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The flexibility of family farms in Poland
Renner, Swetlana; Hockmann, Heinrich; Pieniadz, Agata; … - In: Structural change in Europe's rural regions : farm …, (pp. 69-89). 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003902201
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Exploring the flexibility of Polish family farms during transition
Pieniadz, Agata; Renner, Swetlana; Goraj, Lech - In: Zagadnienia ekonomiki rolnej : organ Komitetu Ekonomii … (2010) 1, pp. 107-121
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Elastyczność indywidualnych gospodarstw rolnych w okresie transformacji
Pieniadz, Agata; Renner, Swetlana; Goraj, Lech - In: Zagadnienia ekonomiki rolnej : organ Komitetu Ekonomii … (2008) 1, pp. 3-22
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MEASUREMENT AND DECOMPOSITION OF FLEXIBILITY OF MULTI-OUTPUT FIRMS
Renner, Swetlana; Glauben, Thomas; Hockmann, Heinrich - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2012
Flexibility can be considered as a crucial factor of competitive advantage, especially under conditions of dynamically … changing environments. Based on the classical microeconomic definition of flexibility, as introduced by Stigler, and some … recent concepts developed in the production economics, this article proposes a primal flexibility measure for multi …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010913813
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Labor requirements and profitability of alternative soil fertility replenishment technologies in Zambia
Ajayi, Olu Clifford; Akinnifesi, Festus K. - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE - 2008
Low soil fertility is a major concern in agricultural productivity and development policy discourse in sub-saharan Africa. The problem is exacerbated by government withdrawal from fertilizer input markets and the inability of private sector operators to fill the gap. This warranted a search for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005068446
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Agricultural Production Economics (Second Edition); Applied Microeconomics: Consumption, Production and Markets; and Economics of Food and Agriculture, (Third Edition): Supplementa...
Debertin, David L. - Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Kentucky - 2015
Supplemental class materials links for the Debertin books available through ageconsearch.
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Family farm : solution for sustainable development of rural area
Dumitru, Eduard Alexandru; Petre, Laurenţiu Ionuţ - In: Agrarian economy and rural development : realities and …, (pp. 200-208). 2021
At present, in Romania there is no clear definition of the concept of family farm, and at the level of the European Union, the definition of family farms differs significantly depending on the characteristics of each country. At the same time, there is no classification of these types of farms,...
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Persistence of family farming, learning from its dynamics
Calus, Mieke; Lauwers, Ludwig H. - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2009
Traditionally, the family farm has always been seen as a cornerstone of the agricultural production system. Given social, economic and political evidence (Calus, 2009), this organisational form might still continue to shape agricultural development. However, important changes in social and...
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Survival and Growth of Family Farms in a Transition Country – The Hungarian Case
Bakucs, Lajos Zoltan; Ferto, Imre - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2009
The paper investigates the validity of Gibrat’s Law in Hungarian agriculture. We use FADN data between 2001 and 2007 and employ quantile regression techniques to test the validity of Gibrat’s Law across quantiles. The Law is strongly rejected for all quantiles, providing strong evidence that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004998987
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Understanding U.S. Consumer Demand for Milk Production Attributes
Wolf, Christopher A.; Tonsor, Glynn T.; Olynk, Nicole J. - In: Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 36 (2011) 2
A choice experiment was used to examine the value of various fluid milk attributes. Respondents were surveyed regarding half or whole gallon milk purchases. A split-sample design was used to examine consumer inferences regarding food safety. Willingness to pay for verification of production...
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