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concludes by exploring the nature of institutional and policy reforms needed to address these development problems. …
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the issue (policy objective) and involvement with the intervention (regulation). Based on an understanding farmer decision … targeting of resources for policy. We report on further testing by application to the issue of water quality and the regulations …
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Rice comes second after wheat in Iran`s food consumption economy. Rising population and recent growth in GDP has made … Iran one of the greatest rice importer countries all over the world. That is why rice marketing has always been a … controversial issue in Iran`s agricultural economics. To study rice marketing system in Iran, this paper aims to calculate rice …
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policy measures since they avoid higher food prices for the poor. We empirically analyze consumers’ willingness-to-pay for …
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Innovation is essential for agricultural and economic development, especially in today’s rapidly changing global environment. While farmers have been recognised as one of the key sources of innovation, many studies on agricultural innovations continue to consider farmers as adopters of...
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Norway in terms of the change in economic welfare, and on a theoretical basis we examine the impact of various policy … objectives on the abatement cost curve. In particular we consider the policy objective of keeping the production of calories at …
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Relatively little evidence is available on the importance of information and the role of Information Communication Technologies (mobiles and radios) in the key aspects of marketing behaviours of developing country farmers. We included the concept of proportional and fixed transactions costs...
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This paper explores the changing survival patterns of cereal crop variety innovations in the UK since the introduction of plant breeders’ rights in the mid-1960s. Using non-parametric, semi-parametric and parametric approaches, we examine the determinants of the survival of wheat variety...
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The introduction of genetically modified (GM) crops to Europe has been a significant source of tension among EU member states. While the political landscape is much divided there is also much unknown at the consumer level. The question of whether European consumers want GM foods made available...
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The topic of integration and development of sustainable chains has lately gained much attention in the academia debates. In particular, how to manage integration in the bio-energy chains is discussed. Integration is a process of progressive dependence among different actors willing to coordinate...
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