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Bureau Of Agricultural Economics - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • The Agricultural Outlook for 1928
    'Morgan & Claypool Publishers LLC', 2021
    Co-Authors: Bureau Of Agricultural Economics
    Abstract:

    Excerpts from the report: This report presents a summary of the best available facts bearing upon conditions which farmers will probably face when products of the coming season’s operations are ready for market. Ail available information regarding each farm product has been carefully studied from the national point of view and the suggestions which follow are based on the most logical conclusions from these facts. These statements are designed to help farmers to make sound plans for the year’s operations prior to planting and breeding time. The report is also designed to be used by workers in the Agricultural Colleges, experiment station and extension services in preparing outlook reports for particular States and regions. An attempt has been made to bring together facts on world-wide and nation-wide conditions which may not be readily available within a State. These statements necessarily represent the national point of view and in many instances, must be modified to meet local conditions

  • The Agricultural Outlook for 1929
    'Morgan & Claypool Publishers LLC', 2021
    Co-Authors: Bureau Of Agricultural Economics
    Abstract:

    Excerpts from the report: In this report an attempt has been made to bring together facts relating to prospective world-wide and nation-wide supply and demand conditions which are not readily available to farmers. These are the conditions which will probably be encountered when products of the coming season's operations are ready for market. These statements represent, the national viewpoint and, in many instances, must be modified to meet local conditions. All available information regarding each farm product has been carefully studied and all suggestions are based on logical conclusions drawn from these facts. All statements are designed to aid farmers to make sound plans for the farming year before the time for planting and breeding. They are also designed for the use of those workers in Agricultural Colleges, experiment stations and extension services who prepare outlook reports for their States or regions. By using this outlook information farmers can avoid the losses which come from extreme variations in acreage, either in the form of increases or decreases. They can also plan their operations with a view to foreign competition and demand

Trestini S. - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • A preliminary test on risk and ambiguity attitudes, and time preferences in decisions under uncertainty: Towards a better explanation of participation in crop insurance schemes
    Firenze University Press, 2018
    Co-Authors: Coletta A., Giampietri E., Santeramo F. G., Severini S., Trestini S.
    Abstract:

    he EU policy, which supports several risk management tools through the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). Despite the vulnerability of the Agricultural sec- tor, and the attention paid at the EU level, the uptake of such tools is generally low across EU countries. The Italian case is emblematic: the uptake of subsidized crop insurance contracts is low, limited to few products, and concentrated in few areas. Coherently, the interest of policy makers toward explaining these characteristics and in gaining insights on the interventions that may help promoting participation is intense. This contribution investigates behavioral aspects linked to choices under risk and ambiguity, and account for time preferences in order to mimic the scenario faced by the potential adopters of the subsidized crop insurance contracts in Italy. Data are collected through questionnaires submitted to students from Agricultural Colleges in three administrative regions located in northern, central and southern Italy. Results show that attitude toward risk, ambiguity, and impatience are correlated with the intrinsic characteristics of respondents. In addition, some of those attitudes may help explaining decisions under uncertainty. Despite the empirical analysis is preliminary and focused on students, it allowed to validate a promising methodological approach capable of explaining farmer\u2019s willingness to adopt (or renew) insurance contracts. By accounting for (currently under-investigated) behavioral aspects, it is likely to prove useful to re-design or implementing, more effectively, the current policies

Samuele Trestini - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • A preliminary test on risk and ambiguity attitudes, and time preferences in decisions under uncertainty: towards a better explanation of participation in crop insurance schemes
    2018
    Co-Authors: Attilio Coletta, Elisa Giampietri, Fabio Gaetano Santeramo, Simone Severini, Samuele Trestini
    Abstract:

    The exposure of farmers to different (and increasing) risks has been recognized by the EU policy, which supports several risk management tools through the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). Despite the vulnerability of the Agricultural sector, and the attention paid at the EU level, the uptake of such tools is generally low across EU countries. The Italian case is emblematic: the uptake of subsidized crop insurance contracts is low, limited to few products, and concentrated in few areas. Coherently, the interest of policy makers toward explaining these characteristics and in gaining insights on the interventions that may help promoting participation is intense. This contribution investigates behavioral aspects linked to choices under risk and ambiguity, and account for time preferences in order to mimic the scenario faced by the potential adopters of the subsidized crop insurance contracts in Italy. Data are collected through questionnaires submitted to students from Agricultural Colleges in three administrative regions located in northern, central and southern Italy. Results show that attitude toward risk, ambiguity, and impatience are correlated with the intrinsic characteristics of respondents. In addition, some of those attitudes may help explaining decisions under uncertainty. Despite the empirical analysis is preliminary and focused on students, it allowed to validate a promising methodological approach capable of explaining farmer’s willingness to adopt (or renew) insurance contracts. By accounting for (currently under-investigated) behavioral aspects, it is likely to prove useful to re-design or implementing, more effectively, the current policies.

