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Analyzing cropland fragmentation evolution and driving mechanisms in Shandong through MSPA and landscape metrics integration

Scientific Reports
As the foundational and core resource for agricultural development, arable land plays a critical role in optimizing regional agricultural resource allocation and ensuring food security. This study employs Morphological Spatial Pattern Analysis (MSPA) and
Tianwei Zhang, Wei Li, Zengfeng Zhao, Meizhen Bi, Yi Zheng   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Access to Finance and Innovation in the Canadian Food Processing

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Innovation is a presumed channel through which finance affects productivity, yet there is limited research testing the relationship between finance and innovation in the food manufacturing sector. The purpose of the paper is to explore the determinants (e.g., financing, R&D, firm size, expenditure on innovation) of the adoption of innovation ...
Getu Hailu, Deepananda Herath
wiley   +1 more source

Landscape fragmentation reduces but shape complexity enhances soil loss: Evidence from the plain grain-producing area along the Yangtze River in China

Ecological Indicators
Soil loss poses a significant threat to global food security, necessitating the investigation of its driving mechanisms to develop effective mitigation strategies.
Shunqian Gao, Wenyi Yang, Xingyu Tan, Shumi Liu, Yangbiao Li, Xingzi Yu, Zhen Wang, Zhanhang Zhou, Chen Zeng   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Is Youth's Engagement in Agribusiness an Opportunity or a Necessity? A Closer Look at the Situation in South Kivu, Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite the broad focus on necessity‐ and opportunity‐driven entrepreneurship in research and policy, the entrepreneurial dichotomy within the agribusiness context has not been adequately addressed. This study contributes to closing this knowledge gap by examining youth's perceptions of agribusiness through the lens of the push‐pull motivation
Cool Dady Mangole, Paul Martin Dontsop Nguezet, Shiferaw Feleke, Victor Manyong, Kamala Kaghoma Christian, Zoumana Bamba, Tahirou Abdoulaye   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Integrating Manufacturing: Strategies and Legal Approaches Dealing With Noise Conflicts in German Urban Planning

Urban Planning
This article examines the integration of urban manufacturing into German urban land‐use planning, with a focus on mixed‐use strategies, legal approaches, and the role of court decisions in resolving conflicts related to noise. Building on the findings of
Kerstin Meyer, Lars Sievers, Stefan Gärtner, Johanna Schoppengerd, Anne Söfker-Rieniets   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Role of Actual and Purported Origin in e‐Commerce Wine Pricing: Evidence From Italian and French Names on Labels

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The origin of a product, if associated with good quality, can contribute to building a positive collective reputation, leading to a potential price premium. However, it is conceivable that a producer markets a product by evoking symbols, images, words, and values typical of places other than where it was designed or produced, creating a ...
Annalisa Caloffi, Amir Maghssudipour, Gianluca Stefani   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Review of risk management standards: Convergences and divergences

Moroccan Journal of Quantitative and Qualitative Research, 2020
Risks are evolving and risk management too. As a part of this evolution, many professional bodies had released their own methodology, tool, and techniques to deal with uncertainty.
HANANE HADDAD, FADOUA LAGHZAOUI
doaj  

The Geography of Success: A Spatial Analysis of Export Intensity in the Italian Wine Industry

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper investigates the paradox of how Italy's fragmented, SME‐dominated wine industry achieves global export success. Moving beyond purely firm‐centric explanations, we test whether export intensity is spatially dependent, clustering geographically in regional ecosystems.
Nicolas Depetris Chauvin, Jonas Di Vita
wiley   +1 more source

Studies of Vernacular Gyumri

Проект Байкал, 2019
Architectural and environmental peculiarities of the city of Gyumri (former Alexandropol, Leninakan) lie in the vernacular – a thick middle layer of historical “architecture without architects” built by local skilled bricklayers from the local material ...
Andrei Ivanov
doaj   +2 more sources

Pesticide MRLs as Trade Barriers: Evidence From Vietnam's Coffee and Rice Exporters

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As tariffs have declined globally through bilateral and regional trade agreements, food safety standards have emerged as significant determinants of agricultural trade flows. This study examines the impact of maximum residue limits (MRLs) for five pesticides—Azoxystrobin, Chlorpyrifos, Chlorantraniliprole, Clothianidin, and Cyhalothrin—on ...
Nhat Mai Nguyen, Hoa‐Thi‐Minh Nguyen, Kaliappa Kalirajan   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source