rural development, such as food security and the reduction of poverty and the number of food-insecure households, is being … determined by the changing dynamics of the international economy and the domestic strategic environment. The studies contained in …. Part 3 focuses on the empowerment of rural households facing food insecurity. …

show that 70 percent of the sample households consumed some dairy products. Consumption prevalence and regularity of …A survey was conducted of 982 indigenous households in Southern Nigeria between October 1988 and March 1989. Results … consumption of local products was higher around the points of production but lower elsewhere while the regularity of consumption …

economics of alcohol production and consumption. We investigate the question of optimal taxation for the commodity whose … consumption has positive and negative features both for individual consumer and for the society. The commodity we analyze is the …

This paper develops an economic and econometric analysis of demand dynamics, with an application to US aggregate data … marginal benefits. The analysis uncovers strong statistical evidence of demand dynamics, especially for food. We find that the … marginal benefit of food declines with food consumption and that this effect becomes much stronger in the long run. We also …

was to examine habit persistence in consumption and to determine the adjustment process in demand. Results indicated that …, habit persistence played a role in demand where present consumption of a given product was positively affected by past … consumption of that product. Consequently, U.S. catfish demand was significantly more elastic in the long-run. …

strategies and investment behaviour both on-farm and off-farm investment. The paper analyses a sample of 248 farm-households …