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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, Orkhan Sariyev, Mohammad Ariful Islam, Manfred Zeller   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Interactive effects of biochar and microbial biofertilizers on sandy soil fertility and cowpea yield in Egyptian agroecosystems. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Khalifa DM, Hewait HM, Stanciu AS, Eladly RM, Shalaby ME, Głowacka A.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Sustainability Strategies in the Cocoa‐Chocolate Value Chain: An Analysis Using Stakeholder Theory, Global Value Chain Theory, and Resource Dependence Theory

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, Luigi Orsi, Alessandro Olper, Stefanella Stranieri   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Impact of integrating zeolite and PGPR on restoring soil health and enhancing crop yields following the leaching process. [PDF]

PeerJ
Abd El-Aziz MA, Altihani FA, Khater IM, El-Shabasy SA, Hafez EM, Xu W, Feng Y, Omara AE, Khalifa TH.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The Role of Certifications in Improving Household Food Security Among Peruvian Farmers

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Achieving global food security requires sustainable transformations in agri‐food systems. Voluntary Sustainability Standards (VSS) such as Organic and Fairtrade aim to internalize certain social and environmental costs while promoting more equitable value distribution, improved market access, and sustainable production practices.
Lisa‐Marie Schulte, Awudu Abdulai
wiley   +1 more source

Enhancing cassava N/K use efficiency through Fenlong tillage: driving forces of soil porosity improvement and aerobic bacteria enrichment. [PDF]

Front Microbiol
Li G, Peng X, Gan L, Huang Y, Qin F, Li L, Zhou J, Yang W, Shen Z, Wei M.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Erosion of granular sediments by submerged impinging jets: Particle size effects and cohesion onset

AIChE Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This study investigates the erosion behavior and modeling of glass particle beds under impinging jet conditions, with a focus on particle size effects and the onset of cohesion. Ultrasonic profiling is implemented to scan and measure static crater profiles.
Ahmad Mohamadiyeh, Jeffrey Peakall, Michael Fairweather, Martyn Barnes, Timothy N. Hunter   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Impact of Fire and Heat Stress on Soil Microorganisms: A Review of Community Changes, Molecular Responses and Plant-Beneficial Roles. [PDF]

Environ Microbiol Rep
Orozco-Mosqueda MDC, Flores-Piña A, Kumar A, Parra-Cota FI, de Los Santos-Villalobos S, Mitra D, Babalola OO, Santoyo G.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Graph‐based imitation and reinforcement learning for efficient Benders decomposition

AIChE Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This work introduces an end‐to‐end graph‐based agent for accelerating the computational efficiency of Benders Decomposition. The agent's policy is parameterized by a graph neural network, which takes as input a bipartite graph representation of the master problem and proposes a candidate solution.
Bernard T. Agyeman, Zhe Li, Ilias Mitrai, Prodromos Daoutidis   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fungi and earthworm abundance and diversity as affected by biochar and mulching amendments in ethiopian mustard production. [PDF]

PLoS One
Mmbaga NE, Materu ST.
europepmc   +1 more source