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Farmers' Preferences for Gene Editing Crops and Influencing Factors

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Gene editing (GE) is gaining momentum worldwide, but limited data on UK farmers' preferences hinders our understanding of its potential impact amid deregulation debates. Based on a survey of 200 English arable farmers, we employ a Latent Class Analysis and Multinomial Logit regressions to investigate current preferences for GE crops.
Bertolozzi‐Caredio Daniele   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

[Rain gauge]

open access: yes, 1921
From Sleeve: Friery - Rawly R. 12 - Sprinkler. Nov, 1921. N521.Made by Julien P. Friez & Sons. Rain gauge?Title supplied by cataloger.Positive digital file from original glass negative.Black and red adhesive material attached to the emulsion side ...
Hughes Company
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Volatility analysis and forecasting of vegetable prices using an ARMA‐GARCH model: An application of the CF filter and seasonal adjustment method to Korean green onions

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract The vegetable market experiences significant price fluctuations due to the complex interplay of trend, cyclical, seasonal, and irregular factors. This study takes Korean green onions as an example and employs the Christiano–Fitzgerald filter and the CensusX‐13 seasonal adjustment methods to decompose its price into four components: trend ...
Yiyang Qiao, Byeong‐il Ahn
wiley   +1 more source

Rain gauge optimization network in Johor

open access: yes, 2015
Rainfall data are input in numerous water resources management tasks such as water budget analysis and assessment, flood analysis and forecasting, stream flow estimation, and design of hydraulic structures.
Mohd. Daud, Zalina   +5 more
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Do outgrower schemes enhance technology adoption and productivity? Evidence from maize farmers in Northern Ghana

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract Nucleus outgrower schemes are contractual arrangements where well‐resourced large‐scale farmers (nucleus farmers) are empowered by development support agencies to take charge of smallholder farmers, by providing them with market access and the necessary training on agronomic practices and farm inputs for production.
Dominic Tasila Konja, Awudu Abdulai
wiley   +1 more source

Characterizing Rainfall Discrepancies Between Landslide Sites and the Nearest Rain Gauges Using Radar Estimates: A Case Study from Italy

open access: yesRemote Sensing
The spatial representativeness of rain gauges is critical for accurately estimating rainfall that triggers landslides and for defining operational thresholds.
Carmela Vennari   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Does Contract Farming Improve Diet Quality? The Case of Senegalese Smallholders

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The institution of contract farming has gained prominence in most developing countries owing to its numerous benefits. While several studies have already highlighted the welfare benefits of contract farming, very few have investigated the effects on diet quality, despite poor quality diets being a serious challenge in most parts of the ...
Francis E. Ndip, Takeshi Sakurai
wiley   +1 more source

Bob Jensen With Rain Gauge

open access: yes, 1964
Bob Jensen, range tech for BLM, checks a rain gauge in the Brush Creek area for land management ...

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