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Assessing Participation in the Milk Income Loss Contract Program and its Impact on Milk Production
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: D'Antoni,   Jeremy M.; Mishra,   Ashok K.
The MILC program, a counter-cyclical income support program, was designed to provide price support to dairy farmers. Since the inception of the MILC program it has been argued that the program is inefficient and rewards inefficiency by keeping high cost, small dairy farms in business. Large dairy producers have expressed concerns that the MILC payments have negatively affected their farming income. Using farm-level, ARMS data from 2005, this study investigated the factors that affect farmer’s decision to participate in MILC program and if participation in MILC has an impact on milk production. The results show that participation in MILC program is positively correlated with farmer’s educational attainment, organic certification subsidy, milk price,...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Dairy farms; Agricultural policy; Milk Income Loss Contract Program; Two-step probit estimation; Agricultural and Food Policy; Livestock Production/Industries; H20; Q13; Q18.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103775

Rural Diversification and Social Capital in Rural Japan
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sakurai,   Seiichi; Yokoyama,   Shigeki.
This study investigates the effect of community factors on the development and diversification of rural Japan. Diversification is a matter of concern in rural communities as a means of revitalizing regional socio-economies. To establish new diversified activities, cooperation between rural residents is essential. Social capital (SC) is an important community factor that facilitates collective community action. The area analyzed in this study is the Awa area, where various kinds of agro-related activities have emerged, including rural-urban exchanges and agro-tourism. Traditional customs are also preserved in the area. We conducted both community and household-level surveys to collect data and investigate the general characteristics of the study area....
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; M2; O18; Q13; Q26; R0.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25550

Price Cointegration Analyses of Food Crop Markets: The case of Wheat and Teff Commodities in Northern Ethiopia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jaleta,   Moti; Gebremedhin,   Berhanu.
This paper examines the cointegration of grain market prices in Northern Ethiopia. Results are based on bi-monthly retail price data on wheat and teff collected from six markets in the Tigray region of Northern Ethiopia. The data has 55 observations for each of the two crops in each of the six markets ranging over a period of May 2006 to October 2008. Johansen’s cointegration test reveals that most markets are cointegrated in wheat and teff retail prices. There is an indication that retail prices at Abi-Adi, a town located relatively farther away from the main asphalt road, is less integrated to other markets. This implies that infrastructural development is crucial for spatial market integration through market information transmission and physical...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Price cointegration; Food crop market; Error correction model; Demand and Price Analysis; Marketing; C31; C32; Q13.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51049

Sourcing and Promotion of Local Foods by Food Cooperatives in the U.S.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Katchova,   Ani L.; Woods,   Timothy A.
This study examines the role that food consumer cooperatives play in the local food networks. Data are collected from three case studies with leading food cooperatives and a national survey of the general managers of food cooperatives. We identify the emerging business practices in local sourcing as a differentiation and member recruitment strategy for food cooperatives. Our analysis identifies several clusters of strategies used for local food procurement, based on the extent to which the co-op is involved in procurement activities upstream (at the farm), mid-stream (at the distribution center) or downstream (at the food cooperative). The results also show that when compared to other grocers, food co-ops have clear advantages in working with local...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Food consumer cooperatives; Local foods; Agribusiness; Marketing; Q13.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114767

MARKET INVERSION IN COMMODITY FUTURES PRICES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Yoon,   Byung-Sam; Brorsen,   B. Wade.
In an inverted market, current prices are higher than future prices and thus the price of storage is negative.  Market inversions as measured with futures spreads rarely occur during early months of the crop year.  However, market inversions frequently occur across crop years and near the end of the crop year.  In the last half of the crop year, market inversions clearly reflect a signal to sell stocks.  Too few inversions occur early in the crop year to reach a definitive conclusion for that period.  Behavioral finance offers possible explanations of why producers would hold stocks in an inverted market.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Convenience yield; Cost of carry; Market inversion; Marketing; Q13.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15077

Are Consumers Willing to Pay More for Biodegradable Containers Than for Plastic Ones? Evidence from Hypothetical Conjoint Analysis and Nonhypothetical Experimental Auctions
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Yue,   Chengyan; Hall,   Charles R.; Behe,   Bridget K.; Campbell,   Benjamin L.; Dennis,   Jennifer H.; Lopez,   Roberto G.
This study used and compared hypothetical conjoint analysis and nonhypothetical experimental auctions to elicit floral customers’ willingness to pay for biodegradable plant containers. The results of the study show that participants were willing to pay a price premium for biodegradable containers, but the premium is not the same for different types of containers. This article also shows the mixed ordered probit model generates more accurate results when analyzing the conjoint analysis Internet survey data than the ordered probit model.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Biodegradable; Willingness to pay; Marketing; Carbon footprint; Waste composition; Green industry; Nursery crops; Floriculture crops; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Environmental Economics and Policy; Financial Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Marketing; Public Economics; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; D12; Q13.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/100524

Demand Enhancement through Food-Safety Regulation: Benefit-Cost Analysis of Collective Action in the California Pistachio Industry
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Alston,   Julian M.; Brunke,   Henrich; Gray,   Richard S.; Sumner,   Daniel A.
Food safety shocks can threaten the health of consumers, create havoc within an industry and result in severe losses to producers. Governments often attempt to enhance food safety by mandating standards and inspection of food products to supplement the voluntary efforts by private firms. This paper assesses a form of collective action that falls between typical government mandates and purely private action. The California pistachio industry recently established a U.S. federal marketing order. This order sets quality standards and requires inspection and certification, aiming to reduce the likelihood of dangerous or poor quality pistachios being sold to consumers and to provide some quality assurance to consumers. Simulation results indicate that, across...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Food Safety; Collective Action; Specialty Crops; Government Regulation; Marketing Orders; Pistachios; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Q18; Q13; I18; H4.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25461

Competitiveness of Russian Dairy Sector: Inter-Regional Comparison
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mokshina,   Polina.
In competitive market dairy production will shift to the regions with the best conditions. In the Soviet paradigm dairy production was evenly distributed throughout the country, what was caused by extremely low transportation prices and by differentiated by regions procurement prices. Thus, there was no specialized zones of dairy production. The start of economic liberalization in Russia was followed by the process of disintegration of the country's common economic space. Reforms entailed an increase in transportation costs and regional specialization based on comparative advantages of a certain commodity production. Specialized dairy producing zones started to emerge. This paper attempts to determine these zones in Russia in the nearest future. The...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Russia; Dairy farming; Competitiveness; Comparative advantage; Inter-regional comparison; Livestock Production/Industries; D49; Q13.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24638

Is the Turkish Agri-Food Sector Ready for EU Entry?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: van Berkum,   Siemen.
Joining the EU's single market would subject the Turkish food supply chain to competition from mature industries and highly efficient, well-organised companies in the rest of the Union. To be ready for this competition, the Turkish agri-food chain has to tackle a number of serious bottlenecks, requiring modernisation and restructuring of the farm and food sector, and a more efficient marketing system, which provides for quality improvement incentives and price transparency. The rise of modern retail chains in the country and the inflow of FDI are two important factors that help preparing the Turkish food supply chain for the competitive pressures implied by the EU single market.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: EU integration; Agri-food chain; Market structure and performance; Turkey; International Relations/Trade; F15; P27; Q13.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24626

The Potential Effects on United States Agriculture of an Avian Influenza Outbreak
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Brown,   Scott; Madison,   Daniel; Goodwin,   Harold L., Jr.; Clark,   F. Dustan.
The U.S. poultry industry has spent considerable resources to date preparing for an outbreak of avian influenza in this country. This research quantifies the potential effects of two alternative avian influenza scenarios on the poultry industry. In addition, this research looks at effects on other agriculture sectors including the loss of feed demand from an outbreak and the impacts on aggregate measures like farm income and consumer food expenditures. The economic sector model maintained by the Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) is employed for these scenarios.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Avian influenza; Disease outbreak; Econometric model; Poultry production; Poultry trade; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Livestock Production/Industries; Q11; Q18; Q17; Q13.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6516

A partial analysis of the fruit and vegetable sector in Austria
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hambrusch,   Josef; Quendler,   Erika.
With respect to the new Common Market Organisation (CMO) for fruit and vegetables, the present paper focuses on societal developments that influence the demand for fruits and vegetables, provides some basic information on fruit and vegetable production in Austria and, finally, describes the roles of Producer Organisations (PO) and retailers in Austria. The study is based on a literature review as well as on interviews with representatives of the POs. The results reveal that six Austrian POs face an increasing concentration process in the Austrian retail industry, which is important since roughly 90% of all fruits and vegetables are distributed in retail and discount outlets. Furthermore, during the last ten years the overall consumption of fruits and...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Fresh fruit and vegetable market; Austria; Common Market Organisation; Producer Organisations; Demand and Price Analysis; Q13.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51055

Price Developments on the World Markets for Milk Products: The Case of Butter
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hockmann,   Heinrich; Voneki,   Eva.
A time series model is estimated to identify the interrelation among prices on the international and the EU domestic market for butter. Although the findings were not derived from a causal model, the inspection of the data provides economically reasonable and important insights in structural relationship between international and domestic prices. It can be expected that similar relationships exists for other milk products as well. The fact that international prices in the EU and Oceania are causal for each other is an indication of an integrated market. However, price transmission is not perfect suggesting that competition between the EU and Oceania exists, however, but not as intense as it could be expected for a homogeneous good like butter. The...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Dairy market; International trade; Market integration; International Relations/Trade; Livestock Production/Industries; F15; Q13; Q17.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25491

Performance of traditional cooperatives: the Portuguese Douro wine cooperatives
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rebelo,   Joao; Caldas,   Jose Vaz; Matulich,   Scott C.
Globalization is challenging the very core of cooperative governance and ownership decision, especially in Southern European countries, like Portugal, where a large number of producers are organized in traditional and Mediterranean-style agricultural cooperatives. This paper analyses the effects of governance and control variables related with size over two alternative indicators of performance: revenues transferred to members/patrons and capital structure. The results suggest that these cooperatives have difficulties being sustainable in the more competitive global wine markets, if they follow, essentially, a practice of maximum patronage refund, reducing their capacity to improve leverage and to finance more profitable, but risky, long run investments.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Crop Production/Industries; Q13; D22; L25.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/99100

Market Valuation of Preconditioning Feeder Calves
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Avent,   R. Keith; Ward,   Clement E.; Lalman,   David L.
Preconditioning calf programs, while not new, are becoming more prevalent. They provide benefits to cow-calf producers while adding value for feeder cattle buyers. However, questions remain regarding the economic costs and returns of such programs. A model was estimated with data from three consecutive-day sales, to determine the value that buyers place on preconditioning programs and related feeder cattle traits. Our results indicate that price premiums, although evident, appear to be insufficient by themselves to cover the marginal costs of preconditioning.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Animal health; Feeder cattle; Hedonic model; Marketing; Preconditioning; Prices; Value-added; Q13; Q12; Q11; C23.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/42894

Adoption of Food Safety and Quality Standards by China’s Agricultural Cooperatives: A Way out of Monitoring Production Practices of Numerous Small-scale Farmers ?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Zhou,   Jiehong; Jin,   Shaosheng.
China has experienced frequently food safety scares due to pesticide residue issues in recent years. This excessive of illegal use is often tied to numerous small-scale farmers. As it is a great challenge for Chinese government to monitor production practices of small-scale farmers directly, encouraging the adoption of food safety and quality standards by China’s agricultural cooperatives serves as an alternative approach to monitor the production practices of the small-scale farmers, and thus ensure improved quality of foods they produce. Based on the survey data from 124 vegetable cooperatives in Zhejiang Province, this study is designed to analyze the factors that affect adoption of food safety and quality standards by agricultural cooperatives in...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Food safety; Food safety and quality standards; Cooperative; China; Agricultural and Food Policy; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Q13; Q18.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/50293

The Impact of the Crude Oil Price on the Livestock Sector under a Regime of  Integrated Energy and Grain Markets
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fabiosa,   Jacinto F.
The study finds that the emergence and expansion of the ethanol sector was associated with a fundamental transformation of the integration of the energy and agricultural sectors. In particular, the correlation structure between crude oil and grain prices increased dramatically, becoming more statistically significant, and with all anomalous signs corrected. Before the ethanol boom, the correlation of the crude oil price and corn was -0.117. It increased to 0.876 in the ethanol boom period. Soymeal correlation increased from 0.182 to 0.909, and distillers dried grains with solubles increased from -0.252 to 0.834. As a result, the energy market is also now impacting the livestock sector through feed costs, which account for more than half of total costs....
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Energy sector; Agricultural sector; Least-cost feed ration; Biofuel; Livestock Production/Industries; Production Economics; Q12; Q13; Q18.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49240

DER TÜRKISCHE TOMATENSEKTOR – REGIONALE GESICHTSPUNKTE UND RÄUMLICHE MARKTINTEGRATION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Weitzel,   Enno-Burghard; Keskin,   Gulsen; Brosig,   Stephan.
Tomatoes have the largest share among fruits and vegetables, which add substantially to the gross agricultural product in Turkey. We describe the structure and development of this sector from the year 1990 onwards, covering farms in primal production, trade facilities, processing firms, and marketing channels. An analysis of retail prices for table tomatoes in 22 provinces and their dynamics follows. Finally we employ a threshold vector error-correction model to analyse integration among the markets for table tomatoes in the presence of transaction costs. The results show a ring of integrated provinces along the coasts of Turkey, while the interior provinces are rather separated. In some cases price transmission only occurs when deviations from an...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Gemüse; Tomaten; Türkei; Marktintegration; Fehlerkorrekturmodell; Tomatoes; Turkey; Spatial market integration.; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Farm Management; Land Economics/Use; Marketing; Production Economics; Productivity Analysis; Q11; Q13; C22; L11.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/91910

Sécurité alimentaire en Afrique de l’Ouest : Enjeux et Eléments Stratégique pour sa Réalisation.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dembele,   Niama Nango; Staatz,   John M.
The situation analysis and perspectives on food security West Africa shows a widening gap between the needs of consumption and nutrition and food availability at Global countries, households and individuals. Low gains productivity in food production and import capacity are the major constraints to the achievement of security Food in the region. The agricultural growth becomes the prerequisite for improving the food situation.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Food Security; West Africa; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Security and Poverty; International Development; International Relations/Trade; Marketing; Q18; Q17; Q13.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58546

Study of Rice Marketing System in Iran
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Feizabadi,   Yaser.
Rice comes second after wheat in Iran`s food consumption economy. Rising population and recent growth in GDP has made Iran one of the greatest rice importer countries all over the world. That is why rice marketing has always been a controversial issue in Iran`s agricultural economics. To study rice marketing system in Iran, this paper aims to calculate rice marketing margin, market efficiency and marketing cost coefficient in seaside Mazandaran province( where 70 percent of domestic rice production is obtained )Over the period 2000-2010. Results show that firstly HYV`s wholesale marketing margin is less than local varieties in 2000 while this trend is reversed in 2010. Secondly, retail marketing margin, total marketing margin, market efficiency and cost...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Mazandaran Province; Marketing Margin; Rice; Marketing; Q13.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/108944

Agricultural Contracts and Alternative Marketing Options: A Matching Analysis
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Katchova,   Ani L.
The increasing use of agricultural contracts and processor concentration raises concerns that processors may offer lower contract prices in absence of local competition. This study examines the price competitiveness of marketing and production contracts depending on the availability of alternative marketing options. A propensity score matching method is used to compare prices using contract data from a farm-level national survey. The results show that the absence of other contractors or spot markets in producers’ areas does not lead to statistically significant price differences in agricultural contracts for most commodities, providing evidence that most agricultural processors do not exercise market power by reducing prices when other local buyers are not...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural prices; Alternative marketing options; Local competition; Marketing contracts; Production contracts; Propensity score matching; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Demand and Price Analysis; Financial Economics; Marketing; Q13.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/90672

Discussion: Commodity Price Discovery: Problems That Have Solutions or Solutions That Are Problems
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fortenbery,   T. Randall.
This paper examines three invited papers focused on commodity prices. Public responses to high nominal commodity prices and perceived increases in price risk have ranged from attempts to assign blame, attempts to change contracting arrangements, and development of public policy that ‘‘protects’’ the market from future occurrences of unacceptable behavior. Interestingly, a result of increased commodity price volatility has suggested that futures markets no longer ‘‘work.’’ This is ironic given that futures markets initially came into existence as tools for managing the negative impacts of commodity price risk. In response to perceptions of market failure some are looking for strategies to regulate the who and how of futures trading.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Futures markets; Hedging; Price risk; Risk management; Speculation; Agribusiness; Agricultural Finance; Marketing; Risk and Uncertainty; G13; Q11; Q13; Q14.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53084

Industry Leaders' Perspectives on Communicating the Cooperative Value Package
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Keeling Bond,   Jennifer J.; Bhuyan,   Sanjib.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Communication; Cooperatives; Value Package; Agribusiness; Q13; P13.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/117414

Application of Weather Derivatives in Multi-Period Risk Management
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Vedenov,   Dmitry V.; Sanchez,   Leonardo.
This work is a first attempt to analyze the effect of weather derivative availability on the risk management strategies in a multi-period setting, when crop activities take place twice a year. Rice production in Ecuador is used as a case study.  Numerical solutions show farmers improve their well-being by reducing their risk exposure.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Weather Derivatives; Risk Management; Multi-Period.; Agribusiness; Agricultural Finance; Risk and Uncertainty; Q13; Q14.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103740

Do Farmers Benefit from Participating in Specialty Markets and Cooperatives? The Case of Coffee Marketing in Costa Rica
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wollni,   Meike; Zeller,   Manfred.
Historically low prices in the conventional coffee market have caused financial and social hardship among coffee farmers. In the face of this crisis, specialty markets have attracted the attention of the international donor community. These market segments have shown consistent growth over the last decade and exhibit price premiums in international markets. Therefore, if higher prices are passed on to farmers, access to specialty markets could help to alleviate the crisis brought on by low prices in the conventional sector. The present study attempts to identify the factors that determine farmers' participation in specialized markets and whether participation in these markets leads to higher prices for farmers. A two-stage model is used to analyze farmers'...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Central America; Costa Rica; Coffee; Specialty markets; Cooperatives; Agribusiness; Marketing; Q13; L1.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25670

Marketing Efficiency of Green Peas under Different Supply Chains in Punjab
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sidhu,   R.S.; Sidhu,   M.S.; Singh,   J.M.
During the year 2007-08, the area under green peas in Punjab was 18.45 thousand hectares with a production of 1.11 lakh tonnes. The total consumption at the farm level being just 2.54 per cent, the marketed surplus was 97.46 per cent. The maximum quantity of green peas was sold by the growers in the wholesale market (about 89%) and the rest was sold at the farm, in the village and in Apni Mandi. The marketing of green peas has been studied by three supply chains, viz. I: Producer → wholesaler (through commission agent) → retailer → consumer; II: Producer → retailer (through commission agent) → consumer; III: Producer → consumer. The net price received by the producer was 67 per cent, 69 per cent and 94 per cent in supply chains I, II and III respectively...
Tipo: Article
Palavras-chave: Marketing efficiency; Green peas; Supply chains; Punjab; Price spread; Agricultural and Food Policy; Q13; Q12.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/119379

Price Setting in Food SMEs: Which Role for Marketing Capability? An Empirical Analysis in Italy
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Banterle,   Alessandro; Carraresi,   Laura; Cavaliere,   Alessia.
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are fighting for survival due to globalization, growing competition with big retailers, and strategies adopted by large industrial companies. Difficulties in pricing are also revealed in the literature. Therefore, appropriate activity is needed to be more a price maker than a taker, and to reach a better market power. On the other hand, market opportunities for SMEs are related to demand evolution toward food quality and traditional food products. To profit by such opportunities, SMEs need to focus on consumer requirements, by differentiating their products. In this way, firms could apply a premium price that justifies the peculiar value of the product, and that the consumer should be willing to pay. Nonetheless,...
Tipo: Presentation
Palavras-chave: Traditional food products; Price setting; Marketing capability; Ordinal regression model; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Marketing; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; L25; L66; M31; Q13.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/122000

Consumer Awareness, Perceptions and Behaviour Towards Farmed Versus Wild Fish
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Verbeke,   Wim; Brunso,   Karen.
This study provides empirical evidence about European consumer awareness, perceptions and behavior towards farmed and wild fish.  The evidence is based on three empirical studies: a consumer survey in Belgium in March 2003, focus group discussions with consumers in Belgium and Spain in May 2004, and a pan-European consumer survey with a sample of 4,786 fish consumers in Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark, Span and Poland in November-December 2004.  Consumer awareness about the farmed or wild origin of fish is rather poor, particular among lighter fish user groups.  Perceptions are quite diverse across Europe.  Furthermore, perceptions often contrast with current scientific evidence, in particular with respect to behalf and nutritional value where consumers...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Attitude; Aquaculture; Consumer; Fish; SEAFOODplus; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Livestock Production/Industries; D12; M31; Q13; Q22.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56075

Valoração de atributos de qualidade em pêssegos comercializados no estado de São Paulo
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lima,   Lilian Maluf de; Caixeta Filho,   Jose Vicente; Kassouf,   Ana Lucia; Amorim,   Lilian.
Econometric models were developed to estimate the implicit prices for selected quality attributes of fresh peaches commercialized in the state of Sao Paulo. Such estimation is conducted in two stages of the distribution chain, namely, wholesale and retail sales. Data on the price and quality attributes (such as color, size, varieties and types of damages) of fresh peaches were obtained from cross-sectional data in different time periods. The estimation of Hedonic Prices is proposed as a method to evaluate post-harvest price variations from wholesale to retail sales. The results obtained allowed us to identify the gains accrued in each stage, deriving from the improvement in the product quality attributes.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Peach; Hedonic price; Evaluation; Quality; Post-harvest; Losses.; Consumer/Household Economics; Q13; C21.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/60809

Contractual Arrangements of Traders in Chinese Wholesale Markets
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Yu,   Xiaohua; Abler,   David G.; Zeng,   Yinchu.
Using a survey data of 700 traders, this study scrutinizes contract choices and enforcement for agricultural traders in China. This study finds that market service and environment are very important for both contract choices and enforcement. Better market service and environment can increase the propensity of using contract and the probability of contract enforcement both for purchase and sales of products. Education and memberships of special associations are also important for contract choices and enforcement. Higher education and affiliation to special associations for traders can increase the propensity of contracts and reduce contract breaches. However, the formats of contracts, whether contracts are oral or written, are not important for contract...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural Contract; Trader; Wholesale Market; China; Agribusiness; Industrial Organization; International Development; Marketing; Risk and Uncertainty; L14; Q12; Q13.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51399

The Relationship Between Strategic Choices and Performance in Italian Food SMEs: A Resource-based Approach
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Carraresi,   Laura; Mamaqi,   Xhevrie; Albisu,   Luis Miguel; Banterle,   Alessandro.
In the context of progressive rise of the competition among firms, due to the increasing globalisation, it is interesting to understand the potential sources of competitive advantage in order to set up a successful strategy. The theory of Resource-based View used in this framework examines the connection among internal resources and strategic choices, and how the latter affect firm performance. The firm strategy is determined by available resources and capabilities which are deployed to obtain a good performance. Therefore, strategic choices act in between resources and performance. The purpose of the paper is to evaluate the relationship between strategic choices and performance achieved by food SMEs, based on a set of distinctive resources. This approach...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Resource-based view; Strategic choices; SMEs; Food sector; Structural equation modelL11; L25; L66; Q13; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114318

Evaluating the Economic Impact of Farmers’ Markets Using an Opportunity Cost Framework
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hughes,   David W.; Brown,   Cheryl; Miller,   Stacy; McConnell,   Tom.
Farmers’ markets presumably benefit local economies through enhanced retention of local dollars. Unlike other studies, the net impact of farmers’ markets on the West Virginia economy is examined. Producer survey results are used in estimating annual direct sales ($1.725 million). Using an IMPLAN-based input-output model, gross impacts are 119 jobs (69 full-time equivalent jobs) and $2.389 million in output including $1.48 million in gross state product (GSP). When the effect of direct revenue losses are included (primarily for grocery stores), the impact is reduced to 82 jobs (43 full-time equivalent jobs), $1.075 million in output, and $0.653 million in GSP.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Farmers’ markets; Input-output models; Net economic impact; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Crop Production/Industries; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; R15; Q13; Q18.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/45523

The Relative Importance of Preferences for Country-of-Origin in China, France, Niger and the United States
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ehmke,   Mariah D.; Lusk,   Jayson L.; Tyner,   Wallace E.
Country-of-origin (COO) is an increasingly politicized credence attribute in the globalizing food system. While international policy development in this area is geographically far-reaching, the benefits of country-of-origin labels (COOL) to producers and consumers from countries in different locations and levels of economic development are not clear. Previous work investigates the importance of COO to consumers, but is typically limited in scope to consumers in one nation. In addition, little is known about the importance of COO information relative to other credence attributes, especially in non-meat food products. This study measures the benefits of COOL to an internationally diverse set of consumers (in developed and developing countries) and estimates...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Country-of-origin; Genetic modification; Organic; Conjoint; Onion; Information; Food policy; International Relations/Trade; Q13; Q18; Q17.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25408

Cooperatives, Regulation and Competition in Norwegian Agriculture
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tennbakk,   Berit.
Over production is a persistent and costly problem in Norwegian agriculture. Support to agricultural production implicitly yields incentives to produce too much, i.e., causing market prices to fall below the target level, and thereby increasing the need for subsidies and additional market interventions. In order to restrict supplies, farmers are allowed to coordinate through marketing cooperatives. The paper argues that this coordination is likely to be insufficient in markets where the cooperative competes with an investor-owned wholesaler. Interventions in the market in order to remove excess supplies may induce further incentives to increase production. Levying a tax on all production in order to cover market regulation costs, moves the solution in the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Cooperatives; Regulation; Over production; Duopoly; Agribusiness; Q13; L21; D43.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24907

Le Coton en Afrique de l’Ouest et du Centre: Adaptation d’un Modèle réussi à de nouvelles réalités
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kelly,   Valerie A.; Tschirley,   David L.
Produced for review by the United States Agency for International Development under the WACIP project funded by USAID (Programme de Renforcement du Secteur Coton en Afrique de l'Ouest et du Centre
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Africa; Cotton; Crop Production/Industries; Q13.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/55359

Are Consumers Willing to Pay for Organic When the Food is Already Local?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Connolly,   Cristina; Klaiber,   H. Allen.
The emergence of community supported agriculture (CSA) farms has provided a new way for small farms to remain competitive while engaging their local community through direct marketing.  In this study, we report on some of the first revealed preference valuation of CSA attributes, including the willingness to pay for competing organic certification programs.  Using data on the prices and attributes of 188 CSA farms spanning Ohio and Pennsylvania we estimate willingness to pay measures from both hedonic and nearest-neighbor matching methods. Results from a semi-log hedonic reveal a willingness to pay of approximately 9% for organic branding compared to natural, which translates into an additional $48 per summer season share. We also find a statistically...
Tipo: Working Paper
Palavras-chave: Organic; Local; Matching; Hedonic; Community supported agriculture; Agricultural and Food Policy; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Q13; Q51.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/124364

Tribuna de Debate: La PAC 2020: Claves interpretativas de la comunicación de la Comisión Europea, COM (2010) 672 de 18.11.2010.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Massot Marti,   Albert.
Debate discussion
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: CAP reform; Aids; Agricultural markets; Rural development; Agricultural and Food Policy; H61; Q13; Q18; R58.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/117624

Can German Wine Cooperatives Compete on Quality?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Schamel,   Guenter.
The German Agricultural Society (DLG) manages a multi-round annual quality control scheme where wines undergo a blind, sensory testing procedure using a 5-point scale to determine superior quality wines worthy of an annual award (Bronze, Silver, Gold, and Gold Extra). We develop a hedonic model for the 2005 award competition estimating implicit prices for different product attributes including sensory awards, quality categories, and wine style. We also control for regional origin, variety, color, and age. To discern the impact of ownership structure, we distinguish cooperatives and private wineries. Silver and Bronze awards show significant price effects relative to Gold. We also estimate highly significant price effects between quality categories (e.g....
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Cooperatives; Product Quality; Pricing; Agribusiness; Demand and Price Analysis; Marketing; Q13; L15; D4.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51552

West Virginia Farm Direct Marketing: A County Level Analysis
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Brown,   Cheryl; Gandee,   Jesse E.; D'Souza,   Gerard E.
To understand the factors that influence farm direct marketing, a linear regression model is estimated to test the relationships between county-level direct market sales and socioeconomic, agricultural production, and location characteristics for West Virginia. The results show that higher median housing value, increased population density, a younger population, a greater number of direct market farms, more diversity of fruit and vegetable production and closer proximity to Washington, D.C., increase direct market sales. The results have implications for other states with a large proportion of small and part-time farmers, many of whom are located in close proximity to metropolitan areas.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Direct market sales; Direct marketing; Farm sales; Farmers' market; Marketing; Q13; C21.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43778

Improving the Impact of Market Reform on Agricultural Productivity in Africa: How Institutional Design Makes a Difference
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jayne,   Thomas S.; Shaffer,   James D.; Staatz,   John M.; Reardon,   Thomas.
Improving the Impact of Market Reform on Agricultural Productivity in Africa: How Institutional Design Makes a Difference Abstract:  This paper reviews the emerging empirical record of agricultural marketing policy reform and agricultural productivity, drawing from research on food access and agricultural productivity supported by USAID’s Africa Bureau on seven countries in West, Eastern, and Southern Africa. We also examine key factors constraining past and future performance of the food systems in these countries. The paper concludes by identifying a set of policy issues for further consideration that would help provide the investment incentives to promote productivity growth for the millions of low-input semi-subsistence rural households in the region.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Food security; Food policy; Market reform; Agricultural and Food Policy; Marketing; Productivity Analysis; Downloads June 2008 - July 2009: 40; Q13.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54684

The Effectiveness of Local Food Marketing Strategies of Food Cooperatives
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Katchova,   Ani L.; Woods,   Timothy A.
This study examines the role that food consumer cooperatives play in the local food networks. Data are collected from three case studies with leading food cooperatives and a national survey of the general managers of food cooperatives. We identify the emerging business practices in local sourcing as a differentiation and member recruitment strategy for food cooperatives. Our analysis identifies several clusters of strategies used for local food procurement, based on the extent to which the co-op is involved in procurement activities upstream (at the farm), mid-stream (at the distribution center) or downstream (at the food cooperative). The results also show that when compared to other grocers, food co-ops have clear advantages in working with local...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Food consumer cooperatives; Local foods; Consumer/Household Economics; Marketing; Q13.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103918

Consumers' Preferences for GM Food and Voluntary Information Acquisition: A Simultaneous Choice Analysis
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Veeman,   Michele M.; Hu,   Wuyang; Adamowicz,   Wiktor L.
Previous research studies directed at the influence of information on consumers' preferences and choices of food in the context of genetically modified (GM) food assume that information is exogenous, in that this is provided to consumers from external sources. Information made available to consumers is also typically treated as being received and processed. Other literature and observation suggests that these two features tend not to apply in practice. Using data from a choice experiment on consumers' choices for genetically modified food in which respondents were able to voluntarily access information, this study allows information to be endogenous; consumers' product choices and information access decisions are examined within a simultaneous choice...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Genetically modified food; Information search; Multinomial logit models; Simultaneous modeling.; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Q13; Q18; C8.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25786

WHERE IS BASMATI RICE COMING FROM? A GLOBAL TRADE–RELATED OVERVIEW
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Giraud,   Georges; Pirzada,   Syed Wajid H.
Rice contributes on 20% towards human calorie intake of the world population and 30% of Asian population. Worldwide paddy rice crop was 668 million tonnes in 2008, while rice trade during the year was 30 million tonnes. Trade represents 7% of overall rice cropping. Basmati rice export counts for high value and low volume. Although Basmati crop is primarily from two countries, specific data related to Basmati export are scarce. Basmati trade constituted 8.3% of rice world trade during 2008, with a record of 2.45 million tonnes. Recent volatility of prices affects rice trade market, but less Basmati price that is still the highest on world rice market. This paper depicts the present situation of Basmati trade and its business prospects as a tradable...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Basmati rice; World trade; Origin; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; International Relations/Trade; Marketing; Q13; Q17.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51698

Potenciais benefícios do sistema de rastreabilidade animal dos EUA para o setor de carnes americano
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Resende Filho,   Moises de Andrade.
This article investigates the potential gains to the U.S. meat sector with the implantation of the U.S. National Animal Identification System (NAIS). The focus is on the effect that the NAIS could have on consumers’ risk perception about eating meat. System of demand equations are estimated using time series of food safety indexes variables used as proxies for consumers’ reactions to news on meat safety issues. The series of food safety indexes are built on the basis of the number of food safety news reported in top U.S. newspapers. Using the preferred model estimates, three scenarios are constructed in order to account for the cases wherein the NAIS is not implemented, is implemented only for beef and is implemented for beef and pork. The differences in...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Animal identification system; Food safety; System of demand equations; Meat industry; USA.; Agribusiness; C22; Q11; Q13; Q18.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61199

Hog Marketing Practices and Competition Questions
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lawrence,   John D.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing; Q11; Q13.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94759

Market Segmentation Practices of Retail Crop Input Firms
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Reimer,   Aaron; Downey,   W. Scott; Akridge,   Jay T.
The farmers targeted by crop input retailers may be divided into distinct groups or segments, but retail crop input firms vary in their ability to implement strategies to serve individual segments. In this study, segmentation practices among cooperatives and independently owned crop input retailers were explored. Addressing gaps between Best’s seven-step market segmentation framework and retailer practices will help practitioners serve evolving farmer-customers.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Market segmentation; Target marketing; Crop inputs; Distribution channel; Retailer; Marketing; Q10; Q13.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53746

Spatial Competition of Milk Processing Cooperatives in Northern Germany
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Huck,   Petra; Salhofer,   Klaus; Tribl,   Christoph.
In this paper we develop a theoretical model of competition among marketing cooperatives (co-ops) in a spatial market setting assuming uniform delivered pricing and Loschian conduct. The model is an extension to Alvarez et al.'s (2000) spatial competition model for investorowned firms (IOF). Theoretical results include i) that the prices for raw milk are, ceteris paribus, higher in a pure market of coops than in a pure IOF market; ii) that even coops may imperfectly transmit price changes upstream; and iii) that the price farmers receive for their raw product is a function of economic space (distance times transportation costs) between coops. We test our theoretical findings for milk processing co-ops in Northern Germany using data of monthly average...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Spatial competition; Oligopsony; Milk processing; Cooperatives; Agribusiness; L13; Q13.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25633

Valorisation of Meat Production Oriented on 'Superior' Quality: A Case Study of Belgian Farmers' Motivations
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bosmans,   Werner; Verbeke,   Wim; van Gysel,   Laure.
Quality beef and pork production becomes more and more important for both producers and consumers. We first establish an integrated approach of the different attributes that producers and consumers attach to 'superior' quality. This results in the clustering of producers in a traditional and conscious group which reveals relevant differences in attitudes but not in valorisation. On the contrary, the clustering of producers in function of their adherence to a label gives clear differences in labour income. Especially specific labels generate higher revenue because they seem to succeed to communicate credence attributes of 'superior' quality to consumers.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Micro analyses of farm firms; Agricultural markets and marketing; Livestock Production/Industries; Q12; Q13.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24768

State-Grown Promotion Programs: Fresher, Better?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Patterson,   Paul M.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Marketing; Q13; Q18.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94433

Consumer Acceptance of GM Applications in the Pork Production Chain: A Choice Modelling Approach
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Novoselova,   Tatiana A.; van der Lans,   Ivo A.C.M.; Meuwissen,   Miranda P.M.; Huirne,   Ruud B.M.
This study evaluates consumer acceptance of different GM applications in the pork production chain. In general, results indicate that consumers prefer conventional pork over pork for which genetic modification was applied. However, the negative impact of the GM applications is compensated by improvements in quality, increased animal welfare, a lower impact on the environment, less residues and a price discount. Of these benefits, increased animal welfare has the most positive effect on consumer choices. With substantial monetary compensation and presence of various benefits the consumers will attach higher utility to the GM pork than to the conventional pork. The amount of monetary compensation is dependent on the type of GM application.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Consumer acceptance; Genetic modification; Choice modelling; Consumer/Household Economics; C25; D12; Q13.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24527

Dinamiche del commercio internazionale dell'olio di oliva italiano: un'analisi prospettica
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Finco,   Adele; Padella,   Monica; Di Pronio,   Guido; Pollonara,   Mirco.
The paper analyses the dynamics of the Italian olive oil trade and gives a preliminary explanation of the opportunity in the international market. The paper starts showing the description of olive oil chain and production and underlining the main factors affecting the import export system. The aim of this work is to explain the magnitude of the trade flows for olive oil from Italy to its main importing countries. This objective has been reached by establishing an appropriate econometric model derived from an extended form of the “Gravity Model”. This model has been broadly applied to the analysis of international trade because it provides robust estimates. The results obtained and the model itself are useful in forecasting potential trends in the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Italian Olive Oil; Food-Trade; Gravity Models; Export Analysis; Q13; Q17; C20.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/48194

On Term Structure Models of Commodity Futures Prices and the Kaldor-Working Hypothesis
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Power,   Gabriel J.; Turvey,   Calum G.
Both prices and the volatility of storable agricultural commodity futures contracts have been rising since 2005 and particularly since 2007. This paper aims to answer two principal questions: (i) How has the behavior of these futures prices over time and across maturities changed with the rise of biofuels and their demand-side pres- sure on corn and related crops?, and (ii) Is there now stronger or weaker evidence of the Kaldor-Working convenience yield-storage hypothesis, whereby futures price backwardation can be explained by the high value of remaining inventory stocks when these are near stockouts? The empirical application is to Chicago Board of Trade corn, wheat and soybeans futures. To make use of all available futures data rather than only the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural Finance; C52; C53; G12; G13; Q13; Q14.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37608

Consequences of EU Biofuel Policies on Agricultural Production and Land Use
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Banse,   Martin; van Meijl,   Hans; Woltjer,   Geert B.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; D58; Q13; Q24; Q27; Q28.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94666

Current Challenges in Financing Agricultural Cooperatives
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Barton,   David G.; Boland,   Michael A.; Chaddad,   Fabio Ribas; Eldon,   Eversull.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural; Cooperatives; Finance; Agribusiness; L10; L23; L16; Q13.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/117410

Assessment of Kenya's Domestic Horticultural Production and Marketing Systems and Lessons for the Future
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tschirley,   David L.; Ayieko,   Miltone W.
After reviewing trends in the production and marketing of fresh produce for the domestic market in Kenya since 1997, this paper presents detailed information on the structure of the flow of this produce from rural areas to wholesale markets in Nairobi and from those wholesale markets to assorted retail markets. Market shares are estimated by product for geographic areas supplying Nairobi, and for each important wholesale and retail market in the city. It is found that horticultural production for the domestic market is keeping up with rural population growth but not with the much faster urban population growth. The urban wholesaling and retailing system has decentralized dramatically and with little planning over the past two decades in response to lack of...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Africa; Horticulture; Market; Production; Crop Production/Industries; Q13.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/55431

THE POTENTIAL FOR MARKETING PORK PRODUCTS WITH EMBEDDED ENVIRONMENTAL ATTRIBUTES: RESULTS FROM AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hurley,   Sean P.; Kliebenstein,   James B.
Environmental issues such as air and water quality related to livestock production currently receive much attention.  Potential methods for environmental improvement range from regulation to market solutions.  This study looks at consumer willingness to pay for pork products with embedded environmental attributes.  Experimental auctions showed that over one-half of the participants (62%) paid a premium, that did not vary significantly between differing regions of the United States.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy; Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing; Q13; Q25.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21598

Assessing Competition in the U.S. Beef Packing Industry
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ward,   Clement E.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Beef; Cattle; Competition; Concentration; Market structure; Meatpacking; Pricing; Agribusiness; Livestock Production/Industries; L13; Q13.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94758

The Role of Economic and Legal Analysis in the GIPSA Rules Debate
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ferrell,   Shannon L.; Rumley,   Elizabeth.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: GIPSA; Packers and Stockyards Act; Market Concentration; Alternative Marketing Arrangement; Administrative Procedure Act; Agricultural and Food Policy; Livestock Production/Industries; Q13; Q18; K23.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/99801

How changes in consumer behaviour and retailing affect competence requirements for food producers and processors
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Grunert,   Klaus G.
This paper analyses the changing competence requirements which members of the food chain face in their pursuit of competitive advantage. Two groups of trends serve as point of departure: more dynamic and heterogeneous consumer demands, which can be analysed in terms of consumer demands for sensory, health, process and convenience qualities, and changing roles for retailers in the food chain. Based on these trends, it is argued that competencies which can increase producers‘ level of market orientation get increased weight in the attainment of competitive advantage, and three types of competencies are singled out as especially important: consumer understanding, relationship management, and new product development. The development of market-related...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Consumer behaviour; Retailing; Competence; New trends; Food chain; M31; Q13; Consumer/Household Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8007

Valuing Fed Cattle Using Objective Tenderness Measures
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Riley,   John Michael; Schroeder,   Ted C.; Wheeler,   Tommy L.; Shackelford,   Stephen D.; Koohmaraie,   Mohammad.
Beef tenderness is critical in consumer satisfaction with beef steak products. Current fed cattle valuation systems do not differentiate carcasses based upon tenderness variation. However, considerable research indicates consumers are willing to pay more for tender relative to tough beef steak. This article develops a tenderness-augmentation to current fed cattle grid pricing systems. Using a large set of actual carcasses, we determine that a tenderness-augmented price grid would reorder fed cattle value by on average nearly $5.00/cwt dressed relative to current valuation methods. Substantial opportunity is present to improve beef tenderness through new price signals to producers.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Beef quality; Meat tenderness; Cattle value; Cattle price; Agribusiness; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Livestock Production/Industries; Q11; Q13; M31.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/48747

Grid Marketing and Beef Carcass Quality: A Discussion of Issues and Trends
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fausti,   Scott W.; Qasmi,   Bashir A.; Diersen,   Matthew A.
Beef industry data suggest that improvements in carcass yield and quality grades have stagnated recently.  Empirical analysis, based on USDA market reports, indicates that the share of steer slaughter volume marketed on a grid is less than industry estimates and the growth in market share has stagnated.  Trend analysis of market share suggests that grid pricing has become an important marketing channel, but has not become the dominant marketing channel.  The lack of industry progress toward achieving the carcass quality goals suggests that grid pricing has not captured the level of market share needed to realize the goals envisioned for it as a value based marketing system
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Grid pricing; National beef quality audit; Public livestock price reporting; Beef carcass quality; Demand and Price Analysis; Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing; Q13.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37149

Assessing Information Bias and Food Safety
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Conley,   Dennis M.; Wade,   Mark A.
Imperfect information can lead to market failure and be an external factor impacting managers of agribusiness firms. A matrix method approach to content analysis was conducted by independent judges based upon established typologies. Food safety articles from consumer publications were examined, and information received by consumers was found to be biased.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Food safety; Information bias; Consumers; Media; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Marketing; Q10; Q13; Q16.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53642

Current Issues in Strategy For Agricultural Cooperatives
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Boland,   Michael A.; Hogeland,   Julie A.; McKee,   Gregory J.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural; Agribusiness; Cooperatives; Management; Strategy; Agribusiness; L10; L23; L16; Q13.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/117409

The Value of Third-Party Certification of Preconditioning Claims at Iowa Feeder Cattle Auctions
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bulut,   Harun; Lawrence,   John D.
After controlling a variety of feeder cattle characteristics and market and sale conditions in Iowa feeder auctions, the price premiums for preconditioning claims (vaccinations and minimum 30 days of weaning) with and without third-party certification (TPC) are estimated as $6.12/cwt and $3.35/cwt, respectively.  These premiums differ statistically (p&lt;0.0001), and their difference exceeds the average participation cost of TPC ($1/cwt).  This indicates that TPC is valued in the market to credibly signal preconditioning investment under asymmetric information.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Asymmetric information; Feeder cattle auctions; Quality; Signalling; Third-party certification; Q11; Q12; Q13; C23.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37052

Understanding Factors That Influence Breeders to Sell Bulls at Performance Tests
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lillywhite,   Jay M.; Simonsen,   J.
Breeders of purebred bulls have multiple avenues to market their bulls, including consignment at public auctions associated with performance tests. Purebred breeders often have the opportunity to withdraw bulls that are eligible to sell in these auctions. We examine sales data from a public auction held in conjunction with a performance bull test in Tucumcari, NM, to gain insights on breeder decisions to withdraw bulls prior to entering the sales ring. Specifically, we use a binary logit model to identify relevant characteristics that affect a breeder’s decision to withdraw a sale eligible bull from the auction.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Breeder decisions; Livestock; Performance bull test; Agribusiness; Demand and Price Analysis; Livestock Production/Industries; Productivity Analysis; C31; D23; D44; D83; M31; Q13.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47264

Pre- and post-accession performance to the WTO: A vulnerability study of Jamaica’s beef industry
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Seepersad,   Govind; Felix,   Nkosi; Maharaj,   Omardath.
Bridgetown, Barbados 6th – 10th July, 2009
Tipo: Presentation
Palavras-chave: WTO; Jamaica; Beef Industry; Vulnerability Index; Agribusiness; Q13.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/122658

Prospects of Chinese Grain Supply and Demand in 2010: A Regionalized Multimarket Model Simulation and Policy Implication
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lu,   Wencong C.; Kersten,   Lutz.
Based on China's Agricultural Regional Market Equilibrium Model (CARMEM), the paper projects the production and consumption of rice, wheat and maize in China toward 2010 at both national and regional level under two different scenarios. The results show that China can ensure a stable grain market development under more liberalized internal and external conditions. Transmission of the world market prices as projected by the World Bank (2003) to the Chinese domestic market would lead to a long-run recovery of the growth in grain production. Total production of paddy rice, wheat and maize is forecast to increase from 386 million tons in the base period 2002 to over 420 million tons in 2010. However, the rate of grain self-supply will be 91% due to higher...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: China; Grain market; Projection; Multimarket model; Policy; Crop Production/Industries; Q11; Q13; Q18.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25662

Determinantes dos arranjos contratuais1: O caso da transação produtor-processador de carne bovina no Uruguai
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mondelli,   Mario P.; Zylbersztajn,   Decio.
What are the determinants of the commercial channel choice in the beef producers-processors transactions? The question refers to the coordination and production control problem associated to changes in consumer’s awareness of specific attributes in food products. Two contractual arrangements coexist in this transaction: direct-contracting and broker-induced transactions Transaction Cost Economic offers helpful insights to understand the reason for the development and adaptations of different contractual arrangement moved by transaction cost economizing perspective. The empirical analysis is focused in the Uruguayan beef agro-industrial system. Analysis integrates (i) institutional and organizational changes in the beef industry; (ii) based on the analysis...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Vertical Coordination; Beef System; Contractual arrangement; Transaction Cost Economics; Agribusiness; D23; L14; Q13.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61237

The U.S. Produce Traceability Initiative: Analysis, Evaluation, and Recommendations
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Porter,   Justin K.; Baker,   Gregory A.; Agrawal,   Narendra.
The IFAMR is the Official Journal of the International Food and Agribusiness Management Association: www.ifama.org
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Produce Traceability Initiative (PTI); Fresh produce industry; Food safety; Agribusiness; Consumer/Household Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Production Economics; Public Economics; Risk and Uncertainty; Q13.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114643

AN INITIAL INVESTIGATION OF THE POTENTIAL FOR HERMETIC PURDUE IMPROVED CROP STORAGE (PICS) BAGS TO IMPROVE INCOMES FOR MAIZE PRODUCERS IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jones,   Michael; Alexander,   Corinne E.; Lowenberg-DeBoer,   James.
Pests like the larger grain borer (P. truncatus) and the maize weevil (S. zeamis) cause significant storage losses for African maize producers.  The value of storage protection to a market-oriented farmer is a function of price seasonality, value loss prevention, and their opportunity costs of capital.  Evidence suggests that hermetic technologies like Purdue Improved Crop Storage (PICS) bags can be effective against these key maize storage pests, but sustainable technology transfer requires that it be profitable for producers. This analysis references dry weight loss figures from key life science articles and builds on previous value loss research to provide a geographic model for potential storage technology adoption.  PICS bag profitability with one and...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Agricultural pests; Technology adoption; Maize; Larger grain borer; Hermetic storage; Storage economics; Agribusiness; International Development; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Q16; Q13; O33.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/115554

A Non-Hypothetical and Incentive Compatible Method for Estimating Consumer Willingness-to-Pay for a Novel Functional Food: The Case of Pomegranates
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: McAdams,   Callie P.; Palma,   Marco A.; Ishdorj,   Ariun; Hall,   Charles R.
A preference and valuation mechanism that compared results of an experimental auction and nonhypothetical preference rankings was developed and used to elicit preferences for pomegranate products from a representative sample of shoppers in Texas.  Familiarity with pomegranate products increased willingness-to-pay (WTP) for pomegranates, as did tasting and providing additional information on the health benefits of the products.  Ready-to-eat and juice products were preferred to whole fruit products.  Subjects did not indicate an increased WTP for Texas varieties over California Wonderful pomegranate based on auction bids but indicated a preference for one Texas variety in the nonhypothetical ranking procedure; thus, the auction results and nonhypothetical...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Willingness-to-pay; Pomegranate; Experimental auction; Ranking; Health; Novel product; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Marketing; D12; Q13.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103682

Justified hopes or utopian thinking? The suitability of coffee certification schemes as a business model for small-scale producers
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Beuchelt,   Tina; Zeller,   Manfred; Oberthur,   Thomas.
The marketing of coffee through group-based, certified market channels is often promoted by governments and donors as a viable business model for poor small-scale farmers. Organic and fairtrade coffees have become very popular among socially, environmentally and health conscious consumers in recent years. While coffee certification programs have been in place for over fifteen years, there are few studies on the welfare impacts of certification schemes. Therefore, this research seeks to analyse the impacts of certification on poverty alleviation and to identify the critical factors which explain success or failure of certification schemes. We use a combination of qualitative and quantitative research, comparing small-scale coffee producers in northern...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Certification; Coffee; Cooperatives; Impact; Nicaragua; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Farm Management; Marketing; Q12; Q13.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51717

Consumer's WTP for Environment-Friendly Production Methods and Collective Reputation for Place of Origin: The Case of Val di Gresta's Carrots
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Scarpa,   Riccardo; Thiene,   Mara; Marangon,   Francesco.
This paper investigates preferences for various environment-friendly production system for carrots using discretechoice multi-attribute stated-preference data amongst buyers and explore the effect of collective reputations from growers of an Alpine valley known to be completely dedicated to organic production. Results show that buyers distinctly recognize only organic production as a production system different from the conventional one, and there is some evidence of recognition of collective reputation. As well as for marginal utility of income, substantial unobserved heterogeneity is found for many skin imperfections, origin from the organic Alpine valley and the organic production methods. The implied sample distributions of WTP for each of these random...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Choice modelling; Mixed logit; Organic products; Marginal utility of income; Unobserved taste heterogeneity; Status-quo bias; Heteroskedasticity; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; C15; C25; Q13; Q18.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25637

ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PRIVATE FOOD STANDARDS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Giraud-Heraud,   Eric; Grazia,   Cristina; Hammoudi,   Abdelhakim.
This paper provides an original theoretical framework to better understand the raise of private quality standards in agrifood chains. Reasons for the development and conditions for the effectiveness of private quality standards are identified, by investigating firms’ strategic behaviour and, more precisely, both interactions among processing/retailing firms and upstream producers and the role of consumers’ behaviour. Considering different levels of consumers risk perception, we show that the incentive for firms to develop a more stringent private standard may increase with the level of the regulated minimum quality standard. Moreover, setting a private standard may reduce the risk of consumer dissatisfaction while increasing the marketed quantity....
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Private quality standards; Vertical relationships; Risk perception; Agricultural and Food Policy; Consumer/Household Economics; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Health Economics and Policy; L1; L15; Q13; Q18.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/116408

The Brazilian Soybean Complex
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Goldsmith,   Peter D.; Hirsch,   Rodolfo.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries; Q13; O54; Q56; 013.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94417

Impacts of Land Rental Markets on Rural Poverty in Kenya
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jin,   Songqing; Jayne,   Thomas S.
This study uses panel data from 1,142 Kenya smallholder households over four survey periods to examine the determinants of participation in land rental markets and to quantify the impact of renting land on households’ crop income and total income. We find that land rental markets in Kenya enhance productivity and are equitable. The results are consistent across different estimation methods and model specifications. Dynamic panel models were used to assess the impact of rental participation on households’ crop income and total income.  After controlling for the endogeneity of rental market participation and the persistent effects of lagged income, we find that the decision to rent land increased tenant households’ net crop (net total) income by 25.1 (6.6)...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Land rental market; Kenya; Income; Poverty; Dynamic model; Agricultural and Food Policy; International Development; Land Economics/Use; O12; Q13; Q12; Q15.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103907

On food quality in domestic markets of developing economies
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Vandeplas,   Anneleen; Minten,   Bart; Swinnen,   Johan F.M.
Food quality has become an important determinant of success in global food trade and growers for international markets have to continuously adjust to buyers’ requirements. It is however not clear to what extent there is a demand for food quality - and how much buyers are willing to pay for it - in the domestic food markets of developing economies. Based on unique price and trader data from domestic food markets in a poor country in Africa (Madagascar) and an emerging economy in Asia (India), we compare quality and quality’s pricing. We find significantly better quality and higher quality premia (using revealed as well as stated preference methods) in the richer country, probably leading to an impetus for the development of modern market channels in this...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Food quality; Quality premia; Development; Agricultural and Food Policy; Q12; Q13; L15.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51700

Price volatility on the German Agricultural Markets
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ledebur,   Oliver von; Schmitz,   Jochen.
In this contribution, the development of price volatility on German agricultural markets is analyzed. We quantify the degree of price volatility for selected German agricultural markets and determine how it evolves over time and search for policy driven structural changes in volatility levels measured by the historical volatility. Based on annualised historical volatilities t test were performed to identify if the change in the volatility levels show any relationship to the process of reform of the CAP. An increase in volatility could be identified for the main German markets regulated by the Common Market Organisations. A positive relationship among the reform process of the CAP and the changes of the volatility levels could be identified particularly for...
Tipo: Presentation
Palavras-chave: Volatility; German agricultural markets; Agricultural policy; Risk and Uncertainty; Q11; Q13; Q18.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/122534

Participation in Off-Farm Employment, Risk Preferences, and Weather Variability: The Case of Ethiopia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bezabih,   Mintewab; Gebreegziabher,   Zenebe; GebreMedhin,   Liyousew; Kohlin,   Gunnar.
This article assesses the relative importance of risk preferences and rainfall availability on households’ decision to engage in off-farm employment. Devoting time for off-farm activities, while it helps households earn additional incomes, involves a number of uncertainties. Unique panel data from Ethiopia which includes experimentally generated risk preference measures combined with longitudinal rainfall data is used in the analysis. An off farm participation decision and activity choice showed that both variability and reduced availability of rainfall as well as neutral risk preferences increase the likelihood of off-farm participation. From policy perspective, the results imply that expanding off farm opportunities could act as safety nets in the face...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Off-farm employment; Labor supply; Rainfall variability/reduced availability; Risk preferences; GLLAMM; Ethiopia; Labor and Human Capital; Q13; D81; C35; C93.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95784

Devil or Angel? The Role of Speculation in the Recent Commodity Price Boom (and Bust)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Irwin,   Scott H.; Sanders,   Dwight R.; Merrin,   Robert P.
It is commonly asserted that speculative buying by index funds in commodity futures and over–the–counter derivatives markets created a ‘‘bubble’’ in commodity prices, with the result that prices, and crude oil prices, in particular, far exceeded fundamental values at the peak. The purpose of this paper is to show that the bubble argument simply does not withstand close scrutiny. Four main points are explored. First, the arguments of bubble proponents are conceptually flawed and reflect fundamental and basic misunderstandings of how commodity futures markets actually work. Second, a number of facts about the situation in commodity markets are inconsistent with the existence of a substantial bubble in commodity prices. Third, available statistical evidence...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Commodity; Futures; Index fund; Market; Speculation; Agribusiness; Demand and Price Analysis; Financial Economics; Marketing; Q11; Q13.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53083

Italian Consumer Acceptance of Nutritionally Enhanced GM Food
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Canavari,   Maurizio; Tisselli,   Farid; Nayga,   Rodolfo M., Jr.; Scarpa,   Riccardo.
The aim of this article is to evaluate Italian consumers’ acceptance and willingness to purchase GM foods based on the type of benefit (input vs output trait) and product (plant based vs animal based). Two surveys were administered in two consecutive years (2004 and 2005) and the data used to test for possible changes in consumer acceptance. The results of a multinomial logit analysis suggest that on average consumer acceptance for plant-based GM food was higher in 2005. This study confirmed the key role of information strategies to consumers, with the most relevant results being the role distorted information play in raising the consumer’s level of fear and perceived risk. Respondents also place a higher level of confidence on scientists who are generally...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Food; Genetically modified organisms; Consumer acceptance; Willingness to buy; Nutritionally enhanced food products; Consumer/Household Economics; Marketing; Q13.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51651

LAGE UND ENTWICKLUNGSPROBLEME DER WEIßRUSSISCHEN FLEISCHWIRTSCHAFT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hockmann,   Heinrich; Kashtanova,   Elena G.; Kowschik,   Sergej.
Im Zuge der Erlangung staatlicher Souveränität begannen in Weißrussland wirtschaftliche Restrukturierungsprozesse. Im Vergleich zu anderen ehemaligen Sowjetrepubliken blieben diese Reformbemühungen des Wirtschaftssystems von einer Plan- zur Marktorientierung jedoch sehr zaghaft und kamen bis Mitte der 1990er Jahre sogar fast vollständig zum Erliegen. Dieser Prozess ging mit dramatischen Produktionseinbrüchen insbesondere in der Landwirtschaft einher. Der insgesamt negative Trend ist nach wie vor anhaltend. Besonders betroffen ist die Fleischproduktion, da viele Haushalte ihre Nachfrage nach Fleischprodukten primär durch Subsistenzwirtschaft decken und daher ein erheblicher Teil der Nachfrage für die fleischproduzierenden Unternehmen weggebrochen ist. Diese...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Agrarpolitik; Fleischverarbeitung; Transformationsprozess; Wettbewerb; Livestock Production/Industries; Q13; Q18.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14865

Dairy Policy Modelling Under Imperfect Competition
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Soregaroli,   Claudio; Moro,   Daniele; Sckokai,   Paolo.
Paper removed at request of author on 11/20/07.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Simulation Models; Imperfect Competition; CAP; Dairy; Livestock Production/Industries; D4; L1; Q11; Q13; Q18.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25360

A Return of the Threshing Ring? A Case Study of Machinery and Labor-Sharing in Midwestern Farms
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Artz,   Georgeanne M.; Colson,   Gregory; Ginder,   Roger G.
Machinery-sharing provides an alternative for smaller producers to obtain the efficiencies of large farming operations and remain competitive in an increasingly concentrated agricultural industry. This research uses a multiple case study design to examine the motivations for sharing equipment and labor among farms and to better understand how group members handle the transaction costs of sharing. Our case evidence finds that in addition to cost savings, access to reliable labor is an important motivation for participating in a sharing arrangement. Trust and frequent communication among group members helps to minimize the transaction costs incurred from sharing.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Machinery sharing; Transaction costs; Farm-level cooperation; Agribusiness; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Farm Management; Financial Economics; Labor and Human Capital; Land Economics/Use; Production Economics; Productivity Analysis; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Q12; Q13.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/100515

Can Genetically Engineered and Organic Crops Coexist?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Greene,   Catherine R.; Smith,   Katherine R.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries; Q01; Q13; Q57.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94772

Assessing Consumer Preferences for Country-of-Origin Labeling
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Loureiro,   Maria L.; Umberger,   Wendy J.
In this paper, we assess consumer willingness to pay for a mandatory country-of-origin labeling (COOL) program applied to beef ribeye steaks, chicken breasts, and pork chops, all labeled as “Certified U.S.” products. A consumer survey was mailed in spring and early summer 2003 to households in the continental United States.  Results indicate that consumers are in general very concerned about food safety issues, viewing U.S. meats as the safest among the selection of countries considered.  Nevertheless, consumer willingness to pay for Certified U.S. products is relatively small, although above the expected implementation costs associated with a mandatory labeling program.  This finding coincides with the fact that only 36% of the sample favored consumers...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Beef; Consumer preferences; Country-of-origin labeling; Dichotomous choice; Willingness to pay; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; D12; Q13.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43712

OPTIMAL GENERIC ADVERTISING IN AN IMPERFECTLY COMPETITIVE FOOD INDUSTRY WITH VARIABLE PROPORTIONS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kinnucan,   Henry W.
This paper determines the impact of food industry market power on farmers' incentive to promote in a situation where funds for promotion are raised through a per-unit assessment on farm output and food industry technology is characterized by variable proportions.  Specifically, building on earlier studies by Azzam and by Holloway, Muth's model is extended to consider the farm-level impacts of generic advertising when downstream firms possess oligopoly and/or oligopsony power and advertising expenditure is endogenous at the market level.  Applying the model to the U.S. beef industry, we find that for plausible parameter values market power reduces farmers' incentive to promote.  However, the disincentive is moderated by  factor substitution, and effectively...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Dorfman-Steiner theorem; Generic advertising; Oligopoly power; Oligopsony power; Marketing; L66; Q13; Q17.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19775

U.S. Demand for Source–Differentiated Shrimp: A Differential Approach
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jones,   Keithly G.; Harvey,   David J.; Hahn,   William F.; Muhammad,   Andrew.
Estimates of price and scale elasticities for U.S. consumed shrimp are derived using aggregate shrimp data differentiated by source country. Own-price elasticities for all countries had the expected negative signs, were statistically significant, and inelastic. The scale elasticities for all countries were positive and statistically significant at the 1% level with only the United States and Ecuador having scale elasticities of less than one. For the most part, the compensated demand effects showed that most of the cross-price effects were positive. Our results also suggest that despite the countervailing duties imposed by the United States, shrimp demand was fairly stable.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: CBS; Conditional demand; Countervailing duty; Imports; Scale elasticity; Shrimp; Agribusiness; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Production Economics; C32; D12; Q13; Q22.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47202

Impact of Mandatory Price Reporting on Hog Market Integration
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Franken,   Jason R.V.; Parcell,   Joseph L.; Tonsor,   Glynn T.
This research examines whether mandatory price reporting (MPR) impacted price relationships among U.S. hog markets. Markets are cointegrated before and after MPR enactment, but not fully integrated in either period. Terminal markets adjust to shocks in the Iowa-Southern Minnesota market more quickly and Iowa-Southern Minnesota prices adjust to shocks in terminal markets more slowly following MPR enactment. Granger causality tests indicate a causal flow from terminal markets to Iowa-Southern Minnesota prices before MPR and a causal reversal after MPR enactment. These results likely reflect decreases in volume of negotiated sales, particularly in terminal markets, and greater reliance on mandatorily reported prices for market information.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Cointegration; Hog markets; Mandatory price reporting; Market integration; Regime shift; Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing; Q13.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/104624

Analysis of the Constraints to the Development of a Domestic Improved Seed Potato Industry in Mali
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Diallo,   Marthe.
This paper outlines proposed research, using concepts of New Institutional Economics, to identify the factors constraining the emergence of a market for domestically produced improved seed potatoes in Mali.  It uses the Principal –Agent model to outline how to investigate the feasibility of developing a domestic seed potato industry in Mali by applying the concepts of efficient contract designs and other institutional arrangements. This research will contribute to the literature on: (a) contract and institutional design in the context of asymmetric information and uncertainty typical of agricultural markets in low-income countries and (b) design of improved seed production systems, particularly for clonal crops, in developing countries. The Malian potato...
Tipo: Thesis or Dissertation
Palavras-chave: Principal-agent model; Seed systems; Mali; Agricultural technology development; Input markets; Contracting; Potatoes; Food Security and Poverty; International Development; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; D82; L14; Q13; Q16.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/50351

