SABIIA - Sistema Aberto e Integrado de Informação em Agricultura (Sabiia)

Shepherd, Jonathan D.; Saghaian, Sayed H..

A Study of Iran’s Comparative Advantage in Saffron, the Red Gold

Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Marketing.

Ano: 2008

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6822

Najarzadeh, Reza; Reed, Michael R.; Saghaian, Sayed H.; Aghaei, Mina; Rezagholizadeh, M..

Tipo: Report

Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy.

Ano: 2010

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61583

Comparison of Decision Rules for Subsurface Drip Irrigation Practices Using a Nonlinear Mathematical Programming Model

Salim, Juma K.; Dillon, Carl R.; Saghaian, Sayed H.; Kanakasabai, Murali.

A comparison of decision rules has been made for case studies of corn production using subsurface drip irrigation under three agricultural management practices (no irrigation, uniform irrigation, and variable rate irrigation). The uniform irrigation strategy appeared to perform the best than the other two management practices under different risk scenarios.

Export Market Pricing Decisions and Market Power in World Grain Markets: A Duopoly Model for Soybeans

Palavras-chave: Corn production; Mathematical programming; Profitability; Risk management; Subsurface drip irrigation; Variable rate irrigation; Farm Management.

Ano: 2005

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/35517

Zhang, Qiang; Reed, Michael R.; Saghaian, Sayed H..

Replaced with revised version of paper 02/13/07.

The Recession and its Impact on Foreign Direct Investment Flows into the Food System of Less Developed Countries

Palavras-chave: Marketing.

Ano: 2007

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/34949

Babool, Md. Ashfaqul Islam; Saghaian, Sayed H..

This study investigates the effects of the current recession on foreign direct investment (FDI) in the food sectors of developing countries. The study tests the hypothesis that the economic recession adversely affects FDI flows in the food sector. The specific objectives are: to identify determinants that influence FDI inflows; to develop an econometric model to estimate changes in FDI inflows as influenced by factor determinants, including the present recession; and to compare the impact of the recession on FDI in the food system in different developed and developing economies.

An Institutional Framework for Meeting International Food-Safety Market Standards from a Developing-Country Perspective

Palavras-chave: Recession; FDI; Developing countries; Agricultural and Food Policy; International Development; International Relations/Trade.

Ano: 2011

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/98786

Gupta, Kriti Bardhan; Saghaian, Sayed H..

This paper examines problems being faced by agribusiness firms in developing countries in meeting the food-safety standards imposed by importing countries in their respective markets. Based on existing institutional frameworks in developing countries such as India, it is suggested that in order to meet the prescribed standards in international markets there is a need to establish inter-linkages across different institutions not only within developing countries but also with respected international standard-setting organizations for better and smoother implementation of WTO measures related to international food-safety market standards.

Tipo: Report

Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.

Ano: 2008

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/55613

US Seafood Exports and HACCP Regulatory System

Li, Xiaoqian; Saghaian, Sayed H..

This study investigates how the implementation and standards harmonization of HACCP regulation affects U.S. seafood exporting based on the method of Gravity Model and Spatial Error model. The analysis includes top 32 countries that importing seafood from U.S. The results indicate that HACCP standards benefit U.S. seafood exporting in the long time period but do not have significant impact in the short term period. Moreover, the way of performance standards is better for HACCP implementation and standards harmony.

Tipo: Report

Palavras-chave: HACCP; U.S. seafood exports; Agricultural and Food Policy; Food Security and Poverty; International Relations/Trade.

Ano: 2011

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103504

Food Commercials and Kids: Characterizing Advertising Content of Children's Online Television Programs

Penn, Jerrod; Staley, Daniel; Smith, Chaquenta; Saghaian, Sayed H..

Internet marketing has gained attention as a new medium to advertise food products to children. This study examines the prevalence of food marketing during children's television programs that are available on the internet. While food is the largest product category advertised, commercials make up a smaller portion of episode time online compared to previous reports of television advertising.

EXCHANGE RATE CHANGES AND PRICING-TO-MARKET BEHAVIOR OF U.S. MEAT EXPORTERS

Palavras-chave: Internet Food Marketing; Childhood Obesity; Content Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Marketing.

Ano: 2011

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103621

This study examines the pricing-to-market behavior of U.S. meat exporters across destination markets and investigates the sensitivity of U.S. export prices in response to exogenous exchange rate changes. The objective is to see whether price discrimination is present or meat export markets have become more integrated during the 1990s.

Consumer Reaction to Beef Safety Scares

Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.

Ano: 2001

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20710

The Effect of Conflicting Health Information on Frozen Salmon Consumption in Alberta, Canada

This study examines the impact of two beef safety scares on retail-level meat per capita consumption and prices in Japan. The objective is to investigate the Japanese consumer reactions to the news of FMD and BSE discoveries, as reflected in the quantity and price changes in the immediate neighborhood of each event. Better understanding of consumer reactions to beef safety scares helps the beef industry restore consumer confidence after food safety crises and provides opportunities for national-level product differentiation based on beef quality and traceability.

Tipo: Journal Article

Palavras-chave: Consumer behavior; Food safety; Beef; Japan.; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.

Ano: 2007

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8173

Nickoloff, Megan; Maynard, Leigh J.; Saghaian, Sayed H.; Reed, Michael R..

Tipo: Report

Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.

