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Issue of 2021‒11‒08
sixty-four papers chosen by |
| By: | Kabir, Md. Jahangir; Salam, Md. Abdus; Omar, Md. Imran; Sarkar, Md. Abdur Rouf; Rahman, Mohammad Chhiddikur; Chowdhury, Afroza; Rahaman, Md. Shajedur; Deb, Limon; Noman, S. M. M. H.; Siddique, Md. Abu Bakr |
| Abstract: | A super tropical cyclone named "Amphan" struck the Bangladesh coast on 22 May 2020, which caused widespread damage to rice and non-rice crops across 26 Districts. This study aims to (i) delineate the impact of Amphan on farming and livelihoods of coastal households; (ii) identify the farmers’ coping and adaptation strategies to the cyclone; and (iii) delineate farmers’ suggestions for increasing crops production and adaptive capacity. Fourteen villages of seven Upazilas of four most Amphan affected districts such as Satkhira, Khulna, Bagherhat and Patuakhali were selected for the study. Both the qualitative and quantitative data were collected through online interviews from 84 knowledgeable farmers and 25 expert personnel of the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) using a pre-tested semi-structured questionnaire. The results show that most boro rice in the coastal area escaped from the adverse consequences of Amphan as over 95% of total the crop of the region was harvested before struck the cyclone. Besides, The Aus area decreased in the range between 38-60% of the target area due mainly to (i) damage seedling in the nursery and (ii) stagnant water in the fields. Besides, the yield of the rice crop might lower in the range between 7-15% compared to last year Aus yield because of (i) delay transplanting due to cyclone and (ii) inadequate fertilizer application and weeding due to lack of money. Besides, T. Aman yield may decrease in the range between 10 – 18% as compared to the normal season because of (i) delay transplanting due to delay managing cash for hired in power tractor and labour, (ii) apply less fertilizers due to decrease income, and (iii) increase area of local cultivars as it needs less fertilizers. The major coping strategies of the households to smoothen consumption included (i) used food stocked at home, (ii) received reliefs in kinds, (iii) sold livestock and trees, (iv) caught wild fish from water-bodies, (v) temporary migrated for off/nonfarm works. Most households had access to foods because of the government’s relief programs. The farming adaptation strategies included (i) raised Aus seedling of local and modern cultivars (ii) planted vegetables in the home-yard and dike of gher, and (iii) stocked shrimp and prawn post-larvae in the gher. Famers ability to invest in the farm decreased substantially due to (i) loss of farm income (BDT 50,000-130,000 per household) because of damage of crops and gone out shrimp and fish from ghers, and (ii) decreased off/non-farm incomes (BDT 18,000-26,000 per household) due to the outbreak of COVID-19. The government helped farmers by reducing T. Aman rice seed prices (BDT 10/kg). Due to lack of resources, DAE provided limited material supports to Amphan affected farmers in the Aman rice. Farmers and experts suggested following interventions to minimize the impact of Amphan cyclone to farmers: (i) ensuring easy access to bank credit at a low-interest rate, (ii) providing inputs and cash supports to small and marginal farmers (iii) reduced fertilizer price by 50% for Amphan affected areas to ensure a better harvest of T. Aman. Furthermore, farmers suggested for (i) re-excavation of the canals for better access to fresh-water for irrigation, (ii) raising 2-3 feet elevation of the Embankments, (iii) placing the RCC block on the Embankment for protecting the breakage by the tidal surge, (iv) repairing the old sluice gates and set some new sluice gates for protecting salinity intrusion and drainage out stagnant water, and (v) ensuring access to market and fair price of rice and non-rice crops, shrimp and fish for sustainable farm production. |
| Keywords: | Amphan,COVID-19,Yield loss,Climate change,Adaptation,Coastal |
| Date: | 2020 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:zbw:esrepo:243315&r= |
| By: | Adjognon, Guigonan; Liverpool-Tasieillon, Saweda; Dillon, Andrew; Bloem, Jeffrey |
| Keywords: | Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies, Crop Production/Industries |
| Date: | 2021–08 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:iaae21:315157&r= |
| By: | Kotu, Bekele Hundie; Oyinbo, Oyakhilomen; Hoeschle-Zeledon, Irmgard; Kizito, Fred; Nurudeen, Abdul Rahman; Boyubie, Benedict |
| Keywords: | Farm Management |
| Date: | 2021–08 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:iaae21:315032&r= |
| By: | Genova, Christian; Umberger, Wendy J.; Peralta-Sanchez, Maria-Alexandra; Newman, Suzie; Zeng, Di |
| Keywords: | Crop Production/Industries, Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety |
| Date: | 2021–08 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:iaae21:315293&r= |
| By: | Suzana Djordjevic Milosevic (Singidunum University); Judith Möllers (Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies); Federica Di Marcantonio (European Commission - JRC); Pavel Ciaian (European Commission - JRC); NESEVIC Danica; THIMO Etleva; VUKCEVIC ZORIC Andja; ALI KOÇ Ahmet; BUZAROVSKI Darko; TASEV Ivan; DAMNJANOVIC Aleksandar; MARKOVIC Predrag |
