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Risk Management Practices for Specialty Crop Producers in California, Florida, New York, and Pennsylvania [PDF]
Crop Production/Industries, Risk and Uncertainty,
Jung, Jione +2 more
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Final Report Grant No. 12-25-B-0862 Specialty Crops Block Grant Program [PDF]
, 2010 The South Carolina Department of Agriculture received $121,848.28 from the Specialty Crops Block Grant Program. The block grant was used to support South Carolina specialty crops through promotion, marketing, merchandising and education.
South Carolina Department of Agriculture
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Assessing Household Welfare in Response to Rising Food Prices in The Gambia
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines how rising food prices affected household welfare in The Gambia using nationally representative data from the 2015/16 Integrated Household Survey (IHS‐3). The analysis reflects household consumption behavior and market conditions prevailing during that period and provides a structural benchmark for understanding ...
Roger Vorsah +3 more
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AN ANALYSIS OF MARKET STRUCTURE AND PRICING IN THE FLORIDA CELERY INDUSTRY [PDF]
The pricing behavior of the Florida celery industry under the current federal marketing order was examined by analyzing the implied market structure of the industry using a model proposed by Appelbaum. Point estimates of the oligopoly power index suggest
Taylor, Timothy G., Kilmer, Richard L.
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HorticulturaeBlue light is an important light wavelength in regulating plant flowering. In a controlled environment (CE) plant production systems, blue light can be manipulated easily and even precisely through electric lighting, especially with the advancement of ...
Yun Kong, Youbin Zheng
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The Cost of a Nutritious Diet in Cafeterias: Evidence From US Military Dining Facilities
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Providing nutritious meals in institutional settings with financial constraints, such as military dining facilities, is challenging. The US Department of War (DoW) and US Department of Agriculture (USDA) collaborated to modernize the Basic Daily Food Allowance (BDFA) using an optimization model that incorporates service members' consumption ...
Linlin Fan +8 more
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Genetically engineered specialty crops need regulatory assistance [PDF]
, 2013 The chief obstacle to getting GM fruits and vegetables onto the market, is the regulatory system. Hundreds of millions of dollars of taxpayers’ money have supported the development of genetically modified specialty crops.
McHughen, Alan
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Fruits and vegetables are central to the richness of agriculture [Editorial] [PDF]
, 2011 "From herbs to apples, from walnuts to grapes, specialty crops are central to the richness of American agriculture." Such was the statement by the US Deputy Secretary of Agriculture, Kathleen Merrigan, when launching the Specialty Crop Research ...
Jacky Ganry, Ganry, Jacky
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Romanian Journal of HorticultureVegetables represent a diverse and significant category of specialty crops, which show high nutritional and economic value compared to the limited occupation of arable land.
Teodoro Cardi, Salvatore Esposito
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On the Economics of US Agricultural Policy
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper presents an economic analysis of US agricultural policy, building on a modified version of Gardner's efficient redistribution. We argue that agricultural policy is motivated as an attempt to implement an efficient redistribution scheme that redistributes income toward farmers who, as a group, have been adversely affected by ...
Jean‐Paul Chavas
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