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Whole farm case studies : a how-to guide

Creator:: Murray, Helene
Abstract:: Calls for increased farmer involvement in research and extension programs have been numerous and well supported. One approach to integrate the collective knowledge and experience of agricultural scientists and farmers is through whole farm case studies (WFCS). An interdisciplinary team of 34 research and extension personnel at Oregon and Washington...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: conducted on research stations rather than on farms under normal farm constraints. How can farmers and

The concept of diversification as a characteristic of farm structure

Creator:: Russell, K. D. (Kenneth Dale)
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Respondents 40 Farm Respondents 48 Relationship of Results of Previous Research 54 CHAPTER IV 55

An economic analysis of the merger component in the growth of agricultural cooperatives

Creator:: Cramer, Gail L.
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Implications 202 Future Research on Mergers 204 BIBLIOGRAPHY 207 APPENDIX A 214. APPENDIX B 235 LIST OF

Public investment policy and industry incentives in life science research

Creator:: Wang, Chenggang
Abstract:: The biorevolution in the 1970’s greatly stimulated investment in life-science research. The present dissertation is aimed at evaluating the impact of US public investment on industrial investment in life-science research. The focus is on three major life-science fields: biology, medicine, and agriculture. A dynamic model of industrial R&D investment is...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: of US public investment on industrial investment in life-science research. The focus is on three

An analysis of factors which contribute to differences between actual and programmed optimum organization on individual farm units

Creator:: Gee, C. Kerry
Abstract:: 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,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: ORGANIZATION ON INDIVIDUAL FARM UNITS Abstract approved John A. Edwards The purpose of this study was to

Thermo-aerosol fumigation to increase the fungitoxicity of chloropicrin in storage house disinfestation

Creator:: Dobie, Norman Dale
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: !. Typed by Georann Doble AC KN ON LE DGEMEN TS The author wishes to thank Dr. J. A. Mllbrath and Dr

Effect of kraft mill effluent on structure and function of periphyton communities

Creator:: Williams, Harvey Dean
Abstract:: Raw and biologically stabilized Kraft mill effluents were introduced into laboratory artificial streams at a ratio of 15 ml per liter of water over a two year period. Effluent from the stabilization pond of a second mill was introduced at concentrations of from 5 to 40 ml per liter of...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: effects on fish production by Kraft waste at a level below that causing acute toxicity. Research during

A stable carbon isotope approach to distinguish climate stress from other imposed stresses in coniferous forests

Creator:: Panek, Jeanne A.
Abstract:: To understand the effect of human-induced stresses on forests, there is a need for a method to separate effects of imposed stress from effects of natural climate stress. I developed an approach to predict forest response to climate stress using as indicators stable carbon isotopes in tree foliage and growth-rings....
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Essays in applied economics

Creator:: Nag, Sharmistha
Abstract:: My dissertation concerns two separate issues. The first issue is examined in Essay One, and the second issue is examined in Essays Two and Three. The first essay develops an economic model of the determination of the rental rate of leased farmland in the United States. Particular attention is placed...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: category of research topics based upon its basicness and on the size or scale of the research object

Examining Agricultural Household Welfare through Output Marketing Choices and Land Market Efficiency : Evidence from Rural India

Creator:: Dickson, Caleb
Abstract:: Development research and policy aim to improve household welfare by improving access to assets and economic opportunities (Besley & Burgess 2000; Deininger et al. 2003). In rural and agrarian contexts, these goals may be achieved by well-functioning markets for outputs, inputs, off-farm work, and credit. The status of these markets...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: to have a positive impact on farm income and assets (Michelson 2013; Hernandez and Reardon 2012

ScholarsArchive@OSU

Whole farm case studies : a how-to guide

The concept of diversification as a characteristic of farm structure

An economic analysis of the merger component in the growth of agricultural cooperatives

Public investment policy and industry incentives in life science research

An analysis of factors which contribute to differences between actual and programmed optimum organization on individual farm units

Thermo-aerosol fumigation to increase the fungitoxicity of chloropicrin in storage house disinfestation

Effect of kraft mill effluent on structure and function of periphyton communities

A stable carbon isotope approach to distinguish climate stress from other imposed stresses in coniferous forests

Essays in applied economics

Examining Agricultural Household Welfare through Output Marketing Choices and Land Market Efficiency : Evidence from Rural India

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