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Farmers' Preferences for Gene Editing Crops and Influencing Factors

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Gene editing (GE) is gaining momentum worldwide, but limited data on UK farmers' preferences hinders our understanding of its potential impact amid deregulation debates. Based on a survey of 200 English arable farmers, we employ a Latent Class Analysis and Multinomial Logit regressions to investigate current preferences for GE crops.
Bertolozzi‐Caredio Daniele, Vigani Mauro   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Technology and Big Data in Agriculture: an Analysis on Agriculture 4.0, Precision Farming, and the Role of SMEs in Driving Economic Growth

Bulletin of University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca: Horticulture
This paper discusses the role of technology and big data in the agri-food industry. With the world population growing rapidly, there is a need to produce more food to feed everyone.
Diana Elena MICLE, Raul Florentin DRENŢA, Felix Horaţiu ARION   +2 more
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Trade Remedy Actions in NAFTA: Agriculture and Agri‐Food Industries [PDF]

The World Economy, 2003
The economic rationale for trade remedy law, while always weak, is undermined by the formation of free trade areas. However, due to political pressure, first CUSFTA and then NAFTA have continued the use of domestic antidumping and countervailing duty laws.
Young, Linda M., Wainio, John, Meilke, Karl D.   +2 more
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Assessing Government Subsidies for Reducing Pesticide Use: A Meta‐Analysis

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In the efforts being made by governments to reduce pesticide use, subsidies are an important instrument to encourage farmers to adopt more sustainable practices. Yet, their effectiveness remains uncertain due to diverse designs and contexts.
Gaëlle Leduc, Douadia Bougherara, Thi Thanh Mai Ha, Laure Latruffe   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Report of the second national consultation workshop on agri-environmental indicators for Canadian agriculture [PDF]

, 1995
This report summarizes the results of the second national consultation workshop on agri-environmental indicators (AEIs) for Canadian agriculture, held in Fredericton, New Brunswick on 9 and 10 February 1995.
McRae, Terence
core   +1 more source

Exploiting Agri-Food Waste as Feed for Tenebrio molitor Larvae Rearing: A Review

Foods
The agri-food industry generates substantial amounts of waste, including by-products and residues. The increasing demand for sustainable and eco-friendly practices in the agri-food sector has sparked an interest in finding alternative uses for such waste
Konstantina Kotsou, Theodoros Chatzimitakos, Vassilis Athanasiadis, Eleni Bozinou, Stavros I. Lalas   +4 more
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A bibliometric analysis of research trends on the sustainable development of the agri-food industry and its impact on food security [PDF]

Environmental Economics
The sustainable development of the agri-food industry has become increasingly critical in the face of rising food insecurity, climate change, and recent global disruptions such as the COVID-19 pandemic and geopolitical conflicts.
Anar Abbasov, Azer Gurbanzade
doaj   +1 more source

Ex‐Ante Assessment of Farm Resilience to Institutional Shocks: A Modeling Approach

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using the agent‐based model SWISSland, we simulate farm‐level responses and interactions under two institutional shocks: tariff reductions and direct payment reductions. Using a framework we developed, we assess resilience capacities, resilience attributes, and the provision of private and public goods, following the shock.
Nadja El Benni, Gabriele Mack
wiley   +1 more source

Extension Economists: Valued in Mission, Penalized in Practice

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As the public engagement arm of the land‐grant mission, we argue that Extension faculty in US agricultural economics departments face an identity crossroads as they struggle for institutional support. Specifically, we argue that Extension economists function as boundary‐spanning professionals within academic structures that often devalue ...
Trey Malone, Craig W. Carpenter, Courtney Bir, Andrew J. Van Leuven, Rebecca Wasserman‐Olin, Wendong Zhang   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

INNOVATIVE DEVELOPMENT OF GRAIN PRODUCTS SUBCOMPLEX AS THE DRIVER OF NATIONAL FOOD SECURITY PROVISION [PDF]

Scientific Papers Series : Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and Rural Development, 2019
To understand the agri-food marketing landscape, in terms of associated factors influencing the future development from the local level it is essential among others to evaluate consumers as customers of agri-food markets.
Alexey V. RODIONOV, Mikhail N. KOZIN, Vladimir Y. PRIPOTEN   +2 more
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