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Crop Choice, Drought and Gender: New Insights from Smallholders’ Response to Weather Shocks in Rural Uganda J. Agric. Econ. (IF 2.529) Pub Date : 2021-02-10 Peter Agamile; Ralitza Dimova; Jennifer Golan
We analyse gender differences in the response of smallholder farmers to droughts, taking the duration and severity of the event into account. Using a novel weather shock measure that combines spatial rainfall data with detailed cropping calendars, survey data from Uganda and standard econometric techniques, we find that adverse weather events provide an opportunity for women to enter the commercial
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How Bayesian Are Farmers When Making Climate Adaptation Decisions? A Computer Laboratory Experiment for Parameterising Models of Expectation Formation J. Agric. Econ. (IF 2.529) Pub Date : 2021-02-08 Marius Eisele; Christian Troost; Thomas Berger
As the consequences of climate change for agricultural production slowly unfold at the local level (sometimes with contradicting signals), farmers’ information processing and decision making become more relevant for policy analysis and modelling. The major challenge is to reveal patterns in the way farmers form expectations about future production outcomes and to encode these findings into models of
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Demand for Imported versus Domestic Fish in Nigeria J. Agric. Econ. (IF 2.529) Pub Date : 2021-02-06 Lenis Saweda O. Liverpool‐Tasie; Awa Sanou; Thomas Reardon; Ben Belton
Fish is among the most important animal‐sourced foods in Africa and is crucial in combatting malnutrition. Fish demand in Africa has far outpaced supply as the import share rose from 16% in 1970 to 39% by 2017. Little is known about who is consuming the imports: rural versus urban, rich versus poor. This is the first fish consumption analysis in Africa distinguishing imported and domestic fish, and
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Latent Class Modelling for a Robust Assessment of Productivity: Application to French Grazing Livestock Farms J. Agric. Econ. (IF 2.529) Pub Date : 2021-02-04 K Hervé Dakpo; Laure Latruffe; Yann Desjeux; Philippe Jeanneaux
Our objective is to extend the latent class stochastic frontier (LCSFM) model to compute productivity change, using the robust transitive productivity Färe‐Primont index. The application is to three types of grazing livestock farms in France over the period 2002–2016. The LCSFM identified two classes of farms, intensive farms and extensive farms. Results indicate that productivity change and its components
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Is Animal Welfare Promoting Hornless Cattle? Assessing Consumer’s Valuation for Milk from Gene‐edited Cows under Different Information Regimes J. Agric. Econ. (IF 2.529) Pub Date : 2021-02-04 Valerie Kilders; Vincenzina Caputo
Due to its ability to achieve genetic engineering goals without transgene modifications, gene‐editing is fast becoming a predominant genetic‐engineering breeding technique and a range of food‐related applications have already been developed. Yet, it remains unclear whether consumers would perceive gene‐edited food products differently from so‐called first‐generation genetic engineering or from genetic
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The Value of USDA Announcements in the Electronically Traded Corn Futures Market: A Modified Sufficient Test with Risk Adjustments J. Agric. Econ. (IF 2.529) Pub Date : 2021-01-31 Joshua Huang; Teresa Serra; Philip Garcia
The paper assesses the value of USDA information in the electronic corn futures markets. While recent research has documented large price volatility spikes after USDA announcements, increased volatility does not directly translate into value. Using multiple newly developed risk‐premium measures and intraday data, we extend the Carter and Galopin approach based on estimating the risk‐adjusted profits
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Assessing the Effects of Seasonal Tariff‐rate Quotas on Vegetable Prices in Switzerland J. Agric. Econ. (IF 2.529) Pub Date : 2021-01-23 Daria Loginova; Marco Portmann; Martin Huber
Causal estimation of the short‐term effects of tariff‐rate quotas (TRQs) on vegetable producer prices is hampered by the large variety and different growing seasons of vegetables and is therefore rarely performed. We quantify the effects of Swiss seasonal TRQs on domestic producer prices of a variety of vegetables based on a difference‐in‐differences estimation using a novel dataset of weekly producer
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Conditional Income Disparity between Farm and Non‐farm Households in the European Union: A Longitudinal Analysis J. Agric. Econ. (IF 2.529) Pub Date : 2021-01-19 Maria Marino; Benedetto Rocchi; Simone Severini
