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The Role of Coordination Mechanisms and Transaction Costs Promoting Sustainability Performance in Agri‐Food Supply Chains: Evidence From Ecuador

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Social tensions and resource depletion pose significant challenges to the agri‐food sector, highlighting the need for coordinated strategies to ensure sustainability in supply chains. Despite its critical importance, the relationship between coordination mechanisms and sustainability performance remains underexplored.
Carlos Moreno‐Miranda, Liesbeth Dries
wiley   +1 more source

Past agricultural practices explain old field biodiversity and community composition in annually mowed grasslands: a case study of grazing and cultivation legacies in the northeastern United States. [PDF]

PeerJ
Danieu AM, Ong TW.
europepmc   +1 more source

Examining the Impact of Row Planting on Labor Use for Sustainable Food Production Among Maize Farmers in Rural Ghana

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Smallholder farmers are reverting to traditional production methods due to the high opportunity costs and unintended consequences of new technologies. This study focuses on row planting technology, which is labor‐intensive and slow without mechanized operations.
Emmanuel Tetteh Jumpah, Habtamu Alem, Abdulai Adams, Tomáš Ratinger, Miroslava Bavorová   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sustainable Land Use Enhances Soil Microbial Respiration Responses to Experimental Heat Stress. [PDF]

Glob Chang Biol
Beugnon R, Eisenhauer N, Lochner A, Blechinger MJ, Buhr PE, Cesarz S, Farfan MA, Ferlian O, Rompeltien Howard AJ, Huang Y, Kuhlmann BS, Lienicke N, Mählmann S, Nowka A, Petereit E, Ristok C, Schädler M, Schmid JTM, Schulte LJ, Seim KL, Thouvenot L, Tremmel R, Weber L, Weitowitz J, Yi H, Sünnemann M.   +25 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Do Sustainable Agricultural Practices Boost Production and Technical Efficiency? A Case Study of Coffee Smallholders in Peru

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Smallholder agriculture remains a cornerstone for economic development and poverty reduction in Latin America. Their transition to sustainable agricultural production is critical in the face of the environmental challenges posed by conventional farming practices and is a key pathway to achieving the United Nations' Sustainable Development ...
Gabriela Carbajo‐Alvarez, Gabriel Rosero, Bernhard Brümmer   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mapping Temperate Savanna in Northeastern China Through Integrating UAV and Satellite Imagery. [PDF]

Sci Data
Li X, Duan T, Yang K, Yang B, Wang C, Tian X, Lu Q, Wang F.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

How Competitive Is Myanmar's Rice Sector? A Comparison of Production Costs and Efficiency

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper analyzes the cost competitiveness of rice production in Myanmar by examining production costs, cost efficiency, and the potential effect of improving cost efficiency on the country's global competitiveness. To achieve this, we conduct a comparative analysis of production costs among major rice‐producing countries and estimate the ...
Nandar Aye Chan, Orkhan Sariyev, Mohammad Ariful Islam, Manfred Zeller   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hydrochemical Characteristics, Controlling Factors, and High Nitrate Hazards of Shallow Groundwater in an Urban Area of Southwestern China. [PDF]

Toxics
Yang C, Chen S, Dong J, Zhang Y, Wang Y, Kang W, Zhang X, Liang Y, Fu D, Yan Y, Yang S.   +10 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

Insights From a New 1-ha Permanent Forest Plot Reveal Differences Between Habitat Type and Similarities Between Forest Type in the Southwestern Amazon. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
Fortier RP, Corahua-Espinoza T, Swamy V, Feeley KJ, Gallice GR.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source