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    1. Do consumers really care? an economic analysis of consumer attitudes towards food produced using prohibited production methods

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Balcomb, Kelvin (author), Bradley, Dylan (author), and Fraser, Iain (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2020-10-30
    Published:
    United States: John Wiley & Sons Inc.
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D12367
    Journal Title:
    Journal of Agricultural Economics
    Journal Title Details:
    Vol. 72, Iss. 2
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    18 pages, Consumer preferences for food produced using currently prohibited production methods matter, especially in relation to potential trade deals. We conduct four discrete choice experiments examining UK consumer attitudes for food produced using several agricultural production methods currently prohibited in the UK, including chlorine washed chicken. Our results reveal negative preferences for these forms of agricultural production methods whereas EU food safety standards are highly valued. Willingness-to-pay estimates indicate that the positive values for food safety are frequently greater than the negative values placed on prohibited food production methods. Similarly, UK country of origin was highly valued but organic production was less valued. We discuss the implications of these results and, more generally, the use of stated preference estimates in economic modelling underpinning trade negotiations.

    3. Are agriculture and nutrition policies and practice coherent? Stakeholder evidence from Afghanistan

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Poole, Nigel (author), Echavez, Chona (author), and Rowland, Dominic (author)
    Format:
    Online journal article
    Publication Date:
    2018-12
    Published:
    Springer Netherlands
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 7 Document Number: D10241
    Journal Title:
    Food Security
    Journal Title Details:
    10(6) : 1577–1601
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    Online ISSN: 1876-4525 Print ISSN: 1876-4517, Via online journal., Despite recent improvements in the national average, stunting levels in Afghanistan exceed 70% in some Provinces. Agriculture serves as the main source of livelihood for over half of the population and has the potential to be a strong driver of a reduction in under-nutrition. This article reports research conducted through interviews with stakeholders in agriculture and nutrition in the capital, Kabul, and four provinces of Afghanistan, to gain a better understanding of the institutional and political factors surrounding policy making and the nutrition-sensitivity of agriculture. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with a total of 46 stakeholders from central government and four provinces, including staff from international organizations, NGOs and universities. We found evidence of interdisciplinary communication at the central level and within Provinces, but little evidence of vertical coordination in policy formulation and implementation between the centre and Provinces. Policy formulation and decision making were largely sectoral, top-down, and poorly contextualised. The weaknesses identified in policy formulation, focus, knowledge management, and human and financial resources inhibit the orientation of national agricultural development strategies towards nutrition-sensitivity. Integrating agriculture and nutrition policies requires explicit leadership from the centre. However, effectiveness of a food-based approach to reducing nutrition insecurity will depend on decentralising policy ownership to the regions and provinces through stronger subnational governance. Security and humanitarian considerations point to the need to manage and integrate in a deliberate way the acute humanitarian care and long-term development needs, of which malnutrition is just one element.

    4. North American trade policy for agriculture and forestry: Can economics trump politics?

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Veeman, Michele (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Language:
    English / French
    Publication Date:
    2017-01-30
    Published:
    Canada: Canadian Agricultural Economics Society
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 164 Document Number: D08270
    Journal Title:
    Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics
    Journal Title Details:
    65 (1): 43-68

    5. "These agreements depend on secrecy in order to pass" : trade pacts and corporate globalization

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Wallach, Lori (author), Maybardukl, Peter (author), Hansen-Kuhn, Karen (author), and Jackson, Janine (author)
    Format:
    Interview
    Publication Date:
    2016-07-30
    Published:
    USA: Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, New York City, New York
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 30 Document Number: D10567
    Notes:
    13 pages., via website, FAIR., CounterSpin interviews with Lori Wallach, Peter Maybarduk and Karen Hansen-Kuhn on trade pacts and corporate globalization

    6. Institutional economics of grain marketing in Russia: Insights from the Tyumen region

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Griewald, Yuliana (author) and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences
    Format:
    Online journal article
    Publication Date:
    2016-07-30
    Published:
    Germany: Elsevier
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 109 Document Number: D10963
    Journal Title:
    Journal of Rural Studies
    Journal Title Details:
    47(2016) : 21-30
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    9 pages, via online journal, Grain marketing arrangements in modern Russia are far from what they were in the 1990s. Given that grain marketing is crucial for farm revenues and an adequate functioning of the agri-food system, this paper examines why different grain marketing contracts co-exist and how well they fit the local agri-food context. Semi-structured interviews with farmers, grain buyers and regional authorities were conducted in the region of Tyumen in 2013-2014. The analysis, grounded in new institutional economics, found that the traders’ contracts, compared to those offered by grain elevators, are often better suited to account for uncertainty as a salient property of marketing transactions, but discourage quality improvements and differentiation of grain. Furthermore, both contract types encourage strategic behaviour on the part of grain buyers. The paper also discusses the case in a broader theoretical and international context and offers a number of policy implications, such as those related to independent grain quality assessments and extension.

    8. "The children cry for Burger King": Modernity, development, and fast food consumption in northern Honduras

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Schortman, Aeleka (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2010-09-16
    Published:
    International
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 199 Document Number: D09772
    Journal Title:
    Environmental Communication
    Journal Title Details:
    4(3) : 318-337

    9. Optimizing the economic growth and poverty reduction benefits of cafta-dr

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Byrnes, Kerry J.;Jessee, David;Bathrick, David, Chemonics International (author)
    Format:
    Special Report
    Publication Date:
    2009-04-08
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: KerryByrnes4; Folder: Presentations at Professional Meetings File Document Number: D01576
    Notes:
    Kerry J. Byrnes Collection, USAID and T-lad,38 pages

    10. Countering Terrorism and Expanding Globalization's Benefits: Implications for a USAID" new millennium" strategy for trade, economic, growth, and agriculture

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Byrnes , Kerry J. (author)
    Format:
    Special Report
    Publication Date:
    2007-11-01
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: KerryByrnes4 Document Number: D01560
    Notes:
    Kerry J. Byrnes Collection, USAID, USDA. 15 pages