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Climate and weather impacts on agriculture: the case of Brazil

Economia Aplicada, 2018
The world’s population will rise exponentially in the coming decades, increasing the demand for food and challenging the agricultural sector to ensure food security.
Paula Carvalho Pereda, Denisard Alves
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Competitiveness, Profitability, Input Demand and Output Supply of Maize Production in Bangladesh

Agriculture, 2016
The study assesses international competitiveness, profitability, output supply and input demand of maize production using a farm survey data of 165 farmers from two major maize growing areas (i.e., Dinajpur and Lalmonirhat districts) of northwestern ...
Sanzidur Rahman, Mohammad Mizanul Haque Kazal, Ismat Ara Begum, Mohammad Jahangir Alam   +3 more
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Rice production structures in Sri Lanka: The normalized translog profit function approach

Asian Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development, 2016
This study attempts to estimate the output supply and input demand elasticities of rice production using the restricted normalized translog profit function for the four major paddy producing districts; Anuradhapura, Hambantota, Kurunegala and Polonnaruwa in Sri Lanka. In addition, elasticities of substitution between inputs are also estimated.
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Penentuan Ekonomi Skala Usaha Dengan Fungsi Keuntungan: Landasan Teoritis Dengan Contoh Fungsi Cobb-Douglas Dan Translog [PDF]

, 1988
EnglishUnderstanding the economic of scale is important in determining the efficient size of production. Economic of scale may be determined using production function, cost function, and profit function.
Simatupang, P. (Pantjar)
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Climate Change Mitigation in the Dairy Sector: Uncovering Heterogeneity Through Eco‐Efficiency Clubs

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Combining climate change goals with economic targets is crucial for the dairy sector, which is a significant contributor to agricultural greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions worldwide. In this paper, we assess economic and climate change implications of dairy production with panel data of Irish dairy farms from 2013 to 2021.
Doris Läpple, Christian Stetter, Cathal Buckley   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

How Competitive Is Myanmar's Rice Sector? A Comparison of Production Costs and Efficiency

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper analyzes the cost competitiveness of rice production in Myanmar by examining production costs, cost efficiency, and the potential effect of improving cost efficiency on the country's global competitiveness. To achieve this, we conduct a comparative analysis of production costs among major rice‐producing countries and estimate the ...
Nandar Aye Chan, Orkhan Sariyev, Mohammad Ariful Islam, Manfred Zeller   +3 more
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Comparative analysis of the profit efficiency levels among the major actors in broiler value chain in Ghana

Cogent Food & Agriculture
The Broiler value chain (BVC) is made up of activities that offer business opportunity to the private sector, stimulate economic growth, and provide animal protein for the populace. This study assessed the profitability of major economic activities along
Bombason Kweku Tuoho, Samuel Kwesi Ndzebah Dadzie, Julius Kofi Hagan, Martin Bosompem, Edward Adu-Kyei   +4 more
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Efficiency and Technology Gap in European Apple Production—A Metafrontier Model for Germany, Italy, and Poland

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT EU member states have exhibited varying rates of apple production growth. Technical efficiency (TE) estimation is suitable for identifying best‐practice farm performance. This study examined whether the development of the apple sector in Germany, Italy, and Poland was influenced by production efficiency, access to technology, as well as ...
Anika Muder, Jakub Staniszewski
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of Rising Rural Labor Prices on Land Use Pattern: Evidence from Grain Production in China

Land
As rural labor prices have risen constantly over the last two decades, Chinese grain production that relies heavily on manual labor has been subjected to considerable challenges and has experienced profound changes in land use patterns.
Tianyu Gu, Xinyi Liu, Ziqi Cao, Wencong Lu   +3 more
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Charting the Path to Increased Oil Palm Output in Ghana Beyond Area Expansion: Technology or Managerial Capacity — Which Leads the Way?

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, Francis Tsiboe, Ayobami Adetoyinbo, Jacob Ankamah   +3 more
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