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Risk perception, farmer−herder conflicts and production decisions: evidence from Nigeria Eur. Rev. Agric. Econ. (IF 3.836) Pub Date : 2022-06-04 Amaka Nnaji, Nazmun Ratna, Alan Renwick, Wanglin Ma
This paper investigates the influence of the risk perception of farmer−herder (FH) conflicts on rural households’ production decisions. Extending the farm household model to include the risk perception of farmer−herder conflicts, we test hypotheses derived using primary data from 401 rural households in Nigeria. Results indicate that higher risk perception of FH conflict reduces fertiliser use and
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Improved agricultural input delivery systems for enhancing technology adoption: evidence from a field experiment in Ethiopia Eur. Rev. Agric. Econ. (IF 3.836) Pub Date : 2022-04-14 Asresu Yitayew, Awudu Abdulai, Yigezu A Yigezu
In this study, we test the hypothesis that small-scale testing can reduce the risk and uncertainty of trying new technologies. We conducted a field experiment, in a cluster randomised control trial setting, to examine whether the availability of divisible packages of seeds influences smallholder farmers’ decisions to try a new wheat variety. Our results show that the adoption of the newly introduced
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Investment in farming under uncertainty and decoupled support: a real options approach Eur. Rev. Agric. Econ. (IF 3.836) Pub Date : 2022-03-24 Luca Di Corato,Dimitrios Zormpas
Abstract We develop a real options model to assess the impact of decoupled payments on agricultural investments. The context that we are addressing is the one set by the Common Agricultural Policy where farmers are eligible for decoupled payments as long as their land is properly maintained. We show that decoupled payments are non-neutral with respect to choices concerning timing and capacity. We find
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National brands in hard discounters: market expansion and bargaining power effects Eur. Rev. Agric. Econ. (IF 3.836) Pub Date : 2022-03-24 Celine Bonnet,Zohra Bouamra-Mechemache,Gordon J Klein
Abstract In this paper, we analyse the strategic role of the recent introduction of national brand (NB) products by hard discounters (HDs) in the French food retailing market and its impact both at the retail and manufacturer levels. We use a structural econometric model of vertical relationships and consider the competition between mainstream retailers (MSRs) and HDs, and between NBs and private labels
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Applied Welfare Economics, Trade, and Agricultural Policy Analysis Eur. Rev. Agric. Econ. (IF 3.836) Pub Date : 2022-03-20 Dušan Drabik
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Impact of changes in imports and farmed salmon on wild-caught fish prices in Australia Eur. Rev. Agric. Econ. (IF 3.836) Pub Date : 2022-03-19 Sean Pascoe,Peggy Schrobback,Eriko Hoshino,Robert Curtotti
Abstract In this study, we develop a dynamic Inverse Almost Ideal Demand System model to derive own- and cross-price flexibilities for wild-caught fish, Australian farmed salmon and imports of fresh and frozen fish. We find that the growth of fresh fish imports and Australian farmed salmon production have both individually had a significant negative impact on the prices received for Australian wild-caught
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Market power, markup volatility and the role of cooperatives in the food value chain: evidence from Italy Eur. Rev. Agric. Econ. (IF 3.836) Pub Date : 2022-03-14 Hyejin Lee,Patrick Van Cayseele
Abstract Agricultural cooperatives are often promoted as a way to give farmers countervailing market power and greater income stability. This paper investigates to what extent cooperatives in food supply chains achieve these objectives. We estimate firm-level markups and markup volatility in the Italian fruits and vegetable (F&V) and dairy sectors at both the farming and processing stages for the period
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Using Machine Learning to Identify Heterogeneous Impacts of Agri-Environment Schemes in the EU: A Case Study Eur. Rev. Agric. Econ. (IF 3.836) Pub Date : 2022-03-10 Christian Stetter,Philipp Mennig,Johannes Sauer
Abstract Legislators in the European Union have long been concerned with the environmental impact of farming activities and introduced so-called agri-environment schemes (AES) to mitigate adverse environmental effects and foster desirable ecosystem services in agriculture. This study combines economic theory with a novel machine learning method to identify the environmental effectiveness of AES at
