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INSTITUTIONAL INNOVATION TO INCREASE FARMERS' REVENUE: A CASE STUDY OF SMALL SCALE FARMING IN SHEEP: TRANSKEI REGION, SOUTH AFRICA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: D'Haese,   Marijke F.C.; Verbeke,   Wim; Van Huylenbroeck,   Guido; Kirsten,   Johann F.; D'Haese,   Luc.
Commercial producers, brokers, exporters and spinners dominate the wool supply chain in South Africa.  Until recently smallholder farmers in the Transkei region had limited access to a profitable market outlet for their wool.  In response, the South African wool industry has taken the initiative to help local farmers by building shearing sheds, under which the local association can bulk the wool and trade directly with the brokers.  More direct access to the wool brokers is a prerequisite for the farmer to develop a viable business.  This article investigates on the effect of membership in the local shearing shed association on the farmers' revenue.  A two-step regression model of the gross margin is used to analyse whether farmers selling through the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Rural development; Institutional innovation; South Africa; Heckman procedure; Transaction costs.; Institutional and Behavioral Economics.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25888

A FARM LEVEL ANALYSIS OF THE RELATION BETWEEN CAP REFORMS AND LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATIONS: HOW AND IN WHICH EXTENT FLEMISH DAIRY FARMERS CAN FILL UP EXTRA MILK QUOTA?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Van der Straeten,   Bart; Buysse,   Jeroen; Nolte,   Stephan; Marchand,   Fleur L.; Lauwers,   Ludwig H.; Claeys,   Dakerlia; Van Huylenbroeck,   Guido.
The agricultural policies shift gradually from EU-level organised market interventions to local organised environmental policies. This paper explores the growth possibilities of the Flemish dairy sector with the outlook of a quota abolishment as a case study of this policy shift. The dairy quota policy seems very restrictive for the highly profitable Flemish dairy sector, but the environmental restrictions from the manure regulation can limit the growth of the dairy sector as well. The paper uses a spatial multi-agent simulation model applied to a sample of 40.000 farms to estimate price development of emission rights and their possible impact on the growth of the dairy production. The results show that a higher milk production leads to higher prices for...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Milk quota; Manure emission rights; Mathematical programming; Flanders; Agricultural and Food Policy; Industrial Organization; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; C02; C61; L11; Q18.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44846

A System Approach on Organizational Innovations in the Agro-Food Sector: The Case of AFSCs in Flanders
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Vandermeulen,   Valerie; Vuylsteke,   Anne; Van Huylenbroeck,   Guido.
Together with the evolution from the agro-industrial model to the sustainable rural development model (Roep and Wiskerke 2004), a part of the agro-food market has evolved from an anonymous, mass food market to a quality-food market. This shift is driven by factors, such as the changing relations between supply chain actors due to concentration in retail and processing, the growing importance of quality standards, considerable changes in consumer habits and preferences, the increasing attention for the multifunctional dimensions of agriculture and the establishment of new markets for public goods and services (Kirwan, Slee et al. 2003; Jahn, Zerger et al. 2007). As a consequence, the contemporary agro-food markets are more and more characterised by...
Tipo: Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Production Economics.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/122011

Farmers' Participation in European Agri-Environmental Policies
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dupraz,   Pierre; Vanslembrouck,   Isabel; Bonnieux,   François; Van Huylenbroeck,   Guido.
This paper examines the factors influencing farmers' participation in several agri-environmental schemes. A multinominal logit model is used to separate between participating and nonparticipating farmers. In addition this model allows to predict farmers participation in one measure as well as in different measures simultaneously. Data stems from a survey conducted in eight European countries and includes a description of both farmer and farm characteristics. Three categories of schemes have been analysed: landscape maintenance, biodiversity protection and restriction of intensive farming practices. The combination of these three types of schemes provides eight possible packages which can be selected by eligible farmers. The multinominal logit model shows...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agri-environmental policy; Multinominal logit model; Joint production; Farms; Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24799

Decentralized Rural Development Policies: Does it Make Sense? The Example of Diversification in Flanders
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Vandermeulen,   Valerie; Van Huylenbroeck,   Guido.
Changes in consumer preferences and demands, the process of globalisation, etc. together with the pressure of the United States to continue liberalisation of the farm sector in Europe, have caused the European Union to adapt its policy. There has been a shift in the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) towards a more decentralised approach. In this paper, it is analysed if this approach is justified for rural development, by describing the case of on-farm diversification in Flanders. Using survey results, it is tested if the decision to do on-farm diversification depends not only on farm and farmer characteristics (e.g. age and gender of the farmer, his or her education, having a successor, arable surface, farm type and financial situation) but also on the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: On-farm diversification; Local policy; Decentralisation; Farm location; Farm strategy; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25718

Exploring production-theoretical insights for analyzing trade-offs between economic performance and environmental pressure at firm level
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Van Meensel,   Jef; Lauwers,   Ludwig H.; Van Huylenbroeck,   Guido; Van Passel,   Steven.
The objective of this paper is to construct a framework for analyzing trade-offs between economic performance and environmental pressure at firm level. Based on a literature review, partially conflicting economic-environmental trade-off paradigms are structured and five necessary conditions for adequate trade-off analysis are put forward. These conditions are delimitating a clear system for which trade-offs are analyzed, assessing the direction of causality between economic performance and environmental pressure, allowing for firm-specific trade-off differences, comprehensiveness with respect to management activities that can be evaluated and flexibility to analyze trade-offs under different market and environmental regulation conditions. To deal with the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Trade-off analysis; Production theory; Economic performance; Environmental performance; Materials balance; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Production Economics; Productivity Analysis.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51725

