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The present paper aims to give insight into critical issues contributing to the successful building of viable and sustainable regional netchains, focussing on chain governance mechanisms (coordination mechanisms, quality management systems, information systems) and social embedding. It uses...
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countries. To examine the effects of public risk management programs onoptimal nitrogen fertilizer use and land allocation to …
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The biological nature of agricultural production processes induce a higher degree of uncertainty surrounding the … many developed countries. To examine the effects of public risk management programs on optimal nitrogen fertilizer use and …
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The twin problems of moral hazard and adverse selection are often blamed for the lack of insurance for many fruits and vegetables. This paper develops an alternative method of testing for adverse selection that uses a two-stage approach to determine the effects of technical inefficiency on the...
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between public risk perceptions and attitudes and those of 'experts'. Public views of risk are often inconsistent and …
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determination in the short term. In order to take account of the effect on investment of the uncertainty in economic growth observed …
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The twin problems of moral hazard and adverse selection are often blamed for the lack of insurance for many fruits and vegetables. This paper develops an alternative method of testing for adverse selection that uses a two-stage approach to determine the effects of technical inefficiency on the...
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Individual transferable quotas (ITQs) in multispecies fisheries create incentives for fishermen to avoid bycatch of … volatile creating substantial financial risk for fishermen. The US Pacific Groundfish fishery recently introduced an ITQ system … with low quotas for several overfished species with highly uncertain bycatch rates. Some fishery participants formed risk …
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