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Effect of service quality on coffee based economic cluster development on farmers and other stakeholders satisfaction in Bondowoso district [PDF]

open access: yesCoffee and Cocoa Research Journal, 2015
Economic cluster approach can be used to enhance economic growth of a region by optimizing local resources. Coffee is one of plantation commodity which is developed in Bondowoso district through economic cluster model.
Lya Aklimawati   +2 more
doaj  

In search of Montsalvatch: making sense of interviewing farmers [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
This paper presents a personal account of how an individualized qualitative research process attempts to understand farmers. A story of how the author interacts with and interviews farmers in order to understand how they and the narrator constructs ...
McElwee, G
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Livestock Tango: U.S. and Latin America Dance Together, but Who Will Lead?

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the competitiveness between Latin American and U.S. livestock and meat sectors. We employ a computable general equilibrium modeling framework to evaluate two scenarios: coordinated improvements in Latin American productivity, transport efficiency, and market access (Scenario I), and the minimum productivity gains required ...
Taís C. Menezes   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Synergies in Agricultural Biodiversity Conservation: Decomposing the Interaction Between Nature Parks and Agri‐Environment Schemes

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Understanding how policy instruments with overlapping goals interact is crucial for leveraging their synergies. This study explores the mechanisms for regional nature parks (a form of protected areas that impose no restrictions on agriculture) to enhance the adoption of biodiversity‐conserving agri‐environment schemes (AES) in Switzerland ...
Yanbing Wang   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Markets Mitigate Land‐Use Competition From Energy Crops and Increase Farm Revenues

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Meeting the US Sustainable Aviation Fuel Grand Challenge target of 35 billion gal annually by 2050 will require an estimated 380 million–700 million dry tons of agricultural biomass feedstock. This study evaluates the implications of large‐scale biomass production for land use, crop production, and market outcomes under mature market ...
Daniel G. De La Torre Ugarte   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reflexión teórica sobre la validez de los preceptos de acción social de Max Weber para el análisis del campesinado actual Theoretical reflection on the validity of the rules of social action of Max Weber for the analysis of the present peasantry

open access: yesAmbiente & Sociedade, 2005
En un fin de siglo marcado por un nuevo orden mundial, los campesinos no pueden quedarse al margen; la nueva socialidad rural ya no sólo tiene sus nudos en barrios y comunidades, también en proyectos y aparatos económicos gestionados por las ...
Diosey Ramón Lugo Morin
doaj   +1 more source

Study of Pakistan pilot project farmer-leaders to Nepal [PDF]

open access: yes
Farmer participation / Irrigation management / Farmer managed irrigation systems / Irrigated farming / Sustainable agriculture / Institution building ...
Memon, Y., Ul Hassan, M.
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Cable suspended windmill [PDF]

open access: yes, 1990
A windmill is disclosed which includes an airframe having an upwind end and a downwind end. The first rotor is rotatably connected to the airframe, and a generator is supported by the airframe and driven by the rotor. The airframe is supported vertically
Farmer, Moses G.
core   +1 more source

Kenyan Farmers' Policy Priorities During Economic Crisis and Stability: Insights From a Best‐Worst Scaling Experiment

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Amid rising food and fertilizer prices, understanding farmers' policy preferences is critical for effective crisis response. We use best‐worst scaling experiment to assess Kenyan mobile‐owning crop farmers' preferences for government support under high and normal price scenarios.
Mywish K. Maredia   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Karacadağ Paddy (Oryza sativa L.) Farming Survey Study under Şanlıurfa Conditions

open access: yesTürkiye Tarımsal Araştırmalar Dergisi, 2016
This study aimed to determination of structure of Karacadağ paddy farming and habits of farmers. Fourteen villages were determined for survey study in Şanlıurfa province of Siverek district.
Abdullah ÖKTEM
doaj   +1 more source

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