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New Medit 2/2023 - Bologna University Press

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New Medit, Economia e Finanza

New Medit 2/2023

Abis and Demurtas tackle the problem of food security in the Mediterranean area through a review of the changes and events that have taken place in recent years. Climate change, the management of natural resources, the change of diet, the demographic trend, the war in Ukraine and the evolution of geopolitical scenarios are at the basis of the growing problem of food security.
Internalization of olive oil firms in Spain analyzed by Martos-Martínez and Muñoz-Guarasa. They show that firms must combine resources and capabilities; international market orientation, network orientation and entrepreneurship orientation strategies; and human, relational and technological capital.
Ruz-Carmona et al. develop a methodology to estimate the production costs of farms as a means of assessing the impact of several structural inefficiencies. Results show that significant economies of scale can be …achieved in production, and that downtimes, farm fragmentation and dispersion have a substantial effect on production costs and profit margins.
Jeder’s analysis records an increase of 13.2% of the growth of agricultural productivity in the six Mediterranean region during the period 2003-2018. Much of this productivity growth is driven by technological change rather than a change in technical efficiency or scale and even if it is highly variable between Mediterranean countries.
Massuça et al. highlight the gap of the lack of indicators and studies related to social aspects in the assessment of sustainability with focus on the agribusiness context. By compiling and systematizing a comprehensive series of social sustainability indicators, the authors aim to bring valuable contributions to the future outline of an assessment framework that will incorporate social sustainability dimensions underlying a broader perspective on agribusiness sustainability.
Koç et al. investigate the factors that affect agricultural total factor productivity in both developed and developing countries. According to the results, total factor productivity in agriculture is increasing with the high level of human capital in developing countries. Moreover, the results of the study indicate that increases in gross fixed capital formation and the amount of arable land in both groups of countries contribute positively to TFP. However, TFP decreases while the agricultural employment rate increases for both developed and developing countries.
The impact of firm characteristics on long-run of effective corporate tax rates (LRETRs) of agricultural companies in the transition economy of Serbia studied by Vržina et al. Capital intensity negatively influences LRETRs, while leverage and profitability do not appear to significantly impact them. The authors argue that making investment tax incentives accessible to smaller companies would mitigate the political power hypothesis. Türkten et al. focused on the farmers’ potential risks, willingness to pay (WTP) for agricultural insurance, and factors affecting the purchasing of agricultural insurance associated with their farm types. Research results showed that 72.6% of farms had the insurable risk and 67.3% of these farms purchase insurance. The authors suggest that revising the content of insurance policy, solving payment disputes, and expanding the policy coverage may accelerate farmers’ adoption to agricultural insurance.
The study of Ibrahim found that there is a negative and significant impact of climate change on food availability, food access, food utilization, and food stability in Egypt by 2070. The author recommends some adaptation options to reduce the impact of climate change on food security dimensions in Egypt, including designing and applying a national adaptation strategy.

Disciplina

Economia e Finanza

Argomento

Economia, Scienze e tecnologie agro-alimentari

Formato

170 × 240 mm

Pagine

160

Anno

2023

Lingua

Inglese

ISBN

9791254773017

ISBN online

9791254773017

doi

https://doi.org/10.30682/nm2302

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