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"In the last 200 yr, more than 80% of the land in the U.S. Corn Belt agro-ecosystem has been converted from natural perennial vegetation to intensive agricultural production of row crops. Despite research showing how re-integration of perennial vegetation, e.g., cover crops, pasture, riparian...
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Agreement (NAFTA), which was approved by Congress in November 1993 and implemented on January 1, 1994. The three agreements … explicitly addressed trade in agricultural commodities. The result has been that, to a greater or lesser degree, CFTA, NAFTA, and … Montana producers. The purpose of this report is to provide a detailed description of the agricultural provisions of NAFTA and …
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We assess long-run patterns of global agricultural productivity growth between 1970 and 2005 and examine the relationship between investments in technology capital and productivity. To measure agricultural total factor productivity (TFP) we employ a Solow-type growth accounting method to...
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To remain viable, agriculture in each location must offer returns that are competitive with those from alternative … study examines spatial relationships in agriculture's profitability over time. Results show temporal and spatial convergence … agriculture, raising policy implications. …
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sector and moving toward global economy will surplus its sum. But, prevailing difficulties in the agriculture sector …'s structure and organization may retarded the economic growth, although investment on training programs can improves the growth of … agricultural sector and government investment in various part of the this section would be of huge significance. In this research …
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. Accelerating growth in agriculture will therefore be critical to sustain growth and reduce poverty,but policy makers are unsure … simulate productivity gains in sub-Saharan agriculture subjectto trade-offs between gains in crops and gains in livestock. The …&D) investment in cropsthan in livestock, though the SACU (South African Customs Union) economies and Madagascar benefitfrom sharing …
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In the present article are presented the results of analysis of the evolution of long-term property holdings and its use. For the purpos of the investigation was a sample of farms divided into categories according to altitude. The survey shows increase in value of assets in all categories. This...
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This paper uses laboratory experiments to test individual responses to policies that seek to encourage firms to voluntarily discover and disclose violations of environmental standards. We find that while it is possible to motivate a significant number of voluntary disclosures without adversely...
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) qualitatively investigate the phenomenon of retail therapy, and 3) develop and validate a scale measuring retail therapy. Through a …-shopping. Retail therapy scale development consisted of three phases: initial item generation, scale purification, and scale validation …. 43 initial scale items were generated based on interview findings and included in the survey questionnaire. 258 survey …
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