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Do outgrower schemes enhance technology adoption and productivity? Evidence from maize farmers in Northern Ghana

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract Nucleus outgrower schemes are contractual arrangements where well‐resourced large‐scale farmers (nucleus farmers) are empowered by development support agencies to take charge of smallholder farmers, by providing them with market access and the necessary training on agronomic practices and farm inputs for production.
Dominic Tasila Konja, Awudu Abdulai
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Integrated phenomic and genomic analyses unveil modes of altered phenotypic plasticity during wheat improvement

Genome Biology
Background Wheat has a critical role in global food security. During the improvement of wheat from landraces to cultivars, a suite of traits has been modified for higher yields.
Linqian Han, Xiaoming Wang, Ryan Benke, Laura E. Tibbs-Cortes, Peng Zhao, Karen A. Sanguinet, Zhiwu Zhang, Shengbao Xu, Jianming Yu, Xianran Li   +9 more
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Mission to the Institute of Tropical and Subtropical Cash-Crops (ITSCC) in Baoshan, Yunnan Academy of Agriculture Sciences (YAAS) Yunnan, China. Evaluation of coffee production and quality research activities. 12 to 21 october 2009 [PDF]

, 2009
This report covers a mission undertaken by the two CIRAD researchers in Yunnan, China from 12 to 21 October 2009. Its objective is to describe the current situation of coffee cultivation and research.
Fourny, Gérard, Snoeck, Didier
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Recasting Economics as if the Climate and Global Ecology Really Mattered [PDF]

, 2017
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Howden, Mark, Porter, John R., Smith, Pete, Stokholm, Michaela Schiller   +3 more
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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
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An assessment of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) genotypes under saline and waterlogged compacted soil conditions, I: grain yield and yield components [PDF]

, 2013
A pot experiment was conducted to study effects of salinity and waterlogging under soil compaction conditions on grain yield and yield components of wheat. Treatments were arranged in a factorial layout assigned to a randomized complete design with three
Asgari, Hamid, Cornelis, Wim, Van Damme, Patrick   +2 more
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Wine Tourism as a Catalyst for Sustainable Performance: The Mediating Role of Corporate Legitimacy and Green Innovation

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study aims to explore the influence of Wine Tourism (WT) on the Sustainable Performance (SP) of wineries in Spain. It particularly investigates how Corporate Social Legitimacy (CSL) and Green Innovation (GI) may act as intermediary factors in this relationship.
Javier Martínez‐Falcó, Eduardo Sánchez‐García, Bartolomé Marco‐Lajara, Luis A. Millán‐Tudela   +3 more
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MicroRNA 399 as a potential integrator of photo-response, phosphate homeostasis, and sucrose signaling under long day condition

BMC Plant Biology, 2018
Background Photoperiod-sensitivity is a critical endogenous regulatory mechanism for plant growth and development under specific environmental conditions, while phosphate and sucrose signaling processes play key roles in cell growth and organ initiation.
Lei Tian, Haiping Liu, Ligang Ren, Lixia Ku, Liuji Wu, Mingna Li, Shunxi Wang, Jinlong Zhou, Xiaoheng Song, Jun Zhang, Dandan Dou, Huafeng Liu, Guiliang Tang, Yanhui Chen   +13 more
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Forage herbs improve mineral composition of grassland herbage [PDF]

, 2011
Provision of an adequate mineral supply in the diets of ruminants fed mainly on grassland herbage can present a challenge if mineral concentrations are suboptimal for animal nutrition.
Eriksen, Jørgen, Høgh-Jensen, Henning, Pirhofer-Walzl , K., Rasmussen , Jim, Rasmussen, Jesper, Sanderson, M.A., Søegaard, Karen   +6 more
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Farmers' Participation in Messenger‐Based Social Groups And Its Effects on Performance in Irrigated Areas of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The penetration of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in farming communities is increasing the use of smartphone‐based instant messaging apps. Despite this, the reasons behind participation and the impact on farm productivity in developing countries remain unexplored.
Zafar Kurbanov, Abdusame Tadjiev, Nodir Djanibekov, Ajit Govind, Akmal Akramkhanov   +4 more
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