Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies: Volume 7 Issue 2

Factors influencing the productivity and efficiency of wheat farmers in Punjab, Pakistan

George E. Battese, Hina Nazli, Melinda Smale

Scientists in Pakistan are currently developing biofortified wheat varieties to address widespread zinc deficiency, especially among women and children in poorer rural households…

“Made in China”: the displacement effect of China on Egyptian textile exports

Assem Abu Hatab

A growing number of studies indicate that the export growth of China’s textiles poses serious threats to many developing countries. The purpose of this paper is to empirically…

Consumer perceptions and willingness to pay for cassava-wheat composite bread in Ghana: A hedonic pricing approach

Victor Owusu, Enoch Owusu-Sekyere, Emmanuel Donkor, Nana Ama Darkwaah, Derrick Adomako-Boateng Jr

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate consumers’ willingness to pay (WTP) for composite flour bread produced with a blend of 15-40 per cent cassava flour blended with wheat…

Who and what set the price of walnuts for small-scale farmers in Southwest China?

Mei Yan, Anne Terheggen, Dagmar Mithöfer

Domestic demand for walnuts has been on the rise for the last decades. Consumption outstrips domestic production capacities, which led to increasing prices until recently…

Effect of perceptual differences on consumer purchase intention of natural functional food

Golnaz Rezai, Phuah Kit Teng, Mad Nasir Shamsudin, Zainalabidin Mohamed, John L. Stanton

The concept of functional foods is not new to the Malaysian people. Functional foods as traditional medicine have made tremendous contributions over the past couple of centuries…

Rural seed sector development through participatory varietal selection: Synergies and trade-offs in seed provision services and market participation among household bean producers in Western Uganda

Erin Lynn Wilkus, Gian Nicola Francesconi, Matthias Jäger

This impact assessment provides empirical evidence from household producer surveys to test the assumptions surrounding the contribution of participatory varietal selection (PVS…