Measuring the Comparative Advantage of Agricultural Activities: Domestic Resource Costs and the Social Cost‐Benefit Ratio

William A. Masters; Alex Winter‐Nelson

doi:10.2307/1243534

Olive production in Northern Iran: physical and comparative advantages analysis

Ciência Rural ◽

10.1590/0103-8478cr20190322 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 49 (11) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Parvaneh Mohammadi ◽

Mohammad Kavoosi-Kalashami ◽

Morteza Zanganeh

Keyword(s):

Social Cost ◽

Production Systems ◽

Cost Benefit ◽

Northern Iran ◽

Cost Benefit Ratio ◽

Production Pattern ◽

Had Scale ◽

Policy Analysis Matrix ◽

Domestic Resource ◽

Guilan Province

ABSTRACT: Olive is one of the strategic products of Guilan province, northern Iran. Hence, it is very important to determine the optimal production pattern of olive, given the resources scarcity and the assessment of physical and Comparative Advantage (CA). In this study, three physical advantage indices for olive production in Guilan province during 2008-2016 were investigated. Also, the CA, protection and competitiveness indicators of olive production at Guilan province for 2016-17 cultivation years were calculated using the Policy Analysis Matrix (PAM). Results showed that Guilan province had scale advantage in olive production. The highest degree of olive plantation concentration was on 2008 with scale advantage index of 2.49. Also, results of efficiency advantage showed that, except for 2008, olive production had efficiency advantage over all under study years at Guilan province. Results of Domestic Resource Costs (DRC) and Social Cost Benefit ratio (SCB) indicators for both traditional and commercial olive plantations revealed the CA of olive production in Guilan province. Also, the competitiveness indices values (UCd and UCx) for both traditional and commercial olive plantations were less than 1. So, the olive production systems in Guilan province had the ability to compete with domestic and international competitors.

Download Full-text

Calisthenics and bodyweight exercises: different concepts or scientific synonyms?

Revista Brasileira de Fisiologia do Exercício ◽

10.33233/rbfe.v19i1.3985 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 19 (1) ◽

pp. 13

Author(s):

Leury Max Da Silva Chaves ◽

Gabriel Vinicius Santos ◽

Cauê La Scala Teixeira ◽

Marzo Edir Da Silva-Grigoletto

Keyword(s):

Body Weight ◽

19Th Century ◽

Scientific Literature ◽

Cost Benefit ◽

Training Method ◽

Benefit Ratio ◽

Cost Benefit Ratio ◽

The 19Th Century

Bodyweight exercises (also popularly known as calisthenics) is a classic training method and its practice has been widespread since the 19th century, but little evidenced in the scientific literature over the years. This type of training aims to promote multi-system adaptations using body weight as an overload with no or few implements [1–3]. This characteristic makes exercise with body weight easy to apply, in addition to having an excellent cost-benefit ratio when compared to other training possibilities that require machines or materials [4,5].

Download Full-text

Alternaria and Cercospora Leaf Spot Diseases of Niger (Guizotia abyssinica Cass.) – A Traditional Tribal Crop of South Gujarat, India, with Cost Benefit Ratio in Relation to Different Fungicides

Cercetari Agronomice in Moldova ◽

10.2478/cerce-2018-0027 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 51 (3) ◽

pp. 89-99

Author(s):

P.B. Sandipan ◽

P.K. Jagtap ◽

M.C. Patel

Keyword(s):

Field Experiment ◽

Seed Yield ◽

Leaf Spot ◽

Foliar Spray ◽

Cost Benefit ◽

Research Station ◽

Guizotia Abyssinica ◽

Cercospora Leaf Spot ◽

Benefit Ratio ◽

Cost Benefit Ratio

Abstract Niger (Guizotia abyssinica Cass.) is an important minor oil seed crop grown in dry areas grown mostly by tribal and interior places as life line of tribal segment. Tribal people mainly use its oil for cooking purpose, above than that there were also other uses. Hence, the niger crop should be protected from the infection. The crop is affected by number of fungal diseases. Therefore, a field experiment was formulated for three years with the four replications at the Niger Research Station (NRS) at Navsari Agricultural University (NAU), Vanarasi, Navsari (Gujarat) on the foliar diseases of GN-1 variety of niger crop. In this experiment, six different fungicides along with one control have been evaluated to control the Alternaria and Cercospora leaf spot diseases, out of which all the fungicidal treatments were significantly superior over the control. Here, foliar spray on the incidence of diseases was compared with the control (without any treatment). All the fungicidal treatments were significantly superior over the control to reduce Alternaria and Cercospora leaf spot diseases of Niger crop. Treatment of Carbendazim + Mancozeb (0.2 %) with two sprays first from the initiation of the disease and second after the interval of 15 days recorded the lowest incidence of Alternaria (14.56) and Cercospora (14.94) leaf spot diseases of niger and recorded the highest seed yield 337 seed yield kg/ha along with the net return with cost benefit ratio graph.

