Experimental auctions were used to determine factors affecting the willingness to pay (WTP) of Ugandan rural and urban populations to avoid consuming pesticide residues. Information or type of proxy good did not affect WTP, while education had no effect in the urban population and had a negative...

Industry leaders and some agricultural economists use flawed measures of demand for beef and fail to distinguish between a change in demand and a change in per capita consumption. The beef industry is not well informed on basic economic issues and that lack of information has contributed to...