Biofortified crops have been identified as a vital remedy for hunger and micronutrient deficiencies among rural agro-based populations in developing countries. Nevertheless, the adoption of these crops remains limited due to farmers' lack of knowledge about their benefits. In Malawi,...

Under climate change, maintaining technical efficiency in farming is crucial for smallholder farmers to enhance their yield and productivity; therefore, it is essential to implement climate change adaptation strategies to sustain this technical efficiency. This study investigates the impact of...

Financial recording is still difficult due to the limited knowledge of farmers, whereas financial recordings are crucial for producing important reports for business development. This study aims to analyze the factors related to farmers' activity in recording farm finances and the impact on...

Globalization led to a radical change in agri-business industry. The taste and preference of consumers which ever since remained divergent in nature, started converging. Mom and pop stores started conceding ground to the big retail chains. The homogeneity of demand and dominance of structured...

Late blight disease of Irish potato is caused by an Oomycete Phytophthora infestans is one of the severe crop diseases worldwide that leads to poor production of Irish potatoes. The knowledge in management of the pathogen in terms of variation of nutrition and fungicide in the cultivation of...

Contrarily to the notion of a natural tendency of deindustrialization, this paper, documenting the existence of a variety of patterns of deindustrialization, performs a cross-country, long-term analysis. Looking at industrial sectors and their technological characteristics, categorised on the...

Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) is an important strategy for supporting farmers against climate change challenges. However, CSA adoption among smallholder farmers particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) remains low. This article investigates the factors that influence CSA adoption among...

Abstract: Globalization has prompted a huge change in demand and supply of Agri processing industry. Convergence of taste and preferences at consumer level, dominance of big retail chains, and other related changes seek high level of certainty and standardization across the value chain. This...

Different types of the Crop Water Stress Index (CWSI) have been useful for water stress monitoring and irrigation management in semi-arid regions, however little research exists on its effective application in humid regions. This study aims to assess the effectiveness of three CWSI models (CWSIe...

To verify an effective scheme for alleviating obstacles during continuous cropping, the effects of biofertilizer (BF) and water-soluble (WS) fertilizer applications on yield, quality, and soil properties were evaluated during the 2018-2019 growth seasons in fields continuously planted with sweet...

Climate change has created a growing interest in supplemental irrigation (SI) for consistent potato production in temperate humid regions. Knowledge about the influences of SI on potato productivity and profitability of SI and their annual variations are important for making decisions about SI...

Zebra chip disease (ZC) is caused by the fastidious, phloem-limited, bacterial pathogen ‘ Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum (Lso), which is transmitted from plant to plant by the potato psyllid ( Bactericera cockerelli (Sulc)). Understanding how ZC impacts potato (Solanum tuberosum L.)...

To sell or store? Assessing smallholder farmers’ willingness to pay for potato cold storage in Kenya Storage of food commodities for some time after harvests can play an important role in alleviating the downside of price fluctuations and significantly smoothen consumption of food in...

Die Beregnungssteuerung ist ein wichtiges Instrument für eine effiziente Wassernutzung bei der Feldbewässerung. Die Ermittlung des Wasserbedarfs der Pflanzen in einem Bestand kann auf unterschiedliche Arten erfolgen. Neben Beregnungsempfehlungen von offiziellen Stellen können unter anderem...

Die Beregnungssteuerung ist ein wichtiges Instrument für eine effiziente Wassernutzung bei der Feldbewässerung. Die Ermittlung des Wasserbedarfs der Pflanzen in einem Bestand kann auf unterschiedliche Arten erfolgen. Neben Beregnungsempfehlungen von offiziellen Stellen können unter anderem...

This paper studies potato prices and consumption in the progress of economic development. Potato status tends to evolve from a luxury to a normal and, lastly, to an inferior good. In the developed world, where the potato thrived and became a food for the poor, prices of the inferior potato...

The food supply chain has experienced major disruptions from both demand and supply sides during the Covid-19 pandemic. While some consequences such as food waste are directly caused by the disruption due to supply chain inefficiency, others are indirectly caused by a change in consumer's...

Despite sustained efforts by various research organizations in developing and disseminating climate resilient varieties, adoption of climate resilient potato varieties (CRPVs) remains low in Sub-Saharan Africa. This has been majorly attributed to limited coordination between formal research...

The historical diffusion of potatoes to the Old World is an excellent example of how technological innovation contributes to the socioeconomic growth (Nunn and Qian, 2011). On the other hand poor health conditions might offset the benefits of the technological shocks. Here we examine the impact...

An enormous group of exploration recommends that food promoting influences youngsters' food inclinations, short-and long-term dietary utilization, and buy demands coordinated to Parents. It is regularly contended that more youthful youngsters are more helpless to advertisers' messages than more...

In this paper I review the potential of EU regional origin quality schemes for addressing the sustainability and livelihood challenges that the Dutch agricultural sector faces. I show how in various European countries new regional products have been introduced and developed and have subsequently...

The food supply chain has experienced major disruptions from both demand and supply sides during the Covid-19 pandemic. While some consequences such as food waste are directly caused by the disruption due to supply chain inefficiency, others are indirectly caused by a change in consumer’s...

An important plant for human nutrition, the potato is grown in all the countries of the European Union. Although it is considered a cold seasonal crop, it can be cultivated in many regions, on different soil types, because the planting period varies depending on the variety, the area and the...

This work built on financial literature on rolling window Granger-causality testing (RWGCT) methodology, specifically expanding its early theme of speculative trading which emerged in 2009 following the food price crisis. Although many times driving the commodity prices in reality, the...

Contrarily to the notion of a natural tendency of deindustrialization, this paper, documenting the existence of a variety of patterns of deindustrialization, performs a cross-country, long-term analysis. Looking at industrial sectors and their technological characteristics, categorised on the...

Biofortified, orange-fleshed sweetpotato (OFSP) varieties are being promoted as a part of a strategy to reduce Vitamin A Deficiency among rural and urban populations in Sub-Saharan Africa. This paper uses the commodity chain approach to understand whether markets may stimulate or not the...

Karnataka produces 1.4% of potato from 4.1% national potato area. Hassan is the largest potato producing district in the State accounting for 20% production and 56% crop area in Karnataka. Potato productivity ACGRs in Hassan (-12%) and Karnataka (-7%) over 1999-00 to 2009-10 and triennium ending...

Potato has been considered as a serious food security option worldwide and about 15.5% of potato tubers are processed into various products. This study undertakes analysis of patents data for having insight into the direction and extent of global research on potato processing. North America has...

Present study attempted to understand farmers' perception on attributes they want in future potato varieties in heat-prone areas. For better understanding, priority index (PI; range 0 to 100) and per cent relative importance (RI) of desirable attributes were calculated. Potato farmers' response...

In the recent food waste debate, potatoes represent an important factor with approximately half of the production being removed from the food supply chain. Because selling unwashed potatoes is known as a potential remedy to address this phenomenon, the present article investigates this case in...

Potato is one of the major staple crops in the Eastern and Central Africa sub-region. Its importance continues to rise due to increased urbanization and demand for potato is projected. This increase will definitely come with its share of challenges that need to be addressed. This study was aimed...

Potato is a basic food for the Romanian consumer, and not because of the special nutritional qualities, but rather the consistency it has. Given the low level of living, in Romania it is an extremely consumed food, both in the urban environment, but especially in the rural area. Exceptional...

The reports which were made public late in 2017 and early in 2018 on a decrease in potato output in the Russian Federation and substantial growth in potato imports do not reflect the actual state of things. Potato output is still at the average multi-year level. Despite some price rises, potato...