Parametric linear programming is used to derive optimum programmes for 590 different resource situations representing the range existing in the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area of New South Wales. Enterprises comprising optimum plans included rice, commercial lucerne hay using farmer owned...

Time series and cross-sectional data for 18 years on 26 N.S.W. wheat-sheep properties are combined to test whether farms that grew in size over time reaped the postulated size economies derived from the cross-sectional statistical cost functions. Realised economies of farms that remained in the...

While a number of the conclusions arising from this study have reference specifically to the irrigated areas of southwestern New South Wales, a substantial part has particular relevance to the study of machinery economics generally. Perusal of the main conclusions listed below will illustrate...

We use the concept of the elasticity of farm incomes with respect to changes in input prices to analyse the effects of a large increase in relative wages on selected measures of farm incomes. In order to estimate the elasticity of farm incomes we have to estimate elasticities and...

This paper evaluates the influence and impact that IFPRI research and related activities had on the initiation, evolution, and impact of the food for education (FFE) program in Bangladesh. It reviews the outputs from the IFPRI program and summarizes the perceptions of various stakeholders about...