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IDENTIFYING PRIORITIES FOR PESTICIDE RESIDUE REDUCTION [PDF]

open access: yes
Pesticide residues, dietary intakes, dietary risks, fruits and vegetables, Crop Production/Industries,
Kuchler, Fred   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Assessment of irregularities in organic imports from Ukraine to the EU in 2016, notified in OFIS [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
The underlying study of this report set out to improve the understanding situation concerning residues found in organic food products exported from Ukraine, and to formulate guidelines for identifying and reducing risks for contamination through non ...
Batlogg, Verena   +6 more
core  

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

CONSUMER PREFERENCES FOR NON-CONVENTIONALLY GROWN PRODUCE [PDF]

open access: yes
This study examines the potential for marketing fresh fruits and vegetables with labels indicating enhanced food and/or environmental safety attributes as compared to conventional produce.
Figueroa, Enrique E.   +1 more
core   +1 more source

An innovative approach to reduce chemicals in mite control [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
The efficacy of an innovative technique using acaricide treated nets was recently demonstrated to control phytophagous mites on vegetables. The net impregnated with the acaricide dicofol was efficient against the broad mite Polyphagotarsonemus latus ...
Komlan, A., Martin, Thibaud, Sidick, I.
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Effects of Environmental and Health Information on Willingness to Pay for Local and Organic Foods in Taiwan

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using a lab‐in‐the‐field experiment, we investigate how providing information about food miles and pesticide residue influences willingness to pay (WTP) for potatoes among 407 shoppers in Taiwan, split between a supermarket and a farmers market.
Chiu‐Lin Huang   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Analyzing the differences and correlations between key metabolites and dominant microorganisms in different regions of Daqu based on off-target metabolomics and high-throughput sequencing

open access: yesHeliyon
Daqu is usually produced in an open environment, which makes its quality unstable. The microbial community of Daqu largely determines its quality. Therefore, in order to improve the fermentation characteristics of Daqu, samples were collected from Jinsha
Yijie Dai, Lei Yu, Jintao Ao, Rui Wang
doaj   +1 more source

Case study reducing pesticide residues on horticultural crops [PDF]

open access: yes
"Production and export of horticultural products are increasing rapidly in many developing countries... Rapid growth in horticultural production has been accompanied by heavy use of pesticides and by heightened concern over health effects associated with
Clarke-Harris, Dionne   +3 more
core  

Assessing organic food quality: Is it better for you? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
This report was presented at the UK Organic Research 2002 Conference. Any attempt to answer the question ‘is organic food better for you?’ requires an assessment of the safety, nutritional content and biological value aspects of food quality.
Heaton, Shane
core  

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

open access: yesAgribusiness, 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
wiley   +1 more source

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