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Three essays on the economics of pesticide use
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
or management. Non-adopters differ, e.g., people who have never heard of the practice versus those know it well are predicted by different factors, implying demand for targeted educational campaigns or dissemination of information on effective practices as well...
Three essays on biofuel policies and aggregate supply curve
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
The first essay investigates the impacts of Brazil's new biofuel policy, namely RenovaBio. RenovaBio aims to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the transportation sector through expansion of biofuels by requiring ...
Factors affecting the success and failure of agribusinesses in the Accra and Kumasi Metropoles in Ghana : an empirical study
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
method approach was employed to gather data from agricultural entrepreneurs in the study areas. Findings from this study showed that the success of agribusinesses in the study area is not necessarily based on the economic performance of the agribusiness...
Three essays on applied economics and finance
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
no short-term performance persis- tence as a formulated management practice and accept the efficient market hypothesis in performance. Based on the switched signs of the interaction effect of cultural values and financial factors on risk-taking, I suggest...
Three essays on the demand system
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
evidence that scanner data generate statistically different elasticities, with more elastic demand than other data types. Own-price elasticity estimates from household scanner quantity data appear to be more elastic than other quantity types. Household...
Youth agripreneurship development in Benin : lessons for scaling up from Songhai Center agripreneurs
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
strong local food system based on the transfer of skills in sustainable and resilient agricultural models....
Three essays on Renewable Portfolio Standards
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
on total primary crop acreage in the United States. Our empirical framework is based on the premise that acreage is influenced by climatic factors, farmers' crop management practices, and land allocation decisions, while considering input and expected...
The effects of state term limits on natural resource spending
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
This paper examines how term limits operate as an institutional characteristic of state legislative branches. First, I describe the history of the term limit movement to contextualize public opinion. I then review relevant ...
Three essays regarding U.S. crop policy and risk
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
of season average farm prices. Specifically, simple alternatives of a time-series model and a futures-based forecast failed to perform better or contain all of the information for corn and soybean prices in the baselines. The result is that the baselines...
Three essays on price risk mitigation, market barriers and livelihood strategies of smallholder farmers
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
framework based on Bourdieu's concepts of habitus and field as well as the concept of acculturation guided the conduct of participatory field research through focus groups and interviews with Latinx farmers and focus groups with resource providers. Findings...