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Facilitating access to rural services in Vietnam: The invisible social capital link
Hoang Dinh, Quoc; Dufhues, Thomas; Buchenrieder, Gertrud - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2012
This paper investigates the effects of network based individual social capital on the access of rural households to services. In the context of development economics, an innovative data collection approach is used to determine network based social capital. The approach originates from the field...
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Abstracts: Proceeding of National Seminar on "Integrated Rural Development and Management: Issues, Strategies and Policy Options"
Das, Prakash Kanti; Mallick, Amal Kumar; Dutta, Amitava; … - Faculty Centre for Integrated Rural Development and … - 2010
This document is a collection of 157 abstracts received during the National Seminar on "Integrated Rural Development and Management: Issues, Strategies and Policy Options" held at the IRDM Faculty Centre of Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda University during 17-18 December, 2010
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Adoption of Phytase by Livestock Farmers
Stahlman, Michael; McCann, Laura M.J.; Gedikoglu, Haluk - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2008
increased. The reported adoption rate for phytase for non-ruminants was 17.2 percent, however it is currently added to virtually …
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Off-Farm Employment Effects on Adoption of Nutrient Management Practices
Gedikoglu, Haluk; McCann, Laura M.J.; Artz, Georgeanne M. - In: Agricultural and Resource Economics Review 40 (2011) 2
results regarding the impact of off-farm income on adoption of conservation practices. We test the hypothesis that off …-farm employment has a positive impact on adoption of capital incentive practices and a negative impact on adoption of labor …-intensive practices. The results confirm that adoption of injecting manure into the soil, a capital intensive practice, is positively and …
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Analysis of Factors Influencing Adoption of Dairy Technologies In Western Kenya
Makokha, Stella Nabwile; Karugia, Joseph Thuo; Staal, … - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE - 2008
unemployment. This paper reports factor interrelationships in dairy adoption with a view to understanding factors that influence … adoption. The binary probit model was used to analyse data from 1575 households. Contrary to findings from similar studies … elsewhere, some factors had a negative association with adoption, thus unfolding a unique adoption process. The association …
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Determinants of adoption and intensity of use of balanced nutrient management systems technologies in the northern Guinea savanna of Nigeria
Akinola, Adebayo A.; Arega, D.A.; Adeyemo, Remi; … - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE - 2008
influence the adoption and intensity of utilization of BNMS technologies in the NGS of Nigeria. Results showed that less than 10 …, by 2005 the adoption of BNMS-rotation had reached 40% while that of BNMS-manure had reached 48%. A number of factors such … significant in determining farmers’ adoption decisions on BNMS-manure while off-farm income was found to be significant in …
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An Overview of the Canadian Agriculture and Agri-Food System
Agriculture Canada, Government of Canada - 2008
This 2008 report provides an economic overview of the Canadian agriculture and agri-food system. It is meant to be a multi-purpose reference document to provide: an introduction to the agriculture and agri-food system; a snapshot of structural changes that are occurring throughout the system in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005805103
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Manure Application Rules and Environmental Considerations
Massey, Raymond E.; Gedikoglu, Haluk - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2011
Three manure application limits (N Limit, Annual P Limit and P Banking) were modeled with particular attention to the number of hours needed to appropriately distribute manure. The benefit and costs estimates indicated that P Banking was more profitable than N Limit which was more profitable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008922643
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An Overview of the Canadian Agriculture and Agri-Food System 2011
Agriculture Canada, Government of Canada - 2011
This 2011 report provides an economic overview of the Canadian agriculture and agri-food system. It is meant to be a multi-purpose reference document to provide: an introduction to the agriculture and agri-food system; a snapshot of structural changes that are occurring throughout the system in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009004302
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Forget the Hoe: Managing Invasive Plant Species with Dynamic Programming"
Verdone, Michael; Frasier, W. Marshall - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2010
Abstract Bromus Tectorum is an invasive plant species known to reduce abundance of native perennial grasses, increase fire frequency and intensity, decrease animal performance, and alter microbial communities and ecosystem processes. Specifically, in the Intermountain West, Bromus has been...
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