMENT AND RATIONING IN A FEDERAL LENDING FRAMEWORK AgEcon Brooks, Rodney L.; Escalante, Cesar L.; Epperson, James E.; Stegelin, Forrest E.. Empirical evidence on the Farm Service Agency’'s credit evaluation and minority lending practices are presented using actual borrower data during aftermath of 1997 class action suit by Black farmers. Results indicate non-applicability of conventional credit assessment methods of private lenders, thus reinforcing FSA'’s role as lender of last resort. Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Agricultural Finance. Ano: 2004 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20218 Weather Cycles, Production Yields and Georgia's Muscadine AgEcon Raghunathan, Uthra; Wong, Jonathan; Escalante, Cesar L.. This paper looks at the relationship between weather, crop yield, and market price of muscadines using a dynamic panel data that spans from the 2000 to 2005 and across the state of Georgia. We use a Generalized Methods of Moments technique to estimate the impact of weather on the price of muscadines with the yield per acre as the instrumented variable. The results suggest that there is a relationship between the price and weather for muscadines, which provide important implications for the potential relevance of a weather derivative for muscadine production. Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Muscadines; Weather cycles; Price; Production yields; Georgia; Generalized Method of Moments; Farm Management; Risk and Uncertainty. Ano: 2007 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9926 SHARE TENANCY, OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE, AND PREVENTED PLANTING CLAIMS IN CROP INSURANCE AgEcon Rejesus, Roderick M.; Escalante, Cesar L.; Lovell, Ashley C.. A theoretical model based on opportunity cost and expected utility principles establishes linkages between the likelihood of prevented planting claims in crop insurance, existing share leasing arrangements and internal farm business structures. Results of probit estimation procedures indicate that simpler internal business structures and a more dominant farmer-tenant leasing position can increase the probability of submitting a prevented planting claim. Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries; Risk and Uncertainty. Ano: 2003 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22095 Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Rural Communities: Early Business Survival Challenges for the Agribusiness Entrepreneur AgEcon Escalante, Cesar L.; Turvey, Calum G.. Barriers and strategies for survival of agribusiness and non-agribusiness entrepreneurs during early business stages are analyzed under case-study approach. Results confirm qualitative differences in skill and execution deficiencies, market structure, and resource endowments. Moreover, agribusiness entrepreneurs tend to adopt different strategies to address similar barriers faced by non-agribusiness entrepreneurs. Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development. Ano: 2006 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/35459 Registros recuperados: 46 Primeira ... 1 2 3 ... Última

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