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END MATERIALS
Provedor de dados: 31
Includes: Guidelines for Submitting Manuscripts; Membership Information; Back Cover
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1992
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30739

END MATERIALS
Provedor de dados: 31
Includes: Membership Application, Back Cover
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1983
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27200

DEVELOPING REGIONAL INPUT-OUTPUT MODELS FROM THE U.N. FORMAT ADOPTED BY THE U.S. IN THE NEW 1972 INPUT-OUTPUT MODEL
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dipietre,   Dennis; Walker,   Rodney L.; Martella,   David R.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 1980
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29404

A TIME-SERIES ANALYSIS OF THE U.S.  DURUM WHEAT AND PASTA MARKETS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Babula,   Ronald A.; Rich,   Karl M.
A quarterly, partial-equilibrium vector-autoregression model of the U.S. durum wheat and pasta markets was estimated and simulated under three trade-barrier changes that are of potential relevance for the current round of WTO agricultural negotiations: a rise in the U.S. market-clearing durum wheat quantity from increased imports; a policy- or tariff- reduction-induced decline in U.S. durum wheat price; and a tariff-induced rise in U.S. pasta product prices.  In response to each shock, an array of quarterly dynamic response characteristics are examined: response reaction times, direction and pattern of quarterly responses, response durations, response multipliers, and strength of durum/pasta market interrelationships.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Industrial Organization.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27818

EXTERNALITIES FROM ROAMING LIVESTOCK: EXPLAINING THE DEMISE OF THE OPEN RANGE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Centner,   Terence J.; Griffin,   Ronald C.
Fence-in laws in most states require ranchers to pay for fences to keep their livestock from trespassing onto others’' property. Some states, or jurisdictions within states, have a fence-out rule that requires ranchers'’ neighbors to pay for fences to keep livestock out. Both rules are Pareto optimal. Using a potential Pareto criterion, we show that a preference for fence-out in some areas may end as conditions change, such as increased nonranching land uses. Changed conditions may have legal consequences. Specific fence-out and fence cost-sharing provisions may be potentially Pareto inefficient and may be challenged for being unconstitutional under the due process clause.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31183

Risk, Utility and the Value of Information in Farmer Decision Making
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Byerlee,   Derek R.; Anderson,   Jock R.
A model is developed from decision theory for evaluating probabilistic information, especially for decision makers who are risk averse. The value of information to such a decision maker is disaggregated into mean and variance effects. It is shown that the degree of risk aversion of the decision maker may have important effects on the value attached to the information; however, there is not necessarily a positive correlation between risk aversion and the value of information, since the decision to acquire new information is itself often a risky decision. The concepts and procedures are illustrated by application to a fodder conservation decision with rainfall forecast information.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Farm Management; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 1982
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/12524

Anstöße für ein verbessertes Finanzmanagement in landwirtschaftlichen Unternehmen
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kohne,   Manfred.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural Finance.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97428

Contents Page
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1964
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9050

RESPONDENTS TO CONTINGENT VALUATION SURVEYS: CONSUMERS OR CITIZENS? - REPLY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Blamey,   Russell K.; Common,   Mick S.; Quiggin,   John C.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 1996
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22391

The Effects of Supply Shifts on Producers' Surplus: the Case of Inelastic Linear Supply Curves
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Karagiannis,   Giannis; Furtan,   William Hartley.
This paper derives sufficient conditions (in terms of supply and demand elasticities) for producers to gain under different supply shifts when supply and demand are specified to be linear functions and supply is inelastic.  It is shown that regardless of the type of supply shift, producers lose whenever the sum of absolute values of supply and demand elasticities is less than one, while they gain when production takes place in the elastic portion of the demand.  In all other cases arising from alternative elasticity configurations simple formulas developed in this paper may be used to determine the direction of change in producers surplus.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26430

EVALUACIÓN FINANCIERA DE PRODUCCIÓN DE PEJELAGARTO (Atractosteus tropicus): CASO COOPERATIVA DE PRODUCCIÓN PESQUERA ACUÍCOLA “EL PEJELAGARTO”, S.C. DE R.L.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gonzalez Elias,   J. Martin; Ramirez Abarca,   Orsohe; Figueroa Hernandez,   Esther; Loera Martinez,   Jesus.
The profitability of production of pejelagarto (Atractosteus tropicus) was evaluated in two types of cultivation, in captivity conditions and in captivity conditions in association with the Mojarra Castarrica and Tilapia at the Aquaculture Production Cooperative Society "El Pejelagarto", located in Sabancuy, municipality of Carmen, Campeche, Mexico. For this purpose, the records of 10 years ago were used to calculate the following indicators of economic evaluation for the first mode of cultivation: Net Present Value (NPV), Benefit-Cost Ratio (B / C), Net Benefit-Investment (K / N) and Internal Rate of Return (IRR). The results obtained for this period were: NPV = 119,825.00, B / C = 1.08, N / K = 1.88 and IRR = 25.6%. The indicators for cultivation in...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Profitability; Economic indicators; Pejelagarto.; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114474

THE EFFECT OF CARCASS QUALITY ON BEEF CARCASS AUCTION PRICES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Porter,   Darrell; Todd,   Mike C.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis; Marketing.
Ano: 1985
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22327

A DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR SUSTAINABLE FARMING
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ikerd,   John E.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management.
Ano: 1991
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28824

DOES ENGEL'S LAW EXTEND TO FOOD AWAY FROM HOME?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Byrne,   Patrick J.; Capps,   Oral, Jr.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Consumer/Household Economics.
Ano: 1996
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27064

PRICING STRATEGY UNDER MONOPOLY CONDITIONS: AN EXPERIMENT FOR THE CLASSROOM
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nelson,   Robert G.; Beil,   Richard O., Jr.
This classroom experiment allows students to explore pricing strategies available to the monopolist.  Students are given full information about their costs but know nothing about demand except that it is simulated by the instructor.  They submit their price-asked and quantity-offered records on one day and receive the quantity-sold response from the instructor on the next day, continuing this routine until they discover the profit-maximizing price and quantity.  One of the objectives is to demonstrate that search strategies based on economic principles (MC=MR) can be more efficient than trial-and-error.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Experimental economics; Games; Monopolistic; Teaching; Demand and Price Analysis; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1994
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15420

Discriminação da função de produção e elasticidades de substituição de fatores na agropecuária do estado de Minas Gerais
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Baptista,   Antonio Jose Medina dos Santos; Castro,   Eduardo Rodrigues de; Teixeira,   Erly Cardoso.
The objective of this study was to analyze the aggregate agriculture production function for the state of Minas Gerais. The analysis was accomplished in two phases. First, we separate the municipalities in terms of the productive efficiency, using the non-parametric approach of data envelopment analysis. In a second phase, a translog production function was adjusted for the efficient groups and for the inefficient ones, whose parameters were obtained by the ordinary least square method. This article indicates an analytic procedure that can subsidize the estimate of production functions more coherent with the reality, in the sense that relaxes the neoclassical assumptions that the firms are efficient. The results were coherent, once it was possible to...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Production Economics; Aggregate production function; Technical efficiency; Elasticity of substitution; Minas Gerais.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56794

A influência da exportação de açúcar no porto de Santos sobre o frete rodoviário do fertilizante no estado de São Paulo
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Antonio,   Joao Paulo Gomes Rigueiral e; Carvalho,   Leandro Bernardino de.
This survey has the purpose to prove as and how much the volume of exported sugar by Santos port interferes in the freight value negotiated for fertilizer distribution for the final customer, in São Paulo State. For people who are directly connected to fertilizer logistic, it is very important to have knowledge of how this variable impact in its market and so, it is possible to plan and make feasible differential logistic strategies to can provide more competitiveness for its business. Through statistics methodology, it is possible to observe and quantify the influence of main variable that has interference in the delivery road freight to the final customer. Based on this, it will be able to conclude that the logistic linking between sugar and fertilizer...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agro-industrial logistic; Linear regression; Pearson's correlation; Distribution of fertilizer; Marketing.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54600

BOOK REVIEWS
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1984
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22593

Contents Page
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1948
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8395

Appendix to:  Welfare Effects of Food Labels and Bans with Alternative Willingness to Pay Measures
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lusk,   Jayson L.; Marette,   Stephan.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/55428

RESEARCH IN AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS--IS ANYONE LISTENING? DISCUSSION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Richardson,   James W.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 1994
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15406

ESTIMATED ECONOMIC IMPACT FROM ADOPTION OF WATER-RELATED AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ellis,   John R.; Lacewell,   Ronald D.; Reneau,   Duane R.
This study estimates the expected benefits from adoption of new water-related technologies for the Texas High Plains, a region which is currently mining groundwater.  Adoption rates for two improved irrigation systems and limited tillage practices are assumed, and changes in net returns, resource usage, and irrigated acres are examined as measures of adoption benefits.  A recursive linear programming framework covering a 40-year period is employed, with results  indicating that, contrary to what one might hope, adoption will not significantly lengthen the life of the aquifer.  Annual water use changes very little with adoption, while irrigated acreages increase slightly.  Adoption does provide a substantial increase in annual net returns, with discounted...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 1985
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32310

Regulating Agricultural Contracts: What are the Tradeoffs?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wu,   Steven Y.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Farm Management.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/93756

Extended generalized linear models: Simultaneous estimation of flexible link and variance functions
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Basu,   Anirban.
I describe a command that simultaneously solves the extended estimating equations estimator for parameters in the link and variance functions along with those of the linear predictor in a generalized linear model. The method addresses difficulties in choosing the correct link and variance functions in these models. It decouples the scale of estimation for the mean model, determined by the link function, from the scale of interest for the scientifically relevant effects. It also estimates a flexible variance structure from the data, leading to efficient estimation.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Pglm; Pglmpredict; EEE; GLM; Skewed; Costs; Estimating equations; Link functions; Variance functions; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/117541

Die Märkte für Getreide, Ölsaaten und Kartoffeln
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Uhlmann,   Friedrich.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries; Demand and Price Analysis; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/98693

FATORES QUE AFETAM A COMPETITIVIDADE NA PRODUÇÃO DE HORTALIÇAS ORGÂNICAS NO ESTADO DO RIO GRANDE DO NORTE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tacconi Neto,   Ernesto Alexandre; Martins Ramos,   Anatalia Saraiva; da Silva Tacconi,   Marli de Fatima Ferraz.
The Brazilian organic market has been growing year by year, and it is important for the country because its production system preserves the environment, besides creating employments and income for rural workers. For this, it is necessary that these producers define ways of competing in the market, focusing on aspects that really add value to the clients. The objective of this research was to investigate, based on the rural producer’s perceptions, factors which affect the competition in the production of organic foodstuffs in the state of Rio Grande do Norte. This study can be classified as an applied research study, with descriptive objective and quantitative approach. The instrument used was the form, which aimed to research on the producers of organic...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Competitividade; Produto orgânico; Produtor rural; Alimento orgânico; Competitiveness; Organic product; Rural producer; Organic food.; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/102015

Determinants of adoption and intensity of use of improved maize varieties in the Central Highlands of Ethiopia: A Tobit analysis
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Alene,   Arega D.; Poonyth,   Daneswar; Hassan,   Rashid M.
This study employed a Tobit model to examine factors that influence the adoption and intensity of utilisation of improved maize varieties in the West Shoa Zone in the central highlands of Ethiopia. The estimated results indicate that level of education, household labour, farm size, extension services, farm income, and timely availability of improved maize seeds significantly influence the adoption and intensity of use of improved maize. It also showed that the impact of off-farm income and age of the household head on adoption and intensity of use of improved maize seed was insignificant.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54223

Back Materials
Provedor de dados: 31
Back Cover
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/115975

End Materials
Provedor de dados: 31
Includes: ARER Guidelines for Manuscript Submission
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/45675

Multifunctional Agriculture and Domestic/International Policy Choice
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Blandford,   David; Boisvert,   Richard N.
The concept of multifunctionality, in which agriculture is viewed as a source of both commodity and non-commodity outputs, has stimulated debate on the desirability of further trade liberalization. We explore the economics of multifunctionality and its policy implications. We argue for a new policy approach in which land and natural resource managers are remunerated for positive non-commodity outputs and penalized for negative outputs. This would require devolution in policy implementation from the centre to the local level. Such an approach would permit countries to achieve broader social objectives, while at the same time continuing to pursue trade liberalization.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agriculture; Domestic policy; Multifunctionality; Trade policy; WTO; Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23910

Decomposing Total Factor Productivity Change of Cotton Cultivars (Barakat-90 and Barac (67)B) in the Gezira Scheme (1991 – 2007) Sudan
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bushara,   Mohamed O.A.; Barakat,   Hoyam E.
The main objective of this paper was to decompose Total Factor Productivity Change (TFPCH) of cotton cultivars Barakat-90 and Barac(67)B in the Gezira scheme in 1991-2007, based on Data Envelopment Analysis Program (DEAP) Software Version 2.1, using model of input–oriented Malmquist indices Total Factor Productivity (TFP). This model could give meaningful results regarding technological and economic behavior relationship over time using balance panel data on Barac(67)B and Barakat-90 cultivars, Relevant secondary data were collected and analyzed to meet the stated objectives. This paper was aimed to decompose TFPCH into two components Technological Change (TECH) and Technical Efficiency Change (EFCH) and the latter was further divided into Scale Efficiency...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/96648

Food security for sub-Saharan Africa: does water scarcity limit the options?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gowing,   John W.
Future food security can be achieved only by delivering substantial increases in agricultural production, but this has important implications for water availability. Water scarcity is not currently a major issue in sub-Saharan Africa, but it would be a mistake to neglect this issue. It would be a mistake also to assume that only plans for irrigated agriculture are affected. It should be recognised that a land-use decision is also a water-use decision. A plan based on improving rain-fed agriculture through adoption of measures to make better use of rainfall brings trade-offs in that there may be less runoff to satisfy the water needs of downstream users and environmental functions. Planning for future food security requires integrated analysis of land-use...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Food security; Water scarcity; Irrigation; Agriculture; Africa; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47864

Stata tip 18: Making keys functional
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Driver,   Shannon.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/117507

Economic Determinants of Invasion and Discovery of Nonindigenous Insects
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hlasny,   Vladimir; Livingston,   Michael J.
Introductions of nonindigenous organisms into the United States have been linked to international trade. The individual contributions of imports, immigration, and international travel, however, are poorly understood because introduction dates are unavailable. We examine relationships between economic trends and discoveries of nonindegenous insects and use these relationships to infer the timing and determinants of introductions. We find that a few variables can explain much variation in species introductions and identifications. The most significant contributor to the introduction appears to be agricultural imports. Currently available proxies for academic effort are weak determinants of the probability that introduced species are identified.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Identifications; Insects; Introductions; Invasive species; Nonindegenous; Agribusiness; Crop Production/Industries; F18; N7; Q56.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/45044

Front Material
Provedor de dados: 31
Includes:  Front Cover, Editorial Information, A Message from the Publisher, Table of Contents
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/48851

Theory testing (hypothesis testing) in agricultural economics
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Meszaros,   Sandor.
According to Karl Popper, economics and agricultural economics should be deemed scientific if the theories (hypotheses) are subject to strict tests. The testing of agro-economic theories goes back 50 years in the USA, Canada, Europe, and Japan, and these methods are becoming increasingly part of educational research methodology. In fact, the author of this paper teaches this very subject at Debrecen University, and for this reason has endeavoured to provide an overview on current trends in this field. The present overview first discusses the role of testing in the research process (cognition), and then analyses the various classification methods (types) of testing. It deals in detail with the application of the (microeconomic) production-theory in...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Theory testing; Hypotheses testing; Economics; Agricultural economics; Production-theory; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/46658

VISITOR PREFERENCES AND VALUES FOR WATER-BASED RECREATION: A CASE STUDY OF THE OCALA NATIONAL FOREST
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Shrestha,   Ram K.; Alavalapati,   Janaki R.R.; Stein,   Taylor V.; Carter,   Douglas R.; Denny,   Christine B.
We used the open-ended contingent valuation method to elicit willingnes to pay (WTP) for day visitors and extended visitors on the Ocala National Forest (ONF), Florida.  A Tobit model specification was applied to account for the issues involved with censored WTP bids.  The results reveal that visitors would pay more for improved recreational facilities at the ONF.  In particular, our estimates show that visitors would pay $1 million for basic facilities, $1.9 million for moderate improvements, and $2.5 million for more improvements.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Contingent valuation; Tobit analysis; Water-based recreation; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; Q23; Q26.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15069

A Study on Economic Analysis of Elephant Foot Yam Production in India
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Srinivas,   T.; Ramanathan,   S.
Elephant foot yam is traditionally cultivated on commercial scales in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and West Bengal. The statistics on area, production and yield of this crop are not available in the literature and this paper has estimated the cost of cultivation, farm income measures and resource-use efficiency of the crop in these states, except West Bengal. The study has indicated the gross cost of cultivation as Rs 1,73,105, Rs 93,450 and Rs 1,68,032 per ha and the benefit-cost ratios as 1.38, 1.38 and 1.50 for elephant foot yam cultivation in Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu, respectively. The study has revealed excessive use of all NPK fertilizers in Kerala, indicating the need for rationalization in use of these inputs, while...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58474

Leveraging regional growth dynamics in African agriculture
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Abdulai,   Awudu; Johnson,   Michael; Diao,   Xinshen.
This study focuses on public investments and policy reforms for leveraging growth spillovers at the Africa regional level. It reviews first the theory and evidence of knowledge and growth spillovers generally and second the evidence in the African context. Given the limited and scattered evidence of actual past spillovers, it reviews recent ex ante simulations using partial and general equilibrium models to stress the potential for spillovers from greater cooperation in agricultural research, and from trade liberalization, policy harmonization and investments in infrastructure. The results show that permitting greater crossborder transfers and adopting improved technologies could have large spillover multiplier effects on overall economic welfare in the...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Sub-Saharan Africa; Regional cooperation; Spillovers; Agricultural development; International Development.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57021

Measuring the Impact of a BSE Announcement on U.S. Retail Beef Sales: A Time-Series Analysis
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Crowley,   Christian S.L.; Shimazaki,   Yoshiaki.
On December 23, 2003, Agriculture Secretary Ann M. Veneman announced that the United States Department of Agriculture had diagnosed the first U.S. case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), commonly known as “mad cow disease.” This study uses supermarket sales data to analyze the effect of the BSE announcement on U.S. retail beef sales, finding a statistically significant disruption of sales. In addition, we develop a forecast of retail beef sales revenues in the hypothetical absence of BSE. The forecast implies that the BSE announcement may have reduced domestic retail beef revenues in excess of $11 billion in the post-BSE period.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: ARIMA models; BSE; Mad cow disease; U.S. retail beef sales; Health Economics and Policy; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/59609

A DISCUSSION OF WATER QUALITY AND FOOD SAFETY ISSUES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mapp,   Harry P., Jr.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1990
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29903

SELECTED TRADE RULES, STATUTES, REGULATIONS AND PRACTICES AFFECTING GRAIN PRODUCER MARKETING TRANSACTIONS IN LOUISIANA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Harper,   Susan Dale; Traylor,   Harlon D.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 1984
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26944

The FAST Method: Estimating Unconditional Demand Elasticities for Processed Foods in the Presence of Fixed Effects
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bergtold,   Jason S.; Akobundu,   Eberechukwu; Peterson,   Everett B.
This study estimates a set of unconditional own-price and expenditure elasticities across time for 49 processed food categories using scanner data and the FAST multi-stage demand system with fixed effects across time. Estimated own-price elasticities are generally much larger, in absolute terms, than previous estimates, while our expenditure elasticities are generally much lower. The use of disaggregated product groupings, scanner data, and the estimation of unconditional elasticities likely accounts for these differences. Results of the study suggest providing more disaggregate product-level demand elasticities could aid in the economic analysis of issues relating to industry competitiveness or the impact of public policy.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Demand elasticities; Indirect separability; Processed foods; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31108

AZ ÖKOMARKETING GYAKORLATI MEGVALÓSULÁSA AZ ÉLELMISZER-GAZDASÁGBAN
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Szolnoki Gyozone Karkus,   Maria.
Az Európai Unióba való belépésünkkel a környezetvédelem, a fenntartható fejlődés minden területen nagyobb hangsúlyt kap. Különösen igaz ez az élelmi-szer-gazdaságra. Azok a kutatások is felértékelődhetnek ennek tükrében, ame-lyek a környezet-gazdaságtan különböző területein folynak. A szerző évek óta foglalkozik az ökomarketing elméleti és módszertani kérdéseivel, kutatásának eredményeit kétrészes tanulmányban adja közre.  A tanulmány első részében arra vállalkozott, hogy a nemzetközi szakiroda-lom alapján bemutassa az ökomarketing kutatás főbb állomásait, új irányzatait. A szerző tanulmánya két célt tűzött maga elé. Először azt kívánja bizonyítani, hogy az élelmiszer-gazdaság mind inputjai, mind outputjai oldaláról tekintve környezeti szempontból...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Fenntartható marketing; Élelmiszer-gazdaság; Környezetbarát gazdálkodás; Kockázat; Jövedelemtermelő-képesség - sustainable marketing; Food economy; Environmentally friend farming; Risks; Income producing capability; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Marketing.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54333

AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY: FARM-LEVEL, MARKET, AND POLICY CONSIDERATIONS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Van der Sluis,   Evert; Diersen,   Matthew A.; Dobbs,   Thomas L.
This study provides an overview of the economic costs, benefits, and risks involved with agricultural biotechnology at the farm level, at the market level, and for the farm and food system as a whole. Both advantages and disadvantages of agricultural biotechnology are discussed. Among the drivers of U.S. domestic and international consumer demand for transgenic crop products discussed are environmental and food safety concerns. A comparison is made between a "science-based" regulatory framework and a policy based on the precautionary principle. The authors argue that open dialogue is needed for achieving improved public understanding of agricultural biotechnology, and that analyses need to go beyond discussing the scientific merits of biotechnology, to...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Acceptance; Agricultural biotechnology; Benefits; Costs; Public dialogue; Risks; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14654

Abstracts of Ph.D. Theses
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47688

MUDANÇA INSTITUCIONAL E O IMPACTO NO PADRÃO TECNOLÓGICO: O CASO DA MECANIZAÇÃO DA COLHEITA DE CANA-DE-AÇÚCAR NO PARANÁ
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Junqueira,   Clarissa Pereira; Sterchile,   Shirla Patricia Weber; Shikida,   Pery Francisco Assis.
Due to changes in the institutional environment, mainly the Law 11.241/2002 (SP), which limits the burning of sugarcane and favors the mechanization of its harvest, there is a new technological pattern in the Brazilian production of sugar and alcohol. The objective of this article is to analyze the reasons behind the adoption of the mechanized harvest in the sugar and alcohol sector of Paraná state through field research (interviews and questionnaires applied during the second semester of 2007). The results show that the mechanization of the sugar cane harvest in Paraná was due to market pressures, allied to other factors: scarce labor in the state, environmental and market pressures, change of the technological standards and costs imputed by São Paulo...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Institutional environment; Mechanized harvest; Saccharu officinarum L.; Agribusiness; Agricultural Finance; Industrial Organization; Q12; Q16.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/62149

Renewable Liquid Fuels: Current Situation and Prospects
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Eidman,   Vernon R.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; Q3.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94427

Regulating Farmers: Lessons Learned from the Delmarva Peninsula
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Perez,   Michelle.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Regulation; Agriculture; Policy; Water; State; Agricultural and Food Policy; Environmental Economics and Policy; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; Q18; Q58.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/117404

AGRICULTURAL LOAN EVALUATION WITH DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Johnson,   R. Bruce; Hagan,   Albert R.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural Finance.
Ano: 1973
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29417

PRODUCTION STRUCTURE AND TRENDS IN THE U.S. MEAT AND POULTRY PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Morrison Paul,   Catherine J.
The U.S. meat products industries have experienced increasing consolidation. It has been speculated that this has resulted from cost economies, perhaps associated with technical change or trade factors. It has also been asserted that increased concentration in these industries may be allowing the exploitation of market power in the input (livestock) and output (meat product) industries. These issues are addressed for the four digit SIC meat and poultry industries. Findings show that the beef and pork products industries tend to have similar structures, which differ from the poultry industries. None of the industries, however appear to have exhibited excessive market power, particularly when scale economies (diseconomies), and resulting reductions...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Production Economics.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30807

ANALYZING THE EFFECT OF CHANGING FEED-BEEF PRICE RELATIONSHIPS ON BEEF PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES IN HAWAII:  A DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING APPROACH
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: van Poollen,   H. Walter; Leung,   PingSun.
A dynamic programming approach was used to evaluate the effect of changing the feed input to product price relationship on the beef production management decision process.  The dynamic programming model consists of nine submodels describing and analyzing the time-dependent beef production management decision process.  The model incorporates biological functions and economic principles.  Results clearly showed the importance of the feed-beef price relationships in management decision making.  Optimal beef production management strategies were generally consistent with beef production management practices followed in Hawaii under those feed-beef price relationships.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 1986
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32538

STABILIZATION IN AUSTRALIAN AGRICULTURE: A REVIEW OF OBJECTIVES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: McKay,   D.H.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 1965
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22653

A Review of the World Wheat Situation in 1947
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Druce,   P.C.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 1947
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8315

The benefits to the Australian Pig meat industry from an increase in demand for a hypothetical low cholesterol pork product
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Slattery,   Henry; Griffith,   Garry R.; Malcolm,   Bill; Dunshea,   Frank.
This is the third of a series of papers examining the potential economic effects from the introduction of a hypothetical low cholesterol pork product into the Australian market. Here, a newly updated pig meat model reported by Griffith et al. (2010) is used to model the industry wide impacts of the Bellhouse et al. (2010) survey results on consumer willingness to pay for this new pork product. Six different scenarios are examined that are combinations of a 10, 20 or 30 per cent increase in consumer demand, with and without a 10 per cent increase in the costs of producing the more valuable pork. The simulation results for the various scenarios indicate total annual industry benefits of some $450m for an increase in aggregate willingness to pay of 30 per...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Cholesterol; Pork; Australia; Consumer willingness to pay; Demand; Agribusiness; Demand and Price Analysis; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Livestock Production/Industries; Production Economics.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114415

Az ökológiai gazdálkodás hatékonysági kérdései
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Alvincz,   Jozsef; Koltai,   Judit Petra.
Az életszínvonal emelkedésével egyre nagyobb hangsúlyt kap az egészséges táplálkozás, és ugyanakkor a mezőgazdasági termelésben jelentkező árutöbbletek kitörési pontok keresésére ösztönzik a gazdálkodókat, így az ökológiai gazdálkodás a mezőgazdaságban tevékenykedők egy csoportjának teljes, illetve részbeni megélhetési alapul szolgálhat. 2005-től azonban jelentős visszaesés tapasztalható mind az ökológiai termelésbe vont terület nagyságát, mind az ökológiai gazdaságok számát tekintve, a gazdálkodók egy része ugyanis különféle más integrált programokba kapcsoló¬dott a kedvezőbb feltételek és a magasabb támogatási összegek miatt.  Az egyes gazdaságtípusok esetében a birtokméret tekintetében szignifikáns különbség alapvetően nem állapítható meg. Mindez...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Ökológiai gazdálkodás; Munkaerő-állomány; Bruttó termelési érték; Költség; Hatékonyság; Organic farming; Employed staff; Gross production value; Cost; Efficiency; Agribusiness; Farm Management.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/92477

REASONS FOR NONPARTICIPATION IN THE FOOD STAMP PROGRAM
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Blaylock,   James R.; Smallwood,   David M.
This paper analyzed, via a multinomial logit model, the associations between household socioeconomic characteristics and the reasons eligible households give for not entering the Food Stamp Program.  Data were taken from the 1979-80 Low Income Supplemental Sample of the USDA  Nationwide Food Consumption Survey.  Statistical analysis revealed that households either residing in suburban areas, with employed members, or whose head is a high school graduate cited a lack of information about the program as the reason for nonparticipation more frequently than their counterparts without one of these characteristics.  An examination of alternative household profiles indicates that government efforts to disseminate information about the Food Stamp Program have been...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Consumer/Household Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 1984
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32372

Der Weinmarkt in der Welt
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hoffmann,   Dieter.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97531

IMPLICATIONS OF CONGLOMERATE MERGERS TO FOOD DISTRIBUTION IN THE 1970'S: POSITION PAPER
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Stout,   Thomas T.
Reasons for growth of conglomerates - Source of Funds - Methods of Operations.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Industrial Organization.
Ano: 1969
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26701

Impact of Macroeconomic Policies on Agricultural Prices
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Awokuse,   Titus O.
Existing empirical evidence on the impact of macroeconomic variables on agriculture remains mixed and inconclusive. This paper re-examines the dynamic relationship between monetary policy variables and agricultural prices using alternative vector autoregression (VAR) type model specifications. Directed acyclic graph theory is proposed as an alternative modeling approach to supplement existing modeling methods. Similar to results in other studies, this study’s findings show that over the time period analyzed (1975–2000), changes to money supply as a monetary policy tool had little or no impact on agricultural prices. The primary macroeconomic policy instrument that affects agricultural prices is the exchange rate, which is shown to be directly linked to...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural prices; Cointegration; Directed acyclic graphs; Monetary policy; VAR; Agricultural and Food Policy; Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10239

APPLYING LISA CONCEPTS ON SOUTHERN FARMS OR CHANGING FARM PHILOSOPHIES: DISCUSSION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dicks,   Michael R.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Farm Management.
Ano: 1991
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30293

Evaluating the Demand Patterns for Irrigation Water: The Case of Western Macedonia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Michailidis,   Anastasios; Arabatzis,   Garyfallos; Kamenidou,   Irene.
This article is concerned with the management of water resources in the region of Western Macedonia. Taking into account the great importance of agriculture as the principal consumer of water in the region, as well as the drastic increase in regional water consumption over the last decade, a related study evaluating the demand patterns for irrigated water can prove to be extremely valuable. This paper examines the demand patterns and probable trends for irrigated water using the Discrete Sequential Stohastic Programming (DSSP) Model for four agricultural products (apples, peaches, potatoes and tomatoes) and five specific subareas (the prefecture of Florina, the prefecture of Kastoria, the prefecture of Grevena, the city of Kozani and the city of...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26438

THE USDA FIRM ENTERPRISE DATA SYSTEM: CAPABILITIES AND APPLICATIONS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Krenz,   Ronald D.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Public Economics.
Ano: 1975
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29650

The Research on the Status of Small-and-Medium-Sized Enterprises of County in the Dominant Industry of Shaanxi County Economy
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jiang,   Tao.
The thesis analyzes the role of small-and-medium-sized enterprises of county in promoting county economy: the small-and-medium-sized enterprises of county become the material basis of developing production and boosting county economy; the small-and-medium-sized enterprises of county become the main channel of increasing farmers’ job opportunities and realizing affluent life; the development of the small-and-medium-sized enterprises of county become the propeller of development of urbanization and county economy; the development of the small-and-medium-sized enterprises of county creates excellent conditions for the construction of modern agriculture. The thesis indicates that the low level of county industrialization is the principal factor impeding the...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: County economy; Small-and-medium-sized enterprises; Dominant industry; Shaanxi Province， China; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/102378

Buyback Programs: Goals, Objectives, and Industry Restructuring in Fisheries
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kirkley,   James E.; Walden,   John B.; Waters,   James R.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries has conducted several buyback programs to reduce harvesting capacity in fisheries.  These programs have attempted to maximize capacity reduction given a fixed budget.  However, restructuring issues have not been considered.  We explore the possibility of satisfying three different buyback objective  We examine the black sea bass trap fishery and determine the number of vessels given different allowable catch levels and objectives of maximizing technical efficiency, capacity utilization, and vessels in the fishery.  We find considerable variation in the number of vessels allowed to remain in the fishery given the different objectives.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Capacity utilization; Data Envelopment Analysis; Fishery buyback programs; Fishing capacity; C61; D24; Q22; Q28.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43422

REGIONAL PROGRESS OF THE LISBON STRATEGY OBJECTIVES IN THE EUROPEAN REGION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Egri,   Zoltan; Tanczos,   Tamas.
As it is clear from the foregoing, the countries/country groups analyzed by education, R&amp;D and labor market characteristics show a rather mixed picture. There is a lot more work to do at community, regional and national levels. This is true not only for the member states but also for the candidate countries. Cluster 1 and Cluster 2 proceed well on the road towards achieving the objectives of more and better jobs, full employment and social cohesion. These are open countries and most of them do not hinder the free flow of persons regarding the citizens of the new member states. As to competitiveness, these countries are among the best not only in Europe but also in the world. The best example for using synergies is the Scandinavian cooperation in the...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Lisbon strategy; Mobility factor; Education-employment factor; Human resources; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58920

COMPUTER INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS FOR FRESH FRUIT AND VEGETABLE WHOLESALERS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lederer,   Bruce E.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1986
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26470

Food and Nutritional Insecurity and its Determinants in Food Surplus Areas: The Case Study of Punjab State
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sidhu,   R.S.; Kaur,   Inderpreet; Vatta,   Kamal.
The incidence and depth of food and nutritional insecurity has been estimated and its determinants in a food-surplus area, viz. the state of Punjab, have been studied. The consumption expenditure has been found to be directly associated with the levels of income/assets in both rural and urban areas. The study has revealed that the food and nutritional insecurity prevails even in the food-surplus areas, with low-income households being more vulnerable to it. The access to food determined by the level of income and family-size has been found as the most important factor influencing food and nutritional security in food-surplus areas. Increase in production alone does not ensure food and nutritional security. The study has suggested that income and employment...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Food Security and Poverty.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47365

The Adoption and Impact of Improved Maize and Land Management Technologies in Uganda
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sserunkuuma,   Dick.
In spite of the fact that the Ugandan National Agricultural Research System has developed and released several production-enhancing technologies over a century, yields of most major crops at the farm level have been low. Given that about 80 percent of Uganda’s labor force is employed in agriculture, the scope for sustainable poverty reduction in Uganda depends very much on improving agricultural productivity. It is in this context, this paper examines why there has been poor adoption of production-enhancing technologies in the production of maize, which is a major crop in Uganda and what the impacts of the exiting production environment are on factor payments. This study reveals that farmers do not pay proper attention to soil fertility management, which...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Production-enhancing technologies; Maize; Land management; Poverty reduction; Crop Production/Industries; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/110145

THE EFFECT OF PRICE ON COUPON REDEMPTION: A CASE STUDY OF FLORIDA ORANGE JUICE INDUSTRY COUPON PROGRAMS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lee,   Jonq-Ying.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 1982
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29564

Map Resources – ECO Farms in the Czech Republic
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Vanek,   Jiri; Brožová,   Ivana; Jarolimek,   Jan; Simek,   Pavel; Vogeltanzova,   Tereza; Cervenkova,   Eva.
The present paper deals with the creation of maps for the sake of a special map portal using the database of eco farms in the Czech Republic. The map output is being developed and implemented within the framework of the Research Program in mutual cooperation of the Department of Information Technologies, Information and Consulting Centre, other departments of the Faculty of Economics and Management CULS Prague with external partners, especially with the Ministry of Agriculture (Environment and Ecological Agriculture Section, Department of Ecological Agriculture) and the Institute of Agricultural Economics and Information (UZEI) - Division of Agro-environmental Policy in Brno. The maps are visualized by means of MPPR 1.0 system and have been processed – in...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Map portal; Web browser; Google Maps; Eco farm; Ecological agriculture; Act No. 242/2000 Coll; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Farm Management; GA; IN.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/99229

ESTIMATING REVENUE-CAPTURE POTENTIAL ASSOCIATED WITH PUBLIC AREA RECREATION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Teasley,   R. Jeff; Bergstrom,   John C.; Cordell,   H. Ken.
A traditional contingent valuation approach and the “"trip response method"” were examined as potential techniques for measuring public area recreation revenue-capture potential.  Empirical results suggest that both methods are useful for assessing revenue-capture potential.  Additional research on alternative methods for assessing recreation revenue-capture potential is encouraged.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1994
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31236

Copper Mining and Environmental Costs in Dominica
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Harris-Charles,   Emaline L.; Pemberton,   Carlisle A.
A proposal from an international mining company to establish a copper mining operation in the Caribbean island of Dominica could be highly favourable, given the potential for financial benefits associated with such a project.  On the downside, such projects are often associated with environmental damage.  The area targeted for this copper mine was a rainforest in the north-eastern portion of Dominica occupying around 12 percent of the island’s total land area.    A critical question is therefore whether copper mining could be a viable alternative to agrarian uses of the targeted area, if both financial and environmental costs are taken into consideration.    A Contingent Valuation Survey of Dominicans and Visitors allowed for inclusion of non-market costs...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Copper mining; Dominica; Environmental costs; Sensitivity analysis; Cost-benefit; Agribusiness; Environmental Economics and Policy; Financial Economics.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/36803

Rice Production in India — Implications of Land Inequity and Market Imperfections
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Prasanna,   P.A. Lakshmi; Kumar,   Sant; Singh,   Aruna.
The relationship between farm productivity and farm structure has been analyzed focusing mainly on one channel of transmission of this relationship, viz. input-use pattern in rice production. The hypothesized relationship tested in this study is that land inequality influences access to/ use of resources in rice production and in-turn influences productivity. Market imperfections aggravate the negative effect of land inequity on productivity. Results have shown that smallholders’ share in inputs like fertilizers, and irrigation has increased over time, but a large number of smallholders still do not have access to these resources. Study has demonstrated that policies like fertilizer subsidy, agricultural credit, and minimum support prices are able to...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57500

ON MARKET DEVELOPMENT FOR FOOD PRODUCTS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sporleder,   Thomas L.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Industrial Organization.
Ano: 1973
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30413

COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES OF POLISH ORGANIC SECTOR IN LIGHT OF CO-EXISTANCE BETWEEN GMO AND NON-GM PRODUCTS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Maciejczak,   Mariusz.
The perfect segregation of the different agricultural production types, namely conventional, organic or based on genetically modified organisms is not possible in practice. But the side by side functioning of this systems in agricultural production and further on of the products on the shelves requires suitable measures during cultivation, harvest, transport, storage, and processing to ensure co-existence. Consumers, food and feed industry, as well as wholesalers and retailers in European Union, including Polish ones demand a reasonable degree of choice between GMO and non-GMO derived products. Accordingly the ability to maintain different agricultural production and processing systems is a pre-requisite for providing a high degree of consumer choice. As...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Organic agriculture; Competitive advantage; Coexistance; GMO; Agricultural and Food Policy; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58905

Seasonality in the Demand for Bananas
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Aggrey-Mensah,   W.; Guise,   John W.B.
Weekly demand functions are estimated for bananas traded on the Sydney wholesale market using data for the period 1953 to 1967. Graphs of these functions suggest that the demand for bananas varies in a systematic fashion through the year. Further research will be required before it is possible to identify the specific dynamic factors responsible for these demand shifts. However, the short-run relationships which have been estimated provide quantitive information which could be used to evaluate the potential benefits to growers of a planned marketing program.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 1969
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9173

ENHANCING BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES IN THE FOOD WHOLESALE SECTOR: A CASE STUDY OF NEW JERSEY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Adelaja,   Adesoji O.; Nayga,   Rodolfo M., Jr.; Tank,   Karen Rose; Schilling,   Brian J.
New Jersey is very much like many other states in the northeastern region of the United States.  On the other hand, it is unique in a number of ways.  New Jersey is characterized by (1) a large and affluent consumer base, (2) access to major ports and air transportation facilities which facilitates foreign imports and exports, and (3) large food manufacturing, retail and service sectors.  New Jersey's food wholesale sector is therefore an important economic sector with strong potential for future growth.  Food wholesalers can provide stable high-paying jobs in an economy still recovering from the 1989-92 recession.  Limited knowledge of the challenges facing this sector may hinder its potential growth and development.  Given the implications that could be...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27846

Live Cattle Exports from Mexico into the United States: Where Do the Cattle Come From and Where Do They Go?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Skaggs,   Rhonda K.; Acuna,   Rene; Torell,   L. Allen; Southard,   Leland W.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/93698

THE EFFECT OF LAND CLEARING REGULATIONS ON THE RATE OF FARM DEVELOPMENT - A CASE STUDY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Moncrieff,   I.J.; Mauldon,   Roger G.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 1963
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22942

OPTIMAL USE OF QUALITATIVE MODELS: AN APPLICATION TO COUNTRY GRAIN ELEVATOR BANKRUPTCIES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kaylen,   Michael S.; Devino,   Gary T.; Procter,   Michael H.
Qualitative models can be used for decision making under uncertainty. This provides a useful framework for evaluating the models. If the costs for every action/state of nature combination are known, decisions made using a well-calibrated model would result in actual costs being close to expected costs. In addition, the actual cost can be compared to the cost of perfect foresight actions, giving a bound on the value of a better model. Application of these procedures is made using a logit model developed to predict Missouri country grain elevator bankruptcy.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural Finance.
Ano: 1988
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29262

COVER AND CONTENTS PAGES
Provedor de dados: 31
Includes: Front Cover, Editorial Information, Contents Page
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1986
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29045

Identifying National and International Vacuums Potentially Impacting NAFTA and Indigenous Peoples
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Phillips,   Valerie J.
The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was made among three nation-states, Canada, the United States, and Mexico. Each of these nation-states has indigenous populations within its borders. Each has chosen different legal mechanisms for interacting with indigenous peoples. For example, the United States has an extensive web of treaties with the tribes within its borders while Canada, in contrast, has relatively few. All three nation-states have grappled with armed conflicts with indigenous peoples well into the 20th century. Indigenous peoples within each have long social, cultural, economic, and political histories which cross the borders of these countries. Within the provisions of NAFTA, each nation-state reserved the right to deny investors...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: FTAA; Indigenous; Investor; NAFTA; Nation-state; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23875

LOSSES IN THE LOGISTICAL SYSTEM: THE CASE OF PERISHABLES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Beilock,   Richard P.
The potential for losses in the logistical system is particularly great for perishables, as they are sensitive to time, climatic conditions, and handling. However, the literature is virtually silent regarding the extent and causes of such losses. This paper reports the results of a study of freight claims for produce and ornamentals. The results indicate that losses are of a magnitude that should merit the attention of shippers, carriers, and receivers. Various loss reducing measures are suggested.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1988
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26958

COVER AND CONTENTS PAGES
Provedor de dados: 31
Includes:  Cover Page, Contents Page, Letter from President (Eric C. Oesterle), Forward, General Features of the Science Information Exchange, General Significance of SIE Compilations, Some General Information, Research Project Information Exchange, How to Use This Listing and the Science Information Exchange, Submission Forms
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1969
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26552

MARKET INVERSION IN COMMODITY FUTURES PRICES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Yoon,   Byung-Sam; Brorsen,   B. Wade.
In an inverted market, current prices are higher than future prices and thus the price of storage is negative.  Market inversions as measured with futures spreads rarely occur during early months of the crop year.  However, market inversions frequently occur across crop years and near the end of the crop year.  In the last half of the crop year, market inversions clearly reflect a signal to sell stocks.  Too few inversions occur early in the crop year to reach a definitive conclusion for that period.  Behavioral finance offers possible explanations of why producers would hold stocks in an inverted market.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Convenience yield; Cost of carry; Market inversion; Marketing; Q13.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15077

USE OF A PROFIT MODEL TO MEASURE EFFICIENCY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: O'Connor,   Carl W.; Hammonds,   Timothy M.
Develop a model which quantitatively measures three efficiency components: technical, price and economic efficiency.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1976
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27889

Fruit and Vegetable Sales at City Municipal Markets, September, 1948
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Burns,   A.M.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1948
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8281

EVALUATING THE RETURNS TO VARIABLE RATE NITROGEN APPLICATION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Roberts,   Roland K.; English,   Burton C.; Mahajanashetti,   S.B.
Potential benefits of variable rate nitrogen application are illustrated and information needs identified. Lower costs of precision farming services, higher crop prices, and greater divergence in yield response potentials across management zones reduce the spatial variability required for profitable variable rate application. Information needs include identification and measurement of management zones within a field and estimation of management zone yield response functions, crop and input prices, and the cost of precision farming services.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Production economics; Management zones; Nitrogen; Precision farming; Spatial break-even variability proportions; Variable rate applications; Yield response variability; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15393

CHANGES NEEDED IN THE ORGANIZATION OF RETAIL FOOD FIRMS TO MEET CHALLENGES AHEAD
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Applebaum,   William.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1977
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27311

Setting Research Priority for Livestock Sector in Gujarat
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Das,   N.C.; Khunt,   K.A.
Research resource allocation strategy has been worked out for the livestock sector across districts/ regions of the Gujarat state by using multi-criteria scoring model. The study has covered all the 19 districts of the state and six livestock species. In the commodity priority, the highest share (83%) has been claimed by milk research, followed by draught power (15%). The research share of meat, egg, skin and hair &amp; wool is very low. The trend has been found same in the state as well as the districts. Within milk research, buffalo milk has got the highest priority in all the districts and research on poultry meat has claimed the highest share in meat research in most of the districts. The hide research should focus on the goat hide in the most of the...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47363

Antidumping and Market Power in the Agriculture Sector, with a Special Case Study of the Fresh Tomato Industry
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Baylis,   Katherine R.
In this article we highlight the anticompetitive nature of antidumping (AD) legislation. Antidumping legislation was set up to protect domestic firms from predatory pricing by foreign firms. We argue that protecting highly concentrated industries drastically reduces competition at home. In cases where the industry consists only of one or two firms, import restriction may breed monopolies at the expense of domestic consumers. This article looks at cases filed by the agriculture sector, and at the market concentration of industries in this sector, to illustrate the above possibility. We study the case of fresh tomatoes in detail to further demonstrate the anticompetitive nature of AD legislation. We show the effect of AD legislation on imports, as well as...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agriculture; Antidumping legislation; Competition; Fresh tomato industry; Crop Production/Industries; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6320

AN EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION OF IMPORTANCE RATINGS OF MEAT ATTRIBUTES BY LOUISIANA AND TEXAS CONSUMERS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hui,   Jianguo; McLean-Meyinsse,   Patricia E.; Jones,   Dewitt.
This study provides an empirical investigation of how consumers rate meat attributes. Results show an importance order for 12 selected meat attributes and reveal some relationships between the importance ratings and consumer's demographic or socioeconomic characteristics. The findings suggest that (1) the meat marketing strategy should focus on freshness, taste, and appearance; (2) nutritional attributes have become important factors in the meat purchasing decision of female, educated, and married consumers; (3) older, married, low-income, or non-white consumers still remain price conscious; and (4) USDA label has become an important symbol of meat quality and safety to older, female, Baptist, and high-income consumers.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Meat attributes; Importance ratings; Meat marketing; Socioeconomic characteristics; Kruskal-Wallis test; Ordered-Probit model; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 1995
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15277

Mobilização de Recursos e Competitividade no Mercado de Vinhos Finos: uma análise da vitivinicultura de São Joaquim, SC
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Blume,   Roni; Hoff,   Debora Nayar; Pedrozo,   Eugenio Avila.
The new tendencies of the fine wine global consumer market have challenged organizations to observe their resources more efficiently in order to better structure and organize their strategies towards greater competitiveness and sustainability. Based on the Competitiveness and Resource-Based View approach, together with a study of certain market patterns and tendencies, this work aimed to evaluate how certain categories of resources are being managed in an attempt to promote the competitiveness of the fine wines from São Joaquim, a recent and little studied producing region in Santa Catarina state. An exploratory-descriptive study was done to assist experts involved in the São Joaquim vitiviniculture sector. It was possible to observe that image conception...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Vitiviniculture; Competitiveness; Resource-Based View; São Joaquim.; Agribusiness; Agricultural Finance; Industrial Organization.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/90419

The Production Performance of China's Transforming Agriculture
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jin,   Songqing; Huang,   Jikun; Rozelle,   Scott.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Productivity Analysis.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/93981

IMPACTS OF THE NORTHEAST INTERSTATE DAIRY COMPACT ON SUPPLY, RETAIL PRICES AND THE WIC PROGRAM: AN INTRODUCTION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nicholson,   Charles F.; Wang,   Qingbin; Lass,   Daniel A.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis; Food Security and Poverty.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31607

A Study on the Extent of Adoption of Various Recommended Technologies in Wheat Cultivation in Punjab
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Singh,   Mandeep; Chahal,   S.S.
The extent of adoption of various recommended production technologies and returns from wheat crop in Punjab have been studied for the years 2006-07, 2007-08 and 2008-09. The results reveal that the area under recommended varieties of wheat has decreased from 95.29 per cent in 2006-07 to 90.63 per cent in 2008-09. At the same time, it has been observed that a majority of the sample farmers grow wheat at recommended time by using recommended quantity of seed per acre. Although the percentage of farmers who treat the seed before sowing wheat crop has increased from 27.81 per cent in 2006-07 to 39.00 per cent in 2008-09, still a majority of the farmers do not follow this technology. It has been advocated by the PAU that zero tillage of wheat can save up to Rs...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57474

FACTORS AFFECTING DEMAND AND SUPPLY OF AGRICULTURAL REAL ESTATE DEBT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Boyette,   Deborah K.; White,   Fred C.
A market share analysis is undertaken to determine the contribution of the size of market effect, the distribution effect, and the competitive effect, the distribution effect, and the competitive effect to gains for the five major farm real estate lenders. Results are used as a basis for selection of variables for a demand-supply analysis. Separate demand and supply equations for new farm real estate debt over the 1951-81 period are estimated by three-stage least squares for three major lending groups. The results are used as a basis for simulation of Federal Land Bank supply response to selected policy changes. If current market conditions continue through 1990, FLB market share is expected to decrease 12.34 percent over the 1987-90 period. Higher FLB...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural Finance; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 1987
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32230

Book Reviews
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Greer,   Glen; Hall,   Nigel H.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/118057

PRODUCTIVITY FOR THE FUTURE: FOOD PROCESSING
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Goldblith,   Samuel.
Now that the era of cheap energy is over what approaches does the food processing industry need to take to improve productivity.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Productivity Analysis.
Ano: 1975
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26813

SETTING PRODUCTION GOALS FOR FEDERAL COAL LEASING
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Prato,   Anthony A.
National and regional production goals have been established by the Department of Energy as guidance to the Department of the Interior in determining the location and rate of federal coal leasing as well as the determination of leasing targets for individual coal lease sales. This paper discusses the analytical procedures used by the Department of Energy in setting the 1980 biennial coal production goals. The goals are presented and compared to production forecasts obtained from other sources. Implications of these goals for federal coal leasing policies are considered.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1982
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32282

Conocimiento y aceptación de leche genéticamente modificada en consumidores de la Región del Maule, Chile
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Schnettler,   Berta; Sepulveda,   Oriana; Ruiz,   Danilo; Catalan,   Patricia; Sepulveda,   Nestor.
Published by Asociación de Economistas Agrarios de Chile
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Genetically modified foods; Conjoint analysis; Cluster analysis; Fluid milk.; Consumer/Household Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97370

SOME ESTIMATES OF THE PRICE ELASTICITY OF DEMAND FOR PHOSPHATIC AND NITROGENOUS FERTILISERS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Penm,   Jammie H.; Vincent,   David P.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 1987
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22574

Are Consumers Willing to Pay More for Biodegradable Containers Than for Plastic Ones? Evidence from Hypothetical Conjoint Analysis and Nonhypothetical Experimental Auctions
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Yue,   Chengyan; Hall,   Charles R.; Behe,   Bridget K.; Campbell,   Benjamin L.; Dennis,   Jennifer H.; Lopez,   Roberto G.
This study used and compared hypothetical conjoint analysis and nonhypothetical experimental auctions to elicit floral customers’ willingness to pay for biodegradable plant containers. The results of the study show that participants were willing to pay a price premium for biodegradable containers, but the premium is not the same for different types of containers. This article also shows the mixed ordered probit model generates more accurate results when analyzing the conjoint analysis Internet survey data than the ordered probit model.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Biodegradable; Willingness to pay; Marketing; Carbon footprint; Waste composition; Green industry; Nursery crops; Floriculture crops; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Environmental Economics and Policy; Financial Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Marketing; Public Economics; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; D12; Q13.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/100524

Potential Effects of FTAA on US/CARICOM Fish Trade
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Keefe,   Alison M.; Jolly,   Curtis M.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Free Trade Areas of the Americas(FTAA); US/CARICOM Fish Trade; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/45797

PREVISÃO DE PREÇOS NA BOVINOCULTURA DE CORTE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nogueira,   Denismar Alves; Safadi,   Thelma.
This paper is dedicated to analysing the historical series of prices for the gross beef bovines in the state of São Paulo from 1988 to 1998. For the analysis on the series the time series models were considered, aiming at finding the one which would be able to provide the best suited preview, among the models adjusted. Economical series are usually not stationary, the case in which the series floats around a straight line with either positive or negative inclinations ( linear tendency ) being the most common. Another form of non-stationariness occurs when the series floats around a level for a given period of time, changing levels afterwards and floating around a new level. Such fact may result from an event occurred at some point in the timeline, like...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Analysis of Intervention; SARIMA models; Preview.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43287

Perspektiven des Gartenbaus in einem internationalen Markt
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bokelmann,   Wolfgang.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/98888

SOME ISSUES IN CONTINUOUS - AND DISCRETE - RESPONSE CONTINGENT VALUATION STUDIES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hanemann,   W. Michael.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1985
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28928

CHARACTERISTICS OF CONSUMERS DEMANDING AND THEIR WILLINGNESS TO PAY FOR CERTIFIED SAFER PORK
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Miller,   Gay Y.; Unnevehr,   Laurian J.
A telephone survey of 609 Illinois households was conducted in spring 1999.  Most consumers surveyed have concerns about pork safety. Concerns were greatest among households with children, lower incomes, older consumers, and Blacks. Lower consumption of pork was associated with higher concern.  Consumers had more confidence in USDA certification of enhanced pork safety than in industry certification. Most consumers were willing to pay some price premium for a certified safer product. Those willing to pay more were more likely women, older consumers with incomes less than $70,000, who live in an urban household, and have concern about pork safety.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Certified safer pork; Consumer demand; Food safety; Pork; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14697

The Future of Rice Production, Consumption and Seaborne Trade: Synthetic Prediction Method
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Purevdorj,   Minjmaa; Kubo,   Masayoshi.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26751

AUSTRALIAN AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS SOCIETY AWARDS 1985
Provedor de dados: 31
For two decades, the Australian Agricultural Economics Society has sponsored an annual prize for Master's theses. At the Society's Annual General Meeting on 13 February 1985, the Society resolved to sponsor a biennial prize for Ph.D. theses, with the first award being made for a thesis accepted during the two-year period ending 30 September 1985. Both the Ph.D. and Master's prizes relate to theses in the field of agricultural economics accepted by an Australian or New Zealand University. For each prize, the most meritorious thesis is selected by a panel of three members appointed by the Society.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1986
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22903

POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS OF OZONE FOR INCREASING STORAGE TIME OF PERISHABLE FOODS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rice,   Rip G.; Farquhar,   John W.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1983
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27865

DISCUSSION: THE ROLE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE IN THE INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS OF THE UNITED STATES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Pagoulatos,   Emilio.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 1981
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30076

Canadian Consumers’ Purchasing Behavior of Omega-3 Products
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Chase,   Darren; Emunu,   John Paul; Nilsson,   Tomas K.H.; McCann-Hiltz,   Diane; Peng,   Yanning.
The development of innovative functional food products is a major trend in today’s food industry. The growth of this industry is driven by increased consumer awareness of their own health deficiencies, increased understanding of the possible health benefits of functional foods, development in formulation technologies, a positive regulatory environment, and changing consumer demographics and lifestyles. While there has been a proliferation of omega-3 products such as milk, eggs, yogurt, and margarine in the Canadian food market, very little is known about consumers of these products. We use ACNielsen Homescan™ data combined with survey data to develop profiles of omega-3 consumers in Canada. The focus of the study is on consumers of four products: omega-3...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Consumer/Household Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/99781

Cover and Contents Pages
Provedor de dados: 31
Includes: Front Cover, Editorial Information, Contents Page, Editorial Board, Association Officers, Executive Committee
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Marketing.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/59226

Birtokkoncentráció, foglalkoztatás, diverzifikáció és multifunkcionalitás
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Feher,   Alajos; Czimbalmos,   Robert; Kovacs,   Gyorgyi; Szepesy,   Edit.
A statisztikai adatok szerint a magyar mezőgazdaság munkaerő-felhasználása folyamatosan csökken. Cikkünkben rávilágítunk arra az ellentmondásra, ami a deklarált foglalkoztatási célok és a versenyképességet szolgáló gépberuházási támoga¬tások növekedése, valamint hatásai között feszül. E támogatások hozzájárulhatnak ahhoz, hogy a gazdák birtoknövelési törekvéseit erősítsék, s fokozzák a mezőgazdaság munkaerő-kibocsátását. Nem igazán halad a folyamatot potenciálisan mérséklő tevékenységdiverzifikáció sem. Három LEADER kistérségben 104 gazdálkodóra kiterjedő felmérésünkkel feltártuk a gazdák és gazdacsaládok gazdaságfejlesztési motívumait, a gazdaság diverzifikációjának helyzetét, a multifunkciós mezőgazdálkodással kapcsolatos terveiket, s az ezeket segítő és...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Vidékgazdaság; Vidéki foglalkoztatás; Multifunkcionális mezőgazdaság; Rural economy; Rural employment; Multifunctional agriculture; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/99119

International marketing developments and the effects on South African agriculture
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: van der Merwe,   A.; Otto,   Rolf-Joachim.
The global agricultural marketing environment is changing rapidly. Coupled with the advance in technology, a borderless society is emerging that necessitates a rethinking of traditional agricultural policies. This paper analyses this trend by presenting an overview of issues currently affecting agricultural trade, both globally and in South Africa. The latter has undergone a significant deregulation and liberalisation process of its own. Coupled with global trends towards even further deregulation, especially during the 1999 round of multilateral trade negotiations, agricultural industries and economists will be required to focus their attention in this direction. While the former need to devise strategies that will enhance their international...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade; Marketing.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54436

Journal of International Agricultural Trade and Development, Volume 2, Number 2, Fall 2006
Provedor de dados: 31
Content: (1) Diersen, Matthew A., William W. Wilson, and Bruce L. Dahl. "Additionality of Credit Guarantees for Wheat Exports." (pp. 165-184); (2) Kinnucan, Henry W. and Myrland Oystein. "Welfare Effects of Supply Expansion with Trade Restrictions: The Case of Salmon." (pp. 185-204); (3) Lee, Dae-Seob, Yiqian Wang, and P. Lynn Kennedy. "Implication of U.S. Rice Export Promotion Programs: The Case of Selected Latin American Countries." (205-220); (4) Marshal, Maria I. and Thomas L. Marsh. "Endogenous Trade Protection in the Mexican Corn Market." (pp. 221-249); (5) Babula, Ronald A., Robert A. Rogowsky, and Robert F.J. Romain. "Exploitation and Analysis of Long Run Cointegration Properties of a Quarterly System of U.S. Wheat Related Product Markets." (pp....
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; International Development; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49167

Decoupling EU Farm Support: Does the New Single Payment Scheme Fit within the Green Box?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Swinbank,   Alan; Tranter,   Richard B.
Recent reform of the EU's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) has led to a further decoupling of farm support. The EU believes that the new Single Payment Scheme, which replaces the former system of area and headage payments to farmers, tied to production, will qualify for green-box status in the WTO. We examine this contention, particularly in light of the recent WTO panel report on upland cotton.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Decoupling; EU; Green box; Single Payment Scheme; WTO; Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23867

COVER AND CONTENTS PAGES
Provedor de dados: 31
Includes:  Cover, Officers for 1979, Contents Page, Call for Contributed Papers 1979
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1979
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27671

REGIONAL GAINS AND LOSSES FOR CONSUMERS AND PRODUCERS FROM CHANGES IN FLUID MILK PRICES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Blakley,   Leo V.; Riley,   John B.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1974
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29340

Contents Page and Front Materials
Provedor de dados: 31
Includes: Contents Page, Editorial Letter, Call for Papers
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/45119

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT: A CASE STUDY OF ISSUES FOR BIOAG
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dooley,   Frank J.; Akridge,   Jay T.
Supply chain management has become an increasingly important topic to agribusiness managers during the past five years.  Drivers of this trend include buyers seeking higher levels of customer service and efforts by firms to control costs, especially inventory. This case introduces the reader to supply chain management.  It would work well either as part of a capstone course, in a special topics course, or in an executive education course.  The case explores some of the issues and dilemmas associated with supply chain management efforts at BioAg, a small Midwestern firm that manufacturers agricultural chemicals that are environmentally sensitive.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Industrial Organization.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/34521

PROS AND CONS OF TEMPORARY INDUSTRY ASSISTANCE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Freebairn,   John W.
The objectives and relative effectiveness of different methods of providing temporary assistance to a particular industry experiencing a significant reduction in returns and liquidity are evaluated. It is doubtful that assistance can be justified for resource efficiency reasons. This is argued to be so when the cause of the downturn in industry returns is due to temporary factors, such as drought, and when it is due to long-term trend factors, such as economic growth. While an industry slump can cause welfare problems, most households are able to use contingency strategies, e.g. savings, or resort to existing welfare programs, e.g. unemployment benefits. Direct income grants are preferable to output and input subsidies as means of providing welfare...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Political Economy.
Ano: 1978
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22726

TWO-STAGE UTILITY MAXIMIZATION AND IMPORT DEMAND SYSTEMS REVISITED: LIMITATIONS AND AN ALTERNATIVE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Davis,   George C.; Jensen,   Kimberly L.
Two-stage utility maximization theory has been widely used in the literature to estimate import demand for agricultural commodities that are often inputs. This article examines the overlooked conceptual and empirical limitations of applying two-stage utility maximization theory to model the demand for imported commodities that are inputs. A discussion is presented about how the underutilized theory of two-stage profit maximization overcomes these limitations. Also discussed are the conditions under which errors illustration of the two-stage profit maximization procedure is provided.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 1994
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30757

Social Equity and the Genetically Engineered Crops Controversy
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Glenna,   Leland L.; Jussaume,   Raymond A., Jr.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries; Labor and Human Capital; Y80.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94771

Interests and goals in the agricultural higher education system of Hungary – a methodological approach
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hajdu,   Istvanne; Lakner,   Zoltan.
In recent decades the Hungarian intelligentsia, both political and governmental, emphasised the importance of higher education in socio-economic modernisation. At the same time, after nearly twenty years of system-transition we have to see that the ambitious goals of reforms in many cases have been turned into their opposite. This paper analyses the key actors and their strategies in the higher education system, highlighting the most important obstacles to development based on a multi-actor strategy model, based on institutional economy and principle-agent theory. The results show considerable divergence in force and interest-structure of different actors. As a consequence of relationship of forces it has been shown that, without steadfast governmental...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Institutional economics; MACTOR; Policy analysis; Social bargaining; Stakeholder analysis; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52200

Development and Prospects of the Greek Cooperative Credit System
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Karafolas,   Simeon.
The credit cooperative system was established in Greece in 1993, following the creation of the appropriate legislative framework. The Greek system distinguishes two types of institutions: the cooperative bank that functions as a bank and the credit cooperative that cannot provide banking services. The Greek cooperative system is characterized by the autonomous and nonhomogenous development of the cooperative banks and credit cooperatives. Moreover, in 2001 the cooperative banks created a central nation-wide bank that has since helped the further development of the credit cooperative system. However and despite the large number of geographic departments involved in the credit cooperative system, the expansion of cooperative banks in the Greek bank market is...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Cooperative bank; Credit union; Credit cooperative; Cooperative credit system; Greece; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/59700

OBITUARY: DONALD BIRTALL WILLIAMS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jarrett,   Frank G.; Lloyd,   Alan G.
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1992
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22387

XLAYER: AN EXPERT SYSTEM PROVIDING MANAGEMENT ADVICE TO COMMERCIAL LAYER MANAGERS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Schmisseur,   Ed; Pankratz,   John.
XLAYER, an expert/knowledge-based microcomputer program, was designed and developed to diagnose layer management problems and recommended expert remedial management advice. The program also provokes management action by calculating the economic loss attributed to major management problems. It analyzes data generated by a commercially marketed layer performance financial microcomputer program and has demonstrated the ability to emulate poultry management experts in the diagnoses of 80 individual layer management problems. The program provides scarce expert poultry management advice to poultry layer managers regardless of size and scale of operation.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 1989
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30100

The Potential Effects on United States Agriculture of an Avian Influenza Outbreak
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Brown,   Scott; Madison,   Daniel; Goodwin,   Harold L., Jr.; Clark,   F. Dustan.
The U.S. poultry industry has spent considerable resources to date preparing for an outbreak of avian influenza in this country. This research quantifies the potential effects of two alternative avian influenza scenarios on the poultry industry. In addition, this research looks at effects on other agriculture sectors including the loss of feed demand from an outbreak and the impacts on aggregate measures like farm income and consumer food expenditures. The economic sector model maintained by the Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) is employed for these scenarios.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Avian influenza; Disease outbreak; Econometric model; Poultry production; Poultry trade; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Livestock Production/Industries; Q11; Q18; Q17; Q13.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6516

Reflections on Cooperation and Cooperatives
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Breimyer,   Harold F.
Cooperation is looked upon favorably because it connotes collective economic organization without duress or exploitation. This conceptualization may underlie most thinking about the place of cooperative organization in today’s society and the modern economy. Cooperation organizes economic activity on terms of equality at any stratum in the vertical sequence of producing and marketing farm products. Cooperatives’ government must no only be viable and functional but must incorporate democratic values. Boards of directors must be attuned to their members and effectively in control. The only valid defense of cooperatives is that they give reality to all that is good in cooperation.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1986
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/46272

Effects of Price and Quality Differences in Source Differentiated Beef on Market Demand
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lee,   Young-Jae; Kennedy,   P. Lynn.
In order to estimate demand elasticities of source differentiated beef in South Korea, this study used the quantity of an endogenous demand system derived through maximizing the economic welfare of market participants including local beef consumers and local and foreign beef suppliers. The demand system is then weighted with respect to quality adjustment parameters to identify the effects of quality differences in source differentiated beef on market demand. As implied by the high relative price of locally produced ‘‘Hanwoo’’ beef, substitutability between local and imported beef is shown to be very weak and the own price elasticity of South Korean beef is shown to be inelastic. Related to quality differences between source differentiated beef, South...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Beef; Quality complement; Quality difference; Quality substitute; Agribusiness; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Livestock Production/Industries; F10; F11; F13.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/48752

A SEQUENTIAL LINK APPROACH TO EVALUATING TRANSPORTATION FACILITY ADJUSTMENTS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Johnson,   Marc A.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Public Economics.
Ano: 1976
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29958

END MATERIALS
Provedor de dados: 31
Includes: List of Available Publications, Conference Tour Acknowledgements
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1977
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27282

Overview of Rural Income Taxation: Issues, Implications and Importance
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wood,   Richard.
The main purpose of this paper is to discuss aspects of taxation policy as it is applied to rural sector issues. The paper begins by reviewing the relevance of rural income volatility, and general trends in protection policy, for taxation policy design. Comments are included on the general appropriateness of concessional tax treatment and a description is provided of key taxation policy principles - equity, efficiency, certainty and administrability. The paper then illustrates how these taxation policy principles are taken into account during the policy advising process. Four case studies are used for this purpose: drought, water reform, horticulture and landcare.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Public Economics.
Ano: 1995
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/12537

AJAE Appendix: A System Comparison Approach to Distinguish Two Non-Separable and Non-Nested Agricultural Household Models
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sonoda,   Tadashi.
The material contained herein is supplementary to the article named in the title and published in the American Journal of Agricultural Economics.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Consumer/Household Economics.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7090

ENTROPY MEASURES OF SPATIAL CONCENTRATION IN POULTRY PROCESSING
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sporleder,   Thomas L.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 1974
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29799

THE CONTROVERSY REGARDING DEVALUATION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Parish,   Ross M.
Australia's balance of payments problems have, understandably enough, received a good deal of attention in the pages of the Economic Record in recent years. Some articles have proposed diagnoses of, and/or remedies for our "shortage" of foreign exchange. (1) Numerous references to the problem are also to be found in the series of articles dealing with the state of the national economy. (2) Furthermore, Australia's foreign trade difficulties have undoubtedly helped to inspire a number of articles dealing with general theoretical aspects of the problem of achieving external balance.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 1960
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22420

A HEDONIC APPROACH TO ESTIMATING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE COSTS FOR NEW YORK MUNICIPAL WATER SYSTEMS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Schmit,   Todd M.; Boisvert,   Richard N.
A hedonic cost function is used to isolate the operation and maintenance costs for water treatments.  For small systems, costs are substantial for some technologies, but not for others.  When regional differences in input costs are accounted for, small systems located in rural areas may have a cost advantage over similar systems closer to urban centers; however, costs of water treatment to meet Safe Drinking Water Act amendments may still be substantial.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Public Economics.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31560

END MATERIALS
Provedor de dados: 31
Includes:  Annual Meeting Field Trip Acknowledgements
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1975
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26826

Wirtschaftlichkeit von Bioethanol – Produktion und Produktionskosten im nationalen und internationalen Vergleich
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Henniges,   Oliver.
In this article the profitability of the bioethanol production in Germany is analysed under consideration of the international competition. Therefore, the production costs of bioethanol from wheat and beet in Germany as well as from sugar cane and corn in other representative countries are compared. Based on this, the competitiveness of imported as well as domestic bioethanol against gasoline on the German market are analyzed and the maximum payable feedstock price for sugar beet is calculated. The calculations lead to the result, that, despite the implemented mandatory blending, further cost reductions for the production of bioethanol in Germany are required in order to achieve competitiveness against imports, whereas the utilization of bioethanol is...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Bioethanol; Competitiveness; Sugar beet; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/96749

Índice de desempenho competitivo das empresas de móveis da região metropolitana de Belém
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gama,   Zilda Joaquina Cohen; Santana,   Antonio Cordeiro de; Mendes,   Fernando Antonio Teixeira; Khan,   Ahmad Saeed.
The furniture industry of the Metropolitan Region of Belém provides many jobs opportunities and help to reduce the environmental impacts of sawmill, given that the shavings and wood residues of these firms are used as raw material. Factorial analysis was used to estimate the index of competitive performance (ICP) and to determine the competitive position of the firms in the furniture industry. The results showed that most of the furniture firms were located in an intermediate competitive level, which is due to the limiting factors such as lack of workforce, low technological level, difficult access to credit and low level of horizontal and vertical integration in the supply chain. The final results showed that only one, among the furniture firms, achieved...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Index of competitive performance (ICP); Factorial analysis; Furniture firms; Technology; State of Pará; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/55175

Annual Report of the Farm Management Service for Veterans Taking On-the-farm Training in Southeastern Minnesota 1947
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nodland,   Truman R.; Pond,   George A.; Adams,   R.W.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Farm Management.
Ano: 1948
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47785

A taxonomy survey of decision support systems in agriculture
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Manos,   Basil D.; Ciani,   Adriano; Bournaris,   Thomas; Vassiliadou,   I.; Papathanasiou,   J.
This paper presents the results of a research concerning the type, category and fields of applications of Decision Support Systems (DSS) and their contribution to decision-making in agriculture, mainly in the fields of planning and management of farms, farm regions and agricultural resources. More specifically, the paper includes a taxonomy survey that has been based on an analysis of all published works on applications of DSS from 1987 to 2001, as well as a categorized presentation of these applications. The relevant classification of DSS is made by treating subject (theoretical DSS or applicative), the source of publication (proceedings, scientific journal or dissertation), the type of DSS (Decision Support System, Expert System or Knowledge Based DSS),...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26406

A Review of Environmental Valuation in Australia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sinden,   Jack A.
Australian attempts to value the environment began at least 40 years ago. Since then, environmental protection and natural resource management have become major national issues. But have the methods of valuation kept pace with the importance of the issues that they are meant to resolve? Can environmental and resource values actually be measured? This paper chronicles, reviews, and assesses the valuations of 40 years and more than 100 Australian authors.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1994
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/12320

IMPACTS OF LIBERALIZING THE JAPANESE PORK MARKET
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wahl,   Thomas I.; Hayes,   Dermot J.; Johnson,   Stanley R.
The Japanese pork market is protected by a complex set of restrictions, including a variable levy and an import tariff. The combination of these policies distorts the quantity, price, and form of Japanese pork imports. An important issue relevant to the liberalization of the Japanese pork market is the accurate measurement of the price wedge between Japanese and world pork prices. The analysis indicates that the tariff equivalent of the price wedge over the 1986-88 period was 44%. If the tariff equivalent of the price wedge is reduced over a ten-year period, Japanese pork imports are projected to increase by over 39% initially and by over 215% compared to baseline projections by the year 2000. Producer welfare can be maintained by a deficiency payment...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 1992
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30735

Producer price and price transmission in a deregulated Ethiopian coffee market
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Worako,   Tadesse Kumma; van Schalkwyk,   Herman D.; Alemu,   Zerihun Gudeta; Ayele,   Gezahegn.
Coffee producers in Ethiopia have historically received a very small share of the export price of green coffee. Reasons that are often mentioned are heavy government intervention and high marketing and processing costs. Prior to 1992, government regulation of the domestic coffee market in the form of fixed producer prices and the monopoly power of the Ethiopian Coffee Marketing Corporation put a substantial wedge between the producer price and the world price of coffee by imposing an implicit tax on producers. The domestic coffee marketing system in Ethiopia was liberalised after 1992, which was envisaged to have a positive effect on producer prices and price transmission signals from world markets to producers. This paper, with the help of Cointegration...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Market deregulation; Producer price; Price transmission; Price asymmetry.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47658

The Demand for Food Away from Home: Do Other Preferences Compete with Our Desire to Eat Healthfully?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Stewart,   Hayden; Blisard,   Noel; Jolliffe,   Dean; Bhuyan,   Sanjib.
Health-oriented government agencies have had limited success at encouraging Americans to eat a healthful diet. One reason may be that other preferences compete with our desire to eat healthfully. We explore the effect of consumer preferences on the demand for food away from home, including frequency of eating out and choice of outlet type. Preferences for convenience and ambience are found to influence behavior. Furthermore, omitting these variables from econometric models can bias the estimated effect of preferences for a healthful diet.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Convenience; Food away from home; Nutrition; Omitted-variable bias; Preferences; Social marketing; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30984

DERIVED DEMAND ELASTICITIES: MARKETING MARGIN METHODS VERSUS AN INVERSE DEMAND MODEL FOR CHOICE BEEF
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Marsh,   John M.
Three methods of calculating the derived elasticity of demand for Choice slaughter beef are used: (a) a traditional marketing margin approach, (b) a modified marketing margin approach, and (c) an econometric, inverse demand model approach. The first method is more restrictive than the second but both tend to overestimate beef price flexibility and revenue changes. The econometric model, though an incomplete demand system, yields demand elasticities that are more consistent with marketing flexibility but are less pronounced than estimates of a complete system. An example using a two-year revenue forecast compares slaughter revenue adjustments based on the first margin method with those based on structural demand models.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 1991
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32607

UTILITY MEASUREMENT FOR THOSE WHO NEED TO KNOW
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Halter,   A.N.; Mason,   Robert.
A practical technique for estimating decision-makers’ utility functions by survey or group methods is explained and illustrated. Results from a survey of 44 Oregon farmers are reported. Risk attitudes of respondents are related to farm and decision-maker characteristics. Regression analysis found age, education, and percentage of land ownership, either separately or jointly, to be statistically significant variables related to risk attitude. Risk attitudes measured from the estimated utility functions were found to be uniformly distributed across risk aversion, neutral and preference. Even though further empirical work is needed, it appears that the distribution of risk attitude among the human population cannot be predicted from a single variable.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 1978
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32548

Ethnic marketing possibilities and its ethics issues
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sas,   Annamaria; Kozma,   Agota.
This paper focuses on the possibilities of ethnic marketing and its ethic connections. The differences found in our face-to-face interviews and analysing questionnaire data will provide opportunities for Hungarian small enterprises. Targeting ethnic groups for marketing purposes results in ethical difficulties. In Hungary, ethnic marketing is yet an inexperienced concept. Based on these ideas the authors examine the ins and outs of using ethnic marketing in case of Germans in Hungary. Consumers with German ethnic attitude really want German products and brands. At the same time, enterprises have to emphasise the products’ “Germanness” and character in a better/stronger way because this can help for  better consumer  decision making.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Ethnic marketing; Ethics; Identity; Segmentation.; Marketing; M31.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94591

Defending America's Food Supply Against Terrorism: Who is Responsible? Who Should Pay?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Stinson,   Thomas F.; Kinsey,   Jean D.; Degeneffe,   Dennis J.; Ghosh,   Koel.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Q18; H44; H56.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94473

Sensitivity of WTP Estimates to Definition of ‘Yes’: Reinterpreting Expressed Response Intensity
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kobayashi,   Mimako; Rollins,   Kimberly S.; Evans,   M.D.R.
Willingness to pay (WTP) estimation typically involves some strategy for mapping nondichotomous contingent valuation (CV) responses onto a dichotomous yes/no dependent variable. We propose a new approach to selecting which responses qualify as ‘yes.’ We apply the proposed method to polychotomous CV data for preventative land management programs in the Great Basin. We also estimate WTP using other methods of response recoding found in the literature. By contrasting the results under different approaches, we demonstrate how and why WTP point estimates vary across recoding methods and discuss the comparative advantages of our more generalized recoding approach that is based on predicted probabilities of ‘yes’ responses.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Contingent valuation; Great Basin; Invasive weeds; Land management; Polychotomous format; Response intensity; Response mapping; Wildfire; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/59332

Das neue Gentechnikgesetz – ein Gentechnikverhinderungsgesetz? Eine umweltökonomische Analyse der haftungsrechtlichen Neuerungen im Gentechnikgesetz
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Becker,   Alexander; Holm-Muller,   Karin.
In this article, legal consequences of the new German genetic engineering act are analyzed. In addition environmental economic analysis is presented of those parts of the act that introduce new litigation regulation to farmers. The different kinds of external costs arising from genetic engineering of plants and their allocation to different actors are considered. The paper focuses on the costs resulting from the postulated coexistence of conventional/organic farms and users of biotechnology. Excessive liability of farmers can be avoided, if the producers of genetically modified seeds accept any litigation claims against farmers. Furthermore, negotiations between neighbouring farms can be an option to keep the costs of damage prevention at reasonable levels.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Genetic engineering act; Liability; Coexistence; Market loss; Precautionary principle; Agricultural and Food Policy; Environmental Economics and Policy; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97315

WAGE INCENTIVES IN WHOLESALE GROCERY WAREHOUSES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Edwards,   Richard A.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 1974
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27265

STRUCTURE, CONDUCT, AND PERFORMANCE CHANGES IN THE U.S. AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY TRUCKING INDUSTRY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Allen,   Albert J.; Reeves,   Jeanne M.; Mumma,   Gerald A.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26792

RISK PERCEPTION AND THE ANALYSIS OF RISK ATTITUDES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Quiggin,   John C.
Risk has long been recognised as an important feature of the environment facing farmers. In recent years the von Neumann-Morgenstern expected utility theory has been used to analyse decision making under risk. However, many people behave in a manner inconsistent with the expected utility theory. One widely suggested explanation is based on subjective probability distortion. A number of attempts to incorporate this phenomenon into utility theories have been made. In this paper, the problems of analysing subjective probability distortion are discussed. Evidence from a survey of farmers' risk attitudes undertaken in conjunction with the 1977 BAE Australian Agricultural and Grazing Industries Survey is analysed in the light of this discussion.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 1981
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22866

A análise das características empreendedoras versus premissas da escola da estratégia empreendedora: um estudo multicasos no setor de alimentação
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Barros,   Francisco Savio de Oliveira; Forte,   Sergio Henrique Arruda Cavalcante.
The managerial strategy thematic has been the object of a growing concern and studies in the academic literature, however few studies have been observed about the enterprising strategies. Thus, the main objective of this study is to identify the main characteristics of the process of strategy formation in companies of the enterprising context, relating them with the conceptual premises of the Enterprising Strategy School, as presented by Mintzberg et al (2000), using a field verification in small load companies in the food sector, with head offices in the city of Fortaleza. For this exploratory-descriptive study, accomplished during 2003, the primary data were collected through semistructured interviews with entrepreneurs and managers of the companies and...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Enterprising strategy; Managerial strategy; Enterprising context.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43680

THE PRICE COMPETITIVENESS OF HUNGARIAN WINES IN EUROPEAN UNION MARKETS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bozsik,   Norbert.
In the case of homogeneous goods (corn, eggs, milk, etc.) the price differential between products is the strongest determinant of success in market competition. In these days, however, it is more and more the highly processed foodstuffs that land on the consumer’s table. Wine is one of these. This study appraises the price competitiveness of Hungarian wines on EU markets. The question is to what extent do price differences determine the competitiveness of wine on potential markets? Or does a lower price give a real advantage to a special product like wine? Or is the demand for a product due to factors other than price? Our findings show that most Hungarian wines, except bottled white quality wines, are compatible on EU markets as far as prices are...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Wine market competition; Price advantage; Quantity; Borpiaci verseny; Árelőny; Értékesítési mennyiség; Crop Production/Industries; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54410

Impactos do programa de fomento à cafeicultura no pequeno produtor do município de Viçosa - MG: uma análise financeira sob condições de risco
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ferreira Junior,   Silvio; Baptista,   Antonio Jose Medina dos Santos.
Diante da importância socioeconômica da cafeicultura para o município de Viçosa, a Secretaria Municipal de Agricultura e Meio Ambiente (SEAMA) lançou, em 1998, o “Programa Municipal de Fomento à Cafeicultura” (ProCafé). O presente trabalho procurou mensurar e analisar os benefícios financeiros desse programa para o pequeno produtor local, com o intuito de fornecer subsídios às autoridades e aos produtores efetivos e potenciais no que concerne aos riscos e oportunidades inerentes ao investimento. Os indicadores de viabilidade e a análise de sensibilidade mostraram, claramente, que é financeiramente viável investir na atividade. O programa ProCafé proporciona benefícios financeiros adicionais, melhorando significativamente a viabilidade e reduzindo...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Cafeicultura; Rentabilidade; Análise de risco; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56822

From the help desk: Kaplan–Meier plots with stsatrisk
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Linhart,   Jean Marie; Pitblado,   Jeffrey S.; Hassell,   James.
stsatrisk is a wrapper for sts graph that adds a table to a survival plot with at-risk information, making it easy to create graphs that follow the list of recommendations given by Pocock et al. (2002) for Kaplan–Meier plots. We use stsatrisk to create plots in the desired format with the desired information.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Stsatrisk; Kaplan–Meier; Survival plots; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/116212

VERTICAL INTEGRATION AND CONTRACTING IN THE U.S. POULTRY SECTOR
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Vukina,   Tomislav.
This paper provides an economic explanation of the existing market organization of the poultry industry.  The vertical integration and the emergence of contracts with independent farmers is explained by risk sharing, technological progress and innovation dissemination, consumer demand for product reputation and uniform quality, and access to capital.  In addition, the sources of growers'’ discontent with existing contracts are analyzed and the potential need for government regulation is discussed.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27819

ESTIMATION OF TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE IN THE PASTORAL ZONE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: te Kloot,   Jack H.; Anderson,   Jock R.
Measurement of rates of technological change is frequently done in the context of the production function. While measurement suffers problems ranging from conceptual to statistical, this study focuses on the dependence of measurements on the algebraic form of the function specified and the statistical approach adopted. The data relate to an individual property in the central western Queensland sheep country.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 1977
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9216

TOWARD FARM POLICY REQUIREMENTS FOR THE 1970'S TO IMPROVE THE WELL-BEING OF RURAL AMERICA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Schaller,   W. Neill; Hildreth,   R.J.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 1970
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29877

Agricultural Profits and Farm Household Wealth: A Farm-level Analysis Using Repeated Cross Sections
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Blank,   Steven C.; Erickson,   Kenneth W.; Nehring,   Richard F.; Hallahan,   Charles B.
This study examines the relationship between agricultural profits and farm household wealth across locations and farm sizes in U.S. agriculture. A multiperiod household model is used to develop hypotheses for testing. Results indicate that farmland has out-performed nonfarm investments over the past decade. Thus, households may want to keep their farmland to build wealth, even if it requires them to earn off-farm income. The analysis implies that decision will be made based on farm household wealth factors having little to do with agriculture.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Farm household; Off-farm income; Production profits; Wealth; Agribusiness; Demand and Price Analysis; Farm Management; Risk and Uncertainty; Q12; Q14.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/48749

INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT: SUBSTITUTES OR COMPLEMENTS?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Marchant,   Mary A.; Cornell,   Dyana N.; Koo,   Won W.
International agricultural trade has evolved over time.  Processed foods and developing countries have become major growth markets for U.S. agricultural exports, and foreign direct investment (FDI) has become even more important than exports as a means of accessing foreign markets.  The critical question is whether FDI is a substitute for or a complement of exports.  This research builds upon an existing theoretical FDI model and contributes to the literature through the development of a simultaneous equation system for FDI and exports, which is estimated using two-stage least squares.  Empirical analyses were used to examine the relationship between U.S. FDI and exports of processed foods into East Asian countries - China, Japan, Singapore, South Korea,...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: East Asia; Exports; Foreign direct investment; International trade; Processed foods; International Relations/Trade; F47; Q17; C3; F17.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15471

Comparing Parts with the Whole: Willingness to Pay for Pesticide-Free, Non-GM, and Organic Potatoes and Sweet Corn
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bernard,   John C.; Bernard,   Daria J.
Auction experiments were used to investigate demand relationships and willingness to pay (WTP) for four versions of potatoes and sweet corn—conventional, organic, and two parts of organic: no pesticides and non-genetically modified (non-GM). Elasticities showed strong and asymmetric substitute relationships between organic and its parts. Combined premiums of the parts were not significantly different than the whole organic premium, suggesting WTP for the attributes are not additive. A two-stage heteroskedastic tobit model found significant WTP for each part dependent on demographics and beliefs about conventional versions. Results suggest segments for parts of organic could be established alongside the whole.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Auction experiments; Organic; Pesticides; Potatoes; Sweet corn; Willingness to pay; Demand and Price Analysis; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97858

ESTIMATED HEDGING RISK WITH CASH SETTLEMENT FEEDER CATTLE FUTURES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Elam,   Emmett W.
Beginning with the September 1986 contract, feeder cattle futures have been settled based on cash settlement rather than physical delivery. The effect that cash settlement will have on hedging risk for feeder cattle was estimated using Arkansas prices for 1977-86, but the results should be representative of other markets. For 600-700 pound steers and heifers, hedging risk is estimated to be lower for hedges placed in the new cash settlement contract. For steers and heifers weighing less than 600 pounds, hedging risk is estimated to be lower for the cash settlement contract for fall hedges, whereas hedging risk is estimated to increase for spring hedges.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing.
Ano: 1988
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32158

New Regulations Governing Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations Require New Solutions: Discussion
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fleming,   Ronald A.; Thomas,   Michael H.
This paper discusses the three invited papers presented in the session titled “New Regulations Require New Solutions:  Federal Provisions Governing Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations” (i.e., CAFOs).  These papers provide an excellent review of current state and federal laws and an excellent summary of what has been and is currently being done with respect to CAFO regulation.  The papers present three different policy approaches: i) alternative performance standards, ii) location-specific regulation, and iii) insurance-based underwriting of CAFO discharges.  Each approach has its drawbacks; however, blending theses suggested policies into current regulations would result in efficiency gains.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Alternative performance standards; Animal Feeding Operations; Confined Animal Feeding Operations; Environmental quality; Insurance; Livestock; Manure management; Market-based incentives; Regulation; Spatial regulation; D81; K32; Q52; Q55; Q58.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43349

Contract System for Circulation of the Right to Rural Land Contractual Management
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cao,   Wu-Kun; Wu,   De-En.
From the perspective of civil subject theory, law of value, comparative law and history of laws, the thesis expounds that the contract on the transfer of the contractual right of rural lands is in nature a civil contract instead of an administrative one. Then it explores the defects in the contract from the viewpoint of legal value goal, contract law and legal sociology, that is, the relevant provisions in Rural Land Contract Law and Explanations of Supreme People’s Court about the Issues concerning the Laws Applicable to the Trial of Cases of Disputes over Rural Land Contracting go against the principle of free contracting and run counter to the legal value goal of justice, so they do not achieve good implementing effect. Finally, the thesis demonstrates...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Rural lands; Contractual management right; Circulation means; Contract system; China; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97636

SWOT Analysis and Countermeasures of Industrial Development in Three Gorges Reservoir Area
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: He,   Wei-wei.
Based on the introduction of the general situation of the research area, the SWOT analysis is applied to study the strengths, weakness, opportunities and threats of the industrial development in Three Gorges Reservoir area. The strengths are represented by the following four aspects: abundant agricultural resources, rich tourism resources, rich mineral resources and rich hydro energy. The weaknesses are analyzed from the following three aspects: the backward infrastructure, the acute conflict of the emigration of manufactures and the poor exploitation of advantageous resources. The opportunities of industrial development, which cover the opportunities bought by the guidance of national policies and preferential policies, by the improvement of traffic...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Three Gorges Reservoir area; Industrial Development; SWOT analysis; Countermeasures; China; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/93669

ECONOMICS OF IRRIGATION RETURN FLOW QUALITY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Huszar,   Paul C.; Sabey,   Melvin B.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1977
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32218

IMPACTS OF GATT/URUGUAY ROUND TRADE NEGOTIATIONS ON U.S. BEEF AND CATTLE PRICES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Brester,   Gary W.; Wohlgenant,   Michael K.
The GATT/Uruguay Round trade negotiations have resulted in a multilateral relaxation of beef trade restrictions. A linear elasticity model of the U.S. beef industry is developed using log differentials equations. Beef consumption, production, and trade are disaggregated into appropriate ground and table cut components. The model predicts that GATT/Uruguay Round will cause asymmetric effects on ground and table cut beef consumers. In general, fed cattle and cow/calf producers will benefit from trade liberalization because of increases in fed and feeder cattle prices. However, nonfed cattle price will decrease.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31006

PHYTOSANITARY REGULATION AND AGRICULTURAL FLOWS: TOBACCO INPUTS AND CIGARETTES OUTPUTS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Overton,   Benny; Beghin,   John C.; Foster,   William E.
This paper examines the effects of the use of increasingly-popular phytosanitary regulations on production costs, and output and factor trade flows.  The case addressed is that of the European regulation of maximum chemical residues in cigarettes manufactured with tobacco containing maleic hydrazide.  The paper presents simulations of the effects of tightening the input/output market linkages and on the substitution away from the residue-contaminated U.S. input to residue-free non-U.S. inputs.  This induced substitution results in higher costs, lower quantity supplied of the final product, and higher prices for U.S. cigarettes in Europe.  Cross-price effects lead to higher quantities of EU cigarettes sold and a corresponding increase in the use of all...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 1995
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31587

Boolean logit and probit in Stata
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Braumoeller,   Bear F.
This paper introduces new statistical models, Boolean logit and probit, that allow researchers to model binary outcomes as the results of Boolean interactions among independent causal processes. Each process (or “causal path”) is modeled as the unobserved outcome in a standard logit or probit equation, and the dependent variable is modeled as the observed product of their Boolean interaction. Up to five causal paths can be modeled, in any combination—A and B and C produce Y, A and (B or [C and D]) produce Y, etc.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Mlboolean; Dichotomous dependent variable; Boolean; Logit; Probit; Multiple causal paths; Complexity; Random utility; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/116271

As exportações brasileiras: um enfoque de portfólio eficiente
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Oliveira,   Gilca Garcia de; Carvalho,   Fatima Marilia Andrade de.
A seleção de uma pauta eficiente de exportação permite ao país melhor adequação ao planejamento de médio e longo prazo, com maior estabilidade e menores riscos, o que dá sustentabilidade ao desenvolvimento. O modelo de portfólio, de Markowitz, permite avaliar a pauta de exportação de um país por uma análise de retorno e risco, possibilitando a seleção de uma carteira ótima. Nesse contexto, foram avaliadas as pautas de exportação do Brasil em 6-dígitos da Nomenclatura Comum do Mercosul. Verificou-se que a pauta nacional foi se diversificando com participações cada vez mais eqüitativas dos produtos componentes. As seções Matérias Têxteis, Indústrias Alimentares e Metais Comuns e Suas Obras foram selecionadas dentre as mais importantes, em todos os três...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Exportações; Markowitz; Portfólio; Risco; Mercosul; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56841

CONTRIBUCIÓN DEL CAPITAL SOCIAL EN LA MICROEMPRESA RURAL
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ojeda Lopez,   Ruth Noemi; Mul Encalada,   Jennifer; Lopez Canto,   Leonor Elena; Jimenez Diez,   Olivia.
The present study research identified the level of social capital in a small enterprise and its impact in the company itself. In Latin America, the importance of this concept lies in its relevance because diverse disciplines uses it as a reference setting, today it is used not only as part of political science and sociology, but also as part of the organization theory, economics, human behavior and management. It put emphasis in the relationships among people, among organizations and not in the individuals as isolated subjects. One of its advantages is that the social capital can contribute in the analysis of the small local communities from a social perspective and economical development. Because of the nature of the data handled in this study a...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Social capital; Small enterprise; Social development; Network; Learning; Knowledge generation and innovation.; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/93909

THE POTENTIAL LABOR SUPPLY: A CROSS-SECTIONAL ESTIMATION METHOD
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Stoll,   John R.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 1976
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29951

A quarter of a century of Australian agricultural economics -  some personal reflections
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gruen,   Fred H.G.
The late Fred Gruen (1921–1997) was asked to write these previously unpublished reflections for the twenty‐eighth Annual Conference of the Australian Agricultural Economics Society in 1984; they were circulated in working paper format as Gruen (1986). In this paper, Fred, who made the transition from agricultural to general economics later in his career, offers a modest perspective on his contributions to agricultural analysis and policy. The unifying theme in this outstandingly productive life was his focus on public policy issues whose resolution would impact importantly on the lives of many — that is, his intellectual curiosity was driven ultimately by his philanthropy.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/117228

Multiplicadores domésticos “SAMEA” en un modelo multisectorial económico y ambiental de España
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Morilla,   Carmen R.; Cardenete,   Manuel Alejandro; Llanes,   Gaspar.
En este trabajo se realiza una aplicación de los denominados sistemas híbridos, donde se integra información de distinta naturaleza (en este caso, económica, social y medioambiental Para ello se elabora una matriz de contabilidad social y medioambiental (SAMEA) de España para el año 2000, aplicada al recurso agua y las emisiones de gases efecto invernadero, estimada a partir de datos oficiales del INE. Este sistema se utiliza como pieza central de un modelo multisectorial del funcionamiento económico y medioambiental y se calculan los “multiplicadores domésticos SAMEA”. Estos multiplicadores muestran los efectos de las diferentes actividades en la producción total de la economía y en el deterioro medioambiental.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Modelos Input-Output; Evaluación de efectos medioambientales; Emisiones contaminantes; Cuentas ambientales; Agricultural and Food Policy; C68; Q51; Q52; Q56.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57283

Price Discovery and Pricing Choice Under Divergent Supply Scenarios in an Experimental Market for Fed Cattle
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ward,   Clement E.
Previous research has not addressed the impacts of alternative supply conditions on price discovery and pricing choice. This study estimated models with data from an experimental market, the Fed Cattle Market Simulator, encompassing live weight, dressed weight, and grid pricing under two alternative supply scenarios. Significance of variables explaining transaction price variation and pricing choice differed between the two supply periods. Overall results were close to expectations. Higher quality cattle marketed with a grid brought higher prices in both supply periods. Having lower quality cattle in either supply period increased the probability of cattle being marketed (purchased) on a live weight basis.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Experimental market; Fed cattle; Market simulator; Price discovery; Pricing choice; Pricing methods; Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30974

END MATERIALS
Provedor de dados: 31
Includes:  Reviewers: August 1997-June 1998, Guidelines for Submission of Manuscripts, Southern Agricultural Economics Association Executive Committee and Membership/Subscription Information
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15564

Animal Disease Economic Impacts: A Survey of Literature and Typology of Research Approaches
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Pritchett,   James G.; Thilmany,   Dawn D.; Johnson,   Kamina K.
Animal diseases such as bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) are a threat to the animal product marketing sector and the broader economy. Policy makers and industry stakeholders seek a means of assessing a disease threat's economic impacts when evaluating prevention and mitigation measures. But, differences in the focus of the impact analysis (production level, market prices, welfare), level of analysis (geographically, marketing phase) and proposed policy alternatives all influence the analytical approach. This paper surveys previous research, focusing on methodological approaches and results. Drawing from past research and future economic data needs, a typology is developed to guide researchers when defining the scope and policy alternatives of various...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Animal disease economics; Literature review; Marketing channel; Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8177

END MATERIAL
Provedor de dados: 31
Includes: Guildelines for Manuscript Submission and Back Cover
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1995
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31581

Phosphorus-Based Application of Livestock Manure and the Law of Unintended Consequences
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Norwood,   F. Bailey; Chvosta,   Jan.
The application of manure phosphorus at rates above crop uptake has resulted in water pollution for some regions.  In response, new manure management standards will require some farms to match manure phosphorus applications rates with crop uptake.  For some regions, this will lead to more crop acres and a shift toward crops with greater nutrient uptake, both of which will increase nitrogen runoff.  The greater nitrogen runoff could offset the lower phosphorus runoff to result in greater water pollution.  This demonstrates the law of unintended consequences, which results when policy does not consider how economic agents respond to incentives.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Best management practice; Eutrophication; Manure management; Nutrient runoff; Phosphorus standards; Pollution control; Water pollution; Environmental Economics and Policy; Production Economics; D6; Q1; Q2.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43715

An Analysis of Rural Livelihood Systems in Rainfed Rice-based Farming Systems of Coastal Orissa
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Samal,   Parshuram; Barah,   B.C.; Pandey,   Sushil.
The livelihood systems of farm households in coastal Orissa have been analysed based on a sample of 193 farmers. It is found that the incomes of these households were quite diversified. As against the general impression that crop income dominates household income, it is observed that the non-farm income has emerged important in the coastal Orissa. Rice, which has been traditionally the main source of income in this area, has slipped to the third position, next to remittances and income from non-farm activities. The income from non-farm works and rice has accounted for 71 per cent and 20 per cent of the total income, respectively. The non-farm sources have contributed more than 90 per cent towards income inequality. The source-wise income share has also...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57764

Impact of Alternative Land Management Options on Soil Fertility and Erosion in Uganda
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Birungi,   Patrick; Hassan,   Rashid M.
Using a data set collected in eight districts of Uganda, this study investigates how investment in soil fertility management (SFM) and conservation practices may affect natural resource outcomes, particularly the extent and level of soil erosion and soil nutrient loss. The study used ordered probit models and the results suggest that investment in SFM and conservation practices greatly improves soil fertility and reduces soil erosion. From a policy perspective, public investment to encourage use of SFM and conservation technologies would help the country achieve sustainable agricultural production.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Land Management; Soil Fertility; Ordered Probit; Erosion; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8010

THE NECESSITY OF STRATEGIC THINKING IN HUNGARIAN AGRIBUSINESS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lakner,   Zoltan; Husti,   Istvan.
Based on analysis of a time series of Revealed Comparative Advantage (RCA) indicator and Relative Trade Advantage Index the performance of Hungarian agriculture and food industry has declined rapidly during the last fifteen years. This fact highlights the importance of searching new paradigms in development. In short term the increasing of production–quantity does not seem to be a rational way. The only alternative is the product–differentiation strategy. Under conditions of increasing competition in foreign markets the importance of domestic markets gains in importance. The domestic market is a dynamic one, too: the producers should be better focussed of new demands of specific consumer segments (e.g. elder generations, ethnic minorities etc…). On the...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Competitiveness; Future research; Marketing; System analysis; Strategic planning; Agribusiness; Farm Management.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47551

A diplomás munkaerő helyzetének vizsgálata (Heves, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén megyékben és Budapesten)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Toth,   Eszter.
A kérdőíves megkérdezés – 1022 válasz – alapján megállapítható, hogy 100 001– 180 000 Ft közötti nettó átlagkereset jellemző a diplomás munkavállalók körében. A diplomát adó végzettség és a megkérdezettek munkaerő-piaci státusának összefüggéseit illetően megállapítható, hogy a diplomások között létezik ugyan munkanélküliség, de ez jóval kisebb mértékű, mint a KSH és a Munkaügyi Központok által kimutatott, alap- és középszintű végzettséggel rendelkező munkavállalók körében. A továbbtanulás – ami az Európai Unió szintjén is lényeges – a kérdőíves felmérés szerint nagyarányú, 67%-os.  --------------------  Based on 1022 answers of a survey it can be stated that the characteristic range of net average monthly salary is between 100 and 180 thousand HUF among...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Megyék fejlettségi szintje; Nemzetgazdasági ágak; Alkalmazottak; Nettó kereset; Munkaerő-piaci státus; Development level of counties; Economic sectors; Employees; Net salary; Position on labour market; Labor and Human Capital; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58607

INDEX OF FOOD DISTRIBUTION ARTICLES
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1973
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26617

Performance of traditional cooperatives: the Portuguese Douro wine cooperatives
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rebelo,   Joao; Caldas,   Jose Vaz; Matulich,   Scott C.
Globalization is challenging the very core of cooperative governance and ownership decision, especially in Southern European countries, like Portugal, where a large number of producers are organized in traditional and Mediterranean-style agricultural cooperatives. This paper analyses the effects of governance and control variables related with size over two alternative indicators of performance: revenues transferred to members/patrons and capital structure. The results suggest that these cooperatives have difficulties being sustainable in the more competitive global wine markets, if they follow, essentially, a practice of maximum patronage refund, reducing their capacity to improve leverage and to finance more profitable, but risky, long run investments.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Crop Production/Industries; Q13; D22; L25.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/99100

Direct Payments for Environmental Services from Mountain Agriculture in Japan: Evaluating its Effectiveness and Drawing Lessons for Developing Countries
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sakuyama,   Takumi.
This article evaluates the effectiveness of ex-post targeting of the direct payment program for mountain agriculture in Japan. A regression analysis explaining the entry into the program shows that the farm profitability and the production cost were significant positive and negative factor, respectively, in determining the uptake, while the efforts by local governments were a robust factor in facilitating the enrollment. These findings imply ineffective ex-post targeting and call for the differentiation of the premium, alternative incentives to promote forestation for the un-enrolled fields and additional funds targeted to those prefectures with the low uptake ratio. Lessons drawn from the Japanese experience for effective incentive measures in developing...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Cost-effectiveness; Direct payment; Environmental services; Mountain farming; Targeting; Transaction costs; Japan; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/110128

The Exchange Rate -- can we, should we do something about it? (Comment on Stoeckel, Valentine and Higgs)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gruen,   Fred H.G.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Financial Economics.
Ano: 1988
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9655

Economies of Size, Farmer, Cooperatives, and Social Efficiency: Empirical Results from Swedish Dairy Cooperatives
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hedberg,   Anna.
The concept of economies of size is crucial for the analysis of price and output equilibria for a marketing cooperative. If there are economies of size in processing, a cooperatively organized processing industry may be socially preferable when compared to an investor-owned processor with monopsony power. This study investigates whether cost structure can be used as an efficiency argument for the cooperative dairy industry in Sweden. The results indicate economies of size in milk processing and, accordingly, marketing cooperatives appear to be a socially efficient form of business organization.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/46431

Table Margarine in Australia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lloyd,   Alan G.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 1951
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8902

FLOOD INSURANCE AS A COMPONENT OF LAND USE MANAGEMENT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lacewell,   Ronald D.; McNeely,   John G.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 1976
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29937

Optimal Length of Moving Average to Forecast Futures Basis
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hatchett,   Robert B.; Brorsen,   B. Wade; Anderson,   Kim B.
The question addressed in this study is which length of historical moving average provides the best forecast of futures basis. Differences in observed forecast accuracy among the different moving averages are usually less than a cent per bushel, and most are not statistically significant. Further, the search for an optimal length of moving average may be futile since the optimal length depends on how much structural change has occurred. Our recommendation is to use moving averages when there has been no structural change and to use last year’s basis or an alternative approach if the forecaster perceives that a structural change has occurred.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Basis forecast; Grain; Law of One Price; Moving averages; Structural change; Marketing.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61057

Análisis de rentabilidad de la inversión en mejoramiento genético de ganado bovino lechero bajo condiciones chilenas
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kobrich,   Claus; Catalan,   F.; Martinez Valderrama,   Alfonso; Maino,   Mario.
Published by Asociación de Economistas Agrarios de Chile
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Farm Management; Profitability index; Genotype-environment interaction; Semen price.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97348

A brief history of Stata on its 20th anniversary
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cox,   Nicholas J.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/117491

Economic evaluation of a weed-activated sprayer for herbicide application to patchy weed populations
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bennett,   Anne L.; Pannell,   David J.
Spatial distribution of weeds in a crop is patchy. Traditional boom sprayers waste herbicide by applying it to areas where weed density is already low. A new technology, Weed Activated Spray Process (WASP), uses sensors to detect the presence of weeds and control spray nozzles accordingly. The economic benefits of this technology to extensive crop farmers in Western Australia are investigated using a model based on the economics of information. Existing technology is likely to reduce profits because the weed density at which it switches off spraying is too high. Even if sensitivity to low densities could be improved, likely benefits of pre‐crop usage would still be very low or negative.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/117284

A Intensidade da Exploração Agropecuária como Indicador da Degradação Ambiental na Região dos Cerrados, Brasil
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cunha,   Nina Rosa da Silveira; Lima,   Joao Eustaquio de; Gomes,   Marilia Fernandes Maciel; Braga,   Marcelo Jose.
Being constituted as the largest risk factor and effective degradation to the Savannah, the man’s intervention in the nature and, especially, the agricultural exploration require analysis and better monitoring. This work aims to analyze the relationship between the agricultural exploration and the environmental degradation in the area of the Savannahs, in 1995-1996. In particular, it is intended, to use multivariate statistical analysis, to verify the factors associated with the intensity of farming predominant in the determination of the degradation pattern, and to obtain indexes of exploration intensity to make possible to categorize and to group the microrregions in terms of degradation potential. The results showed that the intensity of the...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Environmental degradation; Intensity of agricultural exploration; Savannah; Factorial analysis; Index of environmental degradation.; Agribusiness; Q50.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61241

LOOKING FOR GOVERNMENT'S ROLE AS AN AGRICULTURAL SAFETY NET
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dorfman,   Jeffrey H.
What makes agriculture especially deserving of an active government safety net?  What is different about agricultural production? Are we concerned about a safe and reliable food supply or about farmers' incomes and returns to assets? Those who make farm policy base their arguments on all of these points: the diffuse nature of agricultural production, the inherent production risk in agriculture, the need for a safe and reliable food supply, shortcomings in farm income, and low returns to assets in agriculture. This paper addresses these points and, in so doing, rules out some of these concerns as legitimate bases for current agricultural policies. By focusing on those that are genuine, U.S. farm policy could spend limited resources in areas where the most...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural policy; Farm income; Farm-sector safety net; Market power; Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14707

O PROCESSO DE TOMADA DE DECISÃO SOB O VIÉS DA ECOSSOCIOECONOMIA DAS ORGANIZAÇÕES: O CASO DE UMA COOPERATIVA CATARINENSE DE ARTESÃOS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Felski,   Henrique; Sampaio,   Carlos Alberto Cioce; Dallabrida,   Ivan Sidney.
The objective of this work is to analyze the Arte Rio Cooperative’s decision making process to assess how far it comprehends its members’ cooperative production system, i.e. if there is a logic governing the process that is different from utilitarian economics. It was inferred that the logic involved in the decision making process is contrary to market economy rationality. The cooperative’s decision making process has found mechanisms to adapt to the dictates of the market economy, mechanisms which modify popular culture and knowledge and the cooperative lifestyle of its members. This is a qualitative study supported by bibliographic and document analysis, descriptive exploratory research, participative observation and structured script interviews. In the...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Decision making process; Rationality; Eco-socio-economics; Cooperation; Development strategy; Agribusiness; Agricultural Finance; Industrial Organization.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/93582

Editorial - International Wheat Agreement
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 1948
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8724

Sequence analysis with Stata
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Brzinsky-Fay,   Christian; Kohler,   Ulrich; Luniak,   Magdalena.
We describe a general strategy to analyze sequence data and introduce SQ-Ados, a bundle of Stata programs implementing the proposed strategy. The programs include several tools for describing and visualizing sequences as well as a Mata library to perform optimal matching using the Needleman–Wunsch algorithm. With these programs Stata becomes the first statistical package to offer a complete set of tools for sequence analysis.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Sqclusterdat; Sqclustermat; Sqdes; Sqindexplot; Sqom; Sqparcoord; Sqset; Sqstatlist; Sqstatsum; Sqstattab1; Sqstattab2; Sqstattabsum; Sqtab; Sequence analysis; Optimal matching; Cluster analysis; Panel data; Longitudinal data; Explorative data analysis; Sequence index plot; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/118169

RESEARCH UPDATES
Provedor de dados: 31
Includes: Price and Distribution Variations for Value-Added Vegetable Products in California. Jim Ahern and Marianne Wolf, Professors, Agribusiness Department, Cal Poly State University SLO.  Case Study of Heritage Ranch, "Wolf-Friendly Beef." Helen L. Aquino, Graduate Research Assistant, Agricultural Economics, New Mexico State University.  Branding Locally Grown Fruit and Vegetables Via State Logos. John R. Brooker, David B. Eastwood, and Morgan D. Gray; Faculty Members; Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Tennessee, Knoxville.  Findings of Strategies Followed by the 28 Past Winners of the Malcolm Baldridge National Quality Award, 1988-1996. Robert R. Cangemi and Raymond H. Lopez, Pace University, Lubin School of Business, White Plains,...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26796

COVER AND CONTENTS PAGES
Provedor de dados: 31
Includes: Front Cover, Editorial Information, Contents Page
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1985
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28956

Market Valuation of Preconditioning Feeder Calves
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Avent,   R. Keith; Ward,   Clement E.; Lalman,   David L.
Preconditioning calf programs, while not new, are becoming more prevalent. They provide benefits to cow-calf producers while adding value for feeder cattle buyers. However, questions remain regarding the economic costs and returns of such programs. A model was estimated with data from three consecutive-day sales, to determine the value that buyers place on preconditioning programs and related feeder cattle traits. Our results indicate that price premiums, although evident, appear to be insufficient by themselves to cover the marginal costs of preconditioning.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Animal health; Feeder cattle; Hedonic model; Marketing; Preconditioning; Prices; Value-added; Q13; Q12; Q11; C23.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/42894

METHODS OF CALCULATING THE COSTS IN THE ROMANIAN MINING ENTERPRISES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Trifoi,   Ion Gigi; Dumbrava,   Partenie.
Determining the cost-bearers takes place according to the physical form of the production and the requirements of the calculation method. In this sense, we could choose between the synthetic calculation methods using a single expense-bearer and analytical calculation methods implying the utilization of two or more expense-bearers and able to provide several necessary information for the economic-financial analysis of the enterprise in the purpose of fundamentinf economic decisions to be made by the operative leadership of the enterprise. As stated above, we can also mention the expenditure sectors that serve the analytical character of programming and of following the expenses related to the production capacity of the enterprise. At determining expenses...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Costs; Methods; Direct costs; Gross contribution; THM; Financial Economics; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58908

A Choice Model with Systematic Structures in Decision Weights
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hu,   Wuyang.
This article introduces a discrete choice model which incorporates a nonlinear structural adjustment to the standard utility coefficients or decision weights.  The proposed model is theoretically and empirically appealing when compared to several alternative approaches, and it can be estimated by conventional maximum likelihood.  Application of the proposed model in a case study shows that it outperforms two competing approaches in model fit.  Given its simplicity, this model is also capable of revealing consumers' heterogeneous choices.  It is shown that based on consumers' different characteristics, their product choice and its welfare implications are also potentially different.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Logit models; Stated choice; Structural adjustment; Weights; Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7076

Book Review
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1974
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9634

Modeling Migration Effects on Agricultural Lands: A Growth Equilibrium Model
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hailu,   Yohannes G.; Rosenberger,   Randall S.
We estimate a system-of-equations model designed to measure the interaction between intertemporal patterns of changes in population, employment, and agricultural land densities. The model is applied to West Virginia for the 1990-1999 period. Consistent with recent findings on migration patterns, the results show that jobs followed people. New jobs were captured by commuters, while agricultural land losses were occurring in the commuters' counties of origin or bedroom communities. However, counties with relatively more profitable and concentrated agricultural enterprises were less susceptible to alternative land use pressure than counties with less productive or fragmented agricultural land. Elasticities indicate population change is elastic, whereas...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31379

The 24th hour of agricultural research
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Vida,   Adrienn; Baksa,   Adrienn.
Economic and social changes occurring in Hungary and all over the world mean new challenges for sciences. This trend goes also for agriculture; globalization, climate change, the increase in population and food demand, and the decrease of land used for food production at the same time cause problems that can be solved by means of sciences. The year 2007 was the beginning of a new era in agriculture and rural development. The financial period of 2007-2013 presents an essentially new situation in the European Union, so agricultural universities, high schools and research institutes, as well as market operators must undertake serious changes. As Hungary is basically an agricultural country; agriculture plays an important role in national economy, therefore...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agrobusiness; Sectorial structure; Research and development (R+D); Competitiveness; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47559

Composite Forecasting: some empirical results using BAE short-term forecasts
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jolly,   L.O.; Wong,   Gordon.
The contention advanced in this paper is that forecast performance could be improved if short-term commodity forecasters were to consider formally the use of a variety of forecasting methods, rather than seeking to improve one selected method. Many researchers have demonstrated that a linear combination of forecasts can produce a composite superior to the individual component forecasts. Using a case study of two Bureau of Agricultural Economics' forecast series and alternative, time series model forecasts of the same series, four methods of deriving composite forecasts are applied on an ex ante basis and are thus evaluated as a means of improving the Bureau's forecast performance. Despite the fact that the authors could not, by combining the available...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1987
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/12314

RESEARCH AND ADVERTISING DECISIONS IN AN OPEN ECONOMY:  THE CASE OF COLOMBIAN MILDS COFFEE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sellen,   Daniel; Goddard,   Ellen W.
Research and advertising investment both offer the potential to increase producer surplus.  A model is developed that includes applied research and generic advertising with the aim of measuring marginal and optimal returns from each.  While applicable to specific firm behavior, the model is applied to data from the world coffee market, with particular focus on Kenyan and Colombian producer groups.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Marketing; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27849

A MONTE CARLO COMPARISON OF ALTERNATIVE ESTIMATORS OF AUTOCORRELATED SIMULTANEOUS SYSTEMS USING A U.S. PORK SECTOR MODEL AS THE TRUE  STRUCTURE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Naik,   Gopal; Dixon,   Bruce L.
Monte Carlo analysis of the performance of alternative estimators of simultaneous system's coefficients in the presence of autocorrelation is performed.  The "true" underlying model is an estimated, three-equation, monthly model of the U.S. pork market.  Estimators for ex post forecasts are also compared.  Multicollinearity is found to be a salient characteristic likely adversely affecting estimator performance.  Results show that correcting for autocorrelation is desirable when levels of autocorrelation are high for both parameter accuracy and ex post forecasting.  However, the best structural coefficient estimator for high levels of autocorrelation is not necessarily the best estimator for ex post forecasting.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 1986
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32250

Wetterderivate: Ein Instrument im Risikomanagement für die Landwirtschaft?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Berg,   Ernst; Schmitz,   Bernhard; Starp,   Michael; Trenkel,   Hermann.
The risks associated with farming activities are likely to increase in the future. It, therefore, appears worthwhile to analyse new risk management instruments. This paper investigates weather derivatives for which a market has already emerged in the USA. Contrary to traditional financial derivatives, their payoff is determined by future weather events, such as temperature or precipitation. Thus, they hedge risks which result from climate. Since they address production risks they are complementary to instruments that hedge price risks, such as future markets. The objective of the paper is to evaluate the economic impacts of weather derivatives and to assess their potential as farm level instruments of risk management. After outlining the main...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Weather derivatives; Weather risk; Risk management; Stochastic simulation; Financial Economics; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97213

Contents Page
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1985
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/12491

AN ECONOMIC RESPONSE MODEL OF HERBICIDE APPLICATION FOR WEED CONTROL
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Pannell,   David J.
A biologically realistic model of crop yield response to herbicide application is presented. It includes functions for weed mortality from herbicide application and yield loss due to surviving weeds. The optimal herbicide rate and two types of decision thresholds are derived theoretically and illustrated with empirical examples. Responses of the various decision criteria to changes in parameters are also examined theoretically and empirically. A multidimensional threshold for weeds based on weed density and weed-free yield is presented. The issue of farmers using other than officially recommended herbicide rates is discussed.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 1990
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22352

Energianövények szántóföldi termelésének optimalizálása
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bedene Szoke,   Eva; Mohamed,   Zsuzsanna.
Az általunk kidolgozott Biomassza Termelési Modell (BTM) lineáris programozáson alapul, és lehetővé teszi, hogy adott mezőgazdasági területre vonatkozóan meghatározzák az optimális vetésszerkezetet, különböző célfüggvények mellett. A különböző célfüggvények esetére vonatkozó optimalizálást a gazdasági környezet, különösen a szabályozó rendszer változása miatt tartottuk szükségesnek, amely adott körülmények között a legkedvezőbb gazdasági haszonnal jár. A döntés fő kérdése, hogy a rendelkezésre álló földterület és erőforrás-kapacitás mellett élelmiszercélú, vagy inkább energetikai célú hasznosítás irányában célszerű-e elmozdulni. --------------------------------------- We have developed a Biomass Production Model (BTM), which is based on linear programming....
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Biomassza-termelés; LP modell; Optimalizálás.; Biomass production; LP model; Optimisation; Land Economics/Use; Production Economics; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/99135

INCOME TAX ASPECTS OF LIQUIDATION IN MULTIPERIOD LINEAR GROWTH MODELS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Reid,   Donald W.; Musser,   Wesley N.; Martin,   Neil R., Jr.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Public Economics.
Ano: 1978
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30462

Review of Effective Convergence between China’s Rural Minimum Subsistence Security System and the Development Policy of Poverty Alleviation
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wei,   Song.
Based on the conclusion of the related researches on China’s rural poverty alleviation policies and poverty problems, studies of Chinese scholars on the convergence between rural minimum subsistence system and the development policies of poverty alleviation are illustrated and personal understandings proposed. On the one hand, considering the actual situations of the quickening of China’s urbanization and deepening of poverty, it is necessary to make significant adjustment and transformation in China’s poverty reduction policies and minimum subsistence security system. On the other hand, it is pointed out that there is no omnipotent experience to follow in the convergence of minimum subsistence security system and poverty reduction policies. The actual...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Countryside; Minimum subsistence security system; Poverty alleviation and development; Convergence; China; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/113486

LABOUR SUPPLY AND OFF-FARM WORK BY FARMERS: THEORY AND ESTIMATION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Robinson,   Chris; McMahon,   Pat J.; Quiggin,   John C.
Off-farm employment has become increasingly important as an aspect of resource adjustment and a source of income in Australian agriculture. However, it is surprising that there is a paucity of work on this topic reported in the agricultural economics literature. Therefore, we have drawn upon recent developments in labour economics in order to investigate off-farm employment in Australia. A conceptual model of the allocation of a farmer's labour between farm and off-farm work is developed and applied to cross-sectional data from the Australian Agricultural and Grazing Industries Survey. A Tobit maximum likelihood procedure is utilised to test the influences of the life cycle, level of human capital, wealth, non-wage income and farm income on the off-farm...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 1982
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23051

SOUTHERN FARMS AND RURAL COMMUNITIES: DEVELOPING DIRECTIONS FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH AND POLICY: DISCUSSION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Libby,   Lawrence W.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1988
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29709

BOOK REVIEW: HARDAKER, J. BRIAN, RUDD B.M. HUIRNE, AND JOCK R. ANDERSON. COPING WITH RISK IN AGRICULTURE. NEW YORK: CAB INTERNATIONAL, 1997
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Park,   Timothy A.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15067

COVER AND CONTENTS PAGES
Provedor de dados: 31
Includes: Front Cover; Officers for 1984; Contents Pages; Call for Papers
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1984
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26926

EGG ADVERTISING, DIETARY CHOLESTEROL CONCERNS, AND U.S. CONSUMER DEMAND
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Schmit,   Todd M.; Kaiser,   Harry M.
A model of the domestic demand for eggs was estimated from quarterly data over the period 1987 through 1995, incorporating an index of consumer dietary cholesterol concerns and generic advertising efforts by the American Egg Board and the California Egg Commission.  Empirical results indicated that most of the observed change in egg demand could be explained by dietary cholesterol concerns.  Simulating the model in a constant elasticity supply framework demonstrated that advertising efforts over the past several years have resulted in net benefits to egg producers largely when considering inelastic supply responses.  However, considering trade bias reduces these benefit-cost ratios substantially.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Consumer/Household Economics; Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31510

INFORMATION IMPACTS AND DETERMINANTS OF INFORMATION SELECTION: AN EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ruppel,   Fred J.; Fuller,   Stephen W.
Laboratory experimentation was used to assess the impacts of information disclosure in imperfect markets. A dual oligopoly market structure was designed with contract information disclosed to subjects under three treatments: no, partial, and full disclosure. Regression analysis revealed some increase in selling price with full information disclosure, but no discernable effects on negotiated prices with partial disclosure. Alternative specifications showed large traders earning significantly lower profits, and information on large traders significantly beneficial to both buyers and sellers. Probit analysis of information selection determinants revealed no significant economic content in trader requests for information under partial disclosure.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Marketing.
Ano: 1992
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30727

Factor Demand, Output Supply Elasticities and Supply Projections for Major Crops of India
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kumar,   Praduman; Shinoj,   P.; Raju,   S.S.; Kumar,   Anjani; Rich,   Karl M.; Msangi,   Siwa.
Policy planners face the challenge of formulating suitable agricultural policy by which the required growth in domestic production can be achieved. To attain effective food security policy, one needs reliable empirical knowledge about the degree of responsiveness of factor demand and output supply for commodities. This paper is an attempt in this direction and estimates the factor demand and output supply elasticity for major crops grown in India. These elasticities are used to project the domestic supply of major commodities, viz. rice, wheat, pulse grains, nine major edible oilseeds, and sugarcane under various scenarios with and without acreage expansion and TFP growth. The results of supply projections are compared with the food demand and policy...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/92090

ON MARKETING QUOTAS FOR FLUID MILK
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Parish,   Ross M.
In this article I present a static economic analysis of the operation of milk marketing schemes (such as that administered by the New South Wales Milk Board) which employ marketing quotas for individual producers. This is a subject which has already received some attention in this Journal: I refer to the suggestion of Harris and Candler that marketing quotas for fluid milk should be freely traded among producers, and, more particularly, to Neutze's subsequent discussion of their proposal. Some of the problems raised, and apparent paradoxes uncovered in that discussion, will be considered in the second part of this article.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Marketing.
Ano: 1963
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23015

HEDONIC PRICE ESTIMATION FOR COMMODITIES:  AN APPLICATION TO COTTON
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ethridge,   Don E.; Davis,   Bob.
A model of hedonic prices – implicit prices of embodied quality attributes – was developed for cotton lint and the relative importance of various quality attributes were estimated with regression analysis from sample data on observed sales of cotton. Results indicated that producer prices were sensitive to variations in fiber length, micronaire, and trash content. Results also revealed differences in relative importance and sensitivity between years.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries; Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 1982
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32258

COVER AND CONTENTS PAGES
Provedor de dados: 31
Includes: Cover Page, Contents Pages, Call for Contributed Papers 1982, Message from the President - Charles W. Coale, Membership Application
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1982
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27725

Sugar: A Commodity Review
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mayne,   J.B.
Sugar is one of the many primary products which has been in short supply since the end of the recent war. Present trends in production indicate a return to the productive level of 1939, but certain increases in demand indicate that the supply of this product is unlikely to reach the planned objectives within at least the next two or three seasons.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 1948
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9076

Der Markt für Milch und Milcherzeugnisse
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gerlach,   Sabine; Spiller,   Achim; Wocken,   Christian.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Demand and Price Analysis; International Relations/Trade; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97173

Overview of Low-carbon Economy Research
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fu,   Hui.
The paper has a detailed literature review in low-carbon economy research of academy circle in our country from three aspects that are conception and connotation of low-carbon economy, necessity and urgency of developing low-carbon economy and path choice of realizing low-carbon economy in our country. Low-carbon economy is the “green economy” that obtains the maximum output by discharging minimum greenhouse gases with the main characteristics of “three low and three high” that are low energy consumption, low pollution, low discharge and high effect, high efficiency, high benefit. To China, developing low-carbon economy is the inevitable choice in realizing peaceful rising and sustainable development as a responsible large country. It conforms to world...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Low-carbon economy; Policy suggestion; Path choice， China; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/102396

WILLINGNESS TO PAY FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND EXTENSION PROGRAMS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Clifford,   William B.; Hoban,   Thomas J.; Whitehead,   John C.
The North Carolina Agriculture Survey was designed to estimate the willingness to pay for agricultural research and extension programs.  We find that North Carolina households are willing to pay between $218 and $401 million for food production programs and between $251 and $698 million for water quality programs annually.  We find evidence of divergent validity and differences in the willingness to pay estimates from the single-bound and multiple-bound data.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural research and extension programs; Contingent valuation; Divergent validity; Multiple bound questions; Single bound questions; Demand and Price Analysis; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15294

NATIONAL IMPACTS OF A REGIONAL PRIMARY INDUSTRY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Douglas,   Justin J.; Reilly,   J.J.
This paper demonstrates a method whereby the national multiplier effects of a given regional industry (or group of industries) can be calculated. The method obviates the need to assume that national input-output coefficients will be duplicated in each regional case, and further does not necessitate the estimation of a complete regional input-output model. An example, utilizing some data originally collected for a regional input-output model of Central Queensland, is included.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1978
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22490

BIOECONOMIC MODELING OF THE GULF SHRIMP FISHERY: AN APPLICATION TO GALVESTON BAY AND ADJACENT OFFSHORE AREAS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Blomo,   Vito; Stokes,   Kenneth W.; Griffin,   Wade L.; Grant,   William; Nichols,   John P.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1978
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30274

Economic Comparison of Commodity and Conservation Program Benefits: An Example from the Mississippi Delta
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Anderson,   John D.; Parkhurst,   Gregory M.
Changes to commodity programs in the 2002 Farm Bill increased the value of crop base acreages on which decoupled payments are received.  The bill also expanded the availability of key conservation programs.  This paper compares the value of payments from commodity programs (along with continued crop production) to the easement payment (and recreational lease revenue) available under the Wetland Reserve Program.  A net present value model using risk-adjusted returns is employed in the analysis for Mississippi delta cropland containing rice, cotton, and soybean base.  Sensitivity analysis is conducted on some of the key variables affecting the decision.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Conservation; Countercyclical payment; Direct payment; Net present value; WRP; Q12; Q15; Q18; C15.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43390

Development of Productive Forces and the Changes of Rural President's Consumption Concept
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Huang,   Xiangyang.
The developmental status of productivity in Chinese rural area is introduced. Since the implementation of the agriculture supporting policies in 2004, the productive forces in rural areas have been improved greatly. It is reflected on the following aspects: great enhancement of rural labors' cultural quality; the quantity of agricultural machines has been increased; the level of production management and decision has been increased greatly. The paper analyzes the promotion role played by the development of productive forces to rural residents' consumption conception. The development of productive forces has laid a solid foundation for changing rural residents' consumption concept; changed rural residents' consumption Structure and improved the socialized...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Development of productive forces; Rural president; Consumption concept; Cultural consuming; China; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/118296

Mexican agricultural export competitiveness
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Malaga,   Jaime E.; Williams,   Gary W.
This article analyzes the export performance of the Mexican agricultural and food sector in recent years with emphasis on the changing competitiveness of those exports in the U.S. and world markets. The paper includes an examination of the general trends in Mexican agricultural and food exports, an analysis of the international competitiveness of the major subgroups of Mexican agriculture based on the Revealed Comparative Advantage methodology, an assessment of the competitiveness of Mexican exports of specific agricultural and food products to the United States, and a consideration of the effectiveness of Mexico's agricultural and food export market diversification efforts.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Mexico; Export; Competitiveness; Agricultural.; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/93507

FORECASTING FOR AUSTRALIAN AGRICULTURE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Freebairn,   John W.
The paper provides a review of the objectives of forecasts and of the techniques for generating forecasts in the context of agriculture. Forecasts provide information to facilitate decision making. The techniques are evaluated in terms of assumptions about the processes generating the forecast variables, their relative requirements for time, data and other resources, and their relative forecast accuracy. An evaluation of naive, informal model and econometric model forecasts of Australian agricultural commodity prices and production levels is reported.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 1975
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22334

Modelling of Economic Losses due to Some Important Diseases in Goats in India
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Singh,   B.; Prasad,   Shiv.
A simple mathematical model has been formulated to assess the losses due to a disease in goats in India. The losses due to important diseases in goats have been computed for a 15-year period (1991- 2005) based on published reports. The rank analysis has revealed that number of incidence was maximum for PPR, followed by FMD and sheep and goat pox. These three diseases have accounted for 54 per cent of the total incidences. The maximum deaths on per year average basis for the period 1991-2005 have been due to PPR, followed by sheep and goat pox, enterotoxaemia and CCP. These four diseases have accounted for about 74 per cent of deaths. The overall order with respect to the number of incidences has been found as: PPR &gt; FMD &gt; sheep and goat pox &gt; CCP...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47686

THE PROPENSITY TO EXCESS CAPACITY IN THE LETTUCE SUBSECTOR
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Baires,   Filadelfo; Clevenger,   Tom.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries; Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 1977
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32169

Introductions of Invasive Species: Failure of the Weaker Link
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Burnett,   Kimberly M.
The prevention of invasive species is modeled as a "weaker link" public good. Under the weaker link aggregation technology, individual contributions beyond the lowest level will provide benefits, but these benefits progressively decline as contributions exceed the minimum. A two-region model is constructed, assuming incomplete information concerning costs of provision. This framework allows us to explain why we observe underinvestment in prevention, how information facilitates efficiency, and under what conditions information is most relevant. Specific implications regarding improved invasive species prevention policy are extracted and discussed.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Weaker link; Invasive species; Public good aggregation; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10179

IMPACTS OF A NEW AGRICULTURAL PROCESSING PLANT ON RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Doeksen,   Gerald A.; Rathwell,   P. James.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1972
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30318

U.S. WOOL POLICY AND ITS EFFECTS ON APPAREL WOOL IMPORTS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Polasek,   Metodey.
The United States occupies a rather unique position in the world wool trade - besides being one of the world's largest apparel wool producers, she also needs to supplement her requirements by sizeable imports from wool surplus countries. However, wool imports into the U.S. have a strong competitive advantage over domestic wools, not only price-wise but also on account of their uniformity and generally better preparation. For this reason the ability of the wool exporting countries to enlarge very substantially their markets in the U.S. by displacing some domestic wools is largely dependent on the American policy of sheltering and fostering the domestic wool industry. For decades, the traditional means of achieving this has been by levying specific tariff...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 1962
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22460

A Note on Business Cycle Non-Linearity in U. S. Consumption
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cook,   Steven.
The recently examined durability-asymmetry hypothesis of Cook (1999) is re-evaluated using the diagnostic tests of time deformation proposed by Stock (1987, 1988). An application of these tests to disaggregated data on U.S. consumers’ expenditure provides further support for this hypothesis, with the findings given an economic interpretation in terms of variables evolving at differing speeds over different phases of the business cycle. Additionally, building upon the studies of Cover (1992), Karras (1996) and Rhee and Rich (1995), recent research by Arden et al. (2000) has shown the relaxation of the assumptions of linearity and symmetry typically employed in macroeconometric models to result in monetary policy having clear asymmetric effects on the...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Time deformation; Asymmetry; Non-linearity; Consumers’ expenditure; Consumer/Household Economics; C12; E32.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43990

Modellierung der Auswirkungen einer Entkopplung der Direktzahlungen in der EU auf die Flächenallokation und Wiederkäuerproduktion: Eine Analyse unterschiedlicher Modellergebnisse
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Balkhausen,   Oliver; Banse,   Martin; Grethe,   Harald; Nolte,   Stephan.
Decoupling of direct payments can be expected to have complex effects and the net effect on crop and fodder acreage is unclear. A literature review reveals that various simulation models uniformly project a decline of the cereal and silage maize acreage as well as ruminant production in the EU-15 in the course of decoupling of direct payments. In contrast, model results are mixed with respect to the direction of the decoupling effect on oilseed and pasture as well as voluntary set aside area. The model type is not found to have a systematic effect on model results. It is rather the assumptions about the effects of direct payments on production which differ widely and drive model results to a large extent. A model analysis which is based on the partial...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Decoupling; Direct payments; Land allocation; Partial equilibrium agricultural sector models; Agricultural and Food Policy; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97401

AN ANALYSIS OF WHOLESALER-HOST COMPUTER SERVICE FOR MID AND LOW SALES VOLUME INDEPENDENT FOOD RETAILERS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fletcher,   Stanley M.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1983
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27851

END MATERIALS
Provedor de dados: 31
Includes: Guidelines for Manuscript Submission and Back Cover
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26837

Transaction Frequency and Hedging in Commodity Processing
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dahlgran,   Roger A.
This study examines the effect of transaction frequency on profit and cash flow risk for firms that periodically purchase inputs, continuously transform inputs into outputs, and periodically sell output. Soybean-processing profit and cash flows are computed for unhedged, direct-hedged, and risk-minimizing-hedged processing with up to 52 transactions per year. Findings include: (a) higher transaction frequencies result in lower unhedged profit and cash flow risk and lower hedging effectiveness, (b) anticipatory hedging provides less risk protection than product-transformation hedging, (c) stabilizing cash flow stabilizes annual profits but the converse does not hold, and (d) hedging profits makes cash flow more variable.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Process hedging; Risk management; Soybean crushing; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30985

NOTES ON "THE MARKETING OF AUSTRALIAN WOOL"
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Durbin,   S.I.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 1974
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9141

Agricultural policy reform in the United States: an unfinished agenda
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Stuart,   Kimberly; Runge,   C. Ford.
The 1996 Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act (FAIR) contained important breaks with a tradition of crop-by-crop subsidies dating back to the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933. Farmers with recorded base acres were given the opportunity (which nearly all accepted) to sign a seven-year `contract' with the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), under which payments will be continued on the merged base acres on a declining schedule until the year 2002. FAIR is an unfinished agenda. First, the coverage of `freedom to farm' is only partial, with numerous commodities left out of the decoupling programme. Second, the largest producers will augment their already significant receipts with generous lump sum transfers from USDA. This will further reinforce...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/118010

Economic Principles for Saving the Cooperative Extension Service
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hoag,   Dana L.
The Cooperative Extension Service is an outstanding success story for education, but a model whose value is now in question. I focus on economic principles that apply to the question, "Is it time to end Extension, and if not, how can it be saved?" Six principles are identified: public goods, competitive advantage, privatization, long-run sustainability, business practices, and political economy. There is cause to support Extension, but leadership is needed to establish a common direction and to implement changes. Strategic planning would be helpful to identify these changes and to make Extension's value known to clientele and policy makers. Includes biography of Dana L. Hoag.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Abolish Extension; Cooperative Extension Service; Economic value; Save Extension; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30982

Variation of Cultivated Land Quantity in Coastal Cities and Its Driving Forces - A Case of Huludao City, China
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Li-juan,   Tang; Lei,   Lei; Ling,   Cao.
Variation of cultivated land quality in 10 major cities and its driving forces are introduced in recent 10 years. And economic development and population growth are the common driving forces for the reduction of cultivated land in coastal cities. Among them, economic development is the main driving force. Taking Huludao City as an example, driving factors of cultivated land variation in Huludao City are studied by Principal Component Analysis according to the relevant statistical data in the year 1998-2007. Result shows that in recent 10 years, total cultivated land area has increased in Huludao City, especially in the years 1998-2002. Driving force of cultivated land variation in Huludao City can be summarized as economic growth, population growth and...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Coastal city; Cultivated land; Quantity variation; Driving force; Principal component analysis; China; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/93242

Agricultural Mechanism of Spreading Catastrophe Risk in China and Legislation Conception
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Li,   Xu-dong; Sun,   Yao-wei.
This paper introduces agricultural catastrophe and its characteristics, and conducts comparative analysis on existing mechanism of spreading agricultural catastrophe risk, indicating that the mechanism of administrative remedy has the greatest efficiency and highest cost; the mechanism of social assistance has the lowest cost, but its efficiency is lowest and there are unstable factors; market mechanism, namely the insurance of agricultural catastrophe, is the rational choice of agricultural department in mechanism of risk spreading. This paper analyzes the status quo of China’s insurance of agricultural catastrophe, indicating that the main body of management in China’s insurance of agricultural catastrophe is missing. In addition, the market demand is...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural catastrophe; Spreading mechanism; Agricultural insurance; Legislation; China; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/113475

Book Reviews and Notes
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1962
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8887

DEMAND SUBSTITUTION BETWEEN NATURAL, FLAVORED, AND SYNTHETIC CITRUS JUICES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Chern,   Wen S.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 1974
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29352

THE EFFECTS OF TRADE PROMOTION ON CANADIAN AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gunjal,   Kisan R.
Canadian agricultural trade promotion expenditures have dramatically increased from C$.4 million in 1969/70 to C$26.5 million in 1981/82.  To evaluate the effect of these expenditures on agricultural exports an econometric analysis is presented in this study.  The extended distributed lag model for export demand is developed and estimated using an iterative autoregressive least squares with instrumental variable (IALSI) method of estimation.  The results reveal that the trade promotion programs (aggregate expenditure levels) have had a statistically significant effect on agricultural exports.  The analysis of dynamic multipliers indicates that the effect of trade promotion expenditure on export levels is likely to decline gradually and last for about a...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 1985
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28947

BOOK REVIEWS
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1983
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23040

Michael E. Wetzstein Lifetime Achievement Award
Provedor de dados: 31
Lifetime Achievement Award
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Michael E. Wetzstein; Lifetime Achievement Award; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/92607

FREE TRADE IMPACTS ON THE U.S. AND SOUTHERN AGRICULTURE: DISCUSSION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fletcher,   Stanley M.; Paggi,   Mechel S.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 1992
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30367

MAGNITUDE ESTIMATION: AN APPLICATION TO FARMERS' RISK-INCOME PREFERENCES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Patrick,   George F.; Blake,   Brian F.; Whittaker,   Suzanne H.
Magnitude estimation, a technique developed by psychology for obtaining ratio scaled values, was used to derive risk-income preferences of ninety-one central Indiana farmers.  Both variability-income and bankruptcy-income measures were developed and related to farmers' socio-economic attributes.  Wealth and education had limited effects compared with off-farm employment, percent debt and expected levels of income, percent debt and net worth growth.  Magnitude estimation provided reliable estimates of preferences.  Farmers gave greater importance to the bankruptcy-income measure of risk-income preferences, but only a small portion of the variation of either measure could be explained.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Farm Management; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 1981
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32583

Britain's Foreign Trade Problem and Its Effect on British Food Imports
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gruen,   Fred H.G.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 1947
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8307

THE COST-PRICE SQUEEZE ON AUSTRALIAN FARM INCOME
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Glau,   T.E.
Relative price movements for major agricultural commodity groups are reviewed. Estimates of the movement in real farm income per farmer are presented for Australian agriculture over the period 1949 to 1969, and for the sheep industry for the period 1953 to 1967. Increased productivity has offset the adverse price movements experienced by farmers over the period examined. The effect of the cost-price squeeze on farm investment and adjustment is discussed. The continuing cost-price squeeze has not prevented sustained investment by farmers.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural Finance.
Ano: 1971
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22975

The First Fifty Years of Agriculture in New South Wales
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: King,   C.J.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1949
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8925

FACTORS INFLUENCING CHANGES IN POTATO AND POTATO SUBSTITUTE DEMAND
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Richards,   Timothy J.; Kagan,   Albert; Gao,   Xiaoming.
Despite the rapid rise in complex carbohydrate consumption over the last twenty-five years, fresh potato consumption has fallen by over 50%.  Fresh potato growers and retailers alike need to know whether these changes reflect consumer responses to changing relative prices or incomes, or whether they are due to changes in consumer tastes.  This paper uses a linear approximation almost ideal demand system (LA/AIDS) to investigate the effect of relative prices, expenditures, and a set of socioeconomic variables on complex carbohydrate demand.  Estimation results show that the socioeconomic variables explain some of the changes in demand, but a significant amount remains as evidence of a change in consumer tastes.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31359

Contents Page
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10228

Willingness of Peasant Households in Mountainous Areas towards Land Transfer ——A Case of Beiliang Village, Wuxiang County, Shanxi Province
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Feng,   Xu-fang; Cheng,   Qiao-li; Liu,   Jing-shu.
In this paper, the Beiliang village, Wuxiang County ,of Shanxi Province is chosen as the study object. The methods investigation and interview are applied. And then the status quo of land transfer is analyzed from the aspects of private land transfer, the form of land transference, the land transfer fee, the contracts of the land transfer and farmers’ knowledge on land transfer law and so on. Through the investigation and research on peasant households’ willingness towards land transfer and the factors that affect the land transfer, the willingness of farmers’ land transfer in recent years are transferred. Farmers’ land transfer willingness in recent years is clear. On the strength of the analysis, the scientific basis for the reasonable transfer of land...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Peasant households; Land transfer; Willingness; Shanxi Province ， China; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/102390

MARKETING OF SELECT FRESH AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS IN THE CLEVELAND, OHIO, METROPOLITAN AREA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: James,   Randall E.; Drake,   Barbara H.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Marketing.
Ano: 1989
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27903

Empirical Comparisons of In-Store Display vs. Feature Advertising and Trade Promotions vs. Consumer Promotions, Measured at the Brand and the Category Levels
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dufour,   Jean-Claude; Maisonnas,   Stephane.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Marketing.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26744

TRADING POULTRY LITTER AT THE WATERSHED LEVEL : A GOAL FOCUSING APPLICATION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jones,   Kezelee Q.; D'Souza,   Gerard E.
We explore the transfer of poultry litter among watersheds incorporating both economic characteristics (litter demand and supply) and environmental characteristics (vulnerability to phosphorus runoff, a major pollutant).  A combination of techniques was employed: the Lemunyon-Gilbert P-Index model to determine watershed environmental vulnerability, GIS for land use coverages, and a goal focusing model (incorporating Saaty's eigen-value approach for penalty weight estimation) to identify optimal litter shipments among watersheds.  Both primary and secondary data were used.  The results should be useful to producers and policy makers in the study area and in other areas where poultry production is linked to water quality, and contribute to a more sustainable...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31615

AN ECONOMIC INTERPRETATION OF IMPACT OF PHENOLOGICALLY TIMED IRRIGATION ON CORN YIELD
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gowon,   Dawuda T.; Andersen,   Jay C.; Biswas,   Basudeb.
An economic production function was derived in an analysis of water application to corn by phonological time periods. The quantities of use of water by growth periods as delineated by physical stages were tested for influence on final output of dry matter and grain. Several years’ data for three locations were utilized. The results tend to confirm the conceptual models and previous work in this type of analysis. Certain periods of growth were more critical than others.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 1978
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32553

RANKING AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS DEPARTMENTS BY AJAE PAGE COUNTS: A REAPPRAISAL
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kinnucan,   Henry W.; Traxler,   Greg.
AJAE per capita page counts provide one measure of an institution's research strength.  In this article we refine Willis et al.'s measure of department size and, based on the refined measure, recomputed departmental rankings for North American institutions.  Results indicate that Northeastern United States departments are more widely represented among the top 20 institutions than 20 years ago and that two Canadian institutions-Guelph and British Columbia-rank in the top 12.  The median AJAE publication frequency for the top 30 research institutions is about one article per research faculty member every 12 years.  The AJAE page-count measure was found to be highly correlated (R2 = 0.82) with citation counts, whether narrowly or broadly defined.  Thus, AJAE...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1994
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31446

THE DEMAND FOR WHOLESALE BEEF CUTS BY SEASON AND TREND
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Namken,   Jerry C.; Farris,   Donald E.; Capps,   Oral, Jr.
This study estimates demand during the 1980-90 period for wholesale beef cuts by season and by trend.  A data set containing monthly nominal prices for wholesale cuts and average choice boxed beef from January 1980 to December 1990 was collected from multiple sources.  The approach expressed the change in demand for wholesale cuts as the change in the price ratio of individual cuts relative to the price of boxed beef.  This approach shows changes in amount by season and over time relative to the average wholesale cut.  Brisket, Armbone Chuck, Bottom Gooseneck, and Knuckle showed the strongest demand in winter and lowest in summer.  Top (Inside) Round had a clear downward trend in demand, but the seasonal pattern was less pronounced and more erratic than...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27599

Book Reviews
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1982
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/12525

A DECISION SUPPORT AID FOR BEEF CATTLE INVESTMENT USING EXPERT SYSTEMS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Falconer,   Lawrence L.; Long,   Charles R.; McGrann,   James M.
The beef cattle investment decision provides an excellent opportunity to increase the economic efficiency of beef cattle production. The investment questions that face beef cattle producers are of interest to beef cattle producers, educators, and financial institutions involved in lending to beef cattle producing firms. This study develops a decision support aid utilizing expert system technology to assist beef cattle producers in making well-founded investment decisions with respect to the firm's beef cattle herd.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Beef cattle investment; Decision support; Export systems; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 1996
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15228

Fifty Years of Farmland Protection Legislation in the Northeast: Persistent Issues and Emergent Research Opportunities
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bills,   Nelson L.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44689

Trends in the Quick-Frozen Food Industry
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Spinks,   G.R.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 1958
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8757

Valoracion de bienes ambientales complejos: una alternativa multicriterio
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gomez-Limon,   Jose Antonio; Barreiro-Hurlé,   Jesús.
RESUMEN La valoración económica de bienes ambientales complejos presenta una serie de aspectos problemáticos. Este trabajo se centra en dos de ellos: la linealidad de los atributos en función de valor de estos bienes y la heterogeneidad en las funciones de utilidad de los individuos. Para ello se propone una metodología basada en la Teoría de la Utilidad Multiatributo que permite contrastar la importancia dada a estos aspectos. Dicha metodología se aplica a un espacio natural protegido en la provincia de Granada. De los resultados se puede concluir que la no-linealidad de los atributos y la heterogeneidad de las funciones de utilidad individuales son aspectos relevantes en la valoración de bienes ambientales.    ABSTRACT Economic valuation of comlex...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Complex environmental goods; Heterogeneity; Attribute non-lineartiy; Multiattribute utility; Valuation; Bienes ambientales complejos; Heterogeneidad; Linealidad de atributos; Utilidad multiatributo; Valoracion; Environmental Economics and Policy; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; Q15; Q18; Q25.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7055

Editorial - ECONOMIC OUTLOOK FOR PRIMARY PRODUCTS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hynes,   H.J.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1946
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8767

Producers' Price Expectations and the Size of the Welfare Gains from Price Stabilisation
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Scandizzo,   Pasquale Lucio; Hazell,   Peter B.R.; Anderson,   Jock R.
This paper uses a simulation model to measure the size of the social welfare gains from price stabilisation within the general setting of a non-linear, multiplicative risk and lagged expectations model of the market. The size of the gains is found to be relatively small when producers plan on the basis of rational expectations, but it can be quite substantial for other types of expectations behaviour, including those commonly assumed in empirical supply analysis. We conclude that, in many cases, improved market information services may more economically provide the substantial part of the social benefits of price stabilisation.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 1983
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/12452

WTO-Verhandlungen: Warum die Einigung so schwierig und dennoch so wichtig ist
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Brockmeier,   Martina; Pelikan,   Janine.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/96732

Die CMA auf dem Prüfstand
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Becker,   Tilman C.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Marketing.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97321

ASPECTS OF HEDGING THEORY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Goss,   Barry A.
In this paper, interpretative comments are offered on some established aspects of the economics of futures trading, including the nature of the equilibrium condition in the case of an inverse carrying charge, some inferences about traders' market positions made from estimates of returns, and the implications of the normal backwardation hypothesis in cases where hedgers are net long. The paper also includes a survey of the recent literature on the forward pricing function of futures markets, with a discussion of, inter alia, the methods used to investigate the hypothesis that futures prices are anticipations of delivery date spot prices, and the possible reasons why some markets perform this function better than others.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Marketing.
Ano: 1980
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22916

ECONOMICS AND ECONOMISTS FOR ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL ADVANCEMENT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Schapper,   Henry P.
My subject arises from a recent, though limited, personal experience in economic planning in an underdeveloped country. This was as a member of the Economic Survey Mission on the Economic Development of Zambia organised jointly by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa and the F.A.O. It confronted me with questions about the usefulness of economics and the adequacy of economists for the development of policies to enable the majority of mankind to be freed from the shackles of poverty.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Political Economy.
Ano: 1965
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22649

THE IMPACT OF CAPITAL GAINS TAX TREATMENTS ON OPTIMAL LIVESTOCK ENTERPRISE SELECTION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Pounder,   John T.; Schoney,   Richard A.; Peterson,   Gustof A.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 1980
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29482

A Case for Re-evaluation of Income Averaging for Primary Producers
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Douglas,   Robert A.; Davenport,   Scott V.
Income averaging for primary producers is a long-standing tax policy in Australia. Major changes were made to the scheme in 1983 to overcome anomalies associated with the previous scheme. However the amended scheme has not been subject to review.  In this review, the scheme is found to perform poorly against the traditional evaluation criteria of equity, efficiency and simplicity. The general conclusion is that to avoid cross-subsidisation and investment distortions which are often inherent features of any general scheme, it is appropriate to consider the adequacy of self-averaging mechanisms.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Public Economics.
Ano: 1995
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/12464

INNOVATION AND REGULATION IN THE PESTICIDE INDUSTRY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ollinger,   Michael; Fernandez-Cornejo,   Jorge.
This paper examines the impact of pesticide regulation on the number of new pesticide registrations and pesticide toxicity.  Results suggest that regulation adversely affects new pesticide introductions but encourages the development of pesticides with fewer toxic side effects.  The estimated regression model implies that a 10% increase in regulatory costs (about $1.5 million per pesticide) causes a 5% reduction in the number of pesticides with higher toxicity.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31508

The Role of Electronic  Communications in Stabilizing Markets
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Epperson,   James E.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Marketing; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 1985
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/59832

Estimation of Economic Returns to Soil and Water Conservation Research – An Ex Ante Analysis
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rao,   C.A. Rama; Kareemulla,   Kalakada; Nagasree,   K.; Venkateswarlu,   B.; Kumar,   Shalander.
The economic returns to investment made in soil and water conservation research have been analyzed. Technologies such as conservation furrow, residue incorporation have been found to be economically viable under farmers’ conditions. The study has covered four locations, viz. Agra and Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh, Kota in Rajasthan and Jabalpur in Madhya Pradesh. The economic surplus analysis has revealed that when adopted on a large scale, soil and water conservation technologies generate significant economic surplus as reflected in high NPV and BC ratio. The share of producer surplus has been found to be higher in the total economic surplus generated from technology adoption. Thus, investments in generation and transfer of soil and water conservation...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/92093

CHARACTERIZING UNCERTAIN OUTCOMES WITH THE RESTRICTED HT TRANSFORMATION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: 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

Implicaciones de NAFTA, TLCUEM y de la integración de China a la OMC en el mercado de la berenjena: una perspectiva de equilibrio espacial
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Guajardo,   Ramon; Rios,   Maricela.
Este artículo estudia el impacto de NAFTA, TLCUEM y de la integración de China a la OMC en el mercado mundial de la berenjena. Los impactos son medidos en términos de cambios en los flujos comerciales y en los precios. Se especificó y estimó un modelo de equilibrio espacial con precios endógenos y se simularon escenarios alternativos: con y sin la operación de los tratados y la integración de China a la OMC. Los resultados mostraron que la operación de estos tratados crea desviación de comercio. Además, la integración de China a la OMC aun con libre comercio mundial no impacta al mercado mundial de la berenjena.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Modelos de equilibrio espacial; Mercado de la berenjena; Programación cuadrática; Liberación comercial.; Agricultural and Food Policy; C6; D4; F1; N5.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57282

Micro-Level Decision for Area Shift in Favour of High-Value Crops: A Case of Horticultural Crops
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mehta,   Pradeep Kumar.
Area shift towards horticultural crops is vital for increasing farm income, productivity and overall employment in the agricultural sector. Several economic (price and income) and non-economic (food-security concerns) factors influence farmers’ decisions at the farm level. This paper has examined the role of both price and income, along with the role of food-security goals, in the decision-making of farmers regarding shift from low-value crops (food crops) to high-value commercial crops (horticultural crops). It has been shown that higher food requirements at home inhibit the extent of crop-substitution decision of the farmers. However, farmers are less responsive to the changes in the prices of food grains (in terms of changing their consumption) as...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57414

A TERMÉKFELDOLGOZOTTSÁG LOGISZTIKAI KÖLTSÉGEKRE GYAKOROLT HATÁSÁNAK BIZONYÍTÁSA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Duleba,   Szabolcs.
Az első hipotézis beigazolódott, valóban van összefüggés a termékek külső szállítási és a raktározási költségei között. Ez minden bizonnyal a logisztikai költségek termékfeldolgozottságtól való függésének tudható be.  A második feltevés – a csoportosíthatóság – csak részben igazolódott be. A mi-relit- és tejtermékek például valóban egyfajta tulajdonságaik miatt kerültek egy csoportba, de az üdítő, péksütemény egységekkel, vagyis a másik két csoportalko-tóval már nehezen indokolható az összetartozásuk. Termékfeldolgozottságuk nem egyezik az előző két egységével, igaz elég távol is helyezkedtek el azoktól.  A harmadik hipotézis nem igazolódott be. A „Hazai szállítás” változó éppen hogy negatívan mozgott a „Külső szállítás” változótól, nem pedig vele együtt....
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Szállítási és raktározási költségek; Termékek csoportosíthatósága; Termékek feldolgozottsága; Főkomponens-analízis; Cost of transport and storage; Classifiable nature of products; Level of product processing; Component analysis; Industrial Organization; Public Economics.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54419

Quality Evaluation of Electronic Data Exchange System between Business and State Authorities
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ulman,   Milos; Havlicek,   Zdenek.
The paper presents a new view of quality evaluation of a system of electronic data exchange between a business and government. A method for evaluation of the electronic data exchange system between a business and state authorities is presented in the paper. The method is called CBG (Communication between Business and Government). A goal of the CBG method is to evaluate the system of electronic data exchange between a business and state authorities, not only to evaluate applications such as an electronic data box or an electronic submission of tax. A pilot version of the CBG method provides a tool to evaluate and measure important attributes of the electronic data exchange system between businesses and state authorities
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Electronic data exchange; State authority; Evaluation of quality; Attribute; Method; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; GA; IN.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/96861

SOIL QUALITY ATTRIBUTE TIME PATHS:  OPTIMAL LEVELS AND VALUES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Smith,   Elwin G.; Lerohl,   Mel L.; Messele,   Teklay; Janzen,   H. Henry.
We develop a dynamic soil quality model to evaluate optimal cropping systems in the northern Great Plains. Modeling soil quality attributes is feasible, and attribute model results apply to a wide range of soils. A crop production system with continuous spring wheat and direct planting is the most profitable system. This system has low soil erosion and high quality attributes, indicating the benefits of increased soil quality exceed the higher maintenance costs. On-site value of additional soil organic carbon (OC) ranges from $1 to $4/ton OC/hectare/year. These values for soil OC impact the optimum tillage practice, but not the crop rotation.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30827

Reviewers
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/118149

EVALUATING ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE IN FOOD RETAILING
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Stout,   Thomas T.; Doehler,   Robert C.
The authors report the results of a study measuring shopper attitudes about food specials merchandising and food retailing performance.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1974
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27272

A Note on Cost Functions and the Regression Fallacy
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Martin,   William J.
Random variation in output may lead to serious bias in cost function estimates. Despite the availability of simple, consistent instrumental variable estimators to deal with this problem, most empirical studies appear to have ignored this errors-in-variables problem, or dealt with it in an ad hoc manner. In this note, an instrumental variable approach is suggested, and applied to the estimation of cost-output relationships for a sample of irrigated citrus farms. Ordinary least squares was found to result in a statistically significant bias. Although this bias did not alter the economic interpretation of the results for the sample used, the bias is likely to be more serious for samples with greater chance variation in output. Thus, it is argued that all cost...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 1983
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/12514

