Browsing Electronic Theses, Dissertations, and Records of Study (2002– ) by Department "Agricultural Economics"
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(2014-04-07)In this dissertation we address practical issues in designing weather insurance contracts for risk management in developing countries in three different scenarios. First, we develop an innovative contract design strategy ...
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(2015-08-04)In recent years, there has been growing concern about soil productivity and environmental implications of conventional agriculture, especially tillage practices. This has led to the promotion of conservation agriculture ...
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Agricultural Policy Analysis: Considering Policy Measure updating in Milk Pricing and Crop Insurance (2015-06-11)This dissertation investigates the possibility of updating policy features to reflect more current data within the realm of policies related to milk pricing and crop insurance. Two policy settings are examined. First, the ...
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(2014-08-29)Smallholder household adoption of improved agricultural technologies, including fertilizer, irrigation, and improved storage methods, continues to remain relatively low in West Africa. As a result, smallholder production ...
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(2009-05-15)Conflict and agriculture have a long, shared history. The purpose of this research is to look at the relationships between agriculture, agricultural technologies, and conflict during current and recent conflicts, large ...
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(2012-02-14)In 2000, the World Bank estimated that 2.8 billion people lived on incomes of less than $2.00 a day. Meanwhile about forty percent of the world's population endured conflict, most of them from the same subset. The ...
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(2023-08-10)The United States has provided a safety net to agricultural producers since the first comprehensive agricultural and food policy legislation was enacted in the 1930s. Since 2014, the farm safety net has relied on two key ...
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(2023-08-07)Rural land holds significant importance within the agricultural sector, serving as a crucial asset for farmers and acting as collateral for loans. Its value plays a vital role in assessing the financial stability of the ...
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(2023-08-06)This paper empirically evaluates the actuarial fairness of the Yield Exclusion policy option in the Federal Crop Insurance Program. The Yield Exclusion policy option was introduced in the 2014 Farm Bill, and allows producers ...
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(2010-10-12)The environmental horticulture industry, also known as the “Green Industry”, is the second most important sector in the United States’ agricultural economy in terms of economic output and one of the fastest growing segments ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2004-09-30)The objectives of this study were threefold: (1) to determine a suitable model for defining the farm-retail price spread for two percent and whole milk in seven cities (Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Hartford, Seattle, ...
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(2013-12-04)The housing market plays a significant role in shaping the economic and social well-being of U.S. households. It helps spur U.S. economic growth when house prices rise, and drags the economic growth when house prices drop. ...
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(2015-12-07)Super-premium beverages are a fast-emerging product subcategory. While often promoted for its nutritional properties, this subcategory does not conform to the definitions of 100% juices and juice drinks used for providing ...
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Analysis of Whole Milk vs. Low-Fat Milk Consumption Among WIC Children Before Programmatic Changes (2011-08-08)The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) is one of the food assistance programs targeted at low-income women, infants and children up to age five by providing foods, nutrition ...
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(2010-10-12)This dissertation is concerned with (i) how to model an agricultural market, (ii) how to analyze the impacts of a certain event (i.e. animal disease outbreak) on the market, and (iii) what are the relationships between ...
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(2018-12-07)Agricultural producers across a diverse set of enterprises face significant risk each year when planting begins, livestock are purchased, or a new investment is made in machinery or facilities. Participants in other ...
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(2015-07-29)Almost half of the tomatoes consumed in the U.S. are imported. In 2014, Mexico accounted for more than 80 percent of the tomato imports and Canada for around 10 percent, being the two largest importers of fresh tomato. The ...
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(2015-05-01)The price of milk depends on many factors. For example, if corn prices rise then feed costs will go up and milk prices will increase. Besides corn prices, inflation, import and export market situations, somatic cell count, ...
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(2023-05-24)To increase fluid milk demand, MilkPEP developed three national campaigns promoting fluid milk, “Got Milk?”, “Milk Life,” and “#GotMilkChallenge.” The objectives of this thesis are twofold: (1) determine which of the ...
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(2023-05-24)To increase fluid milk demand, MilkPEP developed three national campaigns promoting fluid milk, “Got Milk?”, “Milk Life,” and “#GotMilkChallenge.” The objectives of this thesis are twofold: (1) determine which of the ...