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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

Trends in <i>Arthrospira</i> sp. (Spirulina) Applications: A 15-Year Bibliometric Analysis and Systematic Review. [PDF]

Plants (Basel)
Hosseini H, Bounnit T, Saadaoui I.
europepmc   +1 more source

Access to Finance and Innovation in the Canadian Food Processing

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Innovation is a presumed channel through which finance affects productivity, yet there is limited research testing the relationship between finance and innovation in the food manufacturing sector. The purpose of the paper is to explore the determinants (e.g., financing, R&D, firm size, expenditure on innovation) of the adoption of innovation ...
Getu Hailu, Deepananda Herath
wiley   +1 more source

Policy frameworks for promoting public hospital development in major economies: implications for China. [PDF]

Front Public Health
Shu Y, Li Z, Xie R.
europepmc   +1 more source

Food Tastes in the United States: Convergence or Divergence?

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates how food consumption tastes have changed in recent decades across the United States. Using NielsenIQ data for over 77 million transactions, there is evidence of divergence in food tastes across regions from 2007 to 2016 and across households of different income, education, and race/ethnicity groups.
Michael DeDad
wiley   +1 more source

Life Cycle Assessment of Low-Cost Membrane Bioreactor and Activated Sludge Systems for Decentralized Wastewater Treatment in Arid Regions. [PDF]

Membranes (Basel)
Haider H, Shafiquzzaman M, AlSaleem SS, Ghumman AR.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Charting the Path to Increased Oil Palm Output in Ghana Beyond Area Expansion: Technology or Managerial Capacity — Which Leads the Way?

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study sets out to investigate the prospects for raising oil palm output in sub‐Saharan Africa, particularly Ghana, without further expansion of cropland. Given global concerns about oil palm's role in deforestation and land use change, the focus is on enhancing productivity on existing farmlands.
Jacob Asravor, Francis Tsiboe, Ayobami Adetoyinbo, Jacob Ankamah   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Discourse Analytical Approach Focusing on Quality in Higher Education. [PDF]

J Med Educ Curric Dev
Walter MM, Zinzen E, Rogan S.
europepmc   +1 more source

Vendor Types, Attendance, Experience and Sales 2019–2021: Evidence From Five Rural Oregon Farmers Markets

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Farmers markets provide a direct‐to‐consumer marketing path for farmers and small businesses, facilitating customer discovery and product refinement. This paper explores farmers markets as a business incubator, with a focus on beginning vendors and resilience to a shock, namely, COVID‐19 market restrictions.
Mallory L. Rahe, Juo‐Han Tsay, Sarah A. Low   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cultivating competitive advantage for Chinese SMEs via big data analytics: The mediating role of data-driven innovation and antecedents of data governance and data-driven culture. [PDF]

PLoS One
Rixin S, Ramayah, Xinrui M.
europepmc   +1 more source