In Flanders glasshouse vegetables andornamental plants are typically produced at familybusinesses. At this type of businesses the objectives andlong-term firm developments are influenced by the socalled ‘family-firm life cycle’. In many cases the firmshows a life cycle that corresponds with...

Public mediated resource planning is quickly becoming the norm rather than the exception. Unfortunately, supporting tools are lacking that interactively engage the public in the decision-making process and integrate over the myriad values that influence water policy. In the pages of this report...

Public water utilities have increasingly turned to increasing block rate price structures to reduce water consumption and signal the high environmental costs of water supply. Hsu evaluates the impact of a new and substantially higher price block added to the existing block rate price structure...

In most urban cities across Australia, water restrictions remain the dominant policymechanism to restrict urban water consumption. The extensive adoption of waterrestrictions over several years means that Australian urban water prices have consistently not reflected the opportunity cost of water...

The purpose of this research is to provide quantitative and limited qualitative analysis for the United States Intermountain West on the economic effectiveness of risk management alternatives in an agricultural operation. This research is not meant to be an exhaustive comparison of every...

Farm operators and spouses have increasingly engaged in off-farm work in recent years. Many studies have analyzed the role of government payments; however, little is known about the impact of health insurance coverage. This study builds on previous literature by using copulas to test for...

European farmers face increasing income uncertainty and the debate is growing on the role of insurance schemes and of public support in this field. This debate is further stimulated by the perspective of introducing instruments to cope with risk also in the Common Agricultural Policy. Therefore,...

As informações se restringem cada vez mais em poder de menos pessoas ocasionando uma disparidade nautilização das praticas administrativas. O setor agrícola constantemente tem sofrido com esta situação, pois osmicros e pequenos empresários dificilmente conseguem acompanhar tais mudanças...

O objetivo principal deste trabalho foi estimar custos e lucro líquido nas etapas de campo (incluindo a elaboração de cera de origem) do extrativismo da carnaúba. A coleta dos dados ocorreu ao longo dos anos de 2005 e 2006, por meio de entrevistas abertas e observação de campo, ocasião em...

A Teoria dos Custos de Transação disciplina que em um determinado mercado deverá haver um fluxo de informação, de maneira a propiciar um ambiente favorável à diminuição da incerteza (e assimetria de informação) que evitariam à ocorrência de atitudes oportunistas, e consequentemente...