The volatility of agricultural markets has increased remarkably in recent years. In spite of this, the way in whichsupply chain actors perceive market volatility has only rarely been analyzed. This paper seeks to close thisresearch gap by presenting empirical findings about how the volatility of...

This paper aims to analyze the effects of climate change on Brazilian agriculture considering irrigation adoption as an adaptation strategy. Investigation on how climatic variability influences irrigation adoption was performed as well as whether this adaptation measure actually reduces...

The volatility of agricultural markets has increased remarkably in recent years. In spite of this, the way in which supply chain actors perceive market volatility has only rarely been analyzed. This paper seeks to close this research gap by presenting empirical findings about how the volatility...

This article is concerned with the methodological question of frontier production functions estimation for agriculture, and the appropriateness of regression quantiles, as a useful semi-parametric approach. Better insights are reached using the proposed methodology that provides robust farm...

The paper presents an application of the new version of the 'Decision Support for Irrigated agriculture' DSIrr designed to integrate water and agricultural policy analysis and to support participatory decision process. The tool is a scenario manager for bio-economic farm models considering...

This statistical reference presents current and historic analytical data on U.S. foreign trade in agricultural products. Detailed tables over commodity and country information for calendar years 1980 and 1981, including value, quantity, and principal markets of agricultural imports and exports;...

This publication presents detailed statistics of U.S. foreign trade in agricultural products by country during fiscal years 1978 and 1979. It updates U.S. Foreign Agricultural Trade Statistical Report, Fiscal Year 1978! Supplementary Tables (unnumbered) issued in September 1979, and supplements...

This statistical reference presents current and historic analytical data on U.S. foreign trade in agricultural products. Detailed tables cover commodity and country information for fiscal years 1979 and 1980~ including value, quantity, and principal markets of agricultural imports and experts;...