| Abstract: | The overall objective of this report is to identify and conduct analysis of short food supply chains (SFSCs) among small farmers in the Western Balkans and Turkey. The report’s analyses are based on the primary data collected from 397 smallholder farmers through semi-structured interviews in all Western Balkan countries/territories (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia) and Turkey. The report analyses shed light on several issues related to smallholders and SFSCs, such as types of sales channels used by small farmers for selling their products; the level of information about and knowledge of the SFSC; contractual arrangements applied; the use of food safety and quality standards; best practices of and barriers to small farmers’ participation in SFSCs; the role of SFSCs in promoting environmentally friendly farming practices; the role of SFSCs in promoting the economic viability of small farms; and the role of agricultural policy in supporting small farmers’ access to SFSCs. Based on these analyses, the report also derives policy recommendations. Overall, the report concludes that SFSCs are an attractive way of adding value to primary food production and improving small farmers’ livelihoods in the Western Balkans and Turkey. Key policy measures that could boost small farmers’ participation in short value chains are improvement of advisory services; provision of investment support targeted to small farmers and SFSCs; better access to finance; and enhanced support for cooperation and bottom-up initiatives for partnerships. |
| Keywords: | Western Balkans, Turkey, smallholders, short food supply chains, agrifood sector |
| JEL: | Q13 Q18 |
| Date: | 2021–10 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ipt:iptwpa:jrc125555&r= |
| By: | Sarkar, Abdul Souf; Rahman, Mohammad Chhiddikur; Rahaman, Shajedur; Sarker, Mou Rani; Islam, Mohammad Ariful; Balié, Jean |
| Keywords: | Crop Production/Industries |
| Date: | 2021–08 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:iaae21:315126&r= |
| By: | NYKOLYUK Olga; PYVOVAR Petro; CHMIL Alla; BOGONOS Mariia (European Commission - JRC); TOPOLNYCKYI Pavlo; CHEBAN Iryna; FELLMANN Thomas (European Commission - JRC) |
| Abstract: | This report presents the current situation and an outlook for the major Ukrainian agricultural commodity markets until 2030 along with the update of the Ukraine country model in AGMEMOD. AGMEMOD is a system of partial equilibrium, medium-term, dynamic, multi-market and multi-country econometric models that is applied for generating projections for agricultural commodity markets of the EU and neighbour countries. In the current work, the database and the behavioural functions representing market agents of the Ukraine country model have been updated. The outlook results for 2030 show that while the quantity of wheat produced in Ukraine will increase only marginally, maize is expected to become the dominant cereal. Adaptation to climate change is the main driving force behind this trend. Domestic soya beans, rapeseed and sunflower seeds production will continue growing, along with the quantities of oilseed oils and meals. Cattle and swine farming is expected to follow its ongoing structural change that shows the replacement of self-subsistent producers (rural households) by specialised farms. However, the specialised larger producers will not compensate the loss in animal numbers from the rural households and, therefore, production quantities of beef and pork are likely to slow down in the next decade. Conversely, poultry meat and eggs production are projected to grow. As the COVID-19 pandemic has been ongoing since early 2020, this report also analyses its impacts on the Ukrainian agriculture. The analysis demonstrates medium to long term resilience of the Ukrainian agricultural commodities production and export to this crisis. Overall, the current report shows that AGMEMOD provides relevant results and enables a structured discussion about key development trends, changes and causes of changes in production and trade of agri-food commodities. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural markets, Ukraine |
| Date: | 2021–10 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ipt:iptwpa:jrc126768&r= |
| By: | Ravi, S.C.; Umesh, Kotrakere Basegowda; Srikanthamurthy, Pandramajalu Srikanthamurthy Pandramajalu; Chandrakanth, Mysore |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Crop Production/Industries |
| Date: | 2021–08 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:iaae21:315209&r= |
| By: | Manda, Julius; Tufa, Adane; Alene, Arega; Muthoni, Francis; Hoeschle-Zeledon, Irmgard; Bekunda, Mateete |
| Keywords: | Crop Production/Industries, Agribusiness |
| Date: | 2021–08 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:iaae21:314992&r= |
| By: | Ojo, Olanike; Ojo, Michael A.; Ajani, Yusuf; Oseghale, Agatha; Busari, A.O. |
| Keywords: | Productivity Analysis, Land Economics/Use |
| Date: | 2021–08 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:iaae21:315189&r= |
| By: | Wanjira, John; Mburu, John; Nzuve, Felister; Makokha, Stella; Emongor, Rosemary A.; Taracha, Catherine |
