Browsing by Subject "agriculture"
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TWO ESSAYS ON THE ESTIMATION OF AGRICULTURAL TRADE FLOWS: MODEL SELECTION AND ENDOGENEITY OF TRADE AGREEMENTS
(2015)This thesis investigates three econometric issues relevant to the estimation of gravity models of agriculture trade, namely the issues of zero trade flows, heteroskedasticity, and the endogeneity of preferential trade ... -
Using Contribution Analysis to Evaluate U.S. Farm Link Programs: Opportunities to improve non-family succession of the 'family farm'
(2014-12-12)This research examines 12 U.S. Farm Link Programs (FLP) using a type of program evaluation called Contribution Analysis (CA) to determine if FLPs are effective in facilitating farmland transfers between retirement-aged ... -
Value Struggles: The Politics of Production in Rural Cuba
(2024-04-12)This dissertation examines the politics of value in contemporary rural Cuba, focusing on the agricultural region south of Havana. The Soviet bloc’s collapse in the 1990s and Cuba’s need to reconnect to the neoliberal global ... -
Woolscapes: Re-Connecting Nova Scotian Agriculture and Craft
(2016-04-08)Wool is a natural, renewable and biodegradable resource. It is used by the sheep to protect them from the elements; a natural form of architecture. Its properties as a thermally and acoustically insulating, water resistant, ... -
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