From 2006 through the first half of 2008, U.S. Agriculture enjoyed a period of economic prosperity not seen since the 1970’s. World economic growth was robust, stimulating food demand; the growing use of major crops such as corn in the production of biofuels increased demand and contributed to overall upward pressure on commodity prices; and a reduced value of the U.S. dollar helped expand expo...

AGR/CA/APM(2001)24/FINAL 2 Foreword Governments in OECD countries intervene in agriculture with a view to achieving a wide range of economic and social objectives, in particular the improvement of farm household incomes. This study investigates how efficient some of the most commonly used policy interventions — referred to as the transfer efficiency of support measures with respect to income — ...

Groundwater levels rose (an average of 10m) (mostly in 1970’s and 80’s) due to irrigation induced recharge to the groundwater in Coleambally Irrigation Area (CIA). Water table depth rise was a direct result of the net amount of recharge over and above the regional groundwater outflow capacity. Control of net recharge through a range of options is critical to the sustainability of CIA and requir...

*Manzul Kumar Hazarika, Institute of Industrial Science, Block-C, Ce-509, University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Komaba, Meguro, Tokyo 1538505, Japan; Kiyoshi Honda, Asian Center for Research on Remote Sensing, STAR Program, Asian Institute of Technology, P.O.Box 4, Khlong Luang, Pathumthani 12120 , Thailand. *Corresponding author: [email protected] ABSTRACT Soil erosion is a serious environmental p...

This study examines the effect of own income versus reference group income and the subjective factors considered important in a job for a sample of off farm migrants in China. We find that own income has a positive effect on job satisfaction while the effect of reference group income is gender specific. We find evidence that males experience a tunnelling effect (higher income coworkers increase...

This study examined the influence of socioeconomic variables of farmers on their choice of cassava varieties in Kogi State of Nigeria. A total of 360 cassava farmers were selected through multi-stage random sampling procedure. Data collected through structured questionnaire were analyzed using descriptive statistics, customer-buying behavioral model and dynamic programming model. The results sh...