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Extensive Mediterranean agroecosystems and their linked traditional breeds: Societal demand for the conservation of the Majorcan black pig
(Elsevier, 2021-11-05)
Extensive outdoor low-intensity livestock farming systems are the principal form of management of high natural value farmland in Europe. Their marginalisation and poor recognition in policies and markets, ...
Societal preferences for the conservation of traditional pig breeds and their agroecosystems: Addressing preference heterogeneity and protest responses through deterministic allocation and scale-extended models
(Wiley, 2021-12-30)
We assess preferences of inhabitants of the island of Majorca (Spain) for the conservation of traditional, ex-tensively reared Majorcan Black Pigs and the linked agro-ecosystem, using ...
Is Technical Efficiency Affected by Farmers’ Preference for Mitigation and Adaptation Actions against Climate Change? A Case Study in Northwest Mexico
(MDPI, 2019-06-14)
Climate change has adverse effects on agriculture, decreasing crop quality and productivity.
This makes it necessary to implement adaptation and mitigation strategies that contribute to the
maintenance ...
Health innovation in patty products. The role of food Neophobia in Consumers’ Non-hypothetical willingness to pay, purchase ìntention and hedonic evaluation
(MDPI, 2019-02-20)
Consumers' personality traits are key factors in understanding consumers' choice and acceptance for health innovations in food products, in particular, food neophobia (FN). The patty product as a ...
Analysis of farmers’ stated risk using lotteries and their perceptions of climate change in the Northwest of Mexico
(MDPI, 2018-12-21)
Risk attitudes are relevant factors affecting production, management and investment
decisions at the farm level. They are key factors related to farmers’ attitudes towards the environment
and climate ...
Consumers’ wine preferences in a changing scenario
(Emerald, 2018-01-01)
Purpose:
Important socioeconomic changes have been undergone due to the international economic crisis.
In Catalonia (Spain), political changes towards independentism also occurred within the same ...
Are Consumers’ Egg Preferences Influenced by Animal-Welfare Conditions and Environmental Impacts?
(MDPI, 2019-11-06)
We conducted a labelled discrete choice experiment (DCE) to assess consumers’ preferences and willingness to pay (WTP) for fresh hens’ eggs produced via different production systems (caged, barn, free ...
Determinant factors of the adoption of improved maize seeds in Southern Mexico: A survival analysis approach
(MDPI, 2018-10-02)
Maize is the most important and strategic crop in Mexico, however, this sector suffers from
low productivity. Among the various strategies to improve yield by hectare, improved maize seeds
play an ...