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THE ROLE OF ASYMMETRIC PRICE TRANSMISSION AND STRUCTURAL BREAKS IN THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COSTA RICAN MARKETS OF LIVESTOCK CATTLE, BEEF AND MILK
Hernandez-Villafuerte, Karla Vanessa - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2008
The research analyzes the price transmission among the Costa Rican markets of cattle, beef and milk, accounting for … the behaviour expected. Cattle prices adjust in the milk - cattle relationship, beef meat prices adjust in the cattle … - beef meat relation and in the milk - beef meat relation. This finding supports the statement regarding the leading position …
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Supply Chain Issues in China’s Milk Adulteration Incident
Gale Jr., H. Frederick; Hu, Dinghuan - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2009
China’s melamine milk adulteration crisis highlights the challenges that arise as large well-capitalized companies … procure raw materials from a diffused supply chain of scattered small farmers and milk collection stations. As milk prices … climbed sharply in 2007 and companies branched out into new territories, intense competition for raw milk supplies …
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ECONOMIC INCENTIVES FOR DIETARY IMPROVEMENT AMONG FOOD STAMP RECIPIENTS
Lin, Biing-Hwan; Yen, Steven T.; Dong, Diansheng; … - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2009
Most Americans need to consume more fruits, vegetables, and dairy products. This need is particularly acute among low-income individuals. The objective of this study is to examine the cost effectiveness of two economic policies that use alternative policy levers available within the Supplemental...
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Consumer Cohorts and Demand Systems
Gustavsen, Geir Waehler; Rickertsen, Kyrre - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2009
in misleading age effects on milk purchases. …
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Producing and Procuring Horticultural Crops with Chinese Characteristics: Why Small Farmers Are Thriving and Supermarkets Are Absent in Rural China
Wang, Honglin; Dong, Xiaoxia; Huang, Jikun; Rozelle, Scott - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2006
The supermarket revolution has arrived in China and is spreading as fast as or faster than anywhere in the world. As the demand for vegetables, fruit, nuts and other high valued products have risen, urban retailers are finding new venues seized on niche and today have over $55 billion in sales,...
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Rationalization and Harmonization of Seed Policies and Regulations in Eastern and Central Africa: Effecting Policy Change through Private Public Partnerships
Minde, Isaac J.; Waithaka, Michael M. - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2006
Cereal grains are important staple foods in Africa but yields are still too low at 1.5 tons per ha for maize while compared with a global average of 4.5 tons per ha. This can be partly attributed to limited development of commercial seed markets, low use of improved seeds, small and highly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005805114
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Generating Global Crop Distribution Maps: From Census to Grid
You, Liangzhi; Wood, Stanley; Wood-Sichra, Ulrike - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2006
In order to evaluate food security, technology potential and the environmental impacts of production in a strategic and regional context, it is critical to have reliable information on the spatial distribution and coincidence of people, agricultural production, and environmental services. This...
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Does Land Use Patterns Matter for Bt-Maize: The Case of Maize Farming System in Kenya
Muhammad, Lutta; Owuor, George; De Groote, Hugo; … - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2006
Population pressures and the need to optimize the use of limited available land has led to increasing cropping affluence levels within the maize agro-ecologies in Kenya, and a shift from large to smallholder intensification and multiple cropping patterns. Using a geographic information system,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005805120
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Transient Health Shocks and Agricultural Labor Demand in Rice-producing Households in Mali
Larochelle, Catherine; Dalton, Timothy J. - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2006
Malaria and other transient illnesses have been recognized as factors constraining economic development in tropical countries. The purpose of this paper is to determine the direct and the indirect impact of transient illness shocks, caused primarily by malaria but also including other tropical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005805139
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Technical Efficiency Analysis of Nigerian Cassava Farmers: A Guide for Food Security Policy
Asogwa, B.C.; Umeh, Joseph Chinedu; Ater, P.I. - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2006
This study analyzed relationship between techn ical efficiency and socio-economic variables of cassava farmers in Nigeria. Data were collected from randomly sampled 360 cassava farmers in Nigeria using a structured questionnaire. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics comprising...
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