This paper aims to present central concepts of Evolutionary Institutionalism and to highlight analytical elements that may be useful for studies in agricultural economics. To this end, the study carried out a literature review based on the main references of institutional and evolutionary economics. The main analytical contribution of Evolutionary Institutionalism to agricultural economics lies in understanding economic relations from the perspective of human behaviour. Individuals become central to the analysis of the rural world, since they establish habits, behaviour patterns, and rules of conduct that, when interacting collectively, produce institutions. Thus, it is from the active role of the individual that rural dynamics emerge and consolidate an institutional environment and prevailing social structures. It is possible to point out some specific themes that emerge as potential applications of this line of thought: a) the analysis of the development trajectory of and institutional changes affecting different rural sectors; b) the role of habits, traditions and behavioural trends; c) power relations in agricultural markets; d) the evaluation of public policies for agriculture; e) innovation and technology as determinants of the evolution of routines, and f) the institutions “behind” the new relations of food production and consumption.
{"title":"Institutions and Agricultural Economics: a theoretical framework from Evolutionary Institutionalism","authors":"J. G. Viana, P. D. Waquil","doi":"10.7896/j.2265","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7896/j.2265","url":null,"abstract":"This paper aims to present central concepts of Evolutionary Institutionalism and to highlight analytical elements that may be useful for studies in agricultural economics. To this end, the study carried out a literature review based on the main references of institutional and evolutionary economics. The main analytical contribution of Evolutionary Institutionalism to agricultural economics lies in understanding economic relations from the perspective of human behaviour. Individuals become central to the analysis of the rural world, since they establish habits, behaviour patterns, and rules of conduct that, when interacting collectively, produce institutions. Thus, it is from the active role of the individual that rural dynamics emerge and consolidate an institutional environment and prevailing social structures. It is possible to point out some specific themes that emerge as potential applications of this line of thought: a) the analysis of the development trajectory of and institutional changes affecting different rural sectors; b) the role of habits, traditions and behavioural trends; c) power relations in agricultural markets; d) the evaluation of public policies for agriculture; e) innovation and technology as determinants of the evolution of routines, and f) the institutions “behind” the new relations of food production and consumption.","PeriodicalId":44547,"journal":{"name":"Studies in Agricultural Economics","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2022-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41909219","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}
Credit is a necessary and important factor in the agricultural production process in many poor countries. Credit access can considerably increase the financial ability of farm households for agricultural inputs and productive investments in both the short-run and long run (Lin et al., 2019). Indeed, credit has been considered as one efficient way to improve agricultural productivity and reduce poverty. In developing countries, particularly in rural areas where the credit markets are imperfect, farmers cannot easily access credit sources. With constrained credit, rural households have difficulties in making agricultural inputs investment and consequently must limit their production and smoothing consumption (Oseni and Winters, 2009). Some empirical literature has found that in rural areas of developing countries, credit constraints have significant adverse effects on agricultural productivity (Guirkinger and Boucher, 2008; Dong et al., 2012) and farm investment (Carter and Olinto, 2003). One way farmers used to overcome the constraints and imperfections of the credit market is by diversifying their livelihoods into non-farm activities (Oseni and Winters, 2009). The