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Response of grain weight of maize to variety, organic manure and inorganic fertilizer in Asaba area of Delta State
Enujeke, E. C. - In: Asian journal of agriculture and rural development : AJARD 3 (2013) 4, pp. 234-248
June 2010 to evaluate the response of grain weight of maize to variety, organic manure and inorganic fertilizer. The … 15cm and evaluated for the grain weight. The results obtained indicated that hybrid variety which produced yield of 2 ….1 tha-1 in 2008 and 2.3 tha-1 in 2009 was superior. The results of interaction showed that variety, manure type and rates of …
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Response of Grain Weight of Maize to Variety, Organic Manure and Inorganic Fertilizer in Asaba Area of Delta State
Enujeke E. C. - In: Asian Journal of Agriculture and rural Development 3 (2013) 5, pp. 234-248
June 2010 to evaluate the response of grain weight of maize to variety, organic manure and inorganic fertilizer. The … 15cm and evaluated for the grain weight. The results obtained indicated that hybrid variety which produced yield of 2 ….1 tha-1 in 2008 and 2.3 tha-1 in 2009 was superior. The results of interaction showed that variety, manure type and rates of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011071019
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Product and process innovation in the food processing industry: case study in Guangxi province
Ma, Xin; McSweeney, Peter - In: Australasian Agribusiness Review 16 (2008)
access through product quality, variety, safety and other attributes of their food products. Product and process innovation …
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Friend or Foe? The Kyoto Protocol and the NZ Greenhouse Industry
Barber, Andrew; Parminter, Irene - 2004
The greenhouse sector has reinvented itself as a technologically advanced and relatively environmentally friendly industry over the past 15 years. However it remains a high energy user. Two recent surveys have highlighted the potential impact on greenhouse grower costs of the proposed emissions...
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Organic Apple Production in Washington State: An Input-Output Analysis
Mon, Pon Nya; Holland, David W. - 2005
This paper provides an Input-Output (I/O) based economic impact analysis for organic apple production in Washington State. The intent is to compare the economic “ripple” effect of organic production with conventional production. The analysis is presented in two scenarios: first we compare the...
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Competitiveness and revealed comparative advantage in the SADC maize industry
Mutambatsere, Emelly - 2008
This paper evaluates the production and trade trends for maize and maize products in southern Africa, individual countries’ revealed comparative advantages in producing these products, and the expected implications of freer trade in this sector. The analysis employs mainly annual bilateral...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009444869
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How Effective is the Invisible Hand? Agricultural and Food Markets in Central and Eastern Europe
Hockmann, Heinrich; Brosig, Stephan; Popp, Jozsef; … - 2005
Since the seminal work of Adam Smith, markets have been considered an efficienttool for co-ordinating the behaviour of economic agents. The basic characteristicof a market economy is that the complex system of interaction amongindividuals is not centrally coordinated. Under the assumption of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009445186
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Production Contracts and Farm Business Growth and Survival
Key, Nigel D. - 2010
In recent decades there has been a substantial increase in the scale of production and the use of production contracts in the hog sector. This paper explores empirically whether these two phenomena are related by examining whether the use of production contracts has allowed finish hog operations...
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Modelling Waikato Farm Nitrogen Discharges for Policy Analysis
Ramilan, Thiagarajah; Scrimgeour, Frank G. - 2005
This study describes the development of bio economic models examining the economic and water quality impact of various proposed policy options in the Upper Waikato catchment. In the first phase nitrogen emissions are determined for representative farming systems using the Overseer nutrient...
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2009
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