Agricultural and other fields of economics have always co‐evolved and benefitted from each
other's insights. Over time, a general convergence of all social sciences began, and various …

Much of neoclassical economics is concerned with prices—more specifically, with relative
prices. Similarly, economists have studied behavior in the face of risk and uncertainty for at …

Contract farming, wherein a processor contracts out the production of an agricultural
commodity to a grower, is the first step toward more vertically coordinated—and thus more …

Abstract In March 2020, India declared a nationwide lockdown in response to the COVID‐19
pandemic. Such restrictions on mobility interrupted the normal functioning of agricultural …

The recent extreme volatility in agriculture prices determines serious repercussions to
various stakeholders and levels in the food value chain, that is, producers, intermediaries …

Despite decades of investment in agricultural extension, technology adoption among
farmers and agricultural productivity growth in Sub‐Saharan Africa remain slow. Among …

A core result of contract theory is that contracts can help transfer risk from one party to
another, the latter insuring the former. We test this prediction and explore the mechanism …

We develop a model of deforestation using a real option on agricultural land conversion and
establish an important link between agricultural commodity price volatility and forest loss …

How does income uncertainty affect individual well‐being? Combining individual‐level
panel data from rural Ethiopia with high‐resolution meteorological data, we estimate that …

Research background: Although agricultural competitiveness is not a new topic, it is worth
noting that it has recently come back to the attention of researchers due to various factors …