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Reconfiguring Fresh Produce Supply Chains in Response to Drought Risk: Evidence From the U.S. Broccoli Market

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Drought is among the most severe and persistent threats to food supply chains, and relocating production to less drought‐prone regions offers a strategy to reduce this risk. This is particularly relevant for fresh vegetables, which are highly water‐intensive, yet drought‐driven reconfiguration strategies remain understudied.
Bingyan Dai   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Rice Thresher, Vol. 100, No. 18, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 10, 2016

open access: yes, 2016
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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Vertical Price Transmission in Food Markets: New Evidence From Meta‐Analysis

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A growing body of empirical research has examined price dynamics along the food supply chain, yet findings remain heterogeneous and often conflicting. This study conducts a meta‐analysis of 140 studies, totaling 652 observations, to examine (1) the reported presence of asymmetric price transmission and (2) the reported direction of price ...
Sushan K C   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Compatibility of Six Rice Varieties with Indica and Japonica Varieties

open access: yes, 1989
This article 'Compatibility of Six Rice Varieties with Indica and Japonica Varieties' appeared in the International Rice Research Newsletter series, created by the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI). The primary objective of this publication was to expedite communication among scientists concerned with the development of improved technology ...
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The Rice Thresher, Vol. 99, No. 2, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 3, 2014

open access: yes, 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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Does Contract Farming Reduce Pesticide Use? Panel Data Evidence From Smallholder Farmers in China

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The inappropriate and excessive use of pesticides poses a major threat to human and ecosystem health in the agri‐food sector. While existing studies have examined the potential of contract farming to address this issue, most have focused on large‐scale farms and relied on small or transactional datasets, often leaving the role of crop‐specific
Zhihui Liang, Shan Jin, Matthew Gorton
wiley   +1 more source

Estimation of Import Demand Functions of Two Key Food and Feed Commodities (Corn and Soybean) for India

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The derived demand for the increased demand for meat and dairy products is clearly observed in the fast‐paced growth of the Indian feed industry and its increased demand for agricultural commodities (e.g., corn, soybean, rice, wheat, broken rice, millet, etc.) as feed ingredients.
Dwiti Baruah Thapa   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

On the breeding of highly resistant varieties to rice-blast by the hybridization between Japanese varieties and foreign variety in Japanese-type in rice.

open access: yesJapanese Journal of Breeding, 1952
Since 1943, it has been intended to breed the resistant varieties to rice-blast by hybridization between one of the foreign varieties in Japanese-type which offered resistance to a high degree and some of the Japanese varieties in rice.As the result, it was succeeded to obtained these varieties, "Kanto-No.51", "Kanto-No.52", "Kanto-No.53", "Kanto-No.54"
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The Rice Thresher, Vol. 99, No. 1, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 27, 2014

open access: yes, 2014
eight 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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