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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

Calculating effective irrigation water use efficiency of Zhongjiang County using head-tail and whole-process methods

Guan'gai paishui xuebao
【Objective】 Irrigation water use efficiency is an important parameter in irrigation design. It depends on various factors. In this paper, we compared irrigation water use efficiency calculated using the whole-process method and the head-tail method, from
XU Kai, YANG Kaijing, DENG Shunjie, LEI Bo, XU Lirong, GOU Huanhuan, LI Yuanhao   +6 more
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Determinants of Knowledge and Usage of Generative Artificial Intelligence in Agricultural Extension: Evidence From Tennessee Extension Personnel

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the determinants of generative AI (GenAI) knowledge and usage among agricultural extension professionals. Drawing on survey data from agricultural extension personnel in Tennessee, we employ regression analyses and latent Dirichlet allocation (LDA) for topic modeling of open‐ended responses to study the knowledge and usage ...
Abdelaziz Lawani, Jason de Koff, James Muriuki, Anna‐Liisa Ihuhwa   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Expansion Potential for Irrigation within the Mississippi Delta Region [PDF]

, 1983
17.6 million acres, or 73 percent, of the Mississippi Delta Region is currently cropland and possesses the physical characteristics of slope, texture and soil type which are recommended for irrigation.
Erstine, Jon Mark, Herrington, Billy E., Jr., May, Ralph D., Phillips, Blake N., Shulstad, Robert N.   +4 more
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The Power of Unity: Collective Action and Smallholder Agricultural Performance in West Africa

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We analyze the impact of collective action through farmer‐based organizations (FBOs) on smallholders' farm performance and income inequality in Ghana, Benin, The Gambia, and Mali. We find that FBO membership increases cereal yield in Ghana and The Gambia, legume yield in Mali, ruminant numbers in Benin and The Gambia, and total farm income in ...
Emmanuel Donkor, Bright Owusu Asante, David Boansi, Victor Owusu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Consumers' Willingness to Pay a Premium for Climate‐Friendly Food Production: The Role of Production Method Information and Social Norms

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines whether information about production methods and social norms can increase consumers' willingness to pay (WTP) a price premium for food produced using climate‐friendly farming methods. A randomized survey experiment was conducted with 1568 respondents across Denmark, Lithuania, and Spain, who were assigned to one of four ...
Kassa Tarekegn Erekalo, Tove Christensen, Sigrid Denver, Marilena Gemtou, Spyros Fountas, Søren Marcus Pedersen   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Aplikasi Mikrokontroler Arduino Pada Sistem Irigasi Tetes Untuk Tanaman Sawi (Brassica Juncea) [PDF]

, 2016
Arduino Uno microcontroller (ATmega328) is an automatic control device which function to control, capture and store data that can be used to design electronic circuits to control on/off irrigation. In order to determine its performance, application of on/
Abdullah, S. H. (Sirajuddin), Ibnu Chaer, M. Salman, Priyati, A. (Asih)   +2 more
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Alternative Policy Designs to Help Farmers Select Profitable Conservation Practices

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Voluntary private carbon initiatives (VPCIs) promote the implementation of agricultural conservation practices that mitigate emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) via financial incentives to participating farmers. Simultaneously, an array of public policies supports the adoption of conservation practices through technical and financial ...
Oranuch Wongpiyabovorn, Alejandro Plastina   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Impact of Irrigation Practices on Production and Water Productivity of Transplanted Rice Under NSP Canal Command Area

International Journal of Bio-Resource and Stress Management, 2020
The two years adoptive research work carried out to study the effect of alternate wetting and drying method of irrigation and submerged irrigation method (Control) on water use, water productivity and yield of paddy during kharif season (June to ...
S. Srinivasa Rao, B. Balaji Naik, V. Ramulu, M. Uma Devi, D. Shivani   +4 more
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Is Precision Agriculture Technology Adoption Persistently Overestimated?

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Precision agriculture is sometimes assumed to diffuse steadily over time, and industry planning frequently extrapolates early adoption trends forward. This study evaluates the accuracy of such expectations by comparing agricultural input dealers' forecasts of future service offerings with the actual levels of offerings that dealerships ...
Trey Malone, Chad Fiechter, Zanliang Meng, James Lowenberg‐DeBoer, Bruce Erickson, Jay Akridge   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source