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Digital parameterization of apple fruit size, shape and surface spottiness

, 2011
To reach fruit market standards, quality evaluation has to be performed. Computer assisted fruit image analysis represents a technique, which offers a variety of automatic and semi-automatic procedures that can be used in combination with classic ...
Petrović, Dragan, Pavlović, Vladimir, Urošević, Mirko P., Radojević, Rade, Nikolić, Zoran M.   +4 more
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Does Contract Farming Improve Diet Quality? The Case of Senegalese Smallholders

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The institution of contract farming has gained prominence in most developing countries owing to its numerous benefits. While several studies have already highlighted the welfare benefits of contract farming, very few have investigated the effects on diet quality, despite poor quality diets being a serious challenge in most parts of the ...
Francis E. Ndip, Takeshi Sakurai
wiley   +1 more source

Farmers' Participation in Messenger‐Based Social Groups And Its Effects on Performance in Irrigated Areas of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The penetration of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in farming communities is increasing the use of smartphone‐based instant messaging apps. Despite this, the reasons behind participation and the impact on farm productivity in developing countries remain unexplored.
Zafar Kurbanov, Abdusame Tadjiev, Nodir Djanibekov, Ajit Govind, Akmal Akramkhanov   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

What makes fruit pear-shaped? [PDF]

Genome Biology, 2002
openaire   +1 more source

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

The Microtubule-Associated Protein CsTON2 Interacts With CsTRM5 and CsSUN to Regulate Fruit Shape Development in Cucumber. [PDF]

Plant Biotechnol J
Li M, Li X, He Y, Li C, Gu C, Sun C, Ma X, Geng Y, Hu S, Han L, Liu L, Liu Y, Liu Z, She D, Zhou Z, Song X, Pan Y, Yan L, Zhang X, Zhao J.   +19 more
europepmc   +1 more source

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

<i>FveTRM5</i> plays a critical role in regulating fruit shape in woodland strawberry. [PDF]

Hortic Res
Zheng Z, Wang L, Gao Q, Hu S, Kang C.
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

Development of recombinant inbred lines and QTL analysis of plant height and fruit shape-related traits in <i>Cucurbita pepo</i> L. [PDF]

Mol Breed
Duan Y, Bo K, Shu Q, Zhang M, Shi Y, Weng Y, Wang C.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source