A GAME THEORETIC ANALYSIS OF TURKISH ACCESSION TO A EUROPEAN CUSTOMS UNION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kennedy,   P. Lynn; Atici,   Cemal.
The entrance of additional countries into a European customs union, in this case Turkey, and its impact on agriculture are examined. Results from a trade simulation model are used as components of a Political Preference Function and utilized within a game theoretic framework to identify the optimal strategies for Turkey, the EU, and the U.S. Turkey's best interest, from an agricultural perspective, involves adoption of agreements made in the Uruguay round of GATT as a developing country rather than applying EU protection. Although free trade is not the optimal solution, simulations indicate that the solution does involve the reduction of agricultural protection levels.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31289

STOCHASTIC DOMINANCE ANALYSIS OF FUTURES AND OPTION STRATEGIES FOR HEDGING FEEDER CATTLE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Harrison,   R. Wes.
Stochastic simulation and generalized stochastic dominance are used to compare the risk-return properties of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange feeder cattle futures contract with those of the feeder cattle put option contract.  Cash marketing, futures, and option strategies are analyzed for four backgrounding systems common to the mid-south region of the United States.  The results show that at-the-money put option strategies dominate corresponding futures contract strategies according to generalized stochastic dominance.  This implies that at-the-money put option contracts are superior to feeder cattle futures contracts for risk-averse backgrounders in the mid-south region of the United States.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31533

VALUE JUDGEMENTS AND EFFICIENCY IN PUBLICLY SUPPORTED RESEARCH
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ladd,   George W.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Public Economics.
Ano: 1983
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30238

A Profile of Farmers' Market Consumers and the Perceived Advantages of Produce Sold at Farmers' Markets
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wolf,   Marianne McGarry; Spittler,   Arianne; Ahern,   James.
This study examines responses of 336 produce consumers in San Luis Obispo County, California, to compare the profile of farmers’' market shoppers to those who do not shop at farmers'’ markets. The characteristics of produce sold in farmers’' markets are compared to those sold at supermarkets to determine why consumers shop in farmers’' markets. This examination of the demographic profile of farmers’' market produce consumers indicates that they are more likely to be female, married, and have completed post graduate work. The age levels, income levels, and employment status are similar between farmers'’ market shoppers and farmers'’ market non-shoppers. Farmers'’ market shoppers indicate that cooking and family meals are important to them. Consumers...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Consumer/Household Economics.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26768

APPLICATION OF A PLANT LOCATION MODEL TO AN AREA'S COTTON GINNING INDUSTRY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fuller,   Stephen W.; Washburn,   Monty.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1974
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29797

SOME REFLECTIONS ON AGRICULTURAL INVESTMENT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Campbell,   Keith O.
In this paper I propose to review briefly some of the more significant points which seem to be emerging from recent studies of capital formation in agriculture.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural Finance.
Ano: 1958
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22637

TRANSPORTATION AND HUMAN RESOURCES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Thurston,   Samuel.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 1979
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26899

THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT'S CONTRACT RESEARCH PROGRAM AS AN INSTRUMENT TO ENHANCE THE UTILIZATION OF RESEARCH ON FOOD PRODUCTS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Holme,   John.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1978
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27513

Estimates of the increase in milk production due to the introduction of maize silage to a dairy farm in KwaZulu-Natal: A time series approach
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mkhabela,   Thulasizwe S.
A method involving time series modelling is provided for evaluating the effects of an abrupt intervention, such as the adoption of a new technology, when no control is available for comparative evaluation. The new technology was the introduction of maize silage into the feeding programme of a dairy farm in the midlands of KwaZulu-Natal. A model was developed using historical milk data from a nine-year period. The model was used to forecast subsequent milk production on the dairy farm had maize silage not been introduced, and these forecasts were compared with actual production after the introduction of maize silage. Milk production was more than 320,000 litres greater than forecast in ten seasons over a four-year period after the introduction of silage....
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9492

SELECTED PAPERS, ANNUAL MEETINGS, SAEA, LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, FEBRUARY 1998
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15106

INCREASING RETURNS ON INVESTMENT IN CONVENIENCE FOOD STORES THROUGH MERCHANDISING PRACTICES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Leed,   Theodore W.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1978
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27521

SOME CONCEPTUAL PROBLEMS IN THE EVALUATION OF WATER POLLUTION DAMAGES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Long,   Burl F.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1970
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29881

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS RESEARCH AND THE EXPERIMENT STATION SYSTEM
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Debertin,   David L.; Bradford,   Garnett L.
This paper discusses the role of agricultural economics research within the land-grant university system.  Fundamental differences between research in the biological sciences and the social sciences are delineated.  Implications of these differences for experiment station research programs are discussed.  Recommendations are made which have potential for enhancing the role of agricultural economics within colleges of agriculture.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1987
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30199

Influencia de politicas ambientales en la captura de carbono por parte de las masas forestales
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Balteiro,   Luis Díaz.
RESUMEN: Desde que recientemente se ha reparado en los ecosistemas forestales como posibles sumideros del CO2 atmosférico, se ha propuesto el establecimiento de masas forestales como medida para reducir las concentraciones de este gas. Esto llevaría a que las plantaciones forestales presentaran objetivos adicionales de carácter ambiental. Bajo la óptica de un propietario privado o un posible inversor en esta clase de activos forestales, estas circunstancias sitúan al centro decisor ante un problema de producción conjunta, diferente al que existía hasta hace poco tiempo. Por otro lado, desde un punto de vista social interesará que la captura de carbono sea máxima.  Se han estudiado dos posibles casos de forestaciones, y los resultados muestran que el...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Carbon sequestration; Forest Economics; Forest Policy.; Environmental Economics and Policy; Q23.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28757

THE SOUTHERN AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS ASSOCIATION: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Havlicek,   Joseph, Jr.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1984
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29601

PRODUCTION RESPONSES AND PRICE DETERMINATION IN THE FLORIDA WATERMELON INDUSTRY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wall,   G. Bryan; Tilley,   Daniel S.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 1979
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29561

From the help desk: Comparing areas under receiver operating characteristic curves from two or more probit or logit models
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cleves,   Mario A.
Occasionally, there is a need to compare the predictive accuracy of several fitted logit (logistic) or probit models by comparing the areas under the corresponding receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves. Although Stata currently does not have a ready routine for comparing two or more ROC areas generated from these models, this article describes how these comparisons can be performed using Stata’s roccomp command.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Receiving operating characteristic (ROC) curve; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/116016

END MATERIALS
Provedor de dados: 31
Includes:  Western Agricultural Economic Association Reports and Minutes; Guidelines for Submitting Manuscripts; Back Cover
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1977
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32189

MARKET ANALYSIS OF A STUDENT AGRIBUSINESS ORGANIZATION AS A PLANNING AND EDUCATIONAL TOOL
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Thilmany,   Dawn D.; Hoag,   Dana L.
Although marketing principles and strategies are taught in all major agribusiness management programs in the country, few agribusiness student groups use these very principles in the planning of their own activities. This article describes a market research project developed by the AgriBusiness Association at Colorado State University (CSU) as an example of how to integrate coursework with an undergraduate agribusiness organization's program of activities. In addition to reinforcing marketing principles learned at CSU, the project taught students the importance of setting objectives, research design, and data analysis. Many of the findings were used to plan and improve the club.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness clubs; Marketing; Undergraduate students; Agribusiness; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14689

A Marketing Systems Approach to Removing Distribution Barriers Confronting Small-Volume Fruit and Vegetable Growers
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hall,   Charles R.; Brooker,   John R.; Eastwood,   David B.; Epperson,   James E.; Estes,   Edmund A.; Woods,   Timothy A.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries; Marketing; L11; L25.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94364

Integration of Irrigation and Dryland Farming in the Southern Murray Basin
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rutherford,   John.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 1959
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8971

SELECTED PAPERS ABSTRACTS; ORGANIZED SYMPOSIA ABSTRACTS
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1985
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29362

THE EFFECTS OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY: INTRODUCTION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tauer,   Loren W.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1991
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28814

Demand Shifts in Beef Associated with Country-of-Origin Labeling to Minimize Losses in Social Welfare
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hanselka,   Daniel D.; Davis,   Ernest E.; Anderson,   David P.; Capps,   Oral, Jr.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/93390

Emerging Market and Policy Responses to Ethiopia's Grain Harvest of 1995-96
Provedor de dados: 31
Grain Marketing Research Project, Ministry of Economic Development and Cooperation, Addis Ababa
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Food security; Food policy; Ethiopia; Cereal price; Crop Production/Industries; Marketing; Q18.
Ano: 1996
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54953

Environment, irreversibility and optimal effluent standards
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jou,   Jyh-Bang.
The present article investigates the use of performance standards to correct environmental externalities. Each firm in an industry emits waste in the production process, and, in turn, the average waste emissions of the industry adversely affect the firm's productivity. The firm, which incurs sunk costs when employing capital to abate waste emissions, is uncertain about the efficiency of capital. The firm will underestimate environmental externalities and will therefore pollute more than is socially efficient. To correct this tendency, the regulator can set a limit on either emissions or the emission‐output ratio at the socially efficient level. The firm will invest more, produce more, and pollute less when the regulator implements the former than when the...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/117864

Economic Features of Canadian Organic Food at the Mass-market Retail Level
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Vercammen,   James.
Over the past decade, Canada’s organic food industry has focused on the production of organic grains, oilseeds, fruits and vegetables and a limited amount of organic dairy products. Canadian organic grains and oilseeds are mostly destined for export, whereas Canadian organic fruits and vegetables and dairy products are mostly consumed domestically. With the exception of dairy products and a few other products such as breakfast cereal and fruit juice, Canadian companies have been mostly absent from the rapidly growing markets for processed organic foods. The extent to which these markets are currently being penetrated by Canadian organic food manufacturers and the size of the price premiums earned by these companies are worthy of investigation. Very little...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/45742

The role of trust in the performance of supply chains: A dyad analysis of smallholder farmers and processing firms in the sugar industry in Swaziland
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Masuku,   Micah B.; Kirsten,   Johann F.
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the role of trust in the performance of the sugar industry supply chain in Swaziland. The study utilized perceptions of 124 smallholder cane growers in the sugar industry in Swaziland. Items presented in a Likert type scale were used to measure cane growers’ trust in the millers. Descriptive statistics involving cross tabulation were used to determine the impact of trust on the performance of the cane growers, which in turn has an influence on the performance of the whole sugar chain. The results indicate that farmers who have trust in the millers perform better than those without trust, and hence they contribute to the performance of the whole chain, in terms of more and good quality sugarcane supplied to the...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10135

COVER and CONTENTS PAGES
Provedor de dados: 31
Includes:  Cover, title page and contents page
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1996
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31647

Technology Adoption and Off-Farm Household Income: The Case of Herbicide-Tolerant Soybeans
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fernandez-Cornejo,   Jorge; Hendricks,   Chad; Mishra,   Ashok K.
We model the interaction of off-farm work and adoption of agricultural technologies and the impact of adopting these technologies on farm household income from on farm and off-farm sources after controlling for such interaction, and estimate the model for the case of adoption of herbicide-tolerant (HT) soybeans using a nationwide survey of soybean farms for 2000.  We find that adoption of HT soybeans is positively and significantly related to off-farm household income for U.S. soybean farmers, after controlling for other factors.  In addition, while on-farm household income is not significantly related to adoption, total household income increases significantly with adoption.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural household model; Biotechnology; Herbicide tolerant soybeans; Off-farm income; Technology adoption; O33; Q12.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43487

Análise de conteúdo e análise de discurso nas ciências sociais
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cappelle,   Monica Carvalho Alves; Melo,   Marlene Catarina de Oliveira Lopes; Goncalves,   Carlos Alberto.
Transforming collected raw-state data into research results involves the use of certain precedures so as to systematize, categorize and enable its analysis by the researcher.In the specific case of the analysis of communications, adequate mechanisms are demanded so one is able to find in data obtained by means of interviews, messages and documents in general information that illustrate, explain or help bring investigated phenomena to light. Among such mechanisms are the analysis of contents and the analysis of speech as theorical-methodological propositions, intending to surpass their status as “simple techniques of analysis” and compose a field of knowledge. Thus, this present text has been elaborated aiming to providing a better understanding about what...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Analysis of contents; Analysis of speech; Social sciences.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43563

Research returns redux: a meta-analysis of the returns to agricultural R&amp;D
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Alston,   Julian M.; Marra,   Michele C.; Pardey,   Philip G.; Wyatt,   T.J.
A total of 289 studies of returns to agricultural R&amp;D were compiled and these provide 1821 estimates of rates of return. After removing statistical outliers and incomplete observations, across the remaining 1128 observations the estimated annual rates of return averaged 65 per cent overall — 80 per cent for research only, 80 per cent for extension only, and 47 per cent for research and extension combined. These averages reveal little meaningful information from a large body of literature, which provides rate‐of‐return estimates that are often not directly comparable. This study was aimed at trying to account for the differences. Several features of the methods used by research evaluators matter, in particular assumptions about lag lengths and the...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/117834

Agricultural Contracts and Alternative Marketing Options: A Matching Analysis
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Katchova,   Ani L.
The increasing use of agricultural contracts and processor concentration raises concerns that processors may offer lower contract prices in absence of local competition. This study examines the price competitiveness of marketing and production contracts depending on the availability of alternative marketing options. A propensity score matching method is used to compare prices using contract data from a farm-level national survey. The results show that the absence of other contractors or spot markets in producers’ areas does not lead to statistically significant price differences in agricultural contracts for most commodities, providing evidence that most agricultural processors do not exercise market power by reducing prices when other local buyers are not...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural prices; Alternative marketing options; Local competition; Marketing contracts; Production contracts; Propensity score matching; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Demand and Price Analysis; Financial Economics; Marketing; Q13.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/90672

THE ECONOMICS OF SNOW MANAGEMENT:  AN APPLICATION OF GAME THEORY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Snyder,   John R.; Skold,   Melvin D.; Willis,   Wayne O.
The physical potentials of managing snow to obtain additional soil water for the enhancement of plant growth have been demonstrated. The benefits exceed the costs of snow management when averaged over time. The net benefits in any one year may be positive or negative, however, depending in part upon climatic variables. This paper casts the decision of whether or not to practice snow management as a farmer-against-nature game theory model. If farmers are pessimistic about precipitation prospects, snow management is not a profitable practice. When normal or above normal precipitation is expected, snow management is profitable.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1979
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32293

UNITED STATES IMPORTS OF SPECIALTY PRODUCE: AN IMPORTER'S PERSPECTIVE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Figueroa,   Enrique E.; Echeverri,   Luis G.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 1989
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26682

Preliminary Evaluation of Alternative Models for Banana Production Forecasting in the Windward Islands
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Thomas-Louisy,   Luvette; Alexander-Louis,   Theresa.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Banana Production; Production Forecasting; Banana in the Windward Islands; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 1996
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/45593

EFFICIENCY AND EQUITY ASPECTS OF NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION CONTROLS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Spurlock,   Stanley R.; Clifton,   Ivery D.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1982
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30435

Beef Supply Response Under Uncertainty: An Autoregressive Distributed Lag Model
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mbaga,   Msafiri Daudi; Coyle,   Barry T.
This is the first econometric study of dynamic beef supply response to incorporate risk aversion or, more specifically, price variance. Autoregressive distributed lag (ADL) models are estimated for cow-calf and feedlot operations using aggregate data for Alberta. In all cases, output price variance has a negative impact on output supply and investment. Moreover, the impacts of expected price on supply response are greater in magnitude and significance than in risk-neutral models.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Autoregressive distributed lag model; Beef supply response; Dynamics; Uncertainty; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31068

Transitioning from Transaction-Based Markets to Alliance-Based Supply Chains: Implications for Firms
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sporleder,   Thomas L.; Jackson,   Constance Cullman; Bolling,   Dennis.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Industrial Organization.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/93608

FACTORS INFLUENCING INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL CREDIT RATIONING AMONG SMALL-SCALE FARM HOUSEHOLDS IN KWAZULU-NATAL
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fenwick,   L.J.; Lyne,   Michael C.
The Heckman two-stage procedure is used to identify and rank the determinants of internal and external credit rationing in rural households using data sourced from two districts in the former KwaZulu homeland. The results confirm international findings that high transaction costs faced by rural households limit their access to formal credit markets. Income and savings levels are significant determinants of the level of credit obtained, with savings acting as a substitute for credit. Better access to financial markets will require public investment in rural infrastructure, literacy and vocational training, and legal reform in order to lower transaction costs, improve income levels, and facilitate the efficient use of collateral. Savings lose their value as...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural Finance.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54892

MODELING MULTIFUNCTIONALITY OF AGRICULTURE AT A FARM-LEVEL: THE CASE OF KERKINI DISTRICT, NORTHERN GREECE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Vassalos,   Michael; Dillon,   Carl R.; Freshwater,   David; Karanikolas,   Pavlos.
Multifuncionality has become a central concern at both conceptual and empirical levels. In this study, a comparative evaluation of the economic performance of conventional and multifunctional farms (mainly organic farms) was conducted for the Lake Kerkini region (North Greece) with the use of mixed integer non-linear programming method. The economic performance of farms was evaluated in terms of farm income, resource allocation, production level and production mix. The results indicate that multifunctional farms have overall better economic performance and young farm managers are keener to adopt multifunctional farming than the older ones. Differences between the model results and the observed facts are attributed to the structural characteristics of the...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Greek farming; Multifunctionality of farming; Farm decision making; Mixed Integer Nonlinear Programming; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/91134

Identifying Common Fallacies in the Choice of Environmental Taxes for Agricultural Pollution Control: The Absence of Transaction Costs and the Normality of Agricultural Pollutants
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kampas,   Athanasios.
The choice of environmental taxes is one of the central themes in policy design for agricultural pollution control, which dominates both empirical and theoretical research. This paper examines two assumptions very often employed in applied research, namely the absence of transaction costs and the normality of agricultural pollutants. Our results indicate that the well-known superiority of emission taxes over input taxes may not always be valid, when transaction costs are taken into account. Further more, the assumption of normal distributed agricultural pollutants overestimate the relative abatement costs.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26422

Discussion: Commodity Price Discovery: Problems That Have Solutions or Solutions That Are Problems
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fortenbery,   T. Randall.
This paper examines three invited papers focused on commodity prices. Public responses to high nominal commodity prices and perceived increases in price risk have ranged from attempts to assign blame, attempts to change contracting arrangements, and development of public policy that ‘‘protects’’ the market from future occurrences of unacceptable behavior. Interestingly, a result of increased commodity price volatility has suggested that futures markets no longer ‘‘work.’’ This is ironic given that futures markets initially came into existence as tools for managing the negative impacts of commodity price risk. In response to perceptions of market failure some are looking for strategies to regulate the who and how of futures trading.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Futures markets; Hedging; Price risk; Risk management; Speculation; Agribusiness; Agricultural Finance; Marketing; Risk and Uncertainty; G13; Q11; Q13; Q14.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53084

CONTINUIDAD DE EMPRESAS FAMILIARES RURALES Y URBANAS DEL MUNICIPIO EXHENEQUENERO DE DZIDZANTÚN EN EL ESTADO DE YUCATÁN
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tamayo Manrique,   Jose Maria; Tamayo Cortez,   Jorge Abraham; Madero Llanes,   Jorge Emeterio; Monforte Mendez,   Gustavo Adolfo.
Nowadays, more than the 90% of the companies in Mexico (IPADE 2000) are companies that belong to families; therefore, they play a dominant role in the economy. The goal of this investigation is to indicate which factors affect, in a differential way, the rural and urban family business at Dzidzantun municipality in Yucatan State. The study of four family's companies of the municipality of Dzidzantun will help to explain which factors affect the continuity in this type of companies. Among outstanding factors in the research appears the family cohesion, good communication among the family members and the lack of training. The results could let the entrepreneurs develop a new perspective about continuity in their business: a valuable family patrimony.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Rural family; Business family and succession.; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114477

A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF COMPUTER APPLICATIONS IN TRANSPORTATION AND DISTRIBUTION FOR FOOD PRODUCTS COMPANIES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: LaLonde,   Bernard J.; Wayman,   Wilber S., Jr.
Examines and compares the extent of the use of computers by food firms and industry in general in the field of transportation and distribution.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1973
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27566

The Coordination and Design of Point-Nonpoint Trading Programs and Agri-Environmental Policies
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Horan,   Richard D.; Shortle,   James S.; Abler,   David G.
Agricultural agencies have long offered agri-environmental payments that are inadequate to achieve water quality goals, and many state water quality agencies are considering point-nonpoint trading to achieve the needed pollution reductions. This analysis considers both targeted and nontargeted agrienvironmental payment schemes, along with a trading program which is not spatially targeted. The degree of improved performance among these policies is found to depend on whether the programs are coordinated or not, whether double-dipping (i.e., when farmers are paid twice-once by each program-to undertake particular pollution control actions) is allowed, and whether the agri-environmental payments are targeted. Under coordination, efficiency gains only occur...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31374

ESTIMATING REGIONAL OUTPUT RESPONSE TO AN EXHAUSTIBLE NATURAL RESOURCE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Casey,   James E.; Jones,   Lonnie L.; Lacewell,   Ronald D.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1977
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32208

Strukturwandel durch Fusionen im Ernährungssektor: Ein anhaltender Konzentrationsprozess?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Neumann,   Gyde; Weiss,   Christoph R.
Mergers and acquisitions substantially affect the structure of the German food industry. This study analyses changes in the number of mergers and acquisitions for 21 German industries between 1976 and 1994. The results of an econometric panel data analysis show (a) a high degree of persistence, (b) distinct anti-cyclical fluctuations and a positive trend of merger activities as well as (c) significant effects of industry specific characteristics. Contrary to the available empirical literature the econometric model differentiates between industry characteristics of “acquiring” and “acquired” firms.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Mergers and acquisitions; Food industry; Structural change; Merger waves; Panel analysis; Industry characteristics; Economic cycle; Agribusiness; Industrial Organization.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/98904

Effects of the Conservation Reserve Program on Elevator Merchandising Margins in Oklahoma
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Adam,   Brian D.; Hong,   Seung Jee; Dicks,   Michael R.
The Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) takes cropland out of production for 10 years, reducing grain supplies available to elevators. Results suggest that the program has negatively impacted elevator merchandising margins, but that elevators adjusted rather quickly to CRP changes, making most of the adjustment within 1 year. The reduction in margins reflects an element of pressure on agribusiness that has not been measured in previous studies.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Conservation Reserve Program; Country elevators; Land retirement programs; Merchandising margins; Q1; Q2; D4; L1.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/42835

Chinese Regional Agricultural Productivity: 1994-2005
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tong,   Haizhi; Fulginiti,   Lilyan E.; Sesmero,   Juan P.
Replaced with revised version of paper 07/24/09.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: TFP growth; Stochastic production frontier; Malmquist index; Provincial TFP.; Productivity Analysis; O4; O5; Q1.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51784

Aspekte gemeinsamer Agrarpolitik 2001
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Manegold,   Dirk.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/98108

AN EVALUATION OF POST CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM ALTERNATIVES IN THE TEXAS HIGH PLAINS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Johnson,   Phillip N.; Segarra,   Eduardo.
Four policy alternatives for CRP lands upon expiration of the current contracts in Hale county, Texas are evaluated using chance-constrained programming. It was found that if CRP contracts are extended at the current average rental rate, 40 percent of the current enrollment would be expected to return to crop production, while 66 percent would return to crop production if the program were eliminated. The results also indicate that the marginal value of CRP payments to producers is lower than the marginal value of deficiency payments.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Conservation Reserve Program; Chance-constrained programming; Soil erosion; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 1995
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15275

IMPROVED FOOD SERVICE MARKETING STRATEGIES REFLECTING CHANGING CONSUMER VALUES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Krueckeberg,   Harry F.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Consumer/Household Economics; Marketing.
Ano: 1987
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26857

The Effect of Information Choice and Discussion on Consumers' Willingness-to-Pay for Nanotechnologies in Food
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Roosen,   Jutta; Bieberstein,   Andrea; Marette,   Stephan; Blanchemanche,   Sandrine; Vandermoere,   Frederic.
We evaluate the impact of different information sequences on participants’ hypothetical willingness to pay (WTP) for food produced using nanotechnology. In three treatment groups, information on the health, societal, or environmental impact linked to nanotechnology was revealed in different sequences: an imposed order, a chosen order, and a chosen order after a discussion among participants. Results show that information choice is important. While in the imposed order, the first information revealed has no effect on WTP, the information chosen first has a strong impact. Discussion has no further impact. Health information was a priority and significantly decreased WTP, while societal and environmental information did not significantly influence WTP.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Discussion; Experimental economics; Food nanotechnology; Information choice; Willingness to pay; Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/117398

Who Owns Carbon? Property Rights Issues in a Market for Greenhouse Gases
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Allan,   Travis; Baylis,   Katherine R.
With the Kyoto Protocol having come into force on February 16, 2005, participating nations face a pressing deadline to develop systems to reduce their emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs). Any form of GHG reduction that includes a trading component will involve a change in the definition and/or allocation of property rights attached to emission credits, and any change in property rights will affect the ability of governments to efficiently reduce GHGs. Creation of property rights for carbon is complicated by the need to balance 1) clear incentives for firms to invest in emissions reduction with 2) unintentional creation of a lasting right to pollute. In particular, Canada’s federalist system poses some unique difficulties for policy makers in designing...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/46380

Industry Leaders' Perspectives on Communicating the Cooperative Value Package
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Keeling Bond,   Jennifer J.; Bhuyan,   Sanjib.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Communication; Cooperatives; Value Package; Agribusiness; Q13; P13.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/117414

A Review of Value-Added Centers: Objectives, Structures, Staffing, and Funding
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Holcomb,   Rodney B.; Johnson,   Aaron J.
Value-added centers have been established in many states. These centers vary greatly in objectives, operational structures, staffing, and funding. This paper uses examples of several centers and programs, with a specific emphasis on three centers, to provide a better understanding of value-added centers and their operations.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Multidisciplinary; Planning; Value-added; Agribusiness; L3; O1; Q0.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6525

Determinants of direct foreign investment: Evidence from Jordan
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Khrawish,   Husni Ali; Siam,   Walid Zakaria.
In order to show the effect of direct foreign investment flows on the economy of Jordan, this study comes to examine the economic and financial risks on FDI on the macro level over the period (1997- 2007). This study applies a version of the model developed by Chan and Gemayel (2004) by using Multiple Linear Regression Model. The analysis revealed that there exists significant and positive relationship between foreign direct investment flows into the economy of Jordan and economic and financial variables. The study claims for further FDI promotion through incentives to attract new investments. These factors are: providing targeted fiscal incentives, such as tax concessions, cash grants, and specific subsidies; improving domestic infrastructure; promoting...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Direct foreign investment; Economic and financial risks; Export of goods and services and exchange rate stability.; Financial Economics; International Development; F21; O53.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95943

Are Cooperatives Hybrid Organizations? An Alternative Viewpoint
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Valentinov,   Vladislav; Fritzsch,   Jana.
This paper questions the designation of cooperatives as hybrids of market and hierarchy on the grounds that cooperatives possess more differences from these governance mechanisms than commonalities with them. It is argued that the definition of a governance mechanism’s hybridity depends on the definition of the governance continuum, with the conventional market-hierarchy continuum failing to accommodate the specificity of the cooperative organization. Utilizing the logic of the property rights theory of the firm, the paper develops an alternative continuum for cooperative, hierarchical, and market organization. These governance mechanisms are shown to exhibit growing difference in the extensiveness of property rights assigned to the involved contractual...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58688

Stata tip 3: How to be assertive
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gould,   William.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/116203

DETERMINE THE KEY FACTORS OF THE AGRARIAN ECONOMIC GROWTH IN THE 21TH CENTURY IN HUNGARY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Czarl,   Adrienn.
Economic growth is the top economic and political priority of world leaders. Countries with significant rate of development are higher ranked and serve as models for the developing countries and for the economies in transition.  As an EU member, Hungary needs to close up the gap also in case of the agriculture. After analysing the period 1994-2004 the major factor among supports influencing growth is investment subsidies ahead of current flow supports such as Supports to reduce the cost of agricultural production.  Irrespective of the alternating periods, the gradients established in the statistical analyses and the results from the study of elasticity along the period justify one of the basic tenets of modern economics: in order to achieve the bigger...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Economic growth; Agriculture; Influence; Subsidy; EU; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58901

Effectiveness of Best Management Cropping Systems to Abate Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Meyer-Aurich,   Andreas; Weersink,   Alfons; Jayasundara,   Susantha; Wagner-Riddle,   Claudia.
Best management practices (BMPs) for cropping systems that involve conservation tillage and nutrient management are proposed as potential win-win solutions for both farmers and the environment. While originally targeted as a means for improving soil and water quality, these BMPs may also contribute to the mitigation of greenhouse gases (GHGs). Mitigation efforts have focused primarily on the ability of BMPs to sequester carbon and the subsequent potential revenue source carbon sequestration may represent to farmers. Increasingly, evidence from experimental stations calls into question the potential for C-sequestration with reduced tillage in soils in Eastern Canada. However, there are other ways in which BMPs can reduce GHG emissions: lowering fuel and...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Farm Management.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/45987

Coping with Natural and Institutional Drought
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Schuck,   Eric C.; Frasier,   W. Marshall.
Groundwater and surface water in the South Platte River basin of northeastern Colorado are hydraulically linked. Consequently, use of groundwater in the basin reduces surface water flows in the South Platte River. To avoid open-access problems in this situation, both surface water and groundwater in the basin are jointly administered under the prior appropriation doctrine. This gives preference to the earliest developed water rights relative to later rights when water supplies are insufficient to meet all demands. Groundwater development typically occurred after surface water development, so rights related to groundwater are generally sufficiently junior as to be exercised only in the wettest years. Historically, the state engineer has been empowered to...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/45743

Review of A Gentle Introduction to Stata by Acock
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mulcahy,   Michael.
This article reviews A Gentle Introduction to Stata by Acock.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Introductory statistics; Social science; Teaching Stata; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/117591

Reviewers for Volume 42
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/117289

QUANTIFYING REGULATORY BARRIERS TO ASIAN-U.S. FOOD TRADE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Caswell,   Julie A.; Wang,   Joanne.
Data on U.S. Food and Drug Administration import detentions and alerts are used to quantify regulatory barriers experienced by Asian food products entering the United States. These data offer the only comprehensive means of assessing regulatory barriers without relying on expert opinion, although they fall short of placing a dollar value on the volume of trade affected. The data show that meeting food regulations is a significant barrier to Asian food products entering the United States, especially for products originating in developing and newly industrialized countries.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Asia; Food products; Regulatory standards; Trade; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14696

QUALITY MEANS PROFIT IMPROVING PERISHABLE OPERATIONS, SANITATION AND PERFORMANCE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: McGowan,   W.C.; Harris,   Lewis.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1977
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27310

Evolving Milk Pricing Model for Agribusiness Centres: An Econometric Approach
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Saravanakumar,   V.; Jain,   D.K.
The two-axes pricing policy is followed normally in the dairy business centres of Tamil Nadu. Though it is scientifically rational, it ignores the input prices, technology and government policies. For sustaining the growth momentum and achieving an annual average growth of 7-8 per cent in the next five years and considering that dairying is practised as a component of mixed farming systems, it becomes imperative to take into account the interrelationship among the enterprises and general economic factors while fixing the milk price. In this study, development of a price determination model has been reported. It is based on the cost of production and takes into account price and non-price factors, viz. technology, and projected different price scenarios of...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57391

Agricultural-Food Policy Perspective from Washington
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ahalt,   J. Dawson.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 1983
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/59749

Land Development and Current Use Assessment: A Theoretical Note
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: England,   Richard W.; Mohr,   Robert D.
This paper jointly models a landowner's decision to develop a parcel and the option to enroll that parcel in a current use assessment program. The analytical results highlight different factors that influence the effectiveness of a current use program in delaying development. The results also underscore the difficulty a local government might have in influencing the behavior of the landowner. Except for altering eligibility rules, a local government employing current use assessment has but two policy tools: a penalty for development and the property tax rate.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31343

FOOD PROCESSING PROFITS DURING ECONOMIC STAGNATION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gallo,   Anthony E.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1993
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26558

THE EFFECT OF AN EMBARGO OF CALIFORNIA PEACHES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bauer,   Larry L.; Wells,   Gary J.; Rathwell,   P. James.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 1982
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30442

AGRICULTURAL AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE 1980S AND BEYOND
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tweeten,   Luther G.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1983
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32103

A NOTE ON BREEDING FLOCK COMPOSITION IN RELATION TO ECONOMIC CRITERIA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Townsley,   Robert; Schroder,   William R.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 1964
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22532

How Much Do Consumers Benefit from New Brand Introductions? The Case of Potato Chips
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Arnade,   Carlos Anthony; Gopinath,   Munisamy; Pick,   Daniel H.
This study identifies consumer welfare from new brand introductions in the potato chip market. Price and variety effects of new brand introduction are measured by estimating a demand system underlying an expenditure function. Variety effects are positive in most cities, while price effects are generally negative when consumers exhibit some variety preference. Variety effects dominate price effects in most cities; an opposite effect observed in some cities may indicate high entry barriers or joint brand- and price-based marketing strategies. Results indicate that consumers and producers gain from product innovations, but substantial regional variation exists in the distributional effects of new brand introduction.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: City-demand system; Compensating variation; Consumer welfare; New brands; Virtual prices; Consumer/Household Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/105529

Charging for the use of plant varieties
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kingwell,   Ross S.
Private and many publicly funded plant breeding organisations charge farmers for use of varieties they develop. This article compares four alternative charging mechanisms and outlines responses to these alternatives by farmers and plant breeders. Risk‐averse farmers and breeders are shown to have opposite preferences for charging mechanisms. Results suggest profit‐based or royalties are preferred by farmers whereas breeders prefer area or tonnage‐based royalties. Risk‐sharing arrangements between both parties could lead to an overall preference for profit‐based or royalties. However, this finding is subject to important caveats and practical limitations.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/117468

COVER AND CONTENTS PAGES
Provedor de dados: 31
Includes:  Cover Page; Editorial Information; Contents Page
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1981
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32079

Compétitivité de la filière riz local au Togo: Une évaluation du taux de protection nominale, effective et du coût en ressource domestique
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tabone,   Kperim; Koffi-Tessio,   Egnonto M.; Diagne,   Aliou.
The purpose of this study is to analyze the factors which influence the competitiveness of local rice in Togo in order to contribute to a better formulation of a rice policy.  This analysis was done by a characterization of the actual situation of the local production and by the evaluation of the incentives of the state pricing policy as well as the production’s competitiveness. The approach of the Policy Analysis Matrix (MAP) or reference price was used.  The analysis of the results shows, on the one hand, that the production of local rice in Togo exhibits a comparative advantage compared to imported rice and, on the other hand, that the public interventions favour the local production. Indeed, the local production benefits from an implicit protection...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Policy Analysis Matrix (MAP) rice; Quality; Competitiveness; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95781

BOOK REVIEWS
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1996
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22371

What Future for the U.S. Reserve Programs?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dicks,   Michael R.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/92856

Contents Page
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1981
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/12422

BOOK REVIEWS
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1969
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23004

General Notes and News and Staff Notes
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1947
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8314

Impact of Hired Foreign Labor on Milk Production and Herd Size in the United States
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Susanto,   Dwi; Rosson,   C. Parr, III; Adcock,   Flynn J.; Anderson,   David P.
Foreign labor has become increasingly important component of U.S. agriculture. Disruption in the supply of agricultural labor has been argued to significantly affect agricultural production. This study analyzes the impacts of foreign labor shortages on the dairy industry using national survey data. The results suggest that a 30 percent hired foreign labor shortage will result in 10.1 billion pound decline in total U.S. milk production. This is equivalent to a loss of 458.9 thousand dairy cows. One of the key implications of this study is the need for immigration or labor policies that help maintain consistent labor availability and stability of the dairy farm workforce.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Financial Economics; Productivity Analysis.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/96371

RELEVANCE OF POLICY ANALYSIS: NEEDS FOR DESIGN, IMPLEMENTATION AND PACKAGING
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Skees,   Jerry R.
This article challenges the traditional model of the economist as a humble technocrat who simply provides analysis given the preferences of policy decision-makers.  Since decision-makers rarely reveal their preferences, it is important that the would-be policy research/analyst know the political economy and be willing to identify potential performance goals for society.  Researchers who are willing to incur the transaction cost associated with becoming involved in useful policy research must learn to work within the imperfect policy process.  Policy research that considers the importance of implementation and that acknowledges the institutions and the history will have the highest chance of being useful to policy-makers.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Implementation; Institutions; Policy research; Political economy; Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 1994
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15440

Lifetime Achievement Award- Comments
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Womack,   Abner W.
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43880

NONLINEAR DYNAMICS AND ECONOMIC INSTABILITY: THE OPTIMAL MANAGEMENT OF A BIOLOGICAL POPULATION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Chavas,   Jean-Paul; Holt,   Matthew T.
Assuming a competitive market, conditions are determined for when a steady-state equilibrium does not exist in the optimal dynamic management of a biological population. Irregular and unpredictable behavior (called “"chaos"”) can arise from fully rational economic decision making. High interest rate, adjustment costs, and an inelastic demand can contribute to market instability.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1995
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30770

Wine Roads in Greece: A Cooperation for the Development of Local Tourism in Rural Areas
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Karafolas,   Simeon.
An association of Wine Roads was developed in Greece at the beginning of the 1990s in an attempt to boost rural tourism. The association was created by wine producers in the regions of Macedonia and was then extended to Epirus, Thessaly and Thrace. Its main purpose has been the promotion of wine companies and the association's regional members, while its specific targets have been the development of local tourism, the support of cultural heritage and the improvement of product quality and related services. The Wine Roads initiative has received substantial financial support from the European Union and the State of Greece, mainly through the LEADER II program. However, socioeconomic results for the participating companies and regions appear to differ. An...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Wine roads; Rural tourism; Cooperation; Financing; LEADER program; Greece; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58678

OPTIMAL CULLING POLICY FOR BREEDING EWES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Byrne,   P.F.
This article demonstrates a method to determine the optimal culling, policy for a sheep breeding flock. A model of the flock is constructed and profitability calculated for different age distributions of ewes. The method is illustrated with data obtained from an actual farm by a farm management consultant.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 1967
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22751

GROUNDWATER PROTECTION POLICY AND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION: A RECURSIVE STOCHASTIC ANALYSIS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Baker,   Brian P.
Contamination of groundwater by agricultural practices presents a dilemma between protecting a vital resource and maintaining a valuable part of the economy.  Policies to balance these objectives are presented.  In addition to an historical baseline, policies that ban certain pesticides, taxes and subsidies, and control cultural practices are also considered.  A model is developed to reflect the current state of agriculture in Eastern Suffolk County.  This model consists of a recursive programming component, which has input for it generated by a stochastic model of Colorado potato beetle pest dynamics and management strategies to control those pests.  While income is reduced by banning pesticides, the reduction is small when compared with the improvement...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1988
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28826

AN ANALYSIS OF ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY IN AGRICULTURE: A NONPARAMETRIC APPROACH
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Chavas,   Jean-Paul; Aliber,   Michael.
A nonparametric analysis of technical, allocative, scale, and scope efficiency of agricultural production is presented based on a sample of Wisconsin farmers. The results indicate the existence of important economies of scale on very small farms, and of some diseconomies of scale for the larger farms. Also, it is found that most farms exhibit substantial economies of scope, but that such economies tend to decline sharply with the size of the enterprises. Finally, the empirical evidence suggests significant linkages between the financial structure of the farms and their economic efficiency.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Farm Management; Industrial Organization.
Ano: 1993
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30811

ON THE FACILITATIVE ROLE OF THE ECONOMIST IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - CASE STUDY OF A GEORGIA SHRIMP HARBOR INVESTMENT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Miller,   Bill R.; Ersoz,   A.; North,   Ronald M.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1977
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30536

Market Access for Local Food through the  Conventional Food Supply Chain
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Abate-Kassa,   Getachew; Peterson,   H. Christopher.
The paper examines relationships and linkages between the conventional supply chain actors (wholesalers and retailers) and local food producers based on a study conducted in Southeast Michigan. A case study approach was employed to examine chain actors’ operations and to explore their roles, experiences and perceptions about local foods. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with the owners and managers of eleven retailers and six wholesalers. The study found differences in local food perceptions, buying experiences and perceived benefits and risks associated with local food sourcing activities. The study also identified some competition between local independent food retailers and alternative market outlets. The major implication of the findings is...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Local food; Supply chain; Buying local; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Demand and Price Analysis; Financial Economics.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/100876

A REVIEW OF TARIFF RATE QUOTA ADMINISTRATION IN CANADIAN AGRICULTURE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Barichello,   Richard R.
To analyze Canada's Tariff Rate Quota (TRQ) administration, a model of efficient quota administration is put forward. After examining the operation of the Canadian TRQ system for its twenty-one TRQs, conclusions are drawn. In general this system has worked well in Canada. The quotas are almost all filled, and the administration is transparent and not costly for quota-holders to use. Among the international lessons from Canada's experience are that few WTO rules may be needed in this area, aside from steps to ensure the TRQ is fully available to users and can be freely transferred among them.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31335

Book Notes
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1960
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8863

EFFICIENCY MEASURES USING THE RAY-HOMOTHETIC FUNCTION: A MULTIPERIOD ANALYSIS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Neff,   David L.; Garcia,   Philip; Hornbaker,   Robert H.
Recent investigations have provided mixed assessments of farm firm efficiency. This analysis examined the efficiency of a homogeneous sample of central Illinois grain farms over a six-year period. A best-practice frontier was constructed using the ray-homothetic function, which allowed optimal farm output to vary with factor intensity. Efficiency measures were found to increase with temporal aggregation. The ray-homothetic approach was found to attribute high scale inefficiencies to larger sample farms in cases where the factor shares did not vary appreciably across farms. The findings suggest that policy recommendations regarding farm efficiency must be made with care.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1991
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30053

CONCEPTUAL UNDERPINNINGS OF POLICY ANALYSIS FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT: DISCUSSION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Freshwater,   David.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1992
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30374

U.S. - Mexican Tomato Wars and the 1996 Antidumping Suspension Agreement
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gunter,   Lewell F.; Ames,   Glenn C.W.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: 1996 Antidumping Suspension Agreement; U.S.-Mexican Tomato Wars; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/45705

An Ex Post Evaluation of the Conservation Reserve, Federal Crop Insurance, and Other Government Programs: Program Participation and Soil Erosion
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Smith,   Vincent H.; Goodwin,   Barry K.
Recent research has questioned the extent to which government policies, including conservation and risk management programs, have influenced environmental indicators. The impacts of income-supporting and risk management programs on soil erosion are considered. An econometric model of the determinants of soil erosion, program participation, conservation effort, and input usage is estimated. While the Conservation Reserve Program has reduced erosion an average of 1.02 tons per acre from 1982 to 1992, approximately half of this reduction has been offset by increased erosion resulting from government programs other than federally subsidized crop insurance.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Conservation Reserve Program; Farm policy; Soil erosion; Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31090

THE REVOLUTION IN RETAIL PAYMENT SYSTEMS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Whitehead,   David.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1985
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27841

Integration of Irrigation and Dryland Farming in the Southern Murray Basin
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rutherford,   John.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries; Farm Management.
Ano: 1958
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8921

Parametric Budgeting Using a Model of the Sheep Enterprise
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Byrne,   P.F.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Farm Management; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 1964
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9051

Are Our Agricultural Risk Management Tools Adequate for a New Era?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Barnett,   Barry J.; Coble,   Keith H.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Risk; Commodity programs; Insurance; Agricultural Finance; Risk and Uncertainty; D80; G11; Q18.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94700

A MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sjo,   John; Biere,   Arlo W.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 1980
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29491

DERIVED DEMAND FOR IRRIGATION WATER: THE CALIFORNIA AQUEDUCT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Shumway,   C. Richard.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1973
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29439

Debugging Mathematical Programming Models: Principles and Practical Strategies
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Pannell,   David J.; Kingwell,   Ross S.; Schilizzi,   Steven.
Bugs are an unavoidable aspect of mathematical programming (MP) modelling. In this paper we discuss the prevention and diagnosis of bugs in MP models. The topic is rarely addressed in the literature but is crucial to the success of modelling projects, especially for large models. We argue that finding a bug and understanding unexpected results (whether or not due to a bug) are very closely related activities. We identify different types of bugs and suggest practical strategies for dealing with each. Adopting procedures for prevention of bugs is essential, especially for large models. We outline the prevention strategies we have adopted and found successful for the MIDAS and MUDAS models.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 1996
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/12306

Modelos económicos que explican la restricción crediticia en medianos productores agrícolas en Chile
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Reyes,   Alvaro.
Published by Asociación de Economistas Agrarios de Chile
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Credit constraint; Middle-scale farmers.; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97368

CONSUMER RESPONSES TO ONLINE FOOD RETAILING
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Morganosky,   Michelle A.; Cude,   Brenda J.
Consumer behavior in the context of online food retail channels is analyzed.  The research is a follow-up to an earlier study conducted in early 1998 on consumer response to online food shopping.  In the 1998 study (N=243), a majority of the sample (51 percent) were "new" users of online food shopping (&lt;6 months); 35 percent were "intermediate" users (1-6 months); and only 14 percent were "experienced" users (&gt;6 months).  In contrast, the new user segment in the follow-up study (N=412) was 29 percent; the intermediate segment was 28 percent; and the experienced group was 43 percent.  Demographic profiles and shopping behaviors of respondents in the two studies are compared.  Using cluster analysis, four distinct segments of online food shoppers are...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Consumer/Household Economics; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26530

The First Fifty Years of Agriculture in New South Wales
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: King,   C.J.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1949
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8686

Effect of Sand Mining on Economic Performance of Groundwater Irrigation in Cuddalore District of Tamil Nadu
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Selvakumar,   R.; Venkataraman,   R.; Sundaravaradarajan,   K.R.
The effect of sand mining on the economic performance of groundwater irrigation has been studied in the Panruti taluk of Cuddalore district in Tamil Nadu. A comparison of water productivity for different farms-size categories has been done in sand mining and non-sand mining blocks. The cropping sequence, cropping intensity, irrigation particulars, investment pattern on tubewells, use of different HP-motors, etc. have been studied in sand mining and non-sand mining blocks. The study has revealed that due to sand mining externality, the watertable has gone down and to offset this effect, the farmers have been increasing the horse-power of their motors. Thus, investment has been increasing in the sand mining block in all farm-size categories. Its...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47671

THE IMPACT OF TRUST ON COOPERATIVE MEMBERSHIP RETENTION, PERFORMANCE, AND SATISFACTION: AN EXPLORATORY STUDY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hansen,   Mark H.; Morrow,   J.L., Jr.; Batista,   Juan C.
This research explores the effect of trust in the relationships among members and between members and the management teams of two agricultural marketing cooperatives (co-ops).  Specifically, this research focuses on the impact of trust on co-op members' performance, satisfaction, and their commitment to remaining a part of the co-ops.  We examine trust along two dimensions: cognitive and affective.  We argue that cognitive-based trust will be more salient in some contexts while affective-based trust will be more salient in other settings.  Findings suggest that in both co-ops, trust among members and trust between members and co-op management are important predictors of group cohesion, which is a measure of the strength of members' desires to remain in a...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Institutional and Behavioral Economics.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/34587

HETEROSKEDASTICITY IN CROP YIELD MODELS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Yang,   Seung-Ryong; Koo,   Won W.; Wilson,   William W.
This study examines three alternative models of correcting for heteroskedasticity in wheat yield: the time trend variance, the GARCH, and an econometric model that includes the potential sources of heteroskedasticity. Nonnested test results suggest that modeling the sources of heteroskedasticity is the preferred procedure. Including potential sources of heteroskedasticity as explanatory variables removed the heteroskedasticity in the sample wheat yields. The results also suggest that the GARCH specification is a promising model of correcting for heteroskedasticity when the sources cannot be identified. The time trend variance model alone may misspecify the true variance structure.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Production Economics; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 1992
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30738

END MATERIALS
Provedor de dados: 31
Includes: Guidelines for Submitting Manuscripts; Membership Information; Back Cover
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1989
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32448

Alternativas de políticas comerciais para o agronegócio brasileiro sob diferentes pressuposições de retorno à escala
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gurgel,   Angelo Costa; Campos,   Antonio Carvalho.
Este trabalho procura determinar os impactos de diferentes opções de política comercial, sob pressuposições alternativas de retornos à escala e natureza da competição, nos segmentos industriais, com ênfase especial nas indústrias ligadas ao agronegócio. O modelo de equilíbrio geral aplicado, GTAPinGAMS, é usado para implementar as simulações. Os resultados sugerem que os ganhos de bem-estar tenham sido superiores no modelo que considera as imperfeições de mercado. As variações setoriais na produção, importações e exportações foram levemente diferentes em magnitudes e sinais, sob pressuposições alternativas de estruturas de mercados, e dependentes da política comercial implementada. As diferentes medidas de política comercial permitem o aproveitamento de...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Política comercial; Economias de escala; Equilíbrio geral; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56829

AN ANALYSIS OF NUTRIENT INTAKE FOR SELECTED FAMILIES IN FLORIDA'S EXPANDED NUTRITION PROGRAM
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gorham,   J. Michael; Prato,   Anthony A.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 1974
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29349

Trends versus cycles in global wine export shares
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Labys,   Walter C.; Cohen,   Bruce C.
The global wine market has witnessed major changes in recent years. Some of these changes are structural in nature or trend-following, whereas others are cyclical. Recently, new market entrants have increased their exports not only to traditional European markets but to other importing regions as well, whereas Old World producers have experienced declining market shares. However, the evidence examined here suggests that market share data also contain strong cyclical components. Mixed results also occur when the wine export data are disaggregated into products. This paper employs econometric methods to analyse the recent major shifts in world wine market shares and explains whether these are more of a secular trend-setting nature or of a temporary cyclical...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: International wine trade; New World wine producers; Old World wine producers; Wine cycles; Wine market shares; Wine trends; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/116981

A COMPARISON OF NOMINAL AND REAL HISTORICAL RISK MEASURES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ford,   Beth Pride; Musser,   Wesley N.
Previous studies of historical risk have used either nominal or real data to calculate risk measures for agricultural prices and income. However, the effects of using nominal and real data have not been evaluated. This study utilizes theoretical variance approximation relationships to examine variances from detrended real and nominal time series. The relationships between variances are derived for quarterly U.S. farm milk prices for 1960-72, 1973-80, and 1981-90. Contrary to common intuitive arguments, results indicate that variances of real time series can be larger than variances of nominal series. While definitive conclusions are not possible, several reasons for using nominal data in risk analysis are given.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Detrending; Indices; Nominal data; Risk measurement; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 1995
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15259

La externalizacion del trabajo agrario y las empresas de servicios a la agricultura
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Navarro,   Alicia Langreo.
Resumen: En este artículo se analiza el proceso de externalización de las labores agrarias y el consiguiente desarrollo de una agricultura terciarizada. La fragmentada dimensión laboral y económica de las explotaciones agrarias determina el proceso de externalización de las tareas agrarias en la medida en que no permite ni la incorporación de innovaciones que exige el desarrollo del sistema alimentario ni la incorporación del capital humano necesario. Esta demanda ha propiciado la existencia de una red de empresas de servicios a la agricultura capaz de favorecer la incorporación de innovaciones y de aportar cualificación profesional que se ha convertido en una oportunidad de empleo en el mundo rural. La externalización de las labores agrarias comenzó con...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Outsourcing; R&amp;D; Work force organisation; Labor and Human Capital; L23.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28756

COVER AND CONTENTS PAGES
Provedor de dados: 31
Includes: Front Cover, Editorial Information, Contents Pages
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15143

Aaron Sapiro's Theory of Cooperatives: A Contemporary Assessment
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ginder,   Roger G.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1993
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/46397

Contents Page
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1986
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/12585

ANIMAL HEALTH: THE POTENTIAL ROLE FOR LIVESTOCK DISEASE INSURANCE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Grannis,   Jennifer L.; Green,   John W.; Bruch,   Megan L.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27972

EFFECT OF DEBT POSITION ON THE CHOICE OF MARKETING STRATEGIES FOR FLORIDA ORANGE GROWERS: A RISK EFFICIENCY APPROACH
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Moss,   Charles B.; Ford,   Stephen A.; Castejon,   Mario.
This study examined the relationship between debt position and choice of marketing instrument. Specifically, this study employed first and second degree stochastic dominance, and stochastic dominance with respect to a function to determine whether the efficient marketing instrument changes between debt positions. The results indicate that the choice of marketing instrument does vary with debt position in some marketing periods if the decision-maker is moderately risk averse.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Marketing.
Ano: 1991
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30046

Relações de produção na pecuária leiteira: um estudo de caso das respostas da produção aos preços mensais
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ferreira Junior,   Silvio; Teixeira,   Erly Cardoso.
It is intended to verify the relations between input and products concerning to replaceability or complementarity, as well as the impacts of monthly variations on product prices (milk and meat) and input (fuels, work, concentrate) in the production system in Brazil that possess cows of 2.000 to 3.000 kilograms of milk for nursing. The results show that monthly variations in prices paid or received by producers cause considerable monthly changes in the markets for milk and the input considered.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Profit translog function; Prices; Dairy cattle; Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56737

Innovative approach in improving of housing and municipal services in Kazakhstan
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Shelomentsev,   Pavel.
The author argue necessity to approach to housing and municipal sector in Kazakhstan  as to market-based and comprehensive  system producing quality and stable services to consumers.  The article profiles policy directions and particular tasks and tools for further reforms in housing and municipal economy in the country.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Housing; Municipal economy; Innovative approach; Improvement mechanism.; Public Economics; R31; R38.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94727

Análise do desempenho das exportações brasileiras de carne bovina: uma aplicação do método Constant-Market-Share, 1995-2003
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Machado,   Lenilma Vera Nunes; Amin,   Mario Miguel; Carvalho,   Fatima Marilia Andrade de; Santana,   Antonio Cordeiro de.
The study analyzes the behavior of the Brazilian’s beef exports, in natura, during the 1995 to 2003 period. It shows that the substantial increase in exports made the country one of the leading beef exporters and tries to identify the factors that contributed for this growth. The methodological procedures involve the application of the Constant-Market-Share model to identify the sources of growth of the exports through the world trade growth effect, origin of exports effect and competitive effect. The composition effect was not estimated given the fact that the model was applied to only one product. The results show that the competitive and structural effects gave a significant increase to the Brazilian’s exports. The study shows, also, that Brazil...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Brazilian’s beef exports; Constant-Market-Share; Competitive and structural effects; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/55191

IDENTIFICATION OF BONA FIDE FARMERS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: White,   Fred C.; Clifton,   Ivery D.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Farm Management.
Ano: 1977
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30518

FUTURE AUSTRALIA-JAPAN TRADE RELATIONS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bieda,   K.
The leitmotif of this paper is the strong, rising and alarming trend of deficits in Australia's balance of payments current account, which makes it overwhelmingly important to increase exports. Market promotion, substantially the existing method, will not do the job in a world with politically set up trade barriers. Multilateral political negotiations about the removal of the trade barriers within the G.A.T.T. system are unlikely to help for Australia's range of exports. Therefore Australia must enter into bilateral negotiations with any likely important customer, the most obvious one being Japan, to lower trade barriers on a bilateral basis, and this under the existing international agreements can be done only under the guise of a partial free trade area.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 1970
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22404

FRESH VERSUS PROCESSED UTILIZATION OF FLORIDA GRAPEFRUIT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Brown,   Mark G.; Spreen,   Thomas H.; Muraro,   Ronald P.
The allocation problem of sending grapefruit to packinghouses versus processing plants is considered in this paper. The authors examine on-tree grower prices reported by the USDA for fresh and processed grapefruit and report that these prices do not reflect the alternative returns necessary for this allocation decision. The USDA processed on-tree price is a weighted average of returns for fruit that is intended for processing and fruit that is not intended for processing while the USDA fresh on-tree price is for fruit that is only intended for the fresh market.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27218

ESTIMATING LINEAR PROBABILITY FUNCTIONS: A COMPARISON OF APPROACHES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Debertin,   David L.; Pagoulatos,   Angelos; Smith,   Eldon D.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 1980
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29495

THE DISTRIBUTION OF TAX BURDENS AND GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE BENEFITS IN METRO AND NONMETRO ARIZONA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hoyt,   Paul G.; Ayer,   Harry W.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Public Economics.
Ano: 1977
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32212

Közép-szigetköz állattenyésztésének helyzete és fejlesztése
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Horvath,   Eszter.
A Szigetközben a legnagyobb értéket maga a táj képviseli, melynek megőrzése, fenntartása, a valamikori híres állattenyésztés újraélesztése különösen nagy feladatot ró a mezőgazdaságra, a vállalkozókra. A vizsgálatok középpontjába a szigetközi állatitermék-termékpályája állt, továbbá a térség állatitermék-előállításának vidékfejlesztésben betölthető szerepe és lehetőségeinek feltárása szerepelt. A vizsgálati eredményeket helyzetértékelési modell foglalta össze, mely szerint csökkent az állatállomány, a gazdaságok száma és a kibocsátott állati termékek mennyisége, korszerűtlen a technológia és technika, a vertikális termékpálya hiányos és feszültségekkel terhelt, a gyepgazdálkodás lehetőségei kiaknázatlanok, a gazdálkodók termelési motiváltsága alacsony...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Szigetköz; Állati termék; Modellalkotási eljárások; Vidékfejlesztési stratégia; Fejleszthető területek; Region Szigetköz; Livestock products; Modelling procedures; Rural development strategy; Prosperous areas; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58599

Production Trends in New South Wales: Items of Interest for June, 1947
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Production Economics.
Ano: 1947
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8317

Stata tip 6: Inserting awkward characters in the plot
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cox,   Nicholas J.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/116218

Übermäßige Werbung und Marktsegmentierung durch staatliche Förderung der Regionalvermarktung: Eine theoretische Analyse
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Herrmann,   Roland; Anders,   Sven M.; Thompson,   Stanley R.
The protection of the regional origin of foods is a major part of the food-quality policy in the EU. It is the objective of this article to analyze economic effects of such policy instruments. Two different types of policy are distinguished which are both designed to promote regional products. First, generic promotion of a homogeneous commodity at the national and/or regional level in the spirit of NERLOVE and WAUGH is investigated. This instrument aims at shifting the demand for the advertised commodity outward. We derive theoretically that excessive advertising does exist if several promotion activities at different regional levels exist at one time. It would be more cost-effective due to product substitutability to move from separate strategies at the...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Country-of-origin labelling; Regional-origin labelling; Excessive advertising; Generic promotion; Market segmentation; Marketing.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97214

Food Processors’ Use of Contracts to Purchase Agricultural Inputs: Evidence from a Pennsylvania Survey
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jaenicke,   Edward C.; Shields,   Martin; Kelsey,   Timothy W.
Using data from a survey of Pennsylvania food processors, we investigate what firm-level characteristics make a processor more or less likely to buy agricultural inputs and ingredients though contracts. We find that over 20 percent of Pennsylvania processors use contracts, and over 44 percent of agricultural inputs (based on value) are purchased under contract. We also analyze the two related questions of what firm attributes, attitudes, or other factors make a firm more likely to use contracts at all, and what factors lead a processor who does contract to use them more intensively.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Contracting; Food processors; Logit; Sample selection; Agribusiness; Agricultural Finance.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44698

Contents Page
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1992
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/12496

ROSTER OF MEMBERS 1976: FOOD DISTRIBUTION RESEARCH SOCIETY, INC.
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1976
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27807

HOUSEHOLD DEMAND FOR FRESH POTATOES:  A DISAGGREGATED CROSS-SECTIONAL ANALYSIS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cox,   Thomas L.; Ziemer,   Rod F.; Chavas,   Jean-Paul.
A model of household fresh potato consumption incorporating prices, income, family size and other socioeconomic effects is estimated by maximum likelihood Tobit procedures.  The effects of truncation bias due to non-purchasing households are evaluated and decompositions of the Tobit elasticities are performed for various sub-groups of the data.  The market development implications of this type of disaggregated commodity analysis are explored.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 1984
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32373

COMPUTER-FACILITATED COMMUNICATION NEEDS AND VALUES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dill,   Donald W.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1987
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26856

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS AND FEDERAL IRRIGATION POLICY:  A REAPPRAISAL
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Young,   Robert A.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1978
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32562

AGRICULTURE IN AN ECOSYSTEMS FRAMEWORK
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Aillery,   Marcel P.; Hrubovcak,   James; Kramer,   Carol S.; Shoemaker,   Robbin A.; Tegene,   Abebayehu.
By broadening the definition of an ecosystem to include economic activities, can we better characterize the interactions and relationships among agricultural activities and important indicators of ecological system health?  This paper addresses research approaches for assessing the role of agriculture in an ecosystems context.  Environmental regulation and resource management policies have heightened the interest in understanding interactions among agricultural activities and the natural resource base, including the impacts of agriculture on environmental quality and the impacts on agriculture of ecosystem restoration efforts.  What are the most meaningful indicators of environmental quality?  Which agricultural practices and policies should be considered,...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1996
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31398

Do Protectionist Trade Policies Protect? The Unintended Consequences of an Antidumping Tariff
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Brester,   Gary W.; Smith,   Vincent H.; Marsh,   John M.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/93719

AN ANALYSIS OF HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION OF RABBIT MEAT IN THE SOUTHERN UNITED STATES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Beal,   Meghan N.; McLean-Meyinsse,   Patricia E.; Atkinson,   Cheryl.
Results from a random sample of 1421 households in the southern United States suggest that the most likely consumers of rabbit meat are men, non-college graduates, those with household incomes at or below $50,000, households with children, and Louisiana residents. The current market for rabbit meat is small. However, the meat is lower in fat, cholesterol, and calories, and higher in protein than beef, chicken, turkey, or pork, and these desirable nutritional attributes may spark future demand.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27148

VERTIKÁLIS INTEGRÁCIÓK AZ ÉLELMISZERGAZDASÁGBAN
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Szentirmay,   Andras; Gergely,   Istvan.
Az élelmiszergazdasági termékpályák különböző koordinációs mechanizmu-sai közül a vertikális integráció a legerőteljesebben összehangolt rendszer, amely napjainkban a legtöbb esetben önálló gazdasági szervezetekben (szövetkezetek-ben, vállalatokban stb.) összpontosul. A vertikális integrációk működésének alapelve ágazatoktól függetlenül rendkí-vül hasonló képet mutat, de az egyes ágazatok belső sajátosságainak köszönhetően más-más fejlődési stádiumig jutott el az élelmiszergazdaság különböző szektorai-ban. Az élel¬miszer-előállítás vertikális szervezésében az alapanyagokat szolgáltató mezőgazdasági termelés, és a készterméket előállító feldolgozóipar egyaránt érde-kelt, de az érdekeltséget mindkét fél esetében más-más tényezők indukálják. A vertikális...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Élelmiszeripari nagyvállalatok szerepe; Élelmiszuerbiztonság; Jövedelemképződés az élelmiszerláncban - role of food industry; Food safety; Profitability of food chain; Agricultural and Food Policy; Industrial Organization.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54298

Prairie Crop Diversification
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Smith,   Elwin G.; Young,   Douglas L.; Zentner,   Robert P.
The Canadian prairies traditionally have been dominated by spring wheat production. Crop diversification is now being advocated to enhance farm-level risk management, ecological benefits, nutrient cycling, and pest and disease control, and to reduce the farm economy’s reliance on income from a single crop. There has always been interest in diversifying away from wheat, but until recently, economically feasible alternatives have been limited, and government policies may have constrained the shift to other crops. Knowing the impact of prices and policies on crop diversification is essential to understanding producer response and to determining strategies to enhance cropping diversity.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Marketing.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/45695

Institutional Changes for Agricultural and Rural Development in the CEEC and CIS Region
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Koester,   Ulrich; Brümmer,   Bernhard.
The paper emphasizes the importance of embedded institutions for the transformation of the agricultural sector and rural economies in the transition countries and identifies and analyses institutional aspects regarding agriculture and rural development common to the transition countries. It focuses on the institutional dimension of reform policies, i.e. on the political economy aspects of the transition process that were decisive for the success or failure of the reforms. The importance of identifying the “mental models” of various stakeholders during the transition process is emphasized and the reasons are explored why the transition process in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe has not resulted in a restructuring of the agricultural sector...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Transition countries; Agriculture; Agricultural reform; Agricultural policy; Rural development; Farm structure; Institutions; Community/Rural/Urban Development; International Development.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/112605

RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN MARKET PRICE SIGNALS AND PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT: THE CASE OF FED BEEF
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Outlaw,   Joe L.; Anderson,   David P.; Padberg,   Daniel I.
The beef industry in the United States consists of several distinct production levels ranging from the cow-calf producer at the lowest level to the final consumer.  These sectors face varying levels of profitability, degrees of market power, conflicting goals, and price signals.  Environmental regulations involve questions of what costs are involved, who is in a position to pay these costs, and whether market prices are capable of signaling different environmental practices. Understanding the relationships within the beef industry may allow researchers to fine-tune analyses of environmental issues in the beef industry.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Beef; BMP; Cattle; Pricing; Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15528

Cost-Size and Revenue Relationships in the Cotton Growing Industry of South-Western New South Wales
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ryan,   James G.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 1965
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8678

The reality of climate change and Africa’s development agenda
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lalthapersad-Pillay,   P.
Studies affirm that developing countries will be hardest it by the dynamics of climate change given that they have to contend with extreme poverty levels and waning levels of economic growth. Climate variability will impact on water resources, land, forests and ecosystems, all of which will threaten livelihoods and food security. In developing countries the effects of climate change will manifest as increased and deeper exposure to vulnerabilities, with the previously attained development gains being compromised. Together these factors will impact on the achievement of the MDGs. Although Africa contributes negligibly to Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions, it will be worst affected due to its geographical location, its dependence on climate-sensitive resources...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95977

Agricultural Household Hedging With Off-Farm Income
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Blank,   Steven C.; Erickson,   Kenneth W.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural Finance; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/92863

The International Competitiveness of the Table Egg Industry of Trinidad and Tobago
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Harry,   Edric.
The research undertaken was four-fold. First, to investigate whether government policy provides protection and by extension, incentives for the local table egg farmers to remain in production. To do so, EPC's for all commercial farms in the industry were estimated to arrive at a weighted or industry EPC.     The study also investigated whether the local tables egg industry had a comparative advantage or was efficient in the production of table egg. The Domestic Resource Cost (DRC) coefficient was used as a proxy of efficiency and comparative advantage. DRC's were calculated for the twenty-three farms.     Having established that the industry was competitive, a sensitivity analysis was conducted to determine the extent to which feed costs, the major...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Regression model; Table egg industry; Domestic Resource Cost (DRC); Sensitivity; Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/36799

Impacts of Soybean Imports on Indian Processors, Farmers, and Consumers
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Persaud,   Suresh Chand; Dohlman,   Erik.
﻿India is one of the world’s largest importers of vegetable oils in part because of    low domestic oilseed production, and tariff and nontariff barriers preventing    oilseed imports. Simulation results indicate that India could lower its barriers to    soybean imports without adversely affecting farmers, since imports are economically attractive to crushers even when subject to modest tariffs which sustain    pre-liberalization farm and wholesale prices. Soybean processors in India achieve    higher rates of capacity utilization and lower unit costs using imported oilseeds.    Moreover, it is possible to partially redistribute to consumers the sizable gains    processors experience by lowering the soybean oil tariff.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: India; Oilseeds; Processing cost; Soybeans; Trade liberalization; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/62276

CONSUMER PREFERENCES FOR NON-CONVENTIONALLY GROWN PRODUCE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Underhill,   Sheila E.; Figueroa,   Enrique E.
This study examines the potential for marketing fresh fruits and vegetables with labels indicating enhanced food and/or environmental safety attributes as compared to conventional produce. Four labels were investigated: Organic, Certified Organic, Certified Pesticide Residue-Free, and Grown with IPM. Results confirm findings of other surveys relating to concerns about pesticide residues. Seventy-one percent (71%) of respondents stated they believed that pesticide residues in food present a serious or moderate health hazard to consumers. In addition, 74% believed that pesticides pose a serious or moderate hazard to the environment, and 64% felt there was a serious or moderate hazard to farm workers. Results indicate there is a positive information effect...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Consumer/Household Economics.
Ano: 1996
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27067

Profit and Costs of the Development of Rural Cooperative Economic Organizations
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Guo,   Huai-Liang; Wei,   Xin.
Through analyzing the economic profits of rural cooperative economic organizations, the following conclusions are obtained. The rural cooperative economic organizations can get the economic profits which are in accordance with the demands of market-oriented economy. The rural cooperative economic organizations can benefit from sharing the knight service provided by the government; reducing and avoiding various kinds of risks in operation; applying the agricultural technology and standardization production. Besides, the organizations can share the profits bought along by the standardization production of agricultural production and their members can enjoy the profits bought by socialized service system. In addition, the rural cooperative economic...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Rural cooperative economic organization; Profit and cost. Preferential policy; China; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97629

Hedonic Price Analysis of Thoroughbred Broodmares in Foal
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Maynard,   Leigh J.; Stoeppel,   Kelly M.
Thoroughbred broodmares are the foundation of a successful racing operation. This study estimated the impact of breeding, racing, and market characteristics on broodmare auction prices. Data represent 604 in-foal broodmares sold in Keeneland’s 2005 sale. Prices were highly responsive to the sire’s stud fee, the broodmare’s age, and progeny performance in graded stakes races, with pronounced day-of-sale effects. The stud fee marginal value was substantially lower than one break-even estimate, suggesting possible disincentives for investment in stallion services. Out-of-sample forecasts were far superior to naïve forecasts but were not accurate enough to use in isolation from other decision aids.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Broodmare; Forecasting; Hedonic price analysis; Thoroughbred; Agribusiness; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/62295

STATE REGULATION OF SERVICES IN REAL ESTATE MARKET OF RUSSIA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Medovy,   Alexander.
The paper defines role of state in regulation framework of real estate market of Russia. Factors influencing on decreasing state regulatory level are analyzed. The author describes role and significance of administrative and economic methods of state regulation in real estate market. Some policy measures are recommended to improve regulatory environment.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: State regulation; Real estate market; International Development; Public Economics; L85; L88.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94537

Book Review
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1949
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9066

ECONOMIC IMPACT OF MOUNTAIN PINE BEETLE ON OUTDOOR RECREATION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Michalson,   E.L.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1975
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29515

Fertilizer trade and pricing in Uganda
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Omamo,   Steven Were.
Liberalized fertilizer markets in eastern Africa typically deliver fertilizer to smallholder farming regions at prices that render its use unprofitable. Simultaneously, faced with little demand for fertilizer in these regions, fertilizer traders appear unwilling to invest in measures that might reduce farm-gate prices. A basic question throughout the region is therefore how to cost-effectively increase smallholders' access to fertilizer, under conditions of liberalized and privatised trade in the input. This paper explores that question for Uganda using data from a wide-ranging study of Uganda's fertilizer sub-sector. The prevailing system of fertilizer procurement and distribution is found to imply a market structure dominated by retail-level trade, high...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9503

Book Reviews and Notes
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1963
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8814

THE APPLE JUICE CONCENTRATE ANTI-DUMPING CASE AGAINST CHINA: AN ESTIMATE OF CHANGE IN WASHINGTON'S REVENUES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: van Voorthuizen,   Hilde; Cho,   Sung-Yeol; Schotzko,   R. Thomas; Mittelhammer,   Ronald C.
Increasing volumes of apple juice concentrate imports from China into the U.S. began in the mid 90s as a result of low Chinese prices.  In 1999, the U.S. Apple Association launched a complaint with the US International Trade Commission (USITC) regarding the Chinese price strategy.  During the course of investigation, the U.S. Apple Association requested that the Department of Agricultural Economics at Washington State University analyze the impact on the total value of juice apples utilized in Washington during the span of the USITC investigation.  To determine the magnitude of the effect of the USITC investigation, not only on finished apple juice prices but also on the Washington raw product price, an inverse demand for finished product and an input...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26519

Should subsistence agriculture be supported as a strategy to address rural food insecurity?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Aliber,   Michael; Hart,   Tim G.B.
At first glance South Africa’s black farming sector appears to contribute rather minimally to overall agricultural output in South Africa. However, despite the complexity involved in this sector and the often marginal conditions in which agriculture is practised it appears to be important to a large number of black households. Furthermore, the significance they attach to subsistence agriculture as means of supplementing household food supplies seems to heavily outweigh other reasons for engaging in agriculture. Some South African researchers have indicated the contribution subsistence production makes to household food security, despite the prevalent complexities and the low input nature of this production. Statistics South Africa’s Labour Force Survey...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Subsistence production; Labour Force Survey; Traditional crops; Local agricultural practices; Consumer/Household Economics.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58215

Economic Feasibility of Bovine Growth Hormone
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hatch,   L. Upton; Kinnucan,   Henry W.; Molnar,   Joseph J.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries; Production Economics.
Ano: 1987
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/59886

Preliminary Assessment of Nitrous Oxide Offsets in a Cap and Trade Program
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ribaudo,   Marc; Delgado,   Jorge; Livingston,   Michael J.
Nitrous oxide is a powerful greenhouse gas that is emitted from cropland treated with nitrogen fertilizer. Reducing such emissions through nutrient management might be able to produce offsets for sale in a cap and trade program aimed at reducing greenhouse gases. We use the Nitrate Leaching and Economic Analysis Program (NLEAP) model and data from the Agricultural and Resource Management Survey to examine what changes in rate, timing, or method of application a farmer would take to produce offsets. We find that reducing the application rate is the most favored approach for producing offsets. We also find that some management choices may increase nitrate losses to water.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Nitrous oxide; Nutrient management; Cap and trade; NLEAP; Greenhouse gas; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/117776

POLICY CHANGES AND THE DEMAND FOR LOTTERY-RATIONED BIG GAME HUNTING LICENSES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Scrogin,   David; Berrens,   Robert P.; Bohara,   Alok K.
Lotteries are commonly used to allocate big game hunting privileges. In this study, lottery demand and consumer surplus are modeled before and after policy changes designed to increase participation. The application is to New Mexico elk hunt lotteries. Given the volume and variety of hunts, we adopt a disaggregated and flexible count modeling approach. Two welfare measures are estimated: Marshallian surplus and a proposed measure that incorporates consumer uncertainty. The Marshallian measure produces smaller and slightly less precise estimates.  However, regardless of the surplus measure examined, welfare increased significantly with the policy changes, while revenues changed by less than 1%.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30891

A Portfolio Approach to Cooperative Price Risk Management
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gjolberg,   Ole; Steen,   Marie.
Agricultural producers face significant price risk. For some products, farmers may hedge this risk in well-functioning futures markets. For several products, however, no such risk management instrument is readily available. We suggest that farmers reduce price risk by organizing cooperatives where members diversify by creating "accounting" portfolios. The approach is illustrated with data from the Dutch flower market, and some practical problems connected to such cooperative risk pooling in agriculture are addressed.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/46374

Researches on Relationship between Circular Agriculture and Industrial Diversity
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Zuo,   Mi; Feng,   Gong.
First, this paper establishes the conceptual model of circular agriculture, conducts systematic analysis on the circular agriculture on the basis of conceptual model, and discusses the characteristics of closeness and openness of circular agriculture and relationship between closeness and openness of circular agriculture. Second, this paper introduces the industrial diversity related to circular agriculture, defines the concept of industry and the concept of industries related to agriculture, and illustrates the related industries that are conducive to circular agriculture and the related industries that are not conducive to circular agriculture. Finally, this paper analyzes the mutual relationship between circular agriculture and industrial diversity as...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Circular agriculture; Circular material; Industrial diversity; Closeness; Openness; China; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/118219

TRANSPORT VEHICLE IMPROVEMENT RELATED TO PHYSICAL DISTRIBUTION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Breakiron,   P.L.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1977
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27292

EXPLAINING RURAL HOUSEHOLD PARTICIPATION IN RECYCLING
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jakus,   Paul M.; Tiller,   Kelly; Park,   William M.
Rising landfill costs have forced solid waste managers to consider waste stream reduction alternatives such as household recycling.  Explaining the factors which motivate households to recycle is important to regions where households must bear a large portion of the recycling cost because unit-based garbage disposal fees and curbside recycling are not feasible options. Empirical results indicate that residents are responsive to constraints introduced by the household production technology, such as time costs and storage space, but are not responsive to variables measuring a recycling promotional program. Promotion efforts should switch focus from broader "public good" benefits of recycling to reducing household-level household production constraints.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Dropoff recycling; Household recycling participation; Rural regions; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15529

A COMPARATIVE STATIC ANALYSIS OF OKLAHOMA'S VEGETABLE INDUSTRY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Henneberry,   Shida Rastegari; Schatzer,   Raymond Joe; El Beheisi,   Yousif.
The impact of hypothetical changes in yields, costs, and demand that might result from the organization of Oklahoma vegetable growers into cooperatives or other multifarmer marketing associations is estimated using a sector programming model. A comparative static analysis is used to evaluate the impact of these changes on planted acreage, growers' revenues, and consumers' and producers' surplus. The results of this analysis indicate that changes in demand are most effective in increasing revenues for Oklahoma growers.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Comparative static analysis; Oklahoma vegetable crops; Produce cooperative association; Sector programming model; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 1996
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15233

END MATERIALS
Provedor de dados: 31
Includes: Guidelines for Submission of Manuscripts; 1991 Executive Committee and Membership/Subscription Information
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1991
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30054

Simulating economic values of a genetic improvement program for Australian farmed saltwater crocodiles
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gray,   Emily M.; Ahmadi-Esfahani,   Fredoun Z.; Isberg,   Sally R.
In genetic improvement programs, candidates for breeders are ranked by the profitability of their offspring, expressed as a weighted sum of the genetic gain from selection. In this paper, we estimate the economic values of a genetic improvement program for Australian farmed saltwater crocodiles. A bioeconomic profit function for a representative breeding pair is used to determine the optimal slaughter age following genetic improvement in each selection objective. The results indicate that estimated farm profitability increases by nearly # A111 for a 1-week reduction in juvenile slaughter age, # A78 for a 1 per cent increase in the proportion of first-grade skins produced, and # A33 for an increase in the number of viable hatchlings per clutch. The...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/118318

DISCUSSION: VALUATION OF CROP AND LIVESTOCK REPORTS: METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES AND QUESTIONS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Schneeberger,   Kenneth C.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 1982
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29578

Documenting Food Safety Claims and Their Influence on Product Prices
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Li,   Ji; Hooker,   Neal H.
In response to increasing customer attention to food attributes, agribusinesses are employing novel product differentiation strategies. As an example, we investigate the use of food safety claims on new packaged food products from the food manufacturers’ perspective. First, using two product innovation databases, we investigate claim use on labels in seven English-speaking countries over the period from 1980 to 2008. Then, based on manufacturer recommended selling prices and using U.S. data (from 2002 to 2008), we apply parametric and nonparametric hedonic methods to identify supply-side (agribusiness) valuations of chemical and microbiological claims in two food categories. We identify a significant 5 cent premium per ounce for a “preservative free” claim...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Food safety claims; Parametric and nonparametric hedonic models; Price premium; Marketing.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/59232

Panel Data Estimation Methods on Supply and Demand Elasticities: The Case of Cotton in Greece
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kotakou,   Christina A.
This article examines the effects of the application of panel data estimation methods on a system of equations with unbalanced panel data. We apply pooled, random-effects, and fixed-effects estimation in three data sets: small, medium, and large farms to examine the relationship between farm size and the elasticity of cotton supply with respect to cotton price.  Our results indicate that the adoption of various estimation methods entails different estimated parameters both in terms of their absolute value and in terms of their statistical significance. Additionally, the elasticity of cotton supply with respect to price varies according to farm size.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Farm size; Panel data; Supply elasticity; Systems of equations; Demand and Price Analysis; C33; D21; Q18.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/100637

Economic Viability of Rainwater Harvesting by Renovating Village Ponds in Small Agricultural Watershed of Johranpur (HP)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Arya,   Swarn Lata; Yadav,   R.P.
The study has evaluated the benefits and financial structure of the project in the village Johranpur, district Solan (Himachal Pradesh) where a project under the NATP on ‘Rainwater Management on Micro Watershed basis’ was undertaken in the year 2000. It has also studied the extent of employment generated by the project and has assessed the changes in the land-use pattern in the project area. The results have revealed that technology of diverting run-off from agricultural fields to renovated ponds and its recycling to the same area with peoples’ participation and other technological interventions could produce remarkable results and have tripled the net agricultural income. The project was implemented at an initial cost of 9.21 lakhs and farmers incurred...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57748

Book reviews
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Herrmann,   Roland; Anderson,   Jock R.; Godden,   David P.; Davenport,   Scott V.; Pannell,   David J.; Trapnell,   Lindsay N.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/117377

HURDLE COUNT-DATA MODELS IN RECREATION DEMAND ANALYSIS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Shonkwiler,   John Scott; Shaw,   W. Douglass.
When a sample of recreators is drawn from the general population using a survey, many in the sample will not recreate at a recreation site of interest. This study focuses on nonparticipation in recreation demand modeling and the use of modified count-data models. We clarify the meaning of the single-hurdle Poisson (SHP) model and derive the double-hurdle Poisson (DHP) model. The latter is contrasted with the SHP and we show the DHP is consistent with Johnson and Kotz's zero-modified Poisson model.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1996
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31027

AN APPLICATION OF GAME THEORY TO SUPERMARKET PRICING
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jones,   Eugene.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27946

COVER AND CONTENTS PAGES
Provedor de dados: 31
Includes: Cover, Officers for 1975, Contents Page, Message from the Past-President - Jarvis L. Cain
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1975
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27707

Evaluating Non-Price Water Demand Policies During Severe Droughts
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Schuck,   Eric C.; Proft,   Rebecca; Waskom,   Reagan.
Western states and provinces live under constant drought threat. When and how to time restrictions on outdoor watering are crucial management issues. The effectiveness of various policies is assessed using experience from Colorado during a severe drought.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/46364

Strategic Marketing Decisions for Organic Agricultural Producers
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Phillips,   Jon C.; Peterson,   H. Christopher.
A group of organic agricultural producers facing a strategic decision is featured. If they decide to form an organization to market their produce jointly, they will have to select a distribution channel. This case presents the demand conditions, requirements, advantages, and disadvantages of different distribution channels for organic vegetables, both on a general level and as they relate to this particular group. The following channels are addressed: roadside stands, farmers' markets, distributors, retailers, restaurants, institutions, and processors. Study questions for use in an academic course or workshop are included.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Organic agriculture; Distribution channels; Strategic management; Agribusiness; Marketing.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8170

INTEGRATED CATTLE FEEDING HEDGING STRATEGIES, 1972-1976
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Shafer,   Carl E.; Griffin,   Wade L.; Johnston,   Larry D.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 1978
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30474

MAGÁNERDŐ-GAZDÁLKODÁS AZ AGRÁR VÁLLALKOZÁSOKBAN
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Andrasevits,   Zoltan; Schiberna,   Endre.
Az új Nemzeti Erdőstratégiában megfogalmazott erdőtelepítési előirányzatok sikere alapvetően a földtulajdonosok döntéseitől függ, mivel új erdők gyakorlati-lag csak a jelenlegi mezőgazdasági művelési ágba sorolt magántulajdonban lévő földterületeken telepíthetők. Vizsgálatunk alapján megállapítható, hogy Nyugat-Dunántúlon azoknak a gazdáknak a körében, akik – a növénytermesztés és az ál-lattenyésztés mellett – már ma is rendelkeznek erdőterületekkel, viszonylag so-kan lennének hajlandóak újabb erdőket telepíteni gyenge minőségű szántó- és gyepterületeiken. Végső elhatározásukat azonban a támogatások alakulásától te-szik függővé. Azt várják, hogy a telepítés költségeinek normatív támogatásán felül részesüljenek abból az Európai Unióban szokásos támogatásból...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Nemzeti Erdőstratégia; Erdőtelepítási hajlandóság; Megtérülés számítások - National Forests Strategy; Willingness to plant forest; Return calculations; Agricultural and Food Policy; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54295

AGRICULTURAL POLICY AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lazanyi,   Janos.
The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is a cornerstone of EU policy relating to rural areas. Initially, it aimed to provide a harmonised framework for maintaining adequate supplies, increasing productivity and ensuring that both consumers and producers received a fair deal in the market. These priorities have shifted to environmental and animal welfare concerns, as well as food safety and security aspects. As a consequence, the CAP has gradually moved from a production-based structure of subsidies to a market-oriented system, integrating standards for food, environment and biodiversity, as well as animal welfare. In 2010, the EU launched an extensive debate on the future of the CAP, as the European Union needs a better tailored, reformed Common Agricultural...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Common Agricultural Policy; European agriculture; Rural Development; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/91122

NAREA DISTINGUISHED AND HONORARY LIFE MEMBERS
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31571

The robust variance estimator for two-stage models
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hardin,   James W.
This article discusses estimates of variance for two-stage models. We present the sandwich estimate of variance as an alternative to the Murphy–Topel estimate. The sandwich estimator has a simple formula that is similar to the formula for the Murphy–Topel estimator, and the two estimators are asymptotically equal when the assumed model distributions are true. The advantages of the sandwich estimate of variance are that it may be calculated for the complete parameter vector, and that it requires estimating equations instead of fully specified log likelihoods.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Robust variance estimator; Murphy–Topel estimator; Two-stage estimation; Estimating equation; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/116000

Agricultural Productivity Trends in India: Sustainability Issues
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kumar,   Praduman; Mittal,   Surabhi.
The sustainability issue of the crop productivity is fast emerging. The post-Green Revolution phase is characterized by high input-use and decelerating total factor productivity growth (TFPG). The agricultural productivity attained during the 1980s has not been sustained during the 1990s and has posed a challenge for the researchers to shift the production function upward by improving the technology index. It calls for an examination of issues related to the trends in the agricultural productivity, particularly with reference to individual crops grown in the major states of India. Temporal and spatial variations of TFPG for major crops of India have also been examined.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57779

A POSITIVE ROLE FOR GRADUATE AGRIBUSINESS PROGRAMS IN AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Robbins,   Lynn W.
Agribusiness graduate students should do problem-solving and take business courses to understand the environment in which they will practice their theory.  The longer we wait to teach them application, the greater are the chances of losing our critical mass in terms of relevancy and political support.  We can, and should, cultivate a broader range of agribusiness problems and clientele groups.  We can effect change immediately by doing more agribusiness research.  We can assure our long-run existence through a stronger political support base by educating our graduate students in the ways of firm-level agribusiness application.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1988
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32159

Contents Pages
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1949
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8687

ALTERNATIVE MEASURES OF RISK IN COMMODITY SUPPLY MODELS: AN ANALYSIS OF SOW FARROWING DECISIONS IN THE UNITED STATES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Holt,   Matthew T.; Moschini,   GianCarlo.
The role of price risk in sow farrowings is investigated by using bivariate ARCH-M and GARCH-M models and a nonparametric kernel estimator. To account for the relevant time horizon of irreversible supply decisions, predictions for mean price and conditional price variance are iterated forward. The empirical results vary markedly in terms of their implications for risk response in hog supply decisions, with the ARCH-M and GARCH-M models suggesting a small and negative risk effect. Estimates of the marginal risk premium also indicate moderate and variable departures from marginal cost pricing in sow farrowing supply decisions.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis; Production Economics; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 1992
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30737

Wartime Agriculture in Australia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gruen,   Fred H.G.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Political Economy.
Ano: 1954
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8838

QUALITY ADJUSTED PRICE INDICES FOR DOUGLAS-FIR TIMBER
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Brannman,   Lance; Buongiorno,   Joseph; Fight,   Roger.
The purpose of this paper is to determine if there have been systematic changes in the characteristics of Douglas-fir stumpage sold on National Forests in the Pacific Northwest that would significantly bias the price of stumpage.  Four hedonic methods were used to develop indices of pure price change holding stumpage characteristics constant.  None indicated a significant trend in quality over the period 1968 to 1978.  Quality differences, however, appeared to play a role in the year-to-year price changes.  The advantage and inconveniences of each indexing method and their use for various purposes are discussed.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 1981
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32572

THE FUTURE OF LAND GRANT UNIVERSITIES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Schuh,   G. Edward.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1993
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15193

A Three-Year Study on the Effect of Trellis Type on Yield, Fruit Size, and Economics of Blackberry Production in Georgia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Krewer,   Gerard; Fonsah,   Esendugue Greg; Boyhan,   George.
Tissue-culture propagated "Chicksaw" blackberry plants were set four feet apart in April of 2000 as part of a five-year trellising trial near Reidsville, Georgia. There were five treatments: an untrellised control, posts with plastic baling string on both sides, posts and three vertical wires, "raspberry" V trellis, and Limited Arm-Rotation Shift-Trellis (eliminated in 2003). There were four replications with twenty feet for each treatment per replication, for a total of 80 feet per treatment. Primocanes were tipped at 3.5 to four feet and re-tipped several times during the summer when new growth exceeded about 12 inches. Mature plant height at the end of the growing season was about five feet. Starting in the third growing season, yield data was collected...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8561

FARM LABOUR REMUNERATION, LABOUR LEGISLATION AND COMMERCIAL FARMERS' PERCEPTIONS IN KWAZULU-NATAL
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Newman,   R.A.; Ortmann,   Gerald F.; Lyne,   Michael C.
A survey was conducted in 1995 among 135 commercial farmers in KwaZulu-Natal to analyse labour remuneration and farmers' perceptions about the impact of labour legislation recently extended to agriculture. Farm labour remuneration normally includes cash wages and payments in kind (such as rations, housing, land use rights and clothing). The study suggests that, all things being equal, farmers who pay relatively lower cash wages tend to provide more rations per worker and allocate more land use rights. Most respondents agreed that there is some need for labour legislation in agriculture, but the majority perceived the present legislation to be time-consuming and costly, and wanted the legislation to be less ambiguous, more flexible and less extensive....
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54980

IMPROVED FOOD SERVICE MARKETING STRATEGIES REFLECTING CHANGING CONSUMER VALUES: INDUSTRY REACTOR, A SMALL BUSINESS MAN'S VIEWPOINT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Goodwin,   Jerry.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Consumer/Household Economics; Marketing.
Ano: 1987
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26845

RECYCLING OF SOLID WASTES - A CLASSIC PROBLEM IN SUPPLY AND DEMAND
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Carley,   Dale H.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1974
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29331

An International Comparison of the Effects of Government Agricultural Support on Food Budget Shares
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Miller,   J. Corey; Coble,   Keith H.
This study evaluates econometrically the effect of government support to agriculture on a measure of the affordability of food in 10 Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries. The panel model we construct specifically utilizes two values calculated by the OECD: Producer Support Estimates as a percentage of gross farm receipts and the Consumer Nominal Protection Coefficient. These two variables represent transfers from taxpayers to agricultural producers through government programs and transfers from consumers to government through protectionist measures, respectively. By using dummy variables, we find implications for groups of countries on the basis of their relative levels of support and protection.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural policy; Obesity; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; I18; Q18.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47196

THE STRUCTURAL AND PERFORMANCE EFFECTS OF RETAIL MERGERS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Marion,   Bruce W.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1985
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27836

ON-FARM FACTORS INFLUENCING INVESTMENT IN CROP SOWING MACHINERY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kingwell,   Ross S.
Farmers in grain industries make important decisions about investment in crop sowing machinery. This paper shows how some on-farm factors affect profit-maximising levels of investment in crop sowing machinery. The paper examines the effect on optimal investment of discontinuities in sowing opportunities, varietal portfolios and soil portfolios.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries; Farm Management.
Ano: 1996
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22364

PRODUCT DIFFERENTIATION PROTECTION: DEVELOPING A STRATEGY FOR MULTIPLE PRODUCERS OF REGIONAL SPECIALTY CROPS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Centner,   Terence J.; Turner,   Steven C.; Bryan,   John T.
Specialty crops grown by multiple producers are often viewed by consumers as differentiated products that command a price premium. Since price premiums are dependent upon differentiation of an item from generic counterparts, specialty crops must have distinctive identities that cannot be copied or mimicked by others. Trademarks are normally employed to differentiate and protect products, but the limitation of trademarks to products from a single source means that differentiation of specialty crops grown by multiple producers may involve difficulties in precluding free riders from adopting the same name. Through a case study of Georgia's Vidalia Onions and an examination of producer price data, this article explores the problem of the protection of product...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1989
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26680

Interstate Trade in Market Milk
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Small,   Annette M.
Interstate trade has been a feature of the policy debate for several agricultural products in Australia, including wheat, eggs and dairy products. Interstate trade in market milk has been an on-going policy issue since the early 1970s, but has largely been prevented by informal agreements and threats of retaliation. Formal arrangements preventing free interstate trade are unlawful, being contrary to Section 92 of the Australian Constitution. Due to recent changes in the marketing arrangements for manufacturing milk, interstate trade in market milk now has the potential to rapidly deregulate the whole Australian dairy industry, with the consequent problems of resource dislocation and adjustment The potential impacts of interstate trade in market milk are...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Marketing.
Ano: 1988
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9663

THE WAEA AS HEIR-APPARENT OF A REGIONAL MANDATE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gessaman,   Paul H.
Sixty years ago agricultural economists established a regional professional organization now called the WAEA.  As it evolved, interest-based member constituencies emerged.  Perspective for discussion of WAEA actions, activities, and roles as the heir-apparent professional organization for western region agricultural economists is provided through identification of conditions and problems endemic to the region, and commentary on the decline of alternative regional differences.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1988
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32149

Review of Statistical Evaluation of Measurement Errors by Dunn
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cox,   Nicholas J.
This article reviews Statistical Evaluation of Measurement Errors by Dunn.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Measurement errors; Linear models; Mixed models; Gllamm; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/116280

The Food Processing Industry, Globalization and Developing Countries
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wilkinson,   John.
Transformations in the food processing sectors of developing countries are increasingly seen as strategic from the point of view of export earnings, domestic industry restructuring and dietary issues. This article reviews a selection of the literature on these themes. It begins with a discussion of the main trends identifiable in the food processing industries of the three regional blocs of the developed world, since it is their combined impact that determines the complex patterns of globalization. There follows a discussion of the importance of non-traditional food processing exports by developing countries and the different interpretations to which it has given rise. The internal transformations of the food processing sector of developing countries under...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Food processing industry; Restructuring; Exports; Dietary issues; SME; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/11999

System Schema Analysis of County Economy Talents Shortages Based on the Perspective of Returning-home Entrepreneurship
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tu,   Guo-ping; Xu,   Fen.
According to the discussion of domestic scholars on county talents, we know that the researches concerning county human resources mainly focus on discussing the problems such as the total amount, distribution, quality and introduction of county talents though the analysis of coordination between talents and county economic development, and the research of relationship between industry adjustment and talents need. However, there have no relevant documents about the analysis and discussion of county talents problems based on system schema theory. In view of this reality, on the basis of the introduction of the system schema theory propounded by management guru Peter Senge, we conduct the feedback schema analysis of the restricted factors of talents shortages...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: County economy; Growth limits schema; Human resource shortage; Returning-home entrepreneurship; China; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94265

Target Prediction of Cultivated Land Resources Based on Influencing Factors and Time Series Model—A Case of Anqiu City, China
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wu,   Jun; Cheng,   Yu.
Taking Anqiu City, Shandong Province, China as an example, dynamic change of cultivated land resources of Anqiu City is analyzed from the aspects of the quantitative change of cultivated land resources, the structural change of cultivated land resources, and the regional differences of cultivated land change. Based on the land demand prediction of grain demand, the land demand prediction of economic crop production, and the land requirement goal, factors affecting the requirement goals of cultivated land resources are discussed. Linear Prediction Model and Polynomial Forecasting Model are used to discuss the goal forecast of cultivated land resources based on time series, which provides basis for decision making of land use in Anqiu City within planning...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Land resources; Influencing factor; Time series; Anqiu City; China; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/93456

WERE U.S. CROP YIELDS RANDOM IN RECENT YEARS?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lin,   Kuang-Hsing Terence; Seaver,   Stanley K.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 1978
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30463

Análise da estrutura de mercado na cadeia produtiva do leite no período de 1998 a 2008
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Barros,   Fabiano Luiz Alves; Lima,   Joao Ricardo Ferreira de; Fernandes,   Rosangela Aparecida Soares.
The dairy industry productive chain is among the most important domestic agricultural and cattle raising products, accounting for a significant part of agribusiness. In the last years, this sector has undergone significant structural changes, with increased participation of relatively smaller enterprises and reduced number of larger enterprises in the market. The aim of this work is to understand the dynamics between industry and retail performance and the effect on the prices paid to dairy producers. Specifically, this work aims to calculate the sector’s concentration indexes and causality indexes between the prices paid to the producer, the industry markup and the retail prices. Based on price temporal series, a VAR model was estimated and the Granger...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Market concentration; Dairy sector; Granger causality test; Industrial Organization.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95067

Ambient Returns: Creative Capital's Contribution to Local Manufacturing Competitiveness
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wojan,   Timothy R.; McGranahan,   David A.
This paper addresses the possibility that competitive rural manufacturing is increasingly driven by quality-of-life factors required to attract highly skilled and creative workers. Recent findings that highly creative workers are drawn to amenity-rich rural areas provide the empirical leverage for testing anecdotal claims that these areas tend to contain small manufacturing bases that are more reliant on innovation. This contrasts with the cost advantage rationale of traditional rural manufacturing, an advantage that is eroding with increased globalization. The analysis provides the first empirical evidence that the start of entrepreneurial manufacturing plants and the adoption of advanced technologies and management practices are strongly associated with...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Amenities; Competitiveness; Entrepreneurship; Product cycle; Rural manufacturing; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10162

SYMPOSIUM--CONTEMPORARY AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS IN AUSTRALIA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Campbell,   Keith O.
It seems to me that there are three major aspects of agricultural economics research which we might fruitfully examine in this symposium: (i) the nature of the research which has been and should be undertaken; (ii) the organisation required for effective research; and ( iii) the financing of such research.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1957
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22838

USING USDA FRESH FRUIT AND VEGETABLE ARRIVALS TO DETERMINE THE DISTRIBUTION OF A STATE'S PRODUCTION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Beilock,   Richard P.; Portier,   Kenneth M.
This paper examines the problem of transforming information on fresh fruit and vegetable Arrivals to U.S. Metropolitan Statistical Areas into a distribution of products to larger geographical regions.  Three methods for the regional distribution of Florida-grown produce are compared.  A new method, which takes into account regional population sizes in the allocation of an area's produce to the region, is shown to produce allocations similar to those obtained through trucker surveys.  Finally, the new approach is applied to produce from other areas, and allocations to regions compared to that obtained using the Arrivals data only.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 1989
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28800

Trade Liberalization and USA Lumber Exports, 1982-1986
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hammett,   A.L.; McNamara,   Kevin T.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 1989
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/60036

A COMPARISON OF RISK EFFICIENCY CRITERIA IN EVALUATING GROUNDNUT PERFORMANCE IN DROUGHT-PRONE AREAS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bailey,   Elizabeth; Boisvert,   Richard N.
This paper contributes to an evaluation of the performance of ground nuts in drought-prone areas by estimating yield response functions to water from experimental data. They are combined with meteorological data to simulate yields by location. Efficient genotypes are identified by several risk criteria. Genotype rankings based on these risk criteria and simulated yields are different from those based on experimental data and plant scientists' traditional methods of evaluation.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 1989
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22997

How different is mining from mineral processing? A general equilibrium analysis of new resources projects in Western Australia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Qiang,   Ye.
Western Australia has experienced an investment surge in the minerals sector of the economy in recent years. Unlike previous surges, this one involves a large proportion of mineral‐processing projects. In this study, the differential effects on the WA economy of 25 mining and 10 mineral‐processing projects are analysed using an economy‐wide model of WA. The results indicate that: (i) both the mining and mineral‐processing projects will have substantial flow‐on benefits to the WA economy as a whole; (ii) on an A$1‐million‐invested basis, mineral processing has larger flow‐on effects on employment and generates more export revenue than does mining once the projects are operational.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/117148

Net Costs of Wildlife Damage on Private Lands
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rollins,   Kimberly S.; Heigh,   Lori; Kanetkar,   Vinay.
This study models net welfare impacts on producers who receive utility from on-farm wildlife populations that are not costlessly disposable. Wildlife damage levels where net benefits are zero indicate producers' maximum willingness to pay for on-farm wildlife. An empirical model is developed. Results for Ontario producers suggest the net welfare loss from damage is approximately half of the value of the yield loss for those with damage. In aggregate, however, on-farm wildlife generates net benefits to producers that outweigh costs by about 10-to-1. The distribution of net benefits is highly skewed across producers.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Random effects probit; Tolerance thresholds; Wildlife benefits; Wildlife damage; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30921

Book Review
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1985
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/12506

A SUPERMARKET'S ANSWER TO THE CHALLENGE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gow,   James T., Jr.
Discussion of Supermarket General's entry into the fast food business.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Marketing.
Ano: 1970
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27007

Cover and Contents Pages
Provedor de dados: 31
Includes: Front Cover; Editorial Information; Back Cover; Contents Page;
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30713

UNCERTAINTY AND THE MANAGEMENT OF SALINITY WITH IRRIGATION WATER
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Feinerman,   Eli; Vaux,   Henry J., Jr.
The impact of uncertain salt balances in irrigate fields is assessed with a hydroeconomic model that incorporates the effects of salinity.  Uncertainty in two parameters that jointly determine root zone salinity is investigated and the conclusions prove to depend upon the way in which these parameters enter the mass-balance equation for soil salinity.  It is shown that water has a risk reducing marginal effect on output when growers are risk averse and, under certain conditions, when they are risk neutral.  The effects of prices, water quality, and crop salt sensitivity on the conclusions are analyzed and an empirical example is employed to illustrate the magnitude of the impacts.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 1984
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32141

A CASE FOR MINOR FOOD PRODUCTS NEEDING A DISTRIBUTION CHANNEL
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Swope,   Daniel A.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1978
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27520

SOCIOECONOMIC DETERMINANTS OF FOOD EXPENDITURE PATTERNS AMONG RACIALLY DIFFERENT LOW-INCOME HOUSEHOLDS:  AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Davis,   Carlton George; Moussie,   M.; Dinning,   J.S.; Christakis,   G.J.
This paper examines the impact of selected socioeconomic characteristics on aggregate and group food expenditure patterns of racially different low-income households.  A double logarithmic functional form was used to explain responses in household food expenditures to socioeconomic factors.  Household income, family size, and Food Stamp Program participation were found to exert a strong positive impact on food expenditures.  The general educational level of the homemaker registered no significant impact on household food expenditures.  However, the nutritional knowledge of the homemaker increased the efficiency of food purchasing activities.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 1983
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32092

Editor's Report for 1991
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1992
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/12503

Use of distillers by-products and corn stover as fuels for ethanol plants
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tiffany,   Douglas G.; Morey,   R. Vance; De Kam,   Matthew J.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/48713

Consumer Preferences For Loin and Topside Steaks From Beef Carcasses of Different Classification Criteria
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kingston,   O.L.
Considerable resources in the beef industry have recently been devoted to the establishment of a system of product description. A prerequisite for the success of any such system is the objective determination of consumer preferences. The trial outlined in this paper was aimed at determining consumer preferences for beefloin and topside steaks, based on selected carcass classification criteria. It was found that consumers preferred lean steaks from young, electrically stimulated carcasses.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Consumer/Household Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 1989
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/12442

ESTIMATING TRUCK RATES FOR REFRIGERATED FOOD PRODUCTS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ward,   J.B.; Farris,   Donald E.
Food companies and analysts often need transportation rate data to explore market opportunities.  In some cases, it may not be practical or necessary to obtain actual rates for all routes under consideration.  This study provides analysis of truck rate patterns and alternative rate-estimating equations.  The original objective was to provide shipping cost estimates for a national beef-marketing model involving 30 regions of the United States.  The data set is 254 rates for refrigerated shipments of boxed fresh meat throughout the United States in 1988.  Distance of the routes range from 50 to 2,923 miles.  The average route is 1,181 miles, at a cost of $1,324 per load of $3.31 per cwt.  The average cost per 100 miles was $0.28 per cwt.  This simple average...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1990
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26547

Comparing the Productive Efficiency of Cooperatives and Private Enterprises: The Portuguese Wine Industry as a Case Study
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Barros,   Carlos Pestana; Santos,   J.C. Gomes.
This paper compares the efficiency of cooperatives and private enterprises in the Portuguese wine industry, employing data envelopment analysis (DEA). The use of DEA for the analysis of comparative efficiency within a sector is a key tool in evaluating organizational competitiveness. Competitiveness should be based on benchmarking the different types of organizations that comprise the viniculture sector. We conclude that Portuguese wine cooperatives, on average, are more efficient than their private counterparts. Economic implications arising from the study are discussed.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Cooperatives; Private enterprises; Technical efficiency; DEA; Wine industry; Portugal; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58683

Competition Between Table Margarine and Butter
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lloyd,   Alan G.
In December, 1955, the New South Wales Government amended the Dairy Industry Act, 1915-1955, to increase the quota of margarine production in this State from 2,500 tons to 9,000 tons per annum. Following - on a large increase in the Queensland quota some years earlier, this development heightened the perennial fears of dairying industry organisations that competition from margarine would have very serious effects on the incomes of Australian dairymen. However, speaking during the second reading of the bill (November 23, 1955), the Minister for Agriculture and Food Production gave as his opinion that "whatever effect margarine has upon the dairy industry at present, the tendency in the future will be for it to diminish ... ". It is the purpose of this...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 1956
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8931

Zollkontingente bei US-amerikanischen Käseimporten
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gast,   Michael W.
A tariff-rate quota (TRQ) is a two-tier tariff. The Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture provides for the transformation of remaining import quotas into TRQs in order to eliminate quantity restricting import barriers to trade. However, more often than not are TRQs de-facto-quotas. The profit-maximizing condition for an importer confronted with two differentiated goods under a common quota is derived. The main focus of the present article is the US import regime for cheese which was transformed according to the tariffication process into a TRQ system. Analysis of cheese import quantities shows that this transformation has indeed little changed. Being the only remarkable exception in partially overcoming the import barriers, the case of New Zealand...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Tariff-rate quota; Cheese; USA; Differentiated products; Price discrimination; Agricultural and Food Policy; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/98246

NEW VARIETIES AND THE RETURNS TO COMMODITY PROMOTION: THE CASE OF FUJI APPLES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Richards,   Timothy J.; Patterson,   Paul M.
The Fuji apple variety is relatively new in the U.S. As a new product, questions concern the relative impact of consumer learning by experience, by variety-specific promotion, or by generic apple promotion. A two-stage (LES/LAIDS) model incorporating both types of promotion is used to estimate the effect of generic and variety specific promotion, as well as consumer experience, on the demand for Fuji apples. Estimates show each to have a positive impact, and also show new or speciality apple varieties to be relatively price inelastic, but income elastic. Grower returns to promotion are calculated with an equilibrium displacement model of price changes and producer surplus. Changes in producer surplus provide a base-scenario benefit: cost ratio of 6.33:1.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Consumer/Household Economics; Marketing.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31339

COVER AND CONTENTS PAGES
Provedor de dados: 31
Includes: Front Cover; 2004 Officers and Directors; Editorial Information; Contents Page
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27240

Earmarking of pollution charges and the sub-optimality of the Pigouvian tax
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jiang,   Tingsong.
One approach to internalising a negative externality of economic activity is to impose a Pigouvian tax equal to the marginal cost of the externality. However, this approach overlooks the possibility that the tax revenue can be earmarked to correct the externality directly, i.e. financing the environmental protection projects. It is found that a pure Pigouvian tax is usually not an optimal policy. This issue is examined in both partial and general equilibrium, static and dynamic settings. Certain conditions for justifying a pure Pigouvian tax or a fully earmarked tax scheme are developed.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/117732

DOES NUTRITION LABELING LEAD TO HEALTHIER EATING?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Teisl,   Mario F.; Levy,   Alan S.
Nutrient labeling is found to significantly affect consumer purchase behavior; some evidence that consumers may act as if they hold nutrient (or health risk) budgets is found. Providing nutrient information may allow consumers to more easily switch consumption away from "unhealthy" products in those food categories where differences in other quality characteristics (e.g., taste) are relatively small between the more and less "healthy" products, toward "unhealthy" products in categories where differences may be relatively large (i.e., a "substitution effect").  If this substitution effect is large, nutrient labeling may not change the overall consumption of "unhealthy" nutrients and thus may not lead to significant changes in health risk.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27209

THE DEMAND FOR SWEET SPREADS: DEMOGRAPHIC AND ECONOMIC EFFECTS FOR DETAILED COMMODITIES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Helen,   Dale; Willett,   Lois Schertz.
In this paper we estimate the price and income elasticities for five sweet spreads using a two-stage budgeting procedure.  The first stage modeled the consumer's budget decision as a Tobit model, where total sweet spread expenditures are based on income and demographic variables.  The second stage, including only those households with nonzero first stage expenditures, was treated as a standard consumer allocation problem using the AIDS model.  To incorporate population demographics, the AIDS model was expanded by specifying the constant term as a linear function of demographic variables.  The coefficients for the prices and expenditures are highly significant and demand is elastic for all five goods.  The most significant demographic effects are due to...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 1986
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29054

Managing R&amp;D risk in renewable energy
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rausser,   Gordon C.; Papineau,   Maya.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/48726

Production Trends in New South Wales: Items of Interest for January, 1947
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Production Economics.
Ano: 1947
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8247

Estimación del valor económico de la calidad del agua de un río mediante una doble aproximación: una aplicación de los principios económicos de la Directiva Marco del Agua
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: del Saz Salazar,   Salvador; Hernandez Sancho,   Francesc; Sala Garrido,   Ramon.
El principal objetivo de la Directiva Marco del Agua de la Unión Europea es logar un “buen estado” de las aguas europeas para el año 2015 mediante una combinación de diferentes medidas. En este estudio, dos métodos de preferencias declaradas, el método de valoración contingente y el método de ordenación contingente, han sido aplicados para obtener la valoración económica de una hipotética mejora de la calidad del agua de un río. La comparación de las dos metodologías muestra que las valoraciones obtenidas con el método de ordenación contingente son considerablemente mayores que las obtenidas con la valoración contingente. Por último, los valores estimados se agregan para obtener una aproximación cuantitativa a los beneficios sociales derivados de esta...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Beneficios sociales; Calidad del agua; Directiva Marco del Agua; Ordenación contingente; Valoración contingente.; Agricultural and Food Policy; Q25; Q26.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57280

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT AND COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE: AN EXPERIENCE FROM RABOBANK AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hinton,   Brad.
Knowledge and information transfer have become important ingredients for an organisation's competitive advantage.  Knowledge management has emerged as an overarching strategy to enhance knowledge creation, information transfer, utilisation, and reticulation in order to generate innovation and improve organisational performance.  Part of this strategy involves the creation of Communities of Practice.  These are networks of individuals with a common, shared purpose grouped together to facilitate knowledge building, idea creation and information exchange.  The experience establishing Communities of Practice at Rabobank Australia and New Zealand is examined.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Institutional and Behavioral Economics.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/34328

FOOD INDUSTRY INFORMATION: EXPLOSION OR COLLAPSE?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Panyko,   Frank.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1986
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27662

Determinants of Argentina’s External Trade
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Catao,   Luis; Falcetti,   Elisabetta.
Following the liberalization reforms of the late 80s and early 90s, several emerging market economies have experienced large and persistent trade deficits. This paper focuses on the Argentine experience, examining the extent to which trade imbalances in the 1990s resulted from income and relative price movements, as well as from shifts in foreign trade elasticities associated with structural changes. New estimates of export and import equations are presented using a broader set of variables than previous studies and distinguishing between intra and extra MERCOSUR trade. We find that considerable export sensitivity to world commodity prices, domestic absorption, and economic activity in Brazil, combined with a high income elasticity of imports, are key...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Argentina; Foreign trade elasticities; International competitiveness; MERCOSUR; International Relations/Trade; F11; F14; F31.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44427

Assessing rural consumers’ WTP for orange, biofortified maize in Ghana with experimental auctions and a simulated radio message
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: De Groote,   Hugo; Tomlins,   Keith; Haleegoah,   Joyce; Awool,   Manfred; Frimpong,   Benedicta; Banerji,   Abijit; Chowdury,   Shyamal K.; Meenakshi,   J.V.
Deficiencies of micronutrients such as vitamin A are widespread, expecially in Africa. Biofortified crops such as maize, bred for high levels of provitamin A might offer a solution, but these crops are often bright orange, and African maize consumers prefer white. To estimate the consumers interest in orange biofortified maize, sensory evaluations were organized in rural Ghana with white, yellow and orange maize. The effect of information on willingness to pay for biofortification was estimated using a simulated radio message. Results indicate that color preferences are highly regional, wide variation exist within regions, and the provision of information is able to change these preferences. The color of biofortified maize should therefore not be seen as...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Maize; Biofortification; Consumers; Experimental auction; Sensory evaluation; Crop Production/Industries; Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/96197

ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF PLANTING FLEXIBILITY AND CONSERVATION 1990 FARM BILLS FOR FUTURE FARM LEGISLATION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wu,   Shunxiang; Walker,   David J.; Brusven,   Merlyn A.
The interaction of the planting flexibility and conservation compliance provisions from the 1985 and 1990 farm bills was evaluated using an integrated systems model.  Results showed that flex and compliance policy in combination reduced net returns and government costs, diluted environmental benefits of conservation compliance, and increased grower responsiveness to market signals, compared with conservation compliance alone.  Strict compliance and higher flex levels were the most detrimental to farm income and environmental goals.  Decoupling in current and future policy proposals will promote conservation goals.  Budgetary reductions in future farm policy could reduce conservation incentives.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31579

Bewertung von Landschaftsfunktionen mit Choice Experiments
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Schmitz,   Kim; Schmitz,   P. Michael; Wronka,   Tobias C.
The first application of choice experiments as an environmental valuation method in Germany clearly demonstrates the potential of this method for the valuation of agriculture's multifunctionality. Choice experiments are a reasonable enhancement of the conjoint analysis as they are capable of calculating the theoretically correct welfare measures in the form of implicit prices. In combination with business and ecological models this allows for the comprehensive valuation of agriculture's multifunctionality in the sense, that in addition to the supply or cost side of land use scenarios the demand or benefit side is accounted for. In this study the integrated ecological and economical valuation of land use scenarios was demonstrated for two different...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Choice experiments; Environmental valuation; Multifunctional agriculture; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/98082

Interaktive Programmierungsansätze für die Gestaltung von Agrar- und Umweltprogrammen
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kirschke,   Dieter; Jechlitschka,   Kurt.
Planning agricultural and environmental programmes has become a complex task. In this paper we show how interactive programming can help to solve such complex policy decision-making problems. The basic linear programming model is implemented with Excel. We show, for a hypothetical agricultural and environmental programme, how the approach can be used in an interactive way between scientists and policy decision-makers. The approach allows to visually demonstrate and quickly assess the consequences of changing assumptions and framework conditions on the programme design. It could effectively improve the quality of policy decision-making support; it requires the actors’ willingness, of course, to engage in a real dialogue.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and environmental programmes; EU agricultural policy; Decision-making support; Linear programming; Policy support; Agricultural and Food Policy; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/98361

A gyermekkori elhízás és az élelmiszercímke összefüggéseinek marketing szempontú vizsgálata
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Szucs,   Robert Sandor.
Afiatalkorúak célcsoportja a piac leginkább befolyásolható szegmensét jelenti. Kutatásaink szerint a fiatalok fele nem fordít különösebb figyelmet az egészséges táplálkozásra, s a fiataloknak csupán egyharmada érti az élelmiszercímke jelöléseit. Súlyosbítja a helyzetet, hogy magas zsír-, só-, cukortartalmú élelmiszereket (például gyorséttermi láncok termékei, kóla, chips) népszerűsítenek. Ahazai élelmiszercímke-szabályozásban mindenképpen célszerű figyelembe venni más országok gyakorlatát, különös tekintettel az Egyesült Államok élelmiszercímkéire, valamint a Magyar Nemzeti Szívalapítvány elképzeléseire. Az elmaradás eredménye a 20%-ban túlsúlyos, egészségügyi problémákkal küzdő fiatal nemzedék!...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Élelmiszercímke; Gyermek- és fiatalkori elhízás; Magas zsír-; Só-; Cukortartalmú élelmiszer; Fogyasztóvédelem; Food label; Child and youth obesity; Foods with high fat; Salt and sugar content; Consumer protection; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/99197

Determinants of U.S. Textile and Apparel Trade
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Amponsah,   William A.; Ofori-Boadu,   Victor.
A gravity model using panel data is applied to determine factors affecting textiles and apparel trade flows into the United States. The study confirms that a nation's aggregate output and per unit productivity serve as important determinants of textiles and apparel trade into the U.S., and the exporting country's depreciating exchange rate as well as its lower prices relative to U.S. prices for textiles and apparel play an important role in determining textiles and apparel trade flows to the U.S. market. Since the WTO's multilateral trade restraining policies of the multi-fibre arrangement (MFA) is found to have slowed down imports, its abrogation in 2005 should lead to greater textiles and apparel imports to the U.S.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Brand equity; Brand valuation; Real options; Food firms; Growth option value; Agribusiness; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8191

REJOINDER ON THE NERLOVE-WAUGH ADVERTISING THEOREM
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tisdell,   Clement A.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Marketing.
Ano: 1977
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9214

Sales of Livestock at Homebush, Sydney, June, 1946
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Williams,   J.R.; Coleman,   G.C.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1946
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8354

DISCUSSION: AGRICULTURAL ECONOMISTS IN RURAL DEVELOPMENT: RESPONSIBILITIES, OPPORTUNITIES, RISKS, AND PAYOFFS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Braschler,   Curtis H.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1984
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29621

Milk and Cream Procurement Practices of Minnesota Creameries
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Brown,   Earl H.; Knudtson,   Arvid C.; Koller,   E. Fred.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1957
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47757

A Frictionless Marketplace Operating in a World of Extremes
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wysocki,   Allen F.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Industrial Organization; Marketing.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/93606

Determinants of non-farm labour participation rates among farmers in Australia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lim-Applegate,   Hazel; Rodriguez,   Gil; Olfert,   M. Rose.
In recent decades, non‐farm employment has become prevalent and an important source of income for Australian farm families. However, models identifying the relative significance of the socioeconomic variables influencing non‐farm employment participation rates have never been estimated in Australia. In this paper, a bivariate probit model of non‐farm employment participation rates was estimated, using information from the Australian Bureau of Agricultural Resource Economics (ABARE) 1994–1995 surveys. It was found that the participation decision of the farm operator and spouse is likely to be jointly determined, that non‐farm employment participation increased at a declining rate with age among farmers and that university education enhances the...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Farm Management.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/118071

Factors for Successful Development of Farmer cooperatives in Northwest China
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Garnevska,   Elena; Liu,   Guozhong; Shadbolt,   Nicola M.
www.ifama.org
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Chinese cooperatives; Successful factors; Cooperative development; Northwest China; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Farm Management; Health Economics and Policy; International Development.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/117603

Modellgestützte Politikberatung in der Agrar- und Agrarumweltpolitik
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Zeddies,   Jurgen.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/98357

The Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture: A New World Order for Agricultural Trade?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: MacLaren,   Donald.
Agriculture has been successfully brought back into the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade. In this review, which is intended to draw heavily on a set of unpublished conference papers, a brief history of the issues, the proposals and the outcomes for agriculture are presented. The possible implications for the agricultural sectors of the Australian and New Zealand economies are discussed. The formation of regional trading arrangements and their place in a multilateral trading environment is analysed. Agricultural trade and environmental issues are discussed within the context of the Sanitary and Phytosanitary Agreement. Finally, some items for the future agenda are presented.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 1995
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/12468

A LANCASTERIAN APPROACH FOR SPECIFYING DERIVED DEMANDS FOR RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Batie,   Sandra S.; Jensen,   Robert B.; Hogue,   Linda G.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 1976
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29964

STUDY OF FOOD LOSSES IN THE DISTRIBUTION PHASES OF THE U.S. FOOD SYSTEM
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Allen,   John W.; Pierson,   Thomas R.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1978
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27509

RATIONAL EXPECTATIONS ESTIMATION OF GEORGIA SOYBEAN ACREAGE RESPONSE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ahouissoussi,   Nicolas B.C.; McIntosh,   Christopher S.; Wetzstein,   Michael E.
The general method of moments procedure is used for estimating a soybean acreage response function assuming the producers hold rational expectations. Results indicate that soybean, corn, and wheat futures prices, lagged acreage, and government programs are significant factors for determining soybean plantings. Implications of the results are that crop acreage selection by Georgia producers is not very responsive to demand shocks. Thus, producers in other regions are more likely to absorb impacts from these shocks on crop acreage selection.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Soybeans; GMM; Elasticities; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 1995
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15270

EL DESTETE PRECOZ COMO UNA HERRAMIENTA PARA INCREMENTAR LA RENTABILIDAD EN LOS RANCHOS GANADEROS DE SONORA, MÉXICO
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ibarra Flores,   Fernando A.; Moreno Alvarez,   Cyrenne Y.; Martin Rivera,   Martha H.; Moreno Medina,   Salomon; Denogean Ballesteros,   Francisco G.; Baldenegro Campa,   Arturo; Leon Montijo,   Fernanda L.
This study was created at Carbó, Sonora, México, during 2006 to determine calf production strategies evaluating: 1) Early weaning (EW), 2) Creep feeding (CF) and 3) Control (C), and to analyze benefice-cost and their profitability. Sixty animals were randomly selected from a 5 year old Charbray cow group that calved among the 15 and 20 of June 2006. For each treatment, 20 animals were grouped, 10 males and 10 females. Evaluated variables were: (1) Calf birth weight, (2) Cow weight and body condition at calving, (3) calf weight at calving, (4) Calf selling weight; (5) Weight and cow condition at calving, (7) Calf production costs and (8) Profitability projection with the three sceneries indicated. Evaluated variables were analyzed by ANOVA (P&lt;0.05). Some...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Ratability; Early weaning; Creep feeding; Beef production and; Sonoran desert.; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/99470

FUTURE AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD POLICY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Spitze,   Robert G.F.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 1981
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30071

O processo de sucessão em empresas familiares: um estudo de caso no ramo de laticínios no Sul de Minas Gerais
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rezende,   Cristiane Ferreira de; Andrade,   Daniela Meirelles; Rezende,   Daniel Carvalho de.
Family Business, or small-holding is a unique form of organization. Existing in the whole world, it generates income and jobs besides significantly moving the economy in several countries. In Brazil, the family business companies have been largely struck by the economic changes in the 1990's, besides facing problems inherent to the relations between business and family, noticeably in the succession aspect. This piece of work was carried out seeking to empirically understanding the mechanism and peculiarities as for the successory process in such enterprises, the relation between business and family. For such purpose, surveys were carried out with all the partners of a family dairy-related company in the south of Minas Gerais, which is presently run by its...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Family business; Sucession; Dairy segment; Sucessory process.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43597

Eficiencia tecnica en pesquerias multiespecie: una aproximacion primal
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Orea,   Luis; Pinilla,   Antonio Alvarez.
RESUMEN: El objetivo de este trabajo es estudiar, desde el punto de vista primal, la eficiencia técnica de una muestra de barcos dedicados a la pesca de merluza en Asturias. Un rasgo característico de esta actividad es la importancia que tienen las capturas de otras especies distintas de la merluza. La naturaleza multiproducto de esta actividad plantea distintas alternativas de modelización. En este trabajo se comparan los resultados obtenidos a partir de la estimación de una función de producción agregada, una función de producción multiproducto y una función de distancia. Los tres modelos se estiman utilizando el estimador intragrupos. En una segunda etapa, los índices de eficiencia se calculan a partir de los efectos individuales una vez eliminada la...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Efficiency; Distance function; Multiproduct; Fisheries; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; Q22; P11.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28758

Countermeasure Research on Problems Impeding Farmers’ Successful Entrepreneurship in Minority Areas
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Feng,   Xiao-jin; Xu,   Cong-wei.
By investigating the problem of farmers’ entrepreneurship in Gongcheng Yaozu Autonomous County, lying in Guilin, Guangxi, the thesis expounds the existing problems impacting farmers’ successful entrepreneurship in minority areas as follows: firstly, the musty idea of local cadre is obstacle to farmers’ successful entrepreneurship; secondly, the problems of scattered farmers’ entrepreneurship resources, waste and shortage of resources impact good effect of entrepreneurship; thirdly, farmers lack awareness of characteristics and brand, influencing the market competitiveness of products; fourthly, the existence of smallholder consciousness critically hampers the marketization and internationalization of entrepreneurship accomplishments; fifthly, the...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Minority areas; Farmers’ entrepreneurship; Unfavorable factors; Practical problems; China; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/113489

Importing Federal Reserve economic data
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Drukker,   David M.
This note describes freduse, which imports datasets from the Federal Reserve economic data (FRED®) repository.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Freduse; Federal Reserve economic data repository; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/117588

COMPETITIVE STRATEGIES OF BIOTECHNOLOGY FIRMS: IMPLICATIONS FOR U.S. AGRICULTURE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Begemann,   Brett D.
The agricultural biotechnology industry has evolved from a focus on outstanding science to a more mature phase where firms focus on near-term products and building businesses.  Understanding complex relationships and distribution channels and a global perspective are crucial to commercialization.  Yet, leading-edge technology and early identification of key traits will be critical to developing superior products that ensure competitiveness in the marketplace.   Monsanto is organizing around a life sciences model where seed, crop chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and food ingredient businesses will exploit mutual synergies driven by basic science and discovery.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Biotechnology; Monsanto; Strategies; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15540

Table of Contents
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54880

Valoracion del agua de riego por el metodo de precios quasi-hedonicos: aplicacion al Guadalquivir
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Berbel,   Julio; Mesa,   Pascual.
La estimación del valor del agua puede hacerse mediante diferentes métodos, de los cuales este trabajo propone el método de precios "quasi-hedónicos". El agua se considera en este trabajo como una variable externa que impacta en el precio diferencial de la tierra, y cuyo valor estimamos para la Cuenca del Guadalquivir. Los resultados nos muestran un valor capital del agua en el rango 2,8 €/m3 a 4,2 €/m3 con un valor más frecuente de 3,46 €/m3, que según el tipo de capitalización empleado nos daría un valor medio de renta del agua entre 0,14 €/m3 (para r=4%) a 0,35 €/m3 (para r=10%).     ABSTRACT The valuation of natural resources is a tool used for improving allocation and management of water resources. This research proposes a quasi-hedonic approach as a...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Irrigated agriculture; Hedonic price; Environmental valuation; Water value; Agricultura de riego; Precios hedónicos; Valoracion ambiental; Valor del agua; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; Q25; C13.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7059

DISCUSSION: THE ROLE OF ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURAL ENTERPRISES IN A CHANGING AGRICULTURAL ECONOMY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Allen,   Joyce E.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1987
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29328

Interoperability of Knowledge Units in Plant Protection: Case Studies
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Berankova,   Martina; Houska,   Milan; Kvasnicka,   Roman.
In this work, we provide two case studies on interoperability and transfer of knowledge in the environment of a company dealing with plant protection. We find that the area of plant protection is highly oriented on working with knowledge. In this case interoperability of knowledge can play an important role in acquiring knowledge from different environments to solve specific problem in companies dealing with plant protection. Nevertheless, the concept of interoperability is well-developed on the level of data and information only. We stem from our previous works, where we defined a logical concept for the interoperability of knowledge on the level of knowledge units. The objective of this work is to show how to apply our process model of knowledge...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Interoperability; Knowledge transfer; Plant protection; Knowledge unit; Process model; Environmental Economics and Policy; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession; GA; IN.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/99226

INNOVATIVE MARKETING OPPORTUNITIES FOR SMALL FARMERS: LOCAL SCHOOLS AS CUSTOMERS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Schofer,   Dan.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Marketing.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26513

APPLICATION OF RECURSIVE PARTITIONING TO AGRICULTURAL CREDIT SCORING
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Novak,   Michael P.; LaDue,   Eddy L.
Recursive Partitioning Algorithm (RPA) is introduced as a technique for credit scoring analysis, which allows direct incorporation of misclassification costs.  This study corroborates nonagricultural credit studies, which indicate that RPA outperforms logistic regression based on within-sample observations.  However, validation based on more appropriate out-of-sample observations indicates that logistic regression is superior under some conditions.  Incorporation of misclassification costs can influence the creditworthiness decision.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Finance; Credit scoring; Misclassification; Recursive partitioning algorithm; Agricultural Finance.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15129

Australia's Fat Lamb Industry
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kingsland,   Alison M.
The fat lamb industry has been gaining increasing importance in Australia during recent years. Expansion of production has been encouraged by favourable prices relative to wool, by the extended application of diversified farming methods and by the preference of our chief customer, the United Kingdom, for lamb rather than mutton. The gradual increase in the proportion of crossbreds to merinos over recent years is an indication of the rising interest being shown in fat lamb raising. The proportion of crossbred wool grown in New South Wales alone increased from 9 per cent. to 17 per cent. of the total clip during the war.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 1946
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8364

El Paso Housing Sector Econometric Forecast Accuracy
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fullerton,   Thomas M., Jr.; Kelley,   Brian W.
There is comparatively little empirical evidence regarding the accuracy of regional housing sector forecasts. Much of the recent analysis conducted for this topic is developed for housing starts and indicates a relatively poor track record. This study examines residential real estate forecasts previously published for El Paso, TX using a structural econometric model. Model coverage is much broader than just starts. Similar to earlier studies, the previously published econometric predictions frequently do not fare very well against the selected random walk benchmarks utilized for the various series under consideration.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Applied econometrics; Metropolitan housing sector forecasts; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Political Economy; C53; R15; R31.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/45534

RESEARCH UPDATES
Provedor de dados: 31
Includes:  Farmers' Markets and Tourism: Some Information About These Customers at a Regional Farmers' Market, by David B. Eastwood and John R. Brooker; Assessing the Extent and Causes of Supermarket Under-Capacity in Low-Income Rural Areas, by Phil Kaufman; Food-System Quality Control and Stage of Distribution, by Garth J. Holloway; A Reaserch Proposal: An Investigation of Quality Strategies Followed by Past Winners of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award and Their Application to the Food Industry, by Robert R. Cangemi and Raymond H. Lopez; Development of a Produce Inventory System for Small Food Retailers: A Case Study, by J. Richard Bacon, Ulrich C. Toensmeyer and Charles Goulston; Speciality Foods Shops Count Customers (Current and Defections),...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26597

Empirical Analysis on the Impacts on Chinese Agro-products Export Caused by Technical Barrier to Trade on Chinese Agro-products Export
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Zhao,   Qi.
In view of the impacts on Chinese agro-products export caused by various technical barriers to trade, the academic circles analyzed it from the costs and quantity of exported agro-products. On the basis of the status quo of Chinese agro-products, the gravity model is introduced to analyze the impacts on Chinese agro-product export caused by technical barriers to trade. The results show that as long as the quality of Chinese agro-products can achieve the standard set by developed countries, for one thing, the health of Chinese consumers can be ensured, for another thing, the export of Chinese agro-products will be more smooth, which can provide reference for our government making decisions and solving trade dispute.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Technical barrier to trade; Gravity model; Agro-products; Export; China; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/113433

Returns and Economic Efficiency of Sheep Farming in Semi-arid Regions: A Study in Rajasthan
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Suresh,   A.; Gupta,   D.C.; Mann,   J.S.
The economics of sheep-farming and its economic efficiency have been reported using field level data collected from the semi-arid regions of Rajasthan in 2005. The net return per average flock of 54 has been found Rs 25000 per year. The sheep-farming activity attracts labour employment of 581 mandays per annum, more than three-fourths of which is engaged in grazing. The female labour has been found to contribute 12 per cent of the total labour requirement. The main items of expenditure are feed and fodder, veterinary care, hired labour charges and interest. The major modes of return are sale of live-animals, wool, milk and manure. The overall average economic efficiency has been found to be 75 per cent, indicating that the returns could be improved by...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47676

Agricultural policy research in South Africa: Challenges for the future
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Vink,   Nick.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54207

Supply Chain Contracts and Food Safety
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Starbird,   S. Andrew.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/93487

Diversification and Its Impact on Smallholders: Evidence from a Study on Vegetable Production
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Joshi,   P.K.; Joshi,   Laxmi; Birthal,   Pratap Singh.
There is an emerging concern about the viability of small farm agriculture, particularly in the context of on-going process of globalization. It is contended that viability of small farms can be improved through diversification of agriculture into higher-value crops like fruits and vegetables. This paper has assessed the impact of diversification of agriculture towards vegetables on farm income and employment using household level information from the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The results clearly reveal that vegetable production is more profitable and labour-intensive, therefore it fits well in the small farm production systems. The smallholders are relatively more efficient in production and own more family labour in contrast to large farmers....
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57759

Poverty and Agricultural Growth: Chile in the 1990s
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lopez,   Ramon E.; Anriquez,   Gustavo.
This paper analyzes the roles of agriculture in reducing poverty. Following the methodology proposed by Lopez (2002), three channels by which agricultural growth reduces poverty are tested: (i) its effects on the real wage of unskilled workers (and/or its possible effect in reducing their unemployment); (ii) the direct impact of agricultural growth on the income of poor farmers; and, (iii) the effect on real food prices. The paper concludes that the pro-poor role of agricultural expansion is dramatic. Agricultural growth tends to improve all measures of poverty significantly with head count falling around 7.3% as a consequence of a 4.5% increase in agricultural output. An important result is that while the economy-wide effects taking place via food prices...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural growth; Chile; Poverty; Rural development; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Security and Poverty.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/12013

ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF ALTERNATIVE SUPPLY CHAINS FOR SOYBEAN PEROXIDASE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lentz,   T. Daniel; Akridge,   Jay T.
Soybean peroxidase is an enzyme derived from soybean hulls.  Peroxidase has much commercial potential as an ingredient in the manufacturer of polymers and specialty chemicals, as a dough conditioner, and as a component in medical test kits.  Commodity soybean cultivars contain various amounts of active peroxidase enzyme.  This study evaluates alternative supply chain arrangements for moving soybean hulls containing peroxidase from producer to processor. Results suggest at current peroxidase levels in soybeans, supply chain arrangements involving soybean segregation offer cost advantages over the standard commodity supply chain.  In addition, a supply chain involving high peroxidase cultivars may offer enough cost savings over the commodity supply chain to...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27213

CURRENT STATE AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS OF SAEA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Segarra,   Eduardo.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15089

Dairy Farm Amalgamation and Increased Farm Output
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: McCarthy,   W.O.; Hodgson,   N.; Briggs,   J.E.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 1966
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9123

Zur Effizienz landwirtschaftlicher Unternehmen in Brandenburg – Eine Data Envelopment Analysis
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Balmann,   Alfons; Czasch,   Britta.
The transition of East German agriculture led to major structural adjustments that showed some very particular phenomena. For instance, most of the successors of the former agricultural production cooperatives (LPGs) make slight losses and they operate at a higher employment level than new and re-established farms. In this paper we try to explain these phenomena with the farms' history prior to the transition period. Particular attention is given to sunk costs, the identity of members and employees, and old debts. A Data Envelopment Analysis of 210 financial statements distributed over the financial years 1992/93 to 1995/96 gives evidence that these historical arguments had a decisive impact on the farms' behaviour. However, this impact decreases over...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Transition; Farm behaviour; Organisation; Sunk costs; DEA; Farm Management; Productivity Analysis.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/98876

Lifetime Achievement Award: Thomas H. Spreen
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43875

Practical Model and Countermeasures for the Development of Ecological Circular Agriculture in Zhejiang Province, China
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Zhang,   Qi; Zheng,   Shui-ming; Ye,   Xue-zhu; Zhao,   Shou-ping; Yu,   Guo-guang.
Development status and five principal practice modes of ecological cycling agriculture are introduced, such as the quantitative reduction mode with the characteristics of fertilizer reduction and clean production, the ecological chain connection and conversion mode including the combination of farming and grazing and the new mode of farming, the agricultural waste recycling mode with biogas as a link and the comprehensive utilization of waste, quality enhancement mode of agricultural products, and eco-cycle mode of agricultural park. Based on the analysis of the socio-economic characteristic environment of these modes, corresponding policy suggestions are put forward in order to promote the development of circular agriculture, such as improving the...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Ecological circular agriculture; Development pattern; Zhejiang Province; China; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/108473

Thinking on Promoting International Trade Competitive Advantage of Agricultural Products in Guangxi Based on CAFTA Framework
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lin,   Guihong.
This paper analyzes the status quo and the existing problems of international  trade development of agricultural products in Guangxi based on CAFTA framework as follows, the international  trade of agricultural products in Guangxi shows a trend of rapid growth, but the structure of export products is simple; the distribution of export market is irrational; the export goods are mainly the resources-intensive goods and labor-intensive goods, with low added value of goods; the brand of agricultural products lacks strong overall international  competitiveness. In the context of CAFTA framework, in order to foster the international trade competitive advantage of agricultural products in Guangxi, corresponding suggestions are put forward as follows: the...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: CAFTA; Guangxi; Agricultural products; International trade; Competitive advantage; China; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/118310

Is There an End to U.S.-Canadian Softwood Lumber Disputes?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Devadoss,   Stephen.
I develop a two-country theoretical trade model to show that Canadian subsidies increase lumber supplies and exports to the United States, and the U.S. retaliatory tariff raises U.S. prices safeguards producers, but hurts consumers.  These results underscore the short-sightedness of policy decisions in a bilateral trade dispute, as empirical results from the multiregional spatial equilibrium trade model highlight that both countries pursue myopic policies without taking into account the reactions of other exporters and importers.  For instance, after the imposition of U.S. tariffs, other exporters grab the market share lost by Canada in the United States, while Canada augments its exports to other importers.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Canadian subsidy; Lumber market; U.S. tariff; WTO ruling; Agricultural and Food Policy; International Relations/Trade; F13.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43754

Entrepreneurship in the Kibbutz Setting: Towards a Classification of New Business Ventures
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Samuel,   Yitzhak; Heilbrunn,   Sibylle.
This study deals with business entrepreneurship in the kibbutz. The study presents an attempt to identify what kinds of new business ventures emerge in the kibbutz setting. The empirical findings reveal a large number and variety of new business ventures characterizing the business trend in the kibbutz nowadays. More specifically, this paper presents a taxonomy of new business ventures, based upon a sample of 571 enterprises initiated by 150 community organizations of the kibbutz movement in Israel. By means of 8 parameters and using the multidimensional scaling analysis method, 7 major types of corporate entrepreneurship emerge from our data set. These distinctive types are labeled and described as the Innovator, the Culturalist, the Artisan, the...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61054

Improving Extension Effectiveness for Organic Clients: Current Status and Future Directions
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lohr,   Luanne; Park,   Timothy A.
Responses from a national survey of U.S. organic farmers indicated dissatisfaction with the extension service. An ordered probit model was used to identify the factors influencing effectiveness ratings of extension advisors by farmers. Study findings show that part-time, higher income organic farmers who used a variety of highly rated private-sector information sources rated extension providers as more effective. Farmers in the Northeast and West regions rated extension usefulness more highly than in other regions. Not accounting for these demographic components in effectiveness ratings may result in under- or overestimation of results of organic-targeted extension programs. Extension agents can improve their usefulness to organic farmers by complementing...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Extension service; Ordered probit model; Organic farming; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31055

Valoração de atributos de qualidade em pêssegos comercializados no estado de São Paulo
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lima,   Lilian Maluf de; Caixeta Filho,   Jose Vicente; Kassouf,   Ana Lucia; Amorim,   Lilian.
Econometric models were developed to estimate the implicit prices for selected quality attributes of fresh peaches commercialized in the state of Sao Paulo. Such estimation is conducted in two stages of the distribution chain, namely, wholesale and retail sales. Data on the price and quality attributes (such as color, size, varieties and types of damages) of fresh peaches were obtained from cross-sectional data in different time periods. The estimation of Hedonic Prices is proposed as a method to evaluate post-harvest price variations from wholesale to retail sales. The results obtained allowed us to identify the gains accrued in each stage, deriving from the improvement in the product quality attributes.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Peach; Hedonic price; Evaluation; Quality; Post-harvest; Losses.; Consumer/Household Economics; Q13; C21.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/60809

AVALIAÇÃO DE DESEMPENHO EM COOPERATIVAS DE CRÉDITO: UMA APLICAÇÃO DO MODELO DE GESTÃO ECONÔMICA - GECON
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Silva Filho,   Gil Teixeira da.
This piece of work is an evaluation on the performance of a farm credit Cooperative in the state of Minas Gerais with 12 service agencies in different cities. For such purpose the Modelo de Gestão Econômica ( Economic Management Model )-GECON was used, which is a tool for managerial analysis developed by the GECON Nucleus researchers staff, supported by the FIPECAFI foundation of the University of São Paulo. The GECON is a model which can be applied on several types of organizations and has been broadly used on banking organizations. Through analysis it was verified that the cooperative analysed has a structure of relatively high costs and expenses, which compromises its economic results and makes it necessary to promote an effective...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Credit cooperativism; Economic management model - GECON; Evaluation on performance.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43530

Extent and Characteristics of Retail Fresh Beef Branding
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ward,   Clement E.; Lusk,   Jayson L.; Dutton,   Jennifer M.
Limited information exists regarding the extent and characteristics of branded fresh beef. Retail package data from a sample of grocery stores in three metropolitan areas enabled determining the extent of branded beef for ground beef, roasts, and steaks. Logit models identified factors affecting the probability of beef products being branded, and the probability of beef products carrying specific types of brands compared with store brands and generic (unbranded) beef. The extent of branded beef and type of brand both varied by store type, specific product, quality designation, package type, and presence of special labeling.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Marketing.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/55986

The Cost of Australian Farm Injuries
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Low,   J.M.; Griffith,   Garry R.
A telephone survey was conducted of 919 farms from three shires in the sheep/wheat belt of New South Wales. Data from the cohort study spanning 18 months measured the incidence and profile of farm work related injury, risk factors and the range of costs associated with injury occurrence. On average. 22.6 per cent of farm businesses reported one or more injuries per year, while 8.3 per cent reported one or more serious injuries per year. Seven categories of injury were identified as significant problem areas. These were manual handling, eye, motorcycle-related, sheep-related, cattle-related, tractor-related and horse-related injuries. The costs associated with injury occurrence that were measured included medical treatment, transport for treatment,...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 1996
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/12369

Contents Page
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1963
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9000

DEVELOPING A CORPORATE MANAGEMENT IN A JOINT-STOCK COMPANY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Konopyanova,   Galina.
Balanced and effective formalization of rules of corporate management are important for companies to implement reliable strategies and sustain on market. The paper outlines the board of directors’ responsibility within the OECD  principles of corporate management. As the author states, relations between board of directors and a company management  must be essentially improved in Kazakhstan. It is argued that the current state of board directors’ authority in Kazakhstan companies does not provide their involvement in developing and controlling strategic course and values on market.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Corporate management; Stock company; Board of directors; Strategic management; Public Economics; M14.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94544

Forecasting the market outlook for the South African maize and sorghum sector using econometric modeling
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Poonyth,   Daneswar; van Zyl,   Johan; Meyer,   Ferdinand H.
In this study, an econometric model of the South African maize and sorghum sector is estimated. Using the developed model, a market outlook for the two major grain sectors – maize and sorghum - for 1999/00 to 2006/07, is generated under the specified assumptions. Results indicate that for both maize and sorghum, consumption will gradually increase over time. In spite of varying areas of maize and sorghum being harvested, total production will also gradually increase over time due to increases in particularly yields.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries; Marketing.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54221

Estimativa de uma equação de demanda de exportações brasileiras de café - período de 1980 a 2001
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Alvim,   Flavio Henrique Botelho; Bacha,   Carlos Jose Caetano; Alves,   Cesar de Castro.
Este trabalho estima uma equação de demanda de exportações brasileiras de café, considerando-se o período de 1980 a 2001, por parte dos países importadores. As principais variáveis determinantes dessa demanda são o preço do café brasileiro, o preço do café colombiano e a quantidade mundial exportada de café. Essa última variável é considerada proxy da renda dos consumidores estrangeiros e dos gostos desses consumidores de café brasileiro. Constatou-se que a demanda de exportações brasileiras de café apresenta elasticidade-preço e preço-cruzada próxima da unidade, e elasticidaderenda inferior a um. Esse alto valor absoluto da elasticidade-preço da demanda internacional de café brasileiro, provavelmente, é fruto do cenário internacional que caracterizou o...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Exportações; Café; Elasticidades; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56817

Adjustments to Resources Formerly Used for Dairying on the Far North Coast of N.S.W.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Christiansen,   T.J.
This paper examines the present use of resources which have left the dairy industry on the Far North Coast of New South Wales in recent years. The number of suppliers to dairy factories in the Richmond-Tweed area has declined by approximately 9 per cent per annum over the last four years. This decline is not simply a result of the economic position of the small dairy farmer; many other factors are also involved. Beef production is the dominant land use replacing dairying, and there is an associated decline in the intensity of labour use on farms. Many former dairy farmers have accepted a lower income as a result of leaving the industry. Non-farm employment has played a part in most increases in income which have occurred.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Farm Management.
Ano: 1971
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9570

UNIDAD DE MANEJO PARA LA CONSERVACION DE LA VIDA SILVESTRE COMO ALTERNATIVA PARA “LOS NUEVOS AGRONEGOCIOS”
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Retes Lopez,   Rafael; Cuevas Gonzalez,   Martha Isela; Moreno Medina,   Salomon; Denogean Ballesteros,   Francisco G.; Ibarra Flores,   Fernando A.; Martin Rivera,   Martha H.
The contamination of the ecosystems, over-exploitation and introduction of invading plants as well as the climatic change are considered causes of the loss of the biodiversity combined to the illegal animal traffic and plants that are exported of clandestine way to other countries which has gotten to represent between the 60 and 70 percent of the illegal commerce of our country; it is obligatory that the agronegocios do a use viable of the natural resources trying a sensible development. At international level Convention exists an organism denominated “on Commercial the International of Threatened Species of Wild Fauna and Flora” (CITES) signed in 1973 in Washington, D.C whose function is to regulate the international trade and at the same time to promote...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Unit; Handling; Conservation; Cinegetic; Agribusiness; Viable; Wild hunting.; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/93570

PUBLIC CHOICE THEORY AND AUSTRALIAN AGRICULTURAL POLICY REFORM
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Martin,   William J.
Recent discussion of the process of policy reform has tended to focus on public and private interest theories of public choice as alternative models. The analysis of Australian agricultural policy presented in this paper draws on several extensions of the private interest model including the contractarian framework, extra-rational considerations such as moral attitudes and the desire to participate. Recent agricultural policy reforms in Australia are examined in the light of those theories. This examination highlights the importance of ideas and changes in the rules for policy formulation in influencing policy outcomes. In some cases the private interest theory appears to offer an adequate explanation while, in others, it provides only a partial...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 1990
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22355

COVER AND CONTENTS PAGES
Provedor de dados: 31
Includes:  Cover Page; Editorial Information; Lifetime Achievement Award: Dr. Carlton G. Davis; Lynn L. Reinschmiedt, 1996-97 President; Contents Pages
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1996
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15224

La Tecnica del Benchmarking Estrategico y su aplicacion a los Agronegocios
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: De Leon Contreras,   Gerardo; Aguilar Valdes,   Alfredo; Alvarado Martinez,   Luis Felipe; Hermosillo Salazar,   Javier.
Today the mexican agribusiness faces difficult times since has been subjected to changing environments, many of them due to the opening trade which increases pressure of market competitors forcing agribusiness to search alternatives to face globalization. Within the strategic management we found recent tools that identifies how improve business and increase its competitiveness, we suggest benchmarking implementation in agribusiness together with “UALAE” methodology grounded too in strategic management tools, they can identifies those practices who has enabled high performance in big business (without his nature) and even overcoming goals, working in efficiency of processes and times for national agribusiness and ensure permanence on market before new...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Benchmarking; Agribusiness sector; Opening trade; Strategic management.; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/48611

Measuring Competition for Textiles: Does the United States Make the Grade?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Welch,   J. Mark; Lyford,   Conrad P.
Increasing competition from foreign manufacturers threatens the viability of textile producers in the United States. This paper evaluates the U.S. competitive position in the cotton yarn segment using established quantifiable measures and provides an overall competitive assessment. The measures employed show the United States to be at a relative competitive disadvantage when compared to major international producers of cotton yarn. However, the margin of this competitive disadvantage is shown to be relatively small and in some cases, decreasing.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Competition; Cotton; International trade; Textiles; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Crop Production/Industries; Demand and Price Analysis; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44901

Consumer's Attitude Towards Labeled and Unlabeled GM Food Products in Italy
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Soregaroli,   Claudio; Boccaletti,   Stefano; Moro,   Daniele.
Based on survey data collected on a sample of 500 Italian consumers, this paper evaluates the consumer's attitude towards foods obtained from the application of biotechnologies and foods labeled as "GM free". Results from the application of probit models shows that the probability to purchase GM products is lower for individuals more adverse to risk, older, with higher education and less confident in institutional guarantees. Willingness to Pay for GM free products is positively related to information, risk aversion, age, trust in institutional environment, negatively to the degree of agreement with the application of biotechnologies.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/34243

A magyar szürke szarvasmarha tartók gazdálkodásának jellemzői hazánkban
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gombkoto,   Nora; Teschner,   Gergely; Csatai,   Rozsa.
Kérdőíves felmérésünkből megállapítható, hogy a válaszadók főfoglalkozásként végzik tevékenységüket, de mindenképpen tartanak mellette más – többnyire hagyományos – haszonállatot is. Többen jól felismerték a lehetőséget – a fajta jellegéből, látványosságából adódóan – falusi turizmus létrehozására. A háztáji termékfeldolgozással, annak törvényi szabályozása miatt nem foglalkoznak, pedig az ízvilág megismertetése a fogyasztókkal remekül beilleszthető a vendégfogadásba. Jelenleg értékesítési nehézségekkel küzdenek a termelők. Ha történik is eladás, akkor is kizárólag belföldre, pedig ezzekkel a termékekkel a külföldi piacokat is meg lehetne célozni, kihasználva ezzel hazánk komparatív előnyeit. -------------------------------------------------------- Our...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Magyar szürke szarvasmarha; Állatlétszám; Magyarországi régiók; Kiegészítő tevékenység; Értékesítés; Native varieties; Hungarian grey cattle; Animal stock size; Hungarian regions; Ancillary activities; Selling; Farm Management; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/99171

Front Materials
Provedor de dados: 31
Includes Table of Contents
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56115

Migration flows management in Latvia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Shina,   Inga.
The present-day world features ever growing mobility - free movement of people, financial capital, markets and services. This mobility is enhanced and arranged by cross-national networks. The major instrument driving migration is modern technologies and information, including internet, communications and cheap air travels. The article makes insight into external migration trends of labour force and migration flows management prospects so as to discover the possible solutions for further formation of migration policy in Latvia.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Migration; Labour force; Migration flows; Migration policy.; International Development; Labor and Human Capital; Public Economics; F22; J61.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94595

FINANCIAL CONTROL AND VARIABLE AMORTIZATION UNDER UNCERTAINTY: AN APPLICATION TO TEXAS RICE FARMS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rahman,   Md. Lutfor; Barry,   Peter J.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural Finance.
Ano: 1981
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30074

ENHANCING THE FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF SMALL MEAT PROCESSORS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Siebert,   John W.; Nayga,   Rodolfo M., Jr.; Thelen,   Gina C.; Kuker,   Don.
The small firms examined produce meats in the State of Texas and emphasize such products as sausage, jerky, brisket, and fresh meats.  The authors test hypotheses with the intent to identify operational factors associated with firm financial success.  A quartile model and an econometric model are both used for this purpose.  Results generally suggest important factors for firms to be profitable include product selection, pricing strategies, special equipment, and location.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Agricultural Finance.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/34485

An Assessment of the Economic Impact of Firms Assisted By the Oklahoma Food and Agricultural Products Center
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ulmer,   Ann; Holcomb,   Rodney B.; Woods,   Michael D.; Willoughby,   Charles V.; Tilley,   Daniel S.
The evolution of value-added centers at land-grant universities, along with the recent development of numerous Ag Innovation Centers, has been viewed as a sign of a shifting emphasis to value-added agriculture research and technical assistance efforts. The entities that fund these centers, be they state or federal government, have a vested interest in the economic impacts of these centers. However, evaluating the efforts of a public good is not always an easy task. An economic-impact study of the Oklahoma Food and Agricultural Products Center (FAPC) was conducted to assess the total economic impacts of the firms assisted by the FAPC on Oklahoma's economy. A telephone survey was used to collect the necessary data and IMPLAN was used to estimate direct,...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27761

PERSPECTIVES ON CONSUMERS, INDUSTRY, AND REGULATIONS IN THE FOOD SECTOR
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Phillips,   Michael J.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Consumer/Household Economics.
Ano: 1977
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27295

Front Materials
Provedor de dados: 31
Includes:  Front Cover, Table of Contents, Editorial Information, Author Guidelines for Submitting Manuscripts to JARE, Western Agricultural Economics Association Information,
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/93204

Non-tariff Barriers to Trade Caused by SPS Measures and Customs Procedures with Product Quality Changes
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Liu,   Lan; Yue,   Chengyan.
This study develops a methodology to quantify the combined effects of two major nontariff barriers (NTBs), sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) measures and customs and administrative procedures. We employ a constant elasticity of substitution (CES) utility function with factor-augmenting technical progress to incorporate changes in the quality of goods. We then estimate the effects of these two NTBs in the Japanese cut flower market. Results show that estimates of SPS are biased without considering product quality changes caused by the customs and administrative procedures for highly perishable agricultural products. If these Japanese NTBs were removed, findings suggest there would be a significant increase in cut flower imports by Japan.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Customs and administrative procedures; Cut flowers; Japan; Non-tariff barriers; Sanitary and phytosanitary measures; Technical barriers to trade; Trade; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/50087

Risk of Financing Agriculture in the North-Eastern Hill Region of India with Special Reference to Meghalaya
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mandal,   Subhasis; Datta,   K.K.; Mohanty,   Suchitra; Mahapatra,   B.K.
The study pertains to the economic issues of risk and uncertainties associated with financing hill agriculture from the twin angles of risk of farmers to utilize the credit and of bankers to disburse the agricultural loan. The issues discussed are: first, why the financial institutions are reluctant to lend agricultural advances? Second, whether the farm income or rate of return on equity and non-equity capital is sufficient to repay the loan? Third, what are the major sources and the magnitude of risks and uncertainties associated with hill farming? Fourth, nature of agricultural marketing situation and how it affects the farm income in this region and finally, the possibilities have been explored, where and how the agricultural lending can be stepped up...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58463

AGROINDÚSTRIAS FAMILIARES NO OESTE DO PARANÁ: UM PANORAMA PRELIMINAR.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Azevedo,   Paulo Roberto; Colognese,   Silvio Antonio; Shikida,   Pery Francisco Assis.
This present work comprises a collection of primary data which aim at providing a general outlook on the situation of family agro-industries in some locations in the western side of the state of Paraná ( Marechal Cândido Rondon, Santa Helena, Santa Lúcia, Missal, Vera Cruz do Oeste and Lindoeste ) for the year 1998. The existence of a group of conditions for production among family agro-industries becomes evident and involves: area of commercialization, clientele, access to more remote markets, degree of professionalization and interaction by the present legislation, the existence of advisory, availability of credit, technological level, aspects concerning production and labour. As a result one can infer that the family agroindustries which were researched...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Family agro-industry; The western side of the state of Paraná; Conditions for production and perspectives.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43285

GOVERNMENT POLICY, WIND EROSION, AND ECONOMIC VIABILITY IN SEMI-ARID AGRICULTURE: THE CASE OF THE SOUTHERN TEXAS HIGH PLAINS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bunn,   Julie A.
The 1996 farm bill challenges agricultural producers to pursue conservation objectives while allowing flexibility and reducing subsidies.  The nature of this challenge for semi-arid rainfed, wind-erosion-prone agriculture is explored via a behavioral model.  Simulations of farm-firm decision making under scenarios in the southern Texas High Plains are evaluated.  Results indicate that the removal of subsidies, while lowering farm incomes, does not, under most assumptions, alter cropping system choice.  Alternatively, under a variety of assumptions, the imposition of an erosion tax shuts down cropping.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Conservation practices; Cropping system choice; Economic dynamics; FAIR Act of 1996; Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15551