| Keywords: | Crop Production/Industries |
| Date: | 2021–08 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:iaae21:315298&r= |
| By: | Asante, Bright Owusu; Koomson, Isaac; Villano, Renato; Wiredu, Alexander Nimo |
| Keywords: | Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies, Labor and Human Capital |
| Date: | 2021–08 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:iaae21:315093&r= |
| By: | Sekabira, Haruna; Nalunga, Shamim; Umwungerimwiza, Yves Didier; Nazziwa, Lydia; Ddungu, Stanley Peter |
| Keywords: | Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety, Crop Production/Industries |
| Date: | 2021–08 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:iaae21:315013&r= |
| By: | Wolf, Rayan; Mohamed, Abdoulaye Aboubacari; Gomes, Fabrício Sepulveda; Gurgel, Angelo Costa; Teixeira, Erly c. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural Finance, Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety |
| Date: | 2021–08 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:iaae21:314958&r= |
| By: | Frey, Verena; Bruckner, Martin |
| Abstract: | Agricultural production is one of the largest contributors to global greenhouse gas emissions. High-income countries like Austria source large quantities of feed, food and nonfood crops abroad thereby outsourcing emissions. Understanding global supply chains and geographical patterns of the trade with agricultural products is crucial for taking on responsibility for consumption-based emissions arising in other world regions. This study investigates Austria’s carbon footprint capturing all emissions from global agriculture associated with the consumption of food and non-food products. The analysis gives detailed insights into the contribution of various products and product categories, countries and regions, and carbon emitting processes across global supply chains, while comprehensively capturing all products consumed in Austria including their upstream emissions. The results show that while emission sources vary considerably for different consumption products, animal-based products account for the major part of emissions across the source regions. About 64% of Austrian emissions related to Austria’s carbon footprint of food products occur outside Austrian borders. Most emissions origin in Austria itself (36%), the rest of Europe (22%) and Asia (19%) and Latin America (14%). More than two thirds of emissions are related to the consumption of meat and other animal-based products. The results show the importance of consumption patterns, especially of meat and other animal products, for the Austrian footprint, which implies a great reduction potential through alternative diets and indicates clear limitations for emission mitigation strategies that instead focus on production efficiency. |
| Date: | 2021 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wiw:wus045:8371&r= |
| By: | Yann Raineau; Éric Giraud-Héraud; Sébastien Lecocq; Stéphanie Pérès; Alexandre Pons; Sophie Tempère |
| Abstract: | According to the latest studies, the demand for organic food is more often driven by health than by environmental considerations. It may therefore seem surprising to observe certain industries allowing organic products to be challenged by products that claim health benefits more directly. The question thus arises as to the real threat to the organic market posed by "healthy" products, and hence the impact on the ecological transition of agricultural practices brought about by organic specifications. In this paper, we examine the reality of this threat, taking it to the extreme situation of a product today classified as harmful, yet for which sanitary considerations have been recently conveyed on markets, namely wines without sulfites, considering the competition they can exert on organic wines. Through an experimental market based on a tasting of Bordeaux wines specifically produced for the purpose of the experiment, conducted at two-year intervals and involving a large sample of over four hundred consumers, we observe the significance of the health demand among wine consumers, which increases as the niche of organic wine buyers is considered. We also note that this niche asymmetrically sanctions the presence of sulfites in organic wines, without applying the same principles to conventional wines, a threat that could lead to a certain decline in interest once these products are required to reveal their composition, as is the case for the majority of processed products. |
| Keywords: | experimental auctions, food labels, willingness to pay, sustainable wines, eco-friendly food, consumer demand |
| JEL: | C91 L15 Q11 D44 |
| Date: | 2021 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:grt:bdxewp:2021-21&r= |
| By: | Tran, Thi Xuyen |
| JEL: | D69 R29 Q12 Q54 |
| Date: | 2021 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:zbw:vfsc21:242411&r= |
| By: | Habib, Muhammad Ashraful; Valera, Harold Glenn; Yamano, Takashi; Pede, Valerien; Bashar, Khairul |
| Keywords: | Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety |
| Date: | 2021–08 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:iaae21:315165&r= |
| By: | Yang, Zhengliang; Du, Xiaoxue; Hatzenbuehler, Patrick; Lu, Liang; Reardon, Thomas; Tian, Guang |
