《国际食物和农商管理评论》2020年第3期
International Food and Agribusiness Management Review
Vol. 23, No. 3, 2020
本期目录
Review Article
Digital integration to enhance market efficiency and inclusion of smallholder farmers: a proposed model for fresh fruit and vegetable supply chain
Swamikannu Nedumaran, Aravazhi Selvaraj, Ravi Nandi, Bhattacharjee Suchiradipta, Padmanabhan Jyosthnaa, Disha Bose
Research Article
Rice farmers’ demands for productive services: evidence from Chinese farmers
Qi Li, Kai Li
Value chain impact of the increased hilsa shad (Tenualosa ilisha) harvest in Bangladesh
Md. Akhtaruzzaman Khan, Md. Abdul Wahab, A.B.M. Mahfuzul Haque, M. Nahiduzzaman, Michael J. Phillips
Border effect of agricultural trade between China and the Belt and Road countries: a computable general equilibrium model analysis
Jingqi Dang, Yipu Pang
The dynamic impact of international agricultural commodity price fluctuation on Chinese agricultural commodity prices
Xiaoyu Zhang, Yongfu Liu
How important are product attributes for U.S. lamb imports?
Danielle Ufer, Amanda M. Countryman, Andrew Muhammad
Relationship quality and supplier performance in food supply chains
Nic Lees, Peter Nuthall, Mark M.J. Wilson
Generic promotion of Norwegian seafood exports
Gary W. Williams, Oral Capps Jr
Farmer awareness, perceptions and adoption of unmanned aerial vehicles: evidence from Missouri
Theodoros Skevas, Nicholas Kalaitzandonakes
Hedonic valuation of country of origin in the Chinese dairy market
Yan Zhang, Shaosheng Jin
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Review Article
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Digital integration to enhance market efficiency and inclusion of smallholder farmers: a proposed model for fresh fruit and vegetable supply chain
Swamikannu Nedumaran, Aravazhi Selvaraj, Ravi Nandi, Bhattacharjee Suchiradipta, Padmanabhan Jyosthnaa, Disha Bose
23(3), pp. 319–337
Abstract:
High-value agriculture in India is witnessing a transformation, specifically in fresh fruits and vegetables (FFV). Supply chain stakeholders, mainly small and marginal farmers, receive a very minimal share in consumer rupee due to market uncertainty, high post-harvest losses, information asymmetry, lack of processing facilities and the erratic demand-supply situation. The current study draws from an extensive review to propose a competitive, inclusive, sustainable and scalable supply chain model of primary processing centers connecting farmers directly and efficiently with consumers. The proposed model will connect producers with the rest of the supply chain and streamline the supply chain process to reduce post-harvest losses as much as possible. The integration of a market information system will ensure transparency to help in better decision-making, reduced intermediaries and information asymmetry for producers, as well as the systematic disposal of the produce. The model will increase the efficiency of the FFV supply chain and has practical implications for agribusiness management and policymakers in relation to FFV supply chain development in India.
Keywords:
supply chain, India, fresh fruits and vegetables, primary processing centers, market information system,
Research Article
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Rice farmers’ demands for productive services: evidence from Chinese farmers
Qi Li, Kai Li
23(3), pp. 339–353
Abstract:
Based on the data of 601 rice farmers in Zhejiang and Jiangsu provinces in China, we analyzed the type and intensity of farmers’ demands for productive services and the factors influencing agricultural green transformation in this developing country. The results show that rice farmers most urgently demand services including plant protection information, seedling supply, and unified prevention and treatment, with lower demand for services providing information about materials and soil. Given the consistency of productive services at the village level, we used a hierarchical linear model to analyze factors influencing farmer demand. The results show that for farmers with low levels of technology adoption, their demands for the services are significantly impacted by economic development level, production areas, rice planting labor, and technical knowledge, whereas for farmers with high levels of technology adoption, village service levels and production areas significantly affect their service demands.
