Where Is Agricultural Economics and AgriBusiness Research Information Published and Indexed? A Comparison of Coverage in Web of Knowledge,CAB Abstracts,EconLit, and Google Scholar

ABSTRACT

Identifying the best source of information to satisfy the needs of local clientele has always been the challenge facing collection development and instruction librarians. In order to provide users with the best possible access tool and source for comprehensive information, it is important that librarians be aware of the most productive sources of information in a field. This paper identifies where the bulk of agricultural economics research is published and indexed. It also ascertains whether Google Scholar is as productive in covering this information as CAB Abstracts and EconLit. The cited reference counts for the top 50 cited sources in Web of Knowledge and Google Scholar are also compared. The scatter of the journal literature in this field, based on the Library of Congress Subject Headings, is also provided. The study identified a broad range of article scattering in areas where agricultural economics and agribusiness materials are published. On the cited reference count, Google Scholar was as productive as the Web of Knowledge. Google Scholar is a free source of very useful information for cited references and other subject searches in the area of agricultural economics and could be used to complement traditional databases.     

农业企业管理信息系统构建方案的思考

本文以农业企业管理信息系统建设为例 ,应用管理信息系统三维开发模型建模 ,讨论B/S和C/S以及混合结构模式 ,以及网络数据库在农业企业管理信息系统开发中的应用 ,并提出了一套完整的实现方案     

我国工厂化农业企业经济效益影响因素分析

工厂化农业是我国农业现代化的发展方向，如何有效的提高工厂化农业企业的经济效益是工厂化农业快速发展的关键。该文在对工厂化农业企业综合经济效益介绍的基础上，比较分析了不同种植因素、不同生产环境等条件下对工厂化农业企业经济效益的影响，进而对产量、价格、成本以及费用等因素影响我国工厂化农业企业的经济效益进行了探讨，为提高工厂化农业企业经济效益提供参考。     

农业产业化经营研究述评

农业产业化经营是当今世界农业发展中合乎规律的必然选择,是传统农业走向现代农业的必由之路,因此对农业产业化经营的研究具有深远的现实意义。本文从农业产业化经营的内涵界定、组织模式选择、制约因素等方面,对相关的研究文献进行综合评述,并提出了未来的研究方向。     

Use and Contribution of Information Sources in Buying Process of Agri-inputs by Farmers in India

The present study was undertaken with the objective of studying use and contribution of information sources in the purchase of agri-inputs by Indian farmers. The importance of an information source was measured in terms of its relevance as perceived by the farmers during the buying process. The study revealed that farmers preferred noncommercial, personal sources of information and the number of information sources used by them depended on the perceived importance of the product, the various options (brands) available to them, and credibility of the information sources. The personal characteristics of farmers did not have a significant influence on the number of information sources used by the farmers.     

农业上市公司的经营自由现金流量分析

农业上市公司是我国农业产业化的重要形式，其经营状况的好坏直接关系到农业产业化的进程。而自由现金流量是反映公司经营状况的重要指标之一。为此，选取部分农业上市公司作为研究对象，运用自由现金流量模型对农业上市公司的经营自由现金流量的相关指标进行了计量与分析，发现农业上市公司的整体经营状况不容乐观。进一步的研究发现，多数公司的赢利能力下降而不合理投资居高不下，成为影响自由现金流量的主要因素；进而对农业上市公司的经营、投资和融资提出了相关建议。     

工厂化农业企业选择农业园区的模糊评价方法

依据农业园区外围设施因素，即自然环境状况、水电供应情况和温室质量、通讯条件、与目标市场的距离和交通运输条件、生活服务条件等，和优惠政策因素，包括当地政府的优惠政策和园区优惠政策等，制定了农业园区的评价标准，并由专家评价小组对园区的每个因素进行评价。应用模糊数学方法建立了数学模型，对专家评价结果进行了模糊综合评价，并对结果进行了确定性处理，最后，得到了农业园区综合评价等级。实例分析结果表明，用模糊评价方法选择农业园区，可使工厂化农业企业选出适合自己企业项目发展的农业园区。     

Managing the Tropical Agriculture Revolution

ABSTRACT

Industrial production of beef, soybeans, cotton, and biofuels is expanding into the tropical latitudes of South America and may soon reach tropical Africa in the most important agricultural transition since the Green Revolution. This shift is driven by the shortage of land suitable for expansion of cultivation and grazing in the temperate zone, increased global demands for agricultural commodities, the rising price of petroleum, and technological advances. At risk are some of the world's most ecologically and culturally-rich landscapes in the world, such as the Amazon rainforest, the Cerrado woodland complex, and African savannas. A strategy for reducing the negative ecological and social impacts of this transition could harness the rising environmental and social standards imposed by many importers and purchasers of agricultural commodities, similar reforms underway among “Equator” banks, growing corporate governance, and Brazil's prominence in international diplomacy. Integrated certification of commodity sanitation, compliance with rigorous environmental standards, and sound labor practices could become the norm for participation in commodity markets. These reforms in agro-industrial behavior could be reinforced by trade agreements and strategic support from non-governmental organizations.     

粮食企业参与小麦订单影响因素的实证分析

利用河南省113个粮食企业的调查数据,对企业参与小麦订单的影响因素进行了实证分析.结果表明,企业所有制类型、企业主要业务内容、企业对原料质量的要求水平、地方政府扶持4个方面的因素对企业的小麦订单参与行为有显著影响.