Browsing by Department "Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology"
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Adoption of Soil Conservation Practices and Farmers’ Willingness to Pay for Soil Testing in Northern Haiti
(2017-01-27)
This dissertation is organized in three chapters that deal with issues on agricultural development in Haiti. The first chapter presents results from adoption of soil conservation practices in Northern Haiti. Using data ...
Aflatoxin Contamination and Regulation Policy Interventions: Economic Implications for Peanut Market Participants
(2013-11-15)
This dissertation is composed of three chapters covering topics about the impact of aflatoxin regulation policies on peanut suppliers and consumers.
Chapter One evaluates welfare implications of aflatoxin standards ...
Agricultural and Food Policies in Global Trade The Case of Almonds and Hazelnuts
(2016-04-05)
This dissertation consists of three essays. The first essay presents an industry model developed to analyze the link between targeted production subsidies and excess inventory holdings. The Turkish hazelnut industry is a ...
Alabama & Georgia Media Sources and Their Claims About Alternative Food Networks
(2019-08-16)
The purpose of this paper is to explore the ways in which the media shapes information about Alternative Food Networks (AFN). This study is embedded in a larger project investigating local beef food safety in the Southeast ...
Alabama Agricultural Stakeholder’s Perceptions of Weather and Climate-Based Information and the Influence of these Perceptions on the Decision-Making
(2024-07-26)
Climate change is causing long-term weather changes such as increases in temperature and variations in precipitation. Climate change can have major effects on producers as agriculture is dependent on the weather. The ...
Analysis of Gender Participation in the Marketing and Processing Phases of the Cassava Value Chain in Nigeria
(2021-04-30)
The Nigerian cassava value chain shows different gender roles for men and women in marketing and processing activities. Women are typically found in the less profitable work and at the bottom of the value chain because of ...
Analysis of the Current State of the Beekeeping Industry in Alabama
(2024-07-25)
In this thesis, I investigated the following research questions, “What are characteristics of Alabama beekeepers?” “What are revenue sources for beekeepers in Alabama?” and “What are barriers to expansion of beekeeping ...
Banking Efficiency Analysis for Two Special Years during Recent Financial Crisis
(2016-12-09)
This paper covered almost thirty thousand groups of commercial banks’ quarterly data in 2007 and 2011 to analyze the influence of 2008 financial crisis on banking performance, and investigate if there is any difference of ...
Barriers to Adoption of Sustainable Agriculture Practices in the South: Change Agents Perpectives
(2005-12-15)
Current conventional agriculture systems of production lead to environmental degradation, economic problems, and even social problems. The efficacy of sustainable agriculture systems in guaranteeing economic, environmental, ...
Better than Blue Apron: The Role of Black Women in a Community-Based Meal Kit Project
(2018-12-03)
I used community-based research (CBR) to develop and pilot a meal kit designed to be purchased with SNAP benefits in a local grocery store. This paper discusses the role of women in the meal kit project, where black women’s ...
Between the Farm and the Farmer’s Market: Slaughterhouses, Regulations, and Alternative Food Networks
(2012-07-24)
Proximity and access to slaughter establishments is a key factor for farmers who wish to produce red meat for local markets. However, the number of slaughter facilities in the US has fallen dramatically over the last four ...
Brand Equity among Producers of Chinese Mitten Crab
(2014-03-31)
In the Shanghai area of China there is considerable product differentiation among producers of Chinese mitten crab Eriocheir sinensis, with as many as 50 brands available in the marketplace. At the same time, the brand ...
The Catfish Antidumping in Perfect and Imperfect Competition and the Role of Aquaculture in Farmers’ Happiness
(2007-08-15)
This dissertation consists of three chapters. Two focus on trade policy issues and provide empirical evidence for effectiveness of U.S. antidumping measures under Byrd Amendment. The Byrd Amendment permits US firms that ...
Co-Developing Climate-Smart Strategies: Enhancing Resiliency Among Alabama Row Crop Producers and Agricultural Stakeholders
(2022-07-25)
This thesis is embedded in a large USDA-NRCS project titled the Future of Farming: Increasing Adoption of Conservation Practices among Alabama Row Crop Farmers (FFP). The FFP is designed to demonstrate the benefits of ...
Coal and Renewable Energy: History, Impacts, and Future in Alabama
(2010-01-08)
Coal and renewable energy have differential impacts on human society. Coal is the most abundant, cheap, and yet environmentally detrimental source of energy. Renewable sources are environmentally benign but constrained by ...
Collaborative Marketing Enterprises: Local Food Exchange and the Promise of Sustainability
(2009-11-19)
Direct marketing by small-scale, organically-oriented farmers in the United States has risen in popularity in recent decades in the form of farmers markets, Community Supported Agriculture, roadside stands and U-pick ...
Community Capacity and Rural Housing in the Black Belt
(2005-08-15)
The rural West Alabama Black Belt region faces many challenges in addressing low-income home construction and rehabilitation needs. In nearby metropolitan Tuscaloosa, non-governmental housing service providers draw on ...
Community Governance, Contingent Valuation, and Food Policy Councils: The Case of the Alabama Food Policy Council
(2013-04-19)
This thesis seeks to explore an alternative method for valuing the units of community governance keeping in mind that it is similar to a public good. The example we use for this study is that of a hypothetical statewide ...
A Comparative Case Study of Regional Councils of Government in Central and East Alabama
(2007-12-15)
Councils of Governments (COGs) are governmental units designed to provide regional coordination among local governments and assistance in obtaining grants from state and federal agencies. COGs are made up of county and ...
Competition between Domestic and Imported Farmed Fish - A Demand System Analysis
(2008-08-15)
Monthly data from 1999 through 2007 are used to estimate demand interrelationships between domestic and imported farmed fish. Specifically, a demand model is estimated for four products: imported frozen tilapia fillets, ...