nep-agr New Economics Papers
on Agricultural Economics
Issue of 2021‒10‒18
72 papers chosen by
  1. Can smallholder farmers benefit from mechanization in Sub-Saharan Africa? Evidence from rice farming in Tanzania By Magezi, Eustadius F.; Nakano, Yuko; Sakurai, Takeshi
  2. The Role of Animal Breeding in Productivity Growth: Evidence from Wisconsin Dairy Farms By Hutchins, Jared P.; Gong, Yating; Du, Xiaodong
  3. Food security and structural adjustment: Empirical evidence on the food price dilemna in South African By Coetzee, G.K.; Van Zyl, J.
  4. Organic Leakage in the Beef Sector and its Impacts on the Value Chain By Jin, Yan; Kilcline, Kevin; Ryan, Mary; O'Donoughe, Cathal
  5. Climate-resilience policies and investments for Egypt’s agriculture sector: Sustaining productivity and food security By Perez, Nicostrato D.; Kassim, Yumna; Ringler, Claudia; Thomas, Timothy S.; ElDidi, Hagar; Breisinger, Clemens
  6. Revisiting land policy reforms in developing countries with a focus on Sub-Saharan Africa By Ghebru, Hosaena
  7. Reducing risks in African smallholder agriculture through agroforestry By Erskine, J.M.
  8. Conflict Induced Technical Change in Colombian Agriculture: A Spatial Model of Violence and Agricultural Productivity By Iglesias Pinedo, Wilman J.; Rocha Junior, Adauto
  9. Assessing the Impact of Agricultural Intensification on Water Pollution: An Integrated Model Assessment of the San Salvador Basin in Uruguay By Souto, Augusto; Carriquiry, Miguel A.; Rosas, Juan Francisco
  10. The Effect of Climate Change on Agricultural Production with Priority Water Rights By Grumstrup, Ethan; Rollins, Kimberly S.; Pram, Kym; Koirala, Samjhana
  11. Economics of Mandates on Farm Practices: Lessons from California’s Proposition 12 Regulations on Pork Sold in California By Lee, Hanbin; Sexton, Richard J.; Sumner, Daniel A.
  12. Comparing organic and conventional yield stability in response to climate variations – A meta-analysis By Meyer, Joost; Huang, Qiuqiong; Feng, Song; Speelman, Stijn
  13. Assessing Impacts of Deforestation on Water Quality in Agricultural Landscape in Indiana By Chakravarty, Shourish; Wang, Yangyang; Zhou, Mo
  14. Can the expansion of SMEs along Africa's food supply chains improve food and nutrition security? By O. Liverpool-Tasie, Lenis Saweda; Reardon, Thomas Anthony
  15. How can digital tools support Agricultural Value Chain Finance? Applications from Latin America By Villalba, Roberto; Venus, Terese; Sauer, Johannes
  16. Agricultural restructing in Southern Africa: The combination of the Developing Agricultural Sector By Van Rooyen, C. J.
  17. Do changing weather patterns warrant more flexibility in cap-and-trade policy for irrigation water conservation? A case study in Mexico By Jeong, Dawoon; Sesmero, Juan Pablo
  18. Does Omitting Downstream Water Quality Change the Economic Benefits of Nutrient Reduction Programs: Evidence from a Discrete Choice Experiment By Shr, Yau-Huo Jimmy; Zhang, Wendong
  19. Organic Dairy Farms and Feed: Evidence from 2016 By Nehring, Richard; Dimitri, Carolyn; Wakefield, Helen
  20. Direct financial assistance for farm operations and farm households in the face of COVID-19 By Giri, Anil; McDonald, Tia M.; Subedi, Dipak; Whitt, Christine
  21. Does Simultaneous Adoption of Drought Tolerant Maize Varieties and Organic Manure Impact Productivity and Welfare Outcomes of Farm-households in Nigeria? By Oyetunde-Usman, Zainab; Shee, Apurba; Abdoulaye, Tahirou
  22. Does land rented-in increase machinery use intensity among wheat farmers in China? A comparison of self-owned machinery and machinery services By Zheng, Hongyun; Ma, Wanglin; Li, Gucheng
  23. The impact of agricultural credit on farm yield risk: A quantile regression approach in conjunction with propensity score matching By Shukla, Sumedha; Arora, Gaurav
  24. Quantifying the dynamics of agricultural conservation practices in the Delta region By Pathak, Santosh; Wang, Hua; Adusumilli, Naveen C.
  25. Evaluating the Efficiency-Participation Tradeoff in Agricultural Conservation Programs: The Effect of Reverse Auctions, Spatial Targeting, and Higher Offered Payments By Howard, Gregory E.; Zhang, Wendong; Valcu-Lisman, Adriana M.
