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Annual Report: 2013 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
I submit herewith the annual reports from the Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station, School of Natural Resources and Agricultural Sciences, University of Alaska Fairbanks, for the period ending December 31, 2013.

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Is Youth's Engagement in Agribusiness an Opportunity or a Necessity? A Closer Look at the Situation in South Kivu, Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite the broad focus on necessity‐ and opportunity‐driven entrepreneurship in research and policy, the entrepreneurial dichotomy within the agribusiness context has not been adequately addressed. This study contributes to closing this knowledge gap by examining youth's perceptions of agribusiness through the lens of the push‐pull motivation
Cool Dady Mangole   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

No. 08: Climate Change and Food Security in Southern African Cities [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
The current urban transition in the Global South is at the heart of discussions about the relationship between climate change and food security. This paper explores the links between climate change and food security within the context of the urban ...
Frayne, Bruce, Ziervogel, Gina
core   +1 more source

Does a Specialized Niche Market Vegetable Processor Enjoy Bargaining Power?

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Agribusiness companies may achieve competitive advantage through specialization within niche markets. One such niche is the fresh‐cut fruit and vegetable market, which has been steadily growing in Germany. This study examines whether the specialization of a German fresh‐cut producer grants it with market power within this niche market.
Nikolas Bublik   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Research on tourism ecological safety evaluation of Huizhou Cultural and ecological reserve based on entropy -TOPSIS

open access: yesHeliyon
Tourism ecological security is the basic guarantee for the sustainable development of tourist sites, Huizhou Cultural and Ecological Reserve is an important area for the im-plementation of ecological protection in China, and it is of great significance ...
Yanlong Guo   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Bifurcation Instability Modulated by a Connecting Channel Leads to Periodic Water Partitioning in a Simple Channel Network

open access: yesWater Resources Research
Water and mass transport in distributary channel networks play an important role in nourishing fluvial and coastal wetlands, and are largely determined by the morphological configurations of channel bifurcations.
Weilun Gao   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cost‐Benefit Analysis of the European Union Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism in Fertilizer Trade

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM), launching 2026, will charge EU importers for embedded carbon emissions, aiming to reduce emissions but raising import costs. Shifts in demand following implementation may reduce carbon emissions, but importers will bear the cost of increased prices.
Natalie Crisci   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

SELF-PROMOTION OF THE MONOGRAPH "OUTLINE OF THE THEORY OF THE STATE AS AN ECOLOGICALLY SAFE ORGANIZATION IN EMPIRICAL RESEARCH"

open access: yesHumanities and Social Sciences
Four concepts – ecological security, social responsibility, sustainable development, and environmental management – are analyzed to show that the same terminology can represent different meanings and approaches to the development of a state or urban ...
Ewa Jadwiga LIPIŃSKA
doaj   +1 more source

An Attention‐Assisted Machine Learning System for Deep Microorganism Image Classification

open access: yesAdvanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
An attention‐assisted DenseNet201 framework was developed for the classification of eight microorganism classes from microscopic images. The proposed model improved classification performance and achieved an accuracy of 87.38%. Advances in microbiology and environmental health fundamentally depend on precise and timely microorganism identification ...
Yujie Li   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Revealing the Spatial-Temporal Evolution and Obstacles of Ecological Security in the Xiamen-Zhangzhou-Quanzhou Region, China

open access: yesLand
Climate change and human activities have caused various ecological risks to coastal urban agglomerations. Ecological security refers to the state of health of an ecosystem and its integrity.
Yaping Zhang   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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