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1985 FARM AND FOOD LEGISLATION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Guither,   Harold D.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 1985
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17967

1994 MICHIGAN SCHOOL FINANCE AND PROPERTY TAX REFORM
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Harvey,   Lynn R.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Public Economics.
Ano: 1994
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17495

1995 FARM BILL
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Knutson,   Ronald D.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 1995
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17052

1995 FARM BILL - WILL WE DECOUPLE?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Flinchbaugh,   Barry L.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 1995
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17039

1998 COARSE GRAINS AND WHEAT TOPICS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Smetana,   Dick.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Production Economics.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33263

2001 GRAIN AND OILSEED OUTLOOK (PowerPoint Presentation)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Feltes,   Richard J.
POWERPOINT PRESENTATION
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33065

2001/02 U.S. SUGAR SUPPLY AND USE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Love,   John M.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33104

2002: PUTTING NEW CROP INSURANCE PROGRAMS TO THE TEST (PowerPoint Presentation)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Davidson,   Ross J., Jr.
POWERPOINT PRESENTATION
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33130

2002/03 U.S. SUGAR SUPPLY AND USE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Love,   John M.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33530

2003 MARKET AND POLICY PROSPECTS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Moseley,   Jim.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33210

2003/04 U.S. SUGAR SUPPLY AND USE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Love,   John M.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33185

2004/05 U.S. SUGAR SUPPLY AND USE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Love,   John M.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32960

2005/06 U.S. SUGAR SUPPLY AND USE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Love,   John M.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32824

2006 Agricultural Economic Outlook and U.S. Trade and Agricultural Policy Prospects
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Collins,   Keith J.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33321

2006 Agricultural Economic Outlook and U.S. Trade and Agricultural Policy Prospects (Power Point Presentation)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Penn,   J.B.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33281

2006 Retail Food Price Outlook (Power Point Presentation)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Leibtag,   Ephraim S.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33369

2007/08 U.S. Sugar Supply and Use
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Love,   John M.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8027

2008 Farm Bill: ACRE and SURE (PowerPoint)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Zulauf,   Carl R.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/50565

2008 Farm Bill – Focus on ACRE  (Average Crop Revenue Election)(PowerPoint)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Zulauf,   Carl R.
Presented to USDA Economists Group, Washington, DC, 03 October 2008.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural policy; Revenue protection; Farm bill; Agricultural and Food Policy; Farm Management; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43907

2008 Farm Bill: Implications for Risk Management (PowerPoint Presentation)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Frerichs,   Stephen.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37383

2008 Organic Production Survey (PowerPoint)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Prusacki,   Joe.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/60358

2008/09 U.S. Sugar Supply and Use
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Haley,   Stephen L.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37394

2009 On-Farm Renewable Energy Production Survey (PowerPoint)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Prusacki,   Joe.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/106172

2009/10 U.S. Sugar Supply and Use
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Haley,   Stephen L.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51591

2010/11 U.S. SUGAR SUPPLY AND USE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Haley,   Stephen L.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/90759

A 2008-09 Assessment of Texas Department of Agriculture Programs to Support Rural Economic Tourism Events.  How Strong Are These Economic Returns?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Murova,   Olga I.; Hanagriff,   Roger D.; Lyford,   Conrad P.
This paper determines the main forces that contribute to the creation of positive economic returns  to the individual communities from TDA's supported rural tourism program and analyzes these economic returns.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Rural tourism; Rural development; Economic multiplier; Return on investment; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56429

A ABERTURA COMERCIAL E O SETOR LÁCTEO BRASILEIRO: ALGUMAS REFLEXÕES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cruz,   Jose Claudio Freitas; Crispim,   Joao Paulo Carvalho.
Durante quase 45 anos, o governo interveio no setor lácteo através do tabelamento de preços. Esse processo foi danoso a toda a cadeia agroindustrial do leite, uma vez que os agentes não tinham estímulos a investir em melhorias na produção e qualidade. A exclusão se acentuou após a abertura comercial no início da década de 90, quando os preços passaram a ser determinados pela oferta e demanda. O leite, que já apresentava tendência de queda nos preços, passou a enfrentar forte concorrência com o produto estrangeiro mais competitivo e altamente subsidiado no país de origem, complicando ainda mais a situação do produtor. Vários fatores contribuíram para a queda da rentabilidade da produção: o aumento dos custos e a queda no preço têm pressionado as margens de...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Liberalização  comercial; Redução dos Preços Recebidos; Aumento dos custos; Price control of prices; Commercial opening; Fall in the received prices; Increase of the production costs; Agricultural and Food Policy; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/113178

A AÇÃO COLETIVA DE RESISTÊNCIA À ACUMULAÇÃO CAPITALISTA NO BRASIL: CONTRADIÇÕES E QUANTITATIVO DA DEMANDA POR TERRA FRENTE AO DESAFIO DA SUSTENTABILIDADE NO CAMPO
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Santos,   Gesmar Rosa; Wehrmann,   Magda Eva.
Este trabalho aborda aspectos teóricos e ações dos movimentos que atuam no campo e que se propõem ocupar espaço e/ou resistir aos padrões de acumulação capitalista no Brasil. Em especial, são focados os movimentos e entidades que reivindicam inserção na agricultura e a reprodução do seu modo de vida no meio rural. Busca-se compreender a fundamentação teórica e a motivação da ação coletiva que relaciona as aspirações dos movimentos sociais de base com o discurso do uso sustentável da terra. A pesquisa realizada teve como base revisão bibliográfica e relatórios de governos, ONG’s, movimentos sociais e pesquisadores, bem como entrevistas com representantes de movimentos sociais. Partiu-se do pressuposto de que interações pró-ativas de enfrentamento ao status...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Movimentos sociais; Conflitos; Sustentabilidade; Terra; Farm Management.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109597

A AGRICULTURA FAMILIAR E A CONSTRUÇÃO DA SEGURANÇA ALIMENTAR E NUTRICIONAL:A MULTIFUNCIONALIDADE COMO FATOR DE RESISTÊNCIA À INSEGURANÇA ALIMENTAR
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gomes Junior,   Newton Narciso; Botelho Filho,   Flavio Borges.
A discussão aqui apresentada, parte da noção de multifuncionalidade na agricultura familiar e argumenta sobre sua relevância na construção de mecanismos de resistência aos processos de fragmentação de práticas e hábitos alimentares em curso na atualidade e que comprometem a segurança alimentar e nutricional na sociedade.---------------------------------------------- In this paper are discussed, from the sphere of   multifuncionality of the farm family, the importance   of its aspects in the construction of a resistence against  the practices and food habits fragmentation that can result in a food insecurity.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Multifuncionalidade; Segurança alimentar e nutricional; Insegurança alimentar; Agricultura familiar; Food and Nutritional Safety; Food Insecurity; Farm family; Multifuncionality; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109715

A AGROINDÚSTRIA DE ALIMENTOS DE FRUTAS E HORTALIÇAS NO NORDESTE E NORTE DOS ESTADOS DE MINAS GERAIS E ESPÍRITO SANTO
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Brainer,   Maria Simone de Castro Pereira; Carneiro,   Wendell Marcio Araujo; Santos,   Jose Ailton Nogueira Dos; Souza,   Gilzenor Satyro De; Silva,   Carlos Enrique Gama E.
A Região Nordeste tornou-se a maior produtora de frutas irrigadas e de sequeiro, resultando na instalação de unidades de processamento distribuídas em todos os estados da área de atuação do Banco do Nordeste do Brasil – BNB (Região Nordeste e norte dos Estados de Minas Gerais e Espírito Santo). Como principal órgão de desenvolvimento dessa Região, o BNB necessita conhecer as características e problemas do processamento agroindustrial de alimentos em sua área de atuação, contribuindo para suas ações e políticas em relação ao setor, sendo este o objetivo desta pesquisa. As fontes de informações para o trabalho foram entrevistas com agroindustriais, intermediários, produtores rurais, centros de pesquisa e supermercados. Os resultados permitem concluir que...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agroindústria de alimentos; Processamento de frutas e hortaliças; Região Nordeste; Foods’ agroindustry; Processing of fruits and vegetable. Northeast Region; Agribusiness; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109440

A AGROINDÚSTRIA DE ALIMENTOS DERIVADOS DE CACAU NO NORDESTE BRASILEIRO
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Carneiro,   Wendell Marcio Araujo; Brainer,   Maria Simone de Castro Pereira; Santos,   Jose Ailton Nogueira Dos; Souza,   Gilzenor Satyro De; Silva,   Carlos Enrique Gama E.
O objetivo deste artigo é caracterizar o setor agroindustrial de alimentos derivados de cacau no Nordeste Brasileiro. O trabalho foi desenvolvido com base na metodologia de pesquisa descritiva e explicativa, focado na identificação das características e nas inter-relações entre os elos dessa atividade econômica no Nordeste. A agroindústria de derivados de cacau no Nordeste tem se expandido e apresentado maior integração com as cadeias produtivas do setor rural. Porém, o fortalecimento do setor agroindustrial depende, ainda, do fornecimento de matérias-primas com qualidade e regularidade; estabelecimento, disseminação e fiscalização de controles de qualidade e de normas e padrões sanitários; profissionalização de dirigentes nas áreas administrativas e de...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agroindústria; Cacau; Nordeste Brasileiro; Agro-industry; Cacao; Brazilian Northeast; Agribusiness; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/106075

A AGROINFORMÁTICA EM EMPRESAS RURAIS: ALGUMAS TENDÊNCIAS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cocaro,   Henri; Jesus,   Jose Carlos dos Santos.
A exemplo do que ocorreu no setor urbano, as novas tecnologias da informação aplicadas a agricultura integram-se a rapidamente. Em função disso, nesse artigo foram apresentadas e discutidas algumas tendências da agroinformática focando-se a utilização dos sistemas de informações gerenciais. Como considerações finais percebe-se que estes sistemas irão permear ainda mais as tecnologias da informação através de aplicações em: pacotes de software, ERP agropecuário, rastreabilidade de produtos de origem animal e vegetal, informações climáticas, redes (internet, portais e serviços web); cooperativas, assistência técnica e extensão rural, agricultura de precisão, zootecnia de precisão, e no Ensino a Distância. Embora existam ainda limitações, principalmente por...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Software agrícola; Tecnologia da informação; Sistemas de informações gerenciais; Agricultural software; Information technology; Management information systems; Farm Management.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/102898

A AMAZONIA E O MERCADO DE CARBONO
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lamarca Junior,   Mariano Rua; Chalita,   Marie Anne Najm; Godoy,   Amalia Maria Goldberg; Silva,   Cesar Roberto Leite da.
A Amazônia tem um destacado papel na crise ambiental global uma vez que, no Brasil,  há mais emissões de carbono por o desmatamento e queimadas do que pela queima de combustíveis de origem fóssil. Para discutir a problemática e a importância da inserção da Amazônia no mercado de carbono, parte-se dos processos de ocupação e uso dos recursos naturais da floresta e das contradições na formulação das políticas para a região. Com base nos conceitos de direitos de propriedade, direitos econômicos e rede social demonstra-se que a política atual de gestão e concessão da floresta pode também ancorar-se no mercado de carbono para agir diretamente sobre o caráter ilegal e clandestino das atividades que depredam a floresta e diminuir os conflitos existentes. Esta...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Amazônia; Mercado de carbono; Desenvolvimento sustentável; Amazon; Carbon market; Sustainable development; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109111

A ANALYSIS OF EVOLUTION OF BRAZIL´S TRADE RELATIONS WITH MERCOSUR AND OTHER ECONOMIC BLOCS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Braun,   Mirian Beatriz Schneider; Cardoso,   Rubiane Daniele; Westeren,   Knut Ingar.
O objetivo central deste trabalho é fazer uma retrospectiva histórica do processo de formação do Mercosul, o desenvolvimento das relações comerciais, bem como o conseqüente processo de convergência e divergência neste contexto. E ainda avaliar a eficácia do processo de interação no aumento das transações comerciais, tanto intra quanto extra-bloco. Nesta etapa, a característica que diferencia o outro é o processo de unificação dos estados. Desde o surgimento da idéia de integração das economias do Cone Sul da América Latina, ainda em meados dos anos-1980, o processo passou por várias fases. O primeiro edifício conhecido como o Mercosul, entre 1991 e 1998 caracteriza-se por um forte aumento do fluxo de comércio entre os países do...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Comércio; Integração econômica; Mercosul; Trade; Economic integration; Mercosur; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109676

A AVICULTURA INDUSTRIAL DE CORTE NO NORDESTE: ASPECTOS ECONÔMICOS E ORGANIZACIONAIS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Evangelista,   Francisco Raimundo; Nogueira Filho,   Antonio; Oliveira,   Alfredo Augusto Porto.
Este artigo resume uma pesquisa mais ampla desenvolvida em 2006/2007, com o objetivo de “divulgar informações recentes sobre a avicultura nordestina, [destacando] suas fortalezas e vulnerabilidades”. A abordagem adotada foi a dos agronegócios, tendo-se utilizado informações primárias obtidas em entrevistas junto aos seus vários atores, complementadas com dados secundários.  A principal vulnerabilidade dos estados da Bahia, Pernambuco e Ceara (focos deste artigo) está no suprimento de milho e soja para as rações. Os cultivos dos cerrados nordestinos (Bahia, Maranhão e Piauí) vêm contribuindo para reduzir o problema, mas a infra-estrutura de transporte ainda não é a ideal e, às vezes, há necessidade de recorrer às importações.  A produção independente é...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Nordeste; Avicultura Industrial; Sistema Agroindustrial do Frango; Brazilian northeast; Industrial Poultry; Commodity Systems; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/110031

A BARGAINING FRAMEWORK TO ESTABLISH OVER-ORDER PREMIUMS IN DAIRY MARKETS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Prasertsri,   Peerapon; Kilmer,   Richard L.
Given the approximate bilateral monopoly nature of Florida dairy industry (producers and processors), the monthly projected over-order premiums (i.e., the dollar amount above the Class I price) are determined by the generalized Nash bargaining model through the relevant prices, costs, bargaining power, and risk attitudes. The implications of the results are discussed.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22166

A Bargaining Model of Price Discovery in the Washington/Oregon  Asparagus Industry
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Folwell,   Raymond J.; Mittelhammer,   Ronald C.; Wang,   Changru.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries; Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/35950

A Battle of Taste and Environmental Convictions for Ecolabeled Seafood:  A Choice Experiment
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Roheim,   Cathy A.; Johnston,   Robert J.
This paper describes a choice experiment addressing preferences for ecolabeled seafood, in which the experimental design allows for choices among various fresh seafood products.  The primary emphasis is the potential trade-off between taste (i.e., a favored species) and the presence of an ecolabel, when multiple seafood products are available.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Consumer/Household Economics.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19357

A BAYESIAN APPROACH TO OPTIMAL CROSS-HEDGING OF COTTONSEED PRODUCTS USING SOYBEAN COMPLEX FUTURES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rahman,   Shaikh Mahfuzur; Dorfman,   Jeffrey H.; Turner,   Steven C.
Cottonseed crushers face substantial risk in terms of input and output price variability and they are limited in their planning by the lack of viable futures markets for cottonseed or cottonseed products. This study examines the feasibility of cross-hedging cottonseed products using soybean complex futures. Bayesian tests for market efficiency are performed on the cash and futures prices. The test results reject the presence of nonstationary roots, leading to the conclusion that the markets are not efficient. Different cross-hedging strategies are designed and analyzed for eight different hedging horizons in order to maximize the expected profit and utility of the crusher. A Bayesian approach is employed to estimate the parameters, which is consistent with...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Marketing.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19708

A Bayesian Belief Network to Infer Incentive Mechanisms to Reduce Antibiotic Use in Livestock Production
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ge,   Lan; Van Asseldonk,   Marcel A.P.M.; Valeeva,   Natasha I.; Hennen,   Wil; Bergevoet,   Ron H.M.
Efficient policy intervention to reduce antibiotic use in livestock production requires knowledge about the rationale underlying antibiotic usage. Animal health status and management quality are considered the two most important factors that influence farmers’ decision-making concerning antibiotic use. Information on these two factors is therefore crucial in designing incentive mechanisms. In this paper, a Bayesian belief network (BBN) is built to represent the knowledge on how these factors can directly and indirectly determine antibiotic use and the possible impact on economic incentives. Since both factors are not directly observable (i.e. latent), they are inferred from measurable variables (i.e. manifest variables) which are influenced by these...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114629

A Bayesian Examination of Anchoring Bias and Cheap Talks in Constructed Markets
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Aadland,   David; Caplan,   Arthur J.
We present a theoretical framework for understanding the relationship between anchoring bias, hypothetical bias, and cheap talk in constructed markets.  In our theory, interviewers provide agents with signals such as cheap talk and bid values while eliciting the value for nonmarket goods.  In response to these signals, agents revise their prior distributions over the value of the good.  Previous empirical studies have failed to account for the interaction between cheap talk and anchoring during this updating process, leading researchers to incorrectly assess the effects of cheap talk in reducing hypothetical bias.  In particular, we predict that cheap talk will appear to be more effective for relatively large bids.  We test our theory in an experimental...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Marketing.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19568

A Bayesian Implementation of the Standard Optimal Hedging Model: Parameter Estimation Risk and Subjective Views
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Shi,   Wei; Irwin,   Scott H.
We develop a Bayesian implementation of the standard optimal hedging model to analyze the impact of hedgers' subjective views on their hedging behavior. The results show the subjective views have a substantial impact on hedgers' optimal positions, explaining the large cross-sectional and time series variation of hedging positions in practice.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Marketing.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19155

A Bayesian Total Factor Productivity Analysis of Tropical Agricultural Systems in Central-Western Africa And South-East Asia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tonini,   Axel; Matus,   Silvia Saravia; Gomez y Paloma,   Sergio.
This paper computes and analyses total factor productivity (TFP) growth rates for tropical agricultural systems in Central-Western Africa and South-East Asia. Two regions that despite sharing common agro-ecological conditions, have pursued different adoption rates of green revolution technology and have reported dissimilar yields per hectare. A panel data set is constructed for the period 1987-2007 from the FAOSTAT database. A Bayesian stochastic frontier model with country specific temporal variation in technical efficiency is estimated. Technical efficiency estimates reveal that there is substantial room for improvement in both continental sub-sets and that TFP estimates show on average larger rates of growth for South-East Asian countries as compared to...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Bayesian Inference; Stochastic Production Frontier; Time Varying Technical Inefficiency; Total Factor Productivity Growth; Tropical Agricultural Systems; Farm Management; Productivity Analysis; C15; D24; O47.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/116088

A benefit cost analysis on management strategies for Queensland Fruit Fly: methods and observations
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Harvey,   Sallyann; Fisher,   Bill; Larson,   Kristoffer; Malcolm,   Bill.
The Queensland Fruit Fly (QFF) — Bactrocera tryoni — poses a significant threat to horticultural production in Victoria causing losses of fruit and jeopardising access to interstate and international markets. The Victorian Government implements and largely funds an area freedom program to manage QFF. Concern about the record number of outbreaks in 2007-08 and the escalating costs of maintaining the current management regime, led the Victorian Department of Primary Industries to review the program to identify improved strategies for managing QFF. As part of this work, a benefit cost analysis (BCA) of alternative strategies has been conducted. While the BCA method is well established, in general few studies are publicly available for area freedom programs....
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/59740

A Better Approach to Resolving Variable Selection Uncertainty in Meta Analysis for Benefits Transfer
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Randall,   Alan; Chen,   Ding-Rong.
Because original high-quality non-market valuation studies can be expensive, perhaps prohibitively so, benefits transfer (BT) approaches are often used for valuing, e.g., the outputs of multifunctional agriculture. Here we focus on the use of BT functions, a preferred method, and address an under-appreciated problem – variable selection uncertainty – and demonstrate a conceptually superior method of resolving it. We show that the standard method of value-function BT, using the full estimated model, may generate BT values that are too sensitive to insignificant variables, whereas models reduced by backward elimination of insignificant variables pay no attention to insignificant variables that may in fact have some influence on values. Rather than searching...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114788

A Bibliography of Australian Farm Management Research and Publication
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cooper,   Ian M.
One of the outcomes of the merger of the Farm Management Society of Central South Australia and AARES was a project to record the history of the Australian Farm Management Society. As part of this project it was decided to develop a bibliography of Australian Farm Management Research and Publication. It has been produced as a web site to facilitate further development. One of the problems is what to include or exclude from the bibliography. This hinges on one's definition of "Farm Management". The approach taken will be explored and progress to date reported.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Bibliography; Farm Management; Online; Farm Management.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24357

A BILATERAL COMPARISON OF FRUIT AND VEGETABLE CONSUMPTION: U.S AND CANADA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Richards,   Timothy J.; Patterson,   Paul M.
A structural latent variable model tests the role quality and information play in explaining observed differences in Canadian and U.S. produce consumption (5.0 vs. 3.5 servings/day).  Dietary health information is significant in expanding demands.  Quality promotes fruit consumption in Canada, consistent with the Alchian-Allen prediction.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21891

A Binary Logit Analysis of Factors Impacting Adoption of Genetically Modified Cotton
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Banerjee,   Swagata (Ban); Martin,   Steven W.
Agricultural Resource Management Survey (ARMS) data for 2003 were used to estimate two binary logit models for two definitions of genetically modified (GM) cottonseed adoption. Results indicate conservation tillage did not positively affect adoption of GM cotton with either of these definitions, while adoption of GM cotton in the previous year did. Refuge cotton also did not affect these adoption decisions for the study year.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural Resource Management Survey (ARMS); Binary logit model; Conservation tillage; Cotton; Genetically modified seed; Herbicide-resistant cotton; Jackknife procedure; Refuge cotton; Stacked-gene cotton; Technology adoption; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37140

A Binary-Ordered Probit Model of Cigarette Demand
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kasteridis,   Panagiotis P.; Munkin,   Murat K.; Yen,   Steven T.
This study analyzes the demand for cigarettes fitting observed zero outcomes with a trivariate model consisting of an equation for the starting smoking decision, an equation for the quitting decision, and an equation that models the level of cigarettes consumed. Five competing specifications are considered to explain level, with the ordered probit, which accommodates pile-ups of counts in the dependent variable, providing the best fit. Marginal effects of explanatory variables are calculated providing strong evidence of race and gender differences in consumption patterns. The estimated marginal effects are robust to alternative categorizations of the level of cigarettes.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9862

A Binomial Tree Approach to Valuing Fixed Rotation Forests and Flexible Rotation Forests Under a Mean Reverting Timber Price Process
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tee,   James; Scarpa,   Riccardo; Marsh,   Dan; Guthrie,   Graeme.
NPV and LEV are established and common approaches to valuing single rotation and infinite rotation forests respectively, when the rotation age is fixed in advanced. More recently, Real Options approaches have been employed to value single and infinite rotation forests with a flexible harvest age. Under a stochastic timber price process, it has been shown that the valuation of a flexible rotation forest is equal or higher than that of a fixed rotation forest, because a flexible harvest regime delays the harvest if the timber price is not favourable, whereas a fixed harvest regime would proceed to harvest regardless of the price. Often, valuation of fixed and flexible rotation ages are compared using 2 different methods – NPV (or LEV) and Real Options. The...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: NPV; LEV; Real Options; Optimal Harvest Decision; Agribusiness; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/96836

A BIO-BASED FUTURE: BLUE SKY OR OPPORTUNITY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jensen,   Lynn.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33397

A Bioeconomic Analysis of Protected Area use in Fisheries Management
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Greenville,   Jared W.; MacAulay,   T. Gordon.
The use of protected areas as a fishery management tool has been suggested as a hedge against management failures and variation in harvests. A stochastic bioeconomic model of a two-species fishery will be used to test the performance of protected areas as a management tool in a fishery with heterogenous environments. Protected areas are analysed under density-dependent and sink-source dispersal relationships between environments within the fishery. Differing levels of management control over fishery resource extraction are analysed. The model is applied to Manning Bioregion in NSW. The focus of the study is placed on the biological and institutional characteristics that yield benefits to the fishery.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21469

A Bioeconomic Analysis of the Duration of Conservation Contracts
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Crowe,   Bronwyn; White,   Benedict.
Conservation and restoration of native vegetation is often a gradual process which may require many years to transform an ecosystem from one vegetative state to a target ecosystem. This process is stochastic, with some changes potentially irreversible. In contrast, contracts with landholders to undertake conservation measures on their property are typically for less than ten years and often make no contingencies for re-contracting at the end of the contract period. The risk to land holders and conservation agencies of contracts not being renewed and the consequent potential loss of previous investment means including covenants in conservation contracts may be attractive to both parties. A model is developed to empirically examine the optimal dynamic...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: POMDP; Biodiversity; Contracts; Monitoring; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9457

A bio-economic evaluation of the American Foulbrood (AFB) control program in Western Australia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ghose,   Ananda; Hawkins,   Chris.
American foulbrood (AFB) is considered the most significant brood disease of bees in Western Australia. The Department of Agriculture of Western Australia (DAWA) provides assistance to apiarists by way of quarantine and surveillance measures under the AFB control program. A bio-economic evaluation was considered necessary by the department for setting future policy direction. As a way forward, a number of risk analysis scenarios were simulated to estimate the future prevalence rate of AFB in the absence of the present program. This epidemiological investigation was complemented by an economic evaluation which identifies the extent of benefit that flows through to direct beneficiaries. The paper provides a comprehensive bio-economic analysis and suggests...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58449

A bioeconomic model for determining the optimal response to a new weed incursion in Australian cropping systems
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jayasuriya,   Rohan T.; Jones,   Randall E.
Invasions by non-indigenous plant species pose serious economic threats to Australian agricultural industries. When an invasion is discovered a decision has to be made as to whether to attempt to eradicate it, contain it or do nothing. These decisions should be based on long term benefits and costs. This paper describes a bioeconomic simulation framework with a mathematical model representing weed spread linked to a dynamic programming model to provide a means of determining the economically optimal weed management strategies over time. The modelling framework is used to evaluate case study invasive weed control problems in the Australian grains industry.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Weeds; Incursion; Bioeconomic model; Crop Production/Industries; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6015

A bioeconomic model of a marine park
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Greenville,   Jared W.; MacAulay,   T. Gordon.
A spatial bioeconomic model of a fishery will be used to investigate the effect of creating a marine park in a heterogeneous environment. Focus will be placed on the relevant biological and economic conditions needed to provide a benefit to both fishers and conservationists alike. The fishing environment will be one of limited entry to better simulate the conditions which exist in many developed nations. Fishers will be assumed to operate across patched in which the fish stocks are linked via either sink-source or density dependant spatial relationships.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Bioeconomic; Marine protected area; Fisheries; Environmental Economics and Policy; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58451

A Bio-economic Model of a Shrimp Hatchery in the Mekong River Delta of Vietnam
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sinh,   L.X.; MacAulay,   T. Gordon; Brennan,   Donna C.
Shrimp culture areas and production of the Mekong Delta cover about 60 percent of the total shrimp areas and production of Vietnam. Especially, the Delta contributes about 80 percent of the total shrimp production for export. Rapid development of the shrimp industry is raising a number of serious problems that need to be solved. Shrimp seed supply (post larvae production) plays an essential role in the shrimp industry and it is one of the most important constraints to the development of the shrimp industry in the Delta. The focus of this study is aimed at obtaining an improvement in both the profit per day and post larvae production of the shrimp hatchery in the Mekong River Delta of Vietnam. A Monte Carlo simulation approach was applied to develop a...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Shrimp hatchery; Larval stage; System simulation modelling; Agricultural and Food Policy; Production Economics.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58261

A BIOECONOMIC MODEL OF SPATIAL POLICY OPTIONS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Smith,   Martin D.; Wilen,   James E.
This paper outlines an empirical bioeconomic model that is spatially explicit.  It combines a metapopulation model of sea urchin biology with a discrete choice econometric analysis of harvester behavior.  Discrete choice results are used to simulate short-term spatial closures in the fishery, and implications for long-term spatial management are discussed.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21749

A Bioeconomic Model of the Soybean Aphid Treatment Decision in Soybeans
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Olson,   Kent D.; Badibanga,   Thaddee Mutumba.
Since its first detection in the North Central region in July 2000, the soybean aphid (Aphis glycines Matsamura) has caused considerable loss in soybean (Glycine max L.) yield, bean quality, and producer income.  Discovered first in Wisconsin and then in adjoining states, it is currently distributed in 21 US states and parts of Canada. In 2003, over 42 million acres of soybean in the North Central US were infested and over 7 million acres were treated with insecticides to control soybean aphid (Landis et al. 2003). Populations exceeding 24,000 aphids per plant and 40% losses in seed yield have been reported (DiFonzo &amp; Hines 2002). Even prior to the outbreak of 2003, the Soybean Strategic Pest Management Plan identified soybean aphid as one of the key...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Soybean aphid; Bioeconomic model; Farm Management.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19237

A BIO-ECONOMIC MODEL OF WETLAND PROTECTION ON PRIVATE LANDS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Whitten,   Stuart M.; Bennett,   Jeffrey W.
Wetland ecosystems on privately owned farms – such as those on the Murrumbidgee River Floodplain in the state of New South Wales, Australia – provide a mix of potentially valuable outputs to their owners and the wider community.  The mix of values generated is dependent on the biophysical status of the wetlands, which in-turn, is dependent on the land management in and around these multiple-output ecosystems.  Despite the range of private and public values generated, management decisions are based primarily on the private values that landowners receive.  These private land management decisions also affect social values.  Hence, there is potentially a demand for public policy to influence decisions based on the social values wetlands generate.  This paper...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20122

A BIOMASSA FLORESTAL (LENHA) COMO INSUMO ENERGÉTICO PARA OS ARTESÃOS DA CIDADE DE TRACUNHAÉM/PE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Silva,   Ana Maria Navaes Da; Albuquerque,   Jose de Lima; Silva,   Elizandro Souza Da; Santos Filho,   Demorval Dos; Barbosa,   Waldinilson Barros.
Situado na Zona da Mata pernambucana, o município de Tracunhaém tem como principal atividade econômica a cerâmica artesanal. A arte ceramista do município conta com renomados artistas, o que faz da cidade um dos maiores centros de excelência na arte da modelagem do barro no país. Pernambuco abriga parte de dois biomas importantíssimos para a biodiversidade do planeta, a Mata Atlântica e a Caatinga, apresenta preocupante estado de degradação ambiental.Os impactos variam desde pequenos focos de desmatamentos, até áreas em processo de desertificação. Este trabalho analisa a demanda por biomassa florestal pelos artesãos de Tracunhaém, em Pernambuco. As atividades desenvolvidas pelos artesãos  apresentam um grande potencial impactante, pois além de utilizarem a...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Biomassa florestal; Artesão; Consumo de lenha; Energia renovável; Forest biomass; Craftsman; Consumption of firewood; Renewable energy; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109606

A CADEIA AGROINDUSTRIAL DE FUMOS CLAROS DO SUL DO BRASIL E A “CONVENÇÃO-QUADRO PARA O CONTROLE DO TABACO”: ESTRATÉGIAS E PERSPECTIVAS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Silva,   Leonardo Xavier da.
A cadeia agroindustrial do tabaco no sul do Brasil está estruturada a partir de dois grupos distintos. De um lado, centenas de milhares de pequenos agricultores e, de outro, uma indústria constituída por um oligopólio de capital multinacional. A produção é a de fumos claros, cujo principal mercado é o externo, que o compra para transformá-lo em cigarros. O Brasil é o líder mundial dos negócios em tabaco para cigarros e nos últimos três anos têm-se colocado diante de um fato novo: a Convenção-Quadro para o controle do Tabaco, documento confeccionado e assinado por mais de cem países e cujo objetivo é reduzir a produção da folha no mundo. As reações dos agentes da cadeia têm sido distintas. Pelo lado dos agricultores, instituições como a Associação dos...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Cadeia agroindustrial; Fumos claros; Sul do Brasil; Convenção-quadro; Agro industrial chain; Tobacco to cigarette; South of Brazil; Framework Convention; Agribusiness; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/113965

A Calibrate Auction-conjoint Experiment to Elicit Consumer Valuation of Sustainable Farming: Is Agro-systems Preservation Relevant?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Avitia,   Jessica; Costa-Font,   Montserrat; Gil,   Jose Maria; Lusk,   Jayson L.
This paper analyses the role of agro-systems preservation on making food choices. It employs the “Calibrate Auction-Conjoint Valuation method” (CACM), which relates hypothetical conjoint valuation of product attributes with real market behavior using real economic incentives. The paper also allows comparing the hypothetical and nonhypothetical valuations in order to value the difference between the theoretic and the incentive-compatible WTP for a same respondent and within a single experiment. Thus the paper aims at testing for: 1) the internal consistency on people’s behavior towards sustainable agriculture, and 2) the relevance of the price attribute versus agro-ecosystems preservation for a fresh product. Results suggest that Spanish respondents’...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Consumer/Household Economics; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114213

A Canadian Agricultural Economist's Perspective on the Canada-U.S. Trade Liberalization Talks
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Spriggs,   John.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 1986
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/50686

A CANADIAN PERSPECTIVE ON NORTH AMERICAN AGRICULTURAL TRADE FLOWS (1988-98)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rattray,   Brian.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/16850

A CANADIAN POLICY ANALYST'S PERSPECTIVE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Price,   Richard Tudor.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 1996
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/16966

A CAPSULE HISTORY OF THE ITALIAN-MINNESOTA EXCHANGE: A MINNESOTA PERSPECTIVE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Raup,   Philip M.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14493

A CARGA TRIBUTÁRIA SOBRE OS INSUMOS AGRÍCOLAS UTILIZADOS NA CULTURA DA UVA NO VALE DO SÃO FRANCISCO.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Souza,   Ana Mary De; Moura,   Antonio Fernandes C. De; Britto,   Waldenir Sidney Fagundes.
Este trabalho tem como objetivo demonstrar a quantificação dos tributos  inerentes aos insumos agrícolas utilizados na cultura da uva. O resultado  desse artigo demonstra que para os insumos agrícolas utilizados na cultura da  uva ter uma menor carga tributária, seria necessário que os Estados e a União  concedessem benefícios fiscais a todos esses produtos, pois hoje apenas  Adubos/Fertilizantes e Defensivos gozam desses benefícios. O Estado de  Pernambuco concede o benefício fiscal de isenção do ICMS aos Adubos e  Defensivos para as saídas internas e uma redução em sua base de cálculo de  30% e 60% respectivamente nas saídas interestaduais e os Tributos Federais do  PIS e COFINS, tem as suas alíquotas reduzidas a 0,00% (zero), benefício  concedido pela...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Tributos; Insumos Agrícolas; Cultura da Uva; Taxes; Agricultural products; Grapes plantation; Agricultural Finance; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/113200

A CASE AGAINST THE SIMULTANEOUS USE OF MARKET ACCESS RESTRICTIONS, DOMESTIC SUPPORT, AND EXPORT SUBSIDIES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Garcia,   Roberto J.
The Uruguay Round of GATT introduced market disciplines to international trade in agricultural commodities.  However, in cases where countries negotiated the right to limit market access, support domestic production at high levels and subsidize exports, the spirit of the WTO rules have been violated.  The Norwegian meat market (beef, pork, lamb and mutton, and chicken) situations are studied in terms of the policy implications and WTO commitments.   If Norway's policy objective is to target some level of production that satisfies its non-trade concerns, then semi-decoupled income support could be an improvement over a policy mix that simultaneously restricts market access, provides domestic support and applies export subsidies.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Norway; Meat; Market access limitations; Domestic support; Export subsidies; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25915

A CASE FOR SUBVENTION OF PRIVATE LANDOWNERS IN THE LOUISIANA COASTAL ZONE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Caffey,   Rex H.
The Louisiana Coastal Zone (LCZ) is experiencing an unparalleled crisis of wetland loss, most of which (75%) is occurring on private lands.  This paper use agricultural conservation policy as a comparative construct in a commentary that examines the rationale and methodology of providing economic incentives to subsidize wetland restoration on private lands in the LCZ.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/35045

A CASE STUDY OF EXTENSION'S RESPONSE TO HEALTH CARE REFORM
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Garkovich,   Lorraine.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Health Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1993
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17137

A Case Study of the Impact of Bioenergy Development Upon Crop Production, Livestock Feeding, and Water Resource Usage in Kansas
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: O'Brien,   Daniel M.; Woolverton,   Mike; Maddy,   Lucas; Pozo,   Veronica F.; Roe,   Joshua D.; Tajchman,   Jenna R.; Yeager,   Elizabeth A.
The development of grain-based ethanol production in Kansas has had a marked impact upon the feedgrain and livestock industries of the state.  The increased focus on feedgrain production stemming from ethanol development impacts the use and sustainability of Kansas water resources, and has changed the proportional mix of crops grown in the state.  The need to handle increased amounts of feedgrains and to transport them to ethanol plants has affected the functional role of local grain elevators as well as the directional flow of grain within the state.  The grain trucking industry has been dramatically affected by the increase in demand for moving both feedstock inputs and co-product outputs to and from ethanol plants in the state.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries; Livestock Production/Industries; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6432

A Categorical Data Analysis on Risks in Agriculture
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Uematsu,   Hiroki; Mishra,   Ashok K.
This study compares farm operators’ risk perceptions and actual realization of risk attitudes revealed through off-farm labor, enterprise diversification, and use of contracts, crop insurance, and other types of insurance, using data from 2001 Agricultural Resource Management Survey (ARMS). Results from ordered logit model and multivariate probit models unexpectedly found that risk loving farmers are more likely to employ risk management strategies.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Risk; Agribusiness; Crop Production/Industries; Labor and Human Capital; Marketing; Production Economics; Risk and Uncertainty; D81; Q10; Q12.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/98839

A century of crop yield density estimation with perspectives
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Pujula,   Aude Liliana; Maradiaga,   David Isaias; Zapata,   Hector O.; Dicks,   Michael R.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61909

A CHEESE MAKER'S OUTLOOK ON COMPETING IN A CHANGING DAIRY SECTOR (PowerPoint Presentation)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Taylor,   Sue M.
POWERPOINT PRESENTATION
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33187

A CHILEAN PERSPECTIVE ON BILATERAL AND REGIONAL MARKET ACCESS AGREEMENTS (PowerPoint Presentation)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rojas,   Gustavo A.
POWERPOINT PRESENTATION
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33099

A choice experiment method to assess vegetables producers’ preferences for crop insurance
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mercade,   Lluc; Gil,   Jose Maria; Kallas,   Zein; Serra,   Jordi.
Agricultural producers face many risks in their economic activity due to weather conditions, plant or animal diseases, price volatility, policy changes and so on. One of the management tools to deal with some of these risks is the crop insurance system. In Catalonia (North-East of Spain) farmers’ participation in crop insurance for vegetables is low. Only 5 percent of the vegetables area is insured, when in Spain, as a whole, this percentage is around 20 percent. Different reasons have been suggested to explain this low participation ratio such as low risk perception, risk diversification, insurance cost or crop damage assessment rules, among others. However, no systematic research has been undertaken to assess farmers’ preferences for crop insurance in...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Crop insurance; Vegetables; Choice experiments; Catalonia.; Agricultural and Food Policy; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58090

A CHOICE EXPERIMENT MODEL FOR BEEF ATTRIBUTES:  WHAT CONSUMER PREFERENCES TELL US
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Loureiro,   Maria L.; Umberger,   Wendy J.
This paper reports the main findings obtained from a U.S. consumer choice experiment regarding perceptions of food safety and meat attributes, and to the extent to which these attitudes translate into willingness-to-pay (WTP) for labeled ribeye steaks. The results indicate that USDA food safety inspection labels, labels indicating that the steak is tender, or the ability to trace back the animal to the farm are more important to consumers than country of origin labeling.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Consumer/Household Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19931

A Choice-Based Conjoint Experiment with Genetically Engineered Cotton in the Mississippi Delta
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Banerjee,   Swagata (Ban); Martin,   Steven W.; Hudson,   Darren.
Producers' preferences for cottonseed are examined using a willingness-to-pay (WTP) approach via mail surveys. Results indicate a positive WTP for yield, technology and fiber quality, and it increases with the level of technology and quality, respectively. WTP varies directly with farm size and inversely with farm labor.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/35389

A CHOICE-EXPERIMENT BASED ANALYSIS OF PROTECTION MOTIVATION THEORY: HEALTH RELATED BEHAVIOR OF CONSUMERS WITH CELIAC DISEASE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Zhang,   Jing; Steiner,   Bodo E.
The underlying components of protection motivation theory (PMT; Rogers 1983) are explored through choice experiment-based analysis within a random utility framework, to account for some of the motivational, cognitive, and affective processes that likely affect celiacs’ propensity to use a novel health-risk reducing product. Those four groups of variables that are aimed to capture threat appraisal and coping appraisal processes as part of the standard PMT (Rogers 1975, 1983; Floyd et al. 2000) are found to contribute significantly to explaining the adaptive response of celiacs. Self-assessed vulnerability and perceived product efficacy form a most significant part of respondents’ threat appraisal process. Standard socio-demographic and lifestyle...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Celiac disease; Protection motivation theory; Choice experiments; Confidence; Risk perceptions; Vulnerability; Efficacy; Agricultural and Food Policy; Consumer/Household Economics; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Health Economics and Policy; D03; D12.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/116454

A closer look at the role of the fruit and vegetable planting restriction provision on land use in the United States
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lei,   Lei; Rickard,   Bradley J.; Balagtas,   Joseph Valdes; Krissoff,   Barry.
Current U.S. farm programs make payments to farmers based in part on historical base acres planted in particular program crops such as corn, soybeans, cotton, wheat and soybeans. Eligibility for payments includes regulations on the crops allowed to be grown on base acres, and there are restrictions on planting horticultural crops on such base acres. The fruits and planting restriction on base acres has potentially influenced the number of acres planted to fruits and vegetables over the past two decades. This research carefully examines the effects of planting restrictions applied to vegetables and program crops, using county-level data in the United States in 1982, 1987, 1992 and 1997. The paper employs the difference-indifference (DiD) approach to...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103992

A cognitive psychological approach of analyzing preference uncertainty in contingent valuation
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Akter,   Sonia; Bennett,   Jeffrey W.
The sources of preference uncertainty in contingent valuation (CV) studies have rarely been investigated from a theoretical standpoint. This paper proposes a holistic theoretical framework of preference uncertainty that combines microeconomic theory with the theories of cognitive psychology. Empirical testing of the proposed theoretical model was carried out in Australia in the context of a national ‘Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS)’ to be introduced in 2010. Two separate ordered probit models for a certainty score associated with CV ‘Yes’ and ‘No’ responses were estimated. The results of the estimated regression models provide evidence supporting the hypotheses drawn from the theoretical model.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Contingent valuation; Preference uncertainty; Cognitive uncertainty; Climate change; Australia.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47938

A COLLECTIVE PERFORMANCE-BASED CONTRACT FOR POINT-NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION TRADING
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Taylor,   Michael A.; Randall,   Alan; Sohngen,   Brent.
Collective performance-based trading can be achieved by pairing a team contract with an auction to determine team membership.  The auction effectively overcomes adverse selection, and the team contract reduces the incentive to "free-ride" associated with moral hazard in teams.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22069

A COMERCIALIZAÇÃO DOS PRODUTOS ORGÂNICOS NA FEIRA AGROECOLÓGICA DE MACEIÓ/AL: UMA AVALIAÇÃO SOB A LÓGICA DA TEORIA DOS CUSTOS DE TRANSAÇÃO
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lages,   Andre Maia Gomes; Barbosa,   Luciano Celso Brandao Guerreiro.
A Teoria dos Custos de Transação disciplina que em um determinado mercado deverá haver um fluxo de informação, de maneira a propiciar um ambiente favorável à diminuição da incerteza (e assimetria de informação) que evitariam à ocorrência de atitudes oportunistas, e consequentemente a redução dos custos de transação. Na agricultura orgânica a certificação formalmente estabelecida é o único instrumento que garante que o produto possa ser classificado realmente como orgânico. Este ensaio parte do pressuposto de que um sólido ambiente institucional pode garantir uma reputação ao produtor e as empresas varejistas dando ao consumidor a crença nas suas palavras mesmo sem a presença de uma certificação orgânica formal e reduzindo os custos de transação. E...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Confiança; Agricultura orgânica e teoria dos custos de transação; Trust; Organic agriculture and theory of the transaction cost; Farm Management.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114140

A COMMUNITY ECONOMICS PERSPECTIVE ON COASTAL EROSION MANAGEMENT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kriesel,   Warren; Turner,   Steven C.
A proposed beach improvement project at Jekyll Island, Ga. is opposed by county residents on tax equity grounds. In addition to general revenue financing, user fees for this type of infrastructure improvement are investigated. User fees are found to be both financially and politically feasible.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21970

A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF FOOD QUALITY ASSURANCE SCHEMES: THE CASE OF NEULAND AND EUREPGAP
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gay,   Stephan Hubertus; Schneider,   Andreas.
Food Quality Assurance Schemes (QAS) are widely applied in the European Union. Neuland and EurepGAP represent two different approaches. Neuland differentiates meat clearly by a strict emphasis on rules regarding animal welfare to provide consumers with meat produced at a high animal welfare standard. EurepGAP certifies the compliance to international accepted standards with regard to Good Agricultural Practise to ease the exchange of products throughout the supply chain. In terms of overall benefits and costs, the study showed that for both QAS the benefits clearly outweigh the costs. This paper compares the schemes and their implications for the agro-food chain.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Quality Assurance Schemes; Food policy; Food chain; Agribusiness; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7591

A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF RISK PREFERENCE ELICITATION PROCEDURES USING MAIL SURVEY RESULTS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fausti,   Scott W.; Gillespie,   Jeffrey M.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/36469

A Comparative Analysis of the Meat Sector in Hungary and Emilia-Romagna: Performance and Efficiency
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Brasili,   Cristina; Fanfani,   Roberto; Maccarini,   Elisa Ricci; Monasterolo,   Irene.
In the last years, a lot of important changes occurred inside the European Union after the entering of 12 new member States. The rate of economic growth of the new member States has been higher the other EU members. In Hungary, particularly, the growth level has reached an intermediate position, placing itself at 4% GDP per capita. Comparative analysis are needed to better understand the process of catching-up and to evaluate how the integration between EU regions and countries is going on. The aim of this paper is to compare the economic and efficiency performance of firms in Hungary and Emilia-Romagna, considering a specific sector, meat processing and storage, of the food industry). We will investigate if in the last years the integration process has...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Firms financial-economic performances; Stochastic production function; Agri-food districts; Meat processing industry; Hungarian and Emilia-Romagna food industry; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7845

A comparative analysis of the purchase motivations of Fair Trade products: the impact of social capital
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: De Devitiis,   Biagia; D'Alessio,   Massimiliano; Maietta,   Ornella Wanda.
Objective of this paper is to analyse the motivations in the purchase of Fair Trade (FT) food products sold in the World Shops (WS) in order to characterize WS consumer profiles according to the ethical content of their motivations. A questionnaire has been distributed, at this end, to a sample of consumers in Emilia Romagna, Puglia and in Campania. A principal component analysis has been performed in order to identify the main motivations in the purchase. On the basis of these results, consumers have been classified, by applying a cluster analysis, in homogenous segments. The cluster analysis reveals that 76% of consumers in Emilia Romagna buy FT products for an ethical motivation, 56% of consumers in Puglia and 43% of consumers in Campania buy these...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Ethical consumer; Fair trade; Social capital; Demand and Price Analysis; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44148

A Comparative Analysis of US and Canadian Consumers' Perceptions Towards BSE Testing and the use of GM Organisms in Beef Production: Evidence from a Choice Experiment
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Steiner,   Bodo E.; Yang,   Jun.
Replaced with revised version of paper 07/24/07.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Choice experiments; Multinomial logit; Beef labeling; Livestock Production/Industries; D12; L66; C35.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9977

A Comparative Assessment of the Broiler:Corn Ratio and Its Impact on Broiler Processors' Profitability
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hamm,   Sandra J.; Goodwin,   Harold L., Jr.; McKenzie,   Andrew M.
Input prices for broiler production, particularly corn, are becoming increasingly volatile due to increasing competition for corn from ethanol and biofuels production suggesting volatility in poultry profits will follow indicator of profits relating feed input prices and broiler meat output prices, such as a Broiler:corn ratios. Total chicken exports, total chicken ready-to-cook production, number of eggs set, number of chicks placed, and cold storage chicken inventory are used to estimate. Utilizing a distributed lag model, seventeen years of data for three Broiler:corn ratios, broiler exports, egg set, chick placements, cold storage stocks, and ready-to-cook broiler production were utilized to estimate stock share price for four major broiler producers.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6665

A comparative cost-effectiveness analysis of biodiversity indicators in grassland farming systems
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Targetti,   Stefano; Viaggi,   Davide; Cuming,   David.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Farm Management; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/116077

A comparative efficiency analysis of wheat farms using parametric and nonparametric methods
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mo,   Lijia.
This study examined whether the efficiency measures were invariant to choice of parametric and nonparametric methods for a sample of 183 wheat farms. The efficiency measures from the deterministic parametric method were smaller than those from the deterministic method. There was a trade-off between scale efficiency and economic efficiency. In the deterministic nonparametric method, the economic efficiency, scale efficiency and overall efficiency results were invariant to the number of inputs or the dimensionality. Only allocative and pure technical efficiency measures depended on the dimensionality. This work illustrated the importance of holding curvature for the cost function in stochastic frontier results.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Efficiency analysis; Deterministic nonparametric method; Parametric stochastic frontier; Production Economics; Q11.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56427

A Comparative Efficiency Analysis of Wheat Farms using Parametric and Nonparametric Methods
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mo,   Lijia; Featherstone,   Allen M.
Updated version added 1/15/2010
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Efficiency Analysis; Deterministic Nonparametric Method; Parametric; Stochastic Frontier.; Production Economics; Q12.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56778

A Comparative Evaluation of Cash Flow and Batch Profit Hedging Effectiveness in Commodity Processing
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dahlgran,   Roger A.
Agribusinesses make long-term plant-investment decisions based on discounted cash flow.  It is therefore incongruous for an agribusiness firm to use cash flow as a plant-investment criterion and then to completely discard cash flow in favor of batch profits as an operating objective.  This paper assumes that cash flow and its stability are important to commodity processors and examines methods for hedging cash flows under continuous processing.  Its objectives are (a) to determine how standard hedging models should be modified to hedge cash flows, (b) to outline the differences between cash flow hedging and profit hedging, and (c) to determine the effectiveness of hedging in reducing cash flow variability.  A cash flow hedging methodology is developed....
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Marketing.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19007

A Comparative Study of EU and US Trade Policies for Developing Countries: The Case of Agri-Food Products
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Di Rubbo,   P.; Canali,   Gabriele.
Trade relations between developed and developing countries are one of the hot topics of the ongoing World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations. The conclusion of the Cotonou Agreement between EU and African, Caribbean and Pacific countries, the introduction of the EU’s Everything But Arms initiative for the least developed countries and the United States’ African Growth and Opportunity Act for 39 African Countries, represents tangible incentives for many developing countries to continue their efforts to open their economies and build free markets. This paper analyzes the trade creating effects of EU and US trade policies as total effect, for agri-food products of developing countries in a gravity model framework. Data refer to a 10 year period: 1996-2005....
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Gross Trade Creation; Agricultural Trade Policy; Developed and Developing Countries; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43961

A Comparison of Actual and Hypothetical Willingness to Pay of Parents and Non-Parents for Protecting Infants' Health: The Case of Nitrates in Drinking Water
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Loomis,   John B.; Asmus, Cheryl; Bell, Paul.
The objective of this research was to estimate adults' willingness to pay to reduce health risks to their or other families's infants, the latter to test for altruism. A choice experiment was conducted by having adults pay for bottled water for infants to reduce infants' exposure to nitrates in drinking water. Since nitrates only affect infants' health, we have isolated the adults' willingness to pay just for infants' health by buying bottled water to avoid infants' nitrate intake. Respondents were separated into two treatments, one with hypothetical choices, and the other where respondents were told that one of their four choices would be binding, and they would actually buy bottled water using money given to them at the beginning of the experiment....
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Altruism; Conjoint; Drinking water; Validity; Willingness to pay; Health Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9358

A COMPARISON OF ANNUAL, QUARTERLY AND MONTHLY TURKEY EXPORT MODELS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Colyer,   Dale.
Structural time series models of turkey exports were estimated using monthly, quarterly and annual data.  The trend is statistically significant in all three models, seasonals are significant in the quarterly and monthly models.  Exchange rates, lagged prices, and lagged production were explanatory factors in the monthly model; exchange rates and prices in the quarterly model; but only the exchange rates in the annual model.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Turkey exports; International trade; Structural time series; International Development.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19106

A Comparison of Auction and Choice Experiment: An Application to Consumer Willingness to Pay for Rice with Improved Storage Management
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Su,   Lianfan; Adam,   Brian D.; Lusk,   Jayson L.; Arthur,   Frank.
Experimental auction and discrete choice experiment are two popular value elicitation methods. Theoretically they should yield the same results but empirical results have been mixed (e.g., Lusk and Schroeder 2004, 2006; Corrigan et al. 2010.) This study uses both methods to determine consumers’ willingness to pay (WTP) for rice with improved insect control and for rice stored using Integrated Pest Management (IPM). This study investigates two potential reasons – anchoring and information – for why some studies have found apparent inconsistencies between auction and choice experiment results. Results indicate that consumers’ WTP derived in the auction and choice experiments are significantly different. Consumers’ average bids in the auction are higher than...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: 2nd price auction; Choice experiment; Price level; Information; Consumer/Household Economics; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103975

A COMPARISON OF CAPITAL MEASURES IN U.S. AGRICULTURE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Andersen,   Matthew A.; Alston,   Julian M.
This study compares two panel data sets that measure capital input at the state-level in U.S. agriculture. Despite a number of similarities between the data sets, such as the composition of assets, aggregation procedures, and time frame, an examination of the final estimates of capital service flows reveals that they are drastically different for all 48 contiguous states. We examine the methods used to construct the capital series for each data set, consider some important differences in data sources and the types of data used to construct the capital measures, and outline the main assumptions concerning depreciation, service lives, interest rates, aggregation, and the scope of goods included in each of the data sets. The analysis indicates that an...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20153

A COMPARISON OF CONJOINT RATINGS AND RANKINGS: AN APPLICATION FOR PASSIVE USE VALUES OF FOREST HEALTH
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Haefele,   Michelle A.; Loomis,   John B.
This paper tests the equivalence of conjoint ratings and rankings to estimate the values of prevention of forest pest infestations.  It was found that rankings constructed from ratings were not statistically different from actual rankings.  This implies that the easier ratings format can be used in conjoint analysis.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/35729

A Comparison of Conventional and Organic Milk Production Systems in the U.S.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: McBride,   William D.; Greene,   Catherine R.
Replaced with revised version of paper 07/23/07.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Farm Management.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9680

A COMPARISON OF CRITERIA FOR EVALUATING RISK MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Baker,   Timothy G.; Gloy,   Brent A.
Several criteria that produce rankings of risk management alternatives are evaluated.  The criteria considered are Value at Risk, the Sharpe ratio, the necessary condition for first degree stochastic dominance with a risk free asset, and the necessary condition for second degree stochastic dominance with a risk free asset.  The effectiveness of the criteria increases as decision-makers are assumed to be more risk averse and have greater access to financial leverage.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21726

A Comparison of Grassland Management Systems for Beef Cattle Using Self-Contained Farmlets: Effects of Contrasting Nitrogen Inputs and Management Strategies on the Farm Economy
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Laws,   J.A.; Williams,   Robert J.; Pain,   B.F.
The financial implications of manipulating nitrogen (N) inputs and management strategies for beef production systems were assessed. One-hectare grassland farmlets were grazed to a target sward height by beef steers; herbage surplus to grazing requirements was cut for silage. Three systems were compared: ‘CN’, conventional mineral N application to a grass monoculture and broadcast slurry; ‘TN’, tactical mineral N application at fortnightly intervals to a grass monoculture with slurry injection and the early housing of cattle; ‘GC’, a mixed grass/white clover sward with no mineral N addition and slurry injection. Comparisons were made on two contrasting soil types: a freely-draining sandy loam (site 1) and a poorly drained clay (site 2). Financial budgets...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Farmlets; Systems; Beef cattle; Nitrogen; Slurry; Animal production; Economics; UK; Farm Management.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6962

A COMPARISON OF HUMAN ILLNESS COST ESTIMATES FOR E. COLI 0157:H7 DISEASE IN THE UNITED STATES AND SCOTLAND
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Buzby,   Jean C.; Roberts,   Tanya; Roberts,   Jennifer A.; Upton,   Pauline A.
This paper explores methodological and demographical reasons for differences in estimated social costs from foodborne Escherichia coli O157:H7 between the United States and United Kingdom (UK). Depending on the evaluation method, estimated U.S. costs average $10,000-17,000/case while estimated costs for the largest reported UK milk-borne outbreak are $280,000/case.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Health Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20792

A Comparison of Imputation Methods under Large Samples and Different Censoring Levels (PowerPoint)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lopez,   Jose Antonio.
PowerPoint Presentation
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Imputation methods; Multiple imputation; Censored prices; Protein demand; Elasticities; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; C81; Q11; R21.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109894

A comparison of Indonesian and Vietnamese approaches to agriculture in the ASEAN-China FTA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Vanzetti,   David; Setyoko,   Nur Rakhman; Ngoc Que,   Nguyen; Trewin,   Ray.
Both Indonesia and Vietnam, as members of ASEAN, have negotiated a free trade agreement with China (ACFTA). ASEAN Member States can independently negotiate their tariff reductions. Both countries are generally aware of the opportunities access to the large Chinese market may present, but both are concerned to differing degrees about being flooded with Chinese imports, including agricultural products. As the time for implementation approaches, Indonesia has expressed a desire to renegotiate its tariff reduction schedules to protect sensitive sectors, including agriculture. By contrast, Vietnam, just over the border from China and with a history of informal trade, seems more accepting of the prospects. A global general equilibrium model, GTAP, is used to...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/101002

A Comparison of Methodologies for Valuing Decreased Health Effects from Wildfire Smoke
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Richardson,   Leslie; Loomis,   John B.; Champ,   Patricia A.
Wildfire seasons are becoming longer and more intense throughout the world, making it increasingly important to monetize the full damages caused by wildfires when analyzing various fire management policies. We estimate the economic costs of the health effects associated with exposure to wildfire smoke using a simple cost of illness approach and for the first time to our knowledge we estimate willingness-to-pay (WTP) for a decrease in symptom days from wildfire smoke using the contingent valuation method and the averting behavior method. Comparing estimates across all three common approaches for estimating the economic cost of exposure to an air pollutant is an important contribution to the literature. This study uses data from the largest wildfire in Los...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Averting behavior method; Contingent valuation method; Cost of illness; Wildfire smoke; Health; Morbidity; Environmental Economics and Policy; Health Economics and Policy; Q.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61252

A Comparison of Methods for Imposing Curvature on the Normalized Quadratic Indirect Profit Function
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Featherstone,   Allen M.; Burbidge,   Linda D.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61661

A COMPARISON OF NUTRIENT APPLICATION TRENDS ON LIVESTOCK FARMS IN CORN AND COTTON GROWING REGIONS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nehring,   Richard F.; Christensen,   Lee A.; O'Donoghue,   Erik J.; Sandretto,   Carmen L.
Recent trends in livestock concentration suggest that there may be an increasing risk of water pollution from manure applications. These trends in livestock operations may be offsetting improvements in commercial fertilizer management that have the potential to reduce the risk of water pollution. This conclusion was derived by tracking excess nutrient trends between 1996 and 2002 and by examining measures of economic performance for livestock farms. First, a link was established between the expansion of AFOs (Animal Feeding Operations) and excess nutrients from commercial fertilizer and manure sources. Second, technical efficiency was measured in order to identify whether technical efficiency explains structural change and in order to see whether...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/34764

A COMPARISON OF OPTION-THEORETIC AND CHOICE-THEORETIC APPROACHES TO EVALUATING ALTERNATIVE FINANCIAL TECHNOLOGIES FOR MORTGAGE LOANS TO LOW-INCOME HOUSEHOLDS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hartarska,   Valentina M.; Gonzalez-Vega,   Claudio.
This paper evaluates the efficacy of two alternative lending technologies - the traditional banking technology and a cash flow based counseling program - by using competing risks (option-based) and choice theoretic approaches. We find evidence to support the notion that low-income borrowers have some degree of financial sophistication, as they prepay the mortgage loan by considering the current value of the call option. The evidence also suggests that borrower heterogeneity and insolvency affect mortgage termination.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Credit counseling; Competing risks; Low-income mortgage loans.; Financial Economics; Q140 (Agricultural Finance); Q140.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19645

A Comparison of Price Imputation Methods under Large Samples and Different Levels of Censoring.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lopez,   Jose Antonio.
Research paper
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Consumer/Household Economics; Demand and Price Analysis; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; Imputation methods; Multiple imputation; Censored prices; Protein demand; Elasticities.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/104498

A Comparison of Pricing Strategies for Cellulosic Ethanol Processors: A Simulation Approach
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mark,   Tyler B.; Darby,   Paul M.; Salassi,   Michael E.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49527

A Comparison of RAS and Entropy Methods in Updating IO Tables
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ahmed,   Syud Amer; Preckel,   Paul V.
Since the first half of the 20th century, the input-output (IO) table has been the backbone of much empirical work used to support policy analysis and develop economy-wide models. The need for accurate, up-to-date IO tables is thus essential for establishing the validity of the empirical work that follows from them. However, the construction of an IO table for any given country is an expensive and time-consuming endeavor. Current and accurate IO tables for many countries are thus often difficult to obtain on a regular basis. Once an initial IO table has been constructed, a common workaround is to collect partial information for subsequent periods, such as final demands for commodities within the economy, and then employ a Bayesian parameter estimation...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9847

A COMPARISON OF RESAMPLING TECHNIQUES WHEN PARAMETERS ARE ON A BOUNDARY: THE BOOTSTRAP, SUBSAMPLE BOOTSTRAP, AND SUBSAMPLE JACKKNIFE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hilmer,   Christiana E.; Holt,   Matthew T.
This paper compares the finite sample performance of subsample bootstrap and subsample jackknife techniques to the traditional bootstrap method when parameters are constrained to be on some boundary.  To assess how these three methods perform in an empirical application, a negative semi-definite translog cost function is estimated using U.S. manufacturing data.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21810

A Comparison of Risk and Return Characteristics of Efficient Crop Portfolios for the Brown Soil Zones Saskatchewan and Mecklenburg, Germany
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Schoney,   Richard A.; Moeller,   Christof.
Two efficient farms are constructed for the brown soils of Saskatchewan, Canada and for Mecklenburg, Germany based on producer panels. Both farms feature highly integrated cropping systems which take advantage of cropping synergies. However, farm risk is inherently different between the two because differences in 1) climate that gives rise to very different yield risk and cost structure, and 2) EU programs which offer fixed cash payments and stable sugar beet prices. As expected, risk is much higher for the Saskatchewan case farm - it has a chance of a negative cash flow of approximately one year in five. In sharp contrast, the Mecklenburg has very little chance of generating a negative cash flow. Hence, it is easy to understand why crop insurance and...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Risk and return; EV model; Saskatchewan and German grain farms; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24227

A Comparison of Risk Exposure in Aquaculture and Agricultural Businesses
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Flaten,   Ola; Lien,   Gudbrand D.; Tveteras,   Ragnar.
Agriculture and aquaculture have common features associated with their biological nature affecting risk exposure of the businesses. The aim of this paper is to compare risk exposure in salmon farming and agricultural enterprises in Norway by using an implicit error component model to examine the risk structure of yields, prices and economic returns at the farm level. Results indicate a higher farm-level year-to-year variability in yields, prices and economic returns in salmon farming than in agricultural enterprises. The variability in livestock enterprises was generally lower than for crop enterprises. Return on assets was highest in salmon farming with an average annual return of 9.2%. All of the agricultural farm types exhibited a negative average...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Risk analysis; Variability; Norway; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44052

A COMPARISON OF RISK MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES FOR INDIANA GRAIN PRODUCERS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rios,   Ana R.; Patrick,   George F.
Crop insurance and pre-harvest pricing strategies were analyzed for all years and "years following an normal crop year" from 1986 to 2001 in three counties.  Although pre-harvest marketing strategies had the highest certainty equivaenls, net farm revenues were lower and crop insurances were more common strategies following normal crop years.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20192

A Comparison of Salary Structures between Economics and Agricultural Economics Departments
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hilmer,   Christiana E.; Hillmer,   Michael J.
This study is the first to empirically assess the difference between the prevailing salary structures in economics and agricultural economics departments at public institutions in the United States.  We find that average salaries in economics departments tend to be higher than salaries in agricultural economics departments.  Regression analysis suggest that years since Ph.D. explains a greater proportion of salaries in agricultural economics departments while the tier of school explains a great proportion of salaries structure in economics departments.  Regression results also suggest that the returns to publications in top 36 and other economics journals is higher in economics departments while publications in core and regional agricultural economics...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6550

A COMPARISON OF STATED AND REVEALED PREFERENCE METHODS FOR FISHERIES MANAGEMENT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hicks,   Robert L.
In this paper, we compare revealed and stated preference methods for anglers' preferences for various fisheries management measures. Using random utility models of recreation demand, we compare the use of stated and revealed preference methodologies for analyzing fisheries management options.  We compare parameter and welfare estimates from the two models.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19853

A Comparison of Technical Efficiency in Alabama’s Nursery and Greenhouse Sector from 2003 to 2008
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Reynolds-Allie,   Kenesha; Fields,   Deacue; Hartarska,   Valentina M.
Replaced with revised version of paper 02/10/10
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Technical Efficiency; Green industry; Horticulture; Agribusiness; Crop Production/Industries; Farm Management; Marketing; Production Economics.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56516

A Comparison of the Effectiveness of Using Futures, Options, LRP Insurance, or AGR-Lite Insurance to Manage Risk for Cow-calf Producers
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Feuz,   Dillon M.
A comparative analysis was performed looking at using cash, futures, options, or insurance to manage the price of calves for cow-calf producer. Risk can be reduced with the futures market and with options or LRP insurance. Options and LRP insurance are equivalent in the amount of risk that is reduced. AGR-Lite does not appear to be an effective policy at reducing risk for cow-calf producers.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Cow-calf risk; Feeder cattle futures; Options; LRP Feeder Cattle; AGR-Lite; Agribusiness; Agricultural Finance; Demand and Price Analysis; Farm Management; Financial Economics; Livestock Production/Industries; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53046

A Comparison of the Simulation Results From Five International Trade Models
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Meilke,   Karl D.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 1985
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/50640

A Comparison of Threshold Cointegration and Markov-Switching Vector Error Correction Models in Price Transmission Analysis
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ihle,   Rico; von Cramon-Taubadel,   Stephan.
We compare two regime-dependent econometric models for price transmission analysis, namely the threshold vector error correction model and Markov-switching vector error correction model. We first provide a detailed characterization of each of the models which is followed by a comprehensive comparison. We find that the assumptions regarding the nature of their regime-switching mechanisms are fundamentally different so that each model is suitable for a certain type of nonlinear price transmission. Furthermore, we conduct a Monte Carlo experiment in order to study the performance of the estimation techniques of both models for simulated data. We find that both models are adequate for studying price transmission since their characteristics match the underlying...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Price transmission; Market integration; Threshold vector error correction model; Markov-switching vector error correction model; Comparison; Nonlinear time series analysis; Agricultural Finance.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37603

A Comparison of Traditional and Newly Emerging Forms of Cooperative Capitalization
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Barton,   David G.
This paper compares the traditional forms of capitalization used by American co-ops to newly emerging forms. It is based on an in-depth review of several case co-ops. A broad framework is provided that may be beneficial in more extensive studies of capitalization practices of cooperatives and similar organizations. It is divided into three parts.  Part One outlines the alternative capitalization forms being used by cooperatives and their antecedents, where conversions to other structures and forms have occurred. Two basic capitalization forms have been used by cooperatives: traditional (open) and new generation (closed). Cooperatives using both forms have elected to add new capitalization features, such as use of publicly listed stock, or have elected to...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Financial Economics; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31794

A Comparison of U. S. and Canadian Consumers' Willingness to Pay for Red-Meat Traceability
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dickinson,   David L.; Hobbs,   Jill E.; Bailey,   DeeVon.
Auction experiments at locations in the US and Canada are used to determine consumers' willingness to pay for red-meat traceability and other enhanced food characteristics.  Consumers in both countries are found to be willing to pay a positive amount for traceability, but would pay even more if traceability were bundled with other characteristics such as animal welfare or enhanced food safety.  The results suggest a larger Canadian market for traceability, on a percentage basis, for beef than in the US.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Consumer/Household Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22060

A Competing Risks Model of Land Use Change
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Towe,   Charles A.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Dependent competing risks; Land conversion; Real options; Hazard models; Preservation easements; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103725

A Competing Values Approach to Small Family Business Succession
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Remble,   Amber A.; Keeney,   Roman; Marshall,   Maria I.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61685

A COMPETITIVENESS STUDY OF FOUR RICE PRODUCTION SYSTEMS IN TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Seecharan,   Denny; Jacque,   Andrew Eliel.
Rice imports into Trinidad and Tobago in 2005 represented approximately 95% of domestic demand. Local production has been declining since reaching a peak of 21,000 tonnes in 1992.  Present production is 3,500 tonnes.  Rice is produced under a variety of production systems and on farms of varying sizes, productivity and quality of output.  This paper examines the competitiveness of four production systems used in Trinidad and Tobago, viz.: the transplanting system (ST), the broadcast seeded system (SB)(both being small farms and highly labour intensive), the partially mechanized system of medium sized farms (MM) and a fully mechanized large farm utilizing aerial technology in the production system (CRP).  The methodology involved the collection of data on...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Rice; Policy analysis matrix; Competitiveness; Comparative advantage; Production systems; Trinidad and Tobago; CAES; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance; Demand and Price Analysis; Farm Management.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/36948

A Component Methodology to Assess The Impact of Protein Imports on the U.S. Dairy Industry
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bailey,   Kenneth W.; Wu,   Zhen; Emvalomatis,   Grigorios.
This paper provides an assessment of the protein content of U.S. trade in dairy products and their potential impact on U.S. milk prices.  The protein in imports of MPC, Casein &amp; Albumins accounted for 5-6 percent of protein in total U.S. consumption during the period 1997-2002.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20354

A Composite Fuzzy Indicator for Assessing Farm Household Potential for Non-farm Income Diversification
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fritzsch,   Jana.
European politicians encourage the income diversification of rural households through various measures. Although being aware of farm households’ potential for non-farm income diversification seems important for finely-targeting such policy measures, no attempt has thus far been made to summarise the various determinants of income diversification in a single figure. This contribution aims to close this gap. A composite fuzzy indicator that measures farm household potential for non-farm income diversification is developed and applied to 1,053 farm households in Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and Slovenia. The indicator summarises the incentives of and capacities for non-farm income diversification on the individual household member level, and on the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Composite indicator; Fuzzy logic; Rural non-farm income diversification; Transition countries; Consumer/Household Economics; C65; J24; Q12; R23.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114349

A Comprehensive Approach to Building North Carolina's Local Food Economy From Farm to Fork (PowerPoint)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Creamer,   Nancy.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/106144

A COMPUTABLE GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM APPROACH TO SURFACE WATER REALLOCATION POLICY IN RURAL NEVADA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Seung,   Chang K.; Harris,   Thomas R.; Narayanan,   Rangesan.
This study uses a computable general equilibrium model to examine the impacts of transferring water from agriculture to recreational use in rural Nevada.  Model results show that different assumptions about input substitution in agricultural production produce qualitatively different policy impacts on agricultural sectors.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20803

A CONCENTRAÇÃO ESPACIAL DA ATIVIDADE FLORESTAL NO ESTADO DO PARÁ
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Santana,   Antonio Cordeiro de; Filgueiras,   Gisalda Carvalho; Mendes,   Fernando Antonio Teixeira; Amin,   Mario Miguel.
O Estado do Pará é um dos maiores produtores e exportadores de madeira em tora no País, tendo esta atividade considerável peso na economia estadual. Para melhor dimensionar esta produção regional oriunda da floresta tropical, fez-se necessário averiguar as localidades onde esta produção ocorre. Para isso, empregou-se o Índice de Concentração Normalizado (ICN), conforme proposto originalmente por Crocco et al. (2003) e ampliando por Santana (2005), construído a partir da Análise de Componentes Principais (ACP). O objetivo do trabalho foi identificar os municípios especializados nas atividades florestal e de madeira e mobiliário com potencial para desenvolver Arranjos Produtivos Locais (APL) no Pará. Os resultados indicaram a existência de nove municípios...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Produção florestal no Pará; Desenvolvimento local; Especialização produtiva; State’s tropical forest production; Local development; Productive specialization; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109113

A concentração geográfica da produção de ovinos: comparativo dos resultados dos Censos 1995/96 e 2006
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lima,   Roberto Arruda de Souza.
Os resultados preliminares do Censo Agropecuário mostraram que o rebanho ovino no Brasil é menor do que apontavam estudos anteriores. Para compreender esse resultado é necessário, entre outros estudos, verificar a evolução do efetivo no período. O objetivo do presente trabalho foi mensurar a concentração do rebanho ovino no Brasil, nos anos de 1995/96 e 2006. Para tanto, utilizou-se a metodologia do índice T de Theil e da análise tabular dos dados. Os resultados demonstraram redução da concentração do rebanho entre as Unidades da Federação. Apesar de se verificar concentração do rebanho pela análise tabular, esta não foi fortemente caracterizada pelo índice T de Theil, que mensurou a distribuição do rebanho em relação à área das Unidades da Federação....
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Ovinocultura; Concentração; Índice T de Theil; Sheep; Concentration; Theil index; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/113999

A CONFIGURAÇÃO DOS ESPAÇOS INSTITUCIONAIS DE PARTICIPAÇÃO SOCIAL E A REPRESENTAÇÃO DOS AGRICULTORES FAMILIARES NO TERRITÓRIO SUDOESTE DO PARANÁ
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kiyota,   Norma; Silva,   Marcelo Kunrath; Perondi,   Miguel Angelo.
O estudo visa compreender a representação dos agricultores familiares em espaços institucionais de participação social através de uma pesquisa junto aos Conselhos Municipais de Desenvolvimento Rural e Grupo Gestor do Território Sudoeste do Paraná. Esses espaços, oriundos do processo de descentralização das instituições do Estado e da aposta na aproximação da sociedade civil da gestão estatal, determinam um processo diferenciado de representação protagonizados pelos representantes dos diferentes grupos sociais. A representação é analisada a partir da representatividade e da capacidade de intervenção dos representantes nos espaços. A pesquisa demonstra que diferentes configurações dos espaços alteram o processo de representação a partir da distinção dos...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Representação; Espaços institucionais de participação social; Agricultores familiares; Representation; Institutional social participation spaces; Family farms; Farm Management.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114143

A Constituição do Campesinato na Amazônia e suas Estratégias de Reprodução: o caso da comunidade São Bento no Estado do Acre
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Andrade,   Francisco Gomes; Mattos,   Adriano Lincoln Albuquerque; Araujo,   Joao Cavalcante.
O propósito deste artigo é refletir sobre o processo de constituição e de construção do estigma cognitivo que tem caracterizado o campesino como um indivíduo “incapaz”. Os argumentos desenvolvidos aqui estão fundamentados primeiro na desarticulação do seringal e, segundo, na reprodução das disposições na “nova” configuração, incorporadas que foram enquanto seringueiro. A análise procura mostrar que a estratégia utilizada por esses campesinos para se articular com a configuração geral não são os mecanismos normais do campo econômico. Essa questão tem sido ignorada pelo Estado com implicações que penalizam os próprios ex-seringueiros e a sociedade. The objective of this paper is to discuss the setting and construction process of cognitive stigma that has...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Campesinato; Estigma; Espaço social; Representações sociais; Rubber tree; Peasant; Cognitive stigma; Unable person; Health Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/102469

A Constitutional Political Economy Perspective on International Trade
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Vanberg,   Viktor.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 1990
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/50875

A CONSUMER VIEW ON IMPROVING COST/BENEFIT ANALYSIS: THE CASE OF HACCP AND  MICROBIAL FOOD SAFETY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dewaal,   Caroline Smith.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: HACCP; Cost/benefit analysis; Consumer's interests; Consumer/Household Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25950

A Consumer-oriented Study of the South African Beef Value Chain
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Labuschagne,   Anita; Louw,   Andre; Ndanga,   Leah Z.B.
The South African beef industry, like many other South African supply chains, is challenged by the increased complexity and demand brought about by globalization, increased volumes and competition, shortage of skilled staff and pressures to meet changing customer needs. The power has shifted from the supply side to the consumer. The consumer has been empowered by greater knowledge. Consumer needs are changing. A combination of these two facts implies that not only the retailer, but also the supply chain as a whole must make sure that it is aligned to deliver customer value, in order to ensure sustainable competitiveness and survival, manage risks and ensure acceptable returns. Competition today is based on competing supply chains. The focus of this study...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: South African beef; Supply chain; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/113788

A CONTENT ANALYSIS OF SOURCE-MESSAGE HETEROGENEITY IN MASS MEDIA COVERAGE OF AGROBIOTECHNOLOGY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Marks,   Leonie A.; Kalaitzandonakes,   Nicholas G.; Zakharova,   Lucy.
In this paper, we use content analysis to examine the use of sources by US and UK newspaper reporters from 1990 to 1999.  Positive (benefit) or negative (risk) messages are correlated with the "source" type in order to determine the degree of source-message heterogeneity in media reporting of agrobiotechnology.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20555

A Continuous Multi-dimensional Measure of Rurality: Moving Beyond Threshold Measures
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Waldorf,   Brigitte S.
This paper introduces the Index of Relative Rurality, a continuous measure of rurality.  The index is based on four dimensions: population size, density, percentage of urban residents, and distance to the closest metropolitan area. The index varies from 0 (most urban) to 1 (most rural). Compared to existing means of measuring rurality, the index is continuous and thus does not suffer from problems that arise when using arbitrary thresholds to separate discrete categories.  This shift away from often ill-defined categories of rural and urban, to measuring the degree of rurality will shed new light on a wide array of rural issues ranging from rural poverty to economic growth. This paper shows that the Index of Relative Rurality makes an invaluable...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21383

A CONTRIBUIÇÃO DA EXPEDIÇÃO CAMINHOS DO CAMPO NO DIMENSIOAMENTO DA SAFRA DE SOJA E MILHO PARANAENSE E O POTENCIAL DE EXPANSÃO DE ÁREA DO CENTRO-NORTE DO BRASIL
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mafioletti,   Robson; Bragagnolo,   Cassiano; Sbrissia,   Gustavo Fischer; Ferreira,   Giovani; Loyola,   Pedro.
O trabalho teve como objetivo estimar a safra paranaense, que somando as culturas da soja e do milho foi recorde chegando em 2007/08 a 21,2 milhões de toneladas, aliado a isso tem-se uma situação favorável de preços internacionais, que gera resultados positivos para o setor produtivo e permite a recuperação do setor que passou por anos complicados por problemas climáticos e de preços. A estimativa da safra foi realizada com uma amostra de dados que representam 78% da área de soja e 61% da área de milho do Estado do Paraná. Quanto as questões relacionadas a biotecnologia – soja transgênica – RR, os resultados foram os esperados, de que essa é mais uma tecnologia disponível ao produtor e esta evoluindo para ser cada vez mais competitiva com a soja...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Soja; Milho; Expedição; Preços; Biotecnologia; Soybean; Corn; Expedition; Prices; Biotecnology; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109453

A contribuição de P&amp;D Agropecuário para Convergência e Crescimento da Renda Agropecuária no Brasil
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Barreto,   Ricardo Candéa Sá; Almeida,   Eduardo Simões de.
Este artigo estuda o crescimento econômico e a convergência de renda Agropecuária dos estados Brasileiros de 1986 a 2004. Para este fim, utiliza-se um modelo econométrico de efeitos fixos, controlando-se a dependência espacial.  Além de comprovar convergência condicional, o modelo econométrico revelou que o crescimento do PIB per capita agropecuário foi afetado por variáveis como capital físico agropecuário, infra-estrutura telefônica, infra-estrutura de armazenagem, crédito rural, número de trabalhadores rurais, e por externalidades espaciais. Além disso, ficou evidenciada a importância de P &amp; D agropecuário para o crescimento e convergência de renda per capita no setor agropecuário e ainda a  geração de externalidades espaciais...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Convergência de renda agropecuária; Nova geografia econômica; Modelo de efeitos fixos com dependência espacial; Income convergence; New economic geography; Fixed effect model with spatial dependence; Agricultural Finance; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; O18; O47; R11; R23.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/108170

A convivência com o semi-árido e as transformações socioprodutivas na região do sisal – Bahia: por uma perspectiva territorial do desenvolvimento rural
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nascimento,   Humberto Miranda.
As transformações produtivas ocorridas na área sisaleira do Estado da Bahia, nos últimos dez anos, trazem novas perspectivas de inserção econômica para a agricultura familiar do semi-árido baiano. Não só o sisal se recuperou sua importância econômica, outras atividades agrícolas e não-agrícolas começam a ganhar destaque, como a caprino-ovinocultura. O objetivo deste artigo é apresentar as transformações produtivas na Região do Sisal tendo como foco de análise a noção de Convivência com o Semi-Árido. Ressalta-se, na conclusão, que a noção de Convivência com o Semi-Árido não é somente a resposta a uma característica peculiar das áreas semi-áridas nordestinas, a estiagem, ela incorpora modos e técnicas de saber-fazer capitaneadas por governos, organizações e...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Convivência com o Semi-árido; Território do Sisal; Desenvolvimento rural. Living strategies with the Semi-Arid; Sisal Territory; Rural Development.; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Farm Management.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/107882

A COOPERATIVE EVOLUTION -SUNKIST COMPETES IN THE GLOBAL MARKET
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Smith,   Claire.
Speech and PowerPoint Presentation
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33034

A coordenação agroindustrial citrícola brasileira e os novos recursos de poder: dos políticos aos jurídicos
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Paulillo,   Luiz Fernando; Almeida,   Luiz Manoel de Moraes Camargo; Mello,   Fabiana Ortiz T.
O presente trabalho mostra que os recursos políticos e jurídicos tornaram-se tão ou mais estratégicos para citricultores e processadores de suco no Brasil que os próprios recursos financeiros, tecnológicos e organizacionais. Também, apresenta uma análise da governança citrícola brasileira atual, que está pautada por estratégias diferentes entre citricultores e processadoras: os citricultores e sua principal associação pautam suas principais ações nas utilizações de recursos políticos e algumas grandes processadoras de suco avançam com utilizações de recursos jurídicos. Esse embate revela um novo entrave para a conquista de resultados positivos pelos citricultores na rede de poder atual, pois os mandados judiciais revelam que o contrato de fornecimento de...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Citricultores; Recursos de poder; Processadores de suco; Governança citrícola; Citrus farmers; Resources of power; Juice processing plants; Citrus business governance; Agribusiness; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/106119

A Cost Analysis of Rapid Land-Building Technologies for Coastal Restoration in Louisiana
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Petrolia,   Daniel R.; Kim,   Tae-Goun; Moore,   Ross G.; Caffey,   Rex H.
It was the objective of this study to take a first cut at understanding the cost structure of coastal restoration technologies and to obtain some preliminary measures of cost-effectiveness of these technologies.  This analysis focused on restoration projects funded by the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection, and Restoration Act (CWPPRA, also known as the Breaux Act), the primary funding source for restoration projects in Louisiana.  Projects chosen were those that included a component of dredging sediment with the explicit objective of increasing acreage in the project area, i.e., of building land.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Restoration; Dredging; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/46844

A Cost Approach to Economic Analysis under Production Uncertainty
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Chavas,   Jean-Paul.
This paper explores the economics of input decision by a firm facing production uncertainty. It relies on a state-contingent approach to production uncertainty. First, the paper develops a methodology to specify and estimate cost-minimizing input decisions under a state-contingent technology. Second, the analysis is applied to time series data on US agriculture. It finds strong empirical evidence that, in the analysis of input choices, expected output alone does not provide an appropriate representation of production uncertainty. The results provide empirical support for an output-cubical technology. This indicates that an ex post analysis of stochastic technology (as commonly found in previous research) appears appropriate. The analysis also provides...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Production uncertainty; State contingent; Cost; Cubical technology.; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; C3; D21; D8.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21081

A Cost Function Analysis of Crop Insurance Moral Hazard and Agricultural Chemical Use
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Liang,   Yan; Coble,   Keith H.
This paper employs a cost function analysis method to investigate the existence of moral hazard in cotton buy-up insurance. The trans-log cost function estimates of the own-price elasticity of fertilizer, herbicide, and insecticide is -0.222, -0.143, and -0.121, respectively for Mississippi cotton production. Our results found statistically significant relationship between per acre direct cost and cotton buy-up insurance for year 2001 and 2005 in Mississippi. Our results also indicate that moral hazard can either decrease or increase agricultural input usage depending specific production condition in an individual year.  But in general the results support effects smaller than anecdotal evidence would suggest.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Crop insurance; Moral hazard; Agricultural input use; Cost function analysis; Cotton; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Demand and Price Analysis; Production Economics; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49485

A COST-EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS OF ACTIONS TO REDUCE STREAM TEMPERATURE AT THE WATERSHED SCALE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mooney,   Sian; Eisgruber,   Ludwig M.
A cost-effectiveness frontier is developed to compare economic and environmental tradeoffs associated with planting a riparian buffer to reduce stream temperature at the watershed scale.  Results indicate that total welfare change and its distribution among sectors vary between scenarios.  The policy selected may differ if riparian plantings are voluntary rather than mandatory.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20891

A Cost-Effectiveness Study of Animal Disease Eradication Strategies: Foot-and-Mouth Disease in Ireland
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dillon,   Emma J.
The primary focus of this poster paper is to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of alternative control strategies for a number of simulated outbreaks of Foot-and-Mouth disease (FMD) in four agriculturally diverse Irish regions, examining for the first time, the potential role of emergency vaccination in the country. With the increasing threat of transboundary animal diseases due to globalisation, wider market integration and increased animal movement it is important that such an evaluation of control and eradication strategies be undertaken and contingency plans be put in place. The new EU Directive (2003/85/EC) on FMD control permits the use of emergency vaccination as part of an FMD control strategy. The slaughter of infected animals and "dangerous...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Foot-and-Mouth disease; Control strategies; Transboundary animal diseases; Emergency vaccination; Computer simulation; Cost-effectiveness; Livestock Production/Industries; Q1; Q17; Q58.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25321

A Cotton Producer Grows Grain: Reflections for 2007, Plans for 2008 (PowerPoint)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Brantley,   Dow.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37364

A CRIAÇÃO DE PACA (AGOUTI PACA) COMO ALTERNATIVA DE DIVERSIFICAÇÃO DE PRODUÇÃO E RENDA EM MINAS GERAIS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lourenco,   Robson Francis Silva; Dias,   Roberto Serpa; Gomes,   Adriano Provezano.
Para a implantação de uma atividade econômica é necessária sua avaliação econômica e financeira, que verifique as oportunidades e os riscos inerentes ao projeto. Por este motivo, os objetivos deste estudo foram os de determinar indicadores de viabilidade de custo-benefício dos investimentos, para um projeto de criação comercial de Pacas (Agouti Paca), em regiões do entorno das matas de Minas Gerais. Para esta análise foram determinados índices econômicos para a criação de quarenta matrizes e oito reprodutores de pacas, em sistema intensivo de produção, sob dois cenários econômicos. Os resultados destacaram como principais custos para a implantação da atividade a aquisição dos animais (62%; 6%) e a construção das instalações (36%; 89%), nos dois cenários,...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Viabilidade econômica; Paca (Agouti Paca); Conservação ambiental; Economic viability; Agouti Paca; Environment conservation; Agricultural Finance.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/113398

A Critical Account of the Relationship between Institutional Trust, Risk Perception, and Technology Acceptance with an Application to Genetically  Modified Foods
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Boecker,   Andreas; Nocella,   Giuseppe.
This article critically reflects on the widely held view of a causal chain with trust in public authorities impacting technology acceptance via perceived risk. It first puts forward conceptual reason against this view, as the presence of risk is a precondition for trust playing a role in decision making. Second, results from consumer surveys in Italy and Germany are presented that support the associationist model as counter hypothesis. In that view, trust and risk judgments are driven by and thus simply indicators of higher order attitudes toward a certain technology which determine acceptance instead. The implications of these findings are discussed.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Consumer trust; Risk perception; Technology acceptance; Genetic modification; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Institutional and Behavioral Economics.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7749

A Critique of the Use of the Balanced Scorecard in Multi-Enterprise Family Farm Businesses
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Shadbolt,   Nicola M.; Beeby,   N.; Brier,   B.; Gardner,   John W.G.
Business strategy is very important to small and medium family businesses as many are both fragile and vulnerable; strategy provides a solid foundation for survival. Various studies have identified that businesses that engage in strategic management outperform those that do not. Despite this knowledge the uptake of many aspects of strategic management by farm businesses has been slow. Although the development of business plans is now common there is often a disconnect between monitoring and strategy. The Balanced Scorecard (BSC) was applied to case study farms during both the planning process and as they implemented and controlled their strategic choices to determine areas of difference that restrict or enhance it as a management tool for both family and...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Farm Management.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24380

A Cross Country Comparison of the Development of the Organic Sector in Denmark, Germany, United Kingdom and the Netherlands
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Goddijn,   Silvia T.; Meeusen,   Marieke J.G.
The aim of this article is to test the thesis "commitment of retail chains as well as favourable policy conditions are the main drivers of the steady market growth of organic agriculture in Europe." (Yussefi and Willer, 2003). Therefore, the role of government policy and of retail chains in four European countries -– Denmark, Germany, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands - are analysed. It seems that the collaboration between government, chain participants and NGOs is of considerable importance, in which active stimulation and the provision of guidance to the channel from the retail chains, in combination with an active and stimulating government policy, can cause an impulse in growth. It should be noted that other factors must also be present in order...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Farm Management.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24331

A CROSS-COUNTRY COMPARISON OF EFFICIENCY OF FIRMS IN THE FOOD INDUSTRY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Acheampong,   Yvonne J.; Wetzstein,   Michael E.
Stochastic frontier analysis is used to determine the relative efficiency of firms in the food industry in industrialized countries.  Using panel data analysis, the firm-specific factors, firm-size, the corporate tax rate and number of years of operation and country-specific effects as potential sources of efficiency are investigated.   Relevant implications are discussed.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Industrial Organization.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21859

A cross-cultural study of cereal foods' quality perception
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Krutulyte,   Rasa; Costa,   Ana I.; Grunert,   Klaus G.
Cereal foods' production and use show substantial heterogeneity across Europe. For a category central in most EU diets, cereal foods' quality perception is, nevertheless, surprisingly understudied. With this in mind, 357 Danish, Lithuanian and Portuguese citizens were inquired about the importance of several cues and dimensions in their evaluation of the perceived quality of bread, cookies, breakfast cereals, pasta and vodka. Portuguese and Lithuanians consistently gave a significantly higher average importance to all the cues and quality dimensions considered, for all products, than their Danish counterparts. Nevertheless, respondents in all three samples found expected quality dimensions to be much more important than both extrinsic and intrinsic cues...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Cereal Foods; Consumer Quality Perception; Total Food Quality Model; Cross - cultural Study; Consumer/Household Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10073

A CULTURA DA GOIABA VARIEDADE PALUMA NO AGROPÓLO DO VALE DO RIO DAS CONTAS NO ESTADO DA BAHIA: UM ESTUDO DE VIABILIDADE FINANCEIRA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Araujo,   Antonio Carlos; Araujo,   Leonardo Ventura; Silva,   Lucia Maria Ramos; Midlej,   Rosalina Ramos.
A cultura da goiaba encontrou condições favoráveis de clima e solo na região, além do mercado propiciado pela agroindústria local, condições essas necessárias à expansão da atividade. O aumento da área cultivada com goiaba tem sido uma preocupação dos agentes locais ligados ao setor, produtores rurais e agroindustriais, em virtude do alto custo de transporte para importar de outras regiões a goiaba que as agroindústrias locais necessitam para o seu processamento, o que demonstra a importância dessa fruteira para a economia regional. A cultura da goiaba tem sido favorecida na região, também, pela utilização de alguns fatores de produção que se tornaram ociosos nas propriedades agrícolas com o declínio da cacauicultura e que implicam na redução do custo de...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agropólo do Vale do Rio das Contas; Goiaba; Viabilidade Financeira; Agro-zone of the Vale do Rio das Contas; Guava; Financial viability; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109820

A DAY WITHOUT FAFH IS A DAY WITH BETTER NUTRITION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Binkley,   James K.
Two day food intakes from the continuing Survey of Individual Food Intake is used to compare nutrition of individuals who on one day had a FAFH meal and on the other did not.  It is found that nutrition on the FAFH day is consistently worse for almost all population subgroups.  In particular, significantly more calories are consumed on a day with FAFH meal.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21975

A Decade of Decline and Evolution in Agricultural Economics Programs:  1985-96
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Blank,   Steven C.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/35801

A DECISION MODEL TO ASSESS CATTLE FEEDING PRICE RISK
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: May,   Gary J.; Lawrence,   John D.
Traditional break-even/fed cattle price projections do not provide adequate risk information to feeders, investors, lenders, and other stakeholders interested in cattle feeding decisions. The objectives of this study were two-fold: 1) develop a spreadsheet model that could estimate the net income distribution surrounding a cattle placement decision based on historical errors of futures based price forecasts, and 2) determine whether information generated from the model can be used to improve placement and marketing decisions. To accomplish objective 1, model was developed that could estimate the income distribution around a pen of cattle under a cash speculating and short hedge pricing strategy. Distribution estimates were based on 7 alternative forecast...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19067

A DECOMPOSED REGRESSION MODEL FOR MEASURING STRUCTURAL CHANGES IN THE FLOUR MILLING INDUSTRY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kim,   C.S.; Hallahan,   Charles B.; Schaible,   Glenn D.; Leath,   Mack N.
This paper presents a decomposed Poisson regression model based on count data that evaluates the size distribution, the changing number of flour mills for each size class, and the concentration of market power, simultaneously.  This model also allows us to test dominant price leadership model.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Industrial Organization.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21834

A DECOMPOSITION APPROACH TO ANALYZING RACIAL AND GENDER BIASES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wu,   Ya; Escalante,   Cesar L.; Gunter,   Lewell F.; Epperson,   James E.
This study provides a different perspective in revisiting the racial and gender discrimination issue regarding FSA loans. The Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition method, commonly used in wage discrimination analysis, is employed to determine whether there exist unwarranted differences between the loan amounts approved among racial and gender classes. The findings of this study are inconclusive. As with previous studies, no clear and convincing evidence was found to signal racial or gender discrimination with respect to approved loan amounts to farmer borrowers.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Credit risk; Farm Service Agency; Gender bias; Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition; Racial bias; Agricultural Finance.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49308

A DECOMPOSITION APPROACH TO ASSESS ILUC RESULTS FROM GLOBAL MODELING EFFORTS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Witzke,   Heinz Peter; Fabiosa,   Jacinto F.; Gay,   Stephan Hubertus; Golub,   Alla A.; Havlik,   Petr; Msangi,   Siwa; Tokgoz,   Simla; Searchinger,   Timothy D.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/91430

A decomposition of China's productivity through calibration of an endogenous growth model
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Luckstead,   Jeff; Choi,   Seung Mo; Devadoss,   Stephen; Mittelhammer,   Ronald C.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: China; IST; Human capital; International Development; O30.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103072

"A Definition at Last, but What Does It All Mean?"—Newspaper Coverage of the USDA Organic Seal and its Effects on Food Purchases-
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kiesel,   Kristin.
Replaced with revised version of paper 07/06/08.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Consumer demand; Labeling; Media effect; Organic food; Scanner data; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6351

A Demand System Analysis of Food for Poor and Non Poor Households. The Case of Argentina
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Berges,   Miriam E.; Casellas,   Karina S.
The purpose of this paper is to provide some microeconomics tools to discuss and evaluate public policies that imply transfers of income from the public sector to the poor and their impact on their food demand and calories and nutrient intakes. This study is concerned with the differences in subsistence expenditures, own-price elasticities and income elasticities for two households groups segmented by income: those people below the poverty guideline and those above it. The attention of our research is focused on a demand system for all food groups included in a National Consumption Survey and examines the household food consumption behavior by partitioning the sample. A complete system of demand equations, the Linear Expenditure System (LES), has been used...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Food Demand System; Censored Sample; Own-Price and Income Elasticities; Poverty Status; Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24815

A Demand System Analysis of Organic and Conventional Fresh Milk in Germany Segmented by Consumer Groups
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Schroeck,   Rebecca.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/115995

A Demand System Analysis of the U.S. Trout Market
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lee,   Young-Jae; Kennedy,   P. Lynn; Hilbun,   Brian M.
The objective of this study is to analyze how imported trout affects the domestic U.S. trout industry.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Trout; Demand System; Import; International Relations/Trade; F10; F11; F13.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56414

A DEMANDA POR ALIMENTOS E O BEM-ESTAR DO CONSUMIDOR CAMPO-GRANDENSE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lucena,   Leandro Pessoa; Plens,   Marcelo; Neto,   Leonardo Francisco Figueiredo; Spadacio,   Jackeline Goncalves; Silva,   Nathalia Moura Vieira E.
O padrão do consumo de alimentos de um indivíduo é resultado, basicamente, de seu poder aquisitivo. Pessoas com baixo poder aquisitivo tende a mostrar maior sensibilidade à variação de preços, onde uma elevação dos preços dos alimentos pode ocasionar alterações em seus hábitos alimentares. Sendo assim, este trabalho tem por objetivo verificar se alterações na renda dos consumidores e preços dos alimentos afetam os hábitos alimentares dos indivíduos de baixa renda. Nestes termos, para poder retratar bem os gastos das famílias tornam-se imprescindíveis revisões no índice de custo de vida e do bem-estar da população. Para tanto, este trabalho utilizará como ferramenta para o cálculo do índice do custo de vida os índices de Laspeyres, calculado por meio de...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: : Consumo de alimentos; Bem-estar do consumidor; Índice de custo de vida; Consumption of foods; The consumer's Well-being; Cost of living Index; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109805

A DEMONSTRATION OF TECHNIQUES AND MATERIALS USED IN PROMOTING A DISCUSSION OF PUBLIC POLICY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Love,   Harry M.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1954
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17414

A Dependência Crescente do Agronegócio para os Saldos de Comércio Exterior Brasileiro, 1998 a 2007
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nascimento,   Katiucy Lemes; Nascimento,   Carlos Alves; Cardozo,   Soraia Aparecida.
O artigo apresenta dados que mostram a importância do agronegócio para a geração de superávits na conta de comércio exterior brasileiro. Apresenta também quais produtos do agronegócio têm maior participação no desempenho do setor. Objetiva, nesse sentido, contribuir para o debate acerca da perspectiva do saldo comercial brasileiro ficar cada vez mais dependente das exportações do agronegócio e de setores com menor conteúdo tecnológico. The paper presents data that shows the importance of the agribusiness for the generation of superavits in the Brazilian foreign trade. It presents also which products of the agribusiness have bigger participation in the performance of the sector. It aims, in that sense, contribute for the debate about the perspective of the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agronegócio; Balança comercial; Comércio exterior; Agribusiness; Trade balance; Foreign trade; Agribusiness; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/102554

A Description of Voluntary Policy Methods for Natural Resource Management
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Parminter,   Terry G.
The voluntary policies being used by local authorities to deliver Resource Management Act outcomes are considered nonstatutory policy methods under the Act, which does not define them or describe how they might be selected and implemented. One economist has been able to list over 50 different economic methods. A similar list has not been available for policy agents interested in drawing upon the rich and extensive experience of people in other disciplines such as agricultural extension and social marketing. Applied literature in a number of social science disciplines has been used in this paper to put such a list together. The author describes possible voluntary policy methods including those associated with adult learning, communication, networking and...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Environmental Economics and Policy; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/96950

A DESCRIPTIVE AND ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF ANNUAL SALARIES, GENDER, EXPERIENCE, AND PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATION HISTORIES WITHIN TOP-RANKED AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS PROGRAMS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hilmer,   Christiana E.; Hilmer,   Michael J.
Utilizing an original data set containing annual salaries and peer-reviewed publication histories for 328 faculty members we examine the labor market for academic agricultural economists.  Our descriptive analysis shows that while the profession remains male-dominated, females are making significant inroads at the lower academic ranks, the profession is relatively top-heavy, with nearly two-thirds of the faculty in our data set currently holding the rank of full professor, differences in annual salary exist primarily for faculty at Top 6 programs, and then primarily for full professors.  Our regression analysis suggests that controlling for publication history there are neither statistically significant negative returns to increased tenure nor...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22053

A desinformação como obstáculo ao consumo da carne suína in natura
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Falleiros,   Francine Taniguchi; Miguel,   Willian Correa; Gameiro,   Augusto Hauber.
Desde a década de 70 a suinocultura vem evoluindo significativamente, tornando-se uma moderna cadeia produtiva. Atualmente os produtores criam o suíno moderno com 55% a 60% de carne magra na carcaça e apenas de 1,0 a 1,5 centímetro de espessura de toucinho. Essa evolução faz com que mundialmente seja a carne mais consumida. No Brasil, contudo, o consumo de carne suína seguiu tendência contrária, quando comparado ao resto do mundo. Esta inversão de valores pode ser explicada por hábitos e tradições regionais e questões de saúde, essas últimas repletas de mitos e informações distorcidas, que prejudicam a imagem da carne suína in natura. Sendo assim, o objetivo deste estudo foi avaliar o grau de informação dos consumidores, a respeito da carne suína in natura...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Carne; Suínos; Consumo; Saúde; Marketing; Meat; Swine; Consumption; Health; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/108574

A Detailed Hydro-Economic Model for Assessing the Effects of Surface Water and Groundwater Policies: A Demonstration Model from Brazil
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Maneta,   Marco P.; Torres,   Marcelo; Howitt,   Richard E.; Vosti,   Stephen A.; Wallender,   Wesley W.; Bassoi,   Luis H.
Policymakers, managers of water use associations, and many others in developing countries are considering policy actions that will directly or indirectly change the costs and availability of groundwater and surface water for agricultural users.  While in many cases such actions may bring about welcomed increases in water use efficiency, little is known about the likely effects of changes in irrigation costs or water access on farmer behavior, or on farmer incomes in the short or long runs, and virtually nothing is known about the detailed immediate or knock-on effects on water resources that such policy actions might cause.  This paper reports the preliminary results of research aiming to fill these large scientific gaps by developing a detailed hydrologic...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9705

A Determination of the Trade Creation and Diversion Effects of Regional Trade Agreements in the Western Hemisphere
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hilbun,   Brian M.; Kennedy,   P. Lynn; Dufour,   Elizabeth Anne.
With the recent proliferation of Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs) the tendency world-wide has been seemingly toward trade liberalization.  This thesis is primarily concerned with the impacts RTAs have had in the Western Hemisphere regarding agricultural trade flows.  Utilizing the framework of the Gravity Model, agricultural trade flows for 24 Western Hemisphere Nations were examined. In the course of the study it was expected that if RTAs were to have an effect it would be a positive Trade Creation Effect and a negative Trade Diversion Effect with positive effects for GDP of importer/exporter and population size of importer/exporter and a negative effect for that of distance.  Of the five agreements examined (NAFTA, AC, MERCO, LAIA, and CACM), NAFTA and...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21138

A Development Visions Approach of Designing Rural Strategies
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rusali,   Mirela.
The paper aims to present possible development visions for the rural areas in a candidate country to access the EU. The proposed objective is to provide a decision-making tool useful in strategic planning process, by designing models of integrated rural development, applicable at country or regional levels. The scenarios method was used to conceive alternatives for rural development and design scenario matrices, focusing on the institutional and socio-economic modules of analysis. The paper proposes a trend scenario, based on the potentials and constraints identified in the analysis phase, and 3 goal scenarios, based on distinctly different sets of goals or development visions. The expected outcome consists in development of the potential for economic...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Rural development; Economic diversification; Community/Rural/Urban Development; O18; O15.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24617

A 'DIFFERENTIAL' DIFFERENTIAL DEMAND SYSTEM
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mancuso,   Anthony J.
Traditionally, estimation of demand systems is predicated on the validity of several axioms of consumer behavior. While such abstractions make empirical work easier, they can also overlook important economic behavior. Because the price of a good does not reflect the total cost of purchase, there is reason to believe that consumer responses to changes in price are not continuous. Utilizing a regime switching model, we show that there are indeed important threshold effects, and that these effects bias elasticity estimates toward zero.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21811

A Differential Examination of the Effect of Mandatory Country of Origin of Labeling on the Beef Sector
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Schmitz,   Andrew; Moss,   Charles B.; Schmitz,   Troy G.
The introduction of mandatory country of origin labeling in the agricultural sector promises to yield consumer benefits by providing additional information to consumers. However, these benefits will be partially offset by the cost of labeling paid by producers. This study derives the labeling cost required to offset consumer gains from labeling.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Consumer/Household Economics.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19158

A DIRECTOR LOOKS AT AGRICULTURAL ADJUSTMENT AT STATE AND COUNTY LEVELS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Anderson,   Marvin A.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 1958
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17898

A DISAGGREGATED TIME-SERIES ANALYSIS OF EXPORT-BASE MODELS: A CASE STUDY ON ELKO COUNTY OF NEVADA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Banerjee,   Swagata (Ban); Harris,   Thomas R.
An important issue of debate in economic base literature is whether the export-base theory applies best to the short run, the long run, or both. An attempt is being made here in answering this crucial question by applying a two-step test for cointegration on quarterly employment data, and in gaining insights as to whether or not any unequivocal judgment can be made regarding the validity of the economic base hypothesis.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20640

A DISCOURSE ANALYSIS APPROACH TO EXPLAIN THE  PATH DEPENDENCY OF SEASONAL FARM LABOUR  REGULATIONS IN GERMANY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hess,   Sebastian; Kleinschmit,   Daniela; Theuvsen,   Ludwig; von Cramon-Taubadel,   Stephan; Zschache,   Ulrike.
This article introduces discourse analysis as a theoretical concept and an empirical methodology that may enable the endogenization of path creation and path breaking changes in conventional models of political path dependencies. Economic criteria such as rents created by a policy do not always provide a comprehensive explanation for path dependent political decisions. Discourse theory implies that specific interpretative schemata and narratives, such as storylines in the mass media, heavily influence the political discourse. Discourses themselves exercise a constitutive power that constrains decision-making processes and, thus, influence the ensuing policy creation path. Hence, discourses must be taken into account when political path creation is...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural Policy; Path Dependencies; Discourse Analysis; Seasonal Farm Labour; Institutional and Behavioral Economics.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52655

A DISCRETE SPACE URBAN MODEL WITH ENVIRONMENTAL AMENITIES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tajibaeva,   Liaila; Haight,   Robert G.; Polasky,   Stephen.
This paper analyzes the effects of providing environmental amenities associated with open space in a discrete space urban model. The discrete space model assumes distinct neighborhoods in which developable land is homogeneous within a neighborhood but heterogeneous across neighborhoods. We solve for equilibrium allocation of development, prices and welfare given a pattern of open space provision. We also analyze the optimal provision of open space across neighborhoods. In equilibrium, housing density and price in a neighborhood is increasing in the amount of open space provided in that neighborhood. Whether housing density and prices in other neighborhoods increases or decreases depends on whether the push from reduced availability of developable land in...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21907

A Discriminant Analysis of Factors Associated with The Adoption Of Certified Organic Farming By Smallholder Farmers in Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kisaka-Lwayo,   Maggie.
Discriminant analysis was used to identify the characteristics that distinguish between fully-certified organic, partially-certified organic and non-organic farmers in Umbumbulu district, KwaZulu-Natal (KZN), South Africa (SA) during October- November 2004. 200 farmers interviewed were drawn by purposively selecting the 151 members of the Ezemvelo Farmers’ Organisation (EFO), and by random sampling 49 non-organic farmers in wards neighbouring EFO. Results from the two estimated discriminant functions suggested that farmers with higher household sizes, incomes, input costs per hectare and number of chickens owned, locations further from innovators and less risk aversion were more likely to be certified as organic. Household location should be considered in...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Adoption; Organic; Discriminant Analysis; South Africa; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Demand and Price Analysis; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Health Economics and Policy; International Relations/Trade; Labor and Human Capital; Marketing; Productivity Analysis; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52155

A DISCUSSION TECHNIQUE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Klingner,   C.E.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1952
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17612

A Distance Function Approach to Multifactor Productivity Measurement  in U.S. Agriculture
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lambert,   David K.; Ussif,   Al-Amin M.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Productivity Analysis.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/35793

A DOUBLE HURDLE APPROACH TO EVALUATING NON-RESIDENTIAL WILDLIFE WATCHING IN THE UNITED STATES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Diagne,   Assane; Lavergne,   David R.; Olatubi,   Williams O.
In 1996, over 62 million U.S. residents participated in wildlife watching and spent in excess of 29 billion dollars in this recreational activity. Wildlife watching can be defined as the observation, study, and enjoyment of natural areas and its wild fauna and flora. Residential wildlife watching takes place within one mile of the participant's residence and is often an incidental or secondary activity. Non-residential wildlife watching refers to recreation taking place at a distance of at least one mile from the participant's residence. In recent years, a sharp decline in the number of wildlife watchers has been noted.  Between 1991 and 1996, the number of wildlife watchers decreased by 17 percent. During this time interval, the largest decline in...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Wildlife watching; Limited dependent variables; Double hurdle; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21783

A Double Hurdle Model of Preferences for a Proposed Capacity Reduction Program in the Atlantic Shark Fishery
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Musengezi,   Jessica D.; Rossi,   Frederick J.; Larkin,   Sherry L.
The Atlantic shark fishery is considered to be overcapitalized. One approach to capacity management is the purchase and permanent retirement of fishing vessels, fishing permits, or both under voluntary buyback programs. Representatives of the commercial shark fishery have proposed such an approach to manage the overcapacity in their fishery in the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic regions. This program would allow owners to submit willingness-to-accept (WTA) bids for their permits and vessels. This study uses econometric modeling to explain the potential participation and bid amounts from a survey of permit owners.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/35361

A DOUBLE-HURDLE MODEL OF FOOD DEMAND WITH ENDOGENOUS UNIT VALUES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dong,   Diansheng; Gould,   Brian W.
This study develops a unique double-hurdle model of demand for composite food commodities which endogenizes unit values. The model structure allows us to account for the inability to observe such values for non-purchasing households and simultaneously adjusts for quality demand effects reflected in these unit values.  Application to Mexican household food expenditure data shows the importance of controlling for the quality of composite goods.  We find that poultry and pork expenditures depend on both quantity demanded and quality desired.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Double-hurdle; Unit value; Household survey data; Composite commodity; Food demand; Quality effects; Consumer/Household Economics; Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21635

A double-hurdle model of Irish households' foodservice expenditure patterns
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Keelan,   Conor D.; Henchion,   Maeve M.; Newman,   Carol F.
The aim of this paper is to analyse the various factors fuelling demand for Food- Away - From- Home (FAFH) in Ireland. The two largest components of this industry, the quick- service sector (fast food and takeaway) and the full- service sector (hotel and restaurant meals), are analysed using the most recently available Household Budget Survey data for Ireland. The results from a Box- Cox double hurdle model indicate that different variables affect expenditure in the different sectors in different ways. Income has a greater effect on full- service expenditure than on quick- service. Similarly households that are healthconscious indicate a greater preference for full- service meals while households with higher time values indicate a greater preference for...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Foodservice; Food- Away- From- Home; Quick- service; Fullservice; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; D12; D13; C34; R2.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10083

A Dual Response Choice Experiments (DRCE) design to assess rabbit meat preference in Catalonia: A Heteroescedatistic Extreme-Value Model
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kallas,   Zein; Maria Gil,   Jose.
Our paper analyzes consumer preferences toward fresh rabbit meat and alternative marketing formats for rabbit meat. The empirical analysis uses consumer-level questionnaires to elicit information regarding consumer attitudes toward rabbit meat in Catalonia (Spain). We use the Dual Response Choice Experiment (DRCE) design which allows for analyzing forced and unforced options in choice experiments using the same sample. The Heteroscedastic Extreme- Value (HEV) model is used due to its relaxation of the restrictive assumption made in the Multinomial Logit Model regarding the identically distributed error term across alternatives. Our results demonstrate a higher preference for rabbit meat from “Catalan” origin followed by higher quality certification...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Consumer/Household Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114779

A Duration Analysis of Poverty Transitions in Rural Kenya
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kirimi,   Lilian; Sindi,   Kirimi.
Replaced with revised version of paper 10/04/07.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21475

A Dynamic Adoption Model with Bayesian Learning: Application to the U.S. Soybean Market
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ma,   Xingliang; Shi,   Guanming.
Agricultural technology adoption is often a sequential process. Farmers may adopt a new technology in part of their land first and then adjust in later years based on what they learn from the earlier partial adoption. This paper presents a dynamic adoption model with Bayesian learning, in which forward-looking farmers learn from their own experience and from their neighbors about the new technology. The model is compared to that of a myopic model, in which farmers only maximize their current benefits. We apply the analysis to a sample of U.S. soybean farmers from year 2000 to 2004 to examine their adoption pattern of a newly developed genetically modified (GM) seed technology. We show that the myopic model predicts lower adoption rates in early years than...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Technology adoption; Bayesian learning; Structural estimation; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Crop Production/Industries; Industrial Organization; Production Economics; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; Risk and Uncertainty; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/104577

A Dynamic Analysis of Food Demand Patterns in Urban China
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Liao,   Hui; Chern,   Wen S.
Previous researchers have encountered difficulties in rationalizing the extremely high expenditure elasticities estimated for grain demanded by urban Chinese households. The high grain expenditure elasticities, which usually translate into high income elasticities, are doubtful for making a long-term prediction of grain demand in China. Unlike most previous studies using only statistic models, this study employs a dynamic Almost Ideal Demand System (DAIDS) incorporating demographic variables to explore the impact of habit effects as well as demographic impacts on household level food demand pattern in urban China. Most dynamic elements and demographic variables are found significant. The theoretical demand properties cannot be rejected in the DAIDS model...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Dynamic almost ideal demand system; Habit effect; Grain; Urban China; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9770

A DYNAMIC ANALYSIS OF PRICE DETERMINATION UNDER JOINT PROFIT MAXIMIZATION IN BILATERAL MONOPOLY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Devadoss,   Stephen.
This study provides a dynamic mathematical treatment of price determination under bilateral monopoly.  The results are: a) a quantitiative solution for the equilibrium price; b) equality of profits of the buyer and seller; c) dynamically stable equilibrium price; and d) the bargaining process achieves the equilibrium price at a faster pace for larger value of the quantity.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis; Industrial Organization; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20809

A DYNAMIC ANALYSIS OF SUSTAINABLE FARMING SYSTEMS IN CALIFORNIA AGRICULTURE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wicks,   Santhi; Howitt,   Richard E.; Klonsky,   Karen.
The economic viability of alternative and more sustainable agriculture farming systems depend on the value of farm profits. These values may be estimated through short or long-run of profit maximization, but there is a difference in these methods. In short-run profit maximization the instantaneous marginal benefits are equated to the marginal costs of production. Where as in the long-run maximization of profits the capital value of soil resources are quantify in addition to the direct revenues and costs of each system over time. A long-run approach is fundamental to capture the value of capital improvements in soil resources. In this study we use short-run experimental data from SAFS's rotations to calibrate the crop simulation model EPIC, and obtain a...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Farm Management.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21444

A DYNAMIC AND STOCHASTIC PERSPECTIVE ON THE ROLE OF TIME IN RANGE MANAGEMENT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Batabyal,   Amitrajeet A.; Biswas,   Basudeb; Godfrey,   E. Bruce.
This chapter uses a new ecological-economic approach to analyze the role of time in range management in a dynamic and stochastic setting. We first construct a theoretical model of a parcel of rangeland in which time restrictions are used to manage the land. We then show how the dynamic and the stochastic properties of this rangeland can be used to construct two managerial objectives that are ecologically and economically meaningful. Finally, using these two objectives, we discuss an approach to range management in which the manager has two interrelated goals. This manager maximizes the profits from range operations and (s)he also takes steps to move the rangeland away from the least desirable state of existence.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Land Economics/Use; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22149

A Dynamic Approach to Estimate Theoretically Consistent US Meat Demand System
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sulgham,   Anil K.; Zapata,   Hector O.
The paper conducts an empirical investigation of the US meat demand system using quarterly data on per capita meat consumption and prices. SUR maximum likelihood is used to estimate a static and dynamic (error correction) linear almost ideal demand systems. Results compare static and dynamic model elasticities.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/35441

A Dynamic Approach to the FDI-Environment Nexus: The Case of China and India
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Baek,   Jungho; Koo,   Won W.
The cointegration analysis and a vector error-correction (VEC) model are applied to examine the short- and long-run relationships among foreign direct investment (FDI), economic growth, and the environment in China and India. The results show that FDI inflow plays a pivotal role in determining the short- and long-run movement of economic growth through capital accumulation and technical spillovers in the two countries. However, FDI inflow in both countries is found to have a detrimental effect on environmental quality in both the short- and long-run, supporting pollution haven hypothesis. Finally, it is found that, in the short-run, there exists a unidirectional causality from FDI inflow to economic growth and the environment in China and India - a change...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: China; Cointegration analysis; Environment; FDI; India; Vector error-correction; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6508

A Dynamic CGE Model of R&amp;D Based Growth in the U.S. Economy: An Experiment Using the New Growth Theory
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Diao,   Xinshen; Roe,   Terry L.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Development; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 1996
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/50866

A dynamic dual model under state-contingent production uncertainty
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Serra,   Teresa; Stefanou,   Spiro E.; Oude Lansink,   Alfons G.J.M.
In this paper we assess how production costs and capital accumulation patterns in agriculture have evolved over time, by paying special attention to the influence of risk. A dynamic state-contingent cost minimization approach is applied to assess production decisions in US agriculture over the last century. Results suggest the relevance of allowing for the stochastic nature of the production function which permits to capture both the differences in the costs of producing under different states of nature, the differences in the evolution of these costs over time, as well as the differential impacts of different states of nature on investment decisions.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Risk; State-contingent; Dynamic model; Investment decisions; Agricultural and Food Policy; Farm Management; Land Economics/Use; D21.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61353

A DYNAMIC GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS OF U.S. BIOFUELS PRODUCTION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Beach,   Robert H.; Birur,   Dileep K.; Davis,   Lauren M.; Ross,   Martin T.
With the rising global interest in energy security and climate change mitigation, biofuels have gained the prominent attention of researchers and policy makers. The U.S. has emerged as the leading producer of biofuels and is aiming for achieving a target of 36 billion gallons of renewable fuels by 2022 under its updated renewable fuels standard (RFS2) policy. In this paper, we study the longer-term global implications of large-scale renewable fuels production in the U.S. We utilize the GTAP v7.1 data base and introduce a detailed breakdown of agricultural crops, first and second generation biofuels and by-products. We update this fully disaggregated data base to reflect the 2010 global economy, based on secondary data for the sectors and regions included....
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: ADAGE; Biofuels; Computable General Equilibrium; Recursive Dynamic; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103965

A DYNAMIC IMPORT DEMAND ANALYSIS OF HONDURAN COFFEE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Andino,   Jose; Kennedy,   P. Lynn.
The responsiveness of import demand for Honduran coffee to changing economic environments in its main trading partners was studied.  Estimation included Johansen cointegration analysis and VAR models with Monte Carlo simulated error bands.  Results indicate a significant response of Honduran coffee sales to changes in importers' incomes and import prices.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/34734

A Dynamic Model of Household Location, Regional Growth and Endogenous Natural Amenities with Cross-Scale Interactions
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Irwin,   Elena G.; Jayaprakash,   Ciriyam; Chen,   Yong.
We develop a coupled model of regional migration and lake ecology to study the influence of ecological-economic interactions and relative time scales on transient and asymptotic dynamics.  Cross-scale interactions fundamentally change system dynamics by eliminating steady states that are present in the decoupled economic model and introduce important time dependence.  We find that the relative time scales of interacting variables are a key determinant in system dynamics and resilience and that the system's asymptotic behavior cannot be determined without considering the full dynamics of the system.  Other time-dependent effects are found to matter, e.g., when households base their perceptions of environmental amenities on past observation, a path...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9888

A DYNAMIC MODEL OF LAND USE CHANGE WITH SPATIALLY EXPLICIT DATA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: De Pinto,   Alessandro; Nelson,   Gerald C.
A discrete choice dynamic model was used to predict land use change for an area in Panama. Our results show not only that our modeling technique performs better than static models, but it is also superior to previous attempts to model land use change in a dynamic fashion.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20314

A DYNAMIC MODEL OF MICROLENDING IN THE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Katchova,   Ani L.; Miranda,   Mario J.; Gonzalez-Vega,   Claudio.
In this paper, we examine the contract design problem of banks that extend loans to poor borrowers and seek to maximize outreach while remaining financially sustainable.  A dynamic model is developed that shows how interest rates can be determined based on information about productivity and diligence characteristics of borrowers, investment opportunities, correlation of business activities, peer monitoring costs, and social sanctions.  The results indicate that relative to the traditional static models, the dynamic model explains better the current experience in individual and group lending in developing countries.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Financial Economics.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20635

A DYNAMIC MODEL OF THE FOOD PROCESSING SECTOR IN THE NEW MARKET ECONOMIES OF CENTRAL EUROPE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lyons,   Robert F.; Goodhue,   Rachael E.; Rausser,   Gordon C.; Simon,   Leo K.
We evaluate the importance of the competitiveness and productive efficiency of the food processing sector for predicting policy outcomes, and the sector's performance under selected government interventions.  Our model is based on firm-level decisions and focuses explicitly on the effects of government policies on firms' incentives.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Productivity Analysis.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21003

A DYNAMIC MODEL OF THE U.S. ALLIGATOR INDUSTRY: LESSONS FOR SUSTAINABLE USE AND FARM MANAGEMENT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Heykoop,   Jerry; Frechette,   Darren L.
The American alligator has made a remarkable comeback from the brink of extinction.  Commercial alligator production is emerging as an important industry in the South.  The industry shows similarities to other livestock industries.  This paper draws comparisons with other livestock industries to motivate a structural model of the alligator industry.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Alligators; Endangered; Threatened; Wildlife; Sustainable use; Livestock Production/Industries; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21493

A DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING FRAMEWORK FOR USING WEATHER DERIVATIVES TO MANAGE DAIRY PROFIT RISK
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Chen,   Gang; Roberts,   Matthew C.
Replaced with revised version of paper 07/19/04.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20171

A dynamic programming model for optimising the timing of replacement of sows
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Niemi,   Jarkko K.; Sevon-Aimonen,   Marja-Liisa; Partanen,   Kirsi; Pietola,   Kyosti.
Replaced with revised version of poster 07/20/10.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Farm Management; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61591

A DYNAMIC RESPONSE ANALYSIS FOR THE U.S. ROUGH RICE MARKET
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: No,   Sung Chul; Zapata,   Hector O.
This study provides a comparative evaluation of VARs versus structural VARs for policy analysis and simulation via impulse response analysis (IRA). The IRA is valuable information for rice market participants as these results provide an economically intuitive explanation of adjustments that occur as a result of shocks to the market.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Marketing.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20765

A Dynamic Risk Optimization Model for Evaluating Profitable and Feasible Water Management Plans
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Grove,   Bennie; Oosthuizen,   L.K.; Backeberg,   G.R.
Currently the South African government is advocating the cultivation of high valued crops and more efficient use of available water resources through the adoption o f more efficient irrigation technology and irrigation scheduling. A requirement of the National Water Act (Act 36 of 1998) is the compilation of water management plans. The main objective of this paper is to develop a multiperiod mathematical risk programming model able of assisting water user associations with the compilation of water management plans that are both profitable and feasible. Special care was taken to represent canal capacities and irrigation system application rates in the model. Risk simulation procedures are used to generate an appropriately correlated inter- and...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Dynamic Linear Programming; Risk; Irrigation; Feasibility; South Africa; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; C6; Q15; Q12.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25554

A dynamic structural model of household migration decisions and their effects
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Castelhano,   Michael; Lin,   C.-Y. Cynthia; Taylor,   J. Edward.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103922

A economia política dos estudos sobre desenvolvimento rural no Brasil
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Schneider,   Sergio.
O trabalho analisa as principais tendências teóricas e temas que integram o debate brasileiro recente sobre o desenvolvimento rural. Sustenta-se que a agenda do desenvolvimento rural no Brasil, da qual comungam e participam ativamente estudiosos, organizações e instituições, tem sido formulada pelo Estado e pelas políticas públicas implementadas desde a década de 1990. Entre os fatores que influenciaram a emergência do debate sobre o desenvolvimento rural destaca-se a crescente legitimação social e política da agricultura familiar e da reforma agrária, a reorientação das políticas governamentais, o crescente acirramento político e ideológico em relação ao agronegócio e as discussões sobre a sustentabilidade. Também se argumenta que as referências...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Desenvolvimento rural; Estado; Políticas; Agricultura familiar; Teoria social; Rural development; State; Policies; Family farming; Social theory; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103106

A EFICIÊNCIA DOS PROGRAMAS EDUCATIVOS IMPLEMENTADOS POR EMPRESAS E ORGÃOS GOVERNAMENTAIS COMO FORMA DE PREVENÇÃO AO IMPACTO AMBIENTAL CAUSADO PELO DESCARTE INCORRETO DAS EMBALAGENS DE AGROTÓXICOS EM CAMPOS GERAIS NO SUL DO ESTADO DE MINAS GERAIS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lima,   Jairo Gustavo De; Romaniello,   Marcelo Marcio; Amancio,   Cristhiane Oliveira Da Graca.
Este estudo atua com uma ferramenta de feedback quanto aos resultados obtidos com os programas educacionais em combate ao descarte incorreto de embalagens vazias no município de Campos Gerais no Sul do Estado de Minas Gerais. Os objetivos são mensurar a eficiência dos -programas educativos implementados por empresas e órgãos governamentais como forma de prevenção ao impacto ambiental causado pelo descarte incorreto das embalagens de agrotóxicos. Mais especificadamente, pretende-se verificar o comportamento dos produtores rurais em relação às formas de descarte das embalagens, ao cumprimento da legislação, às formas pelas quais os produtores rurais tomam conhecimento das campanhas educativas, e identificar métodos educacionais mais eficientes para o combate...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agrotóxicos; Descartes de Embalagens; Agrotoxic; Package discard; Educative programs; Consumer/Household Economics.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109110

A emergência da categoria “agricultor familiar” como sujeito de direitos na trajetória do sindicalismo rural brasileiro
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Picolotto,   Everton Lazzaretti.
O processo de reconhecimento dos agricultores familiares como sujeitos de direitos apesar de ser recente quando pensado a partir da trajetória do sindicalismo rural brasileiro demonstra ter suas primeiras raízes ainda na constituição da legislação trabalhista-sindical dos anos de 1930. Visando explorar esse processo o artigo tem por objetivo analisar a emergência dos agricultores familiares como sujeitos de direitos na sociedade brasileira contemporânea. Analisa-se os processos de formação do sindicalismo rural e de expansão da legislação trabalhista para os trabalhadores rurais como forma de realização de uma “cidadania regulada” até a década de 1970; o questionamento do sindicalismo oficial, a estruturação de um “novo sindicalismo” e a emergência de...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultura familiar; Sujeitos de direitos; Sindicalismo dos trabalhadores rurais; Sindicalismo da agricultura familiar; Cidadania; Family agriculture; Individuals with rights; The rural workers' syndicalism; Syndicalism of the family agriculture; Citizenship; Farm Management.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/108074

A EVOLUÇÃO DA AGROINDÚSTRIA CANAVIEIRA E OS MERCADOS DE AÇÚCAR E DE ÁLCOOL CARBURANTE NO BRASIL: A NECESSIDADE DE PLANEJAMENTO E CONTROLE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ramos,   Pedro.
O texto analisa o surgimento e evolução do mercado de álcool carburante no Brasil, destacando seu elo com a trajetória do mercado interno e exportações de açúcar. Mostra que durante muito tempo tais mercados foram marcados pela ação planejadora por parte do órgão estatal (o IAA/Instituto do Açúcar e do Álcool) criado em 1933, e que o enfraquecimento de tal incumbência quando do advento do Proálcool em 1975 foi seguido do esvaziamento de outras atribuições do órgão entre 1985 e 1990, quando foi extinto. Destaca o comportamento da mistura de álcool anidro à gasolina, o ufanismo quanto à possibilidade de substituição do consumo de gasolina pelo de álcool hidratado, a crise de abastecimento deste álcool em 1989/90 e o problema decorrente da possibilidade de...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Brasil; Mercados; Açúcar; Álcool; Planejamento; Brazil; Markets; Sugar; Alcohol; Planning; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/112757

A EVOLUÇÃO DA INDÚSTRIA DE AGROTÓXICOS NO BRASIL DE 2001 A 2007: A EXPANSÃO DA AGRICULTURA E AS MODIFICAÇÕES NA LEI DE AGROTÓXICOS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Terra,   Fabio Henrique Bittes; Pelaez,   Victor Manoel.
Entre os anos 2001/2007, a agricultura nacional cresceu a taxas extraordinárias, superiores às dos outros setores da economia. Este excelente desempenho da agricultura nacional ocorreu sem que existisse um aparato de políticas públicas para fomentá-lo. Desta forma, o desempenho da agricultura favoreceu a atuação de grupos de pressão sobre o marco regulatório dos agrotóxicos, no qual segmentos do setor agrícola e entidades representativas de empresas produtoras de agrotóxicos têm procurado reduzir as exigências para o registro de novos produtos, sob a alegação de que isto reduziria os preços dos agrotóxicos ao produtor rural, melhorando a competitividade da agricultura nacional, e ainda promoveria a redução do grau de concentração do mercado brasileiro de...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agrotóxicos; Organização Industrial; Nexo econômico-jurídico; Agricultura; Pesticides; Industrial Organization; Economic-legal nexus; Agriculture; Agribusiness; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109607

A EVOLUÇÃO RECENTE DA PREVIDÊNCIA SOCIAL RURAL EM QUATRO REGIÕES DO RIO GRANDE DO SUL
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Caldas,   Nadia Velleda; Anjos,   Flávio Sacco dos; Mezzalira,   Itamara; Valente,   Glaciele Barbosa; Schiller,   Henrique Vighi.
O artigo analisa a importância da previdência social rural na dinâmica da agricultura familiar gaúcha. Aborda os efeitos do processo de universalização da seguridade social em face das mudanças decorrentes da promulgação da nova constituição de 1988. O estudo desenvolveu-se com base em pesquisa realizada em quatro áreas de estudo correspondentes às microrregiões de Pelotas, Caxias do Sul, Frederico Westphalen e Cerro Largo, respectivamente situadas no sul, nordeste, norte e noroeste da geografia gaúcha. Os resultados indicam que as aposentadorias e pensões são essencialmente importantes na perspectiva da redução das desigualdades. Elas representam uma importante fonte de renda para as famílias e para a economia dos municípios. Além disso, a pesquisa...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Previdência social; Agricultura familiar; Políticas públicas; Social security; Family farming; Public policies; Farm Management.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109813

A exclusão social de mulheres jovens, com idade entre 15 a 24 anos, no mercado de trabalho no Brasil
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fernandes,   Rosangela Aparecida Soares; Lima,   Joao Eustaquio de; Santos,   Cristiane Marcia.
Vários fatores como escolaridade, renda per capita, experiência, maternidade, raça, dentre outros, têm contribuído para a exclusão de mulheres jovens no mercado de trabalho. O objetivo deste artigo é identificar a situação das mulheres jovens, com idade entre 15 e 24 anos, no mercado de trabalho brasileiro em 2005. Estimou-se um modelo logit multinomial para as probabilidades das jovens encontrarem, em determinado período de tempo, em uma das seguintes ocupações: inativo, ativo e empregado, ou ativo e desempregado. Verificou-se que, o aumento da escolaridade e experiência diminui as probabilidades de emprego e desemprego e aumenta a probabilidade inatividade. A renda per capita relaciona-se positivamente com as probabilidades de inatividade e empregado e...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Ercado de trabalho; Mulheres jovens; Emprego; Exclusão social; Desemprego; Labour market; Young women; Employment; Social exclusion; Unemployment; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/108575

A EXPANSÃO DA CANA-DE-AÇÚCAR E O IMPACTO SOBRE A ARRECADAÇÃO FISCAL DOS MUNICÍPIOS PAULISTAS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Palomino,   Josiane Mayara Gil; Toneto Junior,   Rudinei; Campos,   Celso Vilela Chaves; Stocco,   Leandro.
Observa-se no período recente um forte crescimento da produção de etanol e açúcar, fato que vem se refletindo no uso crescente da terra pela cana-de-açúcar. Este processo vem ocorrendo com maior intensidade no estado de São Paulo, fazendo com que vários municípios se tornem cada vez mais dependentes dessa cultura. Com base nisso, a questão que se coloca é como os municípios podem se beneficiar dessa expansão, sendo necessária, então, a análise de pontos como o impacto na arrecadação fiscal, objetivo deste trabalho. Para tanto, foram estimados vários modelos em painel de efeitos fixos, corrigidos para heteroscedasticidade e autocorrelação, que tem como variáveis dependentes a arrecadação per capita do ISSQN, ICMS, IPVA e IPTU. Os dados, extraídos da...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Setor sucroalcooleiro. Arrecadação fiscal. Cana-de-açúcar. Dados em painel. Sugarcane sector. Fiscal collection. Sugarcane. Panel data.; Crop Production/Industries; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/108069

A expansão do Programa Bolsa Família e as implicações sobre consumo e preços de alimentos: o caso de Viçosa/MG
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rodrigues,   Cristiana Tristao; Gomes,   Adriano Provezano; Dias,   Roberto Serpa.
Programas de transferência de renda como o Bolsa Família (PBF) podem exercer pressão sobre a demanda interna de alimentos. Este fato merece atenção, principalmente, diante do cenário internacional de alta inflacionária para o grupo alimentação, registrado no ano de 2007, e a tendência de continuidade para 2008. Diante disso, o presente estudo teve como objetivo analisar os possíveis impactos da expansão do (PBF) sobre o consumo e preço de alimentos. Os resultados revelaram uma alta ERD para a alimentação no domicílio, bem como para alguns itens que compõem este subgrupo. O resultado mostrou-se preocupante, pois justamente os produtos de maior ERD, ou seja, que terão um maior incremento em seu dispêndio a partir de um aumento da renda, são os que têm...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Programa Bolsa Família; Consumo Alimentar; Inflação de Alimentos; Family Grant Program; Alimentary Consumption; Inflation of Foods; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/106090

A FACTOR ANALYSIS OF SUPERMARKET MANAGEMENT PRACTICES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: King,   Robert P.; Jacobson,   Elaine M.
Empirically based management practice indices are constructed using results from factor analysis of data from 344 stores in the 2000 Supermarket Panel. These indices are compared to six management indices based on expert opinion. The empirical indices group variables differently and provide a more compact summary of supermarket management practices.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20496

A FAIR PATH TO FREE TRADE: THE WTO AGRICULTURE NEGOTIATIONS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hegwood,   David.
Speech and PowerPoint Presentation
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33202

A Farm Level Analysis of the Economic Impact of the MARENA Program in Honduras
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bravo-Ureta,   Boris E.; de Almeida,   Alexandre; Solis,   Daniel; Inestroza,   Aaron.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Impact Evaluation; Propensity Score Matching; Fixed Effects; Internal Rate of Return; Technical Efficiency; Honduras; International Development.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/55658

A farm level analysis of the impact of milk quota reform: integrating econometric estimation with optimisation models
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Breen,   James P.; Donnellan,   Trevor; Hennessy,   Thia C.; Thorne,   Fiona S.
This paper explores the implications of an expansion of the EU milk quota. The paper begins by examining the relative competitiveness of dairy farming in the EU. FADN data is used to derive production cost measures and partial productivity indicators for selected Member States. The results show that Irish dairy farmers have relatively low cash costs of production and that output per hectare and per labour unit is low, suggesting that Ireland may be well placed to expand production if the milk quota regime were reformed. The subsequent sections of the paper address the implications of an expansion of the EU milk quota. Results of an analysis conducted using the FAPRI-Ireland partial equilibrium model are summarised while the results and methods of a farm...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Farm Management; International Relations/Trade; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6480

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 farm level assessment of the profitability of Entry Level Scheme participation in the Lincolnshire Wolds
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Harrison,   George R.; Jones,   James V.H.
The paper builds on the results of previous studies investigating whether farmers profit by participation in the Entry Level Scheme (ELS). Standard payment levels (derived from points) under ELS are fixed at rates that are expected only to compensate farmers for income foregone and costs incurred. There is no profit element as such. There is therefore no reason to expect participation to be profitable. However farm level examination of the income foregone and costs incurred in previous studies based in other parts of England have shown that this can be achieved. The study is based in the Lincolnshire Wolds, an area dominated by arable farming but with topography and associated natural features that offer some variety in the mix of farming and the measures...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Entry Level Scheme; Agri-environmental payments; Income forgone; Partial budgets; Profitability.; Farm Management; Q58.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/91674

A FARM LEVEL PERSPECTIVE ON AGROBIOTECHNOLOGY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kalaitzandonakes,   Nicholas G.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32913

A Farm-level Approach to the Methyl Bromide Phase-out: Identifying Alternatives and Maximizing Net Worth Using Stochastic Dominance and Optimization Procedures.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Byrd,   Mark M.; Escalante,   Cesar L.; Wetzstein,   Michael E.; Fonsah,   Esendugue Greg.
Alternative fumigant and herbicide systems for Georgia's pepper farms are analyzed relative to soon-to-be phased-out methyl bromide system.  Stochastic dominance analyses identify two alternatives exceeding MeBr's yield and financial efficiency.  A programming model using simulation-optimization techniques provides important implications on the pepper farms' economic viability under these alternative systems.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/35265

A Farm-Level Evaluation of Conditions Under Which Farmers Will Supply Biomass Feedstocks for Energy Production
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Larson,   James A.; English,   Burton C.; Hellwinckel,   Chad M.; Torre Ugarte,   Daniel de la; Walsh,   Marie E.
This study evaluated the risk management potential of including biomass crops as a diversification strategy for a grain farm in northwest Tennessee.  Results indicate that adding biomass crops to the farm enterprise mix could improve mean net revenues and reduced net revenue variability.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19161

A FCMs approach to promote new business formation in rural areas under uncertainty conditions
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lopolito,   Antonio; Prosperi,   Maurizio; Sisto,   Roberta; De Meo,   Emilio.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114778

A financial analysis of the effect of the mix of crop and sheep enterprises on the risk profile of dryland farms in south-eastern Australia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hutchings,   Timothy R.; Nordblom,   Thomas L.
This study analyses the financial risk faced by representative mixed-enterprise farm businesses in four regions of south-eastern Australia. It uses discrete stochastic programming to optimise the ten-year cash flow margins produced by these farms operating three different farming systems. Monte Carlo analysis is used to produce a risk profile for each scenario, derived from multiple runs of this optimised model, randomised for commodity prices and decadal growing season rainfall since 1920. This analysis shows that the performance of the enterprise mixes at each site is characterised more by the level of variability of possible outcomes than by the mean values of financial outputs. It demonstrates that relying on mean values for climate and prices...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Farm Management.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/101405

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

A Firm's Perspective on Biodiesel (PowerPoint)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Prentice,   Paul T.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/45857

A FIRST LOOK AT THE 2002 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE (PowerPoint Presentation)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bosecker,   Ron.
PowerPoint presentation
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Farm Management.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33041

A FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE PERSPECTIVE ON BIO-SECURITY AND SAFE FOOD (PowerPoint Presentation)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hulebak,   Karen.
POWERPOINT PRESENTATION
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33496

A Foot and Mouth Disease Induced Model of US Excess Supply of Beef
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Yeboah,   Osei-Agyeman; Ofori-Boadu,   Victor; Salifou,   Samaila.
Agriculture is a vulnerable sector of the U.S economy, accounting for 13% of Gross Domestic Product and 15% of employment.  It produces quality cheap food for domestic consumption and accounts for more than $65 billion in export revenues.  Contagious animal diseases like Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) are often referred to as economic diseases because of the magnitude of harm they cause producers, local communities and the consequences in international trade.  Losses from the 2001 FMD outbreak in the United Kingdom are estimated at $10.7 to $11.7 billion. The total cost of an FMD outbreak is the sum of eradication cost, production losses, and the loss of exports.   This paper examines the export effects of a bioterrorist attack such as the introduction of...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Excess supply; FMD; Beef prices; Bioterrorism; Agricultural and Food Policy; Environmental Economics and Policy; International Relations/Trade; Q17.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/46053

A framework for assessing impacts of community-based enterprises on poverty reduction: a case study in northern Thailand
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Terrakul,   Nuttamon; Villano,   Renato A.; Wood,   Fiona; Mounter,   Stuart W.
Poverty alleviation remains a challenge for Thailand’s socio-economic development. A key strategy of the Thai government to help meet this challenge at the ‘grass roots’ level has been the promotion of Community-Based Enterprises (CBEs). And national statistics and descriptive studies have shown that CBEs have led to both income improvement and employment creation. However, poverty is a multi-dimensional concept and also some groups are more adversely affected (such a women) than others. By investigating poverty from a number of different angles, this research aims to assess whether CBES are a genuine tool for poverty reduction at the individual household level. This paper provides an outline of the framework developed for assessing CBE impact on poverty...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Impact assessment; Community-based enterprise; Poverty reduction; Gender empowerment; Northern Thailand; International Development; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/59165

A Framework for Assessing of the Impact of Capacity Building
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Templeton,   Deborah J.
Capacity building is widely recognised as an important component of most research-for-development activities. However despite the fact that around $15 billion is spent annually on capacity building activities, there has been limited assessment of the economic returns to that investment. In recent years, the Impact Assessment Program of the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research has turned its attention to quantifying the benefits from capacity-building. This paper sets out a framework for assessing of the impact of capacity building and presents four case studies. It does not purport to be a definitive paper by any means. Rather, it is an account of just one organisations experience. It is hoped that as work on this important area...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Capacity building; Impact assessment; Attribution; International Development; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51716

A Framework for Estimating U.S. WTO Domestic Support to 2015
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Quiroga,   Jose.
The framework allows comprehensive and consistent measurement and classification of U.S. domestic support to 2015 under different assumptions. Projections of future U.S. domestic support patterns are made with estimates published in the USDA Agricultural Baseline Projections. We also use information from the OECD, FAPRI, NASS, and our own estimates. We present key elements and an overview of our analytical framework, assumptions of a baseline scenario, and some analytical results and observations arising from our analysis. The baseline scenario extends the classification of programs in WTO notifications to 2015. The framework consists of 65 spreadsheets, which are grouped into 4 analytical stages: calculation of program estimates by commodity; calculation...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agriculture; AMS; De minimis; Domestic support; WTO; Framework; International Relations/Trade; F1; Q1; Q17; Q18; F13.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25412

A framework for the design and analysis of incentive systems for food safety control in supply chains
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: van Wagenberg,   Coen P.A.; Backus,   Ge B.C.; van der Vorst,   Jack G.A.J.; Urlings,   Bert A.P.
Since 2005 the EU food industry has primary legal responsibility for food safety control. This requires new responsibilities and relationships between government and industry, and between companies. This research presents a framework for incentive systems for food safety control in supply chains. It emphasizes key elements of food safety control from multiple perspectives and provides insights for the design and analysis of incentive systems for food safety control. An incentive system combines inter-company incentive mechanisms with intra-company decision making processes to control a hazard within the legal environment. Incentive mechanisms, which consist of a performance measure and a performance reward, induce companies to use control measures. The...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Incentive mechanism; Food safety; Supply chain control.; Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58138

A FRAMEWORK FOR THE ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kutschukian,   Jean-Marc.
Economists, especially agricultural economists, have undertaken extensive analysis of the gains of technological-based scientific research. This is in stark contrast to the efforts undertaken to understand the economic effects of environmental scientific research. Economic evaluation of environmental science is important because knowledge-based government agencies are regularly required to justify their research expenditure and set clear priorities for their research programmes. This paper addresses the gap in the literature by offering a general framework for evaluating environmental scientific research. The paper is structured around two themes central to appraisals of environmental research: (a) the non-market nature of environmental outcomes; and (b)...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6026

A FRAMEWORK FOR THE FARM PROBLEM
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Brandow,   George E.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 1957
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17803

A FRAMEWORK FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF SPECIAL PRODUCTS WITHIN THE WTO:  A CLOSER LOOK AT FOUR COMMODITIES IN BARBADOS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Marcus-Burnett,   Emalene.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Trade liberalization; Special products; Sensitive commodities; WTO; CARICOM Single Market and Economy; CAES; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance; Financial Economics; International Development; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/36951

A Free Trade between Ukraine and the European Union: Challenges and Opportunities for Agricultural Markets
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nekhay,   Olexandr; Gay,   Stephan Hubertus; Fellmann,   Thomas.
The negotiations on a deep and comprehensive free trade agreement (FTA) between Ukraine and the EU are currently in process. Such a FTA can be expected to imply opportunities as well as challenges for agricultural markets. This paper provides a model-based quantitative assessment of the potential impacts of a FTA on agricultural commodity markets in the EU and Ukraine. For the quantitative analysis the dynamic, partial equilibrium model AGLINK-COSIMO has been adapted and applied. The modules for the EU and Ukraine have been extracted from the global model and prepared to run together. Thus, the focus is on the bilateral trade positions and not on the effect on other countries. The simulation of a FTA between the EU and Ukraine was done through the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Ukraine; EU; Free Trade Agreement (FTA); Agricultural Markets; AGLINK-COSIMO; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114616

A Fruticultura e sua importância para a Região Nova Alta Paulista
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lourenzani,   Wagner Luiz; Lourenzani,   Ana Elisa Bressan Smith; Bagaiolo,   Gabriela Ribeiro; Rodarte,   Thais Dizaro.
O Brasil é o terceiro maior produtor de frutas, entretanto, a participação nas exportações mundiais ainda é reduzida. A fruticultura consiste numa alternativa viável para o desenvolvimento uma vez que pode gerar renda a partir de reduzida área de produção, além de adotar mão-de-obra de forma intensa. A região Nova Alta Paulista apresenta características adequadas à atividade em termos de estrutura agrária e condições edafoclimáticas. Assim, esse estudo teve como objetivo caracterizar a fruticultura na região. Foram identificadas diversas barreiras ao desenvolvimento como a falta de coordenação entre os agentes das cadeias da fruticultura. Tais barreiras devem ser alvo de políticas públicas e privadas, pois os resultados podem beneficiar os agentes em...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Fruticultura; Agronegócio; Desenvolvimento regional; Fruit crops; Agribusiness; Local development; Agribusiness; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/107938

A FRUTICULTURA IRRIGADA EM ÁREAS DE ASSENTAMENTO NO MUNICÍPIO DE BARAÚNA – RN: ANÁLISE DO PROCESSO DE PRODUÇÃO E COMERCIALIZAÇÃO
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Maia,   Ana Cristina Nogueira; Costa,   Genivalda Cordeiro Da.
A fruticultura irrigada foi introduzida no Rio Grande do Norte, no final dos anos 70, pela empresa Maisa Agroindustrial S/A – MAISA, através do cultivo de melão. A partir da década de 80 outras empresas, como por exemplo, a FRUNORTE passaram a produzir melão e outras frutas na região. Porém, a partir de meados da década de 90, o melão passou a ser produzido também por médios e pequenos produtores da região, inclusive por produtores de áreas de assentamentos de Reforma Agrária, os quais se tornaram fornecedores do produto para a agroindústria – que se encarregava da venda do melão junto aos mercados externo e interno (COSTA, 2002). Este estudo teve como objetivo geral: analisar o processo de produção e comercialização da fruticultura irrigada desenvolvida...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Produção; Comercialização; Fruticultura irrigada; Production; Trade; Irrigated fruit; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/113197

A Fully Calibrated Generalized CES Programming Model of Agricultural Supply
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Merel,   Pierre R.; Simon,   Leo K.; Yi,   Fujin.
The use of prior information on supply elasticities to calibrate programming models of agricultural supply has been advocated repeatedly in the recent literature (Heckelei and Britz 2005). Yet, Mérel and Bucaram (2009) have shown that the dual goal of calibrating such models to a reference allocation while replicating an exogenous set of supply elasticities is not always feasible. This article lays out the methodological foundation to exactly calibrate programming models of agricultural supply using generalized CES production functions. We formally derive the necessary and sufficient conditions under which such models can be calibrated to replicate the reference allocation while displaying crop-specific supply responses that are consistent with prior...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Positive mathematical programming; Generalized CES; Supply elasticities; Crop Production/Industries; Production Economics.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/60906

A FUTURISTIC LOOK AT THE USE OF GRAZED FORAGES IN THE WESTERN UNITED STATES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Van Tassell,   Larry W.; Bartlett,   E. Tom; Mitchell,   John E.
Scenario analysis was used to develop scenarios the grazed forage industry in the western U.S. will most likely face over the next several decades.  Five major factors were identified as being most consequential.  Scenarios indicated that livestock use of grazing lands will most likely decline while wildlife use will increase.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Land Economics/Use; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20868

A GAME THEORETIC ANALYSIS OF U.S. RICE EXPORT POLICY: THE CASE OF JAPAN AND KOREA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lee,   Dae-Seob; Kennedy,   P. Lynn.
As a result of the Uruguay Round (UR), the impact on the international rice market is dramatic.The major U.S. benefit of the UR has been the access to the Japanese market.  However, the U.S. share of this import market has been unstable and the share of Korean rice market is nearly zero prior to February 2002.  Econometric estimation and Political Preference Function (PPF) approach are incorporated into a game theoretic analysis to analyze U.S. export potential to Japan and Korea.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19686

A Game Theoretic Approach to Analyse Cooperation between Rural Households in Northern Nigeria
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gerichhausen,   M.; Berkhout,   Ezra D.; Hamers,   H.J.M; Manyong,   Victor M.
To improve the livelihood of the poor in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) much attention has been paid to the development of new agricultural technologies. We hypothesize that farmers can also improve their livelihood through cooperation. Partial cooperation, in which knowledge is shared or bargaining power improved, is relatively common in SSA, while cooperation where all resources are fully shared, which we address, has rarely been investigated. An important pre-requisite to establish such cooperation, is the need for a fair division rule for the gains of the cooperation. This paper combines linear programming and cooperative game theory to model the effects of cooperation of (individual) households on income and farm plans. Linear programming establishes...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Cooperations; Linear Programming; Nigeria; Livelihood; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Environmental Economics and Policy; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; International Relations/Trade; Marketing; Productivity Analysis; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52146

A GENERAL APPROACH TO VALUING COMMODITY-LINKED BONDS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jin,   Yufei; Turvey,   Calum G.
The purpose of this paper is to develop a general approach to valuing commodity-linked bonds (CLBs) based on the Heath-Jarrow-Morton (HJM) framework. The model deals with four dimensions of uncertainty: prices of the underlying commodity, the value of firm that issues bonds, interest rates, and convenience yields. A mathematical formula for the price of a commodity-linked bond is derived. The previous results in Black and Scholes (1973), Merton (1973), Schwartz (1982), and Atta-Mensah (1992) can be obtained by specifying appropriate restrictions in the general model. Using similar assumptions, as found in Miura and Yamauchi (1998) and Carr (1987), more reasonable results can be obtained through the application of the present model.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Financial Economics.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20039

A GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS OF JAPANESE RICE MARKET TRADE LIBERALIZATION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Taniguchi,   Kiyoshi.
The main interest of this study is to simulate the domestic rice market under full trade liberalization.  Results show that full trade liberalization is welfare enhancing for non-farm as well as farm households, primarily through lower consumer prices.  These simulation results apparently undermine the government’'s argument against trade liberalization.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20660

A General Equilibrium Analysis of the Mid Term Review of the CAP on Italian Agriculture
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Magnani,   Riccardo; Perali,   Carlo Federico; Polinori,   Paolo.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15744

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

A GERAÇÃO DE EXTERNALIDADES E O PROCESSO DE RECICLAGEM: A APLICAÇÃO DA METODOLOGIA DA ANÁLISE DO CICLO DE VIDA COMO FERRAMENTA GERENCIAL
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Souza,   Roberta Fernanda Da Paz De.
A expansão dos níveis de produção perseguidos atualmente com vistas à elevação dos níveis de emprego e renda gerados pela economia e a manutenção dos padrões de consumo demandados pela sociedade fazem com que haja uma crescente pressão sobre os recursos naturais. A análise dos processos e produtos gerados pelas indústrias tornaria viável adoção de medidas capazes de obter resultados mais eficientes. Para possibilitar tais análises, têm sido desenvolvidos diversos conceitos teóricos e métodos que visam a melhoria do processo produtivo. O conceito de externalidades e o método de Análise do Ciclo de Vida (ACV) fazem parte desse arcabouço. A partir de sua aplicação, tornam-se possíveis a adoção de medidas que busquem a utilização sustentável dos recursos...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Externalidades; Análise do Ciclo de Vida; Reciclagem; Externalities; Life Cycle Analysis; Recycling; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/113191

A Global Model for Agriculture and Bioenergy: Application to Biofuel and Food Security in Peru and Tanzania
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Elbehri,   Aziz; McDougall,   Robert; Horridge,   Mark.
This paper describes a global model for agriculture and bioenergy (GLOMAB) that incorporates biomass, biofuels and bioelectricity sectors into the GTAP-Energy model by expanding the global GTAP database, production and consumption structures. Biofuels are separated between first- generation (sugar ethanol, starch ethanol) and second- generation (cellulosic ethanol) biofuels and associated biomass feedstocks (maize, sugar cane, crop residues, woody biomass). Beside biofuels, the model also incorporates bioelectricity (as separate form conventional electricity) which competes for the same biomass feedstocks with cellulosic ethanol sector (agricultural residues, woody biomass). With this broad-based representation of the bioenergy system likely to prevail...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Biofuels; Renewable Energy; Biomass; Agricultural Markets; Computable General Equilibrium (CGE); Food Security and Poverty; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; C68; Q18; Q42; R14.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51914

A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE ON REGIONAL INTEGRATION IN NORTH AMERICA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hertel,   Thomas W.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/16834

A Global Project for Comparative Farm Analysis: The International Farm Comparison Network IFCN
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Deblitz,   Claus; Hemme,   Torsten; Isermeyer,   Folkhard; Plessmann,   Frank.
Before IFCN was founded, existing farm-level data sets for international comparisons - if there were any - were not comparable. Differences from country to country regarding methodology applied, extent of data sets (physical and financial figures), and availability of up-to-date figures caused the incomparability. The IFCN is a world-wide association of agricultural scientists, advisors and farmers. Within the framework of this co-operation, farms and agricultural production systems are defined that are typical for their regions. Their economic situation is analysed, and the farms can be projected into the future. At present, the network, which is coordinated by the IFCN-centre in Braunschweig, Germany, operates for three branches: dairy (&gt; 30...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Farm comparisons; Typical farms; International competitiveness; International Farm Comparison Network; Farm Management; Institutional and Behavioral Economics.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24247

A Globally Flexible Model for Crop Yields Under Weather Risk
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cooper,   Joseph C.; Wallander,   Steven.
The literature on climate change and crop yields recognizes the need to allow for highly non-linear marginal effects.  This study combines these two areas of the literature by using Flexible Fourier Transforms (FFT’s) to ensure flexibility for both the time trend and the weather effects.  This study also illustrates how FFT’s can be combined with quantile regression (QR) to provide both robustness to outliers and information on the scale effects of time and weather variables. For U.S. county level data on corn, soybeans, and winter wheat, we estimate the relationship between yield and temperature and precipitation using a traditional parametric expected-yield estimator, our quantile-FFT regression evaluated at the median, and our QR-FFT regression that...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Crop yield distributions; Flexible fourier transforms; Quantile regression; Crop Production/Industries; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103560

A Globally Flexible, Quadratic Almost Ideal Demand System: An Application for Meat Demand in Taiwan
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Liu,   Kang Ernest; Sun,   Chia-Hung.
A new demand system, combining the quadratic almost ideal demand system and the Fourier expenditure system, is introduced. An application for meat consumption in Taiwan indicates that the new demand system fits the data well and that the restriction to the usual specifications, such as locally flexible functional form, linear Engel curve, and both, are rejected.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19170

A Government Decision Model for Invasive Species: Choosing the Most Efficient Government Program for the Management of Livestock Diseases
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Zhang,   Yichen; Muhammad,   Andrew; Coble,   Keith H.
The impact of invasive species has grown substantially in recent years as evident by the trends in government expenditures in response to outbreaks. In this paper, authors analyze advantages and disadvantages of current government compensation measures for invasive species. The conceptual models are built to describe the relationship between producers’ utility and the effect of adoption of different measures under different observability condition. As a case study, a survey is designed to analyze producer behavior in mitigating AI &amp; END outbreaks.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Invasive species; Indemnification programs; Insurance programs; Tiered indemnification.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47115

A gravity model approach to forecasting tuberculosis transmission in cattle
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Xie,   Fang; Horan,   Richard D.; Wolf,   Christopher A.
Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) in cattle has caused significant economic losses to livestock producers and has proven difficult to eradicate.  It is suspected that cattle movement across different farms and regions is one of the key factors of bTB transmission in the United States. Prior attempts to model the epidemiology of bTB infection within cattle to predict disease transmission have not adequately captured the behavioral aspects of trade.  A better understanding of livestock trade patterns would help in predicting disease transmission and the associated economic effects. In this paper, we develop a gravity model of livestock trade and link it to an epidemiological model of bTB transmission, with the goal being that this information could lead to improved...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Bovine tuberculosis; Gravity model; Disease management; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49382

A GROUP INCENTIVE PROGRAM FOR FARMER ADOPTION OF BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES: AN APPLICATION TO THE NITRATE POLLUTION PROBLEM IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ipe,   Viju C.; DeVuyst,   Eric A.
The paper demonstrates a group incentive program to encourage farmer adoption of best management practices.  It is demonstrated that the best management practices may not actually reduce farm profits but may increase farm profits and reduce environmental pollution.  This may bring about a win-win situation for sponsor, the farmer participating in the program, and  the society as a whole.  The results show that the farmers subjective beliefs about response of corn yields and profits to nitrogen application differ from the simulated responses which in turn results in the willingness-to-Accept for adoption best management practices significantly higher than the expected program payments.    The program could be implemented as an educational effort to...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Group incentive; Adoption; Best management practices; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21704

A Growth-Focused Spatial Econometric Model of Agricultural Land Development in the Northeast
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hailu,   Yohannes G.; Brown,   Cheryl.
Using county data for West Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania, estimation of a system of simultaneous equations shows that population growth, higher taxes, high farmland value, and high initial per capita income accelerate farmland development, but return on farmland, government assistance to farmers, farmland conservation, and farming agglomeration reduce development pressure.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Farmland; Development; Regional growth; Policy; Equilibrium model; Spatial autocorrelation; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19488

A HAZARD ANALYSIS OF CONSUMERS’ SWITCHING BEHAVIOUR IN GERMAN FOOD RETAILING FOR DAIRY PRODUCTS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Olearius,   Gotz; Roosen,   Jutta; Drescher,   Larissa S.
German food retailing is characterized by fierce competition among retail chains for consumer shopping. This paper considers the switching behaviour using data of white dairy product purchases. The empirical investigation uses a survival analysis approach, in particular hazard analysis. The results extend the knowledge of shopping behaviour by providing a new set of explaining variables and the importance of the first store, defined as store with the major share of household budget, becomes apparent. On average, households buy dairy products 42 times per year. Thereof 58 % are retail chain switches and in 41 % of all cases the households remain at the previously visited retail chain. Generally a low customer loyalty is visible in this investigation. It is...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Switching behaviour; Store choice; Store loyalty; Hazard analysis; Food retailing; Geschäftsstättenwahl; Geschäftsstättenwechsel; Einkaufsverhalten; Hazard Analyse; Lebensmitteleinzelhandel; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Industrial Organization.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114516

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

A Hedonic Analysis of Sheep and Goat Prices in a Changing Environment: The Role of Consumers and Implications for Management
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Singh-Knights,   Doolarie; Smith,   Dennis K.; Knights,   Marlon.
This paper examines whether buyers of live lambs and goats in the Northeast region have systematic preferences for specific live product attributes (age, weight, market class, sales lot size, market location and timing of sale) and whether they pay significantly different prices for these attributes consistent with their preferences.  Non-linear hedonic models are estimated using auction price and quality data for live lambs and goats in specific Northeast markets.  The results indicate that both lamb and goat buyers have systematic preferences for specific weight, market class and timing of sale, and that these preferences are implicitly reflected in prices offered in traditional auction markets.  Producers can capitalize on price differences based on...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Institutional and Behavioral Economics.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19289

A Hedonic Analysis on the Implicit Values of Fresh Tomatoes
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Huang,   Chung L.; Lin,   Biing-Hwan.
The food habits and dietary patterns of American consumers are changing and they are increasingly demanding food products that possess certain attributes relating to how the food was produced or processed. The objectives of the study are to analyze household purchase of fresh tomatoes and to determine the magnitudes of the price premium paid for the organic tomatoes by estimating a hedonic price model. The study uses the 2003 ACNielsen Homescan panel data. The data set represents a nationally representative panel of U.S. households, which provide food purchase data for at-home consumption. For empirical implementation, parameters of the hedonic model were estimated using the Box-Cox transformation procedure. The results indicated that consumers value the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Box-Cox transformation; Fresh tomatoes; Hedonic price; Organic produce; Product attributes; Crop Production/Industries; D1; Q11.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25404

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

A hedonic model of lamb carcass attributes
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Farrell,   Terence C.; Hopkins,   David L.
Lamb carcass value is widely reported to be a function of lean meat yield, which is the relationship between muscle, fat and bone. Five retailers and five wholesalers assessed 47 lamb carcasses from diverse genotypes and scored seven attributes. A hedonic model reveals that conformation attributes were more highly valued (16 c/kg) relative to yield characteristics (4 c/kg). Meat colour and fat distribution were significant for retailers, but less important for wholesalers. Genotype was not a strong indicator of conformation. Eye muscle area and depth were correlated with Fat C; however, these were not significant. These results indicate that carcass conformation, meat colour and fat distribution should be incorporated into carcass grading models.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Hedonic; Lamb; Conformation and meat value; Attributes; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10389

A HEDONIC MODEL OF RICE TRAITS: ECONOMIC VALUES FROM FARMERS IN WEST AFRICA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dalton,   Timothy J.
New crop varieties often have been promoted in developing countries based upon superior yield vis-a-vis locally available varieties.  This research presents a hedonic model for upland rice by drawing upon the input characteristics and consumer good characteristics model literature.  Model specification tests determine that a combination of production and consumption characteristics best explains the willingness to pay for new upland rice varieties.  This non-separable household model specification determined that four traits explain the willingness to pay for new rice varieties: plant cycle length, plant height, grain elongation/swelling and tenderness.  Yield was not significant explanatory variable for the willingness to pay for seed.  The implications...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Hedonic; Upland rice; West Africa; Household modelling; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25804

A Hedonic Perspective to Estimating a Marginal Value Function for a Subsistence Crop
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Edmeades,   Svetlana.
A hedonic price model is used to estimate the marginal value function for output characteristics of a subsistence crop in a developing economy.  Within the framework of the agricultural household, with non-separable consumption and production decisions, prices reflect the implicit marginal valuation of both consumption and production attributes jointly.  Variety-specific crop product farm-gate prices are used in the hedonic analysis.  The findings provide guidance for future crop improvement efforts, while revealing those attributes most likely to capture premiums at the market place.  Implicit premiums for attribute scarcity are also revealed.  Improvements in infrastructure could partially reduce the implicit costs of transportation, leading to higher...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19500

A Hedonic Price Analysis for the New Zealand Wine Industry: Preliminary Results
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bicknell,   Kathryn; Friesen,   Lana; MacDonald,   Ian.
This paper presents preliminary results from a hedonic price analysis of premium wines in New Zealand over the vintages 1994 – 2003. Implicit prices are presented for a sensory quality rating, as well as wine variety and regional reputation. Results show that the price premium associated with Michael Cooper's five-star quality rating is highly significant and increasing in magnitude over the study period. Trends in regional and varietal preferences are also explored.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Hedonic pricing; New Zealand wine; Quality; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Environmental Economics and Policy; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/98502

A Hedonic Price Analysis of Corn and Soybean Herbicides
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Vassalos,   Michael; Dillon,   Carl R.
Herbicides account for approximately 2.2% of total farm expenses and are applied to more than 80% of farmland in the USA. The widespread adoption of herbicides contributed to the increased and relatively cheaper productivity of modern intensively managed agricultural systems in developed countries. The present study uses a hedonic framework to analyze the effect of selected attributes on the price of corn and soybean herbicides. Two different empirical models were estimated separately for the two crops. The data include information on 51 herbicides, 27 for corn and 24 for soybean crops used in Kentucky. Findings indicate that efficacy against weeds and crop response (illustrates the potential of an herbicide to injure a crop) of herbicides are significant...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Hedonic price analysis; Herbicide pricing; Herbicides mode of action; Herbicides characteristics; Agricultural and Food Policy; Crop Production/Industries; Farm Management; Land Economics/Use; Production Economics; Productivity Analysis.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109419

A heterogeneous-agent model with district-level constraints: an application to livestock development in Gansu, China
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Komarek,   Adam M.; Waldron,   Scott A.; Brown,   Colin G.
This paper develops a heterogeneous-agent model to assess the impacts of removing lucerne growing subsidies, increasing livestock numbers and including district-level equilibrium conditions on optimal farm plans in the Qingyang district of Gansu Province, China. The model is a five-year dynamic linear program that solves across 96 farm households whilst incorporating district-level constraints. The approach used allows us to observe seasonal variations in incomes, infer the distribution of a policy shock among households and highlight trade patterns at the district level. The results suggest that without lucerne growing subsidies the total area of lucerne grown by all modelled households falls by 18%. Increasing livestock numbers by 25% reduces net...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Heterogeneous-agent model; District-level constraints; Livestock; China.; Farm Management.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/100573

A HIERARCHICAL BAYES APPROACH TO MODELING CHOICE DATA: A STUDY OF WETLAND RESTORATION PROGRAMS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Eisen-Hecht,   Jonathan I.; Kramer,   Randall A.; Huber,   Joel.
This study examines the factors the influence the values and importance that landowners place on the attributes of voluntary wetland restoration programs.  Choice-based conjoint analysis, a stated preference method, was used to estimate the marginal utilities and values for restoration program attributes for North Carolina landowners.  Landowner preferences were estimated at individual and aggregate levels to examine the importance of modeling heterogeneous preferences.  Choice modeling performed at both aggregate and individual levels demonstrated the information gains from a disaggregated approach.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20253

A HISTÓRICA CONCEPÇÃO DE DESENVOLVIMENTO FRENTE ÀS IDENTIDADES REGIONAIS: O CASO DO RINCÃO DOS MENDES NO MUNICÍPIO DE ROSÁRIO DO SUL/RS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rozalino,   Luciano; Brito,   Andreia Nunes Sa; Neumann,   Pedro Selvino; Silveira,   Paulo Roberto Cardoso da; Genro,   Cicero Joao Malmann.
O presente artigo propõe uma reflexão sobre o enfoque convencional de  desenvolvimento da região denominada de Metade Sul do Rio Grande do Sul, tomando como referência uma comunidade situada na APA do Ibirapuitã, no município de Rosário do Sul. As abordagens atuais, apoiadas em indicadores como PIB per capta, Valor Adicionado Fiscal e geração de postos de trabalho, consideram a região como pouco desenvolvida. Entre as estratégias utilizadas para reversão desse quadro destacam-se a expansão das modernas lavouras empresarias de arroz e soja e o fomento aos empreendimentos no ramo florestal. Assim, a pergunta central desse artigo é sobre a capacidade dessas estratégias em promover verdadeiramente o “desenvolvimento” da metade sul do RS. O estudo destaca os...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Desenvolvimento; Metade sul do RS; Identidade Territorial; Development; Southern half of the RS; International Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114161

A History of African-American Farmer Cooperatives, 1938-2000
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Reynolds,   Bruce J.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31817

A HYPERBOLIC TANGENT YIELD FUNCTION OF FLORIDA CITRUS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cheng,   Lan; Moss,   Charles B.
This study models Florida citrus production as a function of the age profile of a given tree stock. The age relationship is estimated using a modified hyperbolic tangent function and the parameters is solved by Spatial Process Models and Maximum Likelihood approach. The estimation is based on the production data of four citrus varieties in 25 regions of Florida from 1992 to 2005. The results show smooth “S”-shaped yield curves of Florida citrus. This analysis offers yield function of citrus as the first step for statistical modeling of the risks associated with citrus cancers aimed at pricing insurance rates.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Yield function; Citrus; Hyperbolic tangent; Insurance; Spatial autoregressive; Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9876

A IMPORTÂNCIA DA COOPERATIVA DE CRÉDITO RURAL – CRESOL CASCAVEL – PARA OS PEQUENOS PRODUTORES RURAIS ASSOCIADOS DO MUNICÍPIO DE CASCAVEL/PR
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Zago,   Analize; Garcia,   Luis Alberto Ferreira.
O objetivo geral do trabalho foi discutir o acesso ao crédito dos pequenos produtores associados à CRESOL Cascavel e suas conseqüências sobre a produção e as condições de vida desses produtores. Especificamente procurou-se, em um primeiro momento, avaliar os principais indicadores de desempenho do Sistema CRESOL e da CRESOL Cascavel, demonstrando sua evolução ao longo dos anos. Em um segundo momento levantou-se as principais características sócio-econômicas dos associados da CRESOL Cascavel. Finalmente, foram verificados os principais problemas e benefícios que os produtores atendidos por ela, tem em relação ao acesso ao crédito cooperativo. Utilizou-se de pesquisa de campo, visando uma percepção mais próxima da realidade dos produtores rurais atendidos...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: CRESOL; Crédito Rural; Cooperativismo; Cascavel; Rural Credit; Cooperativism; Agricultural Finance.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109441

A IMPORTÂNCIA DA ECONOMIA E DA CONTABILIDADE NA GESTÃO DOS RECURSOS HÍDRICOS – ESTUDO DE CASO NO SUDOESTE GOIANO
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Carvalho,   Antonio Manoel Rezende De; Aguiar,   Maria Do Amparo Albuquerque.
Para que seja sustentável, o desenvolvimento deve conciliar o crescimento econômico com a conservação dos ecossistemas, o que impõe um amplo debate entre governantes e sociedade, para que percebam a relação entre as ações do homem e o meio ambiente. Nesse processo, faz-se necessário o uso de um sistema que integre aspectos sociais, ambientais e econômicos – uma combinação da educação ambiental, formação de profissionais multidisciplinares, evoluções científicas e tecnológicas, decisão política, revisão do arcabouço jurídico. Tudo isto deve ser conjugado com o desenvolvimento da ciência econômica e da contabilidade. Diante da amplitude do tema, este trabalho se concentrou nos recursos hídricos (RH), que, em razão de sua diversidade de usos e do crescimento...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Gestão dos Recursos Hídricos; Contabilidade Ambiental; Economia Ambiental; Management Hydrological Resources; Environmental Accountancy; Environmental Economy; Environmental Economics and Policy; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109200

A importância da energia para o setor agropecuário: uma abordagem do modelo VECM
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Alves,   Yony Brugnolo; Costa,   Gilberto Fernandes Da; Ribeiro,   Joao Gabriel; Parre,   Jose Luiz; Alves,   Alexandre Florindo.
O presente trabalho investigou, com as metodologias de causalidade segundo Granger e VECM, a relação entre o PIB Agropecuário brasileiro e as variáveis consumo de energia do setor, maquinário agrícola, rebanho bovino e produção de grãos no período de 1970 a 2005. O consumo de energia foi enfatizando devido à agropecuária ser produtora e consumidora desta. Os resultados apontam uma grande relação, no curto prazo, entre o PIB e o consumo de energia. Quando se considera o conjunto das variáveis encontrou-se evidência de causalidade segundo Granger, evidenciando a importância das variáveis selecionadas como variáveis explicativas do PIB agropecuário. --------------This study used Granger causality and VECM methodologies, to investigate the relationship between...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Energia; PIB Agropecuário; VECM; Causalidade segundo Granger; Energy; Agricultural GDP; VECM; Granger Causality; Agribusiness; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/108096

A IMPORTÂNCIA DA REGULAMENTAÇÃO SANITÁRIA E TÉCNICA PARA O COMÉRCIO DE OGM
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cardoso,   Cleide Helena Santos; Almada,   Susan Lasmar; Miranda,   Silvia Helena Galvao de.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109651

A INFLUÊNCIA DA FEBRE AFTOSA NO PREÇO DE MERCADO DA ARROBA DO BOI GORDO RECEBIDO PELO PRODUTOR NO BRASIL
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Teixeira,   Gibran da Silva; Maia,   Sinezio Fernandes.
O presente estudo tem como objetivo identificar alguns fatos que influenciaram os preços da arroba do boi gordo recebido pelo produtor bem como realizar estimativas desses preços para um período de quatro meses a partir de maio de 2007. Para tanto, utilizou-se a metodologia idealizada por Box-Jenkins (1976). Os resultados demonstraram que a série em questão (01/1996-05/2007) apresenta uma quebra estrutural no período referente a janeiro de 2004, fator esse que levou ao corte da mesma, sendo considerado na análise o intervalo de fevereiro de 2004 a maio de 2007, apresentando 40 observações. Alguns acontecimentos podem ter influenciados os preços da arroba do boi gordo naquele momento, e um que merece destaque é o fato de que nesse período foram detectados...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Preço; Boi gordo; Febre Aftosa; Price; Fatcow; Aphthous Fever; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/108092

A INFLUÊNCIA DA PRODUÇÃO INTERNA E DAS IMPORTAÇÕES ORIZÍCOLAS DO MERCOSUL NO PREÇO INTERNO DO ARROZ COM CASCA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sonaglio,   Claudia Maria; Zamberlan,   Carlos Otavio; Coronel,   Daniel Arruda; Silva,   Angelita Freitas Da; Farias,   Giuliana Mendonca De.
O setor primário brasileiro é de grande importância para sua economia e a lavoura orizícola gaúcha está inserida nesse contexto, também com grande relevância, pois tem significativo número de produtores que auferem seus rendimentos dessa atividade. Entretanto, há uma redução de rentabilidade no setor atribuída às Importações Mercosulinas que, alegam os produtores brasileiros, pressionam os preços internos. Também, o crescimento da produção interna pode causar o mesmo efeito. Esse trabalho busca provar que o arroz importado do Mercosul e a Produção Gaúcha de arroz exercem influencia no preço interno e que as relações entre as variáveis ocorrem de forma curvilinear e não podem ser analisadas por métodos lineares. Para tanto, fez-se uso da estatística...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Mercosul; Setor orizícola; Preço; Mercosur; Orizícula sector; Price; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/108563

A INOVAÇÃO, A COOPERAÇÃO E O APRENDIZADO NO ARRANJO PRODUTIVO LOCAL DO AGRONEGÓCIO LEITE NO MUNICÍPIO DE JARU
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Riva,   Fabiana Rodrigues; Costa,   Patricia Ferreira; Cordeiro,   Higor.
As informações se restringem cada vez mais em poder de menos pessoas ocasionando uma disparidade na utilização das praticas administrativas. O setor agrícola constantemente tem sofrido com esta situação, pois os micros e pequenos empresários dificilmente conseguem acompanhar tais mudanças e o nível de competitividade destes diminui ocasionando baixa produtividade e perdas na qualidade dos produtos, prejudicando os processos de aprendizagem, cooperação e inovação e consequentemente o desenvolvimento deste APL. Buscando identificar como ocorrem esses processos e conhecer sua importância para os atores de um arranjo foi realizado um levantamento de suas interações nos diversos segmentos do arranjo produtivo local do agronegócio leite no município de Jaru em...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agronegócio; Leite; Inovação; Cooperação; Aprendizado; Agribusiness; Leite; Innovation; Cooperation; Learning; Farm Management.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103104

A INSERÇÃO DA PRODUÇÃO FAMILIAR DE ALIMENTOS NOS MERCADOS INSTITUCIONAIS: UMA ANÁLISE DO PROGRAMA DE AQUISIÇÃO DE ALIMENTOS NO MUNICÍPIO DE TENENTE PORTELA, RS.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Vogt,   Silmara Patricia; Souza,   Renato Santos De.
O artigo visa refletir sobre a experiência de comercialização de alimentos produzidos pelos agricultores familiares, junto a mercados institucionais locais. O acesso de agricultores familiares aos mercados institucionais de alimentos é fato recente na história do País, e a experiência que se analisa, parte do estudo de caso da atuação do Programa de Aquisição de Alimentos- PAA no município de Tenente Portela-RS.Através do estudo, percebe-se que as ações locais de segurança alimentar promovem o envolvimento dos diversos segmentos (sociais e governamentais), permitindo novas possibilidades de articulação de políticas integradas. Além disso, a experiência de comercialização de alimentos da agricultura familiar com o mercado institucional tem contribuído para...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultura Familiar; Programa de Aquisição de Alimentos; Comercialização de Alimentos; Mercado Institucional; Family farming; Program of Food Acquisition - PAA; Food commercialization; Institutional markets; Agribusiness; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/112832

A Joint Framework for Analysis of Agri-Environmental Payment Programs
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cooper,   Joseph C.
This paper presents an approach for simultaneously estimating farmers' decisions to accept incentive payments in return for adopting a bundle of environmentally benign management practices. Using the results of a multinomial probit analysis of surveys of over 1,000 farmers facing ten adoption decisions in an EQIP-type program, we show how the farmers' perceptions of the desirability of various bundles changes with the offer amounts and with which practices are offered in the program.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Incentive payments; EQIP; Simulated multivariate normal; Multinomial probit; Simulated maximum likelihood estimation; Best management practices; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20493

A JOINT LIVESTOCK-CROP MULTI-FACTOR RELATIVE PRODUCTIVITY APPROACH
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jones,   Keithly G.; Arnade,   Carlos Anthony.
An output distance function conditional on the expansion of a second output is presented.  These distance functions are used to calculate distinct relative Total Factor Productivity (TFP) scores for two jointly produced products-livestock and crops for 27 countries.  From these, TFP growth and direction of growth are calculated.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/35157

A JOINT TEST OF PRICING-TO-MARKET, MENU COST AND CURRENCY INVOICING
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gervais,   Jean-Philippe; Larue,   Bruno.
This paper investigates PTM behaviour and currency invoicing decisions of Canadian pork exporters in the presence of menu costs. It is shown that when export prices are negotiated in the exporter'’s currency, menu costs cause threshold effects in the sense that there are bounds within (outside of) which PTM is not (is) observed. Conversely, PTM is not interrupted by menu costs when export prices are denominated in the importer'’s currency. The empirical model focuses on pork meat exports from Canada to the U.S. and Japan. Hansen’'s (2000) threshold estimation procedure is used to jointly test for currency invoicing and PTM in the presence of menu costs. Inference is conducted using bootstrap methods. PTM effects are smaller when accounting for currency...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20295

A Land Market Cycle in the Netherlands
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Woltjer,   Geert B.; Luijt,   Jan L.; Jongeneel,   Roelof A.
This paper develops a disequilibrium model of land prices in the Netherlands. It shows that the behaviour of traded quantities and prices of Dutch land have some resemblance with a disequilibrium land market model developed by Søgaard. An error correction model based on Søgaard’s model generates significant results with GDP and the real interest rate as explanatory variables, but regrettably farm income nor government demand for land generate significant results. If the model is correct, bubbles are characteristic for the Dutch land market, and this suggests that there is an opportunity for Dutch government to improve on the timing of buying land for nature policy.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Land market cycle; Land prices; Nature policy; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44376

A LATENT VARIABLE MIMIC APPROACH TO INFERRING THE QUALITY OF LIFE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rahman,   Tauhidur; Mittelhammer,   Ronald C.; Wandschneider,   Philip R.
This paper makes three principal contributions. First, we propose a new estimator for the unobservable variable models with endogenous causes. We show that under factor analysis type of assumptions, Robinson and Ferrara (1977)'’s procedure is not fully efficient, and a more efficient procedure can be obtained by merging Robinson and Ferrara'’ procedure with that in Joreskog and Goldberger (1975) procedure. The asymptotic properties of the new estimator are compared with these two estimators and results indicate that, with our mixture approach, significant efficiency gains can be achieved. Second, we model the Quality of life (QOL) as an unobservable or latent link variable between observable causes and observable effects, which mitigates problem of bias,...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20351

A Latent-Variable Approach to Modelling Multiple and Resurgent Meat Scares in Italy
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mazzocchi,   Mario; Lobb,   Alexandra E.
This paper aims to measure the time pattern of multiple and resurgent food scares and their direct and cross-product impacts on consumer response. The Almost Ideal Demand System (AIDS) is augmented by a flexible stochastic framework which has no need for additional explanatory variables such as a media index. Italian aggregate household data on meat demand is used to assess the time-varying impact of a resurgent BSE crisis (1996 and 2000) and the 1999 Dioxin crisis. The impact of the first BSE crisis on preferences seems to be reabsorbed after a few months. The second wave of the scare at the end of 2000 had a much stronger effect on preferences and the positive shift in chicken demand continued to persist after the onset of the crisis. Empirical results...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Meat demand; BSE; Shock; Almost Ideal Demand System; Kalman filter; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; D12; I12.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24509

A Learning Model of Technology Transfer for the Kiwifruit Industry
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Parminter,   Terry G.; Max,   Shane.
In July 2003, ZESPRI International merged the Technology Transfer team that had historically been focused on achieving uptake of new technologies with ZESPRI Innovation, the team that had been responsible for the development of new technologies. This change has combined skills in research, development and extension into a single, co-ordinated grouping to improve grower profitability through a greater contribution to supply chain developments and grower learning. The Industry Development strategy of ZESPRI Innovation is based upon a model of industry learning. The model takes into account the needs of a range of stakeholders in the supply chain, the technologies, the necessity for the industry to have clear market signals, and the different learning styles...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Industrial Organization; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97784

A LEGISLATIVE PERSPECTIVE ON CURRENT AND FUTURE CHANGES IN U.S. FARM POLICY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Conley,   Chip.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 1993
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17141

A Lender's Perspective on Contract Poultry Production (Power Point Presentation)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bounds,   Kenny.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33276

A Life Case of Hardwick, Vermont - Approach to Improve Long Term Sustainability for Small and Medium-Sized Farms and Rural Communities
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Liang,   Chyi-Lyi (Kathleen).
This paper presents a success story of a rural community adopting multifunctional farm operation to achieve long term sustainability and profitability.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Multifunctional farm operation; Food system; Local food; Hardwick Vermont; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Security and Poverty; Q0.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103687

A Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) Comparison between Conventional and Biotech Sweet Corn
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nalley,   Lawton Lanier; Popp,   Michael P.; Niederman,   Zara; Thompson,   Jada.
Replaced with revised version of poster 07/19/11.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Life Cycle Analysis; Greenhouse Gas; Sweet corn; Biotech; Environmental Economics and Policy; Productivity Analysis; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103680

A Limited Dependent Variable Analysis of Integrated Pest Management Adoption in Uganda
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kasenge,   Valentine; Taylor,   Daniel B.; Bonabana-Wabbi,   Jackline.
In Uganda overall crop loss due to pests exceeds that caused by drought, soil infertility, or poor planting material. Integrated Pest Management (IPM) technologies can reduce pest damage to crops by emphasizing non-chemical control methods thereby reducing potential negative effects of chemicals on the environment while preserving profitability. This study investigates the adoption of eight IPM practices including intercropping, crop rotation, two improved varieties, incorporating an '‘exotic weed chaser'’, optimal planting dates, optimal planting density and fertilizer use. Variables include market forces, social factors, management factors, and technology delivery mechanisms. Results were consistent across the multivariate logit and ordered logit...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21040

A Limited Information Bayesian Forecasting Model of the Cattle SubSector
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Abidoye,   Babatunde O.; Lawrence,   John D.
The first step towards forecasting the price and output of the cattle industry is understanding the dynamics of the livestock production process. This study follows up on the Weimar and Stillman (1990) paper by using data from 1970 to 2005 to estimate the parameters that characterizes the cattle output supply. The model is then used to estimate forecast values for the periods 2006 and 2007. Bayesian limited information likelihood method is used to estimate the parameters when endogeneity exists between these variables. The forecasting ability of the model for a two-step ahead forecast for majority of the variables are relatively good and test statistic of the forecast are reported.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Cattle; Bayesian; Forecasting; Inventory; Slaughter; Agribusiness; Agricultural Finance; Financial Economics; Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing; Production Economics; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53051

A Linearized Almost Ideal Demand System (LA/AIDS) Estimation of the Demand for Meat in South Africa
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Taljaard,   Pieter R.; Alemu,   Zerihun Gudeta; van Schalkwyk,   Herman D.
A linear approximated Almost Ideal Demand System (LA/AIDS), estimated in first differences, were used to estimate the demand relations for meat (beef, chicken, pork and mutton) in South Africa from 1970 –2000.  Two tests for weak separability, including an F and Likelihood ratio version, failed to reject the null hypothesis of weak seperability, confirming that the four meat products are separable, and should be modelled together.  According to the Hausman exogeneity test, the expenditure term in the South African meat demand model is exogenous.  As a result, a Restricted Seemingly Unrelated Regression (RSUR) was used to estimate the model, whereafter the estimated parameters were used to estimate compensated, uncompensated and expenditure elasticities.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Consumer/Household Economics.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19088

A LOCATIONAL ANALYSIS OF LANDSCAPE PLANT RETAIL OUTLETS IN GEORGIA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: McClellan,   Chandler; Turner,   Steven C.; Gunter,   Lewell F.; Stegelin,   Forrest E.
GIS is an emerging marketing tool.  This study examines the Georgian landscape plant retail market using GIS in conjunction with other traditional market research tools.  Spending and logistic regression propensity scores are analyzed for prevailing geographic patterns.  This allows retailers to make store location decisions by identifying underserved markets.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Marketing.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/34642

A Long-Term Analysis of Changes in Farm Size and Financial Performance
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Snider,   Lindsey; Langemeier,   Michael R.
This paper examined the changing structure of farms in Kansas.  Specifically, changes in farm size, farm type, financial performance, and economies of size were examined using five-year moving averages from 1973 to 2007.  Convergence analysis was used to determine whether small farms are catching up to larger farms or whether the difference in performance between these two groups of farms was widening.  Results suggested that the gaps between the small farms and large farms have widened.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Economies of Size; Financial Performance; Farm Management; Production Economics; D21.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/45915

A Look at Food Price Elasticities and Flexibilities
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Huang,   Kuo S.
The matrices of food price elasticities and flexibilities derived from a complete food demand system approach are theoretical consistent and reciprocal with each other. The statistical estimates, however, show that by using the inverted elasticities to represent flexibilities or vice versa, cause sizable measurement errors. For agricultural policy and program analyses, directly estimated food price elasticities and flexibilities should be used.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25572

A Look at Telecommunications, Healthcare and Community Facilities to Make Rural Towns More Viable (PowerPoint)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Harrison,   Margo.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8092

A MARKET ANALYSIS OF DAIRY COMPACTS USING A MODEL OF DISCRIMINATORY PRICING
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bailey,   Kenneth W.
This article evaluates the market impacts of forming regional dairy compacts.  The economic tradeoffs between dairy farmers, consumers, processors, and retailers is studied.  A discriminatory pricing model is developed that solves for the manufacturing milk price.  This model evaluates the market impacts of regional dairy compacts under revised federal milk marketing orders and illustrates the economic tradeoffs.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Dairy compacts; Discriminatory pricing; Federal orders; Order reform; Demand and Price Analysis; Industrial Organization.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21516

A MARKET FOR GENETICALLY CODED INFORMATION AS AN EFFICIENT EXCHANGE MECHANISM FOR GENETIC RESOURCES? SOME CONCEPTUAL CONSIDERATIONS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Virchow,   Detlef.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26023

A Market Share Analysis of Virgin Olive Oil Producer Countries with special respect to Competitiveness
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Turkekul,   Berna; Gunden,   Cihat; Abay,   Canan; Miran,   Bulent.
In this study, Constant Market Share Analysis is used in order to determine the competitiveness of Turkey and its competitors, which are the main olive oil producers, in the USA, Australia, Canada, Brazil and Japan's markets between 1990/94 and 200/04 periods. The analysis shows that during the period covered Italy is the most competitive in the destination markets. Greece and Turkey follow Italy. In the same period although Spain's export towards destination markets is increased, its competitiveness is affected adversely due to decrease in its market share. Turkey's success in sustainable and permanent international competitiveness in olive oil depends on production, organization and trade policy.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9410

A MARKETING ANALYSIS OF U.S. CHICKEN EXPORTS TO CHINA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Zhang,   Li; Gunter,   Lewell F.
China is the second largest market for U.S. poultry exports. The growth potential for chicken exports to China is great, given their large population, low per capita consumption, rising incomes, and recent inclusion in the WTO. In this study, we estimated excess supply and demand equations for US exports of frozen chicken parts to China.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/34618

A MARKETING SYSTEMS APPROACH TO REMOVING DISTRIBUTION BARRIERS CONFRONTING SMALL-VOLUME FRUIT AND VEGETABLE GROWERS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rhea,   Alice J.; Eastwood,   David B.; Brooker,   John R.; Estes,   Edmund A.; Stegelin,   Forrest E.; Woods,   Timothy A.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Industrial Organization; Marketing.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/16620

A marketing-finance approach linking contracts in agricultural channels to shareholder value
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Pennings,   Joost M.E.; Wansink,   Brian; Hoffmann,   Arvid O.I.
A conceptual marketing-finance framework is proposed which links channel contracting in agriculture and the use of financial facilitating services (e.g., financial derivatives) to (shareholder) value creation. The framework complements existing literature by explicitly including channel contract relationships as market-based assets that can be managed to reduce cash flow volatility and hence increase shareholder value. We show how financial facilitating services (e.g., derivatives) can be used to complement the cash flows components of channel contract relationships thereby further reducing the risk adjusted cost of capital and improving shareholder value. In a field study of producers, wholesalers, and processors, in the potato and meat industry the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Marketing-finance; Agricultural marketing strategy; Decision-making; Channels; Agribusiness; Agricultural Finance.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114785

A MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING MODEL FOR OPTIMAL MANAGEMENT ZONE DELINEATION IN PRECISION AGRICULTURE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dillon,   Carl R.
The identification of optimal management zones, including optimal uniform grid size, is a complex issue central to the successful implementation of variable rate input application.  A novel economic optimization model is developed and applied that identifies the economically optimal management zone.  Variable rate seeding can increase profits and reduce risk.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Farm Management.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19672

A META ANALYSIS OF CONTINGENT VALUES FOR GROUNDWATER QUALITY IN THE UNITED STATES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Poe,   Gregory L.; Boyle,   Kevin J.; Bergstrom,   John C.
This paper provides an overview and a meta analysis of existing US contingent valuation studies of groundwater quality.  Using 108 observations from 14 studies, core economic variables, risk variables, and elicitation effects are found to systematically influence groundwater values.  Other research design features are also investigated.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21871

A Meta-Analysis of Technical Efficiency in Farming: A Multi-Country Perspective
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bravo-Ureta,   Boris E.; Rivas,   Teodoro E.; Thiam,   Abdourahmane.
The objective of this study is to undertake a meta-analysis seeking to explain the variation in average technical efficiency focusing on the agricultural sector. For this purpose, a meta-analysis of 126 technical efficiency studies on the agricultural sector of developing and developed countries was undertaken. In addition, the study contributes to cross-country productivity literature because the existing body of work in this area typically uses aggregate (i.e., national) level data to estimate total factor productivity and has ignored the technical efficiency component of productivity. The econometric results suggest that stochastic frontier models generate higher mean technical efficiency estimates than deterministic models, while parametric frontier...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Farm Management.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7018

A META-ANALYSIS OF TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY IN NIGERIAN AGRICULTURE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ogundari,   Kolawole.
This study sheds light on how study specific-characteristics impact mean technical efficiency (MTE) in Nigerian agriculture.  Also the paper extracts consensus message about MTE and its drivers in Nigerian agriculture based on studies covering the period 1999-2008. A meta-analysis using truncated regression was employed on a total of sixty four studies which yield eighty six observations for the econometric analysis. The regression results show that MTE in Nigerian agriculture increased significantly over the years. Study specific-characteristics such as sample size, number of inputs used as well as studies with focus on crop and livestock production were found to significantly impact MTE. Further analyses show that studies in the Northcentral, Southwest,...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Meta-regression; Technical Efficiency; Truncated Regression; Agriculture; Nigeria; Agricultural and Food Policy; Production Economics; Productivity Analysis; D24; Q12.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/50327

A Meta-Analysis of the Willingness to Pay for Reductions in Pesticide Risk Exposure
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Florax,   Raymond J.G.M.; Travisi,   Chiara M.; Nijkamp,   Peter.
The use of environmental policy instruments such as eco-labelling and pesticide taxes should preferably be based on disaggregate estimates of the individuals’' willingness to pay (WTP) for pesticide risk reductions. We review the empirical valuation literature dealing with pesticide risk exposure and develop a taxonomy of environmental and human health risks associated with pesticide usage. Subsequently, we use meta-analysis to investigate the variation in WTP estimates for reduced pesticide risk exposure. Our findings show that the WTP for reduced risk exposure is approximately 15% greater for medium, and 80% greater for high risk-levels, as compared to low risk levels. The income elasticity of pesticide risk exposure is generally positive, although not...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Institutional and Behavioral Economics.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19524

A Metafrontier Analysis of Technical Efficiency of Selected European Agricultures
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Barnes,   Andrew Peter; Revoredo-Giha,   Cesar.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Farm Management.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114807

A metafrontier approach to measuring technical efficiencies across the UK dairy sector
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Barnes,   Andrew Peter; Revoredo-Giha,   Cesar; Sauer,   Johannes.
A regional approach is applied to measure technical efficiencies on dairy farms which employs the deterministic metafrontier approach. We construct six super regions for the UK, i.e. Eastern, Western, Northern England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Data are collected through three different administrative systems, all be it under the same FADN guidance. We find for dairy farming comparative indicators of performance in all three data sets. The stochastic frontier approach is applied to construct 6 regional frontiers and a pooled (UK) dataset for comparison. A likelihood ratio test rejects the null hypothesis that these regions operate under a common frontier which may indicate bias in previous attempts to measure dairying efficiency at the country...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Stochastic Production Frontiers; Metafrontiers; UK Farm Account Data; Dairy farming.; Agricultural and Food Policy; Q12; D24; C23; C51.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/99369

A METHOD FOR COMPARISON OF THE EFFICIENCY OF COUNTRIES WITH DISTINCT TECHNOLOGIES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Arnade,   Carlos Anthony; Jones,   Keithly G.
We divide countries into two technology categories: developed and developing.  Agricultural efficiency within each technology category was calculated.  Cross-category efficiency measures were developed and combined with own-category measures to develop a technical difference index.  Results indicate convergence of efficiency within both categories but divergence of efficiency between the two categories.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Productivity Analysis.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20009

A method for evaluating the extent to which farm subsidies can be de-coupled before profitable arable land is abandoned in the European Union
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fraser,   Rob W.
This paper evaluates concerns over the "abandonment of production" in the context of the recent CAP reform as it applies to the arable sector. The particular focus of the evaluation is on the extent to which the proposed "single farm payment" can be de-coupled from production and yet avoid the abandonment of land on which production is expected to be profitable. An analytical framework is developed which indicates the most important non-policy factors are the profitability of the land, the variability of yield and the grower's degree of risk aversion. The conclusion of a numerical analysis using this framework is that 85% de-coupling is unlikely to lead to abandonment of land in any arable region of the EU, and that 95% de-coupling is also unlikely to lead...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58448

A METHOD FOR INCLUDING IN PMP MODELS ACTIVITIES NON-EXISTENT IN THE BASELINE SITUATION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Judez,   Lucinio; de Andres,   Rosario; Ibanez,   M.; Urzainqui,   Elvira.
When working with positive mathematical programming (PMP) models it is generally admitted that it is not possible to consider in the modeled unit activities that are not present in the baseline situation of the unit.  This constitutes a considerable drawback for traditional PMP techniques which cannot be applied in specific cases, in particular to the study of the impact of new agri-environmental programs that subsidize crops grown with technologies different to those applied in the baseline situation.  This paper presents a method for dealing with these cases, which can be easily implemented as an extension of the traditional calibration techniques of PMP.  The method is applied to a specific problem, using modified calibration expressions derived from...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Positive mathematical programming extensions; Agri-environmental measures; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44243

A method to calculate economic key figures with regard to plot structure improvements
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kapfer,   Martin; Kantelhardt,   Jochen.
The aim of land consolidation projects is to improve the competitiveness of agriculture. Since land consolidation is subsidised by national and European means, the effectiveness of such measures must be determined. The following paper presents a method which makes it possible to calculate the direct economic effects of land consolidation. The calculations, considering labour demand, machinery costs and headland effects, compare the economic situation before and after land consolidation. The method was applied to four land consolidation projects in Bavaria. It can be shown that, to a varying degree, land consolidation in the studied areas leads to a substantial decrease in labour demand and machinery costs.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Land consolidation; Geographical information system; Direct economic effects; Labour demand; Machinery costs.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/36858

A Methodological Approach to the Spatial Aggregation of Values
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Concu,   Giovanni B.; Schilizzi,   Steven.
A Choice Modelling (CM) experiment is developed with the purpose of gaining some insight on how to identify the relevant population for the valuation of an environmental asset. The experiment is based on a survey of Perth residents over the values they attach to Kings Park, the largest urban park in Western Australia, 4/5 of which is native bushland. We design the experiment in order to isolate NUVs form UVs so that trade-offs between attributes of the asset imply tradeoffs between Use Values, Non-Use Values and money. One can then estimate the coefficients for each attribute and analyse the effect of distance on patterns of use. Preliminary results are obtained using data from a pre-survey trial of the questionnaire.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57849

A Methodological Note on the Estimation of Programming Models
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Heckelei,   Thomas; Wolff,   Hendrik.
The paper introduces a general methodological approach for the estimation of constrained optimisation models in agricultural supply analysis. It is based on optimality conditions of the desired programming model and shows a conceptual advantage compared to Positive Mathematical Programming in the context of well posed estimation problems. Moreover, it closes the empirical and methodological gap between programming models and duality based functional models with explicit allocation of fixed factors. Monte Carlo simulations are performed with a maximum entropy estimator to evaluate the functionality of the approach as well as the impact of empirically relevant prior information in small sample situations.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural Supply Analysis; Programming Models; Maximum Entropy Estimation; Prior Information; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24896

A Methodological Review of the Impacts of Risk and Trust on Consumer Behaviour Towards Food Safety
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lobb,   Alexandra E.
Consumers' attitudes to trust and risk are key issues in food safety research and attention needs to be focused on clearly defining a framework for analysing consumer behaviour in these terms. By creating a platform, or benchmark, it is hoped that more succinct policy programmes may be initiated to better communicate relevant issues to consumers. In order to achieve this, a detailed review of the recent literature surrounding risk, trust and, the relationship between the two must be conducted. This paper aims to collate the literature in the fields of consumer attitudes to trust and risk. It provides an insight into the economic and other modelling procedures available to measure consumers' attitudes to risk and trust in food safety and specifically notes...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Trust; Risk; Consumer attitudes; Food safety; Consumer/Household Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24994

A Methodology for Measuring Potential Benefits from Drought-Oriented Research in Nebraska
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Leholm,   Arlen G.; Supalla,   Raymond J.; Vollmar,   Glen.
The growth in agricultural productivity and significance of science and technology in contributing to this growth has been well documented by Bredahl, Cline, Evenson (1967), Griliches (1964), and Peterson. The results of these studies generally indicate that over the past several decades, investment in agricultural research has paid off with relatively high rates of return. Most of this previous work, however, has been directed at estimating returns to aggregate agricultural research in an ex post sense at the national level and does not address the question of potential future returns to research at a state or regional level (Norton). Thus, a particular need exists to develop a methodology for evaluating the potential returns to specific types of...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 1981
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49073

A METODOLOGIA DA PRODUÇÃO MAIS LIMPA EM EMPRESAS RURAIS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Silva,   Ana Maria Navaes Da; Albuquerque,   Jose de Lima; Silva,   Elizandro Souza Da; Da Silva,   Rosineide Vieira; Santos,   Cleidijane Siqueira.
O objetivo desse artigo é mostrar que a metodologia da Produção Mais Limpa pode ser aplicada em empresas rurais assim como é implementada pelo setor industrial. No modo de produção atual do setor primário e industrial existem pelo menos duas características comuns a ambos, são elas: o desperdício de matérias-primas e de energia. O anseio de minimizar ou eliminar as causas e os efeitos desta situação são os principais objetivos da Produção Mais Limpa. Este trabalho procurou realizar uma pesquisa através da coleta de dados secundários em periódicos, artigos técnicos e bibliografia especializada sobre a contribuição da metodologia da produção mais limpa para a eficiência e eficácia das empresas rurais. Percebeu-se que as empresas, ao adotarem esse modelo de...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Produção mais limpa; Qualidade total; Metodologia; Agribusiness; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/102891

A Microeconomic Model for Subsidies Allocation:  the Case of Belarus
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Svetlov,   Nikolai M.; Kazakevich,   Iryna A.
The paper develops a microeconomic methodological framework that allows approaching subsidy allocation across the types of assets and impact of subsidies on agricultural outputs and profits. The methodology is based on a non-parametric production frontier estimation. The empirical application is made to 1084 Belarusian corporate farms. The results suggest targeting governmental support at grain and milk production. In this case, 4.14 trillion Belarusian roubles of subsidies increase the overall profit of the sample farms by 1.46 trillion. In the case of targeting, the farms with higher overall efficiency are more sensitive to the support and are able to absorb larger amount of subsidies. The opposite is true in the absence of targeting.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Microeconomic model; Data envelopment; Subsidies; Belarus; Agricultural and Food Policy; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Political Economy; K18; C61.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/90826

A MIDEAST VIEW OF THE ENERGY CRISIS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rassekh,   Nosratollah.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1977
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17072

A minimum cross entropy model to generate disaggregated agricultural data at the local level
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Xavier,   Antonio; Martins,   Maria de Belem Costa Freitas; Fragoso,   Rui Manuel de Sousa.
This work presents an entropy approach to disaggregate agricultural data at a local level. It comprises two different steps. In a first one, an information prior at disaggregated level based on experts’ opinions, available cartography of land use and biophysical data is created. In a second step, it’s used a minimum cross entropy process in order to manage these information inputs and to guaranty a solution compatible with all the different restrictions. The model was applied to the region of Algarve in the year of 1999, in order to disaggregate the data at the pixel and county level. Results show that the model was able to provide some satisfactory results since the estimated values obtained for the different areas revealed a good approximation to the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Minimum cross entropy; Data disaggregation; Local level; Algarve; Agricultural policies; Agricultural and Food Policy; C11; C81; Q15; R14.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/98991

A Misguided Tobacco Policy? Public Policy and Consumption Substitutability Between Cigarettes and An Important Smokeless Tobacco Alternative
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Maki,   Jennifer.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Snus; Tobacco; Smokeless Tobacco; Agricultural and Food Policy; Health Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103620

A Mixed Effects Model of Crop Yields for Purposes of Premium Determination
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Roberts,   Michael J.; Tack,   Jesse B.
Farm income is highly variable due to annual price and yield uncertainties. The federally subsidized crop insurance program is an important tool for managing this risk, and has grown from a relatively modest program to one that encompasses the majority of productive cropland in the country. The success of this program depends on identification of actuarially fair insurance premium rates, which in turn depends on accurate estimation of farm-level yield distributions. We use the confidential U.S. Department of Agriculture Risk Management Agency (RMA) panel dataset to estimate farm-specific distributions of yields and actually fair crop insurance premiums. Our ongoing work includes using the difference between our estimated actually fair premiums and RMA's to...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Yield; Crop Insurance; Policy; Mixed Model; Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103405

A Mixed Geographically Weighted Approach to Decoupling and Rural Development in the EU-15
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Pecci,   Francesco; Sassi,   Maria.
The CAP reform and the recent EC communication aimed at preparing its Health Check emphasise the need for interventions locally based where agricultural policy integrates with a broader policy for rural areas growth. In this context, the paper investigates the possible different sets policy indicators affecting agricultural productivity at the regional level considering spatial heterogeneity by means of a Mixed Geographically Weighted Regression approach. The analysis is based on a set of policy sensitive indicators selected according to the key component of the CAP reform and referred to a sample of 164 EU-15 regions at NUTS2 level. The methodology adopted, new for the empirical literature on the topic, allows for a more accurate understanding of spatial...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: CAP reform; Agricultural productivity; Spatial analysis; Cluster analysis; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6625

A MIXED INTEGER, NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING MODEL OF INNOVATIVE VARIABLE RATE PLANTING DATE WITH POLYMER SEED COATINGS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dillon,   Carl R.; Shearer,   Scott A.; Mueller,   Thomas.
The economic potential of innovative variable rate planting date for profitability and risk reduction is examined in a whole farm management setting. A mixed integer, quadratic programming model using a mean-variance (E-V) framework is used to represent the precision agriculture issues of varying planting date with novel polymer seed coatings.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20572

A mixed-method approach for determining the risk and complexity farmers associate with using forward contracts
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jackson,   Elizabeth; Quaddus,   Mohammed; Islam,   Nazrul; Stanton,   John.
This paper reports on a model that was developed to understand the behavioural determinants surrounding farmers’ adoption of forward contracts for agricultural commodities.  Based on the Theory of Planned Behaviour and Diffusion of Innovations, 28 hypotheses within the model were written and then tested via a telephone survey that gathered 305 responses from Western Australian wool producers.  The data from the telephone survey were analysed using SPSS 14 and the Partial Least Squares approach to Structural Equation Modelling.  Most relationships within the model could be explained after rigorous quantitative analysis, however, further explanation was required to understand two final aspects of adoption behaviour: firstly, the sources of risk wool...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Risk; Complexity; Forward contracts; Structural equation modelling; Partial least squares; Risk and Uncertainty; Q120; Q130.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/42305

A Mixture of Experts Model to Explain Households' Choice Patterns for Termite Control Options in Louisiana
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Paudel,   Krishna P.; Pandit,   Mahesh; Dunn,   Michael A.; Amatya,   Vinaya.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Consumer/Household Economics.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103874

A Model for Estimating Time to Degree in Colleges of Agriculture and Natural Resources:  A University of Minnesota Case Study
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nefstead,   Ward E.; Gillard,   Steve A.
Replaced with revised version of paper 08/01/08.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6442

A model for prediction of spatial farm structure
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hoveid,   Oyvind; Stokstad,   Grete.
Spatial micro structure and its change over time is recorded for Norwegian farm firms. Relative strong correlations between geographically close neighbors are expected, either because growing farms swallow the smaller ones, or because they are affected by some spatially related unobserved factors. Strong correlations over time are also expected because of prevalent family farming. The paper proposes a state-of-the-art Markov chain model in order to predict the spatial and temporal micro structure taking account of both non-stationarity and spatio/temporal correlations by means of techniques from non-linear state space modeling and Gaussian Markov random fields. The model and the complete data set is then a device with which one can investigate the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Farm Management.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114529

A MODEL OF DEVELOPMENT OF AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS: PATENT POLICY ANALYSIS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nadolnyak,   Denis A.; Sheldon,   Ian M.
In this paper, peculiarities of the process of development of agricultural biotechnological innovations are considered, in particular the distinction between R&amp;D races for gene discoveries and subsequent competition for developing their marketable applications in the form of genetically modified (GM) crops, the results of which determine the payoffs of discovering a gene. A formal two-stage model is specified and analyzed with regard to how different patent protection regimes and other government policies affect firm's’ R&amp;D strategies and the welfare realized from an innovation. We find that different policy measures affect the outcomes of the two stages of biotechnological innovation differently, which leaves some ambiguity as to which patent...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19802

A Model of Diffusion of Genetically Modified Crop Technology in Concentrated Agricultural Processing Markets - The Case of Soybeans
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nadolnyak,   Denis A.; Sheldon,   Ian M.
In the paper, a dynamic model of diffusion of genetically modified crop technology is developed and simulated using the U.S. soybean market data. The model accounts for factors specific to agricultural markets, such as oligopsony power and strategic interaction among crop processors, growers' characteristics such as adoption behavior, and identity preservation requirements. Simulation results show how these factors affect the magnitude and distribution of the potential gains from genetically modified crops.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Biotechnology in agriculture; Soybeans; Innovation diffusion; Oligopsony; Genetically modified crop; Consumer/Household Economics.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24872

A Model of Endogenous Market Structure, Innovation, and Licensing in Agricultural Biotechnology
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Anderson,   Benjamin; Sheldon,   Ian M.
We develop a model of endogenous market structure and sunk cost R&amp;D investment that allows for the licensing of technology among competitors. Our theoretical model predicts both a greater lower bound to market concentration and higher levels of quality compared to the case without licensing. These result simply that in markets in which licensing and a symmetric R&amp;D costs are prevalent, such as the agricultural biotechnology sector, the ability to license technology generates more concentration among firms but also improves consumer welfare by incentivizing the production of higher quality.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61786

A MODEL OF ENTRY-EXIT DECISIONS AND CAPACITY CHOICE UNDER DEMAND UNCERTAINTY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Isik,   Murat; Coble,   Keith H.; Hudson,   Darren; House,   Lisa.
Many investment decisions of agribusiness firms such as when to invest in an emerging market or whether to expand the capacity of the firm involve irreversible investment and uncertainty about demand, cost or competition. This paper uses an option-value model to examine the factors affecting an agribusiness firm's decision whether and how much to invest in an emerging market under demand uncertainty. Demand uncertainty and irreversibility of investment make investment less desirable than the net present value (NPV) rule indicates. The inactive firm is more reluctant to enter the market when it takes into account demand uncertainty because it preserves the opportunity of making a better investment later. The active firm is more reluctant to abandon the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness decision-making; Demand uncertainty; Entry-exit decisions; Net present value; Real options; Remote sensing; Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19797

A MODEL OF ENVIRONMENTAL COMPROMISE BETWEEN REGULATORS AND REGULATED PARTIES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hsu,   Shi-Ling.
Environmental regulations implemented by administrative agencies have often been met with fierce political resistance from regulated parties.  In some instances, regulated parties have turned to legislative and judicial bodies for relief from environmental regulation.  As these political and legal battles have escalated, several forms of compromises have evolved.  The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, in its administration of the Endangered Species Act, has often utilized the tool of "Habitat Conservation Planning" as a means by which some regulatory relief is granted in exchange for an agreement by the regulated party to undertake mitigation measures to aid endangered or threatened species.  As a further inducement for regulated parties to enter into the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20788

A MODEL OF IMPERFECT COMPETITION USING MARGINAL INPUT AND OUTPUT PRICES:  APPLICATION TO THE BEEF PACKING INDUSTRY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Muth,   Mary K.; Wohlgenant,   Michael K.
Based on Diewert's idea that models under competition can be generalized to imperfect competition using marginal prices, we develop a test for imperfect competition in the beef packing industry.  Our model is more general and flexible than those depending on empricial estimates of the input supply and output demand elasticities.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20853

A Model of Incentive Compatibility under Moral Hazard in Livestock Disease Outbreak Response
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gramig,   Benjamin M.; Horan,   Richard D.; Wolf,   Christopher A.
This paper uses a principal-agent model to examine incentive compatibility in the presence of information asymmetry between the government and individual producers. Prior models of livestock disease have not incorporated information asymmetry between livestock managers and social planners. By incorporating the asymmetry, we investigate the role of incentives in producer behavior that influences the duration and magnitude of a disease epidemic.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Livestock disease; Moral hazard; Principal-agent model; Institutional and Behavioral Economics.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19200

A Model of Labeling with Horizontal Differentiation and Cost Variability
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Saak,   Alexander E.
We study optimal disclosure of variety by a multi-product firm with random costs.  In our model there are two varieties that are horizontally differentiated and differ in overall quality, but buyers cannot distinguish between them without labels.  The equilibrium prices for labeled varieties are increasing functions of the absolute value of the cost differential and do not reveal which variety is cheaper to produce.  Nondisclosure is most common when there is moderate uncertainty about the relative input cost, not too much idiosyncrasy in consumer valuations, and not too much difference in quality across varieties.  Although mandatory disclosure of variety benefits consumers, it decreases expected welfare when relative input cost variability is large and...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Industrial Organization; Marketing; Information; Labeling; Quality disclosure; Product differentiation.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103540

A model of manager-induced organisational stability in post-Soviet agriculture
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Petrick,   Martin; Carter,   Michael R.
Agricultural transition in the former Soviet Union has, surprisingly for many observers, not led to a widespread adoption of individual farming. This article attempts to understand some previously neglected forces behind this outcome. It develops a theoretical model of farm restructuring in which managers exploit the preferences of workers for conformity within a social reference group to cement their own power. The model provides a rationale for the persistent support among workers and managers to the status-quo organisation, despite the availability of a more efficient individual farming option. Based on empirical evidence, we argue that managers have an incentive to keep horizons of workers limited by sheltering them from pro-reform influences. Polar...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural transition; Former Soviet Union; Social interaction effects; Farm restructuring.; Farm Management.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7788

A MODEL OF MINIMUM SIZE LIMIT REGULATIONS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Homans,   Frances R.; Ruliffson,   Jane A.
Minimum size limits have become an increasingly popular management tool in recreational fisheries.  This popularity stems from the potential of minimum size limits to accomplish the twin goals of limiting overfishing and improving fishing quality through increasing the average size of fish caught.  The success of minimum size limits in achieving these objectives depends in a complicated way on both the behavior of anglers and the biological mechanisms that guide the growth of the fish population.  This paper examines these relationships and also considers the welfare implications of size regulations.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14500

A MODEL OF PESTICIDE RESISTANCE AS A COMMON PROPERTY AND EXHAUSTIBLE RESOURCE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Secchi,   Silvia; Babcock,   Bruce A.
A dynamic farm production model analyzes the interaction between the externalities caused by pest mobility and the development of pesticide resistance, a nonrenewable resource, in the context of agricultural biotechnologies.  The model measures the effect of farmers' myopic behavior and the impact of pest mobility on the path of resistance.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Biotechnology; Common property resource; European Corn Borer; Externalities; Pesticide resistance; Intertemporal optimization; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21664

A MODEL OF PRODUCER INCENTIVES FOR LIVESTOCK DISEASE MANAGEMENT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ranjan,   Ram; Lubowski,   Ruben N.
Replaced with revised version of paper 07/13/04.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20146

A MODEL OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS FOR CREDENCE ATTRIBUTES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Noelke,   Corinna M.; Caswell,   Julie A.
We develop a model of the impact of food quality management systems (QMS) on competitiveness and markets.  QMS seek to control the quality of a product as determined by the array of individual attributes it possesses.  To date only a few studies have attempted to better understand the effect of the introduction of quality management systems.  No model has been introduced which captures the interactions within the supply chain and at the interface with consumers when these systems are introduced. Keywords: Product Quality, Quality Assurance, Supply Chain
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Product Quality; Quality Assurance; Supply Chain; Marketing.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21874

A Modern Application of Hedonics for Valuing Irrigation
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Beckhusen,   Julia; Mullen,   Jeffrey D.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21189

A Monte Carlo Sampling Approach to Testing Separate Families of  Hypotheses: Monte Carlo Results
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Coulibaly,   Nouhoun; Brorsen,   B. Wade.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/35879

A mosaic type of development - the Agri-food Districts experience in Italy
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Brasili,   Cristina; Fanfani,   Roberto.
The Italian Industrial Districts (IDs) are now considered in the national and international literature as one of the main factors of the successful and rapid industrial development of Italy after the Second World War. In this paper we outline the general characteristics of the IDs approach and then the distinctive figures of the agrifood districts. A mosaic type of development characterised the geographical distribution of the different agrifood districts in the Italian experience. The different origins of agrifood districts often determines their production and structural characteristics of firms, with a relevant role of SMEs. In many cases, these districts originated from handcraft traditions and specific local demand. Their specialized production is...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agri-Food Districts; Italian Industrial Districts (IDs); Technical efficiency of a panel of firms; Economic Development; International Development; A1; C23; O1; Q10; Q17.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9404

A Mosaic Type of Development: The Agri-Food Districts Experience in Italy
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Brasili,   Cristina; Fanfani,   Roberto.
The Italian Industrial Districts (IDs) are now considered in the national and international literature as one of the main factors of the successful and rapid industrial development of Italy after the Second World War. In this paper we outline the general characteristics of the IDs approach and then the distinctive figures of the agrifood districts. A mosaic type of development characterised the geographical distribution of the different agrifood districts in the Italian experience. The different origins of agrifood districts often determines their production and structural characteristics of firms, with a relevant role of SMEs. In many cases, these districts originated from handcraft traditions and specific local demand. Their specialized production is...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agri-Food Districts; Italian Industrial Districts (IDs); Technical efficiency of a panel of firms; Economic Development.; International Development; A1; C23; O1; Q10; Q17.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25405

A MULTI-ATTRIBUTE MODEL OF PUBLIC ACCEPTANCE OF GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Moon,   Wanki; Balasubramanian,   Siva K.
Using Fishbein's multiattribute model as a theoretical background, this paper develops an empirical model to assess and identify attributes of agrobiotechnology and individual characteristics determining public acceptance of biotech foods.  This paper uses a database collected in the United States and United Kingdom in November, 2000.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Consumer/Household Economics; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20745

A MULTIATTRIBUTE UTILITY ANALYSIS OF TECHNOLOGICAL CHOICE IN THE CALIFORNIA WILD RICE INDUSTRY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Noel,   Jay E.; Ahern,   James.
Technological choice and competitive strategy issues are reviewed and then a framework for choosing between two competing technologies is proposed.The two competing technologies differ in their ability to store and process wild rice over a marketing year. The traditional technologies requires almost immediate processing of the harvested wild rice while the experimental technology allows harvested wild rice to be stored and processed over the course of the marketing year.  Technological choice is explored using multiattribute utility analysis and two economic evaluations.  The economic evaluations are payback period analysis and internal rate of return analysis given uncertain demand conditions.  The experimental technology is shown to be the dominant...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19870

A Multicommodity EU Policy Framework Incorporating Public Good Criteria into the Direct Payment System in Agriculture
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dunne,   W.; O'Connell,   J.J.
For decades the CAP has been the major influence in shaping EU agriculture and food production. The economic and policy environment in the EU is now very different from that which prevailed in the earlier decades. The future economic, social and geographic diversity of the EU will be further increased by enlargement. Agricultural policies and the related operational frameworks will inevitably change to accommodate this added diversity and the changing societal and consumer values. This paper evaluates how the current shape of EU agriculture has been influenced by the reforms to date. It also attempts to focus on where EU farming may be, or wish to go, over the next decade. The evaluation is restricted to the beef sector as it has been to the forefront in...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: CAP reform; Direct payments for public goods; Animal welfare; Environment; Food safety; Production methods; Extensive production; Economic; Social and geographic diversity; Future role of farming; An administrative framework.; Agricultural Finance.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24801

A MULTI-COUNTRY ASSESSMENT OF CONSUMER ATTITUDES OF GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOODS AND THE IMPLICATIONS FOR NEW LABELING SYSTEM
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kim,   Hyun Seok; Kim,   Kwansoo.
This paper estimates the willingness to pay (WTP) for non-genetically modified (GM) vegetable oil and tofu in Korea by using contingent valuation (CV) method and compares this WTP with Japan, Norway, Taiwan and the U.S. It also recovers the distribution of WTP by using a bootstrapping approach to provide a better measure of consumer's WTP on non-GM foods. Especially, we pay attention to the different characteristics of vegetable oil and tofu; vegetable oil made from GM soybeans doesn't have genetically altered protein, but tofu made from GM soybean has genetically altered protein. For this reason, vegetable oil made from GM soybeans is excluded from mandatory GM labeling system in Korea. Therefore, in this paper, the potential differences between WTP for...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19989

A Multi-Criteria Decision Framework for Animal Welfare Policy
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hellstrom,   J.; Bicknell,   Kathryn.
Policy decisions aimed at improving farm animal welfare involve balancing several competing objectives. Not only do such decisions involve tradeoffs between social, ethical, economic and welfare considerations, animal welfare itself is a multi-dimensional concept and some husbandry practices may satisfy some welfare needs but fail to satisfy others. Multi-criteria decision analysis is a decision theoretic tool that has been used to inform decision making in fields such as environmental policy, urban and regional planning, and biosecurity – all of which are characterised by competing goals and multiple stake-holders. This paper presents a preliminary multi-criteria framework for the analysis of animal welfare policies at the national level using indoor...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Animal welfare; Multi-criteria decision analysis; Decision analysis; Decision support; Agribusiness; Farm Management; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/115719

A Multicriteria Evaluation by the Public Approval of Pesticides – A Case with the Plant-Growth Regulators in Grain
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Refsgaard,   Karen; Flaten,   Ola; Gudem, Runchild; Lien,   Gudbrand D.
Our object is to develop a method for the public approval and re-evaluation of pesticides that emphasises a wide evaluation of social benefits. This is done through the case for the three plant-growth regulators approved for use in Norwegian grain production at present: chlormequat chloride, ethephon and trinexapacethyl. A multicriteria method is founded on the premises for an expert based model as opposed to e.g. a market based model. It seems to be a possible method that allows for the use of several incommensurable criteria in the approval process by National Agricultural Inspection Service (NAIS). Furthermore, it results in greater transparency, which may be an important quality in a public decision process. However, there are problems connected to a...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Farm Management.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6952

A Multidimensional Homo Economicus: Cultural Dimensions of Economic Preferences in Four Countries
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ehmke,   Mariah D.; Lusk,   Jayson L.; Tyner,   Wallace E.
Previous work in experimental economics reveals specific differences in economic behavior, especially reciprocity and free-riding behavior, across cultures.  We expand the possible pallet of cross-cultural behavioral differences that may exist. We hypothesize that different kinds of strategic interaction and individual decision-making behaviors differ across locations. The variety of experiments we use allow us to report multidimensional rather than just single dimensional differences in behavior across locations. In order to build a broad Homo Economicus we conducted economic experiments in four dissimilar locations: Hangzhou, China; Niamey, Niger; Grenoble, France; Manhattan, Kansas; and West Lafayette, Indiana.  Each subject completed an ultimatum...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Time preference; Risk preference; Voluntary contribution mechanism; Ultimatum bargaining game; Cultural; China; France; Niger; Kansas; Indiana; US; Institutional and Behavioral Economics.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19225

A Multi-Disciplinary Approach For Determining Adoption Of Agricultural Price Risk Management Strategies
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jackson,   Elizabeth; Quaddus,   Mohammed; Islam,   Nazrul; Stanton,   John; Hoque,   Zohurul.
Australian wool producers have been slow to adopt price risk management strategies to stabilise the income from their wool sales.  The highly volatile auction system accounts for 85% of raw wool sales while the remainder is sold by forward contract, futures and other hedging methods.  Qualitative analysis was used to find behavioural factors associated with the adoption of price risk management strategies (specifically futures and forward contracts) for selling raw wool.  Consideration was given to Diffusion of Innovations and the Theory of Planned Behaviour as theoretical frameworks in order to answer the research question: Are there any non-traditional behavioural factors that need to be incorporated into existing frameworks to determine adoption of...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Qualitative analysis; Trust; Habit; Social cohesion; Forward contracts; Wool.; Agricultural Finance; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7985

A MULTIFUNCIONALIDADE DA AGRICULTURA E SUAS EXTERNALIDADES POSITIVAS PARA O DESENVOLVIMENTO LOCAL
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Watanabe,   Kassia; Schmidt,   Carla Maria.
A idéia do conceito da Multifuncionalidade da Agricultura é: agricultura é multifuncional porque além da função central de fornecimento de alimento e fibra, também fornece outras funções ou serviços para toda sociedade, produzindo externalidades positivas. Este conceito pode ser relevante para construir políticas públicas de desenvolvimento para o Brasil, internalizando as externalidades positivas. A questão é: “Como as externalidades positivas podem ser internalizadas?” Um modo para internalizar as externalidades positivas da agricultura seria adicionar valor aos produtos locais através das certificações, considerando que atividades agrícolas têm um papel essencial para o desenvolvimento da área rural e preservação das tradições culturais. Será...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Instituições; Multifuncionalidade; Externalidades positivas; Institutions; Multifunctionality; Positive Externalities; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/113380

A Multifunctional Comparison of Conventional versus Alternative Olive Systems in Spain by Using AHP
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Parra-Lopez,   Carlos; Calatrava-Requena,   Javier.
Sustainability of agriculture is strongly related to the multifunctional role implicitly or explicitly recognized to it in the framework of the European Union CAP. This multifunctional role entails a multicriteria approach when assessing the performance and value for society of farming systems. Multicriteria assessment of agricultural systems is characterized by the existence of many criteria often conflicting among then, many stakeholders and decision-makers with competing interests, and lack of information. Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) is a multicriteria methodology that allows dealing with these problems, in a relatively easy, flexible and economical manner, and therefore it is a potentially useful tool in this field, although its application with...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Organic farming; Integrated farming; Olive-growing systems; AHP; Multicriteria analysis.; Crop Production/Industries; Q50; Q57; Q51; Q56; C6.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25417

A multi-level cost benefit approach for regulatory decision support in food safety and quality assurance scenarios
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fritz,   Melanie; Schiefer,   Gerhard.
In complex policy decision situations where policy objectives can only be reached through appropriate activities of individual actors with own decision authority and individual objectives, the classical approaches for measuring the effects of regulatory initiatives through cost-benefit or related types of analysis do not provide the appropriate information for decision support. This paper discusses a framework for a multi-level analysis approach that could provide decision support in multi-level policy decision situations.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Cost-benefit analysis; Multi-level analysis; Policy decision support; Impact assessment; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44274

A MULTINOMIAL LOGIT MODEL OF CONSUMER PERCEPTIONS FOR BIOTECH FOOD LABELING
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Han,   Jae-Hwan; Harrison,   R. Wes.
A multinomial logit analysis is employed to analyze consumers' perceptions about purchasing biotech foods and their preferences for mandatory and voluntary labeling. Results showed that consumers who are sensitive to the possible side effects of biotech crops on wildlife and the environment are more likely to support a mandatory labeling policy. Results also indicated that respondents who believe biotech foods may have unforeseen health risks are more likely to favor mandatory labeling. Furthermore, the study found that respondents who are willing to buy a meat product produced using biotechnology are more likely to favor a voluntary labeling policy.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Institutional and Behavioral Economics.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20157

A Multiple Criteria Decision System to Improve Performance of Federal Conservation Programs
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ozgoc-Caglar,   C. Derya; Farnsworth,   Richard L.
The Environmental Quality Incentives Program and other voluntary Federal conservation programs follow a similar approach for enrollment. Consistent with the legislation, agency personnel identify eligibility criteria, suitable conservation practices, and a process to score, rank, and select applications for funding. Our research outlines a formal multiple criteria decision analysis system that is broadly applicable to current Federal conservation programs to score, rank, and enroll applications, and distribute program funds. Then, we apply the decision system to Indiana’s EQIP program using data from 2005. The incorporation of GLEAMS model improved our estimates of water quality impacts by reintroducing the spatial heterogeneity.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Multiple Criteria Decision Analysis; Federal Conservation Programs; Environmental Quality Incentives Program; GLEAMS; Environmental Economics and Policy; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/5986

A MULTIPLE ORGANIC POLLUTANT SIMULATION/OPTIMIZATION MODEL OF INDUSTRIAL AND MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER LOADING TO A RIVERINE ENVIRONMENT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Carmichael,   Jeffrey J.
A multiple organic pollutant simulation/optimization model is developed to aid policy analysis of least cost approaches to wastewater management.  Downstream impacts vary non-linearly with pollution loads due to non-linear constituent interactions.  An iterative solution method is necessary.  The model is demonstrated using a case study of the Nitra River Basin in Slovakia.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20995

A multi-regional general equilibrium model to assess policy effects at regional level
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lovo,   Stefania; Magnani,   Riccardo; Perali,   Carlo Federico.
This paper develops a multi-regional general equilibrium model (MEG-R) to compare the social desirability of the CAP reform in the three Italian macro-regions: North, Center and South. The model employs a mixed complementary framework that allows for the decision of not producing a particular crop in one or more regions and presents an attempt to model interregional trade flows. The model incorporates the links between production and consumption that characterize farm household’s behavior and allows for heterogeneous household responses across regions. Results show a general tendency to reallocations from cereal crops to forage that appear more severe in the South. In this region, the reduction in crops cannot be translated into an effective expansion of...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Multi-regional general equilibrium model; Farm households; Interregional trade; Agricultural and Food Policy; C68; R13; Q18.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/98996

A multi-regional general equilibrium model to assess policy effects at regional level
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lovo,   Stefania; Magnani,   Riccardo; Perali,   Carlo Federico.
In this paper we develop a multi-regional general equilibrium model (MEG-R) to compare the social desirability of the CAP reform in the three Italian macro-regions: North, Center and South. The model employs a mixed complementary framework that allows for the decision of not producing a particular crop in one or more regions and presents an attempt to model interregional trade flows. The model incorporates the links between production and consumption that characterize farm household’s behavior and allows for heterogeneous household responses across regions. Results show a general tendency to reallocations from cereal crops to forage that appear more severe in the South. In this region, the reduction in crops cannot be translated into an effective expansion...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Multi regional general equilibrium model; Farm households; Interregional trade.; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95059

A Multivariate Evaluation of Ex-ante Risks Associated with Fed Cattle Production
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Belasco,   Eric J.; Goodwin,   Barry K.; Ghosh,   Sujit K.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the risks faced by fed cattle producers. With the development of livestock insurance programs as part of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000, a thorough investigation into the probabilistic measures of individual risk factors is needed.  This research jointly models cattle production yield risk factors, using a multivariate dynamic regression model.  A multivariate framework is necessary to characterize yield risk in terms of four yield factors (dry matter feed conversion, averaged daily gain, mortality, and veterinary costs), which are highly correlated.  Additionally, a conditional Tobit model is used to handle censored yield variables (e.g., mortality).  The proposed econometric model estimates...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9382

A NATIONAL PERSPECTIVE ON LAND USE POLICY ALTERNATIVES AND CONSEQUENCES AT THE RURAL-URBAN FRINGE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Burchell,   Robert W.; Shad,   Naveed A.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17931

A NATIONWIDE, STATE-LEVEL, ANALYSIS OF ANIMAL CONFINEMENT POLICY BY SELECTED SPECIES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Park,   Dooho; Davies,   Stephen P.; Seidl,   Andrew F.
We have addressed the impact of state environmental regulation on the livestock industry by selected two species. Beef cattle, as a leading livestock of the U.S, has experienced relatively steady structural transformation, on the other hand, hog industry has changed rapidly of its size and the location. The beef industry more or less sticks with traditional factors rather than regulation. On the other hand, the hog industry, which has more chance to adopt the stringency of state regulation during the special movement, is more sensitive by the stringency of regulation, especially in the large operation.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/36160

A Need for Caution in Applying the Volume-Based Special Safeguard Mechanism
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ivanic,   Maros; Martin,   William J.
The proximate cause of the collapse of the Doha Agenda negotiations in 2008 was disagreement over the volume-based Special Safeguard Mechanism (SSM). This measure would provide a right, but not an obligation, for developing countries to impose a duty when imports increase. While many simulations of its impact on domestic prices are available, there appear to be no analyses of its potential impacts on the welfare of poor households. Whether such a safeguard will increase or reduce poverty can only be determined empirically—if there are enough small, poor farmers who are net sellers of the commodity when the duty is imposed, then imposition of a safeguard duty may reduce poverty. If, by contrast, most small, poor farmers are net buyers of the products...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103969

A Need for Speed?  Rural Internet Connectivity and the No access / Dial-up / High-speed Decision
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Whitacre,   Brian E.; Mills,   Bradford F.
As residential high-speed Internet access has become more prevalent, the composition of the “"digital divide"” between rural and urban households has shifted.  In 2000, dial-up access rates in rural household lagged behind their urban counterparts by eleven percent.  By 2003, however, dial-up access rates were equal between rural and urban households, due in part to soaring high-speed rates in urban areas.  This paper explores the household decision between no Internet access, dial-up access, and high-speed access.  In particular, nested logit and multinomial logit specifications are compared.  The paper also uses a decomposition technique to estimate the contributions of various factors (including education, income, and infrastructure levels) to each of...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Public Economics.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21272

A Neo-Institutional Assessment of Cooperative Evolution: Comparing the Australian Wheat Board and the Fonterra Dairy Group
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Trechter,   David D.; McGregor,   Murray J.; Murray-Prior,   Roy B.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31801

A Nested Logit Model of Strategic Promotion
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Richards,   Timothy J.
Retailers use sales "price promotions" for a number of potential reasons.  There is relatively little research, however, on their strategic role among frequently consumed perishable products.  Using a two-stage, nested logit model of retail equilibrium, we show that promotion will be most effective (ie. increase store-level sales) if products are highly differentiated, but stores are relatively similar.  To test this hypothesis, we an oligopolistic model of promotion rivalry with category-level scanner data from the four largest supermarket retailers in a major U.S. metropolitan market.  The results show that promotion has a greater impact on store share than product share, because the elasticity of substitution among stores is larger than the elasticity...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19336

A NEW APPROACH TO CONTINGENT VALUATION FOR ASSESSING THE COSTS OF LIVING WITH WILDLIFE IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sutton,   William R.; Larson,   Douglas M.; Jarvis,   Lovell S.
This paper describes the first use of a methodology based on a utility-theoretic behavioral model to simultaneously estimate a household's WTP for a non-market good in both money and a non-monetary numeraire good.  WTP by subsistence farmers in Namibia for deterrents to wildlife attacks on crops and livestock is estimated.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19848

A New Approach to Correct for Hypothetical Bias in Stated Preference Models
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Davies,   Stephen P.; Loomis,   John B.
Many times economists are asked to estimate the demand for new consumer goods or services for which no market data exists. Typically market researchers and economists answer this challenge using surveys that ask about intended purchases (Louviere, et al. 2000) or what has become known as stated preference (SP) data.  Tying this data to revealed preference (RP), or actual behavior, has been a target in a number of studies.  Simplistic calibrations have been investigated in past RP-SP studies, such as Loomis, et al. 2001. This paper offers an alternative solution that allows the magnitude of the calibration correction to vary based on Klein and Sherman's (1997) Orbit procedure.  This paper extends the original Orbit procedure of Klein and Sherman by...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21204

A new biosecurity investment decision framework to promote more efficient biosecurity policy
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Smith,   Harley; Webster,   Stewart.
Australian governments spend millions of dollars each year on pre border, border and post border biosecurity programs. While the resourcing of some of these programs is determined by existing deeds of agreement, others, particularly in relation to environmental and social pests and diseases, fall outside of existing decision frameworks. This paper presents a new biosecurity investment decision framework based on economic principles that aims to produce more objectively determined decisions. It determines whether a role for government exists in relation to a specific problem through the application of market failure tests and then guides the user to the most efficient cost recovery mechanism. The framework is presently under active consideration for use by...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Biosecurity; Investment decision framework; Biosecurity policy; Market failure test; Cost recovery; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/59161

A New Direction for U.S. Farm Policy (PowerPoint)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Grossi,   Ralph.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8100

A new econometric test for asymmetric price adjustment by cointegration vector restrictions with an application to the U.S. and Dutch pork chains
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kuiper,   W. Erno; Pennings,   Joost M.E.; Verhees,   Frans J.H.M.
A new test of asymmetric price adjustment is proposed on the basis of the super-consistent cointegrating vector estimator in the Johansen (1995) cointegrating procedure. The super-consistency makes the test robust to misspecifications in the short-run model. Application of the test to the price spreads in the Dutch and U.S. pork chains reveals that in the Netherlands wholesalers might obtain extra price margin as a consequence of asymmetric price adjustment vis-à-vis the farmers.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114685

A New Framework for Evaluating Commodity Promotion Programs: What Can We Learn from Disaggregate Data?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Carman,   Hoy F.; Li,   Lan; Sexton,   Richard J.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Marketing.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21229

A NEW GENERAL CONCEPTUAL APPROACH TO MODELING THE LIVESTOCK SECTOR: AN APPLICATION TO THE JAPANESE SWINE-PORK SECTOR
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fabiosa,   Jacinto F.; Qi,   Xiaoting.
Many livestock sector models have limited coverage of relevant variables, and are somewhat ad hoc in their choice of what should be specified as behavioral equations.  This study develops a generic conceptual approach to modeling the livestock sector that provides consistent rules of specification and better coverage of variables.  This approach is then applied to the swine-pork sector of Japan.  The new approach departs significantly from existing models.  The structure clearly differentiates stock and flow variables; only flow variables have behavioral specifications and stock variables are accounting identities; flow variables are expressed in rates rather than levels; logistic functions are used in most flow variables to automatically impose...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20835

A New Look for the Canadian Pork and Beef Sectors (Power Point Presentation)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Grier,   Kevin.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33292

A New Measure of the Producer Welfare Effects of Technological Change
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bullock,   David S.
It is well recognized that the statistical reliability of the conventional method of estimating the effects of technological change on producer welfare is often quite poor.  I present a method that enhances the statistical reliability of such estimates.  I emphasize that when measuring the welfare effects of technological change, valuable information can be gleaned from data on input prices and quantities.  This type of data is often available, but the conventional measure typically does not take full advantage of its availability.  Letting T0 be some initial level of technology and T1 be a subsequent level, the conventional measure of producer welfare change due to a technology change is the change in the “triangle” area under the price and behind the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Technological change; Producer welfare; Applied welfare economics; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; O30; O33.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103834

A New Method for Reduction of NH3 Emissions from Pig Housing Systems by Adding Sulphuric Acid to Slurry
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jensen,   Jorgen E.; Norgaard,   Nicolaj H.; Krabbe,   Henning; Pedersen,   Poul.
Effects of adding sulphuric acid to slurry by flushing the waste pits were studied in a commercial finishing unit with four identical sections. Each section included 300 pigs on fully slatted floors. Waste pits in two control sections had a pull-plug system installed for removal of slurry. The other two sections had a new developed and patented waste handling system using a sulphuric acid treatment.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24321

A new methodology for assessing the impact of water-pricing scenarios: case study of small-scale irrigation schemes in South Africa
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Speelman,   Stijn; Frija,   Aymen; Farolfi,   Stefano; Buysse,   Jeroen; D'Haese,   Marijke F.C.; D'Haese,   Luc.
Worldwide growing water scarcity has increased the call for economic instruments to stimulate rational water use in agriculture. In addition cost-recovery is now widely accepted as a cornerstone of sustainable water management. As a consequence now in developing countries, where currently agricultural water use is often still heavily subsidized, a tendency exists of introducing water-pricing as a policy to achieve more sustainable water use. The exact impact of water pricing policies on irrigation water use or on the farmers’ production system is however mostly unknown. A new two-stage methodology that allows estimating at the farm level the effects of introducing or raising a water price on the agricultural production process and water demand is...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Water-pricing; Water savings; Irrigation; Data envelopment analysis; South Africa; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43836

A NEW PERSPECTIVE ON UNDERINVESTMENT IN AGRICULTURAL R&amp;D
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Roseboom,   Johannes.
During the past 40 years, the returns to agricultural R&amp;D have been on average in the range of 40-60% (Alston, et al 2000, Evenson 2001). Many agricultural economists see this high average as convincing evidence that there is significant underinvestment in public agricultural R&amp;D (Ruttan 1980, Pinstrup-Andersen 2001).   This paper sheds new light on the underinvestment hypothesis by introducing a simple model of the selection of R&amp;D projects and confronting it with the rate-of-return evidence accumulated over the years worldwide. The model assumes that the distribution of all possible R&amp;D projects on an expected rate-of-return (ERR) scale declines asymptotically. Under the neoclassical conditions of full information and profit maximization,...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural R&amp;D; Underinvestment; Rate of return; Research intensities; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19648

A NEW ROLE FOR CONSERVATION IN U.S. FARM POLICY, CONSERVATION OPERATIONS: USDA'S CHALLENGE TO MAKE IT WORK
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gray,   Roy M.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33518

A New Sampling Design for Swiss Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) Data
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Roesch,   Andreas.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural Finance.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/115984

A NEW STRATEGY FOR TESTING CONVERGENCE IN TASTES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Moro,   Daniele; Sckokai,   Paolo; Mazzocchi,   Mario.
A test for convergence in food tastes based on the estimation of a time-varying-parameter demand system is proposed; the test uses a notion of convergence in time series that looks at equality in the long-term forecasts of parameter estimates through cointegration techniques. An empirical application is provided.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Consumer/Household Economics.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21759

A New Taxonomy of Thin Markets
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Anderson,   John D.; Hudson,   Darren; Harri,   Ardian; Turner,   Steven C.
The traditional conception of a thin market based on transactions volume remains relevant in many agricultural markets but does not adequately frame emerging thin market issues.  As non-price means of pricing goods becomes more common, some cash commodity markets have become residual markets.  In some of these markets, not only the volume of transactions but also the representativeness of transactions to those on the related contract market is an important issue.  This paper develops a concept of thin markets that accounts for this dimension of market thinness and proposes a research agenda related to this topic.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Marketing.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/34826

A New U.S. Farm Household Typology: Implications for Agricultural Subsidies
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Briggeman,   Brian C.
Changes in American agriculture have yielded a diversity of farm types. These changes have extended beyond the farm business and into the farm household. The objective of this research is to motivate, develop, and discuss the policy implications of a new typology of U.S. farm households that is based on household economic theory. Using the 2003 Agricultural Resource Management Survey and statistical analysis, six mutually exclusive groups of U.S. farm households are identified as the U.S. Farm Household Typology. This typology is then compared to the current Economic Research Service Farm Typology and used to investigate the distribution of government payments.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21175

A NOÇÃO DE TERROIR E SUA INFLUÊNCIA NA DINAMIZAÇÃO DA CADEIA PRODUTIVA DOS VINHOS FINOS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Blume,   Roni; Pedrozo,   Eugenio Avila.
Todos os produtos agroindustriais são localizáveis espacialmente. Mas alguns são mais dependentes da apropriação do espaço para a transformação em mercadoria, do que outros. No contexto da cadeia vitivinícola mundial esta relação do produto com seu local de origem pode ser percebida como um sinônimo de qualidade e autenticidade, especialmente para os vinhos de terroir. Para entender a influência do terroir no âmbito da cadeia produtiva torna-se necessário abordar diferentes questões além da qualidade, como: preço, papel do consumidor, inovações, tecnologia, uso dos recursos, desenvolvimento, entre outras, em seus diferentes elos. Por este motivo, propõe-se neste estudo a abordar a discussão do terroir e suas possíveis implicações e influências nos três...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Cadeia Vitivinícola; Terroir; Agregação de Valor; Consumidor; Wine Chain; Terroir; Addition of Value; Consumer; Industrial Organization.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109783

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

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

A NONLINEAR MODEL OF INFORMATION AND COORDINATION IN HOG PRODUCTION: TESTING THE COASIAN-FOWLERIAN DYNAMIC HYPOTHESES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ruth,   Matthias; Cloutier,   L. Martin; Garcia,   Philip.
The pig-cycle 'explanation' expunded by Coase and Fowler followed a well-integrated economic logic and provides tremendous insight into our understanding of commodity cycles.  The paper presents a simulation model that replicates all of Coase and Fowler's results and tests its robustness with an application to U.S. hog production.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20971

A Nonparametric Analysis of Efficiency for a Beefpacking Firm:  Implications of Federal Food Safety Regulations
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Featherstone,   Allen M.; Klein,   Nicole L.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/35805

A NONPARAMETRIC APPROACH TO SHORT-RUN PRODUCTION ANALYSIS IN A DYNAMIC CONTEXT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Silva,   Elvira.
A nonparametric approach to short-run production analysis from a cost and profit perspectives is developed in the context of an adjustment-cost model.  The adjustment-cost hypothesis is incorporated in the theoretical framework in the form of the properties of the firm's technology with respect to the quasi-fixed factors.  Nonparametric tests for consistency of a data series with short-run cost minimization and profit maximization are developed and the empirical implementation of these tests to U.S. agriculture is presented.  The empirical evidence does not refute that agricultural producers behave collectively as if they were a short-run cost minimizing and profit maximizing firm.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Nonparametric revealed-preference approach; Short-run production analysis; Long-run adjustment; Adjustment cost.; Productivity Analysis; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21608

A Nonparametric Approach to The Analysis of HACCP/RMP Implementation Process
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cao,   Kay; Scrimgeour,   Frank G.
In this paper we conduct an analysis of the implementation of HACCP/RMP in the NZ Meat Industry based on the data collected from our recent survey. Nonparametric methods are used to measure the association between plant characteristics such as size, age, activities, and food safety management practices and HACCP/RMP adoption motivations, implementation problems, benefits, and costs. Results give insights into the ongoing process of mandatory RMP in New Zealand.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: HACCP/RMP implementation; New Zealand Meat Industry; Nonparametric methods; Agricultural and Food Policy; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Land Economics/Use; Livestock Production/Industries; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97786

A Nonparametric Efficiency Analysis of Bean Producers from North and South Kivu
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ross,   Kara L.; Dalton,   Timothy J.; Featherstone,   Allen M.
The purpose of this research is to determine how technically efficient small-scale producers are in two provinces (North and South Kivu) in the Democratic of Republic (DR) of Congo at producing two different varieties of beans: bush and climbing beans.   In addition to calculating the efficiency scores, this research attempts to identify what producer and field characteristics affect these scores.  We hypothesize that bean producers will be more productive than producers in South Kivu and that climbing bean producers will be more productive than bush bean producers.   Technical efficiency is estimated using a nonparametric approach.  A tobit model is used to examine the effect of producer and field characteristic on the efficiency score. On average, farms...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Production Economics; Production Economics.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/46575

A NONPARAMETRIC HYPOTHESIS TEST VIA THE BOOTSTRAP RESAMPLING
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Temel,   Tugrul T.
This paper adapts an already existing nonparametric hypothesis test to the bootstrap framework.  The test utilizes the nonparametric kernel regression method to estimate a measure of distance between the models stated under the null hypothesis.  The bootstraped version of the test allows to approximate errors involved in the asymptotic hypothesis test.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Hypothesis test; The bootstrap; Nonparametric regression; Omitted variables; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; C12; C14; C15.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20600

A Nonparametric Kernel Representation of the Agricultural Production Function: Implications for Economic Measures of Technology
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Livanis,   Grigorios T.; Salois,   Matthew J.; Moss,   Charles B.
The issue of production function estimation has received recent attention, particularly in agricultural economics with the advent of precision farming. Yet, the evidence to date is far from unanimous on the proper form of the production function. This paper reexamines the use of the primal production function framework using nonparametric regression techniques.  Specifically, the paper demonstrates how a nonparametric regression based on a kernel density estimator can be used to estimate a production function using data on corn production from Illinois and Indiana. Nonparametric results are compared to common parametric specifications using the Nadaraya-Watson kernel regression estimator. The parametric and nonparametric forms are also compared in terms of...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Nonparametric regression; Nonparametric derivatives; Gaussian kernel; Optimization techniques; Production function; Production Economics; C14; C15; C16; C61; Q12.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51063

A Nonparametric Test for Monopoly Market Power Exertion by Breakfast  Manufacturers
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Espinoza,   Maria-Cristina; Love,   H. Alan.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Industrial Organization.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/35867

A NONPARAMETRIC TEST OF ADVERTISING'S EFFECTIVENESS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Chalfant,   James A.; Eshel,   Dafna M. Disegni.
Nonparametric demand analysis uses axioms of revealed preference to test a data set for compatibility with the hypothesis of stable preferences.  Previous applications have tested for the presence of structural change using this approach.  This paper shows how to include demand shifters such as advertising in the analysis.  It is shown that the implied results for changes in tastes depend on restrictions on advertising's effects.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Marketing.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20529

A NORTHEAST BORROWER TRAINING PROGRAM: EVOLUTION AND IMPACTS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Parsons,   Robert L.; Hanson,   Gregory D.
A financial training program designed by Cooperative Extension specialists was provided to over 2,000 USDA/FSA borrowers from the Northeast during the period 1994-1999.  Key to the success of the workshops was an in-depth, user-friendly curriculum that evolved over time, eventually replacing satellite-feed instruction with pre-taped videos.  Cluster analysis classified nearly 70 percent of workshop participants as "Low Finance Priority" or "Low Finance Knowledge."  Farmers in these clusters received a relatively greater educational benefit from the program than those not in these clusters..   Impact analysis indicated that perceived annual gain in farm net worth from application of workshop tools ranged from approximately $5,000 to $10,000.  The training...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural finance; Workshop methods; Borrower training; Cluster analysis; Impact analysis; Agricultural Finance; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21843

A NOTE ON CAPSTONE COURSES IN THE AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS CURRICULUM: THE EXAMPLE OF AIM 4011
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nefstead,   Ward E.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21750

A Note on Technical Efficiency, Productivity Growth and Competitiveness
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nivievskyi,   Oleg; Brümmer,   Bernhard; von Cramon-Taubadel,   Stephan.
‘Productivity and efficiency growth enhances competitiveness’. Similarly formulated statements are common in the literature on the economic performance of firms, industries and nations. This conventional perception in the economic literature, originating from trade and growth theory models, however, lacks a clearly defined mathematical formulation. Earlier work by Page (1980) and Nishimizu and Page (1986) provides an elegant formalization of the relationship between the productivity growth and competitiveness measured by the Domestic Resource Costs (DRC) ratio. However, the relationship between technical efficiency and competitiveness has not been addressed in the literature. Moreover, the DRC is a biased measure of competitiveness. We propose static and...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61759

A Note on the Need for Micro Economic Household Data in Agriculture for International Policy Analysis
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Poppe,   Krijn J.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Consumer/Household Economics.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15726

A NOVA ECONOMIA INSTITUCIONAL – N EI E OS SISTEMAS AGROFLORESTAIS – SAF’S: UM ESTUDO COM DUAS ORGANIZAÇÕES AGROFLORESTAIS NA REGIÃO AMAZÔNICA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Carvalho,   Otacilio Moreira De; Neto,   Jose Moreira Da Silva; Carvalho,   Erasmo Moreira De; Pereira,   Sidinei Aparecido.
Este artigo tem como objetivo abordar os SAF’s no contexto da NEI, identificando e descrevendo variáveis com maior motricidade e dependência, que restringem o desempenho dessas atividades no Estado de Rondônia. SAF’s são formas de uso da terra onde componentes florestais são associados com à agropecuária, contribuindo para a redução das pressões humanas ao ambiente. Na Amazônia vem se expandindo a produção por meio de SAF’s, conduzidos por pequenos produtores familiares organizados que integram a produção primária ao beneficiamento. Há entraves no ambiente institucional e organizacional que limitam o desempenho dos SAF’s, que devem ser conhecidos e estudados. A NEI como abordagem teórica veio complementar os pressupostos da economia neoclássica ao afirmar...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Nova Economia Institucional; Sistemas Agroflorestais; Custos de Transação; Matriz Estrutural Prospectiva; New Institutional Economics; Agroforestry Sistems; Transaction Costs; Structural Prospective Matrix; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109631

A NOVA RURALIDADE BRASILEIRA E OS DESAFIOS PARA O REAJUSTE DA P&amp;D PARA A AGROPECUÁRIA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Laurenti,   Antonio Carlos; Grossi,   Mauro Eduardo Del.
A inusitada demografia da década precedente ensejou uma nova concepção do mundo rural brasileiro, notadamente pela interrupção do declínio da população rural, resultante da expansão da população com ocupação não-agrícola e da população não economicamente ativa, conforme o Projeto Rurbano. O objetivo neste artigo é apresentar os resultados da avaliação do prosseguimento dessas tendências no período 2001–2006. Entre as principais semelhanças aponta-se a continuidade do aumento da população rural ocupada em atividade comercial não-agrícola e da diminuição do pessoal ocupado na agricultura mercantil. As distinções mais proeminentes nesta década foram o crescimento da população rural e a suspensão da redução do pessoal ocupado na agricultura mercantil, com...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Atividade não-agrícola; Novo rural; PEA; P&amp;D; Stakeholder; “new rural”; Non-agricultural activity; PEA; P&amp;D; Stakeholder; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109775

A NUMERICAL QUADRATURE APPROACH TO OPTION VALUATION IN WATER MARKETS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Villinski,   Michele T.
The standard Black-Scholes approach to option valuation becomes cumbersome and may fail to yield a solution when applied to non-standard options such as those emerging in water markets.  An alternative tool, numerical quadrature, avoids some restrictive assumptions of the Black-Scholes framework and can more easily price options with complex structures.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21708

A “One Medicine” Approach to Influenza Preparedness: A North Carolina Perspective (PowerPoint)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Marshall,   David.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/90762

A ORGANIZAÇÃO DE PEQUENOS PRODUTORES DE LEITE DO NOROESTE DO RIO GRANDE DO SUL: APORTES NA LENTE DA NOVA ECONOMIA INSTITUCIONAL (NEI) E DA GESTÃO DE CADEIAS DE SUPRIMENTOS (GCS).
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Arbage,   Alessandro Porporatti; Peroni,   Neimar Damian; Costa,   Pedro Urubatan Neto Da.
O artigo propõe a admissão das abordagens da Nova Economia Institucional e a Gestão de Cadeia de Suprimentos, até então não trabalhadas pelos extensionistas da “Associação Riograndense de Empreendimentos de Assistência Técnica de Extensão Rural – EMATER/RS”, na interface com organizações de pequenos  produtores rurais de leite do noroeste do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul.  O esboço tem como  base uma discussão teórica inicial, onde se apresenta um conciso  traço  das teorias sistêmicas que julgamos poder contribuir para o crescimento e consolidação desses arranjos. Segue-se um breve panorama, onde as 18 cooperativas e 25 grupos de produtores estão inseridos e a  descrição da organização desses agentes, com base  no acompanhamento de reuniões e depoimentos...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Nova Economia Institucional; Cadeia de Suprimentos; Leite; Agricultura Familiar; New Institutional Economics; Supply Chain Management; Milk; Familiar Agriculture; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109793

A ÓTICA DA ECONOMIA DOS CUSTOS DA TRANSAÇÃO NO PROCESSO DE TOMADA DE DECISÃO EM CADEIAS PRODUTIVAS AGROINDUSTRIAIS: UMA PROPOSTA DE ESTRUTURA ANALÍTICA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dutra,   Alberto Silva; Rathmann,   Regis.
Teve-se como objetivo neste artigo abordar elementos teóricos já estudados sobre o processo de decisão, bem como da Economia dos Custos de Transação e da Análise Sistêmica, de forma a propor uma estrutura analítica sistêmica, multinível e interdisciplinar, que possa ser usada para o estudo da tomada de decisão de investimentos em cadeias produtivas agronegociais. Da consolidação do referencial teórico, por meio de estrutura analítica, aplicada a um estudo de caso, no caso a cadeia produtiva do biodiesel, pode-se perceber que na medida em que a commodity soja vai avançando nos elos da cadeia, vai se tornando um produto de maior valor agregado, cujos ativos envolvidos para seu processamento e distribuição possuem alta especificidade, o que por sua vez vai...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Tomada de decisão; Estrutura analítica; Cadeia produtiva; Decision making; Analytical structure; Productive chain; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/112746

A Panel Data Analysis of the Determinants of Farmland Price: An Application to the Effects of the 1992 Cap Reform in Belgium
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Duvivier,   Romain; Gaspart,   Frederic; Frahan,   Bruno Henry de.
This study identifies the effects of the 1992 and subsequent CAP reforms on arable farmland price in Belgium. We first propose a brief literature review of studies identifying the determinants of farmland price. Afterwards, we use a panel data set to estimate a capitalization model of farmland price. We first show that the compensatory payments introduce by the 1992 CAP reform exert a positive effect on the arable farmland price in Belgium. We also identify a structural break in the land price equation after the adoption of the new support instruments as well as a regional break between Wallonia and Flanders.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Farmland price; Land market; Common Agricultural Policy; Capitalization of agricultural support; Agricultural and Food Policy; Land Economics/Use; Q10; Q15; Q18.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24577

A Panel Data Analysis of the Repayment Capacity of Farmers
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Durguner,   Sena.
Using a balanced panel of 264 unique Illinois farmers from 2000 to 2004, this study identifies the most pertinent factors that explain the repayment capacity of farmers. After correcting for endogeneity bias caused by farmer-specific effects, one year lagged debt-to-asset ratio and soil productivity are both found to be significantly correlated with the coverage ratio at the 5% significance level using random effects. The finding is significant because it can enhance agricultural lenders’ ability to assess creditworthiness, screen borrowers, manage loan loss reserves, and price loans, thereby decreasing lenders’ costs associated with defaulted loans and ultimately reducing the costs borne by the government and taxpayers.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Panel data; Random effects; Coverage ratio; Financial efficiency; Solvency; Liquidity; Repayment capacity; Profitability; Creditworthiness; Agricultural Finance.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9361

A Panel Data Study of the Determinants of Micronutrient Intake in China
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Liu,   Yi; Shankar,   Bhavani.
Rapid economic growth in China has resulted in substantially improved household incomes. Diets have also changed, with a movement away from traditional foods and towards animal products and processed foods. Yet micronutrient deficiencies, particularly for calcium and vitamin A, are still widespread in China. In this research we model the determinants of the intakes of these two micronutrients using household panel data, asking particularly whether continuing income increases are likely to cause the deficiencies to be overcome. Nonparametric kernel regressions and random effects panel regression models are employed. The results show a statistically significant but relatively small positive income effect on both nutrient intakes. The local availability of...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; I12; O12.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25585

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

A Partial Equilibrium Model of the Beef and Dairy Sector in Italy Under Imperfect Competition
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Moro,   Daniele; Sckokai,   Paolo; Soregaroli,   Claudio.
In this paper we present a partial equilibrium model for the bovine sector (beef and dairy) in Italy, which can be used for simulation and forecasting. The structure of the model follows the vertical chain of the beef and dairy sector, allowing trade of both agricultural raw materials and final products. Since the processing and retailing stage is characterised by an imperfectly competitive structure, the model accounts for market power in modelling the price transmission mechanism. This provides further insights on the vertical transmission of shocks, both at the final level (i.e. the BSE crisis) and at the farm level (i.e. agricultural policy reform).
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Simulation models; Policy analysis; Imperfect competition; Beef; Dairy; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24787

A PARTIAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL OF THE LINKAGES BETWEEN ANIMAL WELFARE, TRADE AND THE ENVIRONMENT IN SCOTLAND
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Toma,   Luiza; Ashworth,   Cheryl J.; Stott,   Alistair W.
This research analyses the impacts of a scientific advance that improves animal welfare, upon the environment and trade in Scotland using partial equilibrium (PE) modelling. The science improves pig neonatal survival through improved (high fibre) sow diets used before mating. Our model simulates the effects of animal welfare changes on the pig production systems (pig meat) and further on trade flows (trade in pig meat) and environment (water and air pollution). We consider two animal welfare simulation scenarios, namely the status quo – no animal welfare change as regards pig neonatal mortality (baseline scenario) and the case of improving pig neonatal survival (alternative scenario) and compare the impacts on trade and environment between the two...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Pig Welfare; Trade; Environment; Scotland; Partial Equilibrium Model.; Agricultural and Food Policy; Environmental Economics and Policy; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; Q18; Q50.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44825

A PARTIAL-ADJUSTMENT, MIXED LINEAR MODEL OF PRICE DISCOVERY IN AN EXPERIMENTAL MARKET FOR FED CATTLE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Carlberg,   Jared G.; Ward,   Clement E.
The Fed Cattle Market Simulator (FCMS) was developed by a team of researchers at Oklahoma State University to aid in understanding the forces that influence price discovery in the fed cattle market.  Participants in the FCMS play the role of feedlot marketing managers and packing plant procurement agents, and trade paper pens of cattle in the experimental market.  Previous research with the FCMS has not attempted to capture the dynamic nature of the price discovery process; this paper uses a partial-adjustment approach to accomplish that goal.  A mixed linear model is used to accommodate both fixed and random effects in the data.  Results show that the transaction price adjusts only sixteen percent on a week-by-week basis to its desired level.  As such,...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20598

A PARTIAL-EQUILIBRIUM SIMULATION OF INCREASING THE U.S. TARIFF-RATE SUGAR QUOTA FOR CUBA AND MEXICO
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Petrolia,   Daniel R.; Kennedy,   P. Lynn.
A model consisting of Cuba, Mexico, the U.S., and an aggregated “"Rest of the World"” was developed to simulate increases in U.S. sugar imports from  Cuba and Mexico.  Results indicate that increased imports would generate up to $505 million in U.S. net gains, and that world prices increase only minimally.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19764

A PECUÁRIA DE CORTE NO ESTADO DE MATO GROSSO
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bonjour,   Sandra Cristina de Moura; Figueiredo,   Adriano Marcos Rodrigues; Marta,   Jose Manuel Carvalho.
O artigo objetivou caracterizar a ocupação da pecuária de corte em Mato Grosso, enfocando diferentes aspectos do processo histórico e econômico, bem como da sua manutenção. Permitiu explicar as diversas tecnologias usadas na pecuária de corte a partir da colonização, classificando o estado em diferentes regiões e com características distintas. Identifica-se ainda a ampliação da produção e da qualidade do rebanho relacionada à migração recebida pelo estado com a produção de matéria-prima e a conseqüente instalação de frigoríficos em todas as regiões do estado. This paper characterized the livestock expansion in Mato Grosso focusing on different aspects of the historical and economic processes, as well as their maintenance. It allowed the explanation of the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Pecuária de corte; Mato Grosso; Colonização; Livestock; Mato Grosso; Colonization; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/102468

A pedagogia da alternância na construção do desenvolvimento rural do Vale do Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Teodoro,   Ricardo Borges; Oliveira,   Cyntia Meireles De; Silva,   Daniel Ferreira Da.
O presente trabalho foi realizado no Vale do Jequitinhonha, município de Turmalina, Minas Gerais, analisando a interação entre a Escola Família Agroindustrial de Turmalina – EFAT, produtores associados e instituições parceiras. Para o levantamento dos dados foram realizadas visitas in loco e reuniões, trabalhando-se com questionários e entrevistas semi-estruturadas junto aos agricultores familiares do município, monitores e instituições parceiras. O objetivo foi observar como a EFAT tem atuado nas comunidades locais por meio dos instrumentos pedagógicos da alternância e como esta têm contribuído para o desenvolvimento local e regional. Constatou-se que a prática da pedagogia da alternância propicia a melhor organização dos produtores com vistas ao...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Município de Turmalina; Escola Família Agrícola; Agricultura Familiar; Municipal of Turmalina; School Agricultural Family; Family agriculture; Farm Management.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109583

A Penny Saved: Prices and the Timing of Paycheck Receipt
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Beatty,   Timothy K.M.
This paper explores a puzzling empirical regularity: households pay less for foods as the time since receipt of their last paycheck increases. I leverage randomization with regard to paycheck timing to causally identify the effect of time since paycheck receipt on prices. Estimates of the decline in prices range between 5% and 6% percent, over the course of a month. I investigate several potential explanations for this behavior, including credit constraints and stockpiling. I find evidence that the effect is driven by low-income households and exacerbated by stockpiling behavior.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Unit Values; Paycheck Timing; Permanent Income Hypothesis; Consumer/Household Economics; D91; E21.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61008

A Perspective on Food Security in the United States (PowerPoint)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Carlson,   Steven.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Food Security and Poverty.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/50597

A Perspective on Food Security in the United States (PowerPoint)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Carlson,   Steven.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Food Security and Poverty.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/50609

A Pilot Program to Assist CAFOs in Using Weather Data to Minimize Manure Management Risk
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Massey,   Raymond E.; Boessen,   Christian R.
This paper summarizes a pilot project to disseminate site specific weather information that has been processed to estimate field runoff potential of land applied manure.  Preliminary feedback indicate the program has value but that additional information is needed to understand how farmers use weather information to make decisions within the regulatory constraints they face.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/35527

A pilot project for indigenous forest reversion
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Funk,   Jason; Kerr,   Suzi; Hendy,   Joanna.
This paper describes preliminary work on establishing a pilot project for carbon sequestration. The project is intended to simulate the structure of the Permanent Forest Sinks Initiative, a program that may extend to the national level under the supervision of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. In the process of establishing the project, we will identify opportunities and barriers for landowners to engage in the management system of “carbon farming”. We will also use the results of the process to inform policymakers of potential improvements to the Permanent Forest Sinks Initiative and to demonstrate to landowners the benefits of this management system.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; International Relations/Trade; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/98493

A PISCICULTURA NO BRASIL: UM ESTUDO SOBRE A PRODUÇÃO E COMERCIALIZAÇÃO DE “OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS”
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Pizaia,   Marcia Goncalves; Camara,   Marcia Regina Gabardo da; Santana,   Maria Aparecida; Alves,   Rozane.
Este estudo investiga a viabilidade de Produção e Comercialização de Tilápia do Nilo por pequenos produtores Paranaenses. Atualmente a Tilápia do Nilo é uma das espécies mais popular do país, sendo cultivada em vinte e dois estados brasileiros. Neste trabalho discutem-se os principais aspectos da piscicultura no país, analisando o período de 1995 a 2003. A partir deste estudo foi possível averiguar nas propriedades estudadas que os baixos custos com manutenções e manejos facilitados não prejudicam as outras atividades da propriedade, permitindo que a criação de tilápia tenha uma boa perspectiva de expansão entre os produtores. O custo total de produção obtido na produção de tilápia foi em torno de R$ 82.250,00 por ano. Os criadores conseguem vender o quilo...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Cultivo de tilápias; Custos de produção; “Oreochromis niloticus”; Cultivation of tilapia; Costs of production; Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109999

A Plan for Economic Evaluation of Organic Blueberry Production in Georgia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Plattner,   Kristy; Fonsah,   Esendugue Greg; Escalante,   Cesar L.; Krewer,   Gerard; Anderson,   Peter; Liburd,   Oscar; Tertuliano,   Moukaram.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Blueberry consumption is increasing across the United States. Georgia’s production value of conventional blueberries has exceeded that of peaches to reach a farm-gate value of $75 million. Demand for organic food products is increasing with United States gross sales at $16.9 billion in 2006. Economic feasibility of organic blueberries is uncertain creating risk in transitioning from conventional to organic production. The principal objective is to utilize field data to determine the costs of various production methods; By developing several enterprise budgets for each adopted technique.; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6805

A pluralistic methodology for analysing supply chains
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Murray-Prior,   Roy B.; Rola-Rubzen,   Maria Fay; McGregor,   Murray J.; Batt,   Peter J.; Concepcion,   Sylvia B.; Rasco,   Eufemio; Digal,   Larry N.; Manalili,   Nerlita M.; Moran,   Antonio; Ellson,   Adela; Montiflor,   Marilou O.; Hualda,   Luis; Migalbin,   Lorraine.
Special problems are presented when analysing supply chains because of the complexity of the relationships. In addressing this problem for a vegetable supply chain in Mindanao a pluralistic methodology is used. A soft systems framework was used to structure and analyse the problem and identify relevant systems. Issues we are addressing are efficiencies along the supply chain (including input supply issues, output marketing, quality control and transport) and relationships between the various participants in the supply chain. Qualitative and quantitative data collection methods have been used. Analysis is being conducted with qualitative data analysis techniques, LP farm household models, transaction cost economics, gap analysis, factor analysis and...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57926

A Poisson Probability Model of Protected Species Take Risk
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Stohs,   Stephen M.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21129

A POLICY LEADERSHIP COMMISSION FOR NAFTA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Knutson,   Ronald D.; Loyns,   R.M.A.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/16943

A POLICY LEADERSHIP COMMISSION FOR NAFTA?  DISCUSSION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Raynauld,   Francoy.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/16930

A POLICY PERSPECTIVE ON IMPROVING BENEFIT/COST ANALYSIS: THE CASE OF HACCP AND MICROBIAL FOOD SAFETY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ahl,   Alwynelle (Nell) S.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: HACCP; Cost/benefit analysis; Food safety; Agricultural and Food Policy; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25943

A POLICY PROGRAM IN FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wilcox,   Robert W.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 1957
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17791

A Policy Tool for Evaluating Investments in Public Boat Ramps in Florida: A Random Utility Model Approach
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Thomas,   Michael H.; Lupi,   Frank; Harding,   David B.
Across the country many people engage in recreational boating. In 2008 there were over 12 million registered recreational boats in the United States, and nearly 8% of these were in Florida (US Coast Guard, 2008).  Launching boats from publically available ramps is one of the primary methods of marine access.  Within Florida, nearly 25% of all boating related trips in 2007 involved launching a trailered boat from a publically available ramp (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation [FWC], 2009).  With hundreds of thousands of boating trips from dozens of publically accessible ramps, Lee County planners need analytical tools to understand demand and consumer surplus to assist them in evaluating new and enhanced launch facilities.  To accomplish this, we...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Boating demand; Ramp values; Random utility model; Environmental Economics and Policy; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56531

A POLLUTION TRADING SYSTEM WITH COST ASSYMETRY: An Application to Nonpoint Source Trading in the Boone River Watershed
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Valcu,   Adriana M.; Kling,   Catherine L.
The goal of watershed scale analysis is to assign to each field unit the best set of agricultural practices in order to achieve a maximum outcome from both environmental and economic perspectives. Watershed physically based models linked to multiobjective optimization models can overcome the high dimensionality of watershed pollution problem. Market based instruments such as permit trading settings which consider abatement measures’ cost heterogeneity have been regarded as being superior to command and control programs. Empirical analysis reveals that when local environmental authority and farmers have different cost information, a permit trading program has the potential to offer cost savings.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103719

A Portfolio Approach for the New Zealand Multi-Species Fisheries Management
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Yang,   Ming Ming; Sharp,   Basil M.H.; Sbai,   Erwann.
Marine species are reproducible resource. Maintaining the stock level of marine species and the sustainability of fisheries development become critical issues in current scientific research areas due to the explosion of human population and exacerbation of natural environment. The traditional method that protects the marine species is the single species approach which set maximum sustainable yield (MSY) to prevent over-harvest. However, with the development of technology and comprehension of marine science, the single species approach has been found obsolete and incapable of dealing with problems of severe depletion of fish stocks and escalation of fisheries confliction. Studies show that when regulations are species specific and species are part of a...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Environmental Economics and Policy; Production Economics; Productivity Analysis; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/96660

A PORTFOLIO OF NUTRIENTS: SOIL AND SUSTAINABILITY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bond,   Craig A.; Farzin,   Y. Hossein.
This paper develops a basic dynamic economic model that can be used for theoretical and numerical analysis of optimal soil management practices. A dynamic biophysical/economic optimal control model is developed in a multi-disciplinary framework, treating soil as a multi-pool portfolio of a particular limiting mobile nutrient (e.g. nitrogen). This specification allows for fertilizer to directly enter the active pool, while tillage initially affects the decadal pool, reflecting the realities of agricultural production. We examine the properties of the steady-state and the time paths of the optimal solutions. In addition, alternative sustainability criteria of farm-level agricultural practices are presented, and the optimal solution of the problem is...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Farm Management.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20035

A PORTFOLIO OF THREATS TO AMERICAN AGRICULTURE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Blank,   Steven C.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Production Economics.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/36349

A possible examination method for observing agriculture
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nabradi,   Andras; Nagymihaly,   Kornelia Ficzere.
On the basis of our examinations we have come to the conclusion that longitudinal examinations are the simplest and most up-to-date methods as well as the most cost-efficient ones to follow the decision-making, preparatory data collecting, processing and analysing opportunities serving the sustainability of agriculture better and better together with tracing down the feedback about the decisions to see if the given measure has really resulted in reaching the objectives. The method was proved to be able to supply both micro-and macro-level information in the desired breakdown, groupings and systems of connections. The development successive (panel) examination that we applied can serve as the basis of making decisions affecting huge areas by means of total...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Longitudinal examination; Method; Application; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44188

A POST SCHULTZIAN VIEW OF FOOD AID, TRADE AND DEVELOPING COUNTRY CEREAL PRODUCTION: RESULTS OF A VECTOR AUTOREGRESSION ON PANEL DATA USING FIXED EFFECTS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lowder,   Sarah K.; Southgate,   Douglas; Rodriguez-Meza,   Jorge.
This study provides a theoretical and empirical analysis of the relationship between cereal imports, production, program food aid and targeted food aid in recipient countries.  Hypotheses are tested empirically using vector autoregression with fixed effects on panel data from the World Food Programme.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19919

A Practical Guide to Market Assessment
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Taylor,   Roy Justin; Sterns,   James A.
The authors address the fundamental question, "How does one analyze the potential of a given product for a given market?" A review of the literature suggests that numerous authors have proposed a relatively consistent set of questions that need to be addressed, information sought and key issues to consider when conducting market assessments.  The goal of this paper is to review this literature and assemble a set of references that provide insights on how to analyze the market potential of agricultural and food products. This process is of growing importance as U.S. agricultural producers and processors seek to market differentiated products, seek out direct marketing opportunities and focus on meeting consumer preferences for food product attributes.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Marketing.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19302

A PRECARIEDADE DO TRANSPORTE RODOVIÁRIO BRASILEIRO PARA O ESCOAMENTO DA PRODUÇÃO DE SOJA DO CENTRO-OESTE: SITUAÇÃO E PERSPECTIVAS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Capacle,   Vivian Helena; Ramos,   Pedro.
A região Centro-Oeste do país se destaca como um pólo produtor de soja e essa produção é escoada, em sua maioria, por meio de rodovias. Pela crise fiscal do Estado, a partir dos anos 80, a malha rodoviária brasileira perde participação nos recursos públicos para investimentos em sua ampliação, conservação e restauração e, essa escassez de investimentos nas rodovias tem reflexos sobre a competitividade internacional da soja dos cerrados, uma vez que o principal modal utilizado para o escoamento dessa produção para os portos das Regiões Sul e Sudeste é o modal rodoviário cujas vias estão em estado precário de conservação, com destaque para trechos das rodovias BR 163 e BR 364 que são vias importantes na região do Centro-Oeste. Por conta disso, 25% da receita...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Infra-Estrutura de Transportes; Rodovias; Soja; Competitividade; Transportation Infrastructure; Roads; Soy Bean; Competition; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109376

A Preliminary Analysis of the Benefits of Introducing Apomixis into Rice
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Frisvold,   George B.; Bicknell,   Kathryn; Bicknell,   Ross.
The objective of this research is to undertake an ex ante economic analysis of basic scientific research that aims to identify the gene(s) that control apomictic reproduction, with the ultimate aim of transferring the characteristic into commercially important crops. This paper reports very preliminary results, using the introduction of apomixis into rice as a case study. Apomixis is a natural, asexual method of plant reproduction resulting in offspring that are genetically identical to the mother plant. Apomixis promises to revolutionize plant breeding by providing a system for crop improvement that allows any desired variety, including hybrids, to breed true. This ability will make both breeding and seed production more efficient. It offers the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Land Economics/Use; Production Economics; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/98515

A Preliminary Empirical Assessment of the Effect of Phytosanitary Regulations on US Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Imports
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Karov,   Vuko; Roberts,   Donna; Grant,   Jason H.; Peterson,   Everett B.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49345

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

A PRICE-SUPPORT PROGRAM FOR FARM COMMODITIES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ratchford,   C.B.; James,   H.B.; Freund,   R.E.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural Finance.
Ano: 1953
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17206

A PRIMER ON SEASONAL CLIMATE FLUCTATIONS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Zebiak,   Stephen E.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33503

A PRINCIPAL-AGENT APPROACH TO THE DELEGATION OF REGULATORY AUTHORITY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Alevy,   Jonathan E.
This paper applies a multi-tasking model of moral hazard to study the delegation of regulatory authority for health and environmental risks.  The model characterizes the conditions under which single and multiple bureaucratic agencies are optimal, and relates these findings to discussions of appropriate regulation of agricultural biotechnology
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Political Economy.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20764

A Principal-Agent Model for Investigating Traceability Systems Incentives on Food Safety
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Resende Filho,   Moises de Andrade.
This article investigates the effects of contingent payments and a traceability system's expected traceback rate of success on the food safety effort exerted by raw material suppliers. This sheds light on when contingent payments and the reliability of a traceability system are substitutes and complements to each other in terms of inducing raw material suppliers to exert higher food safety effort. In addition, the effect of higher penalties and costs of food safety crisis on the effort to be induced by buyers (principal) on suppliers (agents) is investigated under a symmetric information setting. Finally, the asymmetric information setting is formalized as a principal-agent model and left to be explored in a future work. Some numerical exercises are...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Information Asymmetry; Identity Preservation; Food Traceability; Supply Chain Management.; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; D82; D86; C61.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7897

A PRIVATE SECTOR VIEW OF THE OUTLOOK FOR OILSEEDS AND GRAINS (PowerPoint Presentation)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gustafson,   Dale.
POWERPOINT PRESENTATION
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33127

A Probit Analysis of the Characteristics of Firms Engaged in the Fruit  and Vegetable Trade Between the United States and Latin America
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Marin,   Rebeca; Epperson,   James E.; Ames,   Glenn C.W.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/35767

A PROBIT MODEL ANALYSIS OF FACTORS AFFECTING CONSUMPTION OF FRESH SWEET CORN IN MAJOR U.S. MARKETS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Morgan,   Kimberly L.; Briggs,   Amanda C.; Degner,   Robert L.; Stevens,   Thomas J., III.
In an effort to more effectively utilize its resources to promote fresh sweet corn, the Fresh Supersweet Corn Council contracted with the Florida Agricultural Market Research Center (FAMRC) of the University of Florida to conduct a comprehensive consumer survey. The consumer survey was designed to investigate consumer preferences, attitudes, and behavior regarding the purchase and consumption of fresh sweet corn. A total of 1,031 consumer telephone interviews were conducted in Dallas, Atlanta, Chicago, Boston and Philadelphia between September 7 and November 3, 2001. Respondents' revealed very limited consumption in the winter, spring, and fall seasons and consumers' perceptions that sweet corn is not available in these seasons. Probit models are estimated...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Consumer/Household Economics.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/34692

A PRODUÇÃO CAMPONESA EM FOCO: PASSOS METODOLÓGICOS PARA O CÁLCULO DE GRAVITAÇÃO ECONÔMICA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Andre,   Joao Vicente.
O artigo estuda a contribuição camponesa ao processo de desenvolvimento regional numa área amazônica, com especial ênfase ao chamado desenvolvimento endógeno e a teoria gravitacional econômica, relacionando diversos dados e indicadores socioeconômicos. Parte-se do pressuposto de que, apesar das possíveis interpretações de publicações oficiais e dos interesses envolvidos, a produção de origem camponesa apresenta uma participação relevante no espaço e no tempo, contribuindo positivamente para o processo de desenvolvimento socioeconômico da região estudada. O primeiro passo metodológico foi o de fazer um levantamento da mesorregião selecionada em números e relacionar estes dados de origem socioeconômica com a teoria gravitacional no processo de...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Campesinato; Desenvolvimento Endógeno; Desenvolvimento Regional; Gravitação econômica; Peasant; Endogenous development; Regional development; Economical gravitational; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/108625

A PRODUÇÃO DE CARNE OVINA EM MATO GROSSO DO SUL E AS POTENCIALIDADES PARA O TURISMO E A GASTRONOMIA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mariani,   Milton Pasquoto; Sorio,   Andre Macieira.
A criação de ovinos está associada à ocupação do território de Mato Grosso do Sul desde o século XVIII. Esta característica foi reforçada posteriormente com a chegada de imigrantes que tinham a tradição de consumo desta carne. A gastronomia baseada em carne ovina tem potencial em se transformar em produto turístico complementar às atrações já existentes em Mato Grosso do Sul. Foi realizada uma pesquisa exploratória, com uso de dados secundários. Estes dados foram complementados com uma pesquisa de campo com os  freqüentadores de bares noturnos de Campo Grande. A amostra foi composta por 341 questionários, com nível de confiabilidade de 95% e margem de erro de 4,8%. A percepção de que a carne ovina é ótima ou boa atingiu 82,5% dos entrevistados. Dos...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Ovinocultura; Carne ovina; Turismo; Gastronomia; Heep husbandry; Lamb meat; Tourism; Gastronomy; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/108165

A PRODUÇÃO DE SOJA EM PEQUENAS PROPRIEDADES FAMILIARES NA REGIÃO DAS MISSÕES/RS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wesz Junior,   Valdemar Joao; Bueno,   Viviane Do Nascimento.
A soja é um dos cultivos agrícolas mais praticados no Sul do Brasil, estando presente em milhares de propriedades familiares. Entretanto, estudos acadêmicos vêm comprovando a inviabilidade econômica dessa oleaginosa nas pequenas unidades. Diante disso, o objetivo desse estudo se constitui em verificar os fatores que levam esses agricultores a continuar cultivando essa commodity mesmo em um contexto de inviabilidade econômico-produtivo. Essa pesquisa optou por realizar o trabalho de campo no pequeno município gaúcho de Vitória das Missões, que é caracterizado pelo reduzido tamanho das propriedades e pela enorme difusão da soja nesse contexto. Como procedimento metodológico foram aplicados questionários estruturados aos pequenos produtores que se envolviam...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultura familiar; Produção de soja em pequena escala e commodities; Family agriculture; Soy bean production in small scale; Commodities; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/117267

A PRODUÇÃO E INDUSTRIALIZAÇÃO DO CAFÉ DOS PRINCIPAIS PRODUTORES BRASILEIROS E A ECONOMIA NACIONAL: SIMULAÇÕES SOB UM MODELO INTER-REGIONAL DE INSUMO-PRODUTO
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sakon,   Fernando Malateaux; Guilhoto,   Joaquim Jose Martins; Bliska,   Flavia Maria De Mello; Imori,   Denise; Camargo,   Fernanda Sartori De.
Este trabalho tem como objetivo analisar o comportamento e a importância atual dos setores de produção agrícola e de industrialização de café de cada um dos principais Estados produtores brasileiros (Minas Gerais, Espírito Santo, São Paulo, Paraná, Bahia e Rondônia) em relação às respectivas economias estaduais e em relação aos demais setores da economia nacional. Para tanto, foi construído um sistema inter-regional de insumo-produto, para o ano de 2002, com sete regiões e 44 setores por região de forma a obter 308 setores no total. Com o intuito de estudar o impacto de alterações no volume de produção dos setores objetivo do estudo (Café Arábica, Café Robusta e Indústria do Café), desenvolveu-se uma série de simulações envolvendo as produções em...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Café; Brasil; Inter-regional; Insumo-Produto; Coffee; Brazil; Inter-regional; Input-Output; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109219

A Producer's Propensity to Conserve Framework: Application to a US and Australian Conservation Program
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Eigenraam,   Mark; Doering,   Otto C., III; Spinelli,   Felix.
Increasing recognition of the environmental impact of agriculture has led to increasing public activity around the world encouraging public conservation programs. Different countries have taken different program approaches to accomplish this. The comparison and contrast here is between Australia and the United States, examining the CREP program in the U.S. and the Eco Tender program in Australia. A different historical experience in the U.S. sets certain parameters that are expected in their conservation programs. To some extent, the Australian program could take more of a clean slate approach. The Australian program is able to take a broader landscape approach, specifically considering multiple benefits with knowledge about off-site benefits as well. This...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25728

A Profitability and Risk Analysis of Organic and High-Input Cropping Systems in Southwestern Minnesota
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Delbridge,   Timothy A.; Coulter,   Jeffrey A.; King,   Robert P.; Sheaffer,   Craig C.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61460

A PROGRAMAÇÃO MATEMÁTICA POSITIVA COMO INSTRUMENTO DE CALIBRAÇÃO E PRESCRIÇÃO DOS MODELOS DE OFERTA AGRÍCOLA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fragoso,   Rui Manuel de Sousa; Carvalho,   Maria Leonor da Silva; Henriques,   Pedro Damiao de Sousa.
Neste artigo avalia-se a capacidade de calibração e de prescrição de resultados de um modelo de oferta agrícola da Região Alentejo. A capacidade de calibração é analisada para o regime de preços e de ajudas agrícolas em vigor no ano 2000, comparando os resultados de diferentes formas de especificação da função dos custos variáveis totais do modelo de programação matemática positiva com os resultados do modelo tradicional de programação linear e com os dados estatísticos observados. Depois de calibrado, o modelo de programação matemática positiva foi utilizado na prescrição dos resultados relativos ao cenário de preços e ajudas em vigor no ano de 2004. Concluiu-se que a programação matemática positiva para além de ser um eficaz instrumento de calibração dos...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Programação matemática positiva; Oferta agrícola; Calibração; Prescrição; Positive mathematical programming; Agricultural supply; Calibration; Prescription; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/108610

A Property Rights Approach to Preserving Subsidized Multifamily Rural Housing with Cooperatives
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Reynolds,   Bruce J.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31821

A PROPOSAL FOR EFFECTIVE TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wilson,   Maurice.
The paper examines the performance of the agricultural sector over the 10 year period 1995-2004. Indicators suggest that investments in Agricultural Research and Development (used as a proxy for the quantum of technology generated) have had little impact on agricultural production.  In this regard, an assumption is made that technology generated has neither been adequately transferred nor adopted. Within the above context a holistic model for effective technology generation has been presented.  It is argued that effective technology generation is market driven technology is more likely to be transferred and adopted by agribusiness entities. To implement this process, strategic alliances should be forged in order to address resource limitations. The entire...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Technology generation; Selective process; Added value products; CARDI; CARICOM; Commodities; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Crop Production/Industries; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/36973

A PROPOSAL OF A LOGISTICS MODEL FOR THE USE OF BIOMASS FOR ENERGY FOR LOCAL COMMUNITIES WITHIN THE CONCEPT OF SUSTAINABLE RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wajszczuk,   Karol; Baum,   Rafal; Wielicki,   Witold.
The paper presents a concept for a digital platform model for the biomass logistics network for local communities. This concept refers to the strategy for the development of renewable power engineering in Poland to the year 2020, adopted by the Polish government. The status and prospects for biomass production are presented, from which it results that plant production for energy purposes may in the nearest future constitute an important alternative to food production. In turn, main problems connected with the organization of biomass market at the local and regional levels are also discussed. In the proposed model the digital platform would be available on the Internet for all links of the logistics chain, starting from producers and ending with buyers...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Sustainable agriculture; Renewable energy sources; Biomass logistics network; Environmental Economics and Policy; Production Economics; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6454

A prospect of moving towards free milk quota market in Ireland – will milk quota movement follow efficiency?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Shrestha,   Shailesh; Hennessy,   Thia C.
Quota trade in Ireland is ‘ring fenced’ to milk processors where farmers are not allowed to trade milk quota outside their designated milk processor. This ensures milk production staying within a region but has implications for the efficiency of milk production. In this paper, we simulated a free milk quota market in Ireland and compared the results with a milk quota exchange which was ring fenced to determine if the quota move from an inefficient region to a more efficient region. The results show that quota indeed follow efficiency of production when there is restriction over trade area.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Milk quota trade; Irish quota market; Farm level model; Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43657

A Prospective Analysis of Brazil and the U.S. Biofuel Policies: Impact on Land Use, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, and Social Welfare Using a Spatial Multi-Market Equilibrium Model
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nunez,   Hector M.; Onal,   Hayri; Khanna,   Madhu; Chen,   Xiaoguang; Huang,   Haixiao.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy; Marketing.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/104019

A PROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS OF THE POTENTIAL EFFECT OF BIO-ENGINEERED GRAINS ON COMMODITY MARKETING SYSTEMS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sonka,   Steven T.; Schroeder,   R. Christopher; Cunningham,   Carrie J.
The goal of the analyses described in this paper is to explore market system changes that could result from adoption of bioengineered crops, if that adoption occurs.  The analysis results reported are prospective in nature with the overall purpose of identifying questions and key issues, rather than predict specific outcomes.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Marketing; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20463

A PROVINCIAL PERSPECTIVE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Seguin,   Robert.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 1995
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/16743

A Provisional Framework for Studying Information Connectivity in Food Networks
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Engelseth,   Per; Karlsen,   Anniken.
Through a discussion of peculiarities of food supply, involving focus on information connectivity, a preliminary framework is sought that underlines joint responsibility in a complete supply chain of actors working in network context to achieve safe, quality and economic provision of products to end-use.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Food chains and networks; Complete chain and network approach; Information connectivity; Enterprise modelling; Product traceability; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Industrial Organization.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49844

A Pseudo-Sequential Choice Model for Valuing Multiple Environmental Policy or Program Components in Contingent Valuation Applications
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Volinskiy,   Dmitriy; Bergstrom,   John C.; Cornwell,   Christopher M.
The study proposes a discrete-choice model for environmental policy/program valuation, to be used in cases when several policies are valued sequentially. The stochastic specification of the model is consistent with the transitivity and continuity axioms of utility analysis. An empirical methodology for the model is suggested. An application of this model to WTP estimation for Little Tennessee River watershed ecosystem restoration is provided. Findings from the application agree with the hypothesized agent's behavior.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19109

A Pulse From the Prairie (PowerPoint)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gustafson,   Cole R.; Swenson,   Andrew L.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Farm Management.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37392

A Quadratic Generalization of the Almost Ideal and Translog Demand Systems: An Application to Food Demand in Urban China
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Liu,   Kang Ernest.
A new demand system, the QGAITL model, nesting the quadratic almost ideal, translog and LES models as its special cases, is introduced and estimated in this paper. Employing urban household data of four major food items from Jiangsu China in 2001, empirical evidence from both in-sample evaluations and out-of-sample forecasting comparisons shows that the QGAITL is superior to its nested models, whether or not demographic effects are incorporated.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21387

A QUADRATIC INVERSE DEMAND SYSTEM
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Moro,   Daniele; Sckokai,   Paolo.
We derive a (quadratic) inverse demand system (IQUAIDS), that generalizes the (almost ideal) inverse demand system.  We discuss how the assumptions of separability and concavity can be simultaneously accommodated within the model, thus giving a (locally) separable and concave quadratic demand system.  An empirical application is provided for illustrative purposes.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21560

A QUAIDS MODEL OF JAPANESE MEAT DEMAND
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Xi,   Jing; Mittelhammer,   Ronald C.; Heckelei,   Thomas.
This paper makes a contribution to the application of nonlinear simultaneous equations estimation and nonparametric Bootstrapping techniques. The nonlinear demand model estimation work in this paper is in the context of the newly developed Quadratic Almost Ideal Demand System (QUAIDS) model, and provides substantive results in terms of both model estimation technique and empirical economic findings. For the first time, bootstrapping is used in this highly nonlinear modeling environment to estimate variability in demand model parameter estimates and associated demand elasticities. The application relates to Japanese consumer behavior relative to Wagyu Beef, Imported Beef, Pork, Chicken, and Fish demand, and the empirical results are highly relevant to U.S....
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20120

A Qualidade das Condições de Trabalho dos Empregados Rurais na Região Sul (2002 e 2005)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nascimento,   Carlos Alves; Mendes,   Samantha Rezende; Souto,   Irlene Jose Goncalves; Oliveira,   Regis Borges de.
Neste artigo, analisa-se a qualidade do emprego agrícola e não-agrícola na região Sul nos anos recentes de 2002 e 2005. Utilizando os microdados da Pesquisa Nacional por Amostra de Domicílios (PNAD) para os residentes nas áreas rurais não-metropolitanas, foram definidos dois grupos de ocupações agrícolas (trabalhadores permanentes e trabalhadores temporários) e 5 grupos de não-agrícolas (trabalhadores da indústria e indústria de transformação, construção civil, comércio, alojamento e transporte, educação e saúde, trabalhadores dos serviços domésticos). Independente das diferentes ponderações do IQE, os resultados indicaram um quadro mais favorável para os grupos de ocupações não agrícolas dos residentes rurais, para a maioria dos grupos de ocupações...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Qualidade do emprego rural; Região Sul; Atividades agrícolas e não agrícolas; Quality of the rural job; South Region; Agricultural and non agricultural activities; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/108519

A Qualidade do Emprego Rural Fluminense nos Anos Recentes (2002 e 2006)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nascimento,   Carlos Alves; Oliveira,   Regis Borges de; Souto,   Irlene Jose Goncalves; Mendes,   Samantha Rezende.
Neste artigo, analisa-se a qualidade do emprego agrícola e não-agrícola no Estado do Rio de Janeiro nos anos recentes de 2002 e 2006. Utilizando os microdados da Pesquisa Nacional por Amostra de Domicílios (PNAD) para os residentes nas áreas rurais não-metropolitanas, foram definidos dois grupos de ocupações agrícolas (trabalhadores permanentes e trabalhadores temporários) e 5 grupos de não-agrícolas (trabalhadores da indústria e indústria de transformação, construção civil, comércio, alojamento e transporte, educação e saúde, trabalhadores dos serviços domésticos). Independente das diferentes ponderações do IQE, os resultados indicaram um quadro mais favorável para os grupos de ocupações não agrícolas dos residentes rurais, para a maioria dos grupos de...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Qualidade do emprego rural; Estado do Rio de Janeiro; Atividades agrícolas e não agrícolas; Quality of the rural job; State of Rio de Janeiro; Agricultural and non agricultural activities; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/108522

A qualidade na relação cliente-fornecedor interno (Back room versus Front Office) determinando a satisfação do cliente externo
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Borges,   Mabio Teodoro; Said Darwich,   Abdul Rahman; Oliveira,   Cyntia Meireles De; Silva,   Daniel Ferreira Da.
O crescimento do setor de serviços tem evidenciado a importância de as empresas dedicarem mais atenção à qualidade com que seus serviços são prestados. Dentre todos os aspectos considerados, um dos mais relevantes, porém muitas vezes deixado para segundo plano, refere-se à qualidade que deve estar presente nos serviços prestados internamente aos próprios funcionários das empresas, ou seja, na relação cliente-fornecedor interno. Neste caso, consideraremos a relação entre os setores de operações de serviços de retaguarda (BACK ROOM) e a frente de trabalho (FRONT OFFICE). Para avaliar a qualidade no atendimento em uma empresa, utilizaremos o Ciclo PDCA e o Diagrama de Pareto. The growth of the section of services has been evidencing the importance of the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Setores de operações; Cliente-fornecedor interno; Serviços; Qualidade; Sections of operations; Internal Customer-supplier; Services; Quality; Industrial Organization.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/102894

A Quantitative Analysis of Trade Policy Responses to  High Agricultural Commodity Prices
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Yu,   Tun-Hsiang (Edward); Tokgoz,   Simla; Wailes,   Eric J.; Chavez,   Eddie C.
Replaced with revised version of paper 07/24/09.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Trade policy; Agricultural markets; Commodity prices; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51805

A Quarterly Food-at-Home Price Database for the U.S.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Todd,   Jessica E.; Mancino,   Lisa; Leibtag,   Ephraim S.; Tripodo,   Christina.
This report provides a detailed description of the methodology used to construct ERS’s Quarterly Food-at-Home Price Database (Q-FAHPD). As the name suggest, these data provide quarterly observations on the mean price of 52 food categories for specific U.S. markets. We provide a description of the Nielsen Homescan data that was used to create this database, the methodology used to classify foods into food groups, how we determined the appropriate the level of aggregation (sub-regional markets) and our calculation of average prices for each food group. This report also contains an overview and summary of the resulting data.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Nielsen Homescan; Food prices; Diet quality; Market prices; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Health Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53341

A Race to Develop: A Competing Risk Examination of the Pattern and Timing of Land Development in an Exurban County
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wrenn,   Douglas H.
Rural-urban fringe counties (i.e. counties adjacent to other counties with large and growing urban centers) often experience intense development pressure as a result of urban growth and expansion. While growth-initiated development can take many forms, the majority of the development that occurs in these exurban counties is in the form of single-family residential dwellings. Moreover, it is in the form of subdivision developments that range in size from very small two and three lot minor subdivisions to massive multi-phase major subdivisions with hundreds of lots and numerous amenities. In this paper, we focus on the land development patterns in Carroll County, MD, an urban-fringe county in the Baltimore-Washington D.C. metro region. The purpose of this...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/62012

A RATIONALE FOR CAPTIVE SUPPLIES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Love,   H. Alan; Burton,   Diana M.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Captive supplies; Concentration; Meat industry; Poultry industry; Agribusiness.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25948

A REAL OPTIONS APPROACH TO INVESTMENT ANALYSIS OF AUTOMATIC MILKING SYSTEMS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Engel,   Phoebe D.; Hyde,   Jeffrey.
Automatic, or robotic, milking systems are beginning to be introduced to U.S. dairy farmers.  This paper employs an ex ante approach to real options investment analysis of automatic milking systems.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22216

A REALITY CHECK
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Webb,   Bud.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17707

A Reality Check on Technical Trading Rule Profits in US Futures Markets
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Park,   Cheol-Ho; Irwin,   Scott H.
This paper investigates the profitability of technical trading rules in US futures markets over the 1985-2004 period.  To account for data snooping biases, we evaluate statistical significance of performance across technical trading rules using White's Bootstrap Reality Check test and Hansen's Superior Predictive Ability test.  These methods directly quantify the effect of data snooping by testing the performance of the best rule in the context of the full universe of technical trading rules.  Results show that the best rules generate statistically significant economic profits only for two of 17 futures contracts traded in the US.  This evidence indicates that technical trading rules generally have not been profitable in US futures markets after correcting...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Marketing.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19039

A Reappraisal of the Role of Agriculture in Economic Growth in Melanesian Countries
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fleming,   Euan M.; Fleming,   Pauline.
Fortunes in the agricultural sectors of four of the largest South Pacific countries are traced in recent decades by estimating the single factoral terms of trade index. The single factoral terms of trade are measured for agriculture in four Melanesian countries-Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu-over the period, 1970 to 2002. This index provides a useful method to assess changes in returns to factors employed in agricultural production in these countries. Except in Solomon Islands, farmers experienced a deteriorating index, indicating that they have reaped progressively lower returns to their resources. In Solomon Islands, returns to resources are shown to have increased slightly. A sustained contribution by the agricultural sector to...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Factoral terms of trade; Melanesia; Smallholders; Total factor productivity; International Development; D24; O12; O47; Q17.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25715

A Reassessment of Agriculture’s Role on the Rural Poverty Reduction Process in Bangladesh
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ahmed,   Sharmina.
In 2005, roughly 45% of the total populations of Bangladesh living below the poverty line and of them 53% are rural poor people. Therefore, a significant gain in rural poverty reduction will be crucial for Bangladesh to reach the national poverty reduction target. As 63% of the total employed people engage in some kind of agricultural activities, without pro-poor agricultural growth it is impossible for a country like Bangladesh to reduce poverty. This article attempts to analyse the impact of agricultural growth on rural poverty reduction by using time series analysis in Bangladesh during 1973 to 2003. The study shows that rural poverty reduction is possible by increased agricultural production, for which again efficient spending of government budget and...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58875

A RECENTE DEMOGRAFIA DA ÁREA RURAL PROPRIAMENTE DITA E O “NOVO RURAL” BRASILEIRO.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Laurenti,   Antonio Carlos; Grossi,   Mauro Eduardo Del.
A última década do século passado pode ser caracterizada como um curto período de transição na demografia rural brasileira, pois seu início delimitou a interrupção da pretérita tendência de declínio e foi sucedida pelo recente período de lento crescimento da população rural, resultante da expansão do pessoal ocupado em atividade não-agrícola. As descrições disponíveis dessa tendência que inaugurou um novo mundo rural, ainda não demoveram a suspeição sobre sua genérica dispersão na zona rural, pois essa área contém algumas localidades com aglomerações de domicílios minimamente urbanizadas. O intuito básico deste artigo é mostrar os resultados da averiguação, feita com os microdados da PNAD do período de 2001-2006 relativos à União, grandes regiões e estado...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Desenvolvimento rural; Novo rural; Atividade não-agrícola; PEA; PNAD; New rural; Non-agricultural activity; PEA; PNAD; Rural development; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109771

A Re-examination of Factors Affecting United States Softwood Lumber Imports from Canada
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Baek,   Jungho.
This paper examines the effects of the lumber price, the housing starts, and the bilateral exchange rate on U.S. softwood lumber imports from Canada in a cointegration framework. To that end, the Phillips-Hansen fully-modified cointegration (FM-OLS) procedure is applied to monthly data for the period from January 1994 through June 2009. Results show that there exists the long-run equilibrium relationship between the U.S. lumber imports from Canada and the selected macroeconomic and market variables. We also find that the U.S. lumber price and housing starts are more important than the bilateral exchange rate in influencing U.S.-Canada softwood lumber trade.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Exchange rate; Housing starts; Lumber imports; Lumber price; Phillips-Hansen fully-modified cointegration technique; Softwood lumber trade; International Relations/Trade; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/60930

A REEXAMINATION OF FRACTIONAL INTEGRATING DYNAMICS IN FOREIGN CURRENCY MARKETS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Elder,   John; Jin,   Hyun Joung; Koo,   Won W.
This paper reexamines foreign currency markets for evidence of fractional integration, and extends the extant literature in several important dimensions.  First, we utilize a new semiparametric wavelet-based estimator, which is far superior to the more prevalent GPH estimator on the basis of mean squared error.  Second, we utilize a broader and longer sample, which better facilitates the detection of long memory dynamics.  Our analysis yields interesting empirical results that contrast with other recent studies.  In particular, we find new evidence that a large proportion (fourteen out of nineteen) of exchange rate series display evidence of long memory, with little variation over alternative sample periods.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Financial Economics.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20004

A REFINER'S PERSPECTIVE ON BIOFUELS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Slaughter,   Bob.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33435

A regional analysis of CAP expenditure in Austria
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Strahl,   Wibke; Dax,   Thomas; Hovorka,   Gerhard.
This paper reflects the demand for taking account of the territorial dimension in the application of Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) more comprehensively. While this has been addressed in rural development discourse to a wide extent over the last two decades and consensus for regionalized strategies is emerging, programme evaluation is in general still limited to the analysis of policy interventions at the national level. This implies that conclusions on the territorial effects of CAP are largely missing. Therefore the intention of this paper is to provide a regional analysis of CAP expenditures for pillar 1 and pillar 2, and to demonstrate and assess their actual territorial impacts, represented on the basis of the NUTS 3 region ‘Obersteiermark West’:...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: CAP expenditure; Regional analysis; Territorial effectiveness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Q18.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/98980

A Regional and Industry Analysis of the Complexity of the Regulatory Environment Affecting Agricultural Producers in California
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hurley,   Sean P.; Noel,   Jay E.
This paper provides results from a producer’s survey that enquired about the complexity of the regulatory environment in California.  The primary objective of this paper is to examine the relationship between the complexity of the regulatory environment, agricultural industries in California, and different regions in California.  This objective is achieved by taking information gathered from a producers’ survey and applying an ordered logit econometric model using complexity of the regulatory environment as the dependent variable.  A secondary objective of this study is to develop a motivation why the complexity of the regulatory environment is important issue to consider.  To achieve this goal, the perception of the complexity of the regulatory...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21135

A Regional Decomposition Analysis of CO2 Emissions  and Their Evolutions in China
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dong,   Fengxia; Lu,   Jing; Du,   Xiaodong.
CHINA is currently the world largest emitter of energy-related carbon dioxide (CO2). Understanding the driving forces governing CO2 emission levels and their evolutions in China can provide useful information for policy makers who aim to reduce green house gas emissions. Because of policy and historical reasons, considerable regional growth and income disparities exist in China. The regional disparities may influence energy use and CO2 emissions. Therefore, this study is to investigate the driving forces governing CO2 emission levels and their evolutions at regional level in China.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Carbon dioxide emission; Decomposition analysis; Region; China; Environmental Economics and Policy; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61390

A REGIONAL ECONOMETRIC MODEL OF U.S. APPLE PRODUCTION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Roosen,   Jutta.
A four-region econometric model of U.S. apple production and consumption is developed.  Technical progress has benefited growers in the Northwest the most, but prices there are much lower in comparison to other regions.  Estimated elasticities are used to estimate national and regional welfare impacts of pesticide cancellations.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Apple; Econometrics; Regional; Three-stage least square; Crop Production/Industries; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21663

A REGIONAL MODELING STRUCTURE FOR ASSESSING COSTS OF IMPLEMENTING MANURE NUTRIENT STANDARDS: APPLICATION TO THE CHESAPEAKE BAY WATERSHED
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Aillery,   Marcel P.; Gollehon,   Noel R.; Ribaudo,   Marc.
A Chesapeake Bay Watershed manure management model estimates the minimal regional net cost of land applying manure at $76 million under a multi-year phosphorus standard, with assumed manure acceptance rate on 60 percent of cropland.  The multi-year standard represents a savings of 17 percent relative to an annual phosphorus standard.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21916

A REGIONAL MODELING STRUCTURE FOR ASSESSING MANURE MANAGEMENT POLICIES: APPLICATION TO THE CHESAPEAKE BAY WATERSHED
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Aillery,   Marcel P.; Gollehon,   Noel R.; Ribaudo,   Marc; Breneman,   Vincent E.
A modeling framework addresses manure management policies within the Chesapeake Bay watershed.  Policy focus is on manure-land application at agronomic rates, as proposed under the EPA/USDA Unified Strategy.  Manure-nutrient flows are assessed subject to assimilative capacity of farmland.  National data bases and GIS coverages facilitate model transferability to other watersheds.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Manure management; Confined livestock operations; Regional optimization; Chesapeake Bay; Environmental Economics and Policy; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20530

A RELATIVE EFFICIENCY ANALYSIS OF FARMLAND PRESERVATION PROGRAMS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lynch,   Lori; Musser,   Wesley N.
Using an inverted Farrell methodology, we analyze the relative efficiency of five agricultural land preservation programs in three counties of Maryland in achieving the stated goals of maximum acreage, threatened parcels, and productive farms.  Regression analysis is then used to compare the programs both within and between counties.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Farmland preservation; Efficiency analysis; Productivity Analysis; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21639

A Revenue-Based Alternative to the Counter-Cyclical Payment Program
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cooper,   Joseph C.
This paper develops a stochastic model for comparing payments to U.S. corn producers of a revenue-based counter-cyclical payment (R-CCP) that is offered as an alternative in the 2007 House "Farm Bill" (H.R. 2419) to the current price-based CCP (P-CCP). We minimize the potential for miss-specification bias in the model by using nonparametric and semi-nonparametric approaches as specification checks in the model. Using this model, the paper examines the sensitivity of the density function for payments to changes in expected price levels. A mean-variance utility function approach is used to assess producer preferences for choice of CCP program alternative. The results show that as risk reduction instruments at the farm level, there appears to be little...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Domestic support; Counter-cyclical payments; Revenue; Price; Corn; Yield; Pairs bootstrap; Kernel density; Semi-nonparametric; Combinatorial optimization; Agricultural and Food Policy; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6197

A REVIEW OF COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Houck,   James P.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1982
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17522

A Review of FDA Imports Refusals - US Seafood Trade 2000-2010
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Anders,   Sven M.; Westra,   Sabrina.
The United States is the third largest consumer of seafood products in the world. The percentage of imported seafood consumed in the U.S. has steadily increased from 66% in 1999 to over 84% in 2009 (NOAA, 2010). Food safety, especially of imported foods and products from developing countries, has raised increasing concerns among American consumers and policy makers. Accordingly, the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) (Ababouch et al. 2000) border inspection system is considered critical for ensuring the safety of domestic seafood consumers. However, the potential non-tariff barrier to trade posed by FDA regulations, especially for many developing country exporters have been frequently cited in the literature.  This paper investigates trends and patterns...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Import refusal reports; FDA; Import Alerts; Seafood; Trade barriers; Agricultural and Food Policy; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; International Development; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103877

A review of Multi-Agent Simulation Models in Agriculture
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kaye-Blake,   William; Li,   Frank Y.; Martin,   A. McLeish; McDermott,   Alan; Neil,   Hayley; Rains,   Scott.
Multi-Agent Simulation (MAS) models are intended to capture emergent properties of complex systems that are not amenable to equilibrium analysis. They are beginning to see some use for analysing agricultural systems. The paper reports on work in progress to create a MAS for specific sectors in New Zealand agriculture. One part of the paper focuses on options for modelling land and other resources such as water, labour and capital in this model, as well as markets for exchanging resources and commodities. A second part considers options for modelling agent heterogeneity, especially risk preferences of farmers, and the impacts on decision-making. The final section outlines the MAS that the authors will be constructing over the next few years and the types of...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Multi-agent simulation models; Modelling; Agent-based model; Cellular automata; Decision-making; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Land Economics/Use; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97165

A Rising Tide of Anti-Animal Consumerism? Issues and Opportunities
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rae,   Allan N.
The livestock revolution that has occurred over the last few decades has seen a phenomenal increase in demand for livestock products in much of the developing world. This has largely been matched with growth in supplies, driven by government policies, and increased animal numbers and productivity. But this growth has been accompanied by a number of side-effects which in many cases impose negative externalities on society and suggest that current trends in animal product consumption are unsustainable. As a result there is emerging an anti-animal sentiment among some consumer groups. These people are concerned about livestock issues such as human health effects, biodiversity losses, deforestation, emissions to the air and water, diversion of grains from...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Livestock revolution; Diet transformation; Externalities; Opportunities; Agricultural and Food Policy; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; Health Economics and Policy; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/96940

A Risk Analysis of Carbon Sequestration in Claypan Soil with Conservation Tillage Systems and Nitrogen Fertilizers for Grain Sorghum and Soybean
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Williams,   Jeffery R.; Pendell,   Dustin L.; Sweeney,   Daniel; Rice,   Charles W.; Nelson,   Richard G.
Replaced with revised version of paper 02/15/06.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Carbon sequestration; Carbon credits; Nitrogen; Risk; Tillage; Crop Production/Industries; Risk and Uncertainty; Q12.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/35327

A Risk Analysis of Converting CRP Acres to a Wheat-Sorghum-Fallow Rotation
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Williams,   Jeffery R.; Llewelyn,   Richard V.; Pendell,   Dustin L.; Schlegel,   Alan J.; Troy,   Dumler.
This study examines the economic potential of producing a wheat (Triticum aesitivum) and grain sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) rotation with three different tillage strategies compared to the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) in a semi-arid region.  This research uses stochastic efficiency with respect to a function (SERF) to determine the preferred management strategies under various risk preferences and utility-weighted certainty equivalent risk premiums.  Yields, input rates, and field operations from an experimental field in western Kansas are used to calculate net returns for each tillage strategy.  Although current net returns to crop production using reduced tillage and no-tillage strategies are higher than CRP, risk analysis indicates CRP...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Conservation Reserve Program; Conservation tillage; Simulation; Sorghum; Wheat; Risk; Agricultural and Food Policy; Crop Production/Industries; Farm Management; Land Economics/Use; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/45985

A Risk Assessment Model on Pine Wood Nematode in the EU
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Soliman,   T.; Hengeveld,   G.M.; Robinet,   C.; Mourits,   Monique; van der Werf,   Wopke; Oude Lansink,   Alfons G.J.M.
Pine wood nematode, B. xylophilus poses a serious threat for the European forest industry. This study applies a quantitative risk assessment to analyze the risk of pine wood nematode in the EU, by estimating the reduction expected within forestry stock available for wood supply and its downstream roundwood market. Spatial analysis is used to join information on climate suitability, host distribution, pest spread and value of assets. Economic impacts are presented spatially on a NUTS-2 scale based on partial budgeting technique and for the EU as a whole based on partial equilibrium modeling. Results highlight the Southern regions of Europe as high risk areas with a total impact on available forestry stock of 19,000 M € after 20 years of an outbreak and no...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Risk assessment; Pine wood nematode; Economic analysis; EU; Crop Production/Industries; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/116010

A RISK PERCEPTION ANALYSIS OF GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOODS BASED ON STATED PREFERENCES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bugbee,   Marcia; Loureiro,   Maria L.
Most of the existing literature deals with consumer willingness to pay for GM-free food, or consumer willingness to accept for GM food.  However, it is well know that consumers have mixed views about GM foods.  In this research, we do not presume that all consumers may just have positive or negative preferences about GM products.  Rather, heterogeneous preferences are considered.  This paper presents a contingent valuation questioning sequence and associated modeling approaches that allow identification of both positive and negative preferences. Willingness to pay (WTP) for the GM product is contrasted with willingness to accept (WTA) compensation to buy it.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22017

A Robust Study of Regression Methods for Crop Yield Data
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Zhu,   Ying; Ghosh,   Sujit K.
The objective of this study is to evaluate the robust regression method when detrending the crop yield data. Using a Monte Carlo simulation method, the performance of the proposed Time-Varying Beta method is compared with the previous study of OLS, M-estimator and MM-estimator in an application of crop yield modeling. We analyze the properties of these estimators for outlier-contaminated data in both symmetric and skewed distribution case. The application of these estimation methods is illustrated in an agricultural insurance analysis. The consequence of obtaining more accurate detrending method will offer the potential to improve the accuracy of models used in rating crop insurance contracts.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103426

A Role of Eco-Efficiency in Farm Management? Case Study of Life Cycle Assessment of Australian Grains
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: McGregor,   Murray J.; Van Berkel,   Rene; Narayanaswamy,   Venke; Altham,   Jim.
In the past agriculture has relied on the application of "end-of-pipe" or preventative solutions to environmental problems brought on by the management and production processes that it has adopted. This has led to outcomes and approaches that are single media and process or facility focused. The recent trends in the broader industrial sector have been towards the adoption of eco-efficiency approaches to environmental concerns that have a strong business focus on sustainability, look at multiple media and adopt a lifecycle and systems approach.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Farm Management.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24377

A Rose by Another Name:  An Objective Analysis of an Established Market for Credence Attributes
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Galloway,   Kristin; Bailey,   DeeVon.
A second-price Vickrey-style auction is used to determine the willingness to pay (WTP) for credence attributes found in "cause" coffees.  WTP estimates were then compared with actual market price information.  The results indicate positive average bids for the cause coffees.  However, premiums were found for fair-trade and shade-grown coffee in the actual price data and discounts for organic and sustainable coffee.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Marketing.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19493

A SAMPLE SELECTION APPROACH TO CENSORED DEMAND SYSTEMS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Yen,   Steven T.; Lin,   Biing-Hwan.
A censored demand system estimator is proposed by extending the sample selection model of Heckman.  Censoring is governed by a selection mechanism which avoids the restricitve Tobit parameterization.  Results of application to household consumption of beverages suggest the estimator produces slightly different elasticity estimates from the Tobit estimator.  Demands for beverages are nearly unitary elastic, and net substitution is an obvious pattern.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Beverages; Censoring; Sample selection; Translog demand system; Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20082

A Sectoral Model for Analyzing Alternative Technologies in Pig Farming
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Helming,   John F.M.; Surry,   Yves R.
This paper develops a demand-augmented positive mathematical programming model to analyze the relationship between environmental pollution from animal manure, manure policies and different pork production systems in the Netherlands. The model features substitution of conventional and alternative pork from the demand side and endogenous manure prices. It is found that policies that put restrictions on environmental pollution from manure decreases the conventional pork production systems, but increases organic pork production systems. The latter is considered an improved system from both an animal welfare and environmental point of view.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Societal concerns; Positive mathematical programming; Pork; Markets; Policies; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24774

A Selectivity Model of Household Pork Consumption Behavior in Taipei,  Taiwan
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Li,   Jau-Rong.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/35819

A Semiparametric Approach to Estimate Engel curves using the US Micro Data
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Zapata,   Hector O.; Sulgham,   Anil K.
The study estimates Engel curves using cross-section data from the 2003 US consumer expenditure survey (CES). We focus on finding adequate specification for modeling the demographic characteristics using parametric, nonparametric, and semiparametric techniques. The empirical results indicate parametric Working-Leser or Piglog specification was sufficient for most budget shares except for transportation where semiparametric specification had support.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Consumer/Household Economics.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21092

A Semiparametric Test for Heterogeneous Risk
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Stohs,   Stephen M.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21309

A SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS OF QUALITY OF LIFE INDICES ACROSS COUNTRIES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rahman,   Tauhidur; Mittelhammer,   Ronald C.; Wandschneider,   Philip R.
This paper attempts to provide a comprehensive analysis of interrelationships among the determinants of the Quality of Life (QOL). We show that various measures of well-being are highly sensitive to domains of QOL that are considered in the construction of comparative indices, and how measurable inputs into the well-being indicators are aggregated and weighted to arrive at composite measures of QOL. We present a picture of conditions among the 43 countries of the world with respect to such interrelated domains of QOL as the relationship with family and friends, emotional well-being, health, work and productivity, material well-being, feeling part of one's community, personal safety, and the quality of environment. On the basis of Borda Rule and the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Quality of life; Domains; Borda rule; Principal components; And rankings; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; I31; D60; D63.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22045

A Sequential Rationality and Efficiency Test of U.S. Department of Agriculture Program Crop Price Estimates: Rice, Wheat, and Soybeans
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: No,   Sung Chul; Salassi,   Michael E.
This paper examines the USDA price estimates of rice, wheat, and soybeans and whether spot commodity prices reflect price information embodied in USDA estimates. Results indicate that the monthly USDA estimates are failed to meet a rationality condition. Rice and wheat actual prices marginally incorporate the information embodied in USDA past price estimates.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6814

A SIMPLE MODEL OF VOLUNTARY VS MANDATORY LABELLING OF GMOS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kirchhoff,   Stefanie; Zago,   Angelo M.
We consider the welfare impact of the mandatory and voluntary labelling to inform consumers on GMOs content in foods.  With a model of vertical differentiation in competitive markets, we evaluate the effects on price equilibrium and welfare levels.  We find that the mandatory labelling scheme would be optimal in those countries with more GMO-averse consumers and no-GMOs practices producers.  Voluntary labelling would instead optimally be chosen in those countries where producers are using GMOs and consumers are more concerned about the costs savings resulting in this technology adoption.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20540

A SOCIOECONOMIC APPROACH TO ASSESSING PRICE COMPETITION BETWEEN PRIVATE LABELS AND NATIONAL BRANDS: THE CASE OF SHREDDED CHEESE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Huang,   Min-Hsin; Hahn,   David E.; Jones,   Eugene.
An LA/AIDS model is developed to estimate demand elasticities for packages of 8-oz shredded cheese for higher- and lower-income consumers. Data used in this study are scanner data for six supermarket stores in two distinct socioeconomic areas.  Results show that: (1) lower-income shoppers are more price-sensitive than higher-income shoppers for both private labels and national brands; (2) compared with private labels, consumers are very sensitive to national brands price changes even in higher-income areas; (3) cross-price elasticities between private labels and national brands are all positive, i.e., private labels and national brands are substitutes in both lower- and higher-income stores; and (4) the number of promoted items does not have a...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21993

A Socioeconomic Survey for the Recovery and Exploitation of the Terraced Vineyards of the Costa Viola (Calabria, Italy)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nicolosi,   Agata; Cambareri,   Domenico; Petulla,   Mariangela.
The new model of rural development, based on the recognition of the economic, social and environmental function of the European agriculture, mainly headed to make strategies of intervention concerning about, from one side, the competitive ability of the agricultural and agro-industrial enterprises, and, from the other, the increasing of the economic, human, environmental and historical-cultural resources. In such context the multi-functional role of agriculture becomes central and the agricultural operators have to adapt themselves to items (the territories, the rural societies, the consumers, etc.) and to different prescriptions related to demands linked up with the productivity and/or the territory (defence of the ground, of the landscape, of the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agro-environmental measures; Multi-functionality; Landscape safeguard; Agribusiness; Q32; Q56; R51.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24486

A source-differentiated analysis of tropical fresh fruit imports
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nzaku,   Kilungu; Houston,   Jack E.; Fonsah,   Esendugue Greg.
A source-differentiated Almost Ideal Demand System model is used to analyze U.S. demand for the major tropical fresh fruit imports from different countries of origin. The tropical fresh fruits chosen for analysis include fresh bananas, fresh pineapples, papayas, and mangoes/guavas. To address endogeneity problem, we utilized an iterative 3SLS estimation method. Results show that consumer incomes are a major determinant of tropical fresh fruit import demand and most of the tropical fresh fruit imports are luxury commodities. U.S. consumers have a preference for Guatemalan and Costa Rican bananas, Costa Rican and Honduras pineapples, and Ecuador and Mexican mangoes. A competitive relationship exists between bananas from Ecuador and Colombia, Ecuador and...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Tropical Fresh Fruits; Source-Differentiated AIDS model; Import Demand; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61663

A Spatial Analysis of Conservation Reserve Program Participants: The Impact of Absenteeism on Participation Decisions
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Brady,   Michael P.; Nickerson,   Cynthia J.
Given that approximately half of all U.S. farmland is leased, absentee (non-operator) landowners have a significant role in agriculture. Because decisions about how to use farmland can be affected by ownership status, tenure can have far reaching implications for the production of food and fiber, as well as the extent to which environmentally sensitive farmland is cropped or is put into a conservation use.  In order to better understand whether conservation participation decisions, and potential responses to factors such as commodity prices, may vary by tenure status, we exploit a unique dataset that identifies where participants associated with Conservation Reserve Program contracts live relative to the land enrolled. These data provide improved spatial...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49369

A Spatial Analysis of Farm Payment Recipients Using the FSA 1614 Dataset
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Brady,   Michael P.; Breneman,   Vincent E.
We report results from preliminary analysis of the recently constructed dataset from the Farm Service Agency, FSA 1614. FSA 1614 provides the location of the farm and the farm payment recipient for all Title I payments. This makes it possible to analyze the spatial dispersion between landowner and farm more precisely than previously possible. A discussion of what research questions could be informed through the use of this data is provided. We find that a significant percentage of payments are sent to individuals that are likely to be absentee landowners, although this value is much smaller when looking at the total value of payments. These national results are compared to four corn belt states.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural Finance.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6418

A spatial analysis of land use change and water quality in Lake Biwa, Japan
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tanaka,   Katsuya; Wu,   JunJie.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Land Economics/Use; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61911

A SPATIAL ANALYSIS OF THE ECONOMIC AND ECOLOGICAL EFFICACY OF LAND RETIREMENT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Marshall,   Elizabeth P.; Homans,   Frances R.
Most land management policies, such as land retirement, have multiple objectives. This study uses a cellular automata simulation model to explore how various spatial characteristics of land parcels on a hypothetical landscape contribute to the efficacy of land retirement in the presence of multiple retirement objectives-– hydrological improvement, habitat improvement, and cost. Statistical analysis of the simulation results is used to tie particular spatial characteristics back to achievement of the three distinct objectives. In order to combine the three objectives into a measure that allows decision-makers to rank the desirability of different retirement strategies, linear and nonlinear goal programming frameworks are introduced. These frameworks are...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20732

A Spatial Approach to Addressing Weather Derivative Basis Risk: A Drought Insurance Example
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Paulson,   Nicholas D.; Hart,   Chad E.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21249

A Spatial Bayesian Hedonic Pricing Model of Farmland Values
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cotteleer,   Geerte; Stobbe,   Tracy; van Kooten,   G. Cornelis.
In 1973, British Columbia created the Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR) to protect farmland from development. This study investigates whether the ALR has been effective near the city of Victoria. Therefore, we employ a GIS-based hedonic pricing model and quantify ALR specific measures. Bayesian Model Averaging in combination with Markov Chain Monte Carlo Model Composition are used to address specification uncertainty. Results show that zoning schemes are partly credible. Zoned farmland sells for lower prices than other farmland. However, farmland located closer to the city of Victoria is priced higher and hobby farmers pay higher prices than conventional farmers.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Farmland prices; Bayesian Model Averaging; Hedonic pricing.; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44137

A spatial bio-economic modelling approach on the trade-offs between global bioenergy demand, agricultural intensification, expansion, and trade
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lotze-Campen,   Hermann; Popp,   Alexander; Beringer,   Tim; Muller,   Christoph; Lucht,   Wolfgang.
Increased future demands for food, fibre and fuels from biomass can only be met if the available land and water resources on a global scale are used and managed as efficiently as possible. The main routes for making the global agricultural system more productive are through intensification and technological change on currently used agricultural land, land expansion into currently non-agricultural areas, and international trade in agricultural commodities and processed goods. In order to analyse the trade-offs and synergies between these options, we present a global bio-economic modelling approach with a special focus on spatially explicit land and water constraints as well as technological change in agricultural production. For a given bioenergy demand...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Land use change; Spatial modelling; Technological change; Environmental Economics and Policy; International Development; International Relations/Trade; Land Economics/Use; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; C61; F15; Q24; Q25.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51458

A Spatial Equilibrium Model of the Impact of Bio-Fuels Energy Policy on Grain Transportation Flows
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ahmedov,   Zafarbek; Power,   Gabriel J.; Vedenov,   Dmitry V.; Fuller,   Stephen W.; McCarl,   Bruce A.; Vadali,   Sharada.
Traffic flows in the U.S. have been affected by the substantial increase and, as of January 2009, decrease in biofuel production and use. This paper considers a framework to study the effect on grain transportation flows of the 2005 Energy Act and subsequent legislation, which mandated higher production levels of biofuels, e.g. ethanol and biodiesels. Future research will incorporate changes due to the recent economic slowdown.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Ethanol; Biodiesel; Spatial equilibrium; Quadratic programming; Agricultural and Food Policy; Crop Production/Industries; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49837

A Spatial Hedonic Model with Time-Varying Parameters: A New Method Using Flexible Least Squares
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kuethe,   Todd H.; Foster,   Kenneth A.; Florax,   Raymond J.G.M.
The following paper outlines a new econometric model designed to capture both the temporal and spatial dynamics of housing prices. The paper combines existing spatial econometric techniques with a model that allows parameters to evolve over time. In addition, we provide an empirical application to the price effects of confined animal feeding operations to a data set of residential real estate in Tippecanoe County, Indiana from 1993 through 2006.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis; Land Economics/Use; Livestock Production/Industries; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6306

A Spatial Look at Negative Externalities in Agricultural Landscapes: Seedless Mandarins and Honey Bee Pollination in California
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: de Ribes,   Antoine Champetier.
When honey bees transport pollen across citrus orchards they can increase the number of seeds in varieties that remain seedless otherwise. An increase in seeds diminishes the market value of the fruit creating an externality between seedless growers and beekeepers. This paper investigates the efficiency of different policy resolution of this externality including a range of regulated spatial segregations of beekeeping and seedless farming with or without financial compensations. We develop a spatial model of honey foraging behavior to quantify the efficiencies and redistributions of different policies that may be used to correct this market failure. Some of these policies have been implemented others are being currently discussed in policy debates in the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6076

A Spatial Mathematical Model Analysis of the Linkage between Agricultural Trade and Deforestation
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Schmitz,   Christoph; Lotze-Campen,   Hermann.
Like agricultural trade, deforestation has increased tremendously throughout the past five decades. We analyse the linkage between both factors by applying trade and forest policy scenarios to the global land-use model MAgPIE ("Model of Agricultural Production and its Impact on the Environment"). The model predicts global landuse patterns in a spatially explicit way and uses endogenously derived technological change and land expansion rates. Our study is the first which combines global trade analysis with a spatially explicit mapping of deforestation. By implementing self-sufficiency rates in the regional demand and supply equations, we are able to simulate different trade settings. Our baseline scenario fixes current trade patterns until the year 2045....
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/115993

A SPATIAL MODEL OF ANIMAL DISEASE CONTROL IN LIVESTOCK: EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE IN THE SOUTHERN CONE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rich,   Karl M.; Winter-Nelson,   Alex.
This paper presents a multi-market model of animal disease control that extends the current literature by accounting for spatial and inter-temporal relations in both epidemiological and economic variables. The model is applied to Foot and Mouth Disease control in Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay, but it is broadly generalizable.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20015

A Spatial Model of Dolphin Avoidance in the Eastern Tropical Pacific Ocean
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hicks,   Robert L.; Schnier,   Kurt E.
This paper examines the impact of dolphin-safe eco-labeling and how it fundamentally altered the spatial distribution of fishing effort and fishermen's willingness to pay to avoid dolphins.  To do this, a dynamic discrete choice econometric model is applied to the Eastern Tropical Pacific tuna fishery. This econometric approach combines a dynamic programming component with the static discrete site choice model.  This estimator couples the current period projected profits associated with fishing a specific site with the value of all future location choices on the cruise, assuming choices are made optimally.  The key feature of this model is that it recovers behavioral parameters and solves the dynamic programming problem recursively.  The dynamic site...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21290

A Spatial Panel Simultaneous-Equations Model of Business Growth, Migration Behavior, Local Public Services and Household Income in Appalachia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gebremariam,   Gebremeskel H.; Gebremedhin,   Tesfa G.; Schaeffer,   Peter V.; Phipps,   Tim T.; Jackson,   Randall W.
In this paper we develop a spatial panel simultaneous-equations model of business growth, migration behavior, local public services and median household income in a partial lag-adjustment growth-equilibrium framework and utilizing a one-way error component model for the disturbances. This model is an extension of the “jobs follow people or people follow jobs” literature and it improved previous models in the growth-equilibrium tradition by: (1) explicitly modeling local government and regional income in the growth process; (2) explicitly modeling gross in-migration and gross out-migration separately in order to spell out the differential effects, which used to be glossed over under net population change in previous studies; (3) explicitly incorporating...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9895

A Spatial Simultaneous Growth Equilibrium Modeling of Agricultural Land Development in the Northeast United States
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hailu,   Yohannes G.; Brown,   Cheryl.
This study aims to understand the relationship between regional growth in population, employment, and per capita income, and agricultural land values and development in the Northeast United States. A system of spatial simultaneous equations is estimated using three-stage-least squares on county level data. Results indicate that regional growth positively influences agricultural land values and negatively affects the stock of agricultural lands. Farm performance and some farmland protection policies were not effective in preserving farmland. The study recommends that agricultural land protection policies could be better coordinated at a regional level and more effective if integrated within state economic development programs.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21082

A Spatiotemporal Fixed Effects Estimation of U.S. State-Level Carbon Dioxide Emissions
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Burnett,   J. Wesley; Bergstrom,   John C.
One of the major shortcommings of past environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) studies is that the spatiotemporal aspects within the data have largely been ignored.  By ignoring the spatial aspect of pollution emissions past estimates of the EKC implicitly assume that a region’s emissions are unaffected by events in neighboring regions (i.e., assume there are no transboundary pollution emissions between neighbors).  By ignoring the spatial aspects within the data several past estimates of the EKC could have generated biased or inconsistent regression results.  By ignoring the temporal aspect within the data several past estimates of the EKC could have generated spurious regression results or misspecified t and F statistics.  To address this potential...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Pollution Economics; Environmental Kuznets Curve; Spatial Econometrics; Dynamic Panel Data; Carbon Dioxide Emissions; Global Climate Change; Environmental Economics and Policy; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; C33; C51; Q43; Q50; Q53; Q58.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103580

A Spatio-temporal Model for Agricultural Yield Prediction
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tokovenko,   Oleksiy; Dorfman,   Jeffrey H.; Gunter,   Lewell F.
The paper presents a spatio-temporal statistical model of agricultural yield prediction based on spatial mixtures of distributions. The proposed method combines several hierarchical and sequential Bayesian estimation procedures that allow the general problem to be addressed with a series of simpler tasks, providing the required flexibility of the model while decreasing the complexity associated with the large dimensionality of the spatial data sets. The data used for the study are 1970 - 2009 annual Iowa state county level corn yield data. The spatial correlation hypothesis is studied by comparing the alternative models using the posterior predictive criterion under squared loss function.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Farm Management.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61673

A Speculative Bubble in Commodity Futures Prices? Cross-Sectional Evidence
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sanders,   Dwight R.; Irwin,   Scott H.; Merrin,   Robert P.
Recent accusations against speculators in general and long-only commodity index funds in particular, include: increasing market volatility, distorting historical price relationships, and fueling a rapid increase and decrease in commodity inflation. Some researchers have argued that these market participants—through their impact on market prices—may inadvertently prevented the efficient distribution of food aid to deserving groups. Certainly, this result—if substantiated— would counter the classical argument that speculators make prices more efficient and thus improve the economic efficiency of the agricultural and food marketing system. Given the very important policy implications, it is crucial to develop a more thorough understanding of long-only index...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Commitment’s of Traders; Index funds; Commodity futures markets; Agribusiness; Agricultural Finance; Farm Management; Financial Economics; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53050

A SPLIT-SAMPLE TEST OF EXPERIMENTAL DESIGNS FOR STATED  CHOICE MODELS OF ENVIRONMENTAL VALUATION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lupi,   Frank; Kaplowitz,   Michael D.; Hoehn,   John P.
A stated choice model is used to estimate wetland mitigation preferences.  In a split sample mail survey, a main effects design is compared to a randomized design.  Although randomized designs estimate main effects less efficiently, several policy relevant interactions were found to be significant, suggesting some merits of randomized designs.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22073

A State Dependent Regime Switching Model of Dynamic Correlations
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tejeda,   Hernan A.; Goodwin,   Barry K.; Pelletier,   Denis.
Replaced with revised version of paper 07/29/09.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Dynamic correlations; Regime switching; State dependent probabilities; Thresholds; Spillovers; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49370

A Statewide Approach to Developing a Skilled Workforce (Power Point Presentation)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ridge,   Douglas.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33358

A STATIC POLICY FOR A DYNAMIC INDUSTRY: THE CALIFORNIA YOUNG ACT OF 1935
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sumner,   Daniel A.; Wilson,   Norbert L.W.
An economic history of the development of California dairy policies from 1935 to 1965 is used to support the hypothesis that the incompatibility of discrete policy changes for a dynamic industry generates deadweight losses.  Combining quantitative industry data with legal and personal narratives provides evidence in support of the hypothesis.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Dairy policy; Quota; Agricultural history; Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21566

A STATISTICAL EXAMINATION OF YIELD SWITCHING FRAUD IN THE FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE PROGRAM
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Atwood,   Joseph A.; Robinson-Cox,   Jim; Shaik,   Saleem.
An over-parameterized statistical yield-switching-fraud model is developed.   Over-parameterized procedures are reviewed. Five percent of 206,952 producers (thirteen percent in one state) have suspicious yield patterns, elect higher coverage, and increase total multiple-unit indemnifications up to ten percent in some states and up to 30 percent at some coverage levels.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19983

A Stochastic Analysis of Proposals for the New US Farm Bill
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Binfield,   Julian C.R.; Adams,   Gary M.; Westhoff,   Patrick C.; Young,   Robert E., II.
Most of the large scale modeling systems used in the analysis of agricultural policies produce deterministic projections. In reality, however, the agricultural sector is subject to a high degree of uncertainty as a result of fluctuations in exogenous factors such as the weather or macroeconomic variation. A stochastic approach can provide additional information to policy makers regarding the implications of this uncertainty, through the use of stochastically generated projections. This paper also shows how deterministic analysis may result in systematic errors in the projection of some variables. As an applied example, the FAPRI model of the US agricultural sector is simulated stochastically to analyse the impact of proposals for the new US farm bill.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Stochastic simulation; US Farm Bill; Policy analysis; Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24913

A Stochastic Analysis of the Impact of Volatile World Agricultural Prices on European and UK Agriculture
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Moss,   Joan E.; Binfield,   Julian C.R.; Zhang,   Lichun; Patton,   Myles; Kim,   In Seck.
Successive Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reforms and trade liberalisation have led to a more market-orientated European agricultural sector, with EU commodity prices now more closely linked to world prices. As a consequence EU prices have become more volatile. Greater price volatility increases uncertainty and raises fresh challenges for projections of policy impacts in the EU. To take account of world price volatility stochastic modelling has been applied to the FAPRI-EU partial equilibrium model, which includes a UK modelling system. Stochastic modelling provides a means to capture some of the inherent uncertainty associated with agricultural production systems. By varying assumptions about certain exogenous variables, stochastic models can be used to...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural policy; Stochastic modelling; Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/108771

A Stochastic Differential Equation for Modeling the “Classical” Probability Distributions
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hertzler,   Greg.
Stochastic differential equations are a flexible way to model continuous probability distributions. The most popular differential equations are for non-stationary Lognormal, non-stationary Normal and stationary Ornstein-Uhlenbeck distributions. The probability densities are known for these distributions and the assumptions behind the differential equations are well understood. Unfortunately, the assumptions do not fit most situations. In economics and finance, prices and quantities are usually stationary and positive. The Lognormal and Normal distributions are nonstationary and the Normal and Ornstein-Uhlenbeck distributions allow negative prices and quantities. This study derives a stochastic differential equation that includes most of the classical...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57891

A stochastic dominance approach to program evaluation with an application to child nutritional status in arid and semi-arid Kenya
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Naschold,   Felix; Barrett,   Christopher B.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/62013

A Stochastic-Dynamic Model of Costly Reversible Technology Adoption
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Baerenklau,   Kenneth A.; Knapp,   Keith C.
We develop a stochastic-dynamic model of technology adoption that imposes fewer restrictions on behavior than do previous studies of similar decision problems.  Like these previous studies, our model is forward-looking and can be used to demonstrate the additional "hurdle rate" that must be met before adoption will take place when the future state of the world is uncertain.  Unlike these previous studies, our approach does not impose the untenable assumptions that investment in a new technology is irreversible or that technologies have unlimited useful lifetimes.  Rather, we address the more reasonable situation of costly reversibility and limited lifetimes.  Our solution method utilizes Bellman's equation and standard dynamic programming techniques....
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Dynamic optimization; Irrigation; Reversible; Technology adoption; Water; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19156

A Strategic Approach to the Implementation of Precision Agriculture Principles in Cash Crop Farming
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Maine,   Ntsikane; Nell,   Wilhelm T.
Precision agriculture is one of the important agricultural technologies that can assist farmers and managers in promoting long-term success. Precision agriculture can help farm managers increase their management capacity, which is of utmost importance in the highly competitive modern agriculture. Increased yields and/or efficient input use can also be achieved with precision agriculture. Precision agriculture also involve a large capital outlay and requires skills in interpreting the masses of generated data. Modern farmers have to engage in pro-active thinking with regard to suitable agricultural systems that can enhance sustainable success of their farming businesses. Farm managers who are contemplating on getting involved in precision agriculture need...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Precision agriculture; Strategic approach; Farming; Farming success; Crop Production/Industries; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24259

A Strategic Perspective on the Impact of Food Safety Standards on Developing Countries
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Henson,   Spencer J.; Jaffee,   Steven.
This paper explores the competing concepts of 'standards as barriers' and standards as catalysts' in the context of food safety standards in international trade in agricultural and food products.  It is suggested that food safety standards can act as both a barrier to trade and the basis of competitive positioning for developing countries in international markets.  This suggests that the application of a strategic framework to analyze and assess alternative responses to evolving food safety standards can throw some light on the circumstances under which standards act to prohibit trade or, alternatively, create competitive trade opportunities.  The use of such a framework is illustrated through a brief case study of fish and fishery product exports from...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agriculture; Food; Trade; Food Safety; Standards; Technical barriers to Trade; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Q18; K32; F13.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25456

A Structural Analysis of Contractual Innovations within the CIS Milk Industry
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jackson,   Elizabeth; Gorton,   Matthew; White,   John.
Utilising primary survey data, this paper evaluates the relationships between a set of supplier development strategies and performance within the milk industry in Armenia and Ukraine. Improving supplier performance is a critical task for the dairy industry in the Former Soviet Union as, during the 1990s both the quantity and quality of agricultural output deteriorated sharply. Fragmented supply chains led to high transaction costs and, in some cases, market failure. Drawing on the work of Krause et al. (2000) and Doney and Cannon (1997), a theoretical framework is presented that proposes that, either directly or indirectly, supplier assessment strategies, supplier incentives, competitive pressure, direct involvement, and trust between buyers and sellers,...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/59181

A structural change analysis of the cost efficiency of farms in Scotland 1989-2008
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Revoredo-Giha,   Cesar; Leat,   Philip M.K.; Milne,   Catherine E.
One of the aims of the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is to increase the competitiveness of farmers through increasing their exposure to markets. An aspect of competitiveness is the gains in economic efficiency. Thus, the purpose of this paper is to estimate indicators of farm efficiency for the period 1989 to 2008 by farm type and to analyse what the effect on efficiency of changes in the CAP has been. In terms of the methodology, the information used comes from the Scottish Farm Account Scheme (FAS) survey, which allows us to assemble panel dataset and to construct cost efficiency indicators. The results indicate while mixed farms and lowland farms have maintain their levels of efficiency. LFA farms have seen their efficiency reduced...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Farm efficiency; Stochastic cost frontier; Scottish agriculture; Agricultural and Food Policy; Farm Management; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61106

A Structural Econometric Model of Consumer Demand at Pick-Your-Own Fruit Operations
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Carpio,   Carlos E.; Wohlgenant,   Michael K.
This paper develops a fully structural econometric consumer demand model for goods which have time and monetary costs, and where time spent obtaining the goods also enters into the utility function. The model is used to analyze customers'’ decision to buy pick-your-own versus pre-harvested fruit at North Carolina pick-your-own fruit operations.  The empirical application distinguishes the double effect of time as a resource constraint and also providing utility. Elasticity estimates show that strawberries sold at pick-your-own operations are price elastic, with pick-your-own fruit being less price elastic than pre-harvested fruit.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Consumer/Household Economics.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21372

A Structural Equation Model of Farmers Operating within Nitrate Vulnerable Zones (NVZ) in Scotland
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Toma,   Luiza; Barnes,   Andrew Peter; Willock,   J.; Hall,   Clare.
Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) offers a theoretical basis for developing an understanding of the relationships between attitudes and behaviour. This paper imposes the SEM framework to a compulsory regulation which focuses on reducing diffuse water pollution, namely Nitrate Vulnerable Zones (NVZ). We use a data set collected through a farm survey within NVZs in Scotland in 2007. The model includes six latent variables expressing farmers’ nitrate reducing behaviour, nitrate reducing and profit maximizing behavioural propensities and the underlying determining factors, namely attitude (risk perception) and socio-economic latent variables (access to information and stocking density). The results indicate that the model has an adequate fit to the data and...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Nitrate Vulnerable Zones; Structural equation modeling with latent variables; Scotland; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43643

A Structural Equation Model of the Factors Influencing British Consumers’ Behaviour towards Animal Welfare
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Toma,   Luiza; McVittie,   Alistair; Hubbard,   Carmen; Stott,   Alistair W.
Results of national and pan-European consumer surveys and the growth in the demand for so-called “animal friendly” food products suggest that consumers within the European Union show a high level of concern for the welfare of farm animals. This paper analyses the determinants of British consumers’ behaviour towards animal welfare using structural equation models (SEM) with observed and latent variables. SEM is a statistical technique for testing and estimating relationships amongst variables, using a combination of statistical data and qualitative causal assumptions. We used a data set collected in 2005 through face-to-face interviews of 654 consumers in England. We analysed the range of statements in existing literature on consumers’ behaviour towards...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Animal welfare; Consumers’ behaviour; Structural equation models.; Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58149

A Structural Estimation of the Demand for Corn Seed in the U.S.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ma,   Xingliang; Shi,   Guanming.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries; Demand and Price Analysis; Production Economics.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61765

A structural model of wealth, obesity and health in the UK
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mazzocchi,   Mario; Traill,   W. Bruce.
Based on a household health production framework, this paper exploits the combination of socioeconomic, health and nutrition information from the UK National Diet and Nutrition Survey to analyze the endogenous relationship among wealth, nutrition, weight and the final health outcomes. Results show that higher wealth determines lower weight and better health as expected, but through a better diet rather than extra exercise or lower calorie consumption.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Structural Equation Modelling; Body Mass Index; Diet; Blood Pressure; Income; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43968

A STRUCTURAL-EQUATION GME ESTIMATOR
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Marsh,   Thomas L.; Mittelhammer,   Ronald C.; Cardell,   N. Scott.
A generalized maximum entropy estimator is developed for the linear simultaneous equations systems model.  We provide results on large and small sample properties of the estimator.  Empirical results illustrate efficiency advantages of the generalized maximum entropy estimator proposed in this study over traditional estimators (e.g., 2SLS and 3SLS).
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20890

A Study of Consumers' Perception of Risk on Organic Tea in Taiwan
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Liu,   Wei-Fang; Huang,   Wan-Tran.
Because the impact of Taiwan jointing WTO and Taiwanese initiative of health, nature and no burden of life principle, so as to spur Taiwan to start promoting new tide of drinking organic tea. However, the needs of the information concerning with risk perception for organic tea consumer are more curious, thus the organic tea industry should know what the demands and concerns of their consumers. Hence, the purposes of this paper are to analyze what the concerns for organic tea consumers are and what the risk perceptions for the organic tea consumers are. The data used by this paper were from the sampling survey to interview 387 consumers located in middle Taiwan. This paper adopted AIO (Activity, Interest, and Opinion) to analyze the characteristics of...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Perception of risk; Cluster Analysis; Organic tea; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7777

A study of the demand relationship between  fixed-weight and random-weight citrus
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gao,   Zhifeng; Lee,   Jonq-Ying; Brown,   Mark G.
Using Rotterdam demand system this study examines the demand relationships among four random-weight (FW) and fixed-weight citrus (RW). Results indicated that FW and RW grapefruit (and FW and RW oranges) are not substitutes; however, RW tangerine is a substitute of FW tangerines. In addition, promoting FW grapefruit would not influence the demand for RW grapefruit and vice versa. Promoting FW oranges (or FW tangerines) would decrease the demand for RW oranges (or RW tangerines) and vice versa.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49466

A STUDY OF THE IMPACTS OF TARIFF REDUCTIONS ON AGRICULTURE, LIVESTOCK, AND FISHERY SECTORS IN TAIWAN - AN APPLICATION OF SINGLE-COUNTRY MULTIPLE-SECTOR CGE MODEL
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sun,   Chin-Hwa; Chiang,   Fu-Sung; Lin,   Cheng-Hong; Lin,   Kuo-Jung.
This study used a single-country 50-sector CGE model to evaluate the impacts of 24.03%, 23.72%, and 33.11%, tariff reductions on agriculture, livestock, and fishery, respectively, after Taiwan's accession to the WTO.  Results show that imports of agriculture, livestock, and fishery would increase by 52.98%, 86.48%, and 216.57%, respectively, and the domestic production of agriculture would experience the biggest reduction of 16.2%.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20604

A Study of the Spanish‐Chinese Export‐Import Pork Chain
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ji,   Chen; Pena,   Sara; Briz,   Julian; de Felipe,   Isabel.
China opened its pork import market to Spain in 2007. With this background, we introduce the concept of the Spanish‐Chinese Export‐Import pork chain. An explorative study based on the interview of 22 Spanish meat companies and two experts from meat exporting promotion institutions is conducted. The study gives an example and evidence to international chain management studies. It identifies the main problems of the chain and generates conclusions accordingly, as a first step for the Spanish pork industries to develop market strategies.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Spanish‐Chinese pork chain; International chain management; International trade; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Production Economics.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/100512

A study of tourist’ attitudes and preferences for local products in Crete and changes induced by the current economic crisis
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Proust,   Remi; Angelakis,   George; Drakos,   Periklis.
The Cretan tourism sector has been characterised by a large and rapid growth from 1970 to 2000 and has gone on the primary industry of the island. Despite the fact that this growth has seemed stagnant over the last few years, tourism is still of vital importance for the local economy. Agricultural industries are strongly linked with tourism activities and usually derive numerous benefits from them. Understanding tourists’ opinions and demands plays a crucial role in implementing appropriate and sustainable future agricultural offer strategies on the island in the future. As several studies have previously indicated, the current global economic and financial crisis has deeply cut household expenditure and 2009 has been predicted to be a difficult year for...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Tourism; Local products; Management and marketing; Economic crisis; Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58114

A STUDY ON SUBSTITUTION AND SEQUENCING EFFECTS USING CHECK-OFF MECHANISM
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rudra,   Bidisha; Keeler,   Andrew G.; McIntosh,   Christopher S.
Voluntary donations to non-game species protection through state income tax checkoffs are analyzed.  An analogy between the contingent valuation method and check-off scheme is drawn by observing the existence of agenda effects in the latter.  Results reveal that substitution and sequencing effects exist between species protection and other public goods.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Check-offs; Contingent Valuation; Substitution Effects; Sequencing Effects; Public Economics; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21688

A Study on the International Marketing and Branding Strategies of Taiwan's Phalaenopsis Orchid Industry
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Chang,   Ching-Cheng; Wu,   Chia-Hsun.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries; International Relations/Trade; Marketing.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103706

A SUBVENÇÃO DE ORGÂNICOS NO BRASIL E NA UNIÃO EUROPÉIA SOB A ÓTICA DA VISÃO BASEADA EM RECURSOS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Pereira,   Paulo Rodrigo; Abicht,   Alexandre Melo; Ceolin,   Alessandra Carla; Correa,   Augusto Faria; Silva,   Tania Nunes da.
Este artigo tem por objetivo a discussão sobre o foco da comercialização dos produtos cítricos orgânicos no Brasil, realizando-se um comparativo entre Brasil e União Européia (UE), sob a ótica da Visão Baseada em Recursos (RBV). Tem-se como fundamentação teórica uma explanação a cerca do mercado europeu de orgânicos cítricos, seguido da situação brasileira dos mesmos, tendo por fim, a teoria da RBV. O estudo possui uma natureza qualitativa, sendo caracterizado por pesquisas exploratórias através da leitura de journals, artigos e também com a realização de, visitas de campo a  propriedades rurais e uma cooperativa de produtos orgânicos e. Com base nos dados coletados e na literatura, reuniu-se elementos para a análise e discussão dos resultados, afim de...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agronegócios; Cítricos Orgânicos; Subsídios Agrícolas; Agribusiness; Organic Citric; Agricultural Subsidies; Agribusiness; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/117275

A Successful Experience of Traceability System for the Case of Yin Chuan Organic Farm in Taiwan
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Huang,   Wan-Tran; Chen,   Ying-Houng.
In Taiwan, the traceability system (TS) of whole food chain is in infantile time. Yin Chuan Organic Farm, constituted by the team of rice production and marketing (TRPM), is the first brand in Taiwan rice market. The leader of TRPM is not only to produce the premising rice quality, but also to implement the (TS) that was introduced by Taiwan government with a great result and could be a successful experience passed to other proprietors. The findings of this paper are listed as following: 1. The TS executed by the case is only emphasized on the production side that needs to build more detailed marketing side. 2. The key successful factor to get sound TS model is to have obvious purposes and system harmony.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Traceability system; Food safety; Organic food; Analytic hierarchy process (AHP); Agribusiness; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7727

A Supermarket-Level Analysis of Demand for Breakfast Cereals: A Random Coefficients Approach
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Chidmi,   Benaissa; Lopez,   Rigoberto A.; Cotterill,   Ronald W.
This paper applies the BLP approach to the demand for ready-to-eat cereals (RTECs) at the supermarket-chain level in Boston using IRI monthly data. The Random Coefficient Model is used to estimate the demand for 37 brands of RTECs at the leading supermarkets in the Boston area. The empirical results provide a wealth of consumer behavior information, including own- and cross-price elasticites for 37 brands of RTECs at four leading supermarkets in Boston. The demand for RTECs is generally price elastic (ranging between -3 and -8). Consumers respond positively and strongly to promotion, negatively and strongly to price, calories and fiber, and weakly to sugar content. Income has a strong interactive effect with product characteristics and thus is a useful...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19236

A Supply-Chain Analysis of Food Safety Standards Related to the Use of Wastewater for Irrigation of Crops
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lagerkvist,   Carl Johan; Johansson,   Helena; Birol,   Ekin; Roy,   Devesh; Narrod,   Clare A.
Irrigation with raw or diluted wastewater is a widespread phenomenon, occurring on 20 million hectares across the developing world, especially in Asian countries, but also in peri-urban areas around almost every city of sub-Saharan Africa and in many Latin American cities. Growing urban populations and consequent increases in demand for food and water has spurred the use of sewage to water crops as this is, in many cases, the only form of irrigation for farmers who either lack clean water or for whom clean water is too expensive. Wastewater has high nutrient value and constitutes a reliable source (Scott et al., 2004). It is mostly used to produce cash crops (e.g. vegetables and cereals). For example, it has been estimated that in most parts of Sub-...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/59115

A Sustainable Approach to Working with Vegetable Farmers (PowerPoint)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Boucher,   T. Jude.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51580

A SUSTAINABLE HERBICIDE AND GRASS ESTABLISHMENT APPROACH FOR LAND RECLAMATION: A CASE OF RUSSIAN KNAPWEED
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Feuz,   Bridger; Held,   Larry J.; Jacobs,   James J.; Whitson,   Thomas D.
Controlling Russian knapweed with an integrated system of herbicide followed by seeding perennial grass is profitable in yielding an 8.7% average rate of return, and repaying the establishment costs in approximately six years.  Moreover, the system is sustainable by exploiting plant competition and eliminating herbicide usage in later years.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/35725

A SUSTENTABILIDADE DA AGRICULTURA ORGÂNICA FAMILIAR DOS PRODUTORES ASSOCIADOS À APOI (ASSOCIAÇÃO DOS PRODUTORES ORGÂNICOS DA IBIAPABA-CE)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Oliveira,   Ana Ferreira Dos Santos; Khan,   Ahmad Saeed; Lima,   Patricia Veronica Pinheiro Sales; Silva,   Lucia Maria Ramos.
A agricultura orgânica é uma atividade que visa promover a preservação do meio ambiente, respeitando a biodiversidade e as atividades biológicas do solo. Desta forma, esta atividade enfatiza o uso de práticas de manejo em oposição ao uso de agrotóxicos, assim fixando de modo mais definitivo o homem no campo. Acredita-se que esta atividade seja uma forma de produção ecologicamente sustentável, socialmente justa e economicamente viável em todas as escalas da produção. No Ceará a agricultura orgânica tem uma área plantada de 13.820 ha, espalhados em vários municípios, sendo a maior concentração na microrregião da Ibiapaba. Esse trabalho tem como objetivo geral analisar a sustentabilidade da agricultura orgânica familiar dos produtores associados à APOI...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultura Orgânica; Agricultura Familiar; Agricultura Sustentável; Organic Agriculture; Family farminglture; Sustainable Agriculture; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109802

A SUSTENTABILIDADE DAS RESERVAS EXTRATIVISTAS PELA PERSPECTIVA DA ECONOMIA ECOLÓGICA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cavalcanti,   Francisco Carlos Da Silveira; Maciel,   Raimundo Claudio Gomes; Mangabeira,   Joao Alfredo De Carvalho; Reydon,   Bastiaan Philip.
As Reservas Extrativistas (RESEX) são áreas de domínio público, com uso concedido às populações extrativistas tradicionais, cuja subsistência baseia-se no extrativismo e na agricultura de subsistência e na criação de animais de pequeno porte, e têm como objetivos básicos proteger os meios de vida e a cultura dessas populações, e assegurar o uso sustentável dos recursos naturais da unidade. Porém, o aumento da área para agropecuária dentro das reservas vem aumentando e, assim, o desmatamento. O presente estudo tem como objetivo promover uma reflexão sobre a regulamentação ambiental e suas conseqüências, bem como sobre a organização popular como instrumento capaz de deter o desmatamento na Amazônia. Neste sentido, as RESEX, resultado da luta política e...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Sustentabilidade; Reservas Extrativistas; Economia Ecológica; Amazônia; Regulamentação ambiental; Sustainability; Extractivist Reserves; Ecological Economics; Amazon; Environmental regulation; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/113395

A SWOT Analysis of the Fischler Reform, Looking Towards a New Rural Development Policy
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sotte,   Franco; Chiodo,   Emilio.
The paper presents an analysis of the Fischler reform, while the new rural development policy for the seven year period 2007-2013 is still to be defined and other important deadlines are going to mark the near future: WTO negotiation, new Financial Perspectives, new European structural and cohesion policy, and the enlargement process is rolling on.  Furthermore, several actors on the scene are new: new Member States, new Commission, new Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Affairs, new European Parliament.  The main objective of this paper is to provide an overall evaluation of the ongoing reform process, pointing out the main strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats, for animating the scientific and political debate on the further steps on CAP...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Fischler reform of the CAP; SWOT analysis; Evolution of CAP; Rural development policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Q18.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24475

A Synthesis of Theoretical Concepts for Analysing Non-Farm Rural Employment
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Buchenrieder,   Gertrud; Mollers,   Judith.
Employment diversification is a major livelihood strategy in rural areas and is thus a focal point of the ongoing rural development debate. The issue of non-farm diversification is undoubtedly complex and its determinants are difficult to identify. Increasingly, there is a need to address, clarify and bring together theoretical concepts for analysing non-farm rural employment (NFRE). With this in mind, the objective of this paper is to summarize and link existing theories and to introduce some new aspects with regard to modelling NFRE and employment diversification. NFRE dynamics are closely interrelated with the institutional framework and its incentives and constraints. The behaviour of rural decision-makers also depends on fundamental determinants such...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Rural non-farm employment; Diversification; Theoretical framework; Labor and Human Capital; O18; Q12.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25475

A SYSTEM DYNAMICS MODEL OF AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT: THE TOPMARD CORE MODEL
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Johnson,   Thomas G.; Bryden,   John Marshall; Refsgaard,   Karen; Alva Lizarraga,   Sara.
The goal of the TOPMARD project is to develop a model of agriculture and rural development to better understand the agronomic, ecological, economic and social dimensions of rural regions. The resulting model, (Policy Model of Multifunctional Agriculture and Rural Development) was built collaboratively and hierarchically by the research teams from the 11 countries. The model features eight subsectors (Land, Agriculture, Tourism, Region, Human Resources, Non-commodities, Capital, and Quality of Life). Imbedded in the model are a complete dynamic input-output model, and an agecohort education demographic model. The model has both supply-side and demand-side drivers. Land use is the key supply-side driver. Land use, coupled with production system choices,...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Multifunctionality; System dynamics; Policy; Model; Rural development; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6497

A SYSTEMS APPROACH FOR EVALUATING ON-FARM SITE-SPECIFIC MANAGEMENT TRIALS: A CASE STUDY WITH VARIABLE RATE MANURE AND CROP QUALITY RESPONSE TO INPUTS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lambert,   Dayton M.; Lowenberg-DeBoer,   James; Malzer,   Gary L.
Site-specific application of manure has the potential to improve crop production and environmental quality. If manure is applied where it is needed, in the quantity required by the crop, over application, with attendant runoff and leaching problems can be reduced. To implement this approach growers need site-specific crop response information. Increasing availability of site-specific yield information offers a way to estimate such crop responses. The objective of this study is to develop a methodology for estimating site-specific response of corn and soybeans to manure given soil test information, and to use that methodology to analyze an on-farm manure management trial conducted near Sleepy Eye, Minnesota. Both quantity and quality of the crop is...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20091

A SYSTEM-WIDE APPROACH FOR ANALYZING JAPANESE WHEAT IMPORT ALLOCATION DECISIONS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Schmitz,   Troy G.; Wahl,   Thomas I.
This paper develops and implements an import allocation model based on Theil's system-wide approach to demand and tests the assumption of blockwise dependence and uniform substitutability among different sources and types of wheat imported by Japan.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries; International Relations/Trade; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20780

A SYSTEM-WIDE APPROACH FOR ANALYZING THE EFFECT OF EXCHANGE RATES ON FRESH APPLE IMPORT DEMAND
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Acharya,   Ram N.; Schmitz,   Troy G.
This study examines the impact of changes in exchange rate and import market composition on fresh apple import demand using source differentiated import demand functions. We modify the standard Rotterdam model to incorporate exchange rate effects by revisiting Barten's fundamental matrix equation of consumer demand theory and viewing exchange rate as a "sticky" preference variable. The results show that the preference variable had a significant impact on UK but not on Malaysian and Saudi Arabian import demands.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20219

A TALE OF TWO CLAMS: POLICY ANTICIPATION AND INDUSTRY PRODUCTIVITY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Brandt,   Sylvia J.
Sound environmental regulation must achieve environmental objectives while maximizing economic efficiency.  This paper evaluates the impact of regulation on efficiency by measuring annual productivity across regulatory regimes in two similar fisheries with differing policy expectations.  Anticipation of regulatory change produced strategic behavior in one fishery, leading to depressed productivity; in the other, regulatory change was not expected, and productivity did not suffer.  These results imply that fisheries regulation should take into account both firms' policy expectations and the potentially perverse incentives that may be created by policy change.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Productivity Analysis.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22056

A TALE OF TWO PREMIUMS- EXAMINING BIDS FROM A MULTIPLE ROUND VICKREY AUCTION WITH DIFFERING INFORMATION SETS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hurley,   Sean P.; Kliebenstein,   James B.
Two definitions of willingness-to-pay derived from a Vickrey auction with multi-product and multiple rounds with different information sets are examined. These definitions are examined in the context of valuing pork products with embedded environmental attributes and we show how information can have adverse effects on a base product of comparison.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Consumer/Household Economics.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22192

A Tax Mix Change to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Freebairn,   John W.
Placing a price on greenhouse gas emissions using an emissions tax or auctioning tradable permits provide the least cost government intervention to reduce pollution. Initial effects of the charge on pollution include an increase in the relative prices of greenhouse gas intensive products and production processes to reduce pollution, and a net increase in indirect taxes with a windfall boost to government revenue. There are at least three overlapping sets of economic efficiency, equity and political acceptance reasons for returning most of the windfall revenue gains to households as compensating income tax reductions and increases in social security payments as a tax mix change package. Most of the indirect tax increases will be passed onto consumers as a...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/100551

A TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY ANALYSIS OF PENNSYLVANIA DAIRY FARMS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wang,   Qiuyan.
This study estimates technical efficiency (TE) using a stochastic production frontier based on a randomly selected cross-sectional sample of Pennsylvania dairy farms.  The Cobb-Douglas functional form is a suitable model in the estimation.  Estimates of mean technical efficiency and appropriate technical efficiency of individual farms are computed and compared under three distributional assumptions of the efficiency disturbance terms.  Maximum likelihood techniques are used for the estimation of the stochastic frontier.  The technical efficiency measure is further broken down by different farm size.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20662

A TEMPLATE FOR ONLINE HOMEWORK: FRANKENSTEIN'S MONSTER OR ROBO TA?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dahlgran,   Roger A.
This paper describes the programming procedures required to implement online homework and evaluates the application of these procedures based on use in the author's course.  The description of the procedures utilizes a template showing two representative applications from the author's introductory econometrics course.  In one, the students are to collect and record data and in the other, students are to perform econometric analysis on the data.  The web address for the template is arec.arizona.edu/RoboTA.  The use of online homework in the author's economics of futures market course revealed that the benefit-cost tradeoff is between the savings of instructional time spent grading homework and increased instructional time spent developing homework...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/36583

A TERM STRUCTURE MODEL FOR AGRICULTURAL FUTURES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fackler,   Paul L.; Roberts,   Matthew C.
An extension of Schwartz's model of futures price term structure that includes seasonality is developed. The approach allows futures prices for all maturities to be estimated simultaneously by exploiting arbitrage relationships. An application to wheat futures prices is presented.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Futures markets; Price analysis; Demand and Price Analysis; Marketing.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21543

A Test of Forecast Consistency Using USDA Livestock Price Forecasts
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sanders,   Dwight R.; Manfredo,   Mark R.
In traditional tests of forecast rationality, price forecasts are usually differenced to obtain stationarity. However, this data transformation may ignore important long-run information contained in forecasted price levels. Here, the concept of forecast consistency is paired with rationality concepts used in the market efficiency literature to develop a sequential testing procedure for forecast consistency and rationality. USDA quarterly livestock price forecasts do not demonstrate long-run consistency.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19042

A Test of the New Economics of Labor Migration Hypothesis: Evidence from Rural Kenya
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sindi,   Kirimi; Kirimi,   Lilian.
Replaced with revised version of paper 11/01/06.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21257

A Test of the New Variant Famine Hypothesis: Panel Survey Evidence from Zambia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mason,   Nicole M.; Jayne,   Thomas S.; Chapoto,   Antony; Myers,   Robert J.
Replaced with revised version of paper 08/04/09.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: HIV/AIDS; Food security; Rural livelihoods; New variant famine hypothesis; Zambia; Africa; Food Security and Poverty; International Development; Q12.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51485

A Theoretical Analysis of Economic Impacts of Export Credit Insurance and Guarantees
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rienstra-Munnicha,   Paul; Turvey,   Calum G.; Koo,   Won W.
This paper developed an economic framework to analyze the economic impacts of an ECP on trade flows within the context of a partial equilibrium approach which assumes that non-payment risks are distinct between selling at home and abroad based on difficulties and expense in recovering non-payments are different in the two markets.  A two-country partial equilibrium trade model is developed to analyze the economic impact of the export credit insurance and/or guarantees on trade flows.  The results also show that to minimize or recover the efficiency loss, an export credit program can be employed to increase the exported quantity and reduce the excessively high equilibrium price as a result of non-payment risk.  The overall net welfare loss of the two...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21391

A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis of Conservation Reserve Program Participation under Uncertainty
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Isik,   Murat.
This paper develops theoretical and empirical models to understand how farmers formulate their participation strategies when deciding to enroll in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) under uncertainty.  A theoretical model is employed to obtain the impacts of various factors on the optimal bidding strategies.  A selectivity-based econometric model is then used to estimate the probability of enrollment and determinants of rental payments.  The theoretical results indicate that the optimal bid is positively related to the expected farming income and environmental benefit scores, and it is negatively related to the degree of risk aversion and the variability of returns.  The econometric model shows that land benefits, land attributes, farmer...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Conservation programs; Land retirement; Risk aversion; Uncertainty.; Farm Management.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19264

A THEORETICAL AND EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION OF THE SUPPLY RESPONSE IN THE U.S. BEEF-CATTLE INDUSTRY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Aadland,   David; Bailey,   DeeVon; Feng,   Shelly.
This paper investigates the response of beef cattle producers to changes in the price of cattle.  Previous research has suggested that there may be a negative short-run supply response to a permanent increase in the price of cattle.  We build a dynamic, rational expectations model that predicts that the supply response is generally positive, even for permanent shocks  in the short run, and nests the negative supply response as a special case for appropriately restricted demand shocks.  Using annual US time series data (1930-1997) and a simultaneous-equations econometric approach, we find a positive short-run supply response in the cow market and mixed evidence in the heifer market.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21887

A THEORETICAL DEVELOPMENT AND EMPIRICAL TEST ON THE CONVERGENCE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY IN THE USA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Paudel,   Krishna P.; Sambidi,   Pramod R.; Sulgham,   Anil K.
This study explores the evidence of convergence in the U.S agriculture sector by using the state level total factor productivity (TFP) data. The empirical investigation conducted in this study does not find any evidence of convergence while looking at the state level TFP. However, there seems to be some support for convergence at the regional level.  Parametric and nonparametric models indicate significant role of human capital in explaining the regional discrepancies in agriculture productivity across states.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20175

A THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVE ON AGRIBUSINESS AND ETHICS IN A SOUTH AFRICAN CONTEXT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kirsten,   Johann F.
The theme of this conference provides an ideal opportunity to take this argument and the case I made for cross disciplinarity, a bit further. Last year I have argued that agricultural economists need to utilise the strengths of sociology, anthropology and political analysis in order to be better equipped to tackle the challenge of black empowerment in South African agriculture. This year I will show how we need these disciplines and also philosophy if we want to address 'ethics' in business. The point that was made throughout my earlier paper is that economic theory sacrifices far too much relevance in its pursuit of ever-greater rigour. Given the challenges in agricultural sector in Africa, we need to see much stronger efforts to integrate the building of...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19093

A Theory of Natural Addiction
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Smith,   Trenton G.; Tasnadi,   Attila.
Economic theories of rational addiction aim to describe consumer behavior in the presence of habit-forming goods. We provide a biological foundation for this body of work by formally specifying conditions under which it is optimal to form a habit. We demonstrate the empirical validity of our thesis with an in-depth review and synthesis of the biomedical literature concerning the action of opiates in the mammalian brain and their effects on behavior. Our results lend credence to many of the unconventional behavioral assumptions employed by theories of rational addiction, including adjacent complementarity and the importance of cues, attention, and self-control in determining the behavior of addicts. Our approach suggests, however, that addiction is...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Consumer/Household Economics.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19195

A THEORY OF PACKER SELF PRODUCTION IN THE SWINE INDUSTRY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Reimer,   Jeffrey J.
An analytical model is developed to explain the increasing tendency of pork packers to produce their own hogs.  Upstream integration is motivated by recent events including increasing hog buyer consolidation and a need for traceability, but is held in check since it lowers upstream managerial incentives to make non-contractible investments.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19936

A Theory of Standards-Driven Rural Development
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Swinnen,   Johan F.M.; Rozelle,   Scott; Xiang,   Tao; Vandemoortele,   Thijs.
Consumers have increasing demands for product standards. This has important implications for development. This paper develops a formal theory of the process of the introduction of high product standards in developing countries. The model endogenizes the introduction of high standards. Initial differences in income, the nature of capital constraints and transaction costs, the initial production structure and policies and institutions are shown to affect the likelihood of and the size of the high standards economy. Initial differences in some of these same factors—as well as inter-country differences in the distribution of the sizes of farmers—are also shown to determine which producers are included, and which not.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Standards; Rural Development; Vertical Differentiation; Partial Equilibrium; Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51475

"A TIME TO ACT"- HIGHLIGHTS OF A REPORT OF THE USDA  NATIONAL COMMISSION ON SMALL FARMS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Molen,   Jennifer Yezak.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Farm Management; Industrial Organization.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33259

A time to change? The supply of climate mitigation products from land-use change in northern NSW
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Moss,   Jonathan; Cacho,   Oscar J.; Mounter,   Stuart W.
With the impending introduction of an Australian Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme, farmers and landholders in rural Australia have increased opportunities to participate in the market. This includes the adoption of land-use change to sequester additional carbon in exchange for carbon credits and the production of a renewable energy source (biofuels). However, these land-use changes compete with existing farm enterprises and may contain significant transaction costs. Therefore it is necessary for the institutional arrangements to provide adequate incentives for landholders to adopt these land-use changes. This paper examines the potential supply of these land-use changes for climate mitigation from landholders in a northern NSW catchment. These results...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Border Rivers-Gwydir; Carbon sequestration; Land-use change; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/59104

A TIME-SERIES ANALYSIS OF THE BEEF SUPPLY RESPONSE IN RUSSIA: IMPLICATIONS FOR AGRICULTURAL SECTOR DEVELOPMENT POLICIES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Antonova,   Maria; Zeller,   Manfred.
This study analyses the substantial decline in livestock sector in Russia during the last twenty years. The observed decline could be explained by a range of factors, which are supported in this paper through a review of past research results as well as time series data related to the livestock sector. The study concludes with implications and recommendations for agricultural sector development policies.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Russia; Beef livestock decline; Prices of beef; Agricultural and Food Policy; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7791

A Tobit Analysis of WIC Children's Consumption of Pyramid Group Foods
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Chandran,   Ram.
This paper develops and estimates an econometric model for children’'s consumption of the Pyramid Group foods using the Continuing Survey of Food Intake by Individuals (CSFII) for the years 1994-96, 1998. This analysis is accomplished using a Tobit model (censored dependent variable) and by appropriately incorporating the survey design characteristics. Results of the regression analysis indicate that participation in the WIC program significantly affects the consumption patterns of children, for certain types of Pyramid Group foods.   After controlling for other factors, WIC children consumed more milk, fruit and whole grain and less of added sugar than the group of eligible nonparticipating children.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19998

A Total Social Factor Productivity Index for the UK Food Chain Post-Farm Gate
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Barnes,   Andrew Peter; McVittie,   Alistair.
The UK post-farm gate food chain comprises manufacturing, wholesaling , retailing and catering. Current turnover is around £250 billion per annum. Total factor productivity measures the ratio of inputs to outputs. However, most studies have only included the marketable inputs and outputs within the system. Following criticisms of the negative effects of the food chain this paper adopts a n index based approach to measuring Total Social Factor Productivity, which includes the major externalities within the food chain. Generally, whilst TFP growth rates are low over the period 1998-2002, these have reduced even further when negative externalities are included.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Food Chain; Total Factor Productivity; Total Social Factor Productivity; Externalities; Industrial Organization; Productivity Analysis; Q56.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25374

A TRADE LIBERALIZATION IN INTERNATIONAL DAIRY MARKETS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Langley,   Suchada V.; Blayney,   Donald P.; Stout,   Jim; Somwaru,   Agapi; Normile,   Mary Anne; Miller,   James J.; Stillman,   Richard.
International dairy industries remain among the most distorted agricultural sectors. Dairy average bound tariffs remain among the highest of all agricultural commodities, and dairy trade is characterized by a large number of megatariffs and tariff-rate quotas (TRQs). The objective of our study is to examine how the international dairy markets might respond to policy changes under various assumptions, using a partial equilibrium, multiple-commodity, multiple-region model of agricultural policy and trade.  Our results indicate that liberalization will reduce supplies, increase dairy trade, and raise world prices.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Dairy Markets; Trade Liberalization; Model; Policy; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21997

A Trait Specific Model of GM Crop Adoption among U.S. Corn Farmers in the Upper Midwest
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Useche,   Pilar; Barham,   Bradford L.; Foltz,   Jeremy D.
This work offers a new approach to the adoption of GM crop varieties by adopting the econometric methodology of the characteristics-based demand literature. A random utility framework was implemented through different specifications of a conditional (CL) and a mixed multinomial logit (MMNL) model of crop-variety choice. Willingness-to-pay and price elasticity estimates for traits were calculated. The MMNL approach demonstrates that individuals' tastes for some traits significantly vary across the population. Results further suggest that labor saving technologies have a much wider potential to be adopted. Overall, the use of a trait-based model to examine the adoption patterns of GM crop varieties among corn farmers in Minnesota and Wisconsin reveals a new...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19202

A Trajetória das Pesquisas com Práticas Agrícolas mais Ecológicas na Embrapa, no período de 1978 a 2002
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Borges Filho,   Epaminondas Luiz.
Este trabalho analisa a trajetória das pesquisas com práticas mais ecológicas na Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (Embrapa), no período de 1978 a 2002. Para realizarmos tal tarefa, analisamos as pesquisas (projetos e subprojetos) coordenadas pela Embrapa na área de agricultura, procurando identificar a trajetória percorrida pela pesquisa em relação às questões ambientais. O Pronapa (Programa Nacional de Pesquisa Agropecuária) foi a fonte de dados para o estudo. As pesquisas analisadas em cada uma das sistemáticas de planejamento da Embrapa foram agrupadas, de acordo com o enfoque ambiental, em quatro diferentes eixos de pesquisa: i) pesquisas convencionais; ii) pesquisas de tecnologias intermediárias ou amenas; iii) pesquisas revolucionárias; e...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Meio ambiente; Embrapa; Pesquisa agrícola; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103117

A TRAJETÓRIA DAS POLÍTICAS DE SEGURANÇA ALIMENTAR E NUTRICIONAL NO BRASIL: ANÁLISE DO CONSUMO DE ALIMENTOS.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Oliveira,   Nadia Rosana Fernandes De; Dalbianco,   Vinicius Piccin; Peroni,   Neimar Damian; Vela,   Hugo Anibal Gonzalez.
O trabalho tem como objetivo apresentar alguns elementos que nortearam as políticas públicas de Segurança Alimentar e Nutricional nos anos desde 1970 até os dias atuais, que permitam discutir o papel de iniciativas de segurança alimentar e nutricional e os impactos no consumo o consumo de alimentos da população brasileira. Foram investigadas as pesquisas de órgãos dos governos que evidenciaram a temática da alimentação e da segurança alimentar e analisados dados relativos à situação de consumo de alimentos. As análises desenvolvidas neste trabalho alertam para a grave situação de insegurança alimentar vivenciada por 40% da população brasileira. As tentativas de enfrentamento desta realidade constituem um marco importante, sobretudo no âmbito da...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Segurança Alimentar e Nutricional; Políticas Públicas; Consumo alimentar; Agricultura familiar; Feeding and Nutritional Security; Public Policies; Food consumption; Family agriculture; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109229

A TRANSACTION COST ECONOIMCS VIEW OF AGRICULTURE EXCHANGES FOR BIOPOWER: THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL CONCERNS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Altman,   Ira J.; Johnson,   Thomas G.
This paper reviews theoretical and empirical advances in transaction cost economics with the intention of applying the theory to biopower fuel organization from agricultural sources in future research. This literature provides a useful framework that can inform organizational arrangements of emerging industries such as biomass exchanges for the power industry.  Key Words: transaction cost economics, agricultural biomass exchange
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Transaction cost economics; Agricultural biomass exchange; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/34686

A TRANSACTION COST ECONOMICS AND PROPERTY RIGHTS THEORY APPROACH TO FARMLAND LEASE PREFERENCES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Moss,   Leeann E.; Barry,   Peter J.; Schnitkey,   Gary D.; Westgren,   Randall E.
Numerous theoretical approaches to farmland leasing contract choice have been developed with little consistent empirical support, particularly for the Corn Belt. A unique theoretical approach to explaining farmers' lease preferences is presented, using a combination of transaction cost economics and property rights theory. Results demonstrate that both transactional and certain producer characteristics are important motivators of contract choice.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20537

A TRANSGENIC THEORY OF THE FIRM
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Baarda,   James R.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25994

A Translog Cost Function Analysis of U.S. Agriculture: 1948-1999
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ball,   V. Eldon; Nehring,   Richard F.; Moss,   Charles B.; Erickson,   Kenneth W.
This study examines the implications of the short-run specification of the standard, static translog cost function along with the possible implications of non-stationarity by estimating a dynamic translog cost specification complete with dynamic share equations for the U.S. using an empirical approach developed by Urga and Walters (2003). We compare the results of the static, long-run model with those of a dynamic, short-run error-correction model in terms of 1) significance of the parameter estimates, and 2) consistency with economic theory.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/35968

A TRANSLOG COST FUNCTION ANALYSIS OF U.S. AGRICULTURE: A DYNAMIC SPECIFICATION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Moss,   Charles B.; Erickson,   Kenneth W.; Ball,   V. Eldon; Mishra,   Ashok K.
This study has used an empirical approach developed by Urga and Walters (2003) to examine the implications of the short-run specification of the standard translog cost specification along with the possible implications of non-stationarity.  We have estimated a dynamic translog cost specification complete with dynamic share equations for U.S. agriculture and compared it to the static, long-run specification.  We found that the dynamic translog specification yielded more significant parameter estimates, and yielded results that are consistent with economic theory.   In particular, the coefficient m (the adjustment cost parameter) determines the overall autoregressive structure of the model.  The fact that its estimated value (0.36) is statistically different...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22027

A Transportation Alliance of Environmental Horticulture Producers in Georgia:  Issues and Feasibility
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Stegelin,   Forrest E.; Mantilla,   Javier; Houston,   Jack E.; Thomas,   Paul A.; Chappell,   Matthew R.
Transportation and shipping costs of ornamental horticulture are 10% of total cost of production in Georgia.  With many small to medium sized producers using their own independent transportation system, methods to optimize vehicle operations are desired.  Will a transportation alliance reduce shipping costs, increase distribution efficiencies, and reduce carbon dioxide emissions among ornamental plants producers in Georgia?  The study shows alliances are not only feasible, they have average total cost savings of 9%, average total miles driven savings of 8%, average number of trucks savings of 8%, average driving hours savings of 15%, and average carbon dioxide emissions savings of 8%.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Transportation; Logistics; Efficiencies; Savings; Environmental horticulture; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/60995

A Two-Constraint AIDS Model of Recreation Demand and the Value of  Leisure Time
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Larson,   Douglas M.; Shaikh,   Sabina L.; Loomis,   John B.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/35745

A TWO-SHOCK MODEL OF THE IMPACT OF CROP INSURANCE ON INPUT USE: ANALYTIC AND SIMULATION RESULTS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Liu,   Yanyan; Black,   J. Roy.
By altering the probability distribution of farm income, crop insurance programs affect farmer's input use decision. Ramaswami's  (1993) one-shock model analyzed the effect of the crop insurance on single input use by allowing the randomness of yield while keeping price constant in revenue determination. The total effect of actuarially fair insurance on input use was decomposed into risk reduction effect and moral hazard effect, and the directions of the two effects were examined. He showed that the total impact of actuarially fair crop insurance on input use was a) to reduce it if the input was risk decreasing and b) indeterminate if the input was risk increasing. However, the evidence from previous empirical work has been mixed. Horowitz and Lichtenberg...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19947

A Two-Stage Choice Experiment Approach to Elicit Consumer Preferences
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gao,   Zhifeng; Yu,   Xiaohua.
Another version will replace the current draft
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Choice experiment; Milk; Attribute information; Agribusiness; Consumer/Household Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Marketing.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103472

