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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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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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Marketing Local Foods by Food Cooperatives
Katchova, Ani L.; Woods, Timothy A. - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2012
been involved in marketing local foods to interested consumers. We study the business strategies that food consumer … versus less intense users of these promotion strategies. Unlike previous studies, the emphasis for this study is on promotion/marketing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010880351
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Market Structure and Coherence of International Cooperation: The Case of the Dairy Sector in Malawi
Revoredo-Giha, Cesar - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2012
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010913828
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The economic potential for an origin based marketing and certification system for a meat product in South Africa: Perceptions, preferences, and experiments.
Kirsten, Johann F.; Vermeulen, Hester; Van Zyl, Karlien; … - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2012
). Together these results present a strong case for the marketing potential of origin based mutton / lamb which could sell at a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010913843
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Smallholder compliance with private standard certification: the case of GlobalGAP adoption by mango producers in Peru
Lemeilleur, Sylvaine - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2012
The prevalence of food quality standards in international trade is constantly increasing and has a growing influence on developing countries. A wide range of literature in development economics has focused on the debate of whether international standards exclude small-scale farmers from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010913933
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Demand for Food Away from Home: A Multiple Discrete/Continuous Extreme Value Model
Richards, Timothy J.; Mancino, Lisa - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2012
Policymakers have suggested the use of taxes to raise the relative cost of buying fast food. Yet, little is known of the structure of demand for food-away-from-home (FAFH) in general. This study provides estimates of the price-elasticity of demand for four different types of FAFH using a new...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010913953
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Can Supermarkets Boost Healthy Eating Habits?
Dill, Matheus; Corte, Dalla; Francisco, Vitor; Anselmi, … - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2012
Problems related to obesity as a result of changing dietary habits have generated discussions. This study aimed to make connections between institutional theory and presumable strategies that supermarkets may adopt to minimize problems related to poor nutrition. Eating habits, obesity and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010914016
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On the Norms of Charitable Giving in Islam: A Field Experiment
Lambarraa, Fatima; Riener, Gerhard - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2012
Charitable giving is one of the major obligations Islam and a strong Muslim norm endorses giving to the needy, but discourages public displays of giving. This norm is puzzling in light of previous evidence, suggesting that making donations public often increases giving. We report the results two...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010880244
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Transaction Costs, Hold-Ups and Governance in Ethanol Supply Chains
Hobbs, Jill E.; Weseen, Simon; Kerr, William A. - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2012
The long-run commercial viability of ethanol production depends on the ability to access an inexpensive and reliable supply of inputs as well as finding stable markets for ethanol and its co-products. A unique feature of ethanol plants is their position at the intersection of multiple supply...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010880279