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Does Contract Farming Improve Diet Quality? The Case of Senegalese Smallholders
Agribusiness, 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
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The Rice Thresher, Vol. 99, No. 7, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 8, 2014
, 2014 twelve pages : ill. ; page 17 x 10 3/4 in.A weekly student newspaper from the Rice University in Houston, Texas that includes campus news and commentaries along with ...
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Smallholder farmers are reverting to traditional production methods due to the high opportunity costs and unintended consequences of new technologies. This study focuses on row planting technology, which is labor‐intensive and slow without mechanized operations.
Emmanuel Tetteh Jumpah +4 more
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Application of Terahertz Technology in Food Safety: Rice Origin-Variety Classification Based on Spectral Analysis and Machine Learning. [PDF]
FoodsYe D +8 more
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The Rice Thresher, Vol. 100, No. 13, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 2, 2015
, 2015 sixteen pages : ill. ; page 17 x 10 3/4 in.A weekly student newspaper from the Rice University in Houston, Texas that includes campus news and commentaries along with ...
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The Cordillera Administrative Region in the Philippines is home to terraced rice embedded in centuries of cultural heritage. However, weak market incentives threaten sustained production, jeopardizing indigenous communities' cultural heritage and the in situ biodiversity of rice genetic resources.
Kofi Britwum, Matty Demont
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The Rice Thresher, Vol. 101, No. 17, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 1, 2017
, 2017 twelve pages : ill. ; page 17 x 10 3/4 in.A weekly student newspaper from the Rice University in Houston, Texas that includes campus news and commentaries along with ...
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How Competitive Is Myanmar's Rice Sector? A Comparison of Production Costs and Efficiency
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper analyzes the cost competitiveness of rice production in Myanmar by examining production costs, cost efficiency, and the potential effect of improving cost efficiency on the country's global competitiveness. To achieve this, we conduct a comparative analysis of production costs among major rice‐producing countries and estimate the ...
Nandar Aye Chan +3 more
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Rapid modeling of 3D rice canopy structure considering vertical heterogeneity and analysis of spectral response. [PDF]
Plant PhenomicsBai J +5 more
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The Rice Thresher, Vol. 100, No. 24, Ed. 1 Friday, March 15, 2013
, 2013 twelve pages : ill. ; page 17 x 10 3/4 in.A weekly student newspaper from the Rice University in Houston, Texas that includes campus news and commentaries along with ...
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