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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

Off-farm employment, agriculture production activities, and household dietary diversity in environmentally and economically vulnerable areas of Asia

Journal of Integrative Agriculture
Access to off-farm employment has been expected to be a critical approach to ending hunger and all forms of malnutrition, two important targets of achieving Zero Hunger.
Yunli Bai, Xuanye Zeng, Chao Fu, Linxiu Zhang   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Off-farm Income and Risky Investments: What Happens to Farm and Nonfarm Assets? [PDF]

Off-farm work improves and reduces the riskiness of household income. Theoretical analyses reveal that the level and riskiness of off-farm income affect demand for farm/nonfarm investments.
Ramaswami, Bharat, Andersson, Hans, Moss, Charles B., Nehring, Richard F., Hallahan, Charles B., Erickson, Kenneth W.   +5 more
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Effects of Environmental and Health Information on Willingness to Pay for Local and Organic Foods in Taiwan

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using a lab‐in‐the‐field experiment, we investigate how providing information about food miles and pesticide residue influences willingness to pay (WTP) for potatoes among 407 shoppers in Taiwan, split between a supermarket and a farmers market.
Chiu‐Lin Huang, Edward C. Jaenicke, Martina Vecchi, Sheng‐Jang Sheu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

CONTRIBUTIONS OF RURAL WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS IN NON–FARM AND OFF–FARM ENTERPRISES TO HOUSEHOLDS POVERTY REDUCTION IN ABIA STATE, NIGERIA

Journal of Agricultural Extension, 2017
The study assessed the contributions of rural women entrepreneurs in non – farm and off – farm enterprises to households poverty reduction in Abia State, Nigeria.
ONU SAMSON EJIKE
doaj   +4 more sources

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

Determinants of livelihood diversification strategies in Eastern Tigray Region of Ethiopia

Agriculture & Food Security, 2018
Background In Ethiopia, farm households engage and pursue diverse off-farm and non-farm livelihood activities to cope with diverse challenges such as drought.
Gebrehiwot Weldegebrial Gebru, Hyacinth Ementa Ichoku, Philip Ogbonnia Phil-Eze   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

DECOMPOSITION OF INCOME DISTRIBUTION AMONG FARM FAMILIES [PDF]

The greater reliance of U.S. farm families on off-farm income has implications for the structure of agriculture and the distribution of income within agriculture.
Reddy, Wenkateshwar K., Findeis, Jill L.
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Drivers of Farmers' Contract Compliance Behavior: Evidence From a Case Study of Dangote Tomato Processing Plant in Northern Nigeria

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Contract farming is a viable strategy agribusinesses rely on to strengthen coordination across actors in the value chain. However, low contract compliance remains a significant setback to agribusinesses' contract performance in low‐ and middle‐income country context.
Umar Shehu Umar, Sanzidur Rahman, Giacomo Zanello   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The role of livelihood diversification strategies in the total household income in Takusa Woreda, Amhara Region, Ethiopia

Cogent Social Sciences
Agricultural income alone is insufficient to meet basic amenities for smallholder farm households, and livelihood diversification strategies are a must in vulnerable and challenging environments to improve household income.
Negusie Abuhay Mengistu, Reta Hailu Belda   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source