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on Agricultural Economics |
| By: | Bhandari, Humnath; Chakravorty, Ujjayant; Habib, Muhammad Ashraful; Emerick, Kyle |
| Abstract: | Groundwater depletion threatens long-term food security in developing countries. Moreover, groundwater pumping contributes to climate change. We evaluate the effect of targeted subsidies for technology to use groundwater more efficiently in agriculture. Using a randomized controlled trial across 360 villages in Bangladesh, we show that subsidies reduce electricity used for pumping by 38 percent, but only when targeted to water sellers. Subsidizing technology to individual farmers has smaller effects. Features of the groundwater market can explain this result. Natural monopolist water sellers charge fixed fees to farmers, but maintain a role in irrigation planning, incentivizing them to adopt conservation practices. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural Finance |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:361140 |
| By: | Pathiraja, Erandathie; Griffith, Garry; Farquharson, Bob; Faggian, Rob |
| Abstract: | Agriculture in low latitude countries such as Sri Lanka is already operating at the maximum temperature limits for crop growth and face increased production risk from expected climate change. Sri Lanka is a developing country with limited economic and technological capacity to develop adaptation strategies; hence more vulnerable to climate change than developed countries. Coconut (Cocos nucifera L) is a rain fed perennial crop important in Sri Lankan culture, food consumption and the economy. It is the second most important food in the Sri Lankan diet after rice. Several studies have examined the impact of climate change on Sri Lankan agriculture, but none were conducted to simulate the impact of future climate change and future adaptation strategies on coconut production, or to calculate the economic welfare effects for different stakeholders in the coconut value chain. In this paper we report the development of an economic model of the coconut value chain that allows prediction of welfare impacts, and a quantitative representation of coconut yield that allows the impact of changing climatic conditions on yield. The average outcome of 16 climate models was used to generate future climatic conditions, with two future climatic scenarios for 2020, 2030 and 2050 considered for three production regions. The most important yield estimate was a yield decline of more than 10 percent in the wet zone with the expected increase of maximum temperature. Without extra adaptation measures this is predicted to result in a loss to the industry of 4, 795 Rs.Million annually by 2020, which is nearly 4.7 percent of the total value of the industry at equilibrium. The negative impact of climate change has the potential to be reduced with the implementation of additional adaptation practices. However, the cost effectiveness of these practices needs to be considered in comparing the practices. Wider adoption of fertilizer application at specific times and moisture conservation practices are estimated to be economically beneficial. |
| Keywords: | Agribusiness |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:ief017:258187 |
| By: | Marianne Lefebvre (GRANEM - Groupe de Recherche Angevin en Economie et Management - UA - Université d'Angers - Institut Agro Rennes Angers - Institut Agro - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement); Laure Latruffe (BSE - Bordeaux sciences économiques - UB - Université de Bordeaux - 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); Maxime Colin (GRANEM - Groupe de Recherche Angevin en Economie et Management - UA - Université d'Angers - Institut Agro Rennes Angers - Institut Agro - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement); Adeline Alonso Ugaglia (UMR SAVE - Santé et agroécologie du vignoble - UB - Université de Bordeaux - Institut des Sciences de la Vigne et du Vin (ISVV) - Bordeaux Sciences Agro - Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Sciences Agronomiques de Bordeaux-Aquitaine - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement); Julie Borg (PSH - Plantes et systèmes de culture horticoles - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement); Yann Desjeux (BSE - Bordeaux sciences économiques - UB - Université de Bordeaux - 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); Gaëlle Leduc (UB - Université de Bordeaux, D-ERDW - Departement Erdwissenschaften [ETH Zürich] - ETH Zürich - Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology [Zürich]); Aurélien Milliat (IMT Atlantique - IMT Atlantique - IMT - Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris]); Laure Perchepied (IRHS-VADIPOM - IRHS - Équipe VaDiPom (Valorisation de la Diversité des Pomoïdées) - IRHS - Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences - UA - Université d'Angers - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement - Institut Agro Rennes Angers - Institut Agro - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement); Yann Raineau (UR ETTIS - Environnement, territoires en transition, infrastructures, sociétés - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement, BSE - Bordeaux sciences économiques - UB - Université de Bordeaux - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement) |
| Abstract: | Achieving ambitious pesticide reduction goals calls for collaboration and shared vision among multiple stakeholders. This study evaluates whether this is the case in three French pesticide-intensive production sectors: vine-growing, orchards and fruits & vegetables farming. To do so, it uses the Q-method to assess farmers' decision-making criteria when selecting crop protection strategies, taking stock of technical, economic, and organizational constraints, as well as health and environmental impacts. It also compares these criteria with the perspectives of researchers and advisors on farmers' priorities. After combining a factor analysis with a fractional multilogit model accounting for factor loadings, the findings reveal four distinct profiles across the sample: a competitiveness-oriented approach; a focus on reducing health and environmental impacts; a risk management perspective; and an integrated vision combining multiple priorities. Being a farmer, advisor, or researcher significantly influences the likelihood of belonging to one profile or another. However, close interactions between farmers, researchers, and advisors help bridge differences in priorities, fostering more closely aligned perspectives on crop protection strategies. These results point to key indicators that researchers and advisors could leverage to better inform farmers about alternative crop protection methods, ultimately supporting more sustainable agricultural practices. |
| Keywords: | Farm advisory services, Multi-stakeholder, Crop protection, Decision-making criteria, Q-method, Pesticides |
| Date: | 2026–01–06 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:hal:journl:hal-05426595 |
| By: | Williams, R. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Relations/Trade |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc70:264125 |
| By: | Fromage, Mathilde |
| Abstract: | Climate change challenges the allocation mechanisms of agricultural land, yet there is currently no systemic framework for assessing its impact on land markets. We conceptualise the climate change–land market nexus and identify its methodological and thematic issues. To support our original framework, we selectively review how agricultural economic approaches address it. We highlight that the impact of climate change on land markets has been studied at various scales, from global land use adjustments to micro-level farm adaptations, and each of these scales relates with a specific approach. The modelling of climate change effects mainly refers to land conditions, e.g. land state, use or cover change. The land market is usually addressed in rather segmented views: Models focus either on land demand, land value, or transaction mechanisms. Results also show different methods to address micro and macro levels, spatial and temporal dimensions, dynamics, and uncertainties. This paper provides a comprehensive review of agricultural economics, outlining gaps and research perspectives. It paves the way for further work on how to design better policies for effective land markets in the climate change context. |
| Keywords: | Climate Change, Land Economics/Use, Research Research Methods/Statistical Methods |
| Date: | 2026–01–22 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:inrasl:388970 |
| By: | Shen, Shaoxin; Cui, Mengyi; Zheng, Fengtian |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:360664 |
| By: | Ben Youssef, Slim |
| Abstract: | This paper evaluates the long-run impact of fuel ethanol production, exports of crops and livestock, and the asymmetric impact of temperature change on the forest area in Brazil. We use the non-linear autoregressive distributed lag model and annual data between 1990 and 2022. An increase in ethanol production or in exports of crops and livestock importantly reduces the forest area in Brazil, in the long-run. We demonstrate that while positive temperature change does reduce forest area in the long-run, falling temperatures do not guarantee the regeneration of lost forests. A temperature change increase of 1°C leads in the long term to a significant and very worrying reduction in the forest area of Brazil, of almost 9.8%. Some policy recommendations are drawn: i) To reduce GHG emissions, Brazil should encourage R&D and innovation in energy efficiency and renewable energy (e.g., solar, wave), especially in second-generation or third-generation biofuels production, through appropriate competitive credits and subsidies; ii) Brazil should encourage agricultural research to increase agricultural yields and the use of aeroponics for vegetable culture or smart agriculture, because this will lead to less pressure on agricultural lands and therefore on deforestation; iii) A strategy to preserve or even to recover the Brazilian Amazon forest should be established combined with a strategy for developing green tourism. |
| Keywords: | Forest area; Temperature change; Ethanol production; Exports of crops and livestock; Non-linear autoregressive distributed lag; Brazil. |