Government interventions in the agricultural sector have been historically justified by the existence of an income disparity between farmers and non‐farmers. However, recent studies have found that such disparity is disappearing over time, particularly in the United States. This work offers the first longitudinal systematic assessment on the average income disparity between farm and non‐farm units
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Un‐nudgeable Nudgers: An Experiment on Voluntary Contribution to an Academic Network Working on the CAP. A Note J. Agric. Econ. (IF 2.529) Pub Date : 2021-01-12 Marianne Lefebvre; Jesus Barreiro‐Hurlé; Jens Rommel
Peer networks can positively affect individual careers and the scientific enterprise as a whole. People’s willingness to contribute to such networks is poorly understood. In an email experiment, we investigated how framing the future research environment affects people’s willingness to contribute to an emerging academic network. In spite of relatively large treatment effects, we do not find statistically
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Technological Change in Dairy Farming with Increased Price Volatility J. Agric. Econ. (IF 2.529) Pub Date : 2020-12-06 Fabian Frick; Johannes Sauer
Accompanied by steps towards market liberalisation, dairy farmers in the European Union have been confronted with increased price risk in recent years, which might affect their innovation behaviour. We examine technological change and technical efficiency of specialised dairy farms in West Germany before and during a phase of volatile milk prices. Additionally, we compare the results with mixed dairy
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The Influence of Choice Context on Consumers’ Preference for GM Orange Juice J. Agric. Econ. (IF 2.529) Pub Date : 2020-11-26 Yang Hu; Lisa A. House; Brandon R. McFadden; Zhifeng Gao
The absence or presence of an alternative in a choice set may change the relative preference and predicted market share results. In this study, three groups of experiments are performed to determine if choice context influences consumer preference for orange juice from different countries of origin and using different production methods. Our results show that our participants consider that the importance
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Agricultural Productivity Growth and Poverty Reduction: Evidence from Thailand J. Agric. Econ. (IF 2.529) Pub Date : 2020-11-20 Peter Warr; Waleerat Suphannachart
Raising agricultural productivity in developing countries is often said to reduce poverty more than comparable growth arising from other sectors. This claim has frequently been based on casual theorising, rather than empirical evidence. Productivity growth generates additional income and must benefit someone, though not necessarily the poor. It is conceivable that most, or even all of the benefits
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Truly Preferential Treatment? Reconsidering the Generalised System of (Trade) Preferences with Competing Suppliers J. Agric. Econ. (IF 2.529) Pub Date : 2020-11-19 Anupa Sharma; Jason Grant; Kathryn Boys
Empirical research on preferential treatment for developing economies has generally not considered how relative preferential margins might influence market access to a given destination market. In this paper, we develop and apply two indices to measure the tariff component of bilateral and multilateral trade restrictions less developed countries face in a given export destination. These indices are
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The Effect of Land Fragmentation on the Technical Inefficiency of Dairy Farms J. Agric. Econ. (IF 2.529) Pub Date : 2020-11-14 Tracy Bradfield; Robert Butler; Emma Dillon; Thia Hennessy; Paul Kilgarriff
Exploiting the link between land identification and farm accountancy data, we use a uniquely detailed database to conduct a robust analysis of land fragmentation and its effect on technical inefficiency on dairy farms in Ireland. Using a stochastic production frontier model, our results show that the number of parcels, the average distance between parcels and the main farm, and the portion of land
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Would Market Sheds Improve Market Participation and Earnings of Small Ruminant Keepers? Evidence from Ethiopia J. Agric. Econ. (IF 2.529) Pub Date : 2020-11-06 Fresenbet Zeleke; Girma T. Kassie; Jema Haji; Belaineh Legesse
Livestock markets and marketing are crucial components of the agricultural transformation agenda in Ethiopia. There is, however, little or no scientific evidence for the demand for livestock market facilities to guide the national effort. Using panel data, we estimate the effect of livestock market shed provision on market participation and revenue from small ruminants in Central Ethiopia. Experimental
