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Geographical Indications for Kodagu Coffee – A Socio-economic Feasibility Analysis [PDF]

open access: yes
The feasibility of Geographical Indications (GI) for the Kodagu coffee has been explored, as the coffee is grown under shade and unique conditions in the midst of rich biodiversity; as a result, the productivity of coffee turns out to be relatively low ...
Chengappa, P.G.   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Cultivating Sustainable Coffee: Persistent Paradoxes [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
This chapter discusses the relationship and interconnections among changing the livelihoods of farmers, initiatives for sustainable coffee, and the production of shade-grown coffee.
Bacon, Christopher M.   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

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

On‐Time Meal Delivery Assisted by Drone Resupply

open access: yesNaval Research Logistics (NRL), EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Ensuring timely delivery is crucial with the increasing competition in online meal delivery services. This requires the industry to adopt new technologies and the corresponding operational models, including the use of drones. Concerning the desired features of meal delivery, such as safety and reliability, we propose an operational model that ...
Wenqian Liu, Lindong Liu, Xiangtong Qi
wiley   +1 more source

Expert System for Crop Disease based on Graph Pattern Matching: A proposal [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Para la agroindustria, las enfermedades en cultivos constituyen uno de los problemas más frecuentes que generan grandes pérdidas económicas y baja calidad en la producción.
Corrales, Juan Carlos   +1 more
core   +2 more sources

Tree Assemblages in Agroforestry Systems with Different Intensity of Management in Veracruz, Mexico

open access: yesCiencias Ambientales, 2018
The potential of agroforestry systems (AFS) to conserve biological diversity is widely recognized. There are abundant reports about how tree cover complexity within AFS is related to the abundance of several taxa, but there is scant information regarding
Mario J. Gómez-Martínez   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Microclimate, development and productivity of robusta coffee shaded by rubber trees and at full sun

open access: yesRevista Ciência Agronômica, 2016
There are few studies about the shading of Robusta coffee with rubber trees. The aim of this study was evaluate the microclimate, development and yield of Coffea canephora grown at full sun and shaded by rubber trees.
André Vasconcellos Araújo   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Smallholders coffee and cocoa agroforestry systems; examples of climate-smart agriculture [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Agroforestry is an agricultural practice that integrates trees on cropping systems, farms and landscapes to diversify and sustain production. Agroforestry is one key management option for climate-smart agriculture as it combines sustainable production ...
Harmand, Jean-Michel   +2 more
core  

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

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