| JEL: | C22 F18 O13 O54 Q15 Q23 Q54 |
| Date: | 2025–12–07 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:pra:mprapa:127224 |
| By: | Ferguson, Joel |
| Abstract: | Land markets allow for the reallocation of economic activity across space and firms, potentially facilitating climate change adaptation. Whether market transactions actually lead to an improved climate response and, if so, how, remains unknown. I combine data on the universe of real estate transaction in Minnesota and Wisconsin with parcel maps and satellite imagery to measure the impact of farmland transactions on productivity, climate adaptation, and adoption of management practices. Transactions almost completely eliminate the negative yield response to extreme temperatures and initiate a gradual 1.5% increase in output per acre. Despite substantial changes in productivity, changes in management practices are minimal. These findings suggest that differences in human capital among farm owners explain a large amount of variation in agricultural productivity and climate sensitivity. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural Finance, Farm Management |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:360680 |
| By: | Tsiboe, Francis; Zhao, Hongxi; Chakravorty, Rwit |
| Abstract: | The scheduled elimination of the Prevented Planting (PP) buy-up option in 2027 represents a significant shift in U.S. crop insurance policy, altering how producers manage planting-season risk. This brief examines how farmers are likely to adjust their insurance choices following the loss of this targeted risk management tool, particularly in the context of expanded premium subsidies under the One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB). Using counterfactual simulations based on Risk Management Agency data, the analysis evaluates changes in producer-paid premiums when farmers substitute higher coverage levels for the eliminated PP buy-up, holding insured acres, insurance plans, and unit structures constant. Results indicate that replacing a 5 percent PP buy-up through higher coverage levels would require substantial increases in producer-paid premiums across major crops, ranging from 14 to 29 percent nationally. Although enhanced subsidies under OBBB partially offset these increases, the relief is uneven across states and producers, depending on prevailing unit structures and historical coverage choices. Producers concentrated at high coverage levels are likely to experience higher out-of-pocket costs despite greater federal support. Overall, the findings suggest that while OBBB broadens subsidy access, it does not fully compensate for the loss of a targeted planting-season risk tool and may weaken incentives for maintaining strong insurance protection for some producers. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Agricultural Finance, Risk and Uncertainty |
| Date: | 2026–01–13 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:arpcbr:388965 |
| By: | Wehner, Jasmin; Wolf, Christopher; Zhang, Wendong |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:360639 |
| By: | Weir, Becca; Wolf, Chris; Hadrich, Joleen |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:360658 |
| By: | Zenghui, Chao; Qiu, Huanguang; Zhang, Nan; Zhang, Jun |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:360654 |
| By: | Sorrentino, Alessandro; Russo, Carlo; Cacchiarelli, Luca |
| Abstract: | The food supply chain plays a substantial role in the European economy. Agricultural markets are highly interdependent and competition at different stages of the supply chain matters for the overall functioning of the entire food sector. Welfare and distributional implications of competition at any stage of the food supply chain concern several ‘weak subjects’ such as small farmers and consumers who negotiate with “strong subjects” operating in more concentrated (industrial and retailing) sectors. In order to balance power across the EU agro-food supply chain and achieve a more sustainable distribution of value-added, the main instruments featuring the new paradigm of market organisation proposed by the CAP reform are Producer Organisation, Association Producer Organisation and Inter-Branch Organisation. We employ a simple bargaining model aimed to identify the determinants of the bargaining power in the food supply chain; the model is used to assess the capability of POs to strengthen farmers’ bargaining power. The results show that, under certain conditions, the joint selling and production planning can be effective tools for rebalancing power in the agro-food system. We also concluded that requiring a minimum size for POs may improve their effectiveness. Such requirement should be calibrated on the structure of the downstream (upstream) relevant market: more consolidated buyer (seller) industries call for larger POs. |
| Keywords: | Agribusiness |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:ief017:258152 |
| By: | Chatzopoulos, Thomas; Domínguez, Ignacio Pèrez; Zampieri, Matteo; Toreti, Andrea |
| Abstract: | Extreme-weather events frequently drive production fluctuations, price volatility, and hence uncertainty on agricultural commodity markets. Simulation models of global agriculture typically assume normal weather in deterministic scenarios, contain no explicit parameterization of weather elements on the supply side, and confound multitudinous sources of yield fluctuation in exogenous yield shocks. As a part of a wider project on extreme events modelling, in this paper we present the experimental design of a first attempt to explicitly parameterize extreme weather into a partial equilibrium model of global agriculture (Aglink-Cosimo). We outline the main model additions and present preliminary estimates of wheat yield-to-heat elasticities for key regions. We also present the potential wheat market impacts from a counterfactual heat-wave scenario in Australia. Finally, we outline ongoing and future work on multi-scenario analysis in the context of extreme weather and global markets. |
| Keywords: | Agribusiness |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:ief017:258186 |
| By: | Feucht, Yvonne; Zander, Katrin |
| Abstract: | Since food consumption contributes significantly to greenhouse gas emissions it is important field of action for consumer engagement. In this context, the present article looks into the question if carbon footprint labels are a suitable mean to foster climate-friendly food purchase behavior. By means of a mixed methods approach comprising choice experiments and qualitative face-to-face interviews European consumers’ preferences and willingness to pay for carbon footprint labels compared to other sustainability labels as well as socio-psychological barriers for climate-friendly consumption are explored. The results reveal that consumers are prepared to pay a price premium for carbon footprint labels but that label skepticism and fatigue as well as a lack in awareness about the impact of food production and consumption on climate change are major barriers for climate-friendly purchase behavior. Information provision in form of carbon footprint labels can only be one part of the solution. Political engagement and engagement by the retail are incremental for success. |
| Keywords: | Agribusiness |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:ief017:258179 |
| By: | Nurse, James O.J. |
| Abstract: | This paper points out that small-scale farming inBarbados originated with the granting of land to slaves by plantation owners after emancipation in order to retain their services as labourers. Attention is then drawn to the existence of a dichotomy within the agricultural sector, namely the plantation sub-sector and the small-farm subsector. Within the small-farm sub-sector it is shown qualitatively, that numerous 'farm types' exist. The constraints facing small farmers are discussed, including size of holdings, low rainfall, low soil fertility, fragmentation, inadequate agricultural credit, marketing uncertainty, shortage of hired labour, the low social status of farming and high investment costs. Given these constraints, the author outlines the crucial problems which a separate development policy must consider for the small farm subsector. These problems are: what crops should be recommended; what should be done about noneconomic sized holdings; the role of the part-time farmer; ways of attracting young men into farming; and ways of getting unused lands back into cultivation. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Relations/Trade |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:carc70:264109 |
| By: | Yang, Zihan; Wu, Junjie; Wu, Jian |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:360662 |
| By: | Qin, Zhiran |
| Abstract: | The nutrition transition happening in the development world is putting pressure on world agricultural production. As countries become wealthier, people are adopting a more diversified diet, shifting from dominantly starch staples to vegetables, fruits, and animal protein. The goal of this paper is to study the implications of the nutrition transition driven by income growth in developing countries. Drawing inspiration from a new strand of modeling approaches proposed by Costinot, Donaldson, and Smith (2016), we build up a succinct, transparent, yet powerful partial equilibrium (PE) model capable of analyzing isolated or combined effects of nutrition transition and population growth under different counterfactual cases. The model yields country-specific equilibrium projections, e.g., to 2050, including food and crop prices and land use changes, for each supply-demand scenario, offering clear insights into impacts of possible scenarios and policy responses. |
| Keywords: | International Development |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:361009 |
| By: | Sylvie Michel (IRGO - Institut de Recherche en Gestion des Organisations - UB - Université de Bordeaux - Institut d'Administration des Entreprises (IAE) - Bordeaux, UB - Université de Bordeaux); Marc Ohana (Kedge BS - Kedge Business School); François Cocula (IRGO - Institut de Recherche en Gestion des Organisations - UB - Université de Bordeaux - Institut d'Administration des Entreprises (IAE) - Bordeaux, UB - Université de Bordeaux) |
