Background Smoking significantly contributes to the mortality rates worldwide, particularly in
non-communicable and preventable diseases such as cardiovascular ailments, respiratory …

In response to concerns over land concentration and access within the European Union, this
study seeks to elucidate the factors influencing farmers' decisions to invest in land and the …

The agricultural sector is one of the areas that has been highlighted as requiring a
sustainability transition. For these kinds of transitions to succeed over the long-term, farmers …

The duration of land transfers plays a pivotal role in attaining agricultural sustainability and
enhancing farmer's welfare. Using household tracking survey data from China, this study …

Continued innovation in contract design may enhance the delivery of agri-environmental
climate public goods (AECPG), but barriers to adoption arise in terms of how farmers …

Results-based, collective action, value chain, and land tenure contracts are means to
improve the management of agri-environmental public goods. The objective of this paper is …

Long‐term land leasing offers a viable alternative to land ownership in relation to increasing
efficiency of agricultural production, economies of scale, and delivering environmental …

The objective of this paper is to analyse the cost structure of pasture-based beef production
in Ireland. Specifically, the paper assesses (i) farmers' capacity to respond to price changes …

This special issue of Bio-based and Applied Economics (BAE) features a selection of five
papers developed within the EU H2020 project 'CONtract SOLutions for Effective and lasting …

With the development of farmland rental market in China, the role of farmland rental need to
be further explored. This study focuses on the effects and mechanisms of farmland rental on …