Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies: Volume 8 Issue 4

Motivations and cognitive models associated with decentralized seed multiplication: Experiences from biofortified sweetpotato vine multipliers in Kenya and Ethiopia

Julius Juma Okello, Wellington Jogo, Norman Kwikiriza, Penina Muoki

The sustainability of decentralized seed producers established to enhance farmers’ access to seed of newly introduced biofortified crops is a major challenge. Understanding what…

Agricultural disaster programs and family farm labor supply in Taiwan

Karin Wu, Hung-Hao Chang, Lih-Chyun Sun

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effects of disaster relief payments on on-farm and off-farm labor supply of farm households in Taiwan. The effectiveness of the…

Exploring the integration of business and CSR perspectives in smallholder souring: Black soybean in Indonesia and tomato in India

August Raimy Sjauw-Koen-Fa, Vincent Blok, Onno S.W.F. Omta

The purpose of this paper is to assess the impact of smallholder supply chains on sustainable sourcing to answer the question how food and agribusiness multinationals can best…

Determinants of job satisfaction among Malaysian youth working in the oil palm plantation sector

Roslina Kamaruddin, Norehan Abdullah, Mohammad Amizi Ayob

Oil palm is a labor-intensive crop where the labor issue is one of the most intransigent problems facing the industry. The negative perception toward this sector associated with…

The role of distance on international commerce: the impact on Sino-Brazilian beef trade

Susanne Knoll, Antônio Domingos Padula, Julio Otávio Jardim Barcellos, Guilherme Pumi, Shudong Zhou, Funing Zhong

The purpose of this paper is to identify Brazilian and Chinese cultural, managerial and negotiation factors that can influence the beef trade between the two countries.