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| Isaac, Marney E; University of Toronto; marney.isaac@utoronto.ca; Erickson, Bonnie H; University of Toronto;; Quashie-Sam, S. James; Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana;; Timmer, Vic R; University of Toronto;. |
| Access to knowledge on farm management practices is essential for the maintenance of productive agroforestry systems. Farmers who lack the means to acquire farming knowledge from formal sources often rely on information within their informal social networks. However, little research has explored the explicit structure of farmer communication patterns. We examined advice network structures by using farmer attributes, i.e., kin relationships, community involvement, and imitation, to characterize structural positions and investigated the consequences of such structure on farming practices in cocoa agroforestry systems in Ghana, West Africa. Furthermore, we used a multicommunity approach; we constructed networks for four communities to increase replication... |
| Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports |
Palavras-chave: Agroforestry; Farm management; Ghana; Social network analysis; Theobroma cacao. |
| Ano: 2007 |
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| COSTA, F. P.; CORRÊA, E. S.; FEIJÓ, G. L. D.. |
| Dada a complexidade da pecuária de corte e a grande demanda por ferramentas que auxiliem as tomadas de decisão nessa atividade, desenvolveu-se um aplicativo que projeta a evolução de uma fazenda de pecuária num horizonte de dez anos. Baseado na planilha eletrônica Excel, o aplicativo consolida números anuais referentes aos bovinos (estoque e variação de inventário, compras e vendas, perdas por morte, desfrute, taxa de abate, etc.) às pastagens (capacidade de suporte total, taxa de lotação, necessidade de arrendamento, entre outras) e ao sistema de produção como um todo (produção de carne, receita total, gastos, margem bruta e outros indicadores econômicos). Em sua interface com o usário, a planilha está constituída por um menu principal que, dividido em... |
| Tipo: Documentos (INFOTECA-E) |
Palavras-chave: Bovino de corte; Simulation.; Administração Rural; Planejamento; Programa de Computador; Simulação.; Farm management; Computer software; Beef cattle; Planing.. |
| Ano: 2004 |
URL: http://www.infoteca.cnptia.embrapa.br/infoteca/handle/doc/325871 |
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| CORRÊA, E. S.; COSTA, F. P.; AMARAL, T. B.; CEZAR, I. M.. |
| No Brasil, a maioria das fazendas tradicionais é conduzida de forma empirica e desorganizada, com raros estabelecimentos adotando registros ootécnicos, sanitários e contábeis. Em função isso, grande parte dos produtores não dispõe de números consistentes relativos aos parâmetros zootécnicos e econômicos de seu negócio. Com a recente criação do Sistema Brasileiro de Identificação e Certificação de Origem Bovina e Bubalina - Sisbov, torna-se premente que os produtores encontrem meios de se adaptar à nova realidade. Para isto, há necessidade de introduzir sistemas de registros, com o que seria possível melhorar o gerenciamento e, consequentemente, elevar os índices de produtividade. Com o crescimento do uso da informática, encontram-se disponiveis no mercado... |
| Tipo: Documentos (INFOTECA-E) |
Palavras-chave: Bovino de corte; Controle; Zootechny; Farm systems; Control.; Administração Rural; Rebanho; Sistema de Produção; Zootecnia.; Farm management; Beef cattle; Herds.. |
| Ano: 2002 |
URL: http://www.infoteca.cnptia.embrapa.br/infoteca/handle/doc/325393 |
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| Moffitt, L. Joe. |
| Restrictions on the hyperbolic trigonometric (HT) transformation are imposed to guarantee that a probability density function is obtained from the maximum likelihood estimation. Performance of the restricted HT transformation using data generated from normal, beta, gamma, logistic, log-normal, Pareto, Weibull, order statistic, and bimodal populations is investigated via sampling experiments. Results suggest that the restricted HT transformaltion is sufficiently flexible to compete with the actual population distributions in most cases. Application of the restricted HT transformation is illustrated by characterizing uncertain net income per acre for community-supported agriculture farms in the northeastern United States. |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Farm management; Hyperbolic trigonometric transformation; Uncertainty; Farm Management; C2; Q1. |
| Ano: 2002 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15074 |
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| Shuhao, Tan. |
| Soil quality has important implications for sustainable agricultural development and food self-sufficiency in many developing countries. A decrease in soil nutrient stocks, one of the components of soil quality, necessitates more inputs and greater management skills in order to compensate for the reduction in nutrients availability. This is why the interaction of agricultural development and soil quality management attracts widespread attention from researchers. Applying plot level data on input/output, and a selected number of soil quality indicators and farm household level information, from the three villages, this paper examines the impact of land fragmentation and land tenure on soil management, the dynamic component of soil quality, crop husbandry... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Land fragmentation; Land tenure; Farm management; Soil quality; Productivity; Farm Management; Land Economics/Use. |
| Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51662 |
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| Nivens, Heather D.; Kastens, Terry L.; Dhuyvetter, Kevin C.. |
| In production agriculture, good management is demonstrated by profits that are persistenly greater than those of similar neighboring farms. This research examined the effects of management practices on risk-adjusted profit per acre for Kansas farms over 1990-1999. The management practices were price, cost, yield, planting intensity, and technology adoption (less-tillage). Cost management, planting intensity, and technology adoption had the greatest effect on profit per acre, and cash price management was found to have the smallest impact. If producers wish to have continuously high profits, their efforts are best spent in management practices over which they have the most control. |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Farm management; Marketing; Risk; Technology adoption; Farm Management; Marketing. |
