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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study sets out to investigate the prospects for raising oil palm output in sub‐Saharan Africa, particularly Ghana, without further expansion of cropland. Given global concerns about oil palm's role in deforestation and land use change, the focus is on enhancing productivity on existing farmlands.
Jacob Asravor +3 more
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Oil & Gas Science and Technology, 2006 Les auteurs étudient dans cet article la structure de la demande d'énergie du secteur industriel français de 1962 à1982. Le modèle utilisé consiste à estimer l'effet des prix des 4 énergies : pétrole, gaz, électricité et charbon, sur la part de la ...
Le Roux Y., Papee J.
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Agricultural and Food Economics, 2019 In this paper, we have constructed and tested a simple methodology for assessing and predicting climate change effects on agricultural yields. The methodology follows two steps.
Laura Onofri +2 more
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The aim of this research is to verify whether institutional quality affects the relationship between green innovation and firm efficiency within the high‐tech manufacturing sectors. To estimate jointly the parameters of a stochastic frontier and the coefficients of a model explaining technical inefficiency, we employed the one‐step estimation ...
Mariarosaria Agostino +2 more
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Location, School Characteristics, and the Cost of School Meals
Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2012 The U.S. Department of Agriculture reimburses schools for meals provided to students participating in the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs. Reimbursement amounts are based on national average estimated costs of meal production.
Michael Ollinger +2 more
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The measurement of eco‐efficiency in the municipal solid waste (MSW) sector has garnered significant attention due to the substantial environmental impacts of unsustainable MSW management and the high operational costs associated with public service provision.
Ramon Sala‐Garrido +2 more
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The assessment of energy efficiency in water facilities is receiving increasing attention as a key strategy in the transition toward an energy‐neutral urban water cycle. This study evaluates the energy efficiency of 146 drinking water treatment plants (DWTPs) in Chile by applying a latent class stochastic frontier analysis (LCSFA) to account ...
Alexandros Maziotis +1 more
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Technical efficiency and its determinants in China's hog production
Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 2015 China's hog production is undergoing a great transformation due to the soaring demand and changing raising system. Regarding the essential role of pork in Chinese diet, a systematic analysis on the productivity and efficiency of hog production can ...
Xu TIAN, Fei-fei SUN, Ying-heng ZHOU
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Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper investigates the effects of two greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation practices—minimum tillage and mid‐season drainage—on rice farmers' farm performance (e.g., crop yield and risk) and economic outcomes (e.g., income and vulnerability).
Hongyun Zheng, Wanglin Ma
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Analyze the Relationships Between Inputs and Scale Economies in Potato Production in Ardabil Province [PDF]
Journal of Agricultural Science and Sustainable Production, 2015 Potato is one of the agriculture important products in Ardebil province that about 24 thousand hectares of land in this province allocated to this product. Based on available evidence, consumption of inputs in the production process in this region is not
Kh Alefi, Gh Dashti, Sh Khorrami
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