  26. Examining Consumer Willingness-to-Pay for Domestic Raw Material for Processed Foods and its Heterogeneity by Degree of Processing: A Choice Experiment Approach By Heo, Seong-Yoon; Kim, Sanghyo
  27. Can Biotechnology Override Adverse Climate Effects? Evidence from U.S. Corn Production By Ye, Ziwei; Hennessy, David A.; Wu, Felicia
  28. Land reform and food consumer risk By Wilson, F.
  29. Effectiveness of local regulations on non-point source pollution: Evidence from Wisconsin dairy farms By Skidmore, Marin; Foltz, Jeremy D.; Andarge, Tihitina
  30. Prioritizing yield-increasing crop research for poverty impact: An application of microsimulation in the Philippines By Minot, Nicholas; Balie, Jean; Valera, Harold Glenn A.
  31. Does cooperative membership increase rural income? Evidence from Brazilian agricultural sector By De Carvalho Reis Neves, Mateus; Freitas, Carlos Otavio; De Figueiredo Silva, Felipe
  32. Decomposing the impacts of an agricultural value chain investment by gender and ethnicity: The case of Nepal By Kafle, Kashi; Songsermsawas, Tisorn; Winters, Paul
  33. Who is likely to benefit from public and private sector investments in farmer-led irrigation? Evidence from Ethiopia By Kafle, Kashi; Omotilewa, Oluwatoba J.
  34. Transaction Costs, Institutions and Smallholder Market Integration: Chili Producers in India By Kedar, Vishnu Shankarrao; Kumar, Parmod; Neharkar, Pratibha
  35. Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Rice in Vietnam: A Quasi-Experimental Evaluation of a Private Sector Prize Competition that Incentivizes Smallholder Technology Adoption By Greif, Adi; Geyer, Judy
  36. Food Insecurity Through Machine Learning Lens: Identifying Vulnerable Households By Meerza, Syed Imran Ali; Meerza, Syed Irfan Ali; Ahamed, Afsana
  37. Implications of WTP-AFP Discrepancy, Premium Subsidy Reduction and Program Changes in U.S. Crop Insurance By Du, Xiaodong; Feng, Hongli; Hennessy, David A.
  38. Temperature shocks and local price changes of agricultural products: panel data evidence from Mexico By Arellano-Gonzalez, Jesus; Juarez-Torres, Miriam; Zazueta-Borboa, Francisco
  39. Food Commodity Price Hikes, Public Policy, and Consumer Welfare: Lessons from Bangladesh By Rahman, Kazi Tamim; Shanoyan, Aleksan; Hovhannisyan, Vardges
  40. Effects of Product Certification and E-Commerce for Chinese Agricultural Production Entities By Liu, Shuang; Jin, Yanhong; Zheng, Fengtian
  41. Fish Price Transmission and Market Integration along the Vertical Value Chain in Bangladesh By Deb, Prokash; Dey, Madan M.; Surathkal, Prasanna
  42. Society’s perspective of automation in crop and dairy production By Spykman, Olivia; Emberger-Klein, Agnes; Gabriel, Andreas; Gandorfer, Markus
  43. Shadow wages and the demand for hired labour on Irish dairy farms By Garcia, Luis F.; Laepple, Doris; Dillon, Emma
  44. Measuring food price volatility By Traore, Fousseini; Diop, Insa
  45. Indoor Agriculture can do better for the consumers and environment By Seong, Jisub; Valle De Souza, Simone; Peterson, Christopher
  46. Covid-19, unequal economic recovery and maritime food trade By Heigermoser, Maximilian; Glauben, Thomas
  47. Optimal Management of Basin Water Allocation in the Presence of a Terminal Lake: The Case of the Great Salt Lake Basin By Chen, Xiuping; Shah, Farhed A.
  48. Evaluating the Role and Channels of Consumer Learning in the Expansion of New Products: The Case of Plant Based Milk By Liu, Yizao; Huang, Lu; Zhou, Pei
  49. Potential Climatic Effects on the U.S. Crop Farm Productivity By Wang, Sun Ling; Rada, Nicholas E.; Williams, Ryan C.
  50. Retail Food Access and Household Food Waste By Li, Wenying; Cuffey, Joel; Yu, Yang; Miao, Ruiqing
  51. Health, climate, and agriculture: A case study of childhood cancer in Brazil’s Amazon and Cerrado biomes By Skidmore, Marin; Sims, Kaitlyn M.; Gibbs, Holly; Rausch, Lisa
  52. School meals as a market for smallholder agriculture: Experimental evidence from Ghana By Gelli, Aulo; Masset, Edoardo; Adamba, Clement; Alderman, Harold; Arhinful, Daniel K.; Aurino, Elisabetta; Folson, Gloria; Osei-Akoto, Isaac; Asante, Felix A.
