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This book provides information on agri-entrepreneurship from various authors' work in conflict areas (particularly Mindanao in the Philippines), transitional economies and poor countries. The book begins with a comparison of general entrepreneurs with agri-entrepreneurs. The next chapters discuss...
The visible impacts of big data (BD) are already underway in primary industries such as agriculture. Farmers based in the developing world can benefit tremendously if data from diverse sources are employed in important farming decisions such as planting date, varietal choice and applications of...
This chapter presents results from India and Nepal on farmer preferences for conservation agriculture (CA) treatments compared to conventional practices. The results indicate that there is high potential for CA in smallholder and subsistence farming regions. Farmers are interested in trying new...
This chapter reviews the economics of recombinant bovine somatotropin (rbST) in developed and developing countries, at the farm and industry-wide levels. It also discusses the importance of attitudinal as opposed to economic factors regarding the adoption of rbST, the effect of rbST on...
This chapter highlights key socioeconomic factors that affect farmer adoption of integrated pest management (IPM); identifies economic considerations (opportunity cost of pesticide use, uncertain benefits and positive marginal returns, and economic thresholds) that explain farmers' behaviour and...
This book is based on papers presented at the 4th meeting of the International Consortium on Agricultural Biotechnology Research on the 'Economics of Agricultural Biotechnology'. A subset of those papers is included in this volume, which addresses market development issues in developed countries,...
The importance of considering the requirements of local people in planning grassland (including rangelands) and animal production research is stressed, not only for developing but also for industrialized countries. Among the advantages of this approach is increased likelihood of innovation...