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A review of effects of climate change on Agriculture in Africa [PDF]
arXiv, 2021 Currently, agriculture in Africa contributes only a tenth to global Green House Gas (GHG) emissions from agriculture. Despite its relatively low contribution to GHG, a conundrum of "climate justice", adverse impacts of climate change disproportionately threaten Africa's agriculture, the Continent's main economic sector.
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Impact of Small-Holders’ cattle Fattening on Household Income generation in Fadis District of Eastern Hararghe Zone, oromia, Ethiopia [PDF]
International Journal of Agricultural Management and Development, 2018 At the household level, livestock plays a critical economic and social role in pastoralists and at the household level, livestock plays a critical economic and social role in pastoralists and smallholder farm households.
Jafer Mume Ahmed +1 more
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A Protocol or a Set of Standards to Guide Agricultural Economics Research
Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 1995 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 ...
David L. Debertin +2 more
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Agricultural Growth Diagnostics: Identifying the Binding Constraints and Policy Remedies for Bihar, India [PDF]
arXiv, 2021 Agriculture plays a significant role in economic development of the underdeveloped region. Multiple factors influence the performance of agricultural sector but a few of these have a strong bearing on its growth. We develop a growth diagnostics framework for agricultural sector in Bihar located in eastern India to identify the most binding constraints.
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Behavioral agricultural economics
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, 2023 AbstractAgricultural and other fields of economics have always co‐evolved and benefitted from each other's insights. Over time, a general convergence of all social sciences began, and various fields of psychology, sociology, anthropology, and political science started to overlap with general and agricultural economics.
Wüpper, David Johannes; id_orcid0000-0002-1344-6023 +3 more
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Leadership Development in Agricultural Economics: Challenges for Academic Units
Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2009 Crafting and executing strategy are key tasks to be carried out by a manager of an enterprise. Unit leaders are managers of an academic enterprise called a department.
Michael A. Boland
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Milk production systems in Southern Brazil [PDF]
Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2020 The aim of this study was to verify the dynamics of milk production in Southern Brazil, analyzing the spatial distribution, evolution and structure of bovine milk production systems in the dairy-specialized microregions.
TIAGO S. TELLES +3 more
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Agricultural Policy in Ukraine [PDF]
arXiv, 2023 Building upon the theory and methodology of agricultural policy developed in the previous chapter, in Chapter 2 we analyse and assess agricultural policy making in Ukraine since the breakup of Soviet Union till today. Going from top down to the bottom, we begin by describing the evolution of state policy in the agri-food sector.
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THE ECONOMIC PAMPHLETEER: Cooperation: The Key to Sustainable Livelihoods in Food Systems
Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 2016 First paragraphs: Profits are not sustainable in today's food systems, and most certainly not for farmers. The more efficient producers may be able to survive financially, but their potential to do more beyond survival is inherently limited.
John Ikerd
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The Historical Impact of Anthropogenic Climate Change on Global Agricultural Productivity [PDF]
Nat. Clim. Chang. 11, 306-312 (2021), 2020 Agricultural research has fostered productivity growth, but the historical influence of anthropogenic climate change on that growth has not been quantified. We develop a robust econometric model of weather effects on global agricultural total factor productivity (TFP) and combine this model with counterfactual climate scenarios to evaluate impacts of ...
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