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Livestock Tango: U.S. and Latin America Dance Together, but Who Will Lead?
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines the competitiveness between Latin American and U.S. livestock and meat sectors. We employ a computable general equilibrium modeling framework to evaluate two scenarios: coordinated improvements in Latin American productivity, transport efficiency, and market access (Scenario I), and the minimum productivity gains required ...
Taís C. Menezes +2 more
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Private Sector Investment in Agricultural Research in Pakistan [PDF]
Private sector investment in agricultural research in Pakistan, although growing in importance, is limited at present and with a few exceptions, has not had a significant impact on agricultural production and productivity.
Joseph G. Nagy, Mumtaz Ahmad
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Temperature and Farm Labor in Nigeria
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We estimate the impact of temperature shocks on the composition of farm labor in rural Nigeria using a nationally representative household panel survey. Leveraging plausibly exogenous year‐to‐year variation in growing season temperatures, we find that warmer temperatures significantly alter farm labor composition, prompting a substantial shift
Andu Berha
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A Profile of the Gauteng Province: Demographics, Poverty, Income, Inequality and Unemployment from 2000 till 2007 [PDF]
The Gauteng agricultural sector is a dynamic and livelihood sustainable sector. Approximately 0.46% of the Gauteng value added gross domestic product comes through agriculture and 0.61% of the population in Gauteng is working in this sector.
Jacobs, Elne, Punt, Cecilia
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Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Understanding how policy instruments with overlapping goals interact is crucial for leveraging their synergies. This study explores the mechanisms for regional nature parks (a form of protected areas that impose no restrictions on agriculture) to enhance the adoption of biodiversity‐conserving agri‐environment schemes (AES) in Switzerland ...
Yanbing Wang +3 more
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Pembangunan dan Politik Pertanian di Indonesia
Caraka Tani: Journal of Sustainable Agriculture, 2018 Agricultural sector get the especial priority in the effort economic development because this sector represent the dominant sector in Indonesia, either from contribution of national earnings, supply of employment, resource of stock-exchange etcetera. New
Sri Widodo
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Markets Mitigate Land‐Use Competition From Energy Crops and Increase Farm Revenues
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Meeting the US Sustainable Aviation Fuel Grand Challenge target of 35 billion gal annually by 2050 will require an estimated 380 million–700 million dry tons of agricultural biomass feedstock. This study evaluates the implications of large‐scale biomass production for land use, crop production, and market outcomes under mature market ...
Daniel G. De La Torre Ugarte +2 more
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ANALYSIS ON COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE OF AGRICULTURAL SECTOR IN KULON PROGO REGENCY
Indonesian Journal of Geography, 2009 Comparative advantage is measured using economic and social values. Comparatively superior commodities mean that they are produced in an economically efficient way.
Evita Hanie Pangaribowo, Rika Harini
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Rethinking the Role of the Agricultural Sector in the Thai Economy and Its Income Distribution: A SAM Analysis [PDF]
The Agricultural sector has played a significant role in the Thai economy. It has been an engine of Thai industrial growth in the past. Its various kinds of good-quality agricultural produce and its strong comparative advantage are globally well-known ...
Thaiprasert, Nalitra
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Argentine Agricultural Policy: Producer and Consumer Support. Estimates 2007-2012 [PDF]
, 2014 This paper analyzes agricultural policy in Argentina and calculates the degree of support received by producers and consumers. We present a summary of developments in the agricultural policy environment that have occurred in the last decades in Argentina,
Gallacher, Guillermo Marcos +1 more
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