منابع مشابه
Economic forecasting in agriculture
Forecasts of agricultural production and prices are intended to be useful for farmers, governments, and agribusiness industries. Because of the special position of food production in a nation’s security, governments have become both principal suppliers and main users of agricultural forecasts. They need internal forecasts to execute policies that provide technical and market support for the agr...
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We develop a model of decision makers’ demand for agricultural economic information services. This model treats choice of external decision-support services as a function of actors’ assessment of how alternative investments in information complement their internal competencies. Data from a survey in four commodity systems are used to evaluate hypotheses as to how human capital, and functional r...
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Once again it is a pleasure to have this opportunity to speak to members of the ABE. I believe – I hope correctly – that business economists share our interest in seeking out practical policy responses to our problems. Today, I would like to offer some comments on current economic trends and their implications for policy. They will have a familiar ring to many of you. Looking back for a moment,...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Farm Economics
سال: 1955
ISSN: 1071-1031
DOI: 10.2307/1234131