Impacts of Dramatic Increase in Corn Based Ethanol Production on Grain Production and Marketing Patterns in South Dakota
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Qasmi,   Bashir A.; Hamda,   Yonas; Fausti,   Scott W.
Between 1995 and 2005, a drastic increase in ethanol production in the United States led to increased production of corn and substantially increased shares of corn destined for ethanol plants. The objectives of this paper are to investigate/identify: 1) the changes in the volume of grain handled by the elevators in South Dakota, 2) the changes in the destinations and the type of buyers for South Dakota grains, 3) the impacts of the ethanol plants on corn and other grain handled by the elevators which are located close to ethanol plants.  The results presented in this paper are mostly from a survey of grain elevators in South Dakota, completed in early 2008. The results from the survey are also compared to the results from a similar survey completed in 1996.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Ethanol; Corn; Corn production; Marketing patterns; Corn based ethanol; Production Economics; Q13; Q18.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/113045

MARKET FORCES AND CHANGES IN THE PLANT INPUT SUPPLY INDUSTRY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Olson,   Kent D.; Rahm,   Michael; Swanson,   Michael J.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Input Supply Industry; Fertilizer; Plant Nutrients; Seed; Capital; Market Forces; Structural Change; Porter’s Five Forces; Agribusiness; Q13; L10; L22; M22; L80.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/100786

Do Local Production, Organic Certification, Nutritional Claims, and Product Branding Pay in Consumer Food Choices?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Batte,   Marvin T.; Hu,   Wuyang; Woods,   Timothy A.; Stan,   Ernst.
This research furthers the assessment of consumer demand for locally produced foods, while also considering a host of other food attributes that may interact to influence consumer utility. Using stated preference data from a choice-based conjoint analysis survey instrument, we estimate willingness-to-pay for processed food products (blackberry jam) that are differentiated with respect to their branding, the location of their production, certification as organically produced, branding as a product of a small family farming association, and carrying a State Proud certification. Although price is the most important single attribute influencing consumer choice for our sample, consumers also were willing to pay more for food products produced in their state or...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Conjoint analysis; Choice experiment; Locally produced food; Organic foods; Product differentiation; Produce marketing; State Proud programs; Willingness-to-pay; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Consumer/Household Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Marketing; Q11; Q13.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61026

Meat Slaughter and Processing Plants’ Traceability Levels: Evidence From Iowa
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bulut,   Harun; Lawrence,   John D.
Based on an econometric analysis of the data obtained from a survey of meat plants ( ) in Iowa in summer 2007, this paper identifies the factors impacting the meat plants’ voluntary adoption of forward and backward traceability activities. The results suggest that the ownership type (corporate versus independent) and operations type (slaughtering versus not) matter rather than the size and meat type produced (beef, pork, or poultry) as suggested in the previous surveys. Furthermore, food safety activities appear to be complementary to traceability activities. The findings may assist ongoing regulatory efforts in implementing traceability in U.S. in the near future.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Country of origin labeling; Food safety; Multiple imputation method; National animal identification system; Ordered logistic regression; Quality assurances; Traceability; Agribusiness; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Livestock Production/Industries; Q13; Q18; C21; C35.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6135

Yellowfin Tuna in the Market for High Value Agricultural Products: Competitive Capability in Dominica
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Theophille,   Brent; Hutchinson,   Sharon D.; Iton,   Ardon.
Belize City, Belize 23rd - 27th July, 2007
Tipo: Presentation
Palavras-chave: Yellowfin tuna; High-value product; Competitiveness; Fisheries; Dominica.; Agribusiness; Q22; Q13.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/122888

The Role of Sensory Experiences and Information on the Willingness to Pay for Organic Wheat Bread
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Boxall,   Peter C.; Cash,   Sean B.; Wismer,   Wendy V.; Muralidharan,   Vijay; Annett,   Lisa E.
This study examined the size and the determinants of the price premium a sample of Edmonton-area consumers was willing to pay for organic wheat bread. The development of these premiums included consideration of providing information on health or environmental advantages of organic production and consideration of sensory (taste) acceptance. To do this conventional and organic wheat was grown under similar conditions and milled and baked into 60% whole wheat bread under identical conditions. Samples of these breads were presented to consumers for sensory acceptance and a survey of their attitudes, behaviours and characteristics. The survey included a closed-ended contingent valuation question to examine consumers' willingness-to-pay (WTP) premiums for the...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Organic foods; Price premium; Willingness to pay; Taste; Health; Environment; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Q13; Q18.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7712

Food-safety Standards and Farmers Health: Evidence from Kenyan’s Export Vegetable Growers
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Asfaw,   Solomon; Mithofer,   Dagmar; Waibel,   Hermann.
Limited empirical evidence exists either to confirm or refute the hypotheses that food-safety standards confer a positive external effect on farmers adopting it. This article makes use of health indicators obtained from a random cross-section sample of 439 small-scale export farmers in Kenya to evaluate the impact of EU retailer food-safety standards on producers’ health. Results show average cost of pesticide-related health risks at about 165 KSh and 324 KSh per cropping season for GlobalGAP adopters and non-adopters export producers, respectively. These costs equal 86.4% of the mean household chemical expenditure per cropping season for non-adopters and 39.6% of those adopters. Using instrumental variable econometric techniques we demonstrate that...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Vegetables; GlobalGAP standards; Adoption; Pesticide; Farmer’s health; Kenya; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; International Development; Q13; Q17.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49928

Food Authenticity, Technology and Consumer Acceptance
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hobbs,   Jill E.; McDonald,   Jillian; Zhang,   Jing.
Traceability and authenticity issues have gained increasing prominence in food markets and create both opportunities and challenges for the food industry in providing credible information to consumers. Internal molecular tagging is an emerging technology with the potential to deliver traceability and authenticity assurances. A key question for the food industry in adopting new technologies is consumer acceptance. This paper explores consumer attitudes toward traceability and authenticity and the role of information in affecting consumer acceptance of new technologies, using molecular tagging as an example. Data were gathered from an online survey conducted in Canada in December 2010. To determine whether product-specific effects exist, two versions of the...
Tipo: Presentation
Palavras-chave: Traceability; Authenticity; Consumer acceptance; Choice experiment; Information treatment; Agribusiness; Consumer/Household Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Q13.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/123881

Fresh-Cut Melon - The Money Is in the Juice
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mayen,   Carlos D.; Marshall,   Maria I.; Lusk,   Jayson L.
Fruit is an important component of the food industry in the United States, and “fresh-cut” products are an increasing portion of that consumption. We found that packaging and juice content played a significant role in the choices Indiana consumers made when purchasing fresh-cut melon products. Brand was not as important as the other fresh-cut melon attributes. Indiana consumers had a clear dislike for cup-shaped transparent packages compared with tamper-proof, bowl, and squared packages.  However, they were willing to pay a premium for packages that have no fruit juices on the bottom.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Conjoint; Consumer preferences; Demand; Fruit; Q13; D12; M31; P46.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43479

Correction of Measurement Error in Monthly USDA Pig Crop: Generating Alternative Data Series
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kim,   In Seck; Plain,   Ronald L.; Bullock,   J. Bruce; Jei,   Sang Young.
The imputed pig death loss contained in the reported monthly U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) pig crop data over the December 1995–June 2006 period ranged from 24.93% to 12.75%. Clearly, there are substantial measurement errors in the USDA monthly pig crop data. In this paper, we present alternative monthly U.S. pig crop data using the biological production process, which is compatible with prior knowledge of the U.S. hog industry. Alternative pig crop data are applied to a slaughter hog model and tested comparatively to USDA pig crop. Test results reject the validity of USDA pig crop data in favor of the alternative data.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Biological production process; Measurement error; Monthly USDA pig crop data; Pig death loss; Agribusiness; Farm Management; Livestock Production/Industries; Q11; Q13; C12.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47208

Buyer Market Power and Vertically Differentiated Retailers
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wang,   Shinn-Shyr; Rojas,   Christian; Lavoie,   Nathalie.
We consider a model of vertical competition where downstream firms (retailers) purchase an upstream input from a monopolist and are able to differentiate from each other in terms of quality. Our primary focus is to study the effects of introducing a large retailer, such as a Wal-Mart Supercenter, that is able to lower wholesale prices (i.e. buyer market power). We obtain two main results. First, the store with no buyer market power responds to the presence of the large retailer by increasing its quality, a finding that is consistent with recent efforts by traditional retailers to enhance shoppers’ buying experience (i.e. quality). Second, the presence of a large retailer causes consumer welfare to increase. There are, however, two reasons for the increase...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Buyer market power; Vertical differentiation; Wal-Mart; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Farm Management; Financial Economics; Food Security and Poverty; Industrial Organization; Marketing; D43; L13; L81; M31; Q13.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57165

Prepared for Bioterrorism Events? A Study of the Grain and Oilseed Sector
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wailes,   Eric J.; Carreira,   Rita I.; Danforth,   Diana M.; Nemane,   Vivek.
One of the most crucial problems facing the U.S. economy is the possibility of a terrorist attack on its food sector.  The implications can be profound for its stakeholders, who are highly dependent on this sector for their economic livelihood as well as their food supplies. The U.S. Bioterrorism Act of 2002 was enacted to improve the ability of the United States to prevent, prepare for and respond to bioterrorism and other public health emergencies. One of the important features of the U.S. Bioterrorism Act of 2002 is its emphasis on prevention, a change from prior legislation that focused on punishments after an incidence had occurred. The U.S. Bioterrorism Act does not address food safety issues in general; its focus is to prevent intentional...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Bioterrorism; Grain and oilseed sector; Bioterrorism Act of 2002; NC-1016; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Marketing; Political Economy; I18; K23; Q13; Q18.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103867

What are the long-term drivers of food prices? Investigating improvements in the accuracy of prediction intervals for the forecast of food prices
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Benjamin,   Catherine; Houee-Bigot,   Magalie; Tavera,   Christophe.
Over the last few years, the prices of the main agricultural raw materials have been highly volatile. The situation is unprecedented, both in the magnitude of the upward and downward volatility observed, and in the number of agricultural commodities affected. Various factors are contributing to these contrasting shifts: the role of emerging countries, changing dietary habits, an increase in energy demand related to the boom in biofuels, adverse weather conditions and speculation. In this paper we try to capture long-term relationships between crop prices and crude oil price using a partial equilibrium and times series method.  The study finds little empirical evidence that the crude oil price have a significant influence on the variation of major vegetable...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Partial equilibrium modeling; Forecasting cointegration; Demand and Price Analysis; Q11; Q13; Q42.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49436

AGROHOLDINGS AND CLUSTERS IN KAZAKHSTAN’S AGRO-FOOD SECTOR
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wandel,   Jurgen.
The paper provides an overview of the institutional arrangements on the micro level that have evolved in the agro-food sector of Kazakhstan in the course of transition. Emphasis is laid on more complex arrangements like "agroholdings" and "clusters", hitherto mostly unknown in the agro-food sectors of established market economies. It is shown that "agroholdings" are concentrated mainly in the northern part of Kazakhstan and to a large extent in the grain sector, while in the south a scattered small scale (individual) farm structure has emerged. Parallel to this market-driven development, the Kazakhstani government tries to promote other institutional arrangements that it deems to be of superior competitiveness, especially agro-food clusters. Refering to...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Agroholdings; Cluster; Kazakhstan; Agricultural policy; Institutional change; Agroholdings; Cluster; Kasachstan; Agrarpolitik; Institutioneller Wandel.; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Farm Management; Industrial Organization; Land Economics/Use; Production Economics; Productivity Analysis; Q13; Q18; L 22.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/91766

Changing Produce Marketing Barriers: A Comparison Among Three Southern States
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Eastwood,   David B.; Brooker,   John R.; Hall,   Charles R.; Rhea,   Alice J.; Estes,   Edmund A.; Woods,   Timothy A.
Produce growers in Kentucky, North Carolina, and Tennessee were surveyed in 2002 to gather information about their decision making in the areas of planting, postharvest handling, marketing, and expected changes.  North Carolina has proportionately more respondents with large operations, and Kentucky and Tennessee were more similar and concentrated in smaller farms.  Tennessee and Kentucky respondents were less likely to have engaged in activities that were associated with the commercial distribution system.  Greater reliance on the commercial distribution system on the part of North Carolina growers is consistent with more produce export activity.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Cooling; Direct markets; Postharvest handling; Produce marketing; Traceback; D30; D40; Q12; Q13; Q16; Q17.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43205

Milk Chain in Romania at the Start of Romania's Integration Into the European Union
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Grodea,   Mariana.
In the perspective of accession to the EU, the Romanian dairy sector will have to comply with the EU norms and standards. Institutional capacity building, the creation and operation of certain specific market structures, sector revamping until the accession moment represent a priority objective of the domestic agricultural policy. The calculations regarding the EU direct support reveal that Romania will need additional funding sources in order to cover the needs in relation to the allocated milk quota.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Direct support (direct and additional payments); Milk quota; Investments; International Relations/Trade; Q13.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24752

Seed Cotton Market Structure and Cotton Sector Performance: Many Lessons but No Fixed Prescriptions
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kelly,   Valerie A.; Tschirley,   David L.
Produced for review by the United States Agency for International Development under the WACIP project funded by USAID (Programme de Renforcement du Secteur Coton en Afrique de l'Ouest et du Centre
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Cotton; Seed; Market structure; Africa; Crop Production/Industries; Q13.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/55360

Access to Land, and Poverty Reduction in Rural Zambia: Connecting the Policy Issues
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jayne,   Thomas S.; Zulu,   Ballard; Kajoba,   Gear; Weber,   Michael T.
It might be considered unlikely that inadequate access to                         land would be one of                         the major causes of rural poverty in Zambia. However,                         evidence presented in this paper                         shows that economically viable arable land is not in great                         abundance in Zambia after                         considering the current situation with respect to access to                         road infrastructure and access to                         services and markets. In fact, access to land is already a                         major problem for large segments of                         the rural population in Zambia. Moreover, depending of future...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: AGRICULTURE; ZAMBIA; LAND; POVERTY; Food Security and Poverty; Land Economics/Use; Q13.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54493

Commercialisation des Céréales et Sécurité Alimentaire au Mali
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Diallo,   Marthe; Deme,   Kadiatou; Dembele,   Niama Nango; Traore,   Abdramane; Staatz,   John M.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Cereal markets; Mali; Food security; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Security and Poverty; Q13.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57066

Valuation of Safety-Branded and Traceable Free Range Chicken in Ha Noi: Results from a Field Experiment
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ifft,   Jennifer; Roland-Holst,   David W.; Zilberman,   David.
The valuation of traceable or safety-branded food by consumers in developing countries affected by diseases such as avian influenza, or with food safety issues in general, is very difficult to identify. Products that have safety-branding are not common, and food is usually purchased by bargaining at informal markets. However, valuation of traceability has important implications for livestock disease policies as well as agricultural sector development. Through developing a short-term certified supply chain for free range chicken in Hanoi, we were able to conduct a combined field experiment and detailed household survey to measure the valuation of this type of poultry. We find that consumers in urban Hanoi on average have a welfare gain of about $1 per whole...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Field experiments; Avian influenza; Vietnam; Food safety; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; C93; D12; Q13; Q18.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49444

Brazil's Changing Food Demand Challenges the Farm Sector
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Valdes,   Constanza; Lopes,   Ignez Vidigal; Lopes,   Mauro de Rezende.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Q11; Q13.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94725

Imperfect competition in the fresh tomato industry
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hadj Djelloul,   Mohammed; Requillart,   Vincent; Simioni,   Michel.
In this paper, we analyse the market power of the retail industry in the French tomato market. Following the methods developed in the New Empirical Industrial Organization, we develop a structural model of this industry. The analysis is based on detailed data on final consumption and prices at both shipper and consumer levels for two types of tomatoes in France. The structural model is composed of a system of demand equation and supply equation. Supply equation includes a term that represents the market power of the retail sector. We use different models of demand in order to test the robustness of our results. We show that i) elasticity of demand varies during the year ii) the retail sector exercise only a "moderate" market power iii) the estimated...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Market power; Imperfect competition; Fresh products; Crop Production/Industries; Demand and Price Analysis; Marketing; L13; Q13; L66; L81.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6682

New Zealand Wool Inside: A Discussion Case Study
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Conforte,   Daniel; Dunlop,   Samuel; Garnevska,   Elena.
The IFAMR is the Official Journal of the International Food and Agribusiness Management Association: www.ifama.org
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: New Zealand; Wool; Ingredients marketing; Branding; Wool carpets; Case study; Agribusiness; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Demand and Price Analysis; International Relations/Trade; Land Economics/Use; Livestock Production/Industries; Productivity Analysis; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession; Q13; Q12.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114716

Commercio elettronico per la dinamica delle catene agro-alimentari internazionali:  un’analisi del potenziale
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fritz,   Melanie; Canavari,   Maurizio; Cantore,   Nicola; Deiters,   Jivka; Pignatti,   Erika.
Business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce is an innovative use of information and communication technologies and refers to the exchange of goods and related information between companies supported by Internet-based tools such as electronic marketplaces (also called electronic trade platforms) or online shops. It provides opportunities for cost-efficiency in supply chain management processes and access to new markets. With regard to the food sector with its chain levels input – agriculture – industry – retail – consumer, B2B e-commerce would take place in the exchange of food products between all levels except retail to consumer (business-to-consumer e-commerce). It is evident and widely known that B2B e-commerce brings key advantages and potentials for...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: E-commerce; B2B transactions; Agri-food trade; Agribusiness; International Relations/Trade; Marketing; Q13.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/42891

What are the Enduring Effects of Fertilizer Subsidy Programs on Recipient Farm Households? Evidence from Malawi
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ricker-Gilbert,   Jacob; Jayne,   Thomas S.
Replaced with revised version of paper 08/23/11.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Fertilizer subsidies; Malawi; Sub-Saharan Africa; Endogeneity; Panel data; International Development; Political Economy; C23; C26; Q12; Q13; Q18.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109593

Optimal Marketing Strategies for Southeastern Cattle Producers
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Pruitt,   J. Ross; Riley,   John Michael.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Hedging; Cattle; Simulation; Expected Utility; Agribusiness; Farm Management; Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing; Q13.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/98849

SURVIVAL AND OWNERSHIP OF INTERNET MARKETPLACES FOR AGRICULTURE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wheatley,   W. Parker.
This research develops a theory of how market structure and belief formation drive survival and ownership of marketplaces.  This paper explains the process for deriving theoretical predictions about these phenomena and suggests how comparison of theoretical predictions with actual outcomes in the context of agricultural Internet marketplaces provides an empirical test.  By providing a sound understanding of the driving forces behind Internet marketplace ownership, a factual basis is introduced relative to concerns about concentration of the ownership of Internet marketplaces in the hands of buyers or sellers in agricultural markets.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Internet markets; Equilibrium selection; Commodity markets; Ownership; Agribusiness; L19; Q13; C72.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22214

U.S. Market Potential For Dried Distillers Grain With Solubles
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dooley,   Frank J.
Prior research presumes that the U.S. livestock feed demand for dried distillers grains with solubles (DDGS) can accommodate the rapid growth in DDGS production. The objective of this work is to reexamine the market potential for DDGS by considering factors that limit the adoption rate of DDGS. An estimate of DDGS market size requires information about DDGS inclusion rates, animal populations, and adoption rates.  The rapid expansion of the ethanol industry will saturate the dairy and hog markets for DDGS by the end of 2009, while the beef and poultry use must triple to consume all available product. One must be circumspect of these forecasts for three reasons. First, the supply of DDGS is contingent on ethanol production. If the downturn in ethanol...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Market potential; Distillers grains; Livestock; Farm Management; Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing; Q10; Q13.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/46342

Evolucion del mercado y de la estructura productiva del sector lacteo espanol desde la integracion en la CEE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Garcia,   Francisco Sineiro; Pacos,   Bernardo Valdes.
RESUMEN: Se revisa la evolución del sector lácteo español desde la integración en la CEE, que se compara con las tendencias existentes en el período anterior y la relativa al conjunto de la UE. Las variables estudiadas son la producción, los precios, el comercio exterior y las estructuras productivas de las explotaciones e industrias. El comportamiento real de las cuotas se ha apartado de sus bases teóricas, permitiendo un incremento del 12% en las cantidades de referencia, mientras que el sostenimiento de los precios ha sido débil con descensos en los precios de mercado superiores a los del conjunto de la CEE-12. El régimen de cuotas ha acelerado el proceso de desaparición de explotaciones preexistente, afectando sobre todo a las de menor dimensión, al...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Milk Quotas; CAP; Production Economics; K31; Q13; Q18.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28781

Modeling the Liberalisation of the Milk Market in Switzerland
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Flury,   Christian; Mack,   Gabriele; Rieder,   Peter; Pfefferli,   S.
Switzerland aims to liberalise the milk market by 2011. This will result in distinctive changes in the basic conditions for agriculture. The impacts of the liberalisation are investigated with a composite model obtained by combining an optimization model for the agricultural sector and a dynamic simulation model for the milk and meat market. The calculations with the composite model indicate that the milk price depends strongly on the phasing out of market support, while the abolition of milk quotas in 2009 is less decisive. An introduction of a dairy cow premium leads to a higher milk production, especially with abolished milk quotas. In this case the European milk price level represents the lower limit for the milk price in Switzerland. Compared to the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Dynamic simulation; Sectoral optimisation; Milk market; Milk quota; Agribusiness; C53; C61; O21; Q13; Q18.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24507

Underdeveloped Spot Markets and Futures Trading: The Soya Oil Exchange in India
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ramaswami,   Bharat; Singh,   Jatinder.
Abstract The limited presence of futures exchanges in developing countries where commodity markets fall short of the ideal underscore the importance of understanding the relation between spot and futures markets. The paper examines the exceptional success of the soya oil contract at the National Board of Trade (NBOT) in India. The paper asks whether the NBOT contract exhibits the fundamental features of mature futures markets in terms of its use by hedgers. If the market offers arbitrage opportunities to hedgers and if such activity is significant, then the activities of commercial firms should affect the returns to their hedging portfolio i.e., change in basis. This insight is developed into an examination of the impact of soya oil imports on the basis....
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Basis; Hedging; Futures market; Spot markets; Soya oil; Marketing; G13; Q13.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7919

ENTWICKLUNG DES TSCHECHISCHEN ZUCKERSEKTORS SEIT 1989
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bavorova,   Miroslava.
The breakdown of the planned economy in the Czech Republic induced many changes for the Czech sugar industry. Successful restructuring should foster competitiveness of sugar production and processing. Another target of the sugar sector is its preparation for EU-accession by adjusting to EU market regulations. Consequently, the liberal sugar market policy which was introduced shortly after 1989 was transferred into a system with price and quantity control. Today, this policy differs only in degree from EU market policy. The processes of privatization, restructuring and modernization have been conducted successfully in the nineties. International investors made significant contributions, especially by investing in sugar processing. Despite of a favorable...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Czech Republic; Sugar industry; Sugar market; Agricultural policy; Competitiveness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Crop Production/Industries; Q13; Q18.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14915

The Greek Olive Oil Market Structure
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Karipidis,   Philippos I.; Tsakiridou,   Efthimia; Tabakis,   Nikolaos M.
Food product differentiation leads to significant price variations among the same products, meaning that specific products can be sold in higher prices. An Hedonic Price  analysis  is  adopted  to  investigate  the  influence  of  food  differentiation  on  consumer  prices and to identify product attributes’ values for the olive oil market. This will con- tribute to device the most appropriate olive oil differentiation strategies in order to be  purchased by consumers in a higher price. The retail price structure was estimated in  relation to several product natural attributes, to production and processing conditions,  to quality control and to labeling and distribution. Findings demonstrate that olive oil  price differentiation is mainly influenced by...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Differentiation structure; Hedonic prices; Olive oil market; Crop Production/Industries; Marketing; Q13; C23; L15; M31.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44093

The Spatial Effect of Ethanol Biorefinery Locations on Local Corn Prices
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Katchova,   Ani L.
This study examines whether the local competition for corn to produce ethanol has lead to significantly higher prices for farmers located close to ethanol plants.  If any, such price premiums for spatial closeness would be in addition to the general level of corn price changes experienced by farmers throughout the U.S.  The difference-in-differences estimation method is used to account for both time and location differences in order to measure the interaction of time and location effects.  Using the USDA’s ARMS data, the results show that while prices in real terms have risen over time, farmers located close to ethanol plants have not received significantly higher prices than farmers living farther away from plants.  These findings indicate that there is a...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Corn prices; Ethanol; Ethanol plant location; Difference-in-differences.; Agribusiness; Marketing; Q13.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49309

THE ROLE OF LABELLING IN CONSUMERS’ FUNCTIONAL FOOD CHOICES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Zou,   Ning Ning (Helen); Hobbs,   Jill E.
Given the credence nature of functional food attributes labelling plays a key role in allowing consumers to make informed choices about foods with enhanced health attributes. The degree to which a particular jurisdiction permits health claims for food products and the type of allowable health claim influence the information set available to consumers. In Canada the regulatory environment governing health claims for functional food products is somewhat more restrictive than in other jurisdictions, including the United States. Food manufacturers therefore also use visual imagery to suggest a health benefit, such as the picture of a red heart to imply that a product has heart health benefits. The paper characterizes these labelling strategies as “partial...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Discrete choice experiment; Latent class model; Health; Labelling; Omega-3; Agricultural and Food Policy; Consumer/Household Economics; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Health Economics and Policy; D12; Q13; Q18.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/116421

Prospective Trends in Wine Export Markets – Expert Views from Spain
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bardaji,   Isabel; Mili,   Samir.
As in other European producing countries, the wine industry in Spain faces growing competition from New World producers. International competitiveness of Spanish and European wines has been affected by increasing supply, declining public support, saturated domestic demand and increasingly quality-driven markets. Resolving the derived wine competitiveness crisis would require production rationalisation and adaptation to changing commercial and demand requirements, through new productive processes and strategies for further opening of foreign markets. The purpose of this paper is to explore main current and future trends affecting the global wine market and their consequences from the Spanish perspective. After identifying the world wine market’s main...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Wine markets; Export prospects; Spain; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; International Relations/Trade; Marketing; F14; Q13.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51084

Economic Returns to Entrepreneurial Behavior
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ross,   R. Brent; Westgren,   Randall E.
Highly turbulent environments require firms to act entrepreneurially.  The returns to entrepreneurial activities are known as entrepreneurial rents.  Following the payments perspective, these rents are allocated to the entrepreneurial resources of the firm as factor payments.  However, unlike other factor payments, little is known about how to value these types of rents.  An analysis of the economics and management literature reveals that entrepreneurial rents are a return to alertness, subjective judgment, asset control, and uncertainty bearing.  Furthermore, entrepreneurial rents are noncontractible and temporary.  This paper introduces two complementary valuation models that capture these characteristics and that explicitly impute value to various...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Entrepreneurship; Factor payments; Subjective judgment; Uncertainty; Agribusiness; Risk and Uncertainty; M13; B12; B25; P23; Q13.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43776

THEME OVERVIEW: FUNDAMENTAL FORCES AFFECTING AGRIBUSINESS INDUSTRIES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Olson,   Kent D.; Boehlje,   Michael.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Market Forces; Structural Change; Porter’s Five Forces; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Q13; L10; L22; M22; L80.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/100783

VALORAÇÃO DE ATRIBUTOS DE QUALIDADE EM PÊSSEGOS PRODUZIDOS NO ESTADO DE SÃO PAULO UTILIZANDO MODELO DE PREÇOS HEDÔNICOS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lima,   Lilian Maluf de; Caixeta Filho,   Jose Vicente; Kassouf,   Ana Lucia.
Neste estudo foi desenvolvido um modelo para estimativas de preços implícitos de alguns atributos de qualidade em pêssegos comercializados no estado de São Paulo, a partir do elo produtor da cadeia. Os dados referentes aos preços de venda de pêssegos e às características de qualidade dos frutos (como tamanho, tipos de variedade e categoria) foram obtidos a partir de cortes seccionais no tempo. O Modelo de Preços Hedônicos foi proposto para valoração das características ao longo do elo considerado. Os resultados obtidos permitiram identificar potenciais ganhos na cadeia a partir do aprimoramento de atributos de qualidade dessa fruta.-------------------An econometric model were developed to estimate the implicit prices for selected quality attributes of...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Êssego; Preços hedônicos; Valoração; Qualidade; Perdas; Peach; Hedonic price; Evaluation; Quality; Losses; Crop Production/Industries; Q13; C21.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/108138

Preferencias hacia el origen de un alimento étnico y la influencia de variables psicográficas
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Camarena-Gomez,   Dena M.; Sanjuan-Lopez,   Ana Isabel.
En los últimos años, el conocimiento y consumo de comidas y/o alimentos étnicos se ha difundido en el ámbito nacional. Diversos factores, entre los que destaca la inmigración, han sido decisivos en su comercialización. El mantener las costumbres alimentarias de su país de origen hace que los inmigrantes conformen segmentos de consumidores que generan una demanda específica en el mercado. Mediante un experimento de elección, se investigan las preferencias de los consumidores latinoamericanos con respecto a un alimento esencial en sus dietas, la harina de maíz. Para permitir que las preferencias puedan diferir entre individuos, se estima un modelo logit mixto. Entre las posibles fuentes explicativas de la heterogeneidad de preferencias, se contrasta la...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Experimento de elección; Logit mixto; Consumidores latinoamericanos; Alimentos étnicos; Características psicográficas.; Agricultural and Food Policy; Q13; M31.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94333

Competing Screening Rules
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hendrikse,   George W.J.; Hu,   Yamei.
Various studies show that agricultural cooperatives behave differently than their investor-owned counterparts. One explanation may be that the internal decision making process differs in these two governance structures. A model is developed to explore how endogenous screening rules affect efficient organizational choices and industrial structures. It is shown that screening level choice may outweigh architecture choice and that screening rules are strategic substitutes. Conditions are derived under which cooperatives are efficient organizational forms. It is also shown that competition may increase the attractiveness of investor-owned firms and circumstances are determined in which cooperatives and investor owned firms coexist in equilibrium.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Architecture; Screening; Cooperatives; Duopoly; Agribusiness; Q13.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24522

Factor Price Disparity and Retained Ownership of Feeder Cattle: An Application of Feedlot and Carcass Performance Data to Farm-Level Decision Making
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: White,   Brad J.; Anderson,   John D.; McKinley,   W. Blair; Parish,   Jane.
In this study, we used farm-level data from a university feed-out program to evaluate how the value of feeder cattle ultimately realized through finishing and grid pricing differs from their market value at public auction. Consistent with the theory of factor price disparity results indicate that significant risk premiums exist in the feeder cattle market. Producers of cattle with known feedlot performance, carcass potential, or both might be better off retaining ownership of their calves or marketing them in a way that communicates the information that is known about their potential performance directly to the buyer.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Factor price disparity; Feeder cattle; Grid pricing; Farm Management; Livestock Production/Industries; Q11; Q12; Q13.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6657

A Diagnostic Perspective Assessment of the Production and Marketing System for Mangoes in the Eastern Caribbean
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hrapsky,   Alan; Weber,   Michael T.; Riley,   Harold.
The objective of this research was to provide USAID with a diagnostic-prescriptive  assessment of the mango commodity system that would be useful in the design and management of  USAID’s project portfolio. A secondary objective was to demonstrate how a market-guided food  systems approach could be applied to a particular commodity, thus facilitating coordination of  vertical stages in the agricultural production and marketing system. The food systems approach  begins with identification of consumer requirements in terms of product specifications and volume  flows, examines the production changes necessary to achieve these requirements, then  systematically diagnoses constraints at each stage in the production/marketing chain, and  prescribes realistic...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Food security; Food policy; Marketing systems; Crop Production/Industries; Marketing; Downloads July 2008 - June 2009: 7; Q13.
Ano: 1985
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54748

COMPETITIVENESS OF MILK AND WINE PRODUCTION AND PROCESSING IN ALBANIA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Petrick,   Martin; Schreiber,   Catrin; Weingarten,   Peter.
This study provides an empirical assessment of the competitiveness of Albanian dairy and wine production, based on specifically collected survey data. For both product groups, the analysis is carried out on two levels: farm level production of raw material and processing and manufacturing of the final product in the food industry. In a third step, both levels are aggre-gated to analyse the competitiveness of the entire production chain for each product group. Overall, the wine sector appears in an economically more favourable situation than the milk sector. Although there is currently no relevant export of wine, there has been considerable in-vestment activity at the farm level and the harmonisation of quality standards with EU legislation is currently...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Agricultural sector; Competitiveness; Milk; Wine; Albania; P23; Q12; Q13; Agrarsektor; Wettbewerbsfähigkeit; Milch; Wein; Albanien; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14877

Trust and Control Dynamics in Agrifood Supply Networks: Communication Strategies for Electronic Transaction Environments
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fritz,   Melanie; Hausen,   Tobias.
Agrifood supply networks are dynamic structures where firms regularly face the need to search for new market partners. A decision for a transaction with a new partner requires the existence of appropriate control and safeguard mechanisms as well as trust to overcome perceived risk and uncertainties. Electronic transaction environments offer new potentials for the identification of new transaction partners. However, trust and control need to be communicated appropriately in electronic transaction environments for agrifood supply network scenarios. Problems for appropriate communication are posed by the complex interrelation between trust and control in transaction processes and their dynamically changing importance in a transaction relation. This paper...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural Markets Marketing; Marketing; Technological Change; Social Norms; Social Capital; E-Commerce; Industrial Organization; Marketing; Q13; O3; Z13; L81.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25509

FUNDAMENTAL FORCES AFFECTING U.S. FRESH PRODUCE GROWERS AND MARKETERS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cook,   Roberta L.
Tipo: Article
Palavras-chave: Competitiveness; Fresh Fruits and Vegetables; Fresh Produce; Market Forces; Porter's Five Forces; Shipper; Structural Change; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; Q13; L10; L22; M21.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/120008

Do Incentives For Quality Matter?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Alexander,   Corinne E.; Goodhue,   Rachael E.; Rausser,   Gordon C.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Marketing; D86; C23; Q13.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6702

Estimation of Efficiency, Sustainability and Constraints in SRI (System of Rice Intensification) vis-a-vis Traditional Methods of Paddy Cultivation in North Coastal Zone of Andhra Pradesh
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rao,   I.V.Y. Rama.
The study has assessed the economics and sustainability of SRI (system of rice intensification) and traditional methods of paddy cultivation in North Coastal Zone of Andhra Pradesh for the period 2008-09, based on the data of costs and returns of crop. Apart from budgeting techniques, benefit-cost ratio (BCR), yield gap analysis, sustainability index and response priority index have been employed in the study. It has shown that BCR is higher for SRI (1.76) than traditional (1.25) methods. Further, there is a 31 per cent yield gap between SRI and traditional methods, in which cultural practices (20.15%) have shown a stronger effect than input use (10.85%). The most important constraint in SRI cultivation has been identified as ‘nursery management’. The SRI...
Tipo: Article
Palavras-chave: Paddy cultivation; Sustainability index; Nursery management; System of rice intensification; Agricultural and Food Policy; Q13; Q15; Q16.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/119410

Hedging Effectiveness Around U.S. Department of Agriculture Crop Reports
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: McKenzie,   Andrew M.; Singh,   Navinderpal.
It is well documented that ‘‘unanticipated’’ information contained in United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) crop reports induces large price reactions in corn and soybean markets. Thus, a natural question that arises from this literature is: To what extent are futures hedges able to remove or reduce increased price risk around report release dates?  This paper addresses this question by simulating daily futures returns, daily cash returns, and daily hedged returns around report release dates for two storable commodities (corn and soybeans) in two market settings (North Central Illinois and Memphis, Tennessee). Various risk measures, including ‘‘Value at Risk,’’ are used to determine hedging effectiveness, and ‘‘Analysis of Variance’’ is used to...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Analysis of variance; Storage hedging; United States Department of Agriculture Crop Reports; Value at risk; Marketing; Risk and Uncertainty; Q13; D81.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/100635

Analyzing Relationships Between Cash and Futures Dairy Markets Using Partially Overlapping Time Series
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bozic,   Marin; Fortenbery,   T. Randall.
Replaced with revised version of paper 02/10/10.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Partially overlapping time series; Spectral analysis; Risk premium; Futures markets; Dairy policy; Dairy industry; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance; Q13; Q14; Q18.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56545

Trust in Label Information to Recuperate Consumer's Confidence for Meat: A Compared Analysis among Canada, Italy, and Spain
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rosa,   Franco; Sanchez Garcia,   Mercedes; Barrena Figueroa,   Ramo.
The analysis consisted in a field experiment performed by testing the opinions of different consumers groups: two of them located in the European Regions respectively: Friuli-Venezia-Giulia in Italy and Navarra in Spain; a third one located in the Ontario region, Canada. The data were processed by using a multivariate structural equation in the multi-group version. The enquiry was performed in 2003, just after the news about BSE disease were released in some UE countries, and consisted in a regional survey designed ad' hoc  and submitted by face to face home made interviews, to collect information about consumer habits, opinions and evidences about trust in the food label. By testing the cross-country consumer's behaviours it was allowed to get evidences...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Consumer behaviour; Risk perception; Structural Equation Modeling; Multi-group analysis; Food retailer; Quality label; Beef meat; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; M31; Q13.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7744

Short supply chain: analysis of the competitiveness of organic horticultural farmers at Italian regional level
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bertazzoli,   Aldo; Ruggeri,   Arianna; Samoggia,   Antonella.
The paper focuses on the competitiveness of organic horticultural farms implementing short food supply chain (SFSC), by analysing the organisational structures adopted by farmers and their economic performance. The collection of data based on face to face interviews with farmers and the review of the rural development plans of three central Italy regions. Results show that farms prefer a combination of organizational structures that involve both business to consumer and business to business strategies. A high number of farms realise direct selling to consumers implemented through in farm selling and market distribution channels. Nonetheless, farms performing the highest turnover take advantage from the support of informal or formal network of producers. At...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Short chain; Direct selling; Horticultural; Organisation; Economic performance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Q13; R11.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94918

Old World Wines Revisited: Consumers' Valuation of Spanish and German Wines in the UK Wine Market
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Steiner,   Bodo E.
The mid 1990s was a pivotal period for the UK retail wine market, as New World Wines started to expand significantly at the expense of Old World Wines. This paper reviews supply and demand-side characteristics of the UK wine market during this period, and the underlying wine labeling scheme, before assessing how wines from Old World wine producing countries were valued by consumers in the British wine market. Following a more detailed discussion of econometric estimation issues, hedonic price analysis is applied in order to analyze consumers’ valuation of wine label attributes of Spanish and German wines sold in Britain in 1994.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Wine labels; UK wine market; Hedonic price models; Spain; Germany; Agribusiness; Consumer/Household Economics; Demand and Price Analysis; Marketing; Q13; L66; D01.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/91405

Country and border effects in the transmission of maize prices in Eastern Africa: evidence from a semi-parametric regression model
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ihle,   Rico; von Cramon-Taubadel,   Stephan; Zorya,   Sergiy.
This study uses a rich dataset of 85 market pairs between January 2000 and October 2008 for Kenya, Tanzanian and Uganda, the three largest member countries of the East Africa Community, to analyze the factors determining national and cross-national maize price transmission. Although the three countries are members of the community’s customs union and they each claim to pursue maize trade without borders, their agricultural trade policies still differ, thus affecting prices and trade flows to different extents. This analysis extends the existing border effects literature in three ways. First, it assesses the magnitude of price transmission, instead of analyzing trade flows or price variability. Second, distance is shown to have a significant impact on price...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Border effect; Spatial market integration; Cointegration; Semi-parametric regression; Partially linear model; Eastern Africa; Maize; Demand and Price Analysis; C32; Q11; Q13; Q17; Q18.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/96184

Japanese Consumers’ Perceptions on and Willingness to Pay for Credence Attributes Associated with Canola Oil
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hu,   Wuyang; Chen,   Kevin Z.; Yoshida,   Kentaro.
In this study we found that Japanese consumers value the conventional health claim “low in saturated fat” more than the relatively newer claims, such as “high in oleic acid.”  In addition, consumers do not prefer oil with genetically modified ingredients or oil that is not domestically produced, but they are willing to pay extra for “organic” or “functional food” features.  We also found that the scope and source of information on these credence attributes may also affect consumers’ choices and willingness to pay and that the effects may not be completely consistent with what one would expect.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Canola oil; Choice-based conjoint; Credence attributes; Japanese consumers; Willingness to pay; Consumer/Household Economics; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; D12; Q13.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43751

Staple food prices in Tanzania
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Minot,   Nicholas.
Prepared for the Comesa policy seminar on “Variation in staple food prices: Causes, consequence, and policy options”, Maputo, Mozambique, 25-26 January 2010 under the African Agricultural Marketing Project (AAMP)
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Tanzania; Food security; Food prices; Agricultural and Food Policy; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Security and Poverty; International Development; International Relations/Trade; Q11; Q13; Q18.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58555

The Impact of the New York State Retail Milk Price Regulation  on Farm-to-Retail Price Transmission and  Supermarket Pricing Strategies in Metropolitan Fluid Milk Markets
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bolotova,   Yuliya; Novakovic,   Andrew M.
The New York State Milk Price Gouging Law establishes that the retail prices of fluid milk products are not to exceed 200% of the prices that NYS milk processors pay for Class I milk. The enforcement of this law significantly affected the nature of the Class I fluid milk price transmission process and the milk pricing strategies of supermarkets in the five largest cities in New York State: New York City, Albany, Syracuse, Buffalo and Rochester.   During the pre-law period, supermarkets used a retail price-stabilization strategy, as evidenced by asymmetric Class I fluid milk price transmission. In contrast, supermarkets use a retail profit stabilization strategy during the law period.   This variation of retail milk price control actually creates an...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Dairy; Milk; Price regulation; Price transmission; Asymmetric price response; Food retailing; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Demand and Price Analysis; Industrial Organization; Marketing; Q11; Q13; Q18.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/104514

China's Meat Consumption: An Income Elasticity Analysis and Long-Term Projections
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Masuda,   Tadayoshi; Goldsmith,   Peter D.
Cover, Poster, and Materials
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Bennett's law; China; Meat consumption; Income elasticity; Vector error correction model (VECM); Projection; Agricultural and Food Policy; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; C22; Q11; Q13.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61601

La certificacion como estrategia para la recuperacion de la confianza del consumidor en la adquisicion de la carne de ternera
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Barrena Figueroa,   Ramo; Sanchez Garcia,   Mercedes; Gil,   Jose Maria; Gracia,   Azucena; Rivera,   Luis M.
Resumen El objetivo del trabajo se centra en analizar el efecto de la presencia de etiqueta en un producto con el fin de minimizar el riesgo percibido o la incertidumbre asociada al producto. El análisis ha sido realizado tomando como ejemplo la carne fresca de ternera, producto que ha presentado en Europa, en general, y en España, en particular, importantes problemas de salubridad o seguridad alimentaria que han generado una importante pérdida de confianza por parte de los consumidores e, indirectamente, una disminución de su consumo, lo que ha supuesto, a su vez, serias implicaciones sobre la oferta. Teniendo en cuenta el objetivo planteado, se especifica un modelo para analizar la disposición del consumidor a aumentar el consumo de carne de ternera si...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Consumer behaviour; Decision models; Label; Beef; Food safety; Consumer/Household Economics; M31; R11; Q13.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28748

Farm Animal Welfare - Testing for Market Failure
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Carlsson,   Fredrik; Grykblom,   Peter; Lagerkvist,   Carl Johan.
Many consumers are concerned with animal welfare in the conventional production of farm livestock. This concern can be related both to their own and others’ consumption. In the latter case, there is a negative externality from consumption. We suggest a survey design that enables us to test for a market failure in farm livestock production. Applying this to the question of battery cages in egg production, we cannot show that a market failure exists. The policy can be extended to general discussion of how potential market failures for all kind of farm livestock should be managed.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Animal welfare; Choice experiments; Market failure; Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing; D12; Q13; Q18.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6687

A Comparative Study of China's and Australia's Cotton Production
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Zhao,   Xufu; Tisdell,   Clement A.
After providing information about the global importance of cotton as a textile and China’s and Australia’s contribution to global cotton production, this paper examines and compares trends in the time-series of cotton production of China and Australia for the period 1980-2007. In doing so, it takes account of changes in the area planted with cotton and its yield. Correlation estimates and decomposition analysis are used to determine the relative contribution to variations in the total output of cotton of changes in the total area planted with cotton and its yield in both countries. These relative contributions are found to be quite different for Australia and China. In addition, there is a comparative analysis of fluctuations in the production of cotton,...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Australia; Agricultural economics; China; Cotton production; Cotton supply responses; Fibre markets; Fluctuations in agricultural production; Crop Production/Industries; International Relations/Trade; Q00; Q10; Q11; Q13; Q18; Q19.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/90622

Mixed Markets in the Food Processing Industry
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sorensen,   Ann-Christin.
The food processing industry in Western countries operates in markets that usually are highly concentrated, consisting of a few cooperatives and investor-owned firms. However, in the literature some studies questioned whether the mixed market structure is a stable equilibrium, and suggestions are made that the cooperatives eventually will crowd out all investor-owned firms. To analyse the problem, the family of models of mixed markets is generalized and analysed. It is shown that a mixed market equilibrium may occur under quite general conditions. Also, it is shown that the investor-owned firm may serve as a yardstick of production to the cooperative, helping farmers achieve an increased payoff relative to a situation with a single coop in the market.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Cooperative; Endogenous membership; Investor-owned-firm; Mixed market; Yardstick of production; Agribusiness; L11; L13; P12; P13; Q13.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24741

China’s Agricultural Modernisation Program: an assessment of its sustainability and impacts in the case of the high-value beef chain
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Waldron,   Scott A.; Brown,   Colin G.; Longworth,   John W.
China has embarked on a major program to modernise agricultural and agribusiness structures with far reaching implications for rural development, international competitiveness / trade and food safety. There are, however, few studies that examine in detail how the modernisation program has proceeded, its’ sustainability and impacts. This paper aims to provide such as assessment through a series of integrated budget analyses of participants in the modern, high value beef chain. The paper concludes that rather than attempting to skip development phases by fast-tracking the development of modern structures in high-value agrifood chains, China should pursue a more incremental and facilitative approach based around developing structures in mid-value agrifood...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: China; Agriculture; Modernisation; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Consumer/Household Economics; Demand and Price Analysis; Farm Management; Industrial Organization; Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing; Political Economy; Production Economics; O12; Q13; Q18.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/50784

The Impacts of Trade Barriers and Market Interventions on Maize Price Predictability: Evidence from Eastern and Southern Africa
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Chapoto,   Antony; Jayne,   Thomas S.
There is continuing debate in east and southern Africa about the effects of food market reform on the welfare of small-scale farmers and low-income consumers. At the center of this debate is the perception that food prices have become more unstable in countries that have liberalized their staple food markets, thereby exacerbating the plight of poor consumers and farmers. This perception has led many governments in the region to shun an open maize borders policy and pursue a variety of food marketing and trade policy tools to stabilize food prices. Unfortunately, there remains a dearth of empirical evidence on the effects of alternative food marketing and trade policies, including that of liberalization, on price stability and predictability. Assessments of...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Africa; Food security; Maize; Trade; Markets; Food Security and Poverty; International Relations/Trade; Marketing; Q13.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56798

Agglomeration Effects and Japanese Food Industry Investment in China: Evidence from the Cities
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jin,   Shaosheng; Tokunaga,   Suminori; Akune,   Yuko; Kageyama,   Masahiro.
This paper uses the data from Chugoku Shinshutsu Kigyou Ichiran 2003-2004 (A View of Japanese Enterprises Investments in China 2003-2004) to study 1ocation choice of Japanese food industry investment in 231 Chinese cities from 1992 to 2001, paying a particular attention to agglomeration effects. A negative binominal model indicates that labor cost (WAGE) is the most important factor that deters Japanese food industry investment. Market size (GDP), raw material (MATER), port (PORT) and policy incentives (POLICY), however, have positive effects in Japanese food industry investment location choice in China. As for the three-tier agglomeration effects' test, the agglomeration effects of Japanese manufactures agglomeration (AG2) and Japanese food manufactures...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Food industry; Agglomeration; Japan; China; FDI; Agribusiness; International Relations/Trade; F21; Q13; Q18.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25307

Formacion de expectativas de precio en el sector hortofruticola exportador  del sureste espanol
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gomez,   Emilio Galdeano.
RESUMEN: La diferencia temporal existente entre la planificación de la oferta y la demanda de productos agrarios, conlleva a que, tradicionalmente, en sectores como el de frutas y hortalizas cobren gran interés las teorías sobre formación de expectativas de precios. En las últimas décadas, la tendencia hacia una mayor interrelación entre la producción y la comercialización (en origen) presente en entidades asociativas implica un aumento de la disponibilidad y utilización de la información para realizar previsiones sobre las distintas variables. El objeto de este estudio es determinar empíricamente la existencia de estimaciones sobre el precio, tomando como referencia actividad productora-comercializadora del sector hortofrutícola del sureste español, que...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Price expectations; Supply of agrarian products; Rational expectations; Horticultural sector; Demand and Price Analysis; Q11; Q13.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28742

Can Multiyear Rollover Hedging Increase Mean Returns?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Yoon,   Byung-Sam; Brorsen,   B. Wade.
Both market advisors and researchers have often suggested multiyear rollover hedging as a way to increase producer returns.  This study determines whether rollover hedging can increase expected returns for producers.  For rollover hedging to increase expected returns, futures prices must follow a mean-reverting process.  To test for the existence of mean reversion in agricultural commodity prices, this study uses a longer set of price data and a wider range of test procedures than past research.  With the use of both the return predictability test from long-horizon regression and the variance ratio test, we find that mean reversion does not exist in futures prices for corn, wheat, soybean, soybean oil, and soybean meal.  The findings are consistent with...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Market efficiency; Mean reversion; Random walk; Rollover hedging; Agricultural Finance; Risk and Uncertainty; Q13; G13.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43713

Market Integration with Transaction Costs in Developing  Country Staple Food Markets: the Case of the Malawi Maize market
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Zant,   Wouter.
We investigate measurement of market integration of staple food markets in developing countries. The analysis takes the Parity Bound Model as starting point and modifies this model by parameterizing and estimating transaction costs. The specification of transaction costs takes account of transport costs, fixed source costs, fixed destination costs, ad valorem taxes &amp; levies and seasonality an is implemented on the basis of a specific sub-sample of price differentials. Price differentials combined with predicted transaction costs enable the measurement of market integration for each location and each period. The proposed method is applied to the Malawi maize market with monthly data from June 1999 to October 2009 for 26 districts. This period covers two...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Food markets; Transaction costs; Trade; Market integration; Parity Bound Model; Malawi; Africa; Crop Production/Industries; Marketing; F14; Q13.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95777

Price Risk Management Alternatives for Farmers in the Absence of Forward Contracts with Grain Merchants
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mark,   Darrell R.; Brorsen,   B. Wade; Anderson,   Kim B.; Small,   Rebecca M.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries; Risk and Uncertainty; G13; G20; Q13.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94647

Trader Behaviour and Performance in Live Animal Marketing in Rural Ethiopian Markets
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jabbar,   Mohammad A.; Benin,   Samuel; Gabre-Madhin,   Eleni Z.; Paulos,   Zelekawork.
In this paper, performance of a sample of 131 livestock traders in 38 rural Ethiopian highland markets was analysed in terms of their costs and margins, how these were influenced by their assets and trading practices, and the implications of the findings for policy were outlined. The paper is divided into three main sections: description of the profiles of traders, their assets, trading behaviour and practices; estimates of costs and margins for a set of recent transactions; and econometric analysis of the factors explaining differences in performance with a particular focus on transaction costs. Most traders used own capital as access to credit, especially formal credit, was limited. The livestock market was characterised by non-standardised products and...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing; D4; L1; O1; Q13.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25680

Theme Overview: Fundamental Forces Affecting Agribusiness Industries, Part II
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Olson,   Kent D.; Boehlje,   Michael.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Market Forces; Structural Change; Porter’s Five Forces; Agribusiness; Q13; L10; L22; M22; L80.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/104214

The Marketing Performance of Illinois and Kansas Wheat Farmers
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dietz,   Sarah N.; Aulerich,   Nicole M.; Irwin,   Scott H.; Good,   Darrel L.
The purpose of this paper is to analyze the marketing performance of wheat farmers in Illinois and Kansas over 1982–2004. The results show that farmer benchmark prices for wheat in Illinois and Kansas fall in the middle third of the price range about half to three-quarters of the time. Consistent with previous studies, this refutes the contention that Illinois and Kansas wheat farmers routinely market the bulk of their wheat crop in the bottom portion of the price range. Tests of the average difference between farmer and market benchmark prices are sensitive to the market benchmark considered. The marketing performance of wheat farmers in Illinois and Kansas is about equal to the market if a 24- or 20-month market benchmark is used, slightly above the...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Benchmarks; Illinois; Kansas; Marketing; Performance; Price; Wheat; Agribusiness; Crop Production/Industries; Marketing; Production Economics; Productivity Analysis; Q11; Q13.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/48762

The Mexican Animal Identification System: Current Situation, Problems, and Potential
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ortega,   Carlos; Peel,   Derrell S.
Mexico initiated a federal animal  identification (ID) system (SINIIGA) in 2003. The program is administered by an agency of the federal Department of Agriculture (SAGARPA) and has been used primarily to support a federal subsidy program for livestock producers. The program is conceptually well designed, but implementation thus far falls short of the potential and needs, most importantly in animal disease management. Although substantial numbers of animals have been tagged, relatively little progress has been made in developing a usable animal ID information system. Animal health officials currently are not actively involved in the development and use of the system.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Mexican animal ID system; Livestock; Mexico; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Farm Management; International Development; Livestock Production/Industries; Political Economy; Q13; Q18.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/92597

Measuring Welfare Effects of an FMD Outbreak in the United States
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Paarlberg,   Philip L.; Lee,   John G.; Seitzinger,   Ann Hillberg.
Questions have been raised regarding the economic costs of food-and-mouth disease (FMD) outbreak in the United States.  This analysis examines how welfare changes are measured and argues that they must be decomposed by groups.  Producers with animals quarantined and slaughtered because of FMD measure their welfare change using lost sales.  Producers not quarantined measure their welfare change using producer surplus.  The change in national sales revenue is accurate when the supply elasticity is low.  Welfare changes for consumers also must be decomposed because the change in aggregate consumer surplus hides important shifts in welfare among groups of consumers.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Economic effects; Foot-and-mouth disease; Livestock; Meat; D60; Q13; Q17; Q18.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37832

Food Pricing Policy and Rural Poverty: Insights from Maize in Kenya
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mghenyi,   Elliot W.; Jayne,   Thomas S.
This study estimates the effects on poverty resulting from maize price changes associated with the operations of the maize marketing board in Kenya. We consider both supply and demand responses and the accompanying adjustments in rural labor markets in estimating a second order approximation to equilibrium income changes. We then use stochastic dominance techniques to generate poverty rankings between the distribution of income with the effects of the government marketing operations and the distribution of counterfactual incomes. This approach effectively addresses concerns regarding the sensitivity of poverty estimates to the type of poverty measure used. Results indicate that the price-elevating effects of government maize marketing operations have...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Kenya; Income transfers; Maize policy; Crop Production/Industries; Food Security and Poverty; C22; O2; Q13; Q18.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25466

Do Market Oriented Firms Demonstrate Clarity on Their Value Discipline? Evidence from Illinois Beef Producers
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Micheels,   Eric T.; Gow,   Hamish R.
A market orientation has been shown to lead to improved firm performance in a variety of industries (Narver and Slater, 1990; Deshpande et al., 1993). In previous research, it has been argued that performance benefits are a result of a greater awareness of the sources of value the product provides to the consumer, without specifically describing how value was created. Treacy and Wiersema (1993) developed the concept of value disciplines, which are three distinctive means of value provision, namely operational excellence, customer intimacy and product leadership. More recently, Narver et al. (1998) argued that market oriented firms have a clear understanding of how they provide value to customers, but this assertion has yet to be empirically tested. A new...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Innovation; Market orientation; Organizational learning; Value disciplines; Marketing; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession; Q10; Q13; Q16.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53800

Indian Agriculture: Managing Growth with Equity
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gulati,   Ashok; Landes,   Maurice R.; Ganguly,   Kavery.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: International Development; Q13; Q17; Q18.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94722

Livestock based livelihoods and pathways out of poverty: the case of smallholder farmers in Bangladesh
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Akter,   Shaheen.
This paper evaluates livelihoods of smallholder livestock farmers who were beneficiaries of a poverty alleviation programme involving longer term intervention towards building the strength of stakeholders such as government department, NGOs, village organisations and women beneficiaries. Data are drawn from a survey of 400 women farmers in 2006 and 2008. These farmers have been the members of BRAC, a well known NGO in Bangladesh. Poverty profiles, transition matrices and regression analysis drawn from asset-base framework are used to analyze data. A number of key questions related to poverty transition through livestock based activities, heterogeneity in livelihood choice and its impact on household welfare, extent of poverty reduction using different...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Poverty; Women and livestock; Livelihood Strategies; Asset-base Framework; Bangladesh; Food Security and Poverty; O1; O3; Q13; Q55.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/108935

Evidence of non-linear price transmission between maize markets in Mexico and the US
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Araujo-Enciso,   Sergio Rene.
The present work provides evidence that non linear co-integration between Mexico and the US maize prices exists, at country and regional level. The models suggest that Mexican prices adjust at changes in US prices. Despite asymmetry was statistically rejected, it is likely that it might occur for thriving parameters different that zero in the error correction term. The results suggest on which way the research might be improved in order to assess such co-integration relationship accurately.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Co-integration; Asymmetric price transmission; Vector error correction model; Error      correction term; Loading parameter; Mexico; US; Maize; Agricultural and Food Policy; Food Security and Poverty; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; C32; Q11; Q13.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51366

Market Performance of Potato Auctions in Bhutan
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: van Tilburg,   Aad; Kuiper,   W. Erno; Swinkels,   Rob.
Market performance with respect to a main horticultural export commodity in Bhutan is the subject of this paper. Imperfections in (market) infrastructure and market structure and conduct may prevent an optimal price for farmers. Market performance is assessed by testing the law of one price for this commodity. This is done by testing three series of auction price data on both long-run and short-run price integration. It is concluded that auction prices were interrelated both in the long and short run with one of the three auctions as the price-leading market. Policy implications are suggested.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Auctions; Bhutan; Law of one price; Market performance; Potato marketing; Marketing; C22; L1; M31; O1; Q13.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25520

DER SLOWAKISCHE MARKT FÜR MILCH UND MILCHPRODUKTE – VOM BEGINN DER TRANSFORMATION BIS ZUM EU-BEITRITT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Glitsch,   Kristina; Eerits,   Alena.
Like in other CEEC, transition in the beginning of the 1990s had significant consequences for the agricultural and food sectors in Slovakia. For example, Slovakian consumers reacted to the abolition of consumer subsidies by drastically reducing their consumption of milk and milk products. Concurrently, milk production declined and now stands at fifty percent of its 1989 level. Dairies were closed down while those remaining carried on producing under constantly increasing overcapacities. In the years prior to EU accession, activities in the milk sector were primarily aimed at the adoption of EU standards. Meanwhile, the Slovakian milk processing industry is predominantly in the possession of foreign investors. Present per capita consumption of milk and milk...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Slovakia; Dairy industry; Milk consumption; Milk production; Milk processing; Structural change; Slowakei; Milchbranche; Milchkonsum; Milcherzeugung; Milchverarbeitung; Strukturwandel.; Consumer/Household Economics; Demand and Price Analysis; Farm Management; Industrial Organization; International Development; Marketing; L11; L66; Q13.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/92026

Consumer Interest in Environmentally Beneficial Chicken Feeds:  Comparing High Available Phosphorus Corn and Other Varieties
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Pesek,   John D., Jr.; Bernard,   John C.; Gupta,   Meeta.
One source of phosphorous pollution in areas of high chicken production is runoff from fields using fertilizer from these operations. A potential solution is to feed chicken high available phosphorus (HAP) corn, reducing phosphorus in manure. This study examined consumer purchase likelihood of chickens fed HAP, created traditionally or through genetic modification, and other genetically modified (GM) corn including Bt and Roundup-ready. Survey results from the Delmarva Peninsula found considerable interest in non-GM HAP corn, although GM HAP corn was not typically viewed as more acceptable than other GM varieties. Overall, the marketplace appears open to products geared toward environmental benefits.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Chicken; Conjoint analysis; Corn; Genetically modified; Heteroscedastic; Phosphorus pollution; Tobit; Environmental Economics and Policy; Q13; D12; C24.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/117945

Determinants of Return on Equity in U.S. Local Farm Supply and Grain Marketing Cooperatives
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Boyd,   Scott; Boland,   Michael A.; Dhuyvetter,   Kevin C.; Barton,   David G.
Farm supply cooperatives are an important component of the retail agribusiness industry in the United States. The objective of this research is to identify financial variables that are determinants of return on equity in these cooperatives. Firm effects are important and their effect is the result of managerial decision making and director policy. The estimated coefficient on asset size was not statistically significant, suggesting that return on equity is invariant to size over this period.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Cooperatives; Finance; Management; Profitability; Agribusiness; Marketing; Q13; Q14.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6608

A Life-Cycle Perspective on Governing Cooperative Enterprises in Agriculture
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hueth,   Brent; Reynolds,   Anne.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Cooperatives; Governance; Life Cycle; Competition; Finance; Agribusiness; Q12; Q13; Q14.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/117411

Price Signals as Indicators of Profitability at Various Stages of Production in Oklahoma Beef
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Williams,   Brian R.; DeVuyst,   Eric A.
Cow-calf producers face an annual decision on when to sell their calves. They can sell them at any point between weaning and slaughter, with the objective of finding the profit maximizing selling point. This paper investigates the use of price signals to determine profit maximizing selling points/retention strategies. Three retention strategies, one for fall calving and two for spring calving, are considered. Producers can sell their calves at weaning, after preconditioning, after grass pasture, after wheat pasture, or after the feedlot depending on the retention strategy. These price signals indicate the optimal selling point based on an observable price ratio at weaning. This paper also considers factors such as the level of preconditioning premiums and...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Beef; Producer Profitability; Price Signals; Farm Management; Livestock Production/Industries; Production Economics; Q13; Q10.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/98769

Concepts, applications, and extensions of value chain analysis to livestock systems in developing countries
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rich,   Karl M.; Baker,   Derek; Negassa,   Asfaw; Ross,   R. Brent.
The analysis of value chains has augmented our knowledge on the complexities, inter-linkages, distributional benefits, and institutional arrangements of production and marketing channels in developing countries.  However, the analysis remains relatively qualitative and case-specific, with limited ability to rank or assess the impact of alternative interventions or to analyze sufficiently the complex market dynamics and feedbacks present in livestock systems.  This paper offers insights on ways to improve the analytical rigor of the value chain methodology that combines both qualitative and quantitative approaches.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Value chain; Livestock; Developing countries; Livestock Production/Industries; I32; O13; O17; O21; Q13; Q18.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51922

Market Instability in a New Era of Corn, Soybean, and Wheat Prices
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Irwin,   Scott H.; Good,   Darrel L.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Grain; Price; Increase; Trend; Demand and Price Analysis; Marketing; Q11; Q13.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94694

Market Information Systems in Sub-Sahara Africa: Challenges and Opportunities
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tollens,   Eric.
The paper deals with the emergence and rise of  market information systems in sub-Sahara Africa as a result of economic liberalization. There has already been an evolution is such systems and no particular system dominates. Various types of market information systems exist today, public or private, all or not linked to a commodity exchange. The rationale of a commodity exchange is discussed, linked to a market information system. They all struggle with problems of sustainable financing. Very  few if any good impact studies exist on such systems, demonstrating their effects on market transparency, information asymmetry, the bargaining power of poor farmers and their market access. Dissemination of the  information, using traditional (radio) or modern (ICT)...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Marketing; Q13; Q18; O13; O17; H41.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25590

