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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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Where Urban Residents Shop for Produce
Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 2016 There is limited research documenting the shopping behaviors of urban residents with regard to where they shop for fruits and vegetables. This study sought to: (1) describe characteristics of consumers who shop for produce at supermarkets, alternative ...
Allison Karpyn +5 more
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Access to dynamic markets for small commercial farmers: the case of potato production in the Peruvian Andes [PDF]
"The purpose of this study is twofold. On one hand, the objective is to assess the impact of new and more complex contracting schemes, as opposed to traditional marketing channels, on small farmers' welfare.
Escobal, Javier, Torero, Maximo
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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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Farmers' markets—myths and realities
California Agriculture, 1979 Some customers are needlessly skeptical about quality of produce, cost savings, and the time and trouble necessary to buy directly from farmers.
R Sommer
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EmicA collaged tour through some local Gainesville farmers markets, spotlighting the human interactions fundamentally influenced by our relationship with the natural world.
Sacha Sides +6 more
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Determinants of small scale farmers' participation in restructured food markets in South Africa: The case of the Tomato sector [PDF]
This paper discusses the effects of markets restructuring on small-scale farmers in South Africa by analysing the determinants of small-scale farmers’ market choices in the tomato sector in two Provinces.
Bienabe, Estelle +2 more
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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
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Farmers' markets please their customers
California Agriculture, 1980 Fresh produce, price savings, and social atmosphere are sources of satisfaction to customers of certified farmers' markets in California.
R Sommer, M Wing
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Farmers Markets: Managers’ Characteristics and Factors Affecting Market Organization [PDF]
The resurgence of farmers’ markets in New Jersey has been welcomed by farmers, consumers and municipalities alike. This form of direct marketing has the potential to benefit all three sectors simultaneously.
Adelaja, Adesoji O. +5 more
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