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On the Economics of US Agricultural Policy

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper presents an economic analysis of US agricultural policy, building on a modified version of Gardner's efficient redistribution. We argue that agricultural policy is motivated as an attempt to implement an efficient redistribution scheme that redistributes income toward farmers who, as a group, have been adversely affected by ...
Jean‐Paul Chavas
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Factors Affecting Farmers Tendency towards Joining the Production Cooperatives of the Tabas City

تعاون و کشاورزی, 2010
Considering the important position of the country's production cooperatives (i.e. the most advanced stage of cooperation) in development and stability of rural areas, the current study aims to identify and evaluate the factors affecting farmer's tendency towards joining production cooperatives in Tabas City, Yazd Province in 2007-2008.
R Gandomzadeh, D Samari
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Drivers of Precision Agriculture Adoption in Italian Viticulture

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the main drivers influencing the adoption of two types of precision farming technologies in the viticultural sector: Decision Support Systems (DSSs) and Variable Rate Technologies (VRTs). We apply a partial proportional odds model and find that socio‐demographic characteristics are not significant determinants of adoption ...
Olimpia Fontana, Linda Arata, Margherita Muzzillo, Paolo Sckokai   +3 more
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ANALYSIS OF FARMERS' HEMP GROWING TENDENCIES AND EXPECTATIONS: THE CASE OF TÜRKİYE

Scientific Papers Series : Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and Rural Development
The purpose of this study is to analyze the factors affecting the tendency of farmers to grow hemp in Rize province of Türkiye. The data was collected by face-to-face survey method from 90 farmers with proportional sampling. A five-point Likert scale was used to evaluate farmers' knowledge levels, opinions and attitudes regarding hemp growing, and ...
Yazici, Esra, Engindeniz, Sait, Guler, Duran   +2 more
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Examining the Attitude and Tendency of Farmers toward Participation in the Establishment of WUAs in Dehloran Township

تعاون و کشاورزی, 2019
One of the reasons for the failure of established WUAs is the lack of attention the social context and the set of actions that must be taken before the start of the establishment of WUAs. Regarding this issue, the purpose of this study was to explain the attitude and intention of farmers to participate in the establishment of WUAs.
samira jaberi, Omid M. Ghoochani, Mansour Ghanian   +2 more
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How Video‐Based Information Affects Farmers' Willingness to Pay for Drone Services

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Professional service for digital technology like agricultural drones lowers transaction costs and scope thresholds for smallholders. Meanwhile, perceptual adoption barriers remain underexplored. We conduct a two‐stage choice experiment with a randomized video‐based information treatment among 384 Chinese crop farmers to measure its effect on ...
Hua Zhang, Lena Kuhn, Hang Xiong, Zhanli Sun, Thomas Glauben   +4 more
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Hemp Cultivation and Crop Diversification: Implications for Ecosystem Services in Kentucky

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the ecosystem benefits of expanding hemp cultivation by assessing its impact on crop diversity. Using scenario‐based simulations and fixed‐effect panel regressions with county‐level data in Kentucky, we find that increased hemp acreage tends to enhance crop diversity, improving water quality and bird diversity.
Yunsun Park, Seong D. Yun, Brandy E. Phipps, Tyler Mark, Craig Schluttenhofer   +4 more
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The impact of the local dairy cattle farm toward the river water quality in Gunungpati Subdistrict Central Java

International Journal of Science and Engineering, 2015
People’s awareness on the living environment nowadays is not yet comes up to the dairy-farmer community. In fact, the dairy-farm subsector contributes load pollution in the form of waste.
E. Widiastuti, Kustono Kustono, Adiarto Adiarto, Nurliyani Nurliyani   +3 more
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Chinese Trade Competition and Rural Mexican Migration

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT China's accession to the World Trade Organization in 2001 reshaped global trade, reducing U.S. demand for Mexican manufactured goods and weakening Mexico's manufacturing employment. This study estimates how this trade‐induced decline affected migration and employment decisions among rural Mexicans.
Zachariah Rutledge, Joaquin Mayorga
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The Impact of Land Transfer-In on Crop Planting Structure and Its Heterogeneity among Farmers: Evidence from China

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The crop planting structure in the world has shown a trend of “non-grain”, which will shake the foundations of global food security in the long run. As a basic and important production factor, changes in land will have an impact on farmers’ crop planting
Yuanyuan Chen, Mingyao Cai, Zemin Zhang, Mu Li   +3 more
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