literature indicated that the income source obtained from non-farm activities could help farm households for improving their household income (Ferreira and Lanjouw, 2001; Nnadi et al., 2020; Kumar et al., 2020), smoothing consumption (Seng, 2015; Mishra et al., 2015; Abdurezak and Ahmed, 2020), and reducing poverty (Haggblade et al., 2010; Hoang et al., 2014; Bui and Hoang, 2020). Sometimes, farm income is not sufficient to supply a sufficient livelihood (Minot et al., 2006), which can be a push factor driving rural households to seek opportunities for employment outside farm activities. In farming activity, farm households always face many risks or limited riskbearing capacity, inducing household members to engage in non-farm activities to reduce risk and reduce consumption uncertainties (Reardon, 1997; Barrett et al., 2001; Oseni and Winters, 2009). In addition, the non-farm income can be used in agricultural production when farmers do not have enough financial capacity to pay for farm inputs. Thus, participation in the non-farm market could help farm household to relax the liquidity constraints they face when credit is not available (Pfeiffer et al., 2009). Both the loss of family labour in the shift from farm activity to non-farm activities and access to non-farm income can influence agricultural production in direct and indirect ways. Besides the labour-lost effect, the earnings from non-farm employment can provide cash for farmers to make investments in agricultural production to enhance productivity. These investments could be for the short term such as the purchase of fertilisers, feed, herbicide, pesticide, and other inputs, or for the long term such as investments in machinery or irrigation or the adoption of new technologies (high yielding seed or improved seed) (Pfeiffer et
在许多贫穷国家，信贷是农业生产过程中必不可少的重要因素。从短期和长期来看，获得信贷可以大大提高农户的农业投入和生产性投资的财务能力(Lin等人，2019)。事实上，信贷一直被认为是提高农业生产力和减少贫困的一种有效途径。在发展中国家，特别是在信贷市场不完善的农村地区，农民无法轻易获得信贷来源。由于信贷受限，农村家庭难以进行农业投入投资，因此必须限制其生产和平滑消费(Oseni和Winters, 2009)。一些实证文献发现，在发展中国家的农村地区，信贷约束对农业生产力有显著的不利影响(Guirkinger and Boucher, 2008;Dong et al.， 2012)和农业投资(Carter and Olinto, 2003)。农民用来克服信贷市场的限制和不完善的一种方法是使他们的生计多样化，进入非农业活动(Oseni和Winters, 2009)。文献表明，从非农活动中获得的收入来源可以帮助农户提高家庭收入(Ferreira and Lanjouw, 2001;Nnadi et al.， 2020;Kumar et .， 2020)，平滑消耗(Seng, 2015;Mishra et al.， 2015;Abdurezak和Ahmed, 2020)，以及减少贫困(Haggblade et al.， 2010;huang et al.， 2014;Bui and Hoang, 2020)。有时，农业收入不足以提供足够的生计(Minot et al.， 2006)，这可能是促使农村家庭在农业活动之外寻求就业机会的推动因素。在农业活动中，农户往往面临诸多风险或风险承受能力有限，从而诱使家庭成员从事非农业活动，以降低风险，减少消费的不确定性(Reardon, 1997;Barrett et al.， 2001;奥塞尼和温特斯，2009)。此外，当农民没有足够的财政能力支付农业投入时，非农收入可以用于农业生产。因此，参与非农市场可以帮助农户在信贷不可用时放松流动性约束(Pfeiffer et al.， 2009)。从农业活动转向非农业活动时家庭劳动力的损失和获得非农业收入的机会都可能以直接和间接的方式影响农业生产。除了劳动力流失效应外，非农业就业的收入可以为农民提供现金，用于投资农业生产以提高生产率。这些投资可以是短期的，如购买肥料、饲料、除草剂、农药和其他投入，也可以是长期的，如投资于机械或灌溉或采用新技术(高产种子或改良种子)(Pfeiffer et al.， 2009)。有许多研究表明，在若干发展中国家，非农业活动与农业投入投资/费用之间的关系。研究结果表明，这种影响可以是积极的、消极的，也可以是零(等于零)，这取决于环境。在许多国家，包括保加利亚、尼日利亚、墨西哥、菲律宾和加纳，已经探索了非农业参与与生产性农业资产购买之间的积极关系(Hertz, 2009;Oseni and Winters, 2009;Pfeiffer et al.， 2009;高桥和大冢，2009;Anríquez and Daidone, 2010)。这些研究都得出结论，非农业活动的收入可以放松农户的信贷限制，他们现在有能力为农业生产投入支付更多费用。然而，在阿尔巴尼亚、肯尼亚和中国，非农就业被发现有负面影响或没有影响(阿尔巴尼亚:Kilic et al.， 2009;肯尼亚:Mathenge等人，2015;中国:Huang et al.， 2009)农业投入支出。Ahituv和Kimhi(2002)分析了农户的非农劳动力和农场资本投资决策，发现了强烈的负相关关系(hang Thi Thuy NGUYEN*， Xuan Hung PHAM*和Takumi KONDO**)
{"title":"The impact of non-farm activities on agricultural investment in Vietnam: the difference made by credit constraints levels","authors":"H. Nguyen, X. Pham, T. Kondo","doi":"10.7896/j.2180","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7896/j.2180","url":null,"abstract":"Credit is a necessary and important factor in the agricultural production process in many poor countries. Credit access can considerably increase the financial ability of farm households for agricultural inputs and productive investments in both the short-run and long run (Lin et al., 2019). Indeed, credit has been considered as one efficient way to improve agricultural productivity and reduce poverty. In developing countries, particularly in rural areas where the credit markets are imperfect, farmers cannot easily access credit sources. With constrained credit, rural households have difficulties in making agricultural inputs investment and consequently must limit their production and smoothing consumption (Oseni and Winters, 2009). Some empirical literature