Many factors innuence a learning process and the performance of a learned classiier. In this paper we investigate the performance eeects of class distribution in the training set. We also study diierent methods of measuring performance based on cost models and the performance eeects of training class distribution with respect to the diierent cost models. Observations from these eeects help us d...

INCE 1974, FOLLOWING PUBLICATION of Schuh’s “The Macroeconomics of Agriculture,” much research effort has been devoted to determining whether and how monetary policy affects the farm sector. One of the more active areas of interest has been the question of whether changes in the money stock affect the farm! nonfarm product relative price ratio. The reason for this particular interest, as descri...

The study investigated the constraints to farmers’ intention to pay for private irrigation in Nandom District, Ghana. Using a key informant interviews and semi-structured questionnaires, the study collected data from 236 farmers. Data was analyzed with descriptive and inferential statistics. Kendall coefficient of concordance was used to determine the level of agreement among farmers in ranking...

Abstract Beginning farmers and ranchers represent an important segment of U.S. agriculture, yet they face financial challenges relative to more established operations. This article provides overview emerging research on the performance beginning farm ranch operations, with a lens toward implications for 2023 Farm Bill. First, we use Department Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Resource Management...

The technique of the processor farm has become very widely used for paral-lelising applications, often being mentioned without reference to any source. The goal of this work has been to put together a complete and rigorous understanding of what the technique can be used for and what is needed in order to arrive at an eeciently farmed application. This paper consists of these two parts. We have ...

This contribution is based on the personal experiences of the author as a typical crop farmer in Holland in 1925-1991, as a researcher at the Dutch Institute of Agricultural Engineering (19541964), and as the Director of that Institute in the period 1964-1983. In essence, the 20th century developments in mechanized agriculture are considered from a historical perspective. The future of farm mec...

This article analyzes the main continuities and discontinuities of Brazil’s National Rural Credit System, with an emphasis on Program to Strengthen Family Farming, between 2003 2014. To this end, 2014 2017 a series interviews was carried out managers former federal public who played strategic role in area agricultural financing, before during time period studied, addition literature review data...

Agricultural mechanization and the use of mixed inputs ensure higher productivity. In this regard, Government Pakistan has executed an approach for provision agricultural credit to smallholders improving production. However, many issues are involved in extent, utilization impacts credit. This study aims explore impact credit, its utilization, misuse factors determining extent Pakistan. A semi-s...

the credit portfolio management and the optimal credit portfolio selection are identified as one of the most effective factors in banks’ credit risk. two main strategies in this regard include diversification versus concentration. in this study, at first, the status of diversification of iran’s banking sector is analyzed, then the relationship between diversification of the credit portfolio and...

2 Since 2006 China's central government has opened up its financial markets to foreign Microfinance Institutions (MFI). The idea is that by allowing MFI's to operate, Agricultural Banks would lead to increase access to credit, economic efficiencies and growth in rural agriculture, and efficiency within the financial system in underserved markets. Microfinance as it is understood today refers to...