Most of the empirical work addressing imperfect competition in international agricultural trade has focused on grains and meats. The present study is an attempt to help fill the gap by assessing market competitiveness in the US fresh papaya market, which can be characterized as oligopolistic whereby Mexico, Belize, and Brazil are the main suppliers. In order to assess the intensity of competition among fresh papaya exporters in the US market, an inverse residual demand model is specified and estimated. The findings suggest that Mexico, Belize, and Brazil are completely constrained in exercising market power in the US fresh papaya market.
{"title":"Assessing the Intensity of Market Competition in the US Papaya Import Market","authors":"E. Evans, F. Ballen","doi":"10.22004/AG.ECON.186933","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22004/AG.ECON.186933","url":null,"abstract":"Most of the empirical work addressing imperfect competition in international agricultural trade has focused on grains and meats. The present study is an attempt to help fill the gap by assessing market competitiveness in the US fresh papaya market, which can be characterized as oligopolistic whereby Mexico, Belize, and Brazil are the main suppliers. In order to assess the intensity of competition among fresh papaya exporters in the US market, an inverse residual demand model is specified and estimated. The findings suggest that Mexico, Belize, and Brazil are completely constrained in exercising market power in the US fresh papaya market.","PeriodicalId":36788,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Food Distribution Research","volume":"49 1","pages":"213-225"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90421416","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
L. Zepeda, Anna Reznickova, W. S. Russell, David Hettenbach
Sometimes a vegetable is just a vegetable, but how and where it is grown and sold can imbue a lowly potato with status: organic, local, Fairtrade, Peruvian! This paper examines the symbolic value of Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) as a vegetable delivery system using a focus group study. We find that for both current and former members, CSA has both symbolic and private meaning and confers status to vegetables, but has little influence on the perceived status of agriculture. However, only continuing CSA members demonstrate learned cues, perceptions of appraisal, improved role performance, and confer status to the CSA farmer.
{"title":"A Case Study of the Symbolic Value of Community Supported Agriculture Membership","authors":"L. Zepeda, Anna Reznickova, W. S. Russell, David Hettenbach","doi":"10.22004/AG.ECON.186932","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22004/AG.ECON.186932","url":null,"abstract":"Sometimes a vegetable is just a vegetable, but how and where it is grown and sold can imbue a lowly potato with status: organic, local, Fairtrade, Peruvian! This paper examines the symbolic value of Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) as a vegetable delivery system using a focus group study. We find that for both current and former members, CSA has both symbolic and private meaning and confers status to vegetables, but has little influence on the perceived status of agriculture. However, only continuing CSA members demonstrate learned cues, perceptions of appraisal, improved role performance, and confer status to the CSA farmer.","PeriodicalId":36788,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Food Distribution Research","volume":"49 1","pages":"195-212"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76670165","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This study examines the purchasing behavior of inner-city and suburban shoppers for more than 265 brands and varieties of coffee. Weekly data for the 2011 calendar year are used for this study and these data represent purchases of shoppers in four stores in Columbus, Ohio. A national supermarket chain provided the data from a common price zone, meaning identical prices across all stores. The major premise of the research is that inner-city shoppers will show greater price-sensitivity toward the purchase of all brands of coffee.
{"title":"An Empirical Assessment of Consumers' Preferences for Coffee","authors":"E. Jones","doi":"10.22004/AG.ECON.186929","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22004/AG.ECON.186929","url":null,"abstract":"This study examines the purchasing behavior of inner-city and suburban shoppers for more than 265 brands and varieties of coffee. Weekly data for the 2011 calendar year are used for this study and these data represent purchases of shoppers in four stores in Columbus, Ohio. A national supermarket chain provided the data from a common price zone, meaning identical prices across all stores. The major premise of the research is that inner-city shoppers will show greater price-sensitivity toward the purchase of all brands of coffee.","PeriodicalId":36788,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Food Distribution Research","volume":"68 1","pages":"135-160"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84114182","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
We investigate the foodborne illness outbreak affecting a national brand of peanut butter to determine how demand for the product category was affected. The illness outbreak coincided with growth in the quantity demanded for the peanut butter category. The negative impact on the category associated with the initiation of the product recall was significant and dissipated over time. The recovery of the product category after the recall indicates that the information was correctly targeted and actions of the companies in the market overcame the initial food scare.
