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2. Societal perspectives on a bio-economy in Germany: an explorative study using Q methodology
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Hempel, Corinna (author), Will, Sabine (author), and Zander, Katrin (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2019
- Published:
- Germany
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 121 Document Number: D11083
- Journal Title:
- International Journal on Food System Dynamics
- Journal Title Details:
- 10(1) : 21-37
- Notes:
- Available online at www.centmapress.org, Bio-economy describes an economy based on renewable instead of fossil resources. Findings identified three perspectives: "sufficiency and close affinity to nature," technological progress" and "Not at any price."
3. Benefits of regional food quality labels for Czech producers
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Sadilek, Tomas (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2019
- Published:
- Czech Republic
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 121 Document Number: D11084
- Journal Title:
- International Journal on Food System Dynamics
- Journal Title Details:
- 10(2) : 195-205
- Notes:
- Available online at www.centmapress.org, Results showed that the producers had seen a positive improvement in sales following acquisition of the regional food quality label, although they had not noticed greater interest in their products during campaigns to support awareness of the label.
4. The role of inter-organizational relations and networks in agribusiness: the case for the Polish fruit and vegetable industry
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Wisniewska-Paluszak, Joanna A. (author) and Paluszak, Grzegorz T. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2019-01-01
- Published:
- Poland
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 121 Document Number: D11085
- Journal Title:
- International Journal on Food System Dynamics
- Journal Title Details:
- 10(2) : 176-194
- Notes:
- Available online at www.centmapress.org, This study distinguished five categories of inter-organizational network relations: very strong operational, strong sustainable, moderate social, weak innovative and very weak shared resources. The studied networks were characterized by strong activity and actor ties and weak resources bonds. "Specifically, the lack of shared resources might negatively influence the networks innovation and sustainable in the future."
5. Citizens' perception of different aspects regarding German livestock production
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Rovers, Anja (author), Christoph-Schulz, Inken (author), and Brummer, Nanke (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2019
- Published:
- Germany
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 121 Document Number: D11086
- Journal Title:
- International Journal on Food System Dynamics
- Journal Title Details:
- 10(4) : 361-374
- Notes:
- Available online at www.centmapress.org, Using two different ranking procedures, main points of criticism as well as sideshows could be identified for fattening pigs, dairy cattle production, and laying hens
6. The impact of producers' cognitive styles on their purchasing behavior
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Feeney, Roberto (author), Accursi, Federico (author), and Mac Clay, Pablo (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2019
- Published:
- Argentina
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 121 Document Number: D11087
- Journal Title:
- International Journal on Food System Dynamics
- Journal Title Details:
- 10(5) : 498-515
- Notes:
- Available online at www.centmapress.org, Results showed that different segments of producers had distinctive purchasing behaviors. Specifically, analytic-oriented producers tended to focus on product performance and less on the relationship with suppliers when buying their inputs. They also tended to be loyal to input brands, rely less on dealers/retailers and salespeople, and they are willing to change suppliers more often than other producers. Intuitive-oriented producers valued more the relationship with the supplier and are interested in contacting the salesperson if they need a product. Balanced-oriented producers declared to be less loyal to brands, but were more stable in terms of not changing input suppliers frequently.
7. Corporate communication actions in response to crises: empirical evidence in food fraud in Brazil
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Florencio de Almeida, Luciana (author), Valeria Rocha, Thelma (author), and Ribeiro da Fonseca, Marcio (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2019
- Published:
- Brazil
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 121 Document Number: D11088
- Journal Title:
- International Journal on Food System Dynamics
- Journal Title Details:
- 10(5) : 458-472
- Notes:
- Available online at www.centmapress.org, Results indicated that both corporate firms involved in a food fraud case lacked an immediate mandate to address the legitimate stakeholders' claim. "This study adds the action perspective to stakeholder salience theory, providing practical guidelines for marketers in the food sector who face wicked contexts, attempting to achieve transparency and common goals along with their stakeholders."
