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{"title":"Development and Deployment of Rust Resistant Wheat Varieties in India – Insights from Technology Transfer and Policy Response from the National Seed Production Program","authors":"S. R, A. Sharma, Raj Kumar, C. Mishra, Anuj Kumar, Satyavir Singh, Gp Singh","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.3767458","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3767458","url":null,"abstract":"Wheat, a major Indian staple food crop is largely prone to rusts infection. Inter alia, wheat producers have been advocated to adopt the recently released innovative technologies (rust resistant high yielding wheat varieties) developed under the All India Coordinated Research Project to counter the significant yield losses. In the milieu, we investigated the technological trend in terms of seed indent followed by policy options for transfer of technology at farmers’ field. Research findings indicated that the wheat producers adopted old technologies (varieties in our case). In the recent past five years, the trend hasn’t witnessed any drastic change despite several rust resistant varieties have been tested and released for various agro-climatic conditions. Recent varieties take about 5 years to reach their peak adoption since release and is attributed to the innovative transfer of technologies. At the producers’ level, technologies have been upscaled though frontline demonstrations, especially on cluster mode. Demonstrations resulted in an average yield gain of 699 kg/ha for an innovative rust resistant technology (HD 2967) in comparison to its check. Despite the increasing demand and promotion of latest technologies, the need and availability of ‘producer choice variety’ is still persisting which has to be addressed. Innovations like ‘community seed banks’, enabling public-private partnership, contract farming (quadpartite model), participatory demonstrations and blockchain enabled ‘seed tracker’ will strengthen the transfer of technology system in Indian wheat production.","PeriodicalId":245219,"journal":{"name":"Agriculture Products eJournal","volume":"20 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133637252","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Order Book Price Impact in the Chinese Soybean Futures Market","authors":"Muzhao Jin, Fearghal Kearney, Youwei Li, Yung Chiang Yang","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.3747306","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3747306","url":null,"abstract":"We study the price impact of order flow in the world's largest soybean meal futures markets. Our intraday results indicate that incoming orders can be used to explain and predict future price changes. Our results are shown to be robust to various order flow measures, price aggregation approaches and data frequencies. We find that order flow imbalance (OFI) is a more all‐encompassing measure carrying greater information about price change relative to both trade imbalance (TI) and volume. Moreover, while both OFI and TI are shown to predict future price changes, this predictability diminishes over longer measure and price change frequency horizons.","PeriodicalId":245219,"journal":{"name":"Agriculture Products eJournal","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129566389","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"El agroturismo como estrategia de diversificación de la cadena agroalimentaria del amaranto en Natívitas (Tlaxcala, México) (Agroturism as a Strategy for Diversification of the Amarantto Food Chain in Natívitas (Tlaxcala, Mexico))","authors":"Daniel Gabriel Abraham Flores Barrera, Serafín Ríos Elorza","doi":"10.18601/01207555.n28.01","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18601/01207555.n28.01","url":null,"abstract":"<b>Spanish abstract:</b> El cultivo del amaranto tiene gran impor¬tancia histórico-cultural y alimentaria, pues fue utilizado por distintas culturas mesoamericanas como alimento y en rituales relacionados con sus deidades. El amaranto ha estado presente en la región central de México desde el año 5000 a. C.; allí se ubica el estado de Tlaxcala, que se encuentra entre los principales productores de la gramínea, donde el municipio de Natívitas destaca por ser su mayor productor local. Actualmente, la producción de amaranto se encuentra en riesgo debido al incremento del precio de los insumos, a la escasez de mano de obra y a la excesiva intermediación. Esta inves¬tigación, desarrollada en 2018, evalúa las posibilidades de la cadena agroalimentaria del amaranto como eje de una propuesta de agroturismo municipal a partir de su revalo¬ración cultural y productiva. Los resultados indican que existen condiciones favorables para que el agroturismo genere ingresos complementarios que permitan incrementar la rentabilidad del cultivo. La metodología comprendió recorridos de campo, análisis de la cadena agroalimentaria del amaranto y de la situación turística, y fue complemen¬tada por entrevistas a los actores locales. <br><br><b>English