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Consumption smoothing and price enhancement motives for grain storage : empirical perspectives from rural Ethiopia

Tesfaye, Wondimagegn; Gebremariam, Gebrelibanos - In: Agricultural and Food Economics : AFE 8 (2020) 25, pp. 1-19

Consumption smoothing and temporal price arbitrage are the two main economic motives for grain storage in semi …-subsistence economies. Nonetheless, little has been documented on the determinants of households' grain storage behavior. Using a rich panel … grain for consumption and/or for the market. We found that grain storage is mainly determined by climatic factors …

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Examining the determinants of global and local price passthrough in cereal markets : evidence from DCC-GJR-GARCH and panel analyses

Guo, Jin; Tanaka, Tetsuji - In: Agricultural and Food Economics : AFE 8 (2020) 27, pp. 1-22

and panel feasible generalized least square models. Our findings indicate that a grain autarky system can reduce … volatility passthroughs for three grain commodities. While the substitutive commodity consumption behaviour between maize and … volatility implying that rice is not a substitute for wheat or maize consumption; grain consumption proves a more effective …

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Alternative food shoppers and the "quantity dilemma": a study on the determinants of their purchases at alternative markets

Cicatiello, Clara - In: Agricultural and Food Economics : AFE 8 (2020) 15, pp. 1-13

Despite the increasing interest around alternative food networks and their huge growth in the last decades, they are still considered a complementary source of provision by most customers. Alternative food shoppers are faced with a "quantity dilemma", i.e., choosing how much food they want to...

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The evolutionary transformation of modern agri-food systems : emerging trends in consumption, production, and in the provision of public goods

Camanzi, Luca; Troiano, Stefania - In: Agricultural and Food Economics : AFE 9 (2021), pp. 1-5

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A structural equation modeling analysis of relational governance and economic performance in agri-food supply chains : evidence from the dairy sheep industry in Sardinia (Italy)

Camanzi, Luca; Arba, Elisabetta; Rota, Cosimo; Zanasi, … - In: Agricultural and Food Economics : AFE 6 (2018) 4, pp. 1-21

This study investigates the factors affecting the inter-organizational relationships and governance of firms in agri-food supply chains and assesses the influence that the current conditions of vertical coordination have on the economic performance of these firms. Research hypotheses describing...

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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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The impact of US sugar prices on the financial performance of US sugar-using firms

Trejo-Pech, Carlos J. O.; DeLong, Karen L.; Lambert, … - In: Agricultural and Food Economics : AFE 8 (2020) 16, pp. 1-17

The effect of the United States (US) sugar program on sugar-using firm profitability from 2000 to 2017 is examined using firm financial data and the relative US-to-world sugar price ratio. Return on assets and market-to-book ratio proxy for firm financial performance. The regression results...

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Joint ownership by farmers and investors in the agri-food industry : an exploratory study of the limited cooperative association

Grashuis, Jasper - In: Agricultural and Food Economics : AFE 6 (2018) 24, pp. 1-14

Since the 1990s, producers of farm commodities have been attempting to enter value-added agri-food sectors by means of joint ownership of hybrid cooperatives. New generation cooperatives, characterized by substantial supply and equity requirements, inspired much farm producer optimism before...

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Determinants of the competitiveness of smallholder African indigenous vegetable farmers in high-value agro-food chains in Kenya : a multivariate probit regression analysis

Ngenoh, Evans; Kurgat, Barnabas Kiplagat; Bett, Hillary … - In: Agricultural and Food Economics : AFE 7 (2019) 2, pp. 1-17

Smallholder farmers are excluded from efficient and effective participation in high-value agro-food market chains due to major competitiveness constraints and several market failures along these chains. The purpose of this study is to contribute to the competitiveness of smallholder farmers in a...

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Partnering for sustainability in agri-food supply chains : the case of Barilla Sustainable Farming in the Po Valley

Pancino, Barbara; Blasi, Emanuele; Rappoldt, Anne; … - In: Agricultural and Food Economics : AFE 7 (2019) 13, pp. 1-10

The objective of the paper is to understand the process of designing a multi-stakeholder partnership in the adoption of sustainable innovations in value chains. More specifically, the focus is on the design of feasible types of horizontal agreements and contractual formulas to be implemented in...

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