agricultural parity

  • 1parity ratio — parity ratio, U.S. the ratio between the index of prices received by farmers and the index of prices paid in a particular year, used in measuring the purchasing power of agricultural products in that year …

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  • 2agricultural economics — Introduction       study of the allocation, distribution, and utilization of the resources used, along with the commodities produced, by farming. Agricultural economics plays a role in the economics of development, for a continuous level of farm… …

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  • 3parity — parity1 /par i tee/, n. 1. equality, as in amount, status, or character. 2. equivalence; correspondence; similarity; analogy. 3. Finance. a. equivalence in value in the currency of another country. b. equivalence in value at a fixed ratio between …

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  • 4Parity Price — When the price of an asset is directly linked to another price. Examples of parity price are: 1. Convertibles the price at which a convertible security equals the value of the underlying stock. 2. Options when an option is trading at its… …

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  • 5Parity Commission for Prices and Wages —    / Paritätische Kommission    Together with Proportionality or Proporz, the Parity Commission was a major instrument of social stability in Austria after World War II. Established in March 1957, during a period of inflation, it consisted of two …

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  • 6parity — I. noun (plural ties) Etymology: Latin paritas, from par equal Date: 1608 1. the quality or state of being equal or equivalent 2. a. equivalence of a commodity price expressed in one currency to its price expressed in another b. equality of… …

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  • 7Agricultural Adjustment Act, 1938 —    Replacing the first Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933 and supplementing the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act of 1936, the 1938 act established a “granary” principle setting marketing quotas, crop insurance, and parity price… …

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  • 8Doctrine of parity — The doctrine of parity was used to justify agricultural price controls in the United States beginning in the 1920s. It was the belief that farming should be as profitable as it was between 1909 and 1914, an era of high food prices and farm… …

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  • 9Purchasing power parity — GDP per capita adjusted for Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) in the world, 2009 …

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  • 10ИНДЕКС ПАРИТЕТА — PARITY INDEXВ соответствии с положениями раздела III, подраздела A, пункта 301(a) Закона о с. х. регулировании 1938 г. и уточненными в Законах о с. х. 1948 и 1949 гг., И.п. представляет собой отношение общего уровня цен на товары и услуги,… …

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