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Product semantics and sensory analysis on wood – a pilot study
Roos, Anders; Lindberg, Siv; Kihlstedt, Annika; … - In: Scandinavian Forest Economics: Proceedings of the …, 43
Designers need knowledge about peoples’ perceptions, based on sensory examinations of wood. This study describes results of a combined tactile and visual perceptional assessment of five common wood species in Sweden. The species were graded with regard to ten words. Differences in ratings...
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Measurement of Farmers’ Attitude towards Complete Ownership of Farmland in Eastern Ethiopia
Semie, Negussie; Belay, Kassa; Karippai, Ranjan S.; … - In: Journal of Rural Development/Nongchon-Gyeongje 32 (2009) 2
information obtained from stakeholders and experts. Of these statements, 30 items were selected and ultimately only 12 consistent …
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Factors Influencing Private Landowner Restoration Investment Decisions in Coastal Louisiana
Dedah, Cheikhna O.; Kazmierczak Jr., Richard F.; … - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2010
private coastal landowners to determine their general socioeconomic characteristics, attitudes toward risks, attitudes toward … and the level of investment in coastal restoration. Preliminary results show that property size, attitudes toward wetland …
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Commercial Agricultural Production in Tanzania: Mountainside Farms Limited
Simpson, John Y.; Cheong, Qing Yang - In: International Food and Agribusiness Management Review 17 (2014) B
The IFAMR is published quarterly by the International Food and Agribusiness Management Association. For complete …
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Investment Potential for New Sugarcane Plants in Brazil Based on Assessment of Operational Efficiency
Junior, Salgado; Pereira, Alexandre; Carlucci, Fabio … - In: International Food and Agribusiness Management Review 17 (2014) 2
The IFAMR is published quarterly by the International Food and Agribusiness Management Association. www.ifama.org …
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Analysis of Differences in Meat Consumption Patterns
Kayser, Maike; Nitzko, Sina; Spiller, Achim - In: International Food and Agribusiness Management Review 16 (2013) 2
The IFAMR is published quarterly by the International Food and Agribusiness Management Assocation. www.ifama.org …
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Is organic farming a chance for family farms to survive?
Ferto, Imre; Forgacs, Csaba - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2009
The paper investigates the choice between conventional and organic production technologies for individual farmers in Hungarian agriculture. We employ sequential logit model on a cross-section data set of Hungarian farmers for the period 2007. Our estimations reveal that age of farmers has...
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Consumer Market for Functional Foods in South Brazil
Barcellos, Marcia Dutra de; Lionello, Rafael Laitano - In: International Journal on Food System Dynamics 02 (2011) 2
’ market supply. Secondly, we investigate consumers’ motivations, attitudes and intention to buy functional foods, since the … opportunities. The survey shows that interviewed consumers presented positive attitudes towards functional foods and enough …
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IMPLICATIONS OF LAWN CARE AND LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE FIRM PROFILES FOR ADOPTION OF PEST-MANAGEMENT PRACTICES
Hubbell, Bryan J.; Florkowski, Wojciech J.; Oetting, R.; … - In: Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 33 (2001) 01
Firm characteristics and managers' attitudes and opinions about pesticide safety were used to classify lawn care and …
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THE CHOICE BETWEEN CONVENTIONAL AND ORGANIC FARMING – A HUNGARIAN EXAMPLE
Ferto, Imre; Forgacs, Csaba - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2009
The organic agriculture represents a promising alternative for the future of European agriculture. It is consistent with the notion of sustainable development set forth already in the 1992 CAP Reform. Despite of increasing importance of organic farming, the research on organic farming is still...
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