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  1. 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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  2. 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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  3. 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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  4. 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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  5. 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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  6. 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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  7. 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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  8. 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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  9. 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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  10. 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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  12. 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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  13. 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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  14. 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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  15. 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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  16. 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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  21. 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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  24. 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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  25. 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

  26. 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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  27. Beef is a staple food for Argentine consumers, and although the country has been a major exporter, the highest proportion of beef production is consumed in the domestic market. With rising inflation rates in t...

    Authors: Gustavo Rossini, Rodrigo García Arancibia and Edith Depetris Guiguet
    Citation: Agricultural and Food Economics 2017 5:1
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  28. This study examined socio-economic and behavioral factors affecting Nigerian poultry producers’ biosecurity practices in terms of knowledge about bird flu symptoms, beliefs about safe practices, and handling p...

    Authors: Benjamin Okpukpara
    Citation: Agricultural and Food Economics 2016 4:25
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  29. This study fills a void in the literature by providing the first evaluation of the impact of consumer ratings on beer prices using hedonic methods. Our work is based on a dataset consisting of over 400 beers a...

    Authors: Rachel A. Smith, C. Nicholas McKinney, Steven B. Caudill and Franklin G. Mixon Jr.
    Citation: Agricultural and Food Economics 2016 4:24
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  32. Smallholder farmers have two basic decisions to make regarding selling their surplus produce: selling at farmgate at low prices or travelling to a market centre where higher prices are offered while incurring ...

    Authors: Benjamin Musah Abu, Haruna Issahaku and Paul Kwame Nkegbe
    Citation: Agricultural and Food Economics 2016 4:21
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  34. A significant and growing share of US agricultural output is produced under a production or marketing contract. An important controversy regarding agricultural production contracts is the control of non-labor ...

    Authors: Rachael Goodhue and Leo Simon
    Citation: Agricultural and Food Economics 2016 4:19
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  36. Forecasting food production is important to identify possible shortages in supply and, thus, food security risks. Such forecasts may improve input allocation decisions that affect agribusiness and the input su...

    Authors: Mekbib G. Haile, Jan Brockhaus and Matthias Kalkuhl
    Citation: Agricultural and Food Economics 2016 4:17
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    The Erratum to this article has been published in Agricultural and Food Economics 2016 4:20

  38. The present research proposes a model for the assessment of the social pillar of sustainability at the farm scale. Contrary to what is available for the environmental and economic pillars, there is a considera...

    Authors: Anna Gaviglio, Mattia Bertocchi, Maria Elena Marescotti, Eugenio Demartini and Alberto Pirani
    Citation: Agricultural and Food Economics 2016 4:15
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  40. Social farming is gaining increasing attention from multiple stakeholders in Europe because it can generate several socioeconomic benefits, for farming households too. The research—which is part of a project c...

    Authors: Ivana Bassi, Federico Nassivera and Lucia Piani
    Citation: Agricultural and Food Economics 2016 4:13
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  41. The worldwide increase in population and consumption has produced a growing demand for food and energy in the rich and developing Countries. The resulting intensification of land investments, to cope with this...

    Authors: Anna Carroccio, Maria Crescimanno, Antonino Galati and Antonio Tulone
    Citation: Agricultural and Food Economics 2016 4:12
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  42. Market liberalization has a profound impact on the structure of economies as well as changes the roles of the public and private sectors and affects innovative capacity of countries. This paper explores the Br...

    Authors: Larissa Flister and Viktoriya Galushko
    Citation: Agricultural and Food Economics 2016 4:11
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  43. Using a national household survey and a newly established food security scale, socio-demographic factors affecting the level of household food insecurity in Mexico were identified. Households more likely to be...

    Authors: David Magaña-Lemus, Ariun Ishdorj, C. Parr Rosson III and Jorge Lara-Álvarez
    Citation: Agricultural and Food Economics 2016 4:10
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  44. Most of the literature on vertical coordination and its impact on farm performance and farmer wellbeing deal with high-value or modern food supply chains, including export chains and chains dominated by large ...

    Authors: Abebe Ejigu Alemu, Miet Maertens, Jozef Deckers, Hans Bauer and Erik Mathijs
    Citation: Agricultural and Food Economics 2016 4:9
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  46. There is exhaustive literature on technology adoption rates and the relationship between technology adoption and relevant socioeconomic and policy variables. Yet adoption estimates derived from the application...

    Authors: Franklin Simtowe, Solomon Asfaw and Tsedeke Abate
    Citation: Agricultural and Food Economics 2016 4:7
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  49. The objective of this paper is to examine the importance of energy and climate shocks in Uganda’s food price processes. The unique features of this paper are threefold: first, we identify climate shocks comput...

    Authors: Joseph Mawejje
    Citation: Agricultural and Food Economics 2016 4:4
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  50. 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...

    Authors: Bola Amoke Awotide, Aziz A. Karimov and Aliou Diagne
    Citation: Agricultural and Food Economics 2016 4:3
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