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The Expansion of Food Retail in Developing Countries and Its Effects on the Hunger Index

Wells, Patricia Bryn; Saghaian, Sayed H.; Osborne, William - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2013

This paper presents an empirical analysis of the relationship between the expansion of food retailing in developing countries and hunger index. Our analysis found mixed results between the expansion of food retailing and hunger index for four different countries. These results demonstrate...

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The Cost to the Bali Beef Industry of the October 2002 Terrorist Attack

Ambarawati, I Gusti Agung Ayu; Zhao, Xueyan; Griffith, … - In: Australasian Agribusiness Review 12 (2004)

The island of Bali is one of the main cattle producing areas for Indonesia. Bali is also known for its extensive tourist sector. Frozen and chilled beef are imported to fulfil the tourist demand. This imported beef, most of it from Australia, competes with the local beef in the tourist sector....

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An Analysis of Food Safety Events on Consumers’ Confidence and Consumers Attitude towards Preparedness of U.S. Food System

Hill, Jessica I.; Bharad, Abhishek Bhagwat; Harrison, R. Wes - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2011

Every year hundreds of food recalls are made due to contamination. The main focus of this paper is to examine the effects of specific food events on consumers’ confidence in food safety as well as their preparedness regarding the United States food system. The food events studied in this are...

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Where Do Urban Households in Zambia Buy their Livestock Products?

Hichaambwa, Munguzwe - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource …

Livestock products and fish form an important component of urban consumers’ diet accounting for about one third of the total monthly budgetary expenditure on food. The budgetary share of livestock products increases with affluence or household income while the opposite is true for fish; 2) The...

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Exploring the Relations, Bargaining Forms and Dynamics of the EU Food Supply Chain under the Perspective of the Key Actors: Evidence from Greece and Denmark

Galanopoulos, Konstantinos; Karantininis, Konstantinos; … - In: International Journal on Food System Dynamics 02 (2011) 3

The objective of this paper is to offer qualitative and quantitative insights on the perceptions of the actors in the EU food supply chain on a broad spectrum of topics that characterise its operation and conduct, highlighting also potential differences in North and South European countries....

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Communicating Ethical Arguments to Organic Consumers: A Study Across Five European Countries

Naspetti, Simona; Zanoli, Raffaele - In: International Journal on Food System Dynamics 02 (2011) 3

Additional ethical claims were tested with mock organic egg labels in five EU countries. The attitudes towards the advertising labels were assessed by multiple copy testing measures. A total of 156 individual responses were analysed. The study confirms the difficulty of conducting advertising...

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Internationalization and Firm Performance in Agribusiness: Empirical Evidence from European Cooperatives

Heyder, Matthias; Makus, Christian; Theuvsen, Ludwig - In: International Journal on Food System Dynamics 02 (2011) 1

The ongoing internationalization of markets has become a major issue also for companies of the agribusiness …. Nevertheless, neither the degree of internationalization of agribusiness firms nor the internationalization …-performance relationship in the agribusiness sector have been analyzed thoroughly so far. To help fill this void, we use panel data compiled …

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Relationship Quality and Innovation Capacity of Chains: The Case of the Traditional Food Sector in the EU

Gellynck, Xavier; Kuhne, Bianka; Weaver, Robert D. - In: International Journal on Food System Dynamics 02 (2011) 1

The purpose of the paper is to explore how the perceived relationship quality is related to the innovation capacity in chains of the traditional food sector. Based on suggestions from theory and previous studies, empirical evidence is drawn from a survey of 90 traditional food chains including...

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Review on Suitability of Available LCIA Methodologies for Assessing Environmental Impact of the Food Sector

Amani, Pegah; Schiefer, Gerhard - In: International Journal on Food System Dynamics 02 (2011) 2

Production, processing, distribution, and consumption of a wide variety of products in the food sector have different ranges of environmental impacts. Methodologies used in environmental impact assessment differ in which set of impact categories is covered and which models are used to assess...

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Networking in Meat Production Systems: The Influence of Cooperative Structures on Farmers’ Participation

Deimel, Mark; Theuvsen, Ludwig - In: International Journal on Food System Dynamics 02 (2011) 1

Against the background of increasing competitive pressures and growing requirements with regard to food quality and safety, the significance of network-wide collaboration in food production has been pointed out in recent years. With this in mind, it is the objective of this paper to analyse pig...

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