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Do Consumers Really Care? An Economic Analysis of Consumer Attitudes Towards Food Produced Using Prohibited Production Methods J. Agric. Econ. (IF 2.529) Pub Date : 2020-10-30 Kelvin Balcombe; Dylan Bradley; Iain Fraser
Consumer preferences for food produced using currently prohibited production methods matter, especially in relation to potential trade deals. We conduct four discrete choice experiments examining UK consumer attitudes for food produced using several agricultural production methods currently prohibited in the UK, including chlorine washed chicken. Our results reveal negative preferences for these forms
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Demand Elasticity of Processed Food Exports from Developing Countries: A Panel Analysis of US Imports J. Agric. Econ. (IF 2.529) Pub Date : 2020-10-18 Wanissa Suanin
There has been a growing emphasis in resource‐rich developing countries on promoting processed food exports as part of their export expansion and diversification strategy. A key issue for this strategy is whether global market conditions are conducive for significant trade gains. We estimate price and income elasticities of demand for processed food exports from developing countries using a new quarterly
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Farmer Behaviour as Reasoned Action: A Critical Review of Research with the Theory of Planned Behaviour J. Agric. Econ. (IF 2.529) Pub Date : 2020-10-17 Jaap Sok; Joao Rossi Borges; Peter Schmidt; Icek Ajzen
In many countries farmers face pressure to adopt practices to promote sustainability and resilience while ensuring efficient business management to produce food and other agricultural products at reasonable cost. Given a policy context in which voluntary action is preferred over government regulation, understanding farmers’ motivation to embrace recommended practices has become a major subject for
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The Size of Terroir: A Theoretical Note on Economics and Politics of Geographical Indications J. Agric. Econ. (IF 2.529) Pub Date : 2020-10-14 Koen Deconinck; Jo Swinnen
Geographical indications (GI) certify the geographical origins of a product and delineate the specific area in which the certified product must be produced. Despite a large literature on the economics of GIs, few papers have explored the question of the optimal size of GI regions. This note presents a flexible conceptual framework to explore the economics and politics of the delimitation of a GI. The
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Budgetary Impacts of Adding Agricultural Risk Management Programmes to the CAP J. Agric. Econ. (IF 2.529) Pub Date : 2020-10-07 Simone Pieralli; Ignacio Pérez Domínguez; Christian Elleby; Thomas Chatzopoulos
Volatile prices and income uncertainties are major issues for farmers, leading to a demand for policies that mitigate such risks. However, the budgetary consequences of risk management schemes are uncertain due to their dependence on market prices. Using an agricultural multi‐commodity market model, we evaluate the potential budgetary consequences of introducing two specific risk management schemes
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Resolvable and Near‐epistemic Uncertainty in Stated Preference for Olive Oil: An Empirical Exploration J. Agric. Econ. (IF 2.529) Pub Date : 2020-10-06 Riccardo Scarpa; Claudia Bazzani; Diego Begalli; Roberta Capitello
We elicit subjective probabilities of choice using a choice experiment designed to study preferences of German consumers for high quality Italian extra‐virgin olive oils. We develop an econometric framework to address the issues of resolvable and near‐epistemic uncertainty. Focussing on behaviourally meaningful quantities linked to changes in oil attributes, such as marginal probabilities and marginal
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Determinants of Livestock Insurance Demand: Experimental Evidence from Chinese Herders J. Agric. Econ. (IF 2.529) Pub Date : 2020-10-06 Pengfei Liu; Lingling Hou; Dongqing Li; Shi Min; Yueying Mu
We provide the first evidence about insurance preferences among herders in pastoral regions in China. We estimate herders’ preferences for alternative insurance configurations based on a hypothetical and a consequential choice experiment, aiming to minimise hypothetical bias. Our results show that herders prefer the insurance plan in general with demand for livestock insurance increasing when insurance
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Demand for Crop Insurance in Developing Countries: New Evidence from India J. Agric. Econ. (IF 2.529) Pub Date : 2020-09-29 Ranjan Kumar Ghosh; Shweta Gupta; Vartika Singh; Patrick S. Ward
