ABSTRACT Drought is among the most severe and persistent threats to food supply chains, and relocating production to less drought‐prone regions offers a strategy to reduce this risk. This is particularly relevant for fresh vegetables, which are highly water‐intensive, yet drought‐driven reconfiguration strategies remain understudied.
Bingyan Dai +2 more
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Enhanced rock weathering has greater promise as a sustainable farming practice than a CO<sub>2</sub> removal technology. [PDF]
Power IM +4 more
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Protection Motivation Theory and Farmers' Participation in Futures Markets: Evidence From Germany
ABSTRACT This study examines why German farmers show limited adoption of commodity futures contracts despite substantial price volatility, applying Protection Motivation Theory (PMT) to understand the cognitive processes driving participation decisions in futures markets. Survey data from 303 German farmers collected in 2024 were analyzed using Partial
Hendrik Wever +2 more
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Bridging agronomic science and context specific farm-level advisory through generative AI for rice systems in India. [PDF]
Gakhar S, Koo J, Patnaik GP, Singh RK.
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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 +3 more
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Predictive performance and farmer satisfaction of <i>Jaɓnde</i>, a digital decision-support tool for dairy-cow ration formulation: results from field assessment in Burkina Faso. [PDF]
Ouattara SD +7 more
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Deforestation and Efficiency: Insights From Forest Transition in the Brazilian Cerrado
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 +2 more
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Thriving against the odds through positive deviant behavior: technology adoption and entrepreneurship among dairy farmers in Addis Ababa and Oromia in Ethiopia. [PDF]
Nyokabi N +7 more
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Vertical Price Transmission in Food Markets: New Evidence From Meta‐Analysis
ABSTRACT A growing body of empirical research has examined price dynamics along the food supply chain, yet findings remain heterogeneous and often conflicting. This study conducts a meta‐analysis of 140 studies, totaling 652 observations, to examine (1) the reported presence of asymmetric price transmission and (2) the reported direction of price ...
Sushan K C +2 more
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Scaling field pea technology in dryland areas through a cluster approach: The case of Waghimra zone, Ethiopia. [PDF]
Mihiretu A, Asresu M, Ayen K.
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