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Showing 1 to 3 of 3 for “"farm production systems"”.
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Consumer perceptions of and willingness to pay for lettuce from different agricultural production systems
Vertical farming is a technologically advancing agricultural production method with the potential to change the way lettuce (and other produce) is grown. However, less is known about how consumers will react to this new technology in the marketplace. In this study, we examine consumers’ perceptions …
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Determination and modelling of energy consumption in wheat production using neural networks : "A case study in Canterbury Province, New Zealand"
New Zealand farmers practice a form of 'industrialised‘ agriculture that relies on relatively high inputs of fossil fuels, not only to power machinery directly but also for manufacturing artificial fertilizers and agrichemicals (Wells, 2001). Consequently, New Zealand is one of the countries with …
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A farm-level model to evaluate the impacts of current energy policy options
This thesis attempts to show the value of farm-level studies as useful additions to aggregated, national or regional models that are used to analyse the effects of policy on an agricultural economy. A literature survey (Chapter 2) illustrates many applications of the aggregated approach to the …