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China's feed industry in transition: the case of New Hope Group – an industry perspective

Fu, Wenge - In: Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies 1 (2011) 2, pp. 162-178

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to review the development of the processed feed industry in China through the … China now facing a transition phase, the paper looks at the root causes of the problems facing China's feed industry … impact of mandates outlined in China's Twelfth Five-Year Plan, such as the imperative to modernize agriculture and improve …

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Tracking and Tracing in Food Networks: The Case of the Feed Industry

Poignee, Oliver K.; Jahn, Volker; Hannus, Thomas; … - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2006

This paper discusses an organisational framework for Tracking & Tracing and quality management in the agriculture and food network and thus providing increased transparency therein. The legal and market environments that especially European companies of the compound feeds sector face today is...

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IMPLEMENTATION OF THE EU LEGISLATION CONCERNING GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS IN THE GERMAN FOOD AND FEED INDUSTRY

Hirzinger, Tobias; Menrad, Klaus - Fachgebiet für Marketing und management Nachwachsender … - 2006

Paper prepared for presentation at the 10th ICABR International Conference on Agricultural Biotechnology: Facts, Analysis and Policies Ravello (Italy), June 29th to July 2nd, 2006

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Building Professional Capacity in the Livestock Industry Through ITC in East Africa

Beal, Tricia; Braga, Francesco S.; Thiam, Bayella - 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 library visit: www.ifama.org

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Improving the U.S. Position in World Soybean Meal Trade

Park, Hyesun S.; Charles R. Hurburgh Jr. - Midwest Agribusiness Trade Research and Information … - 2002

In order to improve the value of U.S. soybean meal in trade markets, problems with quality must be corrected. This can only be achieved by creating appropriate incentives for producers, improving the accuracy of meal protein and amino acid testing, and gaining acceptance for composition tests as...

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Influence of Animal Feeding on Milk Supply in Navarre

Casasnovas, Valero L.; Aldanondo, Ana Maria - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2011

Determining the competitive position of dairy farms depends on several technological, economic and institutional variables. Among them, are remarkable those related to animal feeding in the current context of high variability on prices. In this context, the aim of our study is to analyze the...

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Prediction markets: an experimental approach to forecasting cattle on feed

Gallardo, R. Karina; Brorsen, B. Wade; Lusk, Jayson - In: Agricultural Finance Review 70 (2010) November, pp. 414-426

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to use prediction markets to forecast an agricultural event: United States Department of Agriculture's number of cattle on feed (COF). Prediction markets are increasingly popular forecast tools due to their flexibility and proven accuracy to forecast a...

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Indigenous knowledge of fodder tree selectivity by local goats in the mid-hills of Nepal

Pandey, Luma Nidhi; Kam, Michael; Pandey, Shambhu B.; … - In: Journal of Enterprising Communities: People and Places … 3 (2009) August, pp. 241-255

Purpose – Tree fodder is an important constituent of livestock feed in the mid-hills of Nepal, particularly so during the dry winter. The purpose of this paper is to compare the ranking of tree fodders by indigenous goat raisers to the selectivity of fodder by goats....

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Greening the agrifood supply chain with lean thinking practices

Folinas, Dimitrios; Aidonis, Dimitrios; Malindretos, Giorgos - In: International Journal of Agricultural Resources, … 10 (2014) 2, pp. 129-145

In this paper, a systematic approach for measuring the environmental performance of a supply chain in agrifood sector based on the value stream mapping (VSM) technique is presented and analysed. The proposed approach aims to determine waste, in terms of measuring the non-value-added time of...

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Techno-economic evaluation of masonry type animal feed solar cooker in rural areas of an Indian state Rajasthan

Panwar, N.L.; Kothari, Surendra; Kaushik, S.C. - In: Energy Policy 52 (2013) C, pp. 583-586

Utilisation of animal draft power in agricultural operation and milk production is highly dependent on the feed and fodder. Properly cooked feed is digestive in nature and enhance milk production. Solar energy is promising option for slow cooking. Keeping this in view a masonry animal feed solar...

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