Food Policy
Volume 57, In Progress (November 2015)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/03069192

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Farmers’ beliefs and voluntary vaccination schemes: Bluetongue in Dutch dairy cattle
Original Research Article
Pages 40-49
J. Sok, H. Hogeveen, A.R.W. Elbers, A.G.J.M. Oude Lansink
Abstract
Background
This research utilizes the Reasoned Action Approach framework to study which beliefs drive the intention of farmers to participate in a voluntary vaccination scheme against Bluetongue.
Scope and approach
Knowing the driving beliefs can help in selecting an appropriate mix of policy instruments to enhance the participation rate and thereby improve the cost-effectiveness and efficiency of voluntary vaccination strategies. Results are used to evaluate the policy instruments used by the Dutch government in their 2008 vaccination strategy (communicative intervention and vaccine subsidization).
Key findings and conclusions
The paper posits that social interaction mechanisms, such as peer group pressure, might advance the design of voluntary vaccination strategies.

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Mobile phones and market information: Evidence from rural Cambodia
Original Research Article
Pages 135-141
Daichi Shimamoto, Hiroyuki Yamada, Martin Gummert
Abstract
Local agricultural markets in developing countries are often characterised as oligopsonistic markets, forcing famers to sell their products below the wholesale price. However, this situation appears to be changing with the diffusion of mobile phones. We investigate how access to market information through mobile phone use affects the selling price of rice in Cambodia. We differentiate the use of mobile phones to obtain market information from household mobile phone ownership. Our results indicate that improved access to market information through mobile phone use is associated with an increase in the selling price of rice.