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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"agricultural market"”.
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The Role of Agricultural Market Intermediaries on Poverty Reduction in Njombe.
… (2007) and Nkolimwa, (2010) highlighted that marketing intermediaries in developing countries, including Tanzania, often exploit farmers in rural areas and that farmers frequently receive too low prices for their products. This may contribute to the persistent poverty in rural areas of …
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Three Essays on Performance and Behavior of Agricultural Market Advisory Services in Corn and Soybeans
… investigates trading behavior and performance of agricultural market advisory services. The data employed consist of advisory programs tracked by the AgMAS project at the University of Illinois for 1995 through 2004 corn and soybean crops. The first essay develops measures of marketing style for …
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An assessment of the need for and availability of agricultural market information among small-scale farmers in Chingola
… study evaluates the availability and needs of agricultural market information by small-scale farmers in Ipafu area, in Chingola District. The area was purposively chosen as it contained the representative features typical of small-scale farmers in other rural areas and findings in this area …
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An assessment of the need for and availability of agricultural market information among small-scale farmers in Chingola
… study evaluates the availability and needs of agricultural market information by small-scale farmers in Ipafu area, in Chingola District. The area was purposively chosen as it contained the representative features typical of small-scale farmers in other rural areas and findings in this area …
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The balancing test: Is fairtrade cotton a sustainable policy for improving the livelihoods of Indian cotton producers?
… Based on the theoretical framework that agricultural market expansion promotes farmers’ development, this study determines if Fairtrade cotton is a viable strategy for increasing market access for cotton farmers in India.</p>
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Long Agricultural Futures Price Series: ARCH, Long Memory, or Chaos Processes
… memory model, especially the AFIMA model, to agricultural market study for the first time. The study suggests that various linear and nonlinear filters should be used carefully in chaos study since it has been found that they can distort potential chaotic structures in the data. The typical …
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Aedre, An Automated Watering System
… solution. In order to tap into this growing agricultural market, Clearwater Industries has created Aedre, an automated watering solution. Aedre is designed not only for the home gardener or food producing cooperatives, but rather anyone that enjoys vegetation for decoration, consumption, or …
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Potential economic implications of a U.S. – ASEAN FTA on agriculture
… of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is both an agricultural trade partner of the U.S. and a key contributor to the global agricultural market. The implementation of a free trade agreement (FTA) between the U.S. and ASEAN has the potential to reduce or eliminate tariffs on agricultural …
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Futures-Based Forecasts of U.S. Crop Prices
… become significantly more volatile. Volatile markets pose increased risks for the agricultural market participants and create a need for reliable price forecasts. Research discussed in this paper aims to find different approaches to forecast crop cash prices based on the prices of related …
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The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety: A comparative analysis of the domestic implementation in South Africa and Uganda
… imperatives and position in the global agricultural market. Finally, the study made recommendations on possible ways in which South Africa and Uganda can coordinate and harmonize their national biosafety regulatory systems. These will enable the two biosafety regulatory systems to become …
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Sustainably Generating Value-Added Products Using Food-Grade Fungi & Agricultural Waste
… and for some varieties their cultivation on agricultural waste has been well-documented. This presents an opportunity to farmers in Georgia, as the specialty mushroom industry is a rapidly growing segment of the American agricultural market, but diversity in domestically cultivated species is …
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Techno-economic analysis of a rapid phenotyping rover
This study considers how a new agricultural robot that measures the physical traits of plants to identify high yielding crop varieties would fit in the current agricultural market by assessing historical crop production, similar technology currently available, and stakeholders, and develops a …
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Plant growth regulators and biostimulants for use in varying management systems to improve corn grain yield
… that have recently become popular in the agricultural market. There is no concrete evidence however, for their best place in a management system to optimize their return on investment and crop yield potential. The objective of this study was to evaluate the responses of corn (Zea mays L.) …
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Determinants of soybean adoption and performance in northern Ghana
… move beyond traditional production practices and market engagements in order to succeed. In this context soybean represents a long-jump agricultural technology, requiring significant, non-incremental changes for smallholder farmers. This research addresses the adoption process for long-jump …
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Legal challenges for developing countries exports of agricultural food products to the EU
… the increasing complexity and diversity of market access issues for agricultural food products from developing countries (DCs) to the European Union (EU). Agriculture is the sector which receives the most protection from the EU and the trade-distorting measures, employed by the EU to protect …
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The impact of coffee market liberalisation on producer price behaviour in Tanzania
Agricultural commodity price volatility in developing countries is a challenging phenomenon that has attracted attention amongst researchers and policy makers. Although this is a global issue, it has different magnitudes and impacts across countries and amongst commodities. The literature …
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Exploring the role of development finance institutions in enhancing the financial and technical capacity of smallholder farmers for agribusiness integration: the case study of Zimbabwe
… in monetizing their produce in the local agricultural market, which is caused by structural inefficiencies, inability to access markets, and pricing and demand constraints. Lastly, farmers are not getting adequate institutional support to address the capacity challenges. The results from …
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Do prices drive commercial trader positions in grains and oilseeds markets?
… aggregate net positioning in grains and oilseeds markets during the pre-harvest period from 2007-2019. We proceed in two steps. First, we modify and extend the analysis of optimal hedging proposed by Jacobs, Li, and Hayes (AJAE 2018) to: (i) confirm its applicability for the two largest …