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Citation: Agricultural and Food Economics 2013 1:1
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Agricultural and Food Economics: the challenge of sustainability
Citation: Agricultural and Food Economics 2020 8:12 -
Agricultural business economics: the challenge of sustainability
Citation: Agricultural and Food Economics 2021 9:6 -
Sustainability perspectives in agricultural economics research and policy agenda
The agricultural sector both needs to reduce its impacts and adapt its food production system to cope with environmental constraints ... 53rd annual Conference of the Italian Society of Agricultural Economics dis...
Citation: Agricultural and Food Economics 2019 7:17 -
Modeling inequality in access to agricultural productive resources and socioeconomic determinants of household food security in Ghana: a cross-sectional study
Women in rural communities remain the most vulnerable population in accessing agricultural productive resources with dire implications for food security, malnutrition, and poverty. Effective agricultural and f...
Citation: Agricultural and Food Economics 2023 11:24 -
Offline and hungry: the effect of internet use on the food insecurity of Indonesian agricultural households
Food insecurity is essential since its prevalence may hinder an individual or an economy from developing. The issue still lacks attention in Indonesia, as reflected in the lagging efforts to reduce food insecu...
Citation: Agricultural and Food Economics 2023 11:25 -
Effects of sustainable agricultural practices on farm income and food security in northern Ghana
The adoption of sustainable agricultural practices (SAPs) has been recommended by many experts and international institutions to address food security and climate change problems. Global support for the Sustai...
Citation: Agricultural and Food Economics 2022 10:9 -
Crop substitution behavior among food crop farmers in Ghana: an efficient adaptation to climate change or costly stagnation in traditional agricultural production system?
This study analyzes impact of climate change on yield, planting decisions and output of five major food crops (cassava, maize, sorghum, rice and yam) in Ghana. Results of Multivariate Tobit Model show that yie...
Citation: Agricultural and Food Economics 2014 2:16 -
The Common Agricultural Policy 2014–2020: scenarios for the European agricultural and rural systems
The reform of Common Agricultural Policy for 2014–2020 aims at promoting greater competitiveness, efficient use of public goods, food security, preservation of the environment and specific action against clima...
Citation: Agricultural and Food Economics 2016 4:16 -
Economics of contracts in African food systems: evidence from the malt barley sector in Ethiopia
Foreign direct investment (FDI) facilitates modernization of domestic agri-food systems in emerging economies through increased use of vertical coordination. This paper sheds lights on how international brewer...
Citation: Agricultural and Food Economics 2021 9:26 -
Correction: Understanding agricultural land leasing in Ireland: a transaction cost approach
Citation: Agricultural and Food Economics 2023 11:20 -
Interaction between buyer power in agricultural procurement and seller power in food retailing, and optimal allocation of anti-trust efforts
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...
Citation: Agricultural and Food Economics 2018 6:15 -
Institutional contributions to agricultural producer price stability
This paper compares the main intersectoral and national agricultural institutions in Russia and Switzerland during the period 2004–2019 and uses data from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), an ordina...
Citation: Agricultural and Food Economics 2022 10:12 -
The evolutionary transformation of modern agri-food systems: emerging trends in consumption, production, and in the provision of public goods
Citation: Agricultural and Food Economics 2021 9:24 -
Framing agricultural policy through the EC’s strategies on CAP reforms (1992–2017)
The periodic reforms of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) are announced each time by a strategic document in the form of a Communication by the European Commission (EC). The content of the last Communicatio...
Citation: Agricultural and Food Economics 2021 9:5 -
What future for organic farming? Foresight for a smallholder Mediterranean agricultural system
This study aims to foresee the future of organic farming in the smallholder agricultural systems of the Valencian Region (Spain), as well as to identify how different drivers of change may affect such a future...
Citation: Agricultural and Food Economics 2023 11:34 -
Information and output in agricultural markets: the role of market transparency
This study is concerned with the impact of changes in market transparency on agricultural production levels. Market transparency is of central importance in the agri-food system as it affects the degree of unc...
Citation: Agricultural and Food Economics 2013 1:15 -
Economic effects of food supply chain re-localization on the Croatian economy
Securing the availability of healthy food at affordable prices is of fundamental public interest. The formerly prevailing paradigm of the absolute superiority of free trade in the global food market is changin...
