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Product and Exchange of Attributes in Defining Boundaries for Value -Added Corn and Soybean Markets (2001)This dissertation examines three issues related to the determination of product and market boundaries in agricultural markets. In the first paper, we use an estimated processed valuation model and quality data obtained ...
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(1999)Research results indicate that growers wishing to enter the hog finishing sector, or expand an existing operation, will be able to do so with relatively less equity than would be possible without a production contract. ...
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(1992)Much of the less developed world faces the problems of feeding an ever increasing population. Improved agricultural productivity is the key to improved food security and economic returns in these regions. Much of the ...
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(2005)The results of the first approach confirm Lukac, Brorsen, and Irwin's successful findings during the 1978--1984 period. The replication results, however, show that substantial technical trading profits during the early ...
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(1982)The development of small farm sector of the dry zone plays a major role in agricultural development in Sri Lanka. Past efforts towards developing these small farms have met with little success. This study investigates a ...
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(1985)Prior research has demonstrated the importance of liquidity management of risk on the farm. In these studies reservation prices were found by varying parameters of functions reflecting assumed behavior of risk averse ...
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(2011-08-26)This dissertation presents three studies that seek to understand how the interaction between economic and natural systems affects the efficiency of policy instruments to regulate environmental externalities. In the first ...
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(2013-02-03)Being the two largest ethanol producers in the world, transportation fuel policies in Brazil and the U.S. affect not only their domestic markets but also the global food and biofuel economy. Hence, the complex biofuel ...
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(2019-11-27)Fall armyworm (FAW) is a voracious pest, which has ravaged maize yields in Sub-Saharan Africa since they were first reported in 2016. Their exact impact on maize yields is unclear, with a wide discrepancy in the existing ...
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(2017-04-26)National Parks have become an integral part of global life in both developed and developing countries during the last century. Today, there are more than 1,200 national parks and nature preserves around the world. The U.S. ...
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(Urbana, Ill.: Dept. of Agricultural Economics, University of Urbana-Champaign, 1977)
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(1981)This study is a regional and interregional structural analysis of the Puerto Rican economy with a particular emphasis on the food sectors. The analysis considers sectoral interactions and impacts within Puerto Rico and ...
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(2008)I improve existing methods of regional analysis to achieve a rigorous understanding of the interaction between airport policies and regional economies. I use Self-Organizing Maps, an artificial neural network, to explore ...
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