  53. Quantifying Climate Risk Using Crop Insurance Data: The Case of Spring Frost Damage in Korean Apple Orchards By Hwang, Jeong Ha; Kim, Seung Min; Han, Ji Wan; Kim, Kwansoo
  54. The Economic Impacts of Private Politics and Corporate Social Responsibility on Food Fraud By Deka, Anubrata; Yiannaka, Amalia; Giannakas, Konstantinos
  55. Risk and the emergence of small farmers in South Africa By De Klerk, M.
  56. The ripple effect: Implications of COVID-19 restrictions for major dairy product prices By Klepacka, Anna Maria; Florkowski, Wojciech J.; Revoredo-Giha, Cesar
  57. Why are fertilizer prices in Malawi high? And what can be done? By Duchoslav, Jan; Rusike, Joseph
  58. How the adoption of drought-tolerant rice varieties impacts households in a non-drought year: Evidence from Nepal By Vaiknoras, Kate A.; Larochelle, Catherine; Alwang, Jeffrey
  59. Securitization: The visability of the secondary market for farm mortgages By Lamont, M.P.
  60. Organizational structuring of agricultural development institutions By Steyn, H.J.P.
  61. Identifying the Impact of Emergency Disaster Relief Fund in Agri-Food Industry during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Korea: A Synthetic Control and Stochastic Equilibrium Displacement Method Approach By Yu, Kihwan; Kim, Sanghyo
  62. Food insecurity, safety nets, and coping strategies during the COVID-19 pandemic: multi-country evidence from sub-saharan Africa By Dasgupta, Shouro; Robinson, Elizabeth J.Z.
  63. Potential trade policy reforms in Southeast Asian rice markets: Domestic and international impacts By Valera, Harold Glenn A.; Yamano, Takashi; Pede, Valerien O.
  64. New Plant Engineering Techniques, R&D Investment, and International Trade By Stephan Marette; Anne-Célia Disdier; Anastasia Bodnar; John Beghin
  65. Consumers’ Valuation for Cultured Chicken Meat: A Multi-city Choice Experiment in China By Yuan, Rao; Asioli, Daniele; Jin, Shaosheng; Nayga, Rodolfo M.
  66. Ethiopia: The impact of COVID-19 and food system responses By COVID-19 Hub
  67. COVID-19 Outbreak, Occupational Displacement And Food Security: Empirical Evidence From India By Bairagi, Subir K.; Zereyesus, Yacob A.; Mishra, Ashok K.
  68. The impact of business cycles on immigrant household food security By Berning, Joshua P.; Bonanno, Alessandro; Bayham, Jude; Zhou, Siwen
  69. Risk Preferences over Correlated and Uncorrelated Risks: Insights on Demand for Index Insurance from a Lab Experiment in Ghana By Shenoy, Ashish; Gallenstein, Richard; Flatnes, Jon Einar
  70. Stategies for economic co-operation and development in Southern Africa: 1990-2020 By Van Rooyen, C.J.; Vink, N.
  71. WHAT IS THE ECONOMIC VALUE OF NO-TILL ESTABLISHMENT OF WINTER CEREAL PASTURE FOR GROWING BEEF CATTLE IN OKLAHOMA? By Panyi, Amadeo F.; Brorsen, Wade; Biermacher, Jon T.; Roger, James K.
  72. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on global and Asian seed supply chains By Annelies Deuss; Csaba Gaspar; Marcel Bruins
  1. By: Magezi, Eustadius F.; Nakano, Yuko; Sakurai, Takeshi
    Keywords: Production Economics, Productivity Analysis, International Development
    Date: 2021–08
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea21:313949&r=
  2. By: Hutchins, Jared P.; Gong, Yating; Du, Xiaodong
    Keywords: Productivity Analysis, Production Economics, Research Methods/Statistical Methods
    Date: 2021–08
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea21:313882&r=
  3. By: Coetzee, G.K.; Van Zyl, J.
    Keywords: Agricultural and Food Policy, Food Security and Poverty
    Date: 2021–10–14
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aeassa:314734&r=
  4. By: Jin, Yan; Kilcline, Kevin; Ryan, Mary; O'Donoughe, Cathal
    Keywords: Marketing, Agricultural and Food Policy, Agribusiness
    Date: 2021–08
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea21:313921&r=
  5. By: Perez, Nicostrato D.; Kassim, Yumna; Ringler, Claudia; Thomas, Timothy S.; ElDidi, Hagar; Breisinger, Clemens
    Abstract: The importance of a resilient agriculture sector in providing food security, livelihoods, and household income was highlighted in many countries by the recent pandemic, as was the capacity of the sector to cushion the negative impacts of the subsequent economic slowdown. This has been the case in Egypt, where agriculture has been resilient to the health crisis in comparison with the service and industry sectors (Breisinger et al. 2020). However, the sector’s resiliency is gradually being corroded by climate change, with lasting, harmful effects for agriculture and food systems.
