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The Bitter Taste of Brazil's Temporary Import Ban on Robusta Coffee
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Brazil, a leading Robusta coffee producer and exporter, faced a significant drought in 2016–2017, which drastically reduced production and depleted stocks. Consequently, Brazil temporarily permitted the import of one million 60‐kg bags of Robusta coffee in the spring 2017. An import ban was imposed shortly afterward due to lobbying by domestic
Hanifi Otgun +2 more
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Bridging the gap between conservation delivery and economics with precision agriculture
Wildlife Society Bulletin, 2019 Agricultural landscapes are important for natural resource conservation, but present numerous obstacles associated with intensive agricultural production.
Mark D. McConnell
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Climate Change Mitigation in the Dairy Sector: Uncovering Heterogeneity Through Eco‐Efficiency Clubs
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Combining climate change goals with economic targets is crucial for the dairy sector, which is a significant contributor to agricultural greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions worldwide. In this paper, we assess economic and climate change implications of dairy production with panel data of Irish dairy farms from 2013 to 2021.
Doris Läpple +2 more
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Economic Evaluation of Wind Energy as an Alternative to Natural Gas Powered Irrigation [PDF]
High natural gas prices have agricultural producers searching for alternative energy sources for irrigation. The economic feasibility of electric and hybrid (electric/wind) systems are evaluated as alternatives to natural gas powered irrigation.
Amosson, Stephen H. +3 more
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The penetration of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in farming communities is increasing the use of smartphone‐based instant messaging apps. Despite this, the reasons behind participation and the impact on farm productivity in developing countries remain unexplored.
Zafar Kurbanov +4 more
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Discover SoilThis paper evaluated the accuracy of indigenous soil fertility assessment approaches commonly used by smallholder farmers in comparison to scientific soil testing to determine better performing indigenous approach for soil fertility assessment.
Sarah Elaete +4 more
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Discussion: Policy Science in the Land-Grant Complex: A Perspective on Natural Resource Economics [PDF]
, 1982 Wesley N. Musser
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Resilience of Small Beef Packers and the USDA Meat Supply Chain Initiative
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We focus on the plant‐size resilience relationship among small beef packers during COVID‐19. Defining resilience as the ability to maintain or increase slaughter and non‐resilience as otherwise, we use survey and secondary data to estimate a logit model where resilience is a function of a plant's capacity and age in addition to labor condition
Sunil P. Dhoubhadel +2 more
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Estimating Parameters of a Renewable Resource Model Without Population Data [PDF]
A general approach to determining parameters of a traditional bioeconomic model is offered for the situation in which knowledge of resource abundance is unknown.
Chambers, Robert G. +1 more
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