THE TOBACCO MARKET IN ROMANIA: DECLINE OF CULTIVATION, RISE OF PROCESSING by Mariana CHIVU, Silvius STANCIU

“…Romania’s tobacco processing industry is dominated by subsidiaries of multinational corporations, which play a major role in the sector’s development. The domestic tobacco processing market is moderately concentrated, with a few dominant players holding significant market share. …”
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Financial backing as an element of infrastructural support for agricultural development: Ukrainian realities by Vitaliy Krupin, Vasyl Chemerys

“…The research is based both on statistical data and its analysis, as well as on expert opinions of Ukrainian scientists, dealing with these particular issues.A number of components of the financial system were reviewed, including the activities of banks in financing of agricultural production, Ukrainian peculiarities and activities of credit unions, leasing and insurance companies, stock exchange markets, foreign and domestic investors, as well as the financial specificities in operation of local rural self-governance authorities and various inter-budgetary relations.The main conclusion is that Ukrainian financial backing of agricultural production remains inefficient, yet with proper measures, introduced in the future, it could become a proper tool for infrastructural support of producers and processors in agricultural sector of Ukrainian economy. …”
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PLANTAIN (MUSA ACUMINATA) VALUE CHAIN ANALYSIS IN ONDO STATE, NIGERIA by Similoluwa ADEWOLE

“…They are the input suppliers, farmers, processors, marketers, consumers, transporters, cooperative societies and farmers association. …”
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Evaluating Evidence-Based Ecosystems-Based Adaptation for Food Security Assembly (EBAFOSA) and Nasarawa State University (NSUK) Initiatives: Decarbonization, Clean Cooking Energy P... by Richard Munang

“…Results: Findings indicate significant reductions in household energy costs (by 2–3 times) and a notable transition from charcoal to briquettes among garri processors, with approximately 36 processors (representing a conversion rate of about 65%) adopting this cleaner energy source. …”
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TRENDS IN THE EVOLUTION OF ORGANIC AGRICULTURE AT THE GLOBAL LEVEL - A BRIEF REVIEW by Elena BONCIU

“…In this context, the objective of this paper was to briefly evaluate the trends of organic agriculture sector at global level, in the context where the development of this system is motivated by the increasing demand of consumers for food quality and safety in consumption. …”
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Reconquête de l’agrodiversité tropicale par les semences by David Lange, Harry Ozier-Lafontaine, Laurent Penet

“…Réseau Semences Gwada proposes an original approach to boost the seed sector in Guadeloupe in a sustainable manner. An initial inventory of cultivated and cultivable agrodiversity was carried out, focusing on the perception of diversity and its conservation by the stakeholders. …”
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INTEGRATING BLOKCHAIN TECHNOLOGIES IN ORGANIC AGRICULTURE AND ORGANIC ANIMAL HSUBANDRY by K. Stoyanov, G. Zhelyazkov

“…Additionally, blockchain technology can help reduce fraud in the organic market, provide access to new markets, and deepen collaboration between farmers, processors, and supply chain stakeholders. Blockchain technologies can reduce the costs and time associated with traditional payment systems. …”
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Reliability Analysis of Baremetal and FreeRTOS Applications on Microchip PolarFire SoC RISC-V Multiprocessors Using High-Energy Protons by Andre M. P. Mattos, Douglas A. Santos, Luigi Dilillo

“…Modern space applications are increasingly demanding reliable processing systems with high computational capabilities for missions with ambitious targets, tight budgets, and fast deployment. Hence, the space sector is accelerating the adoption of Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) high-performance and reconfigurable processors. …”
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PROSPECTS OF THE HOPS MARKET IN ROMANIA THROUGH THE PRISM OF COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY STRATEGIC PLAN 2023-2027 FOR ROMANIA by Irina-Adriana CHIURCIU, Ana Maria MORNA, Aurelia-Ioana CHEREJI, Daniela ȚUȚUI, Andreea-Roxana FIRĂȚOIU

“…Despite the fact that processors have increased the demand for this crop, as a result of its multiple uses, in 2022 in Romania 165 ha were cultivated and a production of 191 tons was obtained, in only three counties in the heart of Transylvania, Alba, Mureș and Sibiu. …”
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Analytical Review on Improving Coconut Production and Management Practices in Fiji by Shirlyn Vandana Lata, Tamara Osborne-Naikatini

