This paper examines how changes in major elements of the U.S. federal crop insurance program affect the structure of the agricultural insurance industry. We model interactions between farmers, insurance agents and insurance companies. Marginal changes in government policy (premium subsidy rate, A&O subsidy rate, and loading factor) affect the insurance premium rate, agent compensation rates, ag...

Dr. Tyler: We feel that disclosure annually by individuals supports our process. We ask our P&T committee members to declare whether or not they have any conflicts of interest. The disclosures are shared with the committee but are also reviewed by a separate committee. Some members may have relationships with industry, such as serving on advisory boards, receiving research funding, or receiving...

Agricultural associations of a socio-economic nature have been and continue to be a basic structural feature of the agribusiness sector and rural development in Spain, both in the social and economic and land use spheres. Taking into account the current significance of these entities and the future prospects, in this paper we analyse the Internet presence of the Spanish citrus co-operatives. Th...

Purpose. The purpose of the present study is to examine determinants financial performance Slovak agricultural companies.
 Methodology / approach. Bibliometric analysis was applied analyze literature, results review were visualized using VOSviewer software. Panel data regression analysis, which carried out GRETL software, chosen be main research method for analyzing influence on measures. ...

The new role that agricultural advisory plays in innovation processes and the development of agriculture towards sustainability requires improvement its performance. basic prerequisite for realizing potential areas mentioned is a strongly developed education system will enable strong capacities. This survey based on three system: organization education, satisfaction with educators, evaluation i...

INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVE As landowners occupied with agricultural production comprise a sizeable part of the populations in mid- and western European countries, it seemed reasonable to assess the organization of health care systems concerning farmers and their families in Poland and Germany. Both countries have similar geographical conditions and rural environments. It so happens that in Pola...

10-74 David Badesch, MD Dr. Badesch has received honoraria for service on steering committees or advisory boards (or as a consultant) to the following companies working in the area of pulmonary hypertension: Actelion/CoTherix, Gilead/Myogen, Encysive, Pfizer, Mondo-Biotech/Mondogen, Biogen IDEC, United Therapeutics/Lung Rx, GlaxoSmithKline, Lilly/ICOS, Bayer, Ikaria, and Arena. He has received ...

.................................................... 1 1. Botching a Delicate Balance ....................................................................................................... 2 2. Unilateral Responses to the Intellectual Anti-Commons............................................................. 3 3. Government and Industry-Led Collective Approaches to Solving the Anti-Commons .......