Journal of Agricultural Economics

The Society encourages the submission of essays – which carries a £1,000 prize awarded at the annual conference – by 30 November. For more information, please click here.

The Joint winners of the 2009 Competition (Awards presented in 2010) were;
Doris Laepple for her essay entitled Adoption and Abandonment of Organic Farming: An Empirical Investigation of the Irish Drystock sector
and
Graeme Doole for his essay entitled Evaluating Input Standards for Non-point Pollution Control Under Firm Heterogeneity

Both of these essays were recently published in Volume 61, No.3 of Journal of Agricultural Economics and are freely available to all online – simply click on the essay titles above to read the essays today.

The current issue of Journal of Agricultural Economics (JAE) includes a Special Feature on Evaluating the Impact of Agricultural Projects in Developing Countries. We are delighted to offer you FREE online access* to the five Special Feature papers. Simply click on the article titles below:

Introduction to the Special Feature: Evaluating the Impact of Agricultural Projects in Developing Countries
Paul Winters, Alessandro Maffioli and Lina Salazar

How do Agricultural Programmes Alter Crop Production? Evidence from Ecuador
Romina Cavatassi, Lina Salazar, Mario González-Flores and Paul Winters

The Economic Impact of Marena’s Investments on Sustainable Agricultural Systems in Honduras
Boris E. Bravo-Ureta, Alexandre Nunes Almeida, Daniel Solís and Aarón Inestroza

Is Irrigation Rehabilitation Good for Poor Farmers? An Impact Evaluation of a Non-Experimental Irrigation Project in Peru
Ximena V. Del Carpio, Norman Loayza and Gayatri Datar

Do Differences in the Scale of Irrigation Projects Generate Different Impacts on Poverty and Production?
Andrew Dillon

*These articles are freely available to all online until 31st December 2011.

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