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Leadership Development in Agricultural Economics: Challenges for Academic Units

Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2009
Crafting and executing strategy are key tasks to be carried out by a manager of an enterprise. Unit leaders are managers of an academic enterprise called a department.
Michael A. Boland
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“Where everybody knows your name”: How regulars at farmers' markets differ from less-frequent shoppers

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2023
A survey of consumers at three farmers' markets (FMs) was done near Vancouver, British Columbia. The markets span urban and suburb locales, and the survey's 234 respondents were asked questions about shopping behavior, attitudes toward FMs, and ...
Tracy Stobbe
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Milk production systems in Southern Brazil [PDF]

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2020
The aim of this study was to verify the dynamics of milk production in Southern Brazil, analyzing the spatial distribution, evolution and structure of bovine milk production systems in the dairy-specialized microregions.
TIAGO S. TELLES, MATHEUS D. BACCHI, GUSTAVO V. DA COSTA, AMANDA M.S. SCHUNTZEMBERGER   +3 more
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A Protocol or a Set of Standards to Guide Agricultural Economics Research

Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 1995
This article examines some difficult decisions that agricultural economists must confront in doing research. Over many years, rules and standards have developed in agricultural economics that guide researchers, providing an underlying framework for ...
David L. Debertin, E. Jane Luzar, Orlando D. Chambers   +2 more
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THE ECONOMIC PAMPHLETEER: Cooperation: The Key to Sustainable Livelihoods in Food Systems

Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 2016
First paragraphs:  Profits are not sustainable in today's food systems, and most certainly not for farmers. The more efficient producers may be able to survive financially, but their potential to do more beyond survival is inherently limited.
John Ikerd
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How Video‐Based Information Affects Farmers' Willingness to Pay for Drone Services

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Professional service for digital technology like agricultural drones lowers transaction costs and scope thresholds for smallholders. Meanwhile, perceptual adoption barriers remain underexplored. We conduct a two‐stage choice experiment with a randomized video‐based information treatment among 384 Chinese crop farmers to measure its effect on ...
Hua Zhang, Lena Kuhn, Hang Xiong, Zhanli Sun, Thomas Glauben   +4 more
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Agricultural Economics

Rural and Regional Development
 This book is a separate edition of "Agricultural Economics" authored by Mr. XU Xuan. It primarily covers the following topics: the significance and scope of agricultural economics, the status and development of agricultural economics, the unique characteristics of agriculture, recent agricultural conditions and changes globally, agricultural land ...
Otamurodova Dilorom, Shukorova Dinora, Xaitmurodova Ozoda   +2 more
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New Zealand Branch, Australian Agricultural Economics Society Conference, Picton, July 1985 [PDF]

, 1985
The papers presented at the 1985 Conference of the New Zealand Branch of the Australian Agricultural Economics Society reflect the concern with current policy issues, and interest in applied problems facing the agricultural sector.
Agricultural Economics Research Unit
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Extreme Weather Events and Consumer Food Responses

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates consumer food responses to Hurricanes Helene and Milton, which affected a swath of the Southeastern U.S. in 2024. Using representative consumer survey data from six affected states, we analyze 10 distinct food responses classified into ex ante and ex post responses, and examine their associations with food insufficiency
Ahmad Zia Wahdat, Joseph Balagtas
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Papers presented at the Eleventh Annual Conference of the New Zealand Branch of the Australian Agricultural Economics Society Conference, Blenheim, June 1986 [PDF]

, 1986
Published on behalf of the New Zealand Branch of the Australian Agricultural Economics SocietyThe theme for the 1986 Conference of the New Zealand Branch of the Australian Agricultural Economics Society was Economic Liberalisation in Agriculture: An ...
Agricultural Economics Research Unit
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