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Agricultural Economics & Policy
Jennifer Clapp, William G. Moseley, Barbara Burlingame, Paola Termine
Summary: This article argues for updating the definition of food security to include two additional dimensions proposed by the High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition: agency and sustainability. The article also shows that international policy guidance on the right to food already implies these dimensions, making it logical to adopt a six-dimensional framework for food security in policy and scholarly settings.
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Agricultural Economics & Policy
Chuanjiang Yu, Nan Jia, Wenqi Li, Rui Wu
Summary: The study found that digital inclusive finance plays a significant role in promoting the developmental consumption of rural households, with no significant effect on survival-type consumption and hedonistic consumption. Through theoretical analysis and empirical testing, the paper examines the impact and mechanism of China's digital inclusive finance on rural consumption upgrade, revealing that it affects rural residents' consumption through income and wealth effects, liquidity constraints, and payment methods.
CHINA AGRICULTURAL ECONOMIC REVIEW
(2022)
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Agricultural Economics & Policy
Shuoli Zhao, Lingxiao Wang, Wuyang Hu, Yuqing Zheng
Summary: This study analyzes the demand relationship between plant-based meat alternatives (PBMA) and meats based on market expenditure data. The results indicate that PBMA complements beef and pork, while substitutes chicken, turkey, and fish. Although the current market demand for PBMA is not comparable to meats, the growth of PBMA sales is significant. This study sheds light on the future of PBMA and the fresh meat sector, providing insights for marketing strategies and policies.
APPLIED ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVES AND POLICY
(2023)
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Agricultural Economics & Policy
Wanglin Ma, Hongyun Zheng
Summary: This study finds that smartphone use has varying impacts on pesticide and fertilizer expenditures, with a larger effect on pesticide expenditures than on fertilizer expenditures. The effects of smartphone use on pesticide and fertilizer expenditures differ across different quantiles, indicating a heterogeneous relationship between smartphone use and agrochemical expenditures.
AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND RESOURCE ECONOMICS
(2022)
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Agricultural Economics & Policy
Shawn Arita, Jason Grant, Sharon Sydow, Jayson Beckman
Summary: Global agricultural trade remained stable during the COVID-19 pandemic, but was still impacted to some extent. The overall impact of COVID-19 on agricultural trade was estimated to be around 5% to 10%, smaller in magnitude compared to non-agricultural sector trade. Different commodity types were affected differently, with non-food items and high-value agricultural products being most severely impacted, while most food and bulk agricultural commodities were either insignificantly affected or had positive impacts.
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Agricultural Economics & Policy
Michael Omotayo Alabi, Ojelanki Ngwenyama
Summary: The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on food security and global food supply chains, leading to increased food insecurity in Canada and the US. This paper proposes a strategy or framework for building smarter and more resilient food supply chains.
BRITISH FOOD JOURNAL
(2023)
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Agricultural Economics & Policy
Carole R. Engle, Terry Hanson, Ganesh Kumar
Summary: Catfish farming in the U.S. has experienced ups and downs, but has shown steady growth through continuous adaptation and improvement. Key factors include efficient equipment, nutritionally complete feeds, and multiple-batch production mode. When facing external shocks, the industry adopted intensive systems to reduce costs and achieved steady growth in the past few years.
AQUACULTURE ECONOMICS & MANAGEMENT
(2022)
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Agricultural Economics & Policy
Kian Yeik Koay, Chee Wei Cheah, Yi Xuan Chang
Summary: This study aims to explore how the quality of online food delivery service influences customer satisfaction and loyalty. The findings suggest that various dimensions of service quality significantly affect customer satisfaction, and customer satisfaction is a significant predictor of customer loyalty.
BRITISH FOOD JOURNAL
(2022)
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Agricultural Economics & Policy
Martin C. Parlasca, Matin Qaim
Summary: Meat consumption is a complex issue with various sustainability dimensions including economic, social, environmental, health, and animal welfare impacts. Meat has larger environmental and climate footprints compared to plant-based foods and can have negative health effects. Technological advancements can help improve the sustainability of meat production, but changes in consumer behavior are also necessary. Balancing sustainable development with the availability and affordability of nutritious plant-based alternatives and the importance of livestock production for income in low-income countries requires further research.
ANNUAL REVIEW OF RESOURCE ECONOMICS
(2022)
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Agricultural Economics & Policy
Bekir Bora Dedeoglu, Marcello Mariani, Fangfang Shi, Bendegul Okumus
Summary: This study investigates the relationships between motivation and intention to consume local food, as well as intention to visit the food's origin destination, while examining the moderating effect of COVID-19 risk perception. The results show that different motivational factors influence intention to consume and visit local food destinations, with COVID-19 risk perception having varying effects across different destination countries.
