abstract the industrial dairy farms in iran are facing several economic problems and about six percent of these farms were shut down in fars province due to low profitability. despite such problems and availability of other enterprises in the region, farmers do not switch to other farm activities. in this context, the factors affecting acceptance of diversification options were investigated in ...

This article aims to evaluate the effect of insurance on production, technical efficiency, and input use Italian specialised-quality grape growers. A panel instrumental variable stochastic frontier approach is applied over years 2008–2017 using data from Farm Accountancy Data Network. The results show requirement correct for endogeneity that stems adoption. Insurance has an enhancing production...

Health expenditures on profit effect farmers in Bayelsa State, Nigeria were examined. Purposive and random sampling procedures used to select 216 respondents for the study. The average monthly health expenditure net farm income per farmer N664 N17,995.31k respectively. regression model showed that had an inverse relationship with profit. Their total healthcare was significantly influenced by ge...

Emergence of green supply chain management could be attributed to the rising public awareness of environmental problems. Consumers say they increasingly prefer to purchase products that are produced with a minimum of pollution and with minimal environmental impact. Therefore, companies that successfully adopt a green policy can generate profits, reduce environmental impact, and provide positive...

This paper presents a synthesis of the main theoretical and empirical contributions that analyse production choices of farm households living and operating in developing countries. The review is particularly concerned with recent micro-economic contributions that highlight the trade-off farm households typically face, between full-income risk and expected return, while making production decisio...

We demonstrate a negative relationship between pro-market reforms and the sustainability of superior profits in an emerging economy. The decline in sustainability of superior profits shows that pro-market reforms bring significant threats in addition to the various opportunities such as greater availability of production factors and greater freedom to enter and operate businesses highlighted in...

This paper investigates the effect of capacity constraints on the sustainability of collusion in markets subject to cyclical demand fluctuations. In the absence of capacity constraints (i.e. a limiting case of our model), Haltiwanger and Harrington (1991) show that firms find it more difficult to collude during periods of decreasing demand. We find that this prediction can be overturned if firm...

cotton as a strategic product plays an important role inthe economy of boshrouyehwhere is known as the major cotton producing center of khorasan-e-jonoubi. in this paper, efficiency of boshroyeh cotton farms in 2007 have been calculated using data envelopment analysis (dea) and determinants of efficiency were identified using tobit regression analysis. the data was collected from questionnaires...

Livestock manure and organic agriculture wastes are an environmental challenge because they contribute to climate change by emitting greenhouse gases. Converting these biogas bioenergy is a sustainable solution. Farmers, investors, governmental departments involved in developing on-farm projects need informed decision-making process fund such projects. Thus, estimating the required initial inve...