i Contents Executive Summary iii 1. Introduction 1 1.1 The origins of agri-environment policy in England 1 1.2 The England Rural Development Programme 2 1.3 The context of this evaluation 3 2.

ion and Modelling of Agri-Food Chains as Complex Decision Making Systems Kim P. Bryceson and Carl S. Smith, School of Natural and Rural Systems Management University of Queensland, Gatton, Qld 4343 [email protected]

Please cite this article in press as: Potter, A., et al., Trends in product re Republic of Ireland, Trends in Food Science & Technology (2012), ht Trends in product recalls within the agri-food industry: Empirical evidence from the USA, UK and the Republic of Ireland Antony Potter*, Jason Murray, Benn Lawson and Stephanie Graham Queen’s University Management School, Queen’s University Belfast, ...

The agricultural reform in Hungary broke the previously vertically integrated agri-food system in different lines. The structures in agriculture, food industry and food retailing have fundamentally changed. These changes have also influenced the vertical governance structures in agri-food sector. The aim of this paper is to investigate the choice of farmers among various supply channels in Hung...

Michael F. O’Neill1,2*, George M. Leigh3, You-Gan Wang4, J. Matı́as Braccini5, and Matthew C. Ives6 Agri-Science Queensland, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Maroochy Research Facility, PO Box 5083 SCMC, Nambour, Queensland, 4560, Australia School of Geographic Planning and Environmental Management, and Centre for Applications in Natural ResourceMathematics (CARM) in the School...

Fast Bayesian Choice of Phylogenetic Models: Prospecting Data Augmentation–Based Thermodynamic Integration NICOLAS RODRIGUE1,2,3,∗ AND STÉPHANE ARIS-BROSOU1,4 1Department of Biology and Center for Advanced Research in Environmental Genomics, University of Ottawa, 30 Marie Curie Pvt., Ottawa, ON, Canada K1N 6N5; 2Quebec Center for Biodiversity Science, McGill University, 1205 Drive, Penfield Ave...

Conceived to combat widescale biodiversity erosion in farmland, agri-environment schemes have largely failed to deliver their promises despite massive financial support. While several common species have shown to react positively to existing measures, rare species have continued to decline in most European countries. Of particular concern is the status of insectivorous farmland birds that forag...

An analytical framework is proposed for analysis of environmental good production by farmers in the case of price uncertainty. Environmental good production contracted by means of agri-environmental agreements is treated as a riskless option in the farmer’s production activities portfolio. It is shown that agri-environmental agreements aiming at biodiversity competing with beef production are l...

In direct agri-food chains (DAFCs), farmers and consumers are brought together with the aim of shortening, localizing and synergizing an agrifood chain. As food moves from the farm to the fork, all the economic activities are performed by farmers/producers or consumers, and none intermediary is required to handle an agri-food product before it is consumed. Any DAFC form provide a sort of limina...