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Competition Policy and Agribusiness in the Biden Administration

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Biden Administration pursued a set of ambitious competition policy initiatives in agriculture and agribusiness, primarily aimed at livestock and poultry supply chains, farm inputs, and food retailing. The initiatives included expanded antitrust enforcement; new US Department of Agriculture (USDA) contract regulations requiring poultry ...
James M. MacDonald
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Investigation of antioxidant activities and biochemical characteristics of drought-stressed fenugreek (Trigonella foenum- graecum L.) in response to biopotasse and iron sulfate [PDF]

فیزیولوژی محیطی گیاهی, 2020
In order to investigate the effect of biopotasse and iron sulfate on antioxidant activity and biochemical characteristics of fenugreek under drought stress conditions, a factorial experiment was conducted as split plot based on randomized complete block ...
Mohammed Hossein Aminifard, homeyra. homeyra, Hassan bayat, Ali Reza Samadzade   +3 more
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Drought events and their effects on vegetation productivity in China [PDF]

, 2016
Many parts of the world have experienced frequent and severe droughts during the last few decades. Most previous studies examined the effects of specific drought events on vegetation productivity.
Belward A. S., Hao Z., IPCC, Liu Z., Ma Z., Palmer W. C., Song L., Wei J., Zhai P., Zou X. K.   +9 more
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Temperature Sensitivity and Adaptation of Cereal Yields: Empirical Evidence From Italy

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper investigates the evolving temperature sensitivity and climate adaptation of cereal yields in Italy from 1952 to 2023, using province‐level data for maize, common wheat, and durum wheat. Employing panel data econometric methods, we estimate yield responses to heat exposure, changes in sensitivity over time, and adaptation to climate ...
Paolo Nota, Giacomo Coughlan, Alessandro Olper   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of drought-rehydration on photosynthetic capacity, chlorophyll fluorescence, and microstructure of Cyclobalanopsis glauca seedling leaves in Karst Area of Northwest Guangxi

Xibei zhiwu xuebao
[Objective] To explore the mechanism of Cyclobalanopsis glauca seedlings adapting to the drought-rehydration environment in Karst area, China, using the seedlings of C.
DENG Ping, WU Min, LIN Ding, ZHAO Ying, LU Haijiao, CEN Ying   +5 more
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The Relationship Between Interest Rates and Agricultural Commodity Price Dynamics

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The U.S. Federal Reserve has undertaken several interest rate interventions in the past decade. This study explores the relationship between U.S. corn and soybean prices and Federal Reserve monetary policy interventions, in the short and long run.
Zhining Sun, Ani L. Katchova
wiley   +1 more source

Drought priming enhances wheat grain starch and protein quality under drought stress during grain filling

Journal of Integrative Agriculture
The impacts of drought stress on crop yield and quality are substantial. Drought priming during the early growth stage of plants has been shown to improve tolerance to drought stress during the reproductive stage, although its effects on grain quality ...
Liulong Li, Zhiqiang Mao, Pei Wang, Jian Cai, Qin Zhou, Yingxin Zhong, Dong Jiang, Xiao Wang   +7 more
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Natural variation in abiotic stress responsive gene expression and local adaptation to climate in Arabidopsis thaliana. [PDF]

, 2014
Gene expression varies widely in natural populations, yet the proximate and ultimate causes of this variation are poorly known. Understanding how variation in gene expression affects abiotic stress tolerance, fitness, and adaptation is central to the ...
Des Marais, David L, Juenger, Thomas E, Keitt, Timothy H, Lasky, Jesse R, Lowry, David B, McKay, John K, Povolotskaya, Inna, Richards, James H   +7 more
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The Bitter Taste of Brazil's Temporary Import Ban on Robusta Coffee

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Brazil, a leading Robusta coffee producer and exporter, faced a significant drought in 2016–2017, which drastically reduced production and depleted stocks. Consequently, Brazil temporarily permitted the import of one million 60‐kg bags of Robusta coffee in the spring 2017. An import ban was imposed shortly afterward due to lobbying by domestic
Hanifi Otgun, John Beghin, Fernando Maximiliano   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

How Competitive Is Myanmar's Rice Sector? A Comparison of Production Costs and Efficiency

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper analyzes the cost competitiveness of rice production in Myanmar by examining production costs, cost efficiency, and the potential effect of improving cost efficiency on the country's global competitiveness. To achieve this, we conduct a comparative analysis of production costs among major rice‐producing countries and estimate the ...
Nandar Aye Chan, Orkhan Sariyev, Mohammad Ariful Islam, Manfred Zeller   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source