Dalrymple, Dana G. (author / Agricultural economistand senior research advisor, CGIAR Staff, Office of Agriculture, Agency for International Development, Washington, D.C.)
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Journal article
Publication Date:
1985-12
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USA
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Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 84 Document Number: C05308
AGRICOLA AGE 85925870, Extract: The thesis of this paper is that adaptive ability is unimportant when the processes generating the variables, which farmers take as exogenous, are stationary and unaltered. However, when these processes undergo structural change, adaptive ability is expected to affect the quality of production, marketing, and investment decisions. Farmers who have superior adaptive skills are expected on average to make better decisions. Furthermore, given the highly competitive nature of U.S. agriculture, successfully adapting to structural change is selective. Farmers possessing poor adaptive skill can be expected to comprise a relatively large share of the persons forced by economic circumstances to seek alternative employment or retirement, provided governmental intervention does not neutralize this selection process.
Just, Richard E. (author), Zilberman, David (author), and Just: Professor of agricultural and resource economics, University of California, Berkeley, CA; Zilberman: Associate professor of agricultural and resource economics, University of California, Berkeley, CA
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Journal article
Publication Date:
1985-05
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USA
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Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 84 Document Number: C05318
AGRICOLA AGE 85925871, Extract: This paper draws on some recent rigorous results to illuminate the distributional consequences of agricultural policy. The paper begins by discussing the important characteristics of the agricultural sector that must play a role in a minimally realistic model of distributional effects. Heterogeneity gives rise to different regimes of behavior among farmers. These regimes are used to illustrate the equity effects of agricultural policy.
AGRICOLA AGE 85925869, Extract: The present paper consider both knowledge diffusion and adoption, assuming that a relevant and viable new technology is available. The focus is on the rationale for and scope of public sector involvement in these processes. Such involvement includes publicly sponsored information dissemination, intervention in output and input markets, intervention in the credit market, and investment in infrastructure. These issues are discussed below.
Greene, C.R. (author), Kramer, R.A. (author), McPherson, R.M. (author), Norton, G.W. (author), Rajotte, E.G. (author), and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
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Journal article
Publication Date:
1985
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USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 58 Document Number: C01679
Gardner, B.D. (author / Department of Agricultural Economics, University of California, Davis.) and Department of Agricultural Economics, University of California, Davis.
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Journal article
Publication Date:
1985
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USA: Ames, Iowa:American Agricultural Economics Association
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Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 54 Document Number: C01163
Nelson, Gleen L. (author / Resident Fellow, National Center for Food and Agricultural Policy, Resources for the Future, Washington, D.C.; Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Minnesota)
Format:
Conference paper
Publication Date:
1984-12
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USA: Ames, IA : American Agricultural Economics Association.
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Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 87 Document Number: C05831
AGE 85925357; Paper presented at the "Annual Meeting at the American agricultural economics Association," 1984, August 5 - 8; Ithaca, NY, This paper addresses issues surrounding a paradigm for rural development. The first section develops further the consequences of the lack of a generally accepted paradigm. The following three sections present elements of a framework by focusing in turn on target variables, policy instruments, and the structural relationships which link causal factors and target variables. The final section draws conclusions about developing better paradigms and improved policy analysis.
AGE 85925345; Paper presented at the "Annual Meeting at the American Agricultural Economics Association," 1984 August 5 - 8; Ithaca, NY, This paper analyzes the use of an exhaustible resource by an agricultural industry, taking into account agricultural policy considerations and some of the unique conventional wisdom features of the agricultural sector. The model is especially appropriate for analyzing the utilization of water resources. The model assumes the agricultural industry to be competitive, to have a wide distribution of farm sizes, to go through a process of adoption of a continuously improving technology, and to face inelastic demand. The new technology considered is a land quality-improving technology which is similar in its properties to modern irrigation technologies (drip, sprinkler, and center pivot irrigation). In particular, it considers a price-support policy and its impacts.
Antonovitz, Frances (author), Roe, Terry (author), and Antonovitz: University of California, Davis, Department of Agricultural Economics; Roe: University of Minnesota, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics
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Journal article
Publication Date:
1984
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USA
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Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 68 Document Number: C02788
Grinnell, Gerald (author), Hamm, Larry G. (author), and Agricultural Economist, Economic Research Service, USDA; Policy Analyst, Office of Energy, USDA
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Journal article
Publication Date:
1983-12
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USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 64 Document Number: C02324
Sporleder, Thomas L. (author / Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M University) and Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M University
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Journal article
Publication Date:
1983-05
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USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 80 Document Number: C04611
Bryant, W.K. (author), Lesser, W.H. (author), and Assistant Professor, Agricultural Economics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; Professor, Consumer Economics and Housing, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
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Journal article
Publication Date:
1982-02
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 49 Document Number: C00187
Havlicek, J. J. (author), White, F.C. (author), and Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Georgia; Department of Agricultural Economics and Department of Statistics,Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
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Journal article
Publication Date:
1982
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 100 Document Number: C08547
Doeksen, Gerald A. (author), Nelson, J.R. (author), and Oklahoma State University, Dept. of Agricultural Economics; Oklahoma State University, Dept. of Agricultural Economics
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Journal article
Publication Date:
1981
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USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 52 Document Number: C00645
Debertin, David L. (author), Jones, L.D. (author), Moore, C.L. (author), Pagoulatos, A. (author), and Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Kentucky
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Journal article
Publication Date:
1981
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USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 100 Document Number: C08552
Norton, G.W. (author), Roe, T.L. (author), and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Dept. of Agricultural Economics.; Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Dept. of Agricultural Economics.