    Keywords: EGYPT; ARAB COUNTRIES; MIDDLE EAST; NORTH AFRICA; AFRICA; climate change; climate; resilience; food security; policies; agricultural sector; agricultural productivity;
    Date: 2021
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:fpr:fprepo:9780896294189&r=
  6. By: Ghebru, Hosaena
    Abstract: The impact of land tenure systems in developing countries on agricultural investment and productivity continues to be the subject of intense scrutiny. This paper looks at land policy reforms with emphasis on lessons from Africa south of the Sahara (SSA). Food security crises in developing countries in the past decades have revived the debate about whether land tenure systems constrain farmer innovation and investment in agriculture. Changes in tenure systems can potentially have major implications for agricultural transformation. This chapter summarizes the arguments about how best to provide land tenure security in SSA and reviews recent experience and evidence arising from innovative interventions, with implications for other developing regions as well. It is hoped that the experiences and topics analyzed here may also help Venezuela in the process of normalizing land tenure systems in that country.
    Keywords: AFRICA, AFRICA SOUTH OF SAHARA, land policies, land rights, land use, land tenure systems, farmers, agriculture, investment, reforms
    Date: 2021
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:fpr:lacwps:24&r=
  7. By: Erskine, J.M.
    Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty, Farm Management
    Date: 2021–10–14
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aeassa:314738&r=
  8. By: Iglesias Pinedo, Wilman J.; Rocha Junior, Adauto
    Keywords: Production Economics, Community/Rural/Urban Development, Research Methods/Statistical Methods
    Date: 2021–08
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea21:314064&r=
  9. By: Souto, Augusto; Carriquiry, Miguel A.; Rosas, Juan Francisco
    Keywords: Production Economics, Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy
    Date: 2021–08
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea21:314037&r=
  10. By: Grumstrup, Ethan; Rollins, Kimberly S.; Pram, Kym; Koirala, Samjhana
    Keywords: Resource/Energy Economics and Policy, Production Economics, Agribusiness
    Date: 2021–08
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea21:314068&r=
  11. By: Lee, Hanbin; Sexton, Richard J.; Sumner, Daniel A.
    Keywords: Agricultural and Food Policy, Marketing, Agribusiness
    Date: 2021–08
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea21:313920&r=
  12. By: Meyer, Joost; Huang, Qiuqiong; Feng, Song; Speelman, Stijn
    Keywords: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety, Marketing, Agricultural and Food Policy
    Date: 2021–08
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea21:314087&r=
  13. By: Chakravarty, Shourish; Wang, Yangyang; Zhou, Mo
    Keywords: Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, Resource/Energy Economics and Policy
    Date: 2021–08
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea21:314014&r=
  14. By: O. Liverpool-Tasie, Lenis Saweda; Reardon, Thomas Anthony
    Abstract: In the last three decades, agrifood value chains (AVCs) have expanded and transformed in developing regions. AVC transformation across Africa has created huge markets for farmers, along with employment in various supply chain segments, including food processing, wholesaling, and logistics provision. Thereby, domestic food supply chains dominate Africa's food supply and SMEs move most of this food. Understanding these SMEs and their behaviours is important to be able to design policies and programs with positive impacts on food and nutrition security. This raises the question on whether the expansion of SMEs along Africa's food supply chains can improve food and nutrition security.
    Date: 2021
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:zbw:pegnpb:252021&r=
  15. By: Villalba, Roberto; Venus, Terese; Sauer, Johannes
    Keywords: Agricultural Finance, Marketing, Community/Rural/Urban Development
    Date: 2021–08
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea21:313979&r=
  16. By: Van Rooyen, C. J.
    Keywords: Agricultural and Food Policy
    Date: 2021–10–14
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aeassa:314719&r=
  17. By: Jeong, Dawoon; Sesmero, Juan Pablo
    Keywords: Resource/Energy Economics and Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, Agricultural and Food Policy
    Date: 2021–08
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea21:314081&r=
  18. By: Shr, Yau-Huo Jimmy; Zhang, Wendong
    Keywords: Environmental Economics and Policy, Agricultural and Food Policy, Research Methods/Statistical Methods
    Date: 2021–08
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea21:313927&r=
  19. By: Nehring, Richard; Dimitri, Carolyn; Wakefield, Helen
    Keywords: Environmental Economics and Policy, Production Economics, Research Methods/Statistical Methods
    Date: 2021–08
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea21:314036&r=
  20. By: Giri, Anil; McDonald, Tia M.; Subedi, Dipak; Whitt, Christine
    Keywords: Agricultural and Food Policy, Agribusiness, Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession
    Date: 2021–08
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea21:313931&r=
  21. By: Oyetunde-Usman, Zainab; Shee, Apurba; Abdoulaye, Tahirou
    Keywords: Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development, Agricultural and Food Policy
    Date: 2021–08
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea21:313954&r=
  22. By: Zheng, Hongyun; Ma, Wanglin; Li, Gucheng
    Keywords: Production Economics, Consumer/Household Economics, Productivity Analysis
    Date: 2021–08
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea21:313886&r=
  23. By: Shukla, Sumedha; Arora, Gaurav
    Keywords: Agricultural and Food Policy, Agricultural Finance, Research Methods/Statistical Methods
