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Trust: The Importance of Distinguishing between Different Actors and Dimensions

de Jonge, Janneke; van Trijp, J.C.M.; Renes, Reint Jan; … - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2006

food. From the analysis, two distinct dimensions emerged that were labelled optimism and pessimism. The second aim of this … related to optimism and pessimism was dependent upon both the actor and the dimension of trust. …

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An Econometric Model of CGE Simulations

Hess, Sebastian - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2005

CGE models are widely used tools for economic assessments of trade policy changes. However, overall confidence in their results tends to be low. We employ the methodological framework of meta-analysis in order to approach a quantitative comparison of CGE-based simulation results. Therefore, we...

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Resilience of European farms under different CAP scenarios

Polman, Nico B.P.; Peerlings, Jack H.M.; Slangen, Louis H.G. - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2011

disturbances. Farms are able to survive only if they respond appropriately to disturbances. This resilience of farms is explained …

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“Waiting for Godot”- Restructuring on Small Family Farms

Jack, Claire G.; Moss, Joan E.; Wallace, Michael T. - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2009

have contributed to the observed resilience of small scale family farms. We use data from Northern Ireland and employ farm …

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Testing for household resilience to food insecurity: evidence from Nicaragua

Romano, Donato; Ciani, Federico - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2014

The main goal of this paper is to develop a methodology to quantitatively assess resilience to food insecurity. The … developed methodology is applied to Nicaraguan rural households hit by Mitch Hurricane in 1999. The proposed resilience index … that the proposed resilience index is a significant determinant of households’ food security and this result is robust …

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RESILIENCE OF SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS IN EUROPEAN RURAL AREAS: THEORY AND PROSPECTS

Schouten, Marleen A.H.; Heide, Martijn M. van der; … - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2009

serious problems to rural management and largely affect future perspectives of rural areas. Rural resilience refers to the … maintained, while coping with its inherent ecological, economic and social vulnerability. Rural resilience describes how rural …, by exploring in detail what the importance is of resilience theory within rural areas. An answer is tried to be given to …

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Evaluating the Impact of Biofortification: A Meta-analysis of Community-level Studies on Quality Protein Maize (QPM)

Gunaratna, Nilupa S.; De Groote, Hugo; McCabe, G.P. - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2008

Biofortification, or the genetic improvement of the nutritional quality of food crops, is a promising strategy to combat undernutrition, particularly among the rural poor in developing countries. However, traditional methods of impact assessment do not apply to biofortified crops as little or no...

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Substitutability of Fishmeal in Diets for Salmon and Trout: A Meta-Analysis

Drakeford, Ben; Pascoe, Sean - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2005

Intensive aquaculture, especially the production of carnivorous species, requires artificial feeding. Fishmeal and oil are preferred to vegetable proteins, since marine proteins provide the essential nutrients required by farmed fish. Therefore, given the stagnant production of reduction species...

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