Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies: Volume 10 Issue 3

Interlinked diversification strategies: evidence from the US farm business households

Aditya R. Khanal

The agricultural sector in the USA has experienced significant structural changes. For accommodating farm business, households have diversified their operations adopting various…

Contract farming and rice production efficiency in Ghana

John Kanburi Bidzakin, Simon C. Fialor, Dadson Awunyo-Vitor, Iddrisu Yahaya

Even though many studies identify positive effects of contract farming (CF) on the livelihood of farmers, the use of CF as a tool to increase farm performance is unsettled debate…

What drives total factor productivity and its growth in post-communist countries? The case of the Czech food industry

Ivana Blažková, Ondřej Dvouletý, Ondřej Machek

The paper aims to investigate factors that drive the total factor productivity (TFP) and its growth in the Czech food industry over 2003–2017. The authors’ analysis focuses on…

Returns and volatility spillover between food prices and exchange rate in Nigeria

Lateef Olawale Akanni

Empirical studies have documented the linkage between exchange rate movement and food prices. However, the purpose of this study is to investigate the degree and direction of…

Market power and allocative efficiency loss: a comparative analysis on China's tobacco and food industries

Jiawu Dai, Xiuqing Wang, Guang Yuan

The effect of market power on allocative efficiency is one of the most important topics in industrial organization and has undergone rigorous investigation since the 1970s…

Preferential tariffs and development of Norwegian rose import from Africa

Hege Medin, Maren Elise Bachke

Imports of cut roses increased after Norway implemented a preferential tariff scheme for the least developed countries in 2002. When the scheme was extended to more countries in…