Showing 17,541 - 17,550 of 17,681
The Australian pig meat industry today competes in a global market environment, with significant quantities of both pork exports and pork imports for further processing. In March 2003 Australian Pork Limited (APL) launched a advertising campaign to raise domestic per capita consumption of pork,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011143708
Making farm decisions is difficult, especially making decisions about selling and pricing wheat in deregulated supply chains. This study, conducted prior to export deregulation, sought to identify which factors were important to northern New South Wales (NSW) wheat growers when they were making...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011143709
Making farm decisions is difficult, especially making decisions about selling and pricing wheat in deregulated supply chains. This study, conducted prior to export deregulation, sought to identify which factors were important to northern New South Wales (NSW) wheat growers when they were making...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011143710
It is often said that the ‘consumer is always right’ and customer satisfaction is paramount for success in a business, so when a major increase in customer complaints of a large Australian food service company occurred it initiated a review. The review identified that 75% of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011143711
Investment in agribusiness assets has grown significantly in recent years. The question of interest is whether … including agribusiness assets in investment portfolios provide benefits. The effects of diversification by including … agribusiness assets in two investment portfolios, a mixed asset portfolio and a diversified share portfolio was investigated using …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011143712
The unique and somewhat problematic challenges of marketing fresh fruits and vegetables have received attention from a variety of perspectives in recent years. The role that price plays for consumer purchases of them is complex, and will depend on the buyer, product and situation. This article...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011143713
How much animal product do the Chinese consume at present? How much animal product will the Chinese consume in the near future? Plausible estimates that can answer these questions seem to be extremely scarce. On the other hand, there has been strong demand for such estimates by many in trade and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011143714
Grain is China’s most significant agricultural product, its output being the most watched indicator by government officials, traders and researchers inside and outside China. This paper looks into China’s grain production trends in the recent decade, both before and after...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011143715
Governments are increasingly investing scarce economic resources to change landholders’ behaviour in order to improve the management of natural resources. Landholders can respond to a policy initiative in a variety of ways, and only some of these responses are likely to be consistent with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011143716
There are several quality assurance (QA) programs operating in Australia for horticulturalists. The documentation of orchard activities and decision making are key features of any QA system. Activities of interest are management of pest and diseases, irrigation, fertiliser management, and fruit...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011143717