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Investigating a Paradigm of Food System Sustainability:The Case of Fresh Vegetable Production and Distribution in Crete

Apostolides, Kristy; Kambourakis, Emmanouil - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2009

field fruit and vegetable production within the island of Crete, Greece, by examining the production and distribution of …-produced items. Through case studies, this paper examines the typology of production and maps the distribution of vegetables and …

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OPTIONS OF FINANCING THE CAP – CONSEQUENCES FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF FARM PAYMENTS

Sinabell, Franz; Schmid, Erwin; Pitlik, Hans - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2008

major justification of farm payments. There are three facets: the distribution of payments among farmers within member … states, the distribution of payments among member states, and the distribution of household incomes within member states. All …

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A structural model of wealth, obesity and health in the UK

Mazzocchi, Mario; Traill, W. Bruce - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2008

Based on a household health production framework, this paper exploits the combination of socioeconomic, health and nutrition information from the UK National Diet and Nutrition Survey to analyze the endogenous relationship among wealth, nutrition, weight and the final health outcomes. Results...

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Collective action of small farmers: A case study of Ruoheng farmer watermelon cooperative in China

Huang, Zuhui; Liang, Qiao; Hendrikse, George W.J. - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2009

significantly higher return or income than individual small farmers. …

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Combination of the Swiss agrarian sector model SILAS-dyn with the life cycle assessment tool SALCA

Zimmermann, Albert - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2008

The agricultural sector model SILAS-dyn has been used by Agroscope ART for 10 years for the political advisory of the Swiss agricultural administration. To evaluate the environmental effects of different policy scenarios, a LCA module has been developed, connecting a hierarchical linkage to an...

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SUSTAINABILITY DIMENSIONS AND INCOME PROSPECTS FOR THE FARMING SYSTEMS IN THE NEW MEMBER STATES

Cristoiu, Adriana; Cobos, Blanca Lucena; … - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2007

An investigation carried out at the farming system level on the sustainability dimensions and agricultural income … farming (Lithuania) trigger potentially the highest farm gross income at the 2013 time horizon. …

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WTO Negotiations on Market Access in Agriculture: A Comparison of Alternative Tariff Cut Scenarios for the EU and the US

Bureau, Jean-Christophe; Salvatici, Luca - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2002

This paper provides a summary measure of the possible new commitments in the area of market access undertaken by the European Union and the United States, using the Trade Restrictiveness Index (TRI) as the tariff aggregator. Indicators such as the TRI, based on welfare theory, integrate economic...

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The Effect of Information and Market Access on Adopters' Income Level

Nwankwo, Uche M.; Wolfgang, Bokelmann - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2008

This paper is aimed at relating income fluctuation with adoptable innovations, adopter category and their access to … enough income and what constraints they face. The von Hipple’s lead user concept and decision model of risk aversion under … uncertainty were used to explain causes of variability. Notably, farmers with enough steady income have access to market, various …

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Regional identity as a trigger for agricultural regional development

Mettepenningen, Evy; Mazodier, Marion; Vandermeulen, Valerie - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2010

Regional development is receiving a lot of attention nowadays in European policy. A possible stepping stone to achieve regional development is regional identity. This paper investigates whether regional identity can contribute to the specific case of agricultural regional development. One...

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Russia's Frangible Tendency to Rise: What Can Be Observed at Macro- and Meta-Level?

Voigt, Peter - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2005

This paper is an extraction of some results achieved in a comprehensive study of Russia's transition in its regional as well as sectoral dimension. Thereby, the transition process between 1993 - 2000 has been approximated by aggregated developments of productivity, technical change, and...

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