AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS NEW RESEARCH -- AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS NEW RESEARCH -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 THE ROLE OF CULTURE AND FOOD HABITS IN OLIVE OIL PURCHASE BEHAVIOUR: EVIDENCES FROM SPAIN -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. FOOD CHOICE RESEARCH. ASPECTS INFLUENCING OLIVE OIL CONSUMER CHOICE -- 2.1. Food Habits and Consumer Behavior -- 2.2. Marketing Factors and Food Consumption -- 2.2.1. Price -- 2.2.2. Brand: national brands vs. store brand -- 2.2.3. Promotions: Price discounts and feature advertisement -- 2.3. Customer Loyalty and Preferences -- 2.4. Olive Oil Consumer Research: Aspects Influencing Olive oil Consumer Choice -- 3. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY -- 3.1. Spanish Olive Oil Market -- 3.2. Database -- 3.3. Variables -- 3.4. Empirical Model -- 4. RESULTS -- 4.1. Consumer Preferences and Loyalty -- 4.2. Brands: National Brands vs. Store Brands -- 4.3. Promotional Variables: Price Reductions and Store Flyers -- 5. CONCLUSION -- 6. MANAGERIAL IMPLICATION -- 7. LIMITATIONS AND FUTURE RESEARCH -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 2 A COMPARATIVE ECONOMIC STUDY OF CHINA'S AND AUSTRALIA'S COTTON PRODUCTION: DIFFERENCES, TRENDS AND ANALYSIS -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. GLOBAL RANKING OF CHINA'S AND AUSTRALIA'S COTTON PRODUCTION -- 3. TRENDS IN COTTON PRODUCTION, PLANTED AREA AND YIELDS IN CHINA AND IN AUSTRALIA -- 3.1. Main Statistics for Cotton Production -- 3.2. Trends in Total Cotton Output -- 3.3. Trends in the Area of Planted Cotton -- 3.4. Trends in Cotton Yield -- 4. ANALYSIS OF THE RELATIVE INFLUENCE ON VARIATIONS IN TOTAL COTTON PRODUCTION OF CHANGES IN PLANTED AREA AND YIELD -- 4.1. Correlations between Aggregate Cotton Production, Area and Yield -- 4.2. Decomposition of Production -- 4.2.1. In China -- 4.2.2. In Australia.

5. OVERALL VARIATIONS AND YEAR-TO-YEAR VARIATIONS IN COTTON SUPPLY, IN AREAS PLANTED WITH COTTON, AND IN YIELDS IN CHINA AND AUSTRALIA -- 5.1. Introduction to The Analysis -- 5.2. Overall Stability in Cotton and Year-to-Year Variations in Cotton Production -- 5.3. Overall Stability and Year-to-Year Variation in Planted Area of Cotton -- 5.4. Overall Stability and Year-to-Year Variation of Cotton Yield -- 6. DISCUSSION -- 7. CONCLUDING COMMENTS -- 8. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 3 INVASIVE ALIEN PLANT SPECIES - A THREAT OR AN OPPORTUNITY FOR POLLINATING INSECTS IN AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPES? -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. POLITICS, INVASIONS AND ECOLOGY -- 1.1. Impact of Invasive Species on the Agricultural Economy -- 1.2. The Impact of the Most Widespread Flowering Invasive Species on the Economy -- 2. THE ROLE OF POLLINATORS IN THE AGRICULTURAL ECONOMY -- 2.1. The Value of Pollinator Services -- 3. EFFECTS OF INVASIVE SPECIES ON PLANT-POLLINATOR SYSTEMS -- 3.1. Scenario 1: Invasive Alien Species Have Both Negative Effects on Native Plants or Crops and Pollinators -- 3.2. Scenario 2: Invasive Alien Species Have Both Positive Effects on Native Plants or Crops and Pollinators -- 3.3. Scenario 3: Invasive Alien Species Have a Negative Effect on Native Plants or Crops but a Positive Effect on Pollinators -- 3.4. Scenario 4: Invasive Alien Species Have a Positive Effect on Native Plants or Crops but a Negative Effect on Pollinators -- 4. FINAL REMARKS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 4 PLANNING TO FIGHT SPECULATION: OUTSTANDING INFLUENCES ON LAND RENT -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. BIBLIOGRAPHIC REVIEW -- 2.1. Urban Land Rent and Respective Underlying Variables -- 2.2. Surplus-Values and Respective Underlying Variables -- 3. IDENTIFICATION OF FLAWS, INCONSISTENCIES AND CONTRADICTIONS IN JURIDICAL, PLANNING AND FISCAL SYSTEMS.

