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Factors influencing farmers’ behavior in rice seed selling in the market: a case study in the Tarai region of Nepal^d

The importance of rice in food security and livelihoods of Nepalese people is well recognized but the seed supply system of this crop in the rural areas is poorly developed. To increase farmers’ access to a wi...

Authors: Narayan P Khanal and Keshav L Maharjan

Understanding the process of adaptation to climate change by small-holder farmers: the case of east Hararghe Zone, Ethiopia

This study examined smallholder farmers' level of perception about climate change, source of information on climate change, types of adaptation strategies, factors influencing adaptation choices and barriers t...

Authors: Yibekal A Tessema, Chanyalew S Aweke and Getachew S Endris

Family farm business and access to rural development polices: a demographic perspective

This article aims to show the ability of family farms in obtaining funds from rural development policies. Under the hypothesis that family farms’ characteristics influence their access to policies, the perspec...

Authors: Luca Bartoli and Marcello De Rosa

Determinants of sheep and goat meat consumption in Switzerland

In this study, we estimated the influence of different meat prices, socio-demographic and geographic variables on sheep and goat meat demand using the Swiss household expenditure survey from 2000 to 2005, a mi...

Authors: Matteo Aepli and Robert Finger

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...

Authors: Matthew K Loke and PingSun Leung

Sustainability in the wine industry: key questions and research trends^a

Sustainability is playing a key role in the wine industry as shown by the attention paid at several levels by the academia, institutions and associations. Nevertheless, the principle itself of sustainability o...

Authors: Cristina Santini, Alessio Cavicchi and Leonardo Casini

Economic performance of small ruminant production in a protected area: a case study from Tell Ar-Rumman, a Mediterranean ecosystem in Jordan

This paper discusses the qualitative impact of a grazing/herding management program on the profitability of Small Ruminant (SR) herds near the protected area of the Royal Botanic Garden (RBG) in Tell Ar-Rumman...

Authors: Khalid M Al-Khalidi, Amani A Alassaf, Mustafa F Al-Shudiefat and Raed J Al-Tabini

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...

Authors: Pascal L Ghazalian

Valuation of traits of indigenous sheep using hedonic pricing in CentralEthiopia

This study estimates the implicit prices of indigenous sheep traits based onrevealed preferences. A hedonic pricing model is fitted to examine thedeterminants of observed sheep prices. Transaction data were ge...

Authors: Zelalem G Terfa, Aynalem Haile, Derek Baker and Girma T Kassie

Institutional barriers to organic farming in Central and Eastern European countries of the Baltic Sea region

A window of opportunity to promote organic farming is open for the Central and Eastern European Countries (CEEC) that joined the EU in 2004. The development of organic farming has the potential to decrease the...

Authors: Markus Larsson, Louise Morin, Thomas Hahn and Johanna Sandahl

Technical efficiency in the sheep dairy industry: an application on the Sardinian (Italy) sector

Sardinia (Italy) is one of the most important European regions for sheep dairy and sheep milk cheese production. However the Sardinian sheep dairy industry is currently going through a dramatic crisis, and ver...

Authors: Roberto Furesi, Fabio A Madau and Pietro Pulina

Performance and profit sensitivity to risk: a practical evaluation of the agro-industrial projects developed by Israeli companies for the CIS and Eastern European countries

International companies take part in many tenders for agro-industrial projects in the Commonwealth of Independent States and Eastern European countries. The market for these projects is analyzed and found to b...

Authors: Gregory Yom Din

Capital accumulation with and without land market liberalization: beyond the “Win‐Win” situation

This paper examines the effect of land market liberalization on the dynamics of capital accumulation. It is shown that the land market liberalization, which is accompanied with the transfer of agricultural tec...

Authors: George Vachadze

Agricultural and food economics - a new journal for a changing world

Authors: Alessandro Banterle, Andrea Marchini, Erik Mathijs, Carlo Russo and Decio Zylbersztajn