In this paper the impact of public policies such as subsidies and taxation on invasive species management is explored in a Markov chain process framework. Private agents react to public incentives based upon their long term expected profits and have the option of taking measures such as...

Seafood consumption in the U.S. has increased over the period 1990 to 2003. A large percentage of the seafood consumed in the U.S. is imported. The most important seafood products imported to the U.S. are shrimp, Atlantic salmon, tilapia, catfish, crayfish, mussels and a mixture of mollusks. In...

A Gazdálkodás című tudományos folyóirat 1957 óta jelen van a hazai szaklapok között, ezalatt az egyik legkiemelkedőbb folyóirattá vált az agrárökonómia területén. A Gazdálkodás szerkesztőbizottsága úgy gondolta, ennyi év távlatában szükséges lenne megismerni az...

O amendoim (Arachis Hypogaea) é uma oleaginosa consumida mundialmente, sendo a quarta mais cultivada. No Brasil, essa cultura já ocupou posição de destaque, mas atualmente o país é apenas o 19° produtor mundial. O estado de São Paulo é responsável por aproximadamente 78% da...

This Case was used at the First Sustainability in Agribusiness Case Competition held by the College of Management and Economics, at the University of Guelph on March 16-17, 2012. Other than for the 2012 competition the case has remained confidential. Part 1 was used in the eliminatory round; Part...

The main objective of the research was to assess the allocation of funds in the Rural Development Program in Poland by using optimization methods. A set of simulations using a linear programming model of budget allocation is presented in the paper. Farmers’ and experts’ assessments of the...

Growth prospects of foreign trade in meat products in Poland and the European Union are presented in the paper. Four scenarios considering different scale of the world agricultural trade liberalization were analysed. Global Trade Analysis Project (GTAP), a computable general trade equilibrium...

The aim of this paper is to point out some problems of index estimation for the purposes of weather derivative valuation considering the particularities of agriculture. The assessment of the sensitivity of barley to weather over 40 years has been the basis for the design and valuation of weather...

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