The objective of this paper is to characterize the production of roses at the region of Barbacena and to identify its transactionattributes, that is, asset specificity, transaction frequency, and uncertainty. The research is based on the theoretical framework of theNew Institutions Economy which...

A changing world of increasing complexity, fluctuating prices, high energy costs and limited data necessitate creative blending of economic theory and available empirical statistics to understand the welfare impacts in a specific market. In this paper, a programming approach is used in tandem...

Commercial rice imports have accounted for approximately 61%, food aid in rice accounted for about 2%, and domestic rice accounted for some 37% per annum of rice consumption in Ghana over the four years between 2000 and 2003. Compared to the 1990s, these figures show a gradual decline in the...

A magyar zöldség- és gyümölcstermelés lehetőségei jóval nagyobbak, mint amit a jelenlegi termelési színvonal mutat. Az ország kedvező adottságai, és a vi-déki munkaerő hatékony foglalkoztatása egyaránt azt indokolja, hogy a terme-lésszerkezeten belül a munka-intenzív...

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A TÉSZ-en keresztüli értékesítés indokait és a TÉSZ tagok aktivitását kérdő¬íves felmérés alapján vizsgálva megállapítható, hogy a ZÖLD-TERMÉK Szövetkezetnél, valamint a MÓRAKERT Szövetkezetnél a TÉSZ a termelő számára is elfogadha¬tó mennyiségű áru...

There is potential for over-provision of environmental harms and under-provision of environmental benefits associated with GM crops. As a result, strong public regulation is needed to ensure that full social values are considered. However, one reason for opposition to GM crops is a lack of...

This paper examines the technical efficiency of the resettlement sector of the agricultural system in Zimbabwe. The land reform programme aims to redistribute land from large-scale commercial farmers to the small-scale peasantry sector so as to reduce rural poverty. Since such an agrarian reform...

Interviews with Missouri corn and soybean farmers reveal what farmers feel are the most important ethical challenges in agriculture. In contrast to the literature, which characterizes ethical challenges in term of philosophical debates about soil conservation, the use of pesticides and...