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Relevance of management practices for support of Brazilian farming business growth and the regional development
Bliska Jr., Antonio; Bliska, Flavia Maria de Mello; … - 2015
competitiveness, quality and management, replacing the simple profit idea, is a challenge. The concern for quality management has … create internal management mechanisms is also very important, from the improvement of agricultural processes to the placement … of the product on market. This study analyzes the relationship between the management level of Brazilian farms with land …
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Functional Food and Organic Food are Competing Rather than Supporting Concepts in Europe
Kahl, Johannes; Załęcka, Aneta; Ploeger, Angelika; … - In: Agriculture 2 (2012) 4, pp. 316-324
A review of recent literature pertaining to organic and functional food was conducted according its conceptual background.<strong> </strong>Functional and organic food both belong to fast growing segments of the European food market. Both are food according to the European food regulations, but organic food is...
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Antioxidants in Different Potato Genotypes: Effect of Drought and Wounding Stress
Wegener, Christina B.; Jansen, Gisela - In: Agriculture 3 (2013) 1, pp. 131-146
Potatoes are regarded as a significant antioxidant source in human nutrition. However, different types of environmental stress may affect the level of antioxidants in their tuber tissue. In this study, two purple breeding clones and the yellow fleshed cultivar (cv.) Agave were grown in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011030635
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Achieving Water and Food Security in 2050: Outlook, Policies, and Investments
Wichelns, Dennis - In: Agriculture 5 (2015) 2, pp. 188-220
Food production in 2050 will be sufficient, globally, but many of the poor will remain food insecure. The primary cause of food insecurity will continue to be poverty, rather than inadequate food production. Thus, policies and investments that increase the incomes of the poor will remain the...
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Crop and Soil Responses to Using Corn Stover as a Bioenergy Feedstock: Observations from the Northern US Corn Belt
Johnson, Jane M. F.; Acosta-Martinez, Veronica; … - In: Agriculture 3 (2013) 1, pp. 72-89
stover return on yield and soil quality in the Northern US Corn Belt. Our study objectives were to measure the impact of …
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Water Use and Water-Use Efficiency of Three Perennial Bioenergy Grass Crops in Florida
Erickson, John E.; Soikaew, Arkorn; Sollenberger, Lynn E.; … - In: Agriculture 2 (2012) 4, pp. 325-338
Over two-thirds of human water withdrawals are estimated to be used for agricultural production, which is expected to increase as demand for renewable liquid fuels from agricultural crops intensifies. Despite the potential implications of bioenergy crop production on water resources, few data...
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Performance evaluation of production structures in agricultural holdings – case study
Turek Rahoveanu, Adrian; Rahoveanu, Turek; Magdalena, Maria - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
management in order to develop sustainable production structures, increase competitiveness of farms, farmers' income …
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The effect of aspirations on agricultural innovations in rural Ethiopia
Mekonnen, Daniel Ayalew; Gerber, Nicolas - 2016
This paper identifies the effect of aspirations on the adoption of agricultural innovations in the context of rural Ethiopia. While most studies on agricultural innovations have focused on identifying observable and resource-related deprivations or 'external' constraints, a related stream of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011588701
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The effect of aspirations on agricultural innovations in rural Ethiopia
Mekonnen, Daniel Ayalew; Gerber, Nikolaus - 2016
This paper identifies the effect of aspirations on the adoption of agricultural innovations in the context of rural Ethiopia. While most studies on agricultural innovations have focused on identifying observable and resource-related deprivations or 'external' constraints, a related stream of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011478590
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Study of Cost Benefit Analysis of Managing Bt. Cotton Farming with Special Reference to Vidarbha
Timane, Rajesh - 2013
About forty lakh hectare of land is under cotton cultivation in Maharashtra. Once known as the prosperous cotton-belt; today the irony is that the state tops the list when it comes to suicides by farmers. Further, almost all of them are cotton farmers mostly from Vidarbha. At present, Vidarbha...
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