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  1. Smallholder farmers are excluded from efficient and effective participation in high-value agro-food market chains due to major competitiveness constraints and several market failures along these chains. The pu...

    Authors: Evans Ngenoh, Barnabas K. Kurgat, Hillary K. Bett, Sindu W. Kebede and Wolfgang Bokelmann
    Citation: Agricultural and Food Economics 2019 7:2
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  2. Proven that the adoption rate of a new product is influenced by the network characteristics of the early adopters, the aim of this paper is to find the network features of the early adopters associated with hi...

    Authors: Angela Barbuto, Antonio Lopolito and Fabio Gaetano Santeramo
    Citation: Agricultural and Food Economics 2019 7:1
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  3. Over the last decades, economic, social, and environmental changes have profoundly affected citizen-consumer’s lifestyle and food habits. Current food habits encourage people either to eat more outside home or...

    Authors: Concetta Nazzaro, Marco Lerro and Giuseppe Marotta
    Citation: Agricultural and Food Economics 2018 6:23
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  6. Among foods with credence attributes, food with “natural” components have received in the last years particular attention by consumers. This study applies the BDM incentive compatible mechanism to explore youn...

    Authors: Giuseppina Migliore, Massimiliano Borrello, Alessia Lombardi and Giorgio Schifani
    Citation: Agricultural and Food Economics 2018 6:21
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  7. Low adoption of agricultural technology is among the main reasons for low farm productivity and high incidence of poverty and food insecurity in sub-Saharan countries including Tanzania. In this study, we exam...

    Authors: Aloyce R Kaliba, Kizito Mazvimavi, Theresia L Gregory, Frida M Mgonja and Mary Mgonja
    Citation: Agricultural and Food Economics 2018 6:18
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  8. Agricultural price distortion which is the discrepancy between world market price of agricultural produce and price received by farmers as a result of market interventions by governments, either through subsid...

    Authors: Aimable Nsabimana and Franklin Amuakwa-Mensah
    Citation: Agricultural and Food Economics 2018 6:20
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  9. The Common Agricultural Policy has traditionally provided support to farm incomes via direct payments under the Single Payment Scheme. This article analyzes whether the reform of the SPS will decrease the conc...

    Authors: Stefano Ciliberti and Angelo Frascarelli
    Citation: Agricultural and Food Economics 2018 6:19
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  10. For horticultural commodities, labor is necessary for post-harvest activities such as management, marketing, packing, and distribution. We create a model with pre- and post-harvest tasks and transportation net...

    Authors: Andrew J. Cassey, Kwanyoung Lee, Jeremy Sage and Peter R. Tozer
    Citation: Agricultural and Food Economics 2018 6:17
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  11. In this study, we evaluate from the perspective of the theory of commitment costs if the level of farmer understanding about digestate attributes could influence the willingness to pay (WTP) for it. For this p...

    Authors: Gioacchino Pappalardo, Roberta Selvaggi, Salvatore Bracco, Gaetano Chinnici and Biagio Pecorino
    Citation: Agricultural and Food Economics 2018 6:16
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  12. In order to take appropriate and effective actions against anticompetitive behaviors in the agricultural sector, it is essential to understand the interaction between buyer power in agricultural procurement an...

    Authors: Tian Xia and Brian Sancewich
    Citation: Agricultural and Food Economics 2018 6:15
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  13. The contribution of farming to food security, nutrition, employment and poverty alleviation in Africa cannot be overemphasised. This paper analysed the effects of adopting ecosystem-based farm management pract...

    Authors: Caesar Agula, Mamudu Abunga Akudugu, Franklin Nantui Mabe and Saa Dittoh
    Citation: Agricultural and Food Economics 2018 6:13
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  14. Micronutrient malnutrition affects 2 billion people worldwide and biofortification could prove to be a cost-effective solution to its alleviation. The aims of this study are as follows: (i) to understand consu...

    Authors: Salomón Pérez, Adewale Oparinde, Ekin Birol, Carolina Gonzalez and Manfred Zeller
    Citation: Agricultural and Food Economics 2018 6:14
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  15. Livestock production and consumption of meat are significant contributors to today’s most serious environmental problems and global warming. This paper investigates the role of marine reserves in shaping meat ...

