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Horticulture and city supply in Africa: evidence from south-west Cameroon

open access: yes, 2009
URBAN growth in the West African coastal growth poles provides economies of scale and the urbanization process leads to agricultural transformation, especially in terms of agricultural intensification.
Parrot, Laurent
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West Sussex College of Agriculture and Horticulture: report from the Inspectorate (FEFC inspection report; 121/96) [PDF]

open access: yes, 1996
West Sussex College of Agriculture and Horticulture changed its name in 1997 to Brinsbury College.

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Growth of horticulture sector in India: Trends and prospects

open access: yesIndian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 2019
Horticulture sector is recognised to have the potential to raise the farm income, provide livelihood security and earn foreign exchange. However, focused policy interventions are needed to realise the potential of the sector.
G. Jha, A. Suresh, B. Punera, P. Supriya
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Beyond subsistence? The role of rural cooperatives in driving smallholder commercialization in Ethiopia

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract The transition from subsistence to market‐oriented agriculture holds the potential to boost rural economic progress and improve the well‐being of the rural poor in developing countries. Despite this potential, there is limited understanding of the key drivers for smallholder commercialization. In this study, we utilize comprehensive three‐wave
Abebayehu Girma Geffersa   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Some reasons for non-conversion of horticultural producers in Wales [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
A questionnaire survey of about 2500 farmers who had contacted OCIS in Wales since 1996 was used to find out why more horticultural producers were not converting to organic production.
Little, Tony
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Development of method to forecast soybean leaf damage by common cutworm using entomological radar and searchlight trap

open access: yesThe Journal of Engineering, 2019
To develop a method to forecast soybean leaf damage caused by larvae of the common cutworm, Spodoptera litura (Fabricius), insect dispersion was monitored with an x-band entomological radar and a searchlight trap during the summer soybean season in 2016 ...
Akira Otuka   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Attention sports fans! The far-reaching contributions of bud sport mutants to horticulture and plant biology

open access: yesHorticulture Research, 2018
A bud sport is a lateral shoot, inflorescence or single flower/fruit with a visibly different phenotype from the rest of the plant. The new phenotype is often caused by a stable somatic mutation in a single cell that is passed on to its clonal ...
T. Foster, M. Aranzana
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Foreign labor, peer‐networking and agricultural efficiency in the Italian dairy sector

open access: yesAgribusiness, 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   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pennsylvania-The Horticulture Keystone of Horticulture [PDF]

open access: yesHortScience, 1990
S.J. Wallner, R.M. Crassweller
openaire   +1 more source

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