| Abstract: | Purpose This study aims to develop a framework for the adoption of digital sales support tools in short food supply chains within the agricultural sector, based on the Technology Acceptance Model-Technology-Organization-Environment framework. Design/methodology/approach The research used a mixed-methods approach. First, a qualitative phase, involving 15 semi-structured interviews, informed the development of a conceptual model. Second, a quantitative phase tested the model using structural equation modeling. Findings The validated model confirms the hypothesized relationships between the intention to adopt and various technological, organizational and environmental factors. These factors include perceived ease of use, perceived usefulness, financial resources, human factors and market pressure. Interestingly, greater financial resources were found to have a negative relationship with adoption intentions. Furthermore, mimetic behaviors emerged as a significant driver of adoption. Originality/value This research suggests that public authorities aiming to promote digitization within farmers' value chains can leverage these findings to foster adoption. |
| Keywords: | Agriculture, TAM, Technology-Organization-Environment, Short food supply chains, TAM Digital sales support tools, TAM Digital sales support tools Short food supply chains Agriculture Technology-Organization-Environment TAM, Digital sales support tools |
| Date: | 2025–10–14 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:hal:journl:hal-05438588 |
| By: | Kedidi, Islem; Araujo, Hamilton; Randriamarolo, Marie Rose |
| Abstract: | Most french dairy farm are still exposed to volatile milk price despite the implementation of milk package that aim to enforce contractualization and stabilize price. In this context, our study aims to investigate the effect of asymmetric price volatility on french dairy farms' profitability which is necessary to enhance resilience. We use APARCH to measure the volatility of aggregate milk prices represented by the Production Price Index for Agricultural Products. We focused our analysis on 385 dairy farms observed from 2010 to 2022 in the French Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN). The evolution of farm profitability, indicated by the return on assets, was assessed by using machine learning algorithms. Findings show that there are differentiated effects of milk price volatility on farm profitability. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural Finance, Farm Management |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:360682 |
| By: | Liu, Zhen |
| Abstract: | The rapid expansion of supermarkets is modernizing grain value chains in developing countries; however, its implications for grain farmers remain underexplored. This study introduces a location based framework and examines how supermarket expansion affects farmer income and resource allocation, using a panel of 5, 221 grain farmers in China from 2006 to 2015. The results show no effects on grain income at the aggregate level, but significant variation across locations. Remote farmers earn higher grain income due to increased farm-gate prices, greater commercialization, and more resources allocated to grain production. In contrast, peri-urban farmers experience losses in grain income, but manage to compensate for these losses through shifting to off-farm work. Our findings highlight a spontaneous transformation among farmers driven by adaptive diversification strategies in response to supermarket expansion, offering insights for agricultural and retail policies in developing countries. |
| Keywords: | Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:360615 |
| By: | Okrent, Abigail; Lee, Hwangwon; Zhen, Chen; Wang. Shaonan |
| Keywords: | Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:360917 |
| By: | Tsiboe, Francis; Chakravorty, Rwit; Turner, Dylan; Arita, Shawn; Zhao, Hongxi |
| Abstract: | This white paper synthesizes a series of Agricultural Risk Policy Center (ARPC) analyses on the U.S. Department of Agriculture Risk Management Agency’s Expanding Access to Risk Protection (EARP) rule, finalized in November 2025, which eliminates the remaining 5% prevented planting (PP) buy-up option beginning with the 2027 crop year. Using policy and claim-level evidence from 2011–2024 for major commodities, the results show no indication that PP buy-up coverage compromised actuarial performance: loss ratios for the buy-up component and base-only coverage are similar and below unity, implying premiums were broadly sufficient to cover indemnities. The analysis also documents that buy-up-related indemnities are geographically concentrated, with the largest at-risk amounts in corn and soybeans in the Upper Midwest and rice in Arkansas and California. Eliminating the buy-up generates meaningful uncompensated losses for indemnified producers, approximately $18–26 per corn acre and $14–21 per soybean acre absent ad-hoc relief, with recent disaster programs providing only partial and uncertain offsets. Finally, we show that replacing lost PP protection through higher overall coverage is costly and often infeasible near the 85% coverage ceiling, reducing producer flexibility and increasing exposure to planting-season risk. The structure and wording closely follow the logic and framing of the original ARPC analyses; to improve readability, underlying analyses are not cited repeatedly, and the paper should be interpreted as a synthesis of existing ARPC research rather than a standalone original empirical study. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Agricultural Finance, Risk and Uncertainty |
| Date: | 2026–01–20 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:arpcwp:388968 |
| By: | Tsiboe, Francis; Chakravorty, Rwit; Zhao, Hongxi |
| Abstract: | Prevented planting (PP) coverage is a key component of the Federal Crop Insurance Program, providing indemnities when adverse weather prevents timely planting and reimbursing early-season production costs. Historically, producers could enhance this protection through optional PP buy-up coverage, which increased PP indemnities without affecting coverage against other yield or revenue losses. Recent policy changes eliminate all PP buy-up options beginning with the 2026 crop year, embedding planting-season risk management entirely within the underlying insurance coverage decision. This article examines whether and how producers can substitute higher coverage levels for the loss of targeted PP buy-up protection. Using administrative data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Risk Management Agency, the analysis documents both the mechanical feasibility of coverage-level substitution and observed producer responses following the earlier removal of the 10 percent buy-up in 2018. Results show that modest increases in coverage can approximate former buy-up protection at intermediate coverage levels, but substitution becomes nonlinear and constrained as producers approach the 85 percent coverage ceiling. Observed behavior indicates gradual and incomplete shifts toward higher coverage among former buy-up users, with limited adjustment among producers already near coverage limits. Overall, the findings suggest that eliminating PP buy-ups reduces producers’ ability to manage planting-season risk in a targeted manner and shifts risk management toward broader, costlier coverage choices. This transition has implications for producer-paid premiums, program subsidies, and the overall exposure of the Federal Crop Insurance Program to in-season losses. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy, Agricultural Finance, Risk and Uncertainty |
| Date: | 2026–01–09 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:arpcbr:388966 |
| By: | Yan, Hongqiang; Mishra, Ashok K.; Manfredo, Mark |
| Keywords: | Agricultural Finance, Farm Management |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:360685 |
| By: | Zapata-Valencia, Raquel; Couleau, Anabelle; Muñoz-Mora, Juan Carlos |
| Keywords: | Agricultural Finance, Farm Management |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:360689 |
| By: | Accursi Federico Mario |
| Abstract: | Anthropogenic methane emissions primarily originate from the energy sector, agriculture, and the disposal of organic waste. Anaerobic digestion (AD) is a proven technology that transforms organic waste into biogas—a mixture of methane and carbon dioxide—and biofertilizer. In Argentina, the abundance of organic waste generated by the livestock and food industries presents a significant opportunity for biogas development. Analyzing the biogas value chain through the lens of transaction cost economics, and identifying the key stakeholders and their incentives, can yield valuable insights for policymaking. Well-designed strategies based on this understanding could help consolidate the sector, support rural development, and contribute to greenhouse gas mitigation. |
| JEL: | L0 Q0 |
| Date: | 2025–12 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:aep:anales:4774 |
| By: | Hagerty, Nick; Zucker, Ariel |
| Abstract: | Groundwater is a vital input to agricultural production worldwide, but a widespread lack of effective regulation leads to overconsumption and depletion. We evaluate a program of price incentives for voluntary groundwater conservation among smallholder farmers in Gujarat, India, where water (and the electricity used to pump it) is scarce and unregulated. To do so, we install meters and offer payments for reduced groundwater pumping in a randomized controlled trial. Price incentives work: The program reduced hours of irrigation by 24 percent. Most of the conservation is achieved by a price within a realistic policy range; doubling the price has little additional effect. Payment expenditures per unit energy conserved are near the cost of expanding electricity supply, suggesting that payments for groundwater conservation may be a cost-effective policy tool where pricing is politically infeasible. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural Finance |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:361141 |
| By: | Kuan, I-Hung; Liu, Yizao; Yu, Yang; Jones, Jordan W. |
| Keywords: | Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:360919 |
| By: | Chakravorty, Rwit; Arita, Shawn; Tsiboe, Francis |
