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Business results change under effects of farm size and degree of production specialization [PDF]
The study was conducted with the objective of analyzing the economic effects provoked by the change in farm size, depending on the degree of production specialization (questionnaires encompassing 30 farms of different size were used) using comparative ...
Bastajić Ljubomir
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Use of artificial insemination in dairy herds in Northwestern Rio-grandense, Brazil
Background: The use of artificial insemination (AI) in dairy cattle has a direct impact on productivity through genetic improvement and, indirectly, by other technologies that allow for better expression of the genetic potential.
Heitor-José Cervo +3 more
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SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS AND FUTURE FARM SIZE PROJECTION OF BIO-FORTIFIED CASSAVA PRODUCTION IN OYO STATE, NIGERIA [PDF]
The study examined the costs and returns to bio-fortified cassava production and forecast the future farm size of bio-fortified cassava production in Oyo State, Nigeria. A multistage sampling technique was used to select our respondents.
Kolapo Adetomiwa +4 more
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The excessive use of chemical fertilizers (OCF) is one of China’s main sources of agricultural nonpoint source pollution. It is debatable whether outsourcing service adoption (FOS) reduces OCF.
Bowei Li, Yanjun Qian, Fanbin Kong
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Biotechnology and Farm Size in Kenya [PDF]
This chapter is concerned with the biotechnology applications to two important crops, potato and tea in Kenya. Potato is an important source of food for the Kenyan poor, one third of which is grown by the small holders. Kenya is the world’s fourth largest tea exporter. Tea is also the second largest foreign exchange earner for Kenya.
Mureithi LP, Makau, B. F
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Farm Size and Resource Use Relationship
It is generally agreed that the efficiency of industrial enterprises increases with size, atleast upto a point. But in agriculture, size and efficiency relationships differ for different size of farms but evidence concerning these relationship is ...
S. R. SUBRAMANIAN
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This study presents a theoretical and empirical analysis of the distribution of generic advertising benefits across individual producers. We develop a closed-economy partial equilibrium model that allows for the presence of producer heterogeneity in ...
Chanjin Chung, Harry M. Kaiser
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Off-Farm Employment and Economic Crisis: Evidence from Cyprus
Off-farm employment is an important strategy for complementing farm household income and maintaining rural livelihoods. A multilevel logistic regression model was applied to investigate the effect of farm-level and regional-level factors on off-farm ...
Elias Giannakis +2 more
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THE ECONOMIC FARM SIZE AND SUSTAINABLE VALUE DISPARITIES BETWEEN ROMANIA AND THE EU STATES [PDF]
Romania is one of the EU countries with significant agricultural potential. The economic and social changes occurring after 1990 has profoundly affected the agriculture in Romania.
BURJA CAMELIA, BURJA VASILE
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In the eastern India region, due to the dominance of fragmented and smaller land holdings and lack of irrigation facilities, the adoption of green revolution technologies has progressed slowly. Economic growth, income, and land fragmentation have induced
Maria L. Malabayabas, Ashok K. Mishra
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