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Yang, Shang-Ho; Saghaian, Sayed H.; Reed, Michael R. - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2010

Our previous research found that FMD Outbreaks in foreign countries have a significant positive influence on U.S. swine meat exports. However, not all of these FMD-affected countries adopted the same treatment policy to ease domestic FMD issues. This study proposes a gravity model with...

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Willingness to Pay for Niche Fresh Produce across the States: Why Are Consumers Willing to Pay More for the Less Favorite?

Chen, Xuqi; Gao, Zhifeng; House, Lisa - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2015

In the past decades, demand for niche products (including organic, natural, and locally produce) has grown dramatically. Previous literature has shown that people bought organic and natural fresh produce because they perceived the products to be healthier and more nutritious. For locally...

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Shopping outlet choice and frequency in urban areas of the Republic of Uganda

Madhavan-Nambiar, Padmanand; Florkowski, Wojciech; … - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2015

This study examines the factors that decide where and how frequently members of urban households in the Republic of Uganda shop for food. Multivariate probit results reveal that income, education, employment status, household composition, and location influence shopping frequency in all five...

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Assessing Consumer Willingness to Pay for Ground Bison Given Nutrition Information

Yang, Shang-Ho; Woods, Timothy A. - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2013

According to the USDA National Nutrient Database for bison, the bison nutrient benefits include higher protein level, lower calories, lower fat, and lower cholesterol compared to various commercial meats, like skinless-chicken, beef, pork, lamb, and salmon. This study investigates how consumers...

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Economics of Fish Marketing in Central Uganda: A Preliminary Analysis

Bukenya, James O.; Hyuha, Theodora; Twinamasiko, Julius; … - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2012

was designed to solicit information on traders’ socio-economic characteristics, marketing characteristics, operating costs … and returns, and problems associated with fish marketing in the study area. Percentages were used to describe the socio …-economic characteristics, market characteristic and problems associated with fish marketing while gross profit and marketing performance models …

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Do Consumers Really Care about Biotech Food Label? What Do We Know? What Else Should We Know?

Chen, Xi; Zhong, Funing; Zhou, Bin - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2009

This paper is Selected for presentation at the Southern Agricultural Economics Association Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, January 31-February 3, 2009. The research is partially funded by ERS/USDA China Project and Social Science Fund of Jiangsu Province in China. The authors are grateful for...

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