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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 +3 more
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Nature CommunicationsIneffectiveness of managing plant viruses by chemicals has posed serious challenges in crop production. Recently, phase separation has shown to play a key role in viral lifecycle. Using inhibitors that can disturb biomolecular condensates formed by phase
Ningning Zan +7 more
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The Effect of Developed-Country Pesticide Standards on Health and Pesticide-Induced Morbidity of Kenya's Green Bean Family Farmers [PDF]
This paper examines the effects of compliance with developed country pesticide standards (DC-PS) on pesticide-related health costs and morbidity of developing country fresh vegetable growers.
Okello, Julius Juma, Swinton, Scott M.
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Guideline for handling pesticide residues in Czech organic production [PDF]
, 2013 This document was prepared in the project «Development of guidelines for the use of pesticide analysis in organic inspection in the Czech Republic (sampling, evaluation and interpretation)». At the beginning of this project, a workshop with stakeholders
Bickel, Regula +3 more
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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 +2 more
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BMC Public HealthBackground Paraquat is one of the most widely used herbicides in the world, despite its high human toxicity and the overwhelming evidence of associated high morbidity and mortality. Due to the significant public health implications of the use of paraquat,
Leah Utyasheva +2 more
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PESTICIDE PRODUCTIVITY: WHAT ARE THE TRENDS? [PDF]
Obtaining estimates of pesticides productivity is an economic response to the growing public concern about the steady increase of pesticide use in the United States.
Brorsen, B. Wade, Teague, Mark L.
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Shellfish Tissue Monitoring in Piscataqua Region Estuaries 2013 [PDF]
, 2013 Originally conducted by the Gulf of Maine Council on the Marine Environment from 1993 to 2011, the Gulfwatch Program examined trends in the water quality of the Gulf of Maine by monitoring toxic contaminant concentrations in the tissues of shellfish ...
Trowbridge, Philip R., Wood, Matthew A.
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The cocoa‐chocolate value chain faces significant environmental and social challenges, driving firms to adopt sustainability strategies ranging from individual practices to third‐party certifications. This study investigates the factors associated with these strategies by analyzing 304 cocoa‐chocolate companies using firm‐level data from the ...
Stella Marschner +3 more
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Do Pesticide Hazards to Human Health and Beneficial Insects Cause or Result from IPM Adoption? Mixed Messages from Farmer Field Schools in Nicaragua [PDF]
This paper analyzes the interaction between farmer training in pest management and effects on acute pesticide poisoning and populations of beneficial insects in Nicaragua.
Labarta, Ricardo A., Swinton, Scott M.
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