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Journal of Agriculture and Food ResearchPersistent engagement of dairy farmers in informal milk markets poses economic and health challenges while limiting the supply of raw milk to processing plants that heavily rely on smallholder dairy farmers.
Ezekiel Kanire +2 more
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Understanding Egg Price Volatility and Policy Implications in the U.S. With Machine Learning
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Eggs are an inexpensive and sustainable source of proteins, but volatility in the U.S. egg prices has intensified in recent years, raising concerns over food affordability and market stability. This study examines the drivers of U.S. egg price dynamics over 2004–2025 using a two‐stage framework that combines LASSO‐based variable selection with
Xuemei Zhao +3 more
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Cogent Food & AgricultureThe rapid growth of digital technology during the COVID-19 era has transformed livestock marketing in Indonesia. A notable innovation is the emergence of virtual livestock markets as an alternative to traditional markets, particularly in East Java. Using
Agus Suman +3 more
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Free trade and deregulated domestic markets: Attitudes of commercial farmers in KwaZulu-Natal
South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences, 1998 This study analyses farmers' attitudes towards free trade and deregulated domestic product and input markets using a survey conducted in 1996 among 112 commercial farmers in KwaZulu-Natal.
R. C. Stockil, G. F. Ortmann
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Assessing Household Welfare in Response to Rising Food Prices in The Gambia
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines how rising food prices affected household welfare in The Gambia using nationally representative data from the 2015/16 Integrated Household Survey (IHS‐3). The analysis reflects household consumption behavior and market conditions prevailing during that period and provides a structural benchmark for understanding ...
Roger Vorsah +3 more
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Unpacking the Farmland Capitalization Effect of Ethanol Establishment
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We unpack the impact of expansions in ethanol production—as measured by proximity to newly constructed ethanol plants and capacity expansions—on farmland values using land transaction data from Kansas in combination with modern causal inference techniques.
Gabriel S. Sampson, Jisang Yu
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Crop Insurance Design and On‐Farm Risk Adaptation
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The United States spends billions annually on crop insurance premium subsidies, yet the prevailing distance‐based guarantee design unintentionally rewards risk‐taking by linking subsidies to yield variability. We consider a simple redesign: define guarantees in terms of probability so that coverage reflects a consistent likelihood of indemnity.
Gerald Van Tassell, Alan P. Ker
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Farmers’ Markets as a Business Model Encouraging Sustainable Production and Consumption
Visegrad Journal on Bioeconomy and Sustainable Development, 2018 The current study discusses the role and the importance of alternative food networks, farmers’ markets in particular, for sustainable rural development through the example of Bulgaria.
Arabska Ekaterina
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Linking Small Farmers to the Market
Development Outreach, 2008 The private sector can help smallholders to participate in modern supply chains. This type of collaboration will be critical to agricultural development.
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Review of farmers' markets [PDF]
, 2007 Purpose of review: The popularity of farmers’ markets is increasing, yet little is understood about their contribution in developing social or economic benefits for the farmers who use them.
Batt, Peter +2 more
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