AbstractChild dietary diversity is poor in much of rural Africa and developing Asia, prompting significant efforts to leverage agriculture to improve diets. However, growing recognition that even very poor rural households rely on markets to satisfy their demand for nutrient-rich non-staple foods warrants a much better understanding of how rural markets...

AbstractOver the last two decades, the number of honey bee colonies performing pollination services for the California almond industry has grown steadily and now equals a substantial share of all colonies in the United States. Most US beekeeping operations have not expanded their colony numbers at the current levels of almond pollination fees. Thus,...

AbstractThe decline of European honey bees (Apis mellifera) has been a prominent part of supporting pollinator conservation among the public and conservation efforts, even while honey bees are not native to North America and may compete for resources with native insect pollinators. However, little is known about what distinguishes support for native...

AbstractWe report new estimates of beekeeper costs and revenues, which include major activities undertaken by beekeepers, including honey producers and pollinators. We use our cost estimates, recent government surveys and other United States Department of Agriculture information to characterize supply functions for (1) pollination services to crops...

We are grateful to George Frisvold for his insightful comments as well as his generous evaluation of our work. His narrative on the implications of our article is divided into three areas, namely, research, extension, and policy implications. We respond to his comments using the same structure.

Binswanger’s pioneering work (1980, 1981) demonstrated the power of combining experimental economic methods with empirical analysis of farmer behavior. Singerman and Useche (2019) follow this tradition in “The Role of Strategic Uncertainty in Areawide Pest Management Decisions of Florida Citrus Growers”, their study of citrus greening (Candidatus Liberibacter...