Trade Effects of the East African Community
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Busse,   Matthias; Shams,   Rasul.
This article evaluates the trade effects of the new East African Community, which fosters trade liberalisation among Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. The analysis uses a disaggregated approach at the two-digit level of the Standard International Trade Classification. The commodities that will be particularly affected by the customs union are identified. The results show that considerable trade effects cannot be expected, except for a very narrow range of products. The transitional fund, which has been proposed to counter trade imbalances due to the new customs union in East Africa, becomes less urgent from this perspective.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Customs Union; EAC; Kenya; Tanzania; Uganda; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23870

LOW-INCOME CALIFORNIA FOOD-SHOPPING HABITS: A STUDY BASED ON HISPANIC WIC PARTICIPANTS SURVEYS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gradziel,   Patricia; Matthews,   James R.; Punia,   Mandeep.
A shopping-habits survey was completed at selected California WIC clinic sites.  Although the survey was given to WIC program participants from all racial or ethnic groups, tests revealed that a representative sample was obtained only from members of the Hispanic population, who make up the largest ethnic group served by the California WIC Program.  Consequently, the study presented herein is restricted to the shopping habits of Hispanic California WIC Program participants.  This study identified the specific brand preferences of the WIC population for the cereals and juices offered by the California WIC Program and to find out if families with two or more people on WIC would be able to handle buying larger quantities of the same food in one shopping trip,...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Consumer/Household Economics; Food Security and Poverty.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27951

The Socially Optimal Import Tariff and Tax Credit for Ethanol with Farm Subsidies
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: de Gorter,   Harry; Just,   David R.; Tan,   Qinwen.
We determine how the U.S. ethanol tax credit and import tariff affect the corn-ethanol-gasoline markets and how farm subsidies interact with these policies. We show how the ethanol tax credit and import tariff each uniquely affect the ethanol and gasoline prices. The ethanol import tariff alone increases the terms of trade in ethanol imports and corn exports, but decreases the terms of trade in gasoline imports and the tax costs of farm price supports. With price-contingent farm subsidies in place, the optimal tariff and tax credit will depend on the price level. When farm subsidy expenditures are high, import subsidies for ethanol may increase social welfare due to the substantial size of the fuel market relative to the corn market.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Biofuels; Ethanol; Tariffs; Tax credit; Welfare; Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49865

THE DEMAND FOR GASOLINE AND DIESEL FUEL IN AGRICULTURAL USE IN VIRGINIA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Capps,   Oral, Jr.; Havlicek,   Joseph, Jr.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1978
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30269

IS ONLINE GROCERY SHOPPING INCREASING IN STRENGTH?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Corbett,   James J.
Online grocery shopping is a relatively new innovation with regard to the way in which one purchases groceries.  Some interesting concepts- designed to enhance the process of making grocery products available for consumption of the ever-changing consumer- have entered the food distribution industry channels.  A telephone survey was conducted in the Boston trading area to determine the profile of online grocery consumers who are familiar with online grocery shopping.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26527

Community versus National Financing - How to achieve a sustainable agricultural policy?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Halmai,   Peter; Vasary,   Viktoria.
Is the Common Agricultural Policy unsustainable? Is agricultural spending a major distorting factor in the EU economy and an obstacle to the implementation of the Lisbon agenda? To answer these complex questions, detailed analysis is required along the following lines of thought:  1. Exploration of factors justifying Community level intervention. – Is the ’theory of decentralization’ applicable to budgetary issues and the common agricultural policy? Our hypothesis suggests that it is. 2. Assessing CAP as it currently exists, including its ability to generate public goods at the level of the Community (multifunctional elements which are indeed cross-border externalities) and its ability to create added value at the level of the Community. 3. Making an...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Public goods; Fiscal federalism; New agricultural policy; Közjavak; Fiskális föderalizmus; Új agrárpolitika; Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/92534

Country-of-Origin Labeling and the Beef Industry
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Anderson,   David P.; Capps,   Oral, Jr.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/93388

EMPIRICISM AND THE ART OF TEACHING
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Broder,   Josef M.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1994
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15416

FORUM - A SUBJECTIVE EVALUATION OF RESOURCE ALLOCATION WITHIN AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS RESEARCH: 1958-73
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Phillips,   John.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 1975
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9193

THE IMPACT OF THE CANADA-U.S. HOG/PORK TRADE DISPUTE ON THE COMPOSITION OF U.S. PORK IMPORTS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Larue,   Bruno; Gervais,   Jean-Philippe.
Trade theorists have demonstrated that different trade policy instruments have different effects on the quality and source of imports.  Countervailing duties (CVDs), like specific tariffs, should induce quality upgrading.  However, the magnitude and timing of the quality adjustments are influenced by the credibility of the duties that can be legally contested and modified after annual administrative reviews.  Index numbers are used to assess the timing and magnitude of the product mix and country mix substitution effects in U.S. pork imports in response to the U.S. CVDs on Canadian exports of live hogs and fresh, chilled, and frozen pork.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 1996
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31414

Was There a Credit Crunch in Namibia Between 1996-2000?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ikhide,   Sylvanus.
Commercial bank credit is a useful tool for promoting economic growth especially at the early stages of development. It has been observed that between 1996 and the early part of 2000, the growth rate of real credit to the private sector declined significantly in Namibia. This period coincided with observed strong demand for commercial bank loans. There has therefore been public discourse on the possibility of a restriction in the supply of credit by commercial banks and hence the occurrence of a credit crunch in the economy since commercial bank lending capacity did not fall. This paper attempts to provide some evidence in this regard by examining the main determinants of commercial bank credit in the economy and ascertaining if credit has been demand or...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Africa; Namibia; Credit crunch; Asymmetric information; Economic growth; Financial Economics; E51.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43995

NON-PARAMETRIC AND SEMI-PARAMETRIC TECHNIQUES FOR MODELING AND SIMULATING CORRELATED, NON-NORMAL PRICE AND YIELD DISTRIBUTIONS: APPLICATIONS TO RISK ANALYSIS IN KANSAS AGRICULTURE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Featherstone,   Allen M.; Kastens,   Terry L.
Parametric, non-parametric, and semi-parametric approaches are commonly used for modeling correlated distributions. Semi-parametric and non-parametric approaches are used to examine the risk situation for Kansas agriculture. Results from the model indicate that 2000 will be another difficult year for Kansas farmers, although crop income will increase slightly from 1999. However, unless another supplemental infusion of government payments occurs, crop income is expected to be the lowest since 1992.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Correlated distributions; Non-parametric modeling; Semi-parametric modeling; Kansas agriculture; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15491

MEASURING THE IMPACT OF ADVERTISING AND PROMOTION: SINGLE-OR MULTI-EQUATION SYSTEMS? A CASE STUDY OF THE WASHINGTON APPLE INDUSTRY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: van Voorthuizen,   Hilde; Schotzko,   R. Thomas; Mittelhammer,   Ronald C.
This paper reports the results of a case study analyzing the impacts of promotion and advertising conducted by the Washington Apple Commission (WAC) using both single- and multi-equation systems.  The analyses are compared in terms of the comparability and coherency of results and in terms of the types of information that can be generated by the multi-equation model but not by the single-equation model.  Due to the availability of detailed data from the WAC, the multi-equation system incorporates measures of actual lines of print media within an explicit model of print media as well as a measure of the multiplier effect associated with WAC promotion expenditures relative to the overall (retail-matched) level of print media.  This information cannot be...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Marketing.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27943

THE MANAGEMENT OF PERCEIVED RISK IN THE FOOD SUPPLY CHAIN: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF RETAILER-LED BEEF QUALITY ASSURANCE SCHEMES IN GERMANY AND ITALY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fearne,   Andrew; Hornibrook,   Susan A.; Dedman,   Sandra.
This paper reports the findings from two exploratory case studies of retailer-led quality assurance schemes (QAS) for beef in Germany and Italy.  The focus is on the potential for QAS to reduce the risks associated with fresh beef, as perceived by consumers.  Results of two consumer surveys are reported, which suggest that QAS have the potential to reduce perceived risk and increase consumer confidence in specific fresh beef products, but that considerable scope remains for improving the communication of QAS, in order that specific scheme objectives are clearly understood by consumers.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/34361

Assisting decision-making in Queensland barley production through chance constrained programming
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gali,   Jyothi; Brown,   Colin G.
A chance constrained programming model is developed to assist Queensland barley growers make varietal and agronomic decisions in the face of changing product demands and volatile production conditions. Unsuitable or overlooked in many risk programming applications, the chance constrained programming approach nonetheless aptly captures the single‐stage decision problem faced by barley growers of whether to plant lower‐yielding but potentially higher‐priced malting varieties, given a particular expectation of meeting malting grade standards. Different expectations greatly affect the optimal mix of malting and feed barley activities. The analysis highlights the suitability of chance constrained programming to this specific class of farm decision problem.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/117838

Is there any future for cash crops in developing countries? The case of vanilla.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Pokorna,   Irena; Smutka,   Lubos.
A generally used term for easy marketable commodities usually with high prices is cash crops As a result of it these commodities are produced by many developing and especially least developed countries (LDC). These crops have witnessed fluctuation in prices during the last decade. We can suppose that these products would be the domain of developing countries nevertheless the opposite is true.  Vanilla is a very good example of those products especially because just very few producers exist. We can suppose that vanilla trade would be the sphere of very few producers and beside that the agents would deal mostly with the demand site on the international market. However, the international vanilla market shows slight differences. Nevertheless, it can be grown...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Cash crops; Vanilla; International trade; RCA.; Agricultural and Food Policy; Environmental Economics and Policy; GA; IN.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/102491

GROUND BEEF: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S. BEEF INDUSTRY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Conner,   J. Richard; Rogers,   Robert W.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 1979
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30040

Utilizing Contingent Claims to Improve the Management of CAFOs
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gramig,   Benjamin M.; Skees,   Jerry R.; Black,   J. Roy.
We propose a market-based approach to reducing the environmental risk posed by concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs).  The dual problems of hidden information and hidden action faced by policymakers are considered alongside the competing incentives faced by the CAFO manager in a multiple principal-agent setting.  A new approach that uses insurance-like contracts is introduced by use of the specific example of a swine operation with a lagoon-based manure management system.  Index-based contingent claims contracts in tandem with third-party auditing and waste hauling options are introduced as a complement to regulatory frameworks designed to reduce negative externalities from production.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Animal feeding operations; Asymmetric information; Environmental risk; Insurance; Public policy; Regulation; D82; G22; L51; Q18; Q25; Q28.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43346

The Development of Index Futures Contracts for Fruits and Vegetables
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Manfredo,   Mark R.; Libbin,   James D.
The fruit and vegetable industry does not have a risk management instrument or a well-structured price discovery system, such as commodity futures contracts, to aid in the marketing and management of its price risk. Since the 1980s, financial futures contracts based on indexes of stocks, commodities and currencies have been used to hedge these groups of assets. The purpose of this study was to apply the concept of index futures contracts to the produce industry by developing indexes based on prices of fruits and vegetables and to determine the hedging effectiveness of potential futures contracts written on these indexes. Twenty representative fruits and vegetables were chosen to compile indexes for fruits, for vegetables, and for fruits and vegetables...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Fruits; Vegetables; Futures markets; Index futures contracts; Agribusiness; Agricultural Finance; Marketing.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/90431

ADDING VALUE TO FOOD DISTRIBUTION THROUGH INFORMATION SERVICES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ricker,   Harold S.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1988
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27348

A MAGYAR ÖKOTERMELÉS ÁTTEKINTÉSE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gyarmati,   Gabor.
A hazai ökológiai gazdálkodás növekedési pályára állt az ezredforduló táján, de 2004-től a vállalkozások számának és az ökológiai művelés alá vont területek nagyságának növekedési mértéke csökkent, majd visszaesés következett be. Az ökológiai termelést végző vállalkozások nagy része jó adottságokkal rendelkező nagygazdaság, amelyek párhuzamos termelést folytatnak, és olyan elkötelezett kisvállalkozás, amelyek gazdasági súlya nem jelentős. Egyes rossz adottságú gazdaságok földjeiket átállítják ökológiai státuszra, a támogatás végett. A műve-lési ágak között nagyobb a gyep (rét, legelő, 53,6%) és alacsonyabb a szántó (26,4%) aránya. A gyepterületek könnyen átminősíthetők ökológiai területté, vi-szont gazdasági értékük nem jelentős. A vetésszerkezetben a...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Ökológiai gazdálkodás; Támogatás; Hazai-és xportpiac; Subsidies; Domestic and export market; Organic farming; Crop Production/Industries; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57645

LAND-GRANT ORGANIZATION TO MEET THE FUTURE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Martin,   James E.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1987
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29327

Is There a Role for Government in Reducing the Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kuchler,   Fred; Golan,   Elise H.
Obesity is a sizable problem. Gaps in consumer information and the contribution of obesity to societal costs raise the possibility for government policy actions. However, any such action must be justified by benefits in excess of policy-induced costs.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Health Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94022

IMPACTS OF THE NORTHEAST INTERSTATE DAIRY COMPACT ON THE WIC PROGRAM: EVIDENCE FROM BOSTON AND HARTFORD
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wang,   Qingbin; Anne,   Zooyob; Halbrendt,   Catherine K.; Nicholson,   Charles F.; Sung,   Jaimie.
This paper examines the impacts of the Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact (Compact) on the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) program using an autoregressive-moving average (ARMA) model and data from Boston and Hartford.  While the results for Boston indicate that the difference between the net fluid milk price paid by WIC program and the forecasted fluid milk price with no Compact in effect was not significant over the period of July 1997 to June 1998, the results for Hartford suggest that the net price paid by WIC was significantly greater than the forecasted price with no Compact in effect over the same period.  A similar analysis of the changes in markups suggests that the increase in the net fluid milk price paid by the WIC program in Hartford was...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Food Security and Poverty.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31608

Valoración económica de los beneficios ambientales de no mercado derivados de la mejora de la calidad del agua: una estimación en aplicación de la Directiva Marco del Agua al Guadalquivir
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Martin-Ortega,   Julia; Berbel,   Julio; Brouwer,   Roy.
Esta investigación responde a la necesidad de información económica relativa a los beneficios derivados de la implementación de la Directiva Marco del Agua (DMA). Se plantea una definición práctica del concepto de beneficio ambiental y un escenario de valoración de los beneficios de la mejora de la calidad del agua que no tienen reflejo en el mercado. Esta valoración es necesaria, entre otros aspectos, para la evaluación de la desproporcionalidad de los costes de la DMA. La metodología se aplica a un caso práctico en el Guadalquivir en un ejercicio de valoración contingente y análisis estadístico mediante un modelo Heckman en dos etapas.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Beneficios ambientales; Costes desproporcionados; Directiva Marco del Agua; Modelo Heckman; Valoración contingente; Agricultural and Food Policy; Q25; Q51.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57281

The Process of Farm Adjustment: A Critical Review
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gow,   Jeff; Stayner,   Richard.
Farm adjustment is a complex process involving decisions by farmers about a wide range of economic and non-economic factors which influence the farm business and farm family. The economics literature emphasises the importance of economic factors in the adjustment behaviour of farmers. However, the observed adjustment behaviour of farmers does not correspond very closely to that predicted by that literature. Insights from the rural sociology and psychology literature offer new perspectives on farmer behaviour which are of relevance and use to both economic researchers and policy makers concerned with farm adjustment.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Farm Management.
Ano: 1995
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/12329

Educação, concentração fundiária e desigualdade de rendimentos no meio rural brasileiro
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ney,   Marlon Gomes; Hoffmann,   Rodolfo.
The paper analyses the effects of rural income determinants, in particular of human capital and physical capital. Besides the earnings equation estimated for persons occupied in agriculture, the paper also analyzes earnings regressions for persons occupied in the industry and service sectors. The results show that physical capital is the main determinant of earnings in Brazilian agriculture, but schooling is the most important determinant of earnings for persons occupied in rural non-farm activities and for all persons living in rural areas.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Income; Human capital; Physical capital; Rural; Brazil.; Agribusiness; Q15; D31.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/60818

IMPORT-SAVING AND THE BALANCE OF PAYMENTS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hume,   L.J.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 1961
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22547

COMPETITION AMONG FOREIGN AND CHINESE AGRO-FOOD ENTERPRISES IN THE PROCESS OF GLOBALIZATION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wei,   Anning; Cacho,   Joyce A.
Based on various case studies, this article examines the interaction of foreign investors and local operators in globalization in the agro-food market in China.  The study found that to break the limitation of the high-end market and to position mainly in the middle market were critical for international brands to succeed.  Asian companies approached the China market as an insider because of cultural proximity.  The latter, plus focused management and effective technology, made their operations profitable easily, but also exposed them to the risk of overexpansion.  Quality products at affordable prices were the catch-up approach adopted by local players.  At the early stage of globalization, winning tactics for local enterprises include imitating and...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/34239

Post-War Trends in Farm Size in New South Wales
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Spinks,   G.R.; Gruen,   Fred H.G.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Farm Management.
Ano: 1958
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8990

Education and Knowledge Transfer: A Priority for the Future
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Akintunde,   Ogundeji Abiodun.
This is an Executive Interview with Lucas Vokurda, Research Coordinator School of Agriculture and Technology, INHOLLAND University, Netherlands
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Research; Capacity building; Knowledge transfer; Chain management; Food Security and Poverty; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44904

What to Choose?  The Value of Label Claims to Fresh Produce Consumers
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bond,   Craig A.; Thilmany,   Dawn D.; Bond,   Jennifer Keeling.
We examine consumer response to label information using a hypothetical choice experiment on red leaf lettuce attribute bundles.  Using survey responses, several mixed logit models with random parameters and varying correlation assumptions are estimated that provide estimated of marginal utilities ( and marginal values) of various attributes related to general health claims, specific nutrition and health claims, certification logos, and certified organic claims (relative to the conventional reference group) for this fresh produce product.  We find that consumers distinguish between labeling claims, and that attribute bundling effects are present, suggesting the results from main effects (linear) models may be misleading.  Furthermore, the results imply that...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Choice experiment; Conditional distribution; Preference heterogeneity; Produce labels; Random parameters; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/46559

Business concentration in the Hungarian food retail market
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Juhasz,   Aniko; Seres,   Antal; Stauder,   Marta.
Retail market consolidation and its effects on micro enterprises and corner shops present a long-term challenge to the Hungarian retail grocery market. The authors hope this study will help the concerned parties deal with this challenge. The study is one of the first attempts at a comprehensive analysis, and employs concentration tables and concentration ratios. It is based on a database from all businesses, including partnerships and individual entrepreneurs, and focuses on the quantifiable trends and the magnitude of market concentration regarding retail sales and specific areas affected by the consolidation process. Our research revealed that, by 2004, concentration in the retail food market was at a high level, considerably higher than the overall...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Grocery retail; Concentration; Micro enterprises; Small grocery (corner) shops; Hungary; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/46443

PERFORMANCE: FROM THE CONSUMER VIEWPOINT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Watkins,   Edgar P.
The author develops concept of customer image Profile and presents an example of its use.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Consumer/Household Economics.
Ano: 1972
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27156

The British Foreign Exchange Crisis
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gruen,   Fred H.G.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Financial Economics.
Ano: 1947
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8326

Wheat Marketing and Trade: Further Issues for Research - a Comment on Ryan
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ahmadi-Esfahani,   Fredoun Z.
Ryan challenges agricultural economists to help overcome a number of vexed problems facing the Australian wheat industry. Previous attempts to analyse these problems have been inadequate largely because of their inability to integrate real-world market imperfections and dynamics. Accordingly, there may be considerable merit in pursuing an alternative research agenda which employs non-traditional theories, models and estimation methods. Several alternative frameworks including the sunk cost model and strategic trade policy are proposed to address the issues of single desk selling status of the Australian Wheat Board and the US Export Enhancement Program. Additional problems including product differentiation, value adding and liberalisation in importing...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Marketing.
Ano: 1994
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/12400

Labour inputs and financial profitability of conventional and agroforestry-based soil fertility management practices in Zambia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ajayi,   Olu Clifford; Akinnifesi,   Festus K.; Sileshi,   G.; Kanjipite,   W.
Several agro-ecological practices have been developed to increase the range of soil fertility management options available to farmers, but little information is available on their labour input requirement and profitability relative to conventional practices. This study used a multiple visit cost-route method to estimate labour inputs and financial profitability of agroforestry-based and conventional (with and without fertiliser) soil fertility management practices in eastern Zambia. Results show that aggregated over a five-year cycle, labour inputs used under agroforestry practices were lower than fertilised maize fields but higher than non-fertilised continuous cropped maize. Agroforestry practices were more profitable (NPV ranging between $233 and $327...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Benefit-cost analysis; Impact assessment; Land use management; Project analysis; Sustainable agriculture; Demand and Price Analysis; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/55046

Current Information, Dissertation Abstracts
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/45109

Alkalmazkodási kényszerben a magyar agrárgazdaság
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Udovecz,   Gabor.
Az agrárgazdaság újabb alkalmazkodási feladat előtt áll. A világpiacon – Európában és itthon is – egyszerre erősödik a kereslet a mezőgazdasági termékek iránt az élelmiszerek és a bioenergia piacán. E folyamat egybeesik az éghajlatváltozással összefüggő nagyobb termelési kockázatokkal, valamint a Közös Agrárpolitika soros felülvizsgálatával, illetve az összevont gazdaságtámogatási rendszer (SPS) hazai bevezetésével. A szakértői elemzések, a gazdaságmatematikai modellek különböző eredményei azt valószínűsítik, hogy a jelenleg uralkodó fejlődési trendek, alkalmazkodási és együttműködési készségek mentén a magyar agrárgazdaság 2013-ig inkább lemaradást, mintsem felzárkózást hozó pályára sodródik. Ezen a pályán alig nő a termelés, stagnálnak a reáljövedelmek,...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Alkalmazkodási kényszer; Jövőkép; Fejlődési pályák; Innováció és együttműködés; Pressure to adapt; Future prospects; Development path; Innovation and cooperation; Agricultural and Food Policy; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57722

HOW LABELING OF SAFETY AND PROCESS ATTRIBUTES AFFECTS MARKETS FOR FOOD
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Caswell,   Julie A.
Consumers are increasingly considering information on the safety and process (how foods are produced) attributes of food in making their buying decisions.  Producers, processors, and retailers may choose voluntary labeling of these attributes, may be required to label by government regulations, or may use a combination of these approaches.  The market effects depend on consumer perceptions of the attributes, the benefits and costs of labeling for companies, and the goals of government policy.  These effects are illustrated through a discussion of labeling of foods that are produced with the use of biotechnology (genetically modified organisms) or that are organically grown.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Consumer/Household Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31517

Multilateral Environmental Agreements and Agriculture: Commitments, Cooperation and Conflicts
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kerr,   William A.; Hall,   Shannon L.
With regard to international organisations, agricultural economists have tended to focus their attention on the World Trade Organisation. There is a good reason for this – WTO negotiations determine, to a considerable degree, the international constraints on the imposition of barriers to market access, the subsidisation of exports and the subsidisation of domestic production. Most governments, however, have made a wide range of additional international commitments that have implications for trade and domestic policy making in agriculture through the negotiation of a large number of multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs) such as the Kyoto Protocol, the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and the Biosafety Protocol (BSP). These have received much...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/45737

A Note on Estimating Australia's Sustainable Population
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Henry,   Lynn A.; Godden,   David P.
This note examines Australia's "sustainable population" under simple assumptions about food production and export demand, and demonstrates the severe limitations of such estimates for policy making.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 1995
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/12469

MARKET AREA SENSITIVITY AS A MEASURE OF RAILROAD-BARGE COMPETITION IN THE OKLAHOMA-KANSAS WHEAT TRANSPORTATION MARKET
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Johnson,   Marc A.; Mennem,   Gary M.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries; Public Economics.
Ano: 1976
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29765

A METHODOLOGY FOR CALCULATING THE COST OF HOLDING INVENTORY: A FOOD INDUSTRY EXAMPLE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: LaLonde,   Bernard J.; Lambert,   Douglas M.
The authors develop methodology to determine inventory carrying costs and substantiate their findings with a case study.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1976
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27880

The Economics of Efficient Phosphorus Abatement in a Watershed
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ancev,   Tihomir; Stoecker,   Arthur L.; Storm,   Daniel E.; White,   Michael J.
This study presents a method to determine efficient environmental targets at a watershed level. Efficient targets are devised by estimating abatement cost and cost of environmental damages and minimizing their sum. The method was applied to a case study of phosphorus pollution in a watershed in Oklahoma. Several cumulative scenarios with alternative abatement options were simulated and efficient targets were determined. As the number of abatement options at disposal to agricultural sources increased, their optimal abatement expanded relative to the abatement at the point source. Efficient targets were found to be dependent on the choice of policy that stimulates abatement.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Efficiency; Environmental targets; Phosphorus pollution; Watershed; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8635

OFF-FARM INCOME OF PEOPLE INVOLVED IN FARMING
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Reinsel,   Edward I.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 1970
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29886

Speaking Stata: On numbers and strings
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cox,   Nicholas J.
The great divide among data types in Stata is between numeric and string variables. Most of the time, which kind you want to use for particular variables is clear and unproblematic, but surprisingly often, users face difficulties in making the right decision or need to convert variables from one kind to another. The main problems that may arise and their possible solutions are surveyed with reference both to official Stata and to user-written programs.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Binary variables; Categorical variables; Data Editor; Dates; Decode; Destring; Encode; Identifiers; Missing values; Numeric variables; Spreadsheets; String functions; String variables; Tostring; Value labels; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/116018

Optimal Nitrogen Fertilization Rates in Winter Wheat Production as Affected by Risk, Disease, and Nitrogen Source
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Roberts,   Roland K.; Walters,   Jeremy T.; Larson,   James A.; English,   Burton C.; Howard,   Donald D.
Interactions among the nitrogen (N) fertilization rate, N source, and disease severity can affect mean yield and yield in conservation tillage wheat production.  A Just-Pope model was used to evaluate the effects of N rate, N source, and disease on the spring N fertilization decision.  Ammonium nitrate (AN) was the utility-maximizing N source, regardless of risk preferences.  The net-return-maximizing AN rate was 92 lb N/acre, providing $0.52/acre higher net returns than the best alternative N source (urea).  If a farmer could anticipate a higher-than-average Take-All Root Rot infection, the difference in optimal net returns between AN and urea would increase to $35.11/acre.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Certainty equivalent; Blume-Blotch; Nitrogen fertilizer; Nitrogen source; Risk; Take-All; Winter wheat; D21; D81; Q12.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43444

Regional Growth Impacts on Agricultural Land Development: A Spatial Model for Three States
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hailu,   Yohannes G.; Brown,   Cheryl.
In this study we attempt to understand the relationship between regional growth in population, employment, and per capita income, and farmland development in Maryland, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. A spatial simultaneous equations model is estimated using county-level data. Results indicate that while county income growth and agricultural land value increases in neighboring counties increase the rate of farmland loss, growth in county agricultural land values, increases in agricultural land density in neighboring counties, and increases in agricultural income per farm reduce farmland losses. Farmland protection policies were not significant in reducing agricultural land development. This approach, focused on regional growth, provides insight into...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Farmland protection; Regional growth; Rural development; Spatial growth equilibrium model; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10161

IS A BEEF DEFICIENCY PAYMENT PARETO-SUPERIOR IN SOUTH KOREA?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nelson,   Gerald C.; Lee,   Yong-Kee.
South Korea uses a quota and a tariff on beef imports to keep farm prices high. Part of the quota rents are used to support indirect benefits to producers. The welfare costs of these policies are analyzed. Following a suggestion of Hayami, a deficiency payment financed by tariff revenues from increased imports is considered as an alternative to the quota. As Anderson (1983) found for Japan, a deficiency payment is Pareto-superior only if indirect benefits from the quota revenue are ignored.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 1991
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32622

Factores determinantes del precio de la carne de ternera: un analisis hedonico
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Royo,   Azucena Gracia; Perez y Perez,   Luis.
El mercado de la carne se ha visto afectado por las recientes crisis alimentarias. La decisión del consumo se ve afectada por el precio, y éste por  las características del producto y otros factores que pueden influir en la utilidad del consumidor. A través de la metodología de los precios hedónicos, nuestro objetivo es determinar el valor económico asignado por el consumidor a las características de la carne que influyen en su decisión de compra. Se utiliza información proporcionada por dos encuestas a 540 consumidores de la ciudad de Zaragoza en 2001 y 2002. En la estimación econométrica se asume una forma funcional flexible, a partir de una transformación Box-Cox, lo que resuelve  el problema de la forma funcional. Los resultados muestran que la...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Beef market; Hedonic prices; Box-Cox transformation; Designation of origin; Econometric estimation; Demand and Price Analysis; B23; C42; D12; H31.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28777

Water management development and agriculture in Syria
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Haddad,   George; Szeles,   Ivett; Zsarnoczai,   J. Sandor.
Irrigated agriculture has increased steadily in Syria over the last decades, almost doubling since 1985. This mounting pace has responded to the nation’s food security policy objectives to satisfy the food production needs of an increasing population that features one of the largest growth rates in the world, namely 3,50 percent in 1985 and still 3,39 percent in 2007. Total expenditures for irrigated agriculture accounted for almost 70 percent of all expenditures in agriculture. Sustainable irrigation water policies aimed at increasing the efficiency of water use in agriculture and at conserving water resources by reducing future consumption. The Euphrates River is 2.800 km long and its middle traverses a wide floodplain in Syria, where it is used...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Water utilisation; Water management; Modern irrigation technologies; Benefits of agricultural sector; Governmental supports; Total Renewable Water Resources (TRWR); Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47546

Underlying trends in employment-output equation: the case of Jordan
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Al-Rabbaie,   Arqam; Alwaked,   Ahmad; Altarawneh,   Yaseen.
The underlying employment trend (UET) is investigated in Jordanian economy over the period 1989- 2004 using structural time series model (STSM). This approach allows to modelling the trend in its stochastic form introduced by Harvey (1989).  The results show that a stochastic trend is preferred to deterministic trend. In addition, the inclusion or exclusion of the conventional deterministic trend leads to overestimated output elasticity. Furthermore, the UET is found to be non-linear, down downward sloping.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Employment; Stochastic trend; Structural time series modelling; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; J20.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94571

Indemnifying Asset Value Losses Related to Livestock Disease Announcements
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: DeVuyst,   Cheryl Sinn; DeVuyst,   Eric A.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27963

TESTING FOR STORE-LEVEL DIFFERENCES IN FACTORS AFFECTING ITEM MOVEMENT OF PREGO AND RAGU SPAGHETTI SAUCES USING POINT-OF-SALE DATA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Seo,   Seong-Cheon; Capps,   Oral, Jr.
Using IRI Infoscan store-level data or Prego and Ragu brands of spaghetti sauces, estimates were obtained for own-price, cross-price, and advertising elasticities for Houston, TX and Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX markets via the use of SUR (Seemingly Unrelated Regression) technique. As well, impacts of featuring, display, and free-standing inserts on movement of spaghetti sauces at the store level were obtained. Dynamics in item movement also were captured. Within a particular market for a given brand, coefficients of factors affecting movement of spaghetti sauce were different across stores.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27215

Evaluating the Economic Impact of Farmers’ Markets Using an Opportunity Cost Framework
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hughes,   David W.; Brown,   Cheryl; Miller,   Stacy; McConnell,   Tom.
Farmers’ markets presumably benefit local economies through enhanced retention of local dollars. Unlike other studies, the net impact of farmers’ markets on the West Virginia economy is examined. Producer survey results are used in estimating annual direct sales ($1.725 million). Using an IMPLAN-based input-output model, gross impacts are 119 jobs (69 full-time equivalent jobs) and $2.389 million in output including $1.48 million in gross state product (GSP). When the effect of direct revenue losses are included (primarily for grocery stores), the impact is reduced to 82 jobs (43 full-time equivalent jobs), $1.075 million in output, and $0.653 million in GSP.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Farmers’ markets; Input-output models; Net economic impact; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Crop Production/Industries; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; R15; Q13; Q18.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/45523

Contents and Cover Page
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44673

A MODEL OF NEW ZEALAND APPLE SUPPLY RESPONSE TO TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rae,   Allan N.; Carman,   Hoy F.
A supply response model for New Zealand apples is specified and equa•tions for new plantings, removals, yields and adoption of an innovation are estimated. The model expands on perennial crop models previously estimated by incorporating the time pattern of adoption of a planting innovation and formulation of a measure of yield expectations given technological change.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 1975
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22553

COVER AND CONTENTS PAGES
Provedor de dados: 31
Includes:  Cover, 1999 Officers and Directors, Title Page, Contents Page
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27219

Effects of the Farm Financial Crisis on the Profitability of Agribusiness Firms
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wise,   James O.; Turner,   Steven C.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Financial Economics.
Ano: 1992
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/62325

Agricultural trade in North America: Trade creation, regionalism and regionalisation
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Miljkovic,   Dragan; Paul,   Rodney.
Trade creation in agricultural products is defined as a statistically significant positive break in the trend function of the growth in exports and imports between member countries. The present study attempts to determine the time of any break in the trend of real exports and imports between the Canada–USA Free Trade Agreement (CUSTA) and the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) member countries for the years 1980:I through 1999:II, and document the scale of the phenomenon. The present study finds trade creation only occurs in USA agricultural exports to Canada because of CUSTA. The results confirm the theory that the regionalism of NAFTA did not lead to regionalisation or an increasing share of intraregional international trade.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/116991

Innovative Mechanism of Rural Organization Based on Self-Organization
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wang,   Xing jin; Gao,   Bing.
The paper analyzes the basic situation for the formation of innovative rural organizations with the form of self-organization; revels the features of self-organization, including the four aspects of openness of rural organization, innovation of rural organization is far away from equilibrium, the non-linear response mechanism of rural organization innovation and the random rise and fall of rural organization innovation. The evolution mechanism of rural organization innovation is reveled according to the growth stage, the ideal stage, the decline and the fall stage. The paper probes into the basic restriction mechanism of the self-organization evaluation of rural organization from three aspects, including target recognition, path dependence and knowledge...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Self-organization; Rural organization innovation; Evolution; Innovation mechanism; China; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/113503

ESTIMATING MARKETING MARGIN COST COMPONENTS: AN APPLICATION OF SIMULATION TO PRODUCTS OF THE VEGETABLE OIL INDUSTRY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lamm,   R. McFall  Jr.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 1976
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29953

Tourism and the Construction of Community Boundaries in a Galilee Kibbutz
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Grossman,   Ronit.
The mounting focus on the tourist industry by kibbutzim in the last decade, calls for an assessment of the implications of tourism development on the life of kibbutz members and the changes in the local identity and boundaries. In the present study, based on anthropological fieldwork, identity and structural changes in one kibbutz are placed in the context of local tourism development. The core of the article is the description of two celebrations to which tourists were invited to celebrate the festivities together with the kibbutz members. These celebrations from different periods of kibbutz life and stages of development of the tourism project, shed light on the changes occurring in the local identity and boundaries.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/59580

Production Trends in New South Wales: Items of Interest for April, 1947
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Production Economics.
Ano: 1947
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8308

Hungarikumok fogyasztói elemzése
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Notari,   Marta; Ferencz,   Arpad; Berde,   Csaba.
A vizsgálat keretében, 1472 válasz alapján megállapítható, hogy hungarikumnak csak a mai határok közötti magyarországi termékeket tekintik, valamint azt, ami tu¬lajdonságai és hagyománya alapján egyértelműen megkülönböztethető más hasonló termékektől. A hazai fogyasztók nem az ár, küllem, hanem a sajátos íz és minőség alapján döntenek a hungarikum mellett. A külföldi megkérdezettek 75%-ban a személyes élményt jelölték meg választásuk alapjaként, míg az íz, minőség, küllem, ár együttesen csak 25%-ot tett ki. A választ az országban eltöltött idő és élmény magyarázhatja.   -------------------------------------    The survey analysed 1472 responses and found that goods are considered Hungaricum only if they were produced in the territory enclosed by the...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Hungarikumok; Fogyasztói magatartás; Hungarikumok jellemzői; Kedveltsége; Hungaricums; Consumer behaviour; Characteristics and popularity of Hungaricums; Agribusiness; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/92500

A Partial Budget Approach to Estimating Cash Rents
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ibendahl,   Gregory A.
Because of the extra risk, tenants who cash lease land should earn more money than those tenants with share leases. A competitive land market and the need to support bigger and newer machinery can easily lead tenants to pay more than they should for a cash lease. Share leases tend to avoid the overpayment problem as the share percentage is usually relatively fixed. Since share leases are not always available, this paper presents a way for tenants to determine if a cash lease rate is reasonable for the area by using a partial budget approach that compares lease types.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Financial Economics.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/96412

Women's Cooperatives and their Contribution to the Local Development of the North Aegean Region, Greece
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Vakoufaris,   Hristos; Kizos,   Thanasis; Spilanis,   Ioannis; Koulouri,   Maria; Zacharaki,   Anna.
In the last twenty years Greece has witnessed the emergence and establishment of women’s cooperatives, a form of productive agricultural cooperatives. This paper explores their importance and their contribution to local development. Evidence is presented for an island region, the North Aegean. Personal interviews, using structured questionnaires, were conducted with the chairwomen of all the region’s cooperatives in order to obtain an insight into their structure and dynamics. According to the findings of this study, women’s cooperatives are characterized by substantial potential on the one hand and by serious drawbacks on the other. The economic performance of the cooperatives is satisfactory, while the use of local resources and ‘know how’ contribute to...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Women’s cooperatives; North Aegean; Local development; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58681

Use of Agricultural Residue Feedstock In North Dakota Biorefineries
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Leistritz,   F. Larry; Hodur,   Nancy M.; Senechal,   Donald M.; Stowers,   Mark D.; McCalla,   Darold; Saffron,   Chris M.
Rising prices and uncertain supplies of petroleum, together with environmental concerns regarding fossil fuel combustion, have enhanced interest in biobased products and fuels. This study analyzes the feasibility of a multi-product biorefinery that uses wheat straw as feedstock to produce ethanol, electricity, and cellulose nanofibers. Nanofibers (nanowhiskers) would be used as reinforcements in a biobased nanocomposite material that could substitute for fiberglass in many applications. The growth of a biobased industry could have major economic development implications for the Great Plains/Midwest region.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Biomass; Biomaterials; Cellulose nanofibers (CNFs); Economic development; Ethanol; Wheat straw; Agribusiness; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/90655

Agricultural Policy: High Commodity and Input Prices
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Schmitz,   Andrew; Furtan,   William Hartley; Schmitz,   Troy G.
Because of high commodity prices, beginning in 2006, subsidies to farmers in the United States, the European Union, and Canada have been reduced significantly. However, significant losses have been experienced by the red meat sector, along with escalating food prices. Because of rising input costs, the “farm boom” may not be as great as first thought. Ethanol made from corn and country-of-origin labeling cloud the U.S. policy scene. Higher commodity prices have caused some countries to lower tariff and non-tariff barriers, resulting in freer commodity trade worldwide. Policymakers should attempt to make these trade-barrier cuts permanent and should rethink current policy legislation to deal with the possibility of a collapse of world commodity markets....
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural policy; High commodity prices; Input prices; Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49862

FINANCIAL RISK IN COTTON PRODUCTION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wilson,   Paul N.; Gundersen,   Carl E.
Risk analysis continues to emphasize price and yield variability as the principal components of the decision-maker's risk environment.  This research demonstrates the relative importance of financial risk for a representative cotton farm in Arizona.  For highly leveraged operations, financial risk may account for 70 percent of the total risk faced by the producer.  Implications for future risk analysis are discussed in light of these findings.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 1985
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29974

Cash flow as an important solvency determinant of agricultural enterprises in the Slovak Republic
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gurcik,   Lubomir; Miklovicova,   Jana; Miklovicova,   Silvia.
In this paper deals with the cash flow analysis in agricultural companies in particular regions of the Slovak Republic. At present, from a company’s point of view it is not so important to reach a profit but to have a sufficient cash to keep solvency. On base of column and balance cash flow composition we determine in which areas agricultural companies invested money and what sources they used to finance their activities.  Agricultural companies in the Slovak Republic financed their activities particularly from internal sources, however, they used external sources, too. Companies situated in better natural conditions spent more external sources than companies in LFA. The companies used the financial sources in operating and investment activities equally.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural enterprises; Cash flow analysis; Net cash flow; Balance composition of cash flow; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/96846

Die Marktordnungen für Obst, Gemüse und Bananen
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Monning,   Bernd; Winterhoff,   Esther; Bohlen,   Peter.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Demand and Price Analysis; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/96744

End Materials
Provedor de dados: 31
Includes:  Coming Attractions
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/93400

NONCONSTANT PRICE EXPECTATIONS AND ACREAGE RESPONSE: THE CASE OF COTTON PRODUCTION IN GEORGIA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Parrott,   Scott D.; McIntosh,   Christopher S.
An adaptive regression model is used to examine the relative importance of cash and government support prices in determining cotton production over time. The results show that the cash price is more important as a source of price information for cotton producers than the government program price. The cash price was shown to have a greater influence on acreage response in every year, including periods thought to be dominated by government commodity programs.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Adaptive regression; Cotton acreage response; Price expectations; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 1996
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15235

ADULT EQUIVALENT SCALES REVISITED
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Demoussis,   Michael; Mihalopoulos,   Vassilis.
Use of the Tobit model for estimation of adult equivalent scale (AES) parameters and expenditure equations presupposes that zero observations represent exclusively corner solutions.  This paper tests for the underlying causes of zero observations and estimates accordingly the AES parameters, the household size in adult equivalents and the resulting expenditure equations and consumption profiles.  The empirical application concerns Greek household "soft" and "hard" cheese consumption.  The statistical results indicate that for the examined cheese categories the "double hurdle participation" model adjusted for non-normality and heteroskedasticity is the appropriate model for the estimation of AES parameters and expenditure equations.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Adult equivalent scales; Double-hurdle models; Soft and hard cheese; Greece; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15291

Studying the Chinese Society through the Case of SARS: Opportunities and Challenges
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wang,   Dongyang.
The plague of SARS is over in China, and the economy is recovering quickly. While the impacts of SARS on Chinese economy were temporary, a part of economic sectors experienced severe attacks - including the migrant workers from the  rural areas, whose income has been reduced significantly. Indeed, the negative  influence on the society is great and profound. This crisis especially challenges today's public risk management, citizens' behavior and moral, and social civilization and progress. To protect the interests of the migrant farmers in their tens of millions as a special social community must be paid more attention.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31946

INFLATION, CASH FLOWS, AND GROWTH: SOME IMPLICATIONS FOR THE FARM FIRM
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Robison,   Lindon J.; Brake,   John R.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1980
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29474

MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING, NORTHEASTERN AGRICULTURAL AND RESOURCE ECONOMICS ASSOCIATION, JUNE 24, 1986
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1986
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29048

Production Inefficiency in Fed Cattle Marketing and the Value of Sorting Pens into Alternative Marketing Groups Using Ultrasound Technology
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Koontz,   Stephen R.; Hoag,   Dana L.; Brethour,   John R.; Walker,   Jodine L.
The cattle industry batch markets animals in pens. Because of this, animals within any one pen can be both underfed and overfed. Thus, there is a production inefficiency associated with batch marketing. We simulate the value of sorting animals through weight and ultrasound measurements from original pens into smaller alternative marketing groups. Sorting exploits the production inefficiency and enables cattle feeding enterprises to avoid meat quality discounts, capture premiums, more efficiently use feed resources, and increase returns. The value of sorting is between $15 and $25 per head, with declining marginal returns as the number of sort groups increases.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Cattle feeding; Production efficiency; Simulation; Sorting; Value-based marketing; Ultrasound; Agribusiness; Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; C15; D21; D23; Q12.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47266

Probabilistic Models of Yield, Price, and Revenue Risks for Fed Cattle Production
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Belasco,   Eric J.; Taylor,   Mykel R.; Goodwin,   Barry K.; Schroeder,   Ted C.
Cattle feeding enterprises operate amid variability originating in prices and production. This research explicitly models yield risks related to cattle feeding by relating the mean and variance of yield performance factors to observable conditioning variables. The results demonstrate that pen characteristics, such as entry weight, gender, placement season, and location influence the mean and variability of yield factors, defined as dry matter feed conversion, average daily gain, mortality, and animal health costs. Ex ante profit distributions, conditional on cattle placement characteristics, are derived through simulation methods to evaluate the effects of price or yield shocks on the distributional characteristics of expected profits.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Conditional variance; Production risk; Cattle feeding; Yields; Agribusiness; Livestock Production/Industries; Production Economics; Productivity Analysis; Risk and Uncertainty; D24; D81; Q12.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/48761

Redesigning the Food Chain: Trade, Investment and Strategic Alliances in the Orange Juice Industry
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Azevedo,   Paulo Furquim de; Chaddad,   Fabio Ribas.
Change in trade barriers and capital flow creates opportunities for redesigning the food chain. The orange juice chain in U.S. and Brazil provides an interesting illustration of how institutional harmonization, high import tariff rates and complementary capabilities open new opportunities for strategic alliances and the re-arrangement in the FCOJ chain. This finding has the following implications. First, trade barriers are not enough to support FDI and related internationalization decisions. Second, the perspective of market integration creates a positive environment for new strategic alliances and the re-design of the food chain. And third, the existence of complementary capabilities between foreign and domestic companies is a necessary condition for this...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: FTAA; Foreign direct investment; Orange Juice Industry; Strategic alliances; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8212

CONSUMER ATTITUDES TOWARD ORGANICALLY GROWN LETTUCE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wolf,   Marianne McGarry; Johnson,   Bradey; Cochran,   Kerry; Hamilton,   Lynn L.
This research shows that approximately 29 percent of lettuce purchases in California expect to purchase an organically grown lettuce product in the future.  Organic lettuce purchasers are more likely to be female, have a higher household income and a higher level of education.  Consumers are concerned with the freshness, quality, price, and environmental impact of the lettuce they purchase.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Consumer/Household Economics.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27628

MERCADOS Y COMERCIALIZACIÓN DE INSUMOS EN LA CADENA DE LECHE DE VACA EN EL ESTADO DE HIDALGO
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Reyes,   Venancio Cuevas; Espinosa Garcia,   Jose Antonio; Romero Santillan,   Fernando; Jolalpa Barrera,   Jose Luis.
The objective of the present work was the one to characterize the market of farming insumos of the milk chain of cow in the state of Hidalgo with the purpose of identifying critical necks of bottle or factors that affect their development of the productive chain. The analysis of productive chains and sampling of proportions of Maxima variance was used. To the channels and agents of commercialization were described, as well as the markets of the inputs, identifying themselves that the supplying participate national and transnational companies actively. The balanced foods that are sold are of national origin, the forages are of crazy origin and the veterinary products and reproductive nationals and of companies and laboratories of the foreigner. One...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agri Food Chain; Markets; Commercialization; Inputs; Dairymilk; Cadena agroalimentaria; Mercados; Comercialización; Insumos; Leche de vaca.; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/45843

PROTECTING MEAT, POULTRY AND EGGS DURING PROCESSING
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Brant,   A.W.
Outlines general areas of hazards to foods and discusses measures taken to protect the public from them.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 1973
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27690

VALUE OF IRRIGATION WATER IN THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC STATES: AN ECONOMETRIC APPROACH
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Madariaga,   Bruce; McConnell,   Kenneth E.
Estimation of the economic value of irrigation water is complicated by a lack of data on the price or marginal cost of water.  Through econometric estimation of an aggregate total value product function, this paper obtains marginal irrigation water value estimates for the Middle Atlantic region.  Additionally, the impact of temperature and soil conditions on aggregate production within the region is estimated.  Ridge regression and covariance analysis are employed to deal with problems of multicollinearity and simultaneous equation bias, respectively.  Estimates indicate a substantial and growing return to irrigation within the region.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1984
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29736

WHAT CAN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL DO TO REDUCE DROPOUT NUMBERS?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Debertin,   David L.; Huie,   John M.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1974
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29334

BOOK REVIEWS
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1976
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22686

The Influence of the Pace and Scale of Energy Development on Communities: Lessons from the Natural Gas Drilling Boom in the Rocky Mountains
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Haefele,   Michelle A.; Morton,   Pete.
Both the number of oil and gas wells drilled annually2 (U.S. Department of Interior [U.S.D.I.], Bureau of Land Management 2009) and the number of producing natural gas wells3 (U.S. Department of Energy 2009) in the Rocky Mountain region4 more than doubled from 1998 to 2008. The proportion of U.S. natural gas production from the region increased from 16% in 1997 to 23% in 2007 (U. S. Department of Energy 2009) and the number of drilling rigs operating in the region grew from 131 in 2002 to 318 in 2009.5 This increase in natural gas drilling in the region has created boomtown conditions in several rural communities. While energy development can benefit rural communities, boomtowns in the Rockies experienced an influx of non-local workers, a rise in crime and...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/92810

END MATERIALS
Provedor de dados: 31
Includes:  Guidelines for Submission of Manuscripts; Southern Agricultural Economics Association Executive Committee and Membership/Subscription Information
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15395

Competing Risk Proportional Hazard Models of Farm Service Agency Direct Operating Loans
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dixon,   Bruce L.; Ahrendsen,   Bruce L.; Foianini,   Monica; Hamm,   Sandra J.; Danforth,   Diana M.
The USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) direct farm loan program is designed to provide credit to family-sized farms unable to obtain credit from conventional sources at reasonable rates and terms despite having sufficient cash flow to repay and an ability to fully securitize the loan.  FSA policy encourages borrowers to exit the program as soon as possible.  This study uses Cox proportional hazard models in a competing risks framework to identify predictive factor of: (1) loan success or default, and (2) length of time to loan termination. Survey data from 1925 direct loans originated in federal fiscal years 1994-95 are used for analysis. Only data available to FSA at time of origination were collected. Since these data are all the information FSA has at time...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Duration; Farm Service Agency; Direct loans; Competing risks; Agricultural Finance; Risk and Uncertainty; C29; G28; Q12; Q14.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/48140

Book Notes
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1955
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8874

Index of Volume 47
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/118153

Financial Returns and Capital Requirements for Optimum Pasture Improvement Plans
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Pearse,   Robert A.
Since World War II there has been a rapid increase in the area sown to improved pastures in Australia generally and New South Wales in particular. Despite this increase there has been much speculation as to the reasons why even more country has not been improved, especially as spectacular increases in carrying capacity result. There have been a number of studies of economic aspects of pasture improvement stimulated by these observations. This study is intended to extend or supplement them, because much of the previous work has been somewhat limited.  The objects of this paper are to:-  (1) Outline the basic asumptions on which the whole study is based. (2) Determine, where finance is provided from savings supplemented by reinvestment of all profits (when...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Farm Management.
Ano: 1963
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9011

IMPACTS OF THE 1996 FARM BILL INCLUDING AD HOC ADDITIONS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ray,   Daryll E.
Whether the next farm bill is a slightly modified extension of the 1996 Farm Bill or is significantly different from the current bill will hinge on how the 1996 Farm Bill is perceived to have performed.  With no supply management provisions in the 1996 Farm Bill, the crop markets have not shown a capacity to self-correct by reducing the quantity supplied and increasing the quantity demanded in response to relatively large declines in crop prices.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15015

Limiting Biotechnology? Information Problems and Policy Responses
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Plunkett,   Marni D.; Gaisford,   James D.
The revolution in biotechnology poses pervasive, although not entirely unprecedented, asymmetric information problems. Especially in Europe, but even in North America, there is mounting evidence that consumers do not treat genetically modified foods (GMFs) and their non-modified counterparts as perfect substitutes. If other things such as prices are equal, many consumers would prefer to consume non-GMFs; they perceive GMFs as lower-quality products. While farm-level producers are fully informed on the genetic qualities of their product, final consumers will often be unable to distinguish between the two types of products. Thus, the information structure will only sustain a pooling equilibrium, in which both GMFs and non-GMFs are sold together, or pooled,...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Health Economics and Policy; Marketing.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/45630

Inside Front Cover
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10199

Consumer Attitudes Toward Genetic Modification and Other Possible Production Attributes for Chicken
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bernard,   John C.; Pan,   Xiqian; Sirolli,   Ryan.
Today's consumers face foods whose production attributes they are often largely unfamiliar with and uncertain about.  This study surveyed Delaware consumers about labeling, health risk concerns, and knowledge of five potential attributes for chicken: free-range, treated with antibiotics, irradiated, fed genetically modified (GM) feed, and GM chicken. Respondents were highly in favor of labeling all attributes, and perceived a high health risk from and had a low self-reported knowledge of many of the attributes.  Gender, tobacco use, and label reading habits were significant factors in explaining the difference in responses. An analysis of survey comments further demonstrated the extent of consumer concerns.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Consumer/Household Economics; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27714

Selected Paper Abstracts, Annual Meetings
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Consumer/Household Economics; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; International Relations/Trade; Land Economics/Use; Production Economics; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53104

Fragmenting markets and quality change in New Zealand foods: empirical analysis with a Rotterdam model
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Khaled,   Mohammed; McWha,   Vhari; Lattimore,   Ralph G.
Very little is known about changes in the demand characteristics of food in New Zealand. As far as we can determine, there has never been a complete disaggregated food demand model estimated for New Zealand. The object of this paper is to update these estimates using more recent data to see whether there are grounds for believing that the structural changes that occurred primarily during the last two decades are having effects on the magnitude of food demand elasticities in New Zealand. To this end, a Rotterdam food demand system is estimated using time series data. The results indicate that over the last 20 years, household consumption has increased for fruit and vegetables, poultry, food eaten away from home, and sweet products, drinks and other foods....
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Consumer behaviour; Food demand; Agricultural and food policy; Rotterdam model; Food quality; New Zealand; Agricultural and Food Policy; Consumer/Household Economics; Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97506

CHANGES IN FARM PRODUCTION UNDER INTENSIVE FARM MANAGEMENT ADVICE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Southcombe,   F.J.; Mauldon,   Roger G.
This investigation examines the impact of intensive farm management advice on levels and productivities of resource use on samples of farms. A total of 60 members of 13 farm management advisory services and 60 non-members, matched by locality, were studied in two farming regions of Western Australia. A production model has been formulated and analysed which discriminates between effects of differences and changes in resource use and productivity over time and between members and non-members. Major differences between members and non-members over time have been rates of growth of inputs and outputs rather than systematic changes of production relationships.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Farm Management.
Ano: 1970
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22811

Economies of Scale in der Produktion versus Diseconomies im Transport: Zum Strukturwandel im Molkereisektor
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Boysen,   Ole; Schroeder,   Carsten.
In this article, we simulate structural change within the German dairy sector employing a sector-wide optimization model. As a result, we obtain cost minimizing structures of the dairy sector for various scenarios differentiated by time horizon and level of transportation cost. We demonstrate that the model is capable of explaining the current trend which is characterized by a decrease in the number of dairies while average capacity is increasing. However, this development is less pronounced if transportation cost rises relative to other costs.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Capacitated facility location problem; Market structure; Transportation; Agribusiness; Production Economics.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97183

COMMUNICATIONS AND LEADERSHIP CREDIBILITY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ricker,   E.D.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1974
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27245

DOES BRANDED FOOD PRODUCT ADVERTISING HELP OR HURT FARMERS?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Zhang,   Mingxia; Sexton,   Richard J.; Alston,   Julian M.
This study investigates market conditions when food processor/handler brand advertising, whether undertaken by an investor-owned firm or by a cooperative, will benefit or harm farmers.  Addressing this question provides insight into the policy issue of whether and when promotion funds intended to benefit farmers should be used in support of brand advertising.  Analysis of a two-stage oligopoly-oligopsony model shows that advertising by an investor-owned firm is most likely to be harmful to farmers when it takes place in a relatively unconcentrated industry and when advertising is relatively more effective at creating brand market power than at increasing total demand.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Marketing.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31131

Consumers' Willingness to Pay for Eco-Certified Wood Products
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jensen,   Kimberly L.; Jakus,   Paul M.; English,   Burton C.; Menard,   R. Jamey.
We use Kristrom’s simple spike model to assess the factors influencing consumers’ willingness to pay a premium for a variety of certified wood products.  A survey of over 1,600 Pennsylvania and Tennessee residents found that approximately 35% were willing to pay some positive “premium” for environmentally certified wood products.  For three types of weed products (a $28.80 shelf, a $199 chair, and a $799 table), we find the estimated market premiums to be $3.74, $15.94, and $45.07, respectively.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Eco-certification; Eco-labeling; Price premium; Spike models; Q5; Q23.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43452

The Common Agricultural Policy from a Swiss point of view
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hofer,   Eduard; Eggenschwiler,   Christophe.
The present contribution relates to the development of the CAP from it's creation in the 60's to it's last reform in June 2003. On the one hand, this reform has been designed to respond to the challenge of financing the EU enlargement despite the CAP budgetary restrictions. On the other hand, it is obliged to respond to the demands of the society. This last reform shows outstanding similarities with the agriculture policies reforms undertaken in Switzerland in the 90'. 'Cross compliance' (direct payments bound to eco-logical conditions) and decoupling of domestic support measures are surely among the most significant similarities of the two reforms. Although quite a significant price gap remains, the UE and Swiss agricultural policies are constantly...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31988

AN APPRAISAL OF A BUFFER FUND SCHEME FOR BEEF: REPLY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Parton,   Kevin A.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 1978
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22714

Sales of Livestock at Homebush, Sydney, November, 1947
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Coleman,   G.C.; Sexton,   P.F.; Perry,   T.R.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1947
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8258

AN ANALYSIS OF THE EFFECTS OF FEED INGREDIENT PRICE RISK ON THE SELECTION OF MINIMUM COST BACKGROUNDING FEED RATIONS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Coffey,   Brian K.
The traditional minimum cost feed ration linear programming model is expanded to permit risk management responses to price variability associated with feeding a particular ration across time.  The cost minimizing objective function also considers feed cost in a mean-variance (E-V) framework.  The model is specified using NRC nutrient requirements and an historic Feedstuffs price series.  A decision-maker can choose his/her optimal ration by making tradeoffs between price risk and net income.  The results should provide a basis for decision tools that allow livestock producers to manage the net income risk involved in the selection of a feed ration.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Marketing.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15031

Something in the Water? Testing for Groundwater Quality Information in the Housing Market
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: McLaughlin,   Patrick A.
I test the level of information regarding possible groundwater contamination in the residential real estate market in Washington County, Minnesota. An approximately seven square-mile trichloroethylene plume has affected hundreds of households’ water supplies since at least 1988 in the region. I find that homeowners were initially well-informed by market forces, but were later somewhat misinformed by government actions regarding the potential of water contamination from the plume. A disclosure law passed in 2003 may have added new, low-cost, and imperfect information to the market that could explain the change in informational awareness.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Disclosure law; Environmental disamenity; Groundwater; Groundwater contamination; Hedonic model; Incomplete information; Water quality; Real estate; Consumer/Household Economics; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/117207

COMPETITIVE SITUATION IN THE UNITED STATES FOOD INDUSTRY, 2010 A.D.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cain,   Jarvis L.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1993
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26570

PRICE ARBITRAGE BETWEEN QUEENSLAND CATTLE AUCTIONS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Williams,   Christine H.; Bewley,   Ronald A.
In a competitive market with free information flows, spatial arbitrage will ensure that average prices at geographically separate markets will move in unison. The speed of adjustment is related to information flows between markets; if adjustment lags exist, there may be opportunities for arbitragers to gain. The transmission of price information is modelled using Johansen's procedure and the existence of long-run arbitrage opportunities is investigated. An innovation analysis is used to examine the varying responses to changes in prices at spatially separate markets.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Marketing.
Ano: 1993
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22381

LAND SUBSIDENCE AND ASSOCIATED EXTERNALITIES IN THE COASTAL AREA OF TEXAS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Warren,   John P.; Jones,   Lonnie L.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 1975
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29674

THE EFFECT OF CALIFORNIA WEATHER CONDITIONS ON PRICE PREMIA FOR ORGANICALLY GROWN VEGETABLES IN THE UNITED STATES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ro,   Eunjik; Frechette,   Darren L.
Organic vegetable producers typically earn a premium over conventional producers to cover the added costs of organic production.  The premium can vary greatly, making organic vegetable farming riskier than conventional farming and causing potential financial problems for new organic farming enterprises.  Further, organic vegetable production is geographically concentrated in California, and the variation in organic price premia depends upon regional production factors, especially weather conditions.  This study examines the relationship between organic vegetable price premia and California weather conditions near organic vegetable farms.  Analysis is based on a unique data set of daily prices from the Boston Terminal Wholesale Market and California weather...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27823

Competitiveness of Characteristic Agriculture in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Based on Explanatory Indicators
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Teng,   Ming-lan.
The five explanatory indicators of the competitiveness of characteristic agriculture are the agricultural science and technology, the cultural quality of agricultural labor force, the agricultural infrastructure, the resource endowment, and the agricultural management scale. According to these explanatory indicators, competitiveness of characteristic agriculture is relatively strong in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of China, which is mainly reflected in the resource advantage, irrigation degree, and road construction level. However, the agricultural technology level, the cultural quality of agricultural labor force, the agricultural mechanization, and the agricultural management scale have relatively poor competitiveness. Therefore, more attention...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Explanatory indicators; Characteristic agriculture; Competitiveness; China; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/113480

FEASIBILITY OF PACKAGING POTATOES IN INSTITUTIONAL SIZE RETORT POUCHES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hinman,   Donald L.; Pierson,   Thomas R.
Packaging potatoes in institutional size retort pouches is analyzed as a possible market outlet for Michigan potatoes.  A two-pronged research approach involves estimation of unit costs of retort pouch potato products (RPP) and an assessment of the market potential for RPP in the food service industry.  Break-even costs for a six-pound pouch is estimated to be $2.62 (44¢ per pound), which translates to a likely price disadvantage relative to competing products.  Food service operators expressed general satisfaction with existing potato products and will not readily switch to use of retort pouch potato products.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1990
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26550

FOOD INDUSTRY EDUCATION AND TRAINING: MODELS FOR THE FUTURE, PEOPLE, PRODUCTIVITY AND THE FOOD INDUSTRY MANAGER
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Pines,   Patricia L.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1985
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27837

Contents Page
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1947
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8302

Cover and Contents Page
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1972
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6924

The Future(s) of Pollution Control:  The Case of the Acid Rain Program
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: McLemore,   Donna L.; Keeler,   Andrew G.; Turner,   Steven C.
This study examines the potential success of the futures contract in SO2 Emissions Allowances. Factors affecting the success of the futures contract are presented including the uncertainties of air pollution and public utility regulation, emission control technology, electricity demand, and electric utility needs for an allowance price discovery mechanism for long-range compliance planning under risk. If SO2 futures market is successful, there is some potential for expanding futures trading to other pollutants. Since SO2 is uniquely suited to a national market, duplication of SO2 futures for other pollutants may be difficult.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Clean Air Act (CAA) Amendments of 1990; Electric utilities; Tradable permits; Emission Allowance (EA); Acid Rain Program (ARP); Futures contract; Sulfur dioxide (SO2); Agribusiness; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1994
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/62358

Feeder Cattle Costs and Returns 1957-1958
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Erickson,   D.E.; Johnson,   Ray George; Nodland,   Truman R.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 1959
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47924

ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF STATE PARKS ON STATE ECONOMIES IN THE SOUTH
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bergstrom,   John C.; Cordell,   H. Ken; Watson,   Alan E.; Ashley,   Gregory A.
The economic impacts of recreational visits to state parks on the economies of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Tennessee were estimated using the U.S. Forest Service IMPLAN input-output modeling system. Recreational expenditure data associated with state parks were obtained from the Public Area Recreation Visitors Study (PARVS). Results suggest that recreational spending may stimulate a considerable amount of economic activity in the state economies studied. Hence, future research into the economic development potential of outdoor recreation seems warranted.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1990
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29999

FOOD DISTRIBUTION RESEARCH FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: DISCUSSANT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Long,   Donald L.
Emphasis on need for establishing practice of adoption of existing knowledge and use of problem-oriented research in developing countries.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Marketing.
Ano: 1970
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27019

An Analysis of the Relationship Between Supply-Chain Management Practices and New Product Development Time: A Case of the North American Confectionery Manufacturers
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Spaulding,   Aslihan D.; Woods,   Timothy A.
This paper describes the relationship between supply-chain management practices and new product development over time in the North American confectionery manufacturing industry. Using data from a survey of new product development managers, results indicate that buyer involvement and supplier involvement do not have a statistically significant impact on development time. Outsourcing of activities, however, does significantly impact new product development time. Findings of this study have important implications for supply-chain management practices of the food-manufacturing industry.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9276

Review of Regression Methods in Biostatistics: Linear, Logistic, Survival, and Repeated Measures Models by Vittinghoff, Glidden, Shiboski, and McCulloch
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lemeshow,   Stanley; Moeschberger,   Melvin L.
This article reviews Regression Methods in Biostatistics: Linear, Logistic, Survival, and Repeated Measures Models by Vittinghoff et al.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Linear regression; Logistic regression; Survival analysis; Repeated measures; Generalized linear models; Complex surveys; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/117518

ENERGY COST CONTROLS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Perez,   Art.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1978
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27536

OBITUARY: JOHN COLEMAN FLINN 1939-1991
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Quilkey,   John J.
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1991
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22625

Cost-Minimizing Food Budgets in Ghana
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Darko,   Francis Addeah; Allen,   Benjamin; Mazunda,   John; Rahimzai,   Rafiullah; Dobbins,   Craig L.
Replaced with revised version of paper on 01/14/2011.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Developing countries; Nutrition; Minimum costs; Linear programming; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/96161

DO CORN FARMERS HAVE TOO MUCH FAITH IN THE SUGAR PROGRAM?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rendleman,   C. Matthew; Hertel,   Thomas W.
Corn producers frequently have been told that the sugar program provides an important stimulus to corn demand through its positive influence on the high fructose corn syrup sector. In this article we qualify the extent of this support and find it to be very small- not more than 3 cents per bushel, and probably less. Previous studies have overstated this effect due a lack of attention to the interindustry linkages in the sweetener complex.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 1993
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30813

IMPACT OF SPATIAL PRICE DISCRIMINATION WITHIN FLORIDA DAIRY COOPERATIVES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nubern,   Christopher A.; Kilmer,   Richard L.
The trend toward deregulation and the relatively high prices in the Florida milk market have increased competition for milk supplies between Florida dairy cooperatives (FDCs) and other cooperatives like Dairymen Incorporated and Southern Milk Sales.  Because of the increased competition in the Florida markets, the FDCs may need to implement a discriminatory spatial pricing policy.  The discriminatory pricing policy allows the FDCs to expand their membership by absorbing some of the transportation cost of producers in distant locations that would otherwise be independent producers or members of competing cooperatives.  Spatial pricing policies are analyzed to determine the effects of discriminatory pricing on the blend price, average aggregate revenue of...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31357

FRONT COVER
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1995
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22397

CHANGES IN EUROPE AND THE USSR: AN OVERVIEW FOR SOUTHERN AGRICULTURE AND AGRIBUSINESS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Penn,   J.B.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1991
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30278

THE COMMERCIAL POTENTIAL OF NEW DAIRY PRODUCTS FROM MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kim,   Sung-Yong; Lalor,   Alejandro; Siebert,   John W.
Membrane filtration technologies are capable of creating entirely new, more functional food products.  In this regard, potential new dairy products include high-protein, low-lactose fluid milk, high-protein, low-lactose ice cream, and non-far yogurt made with fewer stabilizers.  An initial survey of membrane manufacturing companies determined the added cost to produce such functional food products to be two to six percent of the existing retail price for similar standard dairy products.  A subsequent survey of milk processors found that the most likely adopters of such membrane technologies were yogurt manufacturers.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27582

Tribuna de Debate: La PAC 2020: Claves interpretativas de la comunicación de la Comisión Europea, COM (2010) 672 de 18.11.2010.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Massot Marti,   Albert.
Debate discussion
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: CAP reform; Aids; Agricultural markets; Rural development; Agricultural and Food Policy; H61; Q13; Q18; R58.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/117624

ISSUES OF DEMAND SPECIFICATION AND INDUSTRY STRUCTURE IN TURKEYS AND BROILER CHICKENS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cheney,   Laura Martin; Brown,   A. Blake; Yamano,   Takashi; Masterovsky,   Michael.
Factors unique to the turkey industry suggest that conclusions concerning market structure and demand specification drawn from aggregate poultry data cannot necessarily be extrapolated to the turkey industry.  The Wu-Hausman endogeneity test is used to examine demand specifications and industry structure specifically for turkey meat.  In contrast to general poultry, quantity-not price-is found to be predetermined in demand models that use annual turkey data.  Quarterly demand analysis suggests this result stems from biological cycles that limit a producer's ability to react to price change and the use of a weighted average for determining price and quantity.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Demand analysis; Endogeneity; Market structure; Poultry industry; Turkeys; Demand and Price Analysis; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15290

A SIMULATED STUDY OF AN AUCTION MARKET
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Whan,   R.B.; Richardson,   Robert A.
A simulated model of an auction market is developed showing the relationship between the variation in valuations, the price variation and the number of independent bidders in the market. Average prices paid in a market with two or three bidders are less than average valuations. Average prices are progressively greater than average valuations as the number of bidders increases beyond four. Some applications of this model in the Australian wool market are discussed.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Marketing.
Ano: 1969
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23005

Irregular Serial Publications and Theses in Australian Agricultural Economics
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1987
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/12433

DECISION CRITERIA FOR INNOVATION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dillon,   John L.; Heady,   Earl O.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 1958
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22636

Reflections on the Contribution of George Beckford to Caribbean Agricultural Economics
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rankine,   Lloyd B.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: University of the West Indies; Persistent Poverty; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1992
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44653

CONTINGENT VALUATION FOCUS GROUPS: INSIGHTS FROM ETHNOGRAPHIC INTERVIEW TECHNIQUES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Johnston,   Robert J.; Weaver,   Thomas F.; Smith,   Lynn A.; Swallow,   Stephen K.
Despite the many important uses (and potential abuses) of focus groups in survey design, the CV literature presents few guidelines to aid moderators in their interaction with focus group participants.  This paper draws on the theory and practice of ethnographic interviewing to introduce general guidelines that can improve focus groups as an aid to CV research.  The proposed guidelines illustrate types of questions that should reduce speculation and moderator-introduced bias in focus group responses, and improve the correspondence between focus group responses and actual behavior.  The paper illustrates these ethnographic guidelines through a CV application concerning watershed resources.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 1995
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31460

INVITED PAPERS ABSTRACTS
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1991
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32612

SOME CONSIDERATIONS IN THE MARKETING OF GENERIC GROCERY PRODUCTS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hawes,   Jon M.; Uhring,   Nancy E.
This paper provides an overview of the introduction and subsequent marketing of generic grocery products in the U.S.  The authors also identify some of the reasons for the sales success of generics.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Marketing.
Ano: 1982
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27326

AZ ÖKOMARKETING GYAKORLATI MEGVALÓSULÁSA AZ ÉLELMISZER-GAZDASÁGBAN
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Szolnoki Gyozone Karkus,   Maria.
Az Európai Unióba való belépésünkkel a környezetvédelem, a fenntartható fejlődés minden területen nagyobb hangsúlyt kap. Különösen igaz ez az élelmi-szer-gazdaságra. Azok a kutatások is felértékelődhetnek ennek tükrében, amelyek a környezet-gazdaságtan különböző területein folynak. A szerző évek óta foglalkozik az ökomarketing elméleti és módszertani kérdéseivel, kutatásának eredményeit kétrészes tanulmányban adja közre.  A tanulmány első részében arra vállalkozott, hogy a nemzetközi szakirodalom alapján bemutassa az ökomarketing kutatás főbb állomásait, új irányzatait. A szerző tanulmánya két célt tűzött maga elé. Először azt kívánja bizonyítani, hogy az élelmiszer-gazdaság mind inputjai, mind outputjai oldaláról tekintve környezeti szempontból...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Fenntartható marketing; Élelmiszer-gazdaság; Környezetbarát gazdálkodás; Kockázat; Jövedelemtermelőképesség; Sustainable marketing; Food economy; Environmentally friend farming; Risks; Income producing capability; Crop Production/Industries; Marketing.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54416

ESTIMATION OF EMPLOYMENT MULTIPLIERS FOR PLANNING IN OZARKS NONMETROPOLITAN COUNTIES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Braschler,   Curtis H.; Kuehn,   John A.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 1976
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29934

Management of innovative activity under economic and financial changes
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nazarova,   Rano.
In modern conditions, one of the main tasks of innovative activity’s efficiency is to develop a new concept of innovative processes' management. The author discusses challenges and tasks of different parties of innovation management process – inventor and owner, consumer of innovation and producer, government as well.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Innovation management; Innovative activity; Innovative cycle; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; O31; O32.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94529

DISCUSSION: AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE CURRICULA: ARE WE COMPETITIVE?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hite,   James C.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1987
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29312

Evaluating Consumer Preferences and Marketing Opportunities for New Sauerkraut Products
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Uva,   Wen-fei L.; Cuellar,   Sandra; Roberts,   John.
Per-capita consumption of sauerkraut in the U.S. has exhibited a continuously declining trend since the 1960s and 1970s. Consumption trends in the U.S. food market today are strongly determined by consumers' desire for new and exciting flavors. However, sauerkraut sold in the market nowadays is not much different from sauerkraut made in the past. Through the addition of savory ingredients such as onions, garlic, dill seed, green peppers, mustard seeds and jalapeno peppers to the traditional cabbage kraut in different amounts and blends, Cornell University developed many new sauerkraut formulations. This study assessed the market viability of six new sauerkraut formulations, including sauerkraut containing the following ingredients in concentrations...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Consumer/Household Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8580

PRICE AND VALUE EFFECTS OF PECAN CROP FORECASTS, 1971-1987
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Shafer,   Carl E.
Price equations incorporating USDA October crop forecasts and June pecan stocks provided reasonable formulations for pecan price explanation and forecasting. USDA crop forecasts exceeded final reported production in 12 of the 18 seasons from 1970 to 1987, probably resulting in slightly lower prices and crop values. Large crop forecast errors in both direction and level in 1986 and 1987 confounded the price determination process. Nevertheless, producer prices may have been lower absent the October crop forecasts, which somewhat reduce buyers' uncertainty regarding supply. Early crop estimates provided a better explanation of price behavior than postseason revised production data.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 1989
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30188

COMMENT: AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS RESEARCH AND EXTENSION NEEDS OF SMALL-SCALE, LIMITED-RESOURCE FARMERS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Perry,   Ben L.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1979
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29547

COOPERATIVE ANTITRUST MONOPOLIZATION AND THE THEORY OF CONTESTABLE MARKETS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Centner,   Terence J.; Wetzstein,   Michael E.
The judiciary has relied on a firm's market share to evaluate the presence of monopoly power for a Sherman Act monopolization violation.  However, an allegation that a firm's market share constitutes monopoly power may be refuted by evidence that there exists a contestable market.  Contestable market theory shows that there is no monopoly power where there exists a threat of entry of other firms.  This theory thereby offers agricultural cooperatives, which may have a large market share by reasons of the antitrust immunity provided by the Capper-Volstead Act, an argument to overcome allegations of a Sherman Act monopolization violation.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Industrial Organization.
Ano: 1984
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29625

ON THE ECONOMIC RATIONALITY OF MARKET PARTICIPANTS: THE CASE OF EXPECTATIONS IN THE U.S. PORK MARKET
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Chavas,   Jean-Paul.
This study investigates the nature of price expectations in a competitive market. The approach is illustrated in an application to the U.S. pork market, which exhibits cyclical patterns and biological production lags. Pork price equations are estimated under different expectation regimes. The empirical results suggest the presence of heterogeneous price expectations among market participants. A large proportion of the market (73%) is found to be associated with backward-looking expectations, where future prices are anticipated on the basis of their observed historical patterns.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30882

West Virginia Farm Direct Marketing: A County Level Analysis
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Brown,   Cheryl; Gandee,   Jesse E.; D'Souza,   Gerard E.
To understand the factors that influence farm direct marketing, a linear regression model is estimated to test the relationships between county-level direct market sales and socioeconomic, agricultural production, and location characteristics for West Virginia. The results show that higher median housing value, increased population density, a younger population, a greater number of direct market farms, more diversity of fruit and vegetable production and closer proximity to Washington, D.C., increase direct market sales. The results have implications for other states with a large proportion of small and part-time farmers, many of whom are located in close proximity to metropolitan areas.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Direct market sales; Direct marketing; Farm sales; Farmers' market; Marketing; Q13; C21.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43778

CHANGES IN FOOD DISTRIBUTION IN JAPAN
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nakamura,   Shoji.
Examines the prepackaging of fish in Japanese supermarkets.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1973
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27704

End Materials
Provedor de dados: 31
Includes: Current Information Dissertation Abstracts; Acknowledgement to Editorial Collaborators; Advertisements; Guide to Contributors; Table of Contents
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/59283

Book Review
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1981
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/12249

WOOL IN 1980
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Watson,   Alistair S.
Since the introduction of a reserve price scheme in 1970, the interest in wool marketing previously shown by agricultural economists has not been maintained outside the public service and the wool industry itself. Nor is the subject as divisive amongst wool growers with, in general, 'orderly marketing' now acceptable to all factions of wool growers. The history of wool marketing discussion in Australia is reviewed and some reasons for this changing climate of opinion are discussed. An attempt is made to assess the actual performance of the buffer stock scheme in the light of the academic literature of the 1960s.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Marketing.
Ano: 1980
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22769

The Egg-Feed Ratio
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Yorke,   Leo C.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 1950
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8983

The Effects of Biotechnology Policy on Trade and Growth: Technical Annex
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Oehmke,   James F.; Maredia,   Mywish K.; Weatherspoon,   Dave D.
This document is the technical annex to the full paper “The Effects of Biotechnology Policy on Trade and Growth,” which is available separately.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23878

EVIDENCE ON THE ACCURACY OF EXPENDITURES REPORTED IN RECREATIONAL SURVEYS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Champ,   Patricia A.; Bishop,   Richard C.
This article discusses the results of four experiments to test the accuracy of recreational expenditures reported in survey relative to expenditures reported in dairies. We found few situations in which the reported expenditures in the surveys and diaries differ significantly. In general, we conclude that individuals are able to accurately report recreational expenditures in ex post mail surveys. Given the wide usage of survey expenditure data by economists, we find this results encouraging.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1996
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30989

Bringing Agriculture into the GATT: Assessing the Benefits of Trade Liberalization
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Abbott,   Philip C.; Johnston,   Brian G.; Blandford,   David; Kilkenny,   Maureen; Bochniarz,   Henryka; Magiera,   Stephen L.; Dixit,   Praveen M.; McGregor,   Robert M.; Frohberg,   Klaus; Robinson,   Sherman; Hickenbotham,   Terry L.; Roningen,   Vernon O.; House,   Robert M.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 1988
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49873

VLIT NODE Sensor Technology and Prefarm
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Charvat,   Karel; Musil,   Marek; Krivanek,   Zbynek.
Precision farming systems are based on a detailed monitoring of information and data that are necessary for successful decision-making in crop production. The system is designed for data collection from several resources. In past years an extensive research and development work has been done in the field of wireless sensor networks (WSN) in the world. When a wireless sensor network (WSN) is used for agricultural purposes, it has to provide first of all a long-reach signal. The present paper describes new long distance RFID based technology implementation - VLIT NODE.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Wireless Sensor Network; Precision Agriculture; RFID.; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; GA; IN.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/96875

50 Jahre Agrarwirtschaft
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Buchholz,   H. Eberhard.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/99002

Rolle der agrarökonomischen Forschung für Armutsbekämpfung in Entwicklungsländern
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Brümmer,   Bernhard; von Cramon-Taubadel,   Stephan; Qaim,   Matin.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Food Security and Poverty; International Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97698

THE EFFECTS OF CHANGES IN THE TAX STRUCTURE ON AGRICULTURAL ASSET REPLACEMENT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Smith,   Vincent H.
This paper uses a deterministic asset replacement model to examine the implications of the 1986 Tax Reform Act (TRA) for replacement investment in U.S. agriculture. The optimal replacement age for an asset is shown to be inversely related to the size of investment tax credits and the present value of depreciation allowances but generally directly related to marginal tax rate. Simulation results indicate that the net effects of the TRA vary across assets. Replacement ages for assets with relatively long depreciation lives (e.g., farm structures) tend to fall. Those for assets with relatively short depreciation lives rise (e.g., tractors).
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 1990
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29906

COVER AND CONTENTS PAGES
Provedor de dados: 31
Includes: Front Cover, Editorial Information, SAEA Officers 1968-87, Contents Pages
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1986
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29442

ROSTER OF MEMBERS 1972: FOOD DISTRIBUTION RESEARCH SOCIETY, INC.
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1973
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26611

USEFULNESS OF PLACEMENT-WEIGHT DATA IN FORECASTING FED CATTLE MARKETINGS AND PRICES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Norwood,   F. Bailey; Schroeder,   Ted C.
In 1996, the USDA began reporting cattle-on-feed placements in various weight groups, which should provide information regarding expected slaughter timings and improve fed cattle price forecasts and marketing strategies. Private data were collected to obtain the necessary degrees of freedom to test statistical relationships between placement weight distributions, beef supply, and fed cattle prices. Use of placement weights improved beef supply forecasts only at a one-month horizon; it contributed nothing to price forecast accuracy or returns from selectively hedging.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Fed cattle; Forecasting; Marketing; Prices; Placements; Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15397

TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION IN OYSTER PROCESSING: A HACCP STIMULUS?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hinson,   Roger A.; Whitley,   Daniel B.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26534

Prediction and Analysis of Chinese Rural Households’ Consumption Level Based on the ARIMA Model
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Yan,   Jian-biao; Li,   Qiang.
By using the software SAS9.2 and the relevant data of consumption level of rural residents in China from 1952 to 2008, the ARIMA model is established. The model is used to analyze and forecast the time series of the consumption level of Chinese rural residents. The results show that in the near future period of time, the consumption level of Chinese rural residents will be further increased. In 2012, the level will break through per capital 5 000 yuan, almost 100 times more than that in the primary time period. But consumption level does not equal to living standard. To let farmers lead a good life, the government should follow the objective laws, take the overall situation into consideration; coordinate the relations among farmers’ consumption level,...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: ARIMA Model; China; Rural households consumption; Economic growth; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/113428

SOUTHERN AGRICULTURE IN AN ERA OF EXPANDING EXPORTS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Clayton,   Kenneth C.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 1982
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29575

Examining long-run relationships between Australian beef prices
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Chang,   Hui-Shung (Christie); Griffith,   Garry R.
Cointegration and impulse response analyses are used to investigate the short‐run and long‐run dynamics of the Australian beef market. The aim of this study is to determine whether long‐run relationships existed between Australian beef prices at the farm, wholesale and retail levels. Based on monthly data from 1971 to 1994, the results show that all three prices considered are cointegrated. Furthermore, the wholesale price is found to be weakly exogenous. The latter result might be an indication of market inefficiency due in part to price levelling often practised in the beef marketing system.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/117283

Avaliação econômica do cultivo de trigo dos estados do Rio Grande do Sul e Paraná
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Pereira,   Matheus Wemerson Gomes; Aredes,   Alan Figueiredo de; Teixeira,   Erly Cardoso.
The objective of this paper is to analyze the economic viability of wheat production in the states of Rio Grande do Sul (RS) and Paraná (PR), with and without risk conditions. The applied methodology includes the indicators of economic viability Benefit-Cost, Net Present Value, Internal Rate of Return, Internal Rate of Return Modified and the application Monte Carlo method. The results suggest the wheat production is economically viable in the state of Paraná.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Rio Grande do Sul; Paraná; Wheat; Economic viability; Agricultural Finance.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54149

COVER AND CONTENTS PAGES
Provedor de dados: 31
Includes: Front Cover; Editorial Information; Contents Pages
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1988
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32117

DO SPORTFISH CONSUMPTION ADVISORIES AFFECT RESERVOIR ANGLERS' SITE CHOICE?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jakus,   Paul M.; Downing,   Mark; Bevelimer,   Mark S.; Fly,   J. Mark.
Increasing numbers of freshwater ecosystems have had sportfish consumption advisories posted in recent years.  Advisories are sometimes issued in lieu of environmental remediation if they are considered more cost-effective than "cleaning up" the resource, but this approach assumes that anglers adjust behavior in response to the warning.  Previous studies, however, suggest that compliance with advisories can be quite low.  In contrast, this study measures a statistically significant response by reservoir anglers to consumption advisories.  In particular, anglers are less likely to choose to visit a reservoir with an advisory than a similar reservoir without an advisory.  Furthermore, the economic losses due to advisories are quantified for anglers in two...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31578

EQUILIBRIUM VERSUS DISEQUILIBRIUM IN THE MARKET FOR NON-FED CATTLE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ziemer,   Rod F.; White,   Fred C.
Beef-cow inventory demand is considered in a disequilibrium model of the U.S. live non-fed cattle market.  Statistical results indicated the possible presence of disequilibrium prices.  However, post-model evaluation indicated that the market for non-fed cattle has not been characterized by significant disequilibrium price behavior.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 1982
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32270

CHANGING PATTERNS IN HOTEL ROOM DEMAND – CASE STUDY OF THE AQUATICUM DEBRECEN THERMAL AND WELLNESS HOTEL
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hevessy,   Gabor.
Aquaticum Debrecen Thermal and Wellness Hotel is a very successful lodging property not only in Debrecen but also in the Northern Great Plain Region and in the Eastern part of Hungary and in point of fact in Hungary. In the past years Aquaticum Thermal and Wellness Hotel has been the leader in the region by revenue per available rooms (RevPAR). RevPAR indicates the overall performance of properties, accordingly it is the most commonly used statistical indicator in comparison to competitors in Hotel industry. In the past years, demand for Hotel rooms has changed. This changing has several signs. For instance the occupancy rate, the rate of domestic and foreign guests, the nationality of foreign guests, the time between booking and travelling, and many other...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Demand; Hotel; Market; Aquaticum; Revenue management; Marketing.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/104667

Investment in Water Saving Technology on Horticultural Farms
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mallawaarachchi,   Thilak; Hall,   Nigel H.; Phillips,   Brian.
A long run programming model for analysing investment behaviour on perennial crop farms is formulated and applied to citrus and wine grape producing farms in the Murumbidgee Irrigation Area. Prices and technological parameters are defined exogenously, while the optimal replanting pattern of the crops and the optimal mix of irrigation techniques are determined endogenously. The model is used to examine likely investment in water saving irrigation technology at different crop prices and input costs. The results indicate that such investment is a profitable option at current water charges, particularly for those farmers with access to off-farm employment However, the adoption decision will be highly sensitive to potential cost savings. Water-saving technology...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 1992
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7421

The First Fifty Years of Agriculture in New South Wales - The Economic Background to the Colonization of Australia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: King,   C.J.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1948
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8372

The Dilemma and Routing Selection of Agricultural Management Organization in China
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Du,   Tao; Wang,   Zhi-xin.
The paper introduces the basic connotation of peasant organization and agricultural management organization in China, analyzes the importance of agricultural management organization and puts forward the dilemma it faced with, which contains poor awareness and unbalanced organization development, small size of the agricultural management organization and inapparently driven effect, low level of standardization of organization and low operational efficiency, imperfect related supporting system and high running cost. Based on this, the paper put forward proposals to improve the level of agricultural management organization in our country. First, enhance publicity and education and strive to transform the peasants’ awareness of agricultural management...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural management organization; Ideal organization; Routing selection; China; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/93410

WHAT I HAVE LEARNED ABOUT STUDYING THE FUTURE OF THE U.S. FOOD INDUSTRY OVER THE PAST TWENTY YEARS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cain,   Jarvis L.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1990
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26987

Contents Pages
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1995
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/12381

Research on the Industrial Ecologicalization in Yunnan Province
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Yang,   Ting-feng; Zhao,   Ji-jie; Jiang,   Peng; He,   Wen-yuan.
By using ecological carrying capacity, ecological footprint method and shift-share analysis and the data from Yunnan Statistical Yearbook and China Statistical Yearbook , the status quo of industrial ecologicalization development in Yunnan Province is analyzed from the aspects of consumption of resources and environment, production technology and industrial pollution and industrial structure. The results show that the economic growth in Yunnan Province is based on the huge consumption of resources; the consumption of natural environment has surpassed its carrying capacity; the production technology is relatively backward and the comprehensive use efficiency of the “three wastes” is low; the solid waste emission of the ten thousand GDP is far exceed the...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Industry; Industrial ecologicalization; Countermeasures; Yunnan Province; China; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/108427

The Implications of the Resource Management Act to Property Rights in Agriculture Land Use in New Zealand
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gan,   Christopher E.C.; Cullen,   Ross.
The Resource Management Act 1991 sets new standards for environmental regulations in New Zealand. The emphasis of the legislation is on property rights and market solutions. This paper is concerned with the limits to market solutions in the presence of externalities and potentially high transaction costs.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 1996
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/12360

VALUING AGRICULTURAL MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Stokes,   Jeffrey R.; Brinch,   Brian M.
A model to value Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation (Farmer Mac) agricultural mortgage-backed securities (AMBS) is developed and numerically solved.  The results suggest prepayment penalties currently being used by Farmer Mac reduce yields on AMBS considerably.  Even with prepayment penalties, it can be advantageous for profit maximizing mortgagors to optimally prepay or even default on agricultural mortgages.  The model is used to quantify prepayment and default risk by valuing the embedded options in the mortgages.  Monte Carlo simulation is also used to determine the probability to optimal prepayment given the term structure assumption used to develop the model.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural mortgage-backed securities; Default; Dynamic programming; Simulation; Prepayment; Agricultural Finance; G13; G21.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15459

Consumption patterns in the market of pork and pork products
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Szakaly,   Zoltan; Horvath-Kovacs,   Bernadett; Polereczki,   Zsolt; Nabradi,   Andras.
Pork is a source of nutrients essential for the human body but still it is regarded by consumers as a non-healthy product. The main objective of the study was to analyse consumption patterns concerning pork products and to define alternative target markets in bigger Hungarian towns. In the course of the research, 494 people, representative of the base population, were questioned. According to the results obtained, the consumers’ opinion and the already formed image are less favourable regarding pork than poultry in almost all respects. Respondents regarded pork as an out-of-date, slightly boring and aging product. The applied cluster analysis identified five different consumer segments. Among them, rational young consumers represent the primary target...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Pork; Consumption patterns; Segmentation; Re-positioning; Marketing.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52197

Cover Page
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7370

THE IMPACT OF DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN MACROECONOMIC VARIABLES ON U.S. MEAT EXPORTS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Liu,   Donald J.; Chung,   Pin J.; Meyers,   William H.
This paper examines the impact of domestic and foreign macroeconomic variables on U.S. meat exports, including beef, pork, turkey, and chicken, in the context of an open economy.  The results show that foreign macroeconomic variables exert more significant and persistent effects on U.S. meat exports than domestic macroeconomic variables.  The implication is that the U.S. can increase its meat exports more effectively by expending efforts on international macroeconomic policy coordination rather than on domestic sectoral policy.  The results also suggest that macroeconomic models of the agricultural sector should include foreign variables and should not be limited only to domestic ones.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 1993
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31542

EFFECTS OF MINERAL DEVELOPMENT ON THE ECONOMY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Snape,   Richard H.
R. G. Gregory's article on the effects of mineral discoveries on the Australian economy (Australian Journal of Agricultural Economics, August 1976) has attracted much attention. While the partial-equilibrium nature of his model has enabled it to be absorbed readily, it has the usual theoretical limitations of such analyses.  Allowing for general equilibrium repercussions, but still accepting his general assumptions, some of Gregory's conclusions regarding the impact of new mineral discoveries require modification or extension:  (a) Although production of goods other than minerals can be expected to decline, the production of some goods in this category may rise;  (b) A social gain is still possible even if outputs of other goods do not change;  (c) While...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1977
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22263

Back to the Future? Understanding Change in Food Habits of Farmers' Market Customers
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Pascucci,   Stefano; Cicatiello,   Clara; Franco,   Silvio; Pancino,   Barbara; Davide,   Marino.
www.ifama.org
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Farmers' markets; Food habits; Italy; Agribusiness; Consumer/Household Economics; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Health Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/117604

Crop switching as a strategy for adapting to climate change
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kurukulasuriya,   Pradeep; Mendelsohn,   Robert.
This paper examines the impact of climate change on primary crops grown in Africa. An innovative approach is presented that bridges the gap between agro-economic and traditional Ricardian models. We label it a ‘structural Ricardian model’. It first captures the type of crop a farmer will select and then examines the conditional net revenue of that crop. The model is estimated using a sample of over 5000 farmers across 11 countries in Africa. The analysis finds that farmers shift the crops they plant to match the climate they face. Studies that fail to account for crop switching will overestimate the damages from climate change and underestimate the benefits.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Adaptation; Climate change; Crops; Africa; Crop Production/Industries; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56970

THE ECONOMICS OF GREENING THE SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dobson,   Blaise.
The paper analyzes the broad history underpinning the concept of sustainable development and its context within the events industry and specifically with regards to the South African National Arts Festival. A pilot contingent valuation study conducted at the 2010 National Arts Festival determined that the average visitor was willing to pay an extra ZAR 2.30 (approximately US$ 0.30) per ticket for a recycling programme to be established to process the waste generated by the event. While the paper concluded that the theoretical basis of the study was sound, a larger sample size would have been preferred so as to enhance the model‘s predictive power
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Contingent valuation; Environmental externalities; Event greening; South African National Arts Festival; Sustainable development; Willingness to pay; Environmental Economics and Policy; Public Economics.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/107587

SUPERMARKET ENERGY COST ANALYSIS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Adams,   Paul.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1976
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27353

DISCUSSION: THE NEED FOR THE SYSTEMS APPROACH TO RURAL DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Long,   Burl F.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1974
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29819

PRESIDENTS, 1955-93: NEW ENGLAND AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS COUNCIL, NORTHEASTERN AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS COUNCIL, NORTHEASTERN AGRICULTURAL AND RESOURCE ECONOMICS ASSOCIATION; EDITORS OF THE NJARE, 1972-92
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1992
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28996

Production risk and farm technology adoption in the rain-fed semi-arid lands of Kenya
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ogada,   Maurice Juma; Nyangena,   Wilfred; Yesuf,   Mahmud.
This study provides empirical evidence on the effects of production risk on smallholder farmers’ adoption of farm technology, using plot-level data collected from two semi-arid districts in Kenya, Machakos and Taita Taveta. Using Mundlak’s approach (1978), the study found that factors such as yield variability and the risk of crop failures indeed affect technology adoption decisions in low-income, rainfed agriculture. However, the direction and magnitude of effects depend on the farm technology under consideration. The results explain why poor farm households in rainfed and risky production environments are reluctant to adopt new farm technologies that could improve production: it is because the technologies involve enormous downside risks. This result...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Farm productivity; Production risk; Farm technology adoption; Kenya; Farm Management; International Development; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; D81; Q12; Q18.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/93865

Do the Scandinavian consumers pay a ‘fair’ price for premium German white wines?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bentzen,   Jan; Smith,   Valdemar.
The aim of this paper is to analyse the retail prices of premium German white wines sold in the Scandinavian countries. German white wines account for approximately 5-6 per cent of the total sale of wines – both red and white wines - in Denmark, Norway and Sweden. However, the market shares of German wines in Scandinavia have been declining for a number of years. Diminishing market shares may reflect changes in consumer taste or simply ‘wrong’ prices, the latter related to both the level of wine prices (German wines being relatively expensive) and the structure of wine prices. In general, country-specific price differences for identical wines may be caused by differences in taxes, different import prices, transportation costs as well as other costs - and...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: German white wine; Scandinavian wine markets; Hedonic prices; Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97319

END MATERIALS
Provedor de dados: 31
Includes: Guidelines for Manuscript Submission and Back Cover
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1996
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31407

TRADE AGREEMENTS, COMPETITION AND THE ENVIRONMENT: GRIDLOCK AT THE CROSSROADS: DISCUSSION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Pompelli,   Greg.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 1994
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15419

The Land Grant College: Repositioning to Meet the Needs of a Rapidly Changing Food, Agriculture, and Natural Resource System
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Thompson,   Robert L.
The land grant college of food, agriculture and natural resources constitutes a major historical innovation. Land grant colleges need to continue to do cutting edge science and education as well as maintain the outreach function to maintain state appropriations. Moreover, fund raising is going to have to be broader than it historically has been.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Land grant college; Education; Cooperative extension service; Teaching; Research; Agribusiness; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/90429

Agricultural Economics: A Profession in Transition
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Myers,   Lester H.
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37957

Optimum Cropping Pattern for Sericulture-dominant Farms in Southern Dry Zone of Karnataka
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Srinivasa,   G.; Chengappa,   P.G.; Achoth,   Lalith; Reddy,   Keshava; Nagaraja, G.N.
Sericulture is labour-intensive and well-suited to small and marginal farms with surplus labour, especially female labour. Ample labour and a small land-base encourage farmers to practise sericulture as a subsidiary occupation. While income from crop production is seasonal, sericulture provides a year-round income, which is an important incentive for small farmers to take up sericulture. The agricultural production is seasonal, while consumption is evenly spread over the years. Under such circumstances, the planners and policymakers are confronted with the challenge of formulating a suitable agricultural production policy with which the desired growth of agricultural production can be achieved. In the present study, optimum cropping patterns for different...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58416

AN EVALUATION OF THE 1981 FARM PROGRAM FOR CROPS: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE 1985 FARM BILL
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Womack,   Abner W.; Johnson,   Stanley R.; Meyers,   William H.; Young,   Robert E., II.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 1984
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29623

Estimation of Post-Harvest Losses in Kinnow Mandarin in Punjab Using a Modified Formula
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gangwar,   L.S.; Singh,   Dinesh; Singh,   D.B.
This study undertaken in Punjab on kinnow mandarin has suggested to include marketing loss in the estimation of marketing margins, price spread and efficiency and has used a modified formula for it. It has been observed that a majority of kinnow producers sell their orchards to the pre-harvest contractors/ traders at different stages. The aggregate post-harvest losses from orchards to consumers in kinnow in two different markets ranges from 14.87 per cent in Delhi market to 21.91 per cent in Bangalore market. It has indicated the necessity of establishing kinnow processing industries for development of value-added ready-to-serve (RTS) quality products, minimizing post-harvest losses and providing remunerative price to the producers. The results have...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47336

Entrepreneurial Supply Chains and Strategic Collaboration: The Case of Bagòss Cheese in Bagolino, Italy
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Amanor-Boadu,   Vincent; Marletta,   Piercarlo; Biere,   Arlo W.
Many small towns and communities are struggling to sustain their competitiveness in the face of increasing globalization. Yet, through entrepreneurial supply chains, some communities are organizing themselves to forge local solutions to their global challenges. The essence of entrepreneurial supply chains is its ability to facilitate alignment of all participants in the chain, eliminating moral hazard and opportunism risks. It is argued that this governance system and an ability to protect the common assets from infringement by outsiders are necessary for the success of these solutions. The research uses Bagòss cheese, produced in the small Italian village of Bagolino, to illustrate the characteristics of entrepreneurial supply chains and test the effect...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Entrepreneurial supply chain; Bagòss cheese; Globalization; International Development; International Relations/Trade; Q10; Q17.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53796

Does trust influence consumer behaviour?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dierks,   Leef H.
Against the background of diverse food scandals this article investigates the role of trust as a determinant of consumer behaviour in Germany. As empirical analyses indicate, the impact of trust on consumer behaviour in a quotidian and presumably safe setting is to be neglected. In the environment of a food scandal, however, trust proves to be a crucial element with regard to a more in-depth understanding of consumer behaviour under uncertainty. Moreover, it is analysed whether different values of trust allow for deriving coherent population segments and whether these can likewise be identified on the basis of consumers’ socio-economic features.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Consumer behaviour; Uncertainty; Food safety; Trust; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Risk and Uncertainty; Consumer/Household Economics; Farm Management.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/96727

FRONT COVER
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1978
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22489

Book Reviews of "Frontiers in Resource and Rural Economics: Human-Nature, Rural-Urban Interdependencies"
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bouvier,   Rachel A.; Steele,   Scott R.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Book review; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49872

FACTOR DEMANDS OF LOUISIANA RICE PRODUCERS: AN ECONOMETRIC INVESTIGATION: COMMENT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Baffes,   John.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 1989
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30108

AGRICULTURE IN AN ENERGY-HUNGRY WORLD
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Schneeberger,   Kenneth C.; Breimyer,   Harold F.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1974
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29820

Contents Page
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1984
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/12258

Socioeconomic Profiles of Early Adopters of Precision Agriculture Technologies
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Daberkow,   Stan G.; McBride,   William D.
Corn producers are the largest users of cropland and agrichemicals in U.S. agriculture, and represent a major market for precision agriculture technologies. Based on a USDA survey of 950 corn-producing farms, approximately 9% utilized some aspect of precision agriculture for corn production in 1996. A logit analysis indicated that farmers were more likely to adopt precision technologies if they farmed a large number of corn acres, earned a sizable farm income, and had high expected corn yields. The probability of adoption was also higher for farm operators using a computerized farm record system, who were less than 50 years of age, and who relied on crop consultants for information on precision agriculture.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Corn farms; Logit analysis; Precision agriculture; Precision farming; Technology adoption; Agribusiness; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/90442

DYNAMICS OF REGIONAL FED CATTLE PRICES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bailey,   DeeVon; Brorsen,   B. Wade.
The dynamic relationship between four regional cash prices for fed (slaughter) cattle is investigated using time series analysis and causality tests.  The results indicate that price adjustments to new information take about one week.  Texas Panhandle price also was determined to dominate the price discovery process. Regional prices also were found to be interdependent.  This suggests that increasing regional meat packer concentration may not grant meat packers increased regional market power in their pricing practices.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 1985
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32512

NEW CHALLENGES FACING AGRICULTURAL AND RESOURCE ECONOMICS DEPARTMENTS IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Adelaja,   Adesoji O.
Land/grant colleges were established to serve the public via a tripartite system of teaching, research, and extension.  Agricultural economists have played a key role in this system in meeting agriculture's needs and are expanding this role to better cover the areas of food, natural resources and the environment.  The declining economic importance of agriculture and the growing interest in relegating agriculture to free market forces has resulted in declining formula funding for the land grant system, greater emphasis on competitive funding, demands for greater accountability, and demands for a return to greater focus on public service, problem solving, and stakeholder involvement in the definition of research, teaching, and outreach agenda....
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31576

COMPARISONS OF HISPANIC HOUSEHOLDS' DEMAND FOR MEATS WITH OTHER ETHNIC GROUPS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lanfranco,   Bruno A.; Ames,   Glenn C.W.; Huang,   Chung L.
The objective of this research was to analyze the demand patterns of Hispanic households for meats in comparison with other ethnic groups using data from the 1998 Consumer Expenditure Survey.  A system of demand equations of the LinQuad form were estimated for ten meat products using an incomplete system of censored equations.  Hispanic households showed a clear preference for beef.  Price, income, and household-size elasticities were estimated for each meat product by ethnic group.  The demand for ground beef was the most income-inelastic product regardless of ethnicity.  Household size had a positive effect on the probability of consuming a particular meat product but a negative effect on actual item expenditures.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Consumer/Household Economics; Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27638

Improving the Nutrient Content of Food through Genetic Modification: Evidence from Experimental Auctions on Consumer Acceptance
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Colson,   Gregory; Huffman,   Wallace E.; Rousu,   Matthew C.
This paper assesses consumers’ acceptance of nutritionally enhanced vegetables using a series of auction experiments administered to a random sample of adult consumers. Evidence suggests that consumers are willing to pay significantly more for fresh produce with labels signaling enhanced levels of antioxidants and vitamin C achieved by moving genes from within the species, as opposed to across species. However, this premium is significantly affected by diverse information treatments injected into the experiments.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Bayesian analysis; Experimental auction; Food products; Genetic modification; Consumer/Household Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/117201

TOWARD A FRAMEWORK FOR EVALUATING AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS RESEARCH
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lindner,   Robert K.
Agricultural economists need to evaluate their own research priorities. The main difficulty in doing so is to value the types of information generated by economic research. Bayesian decision theory provides a framework for valuing information, and the results of selected studies using this methodology are collated. Most of the other determinants of research priorities can be encapsulated in a target return ratio measure. How such a framework might be used is illustrated by three 'hypotheticals'.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 1987
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22453

Sales of Farm Produce at Alexandria and Sussex Street, Sydney, June, 1946
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ferry,   C.H.
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1946
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8351

Analysis of quantitative traits using regression and log-linear modeling when phase is unknown
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mander,   Adrian P.
This function models the relationship between quantitative trait and the genotype of a person. It introduces a new syntax for model specification, which is necessary because when phase is unknown, the explanatory variables for the linear regression are never observed. The data must be a population-based sample because within family effects are not modeled.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Haplotype analysis; Association studies; Phase-unknown; Linear regression; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/115951

UNIVERSITY OUTLOOK PROGRAMS: A REVIEW AND SOME SUGGESTIONS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Harris,   Harold M., Jr.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1976
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29755

Water-saving Rice Production Technologies in Krishna Western Delta Command of Andhra Pradesh – An Economic Analysis
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Radha,   Y.; Reddy,   K. Yella; Rao,   G. Subba; Chandra,   S. Ramesh; Babu,   G. Kishore.
The economic analysis of water-saving rice production technologies, viz. system of rice intensification (SRI), semi-dry and rotational irrigation vis-à-vis farmers’ practice has been carried out based on the study executed in Modukuru pilot area of Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh. Among the three water-saving rice production technologies analyzed, the total cost of cultivation has been recorded highest in SRI (Rs 58645/ha), followed by rotational (Rs 47140/ha) and semi-dry (Rs 39321/ha). But, the per hectare yield has been found highest in SRI (6.85 t), followed by semi-dry (6.66 t) and rotational (6.2 t), inferring that all the three technologies have recorded higher yields over farmers’ practice of 5.5 t/ha. However, the net returns and B-C ratio are...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57493

From Segregation to the Equality of Opportunity - The Chances of the Gypsy Children in the World of the Hungarian Education System
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Csillei,   Bela.
According to the previous EU reports about Hungary: "the officially acknowledged 12 minorities integrated into the Hungarian society, the situation of the Hungarian gypsy minority remains difficult. The territorial layout of the gypsy population is more or less matched by the rural areas, where high rate of unemployment, segregation, inner peripherial situation, and limitless social conflicts are present. In order to meet the above mentioned social-economic challenges it is important that the channels of the improving of cultural capital should run parallel with the characteristics of the local societies. It is important, that with the help of the educational mobilisation programmes the difficulties surfacing due to the social coexistence can be decreaded...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Segregation; Gypsy social groups; Equality of opportunity; Integration; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47543

THE PROCESS OF FARMER ADJUSTMENT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kennedy,   Jim.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 1977
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9218

Potenciais benefícios do sistema de rastreabilidade animal dos EUA para o setor de carnes americano
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Resende Filho,   Moises de Andrade.
This article investigates the potential gains to the U.S. meat sector with the implantation of the U.S. National Animal Identification System (NAIS). The focus is on the effect that the NAIS could have on consumers’ risk perception about eating meat. System of demand equations are estimated using time series of food safety indexes variables used as proxies for consumers’ reactions to news on meat safety issues. The series of food safety indexes are built on the basis of the number of food safety news reported in top U.S. newspapers. Using the preferred model estimates, three scenarios are constructed in order to account for the cases wherein the NAIS is not implemented, is implemented only for beef and is implemented for beef and pork. The differences in...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Animal identification system; Food safety; System of demand equations; Meat industry; USA.; Agribusiness; C22; Q11; Q13; Q18.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61199

FIRE PROTECTION ALTERNATIVES FOR RURAL AREAS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Badenhop,   Merton B.; Jones,   T. Morris.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1977
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30535

COVER AND CONTENTS PAGES
Provedor de dados: 31
Includes: Front Cover; Food Distribution Research Society, Inc., 2001 Officers and Directors; Editorial Information; Contents Page
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27821

Alternatív energiaforrások lakossági megítélésében bekövetkezett változások
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Doman,   Szilvia; Fodor,   Monika; Tamus,   Antalne.
Jelen tanulmányban alapvető célkitűzésünk, hogy két primer kutatás eredményeinek tükrében bemutassuk, miként változott három év elteltével az alternatív energiaforrások megítélése a hazai lakosság körében. A 2006-ban és 2009-ben folytatott szóbeli megkérdezések eredményeit leíró statisztikák, két- és többváltozós összefüggés-vizsgálatok segítségével elemeztük. Összességében elmondható, hogy pozitív változás tanúi lehetünk: valamennyi energiaforrás esetében mind a tájékozottság, mind az ismeret, valamint a hozzáállás, vélekedés tekintetében kedvezőbb eredmények születtek 2009-ben 2006-hoz képest. Az alternatív energiaforrások la¬kossági megítéléséhez tervezett kommunikációs politikában – a pozitív változások ellenére is – a tájékoztatásra célszerű...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Alternatív energiaforrások; Lakossági vizsgálat; Primer kutatás; Alternative sources of energy; Study of citizens; Primary research; Environmental Economics and Policy; Marketing; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/99078

Análise do comportamento dos preços do boi gordo e do boi magro na pecuária de corte paulista, no período de 1995 a 2006
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sachs,   Raquel Castellucci Caruso; Pinatti,   Eder.
The paper analyzed the impacts of the price of finishing steers on the price of backgrounding steers in the State of São Paulo from January 1995 to January 2007. The ADF Unit Root test, the Granger causality test, the Johansen’s co-integration test, and the method of Vector Auto-Regression (VAR) were used. In this period, the results indicated that exist a unidirectional relationship among the prices of finishing steers and backgrounding steers, confirming the importance of the prices of finishing steers on the prices formation of the backgrounding steers, but the prices had no equilibrium relationship in the long term.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Finishing steer; Backgrounding steers; Co-integration; Vector Auto-Regression model; Beef cattle; Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54590

ON PART-TIME FARMING
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bateman,   William Lanny; Walker,   Odell L.; Jobes,   Raleigh A.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Farm Management.
Ano: 1974
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29339

The demand for livestock products in South Africa for 2000, 2010 and 2020: Part I
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nieuwoudt,   W. Lieb.
The demand for livestock products is projected for the next 25 years. Data on expectations regarding the following factors were included (a) population growth, (b) urbanisation, (c) income per capita growth and (d) income elasticities. Data for each population group were included. The model shows significant increases in demand for livestock products especially under assumed high growth scenarios.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54785

TURISMO NO ESPAÇO RURAL: DEBATE E TENDÊNCIA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mendonca,   Maria Cristina Angelico de; Batalha,   Mario Otavio; Santos,   Antonio Carlos dos.
Tourism in rural space is a tourism modality which has lately been the focus of investitors and students. However there has been little spread of studies focusing such modality, featuring the characteristics of te industry to which it belongs, showing up-to-date discussions and world trends. So, this study, concerned as it is with it, has gathered information on such points and shows that, worldwidely, tourism in rural space is an alternative modality that arose in counter-position to mass tourism, has been seen as a solution to poorer regions and, because of this, has been the aim of many investitors and students. The industry to which it belongs features characteristics like the complementarity of the segments that make it up and due to this it demands a...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Tourism industry; Tourism in rural space; Rural sector; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/45270

Portfolios of Agricultural Market Advisory Services: How Much Diversification is Enough?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cabrini,   Silvina M.; Stark,   Brian G.; Irwin,   Scott H.; Good,   Darrel L.; Martines-Filho,   Joao Gomes.
This study analyzes the potential risk-reduction gains from naïve diversification among market advisory services for corn and soybeans.  The total possible decrease in risk through naïve diversification is small, mainly because advisory prices are highly correlated on average.  Moreover, because marginal risk-reduction benefits decrease rapidly with size and the cost of holding the portfolios increases linearly due to services’ subscription fees, it is optimal to limit portfolio size to a few advisory programs.  Based on certainty equivalent measures and two representative risk-aversion levels, preferred portfolio sizes are between one and three programs.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Corn; Diversification; Market advisory service; Portfolio; Soybeans; Agricultural Finance; Crop Production/Industries; Marketing; G11; Q10; Q12; Q14.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43717

SPECIFICATION OF THE IMPACT OF SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS ON CONSUMPTION OF THE ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE SOURCES OF PROTEIN
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Adrian,   John L., Jr.; Daniel,   Raymond.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 1975
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29517

Inventory and Transformation Hedging Effectiveness in Corn Crushing
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dahlgran,   Roger A.
Recently developed ethanol futures contracts now allow direct-hedging by ethanol producers. This study examines the effectiveness of one-through eight-week hedges between 2005 and 2008. Our findings show (a) ethanol inventory hedging effectiveness is significant for two-week and longer hedges, and increases with the hedging horizon; (b) ethanol futures are significantly superior to gasoline futures for hedging ethanol price risk for two-week and longer hedges; (c) the corn crushing hedge, utilizing corn and ethanol futures, is effective and provides price risk management capabilities comparable to those provided by the soybean crush hedge.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Corn crushing; Cross-hedging; Ethanol futures; Hedging; Processing hedge; Agricultural Finance; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/50081

PEAK-LOAD PRICING AND ON-FARM STORAGE IN THE AUSTRALIAN GRAIN HANDLING SYSTEM
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Quiggin,   John C.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries; Production Economics.
Ano: 1990
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22356

Louisiana Strawberries: Consumer Preferences and Retailer Advertising
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hinson,   Roger A.; Bruchhaus,   Michael N.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Marketing.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26772

Contents Page
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1959
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8844

AGRICULTURAL POLICY: SOME HARD CHOICES AHEAD
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Boehm,   William T.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 1981
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30067

MACROECONOMIC FACTORS AND THE THOROUGHBRED INDUSTRY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Karungu,   Peter; Reed,   Michael R.; Tvedt,   Douglas D.
A capitalization approach is used to estimate econometrically the effects of exchange rate, interest rate and tax law changes on thoroughbred yearling prices.  The analysis found that exchange rate and tax law changes have significantly influenced yearling prices since the early 1980s.  Another serious price-reducing event was the 1986 tax law change.  Both of these factors have counteracted the positive impact of increased purse rates on yearling prices.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Exchange rate; Macroeconomics; Tax laws; Purse rates; Thoroughbreds; Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 1993
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15208

The Relative Importance of Search versus Credence Product Attributes: Organic and Locally Grown
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wirth,   Ferdinand F.; Stanton,   John L.; Wiley,   James B.
Organic foods and local foods have come to the forefront of consumer issues, due to concerns about nutrition, health, sustainability, and food safety. A conjoint analysis experiment quantified the relative importance of, and trade-offs between, apple search and experience attributes (quality/blemishes, size, flavor), credence attributes (conventional vs. organic production method, local origin vs. product of USA vs. imported), and purchase price when buying apples. Quality is the most important apple attribute. Production method—organic versus conventional—had no significant impact on preferences.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Conjoint analysis; Organic; Locally grown; Credence attributes; Consumer/Household Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Marketing.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/106064

Analysis of the Method for the Selection of Regions with Concentrated State Aid
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Krejci,   Igor; Voriskova,   Andrea.
The paper deals with the analysis of a method used by the Czech Government and the Ministry for Regional Development to select regions with concentrated state aid. It contains a comparison with several different basic methods of multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM). The analysis focuses on a mathematical algorithm of the established MCDM method and does not consider validity of any selected socioeconomic criteria and their weights. Both the strengths and weaknesses of the used MCDM method are presented. The paper includes a simple proposal of the modification of the examined method that will prevent incorrect data normalisation used for region’s evaluation before revision in 2010. Data used for all calculations were obtained from the Ministry for Regional...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: The weighted sum approach; The TOPSIS; Multi-criteria decision-making; Regions with concentrated state aid; District.; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; GA; IN.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/96876

THE VALUE OF ADDITIONAL CENTRAL FLYWAY WETLANDS: THE CASE OF NEBRASKA'S RAINWATER BASIN WETLANDS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Poor,   P. Joan.
Waterfowl habitat is a biological resource which is neither bought nor sold in the traditional market sense. Nebraska, which is situated near the center of North American Central Flyway, contains unique wetlands habitat. Recognizing this, resource managers working in Nebraska promote regulatory protection of such areas. This study found that Nebraskans positively value their state’'s Rainwater Basin wetland region in that they are willing to pay to have it maintained and expanded. In addition, this study demonstrates how this value was estimated and illustrates how such a value can assist in policy decisions regarding habitat acquisition programs.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30877

THE ROLE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE UNDER THE FAIR PACKAGING AND LABELING ACT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Vadelund,   Erick A.
Describes duties of the Secretary of Commerce under the Fair Packaging and Labeling Act.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 1970
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26997

GERENCIAMENTO DA CADEIA DE SUPRIMENTOS DE ENGENHOS DE ARROZ NO RIO GRANDE DO SUL: UM ESTUDO À LUZ DA ECONOMIA DOS CUSTOS DE TRANSAÇÃO
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Souza,   Renato Santos De; Arbage,   Alessandro Porporatti; Corazza,   Cristiano.
The objective of this work was to identify the management process of the rice mill supply chain in the Depressão Central area of Rio Grande do Sul state also advancing in the understanding of the aspects that involve the transaction between the agricultural and industrial sectors. The data was collected through the sending of one questionnaire to each one of the rice mill owners and interviews later on. The region comprises 22 rice mills, 10 of which did return the questionnaire. The results allowed for two important conclusions: a) it could be observed that the rice mills are predominantly supplied by farmers of the region who have good storage structures, which allows them to better plan the commercialization of the products and to reduce the seasonal...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Transaction costs; Productive rice chain; Coordination.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43826

Las principales aportaciones a la teoria de la regulacion medioambiental. Los ultimos cuarenta anos.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Grau,   Montserrat Viladrich.
Resumen:  En este artículo analizo las principales aportaciones a la teoría de la regulación medioambiental desarrolladas durante los últimos cuarenta años.  Inicio este recorrido en los años sesenta con la presentación de las primeras contribuciones.  A continuación, abordo el estudio de la década de los setenta, donde me centro de manera preferente en la comparación de las propiedades de los sistemas basados en incentivos económicos  y de los basados en cantidades.  Seguidamente me adentro en los desarrollos que surgieron durante los ochenta, concentrando mi atención en el análisis de los sistemas de licencias negociables.  Por último,  analizo como en la década de los noventa la regulación medioambiental se orienta hacia la búsqueda de soluciones para...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy; Q58; Q50.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28778

Restraining Factors and Improving Paths for the Operation Mechanism of New Rural Cooperative Medical System in China
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Qi,   Bin; Tang,   Xia.
The new rural cooperative medical system has achieved periodical achievements since its establishment. Nevertheless, there are many factors hampering the development of the new system, such as the high cost, the difficulties in fund procurement, the lack of management, the narrow coverage of benefit, the ineffective constraint to the designated medical institutions, the high fund balance rate, and the poor medical facilities and services in rural areas. Countermeasures are put forward to solve these problems, including improving the system design, expanding the coverage of the system, expanding the fund sources, reducing the financing costs, strengthening the fund supervision, enhancing the supervision of designated medical institutions, and improving the...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: New rural cooperative medical system; Restraining factors; Improving paths; China; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/108457

Teaching and Learning Through Cooperative Research Ventures
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lindsey,   Patricia J.
Classroom-based learning can be enhanced for advanced agricultural economics and agribusiness undergraduate students by engaging them as partners in an applied research project. The approach described combines research, outreach and resident instruction in a single activity that produces and extends knowledge while educating students. Many of the changes suggested for agricultural, agricultural economics and agribusiness instruction are encompassed by this approach.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching methods; Case studies; Land grant mission; Active learning; Outreach; Agribusiness; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1996
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/90398

Macroeconomic impacts of export commodity price subsidy in Papua New Guinea
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kannapiran,   Chinna A.
A macroeconometric simulation study is undertaken to evaluate the impacts of a price subsidy for tree crops in Papua New Guinea (PNG). The price subsidy had favourable impacts on tree crop export income, aggregate demand, private consumption, and investment and employment. It increased imports, the budget deficit, and the demand for money and adversely affected the fiscal balance, inflation and interest rates, the BOP position and macroeconomic stability. The price subsidy contributed favourably to internal balance but adversely affected external balance. It worked against many of the policy objectives and made macroeconomic management difficult. With the introduction of the price subsidy, the government violated the commitments made under the Uruguay...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/117475

A mezőgazdasági épületek és háztartások energiaköltségének csökkentése fontos a versenyképességben és a megélhetésben
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Herczeg,   Rahel Sara; Suveges,   Peter.
A globális hőmérséklet-növekedés környezeti változásokhoz, a tengerszint emelkedéséhez, a csapadék mennyiségének és térbeli eloszlásának megváltozásához, szélsőséges időjárási viszonyokhoz vezet. Állat- és növényfajok kipusztulásának sebessége jelentősen nő. Bizonyos betegségek könnyebben elterjedhetnek. E fel¬sorolt hatásokból látható, hogy a mezőgazdaságot közvetlenül érinti a klímaváltozás. Fontos tehát, hogy a mezőgazdasági üzemek maguk is tegyenek a káros hatások enyhítéséért.  Lehetséges megoldás a biomassza tüzelése, amely a mezőgazdasági rendeltetésű épületek és háztartások energiaköltségeit jelentősen mérsékli. Tanulmányunk olyan megoldást dolgoz ki, melyben a hő előállításához szükséges energia költsége teljes mértékben megszűnik, ami energiaerdő...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Energia; Költség; Megtakarítás; Mezőgazdasági üzem; Háztartás; Energy; Costs; Savings; Agricultural plants; Households; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/92418

Market-Based Instruments for the Optimal Control of Invasive Insect Species: B. Tabaci in Arizona
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Richards,   Timothy J.; Ellsworth,   Peter; Tronstad,   Russell; Naranjo,   Steve.
Invasive insect species represent perhaps one of the most significant potential sources of economic risk to U.S. agricultural production. Private control of invasive insect species is likely to be insufficient due to negative externality and weaker-link public good problems. In this study, we compare a system of Pigouvian taxes with tradable permits for invasive species control. While the emissions control literature shows that taxes are preferred to permits under cost uncertainty, invasive-species control involves correlated cost and benefit uncertainty. Hence, we expect a quantity-based system to be preferred. Monte Carlo simulations of optimal steady-state outcomes confirm our expectations.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Externalities; Invasive species; Optimal control; Permits; Spatial-temporal model; Taxes; Crop Production/Industries; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97852

Environmental and Natural Resource Economists, Great Research, and the National Science Foundation
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: O'Connor,   Robert E.
Environmental and natural resource economists could be more effectively engaged in great re-search on exciting issues in environmental and natural resource management. After identifying possible obstacles to improved research, the article focuses on opportunities and obstacles as-sociated with obtaining funding from the National Science Foundation. Opportunities abound, both ongoing and in the future, for interdisciplinary work involving environmental and natural resource economists. Keys to exploiting these opportunities for funding include a willingness to face rejection, build teams, contact program officers with specific questions, write detailed research designs, and prepare proposals that promise to go beyond narrow incremental advances.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Natural resource economists; National Science Foundation; Research funding opportunities; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44734

MULTIPRODUCT PRODUCTION CHOICES AND POLICY RESPONSE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: McIntosh,   Christopher S.; Shumway,   C. Richard.
A restricted profit function model of California agriculture is specified and estimated subject to prior information provided by economic theory. Symmetry, homogeneity, and convexity of the profit function are maintained in the estimation. Parameter estimates and elasticities are presented for four input and 10 output equations. Tests of the hypotheses of nonjointness in inputs and Hicks-neutral technical change in variable inputs and outputs are rejected. The impacts of decoupling agricultural program payments are examined.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural Finance.
Ano: 1991
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32610

ACREAGE RESPONSE, EXPECTED PRICE FUNCTIONS, AND ENDOGENOUS PRICE EXPECTATIONS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Choi,   Jung-Sup; Helmberger,   Peter G.
Taking the price of futures as a proxy for expected price, this article treats acreage planted to soybean, the price of futures, and other variables as jointly dependent. A futures price equation is embedded in a simultaneous equations model along with the consumption demand and acreage response. The model is estimated using both ordinary and three-stage least squares. Estimated price elasticities for consumption demand, demand for stocks, and acreage response equal, respectively, -.5, -1.8, and +.2 (short run) and +.59 (long run).
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 1993
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30812

OBSERVATIONS ON CHANGES IN FACTORS INFLUENCING AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AND SOME IMPLICATIONS FOR THE PROFESSION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Conner,   J. Richard.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1985
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29373

THE IMPACT OF U.S. GOVERNMENT POLICIES ON THE IMPORT, EXPORT AND DISTRIBUTION OF CITRUS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fairchild,   Gary F.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 1988
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27349

Case Studies of Strategic Alliances in U.S. Beef Production
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gillespie,   Jeffrey M.; Bu,   Angel; Boucher,   Robert W.; Choi,   Won-Jun.
Calf marketing, commercial beef carcass, and natural/implant-free beef strategic alliances were examined via case study to determine alliance structure and whether each addressed risk, transaction costs, capital availability, and other concerns. All alliances were structured differently through vertical or horizontal coordination, and each had been established within the past 12 years. Alliance administrators reported that an advantage to cow-calf producers was higher cattle prices received relative to producers outside the alliances. The alliances reduced transaction costs and increased information flow among segments. Alliances did not specifically address risk or increased access to capital for technology adoption or expansion purposes.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Cattle industry; Industry structure; Risk; Strategic alliances; Transaction costs; Agribusiness; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/62278

Speaking Stata: Graphing agreement and disagreement
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cox,   Nicholas J.
Many statistical problems involve comparison and, in particular, the assessment of agreement or disagreement between data measured on identical scales. Some commonly used plots are often ineffective in assessing the fine structure of such data, especially scatterplots of highly correlated variables and plots of values measured “before” and “after” using tilted line segments. Valuable alternatives are available using horizontal reference patterns, changes plotted as parallel lines, and parallel coordinates plots. The quantities of interest (usually differences on some scale) should be shown as directly as possible, and the responses of given individuals should be identified as easily as possible.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Graphics; Comparison; Agreement; Paired data; Panel data; Scatterplot; Difference-mean plot; Bland–Altman plot; Parallel lines plot; Parallel coordinates plot; Pairplot; Parplot; Linkplot; Tukey; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/116252

MULTIPLE OPTIMAL SOLUTIONS IN QUADRATIC PROGRAMMING MODELS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Paris,   Quirino.
The problem of determining whether quadratic programming models possess either unique or multiple optimal solutions is important for empirical analyses which use a mathematical programming framework.  Policy recommendations which disregard multiple optimal solutions (where they exist) are potentially incorrect and less than efficient.  This paper proposes a strategy and the associated algorithm for finding all optimal solutions to any positive semidefinite linear complementarity problem.  One of the main results is that the set of complementary solutions is convex.  Although not obvious, this proposition is analogous to the well-known result in linear programming which states that any convex combination of optimal solutions is itself optimal.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 1983
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32089

Strengthening Backward and Forward Linkages in Horticulture: Some Successful Initiatives
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mittal,   Surabhi.
Indian horticulture sector is constrained by low productivity, high cost of production, huge post-harvest losses, inefficient supply chain and poor market intelligence. The present paper has brought forward two case studies of SAFAL Market and Namdhari Fresh which have been successful in over-coming the constraints that horticulture sector is facing in India for fresh fruits and vegetables. Some new marketing initiatives along with the existing supply chain inefficiencies have been highlighted to help formulate strategy and policy to achieve the much-desired second green revolution through horticulture growth.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47439

Contents Page
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1959
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8972

TRACEABILITY AND CERTIFICATION IN MEAT SUPPLY CHAINS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Meuwissen,   Miranda P.M.; Velthuis,   Annet G.J.; Hogeveen,   Henk; Huirne,   Ruud B.M.
Food safety problems such as the BSE and dioxin crises focused attention on traceability systems and the certification of such systems. This study analyzes the status and perspectives of traceability systems and certification schemes, and reviews their potential costs and benefits. Results indicate that traceability and certification in meat supply chains comprise a very dynamic area with an increasing impact.  Necessary transparency, control of livestock epidemics, increasing due diligence, and a declining role for governments are critical factors. Findings also reveal there is a general focus on the technical characteristics of traceability and certification, and there is a lack of economic considerations. Therefore, specific topics are emphasized for an...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Certification; Cost-benefit analysis; Livestock production; Supply chain; Traceability; Industrial Organization; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14666

END MATERIALS
Provedor de dados: 31
Includes:  Awards Program, Western Agricultural Economics Association, 1980; Guidelines for Submitting Manuscripts; Membership Information, Back Cover
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1981
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32578

AN ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF TOTAL STORE SANITATION AND BOTTLE RETURN PROCEDURES AND COSTS IN OREGON RETAIL FOOD STORES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Meier,   Harvey A.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1974
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27262

Hog Marketing Practices and Competition Questions
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lawrence,   John D.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing; Q11; Q13.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94759

Pasture Improvement in the South-West Slope
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Parish,   Ross M.; Dillon,   John L.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 1956
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9061

Front Materials
Provedor de dados: 31
Front Page, Editorial Board, Contents
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47217

Editor's Introduction
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Edwards,   Geoff W.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/117386

Különbözõ ökonómiai méretû gazdasági szervezetek mûködésének jellemzõi a Nyugat-Dunántúlon
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hegyi,   Judit; Kacz,   Karoly; Kettinger,   Anita.
In the course of a survey we’ve researched private farms of the West-Transdanubian Region in terms of their land area, economic farm size, land use and types of their enterprise. The research of agricultural enterprises from these points of view was the further share of our work. 371 pieces of questionnaire were sent farms of enterprises (joint-stock company, ltd., deposit company, co-operative) in Gyôr-Moson-Sopron, Vas and Zala counties, from which 72 assessable documents returned. The questionnaire asked the farmers the type of their farming (according to the rate of Standard Gross Margin), their economic farm size and data of land property and land use (in the year of 2002, 2004 and 2006). It also enquired about the claim to change of land size, the...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural enterprises; Questionnaire; Economic farm size; Land use; Conceptions of future expansion; Farm Management; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53970

What is the appropriate level of aggregation for productivity indices? Comparing district, regional and national measures
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Conradie,   Beatrice; Piesse,   Jenifer; Thirtle,   Colin G.
This paper examines the appropriate level of aggregation for the construction of total factor productivity (TFP) indices. The dataset covers the magisterial districts and statistical regions of the Western Cape for the years 1952 to 2002. Over these five decades agricultural production in the Western Cape grew twice as fast as in the country as a whole but this average masks substantial regional variation. Results show that TFP growth was negative in the Karoo, moderate in the Swartland, Overberg and Southern Cape, and generally above 2% per year in the Boland and Breede River Valleys, where there is extensive irrigation.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Total factor productivity; Western Cape; South Africa; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49162

CARACTERISTICAS E ATRIBUTOS TRANSACIONAIS DA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Pereira,   Claudia Maria Miranda de Araujo; Raimundo Melo,   Mario; Dias,   Pedro Bernardo.
The objective of this paper is to characterize the production of roses at the region of Barbacena and to identify its transaction attributes, that is, asset specificity, transaction frequency, and uncertainty. The research is based on the theoretical framework of the New Institutions Economy which allows the use of qualitative methods in order to understand in depth the study object. The results have shown that rose producers in the region of Barbacena seek to demand the requirements of their customers, but they perceive the need of improvement in the productive chain through associations and contractual relations, informal ones included, among the agents involved in the agribusiness of roses.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Rosas; Nova economia das Instituições e especificidade; Roses; New economics of Institutions; Specificity; Crop Production/Industries; Institutional and Behavioral Economics.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/102005

ECONOMICS OF GM CROP CULTIVATION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nabradi,   Andras; Popp,   Jozsef.
Asynchronous approval of new GM crops across international jurisdictions is of growing concern due to its potential impact on global trade. Different countries have different authorisation procedures and, even if regulatory dossiers are submitted at the same time, approval is not given simultaneously (in some cases, delays can even amount to years). For instance, by mid-2009 over 40 transgenic events were approved or close to approval elsewhere but not yet approved – or not even submitted – in the EU. Yet, like some other jurisdictions, the EU also operates a zero-tolerance policy to even the smallest traces of nationally unapproved GM crops (so-called low-level presence). The resultant rejection of agricultural imports has already caused high economic...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Crop cultivation; GM; Supply chain of commodity crops; Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/104659

FRONT COVER
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1982
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23053

Food Aid Targeting in Ethiopia: A Study of Household Food Insecurity and Food Aid Distributions
Provedor de dados: 31
Grain Marketing Research Project, Ministry of Economic Development and Cooperation, Addis Ababa
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Food security; Food policy; Ethiopia; Food aid; Food Security and Poverty; Q18.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54958

General equilibrium modelling in South Africa: What the future holds
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: McDonald,   Scott; Punt,   Cecilia.
This paper provides an overview of the main research contributions of the past decade using general equilibrium models to analyse agricultural issues in South Africa. The methodological developments since the change to democracy ten years ago are viewed in the context of developments in this area of research carried out internationally. It will be shown in this paper that the modelling and computing techniques have vastly improved during the past decade, both in an ongoing attempt to refine existing models, and in an attempt to extend the modelling framework to make provision for issues that cannot be sufficiently captured in the standard comparative static models. These extensions include dynamic modelling, global modelling, environmental modelling and...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31721

The Uruguay Round: From Cold War To Cooperation In Negotiating Temperate-zone Agricultural And Trade Policies
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hillman,   Jimmye S.
It is not likely that Governments will take precipitous action following the Uruguay Round. However, the large industrial economies should continue to press heavily for the revision of farm programs until a better accommodation is reached. The moves toward gradual decoupling of farmers' support payments from agricultural output and price levels should be the first order of business of Governments everywhere. This reform should be supplemented by greater international attention to domestic policies which create non-tariff barriers to trade.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 1994
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/12479

Market Segmentation Practices of Retail Crop Input Firms
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Reimer,   Aaron; Downey,   W. Scott; Akridge,   Jay T.
The farmers targeted by crop input retailers may be divided into distinct groups or segments, but retail crop input firms vary in their ability to implement strategies to serve individual segments. In this study, segmentation practices among cooperatives and independently owned crop input retailers were explored. Addressing gaps between Best’s seven-step market segmentation framework and retailer practices will help practitioners serve evolving farmer-customers.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Market segmentation; Target marketing; Crop inputs; Distribution channel; Retailer; Marketing; Q10; Q13.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53746

Hans Theil: Producer, Marketer, and Consumer Extraordinaires
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Clements,   Kenneth W.
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43220

Taxing Food to Improve Health: Economic Evidence and Arguments
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cash,   Sean B.; Lacanilao,   Ryan D.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Health Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44693

Fiscal Trends: Implications for the Rural South
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Henry,   Mark S.; Barkley,   David L.; Li,   Haizhen.
Key demographic trends in the rural South over the next decade-the aging of the population as baby boomers enter retirement, continued migration to the South, and rapid increases in shares of Hispanic residents-may have profound consequences for the financing of rural community public services.  In this paper, we provide an overview of demographic and economic trends that are expected to influence the ability of rural communities to provide essential public services.  In addition, we provide econometric evidence on the impacts that these trends are likely to have on the financing of K-12 education in South Carolina.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Demographic trends; Fiscal trends; Government services; Rural South; R11; R23; R51.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37958

Special Treatment and Policy Space for the Developing Economies in the Multilateral Trade Regime
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Das,   Dilip K.
The contemporary multilateral trading system comprises members ranging from high- to very low-income countries; this range has a bearing on the operations of the multilateral trade regime. Presence of a large number of low-income members is the new systemic reality. Special and differential treatment (SDT) has operated for the developing economies, principally for the small, low-income ones, for many decades. The concept of SDT grew in three basic stages, on which this article elaborates. Theoretically this concept was meaningful and significant, but in reality it has not engendered substantial benefits to the intended beneficiary groups, the developing economies. The Uruguay and the Doha Rounds of multilateral trade negotiations (MTNs) reaffirmed faith in...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10291

Industrial Structure Evolution and Economic Growth in Dingxi City Based on Shift-Share Method and Location Quotient Analysis
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Xu,   Bai-jin; Chen,   Xing-peng; Wang,   Li-na.
According to the statistical data in the years 2004-2008, both Shift-Share Analysis and Location Quotient Analysis are used to compare the economic development status of counties (districts) in Dingxi City in the years 2004 and 2008. Advantages and disadvantages of industrial structure and competitiveness are analyzed, as well as the impacts of existing industrial structure on economic growth. Development direction and development focus of primary, secondary and tertiary industries are found out. Countermeasures for accelerating the economic development of counties (districts) in Dingxi City are put forward, such as increasing the inputs in characteristic agriculture, promoting the development of primary industry, speeding up the construction of large and...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Shift-Share Analysis; Location quotient; Industrial structure; Dingxi City; China; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/102395

PROFIT MAXIMIZATION AS A MANAGEMENT GOAL ON SOUTHEASTERN MONTANA RANCHES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Biswas,   Basudeb; Lacey,   John R.; Workman,   John P.; Siddoway,   Francis H.
While tests of producer rationality defined as conformity to the rules of profit maximization (or a similar postulate) for less developed countries are numerous, such tests for high-income countries are rare.  This study investigates the extent of rationality observed in the production behavior of ranchers in southeastern Montana.  The procedure used is that of Wise, Yotopoulos, and Nugent, based on a profit-maximizing production model.  The data were collected by personal interviews for 69 ranchers.  Results indicate that profit maximization is a reasonably good postulate for studying the behavior of ranchers, and that various policy measures, could, at least tentatively, proceed on that basis.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Farm Management.
Ano: 1984
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32365

Price transmission in the Hungarian vegetable sector
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bakucs,   Lajos Zoltan; Ferto,   Imre; Szabo,   Gabor G.
In this paper we analyse price transmission for the carrot, parsley, tomato, green pepper and potato markets. Although there is a dual farm structure dominated by small individual farms, our results imply that price information flows from the producer to the retail level for potatoes, parsley and carrots. Our results also suggest that farmers do not merely accept prices, but can actually influence market prices. Tomato and green pepper prices have large transmission elasticities, and causality runs from the retail to producer level. It therefore follows that tomato and green pepper producers tend to accept prices and that the sector’s prices are determined by upper market levels (processors, wholesalers, retailers). These results are reinforced by the fact...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Hungarian vegetable sector; Producer prices; Price transmission; Demand and Price Analysis; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47013

MEETING TRAINING NEEDS OF CONVENIENCE STORE INDUSTRY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Burns,   Terry J.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1977
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27281

Beef Producer Choice in Cattle Marketing
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gillespie,   Jeffrey M.; Basarir,   Aydin; Schupp,   Alvin R.
In addition to the conventional auction method of cattle marketing, some alternative marketing arrangements include sale by private treaty, video auction, retained ownership, and use of strategic alliances. This study finds that 91% of Louisiana producers use conventional auctions, while 39% use other types of marketing arrangements. The most heavily used alternative marketing arrangement is private treaty, at 26%. Those producers using alternative marketing arrangements tend to be larger, have heavier weaning weights, have more diverse farming operations, be younger, have greater contact with their county extension agents, and depend less on income from off-farm sources.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Cattle marketing; Conventional auction; Private treaty; Strategic alliance; Video auction; Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/59586

DEMAND THEORY: TIME ALLOCATION AND OUTDOOR RECREATION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wilson,   Robert R.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1971
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30503

A globális pénzügyi és gazdasági válság, valamint a konszern számvitel összefüggései
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Simon,   Szilvia.
Napjainkban a világgazdaság egyik legfontosabb megoldásra váró problémája, hogy hogyan előzhető meg újabb globális pénzügyi és gazdasági válságok kialakulása, illetve léteznek-e olyan módszerek, eszközök, amelyek segítségével a már kialakult válságok hatásai, következményei mérsékelhetők. A módszerek, eszközök részben már rendelkezésre állnak, melyek közül célszerű kiemelni a konszern számvitel módszertanát, mert segítségével elkészíthető konszolidált éves beszámolót. E konszolidált éves beszámoló ugyanis alkalmas arra, hogy a konszerntagok közötti belső kapcsolatokból adódó halmozódásokat kiszűrve előmozdítsa a vállalatcsoportok reális megítélését. Segítségével elkerülhetővé válhat a – válság kialakulásában nagymértékben szerepet játszó – jogi, pénzügyi...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Globális pénzügyi válság; Élelmiszer-gazdaság; Konszolidáció; Anyavállalatok; Global economic crisis; Food economy; Consolidation; Parent companies; Financial Economics; Political Economy.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/99176

Testing for weak-form efficiency in South African futures market for wheat and sunflower seeds
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Phukubje,   M.P.; Moholwa,   Motlatjo B.
The deregulation of agricultural markets in South Africa led to the establishment of a futures market for agricultural products, which was opened in January 1995. Commodity futures markets should be efficient to play most effective role in price risk management. This paper tests for weak-form efficiency in the South African Future markets for wheat and sunflower seeds by examining the predictability of daily futures price changes. The results suggest that futures price changes for both wheat and sunflower seeds are partially predictable from past price information. The implication is that past price information does contain additional information that could be used to forecast the future price once the current future price is known. But when taking into...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Industrial Organization.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31713

Agricultural extension policy in Australia: the good, the bad, and the misguided
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Marsh,   Sally P.; Pannell,   David J.
In most states of Australia, agricultural extension policies and practices have increasingly been based on considerations of private/public goods, user pays and cost recovery. In addition, the delivery of extension has been strongly influenced by changing administrative structures and a change in the paradigm within which the extension community operates. These changes have had major impacts, including more extension being delivered by the private sector. There are positive aspects to the changes and, for some issues, they are appropriate. However, we have a number of reservations, particularly about the effectiveness of current extension systems in assisting the adoption of complex environmental and farming system technologies.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/117854

Technical Efficiency of U.S. Organic Farmers: The Complementary Roles of Soil Management Techniques and Farm Experience
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lohr,   Luanne; Park,   Timothy A.
Agricultural policymakers place increasing emphasis on developing efficiency measures for organic producers in order to evaluate regulatory strategies and evolving organic market conditions. We develop technical efficiency measures for U.S. organic farmers using a stochastic production frontier. Farm decisions about acquiring and managing organic soil materials from on-farm and local sources are incorporated into the technical efficiency measure. Productivity differences between newer entrants to organic farming and more experienced producers are estimated in order to isolate the impact of learning and management expertise on farm-level technical efficiency.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Organic farming; Frontier production function; Soil organic matter; Performance measurement; Technical efficiency; Farm Management.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10208

END MATERIALS
Provedor de dados: 31
Includes: Author Guidelines for Submitting Manuscripts to JARE; Membership Information; Back Cover
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30837

PRIVATE VS. PUBLIC WAREHOUSING: AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lynch,   Clifford F.
Presents an industry viewpoint of the advantages and disadvantages of using private versus public warehousing in the food processing industry.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1974
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27252

The Economics of Commonly Owned Groundwater When User Demand Is Perfectly Inelastic
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wang,   Chenggang; Segarra,   Eduardo.
This paper provides a theoretical analysis of the common-pool resource dilemma in extracting nonrenewable groundwater resources when water demand is perfectly inelastic. It complements the existing theory of groundwater use, which assumes away the possibility of demand perfect inelasticity. Under perfectly inelastic water demand, the common-pool resource dilemma is by-passed if groundwater users are equally productive in water use. If they are not, a new type of inefficiency can arise due to the lack of a rationing mechanism on the basis of productivity. Our analysis suggests that groundwater management research should pay more attention to water demand elasticity and productivity heterogeneity.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Common-pool resources; Groundwater extraction; Groundwater management; Groundwater use; Irrigation water demand; Optimal control; Pumping externality; Water demand elasticity; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/105533

DISTINGUISHED AND HONORARY LIFE MEMBER AWARDS
Provedor de dados: 31
Honorary Life Member Awards: A. Robert Koch, Marvin W. Kottke, Robert O. Sinclair, Fred C. Webster
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1988
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28843

FUEL-INSULATION TRADEOFFS FOR ARKANSAS BROILER HOUSES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Riley,   William B., Jr.; Redfern,   J. Martin.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 1977
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30523

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT IN THE FRESH PRODUCE INDUSTRY: A MILE TO GO?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Zuurbier,   Peter J.P.
We investigate the factors that influence vertical coordination in the fresh produce industry. Elaborating on the concept of governance structure, price and non-price coordination systems will be distinguished. Under previous research, there is a specific consideration as to how market conditions and institutional considerations influence the coordination of supply chains. In my presentation for the Food Distribution Research Society in Monterey, California, I analyzed how retail companies in the United States, France, and the Netherlands coordinate their supply chains of fruits and vegetables. Differences in product category and institutional environments do not contribute directly to the explanation of differences found in supply chain coordination...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26781

COVER AND CONTENTS PAGES
Provedor de dados: 31
Includes: Front Cover; Food Distribution Research Society, Inc., 2002 Officer and Directors; Editorial Information; Contents Page
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26831

The Hungarian land market after EU Accession
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Biro,   Szabolcs.
Besides its natural potential, Hungarian agriculture's major current advantage is low land prices and rental fees. Economic theory suggests that as Hungarian economic performance approaches the EU average, production costs will also become equal. Increasing land prices, generated by higher rentals fees, will mean landowners continually remove more agricultural income and Hungary’s competitive advantage will dwindle. Moreover, subsequent capital withdrawal will lead to weaker agricultural investments. The aim of land policy is to assist the land use of those farmers who make a living from agricultural production. To increase competitiveness one needs income security and policy efficiency meshing land ownership with land use for those farms wishing to...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural land; Volume of land market transactions; Land prices; Land rents; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/46662

The Theory and Practice of Futures Trading
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Phillips,   John.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Marketing.
Ano: 1966
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9203

Medición de niveles de ruralidad y su relación con actividades económicas en la X Región de Los Lagos - Chile Enfoque Geográfico – Económico
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Osses,   P.; Foster,   William E.; Nunez,   R.
Published by Asociación de Economistas Agrarios de Chile
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Level of Rurality; Geographic Approach; Economic Activities; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97361

Fertilizer Trade under Market Liberalization: Preliminary Evidence from Kenya
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Omamo,   Steven Were; Mose,   Lawrence Obae.
This paper reports results of a countrywide survey of fertilizer traders undertaken in late September 1997 with the aim of identifying broad supply-side and demand-side factors influencing trade in inorganic fertilizers in Kenya. The next two sections describe the sampling and econometric procedures followed. Regression results are then reported. Implications of the results for policy and research round-out the analysis.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/55147

A Customer Service Design Case Study: Insights on Customer Loyalty in the Brazilian Food Sector
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Florencio de Almeida,   Ione Lucia; Florencio de Almeida,   Luciana.
Marketing managers of local and international food companies have realized that what they offer to customers go well beyond the characteristics and attributes of the products their companies manufacture and market. Service has become an integral part of the offer (Grönroos, 1993); a high service quality improves the company competitiveness, builds customer trust, supports the company brand and other product attributes (Berry &amp; Parasuraman, 1991, p. 12). This paper seeks to investigate whether customer care service perceived quality in the food sector is truly relevant to customer satisfaction and loyalty.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Quality service evaluation; Consumer service; Loyalty; Food industry; Agribusiness; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44899

AN EVALUATION OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE FLORIDA COOPERATIVE'S SEASONAL PRICING PLAN ON SEASONAL PRODUCTION VARIABILITY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Washington,   Andrew A.; Lawson,   Robert W., Jr.; Kilmer,   Richard L.
From 1993 - 1995, Florida dairy cooperatives implemented a seasonal pricing plan in an attempt to decrease the variability in seasonal production. Farmers that participated in the seasonal pricing plan were able to reduce seasonality in each year when compared to 1992 by as much as 20 percent. For farmers that did not participate, seasonality increased in each year by as much as 32 percent. Overall, the seasonal pricing plan was effective in reducing seasonality for those farmers that chose to participate in the plan and that its limited short-run success was the result of seasonality increases by non-participating farms.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Amplitude; Seasonal pricing plan; Seasonality; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15389

INTRASTATE PRODUCE SALES: EFFORTS TO SELL NYS PRODUCE TO STATE INSTITUTIONS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gunter,   Frederick W.; Lesser,   William H.; McLaughlin,   Edward W.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1988
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27340

Peasants and plantations in the Sri Lankan tea sector: causes of the change in their relative viability
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Herath,   Deepananda P.B.; Weersink,   Alfons.
In contrast to the increasing trend in farm size found in most agricultural sectors, the absolute number of producers and relative share of total production from small farms growing green leaf tea in Sri Lanka have increased significantly over time. The boom in peasant production and the corresponding decline in plantations are due to the same general drivers explaining the increase in farm size elsewhere. Government programs and price effects that reduced revenue uncertainty and relative costs of production have enhanced the competitive position of small farmers relative to large estates.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Farm size distribution; Farm structure; Peasants; Plantations; Sri Lanka; Tea industry; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/118319

END MATERIALS
Provedor de dados: 31
Includes:  Guidelines for Manuscript Submission, Back Cover
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1993
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31636

ALTERNATIVE FORMS OF TAXATION TO ACHIEVE EQUITABLE LEVELS OF EDUCATIONAL EXPENDITURES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: White,   Fred C.; Miller,   Bill R.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Public Economics.
Ano: 1973
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29425

1965 Report of the Farm Management Service for Vocational Agriculture in West Central Minnesota
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nodland,   Truman R.; Hartog,   Edward.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Farm Management.
Ano: 1966
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47928

ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF A COUNTERVAILING DUTY ORDER ON THE U.S. LAMB MEAT INDUSTRY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Babula,   Ronald A.
This paper provides the model, analysis, and results of the investigative research by the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) staff on the U.S. lamb market impacts from the countervailing duty (CVD) order imposed on certain U.S. imports of New Zealand lamb meat during 1985-90.  Presented here are the monthly three-stage least squares model of the U.S. lamb meat industry at the wholesale or meat-packing level, along with the econometric results and analyses obtained from the USITC investigation.  Analysis of model results quantifies average estimated CVD-attributed effects on U.S. lamb price, demand and supply of domestically produced lamb, and U.S. lamb import levels.  A number of economic parameter estimates and inference results concerning U.S....
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31365

IDENTIFYING IMPLICIT COLLUSION UNDER DECLINING OUTPUT DEMAND
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Weliwita,   Ananda; Azzam,   Azzeddine M.
The "trigger price" oligopoly model is used to develop a test for oligopolistic as well as oligopsonistic conduct by observing how an industry responds to unexpected declines in output demand. The hypothesis that U.S. beef packers maintain cooperative pricing strategies is rejected.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 1996
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31029

CURRENT LABOR RELATIONS ISSUES IN THE FOOD INDUSTRY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Millen,   Bruce H.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 1977
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27293

Spatial Diversification by Beef Producers in the Clarence Region
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Trebeck,   David B.
A simulation model was constructed to ascertain the extent of benefits from spatial diversification when an intensive form of use is assumed for the additional (alluvial) land. Although expected profit increased and coefficient of variation decreased, the return to additional capital was only 2.7 per cent. Spatial diversification successfully overcomes winter-spring feed uncertainties, but appears economically doubtful under present assumptions. Some alternatives and modifications are suggested which, although untested, might improve the economics of diversification.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 1971
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9576

END MATERIALS
Provedor de dados: 31
Includes:  Guidelines for Submitting Manuscripts; Membership Information; Back Cover
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1981
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32080

AN ANALYSIS OF SELECTED PERFORMANCE INDICATORS FOR U.S. AGRIBUSINESS SITES REGISTERED TO ISO 9000 SERIES OF STANDARDS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mumma,   Gerald A.; Allen,   Albert J.; Couvillion,   Warren C.
A factor analysis examined underlying relationships of selected performance indicators for U.S. ISO 9000-registered agribusiness sites. The factoring technique uniquely identified five of six primary factors-namely, improved quality performance, better training of personnel and document control, product prices, external audits, and cost of nonconformity. A sixth ill-defined factor is also identified. Each identified factor could influence the market position and/or profitability of an ISO 9000 registered agribusiness site.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27409

THE ADOPTION OF IPM TECHNIQUES BY VEGETABLE GROWERS IN FLORIDA, MICHIGAN AND TEXAS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fernandez-Cornejo,   Jorge; Beach,   E. Douglas; Huang,   Wen-Yuan.
Factors influencing the adoption of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) techniques are studied using survey data from individual vegetable producers from Florida, Michigan, and Texas.  Farmers who adopt IPM tend to be less risk averse and use more managerial time on farm activities than nonadopters.  Adopters are also more likely to operate large, irrigated farms and use more family labor.  Locational factors and the type of crop grown are also influential in IPM adoption.  The analysis uses a logit framework and introduces adopter categories first conceptualized by rural sociologists.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Diffusion of innovations; Integrated pest management; Vegetables; Technology adoption; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 1994
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15441

HEALING EMPLOYEE PRODUCTIVITY--BANDAIDS OR MAJOR SURGERY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Stross,   Robert M.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Productivity Analysis.
Ano: 1981
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27469

FACTORS AFFECTING EFFICIENCY OF FEEDER CATTLE HEDGING IN KENTUCKY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: O'Bryan,   Stephen L.; Bobst,   Barry W.; Davis,   Joe T.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 1977
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29300

THE ROLE OF EMOTIONS AND PERCEIVED CONTROL IN THE RECOVERY STRATEGY OF SERVICE COMPANIES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kolos,   Krisztina; Kenesei,   Zsofia.
The purpose of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of service recovery tactics. The research included a qualitative study based on 30 interviews with customers and employees of a telecommunication company. This was followed by a quantitative study using between subject experimental designs based on scenarios. Our research results suggest that employees’ positive emotions and perceived control during the recovery process make consumers more satisfied.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Service recovery; Justice theory; Service failure; Customer satisfaction; Agricultural and Food Policy; Consumer/Household Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53545

THE DEMAND FOR BEEF PRODUCTS:  CROSS-SECTION ESTIMATION OF DEMOGRAPHIC AND ECONOMIC EFFECTS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Heien,   Dale; Pompelli,   Greg.
This paper presents estimates of the economic and demographic effects on the demand for steak, roast, and ground beef. Using an almost ideal demand system, the results indicate that demand is inelastic for steak and ground beef, elastic for roast, cross-price effects are significant, and all goods are Hicks-Allen substitutes. The impact of certain demographic effects, such as household size, region, tenancy, and ethnic origin, was generally quite significant. Other demographic variables, such as employment status, shopper, and occupation, were generally not significant.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 1988
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32155

DISTINGUISHED AND HONORARY LIFE MEMBER AWARDS
Provedor de dados: 31
Distinguished and Honorary Life Members; Honorary Life Member Awards: Howard E. Conklin, Stanley K. Seaver; Distinguished Member Awards: George E. Frick, Dale K. Colyer
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1984
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28904

ALTERNATIVE PARAMETER SPECIFICATION IN E, V ANALYSIS:  IMPLICATIONS FOR FARM LEVEL DECISION MAKING
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Adams,   Richard M.; Menkhaus,   Dale J.; Woolery,   Bruce A.
This study compares the structure of E, V frontiers under several specifications of expected income and variance parameters with emphasis on fundamental differences in efficient crop mixes. The results are generated using data from a specific production region and a selected set of cropping activities for Wyoming. The risk-efficient frontiers and underlying crop mixes display sensitivity to alternative parameter definitions and suggest that if researchers intend to use the E, V approach in providing decision  information to producers, care should be exercised in the choice of income and risk measures.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Farm Management.
Ano: 1980
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32530

Overview: Commodity Checkoff Programs
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94408

Market Differentiation Potential of Country-of-origin, Quality and Traceability Labeling
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Verbeke,   Wim; Roosen,   Jutta.
Product labeling has gained considerable attention recently, as a means to both provide product-specific information and reduce quality uncertainty faced by consumers, as well as from a regulatory point of view. This article focuses on whether and to what extent origin, quality and traceability labeling is an appropriate way to differentiate food products. The focus is on fresh meat and fresh fish, two mainly generic food product categories with a high degree of credence character. Insights into the potential for market differentiation through origin, quality and traceability labeling are provided and discussed using primary data collected during the period 2000-2005 by means of four consumer surveys. In general, direct indications of quality, including...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Consumer; Country of origin; Labeling; Quality; Traceability; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/48790

TRANSACTION COSTS AND AGRICULTURAL NONPOINT-SOURCE WATER POLLUTION CONTROL POLICIES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Smith,   Rodney B.W.; Tomasi,   Theodore D.
Mechanism design theory is used to develop the properties of optimal pollution control incentive schemes in the presence of adverse selection, moral hazard, and transaction costs. The model presented here shows (a) with no deadweight costs (transaction costs) , first-best allocations are always possible; (b) in the presence of transaction costs (caused by raising taxes), only second-best allocations are feasible; and (c) the conditions under which the optimal incentive scheme implementing second-best allocations will be a nonlinear tax, a standard(s), or a combination of both taxes and standard(s).
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1995
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30768

Current Information:  Dissertation Abstracts
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/60953

ASSESSING THE RESEARCH FRAMEWORK AND INSTITUTIONAL CONTEXT FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT POLICY: DISCUSSION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Allen,   Joyce E.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1992
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30390

