Agricultural Economics

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Continuation of Agricultural Economics.

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Volume 44, month 11, 2013

The global bio-economy pp. 1-5

Johan Swinnen and Olivia Riera

Food insecurity, income inequality, and the changing comparative advantage in world agriculture pp. 7-18

Keijiro Otsuka

Options for African agriculture in an era of high food and energy prices pp. 19-27

Peter B. R. Hazell

Commodity index investment and food prices: does the “Masters Hypothesis” explain recent price spikes? pp. 29-41

Scott Irwin

Stocks-to-use ratios and prices as indicators of vulnerability to spikes in global cereal markets pp. 43-52

Eugenio Bobenrieth, Brian Wright and Di Zeng

Time-series econometric analyses of biofuel-related price volatility pp. 53-62

Teresa Serra

Climate change, weather shocks, and violent conflict: a critical look at the evidence pp. 63-78

Jeroen Klomp and Erwin Bulte

Volatility, agricultural risk, and household poverty: micro-evidence from randomized control trials pp. 79-84

Karen Macours

Food security, the labor market, and poverty in the Brazilian bio-economy pp. 85-93

Joaquim Bento Souza Ferreira Filho

Technology and the future bioeconomy pp. 95-102

David Zilberman, Eunice Kim, Sam Kirschner, Scott Kaplan and Jeanne Reeves

Public agricultural R&D over the past half century: an emerging new world order pp. 103-113

Philip Pardey, Julian Alston and Connie Chan-Kang

Global land investments in the bio-economy: evidence and policy implications pp. 115-127

Klaus Deininger

Competition for land in the global bioeconomy pp. 129-138

Thomas Hertel, Jevgenijs Steinbuks and Uris Baldos

Water and food in the bioeconomy: challenges and opportunities for development pp. 139-150

Mark W. Rosegrant, Claudia Ringler, Tingju Zhu, Simla Tokgoz and Prapti Bhandary

The human capital roots of the middle income trap: the case of China pp. 151-162

Linxiu Zhang, Hongmei Yi, Renfu Luo, Changfang Liu and Scott Rozelle

Agricultural price distortions: trends and volatility, past, and prospective pp. 163-171

Kym Anderson

Trade liberalization in the bio-economy: coping with a new landscape pp. 173-182

Jean-Christophe Bureau and Sebastien Jean

Agriculture and development: revisiting the policy narratives pp. 183-187

Stefan Dercon

PREFACE pp. 545-546

Thomas Jayne and Shahidur Rashid

Input subsidy programs in sub-Saharan Africa: a synthesis of recent evidence pp. 547-562

Thomas Jayne and Shahidur Rashid

What are the farm-level impacts of Malawi's farm input subsidy program? A critical review pp. 563-579

Rodney Lunduka, Jacob Ricker-Gilbert and Monica Fisher

Input promotion within a complex subsector: fertilizer in Nigeria pp. 581-594

Lenis Liverpool-Tasie and Hiroyuki Takeshima

Can modern input use be promoted without subsidies? An analysis of fertilizer in Ethiopia pp. 595-611

Shahidur Rashid, Nigussie Tefera, Nicholas Minot and Gezahegn Ayele

Zambia's input subsidy programs pp. 613-628

Nicole Mason, Thomas Jayne and Rhoda Mukuka

The last mile(s) in modern input distribution: Pricing, profitability, and adoption pp. 629-646

Bart Minten, Bethlehem Koru and David Stifel

The impact of seed vouchers on poverty reduction among smallholder rice farmers in Nigeria pp. 647-658

Bola Amoke Awotide, Aziz Karimov, Aliou Diagne and Tebila Nakelse

Impacts of subsidized hybrid seed on indicators of economic well-being among smallholder maize growers in Zambia pp. 659-670

Nicole Mason and Melinda Smale

What are the effects of input subsidy programs on maize prices? Evidence from Malawi and Zambia pp. 671-686

Jacob Ricker-Gilbert, Nicole Mason, Francis A. Darko and Solomon Tembo

How do fertilizer subsidy programs affect total fertilizer use in sub-Saharan Africa? Crowding out, diversion, and benefit/cost assessments pp. 687-703

Thomas Jayne, David Mather, Nicole Mason and Jacob Ricker-Gilbert

Modern input promotion in sub-Saharan Africa: insights from Asian green revolution pp. 705-721

Shahidur Rashid, Paul Dorosh, Mehrab Malek and Solomon Lemma

Market concentration and pricing behavior in the fertilizer industry: a global approach pp. 723-734

Manuel Hernandez and Maximo Torero

Volume 44, month 07, 2013

Challenges and policy options in the global bio-economy: introduction and overview pp. 379-380

Johan Swinnen and Alfons Weersink

Weather index insurance for agricultural development: introduction and overview pp. 381-384

Alexander Sarris

Adoption of weather-index insurance: learning from willingness to pay among a panel of households in rural Ethiopia pp. 385-398

Ruth Hill, John Hoddinott and Neha Kumar

Productivity, credit, risk, and the demand for weather index insurance in smallholder agriculture in Ethiopia pp. 399-417

Craig McIntosh, Alexander Sarris and Fotis Papadopoulos

Managing basis risk with multiscale index insurance pp. 419-431

Ghada Elabed, Marc Bellemare, Michael Carter and Catherine Guirkinger

Introduction: rural diversification, secondary towns and poverty reduction: do not miss the middle pp. 433-434

Luc Christiaensen

Urbanization and poverty reduction: the role of rural diversification and secondary towns pp. 435-447

Luc Christiaensen, Joachim Weerdt and Yasuyuki Todo

Agriculture and small towns in Africa pp. 449-459

Paul Dorosh and James Thurlow

Nonfarm diversification, poverty, economic mobility, and income inequality: a case study in village India pp. 461-473

