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LOW-INCOME HOUSEHOLDS' EXPENDITURES ON FRUITS AND VEGETABLES [PDF]
This report analyzes fruit and vegetable expenditures by low-income households and higher income households, and compares the sensitivity of both groups' purchases to changes in income. On average, low-income households spent $3.59 per capita per week on
Blisard, Noel +2 more
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.Abstract This study examines producer participation choices considering a variety of potential benefits linked to state‐sponsored marketing programs, using a real choice dataset of farmers in Missouri. Multinomial logit models are employed to predict determinants of farmer enrollment in three tiers of the Missouri Grown local food marketing program ...
Lan Tran, Ye Su, Laura McCann
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Speciation of arsenic in vegetables and their correlation with inorganic phosphate level
, 2008 Jahanara Laizu
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Supermarket Loss Estimates for Fresh Fruit, Vegetables, Meat, Poultry, and Seafood and Their Use in the ERS Loss-Adjusted Food Availability Data [PDF]
A certain amount of food in supermarkets is deemed unusable (“food loss”) because of moisture loss, spoilage, and other causes. This study analyzed updated food loss estimates for fresh fruit, vegetables, meat, poultry, and seafood obtained through a ...
Axtman, Bruce +3 more
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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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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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La Universidad, 2017 El ser humano ha utilizado por tiempos inmemoriales plantas medicinales para tratar enfermedades y malestares, en un inicio, de manera empírica mediante las prácticas realizadas por brujos y chamanes, quienes conocían un gran número de plantas con “poderes curativos” y el arte de medicar.
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Study On Intercropping Leafy Vegetables With Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus L.)
, 2013 Fahim Ahmed +4 more
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Determinant factors affecting adolescent fruit and vegetable consumption in Indonesia [PDF]
Adolescence is a critical period for getting used to eating fruit and vegetables for their health because it can affect health in adulthood. The behavior of adolescents in Indonesia who eat vegetables and fruit is still not in line with expectations ...
Alya Farera, Feny +2 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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