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Data on the yield and quality of organically hybrids of tropical tomato fruits at two stages of fruit maturation

Data in Brief, 2019
Organic and traditional cultivation techniques significantly affect the yield and quality of tomato fruit. To achieve the highest possible production of hybrid lines, the appropriate cultivation system is needed.
Syariful Mubarok, Fathimah Fathinatunnabilah Farhah, Anas, Nursuhud Suwali, Dikdik Kurnia, Kusumiyati, Erni Suminar, Hiroshi Ezura   +7 more
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Modeling the Physical Characteristics of Ultrasound Pretreated Dialium guineense Whole Fruits Using Neural Network Pattern Recognition Model

AgriFood: Journal of Agricultural Products for Food, EarlyView.
The study of Physical characteristics of agricultural materials is necessary for the design of processes and machines for food production. Length, width, thickness, sphericity, unit mass, and aspect ratio were the physical characteristics of ultrasound pretreated Dialium guineense whole fruits subjected to Neural network modeling.
Mfrekemfon Akpan, Uduak George, Okon Esua   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Plant protection in organic apple production: A summary of research conducted under the German Federal Programme for Organic Agriculture and other forms of Sustainable Agriculture [PDF]

, 2012
In this focus area, research projects were carried out on two main subjects: apple scab (Venturia inaequalis) and codling moth (Cydia pomonella). Scab control projects started in 2002, projects on codling moth control in 2006, and research on both topics
ANON, AN
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Swedish farmers' approval of nudges

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract Interest in the use of behavioral policy approaches, such as nudges, has strongly increased over the past years, including in the domains of food, agricultural and environmental policies. While the approval of nudges among the general public has been studied extensively, we know little about the attitude of farmers toward nudging. Farmers may (
Liesbeth Colen, Leon Englberger, Jens Rommel   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Farmer Consumer Partnerships: Information search and decision making - the case of ethical values of organic products [PDF]

, 2009
The CORE Organic pilot project ‘Farmer Consumer Partnerships’ aims at analysing and testing innovative communication strategies of organic companies with respect to ethical values as a means of reconnecting organic farmers and consumers against the ...
Hamm, Ulrich, Zander, Katrin
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Foreign labor, peer‐networking and agricultural efficiency in the Italian dairy sector

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract While the presence of immigrants in the agricultural sector is widely acknowledged, the empirical evidence on its economic consequences is lacking, especially from a microeconomic perspective. Using the Farm Accountancy Data Network panel data for Italian dairy farms in the period 2008–2018, the present study investigates the relationship ...
Federico Antonioli, Simone Severini, Mauro Vigani   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

HIV and orientation of subsistence and commercial home gardens in rural Ghana: Crop composition, crop diversity and food security [PDF]

, 2010
An empirical study was conducted to explore differences and similarities in biodiversity in subsistence and commercial home gardens of HIV-positive and HIV-negative rural households in the Eastern Region of Ghana and their significance in household food ...
Akrofi, S., Price, L.L., Struik, P.C.
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Australian farmers\u27 and food processors\u27 values

, 2006
Purpose – The aim of this exploratory study was to examine and compare a range of business values held by farmers and food processors. Design/methodology/approach – Questionnaires with a section on business values were posted to 200 farmers ...
Lea, Emma, Worsley, Anthony
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Determinants of local food producer participation in state‐sponsored marketing programs: Evidence from Missouri

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examines producer participation choices considering a variety of potential benefits linked to state‐sponsored marketing programs, using a real choice dataset of farmers in Missouri. Multinomial logit models are employed to predict determinants of farmer enrollment in three tiers of the Missouri Grown local food marketing program ...
Lan Tran, Ye Su, Laura McCann
wiley   +1 more source

Henry Shoobridge, Tasmania's Pioneer of Organic Farming [PDF]

, 2010
Henry Shoobridge (1874-1963) was the pioneer of organic farming in Tasmania. He was the founder and the president of the island’s earliest organics advocacy group, the Living Soil Association of Tasmania (1946- 1960).
Paull, John
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