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The Economics of Producing Grafted Coffee Plants [PDF]

open access: yes, 2001
Eighty-five percent of the land planted with coffee in Kona is infested with the Kona coffee root-knot nematode, Meloidogyne konaensis. Nematodes even in low numbers are very damaging to coffee tree roots, and it is estimated that infested farms are ...
Fleming, Kent, Mauri, Silvia
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Recent Advances in Conductive Rubber Composites: Progress, Challenges, and Emerging Opportunities

open access: yesMacromolecular Rapid Communications, EarlyView.
This study reviews the recent advances in conductive rubber composites, focusing on key aspects such as material selection, conductive mechanisms, interfacial engineering, processing methods, vulcanization strategies, and practical applications. It also discusses current challenges and highlights emerging directions that are shaping the development of ...
Lu Yin   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Wild meat consumption in changing rural landscapes of Indonesian Borneo

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Wild meat can play a crucial role in the food system of rural communities residing near tropical forests. Yet, socio‐ecological changes across tropical landscapes are impacting the patterns and sustainability of meat consumption. To understand the prevalence, frequency and drivers of wild meat, domestic meat and fish consumption in this ...
Katie L. Spencer   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Socioeconomic comparison between organic and traditional coffee growers in Puyango, Loja Province, Ecuador [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
147 p.This study is concerned with comparisons between organic and traditional coffee growing in Puyango, Ecuador, in social and economic terms. The main social variables considered were housing, education, health and migration; and the financial and ...
Olschewski, Roland (Prof. Guía)   +2 more
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The management of tree genetic resources and the livelihoods of rural communities in the tropics: non-timber forest products, smallholder agroforestry practices and tree commodity crops [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Products and services provided by trees in forests and farmland support the needs and promote the wellbeing of hundreds of millions of people in the tropics.
Clement, C.R.   +10 more
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SAMPLING PLANS FOR MONITORING RUST IN COFFEE TREES

open access: yesConference on Applied Statistics in Agriculture, 1998
Rust is an important fungal disease of coffee that causes defoliation of plants, thus affecting production and yield of coffee beans. Management of coffee rust with fungicides should be based on disease incidence at the onset of the epidemic. Previously, sampling has been done in a two-step systematic plan: trees are sampled in a systematic pattern (in
Raw E. Macchiavelli, Roclo Rodriguez
openaire   +2 more sources

Irrigation using slightly saline water from emerging desalination technologies as a solution to short‐term drought

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
With global weather patterns becoming more extreme and unpredictable, sourcing reliable irrigation water is vital for improving food security and conserving drinking water in drought‐prone areas. Emerging desalination technologies, which are still in the development phase, could potentially provide large quantities of slightly saline water for ...
Harry Myrans   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

COMPETITIVENESS AND COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE OF TREE CROP SMALLHOLDINGS IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA [PDF]

open access: yes
The contribution by tree crop industries to economic development in Papua New Guinea (PNG) depends to a considerable extent on their economic efficiency in terms of competitiveness and comparative advantage of domestic production and export marketing ...
Fleming, Euan M., Kannapiran, Chinna A.
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The impact of global changes on agriculture: the case of Ivorian Basin of Comoe River. [P-3330-16] [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Since some decades, the Ivorian Comoe river Basin faced environmental and climatic changes. As one of rainfed agriculture leading forces, climate conditions display (here) a major role in agriculture transformations.
Dabissi, N.   +6 more
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