A TWO-STAGE MODEL OF THE DEMAND FOR SPECIALTY CROP INSURANCE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Knox,   Lyle; Richards,   Timothy J.
Legislators are considering raising catastrophic (CAT 50% coverage) crop insurance premiums.  However, estimates of a two-stage coverage-choice and participation model using county-level data from California grape growers show that the demand for CAT insurance is price-elastic, therefore, premium increases will worsen the financial performance of the grape-insurance program.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Crop insurance; Discrete / continuous choice; Grapes; Multinomial logit; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21681

A two-stage productivity analysis using bootstrapped Malmquist index and quantile regression
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kaditi,   Eleni A.; Nitsi,   Elisavet I.
This paper examines the effects of farm characteristics and government policies in enhancing productivity growth for a sample of Greek farms, using a two-stage procedure. In the 1st-stage, non-parametric estimates of Malmquist index and its decompositions are computed, while a bootstrapping procedure is applied to provide their statistical precision. In the 2nd-stage, the productivity growth estimates are regressed on various covariates using a bootstrapped quantile regression approach. The effect that the covariates exert on productivity growth of the average producer is analyzed, as well as the marginal effect of a given covariate for individuals at different points in the conditional productivity distribution. The results indicate that there exists...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Malmquist productivity index; Quantile regression; Bootstrap; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; C14; C21; D24.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52845

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

A Typology for U.S. Farms from National Survey Data
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Johnson,   James D.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Consumer/Household Economics; Farm Management.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15725

A Typology of Food Security in Developing Countries under High Food Prices
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Yu,   Bingxin; You,   Liangzhi; Fan,   Shenggen.
The recent surge in food prices around the world may reverse the gains of reducing hunger and poverty in the recent years. This paper employs factor and sequential typology analysis using data for 175 countries to identify groups of countries categorized according to four measures of food security: utilization, availability, accessibility and stability. Nine indicators are used for this study: calories intake, protein intake, fat intake, food production, the ratio of total exports to food imports, soil fertility, length of growing period, coefficient of variation of length of growing period and urbanization. The analysis first identifies 5 distinct food security groups characterized by food intake then further split these groups based on similarities and...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Food security; Factor analysis; Agricultural potential; Typology; Trade; Agricultural and Food Policy; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; International Development; C0; F0; O1.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51043

A Unified Approach to the Estimation of Demand for Improved Seed in Developing Agriculture
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Langyintuo,   Augustine S.; Hamazakaza,   Petan; Nawale,   Edah; Mekuria,   Mulugetta.
This paper proposes a new approach for estimating the demand for seed within a developing country context where only improved seeds are sold but adoption rates for improved varieties low. A farmer views an improved seed firstly as a derived input embodying production attributes and secondly, as a technology embodying consumption characteristics. He therefore jointly decides on its adoption and the quantity of seed required to plant a predetermined area. Drawing on the theory of demand for consumption goods characteristics and production input attributes, this paper specified and estimated non-separable household demand and consumption models using data collected from 300 farm households in Zambia during the 2003/04 crop season. The estimated results...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural household model; Consumer goods characteristics; Production inputs; Technology attributes; Non-separability; Censored equations; Zambia; Crop Production/Industries; C21; D1; O3; Q12; Q16.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25332

A Unified Methodology for Estimating the Demand for Improved Seed at the Farm Level in Developing Agriculture
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Langyintuo,   Augustine S.; Mazuze,   Feliciano M.; Chaguala,   P.A.; Buque,   I.A.
This paper proposes a novel approach for estimating farm level seed demand in developing countries. In principle, a farmer views an improved seed as a derived input embodying production attributes and a technology embodying consumption characteristics and jointly decides on its adoption and the quantity of seed required to plant a predetermined area. Drawing on the theory of demand for consumption goods characteristics and production input attributes, this paper specified and estimated improved seed adoption and demand models simultaneously using data collected from 300 randomly selected farm households in the Manica, Sussundenga and Chockwé districts of Mozambique in the 2003/04 crop season. The demand model results suggest that adoption rate, household...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21091

A US PERSPECTIVE ON APPROACHES TO MARKET  ACCESS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Frazier,   Greg.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33073

A U.S. Perspective on Multifunctionality
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Freshwater,   David.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24965

A USER'S GUIDE TO UNDERSTANDING BASIS AND BASIS BEHAVIOR IN MULTIPLE COMPONENT FEDERAL ORDER MILK MARKETS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Thraen,   Cameron S.
What are the general ideas behind a futures contract price and the concept of the Basis calculation? The Class 3 milk futures contract traded at the Chicago Mercantile present opportunities for you to forward price your milk if your milk is pooled in a multiple component market such as Federal Order #33. The use of a Class 3 or Class 4 milk contract allows a producer to forward price the butterfat, protein and other solids components of his milk production in multiple-component pricing federal orders or to forward price butterfat and skim in fat/skim federal order markets. Using the futures instruments to protect against uncertain market prices is a new revenue management tool for the dairy industry. Likewise, the use of a Class 3 or Class 4 contract...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19063

A User's Perspective on the Model Impact Analyses
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: White,   T. Kelley.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 1985
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/50641

A Utility-Theoretic Approach to Measuring Changes in US Rural Residents' Access to Hospital Services from 1980 to 1999
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: McNamara,   Paul E.
Questions of access to hospital services figure centrally in rural-health policy debates, yet few analyses exist that measure the importance of changes in hospital access in rural areas of the US.  Of the studies that measure changes in access to hospital services over time in the literature, none use economic theory as the framework for the analysis.  This paper proposes an economic approach based upon revealed preferences to measuring access to hospital services and quantifies the value of changes in hospital access over the period 1980 to 1999 for residents in rural counties in the US.   Welfare measures are constructed for the years 1980 and 1999 for rural residents in all the rural counties of the US.  On average the lowest levels of hospital access...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Health Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20717

A Utilização da BM&amp;F como Instrumento de Gerenciamento de Risco de Preço de Boi Gordo Comercializado em Rondônia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: de Zen,   Sergio; Bellotti de Melo,   Guilherme.
This paper aimed to analyse the BM&amp;F cattle future market as a tool for price risk management for traders that deal cattle in the Rondônia State. In order to reach this goal it was analysed if there is a long-term relationship between the cattle prices in Rondônia and the Esalq/BM&amp;F Cattle Index. Besides that, it was done an examination of the optimal hedge Rio Branco – Acre, 20 a 23 de julho de 2008 Sociedade Brasileira de Economia, Administração e Sociologia Rural ratio and its effectiveness to the year of 2007. The results indicated that the cattle price in Rondônia and the Esalq/BM&amp;F Cattle Index has a long-term relationship, which means the traders can use the BM&amp;F as tool to hedge the cattle price in such state. However, through the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Cattle Prices; Risk; Future Market; Rondônia; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/96279

A UTILIZAÇÃO DO MIMES – MULTI-SCALE INTEGRATED MODEL OF THE EARTH SYTEMS ECOLOGICAL SERVICES COMO FERRAMENTA IMPORTANTE PARA A VALORAÇÃO DE SERVIÇOS ECOSSISTÊMICOS.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tosto,   Sergio Gomes; Ambrosio,   Luis Alberto; Romeiro,   Ademar Ribeiro; Fasiaben,   Maria Do Carmo Ramos; Andrade,   Daniel Caixeta.
O MIMES – Multi-scale Integrated Model of the Earth Sytems Ecological Services é o primeiro modelo global a relacionar a dinâmica entre a tecnologia, produção e bem-estar econômico e os bens e serviços ecossistêmicos do sistema dinâmico da Terra, de forma espacializada.  É um “meta-modelo” que representa uma síntese de uma simplificação dos diversos modelos globais dinâmicos existentes nas ciências naturais e sociais em um nível intermediário de complexidade.  O objetivo do MIMES é simular o sistema integrado da Terra e avaliar a dinâmica e os valores dos serviços dos ecossistemas. O presente estudo de caso é a modelagem da dinâmica do uso e cobertura das terras na Bacia-Hidrográfica dos Rio Mogi-Guaçú e Pardo em São Paulo. Ele foca a restauração dos...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Modelo de mudanças do uso das terras; Valoração dos serviços ecossistêmicos; Controle da erosão de solos; Modelo dinâmico integrado multi-escala; Land use change model; Ecosystem services valuation; Soil erosion control; Multi-scale integrated dynamic modeling; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109196

A VALUATION OF PUBLIC DEMAND FOR THE PARTICIPATION OF NONGOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES IN MONITORING AND ENFORCING FOOD SAFETY REGULATIONS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: He,   Senhui; Fletcher,   Stanley M.; Rimal,   Arbindra.
Lack of consumer trust in governmental food safety regulators hinders the promotion of consumer confidence in the safety of their food supply.  One possible way to boost consumer trust is to allow nongovernmental agencies to participate in monitoring and enforcing food safety regulations.  This study identifies factors affecting consumer desire for the participation of nongovernmental agencies.  The information obtained from this study can be used in further valuation of the feasibility of the participation of nongovernmental agencies.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Nongovernmental agencies; Food safety regulations; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/34778

A VIABILIDADE DA AGRICULTURA FAMILIAR PRODUTORA DE LEITE: O CASO DO SISTEMA COORLAC (RS)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Souza,   Raquel Pereira; Waquil,   Paulo Dabdab.
As transformações recentes na cadeia produtiva do leite têm levado a uma tendência de especialização nessa atividade colocando em risco a manutenção dos produtores familiares  na atividade. Porém, algumas experiências de organizações produtivas da agricultura familiar que trabalham com leite têm conseguido se manter no mercado. Uma dessas experiências é o sistema Coorlac, composto por 20 cooperativas e tendo cerca de 6000 produtores associados. Esta pesquisa busca identificar quais foram as principais transformações ocorridas no período analisado, investigar como essas mudanças se refletiram no Sistema Coorlac e investigar quais elementos próprios ao sistema Coorlac, de caráter econômico e social, contribuíram para a manutenção na atividade. A análise das...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Coorlac; Produtores de leite; Agricultura familiar; Cadeia produtiva do leite; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/112734

A View of Washington- From Outside the Beltway (PowerPoint)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bernard,   Roger.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/106977

A WATER QUALITY STRATEGY FOR THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER BASIN AND THE GULF OF MEXICO
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Greenhalgh,   Suzie; Faeth,   Paul.
Nutrient pollution, now the leading cause of water quality impairment in the United States, has had significant impact on the nation's waterways.  Excessive nutrient pollution has been linked to habitat loss, fish kills, blooms of toxic algae, and hypoxia (oxygen depleted water).  The hypoxic 'dead zone' in the Gulf of Mexico is one of the most striking illustrations of what can happen when too many nutrients from inland watersheds reach coastal areas. Despite the efforts of municipal building programs, industrial wastewater requirements and agricultural programs designed to reduce sediment loads in waterways, water quality and nutrient pollution continues to be a problem.  We undertook a policy analysis to assess how the agricultural community could...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20528

A Water Quality Trading Simulation for Northeast Kansas
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Peterson,   Jeffrey M.; Smith,   Craig M.; Valentin,   Luc.
A simulation model is developed to quantify the effects of information and trading ratios on the performance of a water quality market. An application of this model to a northeast Kansas watershed suggests that performance is improved by information provision and a 1:1 trading ratio between point and nonpoint loadings.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19167

A WELFARE ANALYSIS OF EL NINO FORECASTS IN THE INTERNATIONAL TRADE OF FISH MEAL - AN APPLICATION OF STOCHASTIC SPATIAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sun,   Chin-Hwa; Chiang,   Fu-Sung; Liu,   Te-Shi; Chang,   Ching-Cheng.
This study identifies the potential marine environment and economic effects of El Nino on anchovy, herring and sardine fisheries in the eastern equatorial Pacific.  By considering the uncertainly of El Nino, this study used a stochastic spatial equilibrium model to evaluate the social welfare gains of 1997/98 El Nino forecasts in the international trade of fish-meal.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20770

A WESTERN PERSPECTIVE ON SMALL FARMS AND THE NEXT FARM BILL (PowerPoint Presentation)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Carter,   Dave.
POWERPOINT PRESENTATION
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33057

A WHALE OF A GOOD TIME: EXPLORING FLEXIBILITY IN THE RECREATION DEMAND MODEL
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Shaikh,   Sabina L.
This research seeks to produce more robust, less biased estimates from the two-constraint recreation demand model by applying globally flexible estimation techniques to travel cost data for California whale watching trips. While locally flexible functional forms do improve upon previously used restrictive forms imposed for estimation of travel cost models, specification errors occur unless the chosen form happens to coincide with the true unknown underlying form.  A globally flexible functional form can consistently approximate the true function and its derivatives for all points in the sample range. This paper seeks to reduce specification error and improve accuracy of estimates from the two-constraint recreation demand model by using a globally flexible...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20826

A whole farm comparison of irrigated cotton rotations in the Lower Namoi Valley, NSW
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Powell,   Janine; Scott,   J. Fiona.
A whole farm budget for a representative farm in the Lower Namoi Valley in northern NSW was used to analyse the financial implications of a comparative rotational experiment of four cotton-based rotations conducted in recent years at the Australian Cotton Research Institute, near Narrabri. The model was used to compare the rotations, which highlighted the importance of crop selection for the financial performance of the business. Apart from providing a broad brush picture of financial performance, the model also had a stochastic component which was used to analyse the effect of variable commodity prices on the whole farm profitability of each rotation. Mean results indicated a positive return for all rotations within the representative farm budgets for the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Financial Economics; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/100698

A Whole- Farm Investment Analysis of Some Precision Agriculture Technologies
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Knight,   Brad; Malcolm,   Bill.
This study uses a farm in the Victorian Mallee over the period 1998 – 2005 to analyse whole-farm profitability and risks of investing in Precision Agriculture and Site-Specific Crop Management systems. To answer the research questions, a model to predict yield under PA management is developed to simulate paddock and activity gross margins. Analysis is conducted that enables judgements to be formed about merit of investing in some PA technologies. The case study farm comprised 1400 hectares, with 900 hectares of cereals cropped each year. In this case, investment in Zone Management technologies did not meet the required return on capital. Using the relationship of paddock variability to profitability derived from the simulation data, in a year with median...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Farm Management.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10406

A Whole-Farm Profitability Analysis of Organic and Conventional Cropping Systems
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Delbridge,   Timothy A.; Fernholz,   Carmen; Lazarus,   William F.; King,   Robert P.
Replaced with revised version of paper 05/26/11.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Organic Farming; Profitability; Farm Size; Machinery Cost; Crop Production/Industries; Farm Management; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103790

A WORKSHOP FOR RHODE ISLAND LEGISLATORS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gratto,   Charles P.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Public Economics.
Ano: 1968
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17876

AAEA Post Conference Workshop on Simulation for Risk Analysis
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Richardson,   James W.; Gray,   Allan W.
The attached file contains the original proposal for the post conference workshop, the agenda used at the conference, the overheads used to present the topic, and a summary of the evaluations.  The workshop introduced participants to risk analysis using Excel and Simetar a simulation/econometrics package for developing and applying simulation models for risk analysis.  Simetar was developed at Texas A&amp;M and is used to teach two simulation courses at the graduate level.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19737

Abatement Cost Heterogeneity and its Impact on Tradable Nitrogen Discharge Permits
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ramilan,   Thiagarajah; Scrimgeour,   Frank G.
Nitrogen discharge into the Waikato River has been identified as the primary source of potential water quality degradation. Rising nitrogen levels in water are attributed to non point source pollution from agricultural activities. Pastoral farming is the predominant agricultural land use in the catchment. Increased nitrogen fertilizer use and higher stocking rates have the potential to increase the nitrogen loading into water. There is a range of best management practices and policies proposed to reduce nitrogen discharge from farming systems. Water quality trading is a policy tool that could improve the cost effectiveness of achieving environmental goals. Economic theory suggests that tradable pollution permit systems encourage polluters to reallocate...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Heterogeneity; Tradable discharge permits; Non-point pollution; Marginal abatement cost; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31972

Abatement Cost Uncertainty and Policy Instrument Selection under a Stringent Climate Policy.  A Dynamic Analysis
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bosetti,   Valentina; Golub,   Alexander; Markandya,   Anil; Massetti,   Emanuele; Tavoni,   Massimo.
This paper investigates the relative economic and environmental outcomes of price versus quantity mechanisms to control GHG emissions when abatement costs are uncertain. In particular, we evaluate the impacts on policy costs, CO2 emissions and energy R&amp;D for a stringent mitigation target of 550 ppmv CO2 equivalent (i.e. 450 for CO2 only) concentrations. The analysis is performed in an optimal growth framework via Monte Carlo simulations of the integrated assessment model WITCH (World Induced Technical Change Hybrid). Results indicate that the price instrument stochastically dominates the quantity instrument when a stringent stabilization policy is in place.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Abatement Costs; Climate Policy; Environmental Economics and Policy; H2; C6; Q5.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6383

ABERTURA COMERCIAL: COMPARAÇÃO ENTRE SIMULAÇÕES DE DIFERENTES MODELOS DE EQUILÍBRIO GERAL COMPUTÁVEL
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Correa,   Ludmila Macedo; Brandão,   Antônio Salazar P.
O comércio internacional é marcado pelo elevado nível de protecionismo, contrariando o teorema das vantagens comparativas. A agricultura é o setor mais atingido, devido à existência, além de elevadas tarifas, de outros mecanismos de proteção comercial que fortalecem ainda mais as distorções do comércio internacional. Levando em conta a necessidade dos negociadores e governantes em informações robustas sobre o efeito da liberalização, o presente trabalho apresenta um estudo comparativo entre simulações de liberalização total e parcial utilizando diferentes modelos de equilíbrio geral computável. Com isso, foi possível identificar as convergências e divergências dos resultados, discernindo o que existe de robusto nesse assunto, e quais características dos...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Liberalização comercial; Liberalização do setor agrícola e modelos de equilíbrio geral computável; Trade liberalization; Agricultural sector’s liberalization and Computable General Equilibrium model; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109071

About the Efficiency of Input vs. Output Quotas
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Merel,   Pierre R.
Output quotas are known to be more efficient than input quotas in transferring surplus from consumers to producers. Input quotas, by distorting the shadow prices of inputs, lead to inefficient production and generate larger deadweight losses, for a given amount of surplus transferred. Yet, input quotas have been a ubiquitous tool in agricultural policy. Practicality considerations, as well as the difficulty to control outputs that heavily depend on stochastic weather conditions, are arguments that help understand why policy makers may favor input quotas over output quotas. In this paper, we offer an additional explanation that rests on efficiency considerations. Assuming that the regulator only has limited knowledge about the market fundamentals (supply...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; H2; L2; Q1.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25391

ABSCHATZUNG DES UNTERNEHMERISCHEN RISIKOS BEIM BETRIEB EINER BIOGASANLAGE MIT HILFE DER MONTECARLO-METHODE (German)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rauh,   Stefan; Berenz,   Stefan; Heissenhuber,   Alois.
Die Novellierung des Gesetzes für den Vorrang Erneuerbarer Energien (EEG) führte zu einem verstärkten Einstieg von Landwirten in die Biogasproduktion. Jedoch können die mit dem EEG verbundenen relativ hohen Vergütungssätze das vorhandene Investitionsrisiko in einer Biogasanlage nicht eliminieren. Es existiert eine gewisse Zahl an Einflussfaktoren, welche die Wirtschaftlichkeit nachhaltig beeinflussen. Eine Risikoanalyse mittels der Monte-Carlo- Methode zeigt den enormen Einfluss der Risikofaktoren auf die Varianz des Gewinns. Es wird dadurch deutlich, dass eine statische Planungsrechnung, welche Unsicherheit nicht berücksichtigt, oftmals zu einer Fehleinschätzung führen kann. Gleichzeitig gelingt es mit Hilfe einer Monte-Carlo-Simulation die größten...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Monte-Carlo-Simulation; Risikoanalyse; Wirtschaftlichkeit; Biogas.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7588

ABSOLUTE VERSUS RELATIVE RISK PERCEPTIONS: AN APPLICATION TO ECONOMIC VALUES OF SEAFOOD SAFETY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Huang,   Ju-Chin; Haab,   Timothy C.; Whitehead,   John C.
We examine the impact of multiple risks of related goods on consumption of a risky good. We argue that the consumption of a risky good depends on both its absolute risk level and its relative risks to other risky goods. Seafood consumption in eastern North Carolina is studied. We elicit, in a survey, the individual perceived risks as the reference points to derive the economic value of reducing health risk in seafood consumption. Revealed and stated data are combined to trace out demand changes in response to absolute and relative risk reductions. Our results show that seafood consumption is affected by the perceived absolute risk and by the relative risk to poultry, which confirms that individuals react to the multiple risks in a nonlinear way--as...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20731

Abstraction and Modelling of Agri-Food Chains as Complex Decision Making Systems
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bryceson,   Kim P.; Smith,   Carl S.
Agri-food chains are complex systems involving multiple multifaceted firms usually working together within specific industry sectors (e.g. grains, beef, wool, dairy) to satisfy an increasingly globalised market demand for high value food products. In so doing, the groupings of companies involved in an agri-food chain undertake activities that require multidimensional inter-organisational and cross organisational decision-making in the process of adding value to a raw commodity product through the production, manufacturing and distribution stages of the chain. Additional complexity is added by climate variability which impacts randomly and unpredictably on decision making in every component of the chain. The work outlined in this paper is a pilot...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49773

Abstraction and Product Categories as Explanatory Variables for Food Consumption
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Barrena Figueroa,   Ramo; Sanchez Garcia,   Mercedes.
An understanding of the process by which consumers match consumption choices to personal values is powerful aid to guide strategic market orientation. It is of particular importance in the highly saturated food markets of developed countries, where consumer needs are shifting closer and closer towards the search for quality and emotional benefits. This study sets out to explore variation in the consumer choice structure in relation to three products with different levels of search, experience and credence attributes, using means-end chain theory. The results suggest the presence of an emotional component in foods that increases in complexity (becomes more abstract) with the number of credence attributes associated with the product; a fact worthy of the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Quality; The information economy; Search; Experience and credence goods; Means-end chain; Laddering; Abstraction; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44460

ABSTRACTS
Provedor de dados: 31
Section Titles:  Ethical Perspectives in Public Policy Education; Transition of Food and Agricultural Policy; Building Human Capital - Reforming Education; Environmental Policies; Local Impacts of Trade Policy; Financing K-12 Education; Sustainable Rural Policy;
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 1994
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17485

ABSTRACTS: AN EVOLVING PUBLIC POLICY EDUCATION
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 1990
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17124

Abstracts:  Proceeding of National Seminar on "Integrated Rural Development and Management: Issues, Strategies and Policy Options"
Provedor de dados: 31
This document is a collection of 157 abstracts received during the National Seminar on "Integrated Rural Development and Management: Issues, Strategies and Policy Options" held at the IRDM Faculty Centre of Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda University during 17-18 December, 2010
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Sustainable Agriculture; Rural Health; Rural Education; Women and Child Education; Human Resource Development; Rural Development Administration; Corporate Social Responsibility; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Crop Production/Industries; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Health Economics and Policy; Land Economics/Use; Livestock Production/Industries; Production Economics; Public Economics; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/98255

ABSTRACTS: THE FINANCIAL IMPACT OF ANIMAL RELATED PHOSPHORUS MANAGEMENT ON VERMONT DAIRY FARMS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dodd,   Alyssa; Halbrendt,   Catherine K.; Nicholson,   Charles F.
Excessive phosphorus loading has been identified as the primary cause of decreasing water quality in Lake Champlain.   Dairy farms are the major source of phosphorus pollution to the lake and are targeted to reduce phosphorus run-off.  The goal of this research is to determine the farm-level financial impact of phosphorus management on different sizes of Vermont dairy farms.  Farm financial performance following implementation of manure management is simulated by farm size (60 cows, 150 cows, and 350 cows) over a ten-year time horizon using the Farm Level Income and Policy Simulation Modeling System (FLIPSim). Results indicate that implementation of Milking Waste Management practices have the smallest financial impact on all three farm sizes. For the small...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21733

“Academic Coaching” for Enhanced Learning, Higher Levels of Student Responsibility, and Greater Retention
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Barkley,   Andrew P.
The relationship between teachers and students has changed. Many writers have put forth hypotheses and ideas about how the current generation of students (Gen‐Y; the “Me Generation”) differs from previous generations. Others focus on teaching methods, course strategies, and technological tools that are effective in the new environment. The objective of this research is to investigate the possibility of “academic coaching” for enhanced student responsibility, higher levels of learning, and greater retention. The concept of “academic coaching” refers to a relationship between teachers and students that is proactive, responsive to student learning outcomes, and committed to student success. The teacher/learner relationship becomes less like a formal...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Academic coaching; Effective teaching; Generational change; Teaching practices; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61853

Academic Performance and Childhood Misnourishment:  A Quantile Approach
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Capogrossi,   Kristen; You,   Wen.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Consumer/Household Economics; Health Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103484

AÇÃO EXTENSIONISTA DA EMPAER FRENTE À NOVA PNATER: UMA ANÁLISE A PARTIR DO ASSENTAMENTO GUAPIRAMA, CAMPO NOVO DO PARECIS - MT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Laforga,   Gilmar; Vieira,   Andreia De Oliveira.
O modelo de agricultura ainda praticado continua a causar impactos negativos como a perda de solo, erosão genética, contaminação do solo e da água entre muitos outros efeitos. Considerando-se esse cenário e assim buscar minimizar estes processos, foi criada a Política Nacional de Assistência Técnica e Extensão Rural – PNATER, que orienta uma extensão rural baseada nos princípios epistemológico da agroecologia. Entre as mudanças, está à exigência de um novo perfil de extensionista, uso de metodologias participativas, minimização de utilização de recursos externos à propriedade, e a produção de vegetais e animais com a mínima degradação dos recursos naturais. O presente trabalho tem por objetivo analisar se essas mudanças estão sendo efetivamente empregadas...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agroecologia; Reforma Agrária; EMPAER; PNATER; Metodologias Participativas; Agroecology; Settlement; EMPAER; PNATER; Participatory methodology; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/108965

ACCEPTABILITY OF IRRADIATION TECHNOLOGY TO FOOD SERVICE PROVIDERS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mulik,   Kranti; Fox,   John A.; Boland,   Michael A.
Restaurant managers in Kansas were surveyed to investigate attitudes toward food irradiation and willingness to buy and serve irradiated hamburger patties.  Results indicate that 54% of restaurants are willing to purchase irradiated ground beef.  Median willingness-to-pay for irradiation for females was estimated at 6.25c/lb and for males at 3.94c/lb.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/35029

Acceptable Reforms of Agri-Environmental Policies
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bontems,   Philippe; Rotillon,   Gilles; Turpin,   Nadine.
We consider a model of regulation for nonpoint source water pollution through non linear taxation/subsidization of agricultural production. Farmers are heterogenous along two dimensions, their ability to transform inputs into final production and the available area they possess. Asymmetric information and participation of farmers to the regulation scheme put constraints on the optimal policy that we characterize. We show that a positive relationship between size of land and ability may exacerbate adverse selection effects. We then introduce acceptability constraints and show that the intervention under acceptability amounts to reallocate production towards inefficient farmers who benefit from the reform at the expense of efficient producers. Last, we...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19150

Acceptance and Repayment of Agricultural Credit in Lombok Indonesia - Farmer's Perspectives
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sjah,   Taslim; Russell,   Iean W.; Cameron,   Donald.
This paper analyzes farmer decisions regarding acceptance and repayment of agricultural credit in Lombok, Indonesia. A survey was conducted during July 2001- March 2002 in Central Lombok, where the current KKP government credit scheme is provided to agricultural producers. Three villages within the regency were sampled, representing various repayment rates of government credit. Data were collected using face-to-face, semi-structured interviews with 65 farmers who had made use of government or other sources of agricultural credit. Capital possession was found to be the starting point for farmers' decision-making in relation to credit use. As long as farmers had their own capital, they tended to avoid using credit, perceiving that credit from any source was...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural credit; Acceptance; Repayment; Lombok; Indonesia; Agricultural Finance.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24323

Access Issues for Plant Breeders in an Increasingly Privatized World
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lindner,   Robert K.
There is a growing trend to widespread privatisation of crop breeding, and there are grounds for expecting this trend to continue and even to accelerate. Possible consequences for Australian grain growers and the national interest of much greater private sector involvement in plant breeding are explored. Growing privatisation and commercialisation of plant breeding will lead to increased competition between plant breeders. While this increased competition has been at least partly driven by the potential for value creation, it also is likely to enhance value creation from plant breeding so long as there is adequate continuing investment in the capacity for plant breeding, and more particularly in productivity enhancing enabling technology. In the event of...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Privatisation; Plant breeding; Access; Enabling technologies; Competition policy; Excludable public goods.; Crop Production/Industries; Production Economics.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57909

Access of Eastern African Farmers to Domestic and International Markets: Opportunities and Constraints
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bahiigwa,   Godfrey.
This paper reviews the opportunities and challenges that Eastern African farmers face in accessing domestic, regional and international markets. With rising population and incomes, domestic markets offer great opportunities for farmers. However, because of structural, institutional and organizational constraints, small scale rural farmers may not benefit much from domestic urban markets unless they are organized and trained to meet the high quality product standards demanded by urban consumers and supermarkets. ECA countries stand to gain more by investing in commodities that are consumed within the region, than from traditional cash crops destined for international markets. Regional integration offers opportunities for larger markets and efficiency gains...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Market access; Trade reforms; Regional integration; Economic growth; Eastern African farmers; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25270

ACCESS TO CAPITAL AND FIRM-LEVEL INVESTMENT BEHAVIOR IN FOOD INDUSTRIES:  A COMPARISON OF COOPERATIVES AND PUBLICLY TRADED FIRMS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Chaddad,   Fabio Ribas; Heckelei,   Thomas.
This paper compares investment behavior of agricultural cooperatives and publicly traded firms in the food industry.  The importance of financial constraints is examined by exploring whether ownership structure affects investment sensitivity to cash flow using a panel data approach based on the Q-theory of investment.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22205

Access to Credit, Factor Allocation and Farm Productivity: Evidence From the CEE Transition Economies
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ciaian,   Pavel; Falkowski,   Jan; Kancs,   d'Artis.
This paper analyses how farm access to credit affects farm input allocation and farm efficiency in the CEE countries. Drawing on a unique farm level panel data with 37,409 observations and employing a matching estimator we are able to control for the key source of endogeneity – unoberserved heterogeneity. We find that farms are credit constrained both in the short-run as well as in the long-run, but that credit constraint is asymmetric between inputs. Our estimates suggest that farm access to credit increases TFP up to 1.9% per 1000 EUR of additional credit. The use of variable inputs and capital investment increases up to 2.3% and 29%, respectively, per 1000 EUR of additional credit. Due to credit-financed investment in labour-saving farm equipment,...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Access to credit; Investment; Factor allocation; Productivity; Transition countries; Agricultural and Food Policy; Farm Management; Land Economics/Use; Q12; P14.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61347

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

ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND FACTOR MARKET PARTICIPATION: ADJUSTMENTS OF LAND AND LABOUR MARGINS OF AGRICULTURAL HOUSEHOLDS IN BANGLADESH
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Chowdhury,   Shyamal K.
This paper assesses the impact of access to information on farm household's factor market participation. The paper tries to answer two questions. First, does use of telephone have any impact on farm household's factor market participation decision? Second, correcting for market participation, does use of telephone have any impact on the type of factor adjustment decision? For the first question, the paper uses a bivariate probit to correct for omitted variable bias and for the second question, the paper uses a two stage probit. Empirical findings of this paper suggest that access to information in the form of use of telephone has significant positive impact on factor market participation. The difference in market participation between telephone users and...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Consumer/Household Economics; Marketing.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25861

Access to Land, Income Diversification and Poverty Reduction in Rural Kenya
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Karugia,   Joseph Thuo; Oluoch-Kosura,   Willis; Nyikal,   Rose Adhiambo; Odumbe,   Michael; Marenya,   Paswel Phiri.
The increasing land scarcity and the worsening trend of poverty in Kenya in recent years have raised concerns about the focus on land-based agriculture as the basis of growth in the rural areas. This paper combines two complementary data sets obtained from two locations in Kenya, drawn against distinctively different land availability patterns, to examine the diverse rural asset base and key sources of livelihood in the rural areas. The analysis reveals that while access to productive land is still an important determinant of livelihoods in the rural areas, even where land holdings are very small, growth in farm productivity alone may not guarantee households sufficient incomes to escape poverty. We find evidence to suggest that growth of non-farm sector...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Diversification; Livelihoods; Land holding; Assets; Kenya.; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Q12; Q15; Q18; O18; O13.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25488

Access to Microfinance: Does it Matter for Profit Efficiency Among Small Scale Rice Farmers in Bangladesh?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sumelius,   John; Islam,   K.M. Zahidul; Sipilainen,   Timo.
This paper measures profit efficiency and examines the effect of access to microfinance on the performance of rice firms in Bangladesh. An extended Cobb-Douglas stochastic frontier profit function was used to assess profit efficiency and profit loss of rice farmers in Bangladesh in a survey data of 360 farms throughout the 2008-2009 growing seasons. Model diagnostics reveal that serious selection bias exists that justifies the uses of sample selection model in stochastic frontier models. After effectively correcting for selectivity bias, the mean profit efficiency of the microfinance borrowers and non-borrowers were estimated at 68% and 52% respectively, thereby suggesting that a considerable share of profits were lost due to profit inefficiencies in rice...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Stochastic frontier function; Profit efficiency; Selection bias; Bangladesh; Microfinance; Agricultural Finance; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/116067

Access to OECD Agricultural Market: A Gravity Border Effect Approach
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Olper,   Alessandro; Raimondi,   Valentina.
This paper uses the border effect estimate from a gravity model to assess the level of trade integration in agricultural markets between 22 OECD countries, over the 1995-2002 period. The empirical analysis shows that using a gravity equation derived from theory, in the estimation of the border effect, matters. A representative estimate of the border effect shows that crossing a national border into the OECD countries induces a trade-reduction effect by a factor of 8. This average value masks substantial differences in market access across the country groups considered, with higher value in trade between EU countries and lower in trade between CEEC countries. However, the trade integration between CEECs and others OECDs increases substantially in the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural trade; Border effect; Gravity equation; OECDs; International Relations/Trade; F13; F14; Q17.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24543

ACCESS TO PESTICIDES AS A SOURCE OF TRADE DISPUTE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Short,   Cameron; Freshwater,   David.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/16933

ACCESS TO PESTICIDES AS A SOURCE OF TRADE DISPUTES DISCUSSION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Elam,   Thomas E.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/16931

ACCESSING SEED THROUGH SHARECROPPING:  A RISK-SHARING STRATEGY FOR ANDEAN FARMERS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Godtland,   Erin; Sadoulet,   Elisabeth; de Janvry,   Alain; Murgai,   Rinku.
In the Northern Andes, one of the riskiest agriculture climates in the world, farmers use sharecropping to obtain seed, their most costly input.  With survey data from Peru, this paper calculates that the cost of seed, when it is provided though sharecropping, is two times higher than the market price.  We test the hypothesis that risk-averse farmers are willing to pay more to receive seed through sharecropping because the contract provides implicit crop insurance.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20589

Accidents Happen: The Effect of Uncertainty on Environmental Policy Design
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sproul,   Thomas W.; Zilberman,   David.
Major externality cases are random accidents which are not adequately addressed by the deterministic environmental policy literature -­‐ that of Pigouvian taxes, abatement subsidies and cap-­‐and-­‐trade. We consider a risk-­‐neutral industry where firms control the probability and Severity of accidents by preventive and responsive choices, but asymmetric information means Government only observes outcomes. We show that even without intervention, some care will be taken, however -­‐ we identify three policies that lead to the optimal solution: strict liability, a Stochastic subsidy, and a mandatory mutual insurance scheme. The subsidy policy may be very costly to taxpayers, especially when prevention affects the probability of accident occurrence, and...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103927

Accommodating Imperfect Competition in A Model of World Peanut Trade
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fletcher,   Stanley M.; Nadolnyak,   Denis A.
In this paper, we make an attempt to rationalize the strategic behavior of major peanut exporting and importing countries in the framework of imperfectly competitive markets with the focus on the global and inter-American peanut trade. This study is motivated by the fact that liberalizing imperfectly competitive and often distorted markets can have unorthodox effects, in particular increase the incentives to overuse certain trade policies. The results suggest that the South American peanut producers stand to benefit from the reductions in the U.S. peanut production supports but, paradoxically, preservation of a tariff may still be mutually welfare enhancing. In the broader context of global peanut trade, multi-lateral tariff reduction increases the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Trade; Peanuts; Strategic behavior; Tariffs; TRQs; Subsidies; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19460

Accommodating Indigenous Cultural Values in Water Resource Management: The Waikato River, New Zealand; the Murray- Darling Basin, Australia; and the Colorado River, USA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Steenstra,   Alex.
This paper examines how cultural values are accommodated in natural resource management and compares and contrast the approaches used in the Waikato River in New Zealand, the Murray-Darling Basin in Australia, and the Colorado River in the USA. Economics plays an integral part in the management of rivers in these case studies and two distinct approaches are used; privatization and co-management. The paper reviews these approaches and proffers suggestions on how indigenous knowledge, cultural and social relationships, and social, cultural, and economic wellbeing may be integrated in a multi-cultural approach.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: WATER ALLOCATION; CULTURAL VALUES; CO-MANAGEMENT; NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47937

ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND FAILURES IN PUBLIC POLICY EDUCATION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Diesslin,   H.G.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Public Economics.
Ano: 1975
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17725

Accountability in Research Through Industry Funding
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lindner,   Robert K.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 1981
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49064

Accounting for agronomic rotations in crop production: A theoretical investigation and an empirical modeling framework
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Carpentier,   Alain; Gohin,   Alexandre; Letort,   Elodie.
As far as crop acreage choices are concerned, a consensus seems to exist among agricultural scientists and extension agents: crop rotation effects and the related constraints are major determinants of farmers’ crop choices. Crop rotation effects are inherently dynamic. They are generally ignored in multicrop models with land as an allocable input found in the literature since most of these models are developed within a static framework. The aim of this paper is twofold (i) to propose a new approach and tools for investigating dynamic crop acreage choices accounting for crop rotation benefits and constraints and (ii) to illustrate the impacts of crop rotation effects and constraints on farmers’ acreage choices through simulation examples. The models...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Crop rotation; Dynamic programming; Acreage choice; Crop Production/Industries; Land Economics/Use; Q12; D21; D24; D92.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103431

Accounting for Bads in the Measurement of Productivity Growth: A Cost Indirect Malmquist Productivity Measure and it Application to U.S. Agriculture
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ball,   V. Eldon; Fare,   Rolf; Grosskopf,   Shawna; Zaim,   O.; Nehring,   Richard F.
This paper starts with the basic premise that the conventional measures of productivity growth, which ignore joint production of good and bad outputs, are biased. We then construct an alternative productivity growth measure using activity analysis. An application to U.S. agriculture demonstrates its usefulness.  More specifically, we show that the Tornqvist index of productivity is biased upward when production of undesirable outputs or "bads" is increasing. Conversely, this same measure of productivity is biased downward when externalities in production are decreasing.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Productivity Analysis.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20442

Accounting for Depletion of Oil and Gas Resources in Malaysia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Othman,   Jamal; Jafari,   Yaghoob.
This paper provides an assessment of the changes in the availability of oil and gas resources in Malaysia. The physical and monetary balance sheets for crude oil and natural gas for the period 2000- 2007 was constructed. The net present value of expected future incomes to reflect the value of resource change was calculated based on a physical extraction and a resource rent scenario. Resource rent is gross operating surplus less the estimated user cost of produced capital in the crude oil and natural gas extraction industry. We obtained the gross operating surplus by subtracting the value of consumption of employees and net taxes on production cost from the value added of petroleum domestic products. Our findings noted serious reduction of oil reserves from...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Sustainability; Environmental Accounts; Accounting; Environmental Economics and Policy; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; Q56.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/100690

Accounting for Geographic Heterogeneity in Recreation Demand Models
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sardana,   Kavita; Bowker,   James Michael; Bergstrom,   John C.; Starbuck,   C. Meghan; English,   Donald B.K.
Spatial differences in site characteristics and user populations may result in heterogeneity of recreation preferences and values across geographic regions.  Non-linear mixed effects models provide a potential means of accounting for this heterogeneity.  This approach was tested by estimating a national-level recreation demand model with encouraging results.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6437

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

ACCOUNTING FOR MANAGEMENT IN COST OF LIVESTOCK DISEASE STUDIES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ott,   Stephen L.
Assessing the impacts of livestock disease on productivity is enhanced when the management abilities of producers are taken into consideration.  One method of doing this is to develop a management index of several production/marketing practices using correspondence analysis which can combine several practices into a few variables.  Also, through correspondence analysis herds can be divided into better managed and more poorly managed herds to test the association of management on herd health, productivity, and profitability.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Farm Management.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20033

Accounting for multiple impacts of the Common agricultural policies in rural areas: an analysis using a Bayesian networks approach
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Viaggi,   Davide; Raggi,   Meri; Sardonini,   Laura.
In evaluating the potential effects of the reforms of the Common Agricultural Policy, a particularly challenging issue is the representation of the complexity of rural systems either in a static or dynamic framework. In this paper we use Bayesian networks, to the best knowledge of the authors, basically ignored by the literature on rural development. The objective of this paper is to discuss the potential use of Bayesian Networks tools to represent the multiple determinants and impacts of the Common Agricultural Policies in rural areas across Europe. The analysis shows the potential use of BNs in terms of representation of the multiple linkages between different components of rural areas and farming systems, though its use as a simulation tool still...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Bayesian Networks (BNs); Farm-household; Multiple outcomes; Agricultural and Food Policy; Q1; Q18.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/99592

Accounting for Neighborhood Influence in Estimating Factors Determining the Adoption of Improved Agricultural Technologies
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Langyintuo,   Augustine S.; Mekuria,   Mulugetta.
Researchers have traditionally applied censored regression models to estimate factors influencing farmers'’ decisions to adopt improved technologies for the design of appropriate intervention strategies. The standard Tobit model, commonly used, assumes spatial homogeneity implicitly but the potential for the presence of spatial heterogeneity (spatial autocorrelation or dependence) is high due to neighborhood influence among farmers. Ignoring spatial autocorrelation (if it exists) would result in biased estimates and all inferences based on the model will be incorrect. On the other hand, if spatial dependence is ignored the regression estimates would be inefficient and inferences based on t and F statistics misleading. To account for neighborhood influence,...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Farm Management.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19521

Accounting for Product Substitution in the Analysis of Food Taxes Targeting Obesity
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Miao,   Zhen; Beghin,   John C.; Jensen,   Helen H.
We extend the existing literature on food taxes targeting obesity. First, we incorporate the implicit substitution between sugar and fat nutrients implied by a complete food demand system and by conditioning on how food taxes affect total calorie intake. Second, we propose a methodology that accounts for the ability of consumers to substitute leaner low-fat and low-sugar items for rich food items within the same food group. This substitution is integrated into a demand system in addition to substitution among food groups. Simulations of a tax on added sugars show that the impact of the tax on consumption patterns is understated and the effect on welfare loss overstated when abstracting from this substitution within food groups.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Discretionary calories; Fat; Food demand; Health policy nutrition; Low-fat; Low-sugar substitutes; Obesity; Sugar; Sweeteners; Tax; Agricultural and Food Policy; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Health Economics and Policy; I18; Q18.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103320

Accounting for Social Spending Escalation in Rural China
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Chen,   Xi.
It has been widely recognized that the poor spends a significant proportion of their  income on social spending even at the expense of basic consumption. What are the  motives behind the observed lavish social spending among the poor? We attempt to  test three competing explanations at the social link level, risk pooling, peer effect, and  status concern, via a uniform framework based on a unique primary dataset. The data  set include household information from a three wave census type household survey as  well as a long term gift record for all households in three villages in a poor region in  rural China.  Our dyadic estimations confirm the prevalence of peer influence and the  status seeking motive in shaping gift spending and its rapid growth, while...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Social Network; Peer Effect; Risk pooling; Status Seeking; Ceremony; Agribusiness; D63; D85; R20.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/115516

Accounting Systems for Environmental Credit Trading (Power Point Presentation)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hohenstein,   Bill.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33383

Accruals, Free Cash Flows, and EBITDA for Agribusiness Firms
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Trejo-Pech,   Carlos Omar; Weldon,   Richard N.; House,   Lisa; Salas-Gutierrez,   Tomas.
This study explores the relationships between the accrual and cash flow components of earnings for agribusiness. Three accrual models with their respective cash flows, free cash flows, and free cash flows to equity are analyzed. Results for the agribusiness industry are compared with results from previous studies of all firms. Earnings Before Interests, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization (EBITDA), a measure frequently recommended as a proxy for cash flow is tested using these models. Empirical results show that both the magnitude and the behavior of EBITDA differ from cash flows and should not be used as a proxy.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21152

Accuracy and Asymmetry of Corn, Soybean and Wheat Interval Forecasts
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Isengildina-Massa,   Olga; Sharp,   Julia L.; Zhang,   Jing; Campbell,   Wallace A.
This study evaluates the accuracy of USDA interval forecasts for corn, soybean, and wheat prices using Christoffersen’s (1998) tests for unconditional coverage, independence and conditional coverage adjusted for asymmetries in tail probabilities. The findings of this study demonstrate that due to uneven distribution of forecast misses around the interval, calibration of soybean price forecasts in several cases was rejected by basic coverage tests (suitable for symmetric intervals) but not rejected by the tests adjusted for asymmetry. Thus these forecasts were asymmetric but accurate. Symmetry was not a limiting assumption for corn and wheat interval forecast accuracy.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61731

ACCURACY OF GRID PRICING: AN EVALUATION USING WHOLESALE VALUES OF FED CATTLE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kovanda,   Joseph T.; Schroeder,   Ted C.; Wheeler,   Tommy L.
Grid pricing is one of the beef industry's answers to improving value coordination in fed cattle transactions. This paper constructs individual carcass-level grid and wholesale beef values. These values are used to evaluate the level of value communication that occurs between wholesale and grid values of beef. Furthermore, the values are used to estimate grid premiums/discounts that improve value communication. Results indicate that value coordination could be improved by modifying grid premiums/discounts.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Marketing.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19023

Accuracy of Implied Volatility Approximations Using "Nearest-to-the-Money" Option Premiums
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Isengildina-Massa,   Olga; Curtis,   Charles E., Jr.; Bridges,   William; Nian,   Minhuan.
Implied volatility is a useful bit of information for futures and options hedgers and speculators.  However, extraction of implied volatility from Black-Scholes (BS) option pricing model requires a numeric search.  Since 1988, there have been numerous simplifying modifications to the BS formula proposed and presented in the applied economics and finance literature to allow approximation of implied volatility directly.  This study identifies and tests these simplification methods for accuracy for call only and put-call average elicitation of an implied volatility estimate.  Results show that accuracy varies by method and whether call only or put-call average approaches are applied.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Marketing.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/34927

Accuracy Trends and Sources of Forecast Errors in WASDE Balance Sheet Categories for Corn and Soybeans
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Botto,   Augusto C.; Isengildina,   Olga; Irwin,   Scott H.; Good,   Darrel L.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Marketing.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21332

ACEITAÇÃO E SEGMENTAÇÃO DO MERCADO DE PRODUTOS DERIVADOS DA CARNE DE PERU
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Pulici,   Rodrigo; Alves,   Flavio Rocha; Gameiro,   Augusto Hauber.
Nos últimos anos, a avicultura brasileira tem apresentado grande crescimento na produção e a criação de perus acompanha - de certa forma - este desempenho. Como o frango de corte, grande parte da produção de carne de peru é exportada. Todavia, o frango de corte tem o consumo no mercado interno bastante consolidado, o que já não ocorre com o consumo de derivados de peru, que se apresenta bastante baixo, apesar do crescimento nos últimos cinco anos. A presente pesquisa analisou a estratégia de segmentação do mercado dos produtos à base de carne de peru, o comportamento de compra baseado nos preços desses produtos no varejo vis-à-vis os dos derivados de frango e as possíveis causas do baixo consumo per capita brasileiro. A pesquisa foi realizada em três...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Carne; Peru; Varejo; Consumidor; Segmentação; Meat; Turkey; Retail; Consumer; Segmentation; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/108968

ACESSO AO CRÉDITO PRONAF NOS ASSENTAMENTOS RURAIS: VISÃO DA ASSESSORIA TÉCNICA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Campelo,   Lilian Kecia; Riva,   Fabiana Rodrigues; Cordeiro,   Higor; Scheidt Junior,   Ademar; Maia,   Moacyr Boris Rodrigues.
Esse artigo tem por finalidade avaliar o acesso ao crédito do PRONAF a partir da visão de consultores especialistas que atuam no Programa de Assessoria Técnica, Social e Ambiental à Reforma Agrária (ATES), como importante instrumento de apoio, contemplando inclusive, a assessoria nas questões ambientais e sócio-culturais às famílias produtoras rurais. Abordagens sobre o processo de capacitação e a apresentação de dados acerca da implementação dos recursos do PRONAF, e ainda, o montante de recursos contratados por agricultores familiares foram apresentados, bem como, breve discussão de resultados quanto a sua aplicação, com a utilização do instrumento de pesquisa, através de um questionário junto aos consultores, como forma de identificar e avaliar o acesso...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Assessoria Técnica; PRONAF; Rondônia; Rural settlement; Technical consultantship; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109713

ACHIEVING EFFICIENCY AND EQUITY IN IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT: AN OPTIMIZATION MODEL OF THE EL ANGEL WATERSHED, CARCHI, ECUADOR
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Evans,   Elizabeth M.; Lee,   David R.; Boisvert,   Richard N.
The objective of this paper is to address the problems of inefficiency and inequity in water allocation in the El Angel watershed, located in Ecuador's Sierra region.  Water is captured in a high-altitude region of the watershed and distributed downstream to producers in four elevation-defined zones via a system of canals.  Upstream and downstream producers face radically different conditions with respect to climate and terrain.  A mathematical programming model was created to study the consequences of addressing chronic water scarcity problems in the watershed by shifting water resources between the four zones.  The model captures the nature of water use by humans, crops and dual purpose cattle.  Its objective function maximizes producer welfare as...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Mathematical programming; Water allocation; Efficiency; Equity; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19742

Achieving food security in China: Implications of WTO accession
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Duncan,   Ronald C.
The results of a three-year study of the implications of China's accession to the WTO for its agricultural sector and policy options to maximise the benefits of the trade reforms are reported. The most important message from the study is that macro-economic and other non-agriculture specific policies can do much to improve the outcome for rural households and thereby improve food security. These policies include the promotion of urban development in inland areas and gradual reform of monetary policy. However, agricultural policies need further reform, including abandoning of price support and regional self-sufficiency policies, reform of monopolistic agricultural marketing and distribution activities, and reform of the state grain storage system....
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Food Security and Poverty; International Development.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58402

ACHIEVING LAND USE IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Raup,   Philip M.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 1973
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17826

ACHIEVING UNIFORM POLICIES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Blunt,   William W., Jr.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 1971
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17257

ACIAR’s 25 year investment in fruit-fly research
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lindner,   Robert K.; McLeod,   Paul.
Fruit flies are recognised as one of the major pests of fruit and vegetable crops worldwide. Potential benefits from fruit fly research include biosecurity benefits from better quarantine surveillance that reduces the costs of an incursion by a damaging exotic pest fruit fly; market access benefits by enabling new fruit exports; and field control benefits from better crop management. The Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR)’s investment in fruitfly research goes back some 25 years to an initial project in Malaysia. Since that time, ACIAR’s continued investment has funded a total of 18 projects ranging across several areas of fruit-fly research, and covering Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines, Fiji Islands, Samoa, Tonga, Cook...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: ACIAR; Fruit-fly; Research; Impact; Assessment; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47617

AÇÕES COLETIVAS: DESENVOLVIMENTO PARA ARRANJOS PRODUTIVOS INSERIDOS NO CONTEXTO DO AGRO-NEGÓCIO E TURISMO RURAL
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Schmidt,   Carla Maria; Saes,   Maria Sylvia Macchione.
No intuito de se tornarem competitivas, as organizações passaram a desenvolver fortes relacionamentos entre si. O que ocorre são formas de governança baseadas na cooperação e complementaridade, como no caso dos arranjos produtivos. Quanto mais coletividade, maior a possibilidade de eficiência das firmas. Contudo, estas formas são complexas e necessitam ser mais exploradas. Assim, este estudo investigou quais os fatores determinantes para o desenvolvimento de ações coletivas no arranjo produtivo do Vale dos Vinhedos, bem como o impacto dessas ações. Para tanto, realizaram-se entrevistas com figuras-chave do objeto de estudo. Como principais resultados identificaram-se alguns fatores determinantes para o desencadeamento das ações coletivas e ainda...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Ações Coletivas; Desenvolvimento regional; Arranjo; Collective actions; Regional development; Arrangement; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/108967

ACQUISTITIONS AND STRATEGIC ALLIANCES: A MEXICAN CASE STUDY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Chazaro,   Sergio.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/16789

ACRE: A Revenue-Based Alternative to Price-Based Commodity Payment Programs
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cooper,   Joseph C.
This paper develops a stochastic model for estimating the probability density function of the Average Crop Revenue Election (ACRE), a revenue-based commodity support payment that is offered under the 2008 Farm Act as an alternative to the traditional suite of price-based commodity payments, that is, marketing loan benefits and counter-cyclical payments.  We minimize the potential for miss-specification bias in the model by using nonparametric and semi-nonparametric approaches as specification checks in the model. Our simulation results show that adding ACRE revenue payments to gross revenue reduced the downside risk in revenue for corn, wheat, and soybean farmers in 2009 in the four locations examined, with reductions ranging from 4% to 25%.   Integrating...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Domestic support; Average crop revenue election; Loan deficiency payments; Counter-cyclical payments; Revenue; Price; Corn; Yield; Pairs bootstrap; Kernel density; Semi-nonparametric; Combinatorial optimization; Negative exponential utility function; Agricultural and Food Policy; Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49180

ACRE: Probabilistic Approach to Evaluate Farm Payout and Public Liability
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Walters,   Cory G.; Halich,   Greg.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103935

Acreage Abandonment, Moral Hazard and Crop Insurance
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Chen,   Shu-Ling.
Empirical evidence for the existence of moral hazard in the U.S. crop insurance program has been inconclusive.  Here we use a nested-dynamic programming framework to estimate an intra-seasonal dynamic model that explicitly incorporates a farmer's crop abandonment decision.  The estimation is implemented for selected Texas counties where actuarial performances of the crop insurance program are poor and high incidences of acreage abandonment are frequently observed.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Farm Management.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19114

Acreage Decision under Price &amp; Yield Uncertainty
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lee,   Young-Jae; Kennedy,   P. Lynn; Brian,   Hilbun.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Production Economics; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103334

Acreage Decisions When Risk Preferences Vary
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Arnade,   Carlos Anthony; Cooper,   Joseph C.
This presentation summarizes an AAEA poster.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Risk preferences; Acreage decision; Soybeans; Corn; Wheat; Crop Production/Industries; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61005

ACREAGE EFFECTS OF DECOUPLED PROGRAMS AT THE EXTENSIVE MARGIN
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Goodwin,   Barry K.; Mishra,   Ashok K.
This analysis utilizes farm-level data to evaluate the extent to which U.S. farm program benefits, particularly the Agricultural Market Transition Act (AMTA) and market loss assistance payments, bring about distortions in production for wheat and barley production in the Northern Great Plains. The issue is important in light of the upcoming WTO negotiations and debate over the distortionary effects of such decoupled ("green-box") payments. Our results suggest that a modest, though statistically significant effect on acreage may have been evoked by AMTA payments. In particular,if the over $45 billion allocated to AMTA payments and market loss assistance had been doubled, wheat acreage may have been 7% greater and barley acreage may have been 12.8% higher....
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22254

Activities and Coordination to Address Highest Priority Gaps (Power Point Presentation)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Perez,   Daniel.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33388

Activity level, emission intensity, and optimal GHG abatement policy: An application to Norwegian agriculture
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Blandford,   David; Gaasland,   Ivar; Vardal,   Erling.
Despite the failure of the U.N. Copenhagen climate conference in December 2009 efforts are continuing to reach agreement on binding global commitments on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. At the same time, efforts are still underway to conclude the Doha Round of trade negotiations through the World Trade Organization (WTO). Both of these agreements could have a significant impact on the level of activity in agriculture and the GHG emissions that it generates. In this paper we explore strategies to comply with both trade liberalization and GHG emission reduction commitments. We examine the implications of trade liberalization and a carbon tax, both of which affect agricultural output, as means of achieving emission reductions. We emphasize two diametrically...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/108780

ACTIVITY PORTFOLIOS IN RURAL ETHIOPIA: CHOICES AND CONSTRAINTS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Maertens,   Miet.
Peasant households, especially African rural households, can hold very diversified portfolios of economic activities.  Portfolio diversification is often seen as a risk-reducing mechanism and linked with lowering risk at the cost of a lower income.  A simple theoretical model of activity choice reveals that factors other than risk might influence the desire to diversity.  In addition, binding entry-constraints might exist for certain off-farm activities.  An empirical analysis of Ethiopian rural households suggests that entry-constraints are important in explaining portfolio and that diversification can actually result in increasing income.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Consumer/Household Economics.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21839

ACTUAL FARMER MARKET TIMING
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Brorsen,   B. Wade; Anderson,   Kim B.
One maxim that has been circulating among farmers is that most farmers sell in the lower third of the market. This maxim is soundly rejected using data from Oklahoma elevators. In fact, roughly half of producers sell in the upper third of the market. Thus, there does not seem to be a great need for producers to hire a market advisor to do their marketing for them. But, some farmers do store longer than is optimal and they could be encouraged to sell sooner after harvest. In the short run, farmers sold after price increases and held after price decreases. Price movements in the days after a large number of sales were no different than price movements after few sales. While farmers are noise traders in the short run, it does appear that they are responding...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Marketing.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19065

ACTUAL PURCHASE VS. INTENDED PURCHASE: DO CONSUMERS BUY WHAT THEY SAY?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rimal,   Arbindra; Fletcher,   Stanley M.; McWatters,   Kay H.
A bivariate probit model was used to examine the relationship between actual and intended purchase of irradiated beef.  The likelihood ratio test rejected the equality of parameters affecting actual and intended purchase decisions.  Actual purchases were affected by package labels and appearance, while purchase intentions were affected by attitude and demographics.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Beef irradiation; Supermarket simulation; Actual purchase; Purchase intention; Bivariate probit; Consumer/Household Economics; Marketing.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21548

Actuarial Implication of Structural Changes in El Niño-Southern Oscillation Index Dynamics
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Chen,   Shu-Ling.
The influence of climate variability on agricultural production and financial risks faced by an individual or an institution has been the center of the public discussion in the recent years.  The changing weather patterns and environmental conditions could cause substantial unpredicted economic loss.  Failure to capture the changing climate would underestimate the insurance contract’s expected indemnity and further create a major obstacle for insurance sectors.  In this paper, we undertake a case study of El Niño-Southern Oscillation Index insurance for coastal Peru proposed by Skees.  We examined the behavior of El Niño dynamics and found El Niño indices are changing over time.  A class of generalized autoregressive conditional heteroskedasticity (GARCH)...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Actuarial rating; Climate variability; El Niño; Fractional integration ARCH; FIGARCH; Index insurance; Structural change; Agricultural Finance; Financial Economics; Risk and Uncertainty; G21; G22; Q10; Q14.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61384

ADAPTATION OF MEDITERRANEAN CROPS TO WATER PRESSURE IN THE EBRO BASIN: A WATER EFFICIENCY INDEX
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fernandez-Haddad,   Zaira; Quiroga,   Sonia.
In this paper, we assess the output-oriented technical efficiency of agricultural production functions in order to compare, over time, economic and environmental production processes in the different regions of the Spanish Ebro basin, in a climate change context. The measurement of technical efficiency in agriculture can provide useful information about the competitiveness of farms and their potential to increase its productivity moreover can help in the crops adaptation to water pressure by improving the management of scarce resources. Here, we generate an agricultural water efficiency index to evaluate the adaptation of some Mediterranean crops to the water pressures in this area. We estimate frontier production functions and technical efficiency...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Water efficiency index in agriculture; Ebro basin; Climate change adaptation; Crop Production/Industries; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114358

Adaptation to Climate Change in a Rural Economy with Missing Markets
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kraybill,   David S.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/62188

Adaptation to Climate Change: Land Use and Livestock Management Change in the U.S.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mu,   Jianhong H.; McCarl,   Bruce A.
Replaced with revised version of paper 01/26/11
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Climate Change; Stocking Rate; Land Use; Livestock Management; Environmental Economics and Policy; Land Economics/Use; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/98708

ADAPTING HUMAN RESOURCE MATERIALS FOR STATE USE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Phifer,   Bryan M.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 1965
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17381

Adapting Johansen’s Estimation Method for Flexible Regime-dependent Cointegration Modelling
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ihle,   Rico; Amikuzuno,   Joseph; von Cramon-Taubadel,   Stephan.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114461

ADAPTING MORE CLEVERLY TO CLIMATE CHANGE BY USING ‘REAL OPTIONS’ TO ADDRESS THE UNCERTAINTIES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dobes,   Leo.
Scientists consider that some climate change is already inevitable, even if anthropogenic greenhouse emissions are stabilised immediately. Adaptation measures are therefore needed, irrespective of any mitigation action. But policy discussion is focussed on deterministic responses, generally risk-based "worst case‟ scenarios. An example is the development of more stringent standards for buildings and for coastal development. Such "climate proofing‟ is misconceived in the face of the huge uncertainties involved. Economists need to promote more rational policy frameworks that draw on cost-benefit analysis, including the use of "real options‟ to minimise the cost to society of adapting to climate change.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47615

Adapting to a Changing Sector: A Local Dairy Experience (PowerPoint)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Prigel,   Bobby; Arm,   Glenn.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/106971

Adaptive Governance:  An Introduction and Implications for Public Policy
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hatfield-Dodds,   Steve; Nelson,   Rohan; Cook,   David C.
Adaptive governance is a concept from institutional theory that deals with the evolution of institutions for the management of shared assets, particularly common pool resources and other forms of natural capital. This paper is the first of a set of four papers on adaptive governance, providing a brief overview of the history of the concept, the distinguishing features of the literature, and key insights provided for economists and policy advisors. We argue that adaptive governance provides an interesting lens for examining the political economy of policy responses – akin to the concept of market failure within economics, but applied to wider processes of social learning and collective choice, including collective choices about the scope and structure of...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Adaptive governance; Public policy; Common pool resources; Natural resource management; Wicked problems; Institutional and Behavioral Economics.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10440

ADAPTIVE TRUNCATED ESTIMATON APPLIED TO MAXIMUM ENTROPY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Marsh,   Thomas L.; Mittelhammer,   Ronald C.
An adaptive estimator is proposed to optimally estimate unknown truncation points of the error support space for the general linear model.  The adaptive estimator is specified analytically to minimize a risk function based on the squared error loss measure.  It is then empirically applied to a generalized maximum entropy estimator of the linear model using bootstrapping, allowing the information set of the model itself to determine the truncation points.  Monte Carlo simulations are used to demonstrate performance of the adaptive entropy estimator relative to maximum entropy estimation coupled with alternative truncation rules and to ordinary least squares estimation. A food demand application is included to demonstrate practical implementation of the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/36169

Adaptiveness in Water Management Institutions in India: Nature and Impact
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bhamoriya,   Vaibhav P.; Gandhi,   Vasant P.
The effective management of water resources is assuming enormous importance in India in the recent years. Sound water resource use is crucial for sustaining and raising food production, increasing rural incomes, alleviating poverty, and meeting drinking water as well as other human and industrial needs. It is now widely recognized that apart from engineering feats, good institutional arrangements are crucial for the sound management of the resource. In light of this, the development of water institutions has been taken up in India, but remains a major weakness. Existing water institutions are found to be lacking on various counts, and one of the critical deficiencies identified is the lack of adaptiveness to the significantly varying resource status, the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Development.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58885

Adding value to local resources specifically tailored for developing São Paulo State’s vitiviniculture
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Verdi,   Adriana Renata; Otani,   Malimiria Norico; Fredo,   Carlos Eduardo.
São Paulo state’s vitiviniculture ranks second in Brazil, being characterized by the production of table grapes and wines derived from American and hybrid varieties. Despite its economic, social, and environmental benefits, the state’s vitiviniculture has witnessed an increasing dependence on grapes produced in other states over the last decade. Besides adding to the cost of producing wine in São Paulo, grape imports from the state of Rio Grande do Sul compromises not only product quality, but also the process of creating an identity for the product. To give a new impetus to the production of grapes and wines in São Paulo, the State of São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) developed a project called “Revitalizing São Paulo’s Vitivinicultural Chain,” a...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Territorial resources; Development; Vitiviniculture.; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95240

Adding Value to Milk through the Production of Cheese and Other Dairy Products on the Farm in The Netherlands
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Booij-de Hann,   B.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Farm Management.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7008

Adding Value with Fixed-time AI and High Accuracy Sires (PowerPoint)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Parcell,   Joseph L.; Patterson,   David J.; Smith,   Michael F.; Poock,   Scott.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Cow-calf genetics; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/93536

ADDITIONALITY AND THE ADOPTION OF FARM CONSERVATION PRACTICES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mezzatesta,   Mariano; Newburn,   David A.; Woodward,   Richard T.
Replaced with revised version of paper 07/20/11.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Conservation programs; Matching estimators; Additionality; Average treatment effects; Environmental Economics and Policy; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103592

ADDITIVE VERSUS PROPORTIONAL PEST DAMAGE FUNCTIONS: WHY ECOLOGY MATTERS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mitchell,   Paul D.
Economic analyses of pests typically assume damage is either additively separable from pest free yield or proportional to it.  This paper describes the ecological assumptions required for additive and proportional damage functions to demonstrate that both specifications are reasonable.  Ecological research supports a proportional damage function for competitive pests such as weeds, while for insect pests the appropriate damage function depends on the level of pest free yield.  Theoretical analysis identifies differences between additive and proportional damage functions in terms of the impact of pest control on output variance and the concavity of output in the pest control input.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Pest Economics; Damage Function; Damage Control; Risk Reducing Input; Increasing Returns; Functional Response; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20775

Addressing the Issues of a Growing Industry (PowerPoint)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Durante,   Douglas A.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37380

Addressing the wicked problem of water resource management: An ecosystem services approach
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hearnshaw,   Edward J.S.; Tompkins,   Jean-Marie; Cullen,   Ross.
This paper develops a systematic assessment of the sustainability of ecosystem services provided by rivers impacted by water storage projects. Given the conflicting preferences amongst stakeholders and the incomplete, uncertain and contradictory understanding about river ecology it is recognized that managing water resources sustainably is a wicked problem. In order to address this wicked problem, the methods of multi-criteria analysis and graph analysis are applied, in accordance with integrated water resource management, to assess the potential of investing in water storage projects and explore for sustainable solutions through the construction of an ecosystem services index.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Ecosystem services; Ecosystem services index; Graph analysis; Integrated water resource management; Multi-criteria analysis; Sustainability; Wicked problems; Environmental Economics and Policy; Q15; Q25; Q27; Q51; Q58; Q57.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/100556

ADJUSTING FARM PRODUCTION THROUGH A GRASS AND LIVESTOCK PROGRAM: A NEW LOOK AT AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bottum,   J. Carroll; Dunbar,   John O.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Production Economics.
Ano: 1954
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17400

Adjusting Monetary Measures of Poverty to Non-Monetary Aspects: An Analysis Based on Sri Lankan Data
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Weerahewa,   Jeevika; Wickramasinghe,   Kanchana.
This paper reassesses the status of poverty in Sri Lanka using a monetary measure which was adjusted for people's perceptions about the social climate.  Data collected by the Sri Lanka Integrated Survey was used to obtain incidences of poverty using cost of basic need (CBN) poverty lines and poverty lines adjusted for people's perceptions.  The results reveal that the poverty measurements significantly differ with the two approaches though poverty ranking remains more or less consistent.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Measurement of Poverty; Social Climate; Sri Lanka; Institutional and Behavioral Economics.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19294

Adjustment and Differences in Farm Performance - a Farm Management Perspective from the Netherlands
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Poppe,   Krijn J.; van Meijl,   Hans.
There are differences in performance between farmers. In the Netherlands this has been a major topic of research for at least 30 years. Research has shown that the managerial capacities of farmers play a major role in differences in economic and environmental performance. Management can be measured and the optimal level is not the maximum level. Farmers differ in their objectives, competences and local external situation and therefore their strategies. These strategies can be identified. In recent years strategic management has become more important and this can be supported with consultancy. Farmers also differ in their adoption and innovation behaviour. These micro economic results, that correlate with large differences in income and high prices of fixed...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Adjustment; Income differences; Innovation; Farm management; Performance; Farm Management.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15765

Adjustment Capacity of Korean Farm Household
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kim,   Hanho; Kim,   Jae-Kyung.
Structural adjustment is defined as the farm household’s behavior of changing its existing farm asset distribution toward more specialized or diversified directions. Farm households are classified into agricultural or non-agricultural based ones. Estimated expected income through switching regression model reveals that higher revenue is expected when adjustment paths toward more specialization and more non-agricultural based activities are chosen.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Trade policy reform; Structural adjustment; Expected income; Switching regression model; Farm household; Agricultural and Food Policy; Consumer/Household Economics; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; Q100; Q180.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52839

ADJUSTMENT COSTS OF AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY SWITCHINGS - A MULTI-AGENT APPROACH
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Balmann,   Alfons; Happe,   Kathrin; Kellermann,   Konrad; Kleingarn,   Anne.
More powerful computers, the better availability of micro-data, and the development of new modeling techniques, such as multi-agent systems, allows to analyze agricultural policies from the bottom up. We present such an approach that considers the spatial interaction of thousands of individually behaving heterogeneous farms and apply it to analyze agri-environmental policies for a selected intensive production region in the southwest of Germany.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20506

Adjustment in Mexico's Crop Sector to Some Policy Changes Implemented in the 1990's
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dewbre,   Joe.
This paper contains analysis of potential effects of changes in the structure of farm support resulting from policy change in Mexico undertaken over the period 1989 to 2002. The analysis is based on observed changes in the level and composition of support as measured for the PSE. This information is used together with a model of Mexico’'s crop sector, the PEM, to derive predictions of policy effects and their implications for adjustment. These predictions are then compared with data revealing trends in crop production, yields, farm employment and purchased input use. The paper concludes that policy changes were a significant contributory factor to crop sector adjustment, but that other factors must have been at play as well.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15756

Adjustment of Conventional PSE's Methodology for Economy in Transition
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Shick,   Olga.
The conventional PSE's methodology doesn't provide adequate estimation of agricultural support for the economy in transition. In this paper we attempt to adjust PSE's methodology for Russian economy, and also coefficients' analysis and interpretations are adapted for transitional conditions. Investigation showed that the level of agricultural support in Russia is much lower than conventional methodology estimates.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: PSE; Transition; Adjusted methodology; Russia; Agriculture; Political Economy.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24780

Adjustment Policies in Europe
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cahill,   Carmel.
This paper is focussed on a set of policies, some specifically agricultural, others taking the form of special provisions within, or exceptions to, economy wide measures that affect adjustment in the agricultural sector in a selection of European countries. The policies are those that affect entry to and exit from the sector and cover measures affecting both land and labour. These are predominantly taxation and social security measures (including specifically agricultural early retirement schemes), and the plethora of other laws and regulations that control land purchase, lease and conversion. The choice of countries has been determined mainly by the availability of information (France, Germany, Ireland, Norway), but those singled out for detailed...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15745

Adjustment Policies in the United States
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Blandford,   David.
Principal adjustment programs are reviewed – unemployment insurance (UI) and related long-term programs for displaced workers, and trade adjustment assistance (TAA). None of these programs has had wide application in agriculture, although the current trade act contains a new program specifically for farmers.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Political Economy.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15734

Adjustment to Agricultural Policy Reform - Issues and Lessons from the New Zealand Experience
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rae,   Allan N.; Nixon,   Chris; Lattimore,   Ralph G.
Pressures for the reform of agricultural policies in wealthy countries will increase. Current policies are expensive and inefficient and impose substantial costs on countries that cannot afford to subsidize their agricultural sectors. A major political impediment to policy reform is the real or assumed costs of adjustment that would be imposed on farmers. In this paper, we illustrate some of the key issues by reference to the New Zealand experience. Issues covered include adjustments in output and input markets, productivity and innovation. Adjustments by farmers and others, along with reforms outside of agriculture, ensured that farm incomes and the agricultural sector recovered from the initial shock of deregulation.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15741

ADJUSTMENTS IN BUSINESS AND PRACTICES: HOW FARMERS CAN IMPROVE THE BOTTOM LINES IN TODAY'S FARM ECONOMY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Duffy,   Michael D.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Farm Management.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32891

ADJUSTMENTS OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY FOR NITROGEN EFFLUENT IN THE GREAT PLAINS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rezek,   Jon P.; Perrin,   Richard K.
Traditional measures of agricultural productivity only incorporate those inputs and outputs that are recorded in market transactions.  However, such measures do not account for externalities such as environmental damage.  This study uses an output distance function framework to estimate a Malmqvist productivity index for a panel of Great Plains states then adjusts this index by incorporating nitrogen effluent into the analysis.  We estimate that long-run environmentally-adjusted productivity growth was approximately 13 percent below the unadjusted rate during the sample period. However the environmentally sensitive productivity rate actually exceeded the unadjusted rate in recent years, reflecting reductions in the discharge of agricultural nitrogen into...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Productivity Analysis.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20524

Adjustments to Changing Economic Conditions in Norwegian Dairy Farming
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Flaten,   Ola.
LP models of Norwegian dairy farms are designed to evaluate the impact of changes inprices and subsidies on production systems and on profitability at the farm level. At 1999-prices, producing a fixed milk quota with low to moderate yielding cows (6000 to 6600 kg milk annually) is most profitable. Silage offered ad libitum is profitable. Athree cut harvesting system is more profitable than two cuts. Changes in the milk pricehave no effects on production. If forage crops is the only possible land use, increased area payments have no effects on production. If non-forage crops are also grown,increased area payments for forage crops result in a higher proportion of the land being used for temporary grass (ley) and in cheaper forage, making higher silage intake...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24379

Adjustments to Changing Economic Conditions in Norwegian Dairy Farming
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Flaten,   Ola.
LP models of Norwegian dairy farms are designed to evaluate the impact of changes in prices and subsidies on production systems and on profitability at the farm level. At 1999-prices, producing a fixed milk quota with low to moderate yielding cows (6000 to 6600 kg milk annually) is most profitable. Silage offered ad libitum is profitable. A three cut harvesting system is more profitable than two cuts. Changes in the milk price have no effects on production. If forage crops is the only possible land use, increased area payments have no effects on production. If non-forage crops are also grown, increased area payments for forage crops result in a higher proportion of the land being used for temporary grass (ley) and in cheaper forage, making higher silage...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Farm Management.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6968

Administrative burdens and dairy industry competitiveness
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bremmers,   Harry J.; Poppe,   Krijn J.; Wijnands,   Jo H.M.; van der Meulen,   Bernd M.J.
The goal of this paper is to assess the effect of regulatory burdens in the European dairy industry on its competitiveness. A theoretical foundation is provided by transaction cost economics and total quality management insights. The effects of legislation on administrative requirements and competitiveness are supposed to be mediated by impacts on innovativeness, company strategy, food safety system availability, as well as the available information &amp; communication capabilities. We will connect to previous research (Wijnands et al., 2007) and the findings therein. Four sub-questions are addressed: • what is the relationship between administrative burdens, innovation and competitiveness? • what is the relationship between administrative burdens, food...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Dairy industry; Competitiveness; Administrative burdens; Food safety; Labelling; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44275

Administrative Burdens in the Dairy Industry – A Proposal for Empirical Research
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bremmers,   Harry J.; Poppe,   Krijn J.; Wijnands,   Jo H.M.; van der Meulen,   Bernd M.J.
The goal of this paper is to frame the effect of regulatory burdens in a research outline which enables the study of their effect on the competitiveness of the food and drinks industry, especially the European dairy sector. A firm perspective is used. We address the basic structure and tendencies in the food sector, the regulatory role of regulatory burdens and their effect on competitiveness. A theoretical foundation is provided by transaction cost economics and total quality management insights. The effects of legislation on administrative costs and competitiveness are mediated by impacts on innovativeness, company strategy, food safety system availability, as well as the available information &amp; communication capabilities. Building on a previous...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Industrial Organization.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49886

ADOÇÃO DE NOVOS PARADIGMAS NA ORGANIZAÇÃO E GESTÃO DE EMPREENDIMENTOS SOLIDÁRIOS: UM ESTUDO SOBRE O PROCESSO PRODUTIVO DO AÇAÍ ATRAVÉS DAS ASSOCIAÇÕES E COOPERATIVAS NO TERRITÓRIO RURAL DO BAIXO TOCANTINS – PARÁ – BRASIL
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Andrade,   Lucia Cristina; Portela,   Roselene Souza; Ferrao,   Euzalina Silva; Souza,   Armando Lirio; Reis,   Adebaro Alves.
As transformações no mundo do trabalho vividas, desde o final da década de 60, pelos países capitalistas e os impactos daí resultantes sobre a reestruturação do sistema produtivo têm definido novas práticas produtivas, que precarizam as relações de trabalho, favorecem o desemprego, baixos salários e exigem novas e melhores qualificações dos trabalhadores. Nesse contexto, estes se vêem diante de um novo padrão de acumulação capitalista, no qual valores como a competitividade e o individualismo são reivindicados. Isto leva à necessidade de uma organização dos trabalhadores em outras bases produtivas e gestão pautada na cooperação e no desenvolvimento de ações que gerem alternativas de trabalho e renda. É neste cenário que surge a Economia Solidária, baseada...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Trabalho; Cooperativismo; Economia solidária; Capital social; Empreendimentos solidários; Work; Cooperativismo; Solidary economy; Social capital; Enterprises solidary; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114020

Adoção do composto de marketing na indústria de food service: um estudo multicasos
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tredezini,   Cicero Antonio Oliveira; Kinjo,   Carolina Nunes; Duraes,   Maria Luiza Tricca; Rebmann,   Melanie.
Este estudo tem como objetivo verificar como são aplicadas as variáveis do composto de marketing varejista nos restaurantes self-service em Campo Grande/MS. Para tanto, foi feito um estudo multicasos junto a cinco empresas independentes. Os instrumentos de pesquisa utilizados foram: levantamento bibliográfico, entrevista em profundidade, observação não disfarçada e coleta de materiais promocionais. A análise dos dados permitiu constatar que os cinco restaurantes pesquisados contêm alguns padrões similares e que o mix de marketing por eles adotado é utilizado de forma intuitiva, apesar de conter ferramentas mercadológicas apropriadas.--------------------This study aims to verify how the variables of the retail marketing mix are applied in the selfservice...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Restaurante comercial; Self service; Serviços de alimentação; Mix de marketing. commercial restaurant; Self-service restaurant; Food services; Marketing mix.; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/107862

ADOPT: a tool for predicting adoption of agricultural innovations
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kuehne,   Geoff; Llewellyn,   Rick S.; Pannell,   David J.; Wilkinson,   Roger; Dolling,   P.; Ewing,   Michael A.
A wealth of evidence exists about the adoption of new practices and technologies in agriculture but there does not appear to have been any attempt to simplify this vast body of research knowledge into a model to make quantitative predictions across a broad range of contexts. This is despite increasing demand from research, development and extension agencies for estimates of likely extent of adoption and the likely timeframes for project impacts. This paper reports on the reasoning underpinning the development of ADOPT (Adoption and Diffusion Outcome Prediction Tool). The tool has been designed to: 1) predict an innovation‘s likely peak extent of adoption and likely time for reaching that peak; 2) encourage users to consider the influence of a structured...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Adoption; Diffusion; Prediction; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/100570

Adopting New Zealand Dairy Farm Principles and Practices in Argentina
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Peluffo,   Matias; Shadbolt,   Nicola M.
The dairy sector is important to Argentina because it creates genuine wealth and employment. Milk production at competitive costs is crucial for the endurance of the Argentine dairy sector; therefore the development of competitive dairy farm systems is important for Argentina. New Zealand (hereafter NZ) dairy farm systems are internationally known for their competitiveness without the presence of subsidies. Though Argentine dairy farmers have been attracted to NZ systems for more than 40 years and despite the fact that the NZ knowledge appears to be beneficial to Argentine farms, NZ practices have been rarely adopted. This seemingly fruitless effort in extending this technology shapes the research question of the present study: Can Argentine dairy farmers...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Argentine dairy farm systems; New Zealand innovations for Argentina; Argentine dairy industry; Argentine dairy systems; Diffusion of innovations; Adoption of innovations; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24270

Adopting Organic Agriculture: An Investigation Using the Theory of Planned Behaviour
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hattam,   Caroline.
Certified organic production by small-scale farmers in developing countries is increasingly promoted as an opportunity to access a growing and dynamic market, while at the same time, enhance productivity and improve incomes. Nevertheless, adoption has been limited. The economics literature suggests profitability is the main constraint, however, the sustainable agriculture literature is inconclusive and considers attitudes of significant importance. Using the Theory of Planned Behaviour, this study investigates the psychological barriers to adoption using small-scale avocado producers from Michoacan, Mexico as a case study. The data is obtained from a household study carried out during 2004 and is modelled using an ordered probit model. Despite positive...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Organic agriculture; Theory of planned behaviour; Entry barriers; O13; Production Economics; Q12; D8.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25269

Adoption and Abandonment of Organic Farming: An Empirical Investigation of the Irish Drystock Sector
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lapple,   Doris; Donnellan,   Trevor.
The adoption and possible abandonment of organic farming has yet received little attention in the literature. As time plays an important role in explaining farming decisions, a dynamic econometric framework, namely duration analysis, is used. The probability of entry to and exit of the organic drystock sector is modeled considering a wide range of economic and non‐economic factors. Organic support payments emerge as important driving factor of adoption over time. The empirical results also highlight the importance of environmental and risk attitudes, farming experience as well as influence of other organic farmers on the probability to adopt organic farming; whereas decisions to abandon organic farming appear to be mainly driven by economic and structural...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Adoption; Abandonment; Organic farming; Duration analysis; Economic and non‐economic factors.; Farm Management.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51062

Adoption and Abandonment of Precision Soil Sampling in Cotton Production
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Walton,   Jonathan C.; Roberts,   Roland K.; Lambert,   Dayton M.; Larson,   James A.; English,   Burton C.; Larkin,   Sherry L.; Martin,   Steven W.; Marra,   Michele C.; Paxton,   Kenneth W.; Reeves,   Jeanne M.
Technology adoption in precision agriculture has received considerable attention, while abandonment has received little. Our objective was to identify factors motivating adoption and abandonment of precision soil sampling in cotton. Results indicate younger producers who farmed more cotton area, owned more of their cropland, planted more non-cotton area, used a computer, or used a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) were more likely to adopt precision soil sampling. Those with more cotton area or who owned livestock were more likely to abandon, while those who used precision soil sampling longer, used a PDA, or used variable-rate fertilizer application were less likely to abandon.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6215

Adoption and diffusion of no tillage practices in Southern Spain olive groves
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Franco,   Juan Agustin; Calatrava-Requena,   Javier.
This paper analyses the process of adoption of no tillage in South-eastern Spain’s olive groves. Olive tree groves in South-eastern Spain’s mountainous areas are subject to a high risk of soil erosion, which is the main environmental problem for this crop, and have to incur in high costs of soil conservation. This results in a greater difficulty to comply with the practices required to benefit from both the single payment and agri-environmental schemes. In many high-steeped areas, farmers have opted for non-tillage practices as an alternative to other conservation practices. Using our own data from a survey carried out in 2006 among 215 olive tree farmers from the Granada Province in Southern Spain regarding the adoption of soil conservation and management...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Spanish olive groves; Soil erosion; No tillage; Crop Production/Industries; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44014

ADOPTION AND ECONOMIC IMPACT OF SITE-SPECIFIC TECHNOLOGIES IN U.S. AGRICULTURE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: El-Osta,   Hisham S.; Mishra,   Ashok K.
A Heckman's two-stage method is used in conjunction with data from the 1998 Agricultural Resource Management Study to estimate the likelihood of adopting a variable rate application technology (VRT) and the impact of such adoption on the per-acre costs of fertilizers and lime in cash grain production. Results highlight the importance of operator's level of human capital and attitude toward risk, along with size and location of farm in impacting VRT adoption decisions. Results also indicate no significant cost-savings attributable to VRT adoption.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Farm Management; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20593

Adoption and impact of an award winning post-harvest technology: The ASI rice thresher in the Senegal River Valley
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Diagne,   Mandiaye; Demont,   Matty; Diagne,   Aliou.
In Senegal, one of the highest rice import-dependent countries in Sub-Saharian Africa, double cropping is recommended in the new national program for the Great Offensive for Food and Abundance (GOANA) to boost rice production. This target impels the respect of cropping calendar by using improved technologies like the ASI thresher-cleaner. The causal or treatment effect framework (ATE and LATE) is used to estimate the ASI adoption rate and impact. The results show that the true ASI adoption rate would be 86 % if all the population of irrigated rice farmers were exposed to it. The socioeconomic characteristics that increase the probability to adopt the ASI thresher are farmer experience, farm size, and participation to ASI field experiments and/or contact...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Adoption; Impact; ATE; LATE; Senegal River Valley; ASI thresher; Agricultural and Food Policy; Production Economics; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/50323

Adoption and Impact of Hybrid Wheat in India
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Matuschke,   Ira; Qaim,   Matin.
In the light of ongoing debates about the suitability of hybrid seeds for smallholder farmers, this paper analyzes the adoption and impact of hybrid wheat in India. Based on survey data we show that farmers can benefit significantly from the proprietary technology. Neither farm size nor the subsistence level influence the adoption decision, but access to information and credit matters. Moreover, willingness-to-pay analysis reveals that adoption levels would be higher if seed prices were reduced. Given decreasing public support to agricultural research, policies should be targeted at reducing institutional constraints, to ensure that resource-poor farmers are not bypassed by private sector innovations.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Hybrid wheat; India; Technology adoption; Contingent valuation; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25678

Adoption and Profitability of Breeding Technologies on United States Dairy Farms
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Khanal,   Aditya R.; Gillespie,   Jeffrey M.
Adoption decisions and profitability of advanced breeding technologies are analyzed for U.S. dairy farms. The bivariate probit with selection model is used. Results show that specialized, younger, more educated farmers with longer planning horizons are more likely to adopt the technologies, with positive impacts on profitability and negative influences on cost of production.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Breeding technologies; Dairy; Profitability; Bivariate probit; Selection; Artificial insemination; Sexed semen; Embryo transfer; Farm Management; Livestock Production/Industries; Production Economics; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/98574

Adoption Behavior in Food Retailers' Decision to Offer Fresh Irradiated Ground Beef
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jaenicke,   Edward C.; Harrison,   R. Wes; Jensen,   Kimberly L.; Jakus,   Paul M.
During the 14-month period from May 2002 to June 2003, approximately 10 percent of U.S. supermarkets began to offer fresh irradiated ground beef under the stores' own labels. Using a survey of supermarket store managers from this time period, this paper investigates the factors that influenced stores' adoption of irradiated ground beef. Results from the adoption model show that factors associated with competition, merchandising philosophy, and structure in the food retailing industry play a strong role in the decision. Among other results, we find that variables relating to a competitor's adoption status and proximity can increase the likelihood of a store's adoption decision.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Marketing.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24680

ADOPTION OF BACKGROUNDING ON COW-CALF FARMS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Popp,   Michael P.; Faminow,   Merle D.; Parsch,   Lucas D.
A discrete choice model is used to analyze the decision to feed or sell calves at weaning.  After accounting for regional factors, results show that operator perceptions toward profitability, risk, and facilities as well as control over production and attention to marketing impacted retained ownership of calves.  Farm size had a minimal impact.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20800

ADOPTION OF BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN STOCKER CATTLE PRODUCTION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Johnson,   Rachel J.; Doye,   Damona G.; Lalman,   David L.; Peel,   Derrell S.; Raper,   Kellie Curry.
This study identifies current production and management practices of Oklahoma stocker cattle producers and analyzes factors affecting the adoption of best management practices (BMPs) using chi-square analysis. Results reveal that factors influencing the adoption of BMPs are operation size, dependency upon income from the operation, and specialization in stocker production.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Cattle; Stockers; Management; Production; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6827

Adoption of Best Management Practices to Control Weed Resistance By Cotton, Corn, and Soybean Growers
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Frisvold,   George B.; Hurley,   Terrance M.; Mitchell,   Paul D.
This study examined adoption of ten best management practices (BMPs) to control weed resistance to herbicides. Using data from a survey of 1,205 U.S. cotton, corn, and soybean growers, count data models were estimated to explain the total number of practices frequently adopted. Ordered probit regressions were used to explain the frequency of individual BMP adoption. Growers practicing a greater number of BMPs frequently (a) had more education, but less farming experience; (b) grew cotton, (c) expected higher yields relative to the county average; and (d) farmed in counties with a lower coefficient of variation (CV) for yield of their primary crop. Yield expectations and variability were significant predictors of the frequency of adoption of individual...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Weeds; Herbicide; Resistance management; Corn; Cotton; Soybeans; Adoption; Crop Production/Industries; Farm Management; Production Economics; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Q12; Q16.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49432

ADOPTION OF CARBON-SEQUESTERING PRACTICES IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES AND RISK-AVERSE FARMERS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: De Pinto,   Alessandro; Robertson,   Richard D.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/91272

Adoption of Conservation Agriculture Technologies by Smallholder Farmers in the Shamva District of Zimbabwe: A Tobit application
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Chiputwa,   Brian; Langyintuo,   Augustine S.; Wall,   Patrick.
Conventional agricultural practices such as the use of the moldboard plough are no longer sustainable due to their extensive soil degradation effects. As a panacea, several Conservation Agriculture (CA) technologies have been promoted to improve soil structure and water conservation. However, adoption of these technologies has been resisted by smallholder farmers and identifying causes of the low adoption rates to facilitate intervention strategies remains a challenge to development practitioners. Using data from 100 farmers, this paper uses a Tobit application to assess the underlying factors important in determining farmers’ adoption of zero-tillage, crop rotation and contour ridging technologies. Empirical results suggest that adoption and use intensity...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Conservation Agriculture (CA); Conventional Farming (CF) technology; Tobit Model; Adoption; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Farm Management.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/98851

Adoption of Conservation-Tillage Methods and Genetically Modified Cotton
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Roberts,   Roland K.; English,   Burton C.; Gao,   Qi; Larson,   James A.
Adoption of herbicide-tolerant cotton and conservation tillage may be simultaneously related.  Bayes' theorem and a two-equation logit model were used to test the simultaneity hypothesis.  Evidence for Tennessee suggests that adoption of these technologies reduced residual herbicide use and soil erosion more than if adoption of these technologies were independent.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Bayes' theorem; Conservation tillage; Cotton; Genetically modified crops; Herbicide tolerant crops; Simultaneous logit model; Technology adoption; Crop Production/Industries; Q12; Q16; Q24; O33.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/35293

Adoption of Conservation-Tillage Practices in Cotton Production
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Banerjee,   Swagata (Ban); Martin,   Steven W.; Roberts,   Roland K.; Larson,   James A.; Hogan,   Robert J., Jr.; Johnson,   Jason L.; Paxton,   Kenneth W.; Reeves,   Jeanne M.
Replaced with revised version of paper 10/23/07.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Conservation tillage; Cotton; Genetically modified seed; Herbicide-resistant cotton; Stacked-gene cotton; Simultaneous logit model; Single-equation logit model; Technology adoption; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/34842

Adoption of Cover Crops and Its Effect on Nitrogen Use by Farmers
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gabrielyan,   Gnel; Chintawar,   Sachin; Westra,   John V.
With increasing environmental concerns, increasing population, changing tastes and preferences of consumers towards healthier foods, and with more food safety requirements, agronomic practices have changed gradually to provide not only food and fiber but also public goods and other beneficial services from agriculture. Cover cropping is one type of technology increasingly being adopted by producers of multifunctional agriculture. Cover crops provide a range of benefits, both private and public. In this paper we identify factors affecting farmers’ choice to adopt cover crops. We examine the impact on nitrogen use from adopting cover crops and the resultant decrease in input costs. Using a two-stage approach that incorporates endogeneity of adoption in...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Cover crops; Nitrogen usage; Technology adoption; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Land Economics/Use; Production Economics; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56520

ADOPTION OF E-COMMERCE STRATEGIES FOR AGRIBUSINESS FIRMS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Henderson,   Jason R.; Dooley,   Frank J.; Akridge,   Jay T.
This paper analyzes the factors guiding Internet and e-commerce implementation by agribusiness firms.  The relationship between Internet/e-commerce strategies and manager perceptions on the barriers and factors to e-commerce adoption are analyzed in a supply-chain management framework.  Using factor analysis and an ordered Probit model, results indicate that the implementation of Internet/e-commerce strategies is more likely to be adopted in larger firms with a global scope.  Also, manager perceptions regarding supply-chain functions influencing transaction costs are more strongly associated with Internet/e-commerce adoption than other functions influencing production costs.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: E-commerce; Supply-chain; Transaction costs; Factor analysis; Order Probit; Agribusiness; Marketing.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21771

Adoption of E-Marketing by Direct Market Farms in the Northeastern U.S.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Baer,   Alexander G.; Brown,   Cheryl.
Many farms have begun operating websites in order to promote their businesses. This study used data from a survey of farms in the northeastern U.S. for the year 2004 in order to identify characteristics of farmers, farms, and farm businesses associated with website adoption. Following a technology adoption framework, a Probit model of website adoption was estimated to identify significant relationships. Some sales locations and product types, advertising diversity, high speed Internet connections, and gross farm sales were found to be significantly related to website adoption.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21320

Adoption of Environmental Best Practice Amongst Dairy Farmers
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bewsell,   Denise; Kaine,   Geoff.
The adoption of environmental management practices is addressed in this paper. The use of consumer behaviour theory and a market research approach is discussed by describing how it was used in the study. Qualitative methods were used to gather data from dairy farmers in four New Zealand catchments. The environmental practices explored were; excluding stock from waterways, reducing phosphorus use, improving soil macroporosity, managing effluent and improving the efficiency of border-dyke irrigation. The findings are discussed, highlighting that farm contextual factors influenced farmers’ decision making in terms of adopting environmental management practices. The results suggest that environmental practices need to be linked to farm context. This should...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Environment; Adoption; Dairy farms; Context; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/98494

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

Adoption of Genetically Modified Eggplant in India: An  Ex Ante Analysis
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kolady,   Deepthi; Lesser,   William H.
Replaced with revised version of paper 07/28/05.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Genetically Modified Crops; Bt Eggplant; Adoption; India; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; O13; O14; O33.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19262

Adoption of GMHT Crops: Coexistence Policy Consequences in the European Union
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Areal,   Francisco J.; Riesgo,   Laura; Gomez-Barbero,   Manuel; Rodriguez-Cerezo,   Emilio.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114227

Adoption of Information Technology for Farm Management, A Case Study
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gal,   Bracha; Gal,   Yoav; Gelb,   Ehud M.
Ma'ayan is a software package developed by the Israeli extension service. The package was developed under the assumption that extension has a comparative advantage in bridging the gap between farmers' need for innovative farm management practice, managerial information and software to support it. Farmers producing a wide range of products adopted Ma'ayan. In many cases the adoption process had to overcome various barriers such as: insufficient knowledge using a PC, conservatism, cost benefit considerations, etc.. This review details the results of successful implementation of Ma'ayan as a case study of adoption of a software package for farm-management.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Information Quality; Managerial Processes; Farm management; Farm Management.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24314

Adoption of Integrated Pest Management Technologies: A Case Study of Potato Farmers in Carchi, Ecuador
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Barrera,   Victor; Norton,   George W.; Alwang,   Jeffrey Roger; Mauceri,   Maria.
Agricultural development is essential for improved well-being in rural Ecuador.  As much as 40% of the population relies on agriculture as its primary source of income and agricultural exports account for a significant proportion of foreign exchange revenue.  In the highlands, potatoes are a major staple, and more than 90,000 producers grow them on about 60,000 hectares of land.  Potato production is associated with heavy use of chemical inputs--pesticides and fertilizers--to manage pests and optimize profits. Concerns have emerged about the sustainability of Ecuador's potato crop as rising input costs have created a cost squeeze and public health officials are increasingly concerned about health consequences of pesticide over use.  Producers need...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Farm Management.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19400

Adoption of New Seed Varieties Under Production Risk: An Application to Rice in Iran
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bakhshoodeh,   Mohamad; Shajari,   S.
This paper focuses on linkage between new rice seed varieties and production risk and also factors affecting adoption of these varieties in Iran. Farm-level data were collected from a sample of 154 rice farms located in two major districts of Fars province in Southern Iran for 2001-02. The risk-premium associated with the use of seed is estimated following by analyzing a moment-based production risk approach. The results show that the risk premium increases with new seed varieties in the lack of appropriate production conditions implying that new seed varieties is a riskincreasing input and involves a higher cost of risk. However, under suitable production conditions, the cultivation of new rice varieties on average ensures greater yield and at the same...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Production risk; Moments-based estimation; New seed varieties; Rice; Crop Production/Industries; D8; Q12; Q16.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25578

Adoption of No-Tillage Practices, Other Conservation-Tillage Practices and Herbicide-Resistant Cotton Seed, and Their Synergistic Environmental Impacts
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Roberts,   Roland K.; English,   Burton C.; Gao,   Qi; Larson,   James A.
If adoption of herbicide-resistant seed and adoption of conservation-tillage practices are determined simultaneously, adoption of herbicide-resistant seed could indirectly reduce soil erosion and adoption of conservation-tillage practices could indirectly reduce residual herbicide use and increase farm profits.  Our objective was to evaluate the relationship between these technologies for Tennessee cotton production.  Evidence from simultaneous estimation of a trinomial logit model for adoption of no-tillage, other conservation-tillage, and conventional-tillage practices and a binomial logit model for adoption of herbicide-resistant and conventional cotton seed suggests a simultaneous relationship.  The elasticity for acreage in herbicide-resistant seed...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21304

Adoption of Phytase by Livestock Farmers
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Stahlman,   Michael; McCann,   Laura M.J.; Gedikoglu,   Haluk.
Phytase represents a potential win/win management practice for non-ruminant producers since it can reduce the need for phosphorous supplementation and also result in lower phosphorous runoff.  Cost of phytase has decreased and cost of phosphorous has increased.  The reported adoption rate for phytase for non-ruminants was 17.2 percent, however it is currently added to virtually all swine and poultry premixes by feed manufacturers due to the cost savings.  People were more likely to say they use phytase if they think it is profitable, not time intensive, and improves water quality.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Manure; Phytase; Phosphorous; Adoption; Environmental Economics and Policy; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43235

Adoption of Pollution Prevention: The Role of Information Spillover, Mandatory Regulation, and Voluntary Program Participation
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bi,   Xiang; Deltas,   George; Khanna,   Madhu.
Interest in promoting Pollution Prevention (P2) has been increasing since 1991, following the passage of the Pollution Prevention Act (PPA) of 1990. As part of the PPA, facilities that are subject to the Toxics Releases Inventory (TRI) are required to disclose the number of incremental P2 activities for each listed chemicals from 1991 onward. Though the disclosure is required by the PPA, the adoption of P2 remains a voluntary initiative by firms. To promote P2 ethic among firms, the U.S.EPA has established several voluntary programs and P2 information clearinghouse. P2 technologies were more likely to be facility- and operation- specific and involved considerable information costs and uncertainty. Firms might learn about P2 technologies from their peers...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Pollution prevention; Toxics Release Inventory (TRI); Voluntary 33/50 program; Information spillover; Environmental Economics and Policy; Q55; C21; L51.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103741

Adoption of Soil Conservation Practices in Olive Groves: The Case of Spanish Mountainous Areas
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Calatrava-Leyva,   Javier; Franco,   Juan Agustin; Gonzalez-Roa,   Maria del Carmen.
This paper presents some results from a survey carried out in 2004 among 223 olive tree farmers from mountainous areas in the Spanish Southern provinces of Granada and Jaen regarding the adoption of soil conservation and management practices. Olive tree groves in mountainous areas are subject to a high risk of soil erosion and have to incur in higher costs of soil conservation. This results in greater difficulties to comply with cross-compliance and to benefit from agri-environmental schemes. Our main objectives are to analyse the current level of adoption of soil conservation practices and to analyse which socio-economic and institutional factors determine such adoption. Three Probit models are estimated. Dependant variables are three different soil...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Olive groves; Soil conservation; Technology adoption; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; Q12; Q24.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24661

Adoption of Soil Erosion Control Practices in Southern Spain Olive Groves
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Franco,   Juan Agustin; Calatrava-Leyva,   Javier.
This paper presents results from a survey carried out in 2005 among 147 olive tree farmers from the Alto Genil River Basin in Southern Spain regarding the adoption of soil conservation and management practices. Olive tree groves in South-eastern Spain's mountainous areas are subject to a high risk of soil erosion and have to incur in high costs of soil conservation. This results in great difficulties to comply with cross-compliance and to benefit from agri-environmental schemes. Our main objectives are to analyse the current level of adoption of soil conservation practices and to analyse which socio-economic and institutional factors determine such adoption. Three Probit models are estimated. Dependant variables are three different soil conservation...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Olive groves; Soil erosion; Soil conservation; Cross compliance; Crop Production/Industries; Q12; Q24.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25787

ADOPTION OF SPATIAL INFORMATION GATHERING TECHNOLOGIES AND VARIABLE RATE INPUT APPLICATION TECHNOLOGIES BY COTTON FARMERS IN THE SOUTHEAST
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Martin,   Steven W.; Roberts,   Roland K.; English,   Burton C.; Larson,   James A.; Cochran,   Rebecca L.; Goodman,   W. Robert; Larkin,   Sherry L.; Marra,   Michele C.; Shurley,   W. Donald; Reeves,   Jeanne M.
Probit analysis identified factors influencing adoption of precision farming technologies by Southeastern cotton farmers.  Younger, more educated farmers who operated larger farms and were optimistic about the future of precision farming were most likely to adopt site-specific information technology.  The probability of adopting variable rate input application technology was higher for younger farmers who operated larger farms, owned more of the land they farmed, were more informed about the costs and benefits of precision farming, and were optimistic about the future of precision farming.  Computer use was not important possibly because custom hiring shifts the burden of computer use to agribusiness firms.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/34768

Adoption of Technology and Its Impact on Profitability of Young and Beginning Farmers: A Quantile Regression Approach
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Adhikari,   Arun; Mishra,   Ashok K.; Chintawar,   Sachin.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Adoption; Technology; Profitability; GM crops; Quantile Regression; Agribusiness; Agricultural Finance; Farm Management.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/46830

Adoption of Technology, Management Practices, and Production Systems in U.S. Milk Production
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Khanal,   Aditya R.; Gillespie,   Jeffrey M.; MacDonald,   James M.
We examine U.S. dairy farmer adopter characteristics and adoption rates of eleven technologies.  Excepting grazing, technologies were generally adopted complementarily. Four were used on higher percentages of farms in 2005 than 2000.  The interaction of farm size with adoption suggests greater percentages of milk being produced under each, excepting grazing.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Technically Complementary; Technology; Management Practices; Production System; Farm Management; Livestock Production/Industries; Production Economics.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56496

Adoption of Transgenic Crops by Smallholder Farmers in Entre Rios, Argentina
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Paredes,   Cecilia; Martin,   Marshall A.
This is a study of the adoption of transgenic crops by 120 smallholder farmers interviewed in July 2005 in the communities of San Jose de Feliciano and La Paz in the Entre Rios Province of Argentina. Logistic regression results indicate that access to a planter is essential for smallholders to adopt Bt corn, while adopters of Roundup Ready™ soybeans have larger farms, access to credit, availability of all essential machinery, more years of schooling, and are primarily located in the La Paz community.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Transgenic crops; Technology adoption; Bt corn; Roundup Ready™ soybeans; Biotechnology; Argentina; Smallholders; Farm Management; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9996

Adoption of Variability Detection and Variable Rate Application Technologies by Cotton Farmers in Southern United States
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nair,   Shyam; Wang,   Chenggang; Segarra,   Eduardo; Belasco,   Eric J.; Velandia,   Margarita M.; Reeves,   Jeanne M.
A nested logit model was used to analyze the 2009 Southern Cotton Precision Farming Survey to study the impact of farmer and farm characteristics on the adoption of Variability Detection Technologies (VDT) and the adoption of Variability Rate application Technology (VRT) conditioned on the type of the VDT chosen.  The results showed that the farm size and exposure to extension activities are important factors affecting the choice of VDTs.  The farmers adopting both soil and plant based VDTs are more likely to adopt VRT.  The probability of adoption of VRTs was lower for Texas cotton farmers irrespective of the type of VDT adopted.  In general, younger, more educated farmers who use computers for farming operations are more likely to adopt VRT when they...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Precision Agriculture; Technology Adoption; Cotton; Crop Production/Industries; Farm Management; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; O33; Q16.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103567

Adoption of Veterinary Technologies Amongst Sheep and Goat Farmers in Qwawqa, South Africa
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nell,   Wilhelm T.; Schwalbach,   L.
Technological breakthroughs in agriculture after the Second World War mainly concentrated on crop production (wheat, rice, and later maize). In the livestock production sector, besides the substantial improvements in the poultry and dairy production systems, the development of the other livestock technologies was neglected, due to lower returns when compared to those on crop technology. Nevertheless, the usage of livestock veterinary technologies such as veterinary services and medicines remains important for livestock production as animal diseases are a major cause of poor productivity and high mortality rates, which are major constraints to improve food security. The reasons for poor adoption of livestock veterinary technologies amongst livestock farmers...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Farm Management; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6974

Adult Obesity and Food Stores’ Density – Evidence from State-Level Panel Data
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bonanno,   Alessandro; Goetz,   Stephan J.
The association between types of food access and rising adult obesity rates is increasingly recognized, as a complement to the effects of declining physical activity.  Previous studies have examined the effects on obesity of only a limited set of store types, such as grocery stores, fast food restaurants and big-box retailers, and they have ignored that certain behavioral factors, such as could play a role in the relationship between food access and obesity.  This analysis includes a comprehensive array of food-providing establishments, including limited- and full-service restaurants controlling for fruit-and-vegetables (F&amp;V) consumption (lagged temporally) using a panel data set for the continental U.S. states covering the period 1997-2005.  The...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Adult Obesity; Food Access; Eating Habits; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Health Economics and Policy; D12; I18; R23.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61341

Advanced Biofuel Production in Louisiana Sugar Mills: an Application of Real Options Analysis
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Darby,   Paul M.; Mark,   Tyler B.; Detre,   Joshua D.; Salassi,   Michael E.
In order to more fully study the risks and uncertainty involved in cellulosic ethanol production, we examine a simulated plant in South Louisiana using Real Options Analysis
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Real options; Risk; Uncertainty; Cellulosic ethanol; Energy cane; Sorghum; Bagasse; Simulation; Agribusiness; Agricultural Finance; Production Economics; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; Risk and Uncertainty; Q42; Q14; Q16; D81; G31.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103747

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY AND KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tandon,   Geetanjali; Sonka,   Steven T.
This paper reports on a specific project, employing new technological capabilities to better transfer expert knowledge. The specific project considered for the paper is the World Initiative for Soy in Human Health (WISHH), a Multi Organization Enterprise promoting the use of soy and soy products in humanitarian and development aid around the world. VisIT, which stands for Visualization of Information Technology, is a potentially powerful organizational tool. It is compared against the traditional technology in the WISHH setting. An evaluation experiment was conducted with undergraduate students enrolled in agriculture and consumer economics and management courses in January and February 2002. The paper provides the summary results of the effectiveness of...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/16615

ADVANCING FROM TRADITIONAL TECHNOLOGIES IN SUGAR CROP PRODUCTION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Schwartz,   Thomas K.
Speech and PowerPoint Presentation
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32897

ADVANCING KNOWLEDGE AND CAPACITY FOR COMMUNITY-LED DEVELOPMENT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Reid,   J. Norman.
Speech and PowerPoint Presentation
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Financial Economics.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33541

Adverse Selection in Conservation Auctions: Theoretical and Experimental Results
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Arnold,   Michael; Duke,   Joshua M.; Messer,   Kent D.
This paper evaluates land preservation and conservation programs by examining the performance of a discriminative auction that is often used to select parcels in the U.S. The paper hypothesizes that the auction is unlikely to be cost effective because an information asymmetry introduces adverse selection. Experiments are used to examine the extent of adverse selection and compare it to a baseline where no programs exist. Then, we examine the ability of two mechanisms to correct the incentive problem. The results show that adverse selection is likely to exist in conservation auctions (achieving just 60.7% of total possible social efficiency in the experiments) and that a mechanism can sort types so as to improve cost effectiveness with respect to the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61516

ADVERSE SELECTION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRY FACTOR MARKETS: THE CASE OF FERTILIZERS IN CAMBODIA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Schamel,   Guenter; Hongen,   Friederike.
We analyze the presence and potential impact of low quality fertilizers, inadequate access to credit and market information on fertilizer market participation and application rates. We explain in theory and show empirically that farmers chose to abstain from the fertilizer market altogether or decrease their application rates below recommended levels because bad quality deters all buyers not willing to pay the market price for the average quality fertilizer available.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21996

Adverse Selection in the Environmental Stewardship Scheme: Does the Higher Level Entry Scheme Design Reduce Adverse Selection?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Quillerou,   Emmanuelle; Fraser,   Rob W.
The Environmental Stewardship Scheme provides payments to farmers for the provision of environmental services based on agricultural foregone income. This creates a potential incentive compatibility problem which, combined with an information asymmetry on farm land heterogeneity, could lead to adverse selection of farmers into the scheme. However, the Higher Level Scheme (HLS) design includes some features that potentially reduce adverse selection. This paper studies the adverse selection problem of the HLS using a principal agent framework at the regional level. It is found that, at the regional level, the enrolment of more land from lower payment regions for a given budget constraint has led to a greater overall contracted area (and thus potential...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Adverse selection; Agri-environment; Environmental Stewardship; Principal-agent; Contract; Environmental Economics and Policy; D78; D82; H44; Q18; Q58.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51068

Adverse Selection in the Environmental Stewardship Scheme: Evidence in the Higher Level Stewardship Scheme?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Quillerou,   Emmanuelle; Fraser,   Rob W.; Fraser,   Iain.
The Environmental Stewardship Scheme provides payments to farmers for the provision of environmental services based on foregone agricultural income. This creates a potential incentive compatibility problem which, combined with an information asymmetry on farm land heterogeneity, could lead to adverse selection of farmers into the Scheme and therefore reduced cost-effectiveness of the Scheme. This reduced cost-effectiveness would be represented by a systematic overpayment of farmers for the land enrolled into the Scheme, compared to the opportunity cost of production. This paper examines the potential adverse selection problem affecting the higher tier of the Environmental Stewardship, the Higher Level Stewardship, using a principal agent framework combined...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Adverse selection; Agri-environment; Environmental Stewardship; Principal-agent; Contract; Environmental Economics and Policy; D78; D82; H44; Q18; Q58.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/91676

ADVERSE SELECTION IN THE MARKET FOR CROP INSURANCE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Somwaru,   Agapi; Makki,   Shiva S.; Coble,   Keith H.
This paper examines the potential for adverse selection when farmers are offered a portfolio of insurance policies.  We analyze the risk characteristics farmers who bought alternative insurance instruments in 1996-97.  Inability to differentiate farmers according to risk types results in pooling equilibrium which may implicitly subsidize high risk farmers.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21002

ADVERSE SELECTION, MORAL HAZARD, AND GROWER COMPLIANCE WITH BT CORN REFUGE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mitchell,   Paul D.; Zhu,   En (John); Hurley,   Terrance M.
This paper develops a principal-agent model of farmer compliance with Bt corn refuge requirements intended to manage the evolution of resistance to the Bt toxin by insect pests.  The model endogenizes the price of the technology, the audit rate, and the fine imposed on non-complying farmers when farmer willingness to pay for Bt corn and compliance effort is private information.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20123

Adversity and the Propensity to Fail: The Impact of Disaster Payments and Multiple Peril Crop Insurance on U.S. Farm Exit Rates
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kirwan,   Barrett E.
This paper investigates the effect of government-provided crop insurance on farm failure rates. By exploiting random variation in weather and the Federal Crop Insurance Reform Act of 1994, which mandated crop insurance coverage for the first time, I employ two natural experiments that identify the causal effect of disaster relief on farm failure rates. I examine the survival smoothing contribution of crop insurance by looking at the relative effect of disaster relief across two regimes, pre- and post-1994. Prior to 1994 ad hoc, ex post disaster payments were the primary form of disaster relief. Shortly after the 1994 Act virtually all disaster relief came through crop insurance indemnities. I find that disaster relief in the form of ad hoc disaster...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural Finance; Farm Management; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49569

Advertising in the U.S. Non-Alcoholic Beverage Industry: Are Spillover Effects Negative or Positive? Revisited using a Dynamic Approach
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dharmasena,   Senarath; Capps,   Oral, Jr.; Clauson,   Annette L.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Consumer/Household Economics; Demand and Price Analysis; D11; D12.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61321

ADVERTISING, STRUCTURAL CHANGE, AND U.S. NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE DEMAND
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Xiao,   Hui; Kinnucan,   Henry W.; Kaiser,   Harry M.
The dominant trend in U.S. non-alcoholic consumption over the past two decades has been a steady increase in soft-drink consumption, largely at the expense of milk and coffee and tea consumption.  Our analysis suggests that the primary factors affecting this is that the price, advertising, and demographic elasticities estimated from the Rotterdam model are much smaller than the adjusted trend coefficients and the expenditure elasticities.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Consumer/Household Economics; Demand and Price Analysis; Marketing.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20885

ADVERTISING TRADED GOODS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kinnucan,   Henry W.
Nerlove and Waugh's theory of cooperative (generic) advertising is extended to include tax shifting, cost sharing, and trade.  Comparative-static analysis indicates that trade reduces the incentive to promote in the domestic market, and this is true whether the industry inquestion is a net exporter or a net importer.  The theory is applied to California egg advertising to demonstrate utility and to highlight the importance of including trade relationships in advertising benefit-cost studies.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade; Marketing.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20965

ADVOCACY ISSUES AND IMPACTS OF GAMING IN INDIAN COUNTRY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Coin,   Jacob.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17933

Aerobic Rice: Benefits without going to the Gym?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bayot,   Ruvicyn; Templeton,   Deborah J.
Rice, a staple food for over 70% of Asians, is also the single biggest user of water, requiring 2‐3 times more water per unit of grain produced than crops such as wheat and maize. With growing populations, increased urbanisation and environmental degradation, the supply of fresh water is depleting. Recognising the water constraints to rice yield, the aim of the project entitled ‘Developing a System of Temperate and Tropical Aerobic Rice (STAR) in Asia’ was to develop water‐efficient aerobic rice technologies. This paper highlights the success of that project.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Aerobic rice; Economic impact; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47635

Afforestation to increase the provision of ecosystem services: economic implications for Ukraine and beyond
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nijnik,   Maria; Oskam,   Arie J.; Nijnik,   Albert.
This paper analyses costs and benefits of planting trees on marginal lands across forestry zones in Ukraine with the purpose of using them for timber production, erosion prevention and climate change mitigation. The research reveals that establishment of new forests to increase timber production and alleviate soil erosion is economically and environmentally justified in some regions. Incorporating the effects of afforestation through on climate change mitigation increases social benefits.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Afforestation; Erosion; Carbon; Timber; Cost-benefit analysis; Land Economics/Use; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51814

Aflatoxin Contamination and Consumer Valuation of Maize in Western Kenya
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hoffmann,   Vivian; Mutiga,   Samuel; Nelson,   Rebecca; Gatobu,   Ken; Milgroom,   Michael; Harvey,   Jagger.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61903

Aflatoxin Redux: Does European Aflatoxin Regulation Hurt Groundnut Exporters from Africa?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Xiong,   Bo; Beghin,   John C.
Replaced with revised version of paper 07/02/10.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Food safety; Standards; Aflatoxin; Maximum Residues Limit; Groundnut; Gravity equation; Africa; Market access; EU; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; International Development; International Relations/Trade; Q17; F13.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61314

Africa's Education Enigma? The Nigerian story.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Uwaifo,   Ruth.
Replaced with revised version of paper 07/11/06.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21254

Africa's Food Crisis: Conditioning Trends and Global Development Policy
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Adesina,   Akinwumi A.
African countries continue to face deepening food crises which have been accentuated by the global food, energy and financial crises. This situation is part of a long term structural problem: decades of under-investments in agricultural sector and poor policies of support for smallholder farmers who form the bulk of the farming population. The inability of these farmers to achieve a supply response when commodity prices were high and market access was less of a problem suggests that there are multiple sets of binding constraints that continue to limit the potential of agricultural growth to reduce food security and poverty on the continent. What the continent needs is a smallholder-based green revolution that can help raise agricultural productivity and...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Food Security and Poverty.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53199

AFTER THE NIXON RESIGNATION WE STILL NEED REFORM!
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hardin,   Charles M.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 1974
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17100

Ag Transportation Issues Now and Tomorrow: "Agricultural Opportunities in Ocean Shipping" (PowerPoint)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lemm,   Donna.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Marketing.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/50585

AGEING AND CONSUMPTION – THE IMPACT OF DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE ON FOOD EXPENDITURE PATTERNS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Anders,   Sven M.
Populations in most developed countries are ageing while fertility is declining. Policy makers and researchers expect this demographic shift to induce major shifts in most Western societies, economies and public policies. Moreover, changing requirements, demands and public health pressures (e.g. diabetes) of ageing populations are expected are likely to alter food expenditure patterns for various goods categories, including food products. The objective of this paper is to investigate to what extent household's food expenditure patterns shift around retirement age and what role changes in time use spend on home production play in this context. More specifically this paper reviews literature relevant to economic literature that has evolved around Modigliani...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Life-cycle hypothesis; Retirement consumption puzzle; Food expenditure; Canada; Agricultural and Food Policy; Consumer/Household Economics; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Health Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/116442

AGENCY PERCEPTIONS OF ALTERNATIVE SALINITY POLICIES: THE ROLE OF FAIRNESS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: McCann,   Laura M.J.; Hafdahl,   Adam.
Economics has looked at the decision process of politicians but the decision process of agency staff has primarily been the purview of sociologists.  Agencies affect the final form of regulations, they may enforce or ignore regulations that exist, and they provide information to the political process.  Policies recommended by economists for nonpoint source pollution control are seldom supported by government agencies.        This study examined the relationship between preferences for a particular policy and perceptions of farmer cost, farmer resistance, efficacy in salinity reduction, fairness, and administrative costs.  The latter were included to find whether transaction costs of implementing policies affect preferences and whether this could help...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22097

Agency Theory and Wheat Marketing in Australia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bushell,   James; MacAulay,   T. Gordon.
The dual class shareholding company has been adopted as a way of managing the single desk operating system for wheat in Australia. Using B Class ASX listed shares to fund the operation of the company, and the use of A Class grower held shares to control the direction of the company, the objectives of the current arrangements are to maximise net pool returns to growers. Using principal-agent theory, the current marketing arrangements are examined. Considering both groups of shareholders as principals of one agent, this paper has focused on examining the contracts between the agent and each principal, and the incentives provided by these contracts to the agent to act in the interests of each of the shareholder groups. The reward to the agent from each...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Marketing.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10350

AGENDA SETTING, INFLUENCE, AND VOTING RULES: THE INFLUENCE OF THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION AND STATUS QUO BIAS IN THE COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY OF THE EU
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Pokrivcak,   Jan; Swinnen,   Johan F.M.
We develop a two-stage political economy model that explicitly models the complexity of decision-making in the European Union on the Common Agricultural Policy, and we derive how the institutional design affects the outcome and the influence of the various agents involved, and the likelihood of political stalemate.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19868

Agent Behavior under Risky and Uncertain Conditions. An Empirical Verification of Irving Fisher’s Notion of Time Preference
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Balgah,   Roland Azibo; Buchenrieder,   Gertrud.
Irving Fisher's theory on time preference in the 1930s arguably influenced the analysis of agents' current behavior with respect to future outcomes. By suggesting linear discount rates implying rational and self-interested motives of agents, Fisher substantiated neoclassical economic thinking. However, Fisher's notion of time preference, the choice between present and future enjoyment that actually integrates a psychological discounting component has not received similar attention in the scholarly literature. This paper aims at closing this gap. It empirically examines agent behavior under uncertain conditions culminating from natural shocks, and differentiates the psychic from the physical component. To empirically test Fisher's notion of time preference,...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Risks; Uncertainty; Agent behavior; Fisher; Time preference; Cameroon; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114214

Agent-Based Modelling and Sensitivity Analysis by Experimental Design and Metamodelling: An Application to Modelling Regional Structural Change
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Happe,   Kathrin.
This paper presents the application of the sensitivity analysis techniques Design of Experiments (DOE) and metamodelling to the agent-based model AgriPoliS, which is a spatial and dynamic simulation model of regional structural change. DOE and metamodelling provide a more systematic analysis of results of complex simulation models. When summarising the results, it becomes clear that interest rates, technical change and managerial ability influence average economic land rent the most.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Simulation; Design of experiments; Metamodelling; Structural change; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; C9; C15.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24464

Agglomeration Economies in Ukrainian Dairy Sector: a Marked Point Process Approach
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Brümmer,   Bernhard; von Cramon-Taubadel,   Stephan; Nivievskyi,   Oleg; Schlather,   Martin.
Even after more than 15 years of transition from plan to market, agriculture in Ukraine still faces many challenges in terms of its structure. The evidence in the literature points to significant heterogeneity of technical efficiency and productivity scores in Ukraine. Moreover, both the recently approved WTO accession, and the ongoing negotiations on a free trade agreement with the EU will require further improvements in productivity and competitiveness at the farm level. Using farm-level data for 2004-2005, we study the presence and possible causes of agglomeration economies in Ukrainian dairy sector. One of the most important results is that there are agglomeration effects in the sector. The performance of dairy farms is influenced by the performance of...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Ukraine; Dairy farming; Order-m frontier; Spatial dependence; Agglomeration.; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94990

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

Agglomeration Externalities and Technical Efficiency in Pig Production
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Larue,   Solene; Latruffe,   Laure.
The objective of the paper is to assess the effects of agglomeration on technical efficiency of French pig farms. We use a two-stage method to evaluate the effects of agglomeration on technical efficiency. The first stage consists in calculating pig activity’s efficiency scores with the non-parametric method Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). The second stage is a truncated regression of these scores on agglomeration variables. Data are for 899 French pig producers in 2004. Results suggest that these farms were as much affected by positive agglomeration externalities (that are knowledge spillovers due to farms’ density, and also arise from farms’ closeness to downstream market) as any other businesses. There was however no evidence of negative externalities...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agglomeration; Externalities; Data Envelopment Analysis; Industrial Organization; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44272

Agglomeration Externalities and Workforce Management: Rural Firms versus Urban Firms
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Blanc,   Michel; Cahuzac,   Eric; Tahar,   Gabriel.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24954

Agglomeration, Migration and Agricultural Growth: A Regional CGE Analysis for Uganda
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dorosh,   Paul A.; Thurlow,   James.
CGE Analysis; Development Strategy; sub-Saharan Africa;
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Rural-urban linkages; Internal migration; Regional development; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Q18; R13; R23.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/50775

Aggregate and Farm-level Productivity Growth in Tobacco: Before and After the Quota Buyout
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kirwan,   Barrett E.; White,   T. Kirk; Uchida,   Shinsuke.
We examine the distortionary effects of agricultural policy on farm productivity by examining the response of U.S. tobacco farmers' productivity to the quota buyout of 2004. We isolate the impact of distortionary policy, i.e., the tobacco quota, by decomposing aggregate productivity growth into the contribution of farm-level productivity growth and the contribution of reallocation of resources among tobacco growers. Reallocation of resources includes entry into and exit from tobacco farming, as well as growth or decline of the resources allocated to existing tobacco farms. We find that aggregate productivity of Kentucky tobacco farms grew 37% between 2002 and 2007.  Reallocation of resources among continuing tobacco farms contributed 22 percentage points...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Tobacco; Quotas; Aggregate Productivity Growth; Re-allocation; Crop Production/Industries; Productivity Analysis; E32; L6; O47.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56353

Aggregate eco-efficiency indices for New Zealand – a Principal Components Analysis
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jollands,   Nigel; Lermit,   Jonathan; Patterson,   Murray.
Eco-efficiency has emerged as a management response to waste issues associated with current production processes. Despite the popularity of the term in both business and government circles, limited attention has been paid to measuring and reporting eco-efficiency to government policy makers. Aggregate measures of eco-efficiency are needed, to complement existing measures and to help highlight important patterns in eco-efficiency data. This paper aims to develop aggregate measures of eco-efficiency for use by policy makers. Specifically, this paper provides a unique analysis by applying principal components analysis (PCA) to eco-efficiency indicators in New Zealand. This study reveals that New Zealand's overall eco-efficiency improved for two out of the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Policy development; Policy evaluation; Aggregate indices; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97773

Aggregation and Calibration of Agricultural Sector Models Through Crop Mix Restrictions and Marginal Profit Adjustments
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wiborg,   Torben; McCarl,   Bruce A.; Rasmussen,   Svend; Schneider,   Uwe A.
All agricultural sector models must deal with aggregation and calibration somehow. The aggregation problem involves treating a group of producers as if they all responded in the same way as a single representative unit. The calibration problem concerns making a model reproduce as closely as possible an empirically observed set of decision maker actions. This paper shows how both calibration and aggregation are addressed through crop mix restrictions combined with marginal profit adjust-ments.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Mathematical programming; Aggregation; Calibration; Crop mix; Marginal cost; Agricultural sector model; Agribusiness; C6; C61; Q1; Q11; Q17; Q18; R12; R13; R14.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24567

AGGREGATION ISSUES IN PEST CONTROL ECONOMICS: A BIOECONOMIC APPROACH
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Young,   Douglas L.; Smith,   Elwin G.; Kwon,   Tae-Jin.
Previous research has defined “aggregate pesticide expenditures” as the control variable; however, virtually all managerial recommendations and environmental restrictions target specific pesticides, rates, and crops. A bioeconomic approach considering particular pesticides on specific pests and crops is recommended for managerial-policy applications and testing for increasing returns. Exponential weed control and seven popular yield damage functional forms were estimated for a bioeconomic weed control model for winter wheat in Washington. Concavity with respect to herbicide rate was observed for most popular damage functions at normal weed densities and manufacturers’ label rates, but convexity existed outside these ranges and should be checked.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Bioeconomic; Data aggregation; Herbicide; Increasing returns; Pest control; Pesticide; Weed; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/36448

AGGREGATION ISSUES IN THE ESTIMATION OF MALMQUIST PRODUCTIVITY MEASURES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Shaik,   Saleem.
The paper contributes by demonstrating the sensitivity of nonparametric programming productivity measures to the choice of model –time series versus panel models of Malmquist productivity, and to various levels of commodity aggregation compared to the traditional Tornqvist-Theil index approach employing U.S. state-level data from 1960-96.  To illustrate the sensitive of nonparametric programming productivity measures, we compare the implicit shadow shares recovered from the dual values of the Malmquist productivity and total factor productivity methods to the observed shares of the Tornqvist-Theil index for U.S level data from 1948-1994.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Tornqvist-Theil Index; Time series; And Panel models; Malmquist productivity and Malmquist total factor productivity programming; Share-weights.; Productivity Analysis; O3; C6; Q1.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/46553

AGGREGATION WITHOUT SEPARABILITY: TESTS OF U.S. AND MEXICAN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION DATA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lin,   Ni; Davis,   George C.; Shumway,   C. Richard.
The generalized composite commodity theorem (Lewbel 1996) is used to test for consistent aggregation of U.S. and Mexican agricultural production data in each of the categories for which earlier tests rejected homothetic separability. All U.S. agricultural outputs can be justifiably aggregated into as few as four categories. All Mexican agricultural outputs can be aggregated into as few as five categories. The aggregation of all outputs into a single output cannot be supported in either country by sufficient conditions provided by the generalized composite commodity theorem and/or a homothetically separable technology.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Aggregation; Separability; Generalized composite commodity theorem; Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20927

AGGUILD OF ILLINOIS: A NEW GENERATION COOPERATIVE WITHOUT THE BRICKS AND MORTAR
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Whitacre,   Rick C.; Winter,   J. Randy.
In response to low commodity prices and increasing production cost, agricultural producers have attempted to capture a portion of downstream market value of their products by organizing and investing in what are now called "New Generation Co-ops".  These cooperative efforts often involve the construction of processing facilities (soybean crushing, corn processing, wheat milling) requiring an extensive capital commitment and a substantial financial risk for their members.  An alternative strategy to the brick and mortar cooperatives are producer affiliations that involve the negotiation of contractual agreements with product users, providing protocols for maintaining quality standards, and collecting and sharing information.  AgGuild of Illinois is an...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20321

AGRARIAN REGIONS IN SERBIA AS NATURAL FOUNDATION AND MARKET CHANCE IN CIRCUMSTANCES OF TRANSITION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Simonovic,   Zoran; Simonovic,   Dragoljub; Gligic,   Perica.
Process of transition movements in Republic of Sebia is in progress. Transition movements have not bypassed agrarian sector. Market agriculture should gain significance along this process. On this occasion we would like to emphasis two elements which affect development of Market Agriculture. Those are regionalization and specialization of agriculture. In study about agrarian regions in conditions of transition two charts are given, that pinpoint the essence of natural foundation and market opportunities in transition circumstances. Study of agro-identities starts with introspection of each reagion in respect of its natural values: plain (Vojvodina), hilly ( Sumadija), mountain-hilly (Pester). Therefore, plain region is specialized for production of stable...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agrarian regions; Regionalization; Specialization; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; International Development.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57417

AGREGAÇAÇÃO DE VALOR E DIFERENÇAS ESTRUTURAIS DAS EXPORTAÇÕES DA AGRICULTURA PAULISTA EM RELAÇÃO ÀS DEMAIS UNIDADES DA FEDERAÇÃO BRASILEIRA NO PERÍODO 1997-2007
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Souza,   Sueli Alves Moreira; Goncalves,   Jose Sidnei.
This article shows the existing structural differences between São Paulo State’s agriculture and other Brazilian Federation states’ agriculture, into the extent that in São Paulo there are 80% of total exports of processed products and in the rest of Brazil the gross products participate about the half of the sector exports. This finding addresses the need of agricultural polities to be specific for the territorial point of view.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Structural differences; Exports; Territorial agriculture; Value-added; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/96278

agri benchmark: Benchmarking Beef Farming Systems Worldwide
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Deblitz,   Claus.
The agri benchmark Beef Network is a unique association of economists, scientists, farmers and advisors, as well as scientific and agribusiness partners from more than 30 organisations across 23 countries. The Network benchmarks 'typical' beef finishing and cow-calf farms from participating countries, which are generated from panel meetings of farmers and advisors and collated using a standard operating procedure. Once data are entered and processed using a series of Excel spreadsheet tools, it is broken down to the enterprise and animal level for performing unit cost analyses. The complexity of the data recorded enables detailed analyses and international comparisons on farm demographics (land size, stocking numbers, daily weight gain, prices), cost...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Farm Management.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/59096

Agribusiness Cases in Supply Chain Management
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Brown,   William J.
The paper uses case studies of three different agribusinesses to demonstrate the principles of supply chain management and how it is applied. Primary producers must learn to understand and take advantages of the opportunities available to them in the new systems of supply change management. The agribusiness cases demonstrate a practical application of supply chain management that can affect and be applied to farm businesses throughout the world.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Farm Management.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7021

AGRIBUSINESS CONCENTRATION, COMPETITION AND NAFTA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: MacDonald,   James M.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/16883

Agribusiness Firm Reactions to Regulations: The Case of Investments in Traceability Systems
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Heyder,   Matthias; Hollmann-Hespos,   Thorsten; Theuvsen,   Ludwig.
Markets for agricultural and food products are characterized by high information asymmetries since producers, processors and retailers are in most cases much better informed about the quality of their products than consumers (Henson/Traill 1993). Often consumers are only at (prohibitively) high costs or not at all able to control important quality criterions such as food safety, nutritional value or region of origin. Such credence attributes can result in market failure due to a lack of credible information in the market (Akerlof 1970). As a result, attempts to protect consumers against food hazards, product adulteration and deception have gained much relevance in food supply chains (Deimel et al. 2008). Besides the more or less voluntary private...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/59118

Agribusiness Planning - Teaching and Cases at the University of Saskatchewan, Canada
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Brown,   William J.
The University of Saskatchewan (U of S) offers 2 courses in agribusiness planning where students form groups of 3 or 4 and prepare a complete business plan for an actual or planned agribusiness. Individuals or groups wishing to have a agribusiness plan completed can apply to the U of S and a student group will be assigned to their project. The components of a business plan includes the following sections; the executive summary, the introduction to the business being planned, the industry overview, the operations plan, the human resources plan, the marketing plan, and the financial plan which includes 10 years of financial projections. The paper also includes brief descriptions of a number of business plans completed by the students in the last number of...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Planning; Teaching; Cases; Agribusiness; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24275

Agricultura familiar, água e estratégias produtivas no rio dos Cochos, campos gerais de Minas
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Galizoni,   Flavia Maria; Ribeiro,   Eduardo Magalhaes; Lopes,   Elias Carlos; Chiodi,   Rafael Eduardo; Reis,   Ricardo Pereira.
O Alto-Médio São Francisco, inserido no bioma caatinga, está localizado na porção norte do estado de Minas, região semi-árida, marcada por uma distribuição muito irregular das chuvas no correr do ano. Esta região é alvo de projetos de irrigação, interessados principalmente nas águas do São Francisco, e na de seus principais afluentes. O objetivo deste artigo é analisar a relação entre comunidades de lavradores e água em um meio onde existe grande sazonalidade na disponibilidade natural de recursos hídricos e, ao mesmo tempo, incentivos maciços para projetos intensivos em uso de água. Procura analisar, principalmente, os manejos comunitários das águas realizados por agricultores familiares, a relação entre disponibilidade de água, produção de alimentos e...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Semi-árido; Agricultura familiar; Água; Semiarid; Family farmer; Water; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/106123

AGRICULTURA FAMILIAR: AS CONTRADIÇÕES TEÓRICAS FRENTE AO CAPITALISMO CONTEMPORÂNEO
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Galante,   Valdir Antonio; Lima,   Maria Messias F.
Este artigo discute as contradições inerentes a presença marcante da pequena e grande produção agrícola. Trata-se de uma reflexão sobre as teorias que subjugaram a agricultura familiar como um modo de produção fadado ao desaparecimento. As transformações ocorridas na forma de acumulação e centralização do capital nas últimas décadas não permitem mais tratar a pequena produção como algo isolado, mas como objeto fundamental de uma nova proposta de desenvolvimento. A primeira parte desse trabalho trata dos aspectos relacionados aos conceitos e teorias que desvendam a identidade e as peculiaridades da agricultura familiar frente ao sistema capitalista. A segunda parte faz uma análise do sistema capitalista e a forma como ele vem se apropriando do capital sob a...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultura familiar; Capitalismo; Neoliberalismo; Familiar agriculture; Capitalism; Neoliberalism; Industrial Organization.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109821

AGRICULTURA FAMILIAR E SUSTENTABILIDADE: UM ESTUDO DE CASO NOS NÚCLEOS RURAIS DA BACIA HIDROGRÁFICA DO RIBEIRÃO PIPIRIPAU/DF.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Oliveira,   Maria Neuza Da Silva; Wehrmann,   Magda Eva.
A degradação ambiental, originária do modelo de civilização que a humanidade adotou, constitui-se em um dos mais graves problemas da civilização moderna e, o setor agropecuário está sendo considerado, um dos principais fatores dessa degradação. Nesse contexto, o presente trabalho pretendeu dar uma contribuição ao debate sobre modelos sustentáveis de produção agropecuária no âmbito da bacia hidrográfica do ribeirão Pipiripau. Essa bacia está inserida no Distrito Federal e no estado de Goiás e, a atividade predominante no âmbito da bacia é a agricultura, especificamente, no segmento da agricultura familiar. Pesquisas feitas nessa área revelam que, o modelo de exploração adotado nessa localidade não é sustentável do ponto de vista ambiental. Nesse sentido,...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultura; Recursos Hídricos; Ribeirão Pipiripau e Sustentabilidade; Agriculture; Water resources; Pipiripau River and Sustainability; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/113981

AGRICULTURA FAMILIAR, TENTATIVAS E ESTRATÉGIAS PARA ASSEGURAR UM MERCADO E UMA RENDA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Costa,   Jair Pereira; Rimkus,   Leah Marie; Reydon,   Bastiaan Philip.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109603

AGRICULTURAL ADJUSTMENT: A CHALLENGE AND OPPORTUNITY FOR THE LAND-GRANT COLLEGE SYSTEM
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ackerman,   Joseph.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 1960
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/16976

AGRICULTURAL ADJUSTMENT AND THE DIVERSIFICATION OF FARM HOUSEHOLDS IN CENTRAL EUROPE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Chaplin,   Hannah; Davidova,   Sophia; Gorton,   Matthew.
Survey evidence from three Central European Countries (Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland) is analysed to identify the degree of non-agricultural farm diversification and the factors facilitating or impeding it in individual farms.  The effect of diversification on rural job creation is investigated.  The results indicate that the level of diversification is relatively small and enterprise diversification by farmers is unlikely to generate sufficient new jobs and solve the problem of high rural unemployment. The attempt to transpose the Western European model of agricultural diversification to the acceding countries via the SAPARD programme is questionable, as non-farm centric rural policies appear to be more appropriate.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Farm households; Non-agricultural diversification; Job creation; Central Europe; Consumer/Household Economics.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25843

Agricultural Agent Land-Use and Land Ownership Behavioural Analysis: A Casa Study From a Southern Italian Region
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Pascucci,   Stefano.
The recent CAP reform introduced new income support instruments much more related on agricultural agents land-use and land-ownership conditions than before.  In this perspective the behavioural analysis of land-use and land-ownership decision process seems to be a basic condition to evaluate the efficiency, effectiveness and equity of those instruments, and to understand and to forecast the agents response to these stimuli.  The land-use and land-ownership behaviour differs according to various land managers, not only on the base of "economic-productive" conditions, but also on the base of exogenous and endogenous "institutional" conditions, such as the presence of formal or informal contracts, cultural values, intergenerational linkages, family-farm...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Behavioural studies; Institutional structure of land ownership; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24437

Agricultural and Economic Convergence in the EU Integration Process: Do Geographical Relationships Matter?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sassi,   Maria; Pecci,   Francesco.
In the light of the reaffirmed importance of agricultural convergence within the integration process, the paper provides a preliminary investigation of the impact of the enlargement from the EU-15 to the EU-27 on agricultural real b-convergence and, with reference to the EU-27, of its relationship with economic catching-up process. The empirical analysis, based on a GWR approach, takes into account the regional spatial interdependences in estimating local parameters of convergence. The approach adopted allows to overcome the contradictory results from OLS estimations and parametric spatial econometric models pointed out by the literature and primarily connected to the existence of no unique convergence rate all over Europe. The analysis is based on a...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Regional convergence; Spatial analysis; GWR approach; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44459

AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD POLICY ISSUES AND THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Stansbury,   Dale L.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 1979
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17300

AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD POLICY ISSUES AND THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Culver,   James A.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 1979
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17298

AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST LANDUSE CHANGES, AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL KUZNETS CURVE FOR DEFORESTATION: AN INTERTEMPORAL DYNAMIC EQUILIBRIUM
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bhattarai,   Madhusudan; Hammig,   Michael D.; Paudel,   Krishna P.
This study is an investigation of the process of land conversion from forest to agricultural production, and assessing the factors affecting the process. We also analyze the conditions that would ultimately lead to the EKC type of relationship between deforestation and societal income in an economy.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20174

Agricultural and non-agricultural outputs and energy consumption in Tunisia: empirical evidences from cointegration and causality
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Chebbi,   Houssem Eddine; Boujelbene,   Y.
This short paper investigates the cointegration and causality link between energy consumption and agricultural, non-agricultural outputs (manufacturing sector and services sector) and overall gross domestic product in Tunisia for 1971-2003 period. Empirical results suggest that there is only unidirectional causality running from agricultural and non-agricultural sectors to energy consumption as well as from overall GDP growth to energy consumption. This unidirectional causality signifies a less energy dependent economy and suggests that it is sectoral growth that drives the energy consumption in Tunisia and not vice versa. Empirical results suggest also that Tunisian agricultural sector growth does not depend on energy, and high consumption of energy do...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Energy consumption; Output growth; Causality; Cointegration; Tunisia; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44055

Agricultural and Rural Household Income Statistics
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Karlsson,   Jan; Pfuderer,   Simone; Salvioni,   Cristina.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Farm Management.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24427

Agricultural and Small Business Retirement Plans and Needs for Information: Evidence from a Vermont Survey
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wang,   Qingbin; Trent,   Elizabeth; Parsons,   Robert L.
A survey of Vermont agricultural and small business owners and managers was conducted to examine their retirement plans and needs for information.  Results from 828 respondents indicate that 42% of them do not have any retirement plan and 45% of the surveyed businesses do not offer any retirement plan for their employees.  Results also suggest that most small business owners and managers who do not have a retirement plan are not very interested in more information on retirement planning.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Consumer/Household Economics.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19153

Agricultural Arbitrage, Adjustment Costs, and the Intensive Margin
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tack,   Jesse B.; LaFrance,   Jeffrey T.
Farmland and capital are an important and rapidly expanding component of the agricultural economy, and empirical evidence suggests that these assets are quasi-fixed in that adjustment costs are incurred when holdings are altered. Increased interest in the rate of return for investing in farmland suggests that an important consideration is the effect of adjustment costs on this return. A novel theoretical model is developed that ties together contributions from the farmland pricing and adjustment cost literatures, and the first order conditions for a utility maximizing decision maker are rearranged into intertemporal arbitrage equations that are similar in spirit to traditional finance models. The common assumptions that land and capital are quasi-fixed...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Arbitrage; Adjustment Costs; Farmland; Asset Pricing; Capital; Cost Function; Risk; Production; Agricultural Finance; Consumer/Household Economics; Crop Production/Industries; Farm Management; Financial Economics; Land Economics/Use; Production Economics; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56412

AGRICULTURAL BANK EFFICIENCY AND THE ROLE OF MANAGERIAL RISK PREFERENCES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Armah,   Bernard Kaku Ndarku; Park,   Timothy A.
We investigate the objectives of agricultural bank managers and their impacts on bank efficiency.  If managers are non-neutral toward risk, then banks may appear inefficient when they are not.  We find non-neutrality toward risk and efficiency gains due to firm size, loan shares, asset shares, and share of market deposits.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Financial Economics; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20909

Agricultural Biodiversity as an Insurance Policy (PowerPoint)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gepts,   Paul.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8058

AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY AND ORGANIC AGRICULTURE: NATIONAL ORGANIC STANDARDS, LABELING AND SECOND-GENERATION OF GM PRODUCTS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Giannakas,   Konstantinos; Yiannaka,   Amalia.
This paper examines the effect of the introduction of labels for products of biotechnology on the markets for GM, conventional, and organic food products. In addition, the paper analyzes the market and welfare effects of the introduction of consumer-oriented, second-generation GM products. Analytical results show that while a no-labeling regime is generally beneficial for the organic sector, when segregation costs are sufficiently high the introduction of labels for GM products can enhance the consumption share and growth of the organic sector while driving the conventional products out of the market. The analysis also reveals that the introduction of the consumer-oriented GM products can change the nature of the relationship between GM and conventional...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22063

AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: WILL IT BE TECHNOLOGY TRANSFERRED THROUGH THE MARKET OR PIRACY?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tarvydas,   Robert; Gaisford,   James D.; Hobbs,   Jill E.; Kerr,   William A.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26027

AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY- THE EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: von Troil,   Helena.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33474

AGRICULTURAL BIOTERRORISM PROTECTION ACT OF 2002: IMPLEMENTATION OF AGRICULTURAL SELECT AGENTS (PowerPoint Presentation)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hamm,   Shannon.
PowerPoint presentation
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33010

AGRICULTURAL BIOTERRORISM PROTECTION ACT OF 2002: POSSESION, USE, AND TRANSFER OF BIOLOGICAL AGENTS AND TOXINS  (PowerPoint Presentation)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Thomas,   Lee Ann.
PowerPoint presentation
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33009

Agricultural Carbon and Greenhouse Gases: Moving to Markets
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cummins,   James L.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37378

Agricultural Change and Population Growth: District-Level Evidence From India
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Witcover,   Julie; Vosti,   Stephen A.; Lipton,   Michael.
Green Revolution technologies were developed and promoted in the 1960s in response to alarm about impending famine in Asia. By boosting food supplies and fostering development, the technologies were expected to create "breathing space" for completing demographic transitions there. This paper uses District-level data from rural India on agricultural transformation (from 1961 to 1981) and on changes in human fertility (from 1971 to 1981) to examine whether they did so. In a reduced form model, female literacy and marriage rates emerged as strong fertility change determinants; effects varied by age cohort. Growth in real wages in rural areas, in part brought about by HYV technologies, accelerated fertility declines. With real wage growth effects of Green...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Development; Q16; J1; Q18; D1; O3.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25443

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

Agricultural Commercialization in the Uplands of Northern Vietnam: How to Achieve Both Poverty Reduction and Environmental Sustainability Goals?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Keil,   Alwin; Saint-Macary,   Camille; Zeller,   Manfred.
Income growth and urbanization in developing countries have enlarged markets for highvalue agricultural commodities. However, there are concerns that lacking access to physical, financial, and human capital, as well as infrastructure and institutions limit the ability of the poor to participate in and benefit from such commercial agricultural activities. There may further be a trade-off between wealth enhancing effects of intensive commercial agriculture and adverse long-term effects on farmers’ livelihoods due to natural resource degradation. This study provides empirical evidence on these crucial issues and derives related policy recommendations using the example of Vietnam. Here, economic growth has boosted the demand for animal products and,...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural commercialization; Maize cultivation; Sustainability; Tobit regression; Vietnam; Landwirtschaftliche Kommerzialisierung; Maisanbau; Nachhaltigkeit; Tobit-Regression; Vietnam; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114487

AGRICULTURAL COMPETITIVENESS AND WORLD TRADE LIBERALIZATION: IMPLICATIONS OF THE WTO AND FTAA, MAY 29-30, 2003 (CONFERENCE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mattson,   Jeremy W.; Koo,   Won W.
Executive summary for May 29-30, 2003, conference organized by the Center for Agricultural Policy and Trade Studies (NDSU) and Farm Foundation.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23070

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 competition from other local contractors and spot markets.  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 significant price differences in agricultural contracts for most commodities, providing evidence that most agricultural processors do not exercise market power by reducing prices...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Alternative marketing options; Local competition; Marketing contracts; Production contracts; Agricultural prices; Propensity score matching; Agribusiness; Marketing.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6336

Agricultural Convergence and Competitiveness in the EU-15 Regions
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sassi,   Maria.
On the basis of the stochastic kernel approach, the paper verifies the agricultural convergence process from 1994-2003 across a sample of 170 EU-15 regions at Nuts2 level classified according to their initial competitive profile through the Kohonen Self-Organizing Maps technique. The results achieved have, first, underlined the complexity of the competitive scenario summarized in four different profiles: non competitive regions; strongly competitive and innovative regions; competitive regions with diversification and production sustainability; and strongly dependent on the CAP direct support. They affect in a different way convergence. The process seems to be determined by the specific factors at the basis of agricultural competitiveness within which...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural convergence; Agricultural competitiveness; Stochastic kernel approach; Kohonen Self-Organizing Maps.; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25632

Agricultural Cooperative Enterprise in the Transition from Socialist Collective Farming
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gardner,   Bruce L.; Lerman,   Zvi.
Cooperative enterprise has appeal as a means of filling gaps in the economic institutions of the rural sectors of the transition economies of Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. But in addition to problems that have faced cooperatives in the West because of their inherent characteristics, the Soviet-era legacy created cultural burdens that cooperatives will have to overcome. A review of countries’ experiences since 1989 indicates some commonalities in attempts to create “new cooperatives,” but also instructive differences across countries. The evidence so far is unfavorable for cooperatives in agricultural production. In marketing and input supply the current situation is more promising. In both production and marketing, the economic...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44674

AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVES AND COST-REDUCING R&amp;D IN THE AGRI-FOOD SYSTEM
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Giannakas,   Konstantinos; Fulton,   Murray E.
This paper develops a sequential game theoretic model of heterogeneous producers to examine the effect of cooperative involvement on process innovation activity in the agricultural input-supplying sector. Analytical results show that the involvement of an open-membership cooperative in process innovation activity can be welfare enhancing and, thus, socially desirable. The presence of the co-op can increase the arrival rate of process innovations and productivity growth while reducing the price of agricultural inputs. The effectiveness of the co-op in innovation activity is determined by its initial market share and the size of the innovation costs.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22193

Agricultural cooperatives and quality-enhancing R&amp;D in the agri-food system
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Drivas,   Kyriakos; Giannakas,   Konstantinos.
This paper develops a game - theoretic model of heterogeneous consumers to analyze the effect of cooperative involvement on quality- enhancing product innovation activity, the pricing of food products, and the welfare of the groups involved in the context of a mixed duopoly where an openmembership consumer co- op competes with an IOF. Analytical results show that the involvement of the member welfare- maximizing co- op in R&amp;D can be quality and welfare enhancing by increasing the arrival rate of product innovations and reducing the prices of food products. The effectiveness of the co- op is shown to depend on the nature of product differentiation and the relative quality of its products, the degree of consumer heterogeneity, and the size of innovation...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Open Membership Cooperatives; Product Innovation; Mixed Oligopoly; Retained Earnings.; Agribusiness; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10075

AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVES AND RISK MANAGEMENT:IMPACT ON FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Manfredo,   Mark R.; Richards,   Timothy J.; McDermott,   Scott.
Agricultural cooperatives, like all agribusinesses, operate in an inherently risky environment.  Many risk management tools exist, but agricultural cooperatives have been slow to adopt sophisticated risk management practices.  Using simulation methods, this paper presents insight into how both traditional and innovative risk management practices effect the distribution of key financial variables for agricultural cooperatives.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22217

Agricultural costs for reducing nitrogen surpluses in the Weser river basin
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Heidecke,   Claudia; Kreins,   Peter.
Agriculture is to a large part responsible for nitrate leaching into groundwater and rivers in Germany, especially in highly intensive agricultural regions. To evaluate the link between nitrogen surpluses from agriculture and nutrient leaching into ground- and surface waters, a model network to analyse current and future nitrogen surplus developments and water quality is set up by connecting hydrological and hydrogeological models with the German agricultural sector model RAUMIS. A set of different environmental measures and their costs is selected to fulfil surface and groundwater targets of the European water framework directive (WFD) for the case of the Weser River basin. Results show that with additional agri-environmental measures covering around 1...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Diffuse pollution / agricultural economic and hydrological modelling / cost of nutrient reduction measures / Weser river basin; Agricultural and Food Policy; Crop Production/Industries; Farm Management; Land Economics/Use; Production Economics.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109380

Agricultural Credit Interest Rate Equalization Policy: A Growth Subsidy?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Castro,   Eduardo Rodrigues de; Teixeira,   Erly Cardoso.
The Brazilian Interest Rate Equalization System (IRES) subsidizes farmers by providing them with credit at lower than market interest rates. The objective of this research is to evaluate the IRES by comparing its monetary cost with its benefits as measured by Brazilian GDP growth. Estimates are carried out using input-output matrix. The results suggest that each Brazilian real spent by IRES to assist Brazilian family farms increases Brazilian GDP by R$ 1.75 and that each real spent to assist commercial farms increases GDP by R$ 3.57. The IRES is a subsidy that generates economic growth greater than its cost to society.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: IRES subsidy; Growth; Input-output matrix; Agricultural Finance; Q18; C67; O40; H81.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25358

Agricultural Decision Analysis: The Causal Challenge
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Parton,   Kevin A.
The paper sets out the agenda for reviewing models of decision making in the context of farmers’ use of seasonal climate forecasting. Such forecasts have been framed in terms of shifts in cumulative distribution functions of yields or gross margins. Typically they have been applied to choices about crop variety, crop type, time of planting or level of fertiliser application. Fundamental questions are: how do farmers conceptualise and make use of the information contained in seasonal climate forecasts? Do our models of decision making represent well the way in which these decisions are made?
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Decision making; Farmers; Seasonal climate forecasts; Conceptualisation; Review.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/48150

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AND THE THIRD WORLD MARKET FOR U.S. FARM EXPORTS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Paarlberg,   Robert L.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 1987
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17843

Agricultural Distortions in Sub-Saharan Africa: Trade and Welfare Indicators, 1961 to 2004
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Croser,   Johanna L.; Anderson,   Kym.
For decades, agricultural price and trade policies in Sub-Saharan Africa hampered farmers’ contributions to economic growth and poverty reduction. While there has been much policy reform over the past two decades, the injections of agricultural development funding, together with on-going regional and global trade negotiations, have brought distortionary policies under the spotlight once again. A key question asked of those policies is: how much are they still reducing national economic welfare and trade? Economy-wide models are able to address that question, but they are not available for many poor countries. Even where they are, typically they apply to just one particular previous year and so are unable to provide trends in effects over time. This paper...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Distorted incentives; Agricultural price and trade policies; Trade restrictiveness index; International Development.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58879

Agricultural Drainage and Gulf Hypoxia: Economic Targeting of Farmland to Reduce Nitrogen Loads in a Minnesota Watershed
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Petrolia,   Daniel R.; Gowda,   Prasanna H.; Mulla,   David J.
Agricultural nitrogen losses are the major contributor to nitrogen loads in the Mississippi River, and consequently, to the existence of a hypoxic, or "dead", zone in the Gulf of Mexico.  Focusing on two small agricultural watersheds in southwestern Minnesota, simulation results from the Agricultural Drainage And Pesticide Management (ADAPT) model were combined with a linear-optimization model to evaluate the environmental and economic impact of alternative land-use policies for reducing nitrogen losses.  Of particular importance was the study's explicit focus on agricultural subsurface (tile) drainage, which has been identified as the major pathway for agricultural nitrogen losses in the upper Midwest, and the use of drainage-focused abatement policies....
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Drainage; Hypoxia; ADAPT; Nitrogen; Watershed; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19416

Agricultural economics and transition: What was expected, what we observed, the lessons learned  Proceedings (Volume I / II)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Csaki,   Csaba; Forgacs,   Csaba; Koester,   Ulrich; Liefert,   William M.; Banse,   Martin; Gay,   Stephan Hubertus; McDonald,   Scott; M'Barek,   Robert; Swinnen,   Johan F.M.; Kim,   Hanho; An,   Donghwan; Hubbard,   Lionel J.; Rieger,   Laszlo; Szoke,   Gyula; Cristoiu,   Adriana; Udovc,   Andrej; Kagan,   Adam; Sassi,   Maria; Takacs,   Istvan; Takacs,   Emese; Cimpoies,   Dragos; Ertsey,   Imre; Kovacs,   Sandor; Przygodzka,   Renata; Dziemianowicz,   Ryta Iwona; Magda,   Robert; Borodina,   Elena; Borodina,   Alexandra; Gavrilescu,   Dinu; Pecze,   Denes; Balogh,   Peter; Cechura,   Lukas; Sayin,   Cengiz; Cengiz,   M. Nisa; Osanami,   Fumio; Szabo,   Gabor G.; Karaman,   Suleyman; Szekely,   Geza; Szczepaniak,   Iwona; Szczegolska,   Monika; Serova,   Eugenia; Pieniadz,   Agata; Barmon,   Basanta Kumar; Kondo,   Takumi; Becvarova,   Vera; Levkovych,   Inna; Hockmann,   Heinrich; Bezlepkina,   Irina V.; Kupavych,   Alexander; Konig,   Gabor; Halmai,   Peter; Vasary,   Viktoria; Vincze,   Maria-Magdolna; Lerman,   Zvi; Kolcsey,   Andrea; Bokusheva,   Raushan; Turtoi,   Crina Sinziana; Toma,   Camelia; Gavrilescu,   Camelia; Davidova,   Sophia; Blaas,   Gejza; Antonova,   Maria; Zeller,   Manfred; Deininger,   Klaus W.; Savastano,   Sara; Carletto,   Calogero; Caceres-Clavero,   Francisco; Lucena-Cobos,   Blanca; Latruffe,   Laure; Takacs-Gyorgy,   Katalin; Bandlerova,   Anna; Sadowski,   Adam; Gomez y Paloma,   Sergio; Luca,   Lucian; Cristoiu,   Adriana; Ciaian,   Pavel; Pokrivcak,   Jan; Drabik,   Dusan; Voneki,   Eva; Tonini,   Axel; Burger,   Anna; Szep,   Katalin; Majewski,   Edward; Raggi,   Meri; Viaggi,   Davide; Maccarini,   Elisa Ricci; Monasterolo,   Irene; Vandeplas,   Anneleen; Jongeneel,   Roelof A.; Novak,   Petr; Brasili,   Cristina; Meyer,   William H.; Kuhne,   Bianka; Fanfani,   Roberto; Gellynck,   Xavier; Molnar,   Adrienn; Gagalyuk,   Taras; Traikova,   Diana; Mollers,   Judith; Cochrane,   Nancy J.; Kazlauskiene,   Natalija; Fekete-Farkas,   Maria; Molnar,   Jozsef; Szucs,   Istvan; Popp,   Jozsef; Udovecz,   Gabor; Florkowski,   Wojciech J.; Fritzsch,   Jana; Buchenrieder,   Gertrud; Kasarjyan,   Milada; Podruzsik,   Szilard; Korff,   Rudiger; Wilkin,   Jerzy; van Leeuwen,   Myrna; Bartova,   Lubica; Erjavec,   Emil; Katona-Kovacs,   Judit; Baranyai,   Zsolt; Hubbard,   Carmen.
Over fifteen years have elapsed since the transition from the centrally planned economic system started in the early 1990’s. During this time agricultural and rural areas of Central and Eastern Europe have undergone profound structural changes with wide variations in the degree of transformation and in the rate of success in creating a competitive market and private ownership based food and agricultural system. By becoming member of the European Union the "transition" in its traditional interpretation has been concluded in ten of the Central East European countries. The transition to market based agriculture, however, is far from completion in Southern and Eastern Europe and especially in the CIS countries. International Association of Agricultural...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Agricultural Finance; Farm Management; Financial Economics; Industrial Organization; International Development; International Relations/Trade; Land Economics/Use; Production Economics.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/92319

Agricultural Economics Education in Ukrainian Agricultural Universities: An Efficiency Analysis Using Data Envelopment Analysis
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lissitsa,   Alexej; Coelli,   Tim J.; Rao,   D.S. Prasada.
Ukraine's transition from a centrally-planned to a market economy has had a profound effect upon its agricultural sector and agricultural universities. A substantial reduction in state financing has forced universities to adopt a range of survival strategies, with varying degrees of success. In this paper we use data envelopment analysis to examine the technical efficiency of 44 agricultural economics programs from 19 Ukrainian universities during the 2002/03 academic year. Our empirical results indicate wide disparities in performance, ranging from 36% to 100% technical efficiency. A second-stage analysis suggests that factors such as student demand, commercial activities and staff quality help explain a portion of this variation.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Higher education; Ukraine; Efficiency; Data envelopment analysis; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession; I21; C14; Q16.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24482

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMISTS' PERFORMANCE AND PAY: AN ANALYSIS OF LAND GRANT UNIVERSITY SALARIES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Srivastava,   Lorie; Thilmany,   Dawn D.
The objective of the 1998 Tracking Survey conducted by the CWAE was to examine differences in the professional experiences of female agricultural economists, including the salary study presented here. A comparative analysis presents detailed frequency, performance and pay measures for all types of employers. The econometric analysis of salary focuses more specifically on agricultural economists currently employed in the Land Grant System. The importance of salary to an individual, their rank, experience, refereed journal articles and book chapters appear to have the greatest effect on salary.  Although there is no clear gender bias, the number and age of children has negative implications on the salary earned by women.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/36511

Agricultural efficiency, malaria incidence and health expenses among Ugandan farmers
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ulimwengu,   John M.; Badiane,   Ousmane.
The importance of health in promoting economic development has been forcefully stated by the World Health Organization’s Commission on Macroeconomics and Health. In this paper, we look at the impact of own household health expenses on malaria incidence and ultimately on agricultural efficiency. We use a non-parametric method to estimate agricultural efficiency, therefore avoiding the issue of identification of the proper household agricultural production function. In addition the simar-wilson approach followed in this paper accounts for bias induced by serial correlation among farmers. A Tobit model with endogenous health production function is used to estimate the impact of malaria incidence on agricultural efficiency. Data come from the 2006 National...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Malaria; Efficiency; Tobit; Health; Agriculture; Expenses; Household; Production; Agricultural and Food Policy; Health Economics and Policy; Productivity Analysis.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103839

Agricultural Employment Patterns of Immigrant Workers in the United States
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cairns,   Jennifer; Smart,   Francis; Kandel,   William; Zahniser,   Steven.
Despite of the important role international migration fills  in the United States’ labor-intensive agricultural sector, few studies have addressed the individual characteristics and circumstances surrounding entry and exit by farm laborers. With increasing public attention on international migrant labor, policymakers have a need to understand the labor market patterns of these workers if they are to formulate appropriate immigration reforms, including temporary worker programs geared towards agriculture.  In this analysis, we model the likelihood of entering agricultural employment by migrants to the United States.  Using data from the Mexican Migration Project we find that migrants with higher levels of education and a greater command of English are less...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural Employment; Mexican Migration; Occupational Choice; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Farm Management; International Relations/Trade; Labor and Human Capital; Production Economics.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61327

AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT TRENDS IN AN ENLARGED EUROPEAN UNION: DOES THE CAP REFORM / INTRODUCTION MATTER?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Baum,   Sabine; Cook,   Peter; Stange,   Henriette; Weingarten,   Peter.
In the course of economic development there is a general downward trend of agricultural employment. In the EU-15, agricultural employment decreased by  2.3% p.a. (measured in regular persons) and  3.0% p.a. (measured in annual working units) between 1995 and 2000. In some of the new EU Member States, employment in agriculture plummeted in the early 1990s, whereas in others it increased during the first years of transition and has served as a social buffer in times of economic hardship. The most important determinants of agricultural employment changes are labor saving technical progress, the macroeconomic environment, the farm structure, socio-economic characteristics of the farmer and agricultural support policies. Currently, farmers in the enlarged EU...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural labor market; Agricultural policy; European Union; Transition countries; Case studies.; Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14962

Agricultural Employment Trends in an Enlarged European Union: Does the CAP Reform/Introduction Matter?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Baum,   Sabine; Cook,   Peter; Stange,   Henriette; Weingarten,   Peter.
In the course of economic development there is a general downward trend of agricultural employment, although structural change in agriculture is often delayed. In the EU-15, agricultural employment decreased by -2.3% p.a. (measured in regular persons) and -3.0% p.a. (measured in annual working units) between 1995 and 2000. In some of the new EU Member States, employment in agriculture plummeted in the early 1990s, whereas in others it increased during the first years of transition and has served as a social buffer in times of economic hardship. The most important determinants of agricultural employment changes are labor saving technical progress, the macroeconomic environment, the farm structure, socio-economic characteristics of the farmer and...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural labor market; Agricultural policy; European Union; Transition countries; Case studies; Agricultural and Food Policy; Labor and Human Capital; J43; Q18; Q19.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25395

Agricultural, Environmental and Health Research in a Global Environment
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ruttan,   Vernon W.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1995
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/50814

Agricultural Environmental Indicators: Using OECD Agri-Environmental Indicators to Assess New Zealand Kiwifruit Orchards
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Saunders,   Caroline M.; Kaye-Blake,   William; Campbell,   Rachel; Benge,   J.
Agri-environmental indicators (AEIs) developed by the OECD have been used to assess the environmental performance of the agricultural sector in developed countries. The Agricultural Research Group on Sustainability (ARGOS) in New Zealand has investigated using these AEIs to assess the performance of individual kiwifruit orchards. ARGOS is following panels of orchards to investigate the impacts of organic and conventional management systems on economic, sociological, and environmental dimensions of farming. The environmental monitoring of these orchards has provided data for calculating AEIs. The paper discusses the performance of ARGOS orchards, the impact of management systems, and the implications for future research.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agri-environmental indicators; Kiwifruit; Organic agriculture; Sustainability; Agricultural and Food Policy; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97163

Agricultural Expenditure in the Future European Union Budget
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: de Filippis,   Fabrizio; Henke,   Roberto; Salvatici,   Luca; Sardone,   Roberta.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114451

Agricultural Exports: A Growing Opportunity
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kirk,   Ronald.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/62067

Agricultural Extension for the Invisible Actors in Hunger Drama in Rural Nigeria
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Egbuna,   Ngozi.
It is now an undisputable fact that rural women farmers produce more than half of all the food grown in Nigeria. They are mainly responsibility for providing food for their families as they plant, harvest and fish, gather fuel wood, fetch water, cook as well as process and sell foodstuffs. This paper describes them as invisible actors in the hunger drama because though they feed the nation, they have little or no access to factors of production that boost productivity such as extension services. Indeed, while the dominance of women in rural areas are evident, policy makers, planners and extension officials often behave as if women did not exist, as if the situation and needs of all farmers were the same, whether men or women. Agricultural extension is one...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural Extension; Women Farmers; Rural Nigeria; Labor and Human Capital; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24280

AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICE IN THE FUNCTION OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Zivkovic,   Dragic; Jelic,   Sreten; Rajic,   Zoran.
Agriculture and agricultural extension service are facing numerous problems in present times when good solutions are not easy to find. Providing of agricultural extension service is important foreign-political instrument of a state which has stimulates the development of agricultural production. Agricultural extension service must provide effective link between holdings-producers, agricultural research and other sources of information. Agricultural extension agents must be aware of psycho-social and social aspects of group action and individual counselling. Therefore, one of priorities in agricultural development of our country is rising of the level of extension operation and establishment of extension service based on modern principles. This is the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural extension service; Types; Models; Functioning; Human resources; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57507

AGRICULTURAL FINANCING POLICIES AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Eze,   Christopher C.; Lemchi,   J.I.; Ugochukwu,   Albert I.; Eze,   V.C.; Awulonu,   C.A.O.; Okon,   A.X.
The study examined the agricultural financing policies of the government of Nigeria and effects on rural development .The study found that though the government has made serious efforts at making good agricultural policies through schemes, programmes and institutions, it has not been able to back them up with adequate budgetary allocation and financing coupled with corruption in the execution of the policies. It is recommended that for the government agricultural financing policies to achieve its target of rural development, Nigeria will need an adequate level of strategically targeted investment in agriculture, upgrade rural infrastructure, boost productivity, and increase competitiveness of the farm output, in addition to fighting corruption.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural financing; Policies; Institutions; Rural; Development; International Development.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/91677

AGRICULTURAL, FOOD AND HUMAN RESOURCE POLICIES: IMPLICATIONS FOR RURAL AFRICAN-AMERICANS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Christy,   Ralph D.; Allen,   Joyce E.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 1991
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17463

Agricultural Globalization in Reverse: The Impact of the Food Crisis in West Africa
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Staatz,   John M.; Dembele,   Niama Nango; Kelly,   Valerie A.; Adjao,   Ramziath.
Background paper for the Geneva Trade and Development Forum Crans-Montana, Switzerland September 17-20, 2008
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Africa; Globalization; Food Security and Poverty; International Relations/Trade; Q11.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/55466

Agricultural Growth and Economic Development: A View through the Globalization Lens
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Pingali,   Prabhu L.
This paper re-visits the age old proposition that agriculture growth contributes to overall economic development, and asks whether the relationship still holds in an increasingly globalized world. There is overwhelming empirical support for the above proposition, indeed, it is hard to find exceptions, barring a few city states, where sustained economic development has not been preceded by robust agricultural growth. However, there are a large number of countries that have witnessed neither agricultural growth nor economic development. Even in countries where agricultural growth has been significant, dramatic inter-regional differences persist. This paper examines the factors that contribute to or constrain the process of agricultural transformation. Does...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Development.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25429

Agricultural Growth and Poverty Reduction: The Case of Mexico
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Soloaga,   Isidro.
Poverty levels have been diminishing in Mexico since the late 90's, although several regions still show high levels of poverty, and they are extremely high in some rural areas. This paper have addressed the issue of the linkages between sectoral growth (urban/rural) and poverty levels. It was found that although both types of growth impacted negatively on poverty levels in Mexico, rural growth seems to have a higher power in improving consumption per capita of the poorest among the poor people. Moreover, the only inter-sector linkage found was the one that connects rural growth with urban poverty for those people above the food -poverty line but below the moderate poverty line. Exploring plausible channels, we have found that rural growth enhances equality...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Food Security and Poverty; International Development; O18; O5; E2; J43.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25277

Agricultural Growth, Rural Poverty and Hunger In Africa
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Otieno,   Zipora Awuor.
The long-term reduction of hunger and poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa remains one of the great challenges for the International development community. Poverty in Africa is predominately rural, majority of the poor people live in rural areas and are dependent on food production through farming or livestock keeping for most of their livelihood. It is estimated that over two hundred million people in Sub-Saharan Africa live in extreme poverty and among these are the rural poor in Eastern and Southern Africa where the worlds highest concentration of poor people are found. Given Agriculture’s central role in the region’s economies, can agriculture play a major role in poverty alleviation? How can Africa’s role in poverty reduction be enhanced? What could be done...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Demand and Price Analysis; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Labor and Human Capital; Marketing; Production Economics; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52179

AGRICULTURAL HOUSEHOLD MODEL WITH WAGE UNCERTAINTY: AN APPLICATION TO SUBSIDIARY POST-SOVIET AGRICULTURE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kurkalova,   Lyubov A.; Jensen,   Helen H.
The labor supply decision under wage uncertainty is studied in the context of an agricultural household model.  The recent sharp growth of post-Soviet subsidiary subsistence agriculture is consistent with the model predictions of an increase in farm labor supply in response to the fall and uncertainty in real wage.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Consumer/Household Economics; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21527

Agricultural Household-Firm Units: Adjustments to Change
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Findeis,   Jill L.; Swaminathan,   Hema; Jayaraman,   Anuja.
This paper assesses agricultural household-firm unit models to determine a useful typology for agricultural policy assessment that draws upon their use. Both standard and bargaining models for analyzing household decisions, including production, consumption, labor, credit, fertility and child schooling, intergenerational transfer, among other key behaviors of households are discussed, as well as data and estimation issues often encountered with household models. Relevant dimensions of a country or region typology are then suggested, focusing on (1) the extent to which markets, particularly labor markets, are perfect, missing or mixed; (2) relevant intra-household and key demographic considerations; and (3) the differentiation of particular household-firm...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural households; Farm households; Labor; Labor adjustments; Off-farm employment; Consumer/Household Economics; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15738

Agricultural Implications of EU Eastern Enlargement and the Future of the CAP
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tangermann,   Stefan.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/50839

Agricultural Import Demand in Low-Income, Middle-Income, and Centrally Planned Economies
Provedor de dados: 31
This report provides summaries of the papers and discussions at the third Consortium on Trade Research held in Washington, D.C., June 23-24, 1981. The cochairmen of the consortium were T. Kelley White, Economic Research Service (ERS), George E. Rossmiller, Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS), and Vernon Sorenson, Michigan State University. The Consortium focused on world demand for agricultural imports and the policies and conditions in low-income, middle-income, and centrally planned countries that influence import demand. An overview paper by Dewain Rahe and Cheryl Christensen assessed future global prospects for agricultural trade. Peter Timmer's paper investigated conceptual and empirical problems in analyzing import demand. Three of the papers...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Trade; Import demand; Projections; State trading; Food reserves; Stockholding; Bilateral agreements; Low-income countries; Middle-income countries; Centrally planned countries; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 1982
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51268

Agricultural Incomes Development in EU till 2030: Scenario Analysis of Main Driving Factors
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tabeau,   Andrzej A.; van Meijl,   Hans; Banse,   Martin; Woltjer,   Geert B.
Europe’s rural areas are expected to witness rapid changes due to developments in demography, (agricultural) policies, global trade, climate change, technology and enlargement of the European Union. These changes will affect farmers’ production and income level and make the final outcome of this process uncertain. This paper tries to assess this uncertainty by analyzing the results of 34 scenarios of the EURURALIS project. The scenario outcomes were used to investigate agricultural income development and to analyze the impact of different combinations of macroeconomic and policy factors on agricultural income. The results of these scenarios were achieved in a modeling framework consisting of a modified version of the Global Trade Analysis Project model...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural incomes and production; Agricultural policy; Long-term scenarios.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/48115

AGRICULTURAL INDEX INSURANCE PRODUCTS: STRENGTHS AND LIMITATIONS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Barnett,   Barry J.
Speech and PowerPoint Presentation
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32971

AGRICULTURAL INPUT MARKET SEGMENTS:  WHO IS BUYING?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Alexander,   Corinne E.; Wilson,   Christine A.; Foley,   Daniel H.
Cluster analysis was used to identify five distinct buyer segments for expendable input purchases for U.S. crop and livestock commercial producers.  A multinomial logit model was used to predict segment membership based on demographic, behavioral, and business management factors.  Results provide important information for agricultural input suppliers.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19997

Agricultural Inter-Sectoral Linkages and Its Contribution to Economic Growth in the Transition Countries
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Subramaniam,   Vijay; Reed,   Michael R.
This study estimates an econometric model that incorporates the linkages among agriculture, manufacturing, service and trade sectors using a vector error correction model for Poland and Romania. Three cointegrating vectors for Poland and one for Romania confirm that the different sectors in the Poland and Romania moved together over the sample period, and for this reason, their growth rates are interdependent. The long-run relationship of industrial, service and trade sectors to agricultural sector were established, and the results show that the industrial sector in Poland contributes positively to the agricultural sector while the growing service sector shows mixed results. The results of Romania indicate that the industrial sector is detrimental to...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Transition economy; Inter-sectoral growth linkages; Cointegration analysis; International Development; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; P20; 041; C32.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51586

Agricultural Land Fragmentation and Land Consolidation Rationality
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rusu,   Marioara.
Adopted about one year after the 1989 Revolution, Land Law (Law 18/1991) represented the starting point of land reform in Romania. As a result of this law implementation, at the beginning of the year 2000 the private sector owned 84% of total agricultural land: 82% of arable land, 74% of land under vineyards, 67% of land under orchards and 87% of land under meadows and pastures.  Besides the benefic social and economic effects, the mutations produced represent a distortion source in the rural area, determining the following, among others: a) crisis of ownership relations - a main aspect of this being the confusion concerning the ownership rights. The prolongation of clearing up these rights represents a major obstacle to a good operation of land market, to...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Farm Management; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6999

Agricultural land market in Russia and large corporate farms
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Shagaida,   Natalya.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10014

Agricultural land tax and farm-level resource use and output supply response
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Olubode-Awosola,   Femi.
This study develops and uses a programming model for farm-level resource use and output supply response to estimate the effects of agricultural land tax in South Africa: A case study of Free State, a region of extremely large commercial farms that gained their size and economic heft during the apartheid years of aggressive subsidies, favorable tax treatment, lucrative state grants and gifts, and all manner of financial assistance. The results indicate that changes in land use and output supply are marginal. The highest effects are observed on irrigated farming. Relevant policy responses raised by the findings are discussed.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural land tax; Farm-level; Resource use; Output supply; Land reform; South Africa; Case study; Programming model; Agricultural and Food Policy; Farm Management; Food Security and Poverty; Land Economics/Use; Political Economy; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51664

AGRICULTURAL LAND VALUES AND FUTURE LAND DEVELOPMENT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Plantinga,   Andrew J.; Miller,   Douglas J.
We develop a theoretical model of land prices and urban expansion and derive a reduced-form expression for agricultural land values.  This result dictates the specification of our econometric model in terms of variable choice and functional form.  We find strong support for the model in an application to New York.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21558

Agricultural Leadership Development: Insights and Experiences from Canada
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Martens,   Corry; McLean,   Scott.
In Canada, agriculture and its related industries are undergoing rapid and significant changes. Among the many issues facing farmers and other agri-business people are the development of biotechnologies, the decline of on-farm and rural populations, the emergence of new public policies, concerns over food safety, globalisation of markets, sensitivity to environmental issues, and the influence of regional and global trade agreements. Given the complexity of these issues, and the distinctiveness of various regions, sectors and commodities produced in Canada, there is a need for national agricultural leaders who understand the issues, and have the skills and networks to construct effective responses to those issues. The Canadian Farm Business Management...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6972

Agricultural Market Access: A Moving Target in the WTO Negotiations?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Brockmeier,   Martina; Pelikan,   Janine.
This paper analyses the economic effects of different magnitudes of tariff cuts, different tariff cutting formulas, the implications of tariff capping as well as different numbers and width of tariff bands in the market access pillar of the Doha Round agricultural negotiations. The simulations are conducted with an extended version of the GTAP model and an extended version of the GTAP data base (6.0) including bound and applied rates. The results reveal that the EU-27 experiences a negative change of its trade balance in the highly protected beef and sugar sectors. The relative increase of EU beef and sugar imports is mainly evoked by the magnitude of tariff cuts and, to a lesser extent, by the kind of formula used to implement the tariff cuts. In...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Market access; WTO negotiations; Bound and applied tariffs; CGE modeling; Agricultural trade policy; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25428

Agricultural Market Performance in the EU after the 2000 and 2003 CAP Reform An Ex-post Evaluation based on AGMEMOD
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Banse,   Martin; van Leeuwen,   Myrna; Tabeau,   Andrzej A.; Salamon,   Petra; Ledebur,   Oliver von.
The paper investigates the CAP impacts on the EU agriculture by means of policy simulations conducted with the AGMEMOD model. To isolate the policy effects in the historical period 2000-2005, counterfactual simulations for this period are run. To simulate the response of the EU agriculture on different policy changes in the period 2006-2020, a ‘no-policy change’ baseline scenario is developed and then policy experiments are conducted such as the abolition of milk quota, the implementation of the regional payments and some budget cuts. To identify the policy effects, the policy scenarios are compared with the ‘no-policy change’ baseline.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: CAP Reform; Ex-post evaluation; Agricultural sector modelling; Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/99366

Agricultural Marketing and Agribusiness Supply Chain Issues in Developing Economies:  The Case of Fresh Produce in Papua New Guinea
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Martin,   Sandra; Jagadish,   Ayyamani.
Large quantities of fresh produce can be grown in the Highlands provinces of Papua New Guinea, and this produce is then marketed to a range of markets, including the coastal cities of Port Moresby and Lae. However, it is often argued that the marketing system performs poorly, and various reasons for this are cited. In this paper, the results of a study on the marketing of smallholder produce originating in the Highlands provinces and destined for a range of markets, including the coastal cities, are presented. A defensible supply chain framework is used to evaluate a range of marketing issues and to evaluate the performance of the marketing system. The results of the study are refreshingly positive. It was found that the marketing system was remarkably...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness Supply Chain Framework; Agricultural Marketing; Papua New Guinea; Developing Economies; Industrial Organization; International Development; Marketing; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31956

AGRICULTURAL MARKETS LIBERALIZATION AND THE DOHA ROUND
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fabiosa,   Jacinto F.; Beghin,   John C.; de Cara,   Stephane; Fang,   Cheng; Isik,   Murat; Matthey,   Holger.
Using a partial equilibrium model of world agriculture, we investigate the multilateral removal of all border taxes and farm programs and their distortion of world agricultural markets.  These distortions have significant terms-of-trade effects.  World trade is also significantly impacted by both types of distortions.  Trade expansion is substantial for most commodities, especially dairy, meats, and vegetable oils.  Net agricultural and food exporters (Brazil, Australia, and Argentina) emerge with expanded exports; whereas net importing countries with limited distortions before liberalization are penalized by higher world markets prices and reduced imports.  The US gains significant export shares in livestock products and imports more dairy products....
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Doha; Agriculture; Trade liberalization; Domestic policy; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25875

AGRICULTURAL MECHANIZATION AND ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION IN EGYPT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Soliman,   Ibrahim.
BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL ENGINIREEING,BEIJING CHINA
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Crop response functions; Human-Machinery Labor Isoquants Map; Least cost combination of labor inputs; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Farm Management.
Ano: 1992
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/112669

Agricultural Nutrient Nonpoint Source Credits: A Comparison of State Crediting Procedures
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Latane,   Annah; Stephenson,   Kurt.
This paper compares agricultural nonpoint source crediting procedures between the Pennsylvania and Virginia nutrient trading programs.   Differences in farm-level credit production across states will be evaluated for agricultural operations, holding nutrient reduction technologies constant. The implications for the agricultural sector and water quality are discussed.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Nutrient trading; Credits; Agriculture; Nonpoint; Environmental Economics and Policy; Q53; Q58.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/98823

AGRICULTURAL OUTLOOK FORUM PROCEEDINGS (with Links to Full-text Papers or PowerPoint Presentations)
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33460

AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT AND PRODUCTIVITY IN THE FORMER SOVIET REPUBLICS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lerman,   Zvi; Kislev,   Yoav; Kriss,   Alon; Biton,   David.
The paper reviews agricultural development in the fifteen former Soviet republics over the period 1965-1998. Production functions are estimated and productivity differences and changes calculated. Large differences were found in terms of productivity and growth between the republics. The differences grew after 1990 reflecting variation in reform policies.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Productivity Analysis.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20471

AGRICULTURAL PHOSPHORUS NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION IN THE MINNESOTA RIVER
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Westra,   John V.
Phosphorus loads from agronomically diverse practices were simulated using representative farms from a heterogenous watershed of the Minnesota River.  Results from integrated bioeconomic analyses were used to test hypotheses about nontargeted and targeted nonpoint source phosphorus pollution abatement programs, with respect to net farm income and phosphorus loading.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21490

AGRICULTURAL POLICIES AND ECONOMIC GROWTH
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Southworth,   Herman M.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 1960
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/16987

Agricultural Policies and Risk Management: A Holistic Approach
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Anton,   Jesus.
This paper discusses the main issues and driving forces of government policies in the area of risk management in agriculture, with particular emphasis on good policy practices and the international environment. Four main ideas are developed. First, good policy and good policy analysis requires a holistic approach. This is particularly so in this policy area because risks interact prominently with both farm household strategies and government programs and regulations in terms of risk reduction impacts and the development of market tools and strategies. Second, the rational for government actions which are based on market failure or equity concerns need to be defined in order to analyze its nature and scope, as well as to develop appropriate government...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/48103

Agricultural Policies and Soil Degradation in Western Canada: An Agro-Ecological Economic Assessment: Project Summary
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bouzaher,   Aziz; Shogren,   Jason F.; Holtkamp,   Derald; Gassman,   Philip W.; Archer,   David W.; Lakshminarayan,   P.G.; Carriquiry,   Alicia L.; Reese,   Randall; Kakani,   Dharmaraju; Furtan,   William Hartley; Izaurralde,   R. Cesar; Kiniry,   James R.
This report describes an integrated agro-ecological modeling system that was developed to assess the potential economic and soil erosion impacts of different agricultural policies for the Canadian prairie provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba. The system was constructed by linking erosion metamodels (response functions), based on multiple simulations of the USDA Erosion Productivity Impact Calculator (EPIIC), with a modified version of Agriculture Canada's Canadian Regional Agriculture Model (CRAM) denoted as RS-CRAM (resource sensitive CRAM). A summary of both the environmental and agricultural decision (RS-CRAM) components are presented, including a description of the modifications and enhancements that were made to CRAM.  Results of policy...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1996
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/18660

Agricultural Policies in Selected OECD Countries: Opportunities for Reform
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ash,   Ken.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17997

AGRICULTURAL POLICIES, TRADE AGREEMENTS AND DISPUTE SETTLEMENT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gifford,   Michael N.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/16885

Agricultural policy analysis in Finland with the AGMEMOD model: Lessons to be learnt?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Niemi,   Jyrki S.; Kettunen,   Lauri.
The objective of this paper is to assess empirically the impacts of further reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) on the agri-food sector in Finland. To meet the objective, an econometric model for Finnish agriculture - built as a part of the AGMEMOD project - was utilised. The projection and policy simulations presented in the paper demonstrate that the model provides the basis for relatively straightforward baseline projection, and an initial framework for agricultural policy analysis. Yet, there remains substantial scope for further work on the model. In particular, the effects of big policy shocks are clearly not adequately captured by the model. The linear equations of supply together with low elasticities estimated from historical data...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Policy analysis; Econometric models; Finland; Commodity markets; Agricultural and Food Policy; C54; E17; Q18.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/99367

Agricultural policy (AP2011) Reform and the WTO: Potential Impacts on Swiss Agriculture
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ferjani,   Ali.
This article analyses the impact of the planned Swiss package of agricultural policy measures AP2011 and the tariff reductions scheduled as part of the WTO Doha Round, with special emphasis on effects in the dairy and meat sector. The simulations are carried out using an extended partial equilibrium model. This article discusses the anticipated impact of changing structural conditions on production, processing, consumption, prices and exports in the milk market. If account is taken of the Bilateral Agreements between Switzerland and the EU providing for liberalisation of the common cheese market, raw milk production increases by 10.5 %, whereas the milk price shows a significant drop to around 60 centimes per kilogram of milk. The abolition of subsidies...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Partial equilibrium model; Simulation; AP2011; WTO; Dairy industry; Agricultural and Food Policy; International Relations/Trade; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6638

Agricultural Policy as a Social Engineering Tool
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tavernier,   Edmund M.; Onyango,   Benjamin M.
This study uses logistic regression to estimate survey data on social engineering policies in the agricultural sector.  The study finds that farm operators are unlikely to support a policy allowing countries to restrict trade to pursue domestic economic and social policy goals if the policies affect international trade.  In particular the findings suggest that farm operators with annual gross sales including government payments between $500,000 and $999,999 are 80 percent less likely to indicate such a preference.  Farm operators with advanced degrees, some college education and a high school diploma are also unlikely to indicate such a preference.  In contrast farm operators who receive no income from farming or ranching and farm operators who receive a...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21359

Agricultural Policy Assessment and Development by Stakeholders: A Cross-Country Analysis of National Organic Farming Policy in 11 European Countries
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Vairo,   Daniela; Haring,   Anna Maria; Dabbert,   Stephan; Zanoli,   Raffaele.
There is no single 'best way' of policy development. Bottom-up approaches to policy design and a broad debate among stakeholders facilitate policy learning and innovation. A novel approach of a bottom-up policy design process involving stakeholders is introduced. First results obtained by this methodology are presented. The outcomes of an international effort for a development of policies for organic food and farming in Mai 2004 in Europe are analyzed: the synthesized results from 11 European countries (AT, CH, CZ, DE, DK, EE, GB, HU, IT, PL, SI) on the current situation of policies related to the organic food and farming sector in Europe are highlighted and policy recommendations for the development of the sector formulated. Specifically, strengths,...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Q18.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25301

AGRICULTURAL POLICY AT A DECISION POINT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Knutson,   Ronald D.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 1982
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17509

AGRICULTURAL POLICY AT THE END OF THE 20TH CENTURY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tweeten,   Luther G.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17705

AGRICULTURAL POLICY IN A VERTICAL STRUCTURE OF PRODUCTION WITH AN APPLICATION TO THE MILK INDUSTRY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bouamra,   Zohra; Requillart,   Vincent.
This paper analyzes the effects of policy instruments used in the dairy sector.  The analysis considers the supply of milk, the processing step characterized by joint production and the final demand for processed goods.  A short term partial equilibrium model is defined.  We use it to determine the effects of different policy scenarios on price, production, consumption and exports for the different products.  Because the GATT agreements imply a decrease in the volume of subsidized exports, we particularly analyze the impact of policy instruments on the exports of different milk products.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Public intervention; Dairy industry; Multiproduction; Vertical structure; Joint production.; Agricultural and Food Policy; Industrial Organization; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21010

AGRICULTURAL POLICY IN THE 1990S: A DIALOGUE BETWEEN TWO KANSAS CONGRESSMEN
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Roberts,   Pat; Glickman,   Daniel R.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 1989
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17228

Agricultural Policy Influence Upon the Economic Behaviour of Rural Households
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rusu,   Marioara.
The deep transformations brought about by the progressive and steady commitment of Romanian economy to the market economy have determined, among others, the modification of the role and status of rural household in the economic activity. Rural household changed from a simple participant, constrained to act in a certain way under a centralised, equalising and levelling system during the communist period, to a participant that carries out its activity in a competing environment in which initiative, creativity and efficiency are defining elements. Based on field surveys conducted at national level, the present paper intends to identify the evolution of economic behaviours specific to rural households under the influence of agricultural policy measures in the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Rural household; Economic behaviour; Agricultural policy; Romania; Consumer/Household Economics.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24814

AGRICULTURAL POLICY INTERVENTIONS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: MAPPING THE NATURE, DEGREE AND PROGRESS OF REFORMS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mullen,   Kathleen; Sun,   Dongsheng; Thomas,   Marcelle; Orden,   David; Gulati,   Ashok.
Replaced with revised version of paper 07/16/04.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Development.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20081

Agricultural Policy Reform and Industry Adjustment in Australia and New Zealand
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Harris,   David N.; Rae,   Allan N.
Some sectors of Australian and New Zealand farming have been heavily assisted in the past. New Zealand underwent an economy-wide deregulation in the mid-to-late 980s that included abrupt removal of practically all agricultural assistance. Policy reform in Australia has been more gradual and is industry focused, but in some cases substantial industry assistance has been withdrawn. Deregulation of the Australian dairy industry, and that of the sheep and beef sector in New Zealand, are discussed as case studies of these deregulations. Conclusions are drawn from these experiences, a major one being that previously-assisted farmers can successfully make the transition to market-driven agriculture.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural adjustment; Policy reform; Australia; New Zealand; Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15762

Agricultural Policy Reform and Industry Adjustment: Some Recent Experiences in Australia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Harris,   David N.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15746

