In this paper, two approaches (labor efficiency and separate factors approach) and two production functions ( a ray-homothetic function and the Cobb-Douglas function), are used to estimate the productivity of female versus male farm laborers in the traditional agricultural economy of Nepal. The hypothesis that female laborers would be less productive than males due to the disparities in physical and human capital, originating from economic and socio-cultural discrimination, is tested. The study results confirm this expectation. However, the study suggests that once differences in irrigation and type of seeds used by male and female farmers are included in the model, the magnitude of the difference is reduced and the estimated coefficient becomes insignificant. The ray-homothetic functio...
JOHNSTON, Iowa - The U.S. will post a $41 billion agricultural export surplus this year, Agricultural Secretary Tom Vilsack said Thursday while projecting that farm commodity prices would remain relatively high for at least a couple of years, making the rural economy one of the country's strengths. I'm confident we're going to have good prices this year. I'm confident we'll have good prices next year," Vilsack said. "One of the reasons we have good prices is we are very aggressive in exports.
The nation's agriculture secretary announced an Asian trade mission Friday just days after new compacts were signed that are expected to significantly boost farm exports through the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack told the Press-Telegram that California farmers are enjoying a record year in food, meat and dairy exports expected to help shatter the nation's agricultural trade surplus.
According to Ron Haskins, senior fellow of Economic Studies at the Brookings Institution, "behind the overcooked vegetables and steamtable pizza that American children confront each school day is an industry that rivals defense contractors and media giants in its ability to bring home the federal bacon." That industry is agribusiness - and, via the National School Lunch Program, it has a chokehold on our kids. The commodities-driven National School Lunch Program, meant to feed 60 million children healthy food, has instead turned into a major public health threat. The most vulnerable in our society are suffering the most severe consequences, including epidemic levels of obesity, diabetes, heart disease and other illnesses. While we need to be able to include more children in the School L...
... served plus bonus commodities from agricultural surplus. The program's authorizing language requir...
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