abstract:</b> Amaranth cultivation has great historical-cultural importance due to its use by different Mesoamerican cultures as food and in rituals related to their deities. It has been present in the central region of México since 5000 a.c. The state of Tlaxcala, which is among the main producers of grass, is the largest local producer in the town of Natívitas. Currently amaranth production is at risk, due to the increase in the price of raw materials, labor shortages and excessive intermediation. This research, developed in 2018, evaluates the possibilities of the amaranth agri-food chain, as the axis of a proposal for municipal agro-tourism, based on its cultural and productive revaluation. The results indicate that there are favorable conditions for agro-tourism to generate complementary income that will increase the profitability of the crop. The methodology included field work, analysis of the municipal agri-food chain of amaranth and the tourism situation, complemented by interviews with the stakeholders.","PeriodicalId":245219,"journal":{"name":"Agriculture Products eJournal","volume":"25 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129959945","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Pomegrantes Economics and Medicinal Aspects in the World","authors":"N. Khan, S. Fahad, M. Naushad, S. Faisal","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.3597891","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3597891","url":null,"abstract":"The study was carried out since 9th,May, 2020. The major objective was to examine the pomegranate economic and medicinal aspects in the world. Total 12 articles were downloaded from the net and read many times and analyzed the situation and wrote the result. It play important role in health development. The pomegranate is known as a super food. Its jewel-like seeds (arils) have been used for medicinal purposes for millennia. Packed with powerful antioxidants and vitamins, this ruby-red fruit has been shown to be a cure-all for just about any ailment. It helps stomach upsets, menopausal hot flashes, hemorrhoids, conjunctivitis, osteoarthritis, lowers blood pressure, stimulates the immune system, wards off the flu, reduces inflammation, reduces risk of heart disease and lowers cholesterol.“The peel is good for the heart and blood vessels; the white membrane is good for stopping diarrhea and good for wounds and ulcers of the mouth and throat. The fruit also strengthens the brain, cleanses the body and blood from toxins, and is very good at expelling worms from the intestines,” The pomegranate does best in well-drained ordinary soil, but also thrives on calcareous or acidic loam as well as rock strewn gravel. Once established, pomegranates can take considerable drought, but for good fruit production they must be irrigated. To establish new plants they should be watered every 2 to 4 weeks during the dry season. The plants are tolerant of moderately saline water and soil conditions. In the West, the trees are given 2 to 4-ounce applications of ammonium sulfate or other nitrogen fertilizer the first two springs. Its production started from March and reached to November. Every year its demand is increasing and due to its demand the acreage in the world also increases. All world countries now try more for its plantation. The most well known varieties in the world are wonderful and Bhagwa while now a day ACCO is also considered the good variety of the world. At the global level, India is the world’s largest producer of pomegranates, followed by Iran. Other countries like Turkey, Spain, Tunisia, Morocco, Afghanistan, China, Greece, Japan, France, Armenia, Cyprus, Egypt, Italy and Palestine also cultivate this fruit crop. At present good-quality pomegranates come from Turkey, Iran, Morocco, Afghanistan, and Spain. The Indian pomegranate production is growing by 20 to 25% every year. Demand is on the rise, both at domestic level and in the export market. India is the only country able to deliver pomegranates all year round thanks to its climate. The best-known variety in India is the Bhagwa, a huge sweet variety of really good quality. India is a big player and exports to destinations in Europe, the Middle East and Asia. The country is also expecting to enter the U.S. market. India competes with various players in the world, but it manages to stand out with unique varieties. The trend in India is convenience; pomegranates are widely appreciated and the seeds ","PeriodicalId":245219,"journal":{"name":"Agriculture Products eJournal","volume":"15 10","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-05-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114085076","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Sustainability and Competitiveness in Thai Rubber Industries","authors":"Adam R. Tanielian","doi":"10.22439/cjas.v36i1.5512","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22439/cjas.v36i1.5512","url":null,"abstract":"This article assesses the economic, legal and environmental conditions that Thai rubber farmers face and evaluates