    Date: 2021–08
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea21:314027&r=
  24. By: Pathak, Santosh; Wang, Hua; Adusumilli, Naveen C.
    Keywords: Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, Research Methods/Statistical Methods
    Date: 2021–08
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea21:313916&r=
  25. By: Howard, Gregory E.; Zhang, Wendong; Valcu-Lisman, Adriana M.
    Keywords: Environmental Economics and Policy, Agricultural and Food Policy, Research Methods/Statistical Methods
    Date: 2021–08
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea21:313926&r=
  26. By: Heo, Seong-Yoon; Kim, Sanghyo
    Keywords: Agricultural and Food Policy, Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety, Marketing
    Date: 2021–08
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea21:313992&r=
  27. By: Ye, Ziwei; Hennessy, David A.; Wu, Felicia
    Keywords: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety, Production Economics, Productivity Analysis
    Date: 2021–08
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea21:313985&r=
  28. By: Wilson, F.
    Keywords: Food Security and Poverty, Land Economics/Use
    Date: 2021–10–14
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aeassa:314754&r=
  29. By: Skidmore, Marin; Foltz, Jeremy D.; Andarge, Tihitina
    Keywords: Environmental Economics and Policy, Resource/Energy Economics and Policy, Agricultural and Food Policy
    Date: 2021–08
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea21:313932&r=
  30. By: Minot, Nicholas; Balie, Jean; Valera, Harold Glenn A.
    Keywords: Agricultural and Food Policy, International Development, Research Methods/Statistical Methods
    Date: 2021–08
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea21:313976&r=
  31. By: De Carvalho Reis Neves, Mateus; Freitas, Carlos Otavio; De Figueiredo Silva, Felipe
    Keywords: Community/Rural/Urban Development, Marketing, International Development
    Date: 2021–08
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea21:314006&r=
  32. By: Kafle, Kashi; Songsermsawas, Tisorn; Winters, Paul
    Keywords: International Development, Community/Rural/Urban Development, Consumer/Household Economics
    Date: 2021–08
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea21:313941&r=
  33. By: Kafle, Kashi; Omotilewa, Oluwatoba J.
    Keywords: International Development, Community/Rural/Urban Development, Agricultural and Food Policy
    Date: 2021–08
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea21:313964&r=
  34. By: Kedar, Vishnu Shankarrao; Kumar, Parmod; Neharkar, Pratibha
    Keywords: Marketing, Institutional and Behavioral Economics, Agribusiness
    Date: 2021–08
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea21:313970&r=
  35. By: Greif, Adi; Geyer, Judy
    Keywords: International Development, Research Methods/Statistical Methods, Agricultural Finance
    Date: 2021–08
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea21:314033&r=
  36. By: Meerza, Syed Imran Ali; Meerza, Syed Irfan Ali; Ahamed, Afsana
    Keywords: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety, Agribusiness, Marketing
    Date: 2021–08
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea21:314072&r=
  37. By: Du, Xiaodong; Feng, Hongli; Hennessy, David A.
    Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty, Agricultural and Food Policy, Institutional and Behavioral Economics
    Date: 2021–08
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea21:313881&r=
  38. By: Arellano-Gonzalez, Jesus; Juarez-Torres, Miriam; Zazueta-Borboa, Francisco
    Keywords: Agricultural and Food Policy, Marketing, International Development
    Date: 2021–08
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea21:314060&r=
  39. By: Rahman, Kazi Tamim; Shanoyan, Aleksan; Hovhannisyan, Vardges
    Keywords: International Development, Agricultural and Food Policy, Agribusiness
    Date: 2021–08
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea21:314076&r=
  40. By: Liu, Shuang; Jin, Yanhong; Zheng, Fengtian
    Keywords: Marketing, Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety, International Development
    Date: 2021–08
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea21:313900&r=
  41. By: Deb, Prokash; Dey, Madan M.; Surathkal, Prasanna
    Keywords: International Development, Marketing, Agribusiness
    Date: 2021–08
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea21:314073&r=
  42. By: Spykman, Olivia; Emberger-Klein, Agnes; Gabriel, Andreas; Gandorfer, Markus
    Keywords: Agribusiness, Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession, Environmental Economics and Policy
    Date: 2021–08
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea21:313865&r=
  43. By: Garcia, Luis F.; Laepple, Doris; Dillon, Emma
    Keywords: Labor and Human Capital, Production Economics, Agricultural Finance
    Date: 2021–08
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea21:313862&r=
  44. By: Traore, Fousseini; Diop, Insa
    Abstract: Over the past two decades, the prices of agricultural commodities have experienced large and unpredictable fluctuations that have attracted the attention of researchers, policymakers and the media to better understand the mechanisms that govern this phenomenon. It is therefore important to acquire basic tools to assess the level of price volatility to warn of abnormal movements. The main objective of this technical note is to provide an overview of this literature in constant evolution, and tools for measuring food price volatility. The tools developed in this technical note help understand the complexity of measuring volatility and the caution required in their use. Thus, the application of these tools requires their adaptation to the nature of the data generating process and the use of appropriate tests and criteria in order to choose the best approach.