Determining farmers’ real demand for crop insurance is difficult, especially in developing countries, where there is a lack of formal financial sector integration and a high reliance on informal risk mitigation options. We provide some new estimates of farmers’ willingness‐to‐pay for insurance in the context of a large‐scale subsidised programme in India. We conducted a discrete choice experiment with
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From Farm to Kitchen: How Gender Affects Production Diversity and the Dietary Intake of Farm Households in Ethiopia J. Agric. Econ. (IF 2.529) Pub Date : 2020-09-27 Thomas Lemma Argaw; Euan Phimister; Deborah Roberts
Malnutrition in farm households remains a significant problem in many developing countries and is linked to a lack of diversity in diets. We explore how gender differences might affect household dietary diversity using the LSMS‐ISA Ethiopia panel dataset. Drawing on a farm household framework, nonlinear panel models are estimated allowing for unobserved heterogeneity and production endogeneity using
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The Heterogeneous Effects of Standards on Agricultural Trade Flows J. Agric. Econ. (IF 2.529) Pub Date : 2020-09-27 Dela‐Dem Doe Fiankor; Oliver‐Ken Haase; Bernhard Brümmer
This article uses a theory‐based translog gravity model to investigate the heterogeneous effects of food standards on aggregate agricultural trade. We revisit the ‘standards‐as‐barriers‐to‐trade’ debate with a distinctive twist. In contrast to existing works, we show that standards reduce trade but even more so for countries that trade smaller volumes. Our identification strategy exploits the within‐country
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Selling Together: The Benefits of Cooperatives to Women Honey Producers in Ethiopia J. Agric. Econ. (IF 2.529) Pub Date : 2020-09-19 Renata Serra; Kelly A. Davidson
Smallholder farmers in developing countries encounter multiple barriers in access to inputs and technology, which prevent them from reaping the benefits from market participation. Women farmers face additional constraints due to gender norms that further limit their engagement in productive activities. While collective action has been shown to improve access to markets and economic outcomes for farmers
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Heterogeneous Demand and Supply for an Insurance‐linked Credit Product in Kenya: A Stated Choice Experiment Approach J. Agric. Econ. (IF 2.529) Pub Date : 2020-09-12 Apurba Shee; Calum G. Turvey; Ana Marr
We employ a discrete choice experiment to elicit demand and supply side preferences for insurance‐linked credit, a promising market‐based tool for managing agricultural weather risks and providing access to credit for farmers. We estimate preference heterogeneity using primary data from smallholder farmers and managers of lenders/insurers combined with household socio‐economic survey data in Kenya
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Spatial Spillovers on Input‐specific Inefficiency of Dutch Arable Farms J. Agric. Econ. (IF 2.529) Pub Date : 2020-09-05 Kevin Schneider; Ioannis Skevas; Alfons Oude Lansink
Traditional benchmarking implicitly assumes that decision making units operate in isolation from their peers. For arable production systems in particular, this assumption is unlikely to hold in reality. This paper quantifies spatial spillovers on input‐specific inefficiency using data envelopment analysis and a second‐stage bootstrap truncated regression model. The bootstrap algorithm is extended to
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European Agriculture after Brexit: Does Anyone Benefit from the Divorce? J. Agric. Econ. (IF 2.529) Pub Date : 2020-08-30 Hyung Sik Choi; Torbjörn Jansson; Alan Matthews; Klaus Mittenzwei
The UK exited the EU on 31 January 2020, with a transition period agreed as part of the Withdrawal Agreement. During this transition period the UK and the EU will decide on their future trading relationship. No matter what form this relationship takes, there will be disturbances to agri‐food markets. This study analyses four different scenarios with increasing barriers to trade, ranging from a very
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Climate Risk and Technology Adoption in the Midstream of Crop Value Chains: Evidence from Nigerian Maize Traders J. Agric. Econ. (IF 2.529) Pub Date : 2020-08-25 Lenis Saweda O Liverpool‐Tasie; Charuta M. Parkhi
Climate induced events exacerbate food production and distribution risks, posing a threat to global food security. Though many studies focus on farmer adaptation to climate change, there are few studies of actors in the middle of agricultural value chains such as traders, logistics providers, and processors. The activities of these actors, referred to as the ‘hidden middle’, are key determinants of
