Professor Iain Fraser’s recent research collaboration with economists from the University of Reading and IHS Markit, found that UK consumers highly value production that follows … Read more
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Improving agricultural productivity in developing countries: Research by Wahhaj, Crenstil and Gschwandtner
Research from the School of Economics sheds new light on a long-standing obstacle to improving agricultural productivity in developing countries: the reluctance of small-scale farmers … Read more
‘Food Systems, Natural Resources and Environment’: Signature theme success.
A steering team, comprised of Centre for European Agri-Environmental Studies economists, as well as academics from disciplines as wide KBS and SAC have successfully had … Read more
Professor Iain Fraser is editor of new environmental journal, Q Open.
Professor Iain Fraser is the lead editor for a new journal – Q Open launched this summer by Oxford University Press and supported by the … Read more
An Economic Analysis of Consumer Attitudes Towards Food Produced Using Prohibited Production Methods: Do Consumers Really Care?
Discussion paper KDPE 2004 by Kelvin Balcombe (University of Reading), Dylan Bradley (Agra CEAS Consulting) and Iain Fraser (University of Kent), June 2020. Abstract We … Read more
Estimation of a Hedonic Price Equation with instruments for Chicken Meat in the UK: Does the Organic Attribute matter?
Discussion paper KDPE 1911 by Eduardo Ribeiro, Adelina Gschwandter (University of Kent) and Cesar Revoredo-Giha (SRUC, Edinburgh, UK), December 2019. Non-technical summary The consumption of chicken … Read more
Rural Policies and Employment. TransAtlantic Experiences
A new title edited by Professor Sophia Davidova together with Kenneth J Thomson (University of Aberdeen) and Ashok K Mishra (Morrison School of Agribusiness, USA) … Read more
Expert comment: Much clarification needed within new Agriculture Bill
Professor Iain Fraser responds to the Government’s first reading of the new Agriculture Bill (16 Jan). Responding to the Government’s first reading of the new … Read more
Decision to buy organic food motivated by quality rather than animal welfare concerns
Perceptions that organic foods are higher quality and more environmentally friendly drive shoppers’ decisions to buy to a greater extent than animal welfare concerns, despite … Read more
Comparing treatments to reduce Hypothetical Bias in Choice Experiments regarding Organic Food
This study by Adelina Gschwandtner, Lecturer at the School of Economics, and Michael Burton (University of Western Australia) uses a large, representative sample in order … Read more