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Do Caring Services Affect Off-Farm Work? Evidence from Italy [PDF]
The article investigates the determinants of the off-farm work decision in Italian farm households, highlighting the role of caring services. Assuming that the household simultaneously decides over the optimal allocation of time of each of its members, a
Salvioni, Cristina +2 more
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Mount Pleasant Farm, Darlington: archaeological building recording (OASIS ID: archaeol3-349643)
, 2019 Level 2 survey of an 18th-century farmstead. The house contains a few vestiges of an older through-passage building. This archive presents the results of an archaeological recording project conducted in advance of works at Mount Pleasant Farm, Darlington.
Archaeological Services Durham University
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, 2011 Within New South Wales there is a significant focus on people with intellectual disability who come into contact with the criminal justice system. In Corrective Services NSW there was initially an emphasis on identification of this population but more
Aicken, Berindah, Snoyman, Phillip
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Prizren Social Science JournalThis study empirically examines potato production risk in the Shishtavec Administrative Unit, focusing on two key determinants: climatic risk and the use of certified agricultural inputs.
Elona KOTARJA
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Frontiers in Sustainable Food SystemsHass avocado production and trade are rapidly expanding globally, with increasing consumer demands on quality, safety and sustainability. Last decade, the contribution of East Africa has increased tremendously following several comparative advantages ...
Peter Sseruwagi +6 more
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Rural-Urban Interdependence in Food Systems in Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State, Nigeria
Journal of Agricultural Extension, 2015 The paper explored the rural-urban interdependence in food systems in Nsukka Local Government Area, of Enugu State in Nigeria. Using a stratified sampling technique, 270 household heads participated in the study, comprising of 180 respondents from two ...
Nicholas Ozor +2 more
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OFF-FARM INCOME, TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION, AND FARM ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE [PDF]
The economic well-being of most U.S. farm households depends on income from both onfarm and off-farm activities. Consequently, for many farm households, economic decisions (including technology adoption and other production decisions) are likely to be ...
Gregory, Alexandra +5 more
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TESTING DYNAMIC MODELS OF THE FARM FIRM [PDF]
In this paper two models of dynamic firm behavior are fitted to a data set developed from business records of Indiana dairy farms. The parametric restrictions implied by a cost-of-adjustment model are rejected. A less restrictive, disequilibrium model is
Tsigas, Marinos E., Hertel, Thomas W.
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FARM WORK, OFF-FARM WORK, AND HIRED FARM LABOR: ESTIMATING A DISCRETE-CHOICE MODEL OF FRENCH FARM COUPLES' LABOR DECISIONS [PDF]
We estimate jointly three types of discrete-choice labor decisions of farm couples: farm work, off-farm work, and hired farm labor. Using a 16-choice multinomial logit model, we find that operators' and spouses' farm labor are substitutes.
Kimhi, Ayal, Benjamin, Catherine
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Measuring Impacts of an Holistic Farm Business Management Training Program [PDF]
This paper reports on the development of 4 new instruments to measure impacts of an extension program on farming family participants. A case study approach within an action research framework incorporating qualitative and quantitative domains was adopted
Cameron, Donald, Chamala, Shankariah
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