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Generalized Farrell Measures of Efficiency: An Application to Milk Processing in Swedish Dairy Plants

Førsund, Finn R.; Hjalmarsson, Lennart - 1978

This paper is concerned with the measurement of productive efficiency. Farrell's measures of efficiency are generalized to nonhomogeneous production functions. Several new measures of efficiency have been introduced and applied to the Swedish milk processing industry. The empirical analysis is...

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Communicating with farmers through social networks

Benyishay, Ariel; Mobarak, A. Mushfiq - 2013

Low adoption of productive agricultural technologies is a puzzle. Agricultural extension services rely on external agents to communicate with farmers, although social networks are known to be the most credible source of information about new technologies. We conduct a large-scale field...

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The Climate Challenge for Agriculture and the Value of Climate Services: Application to Coffee-Farming in Peru

Lechthaler, Filippo; Vinogradova, Alexandra - 2016

The use of climate information in economic activities, typically provided by climate services, may serve as a possible adaptation strategy to changing climate conditions. The present paper analyzes the value of climate services aimed at improving agricultural productivity through a reduction in...

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Public expenditures and the performance of Latin American and Caribbean agriculture

Anriquez, Gustavo; Foster, William; Ortega, Jorge; … - 2016

influence of the mix of expenditures related to agriculture on net income generation, using data for 19 Latin American and … positively impacts agriculture's performance. More importantly, and of greater practical economic significance, increasing the …

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Gasto público y el desempeño de la agricultura en América Latina y el Caribe

Anríquez, Gustavo; Foster, William; Ortega, Jorge; … - 2016

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Valuing meteorological services in resource-constrained settings: Application to smallholder farmers in the Peruvian Altiplano

Brausmann, Alexandra; Flubacher, Moritz; Lechthaler, Filippo - 2019

Changing climate and weather patterns have resulted in reduced agricultural productivity in some parts of the world and put pressure on global food security. Availability and improved quality of meteorological information is seen as a potentially propitious means of adaptation to changing...

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Direct and spillover effects of agricultural technology adoption programs: Experimental evidence from the Dominican Republic

Aramburu, Julián; Garone, Lucas Figal; Maffioli, Alessandro - 2019

This paper estimates the impact of an agricultural technology adoption program on agricultural production and income using an experimental approach. The context of analysis is the Program for the Support of Innovation in Agricultural Technology (PATCA II) implemented in the Dominican Republic....

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Making agricultural value chains more inclusive through technology and innovation

Das Nair, Reena; Landani, Namhla - 2020

Some entry barriers in agricultural and agro-processing value chains, particularly for smallholder farmers and small/medium-sized processors, can be overcome with innovation and technology adoption. Technologies and innovation in these sectors have been both radical and incremental, ranging...

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Diffusion of agricultural innovations in Guinea-Bissau: From learning to doing

Caeiro, Rute Martins - 2022

This paper analyses the pathways of technology diffusion through social networks, following the experimental introduction of new technologies in Guinea-Bissau. In the context of an agricultural extension project, we document both the direct effects of this intervention and subsequent diffusion...

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Productivity and the Performance of Agriculture in Latin America and the Caribbean: From the Lost Decade to the Commodity Boom

Nin-Pratt, Alejandro; Falconi, Cesar; Ludena, Carlos E.; … - 2015

This study analyzes the performance of Latin America and the Caribbean's agriculture between 1980 and 2012 looking at … performance of agriculture was the result of fast growth in the use of fertilizer, increases in land productivity, and growth in … contributed significantly to the improved performance of agriculture. Observed growth patterns at the country level suggest that …

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