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The Cost of a Nutritious Diet in Cafeterias: Evidence From US Military Dining Facilities

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Providing nutritious meals in institutional settings with financial constraints, such as military dining facilities, is challenging. The US Department of War (DoW) and US Department of Agriculture (USDA) collaborated to modernize the Basic Daily Food Allowance (BDFA) using an optimization model that incorporates service members' consumption ...
Linlin Fan, Yiwen Zhao, Andrea Carlson, Parke Wilde, Joanna Reagan, Julianna Jayne, Starr Seip, Denise Laursen, Matthew P. Rabbitt   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Metricizing policy texts: Comprehensive dataset on China’s Agri-policy intensity spanning 1982–2023

Scientific Data
Due to the lack of direct assessment metrics, existing studies on the intensity of agricultural policies often utilize indicators such as Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of agriculture or the quantity of agricultural policies as measures. Optimizing methods
Yehui Wu, Canyu Wang, Rongbiao Ji, Yadong Li, Junkui Yang, Yixuan Wang, Rujia Li, Mengyao Wu, Jiaojiao Chen, Jianping Yang   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Data on Swiss grape growers’ production, pest and labour management decisionsETH Research Collection

Data in Brief
This dataset comprises survey responses from 489 grape growers in Switzerland, focusing on their decisions related to production, pest management, risk management, behavioural factors, and labour management.
Philipp Höper, Lucca Zachmann, Robert Finger   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sustainability indicators for improved assessment of the effects of agricultural policy across the EU: Is FADN the answer?

Ecological Indicators, 2018
Policy reform of the CAP and society’s expectations of agriculture have resulted in a growing need for improved information on the effectiveness of policy in achieving high-level objectives for more sustainable practice in agriculture.
Edel Kelly, L. Latruffe, Y. Desjeux, M. Ryan, S. Uthes, A. Diazabakana, E. Dillon, J. Finn   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

On the Economics of US Agricultural Policy

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper presents an economic analysis of US agricultural policy, building on a modified version of Gardner's efficient redistribution. We argue that agricultural policy is motivated as an attempt to implement an efficient redistribution scheme that redistributes income toward farmers who, as a group, have been adversely affected by ...
Jean‐Paul Chavas
wiley   +1 more source

Beyond the use of food supplements: An empirical analysis in Italy

Italian Journal of Food Science, 2016
This paper aims to profile Italian food supplements used by consumers based upon their psychometric patterns and demographic characteristics. The FTNS scale is used to assess empirically and evaluate the role of technophobic/technophilic consumer traits ...
A. LOMBARDI, F. VERNEAU, P. LOMBARDI
doaj   +1 more source

The politics of agricultural policy and nutrition: A case study of Malawi's Farm Input Subsidy Programme (FISP). [PDF]

PLOS Glob Public Health, 2023
Walls H, Johnston D, Matita M, Kamwanja T, Smith R, Nanama S.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Drivers of Precision Agriculture Adoption in Italian Viticulture

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the main drivers influencing the adoption of two types of precision farming technologies in the viticultural sector: Decision Support Systems (DSSs) and Variable Rate Technologies (VRTs). We apply a partial proportional odds model and find that socio‐demographic characteristics are not significant determinants of adoption ...
Olimpia Fontana, Linda Arata, Margherita Muzzillo, Paolo Sckokai   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Technical efficiency of rice productivity in Indonesia [PDF]

BIO Web of Conferences
The government has provided a lot of assistance to increase rice productivity. However, studies in this area are still rare. This study aims to determine the level of technical efficiency of various types of agricultural machinery assistance and ...
Sinuraya Julia F., Ulpah Amalia, Setiyanto Adi, Astari Annisa F., Dabukke Frans B.M.   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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
wiley   +1 more source