| Abstract: | U.S. crop producers face mounting financial pressure as production costs remain elevated while commodity prices have fallen to multi-year lows. This year's corn crop is projected to reach a record 16.8 billion bushels, far surpassing 2024 levels and creating an oversupply that markets struggle to absorb. Combined with uncertain trade policy, prices have declined sharply. Meanwhile, forecasts indicate costs will rise further in 2025, driven primarily by higher fertilizer prices. While all crop-growing regions feel this squeeze, some face disproportionate challenges due to varying production costs across USDA Economic Research Service (ERS) farm resource regions. |
| Keywords: | Agribusiness, Agricultural and Food Policy, Agricultural Finance, Crop Production/Industries, Farm Management |
| Date: | 2025–10–16 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:arpcbr:388967 |
| By: | Mei, Yuqi; Meng, Ting; Zhang, Xiaobo; Fan, Shenggen |
| Keywords: | Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:360916 |
| By: | David W. Shanafelt |
| Abstract: | Ecosystem services are at the forefront of ecosystem management, and are a featured component of each research themes of the French National Institute of Research for Agriculture, Health, and the Environment (INRAE). The project Perceptions and Valuation of Ecosystem Services in Forests (PERCEVAL), funded by INRAE, focuses on the measurement and valuation of ecosystem services in the Grand Est region of France, including the preferences of individuals for forest ecosystem services and potential markets for them (demand) and how ecosystem services are provided in the region (supply). In this paper, we develop a baseline database of the supply of ecosystem services in the Grand Est region of France. Specifically, we estimate a set of twenty-one indicators of seven ecosystem services in the Grand Est, including agriculture production potential, biodiversity, aboveground and belowground carbon storage, livestock grazing potential, net ecosystem productivity, pollination potential, and soil loss by water erosion. We adopt a pedagogic approach in our methodology, discussing the different approaches available in the literature and making all of our data – including the raw, intermediate, and final data layers as well as commented scripts to transform them the initial data to its final forms – available online through the French national research data repository. Our goal is to present our work in a way such that it can be used as a learning tool – a how-to-guide if you will – for scientists, managers, and policy makers on how to measure, interpret, and understand the provisioning of ecosystem services. We discuss our findings in the context of ecosystem management in Grand Est, specifically the importance of forests and parks and reserves in the region, and how they fit into the broader question of what should be provided from the perspective of society. |
| Keywords: | ecosystem services; Grand Est; France; interactions; pedagogy; PERCEVAL; supply and provisioning |
| JEL: | C80 Q57 Y10 |
| Date: | 2026 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ulp:sbbeta:2026-01 |
| By: | Lee, Seungki; Won, Sunjae; Yu, Jisang |
| Abstract: | Prevented planting (PP) provision of the US Federal Crop Insurance Program (FCIP) indemnifies when the adverse weather or field condition prevents the insured from planting. We explore empirical relationships between weather and PP using two different datasets, observational and experimental, to assess whether moral hazard behavior exists in PP provision in the US FCIP. Overall, we find that observed PP is more sensitive to weather than PP occurrence in experimental data. Our finding implies that producers with crop insurance and PP provision tend to react more responsively to adverse weather than they would otherwise, indicating a form of moral hazard behavior. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:361185 |
| By: | Uematsu, Hiroki; Kuroiwa, Kenichi; Mishra, Ashok K. |
| Keywords: | Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:360922 |
| By: | Okrent, Abigail |
| Abstract: | Many U.S. policymakers have implemented or introduced price policies (e.g., taxes, subsidies) with the aim to encourage healthy eating behaviors. Many of these policies have been directed to lower income and households on food assistance as diet quality and consequently health outcomes tend to be worse for them. To evaluate ex ante food price policy proposals, a current set of price and income elasticities of demand for food for households delineated by food assistance participation and income can help policymakers predict the effects of proposed fiscal incentives to eat more healthfully and compare costs and benefits of proposed policies. This research provides timely estimates of demand for food purchased at retail establishments using the 2021-23 Circana Consumer Network Panel. |
| Keywords: | Food Security and Poverty |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:360888 |
| By: | Baral, Suraksha; Neubig, Christina M. |
| Keywords: | Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:360913 |
| By: | Kim, Yunjin; Rhew, Chanhee |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:360668 |
| By: | del Puente, Francesco; Alessandro, Sapio; Yanhong, Jin; Carl, Pray |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:360641 |
| By: | Abukari, Hudu; Kim, Kevin; Kim, Ayoung |
| Abstract: | We used parcel-level agricultural land transaction data from Mississippi between 2019 and 2023 to examine the relationship between institutional investors and farmland value using the hedonic pricing model. Buyers were classified as individual and non-individual buyers, with non-individual buyers further categorized into institutional investors, agricultural entity buyers, and others using their NAICS codes. Our data indicate a growing presence of non-individual buyers, particularly institutional investors, in the Mississippi farmland market. Regression results from the hedonic pricing model show that non-individual buyers, on average, pay significantly more than individual buyers, with institutional investors paying the highest premium among all buyer types. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural Finance, Farm Management |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:360671 |
| By: | Bhandari, Nabin; Miao, Ruiqing |
| Abstract: | This paper investigates the impact of federal crop insurance program (FCIP) on corn and soybean yields in the United States, using a county-level large panel dataset spanning over 1950-2022. As extreme heat becomes a grand challenge in the U.S. agriculture, the focus of this article is on estimating the mediating role of FCIP on weather-yield relationship using different identification techniques. Results from fixed effect instrumental variable (FE-IV) approach suggest that the sensitivity of insured corn yield to overheat growing degree days (GDD) is 36%-104% higher than non-insured corn, depending upon the time frame under consideration. Similarly, results from staggered Difference-in-Difference (DiD) estimation technique suggest that the negative effect of FCIP on insured corn yield is pronounced in hot counties when compared to cool counties. Similar patterns are observed for soybean yields. |
| Keywords: | Production Economics |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:361070 |
| By: | Feng, Wenhui; Sun, Bangyao; Zhan, Yue; Loomis, Sage; Cash, Sean B. |
| Keywords: | Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:360903 |
| By: | McLaughlin, Patrick W.; Okrent, Abigail M. |
| Abstract: | Have consumers become more price sensitive in light of elevated food inflation in the post-pandemic era? This study uses beverages, a large category of food expenditure in the United States, as a case study to examine whether consumers shifted consumption from national brands to cheaper PLs or had higher price elasticities of demand for these products. We draw on near “real-time” brand-level beverage sales data from Circana’s Liquid Data Unify platform for retail scanner data. We find little evidence that consumers' price sensitivity increased in the post-pandemic era. |
| Keywords: | Marketing |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:360837 |
| By: | Humphreys, Aaron; Ubilava, David |
| Abstract: | We study the effect of local prices on conflict, using global prices as an instrument. Our analysis focuses on incidents of social unrest—protests and riots—observed at monthly frequency, and is based on a subset of local maize markets across multiple African countries. We find that an increase in the price of maize—a change that presumably benefits net producers but harms consumers reduces social unrest near markets with substantial crop agriculture. This effect is mitigated—and in some instances reversed—near markets characterised by ethnically diverse groups with varying involvement in crop agriculture. We relate these findings to the existing economics of conflict literature. |
| Keywords: | Labor and Human Capital |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:361190 |
| By: | McGowan, Ellie; Young, Jeffrey S.; Lancaster, Nicholas A.; Payne, William F. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:360652 |
| By: | Mo, Taejun; Dall’erba, Sandy |
| Abstract: | This paper simulates counterfactual scenarios to evaluate the impact of the bilateral trade linkage disruptions on the U.S. agricultural and food trade system. First, it estimates the relationship between bilateral trade linkage disruptions and agricultural commodity flows using an econometric gravity model. Second, it identifies key state-to-state trade linkages whose disruption significantly affects domestic trade and national welfare. Lastly, we extend the analysis to the state level to measure the consequences of uniform disruptions to states' interstate trade linkages. The findings provide insights for mitigating the effects of trade linkage disruptions and transport cost shocks on the domestic food supply chain. |
| Keywords: | International Relations/Trade |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:361042 |
