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Weather index insurance for managing drought risk in smallholder agriculture : lessons and policy implications for sub-Saharan Africa

Tadesse, Million A.; Shiferaw, Bekele; Erenstein, Olaf - In: Agricultural and Food Economics : AFE 3 (2015), pp. 1-21

smallholder agriculture, with a focus on sub-Saharan Africa. Despite its promise to integrate local agricultural risk smoothing … provide real value to smallholders. Finally, the review acknowledges that the suggested conceptual solutions, especially …

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Caprine milk as a source of income for women instead of a taboo : a comparative analysis of the implication of women in the caprine and bovine value chains in Fatick, Senegal

Habanabakize, Ernest; Diasse, Mame Astou; Cellier, Marjorie - In: Agricultural and Food Economics : AFE 10 (2022) 1, pp. 1-21

Domestic animals, especially small ruminants, are an important source of income for millions of smallholder farmers, particularly women, in Senegal. The aim of this study was to understand the place of the bovine and caprine milk value chains and to identify the role and challenges for women in...

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Does contract farming affect technical efficiency? : evidence from soybean farmers in Northern Ghana

Selorm, Ayeduvor; Sarpong, D. B. S.; Egyir, Irene Susana; … - In: Agricultural and Food Economics : AFE 11 (2023) 1, pp. 1-22

Understanding how and the extent to which contract farming arrangements impact agricultural productivity is important to ensuring that policies are designed to maximize the likelihood of success. Using cross-sectional data from 516 soybean farmers in Northern Ghana, we provide empirical evidence...

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Alternative food chains as a way to embed mountain agriculture in the urban market : the case of Trentino

Blasi, Emanuele; Cicatiello, Clara; Pancino, Barbara; … - In: Agricultural and Food Economics : AFE 3 (2015), pp. 1-13

Peri-urban agriculture is exposed to multiple pressures, which push to diversification and multifunctionality. However …

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Agricultural and food economics : a new journal for a changing world

Banterle, Alessandro; Marchini, Andrea; Mathijs, Erik; … - In: Agricultural and Food Economics : AFE 1 (2013), pp. 1-2

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Economics of contracts in African food systems : evidence from the malt barley sector in Ethiopia

Tefera, Delelegne Abera; Bijman, Jos - In: Agricultural and Food Economics : AFE 9 (2021), pp. 1-21

Foreign direct investment (FDI) facilitates modernization of domestic agri-food systems in emerging economies through increased use of vertical coordination. This paper sheds lights on how international brewer investments in African food systems affect smallholder market participation and value...

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The geography of agriculture participation and food security in a small and a mediumsized city in Ghana

Ayerakwa, Hayford Mensah; Dzanku, Fred Mawunyo; … - In: Agricultural and Food Economics : AFE 8 (2020) 10, pp. 1-21

The debate about the contribution of urban agriculture to urban household food security has not considered the possible … differential effects by geography of production activities, focusing either on urban household's participation in agriculture …-sized city in Ghana, this article contributes by disentangling urban household's participation in agriculture by geography of …

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Agricultural and Food Economics: the challenge of sustainability

Brunori, Gianluca; Branca, Giacomo; Cembalo, Luigi; … - In: Agricultural and Food Economics : AFE 8 (2020) 12, pp. 1-2

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Efficiency and coordination in the EU agri-food systems

Severini, Simone; Sorrentino, Alessandro - In: Agricultural and Food Economics : AFE 5 (2017) 15, pp. 1-5

During the 52nd Conference of the Italian Society of Agricultural Economists (SIDEA), Italian agricultural economists have been given the opportunity to debate regarding internationalization, competition, and local development in agri-food systems. This special issue of the journal AFE contains...

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Is it possible to quantify the current resilience level of an agri-food system? : a review of the literature

Tebaldi, Letizia; Vignali, Giuseppe - In: Agricultural and Food Economics : AFE 11 (2023) 1, pp. 1-22

Nowadays being resilient is a requirement of all companies and more in general supply chains, as a consequence of the frequent disruptions which repeatedly affect systems and challenge markets from different sides. But how to state whether a company and its related supply chain are resilient or...

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