has found that in rural areas of developing countries, credit constraints have significant adverse effects on agricultural productivity (Guirkinger and Boucher, 2008; Dong et al., 2012) and farm investment (Carter and Olinto, 2003). One way farmers used to overcome the constraints and imperfections of the credit market is by diversifying their livelihoods into non-farm activities (Oseni and Winters, 2009). The literature indicated that the income source obtained from non-farm activities could help farm households for improving their household income (Ferreira and Lanjouw, 2001; Nnadi et al., 2020; Kumar et al., 2020), smoothing consumption (Seng, 2015; Mishra et al., 2015; Abdurezak and Ahmed, 2020), and reducing poverty (Haggblade et al., 2010; Hoang et al., 2014; Bui and Hoang, 2020). Sometimes, farm income is not sufficient to supply a sufficient livelihood (Minot et al., 2006), which can be a push factor driving rural households to seek opportunities for employment outside farm activities. In farming activity, farm households always face many risks or limited riskbearing capacity, inducing household members to engage in non-farm activities to reduce risk and reduce consumption uncertainties (Reardon, 1997; Barrett et al., 2001; Oseni and Winters, 2009). In addition, the non-farm income can be used in agricultural production when farmers do not have enough financial capacity to pay for farm inputs. Thus, participation in the non-farm market could help farm household to relax the liquidity constraints they face when credit is not available (Pfeiffer et al., 2009). Both the loss of family labour in the shift from farm activity to non-farm activities and access to non-farm income can influence agricultural production in direct and indirect ways. Besides the labour-lost effect, the earnings from non-farm employment can provide cash for farmers to make investments in agricultural production to enhance productivity. These investments could be for the short term such as the purchase of fertilisers, feed, herbicide, pesticide, and other inputs, or for the long term such as investments in machinery or irrigation or the adoption of new technologies (high yielding seed or improved seed) (Pfeiffer et ","PeriodicalId":44547,"journal":{"name":"Studies in Agricultural Economics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2021-12-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43438240","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}
{"title":"The relationship between crop insurance take-up, technical efficiency, and investment in Hungarian farming","authors":"","doi":"10.7896/j.2210","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7896/j.2210","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44547,"journal":{"name":"Studies in Agricultural Economics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2021-12-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49123208","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}
I. Miftari, M. Cerjak, M. Tomić Maksan, D. Imami, V. Prenaj
Based on the theory of planned behaviour, this study examines the mediation effect of attitudes on the relationship between consumer ethnocentrism and intention to buy domestic wine in transition countries. The survey was conducted on a heterogeneous sample of 372 wine buyers from Albania and Kosovo during 2020, in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic. Structural Equation Modelling by Partial Least Squares was used to analyse the collected data. The main results of this study show that the theoretical model from the theory of planned behaviour is valid in the case of buying behaviour of domestic wine in Kosovo, while in Albania, the subjective norm has no significant influence on the intention to buy domestic wine and perceived behavioural control has no significant influence on consumer behaviour. Consumer ethnocentrism has a positive influence on attitudes towards buying domestic wine and there is a partial mediating effect of attitudes on the relationship between consumer ethnocentrism and the intention to buy domestic wine. Intention to buy domestic wine shows a very strong and positive correlation with behaviour in both countries. The results of the study provide valuable information for food marketers who should develop an appropriate marketing strategy if they wish to increase the purchase of domestic food, especially wine.
