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Competition Policy and Agribusiness in the Biden Administration
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The Biden Administration pursued a set of ambitious competition policy initiatives in agriculture and agribusiness, primarily aimed at livestock and poultry supply chains, farm inputs, and food retailing. The initiatives included expanded antitrust enforcement; new US Department of Agriculture (USDA) contract regulations requiring poultry ...
James M. MacDonald
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Power Loss Analysis for Wind Power Grid Integration Based on Weibull Distribution
Energies, 2017 The growth of electrical demand increases the need of renewable energy sources, such as wind energy, to meet that need. Electrical power losses are an important factor when wind farm location and size are selected.
Ahmed Al Ameri +3 more
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The development and evaluation of exercises in meaningful word practice in first grade, [PDF]
, 1956 Research chapter for this study will be found in Ash, Dorothea: "Development and evaluation of silent reading exercises in grade one" Thesis (M.A.)--Boston ...
Berger, Ruth J. +6 more
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Consumer Valuation of Meat Alternatives and Labeling Policies: A Comparative Perspective
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study investigates and compares US consumer perceptions and the impact of environmental, human health, and animal welfare information related to conventional meat on preferences for meat alternatives and labeling policies. Using the best–worst scaling method across 10 different burger alternatives, our results show that the meat burger is
Daniele Asioli +5 more
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Fuelwood demand and supply in Rwanda and the role of agroforestry [PDF]
, 2011 Fuelwood in Rwanda is assumed to come from forests and woodlands, thus contributing to large-scale deforestation. Available studies on fuelwood demand and supply support this assumption and indicate a continuously rising demand of fuelwood, notably from ...
Mohren, G.M.J., Ndayambaje, J.D.
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Sustainable Productivity Growth in Agriculture: The Role of Shifts in R&D Investments and Technology
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The objective of the paper is to evaluate the long‐term prospects of sustainable productivity growth linked to plausible assumptions on public agricultural R&D investments as the key productivity driver. Second, it investigates the role of changing R&D focus from yield maximization to input saving technologies (fertilizers and pesticides). The
Zuzana Smeets Křístková +4 more
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International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy SystemsLarge-scale integration of renewable energy sources (RESs) presents significant challenges for modern power grids, particularly with wind farms playing a crucial role in energy generation. However, frequent switching operations during the (dis)connection
Amir Heidary +2 more
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AGRICULTURAL LAND AVAILABILITY AND RURAL FARMERS’ OUTPUT IN ABIA STATE, NIGERIA [PDF]
Scientific Papers Series : Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and Rural Development, 2017 This study examined the effect of agricultural land availability on the performance of rural farmers in Abia State. The study showed that 55% of the respondents practiced inheritance as the prevalent land tenure system implying that majority of the ...
Chigozirim Ndubuisi ONWUSIRIBE +1 more
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Fuzzy chance constraints model based power reference optimisation of wind farm in system restoration
The Journal of Engineering, 2019 During power system restoration following a blackout, it is necessary to quickly restore as many generator units as possible to accelerate the speed of the system restoration. Considering that wind power of large capacity has the advantages of fast start-
Qian Zhou +4 more
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Organic farming values in Switzerland – results of a focus group study [PDF]
, 2007 Eight focus group discussions, conducted in 2004 and 2005, about ethical values among established and recently converted organic producers (mountain and lowland area) and other stakeholders in Switzerland are summarised. The aim was to contrib-ute to the
Bodini, Antonella +2 more
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