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Scaling-up agricultural technologies: who should be targeted? Eur. Rev. Agric. Econ. (IF 3.836) Pub Date : 2021-12-01 Shaibu Mellon Bedi, Carlo Azzarri, Bekele Hundie Kotu, Lukas Kornher, Joachim von Braun
The effects of agricultural technology adoption on farm performance have been studied extensively but with limited information on who should be targeted during scaling-up. We adopt the newly defined marginal treatment effect approach in examining how farmers’ resource endowment and unobserved factors influence the marginal benefits of adopting sustainable intensification (SI) practices. We estimate
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What topic modelling can show about the development of agricultural economics: evidence from the Journal Citation Report category top journals Eur. Rev. Agric. Econ. (IF 3.836) Pub Date : 2021-11-30 Leonardo Cei, Edi Defrancesco, Gianluca Stefani
Throughout its history, several attempts have been made to map the structure and subfields of agricultural economics; however, these attempts either rely on the experience of distinguished scholars or require processing a massive amount of textual data. This paper investigates the structural dynamics of agricultural economics, focusing on the changing frequency of different subfields and the diversification
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Erratum to: Auction versus direct sale: the effect of buyers and sellers on prices Eur. Rev. Agric. Econ. (IF 3.836) Pub Date : 2021-11-28 Geir Sogn-Grundvåg,Dengjun Zhang
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The distribution of the rent–price relationship of agricultural land in Germany Eur. Rev. Agric. Econ. (IF 3.836) Pub Date : 2021-11-19 Henning Schaak, Oliver Musshoff
This paper studies the profitability of investments in agricultural land, using the rent–price ratio (RPR) as a profitability measure. In order to allow for district-level heterogeneity, the full conditional distribution of the RPR is modelled using a generalised additive model for location, shape and scale. The analysis is based on data from Lower Saxony, Germany. The profitability of investments
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Life-cycle consumption of food in France: food expenditures and home production Eur. Rev. Agric. Econ. (IF 3.836) Pub Date : 2021-10-22 Gayaneh Kyureghian, Louis-Georges Soler
The ALIMASSENS Collaborative Project funded by the French National Research AgencyANR-14-CE20-0003The AgreenSkills fellowship programmeFP7-609398
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Auction versus direct sale: the effect of buyers and sellers on prices Eur. Rev. Agric. Econ. (IF 3.836) Pub Date : 2021-10-25 Geir Sogn-Grundvåg, Dengjun Zhang
This study examines the question of selling agricultural commodities by auction or directly. Hedonic price analysis using transaction data from the sale of frozen cod in Norway shows that buyer–seller matches explain 32.4 and 13.6 per cent of the price variation in direct sales and auctions, respectively, indicating that direct sales are more informationally efficient than auctions. Meanwhile, auctions
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Commodity risk in European dairy firms Eur. Rev. Agric. Econ. (IF 3.836) Pub Date : 2021-10-20 Guillaume Bagnarosa, Mark Cummins, Michael Dowling, Fearghal Kearney
We apply a multivariate mixed-data sampling (MIDAS) conditional quantile regression technique to understand the dairy commodity exposure of European dairy firms. Leveraging a theoretically sound hedonic dairy pricing framework, we show that our approach is able to identify both market and operational risk. Profit margins for butter and milk price are particularly important for operational performance
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A welfare analysis of Norway’s export promotion programme for whitefish Eur. Rev. Agric. Econ. (IF 3.836) Pub Date : 2021-10-13 Henry W Kinnucan, Abhipsita Das, Ingrid Kristine Pettersen
Norway recently increased the effective levy used to fund its export promotion programme for whitefish by 21 per cent. Study results suggest the intensified programme is welfare increasing. The net social gain, defined as the difference between the increase in economic surplus associated with the increased advertising and the decrease in economic surplus associated with the increased effective levy
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Environmental identity economics: an application to farmers’ pro-environmental investment behaviour Eur. Rev. Agric. Econ. (IF 3.836) Pub Date : 2021-10-12 Kahsay Haile Zemo, Mette Termansen
