Women face severe gender-specific constraints and have minimal part in the farm decision-making systems sub-Saharan Africa. This leads to additional barriers adoption of climate-smart agriculture (CSA) technologies. paper contributes gender debate by focusing on intra-household dynamics that influence adaptive capacities small-holder farmers. Using a multi-country approach, considering Ethiopia, Malawi, South Africa, Tanzania as case studies, an endogenous-switching poisson regression model...

A shift towards sustainable agricultural systems would enhance food security without further depleting natural resources. Considering small-scale farming in the cereal-legume of Eastern and Southern Africa, we introduce a conceptual framework apply an econometric model using data from sample 2208 households to assess factors limiting technology diffusion. Results show that investment-ready food-secure small producers are more willing adopt options, increased access financial services is...

The different bargaining power of actors is a long-standing problem in the fruit and vegetable supply chain, where buyers (e.g., retailers, industry, wholesalers) have more than agricultural producers are, therefore, able to engage commercial practices that may be perceived as unfavorable or even unfair by weaker part. This study explores how perceive quality relations. methods include focus group discussion with sales managers producer organizations survey Italy. We measure their...

Climate change affects all aspects of human life, and understanding citizens’ views from a policy perspective is crucial for policymakers to develop future financial programs. In Italy, local agencies water management (LAWMs), historically linked irrigation land reclamation, have expanded their role address environmental challenges. Their modern functions encompass multifunctional strategies aimed at guaranteeing benefits such as groundwater recharge, prevention hydrogeological disasters,...

Imperfect competition in the food supply chain is a concern for several "weak agents" such as small farmers and consumers.Given difficulties applying standard anti-trust regulations agrifood system, growing interest emerging decentralized approach where private entities, Producer Organizations (PO), are given active role governance of agricultural markets.We present simple bargaining model assessing POs' capacity to rebalance power along chain.The results show that POs can benefit by...

Abstract The Italian legislator has adopted several instruments to discourage undeclared work and exploitative labour in agriculture, mostly of a penal-repressive nature. Among the direct indirect policy measures, ‘Quality Agricultural Work Network’ represents an interesting approach producing ‘whitelist’ farmers compliant with regulations. A law proposal intends establish Work’ (QAW) ethical label incentivise join network, which limited percentage farms have signed up. This study aims...

Olive oil markets, both traditional and new ones, are changing rapidly with vertical as well horizontal differentiation that increasingly play a role in featuring demand supply. The paper explores the effectiveness of different quality clues creation value high segments Italian olive market by applying hedonic price model. Data come from one oldest most reputed guides Flos Olei which reviews around 250 producers their products. study covers three production years (from 2012 to 2014) so that,...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to focus on high segments the Italian olive oil and wine markets. main goal compare role effectiveness certification origin in creation value two selected Moreover, authors investigate how different quality clues sectors are related prices. Design/methodology/approach To meet estimate separate hedonic price models where product regressed over some which sector specific common sectors. estimated data come from major guides chosen for their well...

The purpose of the paper is to contribute understanding role and effectiveness different quality clues in creation value for main wines Lazio region. study presents a hedonic price model. An ordinary least squares quantile regression models were estimated. latter able detect additional patterns related effects covariates. Prices are regressed on wine color, sub-regional area origin, type certification experts' evaluation. analysis based data released by three major Italian guides: Gambero...

This paper investigates whether countervailing power of collective initiatives (cooperatives, producer organizations, associations) can mitigate unfair trading practices in agricultural markets. The study hypothesis is that exerting attenuate the imbalance distribution bargaining considered one main causes practices. Our findings suggest a multidimensional setting where all contract terms are negotiated at once, there no theoretical expectation necessarily results mitigation To investigate...

Purpose During the last years, Italian pasta chain has been strongly affected by some events such as CAP reforms in durum wheat sector that have progressively reduced government intervention market and a case of anti-competitive practices against makers was identified sanctioned Antitrust Authority. The purpose this paper is to detect presence power different phases supply chain. Design/methodology/approach authors applied “first-pass” test proposed Lloyd et al. (2009) on set monthly price...

ABSTRACT During the last several years, wheat‐pasta chains have been affected by Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reforms in durum wheat sector that progressively reduced government intervention market. Specifically, mid‐term reform, implemented 2005, represented a deep change tools applied CAP, with from coupled income support to single decoupled aid where farmers’ incomes are directly supported and no longer linked levels or types of production. We hypothesize price transmission along...

Purpose The paper focuses on high segments of the Italian wine market. goal is twofold. First, it aims at understanding to what extent experts are influenced by specific quality clues. Second, seeks assessing role and effectiveness different clues in creation price Design/methodology/approach To meet these goals two independent equations set. first -estimated via an ordered logit- explaining rating a with bunch attributes its production process. second equation hedonic model –estimated...

The problem addressed in this paper is the challenge of moving from formulating policy goals to achieving promised results. purpose assess possible role innovation agriculture as a way contributing towards Malabo Declaration commitments and zero hunger Sustainable Development Goal 2 (SDG2) six African countries. Since SDGs are high on both international many national agendas, there need increase our knowledge how move beyond goals. approach includes quantitative qualitative data multisite...

The issue of price transmission along the food chain has attracted considerable interest in EU because welfare and policy implications that could potentially be generated. Possible consumer loss may exist if increases are rapidly transmitted through supply chain, while decreases more slowly, or incompletely. Pasta is a strategic product Italian agro-food industry. In last years, among events which have characterized pasta such as CAP reform prices instability, case anticompetitive practices...

This article analyses the cereal-legume value chain in Malawi through a comprehensive VC Map, SWOT exercise and policy analysis. participation entails number of challenges for smallholders. Limited access to land, technology inputs, inadequate knowledge market functioning, insufficient credit extension services, combined with more general problems poor infrastructures, often prevent smallholder farmers from accessing profitable opportunities. The effectiveness national policies (e.g., public...

In the last years, Italian food retailing has experienced some developments related to rising concentration levels, heterogeneous distribution along country of different outlet categories, and an increase products sold as private brand labels. agro-food industry, pasta represents a strategic product, since Italy peculiarity being, at same time, main producer consumer pasta. A useful way investigate retailers’ behavior strategies is derive measure price rigidity, through “frequency approach”,...

This report presents the results of research project “Pass-Through Unfair Trading Practices in EU Food Supply Chains: Methodology and Empirical Application”. The purpose is to design test a monitoring system unfair trading practices (UTP) along agri-food supply chain. investigation has special focus on assessment “pass-through effect”, defined as consequences for entire chain UTPs adopted specific transaction. includes: (i) review economic literature better understanding principles UTPs;...

This study focuses on high segments of the Italian olive oil market in order to assess role and effectiveness different quality clues creation value. To meet this goal, work relies a hedonic price model where bottle is regressed clues. The analysis covers about 1000 oils from markets as reviewed by Slow Food guide, 2013 edition. Results indicate that highest increasingly sophisticated follows main tendencies established wine many attributes are intensely active.

The livestock-dairy sector in Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly Rwanda, is experiencing rapid growth due to population expansion, urbanisation, and changing food preferences. unmet local production demands are causing soil water pollution, competition for biomass, land, water, but also grassland degradation, biodiversity loss, increased GHGs emissions. Rwanda has the lowest productivity region, largely inadequate poor-quality livestock feed resources. To increase animal productivity,...