This study uses a modified health belief model (HBM) within a socio-economic framework to evaluate the influence of awareness and knowledge on actions to reduce aflatoxin (AF) contamination in groundnuts (peanuts). Data were collected in 2002 through a self-administered questionnaire from a...

Cultural bias in contingent valuation exists if groups within a population have a cultural predisposition toward answering "no" or "yes" to questions which causes the population estimate of the WTP to be underestimated or overestimated. This study estimated cultural bias through the valuation of...

Cointegration analysis and error correction model are used to estimate seafood import demand for selected Caribbean countries. The results show that seafood import is price elastic. Exchange rate has a negative effect, while Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and tourism have positive effects on...

The Almost Ideal Demand System (AIDS) model approach is used to assess the competitive position of US wheat relative to Australian wheat in the Egyptian market. Results from expenditure elasticities suggest that US import share will rise with Egyptian household income. Cross price elasticities...

Sub-Saharan African countries' economic development is dependent on energy consumption. This paper assesses total energy demand, which is composed of traditional energy (wood fuel) and commercial energy (electricity and petroleum), in the Central, East, South, and West regions of Sub-Saharan...