Handbook of Agricultural Economics
Handbook of Agricultural Economics

Author: Christopher B. Barrett

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 2021-12-09

Total Pages: 808

ISBN-13: 0323915019

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Handbook of Agricultural Economics, Volume Five highlights new advances in the field, with this new release exploring comprehensive chapters written by an international board of authors who discuss topics such as The Economics of Agricultural Innovation, Climate, food and agriculture, Agricultural Labor Markets: Immigration Policy, Minimum Wages, Etc., Risk Management in Agricultural Production, Animal Health and Livestock Disease, Behavioral and Experimental Economics to Inform Agri-Environmental Programs and Policies, Big Data, Machine Learning Methods for Agricultural and Applied Economists, Agricultural data collection to minimize measurement error and maximize coverage, Gender, agriculture and nutrition, Social Networks Analysis In Agricultural Economics, and more. Presents the latest release in the Handbook of Agricultural Economics Written and contributed by leaders in the field Covers topics such as The Economics of Agricultural Innovation, Climate, Food and Agriculture, Agricultural Labor Markets, and more

Total Factor Productividty Growth in Agriculture
Total Factor Productividty Growth in Agriculture

Author: A. F. D. ávila

Publisher:

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 54

ISBN-13: 9780444518743

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In this chapter we compute measures of total factor productivity (TFP) growth for developing countries and then contrast TFP growth with technological capital indexes. In developing these indexes, we incorporate schooling capital to yield two new indexes: Invention-Innovation Capital and Technology Mastery. We find that TFP performance is strongly related to technological capital and that technological capital is required for TFP and cost reduction growth. Investments in technological capital require long-term (20- to 40-year) investments, which are typically made by governments and aid agencies and are the only viable escape route from mass poverty.

The Economics of Agriculture, Volume 1
The Economics of Agriculture, Volume 1

Author: David Gale Johnson

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 376

ISBN-13: 9780226401720

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D. Gale Johnson, one of the world's foremost agricultural economists, has over the last five decades changed the conduct of research on agricultural economics and policy. The papers brought together in The Economics of Agriculture reveal the breadth and depth of his influence on the creation of modern agricultural economics. Volume 1 collects for the first time in one source Johnson's most important work. These classic papers explore the consequences of government intervention in United States and world agriculture; the economics of agricultural supply and of rural labor and human capital issues; and the analysis of agricultural productivity in poor countries, including the centrally planned economies of China and Eastern Europe. Models of precise reasoning and powerful empirical research, the papers cover a wide range of topics—from U.S. commodity price policy to the economics of population control and farm policy reform in China. Volume 1 includes a definitive bibliography of Johnson's published writings. Volume 2 presents twenty-two papers by Johnson's former students and colleagues. International in scope, these papers explore themes and topics inspired by Johnson's work, including agricultural policy and U.S. farm prices; European Common Agricultural Policy; and agricultural and rural development in the Third World. Contributors to Volume 2 are David G. Abler, John M. Antle, Richard R. Barichello, Andrew P. Barkley, Karen Brooks, David S. Bullock, Robert E. Evenson, B. Delworth Gardner, Bruce L. Gardner, Dale M. Hoover, Wallace E. Huffman, Paul R. Johnson, Yoav Kislev, Justin Yifu Lin, Yair Mundlak, John Nash, Keijuro Otsuka, Willis Peterson, Todd E. Petzel, Vernon W. Ruttan, Maurice Schiff, G. Edward Schuh, Theodore W. Schultz, James Snyder, Vasant Sukhatme, Daniel A. Sumner, Vinod Thomas, George Tolley, and Alberto Valdes.

Socio-Economic Impact Study with Concurrent Evaluation on Agriculture/Horticulture based Schemes
Socio-Economic Impact Study with Concurrent Evaluation on Agriculture/Horticulture based Schemes

Author: Subhrabaran Das

Publisher: Allied Publishers

Published: 2023-07-26

Total Pages: 238

ISBN-13: 9390951623

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Among the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGS), SDG 1 envisages end of poverty in all its forms everywhere and SDG 2 envisages zero hunger and achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture. In order to achieve the SDGs 1 and 2, Govt. of India has launched different agricultural and horticultural scheme to protect the loss of farmers. These schemes are implemented in the states of India with the initiatives of the state governments. The book is highlighted on the socio-economic impact study with concurrent evaluation on Agriculture/Horticulture based Schemes implemented in the state Tripura. The book is focused mainly on two aspects viz; evaluation of the agriculture and horticulture based schemes and impact of the schemes on the socio-economic life of the tribal farmers. The basic objectives of this book are to assess whether the tribal farmers are benefitted or not from the different schemes implemented by the government and to assess the impact of these schemes in order to improve the socio-economic condition of the tribal farmers. In addition to this, productivity of the different agriculture/horticulture production produced by the tribal beneficiaries is examined and socio-economic problems faced by the rural tribal people are investigated. The book is expected to be valuable to the policy maker for taking the appropriate policy decisions further and it would be a bench mark to the researchers who will work on the tribal issues and agriculture.