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Globalization and Poverty in Senegal: A Worst Case Scenario?
Maertens, Miet; Colen, Liesbeth; Swinnen, Johan F.M. - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2009
There is no consensus about how globalization –trade and foreign investments – affects poverty reduction. Using … household survey data, this study contributes to the empirical literature on globalization and poverty by analyzing the …, full vertical integration and complete exclusion of smallholder suppliers. We analyze and quantify income and poverty …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011069559
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Market Competition in Export Cash Crops and Farm Income
Depetris Chauvin, Nicolas; Porto, Guido G. - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2011
This paper studies how the internal structure of agriculture export markets and the level of competition affect poverty … the poverty impacts of those changes in the value chains for twelve case studies. We investigate the average impact for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011069665
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Is contract farming in the Indonesian oil palm industry pro-poor?
Cahyadi, Eko; Waibel, Hermann - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2012
-being and investigates its implication for poverty reduction. Data were collected randomly from 245 smallholders in the province …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010880269
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Demythifying Contract Farming: Evidence from Rural South Africa
Freguin-Gresh, Sandrine; Anseeuw, Ward; D'Haese, … - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2012
farming by itself does not appear to provide an efficient means of reducing poverty, nor does it provide an institutional tool …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010913895
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Leadership May Have Decisive Influence on Successful Transition of Production Cooperative
Forgacs, Csaba - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2006
In Hungary increasing number of coops have gone bankruptcy or split up after meeting new legal needs because of not being competitive under market conditions after radical reforms. Others, however, could maintain previous level of farming or even increase it. Former coop members and individual...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005805134
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Seasoning a Monopsonic Processor for Collective Action amongst Pepper Producers in Costa Rica
Saenz-Segura, Fernando J.F.; Schipper, Robert A.; … - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2006
The small-scale pepper producers in the El Roble settlement Costa Rica face a monopsonistic market. Only one processing firm is buying the fresh pepper bunches. The processor has all bargaining power to decide on the price paid to the farmers and the quality selection criteria. The rejection...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005805205
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Firm Size Distribution and Performance of Maize and Fertilizer Traders After Market Liberalisation: Evidence from Kenya
Mose, Lawrence Obae; Burger, Kees - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2006
Improvement in the performance of agricultural markets was the ultimate goal of market liberalisation. In this paper, firm (trader) size distribution as a factor influencing market performance is analyzed using maize and fertilizer traders from Kenya. Firm size distribution was assessed by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005805217
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Diversification of the marketing chains among organic producers
Corsi, Alessandro; Borsotto, Patrizia; Borri, Ilaria; … - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2009
Diversification of consumers’ demand and environmental concerns are at the origin of a trend towards short marketing chains and towards direct links between consumers and farmers in developed countries. This paper explores farmers’ motivations for choosing these types of marketing chains...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011069547
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Can German Wine Cooperatives Compete on Quality?
Schamel, Guenter - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2009
The German Agricultural Society (DLG) manages a multi-round annual quality control scheme where wines undergo a blind, sensory testing procedure using a 5-point scale to determine superior quality wines worthy of an annual award (Bronze, Silver, Gold, and Gold Extra). We develop a hedonic model...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011069564
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Consumer Willingness to Pay for Food Safety in Beijing: A Case Study of Food Additives
Liu, Yuanyuan; Zeng, Yinchu; Yu, Xiaohua - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2009
Constructing a theoretical framework and using a survey data of 294 customers from 25 supermarkets in Beijing, this paper studies the willingness to pay (WTP) for additive-free Mooncakes in Beijing and finds that age and income are important for WTP for “food safety” in China. Income is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011069577