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Multiple objective planning procedures in water resource development : the trade-off ratio

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Lynne, Gary D.

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The social and economic objectives of society in the United States are many and varied. All objectives, in turn, cannot be achieved simultaneously because of a finite resource base. The problem of finding an optimum, in some sense, level of achievement for the various objectives is complicated by lack of...

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on development and management of the water resource could not be made until a plan had been
Economic efficiency and distributive consequences of interbasin water transfers : a framework for analysis

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Beattie, Bruce R.

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If informed and rational judgments are to be made concerning proposed large scale interbasin water diversions, it is imperative that competent positive analysis be undertaken by scientists of relevant disciplines. It is the primary purpose of this thesis to pull together into a single interrelated package, the economic theory needed...

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review and criticism served to clarify several of the chapters. The Office of Water Resources Research
Welfare and institutional economics as tools in the anlaysis of an area water resource management problem

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Sokoloski, Adam Anthony

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) Title: WELFARE AND INSTITUTIONAL ECONOMICS AS TOOLS IN THE ANALYSIS OF AN AREA WATER RESOURCE
A production function analysis of water resource productivity in Pacific Northwest agriculture

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Holloway, Milton L.

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The competition or rivalry for the use of water resources among economic sectors of the Pacific Northwest and among geographical regions of the western United States has intensified in recent years. This rivalry and the long run prospects for water shortages have increased the demand for research concerning the productivity...

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alternative uses. This dema.nd exists because the distribution and use of water resources require investment
A production function analysis of water resource productivity in Pacific Northwest agriculture

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Holloway, Milton L.

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The competition or rivalry for the use of water resources among economic sectors of the Pacific Northwest and among geographical regions of the western United States has intensified in recent years. This rivalry and the long run prospects for water shortages have increased the demand for research concerning the productivity...

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distribution and use of water resources require investment which typically comes from both public and private
Some market and non-market effects of alternative natural resource management strategies : the case of an eastern Oregon deer population

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Haroldsen, Ancel D.

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An important segment of outdoor recreational activity in eastern Oregon is based on the harvest of deer. The deer population can be altered in two ways. Rangeland, which provides feed and cover for deer, can be improved through public or private investments or hunting regulations can be changed. This study...

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natural resource management strategies consists of deer hunting patterns, cattle sales patterns, and
Linkages between the economy and the environment : an analysis of economic growth in Clatsop County, Oregon

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Roberts, Kenneth J. and Rettig, R. Bruce

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quality of water resources is based on man's personal and industrial needs and frequently on the
A partial economic analysis of hatchery propagation and commercial harvest of salmonid resources in Oregon

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Mattox, Bruce Wade, 1941-

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The general purpose of this study was to formulate and conduct an economic analysis of some issues associated with managing commercial salmonid resources in Oregon. Since the Fish Commission of Oregon has the responsibility for managing these resources, it provides the institutional framework for this study. Within this framework, the...

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: A PARTIAL ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF HATCHERY PROPAGATION AND COMMERCIAL HARVEST OF SALMONID RESOURCES
An economic evaluation of the range improvements administered by the Bureau of Land Management in the Vale District of Oregon

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Godfrey, E. Bruce

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The federal government has spent considerable sums of money to rehabilitate range lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). These investments have had varying effects on the production and utilization of forage on these lands. One of the most surprising results, according to BLM officials, of the investments...

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Management and Protection: Administration of Grazing Lands 1,539 Resource Inventory (Acres) 2,764,000
An investigation of alternative methods of valuing irrigation water

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Miller, Stanley F.

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and for efficient use of the water resource. Four linear programming models were developed which
The allocation of health-producing resources in the Pacific Northwest

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Radtke, Hans D.

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RESOURCES BETWEEN INVESTMENT AND CONSUMPTION 10 Investment and Consumption 10 Equilibrium of Production
An evaluative study of mail-in electronic farm accounting systems with factors to consider in developing a program in Saskatchewan, Canada

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Gronsdahl, John Kenneth

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Masters Thesis

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- cultural Economics at the University of Saskatchewan and the Farm Management Division of the Saskatchewan
Economic productivity of water and related inputs in the agriculture of southern Idaho

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Thomas, Howard R.

