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An economic analysis of Zambian commercial farmers' response to producer price of Maize
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1987)
Since the 1970s agricultural production in Zambia has been poor. The degree of self-sufficiency in major food crops has been declining (from 97 percent in 1964-66 to 79 percent in the 1978-80 period). This performance has been attributed to varying...
Incentives for food crop production in Tanzania : with special reference to the Mbeya region
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1984)
for traditional agriculture, and an inverse of the improved one. Technology Set II (improved production conditions) represents technology that has been determined to be physically possible in research trials for the region. It is assumed to be profitable...
Economic evaluation of wheat production in Zimbabwe
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1984)
"Objective Of The Study: The objective of this study is to identify some of the major factors that constrain wheat production. In addition, the study is to identify means of improving wheat production within the present ...
Factors influencing use of split-lines of credit and internal capital rationing among PCA borrowers
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1984)
Farmers’ use of credit has been studied extensively because debt capital is an integral part of present-day agricultural financial management. However, very little is known about split-lines of credit or multiple sources of credit financing...
Trade barriers to grain cooperatives in exporting
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1986)
The objective of this study was to determine if there were any barriers to grain cooperatives in exporting. Barriers are obstacles associated with the structure of the market. Data compiled to determine if any barriers ...
Structure and organization comparisons of U.S. large volume swine producers : a national survey
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1986)
A national sample of hog operations marketing 1,000 head or more a year was taken in 1981. A mail questionnaire gathered the necessary information. A second survey grouped operations into three groups: feeder pig producers, ...
Uncertainty and the microfoundations of supply response : some theoretical considerations and an empirical application in the U.S. corn market
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1987)
This study has examined how a micro-level decision model which incorporates uncertainty can be reconciled with observed market behavior. Conditions under which a firm-market correspondence exists in a deterministic environment ...
A quarterly econometric model of the United States beef sector
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1982)
The United States beef sector has been modeled in many studies, perhaps, because beef represents a large proportion of the consumer food dollar and agriculture's income. The predictive performance of these models has been, however, quite...
Economic analysis of winter vegetable markets in Tunisia
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1985)
The rapid development of the non-traditional winter vegetable industry in Tunisia has resulted frequently in domestic market saturation and depressed prices. Frequent complaints suggest that the existing pricing system has ...
Application of cluster analysis for developing a typology of regional economic growth
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1984)
"Purpose and Objectives: The purpose of this research was to test the suitability of a statistical cluster procedure for identifying groups of counties which had homogeneous economic growth patterns during the past decade. ...