4. METHODOLOGY FOR THE COMPUTATION OF ECONOMIC RENTS AND OF SURPLUS VALUES -- 4.1. Development of a Management Information System -- 4.2. Methodology for Surplus Values Computation -- 4.3. Results -- 4.4. Discussion of Results -- 5. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- BIBLIOGRAFIC REFERENCES -- Chapter 5 CONTEMPORARY ECOLOGICAL-ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT OF CONTAMINATED AGRICULTURAL LANDS: PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS -- ABSTRACT -- 1. GENERAL ECONOMIC AND PHILOSOPHICAL CONSIDERATIONS -- 1.1. Rights of Nature as the Basis of Ecological Economics -- 1.2. Rational Assessment of Natural Resource as a Stage in the Development of the Markets of Nature Benefits -- 2. ECO-ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF LAND RESOURCES -- 3. ECOLOGIZATION OF LAND EVALUATION AND INFLATION PROCESSES IN THE ECONOMY -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 6 THE ROLE OF A GEOGRAPHIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL BASED INDEX IN THE AGRICULTURAL REGIONAL INCOME CONVERGENCE OF MINAS GERAIS STATE, BRAZIL -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. METHODS -- 2.1. Regional Division -- 2.2. GeoTec Index -- 2.2.1. Land Suitability Index (LSI) -- 2.2.2. Hydrological Index (HyI) -- 2.2.3. Technological Index (TeI) -- 2.2.4. The Geographic and Technological Index (GeoTec) -- 2.3. Analysis of Spatial Data -- 2.4. Income Convergence Analysis -- 3. RESULTS -- 3.1. Spatial Data Analysis -- 3.2. Income Convergence Analysis -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 7 NATURAL PROTECTION FROM INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION IN THE LIVESTOCK INDUSTRY: ANALYSIS, EXAMPLES AND VIETNAM'S PORK MARKET AS A CASE -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO THE NATURAL PRODUCTION OF DOMESTICALLY PRODUCED LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS IN LESS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES FROM IMPORTS -- 3. ECONOMIC ANALYSIS AND THE NATURAL PROTECTION OF MEAT SUPPLIERS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES -- 4. FEATURES OF THE DEMAND FOR PORK IN VIETNAM AND THEIR ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS.

5. DISCUSSION -- 5.1. Implications of Results from the Multinominal Logit Model -- 5.2. Other Issues -- 6. CONCLUDING COMMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 8 A COMPARISON OF HEDGING STRATEGIES AND EFFECTIVENESS FOR STORABLE AND NON-STORABLE COMMODITIES -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- DATA DESCRIPTION AND COMMODITY INFORMATION -- STORABILITY RANKING -- EMPIRICAL METHODOLGY -- HEDGE RATIOS AND EFFECTIVENESS -- EMPIRICAL RESULTS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 9 DETERMINANTS OF CROP CHOICES BY BANGLADESHI FARMERS: A BIVARIATE PROBIT ANALYSIS1 -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. METHODOLOGY -- 2.1. Data and the Study Area -- 2.2. The Theoretical Framework: Bivariate Probit Model -- 3. EMPIRICAL MODEL -- 4. RESULTS -- 5. CONCLUSIONS AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 10 A PROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS FOR THE ROLE OF THE CAP IN RURAL ECONOMIES AND RELATED RESEARCH NEEDS: THE CASE OF GREECE -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES -- 2. METHODOLOGY -- 3. RESULTS -- 3.1. Main Problems of the Study Region -- 3.2. Main Problems of the Rural Areas in the Study Region at Present -- 3.3. Additional Problems Arising over the Next 10 Years -- 3.4. Main Strengths/Advantages of the Rural Areas in the Study Region -- 3.5. Main Contributions of Agriculture in the Rural Areas in the Study Region -- 3.6. Changes over the Next Decade in Main Contributions of Agriculture in the Rural Areas in the Study Region -- 3.7. Main Contributions (Farming and Non-Farming) of Farm Households in the Rural Areas in Your Region -- 3.8. Changes over the Next Decade in Main Contributions (Farming and Non-Farming) of Farm Households in the Rural Areas in Your Region -- 3.9. Main Contributions (Farming and Non-Farming) of Other Forms of Rural/Agricultural Enterprises (Limited Companies, Cooperatives) in the Rural Areas in Your Region.

3.10. Changes over the Next Decade in Main Contributions (Farming and Non-Farming) of Other Forms of Rural/Agricultural Enterprises (Limited Companies, Cooperatives) in the Rural Areas in Your Region -- 3.11. Main Effects of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) in the Rural Areas -- 3.12. Expected Role of the CAP over the Next Decade -- 3.13. The Most Important Research Questions in Investigating the Future Design and Implementation of the CAP in the Rural Areas -- 3.14. The Research Topics in CAP-IRE Project -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 11 MILK SUPPLY FORECASTING FOR A DAIRY COOPERATIVE IN THE UK USING UNIVARIATE TIME SERIES MODELLING TECHNIQUES1 -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND -- 2. DYNAMICS OF MILK INDUSTRY IN THE UK AND THE MILK LINK LTD -- 3. ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK -- 3.1. Milk Supply Pattern of the Milk Link Ltd: What the Data Tells Us? -- 3.3. Single Variable Time-Series Models Used -- Model 1: Seasonal Multiplicative Moving Average -- Model 2: Single Exponential -- Model 3: Single Exponential Adjusted for Seasonality -- Model 4: Double Exponential Adjusted for Seasonality -- Model 5: Holt-Winters Multiplicative Seasonal -- Model 6: ARIMA/SARIMA Model with a Constant and Time Trend -- 4. RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS -- 5. CONCLUSIONS AND PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 12 THE ROLE OF AGROFORESTRY DEVELOPMENT IN TRANSITION FROM NEOCLASSIC ECONOMY TO BIO-BASED ECONOMY -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- NEOCLASSIC AND ECOLOGICAL MODELS IN ECONOMY -- AGROFORESTRY -- BIO-BASED ECONOMY -- Definition -- Bio-Based Products -- Biomass energy -- Biofuels -- Biorefinery -- INTEGRATED APPROACH -- Economic Perspectives -- Socio-Environmental Benefits -- Environmental benefits -- Social benefits -- Policy and Planning -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES -- INDEX -- Blank Page.