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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 … paper, we estimate a two-stage model of commitment to cooperatives by cashew nut farmers in Benin, West Africa. In the first …; the commitment to business depends on prices and transaction costs in the channels. Our findings call cooperatives for …
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Agricultural Production Restrictions and Market Power: An Antitrust Analysis
Bolotova, Yuliya - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2015
During the recent decade the organizations of agricultural producers in the national dairy, potato, egg and mushroom industries implemented various pre-production and production restriction practices with the primary objective of agricultural output price stabilization. The buyers of the...
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Preferences for Marketing Arrangements by Potential Switchgrass Growers
Jensen, Kimberly L.; English, Burton C.; Clark, … - In: Journal of Cooperatives 25 (2011)
This study analyzes factors influencing farmer interest in marketing switchgrass through contracts and/or joining a cooperative that harvests, transports, stores, and markets their switchgrass. Data are from a survey of farmers in 12 southern states. A bivariate probit analysis is used to...
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UM ESTUDO DA CÂMARA SETORIAL DO AÇÚCAR E DO ÁLCOOL USANDO ANÁLISE DE CORRESPONDÊNCIA
Junior, Goncalves; Alberto, Carlos; Alves, Yony Brugnolo; … - Sociedade Brasileira de Economia e Sociologia Rural - SOBER - 2008
Este artigo trata do papel da Câmara Setorial da Cadeia Produtiva do Açúcar e do Álcool do Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento. As principais ações da Câmara em estudo ocorreram no sentido de solicitar alterações nos ambientes tecnológico, institucional e...
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Um estudo das deliberações da Câmara Setorial do Açúcar e do Ãlcool, usando análise de correspondência
Junior, Goncalves; Alberto, Carlos; Alves, Yony Brugnolo; … - In: Brazilian Journal of Rural Economy and Sociology (RESR) 47 (2009) 1
This article discusses the deliberations of the Sectional Council of Productive Chain of Sugar and Alcohol of Agricultural, Live-stocking farming and Supply Department. The main actions of the Council is study occurred in the sense of requesting alters in the technologic, institutional and...
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COOPERATIVISMO E DESENVOLVIMENTO NO OESTE PARANAENSE: O CASO DA C.VALE NA REGIÃO DE PALOTINA/ PR
Alves, Adriana; Silva, Christian Luiz Da; Junior, Freire; … - Sociedade Brasileira de Economia e Sociologia Rural - SOBER - 2008
O objetivo deste artigo é analisar o desenvolvimento sócio-econômico ocorrido na região de atuação da C Vale Cooperativa Agroindustrial, após a industrialização avícola ocorrida em 1997. A pesquisa foi realizada com os cooperados da C. Vale, especialmente os que desenvolvem atividade...
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A NEGOCIAÇÃO DA QUASE-RENDA ENTRE PRODUTOR E AGROINDÚSTRIA: UMA DISCUSSÃO TEÓRICA E APLICADA NA AVICULTURA DE CORTE PARANAENSE
Silva, Christian Luiz da; Saes, Maria Sylvia Macchione - Sociedade Brasileira de Economia e Sociologia Rural - SOBER - 2006
A cadeia de frango de corte no Paraná se consolidou, principalmente, no interior do Estado, onde concentra 79% da produção. Esta atividade contribui significativamente para a geração de superávits na balança comercial. O objetivo deste artigo foi discutir a distribuição da quase-renda...
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Contract farming and smallholder incentives to produce high quality: experimental evidence from the Vietnamese dairy sector
Saenger, Christoph; Qaim, Matin; Torero, Maximo; … - Institut für Agrarökonomie, Georg-August-Universität … - 2012
In emerging markets for high-value food products in developing countries, processing companies search for efficient ways to source raw material of consistent quality. One widely embraced approach is contract farming. But relatively little is known about the appropriate design of contracts,...
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Contract farming and smallholder incentives to produce high quality: experimental evidence from the Vietnamese dairy sector
Saenger, Christoph; Qaim, Matin; Torero, Maximo; … - 2012
In emerging markets for high-value food products in developing countries, processing companies search for efficient ways to source raw material of consistent quality. One widely embraced approach is contract farming. But relatively little is known about the appropriate design of contracts,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010330050
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Keep It Down: An Experimental Test of the Truncated k-Double Auction
Doyon, Maurice; Rondeau, Daniel; Mbala, Richard - 2010
The introduction of a centralized institution for trading production rights in quota-regulated agricultural sectors can dramatically improve the flow of information among market participants and increase efficiency. On the other hand, prevailing conditions in these small markets can provide...
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