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Facilitating access to rural services in Vietnam: The invisible social capital link
Hoang Dinh, Quoc; Dufhues, Thomas; Buchenrieder, Gertrud - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2012
This paper investigates the effects of network based individual social capital on the access of rural households to services. In the context of development economics, an innovative data collection approach is used to determine network based social capital. The approach originates from the field...
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Agricultural Clusters in China
Kiminami, Lily; Kiminami, Akira - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2009
The purpose of this study is to assess the potential of clustering in the development of agriculture and rural communities in China. We shall examine in detail the food industry, which is the link in the food chain that propels the industrialization of agriculture, and identify instances of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010913357
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Comparative Analysis of the Safe Training Performance about Farmers Use Pesticide -Sichuan Province of China as an example
Wenting, Song; Xinhong, Fu; Deping, Xiong; Yan, Wang; … - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2009
The Ministry of Agriculture of People’s Republic of China put in practice in non-hazardous food production and high-toxicity pesticides elimination, which aim at human, food and environmental safety. To investigate 491 farmers in Sichuan Province, the paper analyzes comparatively training...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010913529
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NONPARAMETRIC ANALYSIS OF ATTITUDES TOWARD RISKY CROPS: A PLANT MOLECULAR FARMING CASE STUDY
Veeman, Michele M.; Volinskiy, Dmitriy; Adamowicz, Wiktor L. - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2009
Research on plant molecular farming (PMF) is supported by public and private sectors in Canada. This may lead to benefits of new or cheaper medicines, industrial products and foods, but also be the source of appreciable risks to food safety from contamination by PMF materials, as well as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010913532
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Market outlet choices in the context of changing demand for fresh meat: implications for smallholder inclusion in pork supply chain in Vietnam
Lapar, Ma. Lucila A.; Toan, Nguyen Ngoc; Que, Nguyen Ngoc; … - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2009
outlets, and geographical location which captures the effects of income differences, traditional marketing practices, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010880082
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Determinants of Commitment to Agricultural Cooperatives: Cashew Nuts Farmers in Benin
Mensah, Edouard R.; Karantininis, Kostas; Adegbidi, Anselme - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2012
Forming and using cooperatives as marketing channel is usually advised to African smallholder farmers for overcoming … the constraint of market access. However, limited evidence of cooperative behavior in marketing has been observed. In this … results reveal that the commitment to membership depends on the assessment of prices offered by the marketing channels, the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010913915
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SC-X: CALIBRATING STATED CHOICE SURVEYS WITH EXPERIMENTAL AUCTION MARKETS
Alfnes, Frode; Rickertsen, Kyrre - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2003
Experimental auctions (X) use real economic incentives but are limited by available products and locally recruited samples. Stated choice (SC) surveys can use a representative sample to estimate the willingness to pay (WTP) for hypothetical products with unavailable characteristics. However, a...
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An analysis of the challenges of the maize seed industry in eastern and southern Africa
Langyintuo, Augustine S.; Mwangi, Wilfred; Diallo, Alpha O. - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2009
, seed marketing and demand, and seed policy in the two regions. To promote growth and development of the maize seed industry …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010913379
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Contracts, trust and market environment in farmer-buyer relationships
Zhang, Xiaoyong; Hu, Dinghuan - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2009
This study identified and validated key constructs underlying supply chain management research: contract, trust and environment. In total, 22 items were retained to measure six dimensions for the three core concepts. Using data from a sample of Chinese vegetable and fruit farmers, we found...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010913552
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The effect of information on consumer choice (the case of product with new properties)
Fetisova, Yulia - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2009
In the modern world very concentrated informational environment forms consumer preferences well before a potential buyer goes to the shop to make purchases. The production of new commodities triggers economic agents’ demand for objective information necessary for taking decisions about their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010913556