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

open access: yesAgribusiness, 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

The influence of the tree shape on peach fruit quality

open access: yes, 2004
Four tree shapes (pal spindle, veronese spindle, veronese vase and traditional open vase) were compared on three peach cultivars (Redhaven Summerset and Cresthaven) with different ripening times. Trees were bedded on peach seedling. Trees were spaced 5 m between rows and 4 m within the row for all tree shapes.
Radivojević, Dragan   +2 more
openaire   +1 more source

Access to Finance and Innovation in the Canadian Food Processing

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Innovation is a presumed channel through which finance affects productivity, yet there is limited research testing the relationship between finance and innovation in the food manufacturing sector. The purpose of the paper is to explore the determinants (e.g., financing, R&D, firm size, expenditure on innovation) of the adoption of innovation ...
Getu Hailu, Deepananda Herath
wiley   +1 more source

Charting the Path to Increased Oil Palm Output in Ghana Beyond Area Expansion: Technology or Managerial Capacity — Which Leads the Way?

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study sets out to investigate the prospects for raising oil palm output in sub‐Saharan Africa, particularly Ghana, without further expansion of cropland. Given global concerns about oil palm's role in deforestation and land use change, the focus is on enhancing productivity on existing farmlands.
Jacob Asravor   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Growth Analysis of Cucumber Fruits on Vine by Use of the Dimensions of Fruit Shape

open access: yesJournal of the Japanese Society for Horticultural Science, 1984
TAZUKE, Akio, SAKIYAMA, Ryozo
openaire   +2 more sources

Genetic Control of Different Fruit Shapes in Tomato

open access: yes
Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) remains one of major horticultural food crops across the globe since its worldwide introduction. The area of origin is Central America and it gradually spread to Europe only after the Spanish Conquest of the Aztec Empire during the colonial times.  The genome size of tomato is around 950Mb (megabases), which comprises a
openaire   +2 more sources

Vendor Types, Attendance, Experience and Sales 2019–2021: Evidence From Five Rural Oregon Farmers Markets

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Farmers markets provide a direct‐to‐consumer marketing path for farmers and small businesses, facilitating customer discovery and product refinement. This paper explores farmers markets as a business incubator, with a focus on beginning vendors and resilience to a shock, namely, COVID‐19 market restrictions.
Mallory L. Rahe   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Traceability of Agri‐Food Products: The Key to Conscious Trade

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Globalization and growing concerns about sustainability have led to improvements in product traceability, quality, and sustainability. Traceability contributes to environmental protection and supports sustainable development by fostering transparency in agricultural practices and encouraging the responsible use of resources.
Scarlett Queen Almeida Bispo   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

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