Rural Employment At A Glance [PDF]
Rural Employment At A Glance is a six-page brochure that highlights the most recent indicators of employment and unemployment in rural areas. It documents changes and differences in metro and nonmetro employment growth, unemployment, earnings per job ...
Kusmin, Lorin D., Parker, Timothy S.
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A new concept for the control of Elytrigia repens in organic crop production [PDF]
, 2012 The control of perennial weeds in organic crop production needs reconsideration to minimise losses of nutrients through leaching. Long post-harvest periods with mechanical weed control hinder a plant cover with the purpose of taking up nutrients not ...
Fløjgaard, Erik +2 more
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Roses are unselfish: a greenhouse growth model to predict harvest rates. [PDF]
, 2002 We consider the question of how rose production in a greenhouse can be optimised. Based on realistic assumptions, a rose growth model is derived that can be used to predict the rose harvest.
Bokhove, Onno +9 more
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Remote Sensing for Site-Specific Crop Management: Evaluating the Potential of Digital Multi-Spectral Imagery for Monitoring Crop Variability and Weeds within Paddocks [PDF]
This paper analyses the potential and limitations of airborne remote sensing systems for detecting crop growth variability and weed infestation within paddocks at specified capture times. The detection of areas of crop growth variability can help farmers
Drysdale, G., Metternicht, G.
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Is growth in Bangladesh's rice production sustainable? [PDF]
The recent growth of food grain (primarily rice) production in Bangladesh has outpaced population growth largely due to the spread of green revolution technology.
Baffes, John, Gautam, Madhur
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Can the removal of VAT Exemptions support the Poor? The Case of Niger [PDF]
In order to have the public funds necessary for its development, Niger is examining the possibility of expanding its VAT tax base to exempted goods and basic food products.
Celine DE QUATREBARBES +2 more
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Bulletin of University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca: AgricultureSorghum grain yields have remained low despite the emergence of higher yield varieties, due to inadequate soil fertility, unsuitable cropping patterns, and restricted nitrogen fertilizer application (N).
Nuru Seid TEHULIE +1 more
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Agricultural Productivity Growth Differential in Punjab, Pakistan: A District-level Analysis [PDF]
The results of this paper show that the crop output increased at the rate of 2.6 percent per annum, dominated by the share of TFP growth. Wide variation exists among cropping systems as well as within the system both in TFP growth and output growth.
Munir Ahmad
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Impact of Research Investment on Technology Development and Total Factor Productivity in Major Field Crops of Peninsular India [PDF]
Increase in agricultural productivity is induced by public investment in research. Several studies have analyzed the impact of research investment at the national level but such analyses at the state or regional level are a few.
Ananth, G.S. +2 more
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Constraints to growth in Malawi [PDF]
This paper applies a growth diagnostics approach to identify the most binding constraints to private-sector growth in Malawi - a small, landlocked country in Southern Africa with one of the lowest per capita incomes in the world.
Hanmer, Lucia, Lea, Nicholas
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