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

open access: yesAgribusiness, 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   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Efficiency of New Ethanol Plants in the U.S. North-Central Region [PDF]

open access: yes
Replaced with revised version of paper 07/29/09.Ethanol, Efficiency, DEA, Production Economics, Resource /Energy Economics and Policy,
Fulginiti, Lilyan E.   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Perceived income and food security challenges during COVID-19 in informal settlement households in Windhoek practising urban agriculture

open access: yesDiscover Global Society
Food insecurity and insufficient household income are among the major challenges faced by inhabitants of informal settlements globally. Urban agriculture provides food and income for many informal settlement households.
Susanna Shivolo-Useb   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Foreign labor, peer‐networking and agricultural efficiency in the Italian dairy sector

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract While the presence of immigrants in the agricultural sector is widely acknowledged, the empirical evidence on its economic consequences is lacking, especially from a microeconomic perspective. Using the Farm Accountancy Data Network panel data for Italian dairy farms in the period 2008–2018, the present study investigates the relationship ...
Federico Antonioli   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

EUROPEAN RAPESEED AND FOSSIL DIESEL: THRESHOLD COINTEGRATION ANALYSIS AND POSSIBLE IMPLICATIONS [PDF]

open access: yes
For European operators of biofuels plants there are not many hedge vehicles available to hedge operational margins. Cross hedges for rapeoil (with the rapeseed futures contract) and RME (with the NYMEX diesel futures contract) could be useful instruments.
Kastner, Gregor, Ziegelback, Martin
core   +1 more source

Effect of Broad Spectrum Herbicides on Weed Dynamic, Yield and Economics of Soybean Production [PDF]

open access: diamond, 2018
Nirmala Bagotiya   +3 more
openalex   +1 more source

Determinants of local food producer participation in state‐sponsored marketing programs: Evidence from Missouri

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examines producer participation choices considering a variety of potential benefits linked to state‐sponsored marketing programs, using a real choice dataset of farmers in Missouri. Multinomial logit models are employed to predict determinants of farmer enrollment in three tiers of the Missouri Grown local food marketing program ...
Lan Tran, Ye Su, Laura McCann
wiley   +1 more source

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