Sub-vector Efficiency analysis in Chance Constrained Stochastic DEA: An application to irrigation water use in the Krishna river basin, India
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Chellattan Veettil,   Prakashan; Ashok,   Arathy; Speelman,   Stijn; Buysse,   Jeroen; Van Huylenbroeck,   Guido.
All deviations from the frontier is inefficiency in deterministic DEA (DDEA); thus making the DDEA unable to accommodate the measurement and specification errors.  But, most of the production relationships are stochastic in nature with some inputs fixed in the short run. This paper addressed the above two issues by formulating a sub-vector efficiency model in a Stochastic DEA (SDEA) framework to analyze the efficiency of sub vector of inputs.  The results illustrate that there is a wide scope for stochastic efficiency analysis.  The overall efficiency in SDEA is higher than DDEA under both Constant and Variable Return to Scale frameworks.  SDEA revealed that some efficient producers are not sub-vector efficient in our case study.  Thus, overall efficiency...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Stochastic DEA; Sub-vector efficiency; Chance constrained programming; Irrigation water use efficiency; Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/98978

PERFORMANCES AND EFFICIENCIES OF THE IRRIGATION WATER USERS’ ASSOCIATIONS IN TUNISIA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Frija,   Aymen; Speelman,   Stijn; Chebil,   Ali; Buysse,   Jeroen; Van Huylenbroeck,   Guido.
This article analyzes the efficiency of Water Users Associations (WUA) in the Cap Bon region (Tunisia) and studies its main determinants. The analysis is performed in two stages. First, the efficiency is measured via the nonparametric “Data Envelopment Analysis” (DEA) technique. The DEA models are constructed not only to assess the overall WUA efficiency but also to evaluate the management and engineering sub-vectors efficiencies separately through a mathematical modification in the initial DEA model. In a second stage critical determinants of efficiency are determined using a Tobit model. In this analysis the focus is on technical (characteristics of the irrigation area and network), organizational and administrative variables. Results show that on...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: WUA; Irrigation; Efficiency; DEA method; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6460

Measuring Market Integration in the Presence of Threshold Effect: The Case of Bangladesh Rice Markets
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Alam,   Mohammad Jahangir; McKenzie,   Andrew M.; Buysse,   Jeroen; Begum,   Ismat Ara; Wailes,   Eric J.; Van Huylenbroeck,   Guido.
Spatial price integration among five major Bangladesh rice markets is examined in the presence of threshold effects to account for the impact of transaction costs in the price adjustment process. Hansen and Seo (2002) threshold cointegration tests and threshold vector error correction models confirm the presence of threshold effects. Results highlight the importance of directing policy goals towards reducing transaction cost to engender greater pricing efficiency in Bangladesh rice markets.
Tipo: Presentation
Palavras-chave: Market integration; Rice markets; Transaction cost; Bangladesh; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Demand and Price Analysis; International Development.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/124435

Impact of Alternative Implementations of the Agenda 2000 Mid Term Review
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Buysse,   Jeroen; Van Huylenbroeck,   Guido.
An agricultural sector model for ex ante policy analysis is developed and applied for the simulation of alternative implementations of the Agenda 2000 Mid Term Review (MTR). The model uses an adapted version of Positive Mathematical Programming allowing simultaneous modelling of individual farms. It applies farm level calibrated quadratic cost functions to a sample of the Farm Accountancy Data Network to account for the large variability among farms. The farm level approach is important for the evaluation of the MTR, because MTR policy instruments rely on differences between farms. Extending the model for coping with the MTR implies three important elements: i) modelling the activation of decoupled direct payment entitlements, ii) simulating the modulation...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Positive analysis of policy-making and implementation; Programming models; Computational techniques; Firm behaviour; Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24589

Regional identity as a trigger for agricultural regional development
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mettepenningen,   Evy; Mazodier,   Marion; Vandermeulen,   Valerie; Van Huylenbroeck,   Guido.
Regional development is receiving a lot of attention nowadays in European policy. A possible stepping stone to achieve regional development is regional identity. This paper investigates whether regional identity can contribute to the specific case of agricultural regional development. One possible way for agriculture to profit from regional identity is by diversifying farm activities. The paper shows that regional identity can stimulate farmers to take up diversification and can also stimulate inhabitants of the region to consume products directly from the farmer.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Regional identity; Regional development; Multifunctional agriculture; Diversification; Farm income; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94894

An application of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) to Evaluate Economic Efficiency of Poultry Farms in Bangladesh
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Begum,   Ismat Ara; Buysse,   Jeroen; Alam,   Mohammad Jahangir; Van Huylenbroeck,   Guido.
This study estimates the technical, allocative and economic efficiency obtained from the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) approach using farm level survey data to a sample of 100 poultry farmers in Bangladesh for the year 2007. The results from the DEA approach show that there is substantial technical, allocative and economic inefficiency in poultry production in Bangladesh. The results of the study reveal that under constant return to scale (CRS) and variable returns to scale (VRS) specification, on average, the farms technical, allocative and economic efficiencies were 88%, 70%, 62% and 89%, 73%, 66% respectively. Thus the results indicate that efficiency scores vary substantially across the sampled farms. To explain some of these variations, the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Economic efficiency; DEA; Poultry farms; Farm Management; Livestock Production/Industries; Production Economics.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/50900