| By: | Florent Saucède (UMR MoISA - Montpellier Interdisciplinary center on Sustainable Agri-food systems (Social and nutritional sciences) - Cirad - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement - IRD - Institut de Recherche pour le Développement - CIHEAM-IAMM - Centre International de Hautes Etudes Agronomiques Méditerranéennes - Institut Agronomique Méditerranéen de Montpellier - CIHEAM - Centre International de Hautes Études Agronomiques Méditerranéennes - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement - Institut Agro Montpellier - Institut Agro - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement); Lucie Sirieix (UMR MoISA - Montpellier Interdisciplinary center on Sustainable Agri-food systems (Social and nutritional sciences) - Cirad - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement - IRD - Institut de Recherche pour le Développement - CIHEAM-IAMM - Centre International de Hautes Etudes Agronomiques Méditerranéennes - Institut Agronomique Méditerranéen de Montpellier - CIHEAM - Centre International de Hautes Études Agronomiques Méditerranéennes - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement - Institut Agro Montpellier - Institut Agro - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement); Archana Kumar (MSU - Montclair State University [USA]) |
| Abstract: | Supply chain actors are exploring the potential of blockchain to enhance the sustainability of food systems and mitigate public health risks through end-to-end traceability. To promote these systems, product information is extracted and communicated to consumers via a QR code af- fixed to packaging. Our longitudinal and cross-cultural study provides an in-depth examination of consumer perceptions of these systems. The findings highlight both the benefits and barriers to consumer adoption of blockchain, discussing the technology's potential contribution to im- proving consumer food literacy. |
| Abstract: | Les acteurs des chaînes d'approvisionnement explorent le potentiel de la blockchain pour ren- forcer la durabilité de l'alimentation et prévenir les risques de crises sanitaires par une traçabi- lité de bout-en-bout. Pour valoriser ces dispositifs, des informations sur les produits sont ex- traites et communiquées aux consommateurs via un QR code apposé aux emballages. Notre étude longitudinale et multiculturelle examine en profondeur les perceptions des consomma- teurs à l'égard de ces dispositifs. Les résultats soulignent les avantages et les obstacles à l'adop- tion de la blockchain par les consommateurs pour discuter du potentiel de contribution de la technologie à la littératie alimentaire des consommateurs. |
| Keywords: | Consumer Behavior, Blockchain, Literacy, Food, consommateur, littéracie, traçabilité, alimentation |
| Date: | 2025–10–09 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:hal:journl:hal-05443261 |
| By: | Maples, Will; Panyi, Amadeo Fosu; Subedi, Dipak; Giri, Anil K. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:360638 |
| By: | Sambucci, Olena; Sumner, Daniel A.; Van Fleet, Erica A. |
| Abstract: | This paper assesses of economic impacts of the H5N1 outbreak in dairy cows in California. We develop a simulation model that incorporates preliminary assessments of the prevalence of infected cows in herds with H5N1, the progression of the disease through a herd, and dairy farm management of the disease. We assess impacts on aggregate California dairy production and market implications. We also estimate impacts of H5N1 on milk shipments using a large sample of herds infected at diGerent dates as the disease spread through the region. Finally, we use USDA data on monthly milk production in California and simulated quantities assuming no H5N1 to calculate shortfalls in milk quantities and revenue. |
| Keywords: | Productivity Analysis, Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:361179 |
| By: | Fraysse, Elizabeth; Hertel, Thomas W.; RomanKeeney, Roman |
| Keywords: | International Relations/Trade |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:361049 |
| By: | Mezentseva, Julia; Sayre, James E. |
| Keywords: | Production Economics |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:361083 |
| By: | Obinefo, Ifeanyi; Ricker-Gilbert, Jacob; Mallory, Mindy; Bauchet, Jonathan |
| Keywords: | International Development |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:361022 |
| By: | Ospina, Ana M.; Malacarne, J.G.; Boucher, Stephen R.; Manuel, Lourenco; Popat, Meizal; Jones, Rachel |
| Abstract: | For small holding farmers, learning about new technologies often means risking household resources. This paper reports on efforts to overcome this barrier using a tablet-based game. The game allows farmers to experiment with drought tolerant maize and index insurance in a low-cost environment. In a sample of 235 farmers in Manica Province, Mozambique, we find that experiencing drought in one round of the game is associated with a statistically significantly increase in adoption of the technologies in subsequent rounds. Highlighting the effects of drought on the farmer’s family and community, also increased adoption of the risk management technologies. |
| Keywords: | International Development |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:360991 |
| By: | Maredia, Mywish K.; Njagi, Timothy; Tschirley, David; Wineman, Ayala; Sears, James; Bin Khaled, Nahian; Fisher, Ian; Otwoma, Aisha Sophia; Kirimi, Lilian; Reardon, Thomas; Bii, Hillary; Asiago, Michael; Ngozi, Semeni; Mgonja, Thomas |
| Keywords: | Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:360899 |
| By: | Dong, Fengxia; Hennessy, David; Arita, Shawn |
| Keywords: | Agricultural Finance, Farm Management |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:360684 |
| By: | Melaku, Astewale Bimr; Debelab, Bethelhem Legesse |
| Keywords: | Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:360904 |
| By: | Zenghui, Chao; Zhang, Jing; Chen, Kelin; Zhang, Jun |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:360661 |
| By: | Huang, Kuan-Ming; Petrolia, Daniel |
| Keywords: | Marketing |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:360863 |
| By: | Jan Smolinski (Institut Agro Montpellier - Institut Agro - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement, UMR MoISA - Montpellier Interdisciplinary center on Sustainable Agri-food systems (Social and nutritional sciences) - Cirad - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement - IRD - Institut de Recherche pour le Développement - CIHEAM-IAMM - Centre International de Hautes Etudes Agronomiques Méditerranéennes - Institut Agronomique Méditerranéen de Montpellier - CIHEAM - Centre International de Hautes Études Agronomiques Méditerranéennes - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement - Institut Agro Montpellier - Institut Agro - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement); Florent Saucède (UMR MoISA - Montpellier Interdisciplinary center on Sustainable Agri-food systems (Social and nutritional sciences) - Cirad - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement - IRD - Institut de Recherche pour le Développement - CIHEAM-IAMM - Centre International de Hautes Etudes Agronomiques Méditerranéennes - Institut Agronomique Méditerranéen de Montpellier - CIHEAM - Centre International de Hautes Études Agronomiques Méditerranéennes - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement - Institut Agro Montpellier - Institut Agro - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement); Catherine Pardo (EM - EMLyon Business School); Fatiha Fort (UMR MoISA - Montpellier Interdisciplinary center on Sustainable Agri-food systems (Social and nutritional sciences) - Cirad - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement - IRD - Institut de Recherche pour le Développement - CIHEAM-IAMM - Centre International de Hautes Etudes Agronomiques Méditerranéennes - Institut Agronomique Méditerranéen de Montpellier - CIHEAM - Centre International de Hautes Études Agronomiques Méditerranéennes - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement - Institut Agro Montpellier - Institut Agro - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement) |
| Abstract: | The incorporation of blockchain technology into supply chains is widely anticipated as a potential response to ongoing controversies regarding the sustainability of agri-food supply chains. In practice, brought to light through an ethnographic study, the articulation between blockchain and supply chain is conditioned by sociotechnical compromises negotiated throughout the staged integration of the technology. We examine this process through a theoretical framework that combines actor-network theory with the concept of boundary objects, thereby elucidating the ways in which the initial promises of decentralization and coordination are moderated and reconfigured. |
| Abstract: | Intégrer la technologie blockchain aux chaînes d'approvisionnement agri-alimentaires devait apporter des réponses aux controverses relatives à leur durabilité. Dans les faitscollectés dans une démarche ethnographique -le processus d'articulation entre blockchain et supply chain est conditionné à des compromis sociotechniques négociés lors des intégrations modulées de la technologie. Nous rendons compte de ce processus à l'aune d'une lecture qui plaide l'articulation de la théorie de l'acteur-réseau et du concept d'objet-frontière, et mettra en évidence les modérations et reconfigurations des promesses initiales de décentralisation et coordination. |
| Keywords: | Blockchain, Supply chain, Actor-Network Theory, Boundary objects, Sociotechnical trade-offs, Agri-food supply chain, Théorie de l'acteur-réseau, Objet-frontière, Compromis sociotechniques, Supply chain agroalimentaire |
| Date: | 2025–10–09 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:hal:journl:hal-05443288 |
| By: | Bhandari, Thaneshwar; Gauchan, Devendra; Gurung, Tek Bahadur; Thapa, Yam Bahadur; Panta, Hari Krishna; Pathak, Santosh |
| Keywords: | Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:361261 |
| By: | Nam, Hosung; Jo, Jungkeon |
| Abstract: | Understanding the drivers of consumer welfare changes in food consumption has important policy implications. This study measures changes in consumer surplus (CS) for food consumed at home and food services in the United States using aggregated Personal Consumption Expenditure (PCE) data. We apply a recently developed approach to disentangle food price movements into demand- and supply-side components, identifying which side of the market historically drives changes in CS. We find that CS generally declines during economic recessions. However, at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, CS for food consumed at home rose sharply—largely driven by positive demand shocks—while CS for food services fell substantially due to negative shocks from both supply and demand. During the recent period of food price inflation, CS for both food-at-home and food services increased, primarily driven by demand-side contributions. |