actions they can take to increase incomes.Statistical analyses determine relationships between prices of oil, natural and synthetic rubber. Pearson correlation tests found a strong positive relationship (r = 0.887) between the price of Brent crude and Thai ribbed smoked sheets, and a moderate positive relationship between price changes in Brent and synthetic rubber (r = 0.648). Regression analysis showed Brent oil price is a good predictor of natural rubber price. Moderate to strong positive relationships were also found between natural rubber price and the gross domestic products of Japan, China and the United States. Criminal antitrust behaviour in the rubber industries appeared to interfere with normal pricing in rubber markets. No significant bivariate correlation was found between rainfall in Thailand and natural rubber price, production or export, although fl ooding and other environmental issues clearly affected rubber farms. A survey of options showed that Thai rubber farmers can best improve their livelihoods through the collective purchase and use of new technologies and by integrating into downstream supplychain industries. At the very least, farmers are urged to abandon monocrop methods and supplement their incomes with fruit, fi sh, livestock or pigs.","PeriodicalId":245219,"journal":{"name":"Agriculture Products eJournal","volume":"78 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124999100","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"An Ecofeminist Perspective on New Food Technologies","authors":"Angela Lee","doi":"10.15353/CFS-RCEA.V5I1.226","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15353/CFS-RCEA.V5I1.226","url":null,"abstract":"New food technologies are touted by some to be an indispensable part of the toolkit when it comes to feeding a growing population, especially when factoring in the growing appetite for animal products. To this end, technologies like genetically engineered (GE) animals and in vitro meat are currently in various stages of research and development, with proponents claiming a myriad of justificatory benefits. However, it is important to consider not only the technical attributes and promissory possibilities of these technologies, but also the worldviews that are being imported in turn, as well as the unanticipated social and environmental consequences that could result. In addition to critiquing dominant paradigms, the inclusive, intersectional ecofeminist perspective presented here offers a different way of thinking about new food technologies, with the aim of exposing inherent biases, rejecting a view of institutions like science and law as being objective, and advancing methods and rationales for a more explicitly ethical form of decision-making. Alternative and marginalized perspectives are especially valuable in this context, because careful reflection on the range of concerns implicated by new food technologies is necessary in order to better evaluate whether or not they can contribute to the building of a more sustainable and just food system for all.","PeriodicalId":245219,"journal":{"name":"Agriculture Products eJournal","volume":"539 ","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"120876425","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Why Can Collective Action Fail in Local Agri-Food Systems? A Social Network Analysis of Cheese Producers in Aculco, Mexico","authors":"Joan Crespo, Denis Requier Desjardins, Jérôme Vicente","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.2141309","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2141309","url":null,"abstract":"Collective trademark and regional product qualification in food-processing industries have become a growing challenge for farmers in developing countries. This challenge is the target of collective action-based programs aiming at framing the cooperation context that would enable a local community to turn inherited resources and know-how into new market opportunities. Literature acknowledges that social capital is a crucial local resource for successful collective actions since it is a source of trust and collective commitment within a community. This paper deals with testing the role of this resource in the collective action case of the cheese producers in Aculco (Mexico). Focusing on the connectedness dimension of social capital, we propose an original methodology that relies on the multiplex and structural properties of social networks. This allows us to disentangle the opposite and ambivalent effects of social capital on the ability of a community to reach the goals assigned by the collective action program. Our empirical study shows that these critical properties can work in favor of adherence to collective action but can also create elite capture, clannish behaviors and entry barriers, thus showing a failure of collective action.","PeriodicalId":245219,"journal":{"name":"Agriculture Products eJournal","volume":"37 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116407327","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}