Agricultural Policy Reform and Structural Adjustment: Historical Evidence from Korean Experience
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kim,   Hanho; Lee,   Yong-Kee.
Korean agriculture has been facing several structural problems resulting from rapid structural changes since 1960’'s, some of which are preventing a smooth policy reform in accordance with the WTO regime. Political burden from rice monoculture, policy ineffectiveness from too large farm employment, and inflexibility in policy options from high dependency of farm household income on farm income are pointed out and discussed in detail.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Direct payment; Market price support(MPS); Producer support estimate(PSE); Rice monoculture; Two-tier price scheme; Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15736

Agricultural Policy Reform and Structural Adjustment in Korea and Japan
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kim,   Hanho; Lee,   Yong-Kee.
Despite many common features in agricultural sector, Korea and Japan have passed through quite different paths of structural adjustment. An important consequence of the different structural adjustment paths is full-time vs. part-time based farming system. As far as policy reforms are concerned, full-time based Korean agriculture has much more barriers to smooth policy reform mainly due to the income-related problems. With high level of off-farm income, farm household income problem is not a great concern to Japan. In addition to the income problem, other barriers to smooth policy reform in Korea are pointed out and discussed.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Direct payment; Full-time farming system; Market price support(MPS); Part-time farming system; Policy reform; Producer support estimate(PSE); Rice-monoculture; Structural adjustment; Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15768

AGRICULTURAL POLICY REFORMS AND HARMONIZATION/CONVERGENCE/COMPATIBILITY: THE CASE OF MEXICO
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Yunez-Naude,   Antonio.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/16901

AGRICULTURAL POLICY RESEARCH - PAST CONTRIBUTIONS AND FUTURE POTENTIALS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Brown,   Aubrey J.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 1958
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17890

AGRICULTURAL POLICY: THE 1950'S IN RETROSPECT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hathaway,   Dale E.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 1960
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/16973

AGRICULTURAL POLICY UNCERTAINTY AND ANTICIPATORY FIRM LEVEL ADJUSTMENTS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lagerkvist,   Carl Johan.
This paper investigates, through a dynamic stochastic adjustment model the extent to which an active agricultural policy can be the source of volatility in agricultural investment. It is shown that noise in formulation of agricultural policy has adverse effects even in cases where earlier results would take that investment is increased.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Uncertainty; Agricultural Policy; Investment; Agricultural and Food Policy; Financial Economics; Risk and Uncertainty; D8; E2; H20; Q18.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21734

Agricultural Price Seasonality and Market Failure: Examining the Net Seller Household and the Net Benefit Ratio Definition
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Vergez,   Antonin.
On the basis of a household typology distinguishing between net sellers, net buyers and self sufficient, the Net Benefit Ratio (NBR), defined by Deaton (1989), is used to approximate households' first order welfare variations when price change. In this paper, we discuss both the typology's criteria and the classic formula of NBR, since they are based a) on produced and consumed quantities rather than real marketed volumes and b) on a unique selling and buying price for all surveyed households. We propose another definition of a net seller and a new NBR expression allowing the analyst to take into account market failures (MF) and price seasonality (PS), which are two constancies in developing countries. We use two sets of data (from Mexico and Mali), to...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Household welfare; Food crop; Net buyer; Net seller; Net benefit ratio; Price seasonality; Survey; Consumer/Household Economics; Marketing; D12; C14; Q12; D31; Q17; Q18.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7911

Agricultural Price Transmission Across Space and Commodities During Price Bubbles
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Esposti,   Roberto; Listorti,   Giulia.
This paper analyses the horizontal transmission of cereal price shocks both across different market places and across different commodities. The analysis is carried out using Italian and international weekly spot (cash) price data and concentrating the attention on years 2006-2010, a period of generalized exceptional exuberance and consequent rapid drop of agricultural prices. The work aims at investigating how price transmission may be affected during price bubbles. The properties of price time series are firstly explored to assess which data generation process may have eventually produced the observed patterns. Secondly, the interdependence across prices is specified and estimated adopting appropriate cointegration techniques.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Price Transmission; Price Bubbles; Time Series Properties; Cointegration; Demand and Price Analysis; Q110; C320.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114338

Agricultural Prices and Income Distribution among Farmers: A Whole-Household, Multi-Country, Multi-Year Analysis
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rios,   Ana R.; Shively,   Gerald E.; Masters,   William A.
Recent studies have emphasized that the poorest farmers are often net buyers of key commodities and therefore harmed by rising prices. We use LSMS data from Tanzania, Vietnam and Guatemala to test the degree of net purchases or sales by income level. We find that poorer farmers may be net buyers of individual crops, but only the poorest are net buyers of all crops. More generally, net sales among poor farmers are low. We conclude that agricultural price changes have a diverse but limited influence on poor farmers’ welfare, because their farm sales tend to be offset by food purchases.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Market participation; Poverty; Inequality; Multi-continent multicountry; Agricultural Finance.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49314

AGRICULTURAL PROBLEMS OF JAPAN
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kimura,   Takeshi.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1958
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17883

Agricultural Processing and the WA Economy: A General Equilibrium Analysis
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Johnston,   Peter; Islam,   Nazrul.
This paper investigates the impact of an expansion in agricultural processing on the Western Australian economy by modifying and applying a Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) economic model of Western Australia (called WAM). WAM was used to simulate the effects of a $1 million expansion in eight agricultural processing industries. The results show that there is a range of positive impacts from agricultural processing. On average, a $1 million expansion in agricultural processing is estimated to increase the State’s GSP (Gross State Product) by $649,000, and total output by $1.9 million. The expansion of the Wine and spirits industry is estimated to have the largest impact while the Textile fibres, yarns and woven fabrics industry has the smallest impact...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural processing; CGE model; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57901

Agricultural Production Decisions and the Welfare Effects of Changes in the Level and Timing of Snowmelt in the Western U.S.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cobourn,   Kelly M.; Mooney,   Sian; Megordon,   Brandon.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Production Economics; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61783

Agricultural Production Organization in Transition Economies and the Role of Human Capital: Evidence from Romania
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rizov,   Marian.
This paper examines the production mode choices of rural households with an emphasis on the role of human capital in the agricultural transformation process. Farm restructuring in Central and Eastern Europe has resulted in a broad range of farm types, such as co-operatives, partnerships, individual farms and combinations of those. The fact that resources are allocated into different production organization modes is attributed to the utility maximization strategy of heterogeneous agents deriving income from uncertain sources in the face of absent or imperfect factor markets. Empirical results from a multinomial logit model estimated with data from two-year nation-wide survey of Romanian farm households support the hypothesis that the outcome of the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Human capital; Production organization; Agricultural transition; Romania; Production Economics.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24925

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION PROGRAMS IN THE CORN BELT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Case,   H.C.M.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Production Economics.
Ano: 1951
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17373

Agricultural Production Survey Frames: Changes over time, issues, and challenges
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Watt,   Jean.
New Zealand has a long history of producing official statistics on agricultural, horticultural, and forestry production. Having a good population or survey frame is a key factor enabling the collection and production of quality statistics. Several population frames have been used over time for agricultural production censuses and surveys. These include land based frames, administrative registers, farmer and grower lists, and combinations of these. This paper discusses the frame currently used and earlier frames and associated challenges, including: the transition from a land based to administrative frame, coverage issues, frame updating, and issues when comparing statistics based on different frames. The paper discusses frames used for the production of...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agriculture; Statistics; Population; Survey; Frame; Agricultural and Food Policy; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/96951

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION UNDER UNCERTAINTY: A MODEL OF OPTIMAL INTRASEASONAL MANAGEMENT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Weninger,   Quinn; Zhao,   Jinhua.
This paper develops a dynamic model of crop production under uncertainty with intraseasonal input choices. Crop production involves multiple stages, including at least seeding, post emergence fertilizer/pesticide application and harvesting. If the farmer receives new information about the output and/or price during the stages, he may wish to adjust the input use at each stage in response to the future possible information. Whether future information leads to higher or lower input use at earlier stages depends on the production function, in particular whether inputs at different stages are substitutes or complements in the production function.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Farm Management.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19639

Agricultural Production with Change and Uncertainty: A Temporal Case Study Simulation of Colorado Potato Beetle
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Heikkila,   Jaakko; Peltola,   Jukka.
Changes in climatic and policy environments combined with uncertainty related to stochastic environmental fluctuations make design of invasive pest policy challenging. These external changes are often exacerbated by changes in the species characteristics. We discuss facing local change and uncertainty when deciding ex ante on a specific policy strategy. Our empirical case deals with an invasive agricultural pest, Colorado potato beetle, and agricultural production in Finland. Invasions are modelled as temporally random events and stochasticity in key variables is built into the analysis. The viability of two specific policy options is evaluated given uncertainty and local change.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Colorado potato beetle; Protected zone; Zone protegee; Invasive alien species; Crop Production/Industries; Q1; Q28; Q58.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24679

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY ANALYSIS OF EUROPEAN UNION AND EASTERN REGIONS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Serrao,   Amilcar.
This research work uses stochastic frontier analysis (SFA) and data envelopment analysis (DEA) to examine the sources of agricultural productivity growth over time and of productivity differences among countries and regions in European Union over the period 1980-1998.  A comparison of the mean productivity scores obtained by the two approaches show that DEA results are higher than in SFA results, because DEA fits a tighter (more flexible) frontier than the translog frontier. This study is a valuable warning for people to be carefully about the effects of the methodology choice upon their results and to use more than one approach if they suspect that it may have some influence.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Data Envelopment Analysis; Stochastic Frontier Analysis; Technical Efficiency Change; Technical  Change; Total Factor Productivity Change; European Union.; Productivity Analysis; Q12; D24.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22167

Agricultural Productivity and Anticipated Climate Change in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Spatial Sample Selection Model
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ward,   Patrick S.; Florax,   Raymond J.G.M.; Flores-Lagunes,   Alfonso.
A cereal yield response function is estimated conditional upon environmental and topographical features to detect the effects of spatial heterogeneity and spatial dependence in explaining agricultural productivity across Sub-Saharan Africa. Controlling for direct and localized spillover effects, we then estimate the effect that projected changes in temperature and precipitation as a result of global climate change will have on agricultural production. We find that the estimated declines found in the climatological literature may overestimate actual declines, and factors such as spatial heterogeneity (i.e., country fixed effects) are profoundly more important to agricultural production.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural Production; Climate Change; Applied Spatial Econometrics; Sample Selection; Generalized Method of Moments Estimation; Environmental Economics and Policy; Productivity Analysis; I3; Q18; C50.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61635

Agricultural Productivity and Climate Change in Sub-Saharan Africa
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kibonge Naik,   Aziza.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61899

Agricultural Productivity and Environmental Impacts: The Role of Non-parametric Analysis
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Shaik,   Saleem; Perrin,   Richard K.
Our contribution in this article is to compare two methods of adjusting agricultural productivity estimates for the effects of bad environmental outputs. One method is a direct non-parametric Malmquist index with the environmental variables include.  The other method is to use the shadow prices from the Malmquist analysis to modify a Tornqvist-Theil with shadow shares for the environmental variables.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy; Productivity Analysis.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20565

Agricultural Productivity and Policies in Sub-Saharan Africa
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Yu,   Bingxin; Nin Pratt,   Alejandro.
We analyze the evolution of Sub-Saharan Africa’s agricultural total factor productivity (TFP) over the past 45 years, looking for evidence of recent changes in growth patterns using an improved nonparametric Malmquist index. Our TFP estimates show a remarkable recovery in the performance of Sub-Saharan Africa’s agriculture between 1984 and 2006 after a long period of poor performance and decline. That recovery is the consequence of improved efficiency in production resulting from changes in the output structure and an adjustment in the use of inputs. Policy interventions, including fiscal, trade and sector specific policies, appear to have played an important role in improving agriculture’s performance. Despite the improved agricultural performance, SSA...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agriculture; Efficiency; Malmquist index; Total factor productivity; Technical change; Sub-Saharan Africa; Policy; Agricultural and Food Policy; International Development; Productivity Analysis.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/105400

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AND SUSTAINABILITY: EVIDENCE FROM LOW INPUT FARMING IN ARGENTINA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: de Prada,   Jorge D.; Bravo-Ureta,   Boris E.; Shah,   Farhed A.
The tradeoff between short-term agricultural productivity and sustainability is examined with a statistical analysis of evidence from low input agriculture in Argentina. Estimation results show that more intensive land use, corporate leasing of land, and larger farm size are likely to increase current revenues, but at the cost of sustainability.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Productivity Analysis.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22115

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY ASSESSMENT IN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Serrao,   Amilcar.
This research work examines levels and trends in global agricultural productivity in fifteen  European Union countries and four Eastern European countries that have already applied for European Union membership. The study makes use of data collected from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and covers the period 1980-1998. An approach based on Data Envelopment Analysis is used to provide information on the peers of the (inefficient) i-th country and to derive the Malmquist productivity indices. This approach is chosen due to the non-availability of reliable input price data to measure total factor productivity change, technical efficiency change and technical change. Model results show France, Bel-Lux and Italy are on the frontier...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Productivity Analysis.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20696

Agricultural Productivity Changes in the Caribbean: Challenges for Trade
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hutchinson,   Sharon D.
Caribbean countries have historically relied on agriculture as a source of food and foreign exchange.  With increasing changes in global trading arrangements and partnerships, this paper assesses the  changes in the production of crops, livestock and food per capita.  It also  reviewed total factor productivity measures of selected Caribbean countries, which were calculated using the Malmquist productivity indexes.  It is shown that there was a wide variety of progress in agricultural productivity among the selected countries, however, for many, there has been a decrease in total factor productivity.  The components of this productivity was also evaluated.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade; Productivity Analysis.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9838

Agricultural Productivity, Climate Change and Water availability in Sub-Saharan Africa
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kibonge Naik,   Aziza.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy; Productivity Analysis; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/104001

Agricultural Productivity, Drought, and Economic Growth in Sahel
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Boubacar,   Inoussa.
A standardized precipitation index is used in a regression analysis to quantify the impact of climate change on agricultural productivity in Sahel. I first estimate a Malmquist productivity index and its efficiency and technical change components. I further assess the statistical significance of the indices by estimating some confidence intervals via a bootstrap method. In the second stage of the analysis, I use a Probit model to estimate the extent to which climate variables affect agricultural productivity. It appears that agricultural performance has been disastrous in many Sahelian countries from 1970 to 2000. Using a comparable cross-country measure of drought, I provide evidence that precipitation variability is constraining not only Sahel’s...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Productivity; Agriculture; Sahel; International Development; Production Economics; O13; O55; Q54.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56321

Agricultural Productivity Growth in Africa: Is Efficiency Catching-up or Lagging Behind?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mugera,   Amin W.; Ojede,   Andrew.
Recent empirical studies on agricultural productivity growth in African countries have produced mixed results; some find that uptake of new technology (technical progress) is the main source of total factor productivity growth while others point to improved use of existing technology (efficiency catch-up). This study tests for efficiency catch-up in the agricultural productivity of 33 African countries from 1966 to 2001. We use recent advances in data envelopment analysis (DEA) to generate standard and bootstrap bias corrected technical efficiency scores. In general, we find no evidence of efficiency catching-up. The standard DEA overestimated the efficiency scores of some countries due to small sample bias.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agriculture; Efficiency Catch-up; Bootstrap DEA; Africa; International Development; Production Economics.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/100687

Agricultural Productivity Growth in the Caucasian Countries
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Khachaturyan,   Marianna.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Development; Production Economics.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61874

Agricultural Productivity Growth in the Euro-Med Region: Is there Evidence of Convergence?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Galonopulos,   K.; Surry,   Yves R.; Mattas,   Konstadinos.
This paper measures agricultural productivity growth by means of the sequential Malmquist Total Factor Productivity (TFP) index among a set of thirty-two countries including West European, Central and East European (CEE) and Middle East and North African (MENA) countries for the period 1961-2002. At a second stage it is also investigated whether this measure is converging among the countries, by employing cross-sectional tests for absolute and conditional β-convergence as well as for club convergence. Results suggest that despite the fact that the CEE and MENA countries exhibit a high rate of productivity growth after the 1990s, absolute convergence cannot be accepted. Still, evidence for conditional convergence is found and the formation of two separate...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Productivity growth; Sequential Malmquist TFP; Convergence.; Productivity Analysis.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43954

Agricultural Productivity Growth in the European Union and Transition Countries
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lissitsa,   Alexej; Rungsuriyawiboon,   Supawat.
Economic reform in the Central and Eastern European countries in the 1980s helped transform the structure and volume of agricultural production, consumption and trade, and resulted in significant agricultural productivity improvements. However, there are large differences among the transition countries in the magnitude and direction of these changes. The main objective of this study is to measure and compare the levels and trends in agricultural productivity in transition countries with those of the European Union (EU) countries making use of the most recent data available from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). This study employs a parametric distance function approach to measure Malmquist productivity index as well as the magnitude and...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agriculture; Parametric; Productivity; Transition countries; Biased technical change; Productivity Analysis.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25353

Agricultural productivity growth in the Mediterranean and tests of convergence among countries
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Galanopoulos,   Konstantinos; Lindberg,   Emma; Surry,   Yves R.; Mattas,   Konstadinos.
This paper measures agricultural productivity among a set of thirteen Mediterranean countries which includes two EU- 15 countries (Greece and Spain), another two EU- 25 (Cyprus and Malta) one country under accession negotiations (Turkey) and eight Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries (Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Libya, Morocco, Syria and Tunisia) from 1961 to 2002. The objective of the paper is twofold: Firstly, to analyse agricultural productivity growth in the Mediterranean countries by means of the sequential Malmquist Total Factor Productivity (TFP) index and secondly, to investigate whether this measure is converging among these countries. In terms of the first objective, TFP indices are decomposed into efficiency changes and technical...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Productivity growth; Sequential Malmquist TFP; Convergence.; Productivity Analysis.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10101

Agricultural Productivity in an Uncertain World (PowerPoint)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Murray,   Sherwin.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Land Economics/Use; Production Economics.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114718

Agricultural Productivity Measures for U.S. States 1950-82
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Evenson,   Robert E.; Landau,   Daniel; Ballou,   Dale.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Productivity Analysis.
Ano: 1987
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/50019

Agricultural Productivity, Technological Change, and Deforestation: A Global Analysis
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Brady,   Michael P.; Sohngen,   Brent.
This study takes advantages of recent developments in measuring total factor productivity in output specific directions to examine the influence of technological change in different agricultural sectors on land-use decisions in a cross-section of countries from 1969 to 2001. Results demonstrate a positive relationship between productivity and land in agriculture in most cases. The ruminant sector is an exception where an increase in productivity was negatively associated with amount of pastureland. The analysis also includes variables that have been found to be important determinants in other studies of land-use change. Population is clearly the dominant factor over the time period analyzed, although it is argued that other factors are likely to become...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Productivity Analysis; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6420

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS - - A DEMAND-SIDE PERSPECTIVE (PowerPoint Presentation)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gresser,   Rick.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32944

Agricultural Profits and Farm Household Wealth: A Farm-level and Cross-sectional Analysis
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Blank,   Steven C.; Erickson,   Kenneth W.; Nehring,   Richard F.; Hallahan,   Charles B.
This study examines the relationship between agricultural profits and farm household wealth across locations and farm sizes in U.S. agriculture.  Farmland has out-performed non-farm investments over the past decade.  Thus, households may want to keep their farmland to build wealth, even if it requires them to earn off-farm income.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21436

AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS AND POLICIES IN INDIA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ramachandran,   S.G.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 1958
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17891

AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS FOR HIGH-RISK AREAS OF THE SOUTHERN GREAT PLAINS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wooten,   Alvin B.; Cherry,   Robert G.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 1957
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17809

Agricultural Protection in a Food Importing Country: Indonesia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fane,   George; Warr,   Peter G.
This paper summarizes two country-specific studies which examine the degree and changing patterns of incentives to domestic agriculture in Malaysia and Vietnam.  Malaysia stands out in the developing world for its long-standing commitment to maintaining a relatively open trade and investment policy regime. However excessive assistance given to paddy farmers remains a major distortion in agricultural incentives.  Market oriented reforms in Vietnam began in the late 1990 with attempts to unshackle domestic agriculture, and reforms in this areas have been wide-ranging, with the exception of excessive assistance provided to sugar cane producers.  The impressive reform outcome in agriculture has played a pivotal role in sustaining the momentum of reforms,...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10362

Agricultural R&amp;D Lags from a Dual Perspective
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Yao,   Xiaojia; Andersen,   Matthew A.
This study examines the role of public agricultural research and development (R&amp;D) in the process of knowledge production and productivity growth in U.S. agriculture from a new perspective.  The seminal work of Griliches (1967) established the relationship between investments in R&amp;D, the process of knowledge production, and the productivity enhancing benefits they create.  In the literature on estimating knowledge production functions measures of multi-factor productivity (MFP) are regressed against measures of knowledge stocks, thereby enabling the researcher to quantify the relationship between the stream of investment expenditures and the productivity enhancing benefits they produce.  A critical aspect of this research involves how to handle...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Multi-factor Productivity; Dual estimates; Public R&amp;D; Lag distribution; Agricultural and Food Policy; Productivity Analysis.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61819

Agricultural R&amp;D, Productivity and Global Food Security (PowerPoint)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Pardey,   Philip G.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Productivity Analysis.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114719

Agricultural Recovery in CIS: Lessons of 15 Years of Land Reform and Farm Restructuring
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lerman,   Zvi.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8530

Agricultural Research and Policy for Better Health and Nutrition In Developing Countries: A Food Systems Approach
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Pinstrup-Andersen,   Per.
This paper is about the two-way causal relationships between the global food system and health and nutrition. It argues that the global food system begins and ends with health and that the prioritization and implementation of agricultural research and policy should consider health and nutrition effects. An integrated health and food policy approach is likely to be more effective in achieving both health and economic development goals that the current practice of separate sectorial policies. The paper identifies a large number of health and nutrition factors affecting and affected by the food system and suggests research and policies to enhance positive effects and reduce negative ones.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Health and agriculture; Food policy; Global food system; Agricultural research; Nutrition policy; Health and the food system; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25414

AGRICULTURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SURVEY (ARMS)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Allen,   Rich.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Farm Management.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19699

Agricultural Risk Aversion Revisited: A Multicriteria Decision-Making Approach
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gomez-Limon,   Jose Antonio; Riesgo,   Laura; Arriaza Balmón,   Manuel.
In modelling farm systems it is widely accepted that risk plays a central role. Furthermore, farmers' risk aversion determines their decisions in both the short and the long run. This paper presents a methodology based on multiple criteria mathematical programming to obtain relative and absolute risk aversion coefficients. We rely on multiattribute utility theory (MAUT) to elicit a separable additive multiattribute utility function and then estimate the risk aversion coefficients and apply this methodology to an irrigated area of Northern Spain. The results show a wide variety of attitudes to risk among farmers, who mainly exhibit decreasing absolute risk aversion (DARA) and constant relative risk aversion (CRRA).
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Risk analysis; Agriculture; Utility theory; Multiple criteria analysis; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24827

AGRICULTURAL RISK MANAGEMENT AND THE ROLE OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Glauber,   Joseph W.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33231

Agricultural Risk Management - Experiences from an Action Research Approach
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lund,   Mogens; Oksen,   Arne; Larsen,   Torben Ulf; Andersen,   Henning.
A new model for risk management in agriculture is described in the paper. The risk model is constructed as a context dependent process, which includes four main phases. The model is aimed at agricultural advisors, who wish to facilitate and disseminate risk management to farmers. It is developed and tested by an action research approach in an attempt to make risk management more applicable on family farms. Our obtained experiences indicate that farmers don't apply probabilistic thinking and other concepts according to formal decision theory.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Risk management; Consulting; Action research; Farm families; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24291

Agricultural risk management in Europe
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bielza,   Maria; Stroblmair,   Josef; Gallego,   Javier; Conte,   Costanza G.; Dittmann,   Christoph.
Replaced with revised version of paper 11/18/08
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Risk management policy; Agricultural insurance; Calamity funds; Ad-hoc aids; Natural disaster; Production Economics; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9252

Agricultural Sector and Economic Growth in Tunisia: Evidence from Co-integration and Error Correction Mechanism
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Chebbi,   Houssem Eddine; Lachaal,   Lassaad.
For the past two decades, Tunisia has been undertaken important structural reforms, which call in most cases for market and trade liberalization (agricultural structural adjustment program, GATT reforms, free trade area with the European Union). The private-led type of growth strategy with less government intervention has culminated these last years into a more rapid economic growth and openness. Within this context, this paper examines the agricultural sector role into the economic growth and its interactions with the other sectors using time-series co-integration techniques. We use annual data from 1961 to 2005 to estimate a VAR model that includes GDP indices of five sectors in Tunisian economy. Empirical results from this study indicate that in the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Co-integration; Economic growth; Agricultural sector; Tunisia; International Development; C22; O13; Q18.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9416

Agricultural situation report of Cyprus and the market and trade policies for fruit/vegetable and olive oil
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Markou,   Marinos; Kavazis,   Andreas.
During the last decade the Cypriot agricultural sector has been declining in terms of most indices in the economy, mainly due to the spiraling growth of tourism, as crucial investment outlays were diverted from agriculture to tourism; the most important factors of production being land and labor due to substantially higher yields accruing to both. The Domestic Resource Cost (DRC) revealed that the three products studied for the period 1997 to 2000, i.e. tomatoes, oranges and olive oil had a comparative advantage. However, the opening of the European market with EU accession led to the substantive undermining of competitiveness of agricultural products and to the reduction of the value of exports. It is believed that DRC ratios would be higher today that...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Domestic Resource Cost; Competitiveness; Tomatoes; Oranges; Olive Oil; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10070

AGRICULTURAL STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT TO GOVERNMENT POLICIES: EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ahearn,   Mary Clare; Yee,   Jet; Korb,   Penelope J.
Economic theory alone cannot predict the impacts of government payments on farm structure.  We estimate a 5-equation model for the 1978-96 period to measure the impacts using state micro and macro data sets.  We found that government payments were positively associated with farm size and farm exits, but negatively associated with the extent of consolidation in farm production and the off-farm work of operators.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Government payments; Productivity; Farm size; Farm exits; Off-farm work; Consolidation; Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20367

Agricultural Supply Response in Fiji
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hone,   Phillip; Haszler,   Henry; Natasiwai,   Tevita.
The agricultural sector is a central part of the Fiji Islands economy. Policies to alleviate poverty and stimulate economic growth need to be based on a sound understanding of the local agricultural systems involved. This understanding needs to extend to the responsiveness of production to price changes. To date there have been no published quantitative estimates of the responsiveness of agricultural supply in Fiji to output price changes. In this paper we present a set of highly disaggregated supply elasticities covering many of the major food crops produced and consumed in Fiji. These results have been derived from a stated intention survey of rural households. The results appear consistent with the dual nature of Fiji's agricultural sector and show that...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Stated intention survey; Agricultural; Supply elasticities; Developing country; Agricultural and Food Policy; Demand and Price Analysis; International Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/5982

Agricultural Tariff Rate Quotas: Impacts on Market Access
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Li,   Xianghong; Carter,   Colin A.
We study the impacts of the implementation of agricultural tariff rate quotas on market access. A doble-censored Tobit model is specified to examine factors that affect the performance of tariff rate quotas. The results show that both in-quota tariff rates and administrative methods restrict market access and lower quota fill rate. The effect of over-quota tariff, however, is insignificant during the study period.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19413

Agricultural tariff rate quotas implementation in the EU 1997-2002 ; Do developing countries enjoy quota rent?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dupraz,   Cathie Laroche; Matthews,   Alan.
Tariff rate quotas (TRQs) have been introduced and legitimised as a market access instrument in the Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture (URAA). TRQs combine both restriction of imports, and safeguard of current or preferential agricultural trade flows. By restricting the market access through high level tariff beyond the quota, one can imagine that exporters enjoying low level tariff would take share of quota rent. Do developing exporting countries benefit from EU TRQs? Do they enjoy quota rents or guaranteed market access? What should be their interest to defend about TRQs at WTO agricultural negotiations? This article aims to present an analysis of the 87 EU's agricultural TRQs implementation from 1997 to 2002, in order to bring to the fore the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Tariff rate quotas; Quota rent; Developing countries; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7910

Agricultural Technology
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mack,   Mike.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52641

Agricultural Technology Adoption and Land Productivity: Evidence from the Rice-Prawn Gher Farming System in Bangladesh
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Barmon,   Basanta Kumar; Kondo,   Takumi; Osanami,   Fumio.
Rice-prawn gher (RPG) farming system is an indigenous agricultural technology solely developed by farmers since mid 1980s. The present study aims to estimate the land productivity of modern varieties (MV) paddy production under RPG and (year-round modern varieties) YRMV paddy farming systems in the southwest Bangladesh. The RPG farming system has significant impacts on inputs used in MV boro paddy production. The findings of the study indicate that more chemical fertilizers were used in per ha MV boro paddy production under YRMV paddy farming in comparison with RPG farming. Similarly, per ha cost of irrigation, pesticides and land preparation were also higher in MV boro paddy production under YRMV paddy farming system compared to RPG farming system. The...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Rice-prawn gher farming; Year-round MV paddy farming; Land productivity; Farm Management; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7843

Agricultural Technology Adoption and Rural Poverty: Application of an Endogenous Switching Regression for Selected East African Countries
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Asfaw,   Solomon; Shiferaw,   Bekele A.
Achieving agricultural growth and development and thereby improving rural household welfare will require increased efforts to provide yield enhancing and natural resources conserving technologies. Agricultural research and technological improvements are therefore crucial to increase agricultural productivity and thereby reduce poverty. However evaluation of the impact of these technologies on rural household welfare have been very limited by lack of appropriate methods and most of previous research has therefore failed to move beyond estimating economic surplus and return to research investment. This paper evaluates the potential impact of adoption of modern agricultural technologies on rural household welfare measured by crop income and consumption...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Rural household welfare; Technology adoption; Propensity score matching; Endogenous switching; Ethiopia; Tanzania; Food Security and Poverty; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; C13; C15; O32; O38.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97049

AGRICULTURAL TERRORISM: POTENTIAL ECONOMIC EFFECTS ON THE POULTRY INDUSTRY IN  MISSISSIPPI
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Allen,   Albert J.; Myles,   Albert E.; Fuentes,   Porfirio A.; Muhammad,   Safdar.
An input/output model was developed to estimate the potential economic impact of intentional attacks by agricultural terrorists using Exotic Newcastle Disease (END) on the poultry industry in Mississippi.  The model measured impacts in terms of income, employment, output, and tax changes in the poultry industry.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/34750

Agricultural Trade and Economic Integration in the Western Hemisphere: Current Status
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Valdes,   Constanza; Wainio,   John; Gehlhar,   Mark J.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 1995
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/50813

Agricultural Trade Between Central Europe and the EU
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kiss,   Judit.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/50841

Agricultural Trade Flows among Developing Countries: Do Regional Preferential Trade Agreements make a Difference?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tembo,   Gelson; Jayne,   Thomas S.
Regional integration through trade is recognized as one way to foster economic growth and poverty reduction. This paper uses the gravity model and 11-year panel data (1996-2006) on Southern African Development Community (SADC) member countries to study Zambia’s regional agricultural trade flows and the impact of the SADC Trade Protocol (SADC-TP). Zambia’s volume of trade is significantly related to most of the standard gravity variables. The results indicate that Zambia has been largely trading below potential, especially with respect to exports. There have been improvements in Zambia’s trade flows during the SADC-TP period but only with a few countries. Further improvements will require re-examining protocol implementation and individual countries’...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Southern Africa; Regional trade; Gravity analysis; Zambia; Agricultural and Food Policy; Food Security and Poverty; International Relations/Trade; Marketing; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; C23; C51; F12; F14; F15.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51733

AGRICULTURAL TRADE IN THE URUGUAY ROUND: INTO FINAL BATTLE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Runge,   C. Ford.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 1989
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17229

Agricultural Trade Liberalisation and Strategic Environmental Policy
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Glebe,   Thilo W.; Latacz-Lohmann,   Uwe.
We use an extended partial equilibrium trade model to derive optimal environmental policy responses to tariff reduction requirements and assess the impact of such policies on the welfare of trading partners. We find that countries which attribute preferential political weights to farmers' welfare have an incentive to implement environmental policies that deviate from the Pigouvian solution - even if production is not de facto linked to environmental externalities. We clarify the conditions under which trading partners do not gain from unilateral trade liberalisation if trade concessions are accompanied by strategic environmental policy changes. We postulate a role for the WTO in overseeing the process of domestic policy formulation.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Trade liberalisation; Strategic environmental policy; Multifunctionality; Agri-environmental policy; WTO; Environmental Economics and Policy; D60; F11; F18; Q17.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24609

Agricultural Trade Liberalization and Adjustment in Developing Countries
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Abbott,   Philip C.
Agricultural trade liberalization offers the possibility of substantial income gains and poverty reduction in the developing world. For those gains to be realized, institutional innovations and realizations of export opportunities are crucial. Adjustment policies to foster gains from trade include initiatives to compensate losers, institutional reforms to integrate into the global trading system, and policies which facilitate resource reallocations and especially enhance investment activity, both foreign and domestic. Much can be learned from experience with structural adjustment reforms, in which substantial trade liberalization by developing countries was accompanied by numerous other reforms when successful. Agriculture is important in reforms because...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural trade liberalization; Developing countries; Structural adjustment; Institutional innovation; Good governance; Investment; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15731

Agricultural Trade Liberalization and Poverty in Tunisia: Micro-simulation in a General Equilibrium Framework
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Chemingui,   Mohamed Abdelbasset; Thabet,   Chokri.
The study tries to answer the following questions: Will exposure to world agricultural prices generate more poverty or less? To what extent will households be affected by changes in agricultural trade polices? Do multilateral agricultural liberalization matter more than bilateral changes? Results of simulations using a computable general equilibrium (CGE) model linked to household survey data suggest that trade liberalization has only modest effects on the level of GDP, but it has a substantial effect in reducing poverty. Moreover, the combined effects of global and domestic liberalization are more pro-poor than the effect of domestic liberalization alone. As a net importer of agricultural commodities, Tunisia may be expected to experience terms-oftrade...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Tunisia; Agricultural trade liberalization; Poverty; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44466

AGRICULTURAL TRADE LIBERALIZATION AND STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY: A FORMAL ANALYSIS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Glebe,   Thilo W.; Latacz-Lohmann,   Uwe.
This paper develops an extended general equilibrium model of international trade in order to analyze the welfare effects of agricultural trade liberalization if a large country influences its terms of trade by means of environmental policy. We derive globally optimal first-best and second-best environmental and trade policy combinations as a benchmark for assessing the trade-distorting character of strategically motivated environmental policies and demonstrate that if second-best rather than first-best policies are chosen as a benchmark the conclusions may differ not only in magnitude but also in direction. We further demonstrate that if a Pigouvian instrument is transformed into a strategic environmental policy, following trade liberalization, the global...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20277

Agricultural Trade Liberalization: Assessing the Consequences for Developing Countries
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bureau,   Jean-Christophe; Jean,   Sebastien; Matthews,   Alan.
Recent analyses suggest that the impact of agricultural trade liberalization on developing countries will be very uneven. Simulations suggest that the effects of agricultural trade liberalization will be small, overall, and are likely to be negative for a significant number of developing countries. The Doha Round focuses on tariff issues, but these countries currently have practically duty-free access to European and North American markets under preferential regimes. Multilateral liberalization will erode the benefits of these preferences, which are presently rather well utilized in the agricultural sector. The main obstacles to the exports of the poorest countries appear to be in the non-tariff area (sanitary, phytosanitary standards) which increasingly...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural trade liberalization; WTO; Developing countries; International Development; International Relations/Trade; F13; Q17.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24628

AGRICULTURAL TRADE LIBERALIZATION-- IMPACTS ON CONSUMERS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kinsey,   Jean D.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17940

AGRICULTURAL TRADE LIBERALIZATION-- IMPACTS ON PRODUCERS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: O'Rourke,   A. Desmond.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17938

Agricultural trade liberalization in the Mediterranean region: A complex and uneven process
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Petit,   Michel.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10087

Agricultural Trade Liberalization in West Asia and North Africa
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Minot,   Nicholas; Chemingui,   Mohamed Abdelbasset; Thomas,   Marcelle; Dewina,   Reno; Orden,   David.
Replaced with revised version of paper 06/28/07.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9981

AGRICULTURAL TRADE LIBERALIZATION UNDER NAFTA: REPORTING ON THE REPORT CARD
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fairchild,   Gary F.; Aubin,   Pierre.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/16837

AGRICULTURAL TRADE LIBERALIZATION UNDER NAFTA: THE NEGOTIATION PROCESS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gifford,   Michael N.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/16846

AGRICULTURAL TRADE POLICY ACTORS, ANALYSTS, AND ADVOCATES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mayer,   Leo V.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 1982
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17523

Agricultural Trade Policy Issues in the Eighties, Current Research and Long-Term Forecasting
Provedor de dados: 31
Domestic agricultural policy and trade policy are closely linked. Thus, research, including long-term forecasting activities, must take into account the domestic as well as international implications of trade policy issues. The seventh meeting of the Consortium on Trade Research on June 23-24, 1983, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, focused on the problems facing international agricultural trade in the eighties; current research efforts at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Canada, and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Secretariat; and the status, problems, and applications of long-term forecasting models.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Trade policy; Trade modeling; Long-term forecasting; Monetary policy; Exchange rates; Agricultural and Food Policy; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 1983
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51440

AGRICULTURAL TRADE: PROSPECTS FOR LONG-TERM RECOVERY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tweeten,   Luther G.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 1988
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17644

Agricultural Trade Reform and Industry Adjustment in Indonesia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Harris,   David N.
This paper presents a component of a project on industry adjustment to agricultural trade reform in selected developing countries. The aim of the project is to examine the issues affecting the development of industry adjustment policies to manage the impact of trade reform. It will evaluate specific developing country examples of industries that are likely to face significant adjustment pressures from trade policy reform. The study is focused on industry specific policy responses for two reasons. First, many LDC’'s are concerned about the consequences of future WTO reforms for adjustment in ‘'sensitive'’ industries. Governments in developing countries have received advice and assistance on how to comply with the requirements of their WTO commitments from...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15757

Agricultural Trade Reform Under the Doha Agenda: Ready for Takeoff?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Martin,   William J.; Anderson,   Kym.
A successful agreement on agriculture is critical for an overall agreement under the Doha negotiations. But before the final agreement is known, some critical decisions must be made about issues such as resumption of the negotiations, and the key tradeoffs to be made following resumption. We consider four of the most controversial areas of the agricultural negotiations: the relative importance of domestic support, market access and export subsidies; the sensitive-product exceptions sought for all countries; the additional special product exceptions sought for developing countries; and the proposed special safeguard mechanism. We show that the decisions made on reform in these areas will have a critical influence on whether the negotiations achieve their...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9467

Agricultural Transformation in the New Federal States of Germany
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Paarlberg,   Philip L.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Development.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/50846

Agricultural transition and integration to the world economy: NIS case
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Serova,   Eugenia.
The paper studies the major trends in the agri-food trade in the NIS countries. It describes the trade flows, production cooperation and trade regimes within NIS countries; trade with the rest of the world and accession to the WTO. The key tested hypothesis of the paper is that intra-region trade dominate international trade in the NIS region, however this centrifugal tendency is forced by nation’s specialization set in the Soviet period. The development process in the NIS countries will cause more deep international integration. Also paper measure IIT for the NIS countries both for trade within the region and beyond it as well as IIT for some particular groups af agri-food commodities. It allowed an author to understand whether product variety explain the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: NIS countries; Agri-food trade; Trade liberalization; Intra-industry trade (IIT); Agricultural and Food Policy; P33; O13.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8513

Agricultural Transition in Central and Eastern Europe
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Buckwell,   Allan.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Development.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/50834

Agricultural Transition in the New Federal States of Germany
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Koester,   Ulrich; Brooks,   Karen M.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Development.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/50845

Agricultural Value Chain Development in West Africa – Methodological framework and case study of mango in Benin
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: van Melle,   Cathelijne; Coulibaly,   Ousmane; Hell,   Kerstin.
Globalization and competitiveness of agricultural commodities could have significant potential benefits for food security and poverty reduction in West Africa. Participation in global trade and economy is potentially important but not enough to ensure benefits at all levels of the chains and equitable distribution of income for each participant. Efficiency is key in the commodity value chain, but effective support functions and services, infrastructure, legal and policy environment are important. This paper presents the framework of value chain concept and analysis, as a guide to enhance competitiveness of commodities at national, regional or global level. The paper applies the value chain framework to a case study on mango in Benin, West Africa. The...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Benin; Mango; Value chain; West Africa; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Demand and Price Analysis; Environmental Economics and Policy; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; International Development; International Relations/Trade; Marketing; Productivity Analysis; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51994

Agricultural Water Demand in Guadalquivir River (2005 Value vs. 2015 Scenario)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mesa-Jurado,   Maria A.; Berbel,   Julio; Piston,   Juan Maximo.
This paper reviews the application of a scenario for the 2015 agricultural policy and markets for the irrigated agriculture in Europe. Scenarios for irrigated agriculture 2015 are described in detail including Reformed CAP and how biofuel impacts demand. A model for irrigation water demand is applied at the basin level for the Guadalquivir River (Southern Spain). The methodology is based upon residual value of water and it combines budget and farm analysis at municipality level, with the Guadalquivir basin divided at 50 counties where 24 possible crops are selected and adapted specifically to each county yield and costs. The result is a comparative analysis between actual level of water use and value, and 2015 scenario at county level and later aggregated...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Irrigated agriculture; Value of water; Scenario analysis; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43857

Agricultural Water Security and Instream Flows for Endangered Salmonids in Coastal California's Watersheds
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mezzatesta,   Mariano; Newburn,   David A.; Brozovic,   Nicholas.
Many rural landowners within the Western United States do not have access to a secure water supply provided by a major dam or an irrigation district. Such water users must rely instead on groundwater pumping and/or seasonal water flows from tributaries. Some of these agricultural producers choose to store winter stream flows from tributaries within onsite reservoirs to secure their spring/summer water needs. However, regulatory agencies have increased restrictions on surface water storage and diversions to improve instream flows for endangered salmon, thus reducing water security for many landowners not located along the main stem.  The majority of salmon habitat is within the tributaries located throughout a watershed. Most research regarding instream...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Instream flow; Salmon; Endangered species; Water; Watershed; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61485

Agricultural yield expectations under climate change - a Bayesian approach
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Krause,   Jette.
In the years to come, German wheat, corn and aggregated cereal yields can be expected to show growing deviations from a linearly increasing trend. This results from the Bayesian Updating approach I apply to agricultural yield data. The updating procedure is carried out on a set of hypotheses on yield development, which are weighted in the light of yield data from 1950 through 2006. All hypotheses share the assumption of a linear yield trend with normally distributed variance of actual data from this trend, but differ in regard to possible future developments. The set of hypotheses allows for both the trend and the variance of data to stay unchanged, increase or decrease by 20 per cent from one period to the next. As a result, yield expectations converge to...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Bayesian updating; Agricultural yields; Expectation; Risk; Climate change; Trend; Variance; Volatility; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9273

Agriculturally Related Environmental Issues in Free Trade Agreements
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Colyer,   Dale.
The consideration of environmental matters in trade liberalization agreements has become an issue since they were included in NAFTA and recognized Uruguay round agreement that created the WTO. Many WTO members, especially the less developed countries, remain opposed to including environmental issues in trade agreements. However, Canada, the U.S. and a few other countries now include environmental provisions in their bilateral and regional trade agreements; the U.S. is required to do so under its 2002 Trade Promotion Act (PL 107-210). Furthermore, the declaration establishing the Doha Round of multilateral negotiations recognizes a role, albeit a limited one, for the environment in negotiating the next multilateral trade liberalization agreement....
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Trade and environment; Agricultural trade; Trade liberalization; Doha Round; Environmental Economics and Policy; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25756

Agricultural/Renewable Contributions to U.S. Electricity Usage
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Doering,   Otto C., III.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7626

AGRICULTURE AND CITIZEN COMPLAINTS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Raymond,   Mark; Weersink,   Alfons.
The paper addresses the relationship between agricultural spills and environmental complaints filed by citizens against agriculture.  It also determines the influence of other factors on the likelihood of both farm spills and complaints within a region.  The relationships have been estimated using a unique data set containing the number of spills and complaints along with regional data such as the stringency of environmental regulations and socio-economic variables.  Different environmental regulations do appear to have an effect on the spills and complaints.  By-laws on the size of manure storage facility in relation to the number of livestock housed influence the likelihood of spills within a region.  Larger storages decrease the number of annual manure...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22071

AGRICULTURE AND CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE EU: GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS AND ABATEMENT COSTS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: de Cara,   Stephane; Jayet,   Pierre-Alain.
This paper addresses the assessment of greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture in the European Union. We first estimate and compare net emissions from agricultural activities in twelve EU countries. These estimates are based on a set of farm-unit linear-programming models. We then use these models to derive marginal and total abatement costs associated with different levels of reduction targets (dual approach) and different values of carbon-equivalent emissions (primal approach). Finally, we explore the possibility of allowing afforestation on set-aside land. This paper highlights the discrepancies between countries regarding abatement costs and their sensitiveness to the accounting for carbon sequestration.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20577

Agriculture and Climate Change: Socially Optimal Production and Land Use
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ervola,   Asta; Lankoski,   Jussi E.; Ollikainen,   Markku.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114339

Agriculture and Co-operativism, a Persistent Duality: The Case of Denmark
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jakobsen,   Gurli.
The paper argues that co-operativism in Danish agriculture represents both continuity and strong changes from the start of the movement as the economic branch of a comprehensive social and political movement to the large agro-industrial enterprises of today, and that co-operativism still is a necessary tool for both large scale production and for innovation within the agro-industrial sector. After a short description of the role of co-operative thinking and organising in the Danish context historically, the paper presents a statistical overview of the current position of co-operative societies in Danish agriculture on the background of the structural changes that have occurred in primary agriculture and agro-industry during the last generation and a half....
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44677

AGRICULTURE AND ENVIRONMENTAL POLICYMAKING: ISSUES, ACTORS AND STRATEGIES- STATE GOVERNMENT PERSPECTIVE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Armstrong-Cummings,   Karen.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 1992
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17196

AGRICULTURE AND FOOD POLICY SYSTEM INFORMATION WORKSHOP ON HARMONIZATION/CONVERGENCE/COMPATIBILITY IN AGRICULTURAL AND AGRI-FOOD POLICY IN CANADA, THE UNITED STATES AND MEXICO
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Loyns,   R.M.A.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/16890

AGRICULTURE AND FOOD POLICY SYSTEM INFORMATION WORKSHOP ON UNDERSTANDING CANADA/UNITED STATES GRAINS DISPUTES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Knutson,   Ronald D.; Loyns,   R.M.A.; Meilke,   Karl D.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 1995
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/16735

Agriculture and global climate stabilization
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Quiggin,   John C.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53204

AGRICULTURE AND GREENHOUSE GAS MITIGATION: WHO, WHAT, HOW, WHERE, AND WHEN?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Paustian,   Keith H.
Speech and PowerPoint Presentation
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33477

AGRICULTURE AND GROUND WATER QUALITY: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC POLICY EDUCATION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Abdalla,   Charles W.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1987
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17836

AGRICULTURE AND GROUNDWATER QUALITY: THE ARIZONA EXPERIENCE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ayer,   Harry W.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1987
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17840

AGRICULTURE AND GROUNDWATER QUALITY: THE FLORIDA EXPERIENCE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Carriker,   Roy R.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1987
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17859

Agriculture and Income Distribution: Insights from a SAM of the Italian Economy
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rocchi,   Benedetto; Romano,   Donato; Stefani,   Gianluca.
The paper presents the results of the first SAM analysis of the agricultural sector in Italy. A SAM of the Italian economy has been properly modified in order to focus the analysis on agriculture. Two type of analysis have been carried out: (i) a multiplier analysis, and (ii) an assessment of the distributive impacts of different agricultural policies. This paper proposes also a new method for disaggregating the institutional sectors and production factors in order to analyze income distribution within the economy, with special emphasis on the agricultural sector. Main results are: (i) "fully" decoupled income supporting schemes (transfers to agricultural households) are the most equitable interventions and determine a perfect targeting of the distributive...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Social accounting matrix; Agriculture; Income distribution; Italy; Labor and Human Capital; R13; R15; Q18; E25.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24919

Agriculture and The Challenge to Reduce Poverty in East Africa
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lazaro,   Evelyne A.; Makindara,   Jeremia R.
The three East African (EA) countries Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda have a population of about 95 million people and Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of USD 34.2 billion. In recent years efforts has been made among the three East African countries, towards forging economic and regional co-operation by establishing the East African Community (EAC). The premise for economic and regional co-operation has been underpinned for the need for a common market and boost regional trade. The ultimate goal of these efforts is to achieve one of the international development objectives of increasing growth to 7% a year that is required to reduce income poverty. One of the challenges that East African countries need to tackle in the face of globalisation is the ability to...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; International Relations/Trade; Land Economics/Use; Marketing; Productivity Analysis; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52104

Agriculture and the conservation of wildlife biodiversity – comparative analysis of policies in the USA and the EU (PowerPoint)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nitsch,   Heike; Manale,   Andrew; Osterburg,   Bernhard.
Presented to USDA Economists Group, Washington, DC
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Wildlife; Biodiversity; Agriculture; Cross compliance; Agricultural and Food Policy; Environmental Economics and Policy; Land Economics/Use; Q.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51929

AGRICULTURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT IN THE 1990S: CHANGING SETTING AND CHARACTERISTICS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Zinn,   Jeffrey A.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1992
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17195

AGRICULTURE AND THE HOOVER COMMISSION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Varner,   Hamill.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 1955
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17456

AGRICULTURE AND THE POLITICAL PROCESS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Engelbert,   Ernest A.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 1953
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17209

Agriculture and the WTO: Lessons from Europe
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fischler,   Franz.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32969

AGRICULTURE AND TRADE POLICY OUTLOOK (PowerPoint Presentation)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Penn,   J.B.
POWERPOINT PRESENTATION
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33201

AGRICULTURE AND TRADE POLICY: REVIEW AND PROSPECTS (PowerPoint Presentation)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Penn,   J.B.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32862

AGRICULTURE AND TRADE POLICY: YEAR IN REVIEW/ YEAR AHEAD (PowerPoint Presentation)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Penn,   J.B.
PowerPoint presentation
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32997

AGRICULTURE AND TRANSPORTATION - A POSITIVE IMPACT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Davis,   John C.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Public Economics.
Ano: 1980
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17252

Agriculture Diversification in Bhutan
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tobgay,   S.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Farm Management.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25409

Agriculture, Finance, and Building a New Economy (PowerPoint)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fullerton,   John.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural Finance.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/106126

Agriculture for development: New paradigm and options for success
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: de Janvry,   Alain.
In the classical paradigm of development economics that prevailed in the 1960s, agricultural growth was held to be the key pillar for industrial growth, itself seen to be synonymous with economic development. The paradigm was anchored in telling success stories, from the long history of the “Western Experience” to the then-recent “Asian miracles”. And it was supported by rigorous modeling exercises. But, in spite of success stories, implementation of this paradigm was running into increasing difficulty in the 1970s and early 1980s as policy favored import substitution industrialization with strong anti-agriculture price policy biases. Integrated rural development strategies, designed to meet the broadened development objectives introduced in the 1970s that...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Development.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53202

Agriculture for Food and Nutrition Security: A Must For Achieving the Millennium Development Goals in Africa
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dittoh,   Saa; Abizari,   Abdul-Razak; Akuriba,   Margaret A.
The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) underscore an overriding importance of human development for sustained economic, social, political and other development, and nutrition is the beginning of human development. Nutrition has, however, not been viewed as a development imperative in many African countries. Agricultural and health policies, projects and programmes and the conduct of agricultural and health research in most African countries do not consider nutrition to any significant degree.  The paper argues that food production, poverty, malnutrition and health are very intricately linked and the result of that linkage is probably the most important determinant of development and, thus, the realization of the MDGs in Africa.  It also argues that it is...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; International Relations/Trade; Marketing; Production Economics; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52217

AGRICULTURE IN A NEW CENTURY: WHAT ROLE FOR USDA INFORMATION?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Drabenstott,   Mark.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Farm Management.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33265

Agriculture in Brazil and China: Key findings from the OECD
Provedor de dados: 31
Presentation Overview: Convey key OECD findings about agriculture in Brazil and China;  Identify the key results of policy reform;  Present implications for the future.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agriculture; Brazil; China; OECD; Canadian Agriculture and Food International; CAFI Program; Economic development; Policy reform; Agricultural and Food Policy; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; International Development; International Relations/Trade; Land Economics/Use; Productivity Analysis; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52069

AGRICULTURE IN CANADA: WHO WILL GROW THE FOOD?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lerohl,   Mel L.; Unterschultz,   James R.
Key issues in the current agricultural debate include the future of family farms, levels of government support for farms, the roles of marketing institutions and the effect of new trade arrangements. In part, these issues have arisen because of recent price volatility, but the agricultural debate has also raised basic questions: Can farming in Canada survive, and if so, what will the new farms look like? The future of farming is approached through evidence on land values and assessments of alternative land use. The future structure of farms is approached through a review of farm size, location and product mix. Farm sizes are increasingly bi-modal, with small farms relatively insulated from farm markets, and large specialized farms dependent on the market...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Food Security and Poverty.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/36394

Agriculture in new Member States –- expectations and lessons learned
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wilkin,   Jerzy.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8529

Agriculture in Post-War Bosnia and Herzegovina: Social Buffer vs. Development
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bojnec,   Stefan.
This paper draws attention to the specific post-civil-war situation in agriculture and the food sector in Bosnia and Herzegovina (B&amp;H). These developments are presented in an association with the overall situation in the country. Due to economic and non-economic reasons, B&amp;H faces a general problem of a lack of international competitiveness. In a current situation, there are rare products to be internationally competitive and the country relies on imports of food and other products. During the post-civil-war emergency and reconstruction stage, the bulk of food and agricultural inputs, were donated or granted by different governments, humanitarian organizations, and donors to mitigate the effects of widespread poverty caused by the war destructions...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Poverty; Social buffer; Land leasing; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Agribusiness; Q15; Q18; O13; O52.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24726

Agriculture in the Age of Globalization
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Romano,   Donato.
This paper aims at analyzing the asymmetries in the process of globalization and its differentiated outcomes on (i) developed and less developed countries, and (ii) on LDC agriculture. The consequences of these asymmetries are reflected in the dramatic changes in world agricultural trade – an unprecedented growth of agricultural trade in real terms and a dramatic change in its composition which is increasingly moving away from bulk commodities towards high-value, processed consumer-ready agricultural goods. The impacts of these changes on LDC agriculture have been quite differentiated, with most countries experiencing a worsening of their agricultural trade balance. This change of the LDC trade position is counterintuitive if we still think of agricultural...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Globalization; Agriculture; LDCs; International Relations/Trade; O13; Q17.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25253

AGRICULTURE IN THE APPALACHIAN REGION: 1965-2000
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Colyer,   Dale.
Revised version of a paper presented at the Southern Agricultural Economics Association Annual Meeting in Fort Worth, Texas, January 28-31, 2001
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19101

AGRICULTURE IN THE NATIONAL ECONOMY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: James,   H.B.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 1956
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17342

AGRICULTURE IN THE NATION'S POLITICS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hardin,   Charles M.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Political Economy.
Ano: 1965
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17395

Agriculture in the Western Balkan Countries
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Volk,   Tina; Rednak,   Miroslav; Erjavec,   Emil; Cela,   Roland; Marku,   Shkelzen; Imami,   Drini; Mikus,   Ornella; Cerjak,   Marija; Dimitrievski,   Dragi; Georgiev,   Nenad; Simonovska,   Ana; Stojceska,   Aleksandra Martinovska; Kotevska,   Ana; Bozidarka,   Markovic; Bogdanov,   Natalija; Božić,   Dragica.
The current publication covers Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo under UNSCR 1244/99, the FYR Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia, and provides an overview of the agricultural situation in the European Union (EU) candidate and potential candidate countries of the Western Balkans (WBs). The objective was to provide an analysis of the development and current situation in agriculture and agricultural policy in these countries as relates to the EU accession process. The individual country reports, as well as a cross-country overview and comparison, have been prepared as a part of "AgriPolicy" project, which was financially supported by the European Commission under the 7th framework program.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Political Economy.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/96200

Agriculture in Transformation:  The Restructuring of Farm Enter in Central and Eastern European Countries during the Transition Process
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tillack,   Peter; Schulze,   Eberhard.
Ten years of transition processes in the former communist countries of Central and Eastern Europe (CEEC) have changed the ownership structure as well as the structures and legal forms of enterprises in agriculture considerably.  The farm structures in Eastern Europe developed under the influence of various collectivisation models. These influenced the course of the transformation process and therefore the development of new entrepreneurial and farm structures to a great extent.  In addition also the effects of other political, social and economic factors with different weights can be noticed in the individual countries.  Considering labour organisation and relation to markets, four different types of farm enterprises have evolved in the Central European...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Farm Management.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6988

Agriculture, Income Risks and Rural Poverty Dynamics: Strategies of Smallholder Producers in Kenya
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kuyiah,   Joanne Wasswa; Obare,   Gideon A.; Herrero,   Mario; Waithaka,   Michael M.
Poverty in Kenya has been on the increase over the last decade. It is estimated that 56% of the total population live in absolute poverty. Most of the poor reside in rural areas where agriculture is the main livelihood activity. Majority of Kenya's farmers are smallholders. They account for 75% of the total agricultural output and about 70% of marketed agricultural produce. The fate of smallholder agriculture in this country is therefore central to poverty reduction. A collapse in output and incomes from smallholder agriculture is likely to have damaging welfare effects and retard pro-poor economic growth. Smallholders often operate in a risky environment, which affects the level and variability of household resource endowments and income. The importance...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Smallholder farms; Income risk; Rural Poverty; Linear Programming; Kenya; Farm Management; C61; D13; L23; Q18.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25596

AGRICULTURE: OPERATING IN AN ERA OF REGULATION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jekanowski,   Mark D.
Speech and PowerPoint Presentation
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Farm Management.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33139

Agriculture, Population, Land and Water Scarcity in a Changing World – The Role of Irrigation
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sauer,   Timm; Havlik,   Petr; Schneider,   Uwe A.; Kindermann,   Georg E.; Obersteiner,   Michael.
Fertile land and fresh water constitute two of the most fundamental resources for food production. These resources are affected by environmental, political, economic, and technical developments. Regional impacts may transmit to the world through increased trade. With a global forest and agricultural sector model, we quantify the impacts of increased demand for food due to population growth and economic development on potential land and water use. In particular, we investigate producer adaptation regarding crop and irrigation choice, agricultural market adjustments, and changes in the values of land and water.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Irrigation; Food supply; Integrated assessment; Water use intensity; Agricultural adaptation; Land scarcity; Partial equilibrium model; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44271

Agriculture Productivity Growth: Is the Current Trend on the Track to Poverty Reduction?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Valenzuela,   Ernesto; Ivanic,   Maros; Ludena,   Carlos E.; Hertel,   Thomas W.
In this study we evaluate the effect of annual productivity growth in agriculture over the 1991-2001 period on poverty in eleven developing countries. We compare this with the optimal pattern of productivity growth of comparable cost with the sole goal of maximizing poverty reduction. This comparison reveals that regional agricultural development is a viable option in the fight for poverty reduction.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Food Security and Poverty.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19152

AGRICULTURE PRODUCTIVITY IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Yu,   Bingxin; Fulginiti,   Lilyan E.; Perrin,   Richard K.
This study has estimates a Fourier flexible production frontier to examine agricultural productivity in forty-one sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) countries during 1961-1999.  The primary empirical result is that only nine of these countries experienced productivity improvements, while  average productivity across all counties declined at the rate of 0.57% per year.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Productivity Analysis.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19816

AGRICULTURE, TRADE AND STRUCTURAL POLICY UNDER NAFTA AND WTO
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: McClatchy,   Don; Schweikhardt,   David B.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/16755

Agriculture’s contribution to rural viability: An approach to estimate regional economic impacts of agricultural policy in Swiss case study regions
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kopainsky,   Birgit; Flury,   Christian; Giuliani,   Gianluca.
This paper develops a thorough yet easily implementable approach to measuring agriculture’s contribution to rural viability. The approach is based on input-output modelling. It adopts a number of concepts from input-output modelling such as determining the explicit geographical origin of input requirements and the geographical destination of farm household expenditures without formerly developing an input-output table. The approach is applied to four case studies in the Swiss mountain regions and tested for three scenarios. Our results clarify the role that agriculture still plays in the context of rural viability. They demonstrate that agriculture’s contribution to rural viability differs considerably between the case study regions and that future...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Rural viability; Employment; Added value; Agricultural production; Input requirements; Farm household expenditures; Agricultural and rural policy; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6483

Agriculture’s inter-industry linkages, aggregation bias and rural policy reforms
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lindberg,   Gunnar; Midmore,   Peter; Surry,   Yves R.
As agricultural policy reform and its effects have become increasingly territorialised, analyses which attempt to explain or predict impacts need to be more localised but also identify spillover effects. In addition to the predictions of policy shocks predicted by sectoral partial equilibrium models, local and regional general equilibrium approaches which establish the wider effects of such policy shocks have become popular. However, these neglect a major, underexplored difficulty: agriculture is usually described as a single sector in input-output accounts, whereas policy shocks with differential impacts have effects on other industries which are different to those implied by average input-output coefficients. Regionalisation of aggregated input-output...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and rural development policy evaluation; CAP; Input-output analysis; Aggregation bias; Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/99358

Agriculture’s Multifunctionality, Sustainability, and Social Responsibility
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hediger,   Werner.
We investigate the question whether the concept of corporate social responsibility (CSR) could be used to replace or complement those of multifunctionality and sustainability in the agri-food sector. It shows that the double role of citizens as tax payers and customers requests and allows us to directly link the problems of governance and stakeholder society in an intertemporal framework of total value maximisation and sustainable development. Thus, the concept of CSR provides a link between the views on agriculture’s multifunctionality and sustainability. Moreover, the fact that some actors in a vertical market, such as the agri-food chain, can exercise market power and absorb tax money and resource rents enforces the need of a broader perspective which...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural policy; Multifunctionality; Sustainability; Social responsibility; Market power.; D62; D63; Q01; Q18.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/36854

Agriculture's Role in Energy Production: Current Levels and Future Prospects
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Eidman,   Vernon R.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7628

AGRICULTURE'S SHIFTING POLITICAL POWER BASE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cole,   Christine A.; Featherstone,   Allen M.
This study examines the change over time in agricultural congressional market power and production concentration using the Herfindahl-Hirschman Index and concentration ratios.  Results indicate that the number of congressional districts representing the production of several crops has declined substantially and that greater concentration within crop and livestock variables has occurred.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Political Economy.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21554

AGRICULTURE'S STAKE IN CURRENT MONETRAY-FISCAL POLICIES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tootell,   R.B.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural Finance.
Ano: 1957
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17807

AGRICULTURE'S STAKE IN WTO TRADE NEGOTIATIONS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Moore,   Michael K. (Mike).
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33066

Agriculture's Terms of Trade: Issues and Implications
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Colman,   David R.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade; F14; N50; N60; N70; O13; P45; Q17.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53200

AGRICULTURE-TO-INSTREAM AND URBAN WATER TRANSFERS IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY OF CALIFORNIA: AN ECONOMIC REALITY CHECK
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Zhang,   Bin; Hatchett,   Steven.
More than two million acre-feet (MAF) of water transfers from agriculture to urban and instream are discussed and debated in California. We use a regional agricultural production and water transfer model to evaluate potential third party impacts of transferring one MAF of water from the Central Valley of California. A range of impacts is estimated under three different scenarios. Our base scenario shows that the adverse economic impacts in the area of origin include a $170 net personal income loss for each acre-foot of water transferred, and 8 job losses for each thousand acre-feet of water transferred.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20907

Agri-environment Policy Design With Hidden Information and Hidden Action: Input Quotas vs Input Charges
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ozanne,   Adam; White,   Benedict.
Moxey, White and Ozanne (1999) have shown how transfer payments coupled with input quotas can be used to design optimal truth-telling mechanisms for voluntary agri-environmental schemes under hidden information about compliance costs. Ozanne, Hogan and Colman (2001) adapted the Moxey et al. model to analyze hidden action in such schemes, analyzing the relationships between input abatement, the cost of monitoring compliance and farmers’ risk preferences. White (2002) extended the Moxey et al. model to analyze the design of contracts under both hidden action and hidden information, but used an input charge/transfer payment approach rather than the original input quota/transfer payment one. In addition, he assumed that farmers caught cheating face a variable...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58196

Agri-environmental attitudes of Chinese farmers – The impact of social and cognitive determinants
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Weber,   Daniela.
Chinas’ successfully increased food production during the last 30 years has caused significant negative external impacts and subsequent escalating environmental costs (Ash and Edmonds, 1998). This dilemma has recently become a popular issue and the government attaches great importance towards a more sustainable agricultural production (UNDP, 2006). The challenge is to enhance well-grounded approaches that accomplish of effective agricultural trainings, encouraging farmers to adopt optimized practices. According to recent decision-making theories, a successful implementation is also closely related to the target group’s social and cognitive preferences. In order to get more information about farmers’ inherent decision-making factors an explorative...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: China; Agri-environmental attitudes; Guānxi; SEM; Values; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/108964

Agri-environmental conservation – the case for an environmental levy
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Crean,   Jason.
Recent environmental assessments have highlighted the extent of land degradation in Australia and the significant costs involved in addressing it. With projected investment costs running into tens of billions of dollars, it is not surprising that greater attention is now being focussed on who should pay. One idea gathering significant momentum has been the imposition of an environmental levy. Such a levy would raise public funds to be spent on resource degradation issues and has been proposed to work through the taxation system in a similar fashion to the Medicare levy, albeit for a more limited 10 year period. The paper assesses the arguments behind the imposition of an environmental levy and considers some of the issues associated with its effective...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Environment; Cost-sharing; Property rights; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57856

Agri-Environmental Instruments for an Integrated Rural Policy: An Economic Analysis
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Feinerman,   Eli; Komen,   Marinus H.C.
The new Rural Development Regulation of the EU reflects the shift of attention within rural areas from agricultural production towards rural development and embraces both, farmers and non-farm residents. While agricultural production is required to comply with environmental standards, rural areas also have to fulfil the growing demand for landscape, outdoor recreation and wildlife conservation. This paper develops a model of a rural area where farmers and non-farm residents live together. A central government uses a combination of two-policy instruments--direct compensation payments and public services -- aimed at encouraging farmers to adopt environmentally beneficial practices and at the same time to increase the provision of country-side amenities and...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Rural development policy; Farmers and non-farmers; Integrated rural policy; Landscape and recreation; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24809

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL MEASURES ADOPTION: NEW EVIDENCE FROM LOMBARDY REGION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bertoni,   Danilo; Cavicchioli,   Daniele; Pretolani,   Roberto; Olper,   Alessandro.
As a consequence of the ‘greening’ process of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) the demand for evaluation of actual agri-environmental measures (AEMs) calls for a deeper analysis of this policy instrument implementation. The idea behind this paper is that farmers’ willingness to participate is a necessary but not a sufficient condition in explaining the AEMs local uptake. Specifically, we test whether AEMs adoption depends both on farms and farmers’ characteristics, and on the local political and institutional framework, as well. Discriminating between genuine farmer incentive and attitude towards AEMs from the role played by the local institutional environment, appears a crucial step toward a better understanding of agri-environmental schemes....
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agro - Environmental measures; Lombardy region; CAP; Agricultural and Food Policy; Political Economy; Q10; Q18.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44848

Agri-Environmental Policies When the Spatial Pattern of Biodiversity Reserves Matters
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bamiére,   Laure; David,   Maia; Vermont,   Bruno.
The aim of this paper is to compare different policy instruments for cost-effective habitat conservation on agricultural lands, when the desired spatial pattern of reserves is a random mosaic. We use a spatially explicit mathematical programming model which studies the farmers' behavior as profit maximizers under technical and administrative constraints. Facing different policy measures, each farmer chooses its land-use at the field level, which determines the landscape at the regional level. A spatial pattern index (Ripley L function) is then associated to the obtained landscape, indicating on the degree of dispersion of the reserve. We compare a subsidy per hectare of reserve with an auction scheme and an agglomeration malus. We find that the auction is...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agri-environmental policies; Biodiversity; Mathematical programming; Spatial optimization; Reserve design; Cost-efficiency; Environmental Economics and Policy; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; H23; Q57; Q12; Q28.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114239

Agri-Environmental Policy and Moral Hazard under Output Price and Production Uncertainty
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Yano,   Yuki; Blandford,   David.
Several theoretical and empirical models have been developed to examine how risk aversion affects compliance with agri-environmental schemes under asymmetric information and uncertainty. However, none has examined the case where the level of compliance is a continuous variable and producers face simultaneous monitoring, output price and production uncertainty. Treating conservation effort as a continuous variable, we show that risk aversion can mitigate the moral hazard problem in most cases. However, if conservation effort has a risk-increasing impact on production the effect of risk aversion on compliance is ambiguous.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agri-environmental schemes; Uncertainty; Moral hazard; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44323

Agri-Environmental Policy: Understanding the Role of Regional Administration
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Eggers,   Jorg; Laschewski,   Lutz; Schleyer,   Christian.
With regard to agri-environmental schemes (AES) under Regulation (EC) 1257/99, we suggest that their ineffectiveness, inefficiency, and divers uptake is inherent to the way they are institutionalised in the European CAP framework. Based on experiences of the GRANO research project that initiated two Agri-Environmental Forums in Brandenburg (Germany) to integrate local actors directly into designing and implementing local AES we argue that the process of designing AES can be conceptualised as a complex negotiation process at Laender level. The related institutional settings shape possible outcomes and scheme designs. With only "passive support" for decentralised and participatory approaches yet compulsory complex bureaucratic procedures on part of the EU,...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agri-environmental policy; Subsidiarity principle; Germany; Environmental Economics and Policy; H11; H77; Q18.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24496

Agri-environmental program compliance under heterogeneous conditions
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lankoski,   Jussi E.; Lichtenberg,   Erik; Ollikainen,   Markku.
Heterogeneity of agricultural landscapes may necessitate the use of spatially targeted instrument combinations to implement the social optimum. But compliance with these policies may require costly enforcement. This paper examines the design of agri-environmental policies featuring two of the most commonly used instruments, reductions in fertilizer application rates and installation of riparian buffers. While compliance with buffer strip requirements is verifiable at negligible cost, fertilizer application is only verifiable through costly monitoring. We derive optimal subsidies for fertilizer reduction and buffer strip set-asides and enforcement strategies for the cases of low and excessive monitoring costs. An empirical simulation model suggests that...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Nutrient runoff; Monitoring; Enforcement; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44381

Agri-environmental Regulation on the Back of a Data Envelopment Analysis
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: White,   Benedict; Raguragavan,   Jananee; Chambers,   Robert G.
A land retirement policy whereby land is taken out of agriculture and converted to natural vegetation or forestry has the potential to reduce environmental damage related to dryland salinity in Western Australia. This paper uses some recent results in the theory of directional distance functions (Chambers and Fare, 2004) to analyse alternative policy designs for a land retirement scheme. The results indicate that a fixed price scheme is inefficient compared with a first-best solution, but performs adequately. A scheme requiring a fixed proportion of area retired by all producers is inefficient. A separating solution, based on mechanism design, gives a small but significant increase in welfare compared to a fixed price scheme.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agri-environmental policy; Distance functions; Efficiency; Mechanism design; Environmental Economics and Policy; Q12.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7963

Agri-environmental schemes in the European Union: the role of ex ante costs
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Peerlings,   Jack H.M.; Polman,   Nico B.P.
The purpose of this paper is to analyse land allocation between competing agri-environmental contracts taking into account institutional issues and farm household and farm characteristics. We consider a Biodiversity Protection Contract, Landscape Management Contract and a Restriction on Intensive Practises Contract. The paper shows that it is important to study the choice for an agrienvironmental contract in combination with the choice for other agri-environmental contracts. The reasons being that a unit of land can only be allocated to one contract (although a farm can select more than one contract) and perceived relative marginal costs of contracts can change if institutional settings and farm household and farm characteristics alter. The model uses a...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agri-environmental contracts; Transaction costs; Contract choice; Agricultural and Food Policy; Environmental Economics and Policy; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6698

Agrifood Certification Schemes in an Intercultural Context: Theoretical Reasoning and Empirical Findings
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gawron,   Jana-Christina; Theuvsen,   Ludwig.
The need for adequate systems to guarantee the quality of food products has become more and more obvious in recent years. As a consequence, not only in Germany but throughout the world, the number of certification schemes has been increasing for nearly a decade. Due to the implementation of these standards in various countries, a considerable number of contingency factors exist that may influence the effectiveness and efficiency of such schemes. These factors include the diverse political, economic and social conditions in the different countries. Numerous studies attribute a decisive role in the successful implementation of management instruments to cultural influences. Cultural conditions may differ considerably from region to region around the world....
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Certification Schemes; Culture; Intercultural Context.; Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58018

Agri-food chain relationships in Europe – empirical evidence and implications for sector competitiveness
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fischer,   Christian; Hartmann,   Monika; Reynolds,   Nikolai; Leat,   Philip M.K.; Revoredo-Giha,   Cesar; Henchion,   Maeve M.; Gracia,   Azucena.
The roles of business relationships in selected European agri-food chains are analysed. Using survey data from 1,442 farmers, food processors and retailers in two commodity sectors (meat and cereals) and across six different EU countries, we test the empirical relevance of several theory-based determinants influencing the choice of relationship type and the sustainability of inter-enterprise relationships. This is undertaken for the overall dataset and separately for different chain stages (farmer-processor versus the processor-retailer relationships), commodities and individual countries. Overall, we find that sector and enterprise-specific determinants seem to influence the choice of a certain relationship type while chain-internal, dyadic factors affect...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Business relationships; Agri-food chains; Competitiveness; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44265

AGRIFOOD INDUSTRY AS INDUSTRY INTENSIVELY BASED ON KNOWLEDGE - CASE STUDY OF VOJVODINA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Komnenic,   Biserka; Tomic,   Danilo Vlastimir; Tomic,   Gordana Radovan.
During three-hundred-year history of the market economy, the main sources of wealth creation have changed from the natural resources (mainly land and relatively unskilled labor with the exception of the master craftsman), tangible material assets (buildings, machinery and equipment, funds) to intangible assets (knowledge and information of all types) that may be contained in the people, organizations, or physical resources. In the later period of the twentieth century, science has acquired the features of direct production force. The term direct implies that unlike the relationship which existed between science and production in the IXX century, where scientific advances was incorporated through the physical labor in the tools, which, in turn, created new...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural industry; Intellectual capital; Efficiency; Valorisation; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57483

Agrifood Market Integration: Perspectives from Developing Countries
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Chaddad,   Fabio Ribas; Aguillar,   Patricia; Jank,   Marcos Sawaya.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Industrial Organization.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17996

Agrifood safety standards, market power and consumer misperceptions
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Giraud-Heraud,   Eric; Grazia,   Cristina; Hammoudi,   Abdelhakim.
This paper analyzes how the implementation of a food safety standard affects firms’ strategic behaviour within the context of a food chain. We provide a formal analysis, which considers that the sanitary risk results from a strong heterogeneity of upstream production conditions and the final demand depends on consumers’ risk estimations (given that consumers may underestimate or, conversely, overestimate the sanitary risk).  We show how downstream (processing or retailing) firms may be prompted to play a positive role with respect to food safety, either by selecting only the safest upstream producers or by encouraging the improvement of suppliers’ production conditions.  When the degree of consumers’ risk misperception is relatively low, then a downstream...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Food safety standards; Market power; Risk misperception; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7849

Agri-Food Supply Chain Development by Various Chain Leaders: Case Studies in Japan and New Concept of High Nature Value
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Matsuki,   Yoichi.
In this paper, firstly several different agri-food chain leaders are to be considered, such as aged and/or women farmers, supermarkets, consumers' cooperatives, and big general trade company. Secondly the high nature value of food is to be dealt with the matters Japanese consumers are concerned. The diligent working attitude of aged persons and women has led to the production in small amount, in fresh, with low pesticide use and in many varieties. Producers sell products in different modalities such as renting a space from cooperatives, consignment to cooperatives at direct sales shop, and buying-out of all products by agricultural cooperatives. Moreover some farmers shipment groups in city carry out the direct selling to supermarkets in contract. Japan's...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Consumer/Household Economics.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6971

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

Agri-food Trade Specialisation Pattern in the New EU Member States
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Drabik,   Dusan; Bartova,   Lubica.
The paper analyses development of agri-food trade specialisation pattern in eight EU Member States of the 2004 and 2007 enlargements (NMS) during the period 2000 – 2005. Over the period analysed, the NMS were not able to hold trade positions in the most competitive commodities, but on the other hand, positions of a number of previously uncompetitive commodities improved. We show convergence of dynamism of agri-food trade specialisation across NMS in trade with the partners/groupings investigated.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agri-food trade; Specialisation; EU Member States of 2004 and 2007 enlargements; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44124

AGRI-INDUSTRY VALUE CHAIN MODEL: A TOOL FOR INDUSTRY BENCHMARKING AND SCENARIO ANALYSIS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nazrul,   Islam; Xayavong,   Vilaphonh.
Agri-industry stakeholders need to respond to the challenge of meeting the demands for higher quality products at competitive prices under increased competition in volatile markets. Development and application of an appropriate computer-based agri-industry value chain model can provide strategic options to deal with these challenges. This paper presents an overview of the theoretical foundation and the structure of an agri-industry value chain model and demonstrates its application as a tool for benchmarking and scenario analysis of the Western Australian Sheep-meat industry.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/60239

Agrinet – Taking Technology to the Countryside
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Warren,   Martyn.
For many years, the literature concerning agricultural knowledge transfer has emphasised the importance of using processes designed around the needs of the target population, rather than those of the providers. This paper reports on the AgriNet project in South West England, whose essential feature was the use of minibuses converted into mobile computer facilities. This enabled the project team to take training in the use of information and communication technology (ICT) to even the most remote rural areas in the region, parking in farmyards, pub carparks, and at village halls. Working closely with various community groups, especially Young Farmers Clubs, the project acquired another 80 laptops and created a ‘cascading’ process in parallel with its use of...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Farm Management; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6964

Agritourism flows to Italy: an analysis of determinants using the gravity model approach
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Santeramo,   Fabio G.; Seccia,   Antonio; De Blasi,   Giuseppe; Carlucci,   Domenico.
Tourism represents one of the most important income sources for Italy. In recent years, apart from “traditional” destinations, tourism supply is widely changing in order to satisfy the customers “love for variety” and valorise marginal resources, then new formulas are emerging (e.g. agritourism). This work aims to elaborate and estimate an econometric model able to adequately explain the size of agritourists flows to Italy from main partner countries using the gravity model approach that has been broadly applied to the analysis of international flows. In this work, the “basic” model has been enlarged and improved with the introduction of other explicative variables. The results has allowed to confirm empirical validity of the gravity model in studying...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Gravity Model; Agritourism; Rural tourism; Tourism flows; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6623

Agro Food’s Quality Signs and Free Movement of Goods. What Strategies for the European Operators?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Charlier,   Christophe; Ngo,   Mai-Anh.
Several recent cases judged by the Court of Justice of the European Communities have raised interesting issues on the possibility for operators of food chains to use national quality signs indicating a territory of origin, different from the European regulatory ones (Protected Geographical Indications). These various attempts from France, Germany and Belgium were all condemned as protectionist policies contradicting the free movement of goods between Member States in the European Market. However, the condemned national policies can be seen as defending the viability of specific kinds of activities (of small enterprises) in specific places (rural areas). These cases as a consequence, form a good illustration of the difficulty that a government faces while...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Free Movement of Goods; Geographical Indications; Collective Trademarks; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44316

AGRO-BIODIVERSITY AND AGRICULTURAL POLICIES IN AN UNCERTAIN ENVIRONMENT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Di Falco,   Salvatore; Chavas,   Jean-Paul.
Recently,  financial assistance to farms has been widely under scrutiny. Agricultural assistance has an important impact on farmers' production decisions and those decisions in turn affect resources use or environmental quality. Surprisingly, the impact of agricultural policies on agro-biodiversity has been relatively neglected.  This paper purports a novel framework  to analyze  the role of crop biodiversity on the mean and the variance of farm revenues. Further, the potential use of this framework in studying the impact of  farm financial assistance to crop biodiversity loss is investigated.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20420

Agro-food chain: an innovative paradigm for food and rural policy analysis and agro-food chain segments’ systemic performance at regional level
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Samoggia,   Antonella; Maccani,   Paola; Marchi,   Alan.
The food chain concept is an increasingly common theoretical instrument for food and rural development policy and many countries adopt the so-called “new rural paradigm”, so to integrate different sectoral policies. This paper aims at adopting the food chain paradigm in order to analyse the regional agro-food system and to sustain the design and delivery of consistent inter-sectoral policies. It adopts the netchain concept (Lazzarini et al, 2001) and the theory of governance patterns in global value chains (Gereffi et al, 2005). Results show this innovative approach contributes to better understand and stimulate economic performance of the whole agro-food network.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Rural policy; Region; Agro-food chain; Performance; Intersectoral approach; Community/Rural/Urban Development; O18; Q18; R11; R58.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94900

Agroholdings in Russia: Breaking the Vicious Circle?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hockmann,   Heinrich; Wandel,   Jurgen; Nedoborovskyy,   Andriy.
The paper discusses the accelerated emergence of agroholdings in the Russian Federation.  It is argued that the foundation of these highly integrated structures I due to the special (macro-) economic and institutional condition of the transition process in Russia. Moreover, it is shown that agricultural enterprises which are part of an agroholding were lacking behind other organisational forms in terms of economic efficiency. One reason for this finding is the highly centralized decision structures which, as experiences in Western Europe shows, are only suitable for very special agricultural value chains, but not for agriculture in general.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Firm Organisation; Vertical Integration; Agricultural Technology; Farm Input Market; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24416

Agroholdings membership: does that make a difference in performance?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hockmann,   Heinrich; Bokusheva,   Raushan; Bezlepkina,   Irina V.
Comparing different organizational, managerial and economic indicators of the farms in two selected regions the study investigates whether agroholdings perform better and thus can be regarded as a promising organizational model for Russian agriculture. A comparatively poor performance of agroholdings' members in both regions implies that this organisational form suffers from principal management problems hampering the move of agricultural production towards efficient trajectories. The insights regarding the selection of agroholdings' members, farm restructuring, marketing activities and performance cannot however be simply transferred to Russian agriculture in general. In both regions analyzed the establishing of agroholdings was strongly promoted by the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10023

AGRONEGÓCIO E INVESTIMENTO DIRETO ESTRANGEIRO: UMA ANÁLISE DO IMPACTO SOBRE AS EXPORTAÇÕES BRASILEIRAS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Coelho,   Alexandre Braganca; Fernandes,   Elaine Aparecida; Sampaio,   Danilo De Oliveira.
O agronegócio vem contribuindo com superávits expressivos na balança comercial nos últimos anos. Esses superávits serviram para contrabalançar déficits em outros setores e foram fundamentais para a obtenção dos grandes superávits da balança comercial a partir de 2002 O Brasil, na década de noventa, assumiu posição de destaque como importante receptor de investimento direto estrangeiro (IDE). O objetivo deste trabalho é avaliar até que ponto a entrada de IDE no agronegócio levou a um aumento da exportação do setor. O método utilizado na investigação foi a análise multivariada discriminante. Esse método é bastante adequado, já que possibilita identificar grupos de atividades que mais exportam e, assim, fornece ferramentas de planejamento às agências...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Investimento direto estrangeiro; Exportação e agronegócio; Foreign direct investment; Exports; Agribusiness; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109768

Agronegócio, responsabilidade social e erradicação do trabalho infantil
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Marin,   Joel Orlando Bevilaqua.
O artigo analisa estratégias adotadas por setores do agronegócio no campo das ações de responsabilidade social para erradicar a exploração do trabalho infantil no Brasil. No contexto da globalização da economia e da internacionalização dos direitos da infância, setores empresariais de cadeias produtivas do agronegócio passaram a desenvolver ações de responsabilidade social para combater o trabalho infantil, mediante a adesão aos selos sociais, assinatura de pactos e proposição de projetos sociais. As empresas vinculadas ao agronegócio aderiram a projetos de responsabilidade social empresarial em virtude da inclusão de cláusulas sociais nos mercados internacionais, da intensificação da fiscalização do poder público, bem como do compromisso na construção do...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agronegócio; Responsabilidade social; Trabalho infantil; Agribusiness; Social responsibility; Child labour; Agribusiness; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/108172

Agronomic Inputs Using Precision Agriculture Across Different Landscapes (PowerPoint)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Balkcom,   Kip.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8075

Agroterrorism Threat Briefing (Power Point)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: de la Cuesta,   Peter M.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37902

AIDS AND ECONOMIC GROWTH IN SOUTH AFRICA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Smith,   Rodney B.W.
Morbidity and mortality effects are introduced into a three sector, Ramsey-type model of economic growth. The model is calibrated to South African national accounts data and used to examine the potential impact of HIV/AIDS on economic growth. Simulation results suggest a 10% decrease in the size of the effective labor force would lead to a 10% decrease in the long run (steady state) GDP levels. Similarly, a 10% decrease in the number of laborers would lead to an 11% drop in long run GDP.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Health Economics and Policy; International Development; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28072

AIDS Model Estimates of Food Demand and the Decline in Farm Value Shares
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Reed,   Albert J.
This study attempts to find empirical support for one or both of the above reasons for declining food budget shares. Estimates of a deflated-income AIDS model of food demand are compared to estimates of the corresponding nominal-income AIDS model with respect to their implications for declining farm value shares.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Consumer Food Demand; Farm value shares; Market power; Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103549

AIDS VERSUS ROTTERDAM: A COX NONNESTED TEST WITH PARAMETRIC BOOTSTRAP
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dameus,   Alix; Brorsen,   B. Wade; Sukhdial,   Kullapapruk Piewthongngam; Richter,   Francisca G.-C.
A Cox nonnested test with parametric bootstrap is developed to select between the linearized version of the First Difference Almost Ideal Demand System (FDAIDS) and the Rotterdam model. The Cox test with parametric bootstrap is expected to be more powerful than the various orthodox tests used in past research. The new approach is then used for U. S. meat demand (beef, pork, and chicken) and compared to results obtained with an orthodox test. The orthodox test gives inconsistent results. In contrast, under the same varied conditions, the Cox test with parametric bootstrap consistently indicates that the Rotterdam model is preferred to the FDAIDS.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20453

AIR EMISSIONS FROM ANIMAL FEEDING OPERATIONS: CURRENT KNOWLEDGE, FUTURE NEEDS (PowerPoint Presentation)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Flocchini,   Robert.
POWERPOINT PRESENTATION
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33146

Akzeptanz von Informationssystemen durch Schweinemäster: Eine Kausalanalyse
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Arens,   Ludwig; Plumeyer,   Cord-Herwig; Theuvsen,   Ludwig.
Im Zuge der Anstrengungen, die Verunsicherung der Verbraucher zu beheben, wird auf vielfältige Weise versucht, die Sicherheit von Lebensmitteln zu verbessern. Dabei ist auch der Informationsaustausch zwischen Akteuren in den Wertschöpfungsketten der Agrar- und Ernährungswirtschaft in den Fokus gesetzgeberischer wie auch privater Initiativen gerückt. Neben technologischen Hindernissen, vor allem der fehlenden Kompatibilität von Informationssystemen, lassen sich auch Verhaltensaspekte als Hemmnisse des Informationsaustauschs und der Informationsverarbeitung identifizieren. Das Ziel dieses Beitrags ist es vor diesem Hintergrund, am Beispiel des Tiergesundheitsmanagements in der Schweinefleischwirtschaft Antworten auf die Frage zu geben, welche Einflussgrößen...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Akzeptanz; Schweinemast; Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology; Tiergesundheitsmanagement; Partial Least Squares-Methode; Acceptance; Pig Fattening; Animal Health Management; Partial Least Squares Method; Farm Management.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114482

Alabama Restaurant Preferences and Willingness to Pay for Local Food: A Choice Based Approach
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Reynolds-Allie,   Kenesha; Fields,   Deacue.
Direct marketing to restaurants has become increasingly popular as chefs desire high quality, fresh foods to meet the demand of their customers who are becoming more health conscious. Restaurants accounted for approximately 70 percent of the 2009 total food expenditures, and as a result represent a tremendous potential for developing a sustainable network with local growers.  This study seeks to determine restaurant/chefs’ preferences for local food in Alabama using choice based conjoint analysis, as well as, determine challenges faced by restaurants interested in purchasing locally.  Availability and lack of knowledge are found to be the major barriers to purchasing locally.  Results also suggest there is great potential for direct marketing to...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Restaurants; Conjoint; Local; Chefs; Preferences; Marketing; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/98822

Albania and Trade Liberalization Using our trade advantages in the Free Trade Agreement with EU
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tabaku,   Irma.
According to the World Trade Organization agreements frameworks, individual countries can agree to lower customs tariffs and other trade barriers, in order to open and keep service markets open. In this context, Albania has already concluded free trade agreements with nine countries of the region: Macedonia, Croatia, Bosnia &amp; Herzegovina, Yugoslavia, Moldova, Turkey, Kosovo, Romania, Bulgaria (the last two are EU members now) and by January 2009 the ratification process from the European members’ countries finished. What this means is free exchange of goods and services between these countries by better exploiting their competitive advantages. To better exploit the advantages from free trade at first we need to find out which the Albanian sectors that...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Trade Policy; Free Trade Agreement; Competitive Advantage; Trade Performance.; Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58146

Alberta's Water for Life Strategy: Some early indications of its acceptance by the irrigation industry in Southern Alberta
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bjornlund,   Henning; Nicol,   Lorraine A.; Klein,   Kurt K.
Water is essential for sustainable agricultural development - for irrigation of crops, livestock watering, processing, and sustaining farm families. Agriculture uses 71 percent of all water diverted for consumptive use in Canada (Environment Canada, 2004), and is by far the greatest water consumer in Canada. In the absence of a Canadian national water strategy, Alberta has developed a long-term water management plan called the Water for Life Strategy. Its successful implementation will depend largely on the participation of irrigators. This study explores the reaction of irrigators to one of the strategy's main goals - a 30 percent increase in water use efficiency and productivity by 2015 over 2005 levels. The study reveals that irrigators vary...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/34189

Alcoholic Beverages and Cigarettes: Complements or Substitutes? A Pseudo Panel Approach
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Koksal,   Aycan; Wohlgenant,   Michael K.
In this paper, using pseudo panel data we analyze the relation between cigarette and alcoholic beverage consumption within the rational addiction framework. We believe that pseudo panel data approach has many advantages compared to aggregate and panel data models. We found that alcoholic beverages are complements for cigarettes, while it is not the same the other way around. Moreover, we found that alcohol is a gateway for cigarette which further supports our conclusion concerning the reinforcing effect of alcohol consumption on cigarette consumption. We believe that drinking works as a trigger for smoking especially in social settings like bars while it is also possible (although less likely) that people who want to cut cigarette consumption might...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Cigarette; Alcohol; Rational addiction; Pseudo panel; Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/98788

Alert at Maradi: Preventing Food Crises in West Africa by Using Price Signals
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Araujo,   Claudio; Araujo-Bonjean,   Catherine; Brunelin,   Stephanie.
The aim of this paper is to exploit grain price data to detect the warning signs of looming food crises in Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger. Firstly we identify which markets play a leading role at the national and regional level. The second step consists of identifying crisis periods and characterizing price movements during the period proceeding a crisis. This analysis leads to the identification of early warning indicators whose relevance is tested using panel data qualitative choice models. The results show that monitoring price movements on "leading markets" during crucial periods of the year can help in forecasting future crises.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Food security; Africa; Niger; Early warning systems; Discrete choice panel model; Food Security and Poverty; Q18; C25; D40; O18.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114226

ALIANÇAS ESTRATÉGICAS E VISÃO BASEADA EM RECURSOS: UM ENFOQUE SISTÊMICO DO PROCESSO DE TOMADA DE DECISÃO NAS PROPRIEDADES RURAIS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dutra,   Alberto Silva; Machado,   Joao Armando Dessimon; Rathmann,   Regis.
O processo de globalização e a abertura comercial brasileira são fenômenos que contribuem para explicar a maior complexidade característica ao ambiente no qual o produtor rural está inserido, exigindo deste agente maior dinamismo e capacidade adaptativa no que tange à estruturação de suas estratégias e ao seu processo de tomada de decisão. Fica evidenciada, neste contexto, a necessidade de uma visão sistêmica na gestão dos recursos e potencialidades da propriedade rural, a fim de atingir os objetivos propostos. Sendo assim, buscou-se neste artigo resgatar aspectos teóricos que contribuam para o entendimento do processo de tomada de decisão do produtor rural em um enfoque sistêmico, salientando a necessidade de desenvolvimento de capacidades e aprendizagem...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Tomada de decisão; Visão sistêmica; Alianças estratégicas; Decision taking; Sistemic view; Strategic alliances; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109727

Aligning Incentives for Accelerated Heifer Growth in Custom Heifer Growing Contracts
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Olynk,   Nicole J.; Wolf,   Christopher A.
Dairy managers today are faced with the decision to either raise their own replacements on the dairy farm or send heifers to a custom heifer grower.  The largest potential challenge of contracting out the heifer raising enterprise revolves around the potential for a moral hazard problem because of hidden action on the part of the custom heifer grower.  A principal-agent framework was used to elicit contract terms which provide incentives for the custom heifer grower to perform accelerated growth without heifers becoming over-conditioned.  In order to provide incentives to custom growers, heifers returned to the dairy farm should be compared in performance to other heifers of similar age.  We solve for the price paid per pound of gain, price paid for inch...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Farm management; Production economics; Contracts; Heifer growth; Moral hazard; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6077

ALIGNMENT OF PUBLIC/PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS IN THE BIOTECHNOLOGY REVOLUTION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rausser,   Gordon C.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32895

ALL FOR EFFICIENCY AND EFFICIENCY FOR ALL -- DISPELLING MYTHS ABOUT "COSTLY" NEW QUALITY ATTRIBUTES IN FOOD PRODUCTS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sterns,   James A.; Sterns,   Patricia Aust; Burkhardt,   Jeffrey.
As new quality attributes for food products emerge, questions arise about the relative “"efficiencies”" of alternative market responses to these changes.  This paper discusses two closely related issues:  different perspectives about “"efficiency”" found in the literature, and the potential responses to the introduction of new food product attributes by individual firms.  Comparing different understandings of “"efficiency”" and analyzing different firm-level market responses lead to conclusions about the use of “"efficiency"” for prescriptive decisions by firms and value-laden recommendations by economists.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Marketing.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19634

ALL IN THE FAMILY: THE DECISION TO TAKE UP FARMING
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lasley,   Paul.
Paper and PowerPoint Presentation
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Farm Management.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32820

ALL TUNA IS NOT CREATED EQUAL: THE EXISTENCE OF QUANTITY SURCHARGES DUE TO PRODUCT DIFFERENTIATION.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: McCluskey,   Jill J.; Chouinard,   Hayley H.; Sprott,   David E.
Quantity surcharges exist when unit prices are higher for larger packages.  We hypothesize that various sizes of goods are differentiated products, and this explains some surcharges.  Estimating a random-coefficients logit demand model, we examine own and cross elasticities to determine the level of differentiation between products with different size packages.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Marketing.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20226

Alliance Formation in the Agrifood Sector: The Case of Cellers of Canterbury
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gow,   Hamish R.; Oliver,   Lance D.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24327

ALLOCATING BIOSECURITY RESOURCES IN SPACE AND TIME
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cacho,   Oscar J.; Hester,   Susan M.
Invasive species can cause significant damage to natural environments, agricultural systems, human populations and the economy as a whole. Biological invasions are complex dynamic systems which are inherently uncertain and their control involves allocation of surveillance and treatment resources in space and time. A complicating factor is that there are at least two types of surveillance: active and passive. Active surveillance, undertaken by pest control agencies, has high sensitivity but generally low coverage because of its high cost. Passive surveillance, undertaken by the public, has low sensitivity and may have high coverage depending on human population density. Its effectiveness depends on the extent to which information campaigns succeed in...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Search theory; Invasive species; Dispersal; Passive surveillance.; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/100535

Allocating Conservation Resources under the Endangered Species Act
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Langpap,   Christian; Kerkvliet,   Joe.
The necessity to develop a priority system to guide the allocation of resources to the conservation of endangered species is widely recognized. The economic theory of biodiversity has established a framework to do so, and has identified priority criteria that should be considered when making conservation decisions. This paper uses a random effects ordered probit model of endangered species recovery to simulate the effects of reallocating conservation funds among species listed under the Endangered Species Act according to these criteria. Our results suggest that if the goal of conservation policy is to preserve a diverse set of species, reallocating conservation funds according to criteria identified by economic theory would yield an improvement over...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Endangered Species Act; Endangered species; Recovery plans; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; Biodiversity; Critical habitat; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9784

ALLOCATING LAND TO NEW YORK'S CONSERVATION RESERVE ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM TO MAXIMIZE NET ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jaroszewski,   Laura; Poe,   Gregory L.; Boisvert,   Richard N.
A programming model is used to assess the welfare effects of regional and practice specifications contained in New York State's Draft Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP) proposal.  Net social benefits are nearly 75% lower than options that explicitly account for opportunity costs of production, environmental benefits, and participation response functions. Keywords: benefit cost analysis, conservation programs, participation, linear programming
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Benefit cost analysis; Conservation programs; Participation; Linear programming; Environmental Economics and Policy; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21882

Allocating Nutrient Load Reduction across a Watershed: Implications of Different Principles
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Feng,   Hongli; Jha,   Manoj K.; Gassman,   Philip W.
A watershed based model, the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT), along with transfer coefficients is used to assess alternative principles of allocating nutrient load reduction in the Raccoon River watershed in central Iowa. Four principles are examined for their cost-effectiveness and impacts on water quality: absolute equity, equity based on ability, critical area targeting, and geographic proximity. Based on SWAT simulation results, transfer coefficients are calculated for the effects of nitrogen application reduction. We find both critical area targeting and downstream focus (an example of geographic proximity) can be more expensive than equal allocation, a manifestation of absolute equity. Unless abatement costs are quite heterogeneous across the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21131

Allocating Vote: Biosecurity - Towards an "Economics-Based" Approach for Setting Priorities for the Importation of Risk Goods
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ryan,   Michael.
The New Zealand government (through its agency the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, MAF) seeks to mitigate the potential negative impacts of importation through requiring commodities that may pose a risk to New Zealand's primary production systems, human health, indigenous flora, fauna or biodiversity to have an import health standard. Given, potential import opportunities exist in a wide variety of commodities from many different countries, the demand for import health standards far outweighs MAF's available resources to develop them. Therefore MAF must have a framework that prioritises which import health standards will be developed. This paper briefly presents the framework MAF is currently using to undertake the prioritisation of import health...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Prioritisation; Biosecurity; Multiple criteria decision making; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Health Economics and Policy; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31949

Allocation Effects of Policy Reform: A Micro-Simulation of Macro-Model Results for the United States
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hopkins,   Jeffrey W.; Hanson,   Kenneth; Somwaru,   Agapi; Burfisher,   Mary E.
By changing marginal prices and therefore production incentives, removal of government payments will result in a re-allocation of factors of production as farm households pursue alternative economic opportunities. At the economy-wide level these impacts are small, but closer inspection reveals that some household-level impacts will be larger and other households will be affected little if at all. The underlying heterogeneity of the agricultural sector results in variable adjustment along two dimensions. First, survey data show that payments are not evenly distributed so their removal does not have a uniform impact across the sector. Second, even if payments were evenly distributed, factor endowments are not, so that ability to enter into alternative...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Income; Labor; CGE; Micro-simulation; Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15750

Allocation of Authority in Agricultural Production Contracts
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cakir,   Metin; Balagtas,   Joseph Valdes; Wu,   Steven Y.
The objective of this paper is to develop a model that explains the involvement of first level handlers in farm level decisions. In particular, the research attempts to explain observed differences among levels of farmer's autonomy in production contracts of different agricultural commodities. We show that the trade off that a contractor faces for holding the decision rights for controlling production inputs varies for different production environments. In particular, the contractor prefers controlling inputs in production of commodities that have relatively uniform production environments, whereas it is more efficient to delegate the control to the producer for commodities that have diverse production environments.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49577

Allocation of CAP modulation funds to rural development measures at the regional level in Finland
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hyytia,   Nina.
Further coordination and coherence of the EU funds and policies has been increasingly called for, implying that the territorial perspectives should be included as a major element in the future policies. In this paper, CAP modulation is considered in a framework of a regional development such that it compares the effects on modulation funds first, as they are allocated as income subsidies to farm related, diversified economic activities and second, as they are channeled from agriculture to increased regional investment demand. A rural-urban Social Accounting Matrix is used as a base year data for the CGE-model. The results suggest that transferring CAP payments from actual agriculture as income support to diversified activity does not promote rural...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114525

Allocation of Global Import Demand among the World's Largest Economies: Implications for Developing Countries
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Walters,   Lurleen M.; Feleke,   Shiferaw T.
The study implies that coffee producing countries will be worse off with the expansion of exports.  Hence, we suggest that they pursue new marketing strategies that involve market segmentation, value-adding activities, and strengthening local and global organizations to establish direct market links with consumers and stabilize prices.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/35591

Allocation of Land at the Rural-Urban Fringe Using a Spatially-Realistic Ecosystem Constraint
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bauer,   Dana Marie; Swallow,   Stephen K.
Development in rural-urban fringe communities is increasing with the potential to damage healthy ecosystems and endanger the long-term persistence of resident flora and fauna.  The environmental impacts of development include loss, degradation, and fragmentation of wildlife habitat, increased air and water pollution, increased soil erosion, and decreased aesthetic appeal of the landscape.  Current land use policies rarely incorporate features of landscape-scale ecosystem health.  This paper develops a model that combines ecological and economic constructs to determine the optimal allocation of development across a spatially-realistic landscape.  The land allocation model establishes links between long-term metapopulation persistence and development through...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19394

Allocative and Technical Efficiency of Corporate Farms in Russia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Grazhdaninova,   Margarita; Lerman,   Zvi.
This study is aimed to analyze Russian corporate farms technical efficiency using DEA and allocative efficiency basing upon VMP calculations. The estimations are carried out on three aggregation levels: total farm, sectors (livestock and crops production) and selected commodities (grain, sunflower, beef, milk and pork), using survey data. The results of analyses suggest that there is no substantial misallocation of resources given current input and output prices. High technical efficiency scores speak for production technologies being homogeneous and mean that simple extension of "best practice" production will not eliminate the large productivity gap between Russia and the developed market economies.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Transition economies; Productivity; Efficiency; Production function; Data Envelopment Analysis; Agribusiness; D610; P230; Q180.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24756

Allowing for Group Effects When Estimating Import Demand for Source and Product Differentiated Goods
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Muhammad,   Andrew.
In this study an import demand model (differential production model) is presented that is used in estimating the demand for source and product differentiated goods simultaneously. Unlike the traditional import demand models, this model can account for changes in relative group expenditures. Expenditure estimates differed when comparing the differential production model and Rotterdam model results. Results showed that if group revenue shares are relatively fixed, then the bias in expenditure estimates due to omitting group effects will be small when using traditional demand models such as the AIDS or Rotterdam models. As relative group shares significantly change and diverge the bias increases, particularly for imports representing a larger share of group...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Import demand; AIDS model; Rotterdam model; Product differentiation; Source differentiation; Demand and Price Analysis; International Relations/Trade; F17; Q17; Q11.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6364

Alpacas and Ecosystems Management
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Charry,   Al A.; Kemp,   David R.; Lawrie,   J.W.
Alpacas are a species that present physiological, anatomical, morphological and behavioural distinctive characteristics compared to other species used in animal production. Empirical observation of a herd, grazing under time management controlled conditions, allowed to approximate some initial observations about the effect of alpacas in the management of ecosystems. Larger green matter availability in the paddocks grazed by alpacas, evident natural weed control, better plants distribution and increasing stocking capacity were the relevant observed issues. It is considered that the special behavioural characteristics of alpacas in terms of excretion habits, low hoof pressure, food conversion efficiency and grazing habits should be factors to be rigourously...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Sustainable farm management; Farming systems research; Alpacas; Environmental Economics and Policy; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24365

ALTERNATIVA DE CUSTO DA MECANIÇÃO NA PRODUÇÃO DE CANA-DE-AÇÚCAR.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gomes,   Eloi Biquer; Cavalcanti,   Francisco Carlos Da Silveira.
As atividades mecanizadas têm impacto significativo no custo de produção da cultura e o produtor tem várias opções que vai desde realizar todas as operações com máquinas próprias até a completa terceirização, passando pela combinação máquinas próprias – terceirização. Desta forma, este trabalho tem como objetivos, analisar economicamente quatro alternativas para a realização das operações mecanizadas da cultura da cana-de-açúcar. Análise dos resultados permite concluir que para a produção mecanizada da cultura de cana-de-açúcar a alternativa 3 é a mais viável para o produtor nas fases de formação e produção da cultura no campo. Para a operação de preparo de solo a alternativa 1 apresenta menor custo. No plantio a alternativa 3 é a menos onerosa, na fase de...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Cana-de-açúcar; Mecanização; Custo; Sugar cane; Mechanization; Cost; Farm Management.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/108094

ALTERNATIVAS ESTRATÉGICAS ADOTADAS POR UMA EMPRESA RURAL INSERIDA NO PROGRAMA DE ASSENTAMENTO DIRIGIDO DO ALTO PARANAÍBA (PADAP)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Oliveira,   Jair Fernando De; Antonialli,   Luiz Marcelo.
O objetivo da presente pesquisa foi analisar as alternativas estratégicas adotadas por uma empresa rural inserida no Programa de Assentamento Dirigido do Alto Paranaíba (PADAP). Especificamente, buscou-se caracterizar os negócios desenvolvidos pela empresa rural, identificando suas principais estratégias na condução de seus negócios agrícolas. Quanto à metodologia, trata-se de uma pesquisa qualitativa, especificamente um estudo de caso, cujos dados foram coletados por meio da análise documental, entrevista pessoal utilizando-se um questionário semi-estruturado e observação participante. Para análise dos dados utilizou-se a análise de conteúdo. Como resultados observou-se que os negócios agrícolas da empresa pesquisada apresentaram um expressivo crescimento...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Estratégia; Empresa rural; Administração rural; Strategy; Rural company; Rural administration; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/108614

ALTERNATIVAS PARA A GERAÇÃO DE ENERGIA RENOVÁVEL NO BRASIL: A OPÇÃO PELA BIOMASSA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Marconato,   Mariane Silva; Santini,   Giuliana Aparecida.
Durante muito tempo, os recursos fósseis e hídricos foram os grandes propulsores da civilização e da economia. O Brasil também se apoiou nessas fontes energéticas para o desenvolvimento de atividades industriais, agrícolas, de serviços e da própria sociedade. Entretanto, vive-se hoje uma crise no abastecimento energético, em função da problemática geopolítica, econômica e ambiental em torno da extração e comercialização desses recursos, uma vez que possuem ainda, caráter não renovável, portanto, finito na natureza. Os escassos investimentos governamentais e a abertura econômica do setor energético resultou no fim do monopólio energético, o que favoreceu a implantação de sistemas alternativos, na maioria, advindos da biomassa. Dentre esses, destaca-se a...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Energia; Fóssil; Hídrico; Renovável; Biomassa; Energy; Fossil; Water; Renewable; Biomass; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/112629

ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES ON CONSTRUCTING A COMPOSITE INDICATOR TO MEASURE AGRICULTURAL SUSTAINABILITY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gomez-Limon,   Jose Antonio; Riesgo,   Laura.
The aim of this paper is to carry out a comparative analysis of alternative methods on constructing composite indicators to measure global sustainability of the agricultural sector. This comparison is implemented empirically on the irrigated agriculture of the Duero basin (Spain) as a case study. For this purpose, this research uses a dataset of indicators previously calculated for different farm-types and policy scenarios. The results allow to establish a hierarchy of the policy scenarios on the basis of the level of sustainability achieved. Furthermore, analyzing the heterogeneity of different farms-types in each scenario, is also possible to determine the main features of the most sustainable farms in each case. All this information is useful in order...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Sustainability; Composite Indicators; Irrigated agriculture; Scenarios; Agricultural policy; Agricultural and Food Policy; Environmental Economics and Policy; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6489

ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES TO POST-HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Beckes,   Isaac K.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1964
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17160

ALTERNATIVE CALIBRATION AND AUCTION INSTITUTIONS FOR PREDICTING CONSUMER WILLINGNESS-TO-PAY FOR NON-GENETICALLY MODIFIED CORN CHIPS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lusk,   Jayson L.; Daniel,   M. Scott; Mark,   Darrell R.; Lusk,   Christine L.
This study explores two important issues in experimental economics: calibration and auction institution. Consumer willingness-to-pay bids for corn chips made with non-genetically modified ingredients are elicited from a 1st price and 2nd price auction. Results suggest that responses to scale differential questions, in a survey, accurately predict consumer willingness-to-pay bids. The 2 nd price auction induces a greater percentage of marginal bidders to offer a positive bid than a 1st price auction. However, average bid levels in the 1st and 2nd price auctions were not statistically different from one other. In a small and unrepresentative sample, 70 percent of student participants were unwilling to pay to exchange a bag of genetically modified corn chips...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Consumer/Household Economics; Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/36424

ALTERNATIVE COORDINATION POLICIES FOR COMMERCIAL AGRICULTURE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Farris,   Paul L.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 1969
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17007

Alternative Cropping Systems for Traditional Monoculture Wheat Acres in the Southern Plains for Two Farm Sizes
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Decker,   JonAnn E.; Epplin,   Francis M.; Morley,   Deena L.; Peeper,   Thomas F.
The economics of five alternative crop production systems for the Southern Plains winter wheat production region, for both conventional tillage and no-till, for two farm sizes, was determined. Yield data were obtained from a three-year experiment conducted on three farm fields in the region. Tillage costs differ across farm size.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries; Farm Management.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6843

ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION APPROACHES TO CONFLICT MANAGEMENT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Faas,   Ronald C.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 1993
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17146

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONFLICT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: O'Leary,   John F.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1973
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17816

Alternative Financing Mechanisms for Multifunctional Agriculture in 'Public Open Space'
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cappon,   R.; Leinfelder,   H.
In spite of a Flemish planning policy that strived the last decennia at conserving the city (or urban areas) and countryside both as functionally and morphologically separable entities and as antipoles, it is observed that due to an unrestrained suburbanisation city and countryside become increasingly interwoven in Flanders. People still reproduce space in these two spatial categories but society and governments are no longer capable in producing this symbolic space in a physical and social way. It is clear that a top-down imposed, uniformising planning discourse is not able to get a grip on present urbanising processes and therefore alternative story-lines are needed. An alternative story line of ‘open space as public space’, points at the societal...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Public open space; Alternative financing; Multifunctional agriculture; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44393

ALTERNATIVE FUTURES OF RURAL AREAS IN THE EU: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF SCENARIO STUDIES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jansson,   Kristina M.; Terluin,   Ida J.
What does rural Europe look like in 2030? Is agriculture still the main land user? In recent years, studies such as ESPON, Eururalis, SCENAR2020, SENSOR, SEAMLESS and PRELUDE have tried to address these questions. These studies resulted in a number of alternative futures of rural areas in the EU. In this paper a comparative analysis of these scenario studies is made in order to explore differences and similarities in the scenarios and alternative futures of rural areas in the EU. For this purpose, we designed a scheme for assessing the properties of the various scenarios and a scheme for a systematic description of the rural futures according to the scenarios. It appears that most scenario studies use a baseline scenario and a set of alternative scenarios...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Rural Europe; Scenario studies; Alternative futures; Land-use; Territorial disparities; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57506

Alternative Hedging Strategies in Maize Production to Cope with Climate Variability and Change
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fuhrer,   Jurg; Beniston,   Martin; Calanca,   Pierluigi; Torriani,   Daniele Simone.
Climate change with increasing climate variability is likely to alter risks in agricultural production. The effectiveness of using weather derivatives to hedge against drought risks for rain-fed grain maize production was investigated for current (1981-2003) and future (2070- 2100) climates in Switzerland. The climate change scenario was extrapolated from results of a regional climate model (HIRHAM4) based on the IPCC A2 emission scenario. In addition, a sensitivity analysis was performed by varying the mean and variance of the initial probability space for the seasonal precipitation sum. Profits and risks with and without hedging were compared using the analogy of the value-at-risk measure (VaR), i.e., a quantile-based measure of risk. A Monte Carlo chain...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Climatic change; Climate risks; Drought; Maize production; Weather derivatives; Hedging; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9275

Alternative Housing Development Strategies in Georgia's Coastal Marshlands
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kriesel,   Warren; Mullen,   Jeffrey D.
Coastal Georgia continues to experience extremely high population growth rates. People are attracted by coastal amenities, including pleasant views of the saltwater marshes. The real estate market has responded to population growth with a pattern of development that exhibits varying degrees of compatibility with the nearby marshland ecosystem. Among community leaders there is a need for information on development alternatives. Information has been generated from a hedonic price analysis that contains proximity to amenities and development design variables. We conclude that real estate developers have, under certain circumstances, an economic incentive to incorporate more open space in their design of residential subdivisions in marshland environments.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49514

Alternative Insurance Indexes for Drought Risk in Developing Countries
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bobojonov,   Ihtiyor; Sommer,   Rolf.
The paper compares the risk coping potential of insurances that are based on indices derived from weather (rainfall and temperature) data as well as from crop model and remote sensing analyses. Corresponding indices were computed for the case of wheat production in the Aleppo region of northern Syria, representative for agricultural production systems in many developing countries. The results demonstrate that weather derivatives such as the rainfall sum index (RSI) and the rainfall deficit index (RDI) have a very good potential for coping with risk in semiarid areas. Crop simulation model index (CSI) on the other hand could serve as an alternative to RSI and RDI when historical farm yield data is not available or not reliable. In such cases we simulated...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Risk management; Index insurance; Alternative index; CropSyst; NDVI; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114256

Alternative Land Use Policies: Real Options with Costly Reversibility
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Song,   Feng; Zhao,   Jinhua; Swinton,   Scott M.
This paper adopts a real options framework to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of four types of subsidies that aim to encourage a socially desirable land use under return uncertainties and costly reversibility of land use change.  We first present a land conversion model to show how the subsidies that are expected net present value (ENPV) equivalent can change a representative farmer’s optimal land conversion rules differently for converting land into an alternative use as well as converting out of it. This is because these subsidies affect the land conversion costs, land return level and uncertainty differently. Then in the context of encouraging energy crop production, we compare the probabilities of inducing the representative farmer to convert land from...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Monte Carlo simulations; Real options; Agricultural subsidies; Cost-effectiveness; Two-way land conversion; Agricultural and Food Policy; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; Q24; Q48.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61510

Alternative Livestock/Dryland Forage Systems in the Texas Panhandle
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lust,   David G.; Almas,   Lal K.; Colette,   W. Arden; Schlater,   Leah M.
Optimization models are developed to determine grazing alternatives for individual dryland producers. Models alternatives include wheat, sorghum-sudan, summer perennial grass, and native range. Precipitation risk and price risk are estimated for seasonal production alternatives, and options that reduce both price risk and production risk are examined.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Relative Risk; Ogallala Aquifer; Crop-Livestock Systems; Wheat; Crop Production/Industries; Farm Management; Land Economics/Use; Livestock Production/Industries; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56533

Alternative Marketing Arrangements in the Livestock and Meat Industries (Power Point Presentation)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Muth,   Mary K.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33291

ALTERNATIVE MEASURES OF FARM SIZE: TRENDS AND DETERMINANTS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ahearn,   Mary Clare; Yee,   Jet.
Because of policy interest in the size distribution of farms, there is an interest in understanding the causes of changing farm sizes. This paper addresses an overlooked issue in the literature on the determinants of farm size, namely, the empirical specification of farm size. We examine 5 different size measures: acres operated, land and building value, cash receipts, cash receipts plus government payments, and a constructed measure of the rental value of farms. We graphically show the difference in trends in farm size using the various measures for the U.S. and selected states. We then discuss how the results of an analysis of the determinants of farm size depend on the farm size measure employed. The data set is a panel data set of 48 states from 1960...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Farm Management.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/34610

ALTERNATIVE MEASURES OF LOCATION FOR RURAL LAND MARKET ANALYSIS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Soto,   Patricia; Vandeer,   Lonnie; Henning,   Steven A.; Niu,   Huizhen.
Empirical research has used various distance variables to measure the effect of location on land values. This study tests alternative models using different distance measures such as travel time, straight line, and road distance that affect land values.  The model that appears to best fit the data is the travel time model.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/35153

ALTERNATIVE METHODS OF FORECASTING AGRICULTURAL WATER DEMAND: A CASE STUDY ON THE FLINT RIVER BASIN IN GEORGIA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Banerjee,   Swagata (Ban); Gunter,   Lewell F.; Bramblett,   Jimmy; Wetzstein,   Michael E.
Future agricultural water demands are determined by employing forecasts from irrigated crop acreage models.  Forecasts of prices and yields, and variances and covariances of crop returns are employed for forecasting crop acreage.  Results provide insights into the value of rational expectations in forecasting agricultural water demand.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/34650

ALTERNATIVE POLICIES FOR COMMERCIAL AGRICULTURE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rudd,   Robert W.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 1967
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17577

Alternative Policies with Complementary Benefits: Targeting Greenhouse Emissions or Water Recharge on Farming Systems?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Flugge,   Felicity; Schilizzi,   Steven.
Policies introduced to address one environmental objective can often have the side-benefit of also addressing other environmental objectives. This analysis uses a whole farm bioeconomic model to explore the farm level implications, economic and environmental, of a policy initially designed to reduce greenhouse emissions. We model a regulatory policy which imposes an upper limit on farm greenhouse emissions but allows trees to be used as carbon sinks to offset emissions. The implementation of this policy causes a reduction in whole farm profit, but in addition to decreasing emissions it also decreases groundwater recharge from the farming system and therefore contributes to the prevention of dryland salinity. The analysis compares this approach with using a...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24392

Alternative Price Expectation Formulation and Information Access
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Chembezi,   Duncan M.; Cacho,   Joyce A.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/35905

Alternative producer-consumer relationships: the AgroGeoTrace project and the speciality products virtual roads
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Chiodo,   Emilio; Salvioni,   Cristina.
The AgroGeoTrace (AGT) project makes use of Geographical Information Systems and multichannel information technologies to facilitate the access of final consumers to local food speciality products. The project builds a prototype of an informative system designed, first, to help consumers to understand the agronomic and technological characteristics that make the targeted products special ones, and, second, to precisely and easily locate the sites (farms and oil mills) where they can buy them. The information made available through the project is intended to the symbolic relocalization of the regional products, hence to promote them and to create added value. The final outcomes of the project are the virtual maps of on-farm shops made available on Digital...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Food speciality products; Short agro-food chains; Geographical Information Systems; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43940

ALTERNATIVE SERVICE DELIVERY STRATEGIES FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Brunet,   Alexia; McNamara,   Kevin T.; Deboer,   Larry.
A model for observing public service delivery choice in the presence of economic expansion is presented. Regression techniques were used to estimate the share of county population served by volunteer fire protection from variables measuring community demands for and relative costs of fire protection services.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Firefighters; Volunteer organizations; Taxes; Municipal service demands; Local spending; Population growth; Median voter; Public Economics.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20705

Alternative Soil Fertility Management Options in Malawi - An Economic Analysis
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sauer,   Johannes; Tchale,   Hardwick.
In this paper, we analyze the factors that influence the productivity of maize among smallholder farmers, given that unfavourable output and input market conditions throughout the 1990s have compelled smallholder farmers into unsustainable agricultural intensification. We use farm-household survey data in order to compare the productivity of smallholder maize production under integrated (ISFM) and chemical-based soil fertility management using a normalized translog yield response model. The results indicate higher maize yield responses for integrated soil fertility management options after controlling for the intensity of fertilizer application, labour intensity, seed rate, land husbandry practices as well as selected policy factors. The estimated model is...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Malawi; Smallholder agriculture; Soil fertility management; Yield response model; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21423

Alternative Soil Fertility Management Options in Malawi – An Economic Analysis
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sauer,   Johannes; Tchale,   Hardwick.
In this paper, we analyze the factors that influence t he productivity of maize among smallholder farmers, given that unfavourable output and input market conditions throughout the 1990s have compelled smallholder farmers into unsustainable agricultural intensification. We use farm-household survey data in order to compare the productivity of smallholder maize production under integrated (ISFM) and chemicalbased soil fertility management using a normalized translog yield response model. The results indicate higher maize yield responses for integrated soil fertility management options after controlling for the intensity of fertilizer application, labour intensity, seed rate as well as land husbandry practices a s well as selected policy factors. The...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Smallholder agriculture; Yield response model; Soil fertility management; Malawi; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25407

Alternative Territorial Breakdowns of Statistics for Supporting Rural Policies
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lauwers,   Ludwig H.; Kerselaers,   Eva; Lenders,   Sonia; Vervaet,   Mieke; Vervloet,   Dirk.
In order to support rural policy making with appropriate information, alternative territorial breakdowns of statistics are necessary. This paper shows how the widely used criterion of 150 inhabitants per km² can be fine tuned to better account for local specific conditions, in particular high population densities. Alternative population density thresholds are confronted with local perceptions of rurality, aggregated in a rurality index. The method is illustrated for two regions that differ in urbanisation level. The rurality index not only increases the discriminatory power, but also helps to find a less erroneous and more robust proxy for international comparable breakdowns of statistics.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Rural development; Rurality index; OECD; Central limit theorem; Agricultural and Food Policy; C10; O18; R12.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24635

Alternative to Comprehensive Ecosystem Services Markets: The Contribution of Forest-Related Programs in New Zealand
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bhatta,   Arun; Bigsby,   Hugh R.; Cullen,   Ross.
Due to the public goods characteristics of many ecosystem services and their vital importance to human welfare, various mechanisms have been put in place to motivate private landowners in the provision of ecosystem services. A common approach is to try to develop a comprehensive ecosystem services market where landowners can receive payments from beneficiaries of ecosystem services. Much research has been directed at developing methods for valuing the range of ecosystem services so that they can be incorporated into ecosystem services markets. However, valuation methods are difficult, expensive and time consuming. Other approaches to the provision of ecosystem services such as payments for ecosystem services usually focus on a single service like water or...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Ecosystem services market; Spill-over effect; Cost-effectiveness; New Zealand; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/115350

Alternative to Disincentive Rice Producer Prices in Madagascar: Case Study in Alaotra Prefecture and Bongolava Prefecture
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ralandison,   Tsilavo; Shiratake,   Yoshiharu.
This study identifies the reasons for low producer prices of rice that have not covered its production costs for many years in Madagascar. The following points will be discussed: the farmers’ marketing conditions and the rural rice market structure, including the functions of each intervening trader preceding rice distribution in urban centers. The study also assesses current functions of the agricultural farmer cooperative: an organization expected to enable the establishment of fair trade in the domestic rice market. The data come from interviews conducted with 120 farmers, 20 traders, and the survey of the overall cooperative associations in two prefectures and main rice suppliers of the capital city. The analysis reveals that farmers were often...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Cooperatives; Madagascar; Markets; Rice; Agricultural and Food Policy; Consumer/Household Economics; Environmental Economics and Policy; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; International Relations/Trade; Marketing; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52005

ALTERNATIVE TRADE POLICIES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Robinson,   Kenneth L.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 1952
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17618

ALTERNATIVE VIEW OF THE DAIRY OUTLOOK AND INDUSTRY ISSUES (PowerPoint Presentation)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Brooks,   Bill.
POWERPOINT PRESENTATION
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33072

ALTERNATIVES AND CONSEQUENCES OF HEALTH CARE PROTOTYPES AND DEVELOPING A PUBLIC POLICY EDUCATION PROGRAM
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fretwell,   Marsha D.; Feeney,   Marian S.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Health Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1992
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17197

ALTERNATIVES FOR FINANCING MUNICIPAL SERVICES:  THE CASE OF UNIT-PRICED TRASH DISPOSAL
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Halstead,   John M.; Hallas-Burt,   Shanna; Huang,   Ju-Chin.
New policy is being developed that incorporates not only innovative means of disposal, including the integration of source reduction and recycling, but also innovative approaches to funding disposal of municipal solid waste (MSW). This study was conducted to determine if a higher marginal price for MSW disposal affected per capita waste generation in New Hampshire towns, how the existence of a pay-as-you-throw (PAYT) program influenced per capita MSW generation, and to attempt to determine which towns were most likely to adopt a PAYT program in the future.  The results showed that average household size, existence of a capital improvement plan, and marginal price to dispose of waste were statistically significant influences, regardless of the variation of...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Public Economics.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19953

ALTERNATIVES TO CURRENT TRADE REMEDY LAW WITHIN NAFTA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Young,   Linda M.
Economists have long criticized anti-dumping and countervailing duty processes. Analysis of current AD and CVD  processes indicates shortcomings compared to a system of dispute resolution. Potential changes to current practices should first consider which of many possible goals the changes are trying to achieve. Both tweaking the current system and introduction of new processes are explored. It is proposed that consultations and good offices, such as used in the dispute resolution system of the World Trade Organization, should be considered.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19679

Alternatives to Risk Management: Confronting Conventional Wisdom (PowerPoint)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Juday,   Dave.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8108

Alternatives to Risk Management Policies: View From the Country
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bernard,   Roger.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8049

ALTERNATIVES TO SUGAR CANE IN ST. KITTS: COMPETITIVENESS STUDIES OF 4 CROPS IN ST. KITTS/NEVIS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Edwards,   Allistair; Jacque,   Andrew Eliel.
The sugar industry in the island of St. Kitts came to a close in 2005 and so too did a long period of monoculture and possibly a culture and lifestyle of a people that affectionately refer to their country as Sugar City.  Sugar was cultivated on approximately 4,500 hectares and there is now a dire need for replacement commodities that fit within the social, economic and environmental landscape of the country.  Sugar cane cultivation and sugar production provided good-paying jobs and was the main source of income for many households.  The crop provided a high degree of soil conservation and was a boon to the tourism industry.  In addition, sugar was a substantial source of foreign exchange and provided some diversification to a tourism dependent economy....
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Competitive commodities; Profit; Policy analysis matrix; St. Kitts/Nevis; Sugarcane; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Production Economics.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/36923

AMAZÔNIA: RECUPERAR ÁREAS DEGRADADAS, PASSAR DO DISCURSO PARA A PRÁTICA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Homma,   Alfredo Kingo Oyama.
A solução dos problemas na Amazônia não são independentes, mas conectada com outras partes do País e do mundo. A redução dos desmatamentos e queimadas na Amazônia depende do desenvolvimento de atividades agrícolas adequadas nas áreas já desmatadas e que tenham mercado, em vez do uso “sustentável” da floresta e de direitos difusos. Nesse sentido, uma política agrícola teria efeitos mais positivos do que uma política ambiental, que não pode ser efetuada de maneira isolada das demais regiões do País, sob risco de transferir contingentes populacionais de outras localidades. Há necessidade de elevar a produtividade das atividades agrícolas na Amazônia, reduzirem a pressão sobre os recursos naturais com risco de esgotamento, incentivar plantios racionais de...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Amazônia; Subdesenvolvimento sustentado; Desglobalização; Desmistificação; Amazon; Sustainable underdevelopment; Desglobalization; Demystification; Agricultural and Food Policy; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/108933

Ambiente institucional e acesso aos mercados internacionais para produtores brasileiros: comparando a legislação americana e o européia.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Pereira,   Paulo Rodrigues Fernandes; Flexor,   Georges Gerard; Funcke,   Andre Luis.
O trabalho pretende abordar a problemática do acesso aos mercados internacionais sob a ótica da questão da qualidade e segurança dos alimentos. Procura nesse sentido apresentar uma comparação dos arcabouços institucionais dos Estados Unidos da América e da União Européia no que diz respeito a normas e padrões de seguranças e qualidade dos alimentos. Esses elementos que estruturam o ambiente institucional do acesso aos mercados representam desafios importantes para os produtores dos países em desenvolvimento, sobretudo para os pequenos agricultores.------------------------The work aims to address the problem of access to international markets from the perspective of the quality and food safety. From a institutional approach, it presents a comparison of...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Normas; Cadeia; Ambiente institucional; Qualidade; Standards; Chain; Institution; Quality; Food Security and Poverty; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/108082

Ambiguous jointness and multifunctionality
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Romstad,   Eirik.
Many previous analyses of multifunctionality in agriculture claim there is positive jointness between the production commodities and nonmarket goods and services. Those analyses have not treated acreage as an endogenous variable. This leads to several errors in terms of the analysis of policy impacts, and hence also the policy advice. The main contribution of this paper is the development of an analytical framework where acreage is endogenously determined.  This framework is then used to demonstrate that any policy that influences resource allocation also affects agricultural commodity production. Hence, there is no such thing as a fully decoupled support. The impacts on commodity markets from direct payments to environmental goods and services are,...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Multi-product production; Comparative statics; Nonmarket goods; Agricultural and Food Policy; Environmental Economics and Policy; Production Economics; Q180; Q200.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51539

AMENITIES IN AN URBAN EQUILIBRIUM MODEL: RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IN PORTLAND, OREGON
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wu,   JunJie; Adams,   Richard M.; Plantinga,   Andrew J.
This paper analyzes the effect of open space and other amenities on housing prices and development density within the framework of an urban equilibrium model.  The model is estimated as a system of equations that includes households' residential choice decisions and developers' development decisions and emphasizes the importance of amenities in the formation of development patterns and property values.  The model is applied to Portland, Oregon, where ambitious open space programs have been implemented. The results suggest that amenities are important: households are willing to pay more for newer houses located in areas of less dense development, with more open space, better views, less traffic congestion, and near amenity locations.  For the developer,...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; R11; R21; R31.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21961

Amenity benefits and public policy: An application to the Georgia Pecan Industry
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sande,   Doris N.; Mullen,   Jeffrey D.; Nzaku,   Kilungu.
Most agricultural production results in both marketable and non-marketable products. Most policy decisions however, tend to be made based only on the market value, which ignores the non-marketable value or amenity benefits. One type of amenity benefits is farmland amenities which are attributes of farmland that are uniquely provided by actively farmed land. Examples include the scenic beauty of rolling pasture, orchards and the cultural value of farming as a way of life. Farmland also produces non-farm amenities, such as open space, wildlife habitats, and groundwater recharge. Most amenity benefits are classified as public goods in that they are non-excludable and non-rival in terms of use. Thus, most amenities do not have a market value associated with...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Amenity Benefits; Pecans; Supply; Public policy; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/46851

AMERICA IS SWINGING - INWARD
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Geyelin,   Philip L.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Political Economy.
Ano: 1968
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17870

AMERICAN AGRICULTURE, 1957 - AS IT LOOKS FROM THE GRASS ROOTS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Stephens,   Richard.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1957
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17796

American Agriculture and Immigration Reform: An Industry Perspective
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Regelbrugge,   Craig J.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8104

AMERICAN FARMERS AND WORLD AFFAIRS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Foster,   Phillips W.; Mauch,   Arthur.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 1959
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17758

AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wilcox,   Robert W.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 1951
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17365

AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY: THE PROBLEM OF OBLIGATION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Graebner,   Norman A.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 1964
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17172

AMERICA'S CHANGING APPETITE: FOOD CONSUMPTION AND SPENDING TO 2020
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Blaylock,   James R.
Paper and PowerPoint Presentation
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33143

Ammonia Emission BMP’s for Livestock Feeding: Identifying Benefits and Barriers to Adoption
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Pritchett,   James G.; Davidson,   Carolyn; Davis,   Jessica; Marcillac,   Nichole.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Farm Management; Health Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61790

Amount and Spatial Distribution of Public Open Space to Maximize the Net Benefits from Urban Recreation
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kovacs,   Kent F.
The spatial arrangement of public open spaces in communities has an important influence on the recreational net benefits from those public open spaces.  A prime example of a public open space in communities where spatial arrangement is important is parks.  From the perspective of maximizing the net benefits of recreation, there is a tradeoff between placing all the land for parks in a single park and making several parks to reduce the travel costs of households to the parks.  If several parks are made, then the amount of land in each park is reduced, and the recreational net benefit of a trip to any of the parks is less.  Since recreation is an important source of value from parks, an examination of an optimal spatial arrangement of parks for recreation in...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Public Economics.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19206

An Accounting Tradeoff Between WRP and Government Payments
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ibendahl,   Gregory A.
The Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP) can provide farmers financial compensation in exchange for retiring marginal lands from standard agricultural practices. Often overlooked in the analysis is the cost to the government to implement these programs. This paper examines two issues: first do farmers benefit from WRP enrollment and second does the government say money with WRP enrollment. With WRP the government no longer has to pay yearly direct, counter-cyclical, LDP, or crop insurance payments. Results from three Mississippi counties show that for certain crops that have historically paid a lot in government payments, WRP can be cheaper for the government. For farmers, the decision likely depends upon other revenue sources that can take the place of lost...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Land Economics/Use; Public Economics.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6764

An Agent-Based Model of Exurban Land Development
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Chen,   Yong; Irwin,   Elena G.; Jayaprakash,   Ciriyam.
In contrast to urban areas that are aptly characterized by a large population base and scarce land supply, exurban regions have limited households and plentiful land. This basic difference has far reaching implications for spatial equilibrium in exurban land markets. Rather than bidding their maximum willingness-to-pay and reaching a spatial equilibrium in which households are indifferent to location, as is the central condition of urban economic models, we argue that exurban households will be able to retain some amount of surplus in moving to an exurban location and therefore will choose the location that maximizes this locational surplus. In this paper, we first review the handful of structural spatial models of exurban land development that have been...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103641

An Agent-Based Model of Multifunctional Agricultural Landscape Using Genetic Algorithms
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Soman,   Sethuram; Misgna,   Girmay; Kraft,   Steven E.; Lant,   Chris; Beaulieu,   Jeffrey R.
Landowner characteristics influence his/her willingness to change landuse practices to provide more or less environmental benefits. However, most studies of agricultural/environmental polices identify landowners as homogenous. And, the primary cause of failure of many environmental and other polices is the lack of knowledge on how humans may respond to polices based on changes in their behavior (Stern, 1993). From socioeconomic theory and empirical research, landowners can be identified as individuals who make agricultural landuse decisions independently based on their objectives. Identifying possible classes of landowners, assessing how each would potentially respond to policy alternatives, and the resulting pattern of land uses in a watershed or a...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Multifunctional agriculture; Agent based modeling; Genetic Algorithm; Environmental Economics and Policy; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6142

An Agent-Based Simulation for Water Sharing Between Different Users
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: le Bars,   M.; Attonaty,   Jean Marie; Pinson,   S.
Water sharing has become a serious problem in France.  One of the objectives of 1992 and 2000 directives proposed by the European Union was to reduce both the frequency and the extent of water conflicts through the establishment of multilateral negotiations, where different public and private interests can be represented in a structured institutional environment.  In France, many negotiations take place at local level between farmers, water supplies, public services and environmental lists to allocate water resources between users.  We suggest that Agent-Based Modelling (ABM) using a multi-agent approach could help negotiations between different players by showing the consequences of water allocation rules and taking in consideration the players'...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Multiagent-based simulation; User and agent modelling; Conflict resolution and negotiation; Irrigation application; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24829

AN AGRICULTURAL POLICY PROPOSAL
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hillman,   Jimmye S.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 1967
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17569

An agro-economic model to analyse climate change impacts on farmers' income
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jiang,   Qiang.
The increasing interests in climate change heighten the need for an agro-economic model to analyse climate change impacts on farmers’ incomes. Many researchers have turned to crop yield response models to estimate farmers’ yield and income loss. A classic method used by economists to establish yield response models is to build up the statistic relationship between historical yield changes and climate change through regression models. However, without comprehensive experimental data from each region such as crop yields response to CO2 concentration, these crop-yield response models may provide misleading predications. An alternative approach is the use of crop biophysical simulation models.   Based one biophysical model Agricultural production systems...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: APSIM; Climate change; Agricultural economics; Wheat.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/48172

An Agro-Economic Production Model for a Middle European River Basin - First Results of CAP Reform Scenario Calculations
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Henseler,   Martin; Krimly,   Tatjana; Wirsig,   Alexander.
ACRE is an Agro-eConomic model for agricultural pRoduction on rEgional level. Based on an extension of Positive Mathematical Programming (PMP) this model was developed as a decision tool for politics with respect to questions of global change- and political scenarios. Currently, ACRE is applied in the RIVERTWIN-Neckar project and politic scenarios of the CAP reform 2003 were calculated. This paper introduces ACRE, its theoretical framework, and the first results of political scenario calculations, which where done for the Neckar river basin.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural production model; Regional model; Interdisciplinary projects; CAP reform 2003; Positive Mathematical Programming; Agricultural and Food Policy; E23; Q15; Q21; Q18; C61.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25612

AN ALTERNATIVE APPROACH TO DETERMINING THE ELASTICITY OF EXCESS DEMAND FACING THE UNITED STATES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Miller,   Douglas J.; Paarlberg,   Philip L.
The United States embarked on a policy assuming excess demands for commodities are elastic.  Some analysts question the success of that policy and argue that excess demands for farm commodities are inelastic.  The controversy is deepened because the two traditional techniques for determining excess demand elasticities yield opposing estimates.  We use an alternative technique based on observed variation in commodity prices, production, and use.  The point estimates show excess demands for wheat, coarse grains, soybeans, rice, and cotton are elastic.  However, a one-sided bootstrap test cannot reject the null hypothesis that the excess demands for wheat, coarse grains, and soybeans are inelastic.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20587

AN ALTERNATIVE APPROACH TO POLICY EDUCATION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Anderson,   Robert C.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1983
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17684

AN ALTERNATIVE METHOD FOR ANALYZING FORAGE/LIVESTOCK SYSTEMS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Doye,   Damona G.; Smith,   Karen; Epplin,   Francis M.; Kletke,   Darrel D.; Lalman,   David L.
A mixed integer program solves for profit-maximizing forage and beef  enterprises. Dry matter, total digestible nutrients, and crude protein characterize livestock nutritional needs and production of warm and cool season forages.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/36520

An Alternative Model for Analyzing the Physician-Hospital Relationship in Rural Areas
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fannin,   James Matthew; Barnes,   James N.
We introduce a modeling framework called Transaction Cost Economics to help decision makers in rural health care markets choose among alternative organizational relationships in order to more cost-effectively deliver healthcare services.  In particular, the hospital-physician relationship is analyzed and the transactional attributes, institutional environment, and market characteristics are identified as key variables influencing the organizational relationship between hospital and physician.  As asset specfic investments are made by either the hospital or physician, vertically integrated relationships are more likely to occur.  The degree of remoteness of rural areas is also considered to affect the impact of these asset-specific investments.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Health Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/35255

AN ALTERNATIVE TO REAGANOMICS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kahn,   Alfred E.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Political Economy.
Ano: 1982
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17516

An American BSE Crisis:  Has it Affected the Value of Traceability and Country-of-Origin Certifications for US and Canadian Beef?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ward,   Ruby A.; Bailey,   DeeVon; Jensen,   Robert.
Auction experiments are used to determine the pre- and post- effects of traceability and country-of-origin information on US consumer willingness to accept US and Canadian beef.  The December 2003 incident of  BSE in Washington has likely damaged US consumer demand for Canadian beef more than it has for US beef.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/35515

AN ANALYSIS AS TO THE CAUSAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BIOETHANOL EXPANSION AND AGRICULTURAL CROP ACREAGE ALLOCATION IN THE UNITED STATES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lee,   Young-Jae; Kennedy,   P. Lynn.
This study analyzes the historical price response of individual crop acreage in order to determine the impacts of an expansionist policy in bioethanol production on the U.S. agricultural industry. In doing this, this study provides an economic foundation by using a traditional Rotterdam model to simulate a cropland demand system. Within the developed framework,  this study estimates own and cross acreage elasticities and scale elasticities to show the impacts of acreage values on crop production and the relationship between total cropland and individual crop acreage. This study found that rice farming is most inelastic to own acreage value. Soybeans, hay, and wheat are shown to be good substitute crops for corn. Corn, soybeans, hay, wheat, cotton, barley,...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Bioethanol; Acreage value; Rotterdam model; Own acreage elasticity; Cross acreage elasticity; Scale elasticity; Crop Production/Industries; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6343

An analysis of agricultural trade policy reforms and their impact on the EU, China and New Zealand
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Saunders,   Caroline M.; Wreford,   Anita; Rasin,   Shanika.
As a consequence of global changes to trade policy, there are likely to be significant impacts on international agricultural trade. Clearly producers in the European Union (EU) will experience considerable changes to the structure of their industry, and for a country such as New Zealand, heavily dependent on agricultural exports, changes to policy and markets have the potential to significantly affect the economy. The potential competition from China in terms of agricultural commodities as well as its potential as an export destination for NZ are also important considerations. This paper presents an analysis of the impact of both World Trade Organisation (WTO) and Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reform in the agricultural sectors of the EU, New Zealand,...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Trade policy reform; Agriculture; Trade modelling; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Environmental Economics and Policy; International Relations/Trade; Political Economy.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/98496

AN ANALYSIS OF BANK CONSOLIDATION TRENDS IN RURAL PENNSYLVANIA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bae,   Jeong Hwan; Shields,   Martin; Stokes,   Jeffrey R.
U.S. banking markets have undergone important structural and institutional changes. Overall, the sector has experienced steady consolidation through mergers and acquisitions that have resulted in fewer banks holding a greater value of the total assets. Despite consolidation, new branch offices and the growth of alternative providers has increased the access to banking-type services.  This paper documents and describes trends in the banking industry in Pennsylvania, with special emphasis on rural areas. The first section shows that while the number of "“bricks and mortar”" offices in the state'’s rural counties has grown, the distribution of the growth has been quite uneven. As a result, access has potentially declined for some of the state’'s rural...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Financial Economics.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20083

An Analysis of Cointegration:  Investigation of the Cost-Price Squeeze in Agriculture
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Campiche,   Jody L.; Bryant,   Henry L.; Richardson,   James W.; Outlaw,   Joe L.
The differences in prices paid and prices received by farmers are examined using cointegration analysis.  A Johansen cointegration test between prices paid and prices received revealed that the series were cointegrated.  After accounting for technological change, we do not reject a long-run one-for-one correspondence between prices paid and prices received.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/35357

AN ANALYSIS OF CONGESTION MEASURES AND HETEROGENEOUS ANGLER PREFERENCES IN A RANDOM UTILITY MODEL OF RECREATIONAL FISHING
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Schuhmann,   Peter W.; Schwabe,   Kurt A.; Easley,   James E., Jr.
The potential importance of congestion effects on the management and rationing of recreational facilities and services in the presence of heterogeneous preferences were highlighted nearly twenty-five years ago by Freeman and Haveman (1977).  While there have been a number of theoretical models extending and expanding upon this work (McConnell 1988; Anderson 1993), empirical research evaluating such impacts are limited.  Evidence of the potential impacts of congestion on resource usage is of obvious importance, especially for natural resource managers who understand that congestion can be an effective rationing device and because users likely differ in both their preferences for use and aversion to congestion.  It is the objective of this research to...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20674

An Analysis of Consumer Preferences for Information Sources on Food Safety by using Fuzzy Pair-wise Comparison
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gunden,   Cihat; Miran,   Bulent; Uysal,   Ozlem Karahan; Kenanog,   Zerrin.
The main objective of this study is to measure consumer preferences for information sources on food safety along with the factors influencing the degree of consumer preferences in Turkey. The data were obtained from a survey of 385 consumers selected randomly in Izmir, Turkey. This study involves two-stage methodology. In the first stage, fuzzy pair-wise comparison was applied to calculate a measure of preferences. Five information sources on food safety, television programmes, doctors/experts, newspapers/journal articles, radio programmes and neighbors/friends were given to the consumers. The consumers were asked to make pair-wise comparisons among the information sources. The information source hierarchies of consumers were established and ranked from...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6813

AN ANALYSIS OF COST EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES TO MANAGE WATER POLLUTION PROBLEM: A CASE OF TOBESOFKEE CREEK,GEORGIA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Devkota,   Nirmala; Mullen,   Jeffrey D.; Bramblett,   Jimmy; Adhikari,   Murali; Paudel,   Laxmi.
A cost minimization model was used to find the minimum cost and environmental friendly management practices(MCEFMP). Use of MCEFMP in cattle production seems to be the most cost effective means of reducing water pollution with a marginal cost of $1200 in comparison to use of MCEFMP on other agricultural operations.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/34714

AN ANALYSIS OF CURRENT PROBLEMS IN CHINA'S AGRICULTURE DEVELOPMENT: AGRICULTURE, RURAL AREAS AND FARMERS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Quan,   Yongxin; Liu,   Zeng-Rung.
China is the most populous country in the world. Of its 1.3 billion people, 22% of the world population, about 67% are living in rural areas. Although China is the third largest country in terms of area, the arable land is only 7% of the global amount. With relatively meager endowment, it is undoubtedly a daunting task for the agricultural sector to provide adequate supply to fulfil huge needs for food and other agricultural products. In addition, agriculture development in China confronts with challenges to raise the average income and standard of living of the rural population in the long run.          Since China's economic reform was launched in 1978, the "People's Commune" system was dismantled and replaced by the "Household Responsibility" system....
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Development.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/11838

An Analysis of Demand Elasticities for Fluid Milk Products in the U.S.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Davis,   Christopher G.; Blayney,   Donald P.; Cooper,   Joseph C.; Yen,   Steven T.
This study examines retail fluid milk products purchase data from Nielsen 2005 home scan data. The demand for seven categories of fluid milk products were estimated: whole milk, whole flavored milk, reduced fat milk, flavored reduced fat milk, buttermilk, canned milk and all other fluid milk products.  Analyses of the purchases of seven fluid milk categories based on the Nielsen 2005 home scan retail data are used to determine the roles marital status, age, race, education, female employment status and location play in the empirical estimations of aggregate demand elasticities.  To derive the demand elasticities, a censored translog demand system is used.  The results reveal that price and income are the main determinants of demand for fluid milk products...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Nielsen home scan retail data; Milk demand; Elasticities; Fluid milk; Reduced fat milk; Whole milk; Flavored milk; Canned milk; Buttermilk; Non-linear AIDS; Censored translog demand system; Consumer/Household Economics; Demand and Price Analysis; C25; D12; Q11.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51791

An Analysis of Efficiency of Midwestern Agricultural Cooperatives
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ariyaratne,   Chatura B.; Featherstone,   Allen M.; Langemeier,   Michael R.; Barton,   David G.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/35763

AN ANALYSIS OF ETHANOL PRODUCTION IN TEXAS USING THREE ETHANOL FACILITY SIZES AND THEIR RELATIVE OPTIMAL SUBSIDY LEVELS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gill,   Robert Chope, II; Richardson,   James W.; Outlaw,   Joe L.; Anderson,   David P.
Ethanol production in 15, 30, and 80 million gallon per year production plants are analyzed at various subsidy levels.  The results indicate that removing per plant subsidy limits allows reduced total state subsidy expenditures.  This action takes advantage of the economies of scale inherent in larger ethanol plants.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/35003

AN ANALYSIS OF FACTORS AFFECTING THE REGIONAL COTTON BASIS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Seamon,   V. Frederick; Kahl,   Kandice H.
Few empirical basis studies have examined the basis in multiple regions and few have concentrated on cotton. This paper addresses this topic, examining consumption market factors that affect the cotton basis in five U.S. cotton production regions. The seemingly unrelated regression results indicate that the following factors are significant in explaining the basis: total U.S. cotton stocks and the ratio of foreign cotton stocks to foreign mill use in the Southeast and North Delta regions; regional stocks, the opportunity cost of storage and the foreign stocks to use ratio in the West Texas region; and regional stocks, total U.S. stocks, the opportunity cost of storage, and the foreign stocks to use ratio in the Desert Southwest and San Joaquin Valley...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Cotton basis; Futures markets; Marketing.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/18924

AN ANALYSIS OF FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH COMPOSTING BEHAVIOR AT THE HOUSEHOLD LEVEL
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Park,   William M.; Lamons,   Kevin S.; Roberts,   Roland K.
Drawing upon telephone survey data, a logit probability analysis was conducted to identify household characteristics as well as social and institutional factors associated with backyard composting of yard and food wastes.  Highly significant predictors included household gardening, perception of effort required, peer influence, and a compost bin sale program.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Consumer/Household Economics; Institutional and Behavioral Economics.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20836

AN ANALYSIS OF FACTORS INFLUENCING ADOPTION OF BMPS AMONG LOUISIANA SUGARCANE PRODUCERS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Henning,   Steven A.; Cardona,   Hugo.
Multivariate probit analysis of BMP adoption, based on Louisiana sugarcane producer data, indicates that education and cost-sharing programs are effective means of increasing adoption rates.  Results also indicate that contemporaneous correlation exists within and between management measures, implying a policy strategy of coordinating education and cost-sharing programs to maximize effectiveness.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Best management practices; Multivariate probit analysis; Farm Management; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21838

An analysis of farmers’ behaviour and rewarded provision of public goods
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Roel,   Jongeneel; Ge,   Lan.
Aiming to stimulate the role of agriculture as provider of public goods, the new CAP reform raises many theoretical and practical questions. The most relevant ones concern farmers’ response to the policy instruments. This paper uses a formal model to analyse the incentives and constraints generated by policy instruments and their potential impact on farmers’ participation decision. The analysis shows that, when choosing policy instruments to stimulate provision of public good, it is important to take into account different degrees and mechanisms of jointness between commodity and non-commodity (potentially public good) production, as they can enhance or erode the desired effect of the policy instruments. Some implications for modelling and policy analysis...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Farmers’ behaviour; Provision of public goods; Jointness; Common Agricultural Policy (CAP); Community/Rural/Urban Development; H41; Q12; Q18.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94615

AN ANALYSIS OF FARM-RETAIL PRICE SPREAD FOR JAMAICAN FRESH FRUITS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Abdulkadri,   Abdullahi O.; Ajibefun,   Igbekele A.
This paper uses the relative price spread model to analyze the farm-retail spread for pineapple, pawpaw and watermelon in Jamaica.  Our findings suggest that price increase in the retail market is not being passed down to pineapple and pawpaw farmers and only marginally to watermelon farmers.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/34648

An Analysis of Federal LandBank Borrowers
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ibendahl,   Gregory A.
This paper uses Federal LandBank Data to examine loan characteristics and farm financial characteristics. Given that farm financial characteristics and loan interest rates can change, this paper examines if current farm financial characteristics can predict the current loan interest rate. In addition, this paper tests to see if farm profitability can be predicted using two debt financial characteristics. Results indicate that interest rates and profitability are not very predicatable based on current farm financials information once the loan progresses.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural Finance.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21144

An Analysis of Financing Innovation and Commercialization in Canada's Functional Food and Nutraceutical Sector
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cranfield,   John A.L.; Herath,   Deepananda P.B.; Henson,   Spencer J.; Sparling,   David.
Growing consumer interest in functional foods and nutraceuticals has been seen as a significant business opportunity for the agri-food sector.  Many of the new firms in this sector are small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs).  These SMEs often face difficulties in obtaining financing for their functional food and nutraceutical innovation activities.  We develop and implement two models to show what factors affect a firm's decision to seek external financing and the level of financing obtained.  Firm size, being privately held and engaging in contractual arrangements, have negative impacts on the likelihood of a firm seeking external funding, while firms which are intensively involved in the functional food and nutraceutical sector, with greater prospects...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21196

AN ANALYSIS OF HOUSEHOLD FOOD EXPENDITURE SYSTEMS IN TANZANIA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mafuru,   January M.; Marsh,   Thomas L.
This paper analyzes urban and rural food consumption in Tanzania using the Generalized Translog (GTL) expenditure system. We reject a pooled model in favor of two separate urban and rural models.  Results indicate that subsistence consumption has significant effect on food demand in rural areas, but it is less important in urban areas. Hence, ignoring differences between urban and rural regions can lead to incorrect inferences and policy recommendations.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/36007

AN ANALYSIS OF INTERNATIONAL PRICE AND EXCHANGE RATE ELASTICITY FOR US SOYBEANS: THE CASE OF JAPAN
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Paudel,   Laxmi; Kinnucan,   Henry W.; Adhikari,   Murali; Houston,   Jack E.
Stepwise model selection criteria were tested against the restrictive forms to determine the appropriate model and to confirm the law of one price for the US soybeans. Analysis shows less than one international price transmission and exchange rate elasticities in the long run indicate an incomplete exchange rate pass through.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/34708

AN ANALYSIS OF LATIN AMERICAN PEANUT TRADE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lee,   Dae-Seob; Kennedy,   P. Lynn; Fletcher,   Stanley M.
The Latin American peanut industry is estimated using SUR. In scenarios, their demand is not affected dramatically by both price changes. The price changes affect the Latin American supply by roughly 15% and net trade by approximately 50%, compared to less than 10% in world price shock.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Peanut; SUR; Scenarios; Trade; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/34744

An Analysis of Major Determinants of Poverty in Agriculture Sector in Pakistan
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jan,   Dawood; Chishti,   Anwar F.; Eberle,   Phillip R.
Replaced with revised version of paper 05/21/08.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Food Security and Poverty.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6241

An analysis of Marketing Channels of Local Food in Scotland
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Revoredo-Giha,   Cesar; Watts,   D.; Leat,   Philip M.K.
Local food and its possibilities for addressing sustainable regional growth, food availability, accessibility and affordability has received considerable attention in the discussion on and development of the National Food Policy in Scotland. In terms of methodology, the paper continues the analysis of the local food database for Scotland constructed in Watts et al (2010) by exploring the marketing outlets used by the local food enterprises. This subject is important because it may provide information about the degree of entrepreneurship of the involved firms.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Local food; Scotland; Marketing outlets.; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95223

An Analysis of McLean County, Illinois Farmers' Perceptions of Genetically Modified Crops
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Chimmiri,   Nagesh; Tudor,   Kerry W.; Spaulding,   Aslihan D.
McLean County, Illinois farmers were surveyed in order to explore and analyze their perceptions of genetically modified crops and their genetically modified cropping decisions. Questionnaires were mailed to 400 randomly selected farmers, and 156 were returned. The 134 respondents who reported that they planned to plant crops in 2003 were asked to provide information about gender, age, education, and number of tillable acres farmed. Respondents were also asked if they had previously planted genetically modified crops and if they planned to plant either genetically modified corn or genetically modified soybeans in 2003. Finally, respondents were presented with 40 statements that pertained to biotechnology and genetically modified crops, and they were asked...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Biotechnology; Genetically modified; Corn; Soybeans; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Q16.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19204

An analysis of milk quota abolition impact on Scottish farmers’ behaviour
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Toma,   Luiza; Barnes,   Andrew Peter; Renwick,   Alan W.
This paper analyses factors influencing Scottish dairy farmers’ intentions to change size of business in response to milk quota abolition. The analysis uses structural equation modelling and is based on survey data collected in 2009 through telephone interviews with 533 farmers. Results suggest that farmers who (1) intend to leave their farm to children; (2) have not inherited their farm from previous generation; (3) perceive a lower impact of milk quota abolition on business; (4) have less negative attitudes towards policies/regulations; and (5) perceived a lower influence of policies/markets on business during the past decade are most likely to increase farm size.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Dairy industry; Scotland; Farmer behaviour; Milk quota abolition; Structural equation model; Agricultural and Food Policy; Farm Management; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61091

AN ANALYSIS OF OKLAHOMA DIRECT MARKETING OUTLETS: CASE STUDY OF PRODUCE FARMERS' MARKETS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Henneberry,   Shida Rastegari; Agustini,   Haerani N.
The objectives of this study are to examine consumer preferences among various marketing channels including direct marketing in Oklahoma, and to analyze the impact of various demographic variables on purchasing choice.  Specifically, this research focuses on the links between demographic factors and shopping preferences.  Data from consumers' survey in 21 farmers' markets in Oklahoma will be used to analyze consumer preferences using an ordered logistic regression analysis method.  Farmers' market producers and market managers were also surveyed.  The results of this study identify consumer characteristics that influence produce demand and consequently growers' return at Oklahoma farmers' market.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Consumer/Household Economics.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/34710

AN ANALYSIS OF ONLINE EXAMINATIONS IN COLLEGE COURSES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Barkley,   Andrew P.
This research evaluates the use of online examinations in college courses from both instructor and student perspectives.  Instructional software was developed at Kansas State University to administer online homework assignments and examinations.  Survey data were collected from two classes to measure the level of student support for online examinations.  The determinants of the level of student support for online testing were identified and quantified using logistic regression analysis.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/36049

An Analysis of Price Determination in the Sweet Cherry Markets of British Columbia, Washington, Oregon and California
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Florkowski,   Wojciech J.; Carew,   Richard.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries; Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114352

An Analysis of Pricing in the U.S. Cotton Seed Market
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Shi,   Guanming; Stiegert,   Kyle W.; Chavas,   Jean-Paul.
The purpose of the research in this paper is to investigate the impact of differentiated vertical strategies by agricultural biotechnology firms in the U.S. cottonseed market. The model advances the measurement of industry concentration to consider substitution/complementarity relationships among differentiated products delivered under different vertical structures. We find evidence of sub-additive pricing in the stacking of bundled biotech traits. Prices paid by farmers for cottonseed sold under vertical integration are found to be higher than under licensing. The model is flexible and allows for evaluation of the effects of changing market structures. The parameters on traditional measures of concentration indicate that higher concentration leads to...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Modal Vertical Strategy; Imperfect competition; Cotton seed; Biotechnology; Agricultural and Food Policy; Demand and Price Analysis; Industrial Organization; L13; L4; L65.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51617

AN ANALYSIS OF PRODUCERS' OPINIONS ON MANDATORY LABELING OF GM PRODUCTS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Chaverest,   E'licia L.; Wheelock,   Gerald; Chembezi,   Duncan M.; Kebede,   Ellene.
This study evaluates producers' perceptions on mandatory labeling of GM food products. The analysis is based on a sample of 1,887 farmers in 10 southern states who claimed to be "somewhat knowledgeable" about biotechnology. A logistic regression model was employed to isolate characteristics of farmers assumed to influence their opinions on mandatory labeling.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/34624

An Analysis of Rank Ordered Data
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Paudel,   Krishna P.; Poudel,   Biswo N.; Dunn,   Michael A.; Pandit,   Mahesh.
Many methods are available to analyze rank ordered data. We used a spectral density method to analyze Formosan subterranean termite control options ranked by Louisiana homeowners. Respondents are asked to rank termite control options from the most preferred to the least preferred option. Spectral analysis results indicated that the most preferred termite control choice is a relatively cheap ($0.13 per square foot) option of liquid treatment.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: FST; Rank ordered data; Spectral analysis; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49518

AN ANALYSIS OF REGIONAL ECONOMIC GROWTH IN THE US MIDWEST
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Monchuk,   Daniel C.; Miranowski,   John A.; Hayes,   Dermot J.; Babcock,   Bruce A.
In this paper we examine more closely some of the forces that underlie economic growth at the county level. In an effort to describe a much more comprehensive regional economic growth model, we address a variety of different growth hypotheses by introducing a large number of growth related variables. When formulating our hypotheses and specifying our growth model we make liberal use of GIS mapping software to “"paint"” a picture of where growth spots exist and why. Our empirical estimation indicates amenities, state and local tax burdens, population, amount of agricultural activity, and demographics have important economic growth impacts.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20369

AN ANALYSIS OF STATISTICAL ERRORS IN CONTINGENT VALUATION SURVEYS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dietz,   Brian.
Environmental economists using contingent valuation (CV) surveys are often interested in estimating the population willingness to pay (WTP) for some intervention from a sample of individuals randomly drawn from some population of interest.  These surveys collect information on bids or WTP amounts and various demographic and socioeconomic characteristics about the respondents that is used to estimate descriptive statistics (such as mean or median WTP) or regression equations (such as bid or WTP functions).  Statistical errors can occur when either the framework from which the sample was drawn is ignored or when the sampled elements are used to incorrectly infer relationships for a target.  These errors will often cause biased WTP estimates, although the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20462

An Analysis of Taste Variety within Households on Soft Drinks
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bonnet,   Céline; de Mouzon,   Olivier.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114261

AN ANALYSIS OF TAX-DEFERRED RETIREMENT SAVINGS OF FARM HOUSEHOLDS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mishra,   Ashok K.; Morehart,   Mitchell J.
The retiring farmer generally tries to balance the desire to keep the farm intact as a going concern with the need for a secure assets portfolio to finance retirement. This problem becomes more complex in situations where younger family members choose not to be active in the farm business. Tax-deferred savings are potentially an important component of a retirement plan and could represent a very substantial increase in tax-free assets for many individuals. This study examines the tax deferred retirement savings of farm households. The model is estimated using Agricultural Resource Management Survey (ARMS) 1999 farm-level national data and the Double-Hurdle estimation method. Results indicate that farm household's source of income, age of the farm operator,...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Farm Management.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22234

An analysis of the challenges of the maize seed industry in eastern and southern Africa
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Langyintuo,   Augustine S.; Mwangi,   Wilfred; Diallo,   Alpha O.; MacRobert,   John F.; Dixon,   John; Banziger,   Marianne.
The liberalization and restructuring of the seed sector in eastern and southern Africa (ESA) during the past two decades have witnessed a proliferation of private seed companies in the maize seed industry (Hassan et al., 2001; Lemonius, 2005). Although the total number of registered maize seed companies increased from 8 and 11, respectively, in 1997 to 40 each, the quantities of seed marketed barely doubled, increasing from 23,000 and 27,000 tons to 53,000 and 51,000 tons, respectively; an indication that the reforms are insufficient in ensuring efficient functioning of the sector in the two regions. A study involving 117 seed providers, representing 92 percent of all registered maize seed companies in ESA in 2007 identified bottlenecks that have...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Keywords: Maize seed industry; Seed policies; Eastern and southern Africa; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; International Development; Marketing; D21; M31; O32.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51713

An Analysis of the Consumption of Sausages in Scotland using Supermarket Data
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Revoredo-Giha,   Cesar; Kupiec-Teahan,   Beata; Wrieden,   Wendy; Davis,   Victoria; Milne,   Anne; Leat,   Philip M.K.
This paper addresses consumers’ choices by looking into: current food choices made by different socio-economic groups; price barriers for diet improvement; and ways in which marketing may affect product choice. The study seeks: first, to analyze the differences in consumption of sausages of different nutritional composition among different socio-demographic and lifestage groups; and second, to measure whether it is possible to improve diet quality without affecting household expenditure. Sausages represent a relatively high proportion of red and processed meat purchases in Scotland, contributing significantly to the fat and sodium in the Scottish diet. The data used consisted of two-years of weekly information from a top-4, UK supermarket. The results...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Scotland; Saturated fats; Sodium; Consumer choices; Sausages consumption; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; D1.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/91678

An analysis of the determinants of flood damages
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ferreira,   Susana.
In this paper we analyze mortality caused by 2,194 large flood events between 1985 and 2008 in 108 countries. Unlike previous studies that looked at natural-disaster mortality, we find that year-to-year changes in income and institutional determinants of vulnerability do not affect flood mortality directly. Income and institutions influence mortality only indirectly, through their impact on the intensity and frequency of floods. Population exposure affects the number of deaths both directly and indirectly. Higher population exposure results in more deaths once the flood has occurred, but it is associated with smaller floods. In developing countries it also reduces the count of floods.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Natural Disasters; Floods; Mortality; Adaptation; Climate Change; Environmental Economics and Policy; International Development; Land Economics/Use; Risk and Uncertainty; Q54.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/98381

An analysis of the dispute European Communities - Protection of trademarks and geographical indications for agricultural products and foodstuffs
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Charlier,   Christophe; Ngo,   Mai-Anh.
The dispute "European Communities - Protection of trademarks and geographical indications for agricultural products and foodstuffs" that opposes the European - Union to the United States and Australia, has been raised by the European regulation concerning the protection of geographical indications. This dispute has two important issues. First, the Panel demonstrated that the European regulation did not comply with national treatment promulgated by the TRIPS and the GATT 1994 Agreements. Second, the Panel affirmed the possibility of coexistence between GIs and identical prior trademarks. This article considers these two issues and depicts the position of the parties at the end of the dispute regarding GIs' protection. The first part of this article presents...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Geographical indications; Intellectual property; National treatment; TRIPS; Dispute settlement.; International Relations/Trade; Marketing; F13; Q17; Q18.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10032

AN ANALYSIS OF THE ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY OF THOROUGHBRED BREEDER/OWNER INCENTIVE POLICIES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Neibergs,   J. Shannon; Thalheimer,   Richard.
Thoroughbred incentive programs are subsidy policies designed to promote regional race horse breeding and ownership.  At issue, is an ongoing debate concerning the effectiveness of alternative policies.  Empirical results indicate the programs have a positive economic affect, but gains in efficiency can be obtained by reallocating funds to open purses.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20915

AN ANALYSIS OF THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF WATER TRANSFERS FROM AGRICULTURAL TO URBAN USES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sperow,   Mark.
A two stage nonlinear optimization model was developed to account for the major surface and groundwater hydrologic features and cropping patterns in Colorado’'s San Luis Valley.  Conjunctive use of surface and groundwater is included to assess changes in crop patterns and producer income from water exports outside the valley.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20327

An Analysis of the EQIP program for Lesser Prairie Chickens in the Northern Texas Panhandle
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jones,   DeDe; Gueck,   Nicole; Warminski,   Patrick L.
The Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) for the Lesser Prairie Chicken provides monetary compensation to agricultural producers for species habitat development.  The advantages and disadvantages of program enrollment, as well as the overall economic impact are evaluated for a typical ranch operation in the Northern Texas Panhandle from 2009-2013.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Prairie Chicken; FARM Assistance; EQIP; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/46544

An Analysis Of The EU Positions In WTO: Impact On EU And New Zealand
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Saunders,   Caroline M.; Santiago,   J.D.
The Doha round negotiations in World Trade Organisation (WTO) have been suspended in the last July due to lack of agreement in agriculture issues. Nevertheless, several leaders of WTO countries have stated publicly their will in reviving WTO talks. Therefore, further negotiations should be expected. Despite the last July failure in obtaining a final text on the negotiating modalities for agriculture, it should be noted that since the launch of Doha round in 2000 significant progress was made in the negotiations. WTO members tabled more generous offers than the initial ones in the round. In fact, during July talks the EU had a active role offering more concessions, such as, 48% reductions of their import tariff (instead of the 39% cuts proposed in its last...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: WTO; European Union; New Zealand; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7960

AN ANALYSIS OF THE FEASIBILITY OF IRRIGATION DISTRICT TRANSFER IN HONDURAS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hearne,   Robert R.; Martinez A.,   Carlos.
User participation in the management of irrigation systems has been touted as a means to establish incentives for proper operation and management, decrease distortionary governmental subsidies, and increase water-use efficiency.   The Government of Honduras has been in a process of rehabilitating and transferring management responsibility of the Flores irrigation districts to farmers.  This paper presents a review of the transfer process, an analysis of  farmers? capacity to accept financial responsibility for the systems, and an analysis of farmers? preferences towards the privatization process.  The research intends to support the ongoing transfer process by identifying constraints and proposing improved strategies.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20078

An Analysis of the Financial Performance of Beginning Farmers
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Katchova,   Ani L.
This study examines the financial performance and stress experienced by beginning farmers in the U.S.  Using the USDA’s ARMS data, probit models are estimated to study the personal and farm characteristics that affect whether or not the financial ratios fall into critical zones.  The results show that older farmers and larger farms are less likely to experience financial stress while hobby farms and livestock farms are more likely to experience financial stress.  The results for beginning farmers indicate fewer significant effects.  These findings point out the characteristics that agricultural lenders need to consider when evaluating farmers’ loans.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Beginning farmers; Financial performance; Financial stress; Agricultural Finance.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61513

An Analysis of the Hispanic Consumers' Demand for Food Eaten at Home
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Diaz-Valenzuela,   Jose-Francisco; Ames,   Glenn C.W.; Houston,   Jack E.
Replaced with revised version of paper 07/25/08.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6416

An Analysis of the Impact of Alternative EU Dairy Policies on the Size Distribution of Dutch Dairy Farms: an Information Based Approach to the Non-Stationary Markov Chain Model
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jongeneel,   Roelof A.
This paper analyses the impact of the dairy quota scheme on the size distribution of the Dutch dairy industry. A non-stationary Markov model approach is use, where the transition probabilities are explained by a set of exogenous (policy) variables. Using an information theoretical approach, a model is estimated for The Netherlands and used to simulate the impacts of alternative EU dairy policies. Several results emerged: a) There is an autonomous over time decline in farm numbers (implying increase in farm size). b) The dairy quota regime positively influences 'small' and 'medium' farm sizes; c) Abolition of the dairy quota will negatively affect the total number of active farms and favours further increase of farm scale. d) Targeting support according to...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Farm size structure; Dairy; Milk quota; Policy; Maximum entropy; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24892

AN ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACT OF ENSO (EL NINO/SOUTHERN OSCILLATION) ON GLOBAL CROP YIELDS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ferris,   John N.
Forecasts of global crop yields prior to planting have generally been single values, based on entirely past trends.  Regression analysis testing a combination of data from ENSO (El Nino/Southern Oscillation) and ARMA models suggests that yield forecasting errors can be reduced, generating more normal distributions of these errors.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21517

AN ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACT OF PRICE ON CONSUMER PURCHASE INTEREST IN ORGANIC GRAPES AND A PROFILE OF ORGANIC PURCHASERS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wolf,   Marianne McGarry.
This research uses simulated test marketing methodology to examine the consumer purchase interest in organic grapes and price sensitivity. A profile of the target organic food purchaser is identified and consumer perceptions of organic grapes are compared to their perceptions of regular (conventionally grown) grapes.  The research uses a survey instrument and a concept exposure that were administered through the use of a personal interview of 342 randomly selected respondents at food stores in May 2001 in San Luis Obispo County, California.  Comparisons of nominal and ordinal variables were generated through the use of chi-square tests.  The statistical tests used to examine interval and ratio variables are t-tests, one-way analysis of variance, and...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Consumer/Household Economics; Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19663

An analysis of the potential CAP changes: A Finnish case study
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Niemi,   Jyrki S.; Kettunen,   Lauri.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114612

An Analysis of the Potential Impact of the Elimination of EU Export Refunds for Developing Countries
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Revoredo-Giha,   Cesar; Philippidis,   George; Toma,   Luiza; Renwick,   Alan W.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114802

AN ANALYSIS OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SUPPLY-CHAIN MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AND NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT TIME: A CASE OF THE NORTH AMERICAN CONFECTIONERY MANUFACTURERS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Spaulding,   Aslihan D.; Woods,   Timothy A.
This study reports findings of a survey of the North American Confectionery Manufacturers.  Analysis focuses on the impact of buyer-supplier involvement on new product development time, the frequency of and trends in buyer and supplier involvement, and type of development activities which buyers and suppliers are involved in.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/35189

AN ANALYSIS OF THE RETIREMENT-CONSUMPTION PUZZLE FOR FOOD-AT-HOME AND AWAY-FROM-HOME EXPENDITURES IN GERMANY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Drescher,   Larissa S.; Roosen,   Jutta.
According to Ando and Modigliani (1957), consumers pass different stages of a lifecycle with different impact on demand. The criticism that the life-cycle theory neglects generational effects and concentrates on ageing effects only has led to the application of the cohort analysis which decomposes not only age, but also period and cohort effects. Following these ideas, this paper presents results of a cohort analysis on food-at-home and away-from-home consumption covering 25 years of German consumption data. Special attention is given to the retirement-consumption puzzle which is the unanticipated drop in consumption after retirement. Results of seemingly unrelated regressions indicate that there are significant age, period and cohort effects of...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Cohort analysis; Retirement-consumption puzzle; Food-at-home expenditures; Food-away- from-home expenditures; Germany; Agricultural and Food Policy; Consumer/Household Economics; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Health Economics and Policy; D91; E21; J10.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/116441

An analysis of the spatial and temporal patterns of greenhouse gas emissions by agriculture in Western Australia and the opportunities for agroforestry offsets
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kingwell,   Ross S.; Harris-Adams,   Keely.
If agriculture is included in an Australian emissions trading scheme then it may face from 2015 at the earliest, a price for its greenhouse gas emissions; and thereby have incentives to offset and lessen its emissions. Yet because there is currently little understanding of the spatial pattern of emissions in agricultural regions of Australia, the extent of the challenge the sector faces in reducing its emissions is not fully recognised. To improve our understanding, this study uses the National Greenhouse Accounts methodology to estimate the spatial and temporal patterns of agricultural emissions since 1990 in the key agricultural region in Australia’s southwest. This region generates almost 40 percent of the nation’s winter crop production and supports...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Greenhouse gas emissions; Spatial analysis; Agriculture; Offsets; Sequestration.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/48161

An Analysis of the Tradeoffs between Policy Instruments to Induce Dairy Producers in California to Participate in a Centralized Digester
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hurley,   Sean P.; Ahern,   James; Williams,   Douglas W.
Tradeoff between different utility rates and policy intervention to induce dairy producer to join a regional digester are studied.  Results demonstrate that a regional digester for the dairy industry in California is feasible given the digester receives $0.05 per kWh and government intervention or $0.0925 per kWh with no intervention.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9927

AN ANALYSIS OF THE TRANSFER OF FUNDS FROM WEAK RETAIL COUNTIES TO STRONG RETAIL COUNTIES IN IOWA VIA LOCAL OPTION SALES TAXES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Artz,   Georgeanne M.; Stone,   Kenneth E.
This study analyzes the transfer of tax dollars from "retail poor" to "retail rich" counties via local option sales taxes in Iowa. These taxes may potentially transfer more than one billion dollars from rural to urban counties over the next ten years. The implications for economic development policy are discussed.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Public Economics.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21979

AN ANALYSIS OF TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH IN CHINA'S AGRICULTURAL SECTOR
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hsu,   Shih-Hsun; Yu,   Ming-Miin; Chang,   Ching-Cheng.
A panel data of 27 provinces in China is used to analyze the productivity growth in China's agricultural sector over the period 1984-1999.  We first compute the output-orientated Malmquist productivity indexes and its decompositions using non-parametric DEA (Data Envelopment Analysis) approach.  Tobit regressions are then used to identify the major determinants of TFP growth and its components.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Productivity Analysis.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22227

AN ANALYSIS OF WILLINGNESS TO PARTICIPATE IN WILDERNESS OR OTHER PRIMITIVE AREAS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Adhikari,   Murali; Bergstrom,   John C.; Houston,   Jack E.; Bowker,   James Michael; Paudel,   Laxmi; Cordell,   H. Ken.
A logit model was used to determine the major factors explaining willingness to participate of an individual in the wilderness or other primitive area visits.  The results of the study showed that education and environmental awareness were in wilderness participation decision.  Demographic variables like age, race, and sex also were statistically significant and emerged as important policy variables in defining wilderness participation behavior.  Characteristics of wilderness areas like crowdness, pollution, and poor management failed to produce any significant impacts in the decision making process of wilderness area visit.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Wilderness or other primitive area visits; Policy variables; Demographic characteristics; Participation behavior; Consumer/Household Economics.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/35093

AN ANALYSIS ON POTENTIAL ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF GREENHOUSE GAS MITIGATION THROUGH PLANTING ENERGY CROPS IN TAIWAN
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Chen,   Chi-Chung; Hsu,   Shih-Hsun.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the economic and environmental impacts of planting energy crop on set-aside acreages in Taiwan.  To do so, a Taiwan Agricultural Sector Model (TASM) was built and the data parameters of energy crop were incorporated into this model in order to simulate the economic and environmental impacts.  Simulation results show that GHGE mitigation depends on the planting acreage of energy crops in which the optimal planting acreage of energy is determined by the profit of other agricultural products as well as government subsidy on energy crop.  Therefore, the mitigation of GHGE depends on the government subsidy on energy crop per hectare.  Such subsidy is also suitable for the green box by the regulation of WTO.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19995

AN ANALYTICAL AND EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF THE PRIVATE BIOTECH R&amp;D INCENTIVES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Malla,   Stavroula; Gray,   Richard S.
The study examines the incentives and incidence of private R&amp;D investment in the today's biotech industry.  A three-stage search/imperfect competition model is developed to derive the optimal pricing and investment decisions of private firms and to develop conjectures about how these decisions are affected by exogenous factors.  The analysis shows that basic public research "crowds in" applied private research while applied public research "crowds out" applied private research.  The current technology level and the cost of the experimentation negatively affect private investment, while the price of the final product positively affects the private investment.  Moreover, the greater the product heterogeneity, the higher the price charged with the same...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20544

AN ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK FOR DISCUSSING FARM BUSINESS INTERRUPTION INSURANCE FOR CLASSICAL SWINE FEVER
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Meuwissen,   Miranda P.M.; Skees,   Jerry R.; Black,   J. Roy; Huirne,   Ruud B.M.; Dijkhuizen,   Aalt A.
This paper studies farm business interruption insurance for Classical Swine Fever epidemics. Insight into the size of risk is obtained by a very detailed Monte-Carlo simulation model that includes both epidemiological and economic factors. The paper also considers issues such as farmers’' and governments’' influence on the size of risk.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21738

An analytical framework for incorporating land use change and forestry in a dynamic CGE model
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Pant,   Hom M.
Forestry poses a challenge to computable general equilibrium (CGE) modellers working with recursively dynamic models. This is because of the lag between its inputs and output, which do not correspond to the same time period as other sectors. Inputs are applied for a number of years before a forest is ready for harvest. As a result, attempts in the past to incorporate a well-specified forestry sector in a recursive CGE model have been only partly successful. The purpose of this paper is to fill this gap by presenting a consistent analytical framework which can be used to incorporate forestry into a recursively dynamic global CGE model. A key feature of the framework is that it splits the forestry activity into three parts—planting, holding and harvesting....
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/59150

An analytical framework for soil degradation, farming practices, institutions and policy responses
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Prager,   Katrin; Schuler,   Johannes; Helming,   Katharina; Zander,   Peter; Ratinger,   Tomas; Hagedorn,   Konrad.
There is a lack of knowledge about the effectiveness and efficiency of soil conservation policies in agriculture and little understanding of how policy measures should be designed to encourage farmers to adopt soil conservation practices. This paper analyzes institutional settings surrounding agricultural soil management in ten European countries based on the Institutions of Sustainability framework. This framework considers the interdependencies between ecological and social systems, taking into account environmental conditions, farming practices impacting on soil conservation, different types of actors, policies, institutions and governance structures. The purpose of this paper is to describe the analytical framework and the methodology that all case...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Institutional analysis; Soil degradation; Soil conservation policy; Soil conservation measures; Farming practices; Policy evaluation; Farm Management.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114773

An Anatomy of Moroccan Agricultural Trade
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Li,   NaiChia; Roe,   Terry L.; Diao,   Xinshen; Somwaru,   Agapi.
Morocco is engaged in a number of economic reforms to better position the country's integration into world markets. Her agricultural sector is particularly important as its trade, GDP, and employment share are relatively large. We analyze Morocco's agricultural trade growth trends over the past 40 years (1962 - 2004) using SITC 4-digit bilateral agricultural trade data. The data are analyzed using the trend and cycles decomposition (TCD) approach and measurement of trade growth at the intensive and extensive margin. We find a high concentration of agriculture trade in both commodities and trading partners. Morocco has also lost export shares in EU to other EU countries in her top exporting commodities. Another finding suggests that agricultural export...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9834

AN APPLIATION OF THE STOCHASTIC LATENT VARIABLE APPROACH TO THE CORRECTION OF SECTOR LEVEL TFP CALCULATIONS IN THE FACE OF BIASED TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bailey,   Alastair; Irz,   Xavier T.; Balcombe,   Kelvin George.
The measurement of the impact of technical change has received significant attention within the economics literature. One popular method of quantifying this impact of technical change is the use of growth accounting index numbers. However, in a recent article Nelson and Pack (1999) criticise the use of such index numbers in situations where technical change is likely to be biased in favour of one or other inputs.  In particular they criticise the common approach of applying observed factor shares as proxies for partial output elasticities to weight the change in quantities which they claim are only valid under Hicks neutrality. Recent advances in the measurement of product and factor biases of technical change developed by Balcombe et al (2000) provide a...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Biased Technological Change; Latent Variables; TFP.; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25842

AN APPLICATION OF CHOICE MODELING TO MEASURE U.S. CONSUMER PREFERENCES FOR GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOODS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Onyango,   Benjamin M.; Govindasamy,   Ramu; Nayga,   Rodolfo M., Jr.
Food biotechnology promises to deliver a wide range of enhanced consumer benefits.   This study models consumer's willingness to trade-off the potential risks of GM foods with the possibility of extracting significant benefits. It estimates the marginal effects and relationships between product characteristics and consumer attributes on acceptance of GM foods.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Institutional and Behavioral Economics.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19964

An Application of Conjoint Analysis in Agricultural Sustainability Assessment
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sydorovych,   Olha; Wossink,   Ada.
Increasing public interest in the concept of sustainable agriculture has resulted in the development of a number of methods that could be used for the assessment of sustainability of various agricultural production systems. Because of its complex, multi-dimensional nature, sustainability is most often assessed using numerous indicators, which make aggregate comparisons among systems difficult. In this paper we propose a methodology that could be beneficial in aggregate sustainability assessment. We apply conjoint analysis to identify economic, social, and ecological attributes that are perceived as important for agricultural sustainability by different stakeholders and to assess their relative impact on the overall sustainability measure.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Conjoint analysis; Choice experiments; Sustainability assessment; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44464

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

AN APPLICATION OF GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS TO ALFALFA BIO-MASS ENERGY AND MARKETING COOPS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fruin,   Jerry E.
Minnesota Valley Alfalfa Producers Cooperative (MNVAP), a farmer-owned cooperative based in west central Minnesota, has contracted to provide 75 megawatts of electric power produced from alfalfa stem biomass.  The cooperative is considering a novel enterprise--the production of both electrical power and alfalfa leaf meal products from alfalfa hay.  Seven hundred thousand tons of alfalfa hay from 200,000 acres grown by more than 1,000 farmers over twelve counties will need to be transported and separated into leaves and stems before power generation can occur.  The alfalfa leaves would be used in various animal feeds ranging from 17% to 30% crude protein.  Electrical power generated from this project will be more environmentally friendly than coal-based...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14476

AN APPLICATION OF LEARNING STYLE THEORY TO UNDERGRADUATE INSTRUCTION IN ACCOUNTING: A MINNESOTA EXAMPLE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nefstead,   Ward E.
This paper reports the results of a student learning style inventory by Flemming and Miller.  The survey was used in an introductory accounting course in addition to other curriculum materials to foster critical thinking.  A model for assessing and incorporating critical thinking is proposed.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20956

AN APPLICATION OF RISK ANALYSIS: LOCALIZED CORN AND SOYBEAN PRICE DISTRIBUTIONS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nefstead,   Ward E.
This paper examines the spatial elements of marketing grain. The decision of " where" to market has been ignored due to data limitations and lack of necessity. The author will incorporate localized probability distributions of price/basis in an Excel spreadsheet using @RISK which will evaluate marketing decisions for producers.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21774

An application of the two-stage, semi-parametric approach with double bootstrap to analyze technical efficiency of Critical Access Hospitals
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nedelea,   I. Cristian; Fannin,   James Matthew.
This study examines technical efficiency of Critical Access Hospitals (CAH) using a two-stage approach and bootstrap procedures for making valid inference about the impact of environmental variables on CAH efficiency.  In the first stage, a data envelopment analysis (DEA) efficiency estimator is used to estimate technical efficiency of each hospital in the sample.  In the second stage, efficiency scores are regressed on environmental variables using a truncated regression with bootstrap.  Alternatively, a double bootstrap procedure is used, where bias-corrected DEA efficiency scores, obtained by means of bootstrap in the first stage, are used in the second stage bootstrapped truncated regression.  While both procedures provide valid inference in the second...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Critical Access Hospitals; Efficiency; Two-stage approach; Bootstrap; Health Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103606

An Appraisal of Beekeeping Activities among Beneficiaries and Non-Beneficiaries of Ekiti State Agricultural Credit Agency (ESACA) Scheme in Nigeria
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fakayode,   S.B.; Babatunde,   Raphael O.; Olowogbon,   S.T.; Adesuyi,   W.S.
The study examined beekeeping activities in Ekiti State, Nigeria. Specifically the study appraised the costs and returns structure of beekeeping activities by beneficiaries of the ESACA scheme, examined the constraints to beekeeping under the scheme and outside the scheme and identified factors that affect beekeeping under the scheme and outside the scheme. A total of 150 beekeeper households were selected; 75 households each for ESACA beneficiary and non-beneficiary respondents across communities popularly known for beekeeping in Ekiti state. Descriptive statistics, costs and returns, regression and Kruscalwallis analyses were employed for data analysis. Beekeeping was found to be more profitable under the ESACA scheme than outside the scheme with returns...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Kruscal-wallis; Costs and returns structure; Regression; Technical assistance; Crop Production/Industries; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95785

AN APPRAISAL OF U.S. FOREIGN POLICY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Marshall,   Charles Burton.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 1965
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17392

An Approach on Integrated Territorial Competitiveness to Ensure Long Term Viability in Rural Areas of Andalusia (Spain)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Delgado,   Felisa Cena; Cobos,   Rosa Gallardo; Granados,   Pilar Garrido.
After more than ten years of rural development programmes in Andalusia, there is ongoing concern about the sustainability of the rural development initiated by the LEADER-PRODER programmes in the hypothetical event that such programmes were no longer in place. In order to be able to express an opinion about this issue, it is important to answer to an entire series of questions about the concept of territorial competitiveness as a guarantee of the long term viability of a rural area. In order to be able to respond to these questions, as part of a wider research project into the transformation of rural areas in Andalusia, the competitive position of 3 territories in the "Campina Alta" (Cordoba), which have been benefiting from rural development programmes...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9423

AN APPROACH TO A MICROBIOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT IN THE POULTRY SECTOR IN TRINIDAD
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dookeran,   Mark M.; Baccus-Taylor,   Gail S.H.; Akingbala,   John A.
International studies and epidemiological data have revealed a strong association between salmonellosis and chicken meat.  This association provides serious challenges for food safety and international trade.  Microbiological Risk Assessment is a food safety tool that is used to determine the incidence of food borne illnesses.  The procedure identifies a microbiological hazard in the entire food continuum (from farm to fork), and estimates the adverse effects to human health, of ingesting the microbial hazard. The Assessment integrates four steps, hazard identification, hazard characterisation, exposure assessment and risk characterisation, to produce a practical estimate of risk. In each step, knowledge of the prevalence and concentration of the pathogen,...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Broiler chickens; Salmonellosis; Microbiological risk; FAO/WHO; CAREC; CAES; Agribusiness; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Health Economics and Policy; International Development.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/36952

An Approach to Modeling Macroeconomic Linkages in Trade Models: With an Application to Agriculture
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: McTaggart,   Douglas.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 1985
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/50644

AN APPROPRIATE WELFARE MEASURE OF WILDLIFE DAMAGE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Heigh,   Lori; Rollins,   Kimberly S.; Kanetkar,   Vinay.
This paper derives the welfare loss to landowners from wildlife damages, which is not the same as the value of yield loss. The paper then estimates the welfare loss to Ontario landowners using willingness to tolerate losses as an indication of on-farm wildlife benefits. Results for Ontario fieldcrop producers in 1998 suggest that the welfare loss is 50% of the value of the yield loss. Willingness to tolerate losses varies by several variables including wildlife species and crop type.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20454

AN ARCH ANALYSIS OF THE HEDGING PERFORMANCE OF IMMINENTLY MATURING FUTURES CONTRACTS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dahlgran,   Roger A.
Hedge ratio estimation studies avoid estimating hedge ratios for imminently maturing futures contracts because of the maturity effect whereby futures price volatility increases as price uncertainty is resolved at contract expiration.  This study first points out that a futures-price volatility increase is neither necessary nor sufficient for reduced hedging effectiveness because hedging effectiveness depends on the cash-futures price correlation.  To analyze the hedging performance of imminently maturing futures contracts risk is defined as the conditional variance of profit outcomes.  The conditional mean is modeled as Brownian motion.  This model was fit to cash and futures price data for corn, cotton, feeder cattle, soybeans, soybean oil, and soybean...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Maturity effect; Hedging effectiveness; Risk management; Marketing.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/18982

An Argentine Perspective on Recent Agricultural Trade and Policy Development
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Reca,   Lucio G.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 1986
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/50661

An assessment of competition for biomass resources within the energy and transport sectors
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Graham,   Paul W.; Brinsmead,   T.S.; Reedman,   Luke J.
Bio-energy is expected to become increasingly attractive in the future owing to its potential to contribute to lowering greenhouse gas emissions, increasing rural and regional employment and improving energy security through substituting for oil imports. The volume of sustainable biomass resources that are economically competitive but do not significantly impact on food production is expected to slowly expand as new feedstock varieties and refining pathways are developed. However, these volumes will remain limited relative to total energy and transport sector fuel demand. Limited biomass resources will be allocated to the sector that is most able to afford them. This will depend on the price of existing fossil fuel products and the relative cost of...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/100553

An Assessment of Consumer Preferences for Strawberry Products
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bruchhaus,   Michael N.; Hinson,   Roger A.
California has exploited its production advantages and marketing efficiency to increase strawberry production at the expense of traditional production areas like Louisiana. Conjoint analysis is used to examine consumer's preferences for selected product attributes of fresh strawberries in Louisiana. Consumers put highest relative importance on brand/origin and, to a lesser degree, price.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Consumer/Household Economics.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/35555

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

An assessment of farmer’s risk exposures and policy impacts on farmer’s risk management strategy
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Anton,   Jesus; Kimura,   Shingo.
This paper describes farmer’s exposures to risks at the individual farm level and develops a model representing the decisions of an individual risk averse farmer facing variability in both prices and yields. A set of stylised risk market instruments is represented. The model is calibrated using farm level data from Germany. Monte-Carlo simulations of the random variables are run, and the corresponding optimal responses are obtained. The main focus of this paper is the interactions between government payments and the farmers’ use of risk market instruments in terms of the potential crowding out of such instruments and impacts on farm return and welfare. Unlike other studies this paper models farming response to payments in terms of production and the use of...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Risk; Welfare; Crop yield insurance; Forward contracting and Single Farm Payment; Agricultural and Food Policy; Farm Management; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57663