Download Full-text

Home Visitation Investment

PEDIATRICS ◽

10.1542/peds.89.1.169 ◽

1992 ◽

Vol 89 (1) ◽

pp. 169-169

Author(s):

NORMAN J. SISSMAN

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Home Visits ◽

Cost Benefit ◽

Home Visitation ◽

Benefit Ratio ◽

Health Care Resources ◽

Detailed Consideration ◽

Cost Benefit Ratio ◽

Women And Children ◽

The Cost

To the Editor.— Two recent reviews in Pediatrics1,2 provide much interesting information on the effect of home visits on the health of women and children. However, I was disappointed not to find in either article more than token reference to the cost of the programs reviewed. In this day of increasingly scarce health care resources, we no longer have the luxury of evaluating programs such as these without detailed consideration of their cost-benefit ratio.

Download Full-text

Project management methods in solving problems of ensuring economic security in the research of Russian and foreign scientists

Общество и экономика ◽

10.31857/s020736760017502-1 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 120

Author(s):

Anna Zatevakhina

Keyword(s):

Project Management ◽

Information Search ◽

Cost Benefit ◽

Economic Security ◽

Logical System ◽

Scientific Publications ◽

Project Approach ◽

Benefit Ratio ◽

Literary Sources ◽

Cost Benefit Ratio

In the article, the authors analyzed the literary sources of Russian and foreign authors engaged in research of project management methods in solving problems of ensuring economic security. The aim of the study is to consider the possibility of applying the project approach in managing economic security at the meso-level based on the analysis of scientific publications by Russian and foreign scientists on this topic. Research methods: information search, systematization, logical, system and content analysis. The authors identify 5 approaches to project management while ensuring economic security in modern Russian and foreign scientific research. In conclusion, it is concluded that it is necessary to introduce project risk management at the level of regional administrations with a positive cost-benefit ratio, that is, ensuring an acceptable level of economic security.

Download Full-text

Effectiveness and Cost-Benefit Ratio of Weekly User Group Sessions

Design, User Experience, and Usability. Design Philosophy and Theory - Lecture Notes in Computer Science ◽

10.1007/978-3-030-23570-3_16 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 208-221

Author(s):

Helmut Degen ◽

Gustavo Guillen ◽

Holger Schmidt

Keyword(s):

Cost Benefit ◽

User Group ◽

Benefit Ratio ◽

Cost Benefit Ratio ◽

Group Sessions

Download Full-text

Ultrasound scan as a potential source of nosocomial and cross-infection: a literature review

Radiologia Brasileira ◽

10.1590/0100-3984.2014.0002 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 48 (5) ◽

pp. 319-323 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

André Hadyme Miyague ◽

Fernando Marum Mauad ◽

Wellington de Paula Martins ◽

Augusto César Garcia Benedetti ◽

Ana Elizabeth Gomes de Melo Tavares Ferreira ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Literature Review ◽

Cost Benefit ◽

Cross Infection ◽

Ultrasound Scan ◽

Benefit Ratio ◽

Source Of Infection ◽

Potential Source ◽

Cost Benefit Ratio ◽

The Cost

AbstractThe authors review the main concepts regarding the importance of cleaning/disinfection of ultrasonography probes, aiming a better comprehension by practitioners and thus enabling strategies to establish a safe practice without compromising the quality of the examination and the operator productivity. In the context of biosafety, it is imperative to assume that contact with blood or body fluids represents a potential source of infection. Thus, in order to implement cleaning/disinfection practice, it is necessary to understand the principles of infection control, to consider the cost/benefit ratio of the measures to be implemented, and most importantly, to comprehend that such measures will not only benefit the health professional and the patient, but the society as a whole.

