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Frequency of coaching behaviors used by agriculture teachers in relation to the State Floriculture Career Development event team rank
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
The purpose of this study was to describe the relationship between the coaching behaviors used by Missouri agriculture teachers and the rank of their 2009 State Floriculture Career Development Event team. To measure the coaching behaviors used, a...
Quantifying bottomland hardwood forest and agricultural grassland evapotranspiration in floodplain reaches of a mid Missouri stream
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
) and Agricultural Grassland (AG) were instrumented with microclimate stations and WY 2012 ET was estimated six out of seven methods of ET calculation show higher rates of ET in BHF than AG, within the Hinkson Creek Floodplain. Widely applied methods of ET...
Cover crop practices in Missouri claypan soils and their influences on selected soil health indicators
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
Growing world human populations and diversified global markets have increased demand for agricultural food products, as well as non-food agricultural industry products. To meet these expected future demands, increasing and maintaining soil...
The social economics of organic production in Columbia's Farmer's Market
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The research involves preliminary field investigation of the impacts of social demands on economic decisions made by producers, such agricultural management among farmers...
Three essays on entrepreneurship theory and practice
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
sector. Its implications apply to the agricultural sector in general, especially how to transform it from being dispersed, small-scale, labor-intensive to being large-scale, capital-intensive, and how to organize agricultural organizations efficiently...
Federal policy on agriculture under the Reagan administration : the first year
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
The Reagan administration focused most of its time and energy on the problems that confronted the nation in 1981. This paper assesses how the administration approached that part of the economy that pertained to agriculture. It begins with the Reagan...
An assessment of the cognitive behavior exhibited by secondary agriculture teachers
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2005)
was to investigate the level of cognitive behavior exhibited by secondary agriculture teachers, how they compare to science teachers, and what characteristics are indicators of specific cognitive behaviors. The sample consisted of agriculture teachers in Central...
Rapid processing of municipal and agricultural waste streams in supercritical water for energy generation and nutrient recovery
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] A factorial experiment was designed and conducted to explore the effect of four variables, concentration, pressure, excess oxygen, and inlet temperature, ...
Residents' perceptions of agroforestry landscape: implications for agritourism
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
This study assessed residents' perceptions of the visual appeal of agroforestry landscapes for recreational purposes in Missouri, Pennsylvania and Texas. Specific objectives of this study were: (1) to identify the features ...
The measurement of decoupled payments' effects on U.S. agricultural production
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
In the current WTO negotiations, the developing and the developed countries take an opposite view regarding the criteria for green box subsidies supposed to be decoupled from current production levels and prices. This study ...
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 ...
Potential for dairy exports to the UK post-brexit : bilateral partial equilibrium modeling in the presence of trade barriers
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
The United Kingdom's decision to leave the European Union has potential effects on the impacts of future trade between the United States and the United Kingdom. Import demand systems were created to develop a model that ...
Identity and reputation in organizational collectives
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
This research explores the attributes of the identity-based mechanisms of group collective action. Recognizing that wine trails are organizational collectives that market themselves and the region in which they reside, the ...
A study of collective entrepreneurship using agent-based modeling
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
In this paper, three alternative accounts of collective intentionality and shared agency, namely Bratman (2014), Gilbert (2014), and Tuomela (2013) are examined. Each of the three accounts of group formation around shared ...
What are Utah farmers' market shoppers willing to do to protect local agriculture?
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
The purpose of this study is to determine what actions Utah farmers' market shoppers would be willing to take to protect their supply of local food: agriculture. This qualitative study used in-depth interviews of 32 farmers' market shoppers in Salt...
Prehispanic agriculture and climate on the Pacific slope of Guatemala
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
The relationship between agriculture and social complexity is a complicated one through both time and space; this is no less true in prehispanic Mesoamerica. Human occupation of the Pacific Coast of Gualtemala prior to Spanish contact was affected...
What is agritourism? : reconciling farmers, residents and extension faculty perspectives
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
, and extension faculty in Missouri and North Carolina through an online survey. Results showed significant differences on the preferred labels across samples, being "farm visit", "agricultural tourism", and "farm tourism" the ones most preferred. Among those...
Three essays on rice markets and policies in southeast Asia with a focus on rice consumption patterns in Vietnam
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
An empirical investigation of the vertical boundary determinants of wineries in emerging regions
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
This thesis examines the vertical boundary determinants of small- to medium-sized wineries in emerging regions of the United States. This study integrates multiple vertical boundary theories (Transaction Cost Economics, ...
The firm, uncertainty, and entrepreneurship
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Uncertainty provides entrepreneurs with profit opportunity and, also, dissipates the opportunity. Therefore, entrepreneurs have intention to utilize ...