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Publikováno v:
International Journal of Social Economics. 47:72-85
PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the characteristics of crop-livestock diversification among smallholders in the forest-savannah agroecological zone of Ghana.Design/methodology/approachThe study uses a stochastic input distance func
Publikováno v:
The Journal of Developing Areas. 53:33-49
New agricultural management entities have appeared and been encouraged by the government in the People's Republic of China (PRC) in recent years. Mainstream opinion has stressed the need to take action to overcome the perceived inefficient, small-sca
Publikováno v:
Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics. 63:39-71
There is strong evidence that innovation is a primary driver of a nation's economic growth. As Australia continues to compete in the global economy, it is imperative that businesses should be innovative to improve their performance. In this paper, we
Publikováno v:
Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies. 7:82-98
Purpose Scientists in Pakistan are currently developing biofortified wheat varieties to address widespread zinc deficiency, especially among women and children in poorer rural households. The purpose of this paper is to understand how the productivit
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Livestock Science. 201:58-69
This paper evaluates the performance of smallholder farmers in three districts of the forest-savannah transition agroecological zone of Ghana and examines the effect of integrated crop-livestock management practices (ICLMPs) on the productivity and t
Publikováno v:
The Journal of Developing Areas. 51:173-194
Dual-purpose cowpea (DPC) and dual-purpose groundnut (DPG) varieties provide good yields, improved soil fertility through nitrogen fixation, and, at the same time, provide large amounts of good quality fodder to be used as feed or manure in crop-live
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International Journal of Educational Development. 77:102198
Administrative staff are a crucial human capital input in tertiary education institutions. Given the substantial investment in recruitment and selection of administrative staff, efficient and effective use of these staff affects the organisational an
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Journal of Asian Economics. 64:101129
With the aim of improving rural living standards and strengthening the security of crop production, China has adopted “family farms plus cooperatives” as the preferred mode of organization in agriculture. We investigate technical efficiency in cr
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Empirical Economics. 34:231-255
This paper uses the concept of a metafrontier to compare the technical efficiencies of firms that may be classified into different groups. The paper presents the basic analytical framework necessary for the definition of a metafrontier, shows how a m
Autor:
George E. Battese, Ragnar Tveterås
Publikováno v:
Journal of Regional Science. 46:605-625
Agglomeration externalities can have positive effects on both the production possibility frontier and technical inefficiency of firms. Increased levels of localized knowledge spillovers and substitution of internal inputs with external inputs may lea