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Innovation and Food System Sustainability: Public Concerns vs Private Interests
Sodano, Valeria - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2008
leading firms are not in any way able to promote the sustainability of the new global food system and that more state …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005256623
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MULTIFUNCTIONAL AGRICULTURE AS AN INNOVATION PATH FOR RURAL AREAS
Madureira, Livia; Costa, Susete - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2009
The main purpose of this paper is to discuss the potential of MFA model to enhance innovation in rural areas build on … the analysis of information from a database of best practices on innovation in EU rural areas collected by the RAPIDO … project1. The analysis shows innovation to be strongly related to multiple-activity. This suggests the synergies between …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008555829
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SOCIOECONOMIC AND INSTITUTIONAL DETERMINERS OF DURABLE TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS IN THE FOOD-PRODUCING AGRICULTURE OF CAMEROON
Temple, Ludovic; Kwa, Moise; Bikoi, Achile - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2007
systems are reaching their limits in food-producing agriculture imply accelerating technological innovation toward ecological … institutional innovation enabled hybridization of different forms of research (fundamental, systems, and action research) and … reinforced the organizational innovation required for technical change. Evaluation of impacts underlined the complementarity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005327526
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ECONOMIC PERFORMANCES OF DAIRY INDUSTRY IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA IN TRANSITION
Ognjenovic, Dragana; Bajramovic, Sabahudin; Nikolic, … - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2012
(liquidity and indebtedness ration) and operating successfulness (efficiency, activity, productivity and profitability ratios) we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010920275
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Short supply chain: analysis of the competitiveness of organic horticultural farmers at Italian regional level
Bertazzoli, Aldo; Ruggeri, Arianna; Samoggia, Antonella - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2010
The paper focuses on the competitiveness of organic horticultural farms implementing short food supply chain (SFSC), by analysing the organisational structures adopted by farmers and their economic performance. The collection of data based on face to face interviews with farmers and the review...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008693180
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Causes of Diversification in Agriculture Over Time: Evidence From Norwegian Farming Sector
Culas, Richard J.; Mahendrarajah, Mahen - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2005
Farm planning generally focuses on optimal diversification with respect to risk and uncertainties, where the risk-management strategies combine production, marketing, financial and environmental responses of the production of farm firm. In this study an empirical examination of farm...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005803242
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FARM STRUCTURE AND COMPETITIVENESS IN AGRICULTURE
Toth, Orsolya - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2012
After the political, economic and social transformation in 1989-1990 the farm structure in Hungary became undoubtedly more diverse than earlier and many unfavourable features have appeared such as: fragmented holding and bipolar property structure, low technical, technological, educational and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010920285
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The economic sustainability of cropping systems in Indian Punjab: A farmers' perspective
Singh, Sukhwinder; Park, Julian R.; Litten-Brown, Jennie - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2011
productivity level. This paper compares the economic sustainability of WRCP to that of other alternative cropping patterns in … agricultural area producing 13% of the food grains of India. Increased productivity brought economic benefits to farmers and led to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009324314
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SUSTAINABLE EFFICIENCY OF FIRMS WHEN NEW SUSTAINABILITY TARGETS ARE INTRODUCED
Mondelaers, Koen; Kuosmanen, Timo; Van Passel, Steven; … - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2011
There is a high potential for simultaneously increasing sustainability of the earth system and economic development by … sustainability is employed, by introducing capacity constraints as the boundaries above (or below) which the system cannot maintain …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009326446
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Can fishing tourism improve sustainability of fishing chain?
Lai, Maria Bonaria - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2010
addressed to guarantee the environmental sustainability. This sustainability can be guaranteed by those who work in the fish …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009398377