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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"small producers"”.
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Designing for Informational Needs Among Small Producers in Panama: A Human-Centered Approach
… of income for communities living in poverty. Small farmers that own less than 10 hectares account for 82% of the total farmers in Panama and are responsible for the majority of the agricultural production in the country. While only 32% of farmers are below 45 years old, this younger generation …
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Barriers and Bridges to Success: A Mixed Methods Needs Assessment of Texas Small Producers
Small producers are celebrated as the face of U.S. agriculture, yet struggle with profitability, capitalization, lack of institutional support, and a host of other issues affecting their perceived and actual success. In this thesis, I use mixed methods to investigate the barriers and bridges to …
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Alternative Food Production in Cauca, Colombia: The Value of Agroecological Food Systems for Local Small Producers and Consumers
<p>This thesis intends to offer an integral view of the reality of food production and distribution in the Cauca Department in Colombia, observing the different practices that have caused deep social and environmental struggles including systemic violence, displacement and environmental …
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Enhancing the capabilities of small producers in developing countries to meet global challenges: an investigation into the contribution of international craft development initiatives.
… aim to enhance the capability of local craft producers to succeed in globalized markets. However, the contribution that these organizations make towards the abilities of local actors remains unclear. Following a hermeneutic reflection on literature, empirical field experience derived from the …
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Why organizations matter: certification experiences of coffee producer groups in Guatemala
Coffee producers are just emerging from a long decade of low prices and oversupply. In response to these problems, many producers organized into groups and sought certifications based on social or environmental standards. This dissertation presents three case studies of producer groups in Guatemala …
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Lean – BPM Integrated model to improve productivity in SMEs in the aquaculture sector: a research in Perú
… cleaning; so that finally the productivity of small producers increases. The results show the efficiency of the methodology by having as current situation productivity of 75,000 Kg / m3 per year to a result of 128,905 Kg / m3 per year, which represents an increase of 71.87%, this due to the …
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"'Under the banner of the democratic principle': John Louis O'Sullivan, the democracy and the ""Democratic Review"""
… equality of opportunity supported by successful small producers and farmers. A loyal, though often sorely-tested supporter of Martin Van Buren, O'Sullivan helped two Presidents of the United States negotiate patronage matters with Van Buren's wing of the New York Democracy. This work argues that …
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Enteric methane emissions mitigation in U.S. beef production: industry adoption, public perception, and potential market impacts
… potential 3-NOP adoption by U.S. feedlot cattle producers given various marketplace incentives and (2) to explore how differing approaches to reducing emissions from beef production to achieve sector targets impact social welfare. Our study uses data from a U.S. feedlot producer survey to …
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Conversion from Staple to Cash Crop Production in Mexico After NAFTA: Effects of PROCAMPO and Credit Constraints
… (PROCAMPO) helped Mexican agricultural producers benefit from the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Specifically, I explore the effect of PROCAMPO’s decoupled income payments on producers’ ability to switch to cash crop production, and whether these payments continue to …
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The conversion of wind power to electrical power
… to (1) tax breaks given to alternative energy producers and (2) the Public Utilities Regulatory Policies Act (PURPA) of 1978. PURPA requires public utilities to purchase electricity from small producers. In many instances, the investors main interest was the tax break and as a result the …
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Bridging domestic concerns and international markets : the story of large garment producers in Damascus, Syria
… a rapidly increasing number of large garment producers, that are supplying multinational buyers from Europe, and are rapidly transforming the country's garment sector. The aim of this study is to understand (i) why and how Syria is increasingly becoming a production base for several …
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Meeting the Demand for Local Food in West Virginia: An analysis of factors influencing producers' market participation and expansion decisions
… new or enhanced income generation opportunity to small producers. An ostensible gap in supply to meet this demand sparks an investigation of the factors that influence producers' decisions, as reflected by their behavior and intentions, to participate and expand in local food markets. The factors …
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Analysis of alternative coordination mechanisms for the Saskatchewan cow-calf sector
… on primary data collected from 185 cow-calf producers through a mail survey. The results indicate that the Saskatchewan cow-calf sector is characterized by a large number of small producers with a herd size between 50-100 cows. There is a considerable integration of cow-calf and backgrounding …
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Hedging to Safety: A Political Economy of Derivatives, Risk and Agriculture in the Developing World
… can deliver income support to agricultural producers who face commodity price risk. This dissertation evaluates these recommendations, focusing upon the potential income security benefits of hedging with futures instruments for coffee farmers in Mexico, Brazil and Uganda during the 1998-2002 …
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Three essays on irrigated agriculture in Brazil
… efficiency between irrigators and rain-fed producers; the effect of irrigation on grain supply and demand for productive factors; and added gross revenue from the adoption of irrigation technology. To achieve those goals, three chapters are developed: Irrigation, technical efficiency and …
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Forging Titans: The Rise of Industrial Capitalism in the Northern Forest, 1850-1950
… of the corporate business form. Consequently, small producers and farmers maintained control of production even as most of the nation’s other industries became concentrated and corporate. This gave loggers an independent, masculine allure but also led to technological stagnation in the depleted …