8. Public images of dairy farms among urban dwellers in Bogota, Colombia
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Wellbrock, Wiebke (author), Burkart, Stefan (author), Encisco Valencia, Karen (author), and Knierim, Andrea (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2019
- Published:
- Colombia
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 121 Document Number: D11089
- Journal Title:
- International Journal on Food System Dynamics
- Journal Title Details:
- 10(5) : 473-485
- Notes:
- Available online at www.centmapress.org, Findings of a word association task revealed that most participants associated cows, rural areas, and traditional production systems with the cue dairy farms. While purchasing their products, they paid the most attention to attributes such as health and hygiene, indicating that they pay the most attention to product quality and not production quality. Yet more than half indicated that modern production systems contradict their norms and values. Authors concluded that the current modernization efforts in Colombia do not fit to the specific culture of the country.
9. Agriculture in Nigeria's economic diversification process: a study of a poultry outgrower scheme
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Umoh,Gabriel (author), Essien, Effiong (author), and Asuquo, Kima (author)
- Format:
- Case study
- Publication Date:
- 2019-08
- Published:
- Germany: CENTMA Research
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 205 Document Number: D12701
- Journal Title:
- International Journal on Food System Dynamics
- Journal Title Details:
- Vol.10, N.4
- Notes:
- 11pgs, Nigeria’s current economic plan targets diversification through leveraging the power of the private sector in order to enable and fast‐track business investments and job creation. This paper reports a study of a model of a poultry outgrower scheme ‐ Akwa Prime, used in catalysing private investments in the poultry sector of Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. The scheme shares the potential of combined strength of the state and that of the private sector in stimulating increased production and integrating of small livestock farmers to the national economy. The study’s specific objectives were to examine the extent of smallholder farmer involvement in contract negotiations including price setting; the role of the key participants, particularly the regulatory function of the state in an out‐grower scheme construct; and the impact of the scheme on socioeconomic improvement of smallholder farmers. This research was conducted with 42 smallholder independent broiler poultry farmers who are registered members of the Akwa Prime outgrower scheme and receiving a range of input support and good production practices aimed at optimization. Findings show a positive impact of the scheme on small independent poultry farmers’ productivity, profitability and survival. Contract negotiations and key participants role were fully documented. Participating farmers were found to have high income and stocking density while the cost of day old chicks and other production inputs provided by the scheme accounted for 99.1% (R2=.991) of the variation in farmers income. This positive change on the bottom line of small independent poultry farmers indicate the prospects for greater deployment of out‐grower model to stimulate agriculture productivity and growth. However, despite some benefits there were major bottlenecks including compromised role of the state, imposed buyback price on farmers and late offtaking of the finished stock. The implication of this finding is that small poultry farmers left alone with their independent business choices may not stimulate much diversification driven by agriculture.
10. Highlighting a key question for the common agricultural policy: adoption of agriculture system types
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Papadopoulos, Sotirios (author), Markopoulos, Theodoros (author), Chousou, Charoula (author), Natos, Dimitrios (author), and Mattas, Konstadinos (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2019-06
- Published:
- Germany: CENTMA Research
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 205 Document Number: D12702
- Journal Title:
- International Journal on Food System Dynamics
- Journal Title Details:
- Vol.10, N.3
- Notes:
- 12 pages, One of the key questions that concerns policy makers, related to the long term planning of the EU's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), is the form of agriculture that farmers intend to follow in the future. In order to highlight that question, a sample of producers from the region of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace in Greece were surveyed and analyzed in order to identify and assess the factors that influence farmers’ adoption of organic, conventional or integrated agriculture systems. The paper methodologically applies double-valued logistic regressions, one for each form of agriculture, to the selected sample. Results indicate that producers' training and high awareness of CAP policies are positively correlated with the future adoption of organic farming systems, while the adoption of integrated agriculture depends on producers’ age as well as their positive or negative opinions regarding the conventional agricultural system.