This study proposes an environmental identity economics theory that can improve our understanding of pro-environmental behaviour. We test the potential of the theory by analysing farmers’ decisions to invest in renewable energy production using a hybrid choice model. Our findings illustrate that farmers with a strong environmental identity require less financial incentive to invest. Furthermore, lower
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The AfCFTA impact on agricultural and food trade: a value added perspective Eur. Rev. Agric. Econ. (IF 3.836) Pub Date : 2021-10-06 Ilaria Fusacchia, Jean Balié, Luca Salvatici
The African Continental Free Trade Area agreement will create the largest single market in the world in terms of the number of countries and people. We analyse the effects of regional trade liberalisation on production fragmentation and networks using a global computable general equilibrium model adapted to take into account the value-added structure of international trade. This permits the analysis
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Can nudging only get you so far? Testing for nudge combination effects Eur. Rev. Agric. Econ. (IF 3.836) Pub Date : 2021-10-01 Peter Howley, Neel Ocean
There is an emerging body of evidence to suggest that nudges can motivate behaviour change. The question as to whether using nudges in tandem ‘crowds out’ the marginal effectiveness of each one has attracted little attention. Using a randomised survey experiment consisting of 1,800 farmers, we tested the impact of two nudge interventions (injunctive norm and social signalling) when used individually
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Food Banks and Retail Markups Eur. Rev. Agric. Econ. (IF 3.836) Pub Date : 2021-09-30 John D Lowrey, Timothy J Richards, Stephen F Hamilton
Food banks play a critical part in the food distribution system. In this paper, we examine the impact of food bank donations on retailer markups using data on donations and store-level productivity. We frame our empirical model of food bank donations and store-level markups as an example of quality-based price discrimination and find that stores that donate more food to the local food bank are able
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Optimal localisation of agricultural biofuel production facilities and feedstock: a Swedish case study Eur. Rev. Agric. Econ. (IF 3.836) Pub Date : 2021-09-30 Ida Nordin, Katarina Elofsson, Torbjörn Jansson
Policies for investment in biofuel production facilities and feedstock may be necessary in order to meet climate and renewable energy targets. These policies entail a trade-off between high transportation costs of biomass and economies of scale of production facilities. We develop a spatial optimisation model and investigate the cost-effective localization of production facilities for ethanol from
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Visa for competitiveness: foreign workforce and Italian dairy farms’ performance Eur. Rev. Agric. Econ. (IF 3.836) Pub Date : 2021-09-24 Federico Antonioli, Simone Severini, Mauro Vigani
This paper studies the impact of foreign labour on the competitiveness of Italian dairy farms relying on the theory of foreign labour in profit functions. Application of an endogenous switching regression model identifies the drivers of adoption of the immigrant workforce. A counterfactual analysis performed on unit labour costs between farms employing and non-employing immigrants suggests the essential
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Quantifying the resilience of European farms using FADN Eur. Rev. Agric. Econ. (IF 3.836) Pub Date : 2021-09-20 Thomas Slijper, Yann de Mey, P Marijn Poortvliet, Miranda P M Meuwissen
Agricultural policymakers call for the operationalisation of farm resilience as a dynamic concept. Therefore, we quantify farm resilience along the dimensions of robustness, adaptation and transformation. Using the rich Farm Accountancy Data Network panel data set, we explore which farm(er) characteristics affect resilience. We employ a control function approach to address the presence of endogeneity
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Heterogeneous and conditional returns from DT maize for farmers in Southern Africa Eur. Rev. Agric. Econ. (IF 3.836) Pub Date : 2021-09-08 Laura A Paul
This paper assesses the relative advantage of drought-tolerant (DT) maize, conditional on drought severity, using an unbalanced panel of 4 years of on-farm yield trials and high-resolution precipitation data (10-day measurements at a 0.05° resolution) in Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. Under rain-fed conditions, DT maize yield exceeds that of other varieties: 7 per cent higher yields on average
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Immigrant workforce and agriculture productivity: evidence from Italian farm-level data Eur. Rev. Agric. Econ. (IF 3.836) Pub Date : 2021-07-23 Baldoni E, Coderoni S, Esposti R.
