A double hurdle model of off-farm work participation and off-farm labour income was derived and estimated consistent with a farm household model. It was found that rationing and unexpected transaction costs inhibit farm households from participating in off-farm work. The 1992 and the Agenda 2000...

This paper examines control measures for improving food safety in the dairy chain, using an integer linear programming model. The chain includes feed (compound feed production and delivery), farm (dairy farm) and dairy processing (transport and processing of raw milk, delivery of pasteurised...

Technical information on the production of an externality can be included in a dual profit function to yield insight into the effects of a tax on the externality. The methodology is applied to a tax on nitrogen surplus in the context of future mineral policies for Dutch arable farms. In future...