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Influences on consumer attitudes towards CSR in agribusiness

Mueller, Henrike; Theuvsen, Ludwig - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA; … - 2014

Research has highlighted a growing gap between public perceptions of farming and the realities of modern agriculture and the food industry. A number of food scandals have exacerbated consumers’ critical perceptions of the agribusiness sector. This can threaten the reputation and legitimacy of...

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Corporate Social Responsibility Initiatives and Consumer Preferences in the Dairy Industry

Deselnicu, Oana; Costanigro, Marco; Thilmany, Dawn D. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2012

We conduct a best worst-ranking exercise to investigate consumers’ perception of the importance of twelve possible actions for a dairy farm engaging in Corporate Social Responsibility. Animal welfare is clearly identified as the most preferred activity and a top priority for most consumers....

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Corporate Social Responsibility, Environmental Leadership, and Financial Performance

DiSegni, Dafna M.; Huly, Moshe; Akron, Sagi - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2012

In this study we statistically assess the relationship between corporate characteristics, environmental contribution, and financial performance. To this end, we compare the financial performance of all US corporations that have composed the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexs (DJSI), being the most...

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Globally Flexible Modeling of County-Level Acreage Response for Primary U.S. Field Crops

Cooper, Joseph C.; Arnade, Carlos A. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2011

This study takes the standard acreage response model that stems from an expected utility framework, accounting for both price and yield variability, and nests it within a flexible semi-nonparametric (SNP) model consistent with farm-level decision models for computationally tractable results. We...

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Economic Aspects of Renewable Energy from Agricultural Waste on the Southern Plains of Texas

Liu, Xiaolan; Farmer, Michael - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2010

by meeting specific market demands while assessing the reasonable risk associated with bio-energy production for an area …, reducing the production risk and enhancing the competitiveness of bio-energy products. Gasifying biomass is a feasible way to … key components for dealing the risk and commercializing bio-energy products in long term. …

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USING BEST WORST SCALING TO INVESTIGATE PERCEPTIONS OF CONTROL AND CONCERN OVER FOOD AND NON-FOOD RISKS

Erdem, Seda; Rigby, Dan - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2010

-food risks. The means by which this is done is novel and differs from past risk perception analyses in that it asks people … the risk perceptions has 4 main foci concerning the relative assessment of (i) novel as opposed to more familiar risks (e … versus how worrying the risks are considered to be, (iv) differences in the risk perceptions across social groups, in this …

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Stepping stones for biological invasion: A bioeconomic model of transferable risk

Warziniack, Travis; Finnoff, David C.; Bossenbroek, Jonathan - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2010

Herein we model the widespread dispersal and management of an invasive species as a weak-link public good. The risk of … introduction is driven in part by economic activity, is influenced by policies directed at the risk, and economic activity responds …/adapts to the risk. Framed around recent introductions and rapid spread of dreissenid mussels in the Western United States, we …

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Whole Farm Modeling of the Effect of Risk on Optimal Tillage and Nitrogen Fertilizer Intensity

Gandorfer, Markus; Pannell, David J.; Meyer-Aurich, Andreas - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2010

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The Economic Feasibility of Energy Sugar Beet Biofuel Production in Central North Dakota

Maung, Thein A.; Gustafson, Cole R. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2010

feedstocks are also estimated and show that the 20MGYplant can tolerate greater ethanol and feedstock price risk than the 10MGY …

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Changes in Producers’ Perceptions of Within-field Yield Variability Following Adoption of Cotton Yield Monitors

Rejesus, Roderick M.; Marra, Michele C.; Roberts, Roland K. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2010

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