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Impacts of geopolitics and policy on Latin American biodiversity and water resources

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract Latin America is a major agricultural producer with important natural resources. Efforts have been made to protect sensitive areas but are hindered by agricultural trade disruptions outside the control of individual countries due to globally integrated crop markets.
Jerome Dumortier   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Determinants of local food producer participation in state‐sponsored marketing programs: Evidence from Missouri

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examines producer participation choices considering a variety of potential benefits linked to state‐sponsored marketing programs, using a real choice dataset of farmers in Missouri. Multinomial logit models are employed to predict determinants of farmer enrollment in three tiers of the Missouri Grown local food marketing program ...
Lan Tran, Ye Su, Laura McCann
wiley   +1 more source

Improving the Accuracy of the Martian Ephemeris Short-Term Prediction

open access: yesAdvances in Astronomy, 2018
The Chinese Mars exploration mission is planned to be launched in 2020, which includes an orbiter, a lander, and a rover. High precision Martian ephemeris is very important in Mars exploration, especially for the Martian orbit insertion and the Martian ...
Quan Shan   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Mars landing mission: A structural approach [PDF]

open access: yes
A Mars landing mission in 2000 presents a structural challenge. Earlier studies have indicated that a Mars landing was then feasible using current structural techniques. Since these earlier studies, technology advances were made to enhance the capability.
Fuller, Stan
core   +1 more source

Mars Pathfinder landing site workshop [PDF]

open access: yes, 1994
The Mars Pathfinder Landing Site Workshop was designed to allow the Mars scientific community to provide input as to where to land Pathfinder on Mars.

core  

Seasonal and interannual variability of solar radiation at Spirit, Opportunity and Curiosity landing sites [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
In this article we characterize the radiative environment at the landing sites of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover (MER) and Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) missions.
Lemmon, Mark T.   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Farmers' Financial Literacy—Scale Development and Linkages to Accounting Practices and Financial Outcomes

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the financial literacy (FL) of Swedish farmers, its linkages to farmer characteristics, management accounting practices and farm outcomes by surveying Swedish Farm Accountancy Data Network farmers. Using item response theory, we expand the existing FL measurement specifically to the farming context, assess measurement ...
Uliana Gottlieb, Helena Hansson
wiley   +1 more source

Similarity Design Method of the Inflatable Buffer Landing System

open access: yesInternational Journal of Aerospace Engineering, 2019
The inflatable buffer landing system, such as the airbag, has been widely used for deep space exploration as a low-cost entry. The impact performance of an airbag landing attenuation system on Mars had to be proven through cushion testing on Earth.
Cheng He, Huan He, Tao Wang
doaj   +1 more source

Development of a chemical heater for a Mars rough-landing capsule [PDF]

open access: yes
Chemical reaction heater for Mars rough-landing ...
Gram, M. B.
core   +1 more source

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