This study aims to investigate the variations in efficiency, technology gap, and profitability of flower producers depending on their credit constraint position. A total of 160 flower farmers have been selected from Bangladesh by using a multistage sampling technique. Meta-frontier Data...

One of the most promising subsectors in the horticulture industry is floriculture because of its importance from an aesthetic, social, and economic standpoint. It has the ability to generate revenue in foreign currencies and year-round job possibilities. The main agricultural exports of many...

In many countries of the Global South, agri-food supply chains are transforming rapidly. One important feature of this transformation is growth in certain high-value agricultural subsectors, such as horticulture and cut-flowers for export. Growth in high-value agriculture often creates new...

The importance of phospholipase C (PLC) in plant development has been demonstrated in several studies. OsPLC1, a member of PI-PLC in rice, although its role in the response to salt stress of rice seedlings has been reported, its functions in the growth and development of rice is elusive. Here,...

This study sought to identify the main impacts of diplomacy on Ethiopia's cut flower exports. The researcher link export incentives with cut flower exports, and finally identify challenges for the cut flower export subsector. Based on the analysis, researcher identified low social acceptance of...

Patent protection was introduced for plant biotechnology in the United States in 1985, and it affected crops differentially depending on their reproductive structures. Exploiting this unique feature of plant physiology and a new dataset of crop-specific technology development, I find that the...