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endowed with water resources as the United States the task of water resource management and development
Projecting capital accumulation for the agricultural firm-household

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Gilchrist, Varge

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periodic growth of resources and scoompanying changes in income. The purpose of this study is to develop a
Management and marketing strategies for high desert beef ranches in Eastern Oregon

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Panasuk, Eugene Duane

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Ranchers in the high desert area of Eastern Oregon traditionally market their calves when they are weaned in late fall. This is the time when the market prices for calves are at a seasonal low. In this study the economic feasibility of various alternative management and marketing strategies for the...

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economic feasibility of various alternative management and marketing strategies for the utilization of
Economic efficiency in common property natural resource use : a case study of the ocean fishery

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Bromley, Daniel W., 1940-

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management is to provide the bene- fits of private ownership and use of the scarce fishery resources
An economic evaluation of irrigation water pricing on farm incomes and cropping patterns, Marv-Dasht Plain in Fars, Iran

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Izadi, Ali M.

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Patterns and Income Level of Types of Management. 104 4. 2 Effects of Water Price Change on Cropping
An analysis of factors which contribute to differences between actual and programmed optimum organization on individual farm units

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Gee, C. Kerry

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The purpose of this study was to investigate factors which may limit linear programming as a predictive tool. It has specifically centered attention on components of linear programming models and characteristics of farm operators which create differences between actual and linear programmed farm organizations. Twenty farms in Wasco County, Oregon,...

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represent as closely as possible his particular management ability and the productivity of his resources
Scheduling cooperative postmerger decisions within a framework of uncertainty

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Thompson, Stanley Robert

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A major problem confronting farmer cooperatives merging for the first time is the lack of valuable experience that a prior merger would have provided. This lack of experience results in a decision making environment of imperfect knowledge, both of the necessary postmerger activities to be performed and the timing of...

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results of the PERT technique. The Analytical Tool--PERT In 1958 a new management planning and control
The estimation of regional secondary benefits resulting from an improvement in water quality of upper Klamath Lake, Oregon: an interindustry approach

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Reiling, Stephen D.

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The primary objective of this study was to estimate the impact that an increase in recreational expenditures, resulting from water quality improvements of Klamath Lake, would have upon the Klamath County economy. As the sales of the economy expand to serve the needs of the recreationists, real benefits will be...

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affect the quality of the water. Lakes Michigan and Erie are notable examples of this phenomenon
An economic evaluation of Columbia River anadromous fish programs

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Richards, Jack Arthur

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It is important to avoid misallocation of resources for either private or public production. Misallocation in public programs can result from failure to employ resources in h:igh priority uses or to eliminate programs that have become obsolete. This study evaluates the benefits and costs of the continuing public program aimed...

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fish and competitive water uses, Our economic system is committed to the principle of resource
An economic analysis of the merger component in the growth of agricultural cooperatives

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Cramer, Gail L.

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) the demand for the output of the industry is stable, and (d) the speci- alized resources in the
An analysis of production and consumption of food in Korea

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Im, Kwang H.

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The general objective of this study is to analyze the production and the consumption of food in Korea for the years 1955 through 1969 and to project them for the years 1970 through 1980. This study has the following purposes; (1) To examine the trend in food production and yield....

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Management of Farm Land 13 Population 15 Total and Farm Population 15 Projection of Total and Farm
Agricultural development and urban unemployment : a simulation analysis of the Nigerian economy

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Byerlee, Derek Ronald

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The study critically analyzes the implication of various agricultural development policies on urban unemployment and income distribution. More specifically it focuses on the evaluation of agricultural policies at the macro-economic Level in the Nigerian economy. A system science and simulation approach is used to build and test a ten sector...

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process and, more speci- fically, govern the allocation of resources bet-ween the two sectors. To
The use of a dynamic linear program for selecting optimum cropping patterns on a San Joaquin Valley, California, farm

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Unti, James Glen

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This study uses a dynamic linear program to determine the optimum cropping pattern which should be followed by a specific San Joaquin Valley, California, farm in order to maximize returns to fixed factors of production. The study combines as much pertinent information as could be gained from personal interviews with...

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degrees of fertility, the availability of irrigation water and Redacted for privacy federal cotton
Economics of federal range use and improvement

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Nielsen, Darwin B.