Conditions Necessary for Private Investment in the Ethanol Industry
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kenkel,   Philip L.; Holcomb,   Rodney B.
While agricultural economics literature has become rife with the economics of ethanol production and cellulosic ethanol feedstock production, little has been written about capital investment necessary for the magnitude of industry development mandated by the Energy Security and Independence Act of 2007. Financing the development of the ethanol industry to meet the 36 billion gallon production capacity set for 2022 (with 16 billion gallons from cellulosic ethanol) will require capital investments exceeding $100 billion for production facilities, plus extensive investment in feedstock establishment and transportation/handling infrastructure. Federal support associated with political mandates does not address all of the financial issues related with the...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Biofuel policy; Cellulosic ethanol; Industry legitimacy; Private investment; Agribusiness; Agricultural Finance; Crop Production/Industries; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; Q13; Q42; Q43; Q48.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53092

Factors Affecting Adoption of Monocropping of Rice in Manipur: A Logistic Approach
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sarungbam,   Diana; Prasad,   Y.E.
The study conducted in the state of Manipur, has identified the factors affecting monocropping of rice as the cropping intensity of the state is only 107 per cent. Multistage random sampling has been followed to select the districts, blocks, villages and finally the farmers and logit model has been used for the analysis. The study has observed that availing of institutional credit and educational level are among the important factors which decrease monocropping. The study has highlighted the need for focus on crop diversification and increasing cropping intensity. Strengthening of co-operative societies, increasing availability and accessibility to credit facilities, increasing awareness about new technologies, etc. will help in increasing the cropping...
Tipo: Article
Palavras-chave: Monocropping; Rice; Manipur; Institutional Credit; Agricultural and Food Policy; Q16; Q13.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/119411

Agricultural Organization in an Era of Traceability
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sykuta,   Michael E.
From production to retail, information systems have become increasingly important in the agrifood system.  Retailers use information systems to improve inventory management and increase efficiency in production and logistics.  Innovations in agribiotechnology and food safety issues highlighted by incidences related to Starlink corn and “mad cow disease” have raised consumer concerns about their food products.  In addition to food safety concerns, consumers are increasingly willing to pay premiums for nonobservable quality characteristics in their food products.  This paper outlines a framework for evaluating the implications of traceability for the organization of the agricultural system and highlights potential organizational responses to traceability...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agrifood system; Contracting; Organizational economics; Traceability; L14; L22; L23; Q13.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43512

Consequences of Biotechnology Policy for Competitiveness and Trade of Southern U.S. Agriculture
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jolly,   Curtis M.; Jefferson-Moore,   Kenrett Y.; Traxler,   Greg.
The effect of policy decisions on the competitiveness of genetically modified (GM) crops was examined.  The United States has been an early innovator in the development and use of biotechnology crops and has expanded its export market share of the three major GM crops: soybeans, cotton, and corn.  Cotton, soybeans, and corn are all grown in the southern states, but these states have an apparent comparative advantage only in the production of cotton, which may be strengthened with the adoption of genetically modified cotton.  The influence of biotechnology on the competitiveness of soybeans and corn for the southern states through the introduction of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) is not clear but is probably negligible.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Biotechnology; Competitiveness; Southern agriculture; Q13; Q17; Q16; Q18.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43514

Consumer Acceptance and Willingness to Pay for Blueberry Products with Nonconventional Attributes
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hu,   Wuyang; Woods,   Timothy A.; Bastin,   Sandra.
Consumer acceptance and willingness to pay for three nonconventional attributes associated with six processed blueberry products was examined through an in-store conjoint experiment survey. Both credence and experience attributes were considered, including whether the products were produced locally, and whether they were organic or sugar-free. The results indicate heterogeneity in consumer preference and willingness to pay for different attributes across product categories. Local products and organic formulations generally received positive willingness to pay across all products. This information has implications for blueberry growers and retailers who are trying to create and position value-added products for maximum revenue.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Blueberries; Conjoint experiment; Kentucky; Willingness to pay; Agribusiness; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; D12; Q13.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/48753

Vertical Price Leadership on Local Maize Markets in Benin
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kuiper,   W. Erno; Lutz,   Clemens; van Tilburg,   Aad.
This paper considers vertical price relationships between wholesalers and retailers on five local maize markets in Benin. We show that if the common factor and the long-run disequilibrium error are not explicitly taken into account in testing the channel model, one can easily be wrong about how restrictions on the error-correction structure must be interpreted in terms of economic power in the channel. The empirical results show interesting differences between markets and reveal that retailers play a more prominent role in the price formation process than generally assumed in the literature. Retailers in the two major towns do not allow wholesalers to behave as vertical price leaders, but in the two larger rural centers, wholesalers involved in arbitrage...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Vertical price leadership; Marketing channels; Cointegration; Common Factor; Benin; Demand and Price Analysis; C32; D40; L10; O18; Q13.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24886

Costos de transacción en la agricultura peruana: una primera aproximación a su medición e impacto
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Escobal D'Angelo,   Javier.
El objetivo de esta investigación es evaluar empíricamente los factores que determinan las estrategias de vinculación al mercado de los productores agrarios en el Perú. Asimismo, estudia el papel de los costos de transacción en el comportamiento de los hogares rurales. Además, la investigación plantea e implementa una propuesta metodológica para cuantificar los costos de transacción. Los resultados muestran que los costos de transacción en el área bajo estudio (los distritos de Pazos y Huaribamba, en Tayacaja, Huancavelica) equivalen a 50 % del valor de venta y son apreciablemente más altos (60 %) para los productores conectados al mercado a través de caminos de herradura que para aquellos vinculados al mercado a través de caminos carrozables, confirmando...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Agricultura; Costos de transacción; Comercio agrícola; Perú; Agriculture; Transaction costs; Agricultural trade; Peru; Agricultural Finance; Q12; Q13.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37770

Predicting Pork Supplies: An Application of Multiple Forecast Encompassing
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sanders,   Dwight R.; Manfredo,   Mark R.
Conditional efficiency or forecast encompassing is tested among alternative pork production forecasts using the method proposed by Harvey and Newbold.  One-, two-, and three-quarter ahead pork production forecasts made by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), the University of Illinois and Purdue University Cooperative Extension Service, and those produced by a univariate time series model are evaluated.  The encompassing tests provide considerably more information about forecast performance than a simple pair-wise test for equality of mean squared errors.  The results suggest that at a one-quarter horizon, the Extension service forecasts encompass the competitors, but at longer horizon, a composite forecast may provide greater accuracy.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Composite forecasts; Forecast encompassing; Pork production; C53; Q13.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43451

Economic Analysis of Post-harvest Losses in Marketing of Vegetables in Uttarakhand
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sharma,   Gaurav; Singh,   S.P.
The study has examined the nature and extent of post-harvest losses in vegetable supply chain in the Kumaon division of Uttarakhand. Multistage cluster sampling has been used for selection of 80 vegetable growers, 40 farmers from the hilly region and 40 farmers from the bhabhar region. The sample has also included 25 market functionaries. Twelve major vegetables have been selected for the study. The maximum aggregate post-harvest losses have been found in tomato, followed by potato, brinjal, chilly, French bean and pea. The study has suggested that establishment of producer co-operatives to handle various activities relating to production and marketing of vegetables would help in reducing post-harvest losses.
Tipo: Article
Palavras-chave: Post-harvest losses; Uttarakhand; Vegetable supply chain; Tomato; Potato; Brinjal; Chilly; French bean; Pea; Agricultural and Food Policy; Q13; Q12; Q18.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/119384

Practical Issues Concerning Temporary Carbon Credits in the CDM
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dutschke,   Michael; Schlamadinger,   Bernhard.
Afforestation and reforestation (AR) projects in the Clean Development Mechanism are able to create emission permits that can be accounted against the industrialized countries' commitments for limiting their greenhouse gas emissions, as agreed under the Kyoto Protocol. The discussion of how to treat credits from temporary carbon stocks is centering on the proposal for expiring emission credits from AR, which in the subsequent commitment period need to be replaced. While the basic methodological question is thus being solved, the practicalities arising from the solution have so far not been considered. The authors make new proposals on accounting modalities, define the tCER value as compared to a permanent CER, and forecast who will be the potential buyers...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Clean Development Mechanism; Forestry; Environmental Economics and Policy; Q23; Q25; Q13.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26241

Marketing, Co-operatives and Price Heterogeneity: Evidence from the CIS Dairy Sector
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sauer,   Johannes; Gorton,   Matthew; White,   John.
Drawing on survey data, this paper identifies the determinants of variations in farm gate milk prices for three CIS countries (Armenia, Moldova and Ukraine). We apply a multi-level modeling approach, specifically a bootstrapped and selectivity bias corrected mixed-effects linear regression model. The analysis suggests three main strategies for farmers to improve the price received for their output: consolidation, cooperation and stable supply chain relationships. While selling through a marketing cooperative has a significant and positive effect on farm gate milk prices, the majority of non-members are reluctant to join. The size of dairy operations, trust and contracting also impact positively on the prices received by farmers. Policy implications are...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Price heterogeneity; Milk; Cooperatives; Armenia; Moldova; Ukraine; Marketing; O13; P32; Q13.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/108938

Strategies and Challenges of Internationalisation in BRIC-Countries: Empirical Results from the German Agribusiness
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Heyder,   Matthias; Theuvsen,   Ludwig.
The objective of this paper is to identify the strategies and instruments that agribusiness companies currently use to cope with the globalisation of agricultural markets. This aim is achieved by means of presenting the empirical results of an online and telephone survey that was undertaken between April and August 2010 with the participation of 113 German agribusiness firms. The majority of respondents expect that the importance of the markets in the BRIC countries will increase remarkably in the future. For developing international business activities, comparatively simple strategies such as direct and indirect exports via domestic and international traders are most widely used. This may be the result of challenges the agribusiness companies are facing...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Internationalisation; Firm strategy; BRIC; Agribusiness; Q13; L10.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/115532

Estudio de las diferencias de costes de produccion del cultivo de naranjo convencional, ecologico e integrado en la Comunidad Valenciana mediante el analisis factorial discriminante
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Moll,   Elena Maria Peris; Igual,   Juan Francisco Julia; Parisi,   Sebastia Balasch.
Resumen  El propósito del presente trabajo es la comparación de los costes de producción del cultivo de naranjo en la Comunidad Valenciana según tres modalidades: cultivo convencional, en agricultura ecológica y en producción integrada, así como la identificación de las partidas de costes responsables de dichas diferencias. Para ello se ha llevado a cabo un estudio de las tres poblaciones de naranjo cultivadas, a partir del cual se ha diseñado una muestra estratificada por comarcas y según tipo de riego disponible en las parcelas. Los objetivos se han completado mediante el empleo de técnicas de análisis multivariante, en concreto del análisis factorial discriminante. Por último, se relacionan los resultados obtenidos con el mayor o menor grado de adopción...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Production costs; Orange crop; Comunidad Valenciana; Organic farming; Integrated production; Factor discriminant analysis; Production Economics; M11; M21; Q12; Q13.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28788

An Outlook for the Biofuels Industry in the Southern United States
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Crooks,   Anthony C.; Dunn,   John R.
Two seemingly unrelated topics are discussed- an outlook for biofuels in the southern United States, along with an overview of the important role that information technology is playing in the fuel ethanol industry.  The outlook discussion is limited to issues involving the two principal biofuels, fuel ethanol and biodiesel, and their respective feed stocks, corn and soybean oil.  The two topics are linked with a description of how information technology (IT) has enabled the development of the fuel ethanol franchise and a discussion of how IT is changing the very nature of biofuel operations.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Biodiesel; Biofuels; Fuel ethanol; Fuel ethanol franchise; Information technology; IT; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; O14; O31; Q12; Q13; Q16.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43771

Willingness to Pay for Imported Beef and Risk Perception: An application of Individual-Level Parameter
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lim,   Kar Ho; Hu,   Wuyang; Maynard,   Leigh J.; Goddard,   Ellen W.
The controversy surrounding the Mandatory Country-of-Origin Labeling (COOL) has attracted research attentions. A number of studies have reported consumers are willing to pay more for beef labeled with U.S. origin versus beef from unknown or other origins. Despite that, relatively little is known about what motivates consumers’ preference for origin-labeled food products (Lusk et al 2006). Using Individual-Level Parameters following a mixed logit model, we found that U.S. consumers were willing to pay significantly less for imported steak from Australia and Canada compare to U.S. steak. Further, we found that the negative willingness to pay is associated strongly with consumers’ perception of food safety on the exporting country.
Tipo: Presentation
Palavras-chave: Beef; Country of origin; Mixed logit; Individual-level parameters; Stated choice experiment; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Marketing; Q13; Q18.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/119755

Commodity Checkoff Programs and Generic Advertising
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ward,   Ronald W.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Marketing; Q13.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94409

The Effects of Mad Cow Disease on U.S. Live Cattle Futures Price
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Paiva,   Newton N.
Due to red meat consumption, bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) disease has been a major human health concern since its discovery in 1986.  An event study approach was applied to determine the impact of BSE official events that occurred in the United Kingdom on U.S. live cattle futures prices.  When abnormal returns were aggregated during the course of the events, the price series were adversely affected, mainly after the event day.  This suggests that market reaction was dissipated quickly and that no leakage of information occurred prior to the event.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Abnormal returns; Bovine spongiform encephalopathy; Event study; Live cattle futures price; Q11; Q13; Q14; Q17.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43215

Are poor, remote areas left behind in agricultural development: the case of Tanzania
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Minot,   Nicholas.
In Tanzania, as in many other developing countries, the conventional wisdom is that economic reforms may have stimulated economic growth, but that the benefits of this growth have been uneven, favoring urban households and farmers with good market access. This idea, although quite plausible, has rarely been tested empirically. In this paper, we develop a new approach to measuring trends in poverty and apply it to Tanzania in order to explore the distributional aspects of economic growth and the relationship between rural poverty and market access. We find that, between 1991 and 2003, a period of extensive economic reforms, the overall rate of poverty fell about 9 percentage points. The degree of poverty reduction was similar between rural and urban areas,...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Tanzania; Poverty; Market access; Agricultural development; Rural areas; Economic reform; Measurement; Rural poverty; International Development; I32; O18; O55; Q13; R11.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/59829

Cow-Calf Producer Interest in Retained Ownership
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Franken,   Jason R.V.; Parcell,   Joseph L.; Patterson,   David J.; Smith,   Michael F.; Poock,   Scott.
The beef industry’s share of domestic meat demand continues to decline, as increasing vertical coordination in pork and poultry contribute to these industries’ ability to offer convenient, consistent, and less expensive products.  For such vertical coordination to be effective, incentives must be properly aligned so that those responsible for making the most important investments for system profitability are appropriately compensated.  This study demonstrates that cow-calf producers who invest in quality registered cattle and those who are interested in incorporating feedlot and carcass data into herd management decisions are also more interested in retained ownership.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Beef cattle; Property rights theory; Retained ownership; Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing; Q13.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56421

Improving Food Security in Africa: Highlights of 25 Years of Research, Capacity-Building, and Outreach.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Food Security Group at Michigan State University.
Decades of research have led to substantially improved understanding of the nature of food insecurity. A combination of economic growth and targeted programs resulted in a steady fall (until the food crisis of 2007/08) in the percentage of the world’s population suffering from undernutrition (from 20% in 1990/92 to 16% in 2006). Yet over a billion people still face both chronic and/or transitory food insecurity due to long-standing problems of inadequate income, low-productivity in agricultural production and marketing, and related problems of poor health and absence of clean water. Assuring adequate food security for such a large share of the world’s population is increasingly challenging due to continuing resource degradation driven by a combination of...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Africa; Food Security; Research; Capacity building; Outreach; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Security and Poverty; International Development; Land Economics/Use; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; Q10; Q18; Q12; Q13.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/55050

Institutional and Economic Dynamics of Water Users Cooperative (WUC) Societies in Cauvery Basin of Karnataka
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rohith,   B.K.; Chandrakanth,   Mysore G.
The economic and institutional dimensions of water users cooperative (WUC) societies have been analyzed with regards to performance, membership and transaction costs in forming organization in the Cauvery basin of Karnataka. Field data have been collected from presidents and members of 30 WUC societies in Tirumakudalu Narasipura taluk of Mysore, Karnataka. Using cluster analysis, these have been grouped into (i) well performing, (ii) moderately performing, and (iii) poorly performing WUC societies. To understand institutional and economic dimensions, the selected WUC societies have been grouped based on command area, membership and conjunctive use of water. The odds ratio determined using logit model has indicated that for every one chance of not willing...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Water users cooperative society; Institutional economics; Water institutions; Cauvery Basin; Agricultural and Food Policy; Q13; Q15; Q25; K00.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/118231

FOOD AND NUTRITION PROGRAMS IN THE NEXT FARM BILL
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Paggi,   Mechel S.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Policy; Food; Nutrition; Costs; Benefits; Agricultural and Food Policy; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Q10; Q13; Q18.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109484

Integração espacial de mercados na presença de custos de transação: um estudo para o mercado de boi gordo em Minas Gerais e São Paulo
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mattos,   Leonardo Bornacki de; Lima,   Joao Eustaquio de; Lirio,   Viviani Silva.
The analysis of market integration of agricultural commodities based on price information are limited because the effects of transaction costs are not considered in the adjustment process. The main objective of this paper was to estimate the possible transaction costs impacts on market integration of beef cattle between the states of Minas Gerais and São Paulo. It was estimated a Threshold Vector Error Correction Model (TVEC model) using monthly price data for the period from January 1972 to August 2005. The results indicated the presence of threshold cointegration implying that transaction costs have important effect on the price adjustment process.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Market integration; Transaction costs; Beef cattle; TVEC model; Threshold cointegration.; Agribusiness; Q13; C32.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/60821

Use of Spike Models in Measuring Consumers' Willingness to Pay for Non-GM Oil
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hu,   Wuyang.
In this paper, Chinese consumers' preferences and their willingness to pay (WTP) for non-genetically modified (GM) vegetable oil were elicited by a payment card approach. In addition to the conventional model, spike models, which were originally developed to evaluate public goods, were adopted in this paper. These spike models recognize the possibility of zero WTP and provide opportunities to analyze two correlated decision stages: whether to pay a premium for non-GM oil and how much the premium is. Results show that consumers behaved consistently in the two decision stages and there is a premium associated with non-GM oil.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Chinese consumers; Non-genetically modified oil; Spike models; Willingness to pay; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Q13; D12; C25.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43786

The Effect of Household Wealth on Input Market Participation in Southern Africa
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Langyintuo,   Augustine S.; Mungoma,   Catherine.
Input technological change, fundamental to rural transformation, sometimes bypasses some rural populations because farmers are often reluctant to use new inputs due to production and price risks that could render their use unprofitable. The level of wealth of the household significantly relates to the household's ability to cope with such risks. Given the highly disproportionate distribution of wealth among rural households, this paper demonstrated that first stratifying households into meaningful wealth categories and estimating non-separable household improved variety adoption and seed demand models for each wealth category provides an opportunity to develop credible policy relevant recommendations on interventions that increase impact. This approach...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Wealth index; Improved maize variety; Consumption characteristics; Production attributes; Derived input; Technological change; Censored regression; Zambia; Consumer/Household Economics; C12; D1; I3; Q12; Q13.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25630

Are Staple Food Markets in Africa Efficient? Spatial Price Analyses and Beyond
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rashid,   Shahidur; Minot,   Nicholas.
Paper to be presented at the Comesa policy seminar “Food price variability: Causes, consequences, and policy options" on 25-26 January 2010 in Maputo, Mozambique under the Comesa-MSU-IFPRI African Agricultural Markets Project (AAMP)
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Sub saharan Africa; Food security; Food prices; Markets; Efficiency; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Security and Poverty; International Development; International Relations/Trade; Q11; Q13; Q18; Q17.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58562

To What Surprises Do Hog Futures Markets Respond?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Frank,   Julieta; Garcia,   Philip; Irwin,   Scott H.
We reassess the effect of new information in the Hogs and Pigs Reports (HPR) focusing on announcements’ rationality and alternative surprises. HPR announcements are irrational estimates of final estimates, and market expectations are irrational estimates of HPR numbers. Using the market’s best forecast and incorporating final estimates, we modify conventional information measures. Despite differences as large as 33 cents/cwt in price response, findings suggest there is little to differentiate among surprise measures. Regardless, the message that HPR provides new information to the market is strongly supported. On balance, marketing (breeding) information has a larger effect on short-term (long-term) price changes.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: HPR; New information; Rationality; Two-limit tobit; USDA announcements; Agribusiness; Agricultural Finance; C24; Q13.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/45046

The Accession of Romania to the European Union - Scenario Analysis for Key Agricultural Crop Markets Using AGMEMOD Model
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gavrilescu,   Camelia; Gavrilescu,   Dinu; Kevorchian,   Cristian.
Aiming the EU accession put new and significant challenges to the candiadte countries' policies, and the problem of the inclusion of their agricultural sectors was among the most difficult ones. AGMEMOD is an econometric model of the EU-25 + 2 candidate countries (Romania and Bulgaria) agricultural sector. This poster presents the baseline and the scenario results for several key agricultural products of Romania's model developed as part of AGMEMOD model. The model is an econometric, dynamic, multi-product partial equilibrium comodity model. The target of this approach is to evaluate the impact of the Common Agricultural Policy reforms upon the country's agricultural sector in perspective of its accession to the EU. The selected commodities are: soft...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Romania; Econometric model; EU accession; Cereals; Sunflower; Crop Production/Industries; Q13; Q18.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25776

Heterogeneidad de preferencias y experimentos de eleccion: aplicacion de un logit con parametros aleatorios a la demanda de nueces
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Camarena-Gomez,   Dena M.; Sanjuan,   Ana Isabel.
RESUMEN En este artículo se examinan las preferencias declaradas de los consumidores hacia las nueces, mediante un experimento de eleccion, con un doble objetivo: primero, identificar los atributos más relevantes para el consumidor a la hora de adquirir este fruto y, segundo, estimar las posibilidades de introducción de la variedad Pecán. De ello se pueden obtener guías sobre la manera de incentivar el consumo y recomendaciones a las empresas comercializadoras. Los datos se analizaron mediante la estimación de un modelo logit mixto o con parámetros aleatorios, que permite relajar la propiedad de IIA (independencia de alternativas irrelevantes) presente en los modelos logit con parámetros fijos, al permitir que el coeficiente de cada atributo/nivel varíe...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Mixed or random parameters logit; Stated preferences; Choice experiment; Heterogeneous preferences; Walnuts; Demand and Price Analysis; Q13.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28776

Consumer Preferences for Animal Welfare Attributes: The Case of Gestation Crates
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tonsor,   Glynn T.; Olynk,   Nicole J.; Wolf,   Christopher A.
Animal welfare concerns are having dramatic impacts on food and livestock markets. Here we examine consumer preferences for pork products with a focus on use of gestation crates. We examine underlying consumer valuations of pork attributes while considering preference heterogeneity as well as voluntary and legislative alternatives in producing gestation crate-free pork. Our results suggest that prohibiting swine producers from using gestation crates fails to improve consumer welfare in the presence of a labeling scheme documenting voluntary disadoption of gestation crates. Consumers are found to implicitly associate animal welfare attributes with smaller farms. Preference heterogeneity drives notably diverse consumer welfare impacts when pork produced with...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Animal welfare; Consumer welfare; Economics of legislation; Gestation crates; Pork; Swine; Voluntary labeling; Willingness to pay; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Consumer/Household Economics; Industrial Organization; Livestock Production/Industries; Q11; Q13; Q18.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56658

Welfare Impacts of Agricultural and Non-Agricultural Trade Reforms
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Laborde,   David; Martin,   William J.; van der Mensbrugghe,   Dominique.
The variability of protection rates within sectors is frequently particularly high in agriculture relative to non-agriculture. Standard aggregation procedures ignore the variability within sectors, and underweight the importance of highly protected sectors. It therefore seems likely that they underestimate the potential benefits of agricultural trade reform relative to non-agricultural reform. This study examines this question using a new procedure for aggregating trade distortions. It finds that the key impact of using better aggregators is to increase the benefits of both agricultural and non-agricultural reform. It finds that using optimal aggregation procedures increases the measured importance of agricultural trade reform relative to non-agricultural...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural trade; Nonagricultural trade; Trade distortions; Tariffs; Aggregation; World Trade Organization; WTO; Trade reform; Food Security and Poverty; International Relations/Trade; F13; F14; Q13; Q17; Q18.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103958

Estimating a Demand System with Seasonally Differenced Data
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Harri,   Ardian; Brorsen,   B. Wade; Muhammad,   Andrew; Anderson,   John D.
Several recent papers have used annual changes and monthly data to estimate demand systems. Such use of overlapping data introduces a moving average error term. This paper shows how to obtain consistent and asymptotically efficient estimates of a demand system using seasonally differenced data. Monte Carlo simulations and an empirical application to the estimation of the U.S. meat demand are used to compare the proposed estimator with alternative estimators. Once the correct estimator is used, there is no advantage to using overlapping data in estimating a demand system.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Autocorrelation; Demand system; Monte Carlo; Overlapping data; Seasonal differences; Agribusiness; Demand and Price Analysis; Financial Economics; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; C13; Q11; Q13.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/90679

Competiveness of Latin American Exports in the U.S. Banana Market
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Muhammad,   Andrew; Fonsah,   Esendugue Greg; Zahniser,   Steven.
U.S. banana demand differentiated by country of origin is estimated using the generalized dynamic Rotterdam model.  Results indicate that dynamic factors play a significant role in determining the allocation of U.S. banana expenditures across exporting sources.  Of particular interest is Guatemala’s increased share and Costa Rica’s decreased share of U.S. banana supply.  A number of factors explained why Guatemala replaced Costa Rica as the leading U.S. supplier in 2007.  (1) Guatemala is the least expensive source on average.  (2) Habit persistence, adjustment costs, and other dynamic factors favor Guatemala’s exports.  (3) Given increases in the relative price of Costa Rica’s bananas, the price competition between Costa Rica and Guatemala is highly...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Bananas; Imports; Demand; Latin America; United States; Demand and Price Analysis; International Relations/Trade; F14; Q11; Q13; Q17.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/98365

Nutritional &amp; Health Claimed Products Market Development in Serbia: Exploration of Findings Obtained from In Depth Interviews
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Stojanovic,   Zaklina; Ognjanov,   Galjina; Dragutinovic-Mitrovic,   Radmila.
The main objective of this paper is to present the most relevant findings obtained from in depth interviews with processors and retailers about the N&amp;H claimed products market in Serbia. In our research we addressed the following set of topics: motivations and barriers to offer N&amp;H claimed products at domestic market and perception of consumer demand toward N&amp;H claimed products in Serbia. Significant differences between Serbia and other WBC are explored. Statistical testing includes nonparametric test based on two independent samples (Mann- Whitney test). Findings support overall conclusion that this market segment in Serbia is underdeveloped and rather producer than consumer driven.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: N&amp;H products market; Motivations; Barriers; Consumer demand; Development; Agricultural and Food Policy; Consumer/Household Economics; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Health Economics and Policy; Q13; D21.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/116446

A Path Dependency and Cluster Competitiveness Framework to Examine Regional Marketing Systems and Conflicts
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Woods,   Timothy A.; Cook,   Roberta L.
This paper develops a framework for competitiveness that incorporates path dependency within production regions.  Patterns of technological innovation, product development, institutions, and market orientation follow a certain local path.  This evolution creates regional economies that emerge with unexpected competitive advantage.  The model draws on previous work looking at, among other things, induced innovation.  The framework is applied here to the major regional tomato producers in North America.  The paper examines the role of various institutions (grower associations, governments, research institutions, and support industry) in influencing the path along which a regional sector evolves.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Competitiveness; Induced innovation; Path dependency; Q13; Q16; Q17.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43206

Willingness-to-Pay for Calf Health Programs and Certification Agents
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Schumacher,   Tucker; Schroeder,   Ted C.; Tonsor,   Glynn T.
Cattle feeders want feeder cattle that have been weaned and preconditioned with a certified health program. Preconditioned calves perform more efficiently in the feedlot with lower morbidity and mortality. Health program claims, however, range from no claim to being USDA-certified. The value of health protocol certification may vary with certifying entity. Results from a choice experiment and survey of cattle feeders indicate preconditioning programs that include weaning, vaccinating against respiratory and clostridial/blackleg, and treating for parasites are worth on average $7.28/cwt to feedlots. Furthermore, a health program certified by USDA carries an additional value of $2.37/cwt on average.
Tipo: Article
Palavras-chave: Calf health programs; Calf preconditioning; Value of certification; Marketing; Q13; L15; D82.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/123777

APPROACHING BEGINNING FARMERS AS A NEW STAKEHOLDER FOR EXTENSION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Meyer,   Lee; Hunter,   Jennifer; Katchova,   Ani L.; Lovett,   Sarah; Thilmany,   Dawn D.; Sullins,   Martha; Card,   Adrian.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: New Farmer; Farm Transitions; Business Planning; Direct Marketing; Extension Service; Capacity Building; Mentoring; Farm Management; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession; Q13; Q15; Q16.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109478

Will Higher Shipping Costs Drive the U.S. to Source More Localized Produce?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Woods,   Timothy A.; Saghaian,   Sayed H.; Ona,   Lucia Y.
The recent wide fluctuations in diesel fuel costs and subsequent trucking costs has raised speculation within the produce industry of potential structural shifts in the location of production.  Recent increases in demand for local produce seem to further support speculation toward this end.  A component pricing model is used to actually examine the impact of fuel prices on farm gate and retail produce prices for strawberries, lettuce, and potatoes.  The study finds that distribution costs, while significantly increasing in absolute value, have surprisingly little contribution to changes in retail prices even in markets distant to the primary production regions.  These results suggest that factors other than lower distribution costs for local produce will...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Produce; Local; Marketing margin; Fuel cost; Agribusiness; Crop Production/Industries; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Marketing; Q11; Q12; Q13; Q18.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/46872

Interdependencies in the Energy-Bioenergy-Food Price Systems: A Cointegration Analysis
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ciaian,   Pavel; Kancs,   d'Artis.
The present paper examines a long-run relationship between the energy, bioenergy and food prices. In the recent years the bioenergy production has increased significantly around the world. The increase has been driven by rising energy prices as well as by environmental policies aiming at reducing the harmful effects of conventional sources of energy, such as climate change. Bioenergy, in turn, affects agricultural markets, because it uses agricultural commodities as inputs. The theoretical model we develop predicts that, because of price inelastic food demand, the agricultural price increase may be substantial. The empirical findings confirm the theoretical hypothesis that energy prices do affect prices of agricultural commodities. However, the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Energy; Bioenergy; Crude oil; Renewable fuel; Cointegration; Agricultural and Food Policy; Demand and Price Analysis; International Development; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; C14; C22; C51; Q11; Q13; Q42.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61009

Price distortions on the Hungarian raw milk market
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Voneki,   Eva; Hockmann,   Heinrich.
The paper attempts to identify the impact of market power in the Hungarian milk chain. Since the conventional conjectural variation approach provides suspicious results the incentives to collude are discussed in an alternative framework. It is argued that the high degree of market transparency, the high frequency of interaction, the low number of large firms which could actually influence market prices, the threat of severe sanctions due to the under-utilization of processing capacities as well as opportunistic behavior make collusive behavior more likely than competitive behavior. The empirical evidence for the period 1998 to 2006 supports this view.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Market power; Dairy processing; Hungary; Industrial Organization; Q11; Q13.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51673

Traceability as Part of Competitive Strategy in the Fruit Supply Chain
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Canavari,   Maurizio; Centonze,   Roberta; Spadoni,   Roberta.
This paper discusses traceability as part of information management in fruit supply chains of Emilia-Romagna, Italy. A review of the rules in use for traceability distinguishes between a proper traceability and a traceability plus (T+), embedded of many value attributes.  Elements of competitive strategy, considered in the analysis of fruit supply chins of Emilia-Romagna, try to demonstrate that not only strategic but also operative choices determine the way a single firm or filiere manages traceability and information issues.  Applications of such elements to buyers and sellers selection as well as to competing retailers of fruit supply chain, verify the hypothesis.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Traceability; Information management; Fruit supply chain; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Industrial Organization; L1; Q13.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25639

Farm Animal Welfare, Consumer Willingness to Pay, and Trust: Results of a Cross-National Survey
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nocella,   Giuseppe; Hubbard,   Lionel J.; Scarpa,   Riccardo.
Higher animal welfare standards increase costs along the supply chain of certified animal-friendly products (AFP). Since the market outcome of certified AFP depends on consumer confidence toward supply chain operators complying with these standards, the role of trust in consumer willingness-to-pay (WTP) for AFP is paramount. Results from a contingent valuation survey administered in five European Union countries show that WTP estimates were sensitive to robust measures of consumer trust for certified AFP. Deriving the WTP effect of a single food category on total food expenditure is difficult for survey respondents; hence, a budget approach was employed to facilitate this process.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Animal welfare; Certification; Consumer trust; WTP; Budget approach; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Livestock Production/Industries; C81; Q13; Q18.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/96832

Producer preferences towards vertical coordination: The case of Canadian beef alliances
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Steiner,   Bodo E.; Lan,   Kevin; Unterschultz,   James R.; Boxall,   Peter C.; Laate,   Emmanuel; Yang,   Danyi.
A survey among cow-calf producers was conducted during 2006 in Western Canada, to assess producers’ preferences towards participation in beef alliances. Producers’ choices were analyzed by varying the degree of vertical coordination in hypothetical lliance participation, while controlling for producer and farm-specific characteristics to explore risk, transaction cost and incentive considerations in participation decisions. Estimates from the attribute-based choice experiments suggest that information sharing regarding animal performance, revenue-risk and residual claimancy are important factors for producers driving alliance choices. Overall, cowcalf producers are willing to move toward higher levels of vertical coordination based on individual animal...
Tipo: Presentation
Palavras-chave: Beef value chain; Vertical coordination; Canada; Risk and Uncertainty; Q12; Q13; C83; D22.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/122441

Smallholder Dairy Farmers’ Access to Modern Milk Marketing Chains in India
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kumar,   Anjani; Staal,   Steven J.; Singh,   Dhiraj Kumar.
The smallholder dairy farmers’ access to modern milk marketing chain has been assessed in India by collecting data at the farm level in two states, viz. Bihar and Punjab. These states are among the largest milk producing states of the country but depict stark variations in terms of milk productivity and per capita milk availability. Another significant feature is the emergences of modern milk marketing chains in both the states. The study has shown that in spite of the growing presence of modern milk supply chains, the traditional milk supply chain is still dominant in the Indian milk market. Its presence is even more pronounced in less-developed states like Bihar. However, the traditional milk supply chain is being replaced, albeit slowly, with the...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Milk marketing chain; Smallholders; Dairy farmers; Modern milk marketing chain; Bihar; Punjab; Agricultural and Food Policy; Q12; Q13.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/118232

A Study on Consumer Behaviour at Organized Fish Retail Outlet
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mugaonkar,   Pankajkumar Hanmantrao; Ananthan,   P.S.; Samal,   Suman Sekhar; Debnath,   Biswajit.
Indian consumers have been buying fish from the unhygienic fish markets, but of late fish has become available at many of the multi-format retail outlets. Consumers’ behaviour at organized fish retail outlets in Mumbai has been studied. The majority of consumers are young (25-35 years) and belong to upper middle class. Fresh fish is the preferred choice and about 60 per cent consumers have emphasized on freshness rather than price of fish. About 97 per cent consumers have recently shifted to organized retail outlets from local markets for purchasing fish. The majority of consumers (84.3%) have been found to be species-specific while buying fish. Quality and convenience have been found to be the major factors responsible for shift from local markets....
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Organized retailing; Purchasing behaviour; Consumer’s awareness; Fish and fisheries products; CIFE technology; Agricultural and Food Policy; Q13; Q22.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109511

The Transformation of Spain's Pork Sector: Can it Continue?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lence,   Sergio H.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries; Q13; Q18.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94639

Milk-Marketing: Impact of Perceived Quality on Consumption Patterns
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Grebitus,   Carola; Yue,   Chengyan; Bruhn,   Maike; Jensen,   Helen H.
Consumers’ use of quality characteristics to make milk purchase decisions reveal opportunities to create successful marketing strategies. Such a strategy could concern food quality. In this case, three core areas influence consumers’ quality perception: the perception process, the physical product itself and the communication about it (Grunert et al., 1996). Beyond this background, this article analyzes the impact of certain quality characteristics and socio-demographics on consumption patterns regarding whole fat milk, skim milk and organic milk. These milks were chosen because of the increasing awareness of different fat contents in the meaning of lower fat contents being healthier and the increasing importance of the organic food market. Steenkamp’s...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Milk; Marketing; Consumption patterns; Perceived quality; Ordered logit; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Marketing; D12; Q13; M3.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7867

Modern Beef Production in Brazil and Argentina
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Steiger,   Carlos.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries; Q54; Q13; O13.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94418

Potential Consequences of Intra-Regional Trade in Short-Term Food Security Crises in Southeastern Africa
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Haggblade,   Steven; Nielson,   Hunter; Govereh,   Jones; Dorosh,   Paul A.
A report prepared by Michigan State University for the World Bank under contract No. 7144132, Strengthening Food Security in Sub-Saharan Africa through Trade Liberalization and Regional Integration
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Africa; Trade; Emergency; Food Security and Poverty; International Relations/Trade; Q13.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/55376

Variance Risk Premiums and Predictive Power of Alternative Forward Variances in the Corn Market
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wang,   Zhiguang; Fausti,   Scott W.; Qasmi,   Bashir A.
We propose a fear index for corn using the variance swap rate synthesized from out-of-the-money call and put options as a measure of implied variance. Previous studies estimate implied variance based on Black (1976) model or forecast variance using the GARCH models. Our implied variance approach, based on variance swap rate, is model independent. We compute the daily 60-day variance risk premiums based on the difference between the realized variance and implied variance for the period from 1987 to 2009. We find negative and time-varying variance risk premiums in the corn market. Our results contrast with Egelkraut, Garcia, and Sherrick (2007), but are in line with the findings of Simon (2002). We conclude that our synthesized implied variance contains...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Variance Risk Premium; Variance Swap; Model-free Variance; Implied Variance; Realized Variance; Corn VIX; Risk and Uncertainty; Q13; Q14; G13; G14.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61683

Programación de la comercialización mensual agraria: el caso de los cultivos hortícolas en la provincia de Almería
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Perez-Mesa,   Juan Carlos.
RESUMEN: Este artículo trata sobre la programación de la producción agraria, entendida no sólo como la selección entre varios cultivos sino, también, como la distribución temporal de los mismos. Primero se estudia la programación de la producción para una empresa, donde sus decisiones no afectan a los precios de equilibrio en el mercado: en este caso se propone la utilización de un modelo de Markowitz adaptado a la programación temporal de la comercialización. Posteriormente, se analiza la ordenación de la venta para un operador que tuviese capacidad, por su volumen de comercialización, de alterar el equilibrio de mercado: en este caso se propone la utilización de un modelo de maximización mensual de ingresos y márgenes.  SUMMARY: This article analyses the...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Exportación; Optimización; Planificación; Programación matemática; Optimization; Planning; Mathematical programming; Export; Community/Rural/Urban Development; International Relations/Trade; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; C61; Q13.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37187

A Hedonic Analysis of Cattle Prices in the Central Corridor of West Africa: Implications for Production and Marketing Decisions
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Williams,   Timothy O.; Okike,   Iheanacho; Spycher,   Ben.
Detailed weekly sales transactions data for the period January 2000-June 2001 from three frontier markets in the central corridor of West Africa were analyzed to identify the factors influencing short-run, intra-year cattle prices. The empirical results indicate that in addition to market location and seasonality of supply and sales, market participants show systemic preferences for specific cattle attributes (sex, weight, condition and finish) and are willing to pay premium prices consistent with their preferences. Communicating this information to producers can assist them to tailor their production and marketing decisions to meet market expectations and thereby improve their competitiveness, profitability and intra-regional livestock trade. Innovative...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Livestock markets; Hedonic price model; Market information; West Africa; Livestock Production/Industries; C21; D4; Q13; Q17.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25423

DECOMPOSING PRODUCER PRICE RISK: A POLICY ANALYSIS TOOL WITH AN APPLICATION TO NORTHERN KENYAN LIVESTOCK MARKETS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Barrett,   Christopher B.; Luseno,   Winnie K.
This paper introduces a simple method of price risk decomposition that determines the extent to which producer price risk is attributable to volatile inter-market margins, intra-day variation, intra-week (day of week) variation, or terminal market price variability. We apply the method to livestock markets in northern Kenya, a setting of dramatic price volatility where price stabilization is a live policy issue. In this particular application, we find that large, variable inter-market basis is the most important factor in explaining producer price risk in animals typically traded between markets.  Local market conditions explain most price risk in other markets, in which traded animals rarely exit the region.  Variability in terminal market prices accounts...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis; O1; Q13; Q18.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14753

Farm-Level Evidence on the Sustainable Growth Paradigm from Grain and Livestock Farms
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Escalante,   Cesar L.; Turvey,   Calum G.; Barry,   Peter J.
This study uses the sustainable growth rate model to investigate, measure, and analyze sustainable growth rates and trends for Illinois farmers. Results of farm-level econometric analyses indicate the relevance of the sustainable growth paradigm in explaining most farm financial decisions made each year. Grain farms have shown a greater tendency to balance growth through adjustments in production efficiencies while livestock farms rely more on financial leveraging strategies. In general, our results have shown that the farm sector has adapted to positive or negative sustainable growth challenges consistent with the Higgins' model and that, from an equilibrium point of view, countercyclical measures of the sustainable growth challenge indicate that there...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural finance; Asset turnover; Balanced growth; Capital structure; Panel corrected standard errors; Random-effects model; Sustainable growth challenge; Farm Management; Q14; Q13; D9; Q10; Q11.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25329

Evaluating the Impact on Market Performance of Investments in Market Information Systems: Methodological Challenges
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Staatz,   John M.; Kizito,   Andrew M.; Weber,   Michael T.; Dembele,   Niama Nango.
Evaluating the impact on market performance of investments in agricultural market information systems (MIS) face several methodological challenges.  These fall into two broad categories:  (a) defining the dimensions of market performance to measure (which is a function of whom the MIS is designed to serve) and identifying reliable indicators of those performance dimensions, and (b) identifying the causal effects of the MIS.  The determination of causal effects in turn requires establishing a credible baseline, measuring “treatment effects” (i.e., the effects on economic behavior of receiving improved information from an MIS), dealing with problems of endogenous placement of treatment, and interpreting the validity of stakeholders’ statements and...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Market information services; Impact assessment; Market transparency; Food policies; Agricultural and Food Policy; Food Security and Poverty; International Development; Marketing; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; C81; D80; H43; N57; 013; Q13.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/108184

INFLUENCES OF THE GOVERNMENTAL MARKET INTERVENTIONS ON WHEAT MARKETS IN SERBIA DURING THE FOOD CRISIS 2007/2008
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Djuric,   Ivan; Goetz,   Linde; Glauben,   Thomas.
This paper analyzes how the market interventions of the Serbian government during the food crisis 2007/2008, inter alia a de facto export ban, have affected domestic wheat markets. Besides a comprehensive description of the crisis policy and its effects on the Serbian wheat market, we investigate how it influences the equilibrium and stability of the Serbian wheat market and its integration with the world market within a price transmission model. Applying a Markov-switching error correction model to weekly wheat grower prices in Serbia and world market prices, two states of the wheat market are identified. Our results suggest that although the long-run price elasticity did not change during the crisis, the market equilibrium was disrupted and the market...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International market integration; Markov-Switching Error Correction Model; Serbia; Wheat market; World market price transmission; Agricultural and Food Policy; Crop Production/Industries; C34; Q11; Q13; Q17; Q18.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114438

Heterogeneity in the Evaluation of Quality Assurance Systems: The International Food Standard (IFS) in European Agribusiness
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Schulze,   Holger; Albersmeier,   Friederike; Gawron,   Jana-Christina; Spiller,   Achim; Theuvsen,   Ludwig.
Due to the growing demands of customers and several food crises, quality assurance schemes have become increasingly popular in agribusiness. With this trend in mind, it seems worthwhile to take a closer look at the satisfaction of participating European companies. The study focuses on the IFS, which has gained much relevance in the food industry. A questionnaire concerned with perceptions of the advantages and disadvantages of the IFS was answered by 389 companies. The results indicate that the overall evaluation of the IFS is primarily affected by the perceived usefulness of the catalogue of requirements and its evaluation. Furthermore, a cluster analysis was conducted and three clusters were identified, representing heterogeneous evaluations of the IFS.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Evaluation; Quality assurance systems; International Food Standard; Agribusiness; Agribusiness; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Q10; Q13; Q18.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53727

Organic certification systems and international trading of agricultural products in gravity models
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cantore,   Nicola; Canavari,   Maurizio; Pignatti,   Erika.
Recent literature about gravity models points out the importance of institutional frictions in the international market of agricultural products beyond the traditional economics variables as transport costs reducing the mass of trade in bilateral relationships. In particular, previous contributions stress that harmonization of food standards could decrease transaction costs in trading relationships by stimulating international market. In a previous work we hypothesized that the acknowledgment of equivalence in organic standards may represent a reliable signal of affinity in bilateral relationships which may be useful to identify areas in which transaction costs for both conventional and organic standards are lower. This article represents a step forward,...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Gravity models; Organic standards; Transaction costs; International market; Agricultural trade; Food products; Agricultural and Food Policy; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; Q11; Q13.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6159

Consolidation and Concentration in the U.S. Dairy Industry
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gould,   Brian W.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Livestock Production/Industries; L11; Q13; Q18.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94760

Centralized versus Individual: Governance of Farmer Professional  Cooperatives in China
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jia,   Xiangping; Hu,   Yamei; Hendrikse,   George W.J.; Huang,   Jikun.
Based on a national representative survey conducted in 2009, this study shows that the decision-making within Farmer Professional Cooperatives (FPCs) in China is decentralized to individual farmers. However, there is a trend that the decision rights of farming are decomposed to marketing, production and input procuring. While the rights for production and input procuring stay with family farmers, marketing rights tend to be collectivized. Compared to FPCs having external initiating sources, FPCs initiated by farmers are more inclined to introduce centralized decision-making. The governance structure of FPCs in transition China presents hybrid forms of both hierarchy and family farming.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Farmer; Cooperatives; Governance; China; Agricultural and Food Policy; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Political Economy; L14; Q13; Q18.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/90803

Testing for Speculative Bubbles in Agricultural Commodity Prices: A Regime Switching Approach
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Liu,   Xiaoliang; Filler,   Gunther; Odening,   Martin.
The sharp increase in agricultural commodity prices in 2008 and in 2011 has triggered an intensive debate on the causes for these price booms. Speculative bubbles have been quoted as one factor among others for the price peaks. Against this background, our paper contributes to this discussion by implementing a novel test procedure for speculative bubbles which has been suggested in the stock market literature. We use a regime switching regression model to test the hypothesis that agricultural prices are driven by periodically collapsing bubbles. The analysis is conducted for wheat, which is one of the most important crops worldwide. Our results show that the data do not support this particular bubbles hypothesis.
Tipo: Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural commodity market; Net convenience yield; Speculative bubbles; Regime switching; Fundamental values.; Risk and Uncertainty; C12; Q13; Q14.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/122554

The Use of Brands in Food Marketing - Results from a Survey of Danish Food Industry Firms
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Baltzer,   Kenneth; Baker,   Derek; Moller,   Anja S.
The paper tests a number of hypotheses concerning branding behaviour of the food industry found in the literature. Based on a survey of 109 Danish food industry firms conducted in 2004, three aspects of branding strategies are analysed, i) the number of brands owned by the firm, ii) the number of brands introduced by the firm during the past year and iii) the percentage of sales obtained from production under private labels. Firms' branding behaviour is related to structural variables including firm size, degree of vertical integration, value added as well as firms' views on food chain organisation and competitiveness.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Brands; Private labels; Food industry; Survey; Marketing; Q13.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24658

Determining Returns to Storage: Does Data Aggregation Matter
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Klumpp,   Joni M.; Brorsen,   B. Wade; Anderson,   Kim B.
Aggregate data are commonly used to determine returns to storage.  However, recent studies have shown that aggregating data may lead to underestimated returns.  This article compares aggregate and elevator data from Oklahoma to determine if aggregate data underestimate returns.  We find no difference between the mean returns estimated with aggregate data and the mean returns estimated with transaction level data from grain elevators in Oklahoma.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Aggregate data; Data collection; Information loss; Returns to storage; Agribusiness; Q13.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6060

NEW MEMBER STATES AND CROSS COMPLIANCE: THE CASE OF POLAND
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bezlepkina,   Irina V.; Jongeneel,   Roelof A.; Karaczun,   Zbigniew.
The New Member States did not yet have to implement the full cross-compliance package. Currently the GEAC requirements in the conditionality clause for the direct payments. The SMRs will become part of it starting from 2009. This paper looks into the Polish case and looks whether timely implementation is feasible. Several factors are mentioned, indicating that this will be a hard task. The problems with implementation explain why the new member states are advocating a gradual phasing in of the SMRs.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Cross-compliance; Agricultural policy; Agricultural and Food Policy; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; C01; C02; Q12; Q13.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44852

Rigidity in Packer-Feedlot Relationships
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hunnicutt,   Lynn; Bailey,   DeeVon; Crook,   Michelle.
Concentration in beef packing has risen dramatically in the past 25 years.  We develop measures used to describe feedlot-packer relations: (1) a statistic based on the proportion of its sales a feedlot makes to a given packer, and (2) a measure of the switching behavior of feedlots.  The measures are calculated using a confidential data set from the USDA Grain Inspection, Packers, and Stockyards Administration.  Relationships are found to be both exclusive and stable.  Causes for this rigidity are then examined using regression analysis.  Transaction costs are shown to help explain why this market differs from a perfectly competitive one.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Beef packing; Market relationships; Transaction costs; Q13; L14; L66.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43453

Agricultural Value Chains in Developing Countries A Framework for Analysis
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Trienekens,   Jacques H.
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Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Developing country value chains; Research framework; Upgrading; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance; International Development; Land Economics/Use; Political Economy; O13; Q13.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103987

"Co-Operative Identity" -  A Theoretical Concept for Dynamic Analysis of Practical Co-Operation: The Dutch Case
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Szabo,   Gabor G.
The "concept of the co-operative identity" (consisting from the definition, aims and functions of cooperatives and the so-termed co-operative principles) serves as a general theoretical background for the economic analysis of agricultural co-operation. The development of Dutch dairy co-operatives is used as a case study example, which suitably illustrates and represents the processes taking place in the European Union. Some suggestions for further research on the co-operative identity according to each country and different branches and sectors in order to see the substance of co-operation from different economic and non-economic aspects are proposed.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agriculture; Co-operative; Identity; Principles; Strategy; Agribusiness; Q13; L14; L22.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24453

Smallholder Farmers and Collective Action: What Determines the Intensity of Participation?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fischer,   Elisabeth; Qaim,   Matin.
Collective action has become an important strategy for smallholders in developing countries to remain competitive in rapidly changing markets. However, within farmer groups, the commitment of individual members can vary, as the expected net benefits are not the same for all individuals, and opportunities to free-ride exist. Since the benefits of collective action emerge primarily through the exploitation of economies of scale, low participation rates in joint activities may put a serious threat to the success and viability of farmer groups. This article investigates determinants of smallholder participation intensity and free-riding, using the example of banana groups in Kenya. The results suggest that family labor availability and previous benefits that...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Collective action; Participation intensity; Smallholder farmers; Kenya; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; International Development; D23; D71; O13; Q13.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/108551

Food Safety as a Global Public Good: Is There Underinvestment?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Unnevehr,   Laurian J.
Globalization of the food system is shaped by demand trends that bring about deep integration of agricultural production and marketing. As diets and food quality become more similar around the world, risks are shared across borders, creating global public "goods" and "bads." Examples of globally shared food safety risks include acute risks such as microbial pathogens, as well as chronic risks, such as those arising from pesticide residues or mycotoxins. Food safety is addressed as a global public good through private sector efforts, institutional innovations such as the SPS agreement under the WTO, and trade capacity building efforts to improve food safety management for developing country exports. Data on food safety import violations from the U.S. and...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Food safety; Global public good; Trade facilitation; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Q13; Q17; Q18; O19.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25733

The Economic Potential of Composting Breeder and Pullet Litter with Eggshell Waste
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kemper,   Nathan; Goodwin,   Harold L., Jr.; Hamm,   Sandra J.
Expansion of the wastes coordinated by the Ozark Poultry Litter Bank is needed.  This study examined a method of combining low value poultry wastes to produce compost.  Analyses of four compost blends and two hypothetical production systems provide entrepreneurs with the production and financial information to make informed decisions.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Composting; Poultry industry; Waste management; Product development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Livestock Production/Industries; Q53; Q13; Q16.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/34985

Meta-Regression Estimates for CGE Models: A Case Study for Input Substitution Elasticities in Production Agriculture
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Boys,   Kathryn A.; Florax,   Raymond J.G.M.
The selection of appropriate parameters for computable general equilibrium (CGE) models critically affects the results of applied economic modeling exercises. Valid and reliable parameter selection models are needed, and typically comprise direct estimation, expert opinion, or copycatting of results from seminal studies. The purpose of this study is to use meta-analysis to summarize and more accurately estimate elasticities of input substitution, specifically between labor and other inputs in agricultural production. We construct a comprehensive database of elasticity estimates through an extensive literature review, and perform a meta-regression analysis to identify structural sources of variation in elasticity estimates sampled from primary studies. The...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Meta-analysis; Cross-price elasticity; Input substitu¬tion; Agricultural production; CGE parameters; Demand and Price Analysis; C13; C68; Q13.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9683

Border Effects on Spatial Price Transmission between Fresh Tomato Markets in Ghana and Burkina-Faso: Any Case for Promoting Trans-Border Trade in West Africa?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Amikuzuno,   Joseph.
Cross-border trade in food commodities within sub-regional economic blocks in Sub-Sahara Africa (SSA) is believed to be faster, cheaper, more convenient and welfare-enhancing than overseas trade between SSA countries and the USA, EU and the BRIC countries. The difficulty of commodity arbitrage across international borders SSA is however a fundamental constraint to price transmission, market integration and the realisation of the welfare-enhancing role of cross-border trade in Africa. This study examines the impact of border and distance on price transmission between tomato markets in Ghana and Burkina-Faso. The analysis applies a regime-switching vector error correction model to estimate semi-weekly, wholesale prices of tomato in four tomato markets in...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Price Transmission; Border; Tomato; Ghana; Burkina-Faso; Agribusiness; C32; Q11; Q13; Q17; Q18.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/115519

Supply chain differentiation, contract agriculture, and farmers’ marketing preferences: the case of sweet pepper in Thailand
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Schipmann,   Christin; Qaim,   Matin.
There is an emerging body of literature analyzing how smallholder farmers in developing countries can be linked to modern supply chains. However, most of the available studies concentrate on farm and farmer characteristics, failing to capture details of institutional arrangements between farmers and traders. Moreover, farmers’ preferences have rarely been considered. Here, we address these gaps by analyzing different market channels for sweet pepper in Thailand. Using data from a survey and choice experiment with farmers, we find that there is a general preference for marketing options that do not involve a contract. Additional provision of inputs and credit can increase the attractiveness of contracts. Yet, the most important factor for farmers is to...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Choice experiment; Contract design; Farmers’ stated preferences; Modern agricultural supply chains; Thailand; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; International Development; L14; O31; Q12; Q13.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/108349

Poverty status and the impact of social networks on smallholder technology adoption in rural Ethiopia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Liverpool-Tasie,   Lenis Saweda O.; Winter-Nelson,   Alex.
Despite recent traces of economic growth, Ethiopia remains one of the poorest countries in the world. Though about 80% of its population is engaged in agriculture, agricultural productivity remains low and extremely vulnerable to climatic conditions.  The adoption and use of modern technologies is generally accepted as a potential vehicle out of poverty for many but  adoption rates in the country remain low with the nature of the adoption process largely unstudied (Spielman et al, 2007). This paper studies the impact of social networks in the technology adoption process in rural Ethiopia. In particular it tests for the presence of social learning effects. In addition to geographic networks, it considers the role played by other networks with more...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Social learning; Persistent poverty; Technology adoption; Ethiopia; Food Security and Poverty; International Development; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; O31; O33; Q12; Q13.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49357

The Transmission of Price Trends from Consumers to Producers and Tests of Market Power
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lkassbi,   Driss; West,   Gale E.; Clark,   J. Stephen.
This study examines the competitiveness of four Canadian agricultural industries (eggs, milk, chicken and turkey) using a general equilibrium farm to retail pricing model developed by Wohlgenant (1989). The model generates retail and farm pricing equations that are estimated using maximum likelihood developed by Johansen (1992). The results indicate that in all cases, long-run constant returns is rejected, indicating market power within the Canadian retail to farm marketing sector. The model also finds more cointegrating vectors than predicted by theory, also inconsistent with competitive markets. Results are based on commercial disappearance as a proxy for consumer demand and therefore confounding between uncompetitive markets and quality differences may...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Market power; Food processing; Cointegration; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Consumer/Household Economics; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; D41; L66; Q13.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/45497

A Financial Contracting Approach to the Role of Supermarkets in Farmers' Credit Access
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Marcoul,   Philippe; Veyssiere,   Luc.
Replaced with revised version of paper 10/17/08.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Financial Contracting; Development; Financial Intermediation; Food Standards; Organization of Production; Supermarket; Agribusiness; Agricultural Finance; O17; O33; O50; Q12; Q13.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6366

Biofuels: Potential Production Capacity, Effects on Grain and Livestock Sectors, and Implications for Food Prices and Consumers
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hayes,   Dermot J.; Babcock,   Bruce A.; Fabiosa,   Jacinto F.; Tokgoz,   Simla; Elobeid,   Amani E.; Yu,   Tun-Hsiang (Edward); Dong,   Fengxia; Hart,   Chad E.; Chavez,   Eddie C.; Pan,   Suwen; Carriquiry,   Miguel A.; Dumortier,   Jerome.
We examined four evolution paths of the biofuel sector using a partial equilibrium world agricultural sector model in CARD that includes the new RFS in the 2007 EISA, a two-way relationship between fossil energy and biofuel markets, and a new trend toward corn oil extraction in ethanol plants. At one extreme, one scenario eliminates all support to the biofuel sector when the energy price is low, while the other extreme assumes no distribution bottleneck in ethanol demand growth when the energy price is high. The third scenario considers a pure market force driving ethanol demand growth because of the high energy price, while the last is a policy-induced shock with removal of the biofuel tax credit when the energy price is high. Standard results hold where...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Biofuel; EISA; Ethanol; Tax credit; World agricultural sector model; Agribusiness; Consumer/Household Economics; Crop Production/Industries; Demand and Price Analysis; International Relations/Trade; Livestock Production/Industries; Political Economy; Production Economics; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; Q13; Q18; Q38.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53093

Healthy Competition in the Animal Health Industry
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Buhr,   Brian L.; Holtkamp,   Derald; Sornsen,   Steve.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Pharmaceutical Industry; Five Forces; Animal Health; Veterinary; Competition; Economics; Agribusiness; Livestock Production/Industries; Q13; Q18; L11; L22; L2; L66.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/104213

Commercialization of Smallholders: Is Market Participation Enough?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gebremedhin,   Berhanu; Jaleta,   Moti.
The literature on commercial transformation of smallholders makes little distinction between market orientation (production decision based on market signals) and market participation (sale of output). However, policy implications to enhance commercial transformation of subsistence agriculture drawn from the analysis of the determinants of household market participation alone could be inadequate, if in fact, the determinants of market orientation and market participation are not the same or not consistent with each other. This paper analyzes the determinants of market orientation and market participation in Ethiopia separately and examines if market orientation translates into market participation. Empirical results show that the determinants of market...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Commercialization; Smallholders; Market orientation; Market participation; Marketing; C21; C24; Q12; Q13.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/96159

Smallholder Dairy Farmer Access to Alternative Milk Market Channels in Gujarat, India
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kariuki,   E.; Staal,   Steven J.; Baltenweck,   Isabelle; Njoroge,   L.; Patil,   B.R.; Ibrahim,   Mohammed Nawaz Mohammed.
Although India is already the worlds largest milk producer, dairy production particularly among smallholder and even landless farmers continues to grow with growing demand. Currently over 80% of that milk marketed passes through traditional channels handling raw milk and traditionally processed products, in spite of the high profile given to cooperative dairy development through the Operation Flood programs. However, the growing middle class is likely to increase the demand for the more formal processed and pasteurized products, which the traditional market generally cannot deliver. This may shift opportunities for market participation and development away from smallholder dairy producers towards larger farmers who can deliver larger daily quantities of...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Smallholder dairy; Conditional logit; McFaddens; Milk markets; Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing; D1; Q12; Q13; C21.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25496

Economic Impacts of Soybean Rust on the US Soybean Sector
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gomez,   Miguel I.; Nunez,   Hector M.; Onal,   Hayri.
The spread of Asian Soybean Rust (ASR) represents a real threat to the U.S. soybean sector. We assess the potential impacts of ASR on domestic soybean production and commodity markets as well as the competitive position of the US in the soybean export market. We develop a mathematical stochastic dynamic sector model with endogenous prices to assess the economic impacts of ASR on US agriculture. The model takes into account the disease spread during the cropping season, the inherent uncertainty regarding the risk of infection, and the dichotomous decisions that farmers make (no treatment, preventive treatment, and curative treatment) facing the risk of infection. Our results suggest substantial impacts from potential ASR spread on agricultural output,...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Asian Soybean Rust; Stochastic Models; Dynamic Models; Crop Production/Industries; C61; Q13.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49595

Consumers' Trust in Government and Their Attitudes Towards Genetically Modified Food: Empirical Evidence from China
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Qiu,   Huanguang; Huang,   Jikun.
Understanding the determinants of consumer's acceptance towards genetically modified food (GMF) is critical important for future biotechnology development. Among many factors, consumers' trust in government has increasingly received great attentions in the literature. However, accurately quantifying impact of consumers' trust in government on their GMF attitudes is difficult because researchers often encounter many difficulties in empirical estimation. Overall goal of this study is to empirically quantify the impact of consumers' trust in government on their attitudes towards GMF in China. An econometric model on consumer's trust in government and their attitude towards GMF is developed and estimated based on a unique data set collected by the authors in...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Trust in government; Genetically modified food; Consumer's attitude; Acceptance; China; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Q13; Q18; O13.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25741

Productivity and Quality-Environmental Changes in Marketing Co-operatives: An Analysis on the Horticultural Sector
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Galdeano-Gomez,   Emilio; Cespedes-Lorente,   Jose; Rodriguez,   Manuel Rodriguez.
The object of the present paper is to analyse productivity incorporating quality-environmental changes in marketing co-operatives. Firstly, it reviews competitiveness factors in the current European agri-food market, especially in relation to the fruit and vegetables sector. Secondly, the productivity trend is studied empirically using nonparametric methods (Malmquist indices) and taking as reference panel data of Andalusian horticultural co-operatives for the period 1994-2001. For this purpose productivity is decomposed into technological change, efficiency and quality-environmental change. Additionally, the correlation of these results with other economic variables is analysed. The indicators obtained show a relevant increase in efficiency for the period...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Productivity; Quality-environment; Efficiency; Marketing co-operative; Horticultural sector; Agribusiness; Productivity Analysis; D24; Q13; Q21; L15.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24698

How Local and Seasonal is the Consumption of Soft Fruit in Scotland?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Revoredo-Giha,   Cesar; Leat,   Philip M.K.; Kupiec-Teahan,   Beata; Lamprinopoulou-Kranis,   Chrysa.
The main implication of the food miles indicator is that in order to protect the environment consumers should purchase food locally and seasonal. However, something that it is missing in all discussions is the evidence about how bad or good - in terms of locality and seasonality- is the actual consumption of food. This is probably due to the fact that food consumption statistics are available as aggregated annual data. In this paper we analyse the purchases of food, in particular the purchases of soft fruits in Scotland, which not only have marked production seasonality but also are imported from the rest of the UK and from abroad. For the analysis we use the Kantar Worldpanel dataset for the period 2006 until 2009. The results indicate that Scottish soft...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Scotland agriculture; Soft fruits; Agricultural marketing; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Q13.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/108775

