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Mergenthaler, Marcus; Weinberger, Katinka; Qaim, Matin - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2009

Food systems in developing countries are undergoing a profound transformation characterized by the emergence and expansion of modern retailers and integrated supply chains. Appropriate policies are needed to guide this transformation, presupposing a good understanding of consumer preferences. We...

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Investigating Thai Shopping Behavior: Wet-Markets, Supermarkets and the ‘Big Middle’

Gorton, Matthew; Sauer, Johannes; Supatpongkul, Pajaree - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2009

Drawing on the Big Middle theory of retail evolution, an analysis of primary survey data on Thai shopping behavior seeks to understand the relative satisfaction of consumers with wet markets and supermarkets, identifying the factors that affect frequency of visit to, and purchase behavior...

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Consumer Purchasing Behavior in Response to Media Coverage of Avian Influenza

Beach, Robert H.; Zhen, Chen - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2009

Consumer concerns regarding food safety can have substantial impacts on their consumption patterns. Thus, understanding consumer response to food safety information is important for quantifying consumer response to food safety events, predicting market impacts, and developing appropriate risk...

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Facilitating access to rural services in Vietnam: The invisible social capital link

Hoang Dinh, Quoc; Dufhues, Thomas; Buchenrieder, Gertrud - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2012

This paper investigates the effects of network based individual social capital on the access of rural households to services. In the context of development economics, an innovative data collection approach is used to determine network based social capital. The approach originates from the field...

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Marketing Local Foods by Food Cooperatives

Katchova, Ani L.; Woods, Timothy A. - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2012

been involved in marketing local foods to interested consumers. We study the business strategies that food consumer … versus less intense users of these promotion strategies. Unlike previous studies, the emphasis for this study is on promotion/marketing …

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Quality and Safety of Milk in Bangladesh: What do Consumers Believe in?

Islam, S.M. Fakhrul; Jabbar, Mohammad A. - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2009

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Dynamics of the restructuring fresh produce food markets in the southern African region

Louw, Andre; Chikazunga, Davison; Haankuku, Choolwe; … - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2009

Agri-food markets are restructuring, characterised by an increased consolidation and concentration of the industry, as supermarkets continue to expand at an exponential rate throughout the region. Unlike the global phenomenon where the formal markets are replacing informal markets, this is not...

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Consumer preferences for ground beef packaged under a modified atmosphere

Grebitus, Carola; Jensen, Helen H.; Sebranek, Joseph G.; … - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2009

labeling regulation influence agribusiness’ future product development and marketing strategies. Non-hypothetical choice …

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Smallholder Incomes, Vegetable Marketing and Food Safety: Evidence from China

Huang, Jikun; Zhi, Huayong; Huang, Zhurong; Jia, Xiangping - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2009

welfare of small, poor farmer. It also seeks to identify whether or not the main marketing institutions in China … use the information from the survey to describe the emergences of production systems and marketing structures. The data … horticultural economy, and if so through which different types of marketing channels. We also examine several indicators of producer …

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Why market institutions disfavor smallholder farmers’ compliance with international food safety standards: Evidence from Kenya, Zambia and Ethiopia

Okello, Julius Juma; Narrod, Clare A.; Roy, Devesh - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2009

This paper examines the high value chains (HVC) for green bean exports from Africa to identify the critical points at which exporters exercise great caution in preventing produce contamination with pathogens and pesticide residues. It then examines the control points that pose greatest threat to...

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