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Chicago Board of Trade Ethanol Contract Efficiency [PDF]
Firms producing ethanol may find management of the price risk associated with production of this leading alternative fuel a key factor to continued success.
Featherstone, Allen M. +2 more
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Risk Management in Agriculture in Australia [PDF]
OECD Food, Agriculture and Fisheries Papers, 2011 This report analyzes the agricultural risk management system in Australia, applying a holistic approach that considers the interactions between all sources of risk, farmers. strategies and policies. The policy analysis is structured around three layers of risk that require a differentiated policy response: normal (frequent) risks that should be ...
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Advancing Fruit Bioimpedance Monitoring With Sustainable, Soft, And Bio‐Based Electrodes Beyond ECG
Advanced Electronic Materials, EarlyView.Electrical impedance spectroscopy enables non‐destructive fruit quality monitoring, but conventional ECG and needle electrodes compromise signal stability, fruit physiology, and sustainability. This perspective highlights the transition toward soft, biocompatible, and biodegradable electrode interfaces based on natural substrates, bio‐derived ...
Sundus Riaz +6 more
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Photovoltaic installations are extensively deployed in areas at risk of extremely low production
Communications Earth & EnvironmentPhotovoltaic (PV) installations have rapidly and extensively been deployed worldwide as a promising alternative renewable energy source. However, weather anomalies could expose them to challenges in supply security by causing very low power production ...
Qianzhi Wang +5 more
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Application of Weather Derivatives in Multi-Period Risk Management [PDF]
This work is a first attempt to analyze the effect of weather derivative availability on the risk management strategies in a multi-period setting, when crop activities take place twice a year. Rice production in Ecuador is used as a case study. Numerical
Sanchez, Leonardo, Vedenov, Dmitry V.
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A Leaf‐Inspired Janus‐Structured Triboelectric‐Moisture Hybrid Energy Harvester
Advanced Energy Materials, EarlyView.This study proposes a bioinspired Janus structured energy‐leaf with hybrid triboelectric‐moisture hybrid energy harvesters. This hybrid energy harvester is demonstrated in an intelligent emergency system for effective distress signaling and evacuation guiding during potential crises.
Liang Wei +10 more
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Effect of Management Practices on Soil Microstructure and Surface Microrelief
Applied and Environmental Soil Science, 2012 Soil surface roughness (SSR) and porosity were evaluated from soils located in two farms belonging to the Plant Breeding Institute of the University of Sidney.
R. Garcia Moreno +3 more
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Can Crop Insurance Premiums Be Reliably Estimated? [PDF]
This paper develops and applies a methodology to assess the accuracy of historical loss-cost rating procedures, similar to those used by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Risk Management Agency (RMA), versus alternative parametric premium estimation ...
Carpio, Carlos E. +2 more
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Beyond the Ban—Shedding Light on Smallholders' Price Vulnerability in Indonesia's Palm Oil Industry
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The Indonesian government imposed a palm oil export ban in April 2022 to address rising cooking oil prices. This study explores oil palm smallholders' vulnerability to the policy using descriptive statistics, Lasso, and post‐Lasso OLS regressions.
Charlotte‐Elena Reich +3 more
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Advances in AgricultureWidespread food insecurity remains the major challenges in Ethiopia. Livelihood diversification is commonly accepted as the promising strategy to escape from food insecurity shocks.
Melkamu Sete Wereta +2 more
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