    Keywords: food prices, price volatility, tools, agricultural products, commodities, food price volatility,
    Date: 2021
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:fpr:agrotn:tn-19&r=
  45. By: Seong, Jisub; Valle De Souza, Simone; Peterson, Christopher
    Keywords: Agribusiness, Marketing, Research Methods/Statistical Methods
    Date: 2021–08
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea21:314044&r=
  46. By: Heigermoser, Maximilian; Glauben, Thomas
    Abstract: The Covid-19 pandemic poses unprecedented challenges to the global economy. While aggregated agricultural trade patterns remained largely unaffected by the pandemic, the World Bank still expects global poverty to rise for the first time in more than twenty years. Since late 2020, several developments have the potential to further jeopardize global food security. Precisely, sea freight rates for bulk carriers, which are primarily used in international agricultural trade, have surged to an eleven-year high. However, despite the significant role that transportation costs play in international food trade, current research tends to overlook the impact they have on trade flows and food price formation. Further, the Food Price Index provided by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has increased for eleven straight months, reaching a seven-year high. These developments constitute increased risk to food security, particularly in poorer regions. Only strengthened international cooperation and unrestricted trade can safeguard global food security in the coming phase of globally uneven economic recovery. Calls for domestic self-sufficiency, proposals to transition to an over-bureaucratized, command-and-control EU-food system, as well as tightening economic sanctions and countersanctions between leading economic powers endanger food security, especially in import-dependent regions.
    Keywords: Food Security and Poverty, International Development, International Relations/Trade
    Date: 2021
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:iamopb:314666&r=
  47. By: Chen, Xiuping; Shah, Farhed A.
    Keywords: Resource/Energy Economics and Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, Agricultural and Food Policy
    Date: 2021–08
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea21:314061&r=
  48. By: Liu, Yizao; Huang, Lu; Zhou, Pei
    Keywords: Marketing, Agribusiness, Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety
    Date: 2021–08
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea21:313936&r=
  49. By: Wang, Sun Ling; Rada, Nicholas E.; Williams, Ryan C.
    Keywords: Productivity Analysis, Environmental Economics and Policy, Production Economics
    Date: 2021–08
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea21:314088&r=
  50. By: Li, Wenying; Cuffey, Joel; Yu, Yang; Miao, Ruiqing
    Keywords: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety, Agricultural and Food Policy, Labor and Human Capital
    Date: 2021–08
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea21:313891&r=
  51. By: Skidmore, Marin; Sims, Kaitlyn M.; Gibbs, Holly; Rausch, Lisa
    Keywords: Health Economics and Policy, Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy
    Date: 2021–08
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea21:313872&r=
  52. By: Gelli, Aulo; Masset, Edoardo; Adamba, Clement; Alderman, Harold; Arhinful, Daniel K.; Aurino, Elisabetta; Folson, Gloria; Osei-Akoto, Isaac; Asante, Felix A.
    Abstract: Governments and international development partners investing over $40 USD billion a year in school meals have shown interest in linking these programs with agriculture sector development, through what has become known as “Home-Grown†school feeding (HGSF). Nevertheless, evidence on the effectiveness of HGSF and agriculture is limited. This article reports on the findings of a three-year cluster randomized trial implemented in 58 districts of Ghana including a panel of 1,668 households. Communities were randomly assigned to 1) standard school meals; 2) HGSF or 3) control with no intervention. Post-intervention, the caterer-level analysis highlighted major challenges related to delayed program disbursements, resulting in a mismatch between budgeted and actual caterer outlay on food purchases per pupil equivalent to approximately 50% of the budgeted per child per day allocation. For caterers, by far the largest procurement channel was through traders, though there is evidence that HGSF may have increased the share of value purchased directly from smallholders. We find no strong evidence that the school feeding program or HGSF affected smallholders market structure, farm, non-farm and household income. When interpreting these null results, it is important to consider the findings of two parallel studies that showed positive effects of this national program on school children’s learning, cognition, and nutrition outcomes. The national program can still be considered as an effective social protection strategy with multiple objectives, even if the agriculture objectives remain aspirational.
