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Estimating The Cost Of Food Safety Regulations To The New Zealand Seafood Industry
Cao, Kay; Maurer, Oswin; Scrimgeour, Frank G.; Dake, … - In: Australasian Agribusiness Review 13 (2005)
Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) based Risk Management Program (RMP) by the end of 2002. The purpose of the Act is … costs to businesses. This paper attempts to measure the effects of RMP requirements on the variable cost of production of … of production data from 1929 to 1998. Results show that variable costs could increase from 2 percent to 22 percent or …
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Internationalization and Firm Performance in Agribusiness: Empirical Evidence from European Cooperatives
Heyder, Matthias; Makus, Christian; Theuvsen, Ludwig - In: International Journal on Food System Dynamics 02 (2011) 1
The ongoing internationalization of markets has become a major issue also for companies of the agribusiness. Nevertheless, neither the degree of internationalization of agribusiness firms nor the internationalization-performance relationship in the agribusiness sector have been analyzed...
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Perceived Traceability Costs and Benefits in the Italian Fisheries Supply Chain
Asioli, Daniele; Boecker, Andreas; Canavari, Maurizio - In: International Journal on Food System Dynamics 02 (2011) 4
The paper proposes a model in which it is hypothesized that firm characteristics influence both costs and benefits of … costs and benefits on the one hand and perceived actual outcomes on the other, and is tested in a series of regression …. Finally, the study also finds considerable discrepancies between expected and actual costs and benefits. The managerial …
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Relational Contracting and Allocation of Decision Rights in the Agri-Food Industry: Producer Contracts and Food Safety
Karantininis, Kostas; Graversen, Jesper T.; Rasmussen, … - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2008
We apply a formal theoretical model of adaptation to two empirical settings within the agri-food industry: specialized pig production and food safety in Denmark. The objective is to allocate decision rights ex ante so that actual decisions taken ex post will optimize the profit accruing to the...
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Executive Interview - Kristian Moeller
Sibiya, Thandokwakhe - In: International Food and Agribusiness Management Review 11 (2008) 2
Throughout history people have been facing risks associated with food. Food scares of the twentieth century have caused consumer panic leading to loss of confidence in the safety of the food chain. Many public and private initiatives in the form of food quality certification schemes have evolved...
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Does trust influence consumer behaviour?
Dierks, Leef H. - In: German Journal of Agricultural Economics 56 (2007) 2
Against the background of diverse food scandals this article investigates the role of trust as a determinant of consumer behaviour in Germany. As empirical analyses indicate, the impact of trust on consumer behaviour in a quotidian and presumably safe setting is to be neglected. In the...
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Potential Impacts of Foodborne Illness Incidences on Market Movements and Prices of Fresh Produce in the U.S.
Palma, Marco A.; Ribera, Luis A.; Bessler, David A.; … - In: Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 42 (2010) 04
This study investigates the potential impacts of food safety outbreaks on domestic shipments, imports, and prices of the produce industry. Three case studies were analyzed to assess these potential impacts: the cantaloupe outbreak of March–April 2008, the spinach outbreak of September...
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Prevalence and Cost of On-Farm Produce Safety Measures in the Mid-Atlantic
Lichtenberg, Erik; Tselepidakis, Elina - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2014
. Our estimates suggest in addition that compliance costs are likely to be burdensome only for a handful of practices …
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Participation in Quality Assurance Programs in the Apple Industry
Bewsell, Denise; Kaine, Geoff - In: Australasian Agribusiness Review 14 (2006)
exclusion for non-participation, the main benefits to participating in a QA program were the advantages made possible by record … assist in pest and disease management, there were limited benefits in keeping records. Growers therefore were inclined to …
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Measuring the poverty impact of ACIAR projects: a broad framework
Pearce, David - 2002
This report sets out some broad ideas about how poverty evaluation could be conducted for ACIAR research projects. As with good benefit–cost analysis, there are good practices that need to be observed when undertaking poverty analysis. While poverty is a broad concept, and can be addressed...
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