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Impact of ASEAN-India FTA on India’s Plantation Commodities : A Simulation Analysis [PDF]
The present study attempts a quantitative assessment of the impact of recently signed ASEAN-India FTA (AIFTA) for selected plantation commodities (coffee, tea and pepper) in India.
C. Veeramani, Gordhan K. Saini
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Commodities in a global vision for agriculture towards 2010 [PDF]
, 2007 It is impossible to see a hundred years into the future. So, how can we imagine what will become of commodity crops in Malaysia by 2100? Yet, worldwide, these commodity crops provide a living for hundreds of millions of people: how they evolve will have ...
Habib, Robert +3 more
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The Cinderella tree, Quillaja saponaria – A soap story
PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.Our current understanding of plants has been shaped by the entwining of different cultures. The Chilean soapbark tree, traditionally valued as a source of natural soap, was shown by serendipitous research in France in the 1900s to produce compounds that can boost the immune response to vaccines.
Anne Osbourn
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PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.Drought and high temperatures are expected to increase in Europe, in particular in Mediterranean regions, where black truffle (Tuber melanosporum Vittad.) is mainly harvested. This fungus, living in symbiotic ectomycorrhizal association with trees, is important in forest ecosystems and agricultural diversification.
Lora Gigleux +8 more
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PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.Woodlands globally are threatened by environmental change and biodiversity loss. Temperate rainforests are an ecologically rich ecosystem found in wet regions of the temperate zone, and Britain has the potential for major temperate rainforest coverage in its nature‐depleted landscape.
Charles Norman +2 more
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Reterritorialising literary studies: deconstructing the scripts of empire [PDF]
, 2008 In this article, I demonstrate the ways in which archival material can be gainfully employed within literary studies. Focusing on the figure of the Indian coolie of colonial Malaya, I argue that adopting such an interdisciplinary paradigm is a necessary ...
Shantini Pillai,
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A manifesto for plant science education
PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.Plants provide oxygen, food, shelter, medicines and environmental services, without which human society could not exist. Tackling pressing and global challenges requires well‐trained plant scientists and plant‐aware individuals. This manifesto provides a practical evidence‐based vision to strengthen plant science education, focussed on five strategic ...
Elizabeth Alvey +42 more
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Scientific ReportsAnalysis of biochemical composition along with the yield and morphological characteristics of cocoa clones provide a stronger base for identification of clones for commercial cultivation.
Koyelika Deb +4 more
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Potential distribution and susceptibility of Coffea arabica L. to climate change impacts
PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.Ecological niche models (ENMs) are vital for understanding the impact of historical factors on ecosystems and predicting future climate change scenarios. These models help assess how environmental shifts affect agricultural species like coffee, which supports millions of people globally.
Yuliana Grisel García‐Martínez +1 more
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