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Platte River Basin Study, Report To The Western Water Policy Review Advisory Committee, Leo Eisel, J. David Aiken
Platte River Basin Study, Report To The Western Water Policy Review Advisory Committee, Leo Eisel, J. David Aiken
Department of Agricultural Economics: Faculty Publications
This 1997 report analyzes water use conflicts between water supply and endangered species within the Platte River Basin in Colorado and Nebraska. It is a background report for the 1998 report, Water in the West, the final report of the Western Water Policy Review Commission.
Ldc Agriculture: Non-Parametric Malmquist Productivity Indexes, Lilyan E. Fulginiti, Richard K. Perrin
Ldc Agriculture: Non-Parametric Malmquist Productivity Indexes, Lilyan E. Fulginiti, Richard K. Perrin
Department of Agricultural Economics: Faculty Publications
Agricultural productivity in 41 Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) countries from 1960 to 1999 is examined by estimating a semi-nonparametric Fourier production frontier. Over the four decades the estimated rate of productivity change was 0.83% per year, although the average rate from 1985-99 was a strong 1.90% per year. Former UK colonies exhibited significantly higher productivity gains than others, while Liberia and countries that had been colonies of Portugal or Belgium exhibited net reductions in productivity. We measure a significant reduction in productivity during political conflicts and wars, and a significant increase in productivity among those countries with higher levels of political …