THE PROFESSION OF (AGRICULTURAL) ECONOMISTS AND THE EXPERIENCE OF TRANSITION by ULRICH KOESTER

“… The objective of the paper is to survey the state of knowledge of economists and agricultural economists at the onset of transition and seventeen years later. …”
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Peringatan Lima Tahun Wafatnya PROF. ISO SOHADIPRODJO = In Memorium Prof. Iso Reksohadiprodjo, the first Agricultural Economist of Indonesia by Perpustakaan UGM, i-lib

Econometric identification of crop insurance participation by Francis Tsiboe, Dylan Turner

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Asian Development: A View from the Paddy Fields by Yujiro Hayami

“…It may be presumptuous for a pedestrian agricultural economist such as myself to present an overall perspective of Asian economic development. …”
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Ion Ionescu de la Brad’s Economic and Social Thinking by Sorinel Cosma

“…Ion Ionescu de la Brad (Roman, June 24 / July 6, 1818 – Brad, December 16/28, 1891) was an agronomist, the founder of the Romanian agronomic education, an 1848 revolutionary, the most important Romanian agricultural economist of the 19th century. Our paper aims at emphasizing the national and original character of his economic thinking, as well as the theoretical and ideological basis of the solutions he suggested for solving the agrarian problem. …”
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The Time for Macroeconomics in Municipal Food Policy by Shellye Suttles

“…First paragraph: It’s interesting—I’ve never felt like so much of an outsider as being an agricultural economist working on municipal food policy. And I’m a black woman in the United States. …”
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THE ECONOMIC PAMPHLETEER: Reflections on Cooperation by John Ikerd

“…During the mid-1990s, the president of the MFA regularly proclaimed that Missouri only needed a few dozen large farming operations, and smaller farmers should look elsewhere for their future. As a young agricultural economist, I had made similar statements. I didn't know any better at the time. …”
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Twenty-one years of using insect resistant (GM) maize in Spain and Portugal: farm-level economic and environmental contributions by Graham Brookes

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POTENTIALS AND PITFALLS OF CONTRACT FARMING THROUGH AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVES IN GREECE by Christina CHINAKI, Panagiota SERGAKI

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Possible Impact of Risk Management Strategies with Farm Model on a Mixed Farm Type by Brečko Jure, Žgajnar Jaka

“…Background: Farm-level models have become an important tool for agricultural economists as there is a growing demand for microsimulation and analysis of farms at the individual level.…”
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A Results-Oriented Approach for the Animal Welfare Measure of the European Union’s Rural Development Programme by Angela Bergschmidt, Solveig March, Kathrin Wagner, Jan Brinkmann

“…In order to improve the effectiveness of current animal welfare measures for dairy cows, we analysed the elements of such a measure in an interdisciplinary, application-oriented research project involving agricultural economists and livestock scientists. We have used a mixed methods approach including a written Delphi survey, group-discussions and on-farm data-collection to select suitable indicators, develop an approach for the identification of threshold values and to design a support measure. …”
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Convergence or divergence - Transition in agriculture of Central and Eastern Europe and Commonwealth of Independent States revisited by Csaba Csaki, Attila Jambor

“…The agriculture of Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries as well as of the Soviet Union was an often studied area in the 1970´s and 1980´s among agricultural economists. After the system collapse, the transition of the agricultural sectors of these regions has gained importance. …”
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THE ECONOMIC PAMPHLETEER: A Farm Bill for the Agriculture We Want by John Ikerd

“…This was a frequent statement of Harold Breimyer, one of the most respected agricultural economists in the U.S. during the last half of the 20th century. …”
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Investigating the impact of free trade on agricultural exports (Case study: wheat and pistachio) by Mashaallah Salarpoor, Elaheh Ahani

“…Development economists in general and agricultural economists in particular emphasize that agriculture can contribute to economic growth. …”
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THE ECONOMIC PAMPHLETEER: Limits to Economic Growth by John Ikerd

“…First paragraphs: I am often asked why so few agricultural economists seem interested in sustainable agriculture or sustainable community development. …”
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