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Showing 1 to 20 of 41 for “"agricultural policies"”.
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Welfare costs of alternative agricultural policies in Austria
… of Agriculture and Applied Science. Dept. of Agricultural Economics, 1971
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The impact of changing agricultural policies on Libyan agricultural performance
… was characterized by its dependence on the agricultural sector. Oil was discovered in Libya in the late nineteen-fifties. High oil revenues provided an appropriate environment for the financing of all development projects, including agricultural projects. Although the agricultural sector in …
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Price endogenous analysis of agricultural policies in East Java, Indonesia
… in the past twenty five years. Several forms of agricultural policies have been designed and implemented to continue this contributing role. This study aims to evaluate these policies and to assess the impacts of certain policies changes in a price endogenous modelling framework.
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Development for whom? : an analysis of a rural intervention and its interaction with agricultural policies
… it embodies the contradictions in Colombia's agricultural policies: while government-supported programs such as ERD aim to ignite the social and economic development of small farmers, operating concurrently neoliberal policies curtail it. I first analyze how the ERD depoliticized its …
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The impacts of trade and agricultural policies in the Dominican Republic: a sector programming approach
… and used to analyze the impacts of trade and agricultural policies in the Dominican Republic. The model includes ten agricultural commodities which accounted for 75 percent of the total value of agricultural production in 1988. Linear demand functions for the commodities are included and the …
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Managing scientific change in agricultural policies: soil productivity, resource conservation and the legitimation of agrobiology
… After recognizing the role of organic matter in agricultural productivity, soil scientists adopted a biological interpretation of soil fertility and studied the role of microorganisms in the evolution of organic matter and in the provision of nutrients. The knowledge produced in soil biology …
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A Stochastic Welfare Analysis of United States Rice Policy
… welfare analysis, showing how government agricultural policies may improve economic welfare by reducing price risk faced by farmers. This study contributes to provide an empirical evidence on the magnitude of potential economic welfare gains of agricultural policies from reducing price …
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Sustainable use of soil resource base in the Dominican Republic:a farm level economic analysis of soil conservation practices
… reduction and the income effects of changes in agricultural policies on the farmer's ability to conserve soil are examined. Results indicate that income losses will be substantial when complying with soil loss standards without introducing soil conservation practices. Net income reduction of 36% …
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Causes of the decline in the loss of vegetated palustrine wetlands in the U.S. 1955 - 2009
… losses from the mid-1950s to the mid-1980s was agricultural conversion supported by federal agricultural policies, especially the Agricultural Conservation Program that provided significant direct and indirect support for wetland conversions. The rate of converting wetland to agriculture has …
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Econometric models of Western Canada crop acreage demand and yield response under risk and uncertainty
… and that the model does not capture changes in agricultural policies that may influence acreage demand decisions. The yield responses to price are specified assuming price uncertainty, risk aversion, and distributed lags. Under static models, the expected price coefficients are always …
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Agricultural change in the Northern Province of Zambia, 1948-1978 : a case study of maize production in Kasama District
This dissertation studies agricultural change in the Northern Province of Zambia. It analyzes the agricultural policies and practices of both the Northern Rhodesian Colonial and Zambian Governments between 1948 and 1978. The focus is maize production in Kasama District. There has been misplaced …
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Agricultural change in the Northern Province of Zambia, 1948-1978 : a case study of maize production in Kasama District
This dissertation studies agricultural change in the Northern Province of Zambia. It analyzes the agricultural policies and practices of both the Northern Rhodesian Colonial and Zambian Governments between 1948 and 1978. The focus is maize production in Kasama District. There has been misplaced …
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Drivers and obstacles of agriculture development in Libya : Case study : Marine aquaculture.
Agricultural development was a key priority of Libyan government, major resources being allocated to it during the period 1970-2010. Policies were put into a series of explicit statements of targets. Fish farming was identified for development, specifically to meet targets for animal protein …
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An economic study of wheat prices
… products, international trade in wheat, foreign, agricultural policies in regard to wheat, and wheat production.
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Farmers, agriculture and politics in the Irish Free State area, 1919-1936
… from historians. While the issues of government agricultural policy and the land question have been extensively studied in the historiography, the autonomous response by farmers to agricultural policies and the detailed study of the farmers’ organisations has simply been ignored in spite of the …
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Improving Livelihood to Farmers through Sunflower Seeds Processing: A case of Mshani Village - Sumbawanga District
… the government makes effort in formulating agricultural policies in creation of conducive environment for agricultural growth. Specifically in relation to development of markets and marketing systems for inputs and outputs but poor planning, knowledge and management of agricultural outputs …
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Famine and the politics of food relief in United States relations with Ethiopia : 1950-1991
… opposed U.S. efforts to place land reform and agricultural development at the centre of its priorities in Ethiopia from 1950 to 1974. Although the Revolutionary Government, which deposed the Imperial Government and ruled Ethiopia from 1975 to 1991, promoted land reform, its agricultural …
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Sheep in the Land of Fire and Ice- Socio-economic aspects of sheep grazing on highland rangelands in Iceland
… environment of sheep husbandry in Iceland, agricultural policies, laws and regulations on the subject, historical aspects and efforts to mitigate the environmental impacts of sheep grazing. The main findings reveal that sheep farms operate in a difficult economic environment, being highly …
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The role of interstate trade and crop insurance programs on the U.S. agriculture’s capacity to adapt to climate change
… three essays related to the economics of agricultural policies and climate change. The first essay discusses the relationship between interstate trade and the mitigation of native impacts caused by increasing frequency of severe droughts due to climate change. I combine two commonly used …
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Three essays on machine learning and food security
… and domestic market prices, and changes in agricultural policies. Knowing when and where food insecurities happen and the reasons why they happen matters for improving humanitarian and aid responses, as well as making the right agricultural policy. My dissertation focusses on the factors …
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