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Spread of retailer food quality standards: An international perspective

Herzfeld, Thomas; Drescher, Larissa S.; Grebitus, Carola - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2008

farmers in developing countries. This study aims at analysing the adoption of two private food standards, BRC Technical Food …

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Re-considering Agri-Environmental Schemes premiums: the impact of fixed costs in sign-up decisions

Barreiro-Hurlé, Jesús; Espinosa-Goded, Maria; Dupraz, … - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2008

assure farm profitability investigating the role that fixed costs have on adoption. A farm profit maximizing model is … identify the potential barriers to adoption associated with the presence of fixed compliance costs. A sample of farmers … eligible for an agri-environmental scheme entailing a land-use change is used to test whether the theoretical models are valid …

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What Impact Are EU Supermarket Standards Having on Developing Countries Export of High-Value Horticultural Products? Evidence from Kenya

Asfaw, Solomon; Mithofer, Dagmar; Waibel, Hermann - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2007

European Union (EU) retailers are setting global benchmarks for the production of fresh food, and are asking their suppliers for produce to be certified according to food safety and quality standards. Compliance to these standards for developing countries small-scale producers entail costly...

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FARM-LEVEL DETERMINANTS OF CONVERSION TO SUSTAINABLE FARMING PRACTICES IN THE NEW MEMBERS STATES

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

A field survey carried out in 2005 in the Czech Republic and Lithuania to investigate the determinants of converting to organic farming reveals that farmer's own belief and the intrinsic characteristics of the farm increase the likelihood of conversion. If the process of certification as an...

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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 some variables than those explained in the neoclassical economics principle of labor market demand and supply equilibrium. Using a quantitative and qualitative case study of some...

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Improved seeds, fertilizer or natural resource management? Evidence from Kenya’s smallholder maize farmers

Wainaina, Priscilla Wairimu; Tongruksawattana, Songporne; … - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2014

There is consensus that adoption of technological improvements is crucial to increasing agricultural productivity and …

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A methodological proposal to approach farmers’ adoption behavior: stated preferences and perceptions of the innovation

Roussy, Caroline; Ridier, Aude; Chaib, Karim - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2014

In order to approach farmers’ adoption behavior of innovative cropping systems (ICS) on a sample of specialized cereal … modelling protocol allows analyzing farmers’ preferences facing an adoption decision (dichotomous choice) but also the level of … adoption (number of hectare adopted). By gathering the data on farmers’ preferences, perceptions and characteristics, this …

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Analysis of the Adoption of Irrigation Technologies Under Uncertain Water Availability

Escribano, Maria Jesus; Calatrava-Leyva, Javier - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2005

This paper analyses the adoption process of water-conserving irrigation technologies by a risk averse farmer in a … of uncertainty regarding water availability incentives the adoption of modern irrigation technologies only if this allows …

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Drivers of consumer’s adoption of innovative food

Loizou, Efstratios; Michailidis, Anastasios; … - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2009

explore the different levels of innovative products adoption and a categorical regression model was estimated to determine the …

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