Browsing by Subject "Agriculture, Ireland"
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Co-responsibility and the future of Irish agriculture
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1983)Since its institution the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) has been under continuous attack (Fennell, 1973). In recent years the criticism has centred around the budgetary cost of the policy (Hayes, 1979). The cost was ... -
Our dairying and cattle industries
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1948)In this country, of the 11.6 million acres of agricultural land, before the war about 10 millions were under grass. While in the future the cultivated area may not sink to the 1939 level, there is no doubt that in the ... -
A personal account of minor activities in the British agricultural war effort with some speculations on the application of British technique in Irish agricultural conditions
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1947)It was my fortunate lot to see something, at first hand, of the tremendous drive for increased food production, made almost as a single individual, by the whole of that great mass of men and women in the agricultural ... -
Statistical notes on the economic history of Irish agriculture, 1847-1913
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1951)The present paper is an attempt at an economic interpretation of the development of Irish agriculture, from the potato famine to the First World War, roughly 1847-1913, on the basis of the vast, and indeed unique, body of ... -
A study of factors which determine the supply of pigs
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1954)In a free economy, where prices and production are not controlled, pig numbers move in characteristic cycles, each cycle averaging about four years in length. These pig cycles are the resultant of many physical and economic ... -
Two centuries of Irish agriculture - a statistical retrospect, 1672-1905
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1912)In economic, as in political problems, a knowledge of the past is essential to the proper understanding of the present. At this time, therefore, when so many Irishmen are hoping and striving for a general industrial ...