Enviaments recents

• Livelihood strategies of cacao producers in Ecuador: Effects of national policies to support cacao farmers and specialty cacao landraces 

  Díaz Montenegro, José; Varela Redondo, Elsa; Gil Roig, José María (2018-10-01)
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  This study identifies the livelihood strategies pursued by small cacao farmers in the Guayas coastal region in Ecuador, where two distinct cacao varieties are grown: the fine flavor variety, Cacao Nacional (CN) and a hybrid ...
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  Catalonia consumers prefer wild mussels. Study finds knowledge of mussel farming limited 

  Escobar Gonzalez, Cristina; Kallas, Zein; Gil Roig, José María (2012)
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• Efficiency of Egyptian organic agriculture: A local maximum likelihood approach 

  Guesmi, Bouali; Serra Devesa, Maria Teresa; Radwan, Amr; Gil Roig, José María (2017-09-20)
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  Productive efficiency analysis is a relevant tool that can be used to evaluate differences in performance between conventional and organic farms. Such study is important for the assessment of the economic viability of these ...
• Heterogeneity and nonlinearity in consumers' preferences: An application to the olive oil shopping behavior in Chile 

  Romo Muñoz, Rodrigo Alejandro; Cabas Monje, Juan; Garrido Henrríquez, Héctor Manuel; Gil Roig, José María (2017-09-11)
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  In relatively unknown products, consumers use prices as a quality reference. Under such circumstances, the utility function can be non-negative for a specific price range and generate an inverted U-shaped function
• Consumers' sensitivity to androstenone and the evaluation of different cooking methods to mask boar taint 

  Borrisser-Pairo, Francesc; Panella Riera, Nuria; Gil, Marta; Kallas, Zein; Linares, Beatriz; Egea, Marta; Garrido, MD, Maria Dolores; Oliver, Maria Angels (2017-01-01)
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  Boar taint is an unpleasant odour and flavour present in some entire male pigs that is due to the presence of androstenone and skatole. The aim of the study was to assess the sensitivity of 150 consumers to androstenone ...
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  Measuring consumers’ preferences for traditional and innovative pork products 

  Kallas, Zein; Candek-Potokar, Meta; Tomažin, Urska; Carolina, Pugliese; Aquilani, Chiara; Gil Roig, José María (University of Zagreb, 2017-11-30)
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  In this research we proposed an integrated methodological approach to measure the “real” consumers’ preference towards new Traditional (TPP) and Innovative Pork Products (ITPP) from three untapped pig breeds in Spain (Porc ...
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  The importance of farmers' social, environmental and economic objectives in improved corn seeds adoption in Chiapas, México 

  Sánchez, Blanca Isabel; Kallas, Zein; Gil Roig, José María (2017-01-01)
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  While improved seeds can increase performance and productivity of corn in Mexico, its adoption remains low. In order to understand the behavior of adoption of technological innovations, it is necessary to understand the ...
• Modelling price transmission and volatility spillover in the Slovenian wheat market 

  Hassouneh, Islam; Serra, Teresa; Bojnec, Štefan; Gil Roig, José María (2017-01-01)
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  Interdependence between first and second moments of producer and consumer wheat prices in Slovenia is assessed, in light of the recent major historical events that the country has undergone, as well as the recent rumours ...
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  Application of the analytical hierarchy process to evaluate consumer acceptance and preferences for omega-3 enriched eggs 

  Baba, Yasmina; Kallas, Zein; Realini Cujó, Carolina (2017-01-01)
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  Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to analyse the appropriateness of the analytical hierarchy process (AHP) to measure consumers’ acceptance and preference for eggs enriched with omega-3 (n-3) fatty acids as a health ...
• Moving ahead from food-related behaviours: an alternative approach to understand household food waste generation 

  Díaz Ruiz, Raquel; Costa Font, Montserrat; Gil Roig, José María (2018-01-20)
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  Food waste prevention is a hot topic on the policy agenda. According to available data, urgent measures need to be undertaken to significantly reduce the current generation of food waste. However, it is important to ...
• Consumers' wine preferences in a changing scenario 

  Escobar Gonzalez, Cristina; Kallas, Zein; Gil Roig, José María (2018-01-01)
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  Purpose Important socioeconomic changes have been undergone due to the international economic crisis. In Catalonia (Spain), political changes towards independentism also occurred within the same period. The purpose of this ...
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  Farmer preference for improved corn seeds in Chiapas, Mexico: A choice experiment approach 

  Sánchez, Blanca Isabel; Kallas, Zein; Gil Roig, José María (2017-09-01)
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  Appropriate technologies must be developed for adoption of improved seeds based on the farmers’ preferences and needs. Our research identified the farmers’ willingness to pay (WTP) as a key determinant for selecting the ...

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