An assessment of five different theoretical frameworks to study the uptake of innovations
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Botha,   Neels; Atkins,   Kris.
There are several theoretical frameworks one can draw upon to study the adoption process. Extension Theory, Bounded Rationality, Diffusion Theory, the Theory of Reasoned Action and Consumer Behaviour Theory were of particular interest to us. In assessing the frameworks we looked for contradictions, and how and whether these frameworks could be used to study the adoption process. The assessment was done by using our own conceptual framework of the adoption process and we discuss the results in this paper. We found that the different frameworks don‘t contradict each other and when combined into our conceptual framework they offer very useful constructs for studying the adoption process.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Adoption; Innovations; Theory; Agricultural and Food Policy; Environmental Economics and Policy; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/98497

An Assessment of Risk Attitude of Dairy Farmers in Uttaranchal (India)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bardhan,   Dwaipayan; Dabas,   Y.P.S.; Tewari,   S.K.; Kumar,   Avadhesh.
The study was carried out in the Tarai area of Uttaranchal state to (i) identify the sources of risks perceived to be relevant by the farmers, (ii) examine farmers’ risk attitude, (iii) identify the factors that affect risk attitudes and (iv) evaluate the relative importance of different risk management strategies. Adverse effect on family health was perceived as a major source of risk by the dairy farmers, indicating the crucial role that surplus family labour plays in dairy farming in India. Lack of institutional support in dairying was also perceived to be a major source risk. Farmers’ risk attitude was measured using an attitudinal scale approach. The attitudinal scale consisted of a series of different risk management strategies and the farmers’...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25259

An Assessment of the Efficiency of Agribusiness Trucking Companies: A Data Envelopment Analysis Approach
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Shaik,   Saleem; Allen,   Albert J.; Estrada,   Joselito K.
The purpose of this study is to investigate the issue of efficiency in the U.S. motor carrier industry using DEA and SFA.  While both methods used the same variables, the resulting efficiency scores were significantly different.  This leads to the question of which method is a better measure of efficiency.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Public Economics.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/35661

An Assessment of the Global Soybean Industry: An Application of Stochastic Equilibrium Displacement Model
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Costa,   Rafael F.; Xia,   Yan; Rosson,   C. Parr, III.
This study uses stochastic equilibrium displacement model (SEDM) to investigate the impact on the soybean and its joint products (soymeal and soyoil) sectors of different countries and regions from transportation cost reduction in Brazil incorporating assumptions of decrease in the U.S. loan deficiency payment.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Trade; Loan Deficiency Payment; Soybean; Soybean Joint Products; Stochastic Equilibrium Displacement Model; Transportation Costs; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/34953

An assessment of the impact of possible CAP reform scenarios on Romanian agriculture
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Alexandri,   Cecilia; Luca,   Lucian.
Using a simplified model, with key-variable the prices of two different possible scenarios of CAP reform after 2013 (moderate and radical), this paper present a comparison between the price effects of implementation of each reform scenario at 2015 horizon on Romanian agriculture. This short analysis shows that, under the presented hypotheses, the net welfare effect, due to the price changes, for the selected products, is positive in both reform scenarios, yet greater in the case of the radical reform. Integrated in the large context of Romanian development, it seems that the influence of CAP reform upon agriculture and rural areas will be most likely a gradual one: an interpenetration between the two scenarios is foreseeable, starting with the moderate...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: CAP reform; Romania; Welfare effects; Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44022

An Assessment of the Impact of Strategic Alliances in Food Processing on the Technical Efficiency of Housewives Groups in Thailand
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nonthakot,   Phanin; Fleming,   Euan M.; Villano,   Renato A.
The cottage food processing industry in Thailand comprises mainly small-scale enterprises such as the ‘housewives groups’ that consist of a number of housewives who combine their food processing activities in a particular district or village. The effects of various factors on the performance of these housewives groups is assessed using survey data to estimate a stochastic input distance model. Our results show that membership of vertical strategic alliances at a high level is associated with higher levels of technical efficiency. Other factors positively influencing technical efficiency within these groups are the level of experience of group members, the ratio of workers to total members, government support, the community base of the group as opposed to...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Housewives group; Scope economies; Strategic alliance; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44411

AN ASSESSMENT OF THE IMPACT OF THE RURAL EMPOWERMENT ZONE AND ENTERPRISE COMMUNITY PROGRAM ON TEXAS' RIO GRANDE VALLEY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Estrada,   Joselito K.; Allen,   Albert J.
A Human Development Index (HDI) was developed to analyze the impact of the rural empowerment zone program on counties in the Texas Rio Grande Valley. Results of the analysis indicate that minimal development has taken place in these counties. This outcome is attributable to several institutional factors.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/34704

An Assessment of the India Soy Protein Market
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Brinker,   Adam J.; Parcell,   Joseph L.; Boessen,   Christian R.
This research is a first step in determining India's future need for soy-based protein products. The objective of this study is to determine India's protein demand over the next ten years. Then, using the per capita protein demand derived from this study, along with income, population, and dietary information, per capita soy protein consumption was estimated for the same time period. It was found that income growth has a large positive affect on protein consumption.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6796

An Assessment of the Interaction between High Tunnels and Crop Insurance for Specialty Crop Producers
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Belasco,   Eric J.; Chen,   Chen; Ponnaluru,   Srinivasa Sasdhar; Galinato,   Suzette P.; Marsh,   Thomas L.
Protective covers, such as high tunnels, are being used by specialty crop producers to enhance production quality and yields, expand or growing seasons, and protect crops from some extreme elements. While growing in popularity, one barrier to larger utilization includes the uncertainty regarding their practices and benefits. This paper recognizes that high tunnels can be used as a form of risk management and examines the relationship with crop insurance in order to better define optimal risk management strategies.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: High tunnels; Specialty crop insurance; Risk management; Production Economics.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103896

An Assessment of the Livestock Mandatory Reporting Act
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ward,   Clement E.
Federal government funding for public price reporting began in 1914. Since then, most public market reporting for livestock and meat has relied on voluntary participation by market participants.  Populist support in 1999 led to passage of the Livestock Mandatory Reporting Act which replaced the decades old voluntary reporting system with a mandatory system for livestock and meat.  Questions were raised by policymakers and others in discussions of the Act's renewal as to effectiveness of the mandatory reporting system.  This paper draws from available information to assess the Act's effectiveness since its initial implementation.  Satisfaction or dissatisfaction with the Act depends on one's expectations for what the Act was to accomplish or problems the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/18998

An Assessment of the Potential Consumption Impacts of WHO Dietary Norms in OECD Countries
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Srinivasan,   Chittur S.; Shankar,   Bhavani; Irz,   Xavier T.
The member countries of the World Health Organization (WHO) have recently endorsed its Global Strategy on Diet, Physical Activity and Health. The strategy emphasizes the need to limit the consumption of saturated fats and trans fatty acids, salt and sugars, and to increase consumption of fruits and vegetables in order to combat the growing burden of non communicable diseases. Adherence to the norms recommended by the WHO would call for major changes in the consumption, production and trade of several key food products and several sectors of the food industry have expectedly raised serious concerns about the potential impact of these norms on their future growth prospects. This paper attempts a broad quantitative assessment of the consumption impacts of...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24564

AN ASSESSMENT OF U.S. AGRICULTURAL POLICY AND LINKAGES TO TRADE AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Runge,   C. Ford.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14499

AN ASSESSMENT OF WORKAROUNDS FOR SPATIAL EFFECTS IN THE CASE OF BINARY PROBIT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Robertson,   Richard D.; Nelson,   Gerald C.
The consequences of spatial effects on discrete choice models have not been well established. Various ad hoc workarounds have been proposed to mitigate potential estimation problems. This paper employs Monte Carlo simulation to investigate the severity of the problems introduced by spatial effects and the effectiveness of the workarounds.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20234

AN ASSET-RISK MODEL OF REVERSE TENANCY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bellemare,   Marc F.; Barrett,   Christopher B.
Reverse tenancy, wherein poorer landlords rent out land to richer tenants on shares, is a common phenomenon. Yet, it does not fit existing theoretical models of sharecropping and has never before been modeled in the development microeconomics literature. We explain reverse tenancy contracts using an asset risk model that incorporates moral hazard. When choosing the terms of an agrarian contract, the landlord considers the impact of her choice on the probability that she will retain future rights to the rented land. Thus, this model captures the effect of tenure insecurity and property rights on agrarian contracts. The main testable implication of the theoretical model is that, as property rights become more secure, reverse tenancy tends to disappear.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22132

An attempt to modelling revenue insurance schemes at the farm level by means of Positive Mathematical Programming
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Severini,   Simone; Cortignani,   Raffaele.
Farmers face increasing income uncertainty and the debate is growing on the role of insurance schemes and of public support in this field. This paper applies a PMP modelling approach that takes into explicit consideration risk aversion behaviour to test its applicability to evaluating the potential impact of insurance schemes. This is done by introducing a revenue insurance scheme into a model developed on a small group of crop farms in Italy. The paper represents a preliminary assessment of the soundness of the proposed approach. It identifies some limitations that should be overcome to improve the proposed approach. Despite these limitations, it seems a useful tool to investigate the impact of insurance schemes and policy relevant parameters such as...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Insurance schemes; PMP; Farmers’ behaviour; Risk aversion; Agricultural and Food Policy; Q12; C61; Q18.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/99431

AN AUSTRALIAN PERSPECTIVE ON AGRICULTURAL TRADE AND THE URUGUAY ROUND
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Johnston,   Brian G.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 1988
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17642

An Econometric Analysis of MMS Area-Wide Leasing Versus Tract-Nomination Sales: Does Area-Wide Leasing Result in Lower Government Revenue?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gelso,   Brett R.
In 1983, US Minerals Management Service (MMS) switched from the Lease Nomination sale format to Area-Wide Leasing (AWL). Since a complete econometric analysis of the effects of AWL on government revenue has not been conducted in almost twenty years, the purpose of this study was to determine the effects of AWL on government revenue. Results indicated that AWL reduced government revenue by $1,170 to $1,308 on a per acre basis, which is consistent with the findings in prior literature.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Area-Wide Leasing (AWL); Outer Continental Shelf (OCS); High Bonus Bids; Environmental Economics and Policy; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37680

AN ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF OFF-FARM LABOR PARTICIPATION AMONG U.S. FARM FAMILIES, 1977-1998.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Oluwole,   Adetokunbo B.; Findeis,   Jill L.
Analyses of a sample of U.S. farm families based on March Current Population data for 1977-98 show that off-farm work decisions are made jointly by farm couples. Demographic differences across households are shown to have very important effects, while traditional farm policies appear less likely to influence off-farm work decisions.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20514

AN ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF THE CAUSES OF TROPICAL DEFORESTATION: GHANA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Yiridoe,   Emmanuel K.; Nanang,   David M.
Deforestation is modeled in two stages, as an interaction of interlinked key sectors in the Ghanaian economy (including forest products exports, fuelwood energy consumption, cocoa production, and food crop production), which compete for forest landuse or forest products. The effects of the different first- and second-level causes of deforestation analyzed are discussed.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Two-stage regression; Elasticity of deforestation; Forest policy/management; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; C320; Q230.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20750

AN ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF THE ECONOMIC CONTRIBUTION OF SUBTHERAPEUTIC ANTIBIOTIC USE IN PORK PRODUCTION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Algozin,   Kenneth A.; Miller,   Gay Y.; McNamara,   Paul E.
There is growing concern among public health experts regarding the diminishing efficacy of antimicrobial therapy in human and veterinary medicine, and some have called for a ban on subtherapeutic antibiotic use in pork production.  This paper develops an econometric analysis to identify the economic contributions of subtherapeutic antibiotic use in swine production.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20633

AN ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF THE EFFECTS OF MARKET LIBERALIZATION ON PRICE DYNAMICS AND PRICE VOLATILITY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Chavas,   Jean-Paul; Kim,   Kwansoo.
The paper investigates price dynamics under market liberalization, with a focus on the effects of lowering price floors. We analyze price dynamics by specifying and estimating a dynamic Tobit model under time-varying volatility, where the market price is censored by a government-set support price. The model is applied to the U.S. butter market over the last three decades. The econometric results show how the price support program affects both expected prices and the volatility of prices. It is found that the censoring effects of a price support program can be significant and large even if the price support is set relatively low.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20649

An Econometric Analysis of U.S. Crop Yield and Cropland Acreage: Implications for the Impact of Climate Change
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Huang,   Haixiao; Khanna,   Madhu.
A SIGNIFICANTLY REVISED/UPDATED AND EDITED VERSION OF THIS PAPER WAS PUBLISHED AS:  Citation: Miao, Ruiqing, Madhu Khanna and Haixiao Huang. “Responsiveness of Crop Yield and Acreage to Prices and Climate.” American Journal of Agricultural Economics (2015) doi: 10.1093/ajae/aav025   Abstract: We investigate the effect of crop price and climate variables on rainfed corn and soybean yields and acreage in the United States using a large panel dataset for the 1977–2007 period. Instrumental variables are used to control for endogeneity of prices in yield and acreage regressions, while allowing for spatially auto-correlated errors. We find that an increase in corn price has a statistically significant positive impact on corn yield, but the effect of soybean...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Crop yield response; Crop acreage response; Climate change; Econometric analysis; US county-level panel data; Agricultural and Food Policy; Crop Production/Industries; Demand and Price Analysis; Environmental Economics and Policy; Productivity Analysis; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61527

AN ECONOMETRIC DECOMPOSITION OF AGGREGATE DATA: APPLICATION TO THE EU-15 AVERAGE CATTLE SLAUGHTER WEIGHT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fabiosa,   Jacinto F.; Premakumar,   V.
Decomposition method was developed to disaggregate EU cattle slaughter weight. Model has good fit, no correlation, significant coefficients, consistent signs, and desirable Theil-validation statistics.  Estimates for calves, cows, and other cattle are very close to reported weights.  Application for New Zealand, Mexico, sheep sector, and dairy-beef calving rates were also successful.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20830

An Econometric Model of CGE Simulations
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hess,   Sebastian.
CGE models are widely used tools for economic assessments of trade policy changes. However, overall confidence in their results tends to be low. We employ the methodological framework of meta-analysis in order to approach a quantitative comparison of CGE-based simulation results. Therefore, we compile a dataset of twelve recent Doha simulations and fit a linear regression model that explains the variance between simulation results on the regional level as a function of various modeling characteristics. The estimates are broadly in range with documented qualitative knowledge about modeling assumptions. The size of the sample limits general conclusions; however, an ongoing research project will extend the approach to a larger sample.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: CGE; Systematic review; Doha round; Evaluation; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; C20; C68; D58; F10; C99.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24713

AN ECONOMETRIC MODEL OF THE SADC MAIZE SECTOR
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cutts,   Michela; Hassan,   Rashid M.
In almost all of the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) countries maize is cropped on a commercial basis except in Mauritius and Seychelles. Maize meal is the most important food staple in Southern and Eastern Africa. This is one of the main reason many governments in the region implement various policies to protect the maize sector.  With adoption of the Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture (URAA) in the late 1990s, there has been a wave of market liberalization in the region. Maize production and marketing have seen major reforms with the URAA, market liberalization, and the Structural Adjustment Programs (SAPs). Private sector participation in the supply of maize inputs (improved seed and fertilizer) and grain marketing has steadily...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade; Productivity Analysis.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19075

An Econometric Test of the Endogeneity of Institutions: Water Markets in the Western United States
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hansen,   Kristiana; Howitt,   Richard E.; Williams,   Jeffrey C.
Replaced with revised version of paper 07/28/05.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Water markets; Institutions; Environmental costs; Third-party costs; Water rights; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; Q25.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19548

An Economic Analysis and Assessment of Impacts of Conservation Practices on Agro-Environmental Conditions in the Lower Bad River Basin of South Dakota
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Parvez,   Md Rezwanul; Janssen,   Larry; Stover,   Ronald; Reitsma,   Kurt D.; Smart,   Alexander.
In this poster, we report selected socio-economic findings from analysis of the Bad River Water Quality project (BRWQ) implemented in western South Dakota from 1990 through 2004. An overview of various BRWQ project phases are presented, along with analysis of cost of conservation practices applied and local landowners current assessment of the practices implemented from 1990 – 2004.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Rangeland conservation; Cost-sharing; Conservation practices; Conservation assessment; Conservation programs; Resource economics; Bad River Water Quality project; Environmental Economics and Policy; Land Economics/Use; Q20.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103718

An Economic Analysis of a Dairy Anaerobic Digestion (A.D.) System: Will Dairy Producers Invest in A.D. Technology to Reduce Potential Litigation Suits?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Davis,   Brandon L.
In many areas of the United States, dairy and livestock farmers are facing lawsuits due to a variety of externalities, such as odor and other forms of non-point source pollution, caused by Confined animal feeding operations (CAFO's). Complaints include: general illness, unpleasant odor, headaches, and property devaluation. However, state and national law requires all CAFO's to have some form of waste storage facility. These facilities, mainly lagoons, increase the potential of pollution and run-off into streams and other water sources. As a result, large producers are beginning to install anaerobic digestive (A.D.) systems, which are a new form of waste management practices that reduces negative environmental effects.      Therefore, the purpose of this...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Anaerobic Digestion; Dairy Litigation suits; Dairy production; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/35305

AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF A FOOD SECURITY COMMODITY RESERVE: COMMODITY VS. CASH
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Young,   C. Edwin; Westcott,   Paul C.; Hoffman,   Linwood A.; Lin,   William W.; Rosen,   Stacey L.
The cost of operating the Food Security Commodity Reserve as a commodity reserve was compared with the cost of a cash reserve to purchase food aid supplies only in the period of need.  Preliminary simulation results reveal the cash reserve to be less costly in almost all cases.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Food aid; Agricultural policy; Stocks; Agricultural and Food Policy; Food Security and Poverty.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21622

An Economic Analysis of Bushfires Management Programs
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ganewatta,   Gaminda; Grahlmann,   Linda; Handmer,   John.
Allocating scare resources for fire management strategies requires information on the extent of economic losses from bushfires and the efficiency of alternatives. Despite the severity of bushfires, there is no agreed approach in Australia for estimating economic losses from fires nor for evaluating the economic efficiency of alternative suppression strategies. The poster proposes approaches to assess the economic effects of bushfires on local and state economies and sets out models to evaluate the economic efficiency of two key bushfire management strategies: presuppression and suppression. The first model arises from questions concerning the value of pre-suppression (before the fire) fuel reduction activities, and the estimation of an economically optimal...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; A11; H4; Q51; Q54.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25278

AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF COCA ERADICATION POLICY IN COLOMBIA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Moreno-Sanchez,   Rocio del Pilar; Kraybill,   David S.; Thompson,   Stanley R.
We estimate an econometric model of coca production in Colombia.  Our results indicate that coca eradication is an ineffective means of supply control as farmers compensate by cultivating the crop more extensively. The evidence further suggests that incentives to produce legal substitute crops may have greater supply-reducing potential than eradication.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Political Economy.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19833

An Economic Analysis of Consumer Expenditures for Safe Drinking Water: Addressing Nitrogen Risk with an Averting Cost Approach
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tenwalde,   Tracy; Jones,   Eugene; Hitzhusen,   Frederick J.
This article presents a procedure for estimating averting expenditures through the analyses of two data sources: (1) packaged water sales from 18 national supermarket chain stores in the Columbus, Ohio Metropolitan Area (COMA); and (2) treatment expenditures for both high and low service water from a local drinking water treatment facility owned and operated by the Columbus, Ohio municipality.  The averting behavior results from a nitrogen advisory for drinking water for 1/3 of the COMA.  The study concentrates on estimating these averting expenditures as representative of averting behavior for a market and non-market good trade-off.  This article concentrates on the economic consequences of the nitrogen pollution problem as it affects households through...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Averting Cost; Nitrogen Risk; Safe Drinking Water.; Consumer/Household Economics.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19431

An Economic Analysis of Control of the Western Corn Rootworm Variant across Indiana
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: van Mellor,   Thuy; Alexander,   Corinne E.; Bledsoe,   Larry; Krupke,   Christian.
A variant of the western corn rootworm (CRW) has adapted to the widely used cultural practice of crop rotation. This study analyzed the economic value of control options controlling the western CRW variant across Indiana. The options analyzed are soil insecticides, seed-applied insecticides, the recently commercialized genetically modified corn to resist CRW (CRW corn), or not controlling the western CRW variant. The results suggest that the economic value of CRW corn may exceed that of the alternative options for corn producers with high western CRW variant pressure, irrespective of producers'’ risk aversion levels and have the highest economic value for risk-averse producers in the moderate western CRW variant pressure region of Indiana.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21264

AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF CORN ROOTWORM MANAGEMENT: AREAWIDE PEST MANAGEMENT VERSUS SOIL INSECTICIDES- A NET PRESENT VALUE APPROACH
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Stair,   Christina Welch; Quan,   Peter; Martin,   Marshall A.
In 1996, the USDA initiated research in three Midwestern locations to control corn rootworms with a scouting and aerial spraying program. The preliminary economic results suggest that without a modest subsidy, an areawide pest management approach is not as economical as the use of soil insecticides
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21884

An Economic Analysis of Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Consumption: Implications for Overweight and Obesity among Higher- and Lower-Income Consumers
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jones,   Eugene.
Replaced with revised version of paper 07/21/06.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Consumer/Household Economics.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21443

An Economic Analysis of Landfill Costs to Demonstrate the Economies of Size and Determine the Feasibility of a Community Owned Landfill in Rural Oklahoma
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Eilrich,   Fred C.; Doeksen,   Gerald A.; van Fleet,   Herb.
New regulations have impacted landfill costs and changed solid waste management solutions.  Communities must now decide between continued landfill operations and long-term uncertainties associated with contracted services.  Preliminary cost analysis addresses these changes and demonstrates economies of size that make regional facilities more feasible than the once popular city-owned landfills
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/35091

An Economic Analysis of No-Till Rotations and Effects on Carbon Sequestration and Long Term Sustainability of Agriculture
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Janssen,   Larry; Harer,   Justin.
This study summarizes key economic results from 100 different no-till (NT) crop rotations and a conventional (CT) corn-soybean rotation based on agronomic data from Brookings County, South Dakota for 2001 -2008. A 1200 acre model crop farm was constructed to conduct the farm management budget and simulation analyses. Results indicate: (1) the CT rotation had the highest average net returns, (2) Several four-crop no-till rotations were preferred as producer risk aversion increased, and (3) carbon credit payments would need to be $14 to $36 per acre for the top four NT rotations to be as profitable as the CT rotation.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: No-till crop systems; Stochastic simulation; Carbon Credit Payments; Farm Management; Production Economics; Q12.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61176

An economic analysis of options for utilising additional land on a high rainfall Gippsland dairy farm
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tarrant,   Katherine A.; Armstrong,   Dan P.; Ho,   Christie K.M.; Wales,   W.J.; Malcolm,   Bill.
A range of options for utilising additional land on a dairy farm in the high rainfall area of Gippsland were analysed. The aim was to determine if additional land may assist the owners/operators in maintaining or increasing profit in the medium term (5-10 years). Historical trends have been towards fewer, larger, more intensive enterprises, and this project studies the value of additional land in continuing or altering this trend. A case study farm and spreadsheet modelling approach was used to examine these issues. Five different uses for additional land were identified by an expert steering committee, and were compared to the base farm system over a 10-year development period. The results suggest that expanding the milking area by purchasing additional...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Farm Management.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/59164

AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF PASTURE-RAISED BEEF SYSTEMS IN APPALACHIA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Evans,   Jason R.; D'Souza,   Gerard E.; Sperow,   Mark; Rayburn,   Edward B.
Cow-calf operations are important enterprises for family farmers in Appalachia and provide significant opportunity for supplemental income. This analysis constitutes a thorough economic assessment of pasture-raised beef production, an alternative to traditional production that could benefit the region's producers in terms of profitability and mitigated risk.  Stochastic budgeting was utilized for profitability and risk comparison between traditional and pasture-raised operations and accounted for seasonal variability in prices, pasture availability and animal performance.  Pasture-raised systems, in relation to traditional ones, were shown to consistently yield higher returns over variable costs and were shown less likely to yield losses over total costs...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Farm Management.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20268

An Economic Analysis of Product Differentiation under Latent Separability
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dhar,   Tirtha Pratim; Chavas,   Jean-Paul; Cotterill,   Ronald W.
This paper develops an analysis of markets for differentiated products. It relies on the concept of latent separability for consumer preferences. As proposed by Blundell and Robin, latent separability assumes that purchased products are allocated in the production of latent intermediate utility-yielding goods. Product differentiation can arise when each product makes a different contribution to the production of the latent goods. Latent separability is particularly attractive in the investigation of markets for branded products where the number of brands is large. It allows focusing on the demand for a smaller number of latent goods. Our approach is based on a quadratic almost ideal demand system (Q-AIDS), which provides a flexible representation of...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21892

AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF PRODUCT QUALITY WITHIN THE CANADIAN CHEESE INDUSTRY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nogueira,   Lia; Baylis,   Katherine R.; Vercammen,   James.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/34191

An Economic Analysis of Quarantine:  The Economies of Australia's Ban on New Zealand Apple Imports
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Arthur,   Matthew.
The quarantine policy decision-making process in Australia is subject to the principles of the World Trade Organisation's SPS Agreement. It is primarily based on the risks and associated economic costs accruing to producers in the event of disease entry. The costs of a quarantine measure in terms of forgone trade benefits are not considered. The impact associated with this asymmetric approach is identified by demonstrating the gains to consumers which may arise through liberalised markets using a case study of the Australian apple industry. A partial equilibrium analysis is used to show the impacts of apple market liberalisation, which can be expected to yield gains to consumers which are greater than the economic costs to on producers.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Quarantine; Trade; Liberalisation; Apples; Welfare; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31959

An Economic Analysis of Replacing Existing Bermudagrass Stands with Tifton 85 Bermudagrass for Beef Cow-Calf, Stocker and Hay Production
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lacy,   R. Curt; Hill,   Gary M.
Comparisons of simulated NPV for Coastal and Tifton 85 bermuda-grass using experimental data, current input prices and historical hay and feeder cattle prices indicates that many producers would benefit by adopting this new cultivar. Cow-calf producers would benefit the most followed by stocker/replacement heifer producers and finally hay producers. When risk-aversion is introduced into the model, all cow-calf and stocker producers regardless of the level of risk-aversion should consider adopting T85. Moderately or extremely risk-averse hay producers would consider adopting T85, while those that are slightly risk-averse would be indifferent.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6739

AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF RIPARIAN LANDOWNERS' WILLINGNESS TO PARTICIPATE IN OREGON'S CONSERVATION RESERVE ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kingsbury,   Leigh; Boggess,   William G.
A contingent valuation survey was conducted in two diverse Oregon counties to estimate potential enrollment of framed or grazed land in a riparian buffer strip program.  Landowner preferences for various program components were elicited and demonstrate the need to carefully design conservation incentives to encourage participation.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21641

AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF SEDIMENT CONTROL AT CONSTRUCTION SITES: THE CASE OF GREENVILLE COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lowdermilk,   Jamey M.; Templeton,   Scott R.; Privette,   Charles V., III; Hayes,   John C.
Soil erosion from construction sites can cause sedimentation of nearby water bodies. Mandatory sediment controls can reduce sedimentation. What determines the degree to which sediment controls meet regulatory standards for installation and maintenance? A conditional-multinomial logit model is estimated with data from 85 construction sites that were audited in 2001 or 2005 in Greenville County, SC to determine whether 147 sediment ponds or traps were installed correctly, properly maintained, or both. Sixty two percent of ponds and traps were installed incorrectly, maintained improperly, or both. Costs of clean out negatively affect the probability that a sediment pond or trap is properly maintained. Construction site distance from the county‘s regulatory...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103976

AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF THE DAIRY ENVIRONMENTAL COOPERATIVE IN NORTHEAST KANSAS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Vogt,   Michael L.; Kastens,   Terry L.
In 1997, the Black Vermillion Dairy Environmental Cooperative (DEC) was started with an EPA 319A grant. Ten Kansas dairies located in the Kansas Black Vermillion Watershed were studied to evaluate the on-farm manure structures cost-shared by the DEC.   Net present value (NPV) analysis was used to evaluate the profitability associated with the manure structures.  The NPV analysis showed that in most cases, investing in a manure storage structure is a worthwhile venture and can be profitable for the dairy. However, cost-share assistance often will be needed in order to have positive pre-tax and after-tax NPVs.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Dairy Environmental Cooperative (DEC); Manure management; Net Present Value (NPV) analysis; Cost-share; Concrete manure storage; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20516

AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF THE DETERMINANTS OF LUMBER FUTURES PRICE MOVEMENTS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rucker,   Randal R.; Thurman,   Walter N.; Yoder,   Jonathan K.
Recent lumber price volatility has been attributed to Spotted Owl Litigation and U.S.-Canada trade disputes. We use intervention analysis to explain daily lumber futures price volatility based on these events and other factors. The way information enters the market is shown to affect the speed and extent of market reaction.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Lumber; Futures prices; Event analysis; Environmental Economics and Policy; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21706

AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF THE EMISSION REDUCTION MARKET SYSTEM IN CHICAGO
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Onal,   Hayri; Liao,   Chao-Ning.
A mixed-integer programming model is used to investigate economic impacts of the permit trading market in Chicago and determine the equilibrium price. Unlike previous studies, the model determines unit pollution abatement cost endogenously depending on firms' technology adoption decisions.  A sequential trading process is used to simulate firms' behavior under incomplete information. The results show that average shadow prices, a counterpart of conventional shadow prices in discrete problems, slightly underestimate the equilibrium prices. Moreover, the model predicts an  over-supply of permits for the first two trading seasons.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Mixed-integer programming; ERMS; Average shadow price; Pollution permit; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19717

An Economic Analysis of the Impact of Food Prices and Other Factors on Adult Lifestyles: Choices of Physical Activity and Healthy Weight
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Chen,   Yanni; Huffman,   Wallace E.
This paper examines women’s and men’s decisions to participate in physical activity and to attain a healthy weight. These outcomes are hypothesized to be related to prices of food, drink and health care services and products, the respondent’s personal characteristics (such as education, reading food labels, adjusted family income, opportunity cost of time, occupation, marital status, race and ethnicity) and his or her BMI at age 25. These decisions are represented by a trivariate probit model that is fitted to data for adults in the NLSY79 panel with geocodes that have been augmented with local area food, drink and health care prices.  Separate analyses are undertaken for men and women due to basic physiological differences. Results include: Women and men...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Physical Activity; Obesity; Food Prices; Adult; United States; Consumer/Household Economics; Health Economics and Policy; Labor and Human Capital; I10; D10; J24.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49291

An Economic Analysis of the Impact of Food Prices and Other Factors on Adult Lifestyles: Choices of Physical Activity and Healthy Weight
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Chen,   Yanni; Huffman,   Wallace E.
This paper examines women’s and men’s decisions to participate in physical activity and to attain a healthy weight. These outcomes are hypothesized to be related to prices of food, drink and health care services and products, the respondent’s personal characteristics (such as education, reading food labels (signaling a concern for good health), adjusted family income, opportunity cost of time, occupation, marital status, race and ethnicity) and his or her BMI at age 25. These decisions are represented by a trivariate probit model that is fitted to data for adults in the NLSY79 panel with geocodes that have been augmented with local area food, drink and health care prices. Separate analyses are undertaken for men and women due to basic physiological...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Physical activity; Obesity; Food prices; Adults; Developed country; Consumer/Household Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; I10; D10; J24.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49987

An economic analysis of the possibility of reducing pesticides in French field crops
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jacquet,   Florence; Butault,   Jean-Pierre; Guichard,   Laurence.
The paper aims to study the effects of reducing pesticide use by farmers in the arable sector in France and the feasibility of a policy target of reducing pesticide use by half. The originality of the approach is to combine statistical data and expert knowledge to describe low-input alternative techniques at the national level. These data are used in a mathematical programming model to simulate the effect on land use, production and farmers’ income of achieving different levels of pesticide reduction. The results show that reducing pesticide use by 30% could be possible without reducing farmers’ income. We also estimate the levels of tax on pesticides necessary to achieve different levels of reduction of pesticide use and the effect of an incentive...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Pesticide use; Policy incentive; Environmental indicators; Low-input techniques; Agricultural and Food Policy; Crop Production/Industries; Farm Management; Land Economics/Use; Production Economics.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109382

AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF THE RELATIONSHIP OF POVERTY AND INCOME INEQUALITY IN RURAL WEST VIRGINIA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: de Sousa,   Semoa C.B.; Gebremedhin,   Tesfa G.; Smith,   Dennis K.; Colyer,   Dale.
Ordinary and two-stage least square regressions were used to examine the major determinants of poverty and income inequality with cross-sectional data of 38 rural counties of West Virginia. The empirical findings confirm the possibility of simultaneity between poverty and income inequality and poverty level is the main determinant of increased levels of income inequality. The proportions of population in welfare, population of age 65 or older, female-headed households, people unemployed, and the level of inequality contributed to increased poverty levels. The proportion of employment shares in finance, insurance and real estate, and per capita income contributed to reduced poverty levels. But, per capita income, the proportion of human capital stock, and...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Food Security and Poverty.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20536

AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF UNIT-TRAIN FACILITY INVESTMENT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kenkel,   Philip L.; Henneberry,   Shida Rastegari; Agustini,   Haerani N.
Country elevators competed chiefly through increased efficiency in grain handling and transportation.   The development by the railroads of more favorable rates for multi-car shipments (unit train) has led grain cooperatives and other agribusiness firms to invest in high speed rail load out facilities. In this study the feasibility of an investment in a unit-train load out facility is analyzed. The impact of grain through put volume, unit rate transportation savings, discount rates, and grain-cleaning costs is also determined.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Public Economics.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/34748

An Economic Analysis of Water Infrastructure Investments, Agricultural Productivity and Climate Change in the Mekong Delta: Adapting to Increased Salinity and Sea Level Rise
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Corderi Novoa,   David; Williams,   Jeffrey C.; Howitt,   Richard E.; Lund,   Jay R.
Replaced with revised version of paper 07/24/11.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Climate change; Adaptation; Agriculture; Water resources; Dynamic programming; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; International Development; Production Economics; Risk and Uncertainty; Q54; Q25; Q15.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103875

An Economic and Environmental Analysis of Slurry Separation
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jacobsen,   Brian H.; Hjort-Gregersen,   K.
With increased pressure to redistribute animal manure in order to lower the environmental pressure from agriculture, it seems obvious to consider processing slurry into nutrient rich fractions which can easily be transported. In this paper, an overall analysis of four different separation technologies is presented. The four technologies are Decanter, Funki Manura 2000, Green Farm Energy and Staring. These technologies are all implemented on a full scale in Denmark. In this paper both the economic and environmental aspects are considered, looking at the entire chain from stable to the field. The total investments range from 50,000 to 4 million Euros and the total net costs are from 1 to 7 Euros per tonne for the four different technologies. One of the clear...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24325

AN ECONOMIC AND RISK ANALYSIS OF THE EFFECTS OF TILLAGE AND NITROGEN SOURCE ON SOIL CARBON SEQUESTRATION IN CORN PRODUCTION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Pendell,   Dustin L.; Boyles,   Scott B.; Williams,   Jeffery R.; Rice,   Charles W.; Nelson,   Richard G.
The economic potential of no-tillage versus conventional tillage to sequester soil carbon using either commercial nitrogen or manure for continuous corn production is evaluated. Results indicate which system provides the highest net returns, which system is preferred by risk averse decision makers, and the price of carbon credits under alternative risk aversion preferences.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/34770

An economic approach to collective management of endemic animal diseases
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rat-Aspert,   Olivier; Krebs,   Stephane.
The control of animal diseases is an issue of particular interest in animal production chains. Because of their direct impact on production, animal diseases generate income shortfalls for farmers. In some cases, diseases may also have lead to human health problems and undermine market access conditions. Because of these potential negative impacts, some diseases are regulated. But for many communicable diseases, much latitude is given to individual control of the disease by farmers. In the case of a communicable disease, individual management therefore generates an externality, as individual decisions have an impact on the level of risk exposure of other farms to the disease. Thus, the collective result of individual management may differ from the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Animal health economics - Micro modelling – Bio-economic modelling - endemic animal diseases; Animal health economics; Micro modelling; Bio-economic modelling; Endemic animal diseases; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114791

AN ECONOMIC APPROACH TO IDENTIFYING AN 'EFFECTIVE SUI GENERIS SYSTEM' FOR PLANT VARIETY PROTECTION UNDERS TRIPS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lesser,   William H.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25996

An economic assessment of a proposed dry land Leucaena development within the Brigalow Belt of Central Queensland: An operational case study perspective
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Best,   Mark; Symes,   Lindy.
This following case study focuses on beef production using dry land leucaena to increase production on a property of alluvial scrub flats south of Biloela, Queensland. The investment proposal is for development of the property through the growing of the fodder legume tree crop leucaena. The benefit of finishing cattle on leucaena is estimated using partial budgeting techniques. The case study reports on aspects of agronomic, managerial, production and economic considerations for 174 hectares of dry land leucaena development, staged over four years. A discounted cash flow approach was applied in order to model expected returns over time. Net cash flows between the existing grass based operation and the proposed leucaena supplemented operation are estimated....
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Production Economics.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58884

AN ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT OF REMOVING THE PARTIAL U.S. IMPORT BAN ON FRESH MEXICAN HASS AVOCADOS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Peterson,   Everett B.; Evangelou,   Phylo; Orden,   David; Bakshi,   Nishita.
The importation of fresh Hass avocados from Mexico into the United States has been restricted, totally or partially, since 1914 on grounds of the potential risk of pest infestation. This quarantine has been a cause of dispute between the Mexican and U.S. governments.  In 1997, Hass avocados from approved orchards in the State of Michoacán, Mexico, were permitted to be imported during the months of November through February into 19 northeastern states plus the District of Columbia. In 2001, the import period was extended to October 15 through April 15, and access was granted to 12 additional states.  Currently there is a proposal to remove all seasonal and geographic restrictions on the importation of fresh Hass avocados from Mexico. The purpose of this...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19938

An Economic Assessment of the Amenity Benefits Associated with Alternative Coastal Protection Options
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Christie,   Mike; Colman,   Oliver.
Current government guidelines for the appraisal of coastal defence projects in the UK do not require that non-market amenity benefits to be considered . However, a new option in coastal defence, namely multi-purpose reefs, provides an opportunity to integrate coastal defence with significant amenity provision. This paper reports the findings of a choice experiment study that evaluated the amenity benefits of four alternative coastal defence systems currently being considered for Borth in west Wales. The results indicate that traditional coastal defence options such as timber and rock groynes do not generate amenity benefits, while a multipurpose reef would generate significant benefits in terms of improvements in the visual appeal of the beach, safer...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Choice experiments; Amenity value; Coastal defence; Multi-purpose reef; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; Q26; Q51; Q58.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25541

AN ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT OF THE WHOLE-FARM IMPACT OF PRECISION AGRICULTURE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Olson,   Kent D.; Elisabeth,   Pascal.
The full impact of an investment in a management information system (MIS), such as precision agriculture (PA), comes from improved managerial decision making throughout the whole farm and not just from improvements in a specific part of the farm.  This study was conducted to determine whether the adoption of PA had a positive impact on whole-farm profitability. To overcome problems of simultaneity and self-selection in the adoption decision of PA, this study used a two stage econometric model using data from farms in Southwest Minnesota. The PA adoption decision was evaluated in the first stage, and the impact of adopting PA was evaluated in the second stage. The whole farm rate of return to assets (ROA) was used to measure the impact of PA. For all 212...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Precision agriculture; Economics; Adoption; Profitability; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22119

An Economic Comparison of Sheep Grazing Systems on the Northern Tablelands of NSW
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Scott,   J. Fiona.
Three 54ha "farmlets" were established in 2000 near Uralla, NSW to trial high input, moderate input and intensive rotational grazing systems. A representative farm approach was used to interpret the profitability results of the trial from July 2000 to June 2005 at a commercial scale level to make research results more relevant to farmers. At the gross margin level, the high input farmlet had the highest annual gross margins, but this farmlet had the worst whole farm performance. These contrasting results support the claim that annual activity gross margins cannot alone indicate the profitability of an investment. This demonstrates that whole farm analysis is the most suitable method to assess different grazing systems.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Sheep; Grazing systems; Pastures; Whole farm analysis; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10402

An Economic Drought Management Index to Evaluate Water Institutions' Performance
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Iglesias,   Eva; Garrido,   Alberto; Gomez,   Almudena.
This paper proposes an Economic Drought Management Index (EDMI) that could assist water managers to inter-temporally manage water reservoirs. The index's main appeal is that it can be easily interpreted and that encompasses in a single number hydrological processes, structural constraints, water institutions' rules and the economic benefits of the customers served from the supply system. An empirical application of EDMIs is performed for two irrigation districts in Andalusia (Southern Spain), that are managed under different institutional arrangements. Results for one district show that the region's vulnerability to drought could be reduced following the interpretation of the EDMIs. For the other district, the index shows that water stocks are managed...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Water Resources; Irrigation; Stocks management; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24894

An Economic Evaluation of Beneficial Management Practices for Crop Nutrients in Canadian Agriculture
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sparling,   Beth; Brethour,   Cher.
Environmental risk management is the process of measuring and/or assessing environmental risk and developing strategies to manage it. One strategy used in Canadian agriculture to manage environmental risk is the implementation of beneficial management practices (BMPs).     This paper provides a summary of a larger research project which explored farm profitability before and after participation in beneficial management practices, specifically those related to crop nutrients.  Based on producer perceptions and the assumptions used in this analysis, the results of this study indicate that the majority of the selected BMPs, including soil testing, minimum tillage, no-till and nutrient management planning, improved profitability for the representative farms....
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10249

An Economic Evaluation of Conservation Farming Practices for the Central West of NSW
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Farrell,   Terence C.
Economic benefits that arise from conservation farming practices need to be assessed over several years to account for improvements in soil structure and nutrient levels. A gross margin model was used to assess benefits over the eight-year period 1999-2006 for 12 regions in the central west of NSW. The annual benefits from improved soil structure ranged from $2.46 to $12.82 per hectare (ha). A reduction in tractor power produced annual savings in the range of $0.60 to $4.05 per ha. The cost of soil compaction by livestock grazing on crop areas ranged from $3.41 to $14.90 per ha. The break-even time to pay back costs for the conversion of machinery for no-till seeding was two to three seasons.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: No-till; Conservation; Farming; Tillage; Cropping systems; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6177

AN ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF COTTON AND PEANUT RESEARCH IN SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Smith,   Anna Rickett; Dorfman,   Jeffrey H.
The purpose of this study was to utilize the economic surplus framework for evaluating the impact of investment in agricultural research.  The economic impact measures used in this study were the total benefits and distribution of those benefits associated with investment in agricultural research.  These results were used to calculate an internal rate of return on the investments.  The focus of the research was on cotton and peanuts in the Southeast region of the United States. Two equations were estimated to determine the impacts of the money being spent on the research efforts of these two commodities.  The results revealed positive benefits to consumers and producers exceeded the investment amount in each year for both commodities in the period.  The...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19900

An Economic Evaluation of Precision Deep Tillage Practices through the Analysis of Comparative Enterprise Budgets
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Pierce,   Chris; Dillon,   Carl R.; Wells,   Larry G.
Precision deep tillage allows for lower use of tillage though recognized variation with in a field.  Comparative enterprise budgets, breakeven, and sensitivity analysis were preformed to prove that under long-term no-till conditions precision deep tillage can be a profitable form of tillage that will enter an optimal producer strategy.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Farm Management.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/35649

An economic evaluation of the osmoregulation gene technology to the Australian wheat industry
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Farquharson,   Robert J.; Morgan,   J.M.; Brennan,   John P.
Episodes of rainfall irregularity and soil moisture deficit have focused attention on the widespread limitation of water supply on winter cereal crop production in Australia. This has motivated a number of efforts at breeding for improved drought tolerance. A recent example involves a cellular adaptation which mitigates water loss through solute accumulation (osmoregulation or osmotic adjustment). An assessment of the performance of osmoregulation yield response in the presence of climate change found that wheat cultivars with this gene are unlikely to be adversely affected by hotter and drier conditions across the wheat belt. The results of an economic evaluation of potential future innovations (wheat cultivars) from the osmoregulation gene technology are...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Economic evaluation; Wheat breeding; Osmoregulation; Crop Production/Industries; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58446

An economic evaluation of tick line deregulation in Queensland
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Chudleigh,   Fred; Franco-Dixon,   Mary Ann.
Rhipicephalus microplus, the cattle tick, is widely distributed across many tropical and subtropical regions of the world and has been identified as the most economically important species of tick across a number of countries. Quarantine boundaries currently limit the spread of the cattle tick into northern New South Wales, parts of South East Queensland, the central parts of the Northern Territory and northern parts of Western Australia. The Queensland tick line (or quarantine boundary) largely follows the 500mm rainfall isohyet until it reaches southern Queensland. As the cattle tick is unlikely to become endemic to regions receiving median rainfall less than 500mm per annum, the region most likely to be effected by a deregulation of the tick line is...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58889

An Economic Framework for Understanding Micro-Credit in Developing Countries
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Turvey,   Calum G.; Kong,   Rong.
To reduce vulnerability and food insecurity this paper investigates the economics of micro-credit. We provide a model that shows how a micro-credit market based on trust can co-exist with a commercial collateral-based market. This model is developed in detail and certain propositions are supported using dominant strategies in a trust-honour game based on the prisoner’s dilemma. From a policy point of view the theoretical model indicates that trust-based lending, coupled with certain incentives, can go far in supporting growth opportunities in developing countries. It is argued that development policy should be flexible enough to permit trust-based micro-lending to the poor, regardless of how counter-intuitive this must appear to the conventional wisdom.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Financial Economics.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9929

AN ECONOMIC HISTORY OF THE FAILURE OF BROILER FUTURES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hegde,   S. Aaron.
Replaced with revised version of paper 07/27/04.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Marketing.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20397

AN ECONOMIC MODEL OF AGRICULTURAL LABELING POLICY HARMONIZATION IN INTERNATIONAL TRADING SYSTEMS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jackson,   Lee Ann.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26012

An Economic Model of Water Transfer Analysis for the Central Valley  Project Improvement Act
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Zhang,   Bin; Hatchett,   Steven; Mann,   Roger.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/35747

AN ECONOMIC MODELLING APPROACH FOR VULNERABILITY ASSESMENT IN IRRIGATION FARMS IN SPAIN
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Esteve,   Paloma; Varela-Ortega,   Consuelo.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Farm Management.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114337

An Economic Performance Analysis of the Beef Cow-herd Enterprise Using a Stochastic Frontier Function
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cho,   Jaesung; Park,   Seong Cheol; Bevers,   Stanley J.
Standardized Performance Analysis (SPA) data from Texas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico were used to examine the economic performance of beef cow herd operations in the Southern Plains region by measuring their technical efficiency index. Factors that make significant impacts on the production are herd size, machinery investment per breeding cow, and rainfall. Little technical inefficiency among the Southern beef cattle operations that participated in the SPA data was found.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Beef; Cattle; Cost; Cow-calf; Production; Stochastic production function.; Farm Management; Livestock Production/Industries; Production Economics.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/98842

AN ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE ON FOOD SAFETY IN FRUIT AND VEGETABLE PRODUCTION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kagan,   Albert.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33264

An Economic Risk Analysis of No-Till Rice Management from the Landlord’s Perspective
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Watkins,   K. Bradley; Hill,   Jason L.; Anders,   Merle M.
Rice production generally involves intensive cultivation. The profitability of no-till rice has been investigated but solely from the producer’s perspective. Most farmed cropland is owned by someone else. This study evaluates the risk efficiency of no-till rice from the landlord’s perspective using stochastic efficiency with respect to a function (SERF).
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6870

An Economic Risk Analysis of Stocker Grazing on Conservation Tillage Small Grains Forage in Arkansas
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Watkins,   K. Bradley; Hignight,   Jeffrey A.; Beck,   Paul A.; Anders,   Merle M.; Hubbell,   Donald S., III; Gadberry,   Shane.
This study evaluates both the profitability and risk efficiency of grazing stocker steers on conservation tillage winter wheat pasture using simulation and stochastic efficiency with respect to a function (SERF). Average daily gains are simulated for steers grazed on conventional tillage (CT), reduced tillage (RT) and no-till (NT) winter wheat pasture.  Steer price distributions and prices for key production inputs such as diesel, fertilizer, and glyphosate are also simulated. Stocker steer net return distributions by tillage treatment are constructed and ranked for risk efficiency using SERF.  The results indicate the NT system is the most profitable and most risk efficient of the three tillage systems, followed by the RT system. Both conservation tillage...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: No-till; Profitability; Reduced tillage; Risk; SERF; Stocker grazing; Winter wheat; Farm Management; Production Economics.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56356

An Economic Risk Analysis of Tillage and Cropping Systems on the Arkansas Grand Prairie
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hignight,   Jeffrey A.; Watkins,   K. Bradley; Anders,   Merle M.
No-till (NT) has been shown to reduce fuel, labor, and machinery costs compared to conventional-till (CT) but very few rice producers in Arkansas practice NT.  The low adoption rate is most likely due to difficulties in management but also limited information on the profitability and risk of NT.  Most rice producers are knowledgeable on NT costs savings but consider it less profitable due to yield reductions offsetting costs savings.  This study evaluates production costs, crop yields, and economic risk of both NT and CT in five rice-based cropping systems (continuous rice, rice-soybean, rice-corn, rice-wheat, and rice-wheat-soybean-wheat).  Yields, crop prices, and key input prices are simulated to create net return distributions.  Stochastic efficiency...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Cropping systems; Rice; No-till; Certainty equivalent; Risk premium; Crop Production/Industries; Farm Management; Financial Economics; Land Economics/Use; Production Economics; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56354

An Economic-Psychological Model of Sustainable Food Consumption
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lombardini,   Chiara; Lankoski,   Leena.
This paper proposes a novel economic-psychological model of individual food consumption and food waste that recognizes individuals as social and moral beings who are boundedly rational and have limited capacity for self-control. The model identifies five components of individuals’ utility that correspond to five modes of being or selves: the hedonic agent, the social agent, the moral agent, the health-conscious agent and the habits-driven agent. In the model, individuals maximize this composite utility given their budget and effort constraints. We apply the model to analyze policies that can support the adoption of sustainable food consumption practices.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Bounded rationality; Bounded self-control; Habits; Identity; Social and moral norms; Sustainable food consumption; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; D03; D11; D12.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114403

AN ECONOMY-WIDE ANALYSIS OF GM FOOD LABELING POLICIES IN TAIWAN
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Chang,   Ching-Cheng; Hsu,   Shih-Hsun; Wu,   Chia-Hsuan.
The development of agricultural biotechnology offers the opportunity to increase crop production, lowers farming costs, improves food quality and could reduce costs to consumers.  For the food importing economies, the import quantities as well as prices will be affected through world market as the production technology of GM crops is adopted by the exporting countries.  Many sectors will be affected by the use of these crops through vertical (or backward) and horizontal (or forward) linkages.  The purpose of this paper is to develop an economy-wide quantitative assessment of the economic impacts of the introduction of GM products with and without labeling.  The modeling framework used in this analysis is TAIGEM (Taiwan General Equilibrium Model), a...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19929

An Economy-wide Analysis of Impacts of WTO Tiered Formula for Tariff Reduction on Taiwan
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hsu,   Shih-Hsun; Chang,   Ching-Cheng; Li,   Shu-Yuan; Chen,   Yi-Chieh.
In this study we use Taiwan as a case study to provide an economy-wide analysis of impacts on Taiwan of WTO tariff reduction schemes with different combinations of thresholds and reduction rates.  The model we utilized in this study is Taiwan General Equilibrium Model with a WTO module (TAIGEM-WTO, hereafter) that is a multi-sectoral computable general equilibrium (CGE) model of the Taiwan's economy derived from Australian ORANI model (Dixon, Parmenter, Sutton and Vincent, 1982).  Simulation results show that results are more sensitive to the scheme of tariff-reduction (i.e., Category 1, 2, and 3) than the tiered levels (i.e., A, B, C, and D) and as a strategy we should pay more attention to the arguments related to the amounts of tariff-reduction....
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21170

An Economy-wide Analysis of Impacts of WTO Tiered Formula for Tariff Reduction on Taiwan
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hsu,   Shih-Hsun; Chang,   C.; Li,   S.; Chen,   Y.
In this study we use Taiwan as a case study to provide an economy-wide analysis of impacts on Taiwan of WTO tariff reduction schemes with different combinations of thresholds and reduction rates. The model we utilized in this study is Taiwan General Equilibrium Model with a WTO module (TAIGEM-WTO, hereafter) that is a multi-sectoral computable general equilibrium (CGE) model of the Taiwan's economy derived from Australian ORANI model (Dixon, Parmenter, Sutton and Vincent, 1982). Simulation results show that results are more sensitive to the scheme of tariff-reduction (i.e., Category 1, 2, and 3) than the tiered levels (i.e., A, B, C, and D) and as a strategy we should pay more attention to the arguments related to the amounts of tariff-reduction. Moreover,...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Computable General Equilibrium (CGE); Tiered Formula; WTO; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25546

An Economy-wide Analysis of Impacts on Taiwan of Reducing Tariff Escalation on Agriculture-Related Products in WTO Doha Round Negotiations
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lee,   Huey-Lin; Chang,   Ching-Cheng; Weng,   Yung-Ho; Hsu,   Sheng-Ming; Hsu,   Shih-Hsun.
Tariff escalation becomes one of the major issues in the new Doha Round negotiation because it is viewed as a stumbling block to the industrialization development for the developing countries.  When tariffs on products escalate with the stage of processing, the effective rate of protection, or the tariff expressed as fractions of value-added after deducting intermediate inputs from product value, also increases. Thus, tariff escalation potentially signals high rates of protection for value-added or processed products, and can inhibit international trade in these goods.  The major purpose of this study is to examine the degrees of tariff escalations in Taiwan's agriculture -related commodities and the economic consequences to reduce them.  A simplified...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Tariff escalation; Tariff wedge; Computable general equilibrium model; International Relations/Trade; F13; C68; Q17.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6170

An Economy-wide Analysis of Impacts on Taiwan of Reducing Tariff Escalation on Agriculture-Related Products in WTO Doha Round Negotiations
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lee,   Huey-Lin; Chang,   Ching-Cheng; Weng,   Yung-Ho; Hsu,   Sheng-Ming; Hsu,   Shih-Hsun.
Tariff escalation becomes one of the major issues in the new Doha Round negotiation because it is viewed as a stumbling block to the industrialization development for the developing countries.  When tariffs on products escalate with the stage of processing, the effective rate of protection, or the tariff expressed as fractions of value-added after deducting intermediate inputs from product value, also increases. Thus, tariff escalation potentially signals high rates of protection for value-added or processed products, and can inhibit international trade in these goods.  The major purpose of this study is to examine the degrees of tariff escalations in Taiwan’s agriculture-related commodities and the economic consequences to reduce them.  A simplified...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Tariff escalation; Tariff wedge; Computable general equilibrium model; Agricultural and Food Policy; International Relations/Trade; F13; C68; Q17.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51655

An Economy-wide Analysis of Increasing Bio-Ethanol Production in Taiwan
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lee,   Duu-Hwa; Lin,   Hsin-Chun; Chang,   Ching-Cheng; Hsu,   Shih-Hsun.
This article figures out the economic impacts on macroeconomy, industrial output, new energies and environment when the advantageous bioethanol and its feedstock production increase and replace the usage of gasoline in the future. A CGE model, called ¡§Taiwan General Equilibrium Model-Energy, (TAIGEM-E), was a linear/dynamic, linearized percentage change simulation tool used especially in the economic evaluation of environment policies. Results indicated that macroeconomic and environmental variables will all benefit with scenarios. Government should instantly encourage the production of bioethanol (and biodiesel) and it¡¦s producing resource because it truly can reduce the pressure of CO2 emission mitigation, and also can active agricultural fallow lands....
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Bioethanol; Biodiesel; Computal General Equilibrium (CGE); TAIGEM-E; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9902

AN EDUCATION IN DISTANCE LEARNING: THE CASE OF AGRIBUSINESS 101
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hamilton,   Lynn L.
A Cal Poly introductory agribusiness class is taught via distance education to a Southern California junior college as part of a pilot project of a USDA grant to increase diversity in agribusiness education. Live, interactive video presents new challenges to on-campus students, distant students and the instructor.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Distance education; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21683

AN EFFICIENCY ANALYSIS OF CATTLE BACKGROUNDING IN KANSAS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gow,   Laura R.; Langemeier,   Michael R.
Efficiency measures can be used to generate inferences about the future direction of the industry and determine factors that may influence the structure. This study evaluated relative efficiencies of Kansas backgrounding operations. Farms that engaged in the backgrounding of cattle were very inefficient. Significant  improvement is needed in technology adoption and input usage.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/35701

An Efficiency Analysis of Nevada and Utah Counties:  Region Size Leads Regional Efficiency
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kim,   Man-Keun; Harris,   Thomas R.
The hypothesis that regional size increases regional efficiency is tested in this study. Data Envelopment Analysis and the Directed Acyclic Graph were used to reveal the causal relationship between regional efficiency and region size in terms of population density.  Region size and the infrastructure directly cause regional efficiency, and regional efficiency affects regional income indirectly via formulation of Metropolitan area
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6338

An Emergent Economics of Ecosystem Management
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hearnshaw,   Edward J.S.; Cullen,   Ross; Hughey,   Kenneth F.D.
Economics is an evolving and emerging field of study, so is the management of ecosystems. As such, this paper delineates the co-evolution of economic evaluation that reflects the various recognized ecosystem management approaches of anticipative, adaptive and capacitive ecosystem management. Each management approach is critiqued and from this theoretical analysis an emergent approach for the management of ecosystem is put forward, which accordingly suggests an alternative methodological approach for economic evaluations.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Complexity; Creativity; Economic evaluation; Ecosystem management; Evolution; Open systems; Rationality; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31957

An Emerging Agricultural Problem in High-Performing Asian Economies
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hayami,   Yujiro.
Policies to tax farmers in low-income countries and policies to subsidize them in high-income countries have been identified as a major source of the disequilibrium of world agriculture. Recently, as many high-performing economies in Asia advanced from the low-income to the middle-income stage through successful industrialization, they are confronted with the problem of a widening income gap between farm and non-farm workers corresponding to rapid shifts in comparative advantage from agriculture to manufacturing. In order to prevent this disparity from culminating in serious social and political instability, policies have been reoriented toward supporting the income of farmers. At the same time, governments in middle-income countries must continue to...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/11826

An Empirical Analysis of Access to Finance for Danish Farms: Understanding Investment and the Absence of Risk Management
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Olsen,   Jakob Vesterlund; Pederson,   Michael Friis.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural Finance; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114591

An Empirical Analysis of Agglomeration Effect in the Japanese Food Industry -Panel Analysis Using Flexible Translog Production Function-
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kageyama,   Masahiro; Tokunaga,   Suminori; Akune,   Yuko.
In this paper, we examine the existence of agglomeration effect on production in the Japanese food industry from 1985 to 2000 using plant-level 4-digit subclassification, panel dataset and new agglomeration index in Akune and Tokunaga (2005), and Tokunaga, Kageyama, and Akune (2005), based on Ellison and Glaeser (1997). This is an improvement on the the conventional indices such as Location Quotient (LQ) or Location Gini Coefficient (L).When we apply a flexible translog production function and cost share equation as suggested by Kim (1992), we find that around 2% of positive agglomeration effect exists in absence of any restriction on homotheticity in the the case of employment based agglomeration (Gamma EG ).
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agglomeration; Japanese food industry; Panel data analysis; Flexible translog production functions; Agribusiness; R12; R3; Q59.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25510

An Empirical Analysis of County-Level Determinants of Small Business Growth Poverty in Appalachia: A Spatial Simultaneous-Equations Approach
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gebremariam,   Gebremeskel H.; Gebremedhin,   Tesfa G.; Schaeffer,   Peter V.
In this paper we develop an autoregressive spatial simultaneous equations model to investigate the county-level determinants of small business growth and median household income in Appalachia during the period 1990-2000. Our GS2SLS and GS3SLS estimation results indicate significant spatial spillover effects and conditional convergence in counties of Appalachia during the study period.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Security and Poverty.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/35465

AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF FARM STRUCTURE AND OFF-FARM WORK DECISIONS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Goodwin,   Barry K.; Bruer,   Shanna.
This study considers the extent to which farm structure may be endogenous to off-farm labor supply decisions. The empirical analysis utilizes structural models consisting of three equation systems describing labor supply, scale and scope in an effort to evaluate the extent to which farm and off-farm labor decisions are jointly made.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Farm Management.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22164

AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF HONEYBEE POLLINATION MARKETS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rucker,   Randal R.; Thurman,   Walter N.; Burgett,   Michael.
Pollination by honeybees plays an important role in modern agriculture.  Some crops are greatly dependent on honeybees (almonds, apples, avocados, blueberries, and cherries are examples) while the yields and quality of other crops are significantly enhanced by honeybee pollination.  The importance of understanding pollination markets has increased recently due to changes brought on by the twin scourges of Varroa and tracheal mites.  Both are infestations of feral and domestic bees that imply greater future reliance on domesticated bees at higher cost.      In the United States a complex market has evolved that connects itinerant beekeepers and their bee colonies with farmers who demand their services.  While the fields of entomology and crop science have...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Marketing.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20547

AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF JOINT DECISION ON FOOD STAMP PROGRAM, TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES AND LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Huffman,   Sonya Kostova; Jensen,   Helen H.
This study examines the interactions between participation in the Food Stamp program (FSP) and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) with respect to participation, provides a model of joint decisions made by households on FSP, TANF, and labor force participation, and explains why the households choose different alternatives.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Consumer/Household Economics; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19824

AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF POVERTY AND INCOME INEQUALITY IN WEST VIRGINIA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Desousa-Brown,   Semoa; Gebremedhin,   Tesfa G.
OLS and 2SLS regressions and cross-sectional county data are used to examine the major determinants of poverty and income inequality in rural counties of West Virginia. The empirical findings confirm the possibility of simultaneity between poverty and income inequality. Poverty is the main determinant of increased levels of income inequality.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Food Security and Poverty.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20223

AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SPILLOVERS WITHIN THE CANOLA BIOTECH INDUSTRY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gray,   Richard S.; Malla,   Stavroula; Tran,   Kien C.
The study uses firm-specific data in the biotech canola industry to empirically examine research spillovers among public and private firms at the level of research output, research sales revenue, and research social revenue.  The non-pecuniary spillovers that are examined include basic research, human capital/ knowledge (as measured through other-firm expenditures) and genetics (as measured through yields of other-firms). The results provide strong empirical evidence of several research spillovers in the biotech crop research industry such as: basic and applied public research creates a positive spillover for private firms at all levels; applied expenditure within-group reduces other-firm revenue while between-group expenditure increases revenue; genetic...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22137

An Empirical Analysis of Recent Changes in US Beef Marketing Margins
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Armah,   Stephen E.
An Augmented Relative Price Spread (ARPS) model is employed to explain recent changes in real US beef wholesale-retail (WR) and hence farm-retail (FR) marketing margins. It is found that the surge in retail market concentration in 1999 most likely increased retail market oligopsony power relative to wholesale oligopoly power, ultimately changing real US WR beef marketing margins. The finding that higher oligopsony retail market power relative to oligopoly wholesale market power in the US beef industry was most likely responsible for the changes in US WR marketing margins in 1999 is important because it provides an economic justification for policy makers to regulate anticompetitive conduct by beef retailers.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9354

AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF THE DEMAND FOR WHOLESALE PORK PRIMALS: SEASONALITY AND STRUCTURAL CHANGE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Parcell,   Joseph L.
A set of inverse wholesale pork primal demand models were estimated to estimate wholesale pork primal own-quantity flexibility's, to determine seasonal price fluctuations, and to examine whether the flexibility's have changed in absolute magnitude over time. Results of this analysis indicate that there is the own-quantity flexibility for some primals differences by season with in the year. Additionally, it was determined that the own-quantity flexibility increased in magnitude (absolute value) over time for some of the primal cuts evaluated here. However, for Hams and Boston Butt the own-flexibility was either unchanged or increased over the period analyzed. Increased cold storage stocks for these primals may have been used to offset the price decline of...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Wholesale Pork Primals; Structural Change; Seasonality; Demand and Price Analysis; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/36343

An empirical analysis of the determinants of the Rural Development policy spending for Human Capital
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Camaioni,   Beatrice; Materia,   Valentina Cristiana.
The aim of the paper is twofold: to present a preliminary analysis of the distribution of the Rural Development (RD) expenditure for specific measures related to human capital across EU and to investigate which factors may explain the variation of intensity of spending between the regions. In particular, a descriptive analysis of the budget and of the expenditure for EU 27 will be presented. A linear regression model (OLS) is also presented in order to verify which factors weigh more in determining the spending decisions for the European regions. The analysis is carried out taking into account the EAFRD expenditures for the measures related to human capital for the period 2007-2008 at NUTS2 level.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Rural Development; Human Capital; Distribution of the Expenditure; Agricultural and Food Policy; Q18.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/100280

An Empirical Analysis of the Effects of Plant Variety Protection Legislation on Innovation and Transferability
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Srinivasan,   Chittur S.; Shankar,   Bhavani; Holloway,   Garth J.
Under the TRIPs Agreement, all member-countries of the World Trade Organization are required to provide an "effective" system of plant variety protection within a specific time frame. In many developing countries this has led to a divisive debate about the fundamental desirability of extending intellectual property rights to agriculture. But empirical studies on the economic impacts of PVP, especially its ability to generate large private sector investments in plant breeding and facilitate the transfer of technology, have been very limited. This paper examines two aspects of the international experience of PVP legislation thus far (i) The relationship between legislation, R&amp;D expenditures and PVP grants, i.e., the innovation effect, and (ii) The role...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Plant variety protection; Biotechnology; Technology transfer; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24788

AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF THE LINK BETWEEN ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND ECONOMIC GROWTH IN WEST VIRGINIA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mojica,   Maribel N.; Gebremedhin,   Tesfa G.; Schaeffer,   Peter V.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/46723

An Empirical Analysis of United States Consumers' Concerns about Eight Food Production and Processing Technologies
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hwang,   Yun Jae; Roe,   Brian E.; Teisl,   Mario F.
For a representative sample of U.S. consumers, we rank, correlate and explain ratings of concern toward eight food production and processing technologies (antibiotics, pesticides, artificial growth hormones, genetic modification, irradiation, artificial colors/flavors, pasteurization, and preservatives).  Concern is highest for pesticides and hormones, followed by concern toward antibiotics, genetic modification and irradiation.  We document standard relationships between many demographic, economic and attitude variables and the average concern level.  Our main contribution is modeling relative levels of concern across technologies, where we find that key personal and household characteristics that yield little explanatory power for average ratings have...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Consumer/Household Economics.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19128

An Empirical Assessment of Agricultural Trade Policies in the Mediterranean Basin - Regional Effects on the EU Member States
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kavallari,   Aikaterini; Schmitz,   P. Michael.
The objective of this paper is to provide deeper insights on the impacts of agricultural policy reforms in the Mediterranean basin focusing on regional effects in the EU. The empirical analysis has been undertaken using the partial equilibrium multi commodity, multi region world trade model AGRISIM. The simulation results indicated that the CAP Reform for the Mediterranean commodities seems to affect only the EU Mediterranean Member states and the enlargement with Bulgaria and Romania only this two countries. Moreover the impacts on the markets of typical Mediterranean commodities included in the modelling exercise are limited. The supply in the EU changes mainly for those commodities that are of high protection as beef, whereas the demand increases being...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9395

AN EMPIRICAL ASSESSMENT OF CONVERGENT VALIDITY OF BENEFIT TRANSFER IN CONTINGENT CHOICE: INTRODUCTORY APPLICATIONS WITH NEW CRITERIA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jiang,   Yong; Swallow,   Stephen K.; McGonagle,   Michael P.
Benefit transfer has been an important, practical policy tool appealing to government agencies, especially when time or budget is constrained. However, the existing literature fails to support convergent validity of benefit transfer using the stated-preference method. This empirical study examines the convergent validity of benefit transfer using the choice modeling method, a potentially promising technique compatible with the heterogeneity of the transfer contexts. Based on a survey designed for Rhode Island (RI) and modified only slightly for Massachusetts (MA), regarding coastal land management, four convergent validity tests were conducted on the benefit transfer from RI to MA. Although results fail to support convergent validity in all aspects, the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Benefit transfer; Contingent choice method; Choice experiment; Convergent validity; Land management; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20040

AN EMPIRICAL ESTIMATION OF THE IMPORT DEMAND MODEL AND WELFARE EFFECTS: THE CASE OF RICE IMPORTING COUNTRIES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kang,   Hyunsoo; Kennedy,   P. Lynn; Hilbun,   Brian M.
This analysis presents the determination of an import demand function for the world rice market using annual data from 1994 to 2007. In the specification and analysis of a world rice market import demand function, Ordinary Least Square (OLS), Instrumental Variables (IV) with Generalized Method of Moments (GMM), and Seemingly Unrelated Regression (SUR) methods have been used. Social welfare effects have been obtained using consumer surplus and compensated variation for the top four rice importing countries (Indonesia, Philippines, Nigeria, and Saudi Arabia). Empirical results suggest that economic growth, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), and importing countries’ population positively affect national income, thus, positively affecting rice consumption. Oil...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Rice export and import; Consumer surplus; Trade; Import demand function; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/46082

AN EMPIRICAL EVALUATION OF EXPERIENCED-BASED LEARNING: A ROPES COURSE ILLUSTRATION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Harris,   Kim; Barbee,   Ryan.
This paper draws on empirical evidence to measure the impact of using corporate-like outdoor-based team training to enhance the effectiveness of student groups and teach team player skills.  Results indicate that outdoor team activities had greater effects and impacts on student behaviors and learning than in class team activities.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Team experiential learning; Outdoor-based training; Team building; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21531

An Empirical Evaluation of Irrigation Insurance for Agricultural Systems in the Mexican Northwest
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Leiva,   Akssell J.; Skees,   Jerry R.
Prototype inflow-based derivative contracts are designed to hedge irrigation risk in the Rio Mayo Valley of Sonora, Mexico. The results indicate that an 18-month contract is feasible given the specific characteristics of the region selected for the study.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/34177

An Empirical Evaluation of Poverty Mapping Methodology: Explicitly Spatial versus Implicitly Spatial Approach
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Olivia,   Susan; Gibson,   John; Smith,   Aaron D.; Rozelle,   Scott; Deng,   Xiangzheng.
Poverty maps provide information on the spatial distribution of welfare and can predict poverty levels for small geographic units like counties and townships. Typically regression methods are used to estimate coefficients from the detailed information in household surveys, which are then applied to the more extensive coverage of a census. One problem with standard regression techniques is that they do not take into account the ‗spatial dependencies‘ that often exist in the data. Ignoring spatial autocorrelation in the regression providing the coefficient estimates could lead to misleading predictions of poverty, and estimates of standard errors. Household survey data usually lack exact measures of location so it is not possible to fully account for this...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: China; Poverty; Small Area Estimation; Survey Methods; Spatial Models.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47651

AN EMPIRICAL EVALUATION OF THE CANADIAN WHEAT BOARD'S ABILITY TO PRICE DISCRIMINATE IN BREAD WHEAT EXPORTS.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lavoie,   Nathalie.
This study examines the ability of the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) to price discriminate in bread wheat exports. The conceptual model isolates the bases of price discrimination and demonstrates that the CWB's ability to exploit cost differences in pricing depends on the extent of the differentiation between Canadian and U.S. wheat. This model is implemented using monthly confidential price data provided by the CWB for exports to Japan, the United Kingdom, and two markets aggregating remaining exports through Canada's west and east coasts, for 1982-1994. The data indicate that the CWB charges different prices to different countries for wheat of the same grade and protein content. Results from the model indicate that the price difference between any two...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19646

AN EMPIRICAL EVALUATION OF YIELD PERFORMANCE AND CROSS-CROP YIELD CORRELATION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Goodwin,   Barry K.; Mishra,   Ashok K.
This analysis considers two aspects of yield performance using a large sample of data collected from individual U.S. farms. In the first, observable farm and operator characteristics are related to relative yield perofmance. In general, larger, more diversified farms have higher relative yields. In addition, more intensive use of productive inputs tends to be associated with higher yields. In a second segment of the analysis, we focus on the extent to which yield performance for different crops on a single farm tend to be correlated. Our results suggest that farms in major growing regions tend to have greater correlation of crop yields. In addition, larger, more specialized farms tended to have more consistent yield performance across crops. Implications...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/36550

An empirical examination of import demand for pulses in India
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Agbola,   Frank W.; Damoense,   Maylene Y.
India is the largest producer and importer of pulses in the world. Since 1970, the Indian food economy has undergone major policy reforms, including trade liberalisation, that had the effect of opening up its domestic pulse market to international trade. This market is very lucrative and of major significance to the world pulse economy. Therefore, given the increasing evidence linking import demand and economic variables, an understanding of the impact of these variables on import demand for pulses in India is warranted. The import demand functions for total pulses, chickpea and lentils were estimated by autocorrelation regression procedure using time-series data for the period 1970 through to 2000. Empirical results indicate that real GDP, population,...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: India; Pulses; Import demand; Unit root.; Agricultural and Food Policy; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57823

An Empirical Examination of the Factors Affecting Remittance by Mexican Migrants in the United States
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: McCoy,   Adam; Nziramasanga,   Mudziviri; Yoder,   Jonathan K.
Mexico has reported worker’s remittances to equal $16.6 billion in 2004, which constitutes nearly 2.5 percent of Mexico’s GDP, exceeding the inflows from direct foreign investment and aid.  We develop a model of remittances based on a net income concept.  The model is used to generate a series of testable hypotheses.  We test these hypotheses using what we term a type II generalized ordered probit model based on survey data for Mexican Migrants.  Our results are generally consistent with standard utility maximization theory, and more specifically are consistent with a net income hypothesis.  we find, for example, that migrant income is a strong positive determinant of remittance levels except for the lowest remittance category.  We also find that migrants...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9796

An empirical examination of the gains in cost-effectiveness from the use of multiple environmental outcome conservation tenders
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Edwards,   Claire; Eigenraam,   Mark.
The production and consumption of environmental goods and services are subject to many of the problems associated with public goods. Due to their non-rival and non-excludable nature, incentives for individuals to invest in their production are often absent. To address this market failure, government agencies have used a number of policy mechanisms to procure the supply of environmental outcomes on behalf of society. Recently, conservation tenders focussing on private land have been a favoured policy instrument used by many government agencies to purchase environmental outcomes in the public interest. The majority of these environmental tenders have focussed on a single environmental outcome. It is contended in this paper that multiple environmental...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/100545

An Empirical Examination of the Relationship Between Real Options Values and the Rate of Investment
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Turvey,   Calum G.; Toole,   Andrew A.; Kropp,   Jaclyn D.
This paper examines the relationship between uncertainty and investment decisions by food and non-food firms. Using hysteresis and the real options paradigm, we review why uncertainty might cause firms to delay investment. In particular, our model looks for a negative relationship between capital invested and uncertainty. In the alternative, if the relationship is positive, this may be consistent with the exercise of growth options or competitive markets. Empirical results are mixed. In one of the four models we present there is clear evidence of hysteresis, that is a negative relationship between year over year investment and uncertainty. The remaining 3 models indicate the opposite, a positive relationship between investment and risk. Although the models...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Financial Economics.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6606

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 demand model was estimated to analyze claims that the live hog own quantity demand flexibility's magnitude has increased in recent years. A second objective of this research was to estimate the impact changes in processing capacity utilization rates have on live hog prices. Iowa - Southern Minnesota barrow and gilt price was modeled as a function of average daily hog slaughter, a processing capacity utilization ratio, an index of processing and marketing costs, a retail demand shift index, pork cold storage stocks, and monthly binary variables. Results indicate that in recent years live hog prices have become more responsive to changes in hog slaughter. Additionally, changes in processing capacity utilization rates, at times, also have...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Live Hog Demand; Structural Change; Capacity Utilization; Demand and Price Analysis; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/18939

An Empirical Investigation of the Impacts of Government Program Payments on Farmland Rental Rates
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Qiu,   Feng; Gervais,   Jean-Philippe; Goodwin,   Barry K.
The paper investigates the capitalizations of aggregate and disaggregate government subsidies into farmland rental rates using selection bias correction models. It investigates cash as well as share rental rates, which are largely used in US agriculture. The empirical results suggest that government subsidies have large significant effects on rental rates. More specifically, we find that landlords capture 37%-38% of the aggregate subsidies under cash leases, and 86%-88% under share contracts. Disaggregate farm programs are also found to have different impacts on rental rates according to the types of programs and leasing arrangements.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Land Economics/Use; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61340

An Empirical Investigation of the Linkages between Government Payments and Farmland Leasing Arrangements
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Qiu,   Feng; Goodwin,   Barry K.; Gervais,   Jean-Philippe.
Replaced with revised version of paper 07/29/10.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Contract choice; Hybrid contract; Farm bill; Program payments; Agricultural and Food Policy; Environmental Economics and Policy; Industrial Organization; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Land Economics/Use; Risk and Uncertainty; Q12; Q15; Q18.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49242

An Empirical Investigation of the Linkages Between Government Payments and Leasing Arrangements
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Qiu,   Feng; Goodwin,   Barry K.; Gervais,   Jean-Philippe.
Replaced with revised version of poster 07/22/10.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Industrial Organization; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61325

AN EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION OF THE PRODUCTION EFFECTS OF ADOPTING GM SEED TECHNOLOGY: THE CASE OF FARMERS IN ARGENTINA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kesan,   Jay P.; Gallo,   Andres A.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9988

An Empirical Model of Crop Rotations
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: MacEwan,   Duncan; Howitt,   Richard E.
Replaced with revised version of paper 03/08/11.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/100581

An empirical model of optimal import phytosanitary inspection
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Surkov,   Ilya V.; Oude Lansink,   Alfons G.J.M.; van Kooten,   Olaf.
This paper presents an empirical model of optimal budget allocation for import inspection of imported commodities. In this model, the budget constrained inspecting Agency wants to minimize the expected pest costs related to import trade pathways. The model is applied to the problem of budget allocation for inspection of chrysanthemum cuttings imported to the Netherlands. The numerical results imply that under a budget constraint, resources should be first allocated for inspection of pathways with the greatest expected pest costs. Pathways with lower expected pest costs should receive less or no resources. The inspecting Agency has to trade off risks between inspected and non-inspected pathways.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21253

AN EMPIRICAL STUDY OF COMMON PROPERTY RESOURCE: THE CASE OF SKIPJACK FISHERY IN THE WESTERN-CENTRAL PACIFIC OCEAN
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Naito,   Toyokazu.
A dynamic Cournot game model is used to predict the strategic behavior of harvesters engaged in a non-cooperative fishery on a common property resource.  The model predicts that an increase in the current number of harvesters in a common property fishery will reduce both the equilibrium harvest level and the current resource rent for the individual harvester.  Also, an increase in the future number of harvesters increases both two equilibrium levels.  These predictions are tested using data from the Japanese skipjack fishery in the Western-central Pacific Ocean.  The empirical results on the effect of changes in the current and future numbers of harvesters on the individual harvest rates and resource rent are consistent with theory.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20675

An Empirically-Grounded Comparison of the Johnson System versus the Beta as Crop Yield Distribution Models
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ramirez,   Octavio A.; McDonald,   Tanya U.
Previous research established that the expanded Johnson system can accommodate any theoretically possible mean-variance-skewness-kurtosis combination. Therefore, it has been hypothesized that this system can provide for a reasonably accurate modeling approximation of any probability distribution that might be encountered in practice. In order to test that hypothesis, this manuscript develops a more flexible expanded form of the Beta distribution which, in its original form, has been widely used to model and simulate crop yields for risk analysis. Empirically grounded evaluations suggest that the Johnson system can model a variety of typical yield data-generating processes that are based on the Beta distribution much more precisely than the Beta can model...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9814

AN ENERGY STRATEGY BASED ON ENERGY DEDICATED CROPS OR CORN: DIFFERENTIAL ECONOMIC AND REGIONAL IMPACTS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Torre Ugarte,   Daniel de la.
The growth of the role of agriculture as a source of energy feedstock has been primarily concentrated on increasing corn use for ethanol. Alternatively, refocusing this growth in the utilization of dedicated energy crops could prove more advantageous as producers of more crops in a wider geographic area could benefit.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/35165

An Engel Curve Analysis of Household Expenditure in Taiwan: 1996-98
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Chung,   Rebecca H.; Lee,   Jonq-Ying; Brown,   Mark G.
Seven systems of Engel curves for expenditures on ten commodity groups were estimated using Taiwanese household expenditure data for the period from 1996 through 1998.  Results show that the estimated expenditure elasticities are insensitive to the choice of functional forms.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Engel curve; Taiwan; Consumer/Household Economics.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53388

AN EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACT OF ANTIBIOTICS BANS ON INVESTMENT IN APPLE ORCHARDS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hennessy,   David A.; Roosen,   Jutta.
The decision to replant a fire blight-susceptible apple orchard is analyzed.  Embedding the problem into an equilibrium framework facilitates the welfare analysis of changes in orchard survival probabilities arising from a ban on antibiotics use.  We estimate the structural impacts and welfare changes of the ban.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Antibiotics; Apple orchard; Dynamics; Equilibrium; Replanting; Resistance; Truncated Poisson process; Environmental Economics and Policy; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21698

An Error Corrected Almost Ideal Demand System for Major Cereals in Kenya
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nzuma,   Jonathan M.; Sarker,   Rakhal.
Despite significant progress in theory and empirical methods, the analysis of food consumption patterns in developing countries, particularly those in Sub Saharan Africa has received very limited attention. An attempt is made in this article to estimate an Error Corrected Almost Ideal Demand System for four major cereals consumed in Kenya employing annual data from 1963 to 2005. The model performs well both on theoretical and empirical grounds. All own-price elasticities are negative and statistically significant and all cereals are necessities both in the short-run and in the long-run in Kenya.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Error Correction Model; AIDS; Cereal Consumption; Kenya; Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6443

An Error-Components Three-Stage Least-Squares Model of Investment Allocation by Farm Households
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Davies,   Stephen P.; Erickson,   Kenneth W.; Vickner,   Steven S.; Hoag,   Dana L.; Nehring,   Richard F.
This paper is an assessment of patterns of investment by farm households via an econometric model adapted from a land allocation approach of Holt (1999).  This analysis will shed light on the importance of different classes of assets to farm household well-being, and show the reaction of farm households to a variety of market, international and government effects.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Farm Management.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19249

An Estimable Model of Farmer Choice With Observed Price, Weather and Pest Expectations
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dillon,   Brian.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Farm Management.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103695

An Estimation of Benefits Associated with the Wyoming State Snowmobile  Trails Program
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: May,   Juliet A.; Bastian,   Christopher T.; Taylor,   David T.; Whipple,   Glen D.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/35753

An Estimation of Producer Preferences, and the Wage, Hours, and Gross Sales Effects of Migrant Labor in Alabama's Horticulture Industry
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bellenger,   Moriah; Fields,   Deacue; Tilt,   Ken.
Using 2002 survey data, this study employs log-linear regression analysis to examine the effects of migrant labor on wages, hours, and gross sales in Alabama's horticulture industry.  A binomial probit model is added to measure producer decisions to hire migrant workers.  The presence of migrant workers is found to raise average wages within green industry firms, but exhibits no significant effects on hours and sales.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/35571

An Estimation of the Regulatory Cost on California Agricultural Producers
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hurley,   Sean P.; Noel,   Jay E.
This paper develops an estimation of the cost of regulations on California agricultural producers which can be used as a baseline for comparing regulatory environments.  The estimated regulatory cost in relationship to operating costs for producers is between $2.19 billion to $2.21 billion.  The range on percentage of income allocated to regulatory cost is between 5.24% and 9.19%.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21038

An Ethanol Blend Wall Shift is Prone to Increase Petroleum Gasoline Demand
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Qiu,   Cheng; Colson,   Gregory; Zhang,   Zibin; Wetzstein,   Michael E.
The US Environmental Protection Agency announced a waiver allowing an increase in the Fuel-Ethanol blend limit (the “blend wall” ) from 10% (E10) to 15% (E15) on October,2010.Justifications for the waiver are reduced vehicle fuel prices and less consumption of petroleum gasoline, leading to energy security. In this paper, employing Monte Carlo simulations and Savitzky-Golay smoothing filter, an empirical study examines this waiver revealing an anomaly where a relaxation of this blend wall elicits a demand response. Under a wide range of elasticities, this demand response can actually increase the consumption of petroleum gasoline and thus lead to greater energy insecurity. The economics supporting this result and associated policy implications are...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Blend wall; Energy security; Ethanol; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/98795

An EU-Canada bilateral trade agreement: A DefraTAP application
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kitou,   Elisavet; Philippidis,   George.
The first round of negotiations held in Ottawa on the 19th October, 2009, heralded the opening of bilateral trade talks intent on reaching a Canadian-European Union (EU27) free trade area (FTA) agreement. A second round of negotiations were staged in Brussels in January, whilst further rounds are scheduled for 2010, with the longer term aim of ratifying an agreement within 24-30 months. Although stumbling blocs will be encountered, the divergent political interests of each region are compatible. In Canada, a FTA with its second largest trading partner offers a viable alternative to its current overdependence on the US. Similarly, the EU27 sees an opportunity to regain a competitive foothold in the North American market. This paper re-examines the long run...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: EU27; Canada; Economic integration; Sensitive products; International Relations/Trade; C68; F11; F15; F17.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/91679

AN EVALUATION OF ALTERNATIVE CASH, SHARE, AND FLEXIBLE LEASING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SOUTH CAROLINA GRAIN FARMS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Davis,   Todd D.
A simulation model incorporating stochastic yields, prices, and government payments generates returns for landowners and tenants under cash, share, and flexible leases. Corn, soybeans, wheat, cotton, peanuts, and wheat-double crop soybeans crop enterprises are studied.  Alternatives are evaluated by mean returns, coefficient of variation, and certainty equivalent analysis.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/34702

AN EVALUATION OF CONSUMER ACCEPTANCE OF GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD: WILLINGNESS-TO-PAY (WTP) VS. WILLINGNESS-TO-ACCEPT (WTA).
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rimal,   Arbindra; Moon,   Wanki; Balasubramanian,   Siva K.
Using Heckman's sample selection model, consumer willingness-to-pay (accept) premium (discount) for non-GM (GM) cereals was analyzed. Results showed that consumers who were indifferent to the risk of consuming GM foods behaved differently compared to those who were willing-to-pay (accept) premium (discount) for non-GM (GM) cereals.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Consumer/Household Economics.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/34762

AN EVALUATION OF CONSUMER SEGMENTS FOR FARMERS’ MARKET CONSUMERS IN INDIANA AND ILLINOIS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Arrington,   Kendra; Dennis,   Jennifer H.; Mazzocco,   Michael A.
In Spring 2005 and Fall 2009 consumer surveys were collected in several Metropolitan 4 cities in Indiana and Illinois to explore differences based on psychographic and behavioral 5 characteristics of farmers’ market consumers. Consumer intercept surveys were conducted in: 6 South Bend, IN; Bloomington, IN; Springfield, IL and Peoria, IL. Likert scale questions were 7 analyzed using factor and hierarchical cluster analysis to identify clusters of consumers based on 8 several farmers’ market characteristics. Survey results show that of the 164 Metropolitan 9 surveys analyzed, 85.3% of respondents were Caucasian, 71.9% were between the ages of 35 and 10 64 and 78% were female. Data analysis showed that four clusters were formed: Recreational 11 (42%),...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Cluster analysis; Consumers; Farmers’ market; Primary data; Surveys; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/93919

AN EVALUATION OF CROP FORECAST ACCURACY FOR CORN AND SOYBEANS:  USDA AND PRIVATE INFORMATION SERVICES
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 services. All agencies improved their forecasts as the harvest progressed, and forecast errors across the agencies were highly correlated. Relative accuracy varied by crop and month. In corn, USDA 's forecasts ranked as most accurate in all periods except in August during recent times, and improved more markedly as harvest progressed. In soybeans, forecast errors were very similar with the private agencies ranking as most accurate in August and September and making largest relative improvements in August during recent times. The USDA provided the most accurate October and November forecasts.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19068

AN EVALUATION OF DRYLAND WATERSHED DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS IN INDIA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kerr,   John M.; Pangare,   Ganesh; Pangrare,   Lokur Vasudha; George,   P.J.
India's semi-arid tropical (SAT) region is characterized by seasonally concentrated rainfall, low agricultural productivity, degraded natural resources, and substantial human poverty. The green revolution that transformed agriculture elsewhere in India had little impact on rainfed agriculture in the SAT. In the 1980s and 1990s, agricultural scientists and planners aimed to promote rainfed agricultural development through watershed development. A watershed is an area from which all water drains to a common point, making it an attractive unit for technical efforts to manage water and soil resources for production and conservation.   Watershed projects are complicated, however, by the fact that watershed boundaries rarely correspond to human-defined...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/16077

AN EVALUATION OF GEOGRAPHIC TARGETING IN BOLSA ALIMENTAÇÃO IN BRAZIL
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gilligan,   Daniel O.; Veiga,   Alinne.
We evaluate the effectiveness of targeting for Brazil's Bolsa Alimentação, a nutrition-oriented cash transfer program conditioned on beneficiary participation in health activities.  Geographic targeting of program funds relied on adjusted estimates of municipality child stunting prevalence, or a malnutrition map.  This evaluation provides new estimates of municipality child stunting prevalence for Brazil.  The improved estimates indicate moderate budgetary misallocation from geographic targeting.  However, when geographic targeting errors are combined with those arising from an inconsistency between geographic and household targeting objectives, undercoverage of children at greatest risk of stunting is potentially large.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21915

An Evaluation of Market Characteristics of Indiana Farmers' Markets
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hofmann,   Christa; Dennis,   Jennifer H.; Marshall,   Maria I.
Nationally, the number of operating farmers' markets has increased 111% in the past ten years from 1,755 markets to 3,706 from 1994 to 2004 (AMS, 2006). Indiana's farmers' markets has increased at double the rate in the same time frame. An internet and mail census was sent to market masters to assess operational procedures and factors that influence customer and vendor participation in the market. A two-stage least squares model was estimated for the vendor and customer model. In Equation 1.1, paying fees and the number of customers present were the two variables that had a significant, positive influence on vendor participation. In Equation 1.2, the presence of WIC, number of products available, the absence or presence of live music, absence or presence...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Marketing.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6790

An Evaluation of Nutrient Trading Options in Virginia: A Role for Agriculture?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Stephenson,   Kurt; Aultman,   Stephen; Metcalfe,   Todd; Miller,   Alex.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Water Quality Trading; Offsets; Nutrients; Agriculture; BMPs; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/46779

AN EVALUATION OF POLICY INSTRUMENTS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Brandow,   George E.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 1976
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17785

AN EVALUATION OF RISK ANALYSIS AS APPLIED TO AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY (WITH A CASE STUDY OF GMO LABELING)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Caswell,   Julie A.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26006

AN EVALUATION OF TEACHING EVALUATIONS: WHAT DO THE NUMBERS MEAN?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fleming,   Ronald A.
Student evaluation of teaching helps determine faculty merit ratings. A multinomial choice, ordered data model is used to identify factors having high statistical relevance with respect to value of the course and quality of instruction. Some results agree with findings from outside Agriculture, but there are interesting exceptions.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22092

An evaluation of the economic impact of Climate Change through a three-stages Discrete Stochastic Programming model
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cortignani,   Raffaele; Dono,   Gabriele; Doro,   Luca; Ledda,   Luigi; Mazzapicchio,   Graziano.
The climate change in the agricultural sector acting on multiple weather variables at different times of the various crop cycles. In several cases by changing the mean level of variables (rainfall, temperature, etc..), in other cases by changing the distribution of events. This work provides an evaluation of the economic impact due to changes in multiple events, and to the associated uncertainty. For this reason, a classical two-stage stochastic programming model was extend into a three-stages model. The model is specified for an area of Sardinia, and examines the impact of climate change on rainfall and hence on the availability of water for agriculture, and on maximum temperatures and, therefore, on the requirements of some irrigated crops relevant to...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Discrete Stochastic Programming Model; Climate change; Water availability; Irrigation requirements; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Land Economics/Use; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109317

An Evaluation of the Indian Child Nutrition and Development Program
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kandpal,   Eeshani.
The Indian Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) aims to improve the physical and psychological well-being of children younger than five. However, previous evaluations find that ICDS fails to significantly impact child stunting and that program placement is faulty. My results contradict the lack of a significant treatment effect, but are consistent with problematic program placement. Previous analyses of ICDS used probit to study placement, but the distribution of state-wise ICDS coverage is negatively skewed violating the normality assumption of probit. To address this, I use beta regression to study placement and compare results with probit analysis. In addition, using Propensity Score Matching (PSM) I find evidence of a significant, positive...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49578

An Evaluation of the Organic Cotton Marketing Opportunity
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Funtanilla,   Margil; Lyford,   Conrad P.; Wang,   Chenggang.
The organic cotton market has been growing internationally and presents a potential opportunity for producers.  This article evaluates prices and returns for organic cotton production in Texas using a stochastic frontier approach.  Organic producers were found to be more profitable relative to conventional production, but the analysis showed that organic producers were relatively less technically efficient.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Organic cotton; Production frontier; Technical efficiency; Production Economics.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49359

AN EVALUATION OF THE PRIA GRAZING FEE FORMULA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Torell,   L. Allen; Rimbey,   Neil R.; Bartlett,   E. Tom; Van Tassell,   Larry W.; Tanaka,   John A.
The federal grazing fee is currently set using the Public Rangeland Improvement Act (PRIA) fee formula established in 1978 and modified in 1986. The formula is adjusted annually using indices of private land grazing lease rates (Forage Value Index, FVI), prices received for beef cattle (Beef Cattle Price Index, BCPI), and costs of beef production (Prices Paid Index, PPI). The FVI tracks price movement in the private forage market and was the only index originally proposed to be included in the fee formula. Public land ranchers and an Interdepartmental Grazing Fee Technical Committee assigned to study grazing fee alternatives in the 1960s questioned the ability of the FVI to account for short-term demand, supply, and price equilibrium, and, for this reason,...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/16627

An Evaluation of the Soda Tax with Multivariate Nonparametric Regressions
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Belasco,   Eric J.; Ghosh,   Sujit K.; Chidmi,   Benaissa.
This research extends past work by Shonkwiler and Yen (1999) by allowing for distributional flexibility and nonlinear responses in the form of established semiparametric and nonparametric regressions. The proposed models are shown to outperform the parametric version typically used in demand analysis to characterize a system of censored equations in terms of model fit and prediction power. Using the developed models, we derive elasticities associated with different individual-specific scenarios with regard to the recently proposed “penny-an-ounce” tax on soft drinks sweetened with sugar.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Censoring; Health taxes; Nonparametric regressions; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61329

An Evaluation of the Virginia Nutrient Credit Trading Program
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Stephenson,   Kurt; Aultman,   Stephen; Shabman,   Leonard A.
Federal and state regulatory agencies frequently support and encourage the use of market-based effluent trading to achieve social water quality goals. This paper evaluates the design of the recently approved Virginia Nutrient Trading Program. The cost implications of setting a near limit of technology point source cap and requiring new and expanding sources to meet specific technology-based performance standards are examined.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21071

An Ex Ante Analysis of the Benefits from the Adoption of Corn Rootworm Resistant, Transgenic Corn Technology
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Alston,   Julian M.; Hyde,   Jeffrey; Marra,   Michele C.; Mitchell,   Paul D.
This study examined the potential economic impacts in the United States of the commercial adoption of a corn rootworm (CRW) resistant transgenic corn. Using a counterfactual approach, we estimated that if the technology had been made available in the year 2000 at a price that would equate per acre costs to those for insecticide-based corn rootworm control, and adopted on all of the acres treated for corn rootworm in that year, the total benefits would have been $460 million. This benefit includes $171 million to the technology developer and seed companies, $231 million to farmers from yield gains, and a further $58 million to farmers from reduced risk, time savings, and other nonpecuniary benefits associated with reduced use of insecticides. This is a...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57828

An Ex post Evaluation of Economic Impacts of Foot-and-Mouth Disease on Taiwan Using a Dynamic Computable General Equilibrium Model
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hsu,   Shih-Hsun; Lee,   Duu-Hwa; Chang,   Ching-Cheng; Lin,   Hsing-Chun; Yang,   Tzu-Chiang.
The outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in 1997 has resulted in significant losses to Taiwan's hog industry which was the most important industry in Taiwan's agricultural sector at that time.  Hog farmers have suffered great losses due to the cost of slaughtering infected hogs and reduced revenues in the hog market.  Furthermore, all pork exports are prohibited according to the Office International des Epizooties (OIE) regulation.  There have been a number of ex ante studies that have quantified the potential impacts of FMD on Taiwan's economy (e.g., Tsai 1999, Lin and Hsu 1999).  That is, the potential impact assessment was done when the event of FMD just broke out. This article provides an ex post economy-wide assessment of the FMD impacts on...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Foot-and-mouth disease; Ex post simulation; Computable General Equilibrium (CGE); Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; C68; BE27; BL16.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19545

An Examination of Additively Separable Willingness-To-Pay for Environmental Attributes: Evidence from a Pork Experiment
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hurley,   Sean P.; Kliebenstein,   James B.
This paper examines what is the best method for pork producers to market pork products with environmental attributes.  The objective is to examine evidence of whether it is beneficial for pork producers to incorporate multiple environmental attributes into a single product or sell multiple products with a single environmental attribute.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19370

AN EXAMINATION OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF ADVERSE SELECTION IN FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Shaik,   Saleem; Atwood,   Joseph A.
Different types of adverse selection-type of insurance product, type of unit, type of coverage and number of actual yields reported in Federal crop insurance is examined utilizing binomial and ordered logit discrete choice models for all U.S. cotton producers, 1997-2000.  The associated costs of adverse selection in U.S. cotton range from $32 Million to $359 Million for the four-year period.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/36649

AN EXAMINATION OF ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY OF RUSSIAN CROP OUTPUT IN THE REFORM PERIOD
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Osborne,   Stefan; Trueblood,   Michael A.
This paper examines economic efficiency of Russian corporate farms for 1995-98.  Economic efficiency declined over the period, due to declines in both technical and allocative inefficiency.  According to the average technical efficiency scores, Russian agricultural production could improve from 17 to 43 percent according to DEA and SFA analysis, respectively.  The efficiency scores show that Russian agriculture presently uses relatively too much fertilizer and fuel and too little land and labor.   Russian agriculture inherited machinery-intensive technology from the Soviet era, which may be inappropriate given the relative abundance of labor in the post-reform environment.  Investment constraints have prevented the replacement of old machinery-intensive...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries; Productivity Analysis.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20548

An Examination of Factors Influencing Fertilizer Price Adjustment
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Galbraith,   Craig.
This paper utilizes an error correction model to examine how anhydrous ammonia (AA) and urea prices at different locations in North America adjusted to changes in crop and input prices during two time periods: 2002 to 2005 and 2006 to 2009. The empirical results suggest that natural gas futures prices had relatively more of an impact on nitrogen fertilizer prices during the 2002-2005 period. Nitrogen prices tended to adjust more rapidly to increases in natural gas futures prices than decreases. In the 2006 to 2009 period, corn futures prices had more of an impact on nitrogen prices. Nitrogen prices tended to respond immediately to decreases in corn futures prices. The nitrogen price responses to increasing corn futures prices were mixed.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries; Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61646

An Examination of Farm Income and Factors for Plains Agriculture (PowerPoint)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Funk,   Samuel M.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural Finance.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8044

AN EXAMINATION OF FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS ON FARM ECONOMIC STRUCTURE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Shaik,   Saleem; Helmers,   Glenn A.
System of input demand functions is estimated to examine the impact of farm program payments on farm economic structure.  Influence of farm program payments on input resource use for the time periods corresponding to the thirteen farm bills in effect since 1938 is also examined.  Empirical application to Nebraska agriculture sector for the period 1936-2004 indicate positive impact of farm program payments on farm real estate, breeding livestock and other inputs.  Negative influence of farm program payment on the use of farm equipment, farm labor, farm inputs, chemicals and energy was observed during the same period.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21215

AN EXAMINATION OF FUTURES PRICE DETERMINATION THROUGH THE LENS OF MARKET INTEGRATION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dahlgran,   Roger A.
This paper develops a general model of cash and futures markets for a storable commodity. The cash market model is characterized by the incorporation of long hedged to establish contractual claims against existing inventories, which may be either short hedged or unhedged.  The futures market model incorporates outright speculation as well as spread speculation.  The paper then examines through mathematical analysis the characteristics these markets must possess if they are informationally efficient, if they are conformable for testing price discovery, and if they are integrated in the short or long run.  Thus far results indicate that informationally efficient futures markets are characterized by any one of five conditions:  (1) perfectly inelastic...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Marketing.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/36334

An Examination of Gender Wage Differences Among Graduates of the Agribusiness Department, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, California
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wolf,   Marianne McGarry; Qenani-Petrela,   Eivis.
Utilizing an original and extended data set containing information on annual wages, demographic and personal characteristics, we examine gender differences in the wages of the graduates of the agribusiness department.  The regression analysis suggests that after controlling for the main characteristics that affect earnings, significant differences in wages of men and women still remain present.  This study provides new empirical evidence on the gender wage gap in the labor market for the agricultural graduates.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Wages; Gender; Decomposition; Labor market; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20412

An examination of issues in the fisheries sector in a small island economy: The case of Tonga
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rohorua,   Halahingano.
Tonga as a small island economy faces continuos trade deficits. The Government has identified the fisheries sector as having great potential. This paper explores current issues in the fisheries sector in Tonga. The emphasis in this paper will be on issues in fish exports from Tonga. It is perceived that barriers to trade have been a major contributing factor to the sector’s poor performance. The focus here is on the financial returns that fishermen receive and the influences that the sizes of operators and types of fish exported have on the return to the exporters/fishermen in Tonga.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Tonga; Small island economy; Fisheries sector; Export markets and financial returns; Agricultural and Food Policy; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; International Relations/Trade; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97779

An Examination of Milk Quota expansion at EU member State Level with specific emphasis on Ireland
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Binfield,   Julian C.R.; Donnellan,   Trevor; Hanrahan,   Kevin F.
The CAP Health Check in 2008 may result in fundamental changes in EU dairy policy. An expansion of the EU dairy quota is being strongly considered as a prelude to the elimination of the quota mechanism by 2014/15. This paper addresses the implications of such a reform for EU and Irish dairy commodity markets. We use a suite of partial equilibrium multi commodity structural models of EU agricultural commodity markets to project the impact of an expansion in the dairy quota on milk and dairy commodity production, dairy commodity prices and milk prices at an EU and Member State level. A number of experiments are conducted involving differing annual rates of expansion of the milk quota using national quota rents from the literature.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Milk Quota Expansion; Partial Equilibrium; Commodity modelling; Demand and Price Analysis; Industrial Organization; International Relations/Trade; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6467

AN EXAMINATION OF THE EMPIRICAL PROPERTIES OF DUALITY BETWEEN THE RESTRICTED PROFIT, UNRESTRICTED PROFIT, AND PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lusk,   Jayson L.; Abdulkadri,   Abdullahi O.; Featherstone,   Allen M.
This research examines the empirical properties of duality theory.  A comparison of the Hessian matrices calculated from the normalized unrestricted and restricted profit, and production functions indicate that duality is highly sensitive to measurement error and relative price variability. Keywords: duality, restricted and unrestricted profit functions
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Duality; Restricted and unrestricted profit functions; Demand and Price Analysis; Production Economics.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21718

An Examination of the Impacts of Exchange Rate Volatility on Sectoral Trade in the Mercosur
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Larson,   Donald W.; Bittencourt,   Maurício Vaz Lobo; Thompson,   Stanley R.
This study captures the lack of macroeconomic policy coordination among Mercosur countries, through the impact of real bilateral exchange rate volatility on trade. A sectoral gravity model is estimated under two different measures of exchange rate volatility. Results show that the reduction in exchange rate volatility can increase bilateral trade.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19572

An Examination of the Relationship between Food Prices and Government Monetary Policies in Iran
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Shahnoushi,   Naser; Henneberry,   Shida Rastegari; Manssori,   Hooman.
This study examines the relationship between food prices and monetary policy variables, using a Vector Error Correction Model (VECM) approach applied to annual data from 1976 to 2006. Results indicate that food prices in Iran have a long-run and short-run equilibrium granger causality relationship with money supply. More specifically, monetary policy reforms are shown to have a significant impact on food prices and domestic agricultural production. These policies influence consumption patterns and have serious implications for poverty reduction, food security issues, and agricultural growth in Iran.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: VEC model; Food Prices; Monetary policy; Iran; Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/46078

An Examination of the Relationship Between Overall Efficiency and Farm Experience
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Langemeier,   Michael R.; Bradford,   Kelly.
This paper examines the relationship between overall efficiency and years of farm experience for a sample of Kansas farms.  In addition to years of experience, overall efficiency is significantly related to farm size, percent of time devoted to farming, and percent acres owned.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Farm Management.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/35589

An Examination of the Relationship Between Subsidies on Production and Technical Efficiency in Agriculture: The Case of Cotton Producers in Greece
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Emvalomatis,   Grigorios; Oude Lansink,   Alfons G.J.M.; Stefanou,   Spiro E.
Subsidies on production have long been criticized for protecting producers from competition, and thus removing an incentive for efficient use of the resources. This study undertakes the examination of the impact of partially decoupled subsidies on the technical efficiency scores of cotton producers in Greece. The results indicate that compensatory area payments reduce the efficiency scores of the producers by diverting resources from products for which the subsidy is based on the area planted to the production of cotton, for which the aid is related to the volume of output.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Panel data; Stochastic distance function; Subsidies in agriculture; Agricultural Finance; Crop Production/Industries; Production Economics.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6673

AN EXAMINATION OF THE STABILITY OF COOPERATION IN A VOLUNTARY COLLECTIVE ACTION: THE CASE OF NONPOINT-SOURCE POLLUTION IN AN AGRICULTURAL WATERSHED
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Algozin,   Kenneth A.; Nelson,   Carl H.
This paper addresses the collective action problem of nonpoint-source pollution control in a small agricultural watershed.  At issue is the stability of cooperative behavior among a group of farmers, who have voluntarily agreed to discontinue their use of the herbicide atrazine due to high concentrations of the herbicide in a local water  supply.   Continued cooperation among the group is threatened by the unexpected cancellation of cyanazine, an inexpensive and widely used alternative to atrazine.  With cyanazine no longer available, the farmers will face a significant increase in weed control costs if they continue to use products that do not contain atrazine.  Is cooperation among the farmers still possible despite the increased cost of cooperating?...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20478

An Examination of the Tradeoff between Net Return, Risk, and Water Quality for Crop Rotations in South Central Kansas
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Langemeier,   Michael R.; Nelson,   Nathan; Parajuli,   Prem; Perkins,   Seth.
This paper determined the optimal crop rotation in South Central Kansas.  The model incorporated net return, risk, and water quality.  In general, water quality improved as tillage was reduced within a rotation type and by adding an alfalfa rotation.  The optimal crop rotation mixes included wheat, grain sorghum, soybeans, and alfalfa.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Water quality; Optimal crop rotation; Risk and return; Farm Management; D24; D81.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56407

An ex-ante analysis of distributional effects of the CAP on western German farm incomes
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Deppermann,   Andre; Grethe,   Harald; Offermann,   Frank.
This study is concerned with measuring impacts of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) on farm income distribution of western Germany. Not only the sheer contribution of market price support and direct payments as a proportion of income is taken into account, but also the impact of support on production incentives. For this purpose, we apply a modelling system consisting of a partial equilibrium model and a programming model. Based on a comparison of Gini coefficients and a decomposition of overall inequality effects we conclude that liberalization of the agricultural sector leads to a more unequal distribution of family farm income in relative terms, whereas a liberalized market provides a more equal situation in absolute terms.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Income distribution; CAP; Farm Group Model; Equilibrium Model; Agricultural and Food Policy; Q11; Q12; Q18; C54; C6; D31.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/99428

An Ex-ante Rural/Urban Analysis of Common Agricultural Policy Options
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Psaltopoulos,   Dimitrios; Phimister,   Euan; Ratinger,   Tomas; Roberts,   Deborah; Skuras,   Dimitris; Santini,   Fabien; Gomez y Paloma,   Sergio; Balamou,   Eudokia; Espinosa,   Maria; Mary,   Sebastien.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114780

AN EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS OF COMPLIANCE BEHAVIOR IN EMISSIONS TRADING PROGRAMS: SOME PRELIMINARY RESULTS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Murphy,   James J.; Stranlund,   John K.
While there is a substantial body of economic theory about compliance and enforcement in emissions trading programs, and readily available information about how existing emissions trading programs are enforced, there are no empirical analyses of the determinants of compliance decisions in emissions trading programs. This paper contains preliminary results from laboratory experiments designed to examine compliance behavior in emissions trading programs.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22039

AN EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH TO VALUING NEW DIFFERENTIATED PRODUCTS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Maynard,   Leigh J.; Hartell,   Jason G.; Meyer,   A. Lee; Hao,   Jianqiang.
An experimental store was created to evaluate initial demand for locally-produced and guaranteed tender steak products as a more realistic alternative to contingent valuation (CV) and dichotomous-choice experimental methods.  Strengths of the approach are incentive compatibility, a realistic consumption set, and a familiar choice environment.  Consumers selected among USDA Choice, premium quality, lean, guaranteed tender, and locally-produced strip steaks.  A double-hurdle count data model indicated initial willingness-to-pay for locally-produced steak comparable to prior CV results, but demand was highly elastic.  Demand for premium quality steak crowded out demand for the guaranteed tender product, contrasting with prior dichotomous-choice experimental...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25810

An Experimental Economic Analysis of Carbon Trading Options for Australia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tisdell,   John G.; Grainger,   Corinne.
Australia is currently developing a carbon emissions trading program. The Garnaut report recommendations include options for the allocation of carbon credits, trading schemes, banking and borrowing, and self reporting mechanisms. This paper reports the results of a series of economic experiments in which we explored spot and future markets given high and low levels of carbon credit reductions. The results provide important insights to the current debate in Australia and highlight the importance of well crafted market design.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Climate change; Emissions trading; Compliance; Environmental Economics and Policy; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; Q53; Q54.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51044

An Experimental Economic Analysis of Carbon Trading Options for Australia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tisdell,   John G.; Grainger,   Corinne.
Australia is currently developing a carbon emissions trading program. The Garnaut report recommendations include options for emissions trajectories, coverage, permit allocation, inter-temporality, governance and compliance. This paper reports the results of a series of economic experiments in which we explored spot and future markets given high and low levels of carbon credit reductions. The results provide important insights to the current debate in Australia and highlight the importance of well crafted market design.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Carbon trading; Emissions trading; Future markets; Environmental Economics and Policy; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/96661

AN EXPERIMENTAL EXAMINATION OF COMMON AGENCY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Alevy,   Jonathan E.
An equilibrium solution is developed for a common-agency game that is used to study the structure of regulatory bureaucracy. Contrary to existing results, this equilibrium maintains powerful incentives for the agent.  An experiment is conducted to test the competing hypotheses. The implications of common-agency on reciprocity are also examined.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19876

An Experimental Exploration of a Voluntary Mechanism to Reduce Nonpoint Source Water Pollution with a Background Threat of Regulation
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Suter,   Jordan F.; Vossler,   Christian A.; Poe,   Gregory L.; Schulze,   William D.; Segerson,   Kathleen.
In this paper we build on a voluntary mechanism introduced by Segerson and Wu (2006) that uses the threat of an ambient tax to induce nonpoint source polluters to reduce emissions.  In addition to reviewing Segerson and Wu's policy, we propose a new voluntary/threat policy that offers some theoretical advantages over that put forward by Segerson and Wu.  We then test various forms of voluntary/threat policies in the experimental economics laboratory and compare the outcomes to a policy that administers strictly a per unit ambient tax.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21416

An Experimental Investigation of Inter-temporal Risk Decision-making (PowerPoint)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Coble,   Keith H.; Lusk,   Jayson L.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Risk; Decision-making; Risk and Uncertainty; D81.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/48911

An Experimental Investigation of Willingness to Pay for Non-GM and Organic Food Products
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gifford,   Katie; Bernard,   John C.; Toensmeyer,   Ulrich C.; Bacon,   J. Richard.
The appearance and rapid adoption of genetically modified (GM) foods and the strong growth in organic foods are two of the major trends that have influenced the food system over the past several years.  The purpose of this research was to determine consumer willingness to pay (WTP) for non-GM and organic foods relative to conventional foods and to see if WTP differences between the three categories vary between fresh and processed food products.  Experimental auctions with 133 subjects from three states (Delaware, Maryland, and Pennsylvania) were conducted.  Tobit models were run with the bids as functions of demographic and knowledge and attitude variables.  Results suggest an untapped market exists for non-GM products at a substantial premium over...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Consumer/Household Economics.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19385

An experimental study of wine consumers’ willingness to pay for environmental characteristics
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bazoche,   P.; Deola,   C.; Soler,   Louis-Georges.
The reduction of pesticides use is becoming a priority for the public authorities in many countries. We conducted an experiment with wine consumers to see whether end-consumers value the dissemination of information about environmentally-friendly production practices. The experiment was devised to (i) evaluate whether there is a premium for environmentally-friendly wines, (ii) determine whether or not consumers are sensitive to label owners who implement and guarantee the environmental actions, (iii) and assess the impact of public messages about the consequences of pesticide use. Some 139 participants were divided randomly into two groups. One group had no specific information about the current state of pesticide use in farming. The other group was given...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Willingness to pay; Wine; Effect of information; Experimental economics; Environment; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43651

An exploration of international challenges facing wine sector in Spain
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bardaji,   Isabel; Mili,   Samir.
International competitiveness of Spanish and European wines is faced by growing supply, decreasing domestic demand, declining public support, and rising competition from New World producers. Resolving the wine competitiveness crisis will require restructuring processes in production and innovative strategies in trade, particularly external trade. The purpose of this paper is to explore main current and future developments affecting the global wine market and their implications from a Spanish expert viewpoint. After identifying the world wine market’s main features and conditioning regulatory factors, a prospective analysis of international trade and its expected effects on export strategies of the Spanish wine operators is carried out, using a two-stage...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Wine markets; Export prospects; Export strategies; Spain.; Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57979

An Exploration of Market Pricing Efficiency: The Dairy Options Pilot Program
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Buschena,   David E.; McNew,   Kevin.
Put options have been recommended as a substitute for price support programs (Gardner, 1977), and subsidized option purchases have received some support in lieu of subsidized insurance programs.  Put options are an interesting alternative to price supports because their market-determined price levels allow for flexibility and adjustments to relevant current and expected market conditions.   One difficulty with the use of put options as a substitute for commodity price supports is the relative thinness of these options markets for some commodities.  Market thinness is defined here as the absence of traders willing to take the necessary opposite position in the market in lieu of a relatively large price premium, particularly for a large number of contracts....
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Marketing.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19271

An Exploration of Market Pricing Efficiency: The Dairy Options Pilot Program
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Buschena,   David E.; McNew,   Kevin.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28726

An Exploratory Assessment of the Economic Impact of Forage Options for Beef Production on Smallholder Farms in the Red Soils Region of China
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: MacLeod,   Neil D.; Wen,   Shilin; Hu,   Mingwen.
The rapidly growing beef cattle herd of the Peoples Republic of China is largely carried as small numbers of animals on smallholder farms. These enterprises have traditionally focussed on cereal and vegetable crops. Limited plantings of specialised forages combined with a poor knowledge of ruminant nutrition by sm allholder farmers represent a serious challenge to establishing genuinely sustainable beef enterprises for this sector. Government policy to promote beef cattle production on smallholder farms is now focussing on the use of new forages and improved feeding practices. The paper draws on some economic insights from an Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) project that is exploring options for integrating the planting and...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Beef cattle; Forages; Red Soils Region; China; Economics; Livestock Production/Industries; 03; Q12; Q16.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25588

An Exploratory Study to Assess European Consumers' Opinion about a Beef Quality Guarantee System
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Verbeke,   Wim; Van Wezemael,   Lynn; Barcellos,   Marcia Dutra de; Kugler,   Jens O.; Chryssochoidis,   George M.; Ueland,   Oydis; Grunert,   Klaus G.
Consumer demand in relation to food is increasingly shifting towards products that are safe, nutritious, and of good eating quality. Beef consumers are demanding for experience quality that matches their quality expectations formed prior to consumption, particularly with respect to beef tenderness. The development of a beef quality guarantee system, backed up by objective knowledge obtained through muscle profiling research, can allow the beef industry to meet these consumer demands. A qualitative consumer study has been carried out to assess European consumers’ opinions about beef quality and beef related technologies. This paper reports on consumer opinions and perceptions about muscle profiling and a beef quality guarantee system. Findings indicate that...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/59113

An Ex-Post Economic Analysis of the Hybrix5 Sweet Corn Breeding Program in Queensland
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Franco-Dixon,   Mary Ann.
The $2.1 million invested for the sweet corn research breeding program resulted in the release of Hybrix5 in 1995 which is a new sweet corn variety with improved insect and disease resistance. Based on the ex-post evaluation of this research program, it was estimated that the net benefits of the program up to 2006 (in 2006 dollars) is around $3 million. The producer benefits are 4.5 times the costs of R&amp;D. Extending the period up to 2012 (20 years) resulted in estimated net benefits of around $6 million in 2006 dollars. The producer benefits are 7.2 times the costs of the R&amp;D.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Hybrid5; Sweet corn; Ex-post evaluation; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47637

AN EXTENSION LAY LEADER'S RECREATION TO THE MORNING PROGRAM
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Grezaffi,   Mary.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1992
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17193

An hedonic approach applied to scanner data on cured ham purchases in Spain
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Resano,   H.; Sanjuan,   Ana Isabel.
A quantity-dependent hedonic model is used to study consumers’ actual purchases of cured ham, recorded through scanner in Spain, between April 2003 and March 2004. A Zero Inflated Negative Binomial (ZIB) model is applied because of the high proportion of zero purchase-values and the finding of overdispersion in the data. Ham characteristics are used as explanatory variables, such as breed, origin, EU Quality Certification squemes (PDO, PGI, STG), type of brand (producer’s and distributor’s), sale format (whole leg, vacuum packaged, on request), ripening period and price. Monthly dummies variables are also added to capture a possible seasonal effect. The results show that the distributor’s brand, the whole leg sale format, the origin Teruel and its...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Hedonic analysis; Consumers; Zero inflated negative binomial; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44383

AN IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF THE FUTURE CAP REFORM ON THE ITALIAN TOMATO SECTOR
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Arfini,   Filippo; Donati,   Michele; Petriccione,   Gaetana; Solazzo,   Roberto.
The Health Check (HC) document traces the path for a new revision of the CAP. The communication content can be summarised in the following points: decoupling at regional and not at historical level, a more intensive modulation mechanism differentiated according to the total volume of subsidy received by the farm and a new implementation of the art. 69. The aim of this paper is to assess the effect of the HC on the farms producing fruits and vegetables in Italy, with a particular emphasis on the processed tomato production. The model based on the PMP approach simulates the regionalisation mechanism and the new modulation per brackets. The analysis carried out on a FADN sample of farms located in Emilia-Romagna region highlights as the HC new measures affect...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Future CAP reforms; Tomato sector; CAP assessment; Agricultural and Food Policy; Political Economy; Q10; Q18.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44831

An impact evaluation of technology adoption by smallholders in Sichuan, China: the case of sweet potato-pig systems
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lapar,   Ma. Lucila A.; Ngoc Toan,   Nguyen; Zou,   Chengyi; Liu,   Jinyuan; Li,   Xianglin; Randolph,   Thomas F.
We employ propensity score matching (PSM) framework to examine the impact of sweet potato-based feed technology adoption on household-based pig production in Sichuan, China. An ex post survey in six villages was conducted in 2009, of which five villages were in project intervention sites (exposed area) and one village in the same township but not exposed to project intervention (non-exposed area). We randomly selected 111 households in the exposed areas from the list of households previously interviewed in a baseline survey and 53 households from non-exposed area. Matching estimators such as nearest neighbor matching (NNM), radius matching (RM) and kernel matching (KM) were used to estimate average treatment effects. Results indicate positive net benefit...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Technology adoption; Impact assessment; Crop-livestock systems; Livestock Production/Industries; Production Economics; O22; O33; Q16.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/100577

An Impact Study of the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) in the Six ACP Regions
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fontagne,   Lionel; Laborde,   David; Mitaritonna,   Cristina.
This article intends to present a very detailed analysis of the trade-related aspects of Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) negotiations. We use a dynamic partial equilibrium model – focusing on the demand side – at the HS6 level (covering 5,113 HS6 products). Two alternative lists of sensitive products are constructed, one giving priority to the agricultural sectors, the other focusing on tariff revenue preservation. In order to be WTO compatible, EPAs must translate into 90 percent of bilateral trade fully liberalised. We use this criterion to simulate EPAs for each negotiating regional block. ACP exports to the EU are forecast to be 10 percent higher with the EPAs than under the GSP/EBA option. On average ACP countries are forecast to lose 70...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Preferential Trade Agreements; Africa; EPAs; Partial Equilibrium Simulations; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44194

An Implementable Index of Sustainability and Assessment of Energy Policy
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sesmero,   Juan P.; Fulginiti,   Lilyan E.
Energy is a critical input in production and the main sources of energy in modern economies are exhaustible. Therefore sustaining aggregate consumption across generations requires reduction of the quantity of energy used per unit of output. Energy policies incentivize the deployment of new technologies that will not only increase energy efficiency but also impact the ease with which capital and materials can substitute for energy and hence the ability of societies to sustain consumption. Therefore an assessment of the impact of energy policies on sustainable consumption requires accounting for the link between technological progress and substitutability. We first allow for biased technical change and find that capital augmenting technical change (e.g....
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Non-renewable energy; Sustainability; Viability theory; Biased technical change; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61637

An Incentive System for Salmonella Control in the Pork Supply Chain
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Backus,   Ge B.C.; King,   Robert P.
This paper presents a dynamic principal-agent analysis of an incentive system for Salmonella control in the pork supply chain. The incentive system determines quality premiums to the producer, testing frequencies for hogs delivered, as well as charges to the producer for testing and penalties. Using cost estimates and technical parameters, we evaluate the cost effectiveness of plant and farm control measures and trade-offs between prevalence reduction and related costs and gains. We also assess the impact of ownership structure on incentive system parameters and performance for a wide range of prevalence threshold levels. Differences in control actions, bacteriological prevalence and the overall welfare gain for the chain are very small across ownership...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Dynamic programming; Food quality; Principal-agent; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9941

AN INCOMPLETE CONTRACTS MODEL OF DAIRY ENTERPRISE ORGANIZATION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mussell,   Al; Eidman,   Vernon R.
An empirical incomplete contracts approach is used to analyze optimal integration schemes in a Minnesota dairy farm supply chain that transfers feed and manure.  The results show that the forage enterprise is the constraining factor.  The preferred ownership structure is for a forage producer to own cropping and dairy assets.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Industrial Organization; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21556

An index number decomposition of profit change in two Australian fishing sectors
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Vieria,   Simon.
Changes in net economic returns in a fishery over time can provide some indication of which direction a fishery’s economic performance is moving. However, without information on the causes of those movements, it is difficult to say if a fishery is moving closer to or further away from a point associated with maximum economic yield. A further complication is that different drivers of profitability can cause profit to move in different directions and at variable magnitudes over time. The key variables that influence a fishery’s profitability include: prices received for catch; prices paid for inputs (such as crew and fuel); vessel productivity (that is, the ability of each vessel to convert its inputs into outputs or harvested catch); and the fishery’s stock...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/100728

AN INDUSTRY PERSPECTIVE ON THE OUTLOOK FOR OILSEEDS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gustafson,   Dale.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33252

An (in)efficiency based measurement of economic resilience
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mondelaers,   Koen; Lauwers,   Ludwig H.
The ecosystem and the economic subsystem are interlinked. In fact, it is the overconsumption of scarce resources or the overproduction of bad outputs at economic system level that causes a great part of the imbalances at the ecosystem level. Some imbalances do not originate at the economic system level, but are due to external factors. Given the possibility of external shocks, respecting static sustainability thresholds is not a guarantee for system sustainability. In a dynamic setting, the concept of resilience is therefore helpful. In this paper we show how this concept can complement the traditional efficiency approach to come to a sustainable value creating economic system.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114648

An Information Economic Rationale for Cooperatives
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Boetoft,   Peter.
We consider how to organize the processing and marketing of an agricultural product when farming costs are known only by the individual farmers. We show that when marginal costs are un-correlated, the market for …nal goods is competitive, and the market for processing is non-competitive, the socially optimal production levels are sustained by a cooperative and a cooperative only. We show also that the cooperative form is particularly useful when the cost uncertainty is large and the net average revenue product is small.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Economics of cooperatives; Asymmetric information; Incentives; Rationing; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24476

An Innovative Approach for Modeling Crop Yield Response to Fertilizer Nutrients
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Upadhyay,   Bharat Mani; Smith,   Elwin G.; Favret,   M. Lucila.
Fertilizer recommendations seldom account for agro-climatic conditions, which are important factors that determine the response to fertilizer and the optimal rate of fertilizer. The nitrogen fertilizer response to open pollinated and hybrid canola types will also impact optimal nitrogen rates. This study used quantile regression to model canola yield response to nitrogen fertilizer. Quantile regression can apply different weights to the residuals, facilitating a response estimation where the agro-climatic conditions are not limiting and the yield response is due to the variable of interest. The economically optimal levels of fertilizers were calculated using the proposed and the conventional least squares procedures of the two canola types in western...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/34183

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

AN INPUT FACTOR DEMAND MODEL FOR THE SAWMILLING INDUSTRY OF THE LAKE STATES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: McQueen,   James R.G.; Potter-Witter,   Karen.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/36355

AN INSTITUTIONAL ECONOMIC APPRAISAL OF WORKER EQUITY SCHEMES IN AGRICULTURE:
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Karaan,   Mohammad.
The institutional economic appraisal conducted in this paper confirms that equity schemes are subject to institutional incompleteness as proposed in ICT. The incompleteness stem from the lack of verifiability related to social capital, embeddedness, governance and micro performance. In addition, they lack the requisite ex ante incentives to enable ex post adaptation, counterveilance over opportunism, and the distribution of residual claims and control. The first reason for incompleteness emanate from the motivations of the initiators, which is opportunism by landowners to secure their assets in the face of uncertainty and/or enhance their returns in the marketplace. The lack of worker effort and options in the early stages raises credible commitment...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19094

AN INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLES PANEL DATA APPROACH TO FARM SPECIFIC EFFICIENCY ESTIMATION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gardner,   Robert.
An instrumental variables panal data model was applied to a set of dairy farm financial and production records from the states of New York and Pennsylvania and the province of Quebec.  This model allowed unbiased efficiency estimation without the drawbacks of a Fixed Effects specification.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Industrial Organization; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20988

An integrated chain risk analysis of genetic modification in livestock production chains
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Novoselova,   Tatiana A.; Meuwissen,   Miranda P.M.; Huirne,   Ruud B.M.
This article presents an integrated consumer acceptance and supply chain risk analysis of genetic modification in livestock production chains. In general, results provide insight into feasibility of certain GM applications to be incorporated into pork chain. Overall, livestock producers can expect a cost reduction. Moreover, with the heterogeneous nature of consumer preferences there are some segments that wholly respond on the integration of different GM applications in the chain. However, in some cases, it is difficult to say whether the chain can respond to consumers'’ requirements.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Consumer/Household Economics.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21268

An integrated landscape vision for sustainable feedstock supplies (PowerPoint)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Karlen,   Douglas L.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/60356

An Integrated Precision Production and Environmental Management Analysis of a Kentucky Dairy Farm
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Salim,   Juma K.; Dillon,   Carl R.; McAllister,   Jack; Hancock,   Dennis.
This study compares and contrasts the profitability of different dairy management practices through precision livestock farming. Feed analysis and crop yields were simulated. The proposed alternative feeding program demonstrated less manure and nutrient excretions. When mathematical programming model was employed, uniform rate application manifested the highest selected economic values.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Management practices; Environmental; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19407

AN INTEGRATED TERRITORIAL SIMULATION MODEL TO EVALUATE CAP REFORM ON MEDITERRANEAN AGRICULTURE. METHODOLOGICAL PROPOSAL AND FIRST APPLICATIONS IN APULIA REGION (SOUTHERN ITALY)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Scardigno,   Alessandra; Bazzani,   Guido Maria.
The implementation of most recent CAP and water policy reforms calls for simulation analytical tools able to quantify socio-economic and environmental impacts that can be different in terms of regions and farm type. This work proposes a territorial mathematical programming model that integrates hundreds of farm models clustered in a single meta-model at regional level that can be easily standardized having the FADN as the main data source. The tool has been experimentally applied to Apulia region and several simulations have been conducted in scenarios differing in terms of agricultural policies (total decoupling, increase of the modulation rate and introduction of a flat rate system for the Single Farm Payment), price of the water resource, market...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural policies; Water policy reforms; Territorial mathematical programming model.; Agricultural and Food Policy; Political Economy; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; Q18; Q25; Q51.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44799

An Interactive Decision Model Integrating Broiler Production and Processing Responsiveness to Consumer and Producer Prices
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Costa,   Ecio de Farias; Houston,   Jack E.
In the vertically integrated poultry industry, profit maximization for broiler integrators must incorporate feed formulation, broiler production, and broiler processing operations to determine optimally sized birds for the most profitable market segments. Here, substituting cottonseed meal (CSM) for soybean meal (SBM) in broiler feed is evaluated under changing input and product market conditions, where there are two processing options – whole carcass vs. cut-up parts. For the prices analyzed, CSM-fed broilers earn higher profits for whole carcass processing, while SBM-fed broilers earn higher returns for cut-up parts processing. Optimal protein levels used in the feed processes exceed currently recommended levels.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25295

AN INTERACTIVE ILLUSTRATION OF FARM PROGRAM PROVISIONS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Klose,   Steven L.; Schumann,   Keith D.; Knapek,   George M.; Richardson,   James W.; Outlaw,   Joe L.; Anderson,   David P.
Explaining the details and the impacts of government program provisions to agricultural producers can be a challenge for extension educators.  This paper introduces a visual interactive tool that demonstrates the calculations of government payments established in the 2002 farm bill.  Additionally, the paper explains how the tool is created in Microsoft® Excel and may be used in other areas.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/35031

An Interdisciplinary Approach to White-collar Crime in the Food Sector
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hirschauer,   Norbert; Musshoff,   Oliver; Scheerer,   Sebastian.
The probability that buyers are deceived with regard to the quality or safety of purchased products (moral hazard) increases with the profits which suppliers can earn through opportunistic behaviour. It decreases with the probability and level of losses that result from disclosure of malpractice. It also decreases with protective factors rooted in the suppliers' social contexts - such as values, emotional bonds etc. - that shield them from yielding to economic temptations. This paper describes how a systematic analysis of economic incentives and social context factors can be provided through an interdisciplinary approach which combines the analytical powers of microeconomics (game theory) and criminology (control theories). The approach is discussed with...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Asymmetric information; Behavioural food risks; Control theories; Game theory; Moral hazard; Opportunistic malpractice; Agribusiness; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; A13; K32; K42.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25688

An Interpretative Model of Aquaculture Multifunctionality: A Methodological Framework Definition
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: De Blasi,   Giuseppe; Acciani,   Claudio; De Boni,   A.; Roma,   R.
International trade agreements and the new EU CAP targets require the definition of a new type of subsidy, depending on the non-market functions provided by production activities.  The aim of the research project reported in this paper is to find a model to reward multifunctionality of aquaculture, defining all the positive externalities it involves and trying to calculate a monetary value for each of these.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Environment; Bioeconomics; Distributional Effects; Ecological Economics; Water Pollution; Livestock Production/Industries; P28; Q52; Q53; Q57; Q58.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56002

An Inter-Sector Impact of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita On The Agribusiness Industry In Mississippi
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Myles,   Albert E.; Allen,   Albert J.; Shaik,   Saleem.
This study evaluates the impact of hurricanes Katrina and Rita on the agribusiness industry and related sectors in Mississippi.  Input-output analysis was used to determine the economic impact of these disasters on the Mississippi agribusiness sector and related sectors in the state's economy.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Economic impact; Input-output analysis; Temporal effects; Agribusiness sector; Related sectors; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/34977

An inter-sectoral economic model for optimal sustainable mangrove use in the small island economy of Tonga
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rohorua,   Halahingano; Lim,   Steven.
The dependency of small island economies on natural resources coupled with the pubic nature of these resources means that sustainability is a topical issue especially when development projects offer opportunities for "better living" for communities. For a mangrove dependent community of Pangaimotu in Vavau in Tonga tourism development offers better income from employment opportunities. Yet reclaiming mangrove areas for tourism development is likely to impact on fisheries resources that have traditionally been the main form of livelihood for the community. It is argued that for small island communities, whenever development activities ignore the critical role of mangroves on fisheries resources, the wider implications to the community are also overlooked....
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Economic model; Optimal; Sustainable; Small island economy; Tonga; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31966

AN INTRASEASONAL BIOECONOMIC MODEL OF PLRV NET NECROSIS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Marsh,   Thomas L.; Huffaker,   Ray G.; Folwell,   Raymond J.; Long,   Gary.
A bioeconomic model is developed as an IPM planning tool to combat PLRV net necrosis in the PNW potato industry.  Environmental/biological and production processes are linked to marketing activities using discrete time control.  We find that pesticides can be optimally timed to reduce applications and still protect against net necrosis.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20935

An Inverse Almost Ideal Demand System for Oysters in the United States: An Empirical Investigation of the Impacts of Mandatory Labels
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dedah,   Cheikhna O.; Keithly,   Walter R., Jr.; Diop,   Hamady; Kazmierczak,   Richard F., Jr.
In 1991, mandatory warning labels were imposed on the sale of oysters harvested from the Gulf of Mexico.  Using an IAIDS model, this paper investigates the impact of these labels on the demand for Gulf product as well related oyster products (the Chesapeake, the Pacific, and imports).
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/34957

An Inverse Almost Ideal Demand System of Fresh Tomatoes in the U.S.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Grant,   Jason H.; Foster,   Kenneth A.
Previous studies of fresh market tomatoes in the U.S. have focused on the supply side and welfare effects of NAFTA. Very few studies have focused on the demand side, however, because fresh tomatoes do not have any close substitutes. In this study we draw on the fact that Mexican and Canadian fresh tomatoes may be close substitutes to U.S. fresh tomatoes. An Inverse Almost Ideal Demand System of the NAFTA fresh tomato market is estimated where fresh tomatoes differ by country of origin.  The results indicate that NAFTA tomatoes are substitutable but the degree of substitutability varies widely depending on the season. Quantity changes in the U.S. fresh tomato market can result in significant retail price changes. This study has specific policy implications...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19193

AN INVERSE DEMAND APPROACH TO RECREATION FISHING SITE CHOICE AND IMPLIED MARGINAL VALUES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Larson,   Douglas M.; Shaikh,   Sabina L.
An alternative methodology for determining marginal willingness to pay values for recreational fishing trips is developed based on inverse demand systems and the distance function.  Our empirical application uses joint estimation of several species-specific site equations from a recreation fishing data set.  Results are compared to a random utility model.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21577

An investigation into the impact of policy reform on the level of structural change in the agri-food sector of Ireland, Denmark and the Netherlands
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Clancy,   Daragh; Kazukauskas,   Andrius; Newman,   Carol F.; Thorne,   Fiona S.
This paper conducts a detailed, micro-focused investigation on the implications of recent agricultural policy changes on the structure of production systems in Ireland, Denmark and the Netherlands in terms of farm numbers, system switching, specialisation, the role of economies of scale, on-farm investment, off-farm employment and economic viability. Given the close relationship between farm structure and agricultural production, the impact of the recent CAP reform on production decisions should give a good indication of the form agricultural structural change will take. Two competing hypotheses of post decoupling structural change are proposed; a ‘production inducing effect’ and an ‘expectations effect’. Using Irish, Danish and Dutch micro-data, which are...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Policy Reform; Agricultural Structural Change; FADN; Agricultural and Food Policy; Farm Management.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/60913

An Investigation into the Net Benefits of Revegetating Agricultural Land with Indigenous Species in the Dryland Section of the Goulburn-Broken Catchment Area
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Trapnell,   Lindsay N.
Benefits ascribed to the revegetation of farming landscapes include enhancement of biodiversity, reduction in the advance of dryland salinity, sequestration of greenhouse gases, control of soil erosion, greater protection of agricultural activities from adverse weather conditions and an improved aesthetic value of rural lands. In this paper, economic analyses were performed to determine the net benefits to landholders of carrying out revegetation. Where the net benefits were insufficient to allow reasonable returns to be earned on the investment of marginal capital, an assessment was made of the amount and type of assistance that would be necessary to encourage landholders to adopt this improved system of land management.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Biodiversity; Economic and Financial Analyses; Environmental Degradation; Land Management; Revegetation; Environmental Economics and Policy; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58265

An Investigation of Significant Factors Influencing Western Australian Wool Producers to Produce Wool: A Structural Equation Modelling Approach
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Quaddus,   Mohammed; Islam,   Nazrul; Stanton,   John.
Why Australian wool producers remained in the business despite the hardship they have experienced for much of the 1990s from low prices of wool? This question was raised frequently by research scientists and policymakers of the wool industry. A recent exploratory study gives a notion that Australian wool production could be a 'lifestyle' choice and/or a choice other than economic reasons. To validate this notion this paper investigates the factors that drive and motivate the Western Australian wool producers, as identified in the exploratory study, by applying a Structural Equation Modelling approach. An innovative mixed research method is adopted in this study. Telephone survey is conducted among a random selection of 290 wool producers in WA. The results...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries; C21; L2; L7; Q10.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25275

An Investigation of the Socioeconomic Impacts of Tri-State Bypass, 1970-2000
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Yeboah,   Osei-Agyeman; Shaik,   Saleem; Hatch,   L. Upton.
Geographical information systems and econometric tools were used to determine the socioeconomic impacts of bypasses in Atlanta-Birmingham Metropolitan area.  Mean household income and per capita income of county is separately used as a proxy for anticipated bypass impact as a function, of socioeconomic variables: farm income, farm employment, non-farm employment, age groups, and population density. The cross-sectional and the time series data were pooled together and estimated as panel data.  Results indicate that most of these variables have positive impacts on growth.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Public Economics.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/35049

An investigation of the supply chain of fisheries products in Greece
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kaimakoudi,   Eleni; Polymeros,   Konstantinos; Karelakis,   Christos.
The present study provides an empirical investigation of the supply chain of fisheries products in Greece, through the implementation of the Structure – Conduct and Performance (SCP) methodological approach. The determinants of market performance have been analyzed considering the causal relationship of industry structure and firm conduct, and consecutively the causal relationship of firm conduct and market performance. Primary data were collected from Greek fisheries products stakeholders through personal interviews. The findings reveal that firm conduct is affected by industry structure and sequentially both have a bearing upon market performance. As concerns the impact of firm conduct on market performance, quality assurance has the most significant...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Market analysis; Structure – Conduct – Performance; Fisheries products; Agricultural and Food Policy; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58034

An Investment Analysis Approach to Examining Bio-Control of Invasive Weeds
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Smith,   Elwin G.; Young,   Douglas L.
Invasive weeds are a large problem on large tracts of rangeland in North America. Biological methods of control have been instituted, but many information gaps remain. An investment model approach is used to demonstrate some of the potentially key pieces of biological data that are required for an analysis. This model is applied to the control of leafy spurge on rangeland. The results of control are very dependent on the rate of spread and control by the biological control agent, the initial density of the weed, and the recovery of the forage (grass) after the weed has been controlled. Benefits of control are relatively low, as is the cost of the biological control practice. It takes several years before net benefits of the control practice are positive.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/36286

An Iterative Auction for Spatially Contiguous Land Management: An Experimental Analysis
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Banerjee,   Simanti; Shortle,   James S.; Kwasnica,   Anthony M.
Tackling the problem of ecosystem services degradation is an important policy challenge.  Different types of economic instruments have been employed by conservation agencies to meet this challenge. Notable among them are Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES) schemes that pay private landowners to change land uses to pro-environmental ones on their properties. This paper focuses on a PES scheme – an auction for the cost-efficient disbursal of government funds for selection of spatially contiguous land management projects. The auction is structured as an iterative descending price auction where every bid is evaluated on the basis of a scoring metric – a benefit cost ratio. The ecological effectiveness and economic efficiency of the auction is tested with data...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Ecosystem Services; Economic experiments; Auctions; Spatial contiguity; Environmental Economics and Policy; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Land Economics/Use; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; Q.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103220

An LP-Model to Analyse Economic and Ecological Sustainability in Dutch Dairy Farming
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: van Calker,   Klaas Jan; Berentsen,   Paul B.M.; De Boer,   Imke J.M.; Giesen,   G.W.J.; Huirne,   Ruud B.M.
Since the enactment of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001, owners and operators of farms and ranches have opportunities to evaluate new estate planning strategies for the transfer of farm businesses to subsequent generations. However, with provisions of the Act to be phased in over several years, consideration must be given to having a "staged" estate plan. Under provisions of the current law, estate tax is repealed in the year 2010, but if Congress does not act, the legislation sunsets and returns to prior law January 1, 2011. This fact provides planning challenges for owners and operators of farms and ranches as the phase-in of provisions, the repeal in 2010, and the return to prior law relative to estate planning and business...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24361

AN OPERATIONAL APPROACH FOR EVALUATING INVESTMENT RISK: AN APPLICATION TO THE NO-TILL TRANSITION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Upadhyay,   Bharat Mani; Young,   Douglas L.
This study analyses short and long term safety first business risk associated with twenty six no-till transition strategies across four types of farms in eastern Washington. Risk of transition failure generated from risk averse criteria are also contrasted with a risk neutral criterion. Results revealed (1) that speeds of adoption have a larger effect than drill acquisition sequences in successful transition, (2) high equity farm have higher chance of success, and (3) slow acreage expansion with a custom or rental drill is preferred until yield penalty is eliminated.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Farm Management; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/35992

AN OPERATIONAL METHOD FOR ASSESSING THE POVERTY OUTREACH PERFORMANCE OF DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS: RESULTS FROM FOUR CASE STUDIES IN AFRICA, ASIA AND LATIN AMERICA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Zeller,   Manfred; Sharma,   Manohar P.; Henry,   Carla; Lapenu,   Cecile.
Many development projects seek to reach the poorest in the provision of agricultural inputs, extension, credit, education, and many other services.  However, low-cost and reliable methods for assessing whether a project reaches the poor are lacking at present.  In this paper, we present an operational method that was designed during a two-year research project from 1999-2001 with the support of an international donor-coordination office.  The objective of the research was to develop and test a new method that could be later used by development practitioners to assess the poverty level of beneficiaries of development projects that target the poor in relation to the general population in the intervention area.  The method constructs a poverty index using...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Poverty; Targeting; Evaluation; Principle component analysis; Food Security and Poverty; International Development.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25907

An Optimal Application of Swine Effluent in Texas and Oklahoma Panhandle Determined by Bayesian Stochastic Dynamic Programming
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Phetcharat,   Chaowana; Stoecker,   Arthur L.; Hattey,   Jeffory A.; Warren,   Jason G.; Vitale,   Jeffrey D.; Park,   Seong Cheol.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Swine Effluent Irrigation; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/108549

AN OPTIMAL CONTROL APPROACH TO WATER QUALITY TRADING: COST-EFFECTIVE POINT/NONPOINT MANAGEMENT IN A WATERSHED FRAMEWORK
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Zhao,   Xiaobing; Fletcher,   Jerald J.
This study reflects a growing interest in water quality trading involving both point and nonpoint sources in a watershed framework. An empirical spatial-temporal optimal control model is presented and solved to assess the scope and implications of point/nonpoint trading. Results indicate significant economic gains to broader based interpretations of trading rules.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20195

An Optimal Control Framework to Address the Relationship between Water Resource Management and Water-Borne Health Impacts:  Focus on the Texas Lower Rio Grande Valley
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Leidner,   Andrew J.; Lacewell,   Ronald D.; Rister,   M. Edward; Sturdivant,   Allen W.
The objective of this study is develop a theoretical model that can evaluate two types of public health expenditures on water-borne health risks: water-related municipal services, an ex ante preventative measure against water-borne contamination, and medical treatment, an ex post treatment of the water-borne pollutant’s harmful effects on human health.  The modeled community can allocate resources in either centralized-municipal water-services, point-of-use water-services, or medical intervention, with expenditures subject to a budget constraint.  The movement of a water-borne illness through the community is modeled with a susceptible-infected-susceptible (SIS) disease framework.  An optimization framework is developed, including a statement of the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Water; Public health; Rural development; Dynamic optimization; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/98806

AN OPTIMAL CORN ROOTWORM SCOUTING PROGRAM FOR IMPROVED PROFITABILITY OF AREAWIDE PEST MANAGEMENT IN THE EASTERN CORN BELT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: West,   Amelia; Martin,   Marshall A.
Economic analyses show that without cost reductions, Areawide Pest Management for corn rootworm control is not cost effective in Illinois/Indiana where a variant form of the western corn rootworm exists.   This paper examines strategies for reducing scouting/costs and determining the minimal scouting effort necessary to maintain effective adult suppression.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22075

An Optimal Rule for Switching over to Renewable fuels with Lower Price Volatility: A Case of Jump Diffusion Process
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sardana,   Kavita; Bhattacharya,   Subhra K.
This study investigates the optimal switching boundary to a renewable fuel when oil prices exhibit continuous random fluctuations along with occasional discontinuous jumps. In this paper, oil prices are modeled to follow jump diffusion processes. A completeness result is derived. Given that the market is complete the value of a contingent claim is risk neutral expectation of the discounted pay off process. Using the contingent claim analysis of investment under uncertainty, the Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman (HJB) equation is derived for finding value function and optimal switching boundary. We get a mixed differential-difference equation which would be solved using numerical methods.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103926

An Optimal Surveillance Measure Against Foot-and-Mouth Disease in the United States
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: van Ha,   Pham; Che,   Tuong Nhu; Kompas,   Tom.
Surveillance programs on farms and in the local environment provide an essential protection against the importation and spread of exotic diseases. Combined with border quarantine measures, these programs protect both consumers and producers from major health concerns and disease incursions that can potentially destroy local agricultural production and supporting industries, as well as generate substantial losses in trade and tourism. However, surveillance programs also impose costs in the form of expenditures on the surveillance program itself, along with the costs of disease management and eradication should an incursion occur. Taking border quarantine expenditures as given, this paper develops a stochastic optimal control model (with a jump-diffusion...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Surveillance measures; Border quarantine; Disease incursion and spread; Foot- and-Mouth disease; Stochastic optimal control; Livestock Production/Industries; Q1; Q17; Q18.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10354

An Optimization Model for the Banana Northern Prawn Fishery
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Valle de Souza,   Simone; Gondro,   Cedric; Cacho,   Oscar J.
This study presents an optimal control model of the Banana Northern Prawn Fishery, one of the most important fisheries in Australia. The life cycle of this species involves migration between the sea, where the catch takes place, and the estuary, where post-larvae and juveniles develop. The model combines a stage-matrix population dynamics model and an economic model of sustainable catch. The controls involve the amount of effort allowed and the length of the fishing season. Life stages are defined in terms of prawn size, allowing catch revenue to be adjusted to the expected proportion of specific sized classes caught in a particular month of the year, hence providing a more realistic projection of profits when price is influenced by size. The model is...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Fisheries management; Australia; Optimal control; Profit maximisation; Banana prawns.; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/59173

An Optimization Model for Winery Capacity Use
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kolympiris,   Christos; Thomsen,   Michael R.; Morris,   Justin.
An optimization model to sequence wine flow through the production process is developed.  The model is formulated as a mixed integer program and accounts for winemaking specifications, market conditions, grape availability, and tank capacity.  An empirical example is provided to demonstrate results and uses of the model.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/35263

AN OPTION VALUE APPROACH TO VALUING PRESERVATION PROPERTIES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Winfree,   Jason A.; McCluskey,   Jill J.; Mittelhammer,   Ronald C.
There has been a recent trend towards purchasing land for farmland preservation, wildlife refuges, other conservation, and cultural and historical preservation. There is a great deal of unexplained variation in the dollars paid per acre for these properties. The theoretical basis for this analysis is an option value model with stochastic returns to development. The data used in our analysis is sales transactions data for natural resource conservation and farmland preservation purposes from throughout the United States. We find that land, when it would be best used for development, but is not developed, has a significantly higher price.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/36619

An Ordered Probit Model Analysis of Transaction costs and Market Participation by Sweet Potato Farmers in South Eastern Nigeria.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ohajianya,   D.O.; Ugochukwu,   Albert I.
This study determined the factors (related to fixed and variable transaction costs) influencing the decision to participate in sweet potato markets by a random sample of 320 small holder farmers in south eastern Nigeria. Data were collected with structured and validated questionnaire, and analyzed using the ordered probit analysis procedure. Participation decisions revealed that marketing experience, farm size, membership of cooperatives/social organizations, extension contact, farming experience and road conditions to the nearest town had positive relationship with decision to be autarkic other than buyer and to be seller other than autarkic, and were significant at 1% level of probability. The coefficient of age, household size, and output were also...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Ordered probit; Transaction costs; Market participation; Potato; Autarkic; Agricultural Finance; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/108936

AN OVERVIEW OF NATIONAL TRENDS AND POLICY DIRECTIONS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Grossi,   Ralph.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32892

AN OVERVIEW OF SOME OF THE COMMENTS FROM THE GENERAL DISCUSSION
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/16771

AN OVERVIEW OF SOME OF THE COMMENTS FROM THE GENERAL DISCUSSION
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/16757

An overview of the Philippine duck industry
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Chang,   Hui-Shung (Christie); Dagaas,   Clarita T.; de Castro,   Nenita; Ranola,   Roberto; Lambio,   Angel; Malabayuabas,   Maria Luz.
The Philippine duck industry is dominated by smallholder production. At present, about 99 percent of the demand for duck products is met by domestic production. However, it is envisaged that as trade liberalisation continues, the Philippine duck industry will face increasing competition from overseas as well as from other products. Continuing survival, and growth, of the industry depends on its ability to compete on a globalised market, which, in turn, depends on efficiency in the production and marketing systems relative to competitors. The research objective is to provide an overview of the industry and identify industry issues.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Duck; Poultry marketing; Trade liberalisation; Agricultural and Food Policy; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57842

An Unbalanced Nested Error Component Model for Estimating  Pest Damage Functions and the Value of Rootworm Bt Corn
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dun,   Zhe; Mitchell,   Paul D.
We apply Antweiler’s (2001) double-nested unbalanced panel data model to estimate a western corn rootworm damage function using data from field trials in Illinois and Nebraska.  Results imply that expected yield losses for a one unit difference in the node injury scale are 16.4%.  Estimated random year and state effects are statistically significant, as is the estimated random experimental effect.  The experimental effect is relatively large indicating the tremendous variability in yield losses at the small scale for plots with the same node injury scale measure of root damage.  Using the estimated pest damage function to assess the value of Bt corn for farmers in Nebraska and Illinois, we find that, with a mean yield of 200 bu/ac, a yield CV of 25%, a...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/90700

An Updated Look at the Recovery of Agricultural Productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nin Pratt,   Alejandro; Yu,   Bingxin.
We analyze the evolution of Sub-Saharan Africa’s agricultural total factor productivity (TFP) over the past 40 years, looking for evidence of recent changes in growth patterns using a nonparametric Malmquist index. Our TFP estimates show a remarkable recovery in the performance of Sub-Saharan Africa’s agriculture during between 1984 and 2003 after a long period of poor performance and decline. That recovery is the consequence of improved efficiency in production resulting from changes in the output structure and an adjustment in the use of inputs, including an overall net reduction in fertilizer use but increased fertilizer use in most of the best-performing countries. Policy changes implemented by African countries between the mid-1980s and the second...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agriculture; Total factor productivity; Sub-Saharan Africa; Agricultural and Food Policy; Productivity Analysis; D24; Q18.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51731

Anaerobic Digestion Technology in the U.S. Livestock Industry (PowerPoint)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Roos,   Kurt.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8063

ANÁLISE COMPARATIVA DA VIABILIDADE DA PRODUÇÃO DE MAMÃO NOS SISTEMAS TRADICIONAL E DE PRODUÇÃO INTEGRADA (PI)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mendonca,   Talles Girardi de; Lirio,   Viviani Silva; Moura,   Altair Dias de; Silveira,   Suely de Fatima Ramos; Reis,   Bricio dos Santos.
As exigências do mercado internacional de frutas têm colocado aos produtores que desejem acessá-lo a necessidade de adoção do protocolos de Boas Práticas Agrícolas (BPA), cujo objetivo principal é a geração de produtos de qualidade e livres de resíduos químicos. A Produção Integrada de Frutas (PIF) constitui-se em um desses protocolos e sua adoção tem sido incentivada pelo Ministério da Agricultura como forma de elevar os padrões de qualidade do produto nacional, contribuindo para o acesso dos produtores ao mercado externo. Entretanto, a adoção da PIF, além das oportunidades de acesso ao mercado externo e redução de custos com agroquímicos, impõe aos produtores custos adicionais com investimentos em instalações e com processos de certificação. Neste...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Produção Integrada; Boas Práticas Agrícolas e exportações; Integrated production; Good Agricultural Practices and exports; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109195

ANÁLISE COMPARATIVA ENTRE ESTRATÉGIAS DE HEDGE COM BASE EM MODELOS ESTÁTICOS E DINÂMICOS PARA CONTRATOS FUTUROS DE CAFÉ ARÁBICA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Muller,   Carlos Andre da Silva; Moura,   Altair Dias de; Lima,   Joao Eustaquio de.
Dentro do agronegócio brasileiro, o café arábica está entre os produtos com o mais elevado nível de risco e, ainda assim, é um produto importante para a economia brasileira. Os mercados futuros são reconhecidos como meio de gerenciamento desses riscos, mas observou-se o baixo uso desse mecanismo no caso brasileiro. Por outro lado, a literatura tem avançado quanto aos métodos para realização de estratégias de hedge. Em vista disso, esse artigo teve a finalidade de analisar a efetividade, em redução de riscos, de diferentes estratégias de hedge para o café arábica no Brasil. Foram Testadas quatro estratégias: não atuação em mercados futuros; cobertura completa; estratégia estática que incorpora o conteúdo informacional em médias condicionais, obtida pelo...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Efetividade; Hedge; Café arábica; VEC; MGARCH BEKK; Effectiveness; Hedge; Arabian coffee; Agribusiness; Crop Production/Industries; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/113187

ANÁLISE DA ADOÇÃO DA TECNOLOGIA DA INFORMAÇÃO NA HORTICULTURA BRASILEIRA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Boteon,   Margarete; Silva,   Rafaela Cristina Da; Deleo,   Joao Paulo Bernardes.
A tecnologia está mais acessível ao produtor. O valor de um computador hoje equivale a 1 tonelada de adubo (uréia). A medida que o custo da tecnologia caiu, os valores dos fatores de produção – fertilizantes e salários – subiram significamente. Assim, é vital o produtor encontrar formas de otimizar o uso de insumos e melhorar a produtividade da mão-de-obra no campo. A superação desse desafio pode ter apoio importante na tecnologia da informação. Pesquisa realizada com produtores de frutas e hortaliças observou que boa parte deles já tem acesso aos principais meios de comunicação. No entanto, o uso desses meios integrado ao sistema de produção, como controle de custos de produção e uso de ferramenta de agricultura de precisão, ainda é pequeno. A conclusão...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultura de Precisão; Tecnologia da Informação; Internet; Fruticultura; Horticultura; Precision Agriculture; Information Technology; Internet; Fruit; Vegetable; Crop Production/Industries; Farm Management.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/112685

ANÁLISE DA ATIVIDADE FLORESTAL NO PARÁ ATRAVÉS DA MATRIZ DE CONTABILIDADE SOCIAL
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Santana,   Antonio Cordeiro de; Filgueiras,   Gisalda Carvalho; Homma,   Alfredo Kingo Oyama; Barros,   Paulo Luiz Contente de.
As indústrias de base florestal e de madeira processada mecanicamente possuem relevância na economia brasileira, pois participaram na formação do Produto Interno Bruto (PIB) em 2006 com 4,7% e geraram 10,6 milhões de empregos (ABIMCI, 2007). No âmbito estadual, o Pará se destaca com produtos extrativos da floresta tropical, principalmente da madeira em tora, cuja participação, em 2005, foi de 57,2% do total de 17.372.428 m3 produzidos no País (IBGE, 2006). Frente a esse cenário, este estudo teve como objetivo analisar a importância socioeconômica das atividades florestal e de madeira e mobiliário no Pará, através do modelo da Matriz de Contabilidade Social (MCS) do ano de 1999. Os resultados revelaram que as atividades de base florestal foram consideradas...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Atividade florestal; Matriz de Contabilidade Social; Relações intersetoriais; Forestry activity; Social Accounting Matrix (SAM); Intersectorial relations; Industrial Organization.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109114

ANÁLISE DA CADEIA PRODUTIVA DA CAPRINO-OVINOCULTURA EM GARANHUNS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Carvalho,   Daniela Moreira de; Souza,   Jalmir Pinheiro De.
A caprino-ovinocultura na região Nordeste tem grande importância tanto econômica quanto social, devido ao fato dos animais terem uma boa adaptação ao clima e a alimentação, muitas vezes escassa, disponível na região. A compreensão das cadeias produtivas locais permite a proposição de melhorias no setor a fim de torná-lo mais eficiente. Na caprino-ovinocultura a eficiência ocorre através da oferta aos consumidores de carnes de melhor qualidade, animais jovens, constância de oferta, segurança alimentar e preços competitivos. O resultado da eficiência do sistema produtivo seria de uma maior rentabilidade, uma inserção em novos mercados, ou seja, numa maior competitividade de todo setor. Nesse sentido objetivou-se realizar uma análise descritiva da cadeia...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Caprino-ovinocultura; Cadeia produtiva; Coordenação; Caracterização; Garanhuns; Sheep &amp; goat farming; Productive chain; Coordination; Characterization; Garanhuns; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109705

ANÁLISE DA CAPACIDADE PRODUTIVA E DOS ÍNDICES DE CONCENTRAÇÃO, DISPERSÃO E VARIAÇÃO DA INDÚSTRIA DE BIODIESEL NO BRASIL
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Carminatti,   Joao Guilherme De Oliveira; Bulhoes,   Ronaldo; Nicola,   Matheus Lazzari.
O Principal objetivo desse trabalho é analisar a capacidade produtiva brasileira de biodiesel das empresas existentes, em construção e em planejamento, bem como, o nível de concorrência das mesmas através do índice de concentração CR(k), do índice de dispersão e de variação de Hirschman-Herfindahl (HH), com dados coletados junto à Agência Nacional do Petróleo, Gás Natural e Biocombustíveis e ao SEBRAE. Os cálculos foram efetuados para o Brasil como um todo e, posteriormente, para as regiões Sul, Sudeste, Centro-Oeste, Nordeste e Norte. Os resultados mostraram que a capacidade de produção existente é suficiente para atender a mistura de 2,0% de biodiesel ao diesel mineral prevista para 2008 e insuficiente para atender a mistura de 5,0% prevista para o ano...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agroenergia; Biodiesel; Região; Agro-energy; Biodiesel; Region; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/110020

ANÁLISE DA COMPETITIVIDADE DA FRUTICULTURA BRASILEIRA FRENTE A MUNDIAL
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Vitti,   Aline; Boteon,   Margarete.
O presente estudo teve como objetivo analisar a competitividade da fruticultura brasileira frente aos maiores produtores das principais frutas que compõem nossa pauta de exportação: banana, citros (laranja, lima/limão e tangerina), maçã, mamão, manga, melão e uva – apresentadas em ordem alfabética. Juntas representaram em 2007 cerca de 93% da receita gerada com a exportação de frutas no País. Foi avaliada também a produtividade dos maiores produtores e a receita com exportação dos países que se destacam nesse cenário. Para tal análise foram utilizados dados estatísticos da Organização das Nações Unidas para Agricultura e Alimentação (FAO/ONU), Serviço de Comercialização Agrícola e de Agricultura Estrangeira do Departamento de Agricultura dos Estados Unidos...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Fruticultura; Exportação; Produção; Produtividade; Fruits; Exportation; Production; Productivity; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/108823

ANÁLISE DA COMPETITIVIDADE DO AÇÚCAR BRASILEIRO NO MERCADO INTERNACIONAL, 1990 A 2004
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Martins,   Alexandra Pereira; Maciel,   Marilia Fernandes; Rosado,   Patricia Lopes; Lirio,   Viviani Silva.
Mudanças ocorridas na economia mundial, como liberalização de mercados e formação de blocos, têm exigido que países em desenvolvimento, como no caso do Brasil, acompanhem tais transformações principalmente no que se refere à busca por produtos diferenciados e de maior qualidade. Diante disso, o setor açúcar iniciou um processo de reestruturação produtiva, visando estimular a modernização e, com isso, ampliar sua competitividade no comércio internacional. Considerando a importância desse setor para a economia brasileira, no que se refere à participação no PIB e na geração de divisas, objetivou-se neste trabalho avaliar a competitividade das exportações brasileiras de açúcar, no período de 1990 a 2004. O modelo teórico utilizado esta fundamentado na Teoria...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Competitividade; Mercado internacional; Açúcar; Competitiveness; International Market; Sugar; Agribusiness; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/113188

ANÁLISE DA COMPETITIVIDADE DO ARROZ BRASILEIRO: VANTAGEM COMPARATIVA REVELADA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fernandes,   Sydenia De Miranda; Wander,   Alcido Elenor; Ferreira,   Carlos Magri.
O presente trabalho buscou analisar a competitividade internacional do arroz brasileiro, bem como a competitividade interna e externa de estados produtores individualmente. Para tanto, utilizou-se o Índice de Vantagem Comparativa Revelada (IVCR). Verificou-se que o Brasil como um todo não possui vantagem comparativa para exportação de arroz. Por outro lado, entre os estados produtores, o Rio Grande do Sul se mostrou competitivo internamente em todo o período considerado e, em 2005, também como exportador. Santa Catarina, Mato Grosso e Goiás apresentaram competitividade apenas internamente para alguns dos anos analisados. Mato Grosso do Sul não se mostrou competitivo em nenhum dos anos considerados.----------------------------------------------This paper’s...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Exportação de arroz; Mercado de arroz; Comércio; Rice exports; Market of rice; Trade; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/112748

ANÁLISE DA EFETIVIDADE DE PROGRAMAS DE DESENVOLVIMENTO AGRÍCOLA E A EVOLUÇÃO DA QUALIDADE VIDA DAS LOCALIDADES – O CASO DA IMPLANTAÇÃO DO PRODECER III NO MUNICÍPIO PEDRO AFONSO -TO
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rodrigues,   Waldecy; Vasconcelos,   Silvio Juca; Barbiero,   Alan Kardec.
O presente artigo se propõe a analisar os efeitos do Programa de Cooperação Nipo-Brasileira para o Desenvolvimento dos Cerrados (PRODECER) – Terceira Fase sobre indicadores de qualidade de vida do município de Pedro Afonso - TO. Os resultados da pesquisa apontam que o PRODECER III trouxe grandes avanços na vida material da população de Pedro Afonso, mas contribuiu também, para o aumento das mazelas sociais, características de um quadro de pobreza urbana e exclusão social.---------------------------------------------------------The present paper to consider analyzer the quality of life impacts caused by the Program of Cooperation Nipo-Brazilian for the Development of the Open pasture (PRODECER) - Third Phase, having as case study the Pedro Afonso’s city, in...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Impacto social; Desenvolvimento sustentável; Dimensão social; Indicadores; PRODECER; Partner-economic impacts; Sustainable development; Social dimension; Pointers; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109663

ANÁLISE DA EFICÁCIA DE UMA CADEIA PRODUTIVA PELA ATUAÇÃO DA CÂMARA SETORIAL DE CAPRINOS E OVINOS DO ESTADO DE SÃO PAULO
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Silva,   Rosana De Oliveira Pithan E; Staudt,   Nelson Pedro.
O artigo analisa as Câmaras Setoriais como instrumento viável para obtenção de resultados positivos que contribuam para o desenvolvimento de uma cadeia produtiva. O estudo do caso da Câmara Setorial de Caprinos e Ovinos do Estado de São Paulo se mostrou oportuno para compreender o processo de agilização organizacional que resultou em respostas favoráveis ao segmento. A análise demonstra que determinadas dinâmicas de governança de apoio ao poder público podem contribuir significativamente na implantação de políticas benéficas ou mesmo no redirecionamento daquelas que não são específicas às necessidades de um determinado setor. A abordagem teórica da Nova Economia Institucional contribui nesta análise.----------------------------------------------The article...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Câmara Setorial; Caprinos; Ovinos; Políticas públicas; Sectorial Chambers; Caprines; Ovines; Public policies; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/110072

ANÁLISE DA EFICIÊNCIA ECONÔMICA DOS PRODUTORES DE LEITE NO ESTADO DE MINAS GERAIS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lima,   Andre Luis Ribeiro; Reis,   Ricardo Pereira; Gaio,   Luiz Eduardo; Andrade,   Fabricio Teixeira de; Gomes,   Claudia Salgado.
O aumento da eficiência produtiva e econômica é fator decisivo para a competitividade do setor leiteiro que, produzindo com menor custo, beneficiará toda a cadeia do leite. Dessa maneira, a unidade de produção pode ter, na eficiência produtiva, a condição necessária para a sobrevivência e o crescimento dentro da economia de mercado. Considerado o maior produtor de leite do Brasil, o estado de Minas Gerais exerce importante papel na cadeia agroindustrial do leite O presente trabalho tem por objetivo geral estimar e analisar as eficiências econômicas dos produtores de leite no estado de Minas Gerais. Especificamente pretende-se: estimar as eficiências econômicas dos produtores de leite em Minas Gerais separados por níveis tecnológicos; comparar os escores de...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Eficiência Econômica; Leite; Minas Gerais; Economic Efficiency; Dairy Activity; Minas Gerais; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/113364

ANÁLISE DA ESTACIONALIDADE DE PREÇOS DA MAMONA NO PARANÁ
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Silva,   Gerson Henrique Da; Esperancini,   Maura Seiko Tsutsui; Melo,   Carmen Ozana De; Bueno,   Osmar De Carvalho.
Com o aumento de preços e consumo do petróleo, tem-se procurado na biomassa alternativa energética renovável para sua substituição. Dentre as culturas capazes de atender à produção de insumo destinado à obtenção de energia renovável encontra-se a mamona. Objetivou-se, neste trabalho, conhecer o índice de variação estacional do preço da mamona, pois é essencial para a previsão de seu preço em determinada época do ano. Utilizou-se o preço da mamona recebido pelos produtores paranaenses e adotou-se a metodologia da média geométrica móvel centralizada de 12 meses, obtendo-se um padrão comportamental (sazonal). A análise mostrou que os preços tendem a ser maiores nos meses de janeiro a maio e, no período seguinte, a tendência  é de queda de preços, coincidindo...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Mamona; Produtores; Preço; Sazonalidade; Biodiesel; Castor bean; Producers; Price; Seasonality; Biodiesel; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109119

ANÁLISE DA ESTRUTURA ESPACIAL DO MERCADO BRASILEIRO DE SUÍNOS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rosado,   Patricia Lopes; Maciel,   Marilia Fernandes; Lima,   Joao Eustaquio de.
Objetivou-se, neste trabalho, analisar o padrão e o grau de integração dos mercados de suínos nos diferentes estados brasileiros, no período de janeiro de 1980 a março de 2005. foram analisados aspectos relacionados à forma de relacionamento entre eles e à determinação dos mercados mais ou menos integrados. além do mais, analisaram-se os fatores que determinam o grau de integração entre esses mercados. O método utilizado neste estudo foi o de séries temporais, mais especificamente a análise de co-integração multivariada de modo geral, observou-se que o mercado brasileiro de suínos apresentou grande dinamismo em relação ao comportamento dos preços nas diferentes localidades que compõem o mercado, considerando que todos os ajustes ocorreram relativamente...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Integração de mercado; Suínos e co-integração multivariada; Market integration; Swine e multivariate co-integration; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109794

Análise da Evolução e da Estrutura da Siderurgia Brasileira e do Uso de Carvão Vegetal no período de 1980 a 2006
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Carvalho,   Thais Hortense De; Bacha,   Carlos Jose Caetano.
O presente trabalho analisa a evolução e estrutura da siderurgia brasileira e do uso do carvão vegetal no período de 1980 a 2006. Os objetivos específicos são: 1) analisar a evolução da produção, consumo, exportação e importação dos principais produtos elaborados por esta indústria, separando os que usam carvão vegetal e os que usam carvão mineral; e 2) caracterizar a estrutura da indústria (número de produtores, número de consumidores, tipos de produtos selecionados, entre outras variáveis). Em relação ao primeiro objetivo deste trabalho, evolução da indústria siderúrgica, contatou-se que o Brasil vem aumentando sua capacidade produtiva e sua inserção no mercado internacional. Quanto ao segundo objetivo específico deste trabalho, estrutura da indústria,...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Siderurgia; Carvão; Brasil; Indústria; Teel Industry; Charcoal; Brazil; Industry; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/108568

ANÁLISE DA PGPM NO MERCADO BRASILEIRO DE ALGODÃO EM PLUMA, MILHO E TRIGO, UTILIZANDO COMO INSTRUMENTO DE INVERVENÇÃO A AGF, CONTRATO DE OPÇÃO, PEP E PEPRO
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bitencourt,   Mayra Batista; Barczsz,   Silvio Silvestre; Andrade,   Andrei Almeida.
A política agrícola e de preços mínimos, no Brasil, é baseada a partir de 1996 na criação de novos instrumentos de política agrícola, menos intervencionistas e mais orientados para o mercado como o Prêmio de Escoamento de Produtos (PEP) e o Contrato de Opções. Para este artigo, foram avaliados os instrumentos da PGPM do Governo Federal: AGF, OPÇÃO, PEP e PEPRO, e a sua utilização nas commodityes do Algodão em Pluma, Milho e Trigo, durante o período de 1994 a 2007. A análise dos dados sobre o volume dos produtos operacionalizados pelos instrumentos AGF, Contrato de Opção de Venda, PEP e PEPRO, que são os mais utilizados pelo Governo no controle de preços do mercado, e oferta de produtos, procurou-se verificar qual o grau de intervenção do Governo Federal no...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: PGPM; AGF; PEP; PEPRO; CONTRATO DE OPÇÃO DE VENDA; CONTRACT OF PUT OPTION; Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/113961

Análise da Produção de Hortaliças sob a Ótica da Economia dos Custos de Transação, na cidade de Campo Grande - MS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cordeiro,   Kelly Wolff; Tredezini,   Cicero Antonio Oliveira; Carvalho,   Cristiane Mirian.
O presente trabalho tem como objetivo caracterizar a oferta dos produtores de hortaliças nas micro-bacias Bandeira e Segredo na cidade de Campo Grande – MS. Para o desenvolvimento deste estudo foi adotado o método indutivo e utilizado dados secundários do IBGE, CEASA/MS, e primários obtidos com a pesquisa de campo junto aos produtores rurais. A partir destas informações procedeu-se uma análise dos atributos transacionais presentes nas negociações dos produtores. Constatou-se que estes têm carência de informações e dificuldade de união, o que dificulta o poder de barganha tanto para compra de insumos quanto para venda das hortaliças.-------------------This work aims to characterize the offer producers of vegetables in the micro-basins Bandeira and Segredo...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Hortaliças; Custos de Transação; Nova Economia Institucional; Vegetables; Transaction Costs; New Institutional Economy.; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/107885

ANÁLISE DA SUSTENTABILIDADE DA PRODUÇÃO DE BIODIESEL NO BRASIL
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Santos Junior,   Silvio; Dias,   Marcelo Fernandes Pacheco; Mendonca,   Erica Silva; Rosa,   Nadir Paula Da; Silva,   Tania Nunes da.
Muitos compostos químicos são encontrados na atmosfera terrestre atuando como “gases de efeito estufa”. Eles são importantes uma vez que impedem a reflexão total dos raios solares, Entretanto, os níveis de alguns desses gases, principalmente o gás carbônico (CO2), vem aumentando a uma taxa de 25% desde o processo de industrialização em larga escala, iniciado a 150 anos atrás. Nos últimos 20 anos o CO2 vem correspondendo a 84% dos gases provenientes das atividades humanas, e, 82% dele é resultante da queima de combustíveis fósseis. Considerando que o aumento da população e o surgimento de novas tecnologias continuam demandando energia de forma incremental, é imperativo a busca de soluções energéticas alternativas, mais sustentáveis. Neste contexto, a...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Biocombustível; Sustentabilidade; Recursos naturais; Soja; Biofuel; Sustainability; Natural Resources; Soybeans; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109812

Análise da transmissão de preços da carne bovina entre os países do MERCOSUL e Estados Unidos
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bender Filho,   Reisoli; Alvim,   Augusto Mussi.
Este estudo tem por objetivo analisar a relação existente na formação dos preços de carne bovina in natura entre os países do MERCOSUL e dos Estados Unidos. O modelo econométrico utilizado busca identificar a relação de casualidade a partir da estimação de um Vetor Auto-regressivo (VAR). Ainda são analisadas as funções de impulsoresposta a fim de avaliar os efeitos de curto prazo sobre os preços da carne bovina. Por fim, é possível confirmar a existência de causalidade na formação de preços entre os países do MERCOSUL, bem como a intensidade e sentido dos choques nos preços em cada mercado analisado.-------------------The main objective of this study is to examine the relation between bovine meat prices in Mercosur countries and United States. The...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Casualidade de Granger; Carne bovina e MERCOSUL; Granger causality; Bovine meat and Mercosur; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/107937

ANÁLISE DA VIABILIDADE SÓCIO-AMBIENTAL DA FRUTICULTURA IRRIGADA NO BAIXO JAGUARIBE, CEARÁ
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Pinheiro,   Jose Cesar; Amaral,   Cecilia Reis.
A fruticultura irrigada é uma atividade que vem crescendo no Estado do Ceará, sobretudo em certas regiões favoráveis do Estado. Entre estas regiões encontra-se o Baixo Jaguaribe, onde diversas empresas exploram a fruticultura irrigada e procurou-se, nesta pesquisa, avaliar os aspectos sociais e ambientais da atividade. Os aspectos sociais foram avaliados através de entrevistas com funcionários das empresas produtoras de frutas na região e estas abrangeram aspectos como: serviços de educação e saúde nos municípios de residência, habitação, aspectos sanitários, posse de bens duráveis e emprego. Os aspectos e cuidados  ambientais das empresas foram avaliados com base em entrevistas com os técnicos responsáveis das empresas por este setor. Foram abordados nas...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultura Irrigada; Fruticultura; Desenvolvimento Sustentável; Irrigated agriculture; Irrigated fruit cultivation; Sustainable development1; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109530

ANÁLISE DA VOLATILIDADE DO DÓLAR E DO EURO: UM DIRECIONAMENTO PARA EMPRESAS DO AGRONEGÓCIO
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jubert,   Roberto Wagner; Paixao,   Marcia Cristina; Maia,   Sinezio Fernandes.
A análise do padrão da volatilidade dos retornos gerados por derivativos de moedas estrangeiras é tópico particularmente importante para empresas que realizam volume significativo de negócios com o exterior, a exemplo dos grandes produtores brasileiros de produtos agropecuários, e que atuam no mercado de derivativos buscando eliminar riscos financeiros ligados às variações das taxas de câmbio. Neste artigo, realizou-se uma análise do padrão da volatilidade dos retornos do dólar americano e do euro, utilizando-se modelos da classe ARCH, considerando como premissa básica que a variância condicional fornecida por estes modelos pode ser utilizada como proxy para a volatilidade dos retornos dos derivativos de moedas estrangeiras. Os resultados sugerem que...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Modelos ARCH; Taxa de câmbio; Volatilidade; ARCH models; Exchange rate; Volatility; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114123

ANÁLISE DA VOLATILIDADE DOS PREÇOS DE BOI GORDO NO ESTADO DE SÃO PAULO: UMA APLICAÇÃO DOS MODELOS GARCH
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Silva,   Carlos Alberto Goncalves da.
O presente trabalho teve como objetivo realizar uma análise da volatilidade do retorno dos preços de boi gordo  no Estado de São Paulo; examinando-se dois fatores determinantes, a persistência de choques e assimetrias na volatilidade, por meio da aplicação dos modelos ARCH/GARCH. Os resultados empíricos mostraram reações de persistência e assimetria na volatilidade, ou seja, os choques negativos e positivos têm impactos diferenciados sobre a volatilidade dos retornos dos preços do boi gordo, o que pode ser comprovado pelos modelos EGARCH e TARCH.---------------------------------------------  This paper aims to analyze the volatility process of the return the prices of beef cattle in the State of  São Paulo; examining two factors determinatives, the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Boi gordo; Volatilidade; Assimetria; Modelos ARCH/GARCH; Beef cattle; Volatility; Asymmetry; ARCH/GARCH models; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/113360

ANÁLISE DAS AGROINDÚSTRIAS DE PEQUENO PORTE: UM ESTUDO COMPARATIVO DA POSSIBILIDADE DE FORMAÇÃO DE REDES EM DUAS REGIÕES DO ESTADO DE SANTA CATARINA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Santos Junior,   Silvio; Lago,   Adriano; Mendonca,   Erica Silva; Rosa,   Nadir Paula Da; Paz,   Jozeane Moreira Da.
O agronegócio brasileiro é palco de profundas transformações decorrentes principalmente dos processos de globalização e internacionalização dos mercados, colocando em questionamento a competitividade das pequenas empresas. A necessidade de escala da produção agrícola vem ameaçando a sobrevivência das propriedades rurais, tornando-se necessário buscar formas de organização para que elas conquistem representatividade no mercado. Neste sentido, o estado de Santa Catarina vem desenvolvendo políticas públicas com intuito de constituir pequenas agroindústrias de produtores rurais, como forma de reter o homem no campo e promover o desenvolvimento territorial sustentável. Este trabalho apresenta resultados parciais, de uma pesquisa exploratória em andamento, a...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Redes; Estratégias Organizacionais; Políticas Públicas; Nets; Organizational strategies; Public polic; Agribusiness; Industrial Organization.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114133

ANÁLISE DAS ESTRATÉGIAS DE MARKETING EM UMA FECULARIA DA REGIÃO DE TUPÃ-SP
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Machado,   Joao Guilherme de Camargo Ferraz; Queiroz,   Timoteo Ramos; Scalco,   Andrea Rossi.
Nas últimas décadas, verificou-se uma mudança no comportamento do consumidor no sentido de adotar uma postura mais consciente em relação aos produtos que adquire. No setor alimentício, essa evolução é nítida, em função da busca por uma maior qualidade de vida, agregando à dieta questões de saúde, incluindo produtos com menor conteúdo de gorduras e calorias, rico em fibras, pobre em sódio etc. A indústria de alimentos, assim como toda a cadeia agroalimentar vem acompanhando esse maior interesse por parte do consumidor. Assim, é de extrema relevância que as decisões de marketing estejam apoiadas nas premissas do mercado, sob pena de se praticar ótimas ações mercadológicas para públicos errados ou de fácil resposta para os concorrentes, sob risco de...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Composto mercadológico; Estratégias; Fecularia; Cassava starch industry; Marketing mix; Strategies; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109801

Analise das externalidades negativas no meio ambiente e sustentabilidade na agropecuária
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ponciano,   Niraldo Jose; Souza,   Paulo Marcelo de; Mata,   Henrique Tome Da Costa.
Objetivou-se analisar os efeitos das externalidades negativas no meio ambiente, abordar o Teorema de Coase no que se refere ao problema de definição dos direitos de propriedade. Adicionalmente, o trabalho explica a teoria econômica da externalidade e ilustra com exemplos. Descreve o comportamento econômico da externalidade na produção agropecuária e mostra de que modo ela cria ineficiência de mercado. Posteriormente, são avaliadas algumas medidas compensatórias para corrigir essas ineficiências. Nesse sentido, argumenta-se em favor da preservação ambiental como requisito básico da manutenção do desenvolvimento agrícola sustentado. Infere-se que modernização da agricultura brasileira teve importância fundamental para o crescimento econômico do País, apesar...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Externalidades; Modernização agropecuária; Sustentabilidade; Preservação ambiental.                       Externalities; Modernization farming; Sustainability; Environmental preservation.; Environmental Economics and Policy; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/107855

ANÁLISE DAS MEDIDAS DE RENDA, DISTRIBUIÇÃO E POBREZA DOS MUNICÍPIOS DA ÁREA DE INFLUÊNCIA DA BARRAGEM CASTANHÃO CEARÁ
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Campos,   Roberio Telmo; Campos,   Kilmer Coelho.
Objetiva-se realizar o macrodiagnóstico econômico-social dos municípios que compõem a área de influência do reservatório da barragem Castanhão no Estado do Ceará. Utilizam-se dados secundários e o método descritivo para análise e discussão dos resultados, após cálculos de freqüências, tabelas e outras informações estatísticas selecionadas. Os resultados mostram que, em termos gerais, os municípios apresentaram rendas per capita muito baixas; a desigualdade de renda piorou para todos os municípios da amostra; no período de 1991 a 2002 houve melhora do IDH para todos os municípios do estudo; a percentagem de indigentes, a percentagem de pobres e as percentagens de crianças indigentes e pobres reduziram-se durante o período de 1991 a 2000; e, há um elevado...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Renda; Distribuição de renda; Pobreza; Barragem Castanhão; Income; Income distribution; Poverty; Castanhão dam; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/102219

ANÁLISE DAS MUDANÇAS RECENTES NAS DESPESAS COM ALIMENTOS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Silveira,   Rebecca Impelizieri; Bicalho,   Ellenise Elsa Emidio; Lirio,   Viviani Silva.
O objetivo deste estudo é analisar as mudanças na despesa alimentar das famílias brasileiras no período compreendido entre os anos de 1996 e 2003. Relacionou-se o consumo familiar ao preço e à despesa anual para os seguintes alimentos: aves e ovos, bebidas, carne bovina, carne suína, cereais em grãos, farinhas e derivados, frutas, lácteos, legumes e verduras. Na pesquisa, foram utilizados os microdados da Pesquisa de Orçamentos Familiares (POF) disponibilizados pelo IBGE, para os períodos selecionados. Em termos da distribuição de renda, observou-se pequeno ganho após a implantação do Plano Real: a população brasileira economicamente ativa que recebia até cinco salários mínimos mensais aumentou entre os anos de análise, porém para as mais altas faixas de...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Consumo alimentar; Alimentos; Orçamento familiar; Limentary consumption; Foods; Familiar budget; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/108880

ANÁLISE DAS POLITICAS PÚBLICAS DE INCENTIVO À OVINOCULTURA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bitencourt,   Mayra Batista; Sorio,   Andre Macieira; Cruzetta,   Eduardo.
Este estudo tem o objetivo de demonstrar se a política de incentivos adotada por Mato Grosso do Sul para apoiar a ovinocultura conseguiu provocar os efeitos positivos planejados na cadeia produtiva da carne ovina do estado. Foi feita uma pesquisa qualitativa, através de entrevistas com elementos-chave da cadeia produtiva, observação direta dos estágios da cadeia e uso de informações de fontes secundarias.  A análise das características dos incentivos concedidos ao longo dos últimos anos para a ovinocultura em MS, mostra que estes incentivos não incorporam mecanismos de estímulo à modernização tecnológica das empresas, nem ao treinamento da mão-de-obra empregada. Os programas existentes não parecem possuir mecanismos capazes de estimular a incorporação do...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Carne ovina; Políticas públicas; Competitividade; Abate clandestino; Lamb meat; Public policy; Competitiveness; Clandestine slaughter; Agricultural and Food Policy; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/113388

ANÁLISE DE CAUSALIDADE DE PREÇOS NO MERCADO NACIONAL E INTERNACIONAL DE CACAU
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Amin,   Mario Miguel; Seabra,   Jose Alberto.
Esta pesquisa procurou analisar o sentido de precedência (causalidade) entre os preços dos produtores de cacau do Estado do Pará, Bahia e dos preços internacionais da Bolsa de Nova Iorque, por meio do teste de causalidade de Granger. Os municípios definidos para o estudo foram Altamira, Alenquer, Cametá, Castanhal, Itaituba, Rurópolis, Santa Isabel e Tomé-Açu, no Pará, Ilhéus, na Bahia, e o mercado internacional, representado pela Bolsa de Nova Iorque. Para evitar relações espúrias, realizaram-se os testes ADF, PP, com objetivo de detectar a presença de raiz unitária, o que foi confirmado. Portanto, procedeu-se às diferenças para tornar as séries estacionárias. Os resultados obtidos mostram que existe precedência (causalidade) entre os preços dos...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Preço de cacau; Causalidade; Pará; Bahia; Bolsa de Nova Iorque; Cocoa price; Causality; Pará; Bahia; New York Exchange Market; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109074

Análise de contratos da suinocultura sob a óptica da Nova Economia Institucional
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Pereira,   Sandra Mara; Freire Junior,   Weimar da Rocha; Miele,   Marcelo; Da Silva Lobo,   Debora.
Este artigo tem a intenção de analisar contratos da suinocultura sob a óptica da Nova Economia Institucional. O referencial teórico adotado foi a NEI, que fornece os conceitos dos atributos das transações que foram observados nos contratos. Como metodologia, foram analisados contratos referentes à integração para terminação (engorda) de suínos, de quatro empresas situadas na Região Sul do Brasil. Observou-se que os contratos de integração (ou parceria) têm sido um importante instrumento, tanto para as empresas processadoras, que podem contar com a produção constante e em padrões previamente especificados, quanto para os produtores rurais, que têm na suinocultura, uma atividade que lhes garante venda certa e recebimento garantido. Os contratos de integração...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Nova Economia Institucional; Contratos; Atributos das Transações; Suinocultura; New Institutional Economics; Contracts; Attributes of the Transactions; Production of Pigs; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/102221

ANÁLISE DE CUSTO DA PRODUÇÃO DO MILHO SAFRINHA: UM ESTUDO NUMA PEQUENA PROPRIEDADE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: da Silva,   Rodrigo Calderao; Vaz Lopes,   Antonio Carlos.
O presente trabalho tem como objetivo analisar e demonstrar os custos de produção e de rentabilidade no cultivo do milho safrinha, tendo como meio utilizado a contabilidade, em especial a de custo, sob o enfoque gerencial, para assim auxiliar no controle e ajudar nas tomadas de decisão. Para realização da pesquisa foi utilizado o método de estudo caso, numa pequena propriedade no município de Itaporã, situado na região Sul de Mato Grosso do Sul, foram coletados dados, analisadas as operações realizadas e acompanhamento das atividades. Após estudos dos conceitos e analises dos dados coletados foram feitos os cálculos necessários propiciando assim informações para o resultado da pesquisa e auxilio ao gestor na tomada de decisão acerca da atividade....
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Custo de produção; Milho safrinha; Pequena propriedade; Agricultura familiar; Cost of production; Corn Small crop; Small property; Family farming; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/102553

ANÁLISE DE FATORES PRODUTIVOS E COMERCIAIS DA CADEIA LÁCTEA NO BRASIL
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Pedra,   Daniele Fernanda Bosisio Moura; Pigatto,   Gessuir; Santini,   Giuliana Aparecida.
Dentre as diversas cadeias produtivas que representam a base de produção do país, a cadeia produtiva do leite vem sendo considerada uma das mais complexas e representativas do agronegócio brasileiro. Na cadeia produtiva do leite participam algumas atividades principais, como a produção e o processamento lácteo. No âmbito da produção, o Brasil é considerado atualmente como o sexto maior produtor de leite do mundo, ficando atrás da União Européia - que se configura como o maior produtor mundial -, dos Estados Unidos, da Índia, da China e da Rússia. O segmento de processamento, formado por empresas nacionais, multinacionais e cooperativas de produtores, é responsável por importantes transformações na cadeia produtiva, como por exemplo, possibilitar a...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Leite; Produção; Exportação; Importação; Milk; Production; Export; Import; Agribusiness; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/112630

Análise de Investimentos para três projetos de produção de Soja e Milho na região de Umuarama - Paraná.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Arieira,   Jailson De Oliveira; Codato,   Joao Marcos; Matos Junior,   Miguel De; Dias-Arieira,   Claudia Regina; Fusco,   Jose Paulo Alves.
O presente trabalho tem como objetivo apresentar o estudo comparativo de retorno de investimentos em três áreas de terras arrendadas, de diferentes tamanhos, localizadas na região noroeste do Paraná, mais especificamente no município de Umuarama. Nesta região de solo arenoso, denominado Arenito Caiuá, tem-se presenciado, um crescimento significativo no setor de agronegócio. E, este vem se destacando em todo Brasil, pela alta competitividade internacional, devido aos baixos custos de produção, à crescente demanda e ao território disponível. O trabalho identifica, aos investidores, o valor da aplicação inicial e conseqüentemente o valor do retorno, após o período da colheita. Foi considerada uma previsão inicial de cinco anos, desprezando o armazenamento dos...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agronegócio; Taxa Interna de Retorno; Valor Presente Líquido; Agribusiness; Internal rate of return; Net Present value; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109605

ANÁLISE DE QUEBRA ESTRUTURAL E PREVISÃO DO PREÇO DO FEIJÃO RECEBIDO PELO PRODUTOR NO BRASIL
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Teixeira,   Gibran da Silva; Pinto,   Pablo Aurelio Lacerda De Almeida.
Neste artigo realiza-se uma análise de quebra estrutural e uma previsão para o preço médio mensal do feijão (recebido pelo produtor brasileiro) a partir de uma série temporal que compreende o período janeiro/1996 - dezembro/2007. Os resultados demonstraram que a série em questão apresenta uma quebra estrutural no período referente a outubro de 1999, fator este que levou ao corte da mesma, sendo considerado na análise o intervalo de janeiro de 2000 a dezembro de 2007, totalizando 96 observações. Para a previsão, adota-se a metodologia Box-Jenkins, identifica-se para tal previsão o método autorregressivo integrado com média móvel (ARIMA). Verifica-se por meio de uma previsão ex-ante, fundamentada nos dados amostrais, um aumento no preço futuro do produto...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Preço do Feijão; Quebra Estrutural; Previsão; Beans Price; Structural Broke; Forecast; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/106109

