Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies

Understanding food choice factors of rural households from northwest Vietnam

Christian Genova, Wendy Umberger, Suzie Newman, Alexandra Peralta

This study aims to investigate the food choice motivations of rural households using a cross-sectional dataset of 510 households from northwest Vietnam interviewed in 2016.

Envisioning digitalised value chains in the aftermath of COVID-19: a case study of Philippine coffee

Emmanuel Kwame Opoku, Mei-jung Sebrina Wang, Shirley Guevarra, Martin Bazylewich, Aaron Tham

This paper aims to reconceptualise entrenched supply chains associated with coffee production and consumption to digital supply chains for sustainable development.

Public-private strategies to establish a successful avocado export cycle: cases from Colombia

Luis Fernando Pérez, Miguel I. Gómez

The purpose of this research is to study the Colombian avocado export industry, identify key insights associated with creating and sustaining the avocado value chain, and…

The dynamic chain of innovation: bounded capabilities and complementarity in agribusiness

Paulo Antonio Zawislak, Fernanda Maciel Reichert, Denise Barbieux, Ariane Mello Silva Avila, Nathália Pufal

The paper presents a framework – the Dynamic Chain of Innovation – to analyze the dynamics of innovation in agribusiness.

Public–private cooperation and the provision of public goods for lemons and citrus exports from Argentina and Uruguay

Jeremias Lachman, Ezequiel Tacsir, Martín Pereyra

The purpose of this paper is to study the lemon and citrus clusters in Argentina and Uruguay, in which the central role of public-private coordination in ensuring…

Assessing the value of castrated and intact male goat attributes in livestock markets of Pakistan

Tanvir Ahmed, Waseem Ahmad, Bashir Ahmad

The purpose of the study was to find out the impact of the castrated and intact attribute of the male goat on its price in Pakistan.

The Million Farmers School: evaluating its impact on farmers' agricultural knowledge in Uttar Pradesh, India

Anjani Kumar, Smriti Verma, Sunil Saroj, Amit Mohan Prasad, Avinash Kishore

The Million Farmers School (MFS) program—also known as Kisan Pathshala was launched to impart training to the farmers by the government of the state of Uttar Pradesh…

The nurturing role of the local support ecosystem in the development of the Agtech sector in Argentina

Jeremias Lachman, Andrés López

The objective of the paper is to learn about the enabling factors that fostered the development of the Agtech sector in Argentina. The authors analyze how the local…

The linkage between international dairy commodity prices and volatility: a panel-GARCH analysis

Anthony N. Rezitis, Ourania A. Tremma

The study's purpose is to investigate the price volatility of four dairy commodities (skim milk powder [SMP], whole milk powder [WMP], butter and cheddar cheese) in the…

Rise and fall (and recovery?) of the blueberry business in Argentina: an analysis of private and public–private strategies

Carlos Aggio, Darío Milesi, Vladimiro Verre, Leonardo Zanazzi, Miguel Lengyel

The purpose of this paper is to understand how Argentina has successfully developed a non-traditional export business such as blueberry, explain the causes of the most…

Herding and spillover effects in the Indian commodity futures market

Palak Dewan, Khushdeep Dharni

The study examines herding in the Indian stock and commodity futures market including agricultural, metal and energy commodities. Herding is studied under various market…

Traceability systems as a differentiation tool in agri-food value chains: a framework for public policies in Latin America

Juan Carlos Hallak, Andrés Tacsir

The goal of this paper is to develop a classification of traceability systems that will help academics and policymakers think of them as a tool for differentiation in…

Gendered impact of COVID-19 on consumption of perishable and nonperishable food commodities in Pakistan

Pomi Shahbaz, Shamsheer ul Haq, Ismet Boz, Babar Aziz, Abida Hafeez

Covid-19 is a serious threat to the dietary quality of vulnerable communities in developing countries with limited economic resources. This study explored the implications…

How to successfully compete in modern export fruit markets? Lessons from a leading export producer in Argentina

Lilia Inés Stubrin, Anabel Marin, Lara Yeyati Preiss, Rocío Palacín Roitbarg

The purpose of this paper is to expand the understanding of the type of strategies that can be successful for firms located in the South to get integrated and compete in…

Growing from the South in the seed market: Grupo Don Mario

Anabel Marin, Lilia Ines Stubrin, Rocío Palacín Roitbarg

The authors aim to draw lessons for research and policy from an exception(nal) case of a firm's international expansion in the seed market: Grupo Don Mario, a company…

An ensemble design of a cash crops-warehouse receipt system (WRS) based on blockchain smart contracts

Deo Shao, Cleverence Kombe, Stuti Saxena

Warehouse receipt system (WRS) schemes aim to revitalize the market of cash crops, particularly those of the smallholder farmers. However, the existing government schemes…

