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Can outsourcing pest and disease control help reduce pesticide expenditure? Evidence from rice farmers

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract Outsourcing pest and disease control (PDC) has grown rapidly worldwide, especially in developing countries. Although numerous studies have investigated various advantages of outsourcing PDC, little is known about its impact on pesticide expenditure.
Pengcheng Wang, Wanglin Ma, Mengling Diao   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

How Does Cultural and Colonial Heritage Affect Optimal Branding Strategies? Evidence From the Rice Sector in Senegal

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Africa's cultural and colonial heritage has profoundly segmented rice markets. Whereas in ancient centers of rice domestication, consumers maintained preferences for local rice consistent with their cultural heritage, preferences have shifted toward imported Asian rice in coastal areas around seaports, due to prior exposure to colonial import ...
Kofi Britwum, Matty Demont
wiley   +1 more source

Circularity, Sustainability, and the Quality of Coffee Sold via Vending Machines: What Do Italian Consumers Prefer?

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Vending is an important sector in the daily lives of many people, and coffee is the most frequently consumed product in the European market. Like many other sectors, vending is responding to the challenge of sustainable development by taking various actions, such as offering increasingly ecologically sound coffee while maintaining/improving ...
Alberto Bertossi, Stefania Troiano, Francesco Marangon   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Skills Gap Analysis of Farmer Directors of US Farmer Cooperatives

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Boards of directors are vital to firm performance and are an integral part of the decision‐making process of any business. Several studies have been conducted that observe corporate or nonprofit board characteristics, skills, and the board's connection to firm performance.
Jody S. Herchenbach, Brian C. Briggeman, Jason S. Bergtold, Aleksan Shanoyan, Sarah A. Low, Brandi Miller   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Examining the Impact of Row Planting on Labor Use for Sustainable Food Production Among Maize Farmers in Rural Ghana

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Smallholder farmers are reverting to traditional production methods due to the high opportunity costs and unintended consequences of new technologies. This study focuses on row planting technology, which is labor‐intensive and slow without mechanized operations.
Emmanuel Tetteh Jumpah, Habtamu Alem, Abdulai Adams, Tomáš Ratinger, Miroslava Bavorová   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Growth of Omnichannel Grocery Retailing and Food Prices

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the effects of the growth of omnichannel grocery retailing on food prices. We first develop a conceptual model of consumer choice and retailer pricing that allows us to evaluate changes in equilibrium prices, quantities, and profits with online channel growth and alternative pricing strategies.
Xiangwen Kong, Metin Çakır, Qingxiao Li   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The key role of local and global farmer networks in the development of conservation agriculture in California. [PDF]

J Environ Qual
Mitchell JP, Jackson LE, Reicosky DC, Kassam A, Shrestha A, Harben R, Miyao EM, Scow KM, Sposito G, Beck D, Friedrich T, Mitchell AS, Schmidt R, Park S, Park B, Foster P, Muller P, Brait A, Willey T, Bottens M, Crum C, Giacomazzi D, Barcellos T, Crowell MV, Roy R, Ferris H, Chiartas JL, Brennan E, Gaudin A, Diener J, Diener J, Asgill L, Kueneman EA, Fisher J, Bartz M, Peiretti RA, Derpsch R, Landers J, Aegerter BJ, Leinfelder-Miles M, Light SE, McPhee J, Branco RBF.   +42 more
europepmc   +1 more source

India–United States Agricultural Trade Under the America‐First Agenda

Agribusiness, 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, Munisamy Gopinath, Kannan Kumar   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Using cross-country datasets for association mapping in Arachis hypogaea L. [PDF]

Plant Genome
Okaron V, Mwololo J, Gimode DM, Okello DK, Avosa M, Clevenger J, Korani W, Ssemakula MO, Odong TL, Odeny DA.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Fast ripple-delta coupling as an early biomarker for post-traumatic epileptogenesis in repetitive brain injury. [PDF]

Epilepsia Open
Shandra O, Mahmutovic D, Maharathi B, Arman MA, Benko MJ, Leitzel O, Saha PK, Robel S.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source