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Special Problems In Agricultural Economics, Alexander Ogden Swartz
Special Problems In Agricultural Economics, Alexander Ogden Swartz
Theses and Dissertations--Agricultural Economics
According to the USDA Economic Research service, farm-level prices are on the decline. This decline in prices particularly hurts smaller scale operators with many needing to rely on off-farm income in order to ensure they remain in operation. This thesis studies two problems of key interest to the Southeast region and the State of Kentucky by investigating dairy management practices and the environmental benefits of hemp production. As dairy prices have been on the decline and dairy co-ops have tightened their restrictions on somatic cell count (SCC) levels, dairy farmers and farm managers must decide the best course of action …
Agricultural Input Intensification, Productivity Growth, And The Transformation Of African Agriculture, Didier Y. Alia
Agricultural Input Intensification, Productivity Growth, And The Transformation Of African Agriculture, Didier Y. Alia
Theses and Dissertations--Agricultural Economics
This dissertation studies agricultural input intensification, defined as the increased use of modern inputs such as hybrid seeds, mineral fertilizer, herbicide, and pesticide in African agriculture. It also analyses the potential of this intensification to accelerate productivity growth and tests the effectiveness of two policies, input subsidies and land reforms, in promoting it and consequently in increasing crop yield. In the first essay, we argue that to create the conditions for the emergence of a green revolution in Africa, modern agricultural technologies have to be adopted as a package, not in a piecemeal fashion. This argument is consistent with a …