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AgronomyAdopting an optimal cropping regime is crucial for sustainable soil use. However, how different cropping regimes impact phosphorus (P) availability and the underlying mechanism remain unclear. Here, a 10-year field experiment was performed to examine the
Yidan Geng +7 more
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Commodity Price Insurance:A Keynesian Idea Revisited [PDF]
Keynes proposed that a ‘Commod Control’ agency be created after the Second World War to stabilise spot prices of key internationally traded commodities by systematically buying and selling physical buffer stocks.
Nawal Kamel, John Bower
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Commodity price volatility and Tax revenues: Evidence from developing countries [PDF]
The recent boom and bust in commodity prices has renewed the policymakers' interest in three complementary issues: i) characteristics and determinants of commodity price instability, ii) its macroeconomic effects and, iii) the optimal policy responses to
Hélène Ehrhart, Samuel Guerineau
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Drought is among the most severe and persistent threats to food supply chains, and relocating production to less drought‐prone regions offers a strategy to reduce this risk. This is particularly relevant for fresh vegetables, which are highly water‐intensive, yet drought‐driven reconfiguration strategies remain understudied.
Bingyan Dai +2 more
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Protection Motivation Theory and Farmers' Participation in Futures Markets: Evidence From Germany
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines why German farmers show limited adoption of commodity futures contracts despite substantial price volatility, applying Protection Motivation Theory (PMT) to understand the cognitive processes driving participation decisions in futures markets. Survey data from 303 German farmers collected in 2024 were analyzed using Partial
Hendrik Wever +2 more
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AgronomySulfur (S) is an essential nutrient for plant growth, influencing not only crop yields but also the composition and function of soil microbial communities.
Siqi Dong +4 more
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Textual analysis in agriculture commodities market
SSRN Electronic JournalAbstract This chapter is concerned with textual and sentiment analysis in agriculture commodities market using the natural language processing (NLP) methods. There are extensive research on textual and sentiment analysis in financial markets however, most of them are focusing on equity market and a minority on other commodities like energy ...
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The Adequacy of Speculation in Agricultural Futures Markets:Too Much of a Good Thing? [PDF]
Long-only commodity index funds have been blamed by other futures market participants for inflating commodity prices, increasing market volatility, and distorting historical price relationships.
Sanders, Dwight R. +2 more
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In the agricultural landscape of most developing countries, the last decade has witnessed the expansion of outsourced agricultural extension services. Private firms and nongovernmental organizations focused on delivering agricultural extension and advisory services to farmers have emerged.
Boris D. Soh Wenda +3 more
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Deforestation and Efficiency: Insights From Forest Transition in the Brazilian Cerrado
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper estimates technical efficiency (TE) and environmental efficiency (EE) of agricultural production at the municipal level of the Brazilian Cerrado in 2006 and 2017, and investigates their underlying mechanisms in relation to forest transition theory.
Ricardo Muniz Simões +2 more
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