AbstractThis paper investigates the farm-level relationship between total factor productivity (TFP) and presence and composition of immigrant workers. A theoretical model expressing how immigrant workforce influences productivity is developed and an explicit and consistent representation of the so-called ‘diversity hypothesis’ is derived. A dynamic panel specification is estimated, and the respective
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Climate variability, innovation and firm performance: evidence from the European agricultural sector Eur. Rev. Agric. Econ. (IF 3.836) Pub Date : 2021-08-20 Sabrina Auci, Nicolò Barbieri, Manuela Coromaldi, Melania Michetti
It is generally accepted that adaptation to climate variability requires a technological advancement strategy. However, the innovation process has received little explicit consideration in this framework. We employ a panel endogenous switching regression model to explore whether and to what extent climate variability affects firm performance through the ability to induce the development of adaptation
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Assessing long-term effects of CAP investment support on indicators of farm performance Eur. Rev. Agric. Econ. (IF 3.836) Pub Date : 2021-08-16 Pia Nilsson, Sofia Wixe
In this study of Swedish farms from 2007 to 2016, we estimate the effects of investment support from the Common Agricultural Policy on indicators of farm performance, focusing on long-term effects. To isolate the impact and alleviate problems of selection bias, we employ a counterfactual empirical design using Coarsened Exact Matching and dynamic panel fixed-effects estimations. The average treatment
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How will Brexit affect the patterns of European agricultural and food exports? Eur. Rev. Agric. Econ. (IF 3.836) Pub Date : 2021-08-10 Angela Cheptea, Marilyne Huchet, Lucile Henry
We analyse how Brexit will affect European agrifood trade using a structural gravity model and by comparing the present deal to four alternative scenarios on the UK’s trade policy. European Union (EU) countries will suffer marginal drops in imports, exports and real income, with stronger effects for Ireland. EU exports to the UK will drop by 10 per cent. European products will be redirected to both
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Red, yellow, or green? Do consumers’ choices of food products depend on the label design? Eur. Rev. Agric. Econ. (IF 3.836) Pub Date : 2021-08-09 Fredrik Carlsson, Mitesh Kataria, Elina Lampi, Erik Nyberg, Thomas Sterner
Using a stated preference survey, we investigate to what extent consumers are willing to make costlier food consumption choices to decrease damages to health, the environment, and animal well-being. In particular, we investigate how the graphic design of the labels affects choice behaviour by comparing traffic–light and greyscale labels and plain-text description with each other. We found that the
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Early exit from business, performance and neighbours’ influence: a study of farmers in France Eur. Rev. Agric. Econ. (IF 3.836) Pub Date : 2021-07-30 Emmanuel Paroissien, Laure Latruffe, Laurent Piet
European Review of Agricultural Economics, doi: 10.1093/erae/jbab008.
