Adesoji Adelaja

Income of Farmers Who Use Direct Marketing

Ramu Govindasamy, Ferdaus Hossain, Adesoji Adelaja

Policy makers are looking for ways to preserve farmlands, especially near urban areas. Farmers are also trying to find ways to increase their farm income by incorporating non-traditional activities...

Predicting Willingness-to-Pay a Premium for Integrated PestManagement Produce: A Logistic Approach

Ramu Govindasamy, John Italia, Adesoji Adelaja

Pesticide residue has repeatedly been documented as a leading source of food safety concern among consumers. While marry studies have presented aggregate, descriptive illustrations of consumer...

Market Power, Industrial Organization and Tradeable Quotas

Adesoji Adelaja, Julia Menzo, Bonnie McCay

Individual Transferable Quotas (ITQs) were introduced into the Mid-Atlantic Surf Clam and Ocean Quahog fishery to reduce over-capitalization while conserving clam populations. Because the number of...

Farmers Markets: Consumer Trends, Preferences, and Characteristics

Govindasamy, Ramu, Zurbriggen, Marta, Italia, John, Adelaja, Adesoji, Nitzsche, Peter, VanVranken, Richard

This study provides an overview of attitudes, preferences and characteristics of consumers who shop at farmers€٠markets. Besides demographics, the characteristics examined in this report...

Farmers Markets: Managers€٠Characteristics and Factors Affecting Market Organization

Govindasamy, Ramu, Zurbriggen, Marta, Italia, John, Adelaja, Adesoji, Nitzsche, Peter, VanVranken, Richard

The resurgence of farmers€٠markets in New Jersey has been welcomed by farmers, consumers and municipalities alike. This form of direct marketing has the potential to benefit all three sectors...

Farmers Markets: Producers Characteristics and Status of Their Businesses

Govindasamy, Ramu, Zurbriggen, Marta, Italia, John, Adelaja, Adesoji, Nitzsche, Peter, VanVranken, Richard

The purpose of this study was to provide an overview of the attributes of producers who participate in farmers€٠markets and to examine different aspects of their operations. In addition to...

Predicting Consumer Risk Aversions to Synthetic Pesticide Residues: A Logistic Analysis

Govindasamy, Ramu, Italia, John, Adelaja, Adesoji

Growing concerns about pesticide residues in fresh produce could result in increased demand for low-input agriculture with reduced pesticide residues, and decreased demand for conventional fresh...

PUBLIC PERCEPTIONS OF BIOTECHNOLOGY AND ACCEPTANCE OF GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD

Hossain, Ferdaus, Onyango, Benjamin, Adelaja, Adesoji, Schilling, Brian, Hallman, William

Public debate on biotechnology is embroiled in controversy over the risks and benefits associated with this emerging technology. Using data from a national survey, this study analyzes public...

UNCOVERING FACTORS INFLUENCING PUBLIC PERCEPTIONS OF FOOD BIOTECHNOLOGY

Hossain, Ferdaus, Onyango, Benjamin, Adelaja, Adesoji, Schilling, Brian, Hallman, William

Significant divergence exists in public opinions about biotechnology. Although there is broad support for plant biotechnology for health benefits, opinions differ on the issue of animal genetics for...

CONSUMER ACCEPTANCE OF FOOD BIOTECHNOLOGY: WILLINGNESS TO BUY GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD PRODUCTS

Hossain, Ferdaus, Onyango, Benjamin, Adelaja, Adesoji, Schilling, Brian, Hallman, William

Biotechnology is often viewed as the defining technology for the future of food and agriculture with the potential to deliver a wide range of economic and health benefits. Public acceptance of...

A COMPARATIVE EVALUATION OF ORGANIC PRODUCE CONSUMERS IN NEW JERSEY TO NEW YORK AND PENNSYLVANIA

Shuzzler, Alice, Govindasamy, Ramu, Adelaja, Adesoji

This comparative study seeks to distinguish the organic consumers of New Jersey from those of New York and Pennsylvania. The objective of the study is to document the characteristics of New Jersey...

NUTRITIONAL BENEFITS AND CONSUMER WILLINGNESS TO BUY GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOODS

Hossain, Ferdaus, Onyango, Benjamin, Adelaja, Adesoji, Schilling, Brian, Hallman, William

This study analyzes U.S. consumersÂ’' acceptance of genetically modified foods within the ordered-probit-model framework. The willingness to consumer three difference GM foods is modeled in terms...

A MULTI-PRODUCT ANALYSIS OF ENERGY DEMAND IN AGRICULTURAL SUBSECTORS

Adelaja, Adesoji, Hoque, Anwarul

A multi-product cost function model was used to analyze energy demand in various agricultural subsectors. This approach has advantages over previously used approaches since it reduces aggregation...

FACTOR DEMAND AND RETURNS TO SCALE IN MILK PRODUCTION: EFFECTS OF PRICE, SUBSTIUTION AND TECHNOLOGY

Hoque, Anwarul, Adelaja, Adesoji

A translog cost function was estimated using pooled time series-cross section data from five Northeastern States to study structural changes in the dairy industry. The approach given in the duality...

MARKET SHARE, CAPACITY UTILIZATION, RESOURCE CONSERVATION, AND TRADABLE QUOTAS

McCay, Bonnie, Adelaja, Adesoji, Menzo, Julia

This paper examines the impact of the introduction of Individual Transferable Quotas (ITQs) on catch, market share, and capacity utilization of firms in the Mid Atlantic Surf Clam and Ocean Quahog...

INCOME OF FARMERS WHO USE DIRECT MARKETING

Govindasamy, Ramu, Hossain, Ferdaus, Adelaja, Adesoji

Policy makers are looking for ways to preserve farmlands, especially near urban areas. Farmers are also trying to find ways to increase their farm income by incorporating non-traditional activities...

PREDICTING WILLINGNESS-TO-PAY A PREMIUM FOR INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT PRODUCE: A LOGISTIC APPROACH

Govindasamy, Ramu, Italia, John, Adelaja, Adesoji

Pesticide residue has repeatedly been documented as a leading source of food safety concern among consumers. While many studies have presented aggregate, descriptive illustrations of consumer...

The impact of down-zoning on land values: A theoretical approach

Paul D. Gottlieb, Adesoji Adelaja

Purpose – This paper aims to build a mathematical model to determine the price of an acre of developable land, whether it is part of a large open tract (farm) or a smaller residential parcel that...