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    2. Farmers’ choice of market channels and producer prices in India: role of transportation and communication networks

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Negi, Digvijay S. (author), Birthal, Pratap S. (author), Roy, Devesh (author), and Khan, Md. Tajuddin (author)
    Format:
    Online journal article
    Publication Date:
    2018-12
    Published:
    Science Direct
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 12 Document Number: D10419
    Journal Title:
    Food Policy
    Journal Title Details:
    81(106-121)
    Notes:
    16 pages., Via online journal., This paper assesses the effect of transportation and communication networks on farmers’ choice of market channels for paddy and wheat, and subsequently on the prices they receive from these channels. It is found that smallholder farmers sell more to informal channels i.e. local traders and input dealers, and typically receive lower prices from them compared to the government-set minimum support prices (MSP). The prices realized from the sales in regulated markets are also less than the MSP despite these being claimed to be more transparent in price discovery. Econometric results show that farmers’ access to transportation and information enables them to obtain better price terms from informal as well as formal channels. The effect of information is relatively stronger, implying that farmers’ access to transportation itself is not sufficient but is effective when combined with provision of market information. Further, our proposition is that despite a positive impact of the improved market access on price realization from informal traders, farmer-trader relations are unlikely to undergo a meaningful change because of the tied transactions involving inputs, credit and outputs.

    3. GMO standards, endogenous policy and the market for information

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Vigani, Mauro (author) and Olper, Alessandro (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2013
    Published:
    International
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 137 Document Number: D11470
    Journal Title:
    Food Policy
    Journal Title Details:
    43 : 32-43
    Notes:
    12 pages., Online via UI electronic subscription, Authors developed a composite index of GMO standard restrictiveness for 60 countries, assigning objective scores to six different regulatory dimensions. Results showed that many of the determinants highlighted in the theoretical literature are important determinants of the restrictiveness of the GMO regulation. Findings emphasized the prominent role of the market for information, "showing that the structure of domestic mass media (public vs. private) is an important driver of GMO standards."

    5. Print news coverage of the 2010 Iowa egg recall: addressing bad eggs and poor oversight

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Laestadius, Linnea I. (author), Lagasse, Lisa P. (author), Smith, Katherine Clegg (author), and Neff, Roni A. (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2012
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 137 Document Number: D11469
    Journal Title:
    Food Policy
    Journal Title Details:
    37 : 751-759
    Notes:
    9 pages., Online via UI electronic subscription, Content analysis of 160 articles from four national U.S. newspapers, the largest regional paper in Iowa, and the Associated Press revealed that the recall was framed both as a failure of government oversight and as an instance of poor production practices by the farmers in question. Particular media focus was given to the U.S. Food Safety Modernization Act and the FDA Egg Rule. Relatively little media attention was given to industrial agriculture as a causal frame or the purchasing of "alternative" eggs as a potential response.