MATERIALS BALANCE BASED MODELLING OF ENVIRONMENTAL EFFICIENCY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lauwers,   Ludwig H.; Van Huylenbroeck,   Guido.
A new method for analysing environmental efficiency, based on the materials balance, is proposed. With this method, an environmental allocative efficiency measure can be defined analogously to the more commonly used economic allocative efficiency. Nutrient surplus in pig fattening, a typical balance indicator, is used to illustrate the concept in a two input – one output case. The materials balance based efficiency analysis is elaborated using data envelopment analysis (DEA). Results are compared with those of more common, merely input or output oriented DEA approaches. A main conclusion is that, ignoring the balance feature of environmental issues such as nutrient surplus might be a main reason why traditional integral analyses of economic and...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25916

Derogation on the EU Nitrates Directive: does it make a difference?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Claeys,   Dakerlia; Lauwers,   Ludwig H.; Marchand,   Fleur L.; Van Meensel,   Jef; Buysse,   Jeroen; Van der Straeten,   Bart; Van Huylenbroeck,   Guido.
The paper discusses an ex ante evaluation of the derogation on the Nitrates Directive for Flanders, Belgium, which is a case of intensive but highly productive livestock areas. The aim is to develop an accurate simulation model to detect small differences in manure surpluses caused by changes of manure production and/or utilization. The system of models consists of various modules to fine tune the calculations of manure production, fertilizing behaviour and manure allocation and disposal on and off farm. The results show that derogation may cause the existing manure surpluses to expire, if only nitrogen limits are considered and no transactions costs are taken into account. When also phosphate fertilization limits are considered, the increase in manuring...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Nitrates Directive; Derogation; Modelling; Environmental Economics and Policy; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44436

Explaining Differences in Farm Sustainability: Evidence from Flemish Dairy Farms
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Van Passel,   Steven; Mathijs,   Erik; Van Huylenbroeck,   Guido.
An important objective of European agricultural policy is to have a sustainable, efficient farming sector, which uses environmentally-friendly production methods. Agricultural policy makers aim to combine strong economic performance with a sustainable use of natural resources. There is thus a need for tools allowing quantification of farm sustainability as well as for empirical research assessing, analysing and explaining differences in farm sustainability. Using a large dataset of dairy farms, we apply the concept of sustainable value creation to benchmark farm sustainability performance. An effect model captures the determinants of the differences in sustainability among Flemish dairy farms. Our empirical model shows that both managerial and structural...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Sustainability assessment; Efficiency; Dairy farming; Performance measurement; Livestock Production/Industries; Q51; Q56; Q57; Q58; Q12.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25262

Optimisation of policy interventions in environmental quota
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Buysse,   Jeroen; Van der Straeten,   Bart; Nolte,   Stephan; Claeys,   Dakerlia; Lauwers,   Ludwig H.; Van Huylenbroeck,   Guido.
The paper analyses the governance choices in production quota with the Flemish nutrient production rights as a case. A static model of quota trade in the short run shows the inefficiency of discrete non-auctioned trade with fixed transaction costs. This model also shows that an obligation to quota sellers to stop their production stimulates structural change. A dynamic model of trade indicates that the measures taken to prevent speculative behaviour causes inefficiencies and stimulates overuse of quota if the penalties are too low. Finally, the dynamic model indicates that a flat rate reduction on traded quota combined with too low penalties for overuse stimulate the total production.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Production rights; Quota; Dynamic programming; Transaction costs; Agricultural and Food Policy; Farm Management; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61084

Use of Information, Product Innovation and Financial Performance on Belgian Glasshouse Holdings
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Taragola,   Nicole; Van Huylenbroeck,   Guido; Van Lierde,   Dirk.
In order to meet the changing needs and preferences of consumers it will be important for Belgian glasshouse growers to change from a production-driven to a customer-driven strategy. More than ever, use of information and product innovation become critical factors in the changing competitive environment. The aim of the research is to analyse the relationship between business and managerial characteristics, use of information sources, product innovation and financial performance of the firm. The results indicate that the average Belgian glasshouse grower makes low use of external information sources for production decisions. However an important variation in information use can be observed among the growers. The results reveal that vegetable producers make...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries; Farm Management.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6991

The succession effect within management decisions of family farms
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Calus,   Mieke; Van Huylenbroeck,   Guido.
The preparation of the farm transfer or farm exit is a process that starts in the consolidation stage of the farm life cycle. In this stage, the decision to transfer the farm or not is taken and the farm management is adapted to this decision. The objective of this paper is to model the succession effect on farm management. The results show that the succession effect plays a role from the age of 45. An early designation of the successor gives an incentive to invest and to improve the management.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Farm transfer; Succussor; Farm life cycle; Farm Management.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44131

Modelling Farm Level Economic Potential for Conversion to Organic Farming
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kerselaers,   Eva; Govaerts,   Wim; Lauwers,   Ludwig H.; De Cock,   Lieve; Van Huylenbroeck,   Guido.
A farm model is developed for simulating the potential income change resulting from conversion to organic farming. The model uses conventional farm data, taken from the Belgian FADN. Given the normative character of the model, and the impossibility of calibration to historical conversion behaviour, two model variants, a rigid and a flexible, are created to broaden the analysis scope. Moreover, extra attention is paid to the verification process and sensitivity analysis. Results reveal that the economic potential for conversion is rather high, if farmers are willing to change their farm management sufficiently. Furthermore, conversion potential depends on the farm type and conventional farm characteristics. The model finally proves to be an interesting tool...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Organic farming; Conversion period; Farm model; Linear programming; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; C61; Q12.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24732

