Using a translog production function, cereal production on state farms in Ethiopia between 1980 and 1985 was analyzed. The farms were found to be operating at constant returns to scale. Manual labor was under-utilized, while machinery and other modern inputs were over-utilized. Elasticities of...

Poor management of the southeastern vegetable marketing cooperatives has been linked to poor record keeping practices. The VEGMARC II Record Keeping Program is part of a comprehensive multi-agency effort to provide solutions to the problems of southeastern vegetable marketing cooperatives. This...

Industry leaders and some agricultural economists use flawed measures of demand for beef and fail to distinguish between a change in demand and a change in per capita consumption. The beef industry is not well informed on basic economic issues and that lack of information has contributed to...