Oosthuizen E.j. - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Investigating the Agricultural sector as a provider of youth employment in the North West Province
    North-West University (South Africa), 2021
    Co-Authors: Oosthuizen E.j.
    Abstract:

    MBA, North-West University, Potchefstroom CampusThe majority (66%) of the unemployed youth in South Africa are (15-34 years). Agriculture is a significant sector in the South African economy and remains a significant employment provider. This study aimed to investigate the Agricultural sector as a provider of youth employment in the North West Province. A descriptive cross-sectional research design was employed to guide the study. A total of 120 unemployed youth from different households in the Dr Kenneth Kaunda District were selected for this study using the purposive sampling technique. A standardised questionnaire used for a similar study within the North West Province was adapted, pre-tested and used for this study. Data were analysed descriptively and inferentially using Statistical Software Package (Stata 16.1). Findings from the study showed that most (51%) unemployed youth were below 25 years old. The majority (80%) of the respondents reportedly searched for jobs in the last year, and most (60%) had no high school certificate. Unavailability of employment, lack of needed jobs, and neglect of job-seeking efforts affected youth employment. The majority (76%) of the respondents grew up in an agriculture-oriented family, but the majority (80%) had no formal farming experience and (87%) have no Agricultural education. Common barriers to training and education of the youth in agriculture were lack of minimum requirements for training in agriculture (35%), lack of information (33%), inadequate finances (28%) and poor support from family (13%). Just a few (11.4%) of the youth in their current study had access to land for farming with lesser youth (7%) possessing the resources to start farming. It is recommended that the government establish and resource Agricultural information centres to provide technical support for the youth and others who wish to venture into agribusinesses. Agricultural Colleges should also work with FET Colleges to provide Agricultural skills development training centres for the youth who do not meet higher education requirements.Master

Van Staden Wilma - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • A review of Climate-Smart system innovations in two Agricultural Colleges in the North West Province of South Africa
    Faculty of Education Education, 2018
    Co-Authors: Van Staden Wilma
    Abstract:

    This study was centred on the Agricultural Innovation System in the North West Province, South Africa as a response to climate change. The study developed during a time when Climate-Smart Agriculture emerged in policy and was developed as a strategic Agricultural innovation process in response to changes in climate that increased food insecurity. The Agricultural Colleges embedded in the Agricultural system realised that they were teaching students without a clear provision for climate change and therefore needed to initiate climate responsive innovations to comply with the Climate-Smart strategy that had been proposed by the provincial authorities. This provided the context for the study to track and support the innovation process of transitioning towards Climate-Smart responsive curriculum and learning practices within the system. A theoretical framework for the study was developed using a Cultural Historical Activity Theory perspective. This allowed the researcher to approach the research process as two case studies of innovation within the Agricultural Innovation System of the North West Province. The study developed as an iterative process of innovation support and tracking. At the early stages of the research process, data were generated through document analysis and a survey completed by the research participants at the preliminary consultative workshop. The contextual data allowed the researcher to begin to develop a clear contextual profile for both case studies. The consultative workshops were held to orientate the research around the central problems and challenges related to curriculum alignment with provincial Climate-Smart Agricultural policies. The methodology thereafter was developed as an iterative process of successive intervention-innovation workshops where the participating staff in each college reviewed their curriculum with the support of a Climate-Smart Innovation Tool. This tool was developed as a mediating resource for participants to undertake intervention work towards curriculum innovation in their context. The historical analysis from the two consultative workshops and the data derived from the initial use of the Climate-Smart Innovation Tool was used to model the activity systems in the respective Colleges and the provincial system. This analysis enabled the researcher to scope how the system was currently functioning and how it had changed over time. During the workshops, curriculum innovations were reviewed and a fuller picture of the challenges of system innovation emerged, especially from a curriculum innovation vantage point. This system analysis was used to analyse emergent tensions and contradictions within the system and to build a picture of the complexities of participating staff initiating innovations towards Climate-Smart responsiveness in the Colleges and within the Agricultural Innovation System. During the review and tracking of the supported innovation process the Climate-Smart Innovation Tool was developed into online sub-tools where either Departments or individual lecturers could review and track their own Climate-Smart responsiveness. The tool was shown to be a useful tool for surfacing contradictions, and identifying absences, and thus for charting out the start of reflexive learning and change processes needed for introducing climate responsive knowledge into the system. The study reveals that catalysing of curriculum and learning system innovation aligned with wider innovations in the Agricultural innovation system requires specific tools, time and the understanding of the importance of micro-level innovation. The innovations within the system revealed the significance of allowing for time and processes that facilitate ‘ascending’ from the abstract concept of Climate-Smart Agriculture into more concrete curriculum processes. The curriculum review tool developed for this study served as an important double stimulation tool, along with activity system mapping, and ongoing refinement and clarification of the object of Climate-Smart Agriculture and associated contradictions and action plans for climate smart responsiveness in the college context. The tools and processes that were developed during this study, assisting in the emergence of micro-level innovation of the curriculum and learning system. The barriers and processes hampering curriculum and learning innovation within the system were identified. The study concludes with the recommendations on how a Climate-Smart innovation process might best be supported with reflexive tools within a curriculum and learning system during a time of institutional flux