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International comparison and evaluation of agricultural productivity growth

Creator:: Rada, Nicholas E.
Abstract:: Long-run food price changes respond to long-run changes in food demand, quasi-fixed and variable production factors, and agricultural productivity. Recent global food-price volatility puts a renewed spotlight on the trends and sources of any agricultural productivity growth. Because food prices’ most critical effects are on human hunger, it is especially...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Nicholas E. Rada for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in

Agricultural policy and productivity: evidence from Brazilian censuses

Creator:: Rada, Nicholas E. and Buccola, Steven T.
Abstract:: Brazil's economic strategy has shifted hesitatingly during the last several decades from one of producer protection to trade competitiveness. Exploiting the variations these shifts have afforded, we use a sequence of decennial agricultural censuses to examine Brazilian policy implications for agricultural competitiveness and efficiency. Total factor productivity is decomposed into...
Resource Type:: Article
Full Text:: : 202-694-5793. E-mail address: nrada@ers.usda.gov (N. E. Rada) Data Appendix Available Online A data

Securing the Vulnerable : Documenting Food Security Status Among Single Mothers of Oregon (2001-2015)

Creator:: Gonzalez, Veronica
Abstract:: Recent reports using data from the 2013-2015 Current Population Surveys reveal that while the overall food insecurity rate in Oregon is 16.1%, single mothers in Oregon experience food insecurity rates as high as 44.1%. This study will portray how household assets and capital relate to food insecurity for single mothers...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

Oregon's changing rural population : age, migration and policy response

Creator:: Johnson, Samuel L.
Abstract:: Like rural residents in other places, people in rural Oregon have expressed concern about the demographic shifts occurring in their communities. Principally they are concerned about youth leaving and not returning. This analysis uses recent Census Bureau data to describe, in detail, the demographic changes occurring in rural Oregon. Particular...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: SLJ_MPP_Essay AN ABSTRACT OF THE ESSAY OF Samuel L

Brexit and the decline of British social work

Creator:: Johnson, Jennifer A.
Abstract:: On June 23, 2016 the United Kingdom (UK) held a vote to determine whether to remain in the European Union (EU) or withdraw. The British exit from the EU, or Brexit, is the antithesis of two centuries of progressive social work theory developed by a series of prominent social workers...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

Use Your Heart: Understanding Street-Level Discretion in the Emergency Food Network

Creator:: Precious, Cheryl L. M.
Abstract:: Hunger is among the greatest contemporary social problems in the United States. An incredible 48 million people, or 14% of households, experienced food insecurity during 2014. At the same time, public responses to food insecurity, such as the Emergency Food Assistance Program, have increasingly relied on the “emergency food network,”...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

Geneticist L.C. Dunn : politics, activism, and community

Creator:: Gormley, Melinda (Melinda Brooke)
Abstract:: L. C. Dunn (1893-1974) spent most of his scientific career conducting research in developmental genetics as a member of the Zoology Department at Columbia University in the City of New York. He had an accomplished scientific career researching mutations in mice, which earned him respect from other geneticists and scientists....
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: : Mary Jo Nye L. C. Dunn (1893-1974) spent most of his scientific career conducting research

Publicly Funded, Privately Assisted : The Role of Giving in Oregon K-12 Education

Creator:: Sattem, Jennifer L.
Abstract:: In Oregon, property tax revolts and school equalization measures have led to increasingly unstable and more non-discretionary public funding for schools. As a result, public schools are turning to private donations to provide both basic and supplemental educational opportunities. Some schools and districts are raising hundreds of thousands of dollars,...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: revisions.doc AN ABSTRACT OF THE ESSAY OF Jennifer L. Sattem for the degree of Master of Public

Augmenting and interpreting ice core greenhouse gas records

Creator:: Rosen, Julia L.
Abstract:: The three studies that comprise this dissertation seek to answer significant questions in paleoclimatology through unconventional applications of ice core greenhouse gas data. These studies involve different gases and span the interval of time between the Last Glacial Maximum and the Industrial Revolution, but are united by their nontraditional use...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Resurgent Uplift of Samosir Island in Toba Caldera, Indonesia : Insights from Lake Sediment Paleomagnetism and C-14 Age Determination

Creator:: Solada, Katharine
Abstract:: Around 74 ka, a supervolcano, Toba Caldera in Sumatra, Indonesia erupted, producing the Youngest Toba Tuff and its associated caldera. After this catastrophic eruption, a lake filled the caldera, sedimentation within the lake occurred, and the process known as resurgence began. Today, the resurgent dome, Samosir Island, is uplifted 700...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: approved: ______________________________________________________ Shanaka L. de Silva

ScholarsArchive@OSU

International comparison and evaluation of agricultural productivity growth

Agricultural policy and productivity: evidence from Brazilian censuses

Securing the Vulnerable : Documenting Food Security Status Among Single Mothers of Oregon (2001-2015)

Oregon's changing rural population : age, migration and policy response

Brexit and the decline of British social work

Use Your Heart: Understanding Street-Level Discretion in the Emergency Food Network

Geneticist L.C. Dunn : politics, activism, and community

Publicly Funded, Privately Assisted : The Role of Giving in Oregon K-12 Education

Augmenting and interpreting ice core greenhouse gas records

Resurgent Uplift of Samosir Island in Toba Caldera, Indonesia : Insights from Lake Sediment Paleomagnetism and C-14 Age Determination

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