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Boosting water benefits in West Bengal
International Water Management Institute (IWMI); …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010910248
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Sources of Agricultural Productivity Growth in Central Asia: The Case of Tajikistan and Uzbekistan
Lerman, Zvi; Sedik, David J. - Department of Agricultural Economics and Management, … - 2009
The paper examines agricultural production and productivity growth in two Central Asian countries – Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. Both countries are characterized by a significant shift of resources from the traditional Soviet model of collective agriculture to more market-compliant individual...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008549262
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U.S. Agricultural Growth and Productivity: An Economywide Perspective
Shane, Mathew; Roe, Terry L.; Gopinath, Munisamy - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 1998
Growth of U.S. agriculture is dependent on increases in productivity, three-fourths of which is accounted for by public investment in agricultural research and development (R&D) and infrastructure, according to this research. Productivity growth in U.S. agriculture benefits consumers by putting...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005468844
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Innovation Systems and Technical Efficiency in Developing-Country Agriculture
Mekonnen, Dawit Kelemework; Spielman, David J.; Fonsah, … - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2012
The paper uses a stochastic frontier analysis of production functions to estimate the level of technical efficiency in agriculture for a panel of 29 developing countries in Africa and Asia between 1994 and 2000. In addition, the paper examines how different components of an agricultural...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009421037
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Farm-Level and Consumption Responses to Improved Efficiency of Tanzania’s Informal Dairy Value Chain
Twine, Edgar; Katjiuongua, Hikuepi - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA; … - 2015
The study uses a partial equilibrium model to determine the benefits that would accrue to smallholder dairy producers and consumers from improved efficiency of Tanzania’s informal dairy value chain. Two sources of technical efficiency are analyzed, namely, cost efficiency and scale efficiency....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011249599
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Effectiveness of the bean seed dissemination models implemented under the Bean Technology Dissemination (BTD) Project: Results of key informant interviews in Guatemala, Honduras an...
Reyes, Byron; DeYoung, David; Maredia, Mywish K. - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2014
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011199699
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Farmer perspective on the use of and demand for seeds of improved bean varieties: Results of beneficiary surveys in Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua
Maredia, Mywish K.; Reyes, Byron; DeYoung, David - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2014
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Effects of Macronutrients on Seed Quality and Profitability Analysis of Sunflower Production in Northwest Pakistan
Amanullah; Khan, Mir Wali; Almas, Lal K.; Stewart, Bob A. - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2010
Potassium (K) and phosphorus (P) application to sunflower (Helianthus annus L.) reduced cost of production, increased seed oil and protein concentration, yield and net returns on the K and P deficient soils in Northwest Pakistan. Field experiment was conducted at the New Developmental Research...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008922496
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Farmer Participation in Supermarket Channels, Production Technology and Technical Efficiency: The Case of Vegetables in Kenya
Rao, Elizaphan J.O.; Brummer, Bernhard; Qaim, Matin - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2010
Supermarkets are currently gaining ground in the agri-food systems of many developing countries. While recent research has analyzed income effects in the small farm sector, impacts on farming efficiency have hardly been studied. Productivity effects in previous studies are also estimated with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009020673
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Technical Efficiency of Resource Conserving Technologies in Rice Wheat Systems: Case of Bihar and Eastern Uttar Pradesh in India
Khong, Tien Dung; Pede, Valerien O.; Sumalde, Zenaida M.; … - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2011
This study aimed to evaluate the technical efficiency of farmers engaged in rice-wheat cropping systems in India using …: water and soil. The RCT technologies are being promoted by the CSISA project in several locations in India, and the main … CSISA project and are located in Eastern Uttar-Pradesh and Bihar in Northeastern India. The data used in this study was …
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