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ABSTRACT In recent decades, agriculture has become increasingly concentrated through horizontal mergers and acquisitions via corporate entities, and policy makers are concerned this will be exacerbated by the aging population of farm operators. To reduce market concentration in agriculture, many states have enacted policies to entice new prospective ...
Justin M. Ross +2 more
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Live bird market in Bangladesh: Regulatory systems and operations
Objective: In developing countries, such as Bangladesh, the live bird market (LBM) is a vital location for the trading of live poultry. The study was carried out in nine LBMs located around Bangladesh to ascertain the present regulations and procedures ...
Nusrat Irin +9 more
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Marketing of Live Poultry in Northwest of Dhaka City –A Value Chain Analysis [PDF]
The poultry sub-sector contributing a lot in expediting economic growth and abating malnutrition for the people of Bangladesh. This study attempts to identify the actors involved in value chain and their functions, and to estimate the value addition of different actors in live poultry marketing; Spatial and seasonal price fluctuations of poultry also ...
Islam S. +3 more
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Understanding Egg Price Volatility and Policy Implications in the U.S. With Machine Learning
ABSTRACT Eggs are an inexpensive and sustainable source of proteins, but volatility in the U.S. egg prices has intensified in recent years, raising concerns over food affordability and market stability. This study examines the drivers of U.S. egg price dynamics over 2004–2025 using a two‐stage framework that combines LASSO‐based variable selection with
Xuemei Zhao +3 more
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Background: There were 131 cases of bird deaths in Yogyakarta on 12-16 May 2014 due to H5N1 virus. Live poultry market as one of the crucial points in the transmission of avian influenza should be handled seriously. Therefore, it is necessary to know the
Putu Yuni Fitria Dewi +2 more
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Objectives: To understand the transmission mechanisms of the avian influenza A(H5N6) virus. Methods: This study explored the live poultry feeding and trading network (LPFTN) around Changsha city, China. Field epidemiological investigations were performed
Rusheng Zhang +11 more
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H7N9 and H5N1 avian influenza suitability models for China: accounting for new poultry and live-poultry markets distribution data [PDF]
في العقدين الماضيين، ظهر فيروسان مهمان لإنفلونزا الطيور يصيبان البشر في الصين، فيروس إنفلونزا الطيور عالي الإمراض (HPAI) H5N1 في أواخر التسعينيات، وفيروس إنفلونزا الطيور منخفض الإمراض (LPAI) H7N9 في عام 2013. الصين هي موطن لأكبر عدد من الدجاج (4.83 مليار) والبط (0.694 مليار)، وهو ما يمثل، على التوالي، 23.1 و 58.6 ٪ من المخزون العالمي لعام 2013، مع جزء ...
Jean Artois +12 more
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Assessing Household Welfare in Response to Rising Food Prices in The Gambia
ABSTRACT This study examines how rising food prices affected household welfare in The Gambia using nationally representative data from the 2015/16 Integrated Household Survey (IHS‐3). The analysis reflects household consumption behavior and market conditions prevailing during that period and provides a structural benchmark for understanding ...
Roger Vorsah +3 more
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The Cost of a Nutritious Diet in Cafeterias: Evidence From US Military Dining Facilities
ABSTRACT Providing nutritious meals in institutional settings with financial constraints, such as military dining facilities, is challenging. The US Department of War (DoW) and US Department of Agriculture (USDA) collaborated to modernize the Basic Daily Food Allowance (BDFA) using an optimization model that incorporates service members' consumption ...
Linlin Fan +8 more
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Ex‐Ante Assessment of Farm Resilience to Institutional Shocks: A Modeling Approach
ABSTRACT Using the agent‐based model SWISSland, we simulate farm‐level responses and interactions under two institutional shocks: tariff reductions and direct payment reductions. Using a framework we developed, we assess resilience capacities, resilience attributes, and the provision of private and public goods, following the shock.
Nadja El Benni, Gabriele Mack
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