Muhammad Abid Shahzad

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Can anyone please suggest a paper regarding ICT integration in value chain?

I'm looking for a study that explored ICT impacts on the value chain.

29 March 2018 8,477 3 View

How to model the marketing chain inefficiencies?

I'm aiming at studying the inefficiencies in the milk marketing chain caused by the lack of information. Further, to find the potential for ICT to fill the gap. Any suggestions?

01 October 2017 8,966 2 View

How to expand my topic of masters' thesis for a PhD research? Any suggestions?

I studied peri-urban dairy farmer's risk and risk management perceptions and their relation to different farm & farmer characteristics, in Karachi. And I found a number of unique...

19 February 2017 6,989 7 View

How to deal with negative factor loadings?

-should I interpret them whatever the loadings are? if yes, what will be the interpretation? -If I need to do treatments? if yes, please suggest what should be done ?

28 December 2016 3,542 15 View

How to remove correlation among variables?

I am running logit regression in which , no. of labour variable is correlated to no. of buffaloes, milk average variable. whereas age is correlated to experience of farming.

07 December 2016 4,845 10 View

How can I compare the farmer's perceived importance of a certain category of risk. Like market risk is more important or production risk?

Dairy farmers responded to different sources of risk on a 7 point likert scale to show their perceived importance. Now each category of risk does not have same number of risk sources, like market...

08 November 2016 8,874 3 View

How important is the income variable in dairy farming risk perception survey?

1.Although income variation will be the key variable to analyse the differences of risk management styles. What else could be drawn from income variable? 2.Can the market value of produced milk...

03 August 2016 2,309 6 View

Is it appropriate to compute the missing data of average monthly income of the dairy farmer?

Using: -Average cost of production throughtout year. -Average market price of milk. -Per animal milk production and number of milking animals. -Number of labour on farm.

26 July 2016 3,339 21 View

How to use stata for analyzing likert scale data? Plus is it possible to enter the data in MS Excel and later use it with STATA? If yes, then how?

I am analyzing different responses of farmers gathered from surveys in dairy farms. First set of likert scale data is of sources of risk and other set is of risk management responses.

22 July 2016 9,102 7 View

Is it a worthwhile contract for managing price risk in dairy?

If the production costs are increased by let's say 5% there will be a proportionate increase in prices per litre of milk, and in case of decreased production costs there will be a proportionate...

13 July 2016 7,163 2 View

Can anyone please share some materials, explaining the LGM (livestock gross margin) initiative in USA?

I have downloaded some materials after Googling but I would appreciate if anyone could share a more simple version of it.

31 May 2016 6,782 2 View

What data are required to measure market risk by GARCH method in a dairy business?

Will GARCH method be the most appropriate?

20 March 2016 2,907 4 View