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Warming Temperatures, Yield Risk and Crop Insurance Participation Eur. Rev. Agric. Econ. (IF 3.836) Pub Date : 2021-07-19 Ruixue Wang, Roderick M Rejesus, Serkan Aglasan
Previous literature have shown that warming temperatures due to climate change are likely to decrease mean crop yields and increase crop yield risk. However, there is limited understanding of how crop insurance participation can potentially affect the adverse crop yield impacts of warming (or extreme heat). This study specifically examines whether crop insurance participation influences the impact
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Globalisation in agriculture and food: the role of multinational enterprises Eur. Rev. Agric. Econ. (IF 3.836) Pub Date : 2021-07-14 Margherita Scoppola
This paper reviews the state-of-the-art work on agri-food Multinational Enterprises (MNEs), by discussing the current state-of-play and the tools at our disposal to expand knowledge. After a critical discussion of available data, new data from OECD are used to provide a broad overview of the role of MNEs in the agri-food Global Value Chains (GVCs) and to draw a few stylized facts. Data reveals that
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Experimental mindset for environmental challenges: the puzzling case of public good contributions Eur. Rev. Agric. Econ. (IF 3.836) Pub Date : 2021-07-10 Jason F Shogren, Jacob Hochard, Katherine D Lee, Leticia Varelas Henderson
The experimental mindset strips down and mimics social constructs in a setting we can use to understand how institutions create or destroy economic value. We explore how to use the mindset to consider climate change mitigation, in which more investment in climate mitigation by the collective, the less costly for each party. Using the lab to capture Conference of the Parties declining-cost environment
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Corrigendum: What drives competition on the farmland market? A case study in Brittany (France) Eur. Rev. Agric. Econ. (IF 3.836) Pub Date : 2021-07-03 Laurent Piet, Romain Melot, Soukeyna Diop
European Review of Agricultural Economics, Volume 48, Issue 1, January 2021, Pages 60–96, doi: 10.1093/erae/jbaa019
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Better data, higher impact: improving agricultural data systems for societal change Eur. Rev. Agric. Econ. (IF 3.836) Pub Date : 2021-06-23 Calogero Carletto
The agricultural sector is undergoing a period of rapid transformation, driven by the powerful and interconnected impacts of climate change, demographic transitions and uneven economic growth around the world. For governments and the international community to navigate this period of upheaval to protect vulnerable populations and ensure positive societal change will require a similar degree of transformation
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Consumers’ responses to food fraud risks: an economic experiment Eur. Rev. Agric. Econ. (IF 3.836) Pub Date : 2021-06-15 Chloe S McCallum, Simone Cerroni, Daniel Derbyshire, W. George Hutchinson, Rodolfo M Nayga Jr.
This artefactual field experiment explores consumers’ willingness-to-pay (WTP) price premiums for fish products to avoid the risk and uncertainty of purchasing inauthentic produce. The influence of subjective probabilistic beliefs, risk and ambiguity preferences is investigated. Participants’ WTP is elicited using experimental auctions, while behavioural factors are elicited using incentivised and
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Rural schools as effective hubs for agricultural technology dissemination: experimental evidence from Tanzania and Uganda Eur. Rev. Agric. Econ. (IF 3.836) Pub Date : 2021-06-11 Henry Musa Kpaka, Tesfamicheal Wossen, Daniel Stein, Kiddo Mtunda, Lembris Laizer, Shiferaw Feleke, Victor Manyong
Increasing agricultural productivity by promoting high-yielding and micronutrient-rich crop varieties has the potential to reduce poverty and malnutrition. However, getting these technologies into the hands of smallholders remains a challenge. This paper presents results from a randomised field experiment that uses rural primary schools as dissemination hubs for improved orange-fleshed sweet potato
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Sustainable food systems: do agricultural economists have a role? Eur. Rev. Agric. Econ. (IF 3.836) Pub Date : 2021-05-30 Louise O Fresco, Floor Geerling-Eiff, Anne-Charlotte Hoes, Lan van Wassenaer, Krijn J Poppe, Jack G A J van der Vorst
