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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

Successfull Blossom Thinning and Crop Load Regulation for Organic Apple Growing with Potassium-bi-carbonate (Armicarb(R)): Results of Field Experiments over 3 Years and with 11 Cultivars

, 2012
With field trials over 3 years in a commercial organic orchard in Switzerland we have tested the efficacy of Armicarb® (potassium-bi-carbonate) for flower thinning in organic apple production.
Monzelio, U., Weibel, Franco P., Giordano, I., Weibel, F. P., Lemcke, B., Kloss, B.   +5 more
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Bract size affects resource availability and fruit set in a hummingbird-pollinated plant with distyly polymorphism. [PDF]

Plant Biol (Stuttg)
Trevizan R, Oliveira PE, Brito VLG, Oliveira L, Telles F.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

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

Bee-mediated pollination enhances fruit set and seed yield in <i>Paeonia ostii</i> 'Fengdan': insights into physiological and molecular mechanisms. [PDF]

Hortic Res
Zhang KY, Li YY, Bao JY, He XN, Chen LF, Guo LL, Guo DL, Song CW, He CL, Hou XG.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Histone posttranslational modifications rather than DNA methylation underlie gene reprogramming in pollination-dependent and pollination-independent fruit set in tomato. [PDF]

New Phytol, 2021
Hu G, Huang B, Wang K, Frasse P, Maza E, Djari A, Benhamed M, Gallusci P, Li Z, Zouine M, Bouzayen M.   +10 more
europepmc   +1 more source

India–United States Agricultural Trade Under the America‐First Agenda

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines India–United States agricultural trade under the America‐First agenda, highlighting trade patterns, tariff structures, and potential impacts of United States trade policies. Total agricultural trade remains modest at $7 billion annually, with India imposing higher tariffs (average 39%) than the United States (5%).
Badri N. Gopalakrishnan, Munisamy Gopinath, Kannan Kumar   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effect of Pollen Storage Duration on Stainability, Fruit Set, and Physical Traits in Date Palm (<i>Phoenix dactylifera</i> L.) Cultivar 'Mejhoul'. [PDF]

Plants (Basel)
Salomón-Torres R, Elhoumaizi MA, Zambrano-Reyes C, Zaid AA, Ruisanchez-Ortega Y, Peña-Yam LP, Gutiérrez-Pacheco MM.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Efficiency and Technology Gap in European Apple Production—A Metafrontier Model for Germany, Italy, and Poland

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT EU member states have exhibited varying rates of apple production growth. Technical efficiency (TE) estimation is suitable for identifying best‐practice farm performance. This study examined whether the development of the apple sector in Germany, Italy, and Poland was influenced by production efficiency, access to technology, as well as ...
Anika Muder, Jakub Staniszewski
wiley   +1 more source

Synergistic effect of honeybees and wild floral visitors in promoting sweet cherry fruit set in central Chile. [PDF]

Biol Res
García CB, Díaz-Siefer P, Smith-Ramírez C, Montero-Silva F, Martínez-Harms J, Murúa M, Celis-Diez JL.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source