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The Rural Elite and the Supply of Public Goods in Rural Areas
Lan, Xu-peng - In: Asian Agricultural Research 04 (2012) 11
Based on the theory of collective action and social capital theory, social capital is introduced into the game analysis of the supply of public goods between the rural elite and ordinary villagers. I establish the income model of public goods utility concerning the rural elite and ordinary...
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Providing Agri-environmental Public Goods through Collective Action: Lessons from New Zealand Case Studies
Uetake, Tetsuya - New Zealand Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2012
Agriculture is a provider of food and, to a certain extent, public goods such as biodiversity and landscape, but it can also have negative impacts on natural assets such as biodiversity and water quality. In addition to implementing policies that target individual farmers, different approaches...
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Productores de flor de corte de la comunidad de Francisco Zarco, en el municipio de Tenancingo, Estado de México: ¿Un caso exitoso de acción colectiva?
Gonzalez, D.I.S.; Gonzalez, D.J.G.; Garcia, V.R.; … - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2010
The idea of territory comprises a complex relationships net, its dynamics is understood by the geographical proximity, the rural agroindustry organization (AIR) and the way in which all of them are related with territory external actors. Despite the fact that between territory actors exist...
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Crystallisation of Collective Action in the Emergence of a Geographical Indication System
Paus, Marguerite; Reviron, Sophie - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2010
Replaced with revised version of paper 09/20/11.
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Heterogeneity of Members’ Characteristics and Cooperation within Producer Groups Regulating Geographical Indications: The Case of the “Prosciutto di Parma” Consortium
Dentoni, Domenico; Menozzi, Davide; Capelli, Maria Giacinta - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2010
Several studies have analyzed the conditions under which geographical indications (GIs), such as the European Protected Designations of Origin (PDOs) and Protected Geographical Indications (PGIs), can represent a profitable market opportunity for agri-food producers. The development of a common...
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Seasoning a Monopsonic Processor for Collective Action amongst Pepper Producers in Costa Rica
Saenz-Segura, Fernando J.F.; Schipper, Robert A.; … - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2006
The small-scale pepper producers in the El Roble settlement Costa Rica face a monopsonistic market. Only one processing firm is buying the fresh pepper bunches. The processor has all bargaining power to decide on the price paid to the farmers and the quality selection criteria. The rejection...
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New Forms of Economic Cooperation in Family Agriculture: The Case of Condominios in Santa Catarina, Brazil
Moyano-Estrada, Eduardo; Sacco dos Anjos, Flavio - In: Journal of Rural Cooperation 29 (2001) 1
In this paper, the authors analyze the Condominios as economic associations adapted to the characteristics of family agriculture in the Brazilian state of Santa Catarina. Firstly, they analyze the process of modernization of Brazilian agriculture that took place in the 1960s and 1970s under the...
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Industry-mandated testing to improve food safety: the new US marketing order for pistachios
Brunke, Henrich; Alston, Julian M.; Gray, Richard S.; … - In: German Journal of Agricultural Economics 53 (2004) 8
Food safety shocks can threaten the health of consumers, create havoc within an industry and result in severe losses to producers. Governments often attempt to aid food safety by mandating standards and inspection of food products to supplement the efforts by private firms and industries. This...
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One Player Games versus Two Player Games: Comparing Agribusiness Cooperatives with Investor-Owned Business Models
Parker, Frederick - Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2011
Cooperative business firms are prevalent in agribusiness, yet no concise generalized model exists to demonstrate how …, and because it directly reflects the cardinal payoffs actually used in agribusiness decisions, such as revenue, expense … agribusiness. However, weaknesses of the cooperative model are also discussed, conjecturing that cooperatives may be preferable to …
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Nuevas formas de cooperación económica en la agricultura familiar brasileña: El caso de los Condominios en el estado de Santa Catarina
ANJOS, FLÁVIO SACCO DOS; ESTRADA, EDUARDO MOYANO - In: Revista Española de Estudios Agrosociales y Pesqueros (2001) 191
En este artículo, sus autores analizan los Condominios Agrarios como una forma asociativa adaptada a las características de la agricultura familiar en el estado brasileño de Santa Catarina. En primer lugar, analizan el proceso de modernización de la agricultura brasileña que tuvo lugar en...
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