Effect of scale on water users’ associations’ performance in Tunisia: nonparametric model for scale elasticity calculation
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Frija,   Aymen; Buysse,   Jeroen; Speelman,   Stijn; Chebil,   Ali; Van Huylenbroeck,   Guido.
The paper aims to investigate the economies of scale of Water Users’ Associations (WUA) in Tunisia. During the last years there has been a lot of discussion in Tunisia about the optimal size of WUAs, which allows more efficient management of the water resources at the local level. In this work we propose to see if the size of the WUA in the governorate of Nabeul (Central-Eastern part of Tunisia) would have to increase or decrease in order to maximize their efficiency. Apart from this qualification we also quantify the scale efficiency and scale elasticity of the WUA using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) models. The results show that the output space (volume of water distributed and number of ha managed and irrigated) of the WUA that attain a high level of...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95982

Is There Co-Movement of Agricultural Commodities Futures Prices and Crude Oil?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Natanelov,   Valeri; Alam,   Mohammad Jahangir; McKenzie,   Andrew M.; Van Huylenbroeck,   Guido.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114626

Perception of Land Scarcity by Peri-Urban Farmers
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Vandermeulen,   Valerie; Verspecht,   Ann; Van Huylenbroeck,   Guido.
Farmers in peri-urban regions face many problems, among which land scarcity is a major one according to literature. However, as indicated by a survey among farmers in the peri-urban region around Brussels, land scarcity is not perceived as a problem by all farmers to the same extent. Based on econometric analysis, the survey results show that perception of land scarcity is mainly influenced by differences in landownership and perceived ratio between farm land prices and real land prices. Changes in each of these variables will lead to a shift in the problems a farmer faces and will therefore stimulate different farming or land use strategies.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Peri-urban; Land availability; Land prices; Landownership; Land Economics/Use; O18; R14; Q11; Q15.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24449

Policy intervention in a concentration permit market: efficiency analysis of obligatory manure processing in Flanders
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Van der Straeten,   Bart; Buysse,   Jeroen; Nolte,   Stephan; Lauwers,   Ludwig H.; Claeys,   Dakerlia; Van Huylenbroeck,   Guido.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114832

SUSTAINABLE EFFICIENCY OF FIRMS WHEN NEW SUSTAINABILITY TARGETS ARE INTRODUCED
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mondelaers,   Koen; Kuosmanen,   Timo; Van Passel,   Steven; Buysse,   Jeroen; Lauwers,   Ludwig H.; Van Huylenbroeck,   Guido.
There is a high potential for simultaneously increasing sustainability of the earth system and economic development by removing inefficiencies currently present both at the production input and output side. In this paper a static view on sustainability is employed, by introducing capacity constraints as the boundaries above (or below) which the system cannot maintain its stable state. Currently these capacity constraints are often not respected. In this paper it is shown how the efficiency improvement pathway of an industry and the firms within it can be calculated to come to a sustainable, profit maximizing state, given the existence of these capacity constraints.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Efficiency analysis; Sustainability; DEA; Directional distance vectors; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114633

New Developments in Agricultural Policy Modelling and Consequences for Managing the Policy Analysis Systems
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Van Huylenbroeck,   Guido; Lauwers,   Ludwig H.; Fernagut,   Bruno.
Last decade, the importance of multifunctionality and environmental issues in agricultural policies has been growing. This shift in scope of agricultural policy instruments implies an adjustment of the conventional ex-ante policy analysis systems. New requirements on input and output parameters will be needed. The objective of this paper is to show how the input/output management can be improved. Focus is on how the information management by the system can enhance the policy analysis and decision making and facilitate information flow and social support from the stakeholder debate.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Policy impact analysis; Joint production; Farmers' behaviour; Knowledge flow Organisation; Agricultural and Food Policy; C8; Q18.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25256

Understanding the System Context of Alternative Food Supply Chains
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Vuylsteke,   Anne; Van Huylenbroeck,   Guido.
This paper focuses upon the case of alternative food supply chains (AFSCs) as a "laboratory" for the implementation of sustainability concepts on a larger scale. To realize this type of upscaling, two important conditions should be fulfilled: the initiatives have to combine a performing internal organisation with the ability to understand and interact with the larger food system. To explore these concepts, the theory of hybrid organisations and the system innovation policy approach are discussed. Theory and empirical evidence learns that both concepts are complementary, as they both stress the importance of networking with actors that can be situated within or outside the supply chain.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Industrial Organization.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6610

Food Certification Schemes as Private Institutions of Sustainability
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mondelaers,   Koen; Lauwers,   Ludwig H.; Van Huylenbroeck,   Guido.
institutions of sustainability (PIoS), which are sets of rules that a series of private actors voluntary follow to reach a sustainability target. Within PIoS, a strong position on sustainability themes is used as a mean to maximize private utility. Consequently, there is a potential win-win situation for both the private actors and the society. Typical for these multistakeholder PIoS is their hybrid configuration. Ménard (2004) introduced the concept of hybrids as an intermediate between pure anonymous spot markets and firms as hierarchies. It is a governance structure where actors have transferred part of their autonomous property rights to others, in order to allow for some coordination between partners. One of the main examples of PIoS in the food...
Tipo: Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/121993

