Farm cooperation to improve sustainability
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The partnership arrangement between farmers might be a way to secure the economic viability of their farms as well as to increase profitability. It is shown that potential gains from improved diversification and crop rotation are substantial and even larger when the collaboration also involves machinery.
Publication Name: Ambio
Subject: Environmental issues
ISSN: 0044-7447
Year: 2005
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Consumer preferences for food product quality attributes from Swedish agriculture
Article Abstract:
The study is conducted to estimate economic value of novel food product quality attributes such as choice experiments. Evidence was found for intraproduct differences in consumer preferences for identical attributes as well as intraproduct discrepancies in ranking of attributes.
Publication Name: Ambio
Subject: Environmental issues
ISSN: 0044-7447
Year: 2005
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