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Energy efficiency of smallholder commercial vegetable farms in Cuenca (Ecuador)
(2020)
Background. Vegetable crops in Ecuador are produced primarily by smallholders in the Andes. Cuenca is an intermediate city in Southern Ecuador whose demand of fresh vegetables is supplied mostly by small farms ...
Farm size and land use efficiency in the Brazilian Amazon
(2020)
This paper investigates the relationship between farm size and land use efficiency in the Brazilian Amazon. Based on data from the 2006 Brazilian Agricultural Census, we estimated a stochastic production frontier model ...
Determinants of non-farm employment and non-farm earnings in Ecuador
(2017-04)
This article analyses the determinants of both participation in non-farm employment and nonfarm earnings in Ecuador. Using the Dubin-McFadden two-step estimation method, the results show that women are more likely than men ...
White gold: the commercialisation of rice farming in the lower mekong basin
The development story told of Southeast Asia usually focuses on processes
of urbanisation, industrialisation, and rapid sectoral change, which have
propelled economic growth and thus delivered rising incomes, ...
Using farmer decision making profiles and managerial capacity as predictors of farm viability in argentinean dairy farms (La Pampa)
(Venezuela, 2014-11)
The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of management on the economic viability of the dairy farms in La Pampa (Argentina). Between 2005 and 2007 the owners/managers of 57 dairy farms were interviewed by stratified ...
Classification, characterisation and strategies for improvement of cattle and sheep pasture systems in marginal areas of Southern Chile
(INIFAP-CENID PARASITOLOGIA VETERINARIA, 2018)
Effect of husbandry system on the technical and economic performance of dairy cattle
(Univ Estadual Londrina, 2017-01-01)
This study aimed to investigate the effects of husbandry system on the technical and economic performance of dairy farming. Samples included data from 61 dairy farms from the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil, which were ...
Effect of husbandry system on the technical and economic performance of dairy cattle
(2017-05-01)
This study aimed to investigate the effects of husbandry system on the technical and economic performance of dairy farming. Samples included data from 61 dairy farms from the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil, which were ...
Organic farming does not increase soil organic carbon compared to conventional farming if there is no carbon transfer from other agroecosystems: A meta-analysis
(Csiro Publishing, 2021-11)
Context: Organic farming is based on the non-use of synthetic fertilisers and pesticides. Nitrogen inputs are derived from symbiotic fixation and organic fertilisers, which also contribute carbon to the agroecosystem. Soil ...