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Consulta: "Quality" Registros recuperados: 19.874 Máximo de registros impressos: 2500 Data/hora: 08/06/2017 16:56:24 Parameters for apple quality and an outline for a new concept of quality Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Huber, Machteld. This report was presented at the UK Organic Research 2002 Conference. The commonly used concept of quality in relation to food, with its emphasis on external appearance and nutritional content is not sufficient for organic products and their market. In response a quality concept known as ‘vital quality’ has been developed based on the life processes (growth and differentiation) and corresponding product attributes (vitality, structure and coherence). The research project presented is based on the evaluation of the quality of apples, specifically cultivated for the research project with variation in picking date, bearing, sun exposure, bio-dynamic preparations and ageing after storage. Quality measurements included traditional methods used... Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Food security; Food quality and human health Indicators and other value-laden measures Quality and evaluation of inputs. Ano: 2002 URL: http://orgprints.org/8365/1/Huber_Parameters_apple_quality.pdf Quality and Competition: An Empirical Analysis across Industries Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Crespi, John M.; Marette, Stephan. This paper empirically explores the link between quality and concentration in a cross-section of manufactured goods. Using concentration data and product quality indicators, an ordered probit estimation explores the impact of concentration on quality that is defined as an index of quality characteristics. The results demonstrate that market concentration and quality are positively correlated across different industries. When industry concentration increases, the likelihood of the product being higher quality increases and the likelihood of observing a lower quality decreases. Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper Palavras-chave: Concentration; Market structure; Ordered probit; Product differentiation; Product quality; Industrial Organization. Ano: 2006 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/18426 Food Quality Strategies for enhancing organic food quality Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Stopes, Christopher. This Research Topic Review aims to summarise the available knowledge on strategies for enhancing organic food quality. The Review will provide organic advisers with a better understanding of the differences between organic and conventional food quality so that they can support the development of organic farming systems and supply chains that deliver better quality organic food. The Review takes a broad definition of food quality and on the appropriate methods for determining food quality. However, the focus is on the factors that are more or less within the control of the farmer and the rest of the supply chain, and that directly impact on the appreciation or the intrinsic quality of the food as presented to, and eaten by the consumer. Tipo: Other Palavras-chave: Food security; Food quality and human health Markets and trade Consumer issues. Ano: 2008 URL: http://orgprints.org/5599/1/Res_review_21_stopes.pdf The specific... Evaluation of Farmers' Working Quality in Jilin Province on the Basis of AHP Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Yang, Guang. In terms of the working quality of agricultural production and the working quality of non-agricultural production, the evaluation index system of the working quality of farmers is established. By using integrated furry method based on AHP, we determine the weight of each index, and establish membership matrix of this evaluation index system. Taking Jilin Province as an example, we select developed regions, underdeveloped regions and comparatively developed regions respectively to conduct survey. By using the data from survey, according to the established evaluation index system, we conduct empirical analysis of the working quality of farmers. The results show that the working quality of farmers in the developed regions is relatively high, the working... Tipo: Journal Article Palavras-chave: The working quality of farmers; Evaluation index system; AHP; Jilin Province; China; Agribusiness. Ano: 2011 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/118294 OS PILARES DA QUALIDADE: O PROCESSO DE IMPLEMENTAÇÃO DO PROGRAMA DE QUALIDADE DO CAFÉ (PQC) Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Montagnana Vicente Leme, Paulo Henrique; Machado, Rosa Teresa Moreira. The present study had as major objective to analyze the implementation process of the coffee quality program (CQP) and its implications on the roasted and ground coffee companies in Brazil. Firstly, the philosophy and the objectives of CQP were described in the construction of a theoretical analysis model, the “quality pillars”. The marketing strategies of thirteen roasters were analyzed. Research data were analyzed with the support of the “quality pillars” model: product quality, process quality, and the quality signal. As main results, it was possible to imply that quality was the main factor that increased the vertical coordination between the researched companies. Therefore, CQP implementation leads companies to the adoption of vertical coordination... Tipo: Journal Article Palavras-chave: Café; Qualidade; Certificação; Padronização; Coffee; Quality; Certification; Standardization; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession. Ano: 2010 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/102013 European food quality policy: the importance of geographical indications, organic certification and food quality insurance schemes in European countries Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Becker, Tilman C.; Staus, Alexander. The protection of geographical indications, organic certification and food quality assurance schemes are the cornerstones of European food quality policy. In this paper the importance of these voluntary quality policy schemes in the different Member States of the European Union is investigated. Member States may be grouped into four cluster according to the food quality orientation. Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Food quality policy; Protected geographical indications; Organic certification; Quality assurance schemes; Europe; Cluster; PDO; PGI; TSG; Agricultural and Food Policy; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety. Ano: 2008 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44455 A MODEL OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS FOR CREDENCE ATTRIBUTES Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Noelke, Corinna M.; Caswell, Julie A. We develop a model of the impact of food quality management systems (QMS) on competitiveness and markets. QMS seek to control the quality of a product as determined by the array of individual attributes it possesses. To date only a few studies have attempted to better understand the effect of the introduction of quality management systems. No model has been introduced which captures the interactions within the supply chain and at the interface with consumers when these systems are introduced. Keywords: Product Quality, Quality Assurance, Supply Chain Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Product Quality; Quality Assurance; Supply Chain; Marketing. Ano: 2000 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21874 Manual of Quality Control Procedures for Validation of Oceanographic Data Provedor de dados: 20 Autores: IOC; CEC. Tipo: Other Palavras-chave: Oceanography; Data processing; Quality control; Quality assurance; Data processing; Quality assurance; Http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_10289; Http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_35287. Ano: 1993 URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1834/2849 Enhancing and testing soil quality Provedor de dados: 21 At present, soil fertility testing is based on soil chemical analysis. Organic amendments, either as manure and compost or residue from preceding crops and green manure, are essential for maintaining and enhancing soil quality and nutrient management in organic farming. Thus, organic farming is dependent on biologically mediated processes and functions of the whole soil system. Soil quality can be defined as soil's ability to function, it is dependent on the purpose of soil use, and it is based on chemical, physical, and biological soil properties. In recent years, there has been increasing interest in soil quality estimations. The aim of the study is to develop a soil quality test applicable for both organic and conventional farming. To achieve this, the... Tipo: Project description Palavras-chave: Soil quality. Ano: 2016 The Inner Quality Concept for food, based on life processes Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Bloksma, J.; Huber, M.; Northolt, M.; van der Burgt, G.J.; Adriaansen-Tennekens, R. How can we adequately express the quality of food produced by organic agriculture? To answer this research question, we defined a concept of ‘inner quality’ (formerly called ‘vital quality’) based on the life processes growth and differentiation, and their integration. Growers use management methods to influence life processes in their crops, thus optimising the quality of the final product. Traders and consumers can recognise certain product properties as being the result of these life processes. Here, we present a course of validation for the quality concept, together with appropriate quality parameters. The process of validation has been completed in part for two experimental crops, apple and carrot. This quality concept can provide a holistic context... Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Research methodology and philosophy Food security; Food quality and human health. Ano: 2003 URL: http://orgprints.org/4894/1/4894.pdf The value of quality Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Nabradi, Andras. The significance of quality production and quality improvement is widely acknowledged by many but few specify what should be improved and what quality should be produced. The reason may be that there are different quality categories in the process of the value chain. Moreover, the issue of quality costs, i.e. economically optimal quality has not yet been explored yet. The present study raises problems in the pigmeat verticum, but similar studies are needed in other animal husbandry sectors as well. It is reasonable to treat the quality categories of animal products in a complex way, as this allows the full satisfaction of consumer expectations at the certain stages of the value chain and solvent demand as well. Tipo: Journal Article Palavras-chave: Quality; Quality costs; Quality categories; Economically optimal quality; Value chain; Animal husbandry; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Productivity Analysis. Ano: 2008 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/48330 Faktoren für die Zufriedenheit mit Qualitätssystemen aus Sicht der Primärerzeuger Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Enneking, Ulrich; Obersojer, Thomas; Kratzmair, Marion. In order to ensure and to improve quality in the agro-food sector quality systems have to undergo a permanent change: simple end-of-the-pipe monitoring is therefore being replaced with management oriented concepts. Farmers are also increasingly requested to implement quality systems. This paper gives an overview of quality regimes in the agro-food sector and compares three systems in the domains of pork production, potato growing and the cultivation of hop. 315 Bavarian farmers were interviewed in order to identify factors which may influence the satisfaction with quality systems. Differences between the three quality regimes were moderate with respect to the overall satisfaction. Hop growers judged their system to improve production efficiency while the... Tipo: Journal Article Palavras-chave: Quality assurance; Quality management; Satisfaction with quality systems; DIN EN ISO 9000ff.; Agribusiness. Ano: 2007 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/96737 Are consumers beef quality perceptions in accordance with objective beef quality? Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Banović, Marija; Cristina Monteiro, Ana; Lemos, Jose Pedro Cardoso; Madalena Barreira, Maria; Fontes, Magda Aguiar. The consumer has the final word in food choice, which is determined by his perceived quality. Within a project coordinated by the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine we tried to relate objective quality with the consumer quality evaluation. To do so, we have measured the expected and experienced quality of a sample of Portuguese consumers towards three types of beef (PDO, national and imported) at the shop, and compared this subjective evaluation with the beef objective quality. Results at the consumer level show that respondents perceived PDO beef to be of higher quality than the two other types of beef for different attributes and for overall quality at the shop location. In terms of objective quality results, the three types of beef showed highly similar... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: PDO beef; Perceived quality; Objective quality; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Q130. Ano: 2010 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/91680 คุณภาพและดัชนีชี้วัดคุณภาพข้ าวโพดหวานบริโภคสดที่จาหน่ ายเป็ นการค้ า Provedor de dados: 106 Autores: Narong Singburaudom; Onuma Piasai; Tida Dethoup. Investigation on quality and quality indices of commercial fresh sweet corn has been conducted in this study. The varieties of two sweet corn Hibrix 3 and ATS-5 have brought from Talaad Thai, wholesale market and another one is Insee 2 has brought from Sweet Corn Outlet of International corn and sorghum research center. Twenty-two characteristics of quality were studied and they will be used for provision concerning quality in the standard of fresh sweet corn. The frequency distribution of fresh weight and size of cobs and total soluble solid content were studied for provision concerning sizing and quality of fresh sweet corn standard. The relationship between quality indices and sweetness were also studied to use as indicator for choosing the quality... Palavras-chave: Commercial fresh sweet corns; Quality; Quality indices; ข้าวโพดหวาน; ข้าวโพดบริ โภคสด; คุณภาพ; ดัชนีช้ ีวดั คุณภาพ; มาตรฐาน; การตลาด; พันธุ.์ Ano: 2010 URL: http://anchan.lib.ku.ac.th/agnet/handle/001/4687 Handbook of Organic Food Safety and Quality Provedor de dados: 21 Handbook of organic food safety and quality - Improve the safety, quality and health benefits of organic foods - Discusses the latest research findings in this area - Focuses on assuring quality and safety throughout the food chain - Quality assurance strategies are reviewed relating to specific organic food sectors Due to increasing consumer demand for safe, high quality, ethical foods, the production and consumption of organic food and produce has increased rapidly over the past two decades. In recent years the safety and quality of organic foods has been questioned. If consumer confidence and demand in the industry is to remain high, the safety, quality and health benefits of organic foods must be assured. With its distinguished editor and team... Tipo: Book Palavras-chave: Food security; Food quality and human health "Organics" in general. Ano: 2007 URL: http://orgprints.org/13402/1/cooper%2Detal%2D2008%2Dbookinfo%2Dtable%2Dof%2Dcontents.pdf The Quality Index: A holistic Approach to describe Quality of Food Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Schulz, D.G.; Köpke, U. Adequately assessing the quality of food grown with different cultivation methods is a constant problem. According to SCHUPHAN (1961), food quality consists of three main characteristics: grading, technological quality and nutritional quality. The latter involves the ratio between beneficial and harmful substances. Yet it is obvious that more than merely summing various substances is needed to assess the quality of food properly. This problem has been previously discussed by SCHORMÜLLER (1974) and KLETT (1968). A concept of quality that embraces the plant as a whole (and the internal equilibrium of the individual components) requires bringing together the results of multiple investigations in an integrated accounting that registers even slight... Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Food security; Food quality and human health Research methodology and philosophy. Ano: 1997 URL: http://orgprints.org/2519/1/SCHULZ_KOEPKE_1997a_e.pdf Product Quality in the Food Chain: Do Cooperatives Offer High Quality Products? Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Pennerstorfer, Dieter; Weiss, Christoph R. Cooperatives and investor-owned firms are alternative forms of business organisation that coexist and compete in many markets. The theoretical literature has identified a number of comparative advantages and disadvantages of cooperatives. Decentralized decision making within cooperatives may lead to quality coordination problems (free-riding on product quality), for example: whereas the individual member has to bear the full costs associated with higher quality, the benefits of delivering higher quality will be shared among all members. The present paper investigates this free-riding problem in determining product quality within a marketing cooperative in a vertically related market (food chain). On the basis of a mixed-oligopoly model, we show that the... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Product quality; Cooperatives; Food chain; Competition; Agricultural and Food Policy; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety. Ano: 2009 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58111 Quality assessment of organic wheat Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Pedersen, Aenior sceintist Lene. Bread making quality of wheat is mainly related to protein and gluten content of grain and flour. Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Food security; Food quality and human health. Ano: 2002 URL: http://orgprints.org/1888/1/Quality_assessment_of_organic_Wheat.pdf Stable and attractive organic bread based on increased usage of Norwegian grown wheat Provedor de dados: 21 The project shall lead to increased use of Norwegian wheat in organic bread, and establish a knowledge step-stone needed for contributing to the National goal of 15% organic food consumption. An increasing amount of organic grown wheat is produced in Norway, but it fails to reach the organic market. The bakeries producing organic bread use imported wheat due to unstable quality of the Norwegian wheat. In order to use more Norwegian organic wheat for food there is a need for more stable quality, improved utilisation of quality control, sorting and blending to level out variations, and improved knowledge on how the baking process can be adapted to the flour quality. By creating knowledge on how gluten proteins are built up during the growing season when... Tipo: Project description Palavras-chave: Crop health; Quality; Protection Food security; Food quality and human health. Ano: 2016 Food quality and safety situation in Turkey: governance and barriers to success Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Koc, A. Ali; Asci, Serhat; Alpas, Hami; Giray, Handan; Gay, Stephan Hubertus. The institutional environment for food quality and safety in Turkey is rapidly changing in the last decade but there are still some inconsistencies compared with the EU. High costs of establishing quality assurance systems (QAS), inefficient capacity of the institutional frame, unknown consumer attitudes, low level of production techniques and lack of awareness of producers and consumers are important weaknesses, when evaluating the current food quality and safety situation in Turkey. Whereas, rapid development of QAS, increase in consumer demands, harmonisation of legislation with the EU, increase in the research and incentives for quality production, and production potentials were determined as strong points. When analysing the socio-economic situation... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Food Quality Governance; SMEs Barrier for Food Quality; Food Quality Assurance; Agricultural and Food Policy; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety. Ano: 2009 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58076 Do Cooperatives Offer High Quality Products? Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Pennerstorfer, Dieter; Weiss, Christoph R. The present paper investigates the free-riding problem in determining product quality within cooperatives in a vertically related market. Whereas the individual member has to bear all costs associated with higher quality, the benefits of delivering higher quality have to be shared among all members. On the basis of a Mixed-Oligopoly model, we show that the free-rider problem in the supply of high-quality products, although important for the members of the cooperative, may not be strong enough to ensure that firms will always supply higher quality than cooperatives. Whether the cooperative can overcome the free-riding problem and supply a final product of high quality is shown to depend on the consumer's valuation of quality, the costs of producing high... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Agribusiness. Ano: 2007 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9403 Do Cooperatives Offer High Quality Products? Theory and Empirical Evidence from the Wine Market Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Pennerstorfer, Dieter; Weiss, Christoph R. We investigate the impact of decentralised decision making on product quality. Comparing a cooperative (decentralized decision making) and a firm (centralized decision making) suggests that members of the cooperative have an incentive to produce too much and to free-ride on quality. Free-riding on quantity and quality are interrelated which implies that the final product of the cooperative can even be of higher quality than its entrepreneurial twin, despite free-riding on quality. Whether or not cooperatives deliver higher quality products depends on the way in which the quality of the final product is determined from the quality levels of the inputs delivered (quality aggregation) as well as the number of members of the cooperative. Empirical evidence on... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Agribusiness. Ano: 2011 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/115741 Consumer Preferences for Quality Foods from a South European Perspective: A Conjoint Analysis Implementation on Greek Olive Oil Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Krystallis, Athanasios; Ness, Mitchell. The objective of the present study is to describe the preferences of younger, more educated and higher income Greek consumers for "quality" olive oil brands - quality being defined as a bundle of extrinsic quality cues such as quality assurance labels, health-related information, country-of-origin indication, bottling material and price. The aim of the research is, with the implementation of a conjoint analysis task, to describe and analyze consumer preferences using a random, stratified, sample of urban consumers. The extrinsic quality attributes of olive oil, strongly linked to a previous qualitative, Means-end Chains (MEC) analysis survey, is used as starting points for the development of conjoint profiles. Special emphasis is given to the development... Tipo: Journal Article Palavras-chave: Quality extrinsic cues; Conjoint analysis; Segmentation; Market shares; Consumer/Household Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety. Ano: 2005 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8161 Gestão da qualidade na indústria torrefadora de café na região Sudeste do Brasil: uma análise de custo Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Paula, Eduardo Vitor de; Gomes, Marilia Fernandes Maciel; da Silva Junior, Aziz Galvao. The coffee roasting segment is passing through deep transformation since the beginning of the 90´s, and the requirement of quality has been essential for the performance of those companies in the market. The quality factor has been playing important role for the competitiveness of the enterprises. Some authors believe that, under the aegis of the market globalization, the quality reaches its highest level of importance in the business decision process and turns out to be the passport for opening the most challenging markets and for upholding the niches in the more competitive markets. However, systems or quality programs generate costs that, usually, are unknown for the firms. In Brazil, the literature on the costs of the quality lacks more comprehensive... Tipo: Journal Article Palavras-chave: Management quality; Costs of the quality; Coffee roasting industry; Crop Production/Industries. Ano: 2004 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56812 Consumer demand for rice grain quality: terminal report of IDRC projects, National Grain Quality (Asia) and International Grain Quality Economics (Asia). Provedor de dados: 34 Autores: International Rice Research Institute.; International Development Research Council. 248 p. : ill., maps Tipo: Book Palavras-chave: Grain quality; Research; Asia. Ano: 1992 URL: http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/291 Labour Quality Model for Organic Farming Food Chains Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Gassner, B.; Freyer, B.; Leitner, H. The debate on labour quality in science is controversial as well as in the organic agriculture community. Therefore, we reviewed literature on different labour quality models and definitions, and had key informant interviews on labour quality issues with stakeholders in a regional oriented organic agriculture bread food chain. We developed a labour quality model with nine quality categories and discussed linkages to labour satisfaction, ethical values and IFOAM principles. Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Social aspects. Ano: 2008 URL: http://orgprints.org/12102/1/Gassner_12102_ed.doc Hordein polypeptide patterns in relation to malting quality in Brazilian barley varieties Provedor de dados: 86 Autores: Echart-Almeida,Cinara; Cavalli-Molina,Suzana. Since there is evidence that malting quality is related to the storage protein (hordein) fraction, in the present work the hordein polypeptide patterns from 13 barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) varieties of different malting quality were analysed in order to explore the feasibility of using hordein electrophoresis to assist in the selection of malting barleys. The formation of clusters separating the varieties with higher malting quality from the others with lower quality suggests that there is a relationship between the general hordein polypeptide pattern and malting quality in the varieties analysed. By the Sperman's correlation test three hordein bands correlated negatively with malting quality in the germplasm studied. Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Hordeum vulgare; Storage proteins; Electrophoresis. Ano: 2001 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-204X2001000200001 Does Product Diversity Signal Bargains in Australian Wine? Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Horowitz, Ira; Lockshin, Larry. The residuals from a set of linear regression equations built to explain the quality of a bottle of Australian wine via eight quality signals are examined to determine whether there is any relationship between their signs for individual producers and the diversity of their offerings. Product diversity is found to be a fault-ridden signal of a quality-bargain, which we define as a bottle of wine whose quality rating exceeds its regression-based expectation. Indeed, to the extent that the signal does impart useful information, the message would be that consumers are less likely to get their money's worth the greater is the diversity of the producer's offerings. Tipo: Journal Article Palavras-chave: Wine marketing; Product diversity; Wine quality; Predicted quality; Quality-bargain; Agribusiness; Marketing. Ano: 2006 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8204 LAND QUALITY AND PRICES Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Peterson, Willis L. The major objective of this paper is to develop a cross section land quality index for the United States that hopefully overcomes one of the problems inherent in the most common land quality index presently used. After adjusting agricultural land for quality, a cross section, quality constant, U.S. land price index also is constructed. Lastly the weights obtained in constructing the U.S. land quality index are utilized to construct an international cross section land quality index for the world. Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper Palavras-chave: Land Economics/Use. Ano: 1984 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14151 APPROACHES TO THE ESTIMATION OF THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR POPULATION OF UZBEKISTAN IN CONDITIONS OF MARKET LIBERALIZATION Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Berdikulov, Sirajiddin; Gulyamova, Gulnora; Trostjanskij, Dmitry. The article appeals to the life quality measurement issue in Uzbekistan. The life quality management has become challenging task in the process of radical system transformations from the administrative paradigm to the market one. The authors describe some approaches how to compose integrated life quality indicator. Particularly attention is given to evaluation and monitoring of life quality at regional level. Tipo: Journal Article Palavras-chave: Quality of life; Life quality estimation and management; Regional development; Market transformations.; Public Economics; I3. Ano: 2009 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94601 MEASURING THE QUALITY OF IMPORTED TOBACCO Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Davis, George C.; Hewitt, William J. Domestic tobacco producers have faced increasing competition from imported tobacco since the late 1970s. Much of the debate has centered on the unknown quality of imported tobacco. This study provides a discussion and clarification of the concept of quality, and demonstrates a method of measuring the average quality of imported tobacco. The results show that since 1977, imported tobacco has been steadily decreasing in average quality and moving toward lower quality producing countries and types of tobacco. The reasons for this decline are discussed along with the policy implications. Tipo: Journal Article Palavras-chave: Index numbers; Quality; Tobacco; International Relations/Trade. Ano: 1996 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15236 Soil Quality Management - Concepts and Terms Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Schjønning, P.; Elmholt, S.; Christensen, B.T. The industrialization of agriculture and the concurrent increase in societal concerns on environmental protection and food quality have put focus on agricultural management and its impact on soil quality. Soil quality involves the ability of the soil to maintain an appropriate productivity, while simultaneously reducing the effect on the environment and contributing to human health. This development has changed society’s expectations to science and there is an urgent need to improve the communication among researchers from different scientific disciplines. The interaction of scientists with decision-makers is a topic of utmost relevance for future developments in agriculture. Reflexive objectivity denotes the exercise of raising one’s consciousness of the... Tipo: Book chapter Palavras-chave: Research methodology and philosophy; Soil. Ano: 2004 URL: http://orgprints.org/1470/1/A4659_Schjonning_Chap01.pdf Quality analysis of critical control points within the whole food chain and their impact on food quality, safety and health QACCP Provedor de dados: 21 QACCP is one of the eight transnational research projects that were initated under the ERA-Net project CORE Organic (see www.coreorganic.org). Consumer demand for healthy, safe and high quality food is increasing. Against this background, the demand for organic food has been rapidly growing. But health effects and qualities of organic products need to be assured. The objective of this project is to improve product related quality management in farming and processing. The project "Quality analysis of critical control points within the whole food chain and their impact on food quality, safety and health QACCP" will investigate the optimization of production and processing of organic food. This will be done in order to improve food safety, as well as... Tipo: Project description Palavras-chave: Food security; Food quality and human health. Ano: 2016 Perceived quality in fresh peaches: an approach through structural equation modeling Provedor de dados: 118 Autores: Mora,Marcos; Espinoza,Jacqueline; Schnettler,Berta; Echeverría,Gemma; Predieri,Stefano; Infante,Rodrigo. The quality requirements that consumers consider in their decision to purchase fresh fruit have garnered a great deal of attention from the actors in the fresh fruit productivity chain. This study seeks to identify attributes that could explain how a consumer of fresh peaches perceives quality. The focus on the peach was because of the limited knowledge of the signs of quality that the consumer is seeking in this fruit. As a result, the objective was to produce a model that explains the perception of the quality of fresh peaches by Spanish consumers. A theoretical model was created that explains quality using a set of intrinsic and extrinsic attributes. The information was from a survey of closed questions administered in person to a non-probabilistic... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Intrinsic and extrinsic attributes; Quality; Structural equation models. Ano: 2011 URL: http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-16202011000200002 Baking Quality of Winter Wheat Varieties in Organic Farming Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Konvalina, Petr; Moudry, Jan (Jr.); Capouchova, Ivana; Moudry, Jan. The technological value of wheat is negatively influenced by organic methods of cultivation. The critical factor is the crude protein content and quality. The aim of this paper is to identify diferences in the quality of eight varieties and two strains of wheat recommended in conventional or organic conditions. Correlation analysis of the qualitative parameters of wheat shows a clear relationship between crude protein content, wet gluten content and Zeleny - sedimentation value. According to the test results, it is appropriate to use the content and quality of protein as selective criteria for the selection of varieties. The Level of baking quality is never reduced below the quality level of the worstquality varieties grown in the same conditions. On the... Tipo: Journal paper Palavras-chave: Cereals; Pulses and oilseeds Breeding; Genetics and propagation Crop health; Quality; Protection. Ano: 2009 URL: http://orgprints.org/20773/1/Agronomy_research_%2D_Konvalina_a_kol._II.pdf Challenges for an organic food quality concept- the Inner Quality Concept Requirements demonstrated on an experimental concept Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Huber, MD M.A.S.; Bloksma, Drs. J.; van der Burgt, Drs. G.J.; van de Vijver, Dr. L.C.L. At the Louis Bolk Institute, together with several international partners, years of work and several research projects were directed towards the validation of the "Inner Quality Concept"; an organic food quality concept. This concept intends to build two bridges. One bridge between crop management and food quality and another bridge between food quality and possible health effects for the consumer. This paper focuses on requirements for validating a concept, presenting examples from the work in the Louis Bolk Institute. Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Quality and evaluation of inputs. Ano: 2006 URL: http://orgprints.org/7657/1/Challenges_for_an_organic_food_quality_concept%2DHuber%2D060301.pdf The European Policy for Food Quality and the Fischlers Reform Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Carbone, Anna; Sorrentino, Alessandro. Fischlers Reform of the Cap has introduced economic support to reinforce the range of instruments aimed at promoting food quality. Before the Reform, European Union market intervention for food quality was confined to the regulatory ground. The paper discusses the economic justifications for financial aid in the case of quality improvement and in the case of information circulation and provision of assurance to consumers. The possibility to add new Quality Schemes at the existing ones is criticized because of the information overcrowding. Furthermore, it is argued that a race to the bottom mechanism could be enforced as a result of the introduction of the possibility to settle Quality Schemes on a national basis. The paper also shows that the... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Quality Schemes; Cap Reform; Information; Reputation; Economic Support; Agricultural and Food Policy; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety. Ano: 2006 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7766 Analyse des verbraucherorientierten Qualitätsurteils mittels assoziativer Verfahren am Beispiel von Schweinefleisch und Kartoffeln Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Bruhn, Maike; Grebitus, Carola. Consumers’ quality judgement depends on their knowledge concerning certain quality attributes. Against this background this paper presents the results of a consumer survey conducted in 2004. We focus on measuring consumers’ cognitive structures regarding pork and potatoes. On this account we apply a free-association technique and a variation of concept mapping. Our analysis shows that consumers’ cognitive structures are quite complex and heterogeneous. Product characteristics such as ‘taste’ and ‘fat content’ dominate consumers’ knowledge. To predict the eating quality of pork consumers prefer intrinsic quality cues. In contrast to that extrinsic quality cues are used to predict the origin of the given product. With regard to potatoes the intrinsic quality... Tipo: Journal Article Palavras-chave: Food quality; Cognitive structure; Memory schemata; Quality of pork and potatoes; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Consumer/Household Economics; Marketing. Ano: 2007 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/96755 Lack of Credibility in Food Markets - Driving Medium Quality Food Out of the Market Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Christensen, Jan; Graversen, Jesper T. Some food markets are dominated by high quality and standard quality segments, whereas medium quality products are almost absent. A modeling framework with asymmetric information regarding true quality of the products and the resulting lack of consumer confidence is presented. Uncertainty regarding the quality of alleged medium quality products provides certain consumer groups to divert consumptions away from medium quality to either standard or high quality products. These countervailing incentives explain the missing medium quality products. Empirical examples are given to motivate the model. Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Adverse selection; Asymmetric information; Consumer behavior; Product differentiation; Uncertainty; Consumer/Household Economics; D11; D82; Q13. Ano: 2005 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24539 Managing Quality under Heterogeneous Consumer Demand and Product Quality Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Carriquiry, Miguel A.; Babcock, Bruce A. Based on accepted advances in the marketing, economics, consumer behavior, and satisfaction literatures, we develop a micro-foundations model of a firm that needs to manage the quality of a product that is inherently heterogeneous in the presence of varying customer tastes or expectations for quality. Our model blends elements of the returns to quality, customer lifetime value, and service profit chain approaches to marketing. The model is then used to explain several empirical results pertaining to the marketing literature by explicitly articulating the trade-offs between customer satisfaction and costs (including opportunity costs) of quality. In this environment firms will find it optimal to allow some customers to go unsatisfied. We show that the... Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper Palavras-chave: Consumer satisfaction; Heterogeneous customers; Quality expectations; Quality heterogeneity; Quality management; Repeated purchases; Demand and Price Analysis. Ano: 2005 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/18637 Governance of the Agri-food Chains as a Vector of Credibility for Quality Signalization in Europe Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Raynaud, Emmanuel; Sauvee, Loic; Valceschini, Egizio. For many agricultural products, the quality of the final products strongly depends on different stages of the productive chain. This stresses the importance of relationships between quality signal owners and suppliers in the vertical chain. Based on a New Institutional Economics analysis, the goal of this paper is twofold: (i) to design a framework to study the links between quality signaling, coordination in the supply chains and the institutional environment, (ii) to conduct a comparative analysis to identify, compare and explain the modes of organization implemented for the governance of different quality signs. The general hypothesis is that, in order to assure the credibility of a quality signal, there must be an efficient alignment between quality... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Alignment; Credibility; Governance structures; Quality signals; Agribusiness; L14; L15; L22. Ano: 2002 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24917 CONSISTENCY OF QUALITY CHARACTERISTICS IN HARD RED SPRING WHEATS; SUMMARY Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Dahl, Bruce L.; Wilson, William W. Greater sophistication of buyers in the wheat market has increased demands for higher quality wheats and focused attention on the consistency of the quality of wheat purchased. In this study, the variability of wheat quality characteristics was examined at different stages of the marketing chain. Variability was measured by variety and at farm and export levels. Comparisons were made with Canada where similar data were available. Different measures of variability were utilized where data were available. Inter-year variability, intra-year variability, and within-lot variability of wheat quality characteristics were measured at different points in the wheat marketing chain in the United States and Canada. Variability of many characteristics was... Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper Palavras-chave: Quality; Consistency; Quality Variability; Wheat Export Quality; Farm Production Quality; Wheat Variety Quality; Canada; United States; Production Economics. Ano: 1998 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23305 QUALITY AND QUALITY ASSURANCE IN THE FRESH PRODUCE SECTOR: A CASE STUDY OF EUROPEAN RETAILERS Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Sterns, Patricia Aust; Codron, Jean-Marie; Reardon, Thomas. Quality and quality assurance are among the most critical issues facing the fresh produce industry. This paper shows that while quality is widely noted to be an important concept, it is not clearly defined in the literature. Several definitions of quality are presented. The terminology associated with quality assurance is analyzed. An array of quality assurance systems used in the European fresh product sector are presented. Conclusions are drawn that while fresh produce quality will always be a factor retailers use to compete for consumers, there is evidence of industry consensus on some quality attributes, particularly, safety, environmental, and social attributes. Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Marketing. Ano: 2001 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20494 THE VALUE OF IMPROVED WATER QUALITY TO CHESAPEAKE BAY BOATERS Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Lipton, Douglas W. As part of an economic survey of Maryland registered boat owners, an open ended contingent valuation question was posed regarding willingness to pay for an improvement in water quality in Chesapeake Bay. The boaters ranked their perception of water quality on a scale of one to five, and the payment was for an improvement of one unit. Boaters also indicated the type of concern poor water quality raised, ranging from no concern to concern about long term effects of exposure to toxic chemicals. Median willingness to pay for a one step improvement in water quality was $17.50 per year and the mean was $63, with 38% expressing a zero willingness-to-pay. A tobit model was estimated to determine what factors influenced willingness to pay amounts. Sailboaters... Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy. Ano: 2003 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28603 CONSISTENCY OF QUALITY CHARACTERISTICS IN HARD RED SPRING WHEATS Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Dahl, Bruce L.; Wilson, William W. Greater sophistication of buyers in the wheat market has increased demands for higher quality wheats and focused attention on the consistency of the quality of wheat purchased. In this study, the variability of wheat quality characteristics was examined at different stages of the marketing chain. Variability was measured by variety and at farm and export levels. Comparisons were made with Canada where similar data were available. Different measures of variability were utilized where data were available. Inter-year variability, intra-year variability, and within-lot variability of wheat quality characteristics were measured at different points in the wheat marketing chain in the United States and Canada. Variability of many characteristics was... Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper Palavras-chave: Quality; Consistency; Quality Variability; Wheat Export Quality; Farm Production Quality; Wheat Variety Quality; Canada; United States; Production Economics. Ano: 1998 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23455 Nature quality in organic farming: A conceptual analysis of considerations and criteria in a European context Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Tybirk, Knud; Alrøe, Hugo Fjelsted; Frederiksen, Pia. Nature quality in relation to farming is a complex field. It involves different traditions and interests, different views of what nature is, and different ways of valuing nature. Furthermore there is a general lack of empirical data on many aspects of nature quality in the farmed landscape. The present paper looks at nature quality from the perspective of organic farming, which has its own values and goals in relation to nature – the "Ecologist View of Nature". This is in contrast to the "Culturist View" characteristic of much conventional agriculture and the "Naturalist View" characteristic of the traditional biological approach to nature quality. This threefold distinction forms a framework for exploration of nature quality criteria in the farmed... Tipo: Journal paper Palavras-chave: Landscape and recreation Biodiversity and ecosystem services Values; Standards and certification. Ano: 2004 URL: http://orgprints.org/1325/1/Tybirk_Alroe_and_Frederiksen_2004_Nature_quality_in_organic_farming.pdf Biogramm und Qualitätskennzahl Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Velimirov, Alberta. The quality assessment and comparison of differently cultivated products still represents a problem. On the one hand “quality” comprises many, mostly target group oriented aspects, necessitating the application of relevant methods, on the other hand the interpretation of diviating results is not easy or suitable to corroborate cultivation dependent quality aspects systematically. Some scientists have already tried to tackle that problem and developed quality indices by integratig different quality parameters (BREDA 1973, HUBER et al. 1988, SCHULZ & KÖPKE 1997). The aim of this presentation is to reach a grafic and numeric interpretation of results obtained from different methods. Although organic quality research corresponds to the holistic... Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Crop health; Quality; Protection Food security; Food quality and human health. Ano: 2003 URL: http://orgprints.org/2083/1/Velimirov%2D2003%2Dbiogramm_quality%2Dcount.pdf Assessing impacts of organic production on pork and beef quality Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Sundrum, Albert. Organic livestock farming is based on a low input production method, aiming to provide products of a high product and process quality rather than maximizing production. The production of a high meat quality corresponds to the expectations of consumers who are both seeking a premium product and who are willing to pay premium prices. This review focuses on the question of whether organic pork and beef production currently meet consumer demands, and it elaborates the potentials and limitations for producing high-quality meats under the current organic framework. Although defined by specific and basic guidelines, organic livestock production is characterised by largely heterogeneous farming conditions that allow for huge differences in the availability of... Tipo: Journal paper Palavras-chave: Food security; Food quality and human health Animal husbandry. Ano: 2010 URL: http://orgprints.org/18462/1/Sundrum_CAB_Review_Meat_quality.pdf The measurement and assessment of quality in agricultural research institutionS. Provedor de dados: 119 Autores: SOUZA, G. S.; CRUZ, E. R.; QUIRINO, T. R. We present the measure of quality introduced by the review team of Embrapa to evaluate its research projects. The quality measurement scheme comprises four different dimensions (External Validity, Internal Validity, Institutional Adequacy, and Formal Adequacy). The quality measurements are used as dependent variables in a multivariate effort to identify important factors necessary to improve overall as well as specific quality aspects. Tipo: Artigo em periódico indexado (ALICE) Palavras-chave: Agricultura; Pesquisa; Qualidade; Agriculture; Research; Quality. Ano: 1993 URL: http://www.alice.cnptia.embrapa.br/handle/doc/99450 Methodological development of a quality index for agricultural operations, for corn cultivation using multi-criterion analysis Provedor de dados: 42 Autores: Lamparelli,Rubens A.C.; Dias,Hugo S. One of the major problems in the Brazilian agriculture is related to the production loss in the field, which, due to many factors, is not being considered. This article has the objective to develop a methodology to identify a quality index which integrates some crop quality variables which are able to indicate how the crop is developing in terms of loss in the field. The results have showed that the strategy of multi-criterion analysis and Fuzzy logic proved to be important tools for the assessment and preparation of a quality index for corn production. The index proposed performed well in representing the quality of agricultural operations when compared with reality. Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Annual crop; Optimization; Fuzzy; Crop quality. Ano: 2009 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652009000400020 Quality Index Method (QIM) to assess the freshness and shelf life of fish Provedor de dados: 52 Autores: Bernardi,Daniella Cristina; Mársico,Eliane Teixeira; Freitas,Mônica Queiroz de. The aim of this work was to develop a sensory method as the objective measure of quality of the fishes at all the key stages of fishery chain, from catch to consumer. The Quality Index Method (QIM) is based on a structured scaling for quality measurements and provides accurate and precise information concerning the freshness and a prediction of the remaining shelf-life for specie-specific fishes. The method is discussed and some future outlooks and need are pointed in order to stimulate the implementation of QIM in the relevant parts of the fishery chain giving unique information of the quality. Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Sensory analysis; Fish quality; QIM; Shelf life. Ano: 2013 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132013000400009 Sustainability and quality of organic food Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Bickel, Regula; Rossier, Raphael. Is organic food better? The dossier explains the different aspects of food quality and compares organic and conventional food stuffs based on an integrated approach. The publication shows clearly that quality and sustainability of food are closely linked and that food quality is more than the sum of its ingredients. Tipo: Book Palavras-chave: Food security; Food quality and human health Processing; Packaging and transportation. Ano: 2015 URL: http://orgprints.org/28817/1/1413-organic-products.pdf Quality of plant products grown with manure fertilization Provedor de dados: 21 The meeting discussed results of food quality obtained by different long-term trials in Switzerland (DOC trial), Germany (Darmstadt) and Sweden (K trial etc.). Based on the results, the parameters investigated with the samples have been evaluated and future research needs were identified as regards the topic of fertilization and food quality. Tipo: Proceedings Palavras-chave: Food security; Food quality and human health Crop health; Quality; Protection Nutrient turnover Cereals; Pulses and oilseeds Vegetables Composting and manuring. Ano: 1996 URL: http://orgprints.org/604/1/vol9.pdf Seed quality in organic carrot seed production. Does tunnel production in Denmark provide sufficient seed quality? Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Boelt, Birte; Jensen, Anne Mette Dahl; Bjørn, Gitte Kjeldsen. Seed quality in organic carrot seed production Does tunnel production in Denmark provide sufficient seed quality? Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Vegetables. Ano: 2004 URL: http://orgprints.org/3049/1/Boelt_Poster_Carrot_seed.doc Measuring quality in vegetables using electrochemical methods and nutritional values Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Jurica, Milos; Petrikova, Kristina. The work was to assess the quality of the broccoli variety 'Belstar F1' and the radish variety 'Jarola F1' when grown by both organic and conventional methods. Quality was measured using electrochemical values (pH, redox potential and electrical conductivity) and the derived P-values, levels of vitamin C, mineral content, dry matter and roughage. Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Vegetables Crop health; Quality; Protection. Ano: 2008 URL: http://orgprints.org/21908/11/Jurica_clanek.pdf.pdf The Regulatory Choice between a Label and a Minimum-Quality Standard Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Marette, Stephan. This paper revisits the issue of the regulatory choice between a mandatory label and a minimum-quality standard. When the cost of regulation is relatively low, we show that the socially optimal choice depends on the producers' cost structure for complying with regulation and improving quality. Under a marginal cost for improving quality, the mandatory labeling is sufficient for reaching the socially optimal level of quality. Under a fixed cost for improving quality, we show that each instrument or the combination of both instruments may emerge at the equilibrium. Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper Palavras-chave: Cost of regulation; Information; Standard; Marketing. Ano: 2005 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/18458 DERIVING FEEDER CATTLE PRICING CONTRACTS FROM FED CATTLE PRICE GRIDS: SIMULATION RESULTS OF RISK-SHARING CONTRACTS Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Wang, Chia-Hsing; Roe, Brian E. Post-slaughter quality-based pricing of cattle is increasingly common. This quality, however, is dependent upon unobservable quality characteristics of the feeder cattle used as inputs. Through stochastic simulation we construct incentive compatible quality risk-sharing contracts based upon final grid-quality schedules that facilitate input quality sorting in the feeder cattle market. Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Marketing. Ano: 2002 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19755 Ostrich (Struthio camellus) carcass yield and meat quality parameters Provedor de dados: 89 Autores: Balog,A; Almeida Paz,ICL. This article aimed at compiling recent studies on the main factors that influence ostrich meat quality and carcass yield. Few articles investigated the effect of subspecies, which generally are not even mentioned. There are important dietary effects, particularly those caused by dietary protein to energy ratio. Rigor mortis follow-up studies showed that there are no losses in meat quality when carcasses are hot-deboned. Age at slaughter influences some meat quality traits, such as tenderness and lipid content. Few effects of gender have been observed, and at the same age at slaughter, both male and female present the same meat quality traits. Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Carcass yield; Meat quality; Ostrich production; Tenderness. Ano: 2007 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-635X2007000400002 Genetics of coffee quality Provedor de dados: 61 Autores: Leroy,Thierry; Ribeyre,Fabienne; Bertrand,Benóit; Charmetant,Pierre; Dufour,Magali; Montagnon,Christophe; Marraccini,Pierre; Pot,David. Coffee quality, in the present context of overproduction worldwide, has to be considered as a main selection criterion for coffee improvement. After a definition of quality, and an overview of the non genetic factors affecting its variation, this review focuses on the genetic factors involved in the control of coffee quality variation. Regarding the complexity of this trait, the different types of quality are first presented. Then, the great variation within and between coffee species is underlined, mainly for biochemical compounds related to quality (caffeine, sugars, chlorogenic acids, lipids). The ways for breeding quality traits for cultivated species, Coffea arabica and Coffea canephora are discussed, with specific challenges for each species. For C.... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Coffea spp.; Biochemical compounds; Candidate genes; ESTs; Genetic breeding; Marker-assisted selection; Quality. Ano: 2006 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1677-04202006000100016 Seed quality - health status Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Jensen, A.M.D. Seed quality - health status Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Production systems. Ano: 2003 URL: http://orgprints.org/1524/1/__ Co-operation and economic relationship as determinants for competitiveness in the food sector: the Spanish wheat to bread chain Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: de Magistris, Tiziana; Gracia, Azucena. The objective of the paper is to investigate the impact of co-operation amongst stakeholders of the food chain on enterprise competitiveness. The analysis focuses on the Spanish wheat to bread chain. A theoretical model is developed which covers the main components that define competitiveness (profitability, turnover, market share, customer loyalty and product quality), quality supply chain relationship (trust, commitment and satisfaction) and the main factors explaining supply chain relationship (i.e. quality and frequency of the communication, personal bounds, etc.). The Spanish wheat to bread supply chain has been chosen to empirically test the model. This sector is very fragmented all along the chain, with a high number of wheat farmers, millers and... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Competitiveness; Food; Spain; Agribusiness. Ano: 2008 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44066 A proposal for IRRI to establish a grain quality and nutrition research center Provedor de dados: 34 Autores: Graham, R. 15 p. : ill. IRRI Discussion Paper Series no. 44 Tipo: Technical Report Palavras-chave: Rice; Quality; Nutrition; Grain quality. Ano: 2002 URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10269/164 The Effect of milling operations on grain quality and price in selected Philippine rice mills Provedor de dados: 34 Autores: Bonifacio, Elizabeth P. 140 l. : ill. Thesis (M.S.) -- University of the Philippines at Los Baños Tipo: Thesis Palavras-chave: Rice; Milling; Milling quality; Prices; Philippines; Rice quality. Ano: 1989 URL: http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/1166 Recommendations for improved procedures for securing consumer oriented food safety and quality of certified organic foods from plough to plate (Organic HACCP) Provedor de dados: 21 Using consumer concerns as the main criteria of assessment, the objective of the Concerted Action was to provide recommendations to participants on the chain of production, distribution and consumption in regard to improving the safety and quality of certified organic food products. Tipo: Project description Palavras-chave: Food security; Food quality and human health. Ano: 2016 Agronomy and grain quality Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Jørgensen, J.R. Agronomy and grain quality Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Cereals; Pulses and oilseeds. Ano: 2002 URL: http://orgprints.org/444/1/Agronomy_and_grain_quality_Lund_2002.pdf What we achieved - where we will go Provedor de dados: 21 On the way to a new systemic research approach for organic food quality and health More than 50 researchers and supporters of the organic food sector met at the 1st scientific FQH conference from November 28th to 29th at the FQH research member institution FIBL in Frick (Switzerland). The two days were filled with presentations of latest research results of well-named scientists from across Europe covering topics from farm to table such as quality parameters of organic food, human health, the definition of quality and consumer expectations and legal legislation for organic food. The conference was embedded in two scientific discussions about the scientific future of organic quality research chaired by Hardy Vogtmann (president of the German Federal... Tipo: Proceedings Palavras-chave: Food security; Food quality and human health Specific methods. Ano: 2005 URL: http://orgprints.org/6963/1/6963%2DFQH%2D2005%2Dproceedings_1st_fqh_conference.pdf The school meal system: analysis of calls for tender as a tool for improving quality Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Bocchi, Stefano; Spigarolo, Roberto. The quality of school meals is a very complex issue. Call for tenders are a key instrument impacting food and meal quality. Tipo: Journal paper Palavras-chave: Food systems; Produce chain management. Ano: 2010 URL: http://orgprints.org/17538/1/Article_on_tenders_Bocchi%2DSpigarolo.pdf Effect of different production systems on yield and quality of potato Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Eremeev, Viacheslav; Keres, Indrek; Tein, Berit; Lääniste, Peeter; Selge, Are; Luik, Anne. Effects of different agricultural practises (organic, conventional) on yield and quality of potato were compared. Tipo: Journal paper Palavras-chave: Crop health; Quality; Protection. Ano: 2009 Product quality as a function of light and nitrogene supply: contribute to a quality concept for organic agriculture? Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Athmann, Miriam; Fritz, Jürgen; Köpke, Ulrich. For spring wheat and rocket lettuce, the influence of light intensity, N supply and fertilizer type on product quality was investigated. The quality assessment, based on morphological parameters, chemical compounds related to growth and differentiation, and image forming methods, is considered as an appropriate approach for Organic Agriculture. Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Food security; Food quality and human health Crop health; Quality; Protection. Ano: 2011 URL: http://orgprints.org/23860/1/Athmann_FQH_abstract.doc The quality of organic market data: providing data that is both fit for use and convenient Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Home, Robert; Gerrard, Catherine L.; Hempel, Corinna; Losták, Michal; Vieweger, Anja; Husák, Jakub; Stolze, Matthias; Hamm, Ulrich; Padel, Susanne; Willer, Helga; Vairo, Daniela; Zanoli, Raffaele. Members of the organic supply chain need high-quality data to make correct investment decisions, but data with sufficient depth and quality are not widely available in Europe. The quality of available data is a key concern for both data collectors and data users. The aim of this study is to identify whether the commonly used quality attributes (accuracy, coherence, comparability, timeliness, punctuality, accessibility, relevance), which have been developed from the perspective of data collectors, are also appropriate from the perspective of end users of organic market data. A further aim is to assess whether the data quality needs of end users are being met by the existing data. The results of two surveys carried out in Europe, one of data collectors and... Tipo: Journal paper Palavras-chave: Surveys and statistics; Markets and trade; Knowledge management. Ano: 2016 URL: http://orgprints.org/29697/1/10.1007_s13165-016-0147-5.pdf Quality perception of PDO beef producers Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Barreira, Maria Madalena; Brandao, A.R.W.; Lemos, Jose Pedro Cardoso; Fontes, Magda Aguiar. Food quality from a consumer perspective includes sanitary aspects as well as nutrition, but also taste, aspect, integrity and the particularity of products. But quality at the consumer level can only be achieved if quality is respected throughout the whole chain. An analysis is undertaken using as a case study Portuguese producers of two types of PDO beef. Results, using multivariate data analysis, show that the main attributes for a quality beef at the producers` level are: feeding, finishing, specific quality, age at slaughter, breed and transport. Results also suggest that producers have distinct quality perceptions on PDO beef. Tipo: Journal Article Palavras-chave: Quality; Beef; Protected Designation of Origin; Producers` quality Perception; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Q13; M31. Ano: 2009 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56768 Benefits of Protecting Rural Water Quality: An Empirical Analysis Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Crutchfield, Stephen R.; Feather, Peter; Hellerstein, Daniel. Concerns about the impact of farm production on the quality of the Nation's drinking and recreational water resources have risen over the past 10 years. Because point sources of pollution were controlled first, agricultural nonpoint sources have become the Nation's largest remaining single water-quality problem. Both public and private costs of policies that address the conflict between agricultural production and water quality are relevant, but measuring the off-farm benefits and costs of changing water quality is difficult. Many of the values placed on these resources are not measured in traditional ways through market prices. This report explores the use of nonmarket valuation methods to estimate the benefits of protecting or improving rural water... Tipo: Report Palavras-chave: Water quality; Nonpoint source pollution; Environmental quality; Agricultural production; Costs; Benefits; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy. Ano: 1995 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33949 Quality Management in Supply Chain Networks - The Case of Poland Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Hanf, Jon Henrich; Pieniadz, Agata. In this article we suggest that rising quality requirements are key factors for the redesign of food chains. We argue that the food supply proceeds through pyramidalhierarchical strategic networks coordinated by powerful focal firms. These firms choose a quality strategy and employ chain quality management concepts by exerting managerial discretion to achieve the super-ordinate network aims. We introduce and elaborate upon two types of chain quality management: strategic and operative. The theoretical findings have been tested using evidence from the Polish dairy market. Semi-structured interviews were conducted across the various hierarchical levels of the 19 largest Polish dairy cooperatives during the spring of 2006. The results show that the firms’... Tipo: Journal Article Palavras-chave: Chain quality management; Dairy cooperatives; Network theory; Poland; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Demand and Price Analysis; Farm Management; International Development; Livestock Production/Industries; Production Economics. Ano: 2007 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44903 PUBLIC ISSUES ON THE ECONOMICS OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Waelti, John J. The objectives of this lecture are to discuss the concepts of "quality of life" and "environmental quality," to briefly review several schools of thought on pollution and environmental quality, and to review in broad terms some of the economic implications of these schools of thought..." Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy. Ano: 1971 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/13936 The Joint Impact of Supply Chain Integration and Quality Management on the Performance of Pork Processing Firms in China Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Han, Jiqin; Omta, S.W.F. (Onno); Trienekens, Jacques H. It is widely acknowledged that competition is no longer between individual firms, but between supply chains. A number of studies have indicated that supply chain integration and quality management have become essential to obtain competitive advantage. The present study tests the relationships among supply chain integration, quality management practices and firm performance in 229 Chinese pork slaughterhouses and processors using structural equation modeling. The most important results are that quality management is positively linked with firm performance. As managers put it "Quality is the life of the enterprise". Pork processing managers that wish to improve their performance are therefore advised to invest in quality management. Equally interesting is... Tipo: Journal Article Palavras-chave: Supply chain management; Quality management practices; Pork supply chains; Firm performance; China; Agribusiness; Livestock Production/Industries. Ano: 2007 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8183 Modeling Beef Quality Heterogeneity Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Lusk, Jayson L.; Norwood, F. Bailey. The effects of various supply and demand shifts on beef price, quantity, and industry welfare have been widely studied under the assumption of beef quality homogeneity. In this paper, we construct a model of the beef sector that incorporates differences in beef quality. The model is used to analyze the effect of supply and demand shifts on changes in prices and quantities of high-and low-quality beef and changes in revenue accruing to producers of high-and low-quality beef. Model results indicate that supply and demand shocks have the potential to alter the average quality of beef on the market and the price premium charged for high-quality beef, which has important implications for retailers selling quality-differentiated beef and producers selling... Tipo: Journal Article Palavras-chave: Beef; Equilibrium displacement model; Multisector model; Quality heterogeneity; Q11; Q18. Ano: 2005 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43483 On food quality in domestic markets of developing economies Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Vandeplas, Anneleen; Minten, Bart; Swinnen, Johan F.M. Food quality has become an important determinant of success in global food trade and growers for international markets have to continuously adjust to buyers’ requirements. It is however not clear to what extent there is a demand for food quality - and how much buyers are willing to pay for it - in the domestic food markets of developing economies. Based on unique price and trader data from domestic food markets in a poor country in Africa (Madagascar) and an emerging economy in Asia (India), we compare quality and quality’s pricing. We find significantly better quality and higher quality premia (using revealed as well as stated preference methods) in the richer country, probably leading to an impetus for the development of modern market channels in this... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Food quality; Quality premia; Development; Agricultural and Food Policy; Q12; Q13; L15. Ano: 2009 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51700 Literature review on the perception of agro-foods quality cues in the international environment Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Marchesini, Sergio; Hasimu, Huliyeti; Regazzi, Domenico. Consumers look for the highest affordable food quality, given their household budgets and perceptions of product quality. Such perception is however strictly related to culturally linked variables, and the importance attached to each component of the overall quality vary greatly among countries. Different perceptions lead to different purchase decisions. This concept is even clearer for the aspects of quality that cant be tested directly. Consumer goods may be divided into search, experience and credence goods, depending on when the consumer is capable of assessing their quality (before buying, after consuming or in the very long term). Most quality agro-food products, such as food with geographical indications (GIs) and low input food (LIFs), fall into... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Quality; Agro-food; Perception; Agribusiness. Ano: 2007 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7892 Impact of Beef Quality on Market Signals Transmitted by Grid Pricing Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Johnson, Heather C.; Ward, Clement E. Value-based marketing is shaping cattle production; however, market signals differ dramatically depending on carcass quality. This study applies a two-stage coefficients of separate determination procedure to four regional fed cattle datasets sorted by grid value and by carcass quality attributes. Weight is the strongest signal sent when higher valued cattle and better quality cattle are sold on a grid. Quality characteristics send stronger signals when lower valued cattle and poorer quality cattle are sold on a grid. Producers of lower quality cattle can potentially gain $52 to $149 per head by improving quality and $113 to $150 per head by adding weight. Tipo: Journal Article Palavras-chave: Beef; Cattle; Carcass; Quality; Coefficients of separate determination; Incentives; Market signals; Value-based marketing; Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing; Q11; Q13. Ano: 2006 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43750 Variables impacting poultry meat quality from production to pre-slaughter: a review Provedor de dados: 89 Autores: Baracho,MS; Camargo,GA; Lima,AMC; Mentem,JF; Moura,DJ; Moreira,J; Nääs,IA. Poultry meat quality has been widely studied, and has become a growing demand of the international market. Parameters that affect meat quality are complex, and occur throughout the production chain. The constant concern with meat quality by the exporting sectors is a response to consumers' demands, and is achieved by increasing efficiency, and investments in personnel training on quality. Understanding where critical points are in the poultry meat production chain, and investing in solving critical problems may lead to better control and management, and consequent reduction of losses. Production and management practices, from farm to processing plant, play an important role in meat quality, and the use of technologies to reduce risk factors throughout the... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Meat hygiene; Meat quality; Pre-processing; Production chain. Ano: 2006 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-635X2006000400001 The soil quality concept and its importance in the study of Finnish arable soils Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Palojärvi, Ansa; Nuutinen, Visa. Arable soil is a functional unit whose condition is vital to crop production, but also to ecosystems at large owing to the significant role of soil in global nutrient cycles and balances. The soil quality concept recognises the concern for the sustainability of current arable land use practices. It integrates soil chemical, physical and biological properties, and takes account of the interaction of soil with water and air. This paper reviews the soil quality concept and its applications and discusses the importance of the concept for the assessment of Finnish arable soils. Many aspects of the chemical quality of arable soil are already well known in Finland. In contrast, follow-up of the physical and biological soil components, which are increasingly seen... Tipo: Journal paper Palavras-chave: Soil quality. Ano: 2002 URL: http://orgprints.org/16737/1/paloj%C3%A4rvi.pdf Parameters for apple quality: and an outline for a new quality concept - part 1 report Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Bloksma, Joke; Northolt, Martin; Huber, Machteld. In real life it is hard to distinguish between the two life processes, growth and differentiation. We cannot expect one measured parameter to represent only one aspect of vital quality. But for most parameters we can recognise emphases on one or more aspects of the vital quality concept. We made this prelimary classification both by thinking about the concept and by looking at the experimental results. Also the conventional parameters are interpreted as a result of these processes in a more holistic way than usual. We realise that various parameters all concerning the same aspect of our quality concept can show different levels of the aspect. To belong to the same aspect of the quality concept does not automatically mean that their correlation (see annex... Tipo: Report Palavras-chave: Food security; Food quality and human health Specific methods Fruit and berries. Ano: 2001 URL: http://orgprints.org/4266/1/4266.pdf Quality analysis of critical control points within the whole food chain and their impact on food quality, safety and health (QACCP) Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Kahl, Johannes; Kretzschmar, Ursula; Kristensen, Hanne L.; Lauridsen, Charlotte; Mengheri, Elena; Särkkä-Tirkkonen, Marjo; Seljåsen, Randi. The overall objective of the project was to optimise organic production and processing in order to improve food quality and increase health promoting aspects in consumer products. The approach was a chain analysis approach which addressed the link between farm and fork and backwards from fork to farm. The objectives were to test food authenticity on farm level and food quality and health in processing. The carrot was chosen as the model vegetable since it is common for the involved partners from industry and is processed for baby food; hence the results are relevant for other vegetables and organic food in general as well. Identify and define critical and essential product quality parameters useful to optimise organic food quality - Compare products... Tipo: Report Palavras-chave: Food security; Food quality and human health Processing; Packaging and transportation. Ano: 2010 URL: http://orgprints.org/22474/1/22474-07OE001-uni-kassel-kahl-2010-QACCP.pdf Do taste expectations mediate the impact of quality cues on consumers’ choice of chicken? Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Marian, Livia; Thøgersen, John; Krystallis Krontallis, Athanasios. The hypothesis of this research is that the impact of quality dimensions on consumers’ willingness to buy organic vs. conventional or free-range chicken is partly mediated through taste expectations. The study comprises two exploratory focus group studies, followed by a questionnaire containing a conjoint analysis design. The purpose of the focus groups was to determine the most important quality cues, which could afterwards be incorporated into the choice experiment. It was found that production method, price, size and information about farmer and rearing conditions are very important quality cues for the choice of chicken, and that taste is one of the most important quality dimensions in consumers’ overall evaluation of chicken. In the next step, the... Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Markets and trade. Ano: 2012 URL: http://orgprints.org/21934/1/Do%20taste%20expectations%20mediate.mht Evaluating the Improvement of Quality of Life in Rural Areas Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Cagliero, Roberto; Cristiano, Simona; Pierangeli, Fabio; Tarangioli, Serena. The research starts from the necessity to create specific tools for evaluating the impacts of rural development policies on fragile areas. The study is motivated by the need for developing an appropriate evaluation method that leads to gather meaningful information for a broader understanding of the quality of life in rural areas, including the subjective well-being’s dimensions and its determinants and feeds the policy designs on this specific domain. The multidimensional nature of quality of life is a main challenge in terms of evaluation. Indeed, within the Rural Development Programmes 2007-2013, the enhancement of the quality of life in rural areas is one of the major strategic objectives to be addressed by a menu of measures. Selections of some... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Evaluation; Quality of life; Marginality; Qualitative indicators; Agricultural and Food Policy; O180. Ano: 2011 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/99427 Food QUALITY VERIFICATION: WHO DO CONSUMERS TRUST? Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Hobbs, Jill E.; Innes, Brian G.; Uzea, Adrian D. Food markets are increasingly characterized by an array of quality assurances with respect to credence attributes, many of which relate to agricultural production methods. A variety of organizations are associated with these quality assurance claims, including private, third party and public sector organizations. How do quality verifications from different sources affect consumer food choices? Who do consumers trust for assurances about credence attributes? This paper draws upon two recent studies to explore Canadian consumer attitudes toward environmental quality claims in a bread product and animal welfare quality claims in a pork product, along with attitudes toward quality verification from different sources. Analysis from two discrete choice... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Choice experiment; Animal welfare; Environment; Quality verification; Heterogeneity; Agricultural and Food Policy; Consumer/Household Economics; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Health Economics and Policy; Q13; Q18; D12. Ano: 2010 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/116425 Quality Warranties and Food Products in Argentina. What Do Consumers Believe In? Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Berges, Miriam E.; Casellas, Karina S. Consumers increasingly demand multiple-quality attributes in food products and value reliable means to identify them. For producers, the effective communication of their products quality is a marketing strategy. Therefore, another market of information associated with the new food markets emerges. This market is closely linked to the institutional environment and the level of trust in different information sources. In this article the emphasis will be put on how the different quality signals provided by the firms in their products affect the consumers´ behaviour. The objective is to investigate domestic consumers' perceptions and beliefs about food quality information in Argentina to identify the mechanisms that fully guarantee this quality. The results... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Food quality; Quality warranties; Consumers; Argentina; Consumer/Household Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; D12; L15. Ano: 2006 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25526 Measuring food quality: concepts, methods and challenges - Proceedings seminar February 2007 Provedor de dados: 21 From 12 to 14 February, the Louis Bolk Instituut organised the 3rd annual QLIF workshop, titled “Measuring food quality, concepts, methods and challenges”. During these days a diverse and intensive program was presented. Participants came from, Belgium, Bulgaria, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Macedonia, Poland, Turkey. Participants were all very enthusiastic, both on the quality of the presentations and the total program. For all those of you who missed it, I give a brief impression. On the first day definitions of food quality were discussed as well as the methods to measure this quality. Machteld Huber explained the inner quality concept, developed by the Louis Bolk Instituut. This inner quality concept is based on two main life processes in organisms;... Tipo: Proceedings Palavras-chave: Food security; Food quality and human health. Ano: 2007 URL: http://orgprints.org/10664/1/1887.pdf Measuring food quality: concepts, methods and challenges Provedor de dados: 21 From 12 to 14 February, the Louis Bolk Instituut organised the 3rd annual QLIF workshop, titled "Measuring food quality, concepts, methods and challenges”. During these days a diverse and intensive program was presented. Participants came from, Belgium, Bulgaria, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Macedonia, Poland, Turkey. Participants were all very enthusiastic, both on the quality of the presentations and the total program. For all those of you who missed it, I give a brief impression. On the first day definitions of food quality were discussed as well as the methods to measure this quality. Machteld Huber explained the inner quality concept, developed by the Louis Bolk Instituut. This inner quality concept is based on two main life processes in organisms;... Tipo: Proceedings Palavras-chave: Food security; Food quality and human health Education; Extension and communication. Ano: 2007 URL: http://orgprints.org/13200/2/Proceedings_2007.pdf Consumer Preference and Willingness to Pay for an Officially Certified Quality Label: Implications for Traditional Food Producers Provedor de dados: 113 Autores: Padilla,Carlos; Villalobos,Pablo; Spiller,Achim; Henry,Guy. A study was carried out in Chile in order to evaluate consumer preference and willingness to pay for a certified quality label on traditional food products, employing a conjoint analysis method. A total of 234 individuals were interviewed in two Chilean cities, Santiago and Talca. A homemade blackberry (Rubus ulmifolius) marmalade and three product attributes with their respective levels were chosen (price, quality label and jar appearance). Nine hypothetical product concepts were generated applying an orthogonal design. Respondents were asked to rank the product concepts according to their preferences. The results obtained through the conjoint model suggest that an officially certified quality label is the most important attribute influencing consumer... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Quality attributes; Certified quality label; Product differentiation; Conjoint analysis. Ano: 2007 URL: http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0365-28072007000300009 Evaluation of the influence of seasonality and landscape on the physicochemical characteristics of propolis Provedor de dados: 116 Autores: Loureiro,Elaine Maria; Galbiati,Carla. This study aimed at verifying the influence of the seasonality and landscape of the place of apiaries in the production and physicochemical quality of propolis produced in Cáceres-MT. Within August/2006 and July/2007 twenty-three propolis samples were collected monthly. The physicochemical quality of propolis was determined by the characteristic: loss by drying, wax, mechanical mass, oxidation activity, dry extract, flavonoids and total phenolics. The production of propolis was analyzed through correlation with seasonality (dry and wet). The same statistic model was used to correlate the production with the landscape (highland and flood plain). For each physicochemical characteristic were used statistic model of correlation described for the production of... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Apis mellifera; Landscape; Flavonoids; Antioxidant; Food control quality. Ano: 2013 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-20612013000400027 Mapping of use and occupation of the soil and irrigation water quality in the city of Salto do Lontra-Paraná, Brazil Provedor de dados: 70 Autores: Wrublack,Suzana C.; Mercante,Erivelto; Vilas Boas,Marcio A. The objective of this study consisted on mapping the use and soil occupation and evaluation of the quality of irrigation water used in Salto do Lontra, in the state of Paraná, Brazil. Images of the satellite SPOT-5 were used to perform the supervised classification of the Maximum Likelihood algorithm - MAXVER, and the water quality parameters analyzed were pH, EC, HCO3-, Cl-, PO4(3-), NO3-, turbidity, temperature and thermotolerant coliforms in two distinct rainfall periods. The water quality data were subjected to statistical analysis by the techniques of PCA and FA, to identify the most relevant variables in assessing the quality of irrigation water. The characterization of soil use and occupation by the classifier MAXVER allowed the identification of... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Global Navigation Satellite Systems - GNSS; Geographic Information Systems - GIS; Irrigation. Ano: 2013 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-69162013000500014 Cooperative studies on rice grain quality Provedor de dados: 34 Autores: Juliano, B. O. 2 p. Paper presented at the IRRI Saturday Seminar, July 15, 1989 Palavras-chave: Grain; Quality. Ano: 1989 URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10269/145 Biologie des systèmes horticoles Provedor de dados: 35 Autores: Génard, Michel. Tipo: Working Paper Palavras-chave: Fruit quality; Organoleptic quality; Virtual fruit; Genetic factor; Qualité du fruit; Qualité organoleptique; Fruit virtuel; Facteur génétique. Ano: 2008 URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2174/188 市販鶏種における卵構成および卵質の差異 Provedor de dados: 19 Autores: 三好, 俊三; 光本, 孝次; MIYOSHI, Shunzo; MITSUMOTO, Takatsugu. Palavras-chave: 鶏卵構成; 卵質; 市販鶏種; Egg component; Egg quality; Commercial strain. Ano: 1994 URL: http://ir.obihiro.ac.jp/dspace/handle/10322/445 Protecting rural groundwater quality Provedor de dados: 20 Tipo: Report Palavras-chave: Groundwater pollution; Water quality control. Ano: 2003 URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1834/700 Comparative Study of Three Community Seed Supply Strategies in Tanzania Provedor de dados: 30 Autores: D.D. Palavras-chave: Seed production; Millets; Sorghum; Seed quality; Participation; Quality controls; Seed treatment; Breeders seed; Grain; Markets. Ano: 2002 URL: http://agropedia.iitk.ac.in/openaccess/?q=node/3715 Morphological, chemical and in vitro stover quality traits to predict the livestock productivity potential of pearl millet stover Provedor de dados: 30 Autores: Alexander, G. Palavras-chave: Millets; Nitrogen; Leaf area; Cell walls; Statistical methods; Organic matter; Forecasting; Nutritive value; Quality; Statistics. Ano: 2007 URL: http://agropedia.iitk.ac.in/openaccess/?q=node/3310 Fruit quality of Elstar en Santana in the Netherlands Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Jansonius, Pieter Jans. The growth of the market for Dutch organic apples is disappointing. Especially the large-scale introduction in the supermarket channel is not happening as fast as many hoped. One of the explanations given is that there is a gap between the quality as produced and the quality as expected by the retailers. In a three year project the Louis Bolk Institute together with many other partners in the sector have tried to facilitate talks on apple quality between actual partners in the different chains from producer till retailer. During this period we monitored the quality of Elstar and Santana on many farms and on the shelf in the different outlets. This has given us detailed information about the current quality of Dutch organic apples. Presented here are... Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Crop health; Quality; Protection Fruit and berries. Ano: 2004 URL: http://orgprints.org/14534/1/32_Jansonius_174_178.pdf QUALITY OF LIFE AND QUALITY OF WORK LIFE IN ORGANIC VERSUS CONVENTIONAL FARMERS Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Alvarez, R.; Rodriguez, P.; Hidalgo, C.; Palacios, C.; Revilla, I.; Aguirre, I.; Batalla, I.; Eguinoa, P. Sustainability is a concept developed from economic, ecological and social strategies in the decision-making process. Quality of life and quality of work life are two indicators very related to the viability and sustainability of farms. They are located into the social sustainability but in some cases the production system affects all three aspects of sustainability and transcends into a lifestyle. Organic production in several small ruminant farms analyzed in Spain provides quality of life and quality of work significantly better than conventional ones. Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Social aspects. Ano: 2014 URL: http://orgprints.org/23542/1/23542_Alvarez_MM.pdf Quality Assessment of Summer and Autumn Carrots from a Biodynamic Breeding Project and Correlations of Physico-Chemical Parameters and Features determined by Picture Forming Methods Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Hagel, Ingo; Bauer, Dieter; Haneklaus, Silvia; Schnug, Ewald. Assessment of product quality is of special significance in organic farming and includes the supervision of crop quality in different growing systems and the characterisation of different cultivars. Several methods have been developed and applied for this purpose, e.g., the physico-chemical analysis of crops, picture forming methods (PFMs) and plant observation. So far only limited information is available on the com-parability of these methods. This contribution aims to compare the results of the analysis of physico-chemical parameters of summer and autumn carrots with features determined by PFMs by means of correlation analysis. High and significant correlation coefficients were found between quality parameters of summer and autumn carrots from a... Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Crop health; Quality; Protection Food security; Food quality and human health Breeding; Genetics and propagation. Ano: 2000 URL: http://orgprints.org/6128/1/Hagel_2000_M%C3%B6hren_BSM_IFOAM_2000.pdf Agronomical techniques to improve technological and sanitary quality Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: David, C.; Celette, F.; Abecassis, J.; Carcea, M.; Dubois, D.; Friedel, J.K.; Hellou, G.; Jeuffroy, M.H.; Mäder, P.; Thomsen, I.K. In spite of variable grain protein contents, baking quality of organic wheat was found to be acceptable to good. Mycotoxin (DON) infestation was generally low on tested grain samples. Choice of wheat cultivar was the most efficient way to obtain higher grain quality. Fertilization with readily available nitrogen and, to a lower extent, association with legumes and green manures with mixtures containing fodder legumes also improved grain quality. Reduced tillage affected soil quality and wheat yield but had little effects on grain quality. Tipo: Report Palavras-chave: Food security; Food quality and human health Cereals; Pulses and oilseeds. Ano: 2012 URL: http://orgprints.org/21100/1/AGTEC_farmers_leaflet_Final_VJune12.pdf Quality of foraging material and effect on hens feed intake, egg production and -quality Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Steenfeldt, S.; Hammershøj, M. The study shows that different kinds of foraging material can influence both egg-production and quality in organic egg production. The composition of nutrients in the silages and carrots used in the present study was very different in content of protein, Met, starch and fibre. The particular batch of alfalfa silage used had a high content of protein and Met, which could contribute with essential amino acids. Diets based entirely on 100% organic feed ingredients could limit the supply of especially Met. Unfortunately, the alfalfa silage was also high in fibre content. The results imply the importance of using foraging material of a high quality and further studies on the quality of other types of silages or vegetables are relevant in order to obtain an... Tipo: Newspaper or magazine article Palavras-chave: Poultry. Ano: 2010 URL: http://orgprints.org/18527/1/18527.pdf Quality aspects of processed organic baby food - Results of a case study from an expert consultation in the baby food industry in 10 European countries. Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Seidel, Kathrin; Kretzschmar, Ursula; Zanoli, Raffaele. The processor survey shows the general principles and understanding of quality for the processing of organic food from the processors’ point of view. In addition, possible problem areas regarding the question of product quality such as raw material, processing techniques, storage etc. are worked out. The results of the survey support the identification and definition of critical and essential control points as well as product quality parameters. This survey can therefore conclude three points of actions to improve the process quality. - Handling of raw material: transportation, storage, pre-processing sensory QCCP - Cooking: time and temperature - Nutritional and sensory QCCP - Preserving/ sterilizations Tipo: Report Palavras-chave: Food security; Food quality and human health. Ano: 2008 URL: http://orgprints.org/13554/1/seidel%2Detal%2D2008%2DQACCP_final_report.pdf Techniques to improve technological and sanitary quality Provedor de dados: 21 - Nutritional, safety and -... Autores: David, C.; Celette, F.; Abecassis, J.; Carcea, M.; Dubois, D.; Friedel, J. K.; Hellou, G.; Jeuffroy, M.