Tracing the Poverty Impact of Market Reforms in Bangladesh
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Alam,   Mohammad Jahangir; Bhuiyan,   Nazmul; Begum,   Ismat Ara; Van Huylenbroeck,   Guido.
The paper analyse the impact of market reforms on poverty in Bangladesh. To estimate the poverty impact at household level, a binary logit model has been estimated with two latest waves of  household income and expenditure data from Bangladesh. The results show that a significant improvement has been made in reducing poverty in the recent decades. As a net importing country, liberalization might has direct impact on household’s real income through the changes of real rice prices. The results also show that net rice buyer households are poorer than net rice sellers. So, decreased rice prices in domestic markets induced by liberalization have benefited the net rice buyers in Bangladesh, hence poverty declines.
Tipo: Presentation
Palavras-chave: Market reforms; Poverty; Bangladesh; Agricultural and Food Policy; Food Security and Poverty; International Development; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/123758

Total Factor Productivity and the Efficiency of Rice Farms in Bangladesh: a Farm Level Panel Data Comparison of the Pre- and Post-Market Reform Period
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Alam,   Mohammad Jahangir; Begum,   Ismat Ara; Rahman,   Sanzidur; Buysse,   Jeroen; Van Huylenbroeck,   Guido.
The market reform policy in agriculture and the trade liberalization during the early 1990s has led to structural changes in the agricultural sector of Bangladesh. The question of whether market reform policies in Bangladesh facilitated rice production is examined in this paper. This paper uses stochastic frontier production function to measure total factor productivity (TFP), technical change, and technical efficiency change covering the period of pre-market reform (1987) and post-market reform (2000 and 2004). To fulfill the objective, the study used panel data of 73 same farm households from a field survey of 1987–1988, 1999-2000 and 2003-04. It is evident from the study results that over time period (1987-2004), the TFP increased (31.76%) only due to...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Farm Management.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/108948

Impact of groundwater markets in peninsular India on water use efficiency: A Data Envelopment Analysis approach
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Manjunatha,   A.V.; Speelman,   Stijn; Van Huylenbroeck,   Guido; Chandrakanth,   Mysore G.
In the hard rock areas of India, overdraft of groundwater has led to negative externalities, increases costs of groundwater irrigation and causes welfare losses. Groundwater markets are slowly emerging as niche markets to improve water distribution and to mitigate water scarcity by stimulating more efficient use. A sample containing water sellers, water buyers and control farmers was collected to test the hypothesis of more efficient water use. The effect of groundwater market introduction on the efficiency of water use is studied using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). The calculated subvector efficiencies for water use show that water buyers use water most efficient. But also water sellers are more efficient in their water use than the control group....
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Water use efficiency; Groundwater markets; Data Envelopment Analysis; India; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; Q.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/50624

The Importance of Water Property Rights: Lessons from South Africa and Tunisia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Speelman,   Stijn; Frija,   Aymen; Buysse,   Jeroen; Van Huylenbroeck,   Guido.
With increasing water scarcity, research on policy options for improved water allocation and governance becomes an urgent priority for many developing and developed countries. Evaluating institutional alternatives is however a challenging task. This article takes a comparative approach and compares case study data from Tunisia and South Africa highlighting the importance of the water rights system for irrigators. Using contingent valuation methods the benefits for water users of changes in water rights systems are quantified. In both countries WTP estimates reveal that from the farmers’ perspective significant improvements can be made to the current water rights systems. This is valuable information for policy makers to guide institutional reforms.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95954

Attitude of Flemish Farmers Towards Alternative Business Governance Structures
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Calus,   Mieke; Van Huylenbroeck,   Guido.
The Flemish agriculture is characterised by family farms in sole ownership.  Alternative business governance structures occur in only 7 % of the cases, although they have advantages on fiscal, family and property grounds. The reason why partnerships don't work in Flemish agriculture are mainly situated at the knowledge and perception level of the farmers.  The knowledge of the different structures exists only in a limited group of farmers. The subjective perception of governance structures enhances the limitation of transition to alternative business governance structures. Partnerships will be adapted by farmers who have a higher knowledge of alternative business governance structures and accept that the higher administration is compensated by a lower risk.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural company; Flanders - governance structures; Limited liability; Sole ownership; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24425

A Generic  Four-step Methodology For Institutional Analysis
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Herrera,   Paul A.; Van Huylenbroeck,   Guido; Espinel,   Ramon L.
The central hypothesis of this paper is that there may be situations in which the traditional approach to institutional analysis is of limited applicability. Such an approach, which has been called 'comparative institutional analysis', consists of comparing institutional environments and institutional arrangements in terms of specific economic or other efficiency criteria to see which one performs better. However, because of limitations to accurately predict the future performance of alternative institutional settings, comparisons are not always possible. Furthermore, in most cases the only information available is the performance of the current institutional setting. To account for this methodological deficiency, a generic methodology for institutional...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: New Institutional Economics; Governance structures; Institutional Change.; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; B52; D02; Q25.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24542

Coordination of collective action in the agro-food sector
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Vuylsteke,   Anne; Van Huylenbroeck,   Guido.
Collaboration between stakeholders in the agro-food sector is nowadays a common phenomenon. Despite the huge diversity observed, this paper argues that collective action always results in the establishment of a collective organization (whether formally organized or not), which is characterized by the presence of a coordination centre. This organism represents all partners united in the collective and performs tasks by order of the individual members and the group. From a theoretical point of view, all collective organizations qualify as hybrid organizations, which can be studied through the lens of Transaction Costs Economics. Hybrids governance structures are a large set of arrangements that are situated between markets and hierarchies. When organizing...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Collective action; Coordination mechanisms; Hybrid governance structures; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44263

