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Incomplete markets and fertilizer use : evidence from Ethiopia [PDF]
While the economic returns to using chemical fertilizer in Africa can be large, application rates are low. This study explores whether this is due to missing and imperfect markets.
Larson, Donald F., Zerfu, Daniel
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Abstract This paper aims to describe the evolution of firm and industry strategies and to analyze detailed transaction data on the structure of the international grain trading industry. Specifically, data are developed from vessel nominations, and these were used to derive measures of concentration and determine how these change across selected ...
William W. Wilson+2 more
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Soil aggregate and organic nitrogen distributions as influenced by vermicompost application in vegetable greenhouse. [PDF]
Pan F, Zhang J, Tang J, Chen B.
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King and Cochrane: The technological treadmill and racial inequity in US agriculture
Abstract Between 1920 and 1969, the number of Black farmers in the US decreased from 14% of all operators to 4%. Using Martin Luther King Jr.'s critique of agricultural policy and Willard Cochrane's theory of the technological treadmill, we explore how racial discrimination was linked to policies that led to structural change in US agriculture.
Jared Hutchins, Jacopo De Marinis
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Organic fertilizer substitution altered the waxy maize grain quality and aroma volatiles formation by the integrated transcriptomic and metabolomic analyses. [PDF]
Zhao X+5 more
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Abstract This paper employs the data envelope analysis (DEA) to assess technological progress and its impact on agricultural total factor productivity (TFP) across 18 the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries from 1973 to 2015.
Yu Sheng
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Organic fertilizer substitution optimizes aroma metabolites in Wuyi Rock tea. [PDF]
Huang S+6 more
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This article examines the efficiency and cost‐effectiveness of green hydrogen production strategies: direct and indirect, with and without battery. Results show that the indirect configuration with battery yields the highest hydrogen production and profitability. The study discusses technical, energetic, and economic trade‐offs, providing insights into
Alfonso González del Valle+2 more
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Side deep placement of slow-release N as base fertilizer combined with urea as panicle fertilizer increases rice yield by optimizing dry matter and N accumulation and translocation. [PDF]
Hu M+11 more
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