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Digital agriculture' implications for small farmers : evidence from Colombia
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
Digital agriculture proposes to revolutionize the processes of production, marketing, and consumption within food systems through the use of tools that collect, store, analyze, and share information digitally. While its proponents emphasize...
Technology for international agriculture : livestock and management systems.
([Agricultural Experiment Station University of Missouri--Columbia], 1981)
Bioeconomy and the production of novel food products from agro-industrial wastes and residues under the context of food neophobia
(University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, 2018)
of consumer acceptance/rejection of a novel food product and the segmentation of consumers according to their "food neophobia tendency." A "functional" novel yogurt derived from halloumi whey was chosen as a hypothetical scenario. Data was collected through a...
Special Issue on Agri-biotech Studies from Policy and Regulatory Perspectives : Preface
(University of Missouri, 2015-04)
Genetically modified (GM) crops, often referred to as biotech crops, have made phenomenal progress in both industrial and developing countries during the last 18 years (1996 to 2013). The first biotech crops with two ...
Special Issue on Agri-Biotech Studies from Policy and Regulatory Perspectives : Introduction
(University of Missouri, 2015-04)
The primary objective of this special issue is to look into the global agri-biotech policies and regulations and discuss potential implications. In this preamble, we briefly discuss why there is an urgent need to look into ...
Introduction : essays in honor of Wallace Huffman
(University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, 2015)
This introduction relates how Wallace Huffman went from a farm boy in southern Iowa to Iowa State University and the University of Chicago, and then brought the human capital approach of T.W. Schultz and D. Gale Johnson ...
Agriculture and greenhouse gas emissions
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Extension Division, 2021)
.S. The section on agriculture warns that food and forage production will decline, soil and water resources will degrade, and human and livestock health will be challenged. While the potential to adapt to climate change exists within many parts of the agriculture...
A Commitment to agricultural research for a competitive edge in Missouri agriculture.
(Agricultural Experiment Station College of Agriculture, University of Missouri-Columbia, 1988)
Perceptions and influences on adolescents' attitudes toward modern conventional and organic foods
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
the agriculture industry and legislative bodies can prepare for new consumer demands. This study is important to evaluate the scope of information on food production students possess and are receiving. Adolescents are exposed to large amounts of influencing...
Unblocking a Free Market Perspective in Labor Economics
(Università di Trieste, Dipartimento di Filosofia, 2008)
In Labor Economics from a Free Market Perspective: Employing the Unemployable (2008) Walter Block presents a seemingly comprehensive free market perspective on the economics of the labor market.In this paper, I analyze the essence of Block...
Why We Partner : Collaborations Between the Private and Public Sectors for Food Security and Poverty Alleviation through Agricultural Biotechnology
(AgBioForum, 2004)
It is a natural human value to share with others, and there are good business reasons for a company such as Monsanto to share as well. Monsanto has a track record of sharing knowledge and technologies with the public sector. Such technologies...
The Ethical Challenges Farming: A Report on Conversations with Missouri Corn and Soybean Producers
(2004-09)
Interviews with Missouri corn and soybean farmers reveal what farmers consider are important ethical challenges in agriculture. In contrast to the literature, which characterizes ethical challenges in term of philosophical debates about soil...
Testing a model of resource assessment as a basis for developing strategic communication plans
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
accurate, directional guide for communication strategy development. The testing of the fundamental premises through the series of interviews, focus groups and web survey of the College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, University of Missouri...
U.S. adult attitudes about biotechnology and risk aversion to gene editing
(University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, 2023)
used a randomized approach to compare views between GnEd and GM foods, and the other study of 1,442 respondents used a framing approach to compare GnEd and fungicide as a solution to combat an agricultural fungus. Overall, respondents viewed GnEd and GM...
Halal food certification, financial performance, and sustainability reporting : comparative study of food and beverage firms in Malaysia and Indonesia
(University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, 2022)
in relation to Halal food certification. It also intended to examine the effects of halal food certification on publicly traded Malaysian and Indonesian food and beverage companies' sustainability reporting. The current study, which uses multivariate linear...
Comparative funding of the Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station
(Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station, 1995)
Is Agricultural Biotechnology Part of Sustainable Agriculture? Different Views in Switzerland and New Zealand
(AgBioForum, 2010)
Most countries claim to be committed to sustainable agriculture. Yet, the meaning of the term 'sustainable agriculture' is largely shaped by influential stakeholders in the public debate and their respective agendas. The resulting national policies...
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...
CAP Reform and the WTO: Potential Impacts on EU Agriculture
(Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) at the University of Missouri-Columbia, 2004-07)
In 2003 an agreement was finalized to instigate arguably the most significant reform of the European Union's (EU) Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) since its inception. In the Luxembourg Agreement many
of the direct payments ...