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Farmers' Preferences for Gene Editing Crops and Influencing Factors

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Gene editing (GE) is gaining momentum worldwide, but limited data on UK farmers' preferences hinders our understanding of its potential impact amid deregulation debates. Based on a survey of 200 English arable farmers, we employ a Latent Class Analysis and Multinomial Logit regressions to investigate current preferences for GE crops.
Bertolozzi‐Caredio Daniele, Vigani Mauro   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Foreign Direct Investments Expansion – Essential Globalization Factor [PDF]

Theoretical and Applied Economics, 2011
We live in a time when the world economy is constantly changing. Foreign direct investments is one of the most dynamic part of the world economy and in a continuous globalization, those international financial flows determining the traders to know their ...
Cătălin Emilian HUIDUMAC PETRESCU, Radu-Marcel JOIA, Gheorghe HURDUZEU, Liviu Bogdan VLAD   +3 more
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Delaying the Inevitable? U.S. Screwworm Closures and Feeder Cattle Market Dynamics

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Biosecurity trade restrictions are commonly framed as preventive measures, yet in many settings they function primarily as policies of delay: they impose immediate market costs while only postponing the arrival of biological risks. This paper evaluates that intertemporal tradeoff using the 2024–2025 US suspension of live cattle imports from ...
Shelby Sumner, Savannah Jones, Tania Islam, K. Aleks Schaefer   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Staging an Experience of Cultural Heritage Preservation: Consumers' Willingness to Pay for Heirloom Rice in the Philippines

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Cordillera Administrative Region in the Philippines is home to terraced rice embedded in centuries of cultural heritage. However, weak market incentives threaten sustained production, jeopardizing indigenous communities' cultural heritage and the in situ biodiversity of rice genetic resources.
Kofi Britwum, Matty Demont
wiley   +1 more source

FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTS IN AGRICULTURE

Ekonomika Poljoprivrede (1979), 2009
Foreign direct investments (FDIs) should have a significant positive influence on economic growth, export and competitiveness of host countries. Although agriculture is of fundamental importance for sustainable development and poverty reduction, FDIs in
Predrag Kapor
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Foreign borrowing, foreign direct investment inflows and economic growth in European Union transition economies [PDF]

Eastern Journal of European Studies, 2019
Globalization gained speed as of 1980s and, in turn, considerable increases in transnational goods, services, and capital flows have been seen. In this context, developing and emerging economies have attracted a significant amount of foreign direct ...
Yilmaz BAYAR, Mahmut Unsal SASMAZ
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The Impacts of Health and Environmental Information Nudges on Meat Choices: Where Does Goat Meat Fit?

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Amidst a recent surge in US goat meat imports to meet growing demand, this study contributes to the meat demand literature by examining consumer preferences for goat meat, a relatively healthy and environmentally friendly alternative to other popular meats.
Binod Khanal, Sunil P. Dhoubhadel, Rodolfo M. Nayga Jr.   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

How Competitive Is Myanmar's Rice Sector? A Comparison of Production Costs and Efficiency

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper analyzes the cost competitiveness of rice production in Myanmar by examining production costs, cost efficiency, and the potential effect of improving cost efficiency on the country's global competitiveness. To achieve this, we conduct a comparative analysis of production costs among major rice‐producing countries and estimate the ...
Nandar Aye Chan, Orkhan Sariyev, Mohammad Ariful Islam, Manfred Zeller   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Impact of Foreign Direct Investments on Economic Growth in Romania

Romanian Economic Journal, 2015
One of the current priority objectives for Romania is the integration into euro zone. To achieve this objective, Romania must record progress on economic growth.
Adrian Petre
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Agricultural Diversification at the Margin. Strategies and Determinants in Italian Mountain and Remote Areas

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper explores the convergence in on‐farm diversification strategies of agricultural holdings, between remote areas and more central ones. Using Italian farm‐level data, we explore the determinants of diversification strategies across farms.
Gianluca Grilli, Francesco Pagliacci, Paola Gatto   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source