The Dairy Case Management Program: Does It Mooove More Milk?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Schmit,   Todd M.; Chung,   Chanjin; Kaiser,   Harry M.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries; M31; Q13.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94419

PRICE REACTIONS AND ORGANIC PRICE PREMIUMS FOR PRIVATE LABEL AND BRANDED MILK
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Zhuang,   Yan; Dimitri,   Carolyn; Jaenicke,   Edward C.
Using Nielsen Homescan data set from 52 markets in the United States, this paper assesses the price interactions among the four fluid milk categories (organic private label, organic national brand, non-organic private label and non-organic national brand), how demographic variables and product properties in a market affect milk prices, and the impacts of private label and organic milk market shares on milk prices. We find several types of price competition exist among the four milk categories, including for example symmetric cooperative (non-organic private label vs. non-organic branded milk) and asymmetric dominant-fringe (both organic branded vs. organic private label and non-organic national brand vs. organic national brand. We also find that the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Consumer/Household Economics; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Health Economics and Policy; D43; Q13; C30.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/116388

Pricing Power by Supermarket Retailers: A Ghost in the Machine?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Richards,   Timothy J.; Pofahl,   Geoffrey M.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; L13; L66; Q13.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94764

Linking Small Scale Farmers in China with the International Markets: A Case of Apple Export Chains
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Zhang,   Xiaoyong; Qiu,   Huanguang; Huang,   Zhurong.
This study describes how governance mechanisms were formed that link small-scale apple farmers in China with export markets. These institutional innovations have improved the efficiency of price transmission and generated higher profit margins for various actors in the supply chain, in particular for small-scale farmers. Chinese apple exports are highly coordinated through ongoing long term loyal network relationships and vertical integration. Relevant policy implications and further challenges are discussed in the conclusion.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Supply chain; Price transmission; Institutions; Market integration; Demand and Price Analysis; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Marketing; Q10; Q13.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53798

Impact of Beef Quality on Market Signals Transmitted by Grid Pricing
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Johnson,   Heather C.; Ward,   Clement E.
Value-based marketing is shaping cattle production; however, market signals differ dramatically depending on carcass quality.  This study applies a two-stage coefficients of separate determination procedure to four regional fed cattle datasets sorted by grid value and by carcass quality attributes.  Weight is the strongest signal sent when higher valued cattle and better quality cattle are sold on a grid.  Quality characteristics send stronger signals when lower valued cattle and poorer quality cattle are sold on a grid.  Producers of lower quality cattle can potentially gain $52 to $149 per head by improving quality and $113 to $150 per head by adding weight.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Beef; Cattle; Carcass; Quality; Coefficients of separate determination; Incentives; Market signals; Value-based marketing; Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing; Q11; Q13.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43750

An Innovative Tool to Assess Marketing Capabilities of Traditional Producers within the European Food Industry
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Banterle,   Alessandro; Carraresi,   Laura; Stranieri,   Stefanella.
The purpose of this paper is to assess the marketing management capabilities of SMEs producing traditional food products in EU throughout the development of a benchmarking tool. SMEs represent the greater part of European food firms and they find it very difficult to adapt to market changes, and to compete with big enterprises. In this context, marketing management plays a key role in good SMEs performances in the market. The benchmarking tool, utilised to assess marketing capabilities, is aimed at improving critical points in the marketing area of traditional food firms by following the example of the best ones. This method is developed in the innovative form of an interactive questionnaire published on the Web. At the moment the sample is composed by 60...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Marketing capabilities; Traditional food; Benchmarking; Cluster analysis; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Industrial Organization; L25; L66; M31; Q13.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49769

Price Asymmetric Relationships in Commodity and Energy Markets
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wixson,   Sarah E.; Katchova,   Ani L.
Recent increases in the price of crude oil have led to a rise in the prominence of corn-based ethanol as an alternative source of energy. As a result linkages have been established between commodity and energy prices. The aim of this study is to determine if soybeans, corn, wheat, oil, and ethanol adjust their prices  asymmetrically depending on whether their actual price is over or under-predicted with respect to one another. This study’s goal of determining if asymmetric price relationships exist is accomplished by using monthly time series price data incorporated into a distributed lag error correction model distinguishing between positive and negative price difference and positive and negative values of the error correction terms. The primary results...
Tipo: Presentation
Palavras-chave: Commodity prices; Energy prices; Price asymmetry; Risk and Uncertainty; Q13.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/122553

Spatial Marketing Patterns for Corn Under the Condition of Increasing Ethanol Production in the U.S.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Conley,   Dennis M.; George,   Adam.
Events external to agriculture have set in motion the conditions for structural change in the marketing of corn in the U.S. These included a rapid increase in the price of crude oil from $40 per barrel to over $100 caused by hurricanes, geopolitical events, an increased global demand for energy from countries like China and India, and in December 2007, the U.S. raising the renewable fuel standards. The results of this research show that there could be significant changes in the historical utilization and marketing of corn in the U.S. The change in movement patterns provides one source of visible evidence that a structural change is underway.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Ethanol; Corn; Spatial marketing; Structural change; Crude oil; Agricultural and Food Policy; Marketing; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; Q10; Q13; Q27.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53726

Drivers of Resident Support for Animal Care Oriented Ballot Initiatives
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tonsor,   Glynn T.; Wolf,   Christopher A.
Recent high profile incidents and public debates in the United States have highlighted the increasing interest residents have regarding animal rearing and handling practices. This paper examines resident support for national legislation that mirrors Proposition 2, which in November 2008 passed in California. Results suggest perceptions regarding animal welfare information accuracy of livestock industry and consumer groups are particularly influential determinants of voting behavior and demand. The analysis also suggests residents may not fully appreciate price or tax implications when supporting additional animal welfare legislation. Implications for livestock industry and policy makers are provided along with suggestions for additional research.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Animal handling and welfare; Ballot initiatives; Information accuracy; Legislation; Proposition 2; Voting behavior; Willingness to pay; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Farm Management; Livestock Production/Industries; Q18; Q13; Q11.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/92609

Location of Production and Consolidation in the Processing Industry: The Case of Poultry
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Goodwin,   Harold L., Jr.
The poultry industry is the most vertically integrated of U.S. agriculture and food production and is rapidly progressing toward being one of the most concentrated.  In 2002, the top 15 broiler states accounted for 94.4% of U.S. production.  From 1982-2002, the top four broiler firms had a fivefold increase in Ready-to-Cook (R-T-C) pounds, a tripling of plants and four-and eight-firm concentration ratio increases of 27.9% to 48.2% and 44.1% to 66.6%.  In a broad sense, chicken became more affordable, appealing, and available; total R-T-C pounds increased from 234 to 663 million pounds between 1982 and 2002.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Broilers; Concentration; Poultry pricing; Poultry production; Vertical integration; L11; L22; M11; Q13; R30.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43510

Linking small producers to supermarkets? The role of intermediaries on the fresh fruit and vegetable market in Turkey.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bignebat,   Celine; Koc,   A. Ali; Lemeilleur,   Sylvaine.
A wide range of the empirical studies shows to what extend the rise of supermarkets in developing countries deeply transform domestic marketing channels. In particular, the exclusion of small producers from the so-called dynamic marketing channels (that is remunerative ones) is at stake. Based on original data collected in Turkey in 2007 at the producer and the wholesale market levels, we show that the intermediaries are decisive in order to understand the impact of downstream restructuring (supermarkets) on upstream decisions (producers). The results show first that producers are not aware of the final buyer of their produce, as intermediaries hinder the visibility of the marketing channel, their choice is restricted to that of the first intermediary....
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Supermarkets; Small farmers; Fresh fruit and vegetables; Turkey; Agribusiness; Production Economics; Q13; L14; D24.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52856

Profitability of Hermetic Purdue Improved Crop Storage (PICS) Bags for African Common Bean Producers
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jones,   Michael; Alexander,   Corinne E.; Lowenberg-DeBoer,   James.
Bruchid species like Acanthoscelides obtectus (Coleoptera) and Zabrotes subfasciatus (Coleoptera) cause significant storage losses for African common bean producers.  The value of storage protection to a market-oriented farmer is a function of price seasonality, value loss prevention, and their respective opportunity costs of capital.  Evidence suggests that hermetic technologies like Purdue Improved Crop Storage (PICS) bags could be effective against key legume storage pests, but sustainable technology introduction requires that it be profitable for producers.   While PICS bag effectiveness against these specific common bean bruchid species is still under investigation, this analysis references dry weight loss figures from life science articles and builds...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Agricultural pests; Technology adoption; Phaseolus vulgaris; Hermetic storage; Storage economics; Agribusiness; International Development; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Q16; Q13; O33.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/117708

Greene Gardens
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Baker,   Gregory A.; Hanson,   Kirk O.
The case describes the 2006 E. coli outbreak in the California spinach industry. The case unfolds over a period of about one month, with four separate eventful days described in detail. At the end of the narrative for each day, the reader is asked to decide how he or she would respond to the events and justify his or her decision.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Business ethics; Communication; Crisis management; Spinach; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Health Economics and Policy; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession; Q10; Q13.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53747

Fostering Agricultural Market Development in Zambia.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tembo,   Gelson; Chapoto,   Antony; Jayne,   Thomas S.; Weber,   Michael T.
The availability, access and affordability of food is a highly politicized issue throughout the world. In much of southern Africa, there is a widespread view that governments are responsible for ensuring that their populations have reliable access to food. Zambia, like most countries in Southern Africa, is vigorously pursuing continued direct public sector involvement and protectionist measures in the maize marketing sector. Since 1995, the Food Reserve Agency (FRA) and more recently, subsidies through the Fertilizer Support Program (FSP), have been the major instruments of government policy. While in some respects current operations undertaken by the government are similar to those adopted at independence, there are some noteworthy changes. Specifically,...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Zambia; Food security; Agriculture; Market development; Marketing; Q13.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54501

Price Transmission in Three Italian Food Chains: A Structural Break Approach
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Carraro,   Alessandro; Stefani,   Gianluca.
Recently a wide instability of food prices has been observed in world and European agricultural and food markets. Both media and policy makers have dealt with the unsatisfactory patterns of marketing margins and price transmission along the food chain which may bring about distributive issues and affect inflationary trends. Although price transmission and margins dynamics have attracted so much interest at the policy level, few Italian studies deal with this topic. Our aim is to provide a first analysis of the price transmission mechanism in three Italian agri-food chains (lamb, pork and pasta), within a structural change framework. Results show that structural breaks in the price transmission mechanism are an issue in the food chain of pasta and pork with...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Price transmission; Cointegration; Structural breaks; Agribusiness; Q13; L11.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114317

Firm-Level Competition in Price and Variety
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Richards,   Timothy J.; Patterson,   Paul M.
Consumer product manufacturers often compete in dynamic, multi-firm oligopolies using multiple strategic tools. While existing empirical models of strategic interaction typically consider only parts of the more general problem, this paper presents a more comprehensive alternative. Marketing decision are dynamically optimal, consistent with optimal consumer choice, and responsive to rival decisions. Using a single-market case study that consists of five years of four-weekly data on ready-to-eat cereal sales, prices, and new brand introductions, we test several hypotheses regarding the nature of strategic interaction among several rival manufacturers. We find that cereal manufacturers price and introduce new brands cooperatively in the same period, but...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Cereal; Differentiated products; Dynamics; Oligopoly; Product line rivalry; Strategic interaction; Demand and Price Analysis; D43; L13; L66; M31; Q13.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43788

Opportunities and Challenges for Strengthening Staple Food Markets in Eastern and Southern Africa
Provedor de dados: 31
This study highlights the major challenges facing governments and international agencies in their efforts to strengthen the performance of staple food markets in Eastern and Southern Africa.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Food security; Africa; Food policy; Markets; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; International Development; Marketing; Q18; Q13.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/62156

Farmer Willingness to Supply Poultry Litter for Energy Conversion and to Invest in an Energy Conversion Cooperative
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jensen,   Kimberly L.; Roberts,   Roland K.; Bazen,   Ernest F.; Menard,   R. Jamey; English,   Burton C.
Conversion of poultry litter to energy can serve as a renewable energy source and provide an alternative to land application in areas where poultry production is intensive. Economies of size may limit a farmer’s ability to economically use on-farm conversion. Capital costs can be spread across several poultry farmers to convert poultry litter to energy in a centralized facility. This research determined influences on the amount of litter poultry producers will to sell to a centralized conversion facility, on their willingness to invest in a conversion cooperative, and on the prices for litter required to divert litter from current uses.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Poultry litter; Supply; Renewable energy; Agribusiness; Agricultural Finance; Farm Management; Financial Economics; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; Q12; Q13.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57156

Consumer Preferences and Trade-Offs for Locally Grown and Genetically Modified Apples: A Conjoint Analysis Approach
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Novotorova,   Nadezhda K.; Mazzocco,   Michael A.
Using conjoint analysis methodology, this study used an online survey to measure consumers’ preferences for the apple attributes as place of production, method of production, and price. The results of the conjoint analysis indicate that consumers are willing to make trade offs between the studied attributes. Segment analysis indicates Place-oriented consumers may be willing to pay 60% to 70% premiums for locally grown apples. The high consumer preferences for locally grown products combined with environmental benefits transferred through genetic modification provide an opportunity for producers to capture and build their markets, especially within certain market segments.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Conjoint analysis; Consumer preferences; GM; Locally grown; Consumer/Household Economics; Q10; Q13.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53738

Seasonal Asymmetric Price Transmission in Ghanaian Tomato Markets: Adapting Johansen’s Estimation Method
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Amikuzuno,   Joseph; Ihle,   Rico.
We assess market integration and price transmission of perishable agricultural produce in Sub-Saharan Africa by studying Ghanaian tomato markets which are characterized by pronounced seasonality in production and trade flows. We analyse the tomato markets of Ghana by simultaneously regarding its five most important markets, Navrongo, Techiman, Kumasi, Tamale and Accra, in a multivariate asymmetric price transmission framework. The estimation of the model is based on a unique dataset and on a modified version of the Johansen estimation procedure which is suitable for estimating such multivariate models. We estimate the price transmission parameters for four regimes which are a combination of the seasonal patterns in trade flows and asymmetries in the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Asymmetric price transmission; Cointegration; Ghana; Regime-dependent model; Seasonality; Tomato; Vector error-correction model; Crop Production/Industries; Demand and Price Analysis; C32; Q11; Q13; F14; F15.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/96814

Quality Choices in a Vertical Structure: National Brands vs Private Labels in Grocery Retailing
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fousekis,   Panos.
The paper analyzes quality choices in a vertical structure involving a monopolist food manufacturer (national brand-NB producer) and a monopolist retailer supplying both the national brand as well as a private label (PL). The analysis is based on a threestage dynamic game. According to the results, in the Nash equilibrium the two players choose the maximum possible qualities for their products. This means that the B food manufacturer seeks the maximum product differentiation, while the LP retailer seeks the minimum product differentiation. The behavior of the two players appears to be consistent with actual developments in the food markets as well as with earlier empirical studies documenting the efforts of NB food manufacturers to increase product...
Tipo: Article
Palavras-chave: Quality Choice; Ational Brand; Private Label; Agribusiness; D21; Q13.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/118673

The role of consumers’ perceptions in the valuation of food safety and convenience attributes of vegetables in Vietnam
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mergenthaler,   Marcus; Weinberger,   Katinka; Qaim,   Matin.
Food systems in developing countries are undergoing a profound transformation characterized by the emergence and expansion of modern retailers and integrated supply chains. Appropriate policies are needed to guide this transformation, presupposing a good understanding of consumer preferences. We analyze consumers’ valuation of different vegetable attributes in metropolitan areas of Vietnam, using contingent valuation techniques and a mediation framework for two specific examples. Consumers are willing to pay an average price premium of 60% for Chinese mustard that is free of chemical residues and of 19% for different convenience attributes of potatoes. Income levels and media have positive impacts on the willingness to pay, partly mediated through...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Contingent valuation; Convenience; Food quality; Food safety; Mediation framework; Transformation of food systems; Vietnam; Agricultural and Food Policy; Consumer/Household Economics; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; International Development; Marketing; D12; Q13.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51629

Modern food retailers and traditional markets in developing countries: Comparing quality, prices, and competition strategies in Thailand
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Schipmann,   Christin; Qaim,   Matin.
Supermarkets and hypermarkets are expanding rapidly in many developing countries. While consequences for farmers and consumers were analyzed recently, little is known about the implications for traditional retail formats such as wet markets. Using data from a market survey in Thailand and hedonic regression models, we analyze quality and prices for fresh vegetables from different retail outlets. Compared to wet markets, modern retailers sell higher quality at higher prices, indicating that they are primarily targeting better-off consumers. Hence, they are not directly competing for the same market segments. Yet there are signs that modern and traditional markets will gradually converge.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Supermarkets; Modern retailers; Traditional wet markets; Product quality; Vegetables; Thailand; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Demand and Price Analysis; C21; L15; Q13.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/108348

Desarrollando mercados rurales: el rol de la incertidumbre y la restricción crediticia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Escobal D'Angelo,   Javier.
El estudio evalúa cuáles son los factores más relevantes para que un pequeño productor agrícola demande asistencia técnica con el propósito de incursionar en mercados “dinámicos”; es decir, en mercados que puedan absorber cantidades crecientes de su cultivo. Los resultados muestran que existe un segmento de productores cuya “distancia” a estos mercados no es tan significativa como para que no puedan incursionar en ellos. Sin embargo, restricciones asociadas al grado de organización de los productores, a su percepción del riesgo y a las posibilidades de acceso al mercado de crédito les impiden acceder a los beneficios adicionales que estos mercados ofrecen.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Mercados agrícolas; Agricultura; Productividad agrícola; Mercado financiero; Asistencia técnica; Desarrollo rural; Perú; Agricultural markets; Agriculture; Agricultural productivity; Financial market; Technical assistance; Rural development; Peru; Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Q1; Q13; Q14.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37729

Consumers' Short- and Long-Term Response to "Mad Cow": Beef Consumption and Willingness-to-Pay for Organic Beef in Italy
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Corsi,   Alessandro.
This paper aims at assessing: 1) consumers' habits concerning beef consumption and their responses to the BSE both immediately and at a longer term; 2) consumers' attitudes and willingness to pay for organic beef, an obvious alternative to regular beef in terms of safety. It is based on two random telephone surveys, the first one conducted in 2001 (few months after the BSE crisis) and the second one in 2003. The analysis shows that though the effect of the BSE crisis has weakened along with time distance, it left some permanent signs in consumers' behaviour. The analysis of the effect of the time distance from the BSE crisis on consumers' attitudes towards organic beef leads to the main conclusion that the demand for organic beef reduced, but that in the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: BSE; Organic beef; Willingness to pay; Consumer/Household Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Q13; Q21.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24569

The Role of Specialty Food Stores and Farmers' Markets in the Procurement of Local Foods
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wixson,   Sarah E.; Katchova,   Ani L.; Woods,   Timothy A.; Hu,   Wuyang.
The demand for locally produced foods has been increasing.  Concurrently, specialty food stores focusing on specific food attributes have also grown in popularity along with farmers’ markets.   This study examines how the importance that consumers place on whether specific foods are locally produced affects the likelihood to shop at specialty food stores and farmers’ markets. The major findings indicate that consumers who value locally produced fruits and vegetables are more likely to shop at these markets. Therefore, these markets are well positioned within local food networks to take advantage of the increasing demand for local foods, particularly for fresh products.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Food Stores; Farmers Markets; Local Foods; Consumer/Household Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Marketing; Q13.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97969

The Impact of Coordination of Production and Marketing Strategies on Price Behavior: Evidence from the Idaho Potato Industry
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bolotova,   Yuliya; McIntosh,   Christopher S.; Muthusamy,   Kalamani; Patterson,   Paul E.
High potato price volatility, decreasing demand for fresh potatoes and prices below the cost of production led to a decision of a number of Idaho potato growers to organize the United Fresh Potato Growers of Idaho, a marketing cooperative. The programs and strategies of the cooperative target both the production and marketing of fresh potatoes in Idaho. To evaluate the effectiveness of the programs implemented by the cooperative, we examine the level and volatility of fresh potato prices during two periods: before the cooperative was organized and when the cooperative is in the market. We find empirical evidence suggesting that fresh potato prices were higher and less volatile during the period when the cooperative was in the market.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural markets; Cooperative; Price volatility; Potato industry; Agricultural and Food Policy; Crop Production/Industries; Demand and Price Analysis; Marketing; Q10; Q11; Q13.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53648

Spurious Long Memory in Commodity Futures: Implications for Agribusiness Option Pricing
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Power,   Gabriel J.; Turvey,   Calum G.
Long memory, and more precisely fractionally integration, has been put forward as an explanation for the persistence of shocks in a number of economic time series data as well as to reconcile misleading findings of unit roots in data that should be stationary. Recent evidence suggests that long memory characterizes not commodity futures prices but rather price volatility (generally defined as $L_p$ norms of price logreturns). One implication of long memory in volatility is the mispricing of options written on commodity futures, the consequence of which is that fractional Brownian motion should replace geometric Brownian motion as the building block for option pricing solutions. This paper asks whether findings of long memory in volatility might be spurious...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Q13; Q14; Marketing; C52; C53; G12; G13.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9782

Marketing, Cooperatives and Price Heterogeneity: Evidence from the CIS Dairy Sector
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sauer,   Johannes; Gorton,   Matthew; White,   John.
Drawing on survey data, this paper identifies the determinants of variations in farm gate milk prices for three CIS countries (Armenia, Moldova and Ukraine). We apply a multi-level modeling approach, specifically a bootstrapped and selectivity bias corrected mixed-effects linear regression model. The analysis suggests three main strategies for farmers to improve the price received for their output: consolidation, cooperation and stable supply chain relationships. While selling through a marketing cooperative has a significant and positive effect on farm gate milk prices, the majority of non-members are reluctant to join. The size of dairy operations, trust and contracting also impact positively on the prices received by farmers. Policy implications are...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Price Heterogeneity; Milk; Cooperatives; Armenia; Moldova; Ukraine; Preisheterogenität; Milch; Kooperative; Armenien; Moldawien; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; O13; P32; Q13.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114489

Consumer Attitudes Behind Organic Foods Perception: An Illustration in a Spanish Area.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Robles,   Rita Robles; Vannini,   Luigi; de la Puente,   Telesforo; Fernandez-Revuelta,   Jose J.
The notable growth experienced by organic agriculture in Spain, has not been accompanied by a similar development in the consumption of organic foods, with most of the organic agricultural output being exported. This study focuses in analyzing Spanish consumer's attitude versus organic foods, in order to identify the factors that influence the demand. For this purpose, 130 surveys are conducted among consumers in a medium-sized city in Spain and processed using different statistical analysis, determining the level of knowledge about these products, consumer's shopping habits, and criteria, which support or dissuade the consumption of these products.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Organic food marketing; Consumer perception; Consumer attitudes; Food quality; Consumer/Household Economics; Q13.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24697

Hedonic Analysis of Sustainable Food Products
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Satimanon,   Thasanee; Weatherspoon,   Dave D.
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Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Hedonic; Sustainable; Sustainability; Eggs; Free-range; Cage-free; Agribusiness; Q13.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/96336

MILKING THE MOST FROM YOUR PROMOTIONAL DOLLARS: AN ANALYSIS OF AGRIBUSINESS FIRMS SERVING U.S.AGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Roucan-Kane,   Maud; Peake,   Whitney O.
Although the marketing mix has been covered in great detail in many veins of literature, very little information exists regarding the mix of marketing tools within the agriculture industry serving U.S. agricultural producers. Using a survey conducted by AgriMarketing magazine in June 2006, a two-fold analysis is undertaken. This study attempts to determine the differences in the use of marketing tools by industry and simple regression analysis is conducted to determine promotional factors that produce a significant impact on sales. Both mass media and other promotional tools were found to be the most consistently significant factor impacting sales of firms in the study.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Marketing mix; Agribusiness; Promotion; Agriculture; Marketing; Mass media; Agribusiness; Marketing; Q13; C20.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7331

FORCES AFFECTING CHANGE IN CROP PRODUCTION AGRICULTURE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bechdol,   Elizabeth; Gray,   Allan W.; Gloy,   Brent A.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural Competitiveness; Crop Production; Agricultural Biotechnology; Agricultural Sustainability; Agricultural Inputs; Agricultural Profitability; Crop Production/Industries; Q10; Q12; Q13.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/100787

Examining the Evolving Correspondence Between Petroleum Prices and Agricultural Commodity Prices
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Campiche,   Jody L.; Bryant,   Henry L.; Richardson,   James W.; Outlaw,   Joe L.
Over the last few years, the production of renewable fuels has increased dramatically.  Rising oil prices, limited supplies of fossil fuel, and increased concerns about global warming have created a growing demand for renewable energy sources.  Both the ethanol and biodiesel industries have experienced tremendous growth in the past few years.  The production of these fuels is highly dependent on the availability of agricultural feedstocks.  This research examined the covariability between crude oil prices and corn, sorghum, sugar, soybeans, soybean oil, and palm oil prices during the 2003-2007 time period.  Johansen cointegration tests revealed no cointegrating relationships during the 2003-2005 time frame.  However, corn prices and soybean prices were...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Energy; Ethanol; Biodiesel; Renewable fuels; Crude oil prices; Cointegration; Demand and Price Analysis; Q11; Q13; Q42.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9881

INVESTIGATING RAPESEED PRICE VOLATILITIES IN THE COURSE OF THE FOOD CRISIS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Busse,   Stefan; Brümmer,   Bernhard; Ihle,   Rico.
C2_3
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Multivariate GARCH; MATIF; Rapeseed; Crude oil; Volatilities; Food crisis; Demand and Price Analysis; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; C32; E44; G1; Q11; Q13; Q49.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/93957

Product Differentiation and Market Segmentation in Applesauce: Using a Choice Experiment to Assess the Value of Organic, Local and Nutrition Attributes
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: James,   Jennifer S.; Rickard,   Bradley J.; Rossman,   William J.
Recently there is much interest among horticultural producers concerning the marketing of organically- and locally- produced food. Here we developed a consumer survey that asked respondents to choose an applesauce product from a list of products differentiated by price and four attributes. The products were differentiated by labels that described fat content, nutrition content, and whether the product was grown organically and/or locally. The survey was distributed to 3,000 residents in rural Pennsylvania and over 1,500 responses were collected yielding a response rate of 56%. Survey results were used to assess consumers’ willingness to pay for the product attributes in applesauce, and we found that consumers were willing to pay more for locally-grown...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Applesauce; Choice experiment; Consumer demand; Fruit and vegetable markets; Locally grown; Multinomial logit model; Organic; Pennsylvania; Willingness to pay; Agribusiness; Consumer/Household Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Q13.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/48916

Consumer Willingness to Pay for Fair Trade Coffee: A Chinese Case Study
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Yang,   Shang-Ho; Hu,   Wuyang; Mupandawana,   Malvern; Liu,   Yun.
Coffee consumption in China has seen a significant rise in recent years. This study seeks to explore the determinants of coffee consumption in China with a specific focus on fair trade coffee. In a survey of 564 respondents in Wuhan City, consumers’ willingness to pay (WTP)for fair trade labeled coffee was measured. This study uses an interval regression to investigate individual demographic and consumption characteristic impacts on WTP. Results show that on average, consumers were willing to pay 22% more for a medium cup of fair trade coffee compared with traditional coffee. In addition, other variables that indicated a higher WTP included female consumers, consumers who made their own coffee, and consumers who planned to consume more coffee in the...
Tipo: Article
Palavras-chave: China; Fair trade coffee; Interval regression; Willingness to pay; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; International Relations/Trade; D12; Q13.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/120449

MAKING DECISIONS IN TURBULENT TIMES: AN ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK AND DECISION TOOLS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Roucan-Kane,   Maud; Boehlje,   Michael; Gray,   Allan W.; Akridge,   Jay T.
The business climate for the agricultural sector is characterized by increased uncertainty and “unanticipated surprises,” such as new government regulations, new technology and product introductions, mergers and acquisitions, nonperformance by supply chain partners, and changes in interest and exchange rates. This manuscript uses a real case problem to describe a set of tools(such as scenario analysis, risk scorecarding and heat mapping, payoff matrices, decision trees, and options portfolio mapping) available to use for making strategic decisions in such a business climate.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Scorecarding and heat mapping; Decision trees; Scenario analysis; Payoff matrices; Real options; Agribusiness; Q13.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/98052

Discounting Spotted Apples: Investigating Consumers’ Willingness to Accept Cosmetic Damage in an Organic Product
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Yue,   Chengyan; Alfnes,   Frode; Jensen,   Helen H.
The appearance of organic produce is often less than perfect because of limited methods of avoiding plant diseases. We combine hypothetical and real auction mechanisms to investigate how cosmetic damage affects consumers’ willingness to pay for apples. We find that 75% of the participants are willing to pay more for organic than for conventional apples given identical appearance. However, at the first sight of any imperfection in the appearance of the organic apples, this segment is significantly reduced. Furthermore, the cosmetic damage has a larger impact on the willingness to pay for organic apples than for conventional apples.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Appearance; Apples; Experimental auctions; Organic; Willingness to pay; Agribusiness; Crop Production/Industries; Demand and Price Analysis; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; D12; Q13.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/48756

Rapid Reconnaissance of Coarse Grain Production and Marketing in the CMDT zone of southern Mali: field work report of the IER-CSA-PROMISAM team December 13-19, 2009
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Boughton,   Duncan; Dembele,   Niama Nango.
This report presents principal findings of a rapid reconnaissance undertaken in December, 2009 as preparation for more detailed marketing studies to be undertaken in the context of PROMISAM II’s applied research program on promoting food security in Mali. The objective of the reconnaissance was to explore changes in cereal production and marketing patterns as an input to the design of a forthcoming study of changes in the structure, conduct and performance of the coarse grain sector in Mali. To facilitate discussions with farmers and traders an interview guide was prepared. The first section of this report synthesizes the principal findings, while the annex presents detailed field notes from the study together with the interview guide.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Food security; MALI; Food policy; Grain; Production; Marketing; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Security and Poverty; International Development; Marketing; Q11; Q12; Q13; Q18.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/62226

Analyzing Market Price Transmission, Government Intervention and Weather Shocks for Rice Market in the Philippines
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jolejole-Foreman,   Maria Christina; Mallory,   Mindy L.
In the Philippines, where rice is considered the most important food crop, attempts to influence rice prices have been prevalent. The government, through National Food Authority (NFA) has sought to establish stocks and control imports to stabilize prices since its establishment in 1972 to support farm gate prices and reduce retail price of rice. But data shows divergence in retail prices and farm prices since mid 1960s. In this paper, we use vector autoregression (VAR) to analyze the movement of Philippine rice margins with government stocks and weather supply shocks to able to determine government effectiveness in actual times of market stress. Comparing VARs across regions, we are able to identify the regions in which price margins are significantly...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Vector-auto-regression; Price-Margin; Rice; Philippines; Policy; Agricultural and Food Policy; Demand and Price Analysis; Q11; Q13; Q18.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103163

LANDWIRTSCHAFT IN MOLDOVA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Petrick,   Martin.
This paper provides an overview of the economic situation of agriculture in the Republic of Moldova. Emphasis is laid on the natural conditions for production, its structure, trade, as well as the historical development of agriculture and its transition to the market after 1991.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Moldova; Agriculture; Transition; Moldova; Landwirtschaft; Transformation im Agrarsektor.; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Production Economics; P32; Q13; Q15.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/91952

A Game Theoretic Approach to Organic Foods: An Analysis of Asymmetric Information and Policy
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: McCluskey,   Jill J.
Demand for healthy, safe, and environmentally friendly food products has been increasing. In response, producers are marketing organic and other quality-differentiated foods, sometimes claiming to have followed sound environmental and animal welfare practices. These products frequently have unobservable quality attributes. If the profitmaximizing producer is able to deceive the consumer with a false claim, then he or she will enjoy a higher price with lower production costs (compared to the full disclosure outcome). The analysis described in this paper shows that repeat-purchase relationships and third-party monitoring are required for high-quality credence goods to be available. Policy implications of this analysis for national organic food standards are...
Tipo: Presentation
Palavras-chave: Credence goods; Organic foods.; Agricultural and Food Policy; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; L15; Q13.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/123706

CHANGES OF THE EU POLICIES IN HORTICULTURE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Alvisi,   Franco; Bagnara,   Gian Luca.
The EU policy in horticulture has switched its aim from price support to integration of farmers' income. Regulation 2200/96 established the new European Market Regulation (CMO) in horticulture. On this base the producers' organizations (PO) are no longer a political institution but a real economic organization with the objectives of planning and concentrating the production. At the same time, the UE has promulgated another plan (Decision n.2796 of 10/10/96 applying the objectives of the Reg. 2081/93), which is specific for Italian regions in "Objective 1" namely with low average income. This issue establishes the commercial macro organizations with the target of concentrating the supply of the producers' organizations in order to achieve countervailing...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Horticulture; European Union; Market; Policy; Agricultural and Food Policy; Q13.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14495

Seasoning a Monopsonic Processor for Collective Action amongst Pepper Producers in Costa Rica
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Saenz-Segura,   Fernando J.F.; Schipper,   Robert A.; D'Haese,   Marijke F.C.
The small-scale pepper producers in the El Roble settlement Costa Rica face a monopsonistic market. Only one processing firm is buying the fresh pepper bunches. The processor has all bargaining power to decide on the price paid to the farmers and the quality selection criteria. The rejection rates are high, which is why farmers decided to market their pepper collectively. They started organizing the selection and transport of pepper and entered into group contracts with the firm. We use a non-linear integer simulation model to predict the price level and contractual form (individual or group contracts) which maximises the income of the firm and farmers under three conditions, namely, monopsony (firm holds all bargaining power), monopoly (producers hold all...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Collective action; Contracts; Institutional development; Costa Rica; Pepper; Agribusiness; Crop Production/Industries; O2; Q13; D4; D7.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25789

Variabilidad de corto plazo en la formación de precios en mercados de haciendas en el Uruguay.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lanfranco,   Bruno A.; Ois,   Cecilia; Bedat,   Alina.
El mercado de haciendas es un mercado diferenciado, donde la calidad del producto está determinada por un conjunto de atributos que lo define completamente. Existe un diferencial de precios (premios y descuentos) que depende de las características del ganado. A través de un modelo de precios hedónicos se estimó el valor monetario que el mercado otorga a dichas características, medidas sobre más de 8.000 lotes (454 mil vacunos)  comercializados por pantalla. La mayoría de las variables incluidas en los catálogos incidieron en la formación de los precios. Peso, sexo, raza, clase, estado, procedencia, uniformidad, tratamiento nutricional y conocimiento del mío-mío, son características que afectaron significativamente el precio. Varias de estas variables...
Tipo: Book
Palavras-chave: Hedonic prices; Product differentiation; Demand for characteristics; Agribusiness; Demand and Price Analysis; Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing; D44; L15; Q13.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/121686

Product Information and Willingness-to-Pay: A Case Study of Fair Trade Coffee on Chinese Market
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Yang,   Shang-Ho; Guan,   Huanda; Hu,   Wuyang; Liu,   Yun.
Poster Presentation
Tipo: Presentation
Palavras-chave: Product information; Willingness-to-pay; Fair trade coffee; Chinese market; Agribusiness; Consumer/Household Economics; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Marketing; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; D12; Q13.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/124360

Regional Food Clusters and Government Support for Clustering: Evidence for a ‘Dynamic Food Innovation Cluster’ in Alberta, Canada?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Steiner,   Bodo E.; Ali,   Jolene.
This paper analyzes government support for networking and regional cluster growth in the food sector. It is, to the best of our knowledge, the first paper to provide a literature review of studies on regional food clusters, focusing on key features that characterize successful regional food clusters. The review compares key characteristics of such clusters with characteristics of clusters from other industrial sectors. The insights from these studies on clustering success and the role of government are contrasted with empirical evidence on government support for clustering in the Canadian food sector, specifically in the province of Alberta. The empirical evidence is based on two small industry surveys, one conducted in March 2005, and the second in August...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Location-based clustering; Food clusters; Networks; Innovation; Government support; Alberta; Canada; Industrial Organization; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; R11; L32; L38; O32; O38; Q13.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/99705

Farm Productivity and Household Market Participation: Evidence from LSMS Data
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rios,   Ana R.; Shively,   Gerald E.; Masters,   William A.
We analyze the correlation between farm productivity and market participation using comparable household data from Tanzania, Vietnam and Guatemala. Each farm’s input use and output levels provide a within-sample measure of relative productivity, which we relate to that household’s level of participation in local markets using a wide range of agricultural, demographic and infrastructural variables as controls and as instruments in two-stage regressions.  Results indicate that, controlling for differences in market access and the underlying determinants of market participation, households with higher productivity have greater participation in agricultural markets. In contrast, households with greater rates of market participation do not consistently...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Market participation; Productivity; Multi-country sample; Household surveys; Consumer/Household Economics; International Development; Productivity Analysis; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; O13; Q12; Q13.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51031

Cointegration and Market Integration: An Application to the Potato Markets in Rural West Bengal, India
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Basu,   Jyotish Prakash.
The paper attempts to examine the market integration with the help of cointegration test on the prices of potato of Hooghly district in West Bengal. The analysis has been made at two levels, namely at the level of wholesale markets and at the retail markets. The cointegration test by Johansen and Jeselius (1990) applied to weekly prices of three important potato markets in Hooghly district suggest that the markets are integrated. Our results revealed that price signals and information are transmitted smoothly across the markets. These results have important policy implications. In a situation when potato markets are spatially integrated the government may think of reducing or even withdrawing its efforts to influence the price in the market. The finding of...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Market integration; Cointegration; Wholesale potato market; Retail potato market; Price signal and information.; Crop Production/Industries; Marketing; Q13.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25705

Incentives to Efficient Investment Decisions in Agricultural Cooperatives
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Russo,   Carlo; Sabbatini,   Massimo.
Recent studies have questioned the competitiveness of agricultural cooperatives in an industrialized food system, based on empirical results and economic theory. New organizational institutions have been proposed to overcome the cooperative main weaknesses (the so called new generation cooperatives). In this paper, we provide a simple model based on a financial approach to address the issue of cooperative competitiveness and to assess the investment efficiency of both traditional and new generation cooperatives. The main conclusions of the analysis are: i) cooperatives (both traditional and new generation ones) may have incentive to adopt projects that do not maximize the Net Present Value of the firm ii) the institutions of new generation cooperatives are...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural cooperatives; Investment efficiency; Agribusiness; Agricultural Finance; Q13; Q14.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24455

Analysing Wine Demand With Artificial Neural Networks
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gerolimetto,   M.; Mauracher,   Christine; Procidano,   I.
In this paper we analyse wine demand in Italy using microdata. Instead of estimating a traditional parametric model (like AIDS) we employed artificial neural networks (ANN) and evaluate the elasticities using two different methods, specific for the non parametric framework. We compared the performances of the two methods to estimate elasticities and put in evidence the relevance of some demographic variables together with the usual economic ones, explaining the consumer's behaviour.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Artificial neural networks; Demand analysis; Wine; Elasticity; Demand and Price Analysis; C14; C21; Q11; Q13.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24753

Confirming the Price Effects of Private Labels Development
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bontemps,   Christophe; Orozco,   Valerie; Requillart,   Vincent.
We study the price response of national brands to the development of private labels. We use monthly data from a consumer survey reporting their purchases for 218 food products. We show that when private labels have a significant effect on national brands prices (144 cases over 218), that is positive (89%). We also show that the increase in the prices of national brand products is explained by a strategy of product differentiation. Finally, price reaction of national brands differs with the type of private labels they are facing. This paper confirms, on a larger number of products, previous empirical results.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Private labels; Pricing; Empirical models; Food products; L81; Q13; D40; Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24735

How Predictable are Prices of Agricultural Commodities? – The Possibilities and  Constraints of Forecasting Wheat Prices
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Holst,   Carsten.
Wheat price forecasts are very important for traders, farmers and politicians as well. However, only quite accurate price predictions can guide these groups towards making the best decisions. Therefore the well-known wheat price projections of both the OECD and the FAPRI from 1996 on are tested for their predictive accuracy using Theil’s inequality coefficient. Despite the fact that both models could not foresee the price peak which occurred in February 2008, their predictions offer more accurate values than a naive prediction of no price change. Nevertheless, precise price forecasts cannot be expected by the models of the OECD and the FAPRI since some short-run effects such as inappropriate weather are not predictable. Thus, our own econometric model is...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Wheat price forecasts; Predictive accuracy; Theil’s inequality coefficient; Agricultural and Food Policy; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Political Economy; Q11; Q13.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/90802

Evaluacion de preferencias hacia las mandarinas en el mercado britanico. Aplicacion de las subastas Vickrey
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Martinez-Carrasco,   Laura; Vidal,   Fernando; Poole,   Nigel D.
El presente trabajo tiene como objetivo analizar las preferencias de los consumidores británicos hacia cinco variedades de mandarinas (dos de ellas españolas) en tres condiciones de información diferentes: inspección visual, pelado y cata. Se aborda por tanto el proceso de compra desde dos perspectivas: antes y después de experimentar el producto, y considerando tanto atributos de búsqueda como atributos de experiencia. Se pretende asimismo estudiar las posibilidades de mercado de las variedades españolas en el mercado británico. La metodología empleada ha sido la subasta experimental Vickrey de segundo precio con dos tratamientos experimentales: la mitad de los grupos realizó una valoración hedónica de las frutas antes de emitir las pujas, mientras que la...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Experimental auctions; Willingness to pay; Hedonic test; Citrus; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; M31; Q13.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8004

Interesting Experiences in Wheat and Milk Channels in a Country Under the EU Accession
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gavrilescu,   Dinu; Serbanescu,   Camelia; Grodea,   Mariana; Turtoi,   Crina Sinziana.
The wheat chain went through a significant restructuring in terms of ownership and operation. Among the agri-food processing sub-sectors, milling and bakery saw the largest development, in terms of employment, turnover and investment, both FDI and domestic capital. The milk sector saw even more fundamental changes during the transition period. It has been the only agricultural product that recorded continuous increase in both yield and total output during the past decade. The restructuring of the downstream sector was among the most difficult in the country's agri-food sector Considered as well as staple food, together with wheat, milk has been submitted to heavy intervention policies.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Romania; Wheat channel; Milk channel; FDI; International Relations/Trade; Q13.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24483

National and Regional Impacts of U.S. Agricultural Exports
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Paggi,   Mechel S.; Rosson,   C. Parr, III; Adcock,   Flynn J.; Hanselka,   Daniel D.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: International Trade; Output; Employment; Exports; International Relations/Trade; Q10; Q11; Q13; Q17.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/104208

Community and Labor Issues in Animal Agriculture
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Goldsmith,   Peter D.; Martin,   Philip L.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital; Livestock Production/Industries; Q13; R11; J61; J43; J28.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94387

A Hedonic Metric Approach to Estimating the Demand for Differentiated Products: An Application to Retail Milk Demand
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gulseven,   Osman; Wohlgenant,   Michael K.
This article introduces the Hedonic Metric (HM) approach as an original method to model the demand for differentiated products. Using this approach, initially we create an n-dimensional hedonic space based on the characteristic information available to consumers. Next, we allocate products into this space and estimate the elasticities using distances. What distinguishes our model from traditional demand models such as Almost Ideal Demand System (AIDS) and Rotterdam Model is the way we link elasticities with product characteristics. Moreover, our model significantly reduces the number of parameters to be estimated, thereby making it possible to estimate large number of differentiated products in a single demand system. We applied our model to estimate the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Hedonic Metrics; Distance Metrics; Rotterdam Model; Almost Ideal Demand System; Differentiated Products; Milk Demand.; Food Security and Poverty; C30; C80; Q11; Q13; Q18.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/91675

Food Culture Distance: An Antecedent to Export Marketing Strategy Adaptation - An Empirical Examination of Swedish and Finnish Food Processing Companies
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Azar,   Goudarz.
The IFAMR is the Official Journal of the International Food and Agribusiness Management Association: www.ifama.org
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Culture; Export; Food; Marketing; Strategy; Agribusiness; Consumer/Household Economics; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; International Relations/Trade; Marketing; Q13; Q17.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114641

A non-compensatory choice modeling analysis of Japanese consumers’ preferences for beef: A choice experiment approach
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Aizaki,   Hideo; Sawada,   Manabu; Sato,   Kazuo; Kikkawa,   Toshiko.
The purpose of this paper is to examine, using choice experiments, the Japanese consumers’ valuation of domestic Wagyu beef, domestic dairy beef, Australian beef, and US beef when considering their bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) test status. Some Japanese consumers give high priority to food safety while purchasing beef; this is expected to cause a non-compensatory valuation of food safety. As compared to the results derived from a compensatory utility model, a random parameters logit (RPL) with a non-compensatory utility model provides estimation results that are fitter for the respondents’ decision-making rules and also provides more valid willingness to pay (WTP) for each type of beef. The results suggest that the RPL with the non-compensatory...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: BSE; Food safety; Consumers' valuation; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Consumer/Household Economics; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Risk and Uncertainty; Q13; D18; D12.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51656

The Impact of Price-Induced Hedging Behavior on Commodity Market Volatility
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kauffman,   Nathan S.; Hayes,   Dermot J.
The utility maximization problem of a grain producer is formulated and solved numerically under prospect theory as an alternative to expected utility theory. Conventional theory posits that the optimal hedging position of a producer is not affected solely due to changes in the level of futures prices. However, a strong degree of positive correlation is apparent in the data. Our results show that with prospect theory serving as the underlying behavioral framework, the optimal hedge of a producer is affected by changes in futures price levels. The implications of this price-induced hedging behavior on spot prices and volatility are subsequently considered.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Futures markets; Hedging; Prospect theory; Risk preferences; Agribusiness; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Risk and Uncertainty; D03; D81; G11; Q13.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103242

Measuring Market Integration in Mozambican Maize Markets: A Threshold Vector Error Correction Approach
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Alemu,   Zerihun Gudeta; Biacuana,   G.R.
The primary objective of this research was to measure the extent of market integration between major surplus and deficit maize markets in Mozambique namely, Chimoio-Maputo, Chimoio-Beira, Ribaue-Nampula, and Mocuba-Nampula. To achieve this objective, Threshold Vector Autoregressive models were applied. The choice of the model was motivated by unobservable transaction costs and the import ant influence that their presence may exert on equilibrium spatial price relationships. The following are some of the major findings of the study. Firstly, threshold values (i.e. estimates of transaction costs) are found to be correlated positively with distance and inversely with the condition of the roads connecting markets. Secondly, market integration analysis revealed...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Mozambique; Market integration; Maize market; Transaction cost; Threshold vector error correction; Crop Production/Industries; Marketing; C21; C22; D4; E3; Q13.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25657

Contracting with Smallholders under Joint Liability
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kaminski,   Jonathan.
Replaced with revised version of paper Jan. 11, 2012
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Contract farming; Moral hazard; Joint liability; Peer monitoring; Agricultural Finance; Consumer/Household Economics; Farm Management; Financial Economics; Public Economics; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; D82; L14; 013; Q13.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/93128

Concorrência e estratégias de precificação no sistema agroindustrial do leite
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Azevedo,   Paulo Furquim de; Politi,   Ricardo Batista.
This article aims to evaluate the degree of competition in the dairy industry, in the relevant markets of Ultra High Temperature (UHT) milk and pasteurized milk, by means of price transmission and marketing margin behavior. The empirical analysis is based on the model formerly proposed by Houck (1977) and latter detailed by Carman and Sexton (2005).This model analyzes separately the effects of input price increases and reductions on consumer prices, allowing for estimations of price transmission and margin behavior. Cepea-USP and Fipe provide, respectively, weekly input prices and consumer prices, both for the period of December 1999 to December 2005. As a major result, the degree of competition in the UHT relevant market was found to be robustly different...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Competition; Price transmission; Dairy industry.; Agribusiness; L11; Q13.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61234

AN ASSESSMENT OF DYNAMIC BEHAVIOR IN THE U.S. CATFISH MARKET: AN APPLICATION OF THE GENERALIZED DYNAMIC ROTTERDAM MODEL
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Muhammad,   Andrew; Jones,   Keithly G.
Dynamic demand systems have been employed in a number of studies to account for habit formation and inventory adjustments in demand. Few studies have attempted to provide a theoretical foundation for the dynamic demand structures employed. Recently, Bushehri (2003) showed how a generalized dynamic Rotterdam model could be derived from the neoclassical intertemporal utility maximization problem; however, no empirical application is provided in his study. This paper provides an empirical application of the generalized dynamic Rotterdam model to the demand for processed catfish products in the U.S. The two-period dynamic Rotterdam model explained a significant amount of the variation in U.S. catfish demand and was preferred to the one-period and static...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Dynamic; Rotterdam model; Catfish; Demand; Partial adjustment; Demand and Price Analysis; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; Q11; Q13.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/45912

Modern Supply Chains and Product Innovation: How Can Smallholder Farmers Benefit?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Schipmann,   Christin; Qaim,   Matin.
There is an emerging body of literature analysing how smallholder farmers in developing countries can benefit from modern supply chains. However, most of the available studies concentrate on export markets and fail to capture spillover effects that modern supply chains may have on local markets. Here, we analyse the case of sweet pepper in Thailand, which was initially introduced as a product innovation in modern supply chains, but which is now widely traded also in more traditional markets. Using survey data from smallholder farmers and econometric techniques, we show that sweet pepper cultivation contributes significantly to higher household incomes. Strikingly, at this stage, participation in modern supply chains does not lead to higher incomes than...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Adoption; Duration analysis; Impact assessment; Modern supply chains; Product innovation; Sweet pepper; Thailand; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Marketing; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; C21; C25; C41; Q13.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51046

Linking Small Farmers to Emerging Agricultural Marketing Systems in India—The Case Study of a Fresh Food Retail Chain in Punjab
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Singla,   Naresh; Singh,   Sukhpal; Dhindsa,   P.K.
Research Notes
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Retail chain; Small farmers; Agricultural marketing system; Agricultural and Food Policy; Q13; Q10.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109514

Decision Support Systems in Australian Agriculture: State of the Art and Future Development
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nguyen,   Nam C.; Wegener,   Malcolm K.; Russell,   Iean W.
This paper reports and discusses the results of a survey conducted with experts working in the field of decision support systems (DSS) in Australian agriculture. It also reviews the literature on DSS in the light of these experts' responses. The findings from this survey have consolidated our understanding of the current state of DSS in Australian agriculture. The uptake of DSS by farmers has been slow and various issues said to be contributing to this include fear of using computers, time constraints, poor marketing, complexity, lack of local relevance, lack of end-user involvement, and mismatched objectives between developers and users. The future prospect for the development of DSS was generally regarded to be poor. Never-the-less, the authors believe...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: DSS; Farmers' decision-making; Expert opinion; Management decisions; Farm Management; D7; D8; Q12; Q13; Q16.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25581

Direct Marketing of Fresh Produce: Understanding Consumer Purchasing Decisions
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Keeling Bond,   Jennifer J.; Thilmany,   Dawn D.; Bond,   Craig A.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Consumer/Household Economics; Crop Production/Industries; Marketing; Q13.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94359

Has Kenyan Farmers’ Access to Markets and Services Improved? Panel  Survey Evidence, 1997-2007
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Chamberlin,   Jordan; Jayne,   Thomas S.
This report uses panel data on 1,267 smallholder households to monitor changes in their access to markets and services. We find that Kenyan smallholders’ proximity to infrastructure, markets, and services has improved markedly over the last decade. These improvements, however, have not been uniformly distributed over either time or space. Farmers in high-potential areas of the country continue to enjoy closer proximity to most kinds of markets and services compared to low-potential areas, but the greatest relative improvements over the 1997-2007 period have been in areas of medium and low potential. We also distinguish between public and private investments in examining changes in smallholders’ access to markets. Changes deriving from public investments...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Kenya; Markets; Food security; Africa; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Security and Poverty; International Relations/Trade; Marketing; Q18; Q13.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58545

New approach to analyze relationships between agritouristic supply and territory
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Iseppi,   Luca; Ginaldi,   Fabrizio.
This paper defines the phenomenon of agritourism in Friuli Venezia Giulia (NE Italy) at the end of 2009, in the light of the multifunctionality of agritouristic farms and taking into account the land use. The proposed statistical approach to outline the situation includes (a) the classification of the variables linked to agritouristic supply to find the main supply types, (b) the Principal Component Analysis (PCA) in order to classify the regional agritourisms according to their supply and (c) the Canonical Correspondence Analysis (CCA) to investigate the relationships between agritouristic supply, agricultural land use and territory. Since the CCA is widely used only in social and environmental sciences, this work represents its first application in...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Rural Tourism; Agritourism; Canonical Correspondence Analysis (CCA); Agricultural Policy.; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Q13; Q18.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/99420

India’s Agrarian Crisis and Corporate-Led Contract Farming: Socio-economic Implications for Smallholder Producers
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sharma,   Vijay Paul.
The paper discusses India’s agrarian crisis and the role of corporate-led contract farming in addressing these crisis. A two-stage Heckman model was used to explain determinants of participation in contract farming, and whether participation in contract farming affects farm income. The results indicate that contract farming has a positive impact on crop productivity and farm income. The socio-economic factors that influenced participation in contract farming were education, age, farm size, access to institutional credit, source of off-farm income and membership to an organization. Factors related to the likelihood of participation in contract farming slightly differed from the factors affecting farm income.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agrarian crisis; Smallholder producer; Corporate-led contract farming; Agricultural Produce Marketing (APMC) Act; Heckman model; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Marketing; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; Q10; Q13.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53735

Spatial Price Transmission Analysis in Agricultural Markets: Does the Data Frequency Improve our Estimation?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Amikuzuno,   Joseph.
Unavailability of high frequency, weekly or daily data compels most studies of price transmission in developing countries to use low frequency, monthly data for their analyses. Analyzing price dynamics with monthly data may however yield imprecise price adjustment parameters and lead to wrong inferences on price dynamics. This is because agricultural markets in developing countries operate daily or weekly. In this paper, we investigate the relevance of data frequency in price transmission analysis. We use a standard- and a threshold vector error model to estimate and compare price adjustment parameters for a high frequency, semi-weekly, data and a low frequency, monthly data. The results reveal that adjustment parameters estimated from the low frequency...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Ghana; Tomato; Market integration; Physical trade; Demand and Price Analysis; Q13.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/96167

An Analysis of Food Grain Consumption in Urban Jiangsu Province of China
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Zheng,   Zhihao; Henneberry,   Shida Rastegari.
The impacts of economic and demographic variables on the demand for food grain commodities in urban Jiangsu province of China are estimated, using both the QUAIDS and the AIDS models. Results show that the demands for wheat flour and coarse grains are price-elastic while the demands for rice and grain products are price-inelastic. Certain demographic variables show as having a significant impact on food grain demand. Finally, a decomposition of causes of changes in rice consumption over the period of 1995–2007 is performed.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: AIDS model; China food grain demand; China urban household demand; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Demand and Price Analysis; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; International Development; Production Economics; Public Economics; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; D12; Q18; Q13.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/90677

Fed Cattle Profit Determinants Under Grid Pricing
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: McDonald,   R. Allen; Schroeder,   Ted C.
This study determines the relative effects of price, cattle quality, and feeding performance factors on profit per head for fed cattle marketed via a grid structure.  Two different data sets of cattle that were marketed in two different grid pricing systems are used in the analysis with comparisons of results made between grids.  Grid base price and feeder cattle price are the most important determinants of profit over time in both grids.  However, considering only nonprice variables, the cumulative quality of cattle in a pen is also an important profit determinant.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Cattle feeding profit; Grid pricing; Robust regression; L15; Q12; Q13.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37836

Local Food Procurement and Promotion Strategies of Food Cooperatives
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Katchova,   Ani L.; Woods,   Timothy A.
Replaced with revised version of paper 11/3/11.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Food consumer cooperatives; Local foods; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Marketing; Q13.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/98853

Changing Agri-food Markets in the Caribbean: A Preliminary Investigation
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Iton,   Ardon.
Belize City, Belize 23rd - 27th July, 2007
Tipo: Presentation
Palavras-chave: Small farmers; Changing agri-food markets; Supermarkets; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Q13.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/122893

Consumer Preferences for Fresh Citrus: Impacts of Demographic and Behavioral Characteristics
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gao,   Zhifeng; House,   Lisa; Gmitter,   Fred G., Jr.; Valim,   M. Filomena; Plotto,   Anne; Baldwin,   Elizabeth A.
www.ifama.org
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Fresh citrus; Consumer preference; Attitude; Cluster analysis; Market segmentation; Consumer/Household Economics; Crop Production/Industries; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Marketing; Q13.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/100769

Relative Importance of Factors Affecting Customer’s Decisions to Buy Pick-Your-Own Versus Preharvested Fruit at North Carolina Farms
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Carpio,   Carlos E.; Wohlgenant,   Michael K.; Safley,   Charles D.
This study identifies the most important factors affecting customers’ decisions to buy pickyour- own versus prepicked strawberries and muscadine grapes at direct-market operations in North Carolina. The relative importance analysis identified the region of location of the operations and prices as the explanatory variable explaining most of the variation observed in the customer’s decision to choose the type of fruit to purchase. The estimated price elasticities indicate that sales of each type of fruit are very sensitive to prices.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Conditional and random parameters logit models; Demand analysis; Pick-your-own fruit; Relative importance; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Crop Production/Industries; Financial Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; D12; Q13.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47272

Endogenous Matching and Contractual Choice between Agricultural Processors and Farmers in China
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Abler,   David G.; Yu,   Xiaohua; Chen,   Danhong.
Contracts are widely used by agricultural processors for purchasing inputs not only in developed countries but also in developing countries such as China. The total number of formal, written contracts between farmers and food processors is increasing rapidly in China, and the formal contracts that exist are becoming more complex. Contractual design in China is evolving from simple price-quantity contracts toward more complicated arrangements known as cooperation contracts or joint-stock cooperation contracts, designed to share risk and mitigate opportunistic behaviors by the contracting parties. Due to small farm sizes, the contracted amount in the typical contract in China is very small compared with Western countries, and each processor usually has a...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: China; Contractual design; Endogenous matching; Farms; Food processing; Agribusiness; Industrial Organization; Q13; L14.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103805

A Preliminary Study of the International Marketing of Shrimp
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Castellini,   Alessandra; Ragazzoni,   Alessandro; Valentini,   T.
This paper aims to supply a comprehensive account of a particular sector of the fisheries industry.  TH increase of demand for fish products has involved an uncontrolled exploitation of marine reserves and fishing has reached its threshold of biological sustainability.  For these reasons, aquaculture has grown in a corresponding manner in the recent past.  The present survey starts from these considerations and aims to describe the general situation of world-wide, European and Italian aquaculture and then to examine the farming and marketing of a particular kind of product, Penaeus spp., which significantly affects global production in terms of value but not of quantity.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Aquaculture and Fishery; Shrimp farming; International trade; International Relations/Trade; Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing; Q13; Q17; Q22.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56077

Measuring Retail Service Quality in Farm Supply Cooperatives
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wilson,   Norbert L.W.; Hall,   Thomas; Fields,   Deacue.
Based on the Retail Service Quality Scale (RSQS), we develop a tool for mangers of local farm cooperative stores to assess which customer service groups matter to their customers. Principal component analysis (PCA) reveals three customer groups. The results of the multinomial logit model showed younger patrons and homeowners are likely to deem customer service and personal interaction as important. Customers, who consider appearance and accessibility as important, are college graduates and persons dependent on farming. Older patrons and wildlife enthusiasts are likely to view the policies and reliability as important factors of service quality.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural Cooperatives; Retail Service Quality Scale (RSQS); Service Quality (SERVQUAL); Principal Competent Analysis (PCA); Multinomial Logit.; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Demand and Price Analysis; Farm Management; Q13; M30; C25.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/100763

Leadership May Have Decisive Influence on Successful Transition of Production Cooperative
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Forgacs,   Csaba.
In Hungary increasing number of coops have gone bankruptcy or split up after meeting new legal needs because of not being competitive under market conditions after radical reforms. Others, however, could maintain previous level of farming or even increase it. Former coop members and individual farmers have also established new coops using bottom up approach. The paper discusses the importance of leadership of coops with different background which not well addressed in the literature. It took into account that old type produce coops had not only been an economic unit but a social network of people as well giving a special character to the coop. Two cases, one of an old and, one of a new coop, as success stories, were used and comparison of their development...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Social capital; Transformation of coops; Leadership; Producing coops; Agribusiness; Labor and Human Capital; Z13; Q10; Q12; Q13; Q18.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25634

Oyster Demand Adjustments to Counter-Information and Source Treatments in Response to Vibrio vulnificus
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Morgan,   O. Ashton; Martin,   Gregory S.; Huth,   William L.
A web-based contingent behavior analysis was developed to quantify the effect of both negative and positive information treatments and post harvest processes on demand for oysters. Results from a panel model indicate that consumers of raw and cooked oysters behave differently after news of an oyster-related human mortality. While cooked oyster consumers take precautionary measures against risk, raw oyster consumers exhibit optimistic bias and increase their consumption level. Further, by varying the source of a counter-information treatment, we find that source credibility impacts behavior. Oyster consumers, and in particular, raw oyster consumers, are most responsive to information provided by a not-for- profit, nongovernmental organization. Finally, post...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Consumer behavior; Information treatments; Non-market valuation; Optimistic bias; Oyster demand; Source credibility; Vibrio vulnificus; Agribusiness; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Q18; Q13; Q58.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56656

2008 PRECISION AGRICULTURAL SERVICES DEALERSHIP SURVEY RESULTS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Whipker,   Linda D.; Akridge,   Jay T.
Precision technologies are now well-integrated into the agricultural industry – both at the farm level and at the crop input dealer level.  No longer are crop input dealers only using the technologies to bring new services to their customers, they are also utilizing the technology in their own businesses to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of their operations.  In early 2008, Crop Life magazine and Purdue University’s Center for Food and Agricultural Business conducted a survey for the 13th consecutive year to assess the adoption of precision agriculture practices in the U.S. from the perspective of the retail crop input dealer.  The questionnaire was mailed to 2500 retail crop input dealerships across the U.S.  A total of 298 questionnaires were...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Precision agriculture; Geographic information systems (GIS); Crop input dealer; Variable rate application; Site-specific agriculture; Technology adoption.; Agribusiness; Crop Production/Industries; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Q13; O30; L84.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/46427

Food Safety. Commodity Science Point of View
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Zalewski,   Romuald I.; Skawinska,   Eulalia.
The paper addresses "food safety" and 'food quality' from the position of commodity and food science rather than economy. The various descriptions of both terms in literature are reviewed in connection with customer/supplier ability to evaluate food safety and quality by examination of various characteristics. Food safety has been described as opposite to food risk. Differences in perception of food risk by customer, producer/supplier and official agencies are discussed in this paper. The objective safety (and quality) of food can be evaluated using three categories of food risk (biological, chemical and physical) measured on a seven step intensity scale by producers and official agencies but not by customers. This leads to formulating food safety policy...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Food safety; Food quality; Risk; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Q13; Q18; M31.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25734

Staple food prices in Kenya
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ariga,   Joshua; Jayne,   Thomas S.; Njukia,   Stephen.
Prepared for the COMESA policy seminar on “Variation in staple food prices: Causes, consequence, and policy options”, Maputo, Mozambique, 25-26 January 2010 under the Comesa-MSU-IFPRI African Agricultural Marketing Project (AAMP)
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Kenya; Food security; Food prices; Agricultural and Food Policy; Food Security and Poverty; International Development; International Relations/Trade; Q11; Q13; Q18.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58559

Impacts from Government Regulations on the Canadian-U.S. Basis for Fed Cattle
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ward,   Clement E.; Schroeder,   Ted C.; Schulz,   Lee L.
Replaced with revised version of paper 09/01/09.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Canada; Fed Cattle; Government Policy; International Trade; Prices; U.S.; Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing; Q13; Q17; Q18.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49327

