عنوان

Agricultural Systems :

1613241674

9781613241677

b620439

Agricultural Systems :

[Book]

Economics, Technology, and Diversity.

Oliver W Castalonge

New York

Nova Science Publishers, Inc.

2009

(222 pages)

Introduction of Private Property on Agricultural Lands (after 2003).

AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS: ECONOMICS, TECHNOLOGY AND DIVERSITY ; AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS: ECONOMICS, TECHNOLOGY AND DIVERSITY ; CONTENTS ; PREFACE ; DRIVERS AND RESTRAINTS FOR ECONOMIC AND TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY IN DAIRY FARMS ; 1. INTRODUCTION ; 1.2. Background ; 1.3. Problem and Aim ; 2. PREVIOUS LITERATURE; 2.1. Suggestions to Why Farms Are Not Efficient ; 2.2. Efficiency Studies and Analyses of Causes of Inefficiency ; 2.3. Starting Points to Study Drivers and Restraints for Efficient Production ; 3. EFFICIENCY AS A WAY OF ANALYZING FARM PERFORMANCE ; 3.1. What Is Efficiency and Inefficiency? 3.1.1. Input-Oriented Perspective3.1.2. Output-Oriented Perspective ; 3.1.3. Summary of the Efficiency Scores ; 4. METHODOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN THE RESEARCH PROJECT ; 4.1. Method to Estimate Farm Efficiency; 4.1.1. DEA Equations ; 4.1.2. Method to Assess the Effect of Drivers and Restraints on Farm Efficiency; 5. DATA ; 5.1. Inputs, Outputs and Prices ; 5.2. Measures of Driving and Restraining Forces; 5.3. Discussion about the Quality of the Data ; 6. A SYNTHESIS OF THE EMPIRICAL FINDINGS ; 6.1. Summary Statistics of the Efficiency Scores; 6.2. The MCSFs Study; 6.3. The Size Study. 6.4. The Strategy Study 6.5. The Operational Managerial Practices Study ; 6.6. The Managerial Capacity Study; 6.7. Summary of the Main Empirical Findings ; 7. CONCLUSION; 7.1. Opportunities for Further Research ; 7.1.1. Suggested Research Line 1: The Impact of External Factors ; 7.1.2. Suggested Research Line 2: The Information Needs ; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ; REFERENCES ; DOES GIBRAT'S LAW HOLD AMONGST DAIRY FARMERS IN NORTHERN IRELAND? ; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION ; LITERATURE REVIEW ; PROBLEM CHARACTERISATION ; DATA ; METHODOLOGY ; RESULTS ; CONCLUSION ; REFERENCES. SHANNON ENTROPY OF AMMONIA VOLATILIZATION FROM FERTILIZED AGRICULTURAL SOILSABSTRACT ; INTRODUCTION ; SHANNON ENTROPY OF AMMONIA VOLATILIZATION ; SHANNON RATE OF AMMONIA VOLATILIZATION ; CONCLUSIONS ; ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ; REFERENCES ; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF PRECISION FARMING TECHNOLOGIES AT THE FARM LEVEL: TWO GERMAN CASE STUDIES ; ABSTRACT ; INTRODUCTION ; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK ; TWO CASE STUDIES ; Case Study Farm A ; Costs and Benefits of the Precision Farming Approach in Farm A ; Case Study Farm B ; Costs and Benefits of the Precision Farming Approach in Farm B ; CONCLUSION ; REFERENCES. RESTRUCTURING LIVESTOCK FARMS UNDER OIL BOOM ECONOMY IN TRANSITION COUNTRY: CASE STUDY OF MANGISTAU OBLAST, KAZAKHSTAN ABSTRACT ; 1. INTRODUCTION ; 2. STUDY AREA ; 3. BRIEF HISTORY OF LAND REFORM AND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION IN KAZAKHSTAN; Agricultural Reform under the Soviet Union (1988-1991) ; Transformation of State Property into Collective Form (1992-1993) ; The Creation of Various Forms of Corporate and Individual Management (1994-1998) ; Restructuring Agrarian Sector through Mass Bankruptcy of Agricultural Enterprises (1999-2002).

Agricultural systems -- Case studies.

Oliver W Castalonge

Oliver W Castalonge

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