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appreciation to the Department of Agri- cultural Economics and to the Bureau of Land Management for making it
Efficiency of social capital expenditures in Oregon towns and cities

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Carkner, Richard W.

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Efficiency in the provision of local public services is a neglected area of study. Absolute and relative increases in expenditures by the local public sector emphasize the increased importance of the study of efficiency. A look to the future sees even greater resource allocation by the local public sector. Increasing...

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in 1964. Part time officials, out-of-date facilities and very limited resources are characteristic
An economic study of irrigation potential for Columbia Plateau farms in Oregon

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Bowman, Thomas Michael

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The farmers of the Columbia Plateau region of Oregon, as well as other individuals and groups, have expressed a desire for information on the economic feasibility of irrigated farming in their area. This recent interest in irrigation is a result of reduced lifts and lower pumping costs brought about by...

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Capital 19 Water 23 Management 26 Enterprise Selection 26 Discussion of the General Model and its
Credit unions in Thailand

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Koonsap, Teerawit

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and Share Capital 20 Deposits 22 Lending Procedure 24 Management 27 Distribution of Surplus 29
Interrelationships between issues of the environment and economic growth: an economic-ecologic analysis of Tillamook County, Oregon

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Muangkoe, Marut

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The general objective of this study is to develop a systematic evaluation of the interrelationships between issues of the environment and economic growth for Tillamook County. In order to gain some appreciation for the complexities between environment and economic development; specific objectives were established 1) to identify relevant economic-ecologic linkage...

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expenditure pattern of the proposed new plant and its specific demand on local resources from an
Computer simulation of a biomanagement system : the Mendocino County deer population in California

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Anderson, Frank M.

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Management of deer populations is directed toward multiple objectives. Deer populations on public and private lands belong to the public and thus management is a political process. Four components for an effective management system for deer populations are identified. These are the set of objectives relating to the resource, the...

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management of wild- life resources, in particular deer, in California and elsewhere. With
A study of the feasibility of establishing a beef packing plant in Central Oregon

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Huettig, Gerald Walden

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cattle, prejudices and preferences of local retailers, and limita- tions on capital resources
Measurement of the economic efficiency of selected vertically coordinated meat handling systems

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O'Connor, Carl W.

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conceptually and empirically the relative technical, pricing and economic efficiency of sample retail
An economic analysis of farms producing grass seed in the Willamette Valley, with special attention to the cultural practice of field burning

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Fisher, Douglas Earl

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Grass seed producers in Oregon's Willamette Valley have employed the cultural practice of post-harvest open field burning since the mid-1940's for purposes of field sanitation and crop residue disposal This practice creates environmental quality problems of air pollution during the late summer Recent public concern over the valley's environmental quality...

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sources, age, family labor, farm organization, and resource returns. Analysis of data identified
Predicted economic effects of environmental quality control policies on linear firm models and an application to an irrigated farm model

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Clark, Richard T.

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Linear economic models were utilized to predict effects of various environmental control policies on individual firms. Four different linear models were specified and in some instances relatively minor changes in specification were made which resulted in additional sub-models. Models varied as to numbers and types of fixed factors, variable cost...

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systems of regional water quality management and in turn as a component of over-all water resources
A simulation analysis of the Holley dam and reservoir project with emphasis on anadromous fish enhancement

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Avey, Renny Joel

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The objectives of this study are to revise and reformulate a previous simulation model of the Calapooia River and proposed Holley Dam project and to critically investigate the anadromous fish enhancement function of the project. The Corps of Engineers proposes a 145,000 acre-foot reservoir for the Calapooia River at Holley,...

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method. In the design and planning of water re- source use systems, and especially in the planning
Optimum cattle inventory systems under conditions of certainty and uncertainty--south-eastern Oregon

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Wheeler, Richard Orin

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The economic efficiency related to the use of the range resource is extremely important to an area such as Southeastern Oregon where most of the gross income of the area is obtained from range livestock production; important to the economic progress of the region and to the development of a...