Credence attributes and opportunities: a cautionary tale of yerba mate in Paraguay

Jeffrey Alwang, Alexis Villacis, Victor Barrera

This study explores the determinants of growth of credence-based exports of yerba mate from Paraguay, potential for increased export growth, and the fragility of the…

Cacao value chains and credence attributes: lessons from Ecuador

Alexis Villacis, Jeffrey Alwang, Victor Barrera

Motivated by transformations in global food systems and increasing demand for multidimensional credence attributes, the authors analyze cacao value chains in Ecuador – the…

Barriers to sustainable agribusiness: a systematic review and conceptual framework

Robert Brenya, Isaac Akomea-Frimpong, Deborah Ofosu, David Adeabah

As global concerns for sustainability have gained traction in all sectors of every economy including agribusiness, the need to investigate the critical barriers that could…

Structural changes in meat consumption in Vietnam: evidence from household survey data

Vuong Dai Quach, Mitsuyasu Yabe, Hisako Nomura, Yoshifumi Takahashi

This paper aims to provide empirical insight into the trends and structural changes in meat consumption in Vietnam.

Farmer–trader relationships in the context of developing countries: a dyadic analysis to understand variations in trust perceptions

Godfrey Moses Owot, Kenneth Olido, Daniel Micheal Okello, Walter Odongo

The purpose of this study is to analyze trust perceptions between farmers and traders from a dyadic context in developing countries using mixed-method with a specific…

Governance structures and price volatility perceptions in the Indonesian chilli value chain

Yanti Nuraeni Muflikh, Rajendra Adhikari, Ammar Abdul Aziz

This paper aims to analyse the governance structures of the Indonesian chilli value chain, price volatility issues across the chain and to critically explore the value…

Joint market participation choices of smallholder farmers and households’ welfare: evidence from Senegal

Alhassane Camara, Anatole Goundan, Christian Henning, Luc Savard, Assane Beye

There is much evidence in the literature showing the benefits of input market participation on farmers’ welfare. The same is true for participation in marketing. However…

Winner-takes-all no more: radical transparency for sustainable specialty coffee value chains

Benjamin Marcus, Elif Sisli-Ciamarra, Lee Phillip McGinnis

The paper aims to understand the role of sensory quality scoring used at the competition auctions on pricing outcomes and how the auction process could be improved to…

Internet of Things application in Indian agriculture, challenges and effect on the extension advisory services – a review

Sapna Jarial

The emerging technologies of the Fourth Industrial Revolution are transforming various industries, including agriculture. Unaware, young male and female farmers leave the…

Sustainability assessment of crops' production in India: empirical evidence from ARDL-ECM approach

Rita Rani Chopra

The study aims to evaluate the long- vs short-run relationships between crops' production (output) and crops' significant inputs such as land use, agricultural water use…

Impacts of a saline water control project on aquaculture livelihoods in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta

Thu Trang Thi Ngo, Hong Quan Nguyen, Timothy Gorman, Quang Ngo Xuan, Phuong Lan Thi Ngo, Ann Vanreusel

Drought and salinity intrusion aggravated by climate change threaten agricultural livelihoods in Viet Nan's Mekong Delta. In response, authorities have built water…

Telephone farmers and an emerging ecosystem are unlocking the hidden middle of agricultural value chains in Kenya through innovation

Meine Pieter van Dijk, Gigi Limpens, Julius Gatune Kariuki, Diederik de Boer

This article explores the potential of an emerging group of farmers in Kenya, namely the growing segment of urban-based medium-size farmers, often called “telephone…

Toward higher import substitution: does quality governance matter for uptake and pricing of improved local rice in Ghana?

Latif Apaassongo Ibrahim, Takeshi Sakurai, Towa Tachibana

Product quality standardization is the solution to market collapses due to quality-insensitive pricing regimes prevalent in West African (WA) rice value chains. However…

Traditional dairy goat value chain in Lebanon: an uneven distribution of values

Lamisse Khairallah, Mabelle Chedid, Lina Jaber, Giuliano Martiniello, Shady K. Hamadeh

Small-scale goat farming and dairy goat productions are significant constituents in the livelihoods of marginal Lebanese rural communities. Reviving and supporting that…

Hiding in plain sight: the emergence of modern dairy farms in India

Saule Burkitbayeva, Emma Janssen, Johan Swinnen

This paper provides one of the first and most detailed accounts of the large modern dairy farms that are emerging in the dairy sector in India. Qualitative interviews are…

Artificial intelligence in agricultural value chain: review and future directions

C. Ganeshkumar, Sanjay Kumar Jena, A. Sivakumar, T. Nambirajan

This paper is a literature review on use of artificial intelligence (AI) among agricultural value chain (AVC) actors, and it brings out gaps in research in this area and…