CURRENT STATE OF THE COTTON AND TEXTILE INDUSTRY IN KAZAKHSTAN
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Azhimetova, Gulfari.
The textile industry of Kazakhstan is presented basically by enterprises created in period of centrally planned economy and as consequence. Low labor productivity, lacking equipment base and technologies, poor marketing are problems of the current state of industry.   But, there are also advantages as a vicinity of potential cotton manufacturers - Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan.  A free economic zone (FEZ) “Ontustik” has been established and a program of “Ontustik” FEZ development has been adopted for developing the cotton and textile cluster in Kazakhstan. The law “About development of the cotton branch” has been adopted in Kazakhstan to provide the textile enterprises with necessary raw material and to develop the domestic cotton growing.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Cotton and textile cluster; Cotton receipt; Free economic zone «Ontustik»; Cotton; System of obligations fulfillment warranty.; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Production Economics; L67; M11; O13; UDC: 677.01.055.942(574).
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/92359

Odds ratios and logistic regression: further examples of their use and interpretation
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hailpern,   Susan M.; Visintainer,   Paul F.
Logistic regression is perhaps the most widely used method for adjustment of confounding in epidemiologic studies. Its popularity is understandable. The method can simultaneously adjust for confounders measured on different scales; it provides estimates that are clinically interpretable; and its estimates are valid in a variety of study designs with few underlying assumptions. To those of us in practice settings, several aspects of applying and interpreting the model, however, can be confusing and counterintuitive. We attempt to clarify some of these points through several examples. We apply the method to a study of risk factors associated with periventricular leucomalacia and intraventricular hemorrhage in neonates. We relate the logit model to...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Cc; Cci; Cs; Csi; Logistic; Logit; Relative risk; Case–control study; Odds ratio; Cohort study; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/116084

END MATERIALS
Provedor de dados: 31
Includes: Guidelines for Submitting Manuscripts; Membership Information; Back Cover
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1984
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32371

EXHAUSTIBLE RESOURCE ALLOCATION, INTERGENERATIONAL EQUITY, AND SUSTAINABILITY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Knapp,   Keith C.
An OLG model with exhaustible resources and solar energy is developed, and equilibrium time paths are characterized numerically using recursive methods.  For the parameter values considered, resource prices increase over time, and extractions, output, and utility decline over time until a steady-state is reached.  Decreasing the intertemporal elasticity of substitution or raising consumers' subjective discount rate hastens exhaustion of the resource stock.  Market equilibrium can result in much quicker use of the stock than social optimality under a constant discount rate, with consequent higher utility for early generations and lower utility for future generations in contrast to social optimality.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1996
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31654

Instrumental variables, bootstrapping, and generalized linear models
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hardin,   James W.; Schmiediche,   Henrik; Carroll,   Raymond J.
This paper discusses and illustrates the qvf command for fitting generalized linear models. The differences between this new command and Stata’s glm command are highlighted. One of the most notable features of the qvf command is its ability to include instrumental variables. This functionality was added specifically to address measurement error but may be utilized by the user for other purposes. The qvf command was developed in the C-language using Stata’s new plugin features and executes much faster than the glm ado-file.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Measurement error; Instrumental variables; Murphy–Topel; Bootstrap; Generalized linear models; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/116178

SYSTEMS FOR HANDLING GROCERY PRODUCTS FROM SUPPLIER TO DISTRIBUTION WAREHOUSE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Shaffer,   Paul F.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1977
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27289

THE PROPOSED UNITED STATES-MEXICO-CANADA NORTH AMERICAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT: THE MEXICAN PERSPECTIVE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Segarra,   Eduardo.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 1992
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30364

Carcass Quality and Genetic Selection in the Beef Industry
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Vanek,   Joseph K.; Watts,   Myles J.; Brester,   Gary W.
A lack of high-quality beef has been cited as one of the primary factors for the 50% decline in beef demand from the mid-1970s to the last 1990s.  Cattle producers argue that appropriate price premiums are not sufficient to encourage the production of high-quality cattle.  Although some improvement in carcass quality can be made by the cattle feeding and processing sectors, substantial improvements in quality must include genetic progress.  A hedonic analysis of four major U.S. beef seedstock producers indicates that bull purchasers place relatively high values on a bull’s ability to produce progeny with improved carcass-quality traits.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Beef quality; Expected progeny differences; Hedonic model; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/46562

USE OF BIOPHYSICAL SIMULATION IN PRODUCTION ECONOMICS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Musser,   Wesley N.; Tew,   Bernard V.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Production Economics.
Ano: 1984
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29604

Journal Backmatter
Provedor de dados: 31
Includes:  Back Cover, JAAE Manuscript Submission Guidelines, Executive Officers, Membership and Subscription Information
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Crop Production/Industries; Demand and Price Analysis; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing; Political Economy; Production Economics; Productivity Analysis; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/117942

FRONT COVER
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1992
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22390

THE ROBUSTNESS OF SINGLE INDEX MODELS IN CROP MARKETS: A MULTIPLE INDEX MODEL TEST: COMMENT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Collins,   Robert A.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries; Marketing.
Ano: 1993
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30816

INCOME DISTRIBUTIONAL IMPLICATIONS OF WATER POLICY DECISIONS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Just,   Richard E.; Zilberman,   David.
Intrasectoral issues have received relatively little attention in analysis of the distributional consequences of natural resource policy decisions.  This paper presents a framework for such analysis and examines how intrasectoral issues can change intertemporally, focusing on water policy in agriculture.  The results show that income distribution among farmers depends on the stochastic structure of production and marketing, the size distribution of farms, credit market imperfections, and risk aversion in farmer decisions.  It is shown that the introduction of water conservation policies may lead to more equitable income distribution among farmers.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1985
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32306

END MATERIALS
Provedor de dados: 31
Includes:  Awards Program, Western Agricultural Economics Association, 1977; Guidelines for Submitting Manuscripts; Membership Information; Back Cover
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1978
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32568

EVALUATING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF CONSERVATION WATER-PRICING PROGRAMS: COMMENT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Griffin,   Ronald C.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31208

The French Plan - Blueprint for World Trade Without Tears?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lewis,   Jack Neville.
The French Plan proposes a series of international commodity agreements providing for price discrimination between economically advanced and backward countries. It was developed initially as a consequence of the particular set of price support measures adopted in the E.E.C.'s Common Agricultural Policy, but, after: extension and modification, has been put forward as offering a solution to various problems of international trade in agricultural commodities including disposal of agricultural surpluses, the reconciliation of divergent interests in the United Kingdom's accession to the Common Market and the difficulties of underdeveloped countries arising from declining terms of trade and limited export opportunities for primary products. It must, however,...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 1962
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8722

A Whole Farm Analysis of the Influence of Auto-Steer Navigation on Net Returns, Risk, and Production Practices
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Shockley,   Jordan M.; Dillon,   Carl R.; Stombaugh,   Timothy S.
A whole farm economic analysis was conducted to provide a detailed assessment into the economic, risk, and production implications due to the adoption of auto-steer navigation. It was determined that auto-steer navigation was profitable for a grain farmer in Kentucky with net returns increasing up to 0.90% ($3.35/acre). Additionally, the technology could be used in reducing production risk. Adoption of the technology also alters production practices for optimal use.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Economics; Farm management; Mean-variance; Precision agriculture; Simulation; Farm Management; Risk and Uncertainty; C61; C63; D81; Q12; Q16.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/100640

Pressures and Preferences Affecting Willingness to Apply Beef Manure on Crops in the Colorado High Plains
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hoag,   Dana L.; Lacy,   Michael G.; Davis,   Jessica.
Little is known about producers' willingness to use manure. Past studies have focused on substitutability for fertilizers. We surveyed crop producers in a cattle-dense region of the Colorado Plains about whether and why they apply manure, focusing on how pressures (like owning cattle) or preferences (pro and con) affect their adoption. Using logistic regression, findings show that pressure and preference (PS/PF) significantly affect adoption. A producer with high PS/PF was 10 times more likely to use manure than one with low PS/PF. Policy and decision makers can use such findings to inform education and policy aimed at increasing the land application of manure.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Cattle; Economic benefits; Economic costs; Management; Manure application; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30915

AN ANALYSIS OF RATES OF CHANGE IN COMMUNITY PER CAPITA INCOME BY DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Murray,   Steven W.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 1978
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30271

THE REPRESENTATION OF RISK IN ECONOMETRIC MODELS OF SUPPLY: SOME OBSERVATIONS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Brennan,   John P.
The high correlation between many of the measures used to represent risk in econometric models of supply is demonstrated. A case is made for a very simple measure, the moving range, to be used to represent risk in these models.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 1982
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22606

Characterizing Land Use Change in Multidisciplinary Landscape-Level Analyses
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kline,   Jeffrey D.
Economists increasingly face opportunities to collaborate with ecologists on landscape-level analyses of socioeconomic and ecological processes. This often calls for developing empirical models to project land use change as input into ecological models. Providing ecologists with the land use information they desire can present many challenges regarding data, modeling, and econometrics. This paper provides an overview of the relatively recent adaptation of economics-based land use modeling methods toward greater spatial specificity desired in integrated research with ecologists. Practical issues presented by data, modeling, and econometrics are highlighted, followed by an example based on a multidisciplinary landscape-level analysis in Oregon's Coast Range...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31345

Economic Evaluation of Wind Energy as an Alternative to Natural Gas Powered Irrigation
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Guerrero,   Bridget L.; Amosson,   Stephen H.; Marek,   Thomas H.; Johnson,   Jeffrey W.
High natural gas prices have agricultural producers searching for alternative energy sources for irrigation. The economic feasibility of electric and hybrid (electric/wind) systems are evaluated as alternatives to natural gas powered irrigation. Texas Panhandle and Southern Kansas farms are assessed with a quarter-mile sprinkler system, three crops, and two pumping lifts. Breakeven points identify the price at which conversion from a natural gas irrigation system to an electric or hybrid system is cost effective. Results indicate electricity is a more feasible energy source for irrigation and policy changes such as net metering are necessary to make hybrid systems viable.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Electricity; Irrigation; Natural gas; Wind energy; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; International Development; Land Economics/Use; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; Q12; Q20; Q42.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/90680

TRADE AND THE ENVIRONMENT: EFFICIENCY, EQUITY AND SOVEREIGNTY CONSIDERATIONS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sinner,   Jim.
The Uruguay Round trade agreement includes a new programme of work to examine the relationship between trade and environmental policies. Environmental groups remain suspicious that trade liberalisation will undermine or discourage improvements in environmental standards. In this paper, the use of trade measures to protect producers from competition with goods produced under less stringent environmental standards is examined. It is shown that such measures will not improve national welfare, and may undermine environmental policies. Failure of a government to enact appropriate environmental policies constitutes an implicit subsidy, and equity considerations suggest that this will continue to create pressure for changes to the GATT to protect producers who...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 1994
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22951

Some Notes on the Financial Position of 15 Central-Western Wheat-Sheep Farms in 1946-47
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Druce,   P.C.
The financial year which ended 30th June, 1947, was the fourth year in which a group of selected wheat growers kept complete records of their financial transactions in co-operation with, and in Record Books provided by, the Division of Marketing and Agricultural Economics. Reports covering the records kept in 1944-45 and 1945-46 have already been published in this "Review".  The notes which follow deal primarily with the financial position of the fifteen farmers who kept records during 1946-47. However, some comparisons with earlier years are made.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Farm Management.
Ano: 1949
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9064

Problems and Countermeasures for the Development of Rural Area in Central China
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Liu,   Qing-zhen; Gao,   Geng-he; Shi,   Lei.
Agricultural area in central China is a densely populated area with a lot of agricultural population, relatively developed agriculture and relatively backward non-agriculture. Its development status affects the process of rising strategy in central region, restricts the construction of a well-off society and a harmonious society in the central region and even China. Based on this, major problems in the development of agricultural area of central China are analyzed, such as large population of farmers, great development pressure on agricultural area, serious shortage of agricultural inputs, relatively low education level, backward infrastructure in agricultural area, and relatively backward non-agricultural development. In order to accelerate the rising of...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Central China; Agricultural population; Non-agricultural industry; China; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/93661

World Food Grain Needs
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Vaidyanthan,   P.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 1946
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8865

TOTAL SYSTEM EFFICIENCY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Friedman,   Mike.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1986
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27657

State-Grown Promotion Programs: Fresher, Better?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Patterson,   Paul M.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Marketing; Q13; Q18.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94433

Economic Implications of Drought Losses Among Australian Sheep Flocks
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Davidson,   Bruce Robinson.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 1966
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8795

AN INTERACTIVE SUPERMARKET FRONT-END COMPUTER SIMULATION MODEL
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Roller,   Vaughn.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1982
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27726

Agricultural Land Market Transactions in Chhattisgarh : A Case Study
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Patil,   K.M.; Marothia,   Dinesh K.
In the newly born state of Chhattisgarh a large number of land buyers have become actively engaged in the villages located along the national highway and at the periphery of Raipur city, the capital of Chhattisgarh to purchase prime agricultural land. In view of the fast emerging land markets after the formation of the state, it is imperative to understand the role of market and non-market forces in transaction of prime agricultural land for non-agricultural uses and transactions within the agriculture sector. This study is an attempt in this direction. The study has been conducted in the Jora, Labhandi, Serikhedi and Dharampura villages of Dharsiwa block in Raipur district of Chhattisgarh state. These villages are located on both sides of...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57409

AN ALTERNATIVE APPROACH TO THE EVALUATION OF GOAL HIERARCHIES AMONG FARMERS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: van Kooten,   G. Cornelis; Schoney,   Richard A.; Hayward,   Keith A.
Results of a study of goal orderings of Saskatchewan farmers who participate in the province's FARMLAB Program are presented.  We use the method of fuzzy pair-wise comparisons which allows the respondent to indicate a degree of preference between two alternative goal statements, thereby providing more information than in the binary case.  From survey data ratio-scale scores are constructed for eight goal statements, and these are regressed on a set of farm enterprise and household characteristics and a psychological locus-of-control (or I-E) score.  The empirical results indicate that goodness-of-fit measures are better than those obtained by other researchers, perhaps because a psychological measure (I-E score) is included as an explanatory variable for...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Farm Management.
Ano: 1986
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32535

AgJOBS: New Solution or New Problem?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Martin,   Philip L.; Mason,   Bert.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/93694

Fragile Social Norms: (Un) Sustainable Exploration of Forest Products
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Zylbersztajn,   Decio.
The exhaustion of natural resources is a central problem in the international agenda. The particular case of Amazon forest is at the top on the international environmental debate. Two related problems are keys to be considered in the discussion of sustainable development in this region. First the predatory use of the natural resources of the forest mainly timber and genetic resources. Second the recognition of the existence of a population of around 20 million inhabitants in the region defined as “Legal Amazon Area”, aiming the improvement on the living conditions, enhancement of income level and acceleration of development. How to match both objectives is a puzzle faced by the present generation. The region is populated by initiatives of international...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Sustainable exploration of forest resources; Social norms and sustainability; Common pool resources; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/91141

ESTIMATING FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE ENTIRE SUPERMARKET INDUSTRY: PHASE 1
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gerke,   Eugene E.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1975
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26816

STRUCTURAL CHANGES IN U.S. AGRICULTURE: IMPLICATIONS FOR SMALL FARMS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gebremedhin,   Tesfa G.; Christy,   Ralph D.
A descriptive analysis and a survey of literature were used in this assessment of the transformation of the structure of production agriculture. The changes in production agriculture have important implications for resource use, population distribution in rural communities, and the survival of small farms. The shifting structural change in production agriculture as a response to economic and technological adjustments is not a temporary phenomenon. The economic and natural base of agriculture will change toward greater capital intensity and concentration of ownership, and will raise public policy questions in relation to the survival of a large farm population.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Small farms; Structural changes; Production agriculture; Farm Management.
Ano: 1996
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15226

DEEP-SEA PORT IN NORTH OF STATE: REPORT OF EXPERT COMMITTEE
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1946
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8943

Supply Chain Analysis of Onion and Cauliflower in Punjab
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sidhu,   R.S.; Kumar,   Sanjay; Vatta,   Kamal; Singh,   Parminder.
The present study was conducted in Rajpura block of Patiala district in Punjab with a sample of 50 vegetables growers. The total cost of cultivation was estimated at Rs 49563/ha for onion and Rs 34840/ha for cauliflower. The net returns were found higher for onion (Rs 74597/ha) as compared to that from cauliflower (Rs 38072/ha). Majority of these vegetables were being disposed off through commission agent/wholesaler (more than 90 per cent) followed by retailer and directly to the consumer. The efficiency of the these market channels can be enhanced through competition by organized retail chains and modernizing the vegetable market system in the state. The wholesale markets of Pune, Ludhiana and Patiala for onion and that of Shimla, Ludhiana and Patiala for...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/96919

WOOL AND SYNTHETICS: A Statistical Analysis of Fibre Substitution in the U.S.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Polasek,   Metodey; Powell,   Alan A.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 1964
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22523

Book Notes
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1954
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8749

ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLE CHANGES WHICH WILL IMPACT FUTURE FINANCING NEEDS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Golder,   George.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Financial Economics.
Ano: 1977
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27296

Verfahren zur Korrektur des Embedding-Effektes bei der Kontingenten Bewertung
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Meyerhoff,   Jurgen.
The use of economic tools such as the benefit-cost analysis often requires determining non-market values of environmental goods. One of the appropriate measures to determine these values is the contingent valuation. As a stated preference technique it allows to measure non-use values as well as to value future states of the environment. However, the credibility of the contingent valuation is still under debate because people only state a hypothetical willingness to pay. One of the most debated elicitation effects of this method is the embedding effect. In this paper, two approaches to take account of that effect are presented. Both use follow-up questions in order to obtain self reports from respondents. Each approach was employed in one of two contingent...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Contingent valuation method; Embedding effect; Disembedding questions; Non-use values; Environmental Economics and Policy; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/98081

A STRATEGIC RATIONALE FOR CAPTIVE SUPPLIES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Love,   H. Alan; Burton,   Diana M.
Partial backward integration is prevalent in many agricultural and natural resource processing industries. A strategic rationale for partial backward integration is developed for a dominant firm with a competitive fringe purchasing from competitive input suppliers. A partially backward integrated dominant firm potentially can increase profit through production efficiency gains and through a lower price for externally purchasing input. The optimal degree of backward integration results when the dominant firm's profit from exerting monopsony market power in the external spot market equals its profit from producing raw input internally, less the incremental cost of acquiring internal raw input production capacity. Comparative statics results are consistent...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30868

Smarter Lunchrooms: Using Behavioral Economics to Improve Meal Selection
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Just,   David R.; Wansink,   Brian.
Outstanding Choices Article Award, 2010
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94315

DISCUSSION ON SOCIAL CAPITAL
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gardner,   B. Delworth.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Institutional and Behavioral Economics.
Ano: 1995
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15335

CHANGING CONSUMER DEMOGRAPHICS AND LIFESTYLES IN THE 1980'S
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wardell,   P. Keith.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Consumer/Household Economics.
Ano: 1981
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27473

ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMIC RESEARCH HAS AN AUDIENCE BUT NOT A SPONSOR: DISCUSSION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kealy,   Mary Jo.
There exists no mechanism for federal agencies, national laboratories, industry, and academic institutions to set a national environmental research agenda.  Moreover, funding for social science research is inadequate for providing a sound scientific basis for making environmental policy.  Despite this lack of leadership, it is quite possible to define an environmental economic research agenda that could lead to improved policies for protecting and managing the environment.  The present paper makes some recommendations from an insider's viewpoint.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 1994
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31445

A QUARTER CENTURY OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS IN RETROSPECT AND IN PROSPECT: A COMMENT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Havlicek,   Joseph, Jr.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1976
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29961

SECRETARY-TREASURER'S REPORT
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15484

EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES: RETAIL CENTER - WORK GROUP DISCUSSION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Norwood,   Lewis F., Jr.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 1979
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26908

Interpretation of the Construction of Socialist New Countryside
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wu,   Xiao-jun; Jin,   Fu-hua.
Several old problems in the new countryside construction at present are analyzed. For instance the land transfer mechanism is not flexible, land problems have restricted the development of agricultural industrialization; farmers still have serious problems in income increase and lack the rational investment and consumption awareness; farmers receive low level of education and their cultural qualities are general poor; for a long time, legalization and democratization process of rural grass-roots organizations has been lagged behind. Causations for problems in the new countryside construction are various, such as lacking the subject consciousness, a long-term mechanism, industrial support and capital input. Finally, several new ideas about the construction...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: New countryside construction; Agricultural industrialization; Subject consciousness; Long-term mechanism; China; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/108460

Research on Model of Guiding Rural Residents’ Relatively Centralized Residence-A case study of Chongqing City
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Song,   Fu-zhong; Zhao,   Hong-bin.
On the basis of expounding the status quo of rural residents’ residence, the thesis notes that influenced by the weak foundation of rural economy, the characteristic of mountain landscape, smallholder consciousness, shortage of capital and other factors, the rural residents in Chongqing City mainly live scattered. In addition to opportunities of the expansion and drive of city, rural market development, rural resources development, rural industrial development, and rural ecological migration, the model of urban development promotion, the model of market development drive, the model of land development drive, the model of rural industry construction and the model of resettlement and reconstruction are advocated in order to guide the rural residents to adopt...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Guide; Rural residents; Relative centralized residence; Chongqing City， China; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/108425

Steven C. Turner Lifetime Achievement Award
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Turner,   Steven C.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/113913

A Prediction Model of Peasants’ Income in China Based on BP Neural Network
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Guo,   Qing-chun; He,   Zhen-fang; Li,   Li; Kong,   Ling-jun; Zhang,   Xiao-yong; Kou,   Li-qun.
According to the related data affecting the peasants’ income in China in the years 1978-2008, a total of 13 indices are selected, such as agricultural population, output value of primary industry, and rural employees. According to standardized method and BP neural network method, the peasants’ income and the artificial neural network model are established and analyzed. Results show that the simulation value agrees well with the real value; the neural network model with improved BP algorithm has high prediction accuracy, rapid convergence rate and good generalization ability. Finally, suggestions are put forward to increase the peasants’ income, such as promoting the process of urbanization, developing small and medium-sized enterprises in rural areas,...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: BP Neural Network; Peasants’ income; Forecast; China; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/113491

RESEARCH BENEFITS REVISITED
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jarrett,   Frank G.; Lindner,   Robert K.
This paper explains why various formulae used in the literature to calculate level and distribution of annual research benefits yield different results. After reviewing the differences in assumptions used by different authors to develop their respective formulae, the paper concludes by presenting alternative formulae which are more generally applicable than those previously available.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 1977
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9221

IN SEARCH OF HUNT'S SHORT-RUN PRICE CYCLES IN THE SYDNEY WOOL FUTURES MARKET
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fisher,   Brian S.; Tanner,   Carolyn.
The structure of prices of Sydney wool futures contracts is examined with the aid of spectral analysis. Although the series studied are not strictly random walks, it is shown that there is little useful information for forecasting contained in the historical price data. It is concluded that the behaviour of prices on the Sydney wool futures market is essentially the same as that observed for the majority of stock and futures price series from other markets.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Marketing.
Ano: 1978
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22716

The First Fifty Years of Agriculture in New South Wales; 12 - "The Finding of a Staple" - The Early Development and Later Problems of the Grazing and Fine Wool Industry (Circa 1803-1842)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: King,   C.J.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 1949
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9063

The correlation between the agricultural productivity and the export performance of the agro-food foreign trade in the Visegrád Group countries following accession to the European Union
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Baráth,   Lajos; Nagy,   Zsuzsanna; Szabo,   Gabor G.
In this paper we have sought to answer three research questions: what was the difference between the agricultural export growth rates of the Visegrád Group countries following the EU accession; how did the multifactor productivity in the countries under study evolve; and could a correlation be observed between the growth rates of the multifactor productivity and of the agricultural exports. The average annual growth rate of the multifactor productivity was highest in Poland, followed by the growth rate in Slovakia, in Hungary and in the Czech Republic. The average annual growth rates of the exports of agricultural raw materials and of the total food economy had identical rankings except for Hungary. The results of the analysis allow the presumption that...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agro-food foreign trade; Agricultural productivity; Visegrád Group countries; Agricultural and Food Policy; International Relations/Trade; Productivity Analysis.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/93122

ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATORY REFORM AND THE UNHOLY TRINITY: UNFUNDED MANDATES, RISK ASSESSMENT, AND PROPERTY RIGHTS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Infanger,   Craig L.
Major regulatory reform issues which involve environmental policy include issues of unfunded mandates, risk assessment, and property rights. Each of these proposed reforms involves major changes in environmental policies with impacts on different groups. Property rights is the core issue in Congress and state legislatures, with both regulatory takings and just compensation being the major parameters. Economists can participate effectively in this policy debate with successful research and education programs addressing the divisive issues.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Environmental regulatory reform; Property rights; Risk assessment; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1996
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15223

AUSTRALIAN AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS SOCIETY AWARDS 1986
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1987
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22454

Consequences of EU Biofuel Policies on Agricultural Production and Land Use
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Banse,   Martin; van Meijl,   Hans; Woltjer,   Geert B.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; D58; Q13; Q24; Q27; Q28.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94666

Determinants of group performance of women-led agro-processing self-help groups in Kerala
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Joy,   Lina; Prema,   A.; Krishnan,   Sunderrajan.
Factors determining the group performance of women-led self-help groups (SHGs) engaged in agroprocessing organized under Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojna (SGSY) in Kerala have been studied following the multi-stage purposive and random sampling technique in the Thrissur district. It has been observed that socio-economic variables like age, education, market perception, economic motivation, attitude towards self-employment, management-orientation, risk-orientation, innovativeness and information-seeking behaviour influence the group performance of SHGs. The BPL women in SGSY-SHGs of the performing groups are around 30 years of age, with middle school level education. Education and age of respondents have negative correlation on group leadership. The group...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47885

Compliance-adjusted intervention effects in survival data
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kim,   Lois G.; White,   Ian R.
Survival data are most frequently analyzed by the intention-to-treat principle. However, presenting a compliance-adjusted analysis alongside the primary analysis can provide an insight into the effect of the treatment for those individuals actually complying with their randomized intervention. There are a number of methods for this type of analysis. Loeys and Goetghebeur (2003) use proportional hazards techniques to provide an estimate of the treatment effect for compliers when compliance is measured on an all-or-nothing scale. This methodology is here made available through a new Stata command, stcomply.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Stcomply; Compliance; Proportional hazards; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/116246

AGRICULTURAL TRADE LIBERALISATION AND THE URUGUAY ROUND
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tanner,   Carolyn.
With the Punta del Este Declaration, agriculture was accorded prominence in the GATT negotiations and, for the first time, national support policies were on the agenda. In this paper, the progress of the negotiations on agriculture is reviewed in an attempt to understand the factors which shaped the final outcome and to assess the likely impact of the round on liberalising agricultural trade. Although the immediate impact is likely to be modest, the round will provide longer term benefits to agricultural trade through the extension of the GATT rules-based system to agriculture. The framework which has been laid should provide a sound basis for future negotiations. Within the multilateral framework, the pace of change is a function of the willingness of all...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 1996
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22359

Őszi búza lisztek extenzográfos követelményei
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Pongraczne Barancsi,   Agnes; Tarjan,   Zsuzsanna.
Az elmúlt két évtizedben a hagyományos búzaminőség-vizsgálatok mellett ipari körülmények között terjedőben, míg laboratóriumi körülmények között szinte rendszeressé váltak a tészta nyújthatóságát célzó extenzográfos vizsgálatok. Apiaci igények miatt mindenképpen hangsúlyosak a szükséges minőségvizsgálatok! --------------------------------------------------------- There is now a growing demand for rheological examinations, primarily extensibility tests and tests for parameters gauging resistance to extension, in the international markets and especially in the Hungarian wheat export markets. Tests addressing the alveographical and extensigraphical parameters of winter wheat grown in Hungary help assess its alveographical and extensigraphical quality and...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Őszi búza; Brabender extenzográf; Szabvány; Sütőipari kategória; Winter wheat; Brabender extensigraph; Standard; Bakery category; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/99194

PRODUCTION FUNCITON, COST OF PRODUCTION, AND ASSOCIATED OPTIMALITY LINKAGES: A TEXTBOOK SUPPLEMENT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Beattie,   Bruce R.; Griffin,   Wade L.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Production Economics.
Ano: 1980
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29488

ALLOCATION PROBLEMS OF PUBLIC LANDS IN THE WEST
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wyckoff,   J.B.
Increasing interest in the federally owned lands by individuals and groups representing a broad cross section of society has intensified public land management problems. Pressures for preservation, conservation, and additional non-market uses have resulted in management conflicts. Economic intelligence could contribute to improved decision making by federal agencies charged with public land management. However, inadequate past research  attention related to economic problems of public lands presently precludes an optimum input from economists. Articulation of problem areas and economic issues is necessary for developing meaningful research priorities. This article identifies some elements of  the problem and suggests some potentially rewarding areas for...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 1977
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32334

CHANGES IN TRANSPORTATION COSTS AND INTERREGIONAL COMPETITION IN THE U.S. APPLE INDUSTRY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dunn,   James W.; Garafola,   Lynn A.
An interregional competition model of the U.S. apple industry is constructed.  This model includes the consumer products of fresh apples, applesauce and apple juice.  The validation of the model showed that it did a good job of estimating consumer's quantity demanded and prices and a reasonable job of estimating utilization.  This model was used to study the effects of transportation cost changes on the industry in the short- and intermediate run.  The total production and consumption levels changed by moderate amounts with changing transport costs while the utilization of a region's crop was quite sensitive to such changes.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 1986
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28880

MISCONCEPTIONS BETWEEN FOOD RETAILERS, BANKERS AND FOOD SHOPPERS IN REGARD TO CHECK CASHING PROCEDURES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: McLaughlin,   Daniel J., Jr.; Larkin,   Joseph.
The study reveals that food shoppers and food retailers have very different perceptions of the use and importance of check cashing procedures.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Consumer/Household Economics.
Ano: 1978
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26886

The Canadian Wheat Board: Government Guarantees and Hidden Subsidies? Technical Annex
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Goodloe,   Carol.
This document is the technical annex to the full paper "The Canadian Wheat Board: Government Guarantees and Hidden Subsidies?" which is available separately.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23905

Book Review
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dunn,   John R.
Review of "Historical Dictionary of the Cooperative Movement"
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/46413

Uma interpretação da lei Kaldor-Verdoorn para a análise setorial do PIB, produtividade e emprego na economia brasileira
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mata,   Henrique Tome Da Costa; Ponciano,   Niraldo Jose; Souza,   Paulo Marcelo de.
An important indicator of the performance of any economy is the productivity and the connections between the labour market and the sectoral distribution of profit. Despite the restrictions inherent in the use of different concepts of productivity, Kaldor and Verdoorn have undertaken a serious verification of some relationship between production, employment and productivity, in an attempt to explain the dynamics of inter-regional and inter-sectoral economies, resulting in the designation of the so-called Kaldor-Verdoorn Law. The model for such a law asks questions about the relationship between the growth of labour productivity and product growth, throwing up scale indices of impact and return, in particular applicable to the industrial sector. The main...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: GDP; Productivity; Kaldor-Verdoorn Law; Production Economics.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/55305

Agricultural Insurance as an Environmental Policy Tool
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Coble,   Keith H.; Hanson,   Terrill R.; Miller,   J. Corey; Shaik,   Saleem.
This paper examines the possibility that insurance for row crops, livestock, and aquaculture can be used effectively to encourage producers to adopt practices that will improve environmental behavior.  Examples of agricultural environmental insurance are provided and considered in the context of alternative policy mechanisms.  The current state of agricultural insurance and the nonagricultural environmental insurance market are explored.  We also lay out the characteristics of an insurable risk along with the theoretical basis of insurance provision.  An empirical example of an environmental insurance design is provided, and the behavioral implications of such a design are examined.  Finally, we discuss important considerations that should be evaluated...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Environment; Insurance; Liability; D81; G22; H23; K13; Q18.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43214

A BIOTIC CONTROL PERSPECTIVE ON NITRATE CONTAMINATION OF GROUNDWATER FROM AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Erickson,   Jon D.; Schlapfer,   Felix.
Agronomists consider the continuity and nutrient capturing properties of cover crops as important determinants of nutrient cycling in agricultural systems.  Managing for these biotic control functions can help limit nutrient loss and groundwater contamination between main crop harvests.  This simulation study highlights the potential role of cover crop management in a welfare economics framework.  The objective is to find the optimal combination of nutrient input to the main crop, the extent of off-season cover crops, and crop functional diversity to maximize the sum of benefits from agricultural production and groundwater protection.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31422

FINITE MIXTURE ESTIMATION OF SIZE ECONOMIES AND COST FRONTIERS IN THE FACE OF MULTIPLE PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGIES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Smith,   H. Arlen; Taylor,   C. Robert.
Finite mixture estimation (FME) is compared to estimated generalized least squares (EGLS) in the estimation of economies of size and production cost frontiers for Alabama dairy farms.  FME provides several unique insights into the economic forces behind recent changes in Alabama's dairy industry.  FME provides estimation of a stochastic average cost frontier with known statistical properties, which it was not otherwise possible to obtain using available stochastic frontier estimation packages.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Dairy; Economies of size; Finite mixture estimation; Stochastic cost frontier; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15556

Willingness to Pay for Traceable Meat Attributes: A Meta-analysis
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cicia,   Gianni; Colantuoni,   Francesca.
Several researches evaluated consumers’ Willingness To Pay (WTP) for each meat traceable attribute, generating a great deal of information in this regard, although specific to the conditions of each study. In light of this, WTP estimates for traceability characteristics differ across the literature, leading sometimes to contrasting interpretations. Seeking a full, meaningful statistical description of the findings of a collection of studies, the meta-analysis allows us to analyze consistency across studies and control for factors thought to drive variations in WTP estimates. The meta-analysis has been conducted using 23 studies that, in aggregate, report 88 valuations for WTP. Our results, aside from releasing unconditional information on the WTP for...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Meta-analysis; Food traceability; Willingness to Pay; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Production Economics; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97028

Municipal commonage and implications for land reform: A profile of commonage users in Philippolis, Free State, South Africa
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Atkinson,   D.; Buscher,   B.
This paper reports on a survey of municipal commonage users, which was undertaken in Philippolis in the southern Free State, in May 2005. The survey showed that a significant number of commonage users are committed to their farming enterprises, as shown by five proxy indicators: Their readiness to plough their income into their farming enterprises; their sale of livestock; their desire for more land, and their willingness to pay rental to secure such land; their desire to farm on their own; and their desire to own their own land. The paper reflects on the significance of commonage in the context of the South African government’s land reform policy, and argues that commonage can transcend survivalist or subsistence production, and can be used as a “stepping...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10140

AGRIBUSINESS INDUSTRY EXPECTATIONS OF COMPUTER SKILLS OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AND AGRIBUSINESS STUDENTS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Litzenberg,   Kerry K.
The Agricultural Economics profession has been using computer technology in their research, extension, and teaching program for over three decades.  However, commonly accepted nomenclature for the types and levels of computer skills required of students by agribusiness and agribusiness instructors to both plan and evaluate the type and levels of computer skills being taught to graduates of their program.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Computer education; Agribusiness; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1995
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15338

Der Markt für Obst
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ellinger,   Wilhelm.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97202

FACTORS INFLUENCING RATES OF ADOPTION OF TRICHOMONIASIS VACCINE BY NEVADA RANGE CATTLE PRODUCERS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bhattacharyya,   Arunava; Harris,   Thomas R.; Kvasnicka,   William G.; Veserat,   Gary M.
Tritrichimonas foetus vaccine has been marketed since 1989 to combat the trichomoniasis disease that causes reproductive failure and considerable economic loss to Nevada ranchers. An ex post technology adoption model is estimated to examine the possible adoption rate, to identify the factors that may influence the adoption behavior, and to test how the probability of adoption for five possible adopter groups would change due to changes in various ranch specific factors. Results indicate that use of computers, veterinary checkup of herd, and herd size influence the probability of adoption. Model results show that cooperative extension programs enhance the rate of adoption.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31007

Food Securities: Where Wall Street meets Main Street
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Vickner,   Steven S.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/93758

Assessing the Performance and Impact of Agricultural Information Products and Services: Development of a Methodology
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Singh,   Ranjit H.; Lauckner,   Bruce.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural Information Products and Services; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/45798

Gestão da qualidade na cadeia produtiva do amendoim1
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Scalco,   Andrea Rossi; Machado,   Joao Guilherme de Camargo Ferraz.
Competitiveness is linked to the consumer guarantee of a safe product that satisfies his/her necessities, as well as to the efficiency of the managing and operational practices which aim at reducing costs and losses in the whole chain. This work contributes by analyzing quality management aspects among the agents of a peanut production chain: producer, storage cooperative and the processing industries. The objective of the work is to highlight the strong and weak points in these practices and introduce the necessary measures to guarantee the safety of the product and more efficiency in reducing losses. It can be affirmed that there was a significant difference in terms quality management practices between the agents in the peanut production chain. Some...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Product quality; Peanut production chain; Quality management; Agribusiness; Agricultural Finance; Industrial Organization.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/90415

INNOVATIONS AS A DEVELOPMENT FACTOR FOR THE CONTEMPORARY CULTURE IN BELARUS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Buloichyk,   Sviatlana.
Cultural institutions, being the subjects of management on one hand, and creating economic conditions on the other hand, have a significant impact on the development of the economy. However, cultural institutions themselves need to be developed. Certain economic innovations can become a development factor in the work of cultural institutions.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Budget allowances; Autonomous institutions; Sphere of culture; Budgetary institutions; Economic innovations.; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; H40; UDC: 338.2; 379.8.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/92391

General Notes and News
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1946
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8350

LIBERALIZATION OF THE TAIWAN WHEAT MILLING INDUSTRY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Stiegert,   Kyle W.; Peng,   Hsing Ming.
Taiwan, in just the past two years, lifted quoto restrictions on wheat imports and lowered tariff barriers.  These changes along with the antitrust movement and severe overcapacity will be the catalysts for tremendous structural changes in the way wheat millers compete for domestic market share and contracts for flour.  The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of liberalization on the Taiwan milling industry.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/34422

END MATERIALS
Provedor de dados: 31
Includes:  Editors' Report for 1992-93; Reviewers, July 1992-June 1993; WAEA 1992 Award Winners; Past Presidents, Western Agricultural Economics Association, 1927-93; Past Editors, Western Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1977-91; Guidelines for Submitting Manuscripts; Membership Information; Back Cover
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1993
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30955

THE DETERMINANTS OF WAGE INCREASES IN NEW MANUFACTURING PLANTS IN RURAL AREAS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Klindt,   Thomas H.; Deaton,   Brady J.; Landes,   Maurice R.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 1981
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30073

RACIONALIDADE AMBIENTAL POR PARTE DE PRODUTORES RURAIS SITUADOS NA REGIÃO DA NASCENTE DO RIO GRANDE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jardim,   Anna Carolina Salgado; Amancio,   Robson; Gomes,   Marcos Affonso Ortiz.
The objective of this article is to identify and characterize the environmental reasoning of local farmers and agriculturalists by understanding the world views, perceptions, knowledge bases, and socio-environmental practices of two rural communities situated in the proximities of the source of the River Rio Grande, in the municipality of Bocaina de Minas, Minas Gerais. Specifically, this article attempts to characterize the meaning and importance that the natural resources have for these rural producers: to identify and analyze the use that these producers make of their resources, in order to understand what is the type of established relationship between these social actors and the natural world that envelopes them. This analysis is performed by...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Environmental racionality; Natural resource; Social-environmental practices.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43831

ISSUES IN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fisher,   Brian S.; Thorpe,   Sally.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1990
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22443

MODELING THE U.S. DAIRY SECTOR WITH GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Liu,   Donald J.; Kaiser,   Harry M.; Mount,   Timothy D.; Forker,   Olan D.
An econometric framework for estimating a two-regime dairy structural system is presented. Failure to account for switching between regimes due to government price intervention raises the problem of selectivity bias. Further, since a structural system of equations is involved, the problem is not limited to the market associated with the intervention. Rather, bias from a single source can distort all equations in the system. The ramifications of not correcting for the bias in policy analyses are investigated.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Industrial Organization.
Ano: 1991
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32602

THE AGE OF CONTRACT AGRICULTURE: CONSEQUENCES OF CONCENTRATION IN INPUT SUPPLY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Harl,   Neil E.
Dramatic increases in concentration in the seed business, coupled with aggressive efforts to vertically integrate the agricultural sector and to institute contract-based production of commodities, have raised questions about the economic position of producers. Disparate positions of market power by highly concentrated input suppliers on the one hand (particularly seed suppliers because of control over germ plasm and a monopoly position over seed varieties through plant patents or plant variety protection certificates), and producers in nearly perfect competition on the other, suggest that the revenue division from production is likely to be redefined in favor of the party with the greater market and economic power. Possible solutions include aggressive...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agriculture; Antitrust; Barriers to entry; Collective action; Concentration; Contract; Seed; Vertical integration; Farm Management; Industrial Organization.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14701

REGIONAL AND FUNCTIONAL DISAGGREGATION OF THE COTTON INDUSTRY IN A NATIONAL INPUT-OUTPUT MODEL
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Collins,   Keith J.; Glade,   Edward H., Jr.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 1981
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30068

ECONOMIC FEASIBILITY OF MARKETING MECHANICALLY HARVESTED ASPARAGUS IN THE FRESH MARKET
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Stammer,   Richard W.
Lists results of sales tests where prepackaged mechanically harvested asparagus out sold traditional bunched asparagus 2.2 to 1.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Consumer/Household Economics.
Ano: 1973
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27696

Resource Economics and the Environment
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Harrison,   Stephen R.; Tisdell,   Clement A.
Recently, a number of specialty areas have developed dealing with the economics of natural systems, resources and the environment. These include natural resource economics, environmental economics, ecological economics and bioeconomics. As well, new government departments, research institutes and tertiary courses have evolved in these areas. This paper examines the evolution and characteristics of the new areas of specialisation, and their relationship with the more traditional discipline of agricultural economics. Environmental economics is viewed as a wider interdisciplinary field than natural resource economics, and ecological economics or bioeconomics is depicted as a branch of natural resource economics dealing with living resources.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1994
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/12319

Una nota sobre la recuperacion de costes de los servicios del agua en la cuenca del Gallego
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Perez y Perez,   Luis; Hurle,   Jesus Barreiro.
Up to date, water management in Spain has been focused on supply approaches, with the result of providing consumers with this resource at a low price. Developments in the institutional framework regulating water management in the European context (mainly the implementation of the Water Framework Directive) have shifted this approach in order to promote sustainable water use. To achieve this objective, tariff policy must now take into account the water services cost-recovery principle for its different uses. Within this context, this paper estimates the public capital stock related to water supply and assesses the existing level of cost-recovery related to that stock. The methodology used, compares the tax level needed for full-cost recovery with actual...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Water policy; Water framework directive; Cost recovery; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; H4; Q2; R5.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7997

CAUSALIDADE E ELASTICIDADE NA TRANSMISSÃO DE PREÇO DO BOI GORDO ENTRE REGIÕES DO BRASIL E A BOLSA DE MERCADORIAS &amp; FUTUROS (BM&amp;F)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gaio,   Luiz Eduardo; Castro Junior,   Luiz Gonzaga de; Oliveira,   Andre Ribeiro de.
This study analyzes the transmission elasticity and the price causality of beef, between BM&amp;F and important places in Brazil, seeking data referring to the intensity of price transmission and detecting the existent relations between beef price in these places and in BM&amp;F. Studies in several regions were realized, using daily price data in a period comprehended between 2000 and 2004. The studied cities were Araçatuba (SP), Barretos (SP), Bauru (SP), Presidente Prudente (SP), Noroeste do Paraná (PR), Três Lagoas (MS), Campo Grande (MS), Triângulo Mineiro (MG), Dourados (GO), Goiânia (GO) and Cuiabá (MT). The results of the Dickey-Fuller Augmented (DFA) unit root test show that all price series are integrated of first order, I(1). The results of the...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Beef market; Causality; Price transmission elasticity.; Livestock Production/Industries; Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43924

INTERREGIONAL EFFECTS OF REDUCED TIMBER HARVESTS: THE IMPACT OF THE NORTHERN SPOTTED OWL LISTING IN RURAL AND URBAN OREGON
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Waters,   Edward C.; Holland,   David W.; Weber,   Bruce A.
A core-periphery, multiregional, input-output model of western Oregon is used to estimate impacts of periphery timber harvest reductions resulting from listing of an endangered species.  Under the most probable scenario, 31,620 total jobs would be lost in the two regions.  Fourteen percent of this impact is absorbed in the core (Metro) region.  Forty percent of periphery and 80% of Metro jobs lost are from service sectors, a result of important core-periphery trade in central place services.  Explicit inclusion of unemployment benefits for displaced workers reduces employment loss estimates by 12% to 14%.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1994
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31233

TESTS OF MONETARY NEUTRALITY ON FARM OUTPUT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Devadoss,   Stephen.
According to the monetary neutrality hypothesis, only the unanticipated money supply growth has impacts on real economic variables, and the anticipated money supply growth has no real impacts. The monetary neutrality hypothesis is tested on real farm output. The test procedure involves joint estimation of farm output and the money growth equation. The empirical results show that the anticipated money supply growth does have significant effects on farm output and, thus, do not support the monetary neutrality hypothesis.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Financial Economics.
Ano: 1991
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32626

Fruit and Vegetable Sales at City Municipal Markets, August, 1948
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Burns,   A.M.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1948
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8290

INCENTIVE INCOMPATIBILITY IN CO-OPERATIVE AGRIBUSINESS FIRMS IN CANADA: DOES SUPPLY MANAGEMENT MATTER?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hailu,   Getu; Jeffrey,   Scott R.; Goddard,   Ellen W.; Ng,   Desmond W.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27150

Efficiency of Scottish Farms: A Stochastic Cost Frontier Analysis
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Revoredo-Giha,   Cesar; Milne,   Catherine E.; Leat,   Philip M.K.; Cho,   Woong Je.
In this paper the relative cost efficiency of Scottish farms is determined, and variables that explain this efficiency by farm type are identified and implications discussed. A panel dataset from the Farm Accounts Scheme (FAS) survey for the period 1997-2004 was used for the estimation. A cost efficiency indicator was measured using a fixed effect panel data regression. Further analysis, to explain the efficiency results, indicated the presence of important farm size and regional effects. However, other variables, whilst statistically significant, did not produce a consistent effect across the different farm types.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Stochastic cost frontier analysis; Cost efficiency; Scottish farms; Common Agricultural Policy; Farm Management; Q12.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56633

Domestic fish marketing in India - changing structure, conduct, performance and policies
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kumar,   B. Ganesh; Datta,   K.K.; Joshi,   P.K.; Katiha,   P.K.; Suresh,   R.; Ravisankar,   T.; Ravindranath,   K.; Menon,   Muktha.
This study has been conducted in all the major coastal states and some selected inland states to understand the domestic marketing of fish in India. The total marketing costs of auctioneer, wholesaler, retailer, vendor, marine fishermen cooperative society and contractor/freshwater fishermen cooperative society have been found to be Re 0.98, Rs 8.89, Rs 6.61, Rs 4.50, Rs 6.00 and Rs 3.51, respectively. The marketing efficiencies for Indian major carps (IMC), sardine and seer fish have been found to vary from 34 per cent to 74 per cent, depending on the length of market channel. The marketing efficiency has been found more in the case of marine species than freshwater species, since the latter travel longer distances from the point of production to...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Marketing.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47884

END MATERIALS
Provedor de dados: 31
Includes: Editor's Report for 1992-93; Reviewers, July 1992-June 1993; WAEA 1992 Award Winners; Past Presidents, Western Agricultural Economics Association 1927-93; Past Editors, Western Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1977-91; Guidelines for Submitting Manuscripts; Membership Information; Back Cover
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1992
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30951

Seasonal variability, land values and willingness-to-pay for a forward wheat contract with protein premiums and discounts
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fraser,   Rob W.
This article investigates the impact of a protein premiums and discounts system on the income stream from growing wheat. Based on a biological relationship between protein and yield in uncertain seasonal conditions, it shows that such a system reduces the expected level and variability of wheat income. It is subsequently argued, using a numerical analysis, that protein payments affect both the attraction to wheat growers of forward contracts and the value of land used for wheat. The nature of both of these impacts is related to the level of seasonal variability affecting the land. Consequently, wheat growers in the more unreliable regions of the wheatbelt may have been particularly disadvantaged by the system.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/118011

Prospección de mercado de hortalizas bajo producción integrada en cuatro ciudades de la Octava Región de Chile
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cerda,   R.; Faundez,   M.; Chandia,   A.; Monroy,   M.
Published by Asociación de Economistas Agrarios de Chile
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Willingness to purchase; Vegetables; Integrated production; Agribusiness; Consumer/Household Economics; Marketing.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97345

A MORE OBJECTIVE PROCEDURE FOR DETERMINING ECONOMIC SUBREGIONS: CLUSTER ANALYSIS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cox,   P. Thomas; Siskin,   Bernard; Miller,   Allan.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 1969
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29854

Book Notes
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1952
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9037

Modelling the marginal revenue of water in selected agricultural commodities: A panel data approach
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Moolman,   C.E.; Blignaut,   J.N.; van Eyden,   R.
South Africa is a water-stressed country where water availability is an important constraint to economic and social development, and will become even more so in the future if this scarce resource is not managed effectively.  In order to manage this scarce supply of water, we need to value it. This study focuses on the value of water in the agricultural sector, in particular the marginal revenue of water for six irrigation commodities namely avocados, bananas, grapefruit, mangoes, oranges and sugarcane.   A quadratic production function was fitted with an SUR model specification in a panel data study from 1975 to 2002 to obtain marginal revenue functions for each of the six commodities.  We found that mangoes are the most efficient commodity in its water...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31732

AGUAS NO RURAL DO SEMIARIDO MINEIRO:UMA ANALISE DAS INICIATIVAS PARA REGULARIZAR O ABASTECIMENTO EM JANUARIA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Marzano Araujo,   Vanessa; Ribeiro,   Eduardo Magalhaes; Pereira Reis,   Ricardo.
This paper analyzes the governmental and non-governmental initiatives to regulate the water offer in the municipality of Januária, located in the Upper and Mid São Francisco River semi-arid region in Minas Gerais state – Brazil. The study is based on the evaluation of the historic trajectory of public policies in that region dealing with the conceptions of survival and efforts against drought. This proposal was based on a qualitative research, using documental analysis and interview maps that sought information regarding the initiatives identified in that municipality. The paper classifies those initiatives in styles, examining also how they manage with the partnerships, users participation, effectiveness, distribution criteria, financing, quality of...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Rio São Francisco; Recursos hídricos; Extensão rural; San Francisco River; Water resources; Rural extension; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/102012

A DYNAMIC ANALYSIS OF US EXPORT WHEAT PRICING AND MARKET SHARES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ahmadi-Esfahani,   Fredoun Z.; Carter,   Colin A.
The economics of a higher loan rate to support US wheat prices is analysed. Utilising optimal control theory, a dynamic wheat trade model is developed. The basic premise underlying the model is that the United States finds itself having transient monopoly power in the wheat market. An expression for the optimal pricing policy which maximises the present value of expected profits over the indefinite future is derived. Results from both the theoretical and empirical models demonstrate that the US wheat pricing strategy depends on its costs relative to competitors' costs, the discount rate and the competitors' response function. The main policy implication of the analysis is for the dominant wheat exporting country constantly to seek to lower costs relative...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 1987
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22269

Cover and Contents Pages
Provedor de dados: 31
Includes: Front Cover, Editorial Information, Author Guidelines for Submitting Manuscripts to JARE, Contents Page
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7069

IMPORTANCE OF MELON TYPE, SIZE, GRADE, CONTAINER, AND SEASON IN DETERMINING MELON PRICES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tronstad,   Russell.
Classification and Regression Trees (CART), a computer intensive nonparametric classification method, was used to model weekly Los Angeles wholesale prices (1990-93) for twelve different melon types. CART explained more of the variation in melon prices than did an ordinary least squares (OLS) regression with dummy variables. Explanatory variables ranked as the most-to-least important by CART are as follows: week, type of melon, year, size, grade, and shipping container. The most notable price change occurs when prices fall after 13 May.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 1995
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30924

Returns to policy-related social science research in agriculture
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gardner,   Bruce L.
Policy research is valuable as a source of information for decisionmakers. The value of research is the expected social gain from policy decisions influenced by the information generated. The gain from a decision depends on choosing the best policy given the state of the world, which is uncertain. The output of policy research is a conclusion about that state. Taking a Bayesian approach, the ex ante value of a research program is estimated from information about decisionmakers’ prior probabilities of the state of the world and the likelihood of correct and incorrect research findings. Case studies of U.S. agricultural policy research cover consequences of trade liberalization, farm commodity program analysis, effects of publicly supported commodity...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/48651

DEVELOPMENTS IN UNITIZED HANDLING IN FOOD DISTRIBUTION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bauma,   John C.
The author outlines developments in unitized handling and its relation to productivity in the food industry.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1974
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27040

Speaking Stata: On getting functions to do the work
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cox,   Nicholas J.
Functions in Stata take two main forms, built-in functions that are part of the executable and egen functions written in Stata’s own language. These are surveyed, giving a variety of tips and tricks, and noting the large number of user-written egen functions available for download from the Internet. Two substantial examples, the calculation of percentile ranks and plotting positions, and the calculation of measures summarizing properties of the other members of a group, provide detailed illustrations of egen in action.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Functions; Egen; Strings; Percentile ranks; Plotting positions; Family data; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/116026

ECONOMETRIC INVESTIGATION OF THE DYNAMIC EFFECTS OF THE 1983 PAYMENT-IN-KIND PROGRAM ON THE WHEAT ECONOMY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wang,   George C.; Hassler,   James B.
A stochastic, dynamic, and control-system econometric model of the wheat sector is developed to assess the effects of the Payment-in Kind program.  Empirical results the complex dynamics of the responses.  Reduced storage costs and deficiency payments for the U.S. government and increased income for wheat farmers are benefits from the PIK program in the short-run.  Increased direct government transfers from the public to support the program were required.  The long-run economic implications are not clearly desirable.  This is due primarily to the highly sensitive international wheat market.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 1985
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32521

PLANNING EDUCATIONAL SERVICES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: White,   Fred C.; Tweeten,   Luther G.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1972
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30340

IMPLICATIONS OF CONGLOMERATE MERGERS TO FOOD DISTRIBUTION IN THE 1970'S: DISCUSSANT - FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Houghton,   Harrison F.
Some questions on the validity and profitability of conglomerates.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Industrial Organization.
Ano: 1969
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26715

AJAE Appendix: Pricing-to-Market: Price Discrimination or Product Differentiation?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lavoie,   Nathalie; Liu,   Qihong.
The material contained herein is supplementary to the article named in the title and published in the American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Volume 89, Number 3, August 2007.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7405

GÊNESE, MODERNIZAÇÃO E REESTRUTURAÇÃO DO COMPLEXO AGROINDUSTRIAL LÁCTEO BRASILEIRO
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Figueiredo,   Jeovan de Carvalho; Paulillo,   Luiz Fernando.
During the period between 1945 and 1991 the dairy sector was regulated by the State. The price standardization imposed by the government, conducted many times aiming to facilitate adjustments in economy, had serious consequences right after the end of said intervention. The present study tried to understand the process which outlined the conformation of the current institutional structure in this complex, the causes of its maintenance, and the immediate trends which may be envisaged in short and medium terms. There is an absence of public policies devised to account for the incoherences detected in the dairy complex which originate to a large extent in the deliberate loss of the power of regulation by the State and in the liberal orientation taken in the...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Sectorial policies; Agri-industry; Milk; Industrial organization.; Agribusiness; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43980

Market Opportunities and Challenges for Agri-Biotech Products in India
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rangasamy,   N.; Elumalai,   K.
Agricultural biotech is the emerging scientific area which is useful to breed more nutritious, high-yielding and less resource input-demanding crops. Agri biotech is the third largest contributor to Indian biotech industry during 2006-07 with a turnover of US$ 225 million, accounting for almost 11 per cent of the total biotech revenues. The agri-biotech industry has recorded Rs 8.65 billion of revenues in Indian domestic markets but the export revenues are abysmally small with Rs 0.49 billion in 2006-07. Recently, India has the fourth largest area (7.6 million hectares) under genetically modified (GM) crops. Almost entire area is occupied by Bt cotton. The market size of India’s Bt cotton seeds is estimated to be over US$ 203 million. Besides, Bt cotton,...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57742

Forecasting N.S.W. Beef Production: A Reply
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gellatly,   Colin.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 1981
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/12426

Constitutional Obstacles to Organised Marketing in Australia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Coper,   Michael.
The famous (or infamous) command in section 92 of the Australian Constitution that interstate trade and commerce shall be "absolutely free" is only one of the many constitutional restrictions which bedevil organised marketing in Australia. The author, a constitutional lawyer, explains the impact of the Constitution upon organised marketing, and in language accessible to non-lawyers, unravels some of the complexities of the judge-made law of the Constitution. In addition to setting out what the law is, the paper attempts to convey the rationale behind the various constitutional provisions and the reasons behind the diversity of opinion in their interpretation. The paper concludes by examining the prospects for constitutional change.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Marketing.
Ano: 1978
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10317

VARIETAL SALES AND QUALITY DIFFERENTIATION: THE CASE OF CERTIFIED SOYBEAN SEED IN THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Houston,   Jack E.; Jeong,   Kihong; Fletcher,   Stanley M.
Variation in annual soybean plantings contributes to uncertainty in supplies of and demand for soybean seed in the southeastern U.S. This study used an expenditure valuation approach in an hedonic analysis framework to estimate returns to soybean seed quality differentiation. Analysis of pooled cross-sectional and time series observations narrowed important quality characteristics to yield and disease resistance attributes. In general, unexpected environmental factors affect seed crops over time, and the demand for other performance attributes is less predictable than for expected yield attributes. The results also suggest that geographical location is not significantly related to sales of varietal soybean seed in the study area.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 1989
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30179

Social Marketing – ein Konzept für die Gestaltung von Politik zur Ausweitung des ökologischen Landbaus in Deutschland?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kuhnert,   Heike.
In 2001 the Federal Government of Germany formed by Social Democrats and Green Party declared a policy goal of 20 % of organic farming in Germany by 2010. This objective can only be achieved by behavioural changes of the actors within the food supply chain and consumers. Therefore, the proper political strategy has to be developed. The article starts with a theoretical overview of the social marketing approach. Then the social marketing approach is applied to the development of strategies and measures for the growth of organic production in Germany. The article concludes with a discussion of the suitability of the social marketing concept.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Organic farming; Social marketing; Strategy; Marketing-mix; Policy design; Policy implementation; Marketing.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97180

Current Challenges in Financing Agricultural Cooperatives
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Barton,   David G.; Boland,   Michael A.; Chaddad,   Fabio Ribas; Eldon,   Eversull.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural; Cooperatives; Finance; Agribusiness; L10; L23; L16; Q13.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/117410

THE VALUE OF ENSO INFORMATION TO AGRICULTURE:  CONSIDERATION OF EVENT STRENGTH AND TRADE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Chen,   Chi-Chung; McCarl,   Bruce A.
The agricultural value of El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) phase knowledge is measured in a value-of-information framework using economic models. We examine the value of considering the full distribution of ENSO phase strength effects as opposed to average ENSO phase strength effects, as well as the implications of considering ENSO impacts on the rest of the world (ROW). A stochastic U.S. agricultural sector model linked with a global trade model is used to assess the value of ENSO phase information. When the full distribution of ENSO phase strength is considered, the value of phase information increases twofold with respect to the average ENSO effects.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30887

Induced Innovation in the High Rainfall Zone
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Martin,   John F.
The induced innovation hypothesis states that the direction of technical change is determined by changes in relative input prices acting as a "spur to invention". To determine the validity of this hypothesis for the High Rainfall Zone of the Australian sheep industry, technical change biases for five input categories were measured using time series data for the period 1952-53 to 1976-77. These biases were then related to relative changes in the price of these input categories. The biases were measured by the application of a translog cost function model and suggested that, in general, technical change has been biased toward the saving of labour and land, the using of livestock, and neutral in regard to capital, and possibly materials and services....
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 1982
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/12522

DISTRIBUTION CENTER
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wright,   Barry W.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1979
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26911

Contents Page
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1962
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8889

INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS ASSESSMENT FOR DISTRIBUTION OF FROZEN PROCESSED POTATO PRODUCTS IN SOUTHEAST ASIAN COUNTRIES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Salin,   Victoria; Nayga,   Rodolfo M., Jr.; Viator,   Catherine; Fang,   Wuyi; Aiew,   Wipon.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26523

Economic Values without Prices: The Importance of Nonmarket Values and Valuation for Informing Public Policy Debates
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Loomis,   John B.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/93501

PROGRAMS ADDRESSING CONSUMER CONCERNS FROM THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: James,   Barbara H.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Consumer/Household Economics.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26588

SERVING CURRENT AND EMERGING BUSINESS STRATEGIES: PORT OF HOUSTON
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Williamson,   George T.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26592

ARER GUIDELINES FOR MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSION
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10157

SYMPOSIA ABSTRACTS; SELECTED PAPERS ABSTRACTS
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1987
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32231

The Exploration to the Historical Origin of Differences between Urban and Rural Areas in China
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Zhu,   Hong-liang; Zhang,   Rui-qing.
In order to understand the historical origins of encircling the cities from the rural areas implemented by the Communist Party of China and the current dual structures of urban and rural development, urban-rural differences are analyzed from the four aspects of production mode, management mode, culture and social division of labor. Industrial development in modern times has promoted the modernization of urban production in China. But the rural areas still maintain their traditional self-sufficient natural economy. After the Opium War, the process of modernization of city politics is promoted by more economic elements of capitalism and the formation of Chinese bourgeoisie. During the management of urban modernization, rural areas still adopt the traditional...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Urban and rural areas; Relation; Difference; History; China; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/108426

THE PRODUCTIVITY OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND EXTENSION EXPENDITURES IN THE SOUTHEAST
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bauer,   Larry L.; Hancock,   Curtis R.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 1975
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29527

Effect of promoting country of origin as an ethnocentric appeal in developing local brands: special reference to telecommunication industry of Sri Lanka
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Weerasiri,   Sudath; Dissanayake,   Ravindra.
Sri Lanka is emerging as service sector driven economy with the GDP penetration of 50%-60% from service sector. After imposing the open economy policy in 1977, local brands had to gear ahead with intensive competition came from international brands. Telecommunication industry of Sri Lanka has been dominated by international brands, but local brands are strategically promoting the concept of country of origin (CO) or being local as a motive for citizens to deliberately purchase locally originated brands. In this context researchers viewed this branding practice, and selected 200 respondents from four geographical areas under the stratified probability sampling method to investigate the effect of country of origin in terms of brand performance. Both...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Country of origin; Ethnocentrism; Local brands; Telecommunication.; Consumer/Household Economics; D12; L96.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94668

Editorial - Research in Agricultural Economics
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 1949
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8928

Construction and Evaluation of the Theoretical Model of Citrus Cooperative Organization
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jiang,   Yu-kai; He,   Qin.
Based on the general overview of cooperative economic organizations of citrus industry at home and abroad, theoretical model of the modernization, industrialization and marketization of Citrus Cooperative Organization is established. After selecting the indices, such as the scale of production, the scale of management, the rate of encouraged farmers, and the market competitiveness, quantitative evaluation index system for modernization, industrialization and marketization is established. Then, Citrus Cooperative Organization is divided into three stages of primary stage, intermediate stage and senior stage. After evaluating the modernization, industrialization and marketization of citrus industry in the United States, Spain and South Africa, it is pointed...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Citrus industry; Cooperative economic organization; Theoretical model; China; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/102376

Value of Temperature-Activated Polymer-Coated Seed in the Northern Corn Belt
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Archer,   David W.; Gesch,   Russell W.
The value of an innovative seed technology is estimated in a discrete stochastic programming framework for a representative farm in the northern Corn Belt.  Temperature-activated polymer-coated seed has the potential to increase net returns by increasing yields due to early planting and use of longer season varieties, as well as reducing yield due to early planting and use of longer season varieties, as well as reducing yield loss due to delayed planting.  A biophysical simulation model was used to estimate the impact of polymer-coated seed on corn and soybean yields and on field day availability for five planting periods, three crop varieties, and two tillage systems on two different soils under varying weather conditions.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Biophysical simulation; Corn; Mathematical programming; Soybean; Q12; C61.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43198

RELEVANCE OF DUALITY THEORY TO THE PRACTICING AGRICULTURAL ECONOMIST:  DISCUSSION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Halter,   A.N.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 1982
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32273

THE ROLE OF LEADERS’ EMOTIONS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lazanyi,   Kornelia.
Western cultures support the notion that the ideal ‘professional’ behaviour for a leader is primarily rational and carefully controlled emotionally. The relationship of reason and emotion is often played out as one of mutual exclusion, and moreover as one representing hierarchy of leaders and followers. Power positions in most organizations are ritually emphasized through strict emotional control/suppression. Thus this display of unemotional rationality is held to be synonymous with control, may actually belie emotional and psychical insanities, and indicate organizational incongruities. Since, emotions play crucial role in the regulation of workplace relations. Negative emotions are the basis of awareness and positive ones are that of trust, and hence...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Emotion; Emotional labour; Leadership; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53553

The Normative Efficiency Ranking of Output and Export Subsidies under Costly and Imperfect Enforcement
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Giannakas,   Konstantinos.
This paper builds on the literature on agricultural policy analysis under costly and imperfect enforcement by analyzing the effect of enforcement costs and noncompliance on the relative transfer efficiency of output and export subsidies. Analytical results show that, in addition to changing the incidence of output and export subsidies, relaxing the assumption of perfect and costless enforcement found in the traditional analysis of these policy instruments can affect their relative efficiency in transferring income to producers. The effect of enforcement issues is shown to depend on the way export subsidies are being administered and the size of the exporting country.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural policy; Export subsidies; Output subsidies; Enforcement; Noncompliance; Transfer efficiency; Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58277

END MATERIALS
Provedor de dados: 31
Includes:  Guidelines for Manuscript Submission; Back Cover
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31492

USE PROSPECTS IN MICROELECTRONICS FOR POLYCRYSTALLINE SILICON FILM STRUCTURES WITH p–n JUNCTION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Aliev,   Raimjon; Muhtarov,   Erkin.
The paper discusses perspectives of elaborating microelectronic and optoelectronic devices on polycrystalline silicon films. The I-V features of structures with p-n-junction, formed by using methods of р-type conductivity layer grow, thermal diffusion and ion-implantation of boron atoms into n-type polycrystalline silicon layer are compared. The I-V feature with S-form curve of the investigated structures conditioned by changing of the conductivities of base and grain boundaries under thermal processing are revealed.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Polycrystalline silicon; Grain boundaries; Ion-implantation; Microelectronics; Negative differential resistance; Photodiode; I-V characteristics; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94559

RISK MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS IN EXTENSION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Anderson,   Kim B.; Mapp,   Harry P., Jr.
The evolution of Cooperative Extension Service techniques used to teach decision making in a risk environment is examined. Interviews of selected Cooperative Extension economists indicate that research methods used to evaluate and describe risk are more complex than those used in extension programs. Research is an essential component of the development and implementation of extension programs. Because most producers have some understanding of risk, and many use financial strategies to manage risk, and important product of risk research has been educating extension economists and researchers. When developing risk management programs, it is stressed that “"simplicity is powerful."”
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Risk and Uncertainty; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1996
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31000

DAIRY POLICY FOR AUSTRALIA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Schapper,   Henry P.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 1961
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22548

Sufficient Conditions for Dominance of Simply Related Prospects
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Drynan,   Ross G.
Sufficient conditions for dominance of simply related prospects are developed for newly defined classes of limited-variation-in-risk-parameter utility functions. Necessary and sufficient conditions are given for classes of contant-risk-parameter utility functions. The latter include classes of quadratic, power and exponential utility functions. The conditions can be incorporated into easily implemented procedures for locating efficient prospects.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 1987
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/12308

DEMAND AND PRICE-MARKUP FUNCTIONS FOR CANNED CLING PEACHES AND FRUIT COCKTAIL
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: French,   Ben C.; King,   Gordon A.
This study formulates and estimates a six-equation model for canned cling peaches and fruit cocktail in which processors are viewed as price setters, with qualities not sold at the set price carried over to the next year.  The system consists of two price-markup equations, two quantity-dependent demand equations and two inventory change identities.  The three-stage least squares estimation results tend to support the behavioral hypotheses.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 1986
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32541

CHINESE CONSUMER DEMAND FOR ANIMAL PRODUCTS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR U.S. PORK AND POULTRY EXPORTS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wang,   Qingbin; Fuller,   Frank H.; Hayes,   Dermot J.; Halbrendt,   Catherine K.
This paper examines Chinese consumer preference for major animal products and assesses the potential impacts of a reduction in China's import tariff on its pork and poultry demand and net import.  Our analysis suggests that China's demand for animal products will continue to grow as income increases.  Using a trade model, results of our scenario analysis indicate that a reduction in China's import tariffs will significantly increase its net pork and poultry imports and the U.S. will capture most of the increases.  Nevertheless, the impact on the market price in China and the U.S. is likely to be very small.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Almost Ideal Demand System; China; Consumer demand; Demand elasticity; Food demand; Partial equilibrium model; Two-stage budgeting; U.S. meat export; Demand and Price Analysis; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15102

A Comment on Phillips' "Economic Nature of the Cooperative Association"
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Staatz,   John M.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1994
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/46406

Snack Peanut Consumption: Type Preference and Consumption Manners
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: He,   Senhui; Fletcher,   Stanley M.; Rimal,   Arbindra.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26765

BOOK REVIEWS
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1987
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22450

Evaluacion de impactos ambientales derivados de estrategias de restauracion a traves de las decisiones de jurados de ciudadanos
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Alvarez-Farizo,   Begona; Gil,   Jose Maria; Howard,   B.J.
En los últimos años hemos asistido a una serie de vertidos contaminantes que han afectado tanto a espacios naturales como a áreas urbanas, industriales y rurales. Para mitigar sus efectos se hace necesaria una gestión integrada de las áreas productivas y naturales. Sin embargo, para que esta gestión sea eficaz es necesario considerar no sólo los efectos de las posibles medidas sobre la salud o los efectos biofísicos sobre el ambiente sino también la respuesta de los individuos a estos cambios. El objetivo de este trabajo se centra en la evaluación de los potenciales impactos, tanto ambientales como sociales, que se pueden derivar de las estrategias de restauración por vertidos. El enfoque adoptado se basa en la realización de un experimento de elección...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Q53; Environmental Economics and Policy; Q51; Q52.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28787

A DEMONSTRATION PROJECT OF DEVELOPING FOOD DISTRIBUTION FACILITIES IN NORTHERN NEW MEXICO
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sneed,   Ruth; Ott,   Gene.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1974
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27268

An Evaluation of Factors Affecting the Choice of Coastal Recreational Activities
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Paudel,   Krishna P.; Caffey,   Rex H.; Devkota,   Nirmala.
A visitor’s decision to use a particular recreational site is influenced by the individual’s taste as well as the characteristics of the site. For this reason, improved knowledge of the visitors’ interests and factors influencing their choices are vital for both planning and policy formulations in coastal development. This study examines visitor characteristics and desired site specific characteristics in order to determine the factors affecting use of the Louisiana coast for specific recreational purposes. We use a multinomial logit model and internet survey data to evaluate the factors affecting individuals’ decisions to visit coastal Louisiana for a specific use. Results suggest that the major variables affecting the choice of coastal recreational...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Coastal recreation; Destination use preference; Multinomial logit; Environmental Economics and Policy; C35; Q26.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/104616

A COMMENT ON LOSSES FROM STABILIZATION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tisdell,   Clement A.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 1973
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22782

COVER AND CONTENTS PAGES
Provedor de dados: 31
Includes:  Front Cover, Editorial Information, SAEA Officers: 1968-83, Contents Pages
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1982
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29569

INDEX OF FOOD DISTRIBUTION ARTICLES
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1977
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27382

The Disputes over "Normal Development" and "Natural Growth" of Farmers' Cooperatives - On the Basis of Empirical Analsis on Farmers' Cooperatives in Deyang City
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Chai,   Xu-xu; Qin,   Zi-qiang; Liu,   Wen; Guo,   Liu-xian.
Combining the disputes on the “normal development” and “natural growth existing in farmers” cooperatives and according to the actual investigation statistics, the management model selection and regulation (including model selection, policy encouragement, operation scale and scale selection ) of farmers' cooperatives in Deyang City. share structure and governance structure( including the establishment way and share structure, reserve sharing and dividend distribution, organization structure and policy making mechanism) , capital raising situation and financial support of farmers’ cooperatives in Deyang city are analyzed empirically. It is pointed out the farmers' cooperatives should take the road ' normal development"
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Farmers' cooperatives; Normal development; Natural growth; China; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/118307

The Theoretical Foundation and its Mode Transformation of Rural Public Goods Supply in the Perspective of Organizational Competition
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Qi,   Xue-xiang.
Theoretical expositions of public goods supply by the liberalism, new institutionalism and the school of public choice are conducted in the perspective of organizational competition. And the theoretical foundation of rural public goods is put forward. Then, the changes of the supply mode of rural public goods are discussed before and after the tax reform, that is, the “Community Cooperation” supply mode of rural public goods before the tax reform and the “Organization Cooperation” supply mode of rural public goods after the tax reform. Finally, the diversification of rural public goods supply in China in future is forecasted.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Rural public goods; Organizational competition; Mode transformation; China; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/113487

Speaking Stata: How to face lists with fortitude
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cox,   Nicholas J.
Three commands in official Stata, foreach, forvalues, and for, provide structures for cycling through lists of values (variable names, numbers, arbitrary text) and repeating commands using members of those lists in turn. All these commands may be used interactively, and none is restricted to use in Stata programs. They are explained and compared in some detail with a variety of examples. In addition, a self-contained exposition is given on local macros, understanding of which is needed for use of foreach and forvalues.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Foreach; Forvalues; For; Lists; Local macros; Substitution first; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/115962

Marketing Efficiency of Dairy Products for Co-operative and Private Dairy Plants in Tamil Nadu - A Comparative Analysis
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rangasamy,   N.; Dhaka,   J.P.
The marketing of milk and milk products by dairy plants of co-operative and private sectors in Tamil Nadu has been compared. The study is based on the data collected for toned milk, standardized milk, full cream milk, flavoured milk, butter and ghee from the selected co-operative and private dairy plants of the Coimbatore district for the financial year 2001-2002. It has been found that the marketing cost for toned milk is same in both the dairy plants , whereas it is higher for standardized milk, full cream milk and flavoured milk in the co-operative dairy plant. The marketing cost has been found less in the cooperative plant for products like butter and ghee . All the dairy products earn more marketing margins in the private than co-operative dairy...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Marketing.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47677

Non-technical Innovations in Swiss Agriculture
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Buser,   Christian.
The main objective of the inoVagri research project is to reach a better understanding of non-technical innovation in Swiss Agriculture. For this purpose a diversified case study was carried out. It enabled the analysis of innovative activities such as new organisational forms, new marketing models, vertical integration of the value-added chain and new forms of cooperation. SWOT analysis and 'grounded theory' were used as survey instruments. The study shows that the activities described above are typical process innovations, and that they were applied by the farms for the first time. Therefore the use of the innovations involved uncertainties in planning, lack of experience and unknown risks. The desired result of the innovation process is the realisation...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32010

CLUSTERING OF SMALL AGRO-PROCESSING FIRMS IN INDONESIA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Burger,   Kees; Kameo,   Daniel; Sandee,   Henry.
Small-scale industries in Indonesia provide more than 65% of total manufacturing employment.  Sixty-three percent of small-scale firm employment is in firms that are clustered.  A cluster is defined statistically in Indonesia as at least 20 firms in a village.  For some agro-processing industries, such as bamboo plaiting, clustering does not involve interaction among firms; for others, notably the furniture industry, clustering firms make joint marketing efforts, subcontract each other, and share large orders.  This article uses two recent case studies in the agro-processing sector – the furniture and the palm sugar industries – in Central Java.  We argue that the target market of the industry (local or international) influences the nature of the contracts...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Industrial Organization.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/34229

INCENTIVE COMPATIBLE REFERENDA AND THE VALUATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL GOODS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Taylor,   Laura O.
Recent attempts to test the validity of the contingent valuation method have relied on laboratory-type experiments.  In these experiments, willingness to pay responses in hypothetical choice experiments are compared with responses from choice experiments requiring actual payments.  Often evidence of hypothetical bias is found.  Critical for these experimental tests of hypothetical surveys is that the methodology used to elicit willingness to pay from subjects in the real-payment experiment be demand revealing.  If it is not, then differences in responses to hypothetical and real valuation questions could be due to free-riding in the real-payment survey and not due to hypothetical bias in the hypothetical survey.  This paper reports on experiments that...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31521

FRUIT AND VEGETABLE SALES AT CITY MUNICIPAL MARKETS, April, 1946
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Meaker,   R.D.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 1946
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8947

U.S. DEMAND FOR LAMB: THE OTHER RED MEAT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Byrne,   Patrick J.; Capps,   Oral, Jr.; Williams,   Gary W.
The analysis focused on economic forces influencing U.S. lamb consumption at the consumer level. The demand for lamb was shown to be inelastic. Key determinants of lamb consumption were habit persistence, seasonality, own price, and the price of pork. Income, trend and the price of beef were not statistically important factors.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 1993
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26575

Universidad Estatal de Nuevo Mexico NMSU. Campus las Cruces
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ramirez,   Octavio A.
The New Mexico State University, which is denominated as New Mexico's “Land Grant University”, is formed by more than 24,000 students within its five sites throughout the state of New Mexico. The main site, which is located in the bicultural city of Las Cruces, houses around 16,000 students, including 3,300 graduate ones distributed in 51 graduate degree programs and 25 Ph.D. programs. NMSU is classified by the Carnegie Foundation as a “Research Extensive” University. In terms of administration it is divided into six faculties, including the Agriculture and Domestic Economy Faculty (CAHE).
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: NMSU; Las Cruces; Graduate degree and Ph.D. programs; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/48613

VALUES OF SCAN RESEARCH
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Capps,   Oral, Jr.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 1987
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26846

ECONOMIC AND EPIDEMIOLOGIC POLICY IMPLICATIONS OF ALTERNATIVE BOVINE BRUCELLOSIS PROGRAMS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Amosson,   Stephen H.; Dietrich,   Raymond A.; Talpaz,   Hovav; Hopkin,   John A.
This paper analyzes policy implications arising from the National Brucellosis Technical Commission Study.  A systems simulation model was designed to estimate physical losses resulting from alternative bovine brucellosis programs.  Changes in benefits, costs, level of infection and net benefits were calculated by program alternatives for determining economic and epidemiologic implications.  Results indicate all alternative programs considered yield positive net benefits and reduce the prevalence of the disease.  The results imply a need for further research to determine a program that is both epidemiologically and economically optimal.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 1981
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32073

ACTUARIAL EFFECTS OF UNIT STRUCTURE IN THE U.S. ACTUAL PRODUCTION HISTORY CROP INSURANCE PROGRAM
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Knight,   Thomas O.; Coble,   Keith H.
This paper examines the effects of optional subdivision on APHP losses for wheat, corn, and soybeans.  Thirty-seven state/crop programs are analyzed and the implications of the results are discussed in relation to newly developed crop and revenue insurance programs.  The results illustrate the importance of incorporating actuarial experience into the premium rate structure and contract provisions of an insurance program.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Actual Production History Program (APHP); Crop insurance programs; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15150

Factors Affecting Perceived Improvements in Environmental Quality from Precision Farming
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Larkin,   Sherry L.; Perruso,   Larry; Marra,   Michele C.; Roberts,   Roland K.; English,   Burton C.; Larson,   James A.; Cochran,   Rebecca L.; Martin,   Steven W.
This study identified the factors that influenced whether farmers in the Southeastern United States perceived an improvement in environmental quality from adopting precision farming technologies (PFTs). Farmers with larger farms or higher yields were more likely to believe that they observed positive externalities associated with PFTs. Farmers who found PFTs profitable or who believed input reduction was important had higher probabilities whereas those with higher incomes or who were more dependent on farm income were less likely to perceive such benefits. Interestingly, the importance of environmental quality and length of time using PFTs were not found to affect the probability of perceiving an improvement in environmental quality.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Precision agriculture; Site-specific farming; Variable rate application; C25; Q12; Q24.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/42787

Selling Australia as ‘clean and green’
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Chang,   Hui-Shung (Christie); Kristiansen,   Paul.
‘Clean and green’ has been used as a marketing tool by Australian governments to promote agricultural products overseas. But how valid are these claims? Is the ‘clean and green’ image campaign effective? And should government be involved? We conclude that Australia may have had a ‘clean and green’ image in some markets, but in the future, concrete proof of environmental and quality credentials will be required to satisfy increasingly better-informed and more demanding customers. We argue that governments cannot, and should not, continue to promote Australian products based on an undefined ‘clean and green’ image. Rather, more resources should be directed to the development, promotion and wide adoption of integrated, credible and well-defined environmental...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Clean and green; EMS; Export marketing; Food production; Food quality; QA; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/116863

DIVERSITY OF SOURCES FOR FRESH PRODUCE: IMPLICATIONS FOR LOCAL MARKETS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lohr,   Luanne; Hanson,   Steven D.
Number of suppliers, approximation of equal-shares market condition and market share held by in-state sources were calculated to determine diversity of sources for 10 fresh fruits and vegetables in eight U.S. wholesale markets. Specificity of growing conditions is associated with few supply sources, unequal market shares and limited purchases from in-state suppliers. For crops with few sources, lower perishability and greater transportability are correlated with greater balance in market shares. For crops with many supply sources, greater perishability and greater transportability are consistent with large market share from imports. Diversity across all commodities can increase market share for local producers.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Concentration index; Fruits and vegetables; Source diversity; Marketing.
Ano: 1995
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15274

FARM CREDIT POLICY IN THE EARLY STAGES OF AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Penny,   D.H.
This paper discusses the farm credit policies pursued by governments in low-income countries. It is argued that, in the early stages of development, peasant attitudes to debt are such that cheap credit is unlikely to be a useful growth stimulus. It is shown that the effectiveness of credit depends on the ability and willingness of the peasants to devote such additional funds to productive uses. The poor performance of many government rural credit programmes in low-income countries is discussed and criteria for a successful programme are presented.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural Finance.
Ano: 1968
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22689

PEOPLE LEFT BEHIND: TRANSITIONS OF THE RURAL POOR: DISCUSSION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Deaton,   Brady J.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1991
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30300

Evolução e desempenho da política de contratos de opção de venda para mercados agrícolas
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Pereira,   Ana Cibele; Carvalho,   Fatima Marilia Andrade de; Conceicao,   Junia Cristina Peres Rodrigues Da.
From the 1990s, in face of the smaller participation of the government in the economy and, consequently, in the agricultural sector, the government policy  has carried out, as alternative, new support forms to the agriculture, with reduction of public resources. With regarding to the agricultural marketing, more modern instruments have been designed, involving the private sector, among them, the Sell Option Contracts, set up under the form of an insurance of prices for the farmers. In this study, it is analyzed the performance of that instrument for the wheat, rice and corn markets. It was detected, for all those markets, sensitive reduction of the government's participation in the agricultural marketing through the traditional instruments, in favor of...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural policy; Option contracts; Marketing; Marketing.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/55313

CONSUMERS IN SEARCH OF VALUE, REFLECTIONS ON THE VALUE ADDED BY THE CHANGES IN FOOD DISTRIBUTION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Asano,   Faye.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Consumer/Household Economics.
Ano: 1987
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26858

Contents Page
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1961
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8852

INVITED PAPERS ABSTRACTS
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30860

The Empirical Analysis of the Dynamic Prices Relationship between Cotton Spot Market and Futures Market in Xinjiang
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sun,   Liang-bin.
The thesis analyzes the causal relationship between the cotton spot, and the tendency and impact of prices of futures markets in Xinjiang by using ADF test, co-integration analysis, Granger causality test and other econometric methods in order to discuss the interacted relationship between futures market prices of cotton and spot market prices since the futures of cotton in Xinjiang go public. The results of empirical analysis show that the spot market prices of cotton and the futures market prices in Xinjiang fluctuate prominently in the short run and tend to counterpoise in the long run; the futures market of cotton plays the role of leading the spot market prices of cotton in Xinjiang, while the spot market prices of cotton in Xinjiang impacts little on...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Cotton Price; Spot Market; Futures Market; Granger causality test; China; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/108456

LENDING BY RURAL BANKS INVOLVED IN MERGERS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Walraven,   Nicholas A.
This paper employed a variety of sources of data and a number of methods to describe rural lending markets.  Over the sample period, 1992 through 1998, there was a pronounced trend towards affiliation of banks, both urban and rural, with holding companies, although over this period there was little change in the concentration of banking offices in rural areas.  Using data from the 1993 National Survey of Small Business Finances, the study found some evidence that rural small businesses were less likely to apply for a loan than urban small firms although those rural firms that did apply were more likely to have their application accepted.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Mergers; Rural banks; Agricultural Finance.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15379

Uma análise da agroindústria canavieira do Paraná à guisa da matriz de capacidades tecnológicas
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Souza,   Elvanio Costa de; Shikida,   Pery Francisco Assis; Martins,   Jefferson Paulo.
The objective of this paper is to analyse the matrix of technological capabilities of the sugar cane industry in Paraná State, showing your characteristic in the ambits of the investments, operation/production, innovation and relationships with the economy. The results of the matrix of technological capabilities show that the fact of not existing great concentrations for technological capabilities, for the advanced level, common in sugar cane industry, it is still derived of the secular subvencionist paradigm that reigned in the section until the nineties. However, the concern with the sectorial survival, mainly in the current deregulation ambient, it is also evidenced in several ambits of the technological capabilities portrayed by some sugar cane mills...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Technological capabilities; Dynamics; Sugar cane industry; Paraná; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56730

Contents Pages
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1995
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/12542

The effects of the interest rate ceilings on the micro lending market in South Africa
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mohane,   Happy; Coetzee,   Gerhard K.; Grant,   William.
Interest rates are a topical subject in the micro lending industry in South Africa. The micro lending industry has been accused of charging usurious interest and exploiting the consumers. This has led to the Department of Trade and Industry passing a Usury Act with an aim of protecting the consumers. The Act imposes interest rate ceilings on loan finance provided by money lending institutions. These ceilings are proposed to be linked to the prime rate. Given this, it is not possible for micro lenders to charge full-cost recovery interest rates. This paper tries to highlight the effects of interest rate ceilings on the micro finance market. It argues that the biggest cost component of microlenders is administration costs and not the cost of capital, thus...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Financial Economics; Marketing.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54233

UNDERSTANDING TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION THROUGH SYSTEM DYNAMICS MODELING: IMPLICATIONS FOR AGRIBUSINESS MANAGEMENT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fisher,   Donna K.; Norvell,   Jonathan; Sonka,   Steven T.; Nelson,   Mark J.
This work demonstrates the utility of sophisticated simulation tools in aiding agribusiness managers' decision making.  The system dynamics model developed here provides insight into the use of such models to evaluate potential adoption rates and diffusion patterns of yield mapping and monitoring technologies.  The model allows for comparative analyses of the possible effects of different profit assumptions on adoption and diffusion.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/34477

Policy Research Implications Under Trade Liberalization
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: White,   T. Kelley.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 1989
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/60025

RÉGIÓ- ÉS TELEPÜLÉSMARKETING DEBRECENBEN
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gergely,   Aniko; Szabo,   Zoltan.
Munkámban Debrecen városmarketing-csoportjának tevékenységét vizsgáltam. Az általuk megjelölt három legfontosabb célcsoport igényeit térképeztem fel kvalitatív módszerrel, megvizsgálva ezzel, hogy a célcsoportok által igényelt intézkedések és a városmarketing segítségével kijelölt fejlesztési célok mennyiben fedik egymást. Megállapítottam, hogy a debreceni városmarketing-csoport évről-évre egyre kiforrottabb, egységes szemléletű, átgondolt marketinget valósít meg, de ennek ellenére jelentős erőfeszítések szükségesek a regionális szerep elérése, a helyzet részletes feltárása és a célcsoportokkal folytatott kommunikáció javítása érdekében.         -           My work examines the activities of Debrecen’s city-marketing group. Using a qualitative method I...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Régiómarketing; Településmarketing; Befektetők; Helyi lakosok; Turisták; Marketing a region; Marketing a settlement; Investors; Local inhabitants; Tourists; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57683

Agricultural Salinization in the Olfants River at Loskop Valley, Mpumalanga
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Aihoon,   John Komo; Groenewald,   Jan A.; von Bach,   Helmke J. Sartorius.
Salinization of South African rivers is serious and has rendered some dams and reservoirs unsuitable for irrigation. The contribution of agriculture to the environmental problem of salinization was empirically analysed in this study. Linear regression models demonstrated that increases in the Total Dissolved Salts (TDS) and chlorine of the Olifants River in the Loskop Valley are at least partially the result of variations in irrigation farming parameters such as fertilizer usage, rainfall and area cultivated to crops such as tobacco, cotton and wheat. The marginal rates of substitution among the independent variables can be employed in the formulation of the economically most efficient local salinization control policy. Other approaches are possible, but...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54442

From Kyoto to Copenhagen: Meeting the Climate Change Challenge
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gaisford,   James D.
In spite of some superficial success in achieving its overall global target, there has been much disillusionment with the progress on climate change since the Kyoto Protocol was negotiated in 1997. The key problems in addressing GHG emissions under the Kyoto Protocol have been the incomplete coverage across countries and lack of credibility. While significantly more onerous reduction commitments should be expected and required of developed countries in the name of economic fairness, GHG emissions must also be capped effectively in developing countries.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Clean Development Mechanism; Copenhagen Accord; Greenhouse gas emissions; Kyoto Protocol; Environmental Economics and Policy; International Development; International Relations/Trade; Political Economy.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/90593

ENERGY DEVELOPMENT AND LABOR MARKET DYNAMICS:  A STUDY OF SEVEN WESTERN COUNTIES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Halstead,   John M.; Leistritz,   F. Larry.
Impacts of energy development on the secondary business sector of development-impacted counties are examined in a survey of seven western counties.  Problems experienced by businesses in attracting and retaining qualified employees and in expanding to take advantage of growing markets are evaluated.  Characteristics of private and public sector employees and their implications for community planning are discussed.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 1984
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32139

COMBINING ACTUAL AND CONTINGENT BEHAVIOR DATA TO MODEL FARMER ADOPTION OF WATER QUALITY PROTECTION PRACTICES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cooper,   Joseph C.
Using farmer responses to contingent valuation method (CVM) survey data in combination with actual market data from four watershed regions in the United States, this study estimates the minimum incentives payments a farmer would accept in order to adopt more environmentally friendly “"best management practices"” (BMPs). Combining actual market data with the CVM data adds information to the analysis, thereby most likely increasing the reliability of the results compared to analyzing the contingent behavior survey response data only. Given the decision to adopt, the article also presents a pooled model for the number of acres enrolled in the BMPs as a function of the incentive payments. Adoption rates predicted with the combination data model are...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31003

Abstracts of Invited and Selected Papers and Organized Symposia, WAEA Annual Meetings, Anchorage, Alaska, June 28-30, 2006
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8626

A STOCHASTIC DOMINANCE ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVE MARKETING STRATEGIES FOR MIXED CROP FARMS IN NORTH FLORIDA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Anaman,   Kwabena A.; Boggess,   William G.
Cumulative probability distributions of income for management scenarios involving four pre-harvest marketing strategies are subjected to stochastic dominance analysis to determine risk-efficient sets of strategies for different groups of farmers in North Florida. Results indicate that farmers should behave differently in their choice of marketing strategies according to their risk attitudes. Highly risk-averse farmers should prefer some forward contracting while low risk-averse and risk loving farmers should prefer cash sales at harvest. Use of the futures markets leads to both higher income and greater risk than forward contracting but lower income and risk than cash sales.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1986
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29766

Evaluating Target Achievements in the Public Sector: An Application of a Rare Non-Parametric DEA and Malmquist Indices
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Odeck,   James.
This paper provides an assessment of the extent to which targets set by a public authority are achieved by its operational units. A rare DEA framework and its subsequent Malmquist indices are applied on data comprising 19 units over a four year period of 1996 to 1999. The mean efficiency scores by which targets are achieved across the sample years are moderate, in the range 0.81 to 0.93. Average productivity progress across the sample years has been 26 percent. The results illustrate the usefulness of DEA even when there are no inputs and the decomposable Malmquist index for productivity is an asset in exploring causes of productivity growth.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Target achievement; Traffic safety; Data envelopment analysis; Malmquist indices; L92; C61.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37549

THE STRUGGLE FOR BROADBAND IN RURAL AMERICA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dickes,   Lori A.; Lamie,   R. David; Whitacre,   Brian E.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Broadband; Digital Divide; Economic Development; Infrastructure; Rural Development; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; L96; R11; R58.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/100800

ARER REVIEWERS, JUNE 1997-MAY 1998
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31522

A DYNAMIC ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACT OF WATER QUALITY POLICIES ON IRRIGATION INVESTMENT AND CROP CHOICE DECISIONS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wu,   JunJie; Mapp,   Harry P., Jr.; Bernardo,   Daniel J.
A dynamic model is developed to analyze farmers' irrigation investment and crop choice decisions under alternative water quality protection policies.  The model is applied to an empirical example in the Oklahoma High Plains.  The choices of crops and irrigation systems and the resulting levels of irrigation, income, and nitrogen runoff and percolation are simulated over a ten-year period.  An effluent tax on nitrogen runoff and percolation is shown to be effective in reducing nitrate pollution.  The efficacy of cost sharing in adopting modern irrigation technologies and restrictions on irrigation water use depends on soil type.  A tax on nitrogen use is shown to be the least effective policy.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Crop selection; Dynamic optimization; Irrigation investment; Water quality; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 1994
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15167

REGIONAL DIFFERENCES AT THE HUNGARIAN LABOUR MARKET
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Csehne Papp,   Imola.
In present paper presenting the regional differences of the Hungarian labor market on the basis of individual survey, data collecting, and the statistics from the State Labor office was analyzed by the author. Also, The trends in the rate of unemployment and its structure in the past 13 years was also analyzed (computer based data collecting started in 1994.) The paper presenting the situation of unemployment from three points of view: regional, county and settlement. There is a significant difference between the two parts of Hungary. As we pas from the West to the East, the number of unemployment is rising as much. The research compares the different types of towns as well. There are county towns, two small towns near Budapest, an average developed...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Differences; Labor market; Regions; Unemployment; Labor and Human Capital; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47542

DO ALL THE RESOURCE PROBLEMS IN THE WEST BEGIN IN THE EAST?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Shogren,   Jason F.
Economics can make good policy better and bad policy go away- a message often constrained by the political realities surrounding federal resource policy toward the West. This essay responds to these challenges to economic reasoning based on the lessons learned after a stay at the Council of Economic Advisers. My goal is to help make apolitical economists more effective advocates of efficiency.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31202

Soaring food prices and food security in LIFDCs: The case of Nepal
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Agostinucci,   Guido; Loseby,   Margaret.
The paper examines the effects of the phenomenon of soaring world food prices in a typical Low Income Food Deficit Country (LIFDC), Nepal. Steep rises in the prices of agricultural products are rare in Nepal and the outcomes of events on international markets have been exacerbated by a number of factors both of local and international origin, leading to a decline of the food security status of the most vulnerable households.  The paper begins with a brief account of the recent evolution of rising commodity prices on world markets, providing global statistics for major agricultural products. A detailed analysis of the internal causes that have led, at the same time, to substantial increases in food prices in the Nepalese domestic market  follows, and the...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Food Security and Poverty; Q18.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61605

Editorial - Primary Production and the Australian Economy
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Production Economics.
Ano: 1948
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8334

Contents Page
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1951
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8904

COVER AND CONTENTS PAGES
Provedor de dados: 31
Includes: Front Cover; Officers 1986-87; Contents Page; 1988 Call for Papers
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1987
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27496

What Matters in Consumer Berry Preferences: Price? Source? Quality?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ernst,   Stanley C.; Batte,   Marvin T.; Darby,   Kim; Worley,   C. Thomas.
This paper reports on initial data collection for the consumer-preference objective in the three-year research project, "An Extended-Season Barry Production and Marketing System to Enhance Viability of Small Appalachian Farms and Rural Communities." This USDA NRI-funded project studies impacts on small farms and rural communities of widespread adoption of a unique full-season system of berry production with sales to high-value markets. Small-acreage farms in Southern Ohio and similar Appalachian regions are looking for alternatives that may approach the per-acre returns of traditional tobacco production. Small fruit crops have similar production requirements (labor and management intensive, small acreage) and can provide a significant income that more...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8548

Can't Get Ahead for Falling Behind: Development Policy, Poverty, and Relief Traps
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Barrett,   Christopher B.; Carter,   Michael R.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Food Security and Poverty; International Development.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/93764

Automatic generation of documents
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gini,   Rosa; Pasquini,   Jacopo.
This paper describes a natural interaction between Stata and markup languages. Stata’s programming and analysis features, together with the flexibility in output formatting of the markup languages, allow generation and/or update of whole documents (e.g., reports, presentations on screen or web). We give examples for both LaTeX and HTML.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Doutput; Format; Report; LaTeX; HTML; Markup language; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/117554

Effects of Socio-Institutional and Emotional Factors of Japanese Farmland Rental Transactions
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kunimitsu,   Yoji.
Farmland reallocation between farmers through rental transactions is critical for improving Japanese rice productivity.  This study examined effects of socio-institutional and emotional factors as well as economic factors on rental transactions.  A stochastic choice model was applied to contingent valuation data by considering regional heteroscedasticity.  Empirical results showed (1) existence of economic inefficiencies, 3% loss of economic surplus due to socio-institutional restriction, which is probably reflected in transaction costs; (2) a 15% reduction in surplus due to emotional reluctance of farmers; and (3) strong influences of rice price, wages, and geographical location on the rental rate and agreement level.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Contingent valuation questionnaire; Economic inefficiency; Regional heteroscedasticity; Rental agreement level; Rental rate; Stochastic choice model; Crop Production/Industries; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Land Economics/Use; C25; D44; Q12; Q15; Q38; R58.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43747

Examination of the consumers’ ethnocentrism and products’ origin in the case of Hungarian foodstuffs
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hamori,   Judit; Horvath,   Agnes; Lehota,   Jozsef.
‘Consumer ethnocentrism’ is defined as consumers’ beliefs about the appropriateness or morality of purchasing domestic and foreign-made products. As a consequence of the influx of foodstuffs of dubious origin into Hungary and the increasing number of food scandals, demand for Hungarian foodstuffs of reliable origin has increased. Consumers, however, do not necessarily acquire information from the most reliable sources in the course of purchasing and most of them are not fully aware of what the trademarks featured on the various products mean. Our questionnaire survey sought answers to the questions of how respondents regard Hungarian products and what segments can be distinguished from the aspect of their attitudes concerning Hungarian products. We...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Consumer ethnocentrism; Hungarian food products; Trademarks; Questionnaire survey; Cluster analysis; Consumer/Household Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Marketing.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/93121

PERFORMANCE OF ALTERNATIVE COMPONENT PRICING SYSTEMS FOR PORK
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Brorsen,   B. Wade; Akridge,   Jay T.; Boland,   Michael A.; Mauney,   Sean; Forrest,   John C.
One method of implementing value-based marketing is a component pricing system.  This research develops and evaluates alternative component pricing systems for pork.  Two electronic technologies for estimating carcass components (optical probe and electromagnetic scanner) were evaluated on two sets of data representing different populations.  Model accuracy increased as additional components were added.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Carcass merit; Component pricing; Electromagnetic scanning; Pork; Marketing.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15565

COVER AND CONTENTS PAGE
Provedor de dados: 31
Includes: Front Cover; Editorial Information; Contents Page
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1990
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32072

Meat demand flexibilities for Tanzania: Implications for the choice of long-term investment
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kaliba,   Aloyce R.
This study uses the inverse almost ideal demand system (IAIDS) to estimate demand flexibilities for beef, small ruminant (sheep and goat) meat, pork and poultry in Tanzania. Own uncompensated price flexibilities were less than one in absolute value, implying that both direct and indirect induced price effect through a change in total expenditure have little impact on budget shares. Estimated scale flexibilities were all negative, suggesting that increases in income will increase the quantities of meat consumed. Production of small ruminant meat was the most attractive investment compared to other meat commodities.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: IAIDS; Meat demand; Flexibilities; Two-stage budgeting; Tanzania; Livestock Production/Industries; Q11; Q18.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56964

Preispolitik für ökologische Lebensmittel: Eine neo-institutionalistische Analyse
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Spiller,   Achim.
Price premiums are recognized as a central barrier for the diffusion of organic food. On average, the consumer has to pay about 50 % more for organic food than for comparable products. This is also true for large retailers although considerable economies of scale could be expected. Against this background the following article analyzes pricing strategies of supermarkets. It appears evident that higher prices of organic food reflect higher costs of production and lower output, but primarily this is due to inefficient structures in processing and marketing. Furthermore, the pressures of competition in the market are low; price reductions and bargain sales are avoided by competitors. If the premium prices are compared with the results of market research, a...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Organic food; Marketing; Price policy; Neoinstitutional organization theory; Agribusiness; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Marketing.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/99000

FRONT COVER
Provedor de dados: 31
Front Cover and Contents Page
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1996
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22367

Dairy Cattle Productivity after the Post Election Crisis in Uasin Gishu District of Kenya
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Korir,   M.K.; Kibet,   J.; Kipsat,   Mary J.; Nyangweso,   P.M.; Rirei,   M.
The dairy sub sector is one of the most important of the agricultural sub sectors in Kenya, contributing to 5% of Kenya’s GDP. The estimated annual consumption of milk stands at 3.1 billion litres. Although there was a steady agricultural growth to about 6% between 2003 and 2007, other emerging challenges as high production costs have emerged. These were compounded by the post election crisis (PEC) after the disputed Presidential elections which saw the looting of property including livestock, leading to a decline in the sector. The objective of the study was to determine the dairy productivity after the PEC. The survey was done in four designated project areas namely, Turbo, Kapseret, Kessess and Ainabkoi. Primary data was collected by use of structured...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Dairy productivity; Uasin Gishu; Kenya; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/96177

EUROPEAN UNION CEREALS POLICY: AN EVOLUTIONARY INTERPRETATION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Harvey,   David R.
Following an introduction explaining the genesis of the paper, section 2 briefly reviews some relevant literature and concepts. On the basis of this review, section 3 develops an outline evolutionary model of policy development. Section 4 interprets the history and present status of the EU policy within this framework (here illustrated by the cereals policy which is taken as archetypal for the CAP as a whole). It characterises the policy history In broad evolutionary terms, emphasising the 'fitness for purpose' of various manifestations of the policy organism. The key conclusion from this section is that the present policy situation cannot be described as 'fit' - there is too much conflict between the present (rather new) policy environment and the...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 1995
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22677

Recent Changes in Sheep and Cattle Populations in Eastern New South Wales
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gruen,   Fred H.G.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 1952
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8810

Out With the Old, In With the New: Are Western Commodity Producers Ready for Buyouts?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nagler,   Amy M.; Bastian,   Christopher T.; Lubben,   Bradley D.; Menkhaus,   Dale J.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/92854

PREPARING STUDENTS FOR CAREERS IN FOOD DISTRIBUTION AND MARKETING: AN OPPORTUNITY FOR COLLEGES OF AGRICULTURE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Senauer,   Benjamin.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1992
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27192

ÁRVÍZVÉDELMI TÖLTÉSEK GYEPTAKARÓINAK HASZNA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Felkai,   Beata Olga.
Az árvízvédelmi töltések védelmében, az árvizek levonulásában, ezáltal ma-gában az árvízvédelemben a gyepesítésnek jelentős szerepe van. Gazdaságossá-gát nem lehet egzakt módon bizonyítani, hiszen míg a létesítési és fenntartási költségeket egyértelműen meghatározhatjuk, a bevételi oldal összetett és nehezen számszerűsíthető.  Az árvízvédelmi földgátak gyepesítésének társadalmi hasznossága és gazda-sági előnye mégis vitathatatlan: - közvetlen gazdasági haszon: pl. fűtermés értékesítéséből származó bevétel; - közvetett gazdasági haszon: a kockáztatott vagyonérték sikeres védelme, emberélet védelme (nehezen számszerűsíthető, mérése a mikrorizikó fogal-mának bevezetésével vált kivitelezhetővé); - a társadalom számára is több szempontból kedvező hatással van:...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Árvízvédelem; Kockázat; Gyepfelület; Vagyon; Gazdasági haszon - flood-prevention; Risk; Grass; Estate; Economical benefit; Agricultural and Food Policy; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54338

Analysis of Development of Investments in the Agricultural Sector of the Czech Republic
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Zidkova,   Dana; Rezbova,   Helena; Rosochatecka,   Eva.
The aim of this article is to analyse the investment activities realized in the agricultural sector of the Czech Republic during the period of 1998-2009. The study focuses on the development of the volume of investments in agriculture, their composition and economic efficiency. The analysis is based on data from the Aggregate Agricultural Account drawn up by the Czech Statistical Office (Český statistický úřad, ČSÚ). Investment activity is studied on the basis of such indicators as the gross fixed capital formation, net fixed capital formation, gross investment rate, requirements for investments. The impact of selected factors influencing the gross fixed capital formation and its composition is evaluated
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Investment activities; Agricultural sector; Gross fixed capital formation; Requirements for investments; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Environmental Economics and Policy; Financial Economics; GA; IN.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/102492

SAEA SECRETARY-TREASURER'S REPORT, FEBRUARY 1988
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1988
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29700

Economic Effects of Biofuel Production on States and Rural Communities
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Parcell,   Joseph L.; Westhoff,   Patrick C.
This study summarizes research on farm-, local-, regional-, and macro-level economic effects of ethanol production.  Given current production levels, the ethanol production industry annually employees approximately 3,500 workers, pays out nearly $132 million in worker salaries, generates over $110 million in local taxes, and takes in some $2 billion in government incentive payments.  Projections for a 60 million gallon per year ethanol plant indicate an annual increase in corn usage of 21 million bushels, a one-time capitalization of $75 million, an increase in local corn prices between $0.06/bushel and $0.12/bushel, a 54 direct and 210 indirect jobs created, and increase in local tax revenues of $1.2 million, a decrease in federal commodity program...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Biofuel; Ethanol; Local economy; Government subsidies; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; O13; Q40; Q42; R10.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43774

The Problems of Coordinating Urban-rural Development of Chongqing City and Corresponding Measures of Financial System
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Deng,   Li; Ran,   Guang-he; Li,   Jie.
The thesis researches urban-rural coordination which is incorporated into the framework of “agriculture, rural areas and farmers”, and it focuses on farmers’ human resources development, agricultural industrial adjustment, rural regional coordinated development and so on. The main problems existing in the process of coordinating urban-rural development of Chongqing City are discussed under the foregoing framework. We find that input and flow direction of capital deviating from “agriculture, rural areas and farmers” is the direct cause of insufficient rural educational input, insufficient agricultural input, and irrational rural input, while the fundamental reason lies in the irrational financial policy. Based on this, the measure of innovating upon...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Urban-rural coordination; Problems of “agriculture; Rural areas and farmers”; Financial system; China; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/113212

ILLINOIS PRODUCE GROWERS STUDY - VIABILITY OF SOUTH WATER MARKET IN CHICAGO AS AN OUTLET FOR MARKETING PRODUCE AND ANALYSIS OF NET RETURNS RECEIVED THROUGH ALTERNATE MARKETING CHANNELS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mandal,   Sanjay; Thompson,   Sarahelen R.; Good,   Darrel L.
Most Illinois produce growers do not participate in the wholesale marketing system. Instead, most concentrate their efforts in direct marketing of their produce via pick-your-own operations, roadside stands, farmers' markets, and contracting with food processing firms. Currently only 2-3 percent of the produce arriving in Chicago is of Illinois origin. The wholesale market for produce in Chicago has traditionally been organized around the South Water Market. The small involvement of Illinois producers in the South Water Market is of concern because 1) it may be indicative of problems in the wholesale marketing system used to bring produce to regional retail and hospitality markets, and 2) because it may imply that income generating opportunities for...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1993
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26587

ASSESSING THE FINANCIAL RISKS OF DIVERSIFIED COFFEE PRODUCTION SYSTEMS:  AN ALTERNATIVE NONNORMAL CDF ESTIMATION APPROACH
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ramirez,   Octavio A.; Sosa,   Romeo.
Recently developed techniques are adapted and combined for the modeling and simulation of crop yields and prices that can be mutually correlated, exhibit heteroskedasticity or autocorrelation, and follow nonnormal probability density functions. The techniques are applied to the modeling and simulation of probability distribution functions for the returns of three tropical agroforestry systems for coffee production. The importance of using distribution functions that can more closely reflect the statistical behavior of yields and prices for risk analysis is discussed and illustrated.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30838

Reviving the village research traditions of Gödöllő at the Faculty of Economic and Social Science of SZIE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Deaky,   Zita.
The foundation of School of Economics and Social Sciences (SESS) 50 years ago was not the beginning, but was the continuance of the inwardness of predecessor in title of the University’s previously active institutes. There were valuable workshop of social sciences as the names of contemporary teachers and students have indicated. Weighty scientific researches had been started by the regional problematic from the beginning of the 20th century. The country-wide village-researcher front has evolved from it and our University has joined to it. The aims and inwardness has appeared in wide social layers as it has been a part of our University’s courses and has made and were now used source of sociographic literature. The methods and approaches of former...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Village-researcher; Workshop of social sciences; Sociographic literature; Tradition; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47544

The Feeding of Leucaena (Leucaena Leucocephala) Forage to Ruminants
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Garcia,   Gary W.; Lallo,   C.H.O; Benn,   A.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Ruminant Feed; Forages; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 1996
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/45590

RANGELAND ECONOMICS, ECOLOGY, AND SUSTAINABILITY: IMPLICATIONS FOR POLICY AND ECONOMIC RESEARCH
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tanaka,   John A.; Rimbey,   Neil R.; Torell,   L. Allen.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27992

GLOBALIZATION AND NORTHEAST AGRICULTURE: IMPLICATIONS OF THE UPCOMING ROUND OF WORLD TRADE NEGOTIATIONS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Blandford,   David.
The signing of the Uruguay Round agreement on agriculture (URAA) in 1994 was a significant step towards the liberalization of world agricultural trade.  A new round of negotiations on agriculture is scheduled to begin under the auspices of the World Trade Organization (WTO) at the end of 1999.  This paper discusses the likely agenda of those negotiations and their implications for agriculture in the northeastern United States.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31288

BEYOND ORGANIC: INFORMATION PROVISION FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE IN A CHANGING MARKET
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Conner,   David S.
As organic agriculture evolves from a movement to an industry, the organic label is increasingly disconnected from the founding spirit of organic, which is now more associated with the broader term sustainable agriculture. Increased competition due to the "commodification" of organic agriculture poses challenges to sustainable organic farmers in the Northeast U.S. This paper discusses the options for creating and maintaining niche markets by providing information on "process" attributes to consumers who wish to support a more sustainable food system, including labeling alternatives and the role of government. It concludes with a discussion of the prospects for this movement and research needs for the future.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27137

Cover and Contents Pages
Provedor de dados: 31
Includes: Front Cover, Editorial Information, Back Cover, Contents Page
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31221

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS: OFF-LINE ORDER ENTRY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Richardson,   Doug.
The author presents his company's experience with off line order entry equipment.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1972
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27166

FRONT COVER
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1994
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22732

Recent Developments in the Theory of Agricultural Cooperation
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Staatz,   John M.
North American agricultural economists are beginning to reexamine fundamental issues in the theory of agricultural cooperation. Since 1980, a number of researchers have explored the basic nature of farmer cooperation; the theoretical benefits and limits to cooperative enterprise; and the implications of these for cooperative members, managers, and public policy. This paper describes and evaluates recent theoretical developments, outlines remaining areas of conflict and gaps in the theory of agricultural cooperation, and discusses topics for future research. It concludes that the most promising area for current research may be in testing hypotheses arising from recent theoretical work.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1987
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/46204

SOME ASPECTS OF COMMODITY POLICY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Maiden,   A.C.B.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 1960
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22414

EU Agricultural Policy in 1993-94: Implementing CAP Reform
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Burrell,   Alison M.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 1995
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/12466

Food-Security Status and Food-Purchase Decisions of Low-Income Households in Tennessee
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tegegne,   Fisseha; Godwin,   Sandria L.; Speller-Henderson,   Leslie; Dirkson,   Margo.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Consumer/Household Economics; Food Security and Poverty.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26738

Sales of Farm Produce at Alexandria and Sussex Street, Sydney, July, 1948
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Stiles,   I.E.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1948
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8368

EXOGENIZING AGRICULTURE IN AN INPUT-OUTPUT MODEL TO ESTIMATE RELATIVE IMPACTS OF DIFFERENT FARM TYPES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Johnson,   Thomas G.; Kulshreshtha,   Surendra N.
In this study, aggregate, provincial level impact for various farm types are estimated for Saskatchewan based on an input-output table constructed for the province. The input-output table is rectangular with the agriculture sector including 12 farm subsectors, treated exogenously. Results indicate that in 1978 agriculture contributed 13.8 percent of the provincial gross domestic product directly, and another 18.2 percent indirectly. Among the farm types, the grain farms generated the highest output multipliers while cow-calf, dairy and irrigation generated the lowest. The income and value added pseudo-multipliers were almost a complete reversal of the output multipliers. Although irrigation generated low pseudo-multipliers, the dairy and cow calf sectors...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1982
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32261

THE USE OF BIOPHYSICAL AND EXPECTED PAYOFF PROBABILITY SIMULATION MODELING IN THE ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT OF BRUSH MANAGEMENT ALTERNATIVES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Schumann,   Keith D.; Conner,   J. Richard; Richardson,   James W.; Stuth,   Jerry W.; Hamilton,   Wayne T.; Drawe,   D. Lynn.
Woody plant encroachment restricts forage production and capacity to produce grazing livestock.  Biophysical plant growth simulation and economic simulation were used to evaluate a prescribed burning range management technique.  Modeling systems incorporated management practices and costs, historical climate data, vegetation and soil inventories, livestock production data, and historical regional livestock prices.  The process compared baseline non-treatment return estimates to expected change in livestock returns resulting from prescribed burning.  Stochastic analyses of production and price variability produced estimates of greater net returns resulting from use of prescribed burning relative to the baseline.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Biophysical simulation; Prescribed burning; Range management; Simulation; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15452

Local Employment Growth, Migration, and Public Land Policy: Evidence from the Northwest Forest Plan
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Eichman,   Henry; Hunt,   Gary L.; Kerkvliet,   Joe; Plantinga,   Andrew J.
Debates over protecting public land reveal two views. Some argue protection reduces commodity production, reducing local employment and increasing out-migration. Others contend protection produces amenities that support job growth and attract migrants. We test these competing views for the Northwest Forest Plan (NWFP), which reallocated 11 million acres of federal land from timber production to protecting old-growth forest species. We find evidence that land protection directly reduced local employment growth and increased net migration. The total negative effect on employment was offset only slightly by positive migration-driven effects. Employment losses were concentrated in metropolitan counties, but percentage losses were higher in rural counties.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Amenities; Employment growth; Migration; Northwest Forest Plan; Oldgrowth forests; Public land management; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/93222

DESIGN STUDENTS' PROPOSALS FOR RETAIL FOOD STORE DESIGN
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wachob,   George S.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1981
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27458

Best Management Practices to Enhance Water Quality: Who is Adopting Them?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ghazalian,   Pascal L.; Larue,   Bruno; West,   Gale E.
This study investigates the determinants affecting producers’ adoption of some Best Management Practices (BMPs). Priors about the signs of certain variables are explicitly accounted for by testing for inequality restrictions through importance sampling. Education, gender, age, and on-farm residence are found to have significant effects on the adoption of some BMPs. Farms with larger animal production are more apt to implement manure management practices, crop rotation, and riparian buffer strips. Also, farms with larger cultivated acres are more inclined to implement herbicide control practices, crop rotation, and riparian buffer strips. Belonging to an agro-environment club has a positive impact for most BMPs.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Adoption; Bayesian analysis; Best management practices; Priors; Runoff; Water quality; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Crop Production/Industries; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Land Economics/Use; Livestock Production/Industries; Q12; Q25; C11.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56655

BOOK REVIEWS
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1977
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9114

Strategic Positioning Under Agricultural Structural Change: A Critique of Long Jump Co-operative Ventures
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Goldsmith,   Peter D.; Gow,   Hamish R.
This study utilizes strategic management theory to analyze the recent proliferation in non-commodity vertical integration producer-owned businesses in the US. The paper introduces the notion of the Value Creation Triad where ownership, competency, and control need to be aligned for success. Very related to the Triad concept is the differentiation in strategy between long and short jumping. The paper presents an empirical case of successful vertical integration by a New Zealand lamb cooperative.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Strategic management theory; Value added agriculture; Vertical integration; Producer-owned enterprise; Core competencies; Tacit knowledge; Productivity gap; Opportunity gap; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8159

Contents Page
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1990
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/12285

Rural Hospitals, Reimbursement Policy, and Health Care Reform
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: McNamara,   Paul E.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Health Economics and Policy; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/93841

FOGYASZTÓI VÉLEMÉNYEK A BIO-SERTÉSHÚSRÓL, ILLETVE A SERTÉSHÚSFOGYASZTÁSRÓL
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kiss,   Csilla; Vincze,   Judit; Tenk,   Antal; Paszthy,   Gyorgy; Toaso,   Szilvia.
A magyarországi fogyasztók jelentősebb része hallott ugyan a bio-sertés-húsról és automatikusan azonosítja is azt a mangalicahússal, ennek ellenére vá-sárlásai során nem találkozott még ilyen jellegű termékekkel. Ez a hazai piac sa-játossága. Az értékesítés több csatornán folyik, de a vásárlók nem rendelkeznek kellő információval arról, hogy hol juthatnak bio-sertéshúshoz. (A bioboltok csak igen kis hányada forgalmaz ökológiai termelésből származó húst.) Első feladat lehetne ezért a népszerűsítés, a megismertetés. Az egészséges táplálkozás fontossága mellett környezettudatos gondolkodásra szükséges „nevelni” az em-bereket. Ezután lehet fejleszteni az értékesítési csatornákat (direkt értékesítés, ökopiacok, bioboltok, „biosarkok”). Meg kell célozni e...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Ökológiai termelés; Bio-sertéshús; Fogyasztói vélemények; Vásárlói szokások; Ecological production; Bio-pork; Consumers’ views; Shoppers’ behaviour; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Marketing.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54418

Front Materials
Provedor de dados: 31
Includes: Front Cover; A Statement from the Editors
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94703

UTILITY-EFFICIENT PROGRAMMING FOR WHOLE-FARM PLANNING
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hardaker,   J. Brian; Patten,   Louise H.; Pannell,   David J.
A programming technique, utility-efficient programming, is developed for farm planning under risk. The objective function is the parametric sum of two parts of the utility function in which the degree of risk aversion varies systematically with the parameter. This technique has several advantages over those previously available: a number of types of utility functions are applicable including ones exhibiting decreasing risk aversion; the degree of risk aversion can be limited to a plausible range; the form of the distribution for activity net revenues is flexible; and the technique can be used with available algorithms. The method is illustrated using a parametric linear programming algorithm.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Farm Management; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 1988
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22959

DETERMINANTS OF OREGON FARMLAND VALUES:  A POOLED CROSS-SECTIONAL, TIME SERIES ANALYSIS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sandrey,   Ronald A.; Arthur,   Louise M.; Oliveira,   Ronald A.; Wilson,   W. Robert.
A pooled cross-sectional, time series econometric model is used to examine factors affecting farmland values in Oregon from 1954-1978. Value of sales per acre (a proxy used to represent income per acre), average farm size, and the percentage of farmland were found to have a significant effect on farmland values for the entire state during the study period. However, the results also indicate that structural changes in agricultural land markets occurred across time and across subregions. Population density was shown to be a significant factor in the Willamette Valley. A positive intercept shifter for 1969-74 and a negative slope shifter for the value of product sales in the same period may reflect a temporal diminishment in buyers’ tendencies to be...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 1982
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32286

Dairy Farming as a Business: A Review of the Financial Position of Thirty-seven Dairy Farms for the Year Ended 30th June, 1946
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gruen,   Fred H.G.
In the April, 1947, issue of this "Review" an appraisal of the financial position of thirty-two dairy farms in New South Wales during 1944-45 was made by Wyn. F. Owen.* The purpose of this article is to publish similar information regarding the financial  position of thirty-seven dairy farms in New South Vales during 1945-46.  The tables prepared for this article are of a similar nature to those of the previous article, but little attempt will be made to compare the results of the different years as it is considered more desirable to wait at least another year and obtain some more data before comparing figures for different years.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 1948
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9039

Potential links between rural tourism and agriculture in the Northern Great Plain Region
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Szabo,   Bernadett; Posta,   Laszlo.
Agriculture has played and still plays a significant role in the life of rural communities and in rural development. But, because agriculture yields low revenues, agricultural workers often need a source of additional income. Agriculture combines excellently with the growing of medicinal herbs, organic farming, handicrafts and tourism. Rural tourism, as originally conceived, is a source of revenue to supplement income from agriculture. In Hungary, however, the ties between these two activities are very weak. Our current research is focused on assessing the willingness of land owners and agricultural entrepreneurs in the Northern Great Plain region to engage in rural tourism, as well as the willingness of rural hosts to start agricultural activities....
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Rural tourism; Agriculture; Land ownership; Land use; Expected profit; Falusi vendéglátás; Mezőgazdaság; Földtulajdonlás; Földhasználat; Elvárható jövedelem; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/92541

Sensory Evaluation and Consumers’ Willingness to Pay for Quality Protein Maize (QPM) using Experimental Auctions in Rural Tanzania
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kiria,   Christine G.; Vermeulen,   Hester; De Groote,   Hugo.
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the sensory characteristics and consumer acceptability of quality protein maize (QPM) in rural Tanzania. Due to the malnutrition problem facing consumers in developing countries, QPM which has almost double the amount of tryptophan and lysine, has been identified as a possible solution to this problem. To know whether consumers will accept QPM, it is vital that its sensory attributes and consumer acceptance tests are carried out. Sensory characteristics were determined using home use testing and central location methods by use of stiff porridge. Three districts were visited and 120 consumers participated in home use testing, whereas 30 respondents participated in the central location testing. At the central...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: QPM; Consumer acceptability; Sensory evaluation; Malnutrition; Tanzania; Crop Production/Industries; Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/96417

SEQUENTIAL STOCHASTIC PRODUCTION DECISIONS FOR A PERENNIAL CROP:  THE YIELD/QUALITY TRADEOFF FOR ALFALFA HAY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Blank,   Steven C.; Orloff,   Steve B.; Putnam,   Daniel H.
The "optimal cutting schedule" for alfalfa hay is described as a function of the trade-off between rising yield and falling quality of alfalfa over time and the local market prices being offered for different qualities of hay during the harvest season.  Field test results quantify the yield/quality tradeoff for a California case study.  A general decision rule is then derived to assist growers in making cutting decisions during a season.  Finally, the optimal cutting schedule is shown to be the sum of sequential decisions for cuttings throughout the harvest season, with no schedule being best a priori.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31159

AN ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN U.S. WOOL CONSUMPTION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gruen,   Fred H.G.; Coutts,   A.M.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 1961
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22832

Stata tip 26: Maximizing compatibility between Macintosh and Windows
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hanson,   Michael S.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/117551

USING MIXED-INTEGER PROGRAMMING TO DETERMINE THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOUR-MILLING INDUSTRY EXPANSION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tembo,   Gelson; Holcomb,   Rodney B.; Kenkel,   Philip L.; Tilley,   Daniel S.
As in most predominantly agricultural states, agricultural producers in Oklahoma have expressed an interest in value-added processing opportunities. While Oklahoma produces mostly hard red winter wheat, most Oklahoma bakers require predominantly soft wheat flour for their products, almost all of which is purchased from out-of-state suppliers. An economic engineering-based, mixed-integer programming model was used to determine the optimal number, size, and location of additional flour mills in Oklahoma to capture this excess flour demand. The results suggest that additional mills are potentially justified and that the potential for additional milling will increase if Oklahoma soft wheat production increases.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27217

Conservation Programs: Will Grain Production Reclaim Acres in the South?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Petrolia,   Daniel R.; Ibendahl,   Gregory A.
A state-level analysis of the Re-enrollment and Extension (REX) program on southern states indicates a positive relationship between percentage of tree acreage and Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) re-enrollment for states in which conservation acreage is dominated by trees. However, the relationship depends on crop mix where CRP acreage is dominated by grass. County-level analysis suggests that states will differ in how quickly they opt out of CRP. Of the states examined, Arkansas is the most likely to move land to corn, with Mississippi the least likely. Arkansas and Kentucky will switch to soybean first, followed by Mississippi and Georgia.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Conservation Reserve Program (CRP); Corn; Land use change; Re-enrollment and Extension Program (REX); Soybean; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Q15; Q18; Q21; Q24.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47197

EXECUTIVE SUMMARIES
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/34529

SWEET POTATO PURCHASES IN RELATION TO DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS OF CONSUMER HOUSEHOLDS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Law,   Jerry M.; Fielder,   Lonnie; Huang,   Chung L.; Epperson,   James E.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Consumer/Household Economics.
Ano: 1981
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27471

Crisis as a catalyst: the role of Schumpeterian innovation in the Lithuanian economy
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Giedraitis,   Vincentas Rolandas; Rasteniene,   Ausra.
What circumstances allow businesses to flourish in a stagnant world economy? We ask that question in our discussion of the uniquely favorable circumstances of the biotechnology sector in Lithuania. The purpose of this paper is to analyze Lithuania’s ability to expand its economy during a time of crisis, focusing on its unique ability to innovate in such sectors as biotechnology.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Schumpeter; Innovation; Kondratiev wave; Biotechnology; Business cluster theory; Financial Economics; International Development; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; O31; O32.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94527

SOME ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF THE HUNGARIAN BIOFUEL PROGRAMS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lakner,   Zoltan; Szabo-Burcsi,   Dora; Mago,   Laszlo.
The use of renewable materials in energy production is gaining in importance all over the world. The production of bioethanol and biodiesel is an important element of the agricultural strategy of numerous countries, even though the economic and environmental impact of these projects is subject to significant debates. Our paper analyses the welfare effects of the Hungarian bioethanol programme, as well as the economic feasibility of the projects. It can be demonstrated that the Hungarian bioethanol programme will cause a rather marginal increase in agricultural prices.  The cost of bioethanol production is estimated between 470 and 630 €/m3, influenced by numerous factors. This estimate is in line with the average European values. The possibilities for...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Comparative analysis; Simulation; Return on investment; Welfare economics; Beruházás-gazdaságosság; Összehasonlító vizsgálat; Jóléti elemzés; Szimuláció.; Agricultural and Food Policy; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/99205

PLANT LOCATION MODELS FOR A HONEY PACKER: SENSITIVITY OF FINDINGS TO SOME ALTERNATIVE SPECIFICATIONS WITH REFERENCE TO THE SOUTH
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Holroyd,   William M.; Lessley,   Billy V.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1973
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30431

Integration of Irrigated and Dry Land Agriculture - Profitability and Product Mix
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Randall,   Alan.
Budgeting, linear programming and benefit-cost analysis were used in an economic investigation of a private irrigation project which serves 54 individually operated farms. On each of these farms, the opportunity exists for the integration of irrigated and dry land agriculture. The results of this study allow some comments to be made concerning the advantages which are claimed for this type of integration. One of the most appealing of these claims is that integration will encourage extensive types of agricultural production, rather than the intensive and often highly subsidized enterprises which have dominated many acres where farms are wholly or largely irrigated. This study indicates that, should farmers aim to maximize profits, the irrigation water would...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Farm Management.
Ano: 1969
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9199

Financial Management and Portfolio Analysis for U.S. Farm and Nonfarm Households
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Katchova,   Ani L.
This study examines the portfolio allocation of assets for farm and nonfarm households using the Agricultural Resource Management Survey and the Survey of Consumer Finances. The stylized facts of household finance, including limited participation in equity markets and heterogeneity of asset portfolios, are also confirmed for farm households. However, farm households show fewer differences in participation rates and asset allocation across wealth groups. Probit and conditional regression models indicate that fewer demographic factors affect participation rates and portfolio shares of risky assets for farm than nonfarm households. The aggregate statistics seem overwhelmingly influenced by households with large holdings of risky assets as shown by quantile...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Farm households; Financial management; Nonfarm households; Portfolio analysis; Quantile regression; Agricultural Finance; Financial Economics.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/48143

U.S. Beef Product Prices and Trade Liberalization
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Unnevehr,   Laurian J.; Eales,   James S.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 1991
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/62307

END MATERIALS
Provedor de dados: 31
Includes: Guidelines for Manuscript Submission, Back Cover
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27756

Multifunktionalität als Erklärungsansatz
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mann,   Stefan; Wustemann,   Henry.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97396

’N EKONOMIESE EVALUERING VAN TEKORTBESPROEIING EN VERHOOGDE WATERTOEDIENINGSDOELTREFFENDHEID OP LANDBOUWATERGEBRUIK
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Grove,   Bennie; Oosthuizen,   L.K.
Deficit irrigation and increasing irrigation application efficiency were analysed as water-utilisation strategies through chance-constrained linear programming (CCLP) to establish whether these strategies were economically advantageous and water conserving. Deficit irrigation was modelled through scaling functions in the CCLP model, and potential return flow was calculated from optimal water application efficiencies. Results showed that increasing water application efficiency may be economically beneficial; however, the illusion might be created that water was conserved, while potential return flow was reduced. Deficit irrigation conserves water because water consumption decreases more than potential return flow. Deficit irrigation was economically...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54716

Agriculture and the WTO: Future Directions in the Grain and Oilseed Sectors
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gray,   Richard S.
This paper examines the larger economic forces that shape multilateral trade agreements and concludes that further WTO trade reform in the grain and oilseed sectors will be difficult to achieve. The somewhat successful Uruguay Round had budget and internal reform pressure to assist the process. The United States currently has large budget surpluses, and efficiency effects from policy reform following the Uruguay Round have reduced the possible gains from further domestic reform. Without these pressures, further negotiated reform in the grain and oilseed sectors is a remote possibility. On the other hand, there are good prospects for a multilateral environmental agreement on climate change. Ratification of a climate change agreement could have a large...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Carbon sequestration; Food security; Grain; Kyoto Accord; Oilseed; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23856

END MATERIALS
Provedor de dados: 31
Includes:  Reviewers, June 1995-July 1996; Guidelines for Submission of Manuscripts; Executive Committee; Membership and Subscription Information
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1996
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15118

MARKET PREFERENCES FOR ATLANTIC SALMON: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE AQUACULTURE INDUSTRY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cheng,   Hsiang-Tai.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Consumer/Household Economics.
Ano: 1993
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26583

UNCERTAIN YIELDS IN SECTORAL WELFARE ANALYSIS: AN APPLICATION TO GLOBAL WARMING
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lambert,   David K.; McCarl,   Bruce A.; He,   Quifen; Kaylen,   Michael S.; Rosenthal,   Wesley; Chang,   Ching-Cheng; Nayda,   W.I.
Agriculture operates in an uncertain environment. Yields, prices, and resource usage can change dramatically from year to year. However, most analyses of the agricultural sector, at least those using mathematical programming methods, assume decision making is based on average yields, ignoring yield variability. This study examines how explicit consideration of stochastic yield outcomes influence a sector analysis. We develop a model that can be used for stochastic sector analysis. We extend the risk framework developed by Hazell and others to incorporate discrete yield outcomes as well as consumption activities dependent upon yield outcomes. An empirical application addresses a comparison between sector analysis with and without considerations of the...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural sector analysis; Global warming; Partial equilibrium models; Stochastic programming; Environmental Economics and Policy; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 1995
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15257

STRUCTURE OF SOUTH CENTRAL AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Polson,   Rudolph A.; Shumway,   C. Richard.
Using a dual economic specification of a multiproduct technology, the structure of agricultural production was tested for five South Central states (Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Louisiana). A comprehensive set of output supplies and input demands comprised the estimation equations in each state. Evidence of nonjoint production in a subset of commodities was detected in four of the five states. Several commodities also satisfied sufficient conditions for consistent aggregations. However, the specific outputs satisfying each structural property varied by state. Sufficient conditions for consistent geographic aggregation across the states were not satisfied. These results provide empirical guidance and important cautions for legitimately...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Industrial Organization.
Ano: 1990
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30008

Research management of water economics in agriculture - an open agenda
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Backeberg,   G.R.
It is indeed a privilege and an honour to deliver the FR Tomlinson Commemorative lecture this year. Although the invitation was quite unexpected, it is of course highly appreciated. When Prof Johann Kirsten phoned me with the request, I was initially not sure what topic I should address. The topic, which I have now formulated, is one which has fascinated me and certainly kept me busy for the most part of my career. I want to share with you some thoughts and perspectives, but will steer away from a laborious review or an abstract analysis. In doing so, I trust that this is appropriate within the spirit of the occasion, which is now a well established tradition in the Agricultural Economics Association of South Africa (AEASA). Let me start with a quotation...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9478

Book Reviews
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1992
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/46290

MANAGING EXPOSURE OF DIRECT FOREIGN INVESTMENT TO POLITICAL RISK: THE CASE OF FOOD BUSINESSES IN CHINA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Liu,   Yan; Bjornson,   Bruce.
Direct foreign investment (DFI) allows a multinational corporation (MNC) to generate and appropriate extra-normal profits from its unique assets in a foreign market.  China has become increasingly attractive for foreign investment over the past 20 years.  This entails political risk, but MNCs can reduce the risk by relying heavily on MNC-specific assets, often in the form of tacit knowledge.  A joint venture with a local partner creates an incentive for a local stakeholder to shield the DFI from political risks and allows the partner to contribute location-specific assets to the venture, further reducing the MNC’s risk.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/34511

Evidence from panel unit root and cointegration tests that the Environmental Kuznets Curve does not exist
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Perman,   Roger; Stern,   David I.
The Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) hypothesis – an inverted U-shape relation between various indicators of environmental degradation and income per capita – has become one of the ‘stylised facts’ of environmental and resource economics. This is despite considerable criticism on both theoretical and empirical grounds. Cointegration analysis can be used to test the validity of such stylised facts when the data involved contain stochastic trends. In the present paper, we use cointegration analysis to test the EKC hypothesis using a panel dataset of sulfur emissions and GDP data for 74 countries over a span of 31 years. We find that the data is stochastically trending in the time-series dimension. Given this, and interpreting the EKC as a long run...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/116988

AN IMPERFECTLY COMPETITIVE MARKET MODEL OF THE U.S. LETTUCE INDUSTRY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hammig,   Michael D.; Mittelhammer,   Ronald C.
An econometric model was specified to represent the U.S. lettuce industry. Cursory examination of the industry structure suggests that imperfect competition may prevail in the lettuce market. Therefore, relations were specified that allowed for the possibility of imperfectly competitive behavior to affect market equilibrium outcomes. Specifically, a supply price equation was specified to account for the influence of market power of large growers, particularly during seasons of geographically concentrated production. Results do not contradict the hypothesis that imperfect competition exists in the lettuce market.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Industrial Organization.
Ano: 1980
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32531

Weed Management: A Review of Applied Economics Research in Australia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Pannell,   David J.
Australian research into the economics of privately and publicly funded weed control is reviewed. Of the published studies that consider farm-level problems, most have been simplistic. Complexities which affect a farmer's optimal control strategies for crop and pasture weeds are outlined. The determination of herbicide rates on an economic basis is proposed as an area for further work. The traditional economic threshold concept is not suitable for this purpose. Studies of the economics of public weed control programs are slightly more common than farm-level studies in the literature, although work on public weed problems has focussed on just a few weed species. Future directions for weed economics research are suggested.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 1988
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/12278

ON MODELING SYSTEMS OF CROP ACREAGE DEMANDS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Coyle,   Barry T.
This article presents an alternative approach to the specification of systems of crop acreage responses. Derived demands for acreages of individual crops are specified as conditional on total crop acreage, and related separability and dynamic specifications help to reduce the effects of multicollinearity in the system. A simple econometric model of crop acreage demands for Western Canada illustrates the methodology.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 1993
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30823

Actuarial Impacts of Loss Cost Ratio Ratemaking in U.S. Crop Insurance Programs
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Woodard,   Joshua D.; Sherrick,   Bruce J.; Schnitkey,   Gary D.
This study examines the actuarial implications of the loss cost ratio (LCR) ratemaking methodology employed by the Risk Management Agency as a component of base rates for U.S. crop insurance programs, and identifies specific conditions required for the LCR methodology to result in unbiased rates when liabilities trend. Specifically, constant relative yield risk resulting in growing absolute variance through time and other restrictive requirements are required for the LCR to result in unbiased rates. These requirements are tested against a large farm-level data set for Illinois corn. Our findings indicate that the conditions required for appropriate use of the LCR methodology are violated for this high premium volume market, resulting in large implied rate...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Actuarially fair; Crop insurance; Insurance rating; Loss cost ratio; Risk growth; Risk Management Agency; Yield trends; Crop Production/Industries; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/105550

Die regionale Agrarumweltpolitik in Deutschland unter dem Einfluss der Förderangebote der Europäischen Union
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Osterburg,   Bernhard; Stratmann,   Ursula.
The article addresses the role the European Union plays in the agri-environmental policy and considers the co-financing of agri-environmental programmes in Germany. First, the development of measures taken under this policy is described from the 1980ies until the present Agenda 2000, taking especially into account the effects of financial promotion by the EU. In addition, a view on nature conservation and water protection reveals the sometimes conflicting interactions between agri-environmental measures and other areas and instruments of environmental policy. In a second part, three sections describe identified problems resulting from the influence of the EU: the effects on the choice and design of agri-environmental policy instruments in the Federal...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agri-environmental programmes; Reg. (EEC) 2078/92; Reg. (EC) 1257/99; Nature conservation; Water protection; Subsidiarity; Property rights; Income effects; Agricultural and Food Policy; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/98258

THE UNITED STATES FOOD INDUSTRY - PRODUCTIVITY, DISTRIBUTION COSTS AND TRENDS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Harp,   Harry H.
Discusses trends in cost of labor, packaging material, transportation and energy in the food industry.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Productivity Analysis.
Ano: 1974
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27039

Grey Correlation between Agricultural Input Factors and Regional GDP Growth in Anhui Province
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Men,   Ke-pei; Zhao,   Kai.
In order to analyze the relation between agricultural input factors and economic growth in Anhui Province, the evaluation index system of agricultural input is built from the perspectives of subject, object and tools based on grey system theory. The government investment in agricultural science and technology is selected as the index of labor subject, that is labor-related index（X1）, the total sown area of crops is selected as the index of labor object（X2）, the investment in rural water and electricity construction is chosen as the index of tools（X3）, and the GDP of Anhui Province is denoted by X0. According to the relevant data, the improved model of grey correlation analysis is adopted to calculate the correlation among the investment in agricultural...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Anhui Province; Agricultural input factors; Grey correlation; GDP; China; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/93664

SECRETARY-TREASURER'S REPORT
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15469

THE SUPERMARKET INDUSTRY AT THE START OF THE 21st CENTURY: KEY FINDINGS FROM THE 2000 SUPERMARKET PANEL
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wolfson,   Paul J.; Kinsey,   Jean D.; King,   Robert P.; Seltzer,   Jonathan M.
The 2000 Supermarket Panel gathered data on store characteristics, management practices, and operating performance from a representative, nation-wide sample of supermarkets.  The Panel is unique because the unit of analysis is the individual store, and the same stores will be surveyed over time.  Linking information on management practices and store and market characteristics with measures for key performance measures provides useful information for both strategic and tactical decisions.  Descriptive findings are presented for stores groups by ownership group size and format.  Results from a multivariate analysis of relationships between store performance and key performance drivers also are presented.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27577

OUTSTANDING MASTER'S THESIS AWARDS ABSTRACTS FOR 1985
Provedor de dados: 31
An Econometric Analysis of the Effects of U.S. Sugar Policy on Domestic Sugar and High Fructose Corn Syrup Markets, by Harry L. Vroomen; Electroplating Firm Response to Environmental Policy: A Process Analysis Approach,by Gilbert E. Metcalf; An Evaluation of Alternative Decision Making Models: Case Study of a Fresh Market Vegetable Farm in Massachusetts, by George Rizopoulos; Productivity and Technological Change in U.S. Agriculture: A Decmoposition Analysis, 1950-1980, by Robbin A. Shoemaker
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1985
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28953

ECONOMIC FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO THE U.S. BEEF PRICE SURGE IN 2003
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Marsh,   John M.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27973

THE DERIVED DEMAND FOR IMPORTED CHEESE IN HONG KONG
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Washington,   Andrew A.; Kilmer,   Richard L.
The objective of this paper was to provide the U.S. dairy industry with empirical estimates of Hong Kong's derived demand for imported cheese differentiated by source country of production.  These estimates were used to simulate the effects of European Union (EU) subsidy reductions on the U.S. share of Hong Kong cheese imports.  Simulation results suggested that Oceania was the primary beneficiary from EU subsidy reductions. Hong Kong cheese imports from the U.S. were expected to increase by 12% if subsidy reductions continue at the same pace as the 1994 GATT agreement and 21% if reductions were twice the pace.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/34575

ADMINISTRATION OF RURAL ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE IN N.S.W.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Richmond,   R.N.; Durbin,   S.I.
A widening range of rural adjustment assistance measures is being utilised, thereby increasing the range of government organisations involved. In choosing between these measures additional government and non-government research is required, with proposed policies accounting for the division of responsibility for assistance that exists between government organisations. There is also a need for greater policy co-ordination between these organisations, and a proposal for the establishment of a N.S.W. Rural Adjustment Advisory Council is outlined.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1977
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9117

FRONT COVER
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1994
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22952

CUSTOS DE MENSURAÇÃO E GOVERNANÇA NO AGRONEGÓCIO: UM ESTUDO DE CASOS MÚLTIPLOS NO SISTEMA AGROINDUSTRIAL DA CARNE BOVINA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Caleman,   Silvia Morales de Queiroz; Sproesser,   Renato Luiz; Zylbersztajn,   Decio.
Measurement Cost Theory (MCT) and Transaction Cost Economics (TCE) are both theoretical frameworks applied to the study of economic transactions. In the MCT, the attributes’ measurability is a key variable for identifying efficient modes of governance. The application of MCT to agri systems coordination is the context of this work, whose objective is to identify the governance mechanisms adopted in the beef chain. The transaction attributes of five beef chain subsystems and their degree of measurability (MCT) were analyzed according to TCE. An increasing gradient of coordination in function of the increase of asset specificity was observed, moving from one extreme of the spot market, exemplified by the commodity subsystem, to vertical integration,...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Beef; Governance mode; Competitiveness; Transaction cost economics; Measurement costs theory.; Agribusiness; Agricultural Finance; Industrial Organization.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61712

A Comparative Analysis of Production and Marketing of Bt Cotton and Hybrid Cotton in Saurashtra Region of Gujarat State
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Visawadia,   H.R.; Fadadu,   A.M.; Tarpara,   V.D.
The study has revealed that the total cost per hectare is higher in Bt cotton than hybrid cotton. The cost of seeds has been found higher in Bt cotton, whereas hybrid cotton growers incur more cost on insecticides/ pesticides. This shows the effectiveness of the new technology (Bt cotton) for insect resistance. The average total cost of production as well as the bulk line cost have been found lower in Bt cotton. This depicts a reduction in the unit cost of Bt cotton, which is the distinct advantage of the new technology. A higher yield of 29 per cent has been obtained by the Bt cotton farmers over the hybrid cotton growers. The study has identified the constraints in production, and marketing of Bt cotton in the area. Bt cotton has been found a superior...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57765

Trends in Dairying (1933-54)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lloyd,   Alan G.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 1956
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8828

ISO 9000 -- A MARKETING TOOL FOR U.S. AGRIBUSINESS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Capmany,   Carlos; Hooker,   Neal H.; Ozuna,   Teofilo, Jr.; van Tilburg,   Aad.
The relevance of the ISO 9000 series of quality management systems (QMS) for U.S. agribusiness is analyzed.  Certified firms from several industries were surveyed to determine their before (ex ante) and after (ex post) perspectives of the QMS.  Results for the agribusiness subsample are compared to those for firms from other industries to determine if they behave differently.  Anticipated marketing advantages (increasing market share and providing access to new markets) of the QMS were critical factors that encouraged the pursuit of the certificate.  The average cost to attain certification was $101.400 and to maintain certification was an additional $26,500 per year.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Marketing.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/34559

Technical Efficiency in North-Western Himalayan Region: A Study of Himachal Pradesh Agriculture
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sharma,   R.K.; Chauhan,   S.K.; Gupta,   Sonika.
The technical efficiency of Himachal farmers, studied using the frontier production function, has been found to vary widely across cereal crops in the state. It has been found that the average yield of all the major cereal crops is below the national average, except the maize crop, which has been found in surplus in the state. Maize → wheat and paddy → wheat have been noted as the major crop rotations being followed in the study area. The analysis of cross sectional data has revealed inefficiency in terms of inputs application. The mean technical efficiencies have revealed that a considerable portion of frontier output is left untapped, it is 35-42 per cent in maize, 44-50 per cent in paddy and 61-67 per cent in wheat. The ratio of marginal value...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Farm Management; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47364

ABSTRACTS OF CONTRIBUTED PAPERS: WAEA MEETINGS, JULY 8-10, 1984 SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1984
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32132

A Research on Competitiveness of Guangxi City - Based on System Clustering Method and Principal Component Analysis Method
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fan,   Chang-ke; Wu,   Yu.
A total of 10 indices of regional economic development in Guangxi are selected. According to the relevant economic data, regional economic development in Guangxi City is analyzed by using System Clustering Method and Principal Component Analysis Method. Result shows that System Clustering Method and Principal Component Analysis Method have revealed similar results analysis of economic development level. Overall economic strength of Guangxi is weak and Nanning has relatively high scores of factors due to its advantage of the political, economic and cultural center. Comprehensive scores of other regions are all lower than 1, which has big gap with the development of Nanning.  Overall development strategy points out that Guangxi should accelerate the...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Clustering Analysis Method; Factor Analysis Method; Economic development level; Economic strength; China; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/93467

Economics of the US - Canada Softwood Lumber Dispute: A Historical Perspective
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rahman,   S.M. Osman; Devadoss,   Stephen.
This paper reviews the U.S.-Canada softwood lumber dispute over the past two decades by outlining the key developments and critically appraising the arguments put forward by both countries. It also presents a welfare analysis of lumber trade distortions. Given the importance of lumber trade between Canada and the United States, an expeditious resolution of this long-running trade dispute would be beneficial for both countries.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Antidumping and countervailing duties; Lumber; Trade distortions; Welfare; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23908

FRONT COVER
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1991
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22617

Knowledge and Adoption Level of Improved Technology among Rural Women owing to Extension Programmes
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bala,   Brij; Sharma,   S.D.; Sharma,   R.K.
The study has assessed the impact of extension programmes on the adoption level of improved technologies in agriculture and animal husbandry in the Kullu district of Himachal Pradesh for the agricultural year 2002-03. A significant difference has been observed in the knowledge and adoption levels among SHG-beneficiary and non-beneficiary groups. The study has revealed that the importance or ranking attached to various agricultural practices has been almost the same by both the groups, though with a significant gap in the extent of their adoption. In cereals, timely harvesting, followed by seed selection and seed treatment are the most adopted practices by beneficiary group while seed selection, followed by timely harvesting and timely sowing are the...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57766

Preço de reserva e "caronas" para o bem público: área de proteção ambiental (APA) São José - MG
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cirino,   Jader Fernandes; Goncalves,   Rosiane M. Lima; Lirio,   Viviani Silva; Lima,   Joao Eustaquio de.
Despite the importance of its ecosystem and being an environmental preservation area, the São José Environmental Protection Area (EPA) in the State of Minas Gerais has shown deterioration in recent years. Because of this, public policy becomes relevant to São José EPA´s  conservation. Given to the difficulty of obtaining the true current benefits of those policies, the present article aimed at: a)  to estimating benefit´s public policy obtaining of medium reservation's price, starting from the contingent valuation; e b) to analyzing the "free riders" in the demand for the improvement and preservation of EPA. It was possible to notice the "free riders's" existence, because people that enjoy the benefits of EPA are not willing to contribute for its...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Public goods; São José EPA; “Free Rider" problem; Reservation price; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/102085

Effects of Federal Taxes on Member Cash Flows From Patronage Refunds
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Junge,   Katie A.; Ginder,   Roger G.
Scheduled changes in Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) tax rates will affect member net cash flow when a patronage refund is received from a cooperative. Cash patronage refunds at the minimum 20 percent level generally required by law will create negative cash flows for patrons in very low tax brackets. Negative cash flows accumulated over the 10-year period 1980-90 may result in opportunity costs to patrons that exceed the value of the refunds. Boards will need to consider one or more of the following strategies to deal with this problem: (1) increased cash patronage refunds, (2) shorter revolving periods, and (3) use of nonqualified written notices of allocation.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Agricultural Finance.
Ano: 1986
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/46270

Agricultural Cooperatives in Japan: An Institutional Approach
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kurimoto,   Akira.
How can we explain the reason why cooperatives have evolved so differently? This article argues that the institutional framework gives a decisive influence in organizational evolution and the historic path has been taken by interaction between institutions and organizations. The Japanese agricultural cooperatives are analyzed from institutional perspectives. They were created at the end of the 19th century under overwhelming European influence but evolved as a quite different model under the strong impacts of industrial policies and institutions. They developed as multi-purpose cooperatives bearing triple natures as state agency, pressure group and cooperative per se. The new economy is shifting public policy from protectionist to procompetition and the...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/59713

The Bulk Constraint and Computer Formulations of Least-Cost Feed Mixes
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mohr,   Graeme M.
Conventional linear programming practice in least-cost feed formulation is to introduce a "bulk constraint" row of 100 units and a diet specified in percentage terms. This procedure places an arbitrary density or concentration level on the available nutrients and metabolizable energy within the resultant feedmixes, which is not necessarily consistent with the birds' consumption capacity. In fact, animals and birds have quite flexible consumption patterns and capacities. Growing pullets fed "low-energy" feedmixes can, in pursuit of their energy requirements, consume up to 150 per cent of their "normal" feed intake. Diet specification for growing birds should be in terms of so many ounces of nutrients per day or week rather than in conventional terms of the...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 1972
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9572

Assessing Competition in the U.S. Beef Packing Industry
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ward,   Clement E.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Beef; Cattle; Competition; Concentration; Market structure; Meatpacking; Pricing; Agribusiness; Livestock Production/Industries; L13; Q13.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94758

COVER AND CONTENTS PAGES
Provedor de dados: 31
Includes: Cover Pages, Contents Page
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1992
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28847

Possible causes of poverty within a group of land reform beneficiaries in the midlands of KwaZulu-Natal: Analysis and policy recommendations
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Shinns,   L.H.; Lyne,   Michael C.
This study investigates possible causes of poverty afflicting a community of land reform beneficiaries in the Midlands of KwaZulu-Natal. The 38 beneficiary households had previously been clustered into four groups displaying different symptoms of poverty. Linear Discriminant Analysis was used first to distinguish households that were relatively income and asset "rich" from those that were relatively income and asset "poor", and second to distinguish households that were relatively income poor but "asset rich" from those relatively asset poor but "income rich". In the first analysis it was found that "rich" households could be distinguished from "poor" households using just two indicator variables; gender of the household head and family size. Larger,...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Food Security and Poverty.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31720

The Problems and Path Thinking of China's Rural Logistics Development
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jiao,   Rui; Yu,   Xiaoqiong.
This paper introduces seasonal characteristic, scattered characteristic and diversified characteristic of rural logistics in China, developing rural logistics is significant to increasing farmers' income, promoting life quality, reducing cost of agricultural products, increasing job opportunities and quickening the process of urbanization. This paper also analyzes the Status quo and existing problems of China's rural logistics as follows. China's rural logistics, with late start and great logistics aggregate, develops rapidly; the main body of rural logistics has a trend of diversification; the informatization develops rapidly. But there are some problems, for example, the infrastructure of rural logistics is backward; the informatization level is low; the...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Rural logistics; Problems; Countermeasures; China; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/117421

The Role of Economic and Legal Analysis in the GIPSA Rules Debate
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ferrell,   Shannon L.; Rumley,   Elizabeth.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: GIPSA; Packers and Stockyards Act; Market Concentration; Alternative Marketing Arrangement; Administrative Procedure Act; Agricultural and Food Policy; Livestock Production/Industries; Q13; Q18; K23.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/99801

Meat Demand in South Korea: An Application of the Restricted Source-Differentiated Almost Ideal Demand System Model
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Henneberry,   Shida Rastegari; Hwang,   Seonghuyk.
The first difference version of the restricted source-differentiated almost ideal demand system is used to estimate South Korean meat demand. The results of this study indicate that the United States has the most to gain from an increase in the size of the South Korean imported meat market in terms of its beef exports, while South Korea has the most to gain from this expansion in the pork market. Moreover, the results indicate that the United States has a competitive advantage to Australia in the South Korean beef market. Results of this study have implications for U.S. meat exports in this ever-changing policy environment.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: AIDS; Source differentiation; South Korean meat demand; U.S. competitiveness; Demand and Price Analysis; D12; Q17.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6633

Equity Basis Selection in Allocation Environments: An Empirical Analysis
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Aadland,   David; Koplin,   Van.
Successful formation and long-term stability of cooperative ventures is often linked to the perceived fairness of the cost and resource allocations that these ventures employ. Indeed, the lack of a consensus over what basis should be used for gauging equitable allocation can undermine the prospects for collaboration. We use irrigation cost sharing as a context for examining the equity basis selections of cooperative ventures that successfully form and endure. Our analysis reveals that these selections are explained by features of the cooperative environment and inequities in the derived benefits from the irrigation water.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Irrigation; Cost allocation; Equity; Probit model; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/117146

Assessing the Vulnerability of Agricultural Households to Macroeconomic Shocks: Evidence from Mexico
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rubio,   Gloria M.; Soloaga,   Isidro.
This paper uses cross-sectional data from Mexico before and after the 1994 peso crisis to analyze rural household vulnerability to macroeconomic shocks. The study suggests that agricultural households are less vulnerable than non-agricultural households. The impacts vary depending on type of production and specialization level. Among agricultural households, those with a higher proportion of corn and bean production for self-consumption fared better than households which engaged in stronger market participation. Although the decline in their monetary income and consumption was more or less similar to that of the more market-oriented agricultural households, they were better able to shield their total income and consumption as well as their food expenditures.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Economic shocks; Household vulnerability; Mexico; Rural poverty; Consumer/Household Economics; Food Security and Poverty.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/12007

Value Chain Analysis and Financial Viability of Agro-Processing Industries in Himachal Pradesh
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sharma,   K.D.; Pathania,   M.S.; Lal,   Harbans.
The paper has studied the structure and extent of value addition in different agro-processing units in Himachal Pradesh. It has also examined the financial viability of agro-processing industries in the state. The break-even analysis has shown enough leverage for processing units to stay in the business even at low capacity utilization. The extent of value addition has been about 53 per cent in the processing sector. The maximum value addition has been observed in fruits/vegetable processing (133%), followed by bakery and confectionery units. The financial viability ratios computed from financial accounts have revealed high current ratio but lower quick ratio (acid test) in most of the processing industries, showing that many industries have substantial...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/96927

WELFARE EFFECTS OF AGRICULTURAL TRADING BLOCS: THE SIMULATION OF A NORTH AMERICAN CUSTOMS UNION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kennedy,   P. Lynn; Hughes,   Karol W.
Agricultural trade liberalization among the three North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) signatories is modeled using a political preference function. The model distinguishes among Canada, Mexico, the United States, and a politically passive rest of the world. Through the use of intracountry compensation, the analysis shows that, from an agricultural perspective, economic integration is in the best interest of the group as a whole, although not in the best interest of individual countries. More specifically, of the agricultural production sectors, Canadian dairy, Mexican corn, and U.S. beef producers suffer the greatest losses from the formation of North American customs union.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31185

