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Variable Input Allocation: Why Heterogeneity Matters? [PDF]
The allocation of variable inputs among crops is a common problem in applied studies that use farm accountancy data. Standard farm accounting information is typically restricted to aggregate or whole-farm input expenditures; there are usually no details ...
Carpentier, Alain, Letort, Elodie
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Packaging Technology and Science, EarlyView.Biodegradable cassava starch films were developed incorporating micro‐ and nanoencapsulated pomegranate seed oil (PSO). The films exhibited enhanced mechanical flexibility, antioxidant activity and UV‐barrier properties. Particle size influenced the functional behaviour, highlighting lipid encapsulation as a key strategy to stabilize bioactive ...
Amanda Tibães Lopes +7 more
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Frontiers in Sustainable Food SystemsPrecise information on the impact of varying soil tillage and nutrient levels on the performance of sesame cultivated after rice is lacking. Sesame is an edible oil-yielding industrial plant of global importance with high levels of unsaturated fatty ...
Kulasekaran Ramesh +5 more
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Doing More With Less: Cutting Food Loss and Waste in the EU and Its Impact on Food Security
Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In September 2025, the European Parliament and Council signed the law of the Revision of the EU waste framework directive, which includes also reductions for food loss and waste (FLW). This comes at a time of concern over the EU's strategic autonomy for its agrifood sector.
George Philippidis +3 more
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AGGREGATION WITHOUT SEPARABILITY: TESTS OF U.S. AND MEXICAN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION DATA [PDF]
The generalized composite commodity theorem (Lewbel 1996) is used to test for consistent aggregation of U.S. and Mexican agricultural production data in each of the categories for which earlier tests rejected homothetic separability.
Davis, George C. +2 more
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Between Strategy and Survival? How Agri‐Food SMEs Navigate Voluntary Sustainability Disclosure
Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In a context of increasing regulatory pressure and ambiguity around sustainability reporting, this study analyses small and medium enterprises' (SMEs) motivations and challenges in relation to the voluntary adoption of such practices. Using a sector‐based approach, semi‐structured interviews were conducted with 26 agri‐business leaders from ...
Pablo Gomez‐Carrasco +3 more
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Particularities of Investment Projects in the Romanian Biodiesel Industry [PDF]
The European biodiesel industry is currently facing major challenges with governments reducing their fiscal support for biodiesel producers and with rising prices for feedstock.
Alin Paul OLTEANU
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT There is substantial potential for the procurement of food by public institutions to contribute to Sustainable Development across multiple environmental, social, and economic outcomes. In this study we used theories of policy instrumentation and learning to analyse global guidance for designing public food procurement instruments to leverage ...
Erica Reeve +7 more
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Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.Multiple management strategies exist to combat bird damage to agriculture. We explored combining two tools, drones as frightening devices and an avian repellent, to assess effectiveness of an integrated method to deter large flocks on complex landscapes. We evaluated the ability of a spraying drone (DJI Agras MG‐1P) deploying Avian Control (i.e. active
Jessica L. Duttenhefner +2 more
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Comparing the effects of different approaches to liberalising world grains markets [PDF]
The success of the current Doha Round of the WTO negotiations on agriculture will require substantial reform in each of the three areas of market access, export subsidies and domestic support.
Andrews, Neil +3 more
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