Results 151 to 160 of about 669,516 (293)

Can outsourcing pest and disease control help reduce pesticide expenditure? Evidence from rice farmers

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract Outsourcing pest and disease control (PDC) has grown rapidly worldwide, especially in developing countries. Although numerous studies have investigated various advantages of outsourcing PDC, little is known about its impact on pesticide expenditure.
Pengcheng Wang, Wanglin Ma, Mengling Diao   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

1999 BUSINESS ANALYSIS SUMMARY FOR GENERAL LIVESTOCK FARMS [PDF]

Farm types were assigned using the 1992 Census of Agriculture's Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) definitions. Basically, any farm with 50 percent or more of value of farm sales from one item becomes a farm of that type.
Nott, Sherrill B.
core   +1 more source

Foreign labor, peer‐networking and agricultural efficiency in the Italian dairy sector

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract While the presence of immigrants in the agricultural sector is widely acknowledged, the empirical evidence on its economic consequences is lacking, especially from a microeconomic perspective. Using the Farm Accountancy Data Network panel data for Italian dairy farms in the period 2008–2018, the present study investigates the relationship ...
Federico Antonioli, Simone Severini, Mauro Vigani   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Risk Governance in Bulgarian Dairy Farming [PDF]

This paper identifies and assesses the efficiency of major modes for risk governance in Bulgarian dairy farming. Firstly, New Institutional Economics is incorporated and framework for analyzing governance of natural, market, private, and social ...
Bachev, Hrabrin Ianouchev, Nanseki, T.
core   +1 more source

Determinants of local food producer participation in state‐sponsored marketing programs: Evidence from Missouri

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examines producer participation choices considering a variety of potential benefits linked to state‐sponsored marketing programs, using a real choice dataset of farmers in Missouri. Multinomial logit models are employed to predict determinants of farmer enrollment in three tiers of the Missouri Grown local food marketing program ...
Lan Tran, Ye Su, Laura McCann
wiley   +1 more source

Maintaining animal-source food production in conflict zones: lessons from Ukraine. [PDF]

Acta Vet Scand
Mammadova N, Levchenko P, Gröndal H, Lewerin SS, Rajala E.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Soviet State Farms II

Political Science Quarterly, 1938
openaire   +1 more source

A Review of Milk Production in India with Particular Emphasis on Small-Scale Producers [PDF]

The current document begins with a general overview of milk production in India. This is followed by a detailed study of dairy farming in Haryana State, particularly of the small-scale producers owning two to four milking animals who form the majority ...
Garcia, Otto, Hemme, Torsten, Saha, Amit
core   +1 more source

Analyzing individual rent price ratios in eastern German agricultural land markets: A GAMLSS approach

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract This study explores the rent price ratio in agricultural land markets, crucial for evaluating market efficiency, policy needs, and farmer decision‐making. Traditionally, the analyses faced challenges due to the absence of concurrent sale and rent data for the same land, potentially leading to biased results.
Marius Michels, Cord‐Friedrich von Hobe, Miryam Sarah Merk, Thomas Kneib, Oliver Musshoff   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

African swine fever outbreaks in German pig holdings - experiences, epidemiological considerations and genome sequences. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Schulz K, Calvelage S, Rogoll L, Conraths FJ, Staubach C, Albrecht K, Marquart R, Kühn J, Rudovsky A, Brunklaus D, Stumpf G, Gruse J, Gethmann J, Blome S, Sauter-Louis C.   +14 more
europepmc   +1 more source