Energy Prices Jump While Food Prices Show Modest Increases [PDF]
, 2012 The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is a measure of the average change over time in the prices paid by urban consumers for a market basket of consumer goods and services. Produced monthly by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the CPI uses a “market basket,”
Church, Jonathan
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HorticulturaeAnthropogenic activities have denatured aquatic, terrestrial, and aerial environments throughout the world in general, and in Lubumbashi in particular, where market garden soils have become uncultivable for many plants. Thus, bioponics could be an effective means of producing uncontaminated vegetables in soilless cultivation, not only reducing the ...
Mununga Katebe, Félicien +4 more
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Development of physical and mathematical models for the Porous Ceramic Tube Plant Nutrification System (PCTPNS) [PDF]
A physical model of the Porous Ceramic Tube Plant Nutrification System (PCTPNS) was developed through microscopic observations of the tube surface under various operational conditions.
Dreschel, T. W. +3 more
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Economic Feasibility of Utilizing Waste-Water Heat from Coal-Fired Electrical Generating Plants in Commercial Greenhouses in North Dakota [PDF]
This study provides information on the economic feasibility of establishing commercial greenhouses utilizing waste-water heat in North Dakota.Production Economics, Resource /Energy Economics and Policy,
Coon, Randal C. +5 more
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An evaluation of the economic benefits of active cooling and carbon dioxide enrichment of greenhouse cucumbers (Cucumis sativus L.) : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Horticultural Science at Massey University [PDF]
, 1996 Cooling a greenhouse with a refrigeration system rather than conventional ventilation makes it possible to maximise the fractional enrichment time for carbon dioxide, and more importantly enrich during periods of high photosynthetically active radiation.
Van Heijst, Marcus Johannes Aart Everardus
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Food Safety and Spinach Demand: A Generalized Error Correction Model [PDF]
We estimate an error correction model representing demand for leafy green vegetables but generalize the structure to allow for adjustment to one conspicuous shock. We investigate whether the adjustment rate to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA)
Arnade, Carlos A. +2 more
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Retail Pricing Behavior for Perishable Produce Products in the US with Implications for Farmer Welfare [PDF]
The typical model of retail pricing for produce products assumes retailers set price equal to the farm price plus a certain markup. However, observations from scanner data indicate a large degree of price dispersion in the grocery retailing market.
Li, Chenguang, Sexton, Richard J.
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Spartan Daily, February 28, 2008 [PDF]
, 2007 Volume 130, Issue 21https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/spartandaily/10447/thumbnail ...
San Jose State University, School of Journalism and Mass Communications
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Progress Toward Integrated Management Of Lettuce Drop [PDF]
Plant Disease, 1998 openaire +2 more sources