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Organic Farming as an Innovative Farming System Development Model toward Sustainable Agriculture in Bali
Organic farming has been promoted and developed in Bali since 2006 by the government in collaboration with private businesses and certification bodies. This research aimed to synthesize the development of Balinese organic production as an effort toward sustainable agriculture. Data from the in-depth...Volume 11 Issue No. 1 (June 2014) -
Transaction Costs of Exchange in Agriculture: A Survey
The concept of transaction cost has been around for more than 75 years. It has been used to explain every economic phenomenon that does not fit with standard neoclassical predictions. It has been applied to so many fields, its definition varying with every application. This paper surveys the...Volume 11 Issue No. 1 (June 2014) -
Push and Pull Factors in Rural Filipino Youth's Outmigration from Agricultural Communities
Rural youth outmigration is a phenomenon that can change the agricultural landscape of farming communities. The Philippines has witnessed an unprecedented youth exodus from rural to urban areas in past decades. This paper explored this issue in rice farming communities in two Philippine provinces...Volume 10 Issue No. 2 (December 2013) -
Urban and Peri-urban Agriculture in Phnom Penh, Cambodia: Challenges and Opportunities
The majority of the global population lives in cities. In the developing world, a three-fold challenge of population growth, urbanization, and urban food insecurity is posing challenges for cities. Urban agriculture has received increasing attention as one strategy to help cope with this. Using the...Volume 10 Issue No. 2 (December 2013) -
Bioeconomics of Spiny Lobster Farming in Indonesia
Spiny lobster puerulus settlements have recently been found in bays in Lombok, Indonesia, leading to the development of lobster grow-out culture in adjacent areas. This research suggests that lobster farming in Indonesia is a viable alternative livelihood for Indonesian fishers. Currently, returns...Volume 10 Issue No. 1 (June 2013) -
Risk Perceptions, Attitudes, and Influential Factors of Rainfed Lowland Rice Farmers in Ilocos Norte, Philippines
This study analyzes the risk perceptions and risk attitudes of farmers practicing different rice-based cropping patterns in the rainfed lowland ecosystems of Ilocos Norte, Philippines. The Likert scale and Kruskal-Wallis test were employed to assess the farmers' risk perceptions while the...Volume 8 Issue No. 2 (December 2011) -
Challenges for Sustainable Agricultural Biotechnology Development in Indonesia
The development of biotechnology in Indonesia is a response to more serious food security challenges as the growth of food yield in the last decade has been much less than that of population. This paper describes biotechnology development in Indonesia, examines government policies related to...Volume 7 Issue No. 2 (December 2010) -
Global Sustainability Regulation and Coffee Supply Chains in Lampung Province, Indonesia
This paper examines the global sustainability regulation in agricultural trade by conducting an in-depth assessment of the economics of coffee-producing regions in Lampung Province, Indonesia. A negative campaign blaming illegal coffee producers for the loss of tigers in the Bukit Barisan Selatan...Volume 7 Issue No. 2 (December 2010) -
Wither the Economics of Agricultural Development?
In spite of a healthy demand for a renaissance in economic policy for agricultural development, the academic supply response is found wanting. The infusion of public economics into the economics of agricultural development, which thrived during the 1970s and 1980s, has stagnated due to the lack of...Volume 7 Issue No. 1 (June 2010) -
Risk Management Strategies for Drought-Prone Rice Cultivation: A Case Study of Tamil Nadu, India
This study aimed to understand the issues associated with rainfed rice production in dry and semidry areas in Tamil Nadu, India. Farmers face risks such as input, output, market-price, and income, as these areas are prone to rainfall shortage. Secondary data about Tamil Nadu and various waterlimited...Volume 6 Issue No. 2 (December 2009)
