An Economic Analysis of Merchandising Fluid Milk in Utah

The basic problem confronting the dairy industry today is one of utilizing its total fluid milk production. During recent years the industry has witnessed a general decrease in per capita consumption of dairy products while per capita production has remained fairly constant and in amounts approximating the average for the past 16 years (Table 2 ). As a result the dairy industry has produced a surplus of fluid milk and manufactured dairy products. The Federal Government, under its price support program, has been the ultimate recipient of these surpluses and now possesses huge warehouse stocks. The cost to the Federal Government and to the taxpayer has been great, resulting in an intense desire by both the Federal Government and the dairy industry to take steps to alleviate this condition. The following study is undertaken with the hope that the findings from it may provide the dairy industry with information which, in some small way, may contribute a partial solution to this problem

WORLD HUNGER AND U. S. LAND GRANT UNIVEESDTES: CONSTRAINTS TO TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE IN INTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURE

The 1974 World Food Conference in Rome was characterized more by rhetoric reflecting national vested interests thanby constructive dialogue that might have led to effective policies and solutions to the world food problem. The conference did, however, focus international attention on the severity of the imbalanced supply and demand for food in the developing world. Conference delegates also generally agreed that while the developing world has potentials for increasing its food production, this would require substantial input of technical know-how, most of which would have to come from the developed world

AGRICULTURAL CREDIT REFORM IN BA NGLADESH: LESSONS LEARNED FROM A PILOT PROJECT

Subsidized interest rate policy has been identified as the major pitfall of the past credit programmes. Findings of a pilot project has been reported to illustrate the viability of charging higher commercial, even if not real, terse of interest and mobilizing private savings in rural financial markets

ECONOMIC RETURNS TO BURIED PIPE IRRIGATION IN BANGLADESH

Topographic variations, water losses, problems regarding right of way and unresolved user conflicts are some of the limiting factors affecting irrigation efficiency in Bangladesh. Underground low pressure pipe system can remove some of the weaknesses of traditional distribution systems. An economic analysis of what is thought to be the first underground irrigation system in Bangladeshis reported. Results show that the current high cost of pipe make the underground pipe option considerably less viable in the presence of the open channel alternative. Nevertheless there is need for conducting further research on the system considering the fact that there may not be enough surface water in dry season and groundwater may become a very major source of irrigation in about 5-10 years