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Most people are dependent on agriculture for food. Food from intensive livestock farming provides a multitude of negative externalities. It contributes to the emission of carbon dioxide, and the more potent methane and nitrous oxide. It also emits the non-greenhouse gas ammonia, which together...
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The products and the variety of direct and indirect benefits that humans receive from nature and the various ecosystems (agricultural, forest, grass, mountain, river, marine, etc.) are commonly known as ecosystem services. Agricultural ecosystems of different types and their specific...
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Bulgarian Abstract:Въпреки растящите екологични проблеми и нарастващите публични и частни интереси, научните изследвания за управление на агроекосистемните услуги са в...
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The concept of the “family farm” holds powerful sway within the American narrative, embodying both nostalgia for an imagined past and anxiety for a future perceived to be under threat. Since the founding of the United States, this cultural ideal has been invoked in support of a rosy vision...
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In this paper we incorporate interdisciplinary New Institutional and Transaction Costs Economics (combining Economics, Organization, Law, Sociology, Behavioral and Political Sciences), and suggest a framework for analysis of mechanisms of governance of agro-ecosystem services. Firstly, we...
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Factor and cluster analysis are used to analyse the attitudes and perceptions of agricultural households in five EU New Member States towards farming, commercialisation, and barriers to and drivers for an increased integration in agricultural markets. The contribution of unsold output to the...
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seen as a valuable alternative for developing countries with many smallholders. Using value chain analysis for the case of … feasibility and profitability of organic small-scale production. Even though smallholders tend to have quality problems with their … organic and conventional smallholders. The results indicate that organic production is more profitable for smallholders than …
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Linking small farmers to global markets through contract farming has become an important policy recommendation aiming to increase farmers’ income and foster rural development. Nevertheless, some of the arrangements involving small farmers have been reported to loose participants or collapse...
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Trust is crucial for successful collective action. A prime example is collective commercialization of agricultural produce through producer organizations. We conduct a cluster-randomized controlled trial in rural Senegal in which we vary the number and the type of smallholder farmers - members...
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Structural changes in the global agrifood value chain have transformed food production in developing countries including Indonesia. One element of this is the spread of supermarket retailing. By increasing the demand for and returns to higher quality produce, this development has the potential...
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