About 70% of the Namibian population depends on agricultural activities for their livelihood.Moreover, agriculture remains an important sector to Namibia because its national economyis widely dependent on agricultural production. Cattle producers in the Northern CommunalAreas (NCAs) have an...

This paper identifies and synthesises strategic opportunities and challenges facing New Zealand’s sheep meat and beef sector over the next 10 to 15 years. A Delphi surveydraws on the sector’s collective knowledge and identifies areas of consensus anddivergence of opinion. Using the results...

Multi-Agent Simulation (MAS) models are intended to capture emergent properties of complex systems that are not amenable to equilibrium analysis. They are beginning to see some use for analysing agricultural systems. The paper reports on work in progress to create a MAS for specific sectors in...

The greenhouse sector has reinvented itself as a technologically advanced and relatively environmentally friendly industry over the past 15 years. However it remains a high energy user. Two recent surveys have highlighted the potential impact on greenhouse grower costs of the proposed emissions...

This paper analyzes price differentials among conventional, cage-free, organic, andOmega-3 eggs using retail scanner data from two regional markets and the United Statesas a whole. Results reveal significant premiums attributable to cage-free (a 57% premiumon average) and organic (an 85% premium...

We used the well-being evaluation method, a technique for measuring individual utility, to study how people in the wildland urban interface of Colorado (USA) felt about their lives before and after two wildfire scenarios. Variables such as age, family size, fire frequency, and house value were...

This study was conducted to analyze the direct and indirect effects of ethanol policy on livestock production. Results of the theoretical model indicate the possibility of ethanol policy indirectly affecting livestock production. Econometric results show a possibility of ethanol policy...

Pasture management in floodplains, adjusting to the natural cycles, has important environmental and social welfare functions. It can only be implemented if there is a balance between the interests of society and those of economy. This paper uses a theoretical model to assess the profitability...

This article tests the efficiency of the hog options market and assesses the impact of the 1996 contract redesign on efficiency. We find that the hog options market is efficient, but some options yielded excess returns during the live hogs period but not during the lean hogs period. Our findings...

A atividade leiteira no Sudoeste do Paraná atravessa um processo de transformação. A InstruçãoNormativa 51, editada pelo Ministério da agricultura no ano de 2002, é uma recente alteração no setorleiteiro, a fim de garantir a qualidade do produto. O caso do município de Santa Izabel do...