| Keywords: | Marketing, Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies |
| Date: | 2021–08 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:iaae21:315334&r= |
| By: | P, Prakash; Kumar, Pramod; Kishore, Prabhat; D, Jaganathan; Immanuel, Sheela |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Crop Production/Industries |
| Date: | 2021–08 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:iaae21:314961&r= |
| By: | Olson, Kent; Gauto, Victor; Erenstein, Olaf; Teufel, Nils; Swain, Braja; Tui; Duncan, Alan |
| Keywords: | Farm Management |
| Date: | 2021–08 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:iaae21:315188&r= |
| By: | Tsakiridis, Andreas; O’Donoghue, Cathal; Ryan, Mary; Cullen, Paula; hUallacháin, Daire Ó.; Sheridan, Helen; Stout, Jane |
| Keywords: | Farm Management |
| Date: | 2021–08 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:iaae21:315280&r= |
| By: | Ozaki, Ryosuke; Tsujimoto, Yasuhiro; Andriamananjara, Andry; Rakotonindrina, Hobimiarantsoa; Sakurai, Takeshi |
| Keywords: | Farm Management |
| Date: | 2021–08 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:iaae21:315272&r= |
| By: | Kumar, Suresh; Singh, Dharm Raj; Mondal, Biswajit; Palanisamy, Venkatesh; Kumar, Anil |
| Keywords: | Crop Production/Industries, Productivity Analysis |
| Date: | 2021–08 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:iaae21:315343&r= |
| By: | Ferrari, Emanuele; Chatzopoulos, Thomas; Domínguez, Ignacio Pérez; Boulanger, Pierre; Boysen-Urban, Kirsten; Himics, Mihaly; M'barek, Robert; Redondo, Marina Pinilla |
| Keywords: | International Relations/Trade, Agribusiness |
| Date: | 2021–08 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:iaae21:315030&r= |
| By: | Ogunmodede, Adewale M.; Tambo, Justice A.; Gulak, Dominic M; Adeleke, Adetunji T.; Ogunsanwo, Mary O. |
| Keywords: | Farm Management |
| Date: | 2021–08 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:iaae21:315074&r= |
| By: | Nguyen, Thanh Tung; Nguyen, Trung Thanh; Nguyen, Duy Linh; Do, Manh Hung; Grote, Ulrike |
| Keywords: | Productivity Analysis, Resource /Energy Economics and Policy |
| Date: | 2021–08 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:iaae21:314955&r= |
| By: | Melkani, Aakanksha; Mason, Nicole; Mather, David; Chisanga, Brian; Jayne, Thom |
| Keywords: | Marketing, Farm Management |
| Date: | 2021–08 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:iaae21:315273&r= |
| By: | Ruml, Anette; Chrisendo, Daniel; Osabuohien, Evans; Karakara, Alhassan; Iddrisu, Abdul Malik; Lay, Jann |
| Keywords: | Community/Rural/Urban Development, Crop Production/Industries |
| Date: | 2021–08 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:iaae21:315162&r= |
| By: | Steinhübel, Linda; Wenzel, Arne; Hulamani, Prashant; Cramon-Taubadel, Stephan von; Mason, Nicole |
| Keywords: | Farm Management |
| Date: | 2021–08 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:iaae21:315122&r= |
| By: | Kabir, Md. Jahangir; Kabir, Md. Shahjahan; Salam, Md Abdus; Islam, Mohammad Ariful; Omar, Md Imran; Sarkar, Md. Abdur Rouf; Rahman, Mohammad Chhiddikur; Chowdhury, Afroza; Rahaman, Md. Shajedur; Deb, Limon; Aziz, Md. Abdullah; Siddique, Md Abu Bakr; Mandal, M A Sattar |
| Abstract: | During countrywide lockdown due to COVID-19 pandemic wage workers from different parts of the country were encouraged to move to haor areas for harvesting Boro paddy amid risk of community transmission of the virus in late April to early May 2020. This study attempted to delineate the socioeconomic and health risk management status of migrant harvest labour and to assess the yield and prices of Boro paddy in three haor districts of Kishoreganj, Netrakona and Sunamganj. A quick and clean questionnaire survey was conducted using mobile phones to collect first hand data from 90 labour leaders and 90 Boro farmers during 4th week of April – 1st week of May 2020. Both tabular and inferential analyses were carried out in the study. Ministry of Agriculture very promptly mobilized the local administration, law enforcement agencies and health department with support from the Dept. of Agricultural Extension to make special arrangements for speedy movement of migrant labour to haor areas for harvesting Boro paddy. Trucks, engine boats and pickup vans were common transports for migrant labour. The wage workers migrated mainly from Pabna, Tangail, Sirajganj, Mymensingh, Sylhet, Manikganj and non-haor areas of Sunamganj. Most wage workers were 30 – 40 years old. The availability of migrant harvest labour was 20% higher in Sunamganj and 2% higher in Kishoreganj in the current year, compared to last year. However, their availability in Netrakona was 6% lower this year than the last year. Overall, the participation of migrant labour in harvesting Boro paddy in the last year (2019) was 74% – 80%, but it decreased to 60%– 69% this year (2020). This was due to the higher participation in harvesting of Boro paddy by local workers many of whom were actually returnees from cities due to Corona shutdown. The contributions of combine harvesters and reapers were 6%, 7% and 9% in Sunamganj, Kishoreganj and Netrakona, respectively. The cost of harvesting Boro rice by combine harvesters and reapers including the cost of carrying by labour and threshing by power