Optimum Programmes for Irrigation Farms
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ryan,   James G.
Parametric linear programming is used to derive optimum programmes for 590 different resource situations representing the range existing in the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area of New South Wales. Enterprises comprising optimum plans included rice, commercial lucerne hay using farmer owned equipment, merino ewes x border leicester rams for spring lambing (carryover), linseed (or a 54 bushel wheat crop), sod-sown malting barley and grazing oats in rice stubble, grain feeding of sheep in autumn and early summer. When labour is a limiting factor, autumn calving beef cows for vealer production together with purchase of spring drop crossbred lambs in March for sale in October replace the breeding sheep enterprise. Popular enterprises on the M.I.A. which had high...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Farm Management.
Ano: 1969
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9197

Editorial - Economic Research For Irrigation Development
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 1954
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8839

INCOME DISTRIBUTIONAL IMPACTS OF TRADE POLICIES IN A MULTI-MARKET FRAMEWORK: A CASE IN PAKISTAN
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hudson,   Darren; Ethridge,   Don E.
The impacts of using export taxes as a price control in a multi-market framework are explored using the cotton and yarn sectors in Pakistan as examples. Results show that the export tax on cotton increased domestic consumption and decreased exports of cotton in Pakistan, transferring income from cotton producers to yarn spinners and the government. There was a social loss to Pakistan in the cotton sector. The export tax on cotton increased domestic yarn production, consumption, exports, and incomes of yarn spinners, but resulted in a large transfer (social loss) out of the yarn sector.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Cotton; Export tax; Simultaneous equations; Simulation; Policy; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15398

Commodity Marketing Board Modernisation: The Queensland Experience
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jarratt,   Ian S.; Brown,   Hannah.
This paper describes and explains the recent very rapid reduction in the number of commodity marketing boards (CMBs) in Queensland. The major causes included changed macro and micro economic policies, changes to national marketing arrangements, reduced producer support for compulsory delivery, producer interest in individual ownership of CMB assets, and producer demands for more flexible marketing systems. The key role of the Queensland Government in encouraging reviews of the CMBs, providing innovative and flexible legislative changes, and providing information and other assistance, is emphasised. Research on the effects of the changes in the commodity marketing arrangements is suggested.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Marketing.
Ano: 1995
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/12378

Ecosystem Services and Western U.S. Rangelands
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Skaggs,   Rhonda K.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Land Economics/Use; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; Q24; Q28; Q57.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94652

EVALUATION OF THE POSSIBLE THREAT OF NAFTA ON U.S. CATFISH INDUSTRY USING A TRADITIONAL IMPORT DEMAND FUNCTION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ligeon,   Carel; Jolly,   Curtis M.; Jackson,   John D.
The effects of increased exports from NAFTA member countries on the U.S. domestic catfish industry were evaluated. Results showed that the quantity of catfish imported will fall if the domestic price of catfish falls relative to the import price. Past imports have no effect on present imports. The income elasticity was negative indicating that imported catfish may be an inferior good. Doubling present levels of imports from NAFTA member countries is not a threat to the U.S. catfish industry.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 1996
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27066

MARKET ALLOCATION RULES FOR NONPRICE PROMOTION WITH FARM PROGRAMS: U.S. COTTON
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ding,   Lily; Kinnucan,   Henry W.
Rules are derived to indicate the optimal allocation of a fixed promotion budget between domestic and export markets when the commodity in question represents a significant portion of world trade and is protected in the domestic market by a deficiency-payment program. Optimal allocation decisions are governed by advertising elasticities in the domestic and export markets and the export market share. Promotion’'s ability to lower deficiency payments is inversely related to the absolute value of demand elasticities in the domestic and export markets and directly related to advertising elasticities and certain policy parameters. The empirical application suggests subsidies for nonprice export promotion may be efficiency increasing in a second-best sense. That...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 1996
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31019

How changes in consumer behaviour and retailing affect competence requirements for food producers and processors
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Grunert,   Klaus G.
This paper analyses the changing competence requirements which members of the food chain face in their pursuit of competitive advantage. Two groups of trends serve as point of departure: more dynamic and heterogeneous consumer demands, which can be analysed in terms of consumer demands for sensory, health, process and convenience qualities, and changing roles for retailers in the food chain. Based on these trends, it is argued that competencies which can increase producers‘ level of market orientation get increased weight in the attainment of competitive advantage, and three types of competencies are singled out as especially important: consumer understanding, relationship management, and new product development. The development of market-related...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Consumer behaviour; Retailing; Competence; New trends; Food chain; M31; Q13; Consumer/Household Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8007

Special and Differential Treatment in the GATT: A Pyrrhic Victory for Developing Countries: Technical Annex
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Christie,   Andrew.
This document is the technical annex to the full paper "Special and Differential Treatment in the GATT: A Pyrrhic Victory for Developing Countries" which is available separately.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Economic development; Trade liberalization; GATT; Special and differential treatment; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; International Development; International Relations/Trade; Political Economy.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/55901

Econometric Analysis of Milk Value Chain
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Matulova,   Katerina; Bubakova,   Petra; Skubna,   Ondrej; Taussigova,   Tereza.
This article deals with the basic analysis of price transmission in the milk agri-food chain. The analysis is aimed at deriving the fundamental relationships between milk prices at the individual levels of the chosen vertical. The results are then validated with the use of statistical hypotheses testing. From the derived single equation models, it is clear that there is a strong difference in the leverage of individual factors influencing the price at different levels of the milk value chain. The results were elaborated within the research intention IVZ MSM 6046070906
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agri-food Chain; Milk; Price Transmission; Statistical Test; Demand and Price Analysis; Financial Economics; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; GA; IN.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/99222

IDENTIFYING EXTENSION'S MARKETING CLIENTELE AND ADAPTING ECONOMIC INFORMATION TO THEIR NEEDS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Schermerhorn,   Richard W.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1969
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29848

Farm size, land fragmentation and economic efficiency in southern Rwanda
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bizimana,   Claude; Nieuwoudt,   W. Lieb; Ferrer,   Stuart R.D.
Butare, where this study was conducted, exhibits one of the highest population densities in Rwanda. As a direct result of population growth, most peasants have small fields and land fragmentation is common. The purpose of this article is to examine the effect of land fragmentation on economic efficiency. Regression analysis shows that area operated is primarily determined by the population-land ratio, non-agricultural employment opportunities, ownership certainty and adequate information through agricultural training. Results from a block-recursive regression analysis indicate that the level of net farm income per hectare, which indirectly reflects greater economic efficiency, is determined by the area operated, use of farm information, field extension...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Productivity Analysis.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9489

Market Impacts of Adopting Herbicide-Resistant Rice in the Southern United States
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fuller,   Frank H.; Annou,   Mamane Malam; Wailes,   Eric J.
Herbicide-resistant (HR) rice varieties offer U.S. rice producers a powerful tool for control of red rice infestations.  However, improved weed control can shorten crop rotations and boost yields, resulting in expanded rice production and lower domestic market prices.  Declining market returns diminish the benefits of HR rice adoption and substantially reduce net returns for nonadopters.  More competitive prices increase U.S. rice exports, causing a slight decline in world rice prices.  The dependence of the rice marketing loan program on world prices prevents loan deficiency payments from adequately offsetting producers’ market revenue losses.  U.S. consumers gain from lower rice prices.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Biotechnology; Crop rotation; Herbicide resistant; Red rice; Rice; Simulation models; Technology adaptation; Q11; Q16; Q18; O33; C53.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37859

STRATEGIES FOR U.S. APPLE EXPORTING FIRMS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: McCracken,   Vicki A.; Tansuhaj,   Patriya; O'Rourke,   A. Desmond; Walter,   Karol.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 1991
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27611

Institutional Factors Affecting the Economic Performance of Peasant Special Cooperative Organization- A Case of Cuiping District, Yibin City, China
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Yin,   Ling-xiao; Qi,   Yan-bin.
Literatures about the institutional arrangement of the Peasant Special Cooperative Organization are summarized. Based on the introduction of theoretical background, the overall level of annual earnings in the year 2008 is selected as a dependent variable to evaluate the economic performance of cooperative organizations, according to the investigation on 54 Peasant Special Cooperative Organizations in Cuiping District, Sichuan Province, China. A total of 13 institutional indices passing the correlation test are chosen as independent variables. Relationship between the development level and the institutional factors affecting the economic performance of cooperative organizations is studied by using factor analysis method. Result shows that there is...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Peasant Special Cooperative Organization; Institutional factor; Regression Analysis; China; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/93470

Contents Page
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1956
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9060

COVER AND CONTENTS PAGES
Provedor de dados: 31
Includes: Front Cover, Editorial Information, SAEA Officers 1968-1991, Contents Pages
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1990
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29927

CERTIFICATION AND SUPPLY RESPONSE IN THE ORGANIC LETTUCE MARKET
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lohr,   Luanne; Park,   Timothy A.
The impact of supply relationships and certification programs on the organic lettuce market is examined using an integrated partial adjustment and asymmetric supply response model. Costs associated with organic certification, production, and marketing have not restricted producers’' abilities to respond to price signals. Organic growers allocate output between certified and noncertified markets in response to changing price premiums. Estimates of short-run supply elasticities indicate that organic lettuce growers are more responsive to price changes than producers of nonorganic lettuce. Long-run elasticity has increased since 1988, a change that coincides with the market entry of larger producers.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries; Industrial Organization.
Ano: 1992
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30948

ADAPTIVE PLANNING UNDER PRICE UNCERTAINTY IN PORK PRODUCTION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Plain,   Ronald L.; Williams,   Joseph E.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 1981
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30121

Planning an Integrated Approach to Farm Risk Management
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Eidman,   Vernon R.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Farm Management; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 1985
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/59806

Valuing Fed Cattle Using Objective Tenderness Measures
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Riley,   John Michael; Schroeder,   Ted C.; Wheeler,   Tommy L.; Shackelford,   Stephen D.; Koohmaraie,   Mohammad.
Beef tenderness is critical in consumer satisfaction with beef steak products. Current fed cattle valuation systems do not differentiate carcasses based upon tenderness variation. However, considerable research indicates consumers are willing to pay more for tender relative to tough beef steak. This article develops a tenderness-augmentation to current fed cattle grid pricing systems. Using a large set of actual carcasses, we determine that a tenderness-augmented price grid would reorder fed cattle value by on average nearly $5.00/cwt dressed relative to current valuation methods. Substantial opportunity is present to improve beef tenderness through new price signals to producers.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Beef quality; Meat tenderness; Cattle value; Cattle price; Agribusiness; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Livestock Production/Industries; Q11; Q13; M31.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/48747

O ARRENDAMENTO COMO ESTRATÉGIA PARA ENFRENTAR MUDANÇAS INSTITUCIONAIS: UM ESTUDO COM FORNECEDORES DE CANA DO ESTADO DE SÃO PAULO
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Guedes,   Sebastiao Neto Ribeiro; Terci,   Eliana Tadeu; Peres,   Maria Thereza Miguel.
The article analyzes the land rent role for the sugar cane growers of two São Paulo State regions in the context of industry deregulation happened in the early 1990. Literature has shown that deregulation has had a positive impact in the performance of the industry, improving its efficiency and effectiveness. In this context, cane growers faced new challenges demanding adaptations and were induced to adopt strategies taking the land as a reference. The analytical material was obtained through questionnaires applied in a sampling of cane growers from the Ribeirão Preto and Piracicaba regions. The results has shown that land rent has had an important role to offer the conditions to the maintenance of cane growers, the viability of a scaling production, which...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Sugar cane industry; Land market; Institutional change; Land rent.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43716

Ökonomische Aspekte des ökologischen Landbaus
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kohne,   Manfred.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/98989

Valuing Rural Recreation Amenities: Hedonic Prices for Vacation Rental Houses at Deep Creek Lake, Maryland
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nelson,   Jon P.
Hedonic prices are estimated for summer and winter rentals for vacation houses located near a lake and ski-golf resort in rural western Maryland. Regressions for weekly rents are conditioned on house size, quality, and recreation features including lakefront proximity and ski-slope access. Percentage effects and marginal implicit prices indicate that access to recreation is reflected importantly in rental offers. Evaluated at the means, lakefront locations command a premium of $1,100–1,200 per week, and the premium for ski-slope access is $500–600 per week. Unit recreation values are about $18 per person per day for a lakefront location with a private dock and $7 per person per day for a ski-slope location. There are small differences in the unit values...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Recreation demand; Environmental valuation; Hedonic prices; Spatial models; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95645

FORWARD SHIPPING OPTIONS FOR GRAIN BY RAIL: A STRATEGIC RISK ANALYSIS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wilson,   William W.; Priewe,   Steven R.; Dahl,   Bruce L.
In the late 1980s, grain-hauling railroads began offering alternatives that have made shipping decisions more strategic. Shippers now confront alternatives ranging from nearby and unguaranteed ordering to various durations of forward and guaranteed shipment. Each has varying penalties for cancellation and payments from the railroad for nonperformance, and differing risks and payoffs. Because of the configuration of choices, shippers confront a portfolio of shipping alternatives. A dynamic stochastic simulation model was developed to analyze alternative strategies. The model includes the effects of uncertainties in tariff rate changes, car premiums, basis levels, forward and spot grain purchases, and receiving railcars under each of three alternatives....
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31201

Financial Sector Reforms and Currency Crisis: The Indonesian Experience
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Shakur,   Shamim; Obben,   James; Nugroho,   Agus Eko.
The theory of exchange rate determination clearly links a depreciating currency to a deteriorating trade balance, interest differential and related economic fundamentals. Empirical testing carried out routinely confirms these relationships in “normal” times as currencies constantly align themselves to find their places in the global marketplace. When depreciation reaches crisis proportions, they are not always caused by a proportional deterioration in economic fundamentals. Random activities like speculative attacks are prompted by perceived problems in the banking sector as well as the contagion effect, leading to a currency crisis. Using pre crisis data and focusing on the Indonesian rupiah, this view is confirmed in the research.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Currency Crisis; Indonesia; Exchange Rate; Financial Economics; F31; F41.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/50271

UNITED STATES PERSPECTIVE: SOUTHERN AGRICULTURE AND THE WORLD ECONOMY: THE MULTILATERAL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Clayton,   Kenneth C.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 1988
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29714

THE IMPACT OF SUBSIDIES, STORAGE, AND EXCHANGE RATES ON EXPORTS OF CANADIAN FRESH CARROTS TO THE UNITED STATES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bierlen,   Ralph W.; Blandford,   David.
Canadian exports of fresh carrots to the United States have increased substantially in recent years.  The depreciation of the Canadian dollar against the U.S. dollar has been a major factor.  Canadian government subsidies also may have had an impact by accelerating the construction of cold storage facilities.  These have permitted the marketing period to be extended.  However, an analysis of costs and returns suggests that cold storage of carrots is commercially profitable.  Storage capacity would probably have increased without government aid.  The returns to storage and the change in exchange rates are the primary factors contributing to the expansion of Canadian exports.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 1987
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28976

AN ASSESSMENT OF THE ROLE OF INSURANCE AND STRUCTURAL MEASURES IN FLOOD MITIGATION PLANNING
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Forsythe,   G.A.
There is no entirely satisfactory strategy to mitigate the risks associated with flooding. In Australia, reliance is usually placed on structural measures; however, an appraisal under different criteria highlights reasons for their inadequacy. Insurance is initially advocated as an alternative and appraised under similar criteria. It is shown to be a useful mitigation strategy, although somewhat limited in that it is merely a palliative to the flood problem. An alternative approach to flood mitigation is hypothesized which incorporates insurance as its base and utilizes other measures, particularly structural, where feasible. Such an approach is shown to effectively maximize the beneficial features of both insurance and structural measures. Problems...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1975
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9157

Assessing Information Bias and Food Safety
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Conley,   Dennis M.; Wade,   Mark A.
Imperfect information can lead to market failure and be an external factor impacting managers of agribusiness firms. A matrix method approach to content analysis was conducted by independent judges based upon established typologies. Food safety articles from consumer publications were examined, and information received by consumers was found to be biased.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Food safety; Information bias; Consumers; Media; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Marketing; Q10; Q13; Q16.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53642

FUNCTIONAL FORM MODEL SPECIFICATION: AN APPLICATION TO HEDONIC PRICING
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Brown,   Jeff E.; Ethridge,   Don E.
A combination of conceptual analysis and empirical analysis-partial regression and residuals analysis-was used to derive an appropriate functional form hedonic price model.  These procedures are illustrated in the derivation of a functional form hedonic model for an automated, econometric daily cotton price reporting system for the Texas-Oklahoma cotton market.  Following conceptualization to deduce the general shapes of relationships, the appropriate specific functional form was found by testing particular attribute transformations identified from partial regression analysis.  Minimizing structural errors across attribute levels and estimation accuracy were used in determining when an appropriate functional form for both implicit and explicit prices was...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 1995
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31596

OPTIMIZING SOIL MOISTURE CONSERVATION BY MULCH OF HYDROPHOBIC AGGREGATES USING SIMULATION AND NUMERICAL SEARCH PROCEDURES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Talpaz,   Hovav; Hillel,   D.I.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 1976
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29966

Macroeconomic Uncertainty and Sectoral Output Performance: Empirical Evidence from Greece
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Katrakilidis,   Constantinos P.; Tabakis,   Nikolaos M.
This paper provides an empirical investigation of the links between macroeconomic uncertainty and sectoral output using Greek data. Uncertainty is considered in three distinct components, namely the inflation uncertainty, the exchange rate uncertainty and the output uncertainty. The results highlight the differences in sectoral responsiveness and the importance of a stable macroeconomic environment.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Productivity Analysis.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26446

Banana Trials: A Potential Niche and Ethnic Market in Georgia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fonsah,   Esendugue Greg; Krewer,   Gerard; Wallace,   Richard; Mullinix,   Ben.
Annual cropping production (ACP) is a technique used worldwide to target favorable market conditions. This technique has allowed commercial banana production outside the traditional production belt such as South Africa, Thailand, Israel, and China. In 2003 an evaluation of thirty-three cultivars was initiated near Savannah, Georgia to determine their suitability for ornamental, nursery, and ACP for niche/ethnic markets under Georgia weather conditions. In South Georgia and other temperate regions around the world, the pseudostems are normally killed to ground level during most winters. However, excellent plant growth rate, good flowering, and limited commercial fruit production was observed. Identifying one or more cultivars with potential to produce...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Marketing.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/46584

OPTIMAL FERTILIZER CARRYOVER AND CROP RECYCLING POLICIES FOR A TROPICAL GRAIN CROP
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kennedy,   John O.S.; Whan,   Ian F.; Jackson,   R.; Dillon,   John L.
The consequences of carryover for the optimal application of fertilizer are considered using dynamic programming. The conclusions are relevant for the further problem of deciding how many grain crops to harvest from grain sorghum plants grown in a tropical environment. Dynamic programming is also used for solving this problem for the Ord River Valley, and takes account of the interrelations between season and crop cycle number. Data were obtained from investigations conducted in the area.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 1973
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22785

COVER AND CONTENTS PAGES
Provedor de dados: 31
Includes:  Cover Page, Officers for 1973, Contents Page, Call for Contributed Papers 1974
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1973
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27562

Current Issues in Strategy For Agricultural Cooperatives
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Boland,   Michael A.; Hogeland,   Julie A.; McKee,   Gregory J.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural; Agribusiness; Cooperatives; Management; Strategy; Agribusiness; L10; L23; L16; Q13.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/117409

Factors Influencing Growth of Dairy Product Manufacturing in the United States
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Asiseh,   Fafanyo; Devadoss,   Stephen; Bolotova,   Yuliya; Foltz,   John C.; Haggerty,   Robert J.
www.ifama.org
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Dairy product manufacturing; Growth; United States; Farm Management; Livestock Production/Industries; Production Economics.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/93347

Farming and the Internet: Reasons for Non-Use
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Briggeman,   Brian C.; Whitacre,   Brian E.
Rural broadband infrastructure and service has received a significant amount of funding through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. These funds should increase broadband availability, but will broadband be used in rural areas and in particular by farmers? This paper uses Agricultural Resource Management Survey data to investigate why the majority of U.S. farmers choose not to use the Internet in their farm business. Although frequently cited by policymakers, concerns about inadequate Internet service or security actually account for a small percentage of responses. This research identifies targeted educational programs that focus on alleviating perceived barriers to Internet use.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: ARMS; Farming; Internet; Multinomial logit; Non-use; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Farm Management.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97008

The Impact of Ethanol Plants on Land Values in the Great Plains
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Henderson,   Jason R.; Gloy,   Brent A.
Corn ethanol plants consume large amounts of corn and their location has the potential to alter local crop prices and surrounding agricultural land values.  The relationship between ethanol plant location and agricultural land prices is examined using data obtained from the Agricultural Credit Survey administered by the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City.  The findings indicate that the portion of land price changes attributable to location is consistent with previous estimates of basis changes associated with ethanol plant location.  As a result, the land markets appear to be rationally adjusting to the location of ethanol plants.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Farmland; Ethanol; Land values; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/48148

IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NEW CAPITAL REQUIREMENT DIRECTIVE IN HUNGARIAN BANKS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hegedus,   Gyula.
The key conclusions were that the new rules will in general reduce capital requirements for EU credit institutions by around 5% compared to present levels. Furthermore, the outcomes for the different approaches are in line with objectives particularly combining capital neutrality with appropriate incentives for institutions to move towards more sophisticated approaches. Finally, smaller domestic credit institutions adopting the simple approach will face slightly reduced capital charges; larger internationally active credit institutions adopting the more advanced approach will face substantially unchanged capital charges; smaller but specialised and sophisticated EU credit institutions adopting the advanced approach might face substantially lower capital...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Basel Committee; Basel Capital Accord; Capital Adequacy Framework; Capital Requirement Directive; CRD; Financial Economics; International Development.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58916

Front Materials
Provedor de dados: 31
Includes:  Table of Contents; A Statement from the Editors
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94692

COMPUTER AND INTERNET ADOPTION ON LARGE U.S. FARMS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gloy,   Brent A.; Akridge,   Jay T.
The adoption of the personal computer and the Internet is studied within a sample of large U.S. farms.  Factors such as age and education influence the adoption of both technologies.  Likewise, strong relationships exist between the adoption of each technology and the sophistication of farm management and the complexity of the farm business.  After controlling for computer adoption, the results suggest there remain several factors limiting Internet adoption. It appears that producers are unsure as to how the Internet can best be used to create value in their farm businesses.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Farm Management; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/34475

Identifying Abnormal Returns to Food and Agribusiness Stocks on Key Farm Policy Legislative Dates
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Detre,   Joshua D.; Gunderson,   Michael A.; Briggeman,   Brian C.
The efficient market hypothesis would suggest that stock prices incorporate the information revealed in the public process of creating legislation as the debate occurred. Thus, there should be no abnormal returns to agribusiness stocks on key legislative dates when drafting and altering the farm bill. Using an event study methodology, key legislative dates are tested for abnormal returns to firms that supply inputs to or process outputs of agricultural producers. Typically, agribusinesses react on the date legislation emerges from the joint House and Senate conference committee.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness stock values; Event study; Farm bill; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/90551

How Far Can Poultry Litter Go? A New Technology for Litter Transport
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Carreira,   Rita I.; Young,   Kenneth B.; Goodwin,   Harold L., Jr.; Wailes,   Eric J.
Exporting northwest Arkansas excess turkey and broiler litter to partially fertilize nutrient-deficient cropland in eastern Arkansas can be more cost effective than to supply all crop nutrients with chemical fertilizer only, given current high fertilizer prices.  Cost savings are greater if litter is baled in ultraviolet resistant plastic and transported via truck, since backhaul opportunities reduce truck rates, or alternatively, if raw litter is shipped via a truck-barge combination.  Rice is the crop that allows for greater savings according to a mathematical programming model implemented in General Algebraic Modeling System (GAMS).
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Baling poultry litter; Barge transportation; Cost minimization; Manure management; Mathematical programming; Nutrient surplus; Poultry litter; Truck transportation; Agribusiness; Crop Production/Industries; C61; C65; Q12; Q30; Q53.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37050

APPRAISING THE EFFECTS OF THE AGRICULTURAL ACT OF 1970 UPON OKLAHOMA'S ECONOMY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Harwell,   R. Lynn; Doeksen,   Gerald A.; Strickland,   P. Leo.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 1972
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30343

THE NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL LIBRARY SERVES THE FOOD INDUSTRY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lebowitz,   Abraham I.
Describes the operation of the National Agricultural Library and Services available.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1969
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26716

Testing for the Efficiency of a Policy Intended to Meet Objectives: General Model and Application
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Streicher,   Gerhard; Schmid,   Erwin; Salhofer,   Klaus.
This study presents a general model demonstrating how to measure the (in)efficiency of a policy intended to meet objectives. If it is assumed that the government has available only those policy instruments it actually utilizes, our method is a test as to whether the government combines these instruments efficiently. In addition, one could also include other policy instruments, which are not actually used, but are available to the government. Our general model is applied to bread grain policy in Austria. The primary result is that the policy was quite inefficient in meeting the two main objectives of farm income support and self-sufficiency. The stochastic nature of our efficiency measures is acknowledged by taking into account the inherent uncertainty of...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural policy; Policy efficiency; Statistical policy analysis; Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8613

Economic Incentives for Controlling Trade-Related Biological Invasions in the Great Lakes
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lupi,   Frank; Horan,   Richard D.
Ballast water from commercial ships engaged in international trade has been implicated as the primary invasion pathway in over 60 percent of new introductions of invasive alien species (IAS) in the Great Lakes since 1960. Recent policies have recognized that IAS are a form of biological pollution and have become focused on preventing new introductions. Given that emissions-based incentives are infeasible for the case of biological emissions, we investigate the cost-effectiveness of various performance proxy-based and technology-based economic incentives to reduce the threat of new invasions of Ponto-Caspian species in the Great Lakes.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Aquatic nuisance species; Ballast water; Uncertainty; Risk management; Performance-based incentives; Environmental subsidies; International Relations/Trade; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10200

End Materials
Provedor de dados: 31
Includes: Guidelines for Manuscript Submission
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27556

Readdressing the Fertilizer Problem
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Paulson,   Nicholas D.; Babcock,   Bruce A.
The production literature has shown that inputs such as fertilizer can be defined as risk-increasing. However, farmers also consistently overapply nitrogen. A model of optimal input use under uncertainty is used to address this paradox. Using experimental data, a stochastic production relationship between yield and soil nitrate is estimated. Numerical results show that input uncertainty may cause farmers to overapply nitrogen. Survey data suggest that farmers are risk averse, but prefer small chances of high yields compared to small chances of crop failures when expected yields are equivalent. Furthermore, yield risk and yield variability are not equivalent.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Corn; Nitrogen fertilizer; Risk-increasing; Yield risk; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97853

Farm Cost Effects of Dairy Policies in New South Wales and Victoria
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lembit,   Murray; Bhati,   U.N.
Market milk policies pursued by statutory milk marketing authorities differ between states in Australia. The policy differences are particularly large between Victoria and New South Wales and are thought to produce different levels of farm costs. It was hypothesised that the New South Wales policies produced higher farm costs than the Victorian policies. This hypothesis was tested using three-year data for a set of dairy farms located on both sides of the border in a fairly compact and homogeneous part of the Murray River basin. Hence, farms were studied that operated under different milk policies but similar environmental conditions. The analysis found that the New South Wales policies did lead to higher farm costs.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Farm Management.
Ano: 1987
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/12432

RECURSOS NATURAIS: A DETERMINAÇÃO DE ESPAÇOS E USOS PRIVADOS E COLETIVOS PELOS AGRICULTORES DE TURMALINA, MG
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Freire,   Adriana Galvao; Ribeiro,   Eduardo Magalhaes.
Most studies developed about agrarian societies usually refer to rural space as private space. Nevertheless the concept of “rural property” can raise a host of distinct interpretations, especially when one brings into analysis the interaction among populations and natural resources. This present piece of work aims at going deeper into the establishment of the environmental typology built by family-related agriculturists of two rural communities from Turmalina, MG, and the diversification of use given to each of these environments by their inhabitants. Arrangements on the use and the management of collective resources may come to contributing with the formatting of new projects which seek to promoting the country’s environmental planning, plus allowing for...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Natural resources; Family agriculture; Environment.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43372

AN ADMINISTRATIVE PERSPECTIVE ON MICROCOMPUTERS FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: LaFerney,   Preston E.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 1983
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30249

A NOTE ON FORMULATION OF PROPORTIONALITY RESTRAINTS IN LINEAR PROGRAMMING BLENDING PROBLEMS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Filan,   S.J.
A class of restraints on proportions is observed to be relevant in many applications of linear programming, but problem formulation for these restraints has received little attention in the literature. An approach reported by Taylor [5] is summarized, and an alternative approach is outlined. The alternative is equivalent to the first approach but provides simplicity in problem specification and economies in data preparation.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 1976
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9165

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY REFORM: A TAXONOMY OF ECONOMISTS' PERSPECTIVES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Shabman,   Leonard A.; Stephenson,   Kurt.
As the environmental policy recommendations of economists become more acceptable, differences in the professional understanding of, and support for, different policy forms are becoming more apparent. These different approaches to environmental policy and research are described around a taxonomy of four perspectives: "rational analysts," "cost analysts", "market managers," and "free market environmentalists." These perspectives are compared and contrasted. Recognition of these differences can result in a better appreciation of the different research agendas of economists and can improve clarity in teaching and policy advising.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Economic incentives; Environmental policy; Regulation; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1996
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15225

Factors affecting product innovations: A literature review
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Chryssochoidis,   George M.
Product and process innovations are prime manifestations of innovativeness by an organization. Yet surprisingly little is known regarding how to initiate and maintain the innovative momentum in organizations with the ultimate target to produce an increasing number of product innovations and improve competitiveness. Of major concern has been however, the sheer volume of contributions on the subject and the complexity of issues involved. An extensive literature review has been carried out covering 400 scientific Journals during a 10-year long period (1991-2001). Over 2500 journal articles have been identified as relevant and read. Their contribution to the subject of product innovations (i.e., process innovations are not covered) has been identified using a...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26420

The effects of climate change on the farm sector in the Western Cape
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Erasmus,   Barend; van Jaarsveld,   Albert; van Zyl,   Johan; Vink,   Nick.
This paper links two different methodologies to determine the effects of climate change on the Western Cape farm sector. First, it uses a general circulation model (GCM) to model future climate change in the Western Cape, particularly with respect to precipitation. Second, a sector mathematical programming model of the Western Cape farm sector is used to incorporate the predicted climate change, specifically rainfall, from the GCM to determine the effects on key variables of the regional farm economy. In summary, results indicate that future climate change will lead to lower precipitation, which implies that less water will be available to agriculture in the Western Cape. This will have a negative overall effect on the Western Cape farm economy. Both...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54217

Sales of Farm Produce at Alexandria and Sussex Street, Sydney, April, 1947
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ferry,   C.H.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1947
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8311

CHANGES IN U.S. FOOD CONSUMPTION PATTERNS BY REGION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Larson,   Ronald B.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26517

Illicit Agricultural Trade
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ferrier,   Peyton Michael.
Agricultural and wildlife trade is subject to sudden, disruptive import restrictions arising from concerns over sanitary and phytosanitary safety and the conservation of natural resources. These restrictions can create significant international price differences that encourage the smuggling of goods across borders. This article presents an equilibrium model of smuggling where the supply and demand for smuggled goods depend on interregional price disparities in the presence of a trade ban. In this model, smuggling is more prevalent when demand and supply among trade partners is more inelastic or when there are fewer total trade partners at the time a trade ban is enacted. Applications are presented for regionalization, destruction of goods in government...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Illicit trade; Invasive species; Smuggling; SPS Agreement; CITES; Endangered Species Act; Regionalization; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/45668

A NOTE ON OPTIMAL RULES FOR STOCHASTIC EFFICIENCY ANALYSIS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Drynan,   Ross G.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 1986
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22873

ASPECTS OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN PAPUA AND NEW GUINEA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gutman,   G.O.
In Papua and New Guinea today a rapidly growing market economy, and a primitive subsistence economy exist side by side. Australian policy calls for more economic development and quicker advancement of the indigenous people. This means that tribal subsistence society must be drawn increasingly into the development of the market economy. Broad strategies for reaching these objectives are considered along with a closer examination of problems of land tenure, wage policy and planning machinery.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: International Development.
Ano: 1966
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22282

TOWARD A DEVELOPMENT POLICY FOR RURAL AMERICA: A COMMENT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hastings,   Steven E.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1988
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28828

ON CORPORATE RISK MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN ROMANIAN COMPANIES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Horobet,   Alexandra; Dumitrescu,   Sorin; Joldes,   Cosmin.
The purpose of this paper is to provide an understanding of corporate risk management practices in Romanian companies, by investigating the risk management approaches Romanian companies take. Our main findings are that Romanian managers are not aware of the magnitude of exposure their companies have to various types of risk – hazard, operational, financial and strategic risks, while they are able to manage rather well all these risks, even the ones that have the lowest impact on the business. At the same time, risk management systems employed by Romanian companies are rather inarticulate and based on traditional approaches towards risk management, which might represent by itself a major source of risk, given the complexity of the business environment they...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Corporate risk assessment; Risk management; Romania; Agricultural and Food Policy; Productivity Analysis; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53574

Niveles de participación en la pequeña agricultura ¿De qué depende que los productores se involucren en sus organizaciones?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jaime,   Monica; Salazar,   Cesar; Araya,   Sergio; Vergara,   Juan.
Published by Asociación de Economistas Agrarios de Chile
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Participation levels; Social capital; Small farmers; Ordered Probit.; Agricultural and Food Policy; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/104273

Front Materials
Provedor de dados: 31
Includes:  Front Cover; Editorial Information; Contents Pages; Guide to Contributors
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/60952

MODELING U.S. BUTTER CONSUMPTION WITH ZERO OBSERVATIONS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Yen,   Steven T.; Su,   Shew-Jiuan.
A heteroscedastic double-hurdle model is used to investigate household butter consumption in the United States.  Results suggest that failure to incorporate heteroscedastic errors may lead to unreliable elasticity estimates.  Decomposition of the effects of variables leads to insightful information and makes the double-hurdle model a more useful tool in micro demand analysis.  Larger and higher-income households are more likely to consume butter than others and also consume more, but income elasticity is very small.  Age, region, and seasonality are among the other significant determinants of household butter consumption.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 1995
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31471

Paying for Avoided Deforestation - Should We Do It?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sohngen,   Brent.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; Q23; Q56; Q57.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94502

A STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODEL: GREECE’S TOURISM DEMAND FOR TOURIST DESTINATION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Chaitip,   Prasert; Chaiboonsri,   Chukiat; Kovacs,   Sandor; Balogh,   Peter.
Structural equation model (LISREL 8) was applied to test the causal relationships between tourist travel motivations and tourist destination. A survey containing Likert scale questions was conducted to collect data from 100 tourists who had travelled to Greece’s tourist destination. With the help of factor analysis, four dimensions were identified for scales used in the study: travel cost satisfaction, tourism product, tourism product attributes, and tourism product management. Results indicated that the travel cost satisfaction of tourists has a positive influence on tourism product, tourism product attributes and tourism product management. Moreover, our results suggested that the tourist demographics has a positive influence on tourism product and...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Greece; Tourism demand; Greece’s tourist destination; SEM model; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/91116

Estimating the Potential Value of Variable Rate Nitrogen Applications: A Comparison of Spatial Econometric and Geostatistical Models
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hurley,   Terrance M.; Oishi,   Kikuo; Malzer,   Gary L.
Site-specific crop response functions (SSCRFs) are useful for estimating the value of variable rate nitrogen applications (VRA), but appropriate statistical models are necessary. Problems estimating SSCRFs using experimental field data include region, spatial, treatment, and strip dependent heteroskedasticity and correlation. We develop a spatial autoregressive error (SARE) model for dealing with these problems and compare results with previous analysis based on a geostatistical (GEO) model. VRA value estimates for the two models differ notably for 1995 data from Southern Minnesota. Furthermore, findings show that the results of a comparison of model performance are location specific.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Geostatistics; Precision agriculture; Site-specific crop response functions; Spatial autoregressive error; Variable rate nitrogen application; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31210

Book Reviews
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1986
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/12418

AN ANALYSIS OF OVERHEAD EXPENSES OF FOOD RETAILERS AT HEADQUARTERS, WAREHOUSE, AND STORE LEVELS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Grinnell,   Gerald E.; Crawford,   Terry L.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1978
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27527

Are Rural Credit Markets Competitive? Is There Room for Competition in Rural Credit Markets?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kilkenny,   Maureen; Jolly,   Robert W.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural Finance.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/93323

Stata tip 15: Function graphs on the fly
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cox,   Nicholas J.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/116283

AJAE Appendix: Deriving a Flexible Mixed Demand System: The Normalized Quadratic Model
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Moschini,   GianCarlo; Rizzi,   Pier Luigi.
The material contained herein is supplementary to the article named in the title and published in the American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Volume 89, Number 4, November 2007.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7100

A SIMULATION APPROACH TO ANALYZING ALTERNATIVE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS FOR SMALL FOOD STORES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cline,   James L.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1977
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27277

END MATERIALS
Provedor de dados: 31
Includes:  List of Available Publications, Annual Meeting Acknowledgement
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1978
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27535

Impact of Changes in Dietary Preferences on U.S. Retail Demand for Beef: Health Concerns and the Role of Media
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Miljkovic,   Dragan; Mostad,   Daniel.
The objective of this study is twofold: first, to determine if, in the long run, health concerns affect the retail demand for beef in the United States via changes in consumer dietary preferences, and second, to establish if media coverage of popular diets (media frenzy) causes the change in retail demand for beef or if it simply reports the facts about the changes in consumer dietary preferences. Data used in the analysis are the quarterly retail demand index for beef and the number of newspaper articles and magazine features on low-fat/low-cholesterol and low-carb diets published in the United States between 1990:I and 2004:IV. Johansen’s (1991, 1995) cointegration method and vector error correction (VEC) model-based Granger causality test were used in...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Beef demand; Cointegration; Granger causality; Health concerns; Media; Vector error correction; Consumer/Household Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/59684

PESTICIDE TAX, CROPPING PATTERNS, AND WATER QUALITY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Shumway,   C. Richard; Chesser,   Rayanne R.
The impact of an ad valorem pesticide tax on cropping patterns and pesticide use was examined in the South Central Texas Crop Reporting District.  Output supply equations were econometrically estimated and used in the simulation.  A 25 percent tax on pesticide was estimated to have major impacts on cropping patterns and on pesticide use.  Assuming other input and output prices were unaffected, the supply of one important crop would fall by more than half.  Demand for some of the highly soluble and persistent pesticides, which present the greatest threat to groundwater quality, would also decrease substantially (some as much as 50 percent).
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Crops; Dual model; Pesticides; Water quality; Supply; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 1994
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15433

COMMUNITY AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT--IMPLICATIONS FOR ECONOMIC EXTENSION PROGRAMS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Schaller,   W. Neill.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1972
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30339

ANÁLISE SAZONAL PARA A SÉRIE E OS COMPONENTES DO CUSTO DA CESTA BÁSICA DE LAVRAS, MG.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Costa Carvalho,   Pedro Luiz; Safadi,   Thelma; Ferraz,   Marcelo Inacio Ferreira.
The effects of seasonal fluctuations caused by weather and natural fluctuations in demand and supply have influenced the price of various agricultural products, leading many times to an oscillation of prices to be mistakenly linked to further factors. In an attempt to better understand how the influence of the seasonal factor works for the prices of agricultural products, this paper has the objective of analyzing the seasonal behavior the Cost of Basic Basket series (basic food) in Lavras, MG, and its components, besides making a comparison between the direct and indirect form of the disseasonalize the series of Cost of Basic Basket. The data were obtained from the UFLA Department of Administration and Economics and cover the period from January 1995 to...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Ajuste direto; Ajuste indireto; Cesta básica; Sazonalidade; X-12 Arima; Direct adjustment; Indirect adjustment; Basic basket; Seasonality; X-12 Arima.; Public Economics.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/102032

Die Märkte für Schlachtvieh und Fleisch
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Probst,   Friedrich-Wilhelm.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Demand and Price Analysis; International Relations/Trade; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/98089

Nile perch demand in the Netherlands: are exports from Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda source-differentiated?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Muhammad,   Andrew.
This study examined Nile perch demand in the Netherlands and assessed the importance of country of origin as a determining factor. Import demand equations were estimated using the absolute price version of the Rotterdam model where Nile perch fillets were differentiated by product form (chilled and frozen) and by source country (Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda). The Armington framework (source-differentiation) is often used when estimating import demand for a similar product from different sources; however, the results of this study indicated that country of origin is not a factor in the Netherlands when importing Nile perch. Results showed that the responsiveness of importers to price changes was the same regardless to the supplying country. Likelihood ratio...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Nile perch; The Netherlands; Rotterdam model; Imports; Demand; Kenya; Tanzania; Uganda; Nile perch; Uganda; Tanzania; Kenya; Demand; Imports; Rotterdam model; The Netherlands; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53340

The Genetic and Economic Impact of the University of Arkansas’s Rice Breeding Program: 1983–2007
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nalley,   Lawton Lanier; Moldenhauer,   Karen A.; Lyman,   Nathaniel.
This study estimates the proportion of rice yield increase in University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture’s (UofA) released rice cultivars that are attributable to genetic improvements through the University’s breeding program. Test plot data from eight UofA experiment stations were used to quantify the yield increases and potential yield growth decreases over time. In addition to quantifying the yield and yield variance evolution at the UofA, this study also calculates the economic benefits of the UofA rice breeding program. Results indicated that by releasing modern rice cultivars, the UofA rice breeding program increased average producer yield by 0.68 bu/ac annually. During the last decade, 1997–2007, the average annual economic benefits were 34.3...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Economic impact of technological change; Just and Pope; Public rice breeding; Productivity Analysis; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; O13; O32; Q16.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/100653

A vidék- és agrárfejlesztés stratégiai irányai a fenntartható fejlődés tükrében
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Karpati,   Zoltan; Maacz,   Miklos.
A Nemzeti Fenntartható Fejlődési Stratégiában megjelenő, hazánk mezőgazdaságát érintő célkitűzések összhangban állnak az Európai Unió 2007-2013 közötti költségvetési időszakának mezőgazdasági támogatásait megalapozó Új Magyarország Vidékfejlesztési Stratégiai Terv, azon túlmenően az ennek alapján kidolgozott Új Magyarország Vidékfejlesztési Program főbb célkitűzéseivel. Az Új Magyarország Vidékfejlesztési Program a hosszú távú fenntarthatósági elvekkel összhangban kívánja biztosítani a mezőgazdaság fejlesztéséhez, a vidék környezeti értékeinek megőrzéséhez, a vidéki térségek gazdaságának megerősödéséhez és a vidéki társadalom kohéziójához szükséges fejlesztési kereteket.  ------------------------------------------    The goals set out in the National...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Vidékfejlesztés; Stratégiai célok; Fenntarthatóság; Intézkedések; Rural development; Strategic plan; Sustainable; Policy; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/92487

DECOMPOSING THE VARIANCE OF GROSS REVENUE INTO DEMAND AND SUPPLY COMPONENTS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Piggott,   Roley R.
Some recent analyses relating to gross revenue instability have used a procedure for decomposing the variance of gross revenue into components attributable to price variability, quantity variability and interaction between these. This paper offers some criticisms of the procedure and outlines an alternative procedure which divides the variance of gross revenue into components due to demand variability, supply variability and interaction between these. The procedure is used to investigate the causes of instability in quarterly beef revenues in the Australian beef industry. Since demand and supply variability are both important contributors to beef revenue instability, direct market intervention to stabilise beef industry revenues would be a complex and...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 1978
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22725

A Guatemalan Soycow Cooperative: Is the Whole Greater than the Sum of its Parts?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Blumthal,   Meredith; Micheels,   Eric T.; Paulson,   Nicholas D.; Farrell,   Rhett C.
Teaching Notes available upon request: ifamr@ifama.org; Author video:http://www.youtube.com/user/ifamr1?feature=mhum#p/u/8/FhUZu2lt6Ns
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Soycow; Cooperative; Guatemala; Teaching case; Agribusiness; Q10.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/96331

Are Cooperatives Efficient When Membership is Voluntary?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Leathers,   Howard D.
If profit-maximizing farmers are free to join or not to join a cooperative, it may appear reasonable to assume that a cooperative will exist only when it has cost advantaged over non-cooperative marketing. This paper presents a model in which that result fails. Every individual farmer chooses either to join or not join a cooperative depending on whether transactions costs are lower from cooperative membership or nonmembership. As cooperative membership increases, transactions costs for members decline, but for nonmembers these costs increase. Results of this analysis reveal that an equilibrium exists in which all farmers voluntarily choose to join the cooperative, but more than half of the members wish the cooperative had not been formed, and transactions...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Cooperatives; Transactions costs; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8628

COMPUTER ADOPTION AND USE OF INFORMATION SERVICES BY NORTH CAROLINA COMMERCIAL FARMERS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Amponsah,   William A.
The extent of information use by farmers for farm management is tracked in terms of computer adoption and usefulness, and the use of professional providers of information services. The study is based on a survey conducted in 1991, on North Carolina, as part of a regional project involving about fourteen states. The results revealed a low rate of computer adoption by the farmers surveyed. However, computer adoption and usefulness were explained by farm size, educational attainment and farm income. Also farmers' use of professional services, such as that provided by tax preparers and extension agents were positively influenced by farm size, age and educational level.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Computer adoption; Farm information system; Information services; Farm management; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 1995
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15268

AZ ÖNTÖZÉS SZEREPE, JELENTŐSÉGE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Helyes,   Lajos.
Az öntözés egyik alapvető célja, hogy javítsa az egyre növekvő népesség élel-miszerrel való ellátását. A világon jelenleg a szántóterület 17%-át öntözik, vi-szont ez a felület adja az évenként betakarítható össztermés valamivel több mint 40%-át. Hazánkban a vízjogi engedéllyel rendelkező öntözésre berendezett terü-letünk 210 ezer hektár, ami a szántóterület közel 5%-a, de a ténylegesen öntözött terület évjárattól függően ennek kb. a fele. Az Európai Unióban átlagosan a szántóterület 13,5%-a tekinthető öntözöttnek. Az elkövetkező évek alapvető fejlesztési feladata a már meglévő öntözőrend-szerek felújítása és bővítése. A szántóföldi növények közül a kukorica, a napra-forgó, a cukorrépa és a burgonya öntözése indokolt. Az öntözött területek ará-nyának...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Klímatikus változások; Termésveszteség megelőzés; Öntözési háttér rekonstrukció szükségessége - climate change; Prevention of yield loss; Necessity of reconstruction of irrigation equipments; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54337

Relationship of the Interests between the Dairy Farmer and the Company in Ecological Agriculture  －A Case of the Dairy Industry in Sichuan Province, China
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Chen,   Jia-Wei; Qi,   Yan-bin.
Development status of dairy industry in Sichuan Province, China is analyzed, indicating that how to ensure the high-quality and ecological production of peasant households has become an important issue for the safety and healthy of the masses and the development of dairy industry. Game model is established and the solution for the model is obtained. Based on analyzing the relationship of the interests between the dairy farmer and the company in ecological agriculture, two mixed strategies of Nash equilibrium are obtained. One is that when the probability is equal to  , there are no differences between purchasing or not purchasing; if the probability of company purchase is equal to , there are no differences between producing high-quality milk and...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Game theory; Equilibrium; High quality milking; Moral risk; China; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97625

DETERMINING LOCATIONS FOR RURAL MEDICAL CLINICS: A MODEL AND ITS USE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hardy,   William E., Jr.; Marshall,   J. Paxton; Faris,   J. Edwin.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1973
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29437

SUBTLETIES ASSOCIATED WITH DERIVED DEMAND RELATIONSHIPS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Schrimper,   Ronald A.
Subtleties involving measurement of quantities and prices when derived demands are graphically displayed in frameworks representing market linkages are discussed.  Complications arising from assuming variable proportions rather than fixed coefficients are noted.  Finally, an example developed by Wohlgenant and Haidacher is clarified.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 1995
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31600

A magyar gabonaágazat középtávú kilátásai
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Potori,   Norbert; Varga,   Edina.
Igaz, hogy a szélsőséges időjárás Magyarországon rendkívül nagy hozamingadozásokat okozhat, az agrárpolitika és a piaci szereplők pedig hajlamosak a túlzott reakciókra, mégis a gabonaágazat az, ahol a magyar mezőgazdaság a természeti adottságok, a termelés vonatkozásában még bizonyíthatóan komparatív előnyökkel rendelkezik az Európai Unióban. A szántóföldi növények nemzeti kiegészítő támogatása ugyan 2008-tól a termeléstől függetlenedik, de a gazdálkodók a rendelkezésre álló szántóterületet a jövőben is hasznosítják, mert a gabonafélék magas ára ösztönzi a termelést. A kidolgozott különböző modellváltozataink szerint a hazai búzatermelés 4,6-6,1 millió tonna, míg a kukoricatermelés 9-10,9 millió tonna között alakulhat 2013-ban. A hazai abrakfogyasztó...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Gabonatermelés; Piac; Kilátások; Cereal production; Market; Forecasts; Agribusiness; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57733

Pfadabhängigkeit als Forschungsprogramm für die Agrarökonomie
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Theuvsen,   Ludwig.
More than a decade ago, path dependence turned out to become a promising research program for agricultural economics. This article reviews important trends in path dependence research and highlights its role in the economics of technology, institutional economics, agricultural economics, and organization theory. Due to potential inefficiencies of path dependent processes, more and more researchers focus on path creation which has as yet not been understood very well. The implications of these recent developments for research questions and methodology of agricultural economics are sketched.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Efficiency; Generating momentum; Mindful deviation; Path creation; Path dependence; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97433

Applying a Sectoral System of Innovation (SSI) Approach to the Australian Red Meat Industry with Implications for Improving Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the Australian Agrifood Industry
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Pitt,   Christine; Nelle,   Susan.
This paper describes an action research study conducted over four years (2002-2006) in the Australian red meat industry. The study aimed to extend the body of knowledge on innovation and entrepreneurship. It also sought to explore options for improving practice through interventions that would accelerate the development of innovation culture and capabilities. A conceptual framework was developed leading to a new Systems Innovation Intervention Framework. The framework was subsequently implemented via 30 individual pilots. The outcomes of the research study were tested for relevance more broadly within the Australian food industry and high levels of acceptance were reported.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Innovation; Sectoral innovation systems; Innovation system failures; Intervention strategies; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Q10; Q16.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53734

Processing Costs, Labor Efficiency, and Economies of Size in Cooperatively Owned Fluid Milk Plants
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Thraen,   Cameron S.; Hahn,   David E.; Roof,   James B.
This article examines the operating cost structure of 15 cooperatively owned fluid milk processing plants. The selected plants range from small, low-volume facilities to large, high-volume plants with varying levels of capital and labor inputs. Operating costs are presented for the plants by converting monthly fiscal data to averages and grouping the plants by relative processing volume. The functional relationship between total and unit costs and average plant volume is estimated. Processing cost per gallon declines by 1.6 percent for a 10 percent increase in plant volume. Approximately 85 percent of the reduction in unit cost is attributable to lower labor, packaging, energy, repair, maintenance, and depreciation costs.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1987
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/46202

ABSTRACTS, CONTRIBUTED PAPERS
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1980
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29388

Method of Component Depreciation of Fixed Assetsts and Its Comparision with Traditional Methods
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Starova,   M.; Cermakova,   Helena.
This contribution analyzes, based on specific examples, accounting procedures and tax implications of depreciation of tangible fixed assets. It compares the component method, which has recently appeared in the Czech legal regulations, with the traditional methods. To compare the effects that the traditional methods have on profit or loss, or rather on the tax base, also the generation of provisions is used. The use of component depreciation is governed solely by the accounting regulations while the Income Tax Act has not been changed in this respect. Profit of loss has to be adjusted by a difference amount between accounting depreciation and tax depreciation in tax return.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Component depreciation; Tax depreciation; Accounting depreciation; Profit or loss; Costs; Expenses; Provisions.; Political Economy; GA; IN.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/96874

EFECTO DE LAS PLANTAS TÓXICAS PARA EL GANADO SOBRE LA PRODUCCIÓN PECUARIA EN SONORA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Moreno Medina,   Salomon; Denogean Ballesteros,   Francisco G.; Martin Rivera,   Martha H.; Ibarra Flores,   Fernando A.; Baldenegro Campa,   Arturo.
In almost all types of vegetation there are species that can cause toxicity to livestock that consumes. The poisoning caused problems in many different animals can affect reproduction, weight gain, and even death. These problems are causing economic losses in the livestock industry it is necessary to quantify but very difficult to achieve it. In Sonora, has been diagnosed rangeland of overgrazing, which manifests itself in a deterioration that diminishes the species desirable and undesirable increases, among these plants are toxic. We have identified 184 species that are toxic and within them there are 59 species that consume livestock and cause problems. For the foregoing are raised by this study, in order to try to estimate the economic impact that cause...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Poisonous plants; Cattle; Economic impact; Sonora.; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56554

REVENUE INSURANCE FOR GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA PEACHES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Miller,   Stephen E.; Kahl,   Kandice H.; Rathwell,   P. James.
We estimate actuarially fair premium rates for yield and revenue insurance for Georgia and South Carolina peaches. The premium rates for both products decrease at a decreasing rate as the mean farm-level yield increases. In general, the premium rate for revenue insurance exceeds the premium rate for yield insurance for a given coverage level and expected yield. Although the revenue and yield insurance rates differ in a statistical sense, they do not appear to differ in an economic sense except at high coverage levels for growers with very high yields.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Crop insurance; Peaches; Revenue insurance; Yield insurance; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15391

Dynamic Effects of Grain and Energy Prices on the Catfish Feed and Farm Sectors
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Muhammad,   Andrew; Zheng,   Hualu.
This study examines the dynamic effects of grain prices and energy prices on catfish feed prices and the price of food-sized catfish at the farm level. Using the autoregressive distributed lag model and bounds testing procedure, a long-run relationship between feed and farm prices and their determinants was confirmed. Given the effect of corn and soybean meal prices on catfish feed prices, and catfish fish feed prices on farm prices, the long-run responsiveness of feed prices to a percentage increase in U.S. ethanol production is 0.325, and the responsiveness of catfish farm prices is 0.064. Although both feed and farm prices increase with ethanol production, the relatively small responsiveness of farm prices when compared with feed prices suggests that...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Catfish; Prices; Autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) model; Ethanol; Feed; Corn; Soybeans; Agribusiness; Agricultural Finance; Demand and Price Analysis; Financial Economics; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Marketing; Production Economics; Productivity Analysis; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; C32; Q11; Q22.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/100520

MARKET FAILURE IN MULTIPHASE ELECTRIC POWER DEVELOPMENT FOR AGRICULTURAL IRRIGATION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tew,   Bernard V.; Broder,   Josef M.; Musser,   Wesley N.; Centner,   Terence J.
The adoption of multiphase electric power for electric irrigation has been limited in an area characterized by extremely rapid expansion of irrigated acreage despite production cost advantages.  Theoretical and empirical evidence of failure in the existing market for multiphase power development are presented.  Alternative development mechanisms are presented and discussed.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1985
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29993

Trends in the Production and Marketing of Beef and Veal
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: McFarlane,   C.C.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing.
Ano: 1955
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8939

Contents and Cover Page
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44667

Analysis of matched cohort data
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cummings,   Peter; McKnight,   Barbara.
Matching is occasionally used in cohort studies; examples include studies of twins and some studies of traffic crashes. Analysis of matched cohort data is not discussed in many textbooks or articles and is not mentioned in the Stata manuals. Risk ratios can be estimated using matched-pair cohort data with Stata’s mcc command. We describe a new command, csmatch, which can produce these risk ratios and is often more convenient. We briefly review flexible regression methods that can estimate risk ratios in matched cohort data: conditional Poisson regression and some versions of Cox regression.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Csmatch; Cohort study; Conditional Poisson regression; Matching; Matched-pair; Matched cohort study; Risk ratio; Odds ratio; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/116248

Optimal Grazing Termination Date for Dual-Purpose Winter Wheat Production
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Taylor,   Karen W.; Epplin,   Francis M.; Brorsen,   B. Wade; Fieser,   Brian G.; Horn,   Gerald W.
Dual-purpose winter wheat (fall-winter forage plus grain) production is an important economic enterprise in the southern Great Plains. Grazing termination to enable grain production is a critical decision. The objective is to determine the optimal grazing termination date for dual-purpose wheat. The value of knowing the occurrence of first hollow stem (FHS), a wheat growth threshold for grazing termination, is also determined. Results indicate that for most price situations grazing should be terminated at or before FHS. Marginal wheat returns from extended grazing were negative and the value of FHS information ranges from $1.50 to $10 per acre.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Dual-purpose; First hollow stem; Plateau function; Stocker cattle; Value of information; Wheat; Agribusiness; Agricultural Finance; Crop Production/Industries; Farm Management; Land Economics/Use; Livestock Production/Industries; Production Economics; Q12; Q16.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57148

Property Rights, Land Fragmentation and the Emerging Structure of Agriculture in Central and Eastern European Countries
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Thomas,   Joachim.
This paper offers an overview of land reform processes in the CEECs and their outcomes and impacts and analyzes current and emerging structures in rural areas. Different types of land consolidation are defined and their potential impacts are assessed. The paper then looks in depth at land consolidation processes, especially in the context of land management, and outlines preconditions and cornerstones for various approaches. Environmental aspects and principles for land funds and land banking are also drawn in. The paper argues the need for an integrated and sustainable rural development which includes a role for land consolidation.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Transition economies; Land tenure; Land fragmentation; Land consolidation; Rural development; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/112607

END MATERIALS
Provedor de dados: 31
Includes:  Membership Application
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1983
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26868

MINIUSINAS DE LEITE COMO ALTERNATIVA DE DESENVOLVIMENTO REGIONAL
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ribeiro,   Eliene Cristina Barros; Queda,   Oriowaldo.
This paper aims to evaluate milk mini-plants as policy proposals, targeting the generation of income and employment in local/regional bounds. Thus, it will be possible to improve the production efficiency of the home producers and the quality of the product to the consumer. Theoretical concept discussions among several related authors found in the literature in order to incorporate some key elements which might configure a proper analysis of the proposal. The data were obtained through standard interviews applied to producers from nine establishments found in the Rural Development Office (RDO) of Araraquara/SP, which is branch of milk basin of Ribeirão Preto, localized in the countryside of the state of São Paulo, and to producers from a milk mini-plant...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Dairy products; Home production; Informality.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43714

A földbirtok-politikaintézményeinek lehetséges változásai
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Orlovits,   Zsolt.
Az üzemszabályozás magyarországi bevezetése olyan modellváltást eredményezne, amely a termőföld-tulajdonlás helyett a használatra helyezné a szabályozás hangsúlyait. Ezzel párhuzamosan olyan hatósági ellenőrzési rendszer kiépítésére is lehetőség nyílna, melyen keresztül hazánk a Római Szerződésben rögzített alapelvek (állampolgárságon alapuló diszkrimináció tilalma, tőkeáramlás és letelepedés szabadsága) megsértése nélkül is képes lehet megoldani a birtokpolitika nemzeti karakterét.  Az új szabályozási modellen keresztül a birtokaprózódás mérséklődése is elérhető az agrárüzem, mint dologösszesség egy egységben történő öröklésével anélkül, hogy csorbulna az örökhagyó tulajdonos üzeme feletti szabad rendelkezési joga.  Az osztatlan közös tulajdonban maradó...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Üzemszabályozás; Járadékvadászat; Földügyi igazgatás; Farm regulation; Subsidy hunting; Land administration; Agricultural and Food Policy; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/99138

Modeling Texas Dryland Cotton Yields, With Application to Crop Insurance Actuarial Rating
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Chen,   Shu-Ling; Miranda,   Mario J.
Texas dryland upland cotton yields have historically exhibited greater variation and more distributional irregularities than the yields of other crops, raising concerns that conventional parametric distribution models may generate biased or otherwise inaccurate crop insurance premium rate estimates. Here, we formulate and estimate regime-switching models for Texas dryland cotton yields in which the distribution of yield is conditioned on local drought conditions. Our results indicate that drought-conditioned regime-switching models provide a better fit to Texas county-level dryland cotton yields than conventional parametric distribution models. They do not, however, generate significantly different Group Risk Plan crop insurance premium rate estimates.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Actuarial rating; Adverse selection; Cotton; Crop insurance; Group risk plan; Regime-switching; Yield distribution; Agribusiness; Crop Production/Industries; Farm Management; Q10; Q14; Q18.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/45522

Table of Contents
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7367

Kompetenzverteilung in der Agrarpolitik in Deutschland
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Thoroe,   Carsten.
In agricultural policy in Germany institutional and functional spheres of responsibility are mixed. The constitution of the Federal Republic of Germany warrants a strong position to the federal states in relation to the federal government. But in fact, the decentralized lines of the constitutional law and the clear division of responsibilities between the federal government and the federal states have lost their contours over time. Taking the developments on the revenue side and the expenditure side together, in the national sphere in Germany there is the impression that the various governmental levels form a sturdy “network”. Only at the level of implementation there are quite pronounced decentralized elements. There has been much critical discussion...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Distribution of responsibility; Political entanglement; Subsidiarity; Agricultural and Food Policy; Political Economy.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/98875

A Study of the Economics of Bulk Handling of Wheat on Farms
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Candler,   Wilfred V.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 1959
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8989

Unwillingness to Consume Irradiated Beef and Unwillingness to Pay for Beef Irradiation
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: He,   Senhui; Fletcher,   Stanley M.; Rimal,   Arbindra.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Consumer/Household Economics.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26728

Book Notes
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1953
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9047

Perspektiven der landwirtschaftlichen Betriebslehre
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kohne,   Manfred.
Traditional objects of farm management research and farm management science are farms and farm households. In the course of time new objects have been added, for example different forms of horizontal and vertical co-operation, commerce and manufacturing enterprises in the field of agriculture, partly supplying, and service industries in agriculture. Corresponding to that, there are numerous addressees: relevant academics, students, farmers and their consultants, agricultural experts, also increasingly employees in agribusiness, agricultural societies and administrations, partly also jurisdiction, agrarian politicians, and finally the public. There is a large variety of topics concerning farm management research and science. Important traditional topics...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural sector; Farm management economics; Farm economic research projects; Organisation of agricultural economics research and science; Farm Management; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/98884

A MODEL OF THE STUBBLE REPLACEMENT DECISION FOR FLORIDA SUGARCANE GROWERS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Crane,   Donald R., Jr.; Spreen,   Thomas H.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 1980
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29496

The Decision to Direct Market: An Analysis of Small Fruit and Specialty-Product Markets in Virginia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Monson,   Joseph; Mainville,   Denise Y.; Kuminoff,   Nicolai V.
Farmers are increasingly interested in high-value alternatives to commodity production. Direct marketing is a potentially attractive marketing alternative, having been shown to offer increased net incomes to farmers. Nevertheless, there is a dearth of literature on the determinants of the decision to direct market. This paper uses an ordered logit regression to analyze how farm size, the importance of high-value crops, organic production, experience, and demographic factors affect a producer’s reliance on direct markets. The results show that farm size, high-value crop production, non-certified organic production methods, and household size are determinants of the share of total farm output sold through direct marketing outlets.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Marketing.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/55971

Stata tip 9: Following special sequences
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cox,   Nicholas J.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/116242

Non-Parametric Approaches to Education and Health Efficiency in OECD Countries
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Afonso,   Antonio; St. Aubyn,   Miguel.
We address the efficiency in education and health sectors for a sample of OECD countries by applying two alternative non-parametric methodologies: FDH and DEA. Those are two areas where public expenditure is of great importance so that findings have strong implications in what concerns public sector efficiency. When estimating the efficiency frontier we focus on measures of quantity inputs. We believe this approach to be advantageous since a country may well be efficient from a technical point of view but appear as inefficient if the inputs it uses are expensive. Efficient outcomes across sectors and analytical methods seem to cluster around a small number of core countries, even if for different reasons: Japan, Korea and Sweden.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Education; Health; Expenditure efficiency; Production possibility frontier; FDH; DEA; C14; H51; H52; I18; I21; I28.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37107

Dairy Industry Policy
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Freebairn,   John W.
Current dairy industry policy facilitates discriminatory pricing of milk used for market milk, domestic manufactured products and for export products. A variant of the Parish model is used to estimate transfer and efficiency costs of these arrangements. Transfers from consumers to producers represent about a third of gross farm returns. Efficiency costs of too little consumption are small. Estimated costs of excess production are between $25 million and $65 million a year. The model suggests important changes to the way in which the Industry Commission calculates rates of assistance to the dairy industry.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 1992
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/12499

Can Cooperative Movements Be Successful in Traditional Societies? The Case of Southern Senegal
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jolly,   Curtis M.
In spite of professional and political support for cooperatives in West Africa, their record of accomplishments is very spotty. Advocates of cooperatives have been blamed for not tailoring the movement to the needs, social practices, and orientations of traditional societies. In this paper, an attempt is made to show how indigenous groups can be organized to improve the coordination of traditional groups, local governments, financial institutions, and aid donors. Village cooperatives, called "Groupement Villageois," in southern Senegal were allowed to organize their own business affairs. Credit was provided to the cooperative group by the development agency. Cooperative activities were structured around cultural norms, village traditions, and production...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1991
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/46255

The Value of Third-Party Certification of Preconditioning Claims at Iowa Feeder Cattle Auctions
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bulut,   Harun; Lawrence,   John D.
After controlling a variety of feeder cattle characteristics and market and sale conditions in Iowa feeder auctions, the price premiums for preconditioning claims (vaccinations and minimum 30 days of weaning) with and without third-party certification (TPC) are estimated as $6.12/cwt and $3.35/cwt, respectively.  These premiums differ statistically (p&lt;0.0001), and their difference exceeds the average participation cost of TPC ($1/cwt).  This indicates that TPC is valued in the market to credibly signal preconditioning investment under asymmetric information.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Asymmetric information; Feeder cattle auctions; Quality; Signalling; Third-party certification; Q11; Q12; Q13; C23.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37052

THE PRICE ELASTICITY OF DEMAND FOR EXPORTS: A COMMENT ON THROSBY AND RUTLEDGE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Scobie,   Grant M.; Johnson,   Paul R.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 1979
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22601

A STUDY OF RETAIL FOOD PRICING PRACTICES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hasenjaeger,   John T.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 1975
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26819

DESEMPENHO DE COOPERATIVAS: O CASO DE UMA COOPERATIVA DE CRÉDITO RURAL
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Meurer,   Simplicio; Marcon,   Rosilene.
Cooperative is an organizational form of collective property which obeys a series of universal principles for leading the administration. The incomplete separation between property and control and the difficult access to the generated residues result in specific problems and hinder managerial action. The present article, according to the Theory of the Agency, discusses relation between the performance of an organizational form that, by means of the power of the principles need to act into the social development whereas keeping itself economically viable when competing with market oriented organizations and with the expectations of their associates. A questionnaire was developed and applied to the associates of a rural credit cooperative. The answers were...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agency theory; Cooperatives; Performance.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43698

Estimating Production Risk and Inefficiency Simultaneously: An Application to Cotton Cropping Systems
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jaenicke,   Edward C.; Frechette,   Darren L.; Larson,   James A.
By using a stochastic frontier framework, the mutual effect of input use on production risk and inefficiency is investigated. Disentangling this mutual effect proves important for empirical reasons, at least when applied to west Tennessee cotton systems grown after various cover crops. The most striking result is that the stochastic frontier model, when compared with a typical Just-Pope model, reorders the relative riskiness of cover-crop regimes associated with the cotton systems.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Cotton; Inefficiency; Just-Pope; Production risk; Stochastic production frontier; Production Economics.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31059

COVER AND CONTENTS PAGES
Provedor de dados: 31
Includes: Cover Page, Officers for 1976, Contents Pages
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1976
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27805

An Ex Ante Evaluation of the National Pig Carcase Measurement and Information Service
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Griffith,   Garry R.
This paper reports an ex ante evaluation of a proposed carcase description scheme for the Australian pig industry. Potential benefits and costs of the scheme are described and enumerated, and most likely estimates evaluated by benefit-cost analysis. The results indicate that the proposed scheme would generate net discounted efficiency benefits of almost $50m. A sensitivity analysis of important assumptions and parameter values is conducted, and in all cases NPV remains positive. The conclusion is that the ex ante pricing and operational efficiency benefits of the implementation of the scheme would outweigh the costs of achieving them.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 1978
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10305

ECONOMIC GROWTH IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Parker,   M.L.; Yeow,   A.G.
One measure of the economic activity generated by the primary sector is the extent to which the demand for its products is retained within the sector or is transmitted elsewhere. In this article an analysis is made of these inter-relationships between industries and between each industry and the trade sector, as they influence the rate and direction of economic growth in Western Australia. Two input-output models of the Western Australian economy are then used to examine structural changes implied in changes in input coefficients over time.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1966
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22673

Understanding Factors That Influence Breeders to Sell Bulls at Performance Tests
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lillywhite,   Jay M.; Simonsen,   J.
Breeders of purebred bulls have multiple avenues to market their bulls, including consignment at public auctions associated with performance tests. Purebred breeders often have the opportunity to withdraw bulls that are eligible to sell in these auctions. We examine sales data from a public auction held in conjunction with a performance bull test in Tucumcari, NM, to gain insights on breeder decisions to withdraw bulls prior to entering the sales ring. Specifically, we use a binary logit model to identify relevant characteristics that affect a breeder’s decision to withdraw a sale eligible bull from the auction.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Breeder decisions; Livestock; Performance bull test; Agribusiness; Demand and Price Analysis; Livestock Production/Industries; Productivity Analysis; C31; D23; D44; D83; M31; Q13.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47264

OPTIMAL IRRIGATION PIVOT LOCATION ON IRREGULARLY SHAPED FIELDS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hatch,   L. Upton; Hardy,   William E., Jr.; Rochester,   Eugene W.; Johnson,   Gregory C.
Although annual rainfall in the Southeast is adequate, its distribution is a potential constraint to agricultural production. Farmers require production information concerning efficient use of irrigation technology adapted to regional growing conditions. Selection of optimal position, size, and number of pivots in center pivot irrigation systems poses special problems on small, irregularly shaped fields. In the southeastern United States, field size and shape are often varied and irregular. A mixed integer programming model was constructed to assist in irrigation investment decisions. The model is illustrated using irrigated peanut production in southeast Alabama. Results indicate the importance of economic engineering considerations.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Farm Management.
Ano: 1985
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29985

FOOD INDUSTRY, GOVERNMENT, LABOR AND THE AMERICAN CONSUMER IN TOMORROW'S MARKET PLACE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cain,   Jarvis L.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1980
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27091

COVER AND CONTENTS PAGES
Provedor de dados: 31
Includes: Front Cover; Editorial Information; Contents Page
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1982
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32426

MEASURING CONSUMER BENEFITS OF FOOD SAFETY RISK REDUCTIONS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Buzby,   Jean C.; Fox,   John A.; Ready,   Richard C.; Crutchfield,   Stephen R.
Microbial pathogens and pesticide residues in food pose a financial burden to society which can be reduced by incurring costs to reduce these food safety risks. We explore three valuation techniques that place a monetary value on food safety risk reductions, and we present a case study for each: a contingent valuation survey on pesticide residues, an experimental auction market for a chicken sandwich with reduced risk of Salmonella, and a cost-of-illness analysis for seven foodborne pathogens. Estimates from these techniques can be used in cost/benefit analyses for policies that reduce food safety risks.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Contingent valuation; Cost of illness; Experimental auction market; Food safety; Risk reduction; Salmonella; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15107

Cover and Contents Pages
Provedor de dados: 31
Includes: Cover, Editorial Information, Contents Pages
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31385

ON THE NEGLECT OF DYNAMICS, RISK AND MARKET INSULATION IN THE ANALYSIS OF URUGUAY ROUND FOOD TRADE REFORMS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tyers,   Rodney.
The substantial investment in models of international food markets prior to and during the Uruguay Round of international trade negotiations has been a mixed blessing so far as the prospects for reform are concerned. At worst, results from these models have misled the negotiations because they have most often ignored a primary concern lending domestic political support to food market interventions, namely the avoidance of risks borne of dependence on international markets. In this paper the reasons for market insulating policies are reviewed and their links with protection elucidated. Some errors that have stemmed from the application of 'standard' but inappropriate models are noted. Finally, the implications of extending the standard method to include...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 1991
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22620

Is Irrigation Water only Used for Irrigation? An Enquiry into the Alternative Uses and an Attempt on Valuation
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Indira Devi,   P.; Mani,   K.P.
Irrigation sector investments in Kerala have been mounting since Independence, but the financial performance of these investments has been far from satisfactory. In an era of growing divergence in water supply and demand, the emergence of water markets is imminent. This calls for a realistic pricing strategy for water use, whether in agriculture or other sectors. The canal water though targeted at the agriculture sector, is often put to non-irrigation uses. This paper has discussed a method to quantify the non-irrigation uses of canal water and has assessed the value of the same, based on a sample study in Peechi Irrigation Command Area in Thrissur district of Kerala, India . The value has been assessed for the water used directly for irrigation from the...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57756

Inside Front Cover
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10185

THE RURAL TOWN AS A PRODUCING UNIT: AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT POLICY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ayer,   Harry W.; Weidman,   Joe.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1976
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29746

The citizen versus consumer hypothesis: Evidence from a contingent valuation survey
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Curtis,   John A.; McConnell,   Kenneth E.
This paper examines the criticism of contingent valuation put forth by Blamey, Common and Quiggin (Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 1995, vol. 39, pp. 264–288). They argue that households have consistent preferences over private goods but not jointly consistent preferences over public and private goods and, hence, contingent valuation cannot uncover meaningful responses for the valuation of public goods. In this paper we argue that the motives that are manifested in choices for public goods can be explained in two ways. One is the model of the citizen, proposed by Blamey et al. (1995). The second is a model of neoclassical preferences with altruism. Given these alternative and competing explanations of choices for public goods,...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/118070

A METHOD FOR EVALUATING SUPPLY RESPONSE TO PRICE UNDERWRITING
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fraser,   Rob W.
In this paper a method for evaluating the supply response of individual producers to a price underwriting scheme is presented. The method includes precise formulae to take account of the impact of price underwriting on the producer's uncertain conditions. The Australian Wheat Board's guaranteed minimum price scheme is taken as a specific example of price underwriting in practice. Results show the scheme to lead to only relatively small supply responses. The impact on producer behaviour of an increase in price uncertainty in the presence of an underwriting scheme is also demonstrated in the paper.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 1988
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22921

Preisstrategien im deutschen Lebensmitteleinzelhandel – eine empirische Analyse
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Moser,   Anke.
The present article discusses several pricing patterns and promotion activities in the German grocery retail industry. Special sales offers on the one hand and continuous pricing on the other hand affect the price instability of several selected products. Altogether the grocery retail industry exerts a stabilizing effect on prices in comparison with the price instability of agricultural commodities in the world market. Different price levels for products in some retail outlets show that a mixed price calculation is used. Price elasticities in the elastic part of the demand function for four selected products indicate that consumers react strongly to price discounts at the point of sale. Beside pricing strategies, different promotion activities affect...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Grocery retailing industry; Pricing patterns; Price elasticities; Promotion activity; Agribusiness; Industrial Organization.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/98879

Lessons Learned from the Phase-out of the MFA: Moving from Managed Distortion to Managed Distortion
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hudson,   Darren; Ethridge,   Don E.; Mutuc,   Maria Erlinda M.
While the elimination of the Multifibre Arrangement (MFA) was presumed to be a net global benefit because it represented an elimination of a distortionary set of trade agreements, it was based on the assumption that the underlying global trading regime was based on free trade principles. However, due to the trading pattern that has emerged after the MFA and its unintended consequences – with production infrastructure and trading rules based on distortionary incentives so entrenched into the system – the global trading regime after the elimination of quotas is still far short of free.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: MFA; Textile and clothing; Trade; Demand and Price Analysis; Industrial Organization; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; International Relations/Trade; Production Economics.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/104063

CUSTOS E OTIMIZAÇÃO DE ROTAS NO TRANSPORTE DE LEITE A LATÃO E A GRANEL: UM ESTUDO DE CASO
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Silva,   Iraue Casarin Vieira da; Reis,   Ricardo Pereira; Gomes,   Marcos Jose Negreiros.
This present work compares the can and the bulk milk transportation systems in the first run, taking into consideration the economical cost indexes, leveling point, optimization of routes and the forms of payment for the freight. The study was carried out at a milk receptor company in the western side of Minas Gerais and the optimization model was based on the Vehicles Path Vertices Problem ( PPV ). The SisGRAFO software was used. In the analysis operational deficiencies in the bulk milk transportation system were verified, as well as deficiencies in the remuneration of the carters and in the optimization of routes. The adoption of a system which rewards the carter per transported volume instead of traveled distance comes as a suggestion.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Milk transportation; Can and bulk; Optimization of routes.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43288

ENTERPRISE ZONES AND THE CENTRAL CITY FOOD DELIVERY SYSTEM
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Marion,   Donald R.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1983
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27863

VOLUME DE PRODUÇÃO, PREÇOS E A DECISÃO DE COMERCIALIZAÇÃO INFORMAL DO LEITE: UM ESTUDO NO ESTADO DO RIO DE JANEIRO
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Neto,   Armando Chinelatto; Lima,   Joao Eustaquio de.
The recent transformation in milk production was characterized by the reduction of the prices received by the producer and by the increase of the production and productivity. Facing this reality, this work has the objective to identify whether the option for informal commercialization of the milk was one of the alternatives for the small producers receiving better prices. It was used a logit model to measure the impact of production volume and price received over the probability of producers to opt to sell in informal markets. The results were compatible to what was expected, once the price received per milk litre affects positivelly and the volume production has a negative effect the probability of producers to sell his production at informal markets....
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Informal milk market; Price; Production; Logit model.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43812

FACTORS AFFECTING CONSERVATION PRACTICE BEHAVIOR OF CRP PARTICIPANTS IN ALABAMA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hendrix,   Shannon; Wheelock,   Gerald; Onianwa,   Okwudili O.
This study examines the factors that affect conservation practice choices of CRP farmers in Alabama.  From over 9,000 contracts enrolled in the state between 1986 and 1995, 594 were randomly selected for the study.  A multiple-regression analysis was employed to analyze the data.  Results indicate that education, ratio of cropland in CRP, farm size, gender, prior crop practice, and geographic location of contract had a significant influence on the choice of conservation practice adopted.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Conservation practices; Conservation Reserve Program; CRP contracts; Cost share; Erodible cropland; Grass practice; Land retirement; Tree practice; Farm Management; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14730

General problems related to innovation and its potential in the Hungarian agro-food sector
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Husti,   Istvan.
This paper stresses that innovation in Hungary leaves something to be desired, and a perpetual lack of innovation also applies to the agro-food sector which, of course, consequently weakens the nation’s general competitiveness. The 2007-2013 period and the subsequent resources provided by the EU present new challenges. It is not overstating the case to say that if Hungary is not able to capitalize on this period, then it will face competitive disadvantages capable of placing Hungarian agriculture in a critical situation. To avoid this, the conditions for innovation and innovation performance must be improved. The system of innovation in the Hungarian agro-food sector does not lend itself to the application of the model constructed on R+D. Therefore, it...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Innovation; Agro-food sector’s innovation; Agricultural innovation; Innovation models; Adaptive innovation; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Labor and Human Capital; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49189

The Status Quo of Chinese Agro-products Logistics and the Establishment of the Third-Party Logistics Mode
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Chen,   Jing.
The status quo of Chinese agro-products logistics is analyzed from the following five aspects: the circulation mode, exchange mode, storage and transportation situation, food security. The following problems in Chinese agro-products logistics are pointed out, including excessive circulation sections, bad time efficiency, single payment, slow circulation, backward information processing, obvious bullwhip effect, low logistics efficiency, low logistics technology, inadequate professional equipments, low standardization degree, organized operation mode and low degree of scale. The third-party logistics mode of agro-products is analyzed and the advantages of the mode are analyzed as well. Firstly, establishing information network through integrating...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agro-products; Circulation pattern; The third-party logistics; China; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/117353

MEASURING ECONOMIC GROWTH IN RURAL COMMUNITIES: THE SHIFT-SHARE APPROACH
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gordon,   John; Darling,   David L.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1976
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29754

Új agrárstratégia alapjai
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Buday-Santha,   Attila.
Az agrártermelés helyzetének romló tendenciája és a vidék kilátástalansága egyre határozottabban követeli egy egységes agrár- és vidékstratégia kialakítását. Erre azonban nemcsak külső okok, de az ágazatban érdekeltek mély belső ellentétei miatt ma sincsen sok remény. Ehhez le kellene számolni sok, a rendszerváltás óta létező, a rendszerváltás törvényei által védett tabuval, amihez az agrárágazat és a vidék sorsa iránt nagyobb felelősségre, alázatra és együttműködésre lenne szükség. Ehhez kíván a rövid tanulmány az alábbiakkal hozzájárulni. Látható, hogy a mezőgazdasági termelés értéke lényegében két évtizede stagnál, miközben a nagyobb hozzáadott értéket és a gazdaság belső vertikumát képező ágaza¬tok, mint a kertészet, az állattenyésztés fokozatosan...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agrárstratégia; Termelési méret; Földkoncentráció; Technológia; Szakképzettség; Termékpályák; Vidékfejlesztés; Agricultural strategy; Production size; Land consolidation; Technology; Qualifications; Product paths; Rural development; Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/92426

The Theory of Spatial Equilibrium and Optimal Location in Agriculture: A Survey
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Weinschenck,   G.; Henrichsmeyer,   Wilhelm; Aldinger,   F.
In this article the development and present state of the field of spatial equilibrium theory and analysis is reviewed, particularly with respect to its application to the location of agricultural production. After surveying the historical aspects of location theory and the relationships between classical and modern theory, three major model forms are developed in some detail, viz., standard equilibrium models using supply and demand relations, activity analysis models using production functions, factor endowments and demand relations, and dynamic (recursive) models incorporating behavioral restrictions into the standard programming form. Next the study of the location of agricultural processing industry is surveyed, and finally problems of practical...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Production Economics.
Ano: 1969
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9121

Tertiary education in Latvia today and tomorrow
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Eglitis,   Janis; Panina,   Ludmila.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Tertiary education; Scenarios; Regional development.; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession; G32.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94728

AN EVALUATION OF INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT WITH HETEROGENEOUS PARTICIPATION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wetzstein,   Michael E.; Musser,   Wesley N.; Linder,   David K.; Douce,   G. Keith.
Principal component analysis in employed to develop indices that distinguish between participants and nonparticipants in Integrated Pest Management (IPM) programs.  Results of incorporating these indices into yield, net return, and production cost functions for cotton producers indicate that both yield and costs increase as the degree of producer participation in IPM increases.  Although these results are inconsistent with previous research, they are consistent with the theoretical relationship between IPM and conventional input usage.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 1985
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32308

Editorial - Potato Marketing
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Marketing.
Ano: 1948
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8733

AGROLOG – SISTEMA DE INFORMACAO PARA A AVALIAÇAO DA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: de Abreu Sa Diniz,   Janaina Deane; dos Santos Figueiredo,   Adelaide.
This paper presents the steps of a developing research of a model to evaluate the integration level of logistics in supply chains that have the family farming producers as first suppliers. Among the objectives of the paper, there are the software description and its applications. Those chains have some particularities in the production and distribution planning of their products and, for this reason, they need the adaptation of some concepts of logistics to their context in order to be evaluated and then improved. Firstly it is presented a review on concepts of logistics and also on the peculiarities in familiar production in order to make possible a discussion on the evaluation of logistics performance in organizations of familiar producers. The steps...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Avaliação; Logística integrada; Modelagem; Cadeia de abastecimento; Produção familiar; Evaluation; Integrated logistics; Supply chain; Familiar production; Consumer/Household Economics; Production Economics.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/102007

A Dynamic Decision Model of Technology Adoption under Uncertainty: Case of Herbicide-Resistant Rice
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Annou,   Mamane Malam; Wailes,   Eric J.; Thomsen,   Michael R.
Herbicide-resistant (HR) rice technology is a potential tool for control of red rice in commercial rice production.  Using an ex ante mathematical programming framework, this research presents an empirical analysis of HR rice technology adoption under uncertainty.  The analysis accounts for stochastic germination of red rice and sheath blight to model a profit maximization problem of crop rotation among HR rice, regular rice, and soybeans.  The results demonstrate that risk attitudes and technology efficiency determine adoption rates and optimal rotation patterns.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Biotechnology; Herbicide resistance; Mathematical programming; Profit maximization; Rice; Risk; Rotation; Technology; Adoption; Crop Production/Industries; Production Economics; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Q16; Q18; O33; C61.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43724

Farm Surveys and Farm Management Research
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rutherford,   John; Lloyd,   Alan G.
The scientific study of farm management and of the pattern of rural activities is destined to play an increasingly important role in the future development of Australian agriculture.  Scope for expansion in primary production lies in two directions.  First, in the improvement of farming techniques within the present boundaries of major agricultural development. This applies particularly to the main crop and livestock areas which experience comparatively high rainfalls. Second, in the development of new areas beyond the present margins of agriculture, by means of new techniques designed to improve natural conditions, such as irrigation works, the application of deficient minerals to soils, and other measures. It is evident that development along each of...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Farm Management.
Ano: 1952
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8847

EXTENSÃO RURAL, AGROECOLOGIA E INOVAÇÃO NA AGRICULTURA FAMILIAR DO VALE DO JEQUITINHONHA1
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Noronha,   Alini Fernanda Bicalho; Ribeiro,   Eduardo Magalhaes; Augusto,   Helder dos Anjos.
Agroforest systems (AFS) are agricultural techniques that combine woody arboreal species (fruit-bearing and/or wood producing) with agricultural production. AFSs have the capacity to make degraded areas productive, preserving at the same time natural resources and providing food, wood, firewood and diverse vegetable essences. Since 1994 the Centro de Agricultura alternativa Vicente Nica -CAV (Vicente Nica Alternative Agriculture Center) and a group of 32 farmers/experimentators practice and divulge AFS in the Alto Jequitinhonha area, trying to develop a conservationist production alternative. This article analyzes the effects of this experience on rural extension, investigating how the practice of AFS, the mobilization of rural communities and...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Family agriculture; Agroecology; Rural organizations; Jequitinhonha Valley; Rural extension; Agribusiness; Agricultural Finance; Industrial Organization.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/90413

THE IMPACT OF PROPERTY TAX EQUALIZATION ON RURAL PROPERTY IN OKLAHOMA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Drummond,   H. Evan.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 1975
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29510

EFICIÊNCIA DA PRODUÇÃO FAMILIAR DE LEITE EM PROJETOS DE ASSENTAMENTO DE REFORMA AGRÁRIA: ESTUDO MULTICASO
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Pinheiro,   Mauro Estenio Facanha; Altafin,   Iara Guimaraes.
The milk market changes in Brazil, occured in the last few decades, have challenged the milk producers, especially the smaller ones in relation to milk quality improvement, the reduction of production costs, the adoption of modern practical management technologies and efficiency and productivity gain. The economic sustainability of the producers depends, in great measure, on their success in responding positively to these challenges. This work has aimed to evaluate the technical and economical efficiency of the family dairy production in settlement projects of agrarian reform in the city of Unaí-MG. Information on the production of sixteen producers were collected during an eleven-month period. For evaluating the efficiency, it was used Data Envelopment...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Data envelopment analysis; Efficiency; Family dairy production.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43709

Integrating Research and Education
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Schroeder,   Ted C.
University faculty have numerous responsibilities, but development of our own and our students’ human capital is our primary job. To effectively develop human capital of others requires investing heavily in our own capital. This includes being actively involved in discovering knowledge. In addition, as agricultural economists, our clientele demand relevant research output which requires regularly informing them about our research. Conducting research, publishing and communicating findings to interested parties better equips us to provide a quality teaching program. This article presents an accumulation of evidence supporting this view and provides insights about how these activities might be integrated.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Education; Teaching; Research; Scholars; Agribusiness; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1996
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/90382

Linking consumer prices to wholesale prices: Error correction models for the case of Greece
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Katsouli,   E.; Vogiatzis,   A.; Manitsaris,   A.
The purpose of this paper is to investigate and measure the proportion of changes in wholesale prices transferred to consumer prices in the economy of Greece. The data used in the investigation are monthly, covering the period from 1973:1 to 2000:11, and refer to consumer price indexes and finished products wholesale price indexes. Cointegration methods are used in order to investigate the cost transfer from wholesale prices to consumer prices, or in other words to test the existence or not of a long-term equilibrium relationship between the two prices. The paper concludes that long-term relationships exist between the two prices and thus, error correction models (ECM) are developed and estimated using the Seemingly Unrelated Regression Estimation (SURE)...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Consumer/Household Economics.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26429

Financing Agricultural Competiveness in the Caribbean
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wenner,   Mark D.; Davis,   Carlton George; Christy,   Ralph D.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: WTO Policies; Financing Agriculture; Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/45789

Inter-Governmental Commodity Agreements
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lloyd,   Alan G.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Public Economics.
Ano: 1952
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8812

Rates of Return in the Farm and Nonfarm Sectors: How Do They Compare?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Erickson,   Kenneth W.; Moss,   Charles B.; Mishra,   Ashok K.
This study examines the return on agricultural assets relative to nonfinancial corporate assets in the general economy using aggregate bureau of Economic Analysis data. Our results indicate that the rate of return on nonfarm assets dominates the rate of return on agricultural assets.  The average rate of return on nonfarm assets is higher than the average rate of return on farm assets, and the variance of the rate of return on nonfarm assets is lower than the variance of the rate of return on farm assets.  Furthermore, the rate of return on agricultural assets only exceeds the rate of return in the nonfarm sector in 1992.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Farm sector accounting; Nonfarm income; Nonfarm sector; Rate of return; Returns to farm assets; Q14; Q18.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43477

THE DERIVED DEMAND FOR IRRIGATION SCHEDULING SERVICES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dudek,   Daniel J.; Horner,   Gerald L.; English,   Marshall J.
Scientific irrigation scheduling is a technique for systematically determining the proper date and quantity of each irrigation in individual fields.  This technique is presently being used by government agencies and private companies in the Western United States to assist farmers in planning irrigations.  This paper presents the results of a case study of the regional economic effects of scheduling the A &amp; B District in Idaho.  The analysis indicated that substantial reductions in total water use resulted from implementation of the service.  However, the acreage of scheduled irrigation actively was found to be sensitive to the cost of the service and the cost of irrigation water.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Farm Management.
Ano: 1981
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32586

END MATERIALS
Provedor de dados: 31
Includes: Guidelines for Articles and Notes to the Southern Journal of Agricultural Economics, Guidelines for Submission of Manuscripts
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1986
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29446

Determinantes dos arranjos contratuais1: O caso da transação produtor-processador de carne bovina no Uruguai
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mondelli,   Mario P.; Zylbersztajn,   Decio.
What are the determinants of the commercial channel choice in the beef producers-processors transactions? The question refers to the coordination and production control problem associated to changes in consumer’s awareness of specific attributes in food products. Two contractual arrangements coexist in this transaction: direct-contracting and broker-induced transactions Transaction Cost Economic offers helpful insights to understand the reason for the development and adaptations of different contractual arrangement moved by transaction cost economizing perspective. The empirical analysis is focused in the Uruguayan beef agro-industrial system. Analysis integrates (i) institutional and organizational changes in the beef industry; (ii) based on the analysis...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Vertical Coordination; Beef System; Contractual arrangement; Transaction Cost Economics; Agribusiness; D23; L14; Q13.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61237

THE PACKING SIMULATION MODEL
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Falk,   Constance L.; Tilley,   Daniel S.; Schatzer,   Raymond Joe.
The Packing Simulation Model is a microcomputer application program designed for researchers, extension personnel, bankers, packing managers, or other specialists who plan the operations of a packing facility or simulate its financial performance.  PACKSIM produces pro forma financial statements for packing facilities based on flexible crop mixes and packing assumptions.  Variations can be made in the product harvest schedule, price, quality, quantity, input costs and requirements, packing efficiency, overhead, and loan terms.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 1987
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30202

Book Reviews
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1985
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/12437

SALES OF LIVESTOCK AT HOMEBUSH, SYDNEY, April, 1946
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Coleman,   G.C.; O'Connell,   B.G.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 1946
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8948

ORGANIZED SYMPOSIA: ABSTRACTS
Provedor de dados: 31
Agricultural Economics Via Distance Education: Challenges and Opportunities, Allen F. Wysocki; Comparison of Agriculture and Business Practices in Southern United States and Europe and Ideas for Collaboration, Wes Harrison; Responses to the Farm Family Financial Crisis, Steve Isaacs; Global Economic Turmoil and Prospects for Recovery: Impacts, Issues and Prospects for Southern Agriculture, Mary Marchant; USDA/EPA Unified National Strategy for AFO's -Status and Implications for Southern Producers, Randy Little; How to Include Ethics in Teaching and Extension Programs, James Novak; Southern Agriculture in the Millennium Round of the WTO: Views, Issues, and Prospects, Larry Sanders; Lifetime Achievement Award Recipients View Challenges of the Early Years of...
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15485

PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH AND INPUT MIX CHANGES IN FOOD PROCESSING
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Adelaja,   Adesoji O.
To examine productivity growth in New Jersey's food-processing sector, this study conducts a joint analysis of total and partial factor productivity indexes.  Results indicate growing material intensity, declining labor and capital intensities, and relatively slow material productivity growth.  However, due to the high cost share of material inputs, material productivity growth contributed more to total factor productivity growth than did growth in the productivity of any other input.  In fact, almost half of the growth in overall productivity is attributed to material productivity growth.  Results also suggest that the 1973 decline in total factor productivity was characterized by greater decline in material productivity than in the productivities of...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Productivity Analysis.
Ano: 1992
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28852

ANALYSIS OF THE TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY OVER TIME OF WEST JAVANESE RICE FARMS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Trewin,   Ray; Weiguo,   Lu; Erwidodo; Bahri,   Sjaiful.
The high costs and effectiveness of Indonesia's current mix of policies aimed at maintaining rice self-sufficiency, for example fertiliser and other subsidies, has been questioned. Consequently, attention has turned to developing policies to increase farmers yields through efficiencies, for example as a result of better extension. The main issue investigated in this article is whether existing yields can be significantly improved through increasing the efficiency of individual farmers. Production frontiers are estimated and technical efficiencies/inefficiencies predicted from panel data and for one year at a time. Different results are explained in relation to a number of aspects, especially the rate of adoption of new technologies, and policy actions are...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: International Development; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 1995
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22400

Die Logik der europäischen Agrarpolitik: Politische Macht oder ökonomische Gesetzmäßigkeiten?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Henning,   Christian H.C.A.; Struve,   Carsten; Brockmeier,   Martina.
This paper derives an applied general political economy model incorporating a model of political decision-making into a computable general economic equilibrium model. Political decision-making among a set of legislators is modeled via a mean voter decision rule derived from a modified non-cooperative legislative bargaining game of a BARON-FEREJOHN type. Legislators’ preferences are endogenously derived from political support maximization, where policies translate into legislators’ support according to a political transformation surface. Each surface reflects specific economic framework conditions of legislators` constituency. The model allows a simultaneous analysis of political and economic factors determining policy outcome. In regard to the Health Check...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Political economy general equilibrium model; European agricultural policy; Endogenous policy preferences; CAP reform; Agricultural and Food Policy; International Relations/Trade; Political Economy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97590

Third-party effects of water trading and potential policy responses
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Heaney,   Anna; Dwyer,   Gavan; Beare,   Stephen; Peterson,   Deborah C.; Pechey,   Lili.
A key feature of water policy reform in Australia has been the separation of water access entitlements from land titles and the establishment of markets for water. However, the separation of water entitlements from land failed to account for a number of characteristics that were implicit in the joint right. This has given rise to a number of third-party effects as water is traded in an incomplete market. This paper describes four third-party effects of water trade; reliability of supply, timeliness of delivery, storage and delivery charges, and water quality and examines policy responses to address these effects. The discussion draws on the concepts of exclusiveness and rivalry to determine the applicability of property rights and other solutions to the...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Property rights; Water trading; Third-party effects; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/116967

O ENVELHECIMENTO E AS APOSENTADORIAS NO AMBIENTE RURAL: UM ENFOQUE BIBLIOGRÁFICO
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Augusto,   Helder dos Anjos; Ribeiro,   Eduardo Magalhaes.
This article analyzes the effect of the aging and the retirements in the Brazilian rural scene, which is a question of most importance for the current days, since the relative participation of the aging group in the total set of the Brazilian population is increasing. Thus, there exists a concern with the future of the Social Security sot that it must pass through reforms. Hence, the objective of this paper is to raise elements for the discussion on the importance of the social security in the agricultural sector, since it passes through significant demographic changes. With a sufficiently fragmented history, since the years of the Empire, the Social Security has been extending several segments of society, being one of the most important forms of inclusion...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Aging; Social Security; Rural retirements; Brazil.; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43982

A indústria do turismo: história, características e tendências
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mendonca,   Maria Cristina Angelico de; Batalha,   Mario Otavio; Santos,   Antonio Carlos dos.
This present paper aims to present a historical evolution of the tourism industry, focusing on the reflexes of the industrial management paradigms as well as those of some technological innovations on it, show its features emphasizing its differences in relation to other industry forms and reflect on its trends in Brazil, considering the participation of the rural segment. Through the historical evolution, one verifies that the movements of other forms of industry, as far as growth is concerned, technological innovations and changes in management patterns have reflected directly on tourism industry. There is a trend in formation of networks, as a managerial alternative to small and medium size companies, and it happens to adapt to the tourism industry’s...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Industry; Tourism; Rural sector.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43559

UPDATE ON USDA'S NATIONWIDE SUPERMARKET PRICING STUDY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Handy,   Charles R.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 1984
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26938

Speaking Stata: Smoothing in various directions
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cox,   Nicholas J.
Identifying patterns in bivariate data on a scatterplot remains a basic statistical problem, with special avor when both variables are on the same footing. Ideas of double, diagonal, and polar smoothing inspired by Cleveland and McGill’s 1984 paper in the Journal of the American Statistical Association are revisited with various examples from environmental datasets. Double smoothing means smoothing both y given x and x given y. Diagonal smoothing means smoothing based on the sum and difference of y and x that treats the two variables symmetrically, possibly under standardization. Polar smoothing is based on the transformation from Cartesian to polar coordinates followed by smoothing and then reverse transformation; here the smoothing is implemented by...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Exploratory data analysis; Statistical graphics; Bivariate data; Double smoothing; Doublesm; Diagonal smoothing; Diagsm; Polar smoothing; Polarsm; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/117548

SINTONIA DA INFORMAÇÃO SOBRE AS PREFERÊNCIAS DOS CONSUMIDORES DE CARNE BOVINA ENTRE OS AGENTES DA CADEIA DE PRODUÇÃO NO DISTRITO FEDERAL
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Brisola,   Marlon Vinicius; Castro,   Antonio Maria Gomes de.
The studies on agribusiness are based in a systemic dimension, seeking to understanding the relationship among agents and the search for greater efficiency among or intra-chains. For such purpose, understanding the several flows concealed in the agri-food networks (and in their chains) has become necessary: flows of materials and products, capital flows, flows of information. The flow of the information, as object of this study, is generated in primary sources (consumers), positioned at the end of the production chain, and it “flows” through channels, reaching all the points that determine strategic interests in the chain. In its course, it undergoes changes (noises) starting at the moment it is decoded by secondary sources. Using such elements, this...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Consumer; Bovine meat; Information.; Livestock Production/Industries; Consumer/Household Economics.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43939

Sales of Farm Produce at Alexandria and Sussex Street, Sydney, April, 1948
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 1948
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8650

A CRITIQUE OF FEDERAL AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Pasour,   E.C., Jr.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Political Economy.
Ano: 1980
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29413

AN ANALYSIS OF ON-FARM COSTS OF TIMING N APPLICATIONS TO REDUCE N LOSSES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Huang,   Wen-Yuan; Hewitt,   Tracy I.; Shank,   David.
Timing nitrogen applications to the biological needs of a crop is an effective way to reduce nitrogen losses to the environment. However, this strategy may carry a production risk and conflict with farmers’' economic objectives. A field-level production decision model was used to estimate on-farm costs associated with timing nitrogen applications for crop needs in Indiana. For risk-neutral farmer, the estimated cost is less than $1 per acre with a reduction of 11 pounds of residual nitrogen. For a risk-aversion farmer, the estimated cost is up to $37 per acre with a reduction of 96 pounds of residual nitrogen.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Farm Management.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31192

SAEA EDITOR'S REPORT, FEBRUARY 1992
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1992
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30379

An Overview of New England Seafood Auctions: Implications for the Marketing of Seafood in the New England Marketplace and Beyond
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Corbett,   James J.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Marketing.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26746

The dilemma of a contemporary agricultural economist: Will the real Professor Tomlinson please step forward!
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: van Rooyen,   C.J.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54235

AGRICULTURAL POLICY AND INNOVATION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Longworth,   John W.
In principle, the Group regards long-run market forces as the best guide to resource allocation, not only within existing production units, but also between sectors. However, in practice they perceive many instances of market failure in the rural sector which justify government intervention either on efficiency grounds or on equity grounds. They aggregate these intervention/assistance measures into sets and devote a chapter to each set. The new, novel and controversial aspects of assistance are highlighted in these comments. The Group discussed price support and underwriting schemes, input subsidies and related issues, natural disaster relief, income tax averaging, product promotion and export inspection services in Chapter 5 and research, extension and...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Marketing.
Ano: 1983
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23038

Diversificação produtiva e as possibilidades de desenvolvimento: um estudo da fruticultura na região da Campanha no RS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rathmann,   Regis; Hoff,   Debora Nayar; Santos,   Omar Inacio Benedetti; Padula,   Antonio Domingos.
Studies indicate the existence of a situation of underdevelopment in the southern half of Rio Grande do Sul, directly correlated with the farming and rice culture crises. The later suffers from the macroeconomic policies linked to the opening of the economy and with the pressures of the increase of competitiveness. This process has made the region present inferior performances than State averages when indicators such as GDP and per capita income are analyzed. Seeking to reduce these inequalities, governmental sectors have been elaborating development strategies through the utilization of the regional agricultural vocation as well as the insertion of differentiated chains in local agribusiness. One of these experiences is the Program for the Development of...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Regional development; Production diversification; Fruit production.; Agribusiness; O15 and O18.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61242

Können Produktionsentscheidungen als Investitionsentscheidungen modelliert werden?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mann,   Stefan; Mack,   Gabriele; Ferjani,   Ali.
Interviews with Swiss farmers lead to the hypotheses that production decisions, also in crop growing, are not made annually, but similarly to investment decisions in the long run. This hypothesis is backed by non-parametric time-series analysis for Switzerland and Germany. This creates a theoretical basis for combining Positive Mathematical Programming with flexibility constraints in optimization models. Results of the forecasting model SILAS show that forecasting quality is improved through this approach.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Flexibility constraints; Production decisions; Optimization models; Forecasting quality; Farm Management.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/98078

Basic Cooperative Principles and Their Relationship to Selected Practices
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dunn,   John R.
This paper describes a set of basic cooperative principles adopted in a recent Agricultural Cooperative Service study and how these principles relate to various cooperative business practices and issues facing U.S. cooperative organizations. Three principles relating use of a cooperative to ownership, control, and distribution of benefits are outlined. The relationship of these principles to a number of topics, including cooperative membership and control, differential treatment programs, and cooperative finance, is examined.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Agricultural Finance.
Ano: 1988
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/46212

Implementing matching estimators for average treatment effects in Stata
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Abadie,   Alberto; Drukker,   David M.; Herr,   Jane Leber; Imbens,   Guido W.
This paper presents an implementation of matching estimators for average treatment effects in Stata. The nnmatch command allows you to estimate the average effect for all units or only for the treated or control units; to choose the number of matches; to specify the distance metric; to select a bias adjustment; and to use heteroskedastic-robust variance estimators.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Nnmatch; Average treatment effects; Matching; Exogeneity; Unconfoundedness; Ignorability; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/116250

THE ECONOMICS OF CLEANING WINTER WHEAT FOR EXPORT: AN EVALUATION OF PROPOSED FEDERAL "CLEAN GRAIN" STANDARDS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Adam,   Brian D.; Kenkel,   Philip L.; Anderson,   Kim B.
Buyer complaints about poor quality U.S. wheat have led to proposals to enforce minimum dockage standards for exports.  An economic-engineering approach is used to evaluate costs and benefits of cleaning wheat in order to meet these standards for 13 possible cleaning configurations.  These results are used in an optimization framework to estimate costs and benefits of cleaning all U.S. export wheat.  The estimates indicate that cleaning U.S. export winter wheat to .35% dockage would cost an average of 1 cent/bu., requiring an initial capital investment of $28 million.  Value of wheat lost in cleaning is a significant cost that previously has been overlooked.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 1994
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30758

Cover and Contents Page
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1971
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6909

A baromfi ágazat versenyképességének helyreállítása
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nabradi,   Andras; Szollosi,   Laszlo.
A helyzetfelmérés eredményeként megállapítható, hogy a magyar baromfi ágazat legfőbb problémája a nemzetközi versenyképesség romlása. Ennek számos következménye lehet, ami közvetlenül vagy közvetve érinti a fenntarthatóság három pillérét, a gazdasági, társadalmi és természeti tényezőket. Az elemzésben feltárt problémák ok-okozati kapcsolataiból egyértelműen kiderül, hogy mindezt az ágazat hazai és nemzetközi piaci kiszolgáltatottságának növekedése, valamint az ágazatban tapasztalható objektív versenyhátrányok megléte okozta. Ez utóbbi a versenytársakhoz képest tartósan alacsony jövedelmezőségnek, a technológiai színvonalban tapasztalható lemaradásnak, a korszerű tudás, illetve az ágazati stratégia hiányának tulajdonítható. A főbb problémakörökre...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Poultry sector; Problem-tree; Goal-structure; International competitiveness; Market defencelessness; Competitive disadvantages; Agribusiness; Livestock Production/Industries; Production Economics; Baromfi ágazat; Problémafa; Célstruktúra; Nemzetközi versenyképesség; Versenyhátrányok.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58605

SAEA 2010 Annual Meetings Selected Posters
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/92625

THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF RIVER RATS AND IDAHO'S FOUR RIVERS WHITEWATER RAFTING LOTTERY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Chouinard,   Hayley H.; Yoder,   Jonathan K.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27971

Better Milk than Cola: Soft Drink Taxes and Substitution Effects
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Runge,   C. Ford; Johnson,   Justin; Runge,   Carlisle Piehl.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Soft Drink Taxes; Obesity; Substitution effects; Agricultural and Food Policy; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Health Economics and Policy; H; H2; H25.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/117131

Agroindústria canavieira e desenvolvimento local: o caso da usina Usaciga no município de Cidade Gaúcha - PR
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Shikida,   Pery Francisco Assis; Souza,   Elvanio Costa de; Dahmer,   Vanessa de Souza.
The objective of this study was to estimate the basic employment and its multiplier effect on total employment in the of the Cidade Gaúcha municipality, emphasizing the contribution of Usaciga plant. According to the results, 1,739 people make up the basic employment of the municipality, while 1,176 people are part of the non-basic employment. The Usaciga is responsible for 39.7% of the basic employment of Cidade Gaúcha. The dynamics of population growth of Cidade Gaúcha has changed from the 1980, when the Usaciga started its activities. There was also positive evolution in terms of Human Development Index (HDI) in this municipality.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Sugar cane agroindustry; Local development; Employment multiplier; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54082

A Methodology for Evaluating How Product Characteristics Impact Choice in Retail Settings with Many Zero Observations: An Application to Restaurant Wine Purchase
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Durham,   Catherine A.; Pardoe,   Iain; Vega-H,   Esteban.
An approach is developed to examine the impact of product characteristics on choice using a quantity-dependent hedonic model with retail panel data. Since panel data for individual products from retail settings can include a large number of zero sales, a modification of the zero-inflated Poisson (ZIP) regression model is proposed for estimation. Results for this model compare favorably to results for alternative hurdle and negative binomial models. An application of this methodology to restaurant wine sales produces useful results regarding sensory characteristics, price, and origin/varietal information.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Hedonic; Restaurant; Sensory; Wine; Zero-inflated Poisson (ZIP); Consumer/Household Economics.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31138

ABSTRACTS OF SELECTED PAPERS
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31428

FATAL FARM ACCIDENTS IN NEW YORK: ESTIMATES OF THEIR COSTS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kelsey,   Timothy W.
A telephone survey of all of the surviving families of people killed in farm accidents in New York between 1985 and 1987 (52 of 87 families interviewed, 60% response rate) found the average total annual present value of expected income foregone because of fatal farm accidents in New York is over $8.6 million (in 1987 dollars).  Less than five years after the accidents, 67% of the families who operated the farms where the accidents occurred no longer operate them and 44% no longer live on the farms.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 1991
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29012

Spatial optimization and economies of scale for cellulose to ethanol facilities in Indiana
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Perkis,   David F.; Tyner,   Wallace E.; Preckel,   Paul V.; Brechbill,   Sarah C.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/48730

ISSUES IN HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT: DISCUSSION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Conrad,   Jon M.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1984
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28922

Matching Grants and Charitable Giving: Why People Sometimes Provide a Helping Hand to Fund Environmental Goods
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kotani,   Koji; Messer,   Kent D.; Schulze,   William D.
Matching grants are a prevalent mechanism for funding environmental, conservation, and natural resource projects. However, economists have largely been silent regarding the potential benefits of these mechanisms at increasing voluntary contributions. To examine the behavioral responses to different match levels, this research uses controlled laboratory experiments with generically framed instructions and introduces a general-form matching-grant mechanism, referred to as the proportional contribution mechanism (PCM). Results show that contributions are positively correlated with both the match and the induced value of the public good even when a dominant strategy is free-riding. An implication of this partial demand revelation result is that manifestations...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Matching grants; Public goods; Charitable giving; Voluntary contributions; Experimental economics; Warm glow; Helping hand; Environmental Economics and Policy; Public Economics.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/90843

Technical Efficiency of Wheat Production in Punjab: A Regional Analysis
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kaur,   Manjeet; Mahal,   Amrit Kaur; Sekhon,   M.K.; Kingra,   H.S.
The study has analysed the technical efficiency in wheat production across different regions of the Punjab state. It is based on the cross sectional data collected from a random sample of 564 farm households comprising 58, 318, and 188 households from semi-hilly, central and south-western regions for the year 2005-06. The mean technical efficiency of wheat production has been found as 87 per cent, 94 per cent, 86 per cent and 87 per cent in semi-hilly, central, south-western and Punjab state as a whole, respectively. The results signify that farmers of the central region do not have much scope to increase productivity of wheat through technical efficiency improvement under the existing conditions of input-use and technology. In the semi-hilly and...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/92165

Directions in Policy Analysis
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Schmitz,   Andrew.
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37956

Who Gains and Who Loses in the Game of Groundwater Markets in Water-scarce Regions
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Singh,   Dalbir.
The rights to groundwater belong to the landowner. Therefore, access to this resource is privy to well-to-do farmers and is beyond the reach of resource-poor farmers. The only option left with them is water markets. The present study has aimed at understanding the operations of groundwater markets in fragile conditions and has identified the losers and gainers in the game of water markets in the long-run. It has been found that water markets mitigate inequalities in accessibility to groundwater resource in the short-run. But, faster and excessive use of groundwater may increase inequity among the farming community in the long-run. In water-scarce regions, water markets function on the principles of profit maximization. The different strategies are adopted...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47345

LIMITED ASSORTMENT STORE'S PLACE IN SERVING CONSUMERS' NEEDS IN 1975 AND IN 1985
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Goff,   Stephen C.
Traces the development of limited assortment stores in Europe and the United States.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Consumer/Household Economics.
Ano: 1976
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27378

CUSTOMER RATINGS OF WAREHOUSE FOOD STORES PERFORMANCE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Watkins,   Edgar P.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Consumer/Household Economics.
Ano: 1978
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27537

STRUCTURAL SHIFTS IN THE TREATMENT OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL AID: THE CASE OF RURAL ROADS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Deller,   Steven C.; Walzer,   Norman.
The effects of structural shifts in the treatment of intergovernmental aid during the 1980s are tested using a sample of 1,929 rural counties with local road responsibilities. A dynamic model is used to test the hypothesis that local public officials treated intergovernmental aid differently after the Reagan/Bush policy of Fiscal Federalism was implemented. Empirical findings from the dynamic model are that federal aid was much more simulative at the end of the decade than in earlier years but the effects of state aid remained the same throughout the 1980s. These differences are attributed to a perception that federal aid is less certain and more transitory than permanent.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Intergovernmental aid; Simulative and substitutive effects; Transitory and permanent effects; Rural roads; Public Economics.
Ano: 1995
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15283

AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF OZONE CONTROL IN CALIFORNIA'S SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kim,   Hong Jin; Helfand,   Gloria E.; Howitt,   Richard E.
This study estimates the benefits to agricultural and human health of reducing ozone in the San Joaquin Valley of California, and the costs of ozone control. The San Joaquin Valley's highly valued crops suffer from high ozone levels. Federal and state primary ozone standards are based on health effects, not effects on other sectors, and do not consider costs of attaining the standards. The methods here allow comparison of both total and marginal benefits and costs. The results suggest that net gains can be achieved for the entire valley by reducing ozone below 1990 levels, although results vary by region.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31169

Characteristics of Regional Differentiation of Urbanization Development in Anhui Province
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Shi,   Fei; Chu,   Jin-long; Gu,   Kang-kang.
On the basis of connotation of urbanization, by using SPSS factor analysis and cluster analysis, we establish index system of urbanization development level and conduct quantitative analysis on development level of urbanization in 17 prefecture-level city of Anhui Province, in order to find out the differentiation pattern of regional space of urbanization development in Anhui Province based on these. The results show that Anhui’s difference of urbanization gradient is prominent. Classification of three clusters shows that the pattern of status quo of urbanization development in Anhui Province is “dual-nucleus” and “two-stretches”; classification of five clusters show that the pattern of status quo of urbanization development in Anhui Province is...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Urbanization level; Regional differentiation; Spatial pattern; Anhui Province; China; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/113496

GLOBALIZATION, TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES, AND OTHER THREATS TO AMERICAN AGRICULTURE: DISCUSSION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Barnett,   Barry J.; Lee,   John E., Jr.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15029

The Comparative Profitability and Efficiency of Agriculture in Different Regions of Australia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Davidson,   Bruce Robinson.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Farm Management; Productivity Analysis.
Ano: 1967
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9111

CONTRACTING OVER COMMON PROPERTY:  COST-SHARE CONTRACTS FOR PREDATOR CONTROL
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Yoder,   Jonathan K.
Predator control cost-share contracts among livestock producers to control coyote predation date back to 1630 in North America and are common today among sheep producers in western states. Typically, per unit assessments are imposed on a monitorable input, and revenues are used to purchase predator control for participants'’ land. This study presents a model which provides refutable implications for the structure and distribution of these contracts over time and space. Historical and contemporary state and county data on sheep producer assessments support a model that is applicable more generally to the problem of investment in common property inputs.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30892

LOSSES IN THE U.S. FOOD DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM: OVERVIEW AND SUMMARY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Halloran,   John M.; Pierson,   Thomas R.; Allen,   John W.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1981
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27484

FORECASTING FUTURE PRICE TRENDS IN THE U.S. FRESH AND PROCESSED POTATO MARKET
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Stellmacher,   Michael; Yanagida,   John F.; Conway,   Roger K.
A "demand" model for fresh and processed potatoes is formulated.  The price forecasts for 1983-1992 suggest rising trends for both retail prices in both nominal and real terms.  In the next ten years, nominal fresh and processed prices are predicted to increase by 106 percent and 72 percent, respectively.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 1984
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27922

The U.S. Produce Traceability Initiative: Analysis, Evaluation, and Recommendations
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Porter,   Justin K.; Baker,   Gregory A.; Agrawal,   Narendra.
The IFAMR is the Official Journal of the International Food and Agribusiness Management Association: www.ifama.org
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Produce Traceability Initiative (PTI); Fresh produce industry; Food safety; Agribusiness; Consumer/Household Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Production Economics; Public Economics; Risk and Uncertainty; Q13.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114643

NAREA Awards
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31257

Aufbau und Anwendung des FAL-Modellverbunds für die Politikberatung
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bertelsmeier,   Marcus; Kleinhanss,   Werner; Offermann,   Frank.
The FAL model group combines several market, regional and farm models for comprehensive policy impact assessments. Since 1996, policy impact analyses have been provided at the request of the German Agricultural Ministry with respect to the design of direct payments, the Agenda 2000, the Mid-term Review, the Enlargement of the EU as well as several other policy measures. This article gives an overview of the models available as part of the model group, specifically describes the design of the representative farm group model, and provides results with respect to the impacts of the Midterm Review. The paper ends with a discussion of the experiences gained in model based policy consulting and the implications for future developments.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Policy assessment; Models; Agricultural policy; Midterm review; Policy impact analysis; Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/98358

An Empirical Analysis of Contribution of Rural County Education to Economic Growth — A Case of Yongchuan Region of Chongqing, China
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jian-yong,   Zhu.
This paper introduces the derived process of the empirical mode that the investment in education has made a good contribution to the economic growth. Based on this point, taking Yongchuan region as an example and depending on the related statistics collected from 1981 to 2008, the paper carries out a study on the direct influences and the spillover that the investment in rural education makes to the economic growth through Feide Mode, that the fitting accuracy of the regression equation is relatively high and each variable coefficient has undergo very detailed significant tests. The study shows that the influence coefficient of investment in education to the economic growth is 0.821. The contribution to the economic growth is comparatively low, less than 1...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Country rural education; Spillover function; Rural economy; Yongchuan region; China; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/93235

Speaking Stata: Time of day
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cox,   Nicholas J.
Many problems in statistical analysis include time-of-day variables, but Stata offers limited support for time-of-day calculations. Support is needed for dates with times, times alone, and durations or timings. This article presents two new programs as general utilities to convert back and forth between string and numeric representations.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Ntimeofday; Stimeofday; Time of day; Time series; Calendar; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/117562

Marketing dos agentes da cadeia do agronegócio do café: uma análise sob a ótica do marketing mix
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Boas,   Luiz Henrique de Barros Vilas; Antonialli,   Luiz Marcelo; Sette,   Ricardo de Souza; Mario,   Talestre Maria do Carmo; Luna,   Rosemar Martins.
The aim of this survey was to analyze the marketing strategies adopted by the coffee agribusiness chain in the south and Cerrado regions of Minas Gerais, in an attempt to put forward actions which may come to increase the consumption of coffee in the local market. As for methodology, qualitative techniques were used such as document analyses and detailed personal surveys with representatives of the several agents in the coffee chain. The results showed that, besides the search for quality improvement, also identified were strategies of segmentation by the different agents in the chain, trackability being the basis of most of such strategies. Institutional support was also identified, noticeably the process of Origin Certification and the Coffees of Brazil...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Marketing; Strategies; Coffee.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43676

INCORPORATION OF WITHIN-SEASON YIELD GROWTH INTO A MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING SUGARCANE HARVEST SCHEDULING MODEL
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Salassi,   Michael E.; Champagne,   Lonnie P.; Legendre,   Benjamin L.
This study focuses on the development of a optimal harvest scheduling mathematical programming model which incorporates within-season changes in perennial crop yields.  Daily crop yield prediction models are estimated econometrically for major commercially grown sugarcane cultivars.  This information is incorporated into a farm-level harvest scheduling linear programming model.  The harvest scheduling model solves for an optimal daily harvest schedule which maximizes whole farm net returns above harvesting costs.  Model results are compared for a commercial sugarcane farm in Louisiana.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Sugarcane; Harvest scheduling; Within-season yield growth; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15305

What is the structure of the coffee market: Can the real poor benefit from the coffee trade?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Pokorna,   Irena; Smutka,   Lubos.
This article deals with the trade with coffee. The primary aim of the paper is to analyse the international coffee trade. Because coffee belongs to the cash crops we have focus on the production. We have analysed the structure of the trade concerning the green (not roasted) coffee, roasted coffee and coffee extracts, essences or concentrates. The analyses of production show enormous differences between developed and developing countries on the supply side. Dissimilarity appeared in the price system. Our results show that developing countries (especially least developed countries) cannot fully benefit from the international trade because they are placed just on the lowest level of the production vertical line. The results prove that there must exist strong...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Coffee market; International trade; Prices; Supply chains; Developing countries; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; International Relations/Trade; GA; IN.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/96865

Law and Policy on Intellectual Property, Traditional Knowledge and Development: Legally Protecting Creativity and Collective Rights in Traditional Knowledge Based Agricultural Products through Geographical Indications
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dagne,   Teshager.
Geographical indications emerged on the international scene at the centre of three highly debated subjects: intellectual property, international trade and agricultural policy. This article discusses the use of geographical indications in the protection of traditional knowledge–based agricultural products in the international intellectual property framework, and assesses the challenges and opportunities geographical indications present with respect to efforts to cater to the needs of indigenous people and local communities. The discussion begins with a succinct overview of the definitional aspects of geographical indications, traditional knowledge and traditional knowledge–based agricultural products. In an attempt to locate the issue of geographical...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural products; Geographical indications; Traditional knowledge; TRIPS; WTO; Agricultural and Food Policy; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61577

INTERFACING ECONOMIC AND DEMOGRAPHIC MODELS FOR RURAL AREAS: DESIGN AND METHODOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Murdock,   Steven H.; Leistritz,   F. Larry; Jones,   Lonnie L.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1979
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29543

CAPITAL FOR THE AGRICULTURE OF THE FUTURE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Plaxico,   James S.; Knowles,   Glenn J.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural Finance.
Ano: 1985
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29378

THE EVOLUTION OF FOOD DISTRIBUTION COOPERATION THROUGH TECHNOLOGY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Abell,   Peter B.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 1988
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27337

1890 INSTITUTIONS IN A CHANGING SOCIOECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT: IMPLICATIONS FOR HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jones,   Dewitt; Parks,   Alfred L.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 1990
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29908

Problems of milk quota management in accounting system their effect on property status of enterprises
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kiss,   Arpad.
According to both international and Hungarian accounting standards milk quota shall be capitalised among the assets of the enterprises. It is necessary for the implementation of the activity; its value can be defined based on market processes and regulations of the authorities. Due to the possibility of trading quotas on the market it would be the only solution to avoid the recognition of requested and purchased quotas on different values in the accounting system. Considering the total amount of quotas a HUF 40 billion increase of assets could be reached by the enterprises in milk production, if quotas were recognized among the intangible assets. Based on the results of a questionnaire survey the majority of enterprises did not perform the valuation tasks,...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Milk quota regulation; Evaluation of milk quota; Accounting; Amortisation; Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance; Financial Economics.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54039

Poverty Reduction and Sustainable Agricultural Development in the Caribbean: The Conflict and Convergence Dilemma
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Davis,   Carlton George.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Poverty and Sustainable Development; Food Security and Poverty.
Ano: 1994
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/45598

IMPACTS OF CHAPTER 12 AND LENDER LIABILITY SUITS ON BANKERS' PROPENSITY TO LEND IN WESTERN ARKANSAS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dixon,   Bruce L.; Raub,   Kristin M.; Flaccus,   Janet A.
The recent availability of Chapter 12 bankruptcy and the more frequent use of lender liability suits by borrowers are factors that may be adversely affecting the supply of agricultural loans.  An experiment using hypothetical loan applications was undertaken involving 34 banks in western Arkansas.  Responses were used to estimate the impacts of these legal procedures on banks' lending behavior.  The estimated models indicate Chapter 12 is not a significant factor in the loan approval process.  Lender liability has marginal significance in lowering the probability of granting an intermediate term loan.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Chapter 12; Lender liability; Lender survey; Limited dependent variables; Loan approval; Agricultural Finance; Financial Economics.
Ano: 1993
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15215

SECRETARY-TREASUER'S REPORT (SOUTHERN AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS ASSOCIATION)
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1996
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15253

FRONT COVER
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1975
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22558

MAIZE MARKETING AND PRICING IN LESOTHO: IMPLICATIONS FOR POLICY REFORM
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Makenete,   Andrew L.; Ortmann,   Gerald F.; Darroch,   Mark A.G.
A study was conducted during 1994-1995 amongst policy makers, government officials, retailers and millers in Lesotho to review the maize marketing system and procedures for setting maize prices at producer, mill-gate and consumer levels. Set prices distort price signals which influence decisions to allocate and distribute resources to provide goods and services for markets. Lesotho is a net importer of maize grain, the major staple, implying that maize pricing and marketing policy affect food security. Results indicate flexible informal marketing channels, fixed formal marketing channels and declining real producer, mill-gate and consumer prices in recent years Falling real South African Maize Board export grain prices and evidence of subsidies to...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54977

Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Taxation as Public Health Policy -Lessons from Tobacco
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Chaloupka,   Frank J.; Powell,   Lisa M.; Chriqui,   Jamie F.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Taxation; Tobacco; Obesity; Agricultural and Food Policy; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Health Economics and Policy; I18.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/117065

RENT SHARING MECHANISMS IN PRODUCTION ALLIANCES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cozzarin,   Brian P.; Westgren,   Randall E.
U.S. hog production has become an industrialized process.  New technology has caused the scale of operations to increase, and the organizational form of hog farms to change.  One of the new organizational forms can be found in North Carolina and Colorado where vertical integration and/or franchise-like production methods prevail.  This type of production may not be possible or appealing to some producers.  Instead, they may be able to reap some of the benefits of specialization by forming strategic alliances.  The purpose of the paper is to answer the question: is it possible to create the same sort of control mechanisms in a production alliance that exist in a vertically integrated firm?  Production risk is potentially one of the greatest problems in an...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Industrial Organization; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/34479

The Government/Democrats' package of changes in indirect taxes
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dixon,   Peter B.; Rimmer,   Maureen T.
Australia is faced with a comprehensive package of changes to its indirect tax system, including the introduction of a GST. The Government’s only quantitative analysis in formulating the package employed PRISMOD, an archaic input‐output price model. PRISMOD sheds dim light on a very limited range of policy‐relevant variables. This article explains how PRISMOD works; this is of continuing relevance because PRISMOD results are a benchmark in negotiations concerning the price effects of the tax package. Then an assessment of the package is made using MONASH, a comprehensive dynamic general equilibrium model. Overall, the conclusions are negative: the package is welfare‐reducing and unnecessary.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/117794

An Economic Analysis of Land Reclamation Technologies for Amelioration of Irrigation-induced Soil Degradation
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Chinnappa,   B.
The economic feasibility of land reclamation technologies adopted by the farmers of Tungbhadra Command Area in Karnatka for amelioraion of irrigation-induced soil degradation has been studied. The data have been analysed using tabular method and partial budgeting method. It has been found that the available technologies are not being spread effectively among the affected farm households. Amongst different technologies followed by the farmers, adoption of leaching has been found least costly and could result in an incremental output of 14 quintals per hectare on saline soils of both head- and mid-regions. Green manuring has been observed to be another effective technology and could enhance crop yields on saline as well as waterlogged soils. Partial...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58415

Quality Risk and Profitability in Cattle Production: A Multivariate Approach
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Belasco,   Eric J.; Schroeder,   Ted C.; Goodwin,   Barry K.
This study evaluates quality, production, and price risk within the context of overall profit variability in fed cattle production. The approach used offers a flexible way to estimate a large system of equations with more than three jointly related censored outcomes. Trade-offs between quality and yield grade levels and production measures, such as average daily gain and feeding efficiency, are evaluated. Simulation procedures are used to assess the impact of quality risk on overall profit variability. Results make an important contribution to existing research by explaining why price signals through grid quality grade premiums may not generate intended producer responses.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Censoring; Copula; Fed cattle; Grid pricing; Multivariate; Quality risk; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97854

Taming the Dragon: The WTO After the Accession of China
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kerr,   William A.; Hobbs,   Anna L.
The accession of China to the WTO may take place in the near future. While much attention has been given to the effect this will have on international trade and the Chinese economy, less attention has been given to the effect on the WTO. China is a large, developing, transition economy that is likely to alter the WTO in a number of ways. The paper examines three aspects of China’'s accession and their implications for the WTO: (1) will China play by the rules?; (2) market socialism in the WTO'’s market-based system; and (3) the organisation'’s decision-making process.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Accession; China; Decision making; Unequal treaties; WTO; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23853

THE CHALLENGE TO THINK BIG AS AMERICAN AGRICULTURE SHRINKS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Blank,   Steven C.
A multi-part test is proposed for the hypothesis that American production agriculture is shrinking.  The results of the three tests presented here are consistent with a shrinking American agricultural sector that is on the verge of, but not yet in, the final decline stage of its "life cycle."  The sector is clearly shrinking in relative size and importance, and in absolute size, and its economic performance has been weak for decades.  These changes in agriculture and their implications for the agricultural economics profession are discussed.  Finally, (at least) two challenges to American agriculture and the agricultural economics profession are raised.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31043

EXPORT DEMAND FOR U.S. WALNUTS: IMPACTS OF U.S. EXPORT PROMOTION PROGRAMS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Onunkwo,   Izuchukwu M.; Epperson,   James E.
The purpose of this study was to estimate the impact of the major factors affecting the export demand for U.S. walnuts in Asia and the European Union (E.U.), which together import about 75 percent of U.S. walnut exports. The primary objective pertained to the impacts of federal promotion programs on the foreign demand for U.S. walnuts. The marginal return per dollar to decreasing promotion expenditures for walnuts was $6.14 for Asia, reflecting prudent utilization of promotion expenditures as the Asian market for U.S. walnuts approaches maturity. The European Union appears to be a mature market for U.S. walnut exports with no detectable responsiveness to promotion expenditures.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27814

BOOK REVIEW: Sakiko Fukuda-Parr, ed., The Gene Revolution: GM Crops and Unequal Development. London: Earthscan, 2007, xxx + 248 pp., $42.50 paperback, ISBN 978-1-84407-409-9.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bernard,   John C.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/62297

Stata tip 17: Filling in the gaps
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cox,   Nicholas J.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/117506

Front Material
Provedor de dados: 31
Includes:  Food Distribution Research Society, Inc. 2009 Officers and Directors; Editorial Information; Contents Page
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Consumer/Household Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/99774

The Role of International Trade in Extension Education
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rosson,   C. Parr, III.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/113546

A MODEL OF WEEKLY PRICE DISCOVERY FOR FLORIDA CELERY: COMMENT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Updaw,   Nelson J.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 1980
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29501

Republic of Kazakhstan language policy as reflection of ethnic status evolution of the titular ethnos
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Aryn,   Rizat.
Current article deals with the language policy and its role in the development of the nation. It defines the official status of Kazakh language, its practical implementation and significance in light of the society democratization.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: State language; Language policy; Titular ethnos; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94550

Institutionelle Rahmenbedingungen der Ausdehnung des ökologischen Landbaus - Erfahrungen aus drei europäischen Ländern
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Padel,   Susanne; Michelsen,   Johannes.
The paper reviews the development of the organic sector and the institutional conditions in European countries. On the basis of three case studies the interrelationship between organisations of organic and conventional agriculture in the areas of farming community, agricultural policy and food marketing is illustrated. The comparison shows that an open dialog based on mutual respect and a number of initiatives in all three areas appear to be supporting a continuous development of the organic sector.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Organic farming; Institutions; Agricultural policy; Agricultural and Food Policy; Institutional and Behavioral Economics.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/98992

A  inserção do setor siderúrgico na economia capixaba: uma análise de insumo-produto
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Setto,   Giani Claudia; Brasil,   Gutemberg H.; Vieira,   Wilson da Cruz.
The aim of this paper was to analyze the relative importance of the steel industry to the state of Espírito Santo, Brazil. The 1990 and 1999 Brazilian input-output matrices and Brazil’s regional accounts - state of Espírito Santo were used to build input-output matrices (1990 and 1999) to this state. Increases in final demand were simulated to analyze the effects on the production of each sector as well as on employment creation in this state. Backward and forward linkage indexes were also computed to twelve sectors with the same purpose. The results show that the steel industry is very important to the capixaba economy especially due to the high multiplier effects in response to increases in final demand. The results show also that the relative importance...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Steel industry; Input-output; Linkage index; State of Espírito Santo; Production Economics.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56747

PARTS OR WHOLE? EFFICIENT BROILER PRODUCTION RESPONSES TO CONSUMER-DRIVEN MARKETS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Costa,   Ecio de Farias; Houston,   Jack E.; Gunter,   Lewell F.; Pesti,   Gene M.
Adoption of consumer-market-oriented production on broiler profit-maximizing modeling generates results that differ from those traditionally used in profit maximization for broiler production.  This model shows that the adoption of step-pricing and marketing options (examples of consumer-market-oriented decisions) modify the optimal levels and types of broiler production to generate maximum profitability.  Thus optimal protein levels in the feed formulated exceed currently recommended levels and alternative protein sources are also allocated.  The adoption of step-pricing to respond to consumer-market-oriented decisions shows that higher profits can be obtained for targeted weights only if premium prices for output are allocated.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Consumer/Household Economics.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27639

FLUID MILK QUOTAS: COMMENT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Neutze,   G.M.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 1963
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9365

Editorial - Lime: The Supply and Demand
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hynes,   H.J.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 1946
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8341

TRANSPORT COSTS IMPACTS ON THE FRESH MARKET FOR PEACHES - WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON THE NORTHEAST
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Thatch,   Daymon W.; Slane,   Thomas C.; Edelberg,   Howard.
An interregional transportation model was constructed using ordinary least squares and reactive programming to evaluate the short-run economic impact of changing transportation rate on the U.S. interregional equilibrium and, in particular, the Northeast's competitive position for fresh peaches.  Using fixed regional supplies, uniquely determined regional per capita consumption and existing transportation rates the reactive programming algorithm obtains solutions to the spatial equilibrium problem including: overall regional quantities supplied and demanded, prices, consumers' outlays, producers' revenues and opportunity, transfer and shipping costs.  Transportation rates were varied 20 percent above and below the current rates to examine the short-run...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries; Marketing.
Ano: 1985
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28949

An Empirical Investigation of Interproduct Relationships Between Domestic and Imported Seafood in the U.S.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lee,   Young-Jae; Kennedy,   P. Lynn.
This study seeks to identify interproduct relationships between domestic catfish and a representative selection of imported seafood. In doing so, this study uses multivariate cointegration and structural analyses. Multivariate cointegration analysis suggests that six imported seafood product groupings form a common market with domestic catfish. Structural analysis reveals that 1) domestic and imported catfish are net and gross quantity substitutes; 2) domestic catfish and imported seafood are normal goods; 3) six imported seafood products are identified as gross quantity substitutes for domestic catfish; and 4) according to the derived Allais coefficients, interaction intensities of imported seafood for domestic catfish (from greatest to least) are as...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Catfish; Multivariate cointegration; Quantity substitutability; Seafood imports; Structural analysis; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance; Demand and Price Analysis; Environmental Economics and Policy; Financial Economics; Health Economics and Policy; International Relations/Trade; Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing; Political Economy; Production Economics; Productivity Analysis; Public Economics; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; D12; F10; F11; F13.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/100516

END MATERIALS
Provedor de dados: 31
Includes: Membership Application Form, Publications List, Back Cover
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1969
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26720

Valuing Public Price Reporting: The Iowa Experience
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lawrence,   John D.; Shaffer,   John A.; Hayenga,   Marvin L.
Auction market users and operators were surveyed regarding their source and use of livestock auction price information. Although important for marketing and to a lesser extent production decisions, only 30 percent preferred publicly reported prices over reports from market operators or other sources. The small share of market users willing to pay for public price reports suggests acceptable substitutes are available. Based on these results it is unlikely that user fees will be able to replace the current level of public support for auction market price reporting.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Price reporting; Willingness to pay; Agribusiness; Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 1996
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/90376

END MATERIALS
Provedor de dados: 31
Includes:  Invited Papers Abstracts; Editor's Report for 1993-94; Reviewers, July 1993-June 1994; WAEA 1993 Award Winners; Past Presidents, Western Agricultural Economics Association 1927-94; Past Editors; JARE Author Index, Volumes 17-19, 1992-94; Guidelines for Submitting Manuscripts; Membership Information; Back Cover
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1994
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30745

How to use the Reductionist approach for evaluating subsystems to research the elements of the development
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Goda,   Pal; Toth,   Tamas; Kollar,   Kitti.
Reductionist approach for evaluating subsystems
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: System; Sub-system; Interactions; Components general spider map theory; Local community; Network entropy; Social physics; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47545

A NOTE ON THE SPECIFICATION OF WAGE RATES IN COST-PUSH MODELS OF FOOD PRICE DETERMINATION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Belongia,   Michael T.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 1981
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30134

The Importance of Agriculture: what hope for agriculture, and what needs doing?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lloyd,   Alan G.
In recent years both incomes and morale have slumped in Australian agriculture. This has happened before, and today's pessimism is just as excessive as previously. There are exaggerated fears that agriculture has no future. Equally, there are some exaggerated hopes, as to the extent to which we can rapidly and effectively restructure the economy away from agriculture, and restructure agriculture away from the "broadacre industries". The key words, with regard to the latter objective, are value added, high-tech (sunrise) and infant industries, and better marketing.  By contrast, the conclusion suggested in this paper is that traditional broadacre agriculture will remain, for decades, vitally important in reducing the balance of payments deficit which is our...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Farm Management.
Ano: 1988
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9654

EFFECT OF CLIMATE THERAPY AND REHABILITATION IN MÁTRA MEDICAL INSTITUTE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Muller,   Anetta; Kerenyi,   Erika; Konyves,   Erika.
Our research we organised at the Mátra Medical Institute in Mátraháza and Kékestetô among sick of asthma, COPD and hayfever. Our aim was to prove the effect of climate therapy in the Mátra Medical Institute. The subalpine climate plays a very important role in the cure of the Respiratory diseases, because to improve the life quality of the sick and reduce the medicine uses after the therapy. Our research took part more than 100 respiratory diseased. We analyse the data with SPSS.version 16. We measure average, standard deviation, Chi² probe, t-probe. You can see our results in the article.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Asthma; Pulmonology illnesses; Climate therapy; Life-quality; Marketing.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/104664

Agricultural Education at RMIHE: some personal views
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tunstall,   Allan W.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1988
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/12559

Efeitos potenciais da política tributária sobre o consumo de alimentos e insumos agropecuários: uma análise de equilíbrio geral inter-regional
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Santos,   Carliton Vieira dos; Ferreira Filho,   Joaquim Bento de Souza.
This paper analyses the potentials long run effects on the Brazilian economy of two policies in the field of the indirect taxes: a) the reduction of indirect taxes on food consumption by the households and; b) the reduction of indirect taxes on the main inputs used in the agricultural activity. The analysis is accomplished through two simulation exercises using a static inter-regional applied general equilibrium model. The benchmark year is 2001. The results of both simulations are found to be similar, except in terms of magnitude: the most intense effects are associated to the reduction the taxation on foods. Both simulations show expansion in the level of economic activity in the poorest regions of the country and reduction in the richest. They also show...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Tax policy; Indirect taxes; Foods; Agricultural activity; General equilibrium.; Agribusiness; R13; H20.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61923

Editors' Note
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Awokuse,   Titus O.; Duke,   Joshua M.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Marketing.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/59228

DUALISM DEBUNKED, MULTIPLE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIIC RELATIONS IN THE ANGLO-CARIBBEAN AGRICULTURAL SECTOR
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Crichlow,   Michaeline A.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Economic Dualism; Agrarian and non- agrarian linkages; Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 1992
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44551

Why Farm Recording Systems are Doomed to Failure
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hardaker,   J. Brian; Anderson,   Jock R.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Farm Management.
Ano: 1981
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/12233

FRONT COVER
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1979
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22809

BOOK REVIEWS
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1970
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22408

Book Review
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Royer,   Jeffrey S.
Review of: The Market Orientation of Cooperative Organizations: Learning Strategies and Structures for Integrating Cooperative Firms and Members, by Kyriakos Kyriakopoulos
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/46421

USING CLUSTER ANALYSIS IN MEASURING SOCIAL DOMAIN OF TERRITORIAL BRAND
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Baskakova,   Irina; Stepanova,   Zlata.
Territorial brand has a social dimension reflected in the social equilibrium and measurable with social effectiveness indicators. The paper offers social effectiveness analysis of  territory using investigation object “territorial and social systems (TSS)” with their further classification according to social types based on cluster analysis. This method allows the authors to distinct four social types of TSS in Sverdlovsk region in accordance with such characteristics as financial activity, quality of life, social stability and ill-being levels. The results of investigation could be useful for brand policy of territorial authorities.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Territorial brand; Brand social dimension; Social equilibrium; Social effectiveness; Territorial and social systems (TSS); Clusters; Social types; Public Economics; R11; R58; I3.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94543

THEME OVERVIEW: INNOVATIONS TO SUPPORT BEGINNING FARMERS AND RANCHERS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Thilmany,   Dawn D.; Sureshwaran,   Suresh.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Beginning Farmers; Extension Models; Farmer Demographics; Farm Management; Q12; Q16.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109474

Consumer Preferences for Public and Private Sector Certifications for Beef Products in the United States and the United Kingdom
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Christensen,   Bryan J.; Bailey,   DeeVon; Hunnicutt,   Lynn; Ward,   Ruby A.
Focus groups and street surveys are used in the US and the UK to determine consumer perceptions of the ability of different agencies, associations, and groups to certify beef products for quality, food safety, animal welfare, social responsibility, and environmental responsibility. US consumers see the role of the federal government primarily as assuring food safety but desire the private sector to make other types of certifications. UK consumers prefer the private sector to assure food safety. UK store brands are perceived as providing the highest quality but in the US participants identified manufacturer brand names as having the highest quality.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/34399

Public Preferences, Statutory Regulations and Bargaining in Field Margin Provision for Ecological Main Structures
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nuppenau,   Ernst-August.
Political procedures aimed at solving conflicts are becoming popular in agri-environmental economics. They are considered as substitutes for market trans­ac­tions. Ecological lobbying groups put pressure on poli­ticians to enforce ecological main structures, while farmers oppose them. Undefined property rights pose problems and statutory regulations are discussed. The paper applies a political economy model of social bargaining to the provision of an ecological main structure. It shows how a tragedy of the commons problem may prevail. Then it outlines a social optimum of field margin provision. Finally, it provides a solution to the establishment of socially acceptable rules in a political economy framework. Also, a payment scheme is introduced.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Political Economy.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26413

USDA School Meal Programs Face New Challenges
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Guthrie,   Joanne F.; Newman,   Constance; Ralston,   Katherine L.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/93829

FRONT COVER
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1965
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22651

INDUSTRY RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT; WE CAN DO IT BETTER
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Snoddy,   Bob.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Industrial Organization.
Ano: 1977
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27309

Az agrárkutatás-fejlesztés GDP-re gyakorolt hatása az EU országaiban
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Szucs,   Istvan; Mohamed,   Zsuzsanna; Takacs,   Szabolcs.
A függvényszámításaink alapján a következő összegző jellegű megállapításokat tesszük: • A C-D típusú függvények jól alkalmazhatók az általunk vizsgált termelési tényezők hatásának megközelítő mérésére. • 2000-ben a mezőgazdasági eszközállomány, 2007-ben pedig a mezőgazdasági munkaerő játszott nagyobb szerepet az agrár GDP előállításában. Ebben főleg annak hatása érződik, hogy közben jelentősen javult az élőmunka technikai fejlettsége, a munkaerőben nagyobb tudásanyag halmozódott fel, a termelési tényezők között felértéke¬lődött a szerepe. • Az agrár K+F szerepe a GDP képződésében 2000-ben 11%, 2007-ben 14% körüli, tehát a fejlesztési törekvések lényegesek az agrárgazdaság fejlődése szempontjából. A módosított termelési függvények segítségével kimutattuk...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Kutatás + fejlesztés; Agrárgazdaság; GDP; Hatások; Research and development; Agro-economy; GDP; Impacts; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/99114

The Influence of Per-hectare Premiums on Prices for Rented Agricultural Area and on Agricultural Land Prices
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fuchs,   Clemens.
Within the framework of decreasing support for agricultural incomes by market measures, the per-hectare premiums (ha-premiums) clearly have the task and the effect to stabilise farm incomes. Before direct aids were introduced, there had been periods with decreasing prices for agricultural land and for rented agricultural area in real terms, according to the Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) data base (specialised crop farms in 53 regions for 11 years) and EUROSTAT data (B, DK, D-W, F, NL in the period 1975 to 1999). Regression analysis is used to show the relationship between hapremiums, land rental prices and other relevant economic variables, such as land prices, rental share, livestock density, the price index of agricultural products and farm...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Land markets; Rental price; Per-hectare premiums; Agricultural and Food Policy; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/98268

Decomposition of Total Factor Productivity Change in the U.S. Hog Industry
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Key,   Nigel D.; McBride,   William D.; Mosheim,   Roberto.
The U.S. hog industry has experienced dramatic structural changes and rapid increases in farm productivity. A stochastic frontier analysis is used to measure hog enterprise total factor productivity (TFP) growth between 1992 and 2004 and to decompose this growth into technical change and changes in technical efficiency, scale efficiency, and allocative efficiency. Productivity gains over the 12-year period are found to be explained almost entirely by technical progress and by improvements in scale efficiency. Differences in TFP growth rates in the Southeast and Heartland regions were found to be explained primarily by differences in farm size growth rates.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Hog production; Scale efficiency; Stochastic frontier; Technical change; Total factor productivity growth; Livestock Production/Industries; Production Economics; D24; Q12.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/45512

Impacts of agricultural trade and market liberalization of food security in developing countries: comparative study of Kenya and Zambia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nyairo,   Newton Morara; Kola,   Jukka; Sumelius,   John.
The introduction of agricultural reforms has debatable effects on food security in developing countries. This research investigates how such effects influenced maize supply in two developing countries which were among the first to introduce agricultural reforms. Conclusions from the research suggest that agricultural reforms led to mixed results. This may be attributed to the sometimes stop-go nature of reform implementation. The mixed results are reflected in the weak maize output response to price changes. Overall country economic conditions, state of agricultural development can be attributed to the pace of response, hence effect on agricultural supply. Elasticity of maize output to changes in price and acreage are strongly significant in maize output...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Food security; Agricultural reforms; Elasticity of supply; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/96172

Rice versus Shrimp Production in Thailand: Is There Really a Conflict?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mekhora,   Thamrong; McCann,   Laura M.J.
Shrimp farming in Thailand has had disastrous effects on the environment in the past, which has prompted a government ban on shrimp production in inland areas.  However, a new low-salinity shrimp farming system has developed that seems to have fewer disease and environmental problems than previous systems but competes with rice production for land and water resources.  The present study found that shrimp farming exhibits increasing returns to scale and is much more profitable than rice farming, which offers opportunities for rice farmers to improve their incomes through diversification.  No evidence was found for external environmental effects of shrimp production on rice production or vice versa.  A total ban on shrimp production in rice farming areas...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Environment; Rice; Shrimp; Technical change; Thailand; Q12; Q16; Q24; Q28.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43217

THE ACCOUNTANT AND FARM MANAGEMENT ADVICE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Stone,   John A.
The purpose of accounting is two-fold. First to record and summarize economic transactions for a given period, and second to interpret the account as an aid for making management decisions. Before we examine a more rational blend of the two ingredients of accounting it is necessary to examine the framework of principles and procedures within which accountants work. However, this discussion is primarily intended to, demonstrate how more accountants serving agriculture can overcome their pre-occupation with recording and summarizing, virtually aimed at assessing tax liability, and extend their influence to render professional advice to management.  Economic transactions fall into two accounting groups; cash movements during the period and estimates or...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural Finance.
Ano: 1963
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22946

Innovation and environmental awareness based on the example of the Voestalpine Group: THE SECRETS OF SUCCESSFUL CORPORATE MANAGEMENT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Merai,   Gyorgyi; Szucs,   Csaba; Marsalek,   Sandor.
One of the main characteristics of market economies is market competition where companies have to deliver and achieve the best possible results amid continuous challenges. It is always worth learning from the best performers. The voestalpine Group is a market leader steel producing company and a world market leader in a variety of segments.  It is characterised by advanced innovation in the fields of engineering, energy management and the protection of the environment, for which it has already earned international recognition and awards. We have made an effort to collect the factors in innovation, research, human resources management, and the protection of the environment that enabled voestalpine Group to achieve outstanding economic success. The...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Innovation; Research; Human resources; Corporate management; Code of conduct; Protection of the environment; Innováció; Kutatás; Humán erőforrás; Vállalatvezetés; Magatartáskódex; Környezetvédelem; Agricultural and Food Policy; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/99215

Developments and Development Directions of Electronic Trade Platforms in US and European Agri-Food Markets: Impact on Sector Organization
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fritz,   Melanie; Hausen,   Tobias; Schiefer,   Gerhard.
Electronic trade platforms support trading transactions between enterprises. They have entered the business landscape including the agri-food sector only a few years ago. However, there already have been dramatic changes in the agri-food sector’s platform infrastructures. This paper analyzes developments in electronic trade platform infrastructures in the agri-food sector of the US and Europe between 2000 and 2002 and identifies development strategies of successful platforms. Of 85 platforms in existence in the year 2000, only 25 remained active in 2002. But there are still market entries of new platforms and existing platforms form various types of partnerships. The analysis could identify a range of strategic development lines of successful platforms....
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Electronic commerce; Electronic trade platforms; Agri-food markets; Agribusiness; Marketing.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8146

COVER AND CONTENTS PAGES
Provedor de dados: 31
Includes: Front Cover, Editorial Information, Past Officers SAEA, Contents Pages
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1980
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29411

Mature Cooperative Groups Seeking New Identities: The Case of Belgium
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Develtere,   Patrick; Raymaekers,   Peter.
The cooperative sector in Belgium has always been very much linked to other social movements. In the 1990s the backbone of the sector, namely the cooperative banks, have undergone major transformations. In this article, the two most important cooperative financial holdings that were created to replace the stand-alone cooperative banks are looked at: the Cera and the ARCO-group. We see that they follow a similar path but have opted for a slightly different positioning in the Belgian social and economic landscape. Both have sought a new identity by repositioning themselves vis-à-vis the market, civil society and the state. The consequences of the new “cooperative trilemma” are gradually becoming clear.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Cooperative; Social movement; Sustainable development; Corporate social responsibility; Cooperative trilemma; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/45104

REVERSE MIGRATION AND THE RURAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROBLEM
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sorensen,   Donald M.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1977
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32195

The Anatomy of the EU-US WTO Banana Trade Dispute
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Read,   Robert.
This paper provides an overview of the banana dispute between the EU and the United States at the WTO which was finally resolved in July 2001. The paper outlines the origins of the dispute in the EU’s legal obligations to its preferred suppliers, primarily former colonies, and the subsequent evolution of the EU banana trade regime. The Single European Act and subsequent complaints to the GATT and the WTO have necessitated successive reforms of the EU banana regime, culminating in a landmark WTO Panel decision in 1997. These successive regimes are summarised, along with the GATT and WTO complaints and the WTO Panel findings. The resolution of the trade policy issues concerning bananas opens the way for the serious competition issues to be more readily...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Banana trade; Banana dispute; EU trade dispute; WTO; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23877

Empirical Methods for Modeling Landscape Change, Ecosystem Services, and Biodiversity
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lewis,   David J.; Alig,   Ralph J.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/92845

Quantifying Economic Losses due to Milk Fever in Dairy Farms
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Thirunavukkarasu,   M.; Kathiravan,   G.; Kalaikannan,   A.; Jebarani,   W.
Milk fever, a metabolic disease, affects dairy animals usually within one or two days after calving, resulting in a huge reduction in milk production and thus becomes economically most important. This study, conducted in five milkshed districts of Tamil Nadu, has estimated the economic losses arising from milk fever, based on the data collected from a random sample of 557 milk fever affected bovines (516 cows and 41 she buffaloes) during 2005-08. For assessing economic losses caused by milk fever, cost of medicines, veterinarian’s fee, cost of additional labour utilized, loss due to reduction in milk output, cost of animals dead and culled have been considered. The prevalence of milk fever has been found 13.67 per cent in cows and 11.99 per cent in...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/92097

The demand for meat in South Africa: An almost ideal estimation
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Taljaard,   Pieter R.; Alemu,   Zerihun Gudeta; van Schalkwyk,   Herman D.
A Linear Approximated Almost Ideal Demand System (LA/AIDS), estimated in first differences, was used to anticipate the demand relations for meat (beef, chicken, pork and mutton) in South Africa from 1970 – 2000. Two tests for weak separability, including an F and Likelihood ratio version, failed to reject the null hypothesis of weak separability, confirming that the four meat products are separable, and should be modelled together. According to the Hausman exogeneity test, the expenditure term in the South African meat demand model is exogenous. As a result, a Restricted Seemingly Unrelated Regression (RSUR) was used to estimate the model, whereafter the parameters were used as to calculate compensated, uncompensated and expenditure elasticities.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9496

Book Reviews
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1978
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10312

Rainwater harvesting in India: some critical issues for basin planning and research
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kumar,   M. Dinesh; Ghosh,   Shantanu; Patel,   Ankit; Singh,   Om Prakash; Ravindranath,   R.
Often, as a frantic response to problems of water scarcity and consequent hardships faced by both urban and communities, India has invested heavily in rainwater harvesting. Unlike investment in large water resource systems, these efforts, by and large, lack hydrological planning and sound economic analysis: research on the impact of local water harvesting/groundwater recharge activities in India is very sparse. This paper identifies sex critical issues in rainwater harvesting efforts in water-scarce regions of India. First: there is no emphasis on potential local supplies and the demand they have to cater for: local supply potential is low in most water scarce regions, a fact compounded by poor reliability, and demand far exceeds the supply potential....
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47964

Testing forward exchange rate unbiasedness efficiently: A semiparametric approach
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hodgson,   Douglas J.; Linton,   Oliver; Vorkink,   Keith.
We apply semiparametric efficient estimation procedures for a seemingly unrelated regression model where the multivariate error density is elliptically symmetric to study the efficiency of the foreign exchange market. We consider both cointegrating regressions and standard stationary regressions. The elliptical symmetry assumption allows us to avoid the curse of dimensionality problem that typically arises in multivariate semiparametric estimation procedures, because the multivariate elliptically symmetric density function can be written as a function of a scalar transformation of the observed multivariate data. We test the unbiasedness hypothesis on both weekly and daily exchange rate data and strongly reject unbiasedness at the weekly horizon, but fail...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Forward exchange market; Time series econometrics; Nonparametric statistics; C22.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43548

END MATERIALS
Provedor de dados: 31
Includes: Guidelines for Submission of Manuscripts; Southern Agricultural Economics Association Executive Committee and Membership and Subscription Information
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1996
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15230

A Comment on An Application of Spatial Equilibrium Analysis to the Transport and Processing of Wholemilk in New South Wales
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Codrington,   Stephen B.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1978
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10308

UNDERINVESTMENT AND TIMBER RIGHTS: AN EXAMINATION OF THE EARLY TASMANIAN AND VICTORIAN TIMBER INDUSTRIES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Pitchford,   R.
This paper distinguishes between the hypothesis that the Victorian government developed a reputation for easy renewal of timber rights, so that the lack of clearly defined site sizes and the short-term nature of these rights did not matter, and the hypothesis that tenure and site size as written in law was the major determinant. A model of a firm's investment choice when there is uncertain tenure is developed to examine the effect of changes in the tenure prospect on capital intensity. The predictions of this model are then used to assess the competing hypotheses with reference to data on capital labour ratios and legislation regarding tenure and site size laws in Victoria and Tasmania from 1890 to 1927.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Productivity Analysis; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 1994
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22733

INVOLVEMENT OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS IN GRADUATE AGRIBUSINESS PROGRAMS:  AN UNCOMFORTABLE LINKAGE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Biere,   Arlo W.
Departments of agricultural economics face a changing environment.  Some argue for the adoption of the Master of Agribusiness degree.  I argue that agribusiness in not well differentiated from agricultural economics and that the forte of agricultural economics departments is teaching applied economics, not teaching management.  Furthermore, in today's dynamic, open economy, a good understanding of economics is more valuable than ever before.  Rather than leave our area of strength, we should look to improve our current degree programs given today's business needs.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1988
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32166