Impact of Trade Liberalization and World Price Changes in Bangladesh: A Computable General Equilibrium Analysis
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Alam,   Mohammad Jahangir; Buysse,   Jeroen; Begum,   Ismat Ara; Nolte,   Stephan; Wailes,   Eric J.; Van Huylenbroeck,   Guido.
The paper analyzes the impact of trade liberalization and changes in world prices of agricultural commodities in Bangladesh using single country CGE model. Since the agricultural sector is sensitive to overall employment, household welfare and food security, the analysis focuses on the changes in agricultural production, consumption, household income and welfare. The results show that trade liberalization increases the welfare of all household groups while world market price increases decrease welfare. It means that although trade liberalization generates a welfare increase for households but this is dependent on the relative level of world commodity prices. Our results are based on the analysis of aggregate household groups, so it may be of future...
Tipo: Presentation
Palavras-chave: Static; CGE; Trade policy; World prices; Agricultural commodities; Bangladesh; Agricultural and Food Policy; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Security and Poverty; International Development; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/123724

Flexible quota constraints in positive mathematical programming models
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Buysse,   Jeroen; Van der Straeten,   Bart; Claeys,   Dakerlia; Lauwers,   Ludwig H.; Marchand,   Fleur L.; Van Huylenbroeck,   Guido.
To explain over- and underuse of available quota, Buysse et al. (2007) have integrated the shadow cost of the quota constraint in a quota flexibility function in a positive mathematical programming model. This method and central hypothesis, formulated and tested for the case of Belgian sugar beet farms, is in current paper extended and confirmed for the cases of Flemish dairy quota and manure emission rights. Despite the different organisation, objectives and implementations of the diverse quota systems, the results are similar. A higher utilisation of quota is significantly driven by the quota rent, but farm characteristics are also important and the effect declines with increasing quota rent. Regardless the quota, the dairy quota flexibility behaviour of...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Quota; Flexibility; Positive Mathematical Programming; Farm model; Common Agricultural Policy; Agricultural and Food Policy; Demand and Price Analysis; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6640

Linkage between World and Domestic Prices of Rice under the regime of Agricultural Trade Liberalization in Bangladesh
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Alam,   Mohammad Jahangir; Buysse,   Jeroen; McKenzie,   Andrew M.; Wailes,   Eric J.; Van Huylenbroeck,   Guido.
The paper examines the relationship between the world market and domestic market prices of rice for Bangladesh in the regime of agricultural trade liberalization. The long run price relationship information is an important piece of information for the policy makers in formulating domestic polices and negotiating trade policies at the international level. The monthly data used for this study are taken from different sources, the Food outlook, FAO and Global Information and Early Warning System, FAO and the Bangladesh Bank for the period June 1998 to July 2007. Both Engle-Granger bi-variate and Johansen multivariate cointegration tests were used for the results sensitivity. We sequentially proceed to estimate the standard error correction model. The results...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Market integration; Domestic price; World price; Error correction model; Marketing.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58878

The effect of EU derogation strategies on the complying costs of the nitrate directive
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Van der Straeten,   Bart; Buysse,   Jeroen; Nolte,   Stephan; Lauwers,   Ludwig H.; Claeys,   Dakerlia; Van Huylenbroeck,   Guido.
Within the framework of the nitrate directive, member states have the possibility to apply for derogation, i.e. increasing fertilization standards under certain conditions. Several EU regions have made use of this possibility but all in a different way. In 2009, 6 different derogation policies were worked out. This paper focuses on the differences between the applied policies and makes an assessment of the impact of these differences on the application rate of derogation, the manure surplus and the costs to allocate the manure. Based on the MP-MAS model described by Van der Straeten et al. (2010) the different scenarios are applied on a single case area (Flanders) and the economic effects have been simulated. Results show large differences between the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Nitrate directive; MAS-model; Derogation; Flanders; Agricultural and Food Policy; Q12; Q18; Q51; Q52.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/99426

Increasing environmental sustainability by incorporating stakeholders' intensities of preferences into the policy formation
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Zendehdel,   Kamran; Rademaker,   Michael; De Baets,   Bernard; Van Huylenbroeck,   Guido.
In this paper a tractable methodology is presented to improve environmental sustainability by incorporating stakeholders’ intensities of preferences into the decision making process. The environmental decision making will be controversial when there is a complex issue at hand. The difficulty comes up as stakeholders cannot see how their preferences are taken into account in the policy making process. To reduce this controversy, we propose a qualitative method to elicit stakeholders’ intensities of preferences towards a set of environmental services. Subsequently, the elicited intensities of preferences are aggregated by a mathematical approach on each single criterion. Finally, a multi-criteria approach is applied to use the aggregated values across all...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Sustainability; Stakeholder's preferences; Tractable decision making; Social support; Qualitative valuation; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44206