Did the Fischler reform increase market integration between the EU and world commodity markets?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mela,   Giulio.
This work assesses the extent to which h the Fischler reform of the CAP increased the elasticity of price transmission (EPT) between the world and the European agricultural commodity markets. Commodities considered are soft and durum wheat, corn, feed barley, and butter. Results show that the reform increased ETP for all commodities even though with different magnitude. Before reform implementation (January 2007), the ETP was almost zero (meaning market isolation) for soft wheat, feed barley, and butter, while it was relatively low (0.4) for corn and durum. After January 2007, the EPT increased to almost unity (perfect transmission) for soft wheat and barley, to 0.9 and 0.8 for durum and corn, and to 0.5 for butter, which had historically been amongst the...
Tipo: Presentation
Palavras-chave: Price transmission elasticity; Fischler reform; Structural breaks; Agricultural commmodity prices; International Relations/Trade; Q11; Q18; Q13; C22.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/124107

Conversion to Organic Farming in Mainland Portugal
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Costa,   Leonardo; Sottomayor,   Miguel; Ribeiro,   Ricardo.
The objectives of the research were: i) to assess the in-conversion period as a barrier impeding farms conversion to organic; ii) to assess the potential of conversion-grade markets in removing this barrier; iii) to identify other barriers (drives) along the food chain impeding (easing) farms conversion in mainland Portugal. Results show that the in-conversion period is not the major barrier to conversion nor is a good idea the set-up of conversion grade markets to help Portuguese farms' conversion. Conversion feasibility depends of the organic market premium prices, in intensive farms, and of the CAP organic agri-environmental area payments, in extensive farms.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Organic farming; Conversion; Conversion grade markets; Market premium prices; CAP payments; Agricultural and Food Policy; Environmental Economics and Policy; Q13.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24490

Preisvolatilität  auf  landwirtschaftlichen  Märkten
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ledebur,   Oliver von; Schmitz,   Jochen.
Zusammenfassung: In diesem Beitrag wird die Entwicklung der Preisvolatilität auf deutschen Agrarmärkten analysiert. Ziel ist es das Ausmaß der Preisvolatilität auf ausgewählte deutsche Agrarmärkte zu quantifizieren und festzustellen inwiefern sie sich im Zeitablauf verändert hat. Soweit möglich wird eine Vergleichbarkeit zwischen den Entwicklungen auf nationalen und internationalen Produktmärkten hergestellt, bzw. es werden die jeweiligen Entwicklungen zueinander in Bezug gestellt. In diesem Zusammenhang gestellte Fragen sind:  –  Hat es eine Erhöhung der Preisvolatilität gegeben?  –  Stammt diese aus den Weltmärkten?  –  Welche Auswirkungen hat die Preisvolatilität auf die Marktakteure?  –  Welche Rolle spielen dabei die Instrumente der Agrarpolitik und...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Volatilität; Deutsche Agrarmärkte; Agrarpolitik; Volatility; German agricultural markets; Agricultural policy; Agricultural and Food Policy; Demand and Price Analysis; Q11; Q13; Q18.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/104075

The Assessment of the Production Outsourcing Strategy in the Wood Furniture Industry of the Uba Region (Brazil), through the Development of a Dynamic Model
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Almeida,   Luciana Baldez De; Moura,   Altair Dias de.
The wood furniture industry of the Uba's region (Brazil) presents a high degree of vertical integration. Outsourcing is cited in the literature as a way of increasing a sector's competitiveness, through higher efficiency. Aiming to test this hypothesis, the research objective was to assess the process of deverticalisation in wood furniture production chains, through the identification of factors related to this process and their effects on the profitability of chosen firms in the Uba region. The research started with the development of a chain profile, through the use of a survey. This stage  was followed by the development of a case study, in which the accumulated firm profitability was studied. System dynamics were the tool used in the case study. The...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Industrial Organization; Q13.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25459

Optimal Seasonal Allocation of Generic Dairy Advertising Expenditures
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Schmit,   Todd M.; Kaiser,   Harry M.
Annual seasonal advertising expenditure allocations were estimated for the national generic advertising programs for fluid milk and cheese with the use of price and advertising elasticities of demand that varied over time.  Significant variation in optimal allocations existed both across products and over time, emphasizing the importance of obtaining accurate seasonal forecasts that incorporate changes in market conditions to plan future spending allocations.  In the absence of such information, allocating annual budgets equally across quarters still produced positive producer welfare gains on average relative to historical spending that were not statistically different from those realized under the optimal spending strategy.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Dairy; Generic advertising; Optimal seasonal allocation; Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing; Q11; Q13; Q18.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6768

Producing and Procuring Horticultural Crops with Chinese Characteristics: Why Small Farmers Are Thriving and Supermarkets Are Absent in Rural China
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wang,   Honglin; Dong,   Xiaoxia; Huang,   Jikun; Rozelle,   Scott; Reardon,   Thomas.
The supermarket revolution has arrived in China and is spreading as fast as or faster than anywhere in the world.  As the demand for vegetables, fruit, nuts and other high valued products have risen, urban retailers are finding new venues seized on niche and today have over $55 billion in sales, more than a third of the urban food market.  However, the experience of many developing countries suggests that there could be serious distributional impacts of the rising of supermarkets.  There is concern among policy makers and academics that poor, small farmers might be excluded from market.  The main goal of our paper is to understand what types of farmers have been able to participate in the horticultural revolution, how they interact with markets and how...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Horticulture; Modern Supply Chains; Farmer Impacts; Poverty; China; Crop Production/Industries; O33; O53; Q13.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25762

THE ROLE OF ASYMMETRIC PRICE TRANSMISSION AND STRUCTURAL BREAKS IN THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COSTA RICAN MARKETS OF LIVESTOCK CATTLE, BEEF AND MILK
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hernandez-Villafuerte,   Karla Vanessa.
The research analyzes the price transmission among the Costa Rican markets of cattle, beef and milk, accounting for asymmetric behavior and structural breaks. Monthly price data covering the first month of 1998 to the fourth month of 2008 were used. Price transmission between each market pair was found. The Price adjustment is consistent at 1% of significant with the behaviour expected. Cattle prices adjust in the milk - cattle relationship, beef meat prices adjust in the cattle - beef meat relation and in the milk - beef meat relation. This finding supports the statement regarding the leading position of “Dos Pinos” as the main player in the market. The results of the asymmetric analysis are not as expected. The coefficients of both adjustments (positive...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Asymmetric prices transmission; Structural breaks; Livestock; Beef; Milk; Costa Rica.; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Livestock Production/Industries; C32; Q11; Q13.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51697

Agri-food supply chains and sustainability-related issues: evidence from across the Scottish agri-food economy
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Leat,   Philip M.K.; Lamprinopoulou-Kranis,   Chrysa; Revoredo-Giha,   Cesar; Kupiec-Teahan,   Beata.
This paper examines the influence of agri-food supply chains on the sustainability-related activities and decisions of Scottish farmers, as well as the treatment of sustainability issues by food processors and retailers themselves. It is based on 8 whole chain case studies covering some of Scotland‘s major agricultural products. The cases identify differing levels of understanding and activities related to sustainability, but widespread acknowledgement that sustainability involves the development of chains within which all parties can achieve acceptable profits. Indeed, collaborative supply chains, which seek improved economic performance, frequently assist environmental and social sustainability. The main drivers of sustainability are found to be the cost...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Sustainability; Food; Supply chain; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Q13; Q18.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/108952

Forecasting Basis Levels in the Soybean Complex: A Comparison of Time Series Methods
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sanders,   Dwight R.; Manfredo,   Mark R.
A battery of time series methods are compared for forecasting basis levels in the soybean futures complex: soybeans, soybean meal, and soybean oil. Specifically, nearby basis forecasts are generated with exponential smoothing techniques, autoregression moving average (ARMA), and vector autoregression (VAR) models. The forecasts are compared to those of the 5-year average, year ago, and no change methods. Using the 5-year average as the benchmark method, the forecast evaluation results suggest that alternative naive techniques may produce better forecasts, and the improvement gained by time series modeling is relatively small. In this sample, there is little evidence that the basis has become systematically more difficult to forecast in recent years.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Basis forecasts; Time series models; Soybean complex; Risk and Uncertainty; C53; Q13.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43790

The Impact of Avian Influenza on Vertical Price Transmission in the Egyptian Poultry Sector
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hassouneh,   Islam; Radwan,   Amr; Serra,   Teresa; Gil,   Jose Maria.
In recent years, health risks have received increasing attention among consumers and created interest in analysing the relationship between food scares, food consumption and market prices. One of the most relevant and recent food scares is the avian influenza that has had important effects not only on human and animal health, but also on the economy. We assess effects of avian influenza on price transmission along the Egyptian poultry marketing chain. Although Egypt has been one of the most affected countries by avian influenza, this article is the first attempt to understand this food scare’s impacts on Egyptian poultry markets. In doing so, a multivariate smooth transition vector error correction model (STVECM) is applied to monthly poultry price data....
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Food scare; Avian influenza; Price transmission; Egypt.; Production Economics; C22; Q13.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/91830

Learning by Doing, Risk Aversion and Use of Risk Management Strategies
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Uematsu,   Hiroki; Ashok,   Mishra K.
Using a national survey, double hurdle models are estimated to examine the impact of farmers’ risk attitude on use of production and marketing contracts. Risk averse farmers are less likely to use contracts but risk attitude does not have any significant impact on the intensity at which contracts are adopted.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Risk attitude; Double hurdle model; Production contracts; Marketing contracts; Agribusiness; Crop Production/Industries; Farm Management; Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing; Risk and Uncertainty; Q10; Q13; D81.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103851

Collective Entrepreneurship:  An Emerging Phenomenon in Producer-Owned Organizations
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cook,   Michael L.; Plunkett,   Brad.
This paper introduces and defines the concept of collective entrepreneurship.  A review of the defensive single-level rent-seeking objective of traditional agricultural cooperatives is introduced followed by an analysis of recent studies documenting a shift in the objective functions of producers jointly integrating toward more multiple-level rent-seeking entities.  This process of shifting from market failure-ameliorating collective action mechanisms toward rent-seeking group action organizations is labeled collective entrepreneurship.  The justification for introducing this concept is based on the Olsonian premise that rational, self-interested individuals will not act to achieve their common or group interests without coercion or selective incentives.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural cooperatives; Entrepreneurship; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital; D23; D72; Q13.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43777

A Two-Stage Value Chain Model for Vegetable Marketing Chain Efficiency Evaluation: A Transaction Cost Approach
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lu,   Hualiang.
We applied a two-stage value chain model to investigate the effects of input application and occasional transaction costs on vegetable marketing chain efficiencies with a farm household-level data set. In the first stage, the production efficiencies with the combination of resource endowments, capital and managerial inputs, and production techniques were evaluated; then at the second stage, the marketing technical efficiencies were determined under the marketing value of the vegetables for three typical marketing chains in Nanjing area, P.R. China. The impacts of the transaction costs to the supply chain technical efficiency both at the production and marketing stages were examined by using Tobit model. Study showed that transaction costs significantly...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Two-stage value chain model; Data envelopment analysis; Technical efficiency; Transaction cost; Vegetable; China; Industrial Organization; D1; D8; Q13; Q18.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25327

The “Made in USA poultry label” and consumer choice in Ghana
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Egyir,   Irene Susana; Adu-Nyako,   Kofi; Okafor,   Ralph.
Market survey data from Ghana was used to gain understanding of consumers’ attitudes, preferences for foreign food products, and the role product country of origin plays in the demand for poultry. Intention to purchase poultry from the US was anchored on product packaging, quality, expiry date and country of origin.
Tipo: Presentation
Palavras-chave: Country of origin; Consumer preference; Poultry demand; Ghana; US exports.; Agribusiness; Industrial Organization; Marketing; Q13; Q17.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/119745

Cotton in West and Central Africa: Adapting a Successful Model to New Realities
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kelly,   Valerie A.; Tschirley,   David L.
Produced for review by the United States Agency for International Development under the WACIP project funded by USAID (Programme de Renforcement du Secteur Coton en Afrique de l'Ouest et du Centre
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Cotton; Africa; Crop Production/Industries; Q13.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/55358

Towards a Sustainable Medicinal Plant Industry in Trinidad and Tobago
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Badrie,   Neela; Baksh-Comeau,   Yasmin.
Belize City, Belize 23rd - 27th July, 2007
Tipo: Presentation
Palavras-chave: Medicinal plants; ‘bush medicine’; Agricultural diversification; Regulation; Herbal remedies; Herbal therapy; Agribusiness; Q13.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/122894

Farmers' Post-Harvest Grain Management Choices under Liquidity Constraints and Impending Risks: Implications for Achieving Food Security Objectives in Ethiopia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gabriel,   Abebe H.; Hundie,   Bekele.
The purpose of this paper is to explore into the relationships between farmers' post-harvest grain management practices/capacities on the one hand, and liquidity constraints and impending risks on the other, in the context of achieving food security objective at household and national levels. The findings are primarily based on a household survey data from 300 randomly selected major food grain producing peasant households in three rural districts of Ethiopia. Results indicate that farmers perceived post-harvest grain loss as an imminent risk, and that instant sales of grains after harvest are triggered by temporary but immediate liquidity preferences to meet various obligations in the absence of or limited sources of cash other than crops sales, and by an...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Post-harvest; Liquidity; Risk; Grain loss; Grain sales; Price fluctuations; Crop Production/Industries; Food Security and Poverty; Q12; Q13; Q18.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25716

Limitations of Granger Causality Analysis to assess the price effects from the financialization of agricultural commodity markets under bounded rationality
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Grosche,   Stephanie.
Modern agricultural commodity markets are simultaneously governed by a physical and a financial market element. Whether financial “index trading” activity influences price levels on the futures markets has been investigated by empirical studies using Granger Causality Analysis. A critical review of these studies reveals inconclusive results. Based on sensitivities of the method, reasons for limited interpretability of results may be omitted determinants of financial trading activity, failure to consider the informational efficiency of markets, time-varying and feedback effects of boundedly rational heterogeneous trading strategies and limitations in specifying adequate theoretical variables from existing data.
Tipo: Working Paper
Palavras-chave: Granger Causality; Commodity speculation; Financialization of commodity markets; Agricultural commodity markets; Agricultural and Food Policy; Demand and Price Analysis; Financial Economics; C18; Q13; Q02.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/121868

Online-Survey of Keepers of Rare Animals or Plants about their Activities and Attitudes in Germany
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Efken,   Josef.
Zusammenfassung: Ziel der Studie ’Online-Befragung von ErhalterInnen seltener Nutztiere oder Nutzpflanzen zu Ihren Aktivitäten und Einstellungen’ ist es, erstmalig für Deutschland beziehungsweise den deutschsprachigen Raum diesen Personenkreis zu charakterisieren. Dazu wurde eine Online-Befragung durchgeführt, die sich mit Hilfe von einschlägig bekannten Organisationen gezielt an interessierte Personen richtete. Es konnten detaillierte Erkenntnisse über Einstellungen und Ausgestaltung des Engagements gewonnen werden sowie über Art und Umfang der unmittelbaren Erhaltung seltener Nutzpflanzen beziehungsweise Nutztiere: Es werden verschiedenste Arten und Rassen beziehungsweise Sorten erhalten. Vermarktungsaspekte sind wichtig und ’Erhalten durch Essen’ wird...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Genetische Ressourcen; On Farm Management; Online-Befragung; Genetic resources; On-farm management; Online survey; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing; H44; Q13; Q57.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/102644

Künftige Veränderungen in der Lieferantenstruktur einer Molkerei an drei Standorten- Ergebnisse einer Befragung
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wolter,   Michael; Schierholz,   Friederike; Lassen,   Birthe J.
Zusammenfassung:  Der vorliegende Bericht analysiert die mittelfristigen Veränderungen der Lieferantenstruktur am Beispiel einer Molkerei mit drei unterschiedlich strukturierten Standorten in Bayern, Niedersachsen und Sachsen-Anhalt. Für die Analyse wurde zwischen Januar und März 2010 eine schriftliche Befragung unter den Milchlieferanten durchgeführt. Eine gewichtete Analyse der Befragungsergebnisse ergibt, dass im Zeitraum von 2010 bis 2015 die Liefermenge am niedersächsischen Standort ansteigt, während es am Standort in Sachsen-Anhalt zu keinen signifikanten Änderungen der Liefermenge kommt. Am bayerischen Standort ist hingegen den Befragungsdaten zufolge bis 2015 mit einer leichten Abnahme der Liefermenge zu rechnen.  Die Analysen zeigen, dass die...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Milchproduktion; Wettbewerbsfähigkeit; Molkereiwesen; Betriebsmana­ gement; Befragung; Regionalanalyse; Dairy production; Competitiveness; Dairy processing; Farm management; Sur­vey; Regional analysis; Farm Management; Livestock Production/Industries; Q12; Q13.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/108285

Marketing Wine on the Web
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Stricker,   Susanne; Mueller,   Rolf A.E.; Sumner,   Daniel A.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Marketing; Q13; Q17.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94462

Accounting for Heterogeneity in Hedging Behavior: Comparing &amp; Evaluating Grouping Methods
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Pennings,   Joost M.E.; Garcia,   Philip; Irwin,   Scott H.
Heterogeneity, i.e., the notion that individuals respond differently to economic stimuli, can have profound consequences for the interpretation of behavior and the formulation of agricultural policy. This paper compares and evaluates three grouping techniques that can be used to account for heterogeneity in financial behavior. Two are well established: company-type grouping and cluster analysis. A third, the generalized mixture regression model, has recently been developed and is worth considering as market participants are grouped such that their response to the determinants of economic behavior is similar. We evaluate the grouping methods in a hedging framework by assessing their ability to reflect relationships consistent with theory. The empirical...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Economic behavior; Heterogeneity; Hedging; Methods; Risk and Uncertainty; A10; B40; C1; D0; G0; L2; Q13.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114787

Consumer Perceptions of Sustainable Farming Practices: A Best-Worst Scenario
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sackett,   Hillary M.; Shupp,   Robert S.; Tonsor,   Glynn T.
This paper uses data collected in the summer and fall of 2010 from a national, web-based survey of 1002 households to initiate the process of examining consumer inferences and valuations of food products making "sustainably produced” claims. A Best-Worst scaling framework was implemented to identify what consumers believe “sustainably produced” labels mean and their preferences for each of the individual sustainable farming practices. The best-worst survey method forces respondents to make trade-offs by simultaneously choosing the most and least preferred attributes. The measured level of concern is then applied to a ratio scale. The ability of a firm to differentiate their product hinges critically on an accurate understanding of the perceptions consumers...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Sustainably Produced Food; Consumer Perceptions; Best-Worst; Agricultural and Food Policy; Consumer/Household Economics; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; Q01; Q13; Q11.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103791

U.S. MARKET POTENTIAL FOR DRIED DISTILLERS GRAIN WITH SOLUBLES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dooley,   Frank J.
Prior research presumes that the U.S. livestock feed demand for dried distillers grains with solubles (DDGS) can accommodate the rapid growth in DDGS production.  The objective of this work is to reexamine the market potential for DDGS by considering factors that limit the adoption rate of DDGS.  An estimate of DDGS market size requires information about DDGS inclusion rates, animal populations, and adoption rates.   The rapid expansion of the ethanol industry will saturate the dairy and hog markets for DDGS by the end of 2009, while the beef and poultry use must triple to consume all available product.  One must be circumspect of these forecasts for three reasons.  First, the supply of DDGS is contingent on ethanol production.  If the downturn in ethanol...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Market potential; Distillers grains; Livestock; Farm Management; Livestock Production/Industries; Q10; Q13.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/45968

Analysis of Willingness to Pay for Veterinary Services of the Livestock Owners of Sangli District of Maharashtra
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kumar,   Sanjay; Mirajkar,   Pallavi P.; Singh,   Y.P.; Singh,   R.
Research Notes
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Veterinary services; Livestock health care; Willingness to pay; Animal health services; Agricultural and Food Policy; Q13; Q12; Q18.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109513

Marketing Underutilized Plant Species for the Poor
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gruere,   Guillaume P.; Smale,   Melinda; Giuliani,   Alessandra.
Underutilized plant species are defined as agricultural or non-timber forest species that are locally abundant in developing countries but globally rare. Scientific information about them is scant and their use is currently limited relative to their economic potential. Some are potentially high-value crops and they all contribute to agricultural biodiversity and the livelihood of the poor. Despite a growing body of scientific literature on underutilized species, to our knowledge, agricultural economics literature has contributed little to the understanding of how to commercialize these crops of plant products successfully. In this paper we first define what economic factors characterize underutilized plant species. Our classification of species is based...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural marketing; Agricultural biodiversity; Economic development; Crop Production/Industries; Q13; O13; Q56.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25742

Emerging Markets for GM Foods: A Study of  Consumer's Willingness to Pay in India
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Deodhar,   Satish Y.; Ganesh,   Sankar; Chern,   Wen S.
A random utility approach is used to estimate logit equations which indicate what factors affect the likelihood of consumption of non-GM and GM foods, and, whether or not consumers are willing to pay a premium for non-GM/GM foods.  Ceteris paribus as the price difference between non-GM and GM food rose, people were more likely to consume GM foods.  Likelihood of GM food consumption was higher in the middle income brackets.  Consumers were willing to pay an expected premium of 19.5% and 16.12% for golden rice and GM edible oil respectively.  In case of chicken, consumers seemed to pay a very negligible premium for non-GM fed chicken.  Overall, it appears that GM foods may be acceptable in the Indian market.  However, basic awareness about the GM foods may...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: GM Foods; Golden Rice; Bt cottonseed oil; GM fed chicken; Willingness to Pay; Random utility approach; Logit; India.; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Q13; D12.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6348

The Integration of Tomato Markets in Ghana with and without Direct Trade Flows
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ihle,   Rico; Amikuzuno,   Joseph.
Spatial market equilibrium theory views trade flow as the driving force behind market integration. We assess spatial price transmission between domestic tomato markets in Ghana to ascertain whether spatial price transmission veritably depends on direct trade between markets, or whether other forces drive market integration. We analyze a unique data set on tomato trade consisting of semi-weekly price and trade flow data for the five most important Ghanaian markets for fresh tomato, which represents one of the most important commercially produced and consumed vegetables in the country. A regime-dependent vector error correction model is proposed to investigate this question, and the results are compared with those of a linear vector error correction model....
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Keywords— spatial market integration; Regime-dependent vector error correction model; Information flow; Ghana; Tomato.; Agricultural and Food Policy; Food Security and Poverty; International Relations/Trade; Marketing; JEL: C32; Q11; Q13; F14.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51402

The Impact of Integration Strategies on Food Business Firm Value
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dorsey,   Sarah; Boland,   Michael A.
The objective of this study is to analyze whether a discount or premium exists for coordination strategies in food processing, wholesale grocery, retail supermarkets, and restaurants. Significant premiums are found for food processor and restaurant vertical integration or diversification strategies. Significant discounts are found for food wholesaler and retail supermarket integration or diversification strategies. Food processors are found to be integrating toward retail supermarkets during this time period.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Food; Institutional economics; Integration; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Industrial Organization; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Q13; L66; L14.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56642

The Relationship Between Members’ Trust and Participation in the Governance of Cooperatives: The Role of Organizational Commitment
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Barraud-Didier,   Valérie; Henninger,   Marie-Christine; El Akremi,   Assâad.
The International Food and Agribusiness Management Review is published by IFAMA. www.ifama.org
Tipo: Article
Palavras-chave: Organizational commitment; Cooperative members; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Land Economics/Use; Productivity Analysis; Q13; D23.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/120855

Does Vertical Integration Effect Market Power?  Evidence from U.S. Food Manufacturing Industries
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bhuyan,   Sanjib.
Vertical Integration
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Food industries; Market power; Vertical integration; Vertical merger; Crop Production/Industries; Marketing; Production Economics; L13; L22; Q13.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43737

Estudio de las preferencias de consumidores y distribuidores especializados respecto del producto ecologico
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sanchez Garcia,   Mercedes; Sanjuan,   Ana Isabel; Gil Roig,   Jose Maria; Gracia,   Azucena; Soler,   Francisco.
RESUMEN: La creciente preocupación por la seguridad alimentaria y la mayor sensibilidad al deterioro medioambiental pueden favorecer la expansión de los productos ecológicos. No obstante, el consumo de este tipo de productos no ha crecido al mismo ritmo que la producción. El diferencial de precios respecto de los productos convencionales, los deficientes canales de distribución, y su desconocimiento parecen estar en la raíz del problema. El objetivo de este trabajo se centra en estudiar en profundidad estas limitaciones. Con este fin, se han realizado dos entrevistas, en Pamplona, a los miembros de la cadena agroalimentaria básicos para el posible desarrollo de dicho mercado: consumidores y distribuidores. El primer colectivo se ha segmentado en función de...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Organic food products; Market segmentation; Consumers; Distributors; Conjoint analysis; Consumer/Household Economics; Q13; R32.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28765

Relationship between Spatial Price Transmission and Geographical Distance in Brazil
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hernandez-Villafuerte,   Karla Vanessa.
Selected Paper prepared for presentation at the Agricultural &amp; Applied Economics Association’s 2011 AAEA &amp; NAREA Joint Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, July 24-26, 2011. (Poster Presentation)
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Cointegration; Price transmission; Geographical distance; Structural breaks; Principal component regression; Rice; Brazil.; Agricultural and Food Policy; Demand and Price Analysis; C32; Q11; Q13.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103677

Regional Wholesale Price Relationships in the Presence of Counter-Seasonal Imports
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Raper,   Kellie Curry; Thornsbury,   Suzanne; Aguilar,   Cristobal.
Counter-seasonal imports of fresh produce facilitate year-round availability in the U.S. and may impact the seasonal structure of market price relationships. Vector autoregression analysis is used to determine the nature and extent of spatial price relationships among four geographically distinct regions in the U.S. fresh peach wholesale market. We evaluate differences in regional spatial price relationships and find statistical evidence that price relationships among regions are different in periods dominated by regional domestic supplies imports compared with periods when counter-seasonal imports dominate the market.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Counter-seasonal imports; Price analysis; Regional prices; Spatial prices; VAR; Agribusiness; Crop Production/Industries; Demand and Price Analysis; International Relations/Trade; Risk and Uncertainty; Q1; Q11; Q13.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/48748

Market Orientation, Innovation and Entrepreneurship: An Empirical Examination of the Illinois Beef Industry
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Micheels,   Eric T.; Gow,   Hamish R.
This paper explores the importance of a producer’s market orientation on their subjective performance within agricultural commodity markets. Using a structural equation model of beef producers, our findings suggest that market oriented firms are highly innovative and achieve superior performance. These findings are consistent with previous research on the market orientation-performance relationship in heterogeneous product markets. The cost focus of a firm was also found to have a significant influence on innovation, but no direct effect on performance. This suggests that beef producers should follow a balanced approach utilizing both an external market and an internal productivity focus to achieve superior returns as opposed to solely focusing on internal...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Market orientation; Beef production; Innovation; Performance; Marketing; Productivity Analysis; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Q10; Q13; Q16.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53649

What Drives How Much Crop Producers Sell in Spot, Forward, and Futures Markets?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Franken,   Jason R.V.; Pennings,   Joost M.E.
Crop producers have numerous marketing and risk management tools available. Research relating producers’ risk attitudes to their use of these tools has produced mixed results, and most studies focus on individual tools to the neglect of complementarities among them. Hence, little is known about the proportion in which these tools are used, e.g., the percentage of the crop that is forward sold as opposed to hedged. This study identifies some factors, including risk attitude, that impact the proportion of corn producers’ sales through spot markets, futures and options, and forward and production contracts using complementary survey and accounting data.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Risk behavior; Risk attitude; Futures and options; Forward contracts; Production contracts; Marketing; Risk and Uncertainty; Q13.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49237

An Empirical Investigation of Live-Hog Demand
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Parcell,   Joseph L.; Mintert,   James R.; Plain,   Ronald L.
An inverse live-hog model was estimated to analyze whether there has been a recent increase in the magnitude of live-hog, own-quantity demand flexibility.  Estimating the impact of processing capacity-utilization rate changes on live-hog prices was a second objective of this research.  Results indicate that live hog prices have become more responsive to changes in hog slaughter, slaughter weight, cold storage stocks, and changes in the processing capacity-utilization rate.  Finally, model results indicate that the sharp increase in processing capacity-utilization rates, the increase in average dressed weight, and the increase in hog slaughter all had a negative effect on the live-hog prices.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Capacity utilization; Live hog demand; Structural change; Q11; Q12; Q13; D40.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43476

Differentiation in Farm Labor Complement Profiles of Organic and Conventional Farms in the Southeast:  Coping with a Changing Farm Labor Market
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Escalante,   Cesar L.; Santos,   Florence Ivy M.
The farm labor market is expected to experience supply deficiencies as a result of the displacement of foreign unskilled workers due to the impending implementation of stricter immigration policies in the United States. This study scrutinizes the farm labor hiring predicament of farm operators using data from the household survey we administered on organic and conventional farms in the Southeast U.S. Specifically, we used the Seemingly Unrelated Regression (SUR) approach to model and examine the level of difficulty experienced by farmers in hiring non-family farm workers and its influence on farm labor management decisions. We also explore the probable motivation of the extent of family members’ involvement in farm work and analyze the influence of the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Organic Farming; Conventional Farming; Farm labor; Immigration policies; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Labor and Human Capital; Q12; Q13; J20.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61359

A Comparison Of Choice Experiments And Actual Grocery Store Behavior: An Empirical Application To Seafood Products
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hudson,   Darren; Gallardo,   Rosa Karina; Hanson,   Terrill R.
In this paper we compare results from an in-store field experiment and a mail survey choice experiment (CE) to investigate CE’s capacity in predicting grocery store market share. For the comparison, we used three seafood products: freshwater prawns, marine shrimp, and lobster. CE estimates were obtained via four econometric models: the conditional logit, the random parameter logit, the heteroskedastic extreme value, and the multinomial probit. We found that the level of control in the grocery store experiment and the choice of econometric model influenced the capacity of CE to predict grocery store market shares.
Tipo: Article
Palavras-chave: Choice experiment; Grocery store; Hypothetical bias; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Marketing; C35; Q13.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/120453

IS A PUBLIC REGULATION OF FOOD PRICE VOLATILITY FEASIBLE IN AFRICA? AN ARCH APPROACH IN KENYA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Maitre d'Hotel,   Elodie; le Cotty,   Tristan; Jayne,   Thomas S.
The 2007-2008 food crisis and current food price swings led economists to re-evaluate the potential for policy instruments to manage food price volatility. Many developing countries recently pursued price regulation policies, but the difficulties of these policies in promoting price stability is not fully understood. In particular, the ability of a stabilization policy to lower food price volatility does not depend on the nature of the policy instrument only, but also on the institutional conditions of its implementation. Kenya is a particularly interesting case as it is characterized by a rather long tradition of public intervention, and by the persistence of highly volatile prices. The consistency of the policy use appears to be key factor influencing...
Tipo: Presentation
Palavras-chave: Volatility; Predictability; Consistency; Food; Policy; Kenya; Food Security and Poverty; International Development; Risk and Uncertainty; D84; Q13; Q18.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/122551

Dynamic Assessment of Bertrand Oligopsony in the U.S. Cattle Procurement Market
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ji,   In Bae; Chung,   Chanjin.
The new empirical industrial organization approach with the Bertrand model is employed to measure the oligopsony market power in the U.S. cattle procurement market. The assumption of price competition (Bertrand model) based on the nature of cattle production such as cattle cycle and seasonality is used and compared to quantity competition (Cournot model). The empirical results show that the oligopsony market power exists in the U.S. cattle procurement market. The cattle cycle and seasonality affect the oligopsony market power and the cattle cycle causes the change of market power. However, concentration has a negative effect on the oligopsony market power.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Cattle cycle; Concentration; Market power; NEIO; Oligopsony; Seasonality; Agribusiness; Demand and Price Analysis; Industrial Organization; Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing; Q13; L13; L16.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103558

Factors Influencing Contract Use and Contract Terms in Organic Markets
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Franken,   Jason R.V.; Sykuta,   Michael E.; Klein,   Peter G.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Contract; Marketing; Organic; Agribusiness; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Marketing; Q13.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61365

Food QUALITY VERIFICATION: WHO DO CONSUMERS TRUST?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hobbs,   Jill E.; Innes,   Brian G.; Uzea,   Adrian D.
Food markets are increasingly characterized by an array of quality assurances with respect to credence attributes, many of which relate to agricultural production methods. A variety of organizations are associated with these quality assurance claims, including private, third party and public sector organizations. How do quality verifications from different sources affect consumer food choices? Who do consumers trust for assurances about credence attributes? This paper draws upon two recent studies to explore Canadian consumer attitudes toward environmental quality claims in a bread product and animal welfare quality claims in a pork product, along with attitudes toward quality verification from different sources. Analysis from two discrete choice...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Choice experiment; Animal welfare; Environment; Quality verification; Heterogeneity; Agricultural and Food Policy; Consumer/Household Economics; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Health Economics and Policy; Q13; Q18; D12.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/116425

Crop Supply Response under Risk: Impacts of Emerging Issues on Southeastern U.S. Agriculture
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Liang,   Yan; Miller,   J. Corey; Harri,   Ardian; Coble,   Keith H.
In this paper we consider factors that affect both crop prices and yields in order to examine supply responses of major crops in the Southeast. Due to the variable nature of crop production in the Southeast, previous studies that ignore price and yield risk may fail to capture one of the salient features of the region’s agriculture. Our results indicate supply elasticity values for corn, cotton, and soybeans of approximately 0.670, 0.506, and 0.195, respectively. Compared with the results of studies in other regions, corn and cotton acres respond more to price changes and soybean acres respond less to price changes.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Acreage supply; Crop supply response model; Risk analysis; Southeast U.S. agriculture; Crop Production/Industries; Production Economics; Q12; Q13; Q16.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/104615

Designing U.S. Corn Grades to Reflect End Use Value
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Reimer,   Jeffrey J.; Hill,   Lowell D.
The 1986 U.S. Grain Quality Improvement Act introduced an explicit, economic purpose for grades-that they transmit information about end use value-but provided little guidance about what factors to include in grades.  We determined which quality characteristics best reflect the processed value of U.S. corn in the case of a Japanese wet miller.  Foreign material is the only grade factor closely related to processed value, but a large number of nongrade attributes, many of which reflect the intrinsic properties of corn, are found to vary substantially across shipments and to provide extensive information about value.  Recommendations for U.S. grades are made.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Commodity marketing; Corn; Grades; Maize; Quality information; L15; Q13.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37311

Co-operative Bank System: The Spanish Case
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Navarro,   Amparo Melian.
In practically all European countries, co-operative credit societies have evolved towards a system which is comparable to other financial groups. This paper explores the recent evolution of Spanish credit co-operatives and especially rural savings banks. The creation of "Group Caja Rural" in 1989, has meant the greatest commitment to the integration of Spanish credit co-operatives in the face of the challenges of economic globalisation and the great changes in the national and international financial system. The running of this Group is through a vertebrate structure, in co-ordination and representation aspects as well as in operative functions.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Co-operative bank; Credit system; Financial groups; Rural savings bank; Spain; Agricultural Finance; G21; Q13; Q14.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24530

Analysis of Marketing Margins in Eco-Labeled Products
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Carambas,   Maria Cristina D.M.
This article aims to explain the marketing margins in the eco-labeled products market in Thailand and the Philippines. It focuses on labeled organic agricultural commodities that are commonly exported especially in Europe, which has demand for this type of products. Understanding the interplay of economic variables influencing marketing margins in the eco-labeled market as compared to its conventional counterpart is relevant in understanding how this growing niche market works. The analytical framework developed by Gardner (1975) was used in the analysis to provide a basic understanding of how marketing margins behave. Econometric results show that changes in demand rather than the changes in supply explain most of the variations in margins particularly in...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Marketing margins; Price spread; Organic products; Eco-labeling; Q12; Q13; M31; L11.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24600

The Economic Impacts of a Foot-And-Mouth Disease Outbreak:  A Regional Analysis
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Pendell,   Dustin L.; Leatherman,   John C.; Schroeder,   Ted C.; Alward,   Gregory S.
Contagious animal diseases like foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) are often referred to as economic diseases because of the magnitude of economic harm they can cause to producers and to local communities.  This study demonstrates the local economic impact of a FMD outbreak in southwest Kansas.  The expected economic impact of the disease hinges heavily on where the incidence of the disease occurs.  Disease surveillance, management strategies, mitigation investment, and overall diligence clearly need to be much greater in concentrated cattle feeding and processing areas at large feeding operations in the region.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Foot-and-mouth disease; Invasive species; Livestock; Regional analysis; Q11; Q13; R15.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37093

Firm Size Distribution and Performance of Maize and Fertilizer Traders After Market Liberalisation: Evidence from Kenya
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mose,   Lawrence Obae; Burger,   Kees.
Improvement in the performance of agricultural markets was the ultimate goal of market liberalisation. In this paper, firm (trader) size distribution as a factor influencing market performance is analyzed using maize and fertilizer traders from Kenya. Firm size distribution was assessed by analyzing the normality of the distribution on volume traded. Performance was assessed by the level of competition (using Hirschman-Herfindahl index), marketing margins and marketing costs. Results show that firm size distribution for both commodities is log-normally distributed but positively skewed indicating a tendency towards smaller than larger firms. A plausible explanation is that faced with inadequate financial resources and inadequate business experience, new...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Liberalisation; Firm size distribution; Costs; Margins; Agribusiness; International Relations/Trade; D4; L1; Q12; Q13; Q18.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25533

Commodity Price Pass-Through in Differentiated Retail Food Markets
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Richards,   Timothy J.; Allender,   William J.; Pofahl,   Geoffrey M.
Prices for nearly all basic commodity rose at unprecedented rates throughout early 2008, only to fall nearly as fast as financial markets and global economies began to collapse.  Rising food prices in 2008 led to concerns that commodity price spikes would lead to more general food inflation, but by early 2009 interest focused more on the seeming inability of food prices to fall back down with commodity prices.  This study provides an empirical investigation into the pass-through of commodity prices to retail prices for two different types of food products: potatoes and fluid milk.  The results show that pass-through depends on the nature of the food in question, but is generally consistent with theoretical models of pricing by sellers of multiple,...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Commodity prices; Conduct; Industrial organization; Inflation; Market power; Nested logit; Pass-through; Random parameters model; Consumer/Household Economics; Demand and Price Analysis; Industrial Organization; C35; D12; D43; L13; L41; Q13.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61187

Benefit Evaluation of the Country of Origin Labeling in Taiwan: Results from Auction Experiment
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Chern,   Wen S.; Chang,   Chun-Yu.
This research is aimed at investigating the consumer’s preference for food produced in Taiwan and the economic benefits for the country of origin labeling. The study uses both experimental auction and contingent valuation method (CVM) to investigate factors that affect the consumer’s willingness to pay (WTP) for products under country-of-origin labeling (COOL).  Experimental auctions of Taiwan and China preserved olives as well as Taiwan, China and Vietnam oolong teas were conducted using the Vickrey’s second price sealed bid auction. For CVM, the study used the double-bounded dichotomous choice method in which we started assuming the same base price for all products in the first question and then varied the prices in the second CV question. The products...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Country-of-origin labeling; Experimental auction; Tobit model; Contingent valuation method; Logit model; Multinomial logit model; Willingness to pay; Agricultural and Food Policy; Consumer/Household Economics; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Q13; D12.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49215

Spatial and Regional Dimensions of Food Security in Zambia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Haggblade,   Steven; Longabaugh,   Steven; Tschirley,   David L.
Zambia’s population clusters tightly in cities along the north-south line of rail  and in the primarily rural areas of Eastern Province (Figure 1). Staple food consumption and purchases are similarly concentrated in these heavily  populated clusters (Figures 4 and 5). Across the border, several high-density population centers lie close to the Zambian border — in the copperbelt cities of southern DRC, in the highlands of southern Tanzania, in Malawi and in Zimbabwe (Figure 2). This results in sizeable potential food markets for Zambian farmers across the border in southern DRC and, intermittently, in Zimbabwe and Malawi. Zambia’s staple food production and sales likewise cluster spatially in three main areas: along the line of rail, in the large commercial...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Zambia; Food security; Africa; Staple food production; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Security and Poverty; International Relations/Trade; Q18; Q13; Q17.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58544

Organization and Strategy of Farmer Specialized Cooperatives in China
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hu,   Yamei; Huang,   Zuhui; Hendrikse,   George W.J.; Xu,   Xuchu.
A description and analysis of China's Farmer Specialized Cooperatives is presented. Data is presented regarding the historical development of farmer cooperatives in China, the membership composition of a sample of 66 farmer cooperatives in the Zhejiang province, and the various attributes (governance, quality control system, and strategy) of a watermelon cooperative in this province. Many cooperatives are being transformed in organizations with a market orientation. These cooperatives exhibit substantial heterogeneity, in terms of farmers being member and skewness in the distribution of control rights. Human asset specificity in terms of establishing and maintaining relations and access to markets seems to be more important than physical asset specificity...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Farmer Cooperative; China; Governance Structure; Business Strategy; Agribusiness; Q13.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25610

Hedonic Retail Beef and Pork Product Prices
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Parcell,   Joseph L.; Schroeder,   Ted C.
Consumer-level hedonic models are estimated to determine factors affecting retail pork and beef meat cuts. Results indicate that brand premium and discount varies across private, national, and store brands and that brand premium varies across meat cuts carrying the same brand name. Product size discounts are linear for beef and nonlinear for pork, meat items on sale are significantly discounted to non-sale items, specialty stores typically will not garner higher prices than supermarket/grocery stores, and warehouse stores typically have premium prices relative to supermarket/grocery stores.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Beef; Brand premium; Hedonic modeling; Pork; Demand and Price Analysis; Livestock Production/Industries; Q13; D12; M31; M32.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6622

Factors Influencing Basis and the Speed of Basis Adjustment in Grain Markets
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Riley,   John Michael.
Basis for grains and other crops has widened in recent years.  Many factors are attributable to basis changes.  However, in the Mississippi Delta region basis levels rose sharply in 2007 and 2008.  Comparatively, although basis levels for corn and soybeans did widen in the Midwestern region it was to a lesser extent. Much the same is true with regard to wheat when comparing the Delta region with that of Western Kansas.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Basis; Spatial prices; Marketing; Q13.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56540

Factors Constraining Efficiency of Russian Corporate Farms: The Case of the Moscow Region
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hockmann,   Heinrich; Svetlov,   Nikolai M.
A time series model is estimated to identify the interrelation among prices on the international and the EU domestic market for butter. Although the findings were not derived from a causal model, the inspection of the data provides economically reasonable and important insights in structural relationship between international and domestic prices. The fact that international prices in the EU and Oceania are causal for each other is an indication of an integrated market. Price transmission is not perfect suggesting that competition between the EU and Oceania exists, however, but not as intense as it could be expected for a homogeneous good like butter. The estimates provide that the EU absorbs price fluctuations form the word market. Interestingly, changes...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Dairy market; International trade; Market integration; Agribusiness; Productivity Analysis; F15; Q13; Q17.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25439

EXPERIENCE WITH ENDOGENOUS RURAL  DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES AND THE PROSPECTS FOR LEADER+ IN THE REGION "DOLINA STRUGU", POLAND
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gramzow,   Andreas.
This paper presents the results of a case study of local economic development in Dolina Strugu, Podkarpackie voivodship, Poland. Its aim is to analyse local development problems and chances, to investigate the potential of endogenous initiatives to support economic development, and to examine the prospects for an implementation of the EU's initiative Leader+. The case study primarily relies on interviews conducted with local government authorities, NGOs, business owners and farmers in summer 2005. The hitherto unsatisfactory income situation in agriculture has been particularly precarious for the region because two thirds of the people in working age are employed in agriculture and alternative job opportunities are mostly absent. To respond to these...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Rural development; Endogenous initiative; Leader+; Cooperation; Poland; Community/Rural/Urban Development; P32; Q13; R11.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14907

Grocery Retailers' Dominant Role in Evolving World Food Markets
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sexton,   Richard J.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Market consolidation; Food retailers; Food quality; Vertical coordination; Supermarket; Market power; Farmer welfare; Agribusiness; International Relations/Trade; Q13; L13.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94763

Auctioning Payment Entitlements
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nielsen,   Kurt.
Payment entitlements is a new commodity that arises from the new European common agricultural policy. The agricultural subsidies are decoupled from the actual production and replaced by the so-called payment entitlements. A payment entitlement has a farm specific value and may be freely traded. This paper discusses the complexity of this new market and suggests an auction that simplifies the complexity. The suggested auction allows a buyer to simultaneously bid on all payment entitlements. The prices are found by a tatonnement that monotonically approximates the equilibrium prices for the different types of payment entitlements for sale. The auction enhances the competition and efficiency of the market, which is essential for the individual members of the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Auction; Multiple goods; Bidding agents; Tatonnement; Agricultural subsidies; Agricultural Finance; D44; Q13.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24566

Una aplicación de la escala de fobia a los alimentos nuevos. El caso de los alimentos étnicos
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Camarena-Gomez,   Dena M.; Sanjuan,   Ana Isabel.
El artículo investiga las actitudes de los consumidores hacia los alimentos nuevos mediante la escala FNS (Food Neo-phobia Scale). Apartir de ella se obtiene el perfil de los individuos más y menos proclives a la introducción de nuevos alimentos en sus dietas, denominados respectivamente, «neo-fílicos » y «neo-fóbicos». Entre estos alimentos nuevos, los étnicos o propios de un país y cultura, están empezando a introducirse en el mercado español, especialmente impulsados por la inmigración. A partir de la escala actitudinal, se obtienen perfiles socio-demográficos y de comportamiento de compra y consumo de alimentos étnicos, claramente distintivos, lo que permite extraer información relevante de cara a la evaluación del potencial del mercado étnico en España.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Ethnic food; Food neophobia scale (FNS); Consumption and purchase habits; Agricultural and Food Policy; Q13; M31.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57235

Does Price Asymmetry Exist In Commodity and Energy Markets?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wixson,   Sarah E.; Katchova,   Ani L.
Recent increases in the price of crude oil have led to a rise in the prominence of corn-based ethanol as an alternative source of energy. As a result linkages have been established between commodity and energy prices. The aim of this study is to determine if soybeans, corn, wheat, oil, and ethanol adjust their prices asymmetrically depending on whether their actual price is over- or under-predicted with respect to one another. This study’s goal of determining if asymmetric price relationships exist is accomplished by using monthly time series price data incorporated into a distributed lag error correction model distinguishing between positive and negative price difference and positive and negative values of the error correction term.  The primary results...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Asymmetric price adjustment; Grain prices; Crude oil prices; Ethanol prices; Error correction model; Agribusiness; Agricultural Finance; Demand and Price Analysis; Marketing; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; Q11; Q13; Q42.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103735

Assessing Consumer Willingness to Pay for Value-Added Blueberry Products Using a Payment Card Survey
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hu,   Wuyang; Woods,   Timothy A.; Bastin,   Sandra; Cox,   Linda J.; You,   Wen.
This study offers insights on consumer acceptance and willingness to pay for three value-added blueberry products. A modified payment card approach was used. The analytical framework adopted allows the researcher to attach straightforward economic interpretation to the estimated impacts of willingness to pay factors. Results show consumer socio-economic characteristics are important determinants but play different roles depending on the products. Information on health benefits may also be important. However, it is found that outside information or consumer self-stated awareness of blueberries’ health benefits have different impacts. These impacts may function as substitutes rather than complements to each other.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Blueberry; Payment card contingent valuation; Value-added; Willingness to pay; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Marketing; D12; Q13.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/104617

Cow-Calf Producer Risk Preference Impacts on Retained Ownership Strategies
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Pope,   Kelsey Frasier; Schroeder,   Ted C.; Langemeier,   Michael R.; Herbel,   Kevin L.
Considerable efforts have been made to provide cow-calf producers with information to help them make informed decisions about adding value to calves. Despite demonstrated market incentives to retain calves, many producers still sell right after weaning. We postulate this observed behavior is related to producer risk aversion. Our study concludes risk aversion is an important factor affecting calf retention as the most risk-averse producers have more than a 60% probability of selling calves at weaning and the most risk tolerant have less than a 20% probability of selling at weaning.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Cow-calf producers; Ordered probit; Retained ownership; Risk aversion; Farm Management; Marketing; Q13; C25; D18.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/117953

Planning an Expansion of Blueberry Production by Southern Growers
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Florkowski,   Wojciech J.
A random utility model is applied to examine growers' decision to expand blueberry orchards. A logit decision model is estimated using survey data from Georgia commercial growers. Results indicate the importance of credit and water availability for the expansion decision. Effects of demographics and income on the expansion decision were simulated.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Q12; Q13; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/35329

ZUR BEWERTUNG DES UNGARISCHEN SAPARD-PROGRAMMS UNTER BESONDERER BERUCKSICHTIGUNG DER INVESTITIONEN IM MILCHSEKTOR
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Voneki,   Eva.
ZUSAMMENFASSUNG Als Heranführungsinstrument verfolgen die nationalen SAPARD Programme zwei Zielsetzungen. Zum Ersten sollen sie den Aufbau wettbewerbsfähiger Strukturen in den Agrar- und Ernährungssektoren der Beitrittsländer unterstützen, indem die Investitionstätig-keit entwicklungsfähiger Betriebe subventioniert wird. Darüber hinaus sollen die Programme einen Beitrag zum Aufbau der Agrarverwaltungen in den neuen Mitgliedsstaaten leisten, so dass die Länder in der Lage sind, die agrarpolitischen Vorgaben der EU in den Ländern zu implementieren. In der vorliegenden Arbeit wird am Beispiel Ungarns aufgezeigt, dass SAPARD diesen Zielsetzungen nur unzureichend gerecht wird. Die Bedeutung SAPARD für den Aufbau effizienter Verwaltungsstrukturen ergeben sich...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: SAPARD; Investitionstätigkeit; Milchsektor; Ungarn; Livestock Production/Industries; Q13; Q18.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14874

Consumers’ Willingness-to-Pay for Retail Branded Beef Products with Bundled Attributes
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Franken,   Jason R.V.; Parcell,   Joseph L.; Tonsor,   Glynn T.
With a declining share of the domestic meat market, some beef producers are becoming more attentive to opportunities for value-added products tailored to the desires of certain consumer segments. Using a survey of St. Louis and Kansas City, Missouri meat consumers, this study investigates perceptions of and willingness-to-pay for various value-added attributes that could be supplied as retail branded beef products.  Factor analysis identifies two alternative attribute bundles as branding strategies based on perceived importance and complementarity of attributes. Nonparametric procedures provide conservative estimates of willingness-to-pay.  Parametric methods identify types of consumers willing to pay significantly higher premiums.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Beef; Branding; Marketing; Value-added; Willingness-to-pay; Agribusiness; Marketing; Q13; Q15.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103609

Grocery Retailer Pricing Behavior for California Avocados with Implications for Industry Promotion Strategies
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Li,   Lan; Carman,   Hoy F.; Sexton,   Richard J.
Rising concentration and consolidation of sales among large supermarket chains in the U.S. and other countries, due in part to a recent wave of mergers in food retailing, have made retailers' role in the food industry a topical issue. Using a unique micro dataset, this paper investigates retailer pricing issues for avocados, a key California specialty commodity, and analyzes the implications of retailer pricing behavior for the effectiveness of avocado industry advertising programs. The methodologies developed and the results achieved in this study should have broad applications across the produce sector, the food industry, and the grocery retail market. We find that retail prices for avocados are highly dispersed both spatially and temporarily. The...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: F13; L1; L81; Q1; Q13; Demand and Price Analysis; Marketing.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25494

Spatial Price Transmission in Kazakh Wheat Markets
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Yakhshilikov,   Yorbol; Brosig,   Stephan.
Reliable marketing opportunities in both interregional and international trade are an important precondition for further development of the agricultural sector. In this study we assess interregional integration of Kazakh wheat markets. We apply asymmetric threshold error correction models to assess the co-movement of elevator prices at three grain-trading spots in the northern and central parts of the country. Results suggest that markets of two northern grain-trading spots (Petropavlovsk and Kokshetau) are closely connected with each other while their connection with Karaganda in central Kazakhstan is much weaker. Here, levelling out price gaps through arbitrage trade only occurs after a threshold of considerable extent has been surpassed.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Kazakhstan; Price transmission; Threshold VECM; Crop Production/Industries; Demand and Price Analysis; C22; Q13.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25690

U.S. Meatpacking: Dynamic Forces of Change in a Mature Industry
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Buhr,   Brian L.; Ginn,   Bruce.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Meatpacking; Five Forces; Competition; Supply Chain; Vertical Coordination; Relevant Markets; Agribusiness; Livestock Production/Industries; Q13; Q18; L11; L22; L2; L66.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/104210

Alternative Theories and Empirical Approaches to Price Discovery: An Application to Fed Cattle
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Carlberg,   Jared G.; Ward,   Clement E.
Price discovery is a frequent topic of research, but many times is not clearly defined and thus purported to cover a myriad of topics.  This article provides two alternative theories as the basis for one line of price discovery research. Empirical models consistent with the two theories are estimated using a common data set.  Empirical results differ as expected.  This article evidences why the theoretical basis for an empirical model depends on clearly defining the objective(s) of the research.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Derived demand; Fed cattle; Partial adjustment model; Price discovery; Q13; Q11; Q12; C51; C22.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43201

Quality Perceptions and Willingness-to-Pay for Imported Rice in Japan
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Peterson,   Hikaru Hanawa; Yoshida,   Kentaro.
Attitudes of Japanese consumers toward domestic and foreign varieties of rice were analyzed on the basis of a survey. We found that the current retail prices for imported rice are higher than the average consumers’ willingness-to-pay (WTP), whereas most domestic rice was priced below the average WTP. Unfamiliarity or negative perceptions of the safety and flavor of foreign rice lowered WTP substantially. The WTP for U.S. rice was limited more by negative perceptions of flavor than from concerns about food safety.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Choice experiment; Food safety; Japan; Quality perceptions; Ride; U.S. export; Willingness-to-pay; Q13.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/42941

Preference erosion effects on the agricultural sector of the EU’s Mediterranean Partner Countries
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kavallari,   Aikaterini; Schmitz,   P. Michael.
This paper analyses preference erosion effects on the agricultural sector of the EU’s Mediterranean Partner Countries (MPCs) with the partial equilibrium multi-commodity multi-region world trade model AGRISIM. Supposing that the preferences to the MPCs granted by the EU remain as of 2001 then the effects are evident for high protected markets like beef in Turkey, milk and rice in Morocco and olive oil in the MPCs. Supposing a free trade area between the EU and the MPCs, then the impacts are high for beef, milk and sugar. The farmers’ income decreases, but the consumers and the taxpayers benefit from lower prices and the overall welfare in all MPCs increases.
Tipo: Article
Palavras-chave: Preference erosion; Multilateral liberalisation; Mediterranean Partner Countries; AGRISIM; Agricultural and Food Policy; Q17; Q18; Q13.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/118864

La importancia del atributo origen en la eleccion de productos agroalimentarios. El caso del esparrago de Navarra
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cortinas,   Monica; Chocarro,   Raquel; Elorz,   Margarita; Villanueva,   M. Luisa.
In this research, we analyze the importance of the extrinsic attributes in the customer's choice of the white asparagus category, paying special attention on the influence of the origin and in the asparagus designation of origin from Navarra. For this, an experiment was designed which included 18 choice screen's with choices made with combinations of the attributes. The results are analyzed according to a logit multinomial model which allows evaluating the importance of the attributes. Due to a latent segmentation, heterogeneity is controlled and we detect different customer segments.   RESUMEN En este trabajo se analiza la importancia de los atributos extrínsecos en la elección del consumidor para la categoría del espárrago blanco, prestando especial...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Designation of origin; Asparaguses from Navarra; Experimental design; Choice analysis; Latent segmentation; Consumer/Household Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; M30; Q13.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8000

Does traceability play a role in retailer’s strategies for private labels?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Banterle,   Alessandro; Souza Monteiro,   Diogo M.; Stranieri,   Stefanella.
Traceability is helping retailers manage food safety risks and support product differentiation. This paper aims to investigate how traceability may be used to screen supplier for private labels dedicated provider pools. Retailers in the UK and Italy have several private label product lines and increasingly select dedicated suppliers. The choice of providers is a typical agency problem as retailers contract the production for their private labels, having incomplete information on types and effort of their suppliers. Different contracts must be designed for suppliers of private labels depending on position of the product line and its food safety risk. A case study, based on the second largest Italian retailer reveals that traceability and quality assurance...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Traceability; Dedicated providers; Food products; Retailing; Vertical coordination; Marketing; Q13; Q18; L81; L66; L15.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/50933

Consumers' Decision between Private Labels and National Brands in a Retailer's Store: A Mixed Multinomial Logit Application
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bergès-Sennou,   Fabian; Hassan,   Daniel; Monier-Dilhan,   Sylvette; Raynal,   Helene.
We propose to analyze the determinants of consumers' brand decision within a retailer store using a multinomial mixed logit approach. For the consumers' choice, national brands compete with private labels (both me-too product and high quality store brand). We first find that the standard private label (me-too), independently of the price effect, performs better than all national brands in terms of consumers' utility. Second, the high-quality private label does not reach its target yet in term of consumers' acceptance due to a poor product characteristics perception. Last, it appears that households' objective socioeconomic variables (income, education and household size) do not play any role in private label perception, whereas objective consumption...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Brands; Consumers' choice; Mixed logit model; Willingness to pay.; Consumer/Household Economics; D12; L81; Q13.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9407

GETREIDEPRODUKTION IN DER UKRAINE -- EINE KOMPARATIVE ANALYSE VON PRODUKTIONSKOSTEN
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Einax,   Christian; Lissitsa,   Alexej; Parkhomenko,   Sergiy.
The following Discussion Paper aims to analyse the development path and profitability of grain production in Ukraine, which is one of the most important production branches of most Ukrainian agricultural companies. Methodologically, individual farm analysis and horizontal farm comparison are used. The cost benefit analysis has been widely used for farm analysis of the agricultural sector in market economies. However, only few applications could be observed in agribusiness research in Ukraine in the last years, presumably because of missing or unreliable data. Thus, the goal of this paper is to apply a standard farm management instrument for enterprise analyse in agriculture of a transition country. The results show small differences in production costs...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Grain market; Costs of production; Transition; Ukraine; Crop Production/Industries; Q12; Q13; Q18; P27.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14892

Consumers’ Perceptions and Attitudes of Organic Food Products in Northern Thailand
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sangkumchaliang,   Parichard; Huang,   Wen-Chi.
The International Food and Agribusiness Management Review is published quarterly by IFAMA. www.ifama.org
Tipo: Article
Palavras-chave: Organic food; Consumer behavior; Food labels; Consumer awareness; Consumer/Household Economics; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Marketing; Production Economics; Productivity Analysis; Q13; Q18.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/120860

Quality Provision and Farmer Inclusion of  Agricultural Cooperatives
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Yu,   Jianyu.
The paper aims to analyze the quality provision and inclusion of farmers by a farmer-owned cooperative (co-op) when it competes with an investor-owned firm (IOF). A model of mixed oligopsonistic competition is developed to capture the endogenous participation of farmers who are heterogeneous in their efficiency to provide quality. The results highlight an advantage of the co-op: by imposing a similar quality standard to the one imposed by the IOF, the co-op may drive the IOF out of the market. Due to this advantage, it is more likely that the co-op will set a high quality standard when the minimum quality standard is costly to farmers. This advantage, however, may induce an inefficient outcome if providing a high quality product involves a high fixed cost.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural cooperative; Mixed oligopsonistic competition; Farmer inclusion; Quality standard; Agribusiness; Industrial Organization; Q12; Q13; L1; L2.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51553

Agency Theory Issues in the Food Processing Industry
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Boland,   Michael A.; Golden,   Bill B.; Tsoodle,   Leah J.
The objective is to identify significant determinants of performance for food processing firms over the 1992 to 2003 time period, focusing particularly on the issue of family control. Variables measuring firm effects such as asset size, governance, income distribution, and risk are used to explain return on equity. This study builds upon previous research by including a measure of income distribution in the food processing industry. Governance variables are found to be significant determinants of return on equity. The results found no evidence of agency problems in family-controlled firms during this time period.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Institutional economics; Organizational economics; Agribusiness; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Production Economics; D23; G34; Q13; Q14.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47203

Range and Limit of Geographical Indication Scheme: The Case of Basmati Rice from Punjab, Pakistan
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Giraud,   Georges.
Basmati is well renowned as the most aromatic rice over the world. Populated urban markets are prone to accept a premium to Basmati, whom price is the highest for rice on trade and domestic markets. Punjab province represents 90% of overall Basmati rice production in Pakistan since immemorial times. This area forms the genuine alluvial lands appropriate for Basmati cultivation. Due to its price premium, some opportunist behaviors appear such as cropping blending of polished long grain from other varieties. The need of protection is clearly documented, but the registration of a Geographical Indication, will probably increase Basmati market shortages.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Basmati rice; Marketing; Commodity chain; Geographical Indication; Pakistan; Marketing; Q10; Q13; Q15.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53628

What Determines Productivity Growth of Agricultural Cooperatives?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ariyaratne,   Chatura B.; Featherstone,   Allen M.; Langemeier,   Michael R.
This paper examines productivity of a sample of grain marketing and farm supply cooperatives from 1990 to 1998.  The cooperative industry’s productivity or growth was mainly due to improvement in technology rather than improvement in pure efficiency or scale.  The cooperative industry’s productivity was primarily associated with the grain, fertilizer, and agrochemical product lines.  Policies that raise fertilizer prices would encourage a cooperative to be technically more productive.  In general, policies that raise prices of grain, fertilizer, and agrochemicals would encourage a cooperative to be more productive overall.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Cooperatives; Input bias; Output bias; Productivity; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Production Economics; Productivity Analysis; D24; Q13.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43748

The adoption of the Eurepgap Standard by Mango Exporters in Piura, Peru
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kleinwechter,   Ulrich; Grethe,   Harald.
The significance of standards in international agricultural trade is continuously rising. Due to their complexity, especially private industry standards are often expected to have a negative impact on agricultural export sectors in developing countries. The successful adoption of standards by a broad number of producers can be seen as a condition to limit negative socioeconomic consequences. This case study for the mango export sector in Piura, Peru, analyzes the adoption of the Eurepgap standard, based on a theoretical framework of a compliance process of three stages (information stage, decision stage, implementation stage). The empirical part is based on interviews with farmers. A comparison between certified producers and a control group identifies the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Standards; Costs of compliance; Eurepgap; Developing countries; International; Trade; Mango; Peru; International Relations/Trade; F13; Q13; Q17; Q18.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25521

Forest Certification: Toward Common Standards?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fischer,   Carolyn; Aguilar,   Francisco X.; Jawahar,   Puja; Sedjo,   Roger A.
The forestry industry provides a good illustration of the active roles that industry associations, environmental nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), national governments, and international organizations can play in developing and promoting codes of conduct that are formally sanctioned and certified. It also reflects some of the challenges of disseminating codes of conduct in developing countries and ensuring market benefits from certification. We describe the emergence of forest certification standards, outline current certification schemes, and discuss the role of major corporations in creating demand for certified products. We also discuss the limited success of certification and some of the obstacles to its adoption in developing countries. The...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Forest certification; Codes of conduct; Forest Stewardship Council; PEFC; Sustainable Forestry Initiative; Sustainable forest management; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; Q23; Q56; L73; Q13.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10838

The Role of Income Diversification, Transaction Cost and Production Risk in Fertilizer Market Participation
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Olale,   Edward; Cranfield,   John A.L.
Past agricultural input market participation studies have generally ignored the joint influence of income diversification, transaction cost and production risk on input market participation decisions. This study develops an analytical framework that jointly incorporates the three factors and other household factors in farmer-fertilizer market participation decisions. The framework is then tested by analyzing the entry and intensity decisions of fertilizer market participation in semi-arid eastern Kenya, at the farm level. Transaction costs and production risk negatively influence both the entry and intensity decisions, while income diversification positively influences the entry decisions. These results are confirmed by nested likelihood ratio tests which...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Income diversification; Transaction cost; Production risk; Agricultural and Food Policy; Consumer/Household Economics; Production Economics; Risk and Uncertainty; Q13; Q18.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49929

