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Optimising contributions of goat farming to household economic success and food security in three production systems in Ethiopia

open access: yesJournal of Agriculture and Rural Development in the Tropics and Subtropics, 2016
The study aims to analyse factors affecting contributions of goat farming to household economic success and food security in three goat production systems of Ethiopia.
Tatek Woldu   +4 more
doaj  

Valorization of peanut shells through biochar production using slow and fast pyrolysis and its detailed physicochemical characterization

open access: yesFrontiers in Sustainability
Valorization of peanut shells has recently gained prominence in the context of thermally converting agricultural waste into biochar, a carbon-rich byproduct with significant potential as a soil amendment.
Gajanan Sawargaonkar   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Climate diagnostics [PDF]

open access: yes
Diagnoses of climate fluctuations is examined emphasizing the assemblage of a host of observations, to develop a clearer physical picture of the nature and causal interrelationships of the climate events.

core   +1 more source

Circularity, Sustainability, and the Quality of Coffee Sold via Vending Machines: What Do Italian Consumers Prefer?

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Vending is an important sector in the daily lives of many people, and coffee is the most frequently consumed product in the European market. Like many other sectors, vending is responding to the challenge of sustainable development by taking various actions, such as offering increasingly ecologically sound coffee while maintaining/improving ...
Alberto Bertossi   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

On the origin of tropospheric ozone and NOx over the tropical South Pacific [PDF]

open access: yes, 1999
The budgets of ozone and nitrogen oxides (NOx = NO + NO2) in the tropical South Pacific troposphere are analyzed by photochemical point modeling of aircraft observations at 0-12 km altitude from the Pacific Exploratory Mission-Tropics A campaign flown in
Atlas, EL   +17 more
core  

Does Contract Farming Improve Diet Quality? The Case of Senegalese Smallholders

open access: yesAgribusiness, 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
wiley   +1 more source

Author Correction: Genetic approaches for assessment of phosphorus use efficiency in groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.)

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2023
Sai Rekha Kadirimangalam   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

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

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