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New Medit - Vol. 20 N. 1 (2021)

Osman et al. conduct a mixed multiplier analysis, under water and land constraints, to identify the seasonal agricultural activities in Egypt with high output and income multipliers. The results demonstrate the significance of addressing Nile water constraints not only for agriculture, but also for the overall economy. Policies that enhance water productivity, particularly in winter season, generate outstanding increases in output, income, and employment through sizable multiplier effects.
Mahdhi, Dhehibi, Brokman and Chouikhi measure the efficiency level of Water Users Associations (WUAs) in the coastal oases of Gabès (Southeastern Tunisia) and assessing its main determinants. A key finding of the study is that WUAs are clearly inefficient. The inefficiency found can be mainly attributed to the number of water pumping stations managed, the ratio of water losses and the WUAs’ age. Th…e results also show a discrepancy between the technical efficiency values calculated under the CRS and VRS assumptions, resulting in a 20% scale inefficiency. Employee satisfaction has become a dominant managerial concern in business, because employees are increasingly important for organizational success, growth and competitiveness.
The authors Carpio and Urbano analyse a survey data set of 381 observations in Spanish agribusiness firms of the agri-food value chain. The results show flexible remunerations of emotional salary are determinants of employee satisfaction. Whole-of-chain
employees showed the greatest satisfaction with the use of social media in personnel management.
This study contributes to the literature by investigating the effect of current social and digital business skills on employee satisfaction in the agri-food value chain.
Bojnec and Fertő investigate the drivers of farm size and farm size growth in Slovenia during the period 2007-2017 using a farm-level Farm Accountancy Data Network dataset within a quantile regression framework. The findings suggest that growth in farmland size is driven by initial farmland size and policy subsidy support. Contrary to expectations, human capital does not play an important role in either farmland size or farmland size growth according to quantile regressions.
Hayran et al. deals with a study concerning to the perceptions of the farmers in the Mersin province about the effects of climate change in agricultural system. Farmers primarily perceive climate change over production costs and the reduction in yield. Moreover, they are highly aware of its relation to natural events such as floods, drought, and storms. Nevertheless, inappropriate agricultural practices also lead to the negative consequences caused by climate change.
Benmehaia examines aggregate supply response of 19 selected crops in Algerian agriculture during the 1966-2018 period by employing cointegration analysis and Error Correction Model (ECM). Findings indicate that the long-run elasticities of all selected crops with respect to prices are statistically significant and mostly low, whereas short-run elasticities are lower, which appeals to the adequacy of adjustment to economic incentives. Furthermore, the results of the ECM confirmed the positive responsiveness to prices with differential rates of adjustment for selected crops, ruling out the applicability of a presumed perverse supply response in Algerian agriculture.
The authors Perujo-Villanueva and Colombo propose a methodology for calculating the real estate value of the land belonging to a farm, the latter being understood as the set of the parcels, not only on the basis of production factors such as surface area, type of crop and intensity, but also by including parameters relating to the fragmentation of the land. Fragmentation increases production costs and reduces farmers’ incomes and by extension the real estate value of the farm. The results show that fragmentation of the land reduces its value by between 51% for a 10 ha farm and 12% for a 30 ha farm. The reorganization of the ownership system or the promotion of systems for the common management of land could increase the profitability and therefore the value of land according to the ‘income capitalization’ approach.
Cardone, Bottalico and Prebibaj consider the traditional organic olive farm as a case study for the assessment of economic sustainability not as well as a representative farm but in order to test a statistic approach. The methodological approach used is in line with the Sustainability Assessment of Food and Agriculture Systems (SAFA). In this overall frame, factors correlated to the production system and responsibility of farmers (e.g. decision what to produce, cropping practices, capital held, etc.) largely determine the economic sustainability of farm and, consequently, the sustainability of farm.
Bor and Tuncay investigate the price dynamics between retail milk price and raw milk price in the Turkish fluid milk market. The authors find that the transmission between the two prices has been asymmetric in both the long term and short term period. Differences between the farm milk prices and retail milk prices may exist due to marketing costs across the supply chain and pricing policies associated with the market structure. Results of the long-run analysis indicate a significant market power in the fluid milk market. Therefore, in this asymmetric case, the deviations are likely to be the reason for the market power of the processors/retailers and the reason for the oligopolistic market structure in the sector.

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Scienze e tecnologie agro-alimentari

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170 × 240 mm

Anno

2021

Confezione

Brossura

Lingua

Inglese

ISBN

9788869237683

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doi

nm2101

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