Agricultural economics : new research / Tomas H. Lee, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lee, Tomas H.

Series:

Agriculture issues and policies series.

Agriculture issues and policies series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Agriculture--Economic aspects.

Agriculture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (280 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Agricultural economics originally applied the principles of economics to the production of crops and livestock - a discipline known as agronomics. Agronomics was a branch of economics that specifically dealt with land usage. This book focuses on new research from around the world.

Contents:

Intro

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS NEW RESEARCH

CONTENTS

PREFACE

Chapter 1 THE ROLE OF CULTURE AND FOOD HABITS IN OLIVE OIL PURCHASE BEHAVIOUR: EVIDENCES FROM SPAIN

ABSTRACT

1. INTRODUCTION

2. FOOD CHOICE RESEARCH. ASPECTS INFLUENCING OLIVE OIL CONSUMER CHOICE

2.1. Food Habits and Consumer Behavior

2.2. Marketing Factors and Food Consumption

2.2.1. Price

2.2.2. Brand: national brands vs. store brand

2.2.3. Promotions: Price discounts and feature advertisement

2.3. Customer Loyalty and Preferences

2.4. Olive Oil Consumer Research: Aspects Influencing Olive oil Consumer Choice

3. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

3.1. Spanish Olive Oil Market

3.2. Database

3.3. Variables

3.4. Empirical Model

4. RESULTS

4.1. Consumer Preferences and Loyalty

4.2. Brands: National Brands vs. Store Brands

4.3. Promotional Variables: Price Reductions and Store Flyers

5. CONCLUSION

6. MANAGERIAL IMPLICATION

7. LIMITATIONS AND FUTURE RESEARCH

REFERENCES

Chapter 2 A COMPARATIVE ECONOMIC STUDY OF CHINA'S AND AUSTRALIA'S COTTON PRODUCTION: DIFFERENCES, TRENDS AND ANALYSIS

2. GLOBAL RANKING OF CHINA'S AND AUSTRALIA'S COTTON PRODUCTION

3. TRENDS IN COTTON PRODUCTION, PLANTED AREA AND YIELDS IN CHINA AND IN AUSTRALIA

3.1. Main Statistics for Cotton Production

3.2. Trends in Total Cotton Output

3.3. Trends in the Area of Planted Cotton

3.4. Trends in Cotton Yield

4. ANALYSIS OF THE RELATIVE INFLUENCE ON VARIATIONS IN TOTAL COTTON PRODUCTION OF CHANGES IN PLANTED AREA AND YIELD

4.1. Correlations between Aggregate Cotton Production, Area and Yield

4.2. Decomposition of Production

4.2.1. In China

4.2.2. In Australia.

5. OVERALL VARIATIONS AND YEAR-TO-YEAR VARIATIONS IN COTTON SUPPLY, IN AREAS PLANTED WITH COTTON, AND IN YIELDS IN CHINA AND AUSTRALIA

5.1. Introduction to The Analysis

5.2. Overall Stability in Cotton and Year-to-Year Variations in Cotton Production

5.3. Overall Stability and Year-to-Year Variation in Planted Area of Cotton

5.4. Overall Stability and Year-to-Year Variation of Cotton Yield

6. DISCUSSION

7. CONCLUDING COMMENTS

8. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Chapter 3 INVASIVE ALIEN PLANT SPECIES - A THREAT OR AN OPPORTUNITY FOR POLLINATING INSECTS IN AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPES?

INTRODUCTION

1. POLITICS, INVASIONS AND ECOLOGY

1.1. Impact of Invasive Species on the Agricultural Economy

1.2. The Impact of the Most Widespread Flowering Invasive Species on the Economy

2. THE ROLE OF POLLINATORS IN THE AGRICULTURAL ECONOMY

2.1. The Value of Pollinator Services

3. EFFECTS OF INVASIVE SPECIES ON PLANT-POLLINATOR SYSTEMS

3.1. Scenario 1: Invasive Alien Species Have Both Negative Effects on Native Plants or Crops and Pollinators

3.2. Scenario 2: Invasive Alien Species Have Both Positive Effects on Native Plants or Crops and Pollinators

3.3. Scenario 3: Invasive Alien Species Have a Negative Effect on Native Plants or Crops but a Positive Effect on Pollinators

3.4. Scenario 4: Invasive Alien Species Have a Positive Effect on Native Plants or Crops but a Negative Effect on Pollinators

4. FINAL REMARKS

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

Chapter 4 PLANNING TO FIGHT SPECULATION: OUTSTANDING INFLUENCES ON LAND RENT

2. BIBLIOGRAPHIC REVIEW

2.1. Urban Land Rent and Respective Underlying Variables

2.2. Surplus-Values and Respective Underlying Variables

3. IDENTIFICATION OF FLAWS, INCONSISTENCIES AND CONTRADICTIONS IN JURIDICAL, PLANNING AND FISCAL SYSTEMS.

4. METHODOLOGY FOR THE COMPUTATION OF ECONOMIC RENTS AND OF SURPLUS VALUES

4.1. Development of a Management Information System

4.2. Methodology for Surplus Values Computation

4.3. Results

4.4. Discussion of Results

5. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

BIBLIOGRAFIC REFERENCES

Chapter 5 CONTEMPORARY ECOLOGICAL-ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT OF CONTAMINATED AGRICULTURAL LANDS: PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS