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1980
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 52 Document Number: C00631
Buccola, J.T. (author), Orden, D. (author), and University of Minnesota, Dept. of Agricultural and Applied Economics.; University of Minnesota, Dept. of Agricultural and Applied Economics.
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1980
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 52 Document Number: C00632
Salathe, Larry (author / National Economics Division, Statistics and Cooperatives Service, USDA) and National Economics Division, Statistics and Cooperatives Service, USDA
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Journal article
Publication Date:
1979-12
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USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 45 Document Number: B05452
Walker, H.W. (author / Dept. of Agricultural Economics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University) and Dept. of Agricultural Economics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1978
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 6 Document Number: B00742
Funk, T.F. (author), Huff, H.B. (author), Meilke, Karl D. (author), and Associate Professor, School of Agricultural Economics and Extension Education, University of Guelph, Canada; Assistant Professor, School of Agricultural Economics and Extension Education, University of Guelph, Canada; Economics Branch, Agriculture Canada, Ottawa, Canada
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Journal article
Publication Date:
1977-08
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USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 45 Document Number: B05453
Callahan, S. (author), Gramble, J.C. (author), Jones): L.D. (author), Moore, C.L. (author), Shuffett, D.M. (author), and University of Kentucky; University of Kentucky; University of Kentucky; University of Kentucky; University of Kentucky
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Journal article
Publication Date:
1977
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USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 4 Document Number: B00455
Perrin, Richard (author), Winkelmann, Don (author), and Associate Professor of Economics, North Carolina State University; Economist, Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maiz y Trigo, Mexico
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Journal article
Publication Date:
1976-12
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USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 38 Document Number: B04226
Gladwin, C.H. (author / International Fertilizer Development Center, Florence, Alabama) and International Fertilizer Development Center, Florence, Alabama
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1976
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USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 4 Document Number: B00452
Bullock, J.B. (author / Dept. of Economics and Business, North Carolina State University) and Dept. of Economics and Business, North Carolina State University
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1976
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USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 5 Document Number: B00464
Baquet, A.E. (author), Conklin, Frank S. (author), Halter, A.N. (author), and Research Assistant, Michigan State University; Research Staff Economist, The Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, CA; Associate Professor, Oregon State University
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1976
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USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 33 Document Number: B03502
Eiler, Doyle A. (author), Thompson, Stanley R. (author), and Assistant Professor of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University; Assistant Professor of Marketing, Cornell University
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1975-08
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USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 45 Document Number: B05456
Schluter, Gerald E. (author), Southard, Leland W. (author), Weeks, Eldon E. (author), and Agricultural Economists, ERS, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington D.C.; Agricultural Economists, ERS, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington D.C.; Agricultural Economists, ERS, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington D.C.
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Journal article
Publication Date:
1974-12
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 38 Document Number: B04232
Hiebert, L. Dean (author / Assistant Professor of Economics, Illinois State University, Normal, IL) and Assistant Professor of Economics, Illinois State University, Normal, IL
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1974-11
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 38 Document Number: B04233
Huffman, Wallace E. (author / Assistant Professor of Economics, Oklahoma State University) and Assistant Professor of Economics, Oklahoma State University
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1974
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 49 Document Number: C00078
INTERPAKS, Study examines the contribution of education to production both as an "allocative effect" and as a "worker effect". An allocative effect is based on the decision making process and refers to an individual's ability to acquire, decode, and sort market and technical information efficiently. Worker effect reflects education's effect on technical efficiency, or the ability of the more educated worker to produce more from a given set of inputs. The study focuses on a single aspect of allocative ability - adjustment of Midwestern U.S. farmers to the changing optimum quantity of nitrogen fertilizer in corn production. The hypothesis is that rate of adjustment can be explained by economic variables: the rate is positively related to education of farmers, availability of information (extensio), and scale incentive to be informed (acres of corn) is supported by the results. It is also noted that education and extension serve as substitute sources of allocative efficiency.
Perrin, R.K. (author), Ryan, J.G. (author), and Sydney, Australia: New South Wales Department of Agriculture; Sydney, Australia : New South Wales Department of Agriculture
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1974
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 4 Document Number: B00462