Keywords:
productive services, green productive technologies, rice farmers, demand intensity, impact factors
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Value chain impact of the increased hilsa shad (Tenualosa ilisha) harvest in Bangladesh
Md. Akhtaruzzaman Khan, Md. Abdul Wahab, A.B.M. Mahfuzul Haque, M. Nahiduzzaman, Michael J. Phillips
23(3), pp. 355–368
Abstract:
Hilsa shad is the largest single fish species, contributing 12% of the total fish production in Bangladesh. Since the rapid decline of its harvest in early 2000, the government of Bangladesh took various initiatives to accelerate the hilsa production and introduced the hilsa fisheries management action plan in 2005. Under WorldFish led enhanced coastal fisheries project, implemented in partnership with the Department of Fisheries, the hilsa fishery reversed and experienced record harvest in 2016. Therefore, this study was undertaken to explore the contributions and benefits of this increased hilsa shad production among value chain actors. The results revealed that increased catches have significant impacts on the volumes of hilsa that were handled by the value chain actors, which depressed market price along the value chain. However, the increased amounts of hilsa harvested compensated for the reduced price and led to increased profits, increased household incomes of the value chain actors, and enhanced fish consumption at the household levels. The increased hilsa catch also had positive and significant impacts on credit repayment. Therefore, the incentive-based co-management system deserves continuation to improve the livelihood of the poor hilsa fishers, to increase the income of the value chain actors and to ensure a sustainable hilsa fishery for Bangladesh.
Keywords:
hilsa shad, value chain actors, economics benefits, loan repayment
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Border effect of agricultural trade between China and the Belt and Road countries: a computable general equilibrium model analysis
Jingqi Dang, Yipu Pang
23(3), pp. 369–389
Abstract:
In this paper, we constructed a global trade computable general equilibrium model using the input-output table data in 2002, 2007, 2010, and 2015 to measure the border effect of the bilateral trade of agricultural products between China and the Belt and Road (B&R) countries, and designed a simulation analysis under different scenarios for the impact of the B&R initiative on China’s agricultural trade. We discovered that: (1) The border effect of agricultural product trade between China and the B&R countries decreased by 20.9% in 2015 compared with that in 2010, which means that the B&R initiative to some extent reduced the trade barriers and promoted the bilateral agricultural trade between China and the B&R countries. (2) There are different changes in border effect between China’s domestic regions and between unilateral and bilateral border, the decline of border effect in China’s costal area is larger than that in inland area, and the decline in import border is larger than that in export border. (3) With the improvement of the B&R framework and the implementation of supporting policies, the decline in trade costs and in local agricultural product preference as well as the agricultural technology progress will further reduce the border effect. China’s domestic regional trade gap will gradually narrow, the bilateral agricultural trade will be highly active, and the continuous growth of agricultural trade will emerge between China and the B&R countries.
Keywords:
Belt and Road, agricultural trade, border effect, CGE model
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The dynamic impact of international agricultural commodity price fluctuation on Chinese agricultural commodity prices
Xiaoyu Zhang, Yongfu Liu
23(3), pp. 391–409
Abstract:
The correlation between Chinese and international commodity prices may be nonlinear because of China’s minimum agricultural commodity purchase price policy and temporary storage policy. In order to research this nonlinear dynamic correlation mechanism, we construct a nonlinear Granger causality test model and a nonlinear autoregressive distribution lag model including Chinese and international agricultural commodity (soybean, corn, rice, and wheat) price variables. Our empirical results reveal that a unidirectional causal relation exists between international and Chinese prices for soybeans and corn; specifically, international prices of soybeans and corn Granger-cause Chinese prices of soybeans and corn. Moreover, the pass-through effects between Chinese and international commodity prices are asymmetric; Chinese agricultural commodity prices respond more strongly to positive shocks than negative shocks of international agricultural commodity prices.
Keywords:
international agricultural commodity price, NARDL model, domestic agricultural commodity price, asymmetry, nonlinear Granger causality
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How important are product attributes for U.S. lamb imports?
Danielle Ufer, Amanda M. Countryman, Andrew Muhammad
23(3), pp. 411–423
Abstract:
The U.S. lamb industry has changed in the last decade, impacting the structure of imports, which have become necessary to meet domestic demand. Product differentiation plays an important role in determining lamb imports. This research examines the importance of source (country or origin) and product attributes such as boneless versus bone-in cuts and chilled versus frozen products in determining U.S. demand for imported lamb. Overall, boneless and bone-in products show evidence of separability, which is an indication that preferences are independent based on these characteristics. For other product attributes, preferences were not independent, implying their aggregation in trade analyses may be justified. For agribusiness importers and wholesalers, our results and a better understanding of the importance of product origin, quality and form are useful to inform pricing and product substitution strategies.
