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Farmer Participation in Supermarket Channels, Production Technology and Technical Efficiency: The Case of Vegetables in Kenya [PDF]

open access: yes
Supermarkets are currently gaining ground in the agri-food systems of many developing countries. While recent research has analyzed income effects in the small farm sector, impacts on farming efficiency have hardly been studied.
Brummer, Bernhard   +2 more
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Accumulation and fractionation of trace metals in a Tunisian calcareous soil amended with farmyard manure and municipal solid waste compost [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Ben Achiba, W   +8 more
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Organische Düngung intensiv genutzten Dauergrünlandes im Vergleich mit Mineraldüngung - Ergebnisse eines 22 jährigen Versuches auf Wiese und Mähweide. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
In a 22-year-old experiment in Southwest Germany, the effects of different fertilization systems (organic and mineral fertilizers) on permanent grassland were investigated.
Elsäßer, PD Dr. Martin   +1 more
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Economic Evaluation of Organic and Inorganic Resources for Recapitalizing Soil Fertility in Smallholder Maize-based Cropping Systems of Central Kenya [PDF]

open access: yes
Structural adjustments programs (SAPs) in the last two decades have eliminated all farm-support programs leading to low usage of fertilizers by Kenyan smallholders. One way of addressing this problem is use of organic nutrient resources.
Kimani, Stephen K.   +4 more
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Managing Manure on Organic Farms [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
The booklet provides information on typical nutrient contents of livestock manures – from organic and ‘conventional’ sources; describes the availability of manure nutrients to the growing crop; outlines best management practices to optimise manure ...
Gibbs, Paul   +2 more
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Technical Efficiency in North-Western Himalayan Region: A Study of Himachal Pradesh Agriculture [PDF]

open access: yes
The technical efficiency of Himachal farmers, studied using the frontier production function, has been found to vary widely across cereal crops in the state.
Chauhan, S.K.   +2 more
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Agronomical techniques to improve technological and sanitary quality [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
In spite of variable grain protein contents, baking quality of organic wheat was found to be acceptable to good. Mycotoxin (DON) infestation was generally low on tested grain samples.
Abecassis, J.   +9 more
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French study on Quality and Safety of Organic Food (AFSSA 2003 Evaluation nutritionnelle et sanitaire des aliments issus de l’agriculture biologique) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
The presentations summarises the results of a study on organic farming and food quality published 2003 in France. Agence française de sécurité sanitaire des aliments (AFSSA) (2003): Evaluation nutritionnelle et sanitaire des aliments issus de l ...
Schmid, Otto
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