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ABSTRACT The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) play a central role in how agricultural commodity markets process information about supply, demand, and prices. This study examines how global and domestic shocks, as well as policy interventions, are reflected in the similarity of WASDE ...
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Departmental newsletterUniversity of Minnesota: Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics. (2011). Agronomy Gleanings, 2011.
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Economic Impact of Sustainability in Wine Sector: A Systematic Literature Review
ABSTRACT Sustainability has become a key issue in the wine sector, raising questions about its compatibility with firms' economic performance. Despite growing attention to environmental and social practices, evidence on their economic implications remains fragmented.
Valentina Di Chiara +2 more
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Lentils constitute a strategically important crop within sustainable agricultural systems, particularly in the context of rising global demand for plant-based protein sources.
Anna Blatter +4 more
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Does Contract Farming Reduce Pesticide Use? Panel Data Evidence From Smallholder Farmers in China
ABSTRACT The inappropriate and excessive use of pesticides poses a major threat to human and ecosystem health in the agri‐food sector. While existing studies have examined the potential of contract farming to address this issue, most have focused on large‐scale farms and relied on small or transactional datasets, often leaving the role of crop‐specific
Zhihui Liang, Shan Jin, Matthew Gorton
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Hurdles to overcome to achieve biostimulant‐driven, low chemical input crop production
Societal Impact Statement Crop production requires considerable chemical inputs that result in significant greenhouse gas emissions and other environmental costs.
Wolfram Buss +6 more
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Agronomy iT Onboarding Documentation [PDF]
The Agronomy IT team supports students and staff within the Agronomy Department. The majority of the IT team consists of ISU student workers, which leads to a high employee turnover rate. This is problematic when combined with a lack of documentation for
Heilman, Luke
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The Effect of Sustainability Information on Consumers' Preferences for Fungus‐Resistant Grape Wine
ABSTRACT The demand for sustainable food production is intensifying the need to reduce the environmental and social impacts of pesticide use in agriculture. In viticulture, where dependence on pesticides is high because grapevines are susceptible to fungal diseases, fungus‐resistant grape varieties (PIWI) offer a promising strategy to reduce chemical ...
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304 pages. Best opened in Internet Explorer.This book is intended to portray the course of agronomy and plant genetics from its formative stages in the late 19th century on through the beginning of the 21st century.
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