Competitive Analysis and Market Power of China’s Soybean Import Market
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Song,   Baohui; Marchant,   Mary A.; Reed,   Michael R.; Xu,   Shuang.
This research conducts a competitive structure analysis of the Chinese soybean import market which leads to the hypothesis that China’s soybean importers may have stronger market power in China’s soybean import market. Then, this research develops and simultaneously estimates a two-country partial equilibrium trade model to test U.S.-China market power of soybean trade. The empirical result supports our hypothesis that Chinese soybean importers have stronger market power relative to U.S. soybean exporters. This Chinese market power can be countered by U.S. and South American companies through developing new and expanding existing markets for soybeans throughout the world and investing in Chinese soybean storage and crushing capacity.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Chinese soybean import market; Competitive structure analysis; Market power; Two-country partial equilibrium trade model; International Relations/Trade; Marketing; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; Q10; Q12; Q17.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53744

CHANGE IN AGRICULTURE: THE RELEVANCE OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Harris,   S.F.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1971
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22985

WHAT IS THE FOOD INDUSTRY'S PUBLIC RESPONSIBILITY AND HOW WELL IT IS BEING MET - GOVERNMENT VIEWPOINT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Orr,   G.D.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 1978
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27507

NUTRIENT DELIVERY SYSTEM: A HUMAN FEEDING CONCEPT FOR 2000 A.D. AND BEYOND
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cain,   Jarvis L.
Examines the nutrient needs of United States citizens in 2000 A.D. and beyond and offers some ideas on how they might be provided.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 1973
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27564

Some Economic Benefits and Costs of Vegetarianism
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lusk,   Jayson L.; Norwood,   F. Bailey.
It is now fashionable in many circles to advocate vegetarianism, and many activist groups are vocal in their aim to convert the human race to vegetarians. What would be the economic costs and benefits of a shift away from meat consumption? In this article we provide some partial answers to this question. In three separate analyses we show (i) that it is much more costly to produce energy and protein from animal-based sources than from some plant-based sources, (ii) that sizable demand shifts away from meat consumption would result in significantly lower corn prices and production, and (iii) that the average U.S. consumer places a higher value on having meat in his or her diet than having any other food group. This information should help move forward our...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Cost of nutrients; Crop production; Dietary costs; Livestock production; Value of meat; Vegan; Vegetarian; Consumer/Household Economics; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/55529

INTER-INDUSTRY ANALYSIS OF THE WESTERN AUSTRALIAN ECONOMY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Parker,   M.L.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1965
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22650

An Overview of Modelling in Agricultural Management
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Anderson,   Jock R.
A synoptic review of the diverse models that have been developed for economic analysis in agricultural management is undertaken and these models are placed in broad perspective. A few practical and general problems of modelling that have been highlighted by the development of simulation procedures are also briefly reviewed.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Farm Management.
Ano: 1972
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9642

Zukunft der agrar- und ernährungsökonomischen Forschung und Lehre
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Buchenrieder,   Gertrud; von Cramon-Taubadel,   Stephan; Heckelei,   Thomas; Wehrheim,   Peter; Weiss,   Christoph R.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/98245

Speaking Stata: How to repeat yourself without going mad
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cox,   Nicholas J.
This column will focus on how to improve your fluency in Stata. Over the next issues we will look at Stata problems of intermediate size which turn out to be soluble with a few command lines. As an introduction, systematic ways of repeating the same or similar operations are surveyed to give one overview of the territory to be covered.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Append; By; Collapse; Contract; Do-files; Egen; For; Foreach; Forvalues; Log files; Merge; Naming conventions; Programs; Repetition; Reshape; Statsby; Subset or group structure; Tabulations; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/115938

Agricultural markets in Benin and Malawi
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fafchamps,   Marcel; Gabre-Madhin,   Eleni Z.
Based on original trader surveys, this paper examines how agricultural traders operate in Benin and Malawi. Results indicate that the largest transaction costs are search and transport. The use of modern technology is limited. Search methods rely principally on personal visits by the trader, and quality control requires the presence of the trader at the time of purchase. This increases costs, as the trader has to travel a lot, and makes it difficult for trading enterprises to grow. Since enterprises remain very small, personal transport and search time represent a non-negligible share of marketing costs.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Traders; Transaction costs; Transport; Storage; Search; Marketing.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57022

Is Monsanto Leaving Money on the Table? Monopoly Pricing and Bt Cotton Value with Heterogeneous Adopters
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Oehmke,   James F.; Wolf,   Christopher A.
We examine the allocation of technology rents between a price-setting, innovating monopolist and heterogeneous technology adopters.  A model of monopoly pricing in the presence of heterogeneous adopters is used to examine conditions under which greater producer (farmer) heterogeneity leads to greater producer benefit from innovation in non-competitive markets.  An application to Bt cotton determines the profit-maximizing price of Bt cotton seed and reveals that Monsanto and Delta and Pine Land are indeed leaving money on the table in the form of unexploited profit opportunities.  However, we estimate that the presence of heterogeneous adopters explains over 80% of the rents that accrue to the farmers.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Biotechnology; Bt cotton; Heterogeneous adopters; Innovation; Monopoly pricing; Technology; Valuation distribution; L1; O3; Q1.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43469

ASCENSAO DA AGROINDUSTRIA CANAVIEIRA PAULISTA: O CASO DE PIRACICABA NO INICIO DO SECULO XX
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Terci,   Eliana Tadeu; Peres,   Maria Thereza Miguel.
This article analyzes the modernization of the sugar cane industry with the advent of central sugar factories in Piracicaba. Data from enterprises, legal offices and Piracicaba’s periodicals allow us to recognize the strategies that were being used by sugar cane enterprises groups to improve their business and overcome the challenges at that time. The mercantile capital ascendancy over the sugar cane industry configured a diverse enterprise organization formed by familiar companies; limited societies associated with the refineries, and anonymous societies created by foreign capital. The ascension of this industry made possible the joint of an important polarized sugar cane complex in the region of Piracicaba. A significant result was the constitution of a...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Central sugar factories; Agroindustry modernization; Sugar cane; Engenho central; Modernização agroindustrial; Cana-de-açúcar.; Agribusiness; Institutional and Behavioral Economics.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/102042

Determining Consumer Requirements for Lamb Loin Chops - a Preliminary Study
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Thatcher,   L.P.; Couchman,   R.C.
There is little published information about what influences individual lamb consumers in Australia, and the factors uppermost in their mind as they make their purchases. Gross consumption and price relationships are available from statistical studies, whilst taste panel responses relating to organoleptic properties are limited to material from technical experiments.  It is contended that the gross approach to identifying consumer habits masks the individual needs of consumers. Furthermore, it is suggested that consumers have specific requirements for lamb cuts and joints, but these are compromised at the shop-counter by other factors such as price and the price of alternatives.  A survey was conducted amongst 479 people to identify whether people were as...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Consumer/Household Economics.
Ano: 1983
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/12451

The Role of Business Expectations for New Product Introductions: A Panel Analysis for the German Food Industry
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hartl,   Jochen; Herrmann,   Roland.
Theory suggests that business expectations are crucial for investment in research and development (R&amp;D) as well as for process and product innovations. However, there are controversial theoretical predictions about the causal linkage between business expectations and new product introductions. In addition, most empirical studies have so far neglected business expectations as an important determinant of new product introductions due to absence of data. To address this shortcoming, this study investigates whether business expectations do affect new product introductions and whether the net impact is positive or negative. The empirical analysis is based on panel data from 14 branches of the German food industry over six years (1993-1998). Our findings...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9278

Price Sensitivities for U.S. Frozen Dairy Products
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Maynard,   Leigh J.; Veeramani,   Venkat N.
Price elasticities and flexibilities for frozen dessert products were estimated from weekly scanner data, with emphasis on functional form selection, system misspecification testing, and endogeneity testing.  Reciprocals of elasticities and elasticity matrix inversion were invalid means of obtaining flexibility estimates, leaving direct estimation as the only viable, albeit resource-intensive, approach.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Dairy; Demand; Price elasticities; Price flexibilities; C32; C52; D11; D12; Q11.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43194

A NOTE ON BIAS IN THE ESTIMATED EFFECTS OF BEEF IMPORTS ON U.S. MEAT PRICES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ryan,   Timothy J.
The impact of beef imports on United States meat prices is a highly emotional and controversial issue. Congressmen representing urban districts, and to a lesser extent the Administration, look towards beef imports as a way of containing rapid increases in meat prices. Congressmen and Senators from beef-producing States regard beef imports as a direct attack on the U.S. beef-producing industry.  These differing views are being reconciled through Congress considering amendments to the Meat Import Law (Public Law 88-482). The impacts and the amendments are of vital interest to Australia because about 25 per cent of Australia's beef production is sold on the lucrative U.S. market.  In this note it is argued that, in general, the reported impacts on U.S. meat...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade; Marketing.
Ano: 1980
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23065

FRESH SEAFOOD DISTRIBUTION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Long,   Donald L.; Coale,   Charles W., Jr.
Study focuses on the transportation problems in the distribution of fresh seafood in Virginia.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1973
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27683

END MATERIALS
Provedor de dados: 31
Includes: Guidelines for Manuscript Submission
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27942

Real Effects of Movements in Nominal Exchange Rates: Application to the Asian Crisis
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Yelten,   E. Sibel.
This paper analyzes the ad hoc decision of three Asian countries to peg their currency to the U.S. dollar prior to the Asian crisis. It uses the Sjaastad model to estimate the optimal basket weights for Thailand, Korea, and Singapore. The analysis in this paper differs from the optimal basket research since we are not searching for an ad hoc optimal basket; rather, the basket is the solution to the problem. For Thailand and Korea, the correct weights of the dollar in the basket are estimated to be 44 and 65 percent, respectively, which differ significantly from the actual weight of 100 percent for the U.S. dollar in their currency basket prior to the 1997 Asian crisis. Singapore, with a weight of 85 percent for the U.S. currency, is closer to a dollar peg,...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Optimum currency area; Asian crisis; Exchange rate basket; Currency peg; Financial Economics; E32; F31.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43998

Generating Halton sequences using Mata
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Drukker,   David M.; Gates,   Richard.
This paper discusses the advantages of Halton sequences over pseudorandom uniform numbers when using simulation to approximate integrals numerically. We describe two types of sequences and give Mata examples. Finally, we document the Mata function halton(), currently in release 9.1 of Stata, which computes both a Halton sequence and its Hammersley variant. Options to use these point sets are available in the Stata 9 program asmprobit, a multinomial-probit estimator, and in the Stata 9.1 Mata function ghk(), the Geweke–Hajivassiliou–Keane multivariate-normal simulator.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Halton(); Halton set; Hammersley set; Quasirandom numbers; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/117570

THE INCIDENCE AND EFFECTS OF DEATH DUTIES ON WOOL-GROWING PROPERTIES IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Thomson,   Norm J.
Death duties are allegedly a tax designed to redistribute accumulations of wealth. Therefore, to the extent that they are successful, one might expect death duties to inhibit the trend for wool-growing properties to become more capital-intensive. This aspect of death duties appears to be in complete contrast to other rural policy objectives designed to encourage on-farm investment. However, while a survey of 58 death duty-affected properties established that death duties do reduce the rate of capital accumulation, the impact appears to be less severe on the wealthy than the less-wealthy families.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 1971
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22984

Cover and Contents Pages
Provedor de dados: 31
Includes:  Front Cover; Preface; Table of Contents; Agenda;  Minutes of the 2007 Annual Meeting of the NC-1014 Regional Research Committee; Activities of the Committee
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/48149

AN ANALYSIS OF CONSUMER PERCEPTIONS OF FRESH FISH AND SEAFOOD IN THE DELMARVA REGION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kreider,   Craig Robert; Gempesaw,   Conrado M., II; Bacon,   J. Richard; Toensmeyer,   Ulrich C.; Groff,   Andrew J.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Consumer/Household Economics.
Ano: 1993
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27571

AJAE appendix:  Measuring the Impact of Meat Packing and Processing Facilities in Non-metropolitan Counties: A Difference-in-Differences Approach
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Artz,   Georgeanne M.; Orazem,   Peter F.; Otto,   Daniel M.
Note: The material contained herein is supplementary to the article named in the title and published in the American Journal of Agricultural Economics (AJAE).
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/60954

THE ROLE OF ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION IN PREDICTING ADOPTION OF WIND EROSION CONTROL PRACTICES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wang,   H. Holly; Young,   Douglas L.; Camara,   Oumou M.
Logit and ordered probit analyses were used to identify factors associated with reduced tillage adoption, continuous spring cropping, and the number of changes made in response to wind erosion. Contrary to previous results for water erosion control, simple perception of a wind erosion problem or membership in a particular socioeconomic category did not significantly explain adoption of wind erosion control practices, but participating in a targeted educational program did. This educational program: (a) highlighted the threats of wind erosion to human health and to soil productivity, and (b) described specific potentially profitable farming practices for solving the wind erosion problem.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30906

Entwicklung und politische Rahmenbedingungen des ökologischen Landbaus in Europa
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lampkin,   Nicolas; Padel,   Susanne; Foster,   Carolyn.
The paper describes the development and policy environment of organic farming in the European Union, where organic farming has grown rapidly due to a variety of factors. Policy measures concerning area-based financial support for conversion to and continuation of organic farming, officially-recognized standards and support for market and regional development, advice and research are considered. This indicates that individual measures can also work against each other. In some countries, good experiences have been made with integrated action plans, an approach that is also being discussed at the European level and which could achieve a good basis for the development of organic farming in future.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Organic farming; EU agricultural policy; Agri-environment programme; Action plans; Agricultural and Food Policy; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/98990

CARACTERIZACIÓN DE LA PRODUCCIÓN DEL CULTIVO DE ALGODONERO (Gossypium hirsutum, L.) EN LA COMARCA LAGUNERA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wong,   Ricardo Miranda.
The cotton crop ( L.) has been cultivated in the Region Lagunera since more 150 years; however, the extension in the crop area has seen decreased considerable manner in the last years, due to several factors. This job investigated some of them, between that can to mention harvest area, water storage in the ditch availability, cotton seed area percentage with respect to the total area, international sale price cotton fiber, with the purpose to have one clearer idea about of industrial crop behavior.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Cotton; Harvest; Water; Price; Fiber; Algodonero; Cosecha; Agua; Precio; Fibra.; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/45848

Hedging Irrigation Risk through Water Markets: Trends and Opportunities
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hadjigeorgalis,   Ereney.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/92874

THE DEMAND AND SUPPLY OF U.S. AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS: THE CASE OF WHEAT, CORN, AND SOYBEANS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Haniotis,   Tassos; Baffes,   John; Ames,   Glenn C.W.
The demand for and supply of U.S. wheat, corn, and soybean exports is specified in a dynamic framework.  Obtained results indicate differences in the export behavior of each product.  U.S. corn exports are elastic, while U.S. soybean exports exhibit an inelastic response.  For wheat, the derived elasticity of export demand had a positive sign.  Hypothesis testing validated the dynamic structure of the estimated models in all markets.  Stability properties were confirmed in export markets of corn and soybeans, but results were inconclusive for the wheat market.  Adjustment coefficients indicate that exports and export prices do no adjust immediately to their equilibrium levels.  Multiplier impacts indicate a stable path of convergence for all markets, with...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 1988
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29256

Traceability in Meat Supply Chains
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hobbs,   Jill E.
Traceability through the agri-food supply chain has become the focus of recent industry initiatives and policy discussions in Canada. Traceability can be part of a strategy to reduce the risk or minimize the impact of a foodborne disease problem. It can also be part of a larger quality assurance strategy, facilitating the verification of specific quality attributes. This paper examines the economic incentives for implementing traceability systems in the meat and livestock sector, including ex post cost reduction, enhanced effectiveness of liability law, and reduced information costs for consumers. Preliminary evidence is presented from experimental auctions in Ontario and Saskatchewan that measured consumer willingness to pay for traceability information,...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/45725

Front Materials
Provedor de dados: 31
Includes: Table of Contents; A Statement from the Editors and AAEA President
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94479

The Potential Impact of a Proposed Ban on the Sale of U.S. Horses for Slaughter and Human Consumption
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: North,   Michael S.; Bailey,   DeeVon; Ward,   Ruby A.
Both federal and state governments in the United States are being asked to enact laws that would make slaughtering of horses for human consumption illegal. In the past, the United States was one of the principal exporters of horsemeat to Europe. This paper examines the impacts of a proposed ban on the U.S. horse industry and the U.S. export market for horsemeat. Findings indicate a loss of approximately $300 per horse in the United States as a result of such a ban. The supply of U.S. exported horsemeat has declined during the past decade. The results suggest that the most significant factors influencing this decline are lower real prices and competing imports.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Horse slaughter; Horsemeat; Meat exports; Agricultural and Food Policy; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/59608

FINANCING SMALL-FARM DEVELOPMENT IN INDIA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Baker,   Chester B.; Bhargava,   Vinay K.
Small farm credit is important in public programs of developing countries. It is supported to finance increased productivity through modernization and to replace the exploitive moneylender. However, expectations often exceed performance. Indian research suggests the discrepancy may be traced to failure to account for the needs of liquidity management. It suggests, too, that programs that are designed to account for liquidity management can lead to modernization and to improved viability of small farms as well.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural Finance.
Ano: 1974
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22791

NAREA Awards
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10206

The Brazilian Soybean Complex
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Goldsmith,   Peter D.; Hirsch,   Rodolfo.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries; Q13; O54; Q56; 013.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94417

QUARTERLY EGG PRODUCTION ESTIMATORS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hoffman,   Robert G.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Production Economics.
Ano: 1970
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29872

NEW ZEALAND BEEF AND SHEEP SUPPLY RELATIONSHIPS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rich,   M.M.
The primary purposes of this study are to measure major relationships describing the responses of different components of sheep and beef farming capital stock in New Zealand to changes in economic conditions, and to investigate the way in which this capital stock has changed over time. These objectives are pursued by attempting to specify an econometric model that recognises joint production between sheep and beef cattle and also takes account of joint firm/household decision making. Aggregate New Zealand data for the period 1952/53 to 1973/74 are fitted to the model using Full Information Maximum Likelihood estimation.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 1979
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22805

A PROFILE OF THE GENERATION X WINE CONSUMER IN CALIFORNIA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wolf,   Marianne McGarry; McVey,   Colin M.
This research shows that the wine market in California is segmented by age.  Wine consumption behavior differs between the generation X consumer and those that are not generation X.  They purchase different types of wine at different locations.  There are different attitudes toward wine between the two groups.  Generation X consumers are more concerned with the quality and image attributes of wine.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Consumer/Household Economics.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26502

THE POLICY IMPLICATIONS OF POSSIBLE NEW ZEALAND WHEAT PRICING SCHEMES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rich,   M.M.
An empirical policy simulation analysis that was performed prior to the adoption of the revised N.Z. wheat pricing arrangements is reported. The analysis was particularly timely as it coincided with, and made an input to, discussions between the various parties attempting to derive an improved wheat pricing scheme. The implications of making N.Z. farm-gate wheat pricing more responsive to world market prices were assessed using a simulation model to distill information on the impact of alternative pricing schemes on those criteria thought to be of interest to policymakers. The results also indicated how the recently announced new scheme would have performed. This information aided public decision making, particularly in clarifying some of the trade-offs...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis; Marketing.
Ano: 1981
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22318

MARKET ORIENTATION IN A SAMPLE OF CHILEAN AGRIFOOD PROCESSING FIRMS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Martino,   Fernando; Tregear,   Angela.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/34269

FRUIT AND VEGETABLE SALES AT CITY MUNICIPAL MARKETS, March, 1946
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Williams,   J.R.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 1946
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8781

Editorial - Long-Term Agricultural Development
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 1950
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8982

COOPERATIVE VERSUS INDIVIDUAL APPROACHES TO TREATMENT OF CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATER BY RURAL RESIDENTS IN THE NORTHEAST
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Klinko,   Deborah K.; Abdalla,   Charles W.
Point-of-use/point-of-entry treatment can provide an affordable means for rural residents on private wells to remedy groundwater contamination.  Cooperation among homeowners was hypothesized to be a means of further reducing treatment costs due to quantity discounts and avoidance of dealer mark-ups.  Data obtained through a mail survey of water treatment firms was used to test this hypothesis.  Individual and group purchase, installation and maintenance costs and manufacturer and dealer costs were compared using analysis of variance.  Results indicate a cooperative treatment approach may provide benefits due to quantity discounts but little potential exists for savings via direct manufacturer purchase.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1989
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28802

JOURNAL ARTICLE OF THE YEAR FOR 1992
Provedor de dados: 31
Short and long-run demand and substitution of agricultural inputs, by Jorge Fernandez-Cornejo.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1993
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31548

A Comparison of Response Surface and Factorial Designs in Agricultural Research
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Williams,   Robert J.; Baker,   J.R.
The use of response surface designs in preference to factorial designs in agriculture has become widely discussed and recommended. This paper simulates data for comparable response surface and factorial designs and uses this to demonstrate the similarities between the designs and their analyses and at the same time to point out some of the customary differences in their analyses. More particularly, it aims to show: (a) that for any design a reduction in the number of plots sown reduces the reliability of the results, and (b) that both a response surface design and a factorial design allow the calculation of estimated equations of response surfaces.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 1968
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9206

FOOD RETAILING CONSOLIDATION: IMPLICATIONS FOR SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT PRACTICES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kaufman,   Phillip R.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26779

FRONT COVER
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1978
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22719

Responsible Government, 1856
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: King,   C.J.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1957
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8956

A WELFARE ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF THE POTENTIAL COMPETITION BETWEEN HUNTING AND CATTLE RANCHING
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Martin,   William E.; Tinney,   J. Craig; Gum,   Russell L.
Comparable empirical estimates of the market and nonmarket values of range cattle production and hunting activity on the same land are developed in the welfare economic framework of consumers’ surplus, producers’ surplus, and the corresponding Hicksian consumer welfare measures.  The values are compared to illustrate possible trade-offs that would occur under potential conflict among users of the land resource. The welfare distribution issue is examined both in terms of aggregate and individual compensation that could occur between the alternative users.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 1978
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32554

COVER AND CONTENTS PAGES
Provedor de dados: 31
Includes: Front Cover, SAEA Officers 1968-2000, Honorary Lifetime Achievement Awards, Extension Awards, Research Awards, Outstanding Contribution to Teaching Awards, Graduate Student Paper Awards
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15361

END MATERIALS
Provedor de dados: 31
Includes: Guidelines for Manuscript Submission, Back Cover
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1986
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28886

Consumers' Preference of Rice Brands in Korea
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kim,   Sounghun; Son,   Eun-Young; Park,   Sungho.
This paper conducts several analyses to discuss about consumers' preference of rice brands and suggest a way to reduce the number that currently stands at about 1,700 in the Korean market. With data collected from 358 survey respondents, a conjoint analysis was conducted to identify consumers' preferences of Korean rice in regard to such aspects as producing area, brand, category, and price. We particularly focused on analyzing the consumers' preference of rice brands, with some scenarios to decrease the number of brands.  The paper also estimated the virtual market shares of rice brands. As results of the analyses, the paper shows that the grouping of individual rice brands in a city or county under one representative brand is the most preferred by Korean...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Korean rice brands; Conjoint analysis; Virtual market share; Agribusiness; Consumer/Household Economics; Crop Production/Industries; Farm Management; Marketing.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/90688

SIMULATING BST INTRODUCTION IN CALIFORNIA FOR DAIRY POLICY ANALYSIS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Zepeda,   Lydia; Butler,   Leslie J.; Carter,   Harold O.
An econometric model is estimated to simulate the impact of introducing bovine somatotropin (BST) on the California dairy industry. Forecasts of 1991-94 milk production and prices without BST are compared to those with BST under the 1990 Farm Bill. The effects are evaluated under a range in assumptions, given the uncertainty about BST's commercial benefits and costs. Results indicate the aggregate returns of BST introduction for California are positive, but small, assuming no adverse consumer reaction.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 1991
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32595

Reflexos de políticas públicas sobre a fruticultura cearense: o caso do agropolo Baixo Jaguaribe
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Matias,   Gerlan Dayvid Viana; Silva,   Lucia Maria Ramos; Khan,   Ahmad Saeed.
The objective of this research was to analyze the impact of Ceará Irrigated Agriculture Program – PROCEAGRI on fruit crop in the State of Ceará, particularly, in the Agropolo Baixo Jaguaribe. The data used in this study was collecty by interviewing fruit producers in the County of Aracti, Limoeiro do Norte e Quixeré. All the counties, after 1998 (the year of implantation of the Program) had improvement in technology use and increase in productivity. In most of the cases, an important benefit was the generation of local job opportunities. It is suggested that the Government should provide incentives in the form of credit, technical assistance and provide marketing guarantee and improved substructure to attract agricultural industries for better use of...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Fruit crop; Irrigation; Ceará; Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56799

EXTENSION NEEDS TO KEEP MANAGERS OF COMMERCIAL AGRICULTURE UP-TO-DATE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nelson,   Ted R.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1971
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30514

Attitudes and acceptance of South African urban consumers towards genetically modified white maize
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Vermeulen,   Hester; Kirsten,   Johann F.; Doyer,   Ockert T.; Schonfeldt,   H.C.
The introduction of genetically modified (GM) food products to food markets around the world, has led to considerable controversy. In many cases consumer attitudes and perceptions of GM food products were revealed as fears, concern for, and avoidance of the new technology. The importance of GM foods in South Africa is increasing, even though the GM Food debate lags behind many other (often more developed) parts of the world. This paper investigates the knowledge, attitudes and acceptance of urban South African white-grain maize consumers regarding GM maize. Conjoint- and cluster analysis were used to develop clusters/market segments among the urban consumers of white maize. A range of additional questions was used to develop profiles of the identified...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Consumer/Household Economics.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31714

NJARE REVIEWERS, OCTOBER 1990 TO JULY 1991
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1991
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29013

END MATERIALS
Provedor de dados: 31
Includes:  Colleagues Who Assisted the Editorial Council During 1977, Guidelines for Submission of Manuscripts
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1978
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30468

Fiscal stimulations for improving the business environment in Republic of Macedonia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gaber,   Stevan.
In conditions when the national economy is hit hard with catastrophic economic consequences from financial crises, mutual coordinative approach between fiscal authorities and independent monetary institution, entrusted for macroeconomic stability, is particularly essential. This paper focuses on the situation, when there is not, at least temporary, constructive dialog between the two most important institutions in the country, and consequences are paid by enterprises and citizens.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Budget deficit financing; Restrictive monetary policy; Policy coordination; Bank reserve rate requirement.; International Development; Public Economics; E6.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94575

INTEGRATION, RISK, AND SUPPLY RESPONSE: A SIMULATION AND LINEAR PROGRAMMING ANALYSIS OF AN EAST TEXAS COW-CALF PRODUCER
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Angirasa,   Aditi K.; Shumway,   C. Richard; Nelsen,   T.C.; Cartwright,   Thomas C.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 1981
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30077

Speaking Stata: Problems with tables, Part I
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cox,   Nicholas J.
Tables in some form or another are part and parcel of data management and analysis. The main general-purpose tabulation commands, tabulate, table, and tabstat, are reviewed and compared. When these do not provide a tabulation solution, one key strategy is to prepare the material for tabulation as a set of variables, after which the table itself can be presented with tabdisp or list. This is the first of two papers on this topic.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Tables; Tabulate; Table; Tabstat; Tabdisp; List; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/116122

The Government Agribusiness Interface: a Review of Conceptual Issues and Viewpoints for the Australian Food Manufacturing Sector
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Schroder,   William R.; Mavondo,   Felix.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1996
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/12405

THE IMPACT OF SUPERVISED CREDIT PROGRAMS ON TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE IN DEVELOPING AGRICULTURE: COMMENT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lesueur,   J.F.
In a paper in the April 1977 issue of this Journal by Scobie and Franklin (1977) it is argued that supervised credit programs are of dubious value in promoting technological change in developing agriculture. However, the case presented by the authors is not conclusive and may be open to alternative interpretations because:     (a) the general economic framework used by them is inappropriate for use in smallholder developing agriculture;  (b) the results of the Guatemalan test case are inconclusive; and  ( c) these results can be plausibly explained in other ways in any case.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 1978
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22722

ABSTRACTS OF SELECTED PAPERS
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1984
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28913

COMPARATIVE ECONOMICS OF ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION SYSTEMS: A REVIEW
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fox,   Glenn; Weersink,   Alfons; Sarwar,   Ghulam; Duff,   Scott; Deen,   Bill.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Farm Management.
Ano: 1991
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28812

SCHOOL INPUTS AND EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES IN NORTH CAROLINA: COMPARISON OF STATIC AND DYNAMIC ANALYSES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Walden,   Michael L.; Sisak,   Mark R.
The relationship between student achievement and school inputs has long been a subject of academic research.  The general conclusion of past research is that school inputs, such as the number of teachers relative to pupils, has little impact on student academic outcomes.  This paper provides a fresh look at this issue.  Seventeen alternative measures of student performance in North Carolina school districts are related to a wide array of school policy inputs and socioeconomic characteristics of students and their families.  Both static and dynamic analyses are performed.  The key findings are (1) the school policy inputs significantly related to student achievement vary by the measure of student achievement used, (2) the joint contribution of school policy...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Public education; Student achievement; Public Economics.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15155

A BIOECONOMIC SIMULATION APPROACH TO MULTI-SPECIES INSECT MANAGEMENT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Boggess,   William G.; Cardelli,   Dino J.; Barfield,   C.S.
Classical approaches to the economics of pest management have focused almost exclusively on single-species models.  This study develops and implements a methodology with which to evaluate multi-species, non-stochastic, managerial decisions subject to stochastic elements of the plant-insect system.  Multi-species insect management strategies (combinations of scouting interval, threshold value, and choice of pesticide) are analyzed using a physiological mechanistic soybean plant growth model coupled to three insect population dynamics models.  Preliminary results indicate that net returns are maximized and variance is reduced with lower thresholds and more frequent scouting than current recommendations.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 1985
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29987

Trends in private and public investments in agricultural marketing infrastructure in India
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jairath,   M.S.
The study has estimated the extent of investment made in promotion of marketing infrastructure in the country and growth in public and private investments. It has also examined state-wise spread of private and public investments in agricultural marketing infrastructure, its composition and share and has investigated whether private investment induces pubic investment or vice versa. Of the total investment of Rs 157652.30 lakh made for the development of agricultural marketing infrastructure, Madhya Pradesh has accounted for the maximum (36%) share, followed by Tamil Nadu (18%) and Andhra Pradesh (13.5%). West Bengal has accounted for the lowest share. The analysis has indicated that there is a strong complementarity between private and public investments...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Marketing.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47887

Global trends, changes, and implications to South African finance
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kohl,   David M.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Financial Economics.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54205

Verifying Credence Attributes in Livestock Production
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Olynk,   Nicole J.; Tonsor,   Glynn T.; Wolf,   Christopher A.
Livestock producers can respond to increasing consumer demand for certain production process attributes by providing verifiable information on the practices used. Consumer willingness to pay data were used to inform producer decision-making regarding selection of verification entities for four key production process attributes in the production of pork chops and milk. The potential for informing farm-level decision-making with information about consumer demand for product and production process attributes exists beyond the two products assessed as example cases in this analysis.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Key Words: animal welfare; Certification; Credence attribute; Producer decision support; Response to consumer demand; Verification; Willingness to pay; Consumer/Household Economics; Demand and Price Analysis; Livestock Production/Industries; Production Economics; Q11; Q12; Q19.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/92578

AMERICAN POLICY AND THE EVOLVING BROADBAND INTERNET NETWORK
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Stenberg,   Peter L.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Internet Policy; Rural Economy; Distance Education; Telemedicine; Telecommunication History; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; R5; N7; O2.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/100799

AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRIALIZATION: IMPLICATIONS FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLIC POLICY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Drabenstott,   Mark.
Industrialization is rapidly becoming a topic of great attention.  Driven by fundamental economic forces, industrialization seems likely to advance ore quickly in the coming decade to more industry segments.  By changing the way agriculture does business, industrialization will also bring change to public policy and agricultural institutions.  Commodity policy will increasingly be out of step with a product-oriented industry.  And as industrialization blurs the lines between producers and processors, land grant universities and the extension service will face challenges assessing who their customers are.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Industrialization; Agricultural markets; Commodity policy; Land grant universities; Extension service; Rural development; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 1995
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15325

Some Economic Aspects of Stocking Rate and Feeder Space Allocation in Broiler Production
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rao,   V.Y.; McConnell,   D.J.
This paper reports the results of economic analysis of the effects of floor space and feeder space on broiler chicken growth rates. First, liveweightffeed conversion rates are described and a function fitted. Use of conversion efficiency functions for determining optimal space inputs in the production process would be appropriate where feed cost considerations are dominant. Second, use of more orthodox response surface analysis permits specific consideration of marginal productivities of floor and feeder space inputs. Optimal input levels (i.e., stocking rates and feeder space allocations) and profit margins are developed parametrically for a range of input costs and liveweight prices.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 1968
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9182

OBITUARY - JOHN PATRICK ('JACK') MAKEHAM
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Malcolm,   Bill; Piggott,   Roley R.
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1996
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22373

Protecting ‘Single-Origin Coffee’ within the Global Coffee Market: The Role of Geographical Indications and Trademarks
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Schussler,   Lennart.
Over the past decade, coffee producers have been struggling with the world market’s low and unstable coffee prices. Some coffee producing countries try to overcome this crisis by moving from pure commodity exports to higher-price exports of niche market quality products, like “single-origin coffee”, protected by intellectual property tools. Such protection can take the form of trademarks or geographical indications. At present within the single-origin coffee sector, a trend to use the latter form can be observed. For example, “Café de Colombia” was registered as a Protected Geographical Indication under Council Regulation (EC) No 510/2006. Another recent example is the Ethiopian Fine Coffee Trademarking and Licensing Initiative. In order to protect its...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Columbia; Ethiopia; Geographical indications; Single-origin coffee; Trademarks; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/48799

Transportation Sector from the Perspective of an Agricultural Economist
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fuller,   Stephen W.
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37914

SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENTS IN SOUTHERN AGRICULTURE IN THE DECADE OF THE 1970S AND EMERGING POLICY ISSUES IN THE 1980S
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sullivan,   Gene D.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1979
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29540

AGRICULTURAL TRENDS AND GENERAL ECONOMIC POLICY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lloyd,   Alan G.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 1983
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23035

Problems of New Generation Migrant Workers from the Perspective of Social Discrimination
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Xu,   Ying.
The correlation of migrant workers and other social problems are studied from the aspects of the concept of “migrant workers” and social discrimination, “new generation” and mobility of social class and the sex structure of new generation migrant workers. The results show that the “worker” in the “migrant worker” comes from the “work for other people”; although the “migrant worker” has the sense of discrimination, it really reflects the survival states of a certain social class; comparing with the first class migrant workers, the new generation migrant workers are the second generation of migrant workers, and their social position has not changed basically. The unfairness of social mobility is included among the “poor second generation”, “rich second...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Migrant workers; New generation migrant workers; Social discrimination; Mobility of social class; Gender structure; China; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/113492

AGRICULTURAL USE OF THE SNOWY WATERS:  II: IRRIGATION PLANS AND POLICY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: England,   H.N.
The aim of this paper is to present the background against which the various problems of the agricultural use of Snowy waters can be viewed.  It attempts to cover irrigation planning, administration and policy in general terms, and plans and policy for irrigation development in the States concerned, as far as they are known. Naturally enough policy is dealt with only at the departmental level: here, and generally, the discussion centres on the author's own organization, the N.S.W. Water Conservation and Irrigation Commission. Most of the irrigation development will be in New South Wales.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1960
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22416

WHAT SHOULD WHOLESALERS AND RETAILERS DO?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Peck,   Gerald E.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1977
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27297

LOCATION AND OTHER MARKET ATTRIBUTES AFFECTING FARMER'S MARKET PATRONAGE: THE CASE OF TENNESSEE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Eastwood,   David B.; Brooker,   John R.; Gray,   Morgan D.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Consumer/Household Economics.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26789

A KÁVÉ HAZAI ÉS VILÁGPIACA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Letenyei,   Krisztina.
A kávé kereskedelme a nemzetközi tőzsdéken folyik. Amikor a kínálat meg-haladja a keresletet, túlkínálat van. Ekkor alacsony a kávé ára, a túltermelési válság jelei mutatkoznak: elégetik a kávét. A kistermelők a tönk szélére kerül-nek. Ebben az időszakban a termelők kiirtják, illetve elhanyagolják a kávécser-jéket. A kávéexportáló országok csökkentik a termelést, az exportot is visszafog-ják, a raktárkészlet növekszik. Az elmaradt invesztíció és a rossz időjárási kö-rülmények hatására a kínálat csökken, majd a kereslet meghaladja a kínálatot, ami még ellensúlyozható a raktárkészletek piacra dobásával. Mivel a kávécser-jék csak öt év után fordulnak termőre, a kereslet tartósan meghaladja a kínála-tot. Ekkor a kávéárak a magasba szöknek. Ebben az időszakban...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Kávé; Kereslet; Kínálat; Hazai és világpiac - coffee; Demand; Supply; Domestic and world market; Agribusiness; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54335

SEGMENTING NICHE GOAT-MEAT MARKETS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nelson,   Mack C.; Whitehead,   Jackie; Mobini,   Seyedmedhi; Brown,   Nathaniel B., Jr.; Thomas,   Marc.
This research report provides an examination of the ratings of an important sensory attribute of chevon (goat meat) with that of beef and pork. Results from an analysis of variance of comparative ratings of the flavor of chevon and that of beef and pork suggest that selected demographic characteristics of U.S. consumers influenced the ratings of chevon'’s flavor with that of beef and pork. The findings indicate that Hispanics, blacks, and females should not be treated as homogenous niche markets. The results suggest that there are distinct subdivision preferences within and between these consumer partitions.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27118

THE SUSTAINABLE SYSTEM OF AGRICULTURE AND COUNTRYSIDE DEVELOPMENT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Csete,   Laszlo.
It is increasingly obvious from our present  investigations that we can hope to escape the controversies of the present day globalizing world only via sustainability, creativity, development of alternative energy resources and people’s cohesion.  This applies particularly to the transitional problems of domestic agriculture arising from the change of political system in this country, where a systematic introduction of a sustainable regime for the development of agriculture and countryside would be especially desirable. The attainment of sustainability and countryside development is taking place simultaneously but independently in each country in the EU, but a deliberate combination of national strategies to draw on the advantages of interactions and...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: EU regulations expected between 2007 and 2013; LEADER programs; Long term prevention of environment - várható EU szabályozók (2007-2013); LEADER programok; Környezet hosszú távú megőrzése; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54340

Is It Time to Re-think the WTO? A Return to the Basics
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kerr,   William A.
The GATT was an organization that was seldom at the centre of political controversy, nor was it the object of virulent protest. The WTO, which succeeded it, however, has not enjoyed the GATT's anonymity. The controversies surrounding the WTO detract from its effectiveness and debase its credibility. In large measure, the contentious issues that the WTO has been attempting to deal with since its inception do not have at their heart trade in goods and services. The framers of the WTO took bold steps to create a new institution during the Uruguay Round--much of which has turned out to be a significant improvement on the GATT. This does not mean, however, that everything that was put in place has proved to be an improvement, or even workable. It may be time to...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Civil society; Trade sanctions; TRIPS; WTO; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23842

RURAL EXTENSION AND THE AGRICULTURAL ECONOMIST
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Druce,   P.C.
The role of the agricultural economist in rural extension is discussed with particular reference to the changing structure of extension, exemplified by the development of private consulting services and the changing orientation of extension from purely technical considerations to problems of management. The status of the agriculturist generally, and of the extension worker in particular, is also examined and it is concluded that the status of extension as a profession must be raised if the results of technical and economic research in agriculture are to be utilised effectively.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1966
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22276

Vannak még illúziók
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Buday-Santha,   Attila.
A Szerkesztőség felkérésére írom le az agrárgazdaság helyzetével, birtokviszonyaival kapcsolatos véleményemet. A kiindulópontot ehhez Kapronczai István nagyon színvonalas és minden részletre kiterjedő tanulmánya adta meg. Azt azonban nem tartom szerencsésnek, hogy a cikkében olyan új fogalmakat (eltartó-képesség, életképesség, versenyképesség) hoz be, illetve állít egymással szembe, amelyek önmagukban is külön elemzést igényelnének, és annak következtetéseiben éppen úgy nem lehetne egyetértésre számítani, mint a kisüzem és nagyüzem körüli vitákban. Ez így nem más, mint a kisüzem és nagyüzem közötti vita más szempontú felélesztése. Lényeg az, hogy a fejlett országokban évente a gazdaságok 2-3%-a szűnik meg, valószínű azért, mert nem eltartóképes, nem...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Birtokpolitika; Koncentráció; Földbérlet; Öröklés; Kistermelés; Családi gazdaság; Land estate policy; Concentration; Land lease; Inheritance; Small farmers; Family farm; Agricultural and Food Policy; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/99139

The Technical Efficiency Analysis – Case of Agricultural Basic Industry in Slovakia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bielik,   Peter; Hupkova,   Daniela.
The agricultural companies are operating in the environment with high level of competition and therefore it is for them important to retain respectively to improve their market position to reach higher measure of production process efficiency. As the principal measurement of the production performance was applied technical efficiency which is the assumption to reach the total economical efficiency of company.  According to the results we can state that the technical efficiency measure has during analysed period declining trend. Since the year 2001 when the technical efficiency measure reached the highest level was registered decline of the technical efficiency, except the year 2005. The average level of the technical efficiency measure during the years...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: The Data Envelopment Analysis - DEA; Technical Efficiency; Agricultural Enterprises; Basic Industry; Agricultural and Food Policy; GA; IN.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/102488

Measuring Research on County Agricultural Technological Innovation Ability Index
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ma,   Lihua; Yan,   Huizhe; Yan,   Pingjian.
Taking the mechanism of technological construction guidance theory and mode which consists of “objective-construction-evaluation-construction-objective” as a starting point, on the basis of county agricultural technological innovation ability and its index definition, this paper researches the constructing system of county agricultural technological innovation ability. Firstly, on the basis of defining county agricultural technological innovation ability and the definition of index, according to the principle of purposefulness, scientificity , systematicness, integration of dynamic state and static state, integration of quantitativeness and qualitativeness and so on, we construct the multi-level measuring system of county agricultural technological...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: County agriculture; Technological innovation ability; Index measuring; AHM; Unascertained mathematics; China; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/118223

CONSUMER ACCEPTANCE OF IRRADIATED PRODUCE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Terry,   Danny E.; Tabor,   Richard L.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Consumer/Household Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 1988
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27347

ALTERNATIVES FOR SMALL FARM SURVIVAL: GOVERNMENT POLICIES VERSUS THE FREE MARKET: DISCUSSION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ahearn,   Mary Clare.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Farm Management.
Ano: 1996
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15237

Second Year Banana Cultivar Trial in South Georgia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fonsah,   Esendugue Greg; Krewer,   Gerard; Rieger,   Mark.
The development of the annual cropping production system (ACP) and more cold-tolerant cultivars has allowed commercial banana production outside the traditional production belt. This evaluation of 32 cultivars was initiated to determine the feasibility and suitability of Annual Cropping Production (ACP) for niche/ethnic markets under Georgia weather conditions; determine the growth performance, fruit quality, and marketability; and determine which cultivars have sufficient cold hardiness for ornamental landscape use.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26731

Farmers' Coverage under Market Intervention Scheme in Karnataka
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rajkumar,   P.K.; Mahajanashetti,   S.B.; Basavaraja,   H.; Vijayakumar,   H.S.; Havaldar,   Y.N.
The coverage of onion and maize growers has been analyzed under Market Intervention Scheme (MIS) in Karnataka by selecting two northern districts of the state, viz. Dharwad and Gadag. The study has used simple tabular analysis along with discriminant analysis. The coverage of farmers under the scheme has not been found satisfactory. The main problems being faced by the farmers in availing MIS benefits have been identified to include procedural complexities of the scheme, delayed payments and the requirement of meeting Fair Average Quality (FAQ) stipulations for the crops. It has also been revealed that farther are the procurement centres, more is the likelihood of the farmers to go in for open market sales. The study has suggested to cover a larger number...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Marketing.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47362

ON THE GROWTH OF THE AGRICULTURAL FIRM
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jarrett,   Frank G.
Theoretical problems involved in the reconciliation of the assumption of constant returns to scale with determinacy of firm size are discussed with particular reference to Australian farms. Various techniques for examining changes in the size distribution of firms are examined and their use demonstrated. The work is stochastic rather than deterministic. B.A.E. sheep industry survey data is used and flock size is used as the measure of farm size. The results do not suggest that inequality in the distribution of farm sizes is increasing. Growth differs between flock sizes within the same region and for the same flock size between regions. Profitability seems to be relatively larger in the medium flock sizes.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Industrial Organization.
Ano: 1968
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22698

STEER AND HEIFER PRICE DIFFERENCES IN THE LIVE CATTLE AND CARCASS MARKETS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Schultz,   Robert W.; Marsh,   John M.
A dynamic model is used to estimate quarterly price differences between steers and heifers in the feeder, slaughter, and carcass markets.  For cattle within the same weight and grade range, their price differences are hypothesized to be influenced by seasonal, economic, and partly reflecting time changes in evaluation of steer and heifer quality in the live cattle and dressed meat trades.  Stochastic factors are less prevalent at the feeder level, although risk of placing pregnant heifers in feedlots and weather are important.  Steer and heifer inventories, slaughter prices, cost of gain, and margins explained most of the variation in feeder steer and heifer price differences.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing.
Ano: 1985
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32520

The Food Security Role of Agriculture in Ethiopia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Adenew,   Berhanu.
This study analyses income, expenditure and food consumption data in Ethiopia to help explains the country's high probability of national food consumption shortfalls. The study argues that to reach the goal of increased national food security, it is necessary to improve market functioning, invest in infrastructure which reduces food transaction costs, provide incentives for increased production through strong support for producers, and, most importantly of all, reform current land tenure arrangements.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Ethiopia; Food insecurity; Rural development; Rural poverty; Food Security and Poverty.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/12012

OS EFEITOS DO TURISMO NO ESPAÇO RURAL NA GERAÇÃO DE RENDA E EMPREGO: O CASO DE SÃO MARTINHO (SC)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Elesbao,   Ivo.
The contemporary rural space needs to be considered in all its diversity. The non-agricultural activities, particularly those that involve leisure and tourism, have become increasingly important and may contribute to the local economy dynamics. The aim in this work was to identify the effects of tourism on income and job generation in the rural space. The basis of the qualitative research was a case study in São Martinho, a city in Santa Catarina state. Semi-structured interviews were done with the ten people responsible for the tourism enterprises in the district’s rural area. It was noticed that the resources originating from tourism were responsible for most of the entrepreneurs’ family revenue, contributing to an improvement in their lifestyle. There...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Rural tourism; Entrepreneurs; Changes; Agribusiness; Agricultural Finance; Industrial Organization.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/90424

The Producer Cooperative as Monitored Credit? The Case of West Liberty Foods
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hueth,   Brent; Marcoul,   Philippe; Ginder,   Roger G.
The West Liberty Foods turkey cooperative formed in 1996 to purchase the assets and assume operations of Louis Rich Foods. Based on field interviews with grower members and company management, we describe changes in the economic relationship between growers and the company that resulted from the purchase. We argue that many of the observed changes are consistent with a financial-contracting view of the cooperative firm where the bundling of input-supply and board activities generates a reduction in agency rents that compensates for the organizational deadweight loss traditionally associated with cooperative governance.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56890

ORGANIZATIONAL CONSEQUENCES OF EMOTIONAL LABOUR IN MANGENENT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lazanyi,   Kornelia.
Emotional labour, as a self-contained field of research, is only three decades old. This study aims to summarize key findings from investigations of the last ten years in an attempt to provide a reference for interpretation of organizational emotions and the organizational aspects of emotional labour. It makes no secret of its aim being to call the attention of anybody dealing with people as workforce that work no longer has only physical or mental aspects, but an emotional dimension as well. Most often this latter dimension lives an independent life. Normally, it is not regulated, tracked, appreciated or rewarded properly, which might send a message to employees that it is not really important. However, emotional labour is a concomitant of most...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Emotional labour; Deep acting; Surface acting; Monitoring; Recognition; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/104684

Objective and Subjective Impediments to the Use of Food Stamps by Food-Insecure Households
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ejimakor,   Godfrey; Acharaeke,   Obinna.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Food Security and Poverty.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8560

Privatização dos serviços de extensão rural: uma discussão (des)necessária?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Diesel,   Vivien; Froehlich,   Jose Marcos; Neumann,   Pedro Selvino; Silveira,   Paulo Roberto Cardoso da.
The article analyzes and discusses the privatization of the rural extension services according to international literature. To start with, the subject is set in the horizon of the debate of the so called State Reform, which determined the agenda for the development since the 1980’s. Next, we show how the subject has been treated so far having the economic theory as background and we examine experiments of privatization at international level. The analysis of such experiments reveals that the early agenda for the privatization took for granted that the rural extension services − which were a responsibility of the State − would be held completely by the private sectors. However, a series of obstacles appeared and arguments for models of privatization in...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Rural extension; Privatization; State reform; Rural development.; Agribusiness; Q16.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61200

LABOR STRIKES AND THE PRICE OF LETTUCE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Carter,   Colin A.; Hueth,   Darrell L.; Mamer,   John W.; Schmitz,   Andrew.
This paper examines the economic impact of the 1979 labor strike against lettuce producer-shippers in the Imperial Valley of California.  The theory presented suggests that formidable problems are encountered by agricultural labor unions in obtaining higher wages for farm workers.  During the 1979 strike, ironically the returns to many of the lettuce producers in the Imperial Valley increased substantially.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 1981
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32084

CRIAÇÃO DE VALOR ECONÔMICO EM COOPERATIVAS AGROINDUSTRIAIS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Santos,   Ercílio.
The aim of this work is identifying and analysing the creation of economic value in an agroindustrial cooperative in the south of Minas Gerais, using the EVA® (Economic Value Added). In specific terms, we sought to analysing investment, financing of operational capital, and the financial structure of the cooperative as bases for the creation of economic value. In that sense the work had as theorical background, the aspects concerning financial management based on value creation, preceeded by a literature review on cooperativism with an emphasis on the specificities of the structure of capital in cooperative organizations. The research was carried out by means of a case study starting out from the financial statements of 1995 through 1999, furnished by the...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agro-industrial cooperative; Economic value; Financial structure.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43528

Difference of Life Expenses among Rural Residents ——A Case of Anhui Province, China
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Feng,   Ying; Guo,   Su-hua; Chen,   Jian-dong.
Literature review on the status of consumption difference of rural residents and its causation analysis is carried out. Researches introduce the status and causation of consumption cap in rural residents from different aspects, which mainly analyze the obsolete data from the macroscopic angle by measuring methods. Only a few researches analyze the data in recent years from the provincial angle by using Theil index as the analysis index. Therefore, taking Anhui Province as an example, Theil index is selected to calculate the consumption gap of rural residents in Anhui Province in the years 2003-2008, according to the sample survey of rural households in Anhui Province in the years 2004-2009. Through the analysis of living consumption expenditure of rural...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Rural resident; Consumption gap; Theil index; Anhui Province; China; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/96054

Food Safety and Defense Risks in the U.S.-Mexico Produce Chain
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nganje,   William E.; Richards,   Timothy J.; Bravo,   Jesus; Hu,   Na; Kagan,   Albert; Acharya,   Ram N.; Edwards,   Mark R.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; I18; I28; L51.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94707

END MATERIALS
Provedor de dados: 31
Includes: Field Trip Acknowledgements
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1981
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27478

The Relationship between Natural Resources and Population Development in Liaocheng City
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lu,   Ya-kun; Liu,   Jia-zhen; Chen,   Yong-jin; Xu,   Jing.
According to the relevant data about the land resources and population in Liaocheng City from 1999 to 2008, by using the research method of bearing capacity of natural resources, the thesis analyzes the relationship between natural resources and dynamic change of population in Liaocheng City. The results show that the farmland tends to diminish on the whole, and forests, garden land, urban-rural settlements and land for enterprises and mining increase slowly. Based on the analysis of the dynamic relationship between land resources and population, we conclude that the land resources still can bear the current population in Liaocheng City, but the population development   inflict critical pressure on the forest resources and water resources.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Liaocheng City; Natural resources; Bearing capacity index; Capacity of bearing pressure; China; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/108424

DISCUSSION: NON-POINT SOURCE POLLUTION ABATEMENT - POTENTIAL IMPACT AND RESEARCH NEEDS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Musser,   Wesley N.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1979
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30034

Hedges and Trees: Incorporating Fire Risk into Optimal Decisions in Forestry Using a No-Arbitrage Approach
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Insley,   Margaret; Lei,   Manle.
This paper investigates the impact of including the risk of fire in an optimal tree harvesting model at the stand level, assuming timber prices follow a mean-reverting stochastic process.  The relevant partial differential equation is derived under different assumptions about hedging the risk of fire.  The assumption that fire risk is fully diversifiable is contrasted with the assumption that it can be hedged with another asset.  It is conjectured that the risk-neutral probability of fire exceeds the historical probability of fire, which will affect forest land valuation.  An empirical example is presented for two different silvicultural regimes.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Fire risk; Forest value; Hedging; Jumps; No-arbitrage; Optimal harvesting; Poisson process; Real options; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7084

Estimating the Economic Value of Specific Characteristics Associated with Angus Bulls Sold at Auction
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jones,   Rodney D.; Turner,   Tyler; Dhuyvetter,   Kevin C.; Marsh,   Thomas L.
The genetic traits of a purebred bull convey the reproductive and economic value to buyers. This study examines and compares the value of actual production weights (birth, weaning, and yearling weight), production expected progeny differences (EPDs) (birth, weaning, milk, and yearling), and ultrasound EPDs (carcass quality predictors) for purebred Angus bulls sold at auction. One EPD, birth weight, was valued by buyers more than its corresponding actual weight, though both actual weights and EPDs significantly impact price. Predictors of carcass quality were important in determining price. Finally, several individual animal factors and sale characteristics were significant in determining price.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Angus bulls; Carcass characteristics; EPDs; Marketing factors; Production factors; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Livestock Production/Industries; Q10; Q12.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/45528

IMAGING THE FUTURE: THE DEMOGRAPHIC ROLE IN FOOD DEMAND
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Panyko,   Frank.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 1990
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26974

SJEA OUTGOING EDITORS' REPORT, FEBURUARY 1993
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1993
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15187

Human resources management in small and medium enterprises
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ceranic,   Slobodan; Popovic,   Blazenka S.
Development of small and medium enterprises (SME) represents primary goal of every modern economy. It is complex challenge which includes great number of directly concerned parties in every sector of the state and economy. SME stimulate private ownership and entrepreneurship. Their characteristic is that they are flexible and can easily adjust to changes in supply and demand on the market. At the same time they open possibilities for increase of employment, promote diversification of economical activities, support sustainable growth and give significant contribution to export, trade and increase the competitiveness of the entire economy. Importance of SME for economy is undisputable. All research show that globally, more than 90% of all business activities...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Small and medium enterprises; Human resources management; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49230

Feeling the heat: Financial crises and their impact on global climate change
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Giedraitis,   Vincentas Rolandas; Girdenas,   Sarunas; Rovas,   Adomas.
This interdisciplinary paper uses world-systems analysis as a theoretical framework to argue that both the 1870s, 1930’s economic depressions reduced mean global temperatures. As global consumer demand fell, factories worldwide began producing less commodities and, as a result, emitted less greenhouse gasses. We find that in both instances there is evidence to support the hypothesis that financial crises lead to cooler temperatures.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Kondratiev waves; Schumpeter; World-systems analysis; Environmental economics; Global climate change; Environmental Economics and Policy; Financial Economics; N22; N50; Q54.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94609

Public or Private Monopoly?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Quiggin,   John C.
Almost all aspects of the current policy debate over grain handling, transport and marketing turn on the problem of monopoly. The essential problem is that, in the presence of extensive scale economies, the perfectly competitive market of the textbooks cannot be sustained. Policy makers are left with three broad alternatives, each of which seems more notable for its disadvantages than its advantages. The basic choices are public monopoly, regulation and unregulated private monopoly.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 1988
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/12274

SOME THOUGHTS ON THE FARM CREDIT SUPPLY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dowsett,   C.P.
The purpose of this paper is to consider some aspects of the problems of the farm credit supply. It is not intended to be exhaustive in its treatment of a very wide subject that has already been discussed so frequently. It is felt, however, that the recent emphasis on development (rural and other) justifies another look at the subject, especially ill relation to some modifications in the approach to farm credit and the facilities for its supply.  Sir John Crawford has said that discussion of the subject of rural credit "easily lends itself to emotion". I shall endeavour to avoid this pitfall. At the outset I would suggest that, for a subject so significant as the supply of farm credit in the Australian economy, the extent of our study of it in a detailed...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural Finance.
Ano: 1964
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22527

IMPACTS FROM CAPTIVE SUPPLIES ON FED CATTLE TRANSACTION PRICES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ward,   Clement E.; Koontz,   Stephen R.; Schroeder,   Ted C.
Increased use of noncash-price procurement methods has concerned cattlemen for the past several years. This research estimated impacts of captive supplies on transaction prices for fed cattle. Negative relationships were found between transaction prices and percentage deliveries from the inventory of forward contracted and marketing agreement cattle. However, impacts from the absolute size of the total captive supply inventory were not significant. Price differences were found among procurement methods with forward contract prices being much lower. On balance, captive supplies had small but often negative effects on fed cattle transaction prices.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31205

THE COMMISSION ON FOOD MARKETING: IMPLICATIONS FOR FOOD INDUSTRIES IN THE SOUTH
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Farris,   Donald E.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Marketing.
Ano: 1969
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29835

Neue Nationalparks: Externe Wunsche versus lokale Existenz
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Menet,   Sibylle.
The New Regional Policy places emphasis on local initiatives, e.g. the use of local potential such as the creation of a national park. National parks aim at combining nature conservation with business development and provide new stimulus for the concerned region. The success of the projects largely depends on the support of local stakeholders and the meeting of their interests. National parks have direct and indirect impacts on rural areas and influence the functioning of communities. If the national park does not provide a stimulus to the economic function, the by-products recreation and ecological compensation will not be produced. This weakens the functioning of communities. The locals play an important role. They decide on how to benefit from local...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31990

Performance Appraisal Method of Logistic Distribution for Fresh Agricultural Products
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Yu,   Hang; Zhang,   Kai.
Through the initial selection, screening and simplification, a set of performance appraisal system of logistic distribution suited to fresh agricultural products is established. In the process of establishing the appraisal indicator, the representative appraisal indicator of logistic distribution of fresh agricultural products is further obtained by delivering experts’ survey and applying the ABC screening system. The distribution costs, transportation and service level belong to the first level indicator;   packing fees, distribution processing fees, full-load ratio, haulage capacity, customer satisfaction and the strain capability of delivery personnel belong to second level indicator. At the same time, the weighing of each indicator is determined. The...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Logistic distribution of fresh agricultural products; Logistic distribution; Performance appraisal; Appraisal indicators; Fuzzy comprehensive appraisal ， China; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/102365

INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT MOTIVATIONS OF U.S. WINERIES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Pompelli,   Greg; Pick,   Daniel H.
This study used personal and telephone interviews of wine industry executives and observers to examine the foreign direct investment motivations of U.S. wineries.  Underlying most winery motivations was the recognition that U.S. wineries sense increasing pressure to offer a competitive range of wines that meet the price/quality needs of consumers and retailers in important markets and market segments.  Wineries' marketing plans are often constrained by their ability to obtain adequate grape and juice supplies that meet important price and quality criteria, especially when domestic grape production drops.  The importance of product portfolios and the industry's resource dependence have placed tremendous pressures on U.S. wineries to coordinate winegrape and...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/34347

FACTORS IN FREIGHT CAR SUPPLY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hutchinson,   T.Q.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Industrial Organization.
Ano: 1971
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30517

A GAME THEORY ANALYSIS OF MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES FOR THE SOUTHERN BLUEFIN TUNA INDUSTRY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Klieve,   H. M.; MacAulay,   T. Gordon.
Game theory offers an alternative approach to standard means of resource assessment which can be of value in the definition and assessment of policy options for competing parties. Using a Nash co-operative game it has been possible in this paper to show the significance of fishing strategies for southern bluefin tuna which take into account the age distribution of the catch. Assuming Japan and Australia act according to a cooperative game then the optimal fishing strategy was found to involve Australia avoiding the fishing of the very young cohorts and Japan taking a moderate catch in subsequent older age classes but not the oldest of the age classes. Sub-optimal strategies were also presented and evaluated along with an indication of the level of biomass...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 1993
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22384

FRONT COVER
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1990
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22496

Privatised provision of essential plant breeding infrastructure
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lindner,   Robert K.
As private plant breeding replaces public programs, the efficient provision and utilisation of key enabling technologies for crop breeding, which are largely knowledge based and provide the foundation for variety improvement, might be at risk. Typically, such inputs are non‐rival in use and are therefore termed essential plant breeding infrastructure (EPBI). Specific threats include the possibility of wasteful duplication in production, under‐production, under‐utilisation of produced EPBI because of price rationing, and anticompetitive outcomes in plant breeding and downstream markets. The likely level of under‐investment in hypothetical molecular‐marker technology by a profit‐maximising monopoly producer, charging uniform prices for access, is analysed...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/117964

Government’s Role in Urban Construction Land Expansion
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Chen,   Chun; Feng,   Chang-Chun.
Focusing on urban construction land expansion, governmental influence on expansion of urban construction land in China is analyzed from fiscal decentralization, government game and land system. Due to fiscal decentralization and coupled with GDP-based performance evaluation system, local government seeks to maximizing economic profits. Whereas, land systems such as land property, land expropriation and land transfer system, let the local governments’ profit seeking behavior can be achieved. The conclusion is that the government’s role in urban construction land expansion is mainly from local governments.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Urban construction land; Land expansion; Local governments; Land system; China; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97634

Partial ownership arrangements in the Japanese automobile industry; 1990-2000
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ono,   Hiroshi; Nakazato,   Takuya; Davis,   Colin; Alley,   Wilson.
The end of the 1990’s saw a number of foreign automobile manufacturers become the largest shareholders in several Japanese automobile manufacturers. It seems logical to conclude that a firm only enters into a partial ownership arrangement (POA) if it is profit maximizing. However, research to date has treated POAs as if exogenous to the model. This paper develops a model that assumes POAs are determined endogenously. Data for the Japanese automobile industry are then used to investigate the factors that determine whether a firm enters into a POA, and the effects a POA has on the price-cost margin. The findings of this paper suggest that while both foreign and domestic firms take an interest in product mix when exploring POAs in the Japanese market, they...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Partial ownership arrangements; Price-cost margin; Technology transfers; L0; L6.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43555

Towards the Determination of Optimum Stocking Rates in the High Rainfall Zone
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Chisholm,   Anthony H.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Farm Management.
Ano: 1965
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9004

The Effect of Diversification on Agricultural Returns and Volatility: An Informational Approach
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gunderson,   Michael A.; Moss,   Charles B.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural Finance.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/48147

Major Forces and Factors Shaping Global Markets: The Emerging Agricultural World
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Brookins,   Carole L.
The world is producing greater opportunity for more people than ever before in the history of mankind. The global agri-food system is dynamic, not static. In order to understand the future trends and potentials for utilizing and improving our agri-food system, it is critical to focus on forces that will improve both productivity and policy to meet the demands of the ever-changing global market. This paper identifies five major trends that will impact the global economy and create structural change in commodity markets.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Biotechnology; Energy; Environment; Farm policy; Food safety; Information technology; Infrastructure gaps; Trade logistics; Agribusiness; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/62280

Adjustments in Market Channels and Labor in the Florida Sod Industry
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cisar,   John L.; Haydu,   John J.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 1991
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/62309

Estimating the demand for risk reduction from foodborne pathogens through food irradiation
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hartl,   Jochen; Fox,   John A.
In this study the response of US consumers to irradiation in meat processing is examined. Despite scientific evidence of the effectiveness and safety of irradiation, meat processors and retailers have been slow to market irradiated beef products due to uncertainty about consumer acceptance. The objective of this study was therefore to examine the factors influencing consumer demand for irradiation using data from a contingent valuation (CV) survey with 819 households in eight midwestern US states. The analysis focused on the value of reduced risk from Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Salmonella in ground beef consumption. Respondents were on average willing to pay a price premium of 22 cents/lb. for safer ground beef. Willingness to Pay (WTP) amounts were...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Food safety; Irradiation; Willingness to Pay (WTP); Contingent Valuation (CV); Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97498

Modeling Beef Quality Heterogeneity
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lusk,   Jayson L.; Norwood,   F. Bailey.
The effects of various supply and demand shifts on beef price, quantity, and industry welfare have been widely studied under the assumption of beef quality homogeneity.  In this paper, we construct a model of the beef sector that incorporates differences in beef quality.  The model is used to analyze the effect of supply and demand shifts on changes in prices and quantities of high-and low-quality beef and changes in revenue accruing to producers of high-and low-quality beef.  Model results indicate that supply and demand shocks have the potential to alter the average quality of beef on the market and the price premium charged for high-quality beef, which has important implications for retailers selling quality-differentiated beef and producers selling...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Beef; Equilibrium displacement model; Multisector model; Quality heterogeneity; Q11; Q18.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43483

SUMMARY AND IMPLICATIONS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cain,   Jarvis L.; Norwood,   Lewis F., Jr.; Toensmeyer,   Ulrich C.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1975
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27709

Uma análise da inovação na agroindústria no Brasil
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Conceicao,   Junia Cristina Peres Rodrigues Da; Almeida,   Mansueto F. de.
This paper seeks to identify the major factors behind the innovation process of firms in the food and beverage sector. On the microeconomic incentives to innovate, our results show that larger firms, higher schooling and higher R&amp;D expenditures increase the probability that firms will innovate. In addition, our results show that innovation is essential for food and beverage firms to meet the domestic demand, including the upper segment of the consumer market and also the bottom one. At last, our results indicate that the domestic consumer was a key factor behind food and beverage firms’ incentives to innovate in the 1998-2000 period.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agro industry; Innovation; Brazil; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/55312

END MATERIALS
Provedor de dados: 31
Includes: Guidelines for Manuscript Submission, Back Cover
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1988
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29067

Dynamics of institutional agricultural credit and growth in Punjab: contribution and demand-supply gap
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sidhu,   R.S.; Vatta,   Kamal; Kaur,   Arjinder.
The contribution of institutional credit to agricultural growth has been estimated in the state of Punjab. The demand-supply situation under different scenarios and change therein over a decade period have been examined. A simultaneous (four) equation model has been used to estimate the contribution of institutional credit towards use of production inputs, private investments and agricultural growth. The study has revealed that supply of production credit doubled and that of investment credit increased by about 80 per cent during the period 2001-02 to 2003-04. It took more than 15 years to double from 1984-85 to 2000-01. The relationship between use of variable inputs and production credit disbursement has been found highly significant. A similar...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural Finance.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47891

Experimental Economics and the Environment: Eliciting Values for Controversial Goods
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Shogren,   Jason F.; Parkhurst,   Gregory M.; Hudson,   Darren.
We illustrate the experimental method by examining bidding behavior for controversial goods, i.e., goods in which bidders have positive and negative values. Our results suggest that bidding behavior differs across auction type. Bidders with positive induced values bid sincerely in a WTP auction. Bidders bid conservatively, however, in the WTA auction, foregoing profitable opportunities. Informing bidders of their optimal strategy serves to attenuate bidding discrepancies but does not eliminate them. Treating the WTP and WTA auctions as equivalent given positive and negative values could lead one to overstate the costs relative to the benefits of the controversial good.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Experiments; Willingness to pay; Willingness to accept; Positive and negative induced values; Crop Production/Industries; Institutional and Behavioral Economics.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/90824

ESTIMATING PRICE VARIABILITY IN AGRICULTURE: IMPLICATIONS FOR DECISION MAKERS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ray,   Daryll E.; Richardson,   James W.; Torre Ugarte,   Daniel de la; Tiller,   Kelly.
Using a stochastic version of the POLYSYS modeling framework, an examination of projected variability in agricultural prices, supply, demand, stocks, and incomes is conducted for corn, wheat, soybeans, and cotton during the 1998-2006 period. Increased planting flexibility introduced in the 1996 farm bill results in projections of significantly higher planted acreage variability compared to recent historical levels. Variability of ending stocks and stock-to-use ratios is projected to be higher for corn and soybeans and lower for wheat and cotton compared to the 1986-96 period. Significantly higher variability is projected for corn prices, with wheat and soybean prices also being more variable. No significant change in cotton price variability is projected.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: POLYSYS model; Price variability; Stochastic simulation; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15100

A MODEL FOR PROJECTING LOCALIZED ECONOMIC, DEMOGRAPHIC, AND FISCAL IMPACTS OF LARGE-SCALE PROJECTS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Leistritz,   F. Larry; Murdock,   Steven H.; Toman,   Norman E.; Hertsgaard,   Thor A.
For rural areas in which large scale industrial and resource development projects are located, the need for timely projections of the magnitude and location of economic, demographic, fiscal and other likely impacts is clearly apparent. The purpose of this paper is to describe a computerized model for projecting the effects of large scale developments on business activity, personal income, employment, population, requirements for selected public and quasi-public services, and public sector costs and revenues and to demonstrate the utility of the model for projecting local area impacts. The structure, data base, and interrelationships of each of the model's six major components are described. Its validity in simulating economic and demographic changes at...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1979
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32287

The role of rural off-farm employment in agricultural development among farm households in low-income countries: Evidence from Zimbabwe
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Chikwama,   Cornilius.
This study examines the widely held view that earnings from rural wage employment can help farm households overcome constraints on farm investments. It uses a panel dataset of 359 randomly selected farm households from three resettlement areas in Zimbabwe over the period 1996/97 to 1998/99. It finds no evidence to support the hypothesis that income from rural wage employment contributes towards increasing farm investment for the sampled households, and it attributes this to very low savings rates on rural wage employment income. Further, it finds that levels of farm investment increase with the amount of labor and land used in farm production in the previous year, and for households with male and/or older household heads. It also finds an inverse relation...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Rural off-farm wage employment; Farm investment; Agricultural development; Sub-Saharan Africa; Zimbabwe; International Development; Labor and Human Capital; O12; O18; J40; R20.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/93874

FUNCTIONAL FORMS AND FARM-LEVEL DEMAND FOR PECANS BY VARIETY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Okunade,   Albert Ade.; Cochran,   Mark J.
Recent developments in the U.S. pecan industry appear to limit the utility of past research. The importance of pecan variety has emerged as an issue which could alter past results. The linear and double-log models previously fitted to all pecans (averaged) data may be too restrictive and hence, are less useful for variety-specific analysis. Past research also analyzed price turning points using nominal data. This study investigated functional form and data-averaging problems by fitting separate flexible Box-Cox price-dependent models for all-pecans and each variety of pecans (1970/71 -1988/89 deflated data). Results indicate: other nuts substitute for different pecan varieties, estimated all-pecans price flexibility is biased and clouds variety-specific...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 1991
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30051

THE IMPORTANCE OF ORGANIC AGRICULTURE IN TOURISM RURAL
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Privitera,   Donatella.
Many farmers, in addition to normal farming activity, have already turned to agritourism as a source of additional farm income and opportunities. There are numerous benefits from the development of agritourism: it may strengthen local economy, create job opportunities and new businesses; develop and promote training and certification programs to introduce young people to agriculture and environment. Agritourism helps preserve rural lifestyles and landscape and also offers the opportunity to provide "sustainable" or "green" tourism. Organic agriculture is a cultural evolution that finds its origins in a environmentalist culture. Furthermore the focus on these products is due to demand on healthy foods with high quality standard limiting chemical substances...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agritourism; Organic agriculture; Competitiveness; Lifestyle tourism; Agricultural and Food Policy; Health Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/91113

Evaluating a Pig Carcase Classification Service Using Willingness to Pay Techniques
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mullen,   John D.
Samples of pig producers and buyers operating at Blayney Abattoir were surveyed for their willingness to pay for the pig carcase classification service which has been in operation there since 1974. The survey of producers encountered few problems. The service was valued at more then twice its cost by seventy-one respondents representing about one third of producers normally supplying Blayney. The survey of buyers was less successful and little reliance was placed on its results.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 1982
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/12239

COSTS OF ALTERNATIVE EQUIPMENT AND LABOR HANDLING TECHNIQUES IN REFRIGERATED DEPARTMENTS OF SUPERMARKETS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Stafford,   Thomas H.; Crawford,   Terry L.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1978
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27532

DICHOTOMOUS-CHOICE, CONTINGENT-VALUATION QUESTIONS: FUNCTIONAL FORM IS IMPORTANT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Boyle,   Kevin J.
A variety of questioning formats have been used in contingent-valuation studies, with dichotomous-choice questions becoming the preferred format.  However, as with any empirical technique, continued applications raise questions that require attention if the credibility of the procedure is to be maintained.  It is shown that estimated Hicksian surplus can be substantially affected by the selection of a functional form when analyzing responses to dichotomous-choice questions.  Given that theory, intuition, and empiricism all play a role in developing these estimates, several maxims are suggested for evaluating and/or mitigating such effects in future studies.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 1990
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29039

Food Retail-Price Comparison in Thailand
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Schaffner,   David J.; Bokal,   Blaire; Fink,   Scott; Rawls,   Kimberly; Schweiger,   Jeremy.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26747

IMPACT OF DOMESTIC POLICY ON COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE OF AGRICULTURE IN THE SOUTH
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tweeten,   Luther G.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 1986
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29458

Global Demand for U.S. Environmental Goods and Services
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Avery,   Brock; Boadu,   Frederick O.
This paper reports import demand elasticities for environmental goods and services (EGS) for the world in aggregate and for six world regions. The paper involves a pooled cross-section and time-series estimation procedure and makes per capita demand for EGS a function of economic, political, and structural factors. The results show that per capita incomes, exchange rates, political and economic freedoms, and debt affect the demand for EGS. The results also show that demand for EGS is tied to the particular environmental problem facing a particular region. Exporters of EGS need to disaggregate world markets to better target products.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Demand elasticities; Environmental goods; International trade; F18; F14.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/42895

Table of Contents
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7372

INVITED PAPER ABSTRACTS
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31048

Does Switzerland Have a Productivity Problem?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ferjani,   Ali.
This paper focuses on the evolution of productivity in the agricultural sector of 21 developped countries over the period of 1990-2002. It uses Data Envelopment Analysis, a non-parametric approach that allows decompositions of changes in productivity into variations in efficiency and technical change. The results show that productivity improvements (0,6 % per year) were principally due to technological progress (0,4 % per years). However, this performance was not uniform in all the countries.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Productivity Analysis.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32009

Pricing Benefit Externalities of Soil Carbon Sequestration in Multifunctional Agriculture
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hartell,   Jason G.
“Multifunctionality” emphasizes the benefit externality properties of nonfood products that coincide with agricultural commodity production, some of which also have public-good properties.  However, determining the willingness to pay for local benefit externalities is seen as necessary but daunting.  This paper pursues the idea that the valuation process might first start by estimating the incentives required to supply various levels of a benefit externality.  With the use of carbon sequestration through the adoption of no-till cultivation as an example of a multifunctional benefit externality, mathematical programming is used to derive representative price schedules.  The implication for incentive prices are examined in light of risk aversion.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Carbon sequestration; Externalities; Multifunctionality; Quadratic programming; C61; D62; Q12; Q21.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43416

Análise das flutuações econômicas no Brasil, de 1991 a 2008, a partir dos modelos RBC
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Duda,   Fabricio; Sampaio,   Armando Vaz.
Fluctuation Economic research grow up from 80’s with the Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium Models (DSGE), where the agent are search for the optimum point at the intertemporal decisions, that is decision over time of how consumers make choice between present and future consumption at the uncertain environment. The real business cycles (RBC) are example this kind of DSGE models. The objectives of the paper are understands the theoretical structure of the RBC model and compare it with the Brazilian economy. The economic real showed that consumption and investment are pro-cyclic and the investment is more volatile than the consumption, the real wage and paid hours were pro-cyclic, where this second variable was more volatile. The artificial economic was...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Real business cycles; Aggregate fluctuations; Brazil; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56850

RESPONDING TO FOREIGN MARKET OPPORTUNITIES: A SURVEY OF U.S. DAIRY MANUFACTURERS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gobbee,   Jose E.; Hagen,   James M.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27407

ESTRATÉGIAS TECNOLÓGICAS E DE POSICIONAMENTO DA OFERTA DE CARNE DE FRANGO NACIONAL
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Santini,   Giuliana Aparecida; Pigatto,   Gessuir.
The Brazilian poultry chain has been intensely restructured during the last few years to remain competitive in the internal and external markets. Analysis of all the chain levels indicates that the processing segment is characterized by an intense innovation process, in both its product and its processes, resulting in new and improved products and even more automated manufacturing processes. In this context, the poultry processing companies have developed strategies resulting in innovations in the product presentation for the internal consumer, access to new niches in the internal market and adaptations to the demands of the international market. This paper aims to demonstrate the strategies adopted by companies, national and foreign, that are a link in...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Poultry chain; Technological innovations; Processing; Agribusiness; Agricultural Finance.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/60708

A Case Study of  a Partnership Promotion Program for Christmas Trees
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hinson,   Roger A.; Marx,   Brian D.; Main,   Alden C.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 1992
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/62314

Der Markt für Zucker
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sommer,   Ulrich.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries; Demand and Price Analysis; International Development; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/98694

Editorial - Training the Ex-Service Man
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hynes,   H.J.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1947
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8249

Cover and Contents Pages
Provedor de dados: 31
Includes front cover, editorial information, table of contents, editorial board, association officers, executive committee.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95504

End Materials - Coming Attractions
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94421

BOOK REVIEW: FUGLIE, KEITH O. AND DAVID E. SCHIMMELPFENNIG, EDITORS. PUBLIC-PRIVATE COLLABORATION IN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH: NEW INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS AND ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Langham,   Max R.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15304

Effect on Income and Employment of Diversification and Commercialization of Agriculture in Kullu District of Himachal Pradesh
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bala,   Brij; Sharma,   S.D.
The study carried out in the Kullu district of Himachal Pradesh has examined the extent of changes in cropping pattern and their effect on income and employment over the period 1990-91 to 2002-03. Data collected through the three-stage stratified random sampling technique have been used to analyze the impact of diversification and commercialization over time. The average farm-size has reduced from 0.80 hectares to 0.59 hectares during this period. The cereal-dominated cropping pattern has been replaced by vegetable-based cropping pattern, the area under cereal crops being declined from 59 per cent to 5 per cent. The cropping intensity has increased from 197 to 225 per cent. Cauliflower, cabbage and tomato are the major crops occupying the total cropped...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58476

Reclamation Costs and Regulation of Oil and Gas Development with Application to Wyoming
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Andersen,   Matthew A.; Coupal,   Roger H.; White,   Bridgette.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Land Economics/Use; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/92846

ROMANIAN INSURANCE BUSINESS TRENDS AND THE INTERNATIONAL CRISIS EFFECTS ON IT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Joldes,   Cosmin; Horobet,   Alexandra.
Is it interesting a 2 billion euro insurance market for the “old” Europe? “Not very much” one may say considering this figure represents no more than 16% of the insurance turn-over in the case of the most recent entry in the Romanian market, Groupama. The answer is still not as simple as that because “interesting” in business terms is not only about today, but very much about tomorrow. By the end of 2007 it was obvious that the Romanian insurance market is far from calming down. Not only that for the time being change is still the main real constant in use, but figures show that the market environment becomes more challenging than ever these days. The market situation showed that this allegation it was by that time more likely to be true than ever.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Insurance; Trends; Crisis; Change; Strategies; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Financial Economics; Political Economy.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53533

ARE AMERICAN FARMERS BETTER OFF AS A RESULT OF TECHNOLOGY GAINS?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Debertin,   David L.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15019

PROFIT-MAXIMIZING DAIRY SIRE SELECTION PACKAGE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Blake,   Robert W.; Shumway,   C. Richard; Tomaszewski,   Michael A.; Rickard,   Greg P.; Labore,   John M.
The Net Present Value Sire Summary Professional Package (NPVSS) is a microcomputer program designed for technical personnel to help dairy producers better manage investments in genetic improvement. NPVSS is written in C language, utilizes the MS-DOS operating system, and requires 256K of RAM. It is menu driven and includes parameter screens to define herd management characteristics of individual producers. Profit rankings of bulls can be generated to evaluate alternative: a) objective functions (selection policies for genetic merit in milk income and type scores), b) herd management performance factors (conception rate, calving interval, age at first calving), and c) economic factors (milk price, semen price, discount rate, planning horizon).
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 1988
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29708

ELIMINATING ROADBLOCKS TO GREATER PRODUCTIVITY: GOVERNMENT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Knutson,   Ronald D.
The author outlines three steps the government should pursue in helping to improve productivity in the food industry.  The three areas government could be effective are: deregulation, removing barriers and research.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Productivity Analysis.
Ano: 1975
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26817

Farm Planning under Uncertainty: A Review of Alternative Programming Models
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hardaker,   J. Brian; Pandey,   Sushil; Patten,   Louise H.
The complexity of modelling risk in farming systems is explained and the artistic nature of the task noted. A brief outline is presented of an appropriate conceptual framework, drawing attention to the merits of stochastic efficiency criteria for analysis of systems when risk preferences of individual farmers are unavailable. A distinction is drawn between planning problems with and without embedded risk. The merits of 'utility efficient' (UE) programming are explained. Extensions of programming models, including UE formulations, to embedded risk using discrete stochastic programming are reviewed. The paper concludes with a discussion of the importance of correctly understanding the way risk impacts upon the target farming system, and then of formulating a...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Farm Management.
Ano: 1991
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/12460

INVITED PAPER ABSTRACTS
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30886

PRICE AND THE STRUCTURE OF FREIGHT CAR OWNERSHIP
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Boles,   Patrick P.; Gerald,   John O.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 1970
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29885

Fruit and Vegetable Sales at City Municipal Markets, May, 1948
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: McKeon,   T.M.P.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1948
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8391

Bewertung nicht-marktfähiger Leistungen der Landwirtschaft – eine Herausforderung für die Forschung
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Holm-Muller,   Karin.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/98079

Agricultural R&amp;D in the Phillippines: policy, investments, and institutional profile
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Stads,   Gert-Jan; Faylon,   Patricio S.; Buendia,   Leah J.
This report presents an overview of the Philippine national agricultural R&amp;D system in the context of the country’s wider national science and technology (S&amp;T) policy. The discussion includes institutional developments and recent trends in human and financial resources based on data collected under the Agricultural Science and Technology Indicators (ASTI) initiative. With a total of close to 4,000 full-time equivalent researchers in 2002, the Philippines has one of the largest agricultural research systems in Asia. But in terms of total agricultural research spending, the Philippines ranks behind more economically advanced Asian countries such as Malaysia and South Korea. Nonetheless, agricultural R&amp;D spending in the Philippines has shown...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47824

Paths for the Coordinated Development of Rural Economy and Environment in Economically Underdeveloped Areas—A Case of Huaian, China
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tao,   Ai-xiang.
Taking Huaian as an example, the rural economic and environmental problems in economically underdeveloped areas are expounded. The results show that rural areas in economically underdeveloped areas confront with lagged economic development, serious environmental pollution and scarce shortage of equipments for treating environmental pollution. The causes of these economic and environmental problems are analyzed, including inadequate fiscal support from the local government; unscientific system for assessing government officers’ performances; backward ideas in environmental protection and imperfect laws and regulations on environmental protection. Based on these causes, the strategy of employing the circular economy to promote the coordinated development of...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Economically underdeveloped areas; Rural environment; Circular economy; Huaian city; China; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/96066

FRONT COVER
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1984
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22589

Calidad y desempeño en la producción sana de productos agrícolas: examen del control de capacitación del desempeño
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mendoza,   Patricio; Valderas,   Ramon; Perez,   A.; Arias,   Jose Luis.
Published by Asociación de Economistas Agrarios de Chile
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Control; Quality; Training.; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97350

The Impact of Situation and Outlook Information in Corn and Soybean Futures Markets: Evidence from WASDE Reports
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Isengildina-Massa,   Olga; Irwin,   Scott H.; Good,   Darrel L.; Gomez,   Jennifer K.
The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of situation and outlook information from World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) in corn and soybean futures markets over the period 1985 to 2006. Results indicate that WASDE reports containing National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) crop production estimates and other domestic and international situation and outlook information have the largest impact; causing return variance on report sessions to be 7.38 times greater than normal return variance in corn futures and 6.87 times greater than normal return variance in soybean futures. WASDE reports limited to international situation information and domestic and international outlook information have a smaller impact. The results show...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Corn; Market impact; Outlook; Situation; Soybeans; WASDE; Agribusiness; Crop Production/Industries; Financial Economics; Q100; Q110; Q130.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/45048

UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH PROJECTS AS A TEACHING AND LEARNING DEVICE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Blank,   Steven C.
An existing program which has incorporated undergraduate research projects into its curriculum is evaluated. The goals of the program are to provide students with opportunities to apply their newly acquired skills to real problems and, in so doing, to gain specialized familiarity with a topic and/or occupation. The results of the program have been good, in general, despite some limitations. The conclusion reached is that the program offers many short and long run benefits to students in that it improves their performance both in the classroom and in their career positions.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1982
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32281

Competitividade do sistema produtivo de cana-de-açúcar em Minas Gerais: abordagem Matriz de Análise Política
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Martins,   Alexandra Pereira; Gomes,   Marilia Fernandes Maciel; Rosado,   Patricia Lopes; Ferreira Neto,   Jose Ambrosio.
The objective of this paper is to evaluate the efficiency and the competitiveness of the sugarcane production in Minas Gerais, based on different production systems. The applied theory is based on the Theory of the Firm and of the International Trade. The analytical method is the Policy Analysis Matrix (PAM). The results suggest that the production systems are competitive and efficient and that the irrigated production system presented the greatest competitiveness.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Competitiveness; Policy Analysis Matrix; Sugarcane; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/55173

LABOR MANAGEMENT IN AGRICULTURE: A CRITICAL MANAGEMENT FUNCTION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tranel,   Jeffrey E.; Hewlett,   John P.; Rosenberg,   Howard R.; Weigel,   Randolph R.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27967

A SYMMETRIC APPROACH TO CANADIAN MEAT DEMAND ESTIMATION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Eales,   James S.
Variability in published meat demand elasticity estimates for Canada motivates examining the importance of dynamics and endogeneity of right-hand-side variables. Wickens and Breusch suggest a re-parameterization of dynamics which allows estimating the long-run parameters directly and maintains linearity. A symmetric approach, employing both ordinary and inverse demand systems, to endogeneity of right-hand-side variables is used. Endogeneity of both prices and quantities is examined. Results show both dynamics and endogeneity are important in quarterly Canadian meat demand.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 1996
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31021

Discussion: Exchange Rates, Energy Policy and Outcomes in Agricultural Markets
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rosson,   C. Parr, III.
These three invited papers examine the role that exchange rates may have in influencing commodity prices, input prices and farm income. The papers arguably represent one of the most important recent attempts to quantify and explain these new linkages. As U.S. and world agriculture moves from a period of high output prices to a period of lower prices, understanding the impact of macroeconomic variables on farm input costs and farm income will become more important. Further, it will be equally important for policy makers to undertake appropriate market interventions in order to have maximum effectiveness should this period of cost-price-squeeze continue to intensify. Each of the papers has something significant to contribute to the understanding and debate...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Energy; Exchange rates; Macropolicy; Markets; Trade; Agribusiness; Farm Management; Financial Economics; Marketing; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; F42.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53098

Determinantes sociais da leishmaniose visceral no norte de Minas Gerais
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mendes,   Chrystian Soares; Lopes,   Luckas Sabioni; Toyoshima,   Silvia Harumi.
Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL) is a typical tropical zoonosis, transmitted by the female insect of the genus Lutzomyia longipalpis. Brazil is one of the countries that have suffered with this disease, given the great changes in the natural environment of the mosquito, due to the growth of cities and exacerbated deforestation of riparian forest. In the country, the State of Minas Gerais is the third in numbers of cases of LV, where the North Mesorregion shows the great number of incidences. Therefore, the objective of this study was to evaluate the influence of LV´s socio-economic indicators in this region. It created and discriminated municipalities´ groups according to the incidence of this zoonosis in the period 1998 to 2008 using the multivariate...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Visceral Leishmaniasis; Social Determinants; North Minas; Multivariate Analysis; Health Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114186

THE JOURNAL OF FOOD DISTRIBUTION RESEARCH: A 15-YEAR PERSPECTIVE, 1984-1998
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Corbett,   James J.
In order to identify future implications for research in a discipline, it is sometimes necessary to investigate areas that have been examined previously. In this paper, a content analysis of 15 years of research articles published in the Journal of Food Distribution Research was undertaken to examine the direction that researchers have taken in the field of food distribution. An identification was made of the salient subject/topic areas documented over a significant period of time, 1984 through 1998.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27222

Analysis of Hidden Danger in Farmer’s Rights and Interests during Farmland Transfer — A Evaluation Based on Rights Safeguarding Effect of Farmland Transfer Contract
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wang,   Shu-han; Wu,   Xiu-min.
Taking Shuangliu County, Chengdu City, China as an example, evaluation index system for the rights protection effects of farmland transfer contract from three aspects of basic information, transfer agreement and legal safeguards in the contracts. According to the investigation data, weight of evaluation index is determined by both entropy weight and Analytic Hierarchy Process. Comprehensive index method is used to evaluate the rights protection effects of farmland transfer contract in the flat dam, high hill and low hill in Shuangliu County, Chengdu, China. Result shows that the transfer agreement of farmland and the basic information of contract greatly affect the rights protection effects of farmland transfer contract. There are differences in the five...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Farmland transfer; Farmer’s rights and interests; Rights safeguarding effect; AHP，China; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97638

Private Agricultural R&amp;D in the United States
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tokgoz,   Simla.
The objective of this study is to analyze the determinants of private agricultural R&amp;D investment in the United States and the liaison between public and private R&amp;D sectors. The empirical analysis employs U.S. agricultural data for the 1970-1996 period. The results show that federal R&amp;D obligations for basic research, used as a proxy for the complementary role of public R&amp;D, have a significant and positive impact on private agricultural R&amp;D spending. In contrast, federal R&amp;D obligations for applied research, used as a proxy for the substitute role of public R&amp;D, are not found to have a significant impact.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Applied public agricultural R&amp;D; Basic public agricultural R&amp;D; Private agricultural R&amp;D; Quality innovation model; Technical change; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8620

South African Farmers’ Perceptions of the Benefits and Costs of Complying with EUREPGAP to Export Fresh Citrus to the European Union (EU)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Darroch,   Mark A.G.
A representative stratified random sample of 100 South African farmers from across all production regions that export fresh citrus to the EU were surveyed during 2007-2008 to document their perceptions of the benefits and costs of complying with EUREPGAP standards on citrus exports. Principal Component Analysis identified six broad dimensions of internal benefits as improved operating/technical performance; regulations compliance and intra-business benefits; gains in competitiveness; regulations compliance and new market access; benefits from existing markets; and to overcome non-tariff barriers to entry. Two further dimensions of supply chain benefits identified by PCA were improved business working relationship and product quality benefits, and improved...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: South African fresh citrus exports; European Union; Perceived benefits and costs; EUREPGAP compliance; Farm Management.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/96437

Some factors responsible for reductions in employment on farms in Hungary
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Feher,   Alajos; Czimbalmos,   Robert; Kovacs,   Gyorgyi; Szepesy,   Edit.
A decline in the number of people working on farms and in the Annual Work Units per unit area was typical of the second half of the first decade of the 21st century in the member states of the European Union. Hungary is one of the countries where this reduction is twice as high as the average. This can be attributed to a number of factors. Of these, the present paper is concerned on the one hand with farm concentration, the low level of farm diversification and pluriactivity and the desire of farmers to expand their farms, and on the other hand with various aspects of the support policy in Hungary aimed at the economic competitiveness and the diversification of the rural economy. The database on which the work was based was taken partly from the digital...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: On-farm employment; Farm diversification; Farm concentration; Support policy; Agricultural and Food Policy; Farm Management; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/93123

Technology, Trade, and Income Distribution in West Germany: A Factor-Share Analysis, 1976-1994
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ochsen,   Carsten; Welsch,   Heinz.
This paper examines the determinants of functional income distribution in West Germany. The approach is to estimate a complete system of factor share equations for low-skilled labor, high-skilled labor, capital, energy, and materials, taking account of biased technological progress and increasing trade-orientation. Technological progress is found to reduce the share of low-skilled labor and to raise the share of high-skilled labor. The effect of technology bias on the two labor shares is enhanced by substitution of intermediate inputs for lowskilled labor, which is almost absent in the case of high-skilled labor. Trade-induced changes in the composition of aggregate output tend to mitigate these effects, due to the relatively favorable export performance...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Income shares; Factor substitution; Technological progress; Trade; D33; F16; O30.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37135

Identificación de factores determinantes de conflictos laborales en el personal cosechero de arándanos
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Magner,   Nicolas; Arias,   Juan; Martorell,   Carolina.
Published by Asociación de Economistas Agrarios de Chile
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Labour Agricultural Administration; Labour Conflicts.; Farm Management; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97363

IMPACTS ON FOOD RETAILERS AND CONSUMERS OF A GRADUAL REDUCTION OF THE SALES TAX ON FOOD IN VIRGINIA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Capps,   Oral, Jr.; Long,   Donald L.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 1982
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27724

Short-Run and Long-Run Oil Price Sensitivity of Equity Returns: The South Asian Markets
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nandha,   Mohan; Faff,   Robert.
This paper examines the short-run and the long-run oil price sensitivity of Indian, Pakistani and Sri Lankan equity returns using industry share price indices that are common between at least two countries. A generalised method of moments based approach is applied to a market model augmented by an oil price factor. Results are estimated using both domestic and US dollar oil prices. Several industries (e.g. chemicals, engineering and machinery, food processors and transport) are found to be statistically significantly sensitive to the oil price factor in the long run, whereas no such sensitivity is detected in the short run. Our results indicate that longer period return generating intervals might offer a better setting in which to explore the oil price...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: South Asian markets; Short run and Long run; Oil price sensitivity; Financial Economics; C20; G12; Q49.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/50370

How effective are food for education programs? : A critical assessment of the evidence from developing countries.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Adelman,   Sarah W.; Gilligan,   Daniel O.; Lehrer,   Kim.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: School children; Food; Developing countries; Food Security and Poverty.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/48852

DESVALORIZAÇÕES CAMBIAIS E CAPTAÇÃO DE DIVISAS: O CASO BRASILEIRO DE SOJA EM GRÃO
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cassuce,   Francisco Carlos da Cunha; Santos,   Maurinho Luiz dos.
This paper, supported on the theory of the Boarding of the Elasticities, had as objective to show the influence of the exchange rate depreciation in the value of the Brazilian exportations. For this purpose, Structural Vector Autoregressive Models (SVAR Models) where used to calculate the offer of foreign currency elasticities, determining if depreciations in the currency would increase or reduce the exported value of soybean. The results showed that cambial depreciations really raise the value of the Brazilian exportations. The impulse response functions show that the exportation price is the variable that exerted greater influence in the exported value, indicating, perhaps, that politics that degenerate the Brazilian soybean exportations can contribute...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Soy bean; Exported Value; SVAR.; Crop Production/Industries; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43926

Impact of Environmental Objectives on Optimal Budget Allocations for Agro-environmental Measures — A Case Study for Poland
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ziolkowska,   Jadwiga.
Several studies have analyzed the importance of biotical and abiotical aspects to be considered in the evaluation of agro-environmental policies. However, only a few of them have addressed the problem of targeting agro-environmental policies. In this paper, it has been hypothesized that different environmental objectives, considered as priority criteria in political strategies, would influence budgetary allocations and subsequently, political decision-making. Using the Analytic Hierarchy Approach and Linear Programming, this hypothesis has been proved by taking the agro-environmental measures in Poland after the accession to the European Union (EU) as an example. The results of this study can be helpful for solving the questions of planning, evaluation,...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/96933

Economic impact analysis of marker-assisted breeding for resistance to pests and post harvest deterioration in cassava
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rudi,   Nderim; Norton,   George W.; Alwang,   Jeffrey Roger; Asumugha,   Godwin N.
Marker-assisted breeding could have a major impact in relieving productivity constraints that cannot as easily or rapidly be relieved by conventional breeding alone. This paper estimates the benefits of using marker-assisted breeding, as compared to conventional breeding alone, in developing cassava varieties resistant to cassava mosaic disease, green mite, whitefly and post-harvest physiological deterioration in Nigeria, Ghana and Uganda. Marker-assisted breeding is estimated to save at least four years in the breeding cycle for varieties resistant to the pests and to result in incremental net benefits over 25 years in the range of $34 to $800 million depending on the country, the particular constraint and various assumptions. Benefits may reach as high...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Marker-assisted breeding; Impact assessment; Cassava; Green mite; Whitefly; Cassava mosaic disease; Post-harvest physiological deterioration; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/93862

VALUING NATURAL RESOURCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL AMENITIES: CAN ECONOMIC VALUATION BE MADE DEFENSIBLE?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bockstael,   Nancy E.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1984
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28917

Transaktionskostentheoretisch basierte Analyse der Organisationsprobleme bei der Erschließung des Ökomarktes
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dienel,   Wolfram.
Market extension for organic products is restricted due to three types of organizational problems: (1) problems on resourcing (limited supply), (2) deficits in market structure and (3) problems of safeguarding special (pioneer) investment against opportunism. The market of organic products is characterized by high asset specificity and uncertainty of transactions. Solving problems of safeguarding will be the crucial issue if organic markets shall be extended on large scale. Safeguarding is not only achieved by vertical integration but as well by market-driven forms of organization if balancing factors such as equilibrium of asset specificity between market partners, their reputation and relational marketing prevent opportunism. The exact analysis of...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Organizational problems in marketing; Transaction cost economics; Markets for organic products; Marketing of organic products; Safeguarding of pioneer-investments; Agribusiness; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Marketing.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/98907

ADAPTATION OF STATISTICAL MATCHING IN MICRO-REGIONAL ANALYSIS OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Pesti,   Csaba S.; Kaposzta,   Jozsef.
Agricultural production and agricultural policy has many special dimensions. The production structure, income positions, and labour input have large regional disparities, the production intensity is not homogenous in space, and farms have different risk factors and market possibilities in the different regions of Hungary. Land use and production technology also varies largely, in many regions farming is competitive, highly specialized with big corporate farms, while other regions have small individual farms with mixed production structure and less concentration in land use. There are no direct data for spatial analysis less aggregated than NUTS 3 level. Only the data of agricultural census and administrative database for direct payments are available at...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Micro-regional; Statistical matching; Administrative data; FADN; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47555

AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF SPINY LOBSTER PRODUCTION BY INDIVIDUAL FIRMS AT OPTIMUM STOCK LEVELS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Prochaska,   Fred J.; Williams,   Joel S.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1978
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30467

COVER AND CONTENTS PAGES
Provedor de dados: 31
Includes: Front Cover; Editorial Information; Contents Pages
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1984
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32378

Coming to Grips with Globalization
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Abbott,   Philip C.; Boehlje,   Michael; Doering,   Otto C., III.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/93767

On the Empirical Content of Demand Analysis
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Barten,   Anton P.
Falsification of nontrivial empirical statements, of a statistical nature or not, is basically destructive.  No wonder that it is rarely practiced.  Rather than then abandoning a rejected null hypothesis, one tries to salvage it by looking for reasons why the rejection of an otherwise credible, plausible hypothesis occurs.  One then attempts to modify the set-up in such a manner that formal rejection is avoided.  Testing, in general, but specifically of nonnested hypotheses, can be seen as a kind of model selection.  These issues are illustrated with examples from applied demand analysis: the testing of the homogeneity condition and of Slutsky symmetry and the choice of functional form for demand systems.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Demand analysis; Falsification; Homogeneity condition; Model selection; Symmetry condition.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43219

Participation in Off-Farm Employment, Risk Preferences, and Weather Variability: The Case of Ethiopia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bezabih,   Mintewab; Gebreegziabher,   Zenebe; GebreMedhin,   Liyousew; Kohlin,   Gunnar.
This article assesses the relative importance of risk preferences and rainfall availability on households’ decision to engage in off-farm employment. Devoting time for off-farm activities, while it helps households earn additional incomes, involves a number of uncertainties. Unique panel data from Ethiopia which includes experimentally generated risk preference measures combined with longitudinal rainfall data is used in the analysis. An off farm participation decision and activity choice showed that both variability and reduced availability of rainfall as well as neutral risk preferences increase the likelihood of off-farm participation. From policy perspective, the results imply that expanding off farm opportunities could act as safety nets in the face...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Off-farm employment; Labor supply; Rainfall variability/reduced availability; Risk preferences; GLLAMM; Ethiopia; Labor and Human Capital; Q13; D81; C35; C93.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95784

Constraints of Milk Production: A Study on Cooperative and Non-cooperative Dairy Farms in West Bengal
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sarker,   Debnarayan; Ghosh,   Bikash Kumar.
The constraints that cooperative and non-cooperative dairy farms face in expanding milk production have been reported based on a field study on some cooperative and non-cooperative dairy farms in the state of West Bengal. The study has shown that non-cooperative farms face major constraints and high severity compared with cooperative farms in expanding milk production. Also important is that most of the severe or more severe constraints are infrastructural in nature. The study has suggested that for expanding milk production, the expansion of cooperative dairy farms other than non-cooperative dairy farms may overcome most of these difficulties.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/96956

Sustainability of the US current account deficit: An econometric analysis of the impact of capital inflow on domestic economy
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ansari,   Mohammed I.
The purpose of this paper is to estimate, by using the recent econometric techniques of unit root testing and Johansen-Juselius cointegration technique (1990), the impact of foreign capital inflow on the volume and efficiency of domestic investment in the United States during the period, 1973-1999. A battery of diagnostic tests is employed to check the validity and robustness of the estimated results. Evidence suggests that capital inflows have had a significant positive effect on the volume of US investment, but the effect on the efficiency of investment has been minimal. These findings imply that, while achieving current account balance is important, it is equally important to sustain and augment the beneficial impact of capital inflow by creating a more...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Current account; Capital inflow; F21; F41; O51.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37640

Imposing WTO disciplines on domestic support: an assessment of the Doha Round Approach
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Blandford,   David.
The elements of the approach to disciplining domestic support for agriculture in the Doha round of WTO negotiations are evaluated using data for a selection of OECD countries. Despite a substantial increase in complexity in comparison to the Uruguay Round Agreement, the new approach is unlikely to require real reductions in trade-distorting support. As a result it is unlikely to stimulate further reforms in domestic agricultural policies in OECD countries.   RESUMEN: En este artículo se evalúan los instrumentos del enfoque utilizado en la Ronda de Doha de la Organización Mundial de Comercio para establecer disciplinas  en relación con la ayuda interna a la agricultura. El análisis se lleva  a cabo para un conjunto de países de la OCDE. A pesar de la mayor...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: International trade; Agriculture; Domestic support; WTO; International Relations/Trade; F02; F13; F14.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28766

POLICY REQUIREMENTS IN THE SEVENTIES: A FARMER'S VIEWPOINT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cartwright,   George C.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 1970
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29865

The comparative advantage of dryland soybean production in Brits, North West
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gronum,   C.F.; van Schalkwyk,   Herman D.; du Plessis,   J.H.
The effect of policy on the South African soybean industry is analysed, using the policy analysis matrix. The absence of effective protection from cheap imports of soy-cake and -oil, as well as the ineffectiveness of the processing industry, lead to relatively low farmgate prices of soybeans in South Africa. This could result in producers using their resources for more profitable crops, thus depriving the South African feed industry to benefit from more full fat soy in feed rations.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54236

Use of Direct Marketing Strategies by Farmers and Their Impact on Farm Business Income
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Uematsu,   Hiroki; Mishra,   Ashok K.
Direct marketing strategies increasingly have been recognized as a viable business option in U.S. agriculture as they allow producers to receive a better price by selling products directly to consumers. The objective of this study is twofold. Using a national survey, we first estimated a zero-inflated negative binomial model to identify factors affecting the total number of direct marketing strategies adopted by farmers. Then we estimated a quantile regression model to assess the impact of the intensity of adoption of direct marketing strategies on gross cash farm income. The results show that the intensity of adoption has no significant impact on gross cash farm income and that participation in farmers markets is negatively correlated with gross cash farm...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Direct marketing strategies; Count data; Gross cash income; Quantile regression; Agribusiness; Agricultural Finance; Farm Management; Production Economics.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/105457

SANITATION AND THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Decamp,   Philip.
The author outlines the role of the Food and Drug Administration in Food Marketing
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Marketing.
Ano: 1972
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27178

Geological Environmental Adaptability of Qingdao Rural Urbanization Based on Fuzzy Mathematical Method
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hou,   Xin-wen; Yin,   Zhi-xuan; Zhang,   Jian-wei; Yuan,   Xi-long; Yin,   Ming-quan; Li,   Qing-ping; Dong,   Jie.
Fuzzy mathematics comprehensive evaluation method is used to evaluate the geological environment suitability of rural urbanization in Qingdao City, China. A total of 5 first-level evaluation factors are selected, including environmental geological condition, geological resources, engineering geological condition, geological disaster and environmental geological problem, and human engineering activity. And there are 27 second-level evaluation factors, such as topography, land type and vegetation, nature reserve, water source protection area, groundwater quality division, and major engineering project. Qingdao City is divided into four districts of suitable area, relatively suitable area, moderately suitable area and relatively unsuitable area of ecological...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Rural urbanization; Qingdao; Fuzzy mathematical method; Geological environment; Adaptability; China; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/96055

An Evaluation of U.S. Hog Producer Preferences Toward Autonomy
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gillespie,   Jeffrey M.; Davis,   Christopher G.; Rahelizatovo,   Noro C.
Hog farmers’ preferences for autonomy are assessed through the use of eight questions dealing with their preferences for general decision making and with respect to specific management actions.  Farmers generally preferred to make a higher percentage of the decisions about their operations, especially older producers and those who operated farrowing units.  Farmers who placed lower values on autonomy finished hogs, were nearing retirement, valued social relationships with other farmers more highly, had higher off-farm income, or were larger farmers.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Autonomy; Contracting; Pork production; Utility; Q12; L14; D21.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43449

The Differential Approach to Superlative Index Number Theory
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Barnett,   William A.; Choi,   Ki-Hong; Sinclair,   Tara M.
Diewert’s   “superlative” index numbers, defined to be exact for second-order aggregator functions, unify index number theory with aggregation theory but have been difficult to identify.  We present a new approach to finding elements of this class.  This new approach, related to that advocated by Henri Theil, transforms candidate index numbers into growth rate form and explores convergence rates to the Divisia index.  Because the Divisia index in continuous time is exact for any aggregator function, any discrete time index number that converges to the Divisia index and that has a third-order remainder term is superlative.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Divisia; Index numbers; Superlative indexes.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43279

COMPUTERIZED MARKETING OF FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: VanSickle,   John J.; Adrian,   John L., Jr.; Epperson,   James E.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Marketing; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 1984
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26934

THE CYCLICAL NATURE OF THE U.S. SHEEP INDUSTRY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Van Tassell,   Larry W.; Whipple,   Glen D.
The cyclical nature of numbers and prices of sheep and lambs was examined from 1924 through 1993.  Tests for structural change also were conducted utilizing the minimization of Akaike's information criterion (MAIC).  Results indicate that cyclical length in both stock sheep numbers and lamb prices has decreased over time, with a current 10- and 27-year cycle in stock sheep numbers and nine- and 27-year cycle lamb prices.  Structural changes occurred in 1951 and 1968 for stock sheep number and in 1952 and 1972 for lamb prices.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 1994
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30761

Application of Chebyshev Polynomial in Predicting the Grain Yield ——A Case of Grain Yield in Jilin Province
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Zhang,   Hong-qin; Gao,   Lai-bin.
On the basis of introducing the fundamental principles of the least square methods, the Chebyshev polynomial data fitting method is given, by using this method, the grain yield of Jilin Province from 1952 to 2008 is analyzed. The results show that when analyzing the research data of agricultural economy, the least square method of the Chebyshev polynomials is a good choice; by establishing the prediction model of the least square method of Chebyshev polynomials, we get the results that the grain yield in Jilin Province from 2009 to 2015 is 2 9.004millon , 2 9.836 million, 3 0.681 million, 3 1.540 million , 3 2.412 million, 3 3.298million, 3 4.197 million ton ; the annual average growth rate of grain yield from 2009 to 2015 is 2.78% , lower than the annual...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: The least square method; Normal equation; Chebyshev polynomial; China; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/102389

Machinery and labour biases of technical change in South African agriculture: A cost function approach
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Townsend,   Rob F.; van Zyl,   Johan; Thirtle,   Colin G.
This paper provides an empirical investigation into the long-standing notion of biases of technical change in South African agriculture. The second order cost function is used to derive relative bias measures between labour and machinery. The results suggest that large machinery-using biases in technology have been developed with minimal labour-using biases.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Farm Management; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54448

FATORES RELEVANTES NA DECISÃO DE COMPRA DE FRANGO CAIPIRA E SEU IMPACTO NA CADEIA PRODUTIVA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Crabone,   Gleriani Torres; Moori,   Roberto Giro; Sato,   Geni Satiko.
Consumers’ attitude about health, food safety and the environment has increased the demand for organic food products such as meat, chicken and others. The purpose of this exploratory research was to identify the relevant factors for organic chicken purchase decision. A survey with 110 consumers from São Paulo city and others cities in the state of São Paulo was conducted. We performed a descriptive analysis as well an inferential (Mann-Whitney U e de Kruskal-Wallis tests) and multivariate (factorial) analysis. The results indicate two relevant factors: (1) the conduction of chicken growing (2) label certification and brand. These results varied depending on variables such as region, age, education level and household income. For consumers committed to...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Organic chicken; Agribusiness; Production chain.; Agribusiness; Consumer/Household Economics.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43928

South Africa’s new Cooperatives Act: A missed opportunity for small farmers and land reform beneficiaries
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lyne,   Michael C.; Collins,   Ray.
Agricultural cooperatives are often viewed as appropriate vehicles to facilitate vertical coordination with, or horizontal integration between, small farmers who would otherwise be excluded from value-adding opportunities and discerning markets. In South Africa, renewed interest in development-oriented cooperatives saw the introduction of a new Cooperatives Act in 2005, along with support measures dedicated to ‘emerging’ cooperatives. This paper contends that the architects of the new Act discounted important trends in international legislation that would have made development-oriented cooperatives more versatile and given their members better access to capital and expertise through equity partnerships with private agribusiness firms. It is concluded that...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural cooperatives; Small farmers; New institutional economics; Strategic partnerships; Land reform beneficiaries.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37551

RETURNS TO SCALE AND SIZE IN AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS: REPLY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: McClelland,   John W.; Wetzstein,   Michael E.; Musser,   Wesley N.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 1988
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32157

Industrialization and Contracting in U.S. Agriculture
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ahearn,   Mary Clare; Korb,   Penelope J.; Banker,   David E.
This paper examines the industrialization process of U.S. agriculture by examining the trends in the number of farms, the concentration of production during the last decade, and the dynamics of farm survivability, entry, and exit underlying aggregate statistics.  We next examine vertical coordination as part of the industrialization process and highlight contracting in the poultry industry.  The analysis provides evidence that production is continuing to be concentrated on a smaller number of farms at a relatively rapid rate, in spite of the stability in the number of farms.  Although contracting clearly dominates the broiler industry, it is less prevalent in egg and turkey production, where other forms of vertical coordination are likely established.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Broilers; Contracting; Eggs; Industrialization; Poultry; Structural change; Turkeys; Vertical integration; D23; D40; L11; L14 L22; L23; Q12.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43511

UPDATE ON APPLE INJURY STUDY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fountain,   James B.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Health Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1983
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27853

ENTRY INTO FARMING: THE EFFECTS OF LEASING AND LEVERAGE ON FIRM SURVIVAL
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Richardson,   James W.; Lemieux,   Catharine M.; Nixon,   Clair J.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1983
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30148

BOOK REVIEWS
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1983
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22743

PERSPECTIVA DOS RECURSOS E ESTRATÉGIAS EM UMA ORGANIZAÇÃO AGROINDUSTRIAL
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Deboca,   Leonardo Pinheiro; Sobrinho,   Zaki Akel; Rosvadoski-da-Silva,   Patricia.
This article discusses the utilization and the relations between different resource categories in the strategies adopted by an agroindustrial cooperative in Paraná state. The research was carried out through longitudinal with transversal cuts case study. Examining the different resource categories in the context of the changes in the studied organization’s strategies, an integration and complementation process was observed to explain the adoption of these strategies, in which characteristics such as agro-industrialization process, diversification of business activities, growth and insertion in foreign markets, transition from a commodities’ organization to one focused on products with added value, were implicit.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Strategy; Agro-industrial cooperatives; Resource Based View; Agribusiness; Agricultural Finance; Industrial Organization.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/93581

Contents Page
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1963
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9013

Rum Corps to IXL: Services to Pastoralists and Farmers in New South Wales
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Davidson,   Bruce Robinson.
By 1850, New South Wales (NSW) appeared to have entered a period of long term economic stability which was almost entirely dependent on the production of fine wool. The prospects of such a future vanished with the discovery of large quantities of alluvial gold in 1851. The population of the colony almost doubled, increasing from 179,000 in 1851 to 351,000 in 1861 (Vamplew 1987, p. 26).
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Farm Management.
Ano: 1990
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/12255

BOOK REVIEWS
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1976
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22375

Do Production Contracts Raise Farm Productivity? An Instrumental Variables Approach
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Key,   Nigel D.; McBride,   William D.
Estimating how the use of production contracts affects farm productivity is difficult when unobservable factors are correlated with both the decision to contract and productivity. To account for potential selection bias, this study uses the local availability of production contracts as an instrument for whether a farm uses a contract in order to estimate the impact of contract use on total factor productivity. Results indicate that use of a production contract is associated with a large increase in productivity for feeder-to-finish hog farms in the United States. The instrumental variable method makes it credible to assert that the observed association is a causal relationship rather than simply a correlation.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Productivity; Production contracts; Instrumental variables; Sample selection; Productivity Analysis.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/45659

THE SOUTHERN AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS ASSOCIATION AND RESIDENT INSTRUCTION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Broder,   Josef M.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1985
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29380

A ROTTERDAM APPLICATION TO INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN FRESH APPLES: A DIFFERENTIAL APPROACH
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Seale,   James L., Jr.; Sparks,   Amy L.; Buxton,   Boyd M.
A Rotterdam import allocation model is used to fit import data for fresh apples in four importing markets important to U.S. apple exporters. Nested tests rejected homotheticity but could not reject homogeneity, symmetry, or separability among import suppliers. A Monte Carlo test rejected first-order autocorrelation in each market. Expenditure and price elasticities are calculated and reported.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 1992
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30726

Book Reviews
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fraser,   Iain; Tomkins,   Judith M.; Clarke,   Harry R.; Hay,   John E.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/117856

Prevention, Eradication, and Containment of Invasive Species: Illustrations from Hawaii
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Burnett,   Kimberly M.; Kaiser,   Brooks A.; Pitafi,   Basharat A.K.; Roumasset,   James A.
Invasive species change ecosystems and the economic services such ecosystems provide. Optimal policy will minimize the expected damages and costs of prevention and control. We seek to explain policy outcomes as a function of biological and economic factors, using the case of Hawaii to illustrate. First, we consider an existing invader, Miconia calvescens, a plant with the potential to reduce biodiversity, soil cover, and water availability. We then examine an imminent threat, the potential arrival of the Brown treesnake (Boiga irregularis). The arrival of the snake in Guam has led to native bird extirpations, power outages, and health costs.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Invasive species; Bioeconomics; Optimal control; Miconia calvescens; Boiga; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10178

Structure, Conduct and Performance of Value Chain in Seaweed farming in India
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Krishnan,   M.; Narayanakumar,   R.
Among the three types of technologies available in the fisheries sector in India, seaweed farming, initially promoted as a livelihood option, has emerged as the one area which probably has the maximum potential for up-scaling. This paper has examined the structure, conduct and performance of the value chain in seaweed farming in India inquiring into the production, institutional, marketing, social and community relationships in small-scale seaweed farming in the Ramanathapuram district of Tamil Nadu and the concept of self-help groups (SHG) as an increasingly workable option for coastal resources management. The value chain analysis of the sector has substantially proved that committed and synergistic production, marketing and institutional arrangements...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/96926

A SIMULATION MODEL OF AN ARID ZONE SHEEP PROPERTY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Chudleigh,   Peter D.; Filan,   S.J.
A simulation model of a pastoral property in the Western Division of New South Wales is described. Problems of applying the model to analysis of decision situations faced by graziers are reviewed, and the results of some early applications of the model are summarized.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 1972
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23021

Increasing Income and Employment through Sustainable Farming Systems in Water Scarce Region of Uttar Pradesh
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kumar,   Shalander; Jain,   D.K.; Singh,   Rajvir.
The farming systems in the water-scarce region of semiarid Uttar Pradesh have been examined. The availability of land and also of water has become the most limiting factors in farming for increasing the levels of farm income and employment. Therefore, an effort has been made to suggest sustainable farming systems through optimization of farm resources and also by putting restriction on the availability of irrigation water. It has been shown that the income and employment could be increased in the water-scarce situation if the farm resources are utilized optimally and less water-requiring crops/ activities are selected in the farm plan.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57754

COVER AND CONTENTS PAGES
Provedor de dados: 31
Includes:  Cover, Officers for 1978, Contents Page, Call for Contributed Papers 1978
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1978
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27771

A falusi turizmus helyzete és ökonómiai értékelése zempléni településekben
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Szabo,   Bernadett.
Zempléni települések helyzetét és falusi vendéglátóinak a tevékenységét 2002-ben és 2010-ben végzett mélyinterjúk és kérdőíves felmérések keretében vizsgáltam, amely lehetőséget adott a változások figyelemmel kísérésére. A vizsgált települések az utóbbi nyolc évben jelentősen fejlődtek a megvalósult infrastrukturális beruházásoknak köszönhetően. A térség jelentős turisztikai potenciált rejt magában,melynek hasznosítása azonban szerény. A vendégforgalom alakulása nem tükrözi az országos tendenciát, mert a gazdasági válság hatására nem emelkedett, hanem 40%-kal csökkent. A vendéglátók nincsenek tisztában a tevékenységgel kapcsolatban felmerülő költségekkel, nem ismerik a tevékenységüket érintő aktuális változásokat; a szállás mellett szegényes az étkeztetés...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Falusi turizmus; Ökofalvak; Fenntarthatóság; Zemplén; Rural tourism; Eco villages; Sustainability; Zemplén.; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/99184

BOOK REVIEWS
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1972
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23022

ECONOMIC RETURNS TO THE BOLL WEEVIL ERADICATION PROGRAM
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ahouissoussi,   Nicolas B.C.; Wetzstein,   Michael E.; Duffy,   Patricia A.
The economic viability of the Boll Weevil Eradication program in Alabama, Florida, and Georgia is assessed based on a five-year survey of producers. Results indicate the program increases yield 100 pounds per acre. This implies a 19 percent internal rate of return for producers over a ten year period.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Cotton; Pest management; Regional pest control; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 1993
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15043

Analysis of Input and Output of China's Agriculture Based on Canonical Correlation
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Chen,   Daoping.
I select effective irrigated area, consumption of agricultural chemical fertilizer, electricity consumed in rural areas, and total power of agricultural machinery as input variables of China's agriculture; I select grain, bean, tobacco, oil-bearing crop and fruit as output variables of China's agriculture. By using the data of China Statistical Yearbook in 2010, based on the analysis method of canonical correlation, I conduct research on the input and output of China's agriculture. The results show that consumption of chemical fertilizer has the biggest impact on the agricultural output of China, followed by the input of total power of agricultural machinery; the canonical variable of agricultural output of China is mainly impacted by grain, oil-bearing...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agriculture; Input; Output; Canonical correlation; China; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/118221

Book Review
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Polopolus,   Leo C.
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1989
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47797

Cooperative and Proprietary Firm Performance as Viewed by Their Customers
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cain,   Jarvis L.; Toensmeyer,   Ulrich C.; Ramsey,   Stewart.
This article examines farmers’ assessment of the effectiveness of cooperatives as compared with proprietary firms in providing goods and services. The areas of consideration were marketing, market share, business functions, service, stability, and public involvement. Farmers indicated that cooperatives’ greatest advantages were in the areas of service and public involvement. Respondents indicated that cooperatives were more willing to provide low profit products and services, establish programs that best met needs, and provide low profit products and services, establish programs that best met needs, and provide a more dependable source of supplies and services. They also provided a greater enhancement of welfare and in general reduced the risks facing...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1989
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/46226

Symposium - Contemporary Agricultural Economics in Australia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Campbell,   Keith O.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1957
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8912

Die Neue Handelstheorie: Stiefkind der Agrarökonomie? - Einige Anwendungen für den Zuckermarkt
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: von Witzke,   Harald.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97981

Index of volume 41
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/118063

The Economics of Commodity Futures Markets: A Survey
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gray,   Roger W.; Rutledge,   David J.S.
This article reviews some of the literature pertaining to futures markets. After briefly considering how the evolution of the institution of futures trading has required changing interpretations, we devote a longer section to the interplay between theory and evidence concerning intertemporal price relationships. While disputed and inconclusive interpretations persist, Working's theory of the price of storage and his revision of hedging doctrine are clear landmarks of progress in understanding these price relationships. We deal separately with hedging theory; then with the relation between futures and price variability; and finally with the stochastic attributes of futures prices.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural Finance.
Ano: 1971
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9639

In-Store Evaluation of Consumer Willingness to Pay for “Farm-Raised” Pre-Cooked Roast Beef: A Case Study
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nalley,   Lawton Lanier; Hudson,   Darren; Rogers,   Robert W.; Martin,   James M.; Herring,   Joshua L.
A choice-based conjoint experiment was used to examine consumer willingness to pay for a farm-raised pre-cooked roast beef product. Consumers were contacted in a grocery store and provided a sample of the pre-cooked product. Findings indicate there is a small, but statistically significant willingness-to-pay premium for the farm-raised product, suggesting that some product differentiation may result in higher prices for these products. The study outlines an approach to marketing research.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Beef; Conjoint; Convenience foods; Experiments; In-store tests; Surveys; Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/59587

Irrigation Decision Rules for Cottongrowing in the Brookstead Area of the Darling Downs
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nuthall,   Peter L.
A decision problem faced by cottongrowers using irrigation is that of deciding the soil moisture level at which irrigation should occur. A simulation model was developed so that the effect on cotton yield of irrigation at different soil moisture levels could be explored. The output from the model was used to develop relationships enabling the determination of an optimal decision rule. The results indicate that under most situations heavy irrigation in the period "first open flowers to first open bolls" will be profitable.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 1972
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9644

Adopción de tecnología de distribución y control del agua en las Comunidades de Regantes de la Región de Murcia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Alcon,   Francisco; De Miguel,   María Dolores; Burton,   Michael P.
RESUMEN: En el presente trabajo se estudia el proceso de adopción de tecnología de distribución y control de agua que las Comunidades de Regantes de la Región de Murcia han llevado a cabo desde el año 1975 hasta 2005. Se analiza el tiempo que transcurre desde que se constituye la Comunidad de Regantes hasta que toma la decisión de adoptar utilizando Análisis de Duración. Se identifican como aceleradores del proceso de adopción la posesión de un pozo de apoyo, el empleo de un sistema tarifario variable en función del consumo, los efectos de las políticas de subvenciones a las obras de modernización y mejora de los regadíos y las sequías.  SUMMARY: The present paper analyses the process of adopting water management and control technology in the irrigation...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Análisis de duración; Comunidad de regantes; Función de riesgo; Tecnología de riego; Irrigation community; Hazard function; Irrigation technology; Duration analysis; Agribusiness; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Q16; Q25; D71.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37190

Public sector agricultural research expenditures and output in Lesotho: Analysis of causality and cointegration
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Matete,   M.E.; Hassan,   Rashid M.
This article investigated the causal relationship between public agricultural research expenditures and agricultural output in Lesotho. Cointegration and Granger-causality tests were performed to determine the causal relationship between agricultural research and agricultural output. Lag length tests were performed to facilitate the Cointegration analysis. Results of the empirical analysis indicated that agriculture in Lesotho is driven by agricultural research. The results also showed that it takes seven to eight years for public agricultural research expenditures to have a significant impact on agricultural output in Lesotho.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54216

FOOD PROCESSING ASSETS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gallo,   Anthony E.
U.S. food processing sector assets are valued at about $360 billion, or about 12 percent of all manufacturing assets. Profit and sales returns on assets in food processing are among the highest in the U.S. economy. Foreign holdings comprise a significant portion of food processors' assets.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1996
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27783

Estimation of the Economic Efficiency of Cashew Nut Production in Benin
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Arouna,   Aminou; Adegbola,   Patrice Ygue; Adekambi,   Souleimane Adeyemi.
This study contributes to the debate regarding the competitiveness of developing countries in the context of globalization. To take advantage of this trend, developing countries will have to position themselves properly through new policies and efficiency in production. In Benin, new orientation of agricultural policy concerns the diversification of exported products. Therefore, and due to the decrease of international price of cotton which represents the main exported crop, cashew nut, the second exported crop by Benin, becomes more interesting for government policy. The study quantified cashew nut production farmers’ efficiency using a stochastic production frontier and a cost function combined with numerical classification. Primary data were collected...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Benin; Efficiency analysis; Exported products; Cashew nut; Policy; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95913

Book Review
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Baarda,   James R.
Review of: A Cooperative Approach to Local Economic Development, edited by Christopher D. Merrett and Norman Walzer.
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/46425

The Certainty of Confronting Uncertainty in the Chesapeake Bay Restoration Effort
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hershner,   Carlton.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Environmental Restoration; TMDL; Chesapeake Bay; Adaptive Management; Uncertainty; Environmental Economics and Policy; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; Q00; Q01; Q20; Q28.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/117401

SEAFOOD SAFETY PERCEPTIONS AND THEIR EFFECTS ON ANTICIPATED CONSUMPTION UNDER VARYING INFORMATION TREATMENTS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Roheim,   Cathy A.; Kline,   Jeffrey D.; Anderson,   Joan Gray.
This paper identifies factors that influence consumers' seafood safety perceptions and examines how these perceptions affect consumers' anticipated consumption when consumers are provided with additional information relevant to seafood.  A recursive system of equations is specified describing consumers' safety perceptions as a function of past experience with seafood, recreational harvest activities, and risk-taking behavior, and describing the influence of safety perceptions on consumers' anticipated demand response to hypothetical information concerning seafood.  A telephone survey of randomly selected Rhode Island consumers provided data for the analysis.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 1996
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31648

Explaining Agro-Industrial Contract Breaches: The Case of Brazilian Tomatoes Processing Industry
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Zylbersztajn,   Decio; Nadalini,   Lygia B.
Three hundred small tomato growers located in Brazilian northeast states, supplied a processing industry. In view of the large number of contract hazards and weak enforcement of clauses, managers have decided to move to the Midwest, where a reduced number of larger farmers have been contracted. The industry blamed high transaction costs due to the weak mechanism of public enforcement of property rights. The industry blamed some farmers of selling the product at the market for fresh consumption. Also, farmers blamed the industry for taking advantage of asymmetric information related to quality. This study presents an analysis of contract architecture and an evaluation of effects of transaction costs related variables on the likelihood of contract breaches....
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agro-food governance; Transaction costs and strategy; Agroindustry contracts.; Agribusiness; D23; L23.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61922

BOOK REVIEWS
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1972
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22796

Forest Amenities and Location Choice in the Southwest
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hand,   Michael S.; Thacher,   Jennifer A.; McCollum,   Daniel W.; Berrens,   Robert P.
Locations with natural characteristics, such as forest, are thought to be attractive residential locations. This proposition is tested in the Southwest United States, composed of Arizona and New Mexico. This paper presents a conditional logit model of location choice estimated with household observations from the U.S census, geographic information system (GIS) data, and county-level data. Results suggest that forest area, both in one's own location and nearby, increases the probability of choosing a location. But significant heterogeneity in location choices exists; an income effect and life-cycle effects on the demand for forest amenities appear to determine location choices.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Amenities; Conditional logit; Forest; Location choice; Southwest; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/42462

Food Safety and Spinach Demand: A Generalized Error Correction Model
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Arnade,   Carlos Anthony; Kuchler,   Fred; Calvin,   Linda.
We estimate an error correction model representing demand for leafy green vegetables but generalize the structure to allow for adjustment to one conspicuous shock. We investigate whether the adjustment rate to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) 2006 warning that fresh spinach was contaminated with deadly bacteria was distinct from the overall adjustment rate. Our model allows consumers to correct both for past errors and for any errors in their reaction to the shock. This method yields an estimate of the adjustment rate to the policy shock and points to an improved estimate of the duration of policy impacts.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Error correction model; Adjustment rates; AIDS demand model; Retail food demand; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Health Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/117775

RANGELAND FIRES IN NORTHERN NEVADA: AN APPLICATION OF COMPUTABLE GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODELING
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Harris,   Thomas R.; Seung,   Chang K.; Darden,   Tim D.; Riggs,   William W.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27988

FRONT COVER
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1975
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22337

JOINT INDUSTRY CONTAINER AND PALLET DESIGN PROGRESS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Leisring,   Justin G.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1990
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26975

AJAE Appendix: Challenges to the Development of a Dedicated Energy Crop
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Epplin,   Francis M.; Clark,   Christopher D.; Roberts,   Roland K.; Hwang,   Seonghuyk.
The material contained herein is supplementary to the article named in the title and published in the American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Volume 89, Number 5, December 2007.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7072

INCOME AND CAPITALIZATION RATE RISK IN AGRICULTURAL REAL ESTATE MARKETS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Schnitkey,   Gary D.; Sherrick,   Bruce J.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Farmland Prices; Farmland Returns; Capitalization Rates; Risk; Asset Bubbles; Land Economics/Use; Q14.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109472

End Materials - Coming Attractions
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94435

ADMINISTERED PRICING BY COOPERATIVES: EFFECT ON PRODUCER AND CONSUMER PRICES AND SALES OF FLUID MILK
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Carley,   Dale H.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 1976
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29936

The Challenge of Reaching Transparency: ‘T-readiness’ of Enterprises and Sector Networks
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fritz,   Melanie; Schiefer,   Gerhard.
Discussions on the safety and quality of food as well as growing interest in the sustainability of the production, distribution and consumption of food have contributed to the emergence of ‘transparency’ as a critical success factor for the food sector. However, reaching transparency for different stakeholders from different backgrounds and cultural identities is a dynamic process which depends on certain capabilities of enterprises and organizations along the food value chain but also on the realization of a fitting communication scheme within the sector. This discussion asks for the identification and utilization of an indicator that could identify deficiencies and support enterprises and the sector in reaching a level of transparency that could serve...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97020

Devil or Angel? The Role of Speculation in the Recent Commodity Price Boom (and Bust)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Irwin,   Scott H.; Sanders,   Dwight R.; Merrin,   Robert P.
It is commonly asserted that speculative buying by index funds in commodity futures and over–the–counter derivatives markets created a ‘‘bubble’’ in commodity prices, with the result that prices, and crude oil prices, in particular, far exceeded fundamental values at the peak. The purpose of this paper is to show that the bubble argument simply does not withstand close scrutiny. Four main points are explored. First, the arguments of bubble proponents are conceptually flawed and reflect fundamental and basic misunderstandings of how commodity futures markets actually work. Second, a number of facts about the situation in commodity markets are inconsistent with the existence of a substantial bubble in commodity prices. Third, available statistical evidence...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Commodity; Futures; Index fund; Market; Speculation; Agribusiness; Demand and Price Analysis; Financial Economics; Marketing; Q11; Q13.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53083

FARM VALUE OF TOPSOIL IN SPRING WHEAT PRODUCTION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Williams,   Jeffery R.; Tanaka,   Donald L.; Herbel,   Kevin L.
Relationships among topsoil removal treatments and additions of nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizer in spring wheat yields are used to determine the effects on net returns and to estimate the marginal value of soil. The results indicate that risk-averse managers are not willing to make an expenditure for controlling erosion from the first 2.5 inches of soil if the erosion rate is 20 tons/acre/year or less and the planning horizon is 20 years or less. These managers would be willing to make an erosion control investment for the second 2.5 inches of soil equivalent to $4.90 to $5.20/acre from the twenty-first to forty-third year in the planning horizon.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 1993
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30820

Pasture Improvement Adoption In South-Eastern New South Wales
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Vere,   David T.; Muir,   A.M.
Pasture improvement is said to be the technology which has most influenced Australia's post-war agricultural production but little is known of the factors which have influenced the pasture adoption process. This paper describes an exploratory analysis of the determinants of pasture improvement adoption on the central and southern tablelands of New South Wales, one of Australia's foremost grazing areas. The objectives were to quantify the separate influences on pasture improvement adoption and to determine whether there has been change in the response to these influences over time. The results indicate that most of the variation in improved pasture levels since 1950 was explained by movements in farm prices and input costs. Other periodic influences were...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Farm Management.
Ano: 1986
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/12421

Contents Pages
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1953
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9045

An Evaluation of Canadian and U.S. Policies of Log and Lumber Markets
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Devadoss,   Stephen.
The recent lumber trade war between Canada and the United States deals with Canadian stumpage policies, Canada’s log export controls, and U.S. retaliatory duty. This study determines the appropriate level of U.S. countervailing duty (CVD) by employing a vertically interrelated log–lumber model. The theoretical results show that the U.S. CVD can be greater (will be less) than the Canadian subsidy for a vertically related log–lumbermarket (for lumber market only). Empirical results support the theoretical findings in that the U.S. CVD for the log–lumber market (lumber market alone) is 1.55 (0.91) times the Canadian subsidy.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Countervailing duty; Dispute; Log; Lumber; Subsidy; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; International Relations/Trade; Political Economy; F13.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/45517

Auswirkungen und alternative Ausgestaltung der Modulation von Direktzahlungen
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kleinhanss,   Werner.
The system of direct payments in the European Union’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is being criticised with respect to the level, unequal distribution and allocation effects on production. Besides the decoupling of direct payments a modulation and a partial transmission to the second pillar of CAP are proposed. Modulation on a voluntary basis was already introduced in Agenda 2000. In its Mid-term Review of the Agenda the Commission proposes an obligatory dynamic modulation scheme including the capping of direct payments beyond a threshold of 300 000 €. Possible impacts of the Commission's proposal are assessed with simulations based on farm accounting data of EU-FADN. Distribution effects between farm sizes and member states are unveiled. Alternate...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Midterm-review; Modulation; Farm accounting data network; Direct payments; Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/98269

EFFECTS ON FARM INCOMES AND RURAL LABOUR OF A RELATIVE INCREASE IN WAGES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ryan,   James G.; Duncan,   Ronald C.
We use the concept of the elasticity of farm incomes with respect to changes in input prices to analyse the effects of a large increase in relative wages on selected measures of farm incomes. In order to estimate the elasticity of farm incomes we have to estimate elasticities and cross-elasticities of demand and supply for farm labour and capital. The estimates of elasticity of demand for operator and hired labour allow us to calculate the impact of a rise in wages on numbers of farmers and hired labour employed in agriculture.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 1974
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22893

Selected approaches of variables weighting in frame of composite indicator analysis
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hlavsa,   Tomas.
Composite indicators are useful as tool for complex evaluation and aggregation of different variables of regional development. Variables which are aggregated in a composite indicator have first to be weighted. All variables may be given equal weights or they mea be given differing weights which reflect the significance, reliability or other characteristics of the underlying data. The weights given to different variables heavily influence the outcomes of the composite indicator. Aim of this paper is an evaluation of selected methods for weighting of particular variables in frame of composite indicator construction. Evaluation is verified on group of regional economic variables based on Strategy of regional development.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Composite indicator; Region; Principal component analysis; Expert; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; GA; IN.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/99082

CONSUMER FOOD COOPERATIVES: FROM HERE TO WHERE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Marion,   Donald R.; Aklilu,   Bisrat.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Consumer/Household Economics.
Ano: 1975
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26799

COVER AND CONTENTS PAGES
Provedor de dados: 31
Includes: Cover Pages, Contents Page
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31287

The Impact of Cholesterol Information on Meat Demand: Application of an Updated Cholesterol Index
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Adhikari,   Murali; Paudel,   Laxmi; Houston,   Jack E.; Paudel,   Krishna P.; Bukenya,   James O.
We estimate an almost ideal-demand system (AIDS) to assess the impacts of cholesterol information on the market demand of meats in the U.S. Our study indicates a significant negative impact of cholesterol information on the market demand of beef and pork and a significant positive influence on chicken demand. The study further demonstrated that the flow of carbohydrate information lessened the magnitude of cholesterol health information elasticities.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis; Health Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9085

CHANGES IN MARKET EQUILIBRIA RESULTING FROM FOOD SAFETY REGULATION IN THE MEAT AND POULTRY INDUSTRIES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Goodwin,   Harold L., Jr.; Shiptsova,   Rimma.
This study presents a unique view on the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA FSIS) implementation of the so-called "Mega-Reg" authorizing establishment of regulatory hazard analysis and critical control point (HACCP) procedures.  Surveys were sent to plant managers of the 11 firms participating in the HACCP Roundtable at the University of Arkansas.  Results of the survey were used to create HACCP implementation cost estimates for poultry kill plants and perform welfare analysis by using equilibrium displacement model (EDM).  Results show average welfare losses up to 35 million a year for the broiler industry as well as substantial losses to consumers resulting from the new regulation.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/34583

THE ROLE OF ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURAL ENTERPRISES IN A CHANGING AGRICULTURAL ECONOMY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Babb,   Emerson M.; Long,   Burl F.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1987
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29326

STABILISATION AND RISK REDUCTION IN AUSTRALIAN AGRICULTURE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Quiggin,   John C.; Anderson,   Jock R.
Agricultural producers typically are faced with risk about the yields they will experience and the prices they will receive. Stabilisation schemes can spread risk and thereby reduce the risk faced by individual producers. The risk-reducing capacity of a scheme and the cost of risk reduction depend upon the design of the scheme. In particular, it is important to distinguish between risk and instability. A classification of scheme designs is presented to bring out the effects of various design types. Schemes for the wheat industry are given most attention.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 1979
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22969

Az öntözéses gazdálkodásról a Tisza-tó és a nagykunsági öntözőrendszert ellátó főcsatorna átadásának 30. évfordulóján
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lengyel,   Lajos.
Az öntözés mint agrotechnikai tényező a mezőgazdasági termelés intenzifi kálásának egyik eszköze és lehetősége. Bevezetése többletberuházással, nagyobb ráfordításokkal oldható meg. Öntözéssel a természetes csapadékellátás ingadozásai csökkenthetők, a termelés biztonsága és a hozamok növelhetők. Alkalmazását az üzemi feltételek és célok mellett makrogazdasági és klimatikus hatások is indokolják. Az elmúlt fél évszázad hazai öntözésfejlesztésében a Tiszalöki, a Kiskörei Vízlépcső és Öntözőrendszerei tervezése, kivitelezése és működtetése napjainkban is sok hasznosítható tanulsággal és tapasztalattal szolgál, mint például a komplex szemléletű térségi, üzemi vízgazdálkodás és öntözésfejlesztés, az állami beavatkozás a tervek összehangolásától az üzemi...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Öntözéses gazdálkodás; Öntözésfejlesztés; Klímaváltozás; Komplex szemlélet; Támogatások; Irrigation; Irrigated farming; Development of irrigation; Climate change; Holistic view; Subsidies; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58604

Value Differentiation
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Goodhue,   Rachael E.; Rausser,   Gordon C.
American agriculture is shifting from homogeneous commodities to differentiated products. Value differentiation, the process by which agrifood chain actors isolate, match, and exploit heterogeneity in consumer preferences and product attributes, is examined. Value differentiation is characterized by complementarities across four activities at each stage of the production chain: product characteristic measurement, product characteristic production, coordination between stages, and customer preference detection. Complementarities at the firm level are modeled using supermodularity. The model's predictions are discussed, as are potential testing approaches, and implications are presented for agrifood firms, marketing orders, and returns to research.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Complementarities; Supermodularity; Value differentiation; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31069

THE IMPACT OF BOUNDARY ORGANIZATIONS ON DECISION-MAKING UNDER UNCERTAINTY A MULTI-AGENT SIMULATION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Boissin,   Denis.
Modern environmental issues imply that decision-makers have the capacity to take into account possibly conflicting information from distinct domains, such as science and economics. As the development of technology increases the temporal and spatial scopes of risks, decision-makers can no longer consider economic and scientific information separately but should encourage experts to work together. Boundary organizations, institutions that cross the gap between two different domains, are able to act beyond the boundaries while remaining accountable to each side (Guston, 2001). By encouraging a flow of information across the boundaries, they permit an exchange to take place, while maintaining the authority of each domain (Cash et al., 2003; Clark et al.,...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Decision-making; Opinion; Agent-based simulation; Multi-agent; Boundary organization; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; International Development; Production Economics.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53532

MEAT TRADE LIBERALIZATION AND SOYBEAN-RAPESEED COMPETITION IN THE JAPANESE MARKET
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Persaud,   Suresh Chand; Chern,   Wen S.
This study identifies variables which increase Japan's imports of canola (soybeans) at the expense of soybeans (canola), and quantifies their impacts by estimating an import demand model. A key finding is that lower Japanese meat production tends to increase rapeseed imports while lowering soybean imports. Thus, Canada benefited from U.S. and Australian efforts to open Japan's market for imported beef, since the vast majority of Japan's canola imports are from Canada.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Canola; Meat trade liberalization; Rapeseed; Soybeans; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14656

Structural Changes in Agriculture Important to Public Policy
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hallberg,   Milton C.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 1983
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/59752

THE ADEQUACY OF TRUCKING SERVICE SUPPLIES FOR PRODUCE: TRENDS IN THE 1980S
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Beilock,   Richard P.; Dunton,   William; Kepler,   Paul.
Over 90 percent of interstate produce movements are by truck.  In recent years, concerns have been raised regarding the adequacy of motor carrier services.  Reasons for these concerns include the possibility of increased costs or service erosions resulting from relaxed economic regulations, an eroding road infrastructure, increasing congestion, more stringent safety regulations, demographic trends suggesting the onset of an increasingly severe driver shortage, and declines in rail capacity devoted to produce haulage.  In this study, trends in the adequacy of trucking services for trucking during the 1980s was examined employing data sets developed by the USDA regarding haulage from five growing areas to six metropolitan areas across the United States, and...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 1992
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29629

CONSUMER ACCEPTANCE OF GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOODS: THE ROLE OF PRODUCT BENEFITS AND PERCEIVED RISKS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Onyango,   Benjamin M.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Consumer/Household Economics.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27144

STORE DESIGN AND LAYOUT FOR MANAGEMENT DECISION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cunningham,   Clyde.
A preliminary report on a study of an "ideal" layout for medium sized supermarkets.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1973
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27689

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE CURRICULA : ARE WE COMPETITIVE?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Williams,   Floyd W.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1987
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29321

BOOK REVIEWS
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1967
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22756

BOOK REVIEWS
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1993
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22616

State Department of Agriculture Participation in Fresh Produce Marketing in Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, and Tennessee
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Brooker,   John R.; Eastwood,   David B.; Hall,   Charles R.; Estes,   Edmund A.; Woods,   Timothy A.; Epperson,   James E.; Stegelin,   Forrest E.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26769

Economic Feasibility of a Woody Biomass- Based Ethanol Plant in Central Appalachia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wu,   Jinzhuo; Sperow,   Mark; Wang,   Jingxin.
A mixed-integer programming model is developed to assess the economic feasibility of siting a woody biomass-based ethanol facility in the central Appalachian hardwood region. The model maximizes the net present value (NPV) of a facility over its economic life. Model inputs include biomass availability, biomass handling system type, plant investment and capacity, transportation logistics, feedstock and product pricing, project financing, and taxes. Four alternative woody biomass handling systems, which include all processes from stand to plant, are considered. Eleven possible plant locations were identified based on site selection requirements. Results showed that the optimal plant location was in Buckhannon, West Virginia. The NPV of the plant with a...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Biofuels; Economic analysis; Ethanol; Optimization; Woody biomass; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/99118

DEMAND FOR MEATS: A COMPARISON OF ETHNIC GROUPS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Stegelin,   Forrest E.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27642

Recent and Emerging Water Policy Reforms in Australia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bjornlund,   Henning.
In the past, the water industry met new demand by increasing supply. In many instances governments provided excessive and free supply in pursuit of political objectives such as settlement of remote land. These policies generated inefficient and low-value use and in many instances created environmental problems. Sometime during the 1970s, community concern over the environmental impact and rising marginal costs of increasing supply caused the emergence of a shift in policy paradigms towards demand management, under which increased demand can only be satisfied through a reallocation of existing scarce resources between competing users. Australia is one of the countries in the world that has most comprehensively pursued this new policy paradigm, and provides...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/46363

Strategien der deutschen und französischen Ernährungsindustrie und deren Auswirkungen auf die Wettbewerbsposition
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Weindlmaier,   Hannes; Floriot,   Jean-Louis.
Based on an analysis of selected determinants for the competitiveness and of strategies of the food industries the contribution illustrates similarities and major differences between the food industries of these two countries. It is shown that in both countries measures are necessary to further improve competitiveness. Important strategic means are the continuation of structural change, the strengthening of the position of co-operatives, a consequent orientation towards market developments and a stronger internationalisation.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Food industry; Food-retail trade; Competitiveness; Competitive strategies; Internationalisation; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/98762

Rural Financial Development and Rural Economic Efficiency Improvement Based on Granger Causality Test
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Zeng,   Guo-ping; Xu,   Xin-fang.
Based on the co-integration test theory, Financial Interrelation Ratio (FIR), level of financial efficiency (LFE), level of financial development (LFD) and other indices evaluating the rural financial development are selected by Granger Causality Test. The rural loan balance (RLB), rural deposit balance (RDB), total rural output (TRO), fixed assets investment(FAI), Financial Interrelation Ratio (FIR), economic efficiency (EE), level of financial efficiency (LFE), and level of financial development (LFD) in the years 1979-2007 are collected. Graphical method intuitively reflects the development trend and historical track of relevant indices; and Granger Causality Test verifies the relationship between rural financial development level and rural economic...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Rural finance; Economic efficiency; Granger Causality Test; China; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/96044

REDUCTION OF STATE VARIABLE DIMENSION IN STOCHASTIC DYNAMIC OPTIMIZATION MODELS WHICH USE TIME-SERIES DATA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Burt,   Oscar R.; Taylor,   C. Robert.
Statistical procedures are developed for reducing the number of autonomous state variables in stochastic dynamic optimization models when these variables follow a stationary process over time.  These methods essentially delete part of the information upon which decisions are based while maintaining a logically consistent model.  The relatively simple linear autoregressive process as well as the general case is analyzed and the necessary formulae for practical application are derived.  Several applications in agricultural economics are discussed and results presented which quantify the relative amount of information sacrificed with the reduction in number of state variables.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 1989
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32349

Use of Economics in Fisheries: Some Observations
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Griffin,   Wade L.
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43505

AN APPROACH TO THE ECONOMETRIC ESTIMATION OF ATTITUDES TO RISK IN AGRICULTURE: COMMENT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bar-Shira,   Ziv.
Bardsley and Harris (1987) test empirically the effects of changes In deterministic wealth and random income on the measure partial risk aversion. The paper, which is otherwise well written, failed to impose the relationship between the two effects and estimated them independently. Consequently, inconsistent estimates were derived for the elasticities of the measure of partial risk aversion with respect to wealth and to income. The purpose of this comment is to derive that relationship theoretically and to point out the resulting inconsistencies in the original paper.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 1991
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22624

The Economics of Global Consumption Patterns
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Clements,   Kenneth W.; Qiang,   Ye.
Henri Theil devoted a good deal of the last two decades of his professional activities to the analysis of international consumption patterns.  This paper commences with a review of Theil’s path-breaking research on cross-country demand, and then investigates in some detail two important issues: (i) the extent to which differences in incomes and prices explain international consumption pattern; and (ii) new empirical evidence regarding the extent to which tastes are similar internationally.  The paper also contains an evaluation of another important building block of Theil’s work in this area, that of the assumption of preference independence, whereby there are no interactions between goods in the utility function.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Cross-country demand; Preference independence; System-wide approach.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43272

Domestic Water Use and Values in Swaziland: A Contingent Valuation Analysis
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Farolfi,   Stefano; Mabugu,   Ramos E.; Ntshingila,   S.N.
The paper reports on the use of the contingent valuation method to study the determinants of Swazi households' willingness to pay (WTP) for an improvement in their water quantity and quality.  A sample of 374 households was surveyed and a Tobit model was applied to explain household preferences for quality and quantity of domestic water supply and derive estimates of WTP for such a service.  The results confirm that household income had a positive and statistically significant impact on WTP for both quality and quantity. Distance to the water source is positively associated with WTP regardless of the location (rural or urban) and of the household head's age, education, and gender. Current water consumption was also statistically significant for WTP for...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10130

THE INFORMATION AGE UNIVERSITY?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Reinschmiedt,   Lynn L.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1996
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15246

THE IMPACTS OF TRANSPORTATION DEREGULATION ON WHEAT SHIPMENTS IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: McMullen,   B. Starr; Martin,   Michael V.; Cabeza,   Felix.
A network programming model (NETFLOW) was used to examine the impact of modal transport rate changes resulting from transportation deregulation on modal traffic shares and total wheat transport costs.  The analysis reveals that shifts in wheat traffic to rail and away from truck-barge and truck are related to rail deregulation.  The model also provides evidence that lower rates under transportation deregulation have significantly decreased the total cost of shipping wheat from country origins to export elevators.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade; Public Economics.
Ano: 1989
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32357

Water pricing options for the Middle Drâa River Basin in Morocco
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Heidecke,   Claudia; Kuhn,   Arnim; Klose,   Stephan.
This paper discusses the possible effects of various ways of charging for water in an integrated modeling framework adapted to the Drâa River Basin in southeastern Morocco. Declining surface water availability in the basin has led to an increase in groundwater use for irrigation in recent decades, even though groundwater extraction is more costly than using surface water. The trade-off between the pricing of ground and surface water is discussed based on recursive-dynamic simulations over a ten-year period. The results identify groundwater pricing as an economically and environmentally favorable option, assuming that revenues from water charges are redistributed to farmers.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: River basin model; Water pricing; Water management; Conjunctive water use; Morocco; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56961

Industrial Structure and Competitive Strength of 31 Provincial Districts --A GIS-based Dynamic Shift-Share Analysis
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Guo,   Wen-bo; Wan,   Qing.
By using the dynamic shift-share analysis, the industrial structure and competitive strength of 31 provincial districts except Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau are studied by taking the GDP of the three industries as the research entrance and the whole nation as the reference district. The industrial structure and competitive strength of each provincial district is measured. Through the analysis of pertinence, the correlation degree of industrial structure and industrial competitive strength to economic growth is analyzed. The results show that the industrial competitive strength is closely related to the economic growth of the 31 provincial districts, but the contribution made by the industrial structure to economic growth is insufficient and the effect of...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Dynamic shift-share analysis; Industrial structure; Industrial structure; Competitive strength; Strategy; China; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/108428

An Analysis of Repayment Among Clients of the Microfinance Institution Esperanza International, Dominican Republic
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Salazar,   Gabriela L.
This research considers default among borrowers of Esperanza International, a microfinance institution in the Dominican Republic. Though Esperanza holds high repayment rates, it is of value to examine the 3 to 5 percent of clients that have not had success with the program. If success is defined as repayment and can be correlated with socio‐economic characteristics, it may point towards the development of remedial programs and/or interventions. In coordination with organizational interests, this study examines 15,104 loans divided amongst 8,991 borrowers between April 2005 and October 2007. Default for each loan (defined as the failure to repay any quota for 120 days) is considered against gender, marital status, number of dependents, level of education,...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Financial Economics.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/113231

Book Notes
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1951
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8903

Neopopulism and the New Agriculture
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Runge,   C. Ford; Halbach,   Daniel Walter.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1987
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/12348

SAEA EDITOR'S REPORT, FEBRUARY 1986
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1986
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29444

Price Support and Supply Management Policy for Peanuts
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Miller,   Bill R.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 1983
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/59755

RETURNS TO LIMITED CROP DIVERSIFICATION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Blank,   Steven C.
This study suggests a new single index model (SIM) application procedure which enables users to more easily assess the risk/return tradeoff among crop portfolios. A decision criterion is presented, based on a new crop portfolio performance measure derived here. The new procedure aids in reducing problems of data sensitivity often faced when using quadratic programming or standard SIM techniques.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 1990
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32057

PAYOFFS TO FARM MANAGEMENT: HOW IMPORTANT IS CROP MARKETING?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: 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

POST-HARVEST GRAIN STORING AND HEDGING WITH EFFICIENT FUTURES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kastens,   Terry L.; Dhuyvetter,   Kevin C.
This study simulates whether Kansas wheat, soybean, corn, and milo producers could have profitably used deferred futures plus historical basis cash price expectations for post-harvest unhedged and hedged grain storage decisions from 1985-97. The signaled storage decision is compared to a representative Kansas producer whose crop sales mimic average Kansas marketings each year. Using 23 grain price locations, the simulations resulted in an 11 cents per bushel annual increase in grain storage profits for wheat, 27 cents for soybeans, -17 cents for corn, and –20 cents for milo; however, storage profit differences varied substantially across locations. Hedging tended to decrease risk, but not impact profitability.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30800

FORECASTING CROP QUALITY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ryland,   G.J.
The need for a forecasting system of biological quality arises as a result of the price-quality payment schemes in grower and processor contracts which operate in many agricultural cropping industries. The seasonal nature of the series of vertical quality height gives rise to questions as to the repetitive pattern of the shape and trend translation of the series. These hypotheses can be tested using conventional statistical methods. For non-stationary series, however, a Box-Jenkins type dynamic seasonal model is proposed. These forecasting procedures are applied to a series of sugar cane quality.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 1975
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9159

The Taste of Summer in Winter: A Case Study of California Summer Fruits in New Zealand
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cork,   Lisa.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26770

FCSA Sale to Rabobank: Selling What? On Whose Authority? And For Whose Benefit?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ginder,   Roger G.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural Finance.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/93324

AN EVALUATION OF A NEW ZEALAND MARKETING BOARD'S SUPPLY DIVERSION STRATEGIES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rae,   Allan N.
It appears that the agricultural economics literature lacks much evidence upon which we can judge the performance of statutory boards as marketing institutions. This paper reports the achievements of the New Zealand Apple and Pear Marketing Board in two areas of supply diversion--the allocation of fruit between fresh and process markets, and the allocation of fresh fruit sales over time. Results indicate that the Board has achieved considerable gains for producers in the first of these areas, while in the second its behaviour has favoured consumers.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Marketing.
Ano: 1978
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22492

COVER AND CONTENTS PAGES
Provedor de dados: 31
Includes:  Front Cover, Officers for 1976, Contents Pages, Call for Contributed Papers 1976, Message from the President (S.E. Trieb), Membership Application Form
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1976
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27368

EC Agricultural Policy in 1991-92: CAP Reform Constrained by GATT Negotiations
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Manegold,   Dirk.
The article reviews recent developments in European Community (EC) agricultural markets and in the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). In particular, the process of shaping CAP reform is extensively documented and commented on. It is seen as a means not so much to comply with national economic and external political requirements, but rather to continue agricultural protection for internal political reasons and to attempt to impose the Community's new position on the ongoing General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GA 11) negotiation of the Uruguay Round. With regard to the latter, attention is paid to the GATT questionnaire (Dunkel paper) and to the EC's response. Finally, new developments in the process of European integration (Single Market, EC enlargement,...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 1992
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7424

A TOBIT MODEL OF THE DEMAND FOR FARMLAND
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ziemer,   Rod F.; White,   Fred C.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 1981
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30128

KOOPERÁCIÓ A MÁTRAI BORVIDÉKEN
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nagy-Kovacs,   Erika; Wachtler,   Istvan.
Vizsgáltuk, melyek azok a feladatok, amelyek megoldása a szőlő-bor termékpályán javíthatják a gazdálkodók helyzetét, versenyképességét. Legfontosabb megállapításunk, hogy a versenyképesség fokozásában jelenleg az üzemi méret növelése, az integráció (gépkörök, pinceszövetkezetek), az alkalmazott technológia korszerűsítése kiemelten fontos feladat. Integrátor lehet pinceszövetkezet, vagy tőkeerős feldolgozó vállalkozás, amely szerződéses kapcsolatban áll a termelőkkel. A gazdák nagy része még nem ismerte fel az integráció nyújtotta előnyöket és lehetőségeket. Az ismeretek, a bizalom és ebből adódóan az összefogás hiánya kedvezőtlenül befolyásolja a Mátrai Borvidék helyzetét.  A gazdasági kooperációk különböző formái azonban megtalálhatók. A hosszú távú...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Szőlő-bor termékpálya; Vertikális együttműködés; Érdwekazonosság vine production chain; Vertical integration; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54857

