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Generative Artificial Intelligence Shaping the Future of Agri‐Food Innovation

AgriFood: Journal of Agricultural Products for Food, EarlyView.
Emerging use cases of generative artificial intelligence in agri‐food innovation. ABSTRACT The recent surge in generative artificial intelligence (AI), typified by models such as GPT, diffusion models, and large vision‐language architectures, has begun to influence the agri‐food sector.
Jun‐Li Xu, Dimitrios Argyropoulos, Tamíris da Costa   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Can outsourcing pest and disease control help reduce pesticide expenditure? Evidence from rice farmers

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract Outsourcing pest and disease control (PDC) has grown rapidly worldwide, especially in developing countries. Although numerous studies have investigated various advantages of outsourcing PDC, little is known about its impact on pesticide expenditure.
Pengcheng Wang, Wanglin Ma, Mengling Diao   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Commodity risk assessment of Robinia pseudoacacia plants from Israel

EFSA Journal, 2020
The EFSA Panel on Plant Health was requested to prepare and deliver risk assessments for commodities listed in the relevant Implementing Acts as ‘High risk plants, plant products and other objects’ [Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2019 ...
EFSA Panel on Plant Health (PLH), Claude Bragard, Katharina Dehnen‐Schmutz, Francesco Di Serio, Paolo Gonthier, Marie‐Agnès Jacques, Josep Anton Jaques Miret, Annemarie Fejer Justesen, Alan MacLeod, Christer Sven Magnusson, Panagiotis Milonas, Juan A Navas‐Cortes, Stephen Parnell, Philippe Lucien Reignault, Hans‐Hermann Thulke, Wopke Van der Werf, Antonio Vicent Civera, Jonathan Yuen, Lucia Zappalà, Elisavet Chatzivassiliou, Jane Debode, Charles Manceau, Eduardo de la Peña, Ciro Gardi, Olaf Mosbach‐Schulz, Stefano Preti, Roel Potting   +26 more
doaj   +1 more source

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, John Beghin, Fernando Maximiliano   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Commodity risk assessment of Prunus avium plants from United Kingdom

EFSA journal. European Food Safety Authority
The European Commission requested the EFSA Panel on Plant Health to prepare and deliver risk assessments for commodities listed in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2019 as ‘High risk plants, plant products and other objects'.
C. Bragard, Paula Baptista, Elisavet Chatzivassiliou, P. Gonthier, J. A. Jaques Miret, A. Justesen, A. MacLeod, C. Magnusson, Panagiotis G. Milonas, J. Navas‐Cortés, S. Parnell, R. Potting, Philippe Reignault, E. Stefani, H. Thulke, W. van der Werf, Antonio Vicent Civera, L. Zappalà, Andrea Lucchi, P. Gómez, G. Urek, Umberto Bernardo, G. Bubici, A. V. Carluccio, M. Chiumenti, Francesco Di Serio, Elena Fanelli, C. Marzachì, Paraskevi Kariampa, Cristiana Do Vale Correia, Olaf Mosbach‐Schulz, Agata Kaczmarek, J. Yuen   +32 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Assessing Agricultural Green Total Factor Productivity in Latin America

Agribusiness, 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, Vanessa Ormeño‐Candelario, Xueli Chen   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A new approach to assessing the risk to woodland from pest and diseases [PDF]

, 2017
Pests and diseases pose a growing threat to woodlands from both endemic sources, and increasingly, from inter-regional transmission. Strong comparative analyses of this threat are needed in order to develop preventative measures.
Blum, Chadfield, Dietze, Eschen, Genevieve Patenaude, Green, Heuch, Meason, Morin, Pat Snowdon, Petrokofsky, Pukkala, Schelhaas, Seidl, Stadelmann, Susan Davies, Taylor, van Lierop   +17 more
core   +2 more sources

How Competitive Is Myanmar's Rice Sector? A Comparison of Production Costs and Efficiency

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper analyzes the cost competitiveness of rice production in Myanmar by examining production costs, cost efficiency, and the potential effect of improving cost efficiency on the country's global competitiveness. To achieve this, we conduct a comparative analysis of production costs among major rice‐producing countries and estimate the ...
Nandar Aye Chan, Orkhan Sariyev, Mohammad Ariful Islam, Manfred Zeller   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Potential impacts of plant pests and diseases on trees and forests in the United Kingdom

Plants, People, Planet
Societal Impact Statement The UK Plant Health Risk Register (PHRR) has so far identified 581 Plant Pests and Diseases (PPDs) that could invade the United Kingdom and affect 74 tree species.
Daniel P. Bebber, Ilya M. D. Maclean, Jonathan R. Mosedale, Benjamin D. Youngman   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Risk Assessment Model on Pine Wood Nematode in the EU [PDF]

Pine wood nematode, B. xylophilus poses a serious threat for the European forest industry. This study applies a quantitative risk assessment to analyze the risk of pine wood nematode in the EU, by estimating the reduction expected within forestry stock ...
Hengeveld, G.M., Mourits, Monique, Oude Lansink, Alfons G.J.M., Robinet, C., Soliman, T., van der Werf, Wopke   +5 more
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