This paper proposes to find out the investment efficiency of an associative unit in vegetables processing and trading field. For this, a scenario by 100% loan is taken into consideration. This research focuses on broth, tomatoes juice, pickled cucumbers, pickled cabbage, assorted pickles and...

Der Gemüsebau ist in Deutschland die gartenbauliche Produktionssparte sowohl mit der größten Anbaufläche als auch mit der höchsten Bruttowertschöpfung. Im Jahr 2015 wurden über 114.800 ha Gemüse im Freiland angebaut. Der jährliche Pro-Kopf-Verbrauch von Gemüse ist in den letzten...

Die Ausführungen haben deutlich gemacht, dass es sich bei Spargel um eine wichtige Wertschöpfungskette handelt, die für den deutschen Gartenbau in den vergangenen Jahren noch an Bedeutung gewonnen hat. Ein Indikator dafür ist der Zuwachs bei der Anbaufläche, die sich im vergangenen...

The study focuses on the transport of vegetable and fruit produce from Mindanao, a major food producing area, to particular regions in Luzon and Visayas to meet increasing market demands. The estimated gravity model showed the key determinants of interregional trade. Economic growth in both...

The fruits and vegetables subsector shows great dynamism despite lack of government support compared to other subsectors within agriculture. To further realize the potential of the fruits and vegetables sector, one promising instrument is investment in research and development (R and D). The...

Supermarkets are gaining ground in the agri-food systems of many developing countries. While recent research has analyzed income effects in the small farm sector, impacts on productivity and efficiency have hardly been studied. We use a meta-frontier approach and combine this with propensity...

This paper investigates whether the Pesticides Initiative Program has significantly affected the export performance of Senegal' shorticulture industry. The authors apply two main microeconometric techniques, difference-in-differences and matching difference-in-differences, to identify the effect...