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Value of Information of Improved Traceability in Fresh Produce Markets

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Traceability plays an important role in promoting a safe food supply by fostering transparent information exchange along the food supply chain. New technological innovations have the potential to improve traceability outcomes, as greater transparency along the food supply chain can aid in pinpointing precise origins of the contamination ...
Kelsey Vourazeris   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

'To farm or not to farm': succession, inheritance and gender

open access: yes, 2018
There still exists a strong prevalence of primogeniture in a traditional patriarchal work environment on farms in Britain and other Western countries. This is confirmed by discussions with insiders and documented in the literature on the subject. Other than listing women's contributions to the family farm there is little written about how this gendered
openaire   +1 more source

Likelihood of Succession and Farmers’ Attitudes: Evidence from a Survey in Germany, the United Kingdom and Portugal [PDF]

open access: yes
The likelihood of succession in the family farm is referred to in the literature as an influential variable for several family farm management decisions.
Leonardo Costa   +2 more
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How Crop Forecast Similarity, Government Policies, and Macroeconomic Conditions Affect WASDE Forecast Accuracy

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) play a central role in how agricultural commodity markets process information about supply, demand, and prices. This study examines how global and domestic shocks, as well as policy interventions, are reflected in the similarity of WASDE ...
Zhining Sun   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Potential for Joint Farming Ventures in Irish Agriculture: A Sociological Review

open access: yesEuropean Countryside, 2016
Joint farming ventures (JFVs) are promoted within Irish and EU policy discourses as strategies that can enhance the economic and social sustainability of family farming.
Cush Peter, Macken-Walsh Áine
doaj   +1 more source

What Explains Racial Differences in Farm Succession Planning? Evidence From Decomposition and Counterfactual Analysis

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines racial differences in farm succession planning using survey data from Tennessee farmers. While observed differences between White and Black farmers are small, decomposition and counterfactual analyses show that structural characteristics, particularly farm size, would predict higher succession planning among White farmers ...
Abdelaziz Lawani   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Which Italian Family Farms Will Have a Successor? [PDF]

open access: yes
The succession in family farm is a critical issue: it not only involves the transmission of wealth, but also of specific skills and of specific farm management techniques.
Corsi, Alessandro
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Estimation of Import Demand Functions of Two Key Food and Feed Commodities (Corn and Soybean) for India

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The derived demand for the increased demand for meat and dairy products is clearly observed in the fast‐paced growth of the Indian feed industry and its increased demand for agricultural commodities (e.g., corn, soybean, rice, wheat, broken rice, millet, etc.) as feed ingredients.
Dwiti Baruah Thapa   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Generational Turnover in Agriculture: Theoretical Problems and Empirical Evidences [PDF]

open access: yes
The purpose of this study is to understand the causes determining the exit from the sector of young adults. Drawing from migration and succession theories, a number of factors, hypothesised to influence the decision, are tested using a Probit model.
Simeone, Mariarosaria
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