{"title":"Dynamics of Consumer Response to Food Contamination: The 2007 Peanut Butter Recall","authors":"R. Bakhtavoryan, O. Capps, Victoria Salin","doi":"10.22004/AG.ECON.186925","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22004/AG.ECON.186925","url":null,"abstract":"We investigate the foodborne illness outbreak affecting a national brand of peanut butter to determine how demand for the product category was affected. The illness outbreak coincided with growth in the quantity demanded for the peanut butter category. The negative impact on the category associated with the initiation of the product recall was significant and dissipated over time. The recovery of the product category after the recall indicates that the information was correctly targeted and actions of the companies in the market overcame the initial food scare.","PeriodicalId":36788,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Food Distribution Research","volume":"221 6","pages":"66-81"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72578553","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Global food security in the last decade has been a topic around many international agencies, organizations, and governments. Global food security can have a broader or a narrower definition, depending on the source. Nevertheless, most of the authors agree that it has become one of the 21st century’s greatest challenges. This paper addresses global food security in terms of (1) availability, (2) access, (3) utilization, and (4) stability of food. These are the dimensions that Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has established for the definition of food security. This paper also gives an overview of the recent Global Food Security Index (GFSI) created by the Economist Intelligence Unit (2013). It is observed that emerging countries play a significant role in global food availability and there is a need for international organizations, governments, academic institutions, private enterprises, and the population itself to work together in order to face the challenge of feeding the world.
{"title":"Global Food Security: Emerging Economies and Diverging Food Markets","authors":"S. Henneberry, C. Carrasco","doi":"10.22004/AG.ECON.164549","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22004/AG.ECON.164549","url":null,"abstract":"Global food security in the last decade has been a topic around many international agencies, organizations, and governments. Global food security can have a broader or a narrower definition, depending on the source. Nevertheless, most of the authors agree that it has become one of the 21st century’s greatest challenges. This paper addresses global food security in terms of (1) availability, (2) access, (3) utilization, and (4) stability of food. These are the dimensions that Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has established for the definition of food security. This paper also gives an overview of the recent Global Food Security Index (GFSI) created by the Economist Intelligence Unit (2013). It is observed that emerging countries play a significant role in global food availability and there is a need for international organizations, governments, academic institutions, private enterprises, and the population itself to work together in order to face the challenge of feeding the world.","PeriodicalId":36788,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Food Distribution Research","volume":"82 4 1","pages":"29-34"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78486301","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
K. Jefferson-Moore, Richard D. Robbins, Daniel Johnson, J. Bradford
With growing interests and concerns about nutrition and health, it has become increasingly important to understand what is preferred – extending consumer expenditure dollars towards organic or towards local food products. We address this issue by evaluating the perceptions of North Carolina consumer choices for organic, local and/or other ‘labeled’ food products. We investigate these preferences by conducting consumer focus groups in five locations throughout the state from three regions - Coastal, Piedmont, and Mountain. Forty-five participants were asked to participate in a 30 to 60 minute focus group assessing their attitudes about and perceptions of organic and/or local food products. Consistent patterns in all groups revealed that although females served as primary food purchasers, several households shared responsibilities based on their household preferences for local foods. Most individuals made the distinction between organic and local through labeling and held a stronger preference for local foods versus organic foods.
{"title":"Consumer Preferences for Local Food Products in North Carolina","authors":"K. Jefferson-Moore, Richard D. Robbins, Daniel Johnson, J. Bradford","doi":"10.22004/AG.ECON.164551","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22004/AG.ECON.164551","url":null,"abstract":"With growing interests and concerns about nutrition and health, it has become increasingly important to understand what is preferred – extending consumer expenditure dollars towards organic or towards local food products. We address this issue by evaluating the perceptions of North Carolina consumer choices for organic, local and/or other ‘labeled’ food products. We investigate these preferences by conducting consumer focus groups in five locations throughout the state from three regions - Coastal, Piedmont, and Mountain. Forty-five participants were asked to participate in a 30 to 60 minute focus group assessing their attitudes about and perceptions of organic and/or local food products. Consistent patterns in all groups revealed that although females served as primary food purchasers, several households shared responsibilities based on their household preferences for local foods. Most individuals made the distinction between organic and local through labeling and held a stronger preference for local foods versus organic foods.","PeriodicalId":36788,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Food Distribution Research","volume":"2 1","pages":"41-46"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82675575","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
California Cap-and-Trade policy, sets a statewide limit on sources responsible for an estimated 85 percent of the state’s greenhouse gas emissions. To maintain the cap as per the policy, individual industrial facilities in California must obtain enough allowances to cover their emissions either by purchasing allowances at auction or reducing their emissions by operating more efficiently. This research report analyses the economic impact of the Cap-and-Trade policy on the California food processing industry. The results indicate that the average cost of production in tomato processing industry may ultimately increase by 7 to 21 percent and by about 1.5 to 3 percent in dairy product manufacturing industry.
