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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"marketing chain"”.
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Welfare impacts of GMO adoption along the marketing chain
Technological changes have always been subject to numerous debates and studies to establish if and how much they benefit society. Glyphosate resistant soybean can be seen as such a technological improvement that has generated numerous studies attempting to measure the welfare gains. There are …
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Quality Incentives and the Development of High-value Agrifood Markets: Ecuador's Cacao Marketing Chain
… the transmission of quality incentives along the marketing chain and their effects on farmers' incentives to invest in quality production. Chapter 1 introduces the reader to the problem, demonstrating that Ecuadorian farmers are not responding to international incentives to produce high quality …
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The maize industry in the Province of Lampung, Indonesia
… production activities , demand, supply and the marketing o f maize grown in Lampung. A Cobb-Douglas (C-D) production function was fitted to cross-sectional data of 106 units of samples of smallholders from north, central and south Lampung. A multi-equational model was employed in the case of …
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The maize industry in the Province of Lampung, Indonesia
… production activities , demand, supply and the marketing o f maize grown in Lampung. A Cobb-Douglas (C-D) production function was fitted to cross-sectional data of 106 units of samples of smallholders from north, central and south Lampung. A multi-equational model was employed in the case of …
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Effects of access to information on farmer's market channel choice: The Case of Potato in Tiraque Sub-watershed (Cochabamba - Bolivia)
In Bolivia, potato production and marketing is important for farmers' livelihoods and anecdotal information shows that cell phones and women are extremely important in the potato marketing chain. Efforts to improve incomes of poor highland potato producers should recognize roles of different actors …
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Factors influencing the post-harvest quality and consumer preference of sweet potato and other products in sub-Saharan Africa
The first theme covers sweetpotato in the marketing chain from farm to consumer. In East Africa, research explored ways of improving the handling and transport of sweetpotato, shelf life and storage of fresh roots on the farms to increase incomes and food security. Transport and handling were …
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An assessment of varietal improvement and extension services in cotton production in Magoye District, Zambia
… on the market. By introducing a levy along the marketing chain can help in pooling resources needed for research and development. The types of extension methods used should be increased to include additional types of methods such as mobile training units and popular theatre. Probably the …
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Three essays on spatial, vertical price transmission and asymmetric supply response in livestock sectors
… to which prices are transmitted in the marketing chain can play a role in understanding how price transmission works in terms of market efficiency and in assessing direction and distribution of welfare effects in a normative fashion. For this purpose, threshold co-integration analysis is …
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Evaluación de la eficacia de la combinación de permanganato potásico y radiación UV-C en la conservación de frutos climatéricos y su impacto en la calidad sensorial y la reducción de pérdidas postcosecha.
… processes are detrimental to the entire fruit marketing chain, including weight loss, size reduction, loss of firmness, loss of bioactive compounds, and deterioration of organoleptic quality. Over the past two decades, various systems for the removal or inactivation of ethylene have been …