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Risk management externalities in agrifood supply chains

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Firms may under‐ or over‐invest in risk management from the social planner's perspective, resulting in a negative externality on other economic agents in the supply chain. The externality of risk management is particularly relevant for agrifood supply chains, which frequently experience disruptions and play a primary role in preventing major ...
Jeffrey Hadachek, Meilin Ma
wiley   +1 more source

PROGRESS TOWARD A SINGLE MARKET: THE NEW INSTITUTIONAL ECONOMICS OF THE NAFTA LIVESTOCK SECTORS [PDF]

open access: yes
International Relations/Trade, Livestock Production/Industries,
Hayes, Dermot J., Kerr, William A.
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Firm turnover under asymmetric information: Tanzania's agro‐dealer sector

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract We study firm turnover (i.e., entry and exit) and its consumer implications in a market characterized by asymmetric information. Using a three‐round census of agro‐dealers in Tanzania's Morogoro Region, we document annual firm entry and exit rates of 33% and 17%, respectively.
Alix Naugler   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Are Pesticide Residues Found in the Oranges Produced in Sari? [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences
Background and purpose: Today, ensuring food security for the inhabitants of the earth, and preserving agricultural production from destruction due to drought, pests, and diseases, seems more necessary than ever.
Narges Mazloomi   +6 more
doaj  

Dietary supplementation of Galactooligosaccharides improves growth performance and intestinal barrier function of offspring

open access: yesPorcine Health Management
This study aims to investigate the effects of maternal supplementation with galactooligosaccharides (GOS) on intestinal digestion, absorption, and barrier function of offspring.
Jichang Zheng   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

DEMAND FOR FEED GRAINS AND CONCENTRATES BY LIVESTOCK CATEGORY [PDF]

open access: yes
Livestock feed demand is a collection of derived feed demands by various livestock categories. A structural understanding of demand for feed grains and total concentrates requires knowledge of separate feed demand relationships for each major livestock ...
Ray, Daryll E., Richardson, James W.
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Empowered milk: How 'swakrushi' milk is empowering India's women livestock keepers

open access: yes, 2020
Started by women in 2002, the Mulukanoor Women’s Cooperative Dairy in Telangana, India has evolved into one of India’s more successful dairy businesses, producing milk and milk products on a 24/7 basis. How did they achieve this?
International Livestock Research Institute
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The causal effect of agricultural landscape simplification on Germany's grasslands during a compound drought and heatwave in 2018

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Preserving ecosystem services, along with economic and environmental benefits, will require future landscape policies to identify and incorporate relevant landscape features. In this paper, we investigate the causal effect of agricultural landscape simplification on drought‐related grassland damages.
Marco Ferro   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Investigation of the Residue Levels of Pesticides in the Rice Produced in Mazandaran Province in the Controlled Cultivation Method in 2022 [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences
Background and purpose: The employment of pesticides for the prevention, elimination, and reduction of pests detrimental to agricultural products throughout various stages of crop cultivation is essential for improving the health of these products ...
Laleh Karimzadeh   +6 more
doaj  

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