In many countries, various eco-labels have emerged for informing consumers about the
environmental impact of the offered products. Using recent advances in the empirical and …

Increasing consolidation and vertical coordination in the food chain have made the prospect
of market power abuses by powerful food manufacturers and retailers an issue and a policy …

Recent developments in modern agri‐food markets have called into question the predictive
capability of the traditional models and tools used by agricultural economists to assess and …

Environmentally Friendly Farming Practices (EFFPs) are tools aimed at providing ecosystem
services or mitigating the environmental impacts of intensive agriculture. A large literature …

Historically, pandemics lead to labor shortages, and the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020-21
proved to be no different. While there are many explanations for supply-chain issues …

This article reviews literature on competitiveness of agricultural product and input markets.
Although researchers in the United States and Europe emphasize different stages of the …

The relationship between a firm's markups and its export behavior is highly relevant to
individual firms' strategic decisions as well as to governments' policies regarding …

Market concentration, and its impact on competition, has attracted growing public scrutiny as
well as several Federal policy initiatives. Critics argue that increased concentration has led …

Fair Trade certification aims at transferring wealth from the consumer to the farmer; however,
coffee passes through many hands before reaching final consumers. Bringing together …

Increasing the production of organic food is becoming an important environmental target for
many governments, and consumer demand for organic food is pivotal in reaching these …