These teaching notes correspond to the Dole Carbon Neutral Fruits' case. Dole faces the issue of whether and how to begin producing carbon neutral bananas and pineapples. The teaching notes provide a short synopsis of the case, followed by suggestions of how to use the case, teaching objectives...

The future of compression ignition engines depends on their ability for keeping their competitiveness in terms of fuel consumption compared to spark-ignition engines. In this competitive framework, the Low Temperature Combustion (LTC) concept is a promising alternative to decrease NOx and soot...

Spark assistance has been found to improve combustion control when combined with both single and double injection operation applied to compression ignition (CI) engines using gasoline as the fuel. Previous work has verified the potential of a double injection strategy when applied to the...

New combustion concepts applied to compression ignition engines are focused on achieve low temperature combustion together with a lean mixture distribution by allowing extra time from the end of injection to the start of combustion. Recently, the use of gasoline in a compression ignition engine...

Latin America's coffee market continues in economic crisis. Sustainable coffee production and certification is one option for economic recuperation and social and environmental sustainability for the region's coffee producers. This paper explores four viable certification processes (Organic,...

Confirming the precision agriculture hypothesis for variable rate nitrogen applications (VRA) has proven challenging. To confront this challenge, researchers have begun to use increasingly sophisticated statistical models to estimate and compare site-specific crop response functions. While...

Confirming the precision agriculture hypothesis for variable rate nitrogen applications (VRA) is challenging. To confront this challenge, researchers have used increasingly sophisticated statistical models to estimate and compare site-specific crop response functions (SSCRFs). While progress has...

We explore the value of soil test, topographical, and remote sensing information for guiding variable rate fertilizer applications in corn. Results suggest combining topographical and remote sensing information is more valuable than conventional soil tests. Considered separately, topographical...