Are agricultural economists losing their relevance and significance in research on sustainable food systems? Could the world thrive without the contribution of agricultural economists? How could agricultural economists have more impact in addressing the grand challenges of our time? In this paper we address these questions by reflecting on the field of agricultural economics and re-examining the role
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Coffee price dynamics: an analysis of the retail-international price margin Eur. Rev. Agric. Econ. (IF 3.836) Pub Date : 2021-05-28 Atanu Ghoshray, Sushil Mohan
We examine the dynamics of the margin between retail and international coffee prices from 1980 to 2018. We find no significant trend in the margin using a robust procedure for estimating a trend. Further, we establish that any deviations in the margin are transitory for the full sample as well as the periods prior to and after the demise of the ICA, but with asymmetric adjustment. One of the reasons
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Malleability of food values amid the COVID-19 pandemic Eur. Rev. Agric. Econ. (IF 3.836) Pub Date : 2021-05-24 Simone Cerroni, Rodolfo M Nayga, Jr, Gioacchino Pappalardo, Wei Yang
Food values are supposed to be stable. This paper tests this assumption by comparing food values before and during the coronavirus-19 pandemic. While the ranking of food values remains very similar, there are some interesting differences in the relative importance that consumers attached to food values before and during the pandemic. A substantial decrease in the importance that consumers attach to
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Shaping healthy and sustainable food systems with behavioural food policy Eur. Rev. Agric. Econ. (IF 3.836) Pub Date : 2021-05-13 Lucia A Reisch
This paper focuses on policies that are enlightened by behavioural insights (BIs), taking decision-makers’ biases and use of heuristics into account and utilising a people-centric perspective and full acknowledgement of context dependency. Considering both the environmental and pandemic crises, it sketches the goal of resilient food systems and describes the contours of behavioural food policy. Conceptually
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Foundations of Agricultural Market Analysis and Agricultural Policy Eur. Rev. Agric. Econ. (IF 3.836) Pub Date : 2021-04-23 Helena Hansson, Pia Nilsson
KoesterUlrichFoundations of Agricultural Market Analysis and Agricultural Policy Verlag Franz Vahlen München, München, 2020. ISBN Print: 978-3-8006-6364-4; ISBN E-Book: 978 3 8006 6350 7 (the reviewed version), Price: US$40.04 (e-book)
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Three hurdles towards commercialisation: integrating subsistence chickpea producers in the market economy Eur. Rev. Agric. Econ. (IF 3.836) Pub Date : 2021-04-19 Martin Paul Jr Tabe-Ojong, Kai Mausch, Tesfaye B Woldeyohanes, Thomas Heckelei
Enhancing agricultural productivity through the adoption of improved technologies presents a credible pathway to economic development and poverty reduction especially through increased commercialisation of production. We used a triple hurdle (TH) model to estimate the production and commercialisation of smallholder farmers in Ethiopia. In doing so, we account for the adoption of improved Cicer arietinum
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Contingent valuation of landowner demand for forest amenities: application in Andalusia, Spain Eur. Rev. Agric. Econ. (IF 3.836) Pub Date : 2021-04-17 José L Oviedo, Pablo Campos, Alejandro Caparrós
We applied discrete choice contingent valuation to the amenities consumed by non-industrial private forest owners in Andalusia (Spain) in a survey of 765 landowners. The landowners’ median willingness to accept compensation from an alternative investment for giving up land amenity consumption is EUR 387.8 per hectare yearly. The preferred model shows diminishing marginal values of amenity consumption
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Distributional and economy-wide effects of post-conflict agricultural policy in Colombia Eur. Rev. Agric. Econ. (IF 3.836) Pub Date : 2021-04-07 Dora Elena Jiménez, Adrián Saldarriaga-Isaza, Martín Cicowiez
We assessed the economic effects of the agricultural policy that is proposed as part of the 2016 peace accord in Colombia. We used a newly built social accounting matrix for Colombia to calibrate a computable general equilibrium model. We found that the value added, demand for labour and factor incomes increased in the areas most affected by the conflict, while the opposite occurred in the other areas
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Tax or green nudge? An experimental analysis of pesticide policies in Germany Eur. Rev. Agric. Econ. (IF 3.836) Pub Date : 2021-04-02 Matthias Buchholz, Oliver Musshoff