ANÁLISE DE RENTABILIDADE FINANCEIRA DE UMA MINIFÁBRICA DE BENEFICIAMENTO CASTANHA DE CAJU NO ESTADO DO CEARÁ
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Santos,   Antonio Celio; Mendonca,   Kamila Vieira; Campos,   Roberio Telmo.
Objetiva-se analisar a viabilidade de instalação de um tamanho específico de minifábrica de processamento da castanha de caju sob os pontos de vista de mercado, técnico e de rentabilidade econômica. Os dados foram obtidos mediante consulta direta à EMBRAPA, acrescidos de pesquisa bibliográfica sobre a situação da cajucultura no Brasil e Ceará. Faz-se uso da técnica básica da análise de custos e benefícios sob o ponto de vista privado ou financeiro. Conclui-se que o referido tamanho de unidade de processamento é plenamente viável, segundo análise dos indicadores relação Benefício/Custo, Valor Presente Líquido e Taxa Interna de Retorno. Para o Brasil, o mercado é bastante promissor com potencial para ampliar o mercado externo de amêndoas de castanhas de...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Rentabilidade; Minifábrica; Castanha de caju; Ceará; Economic return; Minifactory; Cashew nut; Agribusiness; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/108171

ANÁLISE DE VIABILIDADE ECONÔMICO-FINANCEIRA DE DIFERENTES SISTEMAS DE EXPLOTAÇÃO DE SERINGUEIRAS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lunga,   Aloizio; Silva,   Juliano Quarteroli; Macedo,   Marcelo Alvaro da Silva.
Qualquer pessoa física ou jurídica, antes de fazer um investimento produtivo, precisa empregar técnicas de análise econômico-financeira, que o auxiliem a decidir onde empregar seus recursos financeiros, de forma a verificar a viabilidade de cada alternativa de investimento. Neste sentido, torna-se necessário a montagem do Orçamento de Capital, que representa um resumo dos gastos e benefícios gerados por uma alternativa de investimento. Sua análise pressupõe o uso de uma série de técnicas econômico-financeiras para que se julgue a viabilidade dos projetos de investimento que um investidor teria disponível para escolha. Um dos modelos de análise econômico-financeira mais importantes e mais utilizados para avaliar ações de investimento, em termos financeiros,...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Viabilidade Econômico-Financeira; Projetos Agropecuários; Explotação de Seringueiras; Economical-Financial Viability; Agricultural Projects; Rubber Tree Exploitation; Agricultural Finance.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/110028

Análise de Viabilidade Econômico-Financeira de uma Unidade de Processamento de Frutas
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nardelli,   Paula Moreira; Macedo,   Marcelo Alvaro da Silva.
De forma geral, as pessoas físicas e jurídicas devem decidir onde investir sua renda, de acordo com o risco e com o retorno esperado de cada alternativa de investimento disponível. Assim sendo, o investidor que decide empregar seus recursos financeiros na atividade produtiva deverá fazer uma ampla análise, que pressupõe o uso de uma série de técnicas econômico-financeiras para que se analise a viabilidade dos projetos de investimento que um investidor teria disponível para escolha. Esta escolha deve pressupor uma série de objetivos estratégicos do investidor, que precisam ser atendidos, da melhor maneira possível, pelo conjunto de projetos escolhidos, além de garantir a maximização da riqueza do mesmo. É neste sentido que propõem-se este trabalho, que...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Viabilidade Econômico-Financeira; Projetos Agropecuários; Processamento de Frutas; Economical-Financial Viability; Agribusiness Projects; Fruit Processing; Financial Economics.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/117263

ANÁLISE DO AMBIENTE INSTITUCIONAL E ORGANIZACIONAL DA PISCICULTURA NO ESTADO DE MATO GROSSO DO SUL
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bitencourt,   Mayra Batista; Satolani,   Monica Ferreira; Correa,   Cynthia Candida.
A piscicultura pode ser uma alavanca de desenvolvimento social e econômico, possibilitando o aproveitamento efetivo dos recursos naturais locais, principalmente os hídricos e a criação de postos de trabalhos assalariados. Entretanto, existem inúmeras variáveis que condicionam ou afetam o sucesso de um empreendimento rural. Nesse sentido, o presente estudo tem como objetivo demonstrar os fatores organizacionais e institucionais capazes de afetar o desenvolvimento da piscicultura no estado de Mato Grosso do Sul. Para tanto, buscou-se investigar como as instituições que compõem os ambientes organizacional e institucional afetam diretamente e influenciam no crescimento ou direcionamento da cadeia no Estado. Para realização deste trabalho utilizou-se como...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Piscicultura; Ambiente institucional; Ambiente organizacional; Pisciculture; Institutional environment; Organizational environment; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/113392

ANÁLISE DO COMÉRCIO DE PESCADO ENTRE BRASIL E OS ESTADOS UNIDOS.NÁLISE DO COMÉRCIO DE PESCADO ENTRE BRASIL E OS ESTADOS UNIDOS.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Carvalho,   Rosemeiry Melo; Kolb,   Pedro Carneiro.
Esse trabalho tem como objetivo estimar as equações de oferta e demanda de pescado comercializado entre o Brasil e os Estados Unidos no período entre 1996 e 2006.  As variáveis incluídas no modelo foram: quantidade comercializada, preço, renda per capita do americano e a taxa de câmbio do período. De acordo com os resultados obtidos pode-se concluir que a demanda e a oferta de pescado são elásticas, de modo que um aumento no preço do produto provoca variações mais que proporcionais na quantidade comercializada. Em relação à renda, verifica-se que, no mercado norte-americano, o pescado brasileiro é considerado um bem inferior. Desde o ano de 2003 o valor das exportações brasileiras de pescado para os Estados Unidos tem diminuído, podendo ser atribuído, a...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Pescado; Comércio internacional; Brasil; Estados Unidos; Fish; International trade; Brazil; United States; International Relations/Trade; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/108156

ANÁLISE DO DESEMPENHO CONTÁBIL-FINANCEIRO NO AGRONEGÓCIO BRASILEIRO: APLICANDO DEA AOS DADOS DE AGROINDÚSTRIAS DO ANO DE 2006
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Macedo,   Marcelo Alvaro da Silva; Almeida,   Katia De; Fontes,   Patricia Vivas Da Silva; Barbosa,   Cleber; Lima,   Luiz Carlos Oliveira.
O Agronegócio é um dos mais importantes setores da economia brasileira e o segmento agroindustrial tem crescido de forma significativa. Devido a esta relevância, as questões técnicas e gerenciais deste segmento necessitam de uma atenção especial. Este artigo procura conduzir uma discussão sobre o desempenho organizacional, com base em variáveis contábil-financeiras, de vários setores econômicos do segmento agroindustrial brasileiro. Através da aplicação da Análise Envoltória de Dados (DEA), busca-se identificar o índice de desempenho multicriterial de cada empresa e fazer uma análise de benchmarking que mostra o quanto uma empresa ineficiente precisa mudar para se tornar eficiente. Os resultados mostraram que as melhores empresas são aquelas que melhor...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agronegócio; Desempenho Contábil-Financeiro; DEA; Agribusiness; Accounting and Financial Performance; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109666

ANÁLISE DO FLUXO DE CAIXA DE PROPRIEDADES PRODUTORAS DE ALGODÃO E SOJA NO ESTADO DE GOIÁS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ballaminut,   Carlos Eduardo Carneiro; Alves,   Lucilio Rogerio Aparecido; Osaki,   Mauro; Ribeiro,   Renato Garcia; Fonseca,   Bruno Conceicao.
A análise do fluxo de caixa de uma propriedade tem por objetivo avaliar os períodos onde ocorrerão as maiores entradas de capital, bem como os meses de maior saída, propiciando um melhor planejamento ao longo do ano em relação à distribuição das vendas e dos pagamentos dos insumos agrícolas utilizados para o cultivo das culturas. Dessa forma, o presente trabalho tem por objetivo analisar a distribuição dos custos e receitas inerentes ao cultivo de soja e algodão no estado do Goiás na safra 2006/07. Os dados foram obtidos em reuniões com produtores agrícolas de três diferentes regiões do Estado. De maneira geral, foi possível verificar uma grande concentração de vencimentos de contratos em meses como março e abril, período referente ao pagamento dos...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Fluxo de caixa; Custo de produção agrícola; Algodão; Soja; Estado de Goiás; Cash flow; Agricultural costs; Cotton; Soybean; Goiás; Agricultural Finance.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103143

ANÁLISE DO PODER DE COMPRA NO MERCADO DE ARROZ EM SÃO PAULO
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Margarido,   Mario Antonio; Bueno,   Carlos Roberto Ferreira.
Esse artigo utilizou testes de exogeneidade e de co-integração para determinar o poder de compra entre os segmentos de produtores agrícolas, atacado e varejo em São Paulo. Foram utilizadas séries de preços de arroz em nível de produtor de arroz no estado de São Paulo, preço de arroz no atacado e varejo, ambos na cidade de São Paulo. O período de análise abrange o período de janeiro de 1995 a dezembro de 2006. Os resultados mostram que, no longo prazo, o atacado deprime o valor recebido pelo produtor de arroz em 15,10% (elasticidade de transmissão de preço maior que a unidade), resultado que demonstra o poder de compra do primeiro sobre o segundo. Os resultados também mostram que o varejo deprime os preços do arroz no atacado no longo prazo, porém, com...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Poder de compra; Teste de exogeneidade; Co-integração; Mercado de arroz; Buyers’ power; Exogeneity test; Cointegration; Rice market; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/112733

ANÁLISE DO PROCESSO DE COMPRA DO CONSUMIDOR AGROPECUÁRIO
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Silva,   Ana Paula Silveira; Scare,   Roberto Fava; Casanova,   Anna Carolina Pirani.
Este estudo trata do processo de compra do consumidor agropecuário e seu objetivo principal é analisar se tendência de aproximação desse processo em relação ao modelo de compra organizacional já se confirma, como também em que etapas do processo a profissionalização da gestão das empresas rurais ocorre de forma efetiva e estruturada. Assim, inicialmente foi feito um levantamento de dados secundários referentes ao processo de decisão de compra do cliente agropecuário através de livros, estudos particulares e por meio da Internet. Além disso, foi realizado um estudo de campo em uma feira do setor (Agrishow) e mediante a aplicação de um questionário foram coletados dados cuja análise permitiu verificar se a atitude do consumidor agropecuário quanto às compras...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Marketing; Processo de compra; Comprador Agropecuário; Marketing; Purchase process; Consumer/Household Economics; Marketing.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109677

ANÁLISE DOS PREÇOS DA CANA-DE-AÇUCAR SOB REGIME SHIFT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cunha,   Cleyzer Adrian da; Cunha,   Alex Aires; Araujo,   Kleber Domingos.
Este trabalho teve como objetivo principal investigar, empiricamente, os efeitos da implantação do Plano Real no comportamento de longo prazo dos preços da cana-de-açúcar praticados nos estados de São Paulo e Paraná. Utilizou-se na analise testes de raiz unitária e de co-integração na presença de quebra estrutural (regime shift) desenvolvido por VOGELSANG (1997, 1999) e GREGORY e HANSEN (1996).--------------------The objective of paper is analyzing the effect of the Real Plan in the behavior of long stated period of the prices of the sugarcane. The prices are of the states of São Paulo and Paraná. We use the unit root test and of co-integration with structural breaking (regime shift) developed by VOGELSANG (1997, 1999) and GREGORY and HANSEN (1996).
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Regime shift; Preços e cana-de-açúcar; Regime shift; Prices and sugarcane; Crop Production/Industries; Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/108088

ANÁLISE DOS PROCESSOS DE DECISÃO NOS AGRONEGÓCIOS: UMA APLICAÇÃO PARA A CADEIA DO BIODIESEL NO RIO GRANDE DO SUL
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rathmann,   Regis; Hoff,   Debora Nayar; Santos,   Omar Inacio Benedetti; Dutra,   Alberto Silva.
Quanto mais complexo for o ambiente que envolve o processo decisório, mais difícil este último se torna, uma vez que aumenta o número de variáveis a serem analisadas, bem como as relações possíveis entre as variáveis. No ambiente dos agronegócios o panorama observado não parece ser diferente. O objetivo deste estudo foi aplicar, em um estudo de caso (cadeia produtiva do biodiesel do Rio Grande do Sul), uma estrutura analítica desenvolvida para a análise de processos decisórios no agronegócio, visando verificar a existência de inter-relação teórica nos pressupostos utilizados e se a estrutura teórica se confirmava por meio da existência de correlações. Utiliza-se na base teórica: a) modelo de tomada de decisão de Simon (1977); b) especificidades presentes...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Cadeia de biodiesel; Processo decisório; Alinhamento; Biodiesel chain; Decision-making process; Alignment; Agribusiness; Industrial Organization.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114179

ANÁLISE DOS REFLEXOS ECONÔMICOS DERIVADOS DE SURTOS DA GRIPE AVIÁRIA NO BRASIL UTILIZANDO UM MODELO DE EQUILÍBRIO GERAL COMPUTÁVEL
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fachinello,   Arlei Luiz; Ferreira Filho,   Joaquim Bento de Souza.
O vírus de influenza aviária H5N1 tem se disseminado rapidamente por diversos países e continentes nos últimos anos, podendo também chegar no Brasil. A ausência e a necessidade de estimativas de impacto econômico no país, derivadas de surtos de gripe aviária em território brasileiro, motivaram a presente pesquisa. Foram simulados três cenários utilizando-se de um modelo aplicado de equilíbrio geral inter-regional, denominado TERM-BR. O primeiro cenário (Cenário I) contempla um foco da doença no Rio Grande do Norte, região Nordeste do país. O segundo (Cenário II) simula a presença de diversos focos da doença no estado de São Paulo. O terceiro (Cenário III) considera o surgimento de diversos focos presentes nos estados Rio Grande do Norte, Rondônia, São...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Gripe aviária; Impacto econômico; Modelos de equilíbrio geral; Avian influenza; Economic impact; General equilibrium models; International Relations/Trade; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/110071

Análise dos Resultados de Operações de Hedging com Contratos Futuros de Boi Gordo da BM&amp;F: 2001 a 2006
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Alves,   Alexandre Florindo; Serra,   Marco Henrique.
O presente estudo tem como objetivo, usando simulações, analisar as operações de hedge com contratos de boi gordo da Bolsa de Mercadorias &amp; Futuros (BM&amp;F). As simulações compreenderam o período de 2001 a 2006, sendo que em todos os anos os contratos simulados são do mesmo vencimento, outubro com entrada na operação no mês de março, em três estados diferentes: São Paulo, Paraná e Mato Grosso do Sul. A estratégia de utilização do mercado futuro mostrou-se viável, desde que acompanhada do conhecimento de fatores que interferem no mecanismo de comercialização: o comportamento da base e do risco de base em cada região. O conhecimento e o acompanhamento destes fatores, através dos anos, tem fundamental importância na tomada de decisão para operações no...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Boi gordo; Contratos futuros; Simulações; Hedge; Live cattle; Futures contracts; Simulations; Hedge; Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/102471

ANÁLISE DOS VALORES DOS PRODUTORES RURAIS FRENTE À COOPERATIVA AO QUAL ESTÃO ASSOCIADOS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Leitao,   Fabricio Oliveira; Brisola,   Marlon Vinicius.
A gestão empresarial tem avançado em sua forma de atuação, deixando de lado uma postura convencional de busca de lucro e rentabilidade para um enfoque preferencialmente voltado à sustentabilidade de seus negócios e de seus acionistas. Uma cooperativa não tem a perspectiva de distribuir riquezas para os acionistas, uma vez que trabalha com foco no desenvolvimento social do ambiente em que se insere e de seus membros, embora cada vez mais convive com a necessidade de um adequado faturamento para sua sobrevivência e de seus cooperados. Para que isso se efetive, se faz necessário conhecer quais são os valores de seus associados para que estratégias possam emergir e serem implementadas com vistas a uma maior satisfação dos associados e conseqüentemente maiores...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Valores dos produtores rurais; Cooperativas; Estratégias de marketing; Values of the producer agricultural; Cooperative; Marketing strategies; Farm Management.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109981

ANÁLISE ECONÔMICA DA OVINOCULTURA NA METADE SUL DO RIO GRANDE DO SUL, BRASIL.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Viana,   Joao Garibaldi Almeida; Silveira,   Vicente Celestino Pires.
Com o objetivo verificar os principais centros de custos, os custos de produção e a rentabilidade da produção ovina na metade sul do Rio Grande do Sul foram realizados a análise econômica de sete produtores entre o período de agosto de 2006 a julho de 2007. Os dados mensais levantados consistem em todas as despesas, receitas e os valores referentes aos produtos consumidos nas propriedades. Também foram realizados os inventários patrimoniais para o cálculo de depreciação e evolução dos ativos físicos. Os custos foram segmentados em custos variáveis, custos fixos, custo operacional e custo total. Indicadores econômicos foram formulados a fim de verificar a rentabilidade da atividade. Os custos variáveis e os custos de oportunidade foram às categorias de...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Custos de produção; Ovinos; Rentabilidade; Production costs; Sheep; Profitability; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109803

ANÁLISE ECONÔMICA DA PRODUÇÃO DE TILÁPIAS EM UMA PROPRIEDADE ASSOCIATIVISTA DE ILHA SOLTEIRA/SP
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sabbag,   Omar Jorge.
O Brasil possui imenso potencial para o desenvolvimento da piscicultura, através de seus 5,5 milhões de hectares de reservatórios de águas doces, sendo que a criação de tilápias (Oreochromis niloticus) em sistemas de tanques-rede instalados em grandes reservatórios, é merecedora de destaque. O presente trabalho objetiva avaliar o custo de produção e a rentabilidade do cultivo de tilápia em tanques-rede de 18 m3, para uma associação de piscicultores (APROAQUA), no Município de Ilha Solteira/SP, tendo por base um estudo de caso para um ciclo produtivo de 180 dias em 0,5 ha, com 60 tanques-rede e produtividade de 68.000 Kg/ciclo. As estimativas de investimento e custos de produção foram baseadas no Custo Operacional Total utilizada pelo Instituto de Economia...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Piscicultura; Custos de produção; Rentabilidade; Fish farming; Production costs; Profitability; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114171

Análise Econômica dos PAD’s Boa Esperança e Humaitá: dez anos depois.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Souza,   Gisele Elaine De Araujo Batista; Souza,   Elyson Ferreira De; Maciel,   Raimundo Claudio Gomes.
Os Projetos de Assentamentos Dirigidos (PAD’s), instalados no Acre, a partir de 1976, por meio do Instituto de Colonização e Reforma Agrária (INCRA), foram apresentados como uma proposta de desenvolvimento promissora para a atividade agrícola, alicerçada nos moldes da agricultura familiar. Dentre esses projetos, foram criados os PAD’s Boa Esperança e Humaitá, localizados nos municípios de Sena Madureira-AC e Porto Acre-AC, respectivamente. No entanto, a pequena produção familiar agrícola desses assentamentos enfrenta diversos e difíceis obstáculos para se estabelecer no modelo da agricultura moderna. Diante destas limitações, busca-se transformar essa realidade mediante a implementação de políticas públicas. Contudo, não pode haver transformação sem o...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultura familiar; Projetos de Assentamento Dirigidos; Análise Econômica; Agriculture family; Projects Assentamento Addressed; Economic Analysis; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109449

ANÁLISE ECONÔMICA E CUSTOS DE PRODUÇÃO APLICADOS AOS SISTEMAS DE PRODUÇÃO DE OVINOS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Viana,   Joao Garibaldi Almeida; Silveira,   Vicente Celestino Pires.
Conhecer as diferentes metodologias, classificações, composições dos custos e indicadores econômicos se torna primordial na gestão dos sistemas produtivos. Desta forma, o objetivo do presente trabalho é apresentar uma revisão teórica sobre análise econômica e custos de produção, destacando as terminologias, etapas e composição dos custos, métodos de apropriação, indicadores econômicos e medidas de desempenho agrícola, além de exemplificar uma metodologia específica para a análise econômica da ovinocultura. Os custos de produção são variáveis desconhecidas pela imensa maioria dos produtores brasileiros. Sistema de custos é um conjunto de procedimentos administrativos que registra, de forma sistemática e contínua, a efetiva remuneração dos fatores de...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Metodologia de custos; Ovinocultura; Viabilidade econômica; Cost methodology; Economic viability; Sheep production; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109525

Análise envoltória de dados no estudo da eficiência em assentamentos rurais no Estado de  Mato Grosso
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lamera,   Janice Alves; Figueiredo,   Adriano Marcos Rodrigues; Zavala,   Arturo Zavala.
Houve um importante crescimento do número de assentamentos rurais após 1994 e diversos estudos já comprovaram que a quantidade e a qualidade dos projetos não estariam associadas. Há muita pobreza entre os assentados rurais, mas muitos assentamentos se destacam neste cenário de pobreza, conseguindo melhores rendas comparativamente à média geral. Este estudo analisa quais são os fatores mais importantes para esta diferenciação entre os assentamentos rurais mato-grossenses. Utilizaram-se dados do Censo da Reforma Agrária de 2002 com técnicas de análise envoltória de dados (DEA) para se obter a fronteira eficiente, e assim detectar o que causa maior eficiência ou menor ineficiência entre os projetos estudados. Entre as variáveis analisadas estavam...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Assentamentos; DEA; Eficiência; Mato Grosso; Settlements; DEA; Efficiency; Mato Grosso; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/108137

ANÁLISE ESPACIAL DA PLANTAÇÃO DE OLEAGINOSAS PARA A PRODUÇÃO DE BIODIESEL
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Almeida,   Eduardo Simões de; Teixeira,   Rudolph Fabiano Alves Pedroza; Fernandes,   Henrique Silva; Oliveira Junior,   Lourival Batista De.
Nos últimos anos a agricultura familiar passou a usufruir de maior atenção e destaque por parte dos programas governamentais, mormente pelo Programa Nacional de Fortalecimento da Agricultura Familiar (Pronaf), e mais atualmente pelo Programa Nacional de Produção e Uso do Biodiesel (PNPB). Contudo os gargalos relativos à infra-estrutura logística e os demais custos relativos à cadeia de biodiesel podem tornar vantajoso economicamente para as indústrias produzir seus próprios insumos, ou mesmo os adquirirem dos grandes produtores rurais. Tendo em vista essa possibilidade foi utilizado o ferramental da Análise Exploratória de Dados Espaciais (AEDE), como forma de verificar como as variáveis rendimento médio de óleo vegetal advindo da agricultura familiar...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultura Familiar; Biodiesel e Análise Exploratória de Dados Espaciais; Familiar agriculture; Biodiesel and exploratory spatial data analysis; Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/108071

ANÁLISE ESPACIAL DOS PRINCIPAIS DETERMINANTES DA RENDA PER CAPITA DOS MUNICÍPIOS BRASILEIROS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lazzarotto,   Joelsio Jose; Lima,   Joao Eustaquio de.
Como no Brasil existem grandes heterogeneidades com relação à renda per capita, buscou-se estudar importantes aspectos determinantes da formação dessa renda nos diversos municípios. Com base em dados de 5.425 municípios, foram empregadas técnicas de análise exploratória de dados espaciais e de estimação de modelos econométricos espaciais. Dentre os resultados obtidos, pode-se destacar três: 1) existem grandes disparidades municipais relacionadas com os rendimentos individuais; 2) a análise exploratória de dados espaciais indicou a existência de dependência espacial envolvendo a renda per capita média dos municípios; e 3) os modelos econométricos estimados evidenciaram que, variações relacionadas com escolaridade, nível de emprego, desempenho dos setores...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Dependência espacial; Heterogeneidade espacial; Clusters municipais; Spatial dependence; Spatial heterogeneity; Municipal clusters; Financial Economics.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103145

ANÁLISE ESTRUTURAL DA SÉRIE DE PREÇOS DO SUÍNO NO ESTADO DO PARANÁ, 1994 A 2007
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Aredes,   Alan Figueiredo de; Pereira,   Matheus Wemerson Gomes; Santos,   Maurinho Luiz dos.
O presente artigo tem por objetivo analisar a estrutura e comportamento da série de preços mensal recebido pelos produtores de suíno do Estado do Paraná no período de 06/1994 a 08/2007. Para isso, a série de preços do suíno foi decomposta em seus elementos não observáveis: tendência, sazonalidade, ciclos e movimentos irregulares, utilizando-se modelos temporais de domínio do tempo e de frequência. Os resultados indicam que a série de preços do suíno apresenta uma componente tendência ascendente irregular, um componente sazonal e cíclico (de curta duração) e uma volatilidade assimétrica e persistente ao longo do tempo. ---------------------------------------------The objective this paper is to analyze the structure and behavior of the monthly price received...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Preço; Suíno; Paraná; Price; Swine; Demand and Price Analysis; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109814

ANÁLISE EXPLORATÓRIA DE DADOS ESPACIAL DA INCIDÊNCIA DE POBREZA NA ILHA DE SANTIAGO DE CABO VERDE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Baptista,   Antonio Jose Medina dos Santos; Santos,   Cristiane Marcia.
Combater a pobreza sempre foi um objetivo presente em grande parte das políticas publicas implementadas em Cabo Verde. Esse tema tem despertado atenção da comunidade de investigadores, que ao longo do tempo enriqueceram o acervo de documentos de analise da pobreza. O presente artigo teve a pretensão de analisar a incidência da pobreza em Cabo Verde especificamente na identificação de cluster de pobreza e indicação da dependência espacial da incidência da pobreza na Ilha de Santiago. Os resultados permitiram evidenciar a existência de padrões espaciais distintos em relação à incidência da pobreza. Os vizinhos tendem a apresentar valores semelhantes entre, si e diferentes das demais localidades relativamente mais afastadas. Uma das principais conclusões do...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Pobreza; Cabo Verde; Heterogeneidade espacial; Dependência espacial; Poverty; Cape Verde; Space heterogeneity; Spatial dependence; Food Security and Poverty.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/113180

ANÁLISE REVISIONAL DE ESTUDOS DO CULTIVO DA MAMONA NA REGIÃO DOS INHAMUNS, NO ESTADO DO CEARÁ.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Moreira,   Jose Cesar Pontes; Mera,   Ruben Dario Mayorga; Mayorga,   Maria Irles De Oliveira.
O objetivo deste artigo é discutir estudos de casos realizados no interior do Ceará, na região dos Inhamuns, sobre o potencial produtivo da mamona. A partir de um estudo bilbiográfico de duas pesquisas realizadas em 2005 e 2006, buscou-se analisar o cultivo da mamona. Identificou-se através da consolidação dos resultados das duas pesquisas realizadas em três municípios na região dos Inhamuns que embora a produção de óleo de mamona não gere uma renda extra significativa para a agricultura familiar num cenário estático, o cultivo, o beneficiamento e a comercialização da oleaginosa se realizado de forma cooperativa e tecnicamente correta pode melhorar os resultados até então obtidos, ou mesmo, gerar uma renda maior para os pequenos e médios agricultores....
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Mamona; Sustentabilidade; Oleaginosas; Biodiesel; Ceará; Castor seed; Sustainability; Oilseeds; Biodiesel; Ceará; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114125

ANÁLISE SOB A ÓTICA DA NEI/ECT DAS ESTRUTURAS DE GOVERNANÇA NA CADEIA PRODUTIVA DA OVINOCAPRINOCULTURA NO DISTRITO FEDERAL
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Leitao,   Fabricio Oliveira; Medeiros,   Josemar Xavier De; Brisola,   Marlon Vinicius; Silva,   Ronaldo Dos Santos; Vieira,   Debora De Faria Albernaz.
A cadeia produtiva da ovinocaprinocultura vem passando por transformações em suas estruturas de governança e ainda é considerada uma cadeia relativamente desorganizada no setor agropecuário. As formas de governança adotadas nas transações dos produtores de ovinos e caprinos vêm sendo foco de estudiosos desse setor. Para identificar quais são os problemas de coordenação enfrentados nessa cadeia foi feito um estudo de caso com o a Associação dos Criadores de Caprinos e Ovinos de Brasília (ACCOB) e da SINCCO (Sindicato dos Criadores de Caprinos e Ovinos do Distrito Federal). A NEI/ECT dá um suporte bastante pragmático para analisar as formas de governança que dominam as transações entre os agentes das cadeias produtivas; no caso da ovinocaprinocultura...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Ovinocaprinocultura; Coordenacao; NEI/ECT; Lamb; Goat; Coordniation; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/108634

ANÁLISE SÓCIOECONÔMICA DOS AGROSILVICULTORES DO PROJETO DE REFLORESTAMENTO ECONÔMICO CONSORCIADO E ADENSADO (RECA), EM NOVA CALIFÓRNIA, RONDÔNIA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Franke,   Idesio Luis; Alves,   Isabel Teresa Gama; Sa,   Claudenor Pinho De; Santos,   Jair Carvalho Dos; Valentim,   Judson Ferreira.
O assentamento agrícola de centenas de milhares de famílias na Amazônia gerou problemas ambientais e socioeconômicos significativos na região. Em 1984 foi implantado pelo Instituto nacional de Colonização e Reforma Agrária (INCRA) o Projeto de Assentamento Agrícola do Alto Madeira, em Vila Nova Califórnia-RO, divisa com o Estado do Acre. A partir de 1988, algumas lideranças rurais e produtores do assentamento resolvem priorizar o uso alternativo da terra com Sistemas Agroflorestais – SAFs, tendo como base o consórcio de culturas perenes regionais (cupuaçu, pupunha, castanha-do-brasil) e café, e formaram a Associação de Pequenos Agrosilvicultores do Projeto de Reflorestamento Econômico Consorciado e Adensado, que passou a ser conhecida como Projeto RECA....
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Sistemas Agroflorestais; Amazônia; Socioeconomia; RECA; Agroforestry Systems; Amazon; Socioeconomy; RECA; Farm Management.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109629

ANÁLISE SWOT: O CASO DA SECRETARIA DE POLÍTICA AGRÍCOLA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fuscaldi,   Kelliane Da Consolacao; Marcelino,   Gileno Fernandes.
O presente artigo tem como objetivo analisar o ambiente externo e interno da Secretaria de Política Agrícola, órgão específico singular, diretamente subordinado ao Ministro de Estado da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento. Essa análise consiste em uma das etapas para elaboração do planejamento estratégico de uma determinada organização. As oportunidades e ameaças (variáveis resultantes da análise do ambiente externo) e os pontos fortes e fracos (variáveis resultantes da análise do ambiente interno) foram identificadas através da matriz SWOT (ferramenta desenvolvida por professores da Universidade de Harvard). Trata-se de pesquisa de natureza qualitativa, tipo estudo de caso, na qual as informações foram coletadas através de análise documental, pesquisa...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Planejamento estratégico; SWOT; Matriz de análise estratégica; Strategic Planning; SWOT; Matrix of strategic analysis; Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/110046

ANALISES DE VARIAVEIS PARA ESTRUTURAÇÀO DE UM MODELO ECONOMICO E AMBIENTAL: QUANTIFICAÇÃO DA SUSTENTABILIDADE NO SETOR AGROINDUSTRIAL BRASILEIRO.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Silva,   Edwin Pinto De La Sota; Serrano,   Andre Luiz Marques; Silva,   Marcio Francisco Da; Fonseca,   Adelaida Pallavicini.
Este artigo tem por finalidade analisar os conceitos de manutenção e preservação do meio ambiente que promovem desenvolvimento sustentável, tendo em vista a proposta de um modelo econômico e ambiental. Assim, intervenções no padrão da gestão pública que implique no aumento do grau de eficácia na utilização dos recursos financeiros propiciarão uma transformação no paradigma de desenvolvimento que não mais poderá ser excludente e danoso para o meio ambiente. A compreensão do significado de desenvolvimento social e econômico envolve os mecanismos de distribuição das riquezas geradas e neste contexto, a viabilização do conceito de sustentabilidade implicará em mudanças no comportamento social (coletivo) e individual. A discussão quanto ao comportamento e uso...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Sustentabilidade; Modelo econômico; Gerações futuras; Sustainability; Economic model; Future generations; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/113983

Analisi dei flussi commerciali dei prodotti ittici tra l'UE e i suoi partner mediterranei
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Spagnolo,   Massimo.
The purpose of this paper is the analysis of fishery products exchange between the EU and its Mediterranean partners.  In order to delineate more clearly the framework of trade in fish products among the Mediterranean countries, EU and non-EU members, countries under analysis (only those with a Mediterranean shore) will be divided into 4 groups:  PMM, EU Mediterranean members (France, Greece, Italy, Spain, Cyprus, Malta and Slovenia);  PCM, candidate Mediterranean countries (Croatia and Turkey);  PPCM, potential candidate Mediterranean countries (Albania and Montenegro);  PTM, third Mediterranean countries (Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Syria, Palestinian Authority and Tunisia). In addition to the more recent political agreements...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Regional Trade Agreements; Tariff Scheme; Fish Products Exchange; EU Mediterranean Partners; F13; F14.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/48197

Analisi dell'impatto degli accordi euromediterranei sulla competitività dell'ortofrutta italiana: alcuni risultati
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Castellini,   Alessandra; Pisano,   Cinzia.
Since 1995, the Barcelona Process aims to establish a free trade area between Mediterranean countries by 2010. The most commercialized products from Mediterranean countries are fruit and vegetables. The agreement defines, only for some products, preferences at the entrance of the EU market, limited concession for each partner for single products,  limited quantities and calendars. This work tries to analyse the impact of the liberalization on the Italian products applying a gravity model in order to asses the Italian import flows from eight Mediterranean countries which signed the Barcelona agreement. The econometric estimation includes fruit and vegetables at the aggregate level and some specified products that enter in competition with typical Italian...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: EU-med Agreements; Italian Market; Competitiveness; Fruits and Vegetables; Gravity Models; Q17.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/48196

Análisis de la ampliación de los recursos locales hortofrutícolas mediante la internacionalización: Potencial del sector cooperativo hortofrutícola
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Marin-Sanchez,   Maria del Mar.
El presente trabajo analiza la posibilidad de ampliar los recursos locales de las cooperativas hortofrutícolas mediante la internacionalización de su actividad. Para ello se examinan las estrategias de internacionalización disponibles para estas entidades y se analiza el potencial del sector hortofrutícola, mediante el estudio de los datos básicos del sector comparando entidades asociativas con las no cooperativas. Dichos datos nos permiten evaluar su potencial exportador, resultando mucho mayor en las cooperativas hortofrutícolas. Sin embargo la internacionalización se manifiesta principalmente a través de la exportación mediante acuerdos comerciales, y en menor medida, mediante la constitución de sociedades mercantiles participadas por la cooperativa,...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Cooperativas hortofrutícolas; Internacionalizacion; Potencial exportador.; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95334

Análisis de las preferencias del consumo de vinos IGP por parte del segmento joven de la población. Aplicación a la D.O. Navarra.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Garcia,   Teresa.
El consumo de vino en España ha ido disminuyendo en los últimos años, cediendo parte de su mercado a otras bebidas. Esta circunstancia, unida a los cambios en las preferencias y en las pautas de consumo del producto, crea una difícil situación para las empresas del sector vinícola. Por tanto parece fundamental que las empresas vinícolas analicen su situación de cara a adoptar unas adecuadas estrategias empresariales que les permitan hacer frente a la situación actual y a un futuro que se plantea complicado. Este estudio se enmarca en Navarra, región situada en el Norte de España, en el extremo occidental de los Pirineos. Es una de las zonas vitivinícolas españolas más antiguas y gran parte de su producción vinícola se acoge a la Denominación de Origen...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Consumo de Vino; Jóvenes; Navarra International EAAE; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95329

ANALIZING WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE IMPACTS USING A MULTINOMIAL LOGIT LAND USE MODEL
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fezzi,   Carlo; Bateman,   Ian J.; Day,   Brett H.; Posen,   Paulette; Rigby,   Dan.
We develop a two-stage, multinomial logit model of UK land use to investigate the impact of policy changes upon agriculture. The model utilizes a large panel database covering the entirety of England and Wales for 14 years between 1969 and 2004 integrated with the economic and physical environment determinants of all major agricultural land use types. Our model performs well in out-of-sample prediction of current land use and we use it to assess a proposed implementation of the Water Framework Directive via a tax on fertilizer. Results indicate that such policy change would generate substantial switching from arable to grassland systems, reducing significantly the amount of nitrate leaching into UK water-bodies.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Water Framework Directive; Land use models; Discrete choice models; Multinomial logit; Agricultural and Food Policy; Land Economics/Use; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6666

Analogous Products and Food Quality Products: Two Poles of the Competition
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bošková,   Iveta.
The globalisation of processing industry and the consolidation of the international retail trade, together with the increase of imports after the EU access, supported the competition hot up and saturation of domestic food market.  Both food processors and food retailers are exposed to increasing competition. In order to maintenance on the market they are increasingly pressed to minimize their costs and/or to accomplish higher prices for products with competitive advantage. Besides of that all participants of the agri-food chain are pressed to intensify marketing support of their goods.  Aiming to reduce the costs, some of processors choose the way by the substitution of part of the input material by another, cheaper one. On the other hand, the offer of...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Competition; Marketing; Quality; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Marketing.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7880

Analyse de la Reponse de l'offre des Pommes en Tunisie : Une Approche Econometrique
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Laajimi,   Abderraouf; Guesmi,   Anis; Dhehibi,   Boubaker.
In Tunisia, the apples occupy a significant place on the sector of perennial crops. This crop covered expanded areas during the eighties following an extensive use of efficient water equipments. However, significant seasonal and annual variation of fruit supplies in the domestic market were frequently encountered affecting prices at both wholesale and consumption levels. To study the supply response of apples we carried out an econometric estimate of the model of supply response. Modelling was carried out in two stages: determination of the variation of the surfaces, on the basis of equation of news plantations and the equation of removals, and the variation of yields. The methodological approach that we followed takes account of the characteristics and...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Supply response; Modelling; Expected prices; Apples; Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9392

Analyse der Kontroll- und Sanktionshäufigkeiten großer Ökokontrollstellen in Deutschland
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Zorn,   Alexander; Lippert,   Christian; Dabbert,   Stephan.
Replaced with revised version of paper 09/29/09.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Ökolandbau; Ökokontrolle; Verbraucherschutz; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53268

ANALYSE DER KORRELATIONSKOEFFIZIENTEN FÜR DEN EINSATZ VON WETTERDERIVATEN
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Schulte-Geers,   Matthias; Trenkel,   Hermann.
Die Eignung von Wetterderivaten als Risikomanagementinstrument ist zum einen vom Produktionsbasisrisiko und geographischen Basisrisiko und zum anderen vom gesamtbetrieblichen Portfolio abhängig. In dieser Arbeit sollen bezüglich des ersten Aspektes exemplarisch die sich verändernden Einflüsse von Niederschlagssummen auf einen Kartoffelbestand untersucht werden, wobei die Zeiträume über das Jahr hinweg, sowie die Orte der Indexerhebung variiert werden, und die resultierenden Korrelationskoeffizienten anhand von statistischen Tests auf Signifikanz überprüft werden.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Wetterderivate; Korrelation; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance; Farm Management; Financial Economics; Industrial Organization; Institutional and Behavioral Economics.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114737

Analysing agricultural productivity growth in a framework of institutional quality
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ahmed,   Mirza Nomman; Maas,   Sarah; Schmitz,   P. Michael.
This paper addresses the question whether the institutional environment of transition countries in Eastern Europe affects productivity growth in the agricultural sector. Situated in a neoclassical growth framework, a dynamic panel model for the period 1996-2005 provides evidence that poor institutional quality leads to a slowdown in agricultural productivity growth. Productivity growth is limited by a high degree of corruption, which is of particular importance given that corruption has been proven to be most prevalent in Eastern European countries. Moreover, agricultural productivity in countries where privatisation and transferability of land is restricted is found to grow at a slower rate than countries supporting market-oriented land reforms....
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Eastern Europe; Transition; Productivity growth; Agricultural and Food Policy; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Political Economy.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/90793

ANALYSING COMPETITION BETWEEN SEED VARIETIES: AN APPLICATION TO HYBRID CORN SEED IN FRANCE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Alfranca,   Oscar; Lemarie,   Stephane.
This paper analyses the determinant of the sales the seed varieties sold the French corn market. The analysis is based on a model of differentiated product. The results show that the effect of the yield estimated by the extension services is positive and significant.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22238

Analysing Competitiveness of the Hungarian Agro-Food Chains
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Feher,   Istvan; Papp,   Zsolt.
Based on the Policy Analysis Matrix (PAM) approach this paper provides an assessment of the competitive position of the Hungarian agro-food industry in view of EU integration. The situation in the food processing sector is assessed with the use of actual cost data from representative Hungarian companies. The paper presents an assessment of the current situation prior to EU integration as well as a future outlook under various scenarios with regard to the expected policy environment and the rate of technological change. The actual measurement of competitiveness in this study focuses mainly on Private Resource Cost (PRC) which indicates competitiveness under real market conditions and Domestic Resource Cost (DRC) which gives an assessment on the social or...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Competitiveness; Strategy; Accession; Technology development; Investment; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24848

Analysing Consumer Responses to Food Safety Results of a Survey in the Netherlands
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dagevos,   Hans; Hansman,   Harrie.
Consumer confidence in food safety appears to be under pressure as a result of several food scandals and food scares in recent years. Regaining the trust of food consumers in food production and food products is talk of the town in both government buildings and agribusiness offices. Instead of talking about consumers, this article is first and foremost about what consumers themselves think and feel about food safety. The foundation of this research is a survey among nearly 1100 Dutch consumers.  Investigation focuses on food safety from the consumer's perspective in which food safety is examined comprehensively. This manifests itself in the dependent variables this research takes into consideration. With respect to the independent variables, multivariate...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Food safety; Consumer concerns; Risk perception; Attitude; Consumer/Household Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24982

Analysing Family Farm Succession: A Probit and a Competing Risk Approach
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Glauben,   Thomas; Tietje,   Hendrik; Weiss,   Christoph R.
The present study examines family and farm characteristics affecting the choice and the timing of intergenerational farm transfers. Using survey data which are linked to accounting data for 272 farms in Northern Germany, we use a probit approach to examine whether specific farm and family characteristics are related to the likelihood of succession within a given period. We go beyond the existing literature by applying a competing risk approach to study the process and thus the timing, respectively of the two competing events – succession or exit from farming. We find that farm characteristics significantly influence succession considerations to the extent that they affect the value of the farm for the potential successor.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Intrafamily succession; Survey data; Competing risk; Farm Management; Q12; J26.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24699

Analysing Farmers' Decision-Making Process Face to the Mid-Term Review of the Common Agricultural Policy in the Alentejo region of Portugal
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Serrao,   Amilcar; Coelho,   Luis.
This paper describes an experiment that was carried out in order to examine the decision making process of farmers in the Alentejo dryland region of Portugal.  Cumulative  Prospect Theory allows modeling the Alentejo dryland farmers' decision process, because when they decide what crops and livestock activities will produce the different results are appraised relatively to the initial wealth, which permits its appraisal in terms of gains and of losses. An inquiry is developed to study the Alentejo dryland farmers' preferences, which intend to determine risk preferences through a set of games. A discrete sequential stochastic programming model is developed to examine farmers' decision-making process face to the mid-term review of the Common Agricultural...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Cumulative Prospect Theory; Discrete Sequential Stochastic Programming; Farm Management; C65; D81.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19266

Analysing major determinants of European FDI into the Mediterranean countries
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Weissleder,   Lucie M.; Heckelei,   Thomas.
Foreign direct investment (FDI) is known as a very relevant driver of economic growth and has found increased attention in recent trade research. Existing theories differ, however, in their conclusion regarding the relation between trade in goods and FDI: they appear to be either complements or substitutes depending on the theory applied and specific country conditions. Benefits or losses for individual member countries resulting from these different relationships are relevant for evaluating the effects of regional trade areas as established by the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership. This paper offers an empirical analysis of the connection between trade and FDI flows in the agribusiness sector in the context of the Euro-Mediterranean partnership. It...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Foreign Direct Investment; Trade; EU-Med Partnership; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44053

Analysing options for the Red Gum Forests along the Murray River
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bennett,   Jeffrey W.; Dumsday,   Robert G.; Gillespie,   Robert.
The Victorian Environmental Assessment Council is conducting an investigation into the management of the public land River Red Gum Forests of the Murray River Valley in Victoria. In this paper the authors apply the results of an earlier Choice Modelling exercise commissioned by VEAC to estimate the non-use values of the forests. A Benefit Cost Analysis of VEAC's draft recommendations included assessment of the market and non market values associated with different River Red Gum forest management strategies. It is concluded that the use of water for environmental flows is competitive with its use for irrigation. Other economic values associated with timber harvesting, grazing and duck hunting are small in comparison with the water values.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Choice Modelling; Environment; River Red Gums; Benefit Cost Analysis; Water Resources; Land Economics/Use; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6029

Analysing the Economic Performance of Irish Dairy Farmers 1998-2006
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Smyth,   Paul; Butler,   Anne Marie; Hennessy,   Thia C.
This paper reviews the economic performance of Irish dairy farms over the period 1998 to 2006. Econometric techniques are employed to examine the variation in cost structures and to identify the factors affecting farm profitability. The overall objective of the paper is to establish the long term sustainability of dairy farming in Ireland and to explore the ability of farmers to cope with the potential price volatility that may arise out of a WTO agreement or reforms to the EU milk quota regime. National Farm Survey data from Ireland are used to analyse production costs. Average cost curves are shown for the Irish dairy industry and are compared to the results of similar analysis conducted for England and Wales.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/36870

Analysing the Impact of Decoupling at a Regional Level in Ireland: A Farm Level Dynamic Linear Programming Approach
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Shrestha,   Shailesh; Hennessy,   Thia C.
This paper describes a methodology to assess the impact of the decoupling of payments on Irish farms at a regional level. The methodology is based on a farm level dynamic linear programming model which optimises regional gross margin under a set of constraints. Regionally representative farms are selected using cluster analysis. The model maximises aggregate gross margins from all the farm types in a region allowing land and milk quota to transfer between farms within the region. The model is estimated for a baseline scenario, assuming no policy change, and under a decoupled scenario where farm payments are fully decoupled from production. An example of an impact study at the Border region in Ireland is presented in this paper to demonstrate the methodology.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Decoupling; Linear Programming; Cluster analysis; Agricultural policy; Regional level; Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25458

Analysing the implication of the EU 20-10-20 targets for world vegetable oil production
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gay,   Stephan Hubertus; Mueller,   Marc; Santuccio,   Federica.
The European Commission proposes a minimum of 10 % biofuels in the total transport fuel use by 2020. The new 10% minimum target in 2020 is combined with the existing regulation, which fixes the target at 5.75% in 2010. This paper will in particular investigates how a full implementation of the 20- 10-20 targets would affect production and trade of oil plants in the EU and its main trade partners on this commodity markets, particularly Malaysia and Indonesia. The global general equilibrium model GLOBE is used to carry out the policy scenarios and to assess the effects on oil palm plantation area in Malaysia and Indonesia. The results show that the increased EU bio-diesel target will not significantly influence the expansion of palm oil production in...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries; International Relations/Trade; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6495

Analysing the role of institutional arrangements: vegetable value chains in East Africa
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Eaton,   Derek J.F.; Meijerink,   Gerdien W.; Bijman,   Jos; Belt,   John.
Institutional innovations are increasingly seen as key to achieving not only agricultural growth, by overcoming market failures, but also to ensure that poor smallholders also benefit from this process. This paper analyses institutional arrangements for vegetable marketing in East Africa from a transaction cost perspective. Marketing of vegetables is still dominated by spot markets with some, but still limited, movement towards farmers' engaging collectively in contract farming through producers' organisations. It appears that little is understood concerning how farmers and traders have overcome transaction costs in such situations, and this area deserves increased attention. An understanding of how institutional change occurs is necessary if donor...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Institutional and Behavioral Economics.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7921

Analysing Variation in Russian Dairy Farms, 1990-2001
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bezlepkina,   Irina V.; Huirne,   Ruud B.M.; Oude Lansink,   Alfons G.J.M.; Oskam,   Arie J.
Russian dairy enterprises underwent dramatic changes during 1990-2001. Not much is known about the position of these enterprises under the new conditions. This study examined a sample group of dairy enterprises in the Moscow region to try to identify similarities and divergences in historical background, performance, managerial and structural characteristics.  A unique farm-level data set from 1990-2001 was used. Assessment of historical characteristics revealed that the currently most successful enterprises were those which in pre-reform years had already shown better economic performance. These farms also had, for the period studied, smaller percentages of reduced resources, no severe debt problems, and better overall management.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24444

Analysing Wine Buying Behaviour in Hungarian Hypermarkets
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Szabo,   Zoltan; Szeles,   Zsuzsanna.
In Hungary the amount of money spent on wine marketing is much below the level as it should be and the amounts spent are largely to support direct selling. Choosing the right distribution channel is of key importance. My objective was to identify wine buying behavior of consumers in the hypermarket. I have chosen this type of distribution channel because it is the fastest growing one in Hungary and the largest in wine trade and compared to the international situation it plays a leading role. In the article I show the results of analyzing 578 questionnaires. According to the research fou r wine buyer segments were to identify the 'Drinking with friends', the 'Trendy guests', the 'Cognoscente', and the 'Average friends of wine'. These segments are clearly to...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25235

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

Analysis and Market Prospects of a Traditional Calabrian Product
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gulisano,   Giovanni; Platania,   Marco.
The strategies for exploiting typical production represents a theme of great interest, above all in the measure in which exploitation brought about via adequate marketing strategies allows these products to shed their anonymity. This paper constitutes a contribution in this direction, since it analyses the potential of a traditional product ('Nduja) using multivariate analysis techniques on a sample of consumers, identified by a specific market research survey. This made it possible to define the main characteristics of the type of consumer of this product and to define suitable market segmentation strategies.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Traditional product; Rural development; Marketing strategies; Factor Analysis; Consumer/Household Economics.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24807

Analysis, Design and Implementation of Biodiesel Projects in Brazil
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: da Silva Junior,   Aziz Galvao; Perez,   Ronaldo; de Oliveira,   Rodolfo Osorio.
During the oil crisis of the seventies, Brazil has developed a successful program for gasoline substitution by ethanol (Proálcool). Nowadays the biomass accounts for 27% of total national energy consumed in Brazil and the ethanol participates with 40% of the total national fuel consumption of Otto cycle vehicles. In 2004, the National Program for the Production and Use of Biodiesel (Biodiesel Program) was launched. One priority of the Biodiesel Program is the inclusion of family agriculture and smallholders into the production chain. The Federal University of Viçosa (UFV) has developed a software for the analysis of biodiesel projects with the participation of family agriculture. Results of production chain analysis and economic indicators calculated by...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Industrial Organization.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49840

Analysis for Western Hemisphere Integration
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Aldrich,   Lorna M.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 1995
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/50819

Analysis of a Re-Focused Agricultural Policy within a Farm-Household Framework Some Data Requirements
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Boisvert,   Richard N.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Consumer/Household Economics.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15727

ANALYSIS OF A SPATIAL ROTATION PLAN FOR THE TULE LAKE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Smith,   Martin D.; Wilen,   James E.
This paper examines the joint agro-wildfowl regulation of the Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge in California.  The area is jointly managed by the Bureau of Reclamation for both farming and wildfowl benefits.  Production in both sectors has been declining recently, in farming due to nematode and soil pathogen buildup and in wildfowl production due to climax vegetation choking the lake.  A novel spatial rotation plan has surfaced to solve both problems.  We develop a simple model of the rotation option to identify critical variables and then we estimate some of these using data on lease bids.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21847

Analysis of Agricultural Economics for the Central Valley Project  Improvement Act Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hatchett,   Steven; Mann,   Roger; Zhang,   Bin.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/35761

ANALYSIS OF BREAKEVEN YIELD GAINS AND INPUT COST SAVINGS FOR A COTTON YIELD MONITORING SYSTEM
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Larson,   James A.; English,   Burton C.; Roberts,   Roland K.; Cochran,   Rebecca L.
Cotton yield monitors are a new technology and their costs have not been thoroughly evaluated.  This research evaluated yield gains and input savings required to cover the cost of a monitor.  Spreading monitor costs over multiple VRT decisions reduces the required yield gain or cost savings for any one decision.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/35081

Analysis of Budget Policy on Agriculture under Different Governance Regimes
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ayoola,   Gbolagade Babalola.
Towards resolving the role of governance in economic development, a model of factualcounterfactual analysis was formulated to determine the relative preference of two different regimes for agriculture in the public expenditure budget of developing countries. The poster is in eight main slides: Introduction (1); Model presentation (2, 3); Application to Nigeria (4,5); Empirical Results (6, 7); Conclusion (8). The results indicate that (a) the military showed greater preference for capital allocations to agriculture in the budget while the civil regime showed greater preference for recurrent allocation, which reflects the presence of strong opposition during the civilian regime that tends to over blow the size of civil service workforce engaged in...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Budget policy; Governance regimes; Factual-counterfactual; Preference for agriculture; Capital allocation; Recurrent allocation; Total allocation; Agricultural and Food Policy; H5; H6.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25560

Analysis of Climate Change Perception and Adaptation among Arable Food Crop Farmers in South Western Nigeria.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Apata,   Temidayo Gabriel; Samuel,   K.D.; Adeola,   A.O.
This study acknowledges the comments of Dr(Mrs) Olasimbo Apata and Dr. M.A.Y. Rahji. financial assistance of JABU Management is also acknowledge.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Environmental impact; Agricultural occupation; Perception; Adaptation.; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Productivity Analysis; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51365

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

ANALYSIS OF CORN PRODUCTION AND USAGE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gaskins,   Katie; Conley,   Dennis M.
A selection of three-dimension graphs shows the supply and usage of corn for the U.S. at the state level, and for Texas at the county level.  An example of a three-dimension price surface is provided for select counties in Nebraska.  All was done using Arch View software.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis; Production Economics.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/16604

Analysis of Costs and Returns to Maize-Cowpea Intercrop Production in Oyo state, Nigeria
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Segun-Olasanmi,   A.O.; Bamire,   A.S.
Net gains on agricultural investments promote sustainable farm production. The costs and returns analysis to maize-cowpea intercrop was analysed in selected communities of Oyo state, Nigeria, to determine the profitability of the enterprise. A multi-stage stratified sampling technique was used to select a sample size of one hundred and sixty maize-cowpea intercrop farmers in eighteen farming communities in the study area. Data were obtained from the farmers on their socio-economic characteristics, resource ownership, input and output used as well as costs incurred and revenue obtained for the 2006 production season using a structured questionnaire. Data were collected on a gender-disaggregated basis and analysed with the budgetary technique using the gross...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Costs; Maize-cowpea intercrop; Returns; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/96800

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

ANALYSIS OF DYNAMIC INTERRELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN TRANSPORTATION RATES AND GRAIN PRICES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Yu,   Tun-Hsiang (Edward); Bessler,   David A.; Fuller,   Stephen W.
Transportation rates are vital components in the structure of U.S. grain exports.  In this paper we study the dynamic properties of corn and soybean prices, and barge, rail and ocean shipping rates using time series analysis on monthly 1992-2001 data.  Using Error Correction Model and Directed Acyclic Graphs, we capture the interconnectivity between the transportation rates and grain prices at selected domestic and export markets.  We find Illinois processor prices are important sources of price discovery for both corn and soybeans.  Further, barge rates explain about 2-4% of the variation in grain prices while rail rates explain about 10-12% of the variation in corn and soybean prices.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Public Economics.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20339

Analysis of Elderly In-Migrants In Tennessee
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Zhou,   Xia (Vivian).
The idea of elderly in-migrants as an important factor or stimulus to local economic development (Serow, 2001) has been confirmed by quite a few studies such as Bennett (1993); Carlson, Junk, Fox, Rudzitis, &amp; Cann (1998); Day &amp; Barlett (2000); Hodge (1991); Serow &amp; Haas (1992); and Stallmann, Deller, &amp; Shields (1999).  Large-scale elderly in-migrants can bring several benefits to local economy.  First, they can increase property and sales taxes, counties' largest source of revenues, without directly increasing their greatest expense such as public education; also, in-migrant retirees as a large portion of elderly do not compete for jobs so that most of counties consider them as net economic assets (Day &amp; Barlett, 2000; Glasgow, 1991;...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Elderly In-Migrants; Fixed-Effect Model; And Tennessee; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103447

Analysis of Environmental and Economic Efficiency: Application of the Overseer model and simulated data
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ramilan,   Thiagarajah; Scrimgeour,   Frank G.; Marsh,   Dan.
New Zealand’s success in raising agricultural productivity has been accompanied by higher input use, leading to adverse effects on the environment. Until recently, analysis of farm performance has tended to ignore such negative externalities. The current emphasis on environmental issues has led dairy farmers to target improvements in both environmental performance and productivity. Therefore measuring the environmental performance of farms and integrating this information into farm productivity calculations should assist informed policy decisions which promote sustainable development. However this is a challenging process since conventional environmental efficiency measures are usually based on simple input and output flows but nitrogen discharge is a...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Data Envelopment Analysis; Economic; Efficiency; Environment; Agricultural and Food Policy; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Land Economics/Use; Livestock Production/Industries; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97161

ANALYSIS OF EXCHANGE RATE LINKED SUBSIDIES FOR NON-PRICE EXPORT PROMOTION: THE CASE OF COTTON
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Paudel,   Laxmi; Adhikari,   Murali; Houston,   Jack E.; Kinnucan,   Henry W.
An equilibrium displacement framework was developed to evaluate the effect of exchange rate linked subsidies for non-price export promotion for  US cotton.  Study  results  show that an increase in promotion expenditure increased the dollar value and  producer welfare of cotton growers.   The gross gain to the domestic cotton producers from the exchange-rate linked subsidy scheme was positive.  These evidences support  exchange rate linked subsidies for US cotton export promotion.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19826

Analysis of Factors Affecting Farmers’ Willingness to Adopt Switchgrass Production
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Qualls,   D. Joshua; Jensen,   Kimberly L.; English,   Burton C.; Larson,   James A.; Clark,   Christopher D.
In the United States, biomass is the largest source of renewable energy accounting for over 3 percent of the energy consumed domestically and is currently the only source for liquid, renewable, transportation fuels. Continued development of biomass as a renewable energy source is being driven in large part by the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, which mandates that by 2022 at least 36 billion gallons of fuel ethanol be produced, with at least 16 billion gallons being derived from cellulose, hemi-cellulose, or lignin. However, the market for cellulosic biofuels is still under development. As such, little is known about producer response to feedstock prices paid for dedicated energy crops. While there have been some studies done on factors that...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Switchgrass; Farmer Adoption; Crop Production/Industries; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; Q12; Q16.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/98625

Analysis of Factors Influencing Adoption of Dairy Technologies In Western Kenya
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Makokha,   Stella Nabwile; Karugia,   Joseph Thuo; Staal,   Steven J.; Oluoch-Kosura,   Willis.
Indicators of poverty in western Kenya show high poverty levels. The area has low dairy development yet the potential for dairy development is quite high. Dairy farming has the potential to reduce poverty by increasing incomes and reducing unemployment. This paper reports factor interrelationships in dairy adoption with a view to understanding factors that influence adoption. The binary probit model was used to analyse data from 1575 households. Contrary to findings from similar studies elsewhere, some factors had a negative association with adoption, thus unfolding a unique adoption process. The association between the factor interactive affects and technology adoption highlighted the importance of exploring factor interrelationships. The widely held...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Adoption; Factor interrelationship; Spatial factors; Agricultural and Food Policy; Demand and Price Analysis; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; International Relations/Trade; Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing; Productivity Analysis; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52094

ANALYSIS OF FACTORS INFLUENCING THE FREQUENCY OF CATFISH CONSUMPTION IN THE UNITED STATES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Drammeh,   Lamin; House,   Lisa; Sureshwaran,   Suresh; Selassie,   Haile.
Consumption of seafood, including catfish, has become an important part of the diet for consumers in the United States. Per capita consumption of catfish increased from 0.41 pounds in 1985 to 0.90 pounds in 2001. The goal of this study is to investigate factors that influence the decisions to consume and frequency of consumption of catfish.  One finding was the main emphasis of the Catfish Institute to market catfish as "farm-raised”" and to increase preparation knowledge through distribution of recipes should address factors likely to increase consumption.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19584

Analysis of Farm Development in Dutch Agriculture and Horticulture
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bremmer,   Johan; Oude Lansink,   Alfons G.J.M.; Olson,   Kent D.; Baltussen,   Willy H.M.; Huirne,   Ruud B.M.
This paper analysis the effects of farmer characteristics, farm structure and farm performance on farm renewal and farm growth. The data set used in this research consists  of panel data from the Dutch Farm Accountancy Data Network of farms specialized in plant production extended with a data from survey among those farms. Probit models were used to determine the likelihood of the changes. Results show that the degree of mechanization increases the probability of farm growth and farm renewal. Family labour  input and solvency have a negative impact on farm growth. Farm size is positively correlated with farm renewal. No indications of the influence of the life cycle have been  found.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Decision making; Diversification; Farm growth; Farm structure; Innovation; Panel data; Crop Production/Industries; Farm Management.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7025

Analysis of Farm Service Agency Direct Loan Loss Likelihoods and Loss Rates
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ahrendsen,   Bruce L.; Dixon,   Bruce L.; Nwoha,   Ogbonnaya John; Hamm,   Sandra J.; Danforth,   Diana M.
The USDA's Farm Service Agency (FSA) serves as the nation's lender of last resort by providing direct loans to farmers unable to obtain credit at reasonable rates and terms. Annual loan losses have been substantial, averaging $576 million for fiscal 1994-2004. An econometric model using survey data from a sample of FSA loans originated in fiscal 1994-1996 is estimated to identify factors associated with loan losses. The results indicate previous debt settlement experience, loan type, farm type, farm size, and farm financial characteristics are important factors. This information may be used by FSA to adjust its underwriting standards in an effort to reduce loan losses and provide additional loans to farmers given its current funding.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural Finance.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21454

Analysis of Flue-cured Tobacco Supply Elasticity in Zimbabwe 1980-2010: An Error Correction Model Approach
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Pfumayaramba,   Tichaona.
Flue cured tobacco has been an important crop for the Zimbabwean economy historically in terms of foreign currency earnings and employment creation. Between 1980 and 2000, there is a general increase in tobacco output, followed by a sharp decline from 2001 up to 2008 and then output starts to increase again. Flue cured tobacco output as measured by the quantity that is delivered to the auction floors is used to estimate supply elasticity. The objective is to determine if flue-cured tobacco supply is price elastic and whether price incentives alone will boost supply in the short -run. Time series data on flue cured tobacco output, prices, production costs, prices of major competing crops, the exchange rates and inflation are analysed to model the price...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Supply elasticity; Stationary data; Cointegration; Error correction model.; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/100696

ANALYSIS OF FOOD LABELS FOR AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mclennon,   Everald; Harrison,   R. Wes.
Conjoint analysis is used to measure consumer preferences for alternative biotech labeling formats.  The study found that consumers overwhelmingly support mandatory labeling of biotech foods.  Results also showed that the preferred labeling format is a text disclosure that describes the benefits of biotechnology in combination with a biotech logo.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/35221

ANALYSIS OF GOVERNMENT FARM SUBSIDIES ON FARMLAND CASH RENTAL RATES USING A FIXED EFFECT SPATIAL DISTRIBUTED LAG MODEL AND A TRANSLOG COST MODEL
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lambert,   Dayton M.; Griffin,   Terry W.
The objective of this study is to examine how factors such as government payments, soil productivity ratings, commodity selling price, corn and soybean production, and spatial attributes affect cash rental rates. Baseline estimates of the effects of government payments on cash rents are determined using a fixed effect, distributed lag model. The results of this model are compared to a distributed lag model that incorporates spatial effects. A second model estimates the impact of government subsides on farm cost structure. This is accomplished estimating a fixed effect, translog cost function that also incorporates spatial effects. The data used in the analysis is the Illinois Farm Business Farm Management (FBFM) Economic Management Analysis (EMA),...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Farm Management.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19977

Analysis of Grain Supply Chain Performance Based on Relative Impact of Channel Coordinator's Objectives on Firm Level Objectives
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Baiyee-Mbi,   Agbor-Baiyee; Mazzocco,   Michael A.
A fuzzy multi-objective programming model is used to analyze the optimal decisions in a multi-objective grain supply chain in which the firm-level firm goals are conflicting with the channel coordinator's goals. The relative impact of the channel coordinator's goals on performance of the supply chain is determined through a linear weighting method. The study finds that prioritizing the channel coordinator's goals enhances the overall performance of the system.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Industrial Organization.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19307

Analysis of Hungarian Agricultural Subsidies on the Basis of FADN Database
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Keszthelyi,   Krisztian; Nemeth,   Peter; Pesti,   Csaba S.
On the basis of the micro-economic data of the Hungarian FADN system we analysed the role of subsidies in the profitability of farms, we aimed to reveal which types of farming and economic sizes are effected more by subsidies related to efficiency and profitability. The agricultural enterprises' balance of taxes and subsidies counted from the micro-economic data of FADN enterprises was also analysed in the different type of farming categories and economic size classes. Our aim was to find out what types of farms are subsidized and what types are net payers to the central budget. Examining the pre-tax profit we made the conclusion that with the increase of economic size not only the proportion of profitable farms rises, but the profit per size unit...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural subsidies; Profitability; Payments of agricultural enterprises; FADN; Agricultural Finance; Q12.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24689

ANALYSIS OF IMPACT ON DOMESTIC AGRICULTURE OF WTO MARKET ACCESS POLICY WITH THE HAMI SIMULATION MODEL
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Girardin,   Jean.
A simple but new theoretical approach is used to analyse ex-ante the impact of tariff reduction. This methodology is based on the assumption of a constant price relation between each direct substitutable product. No elasticities are needed, but accurate import and domestic prices of the most sensitive and representative product of each tariff line are required. The present contribution forms a partial sector static simulation model that minimises the reduction of domestic production prices for the agricultural sector consecutive of the WTO market access negotiations of the Doha round. Results are shown on two levels whereas one of them provides rapidly a preliminary hierarchy of the sensitive products tariff lines and their optimal number. The second level...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Maximal domestic price; Sensitive products; Partial Sector Simulation; Market Access Simulation; World Trade Organization; Demand and Price Analysis; International Relations/Trade; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6451

Analysis of Intended Farmers’ Response to CAP Scenarios: Environmental considerations
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Giannoccaro,   Giacomo; Berbel,   Julio.
This research is a result of the CAP-IRE project which objective is the understanding farmer’s reactions under CAP scenarios by 2020. In particular this research aims to analyze the role of the current CAP design on the farmer’s decision process focusing on several environmental issues. The analysis is based on 2,360 observations of household farmers across 11 cases study in 9 EU countries. Intended responses of farmers to the CAP reforms are analyzed by logistic model regression. According to the results CAP scenarios would influence farmer’s decision on fertilizers and pesticides, as well as water use, while the highest effect is found for decisions on number of animal rearing on the farm. Factors determining reaction to the CAP scenario are monetary and...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Environmental sustainability; Farmer’s intended behaviour; Logistic regression; Agricultural policy; Agricultural and Food Policy; Environmental Economics and Policy; Q18.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/99419

Analysis of Irrigated Corn Production Adoption Decisions in Alabama
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Novak,   James L.; Nadolnyak,   Denis A.; McNider,   Richard.
Expanding ethanol markets, abundance of water resources, and predominance of rainfed corn production in Alabama suggest possibility of irrigating cornfields. Numerical analysis shows that irrigated production becomes more preferable with higher corn prices and risk aversion. Adoption threshold is estimated at the price below its current level.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Crop Production/Industries; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6756

ANALYSIS OF IRRIGATION DEVELOPMENT POST FAST TRACK LAND REFORM PROGRAMME. A CASE STUDY OF GOROMONZI DISTRICT, MASHONALAND EAST PROVINCE, ZIMBABWE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nhundu,   K.; Mushunje,   Abbyssinia.
Irrigation development is a gateway to increased agricultural, water and land productivity, increased household and national food security. However, irrigation development has been a major challenge in many developing countries, including Zimbabwe. The launch of the Fast Track Land Reform Programme (FTLRP) in 2003 ushered in new unskilled cadres and this was followed by a reduction in area developed for irrigation from 200,000ha to approximately 120,000ha. This was due to thefts, dilapidation, and vandalism of irrigation infrastructure. The government made efforts to develop and bring back the 200,000ha into operational, but little has been achieved. To assess irrigation development post FTLRP, a case study was done in Goromonzi District. Using a Trend...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Irrigation; Irrigation development; Funding; Productivity; Cost recovery; Viable; FTLRP; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97065

Analysis of Italian High Quality Wine Exports using the Gravity Model Approach
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: De Blasi,   Giuseppe; Seccia,   Antonio; Carlucci,   Domenico; Santeramo,   Fabio G.
Italian wine firms are facing a significant reduction in wine consumption and increasing competition in international markets. In fact, markets are becoming increasingly liberalized and producers of non-EU countries adopt even more aggressive strategies to increase their competitiveness. Nevertheless, demand for high quality wine which includes a large number of Italian wines, is increasing. The aim of this work is to explain the magnitude of the trade flows for high quality wine 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...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Gravity Model; High Quality Wine; Export Analysis; Italian Wine; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7901

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

Analysis of Marketing Margins under Food Recalls and BSE Outbreaks in the U.S. Beef  Industry
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dhoubhadel,   Sunil P.; Castillo,   Sergio C.; Capps,   Oral, Jr.
It is generally observed that whenever there are cases of disease outbreaks or food recalls, there is a concomitant decline in commodity prices.  However, it is still not clear what happens to price spreads among affected agents in the marketing chain.  To shed light on this issue, we estimate the collective impact of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) and food recalls on marketing margins associated with the U.S. beef industry over time.  In previous research, the effects of these variables on the market demand of meat were estimated separately.  By including these variables together in the same model specification we avoid the possibility of confounding their effects, and we are in position to obtain more precise estimates of elasticities of price...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Marketing margins; Elasticities of price transmission; BSE; Food recalls; U.S. beef industry; Agribusiness; Demand and Price Analysis; Marketing.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49386

Analysis of Media Agenda-Setting Effects on Consumer Confidence in the Safety of the U.S. Food System
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bharad,   Abhishek Bhagwat; Harrison,   R. Wes; Kinsey,   Jean D.; Degeneffe,   Dennis J.; Ferreira,   Gustavo F.C.
Results from continuous tracking of consumer confidence and media coverage of food safety events over a 67 week period between May 2008 and August 2009 are reported.  An ordered probit model is used to test the hypothesis that media coverage of food safety events affects consumer confidence in the safety of the U.S. food system. The results show that media coverage significantly and negatively affected consumer confidence in the safety of nation’s food supply during the sample period. Socioeconomic and demographic factors such as geographic region, use of media source, household size, age, ethnicity, education, and gender also had significant affects on consumer confidence in the safety of United States food supply.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Food Safety; Consumer Confidence; Mass media; Ordered probit; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56423

Analysis of Multiple Structural Breaks in Relative Farm Prices in the United States, 1913-2003
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jin,   Hyun Joung; Miljkovic,   Dragan.
We analyze the movement of farm prices relative to other commodity prices in the period 1913:1-2003:12, investigating the number and time of structural breaks and discussing likely causes of structural breaks in the relative farm prices.  Bai and Perron's (1998, 2003) multiple structural change test with a dynamic programming algorithm is used.  This test makes it possible to have an efficient computation of the estimates of the break points as global minimizers of the sum of squared residuals.  We find 6 structural breaks when we consider only the mean process and 2 breaks when we consider the mean and autoregressive processes.  Possible causes for these breaks are discussed.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Farm Prices; Other Commodity Prices; Multiple Structural Breaks; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; Q11; C22.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19118

Analysis of pig meat production with respect to different housing systems of pig
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gajcevic,   Z.; Kralik,   G.; Tolusic,   Zoltan; Margeta,   V.; Kralik,   Igor.
The research focused on two production systems of fattening pigs: conventional system (housing on cross - barred floor) and ecological system (housing on deep litter). Favorable climatic conditions for pig meat production, possibilities to produce cheaper food of better quality and great amounts of litter, are a good basis for making ecological pig production widely accepted by family farms. Ecological aspect of such production of pigs, along with its economic analysis will be key factors, which will influence pig producers in their choice of the most suitable technological solution. In comparison to the conventional way of keeping pigs, main advantages of pig housing on deep litter are cheaper building and equipping of pens, better effect on health...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Economic Analysis; Conventional Production; Ecological Production; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10112

Analysis of Policy Issues in Technical Efficiency of Small Scale Farmers Using the Stochastic Frontier Production Function: With Application to Nigerian Farmers
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ajibefun,   Igbekele A.
The purpose of this study was to analyse the determinants of technical efficiency of small scale farmers in Nigeria and the effect of policy changes on technical efficiency, using the stochastic frontier methodology. Results of analysis indicates that the farmers have an average farm size of 1.56 hectares. It is also indicated that both family and hired labour were extensively used in farm production. The analysis shows a wide variation in the estimated technical efficiencies, ranging between 0.18 and 0.91, and a mean value of 0.63, indicating a wide room for improvement in the technical efficiency. The results of simulation of policy variables show that the level of technical efficiency would significantly increase with rising level of education and...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Farm Management.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7015

Analysis of poverty and its covariates among smallholder farmers in the eastern Hararghe highlands of Ethiopia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bogale,   Ayalneh; Korf,   Benedikt.
This paper analyses the extent and determinants of rural household poverty in the eastern highlands of Ethiopia. We study 216 households using a household consumption expenditure approach. We are particularly interested in the effects of location-specific and institutional factors (networks) in determining the probability of being poor. Our findings suggest that poverty is location-specific, depends on access to irrigated land (not land per se) and access to non-farm income. Results also indicate that household wellbeing is negatively affected by household size, and positively affected by age of household head. Involvement in governance, social and production related networks is also found to be strongly associated with the probability of a household be...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Rural poverty; Ordered probit; Institutional factors; Eastern Hararghe; Ethiopia; Food Security and Poverty.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51469

Analysis of Production Efficiency of Mexican Coffee-Producing Districts
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cardenas,   Gabriela; Vedenov,   Dmitry V.; Houston,   Jack E.
Despite the decline of coffee prices during the 1990s, coffee production remains a main economic activity for producers in Southeastern Mexico. This paper analyzes the coffee production system for 24 municipios, or districts, in Veracruz, Mexico during a five-year cropping period (1997-–2002). A stochastic frontier approach is used in order to estimate an input distance function and evaluate production efficiency during the period. Factors such as coffee quality and access to markets are tested in terms of their effect on efficiency. The results show the production process in these municipios, as measured by technical efficiency, seems to be stable over time despite of price fluctuations in the global market. Production of staple crops (corn) along with...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19470

ANALYSIS OF PRODUCTION STRUCTURE OF THE CANADIAN PULP AND PAPER INDUSTRY : 1961-1996
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Habteyonas,   Michael.
A translog cost function with factor inputs of  capital, labor, energy and materials was estimated for the Canadian pulp and paper industry over the period of 1961 to 1996. The results show that, the production technology can not be specified by a Cobb-Douglas production function and it is not  Hicks- neutral. It was found out that, the industry is characterized by labor-saving and capital, energy and materials-using technical change. The estimated production function indicated the existence of economies of scale, although the size of the scale is not as large as those estimated for the European Union and the United States pulp and paper industries. Estimates for Allen'’s elasticities of substitution show that, all the factor inputs were found to be highly...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19939

Analysis of profitability and risk in new agriculture in a Himalayan watershed by using dynamic non-linear programming model
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sharma,   Rakesh Kumar; Sankhayan,   Prem Lall; Singh,   Ranveer.
Cropping pattern in the Himalayan region of India has undergone a significant change in the recent past. Introduction of horticultural crops of vegetables, fruits and flowers have led to more intensive agriculture. Such a change, resulting in higher incomes and improvements of the overall living conditions has, however, been accompanied with increased income risk. This emphasises a need for proper analysis of the cropping pattern, at an appropriate scale, such as, a micro watershed. This was achieved by constructing a dynamic non-linear programming model incorporating appropriate objective function, constraints and crop and livestock activity budgets along with risk component present in the gross returns. The model was then solved under alternate policy...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Cropping pattern; Gross margins; Himachal Pradesh; Optimization; Covariance; Crop Production/Industries; Farm Management; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; Risk and Uncertainty; C61; Q12; Q15.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51404

ANALYSIS OF PROFITABILITY OF TRANSFORMATION OF THE PERPETUAL USUFRUCT RIGHT INTO THE RIGHT OF PROPERTY AT VARIOUS TIMES IN THE DURATION OF THE PERPETUAL USUFRUCT RIGHT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dobek,   A.; Wajszczuk,   Karol.
In view of the growing interest of foreign investors in investments in Poland, especially since Poland’s accession to the European Union, this article analyzes the profitability of the transformation of the perpetual usufruct law into the right of property at various times in the duration of this right, on the basis of the empirical formula presented in Polish law (the legal act) – The Ordinance of the Council of Ministers on the valuation of real estate and the estimated cadastre survey. It was analysed how the fee for the transformation of the perpetual usufruct law into the right of property changes depending on the assumed rate of capitalization, interest rate on the annual fee, the number of years in the unused period of usufruct.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Perpetual usufruct right; Capitalization rate; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44125

Analysis of ranked ordered data when there are complete and partial ranking
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Pandit,   Mahesh; Paudel,   Krishna P.; Dunn,   Michael A.
Many methods are available to analyze rank ordered data. We used a spectral density analysis to identify most preferred options of Formosan Subterranean Termites (FST) control as ranked by Louisiana homeowners. Respondents are asked to rank four termite control methods form the most preferred option to the least preferred option. Spectral analysis of both complete and partial ranked data indicates that the most preferred termite control choice is a relatively cheap ($0.13 per square foot) option of a Liquid treatment.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Complete and Partial ranked data; FST; Spectral analysis; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; C65.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56430

ANALYSIS OF RECENT OPTIONS FOR CHANGES IN U.S. DAIRY POLICY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cox,   Thomas L.; Sumner,   Daniel A.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 1996
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/16967

ANALYSIS OF RURAL QUALITY OF LIFE AND HEALTH: A SPATIAL APPROACH
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bukenya,   James O.; Gebremedhin,   Tesfa G.; Schaeffer,   Peter V.
This paper examines the relationship between quality of life, health and several socioeconomic variables. The analysis utilizes empirical data obtained from a survey questionnaire administered on a random sample of over 2000 residents in twenty-one counties in West Virginia, and spatial data obtained by geocoding the survey respondents' addressees. Quality of life is measured by a three-point categorical measure of overall satisfaction and an ordered probit model is used to examine the relationships. The empirical results are consistent with the theoretical predictions and indicate, for instance, that quality of life satisfaction increases with income and education while it decreases with unemployment.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19878

ANALYSIS OF SELECTED VEGETABLES AND FRUITS IN U.S. MARKET: AN APPLICATION OF DEMAND SYSTEMS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nalampang,   Sikavas; VanSickle,   John J.; Evans,   Edward A.
Researchers have been preoccupied with finding ways to select among various functional forms of demand system.  This study addresses this concern by proposing a formulation which obviates the need to choose among various functional forms.  The approach is tested using four functional forms of the direct and inverse demand systems.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Marketing.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/34802

ANALYSIS OF SITE-SPECIFIC DETERMINANTS OF LOCATION DECISIONS FOR THE U.S. BROILER INDUSTRY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sambidi,   Pramod R.; Harrison,   R. Wes.
Conjoint analysis is applied to study the attributes affecting the location of a broiler complex. Distance between feed mill and growers, feed cost, and community attitude toward broiler industry are found to be the most important factors influencing the location decision of broiler growing, feed mill, and broiler processing respectively.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/35121

ANALYSIS OF STRATEGIC MARKETING DECISIONS FOR ORGANIC AGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS: A CASE STUDY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Peterson,   H. Christopher; Phillips,   Jon C.
This article is a business strategy case study of a group of agricultural producers.  One aspect of their strategic decision is whether or not to establish a firm to market their organic vegetables jointly.  Another aspect of the decision is which distribution channel to pursue.  Data for the paper were obtained from multiple sources, including trade journals, academic journals, and directed interviews with key informants from industry, academic institutions, and government.  Face-to-face, structured interviews with members of the grower group were also conducted to obtain data about their resources and skills.  An overview of conditions facing the organic vegetable industry (especially demand conditions) is included.  The results could apply to other...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Industrial Organization; Marketing.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/16601

Analysis of Technical and Policy Changes for Belgian Dairy Farms Using an Estimated Augmented SGM Cost Function
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: De Blander,   Rembert; Frahan,   Bruno Henry de.
This paper provides some evidence on the evolution of marginal and average costs of dairy farms in Belgium between 1990 and 2007. It investigates the effect of the 2003 Mid-Term Review by adding time trends and linear splines to an augmented multi-input multi-output symmetric generalized McFadden cost function and estimating it using a panel of Belgian dairy farms. Existence of size, scale and scope economies in the dairy sub-sector is also examined. This exercise increases our understanding of dairy farm responses to reforms and helps envision the possible effects of ending the milk quota system as it is now planned for 2015.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114546

Analysis of Technical Efficiency and Varietal Differences in Pistachio Production in Iran Using a Meta-Frontier Analysis
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Boshrabadi,   Hossain Mehrabi; Villano,   Renato A.; Fleming,   Euan M.
This paper reports on an analysis of technical efficiency and varietal differences in pistachio production in Iran. A random sample of 475 farmers was selected from the province of Kerman in 2003 and 2004. In this study, farmers are classified into three groups according to the variety of tree they planted. The three main varieties of pistachio trees planted are Kalleh- Ghuchi, Fandoghi and Akbari. The technical efficiency indices are computed using three approaches. First, a standard stochastic production frontier was employed using pooled data. Secondly, stochastic frontier production functions were estimated for each variety (separately). Lastly, the meta-frontier approach was used because production varieties and technologies are expected to differ...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Pistachio; Stochastic meta-frontier; Production function; Technical efficiency; Iranian agriculture; Productivity Analysis; C21; Q12; Q16; Q55; R58.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10425

Analysis of Texas Winery Visitor Spending and GOTEXAN Efforts to Promote Winery Tourism
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hanagriff,   Roger D.; Murova,   Olga I.
Swinburne University (Langworthy, Howard, Fiona &amp; Mawson, 2006), agri-tourism is a growing phenomenon in Australia, often most strongly associated with wine regions.  Recommendations to improve include creation of tourism regions &amp; cooperatives, cooperation between sectors (CVBs, restaurants), infrastructure development and model development to measurable factors. South African wineries Bruwer, 2003 identified factors that were helpful in developing a wine tourism market of South African wineries.  Regarding South Africa wine tourism, areas of winery business that promote tourism include both service provision and destination marketing, development of wine routes forms an integral part of the wine tourism industry, estates sell more wine through...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Texas Wine; TDA Wine Marketing; State Value of Wine Marketing; Wine Tourism; Rural Tourism; Tourism; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Marketing.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/98793

Analysis of the Adoption of Irrigation Technologies Under Uncertain Water Availability
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Escribano,   Maria Jesus; Calatrava-Leyva,   Javier.
This paper analyses the adoption process of water-conserving irrigation technologies by a risk averse farmer in a context of uncertain water availability. Firstly, it is analytically shown that the increase in water efficiency that the new technology allows results in a decrease in the cost of the effective irrigation water applied, as well as in an increase in both effective water applied and crop production. It is also concluded that the optimal amount of irrigation water applied depends on individual risk preferences of the producer, on the variance and asymmetry of the cost of water applied, and on the elasticity of the marginal productivity of the effective water applied. Lastly, it is theoretically shown that an increase in the level of uncertainty...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Irrigation technology; Adoption; Risk; Water availability; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; Q25; Q12; D81.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24672

Analysis of the Competitiveness of Cereal Production in Selected EU Countries
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Thorne,   Fiona S.
This paper examines the competitiveness of cereal production in selected EU member states, during the period 1996 – 2000. Profitability was selected as a measure of competitive performance and costs of production, value of output and partial productivity indicators were examined as possible sources (potential) of competitive performance. Using data from the Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) the analysis showed that productivity levels in the UK, Ireland and France were consistently higher then competing countries Denmark, Germany and Italy. In terms of profitability, the opportunity cost of owned resources had a major impact on the competitiveness of cereal production within the EU. Cash costs as a percentage of total output were lowest in Italy but in...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Competitiveness; Cereal production; Profitability; Competitive performance; Competitive potential; Production Economics; Q12.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24613

Analysis of the Competitiveness of the Pork Industry in Denmark
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Selva,   Gianluca.
Now days in the pig industry as well as in other agro food sectors is the competitiveness that declare the success or failure on the global market. In the case of the pig industry, to be competitive it means to be able to offer a product of higher quality than rivals, but at similar price. The Danish pig industry has reached this level of competitiveness mainly thanks to its forward vertical integrated production chain. This specific coordination, besides than to reduce the transaction costs, push toward a production of excellent quality, that can be promptly adjusted according to the consumers demand.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Competitiveness; Danish pork industry; Vertical integration; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24618

Analysis of the Economic Effects of Requiring Post-harvest Processing for Raw Oysters
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Muth,   Mary K.; Viator,   Catherine; Karns,   Shawn A.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Oysters; Post-harvest processing; Hydrostatic pressure; Cool pasteurization; GIS; Agricultural and Food Policy; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; L510; Q180; Q220.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103814

ANALYSIS OF THE EFFECTS IN ITALY OF ALTERNATIVE HYPOTHESES OF REGIONALIZATION OF THE SINGLE PAYMENT SCHEME
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Pupo D'Andrea,   Maria Rosaria.
The Fischler reform of the CAP deepened the decoupling process of agricultural support started with the 1992 reform, introducing the Single Payment Scheme (SPS). Two models could be used to apply the SPS: in the historic model payments are based on individual reference amounts; in the regional model payments are based on regional reference amounts. Italy chose to apply the historic model, thus “freezing” the distribution of support to farms at the historic reference level. The recent Proposal on the Health Check of the CAP envisaged Member States being allowed to adjust their model towards a flatter rate of the SPS from 2010, a move that could become compulsory for Member States after 2013. The paper analyses the effects at territorial and farm level of...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: CAP; Decoupling; FADN; Regionalization; Single Payment Scheme; Agricultural and Food Policy; Q18.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44806

Analysis of the Effects of a Healthy Dining Campaign on Sales of Healthy Menu Items
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Patterson,   Paul M.; Acharya,   Ram N.; Schmitz,   Troy G.; Foerster,   Susan B.; Hill,   Esther; Jones,   Anita; Bohm,   Erica.
Although so-called "“Heart Healthy”" menu items exist, restaurateurs rarely promote them and consumers seem to avoid them.  Still, concerns over obesity and poor nutrition have become priority policy issues.  This study evaluates the effectiveness of a social marketing campaign in promoting the sale of healthy menu items.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Marketing.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19892

ANALYSIS OF THE EFFECTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION ON PULP AND PAPER INDUSTRY STRUCTURE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gomez,   Irma A.; Love,   H. Alan; Burton,   Diana M.
Environmental regulations are hypothesized to have an impact on industry structure in manufacturing industries.  A nonstationary Markov chain analysis shows that the capital expenditures required to meet environmental regulations is a statistically significant variable explaining increasing concentration of production capacity in the pulp and paper industry.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20938

Analysis of the Effects of Soil Organic Matter (SOM) on Efficiency and Agricultural Productivity (Implications for Cellulosic Ethanol)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lakoh,   Kepifri.
Replaced with revised version of paper 09/14/11.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries; Productivity Analysis; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103937

ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACT AND IMPORTANCE OF RE-WHOLESALERS IN THE ORNAMENTALS MARKET
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Velastegui,   Marco; Hinson,   Roger A.
Ornamental growers face a challenge regarding best market channel for their products. Using data from a 2003 survey, this study analyzes the impact of nursery characteristics on channel choice for large and small nurseries. We conclude choice by both sizes was influenced by region, kind of plant, and advertising expenditure.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries; Marketing.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6727

Analysis of the Impact of Urbanization and Enhanced Incomes on Demand for Food Quality in Hanoi
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ali,   Mubarik; Quan,   Nguyen The; van Nam,   Ngo.
This study relates the demand for quality foods in Hanoi in terms of its nutritional composition, diversity, price, processing stage, source, and extent eaten outside home with urbanization and enhanced incomes. The vast differences in these foods quality parameters across different socioeconomic groups and regions in and around Hanoi city suggest the changing nature of the food quality with increased income and urbanization. One lesson learned from this analysis is that urbanization and increased income may not necessarily bring all positive changes in food quality. While the diet becomes more balanced in terms of micronutrient, the increased demand for fat-based calories, processed and restaurant foods, and drift away from fresh sources of farm and...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25727

Analysis of the Preferences for a New Convenient Seafood Product: Empirical Application for Spain and Norway
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dopico,   Domingo Calvo; Olsen,   Svein Ottar; Tudoran,   Alina.
Fish and seafood products represent a very healthy food, low in saturated fats and offer an excellent source of protein essential for our health. However, very often, consumer behaviour would seem to infer that seafood products do not rank particularly highly in terms of preference, this being due to the perception of various physical and psychological costs, which represent barriers to consumption. Consequently, there is an opportunity to develop new tailor-made seafood products more adapted to recent demand. The aim of this study is to analyse the overall preference of young consumers for such a new seafood product. The experiments were carried out in two European countries: Spain and Norway, with samples of 349 and 296 young people respectively. The...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Consumer behaviour; Preferences; Seafood; Convenience; Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9412

Analysis of the Socio-Economic Impact of the Tobacco CMO Reform on Italian Tobacco Sector
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Arfini,   Filippo; Donati,   Michele; Menozzi,   Davide.
The Tobacco CMO (Common Market Organization) is involved in a intense debate between the European tobacco industry and those who are against to a crop whose transformed product is dangerous to the health. European institutions have shown a strong interest in this complex issue introducing two Reforms (1992 and 1998) and one revision in 2004. This paper aims to analyse and investigate the socio-economic impact of the tobacco CMO Reform of 2004 in Italy, across the scenarios proposed by the EC Commission (2004), both on the tobacco production and processing sector. The considered socio-economic indicators are harvested surfaces, farm income and overall employment, while the sample of farms used in this research belong to the FADN–Italy sample.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Tobacco CMO; CAP reform; Decoupling; Positive Mathematical Programming; Agricultural and Food Policy; Q11; Q12; Q18; J21.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24481

Analysis of the Soybean-to-Corn Price Ratio and its Impact on Farmers' Planting Decision-Making in Indiana
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ubilava,   David.
In Indiana agricultural land is used mostly for corn and soybean harvesting. Rotated corn is a common practice, but in recent years, essentially due to the "ethanol boom" and increased profitability of corn production, many farmers have switched to continuous corn. Corn price increase affects the soybean-to-corn (STC) ratio, however, it is hypothesized that over time market effects will be felt, and return the ratio to its stable range. The threshold autoregressive model is used to analyze the monthly time series of STC ratio in Indiana. Results suggest that exogenous shocks will not have permanent effect on the STC price ratio, but will require, however, a reasonably long time to die out.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries; Farm Management.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6783

Analysis of the Structure and Performance of the Beans Marketing System in Nairobi
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Odhiambo,   Mark O.; Oluoch-Kosura,   Willis; Kibiego,   Michael B.
Beans are widely grown as a major food crop in Eastern and Southern Africa. It is the most important staple food crop after maize in Kenya (ECABREN, 2000). The beans industry in Kenya is faced with problems of shortages, seasonal supply and price fluctuations and inadequate information on production, marketing and consumption. These problems are more acute in urban areas. This paper analyzes the structure and performance of the beans marketing system in Nairobi metropolitan area, the single most important beans market in Kenya. Data from a sample of 102 traders augmented by secondary data were used to analyze the marketing system by applying descriptive statistics, concentration ratios and co-integration models. The results showed that the beans marketing...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Beans; Competitive Structure; Co-integration and Efficiency.; Crop Production/Industries; Marketing.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25440

ANALYSIS OF THE TECHNICAL EFFCIENCY OF THE STOCHASTIC FRONTIER PRODUCTION FUNCTION IN FOREST FARMING NICARAGUA 1998-2005
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Zúniga-González,   Carlos Alberto.
Presented at:  UNIVERSITIES NATIONAL COUNCIL III UNVERSITY SCIENTIFIC CONGRESS 41 ANNIVERSARY OF THE CATHOLIC FARMING LIVESTOCK UNIVERSITY OF THE DRY TROPIC ¨UNIVERSITY, SCIENCE AND TECNOLOGY: A STRATEGY FOR CONFRONTING THE NATIONAL GLOBAL CHALLENGE¨ 23 SEPTEMBER 2009
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Stochastic Frontier Production; Forest Police; LSMS-ISA MECOVI; Technical efficiency; Allocative Efficiency.; Productivity Analysis; D61; Q12.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56197

Analysis of the U.S.-Mexico Sugar Trade - 10 Years of NAFTA Regime and 10 Years from Now
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sano,   Daisuke; House,   Lisa; Spreen,   Thomas H.
The U.S.- Mexico sugar trade was examined, paying a close attention to the provisions of North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the circumstances surrounding the industries of the two countries. Quantitative analyses provided the outlook of the future sugar market and shed light on the political implications.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20024

ANALYSIS OF THE VERTICAL RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN SEED AND BIOTECH COMPANIES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lemarie,   Stephane; Ramani,   Shyama.
This paper proposes a theoretical framework for the analysis of the vertical relationship between seed and biotech companies. We analyse the effect of the level of differentiation on the seed market, the vertical integration, and the exclusive vs non-exclusive licensing.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22041

Analysis of United States and European Union Import Demand for Shrimp
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Poudel,   Pawan; Keithly,   Walter R., Jr.
Based on 1990-2004 quarterly data, U.S. and E.U. demand for imported shrimp by alternative supply sources was examined within an Almost Ideal Demand System framework. For the United States, supply sources included Central America, South America, and Asia. Supply sources for the European Union included Asia, South America, and Rest of World. All own-price elasticities for the U.S. system were found to be elastic while all own-price elasticities associated with the E.U. system were found to be inelastic. With few notable exceptions, estimated cross-price elasticities suggest substitution among import sources. Finally, shrimp of Asian origin were found to be highly expenditure elastic in the US market while shrimp of South American origin were found to be the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6748

Analysis of U.S. Demand for Fresh Tropical Fruit and Vegetable Imports
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nzaku,   Kilungu; Houston,   Jack E.
This paper estimates a demand system for a selected tropical fresh fruit and vegetable imports in to the U.S. using a Linear Approximate Almost Ideal Demand Systems model for the period 1989-2008. Further the paper attempts to capture trade policy and seasonality effects that affect the demand for fresh fruit and vegetable imports. Results show that most of the price elasticities of demand have the expected signs and less than unity magnitude except for tomatoes. Complimentary commodities include bananas and papayas, grapes, and mangoes, peppers and tomatoes and avocados, and tomatoes and cucumber. Substitutes include pineapples and papayas, grapes and papayas, and mangoes and tomatoes. Trade policy and seasonality are also found to affect fresh fruit and...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Tropical Fruits and Vegetables; Demand System; Imports; Consumer/Household Economics; Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/46850

ANALYSIS OF U.S. RICE POLICY IN A GLOBAL STOCHASTIC FRAMEWORK
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Chavez,   Eddie C.; Wailes,   Eric J.
Replaced with revised version of paper 04/13/11.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Government payments; Stochastic analysis; Deterministic analysis; Rice trade; Empirical distribution; Arkansas Global Rice Model; Agricultural and Food Policy; Demand and Price Analysis; International Relations/Trade; Q11; Q17.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/98846

Analysis of Vocational and Residential Preferences of Rural Population: Application of an Experimental Technique to Rural Slovenia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Zanni,   Alberto M.; Davidova,   Sophia; Bailey,   Alastair.
This study represents the first application of Choice Experiments to the analysis of the monetary and non-pecuniary determinants of vocational choice and spatial labor supply. It identifies the determinants of individual’s choice of jobs and place of residence, and provides a better understanding of the process of rural labor adjustments in a country in transition, Slovenia. The results indicate that the effect of wages, as the main factor influencing employment choice, is counterbalanced by other determinants affecting working conditions and residence. A considerable degree of immobility in terms of migration and commuting has been revealed. As a result, a rapid urbanisation process is unlikely to happen in the near future, according to individuals’...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Choice experiments; Labor supply; Migration; Rural; Slovenia; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital; J0; P0; C0.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25534

Analyzing Arkansas' Economic Growth: Need for Future Rural Development Strategies
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Das,   Biswaranjan; Rainey,   Daniel V.
A shift-share analysis was conducted for the 75 counties of Arkansas to determine the changing structure of the states' economy for the period 1980-2000. The analysis reveals a lack of overall comparative advantage in the majority of rural counties due to their inability to obtain higher paying jobs in manufacturing and professional sectors.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/35381

ANALYZING COLLECTIVE ACTION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ostrom,   Elinor.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Institutional and Behavioral Economics.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53215

ANALYZING CROSS-COUNTRY DIFFERENCES IN OBESITY RATES: SOME POLICY IMPLICATIONS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Loureiro,   Maria L.; Nayga,   Rodolfo M., Jr.
Replaced with revised version of paper 07/30/04.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Health Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20209

Analyzing Differences in Rural Hospital Efficiency: A Data Envelopment Analysis Approach
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nedelea,   I. Cristian; Fannin,   James Matthew; Barnes,   James N.
This study analyzes difference in efficiency among the U.S. rural hospitals using a two-stage, semi-parametric approach. Data Envelopment Analysis is used in the first stage to calculate cost, technical and allocative efficiencies of Critical Access Hospitals (CAH) and non-CAH rural hospitals. Following Simar and Wilson (2007), bootstrapped truncated regressions are used in the second stage to infer on relationship between the cost, technical and allocative inefficiencies of hospitals and some environmental variables. The estimated results show that CAHs are less cost, technical and allocative efficient than non-CAH rural hospitals. The results also show that Medicare cost-based reimbursement for CAHs has a negative effect on the efficiency of these...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Efficiency; Two-stage; Semi-parametric; Bootstrap; Data envelopment analysis; Health Economics and Policy; I12; I18.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61391

Analyzing Drivers of World Food Prices: Weather, Growth, and Biofuels
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Saunders,   Caroline M.; Kaye-Blake,   William; Cagatay,   Selim.
The recent rise of food cost in world markets has accelerated the research examining the underlying factors for this rise. The present research investigated the separate and combined impacts of three factors thought to contribute to the price rise: adverse weather events, strong and sustained growth in high populated countries, and increased biofuels production. The research further analysed the effects of these price rises on consumption expenditures in Brazil, China and India. Analyses were carried out using a partial equilibrium trade model with a focus on the 2004 to 2007 period. The modelling suggests that the most important factor behind the price rise depends on the commodity, with maize/corn, oilseeds, and sugar most affected by biofuels, while...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Food prices; Partial equilibrium model; Biofuel; Agricultural and Food Policy; International Relations/Trade; F11; Q17.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51460

ANALYZING FARM PARTICIPATION DECISIONS IN AGROTOURISM ACTIVITIES IN NORWAY: SOME WELFARE IMPLICATIONS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Loureiro,   Maria L.; Jervell-Moxnes,   Anne.
The aim of this paper is to assess the role played by socio-demographic factors, the financial situation of the farm household, as well as the productive orientation and physical location of the farm on the adoption of agro-tourism activities in Norway.  Agro-tourism activities in Norway can be classified mainly into two groups: a) renting of fishing and hunting rights, and b) renting of rooms on the farm, huts, cabin, and provision or direct sell of food to travelers. Results indicate that factors such as the size and the location  (rural or semi-rural) of the farm play a statistically significant and more important role on the decision of renting fishing and hunting rights than on the development of other agro-tourism activities on the farm.  On the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agro-tourism; Diversification; Farming; Norway; Farm Management.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19959

Analyzing FSA Direct Loan Borrower Payback Histories:  Predictors of Financial Improvement and Loan Servicing Actions
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Landerito,   Aiko O.; Dixon,   Bruce L.; Ahrendsen,   Bruce L.; Hamm,   Sandra J.; Danforth,   Diana M.
Classical and count data regression models are estimated to predict improvement in three key financial indicators—net worth, debt-to-asset ratio and current ratio—as well as the number of loan restructurings and delinquencies.  Data consist of Farm Service Agency direct loans originated in fiscal years 1994-1996.  Models to predict outcomes vary by loan type.  Models explaining variation in the financial measures have modest explanatory power but initial levels of debt-to-asset ratio and current ratio are significant in explaining changes in debt-to-asset ratios and current ratios, respectively.  Models explaining number of restructurings and delinquencies for operating loans have satisfactory explanatory power.  Increasing crop revenues to total farm...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: FSA direct loans; Financial improvement; Loan servicing actions; Agricultural Finance; Farm Management; Q14; Q12.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49340

Analyzing Growth and Welfare Effects of Public Policies in Models of Endogenous Growth with Human Capital: Evidence from South Africa
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Badibanga,   Thaddee Mutumba.
Since the abolition of its Apartheid regime in 1994, South Africa has launched a massive program of education, which has been financed through resources representing on average 21% of the national budget or 7% of GDP. Today, the GDP share of public spending on education is 1.3 times the average of industrialized countries (5.4%) and almost twice that of developing countries (3.9%). In this paper, we simulate fiscal policy experiments to analyze the growth and welfare effects of a shift in the allocation of government expenditures between public spending on education and transfers as well as those of a change in the tax rate in a model of endogenous growth with human capital accumulation for the South African economy. The results of simulations demonstrate...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Fiscal Policy; Government Expenditures and Education; Growth Model; International Development; Labor and Human Capital; E62; H52; O41.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6431

ANALYZING LINKAGES BETWEEN NURSERY FARM GROWTH RATES, STRUCTURAL VARIABLES, AND FIRM CHARACTERISTICS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Navajas,   Roberto; Hinson,   Roger A.; Pinel,   Raul A.
Production of ornamental plants is one of agriculture's successes. However, concentration of production and retailing is occurring, bringing additional competitive pressure.  An econometric model is used to explain growth rate using a cross-sectional data set from 2001, self-reported growth rates for nursery firms, and firm and operator characteristics.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Production Economics.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/35125

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

ANALYZING NEGOTIATION APPROACHES IN NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT -  A CASE STUDY OF CROP-LIVESTOCK CONFLICTS IN SRI LANKA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Birner,   Regina.
Participatory approaches in natural resource management are increasingly being criticized for their tendency to neglect power relations and conflicts of interests. Negotiation approaches have been proposed as a strategy to overcome such shortcomings. Using the case of negotiations on crop-livestock conflicts in Sri Lanka as an empirical example, this paper proposes to apply the concept of political capital in combination with game theoretical modeling for an analysis of negotiation processes in natural resource management. The model serves to analyze both the incentive structure of the resource users, who are motivated by economic incentives, and the incentive structure of political decision-makers, who are motivated by political interests. The crucial...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Natural resource management; Negotiation; Political capital; Extensive form game; Sri Lanka; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; Q2.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25859

Analyzing of Special Hungarian Micro-Regions from the Point of View of a New Rural Category
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ritter,   Krisztian.
There is no universally accepted definition of the category of "rural area" in Hungary and this issue is the subject of controversy. The EU or OECD standards cannot be fully applied due to unique national characteristics. As a) the role of agriculture in the national economy has drastically decreased in the last 15 years in Hungary - due to the political transition and globalisation, and as b) this decreasing importance causes heavy and pressing problems, especially in agricultural and ex-agricultural areas and regions, job loss is a characteristic sign of the underprivileged areas, and that affects mainly the villages and rural people who have lost their jobs in the agricultural sector.  Main goal of the author's Ph.D. research is an analysis of the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural employment; EU; Job loss; Rural area; Rural development; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Q19.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24448

Analyzing Parental Influence on Fruit and Vegetable Consumption
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Maschkowski,   Gesa; Hartmann,   Monika; Grebitus,   Carola.
Most parents are aware of fruits and vegetables being healthy for children, but children's and adolescents's dietary intake of F&amp;V is still below the recommendations. The question to be investigated is: what fills the gap between parents' nutritional knowledge and children's diet? A mixed methods research was conducted to study parental perspective of children nutrition. Parental information needs were explored conducting a content analysis of 178 nutrition questions posed by parents 2008 contacting the helpdesk of a public funded consumer website. Each question was coded for main and sub topics, worries and fears, using a standardized coding form. Based on this study a questionnaire was developed inquiring parental knowledge, attitudes and perceived...
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.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/116413

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

ANALYZING PRODUCER PREFERENCES FOR COUNTER-CYCLICAL GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Miller,   J. Corey; Barnett,   Barry J.; Coble,   Keith H.
A dynamic-stochastic model is developed to evaluate preferences among alternative counter-cyclical payment programs for representative farms producing corn and soybeans in Iowa and cotton and soybeans in Mississippi.  These programs are found to not necessarily be preferred to existing government programs.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural Finance.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20455

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

Analyzing the Determinants of Technical Efficiency Among Traditional Dairy Farms in Wisconsin: A Quantile Regression Approach
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Chidmi,   Benaissa; Solis,   Daniel; Funtanilla,   Margil; Cabrera,   Victor E.
This study analyzes the determinants of TE among traditional dairy farms in the State of Wisconsin taking into account dairy farms’ heterogeneity. To do so, we first estimate a production frontier and the level of TE using the SPF framework. Then we analyze the determinants of TI using a quantile regression analysis. The results indicate that the determinants of TE affect in very specific ways farmers with different levels of TE. This result confirms our hypothesis on the importance of controlling for farm heterogeneity when analyzing the determinants of TE. This issue is also important from an empirical point of view. Policy makers could improve the effectiveness of their work by targeting specific agricultural services and aid designed for farmers with...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Technical efficiency; Dairy; Quantile regression; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Marketing; Production Economics; Productivity Analysis.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61320

Analyzing the Economics Values of An Alternative Preprocessing Facility in the Biomass Feedstocks - Biorefinery Supply Chain
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Yu,   Tun-Hsiang (Edward); Larson,   James A.; Gao,   Yuan; English,   Burton C.
It is generally believed that preprocessing procedure can reduce the transportation and storage costs of biomass feedstock for biofuel production by condensing the feedstock’s size. However, the capital costs of preprocessing facilities could be significant in the feedstock logistics system. Applying a GIS and mixed-integer mathematical programming model, this study evaluates the economic values of a preprocessing technology, stretch‐wrap baling, in the biomass feedstock supply chain for a potential commercial-scale switchgrass biorefinery in East Tennessee. Preliminary results suggest that the stretch-wrap baling equipment outperforms the conventional hay harvest methods in terms of total delivered costs. Although the densification process involves...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Biomass feedstock; Cellulosic biofuel; Logistic costs; Preprocessing technology; Crop Production/Industries; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; Q16; D24.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103993

Analyzing the Effects of Conflicts on Food Security in Developing Countries: An Instrumental Variable Panel Data Approach
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hitzhusen,   Frederick J.; Jeanty,   Pierre Wilner.
Replaced with revised version of paper 08/31/06.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Unbalanced Panel data; Instrumental variable; Civil war; Food security; Food Security and Poverty.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21483

Analyzing the Effects of Weather and Biotechnology Adoption on Corn Yields and Crop Insurance Performance in the U.S. Corn Belt
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Vado,   Ligia; Goodwin,   Barry K.
Favorable weather and the adoption of Genetically Modified (GM) corn hybrids are often argued to be factors that explain recent corn yield increases and risk reduction in the U.S. Corn Belt. The focus of this analysis is to determine whether favorable weather is the main factor explaining increased and more stable yields or if biotechnology adoption is the more relevant driving force. The hypothesis that recent biotechnology advances have increased yields and reduced risks by making corn more resistant to pests, pesticides, and/or drought is tested. Fixed effects models of yields and crop insurance losses as functions of weather variables and genetically modified corn adoption rates are estimated taking into account the non-linear agronomic response of...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries; Farm Management.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61594

Analyzing the Impact of Changes in Trade and Domestic Policies: The Case of the Soybean Complex
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Costa,   Rafael F.; Xia,   Yan; Susanto,   Dwi; Rosson,   C. Parr, III; Adcock,   Flynn J.
This study analyzes the impacts of domestic and trade policy changes on the soybean complex using a Stochastic Equilibrium Displacement Model (SEDM). Three different policies, Loan Deficiency Payments (LDP), transportation costs and export taxes are considered in the analysis. The results indicate that Brazil benefits from a reduction in transportation costs and becomes more competitive in the global soybean market.  Brazilian exports of soybeans increase due to relatively lower export prices. However, Brazil gains little improvement in the export competitiveness of the soybean joint products, soybean meal and oil.  A lower U.S. LDP rate results in the loss of competitiveness for the United States in the world soybean market.  Furthermore, the results show...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Trade; Loan Deficiency Payment; Soybean; Soybean Joint Products; Stochastic Equilibrium Displacement Model; Transportation Costs; Agricultural and Food Policy; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/45853

Analyzing the impact of direct subsidies on the performance of the Greek Olive Farms with a non-monotonic efficiency effects model
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Zhu,   Xueqin; Karagiannis,   Giannis; Oude Lansink,   Alfons G.J.M.
We analyse the impacts of the CAP reforms on technical efficiency of Greek olive farms. We use a production frontier function and a non-monotonic inefficiency effects model which incorporates the influences of exogenous variables on the mean and the variances of farm efficiency. We formulate policy variables (e.g. the direct subsidies) and farm characteristics as explanatory variables in the inefficiency effects model. We use the 1995-2004 FADN data to estimate the production frontier, to derive technical efficiency, and to determine the effects of the explanatory variables. The study shows that the 10-year average technical efficiency of olive farms is 69%. Direct transfers have a negative and monotonic effect on technical efficiency, while the degree of...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Technical efficiency; The CAP reform; Non-monotonic inefficiency effects; Production frontier; Olive-farming; Agricultural and Food Policy; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43612

Analyzing the Impact of Food Safety Information on Food Demand in China
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: He,   Dehua; Chidmi,   Benaissa; Zhou,   Deyi.
This study analyzed the impact of food safety information on food demand in urban China. The LA/AIDS model was estimated by using national province level food consumption data and quantities of articles about food safety event on public media from 2000 to 2008. The results of the study show that urban Chinese consumer food demand was influenced by food safety information from daily newspapers and GM labeling policy. This paper also indicates food price elasticities, expenditure elasticities by categories and the effect of food safety information.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Food safety; Food demand; Linear Approximated Almost Ideal Demand System( LA/AIDS); Genetically modified( GM); Food consumption; Price elasticity; Expenditure elasticity; Consumer/Household Economics; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; D12; Q11.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103618

ANALYZING THE PERCEIVED IMPACT OF ISO 9000 STANDARDS ON U.S. AGRIBUSINESSES SITES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mumma,   Gerald A.; Allen,   Albert J.; Couvillion,   Warren C.; Abdulkadri,   Abdullahi O.; Mugalla,   Constance Ileko.
We used a non-competitive market framework to assess the perceived impact of ISO 9000 standards on the operational efficiency of registered U.S. agribusiness sites. Kendall Coefficient of Concordance, W, was used to rank selected reasons for seeking registration to ISO 9000 standards.  The results indicated that registered sites seem to be achieving their goals for registration.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19887

ANALYZING THE POTENTIAL FOR INCREASED TRADE IN DAIRY PRODUCTS: A CANADIAN PERSPECTIVE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Meilke,   Karl D.; Sarker,   Rakhal; Le Roy,   Danny G.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 1996
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/16959

Analyzing the Potential Water Conservation Strategies: An Application to Irrigated Agriculture in the Texas Panhandle
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tewari,   Rachna; Almas,   Lal K.; Lust,   David G.; Amosson,   Stephen H.; Bretz,   Fran E.
Witnessing a rapid surge in irrigation requirements as well as the pressure on natural resources to augment production for satisfying grain demand for the growing human and livestock population, ground water supply in the Texas Panhandle reflects itself as a limiting yet indispensable factor. This study evaluates the effectiveness of eight potential water management strategies in terms of  water savings, implementation costs as well as the regional impact of each policy on  the agricultural economy of Region A, comprising 21 counties in the North Texas High Plains, over a  fifty-year planning horizon.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Ogallala Aquifer; Water Management strategies; Texas Panhandle; Regional Impacts; Agricultural and Food Policy; Environmental Economics and Policy; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56393

ANALYZING TRADE IMPLICATIONS OF U.S. BIOFUELS POLICIES IN A GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM FRAMEWORK
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Birur,   Dileep K.; Beach,   Robert H.
As the biofuels are emerging as promising alternative transportation fuels across the world, they also offer huge potential for international trade in biofuels. A number of trade barriers such as import tariffs and domestic support have limited the scope for trade in biofuels. The purpose of this study is to analyze the implications of U.S. biofuel mandates, subsidies and import tariffs on global trade and welfare. We utilize the GTAP-BIO model, which was developed as a customized version of the Global Trade Analysis Project (GTAP) model capable of analyzing domestic and trade policy issues associated with biofuels (Birur, 2010). We supplement this model with updated and detailed sectoral level information on feedstock crops, different types of first and...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Biofuels; Computable General Equilibrium; Land use change; Land Economics/Use; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103996

ANALYZING VERTICAL MARKET STRUCTURE AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR TRADE LIBERALIZATION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sexton,   Richard J.; Sheldon,   Ian M.; McCorriston,   Steve; Wang,   Humei.
A model is developed to characterize the vertically linked and concentrated nature of developed country food markets. This model is then parameterized and used to simulate the effects of varying food market structures on the benefits to developing country exporters of agricultural commodities from trade liberalization by developed countries.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20060

Anatomy of a Recall: A Retailer's Perspective (PowerPoint)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Colleluori,   Jeanne.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37374

Anatomy of Stigmatized Behavior: Peer Influence and Relative Concern
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Chen,   Xi.
This paper is based on an ongoing joint work with David Sahn and Xiaobo Zhang.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Social Stigma; Peer Influences; Relative Concern; Blood Donation; China; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Food Security and Poverty; Health Economics and Policy; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; International Development; Labor and Human Capital; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; Risk and Uncertainty; JEL: I32; J22; D13; D63.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103644

Ancillary Benefits of Reduced Air Pollution in the United States from Moderate Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Policies in the Electricity Sector
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Burtraw,   Dallas; Krupnick,   Alan J.; Palmer,   Karen L.; Paul,   Anthony; Toman,   Michael; Bloyd,   Cary.
This paper considers how moderate actions to slow atmospheric accumulation of greenhouse gases from fossil fuel use also could reduce conventional air pollutants in the United States. The benefits that result would be "ancillary" to greenhouse gas abatement. Moreover, the benefits would tend to accrue locally and in the near term, while benefits from reduced climate change mostly accrue globally and over a time frame of several decades or longer. The previous literature suggests that changes in nitrogen oxides (NOx) would be the most important consequence of moderate carbon policies. We calculate these changes in a detailed electricity model linked to an integrated assessment framework to value changes in human health. A tax of $25 per metric ton of carbon...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Climate change; Greenhouse gas; Ancillary benefits; Air pollution; Co-control benefits; Nitrogen oxides; Sulfur dioxide; Carbon dioxide; Particulates; Health; Environmental Economics and Policy; H23; I18; Q48.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10664

Andalusian Demand for Non-Market Goods from Mountain Olive Groves
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Arriaza Balmón,   Manuel; Gomez-Limon,   Jose Antonio; Kallas,   Zein; Nekhay,   Olexandr.
Agricultural multifunctionality is the recognition of the joint exercise of economic, environmental and social functions by this sector. In order to make this concept operative for the design of public policies, it is necessary to estimate the social demand for such functions. The main objective of this article is to present an empirical application in this line. For this purpose we have taken the agricultural system of mountain olive groves in Andalusia (Southern Spain) at risk of abandonment after the decoupling of the EU subsidies as a case study. The economic valuation technique used is the Choice Experiment. According to the results, there is a different contribution of each attribute to the improvement of the Society level of utility. The main...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural multifunctionality; Economic valuation; Choice experiment; Olive groves; Andalusia (Spain); Crop Production/Industries; Demand and Price Analysis; Q11; Q18; Q24.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25385

Anerobic Digestors - Another Source of Renewable Energy (Power Point Presentation)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Haubenschild,   Dennis D.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33376

ANGEBOTSPOTENZIALE DER LANDWIRTSCHAFT IN EUROPA ZUR SICHERUNG DER NAHRUNGSMITTELPRODUKTION UND IHR POTENZIELLER BEITRAG ZU ERNEURBAREN ENERGIEN (German)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Schonleber,   Nicole; Henze,   Arno; Zeddies,   Jurgen.
In diesem Beitrag wird untersucht, inwiefern die Landwirtschaft der EU-27 Energie aus erneuerbaren Energieträgern bei gleichzeitiger Gewährleistung der Selbstversorgung mit Nahrungsmitteln bereitstellen kann. Hierzu werden Veränderungen im Nahrungsmittelverbrauch, der Ertrags- und Leistungssteigerungen in der Produktion sowie der Flächenentwicklung und des Abbaus von Exportüberschüssen berücksichtigt. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass die Landwirtschaft einen beachtlichen Energiebeitrag zum geplanten EU-Ziel 2020 (Anteil erneuerbarer Energien am Primärenergieverbrauch: 20%) leisten kann. In der EU-27 könnten allein 36% der erneuerbaren Energien durch die landwirtschaftliche Pflanzenproduktion gedeckt werden. Allerdings sind es nur wenige EU-Mitgliedsstaaten, die...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Nahrungsmittelverbrauch; Landwirtschaftliche Angebotspotenziale; Bioenergieträger; EUZiele; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7579

ANGEMESSEN, DRAMATISIERT, NICHT ERNST GENUG? UBER DIE WIRKUNG DER BERICHTERSTATTUNG ZUM THEMA VOGELGRIPPE (German)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Helmle,   Simone; Artmann,   Martina; Burkart,   Stefan.
Vogelgrippe löste im Februar 2006 eine immense Welle von Medienberichten aus. Wie wurden Berichterstattung und politische Maßnahmen wahrgenommen? Eine Meinungsumfrage und Experteninterviews ergaben: In einem beachtlichen Umfang empfanden die Bürger die Berichterstattung als angemessen, die Bewertung der Keulungen und der Stallpflicht fällt schwer, Bürger, die in der Nähe von Fundorten infizierter Wildvögel leben, neigen zu paradoxen Verhaltensweisen. Experten erlebten die Bevölkerung sehr beunruhigt. In ihrer täglichen Arbeit erleben sie die Folgen der hohen Berichterstattung, betonen gleichzeitig die Aufklärungsarbeit, die durch die Medien geleistet wurde. Konsequenzen werden abgeleitet über Strategien der Bürger, Unsicherheit zu reduzieren und...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Vogelgrippe; Berichterstattung; Wahrnehmung.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7615

Animal Biotechnology: Public Policy and Perception (Power Point Presentation)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fernandez,   Michael.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33361

Animal Disease Related Pre-event Investment and Post-event Compensation: A Multi-agent Problem
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jin,   Yanhong H.; McCarl,   Bruce A.
We employ a game-theoretic principal agent framework to analyze the individual farmer and governmental behavior pre- and post-animal disease outbreak. We examine the gap between the privately optimal and socially optimal levels of ex ante biosecurity investment and then investigate how a well-designed differentiated compensation scheme can close this gap. Our results also show that the privately optimal investment is generally lower than the first best socially optimal level, and a well-designed differentiated compensation scheme conditional on ex ante biosecurity investment can induce private preventive investment at least greater than the second best socially optimal level when the government face constraints, or even increase approaching the first best...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21216

Animal Efficiency in an Intensive Beef Production System
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fleming,   Euan M.; Fleming,   Pauline; Rodgers,   Heidi; Griffith,   Garry R.; Johnston,   David.
A stochastic input distance function is estimated to analyse the efficiency with which physical characteristics of individual lot-fed beef cattle in Australia are combined with conventional inputs to produce a final product possessing defined quality attributes. High mean technical efficiency estimates are reported for all animals and by breed. All partial output elasticities with respect to inputs are of expected sign. Of four outputs included in the analysis, carcass weight and moisture retention in meat after cooking have highly significant coefficients of expected sign, but two meat quality variables have coefficients of unexpected sign indicating that they decline as inputs increase. Some evidence is detected of scope economies between moisture...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Efficiency; Intensive agriculture; Scope economies; Livestock Production/Industries; Q12; C51.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24673

Animal Health at the Crossroads - Findings from a NAS Study Suggest a New Framework (Power Point Presentation)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hietala,   Sharon K.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33314

ANIMAL IDENTIFICATION AND TRACEABILITY: PROTECTING THE NATIONAL HERD
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wiemers,   John F.
Speech and PowerPoint Presentation
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33132

ANIMAL PRODUCTION AND AIR QUALITY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sweeten,   John M.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33064

Animal Welfare in the CAP and Large-Scale Distribution. Public Social Policy and Consumer Trust
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Arfini,   Filippo; Cernicchiaro,   Sabrina; Mancini,   Maria Cecilia.
This paper studies the role of animal welfare (AW) institutionally and for large scale retail and its value in consolidating trust between institutions-taxpayers and large scale retail-consumers. The first section analyses AW in the new CAP and current strategies of retail with regard to expectations of taxpayers and consumers respectively. The second section analyses interviews on AW carried out in large scale and traditional retailing on the Italian market, and puts forward short and medium term forecasts of the importance that AW could have in distribution strategies in trust building with consumers and in relationships with institutional and other interlocutors of the retail trade.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: CAP; Animal welfare; Modern retail; Free-riders; Pro-active and reactive strategies; Agricultural and Food Policy; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7765

“Animal Welfare” Practices along the Food Chain: How Does Negative and Positive Information Affect Consumers?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dentoni,   Domenico; Tonsor,   Glynn T.; Calantone,   Roger J.; Peterson,   H. Christopher.
Managing a global brand means developing its equity but also protecting it from global challenges (Shocker et al., 1994) and from the risk of negative shocks that may affect a brand (Okada and Rubstein, 1998), a multi-national company (Klein and Dawar, 2004) or a whole industry (Roehm and Tybout, 2006). Negative information shocks may arise because of sudden product-harm crises or scandals (Klein and Dawar, 2004; Roehm and Tybout, 2006), such as food-borne disease outbreaks or environmental violation practices. In these situations, providing positive brand information can mitigate the effect of negative information shocks on consumers’ brand evaluations and buying intentions (Smith and Vogt, 1995; Okada and Rubstein, 1998; Klein and Dawar, 2004; Roehm and...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58008

Animals’ Health Control Efficiency in Northwest Portugal: A Two-stage DEA Approach
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Costa,   Leonardo; Oude Lansink,   Alfons G.J.M.; Silva,   Elvira.
A two-stage approach is employed to analyze the efficiency of cooperatives responsible for ruminants’ disease control (OPP) at the farm level in Northwest Portugal. In the first stage, Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) is used to estimate and decompose input-based overall inefficiency for each OPP. The input-based inefficiency measures are generated using the directional input distance function. In the second stage, the inefficiency estimates are regressed on environmental and organizational factors in order to explain efficiency differentials. Despite substantial environmental differences, the empirical results indicate that most cooperatives can reduce costs by improving scale efficiency and pure technical efficiency.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Input directional distance function; Bootstrapping; Economic efficiency; Animal health services.; Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58000

Announcement Effects and the Theory of Storage: An Empirical Study of Lumber Futures
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Karali,   Berna; Thurman,   Walter N.
Replaced with revised version of paper on 06/11/07.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Theory of storage; Announcement effects; Event study; Futures markets; Commodity futures; Marketing.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9865

ANOMALIES IN VOTING: AN EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS USING A NEW, DEMAND REVEALING (RANDOM PRICE VOTING) MECHANISM
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Messer,   Kent D.; Poe,   Gregory L.; Rondeau,   Daniel; Schulze,   William D.; Vossler,   Christian A.
This study investigates the influence of social preferences on voting decisions using a new Random Price Voting Mechanism (RPVM), which is best thought of as a public goods voting extension of the Becker-DeGroot-Marshack mechanism for private goods. In particular, this mechanism is used to investigate experimentally whether voting decisions are affected by the distribution of net benefits associated with a proposed public program. Recent papers have shown that, in additional to selfishness, factors such as inequality aversion, maximin preferences, and efficiency may influence individual decisions. However, the effect of social preferences on voting, the predominant funding mechanism for public goods by legislatures and public referenda, has not been...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Institutional and Behavioral Economics.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21145

Another Plant?!...The Rapid Expansion in the Ethanol Industry and its Effect All the Way to the Farm Gate.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Roe,   Joshua D.; Jolly,   Robert W.; Wisner,   Robert N.
The ethanol industry has expanded rapidly in recent times. Utilizing budgeted ethanol plant and farm models we determine the effect of this expansion on future corn acreage and farm incomes. Several scenarios are presented to determine the profitability of the ethanol industry at various input and output prices.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21066

Answer to the challenges of the 21st century in the Hungarian pig sector
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Balogh,   Peter; Ertsey,   Imre; Szucs,   Istvan.
Whether particular countries, regions within countries, and particular societies gain or lose in the process of globalization depends on where they are in the process of agricultural transformation and to what extent they can adjust? The Hungarian pork chain faces considerable disadvantages in several aspects as opposed to competing countries. In countries with developed meat chain a powerful concentration could be observed, whereas in Hungary, although disintegration has not increased, decentralization still prevails. In our research the operation of the co-operative was modelled as a generalized network problem in 2008. The model allows the quantification of the number of pigs from given farms to slaughterhouses, the maximum revenue from sales, the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Cooperation; Pig farms; Network; Agribusiness; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51027

Antecedents Factors that Influence Soy Consumption: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Balasubramanian,   Siva K.; Moon,   Wanki; Rimal,   Arbindra; Coker,   Kesha.
We propose a structural model of antecedent factors that affect the frequency of soy consumption. This model, suggests that soy-general knowledge influences perceptions about nutrition concern, health benefits of soy, soy related personal beliefs and personal attitudes toward soy. Health benefits of soy, in turn, impacts soy-related personal beliefs and personal attitudes toward soy. Additionally, soy-related personal beliefs influence personal attitudes toward soy. Finally, both nutrition concern and personal attitudes toward soy drive the frequency of soy consumption. Elaborate tests with calibration and validation samples (derived from a large and nationally representative survey) provide robust empirical support for the proposed model. Implications for...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Consumer/Household Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49593

ANTHROPOGENIC AND NATURAL DETERMINANTS OF THE POPULATION OF A SENSITIVE SPECIES: SAGE GROUSE IN NEVADA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: van Kooten,   G. Cornelis; Eagle,   Alison J.; Eiswerth,   Mark E.; Feng,   Hui.
This paper uses Nevada data to conduct regression analyses of the relationship between sage grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) population sizes and potential causal factors. This is policy-relevant because of current petitions for listing this species under the Endangered Species Act. A key feature is that, although monitoring of sage grouse has occurred for many decades, data collection methods and level of monitoring effort have not been consistent. To account for this feature we use, as dependent variables, standardized measures such as population counts and harvest (hunting success) per unit of effort. Preliminary findings suggest that such measures have been particularly sensitive to whether or not humans used strychnine for predator control, with...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20382

Anticipated Impacts of GMO Introduction on Production Pattern In Poland
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Maciejczak,   Mariusz; Was,   Adam.
The paper takes one significant element of the agriculture production – use of genetically modified organisms (GMO) – and considers it in relation to the production pattern in Polish farms. It asks if under the ceteris paribus conditions the use of GMO plants in Polish farms will have influence on the cropping structure. To answer this question only a scientific and theoretical assumption has been applied that GMO cultivation is permitted without restrictions in Poland. The approach combines both the very short experience of the new biotech based system of agricultural production and a modeling, which builds up and aggregates the impacts of individual farm responses under assumed situations.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: GMO; Cropping structure; Farm model; Polish agriculture; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44238

Antidumping Duties in the Agriculture Sector: Trade Restricting or Trade Deflecting
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kassam,   Shinan; Malhotra,   Nisha.
The key issues on the negotiation table in the agriculture sector are the elimination of export subsidies, a progressive reduction of tariffs and reduction in domestic support. However, it is observed that trade liberalization often involves moving from one set of distortions to another rather than a movement to free trade.   More specifically, in the case of trade liberalization in manufacturing, countries have replaced lower tariffs with antidumping duties (ADD).  Feinberg and Olson (2005) empirically show that countries that agreed to larger tariff reductions under the Uruguay Round are more likely to use AD statutes to protect their domestic industries.  Thus if the use of ADD in agriculture are effective as a trade barrier (that is there is little...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agriculture; Antidumping; Trade Effect; US; Protection; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21122

ANTI-DUMPING IN AGRICULTURE BETWEEN CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES: TWO CASES OF TOMATOES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Barichello,   Richard R.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/16941

ANTI-INFLATIONARY POLICIES: ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Weidenaar,   Dennis J.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Financial Economics.
Ano: 1979
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17310

ANTIRUST COUNSELING IN THE WORLD OF B2B E-MARKETPLACES (PowerPoint Presentation)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Desanti,   Susan.
POWERPOINT PRESENTATION
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Industrial Organization.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33101

Antitrust Economic Analysis in Food Marketing Channels
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cotterill,   Ronald W.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Industrial Organization.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53201

ANTITRUST ENFORCEMENT AND AGRICULTURE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ross,   Douglas.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Industrial Organization.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33414

APLICAÇÃO DA LEI DE VERDOORN LOCAL PARA A FRUTICULTURA: UMA ANÁLISE DO PERÍODO DE 1990 A 2004
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Costa Ferreira,   Pedro Guilherme; Almeida,   Eduardo Simões de; Da Silva Alvim,   Maria Isabel.
De modo geral, assume-se, com freqüência, que na agricultura operam-se retornos constantes de escala. É interessante verificar essa hipótese para o caso da fruticultura, um setor dinâmico, ou seja, com elasticidade-preço da demanda maior do que um. Para ver isso, adotou-se uma abordagem da lei de Verdoorn, estimando-a pelo método das regressões ponderadas geograficamente (RPG). Os resultados mostraram que o melhor modelo para a agricultura no período de 1990 a 2004 foi o modelo de defasagem espacial local. O termo da defasagem espacial no modelo fornece evidências em favor da hipótese da existência de um efeito de transbordamento da pesquisa agrícola no Brasil. Houve, ainda, evidências de ocorrência de retornos crescentes de escala para a fruticultura...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Lei de Verdoorn local; Regressões ponderadas geograficamente; Produtividade frutícola; Local Verdoorn’s law; Geographically weighted regressions; Fruit culture productivity; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/102480

APLICAÇÃO DO DIAGRAMA DE CAUSA E EFEITO E DA ANÁLISE SWOT NA DEFINIÇÃO DE PRIORIDADES EM UMA PROPRIEDADE RURAL ESPECIALIZADA EM CRIA DE BOVINOS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Neto,   Odilon Jose De Oliveira; Lima,   Jose Jeronimo de; Cesar,   Vagner Antonio Maximo; Rezende,   Simone Oliveira; Figueiredo,   Reginaldo Santana.
Este artigo é resultante da utilização de duas ferramentas de gestão aplicadas a definição de problemas prioritários em uma propriedade rural especializada em cria de bovinos de corte. Contudo, este estudo foi composto de levantamento de dados e informações coletados a partir de entrevistas estruturadas aplicadas aos profissionais responsáveis pela produção, mercadologia, sistema de informações, finanças, gestão de pessoas e administração geral da organização. Trata-se de um estudo de caso da Fazenda Alvorada localizada no Estado do Tocantins – Brasil, onde os dados e informações coletadas permitiram a elaboração de uma radiografia do ambiente interno da organização mediante aplicação de um roteiro de levantamento (check-list) com base na utilização do...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Diagrama de Causa e Efeito; Propriedade Rural; Cria de Bovinos; Diagram of Cause and Effect; Rural property; Bovine of Create; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/108972

APLICAÇÃO DO MODELO ARIMA À PREVISÃO DO PREÇO DAS COMMODITIES AGRÍCOLAS BRASILEIRAS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Pinto,   Pablo Aurelio Lacerda De Almeida; Pereira,   Elenildes Santana; Oliveira,   Marianne Costa; Santos,   Jose Marcio Dos; Maia,   Sinezio Fernandes.
Atualmente as commodities representam uma significativa parcela do Produto Interno Brasileiro. Entretanto, o volume exportado pode sofrer influência significativa pelo preço apresentado no cenário internacional, alterando sensivelmente a remuneração do produtor. Dentro deste contexto, o presente trabalho se propõe a analisar o comportamento dos preços recebidos pelo produtor das principais commodities agrícola brasileiras: cacau, café, cana de açúcar, laranja e soja. Para tanto, procurou-se realizar uma previsão ex-ante para os preços destes produtos a partir da metodologia ARIMA. Os resultados obtidos fornecem uma ferramenta de análise para o mercado destas commodities, na medida em que demonstram a tendência dos preços para um horizonte de curto prazo,...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Modelagem ARIMA; Preços agrícolas; Commodities; ARIMA Modeling; Agricultural prices; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109197

APPENDIX - 1953 FEDERAL BUDGET WITH EXPLANATORY COMMENTS
Provedor de dados: 31
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Public Economics.
Ano: 1952
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17613

Application de la Programmation Stochastique Discrète à l’évaluation de l’impact de la contrainte de crédit sur le revenu et la production agricoles dans la basse vallée de l’Ouémé
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kpadonou,   Rivaldo A.B.; Adegbola,   Patrice Ygue; Tovignan,   Silvere D.
Malgré la mise en oeuvre des différentes politiques d’ajustement structurels découlant de l’option du libéralisme économique, l’économie béninoise peine toujours à décoller avec une agriculture à dominance familiale et traditionnelle, subvenant difficilement aux besoins des populations sans cesse croissantes. Les ménages agricoles ruraux vivent toujours dans des situations contraignantes de crédit qui sont souvent considérées comme faisant partie des contraintes majeures au développement agricole du pays. Ainsi, au regard de l’importance accordée au crédit dans les programmes de développement, cette étude s’est proposée d’analyser la vulnérabilité des exploitations agricole à la contrainte de crédit d’une part et, d’autre part, de faire une évaluation ex...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Programmation linéaire; Modélisation; Production; Revenu agricole; Bénin; Agricultural Finance.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/96824

Application of a Network Science Approach to Post-Conflict/Post-Disaster Agricultural System Reconstruction and Development
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Peck,   Eric; Kemmet,   Lynndee.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; International Development.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103948

Application of a Spatial Water Model in a Chinese Watershed
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fang,   Lan; Nuppenau,   Ernst-August.
China’'s fast growing economy has brought some environmental problems, especially in water administration. Inefficiencies in irrigation activities have created severe negative effects to the environment of rural communities, and the more serious water shortages hamper food production, too. Major questions at hand are, how to improve water use efficiency, to reduce negative external effects, to optimize water allocation in agriculture, to invest in water saving technologies, and to assure more water for high value added agriculture. This paper investigates the impacts of irrigation technologies and investments in water saving on the rural economy and the environment. By taking into account individual farmers' inclination to adopt modern water-saving...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: A spatial model; Water use efficiency; Adoption of irrigation technology; Technology; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; C61; Q25; Q56.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25437

APPLICATION OF BIOTECHNOLOGY IN AGRICULTURE AND MEDICINE: UNITED STATES VERSUS EUROPE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rimal,   Arbindra; Moon,   Wanki; Balasubramanian,   Siva K.
Discrepancies in the attitude between US and UK consumers toward application of biotechnology in crop production and medicine were examined using data from mail and online surveys. Results showed that more than 31% (46%) of US (UK) respondents were opposed to biotech foods while only 16% (18%) opposed biotech medicine, respectively. Perceived risks and benefits of agro-biotechnology and medical biotechnology were significant in determining overall attitude toward application of biotechnology in agriculture and medicine i.e., perceived risks (benefits) caused consumers to oppose (support) application of biotechnology in food production and medicine.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20005

Application of Chow test to improve analysis of farmer participation in markets in Kenya
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Otieno,   David Jakinda; Omiti,   John M.; Nyanamba,   Timothy O.; McCullough,   Ellen B.
Involvement of farmers especially those at the smallholder level, in commercial agriculture is an important pathway towards economic development.  There is a growing literature on the extent and determinants of market participation by farmers in different areas of the world. However, many studies fail to statistically account for the choice of either pooled models or disaggregated analysis of data from multiple sites. The consequence is that the scope and relevance of policy inferences on the basis of those results are limited. This study contributes to knowledge in filling the analytical void through application of the Chow test. Primary data from seventy seven vegetable farmers is analysed to understand factors that influence the level of market...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Chow test; Rural-urban divide; Market analysis; Policy; Kenya; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Marketing; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/50776

Application of Computable General Equilibrium Model to Derive Impacts  of Surface Water Reallocation Policy
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Seung,   Chang K.; Englin,   Jeffrey E.; Harris,   Thomas R.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/35841

Application of Copulas to Analysis of Index Insurance Contracts (PowerPoint Presentation)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Vedenov,   Dmitry V.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9379

Application of Copulas to Estimation of Joint Crop Yield Distributions
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Vedenov,   Dmitry V.
This paper presents a copula-based methodology for modeling joint yield distributions. Copulas have been used extensively in financial literature, but have not been widely used in agricultural economics and particularly risk management. The copula approach provides a powerful and flexible method to model multivariate distributions and thus go beyond joint normality, regressibility, and mean-variance criterion. Accurate estimation of joint distributions may help to improve the results in the area of risk management and insurance obtained under more limiting assumptions.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6264

APPLICATION OF DISCRETE NORMAL DISTRIBUTION FOR DYNAMIC RURAL RETAIL SECTOR ANALYSIS: PRELIMINARY RESULTS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Harris,   Thomas R.; Shonkwiler,   John Scott; Lin,   Yuanfang.
This paper expands on previous count data models for estimating demand thresholds for rural retail sector counts.  A discrete normal distribution is used for dynamic analysis of rural retail establishment counts.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20456

Application of Fuzzy Sets within Measuring and Managing certain Agricultural Risks
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sedlak,   Otilija; Kocic Vugdelija,   Vesna.
The aim of this paper is to set-up the algorithm for determining the degree of workability of the soil, to help the owners of family farms to plan working hours of agricultural machines, i.e. with the machine park management. The plans, which would be made by use of these algorithms and based on the accurate information of the cultivation conditions, would result in the appropriate use of time and capacity of the agricultural machines. In some sectors, such as agriculture or certain industries, chance that certain event occurs plays a very important role. The influence of random events, however, can be significantly reduced if decision makers are counting on them, reveal their nature and gather as much information about them as possible. Justification of...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agriculture; Family Farms; Machine Park Management; Fuzzy Systems; Agricultural and Food Policy; Crop Production/Industries; Farm Management; Land Economics/Use; Production Economics; Productivity Analysis.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109383

APPLICATION OF HURDLE NEGATIVE BINOMIAL COUNT DATA MODEL TO DEMAND FOR BLACK BASS FISHING IN THE SOUTHEASTERN  UNITED STATES.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bilgic,   Abdulbaki; Florkowski,   Wojciech J.
This paper identifies factors that influence the demand for a black bass fishing trip taken in the Southeastern U.S. using a double hurdle negative binomial count data model. The probability of fishing for a black bass is estimated in the first stage and the trip frequency for fishing a black bass is estimated in the second stage given that the individual has a positive probability towards undertaking a black bass fishing trip in the Southeast.  The applied approach allows the decomposition of the effects of factors responsible for the decision of taking a fishing trip and the number of trips.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Consumer/Household Economics.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/35079

Application of Prospective Structural Analysis to Rural Development Strategy
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ambrosio Albala,   Mateo; Martin Lozano,   Jose Manuel; Perez Hernandez,   Pedro Pablo.
The Council Regulation (EC) 1698/2005 approved on 20th September 2005 was the starting point of the fourth programme of Rural Development Aid for the period 2007-2013. This communitarian programme affects Andalusia, an European region situated in the south of Spain. The authors of this paper have helped in the elaboration of the rural strategy for this region. We would specially like to point out the use of the Prospective Structural Analysis (PSA) methodology as a competent method to analyse the complexity of elements, variables and present interactions in rural zones as well as to understand variables in the present and future situation. Results obtained with the application of the PSA method to a region show the strength of this methodology in order to...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Rural Development; Strategic Analyses; Prospective Structural Analyses; Regional Foresight; Community/Rural/Urban Development; O18.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51715

APPLICATION OF TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT (TQM) SYSTEMS AND PROGRAMS (DEMING/JURAN/SIX SIGMA) TO LOWER INSTRUCTIONAL COST&amp; INCREASE QUALITY OF SERVICE IN COLLEGES OF AGRICULTURE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nefstead,   Ward E.; Gillard,   Steve A.
I. History of the TQM movement II. Nature of the Problem:  Escalating Costs of Instruction and Reduced Revenue III. Use of Cause-Effect Analysis (Isikawa Diagrams) IV. DMAIC Analysis and Six Sigma V. Use of Computer Software in DMAIC and Six Sigma VI. Summary and Conclusions
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20335

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

APPLICATION OPPORTUNITIES IN PUBLIC ISSUES EDUCATION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hahn,   Alan J.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1995
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17041

Applications of copulas to Analysis of Efficiency of Weather Derivatives as Primary Crop Insurance Instruments
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Filonov,   Vitaly; Vedenov,   Dmitry V.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103972

Applied Theory of Energy Substitution in the Southeast: An SUR Approach
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Yeboah,   Osei-Agyeman; Thompson,   Henry; Shaik,   Saleem; Quaicoe,   Obed.
Issues on energy have recently dominated the economic decisions of several states across the U.S. economy and states in the southeastern region of U.S. are no exception. Almost all the states in the southeast import virtually all of their fuel resources from the Gulf Coast representing an annual financial diversion of several billions of dollars some of which could be used to develop domestic, alternative energy resources. The focus of this study was to determine the potential substitution between renewable energy and conventional energy forms in the southeast of U.S. We developed a system of factor share equations using translog cost function. The system of equations was estimated using a pooled iterative Non-linear Seemingly Unrelated Regression (SUR)...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Energy Substitution; Translog Cost Function; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/98609

Applying and Extending the Sustainable Value Method related to Agriculture – an Overview
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Illge,   L.; Hahn,   Tobias; Figge,   F.
Sustainable Value is a method to measure the contribution of an economic entity, such as a farm or the entire agricultural sector, towards the sustainability (sustainable development) of a region, a country or on a global scale. A positive sustainable value is created once resources are used more efficiently than by a benchmark. It shows the excess return that is created or lost by the use of economic, environmental and social resources by an economic entity relative to a benchmark. The purpose of this paper is to give an overview on the characteristics and requirements of the SV and to provide information on (a) possible applications and (b) extensions of the SV method related to the agricultural sector. A particular emphasis is put on the choice of...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Sustainability contributions; Value; Measurement; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44441

Applying Geographically Weighted Regression to Conjoint Analysis: Empirical Findings from Urban Park Amenities
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tanaka,   Katsuya; Yoshida,   Kentaro; Kawase,   Yasushi.
The objective of this study is to develop spatially-explicit choice model and investigate its validity and applicability in CA studies. This objective is achieved by applying locally-regressed geographically weighted regression (GWR) and GIS to survey data on hypothetical dogrun facilities (off-leash dog area) in urban recreational parks in Tokyo, Japan. Our results show that spatially-explicit conditional logit model developed in this study outperforms traditional model in terms of data fit and prediction accuracy. Our results also show that marginal willingness-to-pay for various attributes of dogrun facilities has significant spatial variation. Analytical procedure developed in this study can reveal spatially-varying individual preferences on attributes...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Choice experiments; Conjoint analysis; Dogrun; Geographically weighted regression; Spatial econometrics; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6233

Applying Optimization to the Conservation Project Selection Process: A Case Study of Readiness and Environmental Protection Initiative
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Liu,   Zhuo; Messer,   Kent D.; Korch,   Mary A.; Bounds,   Thomas.
This study presents a thorough discussion of the efficiency and effectiveness improvement from optimization models (Binary Linear Programming and Goal Programming), as applied to the Department of Defense’s Readiness and Environmental Protection Initiative. The OM models can yield 21% and 19.1% higher benefit scores respectively, spending $13,013,473 and $31,463,473 less total acquisition costs. To achieve the same level of conservation benefits for the current rank based approach, the REPI would spend additional $20.1 million and approximate 50% of the budget. A counterpart of OM- the cost-effective analysis is observed to be inefficient when the problem becomes complex. In a real world of political environment of the conservation programs, we suggest a...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy; C6; Q24.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103997

Applying regression quantiles to farm efficiency estimation
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kaditi,   Eleni A.; Nitsi,   Elisavet I.
This article is concerned with the methodological question of frontier production functions estimation for agriculture, and the appropriateness of regression quantiles, as a useful semi-parametric approach. Better insights are reached using the proposed methodology that provides robust farm efficiency scores estimates. Using the 2007 Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) data for Greece, analysis shows that the distribution of efficiency scores is closer to normality when employing regression quantiles, while underestimation of efficiency obtained by other parametric or deterministic methods based on the conditional mean can be avoided. The results further suggest that government support aimed at enhancing farms viability should be directed towards payments...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Efficiency; Quantile Regression; Agriculture; Agricultural and Food Policy; Productivity Analysis; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; C14; D24; Q18.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61081

Applying Sustainable Value Methodology for Hungarian Agriculture
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Molnar,   Andras.
The Sustainable Value method is a promising approach for accessing sustainability performance of a given activity using the concept of opportunity cost and the performance of a given benchmark. In this study the performance of the Hungarian agriculture is studied. Using FADN data for the period of 2002-2006, the possible effect of the EU accession on agricultural production is examined. Structural, economic and human factors are considered in order to gain better understanding of the differences.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Sustainability; EU accession; Assessment; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44139

Applying the Payment Card Approach to Estimate the WTP for Green Food in China
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tian,   Xu; Yu,   Xiaohua; Holst,   Rainer.
This paper uses a payment card approach to reveal consumers‟ willingness to pay for green food in China. We first present a brief introduction of the payment card approach and introduce several methods to estimate the WTP with payment cards, which we subsequently use to estimate WTP values regarding green vegetables, green meat and green eggs in China. Our results indicate that consumers in big cities are willing to pay a higher premium for green food and that WTP values are relatively higher for more expensive food than for cheaper food. In addition, the ratios of premium to price range mainly between 25% and 50% and WTP values obtained from interval midpoint approach are relatively higher than those calculated by other approaches.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: WTP; Payment card; Green food; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/115533

APPRAISAL OF THE FAR EAST AND LATIN AMERICAN TEAM REPORTS IN THE WORLD FOREIGN TRADE SETTING
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Johnson,   Harry G.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 1960
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/16995

APPRAISING LONGER-RUN DEMAND PROSPECTS FOR FARM PRODUCTS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Daly,   Rex F.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 1956
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17350

APPROACH A: SUBSIDIZING CONSUMPTION AT HOME AND ABROAD
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Pickrel,   Luther J.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 1958
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17881

APPROACH B: FINDING NEW USES FOR FARM PRODUCTS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dougan,   Riley S.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Marketing.
Ano: 1958
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17899

APPROACH D: MULTIPLE PRICING
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Thomas,   Marion D.; Story,   Robert P.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 1958
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17889

APPROACH E: CHANGING MARKET SUPPLY BY RESTRICTING INPUTS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Turner,   W.L.; Pugh,   Charles R.; Allgood,   J.G.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 1958
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17884

APPROACH F: DIRECT RESTRAINTS ON FARM MARKETINGS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Brannen,   Stephen J.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Marketing.
Ano: 1958
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17882

APPROACH G: TRANSFER PAYMENTS, PRICE SUPPORTS, AND NON-MONY SUPPLEMENTS TO INCOME
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cherry,   Robert G.; McNabb,   Coy; Frary,   Robert F.; Simerl,   L.H.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural Finance.
Ano: 1958
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17897

APPROACH H: LETTING THE FARM INCOME PROBELM WORK ITSELF OUT IN THE OPEN MARKET
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Robertson,   Fred R.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural Finance.
Ano: 1958
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17880

APPROACH I: VERTICAL INTEGRATION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dunbar,   John O.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Marketing.
Ano: 1958
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17886

Approaches for assessing the impacts of the Rural Development Programmes in the context of multiple intervening factors
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Schuh,   Bernhard; Lukesch,   Robert; Michaelk,   Jeane; Kaufmann,   Peter; Pufahl,   Andrea; Schiller,   Simone; Koorberg,   Pille; Beaufoy,   Guy; Pinay,   Gilles; Moran,   Dominique; Gomann,   Horst; Storti,   Daniele; Rossi,   Patrizia; Paracchini,   Marie-Luise.
The Common Monitoring and Evaluation Framework (CMEF) provides a single framework for monitoring and evaluation of all EU Rural Development Programmes (RDP) in the current programming period (2007-2013). It provides continuity from previous periods and constitutes a significant simplification as regards assessment of results and impacts, while at the same time offering greater flexibility to Member States. The European Evaluation Network for Rural Development has published a Working Paper on Approaches for assessing the impacts of the Rural Development Programmes in the context of multiple intervening factors. The aim of the Working Paper is to inspire and to encourage programme evaluators, not to restrict or constrain them. From a methodological...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Assessment of impacts; Rural Development Programmes; Policy evaluation; EU policy; Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/99365

APPROACHES FOR DOING PUBLIC AFFAIRS EDUCATION: SUMMARY OF A GROUP DISCUSSION OF PROGRAM METHODS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dunbar,   John O.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1956
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17338

APPROACHES TO MANAGEMENT AND FARM BUSINESS SUCCESS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: McBride,   William D.; Johnson,   James D.
Exploratory factor analysis was used to analyze responses to management questions asked a sample of U.S. cash grain farmers.  Results indicate that 3 factors described farm management approaches, price negotiation, long-term cost control, and input adjustment.  Price negotiation was positively associated with farm business success, but the input adjustment approach had a negative impact on farm performance.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Farm Management.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20131

APPROACHES TO MEASURING CONSUMER BENEFITS FROM FOOD SAFETY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: van Ravenswaay,   Eileen O.; Hoehn,   John P.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Food safety; Consumer benefits; Cost/benefit analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25941

Approaches to Obtaining Income Data: The Case of the Netherlands
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Poppe,   Krijn J.
This paper provides some information on the experiences in the Netherlands with obtaining micro economic data on household incomes in agriculture. To understand the situation in the Netherlands, the next section gives some background on agriculture and policy making in the Netherlands. This explains the role that the FADN plays, and why it is an attractive tool for the gathering of income data. Section 3 provides some information on the technical issues of the FADN. In the last section we draw some conclusions.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Consumer/Household Economics.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15729

Approximating Bayesian Posteriors using Multivariate Gaussian  Quadrature
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cranfield,   John A.L.; Preckel,   Paul V.; Liu,   Songquan.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/35791

Approximating optimal numerical solutions to bio-economic systems: How useful is simulation-optimization?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Börner,   Jan; Higgins,   Steven Ian; Scheiter,   Simon; Kantelhardt,   Jochen.
For applications in agricultural economics, complex ecological systems are often oversimplified to the extent that ecologists rarely consider model results valid. Recursive optimization of complex systems represents an alternative, but requires strong assumptions regarding time preference and uncertainty. In this paper we explore the implications of merely approximating “true” optima of complex dynamic optimization problems using a technique called simulation-optimization. We develop a standard discrete renewable resource use problem and solve it numerically using both simulation-optimization and non-linear mathematical programming. We subsequently introduce non-linearity and uncertainty and graphically compare the performance of simulation-optimization...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Optimal control; Simulation; Ecological economic systems; Interdisciplinary modeling; Environmental Economics and Policy; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51407

Aquaculture and Fisheries Interactions: Implications for the Global Supply of Fish
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Arnason,   Ragnar.
Aquaculture, or more generally fish farming, and fisheries interact in several different ways.  First, many types of fish farming require fish products as inputs, mostly for feeding purposes.  Second, farmed fish and wild fish products compete in fish markets with consequences for both the industry and, of course, consumers.  Third, fish farming generates various types of polluting agents that may affect wild fish stocks and their habitat.  Several other interactions exist.  This paper is primarily concerned with the implications of the first of these interactions, namely the input relationships, for the overall supply of fish products in the future.  To the extent that the fish farming industry demands wild fish products such as fish meal, fish oil, etc....
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Aquaculture; Fisheries; Aquaculture and fisheries interactions; Global supply of fish; Livestock Production/Industries; Q0; Q1; Q2.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/55996

Aquifer Depletion and the Cost of Water Conservation:  The Southern High Plains of Texas Case
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wheeler,   Erin A.; Segarra,   Eduardo; Johnson,   Phillip N.; Willis,   David B.; Johnson,   Jeffrey W.
Irrigated agriculture has played a vital role in the development and growth of the Great Plains Region of the United States. The primary source of water for irrigation in this region is the Ogallala Aquifer. The Southern portion of the Ogallala Aquifer is considered exhaustible due to the low level of recharge relative to the quantities of water pumped. Analysis and evaluation of water conservation policies which could extend the economic life of the Ogallala Aquifer in the Southern High Plains of Texas and Eastern New Mexico, and which could contribute to maintaining the viability of the regional economy is important. This study evaluates the impacts of water conservation policies which limit drawdown of the Ogallala Aquifer. County level dynamic...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Water conservation; Water policy evaluation; Aquifer management; Dynamic optimization; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25410

Are Agricultural Measures for Groundwater Protection Beneficial When Compared to Purification of Polluted Groundwater?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hasler,   Berit; Lundhede,   Thomas.
The groundwater resource, the drinking water areas and the surface water quality can be protected by measures, e.g. by reductions of pesticide and nutrient applications, conversion of arable land to grasslands or forests etc. The objective of the paper is to estimate the benefits of groundwater protection by the valuation method choice experiments. This method allows for separate estimation and comparison of the different attributes connected to groundwater protection i.e. the effects on drinking water and surface water quality as compared to the benefits from cleaning and treatment of polluted drinking water to make it suitable for drinking water consumption. The results indicate that the benefits are significant, and that the willingness to pay for...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Groundwater; Pollution; Drinking water; Valuation; Choice experiments; Environmental Economics and Policy; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; Q25; Q26; Q28; C42; D62.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24587

Are Agricultural Policies Making Us Fat? Likely Links Between Agricultural Policies and Human Nutrition and Obesity, and their Policy Implications
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Alston,   Julian M.; Sumner,   Daniel A.; Vosti,   Stephen A.
Rates of obesity among adults and children in the U.S. are soaring, with potentially huge private and social costs. Increasing attention is being paid to agricultural policies as both the culprits through their perceived roles in reducing the relative prices of energy-dense foods, and as the potential saviors through their perceived ability to do the opposite. However, the effects of agricultural policies on human nutrition and obesity are not well understood. This paper considers (1) trends in agricultural commodity prices, and the contributions of commodity policies and agricultural R&amp;D policies to those trends, (2) the links between changes in commodity prices and changes in food prices; and (3) the implications of price-induced changes in food...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: H5; Agricultural and Food Policy; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Q18; Q16; I0.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25343

ARE ASSESSMENTS FOR GENERIC ADVERTISING OPTIMAL IF PRODUCTS ARE DIFFERENTIATED?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Crespi,   John M.; Marette,   Stephan.
An analytical framework where consumers display preferences for various qualities of an agricultural commodity is used to investigate the producer welfare effects of generic advertising assessments.  Depending upon the degree of product differentiation present in the final goods, some producers are shown to benefit more than others from the use of an equivalent assessment on all producers.  This paper delineates those cases where producer assessments should be equal and where assessments should be different to insure an equitable benefit.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Marketing.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20762

Are Australian wholesale vegetable markets LOOPy?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nicols,   Panos; Ahmadi-Esfahani,   Fredoun Z.
Literature regarding the pricing efficiency of Australian wholesale vegetable markets is very limited. The objective of this paper is to test whether or not vegetable products traded in these markets are priced efficiently and satisfy the law of one price (LOOP). To that end, the price relationships between Adelaide and Melbourne markets are tested, using the Johansen cointegration approach, Granger causality and impulse response functions. The empirical findings do not appear to satisfy the LOOP. Policy implications of the analysis are explored.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Law of one price; Australian wholesale vegetable markets; Pricing efficiency; Demand and Price Analysis; Marketing.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47618

ARE BASIC SCIENCE AND BIOTECHNOLOGY COMPLEMENTARY ACTIVITIES?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Xia,   Yin; Buccola,   Steven T.
Enhancing agricultural productivity depends greatly on the management of information flows between basic and applied research.  A framework is developed to examine the mutual relationship between molecular biological research and agricultural biotechnology innovations.  Preliminary results provide a basis for university decision-making in both the short and long run.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20575

Are Beverage Categories Separable?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Styles,   Erika Knight; Lee,   Jonq-Ying; House,   Lisa.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61864

Are Biofuels Revitalizing Rural Economies? Projected Versus Actual Labor Market Impacts in the Great Plains
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Schlosser,   Janet A.; Leatherman,   John C.; Peterson,   Jeffrey M.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6123

Are Brazilian corn farmers overconfident about prices?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cruz Junior,   Jose Cesar.
This paper aims to identify signs of overconfidence among corn producers in south and central-west Brazil. Over the period from October to November 2008, farmers were chosen to answer questions regarding their knowledge of futures markets and price expectations. A large part of subjects responded they do not trade futures contracts because they do not have enough information on the subject. The results show respondents were miscalibrated when estimating directly-stated and the indirectly-stated expected prices. In addition, for certain respondents, subjective variance for corn proves to be significantly less than the market variance. Finally, the paper concludes that the overconfidence effect can partially explain the low use of futures markets by...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Overconfidence; Subjective probability; Probability elicitation; Institutional and Behavioral Economics.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49439

Are Canadian Farmers Overconfident?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fryza,   Stefanie A.; Mattos,   Fabio.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Wheat; Marketing; Overconfidence; Agribusiness; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Marketing.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103589

Are CAP Decoupling Policies Really Production Neutral?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Katranidis,   Stelios D.; Kotakou,   Christina A.
This paper examines the effects of decoupling policies on Greek cotton production. We estimate a system of cotton supply and input derived demand functions under the hypothesis that producers face uncertainty about prices. Using our estimation results we simulate the effects on cotton production under four alternative policy scenarios: the ‘Old’ CAP regime (i.e. the policy practiced until 2005), the Mid Term Review regime, a fully decoupled policy regime and a free trade-no policy scenario. Our results indicate that cotton production gradually decreases as more decoupled policies are adopted. Moreover, the fully decoupled payment is found to be non-production neutral since it indirectly affects producers’ decisions through the wealth effect.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: CAP; Decoupling; Uncertainty; Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44184

ARE CATTLE ON FEED REPORT REVISIONS RANDOM AND DOES INDUSTRY ANTICIPATE THEM?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mills,   Jeffrey B.; Schroeder,   Ted C.
Cattle on Feed (COF) reports are an important source of beef supply information. This study investigates whether COF report revisions are unbiased, random, and anticipated. Initial COF reports are biased, but the bias is economically small. Revisions to COF estimates are not random. Market analysts do not correctly anticipate revisions.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/36643

Are Changing Demographics Fostering a New Role for Farmers?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Oliver,   Jason; Valentin,   Luc; Erickson,   Bruce; Boehlje,   Michael.
Full survey available upon request
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Skill sets; Profitability; Management skills; Ordered probit; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/42476

Are Citizens Willing to Pay for Agricultural Multifunctionality?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kallas,   Zein; Gomez-Limon,   Jose Antonio; Arriaza Balmón,   Manuel.
Agricultural multifunctionality is the recognition of the joint exercise of economic, environmental and social functions by this sector. In order to make this concept operative for the design of public policies, it is necessary to estimate the social demand for such functions. The main objective of this article is to present an empirical application in this line. For this purpose we have taken the agricultural system of cereal steppes in Tierra de Campos (Spain) as a case study. The economic valuation technique used is the Choice Experiment. The results suggest the existence of a significant demand for the different functions, although this demand is heterogeneous, depending on the socio-economic characteristics of the individuals.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural multifunctionality; Agricultural policy; Economic valuation; Choice experiment; Consumer/Household Economics; Q18; Q11; Q25.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25476

Are consumers beef quality perceptions in accordance with objective beef quality?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Banović,   Marija; Cristina Monteiro,   Ana; Lemos,   Jose Pedro Cardoso; Madalena Barreira,   Maria; Fontes,   Magda Aguiar.
The consumer has the final word in food choice, which is determined by his perceived quality. Within a project coordinated by the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine we tried to relate objective quality with the consumer quality evaluation. To do so, we have measured the expected and experienced quality of a sample of Portuguese consumers towards three types of beef (PDO, national and imported) at the shop, and compared this subjective evaluation with the beef objective quality. Results at the consumer level show that respondents perceived PDO beef to be of higher quality than the two other types of beef for different attributes and for overall quality at the shop location. In terms of objective quality results, the three types of beef showed highly similar...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: PDO beef; Perceived quality; Objective quality; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Q130.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/91680

Are Consumers in Developing Countries Willing-to-Pay More for Micronutrient-Dense Biofortified Foods? Evidence from a Field Experiment in Uganda
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Chowdhury,   Shyamal K.; Meenakshi,   J.V.; Tomlins,   Keith; Owori,   Constance.
Vitamin A deficiency is a major health problem in Africa and in many other developing countries. Biofortified staple crops that are high in pro vitamins A and adapted to local growing environment have the potential to reduce the prevalence of vitamin A deficiency. One such example is the orange-fleshed sweetpotato. However because of its distinctive orange color, which is in contrast to the white varieties that are typically consumed in Africa, it is important to assess whether consumers will accept it.  It is this question that this paper attempts to address, using a choice experiment with the real product to quantify the magnitude of the premium or discount  in consumers’ willingness to pay that may be associated with it.  In addition, it also considers...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Cheap talk; Field experiments; Hypothetical bias; Conjoint analysis; Universal logit; Agricultural and Food Policy; Consumer/Household Economics; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Health Economics and Policy; C35; C93; D 83; Q18.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49945

Are Consumers Indeed Misled? Congruency in Consumers' Attitudes towards Wine Labeling Information versus Revealed Preferences from a Choice Experiment
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mueller,   Simone C.; Umberger,   Wendy J.
Please Contact Authors for Updated Version before Citing
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Discrete choice experiment vs. attitude measurement; Food labeling; Willingness to pay; Consumers; Wine; Agricultural and Food Policy; Consumer/Household Economics; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Marketing.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61331

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

Are Corn and Soybean Options Too Expensive?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Urcola,   Hernan A.; Irwin,   Scott H.
A growing body of recent evidence suggests that premiums for financial options might be too high. For agricultural options, market participants often make similar claims, however there is very limited scientific literature to prove or disprove such claims. This research investigates the efficiency of corn and soybean options markets by directly computing trading returns. Time effects on market efficiency are also investigated. When the sample period is considered as a whole, risk adjusted returns indicate that no profits can be made by taking either side of the corn or soybean options markets. However, when time effects are analyzed, corn calls appear to have provided excess returns during the 1998--2005 period. This result do not appear to be driven by...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Corn; Soybeans; Options markets; Mispricing; Trading returns; Market efficiency; Crop Production/Industries; Marketing.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19006

Are Country of Origin and Non-GM Premiums Invariant to Experimental Auction Structure?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Volinskiy,   Dmitriy; Adamowicz,   Wiktor L.; Veeman,   Michele M.; Srivastava,   Lorie.
A revealed preference auction experiment is used to elicit values for two attributes, one relating to genetic modification and the other to country of origin of the food product, canola oil. A premium for a non-GM canola oil is found to approximate CA$0.4 to $0.6 per litre. Auction format effects are found and hypotheses as to why these may occur are suggested.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Willingness to pay; Incentive compatible; Becker-DeGroot-Marschak auction procedure; Non-GM food; Country of origin; Canola oil; Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10378

Are Crop Yield Distributions Negatively Skewed? A Bayesian Examination
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Du,   Xiaodong; Hennessy,   David A.; Yu,   Cindy L.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/60988

ARE CROP YIELDS NORMALLY DISTRIBUTED?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ramirez,   Octavio A.; Misra,   Sukant K.; Field,   James E.
This paper revisits the issue of crop yield distributions using improved model specifications, estimation and testing procedures that address the methodological concerns raised in recent literature that could have invalidated previous conclusions of yield non-normality. It shows beyond reasonable doubt that some crop yield distributions are non-normal, kurtotic and right or left skewed, depending on the circumstances. A procedure to jointly estimate non-normal farm- and aggregate-level yield distributions with similar means but different variances is illustrated, and the consequences of incorrectly assuming yield normality are explored.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Yield non-normality; Probability distribution function models; Corn Belt yields; West Texas dryland cotton yields; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20695

ARE ECO-LABELS VALUABLE? EVIDENCE FROM THE APPAREL INDUSTRY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nimon,   R. Wesley; Beghin,   John C.
Using U.S. apparel catalogue data, we estimate hedonic price functions to identify market valuation of environmental attributes of apparel goods. We identify a significant and robust premium for the organic fibers embodied in the apparel goods. We find an additional organic premium for baby items. However, we do not find evidence of a premium for environment-friendly dyes. We further investigate the pricing behavior of apparel suppliers for potential departure from competitive pricing of this environmental attribute and find no evidence different premium across firms, suggesting price-taking behavior in the environmental attribute space.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Eco-labels; Organic-cotton apparel; Natural dye; Hedonic price; Agribusiness; Environmental Economics and Policy; Q20; L81; L67.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21016

Are EU spatial ex ante coexistence regulations proportional?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Demont,   Matty; Daems,   W.; Dillen,   Koen; Mathijs,   Erik; Sausse,   C.; Tollens,   Eric.
The EU is currently struggling to implement coherent coexistence regulations on genetically modified (GM) and non-GM crops in all member states. While it stresses that any approach needs to be “proportionate to the aim of achieving coexistence”, very few studies have actually attempted to assess whether the proposed spatial ex ante coexistence regulations (SEACERs) satisfy this proportionality condition. In this article, we define proportionality as a functional relationship which is weakly increasing in the incentives for coexistence. We propose a spatial framework based on an existing landscape and introduce the new concept of shadow factor as a measure for the opportunity costs induced by SEACERs. This enables comparing the proportionality of (i) rigid...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Policy analysis; GIS; Shadow factor; Agricultural and Food Policy; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44191

Are Farmers Completely Rational Consumers and Do They Suffer from a Borrowing Constraint? The Dutch Case
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Woldehanna,   Tassew; Oskam,   Arie J.
There is some confusion in the literature on the consumption behaviour of farmers. We try to clear up some of the issues surrounding this confusion by elaborating and testing a model. Euler equations have been derived from a constant relative risk aversion utility function for total consumption expenditure, household expenditure and other expenditure, which includes durable goods. According to a test of Euler equations, farm households are not simply optimising lifetime utility. Rather, these households follow simple consumption rules, strongly influenced by habit formation. In line with most of the literature, we find that farm households are not borrowing constrained in their consumption expenditures.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Consumption; Euler equation; Borrowing constraint; Dutch farm households; Farm Management.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24854

Are Farmers' Decisions to Work off the Farm and Participate in the Conservation Reserve Program Independent, Joint or Sequential?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Chang,   Hung-Hao; Boisvert,   Richard N.
There is statistical evidence that decisions to participate in CRP and work off-farm are made simultaneously. Characteristics of households, farm operations other farm programs, and the local economies affect both decisions; some factors affect only one. Policy changes that affect one decision may affect another directly and/or indirectly.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: CRP; Off-farm labor; Choice Structure; Farm Management.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19474

Are Farmers More Dependent on Rural Communities Than Rural Communities Are Dependent on Farmers?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Stallman,   Bob.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/50572

Are Fishers Loss Averse? Evidence from the Gulf of Mexico Shrimp Fishery
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ran,   Tao; Keithly,   Walter R., Jr.; Kazmierczak,   Richard F., Jr.; Niu,   Huizhen.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61710

Are Friendly Farmers Environmentally Friendly?  Environmental Awareness as a Social Capital Outcome
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Munasib,   Abdul B.A.; Jordan,   Jeffrey L.
This paper examines the hypothesis that social capital at the individual level affects environmentally friendly practices. Social capital represents the social connectedness of the individual. An individual with higher social capital is more likely to have better exposure and access to information about the importance of environmentally friendly practices. We study sustainable agricultural practices among Georgia farmers and examine whether their social capital levels have any effect on, (1) their adoption of sustainable agricultural practices, and (2) the extent to which they engage in these practices. Using the Georgia Social Capital Survey our measure of social capital is associational activities. We address a number of econometric issues: potential...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/35281

ARE FRUIT AND VEGETABLE STAMP POLICIES COST-EFFECTIVE?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: de Mouzon,   Olivier; Requillart,   Vincent; Soler,   Louis-Georges; Dallongeville,   Jean; Dauchet,   Luc.
In many countries, consumption of fruits and vegetables (F&amp;V) is below recommended levels. We quantify the economic and health effects of F&amp;V stamp policy designed for low income consumers. The analysis combined two models: an economic model which predicts how F&amp;V consumption is affected by a change in policy and a health model which evaluates the impact of a change in F&amp;V consumption in terms of death avoided (DA) and life-years saved (LYS). Finally we computed the costs per DA and LYS as the ratio between the taxpayer cost of the policy and the number of DA and LYS. The main findings of the present study are: (1) F&amp;V stamp policy has a positive and significant impact on the consumption of small F&amp;V consumers of the targeted...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Cost-effectiveness analysis; Fruits and Vegetables; Health Impact Assessment; Health Policy; Agricultural and Food Policy; Consumer/Household Economics; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Health Economics and Policy; D61; I18; Q18.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/116416

Are Fruit Juice Categories Separable?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Knight,   Erika P.; House,   Lisa; Lee,   Jonq-Ying; Spreen,   Thomas H.
Supermarket shelves are saturated with numerous varieties and brands of juice beverages. This high level of assortment has dramatically changed beverage consumption patterns and trends throughout the United States. In fact, during 2004-2005, energy and sport drinks experienced significant increases in sales, 65.9% and 20.6 %, respectively. During the same period of time, refrigerated juice sales increased a mere 2.2%, shelved non-fruit drinks decreased 0.9%, bottled juices and cocktails both decreased 1.5 % and frozen juice decreased by 12.8% (Food Industry Review 2006). The beverage industry has undergone many transformations, but consumer theory states that a shift in demand for one good has to be compensated by a shift in the opposite directions in the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Industrial Organization.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49878

Are Geographical Indications a way to "decommodify" the coffee market?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Galtier,   F.; Belletti,   Giovanni; Marescotti,   Andrea.
The commodity nature of green coffee is the main cause of “the coffee paradox” (decreasing prices at production level and rising prices at consumption level). So, a requirement to reach a less unfair distribution of the added value between the supply chain would be to “decommodify” the coffee market not only at the final consumer level, but also at the production level. Certifications (like Fair Trade, Organic, Rainforest Alliance, Utz Kapeh, or Birdfriend) are often presented as a way to reach this result, but according to some authors these schemes seem to be rather an extension of the standardization wave to new quality attributes (linked to social and/or environmental characteristics of the production process). Geographical indications (GIs) seems to...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Coffee; Geographical Indications; Collective action; Marketing.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43834

Are Geographical Indications a Worthy Quality Signal? A Framework on Protected Designation of Origin with Endogenous Quality Choice
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Desquilbet,   Marion; Hassan,   Daniel; Monier-Dilhan,   Sylvette.
The paper provides a theoretical framework to analyze the welfare effects of Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) labelling and of quality choices inside and outside the label on different types of consumers and producers, depending on whether quality is intrinsically linked to the territory of production or not.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21466

Are High-Tech Employment and Natural Amenities Linked?: Answers from a Smoothed Bayesian Spatial Model
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dorfman,   Jeffrey H.; Patridge,   Mark D.; Galloway,   Hamilton.
We investigate the recently advanced theory that high-technology workers are drawn to high amenity locations and then the high-technology jobs follow the workers.  Using a novel data set that tracks high-technology job growth by U.S. county, we estimate spatial parameters of the response of job growth to the level of local natural amenities.  We achieve this estimation with a reasonably new class of models, smooth coefficient models.  The model is employed in a spatial setting to allow for smooth, but nonparametric response functions to key variables in an  otherwise standard regression model. With spatial data this allows for flexible modeling such as a unique place-specific effects to be estimated for each location, and also for the responses to key...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Bayesian econometrics; Employment growth; High technology; Smooth coefficient models; Spatial modeling.; Labor and Human Capital; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6459

ARE HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTION DECISIONS COOPERATIVE?  EVIDENCE ON MIGRATION AND MILK SALES FROM NORTHERN KENYA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: McPeak,   John G.; Doss,   Cheryl R.
Replaced with revised version of paper 08/29/02.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Consumer/Household Economics.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19839

Are India’s Gender Imbalances Inducing Higher Household Savings?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Chiu,   Alice; Headey,   Derek D.; Zhang,   Xiaobo.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Consumer/Household Economics.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61640

ARE INTEREST RATES NECESSARY FOR TEMPORAL COINTEGRATION? EVIDENCE FROM THE LONDON METAL EXCHANGE (LME)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Zhou,   Haijiang; Roberts,   Matthew C.; Zulauf,   Carl R.
This study examines the long run relationship between 1-day and 3-month futures prices for five metals at the London Metal Exchange (LME) and further investigates the role of interest rates in this relationship. A battery of stationarity tests and cointegration tests are applied to a simple cost of carry model, which contains the interrelationship between prices of the same commodity for delivery at two different dates and the cost of carry term. Results provide strong evidence that 1-day and 3-month metals futures prices are cointegrated and that interest rates are not needed to find this cointegration. These findings are confirmed in an analysis of the truncated sample period of 1979-1984 when the interest rates were highly volatile. Our finding calls...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20095

ARE INTRA-HOUSEHOLD ALLOCATIONS EFFICIENT?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Aguero,   Jorge M.
This paper describes two problems when testing the efficiency of intra-household allocations. First, using Monte Carlo simulations I show that the test proposed for efficiency in consumption has a high type-II error, leading to a false acceptance of the hypothesis. Second, I show it is possible that even under asymmetric information the hypothesis of efficiency, incorrectly, cannot be rejected. Finally, I propose a test to account for asymmetric of information.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22061

Are Italians Willing to Pay for Agricultural Environmental Safety? A Stated Choice Approach
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Travisi,   Chiara M.; Nijkamp,   Peter.
The widespread use of pesticides in agriculture provides a particularly complex pattern of multidimensional negative side-effects, ranging from food safety related effects to the deterioration of farmland ecosystems.  The assessment of the economic implications of such negative processes is fraught with many uncertainties.  This paper presents results of an empirical study recently conducted in the North of Italy aimed at estimating the value of reducing the multiple impacts of pesticide use. This type of analysis is rather novel in Italy. A statistical technique known as choice modelling is used here in combination with contingent valuation techniques. The experimental design of choice modelling provides a natural tool for tackling simultaneously the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Pesticide risks; Food safety; Willingness-to-pay; Choice modeling; Contingent valuation; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24988

Are Japanese bureaucrats politically stronger than farmers?: The political economy of Japan's rice set-aside program
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Arahata,   Katsumi.
The purpose of this paper is to examine the political process of bureaucrats' seemingly discretionary allocations among prefectures in Japan's rice set-aside program. Some hypotheses and a model are proposed and then these are empirically tested. Two major findings of this study are as follows:     Firstly, it is suggested that the bureaucrats' discretionary allocation tends to be revised in response to political pressure. Consequently, allocations among prefectures tend to be inversely proportionate to the degree of political pressures. Moreover, such pressures can be explained by the expected income from rice-production and the share of part-time farmers, who are the majority in Japanese rural society and politically powerful.     Secondly, among various...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Rice set-aside program; Bureaucrats' discretion; Uneven allocations; Public choice; Political actors; Agricultural and Food Policy; Q180; H890.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19422

Are Local Corn Prices Affected by the Location of Ethanol Biorefineries?
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 biorefineries. 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 spatial differences in order to measure the interaction of time and spatial effects. Using the USDA’s ARMS data, the results show that while prices in real terms have changed over time, farmers located close to ethanol biorefineries have not received significantly higher prices than farmers living farther away from biorefineries. These findings...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Corn prices; Ethanol; Ethanol plant location; Difference-in-differences.; Agribusiness; Demand and Price Analysis; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114769

ARE LOG MARKETS COMPETITIVE? EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE AND IMPLICATIONS FOR CANADA-U.S. TRADE IN SOFTWOOD LUMBER
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Niquidet,   Kurt; van Kooten,   G. Cornelis.
Under the U.S. Department of Commerce's 'changed circumstances' review, it is possible that the countervail duty on Canadian lumber can be lowered if administered stumpage prices are based on a transaction evidence appraisal - on actual auction data and regression analysis. The Province of British Columbia is implementing such a market-based approach to set stumpage fees, relying on timber auction data from the Small Business Forest Enterprise Program and OLS regression. We employ Program data to estimate a truncated regression model, comparing our estimates of stumpage fees with the OLS results. It turns out that the OLS approach is biased and likely results in overestimates of stumpage in some timber stands and underestimates in others. Further, we...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19985

Are Minimum Quality Standards Acting as Nontariff Trade Barriers?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Saitone,   Tina L.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6116

Are nutritional claims an adequate tool for public health? Evidence from food purchases in France
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Caillavet,   France; Nichele,   Veronique; Soler,   Louis-Georges.
Nutritional claims have become a major instrument for providing consumers with information at the point of purchase, enabling them to make nutritionally appropriate choices. This paper deals with two public policy issues linked to the implementation of nutritional claims, i.e. efficiency and equity, in terms of nutritional outcomes and in terms of population targeting. We consider the French breakfast foods market at the household level using 2004 TNS Worldpanel data. We estimate a demand system taking into account the selection issue. For this we use the Shonkwiler and Yen’s procedure which, unlike Heckman’s, allows participation on every market of products to be controlled for. We propose a modification of this approach to address the methodological...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Nutritional claims; Food policy; Healthy diet; Censored Demand system; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44007

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

Are Part-Time and Absent Small Farmers Rational? - Questioning Nobel Economics Laureate Theodore W. Schultz
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Zhou,   Jian-Ming.
Paper presented at the International Farming Systems Association IFSA European Group 5th IFSA European Symposium on Farming and Rural Systems Research and Extension Local Identities and Globalization Florence, Italy 8-11 April 2002
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Farm Management.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95649

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 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.  In this paper, we develop a new approach to measuring trends in poverty and inequality 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, over the 1990s when significant economic reforms were implemented, the overall rate of poverty fell.  Poverty fell the least in Dar es Salaam and the most in small urban areas.  The degree of...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Development.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20188

Are Product Recalls Insurable in the Netherlands Dairy Supply Chain?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Meuwissen,   Miranda P.M.; Valeeva,   Natasha I.; Velthuis,   Annet G.J.; Huirne,   Ruud B.M.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Production Economics.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20436

ARE REVISIONS TO USDA CROP PRODUCTION FORECASTS SMOOTHED?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Isengildina,   Olga; Irwin,   Scott H.; Good,   Darrel L.
This study investigates the nature of the revision process of USDA corn and soybean production forecasts over the 1970/71 through 2002/03 marketing years. Nordhaus' framework for testing the efficiency of fixed-event forecasts is used. In this framework, efficiency is based on independence of forecast revisions. Both parametric and non-parametric tests reject independence of consecutive forecast revisions. Positive correlation and consistency of directional changes in forecast revisions suggest that these forecasts are "smoothed." Estimates of the impact of smoothing on forecast accuracy show that correction for smoothing may result in economically meaningful improvements in accuracy.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19027

Are small Sub-Sahara African farmers willing to pay for vegetative propagated orange fleshed sweetpotato planting material? Evidence from Central Mozambique
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Labarta,   Ricardo A.
This paper evaluates farmers’ willingness to pay (WTP) for the vegetative propagated orange fleshed sweetpotato (OFSP) planting material that is many times considered as a public good. Famers’ WTP for OFSP vines was elicited by conducting a real choice experiment (RCE) among 121 small sweetpotato growers in central Mozambique with prior experience growing OFSP but with no participation in OFSP vine distributions in the previous 3 years of the experiment. Results reveals a higher farmers’ willingness to pay for OFSP varieties (US$0.07-0.12) compared to the non-orange planting material (US$ 0.03) and compared to the traditional subsidized price of clean sweetpotato vines (US$ 0.06) used in Mozambique. These results may encourage formation of a network of...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Farm Management; Food Security and Poverty; Health Economics and Policy; International Development; Production Economics; Q16.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49447

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

ARE STATED PREFERENCES INVARIANT TO THE PROSPECT OF REAL-MONEY CHOICE?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Newell,   Laurienne Whinstanley; Swallow,   Stephen K.
This paper reports on a choice experiment where respondents stated their preferences for different wetland parcels.  The study used hypothetical surveys to measure respondents' preferences, but in one survey version respondents expected and received a follow-up question involving real monetary payments.  The results indicate that those respondents who received hypothetical surveys that included a real-money question registered a different preference function from those respondents who received a survey that asked respondents to answer hypothetical questions only.  The study finds that respondents may reverse their preferences for parcel attributes, such as public access to the parcel as related to presentation.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Financial Economics.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19623

Are the Mediterranean countries competitive in fresh fruit and vegetable exports?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nilsson,   Fredrik O.L.; Lindberg,   Emma; Surry,   Yves R.
The Barcelona Agreement was signed in 1995, setting forth a structure with bilateral agreements between the EU and twelve Mediterranean countries. The agreement also foresaw the creation of a free trade area in the Euro-Mediterranean region by 2010. For many of the countries surrounding the Mediterranean sea, fruit and vegetables are very important products. In light of the increasing trade liberalization and thus increasing competition between countries, this paper aims to investigate further the competitiveness of Mediterranean countries with respect to fresh fruit and vegetables. The results generally show that the competitiveness of the investigated countries has deteriorated over the period. In only two cases, there is an increase in competitiveness.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10063

ARE THE POOR TOO POOR TO DEMAND HEALTH INSURANCE?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ahuja,   Rajeev; Jutting,   Johannes Paul.
Community based micro insurance has aroused much interest and hope in meeting health care challenges facing the poor.  In this paper we explore how institutional rigidities such as credit constraints impinge on demand for health insurance and how insurance could potentially prevent poor households from falling into poverty trap.  In this setting, we argue that the appropriate public intervention in generating demand for insurance is not to subsidise premium but to remove these rigidities (easing credit constraint in the present context).  Thus from insurance perspective as well, our analysis highlights the importance of having appropriate savings and borrowing instruments for the poor.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Micro-insurance; Micro-credit; Credit constraint; Demand for insurance.; Food Security and Poverty; Health Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25821

ARE THE POOR WILLING TO PAY FOR LIVESTOCK SERVICES? EVIDENCE FROM RURAL INDIA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ahuja,   Vinod; McConnell,   Kenneth E.; Umali-Deininger,   Dina; de Haan,   Cees.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20763

Are The Poverty Effects of Trade Policies Invisible?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Verma,   Monika; Valenzuela,   Ernesto; Hertel,   Thomas W.
With the advent of the WTO’s Doha Development Agenda, as well as the Millennium Development Goals aiming to reduce poverty by 50 percent by 2015, poverty impacts of trade reforms have attracted increasing attention. This has been particularly true of agricultural trade reform due to the importance of food in the diets of the poor, relatively higher protection in agriculture, as well as the heavy concentration of global poverty in rural areas where agriculture is the main source of income. Yet some in this debate have argued that, given the extreme volatility in agricultural commodity markets, the additional price and poverty impacts due to trade liberalization might well be undetectable. This paper formally tests this “invisibility hypothesis” via...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Trade policy reform; Agricultural trade; Computable general equilibrium; Developing countries; Poverty headcount; Volatility; Stochastic simulation; Non-parametric hypothesis testing; Financial Economics; Risk and Uncertainty; C68; F17; I32; Q17; R20.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61793

Are The Spanish Citrus Farms Efficient?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lambarraa,   Fatima; Gil,   Jose Maria; Serra,   Teresa.
Spain occupies the first position in the European and Mediterranean rankings of citrus production and trade. In our analysis we assess the technical efficiency with which this sector is operating. The main objective of this study is to analyze productivity and technical efficiency of Spanish citrus sector through citrus farms with high orange production. A stochastic frontier production model is estimated in which the technical inefficiency effects are defined by the time-varying inefficiency model. A primal approach is used to decompose Total Factor Productivity (TFP) growth into its various components. Results indicate improvement in efficiency scores of Spanish citrus farms along the period studied. Allocative efficiencies, technical efficiency change,...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Productivity Analysis.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9393

ARE THE TOTAL DAILY COST OF FOOD AND DIET QUALITY RELATED: A RANDOM EFFECTS PANEL DATA ANALYSIS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Carlson,   Andrea; Dong,   Diansheng; Lino,   Mark.
There is a common perception that healthy food costs more than less healthy food. In this study we use a demand model for diet quality, rather than the quantity of food. Since in our data, total daily cost and diet quality are both calculated from the foods chosen, we account for the fact that cost is endogenous. We find that while total daily food cost is statistically significant in relation to diet quality, the degree of association is very small. Hence, it does not appear that cost alone prevents individuals in the United States from purchasing a healthy diet. Other factors such as food culture and environment, health behaviours, and demographics are more important. Our findings suggest that the choice to consume a healthy diet is very complicated.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Diet cost; Cost of food; Food culture; Diet quality; HEI-2005; Random effects model; Demand model; NHANES; MPED; CNPP Food Prices Database; 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; C3.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/116395

Are there Carbon Savings from US Biofuel Policies? Accounting for Leakage in Land and Fuel Markets
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bento,   Antonio M.; Klotz,   Richard; Landry,   Joel R.
This paper applies the insights of the carbon leakage literature to study the emissions consequences of biofuel policies. We develop a simple analytic framework to decompose the intended emissions impacts of biofuel policy from four sources of carbon leakage: domestic fuel markets, domestic land markets, world land markets and world crude oil markets. A numerical simulation model illustrates the magnitude of each source of leakage for combinations of two current US biofuel policies: the Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit (VEETC) and the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). In the presence of both land and fuel market leakage, current US biofuel policies are unlikely to reduce greenhouse gases. Four of the five policy scenarios we consider lead to increases in...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Multi-market; Carbon leakage; Biofuels; Greenhouse gases; Agricultural and Food Policy; Land Economics/Use; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; Q42; Q54; Q58.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/104008

Are There Lessons from the Polish Agricultural Reform that Are Applicable to the Soviet Union?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Knudsen,   Odin K.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Development; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 1990
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/50882

ARE THERE SYNERGIES OR TRADEOFFS BETWEEN ARTICLES AND PATENTS IN UNIVERSITY AG-BIOTECH RESEARCH
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kim,   Kwansoo; Foltz,   Jeremy D.; Barham,   Bradford L.
This paper examines the empirical evidence for synergies or tradeoffs associated with the rapid rise of ag-biotech patenting at Land Grant Universities by examining the question of whether journal articles and patents appear to be complementary or competing activities in agricultural biotechnology research.  The results show many synergies and none of the expected tradeoffs between the basic research represented in journal articles and the commercial proprietary research represented in patents.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19649

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

ARE US CONSUMERS TOLERANT OF GM FOODS?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rousu,   Matthew C.; Huffman,   Wallace E.; Shogren,   Jason F.; Tegene,   Abebayehu.
Many countries require labeling for GM food products.  These countries often have different levels of genetic modification that they will tolerate before a food product must be labeled as genetically modified.  For example, the European Union and Australia allow up to one percent of any ingredient in a food product to be GM before the product must be labeled as genetically modified.  Japan allows 5% of any ingredient to be genetically modified before the product must be labeled as such.   The United States currently does not require mandatory labeling of GM labeled foods and has no standards for what percentage of an ingredient in a food product can be genetically modified for the product to still be labeled non-GM.  For the official "organic"...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Consumer/Household Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19889

ARE U.S. FARM PROGRAMS GOOD PUBLIC POLICY? TAKING POLICY PERFORMANCE SERIOUSLY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hopkins,   Jeffrey W.; Taylor,   Michael A.
Distributional analysis is employed to assess the ethical acceptability of agricultural policy along plurastic moral criteria. Using 1999 micro-data from USDA ARMS survey and the Federal Reserve's Survey of Consumer Finances, we discuss policy performance (measured as the effect of direct government payments on the distribution of incomes and profits) relative to policy goals.  We show that current programs only minimally address the post-?farm problem? objective of providing a safety net, and the goal of providing an abundant supply of agricultural products is potentially well-implemented given institutional constraints.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20706

ARE WE SOLVING OUR FARM PROBLEM?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Schultz,   Theodore W.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 1957
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17797

ARE WINE CO-OPS CREATING VALUE?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hall,   John H.; Geyser,   J.M.
This article examines introducing Economic Value Added (EVA) as a performance measure for wine cooperatives in South Africa to determine whether member's value have been created.  After a thorough explanation and calculation of the components of EVA, the EVA of a number of co-operatives were calculated and analyzed.  Important trends were identified, conclusions drawn and recommendations made from these results.  Finally, potential improvement opportunities resulting from using EVA as a performance measure in wine cooperatives are discussed.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Productivity Analysis.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19092

Are you are what you eat? Overweight Status and Soft Drink Choices
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Huang,   Rui; Lopez,   Rigoberto A.
The rising obesity during the past three decades poses a severe public health challenge and spurred enormous research interests. This paper contributes to the growing literature on how obesity spreads by empirically investigating whether social norms affect soft drink consumption choices. Combining market level soft drink scanner data and survey data with consumer level characteristics, we employ reduced form regressions to test whether social norms of body weight affects per capita consumption of total or caloric soft drink consumption, on a market level. We also utilize a random-coefficient logit model to examine whether social norms of body weight affect consumer choices on a brand level. Our results from the market level analyses support that a heavier...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Social norm; Body weight; Food choices; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Health Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49480

AREA OF EXPERTISE TEAMS: THE MICHIGAN APPROACH TO APPLIED RESEARCH AND EXTENSION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Leholm,   Arlen G.; Hamm,   Larry G.; Suvedi,   Murari; Gray,   Ian; Poston,   Fred.
Michigan State University's Extension and Agricultural Experiment Station have restructured their educational delivery system through implementation of area of expertise teams.  Adopting the concept of self-directed work teams from industry has resulted in enhanced credibility with stakeholders, a seamless linkage between research and Extension, and increased appropriations from the state legislature.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20926

