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Farm economics behind the evolution of Chinese rapeseed production
Hu, Xiangdong; Zimmer, Yelto - In: International Journal of Agricultural Management 02 (2012) 1
: In recent years Chinese rapeseed production has undergone significant changes. In order to explain this evolution, this article focuses on analyzing gross margin ratios and labour cost for rapeseed and wheat which is found to be the major competing crop from a grower’s perspective. An...
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Analysis of profitability and risk in new agriculture in a Himalayan watershed by using dynamic non-linear programming model
Sharma, Rakesh Kumar; Sankhayan, Prem Lall; Singh, Ranveer - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2009
Cropping pattern in the Himalayan region of India has undergone a significant change in the recent past. Introduction of horticultural crops of vegetables, fruits and flowers have led to more intensive agriculture. Such a change, resulting in higher incomes and improvements of the overall living...
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Sustainable and diversified vegetable-based farming systems in highland regions of West Java
Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific … - 2008
poverty alleviation through secondary crop based agricultural diversification, the study concentrated on how small … vertical diversification. The study was primarily conducted in two villages in Lembang sub-district, West Java province …
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Farmer’s decision parameters on diversification and supply responses to dryland salinity - modelling across the Australian wheat-sheep zone
Culas, Richard J. - Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2006
Dryland salinity has resulted from clearing of deep-rooted plant species for farming. Farm diversification with trees … response to achieve farm diversification involving farming with the perennials. This research aims to model diversification and …
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Tobacco Farmer Interest and Success in Income Diversification
Beach, Robert H.; Jones, Alison Snow; Tooze, Janet A. - In: Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 40 (2008) 01
As farm income from tobacco production has declined in recent years, there has been increasing interest in identifying alternative sources of income for tobacco farmers in the southern United States The recent termination of the tobacco quota program has accelerated the exit of tobacco farmers...
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Analysis of Farm Development in Dutch Agriculture and Horticulture
Bremmer, Johan; Oude Lansink, Alfons G.J.M.; Olson, Kent D. - International Farm Management Association - IFMA - 2002
This paper analysis the effects of farmer characteristics, farm structure and farm performance on farm renewal and farm growth. The data set used in this research consists of panel data from the Dutch Farm Accountancy Data Network of farms specialized in plant production extended with a data...
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Varietal Preferences and Adoption Pattern of Economically Viable Medicinal and Aromatic Crops by the Indian Farmers
Yadav, H.K.; Singh, S.; Kumar, V.; Kumara, A. - In: AGRIS on-line Papers in Economics and Informatics 5 (2013) 1
Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CIMAP) is the knowledge gateway of medicinal and aromatic plants related services and technologies. It organizes kisan mela (Farmers Fair) every year and display new varieties/technologies and innovative cultivation practices on commercially...
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Irrigation, Productivity and Poverty Linkages in Irrigation Systems in Java, Indonesia
Hussain, Intizar; Wijerathna, Deeptha; Arif, Sigit; … - In: Water Resources Management 20 (2006) 3, pp. 313-336
This paper analyzes irrigation-poverty linkages, and determines how and to what extent irrigation contributes to poverty alleviation, and whether there are any spatial patterns in poverty in irrigation systems. It also identifies conditions under which irrigation has greater anti-poverty...
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Pattern diversities in cropping systems in tribal regions: a case study of Jhabua tribal district in Madhya Pradesh, India
Singh, Vivek Kumar; Singh, RD - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
Agricultural development has been analysed by studying the cropping pattern and cropping diversification and crop … through diversification of cropping systems and crop specialization as a result of ecological economic changes as well as … district of Madhya Pradesh. Such an analysis will help in taking policy decisions for diversification and specialization of …
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Late Planting Decisions with Crop Insurance: Decision Guidelines for Michigan Farmers in Spring 2011
Betz, Roger; Schweikhardt, David B.; Black, J. Roy; … - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2011
Michigan has had unusually wet planting conditions in 2011, leading to substantial acreage that has not been planted at this late date. Farmers who purchased crop insurance have many options available to them. This paper addresses the major crop insurance decisions that farmers will face during...
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