Keywords:
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Relationship quality and supplier performance in food supply chains
Nic Lees, Peter Nuthall, Mark M.J. Wilson
23(3), pp. 425–445
Abstract:
The importance of procurement relationships in food supply chains is increasing in importance due to issues of food safety, food security, changing consumer preferences, ethical concerns and greater awareness of the environmental impact of food production. Despite the considerable research on buyer-seller relationships in the marketing and management literature, only a small proportion of this has focused on procurement relationships between producers and buyers in food supply chains. Hence, this paper specifically focuses on examining the impact of relationship quality on supplier performance in the context of food supply chains. The theoretical framework is derived from the tenets of the resource-based view and the relational view of firms. Using this framework, the definition, measurement and structural dimensions of relationship quality is established in the context of food producers and buyers. This construct is then tested in relationship to supplier performance. Utilizing data from a mail survey of 954 red meat producers in New Zealand, the model of supplier-buyer relationship quality and its effects on supplier performance is tested using structural equation modelling. The results demonstrate that relationship quality is an essential factor in procurement relationships with suppliers in food supply chains and shows that, as hypothesized, higher quality relationships lead to positive performance outcomes. The results support the theoretical framework indicating that relationship quality, conceptualized and defined in this context, is indeed a valuable relational resource due to its impact on supplier performance. Managerially, this resource can be manipulated to improve supplier performance, and hence potentially provide firms with competitive advantage that has high replication barriers.
Keywords:
relationship quality, supplier performance,resource-based view, food supply chains
08
Generic promotion of Norwegian seafood exports
Gary W. Williams, Oral Capps Jr
23(3), pp. 447–467
Abstract:
The Norwegian Seafood Council (NSC) works cooperatively with its seafood industry to develop foreign demand for Norwegian seafood through generic promotion and advertising. The generic promotion activities are financed through fees levied on all Norwegian seafood exports. Using an econometric simulation approach, the study addresses two key questions regarding the NSC generic seafood export promotion programs over time: (1) What have been the effects of those programs on the Norwegian seafood export volume, price, and revenue in the aggregate? (2) Have Norwegian seafood producers, exporters, and other stakeholders benefitted from the export-levy-funded generic export promotion programs? Examining potential scenarios for a likely range of the price responsiveness of the Norwegian seafood export supply, the study finds that NSC promotion added about 12% to the aggregate export value of Norwegian seafood between 2003 and 2017 resulting from an addition to the export price and volume of 10% and 4%, respectively. About 17% of stakeholder profits over that period was due to the promotion programs resulting in an industry profit benefit to cost ratio of about 12 to 13 to one.
Keywords:
Norway, seafood exports, generic advertising and promotion, econometric simulation model, benefit-cost analysis
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Farmer awareness, perceptions and adoption of unmanned aerial vehicles: evidence from Missouri
Theodoros Skevas, Nicholas Kalaitzandonakes
23(3), pp. 469–485
Abstract:
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are expected to play an important role in the future of farming. Because UAVs can provide precise, real-time information on biotic and abiotic stressors in agricultural production while they can also carry out autonomous operations to counter them, they can enhance farm profitability while reducing the environmental footprint of agriculture. Yet little is known about the current adoption of UAVs in agriculture or about the profile of the adopters. In this study we report actual and expected adoption of UAVs for a rich cross section of crop farmers and examine the factors that shape such adoption. In our empirical analysis we describe the inherent farmer heterogeneity – as shaped by differential awareness of UAV applications, perceptions of technical complexities, expectations of economic and environmental benefits and various socioeconomic factors – and analyze which of all these factors shape individual farmer adoption of UAVs. We also estimate and describe a small number of farmer segments that might adequately describe general population tendencies in the adoption of UAVs.
Keywords:
agricultural innovation, technology awareness, technology adoption, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
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Hedonic valuation of country of origin in the Chinese dairy market
Yan Zhang, Shaosheng Jin
23(3), pp. 487–500
Abstract:
The implicit value to Chinese consumers of the country-of-origin (COO) characteristic of dairy products is of great importance to estimate. This study adopted the hedonic price model to evaluate the shadow price of the COO attribute of both UHT fluid milk and infant formula collected from the five leading e-commerce platforms (Alibaba’s Tmall Supermarket, Jingdong, Suning Purchase, COFCO I buy nets, and Yihaodian) in China. The target countries were Germany, France, the Netherlands, and Spain from the EU, and Australia and New Zealand from Oceania. The results show that the implicit values of the COO of UHT fluid milk and infant formula are reversed. Having a COO of Spain and Germany decreased the price of UHT fluid milk compared with China, while Germany, New Zealand, France, the Netherlands, and Spain all earned a price premium on infant formula. The B2C platforms Yihaodian, Jingdong, Alibaba’s Tmall Supermarket and Suning Purchase all earned a price premium above COFCO I buy nets. These findings have important implications for dairy industry of EU countries, Australia, New Zealand, and China in terms of the promotion of domestic dairy products. Moreover, this study contributes to the existing body of literature by innovating in employing sales data from e-commerce scanners to study the implicit value of food attributes.
Keywords:
country-of-origin, B2C platform, implicit value, hedonic price analysis, dairy product
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