Accessing value-added market through cooperatives: a case study of Sitajakhala Dugdha Utpadak Samabai Samiti Ltd., India

Dipanjan Kashyap, Sanjib Bhuyan

Member-owned business organizations, such as cooperatives, are engaged in various economic activities that touch our everyday lives. Sitajakhala Dugdha Utpadak Samabai…

Dragon head enterprises in China's wine production – case study results

Barbara Richter, Yanlin Yang, Jon H. Hanf

In 1998, the Chinese Communist Party introduced the strategy for modernizing agriculture with large-scale production and launching large commercial enterprises known as…

Effect of poultry absorptive capacity on the farms' economic and commercial performance

Florence Obiageli Ifeanyieze, Cosmas Ikechukwu Asogwa, Clara U. Nwankwo, Lilian Ukamaka Ekenta, Felicia Ngozi Ezebuiro, Godwin Emeka Eze, Francis Madueke Onu, Fredrick Chinedu Onah, Vincent Chidindu Asogwa, Edward Chidi Isiwu, Azunku Francis Nwangbo

Corporate organizations could enhance their economic and commercial values through knowledge acquisitions and exploitations. The purpose of this study is to analyze the…

Gender attributes of the impact of informal savings and loans associations on food security in rural Zimbabwe

Terrence Kairiza, George Kembo, Vengesai Magadzire, Asankha Pallegedara

In the absence of well-developed financial markets, Informal Savings and Loans Associations (ISLAs) provide rural households with an alternative consumption coping…

Selecting enablers for sustainable PDS supply chain in the Indian context using fuzzy-DEMATEL approach

Sumanta Das, Akhilesh Barve, Naresh Chandra Sahu, Devendra K. Yadav

This paper aims to identify, analyze and evaluate the major enablers for the sustainable public distribution system (PDS) supply chain in India in lessening food…

Understanding the process of agricultural entrepreneurship: perspective from strategic movements and entrepreneurial families

Asael Islas-Moreno, Manrrubio Muñoz-Rodríguez, Vinicio Horacio Santoyo-Cortés, Norman Aguilar-Gallegos, Enrique Genaro Martínez-González, Wyn Morris

This study analyses the sequence of actions carried out by successful enterprises in the agricultural sector and aims to understand the logic followed with such actions…

Determinants of consumer intention to purchase food with safety certifications in emerging markets: evidence from Vietnam

Hai Minh Ngo, Ran Liu, Masahiro Moritaka, Susumu Fukuda

Research on the determinants of consumer behavior toward food with safety certifications in Vietnam remains little. The primary objective of this study is to identify the…

Analysis of the Ecuadorian government's proposed methodology of brand valuation: application in agricultural sector brands

Washington Macias, Katia Rodriguez, Flavio Arosemana-Burbano, Donald Zhangallimbay

The purpose of this work is to analyze a brand valuation methodology proposed by the current Ecuadorian National Service for Intellectual Rights, assessing the relevance…

Effect of women access to land on household nutritional outcomes in smallholder production system: application of heterogeneous treatment effects

Veronica Njeri kariuki, Oscar Ingasia Ayuya, John Masani Nduko

Land is an emotive issue for women in Kenya, majority of who still suffer the consequences of not having access to land, leading to economic insecurity. This paper aims at…

Climate change and rice production in India: role of ecological and carbon footprint

Pushp Kumar, Naresh Chandra Sahu, Mohd Arshad Ansari, Siddharth Kumar

The paper investigates the effects of climate change along with ecological and carbon footprint on rice crop production in India during 1982–2016.

Quality determinates of rice price in open bag markets in Sub-Saharan Africa

Bailey Peterson-Wilhelm, Lawton Nalley, Alvaro Durand-Morat, Aaron Shew, Francis Tsiboe, Willy Mulimbi

Weaknesses in the grades and standards system in low-income countries across Sub-Saharan Africa undermine the transparency of agricultural markets. In the Democratic…

Relational contracts and value chain governance: exporter approaches to overcoming transaction costs in Rwanda's coffee sector

Andrew Gerard, Maria Claudia Lopez, John Kerr, Alfred R. Bizoza

In developing countries, local buyers often rely on relational contracting based on reciprocity and trust. This paper analyzes relational contracting and global value…

Can technology readiness predict farmers’ adoption intention of the e-AgriFinance app?

Quistina Omar, Ching Seng Yap, Poh Ling Ho, William Keling

This research aims to examine the effect of the two dimensions of technology readiness – motivator and inhibitor on behavioural intention to adopt a mobile agricultural…

Choice of certification schemes by smallholder pineapple farmers in Ghana: analysis of constraints and determinants of adoption

Comfort Love Naa Kwaale Quartey, James Osei Mensah, Fred Nimoh, Faizal Adams, Seth Etuah

The main purpose of this study was to assess constraints and determinants of pineapple farmers' choice of certification schemes in Ghana.