Download Full-text

On Estimating the Fiscal Benefits of Early Intervention

National Institute Economic Review ◽

10.1177/002795011724000111 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 240 ◽

pp. R15-R29

Author(s):

Leon Feinstein ◽

Haroon Chowdry ◽

Kirsten Asmussen

Keyword(s):

Early Intervention ◽

Gold Standard ◽

Net Present Value ◽

Cost Benefit ◽

Causal Effects ◽

Present Value ◽

Benefit Ratio ◽

Late Intervention ◽

Financial Benefits ◽

Cost Benefit Ratio

In this paper we explain some of the difficulties of providing forecasts of the financial benefits of early intervention programmes, focussing on those delivered during the early childhood period. We highlight the diversity of early intervention, and the complexity and multiplicity of outcomes. We summarise recent work at the Early Intervention Foundation to assess the evidence on the impacts of early intervention, recognising the diversity of approaches to delivery and the importance of innovation and local practice as well as of rigorous approaches to evaluating causal effects. We also describe new ways of assessing accurately the local fiscal costs of late intervention and consider the implications of this for addressing the well-established barriers to investment in prevention. Our analysis brings to the fore gaps in the evidence from which even the most rigorous ‘gold-standard’ research is not immune. These limitations prevent the production of an accurate and realistic cost-benefit ratio or net present value for the majority of programmes as delivered in practice. We suggest some paths towards a firmer foundation of evidence and a better alignment of evidence and policy.

Download Full-text

Cost-Benefit Ratio in Couple and Family Therapy

Encyclopedia of Couple and Family Therapy ◽

10.1007/978-3-319-15877-8_517-1 ◽

2017 ◽

pp. 1-5

Author(s):

Donna Baptiste ◽

David Kitchings ◽

Kelsey Kristensen

Keyword(s):

Family Therapy ◽

Cost Benefit ◽

Couple And Family Therapy ◽

Benefit Ratio ◽

Cost Benefit Ratio

Download Full-text

ANALISIS PENGARUH SERVICE QUALITY TERHADAP CUSTOMER SATISFACTION BANK SYARIAH Studi Pada PT. Bank Muamalat Indonesia dan Bank Syariah Mandiri di Banjarmasin

JWM (Jurnal Wawasan Manajemen) ◽

10.20527/jwm.v6i3.167 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 6 (3) ◽

pp. 237

Author(s):

Heldalina , ◽

Muhammad Riza Firdaus ◽

Ikhwan Faisal

Keyword(s):

Linear Regression ◽

Customer Satisfaction ◽

Service Quality ◽

Multiple Linear Regression ◽

Linear Regression Analysis ◽

Cost Benefit ◽

Multiple Linear Regression Analysis ◽

Benefit Ratio ◽

Cost Benefit Ratio ◽

One Way Anova

The aim of this study was to: (1) analyze the influence of service quality variables (corporal efficiency, core banking, convenience, confidence, compliance and cost-benefit ratio) which simultaneously influence customers’ satisfaction of Bank Muamalat and BSM Banjarmasin branch, (2) analyze the influence of service quality variables (corporal efficiency, core banking, convenience, confidence, compliance and cost-benefit) which partially affect customers’ satisfaction of Bank Muamalat and BSM Banjarmasin branch, (3) analyze different levels of customers’ satisfaction (customer satisfaction) between Bank Muamalat Indonesia and Bank Syariah Mandiri (BSM).The population in this study were customers of Bank Muamalat Indonesia and Bank Syariah Mandiri Banjarmasin branch with a of 100 people. The technique used in taking sample was judgmental sampling. Testing the validity of the questionnaire was conducted using Pearson Product Moment, while the reliability test of questionnaire used Cronbach Alpha method. The data analysis was conducted using multiple linear regression and One-way ANOVA.Based on the results of multiple linear regression analysis it showed that the variables of service quality, that were, corporal efficiency, core banking, convenience, confidence, compliance and cost-benefit ratio simultaneously significantly affected customers’ satisfaction. Partially, only four variables that significantly affected, namely convenience, confidence, compliance and cost-benefit, while the corporal variable efficiency, core banking had no significant effect. Based on the analysis of one-way ANOVA it showed that there was no difference in satisfaction between customers of Bank Muamalat Indonesia and Bank Syariah Mandiri.

Download Full-text