“…In the past, the coconut sector particularly coconut oil and copra production were lauded for its export revenue and sectoral development in Pacific Island countries. …”
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PORK MARKET CRISIS IN ROMANIA: PIG LIVESTOCK, PORK PRODUCTION, CONSUMPTION, IMPORT, EXPORT, TRADE BALANCE AND PRICE by Agatha POPESCU

“…The ASF impact is seen in the growth of farm inputs price, production cost, and farm gate price, which since April 2019 increased from Lei 5.61 to Lei 8 per kg live weight in the month of December, that is by 42.6%, and the massive imports of pigs and carcasses practiced by the processors affecting the local breeders. To recover the pork market in Romania, both the breeders and processors have to respect the strategy and measures imposed by the authorities regarding pig growing, transportation, slaughtering, to sustain the development of pork production, its quality, and export and to increase efficiency and competitiveness of pork sector.…”
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Covid-19: Emerging Opportunities and Positive Fallouts in the Postharvest Milieu in Nigeria by Adetayo Jacob Adegbola, Olaoluwa Babatunde Ogunremi, Rukayat Queen Adegbola, Oluwasanjo Biodun Owojaiye, Lateef Oladimeji Sanni

“…It was concluded that understanding the shifts in food preferences and consumption patterns, embracing technology-intensive mechanisms for increased efficiency, developing alternate marketing and sales channels and facilitating alternative workforce for the agro-food supply chain are ways the sector can maximize these opportunities post pandemic.…”
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Fish Fillet Supply Chain Challenges and Opportunities in Nyamagana, Tanzania: A Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) Analysis by Meshack Siwandeti

“…Despite its importance, the sector continues to face major challenges in value addition, inadequate infrastructure, and weak regulatory compliance. …”
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THE ROLE OF FINANCIAL AND CREDIT TOOLS IN OPTIMIZATION OF AGRARIAN POLICY by Z. B. Alyeva

“…The economic efficiency of futures contracts concluded between suppliers and processors of raw materials is proved. The work confirms the efficiency of monitoring the costs for raw materials purchase as it enables to reduce the aggregate costs of DZIV finished products. …”
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LUPINE IS A PROMISING LEGUME CROP FOR COMPOUND FEED PRODUCTION by N. Vorona, B. Iegorov, A. Makarynska

“…Feed production acts as an intermediate link in the production chain, encompassing raw material suppliers (agricultural enterprises, farms), processors (feed mills), and consumers (poultry and livestock complexes). …”
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Investigation of Effect of Labour and Road Infrastructure on Fermented Dairy Production Capacity in Upstream Fermented Dairy Supply Chain by Ceyhun Serçemeli, Ensar Balkaya, Abdullah Tüzemen

“…These products are very healthy because, they have some health benefits. 2731 fermented dairy processors in 227 sub-sectors in 48 cities have been investigated to determine the effect of the length of roads, the number of white-collar and blue-collar employees on fermented dairy production capacity. …”
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Advanced intrusion detection in internet of things using graph attention networks by Aamir S. Ahanger, Sajad M. Khan, Faheem Masoodi, Ayodeji Olalekan Salau

“…Abstract Internet of Things (IoT) denotes a system of interconnected devices equipped with processors, sensors, and actuators that capture and exchange meaningful data with other smart systems. …”
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Contribution of fisherman’s wives to increasing household income in Muara Telake village by Fitriyana Fitriyana, Etik Sulistiowati Ningsih, Yulianti Yulianti

“…Keywords: Financial Analysis Economic Contribution Fisheries Sector…”
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Dynamic, symmetry-preserving, and hardware-adaptable circuits for quantum computing many-body states and correlators of the Anderson impurity model by Eric B. Jones, Cody James Winkleblack, Colin Campbell, Caleb Rotello, Edward D. Dahl, Matthew Reynolds, Peter Graf, Wesley Jones

“…The many-body ground state of the AIM is determined as the minimum over all minima of O(N_{q}^{2}) distinct charge-spin sectors. Hamiltonian expectation values are shown to require ω(N_{q})<N_{meas.}…”
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Food security of agri-food system actors during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines: Post-pandemic implications to sustainable development by Francis Levi Durano, Jon Marx Sarmiento, Glory Dee A. Romo, Geraliza D. Wahing, Adonis M. Traje, Derek Baker

“…Utilizing the eight-question survey module of the FAO's Food Insecurity Experience Scale (FIES) and questions regarding their socio-demographic profile, 215 agri-food system actors including smallholder farmers, processors, logistic providers, and traders were surveyed from February to May 2021. …”
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