Preferences for crop insurance attributes among cocoa farmers in Ghana

Victor Owusu, Awudu Abdulai, Williams Ali

This article analyzes farmers' preferences for different nonindexed crop insurance alternatives, using discrete choice experiment data on cocoa farmers from southern…

Adoption of contract farming for managing agricultural risks: a case study in rice production in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam

Thuyen Thi Pham, Hoa Le Dang, Ngoc Thi Anh Pham, Huy Duc Dang

Farmers' risk attitudes and risk perceptions play an essential role in shaping risk management strategies to address risks and uncertainties. Contract farming is…

Building members' trust in a producer company through social capital

Deepak Chamola, Ajoy Kumar Dey, Arunaditya Sahay, Rahul Singh

The paper contributes to the long-standing interest in studying the relationship of social capital and trust. It examines the relationship between social capital and trust…

Fijian food shopping behaviour: implications for policy makers and smallholder farmers

Craig Johns, Wendy J. Umberger, Pamela Lyon, Rio Maligalig

The study aims to identify different consumer groups to better understand changes in urban Fijian food shopping behaviour and the implications for the local food industry.

Transaction costs and inter-organizational relations between farmers and farm product buyers in Ghana

Abigail Ampomah Adaku, Vincent Amanor-Boadu

The purpose of this paper is to provide an understanding of what motivates farmers to participate in inter-organizational relationships with farm product buyers. Interest…

Does crop specialization improve agricultural productivity and commercialization? Insight from the Northern Savannah Ecological Zone of Ghana

Samuel Sekyi, Christopher Quaidoo, Emmanuel Agyapong Wiafe

This paper aims to analyze the effects of crop specialization on agricultural productivity and commercialization for farmers who produce high-value crops in the Northern…

The performance and corporate risk-taking of firms: evidence from Malaysian agricultural firms

Hanis Hazwani Ahmad, Adilah Azhari

This study explores the effects of the performance and corporate risk-taking behaviour of agricultural firms. Despite its importance in mitigating climate change, the…

Risk perceptions, on-farm handling, and food safety practices among egg producing farmers in Thailand

Kwanhatai Thongpalad, Sushil Koirala, Anil Kumar Anal

Safe food from animal origins rely on preventive measures adopted at the farm level. However, farmers' awareness on the food safety risk is limited, affecting their…

Sustainability reporting and agriculture industries’ performance: worldwide evidence

Amina Buallay

This study investigates the impact of sustainability reporting on agriculture industries’ performance (operational, financial and market).

The impact of cooperative participation on income: the case of vegetable production in Vietnam

Giang Thi Huong Tran, Teruaki Nanseki, Yosuke Chomei, Ly Thi Nguyen

The demand for clean vegetables has rapidly increased, many farmers gradually turn to vegetable cultivation to increase income; therefore, agricultural cooperative…

Adoption of climate-smart agriculture technology in drought-prone area of India – implications on farmers' livelihoods

Barun Deb Pal, Shreya Kapoor, Sunil Saroj, M.L. Jat, Yogesh Kumar, K.H. Anantha

Laser land leveling (LLL) is a climate-smart technology that improves water use efficiency and reduces risk in crop cultivation due to weather variability. Hence, this…

Covid-19, disrupted vegetable supply chain and direct marketing: experiences from India

Amarnath Tripathi, Nisha Bharti, Sucheta Sardar, Sushant Malik

This paper examines the impact of the Covid-19 induced lockdown on selected vegetables to confirm if the vegetable supply chain was disrupted during that period. It…

Effect of on-farm testing on adoption of banana production technologies among smallholder farmers in Meru region, Kenya

Florence Kaumi Kirimi, Charles Nyambane Onyari, Lucy Karega Njeru, Hezron Rasugu Mogaka

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of on-farm testing on the adoption of banana production technologies among smallholder farmers in the Meru region, Kenya.

Measuring market orientation, innovative marketing strategies and performance: evidence from the Malaysian agro-food manufacturers

Nitty Hirawaty Kamarulzaman, Nurul Hasyima Khairuddin, Haslinda Hashim, Siti Rahayu Hussin

This paper aims to investigate the relationship between market orientation and innovative marketing strategies and the effect of innovative marketing strategies on the…

Export market orientation and export performance in emerging markets: insights from the Peruvian agri-export sector

Oscar Malca, Jean Pierre Bolaños, Jorge Luis Rubio Donet, Francisco Acedo

The objective of this research is to analyse the joint impact of export proactivity and coordination capacity as mediators on the relationship between export market…