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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

Reducing Irrigation Water Demand with Cotton Production in West Texas

Due to declining water availability from the Ogallala Aquifer and increasing pumping costs, irrigation management options for cotton are analyzed. The study concludes that supplemental irrigation while meeting crop ET requirements is the most profitable ...
Colette, W. Arden, Almas, Lal K., Warminski, Patrick L.   +2 more
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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

Efficiency and Sustainability in Food Supply Chains: A Systematic Analysis. [PDF]

Scientifica (Cairo)
Fikire AH, Korchagina EV.
europepmc   +1 more source

Fisheries Economics and 20 Years with Marine Resource Economics: A Citation Analysis

This paper reviews the impact of articles published in the Marine Resource Economics (MRE) and within the field of fisheries economics in general over the period 1954–2004.
Eggert, Hakan
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Soybean okara: a sustainable and cost-effective alternative for potato dextrose agar and nutrient agar media. [PDF]

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Maheshwari HS, Kumar S, Rajput LS, Singh A, Solanki P, Jewaliya R, Gour A, Bright JP, Sharma MP, Singh KH.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Yield and Production Costs for Three Potential Dedicated Energy Crops in Mississippi and Oklahoma Environments

The objective of this paper is to determine production costs of switchgrass, eastern gammagrass, and giant miscanthus using Mississippi and Oklahoma data. Production costs were computed using a standard enterprise budgeting approach by species and method
Little, Randall D., Busby, David P., Martins, Angelina, Hwang, Seonghuyk, Baldwin, Brian S., Shaik, Saleem, Epplin, Francis M., Taliaferro, Charles M.   +7 more
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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

The role of institutional quality, energy consumption, and trade openness in food production in major 19 agricultural economies. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Çelik H, Aytekin İ, Kızılkaya S.
europepmc   +1 more source

Economics of Production [PDF]

Nature, 1928
openaire   +1 more source