We explore and investigate Japanese dairy markets. We first provide an overview of consumer demand and how it evolved … after World War II. Using historical data and econometric estimates of Japanese dairy demand, we identify economic, cultural … production and dairy processing and policies affecting them. We next describe the import regime and trade flows in dairy products …

This article develops a conceptual framework for analyzing the role of state-level policies towards the dairy sector in … price scenario, the extent to which land is underallocated to the dairy sector if amenity benefits are ignored. Analysis of … policy options reveals that a partial production cost subsidy represents the least-cost alternative for attaining the …

EU dairy policy type. For both Hungary and Poland the role of the subsistence sector is expected to substantially …-)stationary Markov model approach is used. The transition probabilities are explained by a set of exogenous (policy) variables. The … used to simulate the impact of alternative dairy policies on the dairy sector structure. For all countries there is an …

This paper analyses the impact of the dairy quota scheme on the size distribution of the Dutch dairy industry. A non …-stationary Markov model approach is use, where the transition probabilities are explained by a set of exogenous (policy) variables … alternative EU dairy policies. Several results emerged: a) There is an autonomous over time decline in farm numbers (implying …

smallholder dairy farmers in Vietnam to independently verify milk testing results. Treatment farmers use 13 percent more inputs …

This paper assesses the total factor productivity (TFP) growth and efficiency levels in the Indian dairy processing … frontier is used. Our results suggest that total factor productivity in the Indian dairy processing industry has grown … the productivity growth in the Indian dairy industry. The non-increasing returns to scale DEA frontier analysis suggests …

dairy margin insurance programs to those under existing counter-cyclical payment programs. We combine simulation and … structural modeling techniques to forecast milk price and dairy income-over-feed-cost margins. Using the price forecasts we … an order of magnitude higher than those under existing programs. Under the current policy framework (MILC), farms with …

Stochastic frontier functions were used to assess the impact of a set of policy and scale factors on the efficiency of … broiler, layer and dairy farms in Bangladesh and their implications for poverty alleviation. …