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Does Contract Farming Improve Diet Quality? The Case of Senegalese Smallholders
Agribusiness, 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
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Wheat cultivars grain yield and quality traits variability under conditions of southern Pannonian plain [PDF]
Ratarstvo i PovrtarstvoIn order to meet milling industry and grain producers' requirements, wheat grain needs to possess good technological quality, and high and stable grain production.
Timić Jovana +6 more
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Brassica cover crops for weed control in organic vegetable production [PDF]
, 2005 Cover crops (or green manures) are commonly used by organic vegetable growers for soil fertility building and other benefits including weed control.
Cerrai, D. +3 more
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The penetration of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in farming communities is increasing the use of smartphone‐based instant messaging apps. Despite this, the reasons behind participation and the impact on farm productivity in developing countries remain unexplored.
Zafar Kurbanov +4 more
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Bumblebee cost-effectiveness for sunflower pollination in isolation cages
Ekonomika Poljoprivrede (1979), 2010 The lack of pollinators during sunflower seed production in isolation cages can lower the seed yield up to 90%. That is why we analyzed the cost-effectiveness of bumblebee usage as pollinators.
Sreten Terzić +5 more
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Field Evaluations of Herbicides on Vegetable, Small Fruit, and Ornamental Crops, 2000, 2001, & 2002 [PDF]
, 2004 Field evaluations of herbicides provide the chemical industry, governmental agencies, such as IR-4, and the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station with an evaluation of herbicide performance on small fruit, vegetable, and ornamental crops grown under ...
Lovelace, Mike L. +3 more
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The Cordillera Administrative Region in the Philippines is home to terraced rice embedded in centuries of cultural heritage. However, weak market incentives threaten sustained production, jeopardizing indigenous communities' cultural heritage and the in situ biodiversity of rice genetic resources.
Kofi Britwum, Matty Demont
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Drought effect on maize seedling development [PDF]
Ratarstvo i Povrtarstvo, 2018 Drought stress is one of the most important abiotic stresses influencing performance of crops. Certain stress-related conditions can appear and slow down germination, seedling development and in some cases cause loss of life durability of seed.
Radić Velimir +5 more
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African botanical heritage for new crop development [PDF]
, 2008 The African continent is rather poor in plant biodiversity when compared to other continents on and around the equator. Nevertheless, lots of useful plant species have been domesticated from Sub-Sahara Africa material.
Termote, Céline, Van Damme, Patrick
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