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THE CONSERVATION OF PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE: CONSUMERS’ PERSPECTIVES ANALYSIS IN SIBIU AGRI-FOOD MARKETS [PDF]

open access: yesScientific Papers Series : Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and Rural Development, 2019
Agri-food markets are among the major pillars relevant for selling agri-food products. However, food industry and hospitality are among the major stakeholders in the food – chain economy.
Camelia SAND SAVA, Maria-Mihaela ANTOFIE
doaj  

Cooperation and innovation in Italian agribusiness between theoretical analysis and empirical evidence

open access: yesJournal of Agriculture and Food Research, 2022
The Covid-19 pandemic has affected all economic sectors. The agri-food sector has also suffered very clear effects, especially in those production contexts characterized by corporate atomization, lack of cooperation, and innovation.
Filippo Sgroi
doaj   +1 more source

Enabling affordances of blockchain in agri-food supply chains: A value-driver framework using Q-methodology

open access: yesInternational Journal of Innovation Studies, 2023
The application of blockchain beyond cryptocurrencies has received increasing attention from industry and scholars alike. Given predicted looming food crises, some of the most impactful deployments of blockchains are likely to concern food supply chains.
Pouyan Jahanbin   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Country and industry specific determinants of intra-industry agri-food trade in the Baltic Countries

open access: yesAgricultural Economics (AGRICECON), 2016
The article analyses the country and industry specific determinants of the horizontal and vertical intra-industry agri-food trade between the Baltic Countries and the European Union in 1999-2013.
Attila JAMBOR   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Towards selective and automatic harvesting of broccoli for agri-food industry

open access: yesComputers and Electronics in Agriculture, 2021
Abstract Broccoli is a vegetable grown worldwide due to its good nutritional properties. The harvest of this product is done selectively by hand depending on their size and state of maturation for both fresh market and agri-food industry. The final aim of our work is the development of a machine that is able to automatically harvest only those ...
Antonio García-Manso   +4 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Hypothalamic POMC Neurons Gate the Fear‐Feeding Trade‐Off

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
Hungry animals must continually arbitrate between feeding and defensive behaviors when confronted with potential threats. We show that hypothalamic POMC neurons engage CRH‐expressing stress circuits and downstream hormonal responses to coordinate this behavioral selection between competing behaviors.
Cristina Miralpeix   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source

Promoting Healthier Drinking: Evidence From a Vignette Experiment on Contextual and Informational Drivers of Dealcoholized Wine Choices

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Growing demand for healthier beverages is driving innovation in the wine sector, with dealcoholized wine emerging as a promising alternative. However, little is known about the contextual conditions under which consumers would choose dealcoholized wine, particularly in countries with strong wine traditions. To fill this gap, this work examines
Giovanna Piracci   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

General proposal [PDF]

open access: yes, 1994
This paper presents the direction being considered by Agriculture and Agri-food Canada (AAFC) for developing a core set of agri-environmental indicators for Canadian ...
Environmental Indicator Working Group, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
core  

Hemp Cultivation and Crop Diversification: Implications for Ecosystem Services in Kentucky

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the ecosystem benefits of expanding hemp cultivation by assessing its impact on crop diversity. Using scenario‐based simulations and fixed‐effect panel regressions with county‐level data in Kentucky, we find that increased hemp acreage tends to enhance crop diversity, improving water quality and bird diversity.
Yunsun Park   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Enhancing carrot convective drying by combining ethanol and ultrasound as pre-treatments: Effect on product structure, quality, energy consumption, drying and rehydration kinetics

open access: yesUltrasonics Sonochemistry, 2021
Ultrasound was combined with ethanol to improve different aspects of carrot convective drying, evaluating both processing and product quality. The ultrasound in water treatment resulted in cellular swelling and small impact on texture.
Karoline Costa Santos   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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