During the 1960s and 1970s there was an intense debate on the observed inverse relationship between farm size and per hectare agricultural productivity in India. It was subsequently argued that the higher productivity of smallholdings would disappear with the adoption of superior technology, modernisation and growth in general. However, close to half a century later, National Sample Survey data...

background: the use of organophosphates (ops) in developing countries is rising in large quantities and non-secure methods. this problem not only causes acute poisoning but also may lead to chronic diseases such as polyneuropathy. in iran, 60% of pesticides are organophosphate compounds that may lead to delayed polyneuropathy. objectives: the purpose of the current study was to evaluate delayed...

The analyses focus on the structural change in agriculture and farm households for selected hilly mountainous areas Slovenia before after accession to European Union, with an emphasis empirical analysis of a sample income diversification rural census years, importance self-employment households’ well-being food security. A t-test was applied investigate differences arithmetic means between two ...

Abstract Direct payments are regarded as a suitable instrument to safeguard jobs in the agricultural sector. However, empirical findings date do not unambiguously support this expectation. We further empirically investigate research question on dairy farms with focus family work. Using spatial regression discontinuity design, we rely upon selection unobservables assumptions. The Swiss direct sy...