thrashers was 31% – 39% lower than the cost of manual harvesting, carrying and threshing. The health risk management practices of migrant labourers included maintaining social distance from (i) dwellers of in-migration village and from each other while harvesting rice in the fields. Besides, the labourers wore masks while travelling by vehicles, walking out to fields for harvesting rice and going to market places for buying essentials. However, they could not comply social distancing properly in their places of accommodation. Besides, they could not wear masks always while harvesting rice because of hot humid weather and they could not wash hands frequently because of the unavailability of water in the fields. The average yields of wet paddy were 54 – 60 mounds/acre for BRRI dhan28, 64 – 67 mounds/acre for BRRI dhan29, and 70 – 72 mounds/acre for hybrids. These yields were 69% – 82%, 20% – 33% and 20% – 30% higher in 2020 than in 2019, respectively, due to very favourable weather conditions. Similarly, the average market price of wet Boro paddy was BDT 706 – 783/mound in April 2020, which was 20%-30% higher than in April 2019. However, the current price of Boro paddy was 20% – 30% lower than the farmers’ expected price this year. Thus, the procurement of Boro paddy at the declared minimum price of BDT 26/kg needs to be implemented at full scale during the harvesting period so that farmers’ incentives to produce rice is sustained. In future, more harvesting machines will be required in haor areas for timely harvesting of Boro paddy. |
| Keywords: | COVID-19,Mechanization,Haor,Rice,Harvest,Bangladesh |
| Date: | 2020 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:zbw:esrepo:243304&r= |
| By: | Kabayiza, Alexis; Owuor, George; Langat, Jackson K.; Mugenzi, Patrice; Niyitanga, Fidèle |
| Keywords: | Agricultural Finance |
| Date: | 2021–08 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:iaae21:315091&r= |
| By: | Chatterjee, Soumitra; Dhehibi, Boubaker; Karak, Sabyasachi; Hazra, Soumavho; Nath, Rajib; Sarker, Ashutosh |
| Keywords: | Crop Production/Industries, Consumer/Household Economics |
| Date: | 2021–08 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:iaae21:314951&r= |
| By: | Byrne, Anne T.; Just, David R.; Barrett, Christopher B. |
| Abstract: | Among the millions of Americans who suffer from food insecurity in the United States, only a fraction utilizes the nation’s 60,000 food pantries. Stigma is commonly cited as a barrier to use. Stigma can arise from any of several sources. However, some may be due to the perceived product quality of pantry offerings. This study tests this hypothesis using data from an online survey that asks SNAP-eligible individuals to evaluate food items under different treatments. In two treatments, they are told the food is from a grocery store. In two other treatments, they are told the food is from a food pantry. In half the treatments, they are provided with a photo of the food item, indicating a popular brand. Respondents exhibit a negative perception of food from a pantry, but that perception is offset when shown an informative depiction of that food. The effect of branding is explored in a second online experiment and found to be an important component of consumer perception. Results suggest that food banks and food pantries may be able to combat product stigma through marketing that uses photos, brand names, or both to depict the quality of the products they offer. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy |
| Date: | 2021–09–29 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:cudawp:315740&r= |
| By: | Khalil, Reine; Kallas, Zein; Haddarah, Amira; Omar, Fawaz El; Pujolà, Montserrat |
| Keywords: | Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety, Health Economics and Policy |
| Date: | 2021–08 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:iaae21:314968&r= |
| By: | Pascale Bazoche; Nicolas Guinet; Sylvaine Poret; Sabrina Teyssier |
| Abstract: | A widespread transition towards diets based on plant proteins as substitutes for animal proteins would contribute to food system sustainability. Such changes in consumer food choices can be fostered by public policy. We conducted an online experiment to test whether providing consumers with information regarding the negative consequences of meat consumption on the environment or health increases the substitution of animal-based proteins with plant-based proteins. The consumers had to make three meal selections, the first without exposure to information and the latter two after exposure to environmental or health information. One group of consumers served as the control and received no information. The results show that half of the consumers chose meals with animal proteins in all three cases. The information intervention had a limited impact on the average consumer. However, a latent class analysis shows that the information intervention impacted a sub-sample of the consumers. Information policy does not appear to be sufficient for altering consumer behaviour regarding the consumption of animal proteins. |
| Keywords: | Experiment, information, food consumption, alternative proteins, environment,health. |
| JEL: | C93 D12 Q01 |