| Keywords: | Marketing |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:360842 |
| By: | Babkin, Anton; Dunn, Richard A. |
| Keywords: | Productivity Analysis, Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:361094 |
| By: | Chang, Kenjin B. (Greener by Default); Fammartino, Abby; Mateer, Timothy; Save, Vidita; Rosman, Lori; Wells, Nancy M. |
| Abstract: | Introduction: Research on institutional dining interventions often emphasizes the promise of behavior-change strategies in shifting individuals toward healthier, more sustainable diets. While these solutions can be effective in shaping diner behavior, their potential to contribute to larger food systems transformation ultimately depends on how likely decision makers are to adopt and maintain them. With a focus on university foodservice, we explore the role of intervention acceptability in institutional-dining research by identifying the indicators used to measure it and examining how their incorporation within the literature aligns with the operational priorities of prospective implementers. Methods: We conducted a scoping review of 116 studies to identify the metrics used to measure the acceptability of institutional dining interventions. After arranging these metrics into themed indicator categories, we calculated the frequency with which individual indicators were reported and asked university-foodservice stakeholders to rank them based on their relative importance. Results: We identified eight indicators measuring changes in diner experience, dietary health, dietary sustainability, food prices, operating costs, staff satisfaction, institutional sustainability, and organizational culture. While most studies included some metric of intervention acceptability, reporting prevalence across indicators varied by theme, with more studies tracking changes in organizational culture than all other indicators combined. Reporting prevalence, however, was not predictive of how indicators were perceived by university-foodservice stakeholders, with seldom-reported themes, like diner experience, often being rated among the most important, and frequently reported themes, like organizational culture, often being rated among the least. Discussion: Efforts to align research with the goals of foodservice stakeholders are needed to scale sustainable dining interventions across institutions. Our findings demonstrate how the frameworks used to evaluate institutional dining interventions fail to represent the priorities of decision makers responsible for managing foodservice change. To accelerate the adoption of these solutions, institutional-dining research must move beyond assessments of dietary change alone and begin incorporating metrics that matter to prospective implementers. |
| Date: | 2026–01–06 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:osf:socarx:zgqkw_v1 |
| By: | Park, Sihyun; Liu, Mohan; Vecchi, Martina; Liu, Yizao; Jaenicke, Edward C.; Fan, Linlin |
| Keywords: | Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:360910 |
| By: | Marc-Antoine Dolet (Toulouse INP - Institut National Polytechnique (Toulouse) - Comue de Toulouse - Communauté d'universités et établissements de Toulouse, ENSAT, INP-ENSAT, AgroToulouse, INP-AgroToulouse - École nationale supérieure agronomique de Toulouse - Toulouse INP - Institut National Polytechnique (Toulouse) - Comue de Toulouse - Communauté d'universités et établissements de Toulouse, AGIR - AGroécologie, Innovations, teRritoires - EI Purpan - Ecole d'Ingénieurs de Purpan - Comue de Toulouse - Communauté d'universités et établissements de Toulouse, LRSV - Laboratoire de Recherche en Sciences Végétales - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - Toulouse INP - Institut National Polytechnique (Toulouse) - Comue de Toulouse - Communauté d'universités et établissements de Toulouse - EPE UT - Université de Toulouse - Comue de Toulouse - Communauté d'universités et établissements de Toulouse); Elie Maza (AGIR - AGroécologie, Innovations, teRritoires - EI Purpan - Ecole d'Ingénieurs de Purpan - Comue de Toulouse - Communauté d'universités et établissements de Toulouse, LRSV - Laboratoire de Recherche en Sciences Végétales - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - Toulouse INP - Institut National Polytechnique (Toulouse) - Comue de Toulouse - Communauté d'universités et établissements de Toulouse - EPE UT - Université de Toulouse - Comue de Toulouse - Communauté d'universités et établissements de Toulouse); Olivier Geffroy (PPGV - Physiologie, Pathologie et Génétique Végétales - EI Purpan - Ecole d'Ingénieurs de Purpan - Comue de Toulouse - Communauté d'universités et établissements de Toulouse); Yves Le Fur (CSGA - Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l'Alimentation [Dijon] - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement - Institut Agro Dijon - Institut Agro - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement - UBE - Université Bourgogne Europe); Caroline Paire (UMR MoISA - Montpellier Interdisciplinary center on Sustainable Agri-food systems (Social and nutritional sciences) - Cirad - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement - IRD - Institut de Recherche pour le Développement - CIHEAM-IAMM - Centre International de Hautes Etudes Agronomiques Méditerranéennes - Institut Agronomique Méditerranéen de Montpellier - CIHEAM - Centre International de Hautes Études Agronomiques Méditerranéennes - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement - Institut Agro Montpellier - Institut Agro - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement, PPGV - Physiologie, Pathologie et Génétique Végétales - EI Purpan - Ecole d'Ingénieurs de Purpan - Comue de Toulouse - Communauté d'universités et établissements de Toulouse); Foued Cheriet (UMR MoISA - Montpellier Interdisciplinary center on Sustainable Agri-food systems (Social and nutritional sciences) - Cirad - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement - IRD - Institut de Recherche pour le Développement - CIHEAM-IAMM - Centre International de Hautes Etudes Agronomiques Méditerranéennes - Institut Agronomique Méditerranéen de Montpellier - CIHEAM - Centre International de Hautes Études Agronomiques Méditerranéennes - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement - Institut Agro Montpellier - Institut Agro - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement, Pôle Vigne et Vin - L'Institut Agro - Institut Agro Rennes Angers - Institut Agro - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement - Institut Agro Dijon - Institut Agro - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement - Institut Agro Montpellier - Institut Agro - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement); Hervé Hannin (UMR MoISA - Montpellier Interdisciplinary center on Sustainable Agri-food systems (Social and nutritional sciences) - Cirad - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement - IRD - Institut de Recherche pour le Développement - CIHEAM-IAMM - Centre International de Hautes Etudes Agronomiques Méditerranéennes - Institut Agronomique Méditerranéen de Montpellier - CIHEAM - Centre International de Hautes Études Agronomiques Méditerranéennes - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement - Institut Agro Montpellier - Institut Agro - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement, Pôle Vigne et Vin - L'Institut Agro - Institut Agro Rennes Angers - Institut Agro - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement - Institut Agro Dijon - Institut Agro - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement - Institut Agro Montpellier - Institut Agro - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement); Isabelle Ferrané (IRIT - Institut de recherche en informatique de Toulouse - UT Capitole - Université Toulouse Capitole - Comue de Toulouse - Communauté d'universités et établissements de Toulouse - UT2J - Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès - Comue de Toulouse - Communauté d'universités et établissements de Toulouse - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - Toulouse INP - Institut National Polytechnique (Toulouse) - Comue de Toulouse - Communauté d'universités et établissements de Toulouse - EPE UT - Université de Toulouse - Comue de Toulouse - Communauté d'universités et établissements de Toulouse - TMBI - Toulouse Mind & Brain Institut - UT2J - Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès - Comue de Toulouse - Communauté d'universités et établissements de Toulouse - EPE UT - Université de Toulouse - Comue de Toulouse - Communauté d'universités et établissements de Toulouse); Soline Caillé (SPO - Sciences Pour l'Oenologie - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement - Institut Agro Montpellier - Institut Agro - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement - UM - Université de Montpellier); Alain Samson (SPO - Sciences Pour l'Oenologie - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement - Institut Agro Montpellier - Institut Agro - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement - UM - Université de Montpellier); Valérie Olivier (LRSV - Laboratoire de Recherche en Sciences Végétales - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - Toulouse INP - Institut National Polytechnique (Toulouse) - Comue de Toulouse - Communauté d'universités et établissements de Toulouse - EPE UT - Université de Toulouse - Comue de Toulouse - Communauté d'universités et établissements de Toulouse); Christian Chervin (LRSV - Laboratoire de Recherche en Sciences Végétales - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - Toulouse INP - Institut National Polytechnique (Toulouse) - Comue de Toulouse - Communauté d'universités et établissements de Toulouse - EPE UT - Université de Toulouse - Comue de Toulouse - Communauté d'universités et établissements de Toulouse) |
