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How distorted have agricultural incentives become in Europe’s transition economies? KU Leuven
Over the past two decades, earnings from farming in the former communist countries of Eastern Europe and Central Asia have been altered hugely by government sectoral and trade policy reforms. This paper summarizes evidence on the changing extent of distortions to markets for farm products since the transition away from planned prices began. In particular, it examines the extent to which, following the initial shocks, there has been a gradual ...
Economic effects of labor migration on agricultural production of farm households in the Mekong River Delta region of Vietnam Universiteit Antwerpen
In this article, we analyze the relationship between rural to urban migration and agricultural output in the Mekong River Delta Region of Vietnam. We use a choice-theoretic model to predict the effects of a reduction in farm hands due to migration on agricultural output. Provided remittances are reinvested, the model shows that migration may enhance household agricultural output. Based on a sample of 1,054 households, we estimate a Cobb-Douglas ...
Agricultural Productivity in Transition Economies KU Leuven
There have been dramatic changes in productivity over the past fifteen years in transition countries. In general one can observe a U-shaped pattern: an initial decline in productivity with a recovery later on. However, the depth and length of the initial decline differs enormously between countries. The analysis by Jo Swinnen, Kristine Van Herck and Liesbet Vranken suggests that productivity changes were related to the extent of the pre-reform ...
The economics of green care in agriculture Universiteit Gent
Value chains and technology transfer to agriculture in developing and emerging economies KU Leuven
Value chains in the agrifood sector are undergoing a rapid process of modernization, characterized by the emergence of private standards and different systems of vertical value chain governance. In this article we investigate the technological implications of these developments at the farm-level. We model the conditions under which technology transfer and adoption will occur in a value chain setting and review the corresponding evidence on these ...
Economic aspects of manure management and practices for sustainable agriculture in Turkey Universiteit Gent
Turkish livestock sector plays very important role in the Turkish GDP and the use of manure affects the environment but the farming sector want the farmers to employ the use of more integrated manure practice. The study assessed the economic impacts of integrated manure and chemical fertilizer used and the manure management practices sustainable for Turkish agriculture. Turkey is dependent on foreign countries not only for energy but for ...