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Políticas públicas de inovação no setor agropecuário: Uma avaliação dos fundos setoriais

Vieira Filho, José Eustáquio Ribeiro - 2012

The aim of this paper is to analyze the sectoral funds directed to agribusiness (CTAgribusiness). Besides presenting the national system of agricultural innovation in Brazil, the study shows the dynamic of technological development related to agribusiness sectoral funds. A description of the...

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Zur wirtschaftlichen Situation georgischer Landwirtschaftsbetriebe

Schulze, Eberhard; Tillack, Peter; Mosashwili, Nodar - 2003

Dieser Forschungsbericht beinhaltet die Ergebnisse einer Untersuchung von 200 Familienbetrieben im Osten Georgiens im Distrikt Sighnagi in der Kakheti-Region Ende 2001/Anfang 2002. Sie dienten dem Ziel, Erkenntnisse über die wirtschaftliche Situation georgischer Familienbetriebe sowie zum Teil...

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Ownership structures, profitability and debts of agricultural large firms in the Volgograd region

Schulze, Eberhard; Tillack, Peter; Gerasin, Sergej - 2001

Discussion Paper 34 contains information on property relations and profitability of 100 Russian large-scale farm … security contributions for the employees and of the support for household plots and ensuing consequences for the profitability … agreement with the legal rules. A significant nonlinear relationship between acreage and profitability could be confirmed …

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Eigentumsverhältnisse, Rentabilität und Schulden landwirtschaftlicher Großbetriebe im Gebiet Wolgograd

Schulze, Eberhard; Tillack, Peter; Gerasin, Sergej - 2001

Discussion Paper 32 contains information on property relations and profitability of 100 Russian large-scale farm … security contributions for the employees and of the support for household plots and ensuing consequences for the profitability … agreement with the legal rules. A significant nonlinear relationship between acreage and profitability could be confirmed …

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Asia's sectoral transformation, evolving diets, and the consequences for climate change

Larson, Donald F. - 2024

Established by the United Nations in 2015 with a target date of 2030, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) provide a framework with specific objectives to guide global development policy. The SDGs extend and modify an earlier framework, the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), established in...

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Do Egocentric information networks influence technical efficiency of farmers? Empirical evidence from Ghana

Mohammed, Sadick; Abdulai, Awudu - In: Journal of Productivity Analysis 58 (2022) 2, pp. 109-128

We investigate the impact of farmers' egocentric information network on technical efficiency and its distribution in the network, using observational data of 600 farmers from northern Ghana. We exploit community detection algorithms to endogenously identify homogeneous network communities with...

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Trials and tribulations: High-yielding varieties and small farmers in Bihar, circa 1970

Bell, Clive - 2025

This paper recounts an early attempt to promote the adoption of high-yielding varieties (HYVs) of rice and wheat by small farmers. The instrument was a package not only of inputs, extension advice and supervision, but also - addressing risk aversion - a guaranteed net revenue. The scheme was...

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More biofuel = more food?

Hinkel, Niklas - 2022

In face of increased efforts to mitigate climate change, biofuels may be included in reduction plans forgreenhouse gas emissions. Feedstock for first generation biofuels and food crops both use arable land andmay compete for it. Also, fuel is an input for the production and transport of food....

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Two Birds with One Stone: Technology Adoption and Market Participation through Protection against Crop Failure

Zant, Wouter - 2022

Most sub-Sahara African agriculture is rainfed and the key production risk is crop failure due to drought or insufficient rains. Major strategies for households to protect against the risk of crop failure are livestock rearing and storage of home produced food. Next to drought, SSA agriculture...

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Digital technologies as a driver of resilience and institutional transformation: The case of Ukrainian agroholdings

Gagalyuk, Taras; Kovalova, Maryna - In: International Food and Agribusiness Management Review 27 (2024) 1, pp. 5-25

The present paper explores how implementation of digital technologies (DTs) assists firms in transition economies in addressing weaknesses of the institutional environment surrounding them, in particular via establishment of collective governance systems. Based on case studies of three...

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