Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies: Volume 10 Issue 4

Coffee farmers' incentives to comply with sustainability standards

Sylvaine Lemeilleur, Julie Subervie, Anderson Edilson Presoto, Roberta Souza Piao, Maria Sylvia M. Saes

This paper investigates the incentives to coffee farmers to participate in certification schemes that require improved agricultural practices.

NAFTA and the United States and Mexico maize belts 1994–2017

José Osorio-Antonia, Lila Margarita Bada-Carbajal, Luis Arturo Rivas-Tovar

The purpose of this paper is twofold. First, the impact of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) on the agribusinesses of corn production in Mexico is analyzed, taking…

Barriers and enablers to food mass customization

Luiz Philipi Calegari, Marianne Costa Avalone, Diego Castro Fettermann

This study is to propose a procedure to support decisions on which enablers should be employed to minimize the impact of barriers to implementing mass customization strategies in…

Consumer preference for novelty in processed foods: a developing country perspective

Roselyne Alphonce, Betty Mamuya Waized, Marianne Nylandsted Larsen

The paper aims to explore consumer preferences for novel and other quality attributes in processed foods. It focuses on preferences for product origin, certification on food…

Price discovery and volatility spillover: an empirical evidence from spot and futures agricultural commodity markets in India

Manogna R L, Aswini Kumar Mishra

Price discovery and spillover effect are prominent indicators in the commodity futures market to protect the interest of consumers, farmers and to hedge sharp price fluctuations…

Understanding regional variation in fish prices: evidence from a developing economy

Meenakshi Rajeev, Pranav Nagendran

This paper examines the prices of fishery products (an important source of protein for the poor) and drivers of their inter-regional variations in India, where fishery is a…