Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Renee B. KIM Author-Workplace-Name: School of Business , Hanyang University Title: A multi-attribute model of Japanese consumer's purchase intention for GM foods Abstract: This study illustrates that consumers' GM food purchase decision is determined by a set of correlated variables. The interrelationship among the GM food purchase decision determinants is examined conceptually and empirically with a multi-attribute model, describing this interrelationship. Consumers' attitudes toward subjects such as innovation, science & technology as well as their trust towards the government's regulatory system of food safety and GM food are strong indicators of the consumers' GM food purchase decision. Given the limited availability of GM foods in the market which leads to a lack of understanding and experience of GM foods, consumers' knowledge and their search for information on food label appear to be weaker determinants of the GM food purchase decision for consumers. Keywords: consumer purchase decision, genetically modified foods, Japan, multi-attribute model, structural equation modeling Journal: Agricultural Economics Pages: 449-459 Volume: 56 Issue: 10 Year: 2010 DOI: 10.17221/113/2009-AGRICECON File-URL: http://agricecon.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/113/2009-AGRICECON.html File-Format: text/html X-File-Ref: http://agriculturejournals.cz/RePEc/caa/references/age-201010-0001.txt Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlage:v:56:y:2010:i:10:id:113-2009-AGRICECON Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Maria José Palma Lampreia DOS SANTOS Author-Workplace-Name: Agricultural College of Coimbra - CERNAS, Coimbra, Portugal Author-Name: Pedro Damião De Sousa HENRIQUES Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Economics, University of Évora - CEFAGE, Évora, Portugal Author-Name: Rui Manuel De Sousa FRAGOSO Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Management, University of Évora - ICAM, Évora, Portugal Author-Name: Maria Leonor Pimenta Verdete DA SILVA CARVALHO Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Economics, University of Évora - CEFAGE, Évora, Portugal Title: Attitudes of the Portuguese farmers to the EU Common Agricultural Policy Abstract: The main purpose of this paper aims to know the farmer's attitudes towards the agricultural production, the political support, and the irrigation project of Alqueva in the context of the 2003 Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) Reform, the Health-Check, in a micro-region located near the Mediterranean Sea. For this purpose, we use the Theory of Planned Behaviour. The main results suggest that the majority of farmers are a relatively homogeneous cluster about their attitudes but not in their behavioural intentions. These farmers still maintain a productivist mindset, wish to maintain an agricultural focus and strongly reject the notions of policy liberalisation. The main conclusions suggest that although the farmers have a great potential of innovating the future CAP policies, the water supply irrigation price and the conditions of access to agricultural credit, may compromise their innovation capacity in the future, in particular on the smaller farms. Keywords: Common Agricultural Policy, Mediterranean region, attitudes, farm's typologies Journal: Agricultural Economics Pages: 460-469 Volume: 56 Issue: 10 Year: 2010 DOI: 10.17221/123/2009-AGRICECON File-URL: http://agricecon.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/123/2009-AGRICECON.html File-Format: text/html X-File-Ref: http://agriculturejournals.cz/RePEc/caa/references/age-201010-0002.txt Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlage:v:56:y:2010:i:10:id:123-2009-AGRICECON Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Zuzana LUŠŇÁKOVÁ Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Marketing, Faculty of Economics and Management, Slovak University of Agriculture, Nitra, Slovakia Author-Name: Mária ŠAJBIDOROVÁ Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Marketing, Faculty of Economics and Management, Slovak University of Agriculture, Nitra, Slovakia Author-Name: Jarmila HORVÁTHOVÁ Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Marketing, Faculty of Economics and Management, Slovak University of Agriculture, Nitra, Slovakia Author-Name: Jozef LUŠŇÁK Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Marketing, Faculty of Economics and Management, Slovak University of Agriculture, Nitra, Slovakia Title: Consumer attitudes to the temperate zone fruit and its consumption in the Slovak Republic: Case study from the Nitra region Abstract: The fruit consumption in the Slovak Republic rates below the European average. There are several reasons causing this situation: the financial situation of the inhabitants, high prices of the temperate zone fruit in shops and the unhealthy eating habits of the consumers. The expenses on fruit have been decreasing within the consumer basket in our country. The consumption of fruit and the fruit products (in the value of fresh fruit) rose in 2006 in comparison with 2005 and achieved 54.0 kg per capita. The increase of fruit consumption was recorded thanks to the growth of the fruit containing products. Despite the rising tendency of the fruit consumption per capita, it is still much lower than the recommended dose. Based on the questionnaire survey, the objective of this paper is to identify and analyse the attitudes and behaviour of Slovak consumers, particularly from the Nitra region, to the temperate zone fruit