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The impact of the Single Farm Payments on the Expenditure on Fertilizers and crop protection inputs: a comparative study of the Italian agriculture
Vollaro, Michele - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2010
The Health Check (HC) of the European Common Agricultural Policy in 2003 sped up the process of policy reforms toward decoupled payments in order to urge agricultural production to respond to market signals. However, since decoupled payments could generate “coupled” effects on production, it...
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Auctioning Conservation Contracts and Evaluating the Risk Attitudes of Farmers: Economic Experiments in Japan
Sasaki, Hiroki; Fujie, Takeshi; Kawasaki, Kentaro; … - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2010
Agri-environmental programs in Japan have generally been promoted through the provision of fixed payments for certain environment-friendly farming and management practices. However, the auctioning of agrienvironmental contracts is a noteworthy alternative for the furtherance of such programs....
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Take off the heater: Utility effect and food environment effect in food consumption decisions
Lombardini-Riipinen, Chiara; Lankoski, Leena - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE; … - 2010
In this paper, we describe individual food consumption decisions as driven by a utility effect and a food environment effect. To outline the utility effect, we first develop a new theoretical model of individual food consumption. Next, we introduce the food environment effect by showing how the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009368307
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Health impact assessment of folate biofortified rice in China
De Steur, Hans; Gellynck, Xavier; Storoshenko, Sergei; … - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE; … - 2010
Introduction: As folate deficiency is mainly caused by the dependency on folate-poor staple crops, such as rice, the implementation of rice with a high level of natural folate could be a successful pro-rural and pro-poor intervention strategy to reduce folate deficiencies in China, where about...
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CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION AND FUTURE FOOD CONSUMPTION PATTERNS
Valin, Hugo; Havlik, Petr; Mosnier, Aline; Obersteiner, … - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE; … - 2010
Discussions on climate change increasingly emphasize the contribution of agricultural activities to anthropogenic greenhouse gases emissions. In this paper, we investigate from a supply to demand side perspective the stress between food demand and climate change challenges up until 2030. We...
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DIETARY EVOLUTION OVER TIME IN EUROPE, BETWEEN CYCLOPS AND PHAECIANS . AN OUTLOOK ON THE ROLE OF SUPPLY-SIDE FACTORS IN DRIVING CHANGES IN THE FOOD PATTERNS
Finardi, Corrado; Arfini, Filippo; Turrini, Aida - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE; … - 2010
The present study intends to shed light, both from a descriptive and investigative point of view on the dietary evolution taking place in Europe during last 45 years, using secondary data from FAO FBS, which can cover the entire time span considered and allow for several extrapolation and...
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DEMOGRAPHIC VARIABILITY IN U.S. CONSUMER RESPONSIVENESS TO CARBONATED SOFT-DRINK MARKETING PRACTICES
Rhodes, Charles - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE; … - 2010
construct a panel data set that follows weekly consumer purchasing behavior, this paper investigates the impact of marketing … on a wide range of consumer segments. Reduced-form estimates of consumer responsiveness to these marketing activities … reveal different effects across consumer segments, which have numerous implications for marketing policy. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009368311
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US and German Consumer Preferences for Ground Beef Packaged Under a Modified Atmosphere
Grebitus, Carola; Jensen, Helen H.; Roosen, Jutta - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE; … - 2010
understanding of consumer preferences can help meat processors and others attain effective product development and marketing and …
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THE ROLE OF PRODUCTION METHODS IN FRUIT PURCHASING BEHAVIOUR: HYPOTHETICAL VS ACTUAL CONSUMERS’ PREFERENCES AND STATED MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
Moser, Riccarda; Raffaelli, Roberta; Notaro, Sandra - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE; … - 2010
In recent years, concerns for potential risks on human health related to the overuse of chemical pesticides have encouraged research of alternatives production methods as integrated pest management (IPM) and organic agriculture. Consumer preferences for these practices or for new product...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009368313
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AGEING AND CONSUMPTION – THE IMPACT OF DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE ON FOOD EXPENDITURE PATTERNS
Anders, Sven - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE; … - 2010
Populations in most developed countries are ageing while fertility is declining. Policy makers and researchers expect this demographic shift to induce major shifts in most Western societies, economies and public policies. Moreover, changing requirements, demands and public health pressures (e.g....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009368314