{"title":"Consumer ethnocentrism and preference for domestic wine in times of COVID-19","authors":"I. Miftari, M. Cerjak, M. Tomić Maksan, D. Imami, V. Prenaj","doi":"10.7896/j.2173","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7896/j.2173","url":null,"abstract":"Based on the theory of planned behaviour, this study examines the mediation effect of attitudes on the relationship between consumer ethnocentrism and intention to buy domestic wine in transition countries. The survey was conducted on a heterogeneous sample of 372 wine buyers from Albania and Kosovo during 2020, in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic. Structural Equation Modelling by Partial Least Squares was used to analyse the collected data. The main results of this study show that the theoretical model from the theory of planned behaviour is valid in the case of buying behaviour of domestic wine in Kosovo, while in Albania, the subjective norm has no significant influence on the intention to buy domestic wine and perceived behavioural control has no significant influence on consumer behaviour. Consumer ethnocentrism has a positive influence on attitudes towards buying domestic wine and there is a partial mediating effect of attitudes on the relationship between consumer ethnocentrism and the intention to buy domestic wine. Intention to buy domestic wine shows a very strong and positive correlation with behaviour in both countries. The results of the study provide valuable information for food marketers who should develop an appropriate marketing strategy if they wish to increase the purchase of domestic food, especially wine.","PeriodicalId":44547,"journal":{"name":"Studies in Agricultural Economics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2021-12-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49010988","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}
{"title":"Do operating subsidies increase labour productivity in Polish farms?","authors":"","doi":"10.7896/j.2201","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7896/j.2201","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44547,"journal":{"name":"Studies in Agricultural Economics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2021-12-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46123517","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}
Boosting the immune system's response through better nutrition has been suggested as a coping strategy to help fight COVID-19. Among other food products, orange juice, a rich source of Vitamin C, has been in huge demand in India since the outbreak of COVID-19. Panic buying has further added to this increased demand for orange juice. Using data collected through online surveys, this paper applies both conjoint and market simulation analysis to study consumers' preferences when purchasing orange juice. Nine important product attributes (flavour, preservatives, sweetener, brand, taste, pulp concentration, container, production method of orange and price) as well as different levels for each attribute are considered for the analysis. Among the selected attributes, relatively respondents gave more importance to the 'method of production' of orange, followed by 'brand', 'pulp concentration', 'sweeteners', and 'preservatives.' The market simulation analysis showed that a new product with the desired levels (high mean utility values) across the selected attributes would stand to enjoy a market share of around 32 percent. These findings support product differentiation as a strategy by firms in the food processing sector under conditions of intense competition.
{"title":"An analysis of consumers’ preferences for orange juice in India during COVID-19","authors":"K. Kumar, S. Babu","doi":"10.7896/j.2151","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7896/j.2151","url":null,"abstract":"Boosting the immune system's response through better nutrition has been suggested as a coping strategy to help fight COVID-19. Among other food products, orange juice, a rich source of Vitamin C, has been in huge demand in India since the outbreak of COVID-19. Panic buying has further added to this increased demand for orange juice. Using data collected through online surveys, this paper applies both conjoint and market simulation analysis to study consumers' preferences when purchasing orange juice. Nine important product attributes (flavour, preservatives, sweetener, brand, taste, pulp concentration, container, production method of orange and price) as well as different levels for each attribute are considered for the analysis. Among the selected attributes, relatively respondents gave more importance to the 'method of production' of orange, followed by 'brand', 'pulp concentration', 'sweeteners', and 'preservatives.' The market simulation analysis showed that a new product with the desired levels (high mean utility values) across the selected attributes would stand to enjoy a market share of around 32 percent. These findings support product differentiation as a strategy by firms in the food processing sector under conditions of intense competition.","PeriodicalId":44547,"journal":{"name":"Studies in Agricultural Economics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2021-12-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45793481","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}
A. Gonzalez‐Martinez, Roel Jongeneel, Petra Salamon, Annalisa Zezza, Federica DE Maria, N. Potori
This paper investigates the effects of three different simulated post-COVID-19 recovery GDP growth rates during 2021-2023 (baseline, optimistic and pessimistic scenarios) for agricultural markets in four selected EU Member States (the Netherlands, Germany, Italy, and Hungary) compared to a pre-COVID-19 projection. Empirical results are derived from the AGMEMOD model. A self-sufficiency ratio is utilised to summarise the net effects on consumption and supply in the agricultural markets. The country level analysis confirms that the agriculture sector in the EU has been quite resilient during the pandemic. The simulated impacts of the different GDP shocks on the agri-food sector are limited, which also conforms to reality, but changes in consumer behaviour could lead to longer lasting impacts on specific sectors.
