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Livelihood Strategies of Resource-Poor Farmers in Striga-Infested Areas of Western Kenya.
Manyong, Victor M.; Alene, Arega D.; Odhiambo, George D.; … - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE - 2008
Striga hermonthica (del) Benth is threatening rural livelihoods in western Kenya where maize is the major food and cash …-scale farmers in the Striga-affected areas of western Kenya. Key words: livelihoods, maize, Striga, Kenya, Logit … yield loss to Striga given high dependency on maize for livelihoods; adopt no integrated Striga control options; and live in …
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Strategic Response to Evolving Food Safety Standards: A Case Study of Guyana’s Fish Export Sector
DaSilva-Glasgow, Dianna; Bynoe, Mark - In: Estey Centre Journal of International Law and Trade Policy 13 (2012) 2
The extent to which food safety standards negatively affect the ability of firms in developing countries to export to the markets of developed countries depends on their approach to compliance. A case study of Guyana’s fish export industry tests this hypothesis. The analysis generally...
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Would Subsidizing a Food Pathogen Vaccine Upset the Food Policy Applecart
Marette, Stephan; Roe, Brian E.; Teisl, Mario F. - 2010
Vaccines against several common foodborne pathogens are being developed and could substantially alter the policy tools available to address foodborne illness. However, little analysis is available to suggest how social welfare would be affected by these new vaccines. To address this void, we use...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009446134
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Impact of Food Contamination on Brands: A Demand Systems Estimation of Peanut Butter
Bakhtavoryan, Rafael; Capps Jr., Oral; Salin, Victoria - In: Agricultural and Resource Economics Review 41 (2012) 3
A 2007 food-borne illness incident involving peanut butter is linked with structural change in consumer demand. Compensated and uncompensated own- and cross-price elasticities and expenditure elasticities were calculated for leading brands before and after the product recall using the Barten...
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Consumers’ willingness to pay for food safety: the case of mycotoxins in milk
Sckokai, Paolo; Moro, Daniele; Cuomo, Enrica - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE; … - 2010
willingness-to-pay (WTP) for a hypothetical bottle of milk obtained by cows in which the feed ration contains maize certified for …
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USING LINKED HOUSEHOLD-LEVEL DATASETS TO EXPLAIN CONSUMER RESPONSE TO BSE IN CANADA
Wang, Xin; Maynard, Leigh J.; Butler, J.S. - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE; … - 2010
Household-level Canadian meat purchases from 2002-2008 and the Food Opinion Survey conducted in 2008 were used to explore consumer responses to Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) at the national level in Canada. Three measures of beef purchased were used to understand consumers‟ reaction...
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CONSUMER INTENTIONS OF BUYING POULTRY MEAT UNDER PERCEIVED BIOLOGICAL, CHEMICAL OR TECHNOLOGICAL RISK IN FINLAND
Heikkila, Jaakko; Pouta, Eija; Forsman-Hugg, Sari; … - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE; … - 2010
The study focuses on various types of food safety risks: biological (zoonoses), chemical (chemical treatment of the meat) and technological (use of genetically modified feed). The emphasis was on how the perceived risks affect the purchase intentions in the case of broiler meat. In the case of...
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COMPARATIVE PRODUCER COSTS OF GAP AND GHP STANDARDS: CAN THE PLAYING FIELD BE MADE LEVEL?
Paggi, Mechel S.; Yamazaki, Fumiko; Ribera, Luis A.; … - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE; … - 2010
A number of microbial contamination incidents have continued to raise questions regarding the safety of the U.S. food supply with calls for improved food safety control initiatives and standards by both the private and public sectors. As a reaction to these incidents, there have been increased...
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Would Subsidizing a Food Pathogen Vaccine Upset the Food Policy Applecart
Marette, Stephan; Roe, Brian E.; Teisl, Mario F. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2010
Vaccines against several common foodborne pathogens are being developed and could substantially alter the policy tools available to address foodborne illness. However, little analysis is available to suggest how social welfare would be affected by these new vaccines. To address this void, we use...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009020582
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Do Consumers Really Care about Biotech Food Label? What Do We Know? What Else Should We Know?
Chen, Xi; Zhong, Funing; Zhou, Bin - 2008
This paper is Selected for presentation at the Southern Agricultural Economics Association Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, January 31-February 3, 2009. The research is partially funded by ERS/USDA China Project and Social Science Fund of Jiangsu Province in China. The authors are grateful for...
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