1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910479899603321

Titolo

Improving rice production and commercialization in Cambodia : findings from a farm investment climate assessment Asian Development Bank / / Asian Development Bank

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Metro Manila, Philippines : , : Asian Development Bank, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

92-9254-666-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (60 p.)

Disciplina

338.17318

Soggetti

Rice trade

Rice products

Rice - Economic aspects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Tables and Figures; Acknowledgments; Executive Summary; Abbreviations; I. Introduction; II. Farm Investment Climate Assessment; A. Survey Rationale and Design; B. Sampling Strategy; C. Farm and Farm Household Characteristics; D. Farm Investment Climate; E. Differences among Provinces; III. Methodology; A. Conceptual Framework; B. Farm Investment Climate Variables; IV. Investment Climate Effects; A. Input Usage; B. Rice Production Technical Efficiency; C. Commercialization and Rice Sales; D. Land Investments; E. Short-Term Policies for Enhancing Input Usage; F. Discussion

V. Policy ImplicationsVI. Final Remarks; Appendix: Econometric Methods; References; Tables and Figures; Tables; 1 Variables in the Cambodian Farm Investment Climate Assessment Survey; 2 Selection of Communes per Province; 3 Minimum Quotas for Household Sampling in Commune; 4 Farm and Farm Household Characteristics; 5 Rice Production by Season of Subsistence and Commercialized Farmers; 6 Investment Climate Farm Indicators; 7 Investment Climate Commune Indicators; 8 Key Investment Climate Variables; 9 Simulated Production Increase from 100 Investment in Inputs



10 Simulation of Input Price Change on ProductionA.1 Relationship between Quantity of Input per Hectare and Commercialization Proabilities; A.2 Technical Efficiency Models; A.3 Commercialization and Marketed Surplus; A.4 Change in Land Size; A.5 Land Investments; Figures; 1 Rice Paddy Production of Selected Asian Countries; 2 Cambodia Map; 3 Most Problematic Constraints to Agricultural Production; 4 Farmers' Ranking of Major Issues in Agricultural Production; 5 Awareness and Usage of Agricultural Extension Services; 6 New Investments Made in the Last 2 Years

7 Rice Production and Commercialization8 Market Integration for Noncommercialized and Commercialized Farmers; 9 Relationship between Quantity of Rice Commercialized and Quantity of Rice Produced; 10 Investment Climate Effects on Technical Efficiency; 11 Investment Climate Effects on Commercialization; 12 Investment Climate Effects on Rice Sold; 13 Investment Climate Effects on Probability of Land Change; 14 Stated Changes in Rice Cultivation Due to Crop Insurance

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910511325203321

Titolo

Cognitive and computational aspects of face recognition : explorations in face space / / edited by Tim Valentine

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2017

ISBN

1-315-51701-9

1-315-51699-3

1-315-51700-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (254 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Psychology Library Editions: Perception ; ; Volume 29

Altri autori (Persone)

ValentineTim <1959->

Disciplina

153.7/5

Soggetti

Face perception

Face perception - Computer simulation

Face perception - Mathematical models

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published in 1995.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and indexes.



Nota di contenuto

1. The development of face recognition / Robert A. Johnston and Hadyn D. Ellis -- 2. Expertise and the caricature advantage / Sarah V. Stevenage -- 3. Face recognition and configural coding / Gillian Rhodes -- 4. An account of the own-race bias and the contact hypthesis based on a 'face space' model of face recognition / Tim Valentine, Patrick Chiroro and Ruth Dixon -- 5. Distinctiveness and memory for unfamiliar faces / Judith A. Hosie and Alan B. Milne -- 6. Memorability, familiarity and categorical structure in the recognition of faces / John R. Vokey and J. Don Read -- 7. Missing dimensions of distinctiveness / Vicki Bruce, A. Mike Burton and Peter J. Hancock -- 8. A perceptual learning theory of the information in faces / Alice J. O'Toole. [et al.] -- 9. A manifold model of face and object recognition / Ian Craw -- 10. Perspectives on face perception. Directing research by exploiting emergent prototypes / Philip J. Benson.

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910892448603321

Titolo

Convergence : international journal of adult education

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto : , : International Council for Adult Education

Msida : , : University of Malta

ISSN

2791-1675

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Disciplina

374/.005

Soggetti

Adult education

Éducation des adultes

79.63 adult education

Volwasseneneducatie

Periodical

periodicals.

Periodicals.

Périodiques.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.



Sommario/riassunto

"An international journal of adult education."