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Kusch-Brandt, Sigrid (contributor) - 2023

Food systems are under increasing pressure. They must meet the food requirements of a growing world population, and socio-economic changes also influence the type of foods which are under demand. At the same time, food systems are a major contributor to global environmental change, and...

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Sustainable Agriculture and Innovation Adoption in a Tropical Small-Scale Food Production System: The Case of Yam Minisetts in Jamaica

Beckford, Clinton L. - In: Sustainability 1 (2009) 1, pp. 81-96

Grown in Jamaica since the days of slavery, food yams are major staples in local diets and a significant non-traditional export crop. The cultivation system used today is the same as 300 years ago, with alleged unsustainable practices. A new cultivation system called minisett was introduced in...

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Temporal and spatial dimensions of knowledge: Implications for sustainable agriculture

Raedeke, Andrew; Rikoon, J. - In: Agriculture and Human Values 14 (1997) 2, pp. 145-158

Scholars have recognized the importance of local and indigenousknowledge in less industrialized countries. Few studies havebeen done on the diversity of knowledge communities in moreindustrialized countries, however, because of researcherassumptions about the spatial and temporal dimensions of...

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Preferences heterogeneity and choice experiments: a random parameters logit applied to the demand of walnuts

Camarena, Dena M.; Sanjuan, Ana Isabel - 2004

.ABSTRACTConsumers' stated preferences towards walnuts are studied by means of a choice experiment, with a double objective: first, to identify …

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Heterogeneidad de preferencias y experimentos de eleccion: aplicacion de un logit con parametros aleatorios a la demanda de nueces

Camarena-Gomez, Dena M.; Sanjuan, Ana Isabel - In: Economia Agraria y Recursos Naturales 04 (2004) 08

Consumers' stated preferences towards walnuts are studied by means of a choice experiment, with a double objective: first, to …

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Walnut Preferences in Spain: Is the Spanish Consumer Ready for New Varieties?

Camarena-Gomez, Dena M.; Sanjuan, Ana Isabel - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2005

Stated consumer preferences for walnuts in Spain are investigated by means of a choice experiment. Conditional … heterogeneity is explored, assuming two possible sources: how often walnuts are consumed and how driven by health and nutrition … are investigated. Specific guidelines for the distribution and commercialisation of walnuts are provided. …

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