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Greece in the European Union and the Agro-food Industry: Spatial Reorganizations
Papageorgiou, Athanassions - In: Rural Areas and Development 5
Apart from the differentiation of productive capacity it brings about, industrial development also contributes to the employment and the redistribution of income among people, social classes and areas. Agricultural industries, in particular, usually located in rural areas, do not only contribute...
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A Review of Regional Economic Models for Fisheries Management in the U.S.
Seung, Chang K.; Waters, Edward C. - 2006
In 1986, Andrews and Rossi reviewed input-output (IO)studies of U.S. fisheries. Since then, many more fisheries studies have appeared using IO and other types of regional economic models, such as Fishery Economic Assessment Models, Social Accounting Matrices, and Computable General Equilibrium...
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MODELLING THE LESOTHO ECONOMY: A SOCIAL ACCOUNTING MATRIX APPROACH
Bahta, Yonas Tesfamariam - In: International Journal of Food and Agricultural … 1
Using a 2000 Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) for Lesotho, this paper investigates the key features of the Lesotho … economy and the role played by the agricultural sector. A novel feature of the SAM is the elaborate disaggregation of the … descriptive review and from SAM multiplier analysis. It is dominant with respect to income generation and value of production. It …
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What Determines Productivity Growth of Agricultural Cooperatives?
Ariyaratne, Chatura B.; Featherstone, Allen M.; … - In: Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 38 (2006) 01
This paper examines productivity of a sample of grain marketing and farm supply cooperatives from 1990 to 1998. The cooperative industry’s productivity or growth was mainly due to improvement in technology rather than improvement in pure efficiency or scale. The cooperative...
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THE ROLE OF AGRIBUSINESS IN DEVELOPMENT: REPLACING THE DIMINISHED ROLE OF THE GOVERNMENT IN RAISING RURAL INCOMES
Stanton, Julie V. - In: Journal of Agribusiness 18 (2000) 2
suggests development policy be enlarged to encompass agribusiness enterprises. Localized agribusiness can help rural …
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Determining the Role of Social Capital in Linking Smallholders with Agribusiness
Patrick, Ian; Marshall, Graham R.; Abdurrahman, Muktasam; … - Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2006
agribusiness has been variable. Two recent ACIAR studies concluded that there may be more to linking smallholders with the … agribusiness sector than individual smallholder characteristics. This paper hypothesizes that social capital influences the ability … of individual smallholders to take advantage of emerging agribusiness opportunities. It outlines a project proposed by …
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Can Agribusiness Feed 3 Billion New People…and Save the Planet? A GLIMPSE into the Future
Connolly, Aidan J.; Phillips-Connolly, Kate - In: International Food and Agribusiness Management Review 15 (2012) B
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Wybrane determinanty rozwoju innowacyjnych powiązań integracyjnych w agrobiznesie w dobie globalizacji
Chorób, Roman - In: Problems of World Agriculture / Problemy Rolnictwa … 12 (2012) 27
The primary objective of this paper is to present theoretical foundations, principles of operation and benefits resulting from efficiently functioning innovative integration relations such as cluster structures. This study attempts to assess the impact of above-mentioned forms of relations on...
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Spatial urban plans as a basis for agribusiness development
ÄŒizmović, Mirjana; KovaÄević, Milica - In: APSTRACT: Applied Studies in Agribusiness and Commerce 07 (2013) 2-3
importance of and link between spatial planning and development of agribusiness and rural areas, exploring different techniques …
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Wybrane uwarunkowania ekonomiczne rozwoju innowacyjnych struktur integracyjnych w agrobiznesie
Chorób, Roman - In: Problems of World Agriculture / Problemy Rolnictwa … 13 (2013) 28
The primary objective of this paper is to present theoretical foundations, principles of operation and the benefits resulting from efficiently functioning, innovative integration relationships, which are cluster structures. This study attempts to indicate the socio-economic conditions for...
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