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Circularity, Sustainability, and the Quality of Coffee Sold via Vending Machines: What Do Italian Consumers Prefer?

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Vending is an important sector in the daily lives of many people, and coffee is the most frequently consumed product in the European market. Like many other sectors, vending is responding to the challenge of sustainable development by taking various actions, such as offering increasingly ecologically sound coffee while maintaining/improving ...
Alberto Bertossi   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Does Contract Farming Improve Diet Quality? The Case of Senegalese Smallholders

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The institution of contract farming has gained prominence in most developing countries owing to its numerous benefits. While several studies have already highlighted the welfare benefits of contract farming, very few have investigated the effects on diet quality, despite poor quality diets being a serious challenge in most parts of the ...
Francis E. Ndip, Takeshi Sakurai
wiley   +1 more source

Fatty Acid Quality in Sunflower and Frying Oils: Implications for Nutritional Health

open access: yesJournal of Food Quality
The demand for vegetable oils among consumers has risen over the past few years. This study aimed to assess the fatty acid profile of popular vegetable oils to identify strategies from a public health perspective.
Fatemeh Mohammadi-Nasrabadi   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Climate Change Mitigation in the Dairy Sector: Uncovering Heterogeneity Through Eco‐Efficiency Clubs

open access: yesAgribusiness, 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
wiley   +1 more source

A Skills Gap Analysis of Farmer Directors of US Farmer Cooperatives

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Boards of directors are vital to firm performance and are an integral part of the decision‐making process of any business. Several studies have been conducted that observe corporate or nonprofit board characteristics, skills, and the board's connection to firm performance.
Jody S. Herchenbach   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Resilience of Small Beef Packers and the USDA Meat Supply Chain Initiative

open access: yesAgribusiness, 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
wiley   +1 more source

Assessing Agricultural Green Total Factor Productivity in Latin America

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The agricultural sector in Latin America plays a vital role in ensuring food security while impacting the environment. However, there remains a lack of analysis regarding the inputs responsible for pollution within its sub‐technologies. Hence, this article aims to assess agricultural green total factor productivity (TFP) through a novel ...
Tianxiang Li   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Most Australians do not meet recommendations for dairy consumption: findings of a new technique to analyse nutrition surveys

open access: yesAustralian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2012
Objective: To describe the pattern of dairy consumption in Australians aged 12 years and over, and assess the extent to which the population meets national recommendations.
James C. Doidge, Leonie Segal
doaj   +1 more source

Price Transmission During Promotions: A Case Study of Spanish Milk Brands

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Price promotion is the marketing tool typically used by retail brands to boost sales and gain market share. In this paper, we intend to investigate the price transmission mechanism among competitive brands in Spain when price reductions that are associated with price promotions take place.
Yasmine Bedoui   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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