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- Larsson, Markus, et al.
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Institutional barriers to organic farming in Central and Eastern European countries in the Baltic Sea region.
- 2013
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Ingår i: Agricultural and Food Economics. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 2193-7532. ; 1:5
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Presently there is an opportunity to promote organic farming in the Central and Eastern European Countries (CEEC) that joined the EU in 2004. The development of organic farming has the potential to decrease the amount of nutrient leaching to the Baltic Sea and could help to stop the environmental degradation of the Sea. However, this requires a diverse set of institutions. This paper explores the institutions that are lacking to promote full development of organic farming in the CEEC. A case study approach, formalised by introducing a set of indicators, has been used to identify the missing institutions. Data has been obtained from a desktop study, including a literature review, interviews and a questionnaire. The case studies partially support previous studies proposing that the development of organic farming proceeds along six steps: development of an organic farming community; development of the political recognition; establishment of financial support; establishment of non-competitive relationships between the organic sector and general agricultural institutions; development of a domestic organic food market; and development of a discussion and coordination arena. The results show that market development is the least developed step.
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- Abouhatab, Assem
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Demand relationships in orange exports to Russia: a differential demand system approach focusing on Egypt
- 2016
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Ingår i: Agricultural and Food Economics. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 2193-7532. ; 4
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Recent years have witnessed closer diplomatic relations between Egypt and Russia, which have led to significant growth in the countries’ bilateral agricultural trade. As a world-leading producer and exporter of oranges, these developments represent an opportunity for Egypt to promote its orange exports to Russia. Another emerging opportunity for Egypt to increase its share in the Russian market for imported oranges has been provided by import embargos imposed by Russia in recent years on agricultural and food commodities from several countries, creating a supply gap of around 25% in the Russian orange market. To assess the competitiveness of Egyptian oranges and explore the potential export opportunities presented by the Russian market, this paper uses a Rotterdam import allocation model to analyse demand relationships among major orange suppliers to Russia during the period 1996–2014. The results show that in comparison with other orange suppliers, Egypt enjoys a strong comparative advantage in the export of oranges to Russia. The econometric results suggest that both Morocco and Egypt would benefit the most if Russia were to allocate a larger budget to the import of oranges. The expenditure elasticity estimates indicate that an increase in Russia’s demand for imported oranges would lead to increases in the quantity of Egypt’s orange exports, as well as in its share of the Russian orange market. Furthermore, cross-price elasticity estimates reveal that Egyptian oranges are substitutes for Turkish and South African oranges, implying that Russia has a tendency to switch to these two suppliers when Egyptian oranges become relatively expensive. In light of these results, the adoption of strategies to produce oranges sustainably and cost-effectively, upgrade the orange value chain, acquire processing technologies and enhance the technical and organisational capacity of farmers and exporters could be useful means for promoting exports and boosting the competitiveness of Egyptian oranges on the Russian market.
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- Basnet, Shyam Kumar, et al.
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The distortion in the EU feed market due to import constraints on genetically modified soy
- 2023
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Ingår i: Agricultural and Food Economics. - 2193-7532. ; 11:1
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Feed importers in some EU member states face constraints on imports of genetically modified (GM) soy, a practice that may compromise the interests of EU livestock farmers. Using the cases of Sweden and Austria, we analyzed price transmission in the soy supply chain originating from Brazil, applying an asymmetric non-linear auto-regressive distributed lag (ARDL) model to identify short-run and long-run asymmetries. The results revealed significant asymmetric effects in how positive and negative price changes are absorbed within the feed industry. Notably, increases in the cost of Brazilian soy swiftly affect the prices for EU farmers, while cost reductions fail to trigger corresponding price decreases. Consequently, stronger constraints on GM soy imports are likely to exacerbate the competitiveness challenges faced by livestock farmers, primarily due to their reliance on non-GM soy. This implies that the restrictions on GM imports need to be relaxed or that low-cost local protein alternatives need to be developed.
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- De Menna, Fabio, et al.
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A combined framework for the life cycle assessment and costing of food waste prevention and valorization : an application to school canteens
- 2020
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Ingår i: Agricultural and Food Economics. - : Springer. - 2193-7532. ; 8:1
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- About one third of global edible food is lost or wasted along the supply chain, causing the wastage of embedded natural and economic resources. Life cycle methodologies can be applied to identify sustainable and viable prevention and valorization routes needed to prevent such inefficiencies. However, no systemic approach has been developed so far to guide practitioners and stakeholders. Specifically, the goal and scoping phase (e.g. problem assessed or system function) can be characterized by a large flexibility, and the comparability between food waste scenarios could be not ensured. Within the Horizon2020 project Resource Efficient Food and dRink for the Entire Supply cHain, this study aimed to provide practitioners with guidance on how to combine life cycle assessment and environmental life cycle costing in the context of food waste. Recent literature was reviewed to identify relevant methodological aspects, possible commonly adopted approaches, main differences among studies and standards and protocols, main challenges, and knowledge gaps. Basing on this review, an analytical framework with a set of recommendations was developed encompassing different assessment situations. The framework intends to provide a step by step guidance for food waste practitioners, and it is composed of a preliminary section on study purpose definition, three decision trees—respectively on assessment situation(s), costing approach, and type of study (footprint vs. intervention)—and two sets of recommendations. Recommendations can be applied to all levels of the food waste hierarchy, stating a generic order of preference for handling food chain side flows. This consistent and integrated life cycle approach should ensure a better understanding of the impact of specific interventions, thus supporting informed private and public decision making and promoting the design of sustainable and cost-efficient interventions and a more efficient food supply chains. © 2020, The Author(s).
