This study examines vertical coordination in the wine industry emerging in Illinois. We find that quality matters as temporal issues related to grape perishability increase the probability of written contracts being used to procure grapes. Holdup concerns related to sourcing adequate quality...

In an increasingly interconnected world wine market, evolving consumer demands, technologies, and climate have all contributed to large shifts in global patterns of production and consumption of wine. These shifting patterns of wine production and consumption have entailed changes in the...

How and how well growers manage the risks inherent in agriculture have direct welfare implications for producers and consumers at both local and societal levels. While better weather, pest and disease forecast information are rapidly disseminating among producers and are often touted as...

The aim of this study was to provide an empirical analysis of the performance of Macedonian grape-growing family farms assessed in terms of technical, allocative, and economic efficiency and to relate aspects targeted in the Rural Development Program (RDP) to the efficiency scores. The study was...

This report summarizes the more-easily measured of the wine industry's economic contributions. Other contributions multiply those benefits, including those to the restaurant, accommodation and other tourist-related industries, and to input-supplying industries such as bottle producers, designers...

The fresh fruit marketing system is increasingly focused on adding value and decreasing costs by streamlining distribution and understanding customer demands. This paper aims to understand the grapes and mango marketing chains and to evaluate the contractual arrangements between buyers and...

The paper presents an overview of the wine chain in Romania, analysing the areasunder vine, in a structural approach, the yields and the production of grapes and the wine industry.The data regarding the lands under vines, yields, productions of grapes and wine industry havebeen collected from...

The study uses the 2005 Nielsen Homescan panel data to estimate price premiums and discounts associated with product attributes, market factors, and consumer characteristics, focusing on the organic attribute for five major fresh fruits and five major fresh vegetables in the United States. The...

In the Republic of Moldova, viticulture and winemaking show a many-century history and are inseparable parts of life and people’s culture. Climatic conditions of the country, its topography and soil composition allow to cultivate different types of grape-wines and produce table wines in the...

The wine industry is one of the oldest commercial activities in South Africa. The South Africanwine grape industry annually produces more than a million tonnes of grapes, making the countrythe ninth largest producer in the world. The total area under wine grape production is divided intoeight...

Investing in a new perennial crop variety involves an irreversible commitment of capital and generates an uncertain return stream. As a result, the decision to adopt a new variety includes a significant real option value. Waiting for returns to rise above this real option causes a delay in...

Revenue insurance represents an important new risk management tool for agricultural producers. While there are many farm-level products, Group Risk Income Protection (GRIP) is an area-based alternative. Insurers set premium rates for GRIP on the assumption of a continuous revenue distribution,...

This paper addresses three questions: how well does Australia's wine industry performance since the late 1980s compare with previously and with the recent performance of its competitors abroad; what are the prospects ahead for Australian producers, given that global wine consumption per capita has...

Legislators are considering raising catastrophic (CAT 50% coverage) crop insurance premiums. However, estimates of a two-stage coverage-choice and participation model using county-level data from California grape growers show that the demand for CAT insurance is price-elastic, therefore, premium...

Proposals for reform of the federal multiple-peril crop insurance program for specialty crops seek to change fees for catastrophic (CAT) insurance from a nominal fifty-dollar per contract registration fee to an actuarially sound premium. Growers argue that this would cause a significant...

Proposals for reform of the federal multiple-peril crop insurance program for specialty crops seek to change fees for catastrophic (CAT) insurance from a nominal fifty-dollar per contract registration fee to an actuarially sound premium. Growers argue that this would cause a significant...