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This paper discusses how physical planning works with place-making through urban design to support image creation in a municipality that aims to create a new image for its city. Two large-scale urban development projects in Sweden are analysed. The analysis focuses on official plans and...
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Perceptions of genetically modified (GM) and organic food among North Dakota college students were elicited and … modification or organic, after reading a primer defining the term used in their instrument. Participants' indicated their level of … among survey instruments and to responses to previous surveys of Americans and of shoppers in North Dakota. Organic food was …
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(120 from each) coffee famers. Mean technical efficiency score was 0.89 and 0.83 in organic and conventional coffee farming … respectively. Farms operating under CRS, DRS and IRS were 31.67, 3.83 and 37.5% respectively in organic coffee and 29.17, 25 and 45 …
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We estimate an input distance function for U.S. dairy farming to examine the competitiveness of organic and non-organic … dairy production by system and size. Across organic/non-organic systems and size classes, size is the major determinant of …
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production often causes deforestation and soil erosion while the organic coffee production system does not. In addition, the … organic coffee. This will be determined by researching the distribution of quantity on representative plots. This will help … identify any size or scale economies. Determining the difference in profit per acre between organic and conventional coffee …
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Interviews and mail-out/mail-back surveys were conducted in 1992 with 38 conventional and 41 sustainable North Dakota farmers. The results emphasize the differences and similarities of these two types of farmers. Sustainable farms had more diverse cropping practices and were more likely to raise...
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this paper, it estimates the annual production of organic fertilizer from farm activity, the quantities of nutrients …
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Social, cultural and demographic changes due to economic growth lead to changes on food production patterns. Increased instruction levels, strong urbanization and consequent depopulation of rural areas, increased number of working women, increased wealth of families, growth and differentiation...
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This paper aims at answering two objectives;1) assess consumer preference and willingness to pay for organic and food … four different elicitation techniques. We elicit willingness to pay for conventional, organic and/or food … willing to pay a premium for organic and food-safety-inspected tomatoes. However, the size of the premium is significantly …
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