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Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Rice is the main staple food for more than half of the world's population and the income from rice is an essential source for livelihoods of millions of households. We examine whether direct seed in rice production is an adaptation of rice farmers to rainfall changes and farm labor scarcity.
Manh Hung Do
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The influence of agri-environmental policy on Italian farms: an analysis of efficiency
Икономика и управление на селското стопанство, 2022 In the literature, there is a gap in respect to the effects of agri-environmental subsidies on the technical efficiency of Italian farms. In particular, there are currently no two-stage estimations of technical efficiency aimed at evaluating the impact ...
Nicola Galluzzo
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Competition Policy and Agribusiness in the Biden Administration
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The Biden Administration pursued a set of ambitious competition policy initiatives in agriculture and agribusiness, primarily aimed at livestock and poultry supply chains, farm inputs, and food retailing. The initiatives included expanded antitrust enforcement; new US Department of Agriculture (USDA) contract regulations requiring poultry ...
James M. MacDonald
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An analysis of technical efficiency and the effect of CAP subsidies on Italian chestnut farming
Икономика и управление на селското стопанство, 2023 For many rural areas of Italy, particularly hilly and mountain landscapes such as the Apennines and the Alps, the chestnut represents a typical tree crop. However, whilst various studies have analysed technical efficiency in relation to olive, wine, and
Nicola Galluzzo
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Sustainable Productivity Growth in Agriculture: The Role of Shifts in R&D Investments and Technology
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The objective of the paper is to evaluate the long‐term prospects of sustainable productivity growth linked to plausible assumptions on public agricultural R&D investments as the key productivity driver. Second, it investigates the role of changing R&D focus from yield maximization to input saving technologies (fertilizers and pesticides). The
Zuzana Smeets Křístková +4 more
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FIRE PROTECTION ALTERNATIVES FOR RURAL AREAS [PDF]
Community/Rural/Urban Development,
Badenhop, Merton B., Jones, T. Morris
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Rural children now less likely to live in married-couple families [PDF]
, 2008 The percentage of rural children living in married-couple families dropped to 68 percent in 2008, one percentage point below that of children in metropolitan areas.
Churilla, Allison
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Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We link American Community Survey and SNAP records for 185,000 units with ground‐sourced social food infrastructure data from FindFoodIL (Illinois Extension SNAP‐Ed) to examine SNAP participation determinants among eligible units. Bivariate probit models reveal, beyond SNAP offices, quantity of social infrastructure is associated with ...
Michael Lotspeich‐Yadao +3 more
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Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In recent decades, agriculture has become increasingly concentrated through horizontal mergers and acquisitions via corporate entities, and policy makers are concerned this will be exacerbated by the aging population of farm operators. To reduce market concentration in agriculture, many states have enacted policies to entice new prospective ...
Justin M. Ross +2 more
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