Research on World Agricultural Economy

Applied Economics for Global Agri-Food Systems: Methods, Markets, and Policy

Submission Deadline: December 31, 2025

Guest Editor:

Dr. Manuel Salas-Velasco  
Universidad de Granada, Spain

Special Issue Information:

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue of Research on World Agricultural Economy invites submissions that employ applied economic tools and methodologies to address pressing challenges in agricultural, fisheries, and food systems worldwide. We particularly welcome empirical and methodological studies that contribute to advancing knowledge in the following areas:

1. Estimation of price and income elasticities for agri-food products.
2. Measurement of technical and economic efficiency in agriculture, livestock, and fisheries.
3. Analysis of market failures within agri-food and fisheries systems.
4. Climate change economics and environmental sustainability.
5. Development of simulation and forecasting models for agri-food markets.
6. Applications of behavioral economics to food consumption dynamics.
7. Institutional design and governance of common-pool resources (e.g., fisheries, water).
8. Trade performance and competitiveness in agricultural and fisheries sectors.
9. Inefficiencies in irrigation water use: drivers, impacts, and policy interventions.
10. Identification and valuation of externalities in food, agricultural, and fisheries systems.

This Special Issue encourages diverse and rigorous methodological frameworks, including but not limited to:

- Laboratory or field experiments.
- Surveys with experimental designs (e.g., choice experiments, conjoint analysis).
- Hybrid models integrating expected utility theory with behavioral factors.
- Impact evaluations of policy interventions based on behavioral nudges.
- Partial or general equilibrium models accounting for externalities.
- Economic valuation techniques for environmental impacts (e.g., avoided cost, willingness to pay).
- Evaluation of corrective policy instruments: Pigouvian taxes, quotas, transferable permits.
- Cost-benefit analysis of public interventions in agri-food and environmental domains.
- Applied econometrics for agricultural and food system analysis, including demand estimation, efficiency analysis, and policy evaluation using observational or experimental data.

Guest Editor
Dr. Manuel Salas-Velasco

Keywords:

• Applied economics
• Technical efficiency
• Food systems
• Demand modeling
• Behavioral economics
• Market failures
• Agricultural and fisheries policy
• Environmental externalities

Manuscript Submission Information:

Please visit the Submissions Guidelines page before submitting a manuscript. Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Manuscripts should be submitted online through the online manuscript submission and editorial system. Additionally, please include a cover letter specifying that the manuscript is intended for the Special Issues "Applied Economics for Global Agri-Food Systems: Methods, Markets, and Policy" when submitting it online. Manuscripts can be submitted until the submission deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal and will be listed together on the Topical Collection website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract can be sent to the Editorial Office lorena.gu@nassg.org for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a double-blind peer-review process.

Final Submission deadline: 31 December 2025