We analyze the rate of survival of hybrid seed corn in the U.S. market between 2000 and 2007 and ind that product characteristics and market structures have signi icant impacts. The results suggest that survival rates depend on spillover effects of learning regarding genetically modi ied seeds and close substitute seeds and that hybrids planted in the Corn Belt survive longer in the market than...

The study examined the nexus of interest rate deregulation, lending rate and agricultural productivity in Nigeria by employing co-integration and error correction techniques on annual data spanning 1986 to 2009. Nigeria has embarked on several agricultural policy measures aimed at repositioning and enhancing variables that affects the sector’s productivity. The findings from the study showed th...

This paper discusses recent developments in the market for agricultural land in Slovakia related to the new law on land acquisition. The stated objective of this law is to protect agricultural land from non-agricultural use. We analyze landrelated data as reported by sellers in the newly established Registry of offers of agricultural land administered by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural De...