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Sustainability Management in Agribusiness: Challenges, Concepts, Responsibilities and Performance
Friedrich, Nina; Heyder, Matthias; Theuvsen, Ludwig - In: International Journal on Food System Dynamics 03 (2012) 2
explorative empirical study of sustainability management in German agribusiness firms. The study shows that agribusiness firms …The idea of sustainable management has recently gained growing attention in the agribusiness sector. This is mainly due … pressure on agribusiness firms to implement more sustainable management practices. In this paper we present the results of an …
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The Establishment of an Organic Farmers’ Market as a Training Case Study and Research for Graduate Students of Organic Agriculture at the University of Palermo
Schifani, Giorgio; Inglese, Paolo; Noto, Francesca; … - In: International Journal on Food System Dynamics 02 (2011) 3
Despite the modest regional consumption of organic products, Sicily is one of the most important European regions in surface area per number of companies active in organic farming. The University of Palermo, as early as 2000, to promote the development and success in this industry, the Faculty...
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Media Analysis on Volatile Markets’ Dynamics and Adaptive Behavior for the Agri-Food System
von Davier, Zazie; Heyder, Matthias; Theuvsen, Ludwig - 2010
The volatility of agricultural markets has increased remarkably in recent years. In spite of this, the way in which supply chain actors perceive market volatility has only rarely been analyzed. This paper seeks to close this research gap by presenting empirical findings about how the volatility...
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Policy and Institutional effects on market participation by smallholder rice farmers: case studies in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger
Toure, Ali; Bamba, Ibrahim; Diagne, Aliou; Harouna, Kore; … - 2008
Rice sector contributes significantly to secure households with regard to their food needs but also to the creation of employments and income generation. The sector development and its evolution over the years have been marked by various policies and approaches. These development stages of the...
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How Much Animal Product do the Chinese Consume? Empirical Evidence from Household Surveys
Wang, Ji-Min; Zhou, Zhang-Yue; Yang, Jun - In: Australasian Agribusiness Review 12 (2004)
Reliable information about animal product consumption in China is extremely important for policy formulation and marketing activities. However, publications by China's State Statistical Bureau underestimate animal product consumption. Such underestimated statistics affect policy making and...
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Two Sides of the Same Coin? Analysis of the Web-Based Social Media with Regard to the Image of the Agri-Food Sector in Germany
Boehm, Justus; Kayser, Maike; Spiller, Achim - In: International Journal on Food System Dynamics 1 (2010) 3
critical towards agricultural and food related issues. This two-sided development between society and agribusiness will be …
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Innovation Trajectories in Honduras’ Coffee Value Chain. Public and Private Influence on the Use of New Knowledge and Technology among Coffee Growers
Hartwich, Frank; Fromm, Ingrid; Romero, Gustavo - In: International Journal on Food System Dynamics 1 (2010) 3
In this paper, results from a study on the use of improved coffee production technology schemes among smallholder coffee producers in three prominent coffee producing regions in Honduras are presented. The impact of various schemes (trajectories) in which different agents influence the...
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Willingness to Pay for Traceable Meat Attributes: A Meta-analysis
Cicia, Gianni; Colantuoni, Francesca - In: International Journal on Food System Dynamics 1 (2010) 3
Several researches evaluated consumers’ Willingness To Pay (WTP) for each meat traceable attribute, generating a great deal of information in this regard, although specific to the conditions of each study. In light of this, WTP estimates for traceability characteristics differ across the...
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Media Analysis on Volatile Markets’ Dynamics and Adaptive Behavior for the Agri-Food System
von Davier, Zazie; Heyder, Matthias; Theuvsen, Ludwig - In: International Journal on Food System Dynamics 1 (2010) 2
The volatility of agricultural markets has increased remarkably in recent years. In spite of this, the way in which supply chain actors perceive market volatility has only rarely been analyzed. This paper seeks to close this research gap by presenting empirical findings about how the volatility...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008741300