    Keywords: GHANA; WEST AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF SAHARA; AFRICA; school feeding; markets; smallholders; agriculture; impact assessment; school meals; school children; children; nutrition; intervention; home-grown school feeding; impact evaluation
    Date: 2021
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:fpr:ifprid:2045&r=
  53. By: Hwang, Jeong Ha; Kim, Seung Min; Han, Ji Wan; Kim, Kwansoo
    Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty, International Development, Environmental Economics and Policy
    Date: 2021–08
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea21:313937&r=
  54. By: Deka, Anubrata; Yiannaka, Amalia; Giannakas, Konstantinos
    Keywords: Agribusiness, Marketing, Agricultural and Food Policy
    Date: 2021–08
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea21:314030&r=
  55. By: De Klerk, M.
    Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty, Farm Management
    Date: 2021–10–14
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aeassa:314729&r=
  56. By: Klepacka, Anna Maria; Florkowski, Wojciech J.; Revoredo-Giha, Cesar
    Keywords: Marketing, Agribusiness, Community/Rural/Urban Development
    Date: 2021–08
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea21:313935&r=
  57. By: Duchoslav, Jan; Rusike, Joseph
    Abstract: Malawi has a long history of public intervention programs in the fertilizer market, going back to 1992. The latest iteration, the Affordable Inputs Program (AIP), was launched in 2020 and is now under considerable strain because of rapidly escalating fertilizer prices. Under the AIP, the Govern-ment of Malawi intends to supply around 428,000 tons of fertilizer (half of it NPK, half urea) to small-holder farmers at a subsidized price of MWK 4,995 per 50 kg bag. It was envisaged that the fertilizer would be imported and distributed by private suppliers and two parastatals, the Smallholder Farm-ers Fertilizer Revolving Fund of Malawi (SFFRFM) and the Agricultural Development and Marketing Corporation (ADMARC). However, the Government found the cost proposed by the private sector through the Fertilizer Association of Malawi (MWK 35,000 per bag) excessive, and is considering sourcing all AIP fertilizer exclusively through SFFRFM and ADMARC. The purpose of this note is to assess the situation and outline the best policy options available to the Government to ensure ade-quate fertilizer supply in the short time remaining before the onset of the agricultural season in Ma-lawi.
    Keywords: MALAWI; SOUTHERN AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF SAHARA; AFRICA; fertilizers; retail prices; parastatals; private sector; policies; fertilizer prices; fertilizer markets
    Date: 2021
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:fpr:masspn:42&r=
  58. By: Vaiknoras, Kate A.; Larochelle, Catherine; Alwang, Jeffrey
    Keywords: Production Economics, International Development, Productivity Analysis
    Date: 2021–08
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea21:313877&r=
  59. By: Lamont, M.P.
    Keywords: Agricultural Finance
    Date: 2021–10–14
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aeassa:314743&r=
  60. By: Steyn, H.J.P.
    Keywords: Agricultural and Food Policy
    Date: 2021–10–14
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aeassa:314749&r=
  61. By: Yu, Kihwan; Kim, Sanghyo
    Keywords: Agricultural and Food Policy, Agribusiness, Marketing
    Date: 2021–08
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea21:313986&r=
  62. By: Dasgupta, Shouro; Robinson, Elizabeth J.Z.
    Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic has affected food security across the world. As governments respond in different ways both with regards to containing the pandemic and addressing food insecurity, in parallel detailed datasets are being collected and analysed. To date, literature addressing food insecurity during the pandemic, using these datasets, has tended to focus on individual countries. By contrast, this paper provides the first detailed multi-country cross-sectional snapshot of the social dimensions of food insecurity during the COVID-19 pandemic across nine African countries (Chad, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Nigeria, South Africa, and Uganda). Econometric analysis reveals that female-headed households, the poor, and the less-formally educated, appear to suffer more in terms of food insecurity during this global pandemic. Importantly, our findings show that the negative consequences of the pandemic are disproportionately higher for lower-income households and those who had to borrow to make ends meet rather than relying on savings; impacts are country-specific; and there is considerable spatial heterogeneity within country food insecurity, suggesting that tailored policies will be required. These nine countries employ both food and cash safety nets, with the evidence suggesting that, at least when these data were collected, cash safety nets have been slightly more effective at reducing food insecurity. Our results provide a baseline that can be used by governments to help design and implement tailored policies to address food insecurity. Our findings can also be used as lessons to reshape policies to tackle the heterogeneous impacts of climate change.
