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Natural Disasters and Agriculture: Individual Risk Preferences towards Flooding
Sauer, Johannes - 2011
This study contributes to the understanding of behavioural responses to climate change induced extreme weatherevents. It suggest a microeconometric method for measuring flooding related risk preferences of affectedindividuals. The method is outlined using the empirical case of agricultural...
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A EVOLUÇÃO DA INDÚSTRIA DE AGROTÓXICOS NO BRASIL DE 2001 A 2007: A EXPANSÃO DA AGRICULTURA E AS MODIFICAÇÕES NA LEI DE AGROTÓXICOS
Terra, Fabio Henrique Bittes; Pelaez, Victor Manoel - 2008
. ----------------------------------------------Between the years 2001/2007, brazilian agriculture has grown in extraordinary levels, greater than the others economic sectors …. This excellent performance of the national agriculture occurred without a grandeur of public policies aiming to foment it …. From this, the agriculture’s performance supports pressure groups over the pesticides’ regulatory mark, in which …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442751
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Policy Responses to 2008 High Food Prices: Domestic Incentives and Global Implications
Woolverton, Andrea E.; Kiawu, James - 2009
Global food commodity price inflation beginning in 2006 and continuing through mid-2008 became a priority concern for global consumers, producers and policy-makers alike. In response, many governments across the world implemented policies targeting high food commodity prices in their domestic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009446712
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IMPACTOS DA ESTRUTURA EMPRESARIAL, AGRICULTURA E PECUÁRIA SOBRE O PIB PER CAPITA: UMA ABORDAGEM ESPACIAL NO ESTADO DO ACRE
Silveira, Breno Carrillo; Silva, Rubicleis Gomes Da; … - 2008
.241.847.000,00, with per capita GDP equal to $ 5.143,00. According to the IBGE, the figures added to the GDP in agriculture, industry and … per capita is strongly impacted by the livestock and agriculture practiced in its neighbours. In relation to the amount of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009446729
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Profitability Comparison Study of an Organic Almond Orchard Versus a Conventionally Farmed Almond Orchard in Stanislaus County
Evers, Carl B. - 2011
This study examined the differences in costs and profitability for established conventional and organic almond orchards in Stanislaus County, California. The study used a partial budgeting approach to compare cost and profitability for established orchards for 2010, and thus ignored transition...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009485679
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Food Chain Actors’ Perceptions of and Adaptations to Volatile Markets: Results of a Media Analysis
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 whichsupply chain actors perceive market volatility has only rarely been analyzed. This paper seeks to close thisresearch gap by presenting empirical findings about how the volatility of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009443763
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KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTION, MULTIFUNCTIONALITY OF AGRICULTURE AND PUBLIC DECISIONS: CRITICAL ISSUES OF CONTEMPORARY CONTROVERSIES
Laurent, Catherine E.; Labarthe, Pierre; … - 2009
deciders have to take into account themultifunctionality of agriculture. For some, science-society relations are not …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009445913
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A INOVAÇÃO, A COOPERAÇÃO E O APRENDIZADO NO ARRANJO PRODUTIVO LOCAL DO AGRONEGÓCIO LEITE NO MUNICÍPIO DE JARU
Riva, Fabiana Rodrigues; Costa, Patricia Ferreira; … - 2008
and quality of products, damaging the processes of learning, cooperation and innovation, and consequently the development … survey of its interactions in the various segments of local productivearrangement of agribusiness in the municipality of Jaru …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442287
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INOVAÇÃO DE VALOR COMO INSTRUMENTO DE DESENVOLVIMENTO DO AGRONEGÓCIO NA AMAZÔNIA ORIENTAL
Castro, Alberto William Viana De; Tourinho, Manoel Malheiros - 2008
search for the innovation problems for the agribusiness in the Amazon area is tied up not only to the demands of the section … society, customers, users and beneficiaries wait in relation to administration of the innovation for the agribusiness in … of the organizations; innovation of value; cooperation and organization of research nets, they represent important …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442767
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Determinants of Food Industry Performance – Empirical Evidence Based on a Survey
Furtan, William Hartley; Sauer, Johannes - 2008
This paper empirically investigates the determinants of firms’ performance in the agri-food sector by using recent survey data for Denmark. Treating sales per employee as a proxy for value addition we estimate several bootstrapped regression models to draw conclusions on the marginal effects...
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