1. GENERAL ECONOMIC AND PHILOSOPHICAL CONSIDERATIONS

1.1. Rights of Nature as the Basis of Ecological Economics

1.2. Rational Assessment of Natural Resource as a Stage in the Development of the Markets of Nature Benefits

2. ECO-ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF LAND RESOURCES

3. ECOLOGIZATION OF LAND EVALUATION AND INFLATION PROCESSES IN THE ECONOMY

CONCLUSION

Chapter 6 THE ROLE OF A GEOGRAPHIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL BASED INDEX IN THE AGRICULTURAL REGIONAL INCOME CONVERGENCE OF MINAS GERAIS STATE, BRAZIL

2. METHODS

2.1. Regional Division

2.2. GeoTec Index

2.2.1. Land Suitability Index (LSI)

2.2.2. Hydrological Index (HyI)

2.2.3. Technological Index (TeI)

2.2.4. The Geographic and Technological Index (GeoTec)

2.3. Analysis of Spatial Data

2.4. Income Convergence Analysis

3. RESULTS

3.1. Spatial Data Analysis

3.2. Income Convergence Analysis

Chapter 7 NATURAL PROTECTION FROM INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION IN THE LIVESTOCK INDUSTRY: ANALYSIS, EXAMPLES AND VIETNAM'S PORK MARKET AS A CASE

2. FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO THE NATURAL PRODUCTION OF DOMESTICALLY PRODUCED LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS IN LESS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES FROM IMPORTS

3. ECONOMIC ANALYSIS AND THE NATURAL PROTECTION OF MEAT SUPPLIERS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

4. FEATURES OF THE DEMAND FOR PORK IN VIETNAM AND THEIR ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS.

5. DISCUSSION

5.1. Implications of Results from the Multinominal Logit Model

5.2. Other Issues

6. CONCLUDING COMMENTS

Chapter 8 A COMPARISON OF HEDGING STRATEGIES AND EFFECTIVENESS FOR STORABLE AND NON-STORABLE COMMODITIES

DATA DESCRIPTION AND COMMODITY INFORMATION

STORABILITY RANKING

EMPIRICAL METHODOLGY

HEDGE RATIOS AND EFFECTIVENESS

EMPIRICAL RESULTS

Chapter 9 DETERMINANTS OF CROP CHOICES BY BANGLADESHI FARMERS: A BIVARIATE PROBIT ANALYSIS1

2. METHODOLOGY

2.1. Data and the Study Area

2.2. The Theoretical Framework: Bivariate Probit Model

3. EMPIRICAL MODEL

5. CONCLUSIONS AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS

Chapter 10 A PROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS FOR THE ROLE OF THE CAP IN RURAL ECONOMIES AND RELATED RESEARCH NEEDS: THE CASE OF GREECE

1. INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES

3.1. Main Problems of the Study Region

3.2. Main Problems of the Rural Areas in the Study Region at Present

3.3. Additional Problems Arising over the Next 10 Years

3.4. Main Strengths/Advantages of the Rural Areas in the Study Region

3.5. Main Contributions of Agriculture in the Rural Areas in the Study Region

3.6. Changes over the Next Decade in Main Contributions of Agriculture in the Rural Areas in the Study Region

3.7. Main Contributions (Farming and Non-Farming) of Farm Households in the Rural Areas in Your Region

3.8. Changes over the Next Decade in Main Contributions (Farming and Non-Farming) of Farm Households in the Rural Areas in Your Region

3.9. Main Contributions (Farming and Non-Farming) of Other Forms of Rural/Agricultural Enterprises (Limited Companies, Cooperatives) in the Rural Areas in Your Region.

3.10. Changes over the Next Decade in Main Contributions (Farming and Non-Farming) of Other Forms of Rural/Agricultural Enterprises (Limited Companies, Cooperatives) in the Rural Areas in Your Region

3.11. Main Effects of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) in the Rural Areas

3.12. Expected Role of the CAP over the Next Decade

3.13. The Most Important Research Questions in Investigating the Future Design and Implementation of the CAP in the Rural Areas

3.14. The Research Topics in CAP-IRE Project

CONCLUSIONS

Chapter 11 MILK SUPPLY FORECASTING FOR A DAIRY COOPERATIVE IN THE UK USING UNIVARIATE TIME SERIES MODELLING TECHNIQUES1

1. INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND

2. DYNAMICS OF MILK INDUSTRY IN THE UK AND THE MILK LINK LTD

3. ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK

3.1. Milk Supply Pattern of the Milk Link Ltd: What the Data Tells Us?

3.3. Single Variable Time-Series Models Used

Model 1: Seasonal Multiplicative Moving Average

Model 2: Single Exponential

Model 3: Single Exponential Adjusted for Seasonality

Model 4: Double Exponential Adjusted for Seasonality

Model 5: Holt-Winters Multiplicative Seasonal

Model 6: ARIMA/SARIMA Model with a Constant and Time Trend

4. RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS

5. CONCLUSIONS AND PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS

Chapter 12 THE ROLE OF AGROFORESTRY DEVELOPMENT IN TRANSITION FROM NEOCLASSIC ECONOMY TO BIO-BASED ECONOMY

NEOCLASSIC AND ECOLOGICAL MODELS IN ECONOMY

AGROFORESTRY

BIO-BASED ECONOMY

Definition

Bio-Based Products

Biomass energy

Biofuels

Biorefinery

INTEGRATED APPROACH

Economic Perspectives

Socio-Environmental Benefits

Environmental benefits

Social benefits

Policy and Planning

INDEX

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ISBN:

1-61668-445-3

OCLC:

834603832