ARENAS COMPETITIVAS E CAMPOS ORGANIZACIONAIS NA INDÚSTRIA GLOBAL DE ENERGIA CO-GERADA: POSICIONAMENTO DO BRASIL.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Zopelari,   Andre Luiz; Cesar,   Aldara da Silva; Silva,   Angelita Alves Da; Oliveira,   Suellen Moreira De; Santos,   Eunice Ferreira.
Este trabalho se propôs a analisar a configuração de mercado resultante dos investimentos estratégicos na Indústria Global de Co-geração de Energia Elétrica, integrando dois marcos teóricos (Arenas Competitivas e Campos Organizacionais). Propôs-se também a investigar quais são as principais fontes de Vantagem Competitiva do Brasil na Indústria examinada, por meio do exame das estratégias corporativas (Grupo) e estratégias competitivas (Usinas) do agronegócio sucro-alcooleiro nacional, subsidiado por fontes secundárias. Os resultados alcançados são que o Brasil está em condições de liderar esta indústria porque os Investimentos Estratégicos de suas usinas têm sido dirigidos a três atividades: Inovação, Coordenação e Gestão Ambiental. Tem um Campo...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Indústria Global; Energia Co-gerada; Arenas Competitivas; Campos Organizacionais; Global Industry; CHP; Competitive Arenas; Organizational Fields; Marketing.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109658

ARGENTINA; AT THE CROSSROADS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Shull,   Phillip A.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33534

ARGOS - Modelling the Economic, Environmental, and Social Implications for New Zealand from Different Scenarios Relating to the Demand and Supply of Organic Products
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Saunders,   Caroline M.; Emanuelsson,   Martin.
This paper reports on some of the initial findings of the ARGOS (Agricultural Research Group on (Sustainability) programme, a 6 year quasi-experimental research project with the aim to model the economic, environmental, and social differences between organic, environmentally friendly and conventional systems of production. In the first section the paper reviews the development of organic markets, details the production costs and reports some preliminary results from ARGOS. The information is then used to develop potential future scenarios relating to the organic sector, which are assessed using the Lincoln Trade and Environment Model (LTEM), a partial equilibrium trade model that differentiates between organic and conventional production methods. This...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Sustainability; New Zealand; Organic markets; ARGOS; Demand and Price Analysis; F18; Q17.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24724

AROUND THE WATER TABLE - A COLORADO PUBLIC AFFAIRS EDUCATION PROGRAM
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Oakleaf,   S. Kenneth.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1966
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17529

ARRANJO PRODUTIVO FUMAGEIRO DO RIO GRANDE DO SUL: UM ESTUDO SOBRE OS NOVOS CENÁRIOS COMPETITIVOS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Alievi,   Rejane Maria; Wegner,   Douglas; Maciel,   Alessandra Costenaro.
O artigo analisa as especificidades e as estratégias competitivas do arranjo produtivo fumageiro, localizado na Região do Vale do Rio Pardo, Estado do Rio Grande do Sul.  Historicamente, a cadeia produtiva fumageira é a atividade que dinamiza a economia regional. Porém, com o aumento das campanhas antitabagistas e a assinatura de acordos internacionais para controle do consumo de cigarros, estudos sobre concentração e dependência produtiva são necessários para que estas economias possam analisar oportunidades para promover a diversificação da produção. Neste sentido, o estudo baseou-se nas abordagens teóricas sobre arranjos produtivos locais e realizou entrevistas em profundidade com os principais agentes que atuam direta e indiretamente no arranjo...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Tabaco; Arranjo produtivo local; Agricultura; Estratégias; Tobacco; Local productive arrangement; Agriculture; Strategies; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109714

ARRANJO PRODUTIVO LOCAL DA INDÚSTRIA MADEIREIRA NO ACRE: INFORMAÇÕES PRELIMINARES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Castro,   Alberto William Viana de; Gollo,   Silvana Saionara.
Uma das maiores preocupações com o desenvolvimento regional na Amazônia tem sido a utilização desorganizada e desprovida dos cuidados com a sustentabilidade ambiental, social e econômica dos empreendimentos que utilizam seus recursos naturais para a geração de emprego e renda na região. Muito tem sido discutido em relação ao modelo de desenvolvimento regional que leve não somente a geração de emprego e renda na região, mas também que seja capaz de possibilitar a sustentabilidade ambiental com o mínimo de impactos indesejáveis sobre esse ecossistema. A abordagem dos Arranjos Produtivos Locais (APLs) pode representar um instrumento da maior importância em apoio ao desenvolvimento regional com a possibilidade de mostrar caminhos que possibilitem o...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Aglomerados; Arranjos; Apl; Madeira; Acre; Agglomerates; Arrangements; Apl; Wood; Acre; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/107911

ARRANJO PRODUTIVO LOCAL DO AGRONEGÓCIO LEITE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Riva,   Fabiana Rodrigues; Souza,   Dercio Bernardes de; Passos,   Rosalia Maria; Oliveira,   Marcelo Batista; Aguiar,   Iracy Soares.
O presente trabalho teve por objetivo analisar as atividades que envolvem o processo de inovação tecnológica no arranjo produtivo local do agronegócio leite em Rondônia, especificamente na região de Rolim de Moura. Em um primeiro momento, analisou-se a inovação tecnológica com base em dados secundários. Posteriormente, realizou-se uma pesquisa de campo na região do município de Rolim de Moura, que faz parte do território do APL, com o intuito de investigar as atividades presentes nas relações entre as firmas do arranjo, parte importante na geração de capacidade inovativa das empresas. Verificou-se que as indústrias de laticínios da região mantêm com seus produtores rurais acordos formais e informais, em que estes concordam em trabalhar cooperativamente, e...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Arranjos Produtivos Locais; Inovação; Agronegócio Leite; Arrangements Produtivos places; Innovation; Agribusiness Milk; Agribusiness; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/113967

ARRANJOS E ENCAMINHAMENTOS DA HERANÇA NA AGRICULTURA FAMILIAR
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Spanevello,   Rosani Marisa; Lago,   Adriano.
A problemática em torno da continuidade da agricultura familiar, expressa pela sucessão ou falta de sucessão do agricultor, reflete-se no encaminhamento da herança. É a permanência de pelo menos um dos filhos e a vontade de herdar o patrimônio familiar que garante a continuidade dos estabelecimentos. Estudos recentes mostram a falta de desejo dos filhos em suceder seus pais, especialmente às filhas. Assim, muitos estabelecimentos poderão não ter sucessor e conseqüentemente, inviabilizar a continuidade do mesmo, pois os pais não terão para quem deixar suas terras. Nesse sentido, é necessário entender como os agricultores estão procedendo o encaminhamento da herança, diante da possibilidade de ter ou não sucessores. Para tanto, alguns questionamentos guiam a...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Herança; Sucessão; Agricultura familiar; Reprodução social; Heritage; Succession; Familiar agriculture; Social reproduction; Farm Management.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/113182

ARRANJOS PRODUTIVOS DE GRÃOS NA REGIÃO DE INFLUÊNCIA DO MUNICÍPIO DE SANTARÉM NO ESTADO DO PARÁ
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Almeida,   Leandro Morais De; Dias,   Adilson Freitas; Lobato,   Marcelo Pereira; Oliveira Junior,   Jose Nilo de; Fernandes,   Danilo.
A pesquisa é desenvolvida tendo como objeto de estudo o setor agrícola de grãos sob a área de influência de Santarém no Estado do Pará. Neste sentido, será considerado o APL de grãos, que não apresentam significativa articulação entre os agentes, conforme constatado nos dados colhidos na pesquisa de campo. Os resultados apontam que o arranjo produtivo de grãos esta assentado basicamente sobre o conhecimento tácito e as vantagens dos fatores locacionais além de ser precária a atuação das Instituições Públicas nas interações com agentes privados, mostrando como essa frágil participação emperra o potencial crescimento econômico do setor.---------------------------------------------This research is developed with the aim of studying cereal production in the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Arranjo Produtivo Local; Grãos; Crescimento; Desenvolvimento; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109201

Artificial Agents as an Application to Policy Design: The Market Entry Game
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bejarano,   Hernan D.; Latek,   Maciej M.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Marketing.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103900

Artificial Agents as an Application to Policy Design: The Market Entry Game
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bejarano,   Hernan D.; Latek,   Maciej M.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Marketing.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103939

AS BASES SOCIOPOLÍTICAS DO DESENVOLVIMENTO TERRITORIAL: UMA ANÁLISE A PARTIR DA EXPERIÊNCIA FRANCESA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cazella,   Ademir Antonio.
O objetivo deste artigo consiste em compreender quais são as bases sociopolíticas do pensamento sobre o desenvolvimento territorial levando-se em consideração as diferentes concepções do desenvolvimento. Pretende-se analisar, também, os fundamentos e as contradições, históricos e atuais, subjacentes à consideração do território como elemento ativo de desenvolvimento. Para tanto, o caso francês foi tomado como referência empírica por ser considerado pioneiro nesse domínio.----------------------------------------------The objective of this paper is to understand the socio-political background of the thinking about territorial development, taking into consideration the different conceptions of development. The intention is also to analyze the fundamentals and...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Desenvolvimento territorial; Descentralização; Participação política; Territorial development; Descentratization; International Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109815

AS CONSEQÜÊNCIAS DOS ACORDOS DE LIVRE COMÉRCIO SOBRE O SETOR DE LÁCTEOS NO BRASIL
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Alvim,   Augusto Mussi.
Este artigo analisa os principais efeitos dos acordos de livre comércio sobre o setor lácteo no Brasil, a exemplo do acordo regional entre os países do Mercosul e da UE, da ALCA e do acordo multilateral de comércio junto a Organização Mundial de Comércio. Para atingir tal objetivo foi utilizado de um modelo de equilíbrio parcial formulado como um Problema de Complementaridade Mista que permite avaliar mudanças em termos de produção, comércio e bem-estar considerando diferentes cenários alternativos. Este modelo considera multi-regiões e multi-produtos, o que permite analisar o impacto de políticas de livre comércio para diferentes regiões e diversos produtos lácteos processados.---------------------------------------This paper discusses the main effects of...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Roblema de Complementaridade Mista; Modelos de equilíbrio parcial; Setor leiteiro; Análise multiregional e multi-produto; Mixed Complementary Problem; Partial equilibrium models; Milk sector; And multiregional and multi-product analysis; International Relations/Trade; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/108580

As contradições presentes no discurso do atual Programa Nacional de Agroenergia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Carvalho,   Simone Pereira de; Marin,   Joel Orlando Bevilaqua.
O Estado retomou as políticas agroenergéticas lançando, em 2005, o Programa Nacional de Agroenergia, este programa é margeado pelo ideário do “desenvolvimento sustentável”. Esse enfoque muitas vezes funciona como uma ideologia, ou seja uma arma para o exercício do poder do Estado. Sendo assim, o objetivo deste estudo é analisar a origem do poder simbólico do Estado e entender como esse poder se materializa no atual programa agroenergético, buscando desvendar os interesses do Estado que se camuflam atrás das propostas que disseminam o desenvolvimento sustentável — entendido como a busca genuína pelo desenvolvimento aliada aos benefícios socioambientais. As contradições presentes nos discursos oficiais do programa são analisadas com base na teoria do poder...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Programa agroenergético; Poder do Estado; Discurso; Agroenergy program; The state power; Speeches; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109527

AS EXPORTAÇOES BRASILEIRAS DA SOJA EM GRÃO PARA A CHINA NO PERIODO DE 1995 A 2005.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rudell,   Daiana Aline; Prieb,   Rita Pauli.
O presente artigo tem como finalidade avaliar a competitividade da soja em grão brasileira para a China e verificar sua orientação regional  entre 1995 e 2005. Desta forma partiu-se de uma análise acerca da inserção nacional no comércio da Soja enfatizando a especificidade Brasil-China e  posteriormente  efetuou-se o cálculo do Índice de Vantagens Comparativas Reveladas e o Índice de Orientação Regional. Os resultados da análise demonstraram que o Brasil possui vantagens comparativas reveladas nas exportações de soja em grão para a China no período dos dez anos  sendo estes crescentes com exceção os anos de 1999  2001 e 2003. O Índice de Orientação regional demonstrou que as exportações brasileiras de soja em grão estão sendo direcionadas para a China a...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Soja; Comércio Internacional; China; Soybean; International Commerce; China; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109531

AS EXPORTAÇÕES DE CARNE DE FRANGO E AS HABILITAÇÕES DE PRODUTOS PARA O MERCADO INTERNACIONAL - UM ESTUDO DA MESSOREGIÃO OESTE DO PARANÁ
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Staduto,   Jefferson Andronio Ramundo; Deliberali,   Edson Antonio; Viana,   Giomar; Rinaldi,   Rubia Nara.
O presente trabalho tem por objetivo analisar as exportações brasileiras de carne de frango no período de 1996 a 2006, bem como a tendência que vem acontecendo nos últimos anos em relação a uma possível mudança no perfil do produto exportado, de maneira a verificar se a cadeia de carne de frango paranaense, mais especificamente da Mesorregião Oeste do Paraná, tem se adaptado a essa demanda em ascensão. Primeiramente, é feita uma análise sobre a evolução da produção mundial do produto, caracterizando a exportação, importação, consumo e os países envolvidos que mais se destacam em relação a essa cadeia produtiva. Posteriormente são identificados os frigoríficos de abate de frango que compõem a Mesorregião Oeste do Paraná, de maneira a demonstrar a forte...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Exportação; Cadeia Produtiva de frango; Habilitação; Mesorregião Oeste do Paraná; Exportation; Chicken chain; Proof; West of Paraná State Region; International Relations/Trade; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109772

AS INDICAÇÕES GEOGRÁFICAS: BARREIRA NÃO TARIFARIA OU DINAMIZADORA DE DESENVOLVIMENTO LOCAL/REGIONAL?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Blume,   Roni; Pedrozo,   Eugenio Avila.
No contexto do comércio internacional as Indicações Geográficas – IG’s têm surgido como um instrumento político-jurídicos para promover e resguardar a originalidade e a procedência de um produto. Contudo, muitas destas normativas têm sido alvo de críticas, à medida que se formalizam como barreiras não-tarifárias e promovem assimetrias no comercio internacional entre os países. Por outro lado, para se estabelecer as IG’s são necessárias mudanças nos padrões produtivos que acabam dinamizando o desenvolvimento socioeconômico de um local/região. Dentro deste contexto o objetivo deste artigo é promover a discussão do papel das Indicações Geográficas, seus condicionamentos que se configuram com barreiras não-tarifarias e a sua potencialidade para dinamizar o...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Indicações Geográficas; Barreiras não-tarifarias; Desenvolvimento local/regional; Geographical Indications; Non-tariff barriers; Local/regional development; Agribusiness; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109784

AS INOVAÇÔES TÉCNICAS NA TRANSIÇÂO AGROECOLÒGICA: O CASO DA ASSOCIAÇÂO DOS AGRICULTORES ECOLOGISTAS DE IPÊ E ANTÔNIO PRADO (AECIA)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Moura,   Luciane D. De; Diesel,   Vivien.
A questão da constituição de uma estratégia adequada para a promoção da inovação constitui um dos elementos-chave para os atores sociais comprometidos com os processos de transição agroecológica. Embora do ponto de vista propositivo encontrem-se referências relativamente consolidadas, há pouco conhecimento sobre a configuração que assume o sistema de informação e conhecimento local que sustenta a transição agroecológica em experiências concretas. Nesse sentido, o presente trabalho propõe-se a investigar esta problemática no âmbito de atuação da Associação de Agricultores Ecologistas de Ipê e Antônio Prado (AECIA), no RS, recorrendo a consulta à documentos e outros estudos, observação participante e entrevistas à agentes de ongs e agricultores. Os...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultura sustentável; Agricultura familiar; Inovações; Experimentação participativa; Sustainable agriculture; Smallholders; Innovations; Participatory research; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/107927

AS MÚLTIPLAS FUNÇÕES DO RURAL: CENÁRIOS NATURAIS E ATIVIDADES AGROPECUÁRIAS COMO TERAPIAS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Soares,   Nadia Bolzan; Gediel,   Ana Luisa Borba; Froehlich,   Jose Marcos.
A presente pesquisa aborda a perspectiva das múltiplas funções do espaço rural e da agricultura, investigando a amplitude da noção de multifuncionalidade com foco empírico no estudo das práticas terapêuticas que se utilizam dos espaços rurais e de atividades agropecuárias na região central do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul. Os objetivos da pesquisa foram identificar, descrever, classificar e caracterizar estas diferentes modalidades de terapias, buscando averiguar os sentidos que os profissionais, bem como, o público envolvido atribuem às suas práticas terapêuticas baseadas em atividades agropecuárias e/ou junto aos espaços rurais. Os principais métodos e técnicas de investigação utilizados foram o questionário, a observação participante, as entrevistas...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Multifuncionalidade da agricultura; Espaço rural; Práticas terapêuticas; Terapias alternativas; Rural multifuncionality; Rural space; Therapeutical practices; Alternative therapies; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/110002

AS POLÍTICAS DE DESENVOLVIMENTO RURAL SUSTENTÁVEL NO ACRE EM MEIO AO PROCESSO DE GLOBALIZAÇÃO
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Souza,   Elyson Ferreira De; Souza,   Gisele Elaine De Araujo Batista; Faria,   Valeria Correia De.
Este trabalho trata sobre as políticas de desenvolvimento rural realizadas no Acre e a correlação destas políticas com a sustentabilidade em meio ao processo de globalização. O objetivo deste trabalho é analisar se a política de desenvolvimento rural denominada Pólos Agroflorestais efetivamente se enquadra nos pressupostos do desenvolvimento sustentável. Para esse trabalho, buscaremos compor o contexto em que essas políticas foram implementadas no estado do Acre. A guisa de uma conclusão, acreditamos que os Pólos Agroflorestais só podem representar alternativas de desenvolvimento sustentável nesta sociedade globalizada se o desenvolvimento por ele proposto contemplar em plenitude os aspetos econômicos, sociais, ambientais e político-institucionais,...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultura Familiar; Pólos Agroflorestais; Sustentabilidade; Family Agriculture; Poles Agroflorestais; Sustainability; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/107923

AS TRANSFORMAÇÕES RECENTES NA AGRICULTURA PARANAENSE EM UM CONTEXTO DE INEXISTÊNCIA DE POLÍTICAS PÚBLICAS PARA O SETOR
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Trintin,   Jaime Graciano; Gualda,   Neio Lucio Peres; Russo,   Leticia Xander.
O artigo evidencia as transformações ocorridas na agricultura paranaense a partir do processo de integração das economias regionais no Brasil. A ênfase recai sobre as alterações ocorridas na estrutura produtiva da agricultura da economia estadual. O trabalho esboça alguns traços mais marcantes do desenvolvimento agrícola do Paraná a partir de meados da década de oitenta do século passado e se estende até a atualidade. Trabalha-se com a hipótese de que o desenvolvimento econômico do Paraná resulta, de um lado, das políticas públicas de desenvolvimento regional, principalmente a política de crédito, haja vista que num primeiro momento contribuíram para a expansão da economia estadual e potencializaram o desenvolvimento de sua agricultura e, de outro, de que...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Desenvolvimento agrícola; Agricultura paranaense; Transformações no campo; Desenvolvimento regional; International Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109659

ASIA GOES SHOPPING: DO TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE MATTER? (PowerPoint Presentation)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Coyle,   William T.
POWERPOINT PRESENTATION
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33181

Asian Feed Demand (Power Point Presentation)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Aho,   Paul.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries; Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33340

Asian Rice Policies and WTO Commitments on Domestic Support Under Existing and Proposed Doha Round Provisions
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Yang,   Min-Hsien; Blandford,   David.
We examine current rice policies in four major Asian countries (China, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan), their relationship to current WTO disciplines, and to those proposed under the Doha negotiations. WTO disciplines have prompted some changes in rice policies, but disciplines of domestic support are unlikely to impose serious constraints in the future. Using the example of Taiwan, we examine how existing support policies could be changed to reduce domestic distortions and satisfy WTO commitments. Changing from existing amber box payments to those that would likely qualify for inclusion under the blue or green boxes could allow greater market orientation in Taiwan’s rice market, while satisfying food security and farm income support objectives.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Domestic support; Rice; WTO; Taiwan; Asia; Agricultural and Food Policy; Food Security and Poverty; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103665

ASPECTOS ECONÔMICOS E AMBIENTAIS DA UTILIZAÇÃO DO AMENDOIM FORRAGEIRO PARA A RECRIA-ENGORDA DE BOVINOS DE CORTE NO ACRE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sa,   Claudenor Pinho De; Bayma,   Marcio Muniz Albano; Carneiro Junior,   Jose Marques.
Este trabalho propõe analisar o retorno econômico e o impacto ambiental da atividade recria e engorda na pecuaria de corte, resultantes da utilização do amendoim forrageiro nas pastagens no Acre. Para determinar o retorno econômico foi estimado o benefício econômico gerado pelo sistema que utiliza o amendoim forrageiro em pastagens já estabelecidas, tendo como parâmetro o sistema que utiliza pastagens formadas com o “capim estrela” (Cynodon nlemfuensis). A avaliação dos impactos ambientais foi realizada em conformidade com o sistema de avaliação de impacto ambiental da inovação tecnológica agropecuária (AMBITEC-AGRO). Os resultados mostram que o Índice de Impacto Ambiental médio da inovação tecnologica foi positivo. Portanto, a tecnologia, no aspecto...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Retorno econômico; Impacto ambiental; Amendoim forrageiro; Economic return; Environmental impact; Peanut forage; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109227

ASPECTOS NACIONAIS E REGIONAIS DO CRESCIMENTO DA PRODUÇÃO BRASILEIRA DE CANA-DE-AÇÚCAR
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Satolo,   Luiz Fernando; Diehl,   Daiane.
O cultivo da cana-de-açúcar tem apresentado um expressivo crescimento ao longo de todo o território nacional, com destaque para a região Centro-Sul. O objetivo desse estudo é investigar como aspectos regionais (ou seja, a adoção de inovações tecnológicas) – representados pela evolução da produtividade nos principais Estados produtores – e nacionais (ou seja, as condições de mercado) – representados pela evolução do preço médio de açúcar e álcool – têm contribuído para a expansão da agroindústria canavieira no Brasil. A oferta dos 10 Estados brasileiros com maior produção de cana-de-açúcar foi estimada através de um modelo de regressões aparentemente não-relacionadas (SUR). Os dados anuais abrangeram as safras de 1990/91 a 2004/05. Exceto por Pernambuco e...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agroindústria canavieira; Cana-de-açúcar; SUR; Sugar and ethanol sector; Sugar cane; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/108636

ASPECTOS SOCIOECONÔMICOS DA PESCA NA COMUNIDADE DA PRAINHA DO CANTO VERDE – BEBERIBE-CE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Carvalho,   Rosemeiry Melo; Bezerra,   Leiliana Noronha.
A qualidade de vida e o desenvolvimento humano são questões fundamentais a serem tratadas, não mais apenas como uma abordagem econômica, mas sim, incorporando em seus objetivos e ações, a preocupação com as pessoas e com a utilização dos recursos naturais. Nesse estudo foram analisados os Indicadores de Qualidade de Vida (IQV) e de Desenvolvimento Humano (IDH) de pescadores da comunidade da Prainha do Canto Verde, localizada a 126 km de Fortaleza, no município de Beberibe, litoral leste do Ceará, construídos a partir de determinantes básicos como: educação, longevidade, renda, higiene e saúde, condições sanitárias e de moradia, formas de vida e lazer, situação ocupacional, relações de consumo para análise da situação socioeconômica. Com base nos resultados...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Qualidade de vida; Desenvolvimento Humano; Beberibe; Ceará; Quality of life; Human development; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/108850

ASPECTOS TEÓRICOS E PRÁTICOS ASSOCIADOS À DECISÃO DE USO DE AGROTÓXICOS: UMA ABORDAGEM INTEGRADA ENTRE A AGRICULTURA, MEIO AMBIENTE E SAÚDE PÚBLICA.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Soares,   Wagner Lopes; Porto,   Marcelo Firpo De Souza.
O objetivo desse artigo é discutir o que leva o agricultor a aplicar ou não os agrotóxicos, bem como ressaltar quais são os elementos que estão por traz dessa decisão. O presente trabalho abordará o problema a partir de uma análise integrada entre agricultura, meio ambiente e saúde pública, estabelecendo elementos que dão legitimidade à agricultura sustentável como geradora de benefícios sociais, ambientais e econômicos vis-à-vis as técnicas da agricultura convencional com uso intensivo de agrotóxicos e geradoras de externalidades negativas. Para tal, lançamos mão de alguns dados e artigos da literatura específica que ilustram os aspectos teóricos aqui levantados. Com intuito de corroborar esses aspectos teóricos, processamos os microdados da Pesquisa de...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agrotóxico; Intoxicação; Agricultura sustentável; Agricultura convencional; Pesticides; Poisoning; Sustainable agriculture; Conventional agriculture; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109672

Aspects of the Definition and Classification of Farms
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lund,   Philip J.
This paper examines what, precisely, is meant by a 'farm' and considers various attributes of farms relevant to an assessment of the structure of European agriculture. A measure of average farm size is proposed to cope with the uncertain count of the population of farms. The issue of tenure may also be complex, with some farms consisting of separate parcels of land, each with different tenure situations. Finally, although many European farmers are often described as being 'part-time', there are a number of different criteria on the basis of which farmers, and also farms, may be classified as being part-time.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Farm; Agricultural holding; Farm Size; Agricultural landownership; Part-time farming; Farm Management; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24417

ASSENTAMENTOS RURAIS NO TERRITÓRIO DO AGRONEGÓCIO: A EXPANSÃO DA CANA EM DEBATE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ferrante,   Vera Botta; Almeida,   Luiz Manoel de Moraes Camargo.
A controversa presença da cana nos assentamentos rurais nos últimos anos exige uma cuidadosa reflexão sobre sua interferência no modo de vida dos assentados e na relação dos assentamentos com a dinâmica do desenvolvimento regional. A presença da cana nos assentamentos tem suscitado ao longo desse período conflitos internos, discussões, nada consensuais, sobre o passado/ presente/ futuro dessas experiências. A análise da parceria com as agroindústrias é atravessada, do nosso ponto de vista, pela noção de trama de tensões. Nos termos em que a parceria vem se concretizando, temos discutido a necessidade de desconstrução desse conceito calcado na matriz teórica de capital social e a importância de submeter ao crivo analítico as desigualdades constitutivas...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Assentamentos rurais; Impactos e trama de tensões; Expansão da cana; Políticas públicas de segurança alimentar; Questão ambiental; Rural settlements; Impacts and web of tensions; Sugar cane expansion; Public policies of food security; Environmental issue; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/108581

Assessing Africa's Food and Nutrition Security Situation
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Benson,   Todd.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Food Security and Poverty.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/45777

Assessing Agricultural Input Brand Loyalty Among U.S. Mid-Size and Commercial 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 farmers.  Farmer attitudes, beliefs, and some demographic characteristics are useful identifiers of brand loyal farmers.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Brand loyalty; Capital inputs; Expendable inputs; Farmer purchase decisions; Farm Management.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21460

Assessing agricultural policy incentives for Greek organic agriculture: A Real options approach
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tzouramani,   Irene; Sintori,   Alexandra; Liontakis,   Angelos E.; Alexopoulos,   George.
The adoption of organic agriculture or livestock involves risk and uncertainty, and to overcome this, well designed schemes are required. Are the current support measures attractive for farmers who wish to convert to organic? At first, this study tries to assess the optimal investment trigger for a new comer into organic dairy sheep farming system and secondly, to evaluate the investment profitability of an existing organic farmer in his attempt to improve his farm. Results indicate that the framework of real options analysis is an appropriate form of analysis if the question of investment profitability is examined under risk and uncertainty and the role of economic subsidies offered to organic farmers is assessed.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Organic agriculture; Dairy sheep farming; Real options; Agriculture policy; Agricultural and Food Policy; Farm Management; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61096

Assessing and Using Genetic Diversity in the Agricultural Research Service Seed and Germplasm Collections (PowerPoint)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cregan,   Perry.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8051

Assessing community values for reducing agricultural emissions to improve water quality and protect coral health in the Great Barrier Reef
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rolfe,   John; Windle,   Jill.
Key policy issues relating to protection of the Great Barrier Reef from pollutants generated by agriculture are to identify when measures to improve water quality generate benefits to society that outweigh the costs of reducing pollutants. The research reported in this paper makes a key contribution in several key ways. First, it uses the improved science understanding about the links between management changes and reef health to bring together the analysis of costs and benefits of marginal changes, helping to demonstrate the appropriate way of addressing policy questions relating to reef protection. Second, it uses the scientific relationships to frame a choice experiment to value the benefits of improved reef health, and links improvements explicitly to...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Choice modelling experiment; Attribute definition; Input output definition; Environmental Economics and Policy; Q. 15; Q51; Q57.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/100705

Assessing Complementarities Among Farm Machineries Through Farmers' Investment Behaviors Under An External Capital Injection – Implications on Agricultural Mechanization and Tractorization In Sub-Saharan Africa
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Takeshima,   Hiroyuki; Salau,   Sheu.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural Finance; Farm Management.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103608

Assessing Consumer Attitudes and Perceptions Towards Food Quality: The Case of Consumption of Tetra-Packed Fresh Milk in Sri Lanka
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kariyawasam,   Sumudu; Jayasinghe-Mudalige,   Udith K.; Weerahewa,   Jeevika.
The objectives of this study are (i) to assess consumer perceptions on fresh milk that are stored in tetra-packs, and (ii) to determine the relationship between the perceptions and the socio-economic characteristics of the consumers. Using Caswell's four subsets of food quality (i.e. food safety, nutrition, value, and packaging) two indices, namely Mean Attribute Score (MAS) and a Food Quality Responsive Index (FQRI) were developed, which describe how important each of these four subsets and various attributes included in each subset for a consumer to be "loyal" with fresh milk in a tetra-pack instead of spending that part of money on close substitutes. A sample of 664 consumers were randomly selected and interviewed using a structured questionnaire at 10...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Consumer/Household Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/34173

Assessing Consumer Preferences and Attitudes toward Imported Pork in Urban China
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ortega,   David L.; Wang,   H. Holly; Wu,   Laping.
China’s transition into a developed economy is driving changes in consumer preferences and demand for foods. To evaluate consumer preferences for imported pork in urban China, primary data were collected in two metropolitan areas- Beijing and Shanghai. Estimated logit models revealed that an individual’s age, shopping location and food safety concerns significantly influenced their willingness-to-pay for U.S. pork. A proportional linear model was developed to evaluate factors affecting purchasing behavior of western-style pork cuts vs. traditional Chinese cuts. Food safety concerns were linked to a previous lean-meat additive scare and a lack of consumer confidence on the Chinese food inspection system.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: China; Imported Pork; Willingness-to-pay; Ordered Logit; Food Safety; Consumer/Household Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; International Development; Marketing; D120; D190; M390; Q130; Q180.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49993

Assessing consumer preferences for quality and safety attributes of food in the absence of official standards: the case of beef in Ethiopia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jabbar,   Mohammad A.; Admassu,   Samuel A.
Conjoint analysis was applied to asses the part worth of beef quality and safety attributes using a cross sectional data from a stratified sample of 300 households in Addis Ababa city collected in June 2007. Due to the absence of official standards for quality and safety in the domestic market for beef, information on consumer perception on quality and safety attributes were derived from a rapid appraisal. These were then used for defining product profiles in the detailed survey. Results show that, freshness, abattoir stamp, fat content, hygiene of meat shop and staff, and price are significant quality and safety attributes that consumers use, in the order mentioned, in their beef purchase decisions. There are differences in the relative importance of...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Beef; Quality and safety attributes; Conjoint analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/50120

Assessing Consumers' Cognitive, Affective and Normative Associations on Willingness-to-pay for Domestic Foods
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bolliger,   Conradin.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Consumer/Household Economics.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114259

ASSESSING CONSUMERS’ WILLINGNESS TO PAY FOR DIFFERENT UNITS OF ORGANIC MILK: EVIDENCE FROM MULTI-UNIT AUCTIONS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Akaichi,   Faiçal; Gil,   Jose Maria; Nayga,   Rodolfo M., Jr.
Replaced with revised version of paper 06/28/10
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Multi-unit Vickrey auctions; Organic milk; Information; Agribusiness; Consumer/Household Economics; Demand and Price Analysis; Marketing; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; C91; D44.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/60982

Assessing Demographic Changes and Income Inequalities: A Case Study of West Virginia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hailu,   Yohannes G.; Gebremedhin,   Tesfa G.; Jackson,   Randall W.
This study investigates demographic change and income inequalities, and relationship between economic growth and income inequality in West Virginia.  Income growth was positively related with population and employment growth, but is significantly and negatively related with income inequality. This indicates that higher income inequality is associated with slower economic growth.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/35561

Assessing design options for a Nutrient Trading System using an integrated model
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lock,   Kelly; Kerr,   Suzi; Cox,   Tim; Rutherford,   Kit.
Water quality in many New Zealand waterways is currently declining leading to lakes and rivers being closed for contact recreation such as swimming and potentially threatening our clean, green image. Much of this decline is associated with an increase in the nutrient loss from agriculture in the surrounding catchment. Nutrient trading systems are being considered in a number of catchments across the county to restrict the nutrient loss entering the waterways and thus improve the water quality. Such a system is currently being implemented in Lake Taupo and Environment Bay of Plenty is exploring actively the use of such a system to manage nutrient loss in the Lake Rotorua catchment. Yet the design of such systems is challenging. In a collaborative effort...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/96443

Assessing Development Strategies and Africa's Food and Nutrition Security
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Heidhues,   Franz; Atsain,   Achi; Nyangito,   Hezron Omare; Padilla,   Martine; Ghersi,   Gerard; Le Vallee,   Jean-Charles.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Food Security and Poverty; International Development.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/45765

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

ASSESSING ECOLOGICAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF POLICY SCENARIOS ON FARM LEVEL
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ehrmann,   Markus.
B3_2
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Indicators; Policy assessment; Agricultural and Food Policy; Environmental Economics and Policy; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/93949

Assessing Economic and Environmental Impacts of Ethanol Production on Fertilizer Use in Corn Production
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nehring,   Richard F.; Vialou,   Alexandre; Erickson,   Kenneth W.; Sandretto,   Carmen L.
The share of corn used in ethanol production has been growing rapidly. USDA predicts that more than 30 percent of the corn crop will be used for ethanol production in 2009/2010. Expanded corn acreage contributes to the application of more fertilizer and is likely to introduce a larger volume of nutrients into the environment. This study found that an increase in ethanol production is consistent with a significant increase in quality-adjusted fertilizer use in selected corn states.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Quality-adjusted fertilizer; Corn production; Ethanol; Excess nutrients; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6736

ASSESSING ECONOMIC AND TECHNICAL IMPACTS OF NON EXPECTED WEATHER EVENTS ON FRENCH SUCKLER COW FARMS DYNAMICS: A DYNAMIC RECURSIVE FARM MODEL
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mosnier,   Claire; Agabriel,   Jacques; Lherm,   Michel; Reynaud,   Arnaud.
Weather variability can threaten French suckler cow farms which rely on rather extensive forage production. However, flexibility of the production system can help farmer to face crop production shocks. This study aims at assessing how crop yield shocks impact on farms outcomes when adaptive capacity is taken into account. Our objectives are to develop a dynamic model which enables us 1) to predict the optimal mix of production adjustments to face crop yield shocks, 2) to quantify how far the system moves from the equilibrium and how long it takes to return and 3) to measure impact of shocks on economic results when adaptive capacity is taken into account. An original dynamic recursive bio-economic farm model integrating detailed technical and biological...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Livestock farm model; Dynamic recursive model; Crop yield variability; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44257

Assessing economic incentives for dairy sheep farmers: A real options approach
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tzouramani,   Irene; Sintori,   Alexandra; Liontakis,   Angelos E.; Alexopoulos,   George.
New policy measures have been introduced to transform Greece’s agriculture into a more modern and environmentally friendly agriculture. Adopting new technology and environmentally friendly production systems involves risk and uncertainty, which in turn stress the need for well designed policy schemes. This study attempts to examine the effects of income variability upon the decision to adopt new technology and environmentally friendly production systems by introducing the real options analysis to dairy sheep farming in Greece. The real options procedure revealed that the investment in new technology in dairy sheep farms under organic scheme is profitable. Attractive economic incentives that are offered by the applied agricultural policy to young farmers...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural policy; Organic sheep farming; Real options; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43964

ASSESSING ECONOMIC RETURNS FROM FARMERS' RIGHTS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Srinivasan,   Chittur S.
Many developing countries are attempting to address the inequities of plant breeders' rights by incorporating farmers' rights provisions in their Plant Variety Protection legislations to reward the role of farmers' as conservers and enhancers of agro-biodiversity. Developing countries expect to generate substantial revenues for biodiversity conservation or for community reward schemes through the application of farmers' rights provisions. This paper applies a patent-renewal model to assess the economic returns appropriated by plant breeders from new (protected) varieties in developed countries. The estimates confirm a widely held view in the literature that plant variety protection is a relatively weak form of IPR protection which allows plant breeders to...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25887

Assessing Environment in Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA): A Time Series Estimation
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Koffi-Tessio,   Egnonto M.; Homevor,   Kpotogbe.
Within a context of global trade liberalisation and constrained national budgets, agriculture in many countries has proved incapable of sustaining household livelihoods an d socio-economic development in rural areas. The post-war industrial success of several Asian countries has suggested various alternatives for rural development, including tourism for domestic and possibly foreign visitors. After outlining the economic characteristics of rural tourism and its policies, this paper reviews the evolution of government policies in this area in East Asia, including the establishment of "tourist farms" and "pilot scheme" villages in Korea since the 1980s. A field survey of some 200 Korean village leaders and others, undertaken in 2004, is reported as to the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Rural tourism; Korea; East Asia; Tourism policy; Environmental Economics and Policy; O18; Q26; Q28.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25481

Assessing Euro-Med Trade Preferences: The Case of Entry Price Reduction
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gomez,   Victor D. Martinez.
The EU protects some of its fruits and vegetables through the entry price system. This system consists on a two-tiered tariff, with high-priced exports paying an ad valorem tariff, whereas low-priced exports pay also a supplementary specific tariff. The breaking point between high and low export prices is the entry price level decided by the EU, generally the same level for all third countries. In a few cases, some Southern Mediterranean partners of the EU have agreed a reduced entry price for their exports, together with the more common ad valorem tariff reduction. Among the indicators used for gauge the value of preferences, there is no one devoted to this case of reduced entry price, hence we develop a new indicator that allows to split which part of...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9447

ASSESSING EUROPEAN FARMERS’ INTENTIONS IN THE LIGHT OF THE 2003 CAP REFORM
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Genius,   Margarita; Karagiannis,   Giannis; Tzouvelekas,   Vangelis.
The effects of the 2003 CAP reform on the farmers’ decisions on whether to abandon their farming activity, how much to produce and what to produce are analyzed in the present paper. To this effect data collected for Hungarian, Dutch and Greek farmers on their perceptions about the reform and its effects, and on their production intentions is analyzed using discrete choice models under 3 alternative scenarios for the future produce prices. The discrete choice model applied in the present paper is sequential since farmers are confronted with a sequence of choices. In the first stage, the choice is between abandoning farming or continuing, then those farmers who have chosen to continue are presented with two additional choices related to their level of...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: CAP; Farmers choices; MTR assesment; Agricultural and Food Policy; Political Economy; Q10; Q18.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44849

Assessing Factor Contribution to Nitrogen Concentration Levels in the Raccoon River Watershed in Iowa
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jayasinghe,   Sampath; Miller,   David A.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103796

Assessing farm sustainability with value oriented methods
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Van Passel,   Steven.
Agricultural policy makers aim to combine strong economic performance with a sustainable use of natural resources. An important step is to move from trying to define sustainability towards developing concrete tools for measuring and promoting achievements in sustainability. Hence, sustainability assessment is inevitably based on strong simplifications both of the theoretical paradigm and of the characteristics of systems of concern. The most known approaches to assess sustainability performance are burden orientated: they assess the costs or potential harm of resource use. These burden-oriented approaches focus on the level of environmental impacts caused by an economic activity compared to another set of environmental impacts, while value-oriented impact...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Sustainability assessment; Agriculture; Value oriented; Farm Management.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44141

Assessing farmers' risk attitudes based on economic, social, personal, and environmental sources of risk: evidence from Sweden
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lagerkvist,   Carl Johan.
This paper examines farmers'’ risk attitudes, obtained by responses to sources of risk, using an attitudinal scale approach. Economic, social, personal, and environmental sources of risk are considered in the measurement of risk attitudes. In addition, use of various types of expertise and information sources are included as risk management tools. Inferences are drawn from results of a survey mailed to a representative random sample of 500 farmers drawn from the population of medium to large farms (by acreage) in southern Sweden. Regarding the adequacy of the results it was found that a mail survey produces results similar to earlier results obtained by personal interview. Farmers'’ responses to the attitudinal scales showed levels of communal variation...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19361

Assessing Food Safety Concepts on the Dairy Farm: The Case of Chemical Hazards
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Valeeva,   Natasha I.; Meuwissen,   Miranda P.M.; Oude Lansink,   Alfons G.J.M.; Bergevoet,   Ron H.M.; Huirne,   Ruud B.M.
Adaptive conjoint analysis was used to elicit farmers' and experts' preferences for attributes of improving food safety with respect to chemical hazards on the dairy farm. Groups of respondents were determined by cluster analysis based on similar farmers' and experts' perceptions of food safety improvement.  Results show differences in priority of the more important attributes. However, respondents in all groups valued "identification of treated cows" as one of the most important attributes. The results provide the processing industry and extension service with a better understanding of aspects that may form farmers' perceptions of improving food safety, and thus help to define the message for targeting different farmer groups.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Food safety; Dairy farm; Conjoint analysis; Cluster analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24979

Assessing Investment in Precision Farming for Reducing Pesticide Use in French Viticulture
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lescot,   Jean-Marie; Rousset,   Sylvain; Souville,   Genevieve.
The paper develops a mathematical programming model for assessing the impact of Environmental Policy instruments on French winegrowing farm’s adoption of pesticides-saving technologies. We model choices with regards to investment in precision farming and plant protection practices, in a multi-periodic framework with sequential decision, integrating uncertainty on fungal disease pressure and imperfect information on equipment performance. We focus on recursive models maximizing a Utility function. These models are applied on a representative sample of 534 winegrowers from the French Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN). As expected, both ecotaxes and green subsidies make precision farming equipment more profitable, but the investment rate remains however...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Discrete Stochastic Programming; Precision Farming; Viticulture; Pesticides; Environmental Policy; Crop Production/Industries; Farm Management.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114387

Assessing Market Functioning: The Case of the Hungarian Milk Chain
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hockmann,   Heinrich; Voneki,   Eva.
The paper discusses the impact of market power in the Hungarian milk chain. In a first step a vector error correction model is estimates to assess whether a domestic market for raw milk exists. Since the answer was positive we proceed by developing a structural market model of the Hungarian market for raw milk that is able to identify a possible affect of market power on resource allocation. A nonlinear 3SLS approach was applied to estimate the supply and the demand for raw milk. The results provide that despite the high concentration of in dairy processing the indications for market poser are rather limited. The “Bertrand like” equilibrium can be attributed to the low degree of capacity utilization in dairy processing and the marketing alternative of...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Market power; Market integration; Dairy; Hungary.; Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7805

Assessing national values to protect the health of the Great Barrier Reef
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rolfe,   John; Windle,   Jill.
The aim of this study was to estimate the values to protect the health of the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) at the national level and to examine the effects of distance decay on valuation estimates. A split-sample choice-modelling experiment was conducted in six locations: a regional town within the GBR catchment area (Townsville); Brisbane, the state capital approximately 450 km from the southern limit of the GBR; and four other capital cities (Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth) ranging from nearly 1,000 km to over 4,000 km from Brisbane. The results suggest that the average WTP across Australian households is $21.68 per household per annum for five years. There was some evidence of distance decay in values. Most decline occurred once outside the home...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Distance decay; Iconic resources; Choice modelling experiment; Environmental Economics and Policy; Q51; Q57.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/100732

ASSESSING OPT-OUT FORMATS FOR DISCRETE-CHOICE STATED PREFERENCES: RESULTS FROM A SALTWATER ANGLING SURVEY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ruby,   Melissa C.; Johnson,   F. Reed; Mathews,   Kristy E.
An important methodological issue in stated-preference (SP) experiments is the inclusion and format of an opt-out option.  A split-sample design is used in a saltwater angling SP survey to test how including a "no-trip" option influences attribute salience relative to an option that allows respondents to choose their customary site.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20807

ASSESSING ORGANIC PRODUCTION EFFICIENCY: A STOCHASTIC DISTANCE FUNCTION APPROACH
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lohr,   Luanne; Park,   Timothy A.
A stochastic distance function frontier was estimated using data from a national survey of organic farmers to evaluate the effect of farm-specific attributes on efficiency. Farm-specific and regional variables that shift efficiency were incorporated into the multioutput distance function, including organic farming experience, use of soil-improving inputs, and farmer involvement in research. Participation in research projects reduces the level of on-farm technical inefficiency with mean technical efficiency of participating farmers 25 percent higher than nonparticipating farmers.  The results suggest that differences in productivity across organic farmers are closely linked to input use and observable management decisions.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Productivity Analysis.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/36244

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

Assessing Patterns in the Conversion of Rural Lands to Residential Use
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bell,   Kathleen P.; Kline,   Jeffrey D.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49530

Assessing potential efficiency gains in irrigated water use in New Zealand.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ford,   Stuart; Harris,   Simon; Doak,   Murray.
This paper reports a research project carried out on behalf of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry New Zealand designed to scope the issue of water efficiency in New Zealand and demonstrate where the most significant gains in efficiency can occur. The paper describes the efficiency framework developed based on the key areas of allocative, technical and dynamic efficiency. The areas of significant gains based on the theoretical analysis are tested against three community irrigation schemes. Although the case study findings support the theoretical conclusions there is a significant range of potential areas of improvement according to the nature of each case study.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Technical; Allocative; Dynamic efficiency; Framework; Case studies.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/48056

Assessing Potential Impact of a Farmer Field School Training on Perennial Crop in Cameroon
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wandji,   Njankoua; Binam,   Nyemeck; Sonii,   David; Mva Mva,   Jonas; Gockowski,   James.
This study is an attempt of the combination of multiple data sources referring to the same time period and to the same farmer population, it aims at assessing the potential impact of a cocoa Farmer Field School Training on Integrated Pest Management in Cameroon. Using a combination of a latitudinal and a longitudinal comparison, the results indicate that FFS-trained farmers have significantly more knowledge about crop husbandry practices than those in the non-participant comparison group. A 32% production increase and 45% income increase relative to the non-participants was estimated in the latitudinal analysis. The longitudinal comparison is showing significant adoption rates of 94, 93, 90, 66 and 35 % respectively for shade management, phytosanitary...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Integrated pest management; Farmer field school; Adoption rate; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Demand and Price Analysis; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Land Economics/Use; Marketing; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52103

Assessing programmes for the provision of agri-environmental services               – An efficiency analysis realized in Southern Germany
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kantelhardt,   Jochen; Eckstein,   Karin; Hoffmann,   Helmut.
Agricultural land use does not only concern farmers, but is of high relevance for the environment. Agri-environmental programmes aim to foster the environmental soundness of agricultural production. The aim of this study is to analyse the impact of agri-environmental programmes on the economic and the environmental performance of farms. Using the nonparametric method of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), we calculated the economic as well as the environmental efficiencies of farms and examined whether farms are able to succeed in combining environmental and economic efficiency. As study object serves a South German agri-environmental programme, the Bavarian KULAP. A farm survey was conducted covering a total of 102 farmers. The results show that farmers who...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agri-environmental programme; Data envelopment analysis; Environmental efficiency; Economic efficiency; Environmental Economics and Policy; Productivity Analysis; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51688

Assessing Public Preferences and Holistic Economic Value of Multifunctional Agriculture in the U.S.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Moon,   Wanki; Griffith,   Wayne.
This study used the contingent valuation method to shed light on public preferences on the multifunctional roles of the U.S. agriculture and to present a holistic estimate of the economic value of the nonmarket goods and services of the U.S. agriculture.  Fishbein’s model of reasoned behavior and mediation hypothesis were combined to model the relationship between WTP (behavioral intentions) and sets of explanatory variables including attitudes, perceived attributes (about family farms, farmland preservation programs, government involvement in agricultural markets, and ecological state of our world), and socio-demographic profiles.  The estimated mean WTP was $515 per taxpayer annually.  Aggregating individual WTPs across the U.S. taxpayers above 20 years...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Multifunctional Agriculture; Willingness to pay; Contingent Valuation; Social Psychological model; Mediation hypothesis; Agricultural and Food Policy; Consumer/Household Economics.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56010

Assessing Recent Trends in Pesticide Use in U.S. Agriculture
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fernandez-Cornejo,   Jorge; Nehring,   Richard F.; Newcomb Sinha,   Elizabeth; Grube,   Arthur; Vialou,   Alexandre.
Replaced with revised version of paper 04/20/10.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Pesticides; Herbicides; Insecticides; Hedonic models; Genetically engineered crops; Corn; Soybeans; Cotton; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Production Economics; Productivity Analysis; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49271

Assessing Rural Women Food Producers Capacity to Adopt Modern ICTs – A case Study of the Mfantsiman District of Ghana
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sampong,   D.D.; Egyir,   Irene Susana; Yaw,   Osei-Asare.
The traditional way of information dissemination has been through people; the modern way is through the electronic media – improved information and communication technologies (ICTs).  For effectiveness, modern ICTs should help women to improve on their income generating capacity.  Issues of level of resource capacity of women, information needed, and current sources of such information become important.  This study sought to investigate the issues above with respect to rural women food producers in the Mfantsiman District of Ghana.  Simple descriptive statistics and econometric models were employed in the data analysis of 91 randomly selected respondents.  The results of the study showed that: In general, the women food producers were aged, subsistence...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Adoption; Information and communication Technology; Ghana; Women; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Labor and Human Capital; Marketing; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52149

Assessing spatial uncertainties of land allocation using the scenario approach and sensitivity analysis
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tabeau,   Andrzej A.; Hatna,   E.; Verburg,   Peter H.
The paper assess uncertainty of future spatial allocation of agricultural land in Europe. To assess the possible future development of agricultural production and land for the period 2000 – 2030, two contrasting scenarios are constructed. The scenarios storylines lead to different measurable assumptions concerning scenario specific drivers (variables) and parameters. Many of them are estimations and thus include a certain level of uncertainty regarding their true values. This leads to uncertainty of the scenario outcomes. In this study we use sensitivity analysis to estimate the uncertainty of agricultural land use.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Spatial uncertainty; Scenario approach; Sensitivity analysis.; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95235

Assessing structural change in agriculture with a parametric Markov chain model. Illustrative applications to EU-15 and the USA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Piet,   Laurent.
The Markov chain model (MCM) has become a popular tool in the agricultural economics literature to explain the past evolution of and simulate the future developments in the number and size distribution of farms. In this paper, I show that the way MCMs have been implemented by agricultural economists so far suffers from the fact that transition probabilities are estimated as almost independent variables (up to adding-up to unity constraints). The alternative parametric MCM I propose addresses the deriving issues since (i) it is parsimonious in terms of parameters; (ii) it can be estimated with simple econometric techniques; (iii) it reveals detailed information on the structural change processes at hand. Applying it to experimentally controlled data with...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Farm Management.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114668

Assessing Sustainability at Farm Level using RISE Tool: Results from Armenia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Urutyan,   Vardan E.; Thalmann,   Christian.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114820

ASSESSING SUSTAINABILITY IN AGRICULTURE: A MULTICRITERIA APPROACH
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Boggia,   Antonio; Abbozzo,   P.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14498

Assessing Sustainability of Agricultural Systems: Evidence from a Conjoint Choice Survey
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sydorovych,   Olha; Wossink,   Ada.
This study identifies a list of economic, social, and ecological agricultural sustainability attributes based on experts' opinions.  Next, the attributes are used in a conjoint choice experiment which enables direct extraction of the relative impact of the attributes and attribute levels on individual respondents' perception of overall sustainability.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/34889

Assessing the availability of off-farm employment and farmers’ training needs
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Behan,   Jamina; O'Brien,   Mark.
The number of farm households participating in the off-farm labour market has been increasing over the last decade and this additional income has become integral to the sustainability of farm households. The objective of this paper is to assess the availability of off-farm employment and examine policies needed to increase the employability of farm operators seeking off-farm employment.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Farm Management.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/36768

ASSESSING THE BENEFITS OF ON-FARM RESERVOIRS AND TAIL-WATER RECOVERY SYSTEMS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Popp,   Jennie S. Hughes; Wailes,   Eric J.; Young,   Kenneth B.; Smartt,   Jim.
The purpose of this paper is to apply the MARORA model to evaluate the use of on-farm reservoirs and other management practices  with respect to economic costs and returns and  water use for rice and soybean production. Potential environmental benefits are also discussed.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Farm Management.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20210

Assessing the Competitiveness of EU Mediterranean Fisheries and Aquaculture Industries
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Polymeros,   Konstantinos; Tsakiridou,   Efthimia; Mattas,   Konstadinos.
An attempt is made to evaluate the competitiveness of the fisheries and aquaculture industries of some Mediterranean countries.  Revealed Comparative Advantage indices of Italian, French, Greek, Portuguese and Spanish fish products are estimated, in order to gain new insights regarding the position of these products in the market of the European Union, in terms of competitiveness.  In addition, this study sheds light on the evolution of competitiveness over the last decade.  The estimated Comparative Advantage indices reveal that there is a wide range of competitiveness among fish products in Mediterranean countries.  In addition, almost all countries alter their competitive ranking throughout the study period.  Consequently, Mediterranean fisheries and...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Competitiveness; Exports; Fish products; Mediterranean countries; Livestock Production/Industries; Q17; Q22; F14.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56004

ASSESSING THE COMPETITIVENESS OF JAMAICAN ACKEE IN LIGHT OF THE CHALLENGES FACED BY SUGAR AND BANANAS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hyatt,   Karl.
Economic theory posits that the removal of impediments to trade should redound to improvement in the overall well-being of all nations. Unfortunately, for many developing countries, this has not been the case; upon significantly reducing their tariffs, they are yet to see any tangible benefits. On the contrary, they have experienced a decline in market share and in some instances significant erosion of trade preferences that they had previously enjoyed with their trading partners. The preferential market access, from which Jamaica and other ACP (African Caribbean and Pacific) states benefit, through exports of sugar and bananas to the EU (European Union), has been eroded as a result of recent rulings by the WTO. These rulings have already affected the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: CAES; SPS measures; Globalization; Competitiveness; Jamaica; Ackee; WTO; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/36947

ASSESSING THE COST OF BEEF QUALITY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Forristall,   Cody; May,   Gary J.; Lawrence,   John D.
The number of U.S. fed cattle marketed through a value based or grid marketing system is increasing dramatically. Most grids reward Choice or better quality grades and some pay premiums for red meat yield. The Choice-Select (C-S) price spread increased 55 percent, over $3/cwt between 1989-91 and 1999-01. However, there is a cost associated with pursuing these carcass premiums. This paper examines these tradeoffs both in the feedlot and in a retained ownership scenario. Correlations between carcass and performance traits resulted in economic tradeoffs that change across input costs and quality grade premiums and discounts. Feedlot profitability was largely determined by marbling, carcass weight, and feed efficiency. Carcass weight was most important at a...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19060

Assessing the Cost of Beef Quality Revisited (PowerPoint)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ibarburu-Blanc,   Maro A.; Lawrence,   John D.; Busby,   Darrell; Strohbehn,   Daryl.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/93537

Assessing the costs of measuring biodiversity: methodological and empirical issues
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Targetti,   Stefano; Viaggi,   Davide; Cuming,   David; Sarthou,   J.P.; Choisis,   J.P.
Organic and low-input farming practices are considered keystones for the conservation of biodiversity in semi-natural systems. Accordingly, attention to the assessment of the benefits stemming from these activities is increasing in order to provide a solid base for the adoption of agro-environmental incentives and to support their monitoring and evaluation. The evaluation of the positive effects of organic and low-input farming activities on biodiversity is limited mainly by: the difficulty in proposing simple and widely-applicable indicators of biodiversity, and the substantial lack of data concerning the costs of measuring biodiversity - an essential element for a cost-effectiveness analysis. Moreover, the limited scientific literature available is based...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Biodiversity measurement; Research costs; Agricultural and Food Policy; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Land Economics/Use; Production Economics; Productivity Analysis.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109414

ASSESSING THE DEGREE OF FOOD INSECURITY IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: A PILOT PROJECT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bezuneh,   Mesfin; Yiheyis,   Zelealem; Del Rosario,   Pedro-Juan; Ortiz,   Luis.
The concept of food insecurity at the household and individual levels has been an area of extensive research in the late 1980s by individual researchers and public agencies. This work culminated in the development of the US Food Security Survey Module (FSSM), which is now seem to be the  standard methodology of determining household food’s security status, at least in countries with developed economies. One of the purposes of this study is to adapt the FSSM in the context of a less developed economy, and thereby assess the prevalence of food insecurity and hunger. The module was administered as a pilot in a household survey of 110 low-income families in the Dominican Republic. This study found that 93% of the respondent were food-insecure, some more so...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Food Security Survey Model; Food Insecurity; Survey; Low income families; Household survey; CAES; Agricultural and Food Policy; Consumer/Household Economics; Food Security and Poverty; Health Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/36971

ASSESSING THE DETERMINANTS OF IRRIGATED CROP CHOICES IN KANSAS HIGH PLAINS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ding,   Ya; Peterson,   Jeffrey M.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/35956

Assessing the Economic Impact of an Agricultural Project in a Petroleum-Exporting Country. The Case of Palm Oil in the Republic of Congo
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bonfiglio,   Andrea; Esposti,   Roberto.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114260

Assessing the economic impact of an emissions trading scheme on agroforestry in Australia’s northern grazing systems
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Donaghy,   Peter; Rolfe,   John; Gowen,   Rebecca; Bray,   Steven; Madonna,   Hoffman.
Although agriculture generates a significant portion of Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions, it also has the potential to sequester large quantities of emissions through changed land use management such as agroforestry. Whilst there is an extensive amount of agroforestry literature, little has been written on the economic consequences of adopting silvopastoral systems in northern Australia. This paper reports the economic feasibility of adopting complimentary agroforestry systems in the low rainfall region of northern Australia. The analysis incorporates the dynamic tradeoffs between tree and pasture growth, carbon sequestration, cleared regrowth decomposition rates and livestock methane emissions in a bioeconomic model. The results suggest there are...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Carbon sequestration; Financial analysis; Carbon accounting framework; Agroforestry; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/59069

ASSESSING THE ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF LARGE-SCALE ENVIRONMNETAL REGULATIONS IN CALIFORNIA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hess,   Peter; Berck,   Peter.
Short Abstract A sophisticated computable general equilibrium model of the California economy tracks how regulatory costs, parameterized as enhanced capital and/or intermediate requirements for regulated industries, ripple through the economy as increased demand for compliance related inputs.  Effects on statewide and sector-specific output, employment, factor payments, and trade balances are reported.  Longer Abstract This paper uses a sophisticated computable general equilibrium model of the California economy to assess the economic impacts of various large-scale environmental regulations.  The model, E-DRAM (Environmental-Dynamic Revenue Analysis Model) was build by the authors for the California EPA/Air Resources Board by modifying DRAM (Dynamic...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19701

Assessing the economic viability of alternative water resources in water scarce regions: The roles of economic valuation, cost–benefit analysis and discounting
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Birol,   Ekin; Koundouri,   Phoebe; Kountouris,   Yiannis.
This paper demonstrates a comprehensive methodology to assess the viability of an environmental management plan which has long-run economic and ecological impacts. The case study under consideration is the implementation of a water resource management plan in a water scarce region of the world, namely Cyprus. Specifically this plan proposes to replenish a depleting aquifer with treated wastewater. The methodology proposed first identifies the key stakeholder groups, namely farmers and the general public, who are hypothesized to derive economic values (benefits) from the implementation of this plan, and then implements stated preference methods to capture the total economic value of these benefits. Benefits are aggregated over the relevant populations of...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Aquifer recharge; Treated Wastewater; Total Economic Value; Choice Experiment; Long-run Cost Benefit Analysis; Declining Discounting; Environmental Economics and Policy; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51692

ASSESSING THE EFFECT OF ECR ON FINANCIAL AND OPERATING PERFORMANCE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dooley,   Frank J.; Mayberry,   Matthew; Wilson,   Christine A.; Boehlje,   Michael.
A debate has emerged in the literature and trade press whether the adoption of Efficient Consumer Response (ECR), the supply chain management initiatives for the food industry, leads to improved inventory and financial performance.  Using regression analysis, the financial performance for adopters of ECR is about 3 to 4% higher than for non-adopters.  However, the growth in profit does not appear to come from improved performance for traditional inventory measures (such as inventory turnover, inventory-to-sales, or inventory-to-assets).  The driving force behind these improved financial measures can be attributed to changes leading to a shorter cash conversion cycle.  In addition, size matters; ECR is more effective due to economies of scale, information...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Industrial Organization.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19788

Assessing the effect of the CAP on farm innovation adoption. An analysis in two French regions
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bartolini,   Fabio; Latruffe,   Laure; Viaggi,   Davide.
Literature on innovation adoption mechanism has emphasised the positive effect of Single Farm Payments (SFP) and Rural Development Payments on adoption of new technologies. In this context, the expected process of CAP reforming after 2013 is likely to strengthen the role of innovation in the European Union (EU). The objective of this paper is to identify the determinants of the adoption of future innovation, in particular in connection to past innovation, and to assess the role of agricultural policy in the promotion of innovation adoption. The analysis is applied to two regions (Centre and Midi-Pyrénées) in France. Two separate Count models are developed in order to explain famers’ stated intention concerning different intensities of innovation adoption...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Innovation; Sequences of innovation; CAP; Zero inflated Poisson model; Agricultural and Food Policy; Q12; Q18.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/99594

Assessing the Effects of Climate Change on Farm Production and Profitability: Dynamic Simulation Approach
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cai,   Ruohong; Bergstrom,   John C.; Mullen,   Jeffrey D.; Wetzstein,   Michael E.
In this paper, a dynamic optimization model was developed to simulate how farm-level realized price and profitability respond to yield change which was induced by climate change. Producers' acreage response was included in the dynamic model considering crop rotation effect. In the crop rotation model, a modified Bellman equation was used to dynamically optimize the net present value of farm profit for a five-year interval. This simulation process was repeated through the year 2050. Then yield, price, and acreage response were compiled to generate realized profit. Results generally indicated that reduction in crop yields due to climate change results in reduced farm profitability for most of the states studied. Predicted climate change is more likely to...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Dynamic simulation model; Acreage response; Crop rotation; Expected price; Realized price; Agricultural Finance; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Land Economics/Use; Production Economics; Productivity Analysis; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103420

ASSESSING THE EFFECTS OF NAFTA ON CANADA/US AGRICULTURAL TRADE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Deng,   Hugh; Nzuma,   Jonathan M.
While there seems to be an agreement that Canada-US Free Trade Agreement (CUSTA)/North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) have benefited member countries, some analysts have argued that the agreements had little effect on the bilateral Canada/US agricultural trade as many other factors have contributed to the increased trade flows. Results from this study reveal that the aggregate bilateral agricultural trade flows have generally experienced a steady growth since the implementation of NAFTA with trade flows seemingly favoring Canada more than the US since 1992. At the industry level, the impacts of NAFTA on Canada/US agricultural trade were varied with the sub-sectors analyzed responding differently to the bilateral trade liberalization.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/34159

Assessing the Effects of NAFTA ON Canada/US Agricultural Trade
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Deng,   Hugh; Nzuma,   Jonathan M.
While there seems to be an agreement that Canada-US Free Trade Agreement (CUSTA)/North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) have benefited member countries, some analysts have argued that the agreements had little effect on the bilateral Canada/US agricultural trade as many other factors have contributed to the increased trade flows. Results from this study reveal that the aggregate bilateral agricultural trade flows have generally experienced a steady growth since the implementation of NAFTA with trade flows seemingly favoring Canada more than the US since 1992. At the industry level, the impacts of NAFTA on Canada/US agricultural trade were varied with the sub-sectors analyzed responding differently to the bilateral trade liberalization.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: CUSTA/NAFTA; Agricultural trade; Liberalization; Integration; Trade flows; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24704

ASSESSING THE EFFICIENCY OF LOCAL ACTION GROUPS AND AUCTIONS FOR DESIGNING AND IMPLEMENTING AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL MEASURES IN THE EU - RESULTS FROM AN EXPERT SURVEY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Eggers,   Jorg; Mettepenningen,   Evy; Beckmann,   Volker.
In this article the authors focus on two important innovations for agri-environmental measures in the new council regulation: The implementation of local action groups and a call for tenders. The article describes how relevant actors assess the innovations. The results are based on 276 interviews, carried out in 2006 in nine EU Member States. Generally, actors assume that measures designed in local action groups are not necessarily more economically efficient than current measures, but they do have potential to result in a higher ecological effectiveness and in a greater acceptance. However, the opinion on auctions is comparatively critical.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agri-environmental policy; Decentralisation; Local action groups; Auctions; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7584

Assessing the environmental externalities from biofuels in Australia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cuevas-Cubria,   Clara.
In Australia, as in other countries, the environmental costs and benefits of biofuel production and use have been found to vary greatly according to the production method and feedstocks used. In general, the use of biodiesel produced in Australia has been found to provide greater environmental benefits than ethanol, both in terms of reduced greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and reduced air pollutant emissions. In this paper, estimates of GHG and air pollutant emissions arising from biofuels and petroleum fuels production and use are employed to calculate the change in environmental externalities when substituting biofuels for petroleum fuels in Australia. These estimates of externalities highlight the need to better understand the environmental implications...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Biofuels; Environmental policy; Greenhouse gas emissions; Air pollutants; Externalities; Australia; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47624

Assessing the Farm Level Impacts of Yield and Revenue Insurance: an Expected Value-Variance Approach
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Berg,   Ernst.
This paper investigates the farm level impacts of multiple peril yield and revenue insurance in an expected value-variance framework. The analysis is conducted using stochastic simulation jointly with numerical optimisation. Simulation is used to compute the means and variances of revenues as affected by the insurance schemes under consideration. In a second step these results are incorporated in a whole-farm programming approach, which optimises a portfolio that consists of crop production and insurance activities. The results of a case study indicate that from the farmer's point of view there is an incentive to buy multiple peril crop insurance, because it significantly reduces the variability of income. The risk reduction through insurance in turn leads...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Crop insurance; Risk management; Portfolio selection; Stochastic programming; Expected value-variance analysis; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24834

Assessing the Feasibility of Broiler Manure Transportation and Application in Crop Production under Environmental Restrictions
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bhattarai,   Keshav; Paudel,   Krishna P.
This study combines survey information and GIS based optimization model to identify the optimal distribution of broiler litter in crop production. The results obtained provide more plausible transportation routes than the method that does not utilize all these constraints.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/35451

Assessing the Future Development of the Macedonian Agriculture: Partial equilibrium model of livestock-feed sector
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kotevska,   Ana; Dimitrievski,   Dragi; Erjavec,   Emil.
The country is facing one of the biggest challenges since its independence – the process of the EU accession. Taking into consideration that „forecasting important economic events is source of power“ (Howitt, 2005), the aim of this paper is to develop a model in order to assess the impact of the EU membership on the Macedonian agriculture. The model is recursive, dynamic, multi-product partial equilibrium model for the meat, dairy and cereals sector in the Republic of Macedonia. It follows the AGMEMOD principles, hence comprising the local features of the Macedonian agriculture. The baseline scenario shows a positive growth of the pig meat, lamb meat and cow milk sectors. On the other hand, in the EU scenarios the most positive effect is expected in the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Partial equilibrium model; Agricultural policy; Macedonian agriculture; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114698

Assessing the impact of agricultural research on farmer's knowledge about African animal trypanosomosis : An application of the propensity score matching approach
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Liebenehm,   Sabine; Affognon,   Hippolyte; Waibel,   Hermann.
Ex-post evaluation of agricultural research is aimed to empirically provide evidence of past investments’ effectiveness. This paper is intended to measure the immediate impact of livestock research activities on cattle farmers’ knowledge about trypanosomosis and its therapeutic and preventive control strategies. According to the quasi-experimental design of the intervention, it is shown that its impact will be adequately estimated by propensity score matching (PSM). Based on data collected according to a knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) questionnaire in the region of Kénédougou that is common to Mali and Burkina Faso, results indicate a significant gain in farmers’ know-how due to participation in livestock research activities.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: African animal trypanosomosis (AAT); Knowledge; Attitude and practice (KAP); Propensity score matching (PSM); Livestock Production/Industries; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53277

Assessing the Impact of Cap-and-Trade Climate Legislation on Agriculture in the Northern Plains: A Policy Simulation with Farmer Preference and Adaption
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jiang,   Yong; Koo,   Won W.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Cap-and-trade; Carbon sequestration; Climate change mitigation; Agricultural impact; Agricultural and Food Policy; Environmental Economics and Policy; Land Economics/Use; Production Economics; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61532

Assessing the Impact of Carbonated Soft-Drink Marketing Practices on U.S. Consumers
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rhodes,   Charles.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Marketing.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61713

ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON AGRICULTURE IN GERMANY - A RICARDIAN ANALYSIS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Aurbacher,   Joachim; Lippert,   Christian; Krimly,   Tatjana.
To assess the impact of climate change on agriculture in German districts, a Ricardian analysis accounting for spatial autocorrelation is used. The analysis relies on land rental prices from agricultural statistics and climate data from the network of German weather observation stations. The results of the cross-sectional analysis show a significant correlation between land rents and increasing mean temperatures, as well as (except for East Germany) a significant increase of land rents along with declining spring precipitation. Next, climate data from the regional climate model REMO are used to calculate local land rent changes under different IPCC scenarios for a time horizon between 2011 and 2040. The overall result is an increase in land rents which...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; Land Economics/Use; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/91257

Assessing the Impact of Climate Change on China's Grain Sector and International Trade
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hansen,   James M.; Tuan,   Francis C.; Somwaru,   Agapi.
This study analyzes the potential impact of climate change on China's corn, wheat, and rice, domestic agricultural markets, and the international markets out to the year 2050. The study provides a brief background and reviews research literature of climate change effects on China's crop yields. The paper presents the potential impact of climate change on China's yields and attempts to quantify the domestic and global market impacts. The analysis has four scenarios, which assumes two future levels of greenhouse gas emissions with the effects of CO2 fertilization and no CO2 fertilization. A 27-country commodity partial equilibrium simulation mathematical programming model (PEATSim) is used for this analysis. Results indicate under CO2 fertilization, which...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: China; Trade; Climate change; GHG; CO2 fertilization; Rice; Wheat; Corn; Dynamic partial equilibrium simulation mathematical model.; Environmental Economics and Policy; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103768

Assessing the Impact of Climate Change on the  Brazilian Agricultural Sector
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Feres,   Jose Gustavo; Reis,   Eustaquio Jose; Speranza,   Juliana Simoes.
Este artigo tem por objetivo avaliar o impacto das mudanças climáticas sobre a agricultura brasileira tanto em termos da rentabilidade agrícola quanto do preço da terra. Para este fim, são estimados dois modelos econométricos: o modelo de efeitos fixos, segundo a metodologia desenvolvida por Deschênes e Greenstone (2007), e o modelo de preços hedônicos proposto por Mendelsohn et al. (1994). Ambos os modelos são estimados utilizando dados de painel para os municípios brasileiros no período de 1970-1995. Os resultados das simulações sugerem que o impacto das mudanças climáticas no setor agrícola brasileiro será relativamente modesto no médio prazo. Contudo, estes impactos tendem a tornar-se significativamente mais severos no longo...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Mudanças climáticas; Análise ricardiana; Agricultura brasileira; Climate change; Ricardian analysis; Brazilian agriculture; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/108136

Assessing the impact of different rural development policy design options on the adoption of innovation across five case studies in EU
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bartolini,   Fabio; Floridi,   Matteo; Latruffe,   Laure; Majewski,   Edward; Nikolov,   Dimitre; Polman,   Nico B.P.; Viaggi,   Davide.
Innovation and new technology adoption represent two central elements for the enterprise and industry development process in agriculture. The objective of the paper is to provide an ex-ante analysis of the effectiveness of alternative policy design options concerning the RDP measures intended to provide incentives for investment/innovation adoption in five case study areas across Europe. The model implemented is based on a real option approach that includes investment irreversibility and stochasticity in SFP. The results show the relevance of uncertainty in determining the timing of adoption and emphasise the importance of predictability as a major component of policy design.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Real options; Innovation; Rural development policy; Single farm payments; Uncertainty; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94907

Assessing the impact of future CAP reforms on the demand of production factors
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bartolini,   Fabio; Viaggi,   Davide; Ronchi,   Davide; Gomez y Paloma,   Sergio; Sammeth,   Frank.
The CAP reform process has been a central issue for agricultural economics research in recent years, and is gaining further attention in view of the post-2013 perspectives. The objective of this paper is to assess ex-ante the effect of different post-2013 CAP and market scenarios on the demand of productions factors. The paper is based on the use of farm household dynamic programming models maximising the net present value with a time horizon until 2030. A representative model has been implemented for 18 different farming systems in 8 EU countries. Changes in marginal values of selected resource constraints (land, labour and capital) are used to assess the potential effect of different scenarios on farm-household demand of production factors. Results...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: CAP reform; Investment behaviour; Farm Household model; Factor markets; Agricultural and Food Policy; Q12.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/99593

ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS IN THE PLANT/SEED INDUSTRY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Foltz,   Jeremy D.; Dhar,   Tirtha Pratim.
We develop a theoretical model of strategic firm behavior in seeking property rights given multiple property regimes. Our model suggests probability of the loss of trade secrets and revelations through patent applications does play a significant role in the choice of property rights by plant firms.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20080

Assessing the Impact of International Natural Resource Management Research: The Case of Zero Tillage in India's Rice-Wheat Systems
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Laxmi,   Vijay; Erenstein,   Olaf.
A conservative ex-ante assessment of supply-shift gains alone (excluding social and environmental gains), shows that the investment in zero tillage (ZT) R&amp;D by the Rice-Wheat Consortium and CIMMYT was highly beneficial with a benefit-cost ratio of 39, a net present value of US$ 94 million and an internal rate of return 57%. Sensitivity analysis highlights the influential role of the yield gain, the contribution of reduced tillage (i.e. partial adoption) and the assumed time-lag. Significant positive spillovers of sunk ZT R&amp;D costs – both previous and from elsewhere - also contributed to the high returns. The case thereby highlights the potential gains from successful technology transfer and adaptation. The case however also underscores that...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Natural resource management research; Impact assessment; Economic surplus; Zero tillage; Q11; Q12; Q16; Crop Production/Industries; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25694

Assessing the Impact of Recent Trade Policy Changes in the Banana Market under Alternative Market Structures
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Anania,   Giovanni; Scoppola,   Margherita.
The paper focuses on the importance of the assumptions made about market structure and firm behaviors in empirical trade policy analysis. It does it with reference to the most recent changes in the EU import regime for bananas, namely the Economic Partnership Agreements and the December 2009 WTO agreement on bananas. The paper’s contribution to the literature on the issues addressed is threefold: it develops two original models which incorporate imperfectly competitive market structures in a spatial modeling framework; it provides an assessment of the degree of market power in international banana trade and, finally, it assesses how the analysis of the implications of the most recent changes in the EU import regimes for bananas is affected by the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Bananas; Economic Partnership Agreements; WTO; Agricultural and Food Policy; International Relations/Trade; Q17; Q18; F13.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/98985

Assessing the impact of rural policy on biodiversity: High Nature Value Farming in Italy
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Trisorio,   Antonella; Borlizzi,   Andrea.
Farming practices and the conservation value of farmland are intimately interconnected. The recent policy debate has shed light on the need to address farming activities towards a more sustainable path, and has advocated for a reallocation of payments towards farming systems that provide public goods. This paper aims to explore likely HNV farms policy needs through the use of HNV farming system indicators.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: High Nature Value; Monitoring and evaluation; Biodiversity indicator; Farming systems.; Agricultural and Food Policy; Q18; Q57.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/100042

Assessing the Impact of Stricter Food Safety Standards on Trade: HACCP in U.S. Seafood Trade with the Developing World
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Anders,   Sven M.; Caswell,   Julie A.
Health risks associated with seafood products prompted the introduction of mandatory HACCP in the seafood industry in the United States in 1997. This paper quantifies the trade impact of this introduction by analyzing patterns of seafood imports to the U.S. over the period 1990 to 2004. The results of a gravity model using panel data suggest that HACCP had a negative and significant impact on overall seafood imports from the top 33 developing and developed countries selling into the U.S. For developing countries, the results support the view of “"standards-as-barriers"” versus "”standards-as-catalysts"” as the negative HACCP effect was experienced by developing countries, while the effect for developed countries was positive.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21338

Assessing the Impact of the Bean/Cowpea Collaborative Research Support Program (B/C CRSP) Graduate Degree Training
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jamora,   Nelissa; Bernsten,   Richard H.; Maredia,   Mywish K.
The study evaluated the impacts of the graduate degree training (GDT) component of the B/C CRSP. In their enhanced capacity, trainees have been playing important roles in strengthening teaching and research capacity in bean and cowpea sectors, both in the U.S. and in host countries. The study recommends the continued commitment and increased financial support to GDT.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Impact assessment; B/C CRSP; Training; Graduate degree; Beans; Cowpeas; Crop Production/Industries; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession; Q16; I23; O15; O19.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6918

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

Assessing the Impact of Trade Policy Changes: Does Market Structure Matter?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Anania,   Giovanni; Scoppola,   Margherita.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114222

Assessing the impact of U.S. ethanol market shocks on global crude oil and U.S. gasoline: A structural VAR approach
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: McPhail,   Lihong Lu.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Structural VAR; Ethanol; Crude oil; Gasoline; Shocks; Agricultural and Food Policy; Environmental Economics and Policy; Q1; Q2; Q4.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61136

ASSESSING THE IMPACTS OF CAP-AND-TRADE CLIMATE POLICY ON AGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS IN THE NORTHERN PLAINS: A POLICY SIMULATION WITH FARMER PREFERENCES AND ADAPTATION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jiang,   Yong; Koo,   Won W.
The purpose of this study is to examine the possible local impacts of cap-and-trade climate policy on agricultural producers in the Northern Plains. This study explicitly considers farmer behavior with respect to agricultural opportunity in carbon offset provision and ability of adaptation to mitigate the production cost impact under a cap-and-trade climate policy. Based on empirically estimated farmer behavior models, a policy simulation with agricultural census data identifies farmer acreage enrollment in carbon offset provision, carbon offset supplies and revenues, the production cost impacts of carbon prices, and impacts on net farm income and their distributions among heterogeneous farmers. Our analysis find that: 1) farmer ex ante preferences in...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Greenhouse gas; Cap-and-trade; Climate change; Agricultural impact; Economics; Carbon offsets; Agricultural and Food Policy; Environmental Economics and Policy; Land Economics/Use; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/91278

ASSESSING THE IMPACTS OF GLOBAL WARMING IN THE SOUTHEAST US AGRICULTURE USING OPTIMIZATION AND ECONOMIC FORECASTING PROCEDURE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Paudel,   Krishna P.; Hatch,   L. Upton.
We used a memory shortening transformation method to forecast the future prices of the seven selected commodities in the Southeast USA. These forecasted prices were used to find the optimal crop selection in a model farm in a representative county of each of the ten states in the Southeast US under three likely climate change scenarios. It is found that the Hadley climate change scenario may be benign compared to Hot and Very Hot Scenarios.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20622

Assessing the Impacts of Low Carbohydrate Related Health Information on the Market Demand for US Vegetables
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Paudel,   Laxmi; Adhikari,   Murali; Houston,   Jack E.
An Almost Ideal Demand System was estimated to examine the impacts of low carbohydrate information on the market demand for US vegetables.  Analysis was extended to examine the performance of alternative carbohydrate information indexes.  Study shows significant robust impacts of low carbohydrate information across all included vegetables.  Results favor the general and weighted carbohydrate information index.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Carbohydrate Information Index; Vegetable Demand; Structural Change; Carbohydrate Information; Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19541

Assessing the Impacts of Single Farm Payments on Farm Investment and Output in French Arable Farms: a Dynamic Stochastic Farm Household Model with Debt Constraints
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mary,   Sebastien.
The Common Agricultural Policy has radically been reformed in 2003 with the introduction of “decoupled” direct payments. Economic theory suggests that direct payments are expected to have no impact on production in a static deterministic environment with perfect markets for capital and labour. But if factor market imperfections or uncertainty are taken into account, this is no longer true. Taking into account these potential impacts, the empirical literature has studied the impacts of farm payments. However, most studies are based on assumptions such as perfect markets, risk neutrality or static environment. Recent researches have also often neglected the role of debt constraints. The paper develops and numerically solves a dynamic stochastic farm...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Single Farm Payment; Farm investment; Dynamic stochastic farm household model; Debt constraints.; Agricultural and Food Policy; Q12; Q18.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/91681

Assessing the Impacts of Soil Carbon Credits and Risk on No-Till Rice Profitability
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Watkins,   K. Bradley; Hignight,   Jeffrey A.; Anders,   Merle M.
Rice is a major cash crop in eastern Arkansas, but most rice acres are intensively cultivated and grown on rented land.  No-till is an effective means of sequestering soil carbon and reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and economic incentives exist for no-till in the form of carbon credits.  Studies evaluating the economic potential of carbon credits focus on producers only and do not take into consideration the landlord’s perspective.  This analysis evaluates the profitability and risk efficiency of no-till management and carbon credits in Arkansas rice production from the prospective if the landlord using simulation and stochastic efficiency with respect to a function (SERF). The results indicate carbon credits may have potential to enhance preference for...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Certainty equivalent; Landlord; No-till; Rice; Risk premium; Farm Management; Production Economics; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/45806

Assessing the Implications of EU Enlargement for CEEC Agri-food Trade Specialisation
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Drabik,   Dusan; Bartova,   Lubica.
The goal of the paper is to analyse agri-food trade specialisation in seven Central and Eastern European Countries (CEECs) with their trade groupings over the period 2000-2005, prior to and after their accession to the EU. For these CEECs, we found high agri-food trade specialisation in a relatively small number of commodities. The most competitive commodities in trade with all trade groupings other than the EU-15 were marked by a fairly high level of processing. Over the analysed period the CEE countries did not maintain positions of the most competitive commodities, but at the same time they improved positions of a number of previously uncompetitive commodities. The competitiveness of CEEC agrifood trade commodities declined over the period analysed.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agri-food trade; Specialisation; Lafay index; Markov matrices; New EU Member States; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7783

ASSESSING THE JOINT INFLUENCE OF ECOLOGICAL AND SOCIOECONOMIC DETERMINANTS OF INCREASES IN THE BUILT-ENVIRONMENT: A STUDY OF TRENDS IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Vance,   Colin; Iovanna,   Rich.
This paper advances an empirical model assessing how, over both time and space, changes in land-use respond to changing economic and ecological conditions.  Focusing on Central North Carolina, a region that has undergone extensive changes in forest cover and agricultural lands over the past two decades, landscape dynamics are modeled by exploiting a spatial database that links several satellite images spanning the years 1975-1999 to a suite of socioeconomic, institutional and GIS-created explanatory variables.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21983

ASSESSING THE LOUISIANA SHRIMP FISHING FLEET TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY USING A BAYESIAN STOCHASTIC COST FRONTIER MODEL
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Icabalceta,   Jorge L.; Lavergne,   David R.
A Bayesian stochastic cost frontier analyzed the shrimp fleet of Louisiana.  A translog cost function was estimated. 269 vessels were included and sub-grouped by length (&lt;20 ft, 21-40ft, and &gt;60ft), and net type (trawl, skimmer, and butterfly).  Results indicated no influence of these factors on cost efficiency.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/35011

Assessing the marginal dollar value losses to an estuarine ecosystem from an aggressive alien invasive crab
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bell,   Brian A.; Menzies,   Sharon; Yap,   Michael; Kerr,   Geoffrey N.
This paper reports on a case study to establish dollar values for loss of biodiversity in the New Zealand coastal marine environment. The study uses the European Shore Crab (Carcinas maenas) as the example alien invasive species and the Pauatahanui Inlet, Wellington, New Zealand, as the ecosystem representative of the coastal marine environment. Choice modelling is the stated preference tool used to elicit marginal dollar values for these various attributes of the inlet. Reallocation of existing government expenditure is used as the payment mechanism. Results indicate a wide range of dollar values for the marginal losses to the environment, with no clear trend on a distance-decay relationship. The probability distributions of the dollar values of the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Choice modelling; Tax reallocation; Biosecurity; Coastal marine; Environmental Economics and Policy; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/5978

Assessing the Opportunity Cost of Growing a Bioenergy Crop in California: a PMP Approach
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Yi,   Fujin; Merel,   Pierre R.; Lee,   Juhwan; Six,   Johan.
A significant increase in demand for fuel ethanol in California should be expected if all gasoline sold in the state were to be blended with 10% ethanol, as envisaged in the State Alternative Fuels Plan. This paper assesses the potential of California agriculture to supply biofuel feedstock in the form of switchgrass. We construct a fully calibrated, multi-region, multi-input and multi-output model of agricultural supply for California’s Central Valley based on the principles of Positive Mathematical Programming. We exploit the biogeochemical model DAYCENT to estimate production functions for switchgrass in each agricultural region. We then predict the extent and location of potential switchgrass production in the Central Valley. Our results suggest that...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: California agriculture; Bioenergy crop; Opportunity cost; Positive mathematical programming; Crop Production/Industries; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/104519

Assessing the performance of auctions for the allocation of conservation contracts: Theoretical and computational approaches
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hailu,   Atakelty; Schilizzi,   Steven; Thoyer,   Sophie.
There is a growing interest in using auctions for purchasing public goods from private agents. Auctions are being trialed in Australia and elsewhere to allocate conservation contracts. The expectation is that competitive bidding will reduce information rents and increase cost-effectiveness. This paper examines how auctions would perform under different assumptions regarding the rationality of bidders. A theoretical model requires bidders to be rational and use Nash equilibrium strategies, while an agent-based model assumes boundedly rational bidders learning from experience. The study illustrates the synergies between economic theory and agent-based modelling. Our findings provide a cautionary message regarding the performance of conservation auctions.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19478

Assessing the performance of conservation auctions: an experimental study
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Schilizzi,   Steven; Latacz-Lohmann,   Uwe.
Building on available theory, this work uses controlled laboratory experiments to investigate the budgetary and the economic performance of competitive tenders for allocating conservation contracts to landholders. Experiments have been replicated in two different countries to check for robustness of results. We find that auctions outperform the more traditional fixed-price programs only in the one-shot setting. With repetition, the auctions quickly lose their edge. The budget-constrained auction performs similarly to the target-constrained in the one-shot setting but appears more robust to repetition. Our results suggest that previous estimates of conservation auction performance are too optimistic, and we propose a method for improving such estimates.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10436

Assessing the Perspectives of EU Cotton Farming: Technical and Scale Efficiencies of Greek Cotton Growers
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Pantzios,   Christos J.; Rozakis,   Stelios; Tzouvelekas,   Vangelis.
Utilizing the stochastic frontier approach, this paper estimates output and input-oriented technical and scale efficiency levels for a sample of cotton-growing farms in Thessaly, Greece. The empirical results suggest that Greek cotton farm operations are technically and scale inefficient. There is a considerable scope for improvement in resource use and thereby in farm income of cotton farms; Greek cotton farmers could reduce production costs by 20.4%, making more efficient utilization of the existing production technology. Factors responsible for the technical efficiency differentials observed among cotton-growers include the farmer's age and education as well as the farm's land fragmentation and output specialization.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Technical and scale inefficiency; Stochastic frontier models; Cotton production; Greece; Crop Production/Industries; C33; D24; O13.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24844

Assessing the potential for beneficial diversification in rain-fed agricultural enterprises
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kandulu,   John.
Climate change and climate variability induce uncertainty in yields, and thus threaten long term economic viability of rain-fed agricultural enterprises. Enterprise mix diversification is the most common, and is widely regarded as the most effective, strategy for mitigating multiple sources of farm business risk. We assess the potential for enterprise mix diversification in mitigating climate induced variability in long term net returns from rain-fed agriculture. We build on APSIM modelling and apply Monte Carlo simulation, probability theory, and finance techniques, to assess the potential for enterprise mix diversification to mitigate climate-induced variability in long term economic returns from rain-fed agriculture. We consider four alternative farm...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Climate variability; Yield uncertainty; Economic returns; Rain-fed agricultural enterprise; Risk; Monte Carlo; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/100568

Assessing the Potential for Payments for Watershed Services to Reduce Poverty in Guatemala
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Pagiola,   Stefano; Zhang,   Wei; Colom,   Ale.
Payments for Environmental Services (PES) are being increasingly used as conservation instruments, particularly in Latin America. PES programs seek to capture part of the benefits derived from environmental services and channel them to natural resource managers who generate these services, thus increasing their incentive to conserve them. Many have assumed that these payments would go mostly to poor land users, and thus contribute to poverty reduction. There has been little empirical verification of this assumption to date, however.  The PES approach was conceptualized as a mechanism to improve the efficiency of natural resource management, and not as a mechanism for poverty reduction. Pagiola et al. (2005) identified three main questions regarding the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Payments for Environmental Services (PES); Watershed; Poverty; Guatemala; Environmental Economics and Policy; International Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/42932

Assessing the potential for synergy in the implementation of Payment for Environmental Services (PES) programs: an empirical analysis in Costa Rica
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Zhang,   Wei; Pagiola,   Stefano.
Payment for environmental services (PES) is a promising mechanism for conservation. It also has the potential to contribute to social objectives such as poverty reduction. To promote synergy in the implementation of PES, however, a number of conditions on spatial, economic, ecological, and institutional feasibilities are essential. This study discusses factors affecting the synergy prospect of PES and provides a simple framework for assessing the potential for synergy in the implementation of PES, focusing on spatial correlation of thematic areas and funding availability for payments. We apply the framework to an empirical analysis of the “water funding” in Costa Rica, a new conservation financing source generated by water tariff revenue and will be...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Payment for Environmental Services (PES); Synergy; Poverty reduction; Watershed conservation; Biodiversity conservation; Costa Rica; Environmental Economics and Policy; International Development.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51794

ASSESSING THE POTENTIAL IMPACT OF BT MAIZE IN KENYA USING A GIS BASED MODEL
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: De Groote,   Hugo; Overholt,   William; Ouma,   James Okuro; Mugo,   Stephen.
The Insect Resistant Maize for Africa (IRMA) project  is currently developing Bt maize for Kenya. So far, Bt genes with resistance to Chilo partellus, Chilo orichalcociliellus, Eldana Sacharina, and Sesamia calamistis, four of the five major stemborers were successfully incorporated into elite CIMMYT maize inbred line (CML216) and tested in insect bioassays in Kenya. Participatory Rural Appraisals showed that stem borers are indeed a major pest problems for farmers. Four seasons of on-farm crop loss assessment showed an average crop loss of 13.5%, or 0.4 million tons, valued at US$ 80 million. If the project manages to find a Bt gene that is effective to the fifth stemborer, Busseola fusca, adoption rates are likely to be high, and therefore the returns....
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Maize; Africa; Genetically Modified Crops; Bt crops; Crop Production/Industries; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25854

Assessing the Rationality of Farmland Price Movements
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dahl,   Cody P.; Gunderson,   Michael A.; Moss,   Charles B.
Replaced with revised version of poster 06/03/11.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural Finance; Farm Management.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103827

Assessing the recreation values at risk from wildfire: an exploratory analysis
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Neupane,   Anish; Boxall,   Peter C.; Pelletier,   Rick.
The levels of participation in various types of outdoor recreation in forested areas are substantial. Studies have shown that over 18.5 million days, representing approximately 80% of recreation user days, were spent by Canadians in recreational activities in forested lands. Furthermore, recreation has significant social and economic value that should be reflected in management decisions if sustainable forest management is to be achieved.  The importance of recreation in forests has resulted in the selection of measures of recreation participation as one of the relevant indicators of sustainable forest management reporting in Canada. This suggests that recreation areas should be an important component of the values of forest at risk due to loss from...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19986

Assessing the Relationship Between Crop Choice and Land Use Change Using A Markov Model
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hua,   Wei; Sohngen,   Brent; Hite,   Diane.
There is widespread concern among environmental and agricultural interest that land use change will affect the future productivity of the agricultural industry by utilizing highly productive land for development.  This paper considers the links between land use change and crop choices in order to analyze whether land use change is influencing crop choices.  In order to account for potential endogeneity between crop choices and land use choices, we develop a Markov Model that allows us to capture potential endogeneity between these two choices (land use and crop choice).  The Markov model is developed for the 12 Midwestern U.S. States using USDA NRI data at the county level.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19257

Assessing the Response of Farm Households to Dairy Policy Reform in Israel
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kimhi,   Ayal; Rubin,   Ofir D.
After nearly fifty years of stability and stagnation of dairy market regulations in Israel, a dramatic policy reform has been enacted in 1999. The reform enabled farm households, for the first time, to trade production quotas. In addition, the reform signaled to farmers that milk prices will gradually go down in real terms, and therefore only producers who expand and become more efficient will prevail. The reform allowed for generous financial support for investment in expansion, but also required the adoption of environmental regulations which could be costly to many farm families. This paper uses data from a census of small family-operated dairy enterprises that was conducted in 2001, in order to analyze the response of farm households to the reform. The...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Milk policy reform; Technology adoption; Intergenerational succession.; Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9948

Assessing the Robustness of Predictions in Spatially Explicit Models of Land Use
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: De Pinto,   Alessandro; Nelson,   Gerald C.
We propose an information-theoretic approach to assess the performance of a discrete choice model used to analyze land use and land use change. We show that our disaggregated measure can be used to compare robustness of predictions across land use categories and across models. Furthermore, a proper reformulation of the problem shows that a disaggregated (observation by observation) log-likelihood lends itself to an information theoretic interpretation, which allows comparisons performance across models.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21307

Assessing the Spatial and Temporal Variation of Output-Input Elasticities of Agricultural Production in Turkey
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Yu,   Tun-Hsiang (Edward); Cho,   Seong-Hoon; Koc,   A. Ali; Gulden,   Boluk; Seung Gyu,   Kim.
Preliminary Draft
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Turkey; Agricultural Reform and Implementation Project; Geographically weighted regression; Agricultural and Food Policy; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; Q18; C3.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56544

Assessing the Sustainability of Irish Farming
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dillon,   Emma J.; Hennessy,   Thia C.; Hynes,   Stephen; Commins,   Verena.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6474

Assessing the Technical and Allocative Efficiency of Marketing Decisions by U.S. Organic Producers
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lohr,   Luanne; Park,   Timothy A.
We develop measures of technical and allocative efficiency of producers in marketing certified organic products. A stochastic output distance frontier and the associated revenue share equations are estimated using comprehensive U.S. data on certified organic producers. Farm-level measures of technical efficiency are calculated and factors which enhance performance are identified. Factors that systematically influence allocative efficiency are assessed. The revenue mix of organic producers is systematically inefficient as both male and female producers rely too heavily on revenue from organic markets relative to conventional outlets.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Organic farming; Stochastic frontier; Technical efficiency; Allocative efficiency; Farm Management; Marketing; D21; C31; Q01.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103365

Assessing the use of Geographical Indications for the New England wine region in NSW
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Chang,   Hui-Shung (Christie); Campbell,   Gene; Sniekers,   Peter.
Geographical Indications (GIs) have increasingly been used as a marketing tool to create an image of quality and uniqueness, and so capture premium prices. Hedonic pricing studies have shown that indication of geographical origin of production (e.g. country, region, wineries, and location), can affect prices. However, Geographical Indications only work when they are backed up by quality products. The objectives of this study are to assess the potential of a proposed Geographical Indication for the emerging “"New England”" wine region in promoting local wines and to make recommendations on how that potential, if it exists, can be realised. The assessment is based on an overview of existing systems of Geographical Indications and conditions, both economic...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Geographical indication; TRIPS Agreement; Wine marketing; Hedonic; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10414

Assessing the Value of Coordinated Sire Genetics in a Synchronized AI Program
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Parcell,   Joseph L.; Schaefer,   Daniel; Patterson,   David J.; John,   Mike; Kerley,   Monty S.; Haden,   Kent.
Synchronized artificial insemination was used to inseminate cows using different types of sire genetics, including low-accuracy, calving-ease, and high-accuracy. These three calf sire groups were compared to calves born to cows bred using natural service. We found substantial production efficiency grains, carcass merit improvement, and economic value to calves born to cows following a synchronized artificial insemination program with high-accuracy semen included. The economic advantage to the high-accuracy calf sire group was computed to be in the neighborhood of $40 to $80/head, relative to the natural service calf sire group.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Artificial insemination; Beef; Cow; Carcass; Feed-out; Genetics; Pre-conditioning; Sire synchronization.; Agricultural Finance.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37618

Assessing Water Policies and Farmers’ Vulnerability in Groundwater Irrigation Systems
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Varela-Ortega,   Consuelo; Esteve,   Paloma; Downing,   Thomas E.; Bharwani,   Sukaina.
Spain is the most arid country in Europe and water use as well as water depletion and environmental degradation have slowly become a matter of social concern. Balancing the two objectives of “water for rural livelihoods” and “water for nature” constitutes a difficult challenge for the water Administration. The aim of this paper is to analyze the impact of water conservation policies in the Upper Guadiana River basin (Spain), where intensive irrigated agriculture resulted in the overexploitation of the Western La Mancha aquifer and the subsequent degradation of the highly valuable wetlands. Focus is made on farmers’ vulnerability to these policies. The methodology combines qualitative and quantitative aspects by the integration of an economic model and a...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Water policies; Economic model; Vulnerability assessment; Environmental Economics and Policy; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51687

Assessing Water Use and Water Quality Change with Respect to Large-Scale Expansion of Ethanol Feedstock Production in United States
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: He,   Lixia; English,   Burton C.; Torre Ugarte,   Daniel de la; Benson,   Verel W.; Wilson,   Bradley.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61386

Assessing willingness to pay for organic products in Africa: the case of Malawi
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nkana,   Fiskani Esther; Gao,   Zhifeng.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Production Economics.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61799

Assessment of Environment Impact of CAP Reforms on European Agricultural Production Efficiency
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Serrao,   Amilcar.
The studies of performance and production efficiency have ignored additional products of most transformation processes classified as undesirable outputs. Without the inclusion of the undesirable outputs, the efficiency measurement is a purely technical measure, and it does not account for the interaction of the system with the environment and the impact of policy decisions on the system. Moreover, there are technological dependencies between the desirable and the undesirable outputs which have to be included in the analytical tools used to measure efficiency.  The relationships between the desirable and the undesirable outputs motivate the exploration of new areas of the measurement of efficiency to incorporate policy decisions and address new issues. This...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Data Envelopment Analysis; Performance Measurement; Undesirable Outputs; Technological Dependence; Goal Programming; Common Agricultural Policy; Environmental Economics and Policy; CO2; DO1; Q15; Q58.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103409

Assessment of Farmer Preferences for Cattle Traits in Cattle Production Systems of Kenya
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ouma,   Emily Awuor; Abdulai,   Awudu; Drucker,   Adam G.
The urgent need to improve livestock productivity in  sub-Saharan Africa in order to keep pace with expected increases in demand for meat and milk is very topical. Breed improvement provides key entry points for increasing productivity in cattle populations. However, there are tendencies for breed improvement programs to focus on single, market driven traits such as milk or meat production in isolation of environmental constraints and broader livestock system functions which cattle assume in developing countries. This potentially leads to genotypes that are not well adapted to the environment and not capable of performing the multiple roles that cattle assume in cattle production systems of developing countries. In developing countries, many important...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Cattle production system; Trait preferences; Choice experiment; Kenya; Livestock Production/Industries; D11; C35; Q26.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24730

ASSESSMENT OF HOMEOWNERSHIP AND ASSET POVERTY IN THE ALABAMA BLACK BELT AND NON-BLACK BELT COUNTIES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kanyi,   Peter M.; Baharanyi,   Ntam; Ngandu,   Mudiayi Sylvain; Zabawa,   Robert.
This study assessed homeownership and how it is affected by race, residency in or out of Alabama Black Belt, family status, poverty and other variables. All variables showed significant relationship to Alabama homeownership with single-parenthood showing a negative impact on White homeownership but insignificant to Black homeownership in the region.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Public Economics.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6795

Assessment of Import Restrictions on the U.S. Meat and Livestock Markets: An Application to the Case of Discovery of BSE on Canadian Cattle
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Boonsaeng,   Tullaya; Wohlgenant,   Michael K.
The objective of this study is to investigate the impact of the discovery of BSE in Canadian cattle on the imported and domestic demand for livestock and meat in the United States. A multi-market partial equilibrium model is utilized to simulate the effects of policy-induced shifts in quantities of imports supplied from Canada on the meat and livestock industries. Our simulation results predict small effects on cattle.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/34804

ASSESSMENT OF MARKET RISK IN HOG PRODUCTION USING VALUE-AT-RISK AND EXTREME VALUE THEORY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Odening,   Martin; Hinrichs,   Jan.
The objective of this paper is to investigate the performance of different VaR models in the context of risk assessment in hog production. Potential pitfalls of traditional VaR models are pinpointed and proposals to solve them are analyzed. After a brief description these methods are used to calculate the VaR of the hog finishing margin under German market conditions. In particular we apply Extreme Value Theory (EVT) to our data and compare the results with historical simulation (HS) and the variance-covariance method (VCM). Hill's estimator is used to determine the tail index of the extreme distribution of the gross margin in hog finishing and farrow production. A bootstrap method proposed by Danielsson et al. (1999) is adopted to choose the optimal...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19907

Assessment of non-tariff measures for selected agri-food exports from Africa to the European Union
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gay,   Stephan Hubertus; Mellado,   Aida Gonzalez; M'Barek,   Robert.
Non-tariff measures (NTMs) gain in importance in view of tariff reductions, by multilateral and bilateral agreements. African agri-food exports have benefited from considerable tariff reduction by the European Union (EU), but the share in EU imports has not risen. This paper describes possible methodologies to assess NTMs and an exporter survey conducted in 2009 in five African countries: Côte d'Ivoire, Kenya, Morocco, South Africa and Uganda. 95 respondents graded 35 NTMs in five categories. The results have been rather positive in general terms but specific issues like transportation, EU procedures and SPS measures have been regarded as considerably hampering trade. On the other hand, there has been also the mentioning of the positive effect of SPS...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/113785

ASSESSMENT OF SECOND PILLAR PROGRAMS AT THE REGIONAL LEVEL
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Elsholz,   Rudiger.
The second pillar of the CAP is expected to play a key role for rural development – especially for less favoured areas. Conservation of biodiversity and the cultural landscape and the competitiveness of farmers are important objectives addressed by different measures. The importance of the second pillar has been heavily emphasised for all the different objectives. The aim of the present paper is to analyse the programs of the second pillar for the federal state of Hesse, Germany. To give an overview of the programs the design of the measures is illustrated in detail. The programs are assessed from a theoretical point of view. Furthermore, the programs are classified into three axes in regard to the main objectives. The findings are threefold. Firstly, the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Common Agricultural Policy; Second Pillar and Regional Policy Impact; Agricultural and Food Policy; Q18; Q19.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44792

Assessment of sustainability in organic and conventional farms in Tunisia: The case of olive-growing farms in the region of Sfax
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Laajimi,   Abderraouf; Ben Nasr,   J.; Guesmi,   Anis.
This research has been carried out to study the sustainability of the Tunisian olive-growing farms and to compare the sustainability level of organic with conventional farms. A survey was conducted with 62 olive growers in the region of Sfax in Tunisia. First, a diagnosis of the situation of the farms was undertaken comparing between organic and conventional farms. Second, an empirical analysis was achieved to asses the sustainability of organic farms versus conventional farms following the French “IDEA” method developed by Vilain [1] 1. The “IDEA” indicators showed a greater ranking for the organic farms. The analysis indicated the sustainability of organic farming on the three scales adopted; ecological scale, through the soil fertility and reduction of...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Sustainability; Organic farming; Tunisia; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44463

Assessment of Sustainability of Bulgarian Farms
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bachev,   Hrabrin Ianouchev.
The New Institutional and Transaction Costs Economics framework is incorporated to transitional Bulgarian agriculture, and level of sustainability of dominating subsistent farming, production cooperatives, small-scare commercial farms, and large agro-firms assessed. New framework for assessing sustainability of farms and for governing of sustainable development is suggested taking into account: role of specific institutional environment, comparative efficiency of various market, private, public and hybrid governing modes, transaction costs and critical factors (frequency, uncertainty, asset specificity, and appropriability) of farm transactions. Analysis of sustainability of different types of Bulgarian farms is made, and further domination of subsistence...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24739

Assessment of the Agri-food System for Sustainability: Recognizing Ignorance
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rivera-Ferre,   Marta G.; Ortega-Cerda,   Miquel.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/115965

Assessment of the Dynamics of Value Added Production in Alabama
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Starks,   Danyelle N.; Bukenya,   James O.
The paper examines the dynamics of value added industry in Alabama. The focus is on producers that are seeking to distinguish or "de-commodity" their products through value added practices. Direct marketing channels for value added products in the state are identified and their related benefits and challenges.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8216

ASSESSMENT OF THE RISK MANAGEMENT POTENTIAL OF A RAINFALL BASED INSURANCE INDEX AND RAINFALL OPTIONS IN ANDHRA PRADESH, INDIA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Veeramani,   Venkat N.; Maynard,   Leigh J.; Skees,   Jerry R.
Crop insurance is an alternative risk management technique available to farmers for stabilizing their revenue risk and schemes based on area yield have been in operation for quite some time. Here rainfall based insurance indices and options are suggested as a replacement for the expensive area yield programs. Instead of direct premium subsidies which are distorting, premium subsidy is taken as a function of adverse deviation of rainfall from the mean. A sensitivity analysis at different revenue elasticity levels with respect to rainfall was performed. Potential for private insurer's and reinsurer's participation exists with rainfall based index and options.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22183

Assessment Strategic Research Extension Plan (SREP) Methodology for Upscaling and Institutionalisation of R-E-F Linkages
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Reddy,   G.P.; Sontakki,   B.S.; Rao,   V.K.J.; Shenoy,   Sandhya.
The main goal of the Innovations in Technology Dissemination (ITD)component of the National Agricultural Technology Project (NATP) is to increase farmers input into programme planning and resource allocation especially at the block level and to increase accountabili ty of stakeholders. Further, it is also to increase the programme coordination and integration so that program thrust such as Farming System Innovation, Farmers' Organization, Technical Gaps, and Natural Resource Management can be more effectively and efficiently implemented. Objectives:  To review the SREP methodology followed in the pilot districts with a focus on linkages and identification and prioritization of research, extension and development issues;  To analyze the mechanism followed...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25513

ASSESSORIA EM ASSENTAMENTOS RURAIS: ENTRE O IDEAL CONCEBIDO E O REAL PRATICADO
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Silva,   Aldenor Gomes; Araujo,   Joaquim Pinheiro.
A volta da reforma agrária está no bojo das conseqüências da modernização da agricultura no tocante à exclusão social e produtiva de parcelas da população rural que não conseguiu se inserir nas novas dinâmicas sociais e produtivas. A alternativa foi buscar formas para continuar no espaço rural. Mesmo que insuficiente, a reforma agrária tem propiciado uma série de políticas para esse setor, entre elas, a assessoria aos assentamentos rurais. Criado em 1997 para assessorar as famílias assentadas pelo INCRA, o Projeto Lumiar, objetivava viabilizar os assentamentos centrado no produtivismo e já nasceu com a marca da transitoriedade para suprir a demanda criada pelo aumento de assentamentos. Em 2004, o INCRA, lança a Ates. Comparada ao Lumiar, esse programa tem...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Assessoria em assentamentos rurais; Ates; Projeto Lumiar; Políticas públicas; Reforma agrária; Assessorship in agricultural nestings; ATES; Lumiar Project; Public Politics; The agrarian Reformation; International Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/110032

ASSET ILLIQUIDITY, EXCLUSORY LAWS, AND LAND REFORM: THE CASE OF FOREIGN OWNERSHIIP OF HUNGARIAN AGRICULTURAL LAND
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Coakley,   Jaime; Gow,   Hamish R.
The ownership of agricultural land by foreign nationals is currently an extremely sensitive political issue in many of the Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries as they move towards European Union accession.  During the past decade economic reforms in CEE have resulted in substantial welfare declines within agricultural sectors across the region.  Generally, all agents within the agri-food chain have faced similar problems of decreasing terms of trade, increased competition, lack of financial resources and thin markets for both the sale of their output as well as for the sale of their underlying assets if so inclined (Swinnen and Macours, 2000).  As a result, farmers have found themselves in severe financial distress and forced to operate at...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20709

ASSET OWNERSHIP AND WORKING CAPITAL CONSTRAINTS IN A POST-REFORM ENVIRONMENT: IMPLICATIONS FOR SECOND GENERATION REFORMS IN ZAMBIA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Deininger,   Klaus W.; Olinto,   Pedro.
Using a 5,000 household panel from Zambia, we find that asset ownership, but not access to fertilizer, has an extremely important impact on output and that investment in oxen would yield returns above the market rate.  Policies should thus focus on asset ownership more than on short term working capital.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20994

Asset Utilization and Bias in Measures of U.S. Agricultural Productivity
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Alston,   Julian M.; Andersen,   Matthew A.; Pardey,   Philip G.
A common observation is that measures of productivity growth are pro-cyclical, meaning they are higher (or grow faster) on average during periods of economic expansion than during periods of economic contraction. This study focuses on measurement errors related to capital inputs as an explanation for the existence of pro-cyclical patterns in measures of agricultural productivity.  Calculating a time series of capital inputs is difficult and prone to errors.  Myriad assumptions are required to construct a typical measure of the capital stock, and further, sometimes related, assumptions must be made about the utilization of the stock to derive a measure of capital service flows.  We test the hypothesis that unmeasured changes in the utilization of capital...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Financial Economics.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21220

ASSET-BASED ALTERNATIVES IN SOCIAL POLICY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sherraden,   Michael; Page-Adams,   Deborah.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Public Economics.
Ano: 1995
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17040

Asset/Liability Management in Kansas Banks
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cole,   Christine A.; Featherstone,   Allen M.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Financial Economics.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/35815

ASSETS AND CONSTRAINTS RELATING TO THE LOCATION DECISIONS OF SMALL MANUFACTURING BUSINESSES IN VERMONT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Liang,   Chyi-Lyi (Kathleen); King,   Lauren; Halbrendt,   Catherine K.; Robinson,   Karen.
The goal of this research is to identify the assets and constraints that exist specific to small business manufacturers in Vermont.  To satisfy this goal, the study examines factors that influence location decisions as well as identifying what obstacles business owners have experienced.  The idea for this project originated in response to the troubled economic condition of several Vermont communities, where unemployment rates are unusually high and income unusually low.  Understanding what obstacles business faces might enable future ideas on how to solve these problems.  Once assets are identified, they can be capitalized on, leading to more successful business operations. Preliminary data was collected through a telephone interview survey with Vermont...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community development; Small business; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21498

ASSIMETRIA NA ESCOLARIDADE INDUZ DESIGUALDADES NA DISTRIBUIÇÃO DE RENDA NO BRASIL
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lemos,   Jose De Jesus Sousa.
O estudo objetivou aferir as desigualdades na apropriação da renda no Brasil, regiões e estados, bem como a assimetria em escolaridade. A hipótese central da pesquisa é demonstrar que existe uma relação de causa e efeito entre escolaridade e renda no País. Para atingir  aos objetivos a pesquisa lança mãos dos dados brutos publicados pelo IBGE de PIB per capita em nível de municípios, estados, regiões e Brasil para 2005, bem como das Pesquisas Nacionais de Amostras por Domicílios (PNAD) cobrindo o período de 2001 a 2006. Estimam-se as escolaridades médias em todos os estados, regiões e Brasil, bem como as respectivas taxas de aceleração. Com base nessas informações projeta-se o diferencial de tempo necessário para que cada estado, região e o Brasil consigam...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Desigualdades; Renda; Níveis de Educação; Brasil; Inequalities; Income; Education Levels; Brazil.; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109630

Assisting Whole-Farm Decision-Making Through Stochastic Budgeting
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lien,   Gudbrand D.
Stochastic budgeting is used to simulate the business and financial risk and the performance over a six-year planning horizon on a Norwegian dairy farm. A major difficulty with stochastic whole-farm budgeting lies in identifying and measuring dependency relationships between stochastic variables. Some methods to account for these stochastic dependencies are illustrated. The financial feasibility of different investment and management strategies is evaluated. In contrast with earlier studies with stochastic farm budgeting, the option aspect is included in the analysis.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Decision analysis; Whole-farm stochastic budgeting; Monte Carlo simulation; Real option; Farm Management.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24903

Assisting Whole-Farm Decision-Making through Stochastic Budgeting
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lien,   Gudbrand D.
Stochastic budgeting is used to simulate the business and financial risk and the performance over a six-year planning horizon on a Norwegian dairy farm. A major difficulty with stochastic whole-farm budgeting lies in identifying and measuring dependency relationships between stochastic variables. Some methods to account for these stochastic dependencies are illustrated. The financial feasibility of different investment and management strategies is evaluated. In contrast with earlier studies with stochastic farm budgeting, the option aspect is included in the analysis.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Farm Management.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6950

Assuring Food and Nutrition Security in the Time of AIDS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gillespie,   Stuart; Kisamba-Mugerwa,   Wilberforce; Loevinsohn,   Michael.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Food Security and Poverty; Health Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/45775

Asymetric Price Transmission in the Spanish Lamb Sector
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ben Kaabia,   Monia; Gil,   Jose Maria.
This paper aims to investigate the non-linear adjustments of prices between farm and retail prices in the lamb sector in Spain. The methodology used is based on the multivariate approach to specify and estimate a three-regime Threshold Autoregressive Model. Results indicate that in the long-run price transmission is perfect and any supply or demand shocks are fully transmitted along the marketing chain. In the short-run, price adjustments between the farm and the retail levels are asymmetric and are representative of a demand-pull transmission mechanism. On the other hand, retailers benefit from any shock, whether positive or negative, that affects supply or demand conditions.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Asymmetries; Lamb; Spain; Price transmission; Demand and Price Analysis; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24631

ASYMMETRIC INFORMATION, CAPITAL STRUCTURE AND AGRICULTURAL INVESTMENT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lagerkvist,   Carl Johan; Olson,   Kent D.
This paper explicitly models the interdependent finance and investment decision in order to increase the understanding on how fluctuations in agricultural investment are attributable to changes in financial decisions. Euler equations for investment and finance are estimated by the use of the GMM technique on an unbalanced panel data set for 342 farm operations in Southwestern Minnesota for the 1989-1998 period.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural Finance.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20652

ASYMMETRIC INFORMATION IN COTTON INSURANCE MARKETS: EVIDENCE FROM TEXAS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Makki,   Shiva S.; Somwaru,   Agapi.
In recent years, the crop insurance program has emerged as an important part of the U.S. farm policy.  Farmers responded to the crop insurance program with increased participation nationwide.  At issue is whether the rapid expansion of the program has worsened the asymmetric information problems in crop insurance markets.  This paper investigates the presence of adverse selection in cotton insurance markets.  Our results reject the conditional independence of the choice of insurance contracts and risk of loss, implying the presence of informational asymmetries between the insurer and insured in Texas cotton insurance markets.  Results show that actual premium rates are significantly different from both pure and fair premium rates.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19827

Asymmetric Intra-household Allocation of Calories in China: Implication for Demographic Bias and the Need for Demographic Targeting
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Shimokawa,   Satoru.
This article questions the assumption of symmetric consumption behavior in the conventional analysis of intra-household calorie allocation. It proposes a framework that takes into account asymmetric consumption behavior due to liquidity constraints or loss aversion. Using panel data from China, we find that intra-household calorie allocation responds asymmetrically to expected declines and increases in household food availability, which is qualitatively consistent with the liquidity constraint model. Clarifying such asymmetric responses enables us to relate calorie elasticity estimates to the status of demographic groups within a household without requiring a full interpretation of the ordering of the estimates across demographic groups. Results also show...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Intra-household Allocation; Nutrition; Calorie; Targeting; China; Agricultural and Food Policy; Consumer/Household Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Health Economics and Policy; International Development; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49115

ASYMMETRIC PRICE ADJUSTMENTS AND BEHAVIOR UNDER RISK: EVIDENCE FROM PERUVIAN AGRICULTURAL MARKETS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Aguero,   Jorge M.
Most studies measuring asymmetric adjustments in vertical price transmissions fail to provide empirical support to explain such behavior. The literature invokes theoretical models, which derive asymmetric behavior based on variables that are difficult to measure such as oligopolies' coordination policies, market imperfections or menu costs. Therefore, with no empirical support explaining the asymmetries, these studies leave no room for policy implementation. In this paper I relate asymmetric price responses to a theory of behavior under risk driven by the perishable rate of the goods. Retailers of a perishable good facing an increment in the wholesale price may decide not to increase their prices for fear of being left with a spoiled product. Using three...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20394

Asymmetric Price Transmission: A Survey
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Meyer,   Jochen; von Cramon-Taubadel,   Stephan.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24822

Asymmetric Price Transmission and Demand Characteristics
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Xia,   Tian; Li,   Xianghong.
Through analyzing the effect of a demand characteristic, this paper investigates the reasons for the market phenomenon that farm and/or wholesale price changes are transmitted asymmetrically to retail markets.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Asymmetric price transmission; Demand characteristics; Industrial Organization.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49400

Asymmetric Price Transmission and Food Retailers’ Selling Strategies
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Xia,   Tian.
Price transmission from farm to retail is a longstanding and important issue in agricultural marketing. Researchers, producers, and policy makers have been concerned that the transmission of farm price increases to retail may be more quickly and of a greater magnitude than that of farm price decreases.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis; Marketing.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9727

Asymmetric Price Transmission and Non-linear Adjustment in the Iranian Mutton Market
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Falsafian,   Azadeh; Yazdani,   Saeed; Moghaddasi,   Reza.
This paper analyses the asymmetric price transmission and non-linear adjustment at the farm and retail levels in the Iran’s mutton market. We applied a multivariate threshold error correction mechanism for monthly price data. We tested the non-linear adjustment using sup-LR, sup-LM and sup-Wald tests. The results confirm the presence of non-linear cointegration relationship between the retail and farm prices. In short-run, the price transmission behavior reveals that reactions of both the retail and farm prices to positive and negative deviations from the long-run price spread are asymmetric. More specially, the retailers show more strong responses to the both positive and negative shocks imposed to the farmers.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Threshold Cointegration; Non-linearity; Mutton; Price; Iran; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114363

Asymmetric Price Transmission in Food Supply Chains: Impulse Response Analysis by Local Projections
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kuiper,   Erno; Bunte,   Frank H.J.
In this paper we set out Jorda’s (2005) method of local projections by which nonlinear impulse responses can be computed without the need to specify and estimate the underlying nonlinear dynamic system. The method is used to compute price reaction functions that show how the prices of the different stages in the supply chain dynamically respond to one another and whether or not these responses reveal any asymmetric patterns. Empirical applications for the US pork-meat and broiler composite chains illustrate the convenience of the method.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114679

ASYMMETRIC PRICE TRANSMISSION IN THE ISRAELI CITRUS EXPORT SECTOR IN THE AFTERMATH OF LIBERALIZATION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Goetz,   Linde; von Cramon-Taubadel,   Stephan.
The Israeli citrus export sector was liberalized in 1991 with the aim to increase citrus growers’ income and to improve overall efficiency of the international citrus marketing channel. However, the former government export monopoly’s activities were mainly taken over by four large companies accounting for over 90% of total Israeli citrus market exports. In addition, citrus exporters maintained the monopoly’s consignment system, substantially limiting transparency on how the grower price is determined. This lead the government to intervene in the newly liberalized market by implementing a minimum price agreement in the 1994/95 season to protect citrus growers against exporters’ abuse of market power. In this paper we analyze whether market power was...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7594

Asymmetric Price Transmission in the Israeli Citrus Export Sector in the Aftermath of Liberalization
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: von Cramon-Taubadel,   Stephan; Goetz,   Linde.
The Israeli citrus export sector was liberalized in 1991 with the aim to increase citrus growers' income and to improve overall efficiency of the international citrus marketing channel. However, the former government export monopoly's activities were mainly taken over by four large companies accounting for over 90% of total Israeli citrus market exports. In addition, citrus exporters maintained the monopoly's consignment system, substantially limiting transparency on how the grower price is determined. This lead the government to intervene in the newly liberalized market by implementing a minimum price agreement in the 1994/95 season to protect citrus growers against exporters' abuse of market power. In this paper we analyze whether market power was...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9385

Asymmetric Response of Nutrient Intakes to Cereal Price Changes among the Poor in China: Implications for the Effect of Cereal Price Subsidies on the Poor’s Nutrient Intakes
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Shimokawa,   Satoru.
Previous studies commonly assume that the effects of introducing and ending cereal price subsidies on the poor’s nutrient intakes are symmetric. We question the assumption of symmetry and show that the poor’s nutrient intakes respond asymmetrically to declines and increases in the price of cereal in China. Our results imply that introducing cereal price subsidies can increase the poor’s total energy intake by increasing their calorie intakes from fat and protein, and that ending such subsidies would insignificantly affect the poor’s total energy intake; however, it may further increase their calorie intakes from fat and protein.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Food price subsidy; Nutrition; Poverty; Asia; China; Consumer/Household Economics; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; International Development; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; I38; O12; Q18.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51661

Asymmetric Search and Loss Aversion: Choice Experiment on Consumer Willingness to Search in the Gasoline Retail Market
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Castilla,   Carolina; Haab,   Timothy C.
Price search enables consumers to overcome information asymmetries, it can lead to a reduction in price dispersion and it can increase consumer surplus, but search is costly. In this paper, an internet survey is conducted among a random sample of 490 drivers in the State of Ohio to answer the question, when are consumers more likely to search? The internet survey affords us the opportunity to impose exogenous price changes in a random sample of gasoline consumers to examine the decision-making process behind intended search decisions. Results indicate that among the respondents who faced prices below their expected price, only 12% chose to search, whereas 45% searched when prices were above. Results suggest that asymmetric search can be explained by...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Price search; Choice experiment; Search cost; Gasoline market; Consumer/Household Economics; Demand and Price Analysis; D83; D03.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61672

ASYMMETRIC VALUE OF PRECONDITIONING PROGRAMS FOR FEEDER CATTLE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Avent,   R. Keith; Ward,   Clement E.; Lalman,   David L.
Preconditioning is not new but has received considerable attention in recent years.  This research addresses two questions.  Are buyers of preconditioned feeder calves paying a price premium close to the performance benefits expected from preconditioning?  Is there information asymmetry in the value to the buyers compared with the premium they pay?  Buyers paid a price premium but less than the expected performance gains.  Thus, the hypothesis of asymmetry of information between buyers and sellers could not be confirmed.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/36559

ASYMMETRY IN RAW MILK SAFETY PERCEPTIONS AND INFORMATION: IMPLICATIONS FOR RISK IN FRESH PRODUCE MARKETING AND POLICY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Knutson,   Ronald D.; Currier,   Russell W.; Ribera,   Luis A.; Goeringer,   L. Paul.
Scientific evidence clearly indicates that consumption of raw milk carries substantial disease-inducing health risks. While federal U.S. policy mandates that milk moving in interstate commerce be pasteurized; within 41 of 50 states, raw milk can be obtained for consumption. Warning labels notwithstanding, a segment of U.S. consumers pays higher prices for higher-risk raw milk than for either organic or conventional milk. The behavioral factors leading to raw milk consumption are explored. The paternalistic regulatory options for reducing the risk associated with drinking raw milk are identified. Implications for fresh produce sold directly from farms to consumers or through farmers markets are drawn.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Raw milk; Pasteurization; Health risks; Behavioral economics; Bounded rationality; Paternalistic regulations; Public health; HACCP; GLOBALG.A.P.; Agricultural and Food Policy; Consumer/Household Economics; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Health Economics and Policy; A12; A13; A14; D11; D18; D46; D71; D78; D82; I18; K23; K32; Q11; Q18.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/116440

ASYMMETRY IN THE LOG-LINEAR GRAVITY MODEL, BEEF TRADE AND TRADE BARRIERS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kotchoni,   Rachidi; Larue,   Bruno.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103773

Asymmetry, Risk, and Correlation Dynamics in the U.S. Fiber Market
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fadiga,   Mohamadou L.; Misra,   Sukant K.
This study looked at the dynamics of conditional correlations and hedging strategies in the US main cotton producing regions. A two-step procedure was utilized to model, estimate, and analyze volatility, conditional correlations, and the optimal hedge ratios using spot prices in the Delta, Southeast, Southern Plains, and the Southwest regions and the New York commodity exchanges December futures contracts.  The results indicate that volatilities in most of the regions are asymmetric and persistent. The derived conditional correlations and the optimal hedging ratios are dynamic although they do not have unit root. Moreover, the changes in agricultural policies altered the dynamics of correlations and producers' hedging strategies in the Delta, Southeast,...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Cotton; Volatility; Asymmetry; Multivariate conditional correlations; Optimal; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19459

At What Rate Do Farmers Substitute Manure For Commercial Fertilizers?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: O'Donoghue,   Erik J.; MacDonald,   James M.; Nehring,   Richard F.
Water quality has implications for the health of our ecosystem and the welfare of our population.  Agriculture is one of the major contributors of non-point source pollution that contaminates our nation's water supplies.  Understanding how farmers substitute manure for commercial fertilizers allows us to better understand the level of nitrogen that enters the soil and can seep into our waterways.  In this paper, we explore the factors that help determine farmers' substitution rates between the two types of fertilizers.  Location, crop type, and time all could play important roles.  We analyze USDA farm level survey data for both crop and livestock farms covering the years 1996 to 2002 to create substitution rate estimates used on corn, soybean, and wheat...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Farm Management.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19252

AT-HOME AND AWAY-FROM-HOME CONSUMPTION OF SEAFOOD IN THE UNITED STATES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Zhang,   Xumin; House,   Lisa; Sureshwaran,   Suresh; Hanson,   Terrill R.
At-home consumption of shrimp, oysters, and catfish is investigated, using data from a mail survey conducted in 2000-2001. Results indicated consumers probability and frequency of consumption decreased if consumers felt they lacked preparation knowledge, product preparation was too time consuming, or the smell was unattractive. Demographics were also significant.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Consumer/Household Economics.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/34738

At-Home Convenience Food Consumption and BMI
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lee,   Jonq-Ying; Kilmer,   Richard L.
A variation of the household production theory was used to select relevant explanatory variables for the demand for convenience foods.  A convenience food index was used to measure the convenience in food preparation.  Because of the nature of the measure of convenience, the tobit regression technique was used to examine the importance of these explanatory variables to the demand for convenience foods.  Results show that the presence of children in a household increases the demand for convenience, especially in those households that have children of different age groups.  Results show that the number of end dishes eaten is positively related to the demand for convenience foods and primary users of convenience foods are non-black, single, and higher income...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Convenience food; Demand; Tobit model; Agricultural and Food Policy; Consumer/Household Economics; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56428

ATIVIDADE LEITEIRA, AGRICULTURA FAMILIAR E DESENVOLVIMENTO REGIONAL: ESTUDO DE CASO DA LINHA TORMEM, CHAPECÓ – SC
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tormem,   Patricia; Casari,   Priscila.
O objetivo do presente estudo é identificar a relevância socioeconômica da atividade leiteira para a agricultura familiar e para o desenvolvimento regional. No decorrer do estudo, apresentou-se o comportamento da produção de leite em âmbito nacional, estadual e regional, apontando as principais características da atividade leiteira na Região Oeste Catarinense. Foi realizado um estudo de caso na localidade da Linha Tormem, interior do município de Chapecó-SC, em que foram realizadas entrevistas com os produtores de leite. Utilizou-se do conceito de Brose (1999), que define desenvolvimento regional a partir do acesso que os indivíduos têm a serviços de saúde, educação e especialização profissional, moradia digna, transporte, lazer e outros. Entre outros...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Leite; Agricultura familiar; Desenvolvimento regional; Milk; Family farming; Regional development; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103154

Atlantic Salmon Fishery in the Baltic Sea – A Case of Trivial Cooperation
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kulmala,   Soile; Levontin,   Polina; Lindroos,   Marko; Pintassilgo,   Pedro.
This paper analyses the management of the Atlantic salmon stocks in the Baltic Sea through a coalition game in the partition function form. The signs of economic and biological over-exploitation of these salmon stocks over the last two decades indicate that cooperation among the harvesting countries, under the European Union's Common Fisheries Policy, has been superficial. Combining a two-stage game of four asymmetric players with a comprehensive bioeconomic model, we conclude that cooperation under the Relative Stability Principle is not a stable outcome. In contrast, the equilibrium of the game is non-cooperation. The paper also addresses the possibility of enhancing cooperation through more flexible fishing strategies. The results indicate that partial...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Atlantic salmon; Bioeconomic model; Coalition formation; Partition function; Sharing rules; Stability analysis; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/59094

ATRIBUTOS CONSIDERADOS IMPORTANTES NA DECISÃO DE COMPRA DOS COMPRADORES DE CARNE SUÍNA EM BELO HORIZONTE-MG
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Truocchio,   Tania Batista Ribeiro; Antonialli,   Luiz Marcelo.
O objetivo da presente pesquisa foi identificar os atributos considerados importantes na decisão de compra dos compradores de carne suína em Belo Horizonte-MG. Quanto à metodologia, trata-se de uma pesquisa de natureza quantitativa cujos dados foram coletados por meio de um levantamento do tipo survey aplicando-se um questionário estruturado em uma amostra de 399 compradores de carne suína em Belo Horizonte-MG. Utilizou-se para análise dos dados técnicas de estatística descritiva e multivariada (análise de cluster, análise discriminante e análise de variância) por meio do software SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences). Como conclusões da pesquisa destaca-se que os compradores de carne suína estão mais exigentes quanto à aparência, qualidade e...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Carne de suínos; Comportamento de compra; Análise multivariada; Meat of pork; Purchasing behavior; Multivariate analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/108602

ATRIBUTOS VALORIZADOS PELOS CONSUMIDORES DE UNAÍ/MG NOS PONTOS DE VENDA DE PRODUTOS ALIMENTÍCIOS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Leitao,   Fabricio Oliveira; Brisola,   Marlon Vinicius; Neiva,   Luciane De Faria; Ibarra,   Elizabeth Ruano.
A intensa competitividade entre as organizações e o foco fortemente voltado para os clientes fazem com que as empresas de varejo alimentício criem estratégias de marketing que consigam atender aos atributos valorizados pelos consumidores. Utilizando-se destes elementos, o presente trabalho buscou identificar as preferências e valores destes em relação a um ponto de venda de produtos alimentícios na cidade de Unaí/MG, bem como saber se eles estão encontrando o que é valorizado por eles no local ao qual realizam suas compras. Presume-se que ao conhecer estes atributos, e adotar as estratégias necessárias, as empresas de varejo alimentício consigam obter vantagem competitiva sobre seus concorrentes. Dentro dos resultados encontrados deste estudo, foi...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Atributos valorizados; Estratégias de marketing; Consumidor; Valued attributes; Marketing strategies; Consumer; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109708

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

Attitudes and Family Farm Business Performance
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bone,   Zelma; Henry,   E.; Hunt,   E.; Sefton,   C.
This study aimed to identify the top performing and the bottom performing family farm businesses based upon business performance, and then compare and contrast the perceptions and attitudes towards acquiring management skills and attributes that lead to improved business performance. Using extensive interviews data were obtained from 200 family farm businesses from New South Wales and Victoria covering a range of enterprises. The key findings were, firstly, that for all farmers the maintaining of a stable family relationship was of paramount importance in the running of the farm business. Secondly, that the Top 20% of farmers had high levels of self-efficacy and thus possessed the capability and the competence to perform tasks successfully. High performers...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Farm Management.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24338

Attitudes of Chinese consumers towards retail formats
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Staack,   Tosten; Schramm,   Matthias; Spiller,   Achim.
The Chinese consumer goods market is widely considered to be one of the economic hot spots of the world. China seems to be the market with the largest growth potential within the next decade. Multina - tional retail companies, for example, Wal-Mart, Metro and Carrefour have made large investments to open up this new market. However, parallel to the positive aspects of the market development, foreign retail companies entering the market encounter numerous risks and difficulties. Whereas questions concerned with logistical problems are being discussed more often, analyses focusing on the shopping behavior of Chinese consumers are rare. In this context, the following report provides information on store preferences based on a comprehensive survey of 800...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Retail and Distribution Management; Consumer Behavior; Store Preferences; Consumer/Household Economics.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10034

Attitudes of College Students towards Agriculture, Food and the Role of Government
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Carreira,   Rita I.; Mane,   R.; Danforth,   Diana M.; Wailes,   Eric J.
In 2002 and 2007 we surveyed Agribusiness students’ attitudes about agriculture, farming, food and agricultural policies. Responses were analyzed by year and student characteristics including farm background, citizenship and gender. Citizenship was a significant variable explaining differences in agreement with statements. Year and interactions with year were not significant.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural policy; Farming; Logistic regression; Student attitudes; Agricultural and Food Policy; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession; A13; A22; C42; Q18.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6806

ATTITUDES OF SMALL FARMERS AS 1995 FARM BILL STAKEHOLDERS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lockett,   Benny L.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 1994
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17493

Attitudes Towards and Satisfaction with Cooperatives in Alberta: A Survey Analysis
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dakurah,   Henry A.; Goddard,   Ellen W.; Osuteye,   Nicholas.
The purpose of the study is to assess the attitude towards, and satisfaction of residents of Alberta to their cooperatives. A mailed questionnaire to 1500 Alberta residents, with a 16% response rate is analyzed using Likert scales and the theory of planned behavior. The majority of the respondents are males, aged 45 or older, and earn incomes of $49,000 or less. They are reasonably educated with a high school, college or university degrees.  Results of the analysis also show a population that has a general positive attitude towards and is satisfied with their cooperatives as is reflected in assessing the performance of their cooperatives as good. Further analysis using the theory of planned behaviour show that respondents' attitude towards their...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Institutional and Behavioral Economics.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19559

Attitudes Towards and Satisfaction with Credit Unions in Alberta. A Regression and Scale Analysis.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dakurah,   Henry A.; Goddard,   Ellen W.; Osuteye,   Nicholas.
Credit unions have played an important historical role in the Canadian economy. However, recent changes in the financial, agricultural and agri-food industry are posing great challenges to Credit unions in Western Canada. Much attention has been given to the impact of competitive rates and the environment offered by banks on credit union performance to the neglect of issues relating to member satisfaction and commitment which may be adding to other problems in the credit union sector.         Studies by Feinberg (2001), Sibbald, et al (1999), Loser et. al (1999) , Fried, et. al (1999), Karels and McClatchey (1999) and Tokle, and Tokle (2001) among others have identified key issues relating to the competitive financial roles of  credit unions in small...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural Finance.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/34155

ATTRA GRAZING MANAGEMENT PROJECT- SUSTAINABLE GRAZING SYSTEMS &lt;Power Point Presentation&gt;
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Morrow,   Ron.
Speech and PowerPoint Presentation
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33078

Attribute processing in environmental choice analysis: implications for willingness to pay
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Campbell,   Danny; Lorimer,   Victoria; Aravena,   Claudia; Hutchinson,   W. George.
Data from a discrete choice experiment is used to investigate the implications of failing to account for attribute processing strategies (APSs). The research was designed to elicit the economic benefits associated with landscape restoration activities that were intended to remediate environmental damage caused by illegal dumping activities. In this paper we accommodate APSs using an equality constrained latent class model. By retrieving the conditional class membership probabilities we recover estimates of the weights that each respondent assigned to each attribute, which we subsequently use ensure unnecessary weight is not allocated to attributes not attended to by respondents. Results from the analysis provide strong evidence that significant gains in...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Attribute processing strategies; Environmental restoration; Equality constrained latent class model; Multinomial logit model; Willingness to pay; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/91718

Attributes Preferred and Premiums Offered for Naturally Produced Beef Cattle
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Springer,   Job D.; Biermacher,   Jon T.; Childs,   M. Dan; Alkire,   Deke O.; Grooms,   Brandon.
A growing number of beef cattle producers in the US are using limited information to determine whether or not it would be economical for them to grow naturally produced cattle.  The objective was to discover the attributes that marketing companies prefer for the naturally produced cattle they purchase, and to elicit the price premiums being offered for cattle that possess these attributes.  Results of a phone survey of companies that purchase natural cattle show that 27 out of 32 companies report their willingness to pay a premium of $5.95/cwt for cattle that have never received antibiotics, ionophores, hormones or animal by-products.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Key words: attributes; Beef; Cattle; Naturally produced; Premiums; Agribusiness; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/46859

Auction Experiments and Simulations of Milk Quota Exchanges
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Brümmer,   Bernhard; Loy,   Jens-Peter; Requate,   Till.
Since 2000 Germany has introduced 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 that is used to exclude highest bids. For both features an experimental design is developed to study the impact in reference to a regular seller’s sealed bid double auction. Results show that both treatments lead to significant misallocations. These are due to the direct impact of regulations and due to an imperfect adjustment of bidding functions. 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: Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114377

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

Auction Markets for Specialty Food Products with Geographical Indications
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Schamel,   Guenter.
We present a first analysis of auction markets for specialty food products. We identify auction prices, trade volume and value for domestic and foreign origin specialty ham with geographical indications (GIs) which were actually sold in online auctions in Germany within a one-month period. Applying hedonic modeling, we examine potential factors that may influence online bidding behavior and final auction prices. We estimate positive auction price effects for weight, bidding activity, and auction length, that the domestic product is sold at a discount, that higher shipping cost have a negative impact on final prices, and that auctions ending on Fridays and Saturdays yield lower prices. The model may be used to estimate the value of GIs. In our example, we...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Consumer economics; Geographical indications; Auctions; Information; Marketing; D12; D44; D83.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25606

Auctioning Conservation Contracts and Evaluating the Risk Attitudes of Farmers: Economic Experiments in Japan
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sasaki,   Hiroki; Fujie,   Takeshi; Kawasaki,   Kentaro; Inoue,   Norikazu; Koito,   Kentaro.
Agri-environmental programs in Japan have generally been promoted through the provision of fixed payments for certain environment-friendly farming and management practices. However, the auctioning of agrienvironmental contracts is a noteworthy alternative for the furtherance of such programs. Conservation auctions are used to enhance the cost-effectiveness of public expenses and have been employed in practice as well as tested in various pilot projects in some countries. This study uses an experimental economics method to factor the risk attitude of participants into a comparison of uniform price (UP) auctions and discriminatory price (DP) auctions. Although some studies have compared fixed payments, UP auctions, and DP auctions, the superiority or...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Conservation auction; Experimental economics; Risk attitude; Environment-friendly farming; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Consumer/Household Economics; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109400

Auctioning Conservation Payments using Environmental Indices
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cattaneo,   Andrea.
A framework for analyzing conservation programs that rank applications using environmental indices is presented. We derive the optimal bid from the farmer's perspective for both land retirement and working lands agri-environmental payment programs and we analyze how these solutions depend on program design parameters. The distinction is made between environmental objectives based on whether the farmer exercises control or not over the level proposed in a bid to participate in a program. The optimization model is solved analytically for two cases - a land retirement and a working lands program - highlighting the differences in the results. For land retirement programs we conclude that, for the cases considered, the exogenous environmental performance does...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Environmental payments; Program design; Participation incentives; D8; H5; Q28; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25438

AUCTIONING OUTCOME-BASED CONSERVATION CONTRACTS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Latacz-Lohmann,   Uwe; Schilizzi,   Steven; Breustedt,   Gunnar.
This paper explores two ideas to enhance the performance of agri-environmental contracting schemes: linking contract payments to environmental outcomes and putting the contracts up for tender. This paper investigates whether there are any gains to be had by combining the benefits of both approaches. Controlled lab experiments were run in two countries, systematically varying the rate at which payments are linked to environmental outcomes. This paper clarifies the conditions under which the benefits from combining tenders with incentive payments outweigh the costs.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Conservation tenders; Auctions; Incentive contracts; Agricultural policy; Environmental policy; Market-based instruments; Experimental economics; Auktionen; Ausschreibungsverfahren; Agrar-Umweltverträge; Agrar-Umweltpolitik; Anreizverträge; Experimentelle Ökonomie; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance; Demand and Price Analysis; Political Economy.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114523

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

Audit risk factors in certification: How can risk-oriented audits improve the quality of certification standards?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Schulze,   Holger; Albersmeier,   Friederike; Spiller,   Achim; Jahn,   Gabriele.
Over the past few years, certification standards have become increasingly relevant for the agribusiness sector. Substantial parts of the value chain are already certified by standards such as QS, IFS or EurepGap. It is not known, however, whether these approaches can actually ensure a high quality control. This article is based on the analysis of the data base of the QSsystem with more than 72,000 companies involved. It tries to deduce some first empirically rich hypotheses about the connection between auditing quality and the institutional framing of the certification.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Certification; Quality assurance; Risk oriented auditing approach; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10108

Australian Agricultural &amp; Trade Policy: Adventures of a (former) Policy Activist
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Miller,   Geoff.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25346

Australian Consumers' Concerns and Preferences for Food Policy Alternatives
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Umberger,   Wendy J.; Scott,   Emily M.; Stringer,   Randy.
Results from a 2007 Australian consumer survey conducted at a large farmers market are used to explore the hypothesis that consumers who are more concerned about certain types of food labeling information, particularly information related to food production attributes, are more likely to support policies which help develop farmers markets and support mandatory labeling policies. Product information and attributes such as Country-of-Origin, No Growth Hormones Used, Free Range and Animals Treated Humanely and Environmentally-friendly appear to be very important to consumers. It appears that respondents want increased government involvement in developing consistent food labelling standards for these attributes and support mandatory food labelling policies,...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Market failure; Consumers; Farmers markets; Labelling; Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6174

Australian economic development and the environment: conflict or synergy?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bennett,   Jeffrey W.; Gillespie,   Robert; Dumsday,   Robert G.
The populist view of economic development and the environment is that advances in one will necessarily result in a decline in the other. Evidence in the Australian context is that the dual goals can be achieved simultaneously. As economic development progresses, the increasing levels of income stimulate greater demand for environmental improvements. The population engages in more environmentally focused consumption and calls for its governments to introduce more policies designed to rehabilitate and protect environmental assets. Concurrently, the increasing levels of wealth allow for increasing expenditure on research and development into production processes that generate greater productivity and less environmental damage. The Australian agricultural...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Economic development; Environmental protection; Agriculture; Policy; Environmental Economics and Policy; Financial Economics; Political Economy; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6040

Australian environmental and natural resource policy – from the Natural Heritage Trust to Caring for our Country
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Pannell,   David J.
The Natural Heritage Trust and the National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality were major national policies focused on land and water degradation and nature conservation in Australia. These programs fell a long way short of achieving their stated goals. It is proposed that to be able to spend their considerable public funds in cost effective ways, they would have needed a number of particular characteristics. Among other things, they needed to prioritise investments well, consistent with an appropriate role of government, and based on analyses that integrated good quality bio-physical and socio-economic information. They needed to select policy mechanisms that would be appropriate for the circumstances. The incentives created by program rules and...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Policy evaluation; Policy mechanism choice; Policy implementation.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47935

Australian Lamb Supply Chain: A Conceptual Framework
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jie,   Ferry.
In the last decade, supply chain management has played an important role to lead agribusiness today to succeed in their business goals, to gain competitive advantages, and to improve business performance. As the result of that, there has been extensive studying in a popular topic of strategic supply chain management in order to improve business performance as well as along supply chain performance under the real situation. This is because in current business world, supply chain practices are crucial to influence many agribusinesses to continuously adapt proper supply chain management in their nature of business. This paper will propose a conceptual framework of supply chain practices and supply chain performance indicators of the Australian Lamb Industry.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Lamb Supply Chain; Supply Chain Management; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/113738

AUSWIRKUNGEN DER FISCHLER-REFORM UND DER BLAUZUNGENKRANKHEIT AUF DIE EUROPÄISCHEN KÄLBERMÄRKTE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ihle,   Rico; Brümmer,   Bernhard; Thompson,   Stanley R.
C1_3
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Entkopplung; Europäische Union; Faktormärkte; Fischlerreform; GAP; Kälbermarkt; Marktintegration; Agricultural and Food Policy; Demand and Price Analysis; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/93953

Auswirkungen der Novellierung des EEG auf die Wettbewerbskraft der Biogasproduktion
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rauh,   Stefan.
Im Zuge des Ausbaus der Biomasseproduktion für energetische Zwecke wurden zuerst insbe-sondere stillgelegte Flächen herangezogen. Doch mittlerweile sind quasi keine freien Flächen mehr verfügbar und besonders regional kommt es zu Konkurrenzen zwischen der Nahrungs-mittel- und der Energieproduktion. Welcher Bereich die notwendigen Agrarrohstoffe für sich beanspruchen darf, entscheidet der Markt. Die Fläche als Ursprung der Agrarrohstoffe ge-winnt demnach an Wert, was die Entwicklung auf dem Pachtmarkt zeigt. Zur Abschätzung welches Produktionsverfahren die höchste Entlohnung dieser knappen Ressource verspricht, dient die Bodenrente, also der Betrag, der nach Abzug aller Kosten noch zur Verfügung steht. Die erneute Novellierung des EEG im Jahr 2008 hat zu...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Wettbewerbskraft; Bodenrente; Sunk costs; Biogasproduktion; Environmental Economics and Policy; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53252

AUSWIRKUNGEN DER NOVELLIERUNG DES ERNEUERBARE ENERGIEN-GESETZES AUF DIE LANDWIRTSCHAFT IN DEUTSCHLAND
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Goemann,   Horst; Kreins,   Peter; Muench,   Julia; Delzeit,   Ruth.
A2_2
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetz; EEG 2009; Energiemais; Agrarsektormodell; Landnutzung. RAUMIS; Gülle; Biogas; Gülle-Bonus; Agricultural and Food Policy; Land Economics/Use; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/93936

Authentic and Fake Italian Food Products in the World
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nicoletti,   Giovambattista; Platania,   Marco; Privitera,   Donatella.
Counterfeiting is a growing and increasingly dangerous phenomenon. There has recently been an enormous growth in the illegal market for designer goods with a 'name' or trademark (counterfeit goods), as well as goods made without paying for the intellectual property rights (pirated goods). Quite apart from having economic consequences, counterfeited and pirated articles threaten the health and safety of EU citizens, their jobs, Community competitiveness, trade, and investment in research and innovation. The agrofood italian production , famous all over the world for their qualitative characteristics, it reenters among the products that are imitated. The imitation of such products certainly risks to damage the Italian productions, above all in comparison to...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Counterfeit; Italian food production; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7861

AUTOGESTÃO E ECONOMIA SOLIDÁRIA NO ESTADO DO ACRE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Franco,   Carlos Alberto; Marques,   Adriana Da Silva; Silva,   Pablo Marques Da; Cunha,   Davilson Marques; Paula,   Rondinelli Vitorino De.
Devido o aumento do desemprego e as péssimas condições de trabalho varias iniciativas vem se desenvolvendo no Brasil no campo da economia solidária. As experiências de geração de trabalho e renda vem se desenvolvendo em todas as regiões do país, de forma solidaria e associativa. Essas iniciativas que se mostravam isoladas deram lugar a uma realidade que se expande, motivando a ação de entidades de classe e de política públicas, orientadas para uma economia alternativa que está em processo de formação. A idéia do trabalho é refletir sobre essa nova forma de organização que vem crescendo no Estado do Acre, sendo assim este trabalho tem como objetivo geral traçar o perfil dos empreendimentos solidários no Estado do...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Economia Solidária; Autogestão e Geração de Trabalho e Renda; Economic solidarity; Selfmanagment; Income; Work; International Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109442

AUTOMATION OR OPENNESS?: TECHNOLOGY AND TRADE IMPACTS ON COSTS AND LABOR COMPOSITION IN THE FOOD SYSTEM
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Morrison Paul,   Catherine J.; Siegel,   Donald.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Productivity; Technology; Production costs; Productivity Analysis; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25940

Automobile Fuel Economy:  What is it Worth?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nair,   Santosh; Espey,   Molly.
The marginal value of increased automobile fuel economy is estimated using a hedonic model of 2001 model year automobiles sold in the United States. This value is then compared to the average expected lifetime fuel savings attributable to increased fuel economy.  Results indicate that automobile buyers fully internalize fuel cost savings attributable to improved fuel economy at low discount rates, and may partially internalize other perceived benefits of improved fuel economy such as reduction in global warming or fossil fuel dependence.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20102

AUTOREGRESSIVE CONDITIONAL HETEROSKEDASTICY UNDER ERROR-TERM NON-NORMALITY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ramirez,   Octavio A.
This paper explores the impact of error-term non-normality on the performance of the normal-error Generalized Autoregressive Conditional Heteroskedastic (GARCH) model under small and moderate sample sizes. A non-normal-, asymmetric-error GARCH model is proposed, and its finite-sample performance is evaluated in comparison to the normal-error GARCH under various underlying error-term distributions. The results suggest that one must be skeptical of using the normal-error GARCH when there is evidence of conditional error-term non-normality. The conditional distribution of the error-term in a previous mainstream application of the normal GARCH is found to be non-normal and asymmetric. The same application is used to illustrate the advantages of the proposed...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Error- term non-normality; Skewness; Autoregressive conditional heteroskedasticity; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20595

Availability, Attitudes and Willingness to Pay for Local Foods: Results of a Preliminary Survey
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Adams,   Damian C.; Adams,   Alison E.
This paper presents the results of a preliminary intercept survey of consumers at farmers' markets in Gainesville, Florida in 2007. We developed survey questions to identify: (1) how much fruit and vegetable produce respondents buy from local sources; (2) attitudes regarding local foods; (3) definitions of local by distance and ownership; (4) WTP for local foods; (5) perceptions of the availability and cost of local products; and (6) demographic information. In addition to WTP, we employed several tools- a Likert scale, a cost/availability matrix, and other investigatory and demographic questions - to analyze factors affecting purchasing decisions. These include relative cost, accessibility, attitudes and perceptions of the term 'local.' We report and...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6237

Availability of Poultry Litter as an Alternative Energy Feedstock: The Case for Mississippi
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Whittington,   Andrew.
This study will examine the poultry industry in a 9 county area in Mississippi, estimate the availability of poultry litter as a feedstock for the production of energy and ethanol.  The study will use a X, Y coordinate model to locate a production facility that minimizes transportation costs.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/34840

AVAILABLE NAVIGATION AND THE INCREMENTAL COST OF RAILROAD CAPACITY: PRELIMINARY LESSONS FROM THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI BASIN
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Burton,   Mark L.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Public Economics.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33234

AVALIAÇÃO DA EFICÁCIA DE PROGRAMA DE FORMAÇÃO DE EMPREENDEDORES E LIDERANÇAS RURAIS NO ESTADO DO PARANÁ
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Guimaraes,   Vania Di Addario; Peres,   Fernando Curi; Ambrosio,   Luis Alberto; Canziani,   Jose Roberto Fernandes.
Este artigo apresenta os resultados de avaliações da eficácia do Programa Empreendedor Rural – PER – em alcançar seus objetivos. O PER é um programa de educação rural para produtores e trabalhadores rurais desenvolvido no Paraná e executado pelo Senar/PR e Sebrae/PR que visa elevar os estoques de capital humano e social no meio rural. O programa adota o construtivismo como método de ensino e a elaboração de projetos de investimento como eixo de aprendizagem. Na Fase I do Programa, executado a partir de 2003, o objetivo principal é a promoção de empreendedorismo no meio rural, por meio de um treinamento com cerca de 5 meses de duração. A Fase III, executada a partir de 2005, tem como objetivo principal a ampliação do capital social no meio rural, e se...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Educação rural; Empreendedorismo; Capital social; Liderança; Eficácia de capacitações; Rural education; Entrepreneurship; Social capital stock; Leadership; Effectiveness of qualifications; Agribusiness; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109217

AVALIAÇÃO DA EFICIÊNCIA DAS COOPERATIVAS AGROINDUSTRIAIS PARANAENSES: UMA ABORDAGEM ECONÔMICA E SOCIAL UTILIZANDO DEA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Peixe,   Julines Bega; Protil,   Roberto Max.
É perceptível a grande preocupação em avaliar a eficiência das organizações cooperativas de modo a estabelecer indicadores e padrões de análise, porém ainda não é possível encontrar na literatura quais são as práticas de referência para cooperativas agroindustriais capazes de possibilitar maior eficiência considerando a dimensão econômica e social destas instituições. Notou-se, diante da realização deste estudo, que alguns indicadores utilizados para mensurar eficiência social são influenciados diretamente por indicadores estritamente econômicos. A partir daí buscou-se alçar novas variáveis capazes de gerar indicadores de eficiência social sem que estas sofressem influência direta de variáveis econômicas. O objetivo inicial deste trabalho foi dissertar...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Cooperativas Agroindustriais; Eficiência Econômica; Eficiência Social; Agro-industrial Cooperatives; Economic Efficiency; Social Efficiency; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/113959

AVALIAÇÃO DA GESTÃO AMBIENTAL DA CARCINICULTURA MARINHA NO ESTADO DO CEARÁ: ESTUDO DE CASO
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Araujo,   Rogerio Cesar Pereira; Campos,   Roberio Telmo; Feitosa,   Rommel Darlan.
Este estudo trata da avaliação da gestão ambiental da carcinicultura marinha, particularmente do estudo de caso da fase de engorda em uma fazenda de grande porte (área superior a 50 ha), no município de Aracati, Estado do Ceará. Especificamente, foram investigadas as práticas ambientais adotadas pela fazenda, os fatores determinantes da adoção das práticas, o grau de conformidade com o Código de Conduta da Associação Brasileira de Criadores de Camarão (ABCC) e com os componentes da norma NBR ISO 14001. As práticas ambientais foram identificadas através da aplicação de um questionário com 358 questões e do instrumento de auditoria ambiental para os seguintes elementos da administração da fazenda: controle gerencial, gestão dos efluentes e gestão dos...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Carcinicultura; Gestão ambiental; Melhores práticas; NBR ISO 14.001; Shrimp farm; Environmental management; Best practices; Livestock Production/Industries; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/108842

AVALIAÇÃO DA SISTEMÁTICA DE CÁLCULOS PARA EFEITO DE PAGAMENTO DE CANA PELOS AÇÚCARES TOTAIS RECUPERÁVEIS (ATR) NOS ESTADOS DO RIO DE JANEIRO, ESPÍRITO SANTO E SÃO PAULO
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Costa,   Jose Augusto Brunoro; Ponciano,   Niraldo Jose; Souza,   Paulo Marcelo de.
O objetivo deste trabalho foi comparar a forma de avaliação da qualidade da cana-de-açúcar nos estados do Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo e Espírito Santo. O sistema de pagamento de cana pelos açúcares totais recuperáveis – ATR, implantado em São Paulo foi adotado pelos demais estados, mas a dinâmica da adequação dos parâmetros deve ser reavaliada frequentemente. No estado do Rio de Janeiro, para a maior parte das comparações, a quantidade de ATR na cana foi inferior, indicando o menor valor no preço da tonelada de cana de fornecedores. -------------------------------------------The objective of this study was to compare the quality evaluation of sugar cane in Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Espírito Santo states. The sugar cane payment system by recoverable total...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agroindústria canavieira; Pagamento de cana; Açúcares totais recuperáveis; Cana-de-açúcar; Perdas industriais; Sugar cane agro-industry; Sugar cane payment; Recoverable total sugar; Sugar cane; Industrial lost; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109987

AVALIAÇÃO DA SUSTENTABILIDADE DO PROJETO DE PISCICULTURA CURUPATI-PEIXE NO AÇUDE CASTANHÃO, JAGUARIBARA-CE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nascimento,   Sandra Carla Oliveira Do; Araujo,   Rogerio Cesar Pereira.
While the fishery production reaches its pick and runs to its decline, the aquaculture comes out as an alternative to reduce the pressure over the marine stock of fish. The coastal aquaculture led by the shrimp farming is rapidly expanding in the developing countries, and not less expressive are the initiatives to develop the rural aquaculture. Besides that the consolidation of the new paradigm of sustainable development, the aquaculture needs to be investigated regarding its sustainability. In this sense, having the systemic method as theoretical foundation, indicators are proposed to evaluate the sustainability of a project being carried out  in the Castanhão reservoir, in Jaguaribara-CE, called Curupati-Peixe Project, that cultivates Nile Tilápia in...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Aqüicultura sustentável; Sustentabilidade; Projeto Curupati-Peixe; Sustainable Aquaculture; Sustainability; Curupati-Peixe Project; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/108913

AVALIAÇÃO DE IMPACTOS SOBRE O CONHECIMENTO, CAPACITAÇÃO E POLÍTICO-INSTITUCIONAL DA PESQUISA GERADA PELA EMBRAPA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Vedovoto,   Graciela Luzia; Marques,   Daniela Vieira; Avila,   Antonio Flavio Dias; Souza,   Mirian Oliveira De; Ribeiro,   Luis Fernando Martins.
Este trabalho apresenta a experiência da Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária - Embrapa na avaliação de impactos sobre o conhecimento, capacitação e político-institucional. O trabalho descreve a metodologia utilizada tomando como referência uma revisão bibliográfica sobre o tema e análisa documentos institucionais recentes e relatórios de avaliação disponibilizados pelas Unidades Descentralizadas da Embrapa. A metodologia utilizada para avaliação de impactos desta natureza é baseada na dimensão “capacitação” do método ESAC, criado pelo GEOPI/Unicamp. A Embrapa tem direcionado esforços no sentido de aprimorar a metodologia  de avaliação de impactos sobre o conhecimento, capacitação e polítíco-institucional por considerar que os benefícios gerados...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Metodologia; Avaliação de impactos; Conhecimento; Methodology; Evaluation of impacts; Knowledge; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109975

Avaliação do desempenho dos novos instrumentos de política de garantia de preços agrícolas de 2004 a 2007
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bacha,   Carlos Jose Caetano; Caldarelli,   Carlos Eduardo.
O objetivo deste artigo é avaliar o desempenho dos instrumentos da Política de Garantia de Preços Agrícolas (PGPA), criados a partir de 2004, em termos de produtos e regiões. Os contratos de opção privada que começaram a ser criados a partir de 2004 possuem característica de transferir à iniciativa privada a responsabilidade de abastecer áreas previamente determinadas. O PEPRO - Prêmio para Escoamento em Opção Privada, o PROP - Prêmio de Risco para Opção Privada e o PESOJA – Prêmio de Risco para a Soja, constituem os novos instrumentos para operacionalização da PGPA. Esse trabalho avaliou o dinamismo destes em comparação com os já existentes. Observou-se que os novos instrumentos, assim como os já operantes, se mostraram concentrados por cultura e por...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Comercialização; Sustentação de preços; Política de garantia de preços agrícolas; Commercialization; Support price; Guarantee of minimal price politics; Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/108080

AVALIAÇÃO DO PROCESSO DE IMPLANTAÇÃO DE PROJETOS DEMONSTRATIVOS PARA A RECUPERAÇÃO DE MATAS CILIARES NO ESTADO DE SÃO PAULO
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Chabaribery,   Denyse; Monteiro,   Ana Victoria; Silva,   Jose Roberto; Ramos,   Soraia Fatima.
O artigo faz a avaliação da fase inicial de implantação de projetos demonstrativos para recuperação com espécies nativas de áreas degradadas em mata ciliar em três microbacias no Estado de São Paulo. O arcabouço teórico considerou o projeto como um modelo de conservação da biodiversidade, entendendo que deveria ter havido um enfoque transdisciplinar das instituições parceiras. A pesquisa utilizou-se das técnicas de delphi para levantar os depoimentos dos envolvidos no acompanhamento e na execução das áreas experimentais. Em parte a transdisciplinaridade foi conseguida e houve sucesso no plantio das áreas pilotos em três microbacias estudadas. Mas, a avaliação geral foi de que as equipes locais não tiveram o apoio necessário dos componentes de educação...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Políticas públicas; Meio ambiente; Agricultura familiar; Área de preservação permanente; Avaliação de processo; Government policy; Environmental; Family farming; Permanent preservation areas; Evaluation of process; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/112699

AVALIAÇÃO DO SISTEMA TURÍSTICO NO ESTADO DE MATO GROSSO DO SUL: REGIÃO DOS LAGOS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mariani,   Milton Pasquoto; Correa,   Cynthia Candida; Satolani,   Monica Ferreira; Veloso,   Aline de Freitas.
O turismo é um dos maiores segmentos da economia mundial, com considerável potencial de geração de emprego e renda. O Brasil é repleto de atrativos turísticos e potencialidades prontos para serem explorado de modo racional. Uma dessas potencialidades é o estado de Mato Grosso do Sul, que vem se destacando por seu significativo potencial turístico, sobretudo, no segmento do ecoturismo, dada à exuberância de suas riquezas naturais. Esse estudo teve como objetivo descrever o potencial turístico da Região dos Lados do Estado de Mato Grosso do Sul, priorizando as cidades de Aparecida do Taboado, Três Lagoas e Bataguassu, municípios com potencialidades turísticas dessa região. Pretende-se, assim, contribuir para o aumento da competitividade e sustentabilidade do...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Turismo no espaço rural; Ecoturismo; Sistema turístico; Ourism in the rural space; Ecotourism; Cientific methods; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/108927

AVALIAÇÃO DOS BENEFÍCIOS SOCIOECONÔMICOS DO SANEAMENTO AMBIENTAL NO MUNICÍPIO DE CUIABÁ NO PERÍODO DE 2000 A 2005
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mendes,   Carlos Magno; Silva,   Cristiane Marcela Oliveira.
Fatores relacionados às condições de vida da população e às questões ambientais precárias são freqüentemente citados como os maiores responsáveis pela incidência de doenças e, às vezes, por traduzirem obstáculos ao controle de surtos de epidemias. O objetivo deste estudo é avaliar os benefícios diretos e indiretos decorrentes do impacto da falta de planejamento urbano e de sua conseqüente infra-estrutura sanitária e ambiental deficitária no município de Cuiabá, no período de 2000 a 2005. Diante do saneamento ambiental falho, prejudicial à saúde humana, a análise enfoca as doenças de maior notificação e incidência, tais como diarréia, dengue e hanseníase.  O Método dos Custos Evitáveis (MCE), que relaciona a poluição ambiental e sua conseqüente afetação à...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Saneamento ambiental; Saúde pública; Morbidade e mortalidade; Custos evitáveis; Environmental sanitation; Public health; Morbidity and mortality; Avoidable costs; Community/Rural/Urban Development; I 11; I 18.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109787

AVALIAÇÃO DOS IMPACTOS ECONOMICOS E SOCIAIS DA ADOÇÃO DA TECNOLOGIA DE MÓDULOS MÚLTIPLOS DE BENEFICIAMENTO DA CASTANHA DE CAJU EM TRÊS COOPERATIVAS DO ESTADO DO CEARÁ.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Araujo,   Joao Cavalcante; Mattos,   Adriano Lincoln Albuquerque; Pessoa,   Pedro Adeodato; Marinho,   Francisco Assis; Sousa,   Jose Rodrigues.
A metodologia de avaliação de impactos de programas/projetos/intevenções tecnológicas baseia-se na identificação e posterior mensuração ex-post da importância de transformações de aspectos da realidade resultantes do desenvolvimento, adoção e difusão de um programa de pesquisa, programa tecnológico e/ou inovação tecnológica. A metodologia esta baseada nas diferentes possibilidades de interação das dimensões da avaliação procurando preservar suas características particulares em um mesmo marco metodológico no qual estão envolvidos direta ou indiretamente atores relacionados com o objeto da avaliação e que percebem os impactos de forma heterogênea, a partir das suas situações particulares. A análise utilizou para a avaliação de impacto econômico a mensuração...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Análise comparativa; Impactos; Mini-fábrica; Unidades de processamento; Caju; Benchmarking; Impacts; Mini-factory; Processing units; Cashews; Crop Production/Industries; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109198

Avaliação dos Impactos Econômicos e Sociais do Programa de Erradicação da Doença de Aujeszky no Estado de Santa Catarina
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Miele,   Marcelo; Girotto,   Ademir Francisco; Mores,   Nelson; Amaral,   Armando Lopes Do; Zanella,   Janice Reis Ciacci.
Os recursos limitados para a pesquisa agropecuária e a necessidade de conhecer de que forma as tecnologias alteram a competitividade das cadeias produtivas, seu entorno social e o meio ambiente exigem que sejam implementados processos de avaliação de impacto. O presente estudo teve por objetivo avaliar o impacto econômico, social e organizacional do Programa de Erradicação da Doença de Aujeszky no Estado de Santa Catarina, desenvolvido pela Embrapa e instituições parceiras. Este programa foi implementado em 2001 e atingiu sua meta em 2004. Os benefícios gerados representam um retorno positivo para os investimentos.--------------------The limited resources for agricultural research and the need for a better knowledge about the ways that technologies change...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Doença de Aujeszky; Erradicação; Impacto econômico; Impacto social; Aujeszky Disease; Economic impact; Eradication; Social impact; Agribusiness; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/108163

Avaliação dos Impactos Econômicos, Sociais e Ambientais da Poedeira Colonial Embrapa 051
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Miele,   Marcelo; Girotto,   Ademir Francisco; Palhares,   Julio Cesar Pascale; Pereira de Figueiredo,   Elsio Antonio; Saatkamp,   Marcio Gilberto.
The limited resources for agricultural research and the need for a better knowledge about the ways that technologies change agribusiness competitiveness and its social and natural environment, demand its impacts assessment. The aim of this study was to realize economic, environmental, social and organizational impact assessment of the laying hen Embrapa 051, developed by the Brazilian Agricultural Research Company. This project started on 2000.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Economic impact; Environmental impact; Genetic improvement; Laying hen; Social impact; Agribusiness; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/96280

AVALIAÇÃO ECONÔMICA DA PRODUÇÃO DAS FAMÍLIAS SERINGUEIRAS DA RESERVA EXTRATIVISTA CHICO MENDES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lima,   Claudeci Dos Santos; Maia,   Maria Jose Do Carmo; Ximenes,   Isaque Felix.
A Reserva Extrativista Chico Mendes ou RESEX Chico Mendes, constitui-se atualmente de um grande potencial econômico sustentável para os povos residentes na floresta, sendo de fundamental importância para preservação ecológica. A finalidade deste trabalho é mostrar a importância que o autoconsumo exerce como forma de reprodução social e econômica das famílias seringueiras residentes na Reserva. Para isso, a partir da análise dos indicadores econômicos referentes ao autoconsumo, nível de vida e margem bruta familiar avalia-se o desempenho econômico das unidades de produção familiar extrativista. ---------------------------The Extractive Reserve Chico Mendes, or either, RESEX Chico Mendes, constitute today, for a great economical potential sustainable for the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Reserva; Autoconsumo; Neo-extrativismo; Reserve; Self-consumption; New extrative; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/108534

AVALIAÇÃO ECONÔMICA DE DIFERENTES ESTRATÉGIAS DE GANHO DE PESO DIÁRIO NA TERMINAÇÃO DE BOVINOS EM CONFINAMENTO
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Resende Filho,   Moises de Andrade.
Esse artigo avalia a viabilidade econômica da terminação de bovinos em confinamento para o ano de 2008. Dezessete cenários são simulados considerando-se diferentes ganhos de peso vivo diário para 220 animais, machos castrados, ½ Zebu  ½ Holandês, com peso inicial médio de 354 kg, confinados por 120 dias. Utiliza-se equações capazes de gerar os valores das exigências nutricionais dos animais para cada estratégia de ganho de peso. Os valores calculados das exigência nutricionais parametrizam um modelo de programação linear capaz de minimizar o custo da ração a ser fornecida. Assim, o custo da alimentação dos animais que é o único custo variável do confinamento, é calculado multiplicando-se o custo por kg da ração de custo mínimo pelo consumo voluntário de...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Custos de produção; Programação linear; Minimização do custo da ração; Lucratividade; Production costs; Linear programming; Ration cost minimization; Profitability; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/112737

AVALIAÇÃO ECONÔMICA DO SISTEMA DE PRODUÇÃO DE BANANA COMPRIDA NA REGIÃO DO VALE DO ACRE.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nascimento,   Gilberto Costa Do; Carvalho,   Lucas Araujo; Santos,   Jair Carvalho Dos.
Em 2006 a área plantada de banana (Musa spp) no Acre foi de 8.916 ha, a área colhida de 8.896 ha, a produção de 75.589 toneladas e o rendimento médio de 8,49 t/ha, sendo a mesorregião do Vale do Acre a principal produtora com 56.805 toneladas, representando 75,14% da produção estadual (IBGE, 2008). A banana comprida, ou cultivar D’Angola, do Subgrupo Terra (AAB), é amplamente cultivada nesta região, sendo o município de Acrelândia o principal produtor. Não há informações a respeito do desempenho econômico dessa atividade, que possa orientar o planejamento de políticas agrícolas e os investimentos privados na atividade. Este trabalho objetivou avaliar o desempenho econômico-financeiro do sistema de produção tradicional de banana comprida, utilizado pelos...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Banana; Custos de produção; Planejamento; Vale do Acre; Musa spp.; Banana; Production costs; Planning; Acre Valley; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/112694

AVALIAÇÃO ECONÔMICO-FINANCEIRA DA CULTURA DE CURAUÁ (Ananas comosus var. erectifolius (L. B. Smith) Coppus &amp; Leal: UM ESTUDO DE CASO NO MUNICÍPIO DE SANTO ANTÔNIO DO TAUÁ, ESTADO DO PARÁ.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cordeiro,   Iracema Castro; Silva,   Ismael Matos da.
O objetivo do trabalho foi analisar a viabilidade econômico-financeira da produção de curauá, a partir de informações provenientes de áreas de produção localizadas no município de Santo Antônio do Tauá, no Estado do Pará. Como metodologia utilizou-se de avaliação: Valor Presente Líquido, Taxa Interno de Retorno, Relação Benefício-Custo e Ponto de Equilíbrio. Os resultados mostraram alta rentabilidade do curauá, dadas as condições de cultivo dos produtores de Tauá, superando de longe as principais culturas cultivadas pelos produtores do Estado. Concluiu-se que o curauá apresenta ampla capacidade de distribuir renda e gerar emprego nas áreas rurais do estado do Pará.----------The objective of this paper was analyze the economic and financial viability of...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Benefício-custo; Curauá; Estado do Pará; Cost-Benefit; Curaua; State of Para; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/107884

Average Crop Revenue Election (ACRE) Program or Traditional Government Payment Programs: What Factors Matter?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Chen,   Yunguang; Wang,   H. Holly; Patrick,   George F.
Rankings of different risk management portfolios including Average Crop Revenue Election (ACRE), traditional government payment programs, crop insurance and hedging in futures; and optimal choices of insurance coverage levels and hedge ratios are evaluated for a representative central Indiana corn farm, using Monte Carlo simulation and optimization of expected utilities. The changes of preference between ACRE and traditional government programs under comprehensive scenarios of price and yield risks are studied. Also, Interactions between ACRE and other risk management instruments are examined, and government costs and risk management efficiencies between ACRE and traditional government programs are compared. The results show a strong preference of ACRE for...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: ACRE; Farm Bill; Crop insurance; Willingness to pay; Government expenditure; Government programs; Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61490

Average vs. Marginal Risk Aversion: Reconciling Simultaneously Risk Averse and Risk Loving Behavior
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Just,   David R.; Lybbert,   Travis J.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9979

Avian Influenza: A Global Challenge
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lange,   John E.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8090

Avian Influenza outbreaks and poultry production mitigation strategies in the U.S.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mu,   Jianhong H.; McCarl,   Bruce A.
In this paper, two AI mitigation strategies are examined, quarantine and vaccination. Meanwhile, associated welfare changes are evaluated by using FASOM. Results found that changes of total national welfare of U.S are insignificant with or without vaccination. Once comes to livestock producers, impacts become significant although magnitudes are small. For example, under 20% demand shocks, vaccination strategy dominates no vaccination at the production, market and national level. However, vaccination has no advantage when there is no demand shifts.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: AI outbreak; Mitigation strategies; Vaccination; Demand shift; FASOM; Welfare; Agricultural and Food Policy; Consumer/Household Economics; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Health Economics and Policy; Q1.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/116452

Avian Influenza Threat and its Potential Impact on Demand for Chicken and Eggs
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Liu,   Kang Ernest; Huang,   Min-Hsin; Hsu,   Jane Lu; Lee,   Hwang-Jaw.
A highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of avian influenza (AI) has been confirmed in 420 human cases and has caused 257 deaths in the world starting from 2003. Using face-to-face interviews, our data were collected by utilizing a stratified sampling scheme following the distribution of gender and age in three major metropolitan areas in Taiwan, including Taipei, Taichung, and Kaohsiung. The questionnaire was designed to retrieve information including AI knowledge, risk perceptions, and behavioral changes of two types of consumers, primary shoppers and general consumers. In total, 501 primary shoppers and 505 general consumers completed the survey in June 2007 and were recorded for analysis. The empirical results show several interesting findings, especially, that...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Avian influenza; Knowledge; Risk perception; Tobit model; Taiwan; Consumer/Household Economics; Livestock Production/Industries; M30.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49297

AVICULTURA INTEGRADA E ESTRATÉGIAS DE MERCADO DE GRANDES EMPRESAS EM PERNAMBUCO
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Vital,   Tales Wanderley; Drouvot,   Hubert; Sampaio,   Yony.
O agronegócio da avicultura  pernambucana é  de grande importância na geração de ocupação, emprego e  renda, sobretudo no meio rural. O estado não dispõe de milho e soja para fazer o frango, tem que trazer essas matérias primas de regiões produtoras no país, sendo o milho muitas vezes importado. Mesmo assim, ocupa lugar de destaque no cenário nacional como produtor de ovos e de carne de frango.  Para entender essa situação o trabalho analisa as estratégias de grandes unidades industriais a partir de suas situações no ambiente. A base teórica da análise é assentada nas abordagens SWOT, Cadeias de Valores, e Grupos Estratégicos. Registra-se que as empresas adotam estratégias compatíveis com suas possibilidades dadas, pelas suas condições internas e...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Integração; Empresas avícolas; Estratégias; Mercado; Avicultura; Integration; Poultry companies; Strategy; Market; Poultry; Agribusiness; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/112687

Avoiding biases from data-dependent specification search: an application to a tillage choice model
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sengupta,   Sanchita; Kurkalova,   Lyubov A.; Kling,   Catherine L.
The study evaluates the gains of avoiding data-dependent specification search on an estimation sample in an application to discrete choice models. We incorporate data splitting, the process by which the total available sample is randomly split in two or more sub-samples with the first (specification) sub-sample used for specification search, and the second (estimation) sub-sample used for obtaining clean estimates using the model chosen on the specification sub-sample according to a set criterion. We estimate 14 binary Logit models of the adoption of conservation tillage corresponding to the major sub-watersheds of the Upper Mississippi River Basin. For each of the sub-watershed models, we use the specification sub-sample to choose the explanatory...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21399

Awareness of EQIP and Subsequent Adoption of BMPs by Cattle Farmers
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Obubuafo,   Joyce; Gillespie,   Jeffrey M.; Kim,   Seon-Ae; Paudel,   Krishna P.
In summer, 2003, roughly half of Louisiana cattle producers had never heard of the Environmental Quality Incentives Program.  Those who had heard of it and had applied for funds were more diversified, larger, and had contact with Natural Resources and Conservation Service personnel within the past year.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/35625

Awareness to Environmental Pollution in Turkey
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cankurt,   Murat; Miran,   Bulent; Gunden,   Cihat; Sahin,   Ahmet.
The main purposes of the study were to clarify the conceptual reference of environmental awareness and to investigate the relationship between some individual, socio-economic factors and awareness to environmental issues. In addition, the factors that affect the environmental awareness were also determined. Face to face interviews were done with 975 individuals 25 cities were chosen throughout Turkey, which means at least 2 cities from each region. The models were estimated by the ordered logistic regression. Environmental awareness were evaluated from the standpoints of water, air and soil. Among the pollution categories, people were mostly aware of the pollution in air. In policies related to converting sensitivity to environment to action the Turkish...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6807

BACK TO THE BASICS: WHAT DOES THE MARKET TELL US ABOUT BASIS?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fischer,   Matthew J.; Isengildina-Massa,   Olga; Curtis,   Charles E., Jr.; Boys,   Kathryn A.
This study explores market forces that affect harvest grain basis for corn, soybeans, and wheat in a grain deficit market. The findings indicate that implied basis (cash forward bid less harvest futures), nearby HHO price, and log of open interest on the harvest futures contract can be used to predict 33 to 99 percent of the variation in harvest basis at selected South Carolina locations.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Marketing.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103943

BACKGROUND AND EXTREME ALTERNATIVES IN FOREIGN POLICY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ogg,   Wallace E.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 1951
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17367

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OF THE WORKSHOP
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Loyns,   R.M.A.; Knutson,   Ronald D.; Meilke,   Karl D.; Yunez-Naude,   Antonio.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/16794

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OF THE WORKSHOP "KEEPING THE BORDERS OPEN"
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Meilke,   Karl D.; Loyns,   R.M.A.; Knutson,   Ronald D.; Yunez-Naude,   Antonio.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/16937

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OF THE WORKSHOP: "STRUCTURAL CHANGE AS A SOURCE OF TRADE DISPUTES UNDER NAFTA"
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Loyns,   R.M.A.; Meilke,   Karl D.; Knutson,   Ronald D.; Yunez-Naude,   Antonio.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/16881

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OF THE WORKSHOP: "TRADE LIBERALIZATION UNDER NAFTA - REPORT CARD ON AGRICULTURE"
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Loyns,   R.M.A.; Meilke,   Karl D.; Knutson,   Ronald D.; Yunez-Naude,   Antonio.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/16824

BACKGROUND MATERIAL FOR PUBLIC POLICY EDUCATION ON THE PROBLEM OF INFLATION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hathaway,   Dale E.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Public Economics.
Ano: 1951
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17378

BACKWARD IMPLICIT CONTRACTS, PRE-COMMITMENT AND MARKET POWER IN THE INTERNATIONAL DURUM WHEAT MARKET
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Stiegert,   Kyle W.; Hamilton,   Stephen F.
We devise a formal test of market power that is applied to the international durum market.  The model captures the asymmetric cost structure brought about the initial payment system of the Canadian Wheat Board.  The model generates testable hypotheses about market conduct and optimal strategic positioning.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries; Industrial Organization.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20833

BACKWARD INTEGRATION BY COOPERATIVES IN IMPERFECTLY COMPETITIVE AGRICULTURAL RAW PRODUCT MARKETS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Matthey,   Holger; Royer,   Jeffrey S.
This paper models backward integration by processing cooperatives into raw product production.  Our analysis demonstrates that a cooperative's incentive to acquire raw product production capacity depends on its ability to restrict member production to optimal levels and the relationship between members and nonmembers in the raw product market.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Marketing.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21014

Backyard Fish Farmers Information needs in Osun State, Nigeria
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ogunlade,   I.
The need for increase in fish production in order to improve protein intake by Nigerians led to this study. The study analyzed information needs of backyard fish farmers in Osun State, Nigeria. Specifically, the study investigated the socio-economic characteristics of backyard fish farmers, frequency of performance, importance and difficulties of management practices as well as the constraints facing backyard fish farming. Questionnaire was used to elicit information from 70 backyard fish farmers. The findings indicated that backyard fish farmers in Osun State were mostly males, middle aged, married and most of them rear catfish, Feeding and cleaning are frequently performed by the fish farmers, feeding and maintenance of water quality were of extreme...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Backyard; Fish farmers; Information need; Nigeria.; Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Health Economics and Policy; International Relations/Trade; Marketing; Productivity Analysis; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52078

BALANÇA COMERCIAL DO AGRIBUSINESS AGROPECUÁRIO DO RIO GRANDE DO NORTE DE 1998 A 2004
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Franca,   Lidiane Da Silva; Silva,   Etevaldo Almeida.
Nesta pesquisa procurou-se identificar a contribuição que os produtos agropecuários não processados deram para a composição do saldo da balança comercial do agribusiness do estado do Rio Grande do Norte no período de 1998 a 2004. A metodologia utilizada baseou-se na análise tabular descritiva dos dados coletados dos principais produtos do agribusiness agropecuário do Estado valor das exportações e importações e saldo da balança comercial do setor. Os resultados demonstraram que os produtos agropecuários não processados contribuíram positivamente para o saldo total da balança comercial do Estado, visto que o saldo deste setor foi positivo em todos os anos analisados. No período de 1998 a 2004 os principais produtos agropecuários presentes na composição da...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Balança comercial; Agronegócio; Produtos agropecuários não processados; Superávit; Trade balance; Agribusiness; Non-processed agricultural products; Surplus; Agribusiness; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114114

BALANCE, DIVERSITY AND ETHICS IN PUBLIC POLICY EDUCATION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Thompson,   Paul B.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Public Economics.
Ano: 1994
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17486

Balance Sheets for Household-Firms in Agriculture
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Morehart,   Mitchell J.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural Finance; Consumer/Household Economics.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15720

Balanced Scorecard em uma Propriedade Pecuária
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Brisolara,   Claudio Silveira.
A crescente exposição das empresas agropecuárias aos riscos do ambiente externo, que se somam aos riscos climáticos e biológicos, tem suscitado a utilização de novos sistemas de gerenciamento nas empresas rurais. A premência da modernização das técnicas de gestão, por meio da utilização ferramentas simples e efetivas de controle e planejamento dos empreendimentos, foi a motivação principal desse estudo. Foi desenvolvida uma pesquisa exploratória, por meio de um estudo de caso, visando propor um sistema gerencial para uma propriedade dedicada à bovinocultura de corte no Rio Grande do Sul, a partir do referencial metodológico do Balanced Scorecard – BSC. Os resultados encontrados mostraram que há viabilidade de adaptação do BSC às empresas pecuárias, tendo...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Balanced Scorecard; Bovinos de corte; Administração Rural; Balanced Scorecard; Beef cattle; Farm management; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/102555

BALANCING ECONOMIC CONSIDERATIONS IN SUSTAINABILITY OF AGRICULTURE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gilding,   Thomas J.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 1990
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17107

BALANCING FOOD SAFETY AND RISK: DO DRUG RESIDUE LIMITS AFFECT INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN BEEF?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wilson,   John S.; Otsuki,   Tsunehiro; Majumdar,   Baishali.
There have been a number of high profile food safety disputes in trade over the past decade.  These include the widely publicized dispute at the World Trade Organization between the U.S. and EU over hormone treated beef.   Consumers in some industrialized countries have also expressed concern over the health implications of consuming beef produced with antibiotics and other artificial supplements.  Developing countries are affected in a significant way in both how disputes are settled, as well as the balance between risk and safety reflected in how standards are set.  This paper examines the impact of drug residue standards on trade in beef and trade affect of setting harmonized international standards.  We find that if international standards set by Codex...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21971

Balancing Grower Protection Against Agency Concerns: An Economic Analysis of Contract Termination Damages
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fan,   Maoyong; Lee,   Myoungki; Wu,   Steven Y.
Using a dynamic principal-agent model, we analyze termination damages that protect growers from contract termination or non-renewal. We show that government imposed breach damages can be distortionary and may not necessarily lead to increased grower welfare.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20392

BALANCING POLICY FOR ENVIRONMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bromley,   Daniel W.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1991
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17473

BALANCING PRODUCTIVITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY INCENTIVE PROGRAM (EQIP)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Doering,   Otto C., III.
A concern with productivity has to be tempered with our history of declining real prices for agricultural commodities which signal to some degree a certain amount of excess capacity in agriculture in the United States.  Thus, environmental concerns today may logically outweigh productivity concerns.  Conservation Programs that preceded the present EQIP program, such as the ACP, often had a productivity component that also was designed to help redistribute income to farmers.  In terms of productivity, this may have been as direct as subsidizing the application of lime or the installation of drainage.  It may have been more indirect, such as improving damaged lands that could then be returned to production.  In any case, some portion of conservation programs...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20866

BALANCING SCIENCE AND RISK MANAGEMENT  (PowerPoint Presentation)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hueston,   William D.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32881

BALANCING THE FEDERAL BUDGET: ECONOMIC RATIONALE AND ISSUES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Miller,   Glenn H., Jr.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Public Economics.
Ano: 1986
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17557

BALANCING THE FEDERAL BUDGET: POLITICAL RATIONALE AND ISSUES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Slattery,   James.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Public Economics.
Ano: 1986
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17547

BALANCING THE RIGHT-TO-FARM WITH THE RIGHTS OF OTHERS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hipp,   Janie S.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17935

BALANÇO ECONÔMICO DA PRODUÇÃO DE MAMONA E BALANÇO ENERGÉTICO DA OBTENÇÃO DE BIODIESEL NO ESTADO DO CEARÁ
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Braga,   Francisco Laercio Pereira; Khan,   Ahmad Saeed; Mera,   Ruben Dario Mayorga.
Dada a necessidade de se conhecer melhor a viabilidade econômica e energética da mamona (Ricinus communis) para o Estado do Ceará, enquanto um dos maiores produtores de oleaginosas no Nordeste do Brasil, o presente trabalho foi desenvolvido com o objetivo de elaborar um balanço econômico e energético da produção de mamona para obtenção de biodiesel no Estado do Ceará. A pesquisa foi realizada nos Municípios de Boa Viagem, Tauá e Pedra Branca. Foram utilizados os dados primários recolhidos dos produtores em entrevistas diretas. Na análise da rentabilidade foram consideradas as receitas e os custos de produção por hectare nos municípios selecionados. Os principais resultados obtidos na pesquisa indicam que a produção de mamona cearense nos três municípios...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Mamona; Biodiesel; Balanço energético; Balanço econômico; Castor seed; Biodiesel; Economic feasibility; Energy balance; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109722

Banana Supply Chains in Indonesia and Australia: Surviving Isolation from End markets
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Singgih,   Shinta; Woods,   Elizabeth.
Two banana supply chains (BSC), one in Indonesia (BSC1) and one in Australia (BSC2), are described based on case study research conducted in 2002. BSC1 sources bananas from small farmers for distribution through traditional markets in Jakarta. BSC2 includes farmers supplying to both major and independent retailers in Sydney through a wholesale agency with some farmer ownership. Farmers in both chains live in relative isolation from the main markets for their bananas. Prices for their bananas depend on the market prices in the city, upon which they have little control. This paper focuses on how farmers removed from key markets, deal with buyers to receive fair prices. In both chains, most transactions between farmers and their buyers were completed through...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Farmers; Banana supply chain; Isolation; Trust.; Crop Production/Industries; Industrial Organization.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24336

Bank Failures In The Financial Crisis And Agricultural Banks
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nam,   Sangjeong; Paulson,   Nicholas D.; Ellinger,   Paul N.
Replaced with revised version of poster 6/30/11.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural Finance.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103967

Bank Restructuring and its Implication on Indonesian Macro Economy and Agricultural Sector
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Oktaviani,   Rina; Sugema,   Iman; Ratnawaty,   Anny.
The impacts of bank restructuring on the Indonesian macro economy, and its various sectors, especially the agricultural industries, are assessed and analyzed using an Indonesian Forecasting Model. The model is more detailed sector-wise than existing Indonesian CGE models and incorporates flexibility to capture alternative assumptions regarding land and investment behavior. The impacts are assessed under several alternative settings including various scenarios on capital augmenting technical change and rate of return to capital on all industries. The failure of bank restructuring will have a bad impact on the Indonesian macroeconomic performance. It will reduce the GDP from both income side and expenditure side. The impact become worst if it will reduce the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Bank restructuring; CGE; Agricultural and economic development; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58194

BANKING ON EXTINCTION: IVORY STORAGE AND ELEPHANT CONSERVATION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bulte,   Erwin H.; Horan,   Richard D.; Shogren,   Jason F.
Ivory poachers threaten the half million remaining African elephants.  In response, Kremer and Morcom (2000) offer a novel solution to reduce the risk of extinction -- a local government can stockpile ivory and threaten to dump it on the market if the elephant population falls too low lowering the expected returns from ivory sales and driving poachers out of business).  We show that ivory stockpiling could be detrimental to elephant conservation because large stocks create strong incentives for strategic extinction by African governments.  This result suggests an alternative strategy to enhance the viability of African elephant stocks -- international conservation organizations rather than governments should hold the stockpiles.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20505

Bankruptcy of a Supply Cooperative: The Case of Agway, Inc.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Anderson,   Bruce L.; Henehan,   Brian M.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54173

Bargaining and market power in a GIS-based hedonic pricing model of the agricultural land market
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cotteleer,   Geerte; Gardebroek,   Cornelis.
Agricultural land markets differ greatly from the textbook-case of perfect competition. This is why standard hedonic pricing techniques should be revised before applying this technique to this market. The objective of this paper is to determine (a) the deviation from the competitive market price of agricultural land in the Netherlands due to market power and the existence of an excess surplus and (b) the effect of bargaining power on the division of excess surplus between the eventual seller and the buyer in the market for agricultural land.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21255

Bargaining on Ecological Main Structures for Natural Pest Control: Modelling Land Use Regulations as Common Property Management
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nuppenau,   Ernst-August.
In this paper we argue that the loss of bio-diversity hould be of concern for farmers, though it seems to be of little or no concern to them at the moment. As diversity is a component of nature that controls the growth of pests, a loss of bio-diversity means increased exposure to pests, danger of crop failures and, in the long run, lower average yields and profits. So far farmers buy costly pesticides for compensating the reduction of bio-diversity. We argue that institutional problems are the reason why farmers are not concerned with bio-diversity, and show that under pure private property rights farmers have interest in pesticides and not in bio-diversity as a measure of crop protect because they have perhaps to devote land to the natural eco-system. In...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Common property management; Institution; Crop risk; Bio-diversity; Land Economics/Use; Q28.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25600