Citation: Agricultural and Food Economics 2023 11:36 -
Understanding agricultural land leasing in Ireland: a transaction cost approach
Formal written land leasing contracts offer an alternative to land purchase for those farmers wishing to expand their land area and provide greater security relative to informal short-term rental agreements an...
Citation: Agricultural and Food Economics 2023 11:17 -
Institutional reforms and agricultural policy process: lessons from Democratic Republic of Congo
Attaining food security for all requires well-functioning institutions and policy process that are effective in designing and implementing food and agricultural policies and programs. This paper assesses early...
Citation: Agricultural and Food Economics 2014 2:4 -
Supporting agriculture in developing countries: new insights on the impact of official development assistance using a climate perspective
Agriculture is a major source of food and income for poor and rural households living in developing countries; yet, agricultural systems are increasingly threatened by changing climate conditions that compromi...
Citation: Agricultural and Food Economics 2023 11:39 -
Efficiency and coordination in the EU agri-food systems
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 ...
Citation: Agricultural and Food Economics 2017 5:15 -
The role of transdisciplinary research in the transformation of food systems
Citation: Agricultural and Food Economics 2021 9:35 -
Measuring circularity: an application of modified Material Circularity Indicator to agricultural systems
The transition from a linear to a circular economy is a research trend topic, as well as the possibility to measure the degree of circularity of products and systems. In a linear economy, raw materials are tak...
Citation: Agricultural and Food Economics 2021 9:9 -
What sets cooperative farmers apart from non-cooperative farmers? A transaction cost economics analysis of coffee farmers in Mexico
This study investigates what factors relate to the coffee farmer’s cooperative affiliation decision and whether this decision impacts the farmer’s cash holdings. First, we propose a cooperative affiliation mod...
Citation: Agricultural and Food Economics 2023 11:14 -
Hawai‘i’s food consumption and supply sources: benchmark estimates and measurement issues
At the current time, Hawai‘i lacks an established set of benchmark estimates on the availability of food for market consumption and its supply sources. This paper serves to fill a persistent gap in the existin...
Citation: Agricultural and Food Economics 2013 1:10 -
Agricultural districts in the Italian regions: looking toward 2020
Agricultural, quality agro-food, supply-chain and rural districts were introduced by Italian law in 2001. With reference to European structural policies, especially rural development policy, and to the distric...
Citation: Agricultural and Food Economics 2015 3:1 -
Does market access improve dietary diversity and food security? Evidence from Southwestern Ethiopian smallholder coffee producers
Market access influences the dietary diversity and food security for smallholder households in many ways. In Ethiopia, most smallholders are subsistence farmers who have poor access to markets. This study used...
Citation: Agricultural and Food Economics 2021 9:18 -
Erratum to: Food supply chains: coordination governance and other shaping forces
Citation: Agricultural and Food Economics 2017 5:7 -
Assessing food security among young farmers in Africa: evidence from Kenya, Nigeria, and Uganda
Food insecurity remains a serious challenge for many households in Africa and the situation is even more prevalent among young people. However, there is a dearth of empirical evidence on youth food security st...
Citation: Agricultural and Food Economics 2023 11:4 -
Adoption analysis of agricultural technologies in the semiarid northern Ethiopia: a panel data analysis
Agricultural technology change is required in developing countries to increase the robustness to climate-related variability, feed a growing population, and create opportunities for market-oriented production....
Citation: Agricultural and Food Economics 2021 9:12 -
Challenges of digitization in the social economy in times of pandemic: the evolution of online presence and e-commerce in agri-food cooperatives
Online presence is essential for companies operating in the social economy. The health crisis resulting from Covid-19 has reinforced the need to access the Internet and develop online commerce. This paper anal...
Citation: Agricultural and Food Economics 2023 11:49 -
Understanding linkages between common agricultural policy and High Nature Value (HNV) farmland provision: an empirical analysis in Tuscany Region
The connection between agriculture and environment is a central topic to the agricultural policy agenda and it has been the core of policy reforms. These linkages have been strengthened by the 2003 Common Agri...
Citation: Agricultural and Food Economics 2014 2:13 -
On the relationship between regional trade agreements and agricultural technology and productivity
The implementation of a Regional Trade Agreement (RTA) is normally accompanied with a rise in market competition levels, in domestic agricultural markets through increases in imports and in foreign agricultura...
Citation: Agricultural and Food Economics 2013 1:7 -
Determinants of food insecurity in the rural farm households in South Wollo Zone of Ethiopia: the case of the Teleyayen sub-watershed
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...
