Transition from the planned to the market economy involved profound changesin Ukrainian economy. Before the liberalization of prices in 1992, milk processingin Ukraine was concentrated in regionally distributed large state milk processingfactories. In the meantime, the dairy sector has been...

Guided by the frame work of a household model under credit market failure, this paper aims at investigating the impact of access to credit on the adoption of hybrid maize among households that vary in their credit constraints. The data used in the study is from Malawi collected by the...

This study determines the factors that influenced contract choice, labour demand and examines the existence of labour hoarding practice in Western region of Kenya. Data from Egerton University’s Tegemeo Institute of Agricultural Policy and Development was used for the analysis.. A two step...

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Machinery-sharing provides an alternative for smaller producers to obtain the efficiencies of large farming operations and remain competitive in an increasingly concentrated agricultural industry. This research uses a multiple case study design to examine the motivations for sharing equipment...

Livestock is the most important source of cash for small-scale farmers in the semi-arid tropics of southern Africa. However, with limited access to markets, farmers do not have the incentive to invest in improved livestock management. Livestock production and off-takes remain low and farmers are...

In diesem Artikel wird der Produktivitätsfortschritt in ökologisch wirtschaftenden Betrieben im Zeitraum 1999/2000 bis 2006/07 quantifiziert und der Produktivitätsentwicklung vergleichbarer konventioneller Betriebe gegenübergestellt. Die Messung des Produktionsfortschritts erfolgt anhand des...