Factors Explaining the Consumers' Willingness-to-Pay for a "Typical" Food Product in Spain: Evidence from Experimental Auctions
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Akaichi,   Faiçal; Gil,   Jose Maria.
A random nth price experimental auction is used to elicit the willingness to pay (WTP) a premium for the locally produced and high quality white bean "Mongeta Ganxet" (MG) (Catalonia - Spain). Moreover, we are interested in testing the effect on the WTP of providing different pieces of information to participants. Results indicate that the provision of information on organoleptic, nutritional and cooking characteristics of the MG as well as their tasting has increased participants' WTP. Also, providing reference prices of substitutive products (both conventional and alternative high quality white beans) positively stimulates the premium participants are willing to pay for the MG. Finally, the level of consumption, the degree of knowledge about the product...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Willingness to pay; Random nth price auction; Mongeta Ganxet; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Consumer/Household Economics; Demand and Price Analysis; Marketing; Q13.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/50107

Global Supply Chain: An Executive Interview with Mary Shelman
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jose,   H. Douglas.
Mary Shelman discusses forces driving higher food prices and some of the changes which are impacting the global food supply chain. Shelman coordinates Harvard Business School’s premier Agribusiness Seminar attended annually by more than 200 CEOs and top managers from global firms. She also organizes and teaches similar programs in Europe, Latin America and Asia. Her research focuses on the forces shaping global agribusiness. Her experience bridges academia, as an author and teacher of dozens of case studies on strategic change and challenges in global agribusiness firms, with industry experience.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Global food supply chain; Food prices; Markets; Agribusiness; Demand and Price Analysis; Marketing; Q10; Q11; Q13.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53802

Impacts of Geographical Indications - Review of Methods and Empirical Evidences
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Barjolle,   Dominique; Paus,   Marguerite; Perret,   Anna O.
This paper focuses on methods for assessing the territorial impact (economic, social and environmental) of geographical indication systems. First, in a review of methods, methodological difficulties and choices are discussed and major studies are briefly presented. We highlight that it is necessary to identify a clear reference point and a relevant set of indicators and that this question has led to an active and rich research corpus. In a second part, we present some of the results of a recent European research program, SINER-GI. We analyze the impacts of 14 case studies in a common methodology. The results show significant differences of the priorities of the stakeholders between established geographical indications and geographical indications in...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Geographical Indications; Territorial impact; Food chains; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; O34; Q13; R58.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51737

Changes and Actual State of Mongolian Meat Market and Distribution System: A Case Study of Ulaanbaatar City's "Khuchit Shonhor" Food Market
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Maytsetseg,   Baljinnyam; Riichiro,   Iizawa.
With changes in the consumption pattern of meat, increases in urban population and underdeveloped distribution system after the collapse of the planned economy, there are increasing problems in meat supply and distribution in Mongolia, particularly in the capital city Ulaanbaatar. This paper examines the stages of meat distribution focusing on Khuchit Shonhor food market. Two types of informal wholesalers are identified; wholesalers who buy meat from nomads and transport it to the market in Ulaanbaatar, and wholesalers in the market who buy this meat and sell it to retailers operating within the market. It is assumed that the later wholesaler type has a stronger influence in price setting.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Mongolia; Meat market; Market structure; Meat distribution; Prices; Livestock Production/Industries; D3; D4; Q13.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25528

Bargaining structures in French dairy sector and impact of policy reforms
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Yu,   Jianyu.
The recent CAP reform to reduce gradually the intervention price of some industry products induces changes in both the raw milk price schemes and the bargaining structures in the French dairy sector. In this article, we develop a bargaining model to investigate the reason of current and potential changes. We find that the relative strongness of the downstream processors has great influence on the bargaining outcomes and the equilibrium bargaining structures. The policy reform changes the relative strongness of downstream processors and therefore, induces the change in the equilibrium price schemes and bargaining structures.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Bargaining structure; CAP reform; French dairy sector; Agricultural and Food Policy; Industrial Organization; Livestock Production/Industries; Q18; Q13; L10.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6662

Demand for Private Marketing Expertise by Organic Farmers: A Quantile Analysis Based on Counts
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lohr,   Luanne; Park,   Timothy A.
We study the demand by organic farmers for technical advice using a quantile regression for the demand of organic farmers for consultations with private information providers. There is substantial heterogeneity in the impact of critical explanatory variables on consultations of organic farmer. Larger farm size has a positive effect on contacts, but the effect is absent for the highest number of consultations. Internet use has a positive marginal effect on visits to private information providers across each quantile, suggesting that expanded efforts to deliver programs through web-based resources are a useful investment for information providers.
Tipo: Article
Palavras-chave: Organic farming; Technical assistance; Quantile regression model; Count data; Internet access; Marketing; C25; Q12; Q13; Q16.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/123784

Influence of Product Perception and Quality Label Valuation on Consumer Decision. The Case of Beef in Italy and Spain
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Barrena Figueroa,   Ramo; Sanchez Garcia,   Mercedes; Rosa,   Franco.
The consumer perception of the relation between food and health is increased his importance.  This situation generates business opportunities, when his effect is positive (for example "functional food"), or limitations or reductions in the markets (for example "food with risk perception").  This paper trait to present the relation between consumer perception of 1) intrinsic and extrinsic product attributes and 2) the influenced aspects on the label valuation on the product confidence and consumption reduction, in one market with risk perception (beef).  The data has been obtained in two European Regions: Friuli-Venezia-Giulia in Italy and Navarra in Spain, differentiated in commercial aspects related fundamentally with the product differentiation.  The...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Consumer behaviour; Label; Structural equation model; Multi-group analysis; Beef; Consumer/Household Economics; M31; Q13.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24515

Spatial Price Adjustment with and without Trade
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Stephens,   Emma C.; Mabaya,   Edward T.
In this paper we introduce a switching error correction model (SECM) estimator that allows for the possibility that price transmission between markets might vary during periods with and without physical trade flows. Applying this new approach to semi-weekly data on tomato markets in Zimbabwe, we find that intermarket price adjustment occurs quickly and as much when there is no trade as when product flows from one market to another. This finding underscores the importance of information flow for market performance.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Marketing; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; Q13; R12; C32; P42.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6538

Determinants of Food Industry Performance – Empirical Evidence Based on a Survey
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Furtan,   William Hartley; Sauer,   Johannes.
This paper empirically investigates the determinants of firms’ performance in the agri-food sector by using recent survey data for Denmark. Treating sales per employee as a proxy for value addition we estimate several bootstrapped regression models to draw conclusions on the marginal effects of potential performance determinants such as the form and nature of ownership, stage of the food chain and commodity sector, new product development, staff quality, firms’ competitive stance, and elements of firms’ strategy. To draw robust inferences we apply, besides the ordinary heteroscedasticity corrected Tobit ML-estimator, a nonparametric least absolute deviations estimator (LAD/CLAD) based on a quantile regression procedure. The results indicate that we cannot...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Value added; Innovation; Organizational type; Agribusiness; Q13; O31; O33.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6422

Italian Consumption of Wild and Farmed Fish: Demand and Elasticity Estimation
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gerolimetto,   M.; Mauracher,   Christine; Procidano,   I.
In this paper, we present an analysis of farmed and wild fish in Italy using microdot.  Instead of estimating a traditional parametric model such as AIDS, we employ Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) and evaluate elasticities using a method specific of the non-parametric framework.  As input variables, we consider not only the traditional economic factors but also some socio-demographic ones.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Aquaculture; Artificial Neural Networks; Demand curve; Elasticity; Fish consumption; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Livestock Production/Industries; C14; C21; Q11; Q13.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56076

A value chain and cluster perspective on competitiveness of European fresh vegetable production – Case studies from Germany, Italy, and Spain
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Riedel,   Bettina.
In the present study we combine cluster theory with a value chain approach, with the aim of discovering elements of the European fresh vegetable business that could enable local producers to gain competitive advantages in a global market.  European producers of fresh vegetables are under pressure to improve their performance and increase their competitiveness. Competitive advantage can be gained through innovation and by using unique resources stemming from cooperation between producers and complementary actors in local clusters. However, locally clustered producers do not sell to open markets but need access to value chains governed by lead firms, the large European retail chains, which set the rules and conditions of participation.  The study presents...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Fresh vegetables; Value chains; Clusters; Competitiveness; Agribusiness; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Marketing; Q13.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54094

Evolution of Crop-dairy Production Systems in South India from 1971 to 2002
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Yaguchi,   Yue; Kajisa,   Kei.
It is widely believed that not only a Green Revolution in a crop sector but also a White Revolution in a dairy sector has generated the great momentum of agricultural development in India since the late 1960s. However, due to the dominance of sector-specific analyses, the importance of the interaction between these two sectors has been neglected in the existing literature. The interaction is important in that the dairy sector provides manure to crop production while the crop sector supplies fodder to the dairy. Using household data collected in Tamil Nadu, India for three decades from 1971, we show the increase of fodder production as a byproduct of Green Revolution in 1970s enabled subsequent White Revolution in 1980s and the byproduct of the White...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Green revolution; White revolution; Agricultural system; India; Production Economics; M3; O13; Q12; Q13; Q56.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25562

The Impact of Vertical Coordination on Supplier Access to Finance and Investments: Evidence from the Polish Dairy Sector
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dries,   Liesbeth; Swinnen,   Johan F.M.
Agricultural credit and rural finance problems are important constraints on restructuring, investment, and thus on recovery and growth in transition countries. In this paper we study agricultural investments and financing in Polish agriculture. Our empirical evidence is based on a 2001 survey of both dairy producing rural households and dairy companies in the North-East of Poland. Dairy companies have played an important role in financial assistance, in particular for dairy-specific investments. In addition, they had an important indirect impact on farm activities and investments through feed supply, and loan guarantee programs.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Poland; Dairy sector; Vertical coordination; Investments; Financial Economics; Industrial Organization; Q13; P33.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24540

Dairy supply chain modernisation in Poland – what about those not keeping the pace?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Falkowski,   Jan; Malak-Rawlikowska,   Agata; Milczarek-Andrzejewska,   Dominika.
Taking into consideration a significant outflow of Polish farmers from dairy sector, we investigate what factors determine their decision to quit milk sales. We also analyse their current revenues and compare with that of similar households that remained in commercial milk production. Using logit model we find that severing relations with the market is mainly determined by worse endowment of farms with dairy specific assets, smaller cow herds and older age of the farm manager. Based on semi-parametric matching methods we find that in terms of revenues farms that decided for subsistence milk production perform worse than those that maintained commercial dairy business. However, more detailed analysis shows that this difference could be attributed to supply...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Milk production; Dairy supply chain; Subsistence farming; Matching methods; Poland; Agribusiness; Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing; Q12; Q13.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52854

Consumers’ Stated Choices versus Purchasing Desires: Case of Hawaii Food Baskets
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hu,   Wuyang; Cox,   Linda J.
This article uses a case study involving Hawaii food baskets to show that although a choice based conjoint experiment can elicit respondents’ most preferred alternative, this “preferred” option may not be one that respondents are willing to purchase. Thus, a choice based experiment that involves hypothetical product selection may predict different behavior, depending on the type of questions asked in the survey. This study shows that follow-up questions in a conjoint survey may serve an important role in improving model fit and the comprehensiveness of behavioral prediction.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Gift baskets in China; Preferred choice; Willing to purchase; Hypothetical selection; Agricultural and Food Policy; Consumer/Household Economics; Q13; D12.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56632

Do Sales Matter? An Exploration of Price Discounting in UK Food Retailing
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lloyd,   Tim A.; Morgan,   C. Wyn; McCorriston,   Steve; Zgovu,   Evious.
This paper assesses the impact of promotional activity in the prices of food products on supermarket shelves. The study analyses a unique, high frequency panel of supermarket prices consisting of over 230,000 weekly price observations on around 500 products in 15 categories of food stocked by the UK’s seven largest retail chains. In all, 1,700 weekly time series are available at the barcode-specific level including branded and own label products. Prices are inclusive of promotions and thus allow the frequency, magnitude and duration of sales to be analysed in greater detail than has hitherto been possible with UK data. Using this price data, sales periods are indentified. Results show that around 8% of products are on sale at any one time, and that sales...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Food retailing; Pricing; Sales; Demand and Price Analysis; Industrial Organization; Marketing; L16; L66; Q13.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51572

Building trust in agri-food chains: the mediating role of effective communication
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fischer,   Christian.
Using recent survey data (n = 1,430) on trust levels in agri-food supplier-buyer relationships in six different European countries, two commodity chains (meat and cereals) and two chain stages (farmer-processor and processor-retailer), main determinants of trust are identified and discussed.  The structural equation modelling estimation results indicate that trust can be significantly improved by effective communication and by a positive collaboration experience.  The existence of personal bonds does not seem to play a direct role in the retailer-processor relationship but is important when dealing with farmers.  In both chain stages a positive collaboration experience as well the existence of personal bonds also indirectly enhance trust by promoting...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Trust; Agri-food Chains; Europe; Agribusiness; Marketing; Q13; L14; L66.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/50106

Financial Liberalization and Japan's Agricultural Cooperatives
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Godo,   Yoshihisa.
The system of agricultural cooperatives, called JA, is one of the most politically powerful organizations in Japan, and it has continuously called for agricultural protection. In spite of its importance, information on JA's banking and insurance businesses has been limited for foreign researchers because of the uniqueness and complexity of the JA system. This paper provides a clear understanding of JA's activities and explains the political dynamics in Japan's agricultural sector. Up until the early 1990s, JA could count on stable profits from its banking and insurance businesses because of the government's favorable treatment of JA. Using these profits, JA had been successfully forming farmers into a solid voting group until the mid-1990s. However, the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Financial Economics; E5; Q13; Q18.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25477

Organic Food Consumption Patterns in France
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hassan,   Daniel; Monier-Dilhan,   Sylvette; Nichele,   Veronique; Simioni,   Michel.
This research addresses two important issues for the future expansion of organic consumption in France. The first one is related to knowing whether the organic choice is a permanent feature of consumer’s attitude or not: Do organic buyers occasionally pick one organic product or do they choose organic for “several” categories? The second issue concerns the impact of prices on buying organics which is revisited, distinguishing between capturing new consumers and increasing the demand coming from people already involved in organic markets. These questions are examined using the market basket approach; the price issue requires further estimations of demand models. The study relies on two staple food products, eggs and milk. The findings are : (i) choosing...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Market basket approach; Purchasing behavior; Logit model; Consumer/Household Economics; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; C35; D12; Q13.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53342

INTERREGIONAL INTEGRATION OF WHEAT MARKETS IN KAZAKHSTAN
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Brosig,   Stephan; Yakhshilikov,   Yorbol.
Reliable marketing opportunities in both interregional and international trade along with relatively low transportation [and transaction] costs are essential to profitability of wheat production. In this study we have investigated one aspect of the quality of marketing and trade opportunities in the Kazakh wheat sector, that is the extent and nature of integration among regional wheat markets. We applied threshold cointegration technique to assess the co-movement between time series of elevator prices at three grain-trading (and producing) spots in the northern and central parts of the country.  Results suggest that markets of two northern grain trading spots (Petropavlovsk and Kokshetau) are closely connected with each other while their connection with...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Kazakhstan; Price transmission; Market integration; Threshold cointegration; Crop Production/Industries; Marketing; C22; Q13.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14921

Quality perception of PDO beef producers
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Barreira,   Maria Madalena; Brandao,   A.R.W.; Lemos,   Jose Pedro Cardoso; Fontes,   Magda Aguiar.
Food quality from a consumer perspective includes sanitary aspects as well as nutrition, but also taste, aspect, integrity and the particularity of products. But quality at the consumer level can only be achieved if quality is respected throughout the whole chain. An analysis is undertaken using as a case study Portuguese producers of two types of PDO beef. Results, using multivariate data analysis, show that the main attributes for a quality beef at the producers` level are: feeding, finishing, specific quality, age at slaughter, breed and transport. Results also suggest that producers have distinct quality perceptions on PDO beef.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Quality; Beef; Protected Designation of Origin; Producers` quality Perception; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Q13; M31.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56768

COMMODITY R&amp;D AND PROMOTION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Richards,   Timothy J.; Padilla,   Luis.
Considerable evidence exists of high returns to public and private investment in commodity research and development programs.  This study investigates the potential returns to product research, development, and marketing in a dynamic commodity-market model.  Theoretical hypotheses derived from the solution to this model are tested in an empirical example of Washington apples.  Estimation results show that, despite significant spillovers to research and promotion expenditure in this industry, there is nonetheless considerable latitude to increase annual sales.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Advertising; Commodity; Innovation; Optimal control; Poisson model; Research and development; Marketing; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; L15; M37; Q13; Q16.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15083

FUNCTIONAL FOODS IN THE EUROPEAN UNION: AN OVERVIEW OF THE SECTOR'S MAIN ISSUES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Castellini,   Alessandra; Canavari,   Maurizio; Pirazzoli,   Carlo.
In Europe the demand of functional foods varies remarkably from country to country, on the basis of the alimentary traditions, the enforced legislation and the different cultural heritage that people have acquired. The opportunities of expansion on the market seem to be quite favorable and the interest of the consumers is rather high.  But the diffusion of these products in the community area is slowed down by some obstacles. One of main ones is the lack of an official law-recognized definition for these references, necessary in order to clearly assign these products to the food sector rather than to the pharmaceutical one.  In a such situation, we note that nowadays it is impossible to carry out a complete survey of this world, due to the lack of...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Q13; Q18; L65; L66.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14456

Comparative Costs and Conservation Policies for the Survival of the Oranutan and Other Species: Includes an Example
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tisdell,   Clement A.; Swarna Nantha,   Hemanath.
The extent to which conservation is feasible is constrained by budgets and the financial sacrifice stakeholders are willing to bear. Therefore a possible objective for conserving a species is to minimise the cost of achieving that stated aim. For example, if a minimum viable population (MVP) of a species is to be conserved, the size and type of habitats reserved for this could be selected to minimise cost. This requires consideration of the comparative (relative) opportunity costs of reserving different land types for conservation. A general model is developed to demonstrate this and is applied to the case of the orangutan. In the ecological literature, recommendations for reserving different types of land for conservation have been based on comparisons of...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Comparative costs; Conservation in situ; Costs of conservation; Environmental policy; Minimum viable populations; Opportunity costs; Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus); Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Q01; Q13; Q57; Q58.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/90466

Using Experimental Auctions for Marketing Applications: A Discussion
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lusk,   Jayson L.
The present article discusses general issues associated with experimental auctions and their relative advantages and disadvantages over other marketing research techniques.  Experimental auctions create an active market environment with feedback where subjects exchange real goods and real money, which is not generally the case with other methods.  The article also discusses four experimental design issues associated with experimental auctions: auction mechanism, market feedback and bidder affiliation, demand reduction and wealth effects, and multiple attribute valuation. Each of these experimental design issues, if not properly controlled, have the potential to create serious flaws in marketing recommendations.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Auctions; Experimental economics; Marketing; Valuation; Willingness-to-pay; D44; C92; Q13; M31.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43210

DER SLOWAKISCHE MARKT FUR MILCH UND MILCHPRODUKTE -- VOM BEGINN DER TRANSFORMATION BIS ZUM EU-BEITRITT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Glitsch,   Kristina; Eerits,   Alena.
Like in other CEEC, transition in the beginning of the 1990s had significant consequences for the agricultural and food sectors in Slovakia. For example, Slovakian consumers reacted to the abolition of consumer subsidies by drastically reducing their consumption of milk and milk products. Concurrently, milk production declined and now stands at fifty percent of its 1989 level. Dairies were closed down while those remaining carried on producing under constantly increasing overcapacities. In the years prior to EU accession, activities in the milk sector were primarily aimed at the adoption of EU standards. Meanwhile, the Slovakian milk processing industry is predominantly in the possession of foreign investors. Present per capita consumption of milk and milk...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Slovakia; Dairy industry; Milk consumption; Milk production; Milk processing; Structural change; Livestock Production/Industries; L11; L66; Q13.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14873

Do Consumers Really Care about Biotech Food Label? What Do We Know? What Else Should We Know?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Chen,   Xi; Zhong,   Funing; Zhou,   Bin.
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 comments from Dr. William Lin and Dr. Francis Tuan at ERS/USDA, and Prof. Loren Tauer at Cornell University. All errors are those of the authors.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Biotech labeling; Actual sales data; Household survey data; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Consumer/Household Economics; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Health Economics and Policy; International Development; International Relations/Trade; Marketing; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Risk and Uncertainty; Q13; Q17; Q18.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/46198

Policies and Public Investments to Promote Smallholder Green Revolutions in Africa: Lessons from Asia
Provedor de dados: 31
Many parts of Asia have achieved impressive gains in agricultural productivity and poverty reduction over the past half-century. By contrast, sustained agricultural development remains elusive in most of Africa. Policy makers are struggling to find the answers but there is no consensus about what the right mix of policies and public investments are. Can African policy makers learn from Asia’s green revolution? Conditions differ in many respects between Africa and Asia, as well as across countries within Africa, and the impacts of various investments and policies in Asia may not necessarily produce the same impacts in Africa. However, it is instructive to understand the mix of public investments and policies that helped many Asian countries achieve their...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Food security; Africa; Food policy; Smallholder; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; International Development; Marketing; Q18; Q13.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/62157

Live Animal Ultrasound Information as a Decision Tool in Replacement Beef Heifer Programs
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dos Santos,   Alecsandro; Anderson,   John D.; Vann,   Rhonda C.; Willard,   Scott T.
Real-time ultrasound information taken on beef heifers prior to backgrounding is used to develop a logit model to aid heifer retention decisions. The value of ultrasound data is calculated as the difference in certainty equivalents between a decision rule incorporating ultrasound information and one using only visual cues. The value of ultrasound data is found to be around $10 per head but is influenced by heifer value and backgrounding costs.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Expected utility; Heifer development; Logit; Real-time ultrasound; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Livestock Production/Industries; Q11; Q12; Q13.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/45529

Utilizing cow-calf producer information to increase profits in retained ownership of beef cattle
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Williams,   Brian R.; Stockton,   Matthew C.
Retained ownership has been found to be a profitable endeavor, yet many cow-calf producers choose not to retain their calves. While this paper does not directly explore the reasons producers might have for not retaining ownership, which may include uncertainty, it does explore innovative use of asymmetrical information that might reduce some of the uncertainty. Results are summarized in a regression analysis similar to a Hedonic price model where birth weight, weaning weight, and weaning age are found to be important factors to consider when selecting animals to retain.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Asymmetrical Information; Hedonic Price Model; Beef; Retained Ownership; Producer Profitability; Farm Management; Livestock Production/Industries; Production Economics; D82; M31; Q13.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/98773

Drivers of Demand for Imported Horticultural Commodities: A Cross-Country Comparison
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rickard,   Bradley J.; St. Pierre,   Christine M.; Becker,   Gabriel M.
International trade of horticultural commodities is increasingly important in many regions of the world, yet relatively little research has studied import patterns of key horticultural crops. Using data between 1991 and 2005, we find that import demand for horticultural commodities in developed countries has been driven primarily by prices and the level of trade openness while income and diet considerations were more important in emerging countries. Furthermore, our results show that the determinants of import demand differed across the selected crops, and therefore information can be lost if data for horticultural commodities are aggregated.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Emerging markets; Horticultural commodities; Import demand; International trade; International Relations/Trade; Marketing; Q10; Q13; Q17.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53749

Spatial Price Dynamics in U.S. Regional Broiler Markets
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Awokuse,   Titus O.; Bernard,   John C.
The U.S. broiler industry is highly vertically integrated and increasingly concentrated in the number of firms and production areas. These structural elements could have implications for performance and the functioning of the law of one price (LOP) across regions. This article investigates this using data on four regional markets. Cointegration results indicate that regional prices are spatially linked in the long run, but pairwise cointegration was not found, suggesting that the LOP does not hold. Causality tests confirm the relative importance of price shocks from the South. This finding is reflective of price coordination by firms with production in multiple regions.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Broiler prices; Causality; Cointegration; Market integration; Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing; Q13; D43; C22.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6324

Smallholder compliance with private standard certification: the case of GlobalGAP adoption by mango producers in Peru
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lemeilleur,   Sylvaine.
The prevalence of food quality standards in international trade is constantly increasing and has a growing influence on developing countries. A wide range of literature in development economics has focused on the debate of whether international standards exclude small-scale farmers from high-value food markets. In fact, the evidence is mixed. New debates arise on what conditions small farmers can really comply with, pointing out both threshold capital requirements, on the one hand, and industry structure and institutional environment, on the other hand. Drawing on a microeconomic approach, our paper is a contribution to the literature exploring the patterns and determinants of smallholders’ adoption of the food standard. We focus our case study on...
Tipo: Presentation
Palavras-chave: GlobalGAP; Standard adoption; Development; Small-scale farmer; Mango; Peru; Agribusiness; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; International Development; Marketing; L22; O12; Q13.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/123457

An Analysis of Alternative Maize Marketing Policies in South Africa
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jayne,   Thomas S.; Hajek,   Milan; van Zyl,   Johan.
The maize-oriented agricultural economies throughout Southern Africa are in fundamental transition. Increased recognition of the costs of historical controls on pricing and marketing already has led to partial maize market liberalization in several countries in the region. However, there is still intense debate over the appropriate scope and implementation of future food market reform. Much of the debate derives from uncertainty over the consequences of comprehensive and politically risky changes to domestic markets, especially at a time when regional market conditions are also in flux due to agricultural restructuring in neighboring countries. There is currently little information on the direction and magnitude of grain trade between South Africa,...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Food security; Food policy; Maize market; Crop Production/Industries; Marketing; Q13.
Ano: 1995
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54700

Information and Firms’ Search Behavior
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Aker,   Jenny; Tack,   Jesse B.
Information and communications technologies (ICTs) have spread rapidly over the past decade.  There has been considerable interest in the effect of such technology on search costs, search behavior and welfare outcomes, particularly in developing countries.  This paper investigates the impact of a new search technology, mobile phones, on traders’ search and marketing behavior in Niger.  We construct a novel theoretical model of sequential search, in which traders engage in optimal search for the maximum sales price, net transport costs. The model predicts that the introduction of a new search technology, such as mobile telephones, will increase traders’ reservation sales prices and the number of markets over which they search. To test the predictions of the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Africa; Information; Information Technology; Search Costs; Niger; Agricultural and Food Policy; Food Security and Poverty; International Development; Marketing; O1; O3; Q13.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103404

Modeling Heterogeneity in Consumer Preferences for Select Food Safety Attributes in China
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ortega,   David L.; Wang,   H. Holly; Wu,   Laping; Olynk,   Nicole J.
Food safety issues often arise from problems of asymmetric information between consumers and suppliers with regards to product-specific attributes. Severe food safety scandals were observed recently in China that not only caused direct economic and life loss but also created distrust in the Chinese food system domestically as well as internationally. While much attention has focused on the problems plaguing the Chinese government’s food inspection system, little research has been dedicated to analyze consumers’ concerns over food safety. In this paper we measure consumer preferences for select food safety attributes in pork and take their food safety risk perceptions into account. Several choice experiment models, including latent class and random...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Food safety; Choice experiment; Willingness-to-pay; Risk perceptions; Random parameters logit; Latent class logit; Agricultural and Food Policy; Consumer/Household Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Q13; Q17; Q18.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61175

Analyzing pork purchases at the point of sale – The role of consumer involvement
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Grebitus,   Carola; Colson,   Gregory; Menapace,   Luisa.
Involvement is an important psychological construct for understanding consumers’ underlying purchase decision process and those factors that shape product perceptions. In order to better understand consumer purchase behavior for low and high priced pork cuts, a series of field interviews at a variety of food retailers were conducted with actual pork shoppers using the New Involvement Profile (NIP) developed by Jain and Srinivasan (1990). In addition to responses to a series of questions designed to assess consumers’ involvement when purchasing pork, informational elements including socio-demographic information and pork attributes (e.g., origin, advertisement, on sale) were also included in the analysis. Key results from the study show individuals with...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Pork; Purchase behavior; Consumer involvement; Point of sale; Agribusiness; Consumer/Household Economics; Marketing; C93; D12; Q13.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103401

Marketing Promotion of Texas Agricultural Products: The Rural Dimension of the GO TEXAN Program
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Malaga,   Jaime E.; Xu,   Bin; Martinez-Mejia,   Pablo.
The Texas Department of Agriculture launched the GO TEXAN marketing promotion program in 1999 to support Texas agricultural and food production. The underlying assumption is that if successful, the program would support directly or indirectly the demand for Texas agricultural production and the well-being of the state’s rural population. This research analyzes responses to an official 2008 survey sent to the GO TEXAN program beneficiaries. Overall, this study suggests that not all activities in the program have a clearly positive impact. Participation in trade shows, retail promotion and media events, and reverse trade missions seem to have a significant effect on sales increase as well as the use of the program logo on promotional items and web sites. The...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Marketing promotion; Rural development; Marketing; Q13; Q19.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/113537

Are Organic Farmers Really Better Off Than Conventional Farmers?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hiroki,   Uematsu; Mishra,   Ashok K.
We employed the propensity score matching and estimated the causal effect of being certified organic crop producers on farm household income and its various components in the United States. Contrary to the standard assumption in economic analysis, certified organic farmers do not earn significantly higher household income than conventional farmers. Certified organic crop producers earn higher revenue but they incur higher production expenses. In particular, certified organic producers spend significantly more on labor expenses, insurance payments, and marketing charges than conventional farmers. The results suggest that early adopters of organic farmers have done so for non pecuniary reasons and the lack of economic incentives can be an important barrier...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Organic farming; Propensity score matching; Nearest neighbor matching; Average treatment effect; Agribusiness; Crop Production/Industries; Farm Management; Marketing; Q10; Q13; J43; C21.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103862

Trade Factors Affecting Apple Exports from China to Thailand
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cui,   Lina.
Export supply and import demand factors are used to examine the apple exports from China to Thailand. Error Correction Model (ECM) and Cochrane-Orcutt regression are applied to examine the apple trade from 1976 to 2007. China apples export supply to Thailand is only influenced by domestic production cost. An increase in China apples production cost leads to a decrease of export quantity to Thailand. The result is consistent with the Thailand import demand function, where import quantity is negatively related to the China apple export price. The real exchange rate also plays an important role in the apples trade between China and Thailand. Thai baht appreciation would cause Thai import less apples from China.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Apples; Export supply; Import demand; Error correction model; Agribusiness; International Relations/Trade; F14; Q13; Q17.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56388

Implementation of Mandatory Country of Origin Labeling (MCOOL) in the Pork Industry
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Meyer,   Steve R.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade; Livestock Production/Industries; Q13; Q17; Q18.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94688

Experimental Evidence of Risk Aversion in Consumer Markets: The Case of Beef Tenderness
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Alfnes,   Frode; Rickertsen,   Kyrre; Ueland,   Oydis.
Consistency of quality is important for brand loyalty and market share in consumer markets. Among consumers of beef, tenderness is the primary quality attribute. We use an experimental auction market to investigate how inconsistency in tenderness affects consumers’ willingness to pay (WTP) for beef. We find that both the level and the spread of tenderness affect consumers’ WTP for beef. Categorization the beef into various classes of tenderness increased the total value of the beef by 8%, which suggests that improved tenderness labeling may be a profitable strategy.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Beef tenderness; Consumer demand; Experimental auction; Marketing; Risk aversion; Consumer/Household Economics; C91; D12; D8; Q13.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24553

E. Coli Outbreaks Affect Demand for Salad Vegetables
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fahs,   Faysal; Mittelhammer,   Ronald C.; McCluskey,   Jill J.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Consumer/Household Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Q11; Q13.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94709

An Evaluation of Crop Forecast Accuracy for Corn and Soybeans:  USDA and Private Information Agencies
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Egelkraut,   Thorsten M.; Garcia,   Philip; Irwin,   Scott H.; Good,   Darrel L.
Using 1971-2000 data, we examine the accuracy of corn and soybean production forecasts provided by the USDA and two private agencies.  All agencies improved their forecasts as the harvest progressed, and forecast errors were highly correlated and unbiased.  The relative forecast accuracy of the agencies varied by crop and month.  For corn, USDA’s forecasts ranked as most accurate of the three agencies in all periods except for august during the recent period and improved most markedly as harvest progressed.  For soybeans, forecast errors were very similar, with the private agencies ranking as most accurate for August and September and making largest relative improvements for August during the recent period.  The USDA forecasts were dominant for October and...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Corn; Private agencies; Production forecasts; Soybeans; USDA; Q11; Q13; C82; Q18.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37835

Impact On Small Farmers and Fishermen Through Use Of Mobiles in India
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mittal,   Surabhi; Gandhi,   Sanjay; Tripathi,   Gaurav.
Telecommunication and more specially mobile phones have the potential to provide solution to the existing information asymmetry in various lagging sectors like Agriculture. India’s agricultural sector suffers from low growth rates and low productivity. Issues in access to information is a week point at every stage of the agrisupply chain. For small farmers base economy like India, access to information can possible enable better incomes and productivity to the farmers. This paper through focus group discussions and in-depth interview with farmers in villages of India, has tried to find answers to the use and impact of mobile and mobile enabled services on agricultural productivity. The answers to these questions are of relevance to develop better policy...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Mobile and Agriculture; India; Productivity; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Marketing; Production Economics; Q13; Q16; Q18.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52809

Compliance with international food safety standards as an outcome of a Nash bargaining process: a case study on Kenyan small scale green beans farms
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nimenya,   Nicodeme; Frahan,   Bruno Henry de; Ndimira,   Pascal-Firmin.
This study provides a stylized model on “Exit, voice and loyalty” as alternative strategic responses taken by Kenyan green beans farmers in the context of new and more stringent international food safety standards. On the analytical side, we use the Nash bargaining theory where the exporter and a representative grower bargain over the product quality level and the premium producer price. The comparative statics analysis shows that the producer bargaining power unlike the compliance costs has, ceteris paribus, a positive effect on the equilibrium quality level while these exogenous variables have ambiguous effects on producer price at equilibrium. Empirical results from logit model estimation with survey data at farm-level in Kenya show that households with...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Bargaining; Small-scale farm; Voice; Agribusiness; Consumer/Household Economics; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; D18; O17; O33; Q13; Q17.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53004

Estructura de preferencias de los consumidores de vino y actitudes hacia los vinos con Denominacion de Origen. El caso de Castilla-La Mancha
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bernabeu,   Rodolfo; Olmeda,   Miguel; Diaz,   Monica.
El trabajo ha cubierto un doble objetivo, por un lado se ha determinado la importancia relativa de los atributos del vino que influyen en la conformación de las preferencias de los consumidores de Castilla-La Mancha, y por otro se ha analizado la actitud de los consumidores hacia los vinos con certificación de Denominación de Origen (D.O.) más importantes de Castilla-La Mancha (D.O. La Mancha y D.O. Valdepeñas), con respecto al más conocido en el ámbito nacional (D.O. Rioja). Como resultado del primer objetivo, los atributos más relevantes son el precio, el color (tinto, blanco), la certificación y el origen, por este orden, y del segundo objetivo, se obtiene que la D.O. La Mancha y la D.O. Valdepeñas son percibidas como de vinos más baratos, de consumo...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Designation of origin; Consumer behaviour; Conjoint Analysis; Simulation; Positioning brands; Consumer/Household Economics; M31; Q13.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28772

Optimal Grain Marketing Revisited: A German and Polish Perspective
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Loy,   Jens-Peter; Pieniadz,   Agata.
Increasing grain price volatility over the last year has revived the discussion on optimal marketing strategies. Various models of optimal grain marketing have been proposed and simulated in the literature. In this study an overview on these models is presented and critical aspects are discussed. Optimal strategies are then applied to the wheat market in Germany and Poland. Results indicate that gains from optimal marketing are rather small and uncertain in the real world, indicating that scientific assistance might be of limited importance. However, an understanding of optimization and price generating processes is likely to improve farmers’ decisions, e.g. if farmers have additional (private) information to improve price forecasts.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Grain Marketing; Storage; Germany; Poland; Agribusiness; Crop Production/Industries; Demand and Price Analysis; Industrial Organization; Marketing; Q13; D81; C15; C22.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51058

Local Impacts of a Global Crisis - Food Price Transmission and Poverty Impacts in Ghana
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cudjoe,   Godsway; Breisinger,   Clemens; Diao,   Xinshen.
This paper takes a local perspective on global food price shocks by analyzing food price transmission between regional markets in Ghana. It also assesses the impacts of food price increases on various household groups. Taking the recent global food crisis as an example, we find that prices for domestic staples are highly correlated with prices for imported rice. However, price transmission between pairs of domestic regional markets is limited; it is complete for local rice and maize only when more rigorous cointegration analysis is applied. Our findings also show the important role of seasonality in the determination of market integration and price transmission. The welfare effect for households as consumers appears relatively modest at the aggregate...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Crisis; Price transmission; Cointegration analysis; Household model; Ghana; Food Security and Poverty; International Development; Q13; R20.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51089

Determinants of Willingness to Purchase Organic Food: An Exploratory Study Using Structural Equation Modeling
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Voon,   Thomas Jan P.; Ngui,   Kwang Sing; Agrawal,   Anand.
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Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Organic food; Management; SEM; Agribusiness; Consumer/Household Economics; Crop Production/Industries; Production Economics; M20; Q13.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103989

Approche méthodologique. Analyse de la compétitivité et l'évolution des avantages comparatifs dans la sous-région.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Diallo,   Boubacar Cisse; Crawford,   Eric W.; Dembele,   Niama Nango.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Mali; Food security; Rice; Maize; West Africa; Competivity; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Security and Poverty; International Development; International Relations/Trade; Q12; Q18; Q17; Q13.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58550

What Influences Consumer Choice of Fresh Produce Purchase Location?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bond,   Jennifer Keeling; Thilmany,   Dawn D.; Bond,   Craig A.
There is evidence that consumers are increasingly purchasing food directly from local producers, but little is understood about which market-specific, intrinsic, extrinsic, and demographic attributes influence the probability of preferring to purchase fresh produce through direct-market channels. A multinomial logit model is used to analyze a national dataset of fresh produce consumers with a focus on exploring differences among those that prefer to purchase direct always, occasionally (seasonally and as a secondary source), and never. Results suggest that to increase patronage and loyalty of current customers, producers may emphasize the availability of fresh, superior, vitamin-rich, and locally-grown produce at market locations through booth displays,...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; C35; C42; Q13.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/48755

Analisis del efecto de los mercados de agua sobre el beneficio de las explotaciones, la contaminacion por nitratos y el empleo eventual agrario
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Calatrava-Leyva,   Javier; Colmenero,   Alberto Garrido.
RESUMEN: La evidencia disponible sobre los efectos externos de los mercados de agua actualmente en funcionamiento es contradictoria. Algunos trabajos demuestran que el intercambio de agua reduce la contaminación derivada de los sistemas productivos del regadío, mientras que otros concluyen lo contrario. El uso combinado de tasas sobre el input contaminante y la implantación de un mercado de agua plantea incentivos a los productores con resultados ambiguos, entre otras razones porque agua y fertilización no son sustitutivos. El objetivo de este trabajo es analizar el efecto conjunto del establecimiento de un hipotético mercado de agua entre agricultores y un impuesto sobre el nitrógeno sobre la rentabilidad de las explotaciones, la contaminación por...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; Q25; Q13.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28738

Theme Overview: Critical Issues for Agricultural Cooperatives
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kenkel,   Philip L.; Park,   John L.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Cooperative; Finance; Strategy; Agribusiness; L10; L23; L16; Q13.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/117408

Indagine esplorativa dell'atteggiamento dei consumatori europei verso riso e tapioca biologici importati dalla Thailandia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Canavari,   Maurizio; Lombardi,   Pamela; Riedel,   Bettina; Spadoni,   Roberta.
The research field is marketing of quality food products for the introduction and promotion of innovative and differentiating products in distribution places far and culturally different by the country of origin/production. In an international trade context, environmental elements (e.g. the introduction of organic agriculture) and the role of the country of origin/production could influence the consumers’ perception of the distribution places. This study is aimed at deepening the knowledge about European consumer attitudes towards Thai organic rice and tapioca. In particular, the purpose was to explore relevant attributes for the quality product perception, motivations for purchasing, limiting factors, reasonable price brackets, trust elements.  In this...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Marketing of Quality Food Products; Differentiating Elements; International Trade Context; Focus Group; Semantic Categories; Q13.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/48300

Hog Options: Contract Redesign and Market Efficiency
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Urcola,   Hernan A.; Irwin,   Scott H.
This article tests the efficiency of the hog options market and assesses the impact of the 1996 contract redesign on efficiency. We find that the hog options market is efficient, but some options yielded excess returns during the live hogs period but not during the lean hogs period. Our findings indicate that the hog options market is efficient and is consistent with the new contract improving the efficiency of the market. However, other market conditions such as lower transaction costs during the lean hogs period can also contribute to reduce expected option returns during the latter period.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Hog options; Mispricing perceptions; Contract redesign; Trading returns; Agribusiness; Agricultural Finance; Crop Production/Industries; Demand and Price Analysis; Farm Management; Financial Economics; Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing; Production Economics; Productivity Analysis; Public Economics; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; C15; G12; G14; Q13.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/100518

WILLINGNESS TO PLANT IDENTITY PRESERVED CROPS: THE CASE OF MISSISSIPPI SOYBEANS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hudson,   Darren; Jones,   Tom.
The willingness to plant identity preserved (IP) crops was examined using Mississippi soybean producers as an example.  A contingent valuation framework was used to assess the impacts of offered premiums on a producer's probability of planting IP soybeans.  Findings suggest that offered premiums significantly affect planting decisions.  In addition, desire to learn more about IP production was found to increase the probability of planting, suggesting that desire to learn leads to experimentation.  Finally, prior knowledge or experience planting IP crops significantly decreased the probability of planting.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Identity preservation; Soybeans; Contingent valuation; Experimentation; Logit; Probit; Crop Production/Industries; Q13; Q16.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15444

Milchverarbeitung und -vermarktung in Deutschland - eine deskriptive Analyse der Wertschöpfungskette
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Friedrich,   Carina.
Zusammenfassung: Die Wertschöpfungskette Milch in Deutschland steht vor der Herausforderung, sich in einem zunehmend liberalisierten Milch- und Milchproduktmarkt zu behaupten. Neben der Milchproduktion hat in der Wertschöpfungskette vor allem die Milchverarbeitung eine zentrale Funktion. Diese veredelt den international relativ homogenen Rohstoff Milch zu sehr unterschiedlichen Produkten. Die speziellen Produkteigenschaften von Milch (geringe Transportwürdigkeit und Lagerfähigkeit) erfordern zudem eine sehr enge Kopplung der beiden Wertschöpfungsstufen Milchproduktion und -verarbeitung. Dabei stehen sich in der Wertschöpfungskette viele Landwirte und einige Molkereien einem stark konzentrierten Lebensmitteleinzelhandel gegenüber. Die Molkereistruktur ist...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Wertschöpfungskette Milch; Milchwirtschaft; Molkereistruktur; SAtrukturanalyse; Dairy supply chain; Dairy economy; Structure of milk processing; Structure analysis; Agribusiness; Livestock Production/Industries; Q11; Q13; L66.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/108262

Productivity and Environmental Performance in Marketing Cooperatives: Incentive Schemes on the Horticultural Sector
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Galdeano-Gomez,   Emilio; Cespedes-Lorente,   Jose; Rodriguez-Rodriguez,   Manuel.
The object of the present paper is to analyze the productivity of marketing cooperatives incorporating environmental inputs/outputs. In the European agricultural policy, expectations for attaining sustainable and competitive agriculture lie to a great extent on the cooperative sector's ability to adapt to the new market conditions. These challenges have led marketing cooperatives in the fruit and vegetables sector to consider improvement in productivity and sound environmental performance. In this sector environmental management was intensified by the Common Agrarian Policy (CAP) through incentives on the so-called Operative Programs (OP). The present study analyses the total factor productivity (TFP) related to environmental variables in this sector using...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Productivity; Environmental performance; Parametric approach; Efficiency; Marketing cooperative; Horticultural sector; Agribusiness; Environmental Economics and Policy; Productivity Analysis; D24; Q13; Q21; L15.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25738

Trends and Patterns in Fertilizer Use by Smallholder Farmers in Kenya, 1997-2007
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ariga,   Joshua; Jayne,   Thomas S.; Kibaara,   Betty; Nyoro,   James K.
This study uses nationwide household panel survey data from 1996/97 to 2006/07 to examine trends in fertilizer use on maize by smallholder maize growers. The paper also compares these findings with fertilizer use rates according to other recent surveys in Kenya to assess comparability. We also examine the correlation between household fertilizer use and indicators of welfare such as wealth and landholding size. In addition, we use econometric techniques applied to household survey data to identify the main household and community characteristics associated with fertilizer purchases. Lastly, the study considers alternative policy strategies for maintaining smallholders’ access to fertilizer in the current context of substantially higher world fertilizer...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Fertilizer; Africa; Malawi; Kenya; Small Holders; Crop Production/Industries; Q13.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/55169

Spatial Patterns of Food Staple Production and Marketing in South East Africa: Implications for Trade Policy and Emergency Response
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Haggblade,   Steven; Longabaugh,   Steven; Tschirley,   David L.
This paper aims to develop and test methods for spatial mapping of population, food production, consumption, and marketed quantities in Africa. As an initial, exploratory exercise, the paper examines the spatial pattern of population, food production, consumption, and trade in the three countries of Zambia, Malawi and Mozambique. This largely descriptive initial work will lay the empirical foundations for future analytical work modeling regional trade flows of food staples. By mapping population, food production, and trade flows, the paper aims to help policy makers better understand and anticipate spatial interactions in staple food markets. Through visual presentation of market information, these spatial mapping tools offer prospects for animating an...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Africa; Food Security; Production; Marketing; Food Security and Poverty; International Relations/Trade; Q13.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54553

Structure des marchés du coton graine et performance du secteur coton : Plusieurs leçons mais pas de prescription de recommandations
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kelly,   Valerie A.; Tschirley,   David L.
Produced for review by the United States Agency for International Development under the WACIP project funded by USAID (Programme de Renforcement du Secteur Coton en Afrique de l'Ouest et du Centre
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Africa; Cotton; Seed; Market structure; Crop Production/Industries; Q13.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/55361

Market Analysis for Dried Distillers Grain in Indiana
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dooley,   Frank J.
The rapid expansion of the ethanol industry in Indiana has saturated the local market for the principal co-product, distillers grains with solubles (DDGS). In the near term, Indiana’s livestock industry can be expected to consume up to 895,000 tons of DDGS per year. But given production of 2.7 million tons, Indiana’s ethanol producers will rely on railroads and barges to ship excess production to out-of-state destinations. Livestock producers will have a ready access to DDGS across the state.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Market potential; Distillers grains; Indiana; Livestock; Farm Management; Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing; Q10; Q13.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/46340

Asimetrías en la transmisión de precios en el sector del tomate en España
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ben Kaabia,   Monia; Gil Roig,   Jose Maria.
RESUMEN: El objetivo de este trabajo consiste en analizar el proceso de transmisión de precios a lo largo de la cadena comercial en el sector del tomate en España. Para ello se han considerado el precio percibido por el productor y el pagado por el consumidor. El enfoque metodológico adoptado se basa en la estimación de un Vector de Corrección del Error con umbrales. Los resultados indican que, a largo plazo, los dos precios son homogéneos. Sin embargo, en el corto plazo las reacciones de precios, tanto en velocidad como en magnitud, son asimétricas. Es más, los resultados indican que los detallistas se benefician (en el sentido de que son capaces de aumentar el margen comercial) de cualquier shock, ya sea positivo o negativo, que afecte tanto a las...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Asimetrías; Cointegración por umbrales; Precios; Tomate; Threshold cointegration; Prices; Tomato; Asymmetries; Demand and Price Analysis; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; C32; Q13.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37189

Choice Experiments’ Findings: A Tool for Fruit Agribusiness Managers’ Decision Making
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gallardo,   Rosa Karina.
The IFAMR is the Official Journal of the International Food and Agribusiness Management Association: www.ifama.org
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Anjou pears' quality; Sensory test; Choice experiment; Agribusiness; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Q13.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114706

Land Consolidation - Between Budgetary Constraints and Improvement of Agricultural Efficiency
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Alexandri,   Cecilia.
This paper tries to provide some solutions regarding farm consolidation and to diminish the share of subsistence farming, by analysing demographic tendencies, the ownership structure of agricultural land and the structure of the rural workforce, in Romania. The emphasis will fall on the following main solutions: the withdrawal of agricultural pensioners from the agricultural activity in return for an additional pension (before 2007) and the application of the early retirement scheme after joining the EU (probably in 2007).
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Land consolidation; Romania; Land Economics/Use; Q13.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24510

The Impact of the Oil Sector on Commodity Prices: Correlation or Causation?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Saghaian,   Sayed H.
The interconnections of agriculture and energy markets have increased through the rise in the new biofuel agribusinesses and the oil–ethanol–corn linkages. The question is whether these linkages have a causal structure by which oil prices affect commodity prices and through these links, instability is transferred from energy markets to already volatile agricultural markets. In this article, we present empirical results using contemporary time-series analysis and Granger causality supplemented by a directed graph theory modeling approach to identify the links and plausible contemporaneous causal structures among energy and commodity variables. The results show that although there is a strong correlation among oil and commodity prices, the evidence for a...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Ethanol prices; Crude oil prices; Corn prices; Soybean prices; Wheat prices; Causal structure; Agribusiness; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; Production Economics; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; Q11; Q13; Q42; Q48.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/92582

Tomato Farmers and Modern Markets in Nicaragua: A Duration Analysis
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hernandez,   Ricardo; Reardon,   Thomas.
This paper explores whether farm land and non-land assets determine the participation of tomato growers in modern markets in Nicaragua, and how farmers’ duration as supermarket suppliers affects the farm technology they use. The methodology is based on a survival analysis approach. We use data from a stratified random sample of tomato farmers in Nicaragua over a 10-year period. Our results show that participation in supermarket supply chains as supermarket supplier is not determined by farm size, contrary to a common hypothesis, and thus small farmers can be supermarket suppliers. However, non-land assets are important determinants of being in the modern channel: these assets include irrigation, nonfarm assets (linked to nonfarm employment) and education....
Tipo: Working Paper
Palavras-chave: Supermarkets; Nicaragua; Technology Adoption; Agribusiness; International Development; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; O19; O54; O13; Q12; Q13; Q15.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/121802

EU Preferential Partners in Search of New Policy Strategies for Agriculture: The Case of Citrus Sector in Trinidad and Tobago
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jacque,   Andrew Eliel; Dell'Aquila,   Crescenzo; Perito,   Maria Angela.
The paper assesses the competitive position of T&amp;T's citrus industry and explains the declining productivity. It covers supply chain and agricultural trade policy issues and involves assembling two Policy Analysis Matrices, either with full cost of production or excluding establishment costs. Domestic and trade policy support shows significant for the sector. Production is internationally competitive, or possesses comparative advantage, only if costs of establishment are excluded. These results suggest that free trade agreements under the FTAA and the ACP-EU would work against the planting of new orchards and reinforce the decline of the sector.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Competitiveness; Policy analysis matrix; Agricultural trade policy; Citrus industry; Agricultural and Food Policy; Q12; Q13; F13.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24608

Economic Appraisal of Kinnow Production and its Marketing under North-Western Himalayan Region of Jammu
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bhat,   Anil R.S.; Kachroo,   Jyoti; Kachroo,   Dileep.
An economic analysis of kinnow has been presented through studying their costs and returns. The average first year establishment costs per acre for kinnow has been worked out to be ` 5298, while its total establishment costs has been found as ` 12707. The overall per acre per year returns from kinnow orchards have been worked out to be ` 6632. The overall economic viability of the kinnow fruit, mainly net present value, internal rate of return, benefit-cost ratio and payback period have been computed as ` 7929, 15.42 per cent, 1.52 and 7.6 years, respectively. The average per quintal marketing cost at producers’ level has been found to vary to the extent of ` 450, ` 375, ` 303 and ` 223 for channels I, II, III and IV, respectively. The average per quintal...
Tipo: Article
Palavras-chave: Kinnow production; Economic analysis of kinnow; Jammu region; Marketing channels of kinnow; Agricultural and Food Policy; Q13; Q12.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/119381

The Role of Specialized Agricultural Credit Institutions in the Development of the Rural Finance Sector of Armenia: Case of Credit Clubs
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Urutyan,   Vardan E.; Aleksandryan,   Mariana; Hovhannisyan,   Vardges.
The paper aims at studying the challenges of agricultural finance in Armenia. Strengthening the rural credit markets and institutions in Armenia is of paramount importance. The study reviews and analyzes the outcomes of the Agricultural Credit Club Program implemented by the US Department of Agriculture Marketing Assistance Program in Armenia. The study identifies the attitudes and perceptions of member farmers relating to the level of interest rates and access to credit. The findings provided clear indications of the challenges facing the improvement or even development of rural financial markets and agricultural credit institutions from the demand side of agricultural credits. The study concentrates on several important issues like: problems with loan...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Credit clubs; Rural finance; Agricultural credit; Cooperatives; Agricultural Finance; Q13; Q14.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25276

Maize Market Sheds in Eastern and Southern Africa. Report 1
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Govereh,   Jones; Haggblade,   Steven; Nielson,   Hunter; Tschirley,   David L.
A report prepared by Michigan State University for the World Bank under contract No. 7144132, Strengthening Food Security in Sub-Saharan Africa through Trade Liberalization and Regional Integration
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Africa; Markets; Maize; International Relations/Trade; Q13.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/55374

Impact of Changes in Dietary Preferences on U.S. Retail Demand for Beef: Health Concerns and the Role of Media
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Miljkovic,   Dragan; Mostad,   Daniel.
The goal of this study is twofold: to determine if in the long run health concerns affect, via changes in consumer dietary preferences, the retail demand for beef in the United States and to establish if media coverage of popular diets (media frenzy) causes the change in retail demand for beef, or if it simply reports the facts about the changes in consumer dietary preferences.  Data used in the analysis are the quarterly retail demand index for beef and the number of newspaper articles and magazine features on low-fat, low-cholesterol and low-carb diets published in the United States between 1990:I and 2004:IV. Johansen's cointegration method and vector error correction (VEC) model based Granger causality test were used in the long-run and short-run...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Health concerns; Media; Demand for beef; Cointegration; VEC; Granger causality; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; D12; Q13.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19487

Value and Risks of Expiring Carbon Credits from CDM Afforestation and Reforestation
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dutschke,   Michael; Schlamadinger,   Bernhard; Wong,   Jenny L.P.; Rumberg,   Michael.
The Milan conference of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change has established two types of emission offsets under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), valid for afforestation and reforestation activities. In order to account for the non-permanent nature of carbon storage in forests, these credits expire after a predefined periods, after which the buyer needs to replace them. The present article assesses their market value in relation to "permanent" credits, identifies their specific risks and proposes how to mitigate and manage them. It analyzes strengths and weaknesses of expiring credits for sellers and buyers. Taking the example of the EU emissions trading system, the authors discuss how expiring credits could reach fungibility with permanent...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: CDM; Afforestation; Reforestation; Permanence; Insurance; LCER; TCER; Environmental Economics and Policy; Q23; Q25; Q13.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26347

Measuring the Effectiveness of Checkoff Programs
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Williams,   Gary W.; Capps,   Oral, Jr.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Marketing; Q13; M31; M37.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94412

Trade, Standards and Poverty. Evidence from Senegal
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Maertens,   Miet; Swinnen,   Johan F.M.
The debate on trade and poverty is reinforced by recent studies on the role of standards. It is argued that increasing standards act as trade barriers for developing countries and cause further marginalization of the poor. This paper is the first to quantify income and poverty effects of such high-standards trade and to integrate labor market effects, by using company and household survey data from the vegetable export chain in Senegal. We find that exports have grown sharply despite increasing standards, resulting in important income gains and poverty reduction. Our estimates indicate that poverty is 14 % points lower due to vegetable exports. Tightening food standards induced a shift from smallholder contract-based farming to large-scale integrated...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Trade; Poverty; Standards; Vertical coordination; Contract farming; Food Security and Poverty; International Relations/Trade; F14; F16; I3; Q12; Q13; Q17.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7924

Price Linkage and Transmission between Shippers and Retailers in the French Fresh Vegetable Channel
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hassan,   Daniel; Simioni,   Michel.
The existence and the kind of asymmetry that characterize the relationships between shipping-point and retail prices are investigated for two major French fresh vegetables: tomatoes and chicory. Weekly data allow considering these relationships at very detailed levels such as region or supermarket chain. Moreover, the methodology proposes an implicit treatment of asymmetries in price transmission by using recently developed threshold cointegration methods. Our results do not give evidence to the widespread assertion that shipping-point price increases are completely and rapidly passed by middlemen on to consumers while there is a slower and less complete transmission of shipping-point price declines. As already emphasized in the literature, these results...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; L66; L81; Q13.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24794

Discussion: The Economics of Animal Welfare
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hudson,   Darren.
This discussion highlights some of the strengths and weaknesses of the literature on animal welfare. Most pointedly, the literature on the economics of animal welfare is quite scant. As exemplified by these papers, however, there is a growing body of literature, especially those related to added costs of production and consumer demand for animal welfare attributes.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Animal welfare; Cost estimates; Willingness to pay; Consumer research; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Farm Management; Livestock Production/Industries; Q13; Q16; Q18.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/92579

CONSUMER PREFERENCES AS DRIVERS OF THE COMMON  BEAN TRADE IN TANZANIA: A MARKETING PERSPECTIVE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mishili,   Fulgence J.; Temu,   Anna A.; Fulton,   Joan R.; Lowenberg-DeBoer,   James.
The objective of this study was to determine the impact of bean grain quality characteristics on market price. The data was collected from retail markets in Tanzania. Hedonic pricing provides a statistical estimate of premiums and discounts. Implications for development of bean markets include: i) extension agents should identify cost-effective ways to educate producers on targeting urban market niches based on consumer preferences for varieties, ii) breeding for bruchid resistant beans and use of appropriate storage technologies would alleviate the problems of storage damage, and iii) requiring a portfolio of grain quality characteristics to fit consumer preferences in local markets.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Beans; Markets; Consumer preferences; Hedonic; Storage; Tanzania; Consumer/Household Economics; Demand and Price Analysis; Marketing; D12; Q13.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/48644

DISCOVERING NICHE MARKETS: A COMPARISON OF CONSUMER WILLINGNESS TO PAY FOR LOCAL (COLORADO GROWN), ORGANIC, AND GMO-FREE PRODUCTS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Loureiro,   Maria L.; Hine,   Susan E.
Demand for value-added products is highly segmented among different types of consumers.  In this article, we assess consumer preferences for local, organic, and GMO-free potatoes in order to discover their potential niche markets.  We identify sociodemographic characteristics that affect consumer preferences and compare the effects of different attributes on  consumers' willingness to pay.  Results suggest that the attribute "Colorado grown" carries a higher willingness to pay than organic and GMO-free attributes.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Colorado grown; GMO-free; Local product; Niche market; Organics; Payment card; Willingness to pay; Consumer/Household Economics; D12; Q13.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15073

FUNDAMENTAL FORCES AFFECTING THE U.S. FRESH BERRY AND LETTUCE/LEAFY GREEN SUBSECTORS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cook,   Roberta L.
Tipo: Article
Palavras-chave: Berries; Competitiveness; Fresh Produce; Leafy Greens; Lettuce; Market Forces; Porter's Five Forces; Shipper; Structural Change; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; Q13; L10; L22; M21.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/120009

Regional Distribution of Short-Run, Medium-Run and Long-Run Quota Rents Across EU-15 Milk Producers
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Moro,   Daniele; Nardella,   Michele; Sckokai,   Paolo.
This paper evaluates the distribution of short- and long-run marginal costs and quota rents across the EU-15 milk producers, by estimating a system of cost and input share equations on a panel data of dairy farms from 1996 to 2001. Regional and geographical location and the size of milk operations have been considered as the major factors affecting marginal costs. The results on quota rents highlights that Italian and Greek dairy farmers receive the highest economic rent (260 €/ton), while in Portugal the lowest (101 €/Kg) at least in the short-run. This is an indication that Italian and Greek milk supply would be the least 'sensitive' to a reduction in the intervention price. Several countries show negative long-run quota rents, indicating that in the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Dairy; Quota rents; Marginal costs; Livestock Production/Industries; C21; Q13; Q18.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24615

Cost and Return Structure for the Promising Enterprise of Off-Season Vegetables in Himachal Pradesh
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bala,   Brij; Sharma,   Nikhil; Sharma,   R.K.
The costs and returns structure has been reported for the production of major off-season vegetables, viz. tomato, cabbage cauliflower and peas in two vegetable-dominated developmental blocks of the district Kullu. Primary data have been collected through survey method for the agricultural year 2007-08. The study has revealed that per hectare cost A1 was highest for tomato, followed by cabbage, cauliflower and lowest for peas, among the selected vegetables. However, per quintal cost of cultivation has been found to be highest for peas, followed by cauliflower, tomato and cabbage. Costs on plant protection measures have been the major constituents of cost A1 in all the crops, followed by expenditure on seed and fertilizers. Vegetables being the...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Off-season vegetables; Himachal Pradesh; Cabbage; Tomato; Cauliflower; Peas; Cropping pattern; Economics of off-season vegetables; Agricultural and Food Policy; Q13; Q12; Q18.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109512

El efecto de la preocupacion por la salud, el interes por la gastronomia y por la actividad social sobre la intensidad de consumo de vino de calidad
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Martinez,   Laura Martinez-Carrasco; Molla-Bauza,   Margarita Brugarolas; Gomis,   Francisco Jose Del Campo; Poveda,   Africa Martinez.
Resumen El presente trabajo tiene como objetivo elaborar un modelo teórico para explicar la intensidad de consumo de vino de calidad. Para la recogida de datos se ha realizado una encuesta a 50 profesionales de la restauración de la provincia de Alicante y una encuesta a 408 consumidores de vino de la misma provincia. El tratamiento estadístico de los datos se ha realizado mediante análisis de ecuaciones estructurales, que ha permitido la construcción de las variables latentes explicativas de la intensidad de consumo, así como la cuantificación de la influencia de cada uno de esos constructos teóricos sobre la variable a explicar. Los resultados muestran que la variable con mayor influencia sobre la intensidad de consumo de vino de calidad es el interés...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Quality wine; Structural equation models; Consumption frequency; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; M31; Q13.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28734

Polarized Preferences In Homegrown Value Auctions
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hurley,   Terrance M.; Yue,   Chengyan; Anderson,   Neil O.
Incentive compatible auction experiments, often referred to as homegrown value auctions, have become a popular tool for exploring how controversial product attributes and knowledge of these attributes affect consumer willingness to pay.  A common observation in these experiments is a prevalence of zero bids and bimodal bid distributions.  One possible explanation is that individuals have polarized preferences: find all products with a particular attribute desirable (positive polarization) or undesirable (negative polarization).  The purpose of this paper is to explore three questions.  Do polarized preferences exist?  If they do exist, can they be identified?  If they can be identified, does their identification provide useful information?  To answer these...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Experiment; Auctions; Polarized Preferences; Invasive Plants; Homegrown Values; Demand and Price Analysis; Environmental Economics and Policy; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; D01; C18; C19; Q13.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103596

Consumer preferences for ground beef packaged under a modified atmosphere
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Grebitus,   Carola; Jensen,   Helen H.; Sebranek,   Joseph G.; Roosen,   Jutta; Anders,   Sven M.
The main objective of this paper is to identify factors that determine consumers’ purchase decisions for ground beef offered with different packaging technologies. Consumers’ increasing knowledge about food technologies and changes in food labeling regulation influence agribusiness’ future product development and marketing strategies. Non-hypothetical choice experiments with ground beef, conducted in the USA, are used to quantify consumers’ valuation of technology-related attributes namely shelf life, color and packaging. How alternative types of information affect consumers’ WTP is of particular importance to processors and food safety analysts. This paper’s methodological contribution lies in applying advanced methods to elicit consumers' estimates of...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Non-hypothetical choice experiments; Modified atmosphere packaging; Ground beef; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Marketing; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; Q13; C9; D12.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51649

