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We used discrete-choice experiments (DCE) to elicit farmers preferences among alternative agri-environmental schemes (AES) designed to reduce soil risk of erosion, maintain soil fertility, enhance countryside landscape, and preserve agrobiodive[...]Article
The excessive use of pesticides has multiple adverse effects on the environment and human health. For a long time this problem was focused on the technical, agronomic, medicinal and pest managements aspects, while the problem is a behavioral pr[...]Article
Imperfect competition in the food supply chain is a concern for several weak agents such as small farmers and consumers. Given the difficulties in applying standard anti-trust regulations in the agri-food system, a growing interest is emerging[...]Article
Groundwater resources are critically important for irrigated agriculture in Tunisia. However, excessive irrigation extractions where groundwater is slowly renewed are causing a widespread depletion of the aquifer systems, with the impacts of cli[...]Article
This note is intended to clarify the significance of the rural-urban gap. It begins by defining the gap, and then explores some of the reasons for the appearance of the rural-urban gap. Finally, it outlines some policies on rural transformation [...]Article
The article focuses on the identification of connection patterns between socioeconomic characteristics and respondents motivation. The research was performed on a sample of 202 shareholders of agricultural cooperatives in five Croatian counties[...]Article
The main purpose of this study was to measure farmers sustainable agriculture perception and its determinants in Turkey based on a case study in Mersin Province. The data were collected from randomly selected 239 farmers in June 2017. The data [...]Article
The Egyptian food subsidy system plays an important role in providing basic goods at low prices, to households, especially the poorest ones. However, the system has been through different reforms to decrease its cost and improve its targeting ef[...]Article
Most of the countries of the south shore of the Mediterranean area face a tumultuous social and political situation arising to a large extent from poverty and sluggish growth, and this poses serious challenges also for the nations across the sea[...]Article
The purpose of this study is to examine the price volatilities in corn, wheat and barley markets in Turkey, and to analyze the volatility transmission across the prices of these commodities. The Baba-Engle-Kraft-Kroner (BEKK) version of the mult[...]Article
This work aims to assess, in a comparative way, the sustainability of organic and conventional olive growing systems in the Sfax region (Tunisia). This assessment will be undertaken based on I) a multidimensional perspective considering the thre[...]Article
This article analyses the development effects of a foreign-owned almond farm in Morocco from the perspective of its role in affecting the dualism present in the Moroccan agricultural sector. The farm was situated on lands owned by the State, lea[...]Article
The mountain olive grove is an agroecosystem that, despite low yields and high costs, is recognised for its marked multifunctionality and its significant potential to provide ecosystem services. Due to the close relationship between ecosystem se[...]Article
Soil and water conservation technologies (SWCT) are important to farmers, to the research community, as well as to the policy makers, given that declining soil health, and increasing erosion and moisture stress have implications for agricultural[...]Article
Pluriactivity is a widespread phenomenon that has been credited for helping the survival as well as the demise of the rural farm. Given the prevalence of poverty in rural areas, farmers have always relied on non-farm income to survive. But the r[...]Article
Calanda is a municipality in the province of Zaragoza, Spain. Every year since mid-September until beginnings of November this area produces a famous high quality peach with Protected Denomination of Origin Calanda (PDO Calanda peach). The aim[...]Article
The Internet has undoubtedly had an impact on society and brought about considerable changes in the world economy. Social media are prominent among the applications hosted by the Internet. To organisations that make use of them, they present a s[...]Article
This paper analyzes the vertical relationship between growers and processors in the Algerian tomato processing industry. We use extensive data on production contract outcomes for processing tomato growers (including 3,740 coordinated contracts) [...]Article
Working capital management can be considered as vital issue in financial decision-making processes in company. Consequently, it directly affects companys success in the way of its profitability. Empirical evidence is provided on a sample of Cro[...]Article
This study evaluates the technical, economic and environmental results of energy exploitation from the waste of olive oil production. A case study of olive processing wastes was carried out for the fossil fuel substitution running scenario. The [...]Article
This study was conducted in the Konya province, which is one of the most important grain production centers of Turkey. The primary data was obtained by questionnaires that were given out to 54 producers. The main purpose of this study is investi[...]Article
A. Ragkos ; S. Koutsou ; A. Theodoridis ; T. Manousidis ; V. Lagka |This paper investigates the role of labor either family or hired in the development of the Greek livestock sector and the effects of labor management strategies undertaken against the crisis. For this purpose, the main types of cattle and sh[...]Article
Organic farming is the most widespread alternative form of agriculture, widely applied all around the world. Within the last few decades, the cultivation of organic products presented a rising trend, due to consumer preferences for safe products[...]Article
Wine is a complex and highly differentiated product of a very wide and heterogeneous compartment, where quality plays an important role in determining demand. Wine production in Italy is unique in the world and important for all of its regions a[...]Article
This study aims to check for the contribution of knowledge and information to innovation activity in family olive farms in Bejaia province (Algeria), and looks for the most efficient sources and channels of knowledge and information flows. To do[...]Article
The broiler sector in Turkey has advanced particularly in recent years. Hence, it has become one of the most crucial sub-sectors in the food industry, serving as a huge source of employment. Despite all these developments, land scarcity and ener[...]Article
Cet article a pour objectif danalyser les dynamiques des exploitations agricoles spécialisées dans la réalisation de produits typiques du régime alimentaire méditerranéen. En particulier, cette étude se concentre sur les exploitations agricoles[...]Article
Dans cet article, nous allons examiner les impacts de la mise en place de la réforme de la PAC 2014-2020 en Grèce et des engagements pris par le gouvernement, dans le cadre du troisième protocole daccord pour des mesures fiscales et sociales, s[...]Article
Les facteurs qui déterminent les résultats à l'exportation des entreprises ont été largement étudiés par les chercheurs internationaux. Cependant, peu dattention semble avoir été accordée aux facteurs clés de l'avantage concurrentiel et aux cap[...]Article
M. Forleo ; M. Tamburro ; L. Mastronardi ; V. Giacco ; G. Ripabelli |Dans ce travail, nous allons étudier les modèles de consommation alimentaire d'un groupe d'étudiants de lUniversité du Molise et effectuer une analyse de segmentation. La fréquence de consommation de vingt denrées alimentaires et des variables [...]