Agricultural Economics, 2026 (vol. 72), issue 6
Do farmers normalise land tenure insecurity? Evidence from a choice experiment in UzbekistanOriginal Paper
Davron Niyazmetov, Ilkhom Soliev, Insa Theesfeld
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2026, 72(6):341-357 | DOI: 10.17221/62/2025-AGRICECON 
Land reforms can create tenure insecurity for farmers, a critical issue in developing countries with a dominant role of the state in agriculture. Our study focuses on Uzbekistan, characterised by a state-led transition from a more collective and socialist to a more individualistic and market-based approach to land allocation and management. To understand how farmers normalise tenure insecurity under land reallocation in Uzbekistan, we examine farmers' perceptions of tenure security under ongoing risks to their land tenure. We conducted a farm survey (n = 153), employing a novel approach to explore farmers' perceptions of tenure security and...
Assessing the links between climate change resiliency and food security in northwestern region of BangladeshOriginal Paper
Abhi Sarker, Salman Ibn Yasin, Bikash Chandra Ghosh, Gershom Endelani Mwalupaso, Asma Akter, Emmanuel Kiprop, Liu Zhenzhen, Farjana Eyasmin, Geng Xianhui
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2026, 72(6):358-380 | DOI: 10.17221/218/2025-AGRICECON
Climate change is intensifying threats to food security across the developing countries, pushing vulnerable nations like Bangladesh towards a breaking point – where resilience is no longer an option but a survival imperative. Despite growing concerns, however limited empirical research exists on how climate resilience influences food security across rural and urban farming households. This study examines climate resilience in northwestern Bangladesh and its impact on farming households' food security. Using multistage random sampling, 498 households across 16 villages in extreme climate zones were surveyed. A climate resilience index (CRI) was...
The impact and mechanisms of animal epidemics on pork prices and the mechanisms involved: Evidence from a multi-period DID modelOriginal Paper
Zhizheng Wen, Yi Li
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2026, 72(6):381-393 | DOI: 10.17221/137/2025-AGRICECON
This study employs the African swine fever (ASF) outbreak as a quasi-natural experiment to assess its impact on pork prices and the underlying mechanisms. Utilising panel data from 30 Chinese provinces from January 2017 to December 2022, we apply a difference-in-differences (DID) approach combined with a moderating effect model. Furthermore, through DID quantile regression models, we delve into the impact of the epidemic on price volatility under varying initial pork price growth rates and regional institutional conditions. The findings reveal that the outbreak triggered a significant increase in the pork price, which averaged approximately 6%. During...
The opinions of first adopters in the introduction of Bt maize in Spain: A success storyOriginal Paper
Maria Mercè Clop-Gallart, Esther Estruch-Bosch, María Isabel Juárez, Montserrat Viladrich-Grau
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2026, 72(6):394-405 | DOI: 10.17221/482/2024-AGRICECON
Spain is one of the few EU countries that adopted genetically modified maize as a crop (1998) and has continued to harvest it ever since. This article aims to contribute to the history of the adoption of transgenic maize in the EU, where the Mediterranean (Sesamia nonagrioides) and European (Ostrinia nubilalis) corn borers are two of the most destructive pests. Our aim is to identify Spanish farmers' motivations and opinions on adopting this technology. Our model is a binary logistic regression that estimates the probability of adopting Bt maize. Our results reveal that the odds of adopting Bt are at least 44.0 times greater if the farm...