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Adding value in agriculture, food and forestry
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Extension Division, 2021)
"This publication focuses on opportunities to add value to agricultural commodities or products as a pathway to increase farm income. It describes seven ways to add value and three considerations for how to create and capture value. It also offers...
Adding value in agriculture, food and forestry
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Extension Division, 2022)
"This publication focuses on opportunities to add value to agricultural commodities or products as a pathway to increase farm income. It describes seven ways to add value and three considerations for how to create and capture value. It also offers...
Growing Missouri’s aquaculture industry : needs assessment
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Extension Division, 2023)
Missouri’s aquaculture industry contains many small but diverse businesses, based on responses from 20 active businesses that participated in a 2023 aquaculture needs assessment survey. Those businesses represented 17 counties, and the survey had...
Agricultural restructure policy in Vietnam and practical application for sustainable development in agriculture
(University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, 2023)
Recently, effective agricultural policies necessitate sustainable development in the agricultural sector, which necessitates frequent research and the attention of policymakers. Consequently, this study investigates the effect of agricultural...
Agriculture and greenhouse gas emissions (2014)
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Extension Division, 2014)
This guide presents basic information on agriculture's role in GHG emissions....
Proceedings of the first international symposium on underground freight transportation by capsule pipelines & other tube/tunnel systems
(Capsule Pipeline Research Center, 2000)
The purpose of this symposium is to bring the key players and stakeholders of capsule pipelines together from around the world not only to share experiences and research findings, but also to plan the future of capsule ...
Assessment of references to agriculture in a middle grade science textbook
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2005)
The central purpose of this study was to assess the degree of bias toward agriculture within a middle grade science textbook. Literary formats used to reference agriculture within the text were also assessed. A content analysis was used to identify...
Spatial econometric analysis of highway and regional economy in Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
of highway-employment for economic growth in Missouri. Spatial econometric methods are used in order to investigate the relationship between highways and regional economy. The first chapter shows that the reduced transportation cost due to highway...
Assessment of teachers' ability to integrate science concepts into secondary agriculture programs
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
For the past two decades, the idea of integrating more science concepts into the agricultural education curriculum has been gaining support. The purposes of this study were two fold: 1) To assess the knowledge base and interest levels among...
Missouri farm labor guide (2018)
(University of Missouri. Extension Division, 2018)
This guide intends to outline multiple factors that affect agricultural employers who establish and manage a workforce. It divides the employment process into six segments: recruitment; hiring; onboarding, training and mentoring; operations...
The role of rice cultivation techniques, farm management and natural resources on agricultural development in Indonesia : moderating role of government support
(University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, 2023)
Agricultural development is crucial for global economic growth and warrants the researcher's attention. This article examines the influence of rice cultivation techniques, farm management, and natural resources on agricultural development...
Food Fight : The International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science, and Technology for Development
(AgBioForum, 2012)
The International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science, and Technology for Development (IAASTD) was created in 2002 to address global problems of agriculture and food security. More than 400 scientists contributed to the reports, while...
Essays on applied econometrics : applications of the futures markets and the international tourism demand
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
, while an increase transportation costs weaken the grain basis. Moreover, as the grain basis theoretically varies based on spatial competition between other market points, I find there exist significant spatial effects. I find that accounting for spatial...
Rural agglomeration : how does the distribution of people across rural America affect entrepreneurship?
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
Where people live affects a region's economy. Urban economists have long analyzed the effects of large and densely settled regions -- urban agglomerations -- on the local economy, finding that people and businesses in these places tend to benefit...
Quality as value-added bioeconomy : analysis of the EU policies and empirical evidence from Polish agriculture
(University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, 2018)
characteristics but also from economic processes as societal and environmental services. It is argued that bioeconomy policy so far fails to address sustainability quality but, being coherent with Common Agricultural Policy, can be shifted in such direction...
Missouri farm labor guide, November 2019
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Extension Division, 2019)
candidates, hire employees, support the human resources function and ensure that employees are contributing to the business. This guide intends to outline multiple factors that affect agricultural employers who establish and manage a workforce. It divides...
Economic impact of climate change on agriculture: a case of Vietnam
(University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, 2022)
on agriculture. A time series of data from 1990 to 2020 examines the economic effects of climate change on Vietnamese farm production. After using the Augmented Dickey-Fuller and Philips-Perron unit root tests, the ARDL bounds testing technique estimates short...
The role of the vasculature in iron allocation and sensing in plants
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
and reduction in yield as a result of a decreased photosynthetic capacity. In crop plants like soybean, Fe deficiency chlorosis can cause up to 30% reduction in yield (2-4). In humans, Fe is required for hemoglobin molecules to transport oxygen. Lack of Fe...