Many developing countries are currently experiencing a rapid expansion of supermarkets. New supermarket procurement systems could have important implications for farming and wider rural development. While previous studies have analyzed farm profit and income effects, possible employment effects...

Chemical pesticides will continue to play a role in pest management for the future. In many situations, the benefits of pesticide use are high relative to the risks or there are no practical alternatives. The number and diversity of biological sources will increase, and products that originate...

Fruit flies are a serious economic pest affecting horticultural production world-wide. Increasing coordination of activities between neighbouring countries and those countries involved in fresh fruit trade is leading to more effective regional management of the fruit fly pest. 1.1 ACIAR Research...

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...

The status of food security in Uganda is worrying. The share of Ugandans suffering from food insecurity measured in terms of caloric intake is alarmingly high with low rates of income poverty. Based on the 2005/06 Uganda National Household Survey data, the study provides insights into access to...

This paper examines the technical and institutional efficiency of the National Agricultural Advisory Services (NAADS) programme implementation in Iganga district. The Cost Effective Analysis (CEA) and stochastic frontier analysis methods were used to examine technical efficiency while...

Com vistas em caracterizar a utilização da internet por produtores de café, focando a interação entre os usuários e os sites sobre a cadeia produtiva e o grau de percepção da utilidade destes como fonte de informação de apoio à decisão, foram constituídos cinco grupos de foco em...

A partir da identificação de um sistema trinitário de regulação social (a reciprocidade, a redistribuição e o intercâmbio), uma gama muito variada de autores vem discutindo ultimamente quais as conseqüências do domínio cada vez mais amplo do intercâmbio mercantil nas sociedades...

Diversas mudanças interferem no comportamento do consumidor que encontra-se em constante alteração, assim os estudos buscam identificar tendências futuras para as intenções, hábitos e atitudes dos consumidores. Sendo assim, o objetivo geral deste estudo é avaliar o comportamento de...