Introduction -- Organizational structure: the rise of the local farm bureau -- Organizational strategy: economic, political, and social functions -- Science, cultural authority, and the farm bureau: bovine tuberculosis -- Home bureaus and the sciences of separate spheres -- Women and the...

The study has analysed the impact of decentralization of governance structure on the delivery of agricultural public services in the state of Karnataka using survey data collected from 36 grama panchayats through focussed group discussions. The evidence shows that discussions on agricultural...

The privatization of veterinary extension services delivery in Uganda opened more opportunities for the private sector in the provision of extension services and supply of essential inputs demanded by a growing and more dynamic dairy sector. Consequently, the number of agents profoundly...

The cocoa sector in Ghana is one of few examples of an export commodity sector in an African country that has withstood the pressure to fully liberalize. Despite substantial government control over internal and external marketing via the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), the current institutional...

Using structural equation models and data from three provinces in the Democratic Republic of Congo, we assess the factors affecting external linkages among rural producer organizations and determinants of performance in agricultural service provision in a post-conflict setting. Environmental...

Agriculture is an important sector of economic activity of the County, we observe in this respect,the special quality of the arable land. This is why it is necessary the knowledge not only of the agricultural productions, but also of the value of agricultural production, which we have analyzed...

In many developing countries, to sustain the provision of agricultural services to farmers, many have advocated the use of service fees. Successful implementation of such schemes requires understanding of determinants of farmers' willingness to pay. In this paper we use a multivariate probit...

The aim of the paper was to assess the role of services in Polish and German agriculture in comparison with that in the other EU countries. The analysis was based on the Economic Accounts for Agriculture. The research covered agricultural services, veterinary expenses and financial...

This study uses an economy-wide, dynamic computable general equilibrium (DCGE) model to analyze the ability of growth in various agricultural subsectors to accelerate overall economic growth and reduce poverty in Nigeria over the next years (2009-17). In addition, econometric methods are used to...

Georgia is a country with high agricultural potential, which is not fully utilized due to the deterioration of conditions for agriculture after the breakdown of the Soviet Union. Because of insufficient access to input supply, credits and markets, the productivity of the Georgian agriculture is...