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Spatial Marketing Patterns for Corn Under the Condition of Increasing Ethanol Production in the U.S.
Conley, Dennis M.; George, Adam - In: International Food and Agribusiness Management Review 11 (2008) 3
Events external to agriculture have set in motion the conditions for structural change in the marketing of corn in the U.S. These included a rapid increase in the price of crude oil from $40 per barrel to over $100 caused by hurricanes, geopolitical events, an increased global demand for energy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008546408
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Drought, Biofuel, and Livestock
Hao, Na; Seong, Byeongchan; Park, Cheolwoo; Colson, Gregory - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2013
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010916125
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Effects of Ill Health and Weather Variability on Savings
Ndirangu, Lydia K. - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE - 2008
This paper examines the effects of households’ shocks on saving behaviour. It investigates the possibility that … households save ex ante to buffer against adverse weather and health shocks. The relatively high prevalence rate of HIV/AIDS in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005068390
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Impact of United States Corn-Based Ethanol Production on Land Use
Sobowale, Flakkeh; Dicks, Michael R.; Adam, Brian D.; … - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2012
This study measures the impact of corn-based ethanol production in the United States on land use in other countries, or … food that were diverted elsewhere to biofuel production. The results show that increasing ethanol production in the US has … that increased ethanol production in the U.S. will increase corn prices, which will result in increased change in land use …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009421078
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POTENTIAL OF AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT TO INCREASE RURAL EMPLOYMENT
Pemberton, Carlisle A.; Mgonja, Mary A. - Caribbean Agro-Economic Society - CAES - 2007
The paper examined whether increasing agricultural output would lead to an expansion of employment in rural areas in the Caribbean and Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The paper found that the agricultural development problems in the Caribbean and SSA are very similar, especially, declining export...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005804751
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An Overview of the Canadian Agriculture and Agri-Food System
Agriculture Canada, Government of Canada - 2008
This 2008 report provides an economic overview of the Canadian agriculture and agri-food system. It is meant to be a multi-purpose reference document to provide: an introduction to the agriculture and agri-food system; a snapshot of structural changes that are occurring throughout the system in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005805103
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Cost and Benefit Analysis of Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus (TSWV) Management Technology in Georgia.
Fonsah, Esendugue Greg; Ferrer, Myra Clarisse R.; … - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2010
Recent trend depicts that tomatoes and tomatoes products rank 2nd most important vegetable crop in the United States after potatoes and potatoes products contributing 20 percent of total vegetable production. More-so, tomato is equally ranked 2nd in the United States in terms of production...
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An Overview of the Canadian Agriculture and Agri-Food System 2011
Agriculture Canada, Government of Canada - 2011
This 2011 report provides an economic overview of the Canadian agriculture and agri-food system. It is meant to be a multi-purpose reference document to provide: an introduction to the agriculture and agri-food system; a snapshot of structural changes that are occurring throughout the system in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009004302
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Consumer's behaviour with respect to meat demand in the presence of animal disease concerns: the special case of consumers who eat bison, elk, and venison
Myae, Aye C.; Goddard, Ellen W. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2010
Prion diseases have raised concerns in consumer’s minds about food safety associated with meat world-wide. Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) and Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) both exist in Canada and consumer markets for beef, bison, elk and deer may have been affected by the diseases....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009020808
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Public and Private Institutional Responses to Advocacy Attacks: The Case of the Global Cocoa Industry and Child Labour Abuse
Clark, Alexandra; Gow, Hamish R. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2011
Over the past decade the global agri-food industry has come under increasing attack by advocacy groups related to their production and marketing processes (Bowmar and Gow, 2009). Advocacy groups have used these attacks to exploit the growing intergenerational disconnect between consumers and...
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