| Abstract: | The adoption of fungus-resistant grape varieties (FRGs) represents a promising pathway for steering viticulture towards more sustainable production methods by reducing the use of phytosanitary inputs. At the time of writing, the dissemination of these varieties remains limited, partly due to constraints within the wine industry (i.e., cost of planting and cultivar limitations associated with Protected Designation of Origin). This study was conducted with commercial wines made from two types of grape: Vitis vinifera and FRGs. A panel of 96 participants from the wine industry in the Occitanie region (south of France) conducted sensory evaluations. The panel performed the evaluations both blind and having been informed about type of grape in a combination of short CATA (Check-All-That-Apply) sessions followed by questions exploring their interest in FRGs and expected plantations in the coming years. The results of the sensory analyses underlined the absence of any notable difference in liking or in the sensory profiles of the wines, whether tasted blind or not. Indeed, disclosure of the type of grape used to make the wines did not alter participants' perceptions or evaluations. Furthermore, the analysis of questionnaire data revealed a typology of three adopter profiles: i) "Sceptics": older professionals from private wineries who were generally unfavourable towards the adoption of FRGs, ii) "Receptives": cooperative members who showed measured support for innovation, and iii) "Observers": young, non-decision-making individuals with heterogeneous opinions. This industry panel predicted that there could be 25 % of vineyard areas planted with FRGs in Occitanie within the coming 30 years. This study offers insights into the future adoption of this new plant material within the wine industry. |
| Keywords: | producers, sustainable production, fungus-resistant grapevines, wine, CATA |
| Date: | 2026–01–12 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:hal:journl:hal-05455883 |
| By: | Zhang, Jian; Mishra, Ashok K.; Zheng, Linyi |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:360651 |
| By: | Dewbre, Joe; Lenaerts, Bert; Mishra, Ashok K.; Pede, Valerien O. |
| Keywords: | Consumer/Household Economics, Labor and Human Capital |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:360960 |
| By: | Asgari, Mahdi; Hansen, Kristiana |
| Abstract: | The hydrologic realities of the Colorado River Basin indicate climate-induced water supply reductions in the basin. Upper Colorado River Basin states must find ways to conserve enough water to fulfill Upper Basin obligations specified in the 1922 Colorado River Compact or face the risk of curtailment. Implementing curtailment would trigger changes in water use and economic outcomes among sectors and locations within the basin. Our study evaluates the regional impact of curtailment in the headwaters of the Colorado River, i.e. Green River Basin, Wyoming, under alternative precipitation and streamflow profiles. We compare changes in water use and economic outcomes among sectors and locations across scenarios and curtailment risks. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:360633 |
| By: | Yang, Yao; McKenzie, Andrew; Anderson, Andrew |
| Keywords: | Agricultural Finance, Farm Management |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:360688 |
| By: | Borengasser, Sophiea; Nalley, Lanier; McFadden, Brandon; Durand-Morat, Alvaro; Rider, Shelby |
| Keywords: | Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:360906 |
| By: | Mu, Yali; von Cramon-Taubadel, Stephan; Asqui, Gabriel Alejandro Rosero; Brümmer, Bernhard |
| Keywords: | Agricultural and Food Policy |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:360657 |
| By: | Zhang, Jingyuan; Melo, Grace |
| Abstract: | This study examines pecuniary (e.g., labor cost savings) and non-pecuniary (e.g., improved flexibility) labor benefits in technology adoption through a discrete choice experiment involving 212 dairy farmers in the U.S. Midwest focusing on automatic milking systems. Results reveal that farmers value flexible time 2.17 times more than hired labor savings, suggesting practitioners differentiate non-pecuniary benefit from pecuniary ones and utilize multiple methods to assess preference heterogeneity for robustness: we consistently found that farmers experienced labor difficulties favor hired labor savings, whereas those with secondary income value both benefits less. For other characteristics (e.g., herd size), preference heterogeneity is ambiguous. |
| Keywords: | Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:360617 |
| By: | Peguero, Felipe; Somarriba, Eduardo; Zapata, Samuel |
| Keywords: | Agricultural Finance, Farm Management |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:360690 |
| By: | Gong, Ziqian; Baker, Justin; Davis, Eric; Jelliffe, Jeremy |
| Keywords: | International Relations/Trade |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:361035 |
| By: | Rojas, Christian; Cengiz, Doruk |
| Abstract: | Using optical character recognition (OCR) methods on 3.1 million U.S. food packages (2005–2021), we document the presence of 10 common artificial (e.g. food colorings and sweeteners) and processed industrial additives (e.g. high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) and seed oils). Over half of packaged foods contain at least one additive, especially in categories like candy, beverages, and fruit snacks. Additive use is declining in branded products but remains high in private-label items, raising dietary equity concerns. |
| Keywords: | Health Economics and Policy |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:360932 |
| By: | Adesina, Bukade; Bauchet, Jonathan; Ricker-Gilbert, Jacob |
| Keywords: | Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:360918 |
| By: | QingmengTong, Qingmeng; Xie, Lusi |
| Keywords: | Environmental Economics and Policy |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:360783 |
| By: | Wilde, Parke; Fryling, Hayley |
| Abstract: | The Thrifty Food Plan Calculator is a simple Excel-based tool that allows you to create your own TFP-style model diets. The calculator uses nearly the same price, food composition, consumption, and dietary guidance data as USDA’s 2021 TFP update. After entering your model diet’s daily calorie consumption for 97 modeling categories and selecting an age-sex demographic group and cost reference period, the calculator will show how your model diet compares to the official TFP model diet in relation to daily cost, food group, energy and nutrient requirements, and distance from current consumption. |
| Keywords: | Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:360911 |
| By: | Chakraborty, Subarta; Villacis, Alexis H.; Mishra, Ashok K. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural Finance, Farm Management |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:360687 |
| By: | Yang, Bixuan; Sowell, Samantha; Grigsby-Calage, Chuck; Kropp, Jaclyn; Mullally, Conner; Volpe. Richard; Byrne, Anne |
| Keywords: | Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:360892 |
| By: | Xiong, Hang; Zhang, Shiyun; Zhan, Jintao; Xu, Zhigang |
| Keywords: | International Development |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:361007 |
| By: | Tran, Lan; Su, Ye; Tran, Doc Lap |
| Keywords: | Agribusiness |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:360624 |
| By: | Ma, Yubei; Hu, Wuyang; Zhan, Jintao |
| Keywords: | Productivity Analysis, Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:361096 |
| By: | Wagle, Sampada; Katarej, Bhagyashree |
| Abstract: | Immigrant labor constitutes a substantial portion of the US meat and poultry processing workforce. However, the downstream effects of deportations targeting these immigrants on their food safety practices remain largely unexamined. We provide novel empirical evidence that increased deportations of undocumented immigrants are associated with a rise in food safety inspection violations, suggestive of reduced food safety quality at these establishments. We also find evidence that wages and labor market dynamics adjust in ways consistent with labor shortages following deportations, marked by increases in wages, hires, separations, and employment, along with a modest reduction in turnover. By examining the potential downstream food safety risks associated with deportations, this research contributes to the broader policy discussion about the spillover effects of immigration enforcement on food safety and consumer welfare. |
| Keywords: | Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:360898 |
| By: | Capitani, Daniel Henrique Dario; Gaio, Luiz Eduardo; Mattos, Fabio; da Silveira, Rodrigo Lanna Franco; Cruz Junior, José César |
| Keywords: | Risk and Uncertainty |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:360697 |
| By: | Towe, Charles; Liu, Pengfei; Dang, Ruirui; Mayer, Natalie |
| Keywords: | Environmental Economics and Policy |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:360790 |
| By: | Etienne, Xiaoli; Franken, Jason; Irwin, Scott |
| Abstract: | Given recent trends at farmland auctions, this study re-evaluates the validity of reemerging concerns for bubbles in farmland prices by applying recently developed detection procedures to cropland prices and rents in Illinois and Iowa. In one approach, explosiveness in prices and similarly timed occurrences of explosiveness in rents may simply reflect asset prices appropriately reflecting changing returns (i.e., rents), as opposed to bubbles. In a second approach, evidence of explosive behavior remains for rents but not prices. The findings seem to suggest concerns for bubbles in land prices are largely unwarranted. |
| Keywords: | Agricultural Finance, Farm Management |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:360676 |
| By: | Daniels, Willie |