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- Ha, Thi Thanh Mai, et al.
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Heterogeneity in farmers’ stage of behavioural change in intercropping adoption: an application of the Transtheoretical Model
- 2024
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Ingår i: Agricultural and Food Economics. - 2193-7532. ; 12
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Despite its potential economic and environmental benefits, intercropping adoption remains limited in Europe. Drawing upon the Transtheoretical Model, this paper views adoption decision as stages of behavioural change. The paper aims to investigate socioeconomic, behavioural, and policy factors associated with stage of change in intercropping adoption in Sweden. Exploratory factor analysis and generalized ordered logit regression were performed on data from a nation-wide farmer survey conducted in 2021 with 388 usable replies. Results show that farmers with better knowledge of intercropping, a higher evaluation of financial benefits and ease of intercropping, and ley growers were more likely to progress to higher stages of the adoption process. Farmers who have higher perceived seed separation costs, a lower education level, and are older tend to remain at lower stages. Perceived environmental benefits of intercropping, household income, and instrumental values of farming could turn non-adopters into either potential adopters or actual adopters. We found no significant association between policy support and stage of change in intercropping adoption. Policy implications aimed at fostering intercropping adoption were discussed.
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- Kugbega, Selorm, et al.
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Farmer-herder conflicts, tenure insecurity and farmer’s investment decisions in Agogo, Ghana
- 2021
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Ingår i: Agricultural and Food Economics. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 2193-7532. ; 9:19
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Owing to climate change, population growth and tenurial changes, the past decade has witnessed high interest among migrant and settler pastoralist groups in thevegetal-rich customary lands of the Agogo Traditional Area. This has resulted in lease grants of large land areas to pastoralists by traditional authorities and usufructfamilies, for reasons of ensuring optimum use and gaining the highest returns from lands. This paper examines the implications of consequent competing interests over land resources between farmers and herders on indigenous farmer’s agricultural investment decisions. The study uses qualitative methods and empirical evidence is given by primary data from semi-structured interviews and focus group discussions in the case study area. Results indicated that land owners exploit lapses in customary land administration systems to allocate lands in exchange for money, to pastoralists while neglecting indigenous farmers’ land use rights. Thus, indigenous farmers report land tenure insecurity and a sense of deprivation from their customary lands. Despite tenure insecurity concerns, farmer’s agricultural investment decisions remain unchanged because such changes in investment decisions may reduce incomes and compromise their livelihoods. The findings herein contradict theoretical expectations and provide new perspectives for understanding the relationship between tenure (in)security and investment decisions.
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- Larsson, Markus, 1971-, et al.
(författare)
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Institutional barriers to organic farming in Centraland Eastern European countries of the Baltic Sea region
- 2013
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Ingår i: Agricultural and Food Economics. - : Springer Open. - 2193-7532.
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- A window of opportunity to promote organic farming is open for the Central andEastern European Countries (CEEC) that joined the EU in 2004. The development oforganic farming has the potential to decrease the amount of nutrient leaching tothe Baltic Sea and could help to stop the environmental degradation of the Sea.However, this requires a diverse set of institutions. This paper explores theinstitutions that are lacking to promote the full development of organic farming inthe CEEC, using Sweden as a baseline reference. A case study approach, formalisedby introducing a set of indicators, has been used to identify the missing institutions.Data have been obtained from a desktop study, including a literature review,interviews and a questionnaire. The case studies partially support previous studiesproposing that the development of organic farming proceeds along six steps:establishment of an organic farming community; establishment of politicalrecognition; establishment of financial support; establishment of non-competitiverelationships between the organic sector and general agricultural institutions;establishment of an organic food market; and development of a discussion andcoordination arena. The results show that market development is the leastdeveloped step and that there is a correlation between higher governmentalengagement and a more developed organic sector.
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- Nsabimana, Aimable, et al.
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Does mobile phone technology reduce agricultural price distortions? Evidence from cocoa and coffee industries
- 2018
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Ingår i: Agricultural and Food Economics. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 2193-7532. ; 6
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- 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 subsidies or taxes or even trade protection systems, has received rare attention in the cocoa and coffee sub-sectors. This study examines the contribution of mobile phone technology in reducing price distortions in cocoa and coffee production. In addition, we tested stylized facts such as the development paradox, resource abundance, and group-size effect in agricultural price distortions literature. The findings suggest that access to mobile phones reduces the extent of price distortions. The effect of mobile phone usage on the extent of price distortion, the nominal rate of assistance, and relative price margin is conditional on internet connectivity. Whereas our results support the development paradox and group-size effect hypotheses, the resource abundance hypothesis is not supported. Based on our results, policies that seek to reduce the cost of telecommunication, increase competition in the telecommunication industry, and increase economic growth would go a long way to reduce price distortion in the cocoa and coffee industries.
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- Nsabimana, Aimable, et al.
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Income and food Engel curves in Rwanda : A household microdata analysis
- 2020
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Ingår i: Agricultural and Food Economics. - : Springer. - 2193-7532. ; 8:1
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Food insecurity and malnutrition are still major challenges for large proportions of households in Sab-Saharan Africa. The empirical literature on food demand, however, suggest mixed evidence on the roles of income and other socio-economic attributes on food demand. This study analyses the food demand amongst households in Rwanda, based on nationally representative household expenditure and demographic (EICV4, 2013/14) survey data. The results show that poor households consume food containing higher carbohydrates and starches. Further, the study finds that majority of rural households spend sparingly on micronutrients from animal products, suggesting that effective targeted food policy interventions for poor and rural households may play important role in reducing incidence of malnutrition through improving food diets.… Read more
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