The purpose of this study was to evaluate the sensory characteristics and consumer acceptability of qualityprotein maize (QPM) in rural Tanzania. Due to the malnutrition problem facing consumers in developing countries,QPM which has almost double the amount of tryptophan and lysine, has been...

This paper analyses the economics of biofuel production and the implications that the accelerating growth in biofuel production in many countries could have on agricultural markets. It shows that production costs of ethanol and biodiesel differ significantly across countries and feedstock crops....

We assess market integration and price transmission of perishableagricultural produce in Sub-Saharan Africa by studying Ghanaian tomato marketswhich are characterized by pronounced seasonality in production and trade flows.We analyse the tomato markets of Ghana by simultaneously regarding its...

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...

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 meat sector is the largest branch in the German food economy. It is characterized by a dominance of cost leadership. Against the background of an increasingly ruinous predatory pricing policy, we analyze the potential of brands introduced into new markets by brand extension. Therefore,...

The aim of this paper is to analyse the retail prices of premiumGerman white wines sold in the Scandinavian countries. Germanwhite wines account for approximately 5-6 per cent of the total saleof wines – both red and white wines - in Denmark, Norway andSweden. However, the market shares of...

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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...

There are two objectives of this article: (i) It is discussed theoreticallyhow the dynamics of pricing decisions of multiproduct retailers can be explained. (ii) It is analyzed empirically by use ofscanner data how prices are actually set and how consumers reactat the point of sale to price...