{"title":"The COVID-19 pandemic and the EU agri-food sector: Member State impacts and recovery pathways","authors":"A. Gonzalez‐Martinez, Roel Jongeneel, Petra Salamon, Annalisa Zezza, Federica DE Maria, N. Potori","doi":"10.7896/j.2215","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7896/j.2215","url":null,"abstract":"This paper investigates the effects of three different simulated post-COVID-19 recovery GDP growth rates during 2021-2023 (baseline, optimistic and pessimistic scenarios) for agricultural markets in four selected EU Member States (the Netherlands, Germany, Italy, and Hungary) compared to a pre-COVID-19 projection. Empirical results are derived from the AGMEMOD model. A self-sufficiency ratio is utilised to summarise the net effects on consumption and supply in the agricultural markets. The country level analysis confirms that the agriculture sector in the EU has been quite resilient during the pandemic. The simulated impacts of the different GDP shocks on the agri-food sector are limited, which also conforms to reality, but changes in consumer behaviour could lead to longer lasting impacts on specific sectors.","PeriodicalId":44547,"journal":{"name":"Studies in Agricultural Economics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2021-12-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41519871","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}
{"title":"Koester, U. (2020): Foundations of Agricultural Market Analysis and Agricultural Policy","authors":"T. Ferenczi","doi":"10.7896/j.2148","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7896/j.2148","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44547,"journal":{"name":"Studies in Agricultural Economics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2021-08-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43698744","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 paper adds to the debate about factors infl uencing consumer behaviours that lead to the actual purchase of organic food in both developed and developing countries. Accordingly, authors seek to understand how consumers’ knowledge about organic food and consumers’ overall health consciousness play out as mechanisms for consumers’ behaviours leading to actual purchase. Samples from Tanzania as a developing country and Denmark as a developed country are used. A total of 1393 consumers fi lled the questionnaire. The study found that consumer knowledge and health consciousness function as underlying mechanisms in the relationship of attitude and subjective norms for actual purchase of organic food behaviour in Tanzania. In addition, consumer knowledge and health consciousness function as an underlying mechanism in the relationship of attitude and perceived behaviour control for actual purchase of organic food in Denmark. The study argues for enhancing consumers’ knowledge of organic food as the latter has been championed for its perceived health benefi ts in both developed and less developed countries.
{"title":"Factors infl uencing consumers’ behaviour towards organic food purchase in Denmark and Tanzania","authors":"F. Pacho, M. Batra","doi":"10.7896/j.2127","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7896/j.2127","url":null,"abstract":"This paper adds to the debate about factors infl uencing consumer behaviours that lead to the actual purchase of organic food in both developed and developing countries. Accordingly, authors seek to understand how consumers’ knowledge about organic food and consumers’ overall health consciousness play out as mechanisms for consumers’ behaviours leading to actual purchase. Samples from Tanzania as a developing country and Denmark as a developed country are used. A total of 1393 consumers fi lled the questionnaire. The study found that consumer knowledge and health consciousness function as underlying mechanisms in the relationship of attitude and subjective norms for actual purchase of organic food behaviour in Tanzania. In addition, consumer knowledge and health consciousness function as an underlying mechanism in the relationship of attitude and perceived behaviour control for actual purchase of organic food in Denmark. The study argues for enhancing consumers’ knowledge of organic food as the latter has been championed for its perceived health benefi ts in both developed and less developed countries.","PeriodicalId":44547,"journal":{"name":"Studies in Agricultural Economics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2021-08-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42906425","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}
I. Mitsopoulos, Maria Tsiouni, A. Pavloudi, D. Gourdouvelis, S. Aggelopoulos
This paper aims to examine the current state of dairy cattle farming in Greece, to identify factors that aff ect its profitability, and to analyse the efficiency of farms, using the non-parametric Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) method. It also assesses the economic viability of dairy cattle farms by quantifying the technical efficiency of their processes, with a view to suggesting measures that may serve to improve competitiveness. Results have shown that the mean technical efficiencies estimated for the CRS and VRS DEA approaches are 0.693 and 0.754 respectively, indicating that 30.7% and 21.6% equiproportional decreases in inputs are feasible, given the level of outputs and the production technology.
{"title":"Improving the technical efficiency and productivity of dairy farms in Greece","authors":"I. Mitsopoulos, Maria Tsiouni, A. Pavloudi, D. Gourdouvelis, S. Aggelopoulos","doi":"10.7896/j.2154","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7896/j.2154","url":null,"abstract":"This paper aims to examine the current state of dairy cattle farming in Greece, to identify factors that aff ect its profitability, and to analyse the efficiency of farms, using the non-parametric Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) method. It also assesses the economic viability of dairy cattle farms by quantifying the technical efficiency of their processes, with a view to suggesting measures that may serve to improve competitiveness. Results have shown that the mean technical efficiencies estimated for the CRS and VRS DEA approaches are 0.693 and 0.754 respectively, indicating that 30.7% and 21.6% equiproportional decreases in inputs are feasible, given the level of outputs and the production technology.","PeriodicalId":44547,"journal":{"name":"Studies in Agricultural Economics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2021-08-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47899788","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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