| Abstract: | Rural Nimba County in Liberia faces critical gaps in emergency response for land-related conflicts. Existing systems exclude illiterate populations through design barriers, while the national 911 service operates unreliably in remote areas. Commercial services like My Watchman cost $20-50 monthly, limiting access to urban subscribers. This research designs a voice-based mobile emergency response system specifically for rural land disputes. The study combines secondary data analysis with targeted primary research through 30-50 remote stakeholder interviews conducted via phone and WhatsApp. The research addresses how emergency response systems can effectively serve illiterate users with limited connectivity. Voice-based interfaces using Interactive Voice Response (IVR) technology offer culturally appropriate solutions that integrate with traditional governance structures. The research delivered 12 validated user interaction flows, 8 voice menu mockups, and a functional prototype that achieved a 100% test pass rate (54/54 tests) and a 78.3 System Usability Scale (SUS) score, demonstrating strong user acceptance. Results demonstrate that voice-based IVR technology effectively addresses literacy barriers, with a 94% task completion rate among stakeholders and positive feedback on accessibility for illiterate users. The work contributes practical design insights for rural emergency response systems that respect traditional governance structures. The full implementation, including backend code, frontend interface, IVR integration, and database schema, is available on GitHub. Keywords: Liberia Land Conflict, Liberia Land Dispute, Liberia Land Authority, Nimba Land Conflict and Dispute, Liberia Emergency Response System, Voice-Based Interface, Interactive Voice Response, ICT4D, Rural Development, Accessibility |
| Date: | 2025–11–15 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:osf:thesis:35jsx_v1 |
| By: | Oh, Haewon; Zeng, Xinyu; Smith, Travis A. |
| Keywords: | Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:360905 |
| By: | Won, Sunjae; Rejesus, Roderick M.; Aglasan, Serkan |
| Keywords: | Environmental Economics and Policy |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:360796 |
| By: | Robson, Beatrice |
| Abstract: | Agrifood systems contribute one-third of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions, about half of which originate from livestock through biological processes like enteric fermentation and manure. Anaerobic digesters are a technology that can reduce manure-based methane emissions, and in many cases convert the methane into energy that can be sold or used on-farm. Despite multiple supportive policies and subsidies, adoption remains limited. This study examines anaerobic digesters on United States dairy operations through the EPA-USDA AgSTAR database, exploring determinants to the emission abatement and the privately desirable energy outputs. Stochastic frontier production analysis is then used to model the efficiency of operational digesters, with implications for climate policy analysis and profitability studies for dairy operators. The average emissions abatement efficiency is found to be around 70%, and the average energy generation slightly lower, indicating opportunities for improvement both in terms of climate performance and cost-offsetting energy outputs. |
| Keywords: | Productivity Analysis, Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:361181 |
| By: | Dsouza, Alwin; Meerza, Syed Imran; Yang, Wei |
| Keywords: | Marketing |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:360833 |
| By: | Zhu, Junjian; Rutledge, Zachariah |
| Abstract: | The specialty crop farming sector in the United States faces growing challenges as farm labor becomes increasingly scarce and wages continue to rise. This issue is particularly acute in California, the nation’s leading producer of specialty crops, where production relies heavily on manual labor. With over half of US fruits and one-third of vegetables now imported from countries with lower labor costs, domestic producers argue they are losing their competitive edge because they cannot pass higher labor costs onto buyers who increasingly source their goods from low wage international markets. In this study, we develop an equilibrium displacement model to simulate the impact of rising farm labor costs on the farm gate prices of specialty crops grown in the United States. We complement our simulation analysis with a set of reduced-form regressions. Our preliminary simulations suggest that a 10% increase in the real earnings of crop farmworkers causes farm gate prices to rise by about 4.4%. Reduced-form results show elasticity estimates roughly half that size. |
| Keywords: | Labor and Human Capital |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:361076 |
| By: | Gianfranco Giulioni; Edmondo Di Giuseppe; Arianna Di Paola |
| Abstract: | This paper presents a modeling framework for simulating the decision-making processes of artificial farms populating an agent-based model for the Italian wheat production system. The decision process is based on a mathematical programming model with which farms (i.e., agents) decide the target yield (production per hectare) and the mix of inputs needed to obtain such production, namely 1) fertilizers, 2) herbicides, and 3) insecticides. The environmental impacts of conventional production practices are assessed through a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), using the ReCiPe 2016 methodology at the Endpoint level. Agents are made aware of the environmental consequences of their choices through two indicators: Disability-Adjusted Life Years (DALYs), which capture human health impacts, and the number of species lost per year, reflecting impacts on ecosystems. By internalizing this information, agents can make more balanced and sustainable production decisions. |
| Date: | 2026–01 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:arx:papers:2601.05912 |
| By: | Alfaro Hudak, Katelin M.; Valizadeh, Pourya; Racine, Elizabeth F.; Nayga, Rodolfo M. |
| Keywords: | Farm Management |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:360947 |
| By: | Ambrozek, Charlotte; Beatty, Timothy K.M.; Zhan, Wenjie |
| Abstract: | We study the impact of payment digitization that transitions food assistance payments from paper vouchers to debit cards on retailer fraud. We hand-collected the rollout schedule of payment digitization for two major federal food assistance programs: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC). We link these schedules to administrative data on store sanctions and compare sanction patterns between counties that implemented digitized payments and those that had not yet transitioned. We find that payment digitization increases disqualifications under SNAP but decreases them under WIC. We explore potential explanations for this divergence and discuss its implications. Our findings highlight how digital technologies can have varying effects on the administration of public programs. |
| Keywords: | Industrial Organization, Demand and Price Analysis |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:360963 |
| By: | Sandoval, Luis A.; Placide, Widlyn; Caccavo, Anna; Cordero, Carlos; Manzanero, Luis; Mendez, Jorge |
| Keywords: | Research Methods/Statistical Methods |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:360824 |
| By: | Goodrich, Brittney; Penn, Jerrod |
| Abstract: | Honey bee colonies play an vital role in global agricultural by providing essential pollination services, in addition to producing honey and other hive products. Colony productivity and health can be adversely affected by weather. We examine the characteristics of beekeepers who participate in the Rainfall Index Apiculture Insurance Program (RI-API), a subsidized insurance program offered by the USDA Risk Management Agency. We find that large operations with more colonies and those deriving a greater share of household income from beekeeping are more likely to enroll in RI-API. We find regional variation in enrollment: beekeepers pollinating almonds in the Sacramento Valley region of California and beekeepers transporting colonies to almonds from the southwestern U.S. are less likely to enroll than their counterparts. We also find evidence that beekeepers who are more risk averse are less likely to enroll, counter to standard economic theory. |
| Keywords: | Financial Economics |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:361150 |
| By: | Schmidt, Lorenz; Ritter, Matthias; Mußhoff, Oliver; Odening, Martin |
| Keywords: | Agricultural Finance, Farm Management |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:360670 |
| By: | Jiang, Qi; Saverance, Andrew; Silva, Felipe; Thayer, Anastasia; Vassalos, Michael; Nian, Yefan |
| Keywords: | Marketing |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:360836 |
| By: | Ajibade, T.B.; Ajibade, E.T.; Salami, M.F.; Belewu, K.Y.; Badmos, H.O. |
| Keywords: | Marketing |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:360853 |
| By: | Ala-Kokko, Kristiina; Tack, Jesse B.; Yu, Jisang |
| Keywords: | Productivity Analysis, Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:361097 |
| By: | Yang, Chengji; Guo, Hongdong |
| Abstract: | This study evaluates the economic impact of Agricultural Regional Public Brands (ARPBs) using panel data from 2, 725 Chinese counties (2000- 2020). A difference-in-differences (DID) approach with fixed effects identifies the causal impact of ARPB adoption. Results show that ARPBs significantly enhance county-level GDP, especially in livestock-oriented regions with stronger industrial linkages. Mechanism analyses reveal that ARPBs promote economic growth by upgrading employment structures, facilitating urban-rural integration, and encouraging agricultural modernization. Regional heterogeneity suggests that eastern and central regions benefit more than western ones, likely due to infrastructure and market access differences. The effects of reducing the urban-rural income gap are limited. These findings provide policy-relevant insights into how place-based branding can promote inclusive rural development. |
| Keywords: | Community/Rural/Urban Development |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:360602 |
| By: | Mburu, Mukundi J.; Wei, Zhang; Mills, Bradford |
| Keywords: | International Development |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:360993 |
| By: | Beach, Robert H.; Creason, Jared; Lee, Stanley; Petrusa, Jeffrey; Ragnauth, Shaun |
| Keywords: | Environmental Economics and Policy |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:362689 |
| By: | Tsiboe, Francis; Turner, Dylan; Aglasan, Serkan; Rejesus, Roderick M. |
| Keywords: | Risk and Uncertainty |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:360707 |
| By: | Pinto, Bruno; Fulginiti, Lilyan; Perrin, Richard |
| Keywords: | Production Economics |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:361091 |
| By: | Wang, Zhuoying; Sheng, Yu; Deng, Haiyan; Jin, Yanhong |
| Keywords: | Agribusiness |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaea25:360628 |