This paper examines the livelihoods of smallholder households in Malawi based on information derived from six villages in various parts of the country. Through detailed analysis of own-farm production and off-farm economic activities, the study explores similarities, diversities, and disparities...

Joining the European Union club implies, among many other policy changes, full integration of Romania's economy into EU's customs union. This is expected to have significant implications for domestic farmers and food processors. The paper constructs a single-country Applied General Equilibrium...

Nitrate contamination of municipal and domestic well water supplies is becoming an increasing problem in many rural and urban areas, raising the cost of providing safe drinking water. The objective of this paper is to describe a marketable permit scheme that can effectively manage nitrate...

This paper aims to examine the sources of agricultural stagnation/deterioration in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) by contrasting it with the agricultural growth experience in East Asia.

Despite enormous changes in factors affecting milk supply and demand, total fluid consumption has been essentially constant since 1944 in the U.S. (since 1961 in the E.U.) Classical economic analysis cannot explain persistently constant consumption in dramatically changing markets. However, this...