Effects of a flat rate introduction: shifts in farm activity and impact on farmers' income
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Marchand,   Fleur L.; Buysse,   Jeroen; Campens,   V.; Claeys,   Dakerlia; Fernagut,   Bruno; Lauwers,   Ludwig H.; Van der Straeten,   Bart; Van Huylenbroeck,   Guido.
Current thoughts on CAP changes, e.g. the "Health Check", emphasize the necessity to move away from payments based on historical receipts towards a "flatter rate" system. The aim of current research is to simulate the impact of a flat rate system (equal payments per hectare of cultivated land) compared to the current historical system (payments based on individual historic entitlements). Impact on production and income of arable, dairy and cattle farms of two different flat rate scenario's, is assessed with a farm-based sector model for Flanders. The model maximizes income at farm level, calibrated to observed farming behavior in 2001-2003. Farm data can be selected by farm type, size and region, simulations could be run for specific sub sectors, size...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Positive Mathematical Programming; Farm model; Common Agricultural Policy; Payment Entitlements.; Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance; Farm Management; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6681

Farmers’ acceptance of further strengthening of private certification systems
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mondelaers,   Koen; Garreyn,   F.; Steurbaut,   W.; Van Huylenbroeck,   Guido.
In their continuous quest for ecologic improvements, private voluntary certification initiatives might undermine the willingness to continue of the participating farmers. In this research, the ecologic contribution and the farmers’ acceptance of changing the pesticide policy of a private certification initiative is presented. To measure the perceived farmers’ disutility, the choice preference technique is used. We can conclude that there is room for ecologic improvements but that farmers are in general change averse, primarily because of the fear that price compensation will remain largely absent.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Choice preference; Pesticides; Certification; Crop Production/Industries; Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43927

Effect of changes in the institutional structure of irrigation water property rights on the willingness to pay of farmers for water: case of Tunisia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Frija,   Aymen; Chebil,   Ali; Speelman,   Stijn; Van Huylenbroeck,   Guido.
This paper assesses the economic value of changes in the attributes of farmers’ irrigation water property rights in Tunisia. Changes on attributes generated by the transfer process of the property rights from the collective to the individual level in addition to changes in “constitutional” attributes were integrated into three scenarios. The valuation was conducted using the Contingent Valuation Method through the elicitation of individuals’ willingness to pay. Results show positive willingness to pay values for all scenarios. However, farmers of the studied region are shown willing to pay more for changes in the constitutional attributes. Furthermore their willingness to pay appears to be most affected by their perceptions concerning the organization and...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Property rights; Irrigation water; Contingent Valuation; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44422

Modelling the effects of an abolition of the EU sugar quota on internal prices, production and imports
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nolte,   Stephan; Buysse,   Jeroen; Van der Straeten,   Bart; Claeys,   Dakerlia; Lauwers,   Ludwig H.; Van Huylenbroeck,   Guido.
We apply a spatial price equilibrium model of the world sugar market to simulate an abolishment of the EU quota system in 2015/16. To overcome the normative nature of the approach, we calibrate the model by attaching a non-linear cost term to each trade flow. This is in some regards similar to positive mathematical programming. We suggest an economic interpretation and an econometric specification of the cost term. Production in the EU increases to almost 16 million tons. Twelve member states increase production, seven reduce it. Preferential imports are significantly reduced. Simulated effects are found to be more pronounced the higher the world market price.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: CAP; Structural change; Sugar; TRQ; Spatial modelling; Trade preferences; PMP; Agricultural and Food Policy; Farm Management; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61346

Impact of the ‘Family-firm life cycle’ on the Management Processes Involved in Sustainable Glasshouse Horticulture
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Taragola,   Nicole; Van Lierde,   Dirk; Van Huylenbroeck,   Guido.
In Flanders glasshouse vegetables and ornamental plants are typically produced at family businesses. At this type of businesses the objectives and long-term firm developments are influenced by the so called ‘family-firm life cycle’. In many cases the firm shows a life cycle that corresponds with the life cycle of the entrepreneur. The objective of the paper is to test the hypothesis that the ‘family-firm life cycle’ will have an impact on the personal and business characteristics, objectives and the quality of the management processes involved in sustainable glasshouse horticulture. As sustainable horticulture integrates the three P’s (People, Planet, Profit) special attention is paid to human resource, environmental and financial management. Data for the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Farm management; Horticulture; Sustainability; Crop Production/Industries; Farm Management.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44129

The sampling bias in multi-agent simulation models
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Buysse,   Jeroen; Frija,   Aymen; Van der Straeten,   Bart; Nolte,   Stephan; Lauwers,   Ludwig H.; Claeys,   Dakerlia; Van Huylenbroeck,   Guido.
For practical considerations, it is in some case impossible to simulate MAS models at population level. The current paper shows that MAS models applied to samples with heterogeneous costs of interactions between agents have biased results. Heterogeneous costs of interactions in MAS models can come from the spatial dimension in MAS models or from fixed costs per interaction. The paper presents two correction procedures to remove the sampling bias and to increase the reliability of the outcome. The correction procedures can be very promising for future applications of MAS models because it becomes possible to deploy more complex models without bias on more detailed datasets that are only available at sample level, which will be the case for country- or...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: MAS; Bias; Correction; Resampling; Agricultural and Food Policy; Q12; Q18; Q51; Q52.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/99599

Spatial Modelling of Water Availability and Choice of Crop Production in a River Basin
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Chellattan Veettil,   Prakashan; Van Huylenbroeck,   Guido.
This paper analyze the problems of water resource allocation and crop choice in a river basin using spatial analytical tools. Spatial variability of water availability is modelled by the product sum model. Here the water availability at any farm Z(xj) is a joint spatio-temporal environment and socioeconomic process. Water availability is estimated using spatial econometric tool. Here the spatial weight matrix (W) is constructed by taking water user associations (WUA) as boundaries. The choice of a crop is explained using spill over model in which the choice of a crop is influenced by the choice of neighbouring farmers. Here the spatial lag model is modified to adapt the latent variable (y*) which has a binary outcome.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Riverbasin; Spatio-temporal process; Spatial water institutions; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43858

