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Bakery Products Enriched With Fruit and Vegetable Wastes: A Functional Approach
AgriFood: Journal of Agricultural Products for Food, EarlyView.Enrichment of bakery products with bioactive compounds from fruit and vegetable wastes. ABSTRACT Bread and other bakery goods are among the most critical components of the human diet, which make them attractive carriers for functional ingredients aimed at improving public health.
Sena Bakir
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AgriFood: Journal of Agricultural Products for Food, EarlyView.The study of Physical characteristics of agricultural materials is necessary for the design of processes and machines for food production. Length, width, thickness, sphericity, unit mass, and aspect ratio were the physical characteristics of ultrasound pretreated Dialium guineense whole fruits subjected to Neural network modeling.
Mfrekemfon Akpan +2 more
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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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A widely commercialized two-line super hybrid rice, Liangyoupeijiu
, 2003 This article 'A widely commercialized two-line super hybrid rice, Liangyoupeijiu' appeared in the International Rice Research Notes series, created by the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) to expedite communication among scientists concerned with the development of improved technology for rice and rice-based systems.
Lu, C. G., Zhou, J. S.
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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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Unique Procedures for Germinating 'Super Dwarf' Rice
, 1999 Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is an important crop for advanced life support, but the height of even full-dwarf cultivars (80-cm tall) has made them difficult to use in controlled environments. We identified a rice mutant that lacks 3ß-hydroxylase, the enzyme responsible for conversion of gibberellic acid 20 (GA20) to GA1 (Murai et al., 1990; Honda et al ...
Frantz, Jonathan, Bugbee, Bruce
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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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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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U.S. Consumer Preferences for Cage‐Free Eggs and Hen Housing Policies
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Farm animal welfare (FAW) continues to be a divisive issue in the egg industry. In the United States, 10 states and most major retailers have implemented policies or voluntary pledges to transition to 100% cage‐free egg sales. We use best‐worst scaling and discrete choice experiments to evaluate U.S.
Vincenzina Caputo +3 more
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Does a Specialized Niche Market Vegetable Processor Enjoy Bargaining Power?
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Agribusiness companies may achieve competitive advantage through specialization within niche markets. One such niche is the fresh‐cut fruit and vegetable market, which has been steadily growing in Germany. This study examines whether the specialization of a German fresh‐cut producer grants it with market power within this niche market.
Nikolas Bublik +3 more
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