| Ano: 2002 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15507 |
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| Olynk, Nicole J.; Wolf, Christopher A.. |
| Dairy managers today are faced with the decision to either raise their own replacements on the dairy farm or send heifers to a custom heifer grower. The largest potential challenge of contracting out the heifer raising enterprise revolves around the potential for a moral hazard problem because of hidden action on the part of the custom heifer grower. A principal-agent framework was used to elicit contract terms which provide incentives for the custom heifer grower to perform accelerated growth without heifers becoming over-conditioned. In order to provide incentives to custom growers, heifers returned to the dairy farm should be compared in performance to other heifers of similar age. We solve for the price paid per pound of gain, price paid for inch... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Farm management; Production economics; Contracts; Heifer growth; Moral hazard; Livestock Production/Industries. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6077 |
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| Swenson, Andrew L.; Gustafson, Cole R.. |
| The performance of over 500 North Dakota farms, 1993-1995, is summarized using 16 financial measures. Farms are categorized by geographic region, farm type, farm size, gross cash sales, farm tenure, net farm income, debt-to-asset, and age of farmer to analyze relationships between financial performance and farm characteristics. |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Farm financial management; Farm management; Farm income; Liquidity; Solvency; Profitability; Repayment capacity; Financial efficiency; Financial benchmarks; Tenure; North Dakota.; Agricultural Finance. |
| Ano: 1996 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23187 |
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| Rantamaki-Lahtinen, Leena; Vare, Minna. |
| In earlier studies, past succession is found to contribute positively to the farm growth. However, there is lack of information on how are the farms succeeding after the starting phase. In this study, it is analysed how farmers that have recently started their farm enterprise differ from more experienced farmers in some key farm management areas such as farm and farmer characteristics, strategic objectives and development plans. The data were collected by postal survey from Salo region in South-Western Finland. In the study, farmers are divided in to three different groups according to the farmer’s age and experience. According to the results, early phase farmers are in certain areas better equipped than older generations. They have better education and... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Farm management; Multivariate data analysis; Farm Management. |
| Ano: 2011 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/116096 |
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| Swenson, Andrew L.. |
| The performance of over 550 North Dakota farms, 1995-1997, is summarized using 16 financial measures. Farms are categorized by geographic region, farm type, farm size, gross cash sales, farm tenure, net farm income, debt-to-asset, and age of farmer to analyze relationships between financial performance and farm characteristics. There was severe deterioration of financial performance in 1997 because of poor crop profitability. Livestock farm performance was weak, but improved from 1996. Median net farm income was $14,290 in 1997 compared to $31,603 in 1996. Three out of ten farms had negative net farm income and 57 percent of all farms were not able to make scheduled term debt payments. |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Farm financial management; Farm management; Farm income; Liquidity; Solvency; Profitability; Repayment capacity; Financial efficiency; Financial benchmarks; Tenure; North Dakota; Agricultural Finance. |
| Ano: 1998 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23200 |
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| Vandermersch, Mieke; Mathijs, Erik. |
| To assess the performance of a farmer and to identify best practice among a group of farmers, the assumption is often made that all farmers maximize profits and thus share the same business goals. However, performance differs due to personal characteristics, objectives and strategies. A survey carried out among 73 Belgian dairy farmers revealed that for only 34% of the farmers "profit maximization" is a primary objective. A regression analysis revealed that self-declared profit maximizers only obtained a higher farm income per liter, not per labour unit. Through cluster analysis, four main groups of farmers were found with similar objectives and management ideas: (A) risk-taking and progressive cow farmers, (B) riskaverse and progressive labour savers, (C)... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Farm management; Farmers' objectives; Farm performance; Dairy; Extension; Farm Management. |
| Ano: 2002 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24832 |
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| Swenson, Andrew L.. |
| The performance of over 500 North Dakota farms, 2001-2003, is summarized using 16 financial measures. Farms are categorized by geographic region, farm type, farm size, gross cash sales, farm tenure, net farm income, debt-to-asset, and age of farmer to analyze relationships between financial performance and farm characteristics. Farm financial trends for the 1994-2003 period are also presented. Financial performance in 2003 was the highest of the 1994-2003 period because of a good wheat and barley crop, strong crop prices, and improved livestock profit. Median net farm income was $49,181 in 2003, $38,079 in 2002, and $27,729 in 2001. Financial performance for the 1994-2003 period was poorest in 1997 and 1998 when over one-half of farms could not make... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Farm financial management; Farm management; Farm income; Liquidity; Solvency; Profitability; Repayment capacity; Financial efficiency; Financial benchmarks; Tenure; North Dakota; Agricultural Finance. |
| Ano: 2004 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23630 |
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