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Farm income variability and off‐farm diversification among Canadian farm operators
Jetté‐Nantel, Simon; Freshwater, David; Katchova, Ani L. - In: Agricultural Finance Review 71 (2011) 3, pp. 329-346
Purpose – For many farm families and operators across the OECD countries, off‐farm income has become a major determinant of their well‐being. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the potential role of off‐farm employment as a risk management tool among farm operators....
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Examining changes in fresh fruit and vegetable consumption over time and across regions in urban China
Ernest Liu, Kang; Chang, Hung‐Hao; Chern, Wen S. - In: China Agricultural Economic Review 3 (2011) 3, pp. 276-296
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to fill a knowledge gap by examining the changes in fruit and vegetable consumption of Chinese households. Design/methodology/approach – Using 1993 and 2001 household survey data from three selected provinces in China, the authors estimated a quantile...
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Impacts of agricultural public spending on Chinese food economy
Xu, Shiwei; Zhang, Yumei; Diao, Xinshen; Chen, Kevin Z. - In: China Agricultural Economic Review 3 (2011) 4, pp. 518-534
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to develop a dynamic computable general equilibrium (DCGE) model to analyze economy‐wide impacts of different types of public spending in China. A particular focus is placed on their impacts on food economy. Design/methodology/approach – In this...
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Reforms, WTO, arbitrage efficiency and integration between the China‐US soybean markets
Han, Shengfei; He, Pei - In: China Agricultural Economic Review 4 (2012) 3, pp. 318-341
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to develop a new approach to market analysis, and test how the China‐US soybean market integration and arbitrage efficiency have changed across 1995/1‐/2004/1 – a period covering strengthened government efforts to join WTO, and the institutional...
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Linking price satisfaction and business performance in Malaysia's dairy industry
Boniface, Bonaventure; Gyau, Amos; Stringer, Randy - In: Asia Pacific Journal of Marketing and Logistics 24 (2012) 2, pp. 288-304
using partial least square methods on survey results from 133 dairy producers in Malaysia. Findings – The study results … agriculture industry.  …
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Modelling knowledge sharing behaviour using self-efficacy as a mediator
Brooke, Jenefer; Mohd Rasdi, Roziah; Abu Samah, Bahaman - In: European Journal of Training and Development 41 (2017) 2, pp. 144-159
-efficacy among successful farmers in selected states in Malaysia. Design/methodology/approach The research used survey method and … factor) and the knowledge sharing behaviour. Practical implications Agriculture officers should emphasize on farmers …’ personal and social factors to encourage the knowledge sharing behaviour among the agriculture communities of successful …
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Costly (Dis)Agreement: Optimal Intervention, Income Redistribution, and Transfer Efficiency of Output Quotas in the Presence of Cheating
Giannakas, Konstantinos; Fulton, Murray - In: Journal of Agricultural & Food Industrial Organization 1 (2003) 1
This study builds on previous work by Giannakas and Fulton (2003, 2000) on the economics of output quotas in the presence of cheating by examining the efficiency of the policy in transferring income to producers as well as the optimal regulatory response to enforcement costs and farmer...
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Quality of institutions and the BRIC countries agro-food exports
Bojnec, Štefan; Fertő, Imre; Fogarasi, József - In: China Agricultural Economic Review 6 (2014) 3, pp. 379-394
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impacts of institutional quality ( IQ ) in exporting and importing countries on agro-food exports from the world's leading emerging economies: Brazil, the Russian Federation, India and China (BRIC countries). Design/methodology/approach...
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Promise, problems and prospects: agri-biotech governance in China, India and Japan
Ma, Jen; Gilmour, Brad; Dang, Hugh - In: China Agricultural Economic Review 9 (2017) 3, pp. 453-475
/methodology/approach The authors first examine some key challenges facing the agriculture and agri-food sector and the potential role biotech …
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Adoption of genetically-modified seeds in Taiwan
Luh, Yir-Hueih; Jiang, Wun-Ji; Chien, Yu-Ning - In: China Agricultural Economic Review 6 (2014) 4, pp. 669-697
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present an integrated analysis of determining factors of farmers’ genetically modified (GM) technology adoption behavior, with a special emphasis on information acquisition, knowledge accumulation, product attributes and technology traits....
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