Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 153
Cover Image
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
Cover Image
Issues in evaluating generic promotion in the food chain
Goddard, Ellen W.; Freebairn, John W.; Griffith, Garry R. - Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2003
Some issues in the evaluation of generic promotion have received relatively little attention. The agricultural economics literature on brand versus generic advertising is often simple empirically and has not related well to the burgeoning marketing literature on brand/private label strategies....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008519190
Cover Image
Testing for Market Power in the Australian Grains and Oilseeds Industries
Griffith, Garry R.; O'Donnell, Christopher J. - Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2002
Recent empirical studies have found significant evidence of departures from competition in the input side of the bread, breakfast cereal and margarine endproduct markets. In this study we specify a general duality model of profit maximisation that allows for imperfect competition in the input...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010909075
Cover Image
Modelling market power in the Indonesian palm oil industry
Chalil, Diana; Ahmadi-Esfahani, Fredoun Z. - Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2005
A plethora of approaches to modeling market power has been reported in the literature. These can be broadly divided into one-side and two-side behavioral models. This paper uses versions of these models to develop a theoretical framework to test market power in the output and input markets in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010882139
Cover Image
Sustainability Analysis of Local and Transmigrant Farming Systems in Tidal Swamplands: A Proposed Study in South Borneo, Indonesia
Yanti, Nuri Dewi; Lumley, Sarah; Rumley, Dennis - Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2002
Population pressure in Indonesia, especially in the inner islands of Java and Madura, has compelled the government to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010909098
Cover Image
Optimal Feed Mill Blending
Tozer, Peter R.; Stokes, Jeffrey R. - Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2006
Commercial feed blending is a complex process consisting of many potential raw ingredients and final products. The sheer number of daily orders and final products at a typical feed mill means that raw ingredients cannot be mixed to directly produce final products in an economical fashion. As a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010880592
Cover Image
Market power and subsidies in the Indonesian palm oil industry
Chalil, Diana - Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2008
Cooking oil is known as an essential commodity in Indonesia. Having such an important role, the Indonesian government …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005806932
Cover Image
Estimations of the price transmission and market power in canola export market: implication to canola import of Japan
Nakajima, Toru - Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2011
In this paper, I analyze the price transmission of canola, or low erucic acid rapeseed, in the international market and the market power of canola exporting countries over one of the major importing countries, Japan. Canola oil production in Japan is almost completely dependent on the canola...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008853453
Cover Image
The effect of imports on the Australian pig industry
Purcell, Tim; Harrison, Stephen R. - Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 1999
In 1990 the Australian Government relaxed restrictions on the importation of pigmeat from Canada. In response to declining producer prices and their consequent effect on profitability, the Australian pig industry raised concerns with the Australian Government that the decline in producer price...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010878610
Cover Image
Issues in Modelling the Australian Dairy Industry: Joint Products, Market Power and Deregulation
MacAulay, T. Gordon; Owen, Kate M.; O'Donnell, … - Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 1999
This paper reports on an expanded and revised version of the spatial equilibrium model of the Australian dairy industry developed by MacAulay (1997). In the expanded version there is demand for five manufactured products. The transformation from bulk milk to final product is modelled by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010878621