A choice experiment method to assess vegetables producers’ preferences for crop insurance [PDF]
Agricultural producers face many risks in their economic activity due to weather conditions, plant or animal diseases, price volatility, policy changes and so on.
Gil, Jose Maria+3 more
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Pharmacographia. A history of the principal drugs of vegetable origin, met with in Great Britain and British India. By Friedrich A. Flückiger, Phil. Dr., Professor in the University of Strassburg, and Daniel Hanbury, F. R. S., Fellow of the Linnean and Chemical Societies of London. Second edition. Macmillan and Co. 1879. 803 S. in Octav. [PDF]
Th. Husemann
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This review examines surface‐engineered phase change material composites as vital solutions for escalating thermal energy storage demands driven by urbanization. It elucidates their enhanced performance through chemical mechanisms, diverse compositions, and preparation strategies, emphasizing the role of carbon‐based additives in improving thermal ...
Laxman Singh+11 more
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Development of disease control strategies for organically grown field vegetables (DOVE) (OF0168) [PDF]
This is the final report of Defra project OF0168 (DOVE). The attached main report starts with a more detailed and comprehensive Executive Summary, from which this text has been extracted.
Gladders, Dr Peter
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Vegetable Teratology: An Account of the Principal Deviations from the usual Construction of Plants [PDF]
Adam Bennett
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The study finds that mulch films made with poly(butylene adipate‐co‐terephthalate)/poly(lactic acid) and 10% soy waste degrade faster than those without soy. Plants grown with the soy‐containing films are 49% taller, suggesting that the soy acts as a biostimulant.
Kerry Candlen+8 more
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An analysis of the price behaviour of selected vegetables at a New Zealand auction : a thesis presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Business Studies at Massey University [PDF]
The immediate and short run behaviour of prices and volumes of eighteen vegetables at auction are examined. The objectives were to describe the behaviour of weekly prices and volumes and to investigate various relationships.
Wright, Stephen John
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Product differentiation in the fruit industry: Lessons from trademarked apples
Abstract We derive price premiums for patented or trademarked apple varieties, also known as “club apples,” compared to open‐variety apples. We use an expansive retail scanner dataset, along with unique data on apple taste characteristics, to estimate monthly club apple premiums for 2008–2018.
Modhurima Dey Amin+3 more
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