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Baseline Outlook for Missouri Representative Farms 2004-2008
(Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) at the University of Missouri-Columbia, 2004-04)
Missouri farms show financial improvement.
The Distribution of Benefits from Bt Cotton Adoption in South Africa
(AgBioForum, 2004)
Technology adoption can create income benefits for large and small-scale producers, input suppliers and consumers in developing countries. The circumstances under which this income creation can take place are shown to ...
The Challenges and Potential for Future Agronomic Traits in Soybeans
(AgBioForum, 2004)
Soybeans are the primary source of the world's supply of protein and vegetable oil. The demand for increased production of soybeans is forecasted to mirror the world's population growth and demand for protein and edible ...
Baseline Outlook for Missouri Representative Farms 2005-2009
(Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) at the University of Missouri-Columbia, 2005-04)
This report presents a five-year outlook for the set of 40 Missouri representative farms using the FAPRI 2005 U.S. Baseline....
The role of household environment on health outcomes for female adolescents in Kenya
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
reports on a study of how the capacities of Kenyan households impact the capacity of female adolescents to cope with chronic illness in the household. The study focuses on adolescents aged 15 to 24. The average age for this population was 19.39 years...
Genotype, environment and GE interaction effect on soybean oil composition
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2005)
Changing the content of the five major soy-oil fatty acids is important to enhance food, fuel and other applications of soybean oil. In addition to genetic effects, the growth environment can significantly affect oil ...
Racial differences in households' financial asset allocation, 1992-2004
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
By combining the data from the 1992, 1995, 1998, 2001 and 2004 Survey of Consumer Finances, this study investigated racial differences in households' financial asset allocation over the years. This study categorized the financial assets into four...
Agronomy, soils and atmospheric science at the University of Missouri : 100 years, 1904-2004 : centennial celebration June 25-26, 2004
(MU College of Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources ; Agricultural Experiment Station, 2004)
Homecoming special section : experience the legacy 2004
(MU Alumni Association, University of Missouri, 2004)
Meet CNN news anchor Chuck Roberts, Homecoming's student directors, tailgating grill master Ritchie Davis and more.
Progress and Challenges for the Deployment of Transgenic Technologies in Cassava
(AgBioForum, 2004)
The production of genetically modified cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) plants is routine in the advanced laboratories that invested in this technology during the 1990s. The ultimate aim of those engaged in cassava ...
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 ...
The Impact of Bt Crops on the Developing World
(AgBioForum, 2004)
Genetically modified (GM) plants are grown on more than 67 million hectares in 18 countries worldwide. A major trait used in GM crops is plant resistance to insects; this trait is based on several Bt proteins. The benefits ...
FAPRI Analysis of Stricter Payment Limitations: Additional Information
(Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) at the University of Missouri-Columbia, 2003-06)
Document in support of the testimony given by Pat Westhoff to the Commission on the Application of Payment Limitations in Washington, DC.
MoDOT Senior Management Team Presentation
(University of Missouri Extension, 2004)
This OSEDA presentation discusses Missouri demographics, including population change, average wage change and farm market value.
Facilitating Innovation in Agricultural Biotechnology : An Examination of the Ag-West Biotech Model, 1989-2004
(AgBioForum, 2010)
Innovation is more than just science. Innovation encompasses a diversity of disciplines, such as law (patents and freedom to operate), economics (spill-over benefits and returns to investment), political science (government ...
State Social Capital and Individual Health Status
(Department of Economics, 2004)
Recent studies have found that two state-level measures of social capital, average levels of civic participation and trust, are associated with improvements in individual health status. In this study we employ these measures, ...
Baseline Outlook Missouri Representative Farms
(Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) at the University of Missouri-Columbia, 2007-04)
This report presents a five-year outlook for the set of 38 Missouri representative farms using the FAPRI 2007 U.S. Baseline....
What's the Holdup? Addressing Constraints to the Use of Plant Biotechnology in Developing Countries
(AgBioForum, 2004)
Agricultural biotechnology offers great potential benefits to farmers in developing countries, but so far only a small handful of genetically modified (GM) crop products have been planted in only a few developing countries. ...
Mizzou weekly, volume 25, number 25 (April 1, 2004)
(University of Missouri--Columbia. University Affairs. Publications and Alumni Communication., 2004)
New Pathogen Testing Technologies and the Market for Food Safety Information
(AgBioForum, 2004)
New rapid and sensitive testing technologies, based on the biotechnology tools underlying modern medical diagnostics, have been developed for the food industry. The growing demand for food safety in the marketplace, combined ...