Consumer Preferences for Amount and Type of Fat in Ground Beef
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lusk,   Jayson L.; Parker,   Natalie.
Scientists and beef industry participants are investigating ways to improve the healthiness of beef. We report results of a nationwide mail survey developed to determine consumers’ preferences for fat content in ground beef and identify how consumers would most like to improve the healthiness of beef. The results from a choice-based conjoint experiment indicate that consumers place significant value on reducing saturated fat and the Omega 6:3 ratio in ground beef, but were relatively unconcerned about conjugated linoleic acid. The relatively new method of best-worst scaling was used to further identify which methods consumers most preferred producers use to improve fat content in beef. The results indicate consumers preferred feeding cattle a grass-fed...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Beef; Best-worst scaling; Cloning; Conjoint; Fat; Maximum-difference scaling; Omega 3 fatty acid; Agribusiness; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing; M31; Q13.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/48763

Willingness-to-Pay for Attribute Level and Variability: The Case of Mexican Millers’ Demand for Hard Red Winter Wheat
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gallardo,   Rosa Karina; Lusk,   Jayson L.; Holcomb,   Rodney B.; Rayas-Duarte,   Patricia.
In-person interviews were carried out with Mexican millers who were administered a conjoint-type survey designed to incorporate uncertainty in attribute levels. Two methods were used to model millers’ risk preferences: a modified mean-variance approach and an explicit expected utility approach. Controlling for variability, Mexican millers are willing to pay premiums for increases in quality factors such as test weight, protein content, falling number, and dough strength/extensibility. We find millers are not particularly sensitive to changes in the variability of quality characteristics. Out-of-sample forecasts suggest the mean-variance model provides an accurate depiction of actual Mexican imports.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Mean-variance; Mexican wheat market; Moment generating function; Preference elicitation; Wheat quality; Agribusiness; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; International Relations/Trade; Marketing; Production Economics; Risk and Uncertainty; C35; C42; Q13.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56646

Consumer Likelihood to Purchase Chickens with Novel Production Attributes
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bernard,   John C.; Pesek,   John D., Jr.; Pan,   Xiqian.
Typical supermarket chickens are produced with novel or controversial attributes.  This continues despite contrasting growth in consumer interest in organic and natural foods.  This study surveyed Delaware consumers’ likelihood to purchase chicken given different attributes: free range, given antibiotics, irradiated, fed genetically modified (GM) fee, GM chicken, and price.  Examining conjoint analysis data with a heteroskedastic two-limit tobit model, GM chicken and other novel attributes were found to lower purchase likelihood significantly.  Understanding these results should help the industry meet consumer preferences while aiding its continued expansion to benefit workers and growers across the South.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Antibiotics; Chicken; Conjoint analysis; Genetically modified; Heteroskedastic; Irradiated; Tobit; Consumer/Household Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Q13; D12; C24.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6058

The Relationship between Innovation and Marketing in SMEs in the EU Food Sector
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Banterle,   Alessandro; Cavaliere,   Alessia; Stranieri,   Stefanella; Carraresi,   Laura.
In the EU market small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) represent the greater part of the food industry, specially with regard to traditional food products (TFPs). However, the growth of competition, connected mainly to globalisation, is making it very difficult for SMEs to survive. On the other hand, market opportunities for SMEs are connected to the evolution of consumer preferences toward food quality. To profit from such opportunities and to survive on the market, SMEs need to adapt their strategies, focusing on innovation aspects in order to meet consumer requirements and to compete on the market. The literature shows that firms’ market orientation and marketing capabilities are very important for innovation in food industries to guarantee that...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Traditional food products; Innovation; Marketing management capabilities; Linear regression model; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Marketing; Production Economics; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; L25; L66; M31; Q13.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/100589

Using Weak Separability and Generalized Composite Commodity Theorem in Modeling Ground Beef Demand
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Schulz,   Lee L.; Schroeder,   Ted C.; Xia,   Tian.
Replaced with revised version of paper 06/15/11.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Aggregation; Generalized Composite Commodity Theorem; Beef demand; Weak separability; Demand and Price Analysis; Q13; Q18; R32.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103904

Factors Affecting Producer Participation in State-Sponsored Marketing Programs By Fruit and Vegetable Growers in Tennessee
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Davis,   James A.; Velandia,   Margarita M.; Clark,   Christopher D.; Lambert,   Dayton M.; Jensen,   Kimberly L.; Wilcox,   Michael D.; Wszelaki,   Annette.
State programs promoting agricultural products have proliferated in response to increased consumer interest in locally grown foods. Tennessee, for example, currently has two state-sponsored programs promoting Tennessee agricultural products. This study examines the factors associated with fruit and vegetable farmer participation in these programs using mean comparisons and bivariate probit regression. Results suggest that farmer participation in these programs was associated with operation size, percentage of income from farming, percentage of annual sales from fresh produce, and attendance to University Extension educational events. These results should interest individuals attempting to increase producer participation in these types of programs.
Tipo: Presentation
Palavras-chave: State-sponsored marketing program; Fruit and vegetable marketing; Tennessee producer participation; Bivariate probit regression.JEL: Q13; Q18.; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Marketing; Q13; Q18.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/123923

Retail-to-Farm Transmission of Generic Advertising Effects
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wohlgenant,   Michael K.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis; Marketing; Q11; Q13.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94411

Chicago Board of Trade Ethanol Contract Efficiency
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Funk,   Samuel M.; Zook,   James E.; Featherstone,   Allen M.
Firms producing ethanol may find management of the price risk associated with production of this leading alternative fuel a key factor to continued success. As with other agricultural commodities, the influence and ability of futures contracts to serve as a risk management tool deserves attention.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Contract efficiency; Ethanol; Futures contracts; Crop Production/Industries; Risk and Uncertainty; Q13; Q43; M31.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6811

Organic Demand: A Profile of Consumers in the Fresh Produce Market
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Stevens-Garmon,   John; Huang,   Chung L.; Lin,   Biing-Hwan.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Consumer/Household Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Q13.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94487

Assessing Input Brand Loyalty among U.S. Agricultural Producers
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Harbor,   Anetra L.; Martin,   Marshall A.; Akridge,   Jay T.
This study explores the prevalence and determinants of brand loyalty for agricultural input products. Results suggest that loyalty for both expendable and capital inputs is high among commercial agricultural producers in the United States. Producer attitudes, beliefs, and some demographic characteristics are useful identifiers of brand loyalty among commercial producers.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Brand loyalty; Dealer loyalty; Capital inputs; Expendable inputs; Farmer purchase decisions; Agricultural Finance; Consumer/Household Economics; Marketing; Q10; Q13; Q14.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53626

Assessing Domestic Demand for Organic and ‘Locally Grown' Produce on An ‘Organic Island': Dominica's Dilemma
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Boys,   Kathryn A.; Willis,   David B.; George,   Seraphine; Hammig,   Michael D.
The economy of Dominica faces a unique set of challenges.  As with many other Caribbean nations, Dominica has historically been dependent upon agriculture.  Over the past several hundred years, the island's economy has been largely supported through the concentrated mono-cropping of a variety of export-oriented crops including coffee, limes, vanilla, and bananas (FAVACA, 2008).  Today, approximately 45% of Dominica's labor force is employed in the agricultural sector (FAVACA, 2008).  While neighboring countries have economically benefited from tourism, due to its lack of white sand beaches, Dominica is not a typical tourist destination.  Taking advantage of its landscape, rainforests, and diversity of natural wildlife, in an effort to diversify its economy...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Contingent valuation; Willingness to pay; Caribbean; Organic; Locally grown; Food; Agricultural and Food Policy; International Development; Marketing; O13; O54; Q01; Q13; Q18.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103903

Business Relationships and B2B Communication in Selected European Agri-food Chains – First Empirical Evidence
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fischer,   Christian; Hartmann,   Monika; Bavorova,   Miroslava; Hockmann,   Heinrich; Suvanto,   Hannele; Viitaharju,   Leena; Leat,   Philip M.K.; Revoredo-Giha,   Cesar; Henchion,   Maeve M.; McGee,   Claire; Dybowski,   Grzegorz; Kobuszynska,   Mira.
The roles of business relationships and B2B communication in selected European agri-food chains are analyzed. Using survey data from 1,026 farmers, food processors and retailers in two commodity sectors (meat and cereals) and five different EU countries (Germany, United Kingdom, Ireland, Finland, Poland), we test the empirical relevance of several theory-based determinants of relationship goodness. This is undertaken for the overall dataset and separately for different supply chain stages (farmer-processor versus the processor-retailer relationship) and for the individual countries. The estimation results, derived from structural equation modeling, suggest that the most important contributor to good business relationships is effective communication, with...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Business relationships; B2B communication; Agri-food; Value/supply chain; Structural equation modeling; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Q10; Q13; Q16; Q18.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53645

EU Dairy Sector: Impact of Luxemburg Reform, EU Enlargement and Trade Negotiations
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bouamra-Mechemache,   Zohra; Ali-Kein,   Hela Hadj; Jongeneel,   Roelof A.; Tonini,   Axel; Requillart,   Vincent.
The EU dairy sector is facing a period of significant changes that are due to three major decisions: the EU enlargement, the Luxembourg reform and on-going WTO negotiations. To evaluate the impact of such changes we developed a model of the EU and world dairy industry. The model is composed of two modules that interact: a milk and beef supply module and a dairy industry module. In this paper we present the model and focus on elements that are crucial for a better understanding of the impact of reforms: quota rents in the EU, evolution of production in the new member states and trade policy.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural policy; Dairy industry; Partial equilibrium model; International Relations/Trade; C21; Q13; Q18.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24581

The Effectiveness of Facilitated Business-to-Business Word-of Mouth Marketing Strategies on Target Participants’ Information Sharing Behavior
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Xu,   Pei; Fulton,   Joan R.; Alexander,   Corinne E.; Akridge,   Jay T.
This study examines the impact of facilitated business-to-business (B2B) word-of-mouth (WOM) on participants' information transmission decisions. We also examine characteristics of WOM participants and determine the types of participants who spread information. Understanding WOM participants' information sharing decisions is extremely important to agribusinesses using WOM in their marketing mix. For an expendable crop input, the most important factor in determining whether producers share WOM initiative information with peers is how often they are asked for advice by their peers. In contrast, for an expendable companion animal product the most important factor in determining whether veterinarians share WOM initiative information with peers is whether they...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Facilitated B2B WOM; Effectiveness of facilitated B2B WOM; Indirect impact of facilitated B2B WOM; Agribusiness firms’ information sharing decisions; Agribusiness; Industrial Organization; Marketing; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession; Q10; Q13.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53751

What is Local and for What Foods Does it Matter?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hu,   Wuyang; Batte,   Marvin T.; Woods,   Timothy A.; Ernst,   Stanley C.
Consumer demand for local foods has been increasing dramatically over the past several years.  Many food producers and marketers are raising their capacity to incorporate local food.  Revenue from local Farmers’ Market and Community Supported Agriculture has become a greater source of income particularly for small and medium-sized farms.  This study answers two important questions related to local food that have not been sufficiently addressed before: what is the greatest distance food can travel and still be accepted by consumers as local and is "local" equally important across food categories.  Using survey data from two states in the USA, this research found that consumers’ accepted food travel distance may be much shorter than what is generally...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Distance; Food category; Importance rating; Local; Regression; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Consumer/Household Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Marketing; Q13.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56326

The broken broker system? Transacting on horticulture wholesale markets in India (Uttarakhand)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Minten,   Bart; Vandeplas,   Anneleen; Swinnen,   Johan F.M.
Relying on data from a unique survey, we study the wholesale market activities of agricultural brokers in India. Three main findings emerge. First, most transactions on these wholesale markets are small cash-and-carry transactions with physical handling, quality and quantity assessment, and financial settlements all combined in a single transaction. Second, marketing regulations are ineffective as most brokers charge rates that significantly exceed the prescribed ones. Third, a majority of farmers self-select in long-term relationships with brokers, most often based on their perceived market performance. These relationships allow some of the farmers to interlink credit and insurance markets to the agricultural output market. We find that this inter-linkage...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: India; Agricultural marketing; Brokers; Agricultural and Food Policy; Marketing; Q12; Q13; L15.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51730

Welfare Impacts of the Mexico Potato Quarantine
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Richards,   Timothy J.; Molina,   Ignacio; Hussein,   Osman.
Under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) tariffs on U.S. potato imports to Mexico were phased out by 1993. Citing phytosanitary issues, in 1996, the Mexican government placed quantitative restrictions on U.S. potato imports and restricted their import only to designated border areas. This article estimates the welfare cost of restricting U.S. potato imports into Mexico. We find that removing trade restrictions may lead to over 1.8 million tons of new imports into Mexico, a gain of consumer surplus of 4.0 billion pesos per year, and a loss of 2.9 billion pesos of producer surplus.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: International trade; Non-tariff barriers; Potatoes; Quarantine; Sanitary and phytosanitary barriers; Welfare loss; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Health Economics and Policy; International Relations/Trade; Political Economy; F13; L13; Q13; Q17; C35.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56661

Dynamic Strategic Behaviour in the Deregulated England and Wales Liquid Milk Market
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tiffin,   J. Richard.
A model of dynamic oligopsony is estimated for the liquid milk market in the UK. The paper extends existing methods of estimating such models by allowing for the joint estimation of the market conduct equation and the input supply equation. This entails the estimation of a two equation model in which the parameters of one equation change between two regimes whilst those of the other do not. Our results provide little evidence of dynamic strategic behaviour and suggest that the farm-gate price of milk is determined competitively.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing; D4; L1; Q13.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25282

Rationality of U.S. Department of Agriculture Livestock Price Forecasts: A Unified Approach
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sanders,   Dwight R.; Manfredo,   Mark R.
This research presents a systematic and unified approach to evaluating forecast rationality that considers the potential of nonstationarity in forecasts and realized values. The approach is applied to one-quarter ahead U.S. Department of Agriculture livestock price forecasts from 1982 through 2004. Results show that forecasts and realized prices are integrated of the same order, and those that are nonstationary are cointegrated. However, the stationary price forecasts for hogs, turkeys, eggs, and milk are biased and improperly scaled, and forecast errors tend to be repeated. Similarly, nonstationary forecasts for cattle and broilers are also biased and irrational in the long run, but short-run dynamics are rational.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Forecast evaluation; Livestock prices; Rationality; Livestock Production/Industries; C53; Q13.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6658

Bargaining Power in Relational Contracts: An Experimental Study
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cordero Salas,   Paula.
This paper provides experimental evidence of the economic impact from shifting bargaining power in relational contracts. I implement an experimental design that adjusts the bargaining power of sellers (agents) and the enforceability of the contract. I find that the vast majority of contracts take the form of efficiency wage contracts instead of contingent performance contracts when enforcement is partially incomplete and sellers have more bargaining power than buyers. The total contracted and actual compensation increase with the bargaining power of the sellers. However, sellers' profits are found to increase only if a part of the total payment is third-party enforceable. In this case, observed surplus and efficiency are lower than predictions. When no...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Contracts; Incomplete enforcement; Bargaining; Experiments; Distribution; Institutions; Industrial Organization; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; International Development; D86; K12; L14; O12; Q13.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103579

The Benefits and Costs of Proliferation of Geographical Labelling for Developing Countries
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Anders,   Sven M.; Caswell,   Julie A.
Food product attributes related to geographical origins are a topical issue in global food trade. The provision of geographical labelling may occur through geographical indications under the mandated trade rules of the TRIPS Agreement, trademarks, or country-of-origin labelling. The overall effect of the expansion of geographical labelling on developing countries depends on a complex mix of market opportunities that may yield substantial benefits as well as implementation costs. Increasingly, the analysis of this overall effect will need to evaluate the joint impacts of different forms of geographical labelling on the market position of developing countries.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Developing countries; Geographical labelling; International trade; TRIPS; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; International Development; International Relations/Trade; Marketing; F13; Q13; O19.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/42130

Agri-tourism: A modern development in Bahamian agriculture
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hepburn,   Erecia.
Bridgetown, Barbados 6th – 10th July, 2009
Tipo: Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agritourism; Agriculture; The Bahamas; Tourism; Development; Agribusiness; Q13.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/122656

Modelling functional food choice and health care impacts: A literature review
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Zou,   Ning Ning (Helen); Hobbs,   Jill E.
The global market for functional foods is estimated to be worth about US$33 billion (Hilliam, 2000). Given the information asymmetry inherent in functional foods, labelling information plays a key role in allowing consumers to make informed choices. Understanding consumer choices with respect to functional foods is an important new area of research. Several potential consumer choice models are available to assess consumer choices for functional food. This paper provides an overview of key consumer research questions, and a review of several different models, including the Stated Preference Choice Model with Discrete Choice Analysis, Dependent Preference Model, and modified Protection Motivation Theory.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Information asymmetry; Stated preference models; Protection motivation; Functional food; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Q13; I1; D12; D82.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/91556

Acquisitions and Integration in the Beef Industry
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Anderson,   John D.; Hudson,   Darren.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Industrial Organization; Livestock Production/Industries; L11; L41; L42; Q13.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/93678

Are consumers willing to pay more for biodegradable containers than for plastic ones? Evidence from hypothetical conjoint analysis and nonhypothetical experimental auctions
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Yue,   Chengyan; Hall,   Charles R.; Behe,   Bridget K.; Campbell,   Benjamin L.; Dennis,   Jennifer H.; Lopez,   Roberto G.
This study utilized and compared hypothetical conjoint analysis and non-hypothetical experimental auctions to elicit floral customers' WTP for biodegradable plant containers. The results of the study show that participants were willing to pay a price premium for biodegradable containers but the premium is not the same for different types of containers. This paper also shows the mixed ordered probit model generates more accurate results when analyzing the conjoint analysis internet survey data than the ordered probit model.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Biodegradable; Willingness to pay; Marketing; Carbon footprint; Waste composition; Green industry; Nursery crops; Floriculture crops; Consumer/Household Economics; Demand and Price Analysis; D12; Q13.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/60968

An Assessment of Dynamic Behavior in the U.S. Catfish Market: An Application of the Generalized Dynamic Rotterdam Model
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Muhammad,   Andrew; Jones,   Keithly G.
The generalized dynamic Rotterdam model was used in estimating U.S. demand for disaggregated catfish. The overall goal was to examine habit persistence in consumption and to determine the adjustment process in demand. Results indicated that it took up to 1 month for catfish-product demand to fully adjust to changes in expenditures and prices. Additionally, 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.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Catfish; Demand; Dynamics; Partial adjustment; Rotterdam model; Agribusiness; Consumer/Household Economics; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; C51; Q11; Q13; Q17.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56660

Factors Influencing Demand for a Producer-Owned Beef Retail Outlet
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lusk,   Jayson L.; Cevallos,   Edgar.
As the farm-to-retail price spread continues to grow, come cattle producers a beginning to consider integrating into the retail sector. Such a venture would require large investments in capital with uncertain return. This study seeks to determine the potential success of a stand-alone retail outlet selling “all natural” beef in an affluent area of Jackson, MS. Using choice-based conjoint analysis, demand for the new retail outlet is modeled as a function of the beef price at the store, distance of the store from consumers’ homes, distance of the store from consumers’ typical grocery store, and price of beef at substitute grocery stores. Simulation results suggest the proposed outlet could be a profitable venture, depending upon location and beef price.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Beef; Conjoint; Demand; Retail outlet; Q13; D12; D4; M31.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/42939

Reallocation of price risk among members
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Pedersen,   Michael Friis.
Marketing of milk and meat in Denmark is dominated by two large cooperatives, Arla Foods in the dairy sector and Danish Crown in the pork sector. Members in these cooperatives practically have no possibility for price risk management on their main product. Futures markets for dairy and pork are not utilised, and it is suggested that the reason is prohibitively large basis risk. The events following the global financial crisis suggest increased need for price risk management in Danish agriculture. Since futures markets do not seem to be a viable solution, the paper explores an alternative. Reallocation of price risk among members in marketing cooperatives. Endowing members with a forward contracted share of delivery, and allowing for transfer at a market...
Tipo: Presentation
Palavras-chave: Futures; Hedging; Risk management; Marketing cooperatives; Agribusiness; Risk and Uncertainty; G13; G32; Q13; D61; D8.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/122529

Supply Chain Management of Fresh Produce: Melons in Western China
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Zhang,   Yanrong; Wei,   Sherrie; Qiao,   Zhixia.
The western part of China has a long history and reputation of growing a variety of quality melons largely due to its semi arid agronomic environment. In the past decade, the industry suffered from the interrelated issues of unreliable quality and intense price competition. Even though both the government and supply chain stakeholders are aware of the problems, there is a need to look at the issues from a supply chain perspective and new ways of managing the melon supply chains are to be explored. This paper analysed the melon supply chain in western China in the areas of logistical efficiency and supply chain relationship management. The results of the analysis offer insights for improving the efficiency of the melon supply chain and the competitiveness...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Melon; China; Supply chain; Value chain; Crop Production/Industries; Industrial Organization; O13; O5; Q13.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25747

Lessons Learned from 25 Years of Food Security Research, Capacity-Building, and Outreach.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Food Security Group at Michigan State University.
Decades of research have led to substantially improved understanding of the nature of food insecurity. Until the food crisis of 2007/08, a combination of economic growth and targeted programs resulted in a steady fall in the percentage of the world’s population suffering from under-nutrition (from 20% in 1990/92 to 16% in 2006). Yet over a billion people still face both chronic and/or transitory food insecurity due to long-standing problems of inadequate income, low-productivity in agricultural production and marketing, and related problems of poor health and absence of clean water. Among regions of the world, the greatest number of the food insecure lives in South Asia, while Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has the highest proportion of population that is food...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Africa; Food Security; Research; Capacity building; Outreach; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; International Development; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; Q10; Q18; Q12; Q13.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/55047

2009 PRECISION AGRICULTURAL SERVICES DEALERSHIP SURVEY RESULTS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Whipker,   Linda D.; Akridge,   Jay T.
In the spring of 2009, Crop Life magazine and Purdue University’s Center for Food and Agricultural Business conducted a survey of crop input dealers for the 14th consecutive year. In February, a questionnaire was mailed to 2500 Crop Life retail crop input dealership readers across the US. (See Appendix I to this report for a copy of the questionnaire.) A total of 258 questionnaires were returned, with 241 being usable. This provided an effective response rate of 9.6 percent, the lowest response rate in the 14 year history of the project. (In prior years, response rates have ranged from a high of 38 percent in 1996 to a low of 11 percent in 2001 and 2008.) Consistent with previous surveys, dealerships were asked questions about the types of precision...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Precision agriculture; Geographic information systems (GIS); Crop input dealer; Variable rate application; Site-specific agriculture; Technology adoption.; Agribusiness; Q13; O30; L84.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56111

Dynamic Assessment of Oligopoly, Oligopsony Power, and Cost Efficiency using the New Empirical Industrial Organization in the U.S. Beef Packing Industry
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ji,   In Bae; Chung,   Chanjin.
In this paper, the new empirical industrial organization approach with a dynamic model is simultaneously employed to measure the degree of oligopoly, oligopsony power, and cost efficiency in the U.S. beef packing industry. The oligopsony power is estimated with two effects: cash cattle procurement market power and captive supply market power. The model is estimated by the Generalized Method of Moments using monthly data from 1990 to 2006. The empirical results reveal the presence of market power in both the beef retail market and the cattle procurement market in the sample period. The captive supply is a source of oligopsony market power, but the effect is considerably small. The oligopsony market power is greater and less stable than oligopoly market...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Beef packing industry; Captive supply; Cost efficiency; Industrial concentration; Market power; NEIO; Agricultural and Food Policy; Industrial Organization; Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing; Q13.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61641

STRUKTURWANDEL IM BALTISCHEN LEBENSMITTELHANDEL
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kielyte,   Julda.
In the centrally planned economy of the former Soviet Union, retail and wholesale trade were very much neglected. Since the beginning of transition the share of trade has increased considerably both in terms of its contribution to national product and employment. This paper analyses the structural development in the food retail sector of the Baltic states since the beginning of transition. It focuses mainly on the organisational changes, and change of the forms of enterprises as well as on changes in market structure in the Baltic food retail trade. The transformation of the economy has resulted in substantial changes in the Baltic food retail sector. At the beginning of reformation privatisation and establishment of numerous new forms has led to...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Food retailing and wholesaling; Baltic States; Structural Changes; Transition; Industrial Organization; Marketing; Q13.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14916

Preventive Health Maintenance Information Brought to You by Your Local Fruit and Nut Producers
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Carman,   Hoy F.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; I12; Q13.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94362

Managing Global Climate Change An Executive Interview with Carole Brookins
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jose,   H. Douglas.
Carole Brookins is an international consultant known for her work as a policy and trade strategist on issues concerning the global political economy and its effect on the food and agriculture sector. She currently serves on the board of several corporate and non- profit organizations concerned with global food system issues and is currently helping to develop solutions which can offset the effects of global climate change through the reduction and management of carbon emissions—an issue of increasing importance in future food marketing and world trade. This interview was conducted by Doug Jose is a Professor and Extension Farm Management Specialist in the Department of Agricultural Economics at the University of Nebraska- Lincoln and host of the Market...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Global climate change; Food marketing; Carbon Exchange Market; Transportation; Agricultural and Food Policy; Food Security and Poverty; Marketing; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; Q10; Q13; Q16.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53806

Indagine esplorativa dell’atteggiamento dei consumatori europei verso riso e tapioca biologici importati dalla Tailandia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Canavari,   Maurizio; Lombardi,   Pamela; Riedel,   Bettina; Spadoni,   Roberta.
This paper deals with the introduction and promotion of innovative and differentiating products in distribution places geographically far and culturally different by the country of origin/production. In an international trade context, environmental elements (e.g. the introduction of organic agriculture) and the role of the country of origin/production could influence the consumers’ perception of the distribution places. This study is aimed at deepening the knowledge about European consumer attitudes towards Thai organic rice and tapioca imported from Thailand. In particular, the purpose was to explore relevant attributes for the quality product perception, motivations for purchasing, limiting factors, reasonable price brackets, trust elements.  In this...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Marketing of quality food products; Differentiating elements; International trade context; Focus group; Semantic categories; Agribusiness; International Relations/Trade; Q13.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/42889

Increasing volatility of input costs in the EU agriculture
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Himics,   Mihaly; Van Doorslaer,   Benjamin; Ciaian,   Pavel; Shrestha,   Shailesh.
In this paper the impact of possible input cost developments on the EU agriculture is analysed under ceteris paribus conditions. Two scenarios are developed with the partial equilibrium model CAPRI. The scenarios assume symmetric input price changes in positive and negative directions around a projected baseline in year 2020. The magnitude of the input price changes are based on observed volatility. To measure the volatility, the annual time-series of the CoCo database were analysed, which contains input cost estimates for a multitude of agricultural activities and cost categories at the geographical level of the EU countries. Our results suggest that the uncertainty in input cost development has a strong potential to affect commodity market balances and...
Tipo: Presentation
Palavras-chave: Input costs; Volatility; CAPRI; Farm income; Risk and Uncertainty; Q13.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/122531

Cash Ethanol Cross-Hedging Opportunities
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Franken,   Jason R.V.; Parcell,   Joseph L.
Increased use of alternative fuels and low commodity prices have contributed to the recent expansion of the U.S. ethanol industry.  As with any competitive industry, some level of output price risk exists in the form of volatility; yet, no actively traded ethanol futures market exists to mitigate output price risk.  This study reports estimated minimum variance cross-hedge ratios between Detroit spot cash ethanol and the New York Mercantile Exchange unleaded gasoline futures for 1-, 4-, 8-, 12-, 16-, 20-, 24-, and 28-week hedge horizons.  The research suggests that a one-to-one cross-hedge ratio is not appropriate for some horizons.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Cross-hedging; Ethanol; Gas; G13; Q13; Q42.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43152

Carcass Quality Volume and Grid Pricing: An Investigation of Cause and Effect
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fausti,   Scott W.; Qasmi,   Bashir A.; Li,   Jing.
The relationship between publically reported weekly grid premiums and discounts for specific carcass characteristics and the percentage of those characteristics reflected in total weekly slaughter volume (i.e., proportional slaughter volume) is investigated.  Granger Causality and multi-lag VAR models were used to investigate if grid premiums and discounts were efficiently transmitting market signals to producers with respect to carcass quality attributes.  The empirical evidence indicates that there is little evidence to suggest that grid prices are providing efficient price signals to buyers and sellers with respect to market valuation of desirable and undesirable beef carcass characteristics.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Grid pricing; Granger Causality; Slaughter cattle; Beef carcass quality; Demand and Price Analysis; Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing; Q11; Q13.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/46215

The nature of the relationship between international tourism and international trade: the case of German imports of Spanish wine
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fischer,   Christian; Gil-Alana,   Luis A.
This paper deals with the relationship between international trade and tourism. We focus on the effect that German tourism to Spain has on German imports of Spanish wine. Due to the different properties of the series under analysis, which display different orders of integration, a long memory regression model is used, where tourism is supposed to be exogenous. The period covered is January 1998 to November 2004. The results show that tourism has an effect on wine imports that lasts between two and nine months, depending on the type of tourism series employed. Disaggregating the imports across the different types of wine it is observed that only for quality red wines from Navarra, Penedús and Valdepeñas, and to a certain extent for sparkling wine, tourism...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International trade; Tourism; Long memory; Spanish wine.; International Relations/Trade; F14; C22; Q13; L83.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10049

Marketing, cooperatives and price heterogeneity: evidence from the CIS dairy sector
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sauer,   Johannes; Gorton,   Matthew; White,   John.
Drawing on survey data, this paper identifies the determinants of variations in farm gate milk prices for three CIS countries (Armenia, Moldova and Ukraine). We apply a multi-level modeling approach, specifically a bootstrapped mixed-effects linear regression model. The analysis suggests three main strategies to improve the price received by farmers for their output: consolidation, competition for output and stable supply chain relationships. In Armenia and Ukraine selling through a marketing cooperative has a significant, positive, albeit modest, effect on farm gate milk prices. In all three countries studied, the size of dairy operations, trust and contracting also affect positively the prices received by farmers.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Price heterogeneity; Milk; Cooperatives; Armenia; Moldova; Ukraine; Agribusiness; Demand and Price Analysis; Marketing; O13; P32; Q13.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103722

Key Issues Affecting the Feasibility of Producer-Owned, Value-Added Ventures in the South
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wolfe,   Kent; Barefield,   Alan.
The transition from agricultural producer to agribusiness entrepreneur is littered with obstacles not associated with traditional farming operations. Producers are typically faced with an established market for their products as well as defined production practices and budgets. These familiar industry institutions are not available for use in the agribusiness environment. As a result, entrepreneurs are faced with new, unfamiliar situations that can significantly affect the success of their proposed or fledging business.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Agritourism; Cooperative; Demand; Economic development; Entrepreneur; Entrepreneurship; Goats; Value-added venture; Agribusiness; R11; Q12; Q13.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6513

UNTERSUCHUNG DER PRÄFERENZEN RUSSISCHER FACHBESUCHER FÜR AUSGEWÄHLTE MESSELEISTUNGEN
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Moser,   Nataliya.
This paper presents an analysis of preferences of Russian trade visitors for selected exhibit attributes. We used Choice Based Conjoint Analysis to establish realistic measurement of choice tasks and hence to determine respondents behaviour. By conducting latent class analysis we extracted two segments of Russian trade visitors with different preferences for price, web presence, business program, presentations and visitor-service.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Preference Analysis; Choice Based Conjoint Analysis; Benefit segmentation; Russian exhibition; Präferenzanalyse; Choice-Based Conjoint Analyse; Benefitsegmentierung; Russische Messe.; Agribusiness; International Development; Marketing; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession; Q13.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/91768

Nuove dinamiche nel commercio dei prodotti agroalimentari: resistenze all’adozione  dell’e-commerce nelle relazioni B2B
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Pignatti,   Erika; Canavari,   Maurizio; Spadoni,   Roberta.
Since some decades, agri-food products exchanges can be carried on using Information and Communication Technology (ICT) tools. Anyway, their adoption in the agri-food sector appears to be hindered, both because of consolidated dynamics in developing B2B transactions, and of the peculiarities of the agri-food products themselves. The lack of direct relationships between partner heighten problems connected with food safety assessments, and with the definition of standardized production practices able to match business partner’ needs. Standardization is the key point in the relationship between e-commerce and agri-food sector. As for some products it is possible to define standardized requirements, it is hard to find a collocation for the wide range of...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: E-commerce; B2B transactions; Agri-food products; Standardization; Quality requirements; Agribusiness; International Relations/Trade; Q13.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/42890

The Effects of the EU Enlargement on the Milk Sector in the Czech Republic and Prospects of Future Development
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bošková,   Iveta.
Milk production belongs to conventional branches of agricultural production in the Czech Republic. Its results affect economics results of the whole animal production by significant way because milk sector participates by more than one third on the value of the animal production and almost by 17% on the rough agricultural production. The EU enlargement brought in this sector the amendment in the direction and volume of distribution flows both of raw material - i.e. raw cows´ milk and of processed milk products. The identification of amendments in the whole chain of production, processing and final utilization, including impacts on price development and estimation of future development should contribute to better understanding and adaptation of Czech...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Milk sector; Distribution flows; Changes; International Relations/Trade; Q13.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24629

Discrete Choice Modeling of Consumer Preferences for Sustainably Produced Steak and Apples
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sackett,   Hillary M.; Shupp,   Robert S.; Tonsor,   Glynn T.
"Sustainably produced" food labels have rapidly grown in popularity over the past decade (Batte 2011). Moreover, because there is no government agency overseeing certification of these production methods, consumers are generally confused about the production attributes that may or may not be present in a sustainable food system. This paper analyzes data from a hypothetical choice experiment to better understand consumer purchasing behavior when faced with competing food production attributes such as "organic" and "local". We seek to estimate preferences for "sustainably produced" food products and determine how they may be affected by varying degrees of information about sustainable agricultural systems. Additionally, the willingness to pay measurements...
Tipo: Presentation
Palavras-chave: Sustainably Produced Food; Choice Experiment; Consumer Preferences; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Q01; Q13; Q11.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/123517

Market Integration for Shrimp and the Effect of Catastrophic Events
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Harri,   Ardian; Muhammad,   Andrew; Jones,   Keithly G.
Seasonal unit-root testing and seasonal cointegration methods are employed to investigate the price transmission in U.S. shrimp markets. ARIMA and Vector Error Correction Models (VECM) are used to identify the effect of catastrophic events on individual price series in one region and the spillover effects in the price series for other regions. Results showed that a cointegrating relation exists between neighboring states, specifically between Alabama and Mississippi and Louisiana and Texas. Cointegrating relations also exist between the Gulf States and the Pacific region, but not the Atlantic region, and the price of imported shrimp is cointegrated with each of the domestic shrimp price series. Finally, while Katrina had an effect on shrimp prices in Gulf...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Catastrophic events; Cointegration; Market integration; Seasonal unit-roots; Spillover effects; Marketing; Risk and Uncertainty; C13; Q11; Q13.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61585

Price Transmission, Market Power and Returns to Scale
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wang,   Xiuqing; Weldegebriel,   Habtu T.; Rayner,   Anthony J.
In this paper, we aim to model the vertical relation between retailers and suppliers in the food industry whereby retailers exercise seller power in their relation with consumers and buyer power in their relation with producers. We then evaluate the degree of price transmission, relative to the perfectly competitive benchmark, from the farm to the retail sector assuming a supply shock. With the view to evaluating the impact of market power's interaction with industry technology on the degree of price transmission, we assume industry technology to be characterised by variable input proportions and non-constant returns to scale. Our model predicts that, relative to that which obtains when markets are perfectly competitive and industry technology is...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Price transmission; Returns to scale; Market power; Demand and Price Analysis; Marketing; L11; Q13.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/46004

MARKET ANALYSIS FOR DRIED DISTILLERS GRAINS IN INDIANA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dooley,   Frank J.
The rapid expansion of the ethanol industry in Indiana has saturated the local market for the principal co-product, distillers grains with solubles (DDGS).  In the near term, Indiana’s livestock industry can be expected to consume up to 895,000 tons of DDGS per year.  But given production of 2.7 million tons, Indiana’s ethanol producers will rely on railroads and barges to ship excess production to out-of-state destinations.  Livestock producers will have a ready access to DDGS across the state.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Market potential; Distillers grains; Indiana; Livestock; Farm Management; Livestock Production/Industries; Q10; Q13.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/45965

The Nature of the Relationship between International Tourism and International Trade: The Case of German Imports of Spanish Wine
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fischer,   Christian; Gil-Alana,   Luis A.
This paper deals with the relationship between international trade and tourism. We focus on the effect that German tourism to Spain has on German imports of Spanish wine. Due to the different properties of the series under analysis, which display different orders of integration, a long memory regression model is used, where tourism is supposed to be exogenous. The period covered is January 1998 to November 2004. The results show that tourism has an effect on wine imports that lasts between two and nine months, depending on the type of tourism series employed. Disaggregating the imports across the different types of wine it is observed that only for quality red wines from Navarra, Penedús and Valdepeñas, and to a certain extent for sparkling wine, tourism...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International trade; Tourism; Long memory; Spanish wine; International Relations/Trade; F14; C22; Q13; L83.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25341

Factores determinantes de la insercion de las explotaciones de vacuno de carne de Navarra en mecanismos de diferenciacion
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ramos,   Almudena Gomez; Muniz,   Ignacio Atance; Apezteguia,   Belen Iraizoz.
El sector de vacuno de carne está sufriendo un proceso de reajuste para adaptarse a una demanda que exige un producto diferenciado y de calidad homogénea en un mercado dominado cada vez más por la gran distribución. En este contexto se desarrollan los mecanismos de diferenciación de la producción que tratan de coordinar los procesos de producción con la comercialización, insertando al ganadero en este proceso. El presente trabajo estudia la relación entre los mecanismos de diferenciación y las características de los sistemas de producción de carne de vacuno, incidiendo sobre las causas que llevan a la explotación a insertarse o no en alguno de ellos. Para ello se ha analizado el caso de la Comunidad Foral de Navarra en la que se desarrolla desde hace más...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Beef cattle sector; Differentiation mechanism; Logit model; Protected Geographic Indication.; Livestock Production/Industries; Q13; Q18.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28795

Using a Modified Payment Card Survey on Chinese Consumers’ Willingness to Pay for Fair Trade Coffee: Would the Starting Point Matter
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Yang,   Shang-Ho; Hu,   Wuyang.
Coffee consumption in China is increasing rapidly over the recent years. This study offers one of the few initial attempts to not only understand general consumption behavior associated with Chinese coffee, but to explore the viability of niche markets for coffee with the credence attribute “fair trade”. A modified payment card approach was adopted as the consumer willingness to pay elicitation method. Survey results of 564 consumers from the city of Wuhan, China suggest a positive attitude toward coffee as an alternative drink and a willingness to pay a premium for “fair trade” coffee. This study also explores and describes the potential impact of starting point bias, which has been relatively well documented in the dichotomous choice literature but has...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Coffee; Fair trade; Payment card; Starting point bias; Willingness to pay; Agribusiness; Consumer/Household Economics; Food Security and Poverty; International Development; Marketing; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; D12; Q13.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103720

Staple food prices in Malawi
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Minot,   Nicholas.
Prepared for the Comesa policy seminar on “Variation in staple food prices: Causes, consequence, and policy options”, Maputo, Mozambique, 25-26 January 2010 under the African Agricultural Marketing Project (AAMP)
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Malawi; Food security; Food prices; Agricultural and Food Policy; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Security and Poverty; International Development; International Relations/Trade; Q11; Q13; Q18.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58558

Markets, Contracts, or Integration? The Adoption, Diffusion, and Evolution of Organizational Form
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sykuta,   Michael E.; Klein,   Peter G.; James,   Harvey S., Jr.
The rise of contract farming and vertical integration is one of the most important changes in modern agriculture. Yet the adoption and diffusion of these new forms of organization has varied widely across regions, commodities, or farm types, however. Transaction cost theories and the like are not fully effective at explaining the variation of adoption rates of different organizational forms, in part because of their inherent static nature. In order to explain the adoption, diffusion and evolution of organizational form, a more dynamic framework is required. This paper lays out such a framework for understanding the evolution of organizational practices in U.S. agriculture by drawing on existing theories of economic organization, the diffusion of...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Contracting; Vertical integration; Organizational innovation; Diffusion; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; L14; L22; Q13; O33.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19390

Consumers’ Valuation of GMO Segregation Programs in Japan
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Matsumoto,   Shigeru.
The contingent valuation method was used to elicit Japanese consumers’ willingness-to-pay for genetically modified organism (GMO) segregation programs.  The results revealed that most consumers pay nonnegligible premiums for products produced under strict GMO-segregation programs.  However, we found that the premium did not vary by the threshold level of GMO content in the product.  We further found that a government certification did not increase the premium for GMO-segregation programs.  Therefore, an additional mandatory regulation to reduce GMO contaminations would not be worthwhile because such a regulation would incur substantial enforcement costs.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Contingent valuation method; Genetically modified organism segregation; Willingness-to-pay; Consumer/Household Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Marketing; D12; M31; Q13; Q18.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43760

Efficiency and Productivity Changes in the Indian Food Processing Industry: Determinants and Policy Implications
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ali,   Jabir; Singh,   Surendra P.; Ekanem,   Enefiok P.
This paper analyses efficiency and productivity changes in 12 broad segments of food manufacturing industries during pre and post liberalisation periods, covering a period of two decades, from 1980-1981 to 2001-2002. The nonparametric Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) approach is used to compute the Malmquist Total Factor Productivity (TFP) change, which has been further decomposed into efficiency and technical change. This paper also evaluates the performance of major inputs used in the food processing industry and identifies the causes of inefficiency across various segments. Based on the findings, the paper gives suggestions that can be used by policy makers and food processors in making decisions regarding various technical and managerial aspects to...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Technical Efficiency; Total Factor Productivity (TFP); Food Processing; Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA); India; Productivity Analysis; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; Q10; Q11; Q13.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53745

Business Models and Producer-Owned Ventures: Choices, Challenges, and Changes
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kenkel,   Philip L.; Park,   John L.
Producer-owned business models are rapidly evolving. Producer-owned, value-added ventures face a number of organizational challenges, including capital acquisition, security exchange registration, antitrust exemption, borrowing eligibility, and operational flexibility. This paper examines the success of evolving producer-owned business models in addressing these challenges. The need for uniform criteria to distinguish producer-owned business from other business forms throughout the complex structure of policies and laws affecting value-added ventures is highlighted.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Cooperative; Value-added organizational form; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Labor and Human Capital; Q13; Q14; Q18.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6529

Gender, Agricultural Commercialization, and Collective Action in Kenya
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fischer,   Elisabeth; Qaim,   Matin.
With the commercialization of agriculture, women are increasingly disadvantaged because of persistent gender-disparities in access to productive resources. Farmer collective action that intends to improve smallholder access to markets and technology could potentially accelerate this trend. Here, we use survey data of small-scale banana producers in Kenya to investigate the gender implications of recently established farmer groups. Traditionally, banana has been a women’s crop in Kenya. Our results confirm that the groups contribute to increasing male control over banana. While male control over banana revenues does not affect household food security, it has a negative marginal effect on dietary quality. We demonstrate that the negative gender implications...
Tipo: Working Paper
Palavras-chave: Gender; Collective action; Market access; Agricultural technology; Household food security and nutrition; Kenya; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; International Development; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; D71; J16; O12; O13; O31; Q13.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/121229

Public Response to Large-Scale Produce Contamination
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cuite,   Cara L.; Hallman,   William K.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Consumer/Household Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; D12; D01; Q13.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94708

INCREASING COORDINATION IN THE PLANT AND PLANT PRODUCT PROCESSING AND HANDLING SECTOR
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Boland,   Michael A.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Food Economy; Industry Analysis; Five Forces; Food Processing; Agribusiness; L10; L16; L66; Q13.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/100788

Staple Food Trade in the COMESA Region: The Need for a Regional Approach to Stimulate Agricultural Growth and Enhance Food Security
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nijhoff,   Jan J.
COMMON MARKET FOR EASTERN AND SOUTHERN AFRICA Twenty Fourth Meeting of the Trade and Customs Committee Nairobi, Kenya 2-4 November, 2009
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Food security; Africa; Grain; Trade; Food policy; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Security and Poverty; International Development; International Relations/Trade; Q11; Q18; Q13.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/62227

The Effects of E. Coli 0157:H7, FMD and BSE on Japanese Retail Beef Prices: A Historical Decomposition
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Saghaian,   Sayed H.; Maynard,   Leigh J.; Reed,   Michael R.
This study examines the time-varying Japanese price reactions to the 2001 Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) discovery, the 2000 outbreak of foot and mouth disease (FMD), and the 1996 E. coli food po isoning events. Historical decomposition of retail-level price-series aids in explaining the behavior of beef prices in a neighborhood (period-by-period time interval) of the three events. This is based on an application of directed acyclic graphs, constructing orthogonal innovations to determine causal patterns behind contemporaneous innovations. The results show the beef safety events had different negative impacts on Japanese retail beef prices, suggesting that consumers understood and differentiated among the health risks. The results provide...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Japan; Beef prices; BSE; FMD; E. coli; Historical decomposition.; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Livestock Production/Industries; Q11; Q13.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25580

The Integration of Rural Households into Ruminant Livestock Industries in China
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Waldron,   Scott A.; Brown,   Colin G.; Longworth,   John W.
A major determinant of rural development in China is the way by which rural households integrate with rural industries. Three forms of integration – market integration, vertical integration and integration through local groups – are investigated. Policy measures that may facilitate household integration, household specialisation and market segmentation are identified. Findings for the ruminant livestock sector are widely applicable to other agricultural industries in China.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: China; Rural development; Livestock; Markets; Vertical integration; Livestock Production/Industries; Q13; Q18; L1.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25318

Cost Analysis of Alternative Harvest and Storage Methods for Switchgrass in the Southeastern U.S.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Larson,   James A.; Mooney,   Daniel F.; English,   Burton C.; Tyler,   Donald D.
This study evaluated the potential impacts of dry matter losses from alternative harvest and storage methods on the costs of growing switchgrass for energy production. Data from a switchgrass bale harvest and storage experiment at Milan, TN, indicate that storage losses for covered rectangular bales were greater than for covered round bales. In addition, the cost of delivered feedstock increased with longer storage times because of larger dry matter losses. Even though storage losses were higher with uncovered large round bales, production costs were the lowest because costs of storage were minimal compared to other storage methods.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Bioenergy; Dry matter loss; Storage; Production Economics; D20; D21; D81; D86; Q13; Q42; P42.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56518

Analysis of Country of Origin Labeling for Food Products in Taiwan Using Auction Experiment with Tasting
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Chern,   Wen S.; Lin,   Huei-Ching.
This study attempts to evaluate the economic benefits of the country of origin labeling (COOL) in Taiwan.  A Vickrey second-price sealed-bid auction was conducted to estimate the consumer’s willingness to pay for Taiwan products vs. those from China and Vietnam. Our experiment was designed to investigate the impacts of product tasting on bidding behavior. The regression results show that tasting raised bids for Taiwan and China teas, but lowered bids for Vietnam tea. The econometric results show very high premiums for Taiwan products. Taiwanese consumers and food producers stand to benefit greatly with COOL.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Auction Experiment; Country of Origin Labeling; Tobit; Willingness to Pay; Bid Premium; Taiwan; China; Vietnam; Tea; Plum; Import; Food; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Consumer/Household Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Health Economics and Policy; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; Q13; D12.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103219

The importance and role of trust in agricultural marketing co-operatives
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Szabo,   Gabor G.
Marketing co-operatives can strengthen countervailing power of producers and help to co-ordinate (agricultural) supply chains. According to many authors, one of the means of increasing the competitiveness of co-ops can be traced back to trust and informal connections existing between the members and the cooperative (management), as well as among the members. Using New Institutional Economics’ theories and the “co-operative identity” concept as theoretical background, this review paper analyses the importance of trust, as well as the role of the co-operative principles as formal-legal securities of trust (development) in agricultural marketing co-operatives.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Co-operation; Co-operative identity; Principles; Trust; Vertical co-ordination; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Labor and Human Capital; Marketing; Q13; L14; L22.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/93119

MILK AND MILK PROCESSING INDUSTRY IN LITHUANIA: AN ANALYSIS OF HORIZONZAL AND VERTICAL INTEGRATION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kedaitiene,   Angele; Hockmann,   Heinrich.
Despite significant progress in recent years, horizontal and vertical integration of the Lithuanian milk sector is not very much advanced. The primary sector is characterised by small-scale farming, the fragmentation of farmland and a low number of livestock per farms. These features cause severe problems regarding the restructuring and modernisation of agricultural production since only a few farmers possess the capital resources to conduct necessary investments. However, despite the unfavourable conditions Lithuanian milk producers have made significant improvements concerning milk quality. In the last decade, the processing sector was due to drastic concentration processes. These were induced by the strong competition processes on the milk market and...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Horizontal and vertical integration; Lithuanian milk sector; Foreign trade; Consumption; Industrial Organization; Livestock Production/Industries; L11; L66; Q13.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14930

Staple food prices in Uganda
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Haggblade,   Steven; Dewina,   Reno.
Prepared for the Comesa policy seminar on “Variation in staple food prices: Causes, consequence, and policy options”, Maputo, Mozambique, 25-26 January 2010 under the African Agricultural Marketing Project (AAMP)
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Uganda; Food security; Food prices; Agricultural and Food Policy; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Security and Poverty; International Development; International Relations/Trade; Q11; Q13; Q17; Q18.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58553

International Commodity Organizations and Governance of Global Value Chains
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Burger,   Kees; Daviron,   Benoit; Flores,   Vanessa.
International commodity Organizations can play a role in reducing transaction costs between producer and consumer. The current organisations do this partly through statistics and collecting and disseminating market information, undertaking projects and convening meetings. Of a traditional focus on the international part of the trade chain they must extend to the whole chain, until the natural resources on the producer side and treatment of waste on the consumer side. This requires more capacity, stronger mandate and more intensive cooperation for the organisations mutually and with UNCTAD, FAO and the World Bank. The representatives of the governments now play the role of administrators and representatives of the industry. They should be customers, guard...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Global governance; Global value chain; Commodities; Development; Agricultural and Food Policy; International Development; International Relations/Trade; Q13; O19.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51631

Producer Support for Checkoff Programs: The Case of Beef
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Chung,   Chanjin; Norwood,   F. Bailey; Ward,   Clement E.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing; Q13.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94413

Effects of Participation in Organic Markets and Farmer-based Organizations on the Adoption of Soil Conservation Practices among Small-scale Farmers in Honduras
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wollni,   Meike; Lee,   David R.; Thies,   Janice E.
Conservation agriculture is often perceived to provide “win-win” outcomes for farmers leading to reduced erosion and off-site sedimentation, as well as improved soil fertility and productivity. However, adoption rates for conservation agriculture in many regions of the world remain below expected levels. This paper looks at the effect of organic markets in providing incentives for farmers to adopt soil conservation practices. Farmer-based organizations may link farmers to these markets by helping them overcome information deficiencies with respect to production standards and consumer preferences. Based on original survey data from 241 small-scale farm households in Honduras, we find that both participation in organic markets and farmer-based groups have...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Soil conservation; Technology adoption; Organic markets; Farmer organizations; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; International Development; Q01; Q12; Q13; Q16.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51669

Impacts of Cash Crop Production on Land Management and Land Degradation: The Case of Coffee and Cotton in Uganda
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Pender,   John L.; Nkonya,   Ephraim M.; Kato,   Edward; Kaizzi,   Crammer; Ssali,   Henry.
We investigate the impacts of coffee and cotton production on land management and land degradation in Uganda, based on a survey of 851 households and soil measurements in six major agro-ecological zones, using matching and multivariate regression methods.  The impacts of cash crop production vary by agro-ecological zones and cropping system.  In coffee producing zones, use of organic inputs is most common on plots growing coffee with other crops (mainly bananas), and least common on mono-cropped coffee.  Both mono-cropped coffee and mixed coffee plots have lower soil erosion than other plots in coffee producing zones because of greater soil cover.  Potassium depletion is much greater on mixed banana-coffee plots.  In the cotton production zone, few land...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Land management; Land degradation; Soil nutrient depletion; Soil erosion; Agricultural commercialization; Cash crops; Uganda; Agricultural and Food Policy; International Development; Production Economics; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; Q13; Q16; Q17.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/50760

Delivering Seeds of 'Orphan' Crops: The Case Studies of Potato and Groundnut in India
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Pal,   Suresh; Singh,   Harbir; Mathur,   Prasoon.
This paper examines the performance of the Indian seed system in the context of high volume, low value seed, using the case studies of potato and groundnut. In theory, public sector should be able to address seed needs of farmers growing these crops. However, the ability of the public sector is constrained by a number of institutional and technical factors, and farmers largely depend upon traditional sources of seed. The traditional sources meet more than two-thirds of the total seed demand , and the rest is met by the formal seed system, mainly public seed agencies. Most of the farmers buy fresh seed for quality reasons, and only 12-15 percent farmers purchase seed to change variety. In potato, technological innovation provided options to enhance...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Seed system; Seed sources; Seed saving; Seed quality; Supply chain; India; Crop Production/Industries; O3; Q13; Q16.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25444

The EU's Import Regime for Oranges - Much Ado about Nothing?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Goetz,   Linde; Grethe,   Harald.
EU imports of oranges are restricted not only by ad valorem tariffs but also by the entry price system establishing a minimum import price. In addition, the EU applies a comprehensive system of trade preferences. The hypothesis of this paper is that, in contrast to its complexity, the effectiveness of the EU import system for oranges is low with respect to its goals, i.e. protecting EU producers on the one hand an d creating imports from preference receiving countries on the other. The comparison of import prices for oranges from extra-EU countries with the EU entry price shows that the former are about 40% higher than the latter on average. Also, it is pointed out that at least 72% of extra-EU orange imports during the EU harvest season en ter the EU...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Trade preferences; Oranges; Tariff rate quota; Entry price; International Relations/Trade; F13; Q13; Q17; Q18.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25604

Market Access and Rural Poverty in Tanzania
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Minot,   Nicholas.
Economic reforms in Tanzania have resulted in low inflation and solid economic growth, but many observers question whether the standard of living of ordinary Tanzanians has improved. Furthermore, there is a strong suspicion that the benefits have been concentrated among the urban population and among rural households with good market access, leaving remote rural households behind. In this paper, we demonstrate a new approach to measuring poverty trends over time. First, the relationship between poverty and household characteristics is estimated using household budget survey data. Second, this relationship is applied to the same characteristics in Demographic and Health Surveys, four of which have been carried out in Tanzania. The results suggest that the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Poverty; Market access; Tanzania; Economic reforms; Food Security and Poverty; C0; I3; O1; Q13; R0.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25603

Nuove dinamiche nel commercio dei prodotti agroalimentari: resistenze all’adozione dell’e-commerce nelle relazioni business-to-business
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Pignatti,   Erika; Spadoni,   Roberta; Canavari,   Maurizio.
Since some decades, agrifood products exchanges can be carried on using Information and Communication Technology (ICT) tools. Anyway, their adoption in the agrifood sector appears to be hindered, both because of consolidated dynamics in developing B2B transactions, and of the peculiarities of the agrifood products themselves. The lack of direct relationships between partners heighten problems connected with food safety assessments, and with the definition of standardized production practices able to match business partners’ needs. Standardization is the key point in the relationship between e-commerce and agrifood sector. As for some products it is possible to define standardized requirements, it is hard to find a collocation for the wide range of agrifood...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: E-commerce; B2B Transactions; Agrifood Products; Standardization; Quality Requirement; Q13.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/48175

Trust and Contracting in Agri-Food Hybrid Structures
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Martino,   Gaetano.
The paper aims at examining the hypothesis that the influence of trust on contract can be thought of as a dynamic factor of organizational choices in supply chains. The relationship between contract and trust is delineated on the basis of institutional environment, contractual incompleteness, safeguards and restrictive provisions. The interaction between individual and system elements in the formation of trust and its influence in hybrid contracting is considered. According to a New Institutional Economics approach and a theoretical framework is proposed. Empirical evidence is provided by a case study regarding an Italian retailer company establishing hybrid structure with its suppliers. Investments in suppliers selection provide the basis for trust...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Hybrid structures; Trust; Contract; Agribusiness; Q13; D23.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6769

Analysis of Consumer Perceptions on Quality and Food Safety in the Spanish Beef Market: A Future Application in New Product Development
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: de Carlos,   Pilar; Garcia Martinez,   Marian; de Felipe,   Isabel; Briz,   Julian; Morais,   Federico.
During the last years, the research of food quality perception and food safety have been issue of greater attention due to the intense existing debate on aspects related to ethical considerations relative to the new agricultural production techniques, animal welfare concerns, food scares and crises and their impact in consumer's confidence, that have brought numerous questions about quality and food safety. With the Total Food Quality Model as a point of departure, this study proposes an analysis of quality perception and food safety related to beef in Spain. The objective of this paper is to focus on the focus group technique and the qualitative research, using NVivo software for the handling, analysing and interpretation of qualitative data. Results...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Focus groups; NVivo software; Quality perception; Food choice and food safety; Consumer/Household Economics; Q13.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24456

Impacts of Product Differentiation on the Crop Input Supply Industry
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Krause,   Mark A.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Input Supply Industry; Seed; Pesticide; Farm Machinery; Structural Change; Porter’s Five Forces; Agribusiness; Crop Production/Industries; Q13; L10; L20; L80.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/104209

Maize Market Sheds in Eastern and Southern Africa. Report 1. Country Annexes
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Aliguma,   Lucy; Ashimogo,   Gasper; Mwale,   Geoffrey S.; Nyoro,   James K.; Phiri,   Alexander; Traub,   Lulama Ndibongo.
Annexes to the report prepared by Michigan State University for the World Bank under contract No. 7144132, Strengthening Food Security in Sub-Saharan Africa through Trade Liberalization and Regional Integration
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Africa; Markets; Maize; Crop Production/Industries; Q13.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/55375

Improving the Quality of Women’s Gold in Mali, West Africa: The Case of Shea
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Perakis,   Sonja Melissa.
The collection, primary processing, and subsequent sale of shea-based products make an important contribution to rural women’s cash income in many of Mali’s shea producing areas. Internationally, shea has recently become popular in high-valued cosmetics thanks to its therapeutic properties— a deviation away from its historic use as a cheap cocoa-butter substitute. For these reasons, international development actors have targeted the Malian shea value chain as part of their private-sector-development and rural-poverty-alleviation programs and strategies. Information asymmetry in the production and marketing of shea has led to a “Market for Lemons” scenario much like that described by Akerlof (1970), thereby compromising the subsector’s potential to serve as...
Tipo: Thesis or Dissertation
Palavras-chave: Information asymmetry; Karité; Mali; Rural development; Shea; Women’s income; Agribusiness; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; International Development; Marketing; Q13; Q23; L15; L24; 013; O17.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51703

Producer Perceptions of Corn, Soybean and Cotton Price Risk
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Riley,   John Michael; Anderson,   John D.
Risk is an inevitable part of agricultural production and all producers face various forms of risk. This study used the subjective price expectations and price distributions of survey participants to determine how producer’s expectations compare with that of the market. Data used for this study were gathered through survey responses from Mississippi State University Extension meeting and workshop participants. Individual respondent’s discreet stated price and price distribution information was fitted to a continuous distribution and an implied mean and standard deviation was determined. This was compared to market price and price risk data. Participants largely over-estimated price. Individual volatilities resulting from each fitted distribution were lower...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Price risk; Price perception; Subjective probability elicitation; Production Economics; Q13.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/46865

Unstable Individual Bids and Stable Market Demand
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Alfnes,   Frode; Rickertsen,   Kyrre; Shogren,   Jason F.
We explore preference stability at the individual and market level. We examine individual bidding behavior among 116 French consumers who participated in experimental auctions conducted seven months apart for five types of fish. We reject preference stability at the individual level, but not at the aggregate market level.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Aggregation; Consumer preferences; Demand; Experimental auctions; Food choice; Marketing; C91; D12; Q13.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114219

Canada's Domestic Carbon Emission and Trading Institution: Rules, Workability, and the Role of Offsets
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Thomassin,   Paul J.
When Canada ratified the Kyoto Protocol in December 2002, the country committed to decrease its Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions by 6% below its 1990 level. It is estimated that this commitment will require Canada to decrease emissions by 270 megatonnes (Mt) per year during the first commitment period 2008 to 2012. Carbon emission trading institutions have been identified, both internationally and domestically, as being a cost effective mechanism for supplying carbon emission reductions. The paper investigates two alternative mechanisms that can be used to allocate carbon and the potential development of the carbon offset credit market. The offset market could be important for the agriculture and forestry sectors, since these sectors have the potential to...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy; K2; Q13; Q1; Q5; Q58.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25543

IMPACTS OF COMMUNITY-DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS ON INCOME AND ASSET ACQUISITION IN AFRICA: THE CASE OF NIGERIA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nkonya,   Ephraim M.; Phillip,   Dayo; Mogues,   Tewodaj; Pender,   John L.; Kato,   Edward.
This study evaluates the impacts of a community-driven development (CDD) project on household income and acquisition of productive assets in Nigeria. Using panel data and difference-in-differences and propensity score matching approaches, the study finds that the project succeeded in targeting the poor and women farmers in its productive asset acquisition component. Participation in the project also increased the income of beneficiaries by about 60%, which is well above the targeted increase of only 20% in the 6-year period of the project.  However, sustainability of this dramatic achievement is uncertain since the project did not involve rural credit services. The large cash transfer through its productive asset acquisition component is also unsustainable.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Nigeria; Africa; Community-driven development; Impact evaluation; Poverty; Targeting; Income; Assets; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; International Development; H43; H42; Q13; Q15.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/50537

Co-processed Poultry Litter and Dewatered Municipal Biosolids: Feasibility as an Alternative Management Approach for Surplus Waste
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Armstrong,   Andrew C.; Goodwin,   Harold L., Jr.; Hamm,   Sandra J.
Neither poultry litter nor DMB currently have economically sustainable utilization options that are also environmentally sustainable.  The purpose of this research is to investigate the appropriateness of blending poultry litter and DMB as a sustainable way to utilize these products, for use in agricultural practices, in a cost efficient manner.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Poultry industry; Waste management; Fertilizer; Dewatered municipal biosolids; Environmental Economics and Policy; Q53; Q13; Q16.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/34834

Strategic Planning - Niche Marketing in the Agriculture Industry
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cuthbert,   Ronald.
The purpose of the research is to improve our understanding of the adaptation process in agriculture at the farm level and the influence through the value chain. The research identified critical managerial decision areas in the strategic planning process of blackcurrant growers in Alberta and the South Island of New Zealand. The work was a comparative study of growers that attempted to determine the correspondence between the results of case study observations and a set of theoretical propositions that were developed from a review of the relevant literature. Results indicate that growers understand their own firm’s core competencies, plan strategically and contingently to maintain flexibility and retain niche advantages.  Data gathered on the blackcurrant...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Niche marketing; Strategic planning; Adaptation flexibility; Farm Management; Marketing; D81; L1; M31; O13; Q13.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6840

Fundamental Forces Affecting Livestock Producers
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lawrence,   John D.; Mintert,   James R.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Market Forces; Livestock Production; Porter’s Five Forces; Agribusiness; Livestock Production/Industries; L10; L22; L80; Q13.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/104212

The effect of information on consumer choice (the case of product with new properties)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fetisova,   Yulia.
In the modern world very concentrated informational environment forms consumer preferences well before a potential buyer goes to the shop to make purchases. The production of new commodities triggers economic agents’ demand for objective information necessary for taking decisions about their safety or further use. This study uses economic experiment to investigate the effect of information about the product with new properties on behavior of the Russian consumers and proves that new information can alter individual perceptions and evoke response. It turns out that women are more receptive to any information concerning food products. The results also emphasize discrepancy between actual participants’ behavior and their initial estimates made in...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Economic experiment; Effect of information; Product with new properties; Consumer behavior; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Marketing; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; D12; Q13.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51364