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Information Barriers to Adoption of Agricultural Technologies: Willingness to Pay for Certified Seed of an Open Pollinated Maize Variety in Northern Uganda J. Agric. Econ. (IF 2.529) Pub Date : 2020-08-17 Astrid Mastenbroek; Irma Sirutyte; Robert Sparrow
We examine smallholder farmers’ willingness to pay for agricultural technology and whether information is a constraint to adoption of certified maize seed in Northern Uganda. The uptake of improved maize varieties by smallholder farmers in Uganda remains persistently low, despite the higher yield potential compared to traditional varieties. A recently growing body of literature identifies information
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Resilience to Food Insecurity: Theory and Empirical Evidence from International Food Assistance in Malawi J. Agric. Econ. (IF 2.529) Pub Date : 2020-08-17 Monserrath Ximena Lascano Galarza
This research investigates the impacts of food assistance on resilience to food insecurity of the beneficiary households under the World Food Programme and Oxfam America’s project “The R4 Rural Resilience Initiative” implemented in rural and vulnerable areas of Malawi during the period 2015‐2016. The empirical analysis uses three main techniques: the Resilience Index Measurement and Analysis II methodology
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Formal versus Informal System to Mitigate Non‐point Source Pollution: An Experimental Investigation J. Agric. Econ. (IF 2.529) Pub Date : 2020-07-21 Kiet T. Nguyen
Water pollution caused by aquaculture or agricultural activities negatively affects both the activity and downstream areas. A number of other upstream‐downstream problems (e.g. water use, industrial/municipal water source pollution, salinity zoning problems) are examples of similar negative externalities. Non‐point source pollution, which is either prohibitively costly or impossible to observe, is
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Not All Thin Markets Are Alike: The Case of Organic and Non‐genetically Engineered Corn and Soybeans J. Agric. Econ. (IF 2.529) Pub Date : 2020-07-18 Sharon Raszap Skorbiansky; Michael K Adjemian
We use time series methods to explore the relationship between prices for two different niche versions of feed corn and soybeans, and their conventional counterparts. Whereas organic versions are linearly cointegrated, and their premia are high and stable, non‐GE products – which are nonlinearly cointegrated – exhibit narrower premia that are subject to collapse. Because organics are also non‐GE, these
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The Role of the Common Agricultural Policy in Enhancing Farm Income: A Dynamic Panel Analysis Accounting for Farm Size in Italy J. Agric. Econ. (IF 2.529) Pub Date : 2020-07-16 Luigi Biagini, Federico Antonioli, Simone Severini
As a multi‐objective policy, the EU Common Agricultural Policy continues to secure significant income support for farmers as one of the nine specific objectives. We estimate the income transfer efficiency of a broad set of pivotal policy measures, focusing on the effects of farm structure on income transfer efficiency. We use dynamic modelling, based on a micro‐data panel of Italian farms for the period
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Understanding Filipino Rice Farmer Preference Heterogeneity for Varietal Trait Improvements: A Latent Class Analysis J. Agric. Econ. (IF 2.529) Pub Date : 2020-07-14 Rio Maligalig; Matty Demont; Wendy J. Umberger; Alexandra Peralta
Using an experimental methodology based on investment games, we examine whether smallholder rice farmers from Nueva Ecija, Philippines have heterogeneous preferences for improvements in 10 rice varietal traits. We use a latent class cluster approach to identify different segments of rice producing households and their distinct preferences for trait improvements. These clusters were characterised post
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Contracting and Farmers’ Perception of Unfair Trading Practices in the EU Dairy Sector J. Agric. Econ. (IF 2.529) Pub Date : 2020-07-13 Federica Di Marcantonio, Pavel Ciaian, Jan Fałkowski
It is commonly asserted that unfair trading practices (UTPs) emerge largely as a result of contract incompleteness. In line with this view it is claimed that making contracts more complete will represent an antidote to UTPs. In this paper we argue that this does not need to be the case. This is because contracts, except for their potential to increase the surplus generated in the transaction, determine
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Adaptation May Reduce Climate Damage in Agriculture by Two Thirds J. Agric. Econ. (IF 2.529) Pub Date : 2020-07-12 Kaixing Huang; Nicholas Sim
