Browsing Dissertations (MU) by Thesis Department "Agricultural economics (MU)"
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Adoption and diffusion of agrobiotechnologies in the US cotton production
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2004)The study examines the farm level adoption and county level diffusion of three cotton biotechnologies in the US: insect resistant (Bollgard®), herbicide tolerance (Roundup Ready®), and stacked trait (Bollgard® & Roundup ... -
Adoption of nutrient management practices
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)Off-farm income has recently been incorporated into the analysis of technology adoption, due to its increasing share in total farm household income in the U.S. Previous studies, however, found inconsistent results with ... -
Alternate methods of coordination for agricultural producers
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1971)"Every economic system must perform three basic functions; it must decide: (1) what goods and services will be produced; (2) how they are to be produced, that is, by whom, and with what resources and in what technological ... -
An alternative futures analysis of Flathead County, Montana : evaluating tradeoffs among economic growth, land use policy and land use change
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)Nine alternative futures were developed for Flathead County, MT for two study periods. The alternative futures involve different combinations of assumptions regarding future economic growth and land use polices. The ... -
An analysis of an alternative marketing system for cotton involving delayed ginning through various storage techniques
(University of Missouri--Columbia., 1964)For technical reasons, cotton gins normally operate at constant rates, and vary hours of operation to accommodate available volume. In this sense, time becomes an input and, in the case of cotton gins, a cost reducing input ... -
An analysis of cost-size relationships in hog production
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1971)"The state of Missouri was fourth in the production of market hogs in the United States in 1968. Hogs are produced in every county and on 40 percent of the farms in the state. Figure 1-1 shows the distribution and intensity ... -
Analysis of creative and effective teaching behaviors ofuniversity [sic] instructors
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)This study examined the creative and effective teaching behaviors of instructors in the College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources (CAFNR) at the University of Missouri. Three methods were used to examine instructor ... -
An analysis of farm type classification systems
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1971)Several land grant universities have programs in operation to analyze farm records. The analysis results are used by farm firms as organizational guides and as a tool to locate strong and weak parts of the firm's business. ... -
An analysis of livestock marketing patterns in Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1960)"Missouri is fortunate in its strategic location near the heart of the grain belt east of the Great plains cattle producing areas and on the western fringe of concentrated centers of population. A combination of favorable ... -
An analysis of record systems for farm management
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1968)This study was designed to provide information as to the efficiency of EDP farm record systems in meeting the record requirements of large multiple-enterprise farming operations. Because of the many questions raised about ... -
Application of the systems approach : an information and decision model for the hog enterprise
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1976)"Subject of Dissertation: The purpose of this dissertation is to develop a dynamic model for hog enterprises in which a complete information system is incorporated. It will provide the farmer with several plans of action, ... -
The changing policy environment for agriculture in the European Union
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)The EU has undergone two major expansions in just three years, enlarging from 15 members (EU-15) to 25 members in May 2004, and then adding Bulgaria and Romania in January 2007. Agriculture has played a central role in all ... -
Comprehensive wealth measurement and spatial hedonic analysis : social capital and social amenities
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)The last decade has seen a growing interest in the concept of comprehensive wealth, which is defined as including intangible and non-market as well as tangible and market assets. This dissertation responds to this rising ... -
Consumer behavior changes across income levels : meat market analysis
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)This study intends to test how consumer behavior changes across income levels using time series data of the meat markets in Korea and the U.S. An income growth is one of the most significant and powerful trends in the ... -
The cooperative provision of ecosystem services in agriculture
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)Managing agricultural lands to provide ecosystem services (ES), such as natural pollination, may be essential for the long-term sustainability of agriculture. Most agricultural lands, however, are managed for the short-term ... -
Decision making process of African farmers : a theoretical approach
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1973)"The objectives and limitations: The objective of this dissertation is to derive an economic decision rule from the given set of underlying concepts of social organization of African societies. The small cultivator is used ... -
The development and evaluation of a method of estimating Missouri country farm income from secondary data
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1962)"Specific objectives: There are discrepancies in farm income between counties in a given state. The extent and nature of these discrepancies are concealed when income is aggregated into a single figure for the state. The ... -
Dynamic economic evaluation of pest control strategies
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1972)Two theoretical mathematical models which synthesize dynamic economic and ecological factors involved in pest control are constructed. These models can be used for the temporal evaluation of alternative insect pest control ... -
The ecology of organizational forms in local and regional food systems: exploring the scaling-up challenge via a species concept
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)Over the past 30 years, Western nations have developed alternative systems for exchanging agrofood products which incorporate social values into the transactional environment. These systems are comprised of many different ... -
An economic analysis of the agricultural development potential for Southern Honduras
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1975)The study was conducted in the Valle and Choluteca Districts of Southern Honduras in 1974. The objectives of the study were (1) to identify input-output relationships for selected crops; (2) determine current and potential ...