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Agriculture and urban development in sub-Saharan Africa [PDF]
, 2010 This presentation focuses on results obtained from the international workshop "Agricultures et développement urbain en Afrique de l'Ouest et du Centre" [Types of urban agriculture and development in Central and West Africa] hosted in Yaoundé in 2005 in ...
Parrot, Laurent
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How Competitive Is Myanmar's Rice Sector? A Comparison of Production Costs and Efficiency
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper analyzes the cost competitiveness of rice production in Myanmar by examining production costs, cost efficiency, and the potential effect of improving cost efficiency on the country's global competitiveness. To achieve this, we conduct a comparative analysis of production costs among major rice‐producing countries and estimate the ...
Nandar Aye Chan +3 more
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Alternative versus conventional attitudes in higher agricultural education [PDF]
, 2003 From radical positions it is argued that it will take paradigmatic transformations to develop a sustainable agriculture and that values and attitudes have to be changed.
Kaltoft, Pernille, Rasmussen, Jesper
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The cocoa‐chocolate value chain faces significant environmental and social challenges, driving firms to adopt sustainability strategies ranging from individual practices to third‐party certifications. This study investigates the factors associated with these strategies by analyzing 304 cocoa‐chocolate companies using firm‐level data from the ...
Stella Marschner +3 more
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Seeds of Doubt: North American farmers' experiences of GM crops [PDF]
, 2002 The picture the biotechnology industry has painted of GM crops in North America is one of unqualified success, after six years of commercial growing. The objective of this report was to assess whether this image is accurate and if not what problems have ...
Meziani, Gundula, Warwick, Hugh
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study analyzes the effects of value co‐creation and creation of shared value in agricultural input marketing. This study used a sample of 178 agricultural companies in Costa Rica. The data were analyzed using partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS‐SEM) with SMART PLS software. Our findings reveal the significant influence
Luis Ricardo Solís‐Rivera +1 more
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ToxicsDiflubenzuron (DFB) and pyriproxyfen (PPF) are larvicides used in crops to control insect plagues. However, these pesticides are known to impact non-target organisms like fish and mammals.
Júlia Robert de Sousa Teixeira +6 more
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The Mekong Delta (MKD), Vietnam has achieved high rice productivity through rapid intensification. However, this progress has led to environmental degradation and adverse economic and health effects. To mitigate these challenges, sustainable agricultural practices (SAPs) have been promoted.
Nguyen Thi Thu Hien +5 more
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New technical solutions in technological line for humic fertilizers production
Сельскохозяйственные машины и технологии, 2015 The authors considered device and basic principles of technological line operation for complex fertilizers production on a basis of the humic ones. Its technical characteristics, analysis of the received product are given.
M. A. Gaybaryan +2 more
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Siberian Journal of Life Sciences and AgricultureBackground. The high purchase price and the expansion of treatment volumes stimulate the production of oilseeds in general, including oilseed flax. However, it has not been enough done to determine the autecological aspects in the agrocenoses of oil flax
Anastasia A. Podlipnaya +2 more
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