eng Faculty of Economics and Management of the Slovak Agricultural University in Nitra and the Association of Agricultural Economists in Slovakia Review of Agricultural and Applied Economics 1336-9261 2015-03-31 18 1 3 10 10.15414/raae.2015.18.01.03-10 509-1 article Egbe BASSEY ETOWA Noble J. NWEZE Chukwuemeka J. ARENE International remittances are now a mechanism in development financing and a welfare strategy. Growing trends of these money transfers by migrants to their families back home in developing nations have been proven by evidences in literature and many empirical findings. This research analysed the effects of migrant remittances on the welfare of farm households in Nigeria. Welfare was measurable in terms of the households’ real per capita consumption. Cross sectional data were pooled from two sources. The data sources were Nigerian General Household Survey conducted in 2010/2011 and the Nigerian Living Standard Survey carried out in 2003/2004. The analytical technique adopted was the poverty profile function within the framework of multiple regression analysis. Results showed that four exogenous variables, including household real per capita remittances were significant determinants of household real per capita consumption (welfare). https://roaae.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/RAAE_01_2015_Bassey_Etowa_et_al.pdf Migrant Remittances Altruism Farm Household Welfare eng Faculty of Economics and Management of the Slovak Agricultural University in Nitra and the Association of Agricultural Economists in Slovakia Review of Agricultural and Applied Economics 1336-9261 2015-03-31 18 1 11 18 10.15414/raae.2015.18.01.11-18 509-1 article Aneta KOWALCZYK Joanna CHUDZIAN This article concerns the attitudes people have towards money, analysed from an economic and psychological point of view. The article presents an overview of current knowledge on the issues of money attitudes, as well as derived own research derived. This research was designed in order to identify different types of money attitudes as well as their determinants. The study identified five dominant profiles and showed that the most popular is a rational approach, and second – it’s opposite - improvidence. The results have been faced with the most important economic socialization determinants identified during the literature review. The comparison proved to be important, e.g. in the form of receiving pocket money. https://roaae.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/RAAE_01_2015_Kowalczyk_Chudzian.pdf attitude material values personality economic socialization financial psychology eng Faculty of Economics and Management of the Slovak Agricultural University in Nitra and the Association of Agricultural Economists in Slovakia Review of Agricultural and Applied Economics 1336-9261 2015-03-31 18 1 19 24 10.15414/raae/2015.18.01.19-24 509-1 article Roman BEZUS Iuliia AMELINA In the article we assessed consumers’ awareness level of organic products in Dnepropetrovsk region, Ukraine, in 2012. Based on 850 consumers’ responses we found that level of awareness of organics in Dnepropetrovsk region was high enough and exceeded the awareness level of citizens in France 2011. The most informed group of organic products were consumers aged 35 to 39. Almost 83% respondents of this age group were willing to buy organic products. Special attention we paid to potential distribution channels for organic products, among which the largest are supermarkets, specialty stores and food markets. We found, that increase of public awareness level of organic products in Dnepropetrovsk region affects positively consumers’ willingness to pay a premium for these products. https://roaae.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/RAAE_01_2015_Bezus_Amelina.pdf organic products awareness distribution channels willingness to pay Ukraine eng Faculty of Economics and Management of the Slovak Agricultural University in Nitra and the Association of Agricultural Economists in Slovakia Review of Agricultural and Applied Economics 1336-9261 2015-03-31 18 1 25 34 10.15414/raae.2015.18.01.25-34 509-1 article Liesbeth DRIES Growth in the agri-food sector in developing and transition countries is typically impeded by major imperfections in both input and output markets. Providing resources to farmers as part of an interlinked market contract is one way of overcoming these market imperfections. This paper identifies the factors that determine access to these types of contracts for smallholders. The econometric analysis uses data from a unique survey of Polish dairy farm households during transition. The main conclusions are that competition and FDI in the processing sector are major driving forces for the spread of resource-providing contracts. https://roaae.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/RAAE_01_2015_Dries.pdf Central and Eastern Europe Poland Interlinked markets Contracts Dairy FDI eng Faculty of Economics and Management of the Slovak Agricultural University in Nitra and the Association of Agricultural Economists in Slovakia Review of Agricultural and Applied Economics 1336-9261 2015-03-31 18 1 35 44 10.15414/raae.2015.18.01.35-44 509-1 article Egbe BASSEY ETOWA Osim Eyam OJOGU Samuel Sunday ODUNLAMI In recent times some economists view Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFPs) extraction and marketing as a better alternative to timber exploitation as a rural livelihood strategy. Harvesting and sale of NTFPs have the potential for accomplishing the dual goals of natural forest conservation and income generation for the rural inhabitants. Meanwhile, realization of these dual goals in Nigeria, require an understanding of how NTFPs functions in the face of marketing, ecological, geographic and institutional constraints. Following a conceptualization of NTFPs, this paper provides a vivid overview of the simultaneous roles of NTFPs in rural livelihood enhancement and forest conservation in Nigeria. It highlights governmental initiatives with respect to conservation, the challenges and prospects of NTFPs as a conservation strategy. Conclusively, the paper suggests that appropriate NTFPs development policies are required to simultaneously address forest depletion and poverty in rural areas of Nigeria. https://roaae.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/RAAE_01_2015_Bassey_Etowa_et_al_2.pdf forest non-timber forest products conservation rural livelihood eng Faculty of Economics and Management of the Slovak Agricultural University in Nitra and the Association of Agricultural Economists in Slovakia Review of Agricultural and Applied Economics 1336-9261 2015-03-31 18 1 45 52 10.15414/raae/2015.18.01.45-52 509-1 article Louis O. ONYISHI Chukwuemeka J. ARENE Chikaosolu M. IFIORAH The study examined the effects of interest rate deregulation on agricultural finance and growth in Nigeria. The study specifically ascertained the factors that determine the aggregate credit volume to agriculture within the periods of regulation and deregulation in the Nigerian economy, determined the effects of government finance interventions on agricultural sector performance in the Nigerian economy, determined the periodic effects of macroeconomic financial indicators on Agriculture’s gross domestic product (GDP) contribution to Nigerian economy and estimated the level of real credit growth of agricultural finance in Nigeria. Descriptive statistics, Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) regression technique and chow test were used for data analysis. The chow test showed that there was a significant differential effect on the aggregate credit volume to agricultural sector between the regulated and deregulated regimes. Interest rate was an important determinant of aggregate credit volume to the agricultural sector in Nigeria, especially during the deregulated period but monetary authorities should ensure appropriate determination of interest rate level that will break the double-edge effect of interest rates on savers and investors. https://roaae.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/RAAE_01_2015_Onyishi_et_al.pdf interest rate deregulation agricultural finance growth government intervention