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Inclusiveness of Contract Farming along the Modern Food Supply Chain: Empirical Evidence from Taiwan

Agriculture, 2020
One of the debates in the literature of contract farming concerns contracting firms’ preferences over large growers and if contract farming is inclusive of smallholders.
Yir-Hueih Luh
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Two Routes to Land: Genomic Underpinnings of Parallel Aerial Egg Deposition in Aquatic Old‐World Pila and New‐World Pomacea (Ampullariidae)

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Comparative genomics of Gondwana‐diverged Pila and Pomacea reveals parallel evolution of aerial oviposition. Convergent chromosomal rearrangements reshape regulatory landscapes within topologically associating domains. Lineage‐specific gene family expansions and viral‐derived perivitelline proteins (PV1) underpin desiccation resistance.
Yufei Zhou, Huawei Mu, Xueying Nie, Yue Gao, Hui Wang, Ling Fang, Tiangang Luan, Monthon Ganmanee, Jian‐Wen Qiu, Jin Sun, Jack Chi‐Ho Ip   +10 more
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The effectiveness of contract farming for raising income of smallholder farmers in low‐ and middle‐income countries: a systematic review

Campbell Systematic Reviews, 2017
This Campbell systematic review examines the impact of contract farming on income and food security of smallholder farmers in low‐ and middle‐income countries.
Giel Ton, Sam Desiere, Wytse Vellema, Sophia Weituschat, Marijke D'Haese   +4 more
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Hemoglobin's α‐Helix‐to‐β‐Sheet Transition Enables Targeted mRNA Delivery to the Lung

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Acidic heating converts hemoglobin into β‐sheet‐rich fibrils with positively charged surfaces. These hemoglobin fibrils electrostatically complex IL‐11 scFv mRNA, selectively bind circulating platelets, and hitchhike to the lung, where they are enriched in fibroblasts.
Xihua Liu, Saiya Li, Guodong Wu, Shuangjian Li, Long Shuang Huang, Xiaoyang Li, Yiguo Zhao, Wei Lu, Cuixia Sun, Qin Cao, Yapeng Fang, Yiping Cao   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

T2T Genome Assembly and Multi‐Omics Data Reveal Terrestrial Adaptation and Mucus Biosynthesis in Tropical Leatherleaf Slug (Laevicaulis alte)

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
A gap‐free genome assembly and multi‐omics comparison of the terrestrial slug Laevichaulis alte with an aquatic relative reveal that expansion of the VEGF family orchestrates mucus production, lipid metabolism, and immune defense—highlighting key molecular innovations for conquering life on land.
Gang Wang, Shaofang He, Zhongkai Wang, Aobo Pang, Xiaoli Sun, Rongchen Liu, Fang Wang, Sisi Chen, Zhijuan Bian, Dongcheng Wei, Liuhan Wu, Siyao Zhao, Qiuting Ji, Yiqi Sun, Niying Sun, Yushinta Fujaya, Boping Tang, Kianann Tan, Daizhen Zhang, Lianfu Chen   +19 more
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Contract farming and sesame productivity of smallholder farmers in Western Tigray, Ethiopia

Cogent Food & Agriculture
Contract farming was implemented in Tigray to improve access to support and marketing services and ensure consistency in the volume of supplied products. However, its impact has not been examined yet.
Haileslasie Gereziher Hailu, Gidey Kidu Mezgebo   +1 more
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Contract Farming and Technical Efficiency: A Case of Export-Oriented Organic Rice Farmers in Pakistan

Land, 2022
Although organic rice is a niche market in Pakistan, it has exhibited enormous potential for growth in export-oriented production. Since contract farming is the leading promoter of export-oriented organic rice production in Punjab, Pakistan, improving ...
Rabia Mazhar, Bi Xuehao, Thomas Dogot, Rytis Skominas, Vjekoslav Tanaskovik, Hossein Azadi, Zou Wei   +6 more
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Contract Farming – A way to Sustainable Agriculture: A Case of Mango Contract Farming in Karnataka

SDMIMD Journal of Management, 2021
As we are aware that contract farming in other produce like Gurkin and Mango is well established and most of the produce are having a good market in other countries. Even the Mangos which is said to be a highly cultivated in Karnataka region the market for the mango is quite complicated.
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Causal‐Guided Ultra‐Long‐Term Time Series Forecasting Via Anticipated Covariates

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Often treated as unknown, information from the future remains underutilized.We demonstrate that in a coupled dynamical system, providing the future state of the effect enables accurate forecasting of the cause for a long timesteps. A time series forecasting paradigm that introduces anticipated covariates to represent such known future states is ...
Jintong Zhao, Yufei Liu, Ruixi Huang, Zhongxue Gan, Siyang Leng   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Impact of contract farming on green technological efficiency of farmers: a comparative study of two contract organizational models

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
IntroductionEngaging in contract farming represents a crucial avenue for developing countries to integrate small farmers into modern agricultural practices.
Qi Li, Zixuan Wang
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