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Does Participating in Agricultural Global Value Chains Promote Agricultural Growth?

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the relationship between GVC participation and agricultural value‐added growth in 43 countries over the period 1995–2022. In contrast to prior literature, we disaggregate the agricultural sector into four sub‐sectors namely crop cultivation, animal production, forestry and fishing.
Taner Turan   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Identification Of Urban Farming In The Green Kampong Yogyakarta

open access: yes, 2013
City is a complex area, caused by the process of urbanization and globalization. The most visible of the city development is the physical aspect, the growth of the built-up area.
Pasha, Riza Fadholi   +2 more
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Is There a Market for Organic Milk in Serbia? Insights From Integrated Choice and Latent Variable Model

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Past growth in the global organic market has been concentrated in high‐income countries, while in middle‐income countries such as Serbia the organic market remains nascent and characterized by a sparse assortment of organic products, high retail premia and limited evidence on consumer preferences and their drivers.
Milan Tatic   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Precision urban farming

open access: yesZbornik radova 59. hrvatskog i 19. međunarodnog Simpozija agronoma
Agriculture will struggle to fulfil the needs of the world’s growing population. Compared to conventional farming, urban farming offers a number of benefits, including increased productivity, enhanced sustainability and year-round access to fresh food and is defined as agricultural practice that takes place in cities and their immediate surrounding ...
Matin, Ana   +2 more
openaire  

Urban farming: the challenges of hydroponic and vertical farming in Malaysia

open access: yesCogent Food & Agriculture
This exploratory study examines the challenges impacting urban farmers in Malaysia, especially those using hydroponic platforms on vertical farms, in three states: Penang, Johor, and Sabah. We adopted a qualitative approach and conducted semi-structured interviews with urban farmers from the three states.
Emily Hon Tshin Yapp   +4 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Uncovering renewable energy policy impact channels on land values, the local farm structure, and farmland heterogeneity

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Germany's Renewable Energy Sources Act (REA), enacted in 2000 and subsequently amended, subsidized national renewable energy production with fixed feed‐in tariffs for renewable energy sources (RE) from wind, solar, and biogas. Empirical studies suggest that the policy was creating windfall effects for landowners and attribute farmland use ...
Lars Isenhardt   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Promoting the Kenyan Potato Value Chain: Can Contract Farming Help Build Trust and Reduce Transaction Risks?

open access: yes
African economies are increasingly confronted with changing food and commodity markets, due to globalisation, economic liberalisation and urbanisation. Subsequently, consumer preferences change.
Hoeffler, Heike
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Lost in aggregation? On the importance of local food price data for food poverty estimates

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper explores within‐country variations in food price dynamics and food poverty estimates by employing local market price data and national consumer price index (CPI) data. Our results show that national CPI data may be useful for approximating national trends but they fail to detect and identify spatial variations in local trends, which
Stephan Dietrich   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

ORGANIC FARMING AND SOCIAL CAPITAL APPROACH IN THE RESTORATION OF SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURAL LIVELIHOODS IN A POST-CONFLICT SETTING: A CASE OF NORTHERN UGANDA

open access: yes, 2012
This report presents a discussion of how organic farming and social capital development can contribute towards the restoration of sustainable agricultural livelihoods in a post-conflict setting; with a case study of Northern Uganda.
Odokonyero, Kennedy
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