This study attempts to estimate the productivity of inputs to Quebec agriculture. It makes use of two Cobb-Douglas production functions: one aggregate, for Quebec as a whole, and the other regional, covering the farming regions 04 and 11, using 1976 data. From the results obtained, marginal productivities of inputs and returns to scale are determined and interpreted. The principal conclusions of this research are: while returns to scale are increasing for Quebec in general, they are constant for the regions 04 and 11. It ensues that, if there is no breakthrough in technology, there is no reason to change the scale of agricultural production in regions 04 and 11; the productivity of machinery is higher in Quebec than in the regions 04 and 11; livestock productivity is high everywhere; as for land and buildings and other inputs, their productivities are low in Quebec as well as in the farming regions 04 and 11. With respect to labor, its productivity is quite high in Quebec and in the regions 04 and 11. However, labor productivity in region 04 is superior to that in region 11

Pour tenter de réduire les pertes en ressources de toutes sortes qu'accompagnent les insuccès des PME et PE, une approche dite de «pré-démarrage» est développée, et proposée à l’intention des entrepreneurs potentiels. Cette approche vise à éveiller l'entrepreneur potentiel aux différents écueils du marché et le porte à évaluer ses propres forces et faiblesses avant toute décision d’investir.La méthode de «pré-démarrage«, testée auprès de deux échantillons tirés de deux secteurs de l'économie régionale de la Mauricie (Québec), montre comment elle peut contribuer à réduire les marges d'erreur des prévisions, éviter les maladresses etasseoir les décisions subséquentes sur des bases solides.In order to reduce losses in resources of all kinds due to the failure of PME and PE, an approach called «pré-démarrage» is developed and proposed to the potential entrepreneurs. The purpose of this approach is to prompt the potential entrepreneurs to consider carefully the forces at play in the market he intends to enter and evaluate his own forces and weaknesses before any decision to invest.The method of «pré-démarrage», tested with two samples drawn from two sectors of the regional economy of the Mauricio (Québec), shows how it can contribute in reducing the margin of errors from previsions, in voiding mistakes and in strengthening future decisions.Para ensayar de reducir las pérdidas de toda clase que acompanan siempre el fracaso de las PME y PE, este estudio ha desarrollado a la intención de los industriales potenciales, un planteamiento dicho de «pre-lanzamiento». Su objetivo es de hacer resaltarlos particularidades del mercado en que el emprendedor quiere desarollarse y ayudarle a determinar su vulnerabilidado su solidez antes de invertir.Este procedimiento, sometido a un test con dos muestras seleccionadas de dos sectores de la economia regional de la Mauride (Quebec), ha mostrado como se puede contribuir a reducir los errores de las previsiones, a evitar torpezas y a mejorar las decisiones futuras

L'Actualité économique L'éducation des fermiers, leur âge et la productivité des intrants agricoles selon la dimension des fermes laitières : le cas de la région « 04 », Québec / Farmer's education, their age and the productivity of agricultural inputs according to milk farm sizes: the case of region "04", Quebec. André ArcherVolume 57, numéro 1, janvier-mars 1981 URI : id.erudit.org/iderudit/600964ar

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