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Sugar market in the European Union and Romania : study on price developments
Şurcă, Daniela-Elena - In: Agrarian economy and rural development : realities and …, (pp. 227-233). 2017
This paper is based on analysis of the sugar market at national and European level on the development of prices for the … sugar market which will analyse the problems leading to stagnation and imbalance national sugar production, try solving the … problems identified at national level taking as examples beet farms in Europe for analysing prices. Through sugar market …
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Comparison Study of Different Ionic Liquid Pretreatments in Maximizing Total Reducing Sugars Recovery
Lee, Kiat Moon - 2015
A process scheme combining the most suitable ionic liquid pretreatment, followed by solid acid and enzymatic saccharification was used to maximize the reducing sugars recovery from sago waste. Three types of ionic liquids, i.e. 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride ([BMIM]Cl),...
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Determinants of U.S. Corn and Soybean Yields : Impact of Climate Change and Crop Prices
Huang, Haixiao - 2013
We conduct an econometric analysis of the factors influencing U.S. corn and soybean yields using U.S. county level data … dollars per bushel would enhance corn yield by 3.95 to 5.63 bushels per acre and soybean yield by 0.11 to 0.14 bushels per … acre, which on average implies an own price elasticity of corn ranging from 0.107 to 0.152 and an own price elasticity of …
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Maize and precolonial Africa
Cherniwchan, Jevan; Moreno Cruz, Juan - 2018
Columbus's arrival in the New World triggered an unprecedented movement of people and crops across the Atlantic Ocean. We study an overlooked part of this Columbian Exchange: the effects of New World crops in Africa. Specifically, we test the hypothesis that the introduction of maize increased...
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Yield effects of selected agronomic innovation packages in maize cropping systems of six countries in Sub-Saharan Africa
Eyshi Rezaei, Ehsan; Gaiser, Thomas - 2018
Implementation of suitable innovation packages into cropping systems is required to address the issues of food security and improvement of the crop yield in Sub-Saharan Africa. However, quantification of the effects of innovation packages such as increase in fertilizer application rates,...
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Estimating economically optimal levels of nitrogen fertilizer in no-tillage continuous corn
Aveiga-Villacis, Alexis; Ramsey, A. Ford; Delgado, Jorge A. - In: Journal of agricultural and applied economics : JAEE 52 (2020) 4, pp. 613-623
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Maize and Precolonial Africa
Cherniwchan, Jevan - 2017
Columbus's arrival in the New World triggered an unprecedented movement of people and crops across the Atlantic Ocean. We study an overlooked part of this "Columbian Exchange": the effects of New World crops in Africa. Specifically, we test the hypothesis that the introduction of maize during...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012948556
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Weather, Technology, and Corn and Soybean Yields in the U.S. Corn Belt
Tannura, Michael A.; Irwin, Scott H.; Good, Darrel L. - 2008
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between weather, technology, and corn and soybean yields … in the U.S. Corn Belt. Corn and soybean yields, monthly temperature, and monthly precipitation observations were … 89% of the variation in corn and soybean yields for each state, respectively. This research provided strong evidence that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014217172
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Climate change impacts on Moroccan agriculture and the whole economy : an analysis of the impacts of the Plan Maroc Vert in Morocco
Ouraich, Ismail; Tyner, Wallace E. - 2014
The paper provides estimates of economic impacts of climate change, compares these with historical impacts of drought spells, and estimates the extent to which the current Moroccan agricultural development and investment strategy, the Plan Maroc Vert, helps in agricultural adaptation to climate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010349439
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Chapter 32 Agriculture in the macroeconomy: Theory and measurement
Abbott, Philip; McCalla, Alex - In: Handbook of agricultural economics : volume 2, part A, …, (pp. 1659-1686). 2002
Macroeconomic events and policies strongly influence agricultural sector outcomes. Chapters synthesized here delineate both feed-forward and feedback linkages between agriculture and the macroeconomy, examining how relationships change as countries develop and undergo structural transformation....
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