consumption. The survey showed that health is the most important reason for the temperate zone fruit consumption. Apples and grapes are the most frequently consumed sorts. They comprise 50% of the total consumption of the temperate zone fruit. The consumption of the temperate zone fruit has stagnated recently according to the responses of half of the respondents, and even 66% of them would like to increase the temperate zone fruit consumption. Consequently, the dependence of the particular answers to the questions and the indications of a respondent (sex, age, education, locality) were studied by the use of the associative analysis. Keywords: consumption, temperate zone fruit, questionnaire, associative analysis, Slovak Republic Journal: Agricultural Economics Pages: 470-477 Volume: 56 Issue: 10 Year: 2010 DOI: 10.17221/116/2009-AGRICECON File-URL: http://agricecon.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/116/2009-AGRICECON.html File-Format: text/html X-File-Ref: http://agriculturejournals.cz/RePEc/caa/references/age-201010-0003.txt Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlage:v:56:y:2010:i:10:id:116-2009-AGRICECON Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Juan C. PÉREZ-MESA Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Business Administration and Management, University of Almería, Almería, Spain Author-Name: Emilio GALDEANO-GÓMEZ Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Applied Economics, University of Almería, Almería, Spain Title: Agrifood cluster and transfer of technology in the Spanish vegetables exporting sector: the role of multinational enterprises Abstract: Several studies have analyzed the spread of technology by the multinational enterprises. The conclusions obtained are unsettling. Multinationals benefit more from the local branches in terms of knowledge than what they contribute. In the agro-industrial business cluster, multinationals are present as supply companies (e.g. seeds and machinery). However, they also play an important role because, in most cases, they constitute the company demand (retail distribution chain). In this context, this study intends to verify whether multinationals, by means of these two forms of interaction, encourage the use of generic technology, acting as a vector (carrier) that transfers (diffuses) technology throughout their branch networks. In this sense, we analyze the role of multinational companies within the cluster comprised of production and marketing companies, as well as the auxiliary industry for agriculture in the Almeria province (Spain). Keywords: transfer of technology, agribusiness, multinational enterprises Journal: Agricultural Economics Pages: 478-488 Volume: 56 Issue: 10 Year: 2010 DOI: 10.17221/111/2009-AGRICECON File-URL: http://agricecon.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/111/2009-AGRICECON.html File-Format: text/html X-File-Ref: http://agriculturejournals.cz/RePEc/caa/references/age-201010-0004.txt Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlage:v:56:y:2010:i:10:id:111-2009-AGRICECON Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Vecdi DEMIRCAN Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Agricultural Economics, Faculty of Agriculture, Süleyman Demirel University, Isparta, Turkey Author-Name: Hasan YILMAZ Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Agricultural Economics, Faculty of Agriculture, Süleyman Demirel University, Isparta, Turkey Author-Name: Zeynep DERNEK Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Agricultural Economics, Faculty of Agriculture, Süleyman Demirel University, Isparta, Turkey Author-Name: Tufan BAL Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Agricultural Economics, Faculty of Agriculture, Süleyman Demirel University, Isparta, Turkey Author-Name: Mevlüt GÜL Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Agricultural Economics, Faculty of Agriculture, Süleyman Demirel University, Isparta, Turkey Author-Name: Hayati KOKNAROGLU Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Süleyman Demirel University, Isparta, Turkey Title: Economic analysis of different laying hen farm capacities in Turkey Abstract: In this study, different capacity laying hen farms in Afyon province, which are of a considerable importance in the laying hen farming in Turkey, were compared in the terms of performance, including feed consumption, production cost and profitability per chick and egg and the most profitable farm size was determined. Data were obtained by conducting a questionnaire research with 75 farmers. Laying hen farms were divided into three groups according to their sizes and were analyzed accordingly. It was found that higher capacity farms had a higher egg yield and a better feed efficiency. It was also found that farms with a higher capacity were advantageous in terms of the technical and economic criteria. Results showed that as farm capacity increased, production cost per hen decreased and net profit per hen increased. It was found that profit margin was negative for group I and positive for group II and III, and profit margin increased as the farm capacity increased. Keywords: laying hen, performance, cost, profitability Journal: Agricultural Economics Pages: 489-497 Volume: 56 Issue: 10 Year: 2010 DOI: 10.17221/32/2009-AGRICECON File-URL: http://agricecon.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/32/2009-AGRICECON.html File-Format: text/html X-File-Ref: http://agriculturejournals.cz/RePEc/caa/references/age-201010-0005.txt Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlage:v:56:y:2010:i:10:id:32-2009-AGRICECON