ESTIMATING MARKET POWER BY RETAILERS IN THE ITALIAN PARMIGIANO REGGIANO AND GRANA PADANO CHEESE MARKET
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sckokai,   Paolo; Soregaroli,   Claudio; Moro,   Daniele.
In this paper, we evaluate the role of market power by retailers within the supply chain of Parmigiano Reggiano and Grana Padano, the two most famous Italian quality cheeses. Market power is analysed in the context of an imperfect competition model of the supply chain, in which retailers are allowed to exercise market power both downstream and upstream. We jointly estimate market power parameters together with supply and demand elasticities, by means of a  structural system of demand, supply and price transmission equations, estimated using the Generalised Method of Moments. We find clear evidences of downstream market power by retailers (toward final consumers), and no evidences of upstream market power (toward processors/ripeners). These results may be...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Market power; Imperfect competition; PDO cheese; Agricultural and Food Policy; Industrial Organization; Q13.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51425

How to Stabilize the Cereals Market in a Transition Economy
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ionel,   Iuliana.
The Romanian cereals market is in a state of transition, because the grain marketing system is characterized by high risk for market participants. The current situation of grain market is used to estimate the necessity solutions to stabilize the market.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Grain grading system; Price monitory systems; Commodity exchange; Agribusiness; Q13.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24762

Deregulation of the Australian Wheat Export Market: What Happened to Wheat Prices?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Curwen,   Reece; Mugera,   Amin W.; White,   Benedict.
This paper investigates whether deregulation of the Australian wheat export market induced a structural change in the price data generation process. We examine the unit root properties of Western Australian wheat prices by testing for the possibility of single and double structural breaks in the price series. Daily prices for the period 20th of May 2003 to 14th of September 2010 are used. We find that the wheat price series has a unit root with two structural breaks but neither break coincided with the time when the Wheat Export Marketing Act 2008 came into effect on 1 July 2008. We conclude that change in local market behaviour would have started prior to actual deregulation with subsequent effect on local price.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Deregulation; Unit root; Structural breaks; Wheat price; Agribusiness; Demand and Price Analysis; Marketing; Q13; Q18.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/102023

An Ordinal Regression Model using Dealer Satisfaction Data
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Staus,   Alexander.
This article analyses dealer satisfaction data in the agricultural technology market in Germany. The dealers could rate their suppliers in the ’overall satisfaction’ and in 38 questions which can be summarized in 8 dimensions. An ordinal regression model which is also known as the proportional odds model is used to analyse the ordinal scaled rating of the dealers. The ordinal regression model is a well examined method in econometric theory, but many authors prefer using a linear regression model due to better interpretation, even the assumptions of a linear regression do not fit the data. Since the estimated coefficients of an ordinal regression model can not be properly interpreted we show other methods for a better insight of the relationship of the...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Keywords: ordinal regression; Dealer satisfaction; Interpretation; Agricultural and Food Policy; Marketing; C25; C51; Q13.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/98632

Potencial da logística ferroviária para exportação de açúcar em São Paulo: recomendações de localização para armazéns intermodais
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Oliveira,   Ana Maria Kefalas; Caixeta Filho,   Jose Vicente.
This study analyzes the best warehousing location for sugar exportation in the state of Sao Paulo using the railway transportation. A mixed integer programming model was developed and its results indicate some trends for localization and capacity of these warehouses. Four scenarios were elaborated and they showed high competitiveness of the intermodal transport compared to the alternative of road transportation from the mill to the port. It was also confirmed that there is a possibility to increase the market share of the railway transportation for Sao Paulo’s sugar exports.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Intermodal transportation; Railway transport; Sugar market.; Agribusiness; C61; Q13.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61919

Consumer preferences as drivers of the common bean trade in Tanzania: A marketing perspective
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mishili,   Fulgence J.; Temu,   Anna A.; Fulton,   Joan R.; Lowenberg-DeBoer,   James.
The objective of this study was to determine the impact of bean grain quality characteristics on market price. The data was collected from retail markets in Tanzania. Hedonic pricing provides a statistical estimate of premiums and discounts. Implications for development of bean markets include: i) extension agents should identify cost-effective ways to educate producers on targeting urban market niches based on consumer preferences for varieties, ii) breeding for bruchid resistant beans and use of appropriate storage technologies would alleviate the problems of storage damage, and iii) requiring a portfolio of grain quality characteristics to fit consumer preferences in local markets.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Beans; Markets; Consumer preferences; Hedonic; Storage; Tanzania; Marketing; D12; Q13.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/48658

Estimation of a Backward-Bending Investment Demand Function for Agribusiness Firms
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kropp,   Jaclyn D.; Power,   Gabriel J.
We investigate irreversible investment behavior under uncertainty of payoffs using U.S. firm-level panel data. We estimate the relationship between the firm’s investment to capital ratio and the interest rate, while controlling for investment opportunities, real option values, uncertainty and profitability. The results indicate the investment demand curve is a backward-bending function of the interest rate; at low interest rates, an increase in the interest rate leads to increased investment by increasing the cost of postponing investment. Firm investment behavior is also consistent with real options behavior. The investment behavior of agribusiness firms is significantly different from firms in other sectors.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Investment demand; Irreversible investment; Real options; Agribusiness; Agricultural Finance; Financial Economics; D81; D92; Q13.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61293

Grass-Fed Certification: The Case of the Uruguayan Beef Industry
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Boland,   Michael A.; Perez,   Lautaro; Fox,   John A.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade; Livestock Production/Industries; Q13; Q17.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94454

Economics of Animal Agriculture Production, Processing and Marketing
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Boehlje,   Michael.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries; Q13.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94383

Analysis of Consumer Preferences for Biotech Labeling Formats
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Harrison,   R. Wes; Mclennon,   Everald.
Conjoint analysis is used to measure the preferences of United States consumers for labeling of biotech foods. The study found that consumers in the sample support mandatory labeling of biotech foods. This suggests that U.S. consumers would support revisions to the present voluntary labeling policy of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Results also showed that the preferred labeling formal is a text disclosure that describes the benefits of biotechnology in combination with a biotech logo.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Agricultural Biotechnology; Labeling; Conjoint Analysis; Q18; Q13.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/42937

Assessing the Market for Poultry Litter in Georgia:  Are Subsidies Needed to Protect Water Quality?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mullen,   Jeffrey D.; Bekchanov,   Ulugbek; Karali,   Berna; Kissel,   David; Risse,   Mark L.; Rowles,   Kristin; Collier,   Sam.
Concerns about nutrient loads into our waters have focused attention on poultry litter applications.  Like many states with a large poultry industry, Georgia recently designed a subsidy program to facilitate the transportation of poultry litter out of vulnerable watersheds. This paper uses a transportation model to examine the necessity of a poultry litter subsidy to achieve water protection goals in Georgia. We also demonstrate the relationship between diesel and synthetic fertilizer prices and the value of poultry litter. Results suggest that a well functioning market would be able to remove excess litter from vulnerable watersheds in the absence of a subsidy.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Fertilizer; Phosphorous; Poultry litter; Subsidy; Transportation model; Water quality; Environmental Economics and Policy; Marketing; Q12; Q13; Q25; Q53.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/117948

SPATIAL DEVELOPMENTS OF HUNGARIAN AGRICULTURE IN THE TRANSITION: THE CASE OF CROP PRODUCTION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ferto,   Imre.
The paper investigates spatial changes in cultivation and land use of wheat, maize and oilseed in Hungarian agriculture using different methods to measure these changes. The results suggest that spatial structure of crop productions has remained fairly stable during analysed period. The spatial concentration increased significantly for wheat and maize production and maize land use, whilst the changes were not significant for other cases. Estimates confirm the presence of spatial autocorrelation for all cases. The degree of spatial autocorrelation has no unambiguous pattern over time, except for maize production. Finally, we have not found significant relationship measured by PSE index between agricultural support and spatial concentration, but estimates...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Agricultural production; Land use; Spatial analysis; Hungary; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; International Development; Land Economics/Use; Q13; Q18.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/90871

Spatial Analysis of Market Linkages in North Carolina Using Threshold Autoregression Models with Variable Transaction Costs
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bekkerman,   Anton; Goodwin,   Barry K.; Piggott,   Nicholas E.
In North Carolina, where soybeans and corn are the two primary crops, the recent increase in the demand for U.S. corn has triggered a shift of farm acreage from soybeans to corn, leading to a rapid rise in prices of both commodities. However, the rate of the price changes, as well as the price level, is significantly different in markets that are located in different parts of the state.  This study extends the literature that examines linkages between spatially separated markets by using a threshold autoregressive model with a less restrictive assumption for estimating the transaction cost neutral band -- the band within which trade is not profitable. This generalization allows the neutral band of transactions costs to change according to various external...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Threshold autoregression; Spatially separated markets; Impulse response; Neutral band; Demand and Price Analysis; Marketing; Q11; Q13.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49282

Auction Experiments and Simulations of Milk Quota Exchanges
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Brümmer,   Bernhard; Loy,   Jens-Peter; Requate,   Till.
Since 2000 Germany has a fairly unique market mechanism to trade milk quotas between dairy farms. The two major features are: (1) a quasi auctioning system that produces excess demands which are covered by state reserves free of charge and (2) a price band is used to exclude high price bids. For both features an experimental design is developed to study their impact in comparison to a regular seller’s sealed bid double auction. Results show that both treatments lead to significant misallocations. These are due the direct impact of regulations and due to an imperfect adjustment of bidding functions towards them. The major goal of the market design to reduce quota prices is reached, however, at significant trade losses.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Double Auction; Experiment; Milk Quota; Germany; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; L11; D44; Q13.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61304

Recent Convergence Performance of CBOT Corn, Soybean, and Wheat Futures Contracts
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Irwin,   Scott H.; Garcia,   Philip; Good,   Darrel L.; Kunda,   Eugene L.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries; Risk and Uncertainty; Q11; Q13.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94645

Staple food prices in Mozambique
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Donovan,   Cynthia; Tostao,   Emilio.
Prepared for the Comesa policy seminar on “Variation in staple food prices: Causes, consequence, and policy options”, Maputo, Mozambique, 25-26 January 2010 under the Comesa-MSU-IFPRI African Agricultural Marketing Project (AAMP)
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Mozambique; Food security; Food prices; Agricultural and Food Policy; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Security and Poverty; International Development; International Relations/Trade; Q11; Q13; Q18.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58561

2008 Michigan Dairy Industry Survey
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bitsch,   Vera.
The Michigan State University (MSU) Dairy Team conducted an industry survey with the objectives of identifying and rating industry priorities. After holding discussion groups across the state, two questionnaires were developed and sent to 2,237 dairy farm owners and operators and 480 allied industry professionals in the state; 23.4% of the dairy farmers and 28.1% of the allied industry professionals returned questionnaires with useable data. This report summarizes respondents’ ratings of industry issues, as well as education and knowledge needs. In addition, educational preferences, management practices, Internet use and access, demographic information, and farm characteristics are outlined.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Dairy farmers; Dairy industry; Extension evaluation; Information sources; Internet use; Survey questionnaire; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Labor and Human Capital; Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession; M0; Q12; Q13; Q14; Q16; Q18.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51842

Integração e transmissão de preços entre os mercados de trigo argentino e internacional
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Coronel,   Daniel Arruda; Amorim,   Airton Lopes; Sousa,   Eliane Pinheiro de; Lima,   Joao Eustaquio de.
The aim of this paper is to check if there is a relation between the wheat prices of the Argentinian and the International market, if these markets are integrated in space. For that, it was used as time reference the period from January, 1994 to April, 2009. Unit root tests, Granger causality, Johansen cointegration, estimation of the impulse response function, decomposition of error variation and estimation and analysis of the error correction model were used. The results indicated that variations in the international prices of wheat were almost completely transmitted for the run long. However, it is not possible to affirm that the Argentinian and the International markets are perfectly integrated even if they have a higher transmission of prices This is...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Integration of prices; Law of the One Price; Wheat market; Demand and Price Analysis; International Relations/Trade; C32; Q13.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114463

Local Buyer Market Power and Horizontally Differentiated Manufacturers
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wang,   Shinn-Shyr; Rojas,   Christian; Lavoie,   Nathalie.
In this paper we study a farmer-processor relationship, where market power is bidirectional: processors have buyer as well as seller market power. Farmers supply a homogeneous raw input to the processors, which, in turn, process it into a horizontally differentiated product. The analysis shows that the spread between prices that both parties receive can be decomposed into two components: one due to buyer market power in the agricultural input market and one due to seller market power in the differentiated processed market.  Farmers receive a decreasing dollar share of the final price as concentration in the processed good market increases. On the other hand, the price spread due to processors' buyer (seller) market power decreases (increases) when farmers'...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Buyer market power; Horizontal differentiation; Agribusiness; Industrial Organization; Marketing; D43; L13; M31; Q13.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61990

SERVICEKOOPERATIVEN – EIN MODELL FÜR DIE GEORGISCHE LANDWIRTSCHAFT?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Paviliashvili,   Johanna.
Georgia is a country with high agricultural potential, which is not fully utilized due to the deterioration of conditions for agriculture after the breakdown of the Soviet Union. Because of insufficient access to input supply, credits and markets, the productivity of the Georgian agriculture is very low. The small agricultural land surfaces lead, moreover, to high transaction costs with regard to the marketing of agricultural products that each farmer sells individually on local markets. Service cooperatives have been identified as a suitable institution for sustainable agricultural development. Despite their advantages they are not widespread in Georgia. This article analyses on the basis of an empirical study (n=406) attitudes of Georgian farmers towards...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Servicekooperativen; Georgien; Subsistenzlandwirtschaft; Service cooperatives; Georgia; Subsistence farming.; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Farm Management; Marketing; Production Economics; Productivity Analysis; Q13; Q14.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/91767

Price Discovery in Nebraska Cattle Markets
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Stockton,   Matthew C.; Bessler,   David A.; Wilson,   Roger K.
Monthly observations on prices from 10 weight/gender classifications of Nebraska beef cattle are studied in an error correction model (ECM) framework. This study attempts a replication of the 2003 paper on Texas prices by Bessler and Davis, where they find medium heifers (600–700 lb) at the center of price discovery. Using the ECM results Nebraska light steers are found to be weakly exogenous, with the innovation accounting results showing marked differences. Industry structure, production choices, and animal type and breeding herd differences between Texas and Nebraska are proposed as plausible reasons for partial (or incomplete) success at replication.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Bernanke factorization; Cattle prices; Cointegration; Directed acyclical graphs; Error correction; PC algorithm; Price discovery; Agribusiness; Demand and Price Analysis; Industrial Organization; Livestock Production/Industries; Production Economics; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; C49; Q13.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57149

Border Effects on Spatial Price Transmission between Fresh Tomato Markets in Ghana and Burkina-Faso: Any Case for Promoting Trans-border Trade in West Africa?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Amikuzuno,   Joseph.
Cross-border trade in food commodities within sub-regional economic blocks in Sub-Sahara Africa (SSA) is believed to be faster, cheaper, more convenient and welfare-enhancing than trade between SSA countries and the USA or EU. The difficulty of commodity arbitrage across borders in SSA is however a fundamental impediment to price transmission, market integration and the realisation of the welfare-enhancing role of cross-border trade. This study examines the impact of border and distance on price transmission between tomato in Ghana and Burkina-Faso. The analysis applies a linear and a regime-switching vector error correction model to estimate wholesale prices of tomato in four tomato markets in Ghana and a producer market in Burkina-Faso. The estimated...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Price Transmission; Border; Tomato; Ghana; Burkina-Faso; International Relations/Trade; C32; Q11; Q13; Q17; Q18.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/108943

Las cuotas lecheras en Espana: analisis estructural comparado de los efectos en su gestion
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ordonez,   Victoriano Calcedo.
RESUMEN: La reestructuración que acompaña al régimen de cuotas en España, que pudo tener un sesgo más propio, sigue en sus resultados pautas de otros países de la UE. La trayectoria del proceso es similar a la de Alemania o Francia. Sin embargo, en cuanto al patrón para la gestión de las cuotas se ha venido inclinando hacia el esquema flexible del Reino Unido y Holanda, incluso regionalizando de facto el tráfico de cuotas, pues las transacciones entre CC.AA. están sometidas a fuertes limitaciones administrativas. En España el sistema de estado ha propiciado un escenario como el francés o el alemán, pero obtenido de esa gestión liberal de las cuotas según los modelos británico y holandés. Más que la desvinculación de cuota y tierra, han jugado los intereses...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Milk production; Milk quotas; Livestock Production/Industries; Q13; Q18.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28761

Risk Attitude &amp; the Structure of Decision Making: Evidence from the Hog Industry
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Franken,   Jason R.V.; Pennings,   Joost M.E.; Garcia,   Philip.
We investigate the importance of an appropriate representation of behavior, risk attitude, and related characteristics for owner-managers making marketing decisions. We assess whether managerial/firm characteristics directly affect the decisions or if their influence occurs indirectly through impacts on risk aversion. The findings, which support an indirect effect, indicate that failure to represent the relationship between risk aversion, other characteristics, and behavior appropriately can mask the effect of risk aversion. A more complete understanding of the structure of decision making may assist economists and policymakers in designing and targeting mechanisms to transfer risk.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Behavior; Contract; Hogs; Marketing; Risk attitude; Agribusiness; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Marketing; Q13.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103610

Economic Parameters for Corn Ethanol and Biodiesel Production
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Eidman,   Vernon R.
This article presents current investment and operating costs of ethanol and biodiesel plants for alternative prices of feedstock. The price of these two fuels is estimated for alternative prices of crude oil with the existing renewable fuels policy. The excise tax credit, currently $0.51 per gallon of ethanol and $1.00 per gallon of biodiesel, is a major contributor to the fuel price and profitability of these industries. The analysis demonstrates how the crude oil price, feedstock price, and excise tax credits interact to impact profitability of these industries
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Biodiesel; Biofuels; Ethanol; Renewable energy; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; Q13; Q18; Q28; Q42.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6519

Tractors on eBay: Differences between Internet and In-Person Auctions
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Diekmann,   Florian; Roe,   Brian E.; Batte,   Marvin T.
Internet auction platforms are changing the face of transactions in many business sectors, including agriculture. We provide one of the first systematic examinations of the differences between internet and in-person auctions in agricultural input markets. A hedonic model estimated with used tractor transactions from Midwestern sellers pooled between eBay and in-person auctions reveals statistically distinct price surfaces for the two auction venues and predicts significantly lower prices for comparable equipment sold on eBay, though this difference is attenuated for tractors fully covered by eBay's buyer protection program and is fully absent for the most frequently traded tractor. An endogenous venue-selection model reveals that larger, more-valuable...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Auctions; Electronic commerce; EBay; Farm equipment; Hedonic models; Marketing; D44; Q13.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9694

MULES IN SOUTHERN AGRICULTURE: REVISITED
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Garrett,   Martin A., Jr.
This article provides additional empirical evidence concerning the choice of the mule as the dominant draft animal in southern agricultural production in the latter 19th and early 20th century.  While the mule was uniquely suited to the crops and climate of the region, two divergent arguments have been presented as to why the mule was the dominant draft animal in southern agricultural production.  This research reevaluates these arguments and provides evidence that it was, in fact, the characteristics of this hybrid that made it the preferred draft animal for the South.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Mule; Land owners; Part owners; And managers; Share tenants; Sharecroppers; Principal agent problem; Farm Management; N51; O13; Q12; Q13.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15457

Lack of Credibility in Food Markets - Driving Medium Quality Food Out of the Market
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Christensen,   Jan; Graversen,   Jesper T.
Some food markets are dominated by high quality and standard quality segments, whereas medium quality products are almost absent. A modeling framework with asymmetric information regarding true quality of the products and the resulting lack of consumer confidence is presented. Uncertainty regarding the quality of alleged medium quality products provides certain consumer groups to divert consumptions away from medium quality to either standard or high quality products. These countervailing incentives explain the missing medium quality products. Empirical examples are given to motivate the model.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Adverse selection; Asymmetric information; Consumer behavior; Product differentiation; Uncertainty; Consumer/Household Economics; D11; D82; Q13.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24539

Factors Influencing Group Repayment Performance in Haryana: Application of Tobit Model
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Feroze,   S.M.; Chauhan,   A.K.; Malhotra,   Ravinder; Kadian,   K.S.
Microfinance through self-help groups (SHGs) has evolved as a mechanism for social inclusion of the rural poor. This paper has identified the factors that influence the repayment performance of the SHGs in India, by conducting a study on a sample of 120 SHG members from 60 dairy SHGs and 60 non-members selected from the state of Haryana. Results of Tobit regression have shown that peer monitoring, group size and female percentage have positive influence, whereas homogeneity and loan amount have negative influence on the repayment performance of the SHGs. The study has concluded that if the essence of self-help and cooperation is fostered and monitored properly, the poor can also repay.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Microfinance; Loan repayment; Deliquency rate; Haryana; Tabit model; Agricultural and Food Policy; Q13; Q14.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109416

Milk Marketing Orders: Who Wins and Who Loses?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Chouinard,   Hayley H.; Davis,   David E.; LaFrance,   Jeffrey T.; Perloff,   Jeffrey M.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing; Q13; Q18.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94762

USDA Requirements for Implementing Mandatory Country of Origin Labeling
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Preston,   Warren P.; Kim,   Soo.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; International Relations/Trade; Q10; Q13.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94686

Hedging a Government Entitlement: The Case of Countercyclical Payments
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Anderson,   John D.; Coble,   Keith H.; Miller,   J. Corey.
This research evaluates whether the introduction of countercyclical payments creates an incentive for program crop producers to hedge the expected government payment using futures and/or options. Results indicate that some level of countercyclical payment hedging is optimal for risk-averse decision makers. However, optimal hedge ratios depend on planting time expectations of marketing year average price as well as on what crop, if any, has been planted on countercyclical payment base acres. These results suggest that the ability to hedge may make these payments more decoupled but also illustrate the distortion of producer behavior induced by farm programs.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Countercyclical payment; Expected utility; Hedging; Policy; Risk; Demand and Price Analysis; Risk and Uncertainty; Q12; Q13; Q18.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6299

Transmissão de Preços de Milho Branco entre Moçambique, Malawi e Zâmbia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Paulo,   Antonio M.
Apresentado no Seminário Sobre Perspectivas de Produção e Comercialização Agrícola na Campanha 2010/2011 Organizado pela Direcção de Economia do Ministério da Agricultura de Moçambique Maputo, 22 de Agosto de 2011; Paper Presented at Market Outlook Conference for 2010/2011 Agricultural Crop season.  Organized by the Directorate of Economics, Ministry of Agriculture of Mozambique Maputo, August 22th, 2011.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Moçambique; Milho branco; Comércio transfronteiriço; Integração de mercados; International Relations/Trade; Marketing; Q13; Q17; Q18.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/115598

The Identification of Emerging Agribusiness Opportunities in Selected CARICOM Countries
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Iton,   Ardon; Seepersad,   Govind; Johnson,   Christian.
Belize City, Belize 23rd - 27th July, 2007
Tipo: Presentation
Palavras-chave: Fresh-cut vegetables; Small farmers; Business opportunities; Agribusiness; Q13.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/122892

Implementation of Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) in the Beef Industry
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Peel,   Derrell S.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; International Relations/Trade; Q13; Q18.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94687

Transmission of World Food Price Changes to African Markets and its Effect on Household Welfare
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Minot,   Nicholas.
Paper to be presented at the Comesa policy seminar “Food price variability: Causes, consequences, and policy options" on 25-26 January 2010 in Maputo, Mozambique under the Comesa-MSU-IFPRI African Agricultural Markets Project (AAMP)
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Africa; Food security; Food prices; Global markets; Agricultural and Food Policy; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Security and Poverty; International Development; International Relations/Trade; Q11; Q13; Q17; Q18.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58563

Challenges for China's Agricultural Exports: Compliance with Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dong,   Fengxia; Jensen,   Helen H.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; International Relations/Trade; Q13; Q18.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94456

Potential Impacts of Foodborne Illness Incidences on Market Movements and Prices of Fresh Produce in the U.S.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Palma,   Marco A.; Ribera,   Luis A.; Bessler,   David A.; Paggi,   Mechel S.; Knutson,   Ronald D.
This study investigates the potential impacts of food safety outbreaks on domestic shipments, imports, and prices of the produce industry. Three case studies were analyzed to assess these potential impacts: the cantaloupe outbreak of March–April 2008, the spinach outbreak of September 2006, and the tomato outbreak of June–July 2008. Data-determined historical decompositions were conducted to provide a weekly picture of domestic shipment, import, and price fluctuation transmissions. The empirical analysis based on a vector autoregression (VAR) model showed differences in the results depending on the source of the outbreak (domestic vs. imported).
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Directed acyclic graphs; Food safety; Fresh produce; Historical decomposition; Outbreaks; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance; Consumer/Household Economics; Crop Production/Industries; Farm Management; Financial Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Health Economics and Policy; Marketing; Production Economics; Productivity Analysis; Q13.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/100526

Consumer Cohorts and Demand Systems
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gustavsen,   Geir Waehler; Rickertsen,   Kyrre.
The Norwegian purchases pattern of non-alcoholic beverages has changed substantially. The observed changes cannot be fully explained by changes in relative prices and income, and other variables are likely to be important. Cohort variables have not been given much attention in demand analysis. Our main contribution is to include age, period, and cohort (APC) variables into a demand system. The system is applied to purchases of non-alcoholic beverages. Wald tests show the importance of including APC variables. A Monte-Carlo analysis shows how replacing the APC variables with an age and a trend variable results in misleading age effects on milk purchases.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Cohort effects; Demand system; Milk; Consumer/Household Economics; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; D12; J10; Q13.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51566

Assessment of Biotechnology Policies and International Trade in Key Markets for U.S. Agriculture
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Marchant,   Mary A.; Song,   Baohui.
The United States leads the world in agricultural biotechnology research, adoption, commercialization, and exports.  Our biotech commodities are highly dependent on international markets.  Thus, any biotech policy changes by key importing countries may affect U.S. agricultural biotech product exports.  This article identifies key markets for U.S. agricultural exports including biotech commodities and discusses current and proposed biotech policies in key markets for U.S. agricultural exports focusing on Canada, Mexico, Japan, the European Union (EU), and China.  Among these markets, labeling of biotech products is voluntary in Canada and Mexico but is mandatory in Japan, the EU, and, most recently, in China.  For the EU, U.S. corn exports were almost...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Biotechnology; Biotech policy; Corn; Cotton; International trade; Soybeans; U.S. agricultural exports; Q13; Q17; Q16; Q18.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43513

PASTURE LAND VALUES: A "GREEN ACRES" EFFECT?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Doye,   Damona G.; Brorsen,   B. Wade.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Pasture; Land Values; Rental Rates; Rent-to-Value; Land Economics/Use; Q13.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109469

Commodity-based Trade and Market Access for Developing Country Livestock Products: The Case of Beef Exports from Ethiopia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rich,   Karl M.; Perry,   Brian D.; Kaitibie,   Simeon.
While Ethiopia is Africa’s largest livestock producer, sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) barriers and animal diseases have traditionally constrained market access. A system dynamics model examined the feasibility of a proposed SPS certification system under a number of scenarios. Model results indicate that the system may not be viable for beef exports to Middle Eastern markets. However, the binding constraint is high domestic input costs rather than the costs of SPS compliance. Sensitivity analyses reveal that while investments in feed efficiency and animal productivity would enhance Ethiopia’s export competitiveness, the competitive nature of international beef markets may still prevent market access.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: SPS; Livestock; Market access; System dynamics; Ethiopia; Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing; Q10; Q13.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53794

Avaliação de contratos: uma abordagem utilizando a Análise Fatorial de Correspondência
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Freire Junior,   Weimar da Rocha; Carvalheiro,   Elizangela Mara; Staduto,   Jefferson Andronio Ramundo; Opazo,   Miguel Angel Uribe.
This study, in the light of transaction cost theory, has assessed the contractual relationships, eliciting the contracts in the Brazilian agribusiness. By using the transaction attributes in their main vectors of the features in which give the possibility to design the government structure of the lower cost. The contracts present a government structure, which when they are widely considered to represent a variety of agreement among the economic agents. On this system, the analysis to be developed is going to adopt a statistic multivariate method, which is going to assess nine contracts mostly consonant with the agribusiness (five contracts on sales, three on franchising and one on agriculture joint venture). These relationships facilitate to emphasize...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Contract; Transaction costs economy; Multivariate analysis.; Agribusiness; Q13; L14.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61246

The nature of the relationship between international tourism and international trade: the case of German imports of Spanish wine
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fischer,   Christian; Gil-Alana,   Luis A.
This paper deals with the relationship between international trade and tourism. In particular, we focus on the effect that German tourism to Spain has on German imports of Spanish wine. Due to the different stochastic properties of the series under analysis, which display different orders of integration, we use a methodology based on long memory regression models, where tourism is supposed to be exogenous. The results show that at the aggregate level, tourism has an effect on wine imports that lasts between two and nine months. Disaggregating the imports across the different types of wine it is observed that only for red wines from Navarra, Penedús and Valdepeñas, and to a certain extent for sparkling wine, tourism produces an effect on future import...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: International trade; Tourism; Long memory; Spanish wine; Demand and Price Analysis; International Relations/Trade; F14; C22; Q13; L83.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57033

Quality Provision and Governance Structure Variety:   Pooling versus double markup
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Liang,   Qiao; Hendrikse,   George W.J.; Huang,   Zuhui.
This paper examines how farmers producing differentiated quality products choose different governance structures in a non-cooperative game between farmers, enterprises, and consumers. A cooperative and an IOF (investor owned firm) coexist in equilibrium and low quality is delivered by the cooperative. The trade-off between pooling and the elimination of the double markup determines the attractiveness of cooperatives compared to IOFs.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Quality; Cooperatives; Investor-Owned Firms; Agricultural and Food Policy; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Political Economy; C72; L22; Q13.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/90805

Weaknesses in Institutional Organization: Explaining the Dismal Performance of Kenya's Coffee Cooperatives
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mude,   Andrew G.
In this paper, we use the experience of Kenya's failing Coffee Cooperatives to show that, under certain circumstances, membership based organizations can give rise to perverse incentives that undermine the benefits of organizing and lead to a reduction in member productivity and welfare. We identify certain features of the institutional environment underlying Kenya's coffee cooperatives that facilitate rent-seeking behavior. The lack of a formal regulatory structure with credible enforcement mechanisms, the presence of informal electoral practices conducive to vote-buying, and the legal support for local monopsonies that facilitates exploitive pricing all contribute to the dismal performance of Kenya's coffee cooperatives. Using a data set of more than 200...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural Cooperatives; Decentralization; Rent-Seeking; Technical Inefficiency; Agribusiness; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; D7; Q13; Q18; Z13.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25306

Semiparametric Evidence on the Nature of Price Transmission in Tanzanian Maize Markets
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ihle,   Rico; von Cramon-Taubadel,   Stephan.
Maize is a major staple food in Sub-Saharan Africa. Monthly maize prices in Tanzania are analyzed since the country is an important maize producer and exporter in East Africa. We analyze price transmission between the five most important urban regions of Tanzania between 2000 and 2008 which correspond to major maize production or consumption areas. We propose a novel method for the analysis. The semiparametric vector error-correction model allows the partial impact of the past deviations from price equilibria on current price changes to be potentially nonlinear. The nonparametric estimates of these partial influences suggest that they can be adequately modeled by linear functions.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Cointegration; Maize; Nonlinear time series model; Price transmission; Semiparametric model; Tanzania.; Crop Production/Industries; Marketing; C32; Q11; Q13.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61606

Perspectives d’évolution des marches céréaliers pour la campagne de commercialisation 2005/06
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Diarra,   Salifou Bakary; Dembele,   Niama Nango.
The 2005 – 2006 marketing campaign was difficult because of the drought that occurred in all countries in the region. As a result, the price of sorghum, millet, maize and rice soared. State actions to improve cereals supply through tax-exempt rice imports did not achieve the expected outcomes. Rice has been the main contributing factor to the rise of cereals price. The low levels of stocks of rice in the world and the supply in fertilizers below expectations along with a decrease in productivity have contributed to the rise of rice prices at the national level.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Cereal markets; Food security; Mali; West Africa; Prices; Agricultural and Food Policy; Consumer/Household Economics; Food Security and Poverty; Q11; Q12; Q13.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57142

Los remates de la Central de Toros de Kiyú y los  factores que determinan el valor de los reproductores.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lanfranco,   Bruno A.; Oleggini,   Gabriel.
Durante más de treinta años, la Central Kiyú ha sido una referencia para la venta de toros Hereford en el Uruguay. Como Central de Pruebas, ha cumplido un rol fundamental en la incorporación de información objetiva sobre los reproductores comercializados. Las características particulares de Kiyú, hacen de sus remates una excelente fuente de estudio de la comercialización de reproductores de cabaña, para la raza. En particular, este trabajo cuantificó el valor económico que los compradores atribuyen a dicha información a través de un modelo de precios hedónicos. Los resultados provenientes de 11 años de remates revelan que el orden de entrada a pista y el peso de venta fueron las variables más relevantes en la determinación del precio de un toro. En...
Tipo: Book
Palavras-chave: Hedonic prices; Hereford bull auctions; Central Kiyú; Demand for traits; EPD; Demand and Price Analysis; Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing; D44; L15; Q13.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/121685

What Can we Learn from our Mistakes?  Evaluating the Benefits of Correcting Inefficiencies  in USDA Cotton Forecasts.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Isengildina-Massa,   Olga; Tysinger,   David; Gerard,   Patrick; MacDonald,   Stephen.
This study investigated the magnitude of forecast improvements resulting from correction of inefficiencies in USDA cotton forecasts over 1999/00 to 2008/09 marketing years. The aspects of forecast performance included in this study were 1) bias and trends in bias, 2) correlation between forecast error and forecast level, 3) autocorrelation in forecast errors, 4) correlation in forecast revisions.  Overall the results of this study demonstrated that some corrections of forecast inefficiencies, such as correction of correlation of error with forecast levels and correlation of error with previous year’s error resulted in consistent improvement of USDA cotton forecasts, while correction for correlation in forecast revisions did not benefit the forecasts....
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Commodity; Forecast evaluation; Fixed-event forecasts; Government forecasting; Forecast improvement; Agribusiness; Demand and Price Analysis; E37; E3; Q13.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/98811

Exploring Environmental-Economic Benefits from Agri-Industrial Diversification in the Sugar Industry: An Integrated Land Use and Value Chain Approach
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Roebeling,   Peter C.; Smith,   D. Mark; van Grieken,   Martijn.
The sugar industry in Queensland (Australia) is confronted with increasing economic pressure and environmental constraints. To explore whether agri-industrial diversification of the sugar industry provides a sustainable development pathway for the region, we develop a spatial environmental-economic approach that integrates a land use and value chain model with a hydrological model. Results indicate that agri-industrial diversification can lead to substantial increases in regional income, while at the same time increasing the resilience of a sugar industry facing decreasing sugar prices. Agri-industrial diversification drives land use diversification, which under current sugar prices does not lead to a reduction in sugarcane production. Water quality...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Spatial economics; Environmental economics; Value chains; Agri-industries; Water quality; Environmental Economics and Policy; Land Economics/Use; C6; O18; Q13; Q53.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25755

Executive Interview - Kristian Moeller
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sibiya,   Thandokwakhe.
Throughout history people have been facing risks associated with food. Food scares of the twentieth century have caused consumer panic leading to loss of confidence in the safety of the food chain. Many public and private initiatives in the form of food quality certification schemes have evolved to restore confidence. One such private initiative is the GLOBALGAP (former EUREPGAP). This executive interview discusses the role of GLOBALGAP in food certification with Dr. Kristian Moeller who is the Managing Director for GLOBALGAP. This discussion took place during IAMA’s 17th Annual World Forum and Symposium in Parma, Italy on June 25, 2007.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: EUREPGAP; GLOBALGAP; Food safety; Good agricultural practice; Farm assurance. transmission rather than from incentive based contractual arrangements.; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Q10; Q12; Q13.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53647

Entwicklungstendenzen der Milchproduktion in Schweden - Ergebnisse einer Befragung von Milcherzeugern
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Deumelandt,   Friederike; Lassen,   Birthe J.; Schierholz,   Friederike; Wagner,   Peter.
Zusammenfassung: Der vorliegende Bericht untersucht die mittelfristigen Veränderungen in der Milchproduktion in Schweden. Im Rahmen einer web-basierten Umfrage zwischen Dezember 2009 und März 2010 wurden 273 schwedische Milcherzeuger zu künftigen Entwicklungstrends in ihrer Region und Entwicklungsperspektiven auf ihrem Betrieb befragt. Die befragten Milcherzeuger erwarten insgesamt einen weiteren Rückgang der Milchproduktion in Schweden, insbesondere in Nordschweden. Den insgesamt eher rückläufigen Erwartungen stehen die künftigen Wachstumspläne der teilnehmenden Milcherzeuger gegenüber, die sich insgesamt gut aufgestellt sehen. Da jedoch überwiegend größere und zukunftsorientierte Betriebe befragt wurden, ist diese Diskrepanz nachvollziehbar. Neben einer...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Milchproduktion; Wettbewerbsfähigkeit; Betriebsmanagement; Befragung; Regionalanalyse; Dairy production; Competitiveness; Farm management; Survey; Regional analysis; Farm Management; Livestock Production/Industries; Q12; Q13.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/108286

Are Urban Consumers in China Ready to Accept Biotech Foods?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lin,   William W.; Somwaru,   Agapi; Tuan,   Francis C.; Huang,   Jikun; Bai,   Junfei.
Based on a large-scale survey conducted in 11 large and small eastern cities in 2002, this study employs ordered probit models to estimate the effects of demographic and socio-economic variables on the likelihood of biotech food acceptance in China. This study also employs a dichotomous choice model to estimate consumers' mean willingness to pay (WTP) for biotech foods, including soybean oil and insect-resistant biotech rice. This survey reaffirms that Chinese urban consumers had a low awareness of biotechnology. Despite the low level of awareness, a great majority of respondents had favorable or neutral attitudes toward biotech foods. Only 5-15 percent was strongly or relatively opposed to biotech foods. Results from the models suggest that mid- and...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Biotech foods; Ordered probit model; Consumer acceptance; Willingness to pay; China; Consumer/Household Economics; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Q11; Q13.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25389

On the Role of Government in Food Staples Markets: Perspectives from   Recent Research and Implications for Mozambique
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tostao,   Emilio; Tschirley,   David L.
This brief reviews results of applied research regarding the role of government in staple food markets in East and Southern Africa. The purpose of the brief is to draw lessons for Mozambique as it decides how to use the grain storage silos it has been building since 2009. The authors suggest that: Mozambique is in an unusually strong position to take advantage of private sector activity to stabilize prices over time and space; Additional investment in road and rail infrastructure, incentives, and institutions, would help bring down transaction costs and allow private action to further stabilize prices; Additional stabilization, for those times when Mozambique has to rely on imports from the world market beyond what they normally make, could be obtained in...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Africa; Mozambique; Food security; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; International Development; Marketing; Q18; Q13; Q12.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/62154

What Affects Consumption Patterns of Organic and Conventional Products?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Grebitus,   Carola; Yue,   Chengyan; Bruhn,   Maike; Jensen,   Helen H.
Consumers show an increased interest in organic food today and a willingness to pay premium for organic products. In addition to price, changing attitudes and beliefs about food quality affect food choice. This article analyses the impact of attitudes, quality characteristics and socio-demographics on consumption of organic and conventional pork, potatoes and milk. The concept of ‘perceived quality’ provides the theoretical background. The data come from a consumer survey conducted in Germany in 2004 (n=260). An ordered logit model was used for analysing the data. We observe clear differences in consumers’ use of certain quality characteristics as they perceive and evaluate conventional and organic fresh foods.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Perceived quality; Consumption patterns; Fresh food; Organic; Ordered logit model; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; D12; Q13; M3.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9819

Unstable Individual Preferences and Stable Aggregate Demand: French Consumers’ Willingness to Pay for Farmed and Wild Cod
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Alfnes,   Frode; Rickertsen,   Kyrre.
We use panel data from two experiments conducted five months a part to investigate the stability of individual preferences and aggregate demand for five types of fish. Even though the bids in the two experiments are positively correlated, they clearly suggest that the individual preferences are unstable. This may be explained by internal desire for variety or by external effects such as new relevant information, seasonality in preferences, changes in the quality of the fish, and changes in the market price of fish. However, the aggregate demand curves of the participants are stable when we control for changes in the perceived quality of the fish and price expectations of the participants. In other words, the stability is generated by aggregation rather...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Aggregation; Consumer preferences; Demand; Experimental markets; Food choices; Consumer/Household Economics; Demand and Price Analysis; C91; D12; Q13.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49968

PREFERENCES OF WINE CONSUMERS ON SERBIAN MARKET
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Vlahovic,   Branislav; Potrebic,   Velibor; Jelocnik,   Marko.
Original scientific paper
Tipo: Article
Palavras-chave: Wine; Serbia; National market; Consumer preferences; Agribusiness; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Marketing; Q11; Q13; Q19.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/123957

Access to Dynamic Markets for Small Commercial Farmers: The Case of Potato Production in the Peruvian Andes
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Escobal D'Angelo,   Javier; Torero,   Maximo.
The study has evaluated which are the most relevant factors that determine that a small farmer switch marketing channels in order to enter into a "dynamic" market; that is, into a market signed by more complex contractual relationships that can absorb increasing amounts of its output. The results show that there are a number of producers that currently are not selling to those markets but they may well do so. Restrictions associated to the degree of organization of the producers, their perception of risk and credit market restrictions may prevent these farmers to gain access to the additional benefits that these new market opportunities have to offer.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Market participation; Contractual arrangements; Potato Farmers; Peru; Crop Production/Industries; Marketing; Q13; Q16.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25667

Impact of the Ethanol Boom on Livestock and Dairy Industries: What Are They Going to Eat?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Anderson,   David P.; Anderson,   John D.; Sawyer,   Jason.
Increased demand for corn for ethanol production has helped push grain prices to record levels. This has increased livestock production costs, and producers have responded with changes to production systems. This paper explores the degree to which costs can be mitigated with alternative feeds, the effect this might have on physical performance, and the impact of alternative feeds on the competitive position of different species.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Cattle feeding; Corn; Cost of production; Ethanol; Agribusiness; Farm Management; Livestock Production/Industries; Production Economics; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Q12; Q13.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47199

El distintivo de calidad como indicador de seguridad alimentaria en carne de vacuno y cordero
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sanchez Garcia,   Mercedes; Sanjuan,   Ana Isabel; Akl,   George.
Consumers in developed countries are becoming increasingly aware of food safety, that is to say, the influence of food on human health. The public concern is deeper for those products, such as beef, that have suffered gravely from disease (BSE). In this paper, the factors that influence the decision of purchasing two products, fresh lamb and beef, are investigated. The linkage between quality labels and attributes of food safety is also studied. Finally, the conjoint analysis is used to discern differences in preferences between consumers of labelled meat and non-consumers and to estimate the marginal willingness to pay for the main attributes, in particular, for the quality label.  Keywords:  Quality label, Food security, Conjoint analysis, Marginal...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Quality label; Food security; Conjoint analysis; Marginal willingness to pay; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Q13; I11.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28783

Contract farming and smallholder incentives to produce high quality: experimental evidence from the Vietnamese dairy sector
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Saenger,   Christoph; Qaim,   Matin; Torero,   Maximo; Viceisza,   Angelino.
In emerging markets for high-value food products in developing countries, processing companies search for efficient ways to source raw material of consistent quality. One widely embraced approach is contract farming. But relatively little is known about the appropriate design of contracts, especially in a small farm context. We use the example of the Vietnamese dairy sector to analyze the effectiveness of existing contracts between a processor and smallholder farmers in terms of incentivizing the production of high quality milk. A framed field experiment is conducted to evaluate the impact of two incentive instruments, a price penalty for low quality and a bonus for consistent high quality milk, on farmers’ investment in quality-improving inputs....
Tipo: Working Paper
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Community/rural/urban development; Institutional and behavioral economics; Demand and price analysis; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Demand and Price Analysis; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; C93; D22; L14; O13; Q12; Q13.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/122614

Consumer Perceptions of Sustainable Farming Practices: A Best-Worst Scenario
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sackett,   Hillary M.
The ability of a firm to differentiate their product hinges critically on an accurate understanding of the perceptions consumers hold regarding the implications of a credence labeling claim. Building upon existing work evaluating other food attribute labels (e.g., genetically-modified products, region of origin, use of growth hormones) and the impact of consumer inferences (e.g., implicit associations made from explicitly provided information), this work begins to address gaps in the literature regarding food products with sustainably produced claims. This paper uses data collected in the summer and fall of 2010 from a national, web-based survey of 1002 households, to initiate the process of examining consumer inferences and valuations of food products...
Tipo: Thesis or Dissertation
Palavras-chave: Sustainably Produced Food; Best-Worst; Consumer Perceptions; Agricultural and Food Policy; Consumer/Household Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Q01; Q13; Q11.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/115966

Pigs in Cyberspace: A Natural Experiment Testing Differences between Online and Offline Club-Pig Auctions
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Roe,   Brian E.; Wyszynski,   Timothy E.
We find sale prices and net revenues received by sellers in the Midwestern club pig market are higher at traditional face-to-face auctions than at comparable Internet auctions.  The comparison overcomes adverse selection issues that commonly plague such analyses by using data from sellers that allocated pigs to both markets based solely on exogenous differences in dates between online and offline auctions.  Furthermore, both auctions feature ascending price formats with ‘soft-endings’ and remaining quality variation is controlled by using detailed information on animal, seller and event characteristics.  The results suggest that the higher prices and net revenues from traditional auctions are attributable to remaining differences in auction format and...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Auctions; Electronic commerce; Two-sided markets; Livestock marketing; Hedonic  models; Agribusiness; Industrial Organization; Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing; D44; Q13.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/102940

DETERMINANTS OF FOOD INDUSTRY PERFORMANCE –  SURVEY DATA AND REGRESSIONS FOR DENMARK
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Furtan,   William Hartley; Sauer,   Johannes.
This  paper  investigates  empirically  the  determinants  of  firms’  performance  in  the  agrifood  sector by using recent survey data for Denmark. Treating sales per employee as a proxy for  value  added  we  estimate  several  bootstrapped  regression  models  to  draw  conclusions  on  the  marginal effects of potential performance determinants such as the form and nature of ownership,  stage  of  the  food  chain  and  commodity  sector,  new  product  development,  staff  quality,  firms’  competitive stance, and elements of firms’ strategy. To draw robust inferences we apply, besides  the  ordinary  heteroscedasticity  corrected  Tobit  ML-estimator,  a  nonparametric  least  absolute  deviations estimator (LAD/CLAD) based on a quantile regression...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Value added; Innovation; Organizational type; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Q13; O31; O33.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/36851

Mexico's Changing Pork Sector: The Forces of Domestic and International Market Demand
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Batres-Marquez,   S. Patricia; Clemens,   Roxanne; Jensen,   Helen H.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade; Livestock Production/Industries; Q13; Q18.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94440

Can Permanence Be Insured? Consideration of Some Technical and Practical Issues of Insuring Carbon Credits from Afforestation and Reforestation
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wong,   Jenny L.P.; Dutschke,   Michael.
Greenhouse gas (GHG) removals by afforestation and reforestation project activities under the Kyoto Protocol's Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) are vulnerable to a variety of risks and uncertainties, resulting in the partial or total reversal of such removals. Hence, GHG removals from these sink activities are considered to be of temporary nature and non-permanent. Specific modalities related to non-permanence will need to be developed in order to include afforestation and reforestation project activities under the CDM and for a decision on modalities to be reached at COP 9 in December 2003. Two main options on how to address non-permanence have been proposed, these being temporary credits and insurance of emission reduction credits. This paper discusses...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Clean Development Mechanism; Forestry; Insurance; Permanence; Environmental Economics and Policy; Q23; Q25; Q13.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26270

Staple food prices in Zambia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Chapoto,   Antony; Govereh,   Jones; Haggblade,   Steven; Jayne,   Thomas S.
Prepared for the COMESA policy seminar on “Variation in staple food prices: Causes, consequence, and policy options”, Maputo, Mozambique, 25-26 January 2010 under the Comesa-MSU-IFPRI African Agricultural Marketing Project (AAMP)
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Zambia; Food security; Food prices; Agricultural and Food Policy; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Security and Poverty; International Development; International Relations/Trade; Q11; Q13; Q18.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58556

Patterns and Trends in Food Staples Markets in Eastern and Southern Africa:   Toward the Identification of Priority Investments and Strategies for Developing Markets and Promoting Smallholder Productivity Growth
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jayne,   Thomas S.; Mason,   Nicole M.; Myers,   Robert J.; Ferris,   John N.; Mather,   David; Beaver,   Margaret; Lenski,   Natalie; Chapoto,   Antony; Boughton,   Duncan.
Accurate information on farmer and consumer behavior is the foundation for  Identifying public investments and policies that can effectively promote national food security and income growth objectives. This report synthesizes recent findings on smallholder crop  marketing behavior and urban consumption patterns in Eastern and Southern Africa, and their implications for public sector investments and policies to promote smallholder incomes and national food security.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Food security; Africa; Smallholder markets; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; International Development; Marketing; Q14; Q13; Q12; Q11.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/62148

Volatility in US and Italian agricultural markets, interactions and policy evaluation
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rosa,   Franco; Vasciaveo,   Michela.
The aim of this paper is to analyse the volatility and interactions among prices of agricultural commodities in Italy and US using the time series analysis. The cross market interactions are examined to test the hypothesis that the increased volatility of agricultural prices has been caused by crude oil price, then the cointegration and causality among different markets is also tested. For this analysis the spot prices of wheat, corn, soybeans in US and Italy and crude oil prices spanning from 2002 to 2010 are used. The results suggest the following considerations: i) the existence of causality in US markets with exogeneity of the oil on the US agricultural commodities, ii) evidence of cointegration between US and Italian commodities, suggesting a...
Tipo: Presentation
Palavras-chave: Time series analysis; Agricultural commodity prices; Linear and nonlinear Granger causality; Market integration; Risk and Uncertainty; C14; C19; Q13.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/122530

Economic Evidence of Willingness to Pay for the National Animal Identification System in the US
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Resende Filho,   Moises de Andrade; Buhr,   Brian L.
This article investigates the willingness to pay for the National Animal Identification System (NAIS) in the US. It is assumed that with the NAIS in place, consumers' risk perception about zoonosis, BSE or mad cow and residues in meat may be mitigated. Therefore, food safety indices for beef, pork and poultry summing the number of references to meat safety found in the top fifty English language news articles in circulation in the US have been constructed. These indices were incorporated in generalized almost ideal demand systems to estimate the effect of those food safety scares on the demand for meat in the US. It has been found that food safety impacts upon the final demand for meat in the US are small and do not show lagged effects. Using the preferred...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Animal Identification System; Food Safety; System of Demand Equations; Meat Industry; USA; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Livestock Production/Industries; C22; Q11; Q13; Q18.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25342

On trade efficiency in the Ethiopian agricultural markets
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Quattri,   Maria A.
The availability of enabling institutions, information systems and infrastructure is a precondition to enhance agricultural markets’ efficiency, and make market actors less vulnerable to price instability. This paper investigates whether the focus on institutional and technological upgrading is enough to make Ethiopian agricultural markets more efficient. In particular, given that a requirement for exchange efficiency is the lack of unexploited mutually beneficial spatial arbitrage opportunities, we look for evidence of increasing returns to transaction size and returns to scale in transport using detailed trader surveys collected in 2001 and 2007. Whilst transport costs could be reduced by assembling loads and avoiding trans-shipments for the...
Tipo: Presentation
Palavras-chave: Ethiopia; Market efficiency; International Development; Risk and Uncertainty; O13; Q13.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/122512

INFORMATION AND CONSULTING SERVICE IN AGRICULTURE OF RUSSIA – A CASE STUDY FROM OMSKAYA OBLAST
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ivachnenko,   Oksana; Lissitsa,   Alexej.
The aim of the following "Discussions Paper" is to present the organisation and tasks of the current consulting service in Russian agriculture exemplified on Omskaya Oblast. Also, the structure of German advisory service in agriculture is described. German consulting service is especially interesting because of transition process in Eastern German Länder from plan to market economy and establishment of new market institutions in agricultural sector. As a new instrument for agricultural consulting service the Data Envelopment Analysis is presented.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Agricultural consulting; Data Envelopment Analysis; Efficiency; Landwirtschaftliche Beratung; Effizienz; Информационно-консультационная служба; Анализ Оболочки Данных; Эффективность.; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Industrial Organization; International Development; Q13; Q15; Q16.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/92023

Economic Impacts of Soybean Rust on the US Soybean Sector
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gomez,   Miguel I.; Nunez,   Hector M.; Onal,   Hayri.
The spread of Asian Soybean Rust (ASR) represents a real threat to the U.S. soybean sector. We assess the potential impacts of ASR on domestic soybean production and commodity markets as well as the competitive position of the US in the soybean export market. We develop a mathematical stochastic dynamic sector model with endogenous prices to assess the economic impacts of ASR on US agriculture. The model takes into account the disease spread during the cropping season, the inherent uncertainty regarding the risk of infection, and the dichotomous decisions that farmers make (no treatment, preventive treatment, and curative treatment) facing the risk of infection. Our results suggest substantial impacts from potential ASR spread on agricultural output,...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Asian Soybean Rust; Stochastic Models; Dynamic Models; Agribusiness; Marketing; C61; Q13.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51177

Farm Animal Welfare and Quality Verification
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Uzea,   Adrian D.; Hobbs,   Jill E.
Existing empirical evidence suggests that farm animal welfare may not be a top-of-mind issue for many consumers in North America. Nevertheless, there is pressure from animal welfare groups on food retailers and processors to implement more stringent requirements for their suppliers. Is the demand for more stringent animal welfare protocols primarily determined by a subset of consumers with very strong preferences or by an underlying change in consumer and societal preferences? Who do consumers trust for credible quality assurances with respect to farm animal welfare attributes? This paper provides a basis for further analysis of these issues. The roles of different stakeholders in delivering farm animal welfare quality assurances to consumers are first...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Farm animal welfare; Quality assurance; Labelling; Certification; Heterogeneous consumers.; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Consumer/Household Economics; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Q13; Q18.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/45498

Determinants of purchasing behaviour for organic and integrated fruits and vegetables in Slovenia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kuhar,   Ales; Juvancic,   Luka.
A country-vide survey related to purchasing behaviour of organic and integrated fruit and vegetables has been prepared for Slovenia. An ordered probit model of consumer choice was developed on the basis of survey results to quantify various determinants of purchase frequency for organically and integrally produced fruit and vegetables. Results show that purchase of analysed produce is most significantly influenced by their availability in retail outlets, followed by consumers’ income, health and environmental considerations, and visual attractiveness of products. Demand for organically and integrally produced fruit and vegetables could be further stimulated by targeted knowledge and awareness raising actions.
Tipo: Article
Palavras-chave: Consumer behaviour; Fruit and vegetable; Organic food; Integrated agricultural production; Ordered probit model; Slovenia; Consumer/Household Economics; Marketing; Q13.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/118865

Effects of Market and Policy Shocks on the Canadian and U.S. Cattle and Beef Industries
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Twine,   Edgar; Rude,   James.
The paper examines the impact of four exogenous shocks – exchange rate appreciation, feed price escalation, mandatory country of origin labeling, and economic recession – on the Canadian and U.S. beef cattle industries using a multi-market partial equilibrium model. Impacts on the U.S. industry are found to be relatively small compared to those on the Canadian industry. Country of origin labeling, and feed price escalation account for the largest decline in the welfare of Canadian cattle producers.
Tipo: Presentation
Palavras-chave: Canadian and U.S. beef cattle industries; Exogenous shocks; Partial equilibrium model; Demand and Price Analysis; International Relations/Trade; Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing; Q11; Q13; Q17.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/123565

Consumer Demand for Ahi Poke (Raw Tuna Salad) in Hawaii
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fernandes da Costa,   Pedro M.; Hu,   Wuyang; Pan,   Minling.
Ahi poke (raw tuna salad) has significant role in Hawaii culture and economy.  A consumer survey in Hawaii was used to examine consumers’ purchasing intentions of ahi poke.  A censored analysis was conducted to analyze the demand and tie with various consumer characteristics.  Results show that many consumer eat ahi poke frequently and different consumer profiles will lead to large differences in their demand.  Information obtained in study may help producers and retailers to better target their marketing strategies and increase sales.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Ahi Poke; Demand; Hawaii; Tobit; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Consumer/Household Economics; Demand and Price Analysis; Marketing; Q13; D12.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56346

Agricultural Clusters in China
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kiminami,   Lily; Kiminami,   Akira.
The purpose of this study is to assess the potential of clustering in the development of agriculture and rural communities in China. We shall examine in detail the food industry, which is the link in the food chain that propels the industrialization of agriculture, and identify instances of industrial agglomeration and business collaboration. Next, we shall analyze the externalities (i.e. spillovers) of clusters, demand conditions in cluster formation, and the effectiveness of business collaborations.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural clusters; Rural development; Business collaboration; China; Japan; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Demand and Price Analysis; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Industrial Organization; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; International Development; Livestock Production/Industries; Public Economics; Q10; Q13.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51471

The Clustering of Organizational Innovation: Developing Governance Models for Vertical Integration
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Burress,   Molly J.; Cook,   Michael L.; Klein,   Peter G.
This case explores a cluster of firms that emerged sharing a particular ownership structure. Typically, clusters are thought of as interrelated firms that produce similar products and services. However, we document the emergence and evolution of a cluster of entrepreneurial ventures that developed using a unique governance structure. We explore the deviant case of Renville, MN because of its notable success in developing a series of entrepreneurial ventures that provided producers with the opportunity to vertically integrate.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Collective entrepreneurship; Organizational innovation; Joint vertical innovation; Cluster; Agribusiness; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Q10; Q13; Q16.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53740

Assessing the potential for a payments for environmental services system in The Fond D'or Watershed, St. Lucia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Pantin,   Dennis; Ramjattan,   Donna.
Bridgetown, Barbados 6th – 10th July, 2009
Tipo: Presentation
Palavras-chave: St. Lucia; Payment for Agricultural Services; Watershed Services; Agribusiness; Environmental Economics and Policy; Q13; Q51; Q56; Q57.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/122659

Electronic Commodity Market System for Food Networks
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fomina,   Julia; Fomin,   Eduard.
On the agricultural market, like any other market, there are transaction costs such as “discovering what the relevant prices are, the costs of negotiating and concluding a separate contract for each exchange transaction1”, and others. According to our research the average level of transaction costs in Russia for small and medium-sized enterprises is about 28% of the total cost. If the transaction costs of agricultural market are high, in order to reduce them entrepreneurs can arrange the additional production of goods within the firm, replacing market relationships on the relations within the firm. For example, in Russia, the large grain producers often have their own storage of grain (elevators) and mills, bakeries and even shops, because it is more...
Tipo: Presentation
Palavras-chave: Commodity market; E-commerce; Food sector; Self-organizing.; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; International Relations/Trade; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; L81; Q13; Q17.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/122028

Pricing Fed Cattle on a Grid: An Analysis of the Incentive Mechanism over Time
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fausti,   Scott W.; Wang,   Gerald; Diersen,   Matthew A.; Qasmi,   Bashir A.
Empirical results suggest that the grid premium and discount structure is slowly adjusting carcass quality incentive/disincentive market signals to encourage marketing on a grid and discourage marketing by the pen. If this trend continues, grid market share of steer and heifer slaughter volume should increase in the future.
Tipo: Presentation
Palavras-chave: Fed cattle; Grid; Marketing; Market share; Livestock production; Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; Q13.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/119670

Dynamics of Price Transmission in the Presence of a Major Food Safety Shock: Impact of H5N1 Avian Influenza on the Turkish Poultry Sector
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Saghaian,   Sayed H.; Ozertan,   Gokhan; Spaulding,   Aslihan D.
This article addresses the dynamic impact of the 2005 H5N1 avian influenza outbreak on the Turkish poultry sector. Contemporary time-series analyses with historical decomposition graphs are used to address differences in monthly price adjustments between market levels along the Turkish poultry supply channel. The empirical results show that price adjustments are asymmetric with respect to both speed and magnitude along the marketing channel. Results also reveal a differential impact of the exogenous shock on producers and retailers. The findings have critical efficiency and equity implications for the supply-chain participants.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Avian influenza; Chicken; Food safety shock; Price transmission dynamics; Supply chain; Turkey; Agribusiness; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; International Development; Livestock Production/Industries; Q11; Q13.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47274

The Effects of Government Maize Marketing Policies on Maize Market Prices in Kenya
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jayne,   Thomas S.; Myers,   Robert J.; Nyoro,   James K.
The Government of Kenya pursues maize marketing policy objectives through the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) which procures and sells maize at administratively determined prices, and stores maize as a contingency against future shortages. A private sector marketing channel competes with the NCPB and prices in this channel are set by supply and demand forces. This paper estimates the effects of NCPB activities on the historical path of private sector maize market prices in Kenya between 1989 and 2004. Results provide important insights into the historical effects of the NCPB, and will provide useful input into deliberations on the appropriate role for the NCPB in the future. It was not possible to use a fully structural econometric model to...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Kenya; Income transfers; Maize policy; Price stabilization; VAR; International Development; C22; O2; Q13; Q18.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25555

Consumer Preferences for Imported Kona Coffee in South India: A Latent Class Analysis
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Krishnakumar,   Jyotsna; Chan-Halbrendt,   Catherine.
Considering India as a potential export market for 100% Kona coffee, this study explores consumer preferences for imported, specialty, high-end Kona coffee in South India. Conjoint choice experiment with latent class analysis is used and results indicate that India offers an export market potential for Kona coffee, provided it caters to consumer preferences. Results show a significant preference for strong taste. The relative importance of price is lower than taste but majority are also adverse to higher prices. However,15% of the sample population does not care about price but does care about taste, indicating the possibility of a high-end niche market segment. Based on the results, marketing strategies and policy recommendations have been suggested.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: India; US Coffee Export; Kona Coffee; Conjoint Choice Experiment; Latent Class Analysis; Agribusiness; Q13.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/96334

Ethnic Produce Marketing in the Mid-Atlantic States: Consumer Shopping Patterns and Willingness-to-Pay Analysis
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Govindasamy,   Ramu; Nemana,   Aparna; Puduri,   Venkata S.; Pappas,   Kim.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Consumer/Household Economics; Crop Production/Industries; Marketing; C41; Q13.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94360

Customer Satisfaction in Farmer-to-consumer Direct Marketing
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lulfs-Baden,   Frederike; Spiller,   Achim; Zuhlsdorf,   Anke; Mellin,   Matthias.
The importance of direct marketing for high quality farm products has increased during the past few years. This paper analyzes the impact of customer satisfaction and its driving forces for farmer-to-consumer direct marketing and is based on a customer survey among 1,537 customers in 33 organic and conventional on-farm stores in Germany. The results emphasize the role of store atmosphere, customer service and product quality as the main factors which influence customer satisfaction.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Direct marketing; Customer satisfaction; Partial least square analysis; Service quality; Farm products; Consumer/Household Economics; Marketing; Production Economics; Q10; Q13; Q16.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53644

The supermarket revolution and impacts on agricultural labor markets: Empirical evidence from Kenya
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rao,   Elizaphan J.O.; Qaim,   Matin.
Many developing countries are currently experiencing a rapid expansion of supermarkets. New supermarket procurement systems could have important implications for farming and wider rural development. While previous studies have analyzed farm profit and income effects, possible employment effects have received much less attention. Building on data from a recent survey of vegetable farmers in Kenya, in this article a double-hurdle model of hired labor use is developed and estimated. Farmer participation in supermarket channels increases the likelihood of hiring labor by 13% and overall demand for hired labor by 38%. A gender disaggregation shows that positive employment effects are especially pronounced for female hired labor. Given that agricultural wage...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Supermarkets; Off-farm income; Hired labor; Double-hurdle model; Kenya; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Crop Production/Industries; Demand and Price Analysis; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Labor and Human Capital; Land Economics/Use; Livestock Production/Industries; Productivity Analysis; C34; Q12; Q13; J43.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/107745