We use a business management game to investigate how a pesticide tax and a green nudge affect crop, tillage and pesticide decisions for a virtual farm. Results from German farmers reveal that both policies can reduce pesticide applications. The pesticide tax involves a substantial profit loss. Unlike in the green nudge scenario, participants under pesticide tax adjust their cropping and tillage strategies
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Is the local wheat market a ‘market for lemons’? Certifying the supply of individual wheat farmers in Ethiopia Eur. Rev. Agric. Econ. (IF 3.836) Pub Date : 2021-03-15 Banawe Plambou Anissa, Gashaw Abate, Tanguy Bernard, Erwin Bulte
Bulking and mixing of smallholder supply dilutes incentives to supply high quality. We introduce wheat ‘grading and certification shops’ in Ethiopia and use an auction design to gauge willingness-to-pay (WTP) for certification. Bids correlate positively with wheat quality, and ex ante notification of the opportunity of certification improves wheat quality. These findings suggest that local wheat markets
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The effects of EU–Ukraine free trade agreement on the world’s sunflower complex Eur. Rev. Agric. Econ. (IF 3.836) Pub Date : 2021-03-10 Andrii Baryshpolets, Stephen Devadoss
We analyse the effects of the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area between the European Union (EU) and Ukraine on the world’s sunflower complex markets. We develop a spatial equilibrium model that incorporates the vertical and horizontal links between the primary commodity (seeds) and two final by-products (oil and meal). Our empirical analysis covers eight regions—the leading producers and consumers
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African trade of mangoes to OECD countries: disentangling the effects of compliance with maximum residue limits on production, export supply and import demand Eur. Rev. Agric. Econ. (IF 3.836) Pub Date : 2021-03-05 Ousmane Z Traoré, Lota D Tamini
This article theoretically and empirically disentangles the effects of maximum residue limits (MRLs) for pesticides on production, export supply and import demand. We adopt a modelling approach based on the costs and benefits associated with food safety standards and use our theoretical framework to assess the empirical net effects of MRLs for pesticides on African mango production and trade with Organisation
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Measuring the synchronisation of agricultural prices: co-movement of cycles in pig and cattle prices in Brazil, Chile and Uruguay Eur. Rev. Agric. Econ. (IF 3.836) Pub Date : 2021-03-03 Astrid Fliessbach, Rico Ihle
Simultaneous spikes in global prices of many agricultural commodities in recent years have induced an interest in quantifying the degree of synchronisation of these movements. We suggest a conceptual framework explaining why temporally varying price synchronisation may happen and propose the concordance index for the empirical measurement of the incidence, symmetry and permanence of synchronisation
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A meta-analysis of the capitalisation of CAP direct payments into land prices Eur. Rev. Agric. Econ. (IF 3.836) Pub Date : 2021-02-16 Alessandro Varacca, Giovanni Guastella, Stefano Pareglio, Paolo Sckokai
The impact of the European Union common agricultural policy direct payments on land prices has received substantial attention in recent years, leading to heterogeneous evidence of capitalisation for both coupled and decoupled payments. In this paper, we provide an extensive review of the empirical works addressing this issue econometrically and compare their results through a Bayesian meta-regression
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Does rainfall variability explain low uptake of agricultural credit? Evidence from Ethiopia Eur. Rev. Agric. Econ. (IF 3.836) Pub Date : 2021-02-08 Kibrom A Abay, Bethelhem Koru, Jordan Chamberlin, Guush Berhane
Credit markets are key instruments by which liquidity-constrained smallholder farmers may finance productive investments. However, the documented low demand and uptake of agricultural credit by smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa pose challenges for energizing rural transformation in the region. In this paper, we investigate the impact of rainfall uncertainty—a major source of production risk—on
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Use and non-use values to explain farmers’ motivation for the provision of animal welfare Eur. Rev. Agric. Econ. (IF 3.836) Pub Date : 2021-02-05 Enoch Owusu-Sekyere, Helena Hansson, Evgenij Telezhenko
