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Efficiency and Technology Gap in European Apple Production—A Metafrontier Model for Germany, Italy, and Poland

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT EU member states have exhibited varying rates of apple production growth. Technical efficiency (TE) estimation is suitable for identifying best‐practice farm performance. This study examined whether the development of the apple sector in Germany, Italy, and Poland was influenced by production efficiency, access to technology, as well as ...
Anika Muder, Jakub Staniszewski
wiley   +1 more source

United States life tables, 2014 [PDF]

Objectives\u2014This report presents complete period life tables for the United States by race, Hispanic origin, and sex, based on age-specific death rates in 2014.Methods\u2014Data used to prepare the 2014 life tables are 2014 final mortality statistics;

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Temporal trends and future projections of fertility and birth rates in Georgia: a retrospective observational study. [PDF]

BMJ Open
Khachidze N, Anda EE, Manjavidze T, Nedberg IH, Sandøy IF, Rylander C.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Access to Finance and Innovation in the Canadian Food Processing

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Innovation is a presumed channel through which finance affects productivity, yet there is limited research testing the relationship between finance and innovation in the food manufacturing sector. The purpose of the paper is to explore the determinants (e.g., financing, R&D, firm size, expenditure on innovation) of the adoption of innovation ...
Getu Hailu, Deepananda Herath
wiley   +1 more source

The Long-Term Impact of Adolescent Community Weapon-Related Violence Exposure on Depression: Insomnia as a Mediating Pathway. [PDF]

J Community Psychol
Lee E, Heinze J.
europepmc   +1 more source

Food Tastes in the United States: Convergence or Divergence?

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates how food consumption tastes have changed in recent decades across the United States. Using NielsenIQ data for over 77 million transactions, there is evidence of divergence in food tastes across regions from 2007 to 2016 and across households of different income, education, and race/ethnicity groups.
Michael DeDad
wiley   +1 more source

A regulatory framework for investment promotion by WESGRO in the Western Cape province, 2014 – 2017

, 2019
The primary aim of this study was to investigate the extent to which the attraction of foreign direct investment (FDI) was impeded by an underperforming economy in the Western Cape Province between 2014 and 2017.
Nodada, Lubabalo Yandisa
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Investigating the Demographic Foundation of Fertility: Temporal Trends in the Female Population of Reproductive Age in Greece, 1956-2024. [PDF]

Cureus
Vlachadis N, Christodoulaki C, Theofanakis C, Machairiotis N, Panagopoulou R, Petrakou I, Kozonis A, Stavros S, Panagopoulos P.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

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

From Axillary Lymph Node Dissection to Sentinel Node Biopsy in Breast Cancer: A 23-Year Population-Based Large-Sample Study with Long-Term Survival Outcomes. [PDF]

Breast Cancer (Dove Med Press)
Mangone L, Marinelli F, Bisceglia I, Braghiroli MB, Neri A, Morabito F, Pinto C, Ragazzi M, Ferrari G, Coiro S, Cenini E.   +10 more
europepmc   +1 more source