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Efficiency and Technology Gap in European Apple Production—A Metafrontier Model for Germany, Italy, and Poland

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT EU member states have exhibited varying rates of apple production growth. Technical efficiency (TE) estimation is suitable for identifying best‐practice farm performance. This study examined whether the development of the apple sector in Germany, Italy, and Poland was influenced by production efficiency, access to technology, as well as ...
Anika Muder, Jakub Staniszewski
wiley   +1 more source

Unilateral Liberalization versus Regional Integration: The Case of ECO Member Countries

Lahore Journal of Economics
Using an international dataset on bilateral trade for 137 countries in 2005, we estimate a gravity model to address the question of whether intra-Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) trade is too low and whether the scale of trade at ...
Jahangir Khan Achakzai
doaj  

Global mapping of disaggregated international trade-linked transportation CO₂ emissions. [PDF]

Sci Adv
Luo Z, Soo Y, Lv Z, Cong W, Wang X, Qu S, He T, Yi W, Deng C, Xie Y, Liu H, He K.   +11 more
europepmc   +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

The 2026 EU-India free trade agreement: why it matters for global health and trade. [PDF]

Lancet Reg Health Eur
Berner-Rodoreda A, Parwani P, Rao C, André E, Fröschl G, Skordis J, Sharma S, Bassat Q, Atun R, Vainieri M, Farlow A, Tediosi F, Ravinetto R, Ismail KM, Renganathan E, de Ruijter A, Taylor T, Ooms G, Herrington E, Dabade G, Bärnighausen T, Perehudoff K.   +21 more
europepmc   +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

Typologies of Trade Openness in Africa: A Principal Component and Cluster-Based Analysis

المجلة الدولية للأداء الاقتصادي
This study investigates the determinants and typologies of trade openness across 40 African economies, addressing persistent gaps in integration despite decades of neoliberal reforms.
Nour el Houda SADI, Dalila BENZIANE
doaj  

Transitions to Sociobioeconomy in the Amazon: Governance, Business, and Sustainable Innovations. [PDF]

Environ Manage
Saes MSM, de Mello AM, Feitosa ERM, Fernandes JAL, Dos Santos ZJCG, Hamza KM.   +5 more
europepmc   +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

Modern Conflicts as Global Health System Shocks: A Multi-level Framework. [PDF]

J Epidemiol Glob Health
Khader Y, Bashier H, Al Nsour M.
europepmc   +1 more source