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An Economic Analysis of Risk, Management, and Agricultural Technology
Chavas, Jean-Paul; Shi, Guanming - In: Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 40 (2015) 1
This paper uses conditional quantile regression to analyze the effects of genetically modified (GM) seed technology and management on production risk in agriculture, with an application to the distribution of corn yield in Wisconsin. Using the certainty equivalent (CE) as a welfare measure, our...
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Forecast of rural gross social output value in Jiangsu Province based on optimized grey model
Men, Ke-pei; Zhang, Na - In: Asian Agricultural Research 1 (2009) 01
We establish the optimized grey model with logarithm new development coefficient by screening according to the latest statistical data during 2007 in Jiangsu Province. Empirical analysis and prediction research on rural gross social output value in Jiangsu Province from the year 2008 to 2012 are...
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Revenue Protection for Organic Producers: Too Much or Too Little?
Singerman, Ariel; Hart, Chad E.; Lence, Sergio H. - In: Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 37 (2012) 3
A framework is developed to examine organic crop insurance established by the Risk Management Agency (RMA). Given that the RMA links organic and conventional crop prices, the model is calibrated to reflect both markets to illustrate the impacts that pricing has on insurance coverage. Findings...
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Exploiting the Relationship between Farm-Level Yields and County-Level Yields for Applied Analysis
Gerlt, Scott; Thompson, Wyatt; Miller, Douglas - In: Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 39 (2014) 2
County-level yield data are used in applied research and crop insurance policy in place of farmlevel yield data, which are likely sparse, not broadly representative, and subject to selection bias. We exploit the fact that county-level yields are the aggregate of farm-level yields to derive...
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Investigation and Thoughts on the Farmers’ Specialized Cooperative Economic Organizations in Tropical Areas
Wang, Fang; Guo, Jianchun - In: Asian Agricultural Research 1 (2009) 07
existing problems, the thoughts and countermeasures were put forward to promote the future development of farmersâ …
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Deep development of rural tourism under integrated agriculture
Yuan, Li - In: Asian Agricultural Research 1 (2009) 03
This paper introduces the disadvantages and developmental approaches of rural tourism in China on the basis of apprehending the connotation of integrated agriculture. Then, it analyzes the current situation of new agricultural tourism park in Chengdu City of Sichuan Province. Research result...
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Stainability of Cultivated Land in Henan Province Based on Ecological Footprint
Li, Ying-chao - In: Asian Agricultural Research 1 (2009) 05
This paper summarizes the regional situation of Henan Province of China, and introduces the principle of ecological footprint mode, as well as computing formulas of ecological footprint and ecological capacity. According to the related data of Henan Province from 1998 to 2007, this paper firstly...
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The Effect of Innovation on Agricultural and Agri-food Exports in OECD Countries
Ghazalian, Pascal L.; Furtan, William Hartley - In: Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 32 (2007) 03
This paper investigates the effect of innovation on primary agricultural and processed food product exports among the … market power effect in the food processing sector, resulting in a decrease in exports. Also, evidence was found of a positive … vertical channeling effect through which R&D in the primary agricultural sector increases exports of processed food products. …
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Relationship between the cultivated land change and the population and economic development in Shandong Province since 1990
Li, Xin; Guo, Ning; Song, Fu-rong - In: Asian Agricultural Research 1 (2009) 01
According to the statistical data of Shandong Province from 1990 to 2006, we use the method of statistical analysis to analyze the dynamic relationship between the cultivated land change and the population and economic development in recent 17 years. We establish the regression model for the...
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Analysis of the Status Quo of the Sericultural Standard System in China and Its Future
Wu, Ping; Cheng, Tao; Li, Long; Shen, Xingjia - USA-China Science and Culture Media Corporation
characteristics and existed problems of sericultural standards in China. In addition, the future of the sericultural standards system …
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