Browsing by Department "Agricultural and Applied Economics"
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A quantitative analysis of the West Texas potato market
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Analysis of China's impact on Australia's grain sorghum export market
(2015-08)This research will cover the impacts of China’s import demand for sorghum in the Australian market. Such as the effects of poultry production, total sorghum imports, and rainfall on Australian sorghum price, production and ... -
Break-even pricing for selected outdoor recreation enterprises in West Texas
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Consumer preference for alternative milk packaging
(2014-08)This research evaluates consumers’ willingness to pay for products that are perceived as having “environmentally friendly” attributes. With the current trend of local dairies producing glass bottled milk all across the ... -
Cotton price policy effects on domestic cotton and textile industries, trade, and sectoral economic growth in Pakistan
(Texas Tech University, 1997-05)Government policy affects market outcomes for agricultural commodities. Many countries have long used commodity and trade policy in agriculture to reach national goals. The gains and losses from these policies are evaluated ... -
Cotton profitability as influenced by cultivar, irrigation level, nitrogen level, and harvesting system
(2012-12)Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) is an important crop in the United States that is grown across the country stretching from California in the west to Virginia in the east. Increasing production costs, volatile market prices, ... -
Cottonseed: Derived demand and price analysis
(2008-12)Despite much research on feed grains and oilseeds, little is known about the dairy industry’s influence on aggregate cottonseed demand. A transcendental logarithmic production model with regional dummy variables is used ... -
Crop insurance premium rate impacts of flexible parametric yield distributions: An evaluation of the Johnson family of distributions
(2005-12)This study evaluated the Johnson family of distributions as a flexible parametric approach to model crop yields. Specifically, its statistical performance was compared to the most common distribution used to model yields ... -
Economic analysis of alternative water conservation techniques, southern High Plains of Texas
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Essays in violent conflict and food security in sub-Saharan Africa
(2022-08)This essay dissertation analyses violent conflicts and food security in SSA from three different perspectives. The first essay estimates the impacts of violent conflicts on food security in SSA. Violent conflicts are a ... -
Essays on the impact of political pluralism, technical efficiency on food security in sub-Saharan Africa
(2022-08)This study is a synthesis of two distinct but interrelated areas in applied economics. The first essay illuminates the nexus between democracy and food security in Sub-Saharan Africa. Following the dawn of multiparty ... -
Factors affecting groundwater depletion in the Ogallala Aquifer: An application to the Texas High Plains
(2015-08)The Ogallala Aquifer is one of the largest aquifers in the world underlying parts of eight states in the United States. This aquifer is considered to be a non-renewable resource because of the low rate of natural recharge ... -
Grain sorghum: Price-making forces and price differentials between Texas High Plains and other market areas
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Impact of the relationship between managers and the board of directors on financial performance of agricultural cooperatives
(2015-08)Cooperatives are unique type of businesses because of linked and close roles performed by three main groups of stakeholders: members-owners, directors and managers. Cooperatives differ from other corporations because the ... -
Input-output models for the Trinity River Basin of Texas, 1967
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Inter-industry analysis of the economic effects of a declining groundwater supply in the Southern High Plains on the economy of the Texas High Plains
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Optimum concentration of Ashe juniper in the Edwards Plateau of Texas
(Texas Tech University, 1996-05)The specific problem ranchers face is to optimize the level of brush control, considering the costs involved in removing the initial brush and maintaining high productivity of the range. Clearing operations undertaken in ...