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Effects of Outsourced Agricultural Extension Services on the Technical Efficiency and Financial Returns of Soybean Farms in Northern Cameroon

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In the agricultural landscape of most developing countries, the last decade has witnessed the expansion of outsourced agricultural extension services. Private firms and nongovernmental organizations focused on delivering agricultural extension and advisory services to farmers have emerged.
Boris D. Soh Wenda, Doria A. Medondjeu, Dorothy E. Fon, Stefan Sieber   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Retraction notice to "Sustainable fashion: Design of the experiment assisted machine learning for the environmental-friendly resin finishing of cotton fabric" [Heliyon 9 (2023) e12883]. [PDF]

Heliyon
Pervez MN, Yeo WS, Shafiq F, Jilani MM, Sarwar Z, Riza M, Lin L, Xiong X, Naddeo V, Cai Y.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Deforestation and Efficiency: Insights From Forest Transition in the Brazilian Cerrado

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper estimates technical efficiency (TE) and environmental efficiency (EE) of agricultural production at the municipal level of the Brazilian Cerrado in 2006 and 2017, and investigates their underlying mechanisms in relation to forest transition theory.
Ricardo Muniz Simões, Cassiano Bragagnolo, Humberto Francisco Silva Spolador   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Functionalization of cotton fabric using bio-organic heat storage materials for human protection and thermal comfortability. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Zayed M, Ghazal H, Othman HA, El-Aziz EA, Hassabo AG.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Not All Agreements Are Equal: Heterogeneous Effects of RTAs on Latin American Agri‐Food Exports, 1990–2019

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Since the final decade of the 20th century, Latin American countries have increasingly regarded the signing of regional trade agreements (RTAs) as a promising strategy for expanding their exports. Within this context, the main objective of this study is to assess the impact of RTAs on agri‐food exports in Latin America over the period 1990 ...
María‐Isabel Ayuda, Ignacio Belloc, Vicente Pinilla   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Tailoring color and antibacterial properties of cotton fabric materials using gold nanoparticles synthesized from Mangifera indica peel extract. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Delicana JDP, Lalem AR, Dulog JC, Lumod RM, Rivera RBP, Sayson NL, Dumancas G, Capangpangan RY, Lubguban AA, Tan NPB, Manzano JAH, Tan MA, Unabia RB, Omping JL, Alguno AC.   +14 more
europepmc   +1 more source

How Crop Forecast Similarity, Government Policies, and Macroeconomic Conditions Affect WASDE Forecast Accuracy

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) play a central role in how agricultural commodity markets process information about supply, demand, and prices. This study examines how global and domestic shocks, as well as policy interventions, are reflected in the similarity of WASDE ...
Zhining Sun, Rabail Chandio, Ani L. Katchova   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Study on Flame Retardancy of Cotton Fabric Modified by Sulfonic Groups Chelated with Ba². [PDF]

Molecules
Guo L, Lin H, Qi Z, Pan J, Mao H, Huang C, Li G, Wang C.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Skin‐Conformal Myography for Real‐Time Hand Tracking Using a Laser‐Induced Graphene Strain Sensor Array

Advanced Intelligent Systems, Volume 7, Issue 3, March 2025.
A skin‐conformal wearable device based on laser‐induced graphene is developed for continuous strain measurement across the circumference of the forearm for gesture recognition and hand‐tracking applications. Post material optimization, the strain sensor array is integrated with a wearable wireless readout circuit for real‐time control of a robotic arm,
Vinay Kammarchedu, Monther AlSiyabi, Aida Ebrahimi   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Gas- and Condensed-Phase Efficacy of Functionalized Phosphorus Flame Retardants for Cotton Fabric: Phenyl vs. Phenoxy Groups. [PDF]

Polymers (Basel)
Otto R, Cardona A, Preußner AM, Ali W, Gutmann JS, Mayer-Gall T.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source