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Drivers of Farmers' Contract Compliance Behavior: Evidence From a Case Study of Dangote Tomato Processing Plant in Northern Nigeria

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Contract farming is a viable strategy agribusinesses rely on to strengthen coordination across actors in the value chain. However, low contract compliance remains a significant setback to agribusinesses' contract performance in low‐ and middle‐income country context.
Umar Shehu Umar   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Agricultural extension - where next?

open access: yes, 2014
Extension services established since independence have generally failed to live up to expectations. Increases in agricultural production in ACP countries have been achieved largely through the expansion of the cultivated land area and increased..
Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
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India–United States Agricultural Trade Under the America‐First Agenda

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines India–United States agricultural trade under the America‐First agenda, highlighting trade patterns, tariff structures, and potential impacts of United States trade policies. Total agricultural trade remains modest at $7 billion annually, with India imposing higher tariffs (average 39%) than the United States (5%).
Badri N. Gopalakrishnan   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Zimbabwe's agricultural revolution

open access: yes, 2014
Zimbabwe's agricultural revolution edited by Mandivamba Rukuni and Carl Eicher 1994 418pp price UKL25.00 US$45.00 ISBN 0 90830738 1 Published by the University of Zimbabwe Publications and distributed by: African Books Collective Ltd, The ...
Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
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Efficiency and Technology Gap in European Apple Production—A Metafrontier Model for Germany, Italy, and Poland

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT EU member states have exhibited varying rates of apple production growth. Technical efficiency (TE) estimation is suitable for identifying best‐practice farm performance. This study examined whether the development of the apple sector in Germany, Italy, and Poland was influenced by production efficiency, access to technology, as well as ...
Anika Muder, Jakub Staniszewski
wiley   +1 more source

Agricultural press agency

open access: yes, 2014
A new agricultural information agency, SYFIA (Systeme Francophone d'lnformation Agricole) is linking 30 francophone countries from the developing world. It aims to maximize the effectiveness of their work done in the fields of development and..
Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
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Access to Finance and Innovation in the Canadian Food Processing

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Innovation is a presumed channel through which finance affects productivity, yet there is limited research testing the relationship between finance and innovation in the food manufacturing sector. The purpose of the paper is to explore the determinants (e.g., financing, R&D, firm size, expenditure on innovation) of the adoption of innovation ...
Getu Hailu, Deepananda Herath
wiley   +1 more source

Energy from agricultural products

open access: yes, 2014
Producing energy that does not pollute the environment, affect the climate or cost too much money seems a difficult task.
Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
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Vendor Types, Attendance, Experience and Sales 2019–2021: Evidence From Five Rural Oregon Farmers Markets

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Farmers markets provide a direct‐to‐consumer marketing path for farmers and small businesses, facilitating customer discovery and product refinement. This paper explores farmers markets as a business incubator, with a focus on beginning vendors and resilience to a shock, namely, COVID‐19 market restrictions.
Mallory L. Rahe   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Public exposure at agricultural fairs

open access: yes, 2015
A dairy owner and camel farmer explain why they take products to agricultural ...
Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
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