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Staging an Experience of Cultural Heritage Preservation: Consumers' Willingness to Pay for Heirloom Rice in the Philippines

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Cordillera Administrative Region in the Philippines is home to terraced rice embedded in centuries of cultural heritage. However, weak market incentives threaten sustained production, jeopardizing indigenous communities' cultural heritage and the in situ biodiversity of rice genetic resources.
Kofi Britwum, Matty Demont
wiley   +1 more source

Fruit growing in Canada

, 1897
(Uploaded by Plazi from the Biodiversity Heritage Library) No abstract provided.
openaire   +4 more sources

Comprehensive Analysis of Strawberry Fruit Quality with Uneven Ripening Disorder: A Physical and Chemical Approach

International Journal of Fruit Science
We studied the physical and chemical profiles of strawberry fruits (Fragaria × ananassa Duch.) of the varieties “Clery” and “Asia,” which exhibited uneven ripening disorder.
Monica Novljan, Zala Zorenč, Darinka Koron, Maja Mikulic-Petkovsek   +3 more
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Effects of Environmental and Health Information on Willingness to Pay for Local and Organic Foods in Taiwan

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using a lab‐in‐the‐field experiment, we investigate how providing information about food miles and pesticide residue influences willingness to pay (WTP) for potatoes among 407 shoppers in Taiwan, split between a supermarket and a farmers market.
Chiu‐Lin Huang, Edward C. Jaenicke, Martina Vecchi, Sheng‐Jang Sheu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

State and perspectives of nut crops in Bulgaria

Растениевъдни науки, 2014
The nut crops of economic importance, grown in Bulgaria, are walnut, hazelnut and almond, walnut occupying the largest share in the structure of fruit-growing.
Stefan Gandev, Veselin Arnaudov, Vanya Manolova, Lilyana Nacheva, Kuman Kumanov, Lora Borisova, Magdalena Nikolova, Elitsa Blagoeva   +7 more
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STUDIES ON THE EVOLUTION OF APPLE FRUITS QUALITY DURING THE PRESERVATION PERIOD IN COLD STORAGE FACILITIES [PDF]

Fruit Growing Research, 2015
The apple fruits harvest maturity is very brief and does not coincide with the consumption maturity. The process of ripening continues after fruit harvesting, and the consumption maturity is achieved earlier or later in the storage period. Present paper
Tanasescu Nicolae, Chitu Emil, Sumedrea Dorin, Marin Cristian, Popa Lucretia, Sovaiala Gheorghe   +5 more
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Strawberries

, 2003
This is the Strawberries chapter in Cornell Guide to Growing Fruit at Home. It features information and instruction for the home fruit grower.Choosing cultivars, buying plants, site selection, growing methods, planting and early care, managing your ...
McKay, Steven, Eames-Sheavly, Marcia, Merwin, Ian, Reisinger, Richard, Pritts, Marvin, Cramer, Craig, Bushway, Lori   +6 more
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Hardy Kiwifruit [PDF]

, 2003
This is the Hardy Kiwifruit chapter in Cornell Guide to Growing Fruit at Home. It features information and instruction for the home fruit grower.Choosing cultivars, propagation, site selection and soil preparation, planting, trellising, pruning and ...
McKay, Steven, Eames-Sheavly, Marcia, Merwin, Ian, Reisinger, Richard, Pritts, Marvin, Cramer, Craig, Bushway, Lori   +6 more
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Drivers of Farmers' Contract Compliance Behavior: Evidence From a Case Study of Dangote Tomato Processing Plant in Northern Nigeria

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Contract farming is a viable strategy agribusinesses rely on to strengthen coordination across actors in the value chain. However, low contract compliance remains a significant setback to agribusinesses' contract performance in low‐ and middle‐income country context.
Umar Shehu Umar, Sanzidur Rahman, Giacomo Zanello   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

RESULTS CONCERNING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE BEST POLLINATORS TO SOME OF THE NEW CHERRY CULTIVARS [PDF]

Fruit Growing Research, 2013
The aim of this paper work is the rating of the polen’s quality, the study of the fertilty indexes and the behaviour of the cultivars in the proces of controled polination for some of the cultivars obtained at RSFG Iasi, for establishing the compatible
Elena Iurea, Gica Gradinariu, Sorina Sarbu, Gelu Corneanu   +3 more
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