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From Colonization to Globalization: A history of state capture by the tobacco industry in Malawi

Review of African Political Economy, 2018
Malawi, the world’s most tobacco-dependent country, has long defended the tobacco industry as essential to its economy. The impoverished living conditions of tobacco farmers, however, raise questions about the true benefits accruing to the country. While
Julia Smith, Kelley Lee
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Traceability of Agri‐Food Products: The Key to Conscious Trade

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Globalization and growing concerns about sustainability have led to improvements in product traceability, quality, and sustainability. Traceability contributes to environmental protection and supports sustainable development by fostering transparency in agricultural practices and encouraging the responsible use of resources.
Scarlett Queen Almeida Bispo, Fernanda Aparecida Silva, Michelle Márcia Viana Martins, Marcelo José Braga Nonnenberg, Ruan da Silva Vianna, Carla Cristina Passos Cruz   +5 more
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Polysaccharide from Actinidia arguta leaves and its anti-aging mechanism using the Caenorhabditis elegans model

Applied Biological Chemistry
This study examined the structural features and anti-aging mechanisms of a pectic polysaccharide (AAP) extracted from Actinidia arguta leaves. AAP was extracted via three-phase partitioning coupled with ammonium sulfate precipitation and subsequently ...
Xuewei Jia, Huijie Xue, Xiao Yang, Qingdan Yan, Yuan Gao, Yanchong Qin, Tianxiao Li, Jun Hu, Chunping Xu   +8 more
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Elucidating the linkage between non-volatile precursors and particulate-phase flavor compounds in mainstream smoke via multi-platform analysis and cascade ultrafiltration

Frontiers in Plant Science
IntroductionUnderstanding the chemical linkage from non-volatile precursors in leaf to flavor compounds in mainstream smoke is critical for evaluating the contrasting sensory perceptions of different tobacco phenotypes.MethodsTo elucidate this mechanism,
Yi-Han Zhang, Jin Yan, Hai-Tao Wang, Ai-Min He, Xiao-Ru Wang, Wei Shen, Ling-Bo Ji, Bao-Jiang He, Xiu-Juan Xu, Xiao Yang, Min Wang, Ren-Qi Wang, Hao-Ke Zang   +12 more
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Containing diffusion: the tobacco industry’s multipronged trade strategy to block tobacco standardised packaging

Tobacco Control, 2018
Objective To analyse the tobacco industry’s strategy of using trade and investment agreements to prevent the global diffusion of standardised packaging (SP) of tobacco products.
E. Crosbie, R. Eckford, S. Bialous
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Mapping the Innovation DNA of Agribusiness Firms: A Multi‐Method Analysis of Strategic Capabilities and Performance

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Innovation is essential for competitiveness in agribusiness facing dynamic environments. This study examines how market orientation, marketing, relational, and social capabilities influence innovation performance. Using data from 751 Spanish firms and a multi‐method approach that integrates Structural Equation Modeling (PLS‐SEM), Necessary ...
Beatriz Corchuelo Martínez‐Azúa, Alvaro Dias   +1 more
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Combined use of green fertilizer and soil conditioner improves soil physicochemical properties, microbial community structure and tobacco quality in continuous cropping

Annals of Microbiology
Background Continuous tobacco cultivation over an extended period of time has decreased tobacco production quality, disturbed soil microbial populations and disrupted the soil structure.
Zihua Zhang, Wuxing Huang, Wei Jia, Zicheng Xu, Bingjun Dang, Huifang Shao, Kun Qiu, Dan Han   +7 more
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The tobacco industry’s challenges to standardised packaging: A comparative analysis of issue framing in public relations campaigns in four countries

Health Policy, 2018
Tobacco industry public relations campaigns have played a key role in challenges to standardised cigarette packaging. This paper presents a comparative analysis of industry campaigns in Australia and the United Kingdom, which have implemented ...
Ross MacKenzie, A. Mathers, B. Hawkins, J. Eckhardt, Julia Smith   +4 more
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Not All Agreements Are Equal: Heterogeneous Effects of RTAs on Latin American Agri‐Food Exports, 1990–2019

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Since the final decade of the 20th century, Latin American countries have increasingly regarded the signing of regional trade agreements (RTAs) as a promising strategy for expanding their exports. Within this context, the main objective of this study is to assess the impact of RTAs on agri‐food exports in Latin America over the period 1990 ...
María‐Isabel Ayuda, Ignacio Belloc, Vicente Pinilla   +2 more
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Undermining government tax policies: Common legal strategies employed by the tobacco industry in response to tobacco tax increases

Preventive Medicine, 2017
Effective tobacco tax increases reduce tobacco consumption, threatening the profitability of the tobacco industry. In response, the tobacco industry employs strategies to negate or minimize the full effects of tobacco tax increases.
H. Ross, Jean Tesche, Nicole Vellios
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