{"title":"An Analysis of the Economic Impact of Cap-and-Trade Policy on the California Food Processing Industry: A Look at Processed Tomatoes and Dairy Products","authors":"M. Paggi, Fumiko Yamazaki, S. Konduru","doi":"10.22004/AG.ECON.164552","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22004/AG.ECON.164552","url":null,"abstract":"California Cap-and-Trade policy, sets a statewide limit on sources responsible for an estimated 85 percent of the state’s greenhouse gas emissions. To maintain the cap as per the policy, individual industrial facilities in California must obtain enough allowances to cover their emissions either by purchasing allowances at auction or reducing their emissions by operating more efficiently. This research report analyses the economic impact of the Cap-and-Trade policy on the California food processing industry. The results indicate that the average cost of production in tomato processing industry may ultimately increase by 7 to 21 percent and by about 1.5 to 3 percent in dairy product manufacturing industry.","PeriodicalId":36788,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Food Distribution Research","volume":"35 1","pages":"47-56"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73008255","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Patricia E. McLean-Meyinsse, Edith G. Harris, Shervia S. Taylor, Janet V. Gager
Results from a random sample of 305 college students suggest that consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables is independent of gender, academic ranks, and places of residence, but depends on perceptions of health status. Despite the statistically significant associations between perceptions of health and consumption of fruits and vegetables, 82 percent of the respondents who perceived their health status as poor or fair ate no fresh fruits or vegetables.
{"title":"Examining College Students' Daily Consumption of Fresh Fruits and Vegetables","authors":"Patricia E. McLean-Meyinsse, Edith G. Harris, Shervia S. Taylor, Janet V. Gager","doi":"10.22004/AG.ECON.158772","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22004/AG.ECON.158772","url":null,"abstract":"Results from a random sample of 305 college students suggest that consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables is independent of gender, academic ranks, and places of residence, but depends on perceptions of health status. Despite the statistically significant associations between perceptions of health and consumption of fruits and vegetables, 82 percent of the respondents who perceived their health status as poor or fair ate no fresh fruits or vegetables.","PeriodicalId":36788,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Food Distribution Research","volume":"793 1","pages":"10-16"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77536231","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Few studies have assessed changes in dietary choice and food preparation habits through community supported agriculture (CSA) program membership. If CSA program participation does indeed produce attitude and behavioral change in its participants, public policy encouraging CSA program membership, such as is currently done with farmers’ markets, would provide another vehicle for fostering dietary improvements, especially in areas where farmers’ markets may not be available or accessible for targeted populations. This study attempts to explore the effects of CSA membership on consumer dietary choice and nutritional intake, as well as the potential modifications in food purchase, preparation and dining out practices.
{"title":"Impacts of Community Supported Agriculture Program Participation on Consumer Food Purchases and Dietary Choice","authors":"Kynda R. Curtis, R. Ward, K. Allen, S. Slocum","doi":"10.22004/AG.ECON.158780","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22004/AG.ECON.158780","url":null,"abstract":"Few studies have assessed changes in dietary choice and food preparation habits through community supported agriculture (CSA) program membership. If CSA program participation does indeed produce attitude and behavioral change in its participants, public policy encouraging CSA program membership, such as is currently done with farmers’ markets, would provide another vehicle for fostering dietary improvements, especially in areas where farmers’ markets may not be available or accessible for targeted populations. This study attempts to explore the effects of CSA membership on consumer dietary choice and nutritional intake, as well as the potential modifications in food purchase, preparation and dining out practices.","PeriodicalId":36788,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Food Distribution Research","volume":"39 1","pages":"42-51"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85445557","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Understanding supermarket sales of crawfish and potential competing crustacean products has the potential to assist the crawfish industry to refine its marketing strategies. A.C. Nielsen scanner data were used to develop a descriptive sales analysis of crawfish and competing crustacean product markets. Market shares, market trends and price fluctuations for different product forms of crawfish, crab, shrimp and lobster are presented for the period of 2005-2010. Markets for crawfish and competing products are described for different cities in the U.S. Discussions of potential effects of market specific demographics on consumption of crawfish and competing crustacean products are included.
{"title":"Supermarket Sales of Crawfish and Competing Crustacean Products","authors":"T. Hanson, G. Nguyen","doi":"10.22004/AG.ECON.158782","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22004/AG.ECON.158782","url":null,"abstract":"Understanding supermarket sales of crawfish and potential competing crustacean products has the potential to assist the crawfish industry to refine its marketing strategies. A.C. Nielsen scanner data were used to develop a descriptive sales analysis of crawfish and competing crustacean product markets. Market shares, market trends and price fluctuations for different product forms of crawfish, crab, shrimp and lobster are presented for the period of 2005-2010. Markets for crawfish and competing products are described for different cities in the U.S. Discussions of potential effects of market specific demographics on consumption of crawfish and competing crustacean products are included.","PeriodicalId":36788,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Food Distribution Research","volume":"68 1","pages":"52-61"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84086617","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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