Ano: 2008

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/55617

Will Higher Shipping Costs Drive the U.S. to Source More Localized Produce?

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...

A Comparison of Consumer Willingness to Pay for Four Types of Sweeteners

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

Deng, Xueting; Saghaian, Sayed H.; Woods, Timothy A..

As the U.S. consumption of sweeteners has increased, analysis of the demand for sweeteners has become more important. In this paper, consumer willingness-to-pay (WTP) for selected four types of sweeteners is evaluated. The four types of sweeteners are Kentucky grown pure maple syrup, artificially maple flavored syrup, sorghum syrup and molasses. Results suggest that consumers who are at high household income level (above $80,000) and with a smaller household size are likely to pay more for Kentucky grown maple syrup. Results show that there is no statistic difference for the annual household consumption among the four types of sweeteners.

Tipo: Presentation

Palavras-chave: Artificial sweeteners; Kentucky; Maple syrup; Molasses; Sorghum; Willingness to pay; Agribusiness; Consumer/Household Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.

Ano: 2012

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/119811

Demand for quality-differentiated beef in Japan

Saffron Supply Response: A Panel Data Approach

In this article, we apply a model of vertical product differentiation to the Japanese beef market. We theoretically derive a system of consumer demand functions for quality-differentiated beef in Japan. We choose a particular utility function which is nonlinear in the consumption of the quality-differentiated product and linear in the consumption of all other goods. We employ a seemingly unrelated econometric model to estimate Japanese consumer demand functions for four beef types from the four origins. The empirical results show Japanese consumers prefer domestically produced beef to imported US and Australian. We also find seventeen substitution and two complementary effects among the various origins.

Tipo: Journal Article

Palavras-chave: Vertical quality differentiation; Consumer demand; Beef; Japan; Consumer/Household Economics; Demand and Price Analysis.

Ano: 2004

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97504

Falahi, Mohammad A.; Saghaian, Sayed H.; Reed, Michael R..

TRADE AND FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES FOR U.S. PROCESSED FOOD FIRMS IN CHINA

Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.

Ano: 2010

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61430

Marchant, Mary A.; Saghaian, Sayed H.; Vickner, Steven S..

This research examines the relationship between U.S. foreign direct investment (FDI) and exports of processed foods to China and identifies management strategies to enhance U.S. competitiveness. Two-stage least-squares empirical econometric results from a simultaneous equation system indicate that there exists a strong complementary relationship between U.S exports and FDI into China. Therefore, the appropriate managerial strategy to access Chinese processed foods markets is to increase overall business activity, both FDI and exports into China.

Tipo: Journal Article

Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; International Relations/Trade.

Ano: 1999

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/34207

Cost Sensitivity Analysis on the Optimal Location of Technology Providers In Kentucky

Shockley, Jordan M.; Saghaian, Sayed H.; Dillon, Carl R..

A warehouse location model was utilized in order to expand upon previous research. The aim was to more accurately depicting the optimal location for an agribusiness firm providing precision agriculture technologies in the state of Kentucky. It was determined that the optimal solution was Muhlenberg County.

Integrating Marginal Cost into Pricing-to-market Models for U.S. Agricultural Products

Palavras-chave: Warehouse location model; Precision agriculture; Agribusiness; Agribusiness.

Ano: 2007

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/34875

OVERSHOOTING OF AGRICULTURAL PRICES IN FOUR ASIAN ECONOMIES

This article investigates the markup pricing behaviour of U.S. exporters of agricultural products. Agricultural products studied are feed, flour, frozen potatoes, frozen orange juice, five categories of beef, five categories of pork, and two categories of chicken. The popular pricing-to-market (PTM) approach of Krugman (1987) is used to examine market power and imperfect competition for the markets under study. The PTM model can directly investigate whether there is any evidence of market power in international trade.The sensitivity of U.S. export prices to exchange rate fluctuations may indicate price discrimination and imperfect competition in the international markets. The PTM approach is popular because of its relatively simple specification and...

Tipo: Journal Article

Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis; International Relations/Trade.

Ano: 2004

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/45984

Saghaian, Sayed H.; Hasan, Mohamad F.; Reed, Michael R..

This article examines the impacts of monetary policy on agricultural prices in four Asian economies using time series analysis and graph theory. The estimations clearly show that agricultural prices overshoot their long-run equilibrium values for Korea, Philippines, and Thailand, and the overshooting for agricultural prices is larger than for manufactured prices. Impulse-response functions and variance-decomposition analysis based on directed graphs and causal structures highlight the complex interplay among the variables in the model and how those relationships differ by country. Money supply changes clearly affect real variables and relative prices for all countries either through overshooting or non-neutrality of money.

Tipo: Journal Article

Palavras-chave: Agricultural prices; Asian economies; Directed graphs; Impulse-response functions; Manufacturing prices; Monetary policy; Overshooting; Variance-decompositions; Demand and Price Analysis.

Ano: 2002

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15524

Profitability of Dairy Cattle Through Precision Livestock Farming Management Practices

Salim, Juma K.; Dillon, Carl R.; Saghaian, Sayed H.; McAllister, Jack; Amaral-Phillips, Donna M..

The purpose of this study is to compare and contrast the profitability of different dairy management practices through precision livestock farming. Feed analysis and crop yields were simulated. Mathematical model was used for profit maximization. The results indicated that the proposed modification had a higher profit than the base plan.