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New Medit, Economia e Finanza
New Medit - Vol. 17 N. 4 (2018)
Mediterranean Journal of Economics, Agriculture and Environment
Vai al sito della rivista The impact of research and extension services on perceived farm performance analysed by García Álvarez-Coque, Ramos-Sandoval and Mas-Verdú. The authors examined whether these services improve the smallholder’s perception of farm performance and also investigated whether farmers see research and extension services as useful for promoting strategic orientations capabilities, including market orientation and innovation attitude.
Balancing power across the agro-food supply chain is the topic of the paper of Sorrentino, Russo and Cacchiarelli. They show, by a theoretical model, that Producer’s Organizations can benefit farmers by strengthening their negotiation power, improving their bargaining position and worsening the buyer’s one.
Chebil, Kahil and Oueslati deals with the problem of excessive irrigation extractions by groundwater resssources causing a widespread depletion of the aquifer systems, They evaluate the effects of different policy measures for reducing aquifer depletion in the Cap-Bon region of Tunisia.
Risk of intensive pesticide use in Tunisia has attracted attention of the authors Jeder, Laarif, Chaieb and Ksouri. They show that the problem is not related to technical and agronomic issues but it is a behavioural problem and the socio-economic aspect plays an important role.
De Salvo, Cucuzza, Cosentino, Nicita and Signorello examine, by a discrete-choice experiments analysis, alternative agri-environmental schemes (AES) to reduce soil r…
Disciplina
Economia e Finanza Argomento
Scienze e tecnologie agro-alimentari Formato
170 × 240 mm
Pagine
120
Anno
2018
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN
9788869233876
ISBN online
9788869233876
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