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Arctic shipping under global change: A case study of offshore oil exports

Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives
We explore impacts of sea ice thinning and evolutions in the energy sector on future use of the Northern Sea Route (NSR) versus the Suez Canal Route (SCR), using a case study of shipping oil extracted from the offshore Russian Arctic to China. We combine
Taryn Waite, Siwa Msangi, Ying Zhang, Molly French, Nazar Kholod, Jae Edmonds, Stephanie T. Morris   +6 more
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Drivers of Farmers' Contract Compliance Behavior: Evidence From a Case Study of Dangote Tomato Processing Plant in Northern Nigeria

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Contract farming is a viable strategy agribusinesses rely on to strengthen coordination across actors in the value chain. However, low contract compliance remains a significant setback to agribusinesses' contract performance in low‐ and middle‐income country context.
Umar Shehu Umar, Sanzidur Rahman, Giacomo Zanello   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Development of the Northern Sea Route as a space for entrepreneurship and trade

Путеводитель предпринимателя
Since ancient times, travelers, discoverers, entrepreneurs and traders have sought to find the most rational route from one area of the globe to another.
A. M. Novozhilov
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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

Ice thickness data in the northern sea route (NSR) for the period 2006-2016. [PDF]

Data Brief, 2019
Cheaitou A, Faury O, Cariou P, Hamdan S, Fabbri G.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Import Wheat Tenders and the Effects of the Russian Invasion

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Risk and volatility for many commodities escalated sharply following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, creating numerous uncertainties for trading firms and importers. The purpose of this study is to analyze the bidding behavior in Egyptian wheat import tenders in the pre‐ and post‐invasion periods.
William W. Wilson, Sumadhur Shakya, Isaac Dubovoy   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Vulnerability of Arctic marine mammals to vessel traffic in the increasingly ice-free Northwest Passage and Northern Sea Route. [PDF]

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2018
Hauser DDW, Laidre KL, Stern HL.
europepmc   +1 more source

FastCat: Autonomous Discovery of Multielement Layered Double Hydroxide Alloy Catalysts for Alkaline Oxygen Evolution Reaction

Advanced Intelligent Discovery, EarlyView.
A machine learning‐guided self‐driving laboratory screened over 500 nickel‐based layered double‐hydroxide catalysts for alkaline oxygen evolution. Out of the eight metals, the robot uncovered a quaternary Ni–Fe–Cr–Co catalysts requiring only 231 mV overpotential to reach 20 mA cm−2.
Nis Fisker‐Bødker, Enzo Raffaele Moretti, Jin Hyun Chang, Tejs Vegge   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Additional Arctic observations improve weather and sea-ice forecasts for the Northern Sea Route. [PDF]

Sci Rep, 2015
Inoue J, Yamazaki A, Ono J, Dethloff K, Maturilli M, Neuber R, Edwards P, Yamaguchi H.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source