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July 20, 2015
Animal Health
http://www.agmanager.info/livestock/marketing/AnimalHealth/FMD_Vaccination.pdf
Introduction
An … animal
health officials and policy makers concerning alternate … animals.
2 For additional details of this study, see the published …
September 2, 2022
Ag Law Issues
years – tax and energy policies that shift the problems of … shifting the incidence of tax policy to those same areas disproportionately … By comparison, wholesale trade, information companies and …
November 27, 2023
Agribusiness Papers
policymakers in the agri-food trade environment for many years … loops. For example, imposing a trade tariff generally presents … assessing the net
benefits of trade liberalization for the Canadian …
August 28, 2025
Mandatory Price Reporting
focuses on risk
management and policy
solutions that lead to
strategic … of Less Frequent But More Detailed Reporting … Volume Thresholds to Report Trade …
October 3, 2013
E.g., accuracy, level of detail in the system
• Unique … assist in reducing non-tariff trade barrier
issues
• May … and future importance of international …
October 1, 2015
USDA METSS Project
Contents
Macroeconomic Effects on Poverty Rate: A Case Study of Northern Ghana ............................................... 1
Income, Expenditure Shares, Food Choices and Food Security in Northern Ghana ................................... 16
Do Adult Equivalence Scales Matter in Poverty Estimates? A Case Study from Ghana ............................. 23
A Cautionary Note on Comparing Poverty Prevalence Rates ..................................................................... 43
Securing Africa’s Middle Class: The Case of Northern Ghana .................................................................... 53
The Effect of Transaction Costs on Grain and Oilseed Farmers’ Market Participation in Sub‐Saharan
Africa: Recent Evidence from Northern Ghana ......................................................................................... 64
Reducing Gender Differences in Agricultural Performance in Northern Ghana ........................................ 82
Production Efficiency of Smallholder Farms in Northern Ghana ................................................................ 99
Does Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Matter in Children’s Health Status? Insights from Northern
Ghana ........................................................................................................................................................ 115
Recent Evidence of Health Effects of Women Empowerment: A Case Study of Northern Ghana ........... 130
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Macroeconomic Effects on Poverty Rate: A Case Study of Northern
Ghana
Yacob Zereyesus and Vincent Amanor‐Boadu
Department of Agricultural Economics
Kansas State University
March 2015
Introduction
The prevalence of extreme poverty is externally determined by the established poverty line. In recent
years, it has been based on a daily per capita expenditure of $1.25, measured in 2005 Purchasing Power
Parity (PPP). Using PPP aims to eliminate the effect of exchange rates.
PPP is based on the Law of One Price – in the absence of transaction costs and trade barriers, identical …
August 1, 2012
Certification of Meat Attributes
adjustments, do not directly reflect details of the
proposed USDA standard … their relative value in the international
marketplace (see Schroeder … found feedlot producers face trade-offs between quality and …
June 28, 2018
Hedging & Options
ent live cattle contract delivery process
are strongly held. There is consensus on certain issues whereas, on other topics, views are
polarized. This report is our attempt to combine what we heard collectively from those
interviews with our own data analysis to compare current delivery practices with new
alternatives. A better understanding of the trade‐offs surrounding delivery alternatives will
enhance the risk management role of the live cattle futures contract well into the future.
We thank NCBA for engaging us in this important and interesting project. We look forward to
continuing to work with the industry on these and related issues when our assistance can be of
value.
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October 22, 2020
Precision Ag and Technology Articles
agriculture are set forth in more detail in the Appendix … https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=edu.okstate.dasnr.turfgrassguide … https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=edu.okstate.dasnr.calibration …
April 17, 2024
Hog Pricing
focuses on risk
management and policy
solutions that lead to
strategic … is, contract specification detail. We echo what we heard from … specification insights. The detail on contract terms published …