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Pricing Dynamics in the US Hemp Market: A Vertical Price Transmission Analysis of the Hemp Value Chain

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The US hemp market is a new and nascent industry that has been devoid of research for about half a century. This study examined the effects of exogenous shock on price at each phase of the value chain—Farm (hemp biomass), and its impact on prices at other phases of the value chain—Intermediary Processor (crude cannabidiol hemp) and Final ...
Solomon Odiase   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pidan Quail Eggs: Comparative Study of the Physicochemical and Sensory Characteristics of Coconut Fibre Ash and Quicklime as Natural Alkalis

open access: yesJurnal Ilmu-Ilmu Peternakan
Pidan eggs can be made into less safe food because of the ingredients used in making them. Coconut fibre ash and quicklime are natural ingredients with alkaline pH values that can be used to make pidan eggs.
Deni Novia   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Power of Unity: Collective Action and Smallholder Agricultural Performance in West Africa

open access: yesAgribusiness, 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   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Systems biology and livestock production

open access: yesAnimal, 2013
The mapping of complete sets of genes, transcripts and proteins from many organisms has prompted the development of new '-omic' technologies for collecting and analysing very large amounts of data. Now that the tools to generate and interrogate such complete data sets are widely used, much of the focus of biological research has begun to turn towards ...
openaire   +3 more sources

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.
core   +1 more source

Ningxiang pig-derived lactobacillus reuteri modulates host intramuscular fat deposition via branched-chain amino acid metabolism

open access: yesMicrobiome
Background Gut microbiota has been extensively demonstrated to modulate host lipid metabolism. Higher intramuscular fat (IMF) accumulation in Chinese indigenous breed pigs is associated with their special gut microbiota structure.
Mei Yang   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

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

open access: yesAgribusiness, 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   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Delivering Bundled Gender Sensitive Livestock Climate Information Services [PDF]

open access: yes
The CGIAR Research Initiative on Livestock and Climate aimed to address livestock system climate adaptation and mitigation through five interrelated work packages. This series of Work Package Results Fact Sheets details our key outcome results.
CGIAR Research Initiative on Livestock and Climate   +1 more
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