    Authors: Beatrice D. Simo-Kengne, Johane Dikgang and Sunita Prugsamatz Ofstad
    Citation: Agricultural and Food Economics 2018 6:12
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  16. Weather index-based crop insurance is increasingly becoming important as a risk mitigation strategy that farmers may use to mitigate adverse climate shocks and natural disasters encountered during farming. Whi...

    Authors: William M. Fonta, Safietou Sanfo, Abbi M. Kedir and Djiby R. Thiam
    Citation: Agricultural and Food Economics 2018 6:11
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  17. This study evaluated determinants of food insecurity in the rural farm households of the Teleyayen sub-watershed in Ethiopia. The study used a multistage sampling procedure to select 215 sample households invo...

    Authors: Alem-meta Assefa Agidew and K. N. Singh
    Citation: Agricultural and Food Economics 2018 6:10
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  18. In the international scene, country-of-origin labelling (COOL) is a controversial issue. We aim at defining criteria for the country-of-origin marking COOL for processed foods and figure out the effect of COOL...

    Authors: Jenny Yuezhen Su and Maurizio Canavari
    Citation: Agricultural and Food Economics 2018 6:8
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  22. Factors influencing consumers’ perception of environmental effects of organic agriculture, and health benefits and consumption of organic vegetables were determined using linear regression analyses of primary ...

    Authors: Sansern Srinieng and Gopal Bahadur Thapa
    Citation: Agricultural and Food Economics 2018 6:5
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  23. This study investigates the factors affecting the inter-organizational relationships and governance of firms in agri-food supply chains and assesses the influence that the current conditions of vertical coordi...

    Authors: Luca Camanzi, Elisabetta Arba, Cosimo Rota, Cesare Zanasi and Giulio Malorgio
    Citation: Agricultural and Food Economics 2018 6:4
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  24. This article analyzes the impact of participation in off-farm activities on technical efficiency of maize production in eastern Ethiopia. We combined propensity score matching with a stochastic production fron...

    Authors: Musa Hasen Ahmed and Kumilachew Alamerie Melesse
    Citation: Agricultural and Food Economics 2018 6:3
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  25. Globalization-driven food trade policies and the transformations of food regimes have led to modernizing food habits and the growing substitution of traditional foods by introduced/industrialized foods in the ...

    Authors: Barthelemy G. Honfoga, Gervais N’tandou-Bonzitou, Raymond S. Vodouhè, Mauricio R. Bellon and Joseph D. Hounhouigan
    Citation: Agricultural and Food Economics 2018 6:2
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  26. Gender differences in fish processors’ willingness to pay for a group-owned fish solar tent dryer (FSTD) are being assessed by using the double hurdle model. Willingness to pay (WTP) responses from 382 randoml...

    Authors: Levison S. Chiwaula, Gowokani Chijere Chirwa, Lucy S. Binauli, James Banda and Joseph Nagoli
    Citation: Agricultural and Food Economics 2018 6:1
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  27. Sustainable feed formulation (defined here as nutritional and economic feed optimization) is substantial in feed chain production from crop farmers to livestock producers. Diet formulation employing a static l...

    Authors: Othman Alqaisi, Oghaiki Asaah Ndambi and Ryan Blake Williams
    Citation: Agricultural and Food Economics 2017 5:25
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  28. The purpose of this paper is to identify the main factors affecting the consumption of avocado fruit among Italian consumers. In order to respond to the aim of the study, an empirical survey was conducted thro...

    Authors: Giuseppina Migliore, Vittorio Farina, Salvatore Tinervia, Giovanni Matranga and Giorgio Schifani
    Citation: Agricultural and Food Economics 2017 5:24
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  29. The aim of the paper is to analyze how the dynamic capabilities of the wine industry actors, involved in searching for biodiversity, influence and are influenced by the dyadic buyer–supplier relationship. In p...

    Authors: Piermichele La Sala, Raffaele Silvestri and Francesco Contò
    Citation: Agricultural and Food Economics 2017 5:23
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  30. Our paper explores how participants of voluntary transparency systems react to the cancellation of such programmes. We concern ourselves with participants of the voluntary transparency scheme known as the “Nor...

    Authors: Anica Veronika Fietz and Sven Grüner
    Citation: Agricultural and Food Economics 2017 5:22
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  31. Consumer preferences about locally grown foods have been studied principally as they concern meals consumed in the home, while knowledge about consumptions outside the home is still fragmented. Studying the re...

