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| Johnson, Nancy L.; Suarez, Ruth; Lundy, Mark. |
| This paper characterizes and measures the contribution of social capital to the performance of 50 agroenterprises in Colombia. Using qualitative analysis we document how social capital performs a variety of functions in firms, including providing access information via networks of contacts, reducing transactions costs in contracting via trust, and sustaining capacity for collective action. To estimate social capital's contribution to firm structure and performance, quantitative indicators of firm-level use of social capital are developed based on the number and strength of relationships that firms maintain. Econometric analysis finds that firm-level returns to relationships are high, higher than to physical or human capital. The results suggests that while... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Social capital; Collective action; Institutions; Colombia; Agroenterprises; Networks; Agribusiness; Land Economics/Use. |
| Ano: 2002 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/50059 |
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| Chibanda, M.; Ortmann, Gerald F.; Lyne, Michael C.. |
| This paper evaluates the impact of institutional and governance factors on the performance of 10 smallholder agricultural cooperatives in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN). Five of the cooperatives grow and market vegetables, three produce and market poultry, one is a beef production cooperative and another operates a bakery. The results of a cluster analysis suggest that the performance of the selected smallholder cooperatives is influenced by institutional and governance problems. Institutional problems give rise to low levels of equity and debt capital, reliance on government funding, low levels of investment, and subsequent loss of members. Governance problems are strongly linked to the absence of secret ballot, low levels of education, lack of production and... |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Traditional cooperatives; Performance; Institutions; Good governance; Cluster analysis; Institutional and Behavioral Economics. |
| Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/55132 |
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| Liao, Yongsong; Gao, Zhanyi; Bao, Ziyun; Huang, Qingwen; Feng, Guangzhi; Xu, Di; Cai, Jiabin; Han, Huijing; Wu, Weifeng. |
| Irrigation occupies a central position in China’s crop production. However, due to low per capita water resources, much worse, unevenly distributed over regions and time and the rapid increase of water diversions to non-irrigation sectors, irrigation water shortages have become a very serious problem. Without the adoption of effective measures this problem may even threaten China’s food security. Currently, irrigation efficiency is very low in general, irrigation water prices cannot fully recover water supply costs, and irrigation facilities are aging due to the lack of funding for O&M (operation & maintenance). Since water prices are regulated by the government, and not determined by the market, water prices did not work effectively in water... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Water rates; Pricing; Price policy; Cost recovery; Farmers attitudes; Water rights; Water market; Water supply; User charges; Irrigation water; Water allocation; Irrigation management; Participatory management; Water conservation; Institutions; Organizations; Water users associations; Cereals; Yields; Models; Labor; Cost benefit analysis; Irrigation requirements; Investment; Groundwater management; Wells; Irrigation canals; Food security; Legal aspects; Crop Production/Industries; Farm Management; Food Security and Poverty; Production Economics; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/91872 |
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| Bojnec, Stefan; Ferto, Imre. |
| The paper investigates the effects of the institutional determinants on trade in agricultural and food products among the OECD countries using a gravity model approach. We focus on the impact of the quality of governance and the similarity of institutions in explaining variation in bilateral agricultural and food trade patterns. Results confirmed the separate effects for the institutional similarity and the institutional quality on trade patterns. The institutional similarity has positive and significant impact on trade in a similar institutional framework for agricultural, but less for food products. The institutional quality has significant positive impact on trade in both agricultural and food products for importing countries. |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Institutions; International trade; Gravity model; Agribusiness; International Relations/Trade. |
| Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53543 |
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| Dutta, Mrinal Kanti. |
| Assam in the north eastern region of India has the endowments to ensure agricultural growth in the sense that the state has huge reserves of ground water in addition to the enormous surface water availability. Returns to both labor and capital in the state are considered high as potentials for exploiting the existing technology are yet largely untapped. As insufficient irrigation infrastructure is identified as a major constraint on exploiting such potentials, investment for expanding irrigation capacity is needed. At the same time, putting necessary institutions in place to ensure that the installed capacity is effectively utilized is also equally important. Compared to relatively larger government irrigation schemes, the privately owned and operated tube... |
| Tipo: Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Irrigation; Utilization; Water market; Efficiency; Institutions; Marketing; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy. |
| Ano: 2012 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/124291 |
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| Harris, E.. |
| This paper analyses the role of government failure in Victoria’s water sector between 1905 and 1984 as evidenced in the rise of in-stream salinity. It will be shown that high levels of salinity can, in part, be attributed to regulatory failure for two reasons. First, the method of water allocation, a compulsory minimum charge with the marginal cost of water being zero, encouraged over watering, resulting in increased water tables via groundwater recharge. Second, the government did not provide adequate finance for construction of appropriate removal of saline drainage water, and thereby allowed increasing in-stream salinity. |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Externalities; Government failure; Institutions; Salinity; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/118336 |
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| Bredahl, Maury E.; Kalaitzandonakes, Nicholas G.. |
| The question in the title is divided into: (1) Can we trade the current generation of products from biotech or the technology itself? and (2) Can we trade the future generations of products of the technology? Controversy over the first generation of products has resulted in international trade being segmented into two markets: GMO-free and GMO. The first market is supported by voluntary labelling, making mandatory labelling largely unnecessary. While trade flows have been rearranged, markets have been little affected. We conclude that trade in the future generation will be dominated by capital and technology flows, with production for local markets dominating product trade flows. |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: GMO; Institutions; Investment; Labelling; Trade; International Relations/Trade. |
| Ano: 2001 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23860 |
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| Poteete, Amy; Ostrom, Elinor. |
| Research on collective action confronts two major obstacles. First, inconsistency in the conceptualization and operationalization of collective action, the key factors expected to affect collective action, and the outcomes of collective action hampers the accumulation of knowledge. Inconsistent terminology obscures consistent patterns. Second, the scarcity of comparable data thwarts evaluation of the relative importance of the many variables identified in the literature as likely to influence collective action. The International Forestry Resources and Institutions (IFRI) research program addresses both of these problems. Since its founding in 1993, the IFRI network of collaborating research centers has used a common set of methods and concepts to study... |
| Tipo: Report |
Palavras-chave: Collective action; Institutions; Forestry research; Forestry; Natural resource management; Institutional and Behavioral Economics. |
| Ano: 2003 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/55444 |
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