Essays about: "agricultural frontier"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 11 essays containing the words agricultural frontier.

  1. 6. Environmentally friendly agriculture in Tanzania : A case study of a farm in Himiti village, Babati

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Institutionen för naturvetenskap, miljö och teknik

    Author : Marie Karlsson; [2016]
    Keywords : Sustainable agriculture; agroforestry; fertile soils; biodiversity;

    Abstract : Total agriculture area has during the last decades been reduced because of urbanization, land deterioration, and inputs of chemicals. Today many farmers produce monocultures and the agricultural production system has been reaching far away from a natural system. READ MORE

  3. 7. Off-farm income and technical efficiency of smallholder farmers in Ethiopia : a stochastic frontier analysis

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Getahun Gemechu Abebe; [2014]
    Keywords : Cobb-Douglas; maximum likelihood estimation; off-farm income; smallholder farmers; technical efficiency;

    Abstract : As in most developing countries, agricultural production in Ethiopia is dominated by subsistence-based smallholder farmers, whose production and incomes from the sector are constrained by socio-economic, institutional, resource and environmental factors. These factors generally attribute for lower productivity of the sector, which in turn forces farmers to participate in off-farm activities in order to diversify their sources of income. READ MORE

  4. 8. Analyzing the technical performance of Swedish farms : involved in horse related activities

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Per Andersson; [2014]
    Keywords : agricultural production; economics; horse activities; parameters of technical inefficiency; stochastic frontier analysis; technical efficiency;

    Abstract : This study analyses the technical performance of Swedish farms involved in horse related activities. The technical performance is analyzed by the technical efficiency of the farms and the factors that contribute to technical efficiency. READ MORE

  5. 9. The role of agricultural commercialization for smallholders productivity and food security : an empirical study in rural Ethiopia

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Wondmagegn Tafesse Tirkaso; [2013]
    Keywords : productivity; commercialization; food security; stochastic frontier; efficiency; output; Ethiopia;

    Abstract : For the past few decades, continuing economic and demographic change across the world has brought an excess demand for different types of agricultural products. As a result, policy makers and international institutions have been advocating several policy instruments aimed to boost agricultural production and food security. READ MORE

  6. 10. Analyzing the technical performance of cotton farmers in developing countries: The case of Burkina Faso

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Mohammad Sepahvand; Roujman Shahbazian; [2008]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : In this study the technical efficiency of 142 cotton farmers in Burkina Faso has been estimated. The aim has been to detect the technical efficiency and to explain it by socioeconomic factors. For this, a model has been created where the technical efficiency is regressed against certain socioeconomic variables. READ MORE