The development of a spatial decision support system to optimise agricultural resource use in the Western Cape
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Pretorius,   C.; Louw,   D.B.; Kleynhans,   Theo E.
This paper describes the development of a decision support model for regional agricultural resource utilisation. The analysis was generated in a spatial context and the optimisation technique was interactive with a geographical information system (GIS). Economic and operational research methodologies were linked to the GIS in the process of determining the appropriate resource uses for the region. The optimisation technique was applied for the Western Cape Province for eight crops. The results of this research are discussed in this paper, with specific reference to its application value for the public sector and agri-business.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Farm Management; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54215

THE OPTIMAL QUANTITY OF LAND IN AGRICULTURE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: McConnell,   Kenneth E.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 1989
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28859

SWOT Analysis and Countermeasures of Beijing Rural Infrastructure
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Duan,   Yong-liang.
On the strength of the status quo of Beijing rural infrastructure, I probe into the SWOT analysis of the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of rural infrastructure in Beijing municipal. Among them, the strengths of rural infrastructure in Beijing municipal are analyzed from two aspects, namely, the strong financial support and great importance attached to by the government; the weaknesses are analyzed in terms of the serious shortage of funds invested and disparate investment in rural infrastructure; the opportunities faced by the rural infrastructure construction are analyzed in terms of support form the macro-control of the state and the threats are analyzed from the aspect of land preservation and environment protection. Thus in order to...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Rural infrastructure; New village construction; SWOT analysis; Beijing municipal; China; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/96058

An Experimental Analysis of a Points-Based System for Managing Multispecies Fisheries
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Anderson,   Christopher M.
An industry group has proposed a novel system for managing the Northeast Multispecies Fishery. Each harvester would be endowed with a budget of points, and each species would have a “point price,” or number of points that must be paid out of his budget when landing that species. By varying the point prices throughout the season, management could redirect effort across species. This paper presents a benchmarked experimental testbed of this management system, and shows that harvesters do respond to point prices, which can be chosen to support harvest of most of the allowable catch of each species without severely over-harvesting any of them.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Multispecies fishery; Points system; Economic experiment; Quota; Derby; Environmental Economics and Policy; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/90830

OPTIMUM RESOURCE ALLOCATION FOR SELECTED U.S. AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ray,   Daryll E.; Cleveland,   O.A.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural Finance.
Ano: 1973
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30405

RANDOM THOUGHTS ON SOME PROBLEMS OF PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Burns,   E.O.
Within the profession of agricultural economics are found academics, government economists, farm organization economists, and others. Although the profession is based on general acceptance of principles and judgements, the outlook and activities of an individual are conditioned by his occupational status. Employment affiliations give rise to certain restraints and strains to communication between functional groups. The paper examines this problem, and presents a case for better understanding between the major institutional groups.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1973
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22781

The Cooperative Movement and the Agricultural Cooperatives in the Context of Globalization
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Belo Moreira,   Manuel.
Following a short review of the major trends that characterize the globalization process at the economic, political-ideological and socio-cultural levels, this article takes a look at the rationality of agricultural cooperatives and reflects on the effects of globalization. Understanding globalization as a dialectical process, my reflection will draw on the effects of globalization on cooperatives, in particular agricultural ones. I am referring to the threats, challenges and opportunities brought about by globalization. This means evaluating the threats and opportunities that result essentially from increased competition, trade liberalization and changes in the role of the Nation-sates. The article ends with some conclusive remarks.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/60898

Increasing the United States Tariff-Rate Sugar Quota for Cuba and Mexico: A Partial-Equilibrium Simulation
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Petrolia,   Daniel R.; Kennedy,   P. Lynn.
Increases in the United States tariff-rate quota for sugar are simulated to determine the impact of Cuban market access and an increased Mexican allotment.  The effects on both domestic and international sugar markets, including production, consumption, prices and trade, are determined and welfare effects identified.  This analysis is carried out using a partial-equilibrium simplified world trade model,  Modele International Simplifie de Simulation (MISS), which simulates, in a comparative-static framework, the effects of various policy actions.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Cuba; Mexico; Sugar; Tariff-rate quota; F13; F17; Q17.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43200

GOVERNANÇA E MECANISMOS DE CONTROLE SOCIAL EM REDES ORGANIZACIONAIS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tureta,   Cesar; Lima,   Juvencio Braga de; Cunha,   Elcemir Paco.
In this paper a small and medium size firm’s network governance structure and social mechanisms of coordination were studied in the light of the model proposed by Jones et al. (1997). The governance is considered a capable tool to regulate any instability originating from divergences, trying to keep the harmony and to strengthen the trust ties within the inter-organizational networks. A case study data analysis was carried out. In so doing, the associated members and the network’s manager were interviewed. The dynamics of the network reveals some practices and elements linked with social control mechanisms such as actor’s reputation, entrant members restrict access, macro-culture and the collective sanctions over individual members. By the interpretive...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Network governance; Social control; Trust.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43827

INFLUENCE OF QUALITY AND SCARCITY OF INPUTS ON THE ADOPTION OF MODERN IRRIGATION TECHNOLOGIES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dinar,   Ariel; Yaron,   Dan.
This article describes the influence of input quality and scarcity, environmental conditions, human capital, water price, and other variables on adoption rates for modern irrigation technologies in terms of both speed and extent of application. An empirical model is developed to apply these relationships to citrus groves in Israel. Results show that modern irrigation technologies tend to be adopted sooner and to a greater extent (a) on groves located on relatively low quality land, (b) in regions with higher evaporation rates, (c) on groves planted with more sensitive rootstock, and (d) on groves grown under conditions of restricted water allotments and higher water prices. Management, human capital, and scale of operation also affect the level and speed...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1990
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32062

CONSUMER AWARENESS AND USE OF NUTRITION LABELS ON PACKAGED FRESH MEATS: A PILOT STUDY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Schupp,   Alvin R.; Gillespie,   Jeffrey M.; Reed,   Debra.
The Nutritional Labeling and Education Act of 1990 called for the voluntary nutrition labeling of packaged fresh meats in retail stores.  The stores had until mid-1994 to meet the Act's provisions.  Availability and use of these labels in Louisiana retail stores were examined by a 1997 survey of households.  One-half of the responding households perceived that these nutrition labels were in use in stores, and when available, they were used by most respondents.  The primary reasons for nonuse include sufficient prior knowledge of nutrient content, insufficient shopping time to check labels, and lack of interest in nutrient content.  Family income, household head retired, and interest in preparing healthy meals in the home were statistically significant...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Consumer/Household Economics.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26879

Dynamic Relationships Between Farm Real Estate Values and Federal Farm Program Payments
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Shaik,   Saleem; Miljkovic,   Dragan.
This study examines the dynamic relationships among farm real estate values, farm returns, farm program payments, and real interest rates in an income capitalization model. Endogeneity is assumed among the variables in a dynamic framework because the direction of causality is unclear from a theoretical standpoint. The analysis encompasses the period beginning with the introduction of the first farm bill in 1933 and ending in 2006. Results indicate farm program payments have positive direct impacts in the short run and positive indirect impacts (via farm returns) in the long run on farm real estate values.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Dynamics; Farm program payments; Farm real estate values; U.S. data 1933 – 2006; Vector error correction model; Agricultural and Food Policy; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61069

Polish banking system during the global financial crisis
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wiszniowski,   Edward.
Lasting for over a year the global crisis in financial markets, affected individual countries’ banking systems to a different degree. The present article discusses the phenomenon and its effects on the Polish banking system. The aim of the article is to present trends, the scale of the crisis and the current level of danger to stability of domestic financial market. The result of the research is a synthetic estimation of the level of the financial sector stability, taking into account the risks to solvency, liquidity, profitability, and quality loan portfolio and changes in deposits.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Banking; Financial crisis; Financial stability.; Financial Economics; G32.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94635

Análise da competitividade sistêmica da indústria de madeira no estado do Pará
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Santana,   Antonio Cordeiro de.
A competitividade da indústria de madeira beneficiada foi analisada à luz dos seguintes modelos teóricos: estrutura-conduta-desempenho, forças competitivas de Porter e competitividade sistêmica. Evidencia-se uma gama de produtos diversificados e diferenciados que estão sendo fabricados e fornecidos aos mercados locais, regionais, nacional e internacional. Avaliaram-se o processo de reestruturação competitiva da indústria de madeira, que alterou o processo de gestão, e a dinâmica de produção e do sistema de governança nas cadeias produtivas de madeira, artefatos, laminados e compensados e móveis, em razão da legislação ambiental e da pressão do mercado consumidor por qualidade, diferenciação de produto e sustentabilidade social e ambiental. A ação das...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Empresas de madeira; Competitividade sistêmica; Cadeia produtiva; Mercado; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56832

MARKETING INFORMATION AS A CONSTRAINT TO LOCALLY GROWN PRODUCE: EVIDENCE FROM OHIO
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jones,   Eugene; Batte,   Marvin T.; Schnitkey,   Gary D.
A random sample of 200 Ohio fruit producers were surveyed in January 1988, regarding their use of information for decision making.  Survey responses were used to determine if improved marketing information increases the likelihood of Ohio fruit producers gaining a larger share of Ohio's produce market.  Results from the production adequacy equations show that larger producers and those marketing a predominate share of their fruit through wholesalers and retailers are the ones most likely to agree that their fruit production is limited by insufficient marketing information.  These results suggest an opportunity for Ohio to gain a larger share of the produce market.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Marketing.
Ano: 1990
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26551

Comércio exterior de produtos agrícolas do estado do Paraná de 1989 a 2001: análise de vantagens comparativas e do padrão de comércio
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rosa,   Tatiana Diair Lourenzi Franco; Alves,   Alexandre Florindo.
This paper discusses the evolution of agricultural products comparative advantages in the state of Paraná foreign trade from 1989-2001, and verifies the predominant type of trade for those products. The methodology is based on calculation of indicators of Revealed Comparative Advantage (Balassa, 1965), Covering Tax and Intraindustry Trade (Grubel &amp; Lloyd, 1975). Results regarding comparative advantages of agricultural products that belong to the Section II of NBM-NCM, showed that the chapters Coffee, tea, mate and spices and Oilseeds and oleaginous fruits, grains etc., are “strong points” of Paraná economy. Although the section Vegetal Products has been characterized by the predominance of intraindustry trade, Grubel and Lloyd indexes showed that, for...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural exports; Comparative advantages; Intraindustry trade; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56795

Evolução da produção de carne suína no Brasil: uma análise estrutural-diferencial
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rodrigues,   Gislene Zinato; Gomes,   Marilia Fernandes Maciel; Cunha,   Denis Antonio da; Santos,   Vladimir Faria dos.
The objective of this paper is to analyze the production shares of the main Brazilian states (Minas Gerais, São Paulo, Paraná, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul, Mato Grosso do Sul, Mato Grosso and Goiás) in the national production of inspected and total pork meat in the period from 2000 to 2006. The analysis considered the evolution of the production in terms of the regional effects, and indicators of the technical evolution of the production. The theoretical model used is the induced innovation model, based on agricultural modernization theory. The analysis method was the shift-share model. The results showed that the pork Brazilian production presented important transformations. Although the total production of pork meat has presented significant...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Local factor; Technological factor; Shift-Share model; Pork meat; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53853

AUSTRALIAN WHEAT STORAGE: A DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING APPROACH- A CORRECTION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Watson,   Alistair S.; Sturgess,   Neil H.; Alaouze,   Chris M.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Marketing.
Ano: 1979
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22968

AN EVALUATION OF RISK MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES FOR DAIRY FARMS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bosch,   Darrell J.; Johnson,   Christian J.
Variability in feed prices and crop yields are important sources of risk to dairy farmers. A simulation model of a representative dairy farm was used to evaluate crop insurance and hedging as risk management strategies. These strategies lowered expected net returns but also reduced risk. The preferred set of strategies at lower levels of risk aversion included hedging and crop insurance, although a base scenario in which no risk management strategies were employed was also efficient. The preferred strategy at higher levels of risk aversion was a combination of crop insurance and hedging.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 1992
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29638

COVER AND CONTENTS PAGES
Provedor de dados: 31
Includes:  Front Cover, Editorial Information, Contents Pages
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15156

Greek Olive Oil: How Can Its International Market Potential Be Realized?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Vlontzos,   George N.; Duquenne,   Marie-Noelle.
Trade issues affecting virgin olive oil originating in Greece are examined. A gravity model is estimated to determine the factors affecting trade in olive oil. The results provided by the gravity model yield information that is central to determining the strengths and weaknesses of the sector, as well as the opportunities and threats that exist. Finally, some proposals and suggestions are developed for increasing the international competitiveness of the Greek olive oil industry and endowing it with essential quality and safety assurances.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Competitiveness; Gravity model; Olive oil; Quality; Trade flows; Agricultural and Food Policy; International Development; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/42310

The comparative study of wheat growing results in Hungary and Austria
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Karacsony,   Peter; Markus,   Richard.
Hungarian agricultural production plays a significant role in the preservation of rural areas, in its sustainable development, and in lessening the regional differences. The value of our agricultural sector is primarily provided by the combination of favourable climate, good natural makings and growth traditions. The effectiveness of our crop growing greatly depends on our most important plant cultures such as for example the results wheat growing. In our country wheat growing has a traditional importance in the plant growing branch since centuries, it is grown on most farms. The basic purpose of our analytic work was to compare the results of wheat growing based on the production results collected by us concerning wheat growing in Hungary and Austria....
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Wheat growing; Hungarian and Austrian wheat growing results; Competitiveness; Crop Production/Industries; Production Economics.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51951

Integrating Decision Cases into the Design of Courses
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Peterson,   H. Christopher.
This paper examines strategies for integrating decision cases in the design of college courses. The benefits of decision cases are acknowledged but teaching strategies that rely solely on decision cases are challenged. A lack of real-world experience and knowledge among students can limit the effectiveness of teaching exclusively with decision cases in undergraduate or graduate classes. In such classes, decision cases need not be the sole teaching approach. Cases are much more often combined with lectures, problem sets and other teaching techniques. Suggested guidelines for incorporating cases into the design of courses are based on five critical topics: 1) course educational objectives, 2) the sequencing of case and other course material, 3) necessary...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Decision cases; Course design; Mixed pedagogy; Case-content sequencing; Agribusiness; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1996
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/90396

Agribusiness Firms in Alabama: Profiles and Perceptions of Skills and Experiences Needed for Careers in Agribusiness
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Onianwa,   Okwudili O.; Wheelock,   Gerald; Mojica,   Maribel N.; Singh,   Surendra P.
This study examines the profiles of agribusiness firms and the skills and experiences required for a career in Agribusiness field. Data for this study was generated through a mail survey administered to a total of 300 Agribusiness companies in Alabama. Results are generally consistent with previous studies and show that interpersonal skills, communication skills, ability to use general computer software, and business and economic skills are the most important skills for a successful career in agribusiness.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26740

Extension multi-indice del metodo beta en valoracion agraria
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Perez,   Jose Garcia; Cruz,   Salvador; Rosado,   Yolanda.
Resumen: El objetivo de este artículo es el estudio y generalización del método de las dos funciones de distribución, utilizado en la teoría de valoración y, más concretamente, en las valoraciones agrarias. El fundamento básico de este método, propuesto por Ballestero (1973), está en la utilización de un índice representativo del activo que pretendemos valorar y en la aceptación de una serie de hipótesis sobre la distribución de la variable índice y de la variable valor del activo. Hasta este momento y en todos los trabajos publicados sobre este método, se ha mantenido la limitación de utilizar un solo índice (aunque éste sea una síntesis de varios a los que pretende representar). En este trabajo se presenta un método que generaliza el anterior y que...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Valuation; Multi-index; Weighting; Beta; Agribusiness; Q10.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28759

Sales of Farm Produce at Alexandria and Sussex Street, Sydney, August , 1946
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Geddes,   G.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1946
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8274

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS' WILLINGNESS TO PAY FOR REAL-TIME MESOSCALE WEATHER INFORMATION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kenkel,   Philip L.; Norris,   Patricia E.
Mesoscale weather networks can provide improved weather information to agricultural producers. This technology can potentially improve production decisions, reduce irrigation and pesticide inputs, and reduce weather-related losses. Developing a mesoscale network to disseminate real-time mesoscale weather information requires a substantial investment. In addition, there are costs associated with maintenance of the system and distribution of the information available. While public funds may be available to support initial development of the system, there may be less public support initial development of the system, there may be less public support for maintaining the system and subsidizing users’' access to the information. This study uses the contingent...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1995
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30767

BOUNTIES FOR FERTILIZERS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mauldon,   Roger G.
Bounty payments on fertilizers have rapidly emerged as a major form of assistance to Australian agriculture. They have been justified as a way of reducing costs and increasing productivity, though economic theory and experience from agricultural production studies suggest that they achieve these objectives inefficiently. The bounties are directed towards making acres more productive, which should in turn make farmers more productive. It is suggested that greater economic welfare would result from tackling the problem the other way round.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 1967
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22754

COUNTRY-OF-ORIGIN LABELING OF BEEF PRODUCTS: U.S. CONSUMERS' PERCEPTIONS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Umberger,   Wendy J.; Feuz,   Dillon M.; Calkins,   Chris R.; Sitz,   Bethany M.
In 2002, Chicago and Denver consumers were surveyed and participated in an experimental auction to elicit willingness to pay for country-of-origin labeling (COOL) of beef.  Survey results indicate the majority of consumers (73%) were willing to pay an 11% and 24% premium for COOL of steak and hamburger, respectively.  In the auction, consumers were willing to pay a 19% premium for steak labeled “"U.S.A. Guaranteed: Born and Raised in the U.S.”"  Food-safety concerns, preferences for labeling source and origin information, a strong desire to support U.S. producers, and beliefs that U.S. beef was of higher quality were reasons consumers preferred COOL.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Consumer/Household Economics.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27050

Optimal On-Farm Grain Storage by Risk-Averse Farmers
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lai,   Jing-Yi; Myers,   Robert J.; Hanson,   Steven D.
Most previous research on post-harvest grain storage by farmers has assumed risk-neutral behavior and/or made restrictive assumptions about underlying price probability distributions. In this study, we solve the optimal on-farm storage problem for a risk-averse farmer under more general assumptions about underlying price distributions. The resulting model is applied to Michigan corn farmers and findings show, contrary to the "sell all or nothing" risk-neutral rule, risk-averse farmers will spread sales out over the storage season. As farmers become more risk averse, the optimal strategy is to sell more grain at harvest and spread sales over the storage season, even though this practice reduces expected return. This result is more consistent with observed...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Grain storage; Risk aversion; Stochastic dynamic programming; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31063

Impact of Changes in Management Regime on Fisheries: A Temporal Case Study of Dhir Beel in Assam
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Barik,   Nagesh K.; Gorai,   B.K.; Choudhury,   M.
The floodplain wetlands (beels) constitute important fisheries resources of Assam. These resources are managed through a complex social framework. The state of this management regime determines the level and sustainable utilization with implications on fisheries and livelihoods. To find the impact of such management regime, a case study has been undertaken in the Dhir beel of Assam. The impact of the change in the management regime on the sustainability of fisheries and livelihoods of fishers has been evaluated. This change in the management regime has been due to immigration of a large number of people from the nearby areas since 1985. The study has compared the scenario that existed ‘before 1985’ (data of 1982-84) and “after 1985’ (data of 2004). There...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47427

Differences in WTP and Consumer Demand for Organic and Non-GM Fresh and Processed Foods
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: He,   Na; Bernard,   John C.
Auction experiments were used to examine demand and premium differences between organic, non-GM (genetically modified), and conventional versions for two pairs of fresh and processed foods. Results showed processed foods had greater substitutability among the versions than fresh products. Conventional versions were the least price sensitive, while non-GM versions were the most sensitive. Significant premium differences were found between fresh and processed foods for sweet corn and tortilla chips, but not for potatoes and potato chips. Results from random effects models mirrored these findings. In general, the extent of premium differences between fresh and processed versions appears dependent on the food product.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Auction experiments; Willingness to pay; Organic; Non-GM; Fresh; Processed food; Consumer/Household Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Marketing.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/117773

EFFECT OF CONTRACT DISCLOSURE ON PRICE:  RAILROAD GRAIN CONTRACTING IN THE PLAINS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fuller,   Stephen W.; Ruppel,   Fred J.; Bessler,   David A.
The Staggers Rail Act of 1980 granted railroads freedom to establish rates and enter into confidential contracts with grain shippers. Recent legislation (1986) required that certain contract terms be disclosed. This study shows rail rates in the Plains region commenced an upward trend after implementation of the disclosure policy. Results suggest contract disclosure and increased reliance on posted tariffs facilitated rate coordination within the oligopolistic railroad industry.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Public Economics.
Ano: 1990
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32066

UNIVERSITY-AGRIBUSINESS INTERACTION: A COMMENT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dietrich,   Raymond A.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1976
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29957

A COST EFFECTIVE APPROACH FOR SOLVING LARGE VARIABLE DEMAND VEHICLE ROUTING AND SCHEDULING PROBLEMS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hardy,   William E., Jr.
Comparing the quality and cost of vehicle routing and scheduling analyses using actual customer locations and three different grid scales.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1983
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26864

The Asymmetric Cycling of U.S. Soybeans and Brazilian Coffee Prices: An Opportunity for Improved Forecasting and Understanding of Price Behavior
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ramirez,   Octavio A.
The behavior of agricultural commodity markets can arguably result in markedly asymmetric price cycles, that is, downward cycles of substantially different length and breadth than upward cycles. This study assesses whether asymmetric-cycle models can enhance the understanding of the dynamics and provide for a better forecasting of U.S. soybeans and Brazilian coffee prices. The forecasts from asymmetric cycle models are found to be substantially mode precise than those obtained from standard autoregressive models. The asymmetric cycle models also provide useful insights on the markedly different dynamics of the upward versus the downward cycles exhibited by the prices of these two commodities.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Asymmetric cycles; Coffee prices; Soybean prices; Threshold autoregressive models; Time series forecasting; Agribusiness; Crop Production/Industries; Demand and Price Analysis; Risk and Uncertainty; C22; C53.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/48760

SMALL FARM RESEARCH AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ghebremedhin,   Tesfa G.; Johnson,   William M.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Farm Management.
Ano: 1985
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29365

Causalidade e transmissão entre os preços de mandioca, trigo, milho e seus derivados no Paraná
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Alves,   Lucilio Rogerio Aparecido; Cardoso,   Carlos Estevao Leite; Felipe,   Fabio Isaias; Campion,   Michele Tubero.
This study aims to analyze the relations of causality and price transmission of the cassava root, the cassava starch, the cassava flour, the wheat, the wheat flour and the corn, in the State of Parana. The used data goes from January 1995 to December 2005, with monthly regularity. It was applied the methodology of Granger causality to test the relations between the variables. The results showed long term relations between corn and cassava root prices, cassava starch and cassava flour prices, wheat and corn prices and wheat and wheat flour prices. It was emphasized the dependence of the cassava root prices in relation to corn, wheat, cassava starch and cassava flour prices and its little influence on these variables. It was also noted that cassava flour...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Granger causality; Price transmission; Starch; Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/55184

The nature of the research‐induced supply shift
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wohlgenant,   Michael K.
Differences among firms in a competitive industry can affect the shape of the industry supply curve. It is necessary to know how both production costs and rents are affected by research. Industry response to research will be different depending upon whether entry occurs. If the effect of entry is ignored, then the price decline from research will be overstated. Industry marginal returns can be positive with purely yield‐increasing research, even when industry demand is inelastic. Standard formulas for calculating producer surplus based on linear industry supply and demand curves are strictly valid only if the analysis is restricted to short‐run equilibrium behaviour.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/118054

Assessing Consumer Preferences for Organically Grown Fresh Fruit and Vegetables in Eastern New Brunswick
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Haghiri,   Morteza; Hobbs,   Jill E.; McNamara,   Meaghan L.
www.ifama.org
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Consumer preferences; Organic fresh produce; Willingness-to-pay; Consumer/Household Economics; Crop Production/Industries; Demand and Price Analysis; Q1.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/92556

The Promise of Food Irradiation: Will Consumers Accept It?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Alew,   Wipon; Nayga,   Rodolfo M., Jr.; Nichols,   John P.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Consumer/Household Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/93716

Price Discovery and Captive Supply Implications for the Canadian Beef Industry
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ward,   Clement E.; Schroeder,   Ted C.
As cattle markets have transitioned from predominantly cash market sealed-bid or negotiated price discovery to more formula pricing, marketing agreements, forward contracts, and packer-owned cattle feeding, concerns about methods of price discovery for fed cattle have escalated. High levels of concentration in beef packing in Canada were exacerbated by cattle trade restrictions with the United States that limited market access and thus caused further unease with the price discovery process for fed cattle in Canada.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Marketing.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/46435

Pricing and Policy Problems in the Northeast Fluid Milk Industry
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cotterill,   Ronald W.
This article documents the need for reform of milk pricing in the Northeast. The New York price gouging law can be recast as a fair share law. This new milk policy "kills two birds with one stone." It corrects regional inequities in raw milk pricing by reforming the pricing of milk at retail by limiting and redistributing excessive retail margins to farmers and consumers. The fair share policy relieves allocative price inefficiency, improves the performance of the federal milk market order pool, and improves the general performance of the Northeast dairy farming and fluid milk industries.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Market power; Bargaining; Over-order premiums; Fair share pricing; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10211

CAPITAL ADJUSTMENT IN U.S. AGRICULTURE AND FOOD PROCESSING: A CROSS-SECTORAL MODEL
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Arnade,   Carlos Anthony; Gopinath,   Munisamy.
Significant differences exist in the rates of capital adjustment in the four major sectors of the U.S. economy: agriculture, food, manufacturing, and services. A multioutput adjustment cost model is specified to compute the rates of capital adjustment. This specification allows us to derive dynamic output supply and investment demand functions for the four sectors, which are then fitted to time-series data. Our estimates show that capital in agriculture and manufacturing is almost fixed and adjusts toward respective long-run equilibrium at a rate of about 2% per year. The food processing and services sectors are more flexible in that their capital stocks fully adjust in less than five years. Thus, the rate of adjustment of agricultural capital is lower...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural Finance.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31167

Socio-economic Dimensions of Equine-rearing in Himachal Pradesh
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Chauhan,   S.K.
Since equines play an important role in the economy of Himachal Pradesh, this study has examined the growth trends in equine population and socio-economic characteristics of equine-rearers. The problems being faced have been identified and some policy recommendations have been made. It has been found that equine population had a compound growth rate of 2.57 per cent per annum during the period 1966-2003 and constituted about 1 per cent of the total livestock population in 2003. Amongst different constituents of equines, viz. horses, ponies, mules and donkeys, mules have shown the maximum rise in number. The contribution of equines has been assessed to be 40 per cent in the gross household income of rearers. A mule pair has been found to be highly...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47674

The Changing Politics of Agriculture and the Environment: What Role for Agricultural Economists?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Boggess,   William G.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/60349

MEASURING STRATEGIC INTENT IN THE SOUTH TEXAS FOOD MARKETING INDUSTRY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: McBryde,   Gary L.
Binomial and multinomial logit analysis is applied to data collected from questionnaires to measure strategic intent in the food marketing industry. Questions were framed based on data from the U.S. Department of Commerce's "County Business Patterns" reports and from best-practice studies. Question topics were placed into a competitive strategy framework following the 1998 work of Porter. Results indicate a strategic focus on outbound logistics and market pricing at the direct value level.  Indirect activities focus on human capacity and firm infrastructure, particularly expanding internationally. Firms are adopting information technologies as a competitive strategy, and are doing so as part of a combined strategy to develop human assets.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Food marketing; Industrial organization; Information technology; Strategy; Marketing.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14658

An Evaluation of Purebred Bull Pricing: Implications for Beef Herd Management
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Atkinson,   Rebecca; Sanders,   Dwight R.; Jones,   Karen; Altman,   Ira J.
The selection of herd bulls is important in determining profitability of commercial ranchers and cow-calf operators as well as purebred producers. In this research, the key attributes of bulls – based on visual, performance, and ultrasound data – are valued using a traditional hedonic pricing model. The data are collected from the annual bull test trial and sale at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. The results suggest that buyers at the SIUC Beef Evaluation Station are willing to pay more for bull characteristics associated with calving ease and weaning weights. For instance bulls with a combination of both lower birth weight Expected Progeny Differences (EPDs) and high yearling weight EPDs than average can command premiums of over $1,150 per head...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/96418

Adoption of Internet Strategies by Agribusiness Firms
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Henderson,   Jason R.; Dooley,   Frank J.; Akridge,   Jay T.; Carerre,   Antonio.
This paper explores the factors guiding Internet adoption by agribusiness firms. The relationship between Internet strategies and manager perceptions on the barriers to and catalysts for Internet adoption are analyzed in a supply-chain management framework. Using factor analysis and an ordered Probit model, results indicate that Internet strategies are more likely to be adopted in larger firms with a global scope. Also, manager perceptions regarding the impact of Internet adoption on transaction costs are just as likely to influence adoption as the perceived impacts on more traditional production costs.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Internet; E-commerce; Supply-chain; Transaction costs; Ordered Probit; Agribusiness; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8135

END MATERIALS
Provedor de dados: 31
Includes: Guidelines for Manuscript Submission and Back Cover
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26593

TEMPORAL COST ANALYSIS OF A NEW DEVELOPMENT IN CONTROLLED ATMOSPHERE STORAGE: THE CASE OF VIDALIA ONIONS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hancock,   Charles T.; Epperson,   James E.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1990
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27110

CONSUMER PERCEPTION ON ALTERNATIVE POULTRY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Farina,   Tatiana M.Q.; de Almeida,   Silvia F.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/34533

IMPACT OF THE FOOD STAMP PROGRAM ON LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLD FOOD CONSUMPTION IN RURAL FLORIDA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Neenan,   Pamela H.; Davis,   Carlton George.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 1977
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30524

Sample size and power calculations using the noncentral t-distribution
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Harrison,   David A.; Brady,   Anthony R.
The standard formulas for sample size and power calculation, as implemented in the command sampsi, make use of a normal approximation to the t-distribution. When the sample sizes are small, this approximation is poor, resulting in overestimating power (or underestimating sample size). One particular situation in which this is likely to be important is the field of cluster randomized trials. Although the total number of individuals in a cluster randomized trial may be large, the number of clusters will often be small. We present a simulation study from the design of a cluster randomized crossover trial that motivated this work and a command to perform more accurate sample size and power calculations based on the noncentral t-distribution.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Sampncti; Sample size; Power; Noncentral t-distribution; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/116234

Tipologia municipal de classes sociocupacionais: uma nova dimensão para análise das desigualdades territoriais no Brasil
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Maia,   Alexandre Gori; Quadros,   Waldir Jose de.
The main purpose of this work is to propose a new configuration for the Brazilian territory, providing a relevant dimension to analyze Brazilian social inequalities. The central hypothesis is that the social structure, which consists of a combination between labor market position (occupational class) and per capita income level (social stratum) of Brazilian families, is able to identify social patterns which play an import role in analyzing the huge inequalities of living condition in Brazil.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Social stratification; Income distribution; Regional disparities; Agricultural Finance; Public Economics; J82; R12; R23.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/60806

Economic Evaluation of Soybean Fungicide Seed Treatments
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Popp,   Michael P.; Rupe,   John; Rothrock,   Craig.
The effect of nine different fungicide seed treatments for soybeans were tested from 2004 to 2007 at Keiser, Stuttgart, and Hope, Arkansas. While seedling emergence was effective across all treatments, only three treatments showed statistically significant differences in partial returns, defined as gross revenue minus seed and seed treatment costs. Comparisons of the regret a producer would experience as a result of non-optimal seed treatment suggested that broad spectrum seed treatment could enhance profitability by an average of $32 per acre with similar treatment recommendations across a range of seeding rates, output prices and study conditions.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries; Production Economics.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/96370

Focusing Rural Development in Central and Eastern European Countries
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Forgacs,   Csaba.
Discussion of rural development (RD) in the EU started in 1968 and some two decades later Agenda 2000 institutionalised RD policy. After a brief history of RD, Agenda 2000 and the SAPARD programme are discussed. The main body of the paper deals with Rural Development measures of Central and Eastern European countries (CEECs) with special regard to 2007-2013. It is concluded there is no clear relationship between farm structure and choosing rural development policy concept in CEECs for 2007-2013.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Rural development; National Rural Development Strategic Plan; CEE; SAPARD; LEADER; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/59042

EFFECTIVENESS OF COMPETITION TO LIMIT RAIL RATE INCREASES UNDER DEREGULATION: THE CASE OF WHEAT EXPORTS FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fuller,   Stephen W.; Shanmugham,   Chiyyarath V.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Public Economics.
Ano: 1981
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30123

A Return of the Threshing Ring? A Case Study of Machinery and Labor-Sharing in Midwestern Farms
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Artz,   Georgeanne M.; Colson,   Gregory; Ginder,   Roger G.
Machinery-sharing provides an alternative for smaller producers to obtain the efficiencies of large farming operations and remain competitive in an increasingly concentrated agricultural industry. This research uses a multiple case study design to examine the motivations for sharing equipment and labor among farms and to better understand how group members handle the transaction costs of sharing. Our case evidence finds that in addition to cost savings, access to reliable labor is an important motivation for participating in a sharing arrangement. Trust and frequent communication among group members helps to minimize the transaction costs incurred from sharing.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Machinery sharing; Transaction costs; Farm-level cooperation; Agribusiness; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Farm Management; Financial Economics; Labor and Human Capital; Land Economics/Use; Production Economics; Productivity Analysis; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Q12; Q13.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/100515

ESTIMATING THE VALUE OF SOURCE VERIFICATION OF FEEDER CATTLE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lawrence,   John D.; Yeboah,   Godfred.
Source-verified (SV) feeder cattle auctions were held in Bloomfield, Iowa, each October, November, and December from 1997-2000. This study compares price data from these SV auctions to traditional auctions at the same location to determine whether a premium exists for SV feeder cattle. Hedonic pricing models were estimated to evaluate the price effects of lot characteristics, market forces, and type of market (SV versus regular sale). The SV cattle were sorted and pooled into large lots. The larger lot size, consistent with early research, earned large price premiums. After accounting for lot size, the SV premium for lighter cattle (&lt; 650/600-pound steers/heifers) was estimated at $1.30/cwt, and was significant. The SV premium over and above lot size...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Auction; Cattle; Hedonic pricing model; Markets; Source-verified auction; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14722

A LOOK AT EMERGING ECONOMIC AND POLICY ISSUES CONFRONTING SOUTHERN AGRICULTURE IN THE 1980S
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Breimyer,   Harold F.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1979
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29560

A Review of British Agriculture and Food Supplies in 1947
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1948
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8727

Public Policy and Endogenous Beliefs: The Case of Genetically Modified Food
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lusk,   Jayson L.; Rozan,   Anne.
When individuals have limited information and are uncertain about the quality of a good, government policy, or the lack thereof, can serve as a signal to consumers about the likelihood of realizing alternatives states of nature. In this paper, we focus on a controversial beliefs about government intervention: the market for genetically modified food. Data from a mail survey were used to estimate an econometric model where beliefs about labeling policy, beliefs about the safety of genetically modified food, and willingness to consume genetically modified food are endogenously determined. Results indicate that consumers who believe the government has a mandatory labeling policy for genetically modified food are more likely to believe genetically modified...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Biotechnology; Food labeling policy; Genetically modified food; Trivariate probit; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/42460

NONFOODS DISTRIBUTION: A SPECIAL CONSIDERATION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Friedman,   Walter F.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1975
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26809

Evaluation on Development Level of Rural Circular Economy in Hebei Province,China
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: GUO,   Ping; SUN,   Wen-sheng.
According to availability of rural data, and the actual situation of economic development in different areas, 1 first grade index, 2 grade indices and 20 third grade indices are selected to establish the measurement index system of circular economic development level in rural areas. According to the relevant data, standardized processing of data is conducted. Evaluation on circular economic level in Hebei Province by Factor Analysis indicates that comprehensive score of Shijiazhuang, Qinghuangdao and Tangshan Cities is the highest, that of Xingtai, Handan, Langfang, Baoding, Cangzhou Cities is at a medium level, and that of Hengshui, Chengde and Zhangjiakou is the lowest. Meanwhile, cluster analysis on data after standardization shows that Handan, Baoding,...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Rural circular economy， Factor analysis， Cluster analysis ，China; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/93411

Some Notes on 'Dynamic' Linear Programming: A Reply
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Throsby,   C.D.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 1962
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8888

Agrarpolitik und der Pfad der Tugend
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Grosskopf,   Werner.
In the next five years the efforts of reforming the common agricultural policy need to be reinforced. One reason is the requirement to intensify the international trade with agricultural products, particularly for development policy reasons. Furthermore, a restructuring of the EU-finances concerning the regional and structural development within the framework of the EU-enlargement and a more intensive management of the natural capital is forthcoming. Starting from the three-dimensional target of sustainability the basic principles of the political alignment are discussed and in particular applied on compliance with the TINBERGEN Principle. The arguments against an accelerated liberalization of agricultural production in the EU are evaluated. Concerning the...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Optimization of a policy mix; Reform of the CAP; TINBERGEN principle; Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/99008

The place of technology transfer processes in the system of methods for researching the area of Science -Technology-Innovation
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wisniewska,   Joanna.
The growing importance and scope of technology transfer processes undertaken all over the world settles the question of the necessity for their proper identification. The multi-aspect character and complexity of these phenomena create specific problems in conducting analytic work. Although technology transfer is an element of the Science-Technology-Innovation (STI) system, it does not have a proper place in the existing methodology system of this area. The aim of this article is to point out the necessity to create a proper, complex and comprehensive methodology for researching technology transfer processes, which would contribute to better understanding of the processes themselves and at the same time enable their proper development.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Science; Technology; Innovation; Technology transfer; Methodology; Research.; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; O33.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94612

Labor markets and labor allocative efficiency among farm households in western Kenya
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kamau,   Mercy W.; Burger,   Kees; Giller,   Ken E.; Kuyvenhoven,   Arie.
This paper evaluates how efficiently farm households allocate labor between farm and off-farm activities. It estimates farm and off-farm labor supply functions to determine the factors that influence labor allocation. Both the shadow wage and the off-farm wage rate are included as regressors in the supply functions. The study reveals that, on average, farm households are inefficient, but when linked to labor markets their productivity and internal efficiency increase. The decision to sell labor is influenced by location, and off-farm employment is difficult to find, particularly for the better educated. Interventions should aim to increase opportunities for off-farm employment for persons with skills or with higher than the basic level of education, and to...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Labor market; Allocative efficiency; Labor supply; Kenya; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56926

LABOR MARKET CONDITIONS AND SOCIAL PROTECTION IN KAZAKHSTAN
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Baijolova,   Raisa.
The paper discusses topical problems of labor market in Kazakhstan and issues on social protection of population.  Main measures taken by the government on social protection of population, also major social protection policy directions are observed. In addition, the author indicates on issues demanding specific attention of the government social regulation.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Labor market; Unemployment; Social protection; International Development; Public Economics; J20; J28.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94542

THE DYNAMICS OF FEEDER CATTLE MARKET RESPONSES TO CORN PRICE CHANGE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Anderson,   John D.; Trapp,   James N.
A feeder-calf price model is estimated which incorporates elements of break-even budget analysis, including estimates of placement weights, slaughter weights, ration cost, and feed-conversion rates.  From this model, a corn price multiplier is calculated which quantifies the corn/feeder-calf price relationship.  Because the multiplier includes information on cattle weight, feed conversion, and ration cost, it also provides insight into how feeding programs are altered in response to corn price changes.  Changes in feeding programs which occur in response to corn price changes are illustrated with dynamic simulation based on weight, ration cost, and price models presented here.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Corn; Corn price multiplier; Dynamic simulation; Feeder cattle; Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15311

WHAT IS THE FOOD INDUSTRY'S PUBLIC RESPONSIBILITY AND HOW WELL IT IS BEING MET - CONSUMERS VIEWPOINT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cullen,   Fran.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Consumer/Household Economics.
Ano: 1978
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27523

Can Genetically Engineered and Organic Crops Coexist?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Greene,   Catherine R.; Smith,   Katherine R.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries; Q01; Q13; Q57.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94772

ON THE AGGREGATION OF MONEY MEASURES OF WELL-BEING IN APPLIED WELFARE ECONOMICS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Donaldson,   David.
This article investigates the properties, good and bad, of social evaluations based on four money measures of well-being or changes in well-being: compensating variations, money metrics, extended money metrics, and welfare ratios. Consistency of social rankings (transitivity, asymmetry of preference), the possibility of incorporating inequality aversions, independence of the choice of reference prices, and the ethics implicit in the evaluations are considered. In addition, these procedures are contrasted with utility aggregation using equivalence scales.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Consumer/Household Economics.
Ano: 1992
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30731

COVER AND CONTENTS PAGES
Provedor de dados: 31
Includes: Cover, Officers for 1972, Contents Page, Call for Contributed Papers 1973
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1972
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27397

The Demand for Peas and Beans in the Sydney Markets
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: van der Meulen,   John.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Marketing.
Ano: 1960
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8696

Sales of Livestock at Homebush, Sydney, December, 1946
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Coleman,   G.C.; McGregor,   D.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1947
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8416

Before the Bricks and Mortar: A Case Study of a New Generation Cooperative’s Planning Process
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Holcomb,   Rodney B.; Kenkel,   Philip L.
To generate additional income for their members, many cooperatives consider forward integrating into processing activities. However, many market, industry, and economic issues must be considered before choosing a value-added processing activity to pursue. Gathering the necessary information to evaluate various processing opportunities is a considerable undertaking and may require the expertise of university personnel, economic development specialists, and possibly professional consultants. Using an Oklahoma new generation cooperative case study, this paper outlines a market assessment process for value-added ventures.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Market entry strategies; “matrix” assessment; New generation cooperative; Strategic planning; Financial Economics; Marketing; Productivity Analysis.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/59607

DYNAMIC STOCHASTIC SIMULATION OF DAILY CASH AND FUTURES COTTON PRICES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bailey,   DeeVon; Brorsen,   B. Wade; Richardson,   James W.
A dynamic model of daily cash and futures prices for cotton was developed using time series analysis.  The time series model was included in a recursive Monte Carlo simulation model.  Validation of the model was performed with a stochastic, dynamic simulation of the estimated model over the observation period 1975-1982 and with a static, deterministic out-of-sample forecast from December 9, 1981 through March 9, 1982.  The model was then used to incorporate futures trading strategies into a policy simulation model.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 1984
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29727

Irrigation Restriction and Biomass Market Interactions: The Case of the Alluvial Aquifer
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Popp,   Michael P.; Nalley,   Lawton Lanier; Vickery,   Gina B.
The U.S. Geological Survey has determined that irrigation in Arkansas’ Delta is unsustainable. This study examines how irrigation restrictions would affect county net returns to crop production. It also considers the effect of planting less water-intensive bioenergy crops—switchgrass and forage sorghum—in the event biofuel markets become a reality. Results suggest that sustainable irrigation restrictions without bioenergy crops would decrease producer returns by 28% in the region. Introducing these alternative crops would both reduce groundwater use and may restore state producer returns, albeit with significant spatial income redistribution to crop production throughout the state.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Biomass crops; Ground water irrigation; Spatial income redistribution; Sustainability; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; Financial Economics; Land Economics/Use; Political Economy; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; Risk and Uncertainty; Q24; Q25; Q32; Q42; O13.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57150

Contents Pages
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1967
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9161

SAEA EDITOR'S REPORT FEBRUARY 1985
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1985
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29376

Evolución de la productividad del agua en la Cuenca del Guadalquivir 1989-2005
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Carrasco,   Jose Manuel; Piston,   Juan Maximo; Berbel,   Julio.
Para entender el desarrollo de la agricultura de riego es necesario estudiar la evolución de la productividad del agua en los cultivos de regadío. Este trabajo analiza la evolución de este indicador en los años 1989 y 2005 en la Cuenca del Guadalquivir. Para ello, se han utilizado datos estadísticos que, primero, han sido tratados a nivel comarcal y de cultivo y, posteriormente, se han agregado hasta obtener un valor global para toda la cuenca. Del conjunto de los resultados se deduce un valor de la productividad aparente del agua de aproximadamente un 0,5 €/m3 para el año 2005 y un incremento de un 327% respecto al año 1989.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Regadío; Productividad; Agua; Eficiencia; Escasez.; Agricultural and Food Policy; O13; Q25.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94332

Australian Egg Industry Conference - Held in Sydney on 12th-14th November
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hynes,   H.J.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 1946
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8362

PL480 Food Aid: We Can Do Better
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Barrett,   Christopher B.; Maxwell,   Daniel G.
Fifty years ago, President Eisenhower signed the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 into law as US Public Law 480. This article addresses how food aid can become a more effective tool for reducing poverty and hunger and reducing costs without sacrificing any benefits to US agriculture.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Food Security and Poverty.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94012

DETERMINATION AND ASSESSMENT OF COMPETITIVENESS OF REGIONAL COMMODITY MARKETS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Krasavina, Raisa.
The paper observes the structure of regional commodity markets as a relation between competitive and monopoly regulating powers. A method for quantitative evaluation of competitiveness of certain markets depending on factors dominating in the region is proposed.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Regional commodity market; Boundaries of relevant market; Concentration ratios; Competitiveness factors.; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; R11; UDC: 332.142.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/92386

Do Refuge Requirements for Biotechnology Crops Promote Economic Efficiency? Some Evidence for Bt Cotton
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Livingston,   Michael J.; Storer,   Nicholas P.; Van Duyn,   John W.; Kennedy,   George G.
We examine producer behavior, resistance evolution, and returns under alternative refuge requirements in an eastern North Carolina region with multiple corn, cotton, and soybean fields infested by a mobile pest. Returns are highest, pyrethroid sprays occur least frequently, and pyrethroid resistance evolution is delayed most effectively with no refuge requirement. Complying with the current 20% refuge requirement costs the producer $8.67 per cotton acre, or $34.21 per non-transgenic insecticidal (Bt) cotton acre. Returns are highest under each refuge requirement when one-toxin Bt cotton is not phased out; however, removal of the technology at the earliest phase-out date minimizes regional pyrethroid sprays.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Bollworm; Bt cotton; Pyrethroids; Resistance; Structured refuge; Unstructured refuge; Crop Production/Industries; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Q16; Q56; Q57; Q58; R34; R38.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6619

FRONT COVER
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1980
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23061

Editorial - The Market Outlook
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Marketing.
Ano: 1948
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9070

END MATERIALS
Provedor de dados: 31
Includes:  Guidelines for Submission of Manuscripts
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1985
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29383

Forecasting Price Trends in the U.S. Avocado (Persea americana Mill.) Market
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Evans,   Edward A.; Nalampang,   Sikavas.
The United States is the world’s leading importer and second-largest producer of avocados. U.S. per capita consumption increased from 0.69 kg in 1998 to 1.48 kg in 2007. The factors responsible include aggressive promotion of the health benefits, increased disposable income, and a rapidly growing Hispanic population. Such factors enabled the prices of avocados to remain fairly attractive over the period. However, with the recent downturn in the U.S. economy and prospects of further increases in supplies of avocados, there are concerns that prices could fall substantially. With the aid of multiple-regression analysis, this paper forecasts avocado prices up to the year 2012.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/99786

Die zukünftige Ausgestaltung der Direktzahlungen – Eine quantitative Analyse möglicher Reformen in einer erweiterten Europäischen Union
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Banse,   Martin; Nolle,   Ferdinand.
The introduction of the current Common European Agricultural Policy in ten new member states in central and eastern Europe will be a major financial challenge for the European Union. On the basis of the partial equilibrium model ESIM this article analyses potential consequences of different options for a reformed CAP. While the impact on agricultural markets will be relatively small, the financial burden of a harmonisation of agricultural policies and an introduction of direct payments in the new member states has to be carried mainly by the old member states of the EU-15. The burden of the main net-payers, especially Germany, would be significantly lower, if CAP were reformed according to the proposals of the EU-Commission's Mid-term Report. However, the...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: EU Enlargement; EU Mid-term Report; Costs of CAP; Partial equilibrium analysis; Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/98271

Strategic Group Analysis of U.S. Food Businesses Using the  Two-step Clustering Method
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Johnson,   Aaron J.; Johnson,   Heather C.; Devadoss,   Stephen; Foltz,   John C.
www.ifama.org
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Strategic group; Planning; Strategy; Performance; Agribusiness; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Marketing; Productivity Analysis; M0; M14; M2; M30.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103988

Consumer Behavior Analysis under the “Lemon Dilemma” in the Market of Agricultural Products
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Li,   Ying.
Based on the introduction of the connotation of “lemon market” and the phenomenon of “lemon” in the market of agricultural products, the consumers’ behaviors in the “lemon market” of agricultural products are analyzed. Firstly, consumers feel unfair in their minds in the process of negotiation; secondly, the purchase decision rule tends to be simplified in the “lemon market” of agricultural products; thirdly, the consumers tend to follow the masses in the “lemon market” of agricultural products. The economics significance of the impact of “lemon dilemma” of agricultural products on consumers is analyzed. The causes of the impact are analyzed from two aspects the uncertainty of collecting the information of agricultural information and the uncertainty of...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural products market; Lemon dilemma; Consumer; Market risk; China; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/102369

A Dynamic Programming Approach to the Economic Control of Weed and Disease Infestations in Wheat
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fisher,   Brian S.; Lee,   R.R.
Weeds and fungal diseases cause significant losses to grain crops in Australia. In many cases cultural methods of control are effective. However, it is often difficult for farm decision-makers to select the optimum crop rotation, from an economic point of view, given the technical constraints they face. A decision to plant a particular crop will have implications for both current and future profitability because the current decision will alter the constraints faced by the decision-maker in subsequent periods. Dynamic programming is used to solve the rotation problem faced by grain growers in north-western New South Wales in areas where the weed, wild oats (A vena falua or A vena ludoviciana), and the disease, crown rot (Fusarium graminearum Group I), have...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 1981
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/12237

End Materials
Provedor de dados: 31
Includes: NAREA Distinguished and Honorary Life Members; Presidents, 1955-2002; Editors of the ARER, 1972-2002; Minutes of the Annual Business Meeting, Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association, Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, June 10, 2002; ARER Reviewers, June 2001-June 2002; ARER Guidelines for Manuscript Submission
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31390

Análise do desempenho competitivo das agroindústrias de polpa de frutas do estado do Pará
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Santana,   Antonio Cordeiro de.
The objective of this paper was to determine and analyze the main competitive performance indicators of the pulp producing agro-industries of the local tropical fruits’ agricluster of the Metropolitan Region of Belém and Northeast of Pará. The competitive performance was evaluated by using ex-ante and ex-post indicators of the existing industrial organization. The results showed that the firms are operating with multiple objectives and most of them are obtaining significant indicators showing an increase in the productive capacity, profit’s margins, market share and employment. Finally, it is concluded that the firms of the fruits’ cluster are competitive at the local, national and international markets of pulp’s mix, composed by Amazon’s fruits and other...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agro-industry; Competitiveness; Tropical fruits; Amazon; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56772

PRICE ASYMMETRY IN SPATIAL FED CATTLE MARKETS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bailey,   DeeVon; Brorsen,   B. Wade.
Price asymmetry in spatial fed cattle markets is investigated for three large markets (Texas Panhandle, Nebraska, and Colorado) and one small market (Utah).  Little support is found for the notion that equilibrium prices for fed cattle are asymmetric between locations.  However, adjustments to price increases and price decreases occur at different speeds.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 1989
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32352

COMMENTS ON ENERGY PROBLEMS AND ALTERNATIVES: IMPLICATION FOR THE SOUTH
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hite,   James C.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1980
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29384

AUSTRALIAN AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS SOCIETY AWARDS 1982
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1983
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23032

STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE AND STABILITY OF THE HOG CYCLE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Shonkwiler,   John Scott; Spreen,   Thomas H.
Cyclical fluctuations in prices and production have long characterized the United States hog industry. Recent evidence suggests that the length of the hog cycle has changed. In order to determine whether the change in cycle length is statistically significant, the bootstrap technique is employed to derive confidence intervals for point estimates of the hog cycle. Application of the bootstrap technique to time series models is discussed and empirical results are presented. It is concluded that the hog cycle is undergoing rather complicated changes based on cycle lengths that are calculated to be statistically different from zero.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 1986
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29778

AN ANALYSIS OF U.S. FARM INCOME POLICIES: HISTORICAL, MARKETING-DETERMINED, AND SECTOR-WIDE STABILIZATION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: McDowell,   Howard; Kramer,   Randall A.; Price,   J. Michael.
This paper provides an economic analysis of the historical agricultural price and income support policy, a policy of market-determined prices and income, and a policy linking market-determined prices with sector-wide farm income stabilization in years of economic disaster. The analysis compares commodity prices, net farm income, and government expenditures over the period 1970 through 1982 based on estimates generated by USDA's Food and Agricultural Policy Simulator (FAPSIM). The historical policy generates the highest income and most stable prices. Market-determined income is lowest and has the greatest variability. Stabilization minimized income variability at intermediate income levels.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural Finance.
Ano: 1989
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30105

Assessing Consumer Preferences for Country-of-Origin Labeling
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Loureiro,   Maria L.; Umberger,   Wendy J.
In this paper, we assess consumer willingness to pay for a mandatory country-of-origin labeling (COOL) program applied to beef ribeye steaks, chicken breasts, and pork chops, all labeled as “Certified U.S.” products. A consumer survey was mailed in spring and early summer 2003 to households in the continental United States.  Results indicate that consumers are in general very concerned about food safety issues, viewing U.S. meats as the safest among the selection of countries considered.  Nevertheless, consumer willingness to pay for Certified U.S. products is relatively small, although above the expected implementation costs associated with a mandatory labeling program.  This finding coincides with the fact that only 36% of the sample favored consumers...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Beef; Consumer preferences; Country-of-origin labeling; Dichotomous choice; Willingness to pay; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; D12; Q13.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43712

Farm and Retail Prices in the South African Poultry Industry: Do the Twain Meet?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mkhabela,   Thulasizwe S.; Nyhodo,   Bonani.
The IFAMR is the Official Journal of the International Food and Agribusiness Management Association: www.ifama.org
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Poultry; Price transmission; Farm and retail prices; Time series; Agribusiness; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Livestock Production/Industries; Q100; Q110; Q120; Q130; Q180.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114713

WHO BENEFITS FROM AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Scobie,   Grant M.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 1976
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9170

Is There a Link between the Changing Skills of Labor Used in U.S. Processed Food Trade and Rural Employment?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Schluter,   Gerald E.; Lee,   Chinkook.
Between the 1970s and the 1990s, processed food exports switched from using more skilled labor per unit of output than imports to the opposite.  Processed food trade also expanded during this period.  More meat and poultry products in processed food trade could explain this switch in skill intensity.  Growing meat trade paralleled an urban-to-rural shift in meat processing.  Although this could have been a win-win situation for rural areas, many of the jobs related to expanded meat trade benefited commuter and migrant workers because late-1990s jobs slaughtering livestock and processing meat did not appeal to domestic rural workers.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Consolidation in the meat industry; Factor content of trade; Input-output analysis; International meat trade; Processed food trade; Rural development; Rural labor demand; Skill intensity; C67; D24; F14; F16; J61; L66; O18; Q17; R15.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43465

THE SAEA: AFTER TWENTY YEARS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Penn,   J.B.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1989
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30176

COVER AND CONTENTS PAGES
Provedor de dados: 31
Includes: Front Cover, Editorial Information, Contents Pages
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1973
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30395

ROLE OF LABOR
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Norwood,   Lewis F., Jr.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 1980
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27081

PERCEPTIONS OF RISK AMONG COMMERCIAL FARMERS IN KWAZULU-NATAL IN A CHANGING ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Stockil,   R.C.; Ortmann,   Gerald F.
This study analyses the importance and dimensions of risk sources and computer adoption among farmers in a changing economic policy and trade environment. A survey was conducted in 1996 among 112 commercial farmers in KwaZulu-Natal. The majority of respondents were in favour of a liberalized trade environment and deregulated domestic product and input markets. Respondents identified changes in the cost of farm inputs, government legislation (tax, labour, and land redistribution), the Rand exchange rate, and product prices as the most important sources of risk. Factor analysis of risk sources showed that various dimensions to risk exist, including changes in government policy, enterprise gross income, credit access and cost changes. Computers, a risk...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Farm Management; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54912

EFFICIENCY CONCEPTS IN THE FOOD DISTRIBUTION RESEARCH INDUSTRY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Schulz,   Robert A.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1980
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27074

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS RESEARCH AND EXTENSION MARKETING PROGRAMS: HOW WELL ARE THEY INTEGRATED?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Brorsen,   B. Wade; Anderson,   Kim B.
Extension marketing economists were surveyed to determine whether they are using available research results and whether research is being conducted on topics relevant to extension marketing economists.  In some cases, the beliefs of extension marketing economists differ from recent research results.  The research topics recommended by extension economists and the topics of papers presented at the 1994-97 annual NCR-134 Conference on Applied Commodity Price Analysis, Forecasting, and Market Risk Management are well matched.  While relevant research is being done, many extension economists desire marketing strategies that both reduce risk and increase income.  Research, however, has not produced such strategies.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Efficient markets; Extension; Farmer marketing; Outlook; Research; Risk; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14726

India Edible Oil Consumption: A Censored Incomplete Demand Approach
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Pan,   Suwen; Mohanty,   Samarendu; Welch,   Mark.
A Censored Incomplete Demand System is applied to household expenditures for edible oil in India. The results show that edible peanut oil is still a luxury good in India, whereas expenditure elasticities for other edible oils are relatively low. The food habit, location, education of household heads, and other demographic variables have significant effects on the choice of edible oils.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Censored Incomplete Demand System; India edible oil; Unit value; Agribusiness; Demand and Price Analysis; Production Economics; C21; D1; Q11.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47261

PRODUCTION RISK AND INPUT USE: PASTORAL ZONE OF EASTERN AUSTRALIA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Anderson,   Jock R.; Griffiths,   William E.
Few attempts have been made to estimate production functions for the Australian grazing industries. The question of the nature of the effect of input levels on production risk has been broached even more rarely. Previous investigators had to employ models and methods of estimation which embody highly restrictive implicit assumptions about the nature of risk effects. A typical restrictive feature has been the implication that increasing input intensity leads to increasing risk. In this paper, a much less restrictive model and corresponding estimation techniques are brought to bear on individual farm data for 38 properties with 10 continuous years of production records. Perhaps not surprisingly, it is found that some inputs (especially those capital inputs...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Productivity Analysis; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 1981
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22867

U.S. Demand for Source–Differentiated Shrimp: A Differential Approach
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jones,   Keithly G.; Harvey,   David J.; Hahn,   William F.; Muhammad,   Andrew.
Estimates of price and scale elasticities for U.S. consumed shrimp are derived using aggregate shrimp data differentiated by source country. Own-price elasticities for all countries had the expected negative signs, were statistically significant, and inelastic. The scale elasticities for all countries were positive and statistically significant at the 1% level with only the United States and Ecuador having scale elasticities of less than one. For the most part, the compensated demand effects showed that most of the cross-price effects were positive. Our results also suggest that despite the countervailing duties imposed by the United States, shrimp demand was fairly stable.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: CBS; Conditional demand; Countervailing duty; Imports; Scale elasticity; Shrimp; Agribusiness; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Production Economics; C32; D12; Q13; Q22.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47202

U.S. CIGARETTE SMOKING AND HEALTH WARNINGS: NEW EVIDENCE FROM POST WORLD WAR II DATA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Blaine,   Thomas W.; Reed,   Michael R.
A framework was developed in order to specify a model for annual U.S. per capita consumption of cigarettes.  Three separate time related variables were utilized to measure the effects of health related information regarding smoking.  The empirical results from the post World War II data set reveal that while prices and income are important determinants of cigarette consumption, the estimates for both were in the inelastic range.  The age distribution of the adult population is also an important variable.  While the development of the filter tip has been successful in stimulating smoking, the low tar and nicotine innovation has not had a statistically significant effect.  Health information has repeatedly produced substantial short and long run effects....
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Cigarettes; Demand; Elasticity; Empirical estimation; Health Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1994
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15181

RELEVANCY OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES IN THE POLICY ARENA: IMPLICATIONS FOR AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS: DISCUSSION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Carr,   A. Barry.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 1989
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30175

FACTORS AFFECTING THE PRICE OF HAY AT A PENNSYLVANIA AUCTION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Grisley,   William; Stefanou,   Spiro E.; Dickerson,   Ted.
The effect that selected characteristics of a Pennsylvania hay auction has on winning bids of loads of hay are presented in this paper.  Survey data from 107 buyers over the period September 1982 to April 1983 were used.  Hay type, perceived quality, and the intended use of the hay were found to be significant factors in explaining prices paid per ton.  Sellers could increase their revenues by producing alfalfa hay, alfalfa and legume-grass hay of higher quality, and attending marketing days with a larger number of horse feed buyers.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1985
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28930

PROTEST BIDDERS IN CONTINGENT VALUATION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Halstead,   John M.; Luloff,   A.E.; Stevens,   Thomas H.
Protest bids are often excluded during analysis of contingent valuation method data.  It is suggested that this procedure might introduce significant bias.  Protest bids are often registered by respondents who may actually place a higher- or lower-than-average value on the commodity in question but refuse to pay on the basis of ethical or other reasons.  Exclusion of protest bids may therefore bias willingness to pay (WTP) results, but the direction of bias is indeterminate a priori.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1992
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29000

MASTERS THESES IN AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS WESTERN U.S. STATES AND CANADIAN PROVINCES, 1976-77 ADDENDUM
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1978
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32404

A műszaki fejlesztési környezet néhány meghatározó eleme az Európai Unió mezőgazdaságában
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Baranyai,   Zsolt.
A vizsgálat eredményei rámutattak arra, hogy az EU-országok üzemei meglehetősen heterogének a műszaki fejlesztés feltételrendszerét illetően, amely magában foglalja az üzemi koncentráció mértékét, a műszaki fejlesztés színvonalát, a rendelkezésre álló pénzügyi forrásokon (fedezeti összeg és támogatás) keresztül megjelenő fejlesztési potenciált és a fejlesztésekben lekötött tőke hatékonyságát is. Magyarország helyzetét értékelve, sajnálatos módon kedvezőtlen tendenciák mutathatók ki, hasonlóan a legtöbb 2004-ben csatlakozott országhoz. A fennálló problémák megoldását az ágazat racionális fejlesztése jelenti, melyben a tőkehatékonysági szempon¬tok kiemelt szerepet kapnak. A tőkehatékonyság javulását eredményezheti a kon¬centráció, ami bekövetkezhet egyrészt...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Jövedelmezőség; Műszaki fejlesztés; Támogatás; Tőkehatékonyság; Versenyképesség; Profitability; Technical development; Subsidies; Capital efficiency; Competitiveness; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/92498

A DIFFERENTIATED GOODS MODEL OF THE EFFECTS OF EUROPEAN POLICIES IN INTERNATIONAL POULTRY MARKETS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Alston,   Julian M.; Scobie,   Grant M.
The Common Agricultural Policy increases European poultry production costs, prohibits imports, increases domestic prices, and subsidizes exports. This policy has displaced some U.S. exports. However, the net impact in the U.S. has been quite modest, even assuming poultry is homogeneous, independent of source country. Costs to U.S. producers are almost entirely offset by gains to U.S. consumers. Effects in the U.S. are even smaller when imperfect substitutability between poultry from different countries is accounted for. A retaliatory U.S. export subsidy would have more dramatic effects in U.S. markets.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 1987
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29306

A PROFILE OF THE WINE CONSUMER IN CALIFORNIA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wolf,   Marianne McGarry.
This research shows that the wine market in the United States is segmented. The demographics and wine consumption behavior of the California wine consumer differs from the national consumer. The data examined here show that the California wine consumer can be further segmented into heavy spender and lighter spender groups based on demographics and wine consumption behavior. The existence of multiple segments in the wine market indicates that separately targeted marketing campaigns may be more effective than broad marketing campaigns for wine.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Consumer/Household Economics.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27426

Long-Term Projections of the Consumption of Paper and Paper Products in Australia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Edquist,   Andrew; Morris,   Paul.
In this paper, an examination of the demand for paper products in Australia in the light of product life-cycle theory is provided. Estimates of relative maturity  in the market place and of ceilings to consumption are made for the various paper products. In addition to projections based on continuation of current trends, assessment is made of the impact of some more or less likely social and technological developments which have the potential to radically modify future demand patterns. The projections study succeeds in isolating the major factors influencing demand for paper products and brings into sharp focus the uncertainties involved in forecasting demand over a forty-year time span.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Consumer/Household Economics; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1985
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/12507

Impact of Mandatory Price Reporting on Hog Market Integration
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Franken,   Jason R.V.; Parcell,   Joseph L.; Tonsor,   Glynn T.
This research examines whether mandatory price reporting (MPR) impacted price relationships among U.S. hog markets. Markets are cointegrated before and after MPR enactment, but not fully integrated in either period. Terminal markets adjust to shocks in the Iowa-Southern Minnesota market more quickly and Iowa-Southern Minnesota prices adjust to shocks in terminal markets more slowly following MPR enactment. Granger causality tests indicate a causal flow from terminal markets to Iowa-Southern Minnesota prices before MPR and a causal reversal after MPR enactment. These results likely reflect decreases in volume of negotiated sales, particularly in terminal markets, and greater reliance on mandatorily reported prices for market information.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Cointegration; Hog markets; Mandatory price reporting; Market integration; Regime shift; Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing; Q13.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/104624

UNITED STATES PRODUCE MARKETS IN TRANSITION- TODAY AND TOMORROW
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Schaffner,   David J.
Retail produce managers were surveyed about anticipated changes in the supermarket produce department and in shipper-retailer relationships in one, two, and five years.  With contracts becoming more common in produce procurement, whether or not retailers and shippers can identify mutual benefits- and thus opportunities for successful long-term cooperative relationships- is explored.  The study's "View to the Future" section asks retail management to predict major trends in produce procurement: the growth of fresh-cut/branded products, produce-section growth in terms of total store sales, the increase in produce SKU's (Stock Keeping Units), how extensive contracting will become in produce, and the continuing decline in the number of suppliers and the...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Industrial Organization.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26628

PESTICIDE USE AND REGULATION: MAKING ECONOMIC SENSE OUT OF AN EXTERNALITY AND REGULATION NIGHTMARE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Zilberman,   David; Millock,   Katti.
This article argues that the existing maze of pesticide policies reflects the multidimensionality of side effects of pesticide use that cannot be addressed by uniform policies. Pesticide policies will improve as (a) economic literacy among natural scientists and policymakers increases; (b) economic models of pesticide use and agricultural production in general better incorporate biological consideration; (c) benefit-cost criteria are introduced to determine regulations of pesticide, and (d) policies are enacted that take advantage of new information technologies and enable increased reporting of pesticide use. Moving from bans toward financial incentives and flexible policies that will allow chemical use where the benefit-cost ratios are high will improve...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30857

ANÁLISE DA CADEIA DE VALOR E DOS CUSTOS DAS RAÇÕES DE UMA AGROINDÚSTRIA PROCESSADORA DE AVES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Grunow,   Aloisio; Gallon,   Alessandra Vasconcelos; Beuren,   Ilse Maria.
In a competitive environment, it is not enough to simply coordinate and promote the efficiency of a company’s internal activities. It is also necessary to ensure that the activities which form part of the company’s “value chain” are organized in a competitive way. From this perspective, the objective of this article is to analyze the “value chain” of poultry production and the cost of animal feed in every phase of the Seara Alimentos S.A chain. The methodology consisted of exploratory research in a case study using a predominantly qualitative approach. The results of the study are the stages of the productive cycle and the costs of the animal feed throughout the “value chain” in a poultry agribusiness. It was concluded that estimating the production’s...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Value chain; Animal feed costs; Poultry production.; Agribusiness; Agricultural Finance; Industrial Organization.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/90411

Irrigation Management Research Needs in an Era of Changing Water Use Priorities
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Supalla,   Raymond J.
With growing competition for water, increased environmental constraints and a weak economic picture for agriculture, there has been growing concern about the future of the irrigation industry in both the western United States and the prairie provinces of Canada. In this paper I argue that irrigation research is a major reason the industry has successfully weathered troubled times in the past and that a properly focused research program can also be very helpful in addressing future challenges. I further argue, however, that the research programs in both the United States and Canada must be refocused if we are to effectively and efficiently meet these challenges.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/45736

PRODUCTION INTERRELATIONSHIPS IN SRI LANKAN PEASANT AGRICULTURE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Shumway,   C. Richard; Jegasothy,   Kandiah; Alexander,   William P.
Technical change and the extent to which commodity supplies and input demands are interrelated in Sri Lankan peasant agriculture are explored in this paper. Using a multiple-product dual model, a seemingly unrelated system of product supply and input demand equations is estimated for four crops and four variable inputs. Restrictions based on competitive behaviour and a twice continuously-differentiable production function are maintained in the non-linear least squares estimation. A number of important interrelationships in individual product supplies and input demands are identified, further documenting the need to account for intercommodity production relationships in econometric and simulation studies and in policy formulation. Non-joint production and...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Productivity Analysis; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 1988
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22575

Technological Innovation and Efficiency in the Nigerian Maize Sector: Parametric Stochastic and Non-parametic Distance Function Approaches
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Aye,   Goodness C.; Mungatana,   Eric D.
The current food crisis all over the globe has necessitated alternative policy actions by various stakeholders in almost all countries of the world. Consequently, efforts are focused on increased investment in agricultural research and development. The study evaluates impact of technological innovations on estimates of technical, allocative and cost efficiency from a parametric stochastic and non-parametric distance functions. Inefficiency effects are modelled in a second stage endogeniety-corrected Tobit regression model as a function of technological innovation and other policy variables. The results from both approaches show there is substantial technical, allocative and cost inefficiency in maize production and that analysis of technical, allocative...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Technology; Efficiency; Maize; Parametric; Non-parametric; Distance function; Nigeria; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95965

CHANGES IN THE TERMS OF TRADE FOR AGRICULTURE: NEW PLATEAU OR NEW PRECIPICE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Harris,   Stuart.
This paper looks at the recent boom in agricultural commodity prices to see to what extent the changes these prices reflect are of a structural rather than short term nature. It concludes that they are essentially short term: a lagged supply response to the agricultural depression of 1970 and 1971; the coincidence of normal commodity cycles for several commodities; an unusual coincidence of adverse seasonal conditions in major producing areas, particularly the U.S.S.R.; and an unprecedented upswing in world economic activity. Nevertheless, there are a number of factors which suggest that, other than possibly in short term disequilibrium situations, agricultural commodity prices will not decline to previous levels: worldwide inflation; redirection in world...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 1974
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22794

Guidelines for Applied Agricultural Research: Designing, Reporting and Interpreting Experiments
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Anderson,   Jock R.
Commentary is made on the design, reporting, and economic interpretation of field experiments, and attention is given to Bayesian statistics as a potentially useful aid in planning and assessing research. This article complements the discussions of Lloyd (1958) and Dillon (1966) in this Review.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 1971
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9580

INOVACOES AGROECOLOGICAS NO NORDESTE DE MINAS GERAIS: O CASO DOS SISTEMAS AGROFLORESTAIS NA AGRICULTURA FAMILIAR DO ALTO JEQUITINHONHA.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ayres,   Eduardo Barbosa; Ribeiro,   Eduardo Magalhaes.
The agroforest systems - SAFs - allow the balance between production and biodiversity conservation. The objective of this paper is to measure the results and impacts of SAFs in Alto Jequitinhonha, in the Northeastern region of Minas Gerais, investigating features related to the household organization and management and conservation of natural resources. The research work was performed in 18 rural communities of five towns by means of interviews with 33 household farmers, named “monitors”, belonging to the acting base of the Centro de Agricultura Alternativa Vicente Nica (Vicente Nica Alternative Agriculture Center) – CAV – a non-governmental organization which acts in programs of rural development in the region. It was realized that SAFs have contributed...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultura familiar; Vale do Jequitinhonha; Sistemas agroflorestais; Household farming; Vale do Jequitinhonha; Agroforest systems; Consumer/Household Economics; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/102026

Ag econ angst crisis revisited
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Johnson,   Robin; Rossmiller,   George Edward; Sandiford-Rossmiller,   Frances.
The present paper was inspired by and is a response to the Rola-Rubzen, Hardaker and Dillon paper ‘Agricultural economists and world poverty: progress and prospects’ (Rola-Rubzen et al. 2001). It is agreed that the position of agricultural economists in foreign aid and poverty programs has declined over recent decades. Such a feeling of guilt and remorse expressed by the above authors does indeed create considerable ‘angst’. A major reason for this state of affairs lies in ‘the flavour of the month’ approach of the development agencies. These include women in development, gender-based farming systems research, household nutrition and food security, people participation, and targeting the poorest of the poor. These fads have driven disciplinary...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/116192

Food Security, Research Priorities and Resource Allocation in South Asia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kumar,   Praduman; Mruthyunjaya; Chand,   Ramesh.
The study conduced on South Asian countries is focused on three issues, viz. (a) research priorities in agriculture, (b) level of research investment, and (c) focus of research investments to attain food-secured South Asia. The results of this empirical exercise have suggested that (a) cereals, horticulture, livestock and fisheries in commodity groups and rice and milk as commodities should receive greater attention in resource allocation at South Asia level with certain minor variations across the countries, (b) prioritization exercises need to explicitly target poor as otherwise their needs will continue to remain under-funded, and at least 2-3 times increase (if the AgGDP growth is assumed at 2.1%) and 3-4 times increase (if the AgGDP growth is assumed...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97153

Identificacion de grupos estrategicos en el sector hortofruticola espanol
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Martinez,   Marian Garcia; Poole,   Nigel D.; del Campo,   Francisco; Lopez,   David.
RESUMEN: Este artículo ofrece los resultados de un estudio intra-sectorial destinado a identificar la existencia o no de vínculos entre la estrategia empresarial, el estilo de gestión, la estructura organizativa y la actuación en el sector hortofrutícola español utilizando el análisis de grupos estratégicos como instrumento metodológico. Los grupos estratégicos se formaron a partir de dimensiones claves de la orientación estratégica de las empresas. Los resultados obtenidos muestran que los niveles de rentabilidad no difieren de forma sistemática entre los grupos estratégicos obtenidos. La heterogeneidad en la actuación está influenciada por una alineación entre la cultura empresarial y la estructura organizativa. Una tendencia hacia una mayor...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Strategic groups; Business performance; Management styles; Spain; Fresh fruits and vegetables; Crop Production/Industries; L26; L20.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28751

Law Absence and System Construction of Equal Material Assistance Rights of Farmers in China
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Diao,   Qian-he.
Firstly, conception of farmers’ equal material assistance rights is introduced from the aspects of equal rights, material assistance rights, and farmers’ equal material assistance rights. Value function of farmers’ equal material assistance rights is pointed out, which can eliminate the partial policies with urban priority orientation. It is a necessary condition for maintaining the legal and institutional authority, as well as an inevitable choice to realize the social justice and harmony. Current status of the law absence of farmers’ equal material assistance rights in China is introduced, which is reflected in the lack of theoretical research on farmers’ equal material assistance rights in the law circle, the lack of procedural legal system of farmers’...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Farmer; Equal material assistance rights; Law absence; System construction; China; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/113422

Investigating alternative governance systems for the South African mohair supply chain
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jordaan,   Daniel du Plessis Scheepers; Kirsten,   Johann F.
Mohair is an exclusive natural animal fibre with niche market appeal. It is, however, questionable whether it is inherently suited to a commodity-based marketing system in a marketing environment that requires marketing systems to convey far more information than commodity-based systems do. Historically, mohair has been considered a commodity and the marketing system for mohair has been structured accordingly. It is, however, argued that, the exchange between mohair growers and the buyers of greasy mohair requires increased levels of coordination to govern the exchange in a transaction costs efficient manner. The inefficiencies created by an inappropriate or incomplete marketing system for South African mohair are expected to lead to a loss of consumer...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Mohair; Marketing; Governance structure; Supply chain.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37633

What Do We Know About the Economic Efficiency of Cooperatives: An Evaluative Survey
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sexton,   Richard J.; Iskow,   Julie.
A debate has arisen concerning the economic efficiency of cooperatives relative to other organizational forms. This paper discusses the efficiency concepts and economic theory relevant to the debate and then proceeds to study the empirical evidence. No credible evidence exists to support the proposition that cooperatives are inefficient relative to investor-owned businesses.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1993
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/46389

Off-Farm Investment and Employment in the Australian Grazing Industry: A Preliminary Analysis
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Robinson,   Chris; McMahon,   Pat J.
The deployment of resources off the farm constitutes an important aspect of resource use in Australian agriculture. The aims in this paper are to document the nature and extent of off-farm employment and investment in the Australian grazing industry, to undertake an analysis to identify the factors important in determining both the type of off-farm employment undertaken by operators and the off-farm employment-investment strategy chosen by the farm family, and to present farmers' reasons given for undertaking off-farm employment and investment. Off-farm employment and off-farm investment were found to be widespread in the Australian grazing industry, with the majority of farm families receiving some income from off-farm sources. In addition to the relative...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 1981
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/12246

Az őszi árpa terméskockázatának növekedése és lehetséges okai
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Erdelyi,   Eva; Novak,   Aliz; Ladanyi,   Marta.
Az éghajlatváltozás folyamata már elkezdődött, ezért a magyar agrárkutatóknak és szakembereknek is jól működő leíró-előrejelző rendszereket szükséges alkotniuk. Munkánk célja a hozamok elemzése, az időbeni változások megfigyelése volt 1951-től napjainkig. Az árpa termésmennyiségi adatait a trendhatások kiszűrésével összehasonlíthatóvá tettük. A vizsgálat helyszíne Hajdú-Bihar megye volt. Az ún. E,V hatásossági kritérium alapján vizsgáltuk az árpa terméskockázatának alakulását az 1951-90-es időszakban, továbbá azóta. A kimutatott terméskockázat-növekedés azt a nézetet támasztja alá, hogy az éghajlat „láthatóan” változik, aminek jeleivel szinte naponta találkozunk. Megfigyelt meteorológiai változókból olyan indikátorokat ké¬pezhetünk, amelyek vélhetően...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Éghajlatváltozás; Kockázat; Termésmennyiség; Őszi árpa; Climate change; Risk; Crop volume; Autumn barley; Crop Production/Industries; Farm Management.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/92503

THE POTENTIAL ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THE WESTERN CORN ROOTWORM RESISTANT GM VARIETY ON MAIZE PRODUCTION IN HUNGARY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kruppa,   Bertalan.
The paper examines that how the application of the MON88017 GM maize variety could influence the profitability of maize production in Hungary. The most important benefit of this biotech crop lies in its reduced need for chemical use and the additional yield comparing to conventional varieties. Among the economical disadvantages there is the uncertain market of GM products in the EU. After weighing all these factors the results conclude that the farmers could reach an income surplus by growing this GM variety. Although, this surplus is significant only if a similar positive yield impact is achieved under the Hungarian conditions as in the USA.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: GMOs; MON88017; Roundup herbicide; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/104678

The Free Trade Area of the Americas and the Market for Processed Orange Products
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Spreen,   Thomas H.; Brewster,   Charlene; Brown,   Mark G.
The proposed Free Trade Area of the Americas would join the world’s two largest processed orange producing regions: Brazil and the United States.  Because the United States currently imposes a sizeable tariff on imported processed orange products, there is concern by U.S. orange growers over possible adverse effects resulting from tariff elimination.  A model of the world processed orange market is developed as a spatial equilibrium model with implicit supply functions based on the dynamic behavior of orange production.  The model is used to estimate the impact of U.S. tariff elimination on U.S. production, grower and processor prices, and imports.  The results suggest a sizeable price impact on U.S. producers if the tariff is eliminated.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Orange juice; Spatial equilibrium; Tariffs; Trade; C61; F13.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37837

INFLUENCE OF PRODUCT ATTRIBUTES AND HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS ON CONSUMERS' ATTITUDE TOWARD AND PURHCASE PATTERN OF IN-SHELL PEANUTS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rimal,   Arbindra; Fletcher,   Stanley M.
A nationwide household survey was used to examine U.S. consumers' attitude and purchase behavior toward in-shell peanuts. Fishbein's multiattribute model was the basis for evaluating the effects of perceived product attributes on attitudes toward in-shell peanuts. Consumer purchase behavior was analyzed using a count data model. The results suggest that attitudes toward in-shell peanuts were influenced by attributes such as fat, taste, and healthiness, and that taste was the only attribute influencing consumers' purchase decisions. Consumers who perceived that in-shell peanuts contained undesirable nutritional ingredients, such as fat and cholesterol, developed unfavorable attitudes toward in-shell peanuts. These perceptions translated into reduced...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Consumer/Household Economics.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27815

A Review of the Financial Position of 18 Central-Western Wheat-Sheep Farms in 1945-46
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Druce,   P.C.
The financial year which ended 30th June, 1946, was the third year in which a group of selected wheat growers kept complete records of their financial transactions in co-operation with and in Record Books provided by the Division of Marketing and Agricultural Economics. A report covering the records kept in the year 1944-45 has already been published in this "Review."
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1948
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9028

END MATERIALS
Provedor de dados: 31
Includes: Guidelines for Submitting Manuscripts; Membership Information; Back Cover
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1994
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31239

SIMULATING THE IMPACT OF INPUT-PRICE INFLATION ON FARM INCOME
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Quance,   Leroy; Tweeten,   Luther G.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Farm Management.
Ano: 1971
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30505

Book Reviews
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Vere,   David T.
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1980
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9346

Cover and Contents Page
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1971
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6893

THE FUTURE OF THE LAND GRANT UNIVERSITY SYSTEM
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Diamantides,   Jerry; Weaver,   Thomas F.
Since 1980, incremental state and national policy decisions concerning public higher education have had a variety of effects on students and institutions.  Although there has been very little research, most of these effects appear to be detrimental to the health of the system of public higher education and to the nation's stock of human capital.  A thorough economic analysis of the effects of policy changes on public higher education is needed to guide the system into the 21st century.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1993
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31540

PUBLIC FINANCING OF COMMUNITY SERVICES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Peterson,   Everett E.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Public Economics.
Ano: 1972
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30314

AN ICT-BASED TRACEABILITY SYSTEM IN COMPOUND FEED INDUSTRY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cebeci,   Zeynel; Erdogan,   Yoldas Erdogan; Alemdar,   Tuna; Celik,   Ladine; Boga,   Mustafa; Uzun,   Yusuf; Coban,   Durdu H.; Gorgulu,   Murat; Tosten,   Funda.
The term traceability refers to recording of flow of products along the food chain from production to consumption with inclusion of all intermediate applications involved in processing/packaging stages. The aim for establishing traceability in the food chain is to provide the timely identification and recall of batches of product from the market when a risk threatens the health of consumers. Since compound feed products are basic inputs in livestock and poultry production, ICT-based feed traceability systems can be considered as a initial step in food traceability management. These systems are simply information recording systems that are designed to trace and track the flow and characteristics of animal feed along the feed supply chain. This paper...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Compound feeds; Feed traceability; Traceability systems; Food safety; Agricultural and Food Policy; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53569

EDITORS' SAEA REPORT, FEBRUARY 1984
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1984
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29619

ALTERNATIVE ESTIMATION METHODS OF NONLINEAR DEMAND SYSTEMS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Capps,   Oral, Jr.
Several contemporary models of consumer demand comprise complete sets on nonlinear demand functions.  Estimation methods should take into account parameter nonlinearity, cross-equation correlation, variance-covariance singularity of the disturbance terms, and various parameter restrictions.  This paper presents a theoretical discussion and some empirical results using the maximum likelihood (ML) method and the iterative version of Zellner's seemingly unrelated regression (IZEF) method in the estimation of a nonlinear system of demand equations (the linear expenditure system) when the disturbance terms are both contemporaneously and serially correlated.  On the basis of the evaluation of parameter estimates and their asymptotic standard errors as well as...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 1983
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32484

Pricing and operational efficiencies in the livestock feed market in Ondo State, Nigeria
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Oguntade,   Adegboyega E.; Mafimisebi,   Taiwo Ejiola.
The Nigerian commercial poultry sector is dependent on commercial feeds. Evaluation of the operational and pricing efficiencies of poultry feed marketing is essential for improving efficiencies in the feed industry and lowering the price of poultry products. A multistage sampling technique was used to select the firms studied. Tools used to analyze data collected included index of pricing and operational efficiencies; and regression analysis. The firms studied handled about N251,870,000 of feed per annum, had an annual Inventory Carrying Cost (ICC) of N4,587,762 and an average ICC of N114,694 per firm. The Marketing Costs (MC) for all the firms was N16,813,860 per annum while the average MC was  N420,347. Major contributors to ICC were storage; handling...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Poultry feed; Operational; Pricing efficiency; Marketing costs; Nigeria; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95076

Commodity Prices Rock World Markets: Structural Shift or Short Term Adjustments?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bahn,   Henry M.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94641

EGG MARKETING BOARD - THE ANNUAL REPORT FOR SEASON 1944-45
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Marketing.
Ano: 1946
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8775

General Notes and News
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1947
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8415

COTTON PRODUCTION UNDER RISK:  AN ANALYSIS OF INPUT EFFECTS ON YIELD VARIABILITY AND FACTOR DEMAND
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Farnsworth,   Richard L.; Moffitt,   L. Joe.
The risk flexible production model developed by Just and Pope is estimated for the case of cotton in California’s San Joaquin Valley and the implications of the model for factor demand are examined.   Results indicate risk-reducing roles for farm machinery, labor, and fertilizers in contrast to restrictions imposed by traditional stochastic production specifications.   Qualitative assessment of estimated risk effects on factor employment under risk aversion are evaluated by comparison to the risk-neutral solution.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 1981
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32580

AN ANALYSIS OF HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURES ON NURSERY PRODUCTS IN THE UNITED STATES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gineo,   Wayne M.; Omamo,   Steven Were.
This paper develops Engel relationships to identify the determinants of household expenditures on nursery products and specifies their impact on consumer purchases of these goods for subregions of the United States. Household income, the number of single family home construction starts, educational level attained, and age composition of the population were found in influence nursery product expenditures. The economic variables of income and construction starts appear to be key factors affecting nursery purchases. To maintain a competitive edge, industry participants should monitor these variables carefully and adjust their production and marketing plans to meet changing market conditions.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Consumer/Household Economics.
Ano: 1990
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30016

Profitability and Resource Allocation Among Cotton and Peanuts When Considering Planting and Harvest Timeliness
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Meeks,   Timothy A.; Flanders,   Archie; Shurley,   W. Donald; White,   Fred C.; Gunter,   Lewell F.
Harvest timeliness is a continual problem in rotation of cotton and peanuts.  Efficient allocation of land and labor resources during production of cotton and peanuts requires decisions be made on allocating resources throughout the growing season. Of particular concern is efficient allocation during planting and harvesting.  Through economic analysis and linear programming optimization, planting and harvesting timeliness issues are addressed and compared with prevailing practices.  Results for a representative farm indicate that cotton planting should increase during the early period of the planting season as compared with current practice, and most cotton should be harvested before peanut harvest begins.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Cotton; Harvest timeliness; Linear programming; Optimization; Peanuts; Planting timeliness; Crop Production/Industries; Production Economics; Q12; Q18.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43736

Perceived Health Benefits and Soy Consumption Behavior: Two-Stage Decision Model Approach
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Moon,   Wanki; Balasubramanian,   Siva K.; Rimal,   Arbindra.
A two-stage decision model is developed to assess the effect of perceived soy health benefits on consumers' decisions with respect to soy food. The first stage captures whether or not to consume soy food, while the second stage reflects how often to consume. A conceptual/analytical framework is also employed, combining Lancaster's characteristics model and Fishbein's multi-attribute model. Results show that perceived soy health benefits significantly influence both decision stages. Further, consumers' negative perceptions regarding soy (unappetizing taste and inconvenience) have a substantially greater impact on soy consumption behavior than their perceptions about soy health benefits. This finding carries significant implications for the soy industry....
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Health benefits from soy food; Lancaster's characteristics model; Multiattribute model; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31211

Individualism or Cooperation: Preferences for Sharing Machinery and Labor
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Stofferahn,   Curtis.
As a result of problems associated with high machinery costs, farmers in the United States are examining group-farming arrangements that permit them to share machinery and labor. While group-farming arrangements are more frequent elsewhere, they are infrequent in the United States. The purpose of this research was to determine which social, cultural, economic, and farm structural characteristics influence farmers to support sharing machinery or labor. The results of the one-way analysis of variance indicated that those who rent more land, have more education, are slightly older, and are more involved in cooperatives would be more willing to share machinery or labor. Finally, in a logistic regression procedure, only acres rented, education, and cooperative...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Farm Management.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/46428

APPLE PRICE AND PRODUCTION FORECASTS FOR MAINE AND THE UNITED STATES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hayward,   Russel A.; Criner,   George K.; Skinner,   Steven P.
An econometric model of U.S. and Maine apple production and prices was estimated with ordinary least squares multiple regression.  A Gauss-Seidel solution technique was used to examine the equation system goodness of fit and to forecast endogenous variable values.  Results indicate that supply expansion in the U.S. and Maine will continue, but Maine's slower rate of increase will erode its market share.  Apple prices for the U.S. and Maine are predicted to decline in real terms by the year 2000 if inflation rates exceed 3 percent annually during the period 1982 to 2000.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1984
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28901

BOOK REVIEWS
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1976
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9223

Bilateral Trade and Economic Growth: The Empirical Evidence Between U.S. and South Korea
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kang,   Hyunsoo; Kennedy,   P. Lynn.
This paper analyzes the relationships between bilateral trade and economic growth in the U.S. and Korean economies. Using quarterly data from 1990 to 2008, the theoretical procedures utilize Ordinary Least Square (OLS) and Seemingly Unrelated Regression (SUR) models under the static model assumption, an Impulse Response Function (IRF) and Forecast Error Variation Decomposition (FEVD) under the Vector Autoregressive (VAR) model, and Granger causality tests. Empirical results indicate a causal relationship between bilateral export growth and economic growth for the U.S. and Korean economies. The export-led growth (ELG) hypothesis is strongly supported by the results of Granger causality tests on Korean exports.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Export-led growth; Bilateral trade; Granger causality; South Korea; United States; International Relations/Trade; Political Economy; Production Economics.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/90684

AGGREGATE ANALYSIS OF SITE-SPECIFIC POLLUTION PROBLEMS: THE CASE OF GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION FROM AGRICULTURE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Segerson,   Kathleen; Opaluch,   James J.
Control of nonpoint sources of pollution has traditionally been within the domain of local decision makers in recognition of the critical importance of site-specific issues.  More recently attention has turned to the issue of what can and should be done at the regional or national level, while recognizing the importance of site-specific attributes.  This paper describes and illustrates an approach for analysis of nonpoint pollution problems that focuses jointly at the aggregate and disaggregate levels of the problem.  The approach is based on linking two tools of analysis, the microparameter distribution model and the Geographical Information Systems (GIS).  Although there are significant challenges to be overcome in implementing such an approach, linkage...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1991
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28818

AN INPUT-OUTPUT VIEW OF AGRICULTURE IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Parker,   M.L.
Despite the dependence of the economy of Papua New Guinea upon plantation and smallholder agriculture, little has been known of the inter-relationships which exist between agriculture and the remainder of the economy, or of the changes which would follow from implementation of the official development programme. In this article, a recently completed input-output table is used to quantify these relationships in 1970 and to project changes over the period to 1978.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1974
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22294

Theme Overview: Agricultural Productivity and Global Food Security in the Long Run
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Alston,   Julian M.; Pardey,   Philip G.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Food Security and Poverty; Productivity Analysis.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/93976

BOOK REVIEWS
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1973
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22783

COST, INPUT AND MARKET SURVEY RESULTS OF THE TEXAS FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wildenthal,   Marie; Capps,   Oral, Jr.; Goodwin,   Harold L., Jr.
State governments are concerned with economic development because the condition of their well being determines residents' standard of living.  Therefore, state governments are interested in strategies for strengthening their economies.  States with substantial agricultural production can implement a strategy of maintaining or increasing markets for that production, positively affecting all of the aforementioned measures.  In some states, the focus has been to "add value" to raw agricultural commodities.  Texas's food processing industry is the focus of this research.  A survey was conducted to determine the cost components of Texas food processors, the percent of purchases from Texas, and reasons for these purchases.  This article summarizes the results of...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1994
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26646

Acordos comerciais e o setor produtivo de carne bovina: estimativas de ganhos para o Mercosul
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Waquil,   Paulo Dabdab; Alvim,   Augusto Mussi.
This study identifies the effects of free trade agreements at the multilateral (WTO) and regional (FTAA and MERCOSUR-EU) levels on the bovine meat markets in several regions. In order to evaluate these effects, we used a spatial allocation model, presented as a mixed complementarity problem (MCP). The study identifies the changes in production and consumption levels, as well as the changes in producer and consumer surplus, in four possible scenarios. In general, gains to bovine meat producers in the MERCOSUR countries are expected in all scenarios. Although, these gains are greater when we simulate a multilateral trade liberalization, with or without the elimination of subsidies.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Free trade; Regional integration; Mixed complementarity problem; Bovine meat; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/55190

AN ANALYSIS OF OPTIMAL FARM CAPITAL STRUCTURE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Musser,   Wesley N.; White,   Fred C.; McKissick,   John C.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural Finance.
Ano: 1977
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29295

COST COMPARISONS FOR CARBON DIOXIDE AND MECHANICAL MULTI-TEMPERATURE REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS ON HIGHWAY TRAILERS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hoke,   K.E.; Buxton,   F.K.
Liquid carbon dioxide refrigeration offers a simple, reliable alternative to mechanical transport refrigeration for food delivery trailers operated in an upper midwestern area that could be cost effective when the refrigerant's cost is $87 or less per ton. Operating and ownership costs were compared for both systems. Under the conditions of the study, a carbon dioxide system was more economical than a mechanical refrigeration system when the cost of the liquid carbon dioxide was $87 per ton or less. The study indicated that a fleet of at least ten carbon dioxide refrigerated units is needed to justify use of a storage tank that can accept a 20-ton delivery of liquid carbon dioxide.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1989
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27921

Two Case Studies of Pasture Improvement in a Cost-Price Squeeze
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Waring,   E.J.; Muir,   D.A.
Adverse trends in lamb and wool prices and the costs of most purchased inputs have submitted sheep owners to an increasing cost-price squeeze over the latter part of the last decade. This phenomenon has been the cause of concerned comment by industry leaders and has undoubtedly led to extremely low average returns to capital and severe hardship in some sectors of the sheep industry in Australia. It seems important to know how farmers investing in pasture improvement have fared in these circumstances.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 1961
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8834

A NOTE ON NONLINEARITY BIAS AND DICHOTOMOUS CHOICE CVM: IMPLICATIONS FOR AGGREGATE BENEFITS ESTIMATION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Souter,   Ray A.; Bowker,   James Michael.
It is a generally known statistical fact that the mean of a nonlinear function of a set of random variables is not equivalent to the function evaluated at the means of the variables.  However, in dichotomous choice contingent valuation studies a common practice is to calculate an overall mean (or median) by integrating over offer space (numerically or analytically) an estimated logit or probit function in which sample mean values for the concomitant variables are used.  We demonstrate this procedure to be incorrect and we statically test the procedure against the correct method for nonlinear models.  Using data resulting in a well-behaved logit model, we reject the hypothesis of congruence between the two means.  Such a finding should be considered in...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 1996
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31649

ARER REVIEWERS, JUNE 1994-MAY 1995
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1995
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31602

THE INVENTORY SCHEME FOR AUSTRALIAN WOOL
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Taffe,   J.R.
A model put forward by the Australian Wool Corporation to simulate the behaviour of the wool market under an inventory scheme is described. Some deficiencies in the model are pointed out and suggestions are made for alterations to improve the model's performance.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Marketing.
Ano: 1977
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22259

Sales of Farm Produce at Alexandria and Sussex Street, Sydney, July, 1946
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ferry,   C.H.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1946
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8266

IMPACT OF NOMINAL AND REAL PRICE CHANGES ON THE SWEET POTATO PACK IN LOUISIANA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hinson,   Roger A.
Changes in consumer demand have led to a prolonged decline in per capita consumption of sweet potatoes, both fresh and processed form. With a product line of various container sizes and styles, processors may respond to changes by altering product line composition to enhance sales. Changes in quantity of individual products were contrasted to changes in nominal and real prices. Quantities were not consistently related to real prices in an inverse manner, though recent increases in total production of canned sweet potatoes have occurred while real price has decreased.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 1990
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27103

World agricultural production and consumption
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Smutka,   Lubos; Steininger,   Michal; Miffek,   Ondrej.
The article deals with an analysis of the world agricultural and foodstuff production and consumption. It analyses production and consumption development during the last 45 years (1961-2006). The aim of our paper is to analyse the current growth of population and foodstuff consumption and production and on the basis of these analyses, the paper tries to analyse the past and current food production development. In general, the paper analyses which factors influenced the foodstuff demand and which factors influenced the foodstuff supply.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agriculture; Production; Consumption; Development; Analyses; World; Agricultural and Food Policy; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Production Economics; GA; IN.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/96851

Influencing Factors and Path Choice of Rebuilding Rural Financial Supervision System
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Xiao,   Wanjun; Qin,   Zhen; Xiong,   Wei.
The necessity of rebuilding Chinese rural financial supervision system is expounded. Rebuilding rural financial supervision system is conducive to normalizing rural financial order and forming the benign competitive situation; to clarifying the role played by rural financial organization and providing better financial services for “three agriculture”; to forming safe rural financial environment to promote the development of rural economy and national economy. The restricting factors of rebuilding Chinese rural financial supervision system are analyzed. The major reasons are that rural financial legislation is relatively backward and the supervision department lacks the necessary legal basis. The administrative supervision is insufficient, which lead to the...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Rural financial supervision system; Rebuilding; Influencing factors; Pam choice; China; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/118312

Bringing Agriculture into the GATT: Reinstrumentation of Agricultural Policies
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Magiera,   Stephen L.; Bredahl,   Maury E.; Meilke,   Karl D.; Warley,   T.K.; Ballenger,   Nicole.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 1990
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49868

Perceptions of Members of the American Association of Cereal Chemists Regarding Production of Whole Grain Foods
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Chase,   Kellie; Reicks,   Marla; Srinvasan,   Purnima; Marquart,   Len.
This study assessed knowledge, attitudes, and normative and barrier beliefs of members of the American Association of Cereal Chemists about the production of whole grain foods. A total of 212 returned questionnaires were used in the analyses. Respondents had a fair knowledge of whole grain foods and positive attitudes about consumer-health and personal/company benefits. Scientific findings provided important normative influences for respondents from academia, while consumer needs and interests were influential for those in industry. Barriers included issues regarding consumer needs as well as beliefs about cost and product quality. Industry respondents may need to see stronger consumer demand before promoting production of whole grain foods.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27555

State-of-the-Art in Regional Computable General Equilibrium Modelling with a Case Study of the Philippines
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rodriguez,   U-Primo E.
The developments in regional Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) models have been reviewed with a view to identify future directions for modelling in the Philippines. It is observed that regional CGE models have been used extensively in the analysis of national and regional issues. These models can be divided into three classes: region-specific, bottomup and “partial” models. This paper asserts that existing models of the Philippines generally belong to the third class. This implies that there is very little scope for evaluating region-specific issues in the Philippines.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; International Development.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47419

Book Reviews
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1970
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9604

End Materials
Provedor de dados: 31
Includes: NAREA Distinguished and Honorary Life Members; Presidents 1955-2004; Editors of the ARER, 1972-2004; NAREA Constitution and By-Laws; ARER Reviewers July 2003-August 2004; ARER Guidelines for Manuscript Submission
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31272

ALTERNATIVES FOR SMALL FARM SURVIVAL: GOVERNMENT POLICIES VERSUS THE FREE MARKET
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tweeten,   Luther G.; Amponsah,   William A.
This paper briefly outlines a topology of small farms and then considers the role of the government versus the market in key public policies such as commodity income support, environment, stability, research, and rural development. A number of options are explored for public policy to better serve small farms, including drastic alternatives such as graduated property taxes on farmland, with exemptions or lower rates for small farms. These and other alternatives are not necessarily recommended. Improved extension education and human resource development offer some of the most promising public policy opportunities to help small farmers.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Government; Limited resource; Market; Programs; Research; Rural; Scale; Small farm; Farm Management.
Ano: 1996
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15249

Constraining Phosphorus in Surface Waters of the New York City Watershed: Dairy Farm Resource Use and Profitability
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hanchar,   John J.; Knoblauch,   Wayne A.; Milligan,   Robert A.
The New York City Watershed Agricultural Program seeks to reduce the potential for phosphorus movement from farms to surface waters. A "phosphorus index for site evaluation" (P-index) provides planners in the New York City Watershed Agricultural Program with a tool for identifying individual farm business, phosphorus related problems, and evaluating solutions. A linear programming model is employed to examine dairy farm resource use and profitability, with the P-index used to impose phosphorus movement constraints. Results indicate dramatic differences in farm resource use and farm business profitability depending on the level of the P-index. Small changes in the target index level result in large shifts in optimal resource use and business profitability....
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31622

Helping women respond to the global food price crisis
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Quisumbing,   Agnes R.; Meinzen-Dick,   Ruth Suseela; Bassett,   Lucy; Usnick,   Michael; Pandolfelli,   Lauren; Morden,   Cheryl; Alderman,   Harold.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Food Security and Poverty.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/48928

Examining the Cost of an All-Organic Diet
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Brown,   Cheryl; Sperow,   Mark.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26759

Shifting from Agriculture to Agribusiness: The Case of Aromatic Plants
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mittal,   Rashi; Singh,   S.P.
This study has examined the agribusiness opportunities in medicinal and aromatic plants (MAPs), based on the field level information from the state of Uttarakhand. The financial feasibility of important aromatic plants has been studied. It has been found that the returns are substantially higher from these crops than the most profitable commercial crops like sugarcane. The study has identified the constraints that affect the spread of cultivation of MAPs; these include inadequate processing capacities, price risks and non-availability of planting material. It has been suggested that concerted efforts should be made to address these constraints and increase access to the world market.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47446

‘‘Defining’’ Our Future by ‘‘Defining’’ Ourselves
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hudson,   Darren.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/113551

FOOD SAFETY ISSUES ARISING AT FOOD PRODUCTION IN A GLOBAL MARKET
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Doyle,   Michael P.
Foodborne illness is a major public health concern in the United States, with an estimated 76 million cases occurring annually. More than 90% of foodborne illnesses of known causes are of microbial origin. Animals used for foods and their manure are leading sources of foodborne pathogens. Recent advances in the investigation of foodborne outbreaks using genetic fingerprinting techniques enable epidemiologists to identify outbreaks and sources of implicated foods that heretofore were undetected. Tracebacks of outbreaks to the point of production place greater liability and responsibility on food producers. Implementation of Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) systems at the point of production is essential to increasing the safety of foods of...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Food safety; Foodborne illness; Foodborne pathogens; HACCP; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14706

COVER AND CONTENTS PAGES
Provedor de dados: 31
Includes: Front Cover; Officers 1987-88; Call for Papers; Contents Pages
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1988
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27334

FERTILIZER DEMAND FUNCTIONS FOR FIVE CROPS IN THE UNITED STATES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gunjal,   Kisan R.; Roberts,   Roland K.; Heady,   Earl O.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 1980
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29473

Cumulative incidence estimation in the presence of competing risks
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Coviello,   Vincenzo; Boggess,   May.
When competing risks are present, the appropriate estimate of the failure probabilities is the cumulative incidence. stcompet creates new variables containing the estimate of this function, its standard error, and ln(−ln) transformed confidence bounds. Two examples are presented to illustrate the use of the new command and some key features of the cumulative incidence.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Stcompet; Survival analysis; Competing risks; Cumulative incidence; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/116230

Medidas de produtividade: dilemas da agricultura familiar
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Alves,   Eliseu Roberto de Andrade.
O objetivo deste trabalho é isolar, em pequeno número, as premissas que têm permeado as discussões sobre agricultura familiar. Depois, por métodos elementares, elas são dedutivamente exploradas. Mostra-se que a produtividade da terra é, incorretamente, interpretada e que se deixa de lado a produtividade do trabalho, que, no contexto desse tipo de agricultura, é uma medida de bem-estar. Argumenta-se que, quando a agricultura familiar adota os métodos de decisão da agricultura capitalista, as duas medidas de produtividade devem ser substituídas pela produtividade total. A agricultura familiar escolhe uma cesta de produtos com base em seu próprio interesse e não no bem-estar dos citadinos, razão por que é pouco relevante o argumento de que produz os alimentos...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultura familiar; Agricultura comercial; Medidas de produtividade; Production Economics.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56828

Editorial - Can Fruit Plantings be Increased?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hynes,   H.J.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 1946
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8355

Voluntary Over-Order Milk Premium Agreements and Implications for Policy Choices
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wolf,   Christopher A.; Banderob,   Duane A.
While policies define minimum farm-level milk prices based on end use, milk for fluid consumption is often priced above these minimums even in the presence of excess fluid quality milk. Cooperative action through marketing agencies-in-common facilities these over-order premiums. We examined the premiums that resulted from voluntary agreements in Michigan. The premiums enhanced farm price and offset minimum price variation. A critical consideration is the distribution of premiums across participants. Formal policies like state marketing orders and compacts may replace or complement voluntary premium agreements. As a replacement, these formal policies trade off flexibility in both premium level and distribution for stability.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/46424

Modellgestützte Abschätzung der regionalen landwirtschaftlichen Landnutzung und Produktion in Deutschland vor dem Hintergrund der „Gesundheitsüberprüfung“ der GAP
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kreins,   Peter; Gomann,   Horst.
The framework conditions surrounding agricultural production in Germany have changed dramatically due to the Renewable Energy Law (EEG) and a sustained increase in agricultural prices. The Common Agricultural Policy, substantially reformed in the Luxemburg Compromise, will be considered in the framework of the “Health Check”. Against this background, the regional developments anticipated in dairy production, beef cattle husbandry and agricultural land use by the year 2015 are analysed with the help of the regionalized agricultural sector model RAUMIS. Simulations on the adaptability of dairy production under different market conditions are carried out with regard to the expiration of the dairy quota regulation. The farming intensity on arable land is...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Common Agricultural Policy; Milk market reform; Bio-masse; Agricultural sector model; Land use; Agricultural and Food Policy; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97592

END MATERIALS
Provedor de dados: 31
Includes: Awards Program, Western Agricultural Economics Association, 1979; Guidelines for Submitting Manuscripts; Membership Information; Back Cover
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1980
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32384

Vegetable Oils in the Australian Economy
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gruen,   Fred H.G.; Poggendorff,   W.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 1948
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8729

THE PROS AND CONS OF SLIP SHEETS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Johnson,   Glen R., Jr.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1980
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27073

THE RURAL DEVELOPMENT OF NORTHERN AUSTRALIA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Campbell,   Keith O.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1962
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22849

PASTORAL FINANCE HOUSES AND RURAL CREDIT 1949-50 to 1958-59
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jarrett,   Frank G.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural Finance.
Ano: 1962
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22461

THE UNDERSTANDING OF INTERNATIONAL TOURISM DEVELOPMENT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: van der Wal,   Marcus.
Tourism is travel for recreational, leisure or business purposes. Tourism has become one of the major players in international commerce, and represents at the same time one of the main income sources for many developing countries. This growth goes hand in hand with an increasing diversification and competition among destinations (Unwto, 2010).Working and serving in this pumping industry means to understand and react to the needs of all these people moving around this “small” planet! Success is defined by those who understand these needs and fulfill them to the satisfaction. Unfortunately, our industry is rather slow and we can be characterized as reactive instead of innovative. We adapt too slow compared to other industries that define the needs of their...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Tourism; Motivation; Market development; Touristic services; Destinations; Marketing.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/104669

The Contribution of Regional Trading Arrangements to Economic Convergence
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tavernier,   Edmund M.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Regional Trading; Economic Convergence; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/45792

Systematic Analysis and Optimization of the Agricultural Structure in Ethnic Regions in Northwest Sichuan Province
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Guo,   Hong; Zuo,   Yi-xing; Wang,   Yong-zhi.
Based on introducing the basic conditions of the ethnic regions in northwest Sichuan Province, the thesis analyzes its agricultural development status, which can be classified into two aspects ---rich natural resources and slow agricultural economic growth. Through the analysis of the agricultural structure of northwest Sichuan Province, it is found that the production efficiency and economic benefits of crop planting in this region are low, animal husbandry, as a major industry in pastoral region, sees high production efficiency, the agricultural production is still at the resource-oriented stage; its agricultural structure is still the farming-pastoral structure relying mainly on animal husbandry, planting is dominated by crop planting and potato...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Ethnic regions in northwest Sichuan Province; Optimization of agricultural structure; Concentration factor; Grey correlation analysis; Location quotient; China; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94272

INDEX OF FOOD DISTRIBUTION ARTICLES
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1984
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27588

FOOD STAMP PROGRAM EFFECTS ON AVAILABLITY OF FOOD NUTRIENTS FOR LOW INCOME FAMILIES IN THE SOUTHERN REGION OF THE UNITED STATES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Scearce,   W. Keith; Jensen,   Robert B.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 1979
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30026

Differentiation of the Rural Households Based on the Perspective of Agricultural Industrialization Behavior - A Case Study of 102 Households in Yanling County, Henan Province, China
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dong,   Guan-peng; Guo,   Teng-yun; Teng,   Fei.
Based on the analysis of fieldwork data collected by us from 102 households in the villages of Yaojia, Jizhuang and Wuzi, we analyze the phenomenon of differentiation behaviors of households who own different kinds of resources under the background of agricultural industrialization. The focus of this paper is to probe into characteristics of the physical contact space, information contract space between different rural households such as farmers, brokers and entrepreneurs. Then, we focus on the driving forces behind the household differentiation process. Several conclusions can be drawn from this analysis. Firstly, the geographical domain increases as the households evolutes from farmers to entrepreneurs, and the farmers’ physical contract space is larger...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Differentiation of rural households; Agricultural industrialization; Flower industry; Yanling County; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/108400

The Approaches to Narrowing Urban-Rural Income Gap－From the Perspective of Rural Social Security
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Zheng,   Shuang-sheng.
From the situations about the incomes and life quality of the urban and rural residents, the thesis briefly introduces the status quo of the urban-rural income gap and explores the impact of the income gap on social economy: firstly, it hampers economic development; secondly, it is detrimental to the social development. Then the thesis analyzes the role of a sound social security in narrowing urban-rural income gap: at first, it broadens the institutional environment of improving the agricultural efficiency; secondly, it eliminates the uncertainties influencing the farmers’ income; thirdly, it improves the farmers’ capacity to increase income; at last, it enhances the farmers’ consciousness of wealth. Next the thesis inquires into the problems existing in...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Income distribution; Urban-rural income gap; Rural social security; Urban and rural residents; China; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/96051

Regional Trends and Pattern in Milk Production and Drivers for Future Growth in Gujarat State
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Shah,   Jignesh; Dave,   Darshana.
The state of Gujarat has historically been the front runner in milk production activities. The state’s share in country’s milk production as well as per capita availability of milk have been increasing consistently, ensuring not only food security but also employment and livelihood sustenance in the rural areas. A phenomenal growth in milk production of cross-bred cows has been witnessed in recent years, especially in the southern and northern regions of the state. Historically, among the various factors contributing to growth in milk production, incremental dairy animal population has been the important factor. However, henceforth it is the yield of lactating animals – a single-most significant factor that needs to be focused for augmenting and sustaining...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/96955

Sources, Replacement and Management of Paddy Seed by Farmers in Punjab
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Verma,   Sangeeta; Sidhu,   M.S.
The study has reported different sources of paddy seed, seed replacement rate of paddy growers, and management of paddy seed by the farmers in two selected districts of Punjab. Amongst different sources of paddy seed, the share of private seed dealers has been found maximum (H” 48 per cent), followed by authorized seed dealer (H” 19 per cent), self-retained (11.5 per cent) and commission agents (H” 11 per cent).The share of other sources like fellow farmers, relatives and friends, PAU, village shopkeeper, state agriculture department, etc. has been found only 1-2 per cent each. The overall seed replacement rate has been found to be about 24 per cent. The farm category-wise analysis has revealed a direct relationship between seed replacement rate and farm...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57470

THE PERSPECTIVES OF AGRICULTURE IN THE EUROPEAN UNION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kaposzta,   Jozsef; Nagy,   Henrietta.
Agricultural perspectives in the EU
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Role of agriculture; Increasing food prices; Rural development policy; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47548

FARM GROWTH AND ESTATE TRANSFER IN AN UNCERTAIN ENVIRONMENT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Walker,   Odell L.; Hardin,   Mike L.; Mapp,   Harry P., Jr.; Roush,   Clint E.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Farm Management.
Ano: 1979
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29552

BOOK REVIEW: PINGALI, P.L., M. HOSSAIN, AND R.V. GERPACIO. ASIAN RICE BOWLS: THE RETURNING CRISIS? NEW YORK: CAB INTERNATIONAL; AND MANILA, PHILIPPINES: INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE, 1997
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Unnevehr,   Laurian J.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15050

ORGANIZED SYMPOSIA ABSTRACTS
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1989
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30184

Three facts about marijuana prices
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Clements,   Kenneth W.
Australians are among the largest consumers of marijuana in the world, and estimates show that their expenditure on marijuana is approximately twice that on wine. In the present paper, the evolution of Australian marijuana prices over the last decade is analysed, and a decline in real terms by almost 40 per cent is shown. This decline is far above that experienced by most agricultural products. Why has this occurred and what are the implications? One possible reason is the adoption of hydroponic growing techniques that have enhanced productivity and lowered costs and prices. Another reason is that laws have become softer and penalties reduced. Patterns in prices are found that divide the country into three broad regions: (i) Sydney, where prices are...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/117963

DESIGNING GRADUATE EDUCATION FOR AGRIBUSINESS STUDENTS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Phillips,   Travis D.; Couvillion,   Warren C.; Daughtrey,   Zoel W.; Burckel,   Daryl V.
For several years, universities in the U.S. have been struggling with defining and refining undergraduate and graduate agribusiness education programs. With the release of the recommendations of the National Agribusiness Education Commission, the search for the key ingredients of a Masters-level program has intensified. Mississippi State University has been among those universities attempting to define the parameters of a "cutting edge" agribusiness program. Faculty interest within the College of Business and Industry and the Agricultural Economics Department to develop a joint program has precipitated intensive efforts to achieve this goal. A nationally recognized agribusiness group of six academic leaders served as a Cooperative State Research Service...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1992
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30378

Accession to the World Trade Organisation: Challenges and Prospects for the Least-developed Countries (LDCs): Ethiopian Accession Case Study Technical Annex
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Delelegn,   Mussie.
This document is the technical annex to the full paper "Accession to the World Trade Organisatio: Challenges and Prospects for Least-developed Countries (LDCs)" which is available separately.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23891

AGRICULTURAL, AGRIBUSINESS, AND INTERNATIONAL MARKETING COURSES IN UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULA: ISSUES AND IDEAS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wysocki,   Allen F.; Fairchild,   Gary F.; Weldon,   Richard N.; Biere,   Arlo W.; Fulton,   Joan R.; McIntosh,   Christopher S.
Agricultural marketing courses cover a broad spectrum of topics and issues. Undergraduate committees, program coordinators, and marketing-oriented faculty struggle with the appropriate number and content of marketing course offerings. Curricula issues are discussed from the perspectives of three agricultural economics departments.  Size, expertise, interests, and pedagogic philosophy assist in determining the number, mix, and content of courses. Solving these problems includes modulization and increasing depth or breadth, to reflect the changing marketing system and student needs. Educators must continually look outward at the changing food system and inward to their marketing curriculum to assess needs and implement changes as they are warranted.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness curricula; Agricultural marketing; Marketing courses; Marketing curricula; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14670

THE IMPACT OF EMPTY TRUCK BACKHAULS ON THE FLORIDA F.O.B. SHIPPING POINT PRICES OF FRESH FRUIT AND VEGETABLES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kilmer,   Richard L.; Stegelin,   Forrest E.
Determining a potential dollar savings from reducing empty backhauls and the impact on shipping point prices. Empty backhaul miles per trip represents 3.5 percent of the average fronthaul mileage of Florida fresh fruit and vegetable truckers.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1983
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27203

Asymmetric Willingness-to-Pay Distributions for Livestock Manure
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Norwood,   F. Bailey; Luter,   Ryan L.; Massey,   Raymond E.
The Environmental Protection Agency's new Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFO) regulations are forcing some farms to export livestock manure to off-farm acres. The regulation compliance cost depends on the willingness of neighboring crop producers to accept or pay for the manure. This study estimates a manure willingness-to-pay distribution for crop producers using a contingent valuation mail survey. A flexible parametric distribution is borrowed from the crop yield literature, which shows that manure willingness to pay is left-skewed. Most crop producers in our sample will pay a positive price close to the savings in commercial fertilizer, but approximately 25% require a payment before accepting manure.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Animal waste; Asymmetric distribution; Contingent valuation; Manure; Nonmarket valuation; Pollution; Willingness to pay; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30972

Short-Run Demand Relationships in the U.S. Fats and Oils Complex
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Goodwin,   Barry K.; Harper,   Daniel C.; Schnepf,   Randall D.
Fats and oils play a prominent role in U.S. dietary patterns.  Recent concerns over the negative health consequences associated with fats and oils have led many to suspect structural change in demand conditions.  Our analysis considers short run (monthly) demand relationships for edible fats and oils.  In that monthly quantities of fats and oils are likely to be relatively fixed, an inverse almost ideal demand system specification is used.  A smooth transition function is used to model a switching inverse almost ideal demand system that assesses short-run demand conditions for edible fats and oils in the United States.  The results suggest that short-run demand conditions for fats and oils experienced a gradual structural shift that began in the late 1980s...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Fats and oils; Inverse demand system; Structural change; Q0; D1.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37858

Fire and Recreational Values in Fire-Prone Forests: Exploring an Intertemporal Amenity Function Using Pooled RP-SP Data
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Boxall,   Peter C.; Englin,   Jeffrey E.
An important consideration in managing fire-prone forests is the intertemporal impacts of forest fires. This analysis examines these impacts in a forest recreation setting by fitting a combined stated and revealed data set to explicitly model the effects of forest regrowth following a fire on recreation economic values. The results are particularly useful as they provide clear measures of the time path of recovery of forest amenity values following a fire.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Forest fire; Recreation valuation; Revealed preferences; Stated preference; Travel cost model; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/36703

Contents Page
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1946
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8353

CHOOSING ALTERNATIVES TO CONTAMINATED GROUND WATER SUPPLIES: A SEQUENTIAL DECISION FRAMEWORK UNDER UNCERTAINTY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sarnat,   Carol L.; Willis,   Cleve E.; Harper,   Carolyn R.
In increasing numbers, communities that rely on groundwater for drinking supplies have discovered contamination from agricultural pesticides and herbicides, road salt, underground fuel storage, and septic systems.  A variety of short- and long-run remedies are available with highly uncertain outcomes.  An appropriate technique for solving a benefit-cost problem of this type is a sequential decision framework using stochastic dynamic programming procedures for solution.  The approach is illustrated here by means of an application to the problem of the recent contamination of the groundwater of Whately, Massachusetts by the agricultural fumigant EDB and the pesticide aldicarb.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1987
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28981

COTTON EXPORTS: ANALYSIS OF THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN SALES AND SHIPMENTS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ayuk,   Elias T.; Ruppel,   Fred J.
Relationships between cotton export sales and export shipments are examined, and a quarter-specific lag structure is estimated. Two econometric systems are estimated, one employing export shipments and the other using export sales. Results indicate that sales are more sensitive to changes in economic variables than shipments and that stocks net of outstanding export sales are more responsive to price and interest rate changes than gross stocks. Sales and shipments are different variables and cannot substitute for one another in econometric modelling. Use of export sales data should be considered in estimation of export demand and stock demand parameters.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 1988
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29703

EFFECTS OF COAL BLENDING ON THE UTILIZATION OF HIGH-SULFUR IOWA COAL AND LOW-SULFUR WESTERN COAL
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Miller,   John J.; Drinka,   Thomas P.; O'Riley,   Craig W.; Baumel,   C. Phillip.
Sulfur dioxide emission standards for coal-fired stationary boilers generally range from 1.2 pounds per million Btu of heat input for large boilers constructed after August 17, 1971 to 5 to 6 pounds of SO2 emissions for other large boilers constructed on or before August 17, 1971 and for boilers located in nonrural areas. These standards generally prohibit the use of coal with sulfur contents &gt; 0.6 percent for new large boilers and &gt; 2.5 to 3.0 percent in other boilers. Low-sulfur western coal shipped in unit-trains and mechanically blended with higher-sulfur coals located close to the boilers provides a method of increasing the production of the high-sulfur Iowa coal as well as the consumption of low-sulfur western coal and, at the same time, of...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1979
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32441

DISTRIBUTED LAGS AND BARLEY ACREAGE RESPONSE ANALYSIS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Anderson,   Kym.
The need to incorporate production response lags in agricultural supply models is established, and two such lags are considered: the familiar adaptive expectations geometric lag, and a more general polynomial lag. These distributed lag supply response models are applied to Australian barley data for the period 1946-47 to 1968-69. A number of statistical problems associated with the adaptive expectations model are discussed, and in particular it is concluded that lags both in the formation of price expectations and in acreage adjustment should be considered when using geometric lag models. While the polynomial lag model does not provide useful results in the present study, its simplicity and flexibility suggest it may be useful in other studies requiring...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 1974
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22790

INCORPORATING THE 1990 FARM BILL INTO FARM-LEVEL DECISION MODELS: AN APPLICATION TO COTTON FARMS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Duffy,   Patricia A.; Cain,   Danny L.; Young,   George J.
A five-year, 0.1, mixed integer programming model was developed to analyze the effects of 1990 Farm Bill legislation on the crop-mix decisions made on cotton farms.  Results showed that, when compared to the 1985 Farm Bill, the 1990 Farm Bill can result in higher whole-farm income despite new "triple base" provisions limiting payment acres.  The increase in income results from elimination of limited cross-compliance provisions and the change to a three-year base calculation.  The model was also used to assess the likely impact of possible changes in the current legislation.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Cotton farms; Farm programs; Programming models; Agricultural and Food Policy; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 1993
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15041

A VON LIEBIG MODEL FOR WATER AND NITROGEN CROP RESPONSE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Grimm,   Sadi S.; Paris,   Quirino; Williams,   William A.
The century-old “law of the minimum” proposed by von Liebig was tested using five independent sets of crop response data on wheat, corn, cotton, silage, and sugar beets. The rival models were polynomial functions reported in the literature as the most suitable models for interpreting those data. Overall, the von Liebig model performed very well. While the nonnested hypothesis test was inconclusive with regard to silage and sugar beets, the von Liebig model rejected the polynomial specifications for wheat, corn and cotton.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 1987
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32239

A MEZŐGAZDASÁGI JÖVEDELMEK STABILITÁSA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lamfalusi,   Ibolya.
A mezőgazdasági jövedelmek stabilitásának megteremtése mindenkor az ag-rárpolitika fontos törekvése. A mezőgazdaságból élőknek a termelői jövedelem nagysága és alakulása meghatározza a gazdálkodói életszínvonal minőségét. Az EU országok jövedelemstabilitási mutatóival összevetve a magyar mezőgazda-ságét meg¬állapítható, hogy a hazai gazdálkodók helyzete igen kedvezőtlen. Az ágazatban mind a nominális értéken vett jövedelem stabilitása, mind pedig a jövedelem re¬ál¬értéke kedvezőtlenül alakult. A reáljövedelem 1998 és 2005 között egyetlen évben sem érte el az 1998. évi 80%-át, sőt 2003-ban 50%-nál kevesebb volt.  A mezőgazdasági termelés jövedelemstabilitását a mezőgazdasági kibocsátás kiegyensúlyozottsága határozza meg alapvetően. A kibocsátás már magában...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Jövedelem; Stabilitás; Instabilitás; EU; Mezőgazdaság; Income; Stability; Instability; EU; Rural economy; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Production Economics.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57674

Policy Considerations Related to Further Intervention in the Farm Credit System
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Harl,   Neil E.
The Farm Credit System Is a major participant in extending credit to and brokering losses from the agricultural sector during the current adjustment process. This article focuses on the problems faced by the system as a cooperative lender with relatively little diversity in its loan portfolio. Assistance to the system should be accompanied by organizational and structural changes that address the fundamental reasons for its vulnerability. Conditions suggest three basic choices: (1) preservation of the system in recognizable form, (2) decentralization to the district level, or (3) a shift toward a wholesaling function. One realistic alternative would involve a combination of these approaches.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural Finance.
Ano: 1987
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/46203

STORE POSITIONING AS A COMPETITIVE STRATEGY IN FOOD RETAILING
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Langrehr,   Frederick W.; Robinson,   Richard K.
Supermarket executives are facing aggressive price competition from limited selection food outlets.  The authors conducted a study to determine competitive responses to these reduced price outlets.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1981
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27549

A review of traditional Hungarian products’ reputation with a special focus on consumer behaviour
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Popovics,   Anett.
The quality of traditional and regional products is essentially determined by geography, history and culture. Being protected by a distinctive quality label (based on the geographical origin, traditions and special features) may enhance traditional Hungarian and regional products’ competitiveness. Based on our survey’s questionnaire results (N = 425) (basic statistics, factor and cluster analysis) it can be proved that consumers are able to identify and appreciate Hungarian products. They also highly value traditional quality.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Traditional Hungarian products; Consumer survey; Reputation; Value added; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/107652

Report of the Farm Management Service for Farmer-Borrowers of the Rural Rehabilitation Division of the Farm Security Administration for the year 1936
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ranney,   W.P.; Pond,   George A.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural Finance; Farm Management.
Ano: 1937
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47915

The Economics of "Robin Hood" Food Subsidy Policies
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wittenberg,   J.I.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Food Security and Poverty.
Ano: 1974
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9032

A mezőgazdasági üzem fogalmának változása
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Szekely,   Csaba; Takacs-Gyorgy,   Katalin.
A köznyelvben üzemnek nevezik azt a helyet, épületet, melyben valamilyen gazdasági egység tevékenykedik, illetve valamilyen termelő tevékenységet folytatnak. Az EU tanácsi és bizottsági jogrendszere viszont az üzemet az üzemtulajdonosok által igazgatott termelőegységként definiálja. Az angolszász országokban a farm elnevezést használják, amely bármilyen típusú mezőgazdasági üzem, vállalat lehet (family farm: családi gazdaság, cooperative farm: mezőgazdasági szövetkezet, large-scale farm: nagyüzem, small-scale farm: kisüzem stb.). Véleményünk szerint az üzem fogalma alatt magát a gazdálkodó egységet célszerű érteni, függetlenül annak jogi formájától, méretétől. Az üzem mellett szinonim fogalomként lehet alkalmazni a gazdaság, vagy a mezőgazdasági...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Üzem; Üzemtan; Vállalat; Vállalkozás; Birtok; Farm; Farm studies; Business; Enterprise; Estate; Agribusiness; Farm Management; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57740

The Impact of an Urban Growth Boundary on Land Development in Knox County, Tennessee:  A Comparison of Two-Stage Probit Least Squares and Multilayer Neural Network Models
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cho,   Seong-Hoon; Omitaomu,   Olufemi A.; Poudyal,   Neelam C.; Eastwood,   David B.
The impact of an urban growth boundary (UGB) on land development in Knox County, TN is estimated via two-stage probit and neural-network models.  The insignificance of UGB variable in the two-stage probit model and more visible development patterns in the western part of Knoxville and the neighboring town of Farragut during the post-UGB period in both models suggest that the UGB has not curtailed urban sprawl.  Although the network model is found to be a viable alternative to more conventional discrete choice approach for improving the predictability of land development, it is at the cost of evaluating marginal effects.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Land development; Multilayer neural network; Two-stage probit least squares; C35; R14.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37057

A Reexamination of the U.S. Export Demand for Soybeans and Soybean Products
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Uri,   Noel D.; Hyberg,   Bengt.
This paper addresses the question of whether the export demand for soybeans and soybean products changed structurally over the 1950 to 1992 period as the U.S. agricultural sector became more integrated with the rest of the world economy. The results suggest that export demands were stable for soybeans, soybean meal and soybean oil over the sample period. Moreover, it is possible to infer conclusively that the long-run soybean and soybean product export price elasticities were in the elastic range. The implications include that for each one percent reduction in the price of soybeans, soybean meal and/or soybean oil brought about through a government program, exports increased by more than one percent, leading to a reduction in the variability of soybean and...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Export demand; Export price elasticities; Soybeans; Soybean meal; Soybean oil; Agribusiness; Crop Production/Industries; Demand and Price Analysis; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 1994
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/90645

Perspectives, Philosophy, and Agricultural Economics
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lee,   John E., Jr.
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43522

HEDONIC ESTIMATION APPLIED TO THE FARMLAND MARKET IN GEORGIA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Elad,   Renata L.; Clifton,   Ivery D.; Epperson,   James E.
Farmland offered for its productive or consumptive value may be viewed as a class of goods characteristic of product differentiation.  Using the generalized Box-Cox transformation, an unrestricted hedonic model was employed to derive implicit valuations of parcel attributes.  Results suggest that the significance and level of importance of attributes on land pricing depends on the spatial extent of markets in Georgia.  Differences in the productive or consumptive use of farmland may imply that different factors and functional forms are appropriate to different farmland markets.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Farmland prices; Functional form; Hedonic pricing; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 1994
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15179

WELFARE CONSIDERATIONS OF NORTH AUSTRALIAN DEVELOPMENT DECISIONS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Healey,   Derek T.
Issue is taken with those who adopt a short-term economic allocation approach to the question of the development of Northern Australia. It is argued that welfare-economics criteria are inappropriate when consideration of development is involved and that attention must be paid by economists to immeasurable benefits and to national long-term goals rather than to the maximisation of immediate utilities.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1966
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22277

Commercial Disappearance and Composite Demand for Food with an Application to U.S. Meats
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Reed,   Albert J.; Levedahl,   J. William; Clark,   J. Stephen.
When elementary prices move strictly proportionately, aggregation over a group of diverse products is valid, and group demand responses can be decomposed into quality and quantity responses. This study shows that when relative elementary prices and group prices are stochastically independent, a similar decomposition is valid. Empirical results suggest consumers respond to changes in prices and income mostly by altering the quality of meat products. These findings imply that using commercial disappearance as a proxy for food demand can be misleading for policy analysis.   Key words: commodity aggregation, Composite Commodity Theorem, composite demand, Generalized Composite Commodity Theorem, quantity-quality decomposition
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Commodity aggregation; Composite Commodity Theorem; Composite demand; Generalized Composite Commodity Theorem; Quantity-quality decomposition; Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30719

Have Milk Fat Preferences Shifted? Structural Analysis of New York Milk Consumption
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ueda,   Takeshi; Frechette,   Darren L.
Consumption of lowfat and skim milk has increased substantially over the past decade. This study investigates whether the change is due to price and expenditure effects or to a more fundamental preference change in milk demand. Parametric and nonparametric analytical approaches provide a comprehensive analysis of structural change in milk consumption in New York State. A nonparametric approach first finds evidence of structural change. A parametric likelihood-ratio test then confirms the existence of structural change using a Kalman filter specification. The value of this technical analysis of milk preferences is its implication for labeling initiatives. Milk fat labels have allowed consumers to act on a new set of preferences, thereby improving consumer...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31484

A SIMULATION MODEL FOR PREDICTING AND ANALYZING MANPOWER REQUIREMENTS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Doeksen,   Gerald A.; Sarigedik,   Unal.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 1976
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29944

Economic Impacts of the U.S. Soybean Aphid Infestation: A Multi-Regional Competitive Dynamic Analysis
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kim,   C.S.; Schaible,   Glenn D.; Garrett,   Lynn; Lubowski,   Ruben N.; Lee,   Donna J.
We estimated the economic benefits resulting from controlling soybean aphid infestation by using a multi-regional competitive dynamic equilibrium model. Results indicate that the reduction of soybean production resulting from a soybean aphid infestation is largely absorbed by reducing soybean exports, due to the higher price elasticity of export demand compared to domestic demand. Producer benefits resulting from controlling soybean aphids would increase by between $949 million and $1.623 billion in ten years under various scenarios. Results also suggest that it is economically more efficient to control soybean aphids when the rate of intrinsic growth is relatively lower, the supply price elasticity of soybean acreage is relatively more elastic, and...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Soybean aphid; Invasive species; Producer surplus; Consumer surplus; Rag-1; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/45660

EVALUATION OF CROP INSURANCE PREMIUM RATES FOR GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA PEACHES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Miller,   Stephen E.; Kahl,   Kandice H.; Rathwell,   P. James.
We estimate actuarially fair premium rates for yield insurance for Georgia and South Carolina peaches for comparison to the premium rates established by the Risk Management Agency (RMA) for the 1999 crop. The RMA premium rates varied from county to county, but were identical for all growers in a given county. The estimated premium rates decrease with the grower's expected yield.  The RMA rate structure encouraged adverse selection, as premium rates were too low for growers with low expected yields (especially at low coverage levels) and were too high for growers with high expected yields (especially at high coverage levels).
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Adverse selection; Crop insurance; Peaches; Premium rate; Yield guarantee; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14711

THE ROLE OF THE TIME FACTOR IN THE MANAGER FUNCTIONS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Baba,   Eva Bacsne.
The role of the time factor in management is increasing. Change directs attention to the time factor from the point of view of the organisation, and management does the same from that of the person. I examined the time management practice of managers of organisations related to agribusiness, and the reaction time characterising the adaption ability of the organisations through a questionnaire survey. I analysed the collected data with scientifically established statistical methods. During studying resources, managing tasks, change, reaction time and effect I explored the features of time as resource, the significance of the time factor, the improvability of time efficiency in the different managing functions, the factors supporting and hindering the quick...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Time factor; Resource; Managers’ time management; And reaction time; Agricultural and Food Policy; Labor and Human Capital; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53577

TWO SUGGESTED ADJUSTMENTS IN FARM INCOME MEASUREMENT USING TAXATION DATA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Partridge,   A.J.S.; Musgrave,   Warren F.
The paper sets out two adjustments for taxation data when income distribution is relevant. The adjustments are used on income series for primary producers and wholesale-retail trading and results compared. Little difference is found between the two income series though the latter, years show the wholesale-retail traders series continuing on an upward trend, while the primary producers series appears to climb at a slower rate or has flattened out. An examination of income led to similar conclusions though these figures seem to imply that in both industries there is a hard core of poverty, individuals who can neither raise their income nor move out of the industry.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural Finance.
Ano: 1974
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22291

MARKET FORCES AND CHANGES IN THE PLANT INPUT SUPPLY INDUSTRY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Olson,   Kent D.; Rahm,   Michael; Swanson,   Michael J.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Input Supply Industry; Fertilizer; Plant Nutrients; Seed; Capital; Market Forces; Structural Change; Porter’s Five Forces; Agribusiness; Q13; L10; L22; M22; L80.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/100786

Analyzing distances
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fenty,   Justin.
Gower and Krzanowski (1999) described the analysis of a multivariate dataset that violated the assumptions of normality for multivariate analysis of variance. They developed a method comprising two aspects: a graphical representation of the points in a fewer number of dimensions, known as principal coordinate analysis; and a technique similar to MANOVA except that it was based on partitioning the distances between subjects, rather than sums of squares, and did not assume that the data followed any particular distribution. This article summarizes both aspects of their analysis and describes the Stata pco and aod commands, which perform principal coordinate analysis and analysis of distance.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Multivariate data; Principal coordinate analysis; Multidimensional scaling; Euclidean distance; Gower's general coefficient of similarity; Eigenvectors; Analysis of distance; MANOVA; Partitioning of squared distance; Randomization tests; Contrasts; Idempotent matrices; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/116209

Interstate Differences in the Cost of Complying With Feedlot Environmental Regulations: an Initial Investigation
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ridley,   Emma J.H.; Morison,   Julian B.; Griffith,   Garry R.
Environmental regulations impose construction and recurring costs on Australian feedlot operators. However to date there has been no published empirical information on these costs of environmental regulation. Additionally, variations in regulations between states and inconsistencies in the application of these regulations may have resulted in a pattern of location different from that dictated by least cost grain and feeder cattle inputs and processing and transportation services. The aim of this study was to attempt to measure the cost of complying with environmental regulations by large commercial feedlots in different Australian states. From data provided from a survey of 20 commercial feedlots it was found that the average cost of complying with these...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1994
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/12396

New Directions in Consumer Behaviour Research
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cash,   Sean B.; Goddard,   Ellen W.
Consumer behaviour remains an evolving and fascinating area of research. In this article we highlight some of the current work by Canadian researchers in the areas of enhancing both the quality and application of consumer analysis. The work described below touches upon areas in which not just economic theory and methods, but also the policy process can be improved. The working papers cited here were all presented as part of the principal paper session, “What’s Going on in Consumer Behaviour?” held at the joint meeting of the Canadian Agricultural Economics Society and the Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association in Halifax, Nova Scotia in June 2004.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Marketing; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/46370

ECONOMICS OF THE FROZEN FOOD DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Montgomery,   Nevin B.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1986
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27659

Greenhouse gas and groundwater recharge abatement benefits of tree crops in southwestern Australian farming systems
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Petersen,   Elizabeth H.; Schilizzi,   Steven; Bennett,   David.
The indirect benefits of a commercial tree crop for greenhouse gas and groundwater recharge abatement are analysed. Oil mallees are introduced into a whole-farm linear programming model as a source of income, an offset to greenhouse gas emissions from the mixed sheep and cropping enterprises and as a source of groundwater recharge abatement. The profitability of oil mallees is found to be very sensitive to the discount rate, yield and price assumptions and the relative profitability of other farm enterprises (especially the wool enterprise). Under standard assumptions where oil mallees are profitable, the trees significantly reduced greenhouse gas emissions and groundwater recharge and the farm remains profitable. If farm-level policies are introduced for...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/116189

MILK SUPPLY RESPONSE IN CALIFORNIA:  EFFECTS OF PROFITABILITY VARIABLES AND REGIONAL CHARACTERISTICS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Milligan,   Robert A.
This article discusses supply response for milk in California with the emphasis on the impact of profitability of milk production. Profitability variables are specified as profit margin per cow due to the availability of cost of production data. California production is disaggregated into five regional response equations for market (Grade A) milk and an equation for manufacturing milk (Grade B). Econometric results for larger, more specialized dairies indicate very inelastic responses and long production lags. Results for smaller, less specialized dairies indicate elastic responses and somewhat shorter lags.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 1978
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32556

THE PRODUCTION THEORY APPROACH TO IMPORT DEMAND ANALYSIS: A COMPARISON OF THE ROTTERDAM MODEL AND THE DIFFERENTIAL PRODUCTION APPROACH
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Washington,   Andrew A.; Kilmer,   Richard L.
Results indicate that, when comparing the unconditional derived-demand elasticities to the unconditional consumer demand elasticities, significant differences emerge due to the differences in the first-stage estimation procedure between the differential production approach and the Rotterdam model.  In comparing the consumer demand price/corss-price elasticities to the derived-demand price/cross-price elasticities, it is clear that use of the Rotterdam model when a production approach should be used can lead to overestimation, underestimation, and incorrect signs in deriving unconditional price effects.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Dairy; Demand; Imports; International; Production; Rotterdam; Trade; Demand and Price Analysis; D12; D24; F10; F14; Q17.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15070

SYSTEMS ANALYSIS OF LIVESTOCK WASTE MANAGEMENT:  A STUDY OF LARGE-SCALE DAIRYING
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Matulich,   Scott C.; Carman,   Hoy F.; Carter,   Harold O.
The analytical approach to studying waste management is investigated here in the context of large scale dairying. The typical short-run approach that regards waste management as separable from primary production is contrasted with a longer-run systems approach in which waste management is regarded as an interdependent stage of production. Failure to consider interdependencies between waste management and agricultural production could compromise potential efficiencies in the overall system. Furthermore, cooperative waste treatment and disposal among livestock producers may contribute to greater efficiency and afford opportunities for resource conservation and recovery through waste utilization.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 1979
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32291

FOOD DISTRIBUTION RESEARCH AND SERVICE CAPABILITY LISTING
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1972
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27802

A magyarországi szarvasmarha- és juhágazat középtávú kilátásai
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Voneki,   Eva; Papp,   Gergely.
Az állattenyésztési ágazatok kilátásai nem biztatóak a tartósan magas takarmányárak, a vertikálisan kevésbé szervezett, a termékpálya szakaszai közötti laza kapcsolat miatt, ami a legfontosabb felvevőpiacok szervezetlenségére is visszavezethető. A magyarországi állattartók érdemben nem képesek befolyásolni sem a világpiacon, sem az Európai Unió piacán zajló folyamatokat, így kénytelenek a réspiacokat kitöltve alkalmazkodni. Különböző modellváltozataink szerint a szarvasmarha-állomány 680-731 ezer egyed, a tejelőtehén-állomány 266-269 ezer egyed között alakulhat 2013-ban. Továbbra is elsősorban a húshasznú egyedek számának növekedésére lehet számítani. A tejtermelés 2010-ben várhatóan kitölti a nemzeti kvótát. Tej- és tejtermék-kivitelben főként a...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Szarvasmarha; Tej; Juh; Piac; Kilátások; Beef; Milk; Sheep; Market; Prospects; Agribusiness; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57735

Research on Supply Chain Operation of Connecting Agriculture with Supermarkets Based on Agricultural Brokers System
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cai,   Si-yang; Fang,   Xuan; Wang,   Zhu; Pu,   Xu-jin.
On the basis of expounding the research results of using relevant knowledge about Game Theory for supply chain of agricultural products at home and abroad, we use principal-agent model in Game Theory to research me new function that the supermarkets entrust supervision and control over quality of agricultural products to agricultural brokers in the circulation model of connecting agriculture with supermarkets; then design the optimal incentive contract and influencing factors between agricultural broker and supermarket, and explain the fundamental role of agricultural brokers in the process of circulation; finally in light of the role of government in promoting development and application of agricultural brokers, put forward corresponding policy...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural brokers; Connecting agriculture with supermarkets; Quality of agricultural products; Game Theory; China; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/117420

TAXPAYER PREFERENCES FOR USDA EXPENDITURES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ellison,   Brenna D.; Lusk,   Jayson L.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Taxpayer Preferences; USDA Budget; Budget Allocation; Agricultural and Food Policy; Q18.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109486

Modellierung von Betriebsentwicklung und Nachhaltigkeitszielen
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Zeddies,   Jurgen.
In his numerous textbooks WILHELM BRANDES has laid the foundation for theoretically appropriate modeling of farm firms, which has recently been expanded to modeling sustainability goals. The published research results belong to the fields of economic, ecological, and social sustainability. Standard method for the analysis of economic sustainability is the gross margin calculation, for the given purpose extended by associated opportunity costs and/or by appropriately adding further associable branch specific costs. At an on-farm-basis the system has been developed to a management information system under sustainability goals which has been further developed to the new forms of precision agriculture by incorporating yield and soil nutrient mapping,...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Farm planning; Modeling; Sustainability goals; International competitiveness; Transform processes; Agro-environmental policy; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/99003

Damona Doye: 2006-2007 President
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43881

FACTOR SUBSTITUTION IN AUSTRALIAN AGRICULTURE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Vincent,   David P.
Studies of the ease of substitution between inputs in production have generally been carried out within a production framework of an explicit functional form. In this study, a somewhat different approach is followed. A model of derived demand for primary factors of production, land, labour and capital is formulated to enable inferences to be made about the characteristics of the unspecified production function. The model is used to obtain estimates of the pairwise Allen-Uzawa substitution elasticities which are secondary parameters of the underlying production function. The reported FIML estimates from aggregate time series data for the period 1920/21 to 1969/70 indicate very low and marginally different substitution elasticities between different pairs of...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Production Economics.
Ano: 1977
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22482

State Trading Enterprises: A Canadian Perspective
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Annand,   Mel.
This paper provides a Canadian perspective on the debate about state trading enterprises in the World Trade Organization. STEs carry out important economic functions as part of national policies. STEs can do this without distorting competitive equilibrium in trade. From an economic and legal standpoint, STEs can properly function within the WTO system. The paper comments on why WTO rules on STEs may be practically meaningless, given the lack of application of the STE rules in WTO dispute resolution. The suggestion is made that the direction of legal inquiry into STEs should focus on the question of trade influence, rather than on the political question of government control of STEs. The real economic trade effects of STEs are the important aspects of STE...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Ideology; State trading; Subsidies; Unfair trade; WTO; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23834

MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING, NORTHEASTERN AGRICULTURAL AND RESOURCE ECONOMICS ASSOCIATION, TRURO, NOVA SCOTIA, CANADA, JUNE 19, 1990
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1990
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29034

ECONOMICS OF TRADE-OFF BETWEEN UREA NITROGEN AND POULTRY LITTER FOR RICE PRODUCTION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Govindasamy,   Ramu; Cochran,   Mark J.; Miller,   David M.; Norman,   Richard J.
This paper identifies optimal combinations of nitrogen in the form of urea, fresh litter and composted litter for rice production.  Traditional cost minimization techniques using data from experimental results conducted at three sites in Arkansas during 1991 have been employed.  Comparisons between different scenarios indicate that the trade-off between the use of poultry litter and urea nitrogen depends on such factors as soil fertility, the yield response to litter application and the relative prices of nitrogen and litter.  The use of litter is more economical at high target yields than at low target yields.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Poultry litter; Nitrogen; Rice; Programming; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 1994
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15180

An economic analysis of farm forestry as a means of controlling dryland salinity
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cacho,   Oscar J.; Greiner,   Romy; Fulloon,   Lachlan.
Large areas of agricultural land under conventional crops and pastures are at risk of dryland salinisation in Australia. The salinisation problem can be controlled by strategic and large‐scale planting of trees; however, farm forestry enterprises evaluated with conventional discounting techniques do not generally rank as an attractive alternative to annual crops on productive land. In this article, an optimal control model that explicitly accounts for decline or improvement in land quality over a period of 40 years is presented. The optimal area planted to trees and the optimal groundwater‐table trajectory through time are determined under a variety of scenarios. Implications of the results for policy design are discussed.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/117391

Agrárkérdések, alapkérdések, a termőföld
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Alvincz,   Jozsef.
A termőföld kérdése a „rendszerváltástól” kezdődően új megvilágításba került. Az azt megelőző évtizedekben hazánkban uralkodó marxi munkaérték-elmélet alapján a termőföldnek, mint a mezőgazdaság legfőbb termelési tényezőjének – mivel az nem a munka eredményeként keletkezett – hivatalosan nem volt értéke. Nem létezett valójában földpiac sem. A magántulajdon körében hagyott kis parcellák esetenkénti adásvétele még csak jelzőértékként sem volt értelmezhető a föld árára vonatkozóan.  Az elmúlt két évtized agrárpolitikai koncepciótlansága, és ebből eredően a birtokpolitika, valamint a mezőgazdasági üzemszabályozás elmaradása következtében a hazai földtulajdon-, valamint a birtokviszonyok a kárpótlási folyamat eredményét, illetve annak tovább torzult...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Birtokrendezés; Üzemszabályozás; Földpiac; Földár; Családi gazdaságok; Farm ownership; Farm regulations; Land market; Land prices; Family farms; Agricultural and Food Policy; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/99187

A multivariable scatterplot smoother
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Royston,   Patrick; Cox,   Nicholas J.
We present an extension of Sasieni, Royston, and Cox’s bivariate smoother running to the multivariable context. The software aims to provide a picture of the relation between a response variable and each of several continuous predictors simultaneously. This may be a valuable tool in exploratory data analysis, before constructing a more formal multiple regression model.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Mrunning; Running; Scatterplot smoothing; Multivariable regression analysis; Running line; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/117529

Construction of Performance Evaluation Index System for Enterprises Implementing Green Food Certification Based on BSC
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wu,   Xiu-min; Wang,   Shu-han.
According to the investigation results of 70 green food enterprises in Sichuan Province, the strategic targets of enterprises implementing green food certification are discussed by borrowing ideas from the Balanced Score Card. Balanced Score Card index system is selected and improved according to the changes of enterprises before and after implementing the green food certification system. Then, the performance evaluation index system of enterprises implementing green food certification is established. This index system has five strategic directions of finance, customer, internal management, social ecology, and learning and growth, and has 11 strategic targets, such as increasing operating profit, expanding market, improving the quality of staff, improving...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Balanced Score Card（BSC）; Green food certification; Evaluation index; China; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/108469

Economic Factors and Body Weight: An Empirical Analysis
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Schroeter,   Christiane; Lusk,   Jayson L.
With this study, we investigate the effects of changes in economic factors on body weight by constructing a utility theoretic model. The model is empirically estimated by combining data on individuals’ body weight, demographic and physical activity information, and statelevel measures pertaining to the prices of food away from home, food at home, and wages. By combining these data sources, we aim to estimate directly the weight effects of price and income changes. The empirical analysis suggests that decreasing the price of food at home could decrease body weight, a finding which has important public policy implications.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Body mass index; Body weight; Obesity; Subsidy; Tax; Agribusiness; Consumer/Household Economics; D11; D12; I18; H20; R22.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/46991

RISK ATTITUDES AMONGST AUSTRALIAN FARMERS: REPLY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bond,   Gary E.; Wonder,   Bernard.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 1981
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22626

RELEVANCY OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES IN THE POLICY ARENA: IMPLICATIONS FOR AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS: DISCUSSION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Stallmann,   Judith I.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 1989
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30172

Modelling the Adoption of HYV Technology in Developing Economies: Theory and Empirics
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Quilkey,   John J.; Pradhan,   Jadunath.
Modelling the adoption of HYV technology in developing economies may be effectively prosecuted at the microlevel in a non-separable, decision-theoretic system. The degree of adoption of high-yielding varieties of rice can be incorporated into the household decision framework and account can be taken of imperfections in labour and commodity markets. Despite the gap between theory and practice, an embryonic empirical model is implemented using survey data from Orissa, India to appraise the effectiveness of a range of agricultural policies on farm-family welfare, farm output, marketed surplus of food and rural employment.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: International Development; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 1993
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9592

THE IMPORTANCE OF NUTRITION LABELING AND HEALTH CLAIM REGULATION ON PRODUCT CHOICE: AN ANALYSIS OF THE COOKING OILS MARKET
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mathios,   Alan D.
The Nutrition Labeling and Education Act (NLEA) prohibits health claims for foods containing more than a certain amount of fat per serving.  This disqualifier level eliminates health claims for cooking oils since these products have approximately 14 grams of fat per serving, above the acceptable threshold.  However, a number of scientific studies indicate that, from a heart-health perspective, cooking oils lower in saturated fat and higher in monounsaturated fats are superior to other oils.  Prior to the NLEA, firms actively competed on this basis, with manufacturers of cooking oils making explicit heart-health claims in print advertising and labeling.  This study utilizes supermarket scanner data from twenty stores to examine the type of cooking oil...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Consumer/Household Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31536

Regional Milk Production Costs in N.S.W.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Graham,   M.A.; Hayward,   M.A.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 1978
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10299

BIOTECHNOLOGY--DIVERSIFICATION, AND THE FOOD INDUSTRY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Eller,   David G.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 1989
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27918

Book Reviews
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1972
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9648

A SIMULTANEOUS EQUATION MODEL OF THE ECONOMIC-ECOLOGIC SYSTEM IN CITRUS GROVES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lee,   Jonq-Ying; Langham,   Max R.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 1973
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30400

Banana policy: a European perspective
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tangermann,   Stefan.
European Union banana policies do not make economic sense, and hence criticism of these policies is justified. Some facts should, though, be remembered. If the EU had chosen free trade in bananas when the Single Market was established, certain producers both inside and outside the EU would have lost income, and it proved politically impossible to choose direct financial compensation. Also, the quantitative implications of the new EU banana regime may be less than sometimes assumed, as trade has not been reduced very much. The WTO's role is not to judge the economic merits of these policies, but their legal justification.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/118018

Sales of Farm Produce at Alexandria and Sussex Street, Sydney, March, 1947
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ferry,   C.H.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1947
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8408

Risk - An Opportunity or Threat for Entrepreneurial Farmers in the Global Food Market?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Shadbolt,   Nicola M.; Olubode-Awosola,   Femi; Gray,   David I.; Dooley,   Elizabeth.
www.ifama.org
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Uncertainty; Farm management; Opportunities; Threats; Agribusiness; Q12.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/96335

Liberalising Global Labour Markets: Recent Developments at the WTO: Technical Annex
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Grynberg,   Roman.
This document is the technical annex to the full paper "Liberalising Global Labour Markets: Recent Developments at the WTO" which is available separately.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23907

NAREA OUTSTANDING MASTER'S THESIS FOR 1994
Provedor de dados: 31
AN ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF DAIRY MAKRET PRICE TRANSMISSION PROCESSES; ABSTRACT, by Paula Emerick  THE ECONOMICS OF GROUNDWATER POLLUTION: THE CASE OF THE CHLORINATED SOLVENTS IN THE PHILADELPHIA-CAMDEN AREA; ABSTRACT, by Alicia K. Mather
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1995
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31585

Analysis of the theory of intermediaries and firm in rural socialized service organizations
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Li,   Wu; Hu,   Zhen-peng.
We use Sperber's intermediairies and the firm theory to analyze the rural socialized service organizations. By studying the case of the melon association in Beihe Village of Uqiao Township in Beijing, we find that the basic existing objective of this association is to save transaction cost. The theoretical research and case analysis results show that the dispersed peasants are unable to solve the contradiction between small-scale production and large-scale market. However, the rural socialized service organizations, the purpose of which is to serve the benefit of the peasants, can save the transaction cost of peasants and safeguard the economic interests of the peasants.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Intermediaries and the firm theory; Socialized service; Transaction cost; China; Agribusiness; Industrial Organization; Marketing; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53471

Should We Consider the Co-Benefits of Agricultural GHG Offsets?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Elbakidze,   Levan; McCarl,   Bruce A.
Water quality and other co-benefits arise from greenhouse gas reduction efforts in agriculture, but there are tradeoffs with energy sector emissions. Greenhouse gas reductions by power plants also improve human health. Policy based on balancing benefits and costs must account for the co-effects in both the agriculture and energy sectors.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94005

FACTORS AFFECTING FEEDER CATTLE PRICE DIFFERENTIALS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Schroeder,   Ted C.; Mintert,   James R.; Brazle,   Frank; Grunewald,   Orlen C.
Feeder cattle prices are determined by the interaction of many factors.  This study uses 1986 and 1987 Kansas feeder cattle auction data to investigate the impact of a wide variety of physical characteristics, many of which have not been used in previous studies on feeder cattle prices.  Unlike previous studies, this analysis explicitly incorporates changes in feeder cattle market fundamentals during the data collection period and also allows price differentials to vary by sex and weight.  Weight, weight-squared, lot size, lot size-squared, health, muscling, frame size, condition, fill, breed, presence of horns, and time of sale are significant factors affecting feeder cattle prices on any given day.  Several physical traits also exhibit different seasonal...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 1988
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32161

The Efficacy of TRIPS: Incentives, Capacity and Threats
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kerr,   William A.
There is a major split between developed and developing countries over the protection of the patents in pharmaceuticals in the TRIPS. This dispute is symptomatic of the difficulties of incorporating a non-trade issue into a trade organization. Incentives and threats are examined in the context of the TRIPS. It is concluded that developing countries have no direct incentives to protect intellectual property, that the threat of trade actions is unlikely to induce compliance and that the use of indirect incentives is discredited and will fail to achieve its objective over the long run. Successful protection of intellectual property in developing countries will require a way to provide them with a direct incentive to enforce such protection.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Enforcement; Incentives; Intellectual property; Knowledge economy; Threats; TRIPS; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23815

POLITICS AND MARKETS IN THE ARTICULATION OF PREFERENCES FOR ATTRIBUTES OF THE RAPIDLY CHANGING FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL SECTORS: FRAMING THE ISSUES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Abdalla,   Charles W.; Shaffer,   James D.
Industrialization of the food and agricultural sectors changes the pattern of external effects. Participants helped or harmed in the process attempt to influence outcomes through markets and politics.  Decisions about property rights and boundaries determine benefits and burdens and the relative cost of animal agriculture in different jurisdictions.  Prescriptions to redefine property rights are influenced by selective perception of rights to share in the benefits and be protected from costs.  Political choices about the appropriate jurisdiction (state versus local) for addressing environmental and nuisance effects of animal agriculture affect whose preferences count and will influence the development of these sectors.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Animal agriculture; Externalities; Industrialization; Institutions; Jurisdictional boundaries; Regulation; State versus local policy; Environment; Political Economy.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15530

