Search Results - comparative economic systems

Modeling economic-environmental decision making for agricultural land use in Argentinean Pampas by Cabrini, Silvina Marí­a, Calcaterra, Carlos Pablo

“…This land assignment presents a decrease of 20% in the economic gross margin compared to the continuous agriculture scheme that maximizes the economic result. …”
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Economic crisis, small-scale agriculture, and forest cover change in Southern Cameroon by Sunderlin, William D., Ndoye, O., Bikie, H., Laporte, N., Mertens, B., Pokam, J.

“…The aim of the large-scale, two-year research project described here was to understand the effect of the country's economic crisis and policy change on small-scale agricultural systems and land-clearing practices. …”
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Assessing the sustainability of alternative production systems in Argentine Pampas applying a discrete muti-criteria decision-aid method by Bitar, María Victoria, Cabrini, Silvina María

“…Four systems were compared in terms of a set of attributes, including economic, environmental and social indicators.…”
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Ex-ante evaluation of economic impacts of adopting improved forages in the Colombian Orinoquía by Enciso, Karen, Charry, Andrés, Rincón Castillo, Álvaro, Burkart, Stefan

“…As a result of that, large amounts of resources have been allocated to research and development (R&D) in forage material improvement and a broad range of improved materials were released showing superior characteristics in terms of productivity and environmental impacts compared to native or naturalized materials. However, data are still scarce on both the economic and environmental “yields” of investments in R&D activities around improved forage materials. …”
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An assessment of the biological and economic efficiency in conversion of milk to growth in N'Dama calves by Agyemang, K., Clifford, K., Little, D.A.

“…Two groups of light N'Dama calves were fed different quantities of milk from birth to 10 months of age to compare efficiencies fo converting milk to live-weight gain, and to assess the economic efficiencies of the two feeding regimes. …”
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Impact evaluation of the economic inclusion programme in Kenya: Baseline report for cohort 2 by Abay, Kibrom A., Ayalew, Hailemariam, Gilligan, Daniel O., Hidrobo, Melissa, Kimathi, Sally, Kosec, Katrina, Marilign, Yalew M.

“…In 2019 the Government of Kenya’s (GoK) State Department of Social Protection and Senior Citizen Affairs, Directorate of Social Development, initiated the Kenya Social and Economic Inclusion Programme (KSEIP). The KSEIP is designed to complement and build on the flagship National Safety Net Programme (NSNP) and target those being served by it, moving beyond cash transfers to an integrated Social Protection system to enhance social and economic inclusion services and shock-responsive safety nets for poor and vulnerable households. …”
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How have foreign exchange market distortions and conflict affected agricultural production incentives in Myanmar? by Myanmar Agrifood Program for Strategy and Analysis

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Determinants and implications of the growing scale of livestock farms in four fast-growing developing countries by Delgado, Christopher L., Narrod, Clare, Tiongco, Marites, Barros, Geraldo Sant'Ana de Camargo, Catelo, Maria Angeles O., Costales, Achilles, Mehta, Rajesh, Naranong, Viroj, Poapongsakorn, Nipon, Sharma, Vijay Paul, de Zen, Sergio

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Better food safety solutions in Africa: Understanding the complex social, economic and policy perspectives by Amenu, K., Alonso, Silvia, Mutua, Florence K., Roesel, Kristina, Lindahl, Johanna F., Kowalcyk, B., Knight-Jones, Theodore J.D., Grace, Delia

“…Global food safety systems are rapidly changing in response to urbanization and population growth, climate change, trade expansion and social and economic changes; Africa is no exception. …”
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An assessment of the Small-Scale Irrigation Management Turnover Program in Indonesia by Vermillion, Douglas L., Samad, M., Pusposutardjo, S., Arif, S.S., Rochdyanto, S.

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The use of bullock traction technology for crop cultivation in northern Ghana: An empirical economic analysis by Panin, A.

“…Assesses the economic impact of bullock traction technology on the farming systems in northern Ghana. …”
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Water saving and economic impacts of land leveling: the case study of cotton production in Tajikistan by Abdullaev, Iskandar, Ul-Hassan, Mehmood, Jumaboev, Kahramon

“…The gross margin from the laser-leveled field were 16. 88 and 171% higher compared to that from the control field for 2004, 2005 and 2006, and on average was 92% higher. …”
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Economic analysis of trypanocide use in villages under risk of drug resistance in West Africa. by Affognon, Hippolyte D.

“…The smaller herd size in the study area compared to other parts of sub-Saharan Africa and the higher ratio of draught animals to male adult cattle, especially in Burkina Faso, indicate a farming system more oriented towards intensive use of draught animals in crop production. …”
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Integrating socio-economic and biophysical assessments using a land use allocation model by Du, Y., Huffman, T., Toure, S., Feng, F., Gameda, Samuel, Green, M., Liu, T., Shi, X.

“…The potential for further development of LUAM using the Land Suitability Rating System (LSRS) is discussed.…”
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Storing soybeans (Glycine max) in silo bags: economic outcomes and grain loss risk by Urcola, Hernan Alejandro, Bartosik, Ricardo Enrique

“…This article assesses the economic outcomes of storing soybeans in silo bags, as compared to grain commercial storage facilities, considering the risk of grain losses. …”
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Breeding objectives for Central Highland goats using participatory and bio-economic modelling approaches by Tesema, Z., Deribe, B., Shenkute, A., Gobeze, M., Kefale, A., Gizaw, Solomon

“…The breeding objectives of Central Highland goats rearing under a low-input production system were defined through a participatory proportional piling method and bio-economic model. …”
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Conceptual, methodological and institutional issues in participatory livestock production research by Morton, J., Adolph, Barbara, Ashley, S., Romney, Dannie L.

“…The article then discusses conceptual issues; including the notion of degrees of participation, the underdevelopment of participatory research in livestock compared to crop science, and the reluctance of existing livestock science to deal with multiple-output systems. …”
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Efficiencyequity tradeoffs and the scope for resource reallocation in agricultural research: evidence from Nigeria by Alene, Arega D., Manyong, Victor M., Tollens, E.F., Abele, S.

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Comparative multicriteria assessment of climate policies and sustainable development strategies in Cameroon: towards a GIS decisionsupport tool for the design of an optimal REDD+ s... by Kehbila, A.G., Alemagi, D., Minang, Peter A.

“…The GIS-REDD+DSS, an electronic REDD+agri intermediary hub, serves the following purpose: (1) host a database of locally-relevant climate information, improved input technologies, best practices as well as land use and forest cover geo-spatial maps; (2) host a virtual economic tool that performs economic valuations (costs and benefits) and financial analysis of REDD+agri projects to aid investment decision-making; and (3) host an electronic marketplace to mediate any-to-any transactions among REDD+agri project developers, service providers, input suppliers, private and institutional investors and buyers (wholesalers and retailers), thereby creating value in two ways: aggregation and matching. …”
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Economic values for production and functional traits and assessment of their influence on genetic improvement in the Boran cattle in Kenya by Rewe, T.O., Indetie, D., Ojango, Julie M.K., Kahi, A.K.

“…When compared with the economic values estimated in the fixed herd-size situation, in the fixed pasture input situation they were lower for feed intake in the three classes of livestock and other traits related to it in all systems. …”
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