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

Barriers and Drivers of Innovation in Traditional Food Networks
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kuhne,   Bianka; Gellynck,   Xavier; Vermeire,   Bert; Molnar,   Adrienn.
In the European Union the awareness to retain cultural heritage within the different European regions is rising. An important element of the cultural heritage is the production of traditional food products. Few published studies are related to traditional food products and even less to innovation in this specific food sector. Taking into consideration the increasing demand for traditional food products and the importance of innovation to gain competitive advantage, there is a great need to carry out research in this field. In the frame of this research a traditional food network is understood as the network of traditional food firms, research centers and stakeholders of this sector. A traditional food firm (TFF) is comprehended as a manufacturer of...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6617

BARRIERS FOR DEVELOPMENT IN ZAMBIAN SMALL- AND MEDIUM-SIZE FARMS: EVIDENCE FROM MICRO-DATA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kimhi,   Ayal; Chiwele,   Dennis K.
The objective of this paper is to identify factors which limit the ability of Zambian farmers to increase Maize productivity and/or diversify their crop mix. Both may enable wealth accumulation, investments, and further expansion. Specifically, we link variations in agricultural decisions, practices, and outcomes, to variations in the tightness of the different constraints. We model crop production decisions as having recursive structure. Initially, farmers decide on land allocation among the different crops, based on their information set at planting time. Then, as new information (weather, market conditions) is revealed, farmers can change output by influencing the yield. This recursive structure enables to separate the effects of the constraints on the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Crop Diversification; Maize Productivity; Recursive Decisions; Two-stage Estimation; Censored Dependent Variables; Community/Rural/Urban Development; International Development; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; O1; Q1.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21877

Barriers to and Opportunities for Increasing Participation in Conservation Auctions
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Whitten,   Stuart M.; Reeson,   Andrew; Windle,   Jill; Rolfe,   John.
Participation is a relative concept. Too much implies high costs of administration and many losers in a competitive process. Too little implies relatively few gains from trade are accessed. Thus the aim is to optimise rather than maximise participation. In this paper we outline some rules of thumb for setting participation targets and develop a framework for identifying barriers to achieving targets. We use the framework to evaluate six case study tenders covering a variety of land management objectives. These case studies provided pragmatic on-ground lessons in managing participation in real tender applications and resulted in several further lessons for participation management in tender design.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy; Industrial Organization; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/5973

BARRIERS TO EFFICIENCY AND THE PRIVATIZATION OF TOWNSHIP-VILLAGE ENTERPRISES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fang,   Xiangming; Smith,   Rodney B.W.
This paper uses Nerlovian type measures to compare the economic performance of private enterprises and Township-Village enterprises during the pre-1994 and post-1994 years, and introduces decomposition measures to help explain their relative performances.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19744

Barriers to the Export of Greek Wine
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Papalexiou,   Christos.
Although Greek wine is a high quality product, it is not well known in the international marketplace and it has not a recognised brand name. The aim of the current research is to examine the barriers to the export of Greek wine. In-depth Personal interviews were undertaken with producers, managers and people involved in the Greek wine industry. Participants provided information about the current situation and their projections about future. This research is based on qualitative methods. According to the results of the research the barriers could be separated into three basic categories, logistic and financial barriers, marketing and promotion barriers and policy barriers. This research offers Greek wine export managers and people involved in wine industry...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Greek wine; Marketing; Barriers; Exports; Agricultural and Food Policy; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58109

BASELINE PROJECTIONS: GLOBAL FOOD MARKETS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rosegrant,   Mark W.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33422

Basin Electric Power Cooperative (PowerPoint)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rebenitsch,   Ron.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44533

Basis Convergence in Cattle Contracts Before and After Changes to  Delivery Specifications
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Schmitz,   John D.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/35885

Basis Risk and Weather Hedging Effectiveness
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Woodard,   Joshua D.; Garcia,   Philip.
Basis risk has been cited as a primary concern for implementing weather hedges. This study investigates several dimensions of weather basis risk for the U.S. corn market at various levels of aggregation. The results suggest that while the degree of geographic basis risk may be significant in some instances, it should not preclude the use of geographic cross-hedging. In addition, the degree to which geographic basis risk impedes effective hedging diminishes as the level of spatial aggregation increases. In fact, geographic basis risk is actually negative in the case most representative of a reinsurance hedge, and the reduction in risk from employing straightforward temperature derivatives is significant. Finally, precipitation hedges are found to introduce...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Weather Derivatives; Basis Risk; Spatial Aggregation; Insurance; Hedging Effectiveness; Agricultural Finance; Marketing; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9254

BASIS RISK FOR RICE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lord,   Yoshie Saito; Turner,   Steven C.
The objective of this paper is to develop a cross hedging model for rice that minimizes basis risk and accounts for the existence of the nonstationary nature of basis.  Basis is treated as an endogenous variable and model for basis risk are developed.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Financial Economics; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20886

BASIS VARIABILITY ON THE FEEDER CATTLE CONTRACT VERSUS THE FAILED STOCKER CONTRACT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Perversi,   Sebastian; Feuz,   Dillon M.; Umberger,   Wendy J.
Basis variability is compared across markets, over time, between stocker and feeder cattle and the impact of market volume is determined.  Variability was significantly greater with the Stocker contract.  Volume varied seasonally by market.  Increased market volume significantly reduced basis variability.  Increased variability in market volume significantly increased basis variability.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/36592

Basis Volatilities of Corn and Soybean in Spatially Separated Markets: The Effect of Ethanol Demand
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bekkerman,   Anton; Pelletier,   Denis.
The 2006 spike in corn-based ethanol demand has contributed to the increase in basis volatility in corn and soybean markets across the United States, which has, to a significant degree, led to the observed large jumps in the prices of the two commodities. Despite the overall rise in basis volatility, there remain differences in the degree of volatility that exists across spatially separated markets, which might be caused by factors such as transportation costs, seasonality, and time-to-delivery. The focus of this study is threefold first, this work models basis data for six corn and soybean markets by using a multivariate GARCH model that incorporates the spatial linkages of these markets; next, the model is used to investigate whether the increase in...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Basis; Spatially separated markets; Multivariate GARCH; Volatility; Agricultural Finance; Demand and Price Analysis; Q11; Q14; G13.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49281

Bayes Estimates of Time to Organic Certification
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hattam,   Caroline; Holloway,   Garth J.
The adoption of organic production has increased dramatically over recent years, especially in less developed countries. However, little information is available about who adopts, the difficulties they face in converting and how these factors vary over time. Using small-scale avocado producers (&lt;15ha) from Michoacán, Mexico as a case study, this paper explores the factors affecting the time-to-adoption of organic production and certification, drawing from five parametric descriptions of the data. These models are implemented using a Bayesian approach and advances in Markov chain Monte Carlo methods. The results indicate that additional sources of income, together with membership of producers’ associations, higher levels of education and experience of...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries; Farm Management.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7979

Bayesian Analysis of Consumer Choices with Taste, Context, Reference Point and Individual Scale Effects
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hu,   Wuyang; Adamowicz,   Wiktor L.; Veeman,   Michele M.
This paper adopts an approach based on the concepts of random utility maximization and builds on the general theoretical framework of Lancaster and on the conceptual and econometric innovations of McFadden.  Recent research in this area explores models that account for context effects, as well as methods for characterizing heterogeneity, response variability and decision strategy selection by consumers.  This makes it possible to construct much richer empirical models of individual consumer behavior.  A Bayesian approach provides a useful way to estimate and interpret models that are difficult to accomplish by conventional maximization/minimization algorithms.  The application reported in the paper involves analysis of reference dependence and product...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Consumer/Household Economics.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19296

Bayesian and Frequentist Approaches to Hedonic Modeling in a Geo-Statistical Framework
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ghosh,   Gaurav S.; Carriazo,   Fernando.
We compare Least Squares, Maximum Likelihood and Bayesian approaches to estimation in a Hedonic context.  The approaches are compared from theoretical and practical perspectives and from the viewpoint of a policy maker or urban planner.  The approaches are applied to data on the property market in Bogota, Colombia.  We find that no approach is unambiguously better than the others and recommend that choice of estimation technique should be predicated upon the characteristics of the policy problem at hand.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9916

Bayesian Bioeconomics of Marine Reserves
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Smith,   Martin D.; Zhang,   Junjie; Coleman,   Felicia C.
We use Bayesian econometric methods to estimate dynamic bioeconomic models of marine reserve formation using simulated data and real data from the Gulf of Mexico reef fish fishery. We test the effects of reserves on fish growth and catchability.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19409

Bayesian Estimation of a Censored AIDS Model for Whole Grain Products
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ishdorj,   Ariun; Jensen,   Helen H.
When using household-level data in examining consumer's demand it is common to find that consumers purchase only a subset of the available goods, setting the demand for the remaining goods to zero. Ignoring such censoring of the dependent variables in the estimation can lead to biased parameter estimates. In this paper we investigate the household's demand for six types of whole grain and non-whole grain breakfast cereals and products using a censored Almost Ideal Demand System (AIDS) and estimate the parameters of the demand system via Bayesian methods. Using 2006 ACNielsen Homescan data we find that demand for whole grain and non-whole grain ready-to-eat cereals is less responsive to changes in prices; demand for whole-grain bars and non-whole grain hot...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: AIDS model; Bayesian econometrics; Censored; Cereals; Whole grains; Demand and Price Analysis; C11; C34; D12.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6075

Bayesian estimation of non-stationary Markov models combining micro and macro data
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Storm,   Hugo; Heckelei,   Thomas.
In this poster a Bayesian estimation framework for a non-stationary Markov model is developed for situations where sample data with observed transition between classes (micro data) and aggregate population shares (macro data) are available. Posterior distributions on transition probabilities are derived based on a micro based prior and a macro based Likelihood function thereby consistently combining previously separated approaches. Monte Carlo simulations for ordered and unordered Markov states show how observed micro transitions improve precision of posterior knowledge as the sample size increases.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Bayesian estimation; Markov transitions; Prior information; Multinomial logit; Ordered multinomial logit; Agricultural and Food Policy; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103645

Bayesian Estimation of The Impacts of Food Safety Information on Household Demand for Meat and Poultry
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Taylor,   Mykel R.; Phaneuf,   Daniel J.
Consumer reaction to changes in the amount of food safety information on beef, pork, and poultry available in the media is the focus of this study. Specifically, any differences in consumer reactions due to heterogeneous household characteristics are investigated. The data used in this study are monthly data from the Nielsen Homescan panel and cover the time period January 1998 to December 2005. These panel data contain information on household purchases of fresh meat and poultry as well as demographic characteristics of the participating households. The data used to describe food safety information were obtained from searches of newspapers using the Lexis-Nexis academic search engine. Consumer reactions are modeled in this study using a demand system that...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Food safety; Panel data; Gibbs sampler; Component error; Agricultural and Food Policy; Consumer/Household Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49214

Bayesian Inferences on Fourier Flexible Functional Form in Agricultural Production
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Featherstone,   Allen M.; Cader,   Hanas A.
Flexible functional forms are used to examine the characteristics of production technologies.  The Fourier functional form is capable of approximating any function globally, with the specified expansion. Unfortunately the exact form of the expansion is not known. The regularity conditions are likely to be violated without the exact form of expansion. In this paper we use a Bayesian approach to impose regularity conditions locally on a Fourier flexible functional from using agricultural production data.  Monotonicity, concavity, convexity and elasticities are compared.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Cost function; Flexible functional form; Fourier series; Markov Chain Monte Carlo; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19228

Bayesian networks as a tool to assess the multiple effects of agricultural policies in rural areas
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Raggi,   Meri; Sardonini,   Laura; Viaggi,   Davide.
Many economic analysis tools are used to evaluate the effects of policies on rural development. However, a number of unexplored options are still available from the literature about policy analysis and biophysical systems representations. A particularly important need concerns the representation of the complexity of rural systems either in a static or dynamic framework In this paper we use Bayesian networks, to the best knowledge of the authors, basically ignored by the literature on rural development.  The objective of this paper is to discuss the potential use of Bayesian Networks tools to represent the impact of the Common Agricultural Policies in rural areas.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Bayesian Networks (BNs); Farm-household; Exit; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Q1; Q18.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94911

Beef Cattle Production and Management Practices and Implications for Educators
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Vestal,   Mallory K.; Ward,   Clement E.; Doye,   Damona G.; Lalman,   David L.
Beef producers need to continually incorporate new information and adopt new technology to effectively manage production costs.  Oklahoma State University began a Master Cattleman program with this need in mind.  Understanding technology adoption by producers requires identifying current management practices.  Data from a survey developed as part of the Master Cattleman program document current practices.  Management practices were examined for two groups; producers with smaller herds who are less dependent on the beef enterprise for family income, and producers with larger herds who are more dependent on beef.  Results clearly show that size and dependence on the beef enterprise matters when considering a broad spectrum of beef management practices.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21426

Beef Cow-Calf Producer Participation in the National Animal Identification System
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: McBride,   William D.; Mathews,   Kenneth H., Jr.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Farm Management; Livestock Production/Industries; Production Economics.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/60977

BEEF PACKING AND ANTITRUST: A CASE STUDY IN PUBLIC POLICY EDUCATION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lambert,   Charles D.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1990
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17122

BEEF PACKING INDUSTRY STRUCTURE AND ORGANIZATION (PowerPoint Presentation)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hayenga,   Marvin L.
PowerPoint presentation
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Industrial Organization; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32999

BEEF PRODUCER CHOICE IN CATTLE MARKETING
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gillespie,   Jeffrey M.; Basarir,   Aydin; Schupp,   Alvin R.
In addition to the conventional auction method of cattle marketing, alternative marketing arrangements include sale by private treaty, video auction, retained ownership, and use of strategic alliances.  This study examines use of alternative marketing arrangements and types of producers using each.  Thirty-nine percent of producers used alternative arrangements.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Marketing.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/34792

BEEF PRODUCER PREFERENCES AND PURCHASE DECISIONS FOR LIVESTOCK REVENUE INSURANCE PRODUCTS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fields,   Deacue; Gillespie,   Jeffrey M.
Personal interviews were conducted with 52 beef cattle producers in Louisiana to determine their preferences and purchase decisions for livestock revenue insurance. Conjoint analysis was utilized to determine the importance of selected attributes of insurance policies for these producers.  The characteristics of producers who prefer given attributes were also identified. Producers rated products given four economic situations to evaluate. A two-limit tobit model was used to estimate the part worth utility values for each attribute. Univariate probit models were estimated to evaluate the influence of producer characteristics on purchase decisions.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/35089

Beef Reproductive Technology Adoption- Impact of Production Risk and Capitals
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rees,   Lisa; Parcell,   Joseph L.; Patterson,   David J.; Smith,   Michael F.; Poock,   Scott.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agriculture; Beef; Artificial insemination; Estrus synchronization; Social capital; Production risk; Technology adoption; Farm Management.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56492

Beggar-Thy-Self Advertising: A Multi-Market Model of Generic Promotion for Dairy Products
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Balagtas,   Joseph Valdes; Kim,   Sounghun.
We develop a multi-market equilibrium displacement model that allows for demand linkages (substitutes or complements) across downstream product markets, and supply linkages through the common use of a raw commodity as the key input.  Applying the model to the dairy sector, we find that the effectiveness of producer-funded advertising, and thus optimal advertising intensities, depends on the demand relationships across dairy product markets (cross-price and cross-advertising elasticities), as well as the re-allocation of raw milk towards the advertised market.  We argue that the previous literature, which ignores the horizontal linkages highlighted here, tends to overstate the effectiveness of generic commodity promotion for dairy, and thus results in too...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Marketing.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19303

Beginning Farmers (PowerPoint)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Harris,   Virginia.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Farm Management.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/90756

Behavior of subsistence producers in response to technological change- The elasticity of cassava production and home consumption in Benin
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Takeshima,   Hiroyuki.
The welfare effects of GM (genetic modification)-led productivity growth for cassava producers are partly affected by the characteristics of individual cassava producing households. Those household characteristics include the elasticity of production and home consumption of cassava. Some studies assume the inelastic home consumption when conducting ex-ante welfare effects analysis for subsistence crops. This study modifies the estimation methods used in the past literature to estimate both elasticities using the dataset from Benin. Several assumptions are also tested regarding the heterogeneity of cassava producers. On estimation of elasticities, the paper tests the hypothesis that on-farm sellers are characteristically different from off-farm sellers by...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Cassava; Subsistence; Double-hurdle; Non-nested test; Crop Production/Industries; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Q11; Q12.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6108

Behavioral and Economic Reasons for Homeowners’ Reticence to Install Alternative Solar Energy Systems
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Coman,   Maria; Gordon,   Jacqueline; Miller,   Katheryn.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Institutional and Behavioral Economics.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61858

Behavioral and Welfare Effects of Tournaments and Fixed Performance Standard Contracts with Heterogeneous Agents: Some Experimental Evidence
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wu,   Steven Y.; Nazaryan,   Natalie; Roe,   Brian E.; Sporleder,   Thomas L.
Experimental economics is used to compare tournaments (T) and fixed performance contracts (F) when agents have heterogeneous costs.  Our primary findings were: (1) There is no statistical difference in average pooled effort (effort by high ability and low ability subjects are pooled together to get an aggregate average) under T and F contracts, (2) on average, effort exerted by high ability agents is considerably higher than effort exerted by low ability agents under both types of contracts, (3) average pooled payoff for the subjects is affected by the type of contract used.  Statistical analysis of the results revealed that high ability subjects generally benefit from tournaments whereas low ability agents are harmed by tournaments.  Only in the case...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20103

BEHAVIORAL IMPLICATIONS OF COUNTER-CYCLICAL PAYMENTS AND BASE ACREAGE UPDATING UNDER THE 2002 FARM ACT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Shogren,   Jason F.; Dohlman,   Erik; Chambers,   William.
The introduction of counter-cyclical payments (CCPs) and a base acreage updating option under the 2002 Farm Act have potential supply response implications. To gain insight into the economic incentives and efficiency implications of these provisions, this paper presents the design of a 3-stage experimental market used to gauge the actual response of economic agents under conditions simulating those faced by U.S. farmers. When completed, the results of the experiment will be used to assess the impact of the CCP system and of policy uncertainty regarding future base-updating options, relative to a market revenue-only baseline.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21937

Behaviour of Fruit and Vegetable Buyers on the City Markets in Croatia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kovacic,   Damir; Radman,   Marija; Kolega,   Ante.
Better knowledge of the consumer is the presumption for preparing the efficacious selling concept. Our research is limited on the preferences, requests, habits and attitudes of the consumers which are buying fruit and vegetable on the city markets in Croatia. The main goal of this research is identification and description of the different market segments based on the relevant buying characteristics of the consumers, that is their psychological, geographic and socio-demographic characteristics. The result of this research will be used as basis for the target marketing. We used mail survey method with structured questionnaire in this research. The survey was made in June 2000 on the random sample of 1000 buyers on the city markets in Zagreb, Rijeka, Split...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Croatia; City markets; Fruit and vegetable; Consumer segmentation; Target marketing; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Marketing.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6963

Behind the Trends: Long-Run Shapers of the Dairy Industry (Power Point Presentation)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Miller,   James J.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33295

Below Cost Legislation – Did it matter and would it really matter today?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Collins,   Alan Michael.
This paper traces the emergence, evolution, and demise of below cost legislation in the grocery industry in Ireland. The paper explores retail buyers’ views of the Grocery Order (1987) and the effect, if any, it had on grocery buyer behaviour, competition among retailers, and vertical competition along the food chain until it was repealed in 2006. It addresses the matter of buyers’ likely response to the Order, had it remained in effect, in the current depressed market environment. Views of independent retailers are also provided on the Order. The paper finds that grocery buyer behaviour was determined by the buoyant consumer market and that the Groceries Order acted to depress competitive forces and direct supplier-buyer negotiations to off-invoice...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Below cost legislation; Grocery Buyer Behaviour; Political Economy.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57999

Benchmarking International Food Safety Performance in the Fresh Produce Sector
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Garcia Martinez,   Marian; Poole,   Nigel D.; Briz,   Julian; de Felipe,   Isabel; Yalcin,   Ismet; Koc,   A. Ali; Messaho,   Driss.
The objective of this paper is to assess food systems performance in Mediterranean countries to deliver safe food (fresh produce), and to demonstrate the capacity to the satisfaction of private customers and public regulators. To that end, an international benchmarking exercise was developed to assess the quality performance gap in food standards across countries and food systems. The study was carried out in three Mediterranean countries: Spain, Morocco and Turkey and involved an audit of the citrus and tomatoes supply chains, and a comparison with existing "best practice" in infrastructure and management practices at both firm and industry level. The aim was to identify the gaps between fresh produce exporters and a best practice company. To that end,...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Benchmarking; Performance; Quality and safety; Fresh produce; Mediterranean countries; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24998

BENEFICIAMENTO DE SEMENTES DE SOJA NO MATO GROSSO: UM ESTUDO DE VIABILIDADE FINANCEIRA E DE RISCOS ASSOCIADOS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lazzarotto,   Joelsio Jose; Reis,   Bricio dos Santos.
A utilização de sementes de alta qualidade é fundamental para que os sistemas de produção de soja apresentem adequados resultados técnicos e econômicos. No entanto, para que esses insumos sejam ofertados com alta qualidade, em geral, são necessários expressivos investimentos. Assim, buscou-se verificar se a implantação de uma unidade de beneficiamento de sementes (UBS) de soja no Estado do Mato Grosso constitui, no longo prazo, alternativa financeiramente viável. Para tanto, com base em um horizonte de planejamento de 10 anos de operação da UBS, com capacidade instalada anual de 500 mil sacas de sementes, foram elaborados os fluxos de caixa e calculados alguns indicadores financeiros (sob condições determinísticas e de riscos), como o valor presente...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Avaliação de projetos; Investimento; Probabilidades; Risco; Project evaluation; Investment; Probabilities; Risk; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103147

Benefício previdenciário rural por idade no município de Santo Antônio do Sudoeste: contraposição das abordagens tradicional e das capacitações
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Batista,   Angelita Pereira; Iser,   Luciana.
A partir da análise do papel dos benefícios de aposentadoria rurais, retroativo e mensal, no município de Santo Antonio do Sudoeste, constatou-se que o benefício mensal é uma fonte de renda para suprir necessidades básicas de consumo. As famílias dos segurados são mais “pobres” em termos de privações de capacidades (abordagem das capacitações) do que em termos de renda (abordagem tradicional). Privações como baixo nível de escolaridade, de acesso a informações, e problemas de saúde os impedem de realizar atividades que possibilitem condições diferenciadas das vividas atualmente, ou seja, dificultam a participação efetiva na comunidade (integração social, política e econômica).----------------------From the analysis of the role of rural retirement benefits,...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Previdência rural; Agricultura familiar; Capacitações; Renda; Rural security; Family agriculture; Capabilities; Income; Consumer/Household Economics.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/108190

BENEFIT CAPTURE: EVIDENCE FROM A RIVER CORRIDOR BENEFIT COST EVALUATION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hitzhusen,   Frederick J.; Ayalasomayajula,   Radha; Lowder,   Sarah K.
The concept of and evidence for benefit capture are explored in a benefit cost analysis of selected water quality and infrastructure improvements in the Muskingum River corridor of South Eastern Ohio. Property tax revenues and CVM bid functions are estimated and implications for benefit capture and further research are developed.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20688

Benefit Cost Analysis of RD&amp;E in Action
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wilson,   Trevor; Chudleigh,   Fred; Carrigan,   Gretchen.
Since 2004, the Queensland Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries has embarked on a rigorous evaluation of its R&amp;D Programs, with Benefit Cost Analysis being a cornerstone of this work. The analyses conducted to date have proved to be powerful tools in internal resource re-allocation. However, the process used has been time consuming, partly because there needs to be adequate time allowed for consultation both with scientists and with senior staff. Experience has highlighted the need for strong organisational support to the analysts carrying out the work.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Benefit Cost Analysis; Management; Research and development; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47639

BENEFIT COST ANALYSIS OF THE 2002 EQIP FARM BILL PROVISIONS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Atwood,   Jay D.; Knight,   Lynn; Cattaneo,   Andrea; Smith,   Peter F.
Benefit and cost estimates for the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) are given.  The 2002 Farm Bill increased EQIP funding five fold and allows a broader scope of participation.  Estimates for seven classes of environmental benefits and the sensitivity of those estimates to program implementation alternatives are included.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21992

Benefit Estimation of Water Quality Improvements in Bagmati River Using Choice Modeling
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Katuwal,   Hari; Bohara,   Alok K.; Thacher,   Jennifer A.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61775

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

Benefit Transfer: Choice Experiment Results
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kerr,   Geoffrey N.; Sharp,   Basil M.H.
Benefit transfer entails using estimates of non-market values derived at one site as approximations to benefits at other sites. The method finds favour because it can be applied quickly and cheaply, however the validity of benefit transfer is frequently questioned. Published studies generally indicate that errors from the approach can be extremely large and could result in significant resource misallocations. Assessing the validity of benefit transfer is complicated by differences in the nature of study and policy sites, the changes being valued, valuation methods, time of study, availability of substitutes and complements, and demographic, social and cultural differences. A choice experiment was used to evaluate the transferability of benefit estimates...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Choice model; Choice experiment; Benefit transfer; Mitigation; Agricultural and Food Policy; Environmental Economics and Policy; Financial Economics; Land Economics/Use; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97774

Benefit-Cost Analysis and Socio-Economic Considerations of Trypanosomiasis Control and Treatment in Northern Ghana
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wahab,   S.; Asuming-Brempong,   Samuel.
The paper estimates the cost of tsetse control and treatment of trypanosomiasis and the benefits involved, using benefit-cost analysis. It also estimates the extent to which socio-economic characteristics of farmers affect the use of tsetse control techniques, using a maximum Likelihood-Binary Logit model. The results show that farmers will benefit if they invest in control and treatment of the disease. We find that the farmer accepting the challenge that the tsetse fly is a threat to cattle production, the number of dependants the farmer has, and the farmer agreeing that the bite of the tsetse fly causes the nagana disease are significant factors that affect adoption of control practices including the use of prescribed drugs. Our findings suggest that...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; Financial Economics; Food Security and Poverty; International Relations/Trade; Land Economics/Use; Livestock Production/Industries; Production Economics; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52878

BENEFIT-COST ANALYSIS IN U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATORY DECISIONS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Easter,   K. William; Archibald,   Sandra O.
As the number and cost of environmental regulations have increased over the last thirty years, the regulated community, taxpayers, and policy makers have begun to demand that the benefits of regulations justify their costs.  The use of benefit-cost analysis as an integral part of developing new regulations is increasing and the demands and expectations being placed on the method have expanded. Although benefit-cost analysis is expected to play an even greater role in environmental decision making in the years ahead, questions remain concerning whether benefit-cost analysis can meet these expectations. This paper explores the role of benefit-cost analysis in US public investment and environmental decision making and examines how benefit-cost methods are...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14475

Benefit-Cost Analysis of Area Wide Management (AWM) of Fruit Flies in the Central Burnett District of Queensland
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Franco-Dixon,   Mary Ann; Chambers,   Sarah.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53390

Benefit-Cost Assessment of Different Homestead Vegetable Gardening on Improving Household Food and Nutrition Security in Rural Bangladesh
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Asaduzzaman,   Md; Naseem,   Anwar; Singla,   Rohit.
Homestead vegetable gardening can play a significant role in improving food security for the resource poor rural households in developing country like Bangladesh. The present study quantifies costs/benefits of traditional and developed homestead vegetable production systems, and analyzes the underlying factors contributing to food security. The result suggests that developed gardening has better performances in terms of calorie intake and economic performances over traditional but the optimal calorie intake with least-cost technology could be a feasible livelihood strategy for resource poor people. The result also suggests that education, sex, and garden area have significant effect on food security. The occupation and family size are also positively...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Security and Poverty.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/104525

Benefits of Animal Agriculture to Rural America (Power Point Presentation)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Maschhoff,   Julie.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33279

BENEFITS OF CONTROLLING SALINE WATER IN COLORADO
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ellingson,   Lindsey; Houk,   Eric E.; Schuck,   Eric C.; Frasier,   W. Marshall.
The Arkansas River in Colorado is confronted with a salinity issue; the majority of this salinity problem is due to agricultural runoff caused by irrigation.  Reducing applications of irrigation water through adoption of more technically efficient irrigation systems is one means of improving water quality in the Arkansas River basin.  This research uses positive mathematical programming to model the cropping practices of the farms along the Arkansas River.  It examines the affect of acreage and profit levels of these farms given the choice of changing their irrigation technologies.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/36280

BENEFITS OF REDUCING DOMESTIC WELL NITRATE CONTAMINATION FROM CONCENTRATED ANIMAL FEEDING OPERATIONS: A NATIONAL MODEL OF GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lazo,   Jeffrey K.; Waldman,   Donald M.; Ottem,   Thomas D.; Wheeler,   William J.
This paper presents an analysis of benefits to private drinking water well users from regulatory changes for concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs). Combining a statistical model of groundwater quality with benefit estimates based on values available from the literature, we develop aggregate national benefit estimates for reduced well water contamination from changes in CAFO regulations. The statistical model is developed to explore truncation and selection issues. We conduct a sensitivity analysis of aggregate benefit estimates to model estimation and benefits transfer values.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22143

Benefits to Regional Pest Management: Estimating the Spatial Externalities of Conventional Pesticide Use On Beneficial Insects in the California Citrus Industry
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Grogan,   Kelly A.
Replaced with revised version of paper 08/06/10.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Pesticide choice; Spatial externalities; Spatial econometrics; Agricultural and Food Policy; Crop Production/Industries; Production Economics; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61254

Bennet-Bowley Measure for Productivity Analysis of Georgia Agriculture
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Flanders,   Archie; White,   Fred C.; McKissick,   John C.
Georgia agricultural production continues on an increasing trend and reached a historical high in 2006. Increases in output have been accompanied by relatively lower levels of input increases. The Tornqvist productivity index indicates an average annual productivity increase of 3.0% during 1960-2006. Productivity increases explain how the Georgia agricultural economy is expanding during a period when farm acreage and the number of farms are declining. An alternative to the Tornqvist productivity index is the Bennet-Bowley productivity indicator. A feature of the Bennet-Bowley indicator is that it is a component of normalized profit change. Profit change can be decomposed into a price change component, as well as a productivity component. Declining output...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Productivity Analysis.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6110

Bernoulli Regression Models: Re-examining Statistical Models with Binary Dependent Variables
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bergtold,   Jason S.; Spanos,   Aris.
The classical approach for specifying statistical models with binary dependent variables in econometrics using latent variables or threshold models can leave the model misspecified, resulting in biased and inconsistent estimates as well as erroneous inferences. Furthermore, methods for trying to alleviate such problems, such as univariate generalized linear models, have not provided an adequate alternative for ensuring the statistical adequacy of such models. The purpose of this paper is to re-examine the underlying probabilistic foundations of statistical models with binary dependent variables using the probabilistic reduction approach to provide an alternative approach for model specification. This re-examination leads to the development of the Bernoulli...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Bernoulli Regression Model; Logistic regression; Generalized linear models; Discrete choice; Probabilistic reduction approach; Model specification; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19282

Best Management Practices: How Economical is it in Southern Agricultural Systems?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Matekole,   Augustus N.; Westra,   John V.; Appelboom,   Timothy W.
Conventional drainage systems tend to aggravate runoff and nutrient leaching problems on farms especially during the off-season. This study uses a biophysical economic model to identify, evaluate and determine multifunctional benefits of implementing and establishing nitrogen rate fertilizer application and conservation tillage practices as best management practices (BMPs) in the lower Mississippi River Basin (MRB). Simulation results showed that agricultural producers generally preferred no tillage to conventional tillage in reducing nutrient runoffs from fields because of higher net revenue per acre. Finally, given nitrogen runoff restrictions, farmers reduced crop acreage and nitrogen fertilizer application rates to help minimize losses.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Biopysical economic model; Tillage practices; Nitrogen fertilizer application rates; MRB; Agricultural and Food Policy; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/46757

Best Response to GMOs in Developing Countries
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Luc,   Veyssiere.
This article examines the dilemma of a large exporting Country for an agricultural product having to determine its domestic agricultural policy as well as its level of IPRs enforcement. The analysis explicitly considers the possibility of two frauds by farmers: mislabeling of GM products as conventional and smuggling of illegal GM seeds. In doing so this paper makes two points: the approval decision of the products of the biotechnology is speci…c to the labeling regime and a large country has always an incentive to enforce its IPR regime.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21075

Bestimmung der Determinanten der Rapspreisentwicklung in der Hochpreisphase auf Basis von Markovzeitreihenmodellen
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Busse,   Stefan; Brümmer,   Bernhard.
Der Einfluss der Entwicklungen auf verschiedenen Agrarmärkten auf den deutschen Rapsmarkt wird im vorliegenden Beitrag anhand von multivariaten Zeitreihenmodellen für die Produktpreise untersucht. Da sich in Hochpreisphasen die Preisanpassungsprozesse möglicherweise im Vergleich zu Phasen niedriger Preise ändern, wird auf ein nichtlineares Vektor-Fehlerkorrektur-Modell (VFKM) zurückgegriffen, das regimeabhängige Anpassungen zulässt. Die Spezifikation des Modells als Markovsprung-VFKM (MS-VFKM) erweist sich hier als vorteilhaft, da es keiner a priori Regimespezifizierung und -abgrenzung bedarf. Die Analyse zeigt, dass in den Jahren 2007/08 signifikante Änderungen in den Anpassungsprozessen der Rapspreise im Verhältnis zu anderen Agrargütern auftraten, wobei...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Markovsprung-Vektor-Fehlerkorrektur-Modell; Regimeabhängiges Verhalten; Rapsmarkt; Hochpreisphase; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53271

Better Management of Wool Business and Native Biodiversity
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Moll,   Jim; Crosthwaite,   Jim; Dorrough,   Josh.
Better ways of managing native biodiversity and farm business are examined on selected wool properties across the Central Victoria region in Australia, using the Ararat Hills as a case study. Future management options are being developed in close collaboration with each producer in order to enhance native biodiversity while maintaining or improving farm profitability. Detailed vegetation surveys have been carried out on each property, and a set of management options developed that are consistent with regional conservation priorities. The options involve various levels of capital expenditure and outlay of time and resources. The challenge of the project is to come up with solutions that help offset this outlay of resources and minimise the costs involved....
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24370

Better Technology, Better Plots or Better Farmers? Identifying Changes in Productivity and Risk Among Malagasy Rice Farmers
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Barrett,   Christopher B.; Moser,   Christine M.
In assessing the productivity gains of a new technology, it is often difficult to determine the extent to which observed output gains are due to the technology itself, rather than to the skill of the farmer or the quality of the plot on which the new technology is tried.  This problem of attribution is especially important when technologies are not embodied in purchased inputs such as seed or machinery but result instead from changed farmer cultivation practices.  Using data based on observations of farmers in Madagascar who simultaneously practice both a newly introduced and traditional rice production methods, we introduce a method for properly attributing observed productivity and risk changes among new production methods, farmers and plots by...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Productivity Analysis.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22251

Between markets and policy: farm household's reaction to decoupling
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gomez y Paloma,   Sergio; Raggi,   Meri; Viaggi,   Davide.
The main objective of this paper is to evaluate ex post the effects of 2003 decoupling, with a specific focus on farm investment behaviour. In the past years a number of studies have addressed the issue of the impact of EU policy reforms. However, long term effects of policy changes and related impacts on structural and investment behaviour received relatively little attention in modelling exercises concerning CAP reform up to now. This study is based on a survey about 250 farm households in Italy, Germany, Poland, Spain, Greece, The Netherlands, France and Hungary. In the majority of cases, farmers stated they were indifferent to decoupling. Where any change occurred, the impact of decoupling was highly differentiated. Differences in reaction are better...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Investment; Common Agricultural policy; Public payments; Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44019

Beverage Front of Package Nutrition Labels and Consumer Perception of Nutrition Information
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: House,   Lisa; Kim,   Hyeyoung; Gao,   Zhifeng; Rampersaud,   Gail S.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109190

BEYOND ANTITRUST-THE CASE FOR CHANGE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Carstensen,   Peter C.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Industrial Organization.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33415

Beyond Corn and Soybeans: Cellulose Feedstocks (PowerPoint)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Walsh,   Marie E.; English,   Burton C.; Torre Ugarte,   Daniel de la; Hellwinckel,   Chad M.; Menard,   R. Jamey; Jensen,   Kimberly L.; Nelson,   Richard G.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37457

Beyond Credence:  Emerging Consumer Trends in International Market
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cuthbertson,   Bron; Marks,   Nicki.
This paper presents the findings of research on emerging global trends in consumer food preferences with credence attributes. Credence qualities cannot be evaluated in normal use. Instead the assessment of their value requires information sought through the search and experience of a product (Darbi &amp; Karni, 1973). Key trends identified were Health and wellness foods, environmentally sustainable and ethical food production. Key drivers for these trends are corporate social responsibility, media, obesity, technology, an aging population and consumers' environmental attitudes. Conditions to operate in this market are traceability, food safety, trust, accreditation, labeling and branding.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; International Relations/Trade; Marketing.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/5980

Beyond Economic Instruments - Social Capital, Governance and Rural Institutional Innovation
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Murray,   Catherine.
Economic instruments, or market based instruments try to bring market advantages to social dilemma situations, where private actions do not lead to socially optimal outcomes. Economic instruments try to redress such market failure. They try to create incentives for firms and individuals to act in the public interest. Such situations can be regarded as ‘social dilemma’. An alternative mechanism to solve social dilemma is to use cooperation amongst individuals, by facilitating and utilising social capital. The use of social capital is remains largely underexplored as a policy option, although this trend is changing, most notably in European rural development. Using evidence from research conducted on agricultural and rural institutions in central and Eastern...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Social capital; Institutions; Governance; Central and eastern Europe; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Political Economy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/96662

BEYOND MOBILITY: THE ROLE OF FUZZY ACCESS RIGHTS AND COMMON PROPERTY CONSIDERATIONS IN SEMI-ARID AFRICAN PASTORALIST SYSTEMS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Goodhue,   Rachael E.; McCarthy,   Nancy.
We model the ill-defined nature of grazing access using fuzzy set theory.  We also model common property considerations.  Within this framework, we examine when the traditional system results in higher returns and/or lower variance for herders than land privatization or a standard common property regime.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Land Economics/Use; Livestock Production/Industries; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20801

Beyond Optimal Linear Tax Mechanisms: An Experimental Examination of Damage-Based Ambient Taxes for Nonpoint Polluters
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Suter,   Jordan F.; Poe,   Gregory L.; Vossler,   Christian A.
The regulation of nonpoint source water pollution from agriculture is a complex problem characterized by a multiplicity of polluters, informational asymmetries, complex fate and transport processes, and stochastic environmental factors.  Taken together, these characteristics make regulatory policy based on individual firm emissions prohibitively costly.  To circumvent this issue, economists, beginning with the seminal work of Segerson (1988), have devised economic incentive instruments that assign liabilities based on deviations between the observed ambient water quality level and a specified pollution threshold (Xepapadeas 1991; Horan, Shortle and Abler 1998, 2002; Hansen 1998, 2002).     In the special case of a linear damage function, the regulator can...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19411

Beyond Organic: An Overview of Biodynamic Agriculture with Case Examples
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Phillips,   Jon C.; Rodgriguez,   L. Pilar.
A great deal of research has been done regarding economic and consumer aspects of organic agriculture. A different form of agriculture, called biodynamic agriculture, is emerging, with acreage located across the globe. Like organic agriculture, biodynamic agriculture has a certification process, but it has not received as much research attention from agricultural economists. This paper provides basic background information about biodynamic agriculture. In particular, it gives a count of certified biodynamic farms, by state, in the U.S., and it gives the most common products produced by those farms. Wine grapes are by far the most common biodynamic agricultural product. It also includes three case examples of firms employing this production system and...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21036

Beyond the Agricultural Economy: Macroeconomic Forces Moving the Sector Today
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Young,   Bob.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52566

Beyond the Biosecurity Horizon
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cook,   David C.; Fraser,   Rob W.; Wilby,   A.; Waage,   J.K.; Mumford,   John D.
The dynamic process of market globalisation dictates that biological, technological and institutional changes have the capacity to alter the way in which future biosecurity policies are formulated and endorsed. This paper proposes a method of carrying out biosecurity risk profiling for the United Kingdom by comparing agricultural pest incursions under present circumstances with those under future conditions. Changing economic, environmental, social and political climates are set to alter the circumstances of future pest and disease incursions. With this in mind, this paper suggests a means of identifying responsible biosecurity risk management strategies for an uncertain future.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58397

Beyond the ‘Double Dividend’:  Modelling the impacts of deep cuts in Australian greenhouse gas emissions
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hatfield-Dodds,   Steve; Adams,   Philip D.
Australian economic modelling of policy options to reduce greenhouse gas emissions has to date given little attention to (i) crafting policy scenarios that use emissions revenues to target significant existing tax distortions, (ii) quantifying the effects of policy on the price and affordability of energy products, and (iii) communicating policy impacts on living standards relative to current levels, as well as relative to future levels in the reference case. Building on modelling undertaken for the Australian Business Roundtable on Climate Change -– which found that real consumption and income continue to grow strongly with emission reductions -– we find that smart tax reform could significantly reduce the economic impact of emissions reductions,...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Greenhouse policy; Double dividend; Equity; Adaptive governance; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10381

BEYOND THE MODEL SPECIFICATION PROBLEM: MODEL AND PARAMETER AVERAGING USING BAYESIAN TECHNIQUES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bryant,   Henry L.; Davis,   George C.
The model specification problem is perhaps the Achilles heel of applied econometrics. Rather than test down to a single model as is usually done, we estimate 72 different demand systems and use Bayesian averaging procedures over all 72 systems to generate meta estimates of the parameters (e.g., elasticities) of interest.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20689

Beyond Water-Quality Regulations for CAFOs? Manure Management Costs to Meet Air-Quality Objectives
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Aillery,   Marcel P.; Gollehon,   Noel R.
Federal policy on manure management has focused on water-quality protection.  However, animal agriculture is an important source of ammonia-nitrogen and other air emissions, increasing attention on air-quality concerns.  Policies to address air emissions would influence both the costs of meeting water-quality objectives and environmental tradeoffs.  We consider hypothetical policies at a regional level.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Manure management; Confined animals; Water quality; Air quality; Regional optimization; Chesapeake Bay; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19208

Bias and Efficiency of Uniform Bid Design in Contingent Valuation
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kim,   Sooil.
While contingent valuation (CV) methods have experienced growing popularity for estimating the willingness to pay for nonmarket goods and services, optimal bid designs for CV that provide guidance in bid point placement often render themselves impractical by relying on pretest or prior information about the true distribution for willingness to pay.  We investigate the use of a practical alternative to existing optimal or robust bid designs called the uniform design. Uniform design randomly draws bid points from a predetermined uniform distribution. Analytics and simulations show that the uniform design has higher low-bound of relative efficiency at 84 percent of D-optimum than a robust design. Simulations also demonstrate that uniform design outperforms...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21335

Bias and Scale Effects of Decoupled Farm Payments
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Haque,   Samiul; Kenney,   Roman.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; International Relations/Trade; Production Economics.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103901

Bias and Scale Effects of Direct Government Payments
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Boys,   Kathryn A.; Foster,   Kenneth A.
Replaced with revised version of paper 08/16/05.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Public Economics.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19337

BIASED BIASED TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS IN THE U.S. FARM SECTOR: A STRUCTURAL PERSPECTIVE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kim,   C.S.; McElroy,   Robert G.; Mishra,   Ashok K.; Hallahan,   Charles B.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/36526

Biased estimates in discrete choice models: the appropriate inclusion of psychometric data into the valuation of recycled wastewater
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gibson,   Fiona L.; Burton,   Michael P.
The introduction of measurement bias in parameter estimates into non-linear discrete choice models, as a result of using factor analysis, was identified by Train et al. (1987). They found that the inclusion of factor scores, used to represent relationships amongst like variables, into a subsequent discrete choice models introduced measurement bias as the measurement error associated with each factor score is excluded. This is an issue for non-market valuation given the increase in popularity of including psychometric data, such as primitive beliefs, attitudes and motivations, in willingness to pay estimates. This study explores the relationship between willingness to pay and primitive beliefs through a case study eliciting Perth community values for...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Discrete choice models; Attitudes; Factor analysis; Measurement models; Recycled wastewater.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47943

Bid Design and its Influence on the Stated Willingness to Pay in a Contingent Valuation Study
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Carmona-Torres,   Carmen; Calatrava-Requena,   Javier.
The CV method estimate the monetary value that specific changes in the provision of goods and services represent for society, which is asked for their Willingness To Pay (WTP) for it, according to their budget and individual preferences, in a survey. The applications of CV are a source of information to important public decision-making. Therefore, it seems to be a desirable objective for a CV study to strive to detect and reduce, as far as possible, the bias affecting the elicited values. In the present work, the starting point bias in an application to the case study of the conservation of the Iberian Lynx in Spain is analyzed. This bias is caused by the potential influence of the bid values offered to the interviewees on their stated preferences. Three...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Contingent valuation; Starting point bias; Bid design; Dichotomous choice; Openended question; Iberian Lynx; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; H4; Q2; Q5; Q57.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25367

Bid-Ask Spreads, Volume, and Volatility: Evidence from Livestock Markets
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Frank,   Julieta; Garcia,   Philip.
Understanding the determinants of liquidity costs in agricultural futures markets is hampered by a need to use proxies for the bid-ask spread which are often biased, and by a failure to account for a jointly determined micro-market structure. We estimate liquidity costs and its determinants for the live cattle and hog futures markets using alternative liquidity cost estimators, intraday prices and micro-market information. Volume and volatility are simultaneously determined and significantly related to the bid-ask spread. Daily volume is negatively related to the spread while volatility and volume per transaction display positive relationships. Electronic trading has a significant competitive effect on liquidity costs, particularly in the live cattle...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Bayesian estimation; Bid-ask spread determinants; Liquidity cost; Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49575

Bidding behavior in environmental contract auctions with incomplete monitoring
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Romstad,   Eirik; Alfnes,   Frode.
It is well known from the compliance literature that whenever it costly to monitor agents' compliance to contract terms, compliance is likely to be incomplete. This paper goes one step further by examining the implications of incomplete monitoring on agent's sales offers in auctions for environmental contracts. From a monitoring perspective we show allocation contracts to least cost also produces another gain – that less resources need to be spend on monitoring and enforcement. To get full use of this insight one needs to have auction procedures that provide incentives for truthful revelation of agents' private alternate incomes. Our second result is that the incentives for truthful revelation is lost when monitoring is incomplete unless the expected value...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Environmental contract auctions; Monitoring and compliance; Truthful revelation; Environmental Economics and Policy; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/115985

Bi-Directional Links Between Population Growth and the Environment: Evidence From India
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bhattacharya,   Haimanti; Innes,   Robert.
This paper presents an empirical study of population growth and environmental change using cross-sectional district-level data from South, Central and West India.  Environmental change is measured using a satellite-based "greenness" index.  Unlike prior work, the analysis treats population and environmental change as jointly determined, distinguishes between rural and urban populations, and identifies distinct roles of fertility and migration.  Among key findings are that population and "greenness" are jointly endogenous; increased rural fertility leads to environmental decline, which in turn prompts increased fertility; environmental scarcity spurs out-migration and environmental improvement; and increased urban fertility may lead to increased...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19404

Big Picture Policy Viewpoint
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Stoler,   Andy.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33341

Bigger is Better: Avoided Deforestation Offsets in the Face of Adverse Selection
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: van Benthem,   Arthur A.; Kerr,   Suzi.
Voluntary opt-in programs to reduce emissions in unregulated sectors or countries have spurred considerable discussion. Since any regulator will make errors in predicting baselines and participants will self-select into the program, adverse selection will reduce efficiency and possibly environmental integrity. In contrast, pure subsidies lead to full participation but require large financial transfers. We present a simple model to analyze this trade-off between adverse selection and infra-marginal transfers. We find that increasing the scale of voluntary programs both improves efficiency and reduces transfers. We show that discounting (paying less than full value for offsets) is inefficient and cannot be used to reduce the fraction of offsets that are...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy; Deforestation; Offsets; Adverse selection; REDD; Climate change policy; Opt-in.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/100569

Bilateral Protection and Other Determinants of Trade: A Gravity Model Approach
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Vollrath,   Thomas L.; Gehlhar,   Mark J.; Hallahan,   Charles B.
Replaced with revised version of paper 10/03/07.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9804

BILATERAL TRADING AND THE CURSE OF KNOWLEDGE: AN EXPERIMENTAL ECONOMICS STUDY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Menkhaus,   Dale J.; Yakunina,   Alla V.; Phillips,   Owen R.
This research investigates the impact of reporting different kinds of trade information to buyers and sellers in laboratory markets, for which exchange is made through bilateral bargaining.  Results suggest that public information may improve the bargaining position of buyers relative to sellers when there is spot delivery.  In some cases sellers earn less than in a no information baseline.  There is evidence of a curse of knowledge for sellers in our information experiments when quantity traded for the entire market is known.  The mandatory price reporting of all trades does not improve the income of sellers.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/36127

Bilateralism in Agriculture when Countries use Distorting Domestic Policies
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: May,   Daniel E.
A recent theoretical research proved that countries always have an incentive to deviate from global free trade when international markets are oligopolistic and when governments are politically biased. This result suggests that global free trade in agriculture (GFTA) cannot be reached as political bias and market power have both been identified. According to May (2011), bilateral agreements could eventually be used as alternative political tools to reach GFTA. This article extends the work of this author to determine whether bilateralism could also lead to GFTA in a realistic world where governments use distorting domestic policies to protect their agricultural sector.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Bilateral Agreements; Agricultural Trade Liberalization; Distorting Domestic Policies; International Trade Networks.; International Relations/Trade; F12; Q17; Q18.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114657

Bilingualism and Communicative Benefits
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gabszewicz,   Jean; Ginsburgh,   Victor; Weber,   Shlomo.
We examine patterns of acquiring non-native languages in a model with two languages and two populations with heterogeneous learning skills, where every individual faces a binary choice of learning the foreign language or refraining from doing so. We show that both interior and corner linguistic equilibria can emerge in our framework, and that the fraction of learners of the foreign language is higher in the country with a higher gross cost adjusted communicative benefit. It turns out that this observation is consistent with the data on language proficiency in bilingual countries such as Belgium and Canada. We also point out that linguistic equilibria can exhibit insufficient learning which opens the door for government policies that are beneficial for both...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Communicative Benefits; Linguistic Equilibrium; Learning Costs; Labor and Human Capital; C72; D83; O52; Z13.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6380

Bio Farming and Its Impact on Rural America (Power Point Presentation)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Horan,   Bill.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33289

Bio-Based Products: An Example of U.S. Air Force Integration (Power Point Presentation)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Joyner,   Brian.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33304

Biobutanol: A New Entrant in the Biofuels Market (PowerPoint)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Frey,   William A.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8097

Biodiesel and vegetable oil market in European Union: some evidences from threshold cointegration analysis
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Peri,   Massimo; Baldi,   Lucia.
In this paper we analyse the long-run relationships between vegetable oils prices and conventional diesel price in EU during the period 2005- 2007. We utilise recent developments on threshold cointegration approach to investigate if asymmetric dynamic adjusting processes exist among rapeseed oil, sunflower oil, soybean oil and diesel prices. The results suggest that the two-regime threshold cointegration model exist only in favour of rapeseed oil-diesel price pair. Therefore, this vegetable oil price adjusts rapidly to its long run equilibrium, determined by fossil diesel prices, in an asymmetric manner when the divergence between the two prices is above a critical threshold. Consequently, rapeseed oil seems to be particularly exposed to exogenous shocks...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Vegetable oils market; Biodiesel price; Threshold cointegration.; Marketing; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43971

BIODIESEL AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR PETROLEUM DIESEL IN A STOCHASTIC ENVIRONMENT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tareen,   Irfan Y.; Duffield,   James A.; Wetzstein,   Michael E.
Policy makers should consider price volatility effects when determining appropriate spending levels for alternative fuel programs.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21675

Biodiesel Mandate Laws in Argentina and Brazil: An Estimation of Soybean Oil Foregone Export Revenues
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nardi,   Matias G.; Carpio,   Carlos E.; Davis,   Todd D.; Ward,   William A.
Replaced with revised version of paper 02/22/08.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6737

BIODIESEL: WILL THERE BE ENOUGH?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Campbell,   John B.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33418

Biodiversity Conservation through Public Management in Cultural Landscapes: Integrating Economic and Ecological Evaluation of Species by Shadow Prices
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nuppenau,   Ernst-August.
The paper deals with the problem of finding relative values for species in the case of biodiversity conservation in a cultural landscape. We use the concept of shadow prices to derive flexible functional forms that allow us to conduct an interactive and internal valuation process. The paper is organized such as that (1) the theory of shadow price derivation is presented in a framework of programming. (2) We obtain quadratic objective functions for participant in the valuation process. (3) Quasi demand and supply functions are derived from which we can simulate a market. (5) The special role of ecologists as experts and potential managers of a landscape is ad-dressed and (6), or finally, a balanced solution on values, value oriented management, and species...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Valuation; Cultural landscape; Species composition and nature provision by farms; Environmental Economics and Policy; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43608

Biodiversity Conservation Under an Imperfect Seed System: The Role of Community Seed Banking Scheme
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bezabih,   Mintewab.
The study is an empirical investigation of agrobiodivestiy conservation decisions of small farmers in the central highlands of Ethiopia.  The primary objective is to measure the effectiveness of Community Seed Banking (CSB) in enhancing diversity while providing production incentives.  We employed Amemiya's GLS estimator to investigate simultaneity between participation and the level of diversity.  Our results indicate a significant impact of participation in CSB on farm-level agrobiodiversity.  However, farmer knowledge and experience associated with biodiversity conservation were not found to hae the expected reinforcing impact on the degree of biodiversity. CSB participation also led to a moderate productivity increase consistent with the need for such...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24685

Biodiversity versus Transgenic Sugar Beet: The One Euro Question
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Demont,   Matty; Wesseler,   Justus; Tollens,   Eric.
The decision of whether to release transgenic crops in the EU is one subject to flexibility, uncertainty, and irreversibility. We analyse the case of herbicide tolerant sugar beet and reassess whether the 1998 de facto moratorium of the EU on transgenic crops for sugar beet was correct from a cost-benefit perspective using a real option approach. We show that the decision was correct, if households value possible annual irreversible costs of herbicide tolerant sugar beet with about 1 € or more on average. On the other hand, the total net private reversible benefits forgone if the de facto moratorium is not lifted are in the order of 169 Mio € per year.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25831

Bioeconomic analysis of fertiliser input costs on pasture resource management under climatic uncertainty
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Behrendt,   Karl; Cacho,   Oscar J.; Scott,   James M.; Jones,   Randall E.
This paper has been withdrawn at the request of the authors.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Fertiliser input costs; Dynamic pasture resource model; Pasture persistence; Climatic uncertainty; Risk-efficient frontier; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47628

BIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF FLOODPLAINS:  FARMING VERSUS FISHING IN BANGLADESH
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Islam,   Mursaleena; Braden,   John B.
This paper explores the linkages of environment and economic development in the floodplain of large rivers.  There is considerable evidence that even the most vital floodplains in the world are not being managed efficiently and both economic and ecological factors need to be considered for effective management.  Floodplain management policies in Bangladesh emphasize structural changes to enhance agricultural production.  However, these structural changes reduce fisheries production, where the fishery is an important natural resource sector and a source of subsistence for the rural poor.  We develop a model where net returns to agriculture and fisheries are jointly maximized taking into account the effect of flooding depth and timing on production.  Results...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22084

Bio-economic evaluation of pasture-cropping, a novel system of integrating perennial pastures and crops on crop-livestock farms
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Finlayson,   John D.; Lawes,   Roger A.; Metcalf,   Tess; Robertson,   Michael J.; Ewing,   Michael A.
Pasture-cropping is a novel approach to increase the area of perennial crops in mixed sheep and cropping systems. It involves planting annual cereals directly into a living perennial pasture. There is interest in subtropical grasses as they are winter dormant and their growth profile is potentially well suited to pasture-cropping. However, a wide range of factors can affect the uptake of such systems. This paper assesses the relative importance of factors that can influence decisions to introduce pasture-cropping. In this paper the research question is: what factors predispose a farm to take up a new technology such as (1) subtropical grass and (2) subtropical grass that is pasture-cropped. The analysis uses the MIDAS model of a central wheatbelt farm in...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/59074

Bioeconomic Evaluation of Substitution of Balanced Feed with Chaya (Cnidoscolus Chayamansa) Leaves in Tilapia Production
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Poot-Lope,   Gaspar Roman; Gasca-Leyva,   Eucario.
In Mexico, the culture of tilapia has developed in rural areas, where the main problem is low producer income.  The state of Yucatan also experiences this situation, and scarcity of money needed to purchase inputs results in complementary feeding with chaya (Cnidoscolus chayamansa), whose leaves are edible for humans and animals.  In this situation, CINVESTAV conducted experiments to determine the optimal level of substitution of balanced feed with ray chaya leaves.  The test with 25% and 50% reduced balanced feed complemented with chaya (ad libitum) did not show significant differences (P&gt;0.05) in growth compared to fishes fed with a complete ration of balanced feed (100% feed table).  A bioeconomic model was developed, including a submodel of growth...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Bioeconomic model; Cost minimization; Tilapia; Livestock Production/Industries; O13; Q22.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/55999

Bioeconomic meta-modelling of Indonesian agroforests as carbon sinks
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wise,   Russell M.; Cacho,   Oscar J.
In many areas of developing countries, economic and institutional factors often combine to give farmers incentives to clear forests and repeatedly plant food crops without sufficiently replenishing the soils. These activities lead to large-scale land degradation and contribute to global warming through the release of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. We investigate whether agroforestry systems might alleviate these trends when carbon-credit payments are available under the Clean Development Mechanism of the Kyoto Protocol. A meta-modelling framework is adopted, comprising an econometric-production model of a smallholding in Sumatra. The model is used within a dynamic-programming algorithm to determine optimal combinations of tree/crop area,...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Bio-economic meta-modelling; Indonesia; Agroforestry; Carbon credits; Dynamic programming; Environmental Economics and Policy; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6772

Bioeconomic Modeling of the Invasive Aquatic Plants Hydrilla verticillata (hydrilla), Eichhornia crassipes (water hyacinth), and Pistia stratiotes (water lettuce) and their impacts on angler effort on Florida lakes
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Adams,   Damian C.; Lee,   Donna J.
The invasive aquatic plants Hydrilla verticillata (hydrilla), Eichhornia crassipes (water hyacinth), and Pistia stratiotes (water lettuce) have the potential to negatively impact recreational use of Florida lakes if consistent, adequate control expenditures are not made. In the mid-1990's, Florida significantly reduced its spending on invasive aquatic plant control measures, which resulted in a significant increase in needed control expenditures in subsequent years. This paper attempts to formalize a relationship between coverage of these invasive aquatic plants and angler effort on Florida lakes using data on 38 lakes over 20 years. Estimated regression coefficients are used to simulate control alternatives, and expenditure cost-benefit comparisons are...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Hydrilla; Water hyacinth; Water lettuce; Bioeconomic; Invasive; Control; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19146

Bioeconomic modeling of wetlands and waterfowl in Western Canada: Accounting for amenity values
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: van Kooten,   G. Cornelis; Withey,   Patrick; Wong,   Linda.
This study extends an original bioeconomic model of optimal duck harvest and wetland retention by bringing in amenity values related to the nonmarket (in situ) benefits of waterfowl plsi the ecosystem values of wetlands themselves. The model maximizes benefits to hunters as well as the amenity values of ducks and ecosystem benefits of wetlands, subject to the population dynamics. Results indicate that wetlands and duck harvests need to be increased relative to historical levels. Further, the socially optimal ratio of duck harvest to wetlands is larger than what has been observed historically. Including amenity values leads to a significant increase in the quantity of wetlands and duck harvests relative to models that focus only on hunting values.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Bioeconomic modelling; Wetland protection; Wildlife management; Nonmarket values; Prairie pothole region; Environmental Economics and Policy; Q57; C61; Q25.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61308

BIOECONOMIC MODELING TO ASSESS ECONOMIC AND WATER QUALITY IMPACTS OF LAND USE CHANGE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bhattarai,   Gandhi Raj; Hite,   Diane; Srivastava,   Puneet; Hatch,   L. Upton; Marzen,   Luke.
Changes in water quality and agricultural and forest revenues due to land use changes are compared. A biophysical model estimates the effect in nitrogen and phosphorus runoff and sediment deposition. The results are combined with farm enterprise budgets to estimate the economic returns resulting from land use changes.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/34959

BIOENERGIA: POTENCIAIS, PROBLEMAS E DECISÕES PARA A VIABILIZAÇÃO SOCIAL E ECONÔMICA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Vian,   Carlos Eduardo de Freitas; Moraes,   Gustavo Inacio De.
A demanda por biocombustíveis está crescendo no mundo todo por conta da preocupação como aquecimento global. Este processo oferece oportunidades para regiões ainda pouco desenvolvidas e para uma parcela de mão-de-obra não qualificada. Por outro lado é uma fonte com densidade energética alta, modifica substancialmente as externalidades negativas produzidas na atual oferta de energia, diminuindo o nível de emissão de gases. Mas por outro lado, existe o potencial de poluição a partir da produção deste novos produtos. Mas a produção de bio-combustíveis tem sido apontada como uma ameaça à produção de alimentos, na medida em que competirá por terras. Adicionalmente, percebem-se limitações na infra-estrutura de distribuição e na garantia de um fornecimento livre...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Bio-Combustíveis; Desenvolvimento Sustentável; Tecnologia; BioFuels; Sustanaible Development; Technology; Environmental Economics and Policy; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114128

Bioenergia Uma análise comparada entre as políticas para o etanol e o biodiesel e de suas perspectivas.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Vian,   Carlos Eduardo de Freitas; Ribeiro,   Fabrizio Almeido.
Este texto pretende comparar as políticas de o incentivo à produção de etanol e biodiesel no Brasil e no mundo, mostrando como este último pode evitar os erros recorrentes do primeiro e permitir um desenvolvimento econômico e social mais eqüitativo. Ressalta-se que o etanol teve uma trajetória baseada na grande escala e nos ganhos de produtividade, mas não deu atenção a questões como as de desenvolvimento econômico e social no âmbito regional. O Programa Nacional de Biodiesel tem a preocupação com o fornecimento de matérias-primas a partir da agricultura familiar, mas dá pouca atenção a questões como o uso local do biodiesel para geração de energia, algo que está na pauta de políticas regionais e locais que estão começando a serem implementadas. This text...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Etanol; Biodiesel; Políticas Publicas; Questões sociais; Desenvolvimento economico e social; Alcohol; Biodiesel; Public Policies; Social question; Social and economic Development; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/102905

Bioenergy – A New Chance for Czech Agriculture and its Risks
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Doucha,   Tomas; Jelinek,   Ladislav; Medonos,   Tomas.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114433

Bio-Energy and Bio-Fuels (Power Point Presentation)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Baize,   John C.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33355

Bioenergy and Food Security: Markets, Institutions and Regulation
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Carvalho,   Pacheco de; Bernardo,   M.T.
The discussion about bioenergy solutions and respective interaction with food security concerns continues to be a difficult subject in the international arena. The academic efforts to address the issue should be based on facts and models that allow a sound decision process. However, beyond theoretical considerations and model implications, the facts based on case studies provide, probably, the most powerful arguments, mainly when they are supported by some rationalization and a chosen reference model. The research we want to discuss is based on the study of the two major countries and “players” in the bioenergy initiatives and related agricultural changes driven by that process, USA and Brazil. The key factors to study the subject are markets, institutions...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Production Economics.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/100501

Bioenergy and Food Security Modeling Income Effects in a Partial Equilibrium Model
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Schneider,   Uwe A.; Llull,   Christian; Havlik,   Petr.
Bioenergy has been politically promoted as a means to mitigate air pollution, climate change, and scarcity of fossil energy sources. This study addresses the question whether increased agricultural incomes from bioenergy production will improve food security despite increasing food prices. We use a small partial equilibrium to analyze bioenergy policies. Through an iterative procedure, income changes are used to shift food demand curves until equilibrium. Our results show that despite global reductions in food production, undernourishment may decrease in certain locations, where bioenergy production occurs.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Food security; Bioenergy policy; Income changes; Partial equilibrium model; Food Security and Poverty; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44176

Bioenergy: Combined Heat and Power Opportunities and Challenges (PowerPoint)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lane,   Jim.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/90989

BIO-ENERGY FROM WINERY BY-PRODUCTS: A NEW MULTIFUNCTIONAL TOOL FOR THE ITALIAN WINE DISTRICTS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Begalli,   Diego; Codurri,   Stefano; Gaeta,   Davide.
This paper aims to investigate if the legislation will allow the production of energy from winery by-products and how this can contribute to multifunctionality of the wine makers’ income. A medium size winery was selected and an anaerobic digestor process was simulated using the company’s data. The main methods of financial evaluation were studied to create information to see if the project concepts were valid. The results highlight the positive level of earnings that the project will generate due to the high level of methane included in the pressings that could be transformed in energy, the short period needed for obtaining methane and the recent substantial level of government support both in Green Certificates and financing of the initial cost of the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Biomass; Winery by-products; Multifunctionality; Energy; Wine district; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57492

Bioenergy production in Finland and its effects on regional growth and employment
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Simola,   Antti; Kinnunen,   Jouko; Torma,   Hannu; Kola,   Jukka.
Finnish national climate and energy strategy sets the share of renewables in energy use to 38%, and a significant amount of this should be covered by biomass based energy. In 2020 forestry is set to contribute 24 TWh and agriculture 4-5 TWh to energy production. In particular, bioenergy resources are considerable in the rural areas. However, the regional aspects have gone without investigation before this study.   This study is a general equilibrium analysis. We considered only the by-products and waste material from agriculture and forestry as the resources for bioenergy, and only heat and power production were considered as the potential end uses. A regional CGE-model (RegFinDynBio) was used to analyse the impact of increased use of bioenergy potential....
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Bioenergy; Agriculture and forestry; Regional economy; Growth; Employment; CGE-modelling; Agricultural and Food Policy; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Political Economy.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/90820

Bio-energy production in the sugar industry: an integrated modeling approach
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Haque,   Imdadul; Rozakis,   Stelios; Ganko,   Ewa; Kallivroussis,   Leonidas.
Recent reforms in the Common Agricultural Policy and the sugar regime caused serious concerns for the future of the European sugar industry. At the same time, the European Commission considers transportation bio-fuels as a key factor for reducing reliance on imported fuels, emission levels of greenhouse gases and to meet rural development goals. Matching the sugar sector with bio-ethanol production may create opportunities for sustainable management of the existing sugar industry infrastructure and also serve bio-fuel policy targets. A partial equilibrium economic model is used in order to evaluate the shift from sugar to bio-ethanol production in Thessaly, Greece. In the agricultural feedstock supply and industrial processing sub-models are articulated...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Sugar beet; Grain; Ethanol; Mathematical programming; Greece; Agricultural and Food Policy; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58026

BIO-ENERGY-A BY-PRODUCT OF RURAL LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Huber,   Robert.
Environmental goals play a crucial role in the economic assessment of bio-energy production, particularly in countries where the agricultural sector is less competitive. In addition to the reduction of CO2 emissions, advanced biomass conversion technologies could contribute to the maintenance of landscape functions, such as the upkeep of rural scenery. From this perspective, energy production would be a by-product of the provision of environmental goods and services. This paper analyses, from a theoretical point of view, the consideration of alternative actors using biomass conversion facilities in connection with landscape maintenance and presents a case study from the Swiss lowlands. Results show that a societal optimal solution can be achieved with...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Bio-energy; Rural landscape maintenance; Multifunctionality; Environmental Economics and Policy; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7619

Bioethanol production under endogenous crop prices: Theoretical analysis with an empirical application to barley
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rinne,   J.; Lankoski,   Jussi E.; Ollikainen,   Markku.
The European Union’s Emission Trading Scheme (EUETS) and the current renewable resource program provide strong incentives to use agricultural crops either for combustion in power plants to produce electricity and heat or as a feedstock for transportation fuels. In this paper we examine the social desirability of ethanol production from agricultural crops. To endogenize the competition on land use, we employ a Ricardian model of heterogeneous land quality, where land is allocated to alternative crops on the basis of their relative profitability. The model comprises three land use types: bioenergy crop, conventional feed crop and green setaside. Industry demands crops for both ethanol and feed production. Effects on the GHG balance are explicitly taken into...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Biofuels; Agricultural land allocation; Heterogeneous land quality; Crop Production/Industries; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44400

BIOFORTIFICATION, AN ALTERNATIVE TO REDUCE FOOD INSECURITY AND ITS ADVERSE EFFECTS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: A HONDURAS CASE STUDY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Perez Suarez,   Salomon.
Food insecurity can generate nutritional problems such as iron deficiency anemia, which in countries like Honduras is a moderate public health problem. The AgroSalud project is enhancing the iron content of beans and rice in order to improve the iron intake of vulnerable groups, especially children under five years and pregnant women. Iron- biofortified rice and beans together can reduce the deficit in iron intake by more than a 100% depending on the age group, farmer adoption and other variables. This, in turn, would increase the number of healthy (disability-adjusted life years, DALYs) years that the Honduran population could live.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Food security; Biofortification; Iron; Rice; Beans; Honduras; Agricultural and Food Policy; Consumer/Household Economics; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Health Economics and Policy; Z00.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/116449

Biofuel Boom, Aquifer Doom?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Clark,   Matthew K.; Peterson,   Jeffrey M.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6079

Bio-fuel Chains – An Overview on the Structure and the Value Chain Organization
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dautzenberg,   Kirsti; Hanf,   Jon Henrich.
Structural change in the agricultural sector as well as in the whole agricultural value chain is an ongoing dynamic process and creates a number of diverse phenomena. The EU Strategy for Biofuels (2006) and the Biomass action plan (2005) set a clear signal that the EU wishes to establish and to support the bio energy-industry. The perceivable aim of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) consists in reducing food production and in enlarging the non-food production. Another driver for the attractiveness of bio-energy and bio-fuel production is the recent development of prices of crude oil and natural gas. Furthermore bio-energy is seen as one of the key options to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and substitute fossil fuels.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Industrial Organization.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6573

Biofuel Growth: Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions Impacts from Changes in Forest Carbon Stocks
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Golub,   Alla A.; Hertel,   Thomas W.; Rose,   Steven K.; Sohngen,   Brent.
There is significant policy interest in liquid biofuels with appealing prospects for energy security, farm security, poverty alleviation, and climate change. Large-scale commercial biofuel production could have far reaching implications for regional and global markets – particularly those related to energy and land use. As such, large-scale biofuels growth is likely to have significant impacts on global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. This paper utilizes a CGE model with explicit biofuel, land, and energy markets. The model is able to estimate the effects on the broad range of input and output markets potentially affected globally by biofuels policies. One of the most controversial issues within the biofuels debate is potential indirect changes in land use...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Land use change; Biofuels; CGE model; Forest carbon stocks; GHG emissions; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47450

Biofuel policies and the environment: the effects of biofuel feedstock production on climate, water quality and biodiversity
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lankoski,   Jussi E.; Ollikainen,   Markku.
In this paper we examine the multiple environmental effects of policies promoting biofuel production from agricultural crops. We develop theoretical and empirical frameworks and provide an integrated economic and ecological modelling approach: an economic model of farmers’ decision making is combined with a biophysical model predicting the effects of farming practices on crop yields and multiple environmental effects. The analysed environmental effects include GHG emissions over the life cycle, nitrogen and phosphorus runoff, herbicide runoff and the quality of wildlife habitats. Model is applied to crop production in Finland. We found that the overall environmental performance of alternative land use types is mainly driven by the value of CO2-eq emissions...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Life cycle analysis; Nutrient runoff; Herbicide runoff; Greenhouse gas emissions; Agricultural and Food Policy; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; Land Economics/Use; Public Economics.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51677

BIOFUEL PRODUCTION: IMPLICATIONS FOR GRAIN INDUSTRY AND CONSUMERS (PowerPoint Presentation)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Shapouri,   Hosein.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32833

Biofuel Programs in China, Malaysia and Japan (Paper and PowerPoint)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Koizumi,   Tatsuji; Ohga,   Keiji.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8039

BIOFUELS, AGRICULTURE AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hubert,   Marie-Helene; Chakravorty,   Ujjayant; van Kooten,   G. Cornelis.
In the context of ever-increasing petroleum prices combined with concerns about climate change, timing of adoption and rate of diffusion of land-based fuels and backstop technologies for transportation use are examined in this paper. A global model of land allocation joined with a Hotelling model has been developed. Using this framework, effects of climate and energy policies on world agricultural and energy markets have been explored. Further, their regional impacts are also analyzed. Whereas mandatory blending bio-fuels have substantial effects on world food prices and do not succeed in curbing down carbon emissions fluxes, carbon targets are expected to speed up date of adoption of backstop technologies. Then, sensitivity scenarios with regards to...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Ricardian rents; Land use; Biofuels; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44259

Biofuels and Land Use Change
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Reilly,   John M.; Gurgel,   Angelo Costa; Paltsev,   Sergey.
Biofuels may make a substantial contribution to meeting the world’s energy needs. That contribution may come sooner and be greater if there is a strong climate policy to reduce greenhouse gases and biofuels can be produced in a way that minimizes greenhouse gas emissions. We investigate the land use implications of biofuels under different policy conditions using a computable general equilibrium model of the world economy that has been adapted to explicitly consider land use change. We find that to meet a substantial portion of the worlds liquid fuel needs a global area approximately equal to that of today’s cropland would be needed. As much as two-thirds of the land could come from intensification of existing land, especially pastureland. Conversion of...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53490

BIOFUELS AND LEAKAGES IN THE FUEL MARKET
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Drabik,   Dusan; de Gorter,   Harry.
Leakage in the fuel market differs, depending on whether ethanol production is determined by a tax credit or consumption mandate. Two components of market leakage are distinguished: domestic and international. Leakage with both a tax credit and a consumption mandate depends on market elasticities and consumption/production shares, with the former having a bigger impact. Leakage is also more sensitive to changes in market supply and demand elasticities in the country not introducing biofuels. Although positive with a tax credit, market leakage can be negative with a consumption mandate, meaning that one gallon of ethanol can replace more than a gallon of gasoline. We also show that being a small country biofuels producer does not necessarily mean that...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; International Relations/Trade; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/91265

Biofuels and Rural Economic Development in Latin America and the Caribbean
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Falck-Zepeda,   Jose Benjamin; Msangi,   Siwa; Sulser,   Timothy B.; Zambrano,   Patricia.
Biofuel expansion is seen as a way to reduce dependence on fossil fuels, as an alternative energy source for transportation and other uses, as a way to reduce Green House Gases, and as way to revitalize the agricultural sector. Very little discussions have been focused on Latin America, except for Brazil. Potential negative impacts re-enforce the need of performing more in depth analysis of the potential impact of biofuels expansion in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). Paper estimates biofuels production potential based on current production situation and develops a forward-looking analysis of the long-term impact of biofuels expansion in Latin America and its effects on prices, trade, food security, malnutrition and other indicators using the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6113

Biofuels and their By-Products: Global Economic and Environmental Implications
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Thaeripour,   Farzad; Hertel,   Thomas W.; Tyner,   Wallace E.; Beckman,   Jayson F.; Birur,   Dileep K.
The biofuel industry has been rapidly growing around the world in recent years. Several papers have used general equilibrium models and addressed the economy-wide and environmental consequences of producing biofuels at a large scale. They mainly argue that since biofuels are mostly produced from agricultural sources, their effects are largely felt in agricultural markets with major land use and environmental consequences. In this paper, we argue that virtually all of these studies have overstated the impact of liquid biofuels on agricultural markets due to the fact that they have ignored the role of by-products resulting from the production of biofuels. Feed by-products of the biofuel industry, such as Dried Distillers Grains with Solubles (DDGS) and...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6452

BIOFUELS, CLIMATE POLICY, AND WATER MANAGEMENT: ASSESSING POLICY-INDUCED SHIFTS ON AGRICULTURE’S EXTENSIVE AND INTENSIVE MARGINS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Baker,   Justin Scott; Murray,   Brian C.; McCarl,   Bruce A.
Biofuel expansion efforts and climate mitigation policy could fundamentally alter land management trends in U.S. agriculture and forestry (AF) by mandating biofuel feedstock production and providing incentives for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction and carbon sequestration from terrestrial sources. Research has shown that biofuel expansion can alter commodity markets, induce agricultural land expansion, and intensify production. Meanwhile, GHG mitigation efforts could limit agricultural expansion, reduce current cultivation, and lower management intensity by incentivizing GHG emissions reduction and carbon sequestration within AF. To date, little work has attempted to quantify biofuel and climate policy-induced shifts together along the extensive and...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Greenhouse gas mitigation; Biofuels; Water resource management; Environmental Economics and Policy; Production Economics; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/104912

Biofuels for all? Understanding the Global Impacts of Multinational Mandates
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hertel,   Thomas W.; Tyner,   Wallace E.; Birur,   Dileep K.
The recent rise in world oil prices, coupled with heightened interest in the abatement of greenhouse gas emissions, has led to a sharp increase in domestic biofuels production around the world. Previous authors have devoted considerable attention to the impacts of these policies on a country-by-country basis.  However, there are also strong interactions among these programs, as they compete in world markets for feedstocks and ultimately for a limited supply of global land. In this paper, we evaluate the interplay between two of the largest biofuels programs, namely the renewable fuel mandates in the US and the EU. We examine how the presence of each of these programs influences the other, and also how their combined impact influences global markets and...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6526

Biofuels, Growth and Agricultural Development
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Msangi,   Siwa.
Global projections for increasing food demand combined with increasing demand for energy from all sources – including crop-based biofuels – point towards greater stress on food systems and their supporting ecosystems. In many parts of the world, increasing household incomes has translated into increasing demands for energy, of which transportation fuel comprises a fast-growing share. Accompanying the world’s steady population growth is an increasing demand for food and the necessary feedstuffs to fuel the requisite increases in livestock production. The combination of these two trends will inevitably lead to greater stresses and demands on the natural resource base and eco-systems that underlie the world’s food and energy production systems – such as land...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Biofuels; Agriculture; Food Security; Agricultural and Food Policy; Food Security and Poverty; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51723

Biofuels: Market Integration and Farm Policy (PowerPoint)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ray,   Daryll E.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8080

Biofuels: Overview and Potential for US Markets (PowerPoint)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dineen,   Robert.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8101

Biofuels Potential in Latin America and the Caribbean: Quantitative Considerations and Policy Implications for the Agricultural Sector
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ludena,   Carlos E.; Razo,   Carlos; Saucedo,   Alberto.
Rising oil prices has led to increased interest to replace domestic demand for liquid fuels for transport (petrol and diesel) with biofuel production (ethanol and biodiesel). One of the pioneers in biofuel production is Brazil, which since the 1970s has established a government program that promotes the production and consumption of ethanol. Currently, Brazil is the leading producer of ethanol in the world and has started also programs for biodiesel production based on soybeans, oil palm and other crops. Other countries in Latin America and the Caribbean have also expressed interest in biofuel production, and have started programs, and in some cases the legislation that promotes biofuel production. However, most of the analysis of biofuel crops has been...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Biofuels; Land availability; Price effect; Agricultural structure; Latin America; Caribbean; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; Q42; Q48; Q11; Q15.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9986

Biofuels vs. Bioinvasions: seeding policy priorities (PowerPoint)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: DiTomaso,   Joe; Barney,   Jacob; Reaser,   Jamie; Dionigi,   Chris; Doering,   Otto C., III.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/60352

Biological Carbon Sequestration and Carbon Trading Re-Visited
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: van Kooten,   G. Cornelis.
Under Kyoto, biological activities that sequester carbon can be used to create CO2 offset credits that could obviate the need for lifestyle-changing reductions in fossil fuel use. Credits are earned by storing carbon in terrestrial ecosystems and wood products, although CO2 emissions are also mitigated by delaying deforestation, which accounts for one-quarter of anthropogenic CO2 emissions. However, nonpermanent carbon offsets from biological activities are difficult to compare with each other and with emissions reduction because they differ in how long they prevent CO2 from entering the atmosphere. This is the duration problem; it results in uncertainty and makes it difficult to determine the legitimacy of biological activities in mitigating climate...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Carbon offset credits; Climate change; Duration of carbon sinks; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44262

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL: A SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OPTION FOR INVASIVE SPECIES  (PowerPoint Presentation)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Delfosse,   Ernest S.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32818

Biological Control of Giant Reed (Arundo donax): Economic Aspects
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Seawright,   Emily K.; Rister,   M. Edward; Lacewell,   Ronald D.; Sturdivant,   Allen W.; Goolsby,   John A.; McCorkle,   Dean A.
Arundo donax is a large, invasive weed consuming large quantities of water in the riparian area of the Texas Rio Grande Basin.  With water availability a concern to the area, the USDA-ARS is investigating biological control agents to increase available water, creating a benefit to both the region’s economy and society in general.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Arundo donax; Giant Reed; Water; Economics; Invasive; Environmental Economics and Policy; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/46740

Biological control of invasive plant species: stochastic economic analysis
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Chalak-Haghighi,   Morteza; Ruijs,   Arjan; van Ierland,   Ekko C.
We analysed to what extent the stochastic effects of two biological control agents (i.e. weevils and mycoherbicides) affect the optimal choice of Californian thistle control. A stochastic, dynamic optimisation model was set up to analyse strategies that maximise the expected net present values. We analysed the cost-effective strategies to control the thistle for deterministic and stochastic cases. Results show that the stochasticity of the efficacy of weevils does not affect the optimal strategy. Compared to the deterministic case, however, mycoherbicides will be introduced at a higher level of weed density if we take the stochastic effect of mycoherbicides into account.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Stochastic; Optimisation; Biological control; Californian thistle; Economics.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/48153

Biological Invasions: The Case of Soybean Aphid Infestation
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kim,   C.S.; Schaible,   Glenn D.; Garrett,   Lynn; Lubowski,   Ruben N.; Lee,   Donna J.
Soybeans, the second highest cash crop following corn in the U.S., have come under attack by invasive species, the soybean aphid from the North and soybean rust from the South.  We estimated the economic losses resulting from soybean aphid infestation by using a dynamic equilibrium model.  Results indicate that, first, the reduction of soybean production resulting from soybean aphid infestation is largely absorbed by reducing soybean exports, due to the higher price elasticity of export demand compared to the domestic demand.  Second, the economic losses to U.S. soybean producers would grow on average annually between $12.8 million and $23.4 million during the first five years of infestation.  In the longer-run, soybean producers would suffer greater...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21163

Biological, Technological, and Economic Relationships between Predator and Prey
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Roberts,   David C.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61667

BIOMASS ELECTRIC POWER PLANTS: LAND USE IMPACTS FOR FORESTRY AND AGRICULTURE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rose,   Dietmar W.; Husain,   Syed A.
Sharply increasing timber prices in Minnesota reflect an imbalance in the ageclass distribution of the cover types that are most important to the forest industry.  This paper examines the potential contributions that short-rotation forest crops grown on marginal agricultural lands can make in producing biomass for wood-base power plants and in supplying wood to the forest industry. A large-scale regional scheduling model was used to allocate forest and agricultural lands in order to minimize wood production costs for forest industry as well as power plant uses. Alternative potential sites for a wood-based power plant were examined in terms of wood production costs and of transportation implications. Preliminary recommendations as to the most appropriate...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Wood energy; Short-rotation forestry; Agricultural tree production; Timber supply costs; Harvest scheduling; Land Economics/Use; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14490

Biomass for Energy &amp; Conservation: Can We Do Both? Sustainability of Woody Biomass: From Slash to Hybrid Plantations (PowerPoint)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rodriguez-Franco,   Carlos.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/60355

Biomass for energy production in the context of selected European and international policy objectives
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Becker,   Arno.
Biomass based energy production has attained a significant market share within the developing renewable energy market. In comparison to alternative renewable energy sources, biomass has several special features: it is not inexhaustible in the short term (limitation of arable land) and it is not only an energy source. Other usages like food or feed compete with energy production for this resource. A number of problems arise which have a direct impact on the fulfillment of policy objectives which are connected with its promotion. Primarily, the production of bioenergy has significant impacts on coupled biomass markets. Further, a change in production intensity or arable land use increases the use of nutrient loads and agro - chemicals. When evaluating...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Bioenergy; Biofuels; Biomass production; Impact analysis.; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43974

BIOMASS FOR ENERGY USES – EXPLORING PRODUCTION POTENTIAL AND THE  PRODUCTION COSTS FOR AUSTRIA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sinabell,   Franz; Schmid,   Erwin.
The expansion of renewable energy sources is an EU strategy to reduce the dependency on fossil fuels and to curb carbon dioxide emission. According to studies estimating technical potentials, significant land resources can be mobilised for the production of energy crops. We estimate the costs of a policy aiming at a stimulation of biomass and bioenergy production in Austria using a model that integrates the production of food, feed, agricultural and forest biomass as well as bioenergy products. The results show that an expansion of domestic biomass and bioenergy production is costly and it diminishes the production of food and feed.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Bioenergy; Food and biomass production; Land use modeling; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52665

Biomass: New Market for Farmers and Ranchers (PowerPoint)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Johnson,   Roger.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/106965

BIOMASS PRODUCTION AS AN ENERGY SOURCE IN COPPICES OF THE PROVINCE OF FLORENCE, ITALY: CONSIDERING THE ECONOMIC AND EMPLOYMENT ASPECTS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bernetti,   Iacopo; Fagarazzi,   Claudio; Romano,   Severino.
Coppice management of forests in Tuscany, and particularly in the province of Florence, has had a chequered history, which has set the stage for the present problems of forestry policy. In Italy, the period between 1955 and 1975 saw a marked reduction in use of firewood in the home and its virtual elimination from the industrial context, leading to progressive abandonment of coppice management. Since 1975, wood-cutting has once again become an increasingly frequent practice, mainly in beech and deciduous oak forests, to the point that this phenomenon has been defined as a veritable revival of coppice management. This change is due partly to a rise in firewood prices but also to the greater yield obtainable from processing activities, although the observed...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14479

Biomass Supply from Alternative Cellulosic Crops and Crop Residues: A Spatial Bioeconomic Modeling Approach
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Egbendewe-Mondzozo,   Aklesso; Swinton,   Scott M.; Izaurralde,   R. Cesar; Manowitz,   David H.; Zhang,   Xuesong.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Environmental Economics and Policy; Production Economics; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103435

Biomass Yield to Nitrogen Response Functions for Four Candidate Biorefinery Feedstock Perennial Grass Species
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Aravindhakshan,   Sijesh C.; Epplin,   Francis M.; Taliaferro,   Charles M.
Biomass yield to nitrogen response functions were determined for four perennial grass species.  The species, nitrogen level, and harvest frequency that maximize expected net returns given the climate and soils of the U.S. Southern Plains were determined.  For most combinations of biomass and nitrogen price, switchgrass is the optimal species.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6081

Biophysical and Economic Uncertainty in the Analysis of Poverty Impacts of Climate Change
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hertel,   Thomas W.; Lobell,   David; Verma,   Monika.
This paper seeks to understand the main sources of uncertainty in assessing the impacts of climate change on agricultural output, international trade, and poverty. We incorporate biophysical uncertainty by sampling from a distribution of productivity shocks reflecting the impacts of climate on agricultural yields in 2030. These shocks, in turn, affect the global economy. The response of economic agents to climate change is the second source of uncertainty in our estimates. We find that, even though it is difficult to predict where in the world agricultural crops will be favorably affected by climate change, we find that the responses of output and exports can be far more robust. This is due to the fact that supply and demand decisions depend on relative...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Climate Change Uncertainty; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103691

Biophysical Modelling and Performance Measurement
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Graham,   Mary.
Agricultural production, by its nature, impacts both positively and negatively on the environment. Impacts can be point source or diffuse; however all should be considered in performance measurement. To estimate potential environmental impacts from the use of nitrogen fertilizer, a biophysical model of dairy grazing systems, DairyMod, is used to simulate individual farming practices and determine the likely extent of leaching and run-off from each farm. Although not the only environmental impacts of farming, leaching and run-off are two variables that can be measured and combined with other marketed inputs to determine farm performance.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6773

Bioprospection Beyond Intellectual Property Rights: The Kani Model of Access and Benefit Sharing
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Pascual,   Unai; Dedeurwaerdere,   Tom; Krishna,   Vijesh V.
This paper addresses the value of bioprospection for genetic resources (GR) and traditional knowledge (TK) from the South for industrial/research input. The focus is on a dynamic approach to contracting and property rights building upon insights from evolutionary institutional economics. Drawing on a unique 'access and benefit sharing' (ABS) bioprospecting contract from the Western Ghats, India, we show how the monetary value of plant genetic information from the traditional knowledge holders' perspective can be assessed using a contingent valuation modelling approach. While the study allows the identification of such values from one of the main stakeholder's (i.e, the Kani community) perspective, it also allows to point out some of the key gaps in the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Bioprospection; Genetic resources; Traditional knowledge; Kani model; Western Ghats; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25377

BIORATIONAL INSECTICIDE ADOPTION AND CONVENTIONAL INSECTICIDE USE: A SIMULTANEOUS, LIMITED DEPENDENT VARIABLE MODEL
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Frisvold,   George B.; Agnew,   G. Ken; Baker,   Paul.
Using data reporting section-level pesticide use for all of Arizona, this study estimates how early-season adoption of new biorational insecticides reduced subsequent broad-spectrum insecticide applications in cotton. The two-stage econometric model accounts for the endogeneity and censoring of the adoption intensity variable. One biorational application substituted for 3.66 broad-spectrum applications.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19779

BIOREFINERIES AND BIOBASED PRODUCTS FROM THE CONSUMER'S POINT OF VIEW
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kurka,   Stefan; Menrad,   Klaus.
Paper prepared for presentation at the 13th ICABR International Conference on Agricultural Biotechnology: “The emerging bio-economy” Ravello (Italy), 18th to 20th June 2009
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Industrial biotechnology; Biorefinery; Consumer behaviour; Demand and Price Analysis; M39; R20.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/91330

Biosafety Protocol and Voluntary Trilateral Arrangement
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Coomber,   Blair.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33012

Biosecurity Economics: Conflicting results in evaluation criteria
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Goswami,   Sarah L.
Determining the optimal policy response to a species invasion is a multidimensional problem. The choice between eradication or containment has social, environmental, political and economic dimensions. Often, economic evaluation is used as a basis to underpin policy decisions. However, under certain conditions economic evaluation criteria may provide conflicting results. Deterministic factors, such as rate of spread, degree of damage and the time until detection, are derived for identifying when caution must be taken with the results of economic evaluation criteria. The conditions under which conflicting results may be obtained between NPV and BCR are identified and linked to policy implications.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Biosecurity economics; Eradication; Containment; Invasive species.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/48158

BIOTECHNOLOGY, A FARMER'S PERSPECTIVE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Boisen,   Douglas D.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33431

Biotechnology and Economic Development:  The Economic Benefits of Maize Streak Virus Tolerant Maize in Kenya
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Andreu,   Monica Lopez; Peterson,   Hikaru Hanawa; Grunewald,   Orlen C.; Norman,   David W.
For countries that could not benefit from the Green Revolution due to heterogeneous and unfavorable biophysical environments, agricultural biotechnology potentially provides a means of improving the quality and quantity of agricultural production.  This paper analyses some of the major issues relating to the utilization of biotechnology in Kenya.  A partial equilibrium trade model is applied to Kenya's corn market to study the potential of genetically modified maize that is tolerant to the Maize Streak Virus. The model accounts for home production and consumption; the positive results of the welfare estimation are disaggregated between consumers, large and small Kenyan corn farms.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/35271

BIOTECHNOLOGY AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE ISSUES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Brookins,   Carole L.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33441

BIOTECHNOLOGY AND PEST RESISTANCE: AN ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT OF REFUGES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hurley,   Terrance M.; Babcock,   Bruce A.; Hellmich,   Richard L.
Transgenic crops offer farmers a new and effective pest control option.  However, the wide spread adoption of these crops could lead to a resistant pest population.  This paper demonstrates how a pest refuge can be used to maximise the value of farm income in a dynamic model with genetic foundations.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21000

BIOTECHNOLOGY AND THE EMERGENCE OF CLUB BEHAVIOR IN AGRICULTURAL TRADE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tothova,   Monika; Oehmke,   James F.
The opposing US and EU positions regarding genetically modified crops threaten to polarize the world into countries who accept biotechnology and countries that don't. The paper investigates the emergence of ‘'clubs'’ of countries that adopt GM similar standards. The paper explains the emerging standards, trade patterns, and club behavior.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20023

BIOTECHNOLOGY ISSUES FOR CROP PRODUCERS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wentworth,   Steve.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 1998
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33274

Biotecnologia: Perfil dos Grupos de Pesquisa no Brasil
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mendonca,   Marco Aurelio Alves de; Freitas,   Rogerio Edivaldo.
O artigo objetiva mapear o perfil do capital humano envolvido com a biotecnologia no Brasil. Empregou-se análise estatística descritiva. A base de dados foi exclusivamente montada para esta pesquisa a partir de informações do Portal de Inovação, do Ministério da Ciência e Tecnologia. A investigação constatou a existência de importante incremento dos grupos de pesquisa relacionados ao tema, nos últimos anos. Tal fato resulta dos esforços empreendidos por uma série de agentes, sendo o governo federal o principal. Ademais, os dados indicam que os pesquisadores concentram-se especialmente nas regiões Sul e Sudeste, com significativa participação das ciências Agrárias, Biológicas e da Saúde.--------------------The article aims to map the human capital profile...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Biotecnologia; Capital Humano; Análise Descritiva; Biotechnology; Human Capital; Descriptive Analysis; Labor and Human Capital; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/108141

BIOTERRORISM AND FOOD SECURITY --ISSUES AND CHALLENGES -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mattson,   Jeremy W.; Koo,   Won W.
Introduction:  A conference titled Bioterrorism and Food Security: Issues and Challenges was held on October 28 and 29, 2002 at the Ramada Plaza Suites and Conference Center in Fargo, North Dakota. The conference was organized by the Center for Agricultural Policy and Trade Studies and the Great Plains Institute of Food Safety, North Dakota State University. Sponsors of the conference were the North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station, and the Department of Agribusiness and Applied Economics. Speakers included U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan, U.S. Representative Earl Pomeroy, Lieutenant Governor Jack Dalrymple, government officials, and members of academia and private industry. The purpose of this conference was to address emerging issues related to...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23067

BIOTERRORISM AND FOOD SYSTEM DISRUPTIONS  (PowerPoint Presentation)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Franz,   David R.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32815

Bivariate Ordered Probit Analysis of Public Attitudes Toward Multifunctionality of Agriculture in the U.S.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Moon,   Wanki; Chang,   Jae Bong.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61757

BLACK FARMERS AND RURAL HEIR PROPERTY OWNERS: PUBLIC POLICY RESPONSE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Brooks,   Joseph F.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 1983
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17675

Black Sea Wheat Market Integration with the International Wheat Markets: Some Evidence from Co-integration Analysis
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Goychuk,   Kateryna; Meyers,   William H.
Replaced with revised version of paper 07/19/11.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Price transmission; Market integration; Ukraine; Agricultural and Food Policy; Demand and Price Analysis; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103894

BLAME IT ON THE WEATHER: COST AND DESIGN OF MANURE MANAGEMENT UNDER EXTREME WEATHER CONDITIONS ON NORTH CAROLINA SWINE FARMS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Chvosta,   Jan; Zering,   Kelly D.; Norwood,   F. Bailey.
The majority of pig farms in North Carolina use a lagoon-sprayfield system to manage manure.  Although economical, the lagoon-sprayfield system is sensitive to weather conditions.  This study examines the cost of manure management under extreme weather and scrutinizes National Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) design criteria and regulations.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Farm Management.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/34706

Blood for Social Status: Preliminary Evidence from Rural China
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Chen,   Xi; Zhang,   Xiaobo.
Xi Chen acknowledges generous Doctoral Research Grant from the Institute for the Social Sciences at Cornell University and precious data set provided by the Development Strategy and Governance Division at IFPRI. Conference Travel Grant provided by the Department of Applied Economics and Management at Cornell is also acknowledged.  We are grateful to Ravi Kanbur for invaluable comments, guidance and encouragement. This paper also benefited from helpful discussion and invaluable comments from Robert Frank, David Sahn, Marc Rockmore, and seminar participants in the Department of Economics at Cornell. Due to time limit, I have not incorporated all helpful comments and suggestions in this early draft paper. The views expressed herein and any remaining errors...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Blood Donation; Social Status; Poverty; Inequality; Relative Deprivation; Rural China; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Demand and Price Analysis; Health Economics and Policy; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; International Development; Labor and Human Capital; Political Economy; Production Economics; Public Economics; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; Risk and Uncertainty; I32; J22; D13; D63.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49411

BMI changes in Russian adults: the role of lifestyles and spousal relationships
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Huffman,   Sonya Kostova.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: BMI; Russia; Lifestyle; Consumer/Household Economics; Health Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/102653

Body Weight Outcomes and Food Expenditures Among Older Europeans: A simultaneous equation approach
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Drichoutis,   Andreas C.; Lazaridis,   Panagiotis; Nayga,   Rodolfo M., Jr.
We analyze the inter-relationships between body weight outcomes and food expenditures among older Europeans using a simultaneous equation model. Several statistical tests were conducted to assess endogeneity of selected variables, the exogeneity, relevance, and validity of instruments used, and the identification of the model. Our results generally suggest, contrary to normative views, that food-away-from-home expenditure is negatively related to body mass index (BMI). BMI is negatively related to the percentage of food spent away from home.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Body Mass Index; Food expenditures; Simultaneous equations; Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58010

Boosting Rural Economies with Small Business Development: Bringing Hope to Native American Reservations (PowerPoint)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fiddler,   Tanya.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/60350

BOOTSTRAPPING IN VECTOR AUTOREGRESSIONS: AN APPLICATION TO THE PORK SECTOR
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Susanto,   Dwi; Zapata,   Hector O.; Cramer,   Gail L.
Standard bootstrap method is used to generate confidence intervals (CIs) of impulse response functions of VAR and SVAR models in the pork sector.  In the VAR model, the bootstrap method does not produce significant different results from Monte Carlo simulations.  In the SVAR analysis, on the other hand, the bootstrap CIs are significantly different from Monte Carlo CIs after a six period forecast intervals. This suggests that the choice of method used to measure reliability of IRFs is not trivial. Furthermore, bootstrap CIs in SVAR model seem to be more stable than MC CIs, which tend to be wider in the longer horizons.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20051

BOOTSTRAPPING YOUR FISH OR FISHING FOR BOOTSTRAPS?: PRECISION OF WELFARE LOSS ESTIMATES FROM A GLOBALLY CONCAVE INVERSE DEMAND MODEL OF COMMERCIAL FISH LANDINGS IN THE U.S. GREAT LAKES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bishop,   Richard C.; Holt,   Matthew T.; Hilmer,   Christiana E.
Replaced with revised version of paper 06/30/04.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20272

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

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

Borrowing Amongst Friends: The Economics of Informal Credit in Rural China
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Turvey,   Calum G.; Kong,   Rong; Huo,   Xuexi.
The research was supported by National Natural Science Fund of China with ratification number 70873096.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: China; Informal lending; Household Production; Agricultural Finance; Development Finance; Agricultural Finance.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51658

BOTTLENECKS AND SUCCESS FACTORS FOR THE INTRODUCTION OF QUALITY ASSURANCE SCHEMES IN THE AGRI-FOOD SECTOR
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gellynck,   Xavier; Kuhne,   Bianka.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7821

BOUNDARY ORGANIZATIONS: AN EFFICIENT STRUCTURE FOR MANAGING KNOWLEDGE IN DECISION-MAKING UNDER UNCERTAINTY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Boissin,   Denis.
Modern environmental issues imply that decision-makers take into account opinions from experts of different spheres. Boundary organizations are institutions able to cross the gap between different areas of expertise and to act beyond the boundaries while remaining accountable to each side: by encouraging a flow of useful information, they permit an exchange to take place while maintaining the authority of each side, in order to provide a better knowledge and understanding of a situation characterized by uncertainty. Though never formally proved, this hypothesis is widely accepted based on the observation of existing boundary organizations. Through a multi-agent simulation, it is possible to assess their impact on the diffusion of opinions among experts....
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Boundary organization; Opinion; Knowledge diffusion; Multi-agent system; Agribusiness; Labor and Human Capital; Public Economics.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57494

Bounded Learning Efficiency and Sources of Firm Level Productivity Growth in Colombian Food Manufacturing Industry
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Shee,   Apurba; Stefanou,   Spiro E.
The measurement of productivity fluctuations has been the focus of decades-long interest.  In addition to broad structural forces driving productivity changes, there is more recent interest in measuring and identifying the heterogeneous forces driving these changes.  A major force is learning-by-doing which is used by economists to describe the phenomenon of productivity growth arising from the accumulation of production experience by a firm.  This paper proposes a bounded learning concept with the learning progress function characterized by the degree of efficiency and the specification of the learning progress as a logistic function capturing both the slow start-up and the limit in learning progress. The inter-firm learning inefficiency is defined as the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Colombian food manufacturing industry; Bounded learning-by-doing; Learning efficiency; Logistic differential equation; Technical efficiency; Firm-level productivity growth; Decomposition of productivity change; Endogeneity of input choice; Stochastic production frontier; Agribusiness; Industrial Organization; Production Economics; Productivity Analysis.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103898

BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY (BSE): RISKS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR THE UNITED STATES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fox,   John A.; Peterson,   Hikaru Hanawa.
Practioner's Abstract:      Mad cow disease has caused two disruptions in European beef markets--first in the U.K. in 1996 following the announcement of a link to new variant Creutzfeldt-Jacob Disease in humans, and the second in late 2000 following the discovery of "homegrown" cases of the disease in Germany and Spain. In September 2001 the disease was discovered in Japan where it also resulted in an immediate and substantial reduction in beef demand.      The disease has not been found in the U.S. but the current scope of detection efforts provides little assurance that it does not exist at a very low level. The U.S. has taken a number of precautionary measures to reduce both the risk of importing the disease and the risk of the disease spreading if it...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19061

Brain Drain in Rural America
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Waldorf,   Brigitte S.
The paper aims at understanding changes in the distribution and accumulation of intellectual capital by analyzing migrants' educational profiles across a sample of 303 U.S. counties.  The results suggest that newcomers are better educated than the resident population, and the education gap is most pronounced for newcomers from other states. The results further suggest that the educational status of newcomers "in-migrants" is positively related to the educational status of the resident population "stayers", thus implying a further agglomeration of human capital across space. However, for interstate migrants the effect is context-dependent, playing a greater role in urban than in rural settings.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Human Capital; Migration; Brain Drain; Community/Rural/Urban Development; J24; R23.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9866

Branch Expansion of Commercial Banks in Rural America
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nam,   Sangjeong; Ellinger,   Paul N.
The main objective of this study is to identify the financial and market characteristics of commercial banks' branch expansion decision. The nested logit model is used to analyze the characteristics to affect the expansion decision and location choice of commercial banks due to a two-level nesting structure for branch expansion decision. The probability that banks with high deposit growth rate, assets, loan to deposit ratio or more branches open branches in rural area is less than the probability that those open branches in both areas. However, banks with high deposit growth rate, asset, loan to deposit ratio, agricultural loan rate, ROA and rural head office are more likely to open branches in both areas rather than in urban area.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6438

Brand Equity in the Australian domestic beef market
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Eastburn,   Mark; Morrison,   Mark.
Branding remains in a fairly nascent state within the Australian domestic beef market. Several brands have begun to emerge in recent years including Certified Angus, 1824, Hereford Prime, Stockyard Beef and Diamantina. However, these primarily cater for restaurant rather than household trade. This contrasts with other countries, such as the US, where branded beef makes up a large proportion of the domestic market. Using random parameter logit models we examine the willingness of consumers to pay for one type of branded beef, as well specific beef attributes, in a regional area of NSW. We find that there is evidence that segments of the population would be willing to pay for branded beef. The value of the brand is related to several sociodemographic...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Marketing.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58404

Brand-Based Competition in the Agri-Food Sector: Evidences from Italian SMEs
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: DelVecchio,   Pasquale; Ndou,   Valentina; Sadguy,   Nezha.
In a scenario characterized by the globalization of the markets, the competitiveness of firms across the industries and mainly in the agri-food sector is linked to their capability to make distinguishable their products and communicate their uniqueness. Branding can concretely answer to these needs allowing firms to compete by communicating the quality and all that set of factors that differentiate their own offer by the competitors. Anyway, brand management in small and medium enterprises (SMEs) is a field of study in its infancy, and one in which real interest was shown only during the final decade of the previous century. Although considerable literature has been published about brand management in general, all theory and case studies are focused only...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Industrial Organization.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49890

Branding in the red meat sector - A conjoint study from Germany
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lueth,   Maren; Spiller,   Achim; Schramm,   Matthias.
During the last years, low price products (e.g., private label) gain increasing market shares in the German meat market. Compared to other countries the share of branded meat from integrated production chains is very low and most fresh meat is sold unlabelled. This study analyzes the advantages of brands from an information economic perspective and emphasizes branding as an important quality assurance and signaling tool. As brand exte nsions offer the opportunity to introduce brands to new markets at much lower costs we examine the brand transfer from the poultry to the red meat market taking Wiesenhof, the German brand leader for chicken and poultry, as an example. We use conjoint and cluster analysis to calculate willingness to pay and market shares for...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Branding; Quality signal; Brand extension; Meat market; Marketing.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10065

BRANDING REGIONAL IDENTITY AS A DRIVER FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Messely,   Lies; Dessein,   Joost; Lauwers,   Ludwig H.
Within the globalizing world, regions and their identities are subjected to great pressure. At present, places are engaged in a process of “territorial competition” in an integrated world economy. The identity of the region can be used as a starting point to brand a region and differentiate it from others. In the regional branding process, the region as a whole becomes a product or brand and offers a “basket” of regional products and services. This paper discusses the possibility of regional identity as a mobilizing force for rural development, by studying best practice examples of regional branding. Using the grounded theory approach, we conducted interviews in three case regions: West Cork (Ireland), Groene Woud (the Netherlands) and Pajottenland...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Identity; Region formation; Regional branding; Rural development; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; International Development.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57406

Brazil: A Pioneer in Biofuels (PowerPoint)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bressan,   Angelo; Contini,   Elisio.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8076

BRAZIL: COMPETITION IN GLOBAL MARKET, A PRIVATE SECTOR VIEW ON BRAZIL'S COMPETITIVE POSITION (PowerPoint Presentation)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sartori,   Antonio.
POWERPOINT PRESENTATION
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33156

Brazilian Agribusiness (PowerPoint)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Guimaraes,   Edilson.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37391

Brazilian Agricultural Credit Interest Rate Equalization Policy: A Growth Subsidy?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Castro,   Eduardo Rodrigues de; Teixeira,   Erly Cardoso.
The Brazilian Interest Rate Equalization System (IRES) subsidizes farmers by providing them with credit at lower than market interest rates. The objective of this research is to evaluate the IRES by comparing its monetary cost with its benefits as measured by Brazilian GDP growth. Estimates are carried out using input-output matrix. The results suggest that each Brazilian real spent by IRES to assist Brazilian family farms increases Brazilian GDP by R$ 1.75 and that each real spent to assist commercial farms increases GDP by R$ 3.57. The IRES is a subsidy that generates economic growth greater than its cost to society.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: IRES subsidy; Growth; Input-output; Agricultural and Food Policy; Q18; C67; O40; H81.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24694

Brazilian Agricultural Productivity and Policy
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rada,   Nicholas E.; Buccola,   Steven T.
Replaced with revised version of poster 07/29/11.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Brazilian agriculture; Embrapa; Input distance function; Stochastic frontier; Total factor productivity; Technical change; Efficiency; International Development; Productivity Analysis; O2; O3.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103326

BRAZILIAN AGRICULTURE AND COTTON PRODUCTION. NOW AND THE FUTURE: A FARMERS OUTLOOK (PowerPoint Presentation)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ward,   Chris.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32814

Brazilian biofuels policies and impacts on world agricultural trade
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Miranda,   Silvia Helena Galvao de; Blandford,   David; Abler,   David G.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/104534

BRAZILIAN LIVESTOCK COMPETITIVENESS (PowerPoint Presentation)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: de Sousa,   Eduardo Leao.
POWERPOINT PRESENTATION
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33189

BRAZIL’S CLIMATE ADAPTATION POLICIES: IMPACTS ON AGRICULTURE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Valdes,   Constanza; Arriola,   Christine; Somwaru,   Agapi; Gasques,   Jose Garcia.
Current climate adaptation polices in Brazil are influencing not only the choice of crops but also many agricultural practices at the farm level including changes in planting and sowing periods, use of irrigation-saving technologies, and increased nitrogen fertilization, among others. The shape and content of these adaptation policies and measures for Brazil are not limited to production agriculture, but include also conservation reserve and risk-reducing farm programs. In addition, the decades-old adaptation and management strategies for agricultural production under tropical conditions carried out by EMBRAPA, Brazil’s premier agricultural research agency, continue to play a prominent role. As Brazil is one the world’s largest agricultural producers and...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Environmental Economics and Policy; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/91420

Brazil's Rising Agricultural Productivity and World Competitiveness
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Rada,   Nicholas E.; Buccola,   Steven T.; Fuglie,   Keith O.
Brazil now is the largest coffee, sugar, and fruit juice producer, second-largest soybean and beef producer, and third-largest corn and broiler producer.  It has overtaken the U.S. in poultry exports, nearly matches the U.S. in soybean exports, and dominates global trade in frozen orange juice.  To test and better understand these advances, we draw on decennial farm censuses to examine technical change and efficiency in Brazilian agriculture.  Our approach is to estimate a stochastic, multi-product, output distance frontier, using a translog functional form and data disaggregated to the micro-region (sub-state) level.  Using two consecutive decennial farm censuses, we combine state-level Fisher productivity-change indexes with state-level translog distance...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Brazil; Shephard distance function; Stochastic frontier; Technical change; Technical efficiency; International Development; Production Economics; Productivity Analysis; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49317

Breaking into the Cellulosic Ethanol Market: Capacity and Storage Strategies
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Darby,   Paul M.; Mark,   Tyler B.; Salassi,   Michael E.
This paper examines the possibilities of breaking into the cellulosic ethanol market in south Louisiana via strategic feedstock choices and the leveraging of the area’s competitive advantages. A small plant strategy is devised whereby the first-mover problem might be solved, and several scenarios are tested using Net Present Value analysis.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Cellulosic ethanol; Sugarcane; Energy cane; Sweet sorghum; Bagasse; Ethanol; Biofuel; Bioethanol; Agribusiness; Agricultural Finance; Crop Production/Industries; Production Economics; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56542

Breaking the Cell Wall Barrier (PowerPoint)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hake,   Sarah.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8064

Breaking the "Fertilizer Poverty" and Food Insecurity Traps in Smallholder Maize Based Farming System in Southern Africa: Experiences and Lessons from Soil Fertility Network/Economics and Policy Working Group (EPWG)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mekuria,   Mulugetta; Waddington,   Stephen R.; Siziba,   Shephard.
Smallholder farmers in southern Africa face acute food insecurity because the productive capacity of their soils has declined. These resource-poor farmers increasingly cannot afford mineral fertilizers Farmers mentioned the lack of fertilizers for their depleted soils as the most important constraint- "Empty Soils, stomachs and pockets." In response to this challenge, Soil Fert Net researchers in southern Africa have developed and promoted a range of "best-bet" soil fertility management technological (SFMT) options for farmers. This paper presents a review of financial, adoption, institutional and policy analysis undertaken by EPWG members on the use of SFMT by smallholders. Financial and risk analysis tools, selected econometric models and policy analysis...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Policy briefs; Policy analysis matrix; Markets; Cropping systems; Legumes; N fertilizer; Crop Production/Industries; Food Security and Poverty.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9515

Breaks and Trends in OECD Countries’ Energy-GDP Ratios
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Liddle,   Brantley.
This paper uses the econometrics of endogenous structural breaks to examine changes in energy intensity for OECD countries over 1960-2009. Nearly all OECD countries currently have significant negatively trending energy-GDP ratios; but for several countries those negative trends are recent, and two countries have recent significant positive trends. For several countries, energy intensity had a significant positive trend followed by a break and then a significant negative trend. Those break-dates, however, appear to have little to do with level of development (GDP per capita). Instead, among the likely causes of break timing are the volatile energy prices of the 1970s and early 1980s and the increased concern for the environment in the late 1960s and early...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Energy intensity; Endogenous structural breaks; Modeling environment and development; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; Q43; O13.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/100578

Breathtaking or Stagnating? - Productivity, Technical Change and Structural Dynamics in Danish Organic Farming
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sauer,   Johannes; Graversen,   Jesper T.; Park,   Timothy A.
This paper attempts to quantitatively measure the change in the productivity of Danish organic farming in recent years by using panel data on 56 organic farms mainly engaged in milk production for the period 2002 to 2004.  Based on a translog production frontier framework the technical and scale efficiency on farm level is analyzed by considering also curvature consistency.  The total change in productivity for the reference period is measured by using the Malmquist total factor productivity index approach based on a time trends as well as a general index model specification.  Input specific bias in technical change as well as a general index model specification.  Input specific bias in technical change as well elasticities of input substitution are...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21481

BREEDERS' AWARDS AND THE GAMBLER'S CORNER SOLUTION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ahern,   James; Noel,   Jay E.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/36508

BREEDING INCENTIVE PROGRAMS AND DEMAND FOR CALIFORNIA THOROUGHBRED RACING: THE TRADEOFF BETWEEN QUANTITY AND QUALITY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Smith,   Martin D.
Both quantity of horses and quality  stimulate demand for horse race gambling.  This paper addresses the potential for a quantity/quality tradeoff  due to breeding incentives for California thoroughbreds.  Econometric analysis is used to assess the demand for quality and quantity of horses, and results suggest the likely net benefit of breeding incentives on the industry at large.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21711

BREVE DESCRIÇÃO DO PROÁLCOOL E PERSPECTIVAS FUTURAS PARA O ETANOL PRODUZIDO NO BRASIL
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Michellon,   Ednaldo; Santos,   Ana Aracelly Lima; Rodrigues,   Juliano Ricardo Alves.
A busca de fonte renovável de energia torna-se foco de debates internacionais como fator necessário para se atingir o desenvolvimento sustentável. Assim, esse trabalho tem como objetivo fazer um breve histórico da produção de álcool no Brasil, uma vez que o país possui um histórico relevante nessa área. Em 1975 implementou-se o Programa Nacional do Álcool – Proálcool. Este programa encontra-se dividido em quatro fases distintas, em que se observam muitos pontos que estimularam o crescimento e a estagnação. Atualmente, o Etanol brasileiro demonstra indício de alavancagem ao crescimento do PIB no Brasil. Isso foi possível devido a freqüente alta dos preços do petróleo, a conscientização em nível mundial para redução de poluição, firmado no Protocolo de...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Álcool; Energia renovável e petróleo; Alcohol; Renewable energy and oil; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109225

BREVE HISTÓRICO DO USO DE SISTEMAS DE INFORMAÇÕES GERENCIAIS APLICADOS A EMPRESAS RURAIS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cocaro,   Henri; Jesus,   Jose Carlos dos Santos.
Nas últimas décadas o Brasil tem confirmado seu importante papel na produção agrícola mundial. Apoiando esta posição encontra-se a utilização da informática pelas empresas rurais e o destaque para a utilização dos sistemas de informações gerenciais (SIGs). O objetivo deste artigo foi reunir e discutir informações sobre alguns fatos da história do desenvolvimento da agroinformática no Brasil enfocando-se a participação dos SIGs desde a década de 60 até 2000. Portanto, este trabalho caracteriza-se como um ensaio teórico realizado a partir de revisão bibliográfica. Como considerações finais percebeu-se que ocorreu um rápido crescimento do mercado de softwares para fazendas; existe uma predominância na utilização de sistemas do tipo transacional e gerencial;...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agroinformática; Tecnologias da informação; Sistemas de informações gerenciais; Farm softwares; Information technologies; Managerial information systems; Farm Management.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/102897

Bridging, Linking, and Bonding Social Capital in Collective Action: The Case of Kalahan Forest Reserve in the Philippines
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dahal,   Ganga Ram; Adhikari,   Krishna Prasad.
This paper seeks to identify the factors which are responsible for successful management of natural resources when communities are given opportunities to manage those resources. Applying the social capital framework, it analyzes empirical data from the well known case of Kalahan Educational Foundation, the Philippines. The study confirms previous findings, which have emphasized the high level of cohesion and traditional norms among a homogeneous community of indigenous peoples (bonding social capital) as a success factor. This study further identifies that for effective management of collective action, mobilization of bridging and linking social capital are equally important as they do not only help mobilize external resources but, at times, also promote...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Kalahan PO; Philippines; Bonding; Bridging; Linking Social Capital; Governance; Collective Action; Labor and Human Capital; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44352

Bridging Micro- and Macro-Analyses of the EU Sugar Program: Methods and Insights
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gohin,   Alexandre; Bureau,   Jean-Christophe.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25799

BRIDGING RESEARCH, POLICY, AND PRACTICE IN AFRICAN AGRICULTURE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Omamo,   Steven Were.
Policy research on African agriculture is long on prescriptions on what needs to be done to reverse negative growth trends but short on how such prescriptions might be implemented in practice.  This paper addresses this state of affairs, focusing on the role and impact of research in agricultural policy processes.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Development.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20028

BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN FARMERS AND CONSUMERS: VALUE CREATION AND MEDIATION IN “PASTURE-RAISED BEEF” FOOD NETWORKS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bedoin, Florence; Kristensen, Troels; Noe, Egon.
The aim of this article is to explore how different quality dimensions (safety, aesthetics, ethics and rooted ness) are created in food networks; how these qualities are transferred until the consumers; and how this process is supported by the organisation of the food network. Our postulate is that combining the quality and organisation dimensions and exploring the link between them will provide an interesting perspective for improving the sharing of values in food networks. This framework is applied to five case studies of “pasture-raised beef” food networks in France, representing a diversity of organisations such as public label scheme, cooperate owned brand and direct sell from farmer to consumer. The results highlight the importance of the role of...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Grassland; Meat quality; Sustainability; Food labeling; Case study; Agricultural and Food Policy; Consumer/Household Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57475

Bridging the Gap between Farmers and Researchers through Collaborative Experimentation. Cost and Labour Reduction in Soybean Production in South-Nyanza, Kenya
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Vandeplas,   I.; Vanlauwe,   Bernard; Merckx,   Roel; Deckers,   Jozef A.
The Tropical Soil Biology and Fertility Institute of the International Centre of Tropical Agriculture (TSBF-CIAT) introduced dual purpose soybean varieties in south-west Kenya both to improve soil fertility by nitrogen fixation and to provide a source of better food and income. Since the start of the project in 2005, the Uriri Farmer Cooperative Society was successful in spreading the seeds over the district. Nevertheless, farmers still had problems with soybean agronomy. We therefore started a Collaborative Experiment (CE) Approach in March 2006 to make soybean production more accessible to farmers. The approach consisted of four stages: 1) information sessions; 2) participatory rural appraisal; 3) collaboration in the whole process of experimentation,...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Collaborative research; Soybean; Participation; Crop Production/Industries; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43935

Bringing Biophysical Models into the Economic Laboratory: An Experimental Analysis of Sediment Trading in Australia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tisdell,   John G.
Experimental economics has emerged and matured as a formal method for questioning and stress testing economic theory and assumptions concerning individual behavior. More recently, experimental methods have been used successfully in an economic laboratory to test alternative environmental policy options. The data underpinning these experiments is often stylized or hypothetical in nature. Ecologists and experimental economics have much to gain by exploring ways to underpin economic experiments with data generated from biophysical models in terms of external validity and salient features of the issue at hand. The study makes a contribution by demonstrating how underpinning experiments with regionally modeled biophysical data may give insights which would not...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Sediment trading; EMSS; Natural resource markets; Experimentation; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25631

Bringing Venture Capital to Rural South Dakota
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hamilton,   Christine.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33283

British Columbia Consumers' Preferences for Italian Wines: Reputation and Vintage Effects on Wine Quality and Prices
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Florkowski,   Wojciech J.; Carew,   Richard; He,   Senhui.
Italian wines have been enjoyed by Canadian consumers for decades and the consumption is not limited to the ethnic Italian population. The study examines effects of wine characteristics and the brand associated with the designation of geographic origin estimating five hedonic price equations for Barbaresco; Barbera; Veneto (Valpolicella, Amarone and Reecioto); Soave; and, Chianti and uses weekly sales data from British Columbia retail outlets. Results indicate that, in general, a premium was paid for higher alcohol content, but the effects of individual brands within each area of origin varied and the range of price premia and discounts was from 14% to -12% suggesting that small price changes with regard to the baseline wine price could affect purchase.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Hedonic pricing; Appellation; Objective characteristics; Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44403

BROADACRE FARM PRODUCTIVITY AND PROFITABILITY IN SOUTH WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Islam,   Nazrul; Xayavong,   Vilaphonh; Kingwell,   Ross S.
This paper examines broadacre farm performance in south-western Australia. This region has experienced pronounced climate variability and volatile commodity prices over the last decade or so. Relationships between productivity and profitability are explored using panel data from 50 farms in the study region. The data are analysed using non-parametric methods. Components of farm productivity and profitability are measured over the period 1998 to 2008. Economies of scale and scope are shown often to be positive contributors to productivity and profitability. However, the main finding is that technical change, much more so than technical efficiency, has supplied over 68 percent of the improvement in total factor productivity for farms in the different...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Productivity; Profitability; Technical change; Farm businesses; Farm Management; Productivity Analysis; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/100565

Broadband Use by Rural Small Businesses
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Pociask,   Steve.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33275

Broadening the Nutrition Safety Net (PowerPoint)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Pino,   Lisa J.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/62071

Broiler Consumption in a Transition Economy: An Application of Quantile Regression to Household Expenditure Analysis in Poland
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Holubowicz,   Lukasz; Florkowski,   Wojciech J.; Muczynski,   Maciej.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Consumer/Household Economics.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103917

BROILER GROWERS ORGANIZE TO NEGOTIATE (PowerPoint Presentation)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Clouse,   Mary.
POWERPOINT PRESENTATION
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Labor and Human Capital; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33511

BROILER PRODUCERS’ WILLINGNESS TO PAY TO MANAGE NUTRIENT POLLUTION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Devkota,   Nirmala; Paudel,   Krishna P.; Parajuli,   Shanta.
Economic incentives or disincentives play a major role on encouraging producers to implement environmentally benign production practices. We evaluated producers’ willingness to pay (WTP) value to represent the level of disincentives that motivate farmers to mitigate nutrient pollution. The result obtained by using ordered response model showed that farm size, farm income, and land available to spread litter are major variables that determine the producers’ WTP.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/46825

Brokers vs. Retailers: Evidence from the French Imports Industry of Fresh Produce.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Latouche,   Karine; Rouviere,   Elodie.
There is little discussion in the literature about trade intermediaries because data is rare. Using very original data, our article sheds light on the behavior of trade intermediaries when importing fresh fruit and vegetables in France. To do so, we distinguish among direct and indirect imports respectively operated through brokers or retailers. We then investigate the impact of country level data on the share of indirect/direct flows of imports by country of origin at the 8-digit level that enter the french market. We show that brokers are more likely to operate in context when fixed and variable costs to trade are high whereas retailers are sensitive to tariffs and product sensitivity.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; International Relations/Trade; Q17.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114398

BSE AND STRATEGIES FOR TESTING (PowerPoint Presentation)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Richt,   Jurgen A.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32870

BSE and the Dynamics of Beef Consumption: Influences of Habit and Trust
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ding,   Yulian; Veeman,   Michele M.; Adamowicz,   Wiktor L.
This study relates habit persistence and trust to recurring food safety incidents in the context of a series of three BSE incidents in Canada. We examined the dynamics of monthly beef expenditure shares of a sample of Canadian households for monthly time periods during year 2002 through 2005 using micro level panel data which followed meat expenditures by Canadian households before and after the first three BSE cases which were discovered in 2003 and 2005. Our results suggest that households’ reactions to the first three BSE events followed a similar general pattern: households reduced beef purchase expenditures following the discovery of BSE but these expenditures subsequently recovered, suggesting that concern diminished over time. Following the first...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: BSE; Habit; And trust; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49284

BSE and the US Economy: Input-Output Model Perspective
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Yeboah,   Osei-Agyeman; Kebede,   Ellene; Ofori-Boadu,   Victor; Allen,   Albert J.
The potential impact of a BSE outbreak on the US economy is modeled in input-output setting using 2002 US IMPLAN data.  An outbreak of BSE would hurt the US beef industry, other agriculturally-related industry, and the rest of the economy as a whole.  The worse effects occur in the beef cattle and farming industries.  Generally, the economy of every county would be hurt given the fact that cattle are produced in all the 50 states.  But it is apparent that the damage would be substantial in those regions and households which already suffer the severest economic damage.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/34877

BSE, U.S. Beef Trade and Cattle Feeding Industry
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Almas,   Lal K.; Colette,   W. Arden; Amosson,   Stephen H.
A brief review of the beef and cattle market following the diagnosis of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) in Canada and U.S. in 2003 is conducted.   The focus is on the recent changes in the beef market experienced by major exporting and importing countries with special emphasis on the beef trade and cattle industry in the U.S. A single case of BSE in the U.S. has significantly disrupted global beef trade.  Many countries banned beef imports from the U.S. and Canada.  Continuation of these bans through 2004, particularly for the U.S., resulted in reduced beef exports.  Brazil has become the number one beef exporter with estimated exports of 1.47 million tons in 2004 and is forecast to export 1.62 million tons in 2005.  U.S. is the largest beef...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/35641

Bt and Ht Corn versus Conventional Pesticide and Herbicide Use. Do Environmental Impacts Differ?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nillesen,   Eleonora; Scatasta,   Sara; Wesseler,   Justus.
In this paper we empirically assess and compare the environmental impact of pesticide programs for Bt, Ht (glufosinate) and conventional corn in Europe, employing the Environmental Impact Quotient. We use field trial data from Narbons, France 2004 as well as secondary data. Our results show that management of Bt corn has a lower environmental impact than conventional corn programs. Herbicide treatment of the Ht variety also has a much lower environmental impact than that of the two conventional programs. Our empirical findings support the argument of lower environmental and health impacts with respect to pesticide use when growing Bt and Ht corn. The outcomes are relevant for environmental benefit-cost analysis of Bt and Ht corn.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: EIQ; Pesticide use; Bt; Ht corn; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; Q10; Q16.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25504

BT COTTON IN ARGENTINA: ANALYZING ADOPTION AND FARMERS' WILLINGNESS TO PAY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Qaim,   Matin; de Janvry,   Alain.
Unlike several other countries, where Bt cotton is being rapidly adopted, in Argentina technology diffusion has been rather slow. Based on recent survey data, it is shown that the technology significantly reduces insecticide applications and increases yields; however, these advantages are curbed by the high price charged for genetically modified seeds. Using the contingent valuation method, it is shown that farmer's’ average willingness to pay for Bt cotton is less than half the actual market price. A lower price would not only increase benefits for cotton growers, but could also multiply the profits of the monopoly seed producer, thus resulting in a Pareto improvement. Implications of the sub-optimal pricing strategy are discussed.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19710

BT COTTON REFUGE POLICY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Livingston,   Michael J.; Carlson,   Gerald A.; Fackler,   Paul L.
Since cotton producers do not own legal rights to kill insect populations that are susceptible to insecticides, individual producers may have no incentive to account for future, insecticide-resistance productivity losses arising from their pest-management decisions.  As a result, the collective actions of producers may increase the rate of resistance development relative to the rate that maximizes social welfare.  Concerns regarding insect-pest development of resistance to Bt cotton prompted the Environmental Protection Agency to establish legal limits on the proportion of total acres individual producers may plant, representing the first attempt to regulate the development of insecticide resistance and the first instance of the use of refuge as a policy...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21850

BUDGET TRADE OFFS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hoagland,   G. William.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Public Economics.
Ano: 1984
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17428

BUILDING A COALITION FOR EDUCATING ON WATER POLICY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Abdalla,   Charles W.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1989
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17226

Building a Food Security and Policy Information Portal for Africa (FSIP)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dione,   Josue; Kagwanja,   Joan; Weber,   Michael T.; Staatz,   John M.; Kelly,   Valerie A.
Getting the food and agriculture system moving faster is crucial for structural transformation and poverty reduction in Africa.   This requires investing in basic productive and market infrastructure, and expanding appropriate research, knowledge, and technology for increased productivity at all stages of the agricultural commodity chains. The advent of the World Wide Web and steady reductions in the cost and increases in the speed of Internet services in Africa are changing the way we must think about the development, storage, and dissemination of policy analysis and training materials, which are crucial inputs for agricultural development.  Yet, much remains to be done to harness these information communication technology tools more effectively to help...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Food Security and Poverty.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9514

Building a World Trade Model: Some Lessons We Are Learning
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sharples,   Jerry A.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 1986
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/50682

Building aggregate timber supply models from individual harvest choice
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Polyakov,   Maksym; Wear,   David N.; Huggett,   Robert.
Timber supply has traditionally been modelled using aggregate data. In this paper, we build aggregate supply models for four roundwood products for the US state of North Carolina from a stand-level harvest choice model applied to detailed forest inventory. The simulated elasticities of pulpwood supply are much lower than reported by previous studies. Cross price elasticities indicate a dominant influence of sawtimber markets on pulpwood supply. This approach allows predicting the supply consequences of exogenous factors and supports regular updating of supply models.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Timber supply; Harvest choice; Conditional logit; Elasticity; Expectations; Simulation.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/48168

BUILDING AND MAINTAINING A WEBSITE ON-LOCATION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wachenheim,   Cheryl J.
Participation in an international study program provides students with invaluable exposure to another culture and a multitude of academic and life experiences. Rapid advances in communication technologies now make it possible for students to share these experiences with their support network at home as they occur. The responsibility of doing so by means of a web page built on-location 1) motivates students to increase their awareness of, and participation in, their surroundings, 2) changes how students view their surroundings and activities in which they participate, 3) increases content learning, 4) extends the number of people involved in the international study program, and 5) results in a professional written and visual documentary. Faculty involved in...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/36055

BUILDING COALITIONS FOR EDUCATING AND PROBLEM SOLVING: PROCESS, ROLES, WARNINGS AND STYLES FOR EXTENSION INVOLVEMENT
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cooley,   Fielding; Duncan,   Andy; Burridge,   Judy.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 1993
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17155

Building Coalitions to Develop Markets (Power Point Presentation)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Brickey,   Carolyn.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Marketing.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33333

Building Consumer’s Trust through Persuasive Interpersonal Communication in a Saturated Market: The Role of Market Mavens
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Puspa,   Jofi; Kuhl,   Rainer.
This study has aims i.e. (1) to investigate the role of inherent personal knowledge in affecting trust, (2) to investigate whether mavens play a role in improving recipient’s knowledge level and trust. We have conducted a study, which involved a total of 134 students as respondents. Correlation between subjective knowledge and trust achieved a medium level, while objective knowledge related to trust at a very low level. Trust in the low-maven-group is the lowest in comparison with the medium- and high- mavens. This study indicates that there are different results in terms of effects of information provided by three different maven groups.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Marketing.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7752

Building Domestic and Foreign Markets for Rural Prosperity
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dooley,   Cal.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33378

Building Individual Brands with Place-of-Origin Information: Implications for the Food Industry
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dentoni,   Domenico; Tonsor,   Glynn T.; Calantone,   Roger J.; Peterson,   H. Christopher.
Growing segments of world consumers seek better quality, healthiness and larger variety in their food consumption (Verbeke, 2005; IDDBA, 2008). As part of this process, consumers’ attention for place-of-origin (POO) attributes as part of the demand of agri-food products is increasing (Grunert, 2005). The major dimension of POO attributes that have been studied in agricultural economics and marketing literature since the 1960s is country-of-origin (Dichter, 1962; Schooler, 1965; Peterson and Jolibert, 1995; Verlegh and Steenkamp, 1999; Balabanis and Diamantopoulos, 2004; Loureiro and Umberger, 2005; Ehmke et al., 2008) while in the last decade region-of-origin attributes have been studied separately, in relation with consumers’ values for tradition and...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58007

Building Long-Term Buyer-Seller Relationships in Food Chains
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Batt,   Peter J.
Building on the extent literature of buyer-seller relationships, we develop a model that describes the relationship building process. Starting from the suppliers offer quality, we demonstrate how relational satisfaction leads to trust and the customers desire to maintain the relationship. These variables are examined in relation to the situational factors (dependence and the exchange partners willingness to make idiosyncratic investments).
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Industrial Organization.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24329

BUILDING MARKETS FOR SMALL BLACK FARMERS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Billups,   Anjanette.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Labor and Human Capital; Marketing.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33451

Building on Rural America's Competitiveness in a Global Marketplace
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dorr,   Thomas C.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33323

Building on the Hong Kong Ministerial: A Critical Year for the DOHA Development Round
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Portman,   Robert.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33364

Building Supply‐Systems from Scratch: The Case of Biodiesel Chain in Brazil
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Watanabe,   Kassia; Zylbersztajn,   Decio.
The purpose of this article is to study the transplantation of complex agro‐industrial systems. The main focus is the analysis of the biodiesel system in Brazil using the Agro‐Chain System approach (AGS). The AGS analysis considers the institutional and organizational environments and verifies how a governance structure evolves as the institutional environment changes. The methodology used is a case study of the biodiesel chain system in the State of Minas Gerais – Brazil. This local system developed as a result of governmental incentives. The present study’s contribution is that it identifies the main obstacles to implementing agro chains and networks involving regions and actors that do not have previous history of productive organizations.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Transplant of agro‐industrial systems; Bio‐energy production; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Production Economics; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/100499

Building the content of CSR in the food chain with a stakeholder dialogue
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Forsman-Hugg,   Sari; Katajajuuri,   Juha-Matti; Pesonen,   Inkeri; Paananen,   Jaana; Makela,   Johanna; Timonen,   Paivi.
The paper is concerned with the content of corporate social responsibility (CSR) in the food supply chains. The objective is to build the content of CSR in the food chain with a stakeholder dialogue. The research project takes an action oriented approach and is based on case studies. The project draws on three different case food products and their supply chains: rye bread, broiler chicken products and margarine. The content of CSR is constructed in interaction between researchers, consumers, companies and their interest groups. The research project combines the compilation and analysis of extensive information sources, constructive technology assessment and stakeholder workshops. The paper presents how the research process is proceeding in a dialogue with...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Corporate social responsibility; Supply chain; Stakeholders; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44254

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

Building Trust with Organic Food: The Case of Organic Eggs
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Declerck,   Francis; Fourcadet,   Olivier.
Many consumers do not understand the significance of the Organic labels. The EFSA and the USDA makes no claim that organically produced food is safer or “healthier.” or more nutritious than conventionally produced food. Consumers will still need to read nutrition labels and make wise selections to maintain an overall healthy diet. “Organic” food does not mean “natural”. Only food labelled “organic” designate that the product meets the new EU or USDA organic standards. In Europe and elsewhere, food products’ Quality Labels (QL) have appeared in the early 1960s and their number has been increasing since then. QL are publicly owned, like “Organic Label” or privately owned, like “Carrefour Bio” brands which signal a “quality” difference from other products
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/59179

BUILDING VIBRANT ECONOMIES AND COMMUNITIES IN RURAL AMERICA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Beaulieu,   Lionel J.
Speech and PowerPoint Presentation
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33489

Bulgarian rural development policy implementation and new rural paradigm
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Peneva,   Mariya Marinova; Kopeva,   Diana Ilieva.
The role of Rural Development Policy is growing nowadays. As an EU member state Bulgaria started implementation of Rural Development Policy. The paper analyse the level of achievement of the Rural Development Programme’s objectives in Bulgaria. The programme started in 2008 and most of the measures are implemented. But effective payments have been done only under eight measures. The vast majority of financed projects are for investments mainly in agriculture (for perennial crops production, buildings, machineries and equipment). In the paper are specified opportunities and challenges of the rural development policy in Bulgaria in order to be consistent with the new rural paradigm.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Rural development; New rural paradigm; Rural development policy; Bulgaria; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Q10; Q18; R58.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95303

Bundled Ecosystem Markets – Are They The Future?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Greenhalgh,   Suzie.
Bundled ecosystem markets may be the next big buzz in environmental policy and ecosystem conservation and restoration. But what does it mean? And what is the feasibility of these markets? While single service ecosystem markets are proliferating, bundled ecosystem markets are not. Using some ‘enabling’ and ‘operating’ conditions identified for various single ecosystem markets, I will see how these conditions hold as you move to bundled ecosystem markets. I also outline some of the hurdles that confront the development of bundled ecosystem markets and what may need to be reconciled to move these markets forward. This article is aimed at stimulating greater thinking and promoting more exploration by the policy and research community into the development of...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Bundled ecosystem markets; Market-based instruments; Policy; Trading; Ecosystem services; Markets; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6166

BUNDLING AND LICENSING OF GENES IN AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Shi,   Guanming.
This paper examines the strategic incentive for gene holders to vertically integrate with seed companies, and with herbicide/insecticide oligopolies, given the unique institutional structure and relevant market in agricultural biotechnology. We model the case with homogeneous basic seeds, and investigate both pre-entry and post-entry equilibrium.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19913

Bush Tender Participation in First Bidding Round: What are the Characteristics of Rural Landholders who Participated?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ha,   Arthur; O'Neill,   Terry; Strappazzon,   Loris; Stoneham,   Gary.
In this paper we present results of a statistical analysis of 380 landholders in the North Central and North East regions in Victoria that were interviewed after the first bidding round of the BushTender scheme. This survey asked questions about the economic, attitudinal and demographic factors that influenced their awareness and participation in BushTender. We use logit regression techniques to investigate awareness and participation behaviour of these landholders in BushTender.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Biodiversity; Auctions; Logit and tree models; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57882

Business Dynamics and Informal Contracts: Experimental Evidence from the Cowpea Street Food Sector in West Africa
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Otoo,   Miriam; Fulton,   Joan R.; Wu,   Steven Y.; Ibro,   Germaine.
We use field experiments in Niger to investigate the nature and efficiency of contractual structures in market transactions between kossai vendors and cowpea grinders (key input suppliers). Three contractual structures were employed: gift contract, standard price contract and discretionary bonus contract (most incomplete). Gift contracts and standard price contracts involve an upfront payment of grinding fees where discretionary bonus contracts involve payment after the quality of service is observed.   Gift contracts were found to be the most ex-ante efficient with the highest acceptance rates. Discretionary bonus contracts (most incomplete) were the most ex-post efficient that is, resulted in the highest quality. Our results suggest that the degree of...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Incomplete contracts; Street food vendors; Experimental economics; International Development.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61458

Business Dynamics with Scenario's on Dutch Agriculture and its Institutional Arrangements
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Poppe,   Krijn J.
This paper investigates the developments in the Dutch Agri-Food innovation system. Main components of the system are agriculture and agribusiness, the promotion of interests in the lobby system and the knowledge system. Each has its own dynamics but they are until now tied together by institutional arrangements. Based on a historical description we formulate a simple business dynamics model. The robustness of the system is investigated by a scenario analysis. Results have been checked by interviews with experts.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agri-food innovation system; Business dynamics; Scenarion analysis; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/59038

BUSINESS GROWTH STRATEGIES OF ILLINOIS FARMS: A QUANTILE REGRESSION APPROACH
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hennings,   Enrique; Katchova,   Ani L.
This study examines the business strategies employed by Illinois farms to maintain equity growth using quantile regression analysis. Using data from the Farm Business Farm Management system, this study finds that the effect of different business strategies on equity growth rates differs between quantiles. Financial management strategies have a positive effect for farms situated in the highest quantile of equity growth, while for farms in the lowest quantile the effect on equity growth is negative.  Cost reduction, asset management and revenue enhancement strategies all proved to have important effects on the determination of growth equity rates.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Farm Management.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19367

Business opportunities in local food supply chains: an investigation in England and Australia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Pearson,   David; Bailey,   Alison P.
There is widespread support from Government, media and consumers for local food networks. The profile of local food buyers and their expectations has been explored and we have some knowledge of its social, economic and environmental contribution. This research contributes by exploring the structure and scope of local food activities. This paper reports on a one year scoping study that examined local food within two contrasting countries, England and Australia. It used a literature review and interviews with key stakeholders to identify the business opportunities that exist in this sector. In conclusion there are many more local food activities in England than in Australia. Further, at a national level in both countries it remains fragmented and confused....
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Local food; Business; England; Australia; Community/Rural/Urban Development.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51067

Business Process Modelling in Demand‐Driven Agri‐Food Supply Chains
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Verdouw,   Cor N.; Beulens,   Adriaan J.M.; Trienekens,   Jacques H.; Wolfert,   Sjaak.
Agri‐food companies increasingly participate in demand‐driven supply chains that are able to adapt flexibly to changes in the marketplace. The objective of this presentation is to discuss a process modelling framework, which enhances the interoperability and agility of information systems as required in such dynamic supply chains. The designed framework consists of two parts: an object system definition and a modelling toolbox. The object system definition provides a conceptual definition of business process in demand‐driven supply chains from a systems perspective. It includes an application of the Viable Systems Model of Stafford Beer to supply chains, and classifications of business processes, control systems and coordination mechanisms. The modelling...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Production Economics; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/100477

BUSINESS SUCCESS: WHAT FACTORS REALLY MATTER?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kaase,   Greg H.; McCorkle,   Dean A.; Klose,   Steven L.; Outlaw,   Joe L.; Anderson,   David P.; Knapek,   George M.
This paper provides a comparison of successful and financially distressed producers based on the data from more than 400 individualized financial analyses.  These objective variables are combined with subjective observations of management styles and attitudes to provide unique identification of the factors most influential in the success of Texas producers.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Production Economics.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/35173

But Are They Meritorious? Productivity Gains under Plant IPR
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kolady,   Deepthi; Lesser,   William H.
Despite that recentness of intellectual property rights protection of plants in the US , documenting the productive merit of varieties associated with IPR protection has been elusive. This paper using varietal trial data of soft white winter wheat from Washington State found supporting evidence to the hypothesis that Plant Variety Protection has contributed to the genetic improvement of soft white winter wheat in Washington State.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9786

"Buying Local" Means "Selling Local" - Using a Transportation Alliance of environmental and Food Horticulture Producers in Georgia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Stegelin,   Forrest E.; Houston,   Jack E.; Compte,   Javier Mantilla; Thomas,   Paul A.; Chappell,   Matthew R.
The costs of transporting agricultural products to market and of the acquisition of production inputs are of concern to environmental and food horticulture crops producers.  This study is to determine if transportation alliances would reduce shipping costs, increase distribution efficiencies and reduce carbon dioxide emissions among floriculture, ornamental plants, and fruit and vegetable producers in Georgia.  Using data from surveys and the ArcLogistics 9.3 GIS software, routing systems were developed to show cost savings opportunities.  The results indicated nearly ten percent reductions in average total cost savings to producers, average total miles driven savings, average number of trucks savings, average hours driving savings, and average carbon...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Transportation alliance; Buying local; Economic savings; Food and environmental horticulture; Agribusiness; Marketing; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/98766

Buying Organic Food in France: Shopping Habits and Trust
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Sirieix,   Lucie; Schaer,   Burkhard.
In this paper we attempt to compare the responses of consumers and professionals to questions related to organic food retailing, in order to highlight the differences and the similarities of viewpoints between them and to understand the links between consumer perception of organic food and the sales channel. In order to do this, we analyse the results of three studies, two of them conducted with consumers, the third one with professionals. The first study deals with the links between consumer trust orientations and the frequentation of the different sales channels where organic food can be found. The results of this study conducted in France and Germany show that consumers in organic food stores put trust in their store but are neither the heaviest nor the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Industrial Organization.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24265

By Way of Example: Biotechnological Defense Against Mastitis Disease
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wall,   Bob.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33277

CADEIA PRODUTIVA DA CARNE BOVINA NO BRASIL: UM ESTUDO DOS PRINCIPAIS FATORES QUE INFLUENCIAM AS EXPORTAÇÕES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tirado,   Geovana; Costa,   Sergio Jose; Carvalho,   Jose Marcio; Thome,   Karim Marini.
O trabalho analisa a cadeia produtiva da carne bovina (CPCB) no Brasil, sob o enfoque do comércio exterior, apresentando como base conceitual o estudo de cadeia produtiva no agronegócio e como método de coleta de dados secundários, o Mecasis. Tem, como objetivo, detectar os principais acontecimentos e transformações ocorridas, desde a década de 70, na CPCB brasileira e as principais barreiras comerciais e sanitárias, que influenciaram nas exportações dos produtos desta cadeia. A cadeia no país caracteriza-se por ser um sistema altamente heterogêneo, esse padrão heterogêneo suscita a existência de problemas de variadas ordens, mas são as questões sanitárias e a informalidade as que emergem como as mais urgentes e imprescindíveis de intervenção da política...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Barreiras comerciais; Barreiras sanitárias; Cadeia produtiva da carne bovina; Exportação de carne bovina brasileira; Trade barriers; Sanitation barriers; Beef chain production; Brazilian beef export chain; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109763

CADEIA PRODUTIVA DA OVINOCULTURA EM MATO GROSSO DO SUL: UMA ANÁLISE DE SEU SISTEMA DE COORDENAÇÃO AGROINDUSTRIAL
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Lucena,   Leandro Pessoa; Michels,   Ido Luiz; Plens,   Marcelo; Clemente,   Thiago Castilho; Kinoshita,   Karoline Ferreira.
No intuito de aprofundar e enriquecer os conhecimentos sobre a Cadeia Produtiva da Ovinocultura no Estado de Mato Grosso do Sul, o paper tem como objetivo entender as relações entre os diversos elos desta cadeia, tendo em vista a visão do todo (ou visão sistêmica), bem como à importância de sua coordenação para os agentes envolvidos. Para tanto, procurou-se avaliar as perspectivas de mercado, avaliando as estratégias comerciais adotadas pelos produtores rurais e o seu relacionamento com os demais agentes do setor produtivo. Já num segundo plano, uma análise formal das relações contratuais do setor agroindustrial e seus relativos poderes de barganha junto a fornecedores e clientes. E por ultimo uma apreciação analítica dos consumidores finais (bares,...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Cadeia Produtiva; Ovinocultura; Sistema Agroindustrial de Coordenação; Productive chain; Sheep culture; System Agribusiness of Coordination; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/113400

CADILLAC DESERT REVISITED: PROPERTY RIGHTS, PUBLIC POLICY, AND WATER-RESOURCE DEPLETION IN THE AMERICAN WEST
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Holland,   Stephen P.; Moore,   Michael R.
This is a revised copy of Staff Paper 200-48
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Land Economics/Use; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21861

CAFTA AND MIGRATION: LESSONS FROM MICRO ECONOMY-WIDE MODELS AND THE NEW ECONOMICS OF LABOR MIGRATION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Materer,   Susan M.; Taylor,   J. Edward.
This article uses economy-wide modeling techniques to offer an intra-regional perspective on the impacts of trade reforms on rural economies and migration for five Central American countries (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, and Nicaragua) that are negotiating the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) with the United States.  Potential migration and welfare impacts of agricultural provisions in CAFTA depend on market integration, diversification of economic strategies, and government policies.  Conclusions highlight the importance of product mixes, technologies, and labor markets in shaping outcomes of trade policy reforms.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21976

Calculating Cost Savings Per Acre When Harvest Days are Stochastic
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Farrell,   Matthew; Ibendahl,   Gregory A.
New cotton harvesters have been introduced that have higher performance rate as well as eliminate extra labor and accompanying equipment. The new machines build partial modules on board the harvester. Higher field efficiency (performance rate) lets a farmers harvest his cotton in a shorter period. Precipitation causes cotton losses in both quality and quantity of the cotton. This paper seeks to measure cost per acre when harvest days are stochastic by using historic precipitation data. Cost per acre will include the cost of losses from a loss function from precipitation. Cost per acre will be adjusted for conventional versus new technology by quantifying the losses that contribute to extra costs of extended harvesting.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Cotton; Harvester; Fieldwork days; Stochastic; Cost per acre; Agribusiness; Farm Management.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56507

Calculating The Cost To Farmers of Choosing The Wrong Farmbill Option
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ibendahl,   Gregory A.
The 2002 Farm bill presents farmers with many different combinations of options for signup. Choosing the wrong option can be expensive for a farmer. This paper uses a dataset of actual farms to calculate the potential revenue lost from choosing a non-optimal option.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22103

CALENDAR VS. WEEKS TO EXPIRATION LIVESTOCK BASIS FORECASTS: WHICH IS BETTER?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tonsor,   Glynn T.; Khuyvetter,   Kevin C.; Mintert,   James R.
The ability to accurately forecast basis is crucial to risk management strategies employed by many agribusiness firms.  Previous research has examined how to effectively use basis forecasts and what factors affect basis, but literature focusing on forecasting basis is sparse.  This research evaluates the impact of adopting a time-to-expiration approach, as compared to the more common calendar approach, when forecasting feeder cattle, live cattle, and hog basis.  Furthermore, the optimal number of past year's basis levels to include in making basis predictions is evaluated in an out-of-sample framework.  Absolute basis forecasts errors are generated for all three commodities and evaluated to determine the signifcance of the two issues mentioned above....
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Livestock prices; Basis; Hedging; Basis forecasts; Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/18978

Calibrated Stochastic Dynamic Models for Resource Management
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Howitt,   Richard E.; Reynaud,   Arnaud; Msangi,   Siwa; Knapp,   Keith C.
In this paper we develop a positive calibrated approach to stochastic dynamic programming. Risk aversion, discount rate, and intertemporal substitution preferences of the decision-maker are calibrated by a procedure that minimizes the mean squared error from data on past decisions. We apply this framework to managing stochastic water supplies from Oroville Reservoir, located in Northern California. The calibrated positive SDP closely reproduces the historical storage and releases from the dam and shows sensitivity of optimal decisions to a decision-maker's risk aversion and intertemporal preferences. The calibrated model has average prediction errors that are substantially lower than those from the model with an expected net present value objective.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19620

Calibrating a regional PMP model of agricultural supply under multiple constraints: a set of matryoshka doll conditions
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Garnache,   Cloe; Merel,   Pierre R.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114630

Calibrating CAT bonds for Mexican earthquakes
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Haerdle,   Wolfgang; Cabrera,   Brenda Lopez.
The study of natural catastrophe models plays an important role in the prevention and mitigation of disasters. After the occurrence of a natural disaster, the reconstruction can be financed with catastrophe bonds (CAT bonds) or reinsurance. This paper examines the calibration of a real parametric CAT bond for earthquakes that was sponsored by the Mexican government. The calibration of the CAT bond is based on the estimation of the intensity rate that describes the earthquake process from the two sides of the contract, the reinsurance and the capital markets, and from the historical data. The results demonstrate that, under specific conditions, the financial strategy of the government, a mix of reinsurance and CAT bond, is optimal in the sense that it...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: CAT bonds; Reinsurance; Earthquakes; Doubly Stochastic Poisson Process; Trigger mechanism; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9265

Calibrating Online Survey Sample for Economic Impact Analysis
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Devkota,   Nirmala; Paudel,   Krishna P.; Fannin,   James Matthew; Hall,   Larry M.; Caffey,   Rex H.
Online surveys have emerged as low-cost data collection approach in empirical researches; however, the validity of data remains questionable. Therefore, we employed a stochastic frontier estimation method to calibrate online recreational expenditure. Study results suggested the presence of inefficiency on online surveys. Analysis was extended to estimate economic impact of nature based recreation on a local economy.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Calibration; Online survey; Onsite survey; Stochastic frontier approach; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/34997

Calibration of an Agricultural Sector Model for the Region Khorezm (Uzbekistan) based on Survey Data
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mueller,   Marc; Djanibekov,   Nodir.
The paper describes the approach used for the calibration of a price-endogenous programming model, developed for the agricultural sector of the region Khorezm in Uzbekistan. Extensive datasets from farm surveys were used to parameterize the model, which nevertheless tended to over-specialization and failed in general to replicate the observed levels of primal model variables. Calibration of the model with “Positive Mathematical Programming” approaches was not satisfying as the additional cost terms introduced to replicate the observed situation were in many cases not plausible and deviated substantially from any available information on cost structure of the agricultural production activities in the study region. After revising the survey data it became...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Supply model calibration; Positive mathematical programming; Technology coefficient estimation; Agricultural and Food Policy; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; C6; C8; Q1.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/50354

California Drought: Hydrologic and Regulatory Issues in 2009 (PowerPoint)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cody,   Betsy A.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/90764

CALIFORNIA WINE WINNERS: A HEDONIC ANALYSIS OF REGIONAL AND WINERY REPUTATION INDICATORS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Schamel,   Guenter.
We hypothesize that quality signals improve over time with the quality performance of a wine producer, and that spillovers will affect other producers within the same region. For this purpose, we estimate a hedonic pricing model for premium California wine. Data source is the annual publication "California Wine Winners" accumulated over the judging years 1990-2001. Quality indicators for 19,583 wines are medals awarded during nine annual wine competitions, variety, regional origin, judging age as well as derived producer (brand) and regional reputation indicators. The data confirms that a wine's  price is related to its own quality and to producer/regional reputation for quality.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Marketing.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19864

CALIFORNIA'S AGRICULTURAL LEADERSHIP PROGRAM
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Russell,   Rich.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 1977
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17081

CALLING ALL DOCTORS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Varner,   D.B.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Health Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1951
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17370

Calories, Obesity and Health in OECD Countries
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mazzocchi,   Mario; Traill,   W. Bruce.
Theoretical models suggest that decisions about diet, weight and health status are endogenous within a utility maximisation framework. In this paper, we model these behavioural relationships in a fixed-effect panel setting using a simultaneous equation system, with a view to determining whether economic variables can explain the trends in calorie consumption, obesity and health in OECD countries and the large differences among countries. The empirical model shows that progress in medical treatment and health expenditure mitigates mortality from diet-related diseases, despite rising obesity rates. While the model accounts for endogeneity and serial correlation, results are affected by data limitations.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Food consumption; Obesity; Overweight; Health; Health Economics and Policy; I12; C33.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7972

Can a novel management plan for the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands crab fisheries succeed?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fina,   Mark.
Since their inception, Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands (BSAI) crab fisheries have attracted participants willing to undertake great financial and personal risks to participate in these high valued fisheries. Although entry to the fisheries is limited, excess capital and overcapacity, together with stock declines, have resulted in a race for fish. The shortest season is in the Bristol Bay red king crab fishery, which has been prosecuted for less than one week in recent years. Efforts of managers to protect declining stocks by reducing allowable catch have increased the economic stress on participants and communities that depend on these fisheries and increased pressure on participants to take greater risks.   For several years, the North Pacific Fishery...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22255

CAN A SMALL AGRICULTURAL PROCESSOR COMPETE GLOBALLY?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nugent,   Don.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33469

Can a State Funded Rural Economic Development Program Positively Impact the State’s Economy?  A Case Study Application using Texas Department of Agriculture’s Rural Tourism Economic Development Program
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Hanagriff,   Roger D.; Lau,   Michael H.
In this paper, we review the tourism impact from supported tourism events and measure their economic value to the local economy.  The economic values are the result of visitor spending and extrapolated to total event attendance creates economic values from the state-supported event.  Communities receiving funding were responsible for collecting visitor surveys to measure consumer spending as well as the community completing a survey to record the investment cost of the event.  The results were that state support represented 14 percent of the total event investment and total event value from visitor spending was $7.8 million for 31 events.  The state percent share in value represents $1.1 million and considering the program-expended funds of $147,276 there...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Tourism; Economic development; Texas tourism; State sponsored tourism; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Marketing.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/46827

Can a Warmer Climate Save Northern Agriculture?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Gaasland,   Ivar.
Agriculture at high latitudes is expected to be a main beneficiary of a man-made climate change. A numerical model, using Norway as a case, is employed to analyze the impacts of a warmer climate on northern agriculture. The computations indicate that the current degree of self-sufficiency can be achieved with less budget support and higher economic welfare. However, it may be argued that environmental goods, such as landscape and biodiversity preservation, and rural settlement, are more important than self-sufficiency for northern agriculture. It is demonstrated that, in that case, welfare gains are substantially lower, and can even be negative.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Climate change; Northern agriculture; Environmental goods; Numerical model; Environmental Economics and Policy; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; L52; Q18; Q24.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24551

Can an Industry Voluntary Agreement on Food Traceability Minimize the Cost of Food Safety Incidents?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: McEvoy,   David M.; Souza Monteiro,   Diogo M.
In the recent past the United States has had a number of severe food-safety outbreaks in the produce, vegetable and beef industry that greatly disrupted the food system. In all these outbreaks here were severe disruptions on sales that affected the whole industry, and it took an extended period of time to correctly locate the source of the outbreak. Traceability can be an effective tool to reduce the impact of food safety incidents my expediting the search for the origin of outbreaks. This paper investigates to what extent an industry-led voluntary agreement for providing traceability can reduce the cost of a food-safety outbreak. We find that a voluntary agreement on traceability can successfully reduce the cost of a food-safety outbreak but will unlikely...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Traceability; Voluntary agreements; Food safety; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43860

Can Bt Maize Reduce Exposure to the Mycotoxin Fumonisin in South Africa?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Pray,   Carl E.; Rheeder,   John; Gouse,   Marnus; Volkwyn,   Yvette; van der Westhuizen,   Liana; Shephard,   Gordon.
The mycotoxin fumonisin is associated with oesophageal cancer and birth defects. The Eastern Cape province of South Africa has high levels of fumonisin in maize and oesophageal cancer. This study measures the amounts of the mycotoxin fumonisin in the grain of Bt maize, commercial hybrids, and farmer-saved, local mixtures of seed that were produced and stored by small holders in South Africa.  We find that adoption of Bt maize can reduce poor rural consumers exposure to fumonisin.  Greater consumption of maize meal milled in modern mills could have a similar impact.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Bt maize; Mycotoxins; Fumonisin; South Africa; Agricultural and Food Policy; Health Economics and Policy; International Development.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51739

Can Bt Technology Reduce Poverty Among African Cotton Growers?  An Ex Ante Analysis of the Private and Social Profitability of Bt Cotton Seed in Mozambique.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Pitoro,   Raul; Walker,   Thomas S.; Tschirley,   David L.; Swinton,   Scott M.; Boughton,   Duncan; de Marrule,   Higino Francisco.
This paper presents an ex ante analysis of the private and social profitability of the introduction of Bt cotton for a major cotton producing area of northern Mozambique.   Cotton is especially relevant to rural poverty reduction because smallholders often have few alternative cash earning activities, and yields are among the lowest in Africa.  Multivariate regression is used to quantify the relationship between pest control and yield loss at farm level as a basis for estimating the expected yield gain from the introduction of Bt cotton.  Partial budget analysis of technical packages with and without Bt cotton seed reveals a strong divergence between private (negative) and social (positive) profitability.  The Mozambique case indicates that effective...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Bt cotton; Social profitability; Poverty reduction; Mozambique; Agricultural and Food Policy; Crop Production/Industries; International Development; Production Economics; Productivity Analysis; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51633

Can Catfish Aquaculture be Profitable in Farm Ponds?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dasgupta,   Siddhartha; Wurts,   William; Durborow,   Robert.
Extensive channel catfish farming is a means of utilizing farm ponds for aquaculture production for either supplementary income of home use.  This involves stocking catfish at sufficiently low densities such that a pond is able to assimilate excess feed and fish wastes without needing supplemental aeration or chemicals to keep water quality from reaching toxic levels.  This is "low-tech" aquaculture and requires little producer labor/management inputs.  A mathematical model of extensive catfish culture in farm ponds was presented in this paper.  This model used data from Kentucky where part-time producers, with a minimum of aquaculture experience and time for pond management, are involved in culturing catfish for retail/live markets.  Results of this model...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Mathematical programming; Catfish; Aquaculture; Farm ponds; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/34893

Can Cocoa Farmer Organizations Countervail Buyer Market Power?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wilcox,   Michael D.; Abbott,   Philip C.
Structural adjustment in less developed countries has often mandated removal of state-run marketing boards to enhance efficiency in the marketing chain and to raise farm income. Concerns have been mounting about the negative side effects of cocoa market liberalization, including replacement of the parastatal by imperfectly competitive marketing institutions and the loss of public goods (e.g. research and extension). It is believed that the link of the supply chain closest to the farmgate may be the least competitive, as farmers in remote areas lack good market information and encounter relatively few buying agents. These concerns, especially related to domestic market competitiveness, have prompted governments, foreign donors and NGOs to promote farmer...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21261

Can Conservation and Profits Co-Exist?: The Case of Lion Hunting
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mehta,   Shefali V.; Polasky,   Stephen; Kissui,   Bernard M.; Rentsch,   Dennis; Schmitt,   Jennifer; Strauss,   Megan.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8506

Can Conventional Crop Producers Also Benefit From Bt Technology?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dun,   Zhe; Mitchell,   Paul D.
Transgenic plants producing insecticidal protein derived from Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) have been widely adopted since their commercial introduction in 1996.  In 2009, 25 countries planted 134 million ha of transgenic crops. The widespread adoption of such plants has reduced use of conventional insecticides while attaining yield gains, thus providing economic, environmental and human health benefits. Because of Bt crops’ high pest control efficacy, there is concern that pests will develop resistance to Bt toxins so that Bt crops are less or no longer effective. To delay the evolution of resistance, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) currently requires Bt crop growers to also plant non-Bt (conventional) crops on a minimum percentage of their...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Welfare; Bt; Pest suppression; Agricultural and Food Policy; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103584

Can COO Labeling be a Means of Pepper Differentiation: Quality Expectation and Taste Experience
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kloeckner,   Heike; Langen,   Nina; Hartmann,   Monika.
Country of Origin (COO) labeling has been shown in several studies to be an important extrinsic cue for consumers in their quality evaluation of food products such as olive oil. COO has not been discussed in the context of pepper; a spice which’s quality is highly dependant on its heritage. This is the first study that combines face-to-face interviews regarding attitudes, image and knowledge with a bind tasting of pepper and an investigation of consumer's WTP for pepper from different origins and processing characteristics. The study reveals that organic consumes are able to experience taste differences to due COO. They expect taste differences. But also concerned and involved consumers are not to that extent informed about COO that they rely in their...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/115963

Can Crop Insurance Premiums be Reliably Estimated?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ramirez,   Octavio A.; Carpio,   Carlos E.; Rejesus,   Roderick M.
The objective of this paper is to compare the accuracy of crop insurance rating methods based on historical liability and indemnity data (similar to the procedure currently used by the Risk Management Agency) and “yield distribution” approaches.  Estimated rates are compared to “true” rates using empirically-grounded simulation procedures that take into account common data availability constraints. Simulation results suggest that farm and county level rate estimates using the “yield distribution” approach are significantly more accurate than those based on historical indemnity and liability records.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Crop insurance premiums; Non-normal distributions; Simulation methods; Agribusiness; Agricultural Finance; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49465

CAN DOMESTICATION OF WILDLIFE LEAD TO CONSERVATION? THE ECONOMICS OF TIGER FARMING IN CHINA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Abbott,   Brant; van Kooten,   G. Cornelis.
Tigers are a threatened species that might soon disappear in the wild. Not only are tigers threatened by deteriorating and declining habitat, but poachers continue to kill tigers for traditional medicine, decoration pieces and so on. Although international trade in tiger products has been banned since 1987 and domestic trade within China since 1993, tigers continue to be poached and Chinese entrepreneurs have established tiger farms in anticipation of their demise. While China desires to permit sale of tiger products from captive-bred tigers, this is opposed on the grounds that it likely encourages illegal killing. Instead, wildlife conservationists lobby for more spending on anti-poaching and trade-ban enforcement. In this study, a mathematical...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Endangered species and extinction; Wildlife farming; Economics of natural; Mathematical bioeconomics; Environmental Economics and Policy; Q27; C61; Q57.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61071

CAN ECO-LABELING DO MORE HARM THAN GOOD? A COMPARATIVE STATICS ANALYSIS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Athearn,   Kevin R.
This paper uses a two-product partial equilibrium model with demand- and supply-side substitution effects to identify supply and demand conditions under which eco-labeling would be most and least effective.  The results suggest that eco-labeling is most effective at reducing environmentally harmful production when it leads to a decrease in demand for unlabeled products and producers respond to non-price incentives in adopting the certified methods.  The analysis demonstrates that consumer willingness-to-pay a premium and the potential demand for an eco-labeled product do not provide the best indication of an eco-labeling program's effectiveness at reducing adverse environmental impacts.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/35105

Can Education Be a Barrier to Technology Adoption?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Uematsu,   Hiroki; Mishra,   Ashok K.
The objective of this study is to test the widely‐held belief that the effect of education has a positive impact on technology adoption. Using 2006 Agricultural Resource Management Survey "ARMS" data, we estimate a simultaneous equations model to integrate farmers’ labor allocation decision with adoption of GM crops and precision farming. We confirm that the marginal effect of education on technology adoption is significantly larger for large farms for both GM crops and precision farming and it is unexpectedly negative for GM crops at all levels of farm size. These results suggest that formal education can be a barrier to technology adoption, especially for small scale farmers who have higher tendency to work off‐farm.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Education; Technology Adoption; Off‐farm Labor Supply; Precision Farming; Genetically Modified Crops; Simultaneous Equations Model; International Development; Labor and Human Capital; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Q10; Q12.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61630

CAN EQIP BE EFFECTIVE IN HELPING FARMERS MEET MANURE MANAGEMENT GOALS?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ribaudo,   Marc; Agapoff,   Jean; Cattaneo,   Andrea.
A manure application cost model was used to examine the impact financial assistance from EQIP can have on reducing costs to confined hog operations from meeting a manure nutrient application standard. Sector costs are examined under alternative scenarios involving type of nutrient standard and landowner willingness to accept manure.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22025

CAN EU ENLARGEMENT LEAD TO "IMMISERIZING GROWTH"? AN EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Tokgoz,   Simla.
The possibility of 'immiserizing growth' in the grain sectors of the acceding countries after the EU enlargement is explored. The impact of the enlargement on the EU, new member states, and world grains markets are projected with different technology transfer scenarios, and the net welfare changes in each scenario are computed.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20100

Can Faculty Change Initial Impressions on Student Evaluations of Teaching?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Pruitt,   J. Ross; Dicks,   Michael R.; Tilley,   Daniel S.
Expectations of a course and instructor are formed prior to engagement in the course which affect learning.  By understanding the factors that are involved in setting these expectations, instruction and student learning may be improved.  This paper seeks to determine if student expectations set the basis for course and instructor appraisal and what factors affect these expectations or changes from expectations.  Results indicate that while instructor appraisal does not change over the course of the semester, variables related to instructor appraisal do change.  How worthwhile students view the course can also positively or negatively impact overall course appraisal.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6491

CAN FARMERS BE SUPPLIERS IN A MARKET FOR CARBON CREDITS? (PowerPoint Presentation)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Willey,   Zach.
PowerPoint presentation
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33035

Can Female Non-Farm Labor Income Reduce Income Inequality? Evidence from Rural Southern Ethiopia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kimhi,   Ayal.
This article examines the importance of non-farm income in reducing per-capita income inequality among agricultural households in southern Ethiopia, with an emphasis on the gender dimension. Using a modified technique of inequality decomposition by income sources applied to household survey data, it was found that female non-farm labor income is the only income source that significantly reduces per-capita income inequality. More precisely, a uniform increase in female non-farm labor income, among households that already have income from this source, reduces inequality. Encouraging women to devote more time to non-farm income-generating activities, and creating market mechanisms that increase earnings in these activities, could potentially lift households...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114756

Can financial development cause productive inefficiency?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Khanzhyn,   Viktor.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Development; Productivity Analysis.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61407

CAN FOOD PROCESSORS USE CONTRACTS TO INFLUENCE FARM CASH PRICES? THE COMPETITIVE IMPLICATIONS OF TOP-OF-THE-MARKET AND RELATED PRICING CLAUSES
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Xia,   Tian; Sexton,   Richard J.
When contract production is marketed contemporaneously with production sold through a spot market, it is conveninet to specify the contract price in terms of the subsequent cash price.  This paper examines the competitive implications of such pricing arrangements, focusing in particular upon so-called "top-of-the-market (TOMP) pricing in cattle procurement, wherein the contract guarantees the producer the highest cash price prevailing at the time of delivery. We show that these contracts have anticompetitive consequences when the same buyers who purchase cattle with the TOMP clause also compete to procure cattle in the subsequent spot market.  By committing to purchase cattle at a price to be determined later, beef packers' incentives to compete...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19776

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

CAN GM-TECHNOLOGIES HELP AFRICAN SMALLHOLDERS? THE IMPACT OF BT COTTON IN THE MAKHATHINI FLATS OF KWAZULU-NATAL
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Beyers,   Lindie; Thirtle,   Colin G.
Analysis of a survey of the 1998-99 and 1999-2000 seasons for the same 100 smallholders in the Makhathini Flats region of KwaZulu-Natal shows that Bt cotton has performed better than other varieties.  Having two years of data for the same farmers allows innate efficiency differences, due to factors such as farm size, to be separated from the effects of the new technology, which is not normally possible. Farmers who adopted Bt cotton in 1999-2000 benefited according to all the measures used.  Higher yields and lower chemical costs outweighed higher seed costs, giving higher gross margins. These measures showed negative benefits in 1998-99, which conflicts with continued adoption, but stochastic efficiency frontier estimation, which takes account of the...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: KwaZulu-Natal; Bt cotton; Stochastic Frontiers; Efficiency; Crop Production/Industries; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25922

Can Good Projects Succeed in Bad Villages? Project Design, Village Governance and Infrastructure Quality in Rural China
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Liu,   Chengfang; Zhang,   Linxiu; Huang,   Jikun; Luo,   Renfu; Rozelle,   Scott.
This study seeks to explain the differences in infrastructure quality across China’s villages. Using primary data on three main types of infrastructure projects in rural China, we find that a.) between-project within-village quality differences are small and project design has little explanatory power; b.) between-village variations are larger; and c.) there are strong correlations between the ways villages govern themselves and project quality. We conclude that it is difficult to make good projects work in bad communities and that there is something at the village level that is making some projects succeed in some villages, but not in others.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Infrastructure Quality; Village; Rural China; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Public Economics; H41; H54; H71.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49944

Can Group Based Credit Uphold Smallholder Farmers Productivity and Reduce Poverty in Africa? Empirical Evidence from Kenya
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Owuor,   George.
With access to formal credit proving almost impossible to smallholder farmers, group based lending is steadily becoming popular in Africa. However, little is documented on the role of such programmes. In this paper, we employ propensity score matching and endogenous switching regime methods on a sample of 600 smallholder farmers drawn from two agricultural regions in Kenya in 2007. The goal of the survey was to evaluate the economic impact of group based credit programmes on smallholder farmers’ productive performance and poverty reduction in Kenya. Our findings reveal gains with significant impacts of group based credit on incomes in the range of 300 and 480 euros as well as via purchased inputs, with participation in such credit programmes significantly...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Informal Micro-Finance; Smallholder Farmers; Performance in Kenya; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital; Production Economics; Productivity Analysis.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52806

Can Growth Compensate Inequality and Risk?---a welfare analysis for Chinese households
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Cao,   Heping; Ligon,   Ethan; Meng,   Xiangyi.
It has been widely observed that China’'s break-neck growth has not been equally shared between rural and urban areas, with urban households' enjoying a much larger proportion. To further test whether regional inequality exists within urban areas, we measure urban households’ vulnerability in a risky environment and decompose this measure to quantify China aggregate risks, province-level risks and idiosyncratic risks faced by households situated in 31 provinces. Besides, under this framework of analysis, we are able to make welfare comparisons between growth, inequality and different risks. We find that inequality has very big negative effect on households'’ welfare, while growth is able to compensate nearly half of it; households seem to be able to smooth...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21458

Can Hydro-economic River Basis Models Simulate Water Shadow Prices Under Asymmetric Access?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Britz,   Wolfgang; Kuhn,   Arnim.
Hydro-economic river basin models (HERBM) based on mathematical programming are conventionally formulated as explicit ‘aggregate optimization’ problems with a single, aggregate objective function. Often unintended, this format implicitly assumes that decisions on water allocation are made via central planning or functioning markets such as to maximize social welfare. In the absence of perfect water markets, however, individually optimal decisions by water users will differ from the social optimum. Classical aggregate HERBMs cannot simulate that situation and thus might be unable to describe existing institutions governing access to water and produce biased results for alternative ones. We propose a new solution format for HERBMs, based on Mixed...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Hydro-economic river basin model; Mixed complementarity programming; Water institutions; Externalities; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114272

Can incentive-based spatial management work in the Eastern tuna and billfish fishery?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Pascoe,   Sean; Wilcox,   Chris; Dowling,   Natalie; Taranto,   Tom.
The Eastern tuna and billfish fishery (ETBF) is currently managed through an input quota system based on individual transferable effort units (the number of hooks) and a total allowable effort level (i.e. total number of hooks) A spatial management policy based on a series of differential hook-penalties has been proposed as a flexible tool to discourage vessels operating in certain areas (e.g. those with high bycatch potential) and encourage operating in other areas (e.g. with less bycatch potential). In this study, the importance of catch rates per hook to location choice is assessed through the estimation of a nested multinomial logit model. Other variables in the model include distance to the location, prices of the main species, fuel prices and vessel...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/59151

Can Information Costs Affect Consumer Choice?—Nutritional Labels in a Supermarket Experiment—
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kiesel,   Kristin; Villas-Boas,   Sofia Berto.
This paper investigates whether information costs under currently regulated nutritional labeling prevent consumers from making healthier food choices. We implement five nutritional shelf label treatments in a market-level experiment. These labels reduce information costs by highlighting and summarizing information available on the Nutritional Facts Panel. Following a difference-in-differences and synthetic control method approach, we analyze weekly store-level scanner data for microwave popcorn purchases from treatment and control stores. Our results suggest that consumer purchases are affected by information costs. Implemented low calorie and no trans fat labels increase sales. In contrast, implemented low fat labels decrease sales, suggesting that...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Nutritional labeling; Information cost; Scanner data; Market-level experiment; Difference-in-differences; Synthetic control method; Agricultural and Food Policy; Consumer/Household Economics; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Health Economics and Policy; C93; D01; D18; D83; L51.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/116433

Can Organically Produced Foods Attract South Korean Consumers?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Florkowski,   Wojciech J.; Nambiar,   Padmanand Madhavan; Suh,   Dong-Kyun.
Differences in perception of organic and conventional foods matter to food suppliers and retailers. Using survey data collected from 1,100 female residents of seven urban centers in Korea this study applies the logit technique to identify consumer and household characteristics that influence the perception differences regarding six attributes. Results indicate the importance of household income with regard to organic food preference and the opposite effect of education. Perceptions also differed across locations, while the effects of other characteristics varied in case of the six attributes. Food marketers must account for income, education and location of consumers to plan sales strategies.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Consumer/Household Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56505

Can politicians calm public fears of food-borne risks or do they adopt excessively stringent preventive measures?: A political economy approach
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Arahata,   Katsumi.
The purpose of this paper is to examine politically sensitive food safety problems from the viewpoint of political economy. The model was built in order to clarify the behaviors of consumers and politicians, employing the prospect theory and the median voter theorem. Major findings and policy implications in this study are as follows:     Firstly, as an outcome of the theoretical analysis, it is suggested that politicians may magnify consumers’ excessive response to food scares.     Secondly, several countervailing factors that can mitigate such consumers’ excessive responses may exist. Nevertheless, in Japan, they may be weak or may have become weak and do not mitigate such excessive responses.     Finally, it is recommended that politicians’ staff or...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Food safety; Political economy; The prospect theory; The median voter theorem; Agricultural and Food Policy; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Political Economy; Public Economics; Q18.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51621

Can Rank-Order Tournaments Improve Efficiency of Quality Differentiated Crop Markets Under Marketing Loan Program Operation?  The Case of U.S. Peanuts.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Nadolnyak,   Denis A.; Fletcher,   Stanley M.; Revoredo-Giha,   Cesar.
In the paper, alternative contractual arrangements between crop producers and processors are evaluated with a view of addressing the major issues present in peanut markets in the U.S., the major EU supplier of high quality peanuts. The issues are the thinness of the spot markets and the absence of quality premiums, both of which impair market efficiency. Results indicate that introducing contracts with a system of quality differentials creates incentives for producer self-selection to participate in the post harvest cash market. Moreover, in the presence of  sufficiently high common production risk, tournament contracts are more efficient and preferred by the producers than the standard fixed premium schedules.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Contracts; Tournaments; Efficiency; Spot markets; Peanuts; Marketing.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24703

Can Real Option Value Explain Why Producers Appear to Store Too Long?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kim,   Hyun Seok; Brorsen,   B. Wade.
Previous studies suggest that producers tend to store crops longer than makes economic sense. Since decisions to sell are irreversible, there can be a real option value from waiting to sell grain. This real option value may explain why producers appear to store too long. A seasonal mean reversion model is estimated that allows prices to be a random walk within a season, but mean reverting across crop years. Unless prices are extremely low, it is optimal for producers to sell before the mean reversion begins. Thus, the real option value of waiting cannot explain why producers seem to store at a loss in the latter part of crop years.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Real option value; Seasonal mean reversion; Agricultural Finance.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37602

Can Regional NRM arrangements reduce net transaction costs by increasing social capital?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Yee,   Shion; Rolfe,   John.
In Australia significant resources are invested into Regional NRM arrangements where some authority and decision-making responsibilities are devolved to Regional NRM groups. However, little empirical evidence is available to guide policymakers in determining whether investments in such a governance regime will yield optimal outcomes. In this paper, we focus on exploring whether the Regional NRM model may result in a reduction in net transaction costs by generating social capital. By improving levels of trust and cooperation, and minimising levels of conflict between various stakeholders involved in NRM activities, costs such as those associated with monitoring and compliance can potentially be reduced. Evidence from a survey of landholders involved with...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10368

Can Risk Reducing Policies Reduce Farmer's Risk and Improve Their Welfare?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Anton,   Jesus; Giner,   Celine.
This paper develops an analytical model able to represent the decisions of an individual risk averse farmer facing variability in both prices and yields. A comprehensive set of stylised risk reducing policy measures is represented. A calibration of the model is used to run Monte-Carlo simulations and to obtain optimal responses. The main focus is the interaction between policy measures and market strategies in terms of impacts on production, welfare and risk. Risk reducing strategies that cover different sources of risk, such as price and yield variability, may be complementary for the farmers. Counter-cyclical area payments create incentives to bring land into production and their capacity to reduce farming risk is mitigated by the potential crowding out...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Risk; Welfare; Policy; Insurance; Counter-cyclical; Agricultural and Food Policy; Risk and Uncertainty; D81; Q12.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24578

Can SMEs Build Global Brands with Place-Of-Origin Information? The Role of Social Networks
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dentoni,   Domenico; Reardon,   Thomas.
Agri-food small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) can enter global food chains by pursuing niche marketing strategies, where a narrow segment of customers perceives high benefits of food products that compensate their high prices and do not require large volumes of supply (Humphrey, 2005). To serve a niche of global customers, building a brand is challenging but crucial. Brands are crucial as they provide signals of the overall quality of products, as well as create an image that differentiates them from competitors (Keller, 1993). Building a brand is particularly important for firms that aspire to have a product image associated to credence attributes (Darby and Karni, 1973; Humphrey, 2005). Credence attributes are quality features that cannot be...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Development.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58006

CAN STRUCTURAL CHANGE EXPLAIN CHANGES IN RETURNS TO TECHNICAL ANALYSIS?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kidd,   Willis V.; Brorsen,   B. Wade.
Returns to managed futures funds and Commodity Trading Advisors (CTAs) have decreased dramatically during the last several years. Since these funds overwhelmingly use technical analysis, this research examines futures prices to determine if there is evidence of a structural change in futures price movements that could explain the reduction in fund returns. Bootstrap tests are used to test significance of a change in statistics related to daily returns, close-to-open changes, breakaway gaps, and serial correlation. Results indicate that several statistics have changed across a broad range of commodities indicating futures price fluctuations have changed. The lower price volatility, decreased price reaction time, and decreased serial correlation may partly...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Marketing.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19066

CAN STRUCTURAL CHANGE EXPLAIN THE DECREASE IN RETURNS TO TECHNICAL ANALYSIS?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kidd,   Willis V.; Brorsen,   B. Wade.
Practioners Abstract:      Returns to managed futures funds and Commodity Trading Advisors (CTAs) have decreased dramatically during the last several years. Since these funds overwhelmingly use technical analysis, this research examines futures prices to determine if there is evidence of a structural change in futures price movements that could explain the reduction in fund returns. Bootstrap tests are used to test significance of a change in statistics related to daily returns, close-to-open changes, breakaway gaps, and serial correlation. Results indicate that several statistics have changed across a broad range of commodities indicating futures price fluctuations have changed. The lower price volatility, decreased price reaction time, and decreased...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Marketing.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19059

Can subsidizing alternative energy technology development lead to faster global warming?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Duncan,   Roderick.
Modelling global climate changes without taking account of the changes in resource markets can produce climate policy with perverse consequences. In even the simplest economic model of emissions of greenhouse gases, naïve policies that ignore markets can lead to perverse outcomes- the opposite of that intended by the policymakers-such as accelerating global warming. Yet the global climate models that are commonly used to develop climate policy do not adequately model resource markets. As a consequence, we need to develop better models of resource markets within our global climate models.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10383

Can supply chain's coordination mechanisms include small holders? Insight from an empirical work in Costa Rica.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Faure,   Guy; D'Hotel,   Elodie Maitre; le Coq,   Jean-Francois; Saenz,   Fernando.
Small holders' agriculture is currently facing new stakes due to State's withdrawal from agricultural support and to higher market requests for producing agricultural products. Different coordination mechanisms can be observed inside the supply chains involving farmers, farmers' organizations, and others stakeholders. They depend on the nature of the product, the characteristics of the stakeholders involved, the technical specifications related to the transactions, and the institutional environment. Relying on a comparative case study methodology, the paper analyzes the consequences of different coordination mechanisms on inclusion or exclusion of small farmers in the northern region of Costa Rica. Market coordination could be an efficient way to integrate...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Supply chain; Small holders; Farmers; Contracting; Coordination; Costa Rica; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7943

Can Survey-based Scenarios Measure Consumer Values for Improved Food Safety?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Teisl,   Mario F.; Roe,   Brian E.; Noblet,   Caroline; Bockstael,   Nancy E.; Boyle,   Kevin J.; Levy,   Alan S.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9816

Can Technology Deliver on the Yield Challenge to 2050?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fischer,   R.A.; Byerlee,   Derek R.; Edmeades,   Gregory O.
This paper was produced for the FAO Expert Meeting on How to Feed the World in 2050 (Rome, 24-26 June 2009).
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Technology; Productivity; Yield gaps; Investment in R&amp;D; Biotechnology; Input efficiency; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/55481

Can the Australian exchange rate still be considered a commodity based currency?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Frost,   Mark; Parton,   Kevin A.
The Australian dollar is considered a commodity-based currency, with the high level of primary commodity exports in Australia’s trade balance given as an explanation. Key studies have concluded that Australia’s terms of trade are a primary driver of the real exchange rate based on a comparative advantage trade model. These studies have been undertaken at an aggregate level where changes in the terms of trade have been assumed as a given. Since the Australian economy was deregulated in the early 1980s, there have been dramatic changes in the structure of the economy. Australia’s trading activity has grown and now contributes more within the domestic economy. Similarly the structure and contribution of key imports and exports has also evolved. Furthermore...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/59735

Can the CAP payments facilitate the growth of individual farms in the New Member States post-EU accession?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Latruffe,   Laure; Davidova,   Sophia; Douarin,   Elodie; Gorton,   Matthew.
The impact of the introduction of EU Single Area Payments (SAP) on farm strategy in New Member States is investigated for a sample of Lithuanian farms, utilizing farm accounting and survey data. The application of two investment models demonstrates that the credit market in Lithuania was imperfect prior to accession and that some farms were financially constrained. The introduction of the SAP has a significant, positive influence on farmers’ intentions to expand their farm area compared to a baseline scenario of the continuation of pre-accession policy. The switch in policy has a more pronounced effect on farms that were previously credit constrained. While the SAP has been presented as a policy support that is decoupled from production, its introduction...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Single Area Payments (SAP); Common Agricultural Policy (CAP); Credit; Lithuania; Agricultural and Food Policy; Farm Management.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43611

Can the CAP payments facilitate the growth of individual farms in the NMS post-EU accession?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Latruffe,   Laure; Davidova,   Sophia; Douarin,   Elodie; Gorton,   Matthew.
The impact of the introduction of the EU Single Area Payments (SAP) on farm strategy is investigated for a sample of Lithuanian farms, utilising farm accounting and survey data. The applications of two investment models demonstrate that the credit market in Lithuania was imperfect prior to accession and that some farms were financially constrained. The introduction of the SAP has a significant, positive influence on farmers’ intentions to expand their farm area compared to a baseline scenario of the continuation of pre-accession policy. The switch in policy has a more pronounced effect on farms that were previously credit constrained. While the SAP has been presented as a policy support that is decoupled from production, its introduction will nevertheless...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Single Area Payments (SAP); Common Agricultural Policy (CAP); Credit; Lithuania.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/36861

Can the Federal Reserve Bank’s Survey of Agricultural Credit Conditions Forecast Land Values?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Zakrzewicz,   Christopher J.; Brorsen,   B. Wade; Briggeman,   Brian C.
The value of land dominates the financial structure of most American agricultural production firms, and land values are an important factor in long-term agricultural planning and risk management. As the primary source of collateral for farm loans, farmland values have significant implications for both producers as well as bankers financing agricultural loans. The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City’s Survey of Agricultural Credit Conditions is an expert opinion survey in which agricultural bankers provide land value forecasts. As the survey has drawn increased attention, the survey has drawn criticism regarding its use qualitative data to forecast land values. Our research examines the value of the survey data with respect to its ability to forecast...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Farmland; Forecasting; Land values; Federal Reserve Bank; Agribusiness; Financial Economics.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61758

Can the lack of coordination between an agricultural authority and a water agency generate inefficiencies?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Martin,   Elsa; Stahn,   Hubert.
The point of departure of this work is the situation occurring in the Crau area (South-East of France). In this region, organic farmers use surface water for irrigation and excess water percolates into an aquifer that is used as a source for local residents. In contrast to the standard framework, agricultural production thus increases groundwater levels. In this paper, using a dynamic model, we derive the myopic and socially optimal food and water consumption paths. The first aim is to bring to the fore that an intervention is needed and that, in such a specific case, the environment can be protected thanks to some "good" production incentives. We then analyze the problem of coordination that can occur when two distinct local authorities - an agricultural...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Externalities; Agricultural policy; Water policy; Coordination of policies; Environmental Economics and Policy; H23; Q18; Q28.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/91811

Can the U.S. Ethanol Industry Compete in the Alternative Fuels' Market?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Zhang,   Zibin; Vedenov,   Dmitry V.; Wetzstein,   Michael E.
The U.S. ethanol fuel industry has experienced preferential treatment from federal and state governments ever since the Energy Tax Act of 1978 exempted 10% ethanol/gasoline blend (gasohol) from the federal excise tax.  Combined with a 54¢/gal ethanol import tariff, this exemption was designed to provide incentives for the establishment and development of a U.S. ethanol industry.  Despite these tax exemptions, until recently, the U.S. ethanol fuel industry was unable to expand from a limited regional market.  Ethanol was dominated in the market by MTBE (methyl-tertiary-butyl ether).  Only after MTBE was found to contaminate groundwater and consequently banned in many states did the demand for ethanol expand nationally.  Limit pricing on the part of MTBE...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/34867

CAN THE WTO/GATT AGREEMENTS ON SANITARY AND PHYTO-SANITARY MEASURES AND TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE BE RENEGOTIATED TO ACCOMMODATE AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Perdikis,   Nicholas; Kerr,   William A.; Hobbs,   Jill E.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25999

CAN U.S. AGRICULTURE PRODUCE THE BASIC FOODSTUFFS CONSISTENT WITH THE DIETARY GUIDELINES?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Abbott,   Philip C.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32904

Can U.S. Farm Subsidies Be Bought Out?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Orden,   David.
Achieving substantial agricultural trade liberalization has proven elusive in the Doha Round. This paper examines policy reforms the United States might adopt to facilitate progress. The focus is on whether decoupling can be made more convincing through a long-term buyout that would end farm subsidies. Buyouts have not been feasible in the past but recent reforms for several specialty crops provide evidence of what might be done and the conditions under which it occurs. Although the political-economy conditions may not be conducive to such a buyout yet, estimates are provided of the potential cost of a buyout of the main U.S. farm support subsidies of direct fixed and counter-cyclical payments.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19233

CAN U.S. VALUE-ADDED PRODUCTS COMPETE GLOBALLY? (PowerPoint Presentation)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Duran,   Dan.
POWERPOINT PRESENTATION
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33488

Can Vietnamese Upland Farmers Profit from High World Market Prices? A Price Transmission Analysis
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Luckmann,   Jonas; Ihle,   Rico; Grethe,   Harald; Kleinwechter,   Ulrich.
Replaced with revised version of paper 09/14/11.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural Finance; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114376

Can virtual water 'trade' reduce water scarcity in semi-arid countries? The case of Spain
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Garrido,   Alberto; Novo,   Paula; Rodriguez Casado,   Roberto; Varela-Ortega,   Consuelo.
Agricultural trade is by far the largest vehicle to ‘move’ water virtually around the world. Observing that most countries import and export water embedded in the exchanged products, the objective of this study is to assess the virtual water ‘trade’ in Spain for the period 1997-2006. We differentiate between the green and blue components of virtual water from a hydrological and economic perspective. The combination of spatial and time dimensions offers a unique empirical setting to determine whether virtual water ‘trade’ can contribute to reduce water scarcity. The study reveals that Spain is a net ‘importer’ of virtual water. By far the largest virtual water ‘imports’ are linked to cereals and animal feed products whilst the virtual water ‘exports’ are...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Virtual water ‘trade’; Farm trade; Water scarcity; Agricultural and Food Policy; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; Land Economics/Use; Q15; Q17; Q25; Q27; Q56.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51048