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Examining small-scale cattle farmers’ willingness to participate in livestock auction markets in Bushbuckridge Local Municipality

Indonesian Journal of Agricultural Research
This study explored the willingness of small-scale cattle farmers in Bushbuckridge Local Municipality, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa, to participate in livestock auction markets.
Zanele Nonhlanhla Nyembe, Jan Johannes Hlongwane, Rudzani Nengovhela   +2 more
doaj   +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

Comparative study on the feed intake, digestibility, and nitrogen balance of Kalahari Red goats fed with Tylosema esculentum (Burchell) A. Schreiber versus Medicago sativa L. as a protein supplement

Discover Agriculture
The study evaluated the dry matter intake, digestibility, and nitrogen balance in Kalahari Red goats fed grass hay (ad libitum), supplemented with Tylosema esculentum (marama bean) or Medicago sativa L. (Lucerne) containing diets. Sixteen weaner (8 males
Innocent Hiangoro, Absalom Kahumba, Maria N. T. Shipandeni, Johnfisher Mupangwa, Vonai Charamba   +4 more
doaj   +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

Vendor Types, Attendance, Experience and Sales 2019–2021: Evidence From Five Rural Oregon Farmers Markets

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Farmers markets provide a direct‐to‐consumer marketing path for farmers and small businesses, facilitating customer discovery and product refinement. This paper explores farmers markets as a business incubator, with a focus on beginning vendors and resilience to a shock, namely, COVID‐19 market restrictions.
Mallory L. Rahe, Juo‐Han Tsay, Sarah A. Low   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assessing the impact of a personalised application-based nutrition intervention on carbohydrate intake in rural Benin

Agriculture & Food Security
Background This study aims to assess the effect of a personalised nutrition intervention on nutrient intake in rural Benin as a tool to tackle the double burden of malnutrition.
Lena Behrendt, Silvia Kolossa, Maria Vrachioli, Getachew Abate Kassa, Habtamu Ayenew, Kurt Gedrich, Geraud Fabrice Crinot, Paul Houssou, Johannes Sauer   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Multi-Product Model Economic Production and Economic Production with Varying Holding Cost

Muṭāli̒āt-i Mudīriyyat-i Ṣan̒atī, 2017
Models presented in inventory management, encompass varied parameters. Primary factor in classic models related to determination of the economical ordering quantity (EOQ) and the economical production quantity (EPQ), is to consider parameters like the setup cost, the holding cost and the demand rate, to be fixed.
Mahnaz Afrasiyabi, Ahmad Sadeghi
openaire   +1 more source

Production structure and economic fluctuations [PDF]

, 2006
We aim at contributing to the debate on the mechanisms and properties of economic fluctuations. We consider a crucial aspect among many thought to influence this ubiquitous and extremely relevant phenomenon: the interaction structure that characterises the organisation of production, that is, the production relation among sectors of a system.
Tommaso Ciarli, Marco Valente
openaire   +2 more sources

Who Are the Consumers of European Farmers' Markets? A Cross‐Country Analysis

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT With substantial growth in the number of farmers' markets (FMs) in developed countries, the number of consumers visiting FMs is also increasing. This study comparatively assesses the consumers of FMs in three European countries where FMs traditionally play a distinctive role in food supply chains.
Áron Török, Gréta Maró, Zsófia Jámbor, Zalán Márk Maró, Barbara Tocco, Péter Balogh, Péter Czine   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Import Wheat Tenders and the Effects of the Russian Invasion

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Risk and volatility for many commodities escalated sharply following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, creating numerous uncertainties for trading firms and importers. The purpose of this study is to analyze the bidding behavior in Egyptian wheat import tenders in the pre‐ and post‐invasion periods.
William W. Wilson, Sumadhur Shakya, Isaac Dubovoy   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source