Peter Lanjouw, Rinku Murgai and Nicholas Stern

Biofuels policies and developing countries pp. 475-475

Harry de Gorter

The impact of OECD biofuels policies on developing countries pp. 477-486

Harry de Gorter, Dusan Drabik, David Just and Erika M. Kliauga

Land use and economic effects of alternative biofuel policies in Brazil and the United States pp. 487-499

Hector M. Nuñez, Hayri Onal and Madhu Khanna

Biofuels and developing economies: is the timing right? pp. 501-510

Siwa Msangi and Martin Evans

Consumer choice and the acceptance of production practice: introduction and overview pp. 511-512

Jutta Roosen

Consumer preferences for new technology: apples enriched with antioxidant coatings in Uzbekistan pp. 513-521

Andrey A. Zaikin and Jill McCluskey

Sparkling wine choice from supermarket shelves: the impact of certification of origin and production practices pp. 523-536

Mara Thiene, Riccardo Scarpa, Luigi Galletto and Vasco Boatto

The role of certificate issuer on consumers’ willingness-to-pay for milk traceability in China pp. 537-544

Junfei Bai, Caiping Zhang and Jing Jiang

Volume 44, month 05, 2013

Assessing farmers’ risk preferences and their determinants in a marginal upland area of Vietnam: a comparison of multiple elicitation techniques pp. 255-273

Thea Nielsen, Alwin Keil and Manfred Zeller

The impact of agricultural policy on farm income concentration: the case of regional implementation of the CAP direct payments in Italy pp. 275-286

Simone Severini and Antonella Tantari

The Economic impact of public agricultural research and development in the United States pp. 287-295

Matthew A. Andersen and Wenxing Song

Contract farming and smallholder incentives to produce high quality: experimental evidence from the Vietnamese dairy sector pp. 297-308

Christoph Saenger, Matin Qaim, Maximo Torero and Angelino Viceisza

Cooperative pricing and scale efficiency: The case of Korean rice processing complexes pp. 309-321

Chun-Kwon Yoo, Steven Buccola and Munisamy Gopinath

Valuing financial, health, and environmental benefits of Bt cotton in Pakistan pp. 323-335

Shahzad Kouser and Matin Qaim

The value of genetic information to livestock buyers: a combined revealed, stated preference approach pp. 337-347

Mallory K. Vestal, Jayson Lusk, Eric DeVuyst and J. Robert Kropp

Cash crop choice and income dynamics in rural areas: evidence for post-crisis Indonesia pp. 349-364

Stephan Klasen, Jan Priebe and Robert Rudolf

Cash transfer programs and agricultural production: the case of Malawi pp. 365-378

Ryan Boone, Katia Covarrubias, Benjamin Davis and Paul Winters

Volume 44, month 03, 2013

Capturing zero-trade values in gravity equations of trade: an analysis of protectionism in agro-food sectors pp. 141-159

George Philippidis, Helena Resano-Ezcaray and Ana I. Sanjuán-López

Prices, institutions, and determinants of supply in the Malian cotton sector pp. 161-174

Véronique Thériault, Renata Serra and James A. Sterns

Water and growth in an agricultural economy pp. 175-189

Anita M. Chaudhry and Edward Barbier

Welfare implications of reduced government subsidies to farm families: accounting for fringe benefits pp. 191-202

Jeremy M. D'Antoni and Ashok Mishra

The effects of the Food Reserve Agency on maize market prices in Zambia pp. 203-216

Nicole Mason and Robert Myers

Investigating the performance of different estimation techniques for crop yield data analysis in crop insurance applications pp. 217-230

Robert Finger

Which farmers benefit the most from Bt corn adoption? Estimating heterogeneity effects in the Philippines pp. 231-239

Maria Mutuc, Roderick Rejesus and Jose M. Yorobe, Jr.

China's regional agricultural productivity growth in 1985–2007: A multilateral comparison pp. 241-251

Sun Ling Wang, Francis Tuan, Fred Gale, Agapi Somwaru and James Hansen

Why Poverty Persists: Poverty Dynamics in Asia and Africa edited by Bob Baulch pp. 253-254

Jan Willem Gunning

Volume 44, month 01, 2013

Coping with systemic risk in index-based crop insurance pp. 1-13

Zhiwei Shen and Martin Odening

Malaria incidence and agricultural efficiency in Uganda pp. 15-23

Ousmane Badiane and John Ulimwengu

Pathways out of poverty in lagging regions: evidence from rural western China pp. 25-44

Luc Christiaensen, Lei Pan and Sangui Wang

Determinants of herbicide use in rice production in the Philippines pp. 45-55

Jesusa C. Beltran, Ben White, Michael Burton, Graeme J. Doole and David Pannell

Quantifying rural livelihood strategies in developing countries using an activity choice approach pp. 57-71

Øystein Juul Nielsen, Santosh Rayamajhi, Patricia Uberhuaga, Henrik Meilby and Carsten Smith-Hall

A real options model to assess the role of flexibility in forestry and agroforestry adoption and disadoption in the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley pp. 73-91

Gregory E. Frey, D. Evan Mercer, Frederick W. Cubbage and Robert C. Abt

Is the growth of regionalism as significant as the headlines suggest? Lessons from agricultural trade pp. 93-109

Jason Grant

Partial equilibrium analysis of vaccination as an avian influenza control tool in the U.S. poultry sector pp. 111-123

Aklesso Egbendewe-Mondzozo, Levan Elbakidze, Bruce McCarl, Michael P. Ward and John B. Carey

Agricultural price transmission across space and commodities during price bubbles pp. 125-139

Roberto Esposti and Giulia Listorti