This paper examines how differences in motivation in terms of use and non-use values affect the choice of animal welfare improvement practices. The application is focused on Swedish dairy farmers’ preferences for different flooring systems’ attributes. Using multiple indicators and multiple causes and hybrid latent class models, the findings demonstrate that dairy farmers who favour flooring solutions
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Farm income in European agriculture: new perspectives on measurement and implications for policy evaluation Eur. Rev. Agric. Econ. (IF 3.836) Pub Date : 2021-02-04 Robert Finger, Nadja El Benni
Viable farm households contribute to the resilience of agricultural and food systems. Farm income is a policy-relevant proxy for this viability. Here, we address three key aspects of farm income: first, the income issue, focusing on (average) income levels; second, the variability issue, focusing on income risks faced by farmers; and third, the inequality issue, focusing on the heterogeneity and (in-)equalities
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Liquidity, hedging and the survival of North German dairy farms Eur. Rev. Agric. Econ. (IF 3.836) Pub Date : 2021-01-26 Stephan Hoehl, Sebastian Hess
Increasingly, European dairy farmers have to manage the raw milk price risk. Price hedging for raw milk and an increasing number of individual fixed-price contracts with processors are now available. However, the choice of hedging a certain share of milk output still leaves individual farmers facing a complex decision. The cash flow model in this study explains the probability of a typical northern
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Insuring crops from space: the potential of satellite-retrieved soil moisture to reduce farmers’ drought risk exposure Eur. Rev. Agric. Econ. (IF 3.836) Pub Date : 2021-01-26 Willemijn Vroege, Janic Bucheli, Tobias Dalhaus, Martin Hirschi, Robert Finger
Crop producers face significant and increasing drought risks. We evaluate whether insurances based on globally and freely available satellite-retrieved soil moisture data can reduce farms’ financial drought risk exposure. We design farm individual soil moisture index insurances for wheat, maize and rapeseed production using a case study for Eastern Germany. We find that the satellite-retrieved soil
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Early exit from business, performance and neighbours’ influence: a study of farmers in France Eur. Rev. Agric. Econ. (IF 3.836) Pub Date : 2021-01-20 Emmanuel Paroissien, Laure Latruffe, Laurent Piet
This article investigates the effects of economic performance and neighbours’ characteristics on farmers’ exit behaviour before retirement age. Using a unique set of social security data describing all French farmers under 50 over the years 2004–2017, we explore how these effects depend on farmers’ characteristics and how they stand relative to their neighbours. Our probit estimations reveal that younger
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Social networks, adoption of improved variety and household welfare: evidence from Ghana Eur. Rev. Agric. Econ. (IF 3.836) Pub Date : 2021-01-18 Yazeed Abdul Mumin, Awudu Abdulai
In this study, we examine the effects of own and peer adoption of improved soybean variety on household yields and food and nutrient consumption, using observational data from Ghana. We employ the marginal treatment effect approach to account for treatment effect heterogeneity across households and a number of identification strategies to capture social network effects. Our empirical results show that
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Rationalising inefficiency in dairy production: evidence from an over-time approach Eur. Rev. Agric. Econ. (IF 3.836) Pub Date : 2021-01-15 Birhanu Addisu Adamie,Helena Hansson
Abstract We argue that inefficiency can be part of a strategic self-repositioning adjustment process beyond the general interpretation of poor performance. Based on the rational inefficiency hypothesis, we examine the simultaneous dynamics of efficiency and animal welfare improving investments over time in dairy farms. Using rotating panel data from Swedish dairy farms and implementing multidirectional
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Assessing the redistributive impact of the 2013 CAP reforms: an EU-wide panel study Eur. Rev. Agric. Econ. (IF 3.836) Pub Date : 2021-01-14 Aaron Hanson
This paper analyses the effects of the 2013 Common Agricultural Policy reforms on the distribution of direct payments across the European Union (EU) member states. The differential implementation of two key redistributive policies across countries from 2014 onwards enables the use of a generalised difference-in-differences strategy to estimate their distributional effects. Using data on EU-wide direct