    Keywords: Covid-19; food insecurity; multi-country models; socioeconomic determinants; coronavirus
    JEL: R14 J01
    Date: 2021–10–01
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ehl:lserod:112194&r=
  63. By: Valera, Harold Glenn A.; Yamano, Takashi; Pede, Valerien O.
    Keywords: Agricultural and Food Policy, International Relations/Trade, International Development
    Date: 2021–08
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea21:313904&r=
  64. By: Stephan Marette (ECO-PUB - Economie Publique - AgroParisTech - Université Paris-Saclay - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement); Anne-Célia Disdier (PSE - Paris School of Economics - ENPC - École des Ponts ParisTech - ENS Paris - École normale supérieure - Paris - PSL - Université Paris sciences et lettres - UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement, PJSE - Paris Jourdan Sciences Economiques - UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - ENS Paris - École normale supérieure - Paris - PSL - Université Paris sciences et lettres - EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales - ENPC - École des Ponts ParisTech - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement); Anastasia Bodnar (USDA - United States Department of Agriculture); John Beghin (University of Nebraska [Lincoln] - University of Nebraska System)
    Abstract: New Plant Engineering Techniques (NPETs) may significantly improve both production and quality of foods. Consumers and regulators around the world might be reluctant to accept such products, which may cripple adoption and global market penetration of these products. We develop a parsimonious economic model for R&D investment in food innovations to identify conditions under which NPET technology emerges in a context of international trade. The framework integrates consumers' willingness to pay (WTP) for the new food, the uncertainty of R&D processes, the associated regulatory cost of approval, and the competition between domestic and foreign products. With generic applicability, the model enables the quantitative analysis of new foods that could be introduced in markets and then traded across borders. We apply the framework to a hypothetical case of apples improved with NPETs. Simulation results suggest that import bans and high values of sunk costs can reduce R&D investment in NPETs to suboptimal levels.
    Keywords: Industrial organization,Food innovation,Willingness to pay (WTP),Trade,Genome editing (GenEd),New plant engineering techniques (NPETs),Apple,Nontariff measure (NTM)
    Date: 2021–09
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:hal:wpaper:halshs-03359622&r=
  65. By: Yuan, Rao; Asioli, Daniele; Jin, Shaosheng; Nayga, Rodolfo M.
    Keywords: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety, Marketing, Research Methods/Statistical Methods
    Date: 2021–08
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea21:313957&r=
  66. By: COVID-19 Hub
    Abstract: In Ethiopia, the COVID-19 pandemic has affected livelihoods and caused declines in the gross domestic product (GDP) of the agrifood system (AFS) as well as in total GDP. CGIAR has been working with partners in the country to inform policy responses, focusing on the pandemic’s effects on rural households, the delivery of health services, and food systems and diets.
    Keywords: ETHIOPIA, EAST AFRICA, AFRICA SOUTH OF SAHARA, AFRICA, food systems, Coronavirus, coronavirus disease, Coronavirinae, COVID-19, economic impact, research, innovation, food security, diet, rural areas, households, pandemics, health services, weather forecasting,
    Date: 2021
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:fpr:cvdhcn:ethiopia&r=
  67. By: Bairagi, Subir K.; Zereyesus, Yacob A.; Mishra, Ashok K.
    Keywords: Labor and Human Capital, Agricultural and Food Policy, Community/Rural/Urban Development
    Date: 2021–08
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea21:313887&r=
  68. By: Berning, Joshua P.; Bonanno, Alessandro; Bayham, Jude; Zhou, Siwen
    Keywords: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety, Consumer/Household Economics, Health Economics and Policy
    Date: 2021–08
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea21:314001&r=
  69. By: Shenoy, Ashish; Gallenstein, Richard; Flatnes, Jon Einar
    Keywords: Institutional and Behavioral Economics, International Development, Research Methods/Statistical Methods
    Date: 2021–08
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea21:313919&r=
  70. By: Van Rooyen, C.J.; Vink, N.
    Keywords: Agricultural and Food Policy
    Date: 2021–10–14
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aeassa:314751&r=
  71. By: Panyi, Amadeo F.; Brorsen, Wade; Biermacher, Jon T.; Roger, James K.
    Keywords: Production Economics, Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession, Marketing
    Date: 2021–08
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea21:313968&r=
  72. By: Annelies Deuss; Csaba Gaspar; Marcel Bruins
    Abstract: Trade in seeds is key to guarantee access to food across the globe. COVID-19 led to concerns that seed supply chains would be disrupted and that countries relying on imported seed would not have sufficient supplies for the upcoming season. Focusing on the impact of COVID-19 from the perspective of seed companies and the formal seed sector, this study shows that the global seed sector was reasonably resilient during the crisis, although seed companies headquartered in the Asia Pacific region were more negatively affected than their counterparts in other regions. The two main bottlenecks were the availability of staff in the seed production chain and in government administrations, and the distribution of seed to farmers. Building a more resilient seed supply chain will require policies to ensure the uninterrupted production and movement of seed during lockdowns; the further development of international seed supply chains; and the diversification of seed production. Digitalisation could also improve the availability of information on seed production and trade, enabling faster government responses to disruptions.
    Keywords: Asia, Digitilisation, International supply chain, Vegetable seeds
    JEL: Q12 Q13 Q16 Q17 Q18
    Date: 2021–10–14
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:oec:agraaa:168-en&r=
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