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Towards Agro-Food Economics and Rural Development Challenges and Perspectives in Competitive Economies

A special issue of Economies (ISSN 2227-7099).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2018) | Viewed by 14634

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Prof. Nicu Marcu

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Head of Doctoral School of Economics II, Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies, Piata Romana Square, no.6, 1st District, Bucharest, Romania
Interests: economic analysis, resource economics, agricultural investments, ago-food economics
Prof. Dr. Andrei Jean Vasile

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Faculty of Economic Sciences, Petroleum-Gas University of Ploiesti, 100680 Ploiesti, Romania
Interests: sustainable development; open economy macroeconomics; resource productivity
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Prof. Dr. Donatella Privitera

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Educational Sciences Department, University of Catania, Via Biblioteca 4, 95124 Catania, Italy
Interests: sustainable cities; local development; smart tourism; tourism geography; economic geography; food tourism
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Dr. Jonel Subić

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Institute of Agricultural Economics Belgrade, 11060 Belgrade, Serbia
Interests: sustainable development; bioeconomy; environmental economics; economic effectiveness of investments; strategic planning of local communities
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Dr. Vasilii Erokhin

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School of Economics and Management, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin 150001, China
Interests: sustainable development; regional development; international trade; emerging markets, economies in transition
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Agro-food economics and rural development represent fundamental elements in achieving a highly competitive free market economy. The challenges of the contemporary agricultural model have imposed major macroeconomic changes both in terms of the rural economy and the transformation of competitiveness of the national economics paradigm, subjects which, lately, have become key research topics in understanding the functionality of the economic system in competitive economies. Additionally, in recent years, agro-food economics and rural development have experienced a major paradigm shift by aligning to the requirements of the new macroeconomic agricultural model.

The main objective of this Special Issue is to highlight, among the most competitive and current futures of the agro-food economics paradigm, transformations and rural development challenges from a macroeconomic perspective. In this context, this Special Issue aims to discuss a wide range of topics regarding the role of agro-food economics and rural development challenges and changes in contemporary economies, regarding the core values of agricultural economics and rural development; the influence of the agricultural model on developing the inland economic structures is not within the scope of this issue.

In this Special Issue, we welcome submissions from all areas of agricultural economics, with a specific emphasis on the interactions among agro-food economics, rural development and resource productivity. We invite contributors to submit manuscripts with a high degree of novelty as full-length articles, reviews and conceptual papers; both theoretical and practical contributions that focus on these specific topics are encouraged.

All submissions will be subjected to a rigorous peer review procedure before publication with the results disseminated in a timely fashion.  

Prof. Nicu Marcu
Assoc. Prof. Andrei Jean Vasile
Prof. Donatella Privitera
Prof. Subic Jonel
Prof. Vasily Erokhin
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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Economies is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

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Consumers’ Perceptions of Sustainable Wine: An Exploratory Study in France and Italy
by Roberta Capitello and Lucie Sirieix
Economies 2019, 7(2), 33; https://doi.org/10.3390/economies7020033 - 25 Apr 2019
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This study offers new insights into the sustainable wine market by exploring consumers’ perceptions of product attributes for six categories of wine that have characteristics of sustainability and one conventional wine. The study investigates product-attribute associations that French and Italian consumers attach to [...] Read more.
This study offers new insights into the sustainable wine market by exploring consumers’ perceptions of product attributes for six categories of wine that have characteristics of sustainability and one conventional wine. The study investigates product-attribute associations that French and Italian consumers attach to sustainable wines, and whether consumers’ involvement with wine and propensity towards ethically-minded behaviours affect their perceptions of sustainable wines. The research employs a cross-country analysis of France and Italy, and uses a free-choice approach to reveal consumers’ perceptions. The perceptual maps highlight the different attribute dimensions associated with conventional wines and sustainable wines. Health benefits, taste, and ethics emerge as the most relevant discriminant dimensions. The study finds that consumers involved with wine demonstrate a greater ability to evaluate product-attribute associations for sustainable wines than do ethically-minded consumers who are not involved with wine. The study elaborates some practical implications of this result for wineries. In particular, the study highlights that consumers associate different characteristics and beneficial aspects with different categories of sustainable wines; this also depends on their level of involvement with wine. The results demonstrate that sustainable wine marketers should, in their marketing and communication, take into stronger consideration the level of consumer involvement with wine and the specific associations made by consumers with the sustainable wine category they want to promote. Full article
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Explaining Fertility Variation in Rural Communities: The Role of Electricity in Ghana
by George Akpandjar, Conrad Puozaa and Peter Quartey
Economies 2018, 6(3), 40; https://doi.org/10.3390/economies6030040 - 16 Jul 2018
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We believe the massive rural electrification, which began in 1992, played a significant role in the varying fertility rates across rural Ghana. Rural households with electricity, tend to have fewer children ever born to a woman than households without electricity. Using control function [...] Read more.
We believe the massive rural electrification, which began in 1992, played a significant role in the varying fertility rates across rural Ghana. Rural households with electricity, tend to have fewer children ever born to a woman than households without electricity. Using control function regressions, we identify the contribution of electrification to the rural-rural variation in fertility by exploiting the exogenous variations in the access rate to electricity at the district-level. Our results indicate that electrification contributes to a fall in fertility among rural women by between one and three children. These results are qualitatively similar to results from our two-stage least squares estimations and counterfactual analysis. Although our results may not reflect what happens in other countries, they suggest that electrification reduces fertility and should be considered when examining the costs and benefits of rural electrification programs in developing countries. Full article
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