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The Bitter Taste of Brazil's Temporary Import Ban on Robusta Coffee

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Brazil, a leading Robusta coffee producer and exporter, faced a significant drought in 2016–2017, which drastically reduced production and depleted stocks. Consequently, Brazil temporarily permitted the import of one million 60‐kg bags of Robusta coffee in the spring 2017. An import ban was imposed shortly afterward due to lobbying by domestic
Hanifi Otgun   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Overcoming Stagnation in Metaheuristic Algorithms with MsMA’s Adaptive Meta-Level Partitioning

open access: yesMathematics
Stagnation remains a persistent challenge in optimization with metaheuristic algorithms (MAs), often leading to premature convergence and inefficient use of the remaining evaluation budget.
Matej Črepinšek   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Impact of Sustainable Agricultural Practices on Labor Use Among Rice Farmers in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Mekong Delta (MKD), Vietnam has achieved high rice productivity through rapid intensification. However, this progress has led to environmental degradation and adverse economic and health effects. To mitigate these challenges, sustainable agricultural practices (SAPs) have been promoted.
Nguyen Thi Thu Hien   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Does a Low Share of Wages in GDP Lead to Stagnation? Hypothesis of Insufficient Consumption Demand

open access: yesGospodarka Narodowa. The Polish Journal of Economics, 2018
This article discusses the hypothesis of underconsumption, which is a particular form of the concept of demand constraint. Rising income inequality and falling shares of labour incomes in GDP have been observed in developed countries in recent decades ...
Adam Koronowski
doaj   +1 more source

Advancing European Plant Variety Registration: Data‐Driven Insights and Stakeholder Perspectives

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Efficient plant variety registration is crucial for fostering innovation in the European Union, yet the current regulatory framework is complex and faces calls for reform. This study provides data‐driven evidence to inform the ongoing legislative debate by employing a mixed‐methods approach.
Sergio Urioste Daza   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION BEGINS THE 2016th: IS THE COUNTRY WAITING FOR THE ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN, DEPRESSION OR UPTURN?

open access: yesВестник университета, 2019
The review and the analysis of basic macroeconomic indicators for the Russian Federation are provided for determining the way of economic development in 2016.
T. Timashkova   +2 more
doaj  

Increase in Pancreatoduodenectomy Volume at Mid‐Volume Facilities in the United States: A National Cancer Database Analysis

open access: yesAnnals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background The annual number of pancreatoduodenectomies (PDs) in the United States has increased over the past decade, but the facility types driving this growth and whether outcomes have improved remain unclear. We aimed to identify characteristics of facilities with increasing PD volumes and assess national trends in centralization ...
Koichi Tomita, Naruhiko Ikoma
wiley   +1 more source

FastCat: Autonomous Discovery of Multielement Layered Double Hydroxide Alloy Catalysts for Alkaline Oxygen Evolution Reaction

open access: yesAdvanced Intelligent Discovery, EarlyView.
A machine learning‐guided self‐driving laboratory screened over 500 nickel‐based layered double‐hydroxide catalysts for alkaline oxygen evolution. Out of the eight metals, the robot uncovered a quaternary Ni–Fe–Cr–Co catalysts requiring only 231 mV overpotential to reach 20 mA cm−2.
Nis Fisker‐Bødker   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Experimental Data on Stagnation-Point Gas Injection Cooling on a Hemisphere-Cone in a Hypersonic Arc Tunnel [PDF]

open access: yes
Exploratory tests were made to determine the reduction of heat transfer resulting from ejection of gases at the stagnation point on a hemisphere-cone at a nominal Mach number of about 9 and at stagnation enthalpies up to 1600 BTU per pound.
Grimaud, John E., McRee, Leonard C.
core   +1 more source

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