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Caracterización de sistemas apícolas en la zona centro del Ecuador

Agrisost, 2017
Con la finalidad de caracterizar sistemas apícolas en las provincias de Tungurahua y Chimborazo de la República del Ecuador para el trabajo de extensión rural, se recolectó información cuantitativa y cualitativa de 131 productores encuestados en ambas ...
Diego Armando Masaquiza Moposita , Guido Osvaldo Llerena Hidalgo Egresado de Zootecnia, Tesista, Facultad de Ciencias Pecuarias, Escuela Superior Politécnic, Byron Leoncio Díaz Monroy , Lino Curbelo Rodríguez , Robinson Ulises Carrasco Carrasco , Raul Adolfo Guapi Guamán   +5 more
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Agricultural Diversification at the Margin. Strategies and Determinants in Italian Mountain and Remote Areas

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper explores the convergence in on‐farm diversification strategies of agricultural holdings, between remote areas and more central ones. Using Italian farm‐level data, we explore the determinants of diversification strategies across farms.
Gianluca Grilli, Francesco Pagliacci, Paola Gatto   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Efficiency and Technology Gap in European Apple Production—A Metafrontier Model for Germany, Italy, and Poland

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT EU member states have exhibited varying rates of apple production growth. Technical efficiency (TE) estimation is suitable for identifying best‐practice farm performance. This study examined whether the development of the apple sector in Germany, Italy, and Poland was influenced by production efficiency, access to technology, as well as ...
Anika Muder, Jakub Staniszewski
wiley   +1 more source

Access to Finance and Innovation in the Canadian Food Processing

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Innovation is a presumed channel through which finance affects productivity, yet there is limited research testing the relationship between finance and innovation in the food manufacturing sector. The purpose of the paper is to explore the determinants (e.g., financing, R&D, firm size, expenditure on innovation) of the adoption of innovation ...
Getu Hailu, Deepananda Herath
wiley   +1 more source

La extensión en producción animal desde las Facultades de Ciencias Agrarias y Forestales y de Ciencias Veterinarias, de la UNLP

Revista de la Facultad de Agronomía, 2018
En la UNLP un equipo de extensión en el área de producción animal conformado por profesionales y estudiantes de las Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias y Forestales y de Ciencias Veterinarias desarrolló su labor desde inicios del siglo XXI. En este trabajo se
Mariel Oyhamburu, Esteban Andrés Abbona, Roberto Refi, Enrique Jorge Pofcher, Federico Fernández, Antonela Mattioda   +5 more
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Food Tastes in the United States: Convergence or Divergence?

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates how food consumption tastes have changed in recent decades across the United States. Using NielsenIQ data for over 77 million transactions, there is evidence of divergence in food tastes across regions from 2007 to 2016 and across households of different income, education, and race/ethnicity groups.
Michael DeDad
wiley   +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

Las competencias laborales del cargo del agente de extensión agraria

Revista de la Facultad de Agronomía, 2018
Para buscar el progreso económico y el abastecimiento alimenticio en Cuba, la agricultura ha promovido la creación de formas organizativas de producción agropecuaria; las cuales cuentan con el cargo del agente de Extensión Agraria; su elemental ...
Maday Rodríguez Armán, Zulema Salguero Rubio, Antonio Ginebra Aguilar   +2 more
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Vendor Types, Attendance, Experience and Sales 2019–2021: Evidence From Five Rural Oregon Farmers Markets

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Farmers markets provide a direct‐to‐consumer marketing path for farmers and small businesses, facilitating customer discovery and product refinement. This paper explores farmers markets as a business incubator, with a focus on beginning vendors and resilience to a shock, namely, COVID‐19 market restrictions.
Mallory L. Rahe, Juo‐Han Tsay, Sarah A. Low   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Who Are the Consumers of European Farmers' Markets? A Cross‐Country Analysis

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT With substantial growth in the number of farmers' markets (FMs) in developed countries, the number of consumers visiting FMs is also increasing. This study comparatively assesses the consumers of FMs in three European countries where FMs traditionally play a distinctive role in food supply chains.
Áron Török, Gréta Maró, Zsófia Jámbor, Zalán Márk Maró, Barbara Tocco, Péter Balogh, Péter Czine   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source