| Date: | 2021 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:rae:wpaper:202107&r= |
| By: | Chepeliev, Maksym |
| Abstract: | In this paper, we develop an approach towards incorporation of nutritional accounts for the Global Trade Analysis Project (GTAP) Data Base. We rely on the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) food balance sheets data and nutritive indicators to estimate nutritional content of primary commodities and derived commodities represented in primary equivalent within the food balance sheets. Calories, fats, proteins and carbohydrates are estimated and reported. We further identify use categories that account for food, feed, seed, losses and other uses. In terms of food supply, we identify GTAP Data Base primary commodity sectors, food processing sectors and service sectors that supply food. To redistribute nutritional data according to GTAP Data Base sectors, we calculate Leontief inverses, operating only over those sectors (and uses) that supply food. Trade in both primary and processed commodities is taken into account. The approach is applied to all four GTAP 10 Data Base reference years and can be replicated in a dynamic modelling framework for each simulated year (time step). |
| Date: | 2021 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:gta:workpp:6458&r= |
| By: | Herrington, Caitlin L.; Maredia, Mywish; Ortega, David L.; Taleon, Victor; Birol, Ekin; Sarkar, Abdur Rouf |
| Keywords: | Consumer/Household Economics, Crop Production/Industries |
| Date: | 2021–08 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:iaae21:315079&r= |
| By: | Shimokawa, Satoru; Kudo, Haruyo; Kito, Yayoi; Yamaguchi, Michitoshi; Niiyama, Yoko |
| Keywords: | Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety |
| Date: | 2021–08 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:iaae21:315249&r= |
| By: | Gbegbelegbe, Sika Dofonsou; Alene, Arega; Swamikannu, Nedumaran; Frija, Aymen |
| Keywords: | Crop Production/Industries, Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies |
| Date: | 2021–08 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:iaae21:315281&r= |
| By: | Wongnaa, Camillus Abawiera; Nti, Emmanuel Kwame; Acheampong, Patricia Pinamang; Bannor, Richard Kwasi; Babu, Suresh Chandra |
| Keywords: | Crop Production/Industries |
| Date: | 2021–08 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:iaae21:314946&r= |
| By: | Srinivasa, Aditya Korekallu; Praveen, K.V.; Padmaja, Subash Surendran; Nithyashree, ML; Jha, Girish Kumar |
| Keywords: | Demand and Price Analysis |
| Date: | 2021–08 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:iaae21:315205&r= |
| By: | Wongnaa, Camillus; Kyei, Afrane Baffour; Apike, Isaac Akurugu; Awunyo-Vitor, Dadson; Dziwornu, Raymond K. |
| Keywords: | Crop Production/Industries |
| Date: | 2021–08 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:iaae21:314939&r= |
| By: | Kumar, Shalander; Pramanik, Soumitra; Descheemaeker, Katrien; Gupta, Lakshita; Whitbread, Anthony |
| Keywords: | Agribusiness |
| Date: | 2021–08 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:iaae21:315206&r= |
| By: | Fintel, Dieter von; Mwale, Martin; Marchetta, Francesca; Kamninga, Tony Mwenda; Smith, Anja |
| Keywords: | Agricultural Finance, Labor and Human Capital |
| Date: | 2021–08 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:iaae21:315041&r= |
| By: | Park, Young Ho (KOREA INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC POLICY (KIEP)); Jeong, Minji (KOREA INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC POLICY (KIEP)); Kim, Yejin (KOREA INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC POLICY (KIEP)); Moon, Soo Hyun (KOREA INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC POLICY (KIEP)) |
| Abstract: | There has been a growing consensus in the national and international aid architecture that sporadic or scattered aid modality should be avoided. This study conducted a comprehensive cluster evaluation on Korea's agricultural ODA to Rwanda between 2013 and 2017, with two newly devised indexes: Cluster Performance Index (CPI) and Resource Allocation Index (RAI). Every Korean agricultural ODA project was categorized into five clusters and numerically evaluated against criteria widely used in the evaluation of development projects: relevance, efficiency, effectiveness and sustainability. Our cluster evaluation reveals that projects are mostly planned appropriately, but in some clusters, large amounts of the budget have been invested in poorly planned projects. Regarding efficiency, there was considerable room for improvement in all clusters. Particularly, in the Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) category, all clusters scored below average. Concerning performance evaluation, all clusters scored relatively high in effectiveness, specifically in goal achievement. Lastly, in terms of sustainability, risk management was found to be relatively inadequate in all clusters. Based on the lessons from the aforementioned observations and analysis results, this study suggests ODA quality can be improved by optimizing budget allocation, improving monitoring efficiency, creating synergistic effects through cluster linkage, and developing agricultural value chain program. |
| Keywords: | ODA; Korea; Rwanda; agriculture |
