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Meeting the educational needs of farm women : a case study of Annie's Project /
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
, seek additional education, increase their satisfaction with their farm role and/or lifestyle, and contribute to their rural communities. This study supports the current research that women respond to women only programs, a network of other women...
The family farm in the post-World War II era : industrialization, the cold war and political symbol
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
This dissertation examines the particular path of technological change after World War II, how farm people adjusted to that change in their work and identity, as well as the policy implications of the numerous ramifications of the 20th century farm...
Adoption of organic farming systems in Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
and perceptions regarding organic conversion. The main objective of this research is to compare organic farmers' perceptions and motives by the type of agricultural products produced on their farms. Using a multiple case study methodology, this study compares...
The Political Economy of Agriculture and the Social Economy of Local Sustainable Agriculture in Kansas City
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2019)
This dissertation contributes to heterodox economics by presenting a unique
heterodox economics approach, utilizing aspects of heterodox surplus approach, Post
Keynesian, Institutional, feminist, and ecological economics. ...
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 tradable decarbonization...
Paths to agroforestry: landowner types, land use and perceptions
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
and interest in agroforestry practices. Two models of landowner types are utilized, one based on the distance landowners live from their land, the second based on their current or former involvement in agriculture....
Adoption of nutrient management practices
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
keeping, which is a labor intensive practice, is not negatively impacted by off-farm work. The current study also investigated whether insights from previous studies that analyzed primarily profit-oriented practices can be used when designing policies...
Policy and program incentives and the adoption of agroforestry in Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
designed by government agencies to ameliorate the problem. The study identifies the characteristics of adoption of agroforestry practices, and participation in state and federal government incentive programs that include trees and those that do not...
An analysis of the agricultural base and potential in State Economic Area 2b in northeast Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1965)
) evaluate the agricultural potential of the area in terms of the basic land resource, and (2) to project the number of farms that might exist in the area-under assumptions of current optimum technology. The overall objective of the study was to provide a...
Federal policy on agriculture under the Reagan administration : the first year
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
approach to public policy in general. It reviews the policy on agriculture that the new administration inherited and discusses the problems with that policy that needed to be confronted. The administration proposed several changes to agriculture policy...
Residents' perceptions of agroforestry landscape: implications for agritourism
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
showed significant differences only between male and female respondents on their perceived importance of eco-physical and socio-economic benefits that both types of farms provide. Theoretical and practical implications of study results are discussed....
Effects of partially decoupled payments on production decisions and their relation to farmers' demographics
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
. Moreover, the study investigates whether farmers' socio-demographics and farm characteristics have a role in production decision making. A survey with 500 commercial producers across 36 U.S. states was implemented by the agricultural marketing research firm...
A New Day, A New Policy: Ethanol Use in Missouri
(4/8/2009)
This paper studies the current policy on ethanol use in the state of Missouri and serves as a policy proposal to Governor Jay Nixon on future policy regarding ethanol. Ethanol is an alternative fuel source created through the fermentation...
Comparing theories of the policy process and state tuition policy : critical theory, institutional rational choice, and advocacy coalitions
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
This dissertation triangulates four theories of the policy process to explain state-level tuition policy change. Very little policy research examines theories of the policy process in concert. Moreover, the field of higher education policy studies...
Aging on the farm : toward a model of passionate place attachment
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
farmers adjusted to changes in order to remain on the farm. This qualitative, grounded theory study examined the lives and experiences of 23 farmers over 65 years old in seven counties in Missouri through interviews and photographs. It was found...
Analysis of the average crop revenue election program, a representative farm approach
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
forego portions of traditional payments. This study was conducted to determine what types of farms are good candidates for the ACRE program and the sensitivity of those results to input parameters and program provisions. These objectives were accomplished...
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...
Non-operator and farm operator landowner interest in agroforestry in Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
of what motivates their interest. Five practices are modeled using Logit regressions pooling two data sets of non-operator landowners and farm operators from two regions in Missouri. Attitudinal, structural, and physical characteristics are modeled...
Importance of agritourism for agripreneur goal accomplishment
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
others (McGehee & Kim, 2004; Nickerson et al., 2001). This study examined the importance of agritourism in accomplishing 16 economic and intrinsic entrepreneurial goals of agritourism providers, as well as the farm household and business attributes...
Key factors related to agroforestry adoption in Vermont
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
The study "Agroforestry Extent in the United States: A Review of National Datasets and Inventory Efforts (Smith. et al., 2022) examined the successes and challenges of Agroforestry implementation. Of note was the use of the 2017 U.S Census...