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| Zeller, Manfred; Diagne, Aliou; Mataya, Charles. |
| In Malawi, maize is the major crop and food staple. Given limited off-farm employment opportunities, much-needed increases in household income for improving food security must come from gains in agricultural productivity through better technology and more profitable crops. In the past, agricultural policy promoted hybrid maize and, more recently, tobacco to increase smallholder income. This paper presents an analysis of what determines the adoption of these two crops and what kind of income effects follow from adoption. Apart from factor endowment and exposure to agroecological risks, differences in the household's access to financial and commodity markets significantly influence its cropping shares and farm income. |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Employment; Non-agricultural; Malawi; Tobacco; Price; Food Security; Maize; Crop Production/Industries; Marketing. |
| Ano: 1997 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97054 |
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| Dohlman, Erik; Foreman, Linda F.; Da Pra, Michelle. |
| Marketing quota and price support programs for peanuts and tobacco were a longstanding feature of U.S. farm policy, from the 1930s until the Government enacted quota buyouts, in 2002 for peanuts and 2004 for tobacco. Quota owners were compensated with temporary payments, but elimination of the quota programs exposed producers more to market risks and brought about structural changes at farm, regional, and marketwide levels. Since the buyouts, many peanut and tobacco farms have exited production. The farms that remain are mostly larger and have adopted new risk management strategies, such as contracting. Freed of the planting restrictions in the quota programs, production of peanuts, and to a lesser extent of tobacco, has been relocated to regions better... |
| Tipo: Report |
Palavras-chave: Policy reform; Farm policy; Buyouts; Marketing quotas; Peanuts; Tobacco; Adjustment; Structural change; Agricultural and Food Policy; Industrial Organization; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Marketing. |
| Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56628 |
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| Almeida, A. Q. de; Vieira, E. L.. |
| This work aimed at evaluating the action of gibberellin on growth, development and production of Nicotiana tabacum L., Type Brasil-Bahia. Liquid gibberellin in doses of 0, 1.25, 3.75, 6.75 and 10.0 mL L-1 was sprayed on leaves of plants grown in greenhouse. The pelleted seeds were sowed in expanded polystyrene trays containing PlantMax®. Fifteen days after sowing (DAS), the treatments were applied. Six sprayings were made once a day, every five days. After 43 DAS, the number of leaves, length of the stem and root, dry matter of stem, leaves and roots, and leaf area were evaluated. In the field, the plants remained for 64 days and the number of total leaves, number of feasible leaves, plant height, dry matter of stem and leaves, and leaf area were... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Elongation; GA3; Increasing; Leaf pulverization; Tobacco. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://e-revista.unioeste.br/index.php/scientiaagraria/article/view/4271 |
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