FRONT COVER
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1968
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22699

In search of drivers for dry sanitation
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rautanen,   Sanna-Leena; Viskari,   Eeva-Liisa.
There is increasing awareness and concern about water pollution and water scarcity, and sanitation has been acknowledged as a critical dimension of both. This paper summarises the findings from the 2nd International Dry Toilet Conference 2006 (DT2006), held 16-19 August, 2006, in Tampere, Finland. The main objective is to publicise a range of research and real life experiences dealing with an uncommon subject: dry sanitation (DS). It was concluded, among other things, that continued technical and institutional development is needed because DS as a decentralised option calls for innovative approaches. Dry toilets based on urine diversion were recommended also for urban areas as urine has high concentrations of both nutrients and such micro-pollutants as...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/48075

Az eredetmegjelölés koncepcionális kérdései a Balatoni Borrégióban
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Brazsil,   David; Sidlovits,   Diana.
A magyar szőlő-bor ágazat fejlődését alapvetően befolyásolja a Közösségi Borpiaci Reform kapcsán megváltozó új jogi szabályozás, mely három új, egységes borkategóriát vezet be az Európai Unióban. A Balatoni Borrégió termelési szerkezetéből megállapítható, hogy borainak 99%-a földrajzi árujelzőkkel kerül forgalomba. Ezen árujelzők jövőbeli használatához termékleírás elkészítése kötelező. A termékleírás elkészítése felveti a jelenleg használt földrajzi árujelzők régiós elvek szerinti újragondolását. A „Balatoni” kategóriát oltalom alatt álló földrajzi jelzős termékkategóriává alakítva biztosítható lenne a – termelők nagy részének nagyfokú önállósága melletti – régiós borkategória. Erre építve a jelenlegi m.t. minőségi és védett eredetű kategóriákat, szigorú...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Közös borpiaci szabályozás; Borkategóriák; EU; Balatoni Borrégió; Eredetmegjelölés; Common wine market regime; Wine categories; EU; Lake Balaton Wine Region; Designation of origin; International Relations/Trade; Marketing.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/92494

DISCUSSION: LOCATION DETERMINANTS OF MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY IN RURAL AREAS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Batie,   Sandra S.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1978
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30265

A MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING MODEL FOR VEGETABLE ROTATIONS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Musser,   Wesley N.; Alexander,   Vickie J.; Tew,   Bernard V.; Smittle,   Doyle A.
Rotations have historically been used to alleviate pest problems in crop production.  This paper considers methods of modeling rotations in linear programming models for Southeastern vegetable production.  In such models, entering each possible crop rotation as a separate activity can be burdensome because of the large numbers of possible rotational alternatives.  Conventional methodology for double crop rotations reduces the number of activities but must be adapted to accommodate triple crop rotational requirements in vegetable production.  This paper demonstrates these methods both for a simple example and an empirical problem with numerous rotation alternatives.  While the methods presented in this paper may have computational disadvantages compared to...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 1985
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29375

Safeguard and Protection of Migrant Workers’ Interests from the Perspective of Game Theory
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Su,   Shi-hai; Liu,   Qian; Liu,   Ping-ping.
The status quo of the violation of migrant workers’ interests is analyzed, the results are not so optimistic. The overall situation of migrant workers’ training rights is poor; migrant workers ’rights to enjoy legal holiday are seriously violated; the working conditions and health protection measures are weak; migrant workers’ rights to get legal payment are damaged to a different degree; the social security mechanism for migrant workers is imperfect and there are still large gap between supply and demand. Combining with the relevant theories of Game theory, migrant workers’ interests obtained under the situation of entering right protection organizations and do not entering the organizations are analyzed, the results show that entering right protection...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Interests of migrant workers; Game theory; Labor union，China; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/102370

CONSUMER AWARENESS OF AND REACTION TO ELECTRONIC CASH REGISTER AND SCANNER TECHNOLOGY IN SUPERMARKETS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mason,   J. Barry; Langrehr,   Frederick W.; Robinson,   Richard K.
Findings emphasize the need for continuing research on consumer reaction to new supermarket technology including management behavior in dealing with consumer issues.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Consumer/Household Economics.
Ano: 1978
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27768

A PROFILE OF SOUTHEASTERN AGRIBUSINESS EXPORTERS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Epperson,   James E.; Cox,   J.C.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27644

REGIONAL IDENTITY IN RURAL DEVELOPMENT: THREE CASE STUDIES OF REGIONAL BRANDING
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Messely,   Lies; Dessein,   Joost; Lauwers,   Ludwig H.
Within the globalizing world, regions and their identities are subjected to great pressure. At present, places are engaged in a process of “territorial competition” in an integrated world economy. The identity of the region can be used as a starting point to brand a region and differentiate it from others. In the regional branding process, the region as a whole becomes a product or brand and offers a “basket” of regional products and services. Regional branding is aimed at creating a more distinctive image or reputation, which helps to increase regional competitiveness. This paper discusses the possibility of regional identity as a mobilizing force for rural development, by studying best practice examples of regional branding. Using the grounded theory...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Regional identity; Regional branding; Rural development; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/91126

SOME HIDDEN GAINS AND LOSSES OF A WOOL RESERVE SCHEME
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gruen,   Fred H.G.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 1964
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22660

Enjoying a Good Port with a Clear Conscience: Geographic Indicators, Rent Seeking and Development
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kerr,   William A.
The European Union is attempting to have the protection of geographic indicators strengthened in the WTO. There may be sufficient rents and other benefits available to justify this strategy in the negotiations. To achieve its rent-seeking goals, however, the European Union needs allies at the negotiations. It has been courting developing countries by touting the benefits of geographic indicators for their products. For most products originating in developing countries, the opportunities for rents will first have to be created, a resource-intensive and problematic activity. Further, even if rents can be created in the short run, the forces of competition are likely to erode them. Scarce resources might be better utilized on other development strategies that...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Developing countries; Geographic indicators; Incentives; Rent seeking; Sustainable development; WTO; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23827

IMAGE ANALYSIS AND EXTENSION EDUCATION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Owensby,   Raymond M.; Vastine,   William J.
The authors present how image analysis could be effectively utilized in Extension Education.  A case study was conducted to support their contentions.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1978
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27767

MODELING STATE AGRICULTURE: AN APPLICATION AND SOME IMPLICATIONS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Onafowora,   Olugbenga; D'Souza,   Gerard E.; Colyer,   Dale.
A disaggregated econometric model of the agricultural sector at the state level is constructed.  Using time series data on West Virginia agriculture and three-stage least squares in estimation, the model is employed to examine how various components of the state's agricultural sector adjust to changes in certain price and nonprice variables.  Results reveal characteristics of the state's agricultural economy that are both unique and useful - characteristics that are usually masked in aggregate models but that have profound implications for modeling producer decision making and policy formulation.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Industrial Organization.
Ano: 1990
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29042

Act to Save Groundwater in Punjab: Its Impact on Water Table, Electricity Subsidy and Environment
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Singh,   Karam.
The fall in water table in Punjab has been a serious issue. One of the main reasons for it has been the early transplanting of rice (before mid-June), which means severe withdrawal of groundwater, as the monsoon is still far away, temperatures are very high and evapo-transpiration rate (ETR) is maximum. On the initiative of the Punjab State Farmers Commission, “The Punjab Preservation of Sub Soil Water Act” (not to sow paddy nursery before May 10 and not to transplant paddy before June 10) was promulgated as an Ordinance in 2008 and encouraged by the response, it has been changed into an Act in March 2009. The time series and experimental data on transplanting pattern, water requirements rice, rainfall, monsoon recharge, groundwater behaviour and rice area...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57482

Bio-Energie: Fragen über Fragen
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tangermann,   Stefan.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/96746

ON THE OPTIMAL OUTPUT OF FLOOD PLAINS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Aislabie,   Colin.
A simple model is presented to demonstrate the point that allocative efficiency requires a suitable mix of flood-protection measures and this is not necessarily afforded by supplanting structural flood control measures with compulsory flood insurance schemes.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1976
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9154

MAIL SURVEYS AND NON-RESPONSE BIAS: REPORT ON A N.S.W. MAIL SURVEY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Freebairn,   John W.
All farmers in one stratum of a wheat storage survey who failed to answer a mail questionnaire were personally interviewed. Answers obtained from the mail respondents and from non-respondents are compared to assess the extent of non-response bias. Five suggestions for planning "high return" mail surveys are discussed.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 1967
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22350

Assessing Accuracy of Livestock Market Reporters: Some Evidence on Pigs in Victoria
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Alston,   Julian M.; Nguyen,   S.T.; Tunstall,   Allan W.
This paper explores the hypothesis that livestock market reporters tend to err towards the middle of the actual range when estimating carcass weight and fat depth. Trial data for pigs support the hypothesis and indicate that reporters' estimates may be significantly biased in some extreme weight and fat classes even when the average errors taken across all classes are trivial. Significant distortions in the reported premiums or discounts between some fat and weight classes are implied by the errors in estimating fat and weight.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 1986
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/12416

Sales of Livestock at Homebush, Sydney, February, 1948
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 1948
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8725

Price Paradox and Strategic Choice of "Vegetable Basket" in China
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Li,   Wu.
By using the analysis method of game theory, this paper analyzes the phenomenon of price paradox of vegetable basket in China and its reason as follows: me price paradox of vegetable basket in China is that if the vegetable is cheap, it will harm farmers, and if the vegetable is expensive, it will harm people; high-cost logistics, low negotiation status of vegetable growers and cooperation predicament are responsible for price paradox. Based on the theoretical basis of strategic choice-theory of intermediaries, it indicates that the intermediaries can realize effective transaction and save transaction cost. The strategic choice of solving price paradox of vegetable basket is put forward as follows, support vegetable growers' cooperatives, reduce...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Vegetable basket; Price paradox; Transaction cost; Strategy; China; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/117243

Multifunctionality and Rural Identity - A Study Conducted Among Farmers in the Jura Region
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mieville-Ott,   Valerie.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32002

BOOK REVIEWS
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1993
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22738

Problems in the Labor Export of Western Rural Areas  － A Case Study of Three Gorges Reservoir Area
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hu,   Bang-Yong.
The thesis gives a brief account of the status of the labor economy in Three Gorges Reservoir area, which indicates that the labor economy in this area has made certain development; characterized by fragile ecology, backward economic development and weak capacity to absorb employment, the Three Gorges Reservoir area is densely populated and has lots of rural surplus labors which needs to be transferred. Then the thesis analyzes the problems in the labor export in this region, which can be manifested in the following aspects: the exported labors are with low quality and single skill; they are narrow-minded and have strong intention for their employment regions; they have low income but high risk to get employed; the government does not provide strong...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Labor export; Employment; Countermeasures; Three Gorges Reservoir area; China; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97633

Report on an Economic Survey of New England Grazing Properties
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: James,   B.J.F.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Land Economics/Use; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 1961
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8695

Stata tip 33: Sweet sixteen: Hexadecimal formats and precision problems
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cox,   Nicholas J.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/117581

AN ANALYSIS OF CONSUMERS' AWARENESS AND WILLINGNESS TOWARD ON-LINE FOOD SHOPPING IN AN URBAN AREA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bhuyan,   Sanjib.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Consumer/Household Economics.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26510

IMPACTS OF THE ADOPTION OF GENETICALLY ENGINEERED CROPS ON FARM FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: McBride,   William D.; El-Osta,   Hisham S.
The rapid adoption of genetically engineered (GE) crops by U.S. farmers suggests that these technologies have been perceived to improve farm financial performance.  This study develops and applies an econometric model to data from corn and soybean producers in order to evaluate the financial impacts of the adoption of GE crops.  Results indicate that the adoption of GE crops has had a limited impact on financial performance that varies by crop, type of technology, type of farm, and region of the nation.  Factors other than the financial impacts appear to be important reasons for the rapid adoption of GE crops.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Bt; Corn; Farm financial performance; Genetically engineered crops; Herbicide-tolerant; Soybeans; Technology adoption; Crop Production/Industries; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15514

GROWTH IN AGRICULTURAL LOAN MARKET SHARE FOR ARKANSAS COMMERCIAL BANKS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ahrendsen,   Bruce L.; Dixon,   Bruce L.; Priyanti,   Atien.
Changes in commercial bank market shares of farm debt are decomposed into portfolio decisions loanable funds availability and loan market size for 64 counties in Arkansas from 1986 through 1990.  A seemingly unrelated regression model is hypothesized to identify county characteristics that are related to changes in commercial bank market shares.  Regression results indicate that county differences in economic activity, the relative risk associated with agriculture, farm structure and regional location contributed to changes in commercial bank market shares.  The results imply a market niche for rural commercial banks emphasizing agricultural loans in the presence of unlimited branch banking.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Banks; Farm debt; Loan portfolio; Market share; Agricultural Finance.
Ano: 1994
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15172

INFLATION AND MACHINERY COST BUDGETING
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Watts,   Myles J.; Helmers,   Glenn A.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Farm Management.
Ano: 1979
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30023

Trade Agreements: The Important Role of Transparency
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kerr,   William A.
International trade can be inhibited in two ways; through the use of mechanisms that directly alter the flow of goods and poor transparency in the rules of trade. The former includes tariffs and other border measures, subsidies and non-tariff barriers. The effect on trade flows resulting from issues of transparency is indirect. When the rules of trade are unclear for firms considering investing in trade related activities, the risks associated with those investments increase and investment is inhibited. If there is less investment in trade related activities, trade flows will be reduced. Poor transparency exists in contingent protection measures such as anti-dumping – currently on the agenda of the Rules negotiations at the WTO and – customs and related...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Investment; Liberalization; Risk; Transparency; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6322

Canadian Orange Juice Imports and Production Level Import Demand
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Liu,   Yan; Kilmer,   Richard L.; Lee,   Jonq-Ying.
Import demand equations are estimated in order to identify the own-, cross-price, and volume elasticities that can be used to determine the best marketing strategy to increase U.S. orange juice gallons in the Canadian import market. This study uses the firm’s version of production differential, AIDS, CBS, and NBR models. An expansion of total Canadian orange juice import gallons using advertising favors the U.S. much more than it does the other three origins investigated— Brazil, Mexico, and ROW. A 1% increase in imported gallons of orange juice due to advertising will increase U.S. imports by 1.20% and Brazil’s gallons by 0.60%.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: AIDS model; CBS model; Import demand; International trade; NBR model; Agribusiness; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/62281

Export Implicit Financial Performance: The Case of French Wine Companies
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Viviani,   Jean-Laurent.
Noting the difficulties of measuring a company’s export performance and especially financial performance, we develop a new measurement approach grounded on modern portfolio theory. The export intensities and the global financial performance of exporting companies being known, this approach allows deducing the export margin ratio, export risk and correlation of domestic activities with export activities. Using a sampling from French companies in the wine industry from 2001-2005, these implicit financial export performance characteristics are estimated. Main results found: export activities permit a better global margin-risk relationship essentially due to diversification gains because export financial performance seems to be inferior to the domestic one for...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Export; Financial measures; Performance; Wine industry; Agricultural Finance; Financial Economics; Q10; Q14.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53795

THE MANIFESTATION OF HEALTH-CONSCIOUSNESS IN FOOD PREFERENCE AND CONSUMPTION AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE ACCORDING TO AN EMPIRIC STUDY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Horvath,   Agnes; Lajos,   Attila; Szira,   Zoltan; Varga,   Erika.
In our study we set out to find answers to the question of how today’s secondary schools students in Hungary assessed certain food products. We examined in the target group also the development of relationship between the preference of a certain product and its assessment from the health point of view. We assumed that both the preference and assessment of food for its effects on health were not only influenced by the gender of consumers but also by the type of the school attended and to a large extent by the development level of the region of domicile. In conclusion, young people had shown some signs of awareness of what is healthy eating and they had been able to differentiate between healthy and unhealthy foodstuffs, but their consumption was still...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Questionnary; High schools; Level of healthy consumption; Kérdőíves felmérés; Középiskolások; Egészséges fogyasztás szintje; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Marketing.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54412

Freer International Trade and the Consequences for EU rural areas
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bureau,   Jean-Christophe.
General equilibrium models estimated by various authors and institutions show that, although trade liberalization leads to aggregate welfare gains, there are winners and losers when it comes to the distribution. The aim of this article is to determine to what extent rural regions have won or lost in the trade opening process that has been underway since the 1990s. The economic literature on international trade and regional development suggests the presence of opposing forces, making the global impact of international trade liberalization on rural areas ambiguous. Using a series of empirical studies, in particular the DREAM model (CEPII), the author assesses the  impact of trade opening on the European Regions, observing  a significant proportion of losers...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Trade liberalization; European Rural regions; Rural development policies; International Relations/Trade; O18.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7995

Market Structure and Environmental Innovation
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Montero,   Juan-Pablo.
This paper studies firms’ incentives to invest in environmental R&amp;D under different market structures (Cournot and Bertrand) and environmental policy instruments (emission standards, taxes, tradable permits and auctioned permits). Because of market strategic effects, R&amp;D incentives vary widely across market structures and instruments. For example, when firms’ products are strategic substitutes (i.e., Cournot), either emission standards, taxes or auctioned permits can provide the most incentives. But when firms’ products are strategic complements, either taxes or auctioned permits provide the most incentives. If markets are perfectly competitive, however, permits and emission standards offer similar incentives that are lower than those offered by...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Environment; Regulation; Market structure; Innovation; Marketing; Environmental Economics and Policy; L13; L50; Q28.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44294

EFFECTS OF PAST AUSTRALIAN WHEAT PRICE POLICIES ON KEY INDUSTRY VARIABLES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Myers,   Robert J.; Piggott,   Roley R.; MacAulay,   T. Gordon.
Evidence is provided on the extent to which wheat price policies operating over the period 1953-54 to 1983-84 achieved objectives related to the levels and stability of key industry variables. The general findings are that the levels of achievement have been modest and that trade-offs have been involved. This evidence is supplementary to the evidence already available from efficiency-based studies.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis; Marketing.
Ano: 1985
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22513

Cover and Contents
Provedor de dados: 31
Includes: 2005 Officers and Directors, Food Distribution Research Society, Inc., Editorial Information, Contents Page
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27764

Measuring the Contribution of Water and Green Space Amenities to Housing Values: An Application and Comparison of Spatially Weighted Hedonic Models
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cho,   Seong-Hoon; Bowker,   James Michael; Park,   William M.
This study estimates the influence of proximity to water bodies and park amenities on residential housing values in Knox County, Tennessee, using the hedonic price approach. Values for proximity to water bodies and parks are first estimated globally with a standard ordinary least squares (OLS) model. A locally weighted regression model is then employed to investigate spatial nonstationarity and generate local estimates for individual sources of each amenity. The local model reveals some important local differences in the effects of proximity to water bodies and parks on housing price.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Hedonic model; Locally weighted regression; Park; Spatial; Water bodies; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8630

Do EU direct payments to beef producers belong in the ‘blue box’?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: McErlean,   Seamus; Wu,   Ziping; Moss,   Joan E.; IJpelaar,   Jos; Doherty,   Andrew.
In the Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture, so-called ‘blue box’ support measures were exempted from reduction commitments, provided they were delivered under ‘production-limiting’ programs. Although classified as ‘blue box’, the EU system of direct payments (DP) to beef farmers imposes ‘claim-limiting’ restrictions rather than ‘production-limiting’ restrictions, allowing farmers to keep additional animals over and above the number upon which they are eligible to claim DP. The present paper provides empirical evidence that EU direct payments capitalise into the market prices of male calves and young steers in Ireland. It is also likely that DP capitalises into the prices of beef cows and heifers. Given this capitalisation process, some farmers can...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/116173

BOOK REVIEW: DUNCAN, MARVIN AND JEROME M. STARE, EDITORS. FINANCING AGRICULTURE INTO THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Erickson,   Kenneth W.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15317

ELABORACIÓN DE MEZCLAS DE FERTILIZANTES PARA PAPA Y MAÍZ EN ELVALLE DE TOLUCA, ESTADO DE MÉXICO
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Millan,   Jose Nefthalli Martinez; Rebollar Rebollar,   Samuel; Salazar,   Jose Alberto Garcia; Jimenez,   Daniel Cardoso; Hernandez Martinez,   Juvencio; Rojo Rubio,   Rolando; Portillo,   Benito Albarran; Gonzalez Razo,   Felipe de Jesus; Ramirez Abarca,   Orsohe.
Project evaluation allows to resources optimisation, improving business's productivity and viable investments. The aim of this research was to provide technical and economic elements, to support decisions about the feasibility or not to run an agribusiness oriented to fertilizer's formulas production, used for potato and maize crops during establishment and maintenance in Toluca Valley, Estate of Mexico. The methodology used was project formulation and evaluation. The main markets were Toluca, Zinacantepec, Sultepec, Valle de Bravo and Temascaltepec municipalities. The discount rate was 13.1 %, with an estimated Net Current Value of $ 2 981 061, the Internal Return Rate (IRR) was 78.36 %, and the Modified Internal Return Rate (MIRR) was 181.44 %. The...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Fertilizer's formulas production; Net current value; Internal return rate; Modified internal return rate; Agro mezclas; Valor presente neto; Tasa interna de retorno; Tasa interna de retorno modificada.; Agribusiness; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/45846

On the Garden Path: An Economic Perspective on Prevention and Control Policies for an Invasive Species
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kaiser,   Brooks A.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; Q20; Q57.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94378

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS: A CRITICAL REVIEW OF THE STATE OF THE SCIENCE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Martin,   James E.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1978
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30264

PERFORMANCE IMBALANCES IN THE CHAIN: EU TRADITIONAL FOOD SECTOR
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Molnar,   Adrienn; Gellynck,   Xavier.
Organizations nowadays no longer compete as independent entities, but as chains (Christopher, 1998; Cox, 1999; Lambert and Cooper, 2000). Hence, being part of a well-performing chain is crucial for the future of the individual food firm, especially in the context of the globalizing economy. As a result, the objective of this study is to identify performance imbalances of traditional food chains. Therefore, quantitative data were collected via individual interviews with 271 chain members (91 suppliers, 91 focal companies and 89 customers) of 91 traditional food chains from three European countries (Belgium, Italy and Hungary), representing six different traditional food product categories (cheese, beer, ham, sausage, white pepper and bakery). The results...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Chain performance; Imbalances; Traditional food products; Agribusiness; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53531

Market-Driven International Fish Supply Chains: The Case of Nile Perch from Africa's Lake Victoria
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Thorpe,   Andy; Bennett,   Elizabeth.
This paper analyses the organisation of the post-harvest Nile perch supply chain centred on Lake Victoria in East Africa to test the practical relevance of the market-driven supply chain thesis proposed by Folkerts and Koehorst (1998). It finds that while international consumer demand, particularly in demanding improved quality standards according to HACCP principles, is having profound local organisational ramifications, the evolving supply chain is presently best characterised as being a hybrid one – neither exclusively production, nor marketdriven.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Supply chain; Fish chain; Nile perch; Lake Victoria; HACCP; Quality assurance; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8129

The Share Market Crash and Australian Agriculture
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Freebairn,   John W.
The 20 to 45 per cent fall in indexes of share market prices in mid-October 1987 was a worldwide phenomenon. It represented a sharp reversal to a five-year period of sustained increases in stock prices. It is important to assess the implications of the crash for Australian agriculture in the context of the world scene, because of the worldwide stock market crash, because of the interdependence of world financial markets and because of Australian agriculture's dependence on world markets for 60 per cent of its sales. This note looks at the likely implications of the stock market crash on Australian agriculture in terms of direct effects on land prices; direct effects on world economic activity; effects of lower economic activity on commodity markets; and...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural Finance.
Ano: 1988
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9665

Some Quantitative Relationships in Meat Marketing
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: van der Meulen,   John.
This article represents the early stages of a broad enquiry into the marketing of meat. As such the results are tentative only and often uncompleted.  To date the work has been concerned mainly with fat lamb prices and supply although a number of side excursions have been made. It has been calculated that total expenditure on meat at the retail level has kept pace with the growth of money income; in other words, when money income increased by, say, one per cent, consumers spent one per cent more on meat (lamb, mutton, beef and pork).  While the total quantity consumed per year per caput has not risen substantially considerable shifts have occurred in the consumption of different types of meat and, in particular, the consumption of lamb has increased at the...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Marketing.
Ano: 1961
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8854

Empirical Research on Influencing Factors of Trade Competitiveness of China’s Agricultural Products
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Miao,   Qiang; Liu,   Yong sheng; Wang,   Xiao yuan.
Based on the analysis of the indices of RCA and TSC of agricultural products in China, according to China Statistical Yearbook, China Rural Statistical Yearbook and data from database of The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations from 1996 to 2009, We select direct influencing factors and indirect influencing factors as reference as series of numbers, regard indices of RCA and TSC as index series of numbers of evaluation, and use grey correlation analysis method to conduct analysis and evaluation on influencing factors of trade competitiveness of China’s agricultural products. The results show that due to different index calculation methods, the sequencing results of all factors are not wholly the same. But on the whole, in terms of...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Trade of agricultural products; Trade competitiveness; Grey correlation analysis; China; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/113499

AJAE Appendix: Welfare Impacts of Cross-Country Spillovers in Agricultural Research
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lence,   Sergio H.; Hayes,   Dermot J.
The material contained herein is supplementary to the article named in the title and published in the American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Volume 90, Number 1, February 2008
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7106

Back Matter: THE AUSTRALIAN AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS SOCIETY
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1957
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22841

Will Consumers Pay a Premium for Country-of-Origin Labeled Meat?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Umberger,   Wendy J.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/93391

TAX REFORM AND BEEF COW REPLACEMENT STRATEGY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Innes,   Robert; Carman,   Hoy F.
This paper models optimal beef cow replacement strategy in a stochastic environment under U.S. income tax rules effective before and after the Tax Reform Act of 1986. Under each tax regime, the producer's buy versus raise decision and optimal culling age choice are analyzed. Per-cow profit levels are also calculated. Results of the numerical analysis indicate that tax law changes, particularly the loss of the capital gains exclusion and restrictions on preproduction expensing, will have significant effects on both optimal decisions and profitability of beef cow operations. When provisions of the Tax Reform Act of 1986 are fully effective in 1988, the optimum age for culling beef cow will increase, as will the after-tax costs of beef cow operations.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural Finance; Livestock Production/Industries; Public Economics.
Ano: 1988
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32112

Invasive Species Control over Space and Time:  Miconia calvescens on Oahu, Hawaii
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Burnett,   Kimberly M.; Kaiser,   Brooks A.; Roumasset,   James A.
The optimal size and location of an invasive species population depend upon spatially differentiated biological growth, economic costs, and damages.  Although largely absent from most economic models, spatial considerations matter because the likelihood and magnitude of the invasion vary spatially and the threatened assets may be unevenly distributed across space.  We map the current and future populations of an invasive species, Miconia calvescens, on Oahu, Hawaii, and the potential damages to water quantity, quality, and endangered-species habitat, and weigh these against treatment costs.  We find that optimal densities vary from approximately 1% to 18% cover throughout the island.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Geographical Information Systems; Hawaii; Invasive species; Miconia calvescens; Oahu; Spatial analysis; Watershed; Q23; Q25; Q28; Q51; Q57.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37274

Agricultural Supply Response in ORANI
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Adams,   Philip D.
In the ORANI general equilibrium model, the supply behaviour of agricultural industries is the crucial element shaping the response of agriculture as a whole to any exogenous shock. In this paper, elasticity formulae which measure agricultural supply behaviour in the model are derived. These elasticities are found to be very sensitive to year-on year changes in the level of agricultural profitability, embodied within the model's data base. The appropriate procedure, therefore, is to construct a synthetic data set designed to capture the agricultural sector in a recent average year. Supply elasticities based upon these data represent the "preferred" estimates of this study.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 1987
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/12431

An Economic Evaluation of Contract Marketing
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Phillips,   John.
This paper analyses the efficiency consequences of the introduction of contract marketing. It interprets contracts as a means for extending the use of information and increasing the efficiency of its transmission. It is shown that the present system, based on spot markets, falls short of the ideal in which the marginal value product of informational resources equals their marginal cost, marginal cost being the least technically possible. Contracting reduces this disparity and in so doing improves short and long run resource allocation, accelerates innovation, diminishes overhead costs and enhances the efficiency of obtaining information.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Marketing.
Ano: 1968
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9208

Estimating values for recreational fishing at freshwater dams in Queensland
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rolfe,   John; Prayaga,   Prabha.
In this paper, estimates of value for recreational fishing are reported for three major freshwater impoundments in Queensland, Australia, using both travel cost and contingent valuation methods. Policy analysts often require estimates of value when analysing the importance of recreation against other uses of impoundments, or when considering the potential for further investments, such as with fish stocking programs. Different forms of the travel cost method are used to estimate separate consumer surpluses associated with two key subgroups of recreational anglers: frequent and occasional anglers. A contingent valuation study is used to estimate the marginal values associated with a potential improvement in fishing experience. The results of the travel cost...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Consumer surplus; Contingent valuation method; Recreational fishing; Travel cost method; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/118325

GLOBALIZATION, CROPPING CHOICES, AND PROFITABILITY IN AMERICAN AGRICULTURE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Blank,   Steven C.
The paper discusses the linkages between the "globalization" of agricultural markets over recent decades and the decisions being made by individual farmers and ranchers in the United States.  It is noted that technological advances lead to globalization of agricultural commodity markets and profit pressures.  The continuing profit squeeze in agricultural production is having a significant effect on the cropping choices of America's farmers.  When possible, acreage is being shifted out of low-revenue-generating crops and into higher-revenue-generating crops.  This shift makes crop portfolios more risky over time, thus encouraging farmers to consider diversifying out of agriculture.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Cropping choices; Globalization; Profit; Risk; Safety-first; Agricultural Finance; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15013

ATTRIBUTES AND PREFERENCES OF U.S. VEGETARIANS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ejimakor,   Godfrey; Onyeagu,   Uche.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Consumer/Household Economics.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27129

Trends and Developments in United States Agricultural Policy: 1993-1995
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Vande Kamp,   Philip R.; Runge,   C. Ford.
Budget pressures, emphasis on environmentally sensitive agriculture, emphasis on finding agricultural export markets, and anti-agricultural program sentiment have fueled a climate for change in United States agricultural policy. Significant changes depend on the political strength of agricultural interest groups and on the compromises which can be reached between them. Several notable achievements have been accomplished in recent domestic agricultural policy legislation. The 1995 farm bill will define the commodity and conservation programs for the next five years. There have been history-setting accomplishments in reducing barriers to international agricultural trade. The tri-partite North American Free Trade Agreement became effective January 1, 1994....
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 1994
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/12317

Tests and confidence sets with correct size when instruments are potentially weak
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mikusheva,   Anna; Poi,   Brian P.
We consider inference in the linear regression model with one endogenous variable and potentially weak instruments. We construct confidence sets for the coefficient on the endogenous variable by inverting the Anderson–Rubin, Lagrange multiplier, and conditional likelihood-ratio tests. Our confidence sets have correct coverage probabilities even when the instruments are weak. We propose a numerically simple algorithm for finding these confidence sets, and we present a Stata command that supersedes the one presented in Moreira and Poi (Stata Journal 3: 57–70).
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Condivreg; Instrumental variables; Weak instruments; Confidence set; Similar test; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/117584

Tobacco Farmer Interest and Success in Income Diversification
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Beach,   Robert H.; Jones,   Alison Snow; Tooze,   Janet A.
As farm income from tobacco production has declined in recent years, there has been increasing interest in identifying alternative sources of income for tobacco farmers in the southern United States The recent termination of the tobacco quota program has accelerated the exit of tobacco farmers and has heightened concern regarding the availability of substitutes for tobacco production. In this study, we examine factors influencing tobacco farmers’ attempts to identify profitable alternatives to tobacco, their off-farm employment behavior, and changes in acres of tobacco cultivated using survey data collected from a panel of North Carolina tobacco farmers combined with market data
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Diversification; Farm programs; Farmer survey; Quota buyout; Tobacco; Crop Production/Industries; Farm Management; Financial Economics; C33; Q12; Q18.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/45045

Net Gains from 'Net Purchases? Farmers' Preferences for Online and Local Input Purchases
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Batte,   Marvin T.; Ernst,   Stanley C.
E-commerce represents both threats to and opportunities for rural communities. This study addresses one element of the issue: farmers' willingness to substitute online merchants or national farm input stores for local businesses. Results of a conjoint analysis of contingent choice experiments suggest that farmers are willing to purchase from online or national stores outside their communities if compensated with lower prices or greater services. Results also demonstrate that the context of the input purchase, such as time constraints, was very important not only in valuing these services, but, more broadly, in terms of the farmer's loyalty to a local merchant.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: E-commerce; Farm input purchase; Willingness to pay; Contingent choice; Rural communities; Farm Management; Marketing.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10154

Az éghajlatváltozás növekvő szerepe a közösségi szakpolitikákban, különös tekintettel a közös agrárpolitikára
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Baksa,   Adrienn.
Az éghajlatváltozás globális hatásainak Európa is kiszolgáltatott. Így megnövekedett annak az igénye, hogy az Európai Unió adaptációs és mitigációs intézkedéseket építsen be szakpolitikáiba. Hosszabb távra azonban összehangolt és megfelelő pénzügyi háttérrel rendelkező EU-s klímastratégia szükséges. A megváltozó éghajlat kulcstényező az európai mezőgazdaság és vidék fejlődésében, ezért a közeljövő Közös Agrárpolitikáját (KAP) már ehhez javasolt igazítani.  A fenntartható termelést elősegítik a 2007–2013-as EU-s vidékfejlesztési intézkedések, melyek nagy része a mitigációt is ösztönzi. Ezért az EU további vidékfejlesztési többletforrásokat csoportosított az éghajlatváltozás okozta hatások mérséklésére és az adaptáció növelésére. Véleményem szerint az EU...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Éghajlatváltozás; EU; Klímapolitika; Közös agrárpolitika; Vidékfejlesztés; Climate change; EU; Climate policy; Common Agricultural Policy; Rural development; Agricultural and Food Policy; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/99134

Just What Does Local Mean?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hand,   Michael S.; Martinez,   Stephen W.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/93821

Maintaining Sheep During Drought with Computer Formulated Rations: Comment
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: White,   D.H.; Jeffery,   H.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 1973
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9560

Technical efficiency of olive oil manufacturing and efficacy of modernization programme in Tunisia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kashiwagi,   Kenichi; Mtimet,   Nadhem; Zaibet,   Lokman; Nagaki,   Masakazu.
This study investigates firm level technical efficiency of production and its determinants in a sample of 137 olive oil manufacturing firms in Tunisia using a stochastic frontier production model applied to cross-section data. Results indicate that technical efficiency of production in the sample of olive oil manufacturing firms investigated ranges from a minimum of 47.1% to a maximum 99.5% with an average technical efficiency estimate of 86.5%. This implies olive oil manufacturing firms in Tunisia can increase their production on average by 13.5% through more efficient use of technology and production inputs. The fact that 93 firms represented more than 64.4% of the sample hit more than 80% of technical efficiency score implies the efficacy of...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Olive oil manufacturing; Stochastic frontier production function; Technical efficiency; Modernization programme; Tunisia; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/96195

Phosphorus Imbalances in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed: Can Forestland and Manure Processing Facilities Be the Answers?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Catma,   Serkan; Collins,   Alan R.
A mixed-integer linear programming model was formulated to minimize the cost of transport and processing of excess manure in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. The results showed that primarily poultry manure was moved out of surplus counties for land application or processing. In the base model, annual cost was more than $350 million, with the bulk of the cost arising from construction of energy facilities for poultry manure. Forestland application of poultry manure had the lowest average cost, and more forestland than agricultural land was used for manure application. The lowest cost scenario was $127 million annually when constraints were removed to expand manure application on agricultural land and allow unlimited construction of composting facilities. Such...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Mathematical programming; Water quality; Animal manure; Composting; Environmental Economics and Policy; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/106063

Fresh-Cut Melon - The Money Is in the Juice
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mayen,   Carlos D.; Marshall,   Maria I.; Lusk,   Jayson L.
Fruit is an important component of the food industry in the United States, and “fresh-cut” products are an increasing portion of that consumption. We found that packaging and juice content played a significant role in the choices Indiana consumers made when purchasing fresh-cut melon products. Brand was not as important as the other fresh-cut melon attributes. Indiana consumers had a clear dislike for cup-shaped transparent packages compared with tamper-proof, bowl, and squared packages.  However, they were willing to pay a premium for packages that have no fruit juices on the bottom.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Conjoint; Consumer preferences; Demand; Fruit; Q13; D12; M31; P46.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43479

Correction of Measurement Error in Monthly USDA Pig Crop: Generating Alternative Data Series
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kim,   In Seck; Plain,   Ronald L.; Bullock,   J. Bruce; Jei,   Sang Young.
The imputed pig death loss contained in the reported monthly U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) pig crop data over the December 1995–June 2006 period ranged from 24.93% to 12.75%. Clearly, there are substantial measurement errors in the USDA monthly pig crop data. In this paper, we present alternative monthly U.S. pig crop data using the biological production process, which is compatible with prior knowledge of the U.S. hog industry. Alternative pig crop data are applied to a slaughter hog model and tested comparatively to USDA pig crop. Test results reject the validity of USDA pig crop data in favor of the alternative data.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Biological production process; Measurement error; Monthly USDA pig crop data; Pig death loss; Agribusiness; Farm Management; Livestock Production/Industries; Q11; Q13; C12.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47208

Washington Scene
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/93318

END MATERIALS
Provedor de dados: 31
Includes:  Guidelines for Submitting Manuscripts; Membership Information; Back Cover
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1991
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32629

EFFICIENT MARKETING OF BLUEBERRIES IN MISSISSIPPI AND LOUISIANA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Muhammad,   Safdar; Allen,   Albert J.
Fresh blueberries are sold through a marketing cooperative of the blueberry industry in Mississippi and Louisiana. Blueberry producers have numerous alternatives in assembling blueberries, and the cooperative needs to know the costs of different systems for assembling berries in order to provide better services to its members. The main objective of this study was to determine an efficient system for handling blueberries in Mississippi and Louisiana. Sixteen models with different combinations of drop stations and shipping points were evaluated. The results of this study will help the Miss-Lou Association and farmers to better develop strategies for handling and marketing blueberries in the future. It will assist the Miss-Lou Association in determining the...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Marketing.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27402

Tanácsadó szolgálat a zöldenergia hazai térnyeréséért
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gergely,   Sandor.
A hazai zöldenergia-hordozó termelés és hasznosítás olyan lehetőség, amelynek kiaknázása hozzájárulhat hazánk energiaimport-függőségének csökkentéséhez, miközben segíti a kedvezőtlen szociális és termőhelyi viszonyok között élő gazdálkodókat és a lakosságot egy új jövedelemszerzési forráshoz való hozzájutásban. A hatékony zöldenergia-hordozó termelés és felhasználás olyan új tudás megszervezését és gyakorlati alkalmazását teszi szükségessé, amelynek közvetítésére adekvát szervezeti rendszer keretében működő Zöldenergia Tanácsadó Szolgálatot (ZETA) érdemes létrehozni és működtetni. A ZETA termelői érdekű tanácsadó szolgálat, amely a zöldenergia-termelők és -szolgáltatók hatékonyabb tevékenységét hivatott szolgálni – a vállalkozások különböző...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Primer energia; Zöldenergia; Termelői érdekű tanácsadás; Tanácsadási módszerek; Műszaki tanácsadás; Primary energy; Green power; Producer-oriented consultancy; Consultancy methods; Technical consultancy; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58597

ACCOUNTING FOR SPATIAL CHARACTERISTICS OF WATERSHEDS IN EVALUATING WATER POLLUTION ABATEMENT POLICIES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Qiu,   Zeyuan; Prato,   Anthony A.
This study evaluates three agricultural nonpoint pollution abatement policies: regulating the spatial pattern of agricultural activities, ambient tax, and abatement tax/subsidy.  All three policies incorporate spatial characteristics of agricultural emission loading and movement for an agricultural watershed in the Midwest.  The effects of spatial variation in natural conditions and landscape features on agricultural emissions and crop yield are evaluated using a newly developed biophysical simulation model and experimental data.  While the policies are equally cost effective in reducing agricultural nonpoint source pollution, their implementation feasibility is quite different.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Atrazine; Environmental policy; Nonpoint pollution; Simulation; Watershed management; Water quality; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15135

COVER AND CONTENTS PAGES
Provedor de dados: 31
Includes:  Front Cover; Editorial Information; Contents Pages
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31186

The Current Round of Agricultural Trade Negotiations: Should We Bother About Domestic Support? Technical Annex
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rae,   Allan N.; Strutt,   Anna.
This document is the technical annex to the full paper "The Current Round of Agricultural Trade Negotiations: Should We Bother About Domestic Support?" which is available separately.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23882

Analysing Linkages between Strategy, Performance, Management Structure and Culture in the Spanish Fresh Produce Industry
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Martinez,   Marian Garcia; Poole,   Nigel D.
This article reports the results of an industry-level study that seeks to identify empirical regularities between firm strategy, management style, organisational structure and performance in the Spanish fresh fruit and vegetable (fresh produce) industry using strategic group analysis. Groups were formed from key dimensions reflecting firms' strategic orientations. Performance levels did not differ systematically between strategic groups, but performance was found to be influenced by the alignment between entrepreneurial culture and organisational structure. A move towards greater flexibility and/or adopting an entrepreneurial style are both likely to contribute to an improvement in the overall performance of the firm.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Strategic groups; Business strategy; Management structure; Fresh; Agribusiness; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8130

The Relative Importance of the Green Industry in the U.S. Agricultural Economy
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Turner,   Steven C.; Kriesel,   Warren.
This article describes the relative size of the green industry within the U.S. economy and how it is linked to supporting industries through the volume of transactions and economic impact multipliers. This analysis was based on IMPLAN, an input-output model developed by the U.S. Forest Service. In terms of 1990 employment, the green industry was the second leading employer in United States production agriculture. In terms of output, the greenhouse and products sector ranked sixth within production agriculture, behind cattle, other livestock, grains, other crops and oil bearing crops.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Green industry; Input-output model; Multiplier; Greenhouse and nursery products; Agribusiness; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 1995
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/90366

The Allied-Heublein Joint Venture
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mueller,   Willard F.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1990
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/46252

Evaluation of innovation activities of small and medium-sized businesses in Slovak Republic
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sopkova,   Eva; Kostiviarova,   Silvia.
The aim of the presented paper is to contribute to the discussion on innovation activities of small and medium-sized businesses of the Slovak Republic and the European Union. It is based on the results of research carried out by the National Agency for the Development of Small and Medium Enterprises (NADSME), where the focus was on the innovation capacity of small and medium firms in Slovakia. And it was complemented by the results of an analysis of firms’ innovation activities in the Banská Bystrica region carried out within the project “Regional Innovation Strategy of the Banska Bystrica Region”.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Innovation; Innovation activities; Small and medium-sized businesses.; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; O31; O32.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94565

Gianluigi Zenti, President, Academia Barilla SpA - The Changing Consumer: Demanding but Predictable
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hartl,   Jochen.
It is crucial to understand and predict consumers' behaviour to meet future consumer demands. This report contributes to the discussion by giving an insight into consumers' behaviour from the perspective of Gianluigi Zenti, executive director of Academia Barilla. It is discussed how consumers' choice has changed in particular with regard to Italian food in the US and how Barilla has responded to that challenge.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Consumer demand; Consumer behaviour; Academia Barilla; Italian food; Consumer/Household Economics.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8193

Lessons Learned from SO2 Allowance Trading
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Stavins,   Robert N.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/93329

Back Materials
Provedor de dados: 31
Back Cover
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/116679

An Assessment of the Attractiveness of the U.S. Fresh Orange and Grapefruit Industry
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Campeau-McAllister,   Nicole; Campeau-McAllister,   Kimberly; Phillips,   Jon C.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26737

Theme Overview: Fresh Produce Marketing: Critical Trends and Issues
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries; Marketing.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94358

Impact of Direct Income Payments on Productive Efficiency of Korean Rice Farms
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kang,   Hye-Jung; Kim,   Jeong-Ho.
This paper examines the impact of direct income payments on productive efficiency of Korean rice farms, using farm-level cross sectional data in 2006. For representation of efficiency and its determinants, this paper uses a model that estimates the deviations of farms from a translog distance function and the determinants of these deviations. This paper especially estimates a stochastic frontier production function to explain deviations from best-practice productivity with a two-part error term including statistical noise from measurement error and technical inefficiency arising from farms not reaching the production frontier boundary. The empirical evidence finds that farms that get a higher share of direct payments in farm revenue are less efficient than...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Direct income payments; Productive efficiency; Stochastic frontier production function; Korea; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/45650

The impact of the EU Water Framework Directive on irrigated agriculture in Italy: the case of the North-East fruit district
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bazzani,   Guido Maria; di Pasquale,   S.; Gallerani,   Vittorio; Morganti,   S.; Raggi,   Meri; Viaggi,   Davide.
The objective of the paper is to evaluate the sustainability of irrigated agriculture under Water Framework Directive (60/2000) and Agenda 2000. The methodology relies on scenario analysis combined to farm level multicriteria mathematical programming. The methodology is applied to the case study of fruit farming in Northern Italy. The research shows that water pricing can improve irrigation efficiency, but the impact of water policy is strongly affected by agricultural policy scenarios. In order to make water policies more socially sound, it is necessary to consider a broader range of impacts and to provide a higher co-ordination between policy goals.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26451

A genetic algorithm approach to farm investment
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cacho,   Oscar J.; Simmons,   Phil.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural Finance; Farm Management.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/117154

THE RETURNS FROM RESEARCH IN AUSTRALIAN BROADACRE AGRICULTURE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mullen,   John D.; Cox,   Thomas L.
Many people share the view that too little is invested in R &amp; D in agriculture. The relationship between several measures of productivity and research expenditure was estimated using data from ABARE's surveys of broadacre industries and a new data series on R &amp; D expenditure for the period 1953 to 1988. The internal rate of return to research was estimated to be in the range of 15 to 40 percent which does not provide strong evidence that Australia is either under- or over-investing in public research.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 1995
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22399

GYEPHASZNOSÍTÁS ÚJSZERŰ MODELLJE KÖZÉP-SZIGETKÖZBEN
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Horvath,   Eszter.
A térség területhasználatában jelentkező változások követték az országos és megyei módosulásokat, ami a szántó- és gyepterületek folyamatos csökkenésében fejeződik ki. Ugyanakkor a Szigetköz tájban az egyes területi egységek terület-használata eltérően alakult.  A Szigetköz hidrológiai, biológiai, talajtani adottságainak tanulmányozása rávilágít arra, hogy a táj természeti adottságai kedveznek a gyepre alapozott ál-lati termék előállításnak. A gyepterületek továbbá lehetőséget nyújtanak újszerű felhasználásra is, hozzájárulva a fenntartható, környezettudatos, tájfenntartó mezőgazdálkodás megteremtéséhez. A vizsgálatok eredményeibe a gyepművelés formáját, a legeltetendő állatfaj igényeit és tartásmódját, a gyepgazdálkodás formáját, a tájegység...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Közép-Szigetköz; Állati termék; Földhasználat; Gyephasznosítási modell; EU; Region; Wheat; Corn; Collateral production average; Land Economics/Use; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57690

Cover and Contents Pages
Provedor de dados: 31
Includes: Front Cover; Editorial Information; Author Guidelines for Submitting Manuscripts to JARE; Back Cover; Contents Pages
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30914

ESTIMATION OF FIRM-VARYING, INPUT-SPECIFIC EFFICIENCIES IN DAIRY PRODUCTION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lass,   Daniel A.; Gempesaw,   Conrado M., II.
Firm-varying production technologies were estimated using random coefficients regression methods for a sample of Massachusetts dairy farms.  Results were compared to OLS Cobb-Douglas production function estimates.  The random coefficients regression model was found to virtually eliminate conventionally measured firm technical inefficiencies by estimating individual firm technologies and ascribing remaining inefficiencies to specific inputs.  Input-specific measures of firm inefficiencies showed hired labor, land, and machinery inputs to be used in excess of efficient levels.  Livestock supplies were underutilized by all farms.  Efficiencies of feed, crop materials, fuels, and utilities varied, although estimated means were closer to optimal levels.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Production Economics.
Ano: 1992
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29006

TO CONTRACT OR NOT TO CONTRACT?  A DECISION THEORY AND PORTFOLIO ANALYSIS OF CATTLE CONTRACT GRAZING
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Teegerstrom,   Trent; D'Souza,   Gerard E.; Osborne,   Phillip; Jones,   Kezelee Q.
Contract grazing is compared with retained ownership of cattle using two frameworks-decision theory and portfolio analysis.  The study area is West Virginia.  Contracting is optimal under a wide range of price and weather scenarios and decision criteria.  It also dominates other alternatives based on labor efficiency measures.  The optimal portfolio consists of contract grazing and pasture rental, with the results insensitive to small changes in contract grazing returns.  The decision theory and portfolio analyses are complementary; together, the two sets of results provide a comprehensive view of the optimal production alternative.  Because different agents employ different decision criteria, this approach can increase the utility of results to decision...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31566

END MATERIALS
Provedor de dados: 31
Includes: Guidelines for Manuscript Submission; Back Cover
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1991
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29014

APPENDIX B:  FOOD DISTRIBUTION RESEARCH SOCIETY, INC. TREASURER'S REPORT FOR 1982-1983 (AS OF OCTOBER 31, 1983)
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1984
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26945

Kharif Sorghum in Karnataka: An Economic Analysis
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Basavaraja,   H.; Hugar,   A.Y.; Mahajanashetti,   S.B.; Angadi,   V.V.; Rao,   B. Dayakar.
Sorghum, which once occupied more than 18 M ha of area in the country, has been on a continuous decline during the past two decades and has fallen down to 10.39 M ha. Most of the decline in area has occurred in kharif sorghum. This warrants critical examination of the changing scenario of kharif sorghum and identification of the reasons thereof. For the macro analysis, secondary data on various aspects of kharif sorghum have been used, whereas the farm survey data have been used to draw the inferences at the micro level with respect to changing scenario of kharif sorghum. The growth rates in area, production and productivity of kharif sorghum have been computed. The Herfindahl index has been computed to find out crop diversification in the sample districts...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58473

The Triple Bottom Line: What is the Impact on the Returns to Agribusiness?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Detre,   Joshua D.; Gunderson,   Michael A.
www.ifama.org
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Event-study; Sustainability; Profitability; Corporate social responsibility; Dow Jones Sustainability Index; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance; Demand and Price Analysis; Environmental Economics and Policy; Financial Economics; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/117608

FRONT COVER
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1961
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22544

Evaluierung der Erfolgsfaktoren des EFQM-Modells in der österreichischen Ernährungswirtschaft anhand des Analytischen Hierarchieprozesses
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Meixner,   Oliver; Pochtrager,   Siegfried; Haas,   Rainer.
Numerous companies in the Austrian food industry have already been certified in accordance with the ISO 9000 standards. However, the introduction of a quality management system in a company alone does not guarantee continuous improvement as required by the standard ÖNORM ISO 9001:2000. In order to be successful when introducing and maintaining a quality management system in a company, a number of important factors must be considered. These success factors are derived from the „European Foundation for Quality Management (EFQM) Model for Business Excellence“. The purpose of the EFQM Model is to support the internal assessment of the quality management within a company, and it can be regarded as a motor for internal improvement. In particular, for companies...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Quality management; Success factors; Analytic Hierarchy Process; Model evaluation; Food industry; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97434

Sementes crioulas: o estado da arte no Rio Grande do Sul
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Pelwing,   Andreia Becker; Frank,   Lucia Brandao; Barros,   Ingrid I. Bergman de.
This study investigated the state of the art of traditional, or landrace seeds in the State of Rio Grande do Sul. An ethnographic study was carried out by means of a non-statistical seed sampling in 13 farms from eight municipalities lying in the regions of the Greater Porto Alegre, Serra, Planalto Médio, Depressão Central and Serra do Sudeste. A broad diversity of ancient plants was observed. These species survive in the farms with the help of a seed bank. All in all, 39 plant species were characterized, distributed in 12 families, totaling 258 instances of landrace seeds grown in the farms visited. According to the farmers, the preference for landrace seeds is due chiefly to seed adaptability, better flavor and quality of the produce grown therefrom,...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Landrace seeds; Agrobiodiversity; Family agriculture; Sustainability; Agribusiness; Q20.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61244

Journal Frontmatter
Provedor de dados: 31
Includes front cover and editorial information.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Crop Production/Industries; Demand and Price Analysis; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Health Economics and Policy; Industrial Organization; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; International Development; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/117943

GROWTH STAGE THEORIES AND AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT POLICY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ruttan,   Vernon W.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: International Development.
Ano: 1965
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22652

O TURISMO EM ÁREAS RURAIS MINEIRAS: UMA ALTERNATIVA SOCIOECONÔMICA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Chequer,   Karina Lopes; Neto,   Jose Ambrosio Ferreira.
This study examines the probable contributions of tourism in rural areas for the social and economical development of Minas Gerais State. It fits within the scope of research aiming to identify the mechanisms and strategies which allow rural families to increase their income and utilize their work force with non-agricultural rural activity. In this study it was conclude that the potentialities of tourism in rural areas are relevant in the State, due to natural, cultural and historical attractions, which makes the state one that keeps the larger number of investments directed to the touristic activities on rural area.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Tourism in rural areas; Non-agricultural activity; Rural families.; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43983

GUSTOS Y PREFERENCIAS DE LOS CONSUMIDORES QUE COMPRAN HONGOS COMESTIBLES EN SUPERMERCADOS DE MÉRIDA, YUCATÁN, MÉXICO
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ancona Mendez,   Ligia; Rejon Avila,   Manuel Jesus; Flores Novelo,   Anel.
During the first half of 2008, a researching study was done through interviews for some purchase department employees of selected supermarkets, as well as the people that acquire mushrooms “Pleurotus Ostreatus” and other edible mushrooms in Mérida, Yucatán. This study was done with the purpose of identifying their consumer behavior, consumption and to understand how the product is perceived in the supermarket shopping area. The collected data was processed using the percentages technique. It found that the majority (75 %) of respondents had mid-higher and higher education, also 50% were from Yucatan and the remaining percentage from other states in Mexico. The market segment consists mainly of women (65%), in relation to men (35%). The main reasons for...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Mushrooms; Consumer behavior; Perception of product.; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/99472

Differences in Prices and Price Risk Across Alternative Marketing Arrangements Used in the Fed Cattle Industry
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Muth,   Mary K.; Liu,   Yanyan; Koontz,   Stephen R.; Lawrence,   John D.
Information on prices and price risk differences across marketing arrangements aids fed cattle producers in making choices about marketing methods. As part of the congressionally mandated Livestock and Meat Marketing Study, we investigated fed cattle price and price risk differences across marketing arrangements. The analysis uses data representing cattle purchased by 29 large beef packing plants from October 2002 through March 2005. Results indicate that marketing agreements offered the best tradeoff between price level and price risk. Forward contracts had the lowest average yet highly volatile prices. Auction barn prices were higher than other methods but also the most volatile.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Alternative marketing arrangements; Fed cattle; Hedonic; Price risk; Price volatility; Prices; Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/36711

MULTIPERIOD OPTIMIZATION:  DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING VS. OPTIMAL CONTROL:  DISCUSSION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Talpaz,   Hovav.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 1982
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32262

PROFITABILITY OF INCREMENTAL EXPENDITURE ON FIBRE PROMOTION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hill,   Debbie J.; Piggott,   Roley R.; Griffith,   Garry R.
In this paper the impact of changes in wool promotion expenditure and changes in expenditure on the promotion of competing fibres are examined using an equilibrium displacement model. The emphasis is on examining impacts on producer profits net of promotion expenditure and on benefit-cost ratios measuring changes in producer surplus relative to changes in promotion expenditure. It was found, for example, that incremental expenditure on apparel wool promotion on the domestic market is unprofitable but incremental expenditure on promotion of apparel wool on the export market is generally profitable. Further, it was found that increased promotion of cotton and man-made fibres on the export market, with promotion of apparel wool unchanged, would reduce profits...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Marketing.
Ano: 1996
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22370

Productivity and Economic Effects of Antibiotics Used for Growth Promotion in U.S. Pork Production
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Miller,   Gay Y.; Algozin,   Kenneth A.; McNamara,   Paul E.; Bush,   Eric J.
Public health experts are concerned about the diminishing efficacy of antibiotics.  Some have called for a ban on growth-promoting antibiotics in animal agriculture.  This study identifies the contribution of growth-promoting antibiotics in the grower/finisher phase of U.S. pork production.  With National Animal Health Monitoring System swine data, relationships are estimated between growth-promoting antibiotic use and productivity.  Results indicate improvements in average daily gain (0.5%), feed conversion ratio (1.1%), and mortality rate (reduced 0.22 percentage points); these productivity improvements translate into a profitability gain of $0.59 per pig marketed, or an improvement of 9% in net profits associated with growth promotion antibiotics.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Antibiotics; Economics; Growth promotants; Productivity; Resistance; Swine; Q12; Q18.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43146

Sales of Farm Produce at Alexandria and Sussex Street, Sydney, February, 1947
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ferry,   C.H.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1947
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8375

Role of transformational and transactional leadership on job satisfaction and career satisfaction
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Riaz,   Adnan; Haider,   Mubarak Hussain.
Effective leadership always plays an important role in the growth and better performance of the organization. This research has been conducted to determine the impact of transformational and transactional leadership style on job success and career satisfaction. A total of 240 responses (n = 240) from various private organizations working in the capital city of Pakistan were collected using various measures of TLI Questionnaire along with items of job success and career satisfaction. Results showed positive trends of all variables. Transactional leadership is found significantly related to job success while transformational leadership and job success are found highly related with career satisfaction. The results of regression analysis show that job success...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Transactional leadership; Transformational leadership; Job success and career satisfaction.; Labor and Human Capital; M51; M54.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95932

TOTAL SYSTEMS NEEDS OF THE WHOLESALER/RETAILER IN THE EIGHTIES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Harris,   Robert.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1984
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26941

Changing Produce Marketing Barriers: A Comparison Among Three Southern States
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Eastwood,   David B.; Brooker,   John R.; Hall,   Charles R.; Rhea,   Alice J.; Estes,   Edmund A.; Woods,   Timothy A.
Produce growers in Kentucky, North Carolina, and Tennessee were surveyed in 2002 to gather information about their decision making in the areas of planting, postharvest handling, marketing, and expected changes.  North Carolina has proportionately more respondents with large operations, and Kentucky and Tennessee were more similar and concentrated in smaller farms.  Tennessee and Kentucky respondents were less likely to have engaged in activities that were associated with the commercial distribution system.  Greater reliance on the commercial distribution system on the part of North Carolina growers is consistent with more produce export activity.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Cooling; Direct markets; Postharvest handling; Produce marketing; Traceback; D30; D40; Q12; Q13; Q16; Q17.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43205

LIVE HOG AND PORK IMPORTS: PAST AND PROJECTED CONSEQUENCES FOR THE U.S. PORK SECTOR
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Brandt,   Jon A.; Young,   Robert E., II; Alam,   Shamsul; Womack,   Abner W.
The U.S. pork sector is modeled to simulate the effects of alternative import levels on prices, production, consumption, farm receipts, and consumer expenditures.  Over the 1983-1985 period, producers annually received $600 million less due to increasing imports than if imports had remained at the 1979-1982 average.  Farm prices and slaughter were lower by $2.21 per hundredweight and .1 million head annually, respectively.  Four simulations reflecting alternative import paths over the period 1986-1992 were examined.  With lower imports (relative to current levels), production and farm prices rise significantly in the long run; consumers purchase less and pay more.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 1987
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30217

The Non-event of Produce and NAFTA: Technical Annex
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Beilock,   Richard P.; Espinel,   Ramon L.; Nalampang,   Sikavas.
This document is the technical annex to the full paper "The Non-event of Produce and NAFTA" which is available separately.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23914

MEASURING THE IMPACT OF GENERIC PROMOTIONS OF U.S. BEEF: AN APPLICATION OF DOUBLE-HURDLE AND TIME SERIES MODELS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ward,   Ronald W.; Moon,   Wanki; Medina,   Sara.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/34447

RESPONDENTS TO CONTINGENT VALUATION SURVEYS: CONSUMERS OR CITIZENS (BLAMEY, COMMON AND QUIGGIN, AJAE 39:3) - A COMMENT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rolfe,   John; Bennett,   Jeffrey W.
Blarney, Common and Quiggin (1995) (BCQ) suggest that responses to contingent valuation (CV) questionnaires may be framed either according to the extent of individual benefits received, or according to wider views about ethical frameworks, impacts on other people, or desired societal levels. They characterise the individual benefit approach as a consumer model, and responses indicating wider concerns as citizen preferences. Citizen value responses are held to invalidate the economic assumptions underlying the use of CV. Hence, they hypothesize that the incorporation of CV results into benefit-cost analysis is problematic.  In this comment we suggest that there are several flaws with the citizen value hypothesis. These can be grouped into arguments about...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 1996
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22393

VALIDATION OF LINEAR PROGRAMMING MODELS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: McCarl,   Bruce A.; Apland,   Jeffrey.
Systematic approaches to validation of linear programming models are discussed for prescriptive and predictive applications to economic problems. Specific references are made to a general linear programming formulation, however, the approaches are applicable to mathematical programming applications in general. Detailed procedures are outlined for validating various aspects of model performance given complete or partial sets of observed, real world values of variables. Alternative evaluation criteria are presented along with procedures for correcting validation problems.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 1986
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29773

PORTFOLIO ANALYSIS CONSIDERING ESTIMATION RISK AND IMPERFECT MARKETS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dixon,   Bruce L.; Barry,   Peter J.
Mean-variance efficient portfolio analysis is applied to situations where not all assets are perfectly price elastic in demand nor are asset moments known with certainty.  Estimation and solution of such a model are based on an agricultural banking example.  The distinction and advantages of a Bayesian formulation over a classical statistical approach are considered.  For maximizing expected utility subject to a linear demand curve, a negative exponential utility function gives a mathematical programming problem with a quartic term.  Thus, standard quadratic programming solutions are not optimal.  Empirical results show important differences between classical and Bayesian approaches for portfolio composition, expected return and measures of risk.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural Finance; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 1983
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32102

COVER AND CONTENTS PAGES
Provedor de dados: 31
Includes: Cover Page, Officers for 1973, Contents Pages, Call for Contributed Papers 1973
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1973
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27702

Can Calibration Reconcile Stated and Observed Preferences?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Norwood,   F. Bailey.
Hypothetical bias is a pervasive problem in stated-preference experiments.  Recent research has developed two empirically successful calibrations to remove hypothetical bias, though the calibrations have not been tested using the same data or in a conjoint analysis.  This study compares the two calibrations in a conjoint analysis involving donations to a public good.  Results find the calibrations are biased predictors of true donations but that calibrated and uncalibrated models together provide upper and lower bounds to true donations.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Calibration; Experimental economics; Forecasting; Hypothetical bias; Public goods; Stated preference; Voluntary contributions; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; Q51; H41.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43735

Simulation Modeling of an International Tomato Supply-Chain Distribution System: Analyzing the Impact of Food Quality Technology on All Supply-Chain Players
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ge,   Jiaoju; Wysocki,   Allen F.; House,   Lisa; Welt,   Bruce A.; Emond,   Jean-Pierre; Brecht,   Jeffrey K.; Nunes,   Cecilia Do Nascimento.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8550

NONPRICE RATIONING OF AGRICULTURAL CREDIT BY TWO TRADING BANKS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ockwell,   Anthony P.; Batterham,   Robert L.
The non price mechanism used by the trading banks to ration credit among farmers was studied using a survey designed along the lines of a factorial experiment. Of the farmer characteristics studied, managerial ability emerged as being most important in affecting the amount a farmer could borrow. Banking history and, to a lesser extent, security were also influential. However, the research indicated that there is great variability in the amounts that individual bank managers are prepared to lend.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural Finance.
Ano: 1980
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22912

Cover Page and Contents
Provedor de dados: 31
Includes:  Cover Page, Editorial Information, Contents Page
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8606

INDIANA FARM-LEVEL IMPACTS OF POSSIBLE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY BANS ON SELECTED SOYBEAN INSECTICIDES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cashman,   Christopher M.; Martin,   Marshall A.; McCarl,   Bruce A.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1980
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29494

WOOL PRICE STABILISATION AND PROFIT RISK FOR WOOL USERS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Quiggin,   John C.
It has often been suggested that more stable wool prices would lead to an outward shift in the long-run demand for wool. To assess this claim it is necessary to examine different sources of risk and instability in wool prices and their impact on the risk borne by wool users. A model is presented in which the input and output decisions of a wool processor are related to interactions between the wool and yarn markets. It is concluded that, if fluctuations in final demand or exchange rates are the major sources of instability, the long-run effect of stabilising prices is to increase the risk faced by wool users and reduce that faced by wool growers.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 1983
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22823

OPTIMALE BESTUURSTRATEGIEË VIR TIPIESE BOERE IN DIE VAALHARTSBESPROEIINGSGEBIED TYDENS TOESTANDE VAN WISSELENDE WATERVOORSIENING
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Symington,   H.M.; Viljoen,   Machiel F.
Optimum management strategies (crop rotation systems, crop areas, irrigation intensities and moveable capital replacement) for typical one, two and three plot farmers at Vaalharts were determined under different intensities and incidences of water limitations as well as with increased water quotas and peak canal deliverances. Special consideration was given to changes needed in management strategy as well as the ability of the different typical farmers to survive financially as availability of water changes. The study utilised, inter alia, dynamic linear programming, water production functions and loss functions. The results indicate significant changes in optimum management strategies as water limitations, water quotas and peak canal deliverance change....
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Farm Management; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54913

ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF MODULARIZATION OF DRY GROCERY PACKAGING
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Abdalla,   Charles W.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1987
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26859

The Demand for Economic Policy Analysis: Is Anyone Listening?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Batie,   Sandra S.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10230

Economic Reforms and Agricultural Supply Response in Jamaica
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ballayram; Davis,   Carlton George.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Economic Reforms; Agricultural Supply in Jamaica; Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/45790

COMPONENTS OF OUTDOOR RECREATIONAL VALUES: KISSIMMEE RIVER BASIN, FLORIDA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gibbs,   Kenneth C.; Conner,   J. Richard.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1973
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30406

FOOD DISTRIBUTION RESEARCH PRIORITIES TO ALLOW MAJOR IMPROVEMENTS IN TOTAL SYSTEMS PRODUCTIVITY BY 1985: OVERVIEW
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cain,   Jarvis L.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 1975
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27711

Taking Research Methods to the Farm: Discussion
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Smith,   Nathan B.
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43519

TRADE POLICY AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY: THE CASE OF EXPORT SUBSIDIES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Leetmaa,   Susan E.; Krissoff,   Barry; Hartmann,   Monika.
The United States and the European Union both employ export subsidies to stimulate wheat trade and to increase their competitiveness in world markets.  The environmental consequences of these policies are being questioned.  We simulate reducing or removing export subsidies for wheat from the United States and the EU using a multicountry partial equilibrium model, and we analyze the impact of export subsidy policy reform on nitrogen fertilizer and other chemical use.  Our findings indicate that the U.S. EEP program cannot be blamed for environmental degradation in terms of nitrate leaching, while EU wheat subsides make only a small contribution to nitrate pollution.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 1996
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31403

Economic Efficiency of Short-Term Versus Long-Term Water Rights Buyouts
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wheeler,   Erin A.; Golden,   Bill B.; Johnson,   Jeffrey W.; Peterson,   Jeffrey M.
Because of the decline of the Ogallala Aquifer, water districts, regional water managers, and state water officers are becoming increasingly interested in conservation policies. This study evaluates both short-term and long-term water rights buyout policies. This research develops dynamic production functions for the major crops in the Texas Panhandle. The production functions are incorporated into optimal temporal allocation models that project annual producer behavior, crop choices, water use, and aquifer declines over 60 years. Results suggest that long-term buyouts may be more economically efficient than short-term buyouts.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Dynamic production function; Nonlinear optimization; Ogallala Aquifer; Water rights buyout; Agribusiness; Environmental Economics and Policy; Q30; Q32; Q38.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/46987

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, SUSTAINABILITY AND PROPERTY RIGHTS IN NEW ZEALAND
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Johnson,   R.W.M.
Sustainable land management objectives in New Zealand have recently been redefined in the Resource Management Act 1991. The new legislative framework can be viewed in part as an adjustment in existing property rights to meet resource use externalities. An understanding of the structure and characteristics of property rights in land clarifies a number of issues in the area of economic efficiency and administrative practicality, and focusses on areas where appropriate solutions to externalities may be difficult to achieve.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1992
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22506

Editorial - Movement of Farm Population
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 1949
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9068

Comprehensive Evaluation on the Regional Economy of Commodity Grain Base in Heilongjiang Province Based on Factor Analysis Method
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Shen,   Lei-ming; Xu,   Mei; Wang,   Fu-lin; Zhang,   Hao.
Taking a total of 13 areas in Heilongjiang commodity grain base as the research objects, 9 indices are selected, which are regional GDP (X1), per capita GDP (X2), total value of tertiary industry (X3), financial revenue (X4), urban fixed assets investment (X5), average salary (X6), gross industrial output value (X7), total output value of farming, forestry, husbandry and fishing (X8), and retail sales of social consumer goods (X9). Based on this, evaluation index system of regional economy is established. According to the 2006-2008 Heilongjiang Statistical Yearbook, average values within 3 years are used as analytical data. Factor Analysis Method is adopted to establish regression model and to carry out comprehensive analysis. Result shows that...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Heilongjiang Commodity grain base; Factor Analysis Method; Regional economy; Comprehensive evaluation; China; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/96048

The empirics of the Solow Growth Model: Long-term evidence.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Barossi-Filho,   Milton; Goncalves Silva,   Ricardo; Diniz,   Eliezer Martins.
In this paper we reassess the standard Solow growth model, using a dynamic panel data approach. A new methodology is chosen to deal with this problem. First, unit root tests for individual country time series were run. Second, panel data unit root and cointegration tests were performed. Finally, the panel cointegration dynamics is estimated by (DOLS) method. The resulting evidence supports roughly one-third capital share in income, a.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Economic growth; Panel data; Unit root; Cointegration and convergence; O47; O50; O57; C33; And C52.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37227

ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION IN RURAL VS. URBAN AREAS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Petersen,   H. Craig.
Average Winter electricity consumption for rural residents in Utah is significantly greater than for those living in urban areas.  Based on data from a 1980 survey of Utah residents, this rural-urban consumption differential was investigated using multiple regression analysis.  It was determined that the stock of electricity-using devices, climate, and demographic characteristics were the most important determinants of variations in household electricity consumption.  The hypothesis that rural residents use electricity-consuming devices more intensively than their urban counterparts was rejected.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1982
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32417

NORTHLAND FOODS: PLANNING THE END A DECISION CASE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Olson,   Kent D.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/34491

IMPORT DEMAND FOR DISAGGREGATED FRESH FRUITS IN JAPAN
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Schmitz,   Troy G.; Seale,   James L., Jr.
Using annual Japanese fresh fruit import data from 1971 to 1997, this study analyzes the import patterns of Japan's seven most popular fresh fruits by implementing and testing a general differential dmand system that nests four alternative import demand specifications.  When tested against the general system using the five-good case (bananas, grapefutis, oranges, and lemons and aggregating pineapples, berries, and grapes), the analysis rejects the Almost Ideal Demand System and National Bureau of Research specifications but does not reject Rotterdam and Central Bureau of Statistics models.  When estimated using the six-good case (bananas, grapefuits, oranges, lemons, and pineapples and aggregating berries and grapes), the analysis rejects all...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Almost Ideal Demand System; Consumer demand; Fruit; Import demand; Japan; Rotterdam; Demand and Price Analysis; C3; F1; Q0.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15081

A DYNAMIC DIFFERENTIAL DEMAND SYSTEM: AN APPLICATION OF TRANSLATION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Brown,   Mark G.; Lee,   Jonq-Ying.
The differential demand system or Rotterdam model is extended to include lagged consumption through translation parameters, allowing habit and inventory effects.  Applications of the model to annual U.S. expenditure and weekly juice sales data illustrate the importance of the time interval of an observation on the relative strengths of the habit inventory.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 1992
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29646

Comparison among the Consumption Structures of Different Income Groups of Urban Residents in Guangxi Based on ELES Model
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Han,   Zhi-cheng; Li,   Xiao-xiang; Li,   Zhi-xian.
According to the household consumption data of urban residents in Guangxi Statistical Yearbook in the year 2009, the ELES (Extended Linear Expenditure System) is used to analyze the consumption structure, the propensity to consume, and the consumer flexibility of urban residents in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of China in the year 2008. Result shows that urban residents in Guangxi has relatively low propensity to consume. And their consumption, especially the middle and low-income families, is mostly concentrated in food, cloth, lodging and other basic necessities of life, which account for more than a half of their income. Based on this, corresponding suggestions are put forward to enlarge the consumption demand of urban residents in Guangxi, such as...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Consumption structure; ELES Model; Propensity to consume; Flexibility; China; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/108404

DISCUSSION OF A SEQUENTIAL LINK APPROACH TO EVALUATING TRANSPORTATION FACILITY ADJUSTMENTS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gerald,   John O.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Public Economics.
Ano: 1976
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29959

Consumption of Home-Delivered Foods: Results from an Exploratory Survey
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nayga,   Rodolfo M., Jr.; Farooq,   Zafar.
This study examines the effect of various factors on the decision to consume home-delivered foods. The results of the study suggest that the decision to order food for home delivery is determined by gender, price consciousness, number of adults and children in the household, employment status, education level, ownership of microwave oven and, to some extent race, age and income. Specifically, the results suggest that less price-conscious, employed, higher-educated, white males within the 25-34 age group, in a household with a microwave oven, with smaller number of adults, but with children are more likely to purchase home-delivered food that others.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Consumption; Home-delivered food; Logit analysis; Agribusiness; Consumer/Household Economics.
Ano: 1995
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/90371

BIG PROBLEMS FACING SMALL SOCIETIES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Edwards,   Geoff W.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1989
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22581

Das moderne Konzept der internen Subventionierung als Kriterium zur Identifizierung von Wettbewerbsverzerrungen bei europäischen Agrarumweltmaßnahmen
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Holm-Muller,   Karin; Witzke,   Heinz Peter.
Both WTO and the EU use a “Rule of additional costs” (RAC) to restrict payments for ecological services in agriculture in order to prevent trade distortions. We assess this rule in the light of modern economic theory. It is shown that the RAC is efficient, if conventional agriculture is competitive without other payments. In regions where agriculture is not competitive though and is said to be important for ecological purposes the payments for ecological services must exceed additional costs. In these cases three criteria exist to prevent trade distortions as far as possible: the regions in which farmers are eligible to more than additional costs must be clearly defined by economic and ecological indicators, payments must not exceed the costs for...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Environmental Economics and Policy; Rule of additional costs; Environmental payments; Competitiveness.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/98257

The Effect of Currency Crises on Foreign Direct Investment Activity in Emerging Markets
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Soliman,   Mohamed M.
Despite the ample literature on currency crises, the effect of currency crises on foreign direct investment FDI activity has been largely unexamined. This paper tests the sensitivity of three measures of U.S. outbound non-bank FDI activity to currency crises in 21 emerging economies. The findings of this analysis suggest that contrary to the common perception, currency crises do not seem to have a negative effect on FDI activity in the crisis economy. Indeed, we find some evidence that currency crises may increase FDI activity in the affected country. These results underline the stable nature of FDI relative to other types of international capital flows and as a safer mode of financing for emerging economies.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Foreign direct investment; Currency crises; Multinational corporations; Financial Economics; International Relations/Trade; F21; F31.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/50276

Sensitivity of Plant Location Solutions to Changes in Raw Product Supplies
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: McCarthy,   W.O.; Ferguson,   D.C.; Cassidy,   P.A.
A method is outlined to test the stability of a plant location solution to changes in regional production. Supplies are generated within a probabilistic framework and used as input data for the usual otherwise static model. This approach also yields additional information on the probability of actual plant throughput exceeding designed throughput. Such types of information further assist policy decisions.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Industrial Organization.
Ano: 1971
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9579

Apple and Pear Production Costs in the Batlow District for the 1944-45 Season
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kingsland,   Alison M.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 1947
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8238

Vulnerability to Agricultural Drought in Western Orissa: A Case Study of Representative Blocks
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Swain,   Mrutyunjay; Swain,   Mamata.
The nature of vulnerability to agricultural drought in three study blocks of Bolangir district in western Orissa has been analysed. The indexing and vulnerability profile method have been used for assessing the nature of drought vulnerability, coping capacity and risk. The study has revealed that the three most influential biophysical factors of drought vulnerability are: rainfall variability, drought intensity and shortage of available waterholding capacity of soil and the three most influential socioeconomic factors are: low irrigation development, poor crop insurance coverage and smaller forest area. It is found that while drought risk varies widely across the study blocks and drought vulnerability and physical exposure to drought vary moderately, the...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Drought; Drought vulnerability; Composite drought vulnerability index; Physical exposure index; Drought risk index; Agricultural and Food Policy; Q54; Q58; C43; O13.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109415

Book Reviews
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gallagher,   Peter; Lewis,   Jack.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/117045

Der Markt für Gemüse
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Behr,   Hans-Christoph.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97176

A földbirtok- és üzemszerkezetet befolyásoló tényezõk hatásvizsgálata Nyugat-Dunántúl gazdaságainak körében
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kacz,   Karoly; Koltai,   Judit Petra; Salamon,   Ildiko.
Both private farms and corporations from the region were included in the two questionnaire surveys as part of an OTKA research [Investigating relations of farm size measurement and comparison on territorial as well as SGM basis, in the West-Transdanubian Region (T 048960)] carried out in our Institute about relations of farm size measurement in the West-Transdanubian Region. As part of the questionnaire survey we investigated – among other things – the main factors affecting land– and farm structure with entrepreneurial reaction-analysis, to define the possible region-specific characteristics. For both surveys the data basis of the county offices of MoARD has been used, including private farms operating on more than 1 hectare agricultural land (according...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Land structure; Farm structure; Private farm; Economic organisation; Farm Management; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53971

Rural Financial Innovation in China Viewed from Subprime Mortgage Crisis
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wang,   Geng-xin.
The root causes of subprime crisis are analyzed based on the introduction of the definition and features of subprime mortgage loans: firstly, a loose financial supervision and regulation environment leads to weak risk awareness; secondly, the highly complex financial products enlarge the risk. Taking into account that our rural finance is characterized by vast territory, scattered distribution of population, small economic scale and insufficient mortgage, it is pointed out that rural finance has different development rules and patterns from urban finance. On the basis of introducing that there is an insufficient amount of formal finance in our rural finance and our informal finance is under a long-term suppression, the great significance of financial...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Subprime mortgage crisis; Financial supervision; Financial risks; Rural financial innovation; China; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/93667

A GLOBAL MODEL OF CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS ON TIMBER MARKETS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sohngen,   Brent; Mendelsohn,   Robert; Sedjo,   Roger A.
Several papers have now estimated the impact of climate change on national timber markets, but few studies have measured impacts globally.  Further, the literature on impacts has focused heavily on changes in productivity and has not integrated movements of biomes as well.  Here, a dynamic model of ecological change and economic change is developed to capture the impact of climate change on world timber markets.  Climate change is predicted to increase global timber production as producers in low-mid latitude forests react quickly with more productive short-rotation plantations, driving down timber prices.  Producers in mid-high latitude forests, in contrast, are likely to be hurt by the lower prices, dieback, and slower productivity increases because of...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31044

AN ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF ADDITIONAL MEASUREMENT IN WOOL PROCESSING
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Spinks,   Murray; Lehmer,   Carola.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 1986
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22900

INDUCED POLICY INNOVATION: ENIVRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR DAIRIES IN TEXAS AND FLORIDA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Thurow,   Amy Purvis; Holt,   John.
Environmental policies make a difference in shaping producers' choices among dairy production technologies, the sizes and locations of their dairies, and even which dairies ultimately survive.  Induced policy innovation means producers reacting to policies, and policies, in turn, being shaped by their effects.  Profiles of experiences with environmental compliance in Texas and Florida were analyzed.  Results demonstrate that the timing and sequencing of policy signals make a difference in compliance behavior and options.  Furthermore, ex ante assessments of the costs of environmental compliance are challenging to carry out, and consequently can undermine the policy goal of maintaining the maximum number of options for compliance.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Environmental compliance; Ex ante policy assessment; Induced policy innovation; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15527

CHANGES IN SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS OF U.S. FARMS DURING THE 1970s AND EARLY 1980s: AN INVESTIGATION BASED ON CURRENT AND CONSTANT DOLLAR SALES CATEGORIES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Zulauf,   Carl R.
Changes since 1970 in the distribution of selected farm characteristics among constant and current dollar farm sales categories were examined. In general, the same trends emerged but changes were less dramatic after adjusting for inflation. The increasing concentration of net farm income among farms with sales exceeding $500,000 was attributed in part to their continuing high ratio of gross farm income to expenses (approximately 145 percent). Farms with sales between $10,000 and $500,000 became more dependent on nonfarm income. This dependency is postulated to result from a farm income treadmill and use of nonfarm income to cope with the treadmill.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1986
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29471

USING THE WWW FOR RETAIL FOOD SALES: DISCUSSION AND DEMONSTRATION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: White,   Gregory K.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26590

A Survey of the Navy Bean Industry in New South Wales
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kingsland,   Alison M.
Production of navy beans on a commercial scale in Australia was begun as recently as 1940. Since that year, the industry has become well-established, particularly in New South Wales, where the navy, bean crop now forms an important feature of the agriculture of the New England district.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1946
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8349

DISCUSSION: AN EVALUATION OF THE 1981 FARM PROGRAM FOR CROPS: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE 1985 FARM BILL
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gardner,   Bruce L.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 1984
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29624

RESOURCE PRODUCTIVITIES AND PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jarrett,   Frank G.
This paper is mainly intended to provide a vehicle for discussion of recent research in measuring resource productivity using what has come to be known in agricultural economics as the Cobb-Douglas approach. I have attempted to draw together most of the points that have been raised by others together with some comments. The organisation of the discussion has been to give a brief historical background to this type of work and then to consider the economic and statistical difficulties involved in fitting empirical production functions. Finally, the use of the results of such work in assisting policy decisions both by the community and the individual farmer is considered.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Production Economics.
Ano: 1957
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22846

MARKETING QUOTAS AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE PRESENT PRICE SUPPORT PROGRAM FOR PEANUTS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fleming,   Frank N.; White,   Fred C.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 1976
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29948

AN ASSESSMENT OF DEFICIENCY PAYMENTS TO MILK PRODUCERS IN JAPAN
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Suzuki,   Nobuhiro; Judson,   D.H.
This article represents an econometric assessment of the role that deficiency payments have played in developing the Japanese fluid and manufacturing milk markets and the potential effects of reducing deficiency payments on these milk markets. Principal findings are: (a) an historical simulation of the model without deficiency payments and import quotas indicates that these measures have reduced the variation in milk prices that would have otherwise occurred under this model, and price supports through these measures have resulted in greater milk production than would have accrued without price supports; and (b) a reduction in deficiency payments beginning in 1998 results in a decrease in milk prices and manufacturing milk supply and an increase in fluid...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 1991
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32619

Looking for the Nutritional Label: Does It Make a Difference?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nayga,   Rodolfo M., Jr.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/93765

Factors Affecting Maize Producers Adoption of Forward Pricing in Price Risk Management: The Case of Vaalharts
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jordaan,   Henry; Grove,   Bennie.
Logistic regression is employed to analyse the factors which influence the decision of whether or not the respondent used forward pricing methods during the 2004/05 maize production season.  Forward pricing methods include cash forward contracting and hedging with futures contracts and/or options, through the South African Futures Exchange (SAFEX).  Based on the results, the use of forward pricing is associated with lower levels of risk aversion and higher levels of human capital.  Factor analysis is employed to reduce the dimensionality of the personal reasons which help to interpret the underlying, common factor of the personal reasons why farmers are reluctant to use forward pricing methods.   Three factors were extracted and were labelled “Lack of...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Forward pricing; Logit; Factor analysis; Agricultural Finance; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7049

AN EVALUATION OF COST OF PRODUCTION INFORMATION USAGE BY COUNTY AGENTS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bailey,   DeeVon; Eck,   Douglas W.; Glover,   Terrence F.
County agents receive cost of production information primarily from state extension services and then disseminate it to agricultural producers. A survey gathered data on agent usage of this information. A Poisson regression analysis using count data was performed to determine the factors influencing the number of times county agents directly referred to published cost of production (enterprise budget) information in a year. The agent's understanding of budget information use in management decisions, the availability of budgets, and his/her receiving the budgets in multiple forms (e.g., sheets, booklets, or software) had significant positive impacts on the use of budgets by the agent.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Production Economics; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1991
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30042

Cover and Contents Pages
Provedor de dados: 31
Includes: Editorial Information; Contents Pages
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27719

Border Enforcement and Firm Response in the Management of Invasive Species
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ameden,   Holly A.; Cash,   Sean B.; Zilberman,   David.
This analysis presents a theoretical model of firm response to border enforcement and evaluates both the intended and unintended effects under two enforcement regimes:  destruction versus treatment of contaminated shipments.  The results indicate that importers may respond to increased inspection by reducing shipments and decreasing due care.  In response to increased pest populations, firms may reduce shipments and increase due care, indicating that an enforcement response may not be necessary.  The analysis reveals the importance of the nature of the due-care technology, as well as the relationships underlying the probability of detection, in determining the effects of enforcement.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Border enforcement; Environmental regulation; Invasive species; Trade and environment; F18; L51; Q17; Q56; Q58.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37112

Confidence intervals for the variance component of random-effects linear models
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bottai,   Matteo; Orsini,   Nicola.
We present the postestimation command xtvc to provide confidence intervals for the variance components of random-effects linear regression models. This command must be used after xtreg with option mle. Confidence intervals are based on the inversion of a score-based test (Bottai 2003).
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Xtvc; Variance components; Confidence intervals; Score test; Random-effects linear models; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/116270

Contents Page
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1965
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8935

Make Policy Science to Promote Agriculture Modernization; The Open Laboratory of National Agriculture Policy Formally Startup
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Qian,   Keming.
On October 16, 2003, the national agriculture policy open laboratory formally startup in the Institute of Agriculture Economics, Chinese Academy of Agriculture Sciences. The item to be formally established by China Department of Agriculture, Ministry of Finance and World Bank. The first help and support by the  fourth technical assistance of World Bank,which has offered one million USD. The item will organize researchers of the Institute of Agriculture Economics, Chinese Academy of Agriculture Sciences.  It will retain international and national  famous agriculture economist and young agriculture policy analysis personnel, to  form the high level of research team, set up the first agriculture economy and  policy simulated laboratory in the world, and found...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31945

Impact of Income on Price and Income Responses in the Differential Demand System
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Brown,   Mark G.
An extension of the Rotterdam model is developed that makes the model’s income flexibility and marginal propensities to consume varying coefficients. Frisch’s duality relationships that the second partial derivatives of demand with respect to income and prices are independent of the order of differentiation are imposed with the marginal propensities to consume specified as functions of income and price, and the Slutsky coefficients specified as functions of income only. A uniform substitute specification is used to analyze the conditional demands for a group of beverages.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Demand; Rotterdam model; Varying parameters; Agribusiness; Agricultural Finance; Production Economics; C51; D12; Q11.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47201

Trait Stacking, Licensing, and Seed Firm Acquisitions on Genetically Modified Grains: A Strategic Analysis
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wilson,   William W.; Huso,   Scott R.
Commercialization of genetically modified (GM) traits leads to interesting strategic questions for agbiotechnology and seed firms.  The purpose of the study is to evaluate equilibrium strategies of agbiotechnology and seed firms regarding commercialization of GM traits.  Two game theory models were developed to examine equilibrium strategies.  In the first, both agbiotechnology firms have commercialization strategies of licensing or not.  In the second, the agbiotechnology firm also has the strategic option to purchase a seed form as a commercialization strategy.  Results indicate that the equilibrium strategy would be for each of the agbiotechnology firms to license their traits, and the seed firm would release a stacked trait.  However, order of play...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Acquisition; Game theory; Genetically modified; Licensing; Trait commercialization; Trait stacking; Crop Production/Industries; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/46560

THE ECONOMIC FEASIBILITY OF CONTROLLED ATMOSPHERE STORAGE FOR SWEET ONIONS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Epperson,   James E.; Huang,   Wan-Tran.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1990
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26546

Farm Policy and Obesity in the United States
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Alston,   Julian M.; Rickard,   Bradley J.; Okrent,   Abigail M.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; I18; Q18.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95750

Visions for Rural Development
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fanning,   John William.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 1988
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/60015

Horizontal and Vertical Networks for Innovation in the Traditional Food Sector
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gellynck,   Xavier; Kuhne,   Bianka.
The locus of innovation is not the individual firm anymore but increasingly the network in which the firm is embedded. Hence, in this paper innovation is investigated in the broader context of networks and applied to the traditional food sector. Networking refers to a process of identifying and acting on complementary interests with or without formal means of cooperation and plays an important role for the diffusion and adoption of innovations, because they increase the flow of information. Two main types of networks exist. Vertical networks relate to cooperation of partners belonging to the same chain. Meanwhile, horizontal networks refer to cooperation among firms which are primarily competitors. Data were collected during focus groups and in‐depth...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Horizontal and vertical networks; Traditional food products; Innovation; Focus groups; In‐depth interviews; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97229

RURAL POVERTY AND THE PROBLEM OF INCREASING FOOD PRODUCTION ON SMALL FARMS:  THE CASE OF COLOMBIA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rochin,   Refugio I.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Food Security and Poverty.
Ano: 1977
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32210

ANALYZING TENURE ARRANGEMENTS AND CROP ROTATIONS USING FARM SIMULATION AND PROBIT ANALYSIS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Perry,   Gregory M.; Rister,   M. Edward; Richardson,   James W.; Grant,   Warren R.
Whole farm simulation analysis and econometric techniques are employed in an analysis of crop rotations and tenure arrangement strategies. The FLIPSIM model is used to analyze a representative Texas Upper Gulf Coast rice and soybean farm. Probit analysis is then used to determine the impact of net cash farm income, land tenure, and crop rotation on probability of survival. Results suggest that, although the simulation model is useful in providing information on the effect at the farm level of following the different strategies, probit results provide greater understanding into the returns and risk inherent to each strategy.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 1986
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29779

How to deal with the challenges of linking a large number of individual national models: the case of the AGMEMOD Partnership
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Salamon,   Petra; Chantreuil,   Frederic; Donnellan,   Trevor; Erjavec,   Emil; Esposti,   Roberto; Hanrahan,   Kevin F.; van Leeuwen,   Myrna; Bouma,   Foppe; Dol,   Wietse; Salputra,   Guna.
The AGMEMOD Partnership seeks to capture the inherent existing heterogeneity of agricultural systems by linking together individual EU Member State models, an aggregated EU model and several accession countries into one single model, while still maintaining analytical consistency. Although this approach facilitates the comparison of the impact of a policy change across different Member States, it generates challenges in practical implementation, ranging from significant communication and administration requirements, to aggregation and consistency issues. This contribution provides insights into the different challenges posed to the scientists and discusses the key issues for maintenance and further development of such a complex system. Specific attention...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Linking models; Policy analysis; Partial equilibrium modelling; Common Agricultural Policy (CAP); Agricultural and Food Policy; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97709

Using Choice Modelling to assess the willingness to pay of Queensland households to reduce greenhouse emissions
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ivanova,   Galina; Rolfe,   John; Tucker,   Gail.
This paper presents the results of a choice modeling survey of households in Queensland to assess values for reductions in national greenhouse emissions by 2020. The study is novel in two main ways. First, labeled alternatives were used to assess whether the types of broad management options for reducing net emissions (green power, alternative technologies or carbon capture) are significant in understanding preferences for reducing emissions. Second, the importance of the level and type of uncertainty involved in reductions is tested. They include (1) the uncertainty of achieving emissions reduction and (2) the uncertainty of international participation as the percentage of total global emissions covered by international agreements. The results of this...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95051

Brazil's Changing Food Demand Challenges the Farm Sector
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Valdes,   Constanza; Lopes,   Ignez Vidigal; Lopes,   Mauro de Rezende.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Q11; Q13.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94725

Möglichkeiten zur Umsetzung integrierter Fördermaßnahmen an der Schnittstelle Landwirtschaft, Umwelt, Ländliche Entwicklung im Rahmen der Verordnung (EG) Nr. 1257/99
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Knickel,   Karlheinz.
EC Regulation 1257/99 of 17 May 1999 underlines the intention of the European Commission of an integrated rural development policy. In this paper the chances are examined that this new policy orientation offers for a more multifunctional agriculture. Possibilities for the implementation of integrated support measures at the interface of agriculture, environment and rural development are presented. First, functional relationships between agriculture and rural development are explored on the basis of three examples. This is followed by a more analytical section on relevant experiences, data and concepts. The significance of 'new', agriculture-related activities in rural areas is underlined. A paradigm shift from volumes and costs of production towards...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agriculture; Environment; Rural development; EC Regulation 1257/99; Rural development programmes; Agricultural policy; Multifunctional agriculture; Value added; Employment; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/98864

Taux et déterminants de l’adoption des technologies agricoles : cas des
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Adegbola,   Patrice Ygue; Adekambi,   Souleimane Adeyemi.
In spite of the socio-economic importance of yam, his production is still facing serious constraints as no availability and inadequacy of seed tubers. In order to cope with these constraints, International of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) has developed improved varieties of which we have TDrs’ varieties. Many years after their extension in Benin, it’s then important to evaluate their adoption rate and identify factors which determine this adoption. This study’s aim is to contribute to this evaluation. Data used came from 202 yam producers randomly selected in villages pertain to Borgou and Collines’s regions. The framework developed by Reed et al. (1991) and the counterfactual outcomes framework estimating the Average Treatment Effect have been respectively...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Yam; Information; Adoption; ATE; TDrs varieties; Benin; Crop Production/Industries; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95915

SOCIAL CAPITAL, TRUST, AND THE AGRIBUSINESS OF ECONOMICS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wilson,   Paul N.
Economists, including agricultural economists, have a long history of recognizing the importance of the behavioral foundations in decision making while ignoring these observable human dimensions in their economic models. The economics of social capital and trust, two important human characteristics influencing decisions, have captured the attention of economists in recent years. Recent empirical work demonstrates that social capital and trust considerations are prevalent and economically significant, especially in business. Trust alters the terms of trade, generates decision flexibility, reduces transaction costs, and creates additional time resources for management.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Institutional and Behavioral Economics.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30833

Vector error correction modelling of Nigerian agricultural supply response
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Olubode-Awosola,   O.O.; Oyewumi,   Olubukola Ayodeju; Jooste,   Andre.
Undue taxing of the agriculture sector could constitute a disincentive to agricultural production in most low-income African countries where agriculture is being taxed for industrial development. There is an argument that the high level of taxation of agriculture in favour of industrialization is in part due to the underestimation of the supply response of the agricultural sector. This study tests the theoretical hypotheses that only price, non-price and natural disincentives respectively pose problems for agricultural growth.   Johansen’s approach to co-integration analysis was employed to test these hypotheses using the time-series data from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) statistical database. The long-run price elasticity of supply is 0.13 and...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10141

EFFECTS OF ENERGY DEVELOPMENT ON AGRICULTURAL LAND VALUES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Leistritz,   F. Larry; Wiedrich,   Garland D.; Vreugdenhil,   Harvey G.
This paper uses multiple regression analysis to examine the effects of energy resource development on sale prices of agricultural land in western North Dakota.  The findings suggest that energy resources development has exerted only modest upward pressure on agricultural land values in the northern Great Plains.  The land market in this region remains dominated by active farmers who are purchasing farmland as a long-term investment, and energy development has not had a major impact on the structure of that market.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Land Economics/Use; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1985
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32311

RESEARCH ISSUES FACING THE FOOD DISTRIBUTION SECTOR: A LOOK AHEAD
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Capps,   Oral, Jr.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 1992
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27544

MAXIMUM ECONOMIC YIELD AND RESOURCE ALLOCATION IN THE SPINY LOBSTER INDUSTRY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Williams,   Joel S.; Prochaska,   Fred J.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1977
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29278

AN APPRAISAL OF A BUFFER FUND SCHEME FOR BEEF: COMMENT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bain,   Robert A.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 1978
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22711

PRICE ENHANCEMENT, RETURNS VARIABILITY, AND SUPPLY RESPONSE IN THE U.S. DAIRY SECTOR
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Thraen,   Cameron S.; Hammond,   Jerome W.
Dairy producers operating in the U.S. have been protected against market price variability by the federal price support program for over 35 years.  During the late 1970s tax outlays to operate this program grew at a rapid rate.  While many authors have addressed the economic implications of the existing dairy price support program, few have explicitly considered the relationship between risk aversion, capital investment, milk production, and support price policy in this process.  This paper considers the role of uncertainty and risk-averse behavior and suggests that these elements are crucial to an economic analysis of the current program and future dairy policy issues.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 1987
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30207

EXTENSION - 2000 A.D.- POSITION PAPER
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cain,   Jarvis L.
Looks at food needs in the United States for 2000 A.D. and suggests changes in the Extension Service to meet these needs.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1973
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27700

Social Democracy and the “Developmental State” as Development Alternatives for South Africa
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Van Eck,   Lisa.
This paper investigates social democracy and the “developmental state” model as development alternatives for South Africa. This research is significant as it enhances the developmental debate in South Africa that is indispensable in light of South Africa’s poor socio-economic performance. A comparative-historical study is conducted, as well as an analysis of the socio-political situation in South Africa to determine each model’s compatibility with South Africa. State autonomy is assumed essential. Liberal democracy and the authoritarian “developmental state” model are rejected on theoretical and compatibility grounds. Social democracy is therefore investigated. It is concluded that this model is theoretically stronger, yet ideologically squeezed, and its...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Social democracy; Developmental state; South Africa; Political Economy; Public Economics.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/107457

Cover and Contents Pages
Provedor de dados: 31
Includes: Cover Page, Editorial Information, Contents Page
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/45674

Consumption Status of Rural Residents in Shanxi Province
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Liu,   Min; Fang,   Yafeng; Feng,   Xu-fang.
After the analysis on the consumption changes of rural residents in Shanxi Province during the 30 years since the reform and opening up, it indicates that, their consumption scale has been expanding, the consumption level have been greatly promoted, the consumption structure has been gradually becoming reasonable and the consumption quality have been obviously improved. An analysis is also conducted on the influencing factors constraining the consumption demand of rural residents, mainly including the farmers’ lack of capacity to increase income and inadequate support for consumption; heavy burdens on farmers and instable income expectation; bad consumption environment and increasing constraints on consumption demand; less consumption goods suitable for...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Rural residents; Consumption; Shanxi province; China; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/101895

The economic assessment of changes in ecosystem services: and application of the CGE methodology
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bosello,   Francesco; Eboli,   Fabio; Parrado,   Ramiro; Nunes,   Paulo A.L.D.; Ding,   Helen; Rosa,   Renato.
The present study integrates Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) modelling with biodiversity services, proposing a possible methodology for assessing climate-change impacts on ecosystems. The assessment focuses on climate change impacts on carbon sequestration services provided by European forest, cropland and grassland ecosystems and on provisioning services, but provided by forest and cropland ecosystems only. To do this via a CGE model it is necessary to identify first the role that these ecosystem services play in marketable transactions; then how climate change can impact these services; and finally how the economic system reacts to those changes by adjusting demand and supply across sectors, domestically and internationally
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Climate change; Ecosystems services; Integrated assessment; CGE; Environmental Economics and Policy; C68; Q51; Q54; Q57.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/117622

THE MICROECONOMIC IMPACT OF IPM ADOPTION: THEORY AND APPLICATION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fernandez-Cornejo,   Jorge.
This paper develops a methodology to calculate the impact of integrated pest management (IPM) on pesticide use, yields, and farm profits.  The methodology is applied to the IPM adoption among fresh market tomato producers in eight states.  The method is of general applicability.  It accounts for self-selectivity and simultaneity, and the pesticide demand and yield equations are theoretically consistent with a profit function.  The results support the notion that fresh market tomato growers who adopt IPM for insects and diseases apply significantly less insecticides and fungicides, respectively, than do those who do not adopt IPM; IPM adoption has an insignificant effect on yields and a small effect on profits.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 1996
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31416

EXPORT DEMAND FOR U.S. ALMONDS: IMPACTS OF U.S. EXPORT PROMOTION PROGRAMS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Onunkwo,   Izuchukwu M.; Epperson,   James E.
The purpose of this study was to estimate the impact of the major factors affecting the export demand for U.S. almonds in Asia and the E.U. which together import about 93% of U.S. almond exports.  The primary objective pertained to the impacts of federal promotion programs on the foreign demand for U.S. almonds.  Based on previous literature, a single-equation framework was specified for estimation of the almond model.  Based on promotion elasticities, impacts on almond export revenue from promotion were evaluated.  The marginal return per dollar to decreasing promotion expenditures for almonds was $47.74 for Asia, reflecting prudent promotion expenditures for more efficient utilization of promotion funds as the Asian market for U.S. almonds approaches...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis; Marketing.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26516

The Industrial Structure Efficiency of Gansu Province since the Start of Reform and Opening up
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ji,   Yahui; Zhu,   Fengwen.
According to the time series data of relevant industrial from 1978 to 2008 in Gansu province，the industrial structure efficiency of Gansu Province is studied from different perspectives based on the basis of the overview of the analysis methods and by applying the analysis models including comparative labor productivity, deviation degree of industrial structure and shift—share analysis model.  The results show that, in Gansu Province, the comparative labor productivity is low in the primary and tertiary industries, while that in the second industry is high; the deviation coefficient of industrial structure is big and the industry structure and employment structure is extremely asymmetric; the proportion of sunrise industry is large and has great...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Industrial structure efficiency; Comparative labor productivity; Deviation degree of industrial structure; Shift—share model; China; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/101892

An integrated model platform for the economic assessment of agricultural policies in the European Union
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Perez Dominguez,   Ignacio; Gay,   Stephan Hubertus; M'Barek,   Robert.
A number of economic models have been applied to analyse the Common Agricultural Policy. The partial equilibrium models CAPRI, ESIM, AGLINK, AGMEMOD and CAPSIM and the general equilibrium models GLOBE and GTAP are currently integrated in a modelling platform for Agro-Economic Policy Analysis in the premises of the Joint Research Centre in Seville in close collaboration with Directorate- General for Agriculture and Rural Development. Each of the models included has a specific focus, enlarging the capacity for complex policy analysis within this platform. This can be done by comparing the results of different models or by linking them, where several methodological options are available. This paper gives some insights on current applications in the field of...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: European Commission; Common Agricultural Policy; Economic models; Quantitative analysis; Agricultural and Food Policy; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97710

Evaluation of Restructuring Alternatives for the Banks for Cooperatives
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hopkin,   John A.; Sporleder,   Thomas L.; Padberg,   Daniel I.; Knutson,   Ronald D.
The farm financial crisis, combined with deregulation of the U.S. banking system, has created a new environment within which the Farm Credit System competes. Despite their unique business clientele, the Banks for Cooperatives (BCs) have been adversely affected by this changed environment. In 1987, the BCs requested an economic analysis of possible consolidation alternatives, with emphasis on the economies of size they might achieve. Summary results of that analysis are presented here. A 47 basis point reduction in interest rates charged borrowers was estimated to result from a total consolidation of the BCs.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Agricultural Finance.
Ano: 1988
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/46211

THE EFFECTS OF HOLDING NONFARM RELATED FINANCIAL ASSETS ON RISK-ADJUSTED FARM INCOME
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Betubiza,   Eustacius N.; Leatham,   David J.
A discrete stochastic, programming model is formulated to study the gains from diversification when farming operations are augmented with off-farm financial assets that are not highly correlated with returns from farming.  We extend past research by considering the dynamics of accumulating these financial assets and the farm's leverage and tenure position.  Results show that farmers' income level and stability can be improved by including nonfarm financial assets in their portfolios.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural finance; Certainty equivalents; Discrete stochastic programming; Land investments; Off-farm investments; Agricultural Finance.
Ano: 1994
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15165

ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF AN EXHAUSTIBLE IRRIGATION WATER SUPPLY: TEXAS HIGH PLAINS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Osborn,   James E.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1973
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30399

ECONOMIC, ENVIRONMENTAL AND ENERGY USE IMPLICATIONS OF SHORT-SEASON COTTON PRODUCTION: TEXAS LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Larson,   James L.; Lacewell,   Ronald D.; Casey,   James E.; Heilman,   Marvin D.; Namken,   L. Neil; Parker,   Roy D.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 1975
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29688

OPPORTUNITIES AND NEEDS FOR PERSONAL COMPUTERS IN THE FOOD INDUSTRY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Peck,   Gerald E.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 1985
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27840

A Response to the Forecast of Doom
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nuthall,   Peter L.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 1982
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/12526

An Evaluation of Tennessee Soybean Growers’ Views on a New Generation Cooperative to Produce Biodiesel
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jensen,   Kimberly L.; English,   Burton C.; Menard,   R. Jamey; Zhang,   Yu.
Substituting petroleum diesel with biodiesel could decrease air emissions, reduce reliance on foreign oil, and help expand markets for U.S. farmers. Soybean producers can potentially capture this value-added by forward integrating the processing of soybeans into biodiesel via a New Generation Cooperative (NGC). Using probit analysis, this study examines factors influencing soybean producers’ willingness to participate in an NGC to produce biodiesel. Tobit analysis is used to examine the factors influencing the number of shares the soybean producer would be willing to purchase. Survey results indicate that over 70% of the soybean producers in the study group are interested in investing in an NGC to produce biodiesel. Among those producers willing to...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Biodiesel; New Generation Cooperative; Probit analysis; Soybean producers; Tobit analysis; Marketing; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/59400

Hydrology of tropical montane cloud forests: A Reassessment
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bruijnzeel,   L.A.
Extending an earlier review of the literature (Bruijnzeel and Proctor, 1995), this paper incorporates the results obtained by post-1993 hydrological and hydrometeorological studies in tropical montane cloud forests (TMCF) situated mostly in Latin America and the Caribbean. Based on the presently available information on the hydrological functioning of TMCF, the most pressing gaps in our understanding are highlighted and suggestions offered as to where and how these could be addressed.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47849

Differences Between Buyers and Nonbuyers of Organic Produce and Willingness to Pay Organic Price Premiums
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jolly,   Desmond A.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 1991
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/62304

Marktorientierte Landwirtschaft und dezentrale Besiedlung: ein Widerspruch?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Burkard,   Michael.
According to the principle of multifunctionality in article 104 of the Federal Constitution of the Swiss Confederation the Confederation shall ensure that agriculture contributes substantially by way of a market-oriented production to a decentralized inhabitation of the country.  The following article investigates the relation of the two political aims market orientation and decentralized inhabitation from analysing the effects of agricultural subsidies. Resulting from this example different development scenarios are highlighted for the rural area.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Production Economics.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31989

Nagy kereskedelmi láncoknak eredményesen értékesítő zöldség-gyümölcs kisárutermelők
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Seres,   Antal; Szabo,   Marton.
A nagy kereskedelmi láncoknak hosszú időn keresztül történő eredményes értékesítés döntő tényezője a kisárutermelő személyes adottsága: a képzettsége, ismereteinek korszerűsége, szorgalma, kitartása, innovációs és változtatási készsége, hosszú távú szemlélete, stratégiai gondolkodásmódja, marketingszemlélete, továbbá a megszokottól eltérő igényekhez való alkalmazkodási képessége, valamint kockázatvállalási hajlandósága.  Az eredményes kisárutermelők legnagyobb problémája a tőkehiány. A tőkehiányból eredő problémák egy részét a rátermettségükből, találékonyságukból eredően meg tudják oldani. A tőkehiány enyhítésére állami támogatás is szükséges, elsősorban az áruvá készítés és a láncok beszerzési rendszeréhez kapcsolható logisztikai rendszer tekintetében. A...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Nagy kereskedelmi láncok; Beszállítás; Zöldség-gyümölcs; Sikeres kisárutermelők; Large retail chains; Supply; Fruit and vegetables; Successful small farmers; Agribusiness; Crop Production/Industries; Marketing.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/99075

SOME MEASUREMENT CRITERIA FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE OUTPUT AND COSTS: THE CASE OF FIRE PROTECTION IN TEXAS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hitzhusen,   Frederick J.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Public Economics.
Ano: 1973
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30414

New Zealand Wool Inside: A Discussion Case Study
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Conforte,   Daniel; Dunlop,   Samuel; Garnevska,   Elena.
The IFAMR is the Official Journal of the International Food and Agribusiness Management Association: www.ifama.org
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: New Zealand; Wool; Ingredients marketing; Branding; Wool carpets; Case study; Agribusiness; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Demand and Price Analysis; International Relations/Trade; Land Economics/Use; Livestock Production/Industries; Productivity Analysis; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession; Q13; Q12.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114716

Evaluacion comparativa multifuncional de sistemas agrarios mediante AHP: aplicacion al olivar ecologico, integrado y convencional en Andalucía
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lopez,   Carlos Parra; Calatrava-Requena,   Javier; Gimenez,   Tomas De Haro.
Aunque el concepto de multifuncionalidad está plasmado, implícita o explícitamente, en el diseño de las políticas agrarias actuales, su consideración a la hora de analizar y evaluar sistemas agrarios es aún relativamente escasa en la literatura. Para tal fin se propone utilizar el Proceso Analítico Jerárquico (Analytic Hierarchy Process - AHP), técnica de decisión multicriterio discreta que se utiliza para la toma de decisiones complejas. La metodología AHP es expuesta junto con un procedimiento propuesto para medir el acuerdo relativo entre decisores y la uniformidad de las alternativas en la toma de decisiones en grupo. Finalmente, AHP es aplicado a la evaluación del olivar ecológico, integrado y convencional de Andalucía considerando criterios de...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Multifunctionality; Analytic Hierarchy Process; AHP; Multicriteria decision making; Group decision making; Relative agreement indices; Relative uniformity indices; Olive grove; Agricultural and Food Policy; Q01; C65; Q50.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28771

Stochastic efficiency optimisation of alternative agricultural water use strategies
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Grove,   Bennie.
Mathematical programming was used to optimise utility efficient deficit irrigation schedules for maize in Vaalharts, based on certainty equivalence assuming an exponential utility function. Total gross margin risk resulting from production risk of alternative deficit irrigation practices was quantified using an irrigation simulation model and stochastic budgeting procedures. Results showed that the portfolio of irrigation schedules for a risk averse farmer may include schedules with high production risk, due to the interaction of resource use between alternatives when water is limited. Owing to the difficulty of implementing the best portfolio of irrigation schedules, the optimised schedules may best be used to benchmark the efficiency of second best...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10136

On the Dynamic Relationship between U.S. Farm Income and Macroeconomic Variables
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Baek,   Jungho; Koo,   Won W.
This study examines the short- and long-run effects of changes in macroeconomic variables—agricultural commodity prices, interest rates and exchange rates—on the U.S. farm income. For this purpose, we adopt an autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) approach to cointegration with quarterly data for 1989–2008. Results show that the exchange rate plays a crucial role in determining the long-run behavior of U.S. farm income, but has little effect in the short-run. We also find that the commodity price and interest rate have been significant determinants of U.S. farm income in both the short- and long-run over the past two decades.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Autoregressive distributed lag model; Commodity price; Exchange rate; Farm income; Interest rate; Long-run; Short-run; Agribusiness; Consumer/Household Economics; Farm Management; Financial Economics; C22; E23; Q11.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53097

Tradable Green Certificates as a Policy Instrument? A Discussion on the Case of Poland
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Heinzel,   Christoph; Winkler,   Thomas.
Quota obligation schemes based on tradable green certificates have become a popular policy instrument to expand power generation from renewable energy sources (RES). Their application, however, can neither be justified as a first-best response to a market failure, nor, in a second-best sense, as an instrument mitigating distortionary effects of the emissions externality, if an emissions trading system exists that fully covers the energy industry. We study how ancillary reasons, in form of overcoming various barriers for RES use and establishing beneficial side-effects, such as industry development, energy security, and abatement of pollutants not covered under the ETS, apply to the scheme recently introduced in Poland. While setting substantial expansion...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Tradable green certificates; Environmental policy; Poland; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95068

Technical Efficiency in Louisiana Sugar Cane Processing
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Johnson,   Jason L.; Zapata,   Hector O.; Heagler,   Arthur M.
Participants in the Louisiana sugar cane industry have provided little information related to the efficiency of sugar processing operations. Using panel data from the population of Louisiana sugar processors, alternative model specifications are estimated using stochastic frontier methods to measure the technical efficiency of individual sugar factories. Results suggest the Louisiana sugar processing industry is characterized by a constant returns to scale Cobb-Douglas processing function with high technical efficiency.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Technical efficiency; Stochastic frontier; Resource allocation; Sugar cane processing; Agribusiness; Productivity Analysis.
Ano: 1995
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/90369

VALIDATING CONTINGENT VALUATION WITH SURVEYS OF EXPERTS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Boyle,   Kevin J.; Welsh,   Michael P.; Bishop,   Richard C.; Baumgartner,   Robert M.
Contingent-valuation estimates for white-water boating passengers are compared with Likert ratings by river guides.  The approach involves asking whether passengers and their guides ordinally rank alternative flows the same.  The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Contingent Valuation Panel (1993) suggested "one might want to compare its (contingent-valuation's) outcome with that provided by a panel of experts."  River guides constitute a counterfactual panel of "experts."  For commercial trips, optimum flows are 34,000 cfs and 31,000 cfs for passengers and guides, and the comparable figures for private trips are 28,000 cfs and 29,000 cfs.  In the NOAA Panel framework, passengers can evaluate the consequences of various river flows and...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1995
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31589

Zöldség- és gyümölcs-nagykereskedelem Hollandiában
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jasso,   Katalin.
Hollandiában is a piacot a fogyasztók igényei irányítják. A hagyományos árutőzsde átalakult, nemcsak a termelők által behozott termékeket értékesítik, hanem más kereskedelmi tevékenységekkel is foglalkoznak. Ez az átalakulás létszükséglet, mert világviszonylatban a zöldség- és gyümölcsértékesítésben fontos szerepet játszik a túltermelés és a konkurencia. A nagykereskedelmi szektorban arra törekszenek, hogy a fogyasztók igényeit folyamatosan egész éven át kielégítsék, miközben a nagykereskedők költségei jelentősen megemelkedtek az EU-szabályozás miatt, mert a piacon maradáshoz fontos a környezetvédelmi, valamint az élelmiszer- és termékbiztonsággal kapcsolatos szabályok betartása. A termelőknek pedig bizonyítaniuk kell a törvényi előírásoknak való...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Zöldség; Gyümölcs; AGF értékesítés; Versenyhelyzet-elemzés; Trendek; Vegetables; Fruit; AGF selling; Competition analysis; Trends; Agribusiness; Crop Production/Industries; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/99141

Non-Farm Business Income and Its Subsequent Impacts on the Financial Viability of U.S. Farm Households
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Briggeman,   Brian C.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/48133

Manager Power, Member Behavior and Capital Structure: Portuguese Douro Wine Cooperatives
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rebelo,   Joao; Caldas,   Jose Vaz; Matulich,   Scott C.
Leverage is one of the most important financial factors to the survival and viability of agricultural cooperatives (e.g., wine cooperatives) during a period of intense competition. Leverage is influenced both by the behavior of managers and cooperative members. An empirical study for the Douro Demarcated Region Wine Cooperatives (DDRWC) supports the hypothesis that managers have a positive influence in the determination of the equity/total assets ratio and that individualistic behavior of cooperative members has a negative influence in the value of this ratio. This paper suggests that there may be value in reconsidering cooperatives in the context of a so-called Mediterranean model.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Agricultural cooperatives; Governance; Behavior and leverage.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/101052

RENTABILIDAD DEL NOGAL PECANERO BAJO SISTEMAS DE PRODUCCIÓN DE MEDIANA TECNOLOGÍA EN DELICIAS, CHIHUAHUA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lopez Diaz,   Julio Cesar; Arras Vota,   Ana Maria; Salas Gonzalez,   Jose Maria; Aguilar Valdes,   Alfredo; Robles Hernandez,   Loreto; Villalobos Perez,   Elizabeth; Rodriguez Andujo,   Aida.
Pecans (Carya Illinoinensis [Wangenh] K. Koch) are a native food of North America and represent a high economic crop value in the north of Mexico, mainly in the state of Chihuahua, the biggest pecan nut producer in this country. The goal of this study was to evaluate the profitability of pecan orchards in the municipality of Delicias, Chihuahua. Some microeconomic and market information from 2008 were collected from pecan growers and specialists through the technique of Experts' Panel. Standard financial analysis and a Monte Carlo simulation model were used to evaluate the probabilities of risk for net cash income (NCI) and return on capital employed (RCE). The NCI obtained was $277,000 and RC 111.7%, indicating that pecan orchards show high profitability...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Carya Illinoinensis; Production costs; Monte Carlo simulation.; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114475

U.S. FARM BILL RESOURCES AND PROGRAMS FOR BEGINNING FARMERS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sureshwaran,   Suresh; Ritchie,   Stephanie.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Beginning Farmer and Rancher; Farm Bill; Conservation; USDA; Agricultural and Food Policy; Farm Management; Q00; Q10.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109476

EFFECTIVE LEARNING IN LARGE CLASSES THROUGH RISK MANAGEMENT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Broder,   Josef M.; Tew,   Bernard V.; Williams,   Jeffery R.
Risk management strategies for maintaining student performance in large classes are discussed. Risk management theory is discussed and used to describe student behavior. Results of risk management experiments in which students are exposed to alternative levels of grading are reported along with other factors which influence student behavior. Class performance was not found to decline under a system involving only a 50 percent chance of assignments being graded. Procedures for implementing and limitations of chance grading systems in large classes are discussed.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1985
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29986

THE NATIONAL AND REGIONAL IMPORTANCE OF WHOLESALE PRODUCE MARKETS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Beilock,   Richard P.; Patterson,   James E.; Shell,   Timothy.
The results of a three-year study to establish baseline estimates of the importance of wholesale produce markets (WPM) are reported. It is estimated that a third of all produce marketed in the United States and Canada goes through WPM. These facilities tend to be most important in larger urban areas. Gate and unloading fees commonly charged at WPM may place them at a competitive disadvantage relative to off-market sites.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1990
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27109

A RETAIL STORE CLASSIFICATION TECHNIQUE BASED ON CUSTOMER BUYING BEHAVIOR
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wayman,   Wilber S., Jr.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Consumer/Household Economics.
Ano: 1974
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27243

Residential Land Values in Urbanizing Areas
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kaltsas,   Ioannis K.; Bosch,   Darrell J.; McGuirk,   Anya M.
Zoning decisions related to residential lot size and density affect residential land value. Effects of size on residential parcel value in Roanoke County, VA, are estimated with fixed effects hedonic models. Parcel size; elevation; soil permeability; proximity to urban areas, malls, and roads; and location influence parcel value, but the effects vary by value of construction and development status. Parcel value per square meter declines with increasing parcel size. The estimated relationships could be used to evaluate zoning decisions in terms of land values and tax revenues if model estimation uncertainties and responses by developers to zoning strategies are considered.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Development; Fixed effects; Hedonic model; Property values; Residential density; Spatial econometrics; Agribusiness; Land Economics/Use; Q24; C25; C52.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47204

Investments in irrigation projects - an impact analysis
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kumbhare,   S.L.; Sen,   Madhurima.
Physical infrastructure development is a powerful means of promoting economic growth as (i) it creates production facilities, “crowds in” private investment and thereby stimulates economic activities, (ii) reduces transaction and marketing costs, improving competitiveness, and (iii) provides employment opportunities to the poor. Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF) supported irrigation projects help provide the necessary impetus for infrastructure development, thereby aiding in capital formation. Evaluation of irrigation investments under RIDF in the states of Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Orissa, Maharashtra and Assam has revealed that the investments are economically viable. The net benefits realised by the user community from the investments in...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47888

Institutionelle Grundlagen der Agrarprotektion: Eine polit-ökonomische Analyse der Agrarpolitik in den Mittel- und Osteuropäischen Ländern
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Henning,   Christian H.C.A.; Krause,   Kim Carolin; Struve,   Carsten.
The impact of political institutions, e.g. the organization of legislature, election and party systems, on agricultural protection has hardly been taken into account explicitly in theoretical and empirical studies, yet. In this framework the paper investigates to what extent political institutions explain observed variances in the political power of the agrarian population in the ten Central and Eastern European Countries / Candidates (CEEC) applying for an accession to the EU. Moreover, it is analyzed to what extent EU-accession will be politically feasible given the specific political and economic framework conditions of the individual states. In particular, empirical analyses imply the following results: (i) The political power of the agrarian...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Formal model of legislative decision-making; Political economy of GAP; EU-enlargement; Agricultural and Food Policy; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Political Economy.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97979

An Alternative Method for Deriving Optimal Fertilizer Rates: Comment and Extension
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kennedy,   John O.S.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Farm Management.
Ano: 1981
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/12236

The quality turn in South Africa: insights from a comprehensive investigation into the food quality behaviours, perceptions and knowledge of South African consumers with a focus on middle and upper socioeconomic groups
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Vermeulen,   Hester; Bienabe,   Estelle.
Internationally, alternative food quality movements have given rise to a quality turn from the mass consumption model toward an increasing qualitative differentiation of products and demand (Allaire, 2002). While food quality trends and their implications have been widely analyzed internationally, little has been written on the local quality dynamics in South Africa, a country with clear dualistic socio-economic features. This paper aims to contribute to the understanding of South African consumers’ present food quality evaluation with a specific focus on ‘conventional’ and ‘advanced’ quality attributes associated with fresh food produce (fruit / vegetable and meat). Primary data was collected during 2009 through an extensive nationally representative...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Farm Management.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/96194

PLANT PESTICIDE ECONOMICS WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO COTTON INSECTICIDES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Longworth,   John W.; Rudd,   Don.
The energy crisis and the current world food situation have both drawn attention to the importance of off-farm inputs in high-technology agricultural systems. Plant pesticides are one of the most important of these off-farm inputs. The correct use of chemical pesticides requires a high level of managerial competence since the issues involved are extremely complex. The development of an integrated approach to the management of plant pests offers an alternative to the increasingly expensive chemical control techniques. Cotton production illustrates both the complexities of the management involved in plant pest control and the feasibility of developing integrated control strategies. Plant pesticides, especially insecticides, also create externalities. The...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 1975
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22340

Földhasználat és fenntarthatóság
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Magda,   Robert.
A jelen kor legfontosabb problémája, hogy hogyan és miként kezeljük azt a válságot, melynek jelei egyes elemzők szerint már két éve, de kézzel foghatóan is közel egy éve jelen vannak a mindennapjainkban. Egy olyan helyzetről van szó, ami érinti a világ minden országát, az élet minden területét, ezért elengedhetetlen vizsgálni azokat a lehetőségeket, melyek kiutat jelenthetnek ebből a helyzetből. Ez természetesen rendkívül összetett feladat, társadalmi, gazdasági és ökológiai vonatkozásai miatt. A megoldás keresése is komplexitást igényel. Jelen tanulmányban azt mutatjuk be, hogy milyen a földhasználat ebben a különösen kritikus időszakban, illetve melyek lehetnek azok a formái, amelyek elősegíthetik a kiút megtalálását, mind¬amellett, hogy közben...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Földhasználat; Fenntarthatóság; Válság; Korlátozottság; Oktatás; Land use; Sustainability; Crisis; Limitations; Education; Agricultural and Food Policy; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/99081

Risk, Information, and Trust in the Food Chain: Factors Explaining Consumer Willingness to Pay
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Latvala,   Terhi.
This paper analysed factors contributing to consumers’ willingness to pay (WTP) for increased quality information. The empirical scope of the study was restricted to beef, because the beef labelling system enables reliable tracing of quality attributes. The results showed that consumer perceptions of specific risks in food partly explain their WTP. Also negative experiences heard from other people increased the probability of WTP. Trust seems to be extremely significant factor in WTP models. This study implies that the majority of the respondents trust the food safety authorities and the co‐operation of all stakeholders in the food chain.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Risk; Trust; Information; Beef; Willingness to pay.; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Industrial Organization; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/101282

SAEA EDITOR'S REPORT FEBRUARY 1983
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1983
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30230

FACTORS AFFECTING THE PROBABILITY OF CONSUMING FISH AND SHELLFISH IN THE AWAY FROM HOME AND AT HOME MARKETS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nayga,   Rodolfo M., Jr.; Capps,   Oral, Jr.
Models are developed to measure the effect of socioeconomic factors on the probability of consuming fish and shellfish in both the away from home and at home markets.  Factors that significantly affect the likelihood of eating fish and shellfish at home include urbanization, region, race, ethnicity, age, diet status and income.  On the other hand, region, employment, diet status, household size, age and income significantly affect the likelihood of eating fish and shellfish away from home.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Consumption; Fish and shellfish; Food at home; Food away from home; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 1995
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15343

The Lean Concept in the Food Industry: A Case Study of Contract a Manufacturer
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lehtinen,   Ulla; Torkko,   Margit.
The paper discusses how the lean concept could be applied to a food-manufacturing company. The paper first presents the lean concept and value-stream mapping tools. The empirical section discusses how a case company, operating as a contract manufacturer in the food industry, has applied the lean production concept and tools. In the case study, three analysis tools are examined and the structures of demand chains of different customers are presented. The delivery times will decrease and more flexibility will be needed from the contract manufacturer. The case study shows that much movement is possible toward the lean supply chain and partnership-based cooperation. By implementing the lean concept, food companies can increase customer value through cost...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27759

A globalizáció és a konszolidációs számvitel alkalmazása a magyar élelmiszer-gazdaságban
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Simon,   Szilvia.
Aglobális pénzügyi és gazdasági válság kialakulása, a válság világméretű elterjedése számos okra vezethető vissza. Ezek között az okok között elsőként a globalizációt lehet kiemelni. Aglobalizáció folyamatában megfigyelhető a tőke, a szellemi erőforrások, az anyagi javak világméretű koncentrációja. Aglobalizáció egyik kísérőjelenségeként megfigyelhető az a tendencia, hogy a jogilag önálló agrár-, élel¬miszer-ipari és élelmiszer-kereskedelmi vállalkozások egymással érdekeltségi, részesedési viszonyba kerülnek, amelynek hatásaként a vállalkozások között a piaci viszonyok korlátozottá válnak. Így az egyedi éves beszámolók alapján a társaságok vagyoni, pénzügyi és jövedelmi helyzetének bemutatása nem biztosítható. Az információhiány megszüntethető, ha a...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Globalizáció; Élelmiszer-gazdaság; Konszern; Konszolidációs számvitel; Elemzés; Globalisation; Food economy; Holding; Consolidated accounting; Analysis; Agribusiness; Agricultural Finance; Farm Management.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/92476

Cover and Contents Pages
Provedor de dados: 31
Includes: Front Cover; Editorial and Membership Information; Contents Page
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10142

STUDY ON THE ECONOMIC EFFECT OF PRODUCTION FREE FROM CHEMICAL USE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kis,   Sandor.
The assumption, that in case of production different from the conventional one, operational and production risk are increasing in farms, is supported by the calculations. Input/output relations undergo a change in each sector and this may have serious financial outcomes, which would importantly determine profit yielding capacity and efficiency of farming. The statement of Offermann and Nieberg is true of the cost structure, according to which essential cost difference between the two technologies can not be measured. By the aid of the calculation, it was successfully verified – in compliance with the opinion of Wookey – that organic production can be as profitable, as the conventional production or even more so. In contradiction to Bmvel’s data, it can be...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Organic farming; Turning on; Profitability; Agribusiness; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58904

Contents Page
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1947
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8320

PRESIDENTS, 1955-90
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1990
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29037

Comprehensive Study on the Human Driving Forces of Cultivated Land and Construction Land Use Change in Hubei Province, China
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Xu,   Xin-chuang; Cheng,   Dong-lai; Liu,   Cheng-wu.
Change trend of cultivated land in Hubei Province is analyzed. The years 1998-2003 are the reduction period of cultivated land; the years 2004-2007 are the increase period of cultivated land; the years 1988-2002 are the slow growth period of construction land; and the years of 2003 and 2007 are the increase period of construction land. Based on related social economic statistical data in 1988-2007, human driving forces on cultivated land and construction land in Hubei Province are analyzed quantitatively and comparatively by using SPSS software and mathematical statistical method. Result shows that driving forces have negative driving effect on cultivated land, and positive driving effect on construction land. Driving forces have significant differences of...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Cultivated land; Construction land; Factor analysis; Human driving force; China; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/93574

IMPLICATIONS OF CONGLOMERATE MERGERS TO FOOD DISTRIBUTION IN THE 1970'S: DISCUSSANT - RETAIL MANAGEMENT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Checchi,   Vincent.
Adds taxes and capital procurement to reasons for conglomerates.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Industrial Organization.
Ano: 1969
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26708

Socio-economic Impact of Transgenic Cotton
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rao,   N. Chandrasekhara; Dev,   S. Mahendra.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57741

A PROTOCOL OR A SET OF STANDARDS TO GUIDE AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS RESEARCH
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Debertin,   David L.; Luzar,   E. Jane; Chambers,   Orlando D.
This article examines some difficult decisions that agricultural economists must confront in doing research. Over many years, rules and standards have developed in agricultural economics that guide researchers, providing an underlying framework for research methods. This article deals with applying these seldom discussed guidelines to specific research situations confronted by agricultural economists. With this article, we hope to stimulate a dialogue among agricultural economists about the need for additional, appropriate methodological guidelines in agricultural economics research.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 1995
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30934

Análisis multicriterio de preferencias sociales en gestión hídrica bajo la Directiva Marco del Agua
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mesa,   Pascual; Martin-Ortega,   Julia; Berbel,   Julio.
Este trabajo pretende contribuir a la aplicación de la DMA en relación con la selección de medidas para el uso sostenible y socialmente aceptado del agua. Nuestro análisis está orientado a la obtención, mediante el proceso analítico jerárquico (AHP), de la valoración social de los criterios de gestión del agua en el Guadalquivir, analizando para ello la legitimidad de la ampliación del embalse de la Breña (Córdoba), además de la evaluación de otras posibles medidas de gestión del agua. Los resultados sugieren que el AHP constituye una herramienta adecuada para la implementación de la DMA, así como un complemento útil del análisis coste-eficacia.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Directiva Marco del Agua; Gestión hídrica; Método de Jerarquías Analíticas; Multicriterio.; Agricultural and Food Policy; Q25.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57236

RESEARCH UPDATES
Provedor de dados: 31
Includes: Food Insecurity in Low-Income Rural Areas, Eric Icart, University of Maryland Eastern Shore  New Shift in Food Distribution Orientation: The Proposition of Fresh Prepared Foods, John L. Park, Research Associate, Food Industry Management Program, Cornell University, 109 Warren Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853-7801  Distribution Barriers Confronting Small-Volume Fruit and Vegetable Growers, John R. Brooker, David B. Eastwood, and Morgan D. Gray, Professors and Computer Analyst, Department of Agricultural Economics, The University of Tennessee-Knoxville  Impact of Industry Concentration on Small and Medium Produce Distributors, Roger Hinson and Meredith Dowdall, Louisiana State University  Location Determinants and Attraction-Retention-Expansion Factors of...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27450

Integrated Pest and Disease Management in Tomato: An Economic Analysis
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gajanana,   T.M.; Krishna Moorthy,   P.N.; Anupama,   H.L.; Raghunatha,   R.; Kumar,   G.T. Prasanna.
The adoption of IPM technology in tomato using African marigold as a trap crop, root dipping of seedlings in Imidacloprid, soil application of neem/pongamia cake, spraying of botanicals like pongamia soap and biopesticide like Ha NPV has been found effective in both insect as well as disease management. The IPM technology has been found economically viable as the yield on IPM farms has been found higher by about 46 per cent, cost of cultivation has been less by about 21 per cent and the net returns have been higher by 119 per cent. The technology can be considered environment-friendly as it uses more of eco-friendly inputs and less of chemicals. The constraints like non-availability of botanicals and bio-pesticides should be addressed on priority basis to...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57763

Can Nutrition Labeling Affect Obesity?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Arsenault,   Joanne E.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Nutrition labeling; Food labels; Menu labeling; Obesity; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; I10; Q18.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95753

THE IMPACTS OF QUALITY ON CASH FED CATTLE PRICES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jones,   Rodney D.; Schroeder,   Ted C.; Mintert,   James R.; Brazle,   Frank.
Quality factors affecting fed cattle prices were examined during a six-month period in southwestern Kansas. Transaction prices were significantly affected by the percentage of cattle expected to grade choice times the choice-to-select carcass price spread, finish uniformity, average weight, dressing percentage, breed, number of cattle purchased by a single packer on a given day, the packer, the feedyard, the day-of-the-week the cattle were sold, and the number of bids received. Asking prices were significantly affected by many of the same factors. Asking and transaction prices reflected approximately 25 percent of the packer value differentials for expected carcass quality grades.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 1992
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29636

Strategic Policy Issues for Agricultural Research in Canada
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Brinkman,   George L.
Agricultural research has been a very important factor in enhancing the productivity and competitiveness of the Canadian agri-food sector. Science and innovation have been identified as together forming one of the five pillars in the Canadian Agri-food Policy Framework (APF). A major focus of the science and innovation section of the APF is to plan to realign public and private research efforts into a more comprehensive strategic approach for research and innovation in Canada. Despite the importance of research and the need for a strategic approach, however, assessment of critical strategic research policy issues for the Canadian agri-food sector has been limited.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/45744

FRONT COVER
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1972
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22799

Induced innovation and land degradation in developing country agriculture
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Coxhead,   Ian A.
With few exceptions, induced innovation theories give little consideration either to the role of distortions as determinants of the factor biases of innovations, or to the influence of technical progress – with or without distortions – on the sectoral structure of production. This analysis identifies demand for innovations as a function of a specific policy setting which both conditions and is conditioned by the structure of production. In this context, when some sectors contribute more than others to environmental externalities, private and social optima in the allocation of research resources may diverge. In some circumstances it may be optimal to use research budget allocations as second‐best substitutes for Pigouvian taxes.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/118044

The politics and economics of wool marketing, 1950-2000
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Richardson,   Bob.
The history of marketing, research, development policies and intervention in marketing of the wool clip is reviewed from the perspective of an insider. The overall theme is that politics took over comprehensively from clear economic policy advice on wool marketing in the past 50 years and woolgrowers paid a high price for this. The idea of ‘integrated marketing’ including an export monopoly, a buffer stock scheme and coordinated promotion and R&amp;D, collectively a strong interventionist philosophy, has waxed and waned. Having borne most of the costs of these failed policies, remaining woolgrowers can now look forward to a market less distorted by political interference.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/117383

An Economic Survey of the Productivity of Dairy Farms on the Red Basaltic Soils of the Far North Coast of New South Wales
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kingsland,   Alison M.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries; Productivity Analysis.
Ano: 1950
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8900

COVER AND CONTENTS PAGES
Provedor de dados: 31
Includes: Front Cover, Editorial Information, Contents Pages
Tipo: Journal Article
Ano: 1970
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29873

Information System Adoption and Use in Local Cooperatives
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: King,   Robert P.; Shuker,   Iain G.
Advances in information technology can help local cooperatives remain competitive in a changing agricultural sector. This study examines the adoption and use of information systems by local farm supply and grain cooperatives and the relationships between information system characteristics and cooperative performance. Cooperative characteristics were found to have a significant effect on information selection, overall cost structure, and the allocation of information system expenses. Information system selection was also related to operating performance. In all size categories, farm supply cooperatives that owned computers had better operating performance than those that did not. In contrast, operating performance was not related to computer ownership in...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1991
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/46260

Science-based Rules of Trade:  A Mantra for Some, An Anathema for Others
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kerr,   William A.
The concept of science-based rules for the establishment of trade barriers was a new development that arose from the Uruguay Round. It is an attempt to de-politicise decision making in the complex areas of human, animal and plant health as well as aspects relating to the environment. In the short time it has been in operation it has become a mantra for some but an anathema to others with an interest in trade policy. It is now at the heart of a major trade dispute between the EU and the United States over trade in the products of biotechnology. The paper discusses the controversies relating to the science-based system and provides suggestions to improve its efficacy.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Independence; Precautionary principle; Science-based; Scientific consensus; SPS; WTO; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23883

MANURE VALUE AND LIVEWEIGHT SWINE DECISIONS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Roka,   Fritz M.; Hoag,   Dana L.
Produced as a joint product, economic theory suggests that manure value could influence livestock management decisions such as herd size and optimal market weights. This study examines the concept of manure and its connection with optimal replacement age or market weight. A model of a swine finishing operation representative of North Carolina conditions is developed. Over the range of conditions considered, manure value is negative and does not affect market weights. The marginal per head change in manure value is small relative to the marginal per head change in net returns from pork production. Further, economies of scale with respect to irrigation cause manure value to increase with herd size.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Manure value; Market weight; Response surface; Swine; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 1996
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15234

THE MAXIMISATION OF REVENUE FROM NEW ZEALAND SALES OF BUTTER ON THE UNITED KINGDOM MARKET - A DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING PROBLEM
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Townsley,   Robert.
The objective of this paper is to consider and illustrate the potential usefulness of the method of analysis known as Dynamic Programming in one field of market analysis. The illustrative problem solved is that of maximising revenue from New Zealand sales of butter on the United Kingdom market.  Since April 1962 the United Kingdom has restricted imports of butter by placing quotas for twelve month periods on importing countries. It is reasonable to assume that under normal supply conditions, these quotas will be fulfilled. Under abnormal conditions, such as those due to the winter experienced in the Northern Hemisphere in 1962-63, a good market information service should make it possible to predict the expected level of supply of butter from the countries...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Marketing.
Ano: 1964
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22662

DEMAND FOR COAL:  THE PROBLEM OF AGGREGATION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Stevens,   Thomas H.; Blake,   Martin J.; Williams,   Lawrence G.
This paper demonstrates the differences that result from estimating coal demand functions using highly aggregated regional data rather than less aggregated state data. At first glance the coal demand functions based on regional data appear to explain well and seem useful in policy making. However, coal demand functions based on state data show differences in the demand structure in each state of the region. Policy decisions that may seem appropriate based on aggregated regional data may have much different impacts on individual states in the region.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1979
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32440

A METHOD FOR MEASURING RETURNS TO NONPRICE EXPORT PROMOTION WITH APPLICATION TO ALMONDS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kinnucan,   Henry W.; Christian,   Jason E.
A formula is derived to indicate the marginal returns to nonprice promotion for a competitive industry that promotes in both the domestic and the export market and receives a subsidy for export promotion. Private returns to export promotion are an increasing function of the export promotion elasticity, the export share, and the promotion subsidy and a decreasing function of the domestic supply elasticity, the absolute values of the domestic and export demand elasticities, and opportunity cost. Applying the formula to almond promotion and using previously estimated elasticities, no firm conclusions can be made regarding the effectiveness of export promotion, chiefly because the estimated promotion elasticities are unstable. Assuming that the domestic...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31016

LOADING WARM NAKED-PACKED AND WRAPPED LETTUCE AND COOLING IT IN TRANSIT--ITS EFFECT ON QUALITY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hinsch,   R. Tom; Wang,   Chien Yi; Kindya,   William G.
Arrival and subsequent quality of lettuce that was cooled in transit was not as good as that of lettuce vacuum cooled immediately after harvest.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1983
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27206

Estimation of Actual and Potential Adoption Rates and Determinants of Improved Rice Variety Among Rice Farmers in Nigeria: The Case of NERICAs
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dontsop Nguezet,   Paul Martin; Diagne,   Aliou; Okoruwa,   Victor O.
The article used the ATE estimation framework to derive consistent semi-parametric estimators of population adoption rates and their determinants of the NERICA (New Rice for Africa) rice varieties in Nigeria. Empirical evidence shows that the observed sample adoption rate does not consistently estimate the population adoption rate even if the sample is random. NERICA awareness was found to be a major constraint to NERICA adoption in Nigeria. Several socioeconomic/demographic characteristics were found to be important determinants of NERICA awareness and adoption. Among those factors are age, gender, major occupation, year of experience and vocational training. In particular, we have found that the NERICA adoption rate in Nigeria would have been up to 76%...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: NERICAs Adoption; Awareness; Average Treatment Effect; Nigeria; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95770

THE TRANSACTION COSTS TRADEOFFS OF PRIVATE AND PUBLIC WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Parker,   Dominic P.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27976

SOURCES OF PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH DURING THE TRANSITION TO ALTERNATIVE CROPPING SYSTEMS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jaenicke,   Edward C.; Drinkwater,   Laurie E.
Traditional measures of productivity growth may not fully account for all sources of growth during the transition from conventional to alternative cropping systems. This paper treats soil quality as part of the production process and incorporates it directly into rotational measures of productivity growth. An application to data from an experimental cropping system in Pennsylvania suggests that both experimental learning and soil-quality improvements were important sources of growth during the system's transition.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Productivity Analysis.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31284

Portfolio Allocation and Alternative Structures of the Standard Reinsurance Agreement
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Vedenov,   Dmitry V.; Miranda,   Mario J.; Dismukes,   Robert; Glauber,   Joseph W.
This paper examines how insurance companies participating in delivery of crop insurance would change patterns of portfolio allocation across reinsurance funds in reaction to the 2005 Standard Reinsurance Agreement. The returns of insurance companies under the SRA are calculated using a simulation model. An heuristic allocation rule is introduced in order to imitate portfolio allocation strategies of participating companies. The main conclusion of the analysis is that the bulk of changes in portfolio allocations are likely to be caused by the introduction of "retained net book quota share" reinsurance rather than adjustments in the cession limits and retention requirements for the Assigned Risk Fund.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Crop insurance; Portfolio allocation strategies; Reinsurance funds; Standard Reinsurance Agreement; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10145

Recent Developments in Food Retailing in the United States and Australia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nayga,   Rodolfo M., Jr.; Riethmuller,   Paul C.
The food retailing sectors of the United States and Australia are large industries that are increasingly driven by consumer needs and wants. Both industries are changing to keep pace with social and economic developments. The premises are getting larger and one-stop shopping is becoming more common. The rationing of shelf spare has become an issue. Information technology is providing stores with better information on product movement and sales performance. There is a common movement away from city centres to affluent suburban centres. In Australia, the retailing industry is concentrated in fewer owners than in the US. Future research on retail concentration, trade with processors, and international competitiveness would be worthwhile.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Marketing.
Ano: 1995
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/12463

American Native Beef Cooperative
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kenkel,   Philip L.; Holcomb,   Rodney B.
The American Native Beef project involved a failed attempt to establish cow and bull slaughter operation in Southeast Oklahoma. The effort was initially organized as a new generation cooperative and raised over US$2.5M from area producers who retained their funds in escrow for over 5 years despite numerous opportunities to withdraw their investment. The business model was restructured several times to attract equity capital from outside investors. The case provides insights into the linkages between business strategy and business structure. It also raises the question as to whether the project could have been successful under the original business model.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56950

Import Demand for Quality in the Japanese Beef Market
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Miljkovic,   Dragan; Jin,   Hyun Joung.
The case of reduction in ad valorem tariffs as a trade liberalization policy is considered in this article. It is shown that the reduction leads to a higher quality of imports, ceteris paribus. This hypothesis was tested on the case of Japanese beef imports from the United States and Australia. U.S. beef, according to the results of Gallup surveys, is considered by Japanese consumers to be a high quality product, while Australian beef is considered to be a low quality product. Empirical results support the hypothesis. Moreover, the recent domination of U.S. beef in the Japanese market is further explained by increasingly more efficient U.S. beef production relative to Australian production and a strong income effect, where an increase in per capita income...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Ad valorem tariff; Beef imports; Japan; Quality; Trade liberalization; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10222

Economic impacts of soil fertility management research in West Africa
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Akinola,   Adebayo A.; Alene,   Arega D.; Adeyemo,   Remi; Sanogo,   Diakalia; Olanrewaju,   Adetunji S.
This paper assesses the potential economic impacts of balanced nutrient management systems technology options: BNMS-manure, which combines inorganic fertilizer and organic manure, and BNMS-rotation, which is maize–soybean rotation, in maize-based systems in the northern Guinea savanna areas of Nigeria, Ghana, Togo and Benin. The economic surplus analysis suggested that BNMS-manure research and extension could achieve returns ranging from 17 to 25% and a maximum adoption of 24 to 48%, for the conservative and base scenario respectively; and that BNMS-rotation research and extension could achieve returns ranging from 35 to 43% and a maximum adoption of 20 to 40%, for the conservative and base scenario respectively. Our results were consistent with earlier...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Balanced nutrient management systems; BNMS-manure; BNMS-rotation; Economic surplus; Northern Guinea savanna; West Africa; Crop Production/Industries; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56932

IMPACT OF MEAT IMPORTS ON LEAST-COST UNITED STATES BEEF PRODUCTION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nelson,   Kenneth E.; Martin,   Neil R., Jr.; Sullivan,   Gregory M.; Crom,   Richard J.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 1982
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30438

REGIONAL AND SECTORAL EFFECTS OF COMPETITION FOR WHEAT TRANSPORTATION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wright,   Bruce H.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 1969
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29846

ASSESSING STRUCTURAL CHANGE IN THE DEMAND FOR FOOD COMMODITIES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Haidacher,   Richard C.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 1983
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30226

DISTINGUISHED AND HONORARY LIFE MEMBERS
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1987
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28982

Implications For Manufacturers
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Edwards,   C.T.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1988
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9667

AN ANALYSIS OF EXPERIMENT STATION FUNDING DECISIONS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: White,   Fred C.; Araji,   A.A.
The decision-making process by which academic departments within an experiment station allocate funds among commodities is examined. The decision to conduct research on some commodities and not on others introduces a problem of censored dependent variables. In order to overcome this problem, a simultaneous equations model with selectivity was used; it was applied to data from the Idaho Experiment Station. The results indicated a simultaneous relationship between research funding levels and expected benefits. Marginal products of one dollar in research investment were $53.80 for applied research, and $8.49 for maintenance research.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1990
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32065

KNOWLEDGE GAPS FACING SMALLER FIRMS IN INTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT MARKETING
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ruppel,   Fred J.
Knowledge gaps facing smaller firms in the U.S. food processing and distribution industries are discussed in the context of export decisions which these firms must make. The paper focuses on resources available for export assistance to smaller firms. It is argued that much of the assistance available to smaller firms is targeted to logistical problems facing all exporting firms. Less help is available as firms seek assistance in specific market research and product promotion. It is in these areas that land grant universities and federally funded Centers may be the most helpful resources available to smaller firms considering international marketing activities.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade; Marketing.
Ano: 1989
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27907

Some Aspects of Climatic Variability - With Special Reference to Rainfall in New South Wales
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Williams,   J.R.
This Department recently received a terse inquiry from a correspondent asking whether rainfall in New South Wales is declining and requesting data indicating average precipitation over periods of ten years. The question whether rainfall is declining, increasing or shows no variation is more than an academic one in a country such as Australia, where average precipitation over large areas is all too low and where agricultural and pastoral activities measure large in its economy. It should be of particular interest to those concerned with future policy not only of agriculture but of such kindred national undertakings as water and soil conservation and afforestation. But the subject is of considerable general interest, and the following is an examination of...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1946
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8352

Are Agri-Food Trade Issues Changing?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Viju,   Crina.
Agriculture has been one of the least successful aspects of the WTO negotiations, and it was no surprise that the Doha Development Round collapsed in July 2008 over issues pertaining to agricultural trade. The current agenda for negotiations is focused on the three pillars (market access, export subsidies and domestic support) that were established during the Uruguay Round. However, new trade issues have come to the fore and need to be addressed in future WTO negotiations. This special edition of the Estey Centre Journal of International Law and Trade Policy focuses on different aspects of these new trade issues and represents one step in understanding the dynamics of the global market.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: WTO; Doha Development Round; Three pillars; New trade issues; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/90584

THE ACCURACY OF PRODUCERS' PROBABILITY BELIEFS:  EVIDENCE AND IMPLICATIONS FOR INSURANCE VALUATION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sherrick,   Bruce J.
The accuracy of producers' subjective probability beliefs is examined through a survey of large cash-grain farmers in Illinois.  Findings reveal that their subjective probability beliefs about important weather variables are systematically mis-calibrated.  The nature and extent of differences between subjective probability beliefs and probabilities based on long-term historic weather data are shown empirically, and through fitted calibration functions.  The economic significance of inaccurate subjective probability beliefs is established in the context of insurance valuation.  The results demonstrate that significant errors in producers' risk assessments and insurance valuation arise as a consequence of producers’' systematically inaccurate probability...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31076

Front Materials
Provedor de dados: 31
Includes: Front Cover, Table of Contents, Editorial Information
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Crop Production/Industries; Demand and Price Analysis; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Food Security and Poverty; Health Economics and Policy; Industrial Organization; International Development; Labor and Human Capital; Land Economics/Use; Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing; Production Economics; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; Risk and Uncertainty; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/104625

A PERSPECTIVE ON THE FINANCIAL SITUATION IN AGRICULTURE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Brake,   John R.
My purpose in this presentation is to give an overview or perspective on the financial situation in U.S. agriculture.  Since descriptions of the situation are generally available (Easterbrook, J. Lee, Melichar-1985, ERS-USDA, van Blokland), I'll only briefly review the problem and its roots.  The major emphasis of my presentation is devoted to two areas: difficulties in addressing current financial problems of the sector, and issues which deserve consideration for the future.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural Finance.
Ano: 1986
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29061

Problems in Aggregate Agricultural Supply Analysis: II - Preliminary Results for Cereals and Wool
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Powell,   Alan A.; Gruen,   Fred H.G.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 1966
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8705

Proposed Australian Egg Marketing Scheme - Resolutions from Conference of Representatives of Egg Marketing Boards and Agricultural Departments of New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland, Held in Melbourne on 10-11th September, 1946
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hynes,   H.J.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Marketing.
Ano: 1946
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8276

MEASURING HISTORICAL RISK IN QUARTERLY MILK PRICES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ford,   Beth Pride; Musser,   Wesley N.; Yonkers,   Robert D.
Various methods have been used to estimate risk indices with historical data. An industry perception of increasing milk price risk over time provides a standard for evaluating several techniques used to measure historical risk. Risk measures from a regression model and an ARIMA model were consistent with the perception of increasing risk.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 1993
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31635

Selection of Peach Varieties and the Role of Quality Attributes
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Park,   Timothy A.; Florkowski,   Wojciech J.
Timely adoption of new varieties is critical to profitable peach production, and peach quality is a primary factor driving adoption. An adoption model for peach varieties is estimated, incorporating grower evaluations of peach quality. The model identifies the impact of farm characteristics such as the farmer's quality preferences, on-farm agronomic and orchard conditions, as well as geographic effects in Georgia peach-growing regions. The relative impact of the key external and internal peach quality attributes on adoption is assessed. Decisions on new varieties are influenced by the age distribution of the orchard, information which can be used in targeting new varieties to growers.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Count data; Peach variety adoption; Robust standard errors; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30724

SOURCES OF AND SOLUTIONS FOR SOUTHERN AGRICULTURAL RISK: THE VIEW FROM THE COAST
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Marra,   Michele C.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15088

OSCILLATORS AS DECISION GUIDES IN HEDGING FEEDER CATTLE: AN ECONOMIC EVALUATION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Russell,   James R.; Franzmann,   John R.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 1979
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29538

DISCUSSION OF OUTLOOK AND PROJECTIONS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Youde,   James G.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 1977
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32172

Defining and Meeting the Demand for Agricultural Machinery in China: A Case Study of John Deere
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Davis,   Garrett W.; Bailey,   DeeVon; Chudoba,   Katherine M.
www.ifama.org
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: China; Machinery markets; John Deere; Agribusiness; Demand and Price Analysis; Marketing; Public Economics.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/93562

Factores que determinan la presencia de problemas entre productores de fruta fresca y empresas exportadoras, en la Zona Central de Chile
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Avendano,   Daniela; Reyes,   Alvaro.
Published by Asociación de Economistas Agrarios de Chile
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Supply chain; Contract theory; Fruit growers; Chile.; Crop Production/Industries; Industrial Organization.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97374

Grain Contracting Strategies to Induce Delivery and Performance in Volatile Markets
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wilson,   William W.; Dahl,   Bruce L.
One of the impacts of higher prices along with greater volatility in futures and basis is that there is pressure for an escalation in cash contracting for grain. This volatility has resulted in an unprecedented level of contracting with growers in recent years. There is a wide array of cash contracts with varying terms. There is also a growing realization of growers not delivering on contracts, in part due to escalation in postcontract prices. These are evolving as major strategic issues for buyers and the marketing system, particularly as buyers seek to use such contracting strategies as an element of risk mitigation. There are three purposes of this article. First is to provide a broad survey of contract terms used in grain contracting with growers....
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Grain contracting; Risk; Volatility; Agribusiness; Crop Production/Industries; Farm Management; Production Economics; Risk and Uncertainty; C15; D81; Q12.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53082

A SOCIOECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF MARKETING INFORMATION USAGE AMONG OHIO FRUIT PRODUCERS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jones,   Eugene; Batte,   Marvin T.; Schnitkey,   Gary D.
Farm producers attempt to mitigate risk and uncertainty by utilizing accurate and reliable information. This research attempts to identify sources of information used by Ohio fruit producers and then determine which of these sources are best meeting their information needs. Results are based on a logit analysis of Ohio fruit producers and several factors are shown to influence producers' evaluation of the "adequacy" of their marketing information. Among these factors are age, business size, education, type of enterprise, and types of information sources. Reported findings have implications for marketing efficiency, particularly if producers' evaluation of information as adequate is positively related to its efficient use.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Marketing.
Ano: 1990
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30009

AN ADAPTIVE CONTROL APPROACH TO AGRICULTURAL POLICY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Freebairn,   John W.; Rausser,   Gordon C.
It is postulated that some issues of economic policy in general, and of Australian agricultural policy in particular, may be analysed in the framework of an adaptive control model. Policy making is characterized as a rational, sequential decision-making process under conditions of imperfect knowledge in which forthcoming information may be used to learn about the uncertain terms as decision periods pass. Emphasis is given to the linear-quadratic control problem. The paper provides a review of the formulation of a policy problem in the framework of an adaptive control model and of derived policy strategies. An illustrative example is reported.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 1974
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22890

Folyami hajózás és a magyarországi gabonaexport
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Szilvassy,   Zoltan.
Az árutermelésre áttért mezőgazdaság közel másfél évszázada alatt bebizonyosodott, hogy a megtermelt terményfelesleg az ország gazdaságföldrajzi „bezártsága” miatt nem versenyképes a tengeri kijutással rendelkező országok gabonájával szemben. Atengeri kikötőhöz vezető olcsó vízi utat máig sem sikerült megteremteni, és a magyar gabona jelenleg is csak a világpiaci árnál alacsonyabb áron értékesíthető. Afolyók vízjárástól független hajózhatósága azok belépcsőzésével valósítható meg.  -------------------------------------------  Over the one and a half centuries since agriculture shifted from self-sufficiency to producing marketable goods, it has been proven that the surplus produce – due to the country’s geographical isolation – cannot compete against the...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Gazdaságföldrajz; Bezártság; Belvízi hajózás; Vízlépcsők; Eco-geography; Isolation; Inland navigation; Weirs; Agricultural and Food Policy; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/92479

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF BIOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Perrin,   Richard K.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 1990
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29916

A Conjoint Analysis of Public Preferences for Agricultural Land Preservation
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Duke,   Joshua M.; Ilvento,   Thomas W.
Public preferences for the nonmarket services of permanently preserved agricultural land are measured and compared using conjoint analysis. The results from a survey of 199 Delawareans suggest environmental and nonmarket-agricultural services are the most important preserved-land attributes. Results also suggest that open space associated with wetlands on farms is neither an amenity nor a disamenity. On the margin, preserved parcels with agricultural and environmental attributes provide net benefits, which may exceed $1,000,000 for a 1,000-acre parcel. Preserved forestland provides benefits per acre that are statistically equivalent to cropland, though forestland may be less expensive to preserve.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31268