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October 1, 2003
Assessing Business Opportunities
increased globalization of trade resulting from varioustrade liberalization agreements … States, such as the Canada-US Trade Agreement, NAFTA and the … include increasing consumer demand for convenient, ready-to-
eat/cook …
March 1, 2012
Fed Cattle Pricing
marketing cattle that fit current demand specifications and
maximizing … January 2012, courtesy of the Livestock Marketing
Information Center … weights was from monthly NASS livestock
slaughter reports, also …
April 17, 2024
Hog Pricing
Packers and Stockyards and Livestock Market Reporting divisions … extension specialist on
livestock economics and
markets. Lee … a
diversified crop and
livestock farm in central
Wisconsin …
April 16, 2024
Fed Cattle Pricing
have made regarding LMR (Livestock Mandatory
Reporting) that … transparency not only in formula trade transactions but also in … packers than are subject to livestock mandatory reporting (LMR …
October 26, 2022
Recent Videos, Risk and Profit Online Mini-Conference Presentations
Agricultural production, trade and logistics in the context of Russia's military invasion of Ukraine(updates)
Antonina Broyaka
PhD in Economics, Associate Professor Extension Associate of Agricultural Economics Department,Kansas State University
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1 … PROGRESS OF FIELD WORK IN UKRAINE, COMMODITIES SUPPLY AND DEMAND3. UKRAINIAN AGRICULTURAL EXPORT DYNAMICS AND LOGISTICS4 …
November 27, 2023
Agribusiness Papers
policymakers in the agri-food trade environment for many years … BDM) is exquisitely simple, demanding only three parameters: coefficient … loops. For example, imposing a trade tariff generally presents …
April 5, 2023
Recent Videos
Migration and Consumption Demands
Declining birth rates … cities are straining farms
Demand for more protein and higher-cut … more protein and higher-cut meat
Animal protein has almost …
Breakout Sessions
assessment of alternative crop and livestock production and
marketing … country of origin labeling on meatdemand, and estimating land values … That is, the terms of a lease are determined by
Producers (demand) negotiating with Landowners (supply)
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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 …
April 15, 2021
Land Buying and Valuing
Consultants are in strong demand, with more than 40% of
farmland … Strong export markets (mainly demand from China)
has driven the … Payments (MFP), because of the
trade war with China, were received …