Although climate change may severely impact agriculture, farmers can mitigate it by adapting. Using US data, we estimate the amount of potential loss in agricultural profits, due to climate change, that can be reduced by agricultural adaptation. We consider two panel frameworks that differ only in their fixed effects specifications, where this difference allows us to estimate the climate change impact
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Dynamic Cost Inefficiency of the European Union Meat Processing Firms J. Agric. Econ. (IF 2.529) Pub Date : 2020-07-08 Magdalena Kapelko, Alfons Oude Lansink
We apply dynamic data envelopment analysis (DEA) to estimate dynamic cost inefficiency for a sample of European Union (EU) large meat processing firms over the period 2005–2012 and decompose this into the contributions of technical and allocative inefficiency. The estimation of dynamic inefficiencies controls for adjustment costs associated with firms’ investments. We further contribute by measuring
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Do Plant Clinics Improve Household Food Security? Evidence from Rwanda J. Agric. Econ. (IF 2.529) Pub Date : 2020-07-08 Justice A. Tambo; Bellancile Uzayisenga; Idah Mugambi; Mary Bundi
One of the main drivers of food insecurity is pests, which are estimated to cause around 40% of crop losses worldwide. We examine the food security effects of plant clinics, a novel agricultural extension model that aims to reduce crop losses due to pests through the provision of demand‐driven plant health diagnostic and advisory services to smallholder farmers. The study is based on survey data from
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Assessing the Vulnerability to Price Spikes in Agricultural Commodity Markets J. Agric. Econ. (IF 2.529) Pub Date : 2020-07-06 Athanasios Triantafyllou, George Dotsis, Alexandros Sarris
We examine empirically the predictability of conditions associated with a higher probability of a price spike in agricultural commodity markets. We find that the forward spread is the most significant indicator of probable price jumps in maize, wheat and soybeans futures markets, a result which is in line with the ‘Theory of Storage’. We additionally show that some option‐implied variables add significant
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Can Direct Payments Facilitate Agricultural Commercialisation: Evidence from a Transition Country J. Agric. Econ. (IF 2.529) Pub Date : 2020-07-02 Philip Kostov; Sophia Davidova; Alastair Bailey; Ekrem Gjokaj; Kapllan Halimi
We investigate the impact of direct payments on agricultural commercialisation in Kosovo. Kosovo is one of the poorest countries in Europe but, with European assistance, provides substantial funds to support agriculture, made up of many small and often semi‐subsistence farms. Thus, the effect of this support is a central policy issue. Identifying the effect of direct payments on market participation
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A Note: Reducing Cropland Abandonment in China – Do Agricultural Cooperatives Play a Role? J. Agric. Econ. (IF 2.529) Pub Date : 2020-07-02 Wanglin Ma, Zhongkun Zhu
Cropland abandonment occurring both nationally and globally threatens food security and environmental sustainability. We explore whether agricultural cooperatives help reduce cropland abandonment, using data collected from 5,593 households in 229 villages in China. By estimating a two‐stage residual inclusion approach, we provide evidence that the existence of agricultural cooperatives in rural villages
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Employment Dynamics and Linkages in the Rural Economy: Insights from Senegal J. Agric. Econ. (IF 2.529) Pub Date : 2020-07-01 Kaat Van Hoyweghen, Goedele Van den Broeck, Miet Maertens
Evidence on rural wage employment is thin and lacks nuance for different employment sources, insights on dynamic effects, and an understanding of the channels of effects. We assess conceptually and empirically the direct and indirect welfare effects of entry and continuation in different types of wage employment in rural Senegal. Using panel data, fixed effects and first‐difference estimation, we show
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Labels for a Local Food Speciality Product: The Case of Saffron J. Agric. Econ. (IF 2.529) Pub Date : 2020-06-08 Ana I. Sanjuán‐López, Helena Resano‐Ezcaray
We examine the potential demand for a local food speciality product, saffron, with alternative labels, using a choice experiment. The paper contributes to the literature on credence attributes, by examining Willingness to Pay (WTP) for the local, organic and PDO (Protected Designation of Origin), their differences across experimental conditions (hypothetical and non‐hypothetical), and by identifying
