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Drivers of Farmers' Contract Compliance Behavior: Evidence From a Case Study of Dangote Tomato Processing Plant in Northern Nigeria

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Contract farming is a viable strategy agribusinesses rely on to strengthen coordination across actors in the value chain. However, low contract compliance remains a significant setback to agribusinesses' contract performance in low‐ and middle‐income country context.
Umar Shehu Umar, Sanzidur Rahman, Giacomo Zanello   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Water and energy savings using variable rate sprinkler irrigation on a large maize farm in northern Italy

Agricultural Water Management
Maize is a key crop both globally and in Italy. In the Po Valley, it is cultivated on 500,000 ha, primarily for use in livestock production. Here, maize cultivation is highly dependent on irrigation, traditionally performed using border irrigation ...
Alice Mayer, Bianca Ortuani, Alberto Crema, Mirco Boschetti, Arianna Facchi   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Efficiency and Technology Gap in European Apple Production—A Metafrontier Model for Germany, Italy, and Poland

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT EU member states have exhibited varying rates of apple production growth. Technical efficiency (TE) estimation is suitable for identifying best‐practice farm performance. This study examined whether the development of the apple sector in Germany, Italy, and Poland was influenced by production efficiency, access to technology, as well as ...
Anika Muder, Jakub Staniszewski
wiley   +1 more source

Efficient and Effective Irrigation Water Management Using Sprinkler Robot

Eng
This manuscript addresses the issue of irrigation water management with high efficiency and effectiveness and focuses on systems associated with significant water losses, which is sprinkler irrigation.
Nabil Elkaoud, Saleh Ismail, Ragab Mahmoud, Hassan Taraby, Shuqi Shang, Dongwei Wang, Mostafa Rayan   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

An approach to valuing ponds within farming systems for aquaculture [PDF]

, 2000
[PDF contains 37 ...
Brugere, C., Little, D.
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Determinants of Knowledge and Usage of Generative Artificial Intelligence in Agricultural Extension: Evidence From Tennessee Extension Personnel

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the determinants of generative AI (GenAI) knowledge and usage among agricultural extension professionals. Drawing on survey data from agricultural extension personnel in Tennessee, we employ regression analyses and latent Dirichlet allocation (LDA) for topic modeling of open‐ended responses to study the knowledge and usage ...
Abdelaziz Lawani, Jason de Koff, James Muriuki, Anna‐Liisa Ihuhwa   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A novel variable-rate drip irrigation system to improve water use of vegetable crops in semiarid conditions

Agricultural Water Management
Irrigation system design and management focus on achieving the highest uniformity across plots. However, plots are not homogeneous and therefore require different irrigation depths in different areas.
M. Morcillo, M.A. Moreno, R. Ballesteros, J.F. Ortega   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Variable Rate Irrigation Management For Soybean And Corn

, 2017
Variable rate irrigation (VRI) is a new irrigation method developed in precision agriculture. VRI technologies allow the producers to site-specifically apply irrigation water at variable rates within a field to adjust the temporal and spatial variability in soil and plant characteristics.
openaire   +1 more source

Consumers' Willingness to Pay a Premium for Climate‐Friendly Food Production: The Role of Production Method Information and Social Norms

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines whether information about production methods and social norms can increase consumers' willingness to pay (WTP) a price premium for food produced using climate‐friendly farming methods. A randomized survey experiment was conducted with 1568 respondents across Denmark, Lithuania, and Spain, who were assigned to one of four ...
Kassa Tarekegn Erekalo, Tove Christensen, Sigrid Denver, Marilena Gemtou, Spyros Fountas, Søren Marcus Pedersen   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Precision Turfgrass Irrigation: Capturing Spatial Soil Moisture Patterns with ECa and Drone Data

Agronomy
Turfgrass irrigation consumes a large amount of the scarce freshwater in arid/semi-arid regions. Approximately 50% of this irrigation water is wasted.
Ruth Kerry, Ben Ingram, Kirsten Sanders, Abigail Henrie, Keegan Hammond, Dave Hawks, Neil Hansen, Ryan Jensen, Bryan Hopkins   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source