| Date: | 2021–01–12 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ris:kiepwe:2021_001&r= |
| By: | Boshe, Fredrick; Venus, Terese; Vrachioli, Maria; Sauer, Johannes; Khatri-Chhetri, Arun |
| Keywords: | Labor and Human Capital, Environmental Economics and Policy |
| Date: | 2021–08 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:iaae21:315039&r= |
| By: | Baeuml, Theresa; Möllers, Judith; Dufhues, Thomas; Wolz, Axel; Traikova, Diana |
| Keywords: | Consumer/Household Economics |
| Date: | 2021–08 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:iaae21:315034&r= |
| By: | Kishore, Prabhat; Singh, Dharm Raj; Srivastava, Shivendra; Kumar, Pramod; Jha, Girish Kumar |
| Keywords: | Environmental Economics and Policy |
| Date: | 2021–08 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:iaae21:315198&r= |
| By: | Henderson, Stuart; Davidova, Sophia; Bailey, Alastair; Latruffe, Laure; Vedrine, Lionel; Desjeux, Yann |
| Keywords: | Environmental Economics and Policy, Agribusiness |
| Date: | 2021–08 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:iaae21:315217&r= |
| By: | Welling, Malte; Zawojska, Ewa; Sagebiel, Julian |
| JEL: | Q51 |
| Date: | 2021 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:zbw:vfsc21:242384&r= |
| By: | Kilombele, Happiness; Chegere, Martin; Feleke, Shiferaw; Abdoulaye, Tahirou; Cole, Steven M.; Manyong, Victor |
| Keywords: | Crop Production/Industries, Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies |
| Date: | 2021–08 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:iaae21:315387&r= |
| By: | Sebastian Rausch; Hidemichi Yonezawa (Statistics Norway) |
| Abstract: | Technology policy is the most widespread form of climate policy and is often preferred over seemingly efficient carbon pricing. We propose a new explanation for this observation: gains that predominantly accrue to households with large capital assets and that influence majority decisions in favor of technology policy. We study climate policy choices in an overlapping generations model with heterogeneous energy technologies and distortionary income taxation. Compared to carbon pricing, green technology policy leads to a pronounced capital subsidy effect that benefits most of the current generations but burdens future generations. Based on majority voting which disregards future generations, green technology policies are favored over a carbon tax. Smart "polluter-pays" financing of green technology policies enables obtaining the support of current generations while realizing efficiency gains for future generations. |
| Keywords: | Climate Policy; Green Technology Policy; Carbon Pricing; Overlapping Generations; Intergenerational Distribution; Social Welfare; General Equilibrium |
| JEL: | Q54 Q48 Q58 D58 H23 |
| Date: | 2021–10 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ssb:dispap:965&r= |
| By: | Taye, Bedaso; Abro, Zewdu; Kassie, Menale; Alebel, Haymanot; Ayalew, Zemen; Ayalew, Workineh |
| Keywords: | Consumer/Household Economics |
| Date: | 2021–08 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:iaae21:315180&r= |
| By: | Mathieu Cuilleret; Luc Doyen; Hélène Gomes; Fabian Blanchard |
| Abstract: | Operationalizing resilience in fisheries management is a challenging issue in the face of global changes. In this perspective, Grafton et al. (2019) propose a heuristic based on the ‘3Rs’ of resilience, namely resistance, recovery, and robustness. The work presented here applies this generic framework to the coastal fishery of French Guiana, which is under pressure because of climate and socio-economic uncertainties. To this end, a dynamic multi-species, resource-based and multi-fleet model is developed and calibrated using catch and effort time series. The search for a more resilient management leads us to compare different fishing management strategies and projections, including `Business as usual' (BAU), `Multispecies Maximum Sustainable Yield' (MMSY) and `Multispecies Maximum Economic Yield' (MMEY) strategies. The comparison between the strategies relies on ecological-economic viability goals and thresholds. The two normative strategies MMSY and MMEY turn out to provide major gains in terms of the 3Rs and ecological-economic resilience as compared to BAU. |
| Keywords: | Resilience, Coastal fishery, Climate warming, Oil price uncertainty, Demographic pressure, Models of intermediate complexity (MICE) |
| JEL: | Q22 Q54 Q57 |
| Date: | 2021 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:grt:bdxewp:2021-20&r= |
| By: | Slavchevska, Vanya; Doss, Cheryl; Mane, Erdgin; Kaaria, Susan; Kar, Anuja; Villa, Victor |
| Keywords: | Labor and Human Capital |
| Date: | 2021–08 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:iaae21:315095&r= |
| By: | Céline Bonnet (TSE - Toulouse School of Economics - UT1 - Université Toulouse 1 Capitole - Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées - EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement, INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement); Zohra Bouamra-Mechemache (TSE - Toulouse School of Economics - UT1 - Université Toulouse 1 Capitole - Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées - EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement, INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement); Hugo Molina (ALISS - Alimentation et sciences sociales - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement) |