BRITISH FOOD JOURNAL
(2022)
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Agricultural Economics & Policy
Vincenzina Caputo, Giovanni Sogari, Ellen J. Van Loo
Summary: This study examines consumer preferences for different types of burgers and finds that consumers prefer beef and blended burgers over plant-based ones. Additionally, demand for blended burgers decreases when consumers are informed about the ingredients.
APPLIED ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVES AND POLICY
(2023)
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Agricultural Economics & Policy
Karen Ramos
Summary: This study aimed to investigate the factors influencing customers' continuance usage intention of food delivery apps during COVID-19 quarantine. Findings revealed that effort expectancy, performance expectancy, and price saving orientation were key factors that influenced customers' continuous usage behavior. Additionally, the study proposed a new construct of food and beverage quality and adapted the UTAUT-2 theory by introducing price saving orientation.
BRITISH FOOD JOURNAL
(2022)
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Agricultural Economics & Policy
Alba J. Collart, Elizabeth Canales
Summary: The applications of blockchain in the food sector are expanding, with a focus on farm-to-fork traceability systems. By adopting this technology, major challenges faced by the U.S. fresh produce industry such as food safety, fraud, loss, waste, and the need for better traceability systems can be addressed. The role of blockchain in enhancing the resilience of the produce supply chain is discussed, along with limitations and challenges stakeholders may need to consider in the future.
APPLIED ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVES AND POLICY
(2022)
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Agricultural Economics & Policy
Aaron M. Shew, Heather A. Snell, Rodolfo M. Nayga, Mary C. Lacity
Summary: The study examines the application of BC in food traceability for beef in the United States using a choice experiment, indicating that consumers value USDA certifications over BC traceability. The industry should focus on the value of product data in business and consumer education rather than the technologies managing data.
APPLIED ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVES AND POLICY
(2022)
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Agricultural Economics & Policy
Hongyun Zheng, Wanglin Ma, Yanzhi Guo, Xiaoshi Zhou
Summary: The study found that there is an interactive relationship between non-farm employment and mechanization service expenditure, with non-farm employment significantly increasing mechanization service expenditure, and vice versa. The impact of non-farm employment on mechanization service expenditure varies between male and female household heads and households with different member sizes. Additionally, local non-farm employment has a larger impact on mechanization service expenditure compared to provincial non-farm employment.
CHINA AGRICULTURAL ECONOMIC REVIEW
(2022)
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Agricultural Economics & Policy
Nathan D. DeLay, Nathanael M. Thompson, James R. Mintert
Summary: The study explores the relationship between precision agriculture technology adoption and technical efficiency, finding that farms with advanced precision agriculture technology are more technically efficient, with the efficiency differences driven mainly by inefficiencies in input usage at the farm level rather than differences in production technologies.
JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS
(2022)
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Agricultural Economics & Policy
Jayson Beckman, Maros Ivanic, Jeremy Jelliffe
Summary: Proposed legislation to reduce agricultural inputs in the EU could lead to a 12% reduction in agricultural production, decreased competitiveness in export markets, and negative impacts on consumer budgets and societal welfare. Implementing technological improvements could lessen these impacts, but will require additional investment in research and development, which may take up to 27 years based on historical trends.
APPLIED ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVES AND POLICY
(2022)
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Agricultural Economics & Policy
Wanglin Ma, Hongyun Zheng, Peng Yuan
Summary: The study finds that agricultural cooperative membership significantly increases yield and has the potential to reduce production risk for farmers. Cooperative members not only increase banana yield, but also decrease variance and exposure to downside risk. Furthermore, the effects of cooperative membership vary among members with different household and farm characteristics.
JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS
(2022)
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Agricultural Economics & Policy
Niklas Moehring, Robert Finger
Summary: The introduction of a pesticide-free wheat production standard in Switzerland, which may occupy a 50% market share, has been associated with farmers' perceptions of the program's environmental effects and expectations of production outcomes as key determinants for their participation.
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Agricultural Economics & Policy
Anwar Allah Pitchay, Yuvaraj Ganesan, Nurul Syifa Zulkifli, Ahmad Khaliq
Summary: The study aims to examine factors that influence customers' intention to use online food delivery applications using a smartphone. The findings show that social influence, information quality, price-saving orientation, and time-saving orientation have a positive and significant effect on attitude, which enhances the intention to use the application. Attitude towards online food delivery services also significantly affects the intention to use.
BRITISH FOOD JOURNAL
(2022)
