Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies: Volume 11 Issue 5

COVID-19 lockdown: implication for food security

Henry Egbezien Inegbedion

The purpose of the paper is to sought to know the implication of COVID-19 lockdown for food security in Nigeria

Exploration of COVID-19 impact on the dimensions of food safety and security: a perspective of societal issues with relief measures

Janpriy Sharma, Mohit Tyagi, Arvind Bhardwaj

Outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has created the catastrophic situation, it has crippled all the economic activities and seized off the operations of food supply chain (FSC)…

Agricultural commercialization and food security: an ex-ante approach

Olufemi D. Bolarinwa, James F. Oehmke, Charles B. Moss

The lack of theoretical and pragmatic way of measuring agricultural commercialization has been responsible for the inconsistent results for the impact of agricultural…

Farmer cooperatives, gender and side-selling behavior in Burundi's coffee sector

Andrew Gerard, Maria Claudia Lopez, Daniel C. Clay, David L. Ortega

This study aims to improve our understanding of side selling in farmer cooperatives. Cooperative member side selling, in which farmers divert produce from cooperatives to…

Innovation and firm growth in agricultural inputs industry: empirical evidence from India

Manogna R L

Innovation strategy and its outcomes may be different for agricultural input firms in developing countries than those operating in developed countries; hence, a study of…

Assessing the economic viability of commercial moringa production for Kenyan small-scale farmers

Carrie Waterman, Austin Peterson, Celina Schelle, Steven A. Vosti, Stepha McMullin

Moringa (Moringa oleifera) is a highly nutritious, fast-growing crop that has emerged in Western markets as a “superfood” and as a “smart crop” for income generation potential…

Corporate social responsibility in agribusiness: evidence in Latin America

Morelle Maykon Monteiro Mello, Wesley Ricardo de Souza Freitas, Adriano Alves Teixeira, Jorge Henrique Caldeira-Oliveira, Luis Gustavo Freitas-Silva

Agribusiness has stood out in the economy sector as a form of countryside-city interaction due to its productive chain characterized by modernization coming from cities…

Drivers for continued use of a direct marketing channel: evidence from Thai farmers

Haruhiko Iba, Apichaya Lilavanichakul

This study aims to identify the key drivers influencing the success of farmers who employ direct marketing at wholesale markets. The diversification of the distribution system in…

Does agro-processing adoption affect farm income and farm diversification? Empirical evidence from Taiwan

Lin Lin, Hung-Hao Chang

The purpose of this paper is to identify the factors associated with the adoption of agro-processing methods and to estimate their impact on farm income and farm diversification.

Adoption impact of maize seed technology on farm profitability: evidence from Ghana

Amos Mensah, Maxwell Asiamah, Camillus Abawiera Wongnaa, Faizal Adams, Seth Etuah, Eli Gaveh, Patrick Appiah

The paper aims to examine impact of adopted maize seed technology on farm profitability. It assesses both the revenue and cost implication of the adopted technology on farmers'…