| Abstract: | We develop a framework of bilateral oligopoly with a sequential two-stage game in which manufacturers engage in bilateral bargains with retailers competing on a downstream market. We show that bargaining outcomes depend on three different bargaining forces and can be interpreted in terms of "equilibrium of fear". We estimate our framework using data on soft drink purchases in France and find that retailers have a higher bargaining power than manufacturers. Using counterfactual simulations, we highlight that retail mergers always increase retailers' fear of disagreement which weakens their bargaining power vis-à-vis manufacturers and leads to higher wholesale and retail prices. |
| Keywords: | Retail mergers,Bargaining,Bilateral oligopoly,Soft drink industry |
| Date: | 2021–10–13 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:hal:wpaper:hal-03375907&r= |
| By: | Frithjof Laubinger (OECD); Peter Börkey (OECD) |
| Abstract: | Circular Economy Labels and Information Schemes (CELIS) compose the group of labels, certifications, standards of information schemes that fully or partially address one or more resource efficiency or circular economy elements. CELIS can play an important role in fostering circular economy activities. They can empower market actors to distinguish and discriminate products based on environmental performance, which stimulates market development and innovation in resource efficient products and services. Information systems also enable better supply chain management and allow firms to identify environmental impacts and risks in their supply chains.This paper provides an overview of the current CELIS landscape, assesses the drivers and barriers to a greater uptake of business-to-business information systems, and identifies circular economy aspects that are underdeveloped in the existing consumer labels landscape. |
| Keywords: | circular economy, information policy approaches, natural resources, resource efficiency, sustainable consumption |
| JEL: | O14 Q53 Q56 Q58 D82 L15 |
| Date: | 2021–11–04 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:oec:envaaa:183-en&r= |
| By: | Haldar, Surajit; Behura, Debdutt Behura; Nuppenau, Ernst-August; Rahaman, S.M. Rahaman; Susovita, Smita |
| Keywords: | Marketing, Resource /Energy Economics and Policy |
| Date: | 2021–08 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:iaae21:315120&r= |
| By: | Osabohien, Romanus; Awotide, Bola Amoke; Nimo, Alexander; Dontstop, Paul Martin; Mignouna, Djana; Abdoulaye, Tahirou; Manyong, Victor; Bamba, Zoumana |
| Keywords: | Food Security and Poverty, Labor and Human Capital |
| Date: | 2021–08 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:iaae21:315116&r= |
| By: | Salazar, Lina; Palacios, Ana; Selvaraj, Michael; Montenegro, Frank |
| Keywords: | Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies, Crop Production/Industries |
| Date: | 2021–08 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:iaae21:315408&r= |
| By: | Alexandra-Anca Purcel (CERDI - Centre d'Études et de Recherches sur le Développement International - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - UCA - Université Clermont Auvergne) |
| Abstract: | We perform an updated literature survey on pollution-growth nexus via the environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) hypothesis, both from theoretical and empirical standpoints. First, we conduct a literature review on the most well-known rationale behind the EKC prevalence and discuss the key components of the research design when estimating the EKC. Second, we bring together the most influential empirical papers published in the last decade, which focus on EKC estimation in developing and transition economies. Overall, succeeding to curtail some of the deficiencies suggested by theoretical contributions, the recent empirical studies might indicate a certain consensus regarding pollution-growth nexus, and EKC validity. On one hand, reinforcing the EKC nature, several studies reveal a long-run relationship between indicators. On the other hand, according to income coefficients' signs, the traditional bell-shaped pattern seems to be at work for some developing and transition economies. However, in some cases, the estimated turning point lies outside the income sample range, calling into question not only the true pattern between pollution and growth but also the identification of EKC. Taken collectively, both the theoretical foundations and empirical evidence, could contribute to a better understanding of the pollution-growth nexus in the EKC context, and suggest some useful insights into the future works on the subject as well as the crucial policy implications in this group of countries. |
| Date: | 2020–10 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:hal:journl:hal-03182332&r= |
| By: | Rutherford, Thomas F.; Böhringer, Christoph |
| JEL: | C61 D61 Q54 |
| Date: | 2021 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:zbw:vfsc21:242432&r= |
| By: | Alt, Marius |
| JEL: | Q58 D04 C91 |
| Date: | 2021 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:zbw:vfsc21:242419&r= |