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Profitability Development and Resource Reallocation: The Case of Sugar Beet Farming in Germany J. Agric. Econ. (IF 2.529) Pub Date : 2020-05-11 Stefan Wimmer, Johannes Sauer
Following the 2006 reform of the European Union sugar market, and in anticipation of the quota abolition, a reallocation of sugar production has occurred. Using a Lowe quantity index, we evaluate the productivity and profitability of sugar beet farming in Germany from 2004 to 2013. The results show that an increase in total factor productivity partly compensated for losses in terms of trade. Moreover
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Report of the Editor‐in‐Chief J. Agric. Econ. (IF 2.529) Pub Date : 2020-05-07 David Harvey
Submissions to the Journal have increased again and continue their strong international pattern. Our response times continue to meet our targets, with a few regrettable exceptions, for which our sincere apologies. The JAE's citation impact factor reached an all time high of 2.5 in 2018, though current indications that our 2019 score may not be quite as high. Our sincere thanks are due to our authors
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The Effect of Investment, LFA and Agri‐environmental Subsidies on the Components of Total Factor Productivity: The Case of Slovenian Farms J. Agric. Econ. (IF 2.529) Pub Date : 2020-04-24 Lajos Baráth, Imre Fertő, Štefan Bojnec
The effect of subsidies on the performance of farms has received a great deal of attention in the literature, although results are inconclusive. Furthermore, much of the related literature examines the effect of subsidies only on technical efficiency (TE). We examine the effect of different types of subsidies on the different components of total factor productivity (TFP) in Slovenian agriculture over
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Farm Size, Technology Adoption and Agricultural Trade Reform: Evidence from Canada J. Agric. Econ. (IF 2.529) Pub Date : 2020-04-02 W. Mark Brown, Shon M. Ferguson, Crina Viju‐Miljusevic
Using detailed census data covering over 30,000 farms in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, Canada, we document the vast and increasing farm size heterogeneity, and analyse the role of farm size in adapting to the removal of an export subsidy in 1995. Consistent with the Alchian‐Allen hypothesis, the increase in per‐unit trade costs due to the reform was associated with farms of all sizes shifting
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A Minimax Regret Approach to Decision Making Under Uncertainty J. Agric. Econ. (IF 2.529) Pub Date : 2020-03-20 Ashok K. Mishra, Mike G. Tsionas
We propose a minimax regret approach to optimal factor demand under uncertainty. Regret is the deviation of any given decision from the optimal decision based on a specified set of possible scenarios for the uncertain variables. This approach does not require the specification of instrumental variables to control for unobserved states of nature, and also does not require specification of the number
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Design of Digital Agricultural Extension Tools: Perspectives from Extension Agents in Nigeria J. Agric. Econ. (IF 2.529) Pub Date : 2020-03-20 Oyakhilomen Oyinbo, Jordan Chamberlin, Miet Maertens
Given the marked heterogeneous conditions in smallholder agriculture in Sub‐Saharan Africa, there is a growing policy interest in site‐specific extension advice and the use of digital extension tools to provide site‐specific information. Empirical ex‐ante studies on the design of digital extension tools and their use are rare. Using data from a choice experiment in Nigeria, we elicit and analyze the
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Dynamic Inefficiency and Spatial Spillovers in Dutch Dairy Farming J. Agric. Econ. (IF 2.529) Pub Date : 2020-02-05 Ioannis Skevas, Alfons Oude Lansink
This article examines the presence of spatial spillovers in farms’ dynamic technical inefficiency scores using Data Envelopment Analysis and a second‐stage spatial truncated bootstrap regression model. Dynamic inefficiency is measured in terms of variable input contraction and gross investment expansion, while the second‐stage model allows an individual’s dynamic inefficiency to be influenced by both
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A Case of Mistaken Identity? Measuring Rates of Improved Seed Adoption in Tanzania Using DNA Fingerprinting J. Agric. Econ. (IF 2.529) Pub Date : 2020-01-27 Ayala Wineman, Timothy Njagi, C. Leigh Anderson, Travis W. Reynolds, Didier Yélognissè Alia, Priscilla Wainaina, Eric Njue, Pierre Biscaye, Miltone W. Ayieko
