The aim of this paper is to understand the extent of e-business utilisation in the horticulture supply chain, an area where there is little research coverage. To achieve this, we assess the current and planned adoption of e-business technologies and functions. Data were collected through a survey of Australian horticulture growers, service providers and industry associations. The findings indic...

In this paper, we assess the potential for rehabilitation of comparative analysis under its new guise of benchmarking. After a brief description of comparative analysis, we discuss the deficiencies that surrounded its fall in reputation: neglect of economic principles, limited scope for action, failure to establish causal relations between farming practices and performance, lack of a holistic a...

* We acknowledge helpful suggestions from a referee in preparing this article. Summary As with most agricultural products in world trade, trade in meat products is restricted by a variety of non-tariff barriers in different countries. In the case of New Zealand meat products there are quota restrictions in the USA, Canada, and EU markets and hygiene regulations of varying standards in most mark...

Aset of simulations were used to estimate the impact of improvements in cattle breeding efficiency and other management factors on gross margins in extensive pastoral systems in Western Australia. The output from the simulations was integrated into a statistical model of gross margin as a function of breeding and management variables. The simulations showed that gross margin was an increasing f...

I am fearful that I may be evolving into the world's greatest skeptic. Sixteen years of work with small agribusiness firms has contributed much towards this gradually deteriorating mental state. At the young age of 25, I was a confirmed optimist and a staunch believer that the viability of our agricultural economy was dependent upon the entrepreneurial skills and practices of small agribusiness...

BACKGROUND Living conditions and health of migrant farmworkers could benefit from a health promotion model based on corporate social responsibility (CSR). OBJECTIVE To understand how Mexican agribusiness owners and general managers view and practice CSR. METHODS We interviewed 8 agribusiness owners/managers and 233 farmworkers using open-ended interviews and gathered anthropometrical data o...

This article aims to conduct an analysis of the correlation between the management and use of water resources with the expansion of agribusiness and its reflections in environmental and human contamination, pointing toward challenges for SUS in the area of monitoring pesticides in water for human consumption. It is qualitative study with an adopted methodological framework of the case study, ap...

Li, Jiayu. M.S., Purdue University, May 2015. Tracking Sales Activities in Agribusiness. Major Professor: W. Scott Downey. Decisions in the sales area, including customer and product selection and margin discipline, shape profits for companies in agribusiness. Management of the sales function takes place at the organizational, managerial, and practitioner level, each of which requires data abou...

This paper presents an overview of contracting arrangements in agribusiness procurement practices in South Africa. The objective of this paper is to contribute to a better understanding of the structures and issues of raw commodity procurement in South African agribusiness supply chains. The results suggest that a wide range of institutions are employed to procure raw commodities for the South ...