Assessing the impact of the EU Common Agricultural Policy pillar II support using micro-economic data
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Buysse,   Jeroen; Verspecht,   Ann; Van Huylenbroeck,   Guido.
The paper uses the case of Flemish investment support to make a quantitative analysis of pillar II support based on micro-economic data from the FADN and the administrative dataset of the investment support fund. A dynamic panel estimation quantifies the effect of support for settingup young farmers, structural investment support and support for investments on farm diversification, animal welfare or environmental investments.. The results show that investment support for farm diversification and structural support increase the total output and the income. Environmental investment support increase costs and decrease the farm income without a significant impact on output. The conclusion for the national debate is that the structural and the diversification...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Pillar II; Investment support; Decoupled subsidies; Dynamic panel estimation; Flanders; Agricultural and Food Policy; Q12; Q18; Q51; Q52.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/99596

EFFICIENCY ANALYSIS OF SMALL SCALE WOOL PRODUCTION IN THE FORMER TRANSKEI, SOUTH AFRICA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Haese,   M.D.; Calus,   Mieke; Kirsten,   Johann F.; Van Huylenbroeck,   Guido; Bostyn,   F.
Specialising in wool production could be a good opportunity for farmers in the former Transkei to upgrade to fully commercial and economic viable enterprises.  This paper investigates the efficiency of the current practices of wool producers in three villages.  Two of those villages are beneficiaries of the LandCare project of the National Department of Agriculture, and receive help on technical matters and marketing.  The analysis shows that in the two villages beneficiary of the Land Care project the technical, allocative and economic efficiency of the wool production is higher than in the third village.  In the latter, the technical efficiency of some of the farms is still good, but the difference is made in the marketing of the wool.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/18029

Diversification as a Survival Strategy for Marginal Farms an Exploratory Research
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Vernimmen,   Tom; Bourgeois,   Marie; Van Huylenbroeck,   Guido; Meert,   Henk; van Hecke,   Etienne.
One of the common strategies in rural development programmes is to support the adoption of new on-farm activities. The rationale behind this is that farm diversification is a way to assure an appropriate level of income for the farmers. Through interviews with 49 relatively small farmers, the possibilities for diversification as a survival strategy are assessed. The analysis is mainly based on a classification of development pathways by Bowler (1992). Few forms of diversification appear to be successful as a survival strategy in case of economic problems. Only off-farm employment seems to be effective in this respect. The introduction of new activities on marginal farms is hampered by lack of financial and human capital. On the other hand, diversification...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Farm diversification; Poverty; Farm strategies; Rural development; Farm Management.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24824

Fertilization: trade-offs between manure abatement and plant productivity
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Van der Straeten,   Bart; Buysse,   Jeroen; Marchand,   Fleur L.; Lauwers,   Ludwig H.; Claeys,   Dakerlia; Van Huylenbroeck,   Guido.
In 2005, 30% of the Flemish farms faced a manure excess, while at aggregated level still 9.7% of the emission rights were unused. This means that, despite the various possibilities, Flemish farmers do not succeed in an effective exchange of manure between farms. In current paper is shown how inorganic fertilizer use influences the use and exchange of organic nitrogen. Because of the mutual interdependency between organic and inorganic nitrogen emission rights (or quota), inorganic nitrogen use limits the emission rights for organic nitrogen. Utilisation of these emission rights are analysed as a trade-offs choice between plant productivity (use of inorganic nitrogen) and manure disposal, as the major abatement alternative of manure production. Farmers...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Manure abatement; Nutrient emission rights; Tobit model; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43642

Testing Asymmetric Price Transmission in the Vertical Supply Chain in De-regulated Rice Markets in Bangladesh
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Alam,   Mohammad Jahangir; Begum,   Ismat Ara; Buysse,   Jeroen; McKenzie,   Andrew M.; Wailes,   Eric J.; Van Huylenbroeck,   Guido.
Market liberalization at the domestic level and at the boarder level has been a dominant feature of market reforms in most developing countries including Bangladesh during the last two decades. A pre-requisite for producers and consumers to benefit from this new and changing market environment is the ability of market to function efficiently at their spatial or through the value chain dimensions which are very often constrained by different factors. The vertical integration of grain markets plays a crucial role in improving the welfare of the producers and the consumers. Therefore, the better the market integration, the lesser the intervention required by the government. There was a widely-held belief about the domestic markets in Bangladesh on possible...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural economics; Agricultural marketing; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Demand and Price Analysis; Marketing.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61374

Multifunctional Agriculture: How to Provide Incentives to Farmers?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Van Huylenbroeck,   Guido.
In this paper we anlyse the meaning of multifunctionality at farm level. After defining the concept, a number of examples are given to illustrate problems in delivery of non-commodity outputs. Based on a general micro-economic model, it is shown that farmers' behavior will depend on personal characteristics as well as on relative prices. Next, Instruments to give incentives to farmers to engage in the delivery of non-commodity outputs are discussed as well as the possibility of collective action. The paper ends with some conclusions and recommendations for further research and discussion.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Farm Management.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6985