Citation: Agricultural and Food Economics 2018 6:10 -
Erratum to: Short-term acreage forecasting and supply elasticities for staple food commodities in major producer countries
Citation: Agricultural and Food Economics 2016 4:20 -
The geography of agriculture participation and food security in a small and a medium-sized city in Ghana
The debate about the contribution of urban agriculture to urban household food security has not considered the possible differential effects by geography of production activities, focusing either on urban hous...
Citation: Agricultural and Food Economics 2020 8:10 -
Evaluating sectoral effects of agricultural nitrogen pollution reduction policy in Croatia within a CGE framework
Environmental policies are becoming an important part of agricultural policy portfolio in the EU, which is binding on Croatia. This paper seeks to evaluate potential sectoral effects of several nitrogen pollut...
Citation: Agricultural and Food Economics 2020 8:9 -
Affordability of healthy diets is associated with increased food systems performance in Nigeria: state-level analysis
This study examines the relationships between healthy diets’ affordability and food systems performance across Nigerian states. On a composite index (FSI) constructed from key food system components, states in...
Citation: Agricultural and Food Economics 2023 11:21 -
Implications of food-for-work programs for consumption and production diversity: Evidence from the Tigray Region of Ethiopia
Food-based transfer programs have the potential to change diets or alter basic crop mixes. This study empirically investigates the associations between participating in food-for-work (FFW) programs and the div...
Citation: Agricultural and Food Economics 2021 9:28 -
Food miles on the shelves: the share of local food products in the Hungarian retail sector
Share of national food products in retail is a frequent subject of policy debates. Local food is often associated with national security, sustainability, and support of local economy, contributing to value-add...
Citation: Agricultural and Food Economics 2024 12:3 -
Cultured meat acceptance for global food security: a systematic literature review and future research directions
Cultured meat is a novel technology-based meat alternative with the potential to complement protein supply for a growing world population. An increasing body of consumer research has investigated personal fact...
Citation: Agricultural and Food Economics 2023 11:48 -
Assessment of inequality in the Common Agricultural Policy in Portugal
The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) continues to represent a substantial part of the European Union's budget. Although the second pillar is co-financed by national governments, European funds represent the va...
Citation: Agricultural and Food Economics 2023 11:13 -
Predicting the differences in food security with and without the Russia–Ukraine conflict scenarios over different regions of the world
The Russia–Ukraine conflict has caused a global food security crisis, impacting sustainable development goals. Predicting the crisis’s impact on food security is crucial for global stability by 2030. From a ma...
Citation: Agricultural and Food Economics 2024 12:5 -
Income and food Engel curves in Rwanda: a household microdata analysis
Food insecurity and malnutrition are still major challenges for large proportions of households in Sub-Saharan Africa. The empirical literature on food demand, however, suggests mixed evidence on the roles of ...
Citation: Agricultural and Food Economics 2020 8:11 -
The impact of production shocks on maize markets in Ethiopia: implications for regional trade and food security
In this article, we demonstrated the dynamic impact of a bumper harvest and drought shocks on the maize market and on the trade regime in Ethiopia. Regional market integration of Ethiopia’s white maize market ...
Citation: Agricultural and Food Economics 2020 8:8 -
Sustainability and food security after COVID-19: relocalizing food systems?
Citation: Agricultural and Food Economics 2020 8:23 -
Agricultural technology adoption, commercialization and smallholder rice farmers’ welfare in rural Nigeria
This study assessed the determinants of intensity of adoption of Improved Rice Varieties (IRVs) and the effect of market participation on farmers’ welfare in Nigeria using the Tobit and Heckman two-stage model...
Citation: Agricultural and Food Economics 2016 4:3 -
Food, biofuels or cosmetics? Land-use, deforestation and CO2 emissions embodied in the palm oil consumption of four European countries: a biophysical accounting approach
Around 75% of tropical deforestation in the XXI century has been driven by the expansion of agriculture and forest plantations. Since 1990s, palm oil has been standing for a critical global traded product in t...
Citation: Agricultural and Food Economics 2023 11:35 -
Sustainability of European agri-food supply chain using MRP-PCI multicriteria analysis method
The need for a more sustainable agri-food system is a topic that has attracted growing interest in recent years. Several international and European policies such as Agenda 2030 and the European Green Deal have...
Citation: Agricultural and Food Economics 2024 12:11
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