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Who Are the Consumers of European Farmers' Markets? A Cross‐Country Analysis

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT With substantial growth in the number of farmers' markets (FMs) in developed countries, the number of consumers visiting FMs is also increasing. This study comparatively assesses the consumers of FMs in three European countries where FMs traditionally play a distinctive role in food supply chains.
Áron Török, Gréta Maró, Zsófia Jámbor, Zalán Márk Maró, Barbara Tocco, Péter Balogh, Péter Czine   +6 more
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Pulp for health: Measuring consumer interest in avocado's nutritional properties

Journal of Agriculture and Food Research
Avocado is one of the most traded, exported, and consumed tropical fruits worldwide. Its rich nutritional profile and associated health benefits have led to its classification as a superfood, enhancing its market appeal.
Daniela Spina, Manal Hamam, Raffaele Zanchini, Vincenzo Morreale, Raffaella Pergamo, Mario D'Amico, Giuseppe Di Vita   +6 more
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An Analysis of the Determinants of Job Satisfaction when Individuals’ Baseline Satisfaction Levels May Differ [PDF]

A growing literature seeks to explain differences in individuals’ self-reported satisfaction with their jobs. Most of the accumulated evidence so far has, however, been based on cross-sectional data and when panel data have been used, individual ...
Anna Cristina D’Addio, Paul Frijters, Tor Eriksson   +2 more
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U.S. Consumer Preferences for Cage‐Free Eggs and Hen Housing Policies

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Farm animal welfare (FAW) continues to be a divisive issue in the egg industry. In the United States, 10 states and most major retailers have implemented policies or voluntary pledges to transition to 100% cage‐free egg sales. We use best‐worst scaling and discrete choice experiments to evaluate U.S.
Vincenzina Caputo, Aaron J. Staples, Jayson L. Lusk, Glynn T. Tonsor   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Does Education Pay off in Turkey? An Ordered Logit Approach [PDF]

: This paper investigates the effect of education on individual income in Turkey. To this end, Mincerian (1974) earning equation is estimated in which income as a function of education, age, square of age and sex.
Oksuzler, Oktay
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Valuing improvements in the water rights system in South Africa : a contingent ranking approach [PDF]

, 2010
In the context of increasing water scarcity, understanding is growing that irrigation water rights are important and that a lack of effective water rights systems constitute a major reason for inefficient water management.
Alriksson, Backeberg, Barton, Bateman, Beggs, Bennett, Bjornlund, Blamey, Brooks, Bruns, Bruns, Bruns, Bruns, Burgess, Burton, Calatrava, Challen, Challen, Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture, Crase, Donohew, DWAF, DWAF, DWAF, Easter, Foster, Gillit, Hadjigeorgalis, Hanemann, Hanley, Hanley, Hanley, Heltberg, Herrera, Hodgson, Holmes, Hope, Linde-Rahr, MacKenzie, Matthews, McCann, McFadden, Nieuwoudt, Nixon, Orne-Gliemann, Ostrom, Paudel, Perret, Perret, Randall, Republic of South Africa, Rigby, Rosegrant, Rosegrant, Scott, Shi, Speelman, Speelman, Speelman, SPSS Inc., StataCorp., Stein, Street, Virjee, Waalewijn, Yokwe, Zekri   +66 more
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Who Are the Farmers Participating in a Carbon Sequestration Program? Results of a Discrete Choice Experiment in Germany

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Agricultural soils offer great potential for carbon sequestration through humus formation. One way to motivate farmers to build up humus is through humus programs. These are still at an early stage of development, poorly explored, and the number of participating farmers is low. Our aim is to explain the heterogeneity of farmers' willingness to
Julia B. Block, Michael Danne, Oliver Mußhoff   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Why didn't the Global Financial Crisis hit Latin America? [PDF]

Latin America has a rich history of financial crises. However, it was relatively unharmed by the 2007-2009 Global Financial Crisis (GFC). This paper investigates why, and in particular the role of commodity prices and its institutional framework - in ...
Gerard H. Kuper, Jan P. A. M. Jacobs, Tjeerd M. Boonman   +2 more
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Ordinal Ridge Regression with Categorical Predictors [PDF]

, 2011
In multi-category response models categories are often ordered. In case of ordinal response models, the usual likelihood approach becomes unstable with ill-conditioned predictor space or when the number of parameters to be estimated is large relative to ...
Zahid, Faisal Maqbool
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Consumer Preferences for Craft Beer: The Interplay of Localness and Advertising Language

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study explores the influence of the language of the label, origin of production, and origin of brewing ingredients on Croatian consumers' preferences and willingness to pay for organic craft beer. Employing an online survey and a choice experiment among 223 Croatian alcohol consumers, we find that while there's a willingness to pay a ...
Marija Cerjak, Claudia Bazzani, Andreas C. Drichoutis   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source