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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

Evaluating the potential and eligibility of conservation agriculture practices for carbon credits. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Cariappa AAG, Konath NC, Sapkota TB, Krishna VV.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Charting the Path to Increased Oil Palm Output in Ghana Beyond Area Expansion: Technology or Managerial Capacity — Which Leads the Way?

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study sets out to investigate the prospects for raising oil palm output in sub‐Saharan Africa, particularly Ghana, without further expansion of cropland. Given global concerns about oil palm's role in deforestation and land use change, the focus is on enhancing productivity on existing farmlands.
Jacob Asravor, Francis Tsiboe, Ayobami Adetoyinbo, Jacob Ankamah   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Discovering novel genomic regions explaining adaptation of bread wheat to conservation agriculture through GWAS. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Mazumder AK, Yadav R, Kumar M, Babu P, Kumar N, Singh SK, Solanke AU, Wani SH, Alalawy AI, Alasmari A, Gaikwad KB.   +10 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Does ESG Matter for Unlisted Companies in the Agri‐Food Industry? Evidence From Japan's Unlisted Agri‐Food Companies

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While ESG (environmental, social, and governance) is emphasized among listed companies for their stakeholders and ESG disclosures, ESG engagement among unlisted companies has been rarely examined due to data limitations. This is particularly problematic for the agri‐food industry that has significant impacts on the environment and consists ...
Ying Wang, Satoru Shimokawa
wiley   +1 more source

Conservation agriculture practices impact on biological and microbial diversity in earthworm cast under maize-wheat system. [PDF]

Curr Res Microb Sci
Angmo P, Sharma S, Sidhu HS, Saini KS.
europepmc   +1 more source

Who Are the Farmers Participating in a Carbon Sequestration Program? Results of a Discrete Choice Experiment in Germany

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Agricultural soils offer great potential for carbon sequestration through humus formation. One way to motivate farmers to build up humus is through humus programs. These are still at an early stage of development, poorly explored, and the number of participating farmers is low. Our aim is to explain the heterogeneity of farmers' willingness to
Julia B. Block, Michael Danne, Oliver Mußhoff   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Risk aversion, impatience, and adoption of conservation agriculture practices among smallholders in Zambia. [PDF]

Heliyon
Simutowe E, Ngoma H, Manyanga M, Silva JV, Baudron F, Nyagumbo I, Kalala K, Habeenzu M, Thierfelder C.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Climate‐Smart Dairy Practices: The Role of Practice Clusters in Enhancing the Performance of Dairy Farms in Kenya

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Climate variability is affecting the productivity, profitability, and resilience of smallholder dairy producers in developing countries. The adoption of climate‐smart (CS) dairy practices has been promoted to mitigate these negative effects. However, while interest in dairy CS practices is growing, empirical evidence on their adoption patterns
Mercy Mburu, Amin Mugera, John Mburu, Rose Nyikal, Oghaiki Asaah Ndambi   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effect of conservation agriculture on soil fungal diversity in rice-wheat-greengram cropping system in eastern Indo-Gangetic plains of South Asia. [PDF]

Front Microbiol
Kumar R, Choudhary JS, Naik SK, Mishra JS, Banra S, Poonia SP, Mondal S, Das A, Rao KK, Kumar V, Bhatt BP, Chaudhari SK, Malik RK, McDonald A.   +13 more
europepmc   +1 more source