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Drivers of Farmers' Contract Compliance Behavior: Evidence From a Case Study of Dangote Tomato Processing Plant in Northern Nigeria

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Contract farming is a viable strategy agribusinesses rely on to strengthen coordination across actors in the value chain. However, low contract compliance remains a significant setback to agribusinesses' contract performance in low‐ and middle‐income country context.
Umar Shehu Umar, Sanzidur Rahman, Giacomo Zanello   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Water quality and immatures of the M and S forms of Anopheles gambiae s.s. and An. arabiensis in a Malian village

Malaria Journal, 2006
Introduction The associations between the immatures of Anopheles gambiae s.s. (Diptera: Culicidae), its M and S forms, and Anopheles arabiensis among and within larval breeding habitats in Banambani, Mali were investigated under varying conditions of ...
Touré Yeya T, Tripét Frederic, Edillo Frances E, Lanzaro Gregory C, Dolo Guimogo, Taylor Charles E   +5 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

A LiDAR‐driven pruning algorithm to delineate canopy drainage areas of stemflow and throughfall drip points

Methods in Ecology and Evolution
Precipitation channelled down tree stems (stemflow) or into drip points of ‘throughfall’ beneath trees results in spatially concentrated inputs of water and chemicals to the ground.
Collin Wischmeyer, Travis E. Swanson, Kevin E. Mueller, Nicholas R. Lewis, Jillian Bastock, John T. Van Stan II   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Regional Differences in U.S. Consumer Preferences for Native Woody Shrubs With Varying Aesthetic Characteristics

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Native plants offer a variety of aesthetic (e.g., fall colour, fruit, flowers) and functional benefits (e.g., pollinator friendly, wildlife friendly, water management). How these benefits influence consumer choice and perceived value of native versus introduced plants is not well understood.
Alicia Rihn, Ariana P. Torres, Sue Barton, Bridget K. Behe   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

When the River Runs Low: Heterogeneous Impacts of Transportation Disruptions on Local Grain Basis

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A substantial share of U.S. soybean and corn exports from the Midwest moves by barge along the Mississippi River system to export terminals in the Louisiana Gulf. Transportation costs between Midwestern grain elevators and export terminals create a wedge between prices at these locations, and shocks to these costs are partially passed on to ...
Yuan Zhang, Andrew E. Anderson, Nicholas J. Pates, Eunchun Park   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Supramolecular Polymer‐Surfactant Co‐Assemblies for Multivalent HSV‐1 Inhibition

Angewandte Chemie, EarlyView.
Non‐covalent co‐assembly of BTA with antiviral surfactants produces ratio‐dependent morphologies. Fibrous supramolecular polymers exhibit superior HSV‐1 inhibition, revealing multivalent fiber‐virus interactions and highlighting supramolecular co‐assemblies as a powerful strategy for functional biomedical nanomaterials with demonstrated tunable ...
Christian Zoister, Boris Schade, Paulina Sittinger, Xianwen Lou, Esmee de Korver, Freek V. de Graaf, Ranen Etouki, Chuanxiong Nie, Kai Licha, Kai Ludwig, Abhishek Kumar Singh, E. W. Meijer, Rainer Haag   +12 more
wiley   +2 more sources

Flowpath Partitioning Controls Chemical Weathering Fluxes in the Tropics

Water Resources Research
Tropical watersheds are thought to exert a strong control on the global carbon cycle because elevated temperature and rainfall rates promote the chemical weathering of silicate rocks.
William J. Larsen, Mark A. Torres, María Chapela Lara, Carla López Lloreda, William H. McDowell   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Partitioning of rainfall into throughfall, stemflow, and interception loss in the Brazilian Northeastern Atlantic Forest

Revista Brasileira de Engenharia Agrícola e Ambiental
Information on hydrology, and vegetation distribution is essential for the development of techniques and strategies to cope with droughts in semi-arid environments.
Jacques C. Ribeiro Filho, Luis C. de A. Lemos Filho, Julio C. N. dos Santos, José B. Brasil, Helba A. de Q. Palácio   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effects of Outsourced Agricultural Extension Services on the Technical Efficiency and Financial Returns of Soybean Farms in Northern Cameroon

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In the agricultural landscape of most developing countries, the last decade has witnessed the expansion of outsourced agricultural extension services. Private firms and nongovernmental organizations focused on delivering agricultural extension and advisory services to farmers have emerged.
Boris D. Soh Wenda, Doria A. Medondjeu, Dorothy E. Fon, Stefan Sieber   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source