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Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Increased vertical integration and coordination are defining features of transforming and modernising agricultural value chains in low‐ and middle‐income countries, with important implications for market efficiency and farm‐level transformation.
Joseph Goeb +4 more
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Comparing verbenone‐based repellents for ambrosia beetle management in eastern apple orchards
Agricultural and Forest Entomology, EarlyView.Non‐native ambrosia beetles (Xylosandrus germanus, X. crassiusculus, Anisandrus maiche) damage high‐density apple orchards across the eastern United States, motivating the search for selective, semiochemical‐based repellent strategies. Across Ohio, New York and Pennsylvania, three verbenone formulations, sachets, SPLAT® VERB and a test SPLAT ...
Kelsey N. Tobin +5 more
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American Ethnologist, EarlyView.Abstract An anthropology of horror can serve as a vernacular critique of financial speculation. Drawing on fieldwork in San Pedro, Paraguay, I track horror across three registers: pombero tricksters; plata yvyguy (buried money) as a founding myth of postwar finance; and obligations binding sesame farmers to monsters, patrones, and creditors.
Caroline E. Schuster
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Design and Optimization of Power Shift Tractor Starting Control Strategy Based on PSO-ELM Algorithm
AgriculturePower shift tractors have been widely used in agricultural tractors in recent years because of their advantages of uninterrupted power during shifting, high transmission efficiency and high stability.
Yu Qian, Lin Wang, Zhixiong Lu
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MODELING THE DEMAND FOR DURABLE INPUTS: DISTRIBUTED LAGS AND CAUSALITY [PDF]
Vector-autoregressive-moving-average (VARMA) modeling was used to identify distributed lag relationships among farm tractor derived demand variables and to provide a basis for formally testing the hypothesis that the price of new tractor horsepower is ...
Mui, H.W. +2 more
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Agroecology and Transformative Adaptation to Climate Change
Asia Pacific Viewpoint, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper examines transformative adaptation to climate change through the EFICAS Project (Eco‐Friendly Intensification and Climate‐resilient Agricultural Systems) implemented across 12 upland communities in northern Laos from 2014 to 2020.
Jean‐Christophe Castella
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This thesis discusses autonomous tractors, describing the difference between standart tractors and autonomous tractors, which are then discussed in further detail.
Kučera, Jan
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ANALYSIS AND VALUATION OF PT UNITED TRACTORS, TBK [PDF]
, 2009 ANALYSIS AND VALUATION OF PT UNITED TRACTORS, TBK - United Tractors, UT, Wholesale Production Goods Industry, Heavy Equipment Industry, Valuation, Industry ...
SETIADARMA MULJONO, ADE
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Synthesis of Pollinator‐Friendly Management in European Protected Areas
Conservation Biology, EarlyView.Effectiveness of pollinator‐friendly management in European protected areas. Abstract Pollinators are important to humans and nature due to their role in ecosystem functioning and services. Research on the effects of pollinator management in protected areas is insufficient compared with that on farmlands and urban areas, potentially hindering ...
Gabriella Süle +45 more
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Risk Premia in Tractor and Combine Investments [PDF]
A farmer planning to use Net Present Value (NPV) analysis on machinery requires estimates of operating benefits over time, an estimate of terminal or salvage values and a risk-adjusted discount rate.
Mumey, Glen, Unterschultz, James R.
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