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Showing 1 to 20 of 112 for “"farm level"”.
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Farm-level mathematical programming tools for agricultural policy support
… focuses on some recent developments of farm-level mathematical programming models as one type of quantitative models that can be used as a tool for agricultural policy support. Mathematical programming (MP) has become an important and widely used tool for analysis in agriculture and …
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Modeling Farm-Level Costs of the Yield Reserve Program
… to trace back to a single point such as farm fields, is a major concern affecting America's water ways. Nationally, agriculture is the leading source of water impairment and has also been identified as the largest source of pollution affecting the Chesapeake Bay. There are proposals now …
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A farm-level model to evaluate the impacts of current energy policy options
This thesis attempts to show the value of farm-level studies as useful additions to aggregated, national or regional models that are used to analyse the effects of policy on an agricultural economy. A literature survey (Chapter 2) illustrates many applications of the aggregated approach to the …
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Modeling Farm -Level Impacts of Federal Income Tax Reforms: A Stochastic Simulation Approach
… revenue, overall, there is no specific income level to which crop farm would be indifferent across tax codes. The study suggests that future research should empirically explore the effects on interest rates, savings, and investments due to tax reforms at farm levels.
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An October prediction of the Michigan March price for potatoes at the farm level
Thesis (M.S.)--Michigan State University of Agriculture and Applied Science. Dept. of Agricultural Economics, 1959
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An Economic Evaluation of the Impact of Commercial Nitrogen Control at the Farm Level
Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-10T22:03:16Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 7500457.pdf: 7828550 bytes, checksum: 69083b489e47dd6abedbfeb92d97e767 (MD5) Previous issue date: 1974
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Farm-Level Evidence on Risk -Balancing Strategies of Illinois Grain Farmers Against Increasing Income Risk
… The programming model was applied to four farm scenarios. The Base Farm scenario employs standard strategies that include risk-balancing, cash leasing of farmland and investing in nonfarm assets. The most sophisticated scenario, the Complete Farm model, employs share leasing and forward …
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Farm-Level Impacts of Alternative Spatial Water Management Policies for the Protection of Instream Flows
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Comparison of Variety Performance Trials and Farm Level Yield Gains of Wheat Varieties Adopted in Saskatchewan
… that may not adequately reflect real-world farming or heterogeneity in yield across risk zones. Limited research has compared relative yield gains observed in variety performance trials to on-farm experiences. In this study, we use fixed-effects panel data analysis to compare on-farm …
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Farm-level bureaucrats in action (and inaction) : the distribution of veterinary services in Laos and Cambodia
… between veterinary service providers and farmers in Laos and Cambodia. I hypothesize that the negotiation, implementation, and enforcement of informal service contracts entail economic and social transaction costs that can distort provider incentives, thereby affecting the quantity, …
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The role of the retailer in proactive adaptation to climate change at the farm level in South Africa
… the frequency of droughts. Vulnerability at the farm-level has major implications for overall agri-supply chain resilience as the impact at the farm level is transmitted up and down the chain. Whilst large-scale commercial agrifirms are adapting autonomously some authors suggest that it won't be …
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Sustainable use of soil resource base in the Dominican Republic:a farm level economic analysis of soil conservation practices
Income effects associated with specific levels of erosion reduction for a representative farm in the Bao watershed area in the Dominican Republic are examined in a linear programming framework. Estimation of costs expected in response to specific levels of erosion reduction and the income effects …
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Assessing Farm-Level and Aggregate Economic Impacts of Olive Integrated Pest Management Programs in Albania: an Ex-Ante Analysis
… include (i) net return analysis for measuring farm level impacts; (ii) economic surplus modeling for measuring market-level impacts; and (iii) modeling of IPM adoption under output uncertainty. The economic surplus equilibrium displacement model developed for the Albanian olive market with no …
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Farm-level and socio-economic impacts of a genetically modified subsistence crop : the case of smallholder farmers in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
… producer in the world. South African commercial farmers’ adoption of GM seed technologies has been impressive and in 2009/10 approximately 69 percent of the total South African maize area was planted to GM maize. The interesting question is however whether South African resource poor smallholders …
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Essays on water resources management in the agricultural sector of South Africa: the role of technology, policy and institutions in mitigating farm level water scarcity
… (Chapter 2) examines the factors that drive farmers' multiple adoption of six water conservation practices (WCPs) and the intensity of their adoption. Using survey data from 555 farmers in the Limpopo River Basin (LRB) of South Africa, a multivariate probit model is estimated to determine …
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Socio-Economic Determinants of Modern Agricultural Technology Adoption in Multiple Food Crops and Its Impact on Productivity and Food Availability at the Farm-Level: A Case Study from South-Eastern Nigeria
Farmers generally produce multiple crops while selectively adopting modern technologies to meet various needs. The main aim of this study is, therefore, to identify the range of socio-economic factors influencing the adoption of modern agricultural technology in multiple food crops and the …
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Estimating Corn and Soybean Farm -Yield Distributions in Illinois
… about the most appropriate characterization of farm-level yield distributions. This dissertation investigates corn- and soybean-yield distributions at the farm level, expanding the existing literature by providing results based on unique farm-level yield data and by suggesting methodological …
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The Price Impacts on the Canned Peach Industry by the Federal Commodity Procurement Program
… the effects of canned peaches purchases on the farm-level price of canning peaches. Interviews of the industries that participate in the Commodity Procurement Program are used to understand how the industry interacts with commodity procurements and to evaluate if the industry feels that …
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US commodity support payments: On allocation of resources and fairness, post 1996
… optimal output mix, input proportions, and farm level changes in scale operations. While "decoupled" payments were instated to comply with WTO guidelines, where tax payer dollars cannot be spent to alter agricultural outputs and /or on farm input decisions, evidence suggests that such …
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