At its peak, Oregon produced 21 percent of the nation's
total commercial strawberry production. However, since
1971, Oregon's share of strawberry production has been
declining steadily. In fact, for the last three years
strawberry production in Oregon constitutes only 8 percent
of the nation's total production, which is the lowest...
In recent years Zaire has changed from a net exporter to a
net importer of maize. Four districts of South Central Zaire were
selected to investigate factors which limit the production and the
supply of marketed maize grain in Zaire.
Farmers in this area were interviewed to collect data on...
A study is conducted to provide information useful to the future development of agro-pastoralists
in the Kolda Region through an economic and socio-cultural analysis of the
practice of stabling. Two main issues are addressed: the generation and distribution of
profits and the factors related to adoption of stabling. A partial...
A farm level comparative study was conducted to
determine the extend to which the production component of
the tomato industry of Panama is competitive with its
American producer counterparts in California. In addition,
processing costs, and marketing conditions/costs are factors
that determine a competitive potential. The objective of
this study...
During the two decades 1960-1980 the Japanese government was
faced with a problem of declining domestic demand for rice and a
persistent over-production which created mounting surpluses stored
at public expense. In an attempt to remedy the situation the
Japanese government imposed production controls on rice and offered
incentives to...
In the majority of the less developed countries the small-scale
peasant agriculture is the dominant sector of the countries' economies.
The successes of major agricultural programs in order to increase the
potentials depend primarily on the understanding of the economic organizations
of the peasant households.
This study analyzed over a...
Since its creation in 1948, the African Franc Zone
currency (the CFA franc) was pegged to the French franc at an
unchanged fifty to one parity. This study examines the trade
effect of this fixed exchange rate on the Franc Zone's member
countries. Cameroon cotton exports is considered on a...
The peppermint industry is the largest commercial herb industry
in the United States. Oregon is the largest peppermint producing
state with nearly 60 percent of the total United States peppermint
oil production. There is a need for economic information about current
and future prospects for the national peppermint industry as...
In this research a model is developed to predict population for relatively
rural areas experiencing rapid economic development. Of the many
ways to predict population size, in this research a "demographic-economic"
model is chosen for use. The economic variables which aid in projecting
population are total employment, and net changes...
The main objective of this research was to compare the demand and
the price of hard red winter (HRW) wheat and white wheat (WW) to
determine the similarities and the differences between these two wheat
classes.
Using Granger's causality test with average monthly cash prices
and daily Free on Board...