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formulated as an operational management tool. The combina- tion of subjective and objective evidence into
Economic and social aspects of land reform in India

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Shah, S. A. (Said Ahmad)

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the Sational Planning Committeds1 brochure on Land Policy and Agrieultur© (1948) * Both of these
An economic analysis of wheat production and marketing in Iran

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Moghaddam, Reza

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. Underemployment of economic resources is a frequently cited condition in developing nations. By and large, the
A study of the economics of force molting in commercial egg production under conditions of certainty and uncertainty

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Parlour, James Wilson

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year planning period. The opti- mum choice of an action and the ranking of actions was studied
An interindustry analysis of the importance of grazing on federal lands to the economy of Grant County, Oregon

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Bromley, Daniel W., 1940-

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Use of federal lands for commercial and recreational activities contributes significantly to the economic stability of many rural areas. Recent increases in demand for recreational use have created conflicts between uses and among users. Some are questioning the use of public land for private gain. The seemingly low grazing fees...

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February 6,1967 Redacted for Privacy Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management. Information
The role of processors in the improvement and expansion of fruit crop production in the western state of Nigeria ; a case study

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Olufokunbi, Banwo

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Four assumptions-- 1. That there is an effective and potential demand for processed fruit products in the Western State of Nigeria. 2. That current supply of raw materials in the Western State of Nigeria is more than sufficient to meet the increased demand which the short-term addition or expansion (or...

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. Blaize Memorial Institute: History, Management and Structure The history of a firm may be reviewed
Economic and environmental trade-offs in an estuarine based economy : a modified input-output model of Clatsop County, Oregon

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Roberts, Kenneth, 1944-

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all types of water-oriented economic development, preservation of natural resources, and
An economic study of sewage transmission and land use : an empirical application

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Gibbs, Christopher J. N.

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Suburbanisation 5 Land Use Planning 10 Sewage Transmission Systems 14 The Study Area 19 Land and Water
The United States' importation of fishery products : an econometric case study of the southern Atlantic and Gulf shrimp industry

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Batie, Sandra S.

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The objective of this study was to identify and investigate the underlying basis for the increasing volume of U.S. imports of fishery products from 1958-1969. It was recognized that many institutional constraints contributed to the high marginal cost of domestic harvesting which placed the United States at a comparative disadvantage...

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Trade 35 Importation of Fishery Products and Resource Availability 42 III THE ROLE OF DOMESTIC
Marginal productivity of credit for programmed farm adjustments and factors limiting the use of credit in the Columbia Basin, Oregon

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Reeder, Clinton Bruce

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The Farm Family 48 Farm Organization and Management Practices 59 Use of Farm Records 59 Acres of
Changes in input, output, and productivity of Oregon farms

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Fabiyi, Ebenezer Adeyemi

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resources used; second, on the relationship between physical quantities of output and input; and, third
An analysis of costs and efficiencies in cherry brining as affected by container type

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Bontrager, Harold Lee

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barrels, and (5) storing in tanks and marketing in bins. Cost of these five himodelsit of operation have
An evaluation of family income variation on low-income farms in western Oregon

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Long, Donald Eugene

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The primary purpose of this thesis is to determine the economic nature of low incomes on low-income farms in western Oregon. An economic model containing variables that contribute to family income is developed for farm operators in the study area. Regression analysis is used to determine the significant variables contributing...

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strawberries. He is using the land extensively and foregoing income. Management of natural resources such as
The role of selected population and site characteristics in the demand for forest recreation

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Guedry, Leo Joseph

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result will provide useful policy and management insights. The tendency for increased homogeneity of

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Agricultural Economics79

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Blanch, Grant E.11
Castle, Emery N.7
Stoevener, Herbert H.7
Youmans, Russell C.6
Brown, William G.5
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Edwards, John A.2
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Atteberry, Pat H.1
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Batie, Sandra S.2
Bromley, Daniel W., 1940 2
Holloway, Milton L.2
Jaksch, John August2
Anderson, Frank M.1
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Master of Science (M.S.)38

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English [eng]80

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Nigeria, , Nigeria, (Administrative Boundary)1

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Oregon State University. Graduate School79
Oregon State University. Agricultural Experiment Station1
Oregon State University. Sea Grant College Program1

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Masters Thesis38
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Agriculture -- Economic aspects -- Mathematical models3
Agriculture, Cooperative3
Agriculture -- Economic aspects -- Oregon2
Clatsop County (Or.) -- Economic conditions2
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