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IMPACT ANALYSIS OF FOOD POLICY RESPONSE ON HOUSEHOLD FOOD SECURITY: THE CASE OF SOUTH AFRICA’S MAIZE SUBSECTOR
Vermeulen, Hester; Ndibongo Traub, Lulama; Meyer, … - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2009
-run change in retail prices given the projected wholesale maize grain prices. These retail price projections where then used to …
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The Global Supply and Demand for Agricultural Land in 2050: A Perfect Storm in the Making?
Hertel, Thomas W. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2010
2010 AAEA Presidential Address; forthcoming in January 2011 AJAE in shortened version.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009020267
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Croatia's EU accession: socio-economic assessment of farm households and policy recommendations
Moellers, Judith; Zier, Patrick; Frohberg, Klaus; … - Leibniz-Institut für Agrarentwicklung in … - 2009
accession countries or NMS with regard to their negotiation experience. Introduce the main lines of the CAP soon. Based on the … experience of Slovenia, Croatia should strive to introduce the main lines of the reformed CAP before the final stage of … the efficient implementation and harmonisation of institutions and policies. When implementing CAP measures, it is …
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U.S. Demand for Food: Household Expenditures, Demographics, and Projections
Blaylock, James R.; Smallwood, David M. - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 1986
beverages. The results are combined with projections of income, age distribution, regional population shifts, racial mix, and …
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Fragmenting markets and quality change in New Zealand foods: empirical analysis with a Rotterdam model
Khaled, Mohammed; McWha, Vhari; Lattimore, Ralph G. - In: German Journal of Agricultural Economics 53 (2004) 8
Very little is known about changes in the demand characteristics of food in New Zealand. As far as we can determine, there has never been a complete disaggregated food demand model estimated for New Zealand. The object of this paper is to update these estimates using more recent data to see...
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Agricultural Contracts and Alternative Marketing Options: A Matching Analysis
Katchova, Ani L. - 2010
The increasing use of agricultural contracts and processor concentration raises concerns that processors may offer lower contract prices in absence of local competition. This study examines the price competitiveness of marketing and production contracts depending on the availability of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442649
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Empirical Evidences from a Coffee Paradox: An Export Supply/Price Asymmetry Approach
Kang, Hyunsoo; Kennedy, P. Lynn - 2009
This paper aims to determine the solidity of the notion of the "coffee paradox" using annual data from 1977 to 2007. In the confines of an export supply model, we analyze the effects of export coffee price on export volume. Price and profit equation are used to determine the effects of market...
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How to increase the effectiveness of agri-environmental subsidy schemes through knowledge of farmer perceptions-a choice experiment on pesticide free buffer zones
Christensen, Tove; Pedersen, Anders Branth; Nielsen, … - 2010
Danish farmers have been far less interested in agri-environmental subsidy schemes than anticipated. We use choiceexperiments to estimate 486 Danish farmers’ preferences for a number of policy relevant scheme-characteristics.Subsidy schemes for pesticide free buffer zones along hedgerows are...
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Auctioning Conservation Contracts and Evaluating the Risk Attitudes of Farmers: Economic Experiments in Japan
Sasaki, Hiroki; Fujie, Takeshi; Kawasaki, Kentaro; … - 2010
Agri-environmental programs in Japan have generally been promoted through the provision of fixedpayments for certain environment-friendly farming and management practices. However, the auctioning of agrienvironmentalcontracts is a noteworthy alternative for the furtherance of such programs....
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ASYMMETRY IN RAW MILK SAFETY PERCEPTIONS AND INFORMATION: IMPLICATIONS FOR RISK IN FRESH PRODUCE MARKETING AND POLICY
Knutson, Ronald D.; Currier, Russell W.; Ribera, Luis; … - 2010
Scientific evidence clearly indicates that consumption of raw milk carries substantialdisease-inducing health risks. While federal U.S. policy mandates that milk moving in interstatecommerce be pasteurized; within 41 of 50 states, raw milk can be obtained for consumption.Warning labels...
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