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Essays in incomplete agricultural markets

Creator:: Cross, Robin M.
Abstract:: Agricultural revenues, the product of stochastic prices and yields, lead to markets which are incomplete, thereby entreating and complicating economic inquiry. The following three essays explore the incomplete nature of agricultural markets and consider the implications of incompleteness for a range of policy questions and economic tools. The first essay,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: entreating and complicating economic inquiry. The following three essays explore the incomplete nature of

1974 Oregon's agricultural situation and outlook

Creator:: Oregon State University. Extension Service
Abstract:: 1974 issue includes Extension circular no. 835-843, and 846. Each deals with an individual agricultural product.
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: . The structure of agriculture con- tinues to change. In the last four dec- ades the hours of labor

A comparison of box-cox and additive exponential models to estimate the depreciation of farm machinery

Creator:: Wu, Jing
Abstract:: Farm machinery continues to increase in its importance to the agricultural sector. Depreciation, the decline in value of a durable asset over time, represents one of the largest costs of agricultural production. The general objectives of this study were to update and expand the number of Remaining Value (RV) functions...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: in the last decade, it is shown that agriculture output per unit of input increased by 20 percent

The evolution of agricultural resource use strategies in the Willamette Valley

Creator:: Blok, Jack H.
Abstract:: Agriculture in the Willamette Valley, Oregon, has undergone continual change since the annual migrations of American pioneer farmers began to arrive in the early 1840's. The comparisons of data from each of the agricultural censuses of Oregon counties taken since 1850 confirms that change has been continual. The data revealed...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Oregon agriculture and the economy

Creator:: Sorte, Bruce, Weber, Bruce A., and Oregon State University. Extension Service
Abstract:: Published May 2008. Reviewed July 2013. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: ........................................................................................................................14 Oregon's Economic Dependence on Agriculture

The economics of mechanical harvesting of tomatoes in the Salinas Valley, California

Creator:: Duarte, Arthur Culver
Abstract:: A study was made to determine and examine the economics of the mechanical harvest of tomatoes in the Salinas Valley of California. To achieve this objective, it was necessary to detail the related cultural requirements of the machine harvested crop to the extent they budget technique, two economic models; one...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Essays on natural endowments, conservation policy, and community characteristics

Creator:: Lin, Haixia
Abstract:: To protect and restore environmental quality, efficient and effective conservation policies are needed. Designing policies require a sound understanding of the contributions of natural endowments to economic vitality, and the performance and impacts of conservation programs. This dissertation consists of three essays, and addresses several issues relevant to these two...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: the contributions of natural endowments to economic vitality, and the performance and impacts of

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:: improving access to assets and economic opportunities (Besley & Burgess 2000; Deininger et al. 2003). In

Commodification in an Ersu Tibetan village of Sichuan, China

Creator:: Schmitt, Edwin Anton
Abstract:: This ethnographic research aims to discover the implications of the commodification of production processes amongst the Ersu Tibetans of Sichuan, China. This thesis examines the commodification of Ersu agriculture and ethnic identity in the historical context of both China and the world-system. Ethnohistorical and ethnoecological methodologies are utilized to answer...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: closely examined: agriculture and tourism. The socio-economic, socio-cultural and socio-ecological

What are the environmental, economic, and social barriers to achieving agricultural sustainability in the Ten Rivers region of western Oregon?

Creator:: Stanton, Michael
Abstract:: This ethnographic study examined some of the ways that global markets and the infrastructure of agribusiness affect local smallholder farmers in the Ten Rivers region who are transitioning toward more sustainable and traditional agricultural methods. The purpose of this research was to discover what barriers smallholder farmers face in developing...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: unsustainable alternative of industrial agriculture. Another aspect of this research is the development of

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Essays in incomplete agricultural markets

1974 Oregon's agricultural situation and outlook

A comparison of box-cox and additive exponential models to estimate the depreciation of farm machinery

The evolution of agricultural resource use strategies in the Willamette Valley

Oregon agriculture and the economy

The economics of mechanical harvesting of tomatoes in the Salinas Valley, California

Essays on natural endowments, conservation policy, and community characteristics

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

Commodification in an Ersu Tibetan village of Sichuan, China

What are the environmental, economic, and social barriers to achieving agricultural sustainability in the Ten Rivers region of western Oregon?

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