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Cautious or misguided? Vietnam’s rice policies
Vanzetti, David; Pham, Dung - Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2015
Vietnam has designated 3.8 million hectares of agricultural land for paddy rice production, reflecting historical and ongoing concerns about food security. However, Vietnam is now the world’s second largest exporter of rice, and it imports vast quantities of livestock feed, some of which could...
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Biosecurity in agriculture: an economic analysis of coexistence of professional and hobby production
Graziano Ceddia, Michele; Heikkilä, Jaakko; Peltola, Jukka - Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society …
worldwide to native biodiversity and economic profitability in various sectors, including agriculture. However, agricultural …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011069120
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From Blockades to Supply Chain Integration: Challenges of Co-ordination in the Agrifood Sector
Renwick, Alan - Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2015
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011275466
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Policy Responses to Threats to Rural Household Incomes: the Case of Fiji
Tubuna, Sakiusa; Haszler, Henry; Hone, Phillip; … - Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2006
The incomes of people in Fiji who rely directly on agricultural production are under threat due to a number of institutional changes or shocks that are occurring now, or are expected in the near future. In this paper we examine recent evidence on the current nature and level of rural and urban...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010880599
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Policy Responses to Threats to Rural Household Incomes: the Case of Fiji
Tubuna, Sakiusa; Haszler, Henry; Hone, Phillip; … - Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2006
The incomes of people in Fiji who rely directly on agricultural production are under threat due to a number of institutional changes or shocks that are occurring now, or are expected in the near future. In this paper we examine recent evidence on the current nature and level of rural and urban...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010914851
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The Government Agribusiness Interface: Conceptual Issues, and Viewpoints from the Australian Food Manufacturing Sector
Schroder, Bill; Mavondo, Felix - Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 1996
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010914369
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Broadacre farm productivity trajectories and farm characteristics
Islam, Nazrul; Kingwell, Ross; Xayavong, Vilaphonh; … - Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2013
Improving farm productivity is often touted as essential for the future prospects of Australian agriculture … broadacre farming, farm businesses are exposed to greater volatility in productivity. There are only a small proportion of farms …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011070408
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Determining the Role of Social Capital in Linking Smallholders with Agribusiness
Patrick, Ian; Marshall, Graham R.; Abdurrahman, Muktasam; … - Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2006
agribusiness has been variable. Two recent ACIAR studies concluded that there may be more to linking smallholders with the … agribusiness sector than individual smallholder characteristics. This paper hypothesizes that social capital influences the ability … of individual smallholders to take advantage of emerging agribusiness opportunities. It outlines a project proposed by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010880580
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Optimal uptake of second-generation genetically-modified crops
Kaye-Blake, William; Saunders, Caroline M.; … - Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2005
The results of a nationwide New Zealand survey into willingness to pay (WTP) for six different genetically modified (GM) food products were used to estimate market-level demand curves for the products. The raw results clearly indicate that different New Zealanders have different WTP for GM food....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010920130
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The Impact of ‘Rice for the Poor’ on Household Consumption
Pangaribowo, Evita Hanie - Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2012
This study investigates the impact of the 'Rice for the Poor' program - an almost universal program of Indonesian Social Safety Net (SSN) Programs launched in 1998. The general aim of the program was to mitigate the decrease of household nutrition well-being. The program has provided highly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010915534