Author: Ronald Arthur Schrimper Publisher: Pearson ISBN: Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 360
Book Description
Agricultural Marketing examines the principles and practices of economic analysis to cultivate an understanding of how agricultural and food markets operate. After an introduction that discusses some of the most frequently encountered economic measurements of market status, a basic framework is presented for the analysis of economic activities that link agricultural production with food consumption. Coverage then explores both the spatial and temporal dimensions of agricultural markets. For those interested in international agricultural and food marketing, economics, and production.
Author: Vanessa Scarborough Publisher: Hyperion Books ISBN: Category : Agricultural prices Languages : en Pages : 176
Book Description
Aimed particularly at economists working on problems of markets and marketing policy against a background of recent policy shifts towards liberalization in the agricultural and food sectors. Relevant to those providing advice to governments, aid agencies and non-government organizations on market policy reform.
Author: Brian E. Hill Publisher: Heinemann Educational Publishers ISBN: Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 312
Book Description
Agricultural production. The demand for agricultural products. The farm income problem and its causes. Agricultural marketing. Government intervention in agriculture. Agricultural policy in the United Kingdom. Agricultural policy in the european economic community. Trade.
Author: Geoffrey Seddon Shepherd Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell ISBN: Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 532
Book Description
An analysis of the marketing of farm products, concentrating on broad trends in the market. Includes new material on formula pricing, which explains the use of standardized grading in marketing perishable commodities at decentralized markets. Contains two separate sections on beef and hogs, reflecting recent price trends, as well as authors' defense of the use of regulations and subsidies to protect small farmers from totally free market forces.
Author: Gregory J. Scott Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers ISBN: 9781555876098 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 524
Book Description
The authors go beyond the traditional presentation of economic principles, offering instead a series of applied methods for data collection and analysis. Drawing on extensive experience in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, they not only describe specific procedures, but also provide a wealth of illustrative research results. This book will be particularly useful to teaching professionals, development specialists, and applied researchers working in developing countries.
Author: F. Bailey Norwood Publisher: Waveland Press ISBN: 1478648678 Category : Technology & Engineering Languages : en Pages : 445
Book Description
Friendly and readable, Agricultural Marketing and Price Analysis presents a comprehensive approach to agricultural price analysis, agricultural market structures, and agricultural marketing strategies. The authors engage students with very little exposure to economics and with only a basic grasp of algebra. The text utilizes a fresh approach and supplies thorough coverage of core topics, as well as complex topics such as general equilibrium models, game theory, and econometrics. It also provides an introduction to data analysis and incorporates many examples. Supplemental materials are available for additional practice and further exploration. Unique to the Second Edition is the inclusion of a chapter on consumer behavior and food preferences, as well as relevant areas of research. The authors introduce readers to the agricultural supply chain, including forecasting and inventory management. Succinct and approachable, this text sets the stage for an enjoyable and effective learning experience.
Author: F. Bailey Norwood Publisher: Waveland Press ISBN: 1478637404 Category : Technology & Engineering Languages : en Pages : 457
Book Description
Norwood and Lusk provide a fresh approach to marketing and price analysis that speaks to undergraduate students. In addition to providing thorough coverage of core topics, they address exciting developments and emerging areas of research in the field. Friendly and engaging, Agricultural Marketing and Price Analysis presents a comprehensive approach to agricultural price analysis, agricultural market structures, and agricultural marketing strategies. Unique to this book is the inclusion of the equilibrium displacement model and a chapter on consumer behavior and research. The Meet the Professional feature illustrates how the economic principles covered fit into the careers students will soon enter. End-of-chapter crossword puzzles and study questions assist in learning terminology and test preparation. Succinct and approachable, this text sets the stage for an enjoyable and effective learning experience.
Author: Ulrich Koester Publisher: Vahlen ISBN: 3800663503 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 439
Book Description
Ulrich Koester researches and teaches at the Institute for Agricultural Economics at the Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Germany. He has been a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Forestry for over 20 years. Moreover, he gained experience working with the International Food Policy Research Institute in Washington D.C. and with numerous international organizations, including the World Bank, FAO, the European Commission, the European Parliament and the European Court of Auditors. His teaching experience is based on courses taught at more than ten universities in general economics and agricultural economics. Part I of the book lays the theoretical foundations for understanding price formation in product and factor markets. In addition to neoclassical theory, institutional economics is of particular importance. Part II presents and evaluates agricultural policy with special reference to the EU, whereby the evaluation framework goes beyond the usual welfare theory analysis. The book is also a valuable aid for students of economic policy, especially because of its detailed evaluation of individual agricultural market policy instruments. The book is aimed at students at universities, technical colleges as well as politicians interested in rational agricultural policy making.
Author: Anthony Ryan Delmond Publisher: ISBN: Category : Agriculture Languages : en Pages : 139
Book Description
This dissertation contains three distinct papers examining agricultural markets and policies. The first paper investigates consumers' preferences for genetically modified (GM) food in Russia, where the government has enacted a ban on GM food production and importation. Based on survey data from Perm, Russia, consumers seem to be primarily focused on the potential health risks of GM foods. This paper estimates that Russian consumers' mean willingness to pay for GM bread relative to the conventional alternative is particularly low, suggesting that current policy in Russia is fairly well aligned with consumer preferences. The second paper uses panel data on the Washington wine industry to estimate the marginal effects of firm and regional reputations on prices over time as the number of regional designations available to firms increases. The results indicate that as the number of regional designations increases, a collective/regional reputation's effect on price tends to increase to a point and then decline. This can be explained in terms of information and search costs. When the number of regional designations is low, information about regional reputations is valuable to consumers; they are able to reduce search costs by familiarizing themselves with only a few regional reputations. As the number of regional designations increases, consumers steadily become less familiar with individual regions' reputations and search costs begin to rise. This has implications for the creation of new regional designations used in the food and agricultural sector. The third paper is applied theory, using a dynamic optimization framework to examine the opposing effects of free ridership and antimicrobial resistance on the socially-optimal levels of antimicrobial use. Much of the existing literature on antimicrobial resistance utilizes an epidemiological framework, considers therapeutic antibiotics, and disregards issues relating to under-provision. This paper combines the externalities associated with free ridership and antimicrobial resistance in a single economic model within the context of prophylactic antimicrobial use. Results indicate that if subsidy programs in developing countries ignore resistance dynamics, they may incentivize the overprovision of antimicrobials for livestock relative to the true social optimum.