Studies of improved seed adoption in developing countries are almost always based on household surveys and are premised on the assumption that farmers can accurately self‐report their use of improved seed varieties. However, recent studies suggest that farmers’ reports of seed varieties planted, or even whether the seed is local or improved, are sometimes inconsistent with the DNA fingerprinting results
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The Land Use Impacts of the EU Biodiesel Policy: Assessing the Direct, Indirect and Induced Effects J. Agric. Econ. (IF 2.529) Pub Date : 2019-12-17 Alexandre Gohin
This paper deals with the controversial measure of indirect land use changes of the European biodiesel policy. Two studies sponsored by the European Commission find significant, but contrasted, land use impacts for the different vegetable oils used for biodiesel production. The first study uses an aggregate computable general equilibrium model capturing direct, indirect and induced effects. The second
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Economic Loss Due to Reputation Damage: A New Model and Its Application to Fukushima Peaches J. Agric. Econ. (IF 2.529) Pub Date : 2019-12-02 Shigeru Matsumoto, Viet‐Ngu Hoang
Consumers have responded negatively to agricultural products originating from the Fukushima prefecture after the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant incident. These consumers’ behavioural changes have caused substantial economic losses for the producers located in contaminated regions through reductions in market prices, consumption quantities and market shares. Remarkably, these losses are
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Yield Variability and Harvest Failures in Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan and Their Possible Impact on Food Security in the Middle East and North Africa J. Agric. Econ. (IF 2.529) Pub Date : 2019-12-02 Sergio René Araujo‐Enciso, Thomas Fellmann
Exports from Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan (RUK) help to improve global wheat availability and, hence, global food security. During the past 15 years, however, RUK wheat exports have shown high variability, mainly because they have been repeatedly diminished by severe harvest failures. We present an outlook for RUK wheat production and exports up to 2027, taking into account possible yield variability
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How Do Cultural Worldviews Shape Food Technology Perceptions? Evidence from a Discrete Choice Experiment J. Agric. Econ. (IF 2.529) Pub Date : 2019-11-15 Yang Yang, Jill E. Hobbs
Agricultural biotechnology (genetic modification) has encountered resistance from many consumers, resulting in disparate regulatory approaches across different jurisdictions. The recent advent of CRISPR‐Cas9, or gene editing, offers the potential for significant improvements in plant breeding. However, little is known currently about consumer responses to the technology. A factor often omitted from
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The Evolving Structure of Chinese R&D Funding and its Implications for the Productivity of Agricultural Biotechnology Research J. Agric. Econ. (IF 2.529) Pub Date : 2019-10-30 Jinyang Cai, Weiqiong Chen, Jikun Huang, Ruifa Hu, Carl E. Pray
China’s research and development (R&D) policy has changed considerably over recent decades, and great changes occurred in 2006 when the main programme objective of China’s R&D changed from the 863 Programme and 973 Programme to the National Science and Technology Major Project. One topic that has drawn extensive attention is whether the investment reform improved R&D productivity in China. Using a
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Competitive Storage, Biofuels and the Corn Price J. Agric. Econ. (IF 2.529) Pub Date : 2019-10-28 Christopher L. Gilbert, Harriet Kasidi Mugera
The use of corn as an ethanol feedstock has been stimulated by US biofuels policy. This has changed both the position and the slope of the corn demand curve and increased the pass‐through from crude oil to corn prices. The principal constraints on ethanol consumption and production have been regulation (the biofuels mandate), capacity constraints in ethanol refining and the blend wall, which puts a
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A Meta‐analysis of the Willingness to Pay for Cultural Services from Grasslands in Europe J. Agric. Econ. (IF 2.529) Pub Date : 2019-09-16 Robert Huber, Robert Finger
We investigate the willingness to pay (WTP) for cultural ecosystem services from grasslands using a meta‐analysis based on 32 eligible research papers that provide in total 79 estimates. The average WTP (corrected for purchasing power) across these studies is 38 Euros per person per year. Yet, our analysis reveals that the transfer of these results needs careful evaluation. More specifically, it is
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