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EVALUATION OF SELECTED FRESH VEGETABLE TERMINAL MARKETS: A STOCHASTIC DOMINANCE APPROACH
Vegetable production can offer a high-valued cash crop alternative. While returns may be high, vegetables are perceived to have more risk than conventional row crops.
Lee, John G. +2 more
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PECULIARITY OF RADIONUCLIDES ACCUMULATION IN VARIOUS ORGANS OF VEGETABLE CROPS
, 2015 The peculiarities of accumulation of radionuclides 137Cs and 90Sr in different organs and tissues of vegetable crops have been studied. Aim of this research was the enhancement of safety and quality of food at the cost of the elimination from the food ...
A. V. Soldatenko +2 more
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Protection Motivation Theory and Farmers' Participation in Futures Markets: Evidence From Germany
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines why German farmers show limited adoption of commodity futures contracts despite substantial price volatility, applying Protection Motivation Theory (PMT) to understand the cognitive processes driving participation decisions in futures markets. Survey data from 303 German farmers collected in 2024 were analyzed using Partial
Hendrik Wever +2 more
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, 1979 This annual report of the Ontario Vegetable Research Committee concerns research carried out on vegetable crops in Ontario in 1979. The report is composed of reports prepared by the Chairman of the Commodity Subcommittees representing the seven major ...
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Using survey and discrete choice experiment data, we examined US specialty crop growers' preferences for marketing contract attributes in the context of emerging blockchain‐based technologies and expanding traceability initiatives. Results show that farmers preferred traditional written contracts but might be willing to accept digital ...
Elizabeth Canales +3 more
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American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract Our general interest is in global trade loss from livestock pathogens, specifically exports. We adopt a causal inference approach that considers animal disease outbreaks over time as non‐staggered binary treatments with the potential for switching in (infection) and out of treatment (recovery) within the sample period. The outcome evolution of
Mohammad Maksudur Rahman +1 more
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Genetic Mechanisms for Hybrid Breeding in Vegetable Crops. [PDF]
Plants (Basel), 2023 Singh H +12 more
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SUPPLY RESPONSE AND IMPACT OF GOVERNMENT-SUPPORTED CROPS ON THE TEXAS VEGETABLE INDUSTRY
Supply functions, elasticity estimates, and nonjointness test results consistently indicated that few commodities compete economically in the production of six major Texas vegetables (cabbage, cantaloupes, carrots, onions, potatoes, and watermelons ...
Ornelas, Fermin S., Shumway, C. Richard
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American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract While multiple factors explain low adoption rates of improved varieties by small‐scale farmers in sub‐Saharan Africa, a key supply‐side constraint is the limited availability of seed embodying new traits in the volume, quality, price, and timeliness required by farmers. This constraint is partly attributable to classical failures in the market
Dawit Mekonnen +5 more
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The incorporation gene of tomato fruit firmness (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) [PDF]
Selekcija i Semenarstvo, 2009 Tomato fruit firmness is a polygenetic trait and depends on firmness components pericarp thickness, firmness of epidermis and firmness of flash. The accumulation of favourable traits ratio for each component (towards the increase of expression) the fruit
Zdravković Jasmina +3 more
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