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THEY SAY THAT THEY ARE HEALTHY, BUT ARE THEY? HEALTH PERCEPTIONS IN THE U.S.
Ross, Kara L.; Amanor-Boadu, Vincent - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE; … - 2010
Public health initiatives are the result of strategies developed to address current health issues facing a population that are posing a significant concern to the public. This concern is primarily driven by the economics of health care. The objective of this study is to provide a contemporary...
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A Discriminant Analysis of Factors Associated with The Adoption Of Certified Organic Farming By Smallholder Farmers in Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa
Kisaka-Lwayo, Maggie - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE - 2008
Discriminant analysis was used to identify the characteristics that distinguish between fully-certified organic …, partially-certified organic and non-organic farmers in Umbumbulu district, KwaZulu-Natal (KZN), South Africa (SA) during October …’ Organisation (EFO), and by random sampling 49 non-organic farmers in wards neighbouring EFO. Results from the two estimated …
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Food Standards, Certification, and Poverty among Coffee Farmers in Uganda
Chiputwa, Brian; Qaim, Matin; Spielman, David J. - Institut für Agrarökonomie, Georg-August-Universität … - 2013
three sustainability oriented standards – Fairtrade, Organic, and UTZ – on the livelihoods of smallholder coffee farmers in …
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PREMIUMHANDELSMARKEN IM LEBENSMITTELEINZELHANDEL - EINE IMAGEANALYSE AM BEISPIEL VON REWE FEINE WELT
Frank, Kerstin; Obermowe, Tim; Spiller, Achim - 2011
Aktuellen Beobachtungen im deutschen Lebensmitteleinzelhandel (LEH) zufolge treten die Handelsunternehmen mit der Einführung von Premiumhandelsmarken bzw. Genusshandels-marken (als sehr jungen Premiumhandelsmarkentyp) in direkte Konkurrenz zu entsprechen-den Herstellermarken und stellen Themen...
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U.S. Import Demand for Tilapia from Selected FTAA Countries
Ligeon, Carel; Bayard, Budry; Clark, Joy M.; Jolly, … - 2007
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...
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Consumer attitudes towards sustainability attributes on food labels
Saunders, Caroline M.; Guenther, Meike; Kaye-Blake, William - 2010
With current concerns about climate change and the general status of the environment, there is an increasing expectation that products have sustainability credentials, and that these can be verified. Labelling is a common method of communicating certain product attributes to consumers that may...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009443661
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Media Analysis on Volatile Markets’ Dynamics and Adaptive Behavior for the Agri-Food System
von Davier, Zazie; Heyder, Matthias; Theuvsen, Ludwig - 2010
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...
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An Analysis of the Recent Evolution of Mali’s Maize Subsector
Diallo, Amadou Sekou - 2011
In most developing countries, historically, the main strategy for improving the food sector has focused on increasing farm-level production. But in recent years, with the emphasis on value chain analysis, there has been much more focus on subsector studies, demand-driven approaches, and...
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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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Globalization and Poverty in Senegal: A Worst Case Scenario?
Maertens, Miet; Colen, Liesbeth; Swinnen, Johan F.M. - 2009
There is no consensus about how globalization –trade and foreign investments – affects poverty reduction. Using household survey data, this study contributes to the empirical literature on globalization and poverty by analyzing the household-level implications of increased foreign...
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