    Authors: Caterina Contini, Caterina Romano, Fabio Boncinelli, Gabriele Scozzafava and Leonardo Casini
    Citation: Agricultural and Food Economics 2017 5:21
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  32. Marketing outlets choice is one of the most important farm household decisions to sell their produce and has a great impact on household income. Though the study area has great potential of honey production, t...

    Authors: Kassa Tarekegn, Jema Haji and Bosena Tegegne
    Citation: Agricultural and Food Economics 2017 5:20
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  33. This study aims at assessing if benefits, based on the economic performance of farms operating in an agro-food supply chain, are generated by a vertical coordination. A panel data (2008–2011) of durum wheat pr...

    Authors: Felicetta Carillo, Francesco Caracciolo and Luigi Cembalo
    Citation: Agricultural and Food Economics 2017 5:19
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  34. CAP regulation of sugar sector has frequently been questioned because of its potential effect on competition. In 2006 the CAP reform of the sugar sector established a relevant break in policy trend with potent...

    Authors: Maurizio Aragrande, Mauro Bruni, Alberico Loi and Roberto Esposti
    Citation: Agricultural and Food Economics 2017 5:18
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  36. This paper examines the current setting of instruments aimed at rebalancing unequal market power in the food chain. Particular attention is given to horizontal integration possibilities for farmers, and organi...

    Authors: Beatriz Velázquez and Bruno Buffaria
    Citation: Agricultural and Food Economics 2017 5:16
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  37. During the 52nd Conference of the Italian Society of Agricultural Economists (SIDEA), Italian agricultural economists have been given the opportunity to debate regarding internationalization, competition, and ...

    Authors: Simone Severini and Alessandro Sorrentino
    Citation: Agricultural and Food Economics 2017 5:15
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  38. Estimation of consumption intensity of African indigenous vegetables (AIVs) is important to understand how their utilization can be enhanced at the household level. The study evaluated consumption intensity of...

    Authors: Eric Obedy Gido, Oscar Ingasia Ayuya, George Owuor and Wolfgang Bokelmann
    Citation: Agricultural and Food Economics 2017 5:14
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  39. Growing concerns in the major importing countries on the socio-environmental sustainability of oil palm farming may affect the import demand of palm oil and hence the economy of the exporting countries. This p...

    Authors: Yaghoob Jafari, Jamal Othman, Peter Witzke and Sufian Jusoh
    Citation: Agricultural and Food Economics 2017 5:13
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  40. Minimum tillage combined with mulching (MTM) is critical to conservation agriculture, yet its use by smallholder farmers raises challenging questions regarding adoption, diffusion and scaling at farm level. In...

    Authors: Paswel P. Marenya, Menale Kassie, Moti Jaleta, Dil Bahadur Rahut and Olaf Erenstein
    Citation: Agricultural and Food Economics 2017 5:12
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  45. This study evaluated the impact of agricultural cooperative membership on the wellbeing of smallholder farmers using cross-sectional data collected from the eastern part of Ethiopia. Using consumption per adul...

    Authors: Musa Hasen Ahmed and Hiwot Mekonnen Mesfin
    Citation: Agricultural and Food Economics 2017 5:6
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  48. Consumers have recently become more concerned about food additives and food safety. Since its first meeting on September 17, 2003, the Risk Communication Expert Committee has studied and discussed the ideal me...

    Authors: Satoko Kubota, Hirotsugu Sawano and Hiroichi Kono
    Citation: Agricultural and Food Economics 2017 5:4
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  49. The aim of this paper is twofold. First, it discusses how the functioning and performance of food chains are affected by the way stakeholders are embedded in the chains, by the coordination modes, and by the k...

    Authors: Anna Carbone
    Citation: Agricultural and Food Economics 2017 5:3
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    The Erratum to this article has been published in Agricultural and Food Economics 2017 5:7

  50. The present study aims at (1) assessing how the existing local formal and informal institutions affect farmer managed natural regeneration (FMNR) practices and, (2) evaluating the benefits of such practices on...

    Authors: Joachim N. Binam, Frank Place, Arinloye A. Djalal and Antoine Kalinganire
    Citation: Agricultural and Food Economics 2017 5:2
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