We analyze the distribution of maximum residue limits (MRLs) on veterinary drugs used in animal production and aquaculture in a global context of food consumption and trade. We compare MRLs by...

Given ongoing dysfunction of the World Trade Organization's Appellate Body, the focus of this article is on the future of trade dispute resolution, with evaluation of two questions: (i) What is the...

This paper investigates the effect of mining activities on health care, income and water deprivations in Africa. By combining household data with mining locations, we conducted an econometric...

Food consumption and production have been identified as significant contributors to greenhouse gas emissions. Individual and producer behaviors are critical in making emission-reducing consumption...

We compute corrections for sedentary behavior in physical activity levels (PALs) and incorporate them along with corrections for over estimation of basal metabolic rates (BMRs) into threshold...

We present an adjusted bid price mechanism that incorporates economic multiplier effects in public food procurement decision making. Under Input–Output model assumptions, the algorithm estimates...

This paper employs machine learning to determine which preferential trade agreement (PTA) provisions are relevant to agricultural trade patterns and the factors that may influence their adoption....

“Superstar firms” can be large and successful without necessarily exploiting market power over labor markets (Autor et al., Quarterly Journal of Economics 2020; 135(2):645–709). In this paper, we...

This article introduces “Food Economics: Agriculture, Nutrition, and Health,” a new open access textbook that helps equip students with the skills needed to analyze complex food systems issues and...

Labor shortages are a growing challenge for U.S. agricultural producers, but little is known about farmers' adaptation strategies. We estimate the statistical relationship between farm labor shorta...

This paper aims to describe the evolution of firm and industry strategies and to analyze detailed transaction data on the structure of the international grain trading industry. Specifically, data...

This paper investigates the effects of the SNAP Online Purchasing Pilot expansion (SNAP OPP) on SNAP households' online grocery shopping behaviors and the healthfulness of their food-at-home purcha...

There has been an increasing amount of funding that promotes cover crop adoption. Utilizing farmer survey data, we found that in contrast to 48% of the early cover crop adopters (10+ years) who used...

During the pandemic, many food retailers began offering online shopping options, primarily in reaction to rising consumer demand for such options, which was a response to supply chain disruptions...

This paper uses the 1989–2021 National Agricultural Workers Survey data to provide current evidence about farm workers' wage rate determinants, focusing on workers' legal status as well as workers...

The Federal Crop Insurance Program (FCIP) offers insurance policies that reduce the risk of declining farm revenues by increasing mean revenue, decreasing revenue variability, or some combination of...

Between 1920 and 1969, the number of Black farmers in the US decreased from 14% of all operators to 4%. Using Martin Luther King Jr.'s critique of agricultural policy and Willard Cochrane's theory...

This paper employs the data envelope analysis (DEA) to assess technological progress and its impact on agricultural total factor productivity (TFP) across 18 the Organization for Economic Cooperati...

This study evaluates a proposed Price Loss Coverage (PLC) buy-up coverage option to improve price protection for commodity producers. Using 2014–2023 USDA-RMA data, it applies crop insurance princi...