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Import Dependency of Food Production
Knuuttila, Marja; Vatanen, Eero; Niemi, Jyrki; Jansik, Csaba - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2014
Self-sufficiency figures based on the relationship between domestic production and consumption fail to take into account the fact that domestic production itself is dependent on imported resources. In this paper, an indicator for measuring the import content of food production industries is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011125240
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The effect of the foreign capital and European subventions on the competitiveness of the Hungarian agribusiness’ enterprises in the last 15 years
Karolyne Zdenko, Ildiko; Illes B., Csaba; Pataki, Laszlo; … - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2009
In our research we examine the foreign investments from the change of regime, privatization; EU accession, possibilities offered by subventions (2004-2006); so the experiences of the last 15 years, and we draw up the expectations from the actual New Hungary Rural Development and National...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008555607
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Organic farming and fair trade in developing country as a new agribusiness paradigm: Evidence from Mali
Sinaba, Famory; Dessein, Joost; Lauwers, Ludwig H.; … - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2011
sustainably valorise the small peasants agriculture in Africa and include the smallholders in global markets. Certification and … smallholders of this new North- South trade regime established by certificates and labels. This article uses the theory of Global … the “cahiers de charges” imposed by the North however may cause exclusion of many smallholders in these new North …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009324335
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The role of farmer organisations and researcher support in the inclusion of smallholders in quality pork supply chains in Vietnam
Binh, Vu Trong; Thai, Bui Thi; Quang, Hoang Vu; … - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2007
Replaced with revised version of paper 11/26/07.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005522504
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Non-Traditional Export Crops and Household Livelihood Strategies: Panel Data Evidence from Guatemala
Kilic, Talip; Carletto, Calogero - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2009
This study uses a unique panel dataset that spans a 20-year period (1985-2005), and estimates the effect of household non-traditional agricultural export (NTX) adoption on changes in livelihood orientation and participation in non-farm employment in Santiago Sacatepéquez municipality of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004998980
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STRATEGIES FOR SMALLHOLDERS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: COMMERCIALISATION, DIVERSIFICATION AND EXIT
Brooks, Jonathan; Cervantes-Godoy, Dalila; Jonasson, Erik - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2009
This paper proposes a strategic framework for policies to assist smallholders in developing countries. It describes the … on smallholders, and the consequent need for policies to facilitate rather than impede adjustment. A key premise of the … framework is that, for the majority of smallholders, the long term (i.e. inter-generational)future lies outside the sector …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004998982
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Non-Traditional Export Crops in Guatemala: Short-Term Tool or Long-Term Strategy for Poverty Alleviation?
Carletto, Calogero; Kilic, Talip; Kirk, Angeli - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2009
This study is the first to document the long-term welfare effects of household non-traditional agricultural export (NTX) adoption. We use a unique panel dataset, which spans the period of 1985-2005, and employ difference-in-differences estimation to investigate the long-term impact of NTX...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004998984
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Quality Upgrading, Competition and Trade Policy: Evidence from the Agri-Food Sector
Curzi, Daniele; Raimondi, Valentina; Olper, Alessandro - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2014
This paper analyzes the extent to which the reduction of import tariffs ‒ as a measure of import competition ‒ affects the quality upgrading of the food products exported to the EU. This relationship is studied within a ‘distance to the frontier’ model (Aghion et al., 2005) who predicts...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011125136
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Trade, import competition and productivity growth in the food industry
Olper, Alessandro; Pacca, Lucia; Curzi, Daniele - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2014
Melitz and Ottaviano’s (2008) firm-heterogeneity model predicts that trade liberalization induces a selection process from low to high productivity firms, which translates to an industry productivity growth. A similar firms’ selection effect is induced by market size. In this paper, these...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011125171
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The Use of Brands in Food Marketing - Results from a Survey of Danish Food Industry Firms
Baltzer, Kenneth; Baker, Derek; Moller, Anja S. - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2005
The paper tests a number of hypotheses concerning branding behaviour of the food industry found in the literature. Based on a survey of 109 Danish food industry firms conducted in 2004, three aspects of branding strategies are analysed, i) the number of brands owned by the firm, ii) the number...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004979662