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Modelling Livestock Component in FSSIM [PDF]

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Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, Land Economics/Use, Livestock Production/Industries,
Hengsdijk, Huib   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Can outsourcing pest and disease control help reduce pesticide expenditure? Evidence from rice farmers

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract Outsourcing pest and disease control (PDC) has grown rapidly worldwide, especially in developing countries. Although numerous studies have investigated various advantages of outsourcing PDC, little is known about its impact on pesticide expenditure.
Pengcheng Wang   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A PROTOCOL OR A SET OF STANDARDS TO GUIDE AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS RESEARCH [PDF]

open access: yes
This article examines some difficult decisions that agricultural economists must confront in doing research. Over many years, rules and standards have developed in agricultural economics that guide researchers, providing an underlying framework for ...
Chambers, Orlando D.   +2 more
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Foreign labor, peer‐networking and agricultural efficiency in the Italian dairy sector

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract While the presence of immigrants in the agricultural sector is widely acknowledged, the empirical evidence on its economic consequences is lacking, especially from a microeconomic perspective. Using the Farm Accountancy Data Network panel data for Italian dairy farms in the period 2008–2018, the present study investigates the relationship ...
Federico Antonioli   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Optimal Timing of Farmland Investment - An Experimental Study on Farmers' Decision Behavior - [PDF]

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Replaced with revised version of paper 5/26/11.Experimental Economics, Investment, Real Options, Agribusiness, Agricultural Finance, Farm Management, Financial Economics, Institutional and Behavioral Economics, Risk and Uncertainty, C91, D81, D92,
Maart, Syster Christin, Musshoff, Oliver
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Determinants of local food producer participation in state‐sponsored marketing programs: Evidence from Missouri

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examines producer participation choices considering a variety of potential benefits linked to state‐sponsored marketing programs, using a real choice dataset of farmers in Missouri. Multinomial logit models are employed to predict determinants of farmer enrollment in three tiers of the Missouri Grown local food marketing program ...
Lan Tran, Ye Su, Laura McCann
wiley   +1 more source

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