Economía Agraria y Recursos Naturales - Agricultural and Resource Economics

Biodiversity and accounting: Compositional methodology in the accounting statement analysis of the beekeeping industry

Núria Arimany-Serrat — 2025-06-16

The decline of pollinators affects biodiversity and food security, and preserving the beekeeping industry derives from the European Commission “new deal for pollinators, 2023”. The health of bees conditions the financial health of said industry and we present its diagnosis from 2016 to 2021 to help make appropriate managerial decisions. We use compositional data analysis due to its advantages in the analysis of accounting statements, with geometric ratio means and cluster analysis to identify the groups of threatened companies. Negative margins are the main threat, although we find two clusters with positive figures.

Mapping the value chain for the commercialization of honeybees from the Amazon region of Peru

Ligia García — 2025-06-16

A mapping of the honey value chain from the Amazon region was conducted. Interviews helped determine gross margins, net margins, and producer participation for 2024. Ten markets were identified as final destinations for honey, involving three direct actors and eight indirect actors, with six marketing gaps along the chain. In the four channels, beekeepers achieved the highest net margins. As producers participate less in the chain, their profits decline significantly, with participation dropping to as low as 60.1%. These findings highlight the need to develop honey marketing policies that promote equity and ensure fair income distribution for Amazonian beekeepers.

How effective are VAT reforms in improving healthy dietary choices by EU consumers?

Beatrice Farkas — 2025-06-16

Governments are increasingly considering fiscal instruments to improve dietary health. This paper quantifies the medium-term impacts on European food markets of a differentiated VAT policy that promotes healthy food consumption while discouraging intake of less nutritious products. Scenarios involve reduced VAT on grains, pulses, and poultry, and increased rates on beef, pork, sugar, and highfat dairy. Our results show a significant decline in domestic consumption of targeted foods. However, part of this reduction is exported to other markets – a phenomenon described as “health leakage,” raising questions about the broader effectiveness of such fiscal interventions.

The asymmetric impact of agricultural subsidies on structural transformation in Algeria: A NARDL approach

Houari Moulay Ali — 2025-06-16

This study aims to assess the impact of agricultural subsidies on structural transformation (STI). We employed a NARDL model using Algerian data spanning from 1970 to 2020. The agricultural subsidy is represented by two variables: the first variable is total agricultural support (ST). The second variable is to determine the effect of decoupling: Separating subsidies from production decisions (SP). The long-run results reveal negative estimates for both increases and decreases in ST. Regarding SP, an increase in this type of subsidy leads to a reduction in STI, while reducing SP leads to an increase in STI.

Unveiling agricultural aversion: Understanding the reluctance towards farming in modern Greek society

Emmanouil Tziolas — 2025-06-16

The European agricultural sector grapples with rural decline, policy complexities, and socio-economic disparities. This study focuses on the challenges facing Greek agriculture, such as lack of state support and societal complexities. It aims to understand why interest in farming is declining in Greece by integrating insights from European legislation, socio-economic measures, and immigration dynamics. Through a survey of 1,009 respondents, factors such as unstable weather, challenging work conditions, and limited career prospects were identified as deterrents. The study highlights disparities among different groups and emphasizes the need for nuanced policy interventions to revitalize the sector and address worker grievances.

Analysis of farmers' perception of the risk of using technological innovations in the cultivation of dry chili in Zacatecas, Mexico

Blanca Isabel Sánchez-Toledano — 2025-06-16

The objective of the research was to typify and analyze the attitudes, risk perceptions, and objectives of dry chili farmers in the adoption of technological innovations in Zacatecas, Mexico. A total of 230 dry chile producers were surveyed and attitudes and risk perceptions were analyzed through Principal Component Analysis. Producer groups were defined and the relative importance of the objectives studied was determined using the Analytical Hierarchy Process. The study identified three groups of producers, but innovative producers have a more reasonable perception of natural resources.

Economic efficiency analysis of the Spanish olive industry

Fernando Vidal — 2025-06-16

The work addresses an economic efficiency analysis of the Spanish olive industry and the factors that can influence it. The analysis has been carried out applying the non-parametric methodology of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). The sample is made of a total of 429 olive oil companies that appear in the SABI database in 2021. The inputs used have been: Staff costs, Supplies and Fixed Assets, while Sales have been considered as the only output. The later non-parametric statistical tests has shown significant differences only by company size. The work addresses an economic efficiency analysis of the Spanish olive industry to determine the factors that can influence it. The analysis has been carried out applying the non-parametric methodology of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA).

Consumer attitudes towards organic vegetables: Segmentation and market potential

Carmen Fortea Millán — 2025-06-16

The aim of this study is to analyse the attitudes of Aragonese consumers towards organic vegetables and to segment them according to these attitudes. To this end, an online survey was carried out among vegetable consumers over 18 years of age in Aragon. The results indicate that attitudes can be grouped into two factors, one reflecting positive aspects and the other negative. Two consumer segments were obtained, one of which was that of potential consumers of organic vegetables, showing a greater willingness to buy them and a greater concern for their health and the environment.

Application of neuroscience techniques for the analysis of nuts consumer perception

Rocio Lopez-Navarro — 2025-06-16

The aim of this study was to analyse the conscious (hedonic scales and EsSense Profile®) and unconscious (Electroencephalography and Galvanic Skin Response) consumer responses to two types of nuts, fried almonds and peeled nuts from two different supermarkets. Significant visual and taste differences were found for fried almonds, showing greater affinity for the A chain. For peeled nuts, no significant differences were found; consumers perceived them in a similar way. This study demonstrates the value of consumer neuroscience as a complement to other consumer preference analysis techniques.