-H.; Mäder, P.; Thomsen, I. K. The demand for high quality organic bread cereals is increasing. In spite of variable grain protein contents, baking quality of organic wheat was found to be acceptable to good. Mycotoxin (DON) contents were generally low on tested grain samples. Choice of the wheat cultivar is the most efficient way to obtain higher grain quality. Fertilization with readily available nitrogen and, to a lower extent, association with legumes and green manuring with mixtures containing fodder legumes can also improve grain quality. Reduced tillage affects soil quality and wheat yield but has little effects on grain quality. Tipo: Report Palavras-chave: Cereals; Pulses and oilseeds. Ano: 2012 URL: http://orgprints.org/20850/1/AGTEC_farmers_leaflet_v3March12.pdf Which aspects of health are likely to be affected by our choice of food quality, such as organic food, and how can we investigate this question? Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Brandt, Dr. Kirsten; Leifert, Prof. Carlo. There are ample examples that the methods used for production of food do make a difference for food composition or other aspects of its quality, and that some of these differences are large enough to make a real difference for the consumer in terms of health. Some of these differences may in fact cause (yet unproven) general differences in food quality between organic and conventional products. However, many of the production methods that benefit food quality are not necessarily restricted to either organic or conventional systems. Understanding the links between production methods and food quality therefore allows improvement of the products of any system, whether organic or conventional. Many of these benefits are linked with what is presently common... Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Food security; Food quality and human health. Ano: 2005 URL: http://orgprints.org/8427/1/brandt240_243.pdf QUALIDADE NA CADEIA DE PRODUÇÃO DE LEITE: DIAGNÓSTICO E PROPOSIÇÃO DE MELHORIAS Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Scalco, Andrea Rossi; Souza, Roberta de Castro. São Paulo state is one of the major milk producer region in Brazil and in this aspect until last decade the municipality of Tupã was most prominent. This city had a decrease in the milk production of around 20%, from 2002 to 2005. There are many facts which might have restrained that milk production chain as a whole to have prevented it to become more competitive. One of the main restraining factors for its development is the quality of the product offered to the final consumer. Considering that this work aims to make a diagnose of the agents which compound that milk production chain in the region of Tupã, SP, aiming to observe whether there are management tools being used for quality management and describe what they are, and identify possible lacks and... Tipo: Journal Article Palavras-chave: Milk production chain; Quality management and quality product. Ano: 2006 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43809 Quality Differences and Risk Shifting Associated with Alternative Marketing Arrangements in the Swine Industry Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Vukina, Tomislav. We analyze quality differences in market hogs across alternative procurement methods. The test results show that alternative marketing (procurement) channels generate hogs of statistically different quality. However, the quality ordering of alternative marketing arrangements is not unique, but varies across quality attributes, and the quality differences do not appear to be economically significant. We examine the relationship between alternative procurement methods for live hogs and the quality of the resulting pork products. The correlation coefficient between the non-spot market purchases of live hogs and the Hicks’ composite quality index for pork products is positive and significant, but the magnitude of that effect is small. Finally, we show that... Tipo: Journal Article Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing. Ano: 2008 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/55977 Decision Support Model for the Optimization of Quality Systems in the Agri-Food Industry Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Krieger, Stephanie; Schiefer, Gerhard. Quality management is of paramount importance in all stages of the Agri-Food production and process chain. The approach of quality management has been changed in the past years due to the effects of globalization, numerous deficits in food safety and the legislative such as the new European regulation 178/2002 concerning food safeties. A trend, which can be shown, is the development of several quality systems and norms in response to this challenge. Therefore programmes will be developed and improved in the Agri-Food-industry further on. There are general quality systems, which are applied in different countries and sectors, country and product specific standards and programmes, which were developed by retail initiatives. This paper will give an insight... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Quality management systems; Cost; Benefit; Transaction costs; Economic of scales; Agribusiness. Ano: 2005 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24710 Costs and Benefits of Quality Systems: Case Study Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Krieger, Stephanie; Schiefer, Gerhard. The variety of quality systems is a very important and an actual theme in the agri-food sector. These quality systems are only partly acknowledged by different quality standard organizations, but customers within the supply chain demand them. Enterprises, which supply different customers and export abroad this, face the problem that they have to deal with several standards and implement them within the enterprise as well as take part in several systems audits and certifications. The economic problem consists of determining the most efficient introduction of a quality system or a combination of quality systems in the enterprise. The emphasis of the work lies in the development of a framework for the benchmarking of quality systems at all stages of the... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Industrial Organization. Ano: 2008 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49879 Quality Systems in the Agri-Food Industry - Implementation, Cost, Benefit and Strategies Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Krieger, Stephanie; Schiefer, Gerhard. The management of supply chains of the agri-food sector has become a very complex structure. Product variety has decreased, changes in legislatives and quality management requirements have a high influence, international trade is much higher, consumer demands about product freshness and food quality is fluctuate and processors and retailers ask for the implementation of quality systems. This has resulted in individual changes in the process and organisation level of the enterprises and in order to keep the costs minimal. The focus of this paper will be a cost-benefit analysis for the implementation of quality management/assurance systems. Only a few studies with the focus on HACCP and food safety exists in the part of costs and benefits of quality systems... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Agriculture in International Trade; Food policy; Accounting and Auditing; Analysis of Collective Decision-Making; Business Economics; Industrial Organization. Ano: 2006 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25795 INTERNATIONAL WINE TRADE: ANALYZING THE VALUE OF REPUTATION AND QUALITY SIGNALS Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Schamel, Guenter. This research examines the factors behind price differentials based on regional origin. For this purpose, we estimate a hedonic pricing model of premium wines sold in the U.S. We hypothesize that numerous quality signals affect wine prices including expert opinions about sensory quality, maturing potential, and special selections as well as derived indicators that signal a high or low quality producer. After correcting for variety, regional origin, and age, the data confirms that a wine's price is related to producer quality signals, which may even negate regional effects. We conclude that it is problematic to interpret regional premiums as brand value (as opposed to quality premiums) without adjusting them for producer quality signals. Estimated brand... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade. Ano: 2003 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22157 CHANGES IN NUTRITIONAL QUALITY OF FOOD PRODUCT OFFERINGS AND PURCHASES: A CASE STUDY IN THE MID-1990's Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Mojduszka, Eliza M.; West, Dennis B.; Caswell, Julie A.; Harris, James Michael. This report provides a new economic approach and methodology for analyzing nutritional quality change in manufacturers' food product offerings and food products purchased using a case study of five food product categories in the mid-1990's. Two approaches were used to analyze nutritional quality change in product offerings. The first approach uses a composite nutritional index to measure changes. A second approach, nutrient-by-nutrient analysis, was also used to measure quality change. Overall, the nutrition index analysis showed no significant change in the average nutritional quality of products offered for sale in the five categories. Tipo: Report Palavras-chave: Nutrition quality; Quality index; Quality; Food product offerings; Nutrition labeling; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety. Ano: 1999 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33556 Incorporating Local Water Quality in Welfare Measures of Agri-environmental Policy: A Choice Modelling Approach Employing GIS Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Tait, Peter R.; Baskaran, Ramesh. The spatial distribution of agro-environmental policy benefits has important implications for the efficient allocation of management effort. The practical convenience of relying on sample mean values of individual benefits for aggregation can come at the cost of biased aggregate estimates. The main objective of this paper is to test spatial hypotheses regarding respondents’ local water quality and quantity, and their willingness-to-pay for improvements in water quality attributes. This paper combines choice experiment and spatially related water quality data via a Geographical Information System (GIS) to develop a method that evaluates the influence of respondents’ local water quality on willingness-to-pay for river and stream conservation programs in... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Water Quality; Choice Experiment; Geographical Information System; Environmental Economics and Policy; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; Q51; Q25; Q58. Ano: 2011 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/116074 The Development of a Quality Scale to Measure the Impact of Quality on Supermarket Fruit Demand Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Durham, Catherine A.; McFetridge, Marc V.; Johnson, Aaron J. This research examines how fluctuations in quality affect consumer expenditures for fresh fruit at the retail level. This paper examines how consumers' purchasing behaviors react to changes in fresh fruit quality by quantifying quality characteristics based on weekly observations. A four-point scale was created and used to quantify four different quality characteristics: bruising, markings, brilliance, and maturity. A non-linear Almost Ideal Demand System was used to model the share equations for Gala apples, Fuji apples, Red Delicious apples, other sweet apples, tart apples, pears, bananas, and oranges. Seventy-nine weeks of data on weekly store sales were collected from two grocery stores in the Portland, Oregon metropolitan area. Results from the... Tipo: Journal Article Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis. Ano: 2005 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26736 Analysis on the Influencing Factors of the Quality Traceable System Established by Edible Agricultural Products Enterprises—Taking Sichuan as an example Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Xie, Xiao; Wu, Xiu-min; Zhao, Zhi-jing. According to the investigation data from 81 edible agricultural products enterprises in Sichuan Province, the influence factors of establishing quality tracing system are empirically analyzed from four aspects, including the enterprise features, the attitudes of operators, management and market competition by using the Logistic model. The results show that the enterprise can establish the quality tracing system after the comprehensive function of a series of internal and external factors. The four factors include peer pressure; age of enterprise; export and the expectation on improving economic interests have the biggest impact on enterprise to establish the quality tracing system. The factors, including the quality safety certificate obtained by the... Tipo: Journal Article Palavras-chave: Edible agricultural products; Quality traceable system; Influencing factors; China; Agribusiness. Ano: 2011 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/108467 Quality related communication approaches for organic food Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Bodini, Antonella; Richter, T.; Felder, R. As food quality becomes more complex, consumer s are tending to reduce their involvement in the food purchase decisionmaking process. Consequently, prices are becoming more significant as they represent an easy choice criterion when consumer s have less information about the differences between the product and process quality inherent in food items (including environmental or social issues). The organic food sector provides high, complex food quality profiles and has therefore been seriously affected by this development. Consequently some SMEs in the food business sector are starting to emphasize certain quality factors, such as sustainable production and processing, as a means of communicating their added value to consumer s. Based on published... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Marketing. Ano: 2006 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10077 ECONOMIC IMPACT OF SCAB WITH ALTERNATIVE RISK MANAGEMENT STRATEGY: THE CASE OF CROP QUALITY INSURANCE IN BARLEY Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Nganje, William E.; Tiapo, Napoleon M.; Wilson, William W. Managing quality risks, especially grain quality, has been a challenge facing farmers, grain merchandisers, and policymakers for many years. With the advent of genetically modified organisms (GMOs), food safety, and identity preservation, this is even more challenging today. In this paper, an equilibrium crop insurance model was developed and used to analyze the impact of quality risks on equilibrium coverage levels and risk premiums that suppliers of insurance and barley producers would be willing to provide when yield and revenue insurance instruments explicitly incorporate quality risks. The asking price concept and sensitivity analysis were used to evaluate farmers' behavior after they purchase crop quality insurance and to provide guidance and... Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper Palavras-chave: Crop insurance; Equilibrium coverage levels; Fusarium Head Blight; Premium rates; Quality risks; Risk aversion; Crop Production/Industries. Ano: 2002 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23641 Prospects of development of quality olive oil for Italian farms: first indications in a case of study on a focus group Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Galluzzo, Nicola. This analysis has examined the consumption of certified quality agricultural productions in the European and Italian markets; this short poster paper has observed, in particular, the perspectives of growth in some agricultural productive sectors, as for example the olive oil industry. In the second part of this research, it is showed the strategic importance of what quality represents for the consumers, as an element able to influence the consumers choices for certified quality olive products. Having compared the results of a case of study carried out on a focus group, with the help of 50 interviewed people, with those obtained by other studies, they pointed out the critical states that certified quality food productions might have for the consumers, the... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Focus group; Organic food; Food quality; Extra virgin olive oil.; Agribusiness; Farm Management. Ano: 2007 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7856 PORK QUALITY AND THE ROLE OF MARKET ORGANIZATON Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Martinez, Stephen W.; Zering, Kelly D. This study addresses changes in the organization of the U.S. pork industry, most notably marketing contracts between packers and producers, by exploring their function in addressing pork quality concerns. A number of developments brought quality concerns to the forefront. These include health concerns and corresponding preferences for lean pork, a decline in other quality attributes, heightened concerns over food safety and related regulatory programs, and expansion into global markets. Organizational arrangements can facilitate industry efforts to address pork quality needs by reducing measuring costs, controlling quality attributes that are difficult to measure, facilitating adaptations to changing quality standards, and reducing transaction costs... Tipo: Report Palavras-chave: Contracts; Transaction costs; Measuring technology; Measuring costs; Pork; Quality; Leanness; Safety; Carcass pricing; Vertical integration; Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing. Ano: 2004 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33973 We Should Drink No Wine Before Its Time Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Goodhue, Rachael E.; LaFrance, Jeffrey T.; Simon, Leo K. We consider the impact of taxes on the quantity and quality produced of goods whose market values accrue with age. The analysis is motivated by the high and increasing taxation rates in the wine industry across the globe. If society values both quality and quantity as goods, an optimal tax system would never reduce the quality marketed, though it necessarily reduces quantity. Any two-tax system that includes a volumetric sales tax and any one of three other types of tax an ad valorem sales tax, an ad valorem storage tax, or a volumetric storage tax spans the quality/revenue space and can support an optimal tax system. Any tax system that reduces quality relative to the market equilibrium with no taxes could increase tax revenues and reduce the quality... Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper Palavras-chave: Industrial Organization; Public Economics. Ano: 2004 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25021 Quality beef schemes and consumer perception Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Robles, Rita Robles; Vannini, Luigi; Alvarez, Roberto. Meat quality is currently conditioned to the fulfilment of different requirements concerning food safety and other ethic and social aspects. Nevertheless, restrictions and other considerations going faster than the above mentioned aspects could be applied in order to gain a higher consumer’s satisfaction, that’s to say, a higher quality. On the other hand, many different studies point to the existence of important shifts that manifest the need to increase the knowledge about consumer’s preferences. This work analyzes different strategies used to increase beef quality, guarantying such quality with the presence of a particular distinctive or brand, at the same time that some aspects concerning consumer’s behaviour behind beef quality are manifested. Data... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Consumer behaviour; Quality beef; Quality schemes.; Agricultural and Food Policy. Ano: 2009 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58123 CROP INSURANCE UNDER QUALITY UNCERTAINTY Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Nganje, William E.; Tiapo, Napoleon M.; Wilson, William W. Quality related yield and price losses have had significant impact on producer income and risks, and in some instances exceeded yield and price losses covered by conventional insurance instruments. However, there are no effective third party quality risk transfer mechanisms especially for barley growers. In this paper, we develop a framework to incorporate quality-related risk in crop insurance programs. Specifically, we derive the optimum equilibrium coverage levels and risk premium that suppliers of insurance and producers would be willing to provide when the yield and revenue insurance instruments explicitly incorporate quality losses. The results of our analysis provide several important contributions. First, the methodology illustrates how quality... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Risk and Uncertainty. Ano: 2001 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/36097 GOVERNMENT VERSUS PRIVATE QUALITY ASSURANCE FOR AUSTRALIAN FOOD EXPORTS Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Wills, Ian R.; Harris, Jane. Most foodstuffs have quality attributes that are difficult to determine prior to purchase. Thus quality assurance is an inherent problem in food exporting. Private quality assurance can succeed if exporters can credibly signal that they have much to lose from cessation of purchases. If exporters do not provide credible quality signals, and foreign importers judge food quality according to country of origin, honest exporters can suffer negative spillovers from others' cheating under either government or private quality assurance. For both economic and political reasons, the best choice between government and private quality assurance will differ between foods and importing countries. Tipo: Journal Article Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Public Economics. Ano: 1994 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22428 Getting Something From Nothing: An Investigation of Beef Demand Expansion and Substitution in the Presence of Quality Heterogeneity Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Gunderson, Michael A.; Lusk, Jayson L.; Norwood, F. Bailey. A relative increase in demand for quality can have one of two potentially countervailing effects: it can cause substitution of one quality for another and/or it might expand overall demand by bringing new consumers into the market. This article investigates demand expansion and substitution among beef qualities by exploiting the use of a no-purchase option in a nonhypothetical choice experiment involving real food and real money. A random parameters logit model, which permits very flexible substitution patterns, is used to show that expanding demand for high quality rib-eye steak increases revenue by a greater degree than expanding demand for low quality steak. Regardless of whether high or low quality demand is expanded, the expansion effect dominates the... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis. Ano: 2005 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19465 European Food Quality Policy: The Importance of Geographical Indications, Organic Certification and Food Quality Assurance Schemes in European Countries Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Becker, Tilman C. In the early 1990s reform of the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy led to a change in emphasis away from price into policies to promote rural development, in part through improvements to food quality. Geographic indicators are only one of a range of EU policies designed to foster these goals. Geographic indicators are put within the context of the wider quality enhancement policies that include quality assurance schemes and organic production. There appears to be considerable regional differences within the EU when it comes to the use of the various quality-enhancing policies available. The member states of the EU can be grouped into four different clusters, each characterized by a different quality policy strategy. Tipo: Journal Article Palavras-chave: European Union; Food quality; Geographic indicators; Regional differences; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; International Relations/Trade. Ano: 2009 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/48796 Quality Provision and Farmer Inclusion of Agricultural Cooperatives Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Yu, Jianyu. The paper aims to analyze the quality provision and inclusion of farmers by a farmer-owned cooperative (co-op) when it competes with an investor-owned firm (IOF). A model of mixed oligopsonistic competition is developed to capture the endogenous participation of farmers who are heterogeneous in their efficiency to provide quality. The results highlight an advantage of the co-op: by imposing a similar quality standard to the one imposed by the IOF, the co-op may drive the IOF out of the market. Due to this advantage, it is more likely that the co-op will set a high quality standard when the minimum quality standard is costly to farmers. This advantage, however, may induce an inefficient outcome if providing a high quality product involves a high fixed cost. Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Agricultural cooperative; Mixed oligopsonistic competition; Farmer inclusion; Quality standard; Agribusiness; Industrial Organization; Q12; Q13; L1; L2. Ano: 2009 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51553 Quality based payment program and milk quality in dairy cooperatives of Southern Brazil: an econometric analysis Provedor de dados: 63 Autores: Botaro,Bruno Garcia; Gameiro,Augusto Hauber; Santos,Marcos Veiga dos. Programs designed to enhance milk quality have been used to motivate dairy farmers to improve the quality of the raw milk they produce. The objective of this study was to evaluate the association between a milk quality payment program and four indicative variables of milk quality, by testing bulk tank somatic cell count (SCC), bulk tank total bacterial count (TBC), fat (FAT) and protein (PROT) percentages over three years in four dairy cooperatives in Southern Brazil. We used a multiple regression econometric model estimated from market data of milk delivered by farmers to the cooperatives. Bulk tank milk samples (n = 19,644) were monthly collected. The data set was analyzed for the effects of seasonality, average daily volume of milk, the award/penalty,... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Bacterial count; Somatic cell count; Premium payment; Milk composition; Milk production. Ano: 2013 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-90162013000100004 Sweet corn quality improvement Provedor de dados: 106 1 table Palavras-chave: Corn; Maize; Sweet corn; Plant breeding; Yields; Quality; ข้าวโพด; ข้าวโพดหวาน; คุณภาพ. Ano: 1971 URL: http://anchan.lib.ku.ac.th/agnet/handle/001/3752 Carcass quality of organic pork Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Sundrum, Albert. According to the Council Regulation (EC) No 1804/1999), organic livestock production is intended to ensure quality production rather than maximising production. In organic pig production, the availability of limited amino acids is the first limiting factor and the main reason why the performance capacity is clearly diminished compared to conventional production. In order to compensate for the lower productivity, quality production is a conditio sine qua none. Possibilities to improve the quality of organic pork were investigated in different feeding trials. Results from a first trial in 1999 showed that diets based on organic cereals and home grown grain legumes (faba beans, peas and lupines) have the potential to produce pork with a high intramuscular fat... Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Food security; Food quality and human health Pigs. Ano: 2002 URL: http://orgprints.org/905/1/handbuch%2Dkein%2DDokument.pdf MINŐSÉG A SERTÉSHÚSVERTIKUMBAN Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Nabradi, Andras. Sokan és sokszor hangoztatják a minőségi termékelőállítás fontosságát, a mi-nőség fokozását, de kevesebben térnek arra ki, hogy végül is mit célszerű fokozni, milyen minőséget indokolt előállítani, mert eltérő minőségkategóriák léteznek az értéklánc folyamatában. Más a megítélés a termelőnél, más a feldolgozónál és teljesen más lehet a forgalmazónál. A végső „minőségellenőr” végül is a fogyasz-tó. Kérdés csupán az, hogy a fogyasztói értékítélet mennyire jelenik meg az ér-téklánc korábbi szakaszainál, ki mit tehet, illetve tesz a minőség növelése érde-kében. Szinte feltáratlan mindezek mellett a minőség költségeinek kérdésköre, a gazdaságilag optimális minőség. A tanulmány problémafelvető a sertéshúsverti-kumban, de hasonló és részletesebb vizsgálatok... Tipo: Journal Article Palavras-chave: Minőség; Minőségköltség; Minőségi kategóriák; Gazdaságilag optimális minőség; Értéklánc; Quality; Quality expenditure; Quality categories; Economically optimal quality; Value chain; Agribusiness; Food Security and Poverty; Livestock Production/Industries. Ano: 2007 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57677 Argo quality control manual for dissolved oxygen concentration Provedor de dados: 5 Autores: Thierry, Virginie; Bittig, Henry; The Argo-bgc Team,. This document is the Argo quality control manual for Dissolved oxygen concentration. It describes two levels of quality control: • The first level is the real-time system that performs a set of agreed automatic checks. • Adjustment in real-time can also be performed and the real-time system can evaluate quality flags for adjusted fields • The second level is the delayed-mode quality control system. Tipo: Text Ano: 2016 URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00354/46542/46390.pdf Argo Quality Control Manual for CTD and Trajectory Data Provedor de dados: 5 Autores: Wong, Annie; Keeley, Robert; Carval, Thierry; Argo Data Management Team,. A CTD (conductivity, temperature, depth) device measures temperature and salinity versus pressure. This document is the Argo quality control manual for CTD and trajectory data. It describes two levels of quality control: - The first level is the real-time system that performs a set of agreed automatic checks. - The second level of quality control is the delayed-mode system. These quality control procedures are applied to the parameters JULD, LATITUDE, LONGITUDE, PRES, TEMP, PSAL, and CNDC. Tipo: Text Ano: 2015 URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00228/33951/32470.pdf Study of the water quality in Liaohe Park based on the model of GAM. Provedor de dados: 20 Autores: Song, Wenping; Dai, Yuanyuan; Dong, Yubo. This paper assesses the quality of Daliao river through Liaohe Park based on the model of GAM for water quality analysis and the monitoring data from 2006 to 2011.The results showed that the value of pH per year tended to the average; the DO in 2011 was much higher than that in other years, and the DO in 2006 was lower than the standard value; the quality risk in six sections was still higher than the standard value in 2007, which was caused by the high concentrations of COD. However, the value of ammonia nitrogen changes was only 40% related to DO and COD. Tipo: Journal Contribution Palavras-chave: Models; Water quality control. Ano: 2012 URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1834/5842 The effect of irrigation method on the quality and shelf-life of strawberry fruit in organic production Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Parikka, Päivi. The irrigation method did not affect either the shelf-life or the quality of fruit. In organic strawberry production grey mould is a major problem. Strawberry varieties differ from each other in disease susceptibility and the quality and shelf-life of the fruit is affected more by their properties and weather conditions than by the irrigation method. Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Crop health; Quality; Protection. Ano: 2003 URL: http://orgprints.org/6195/1/plant.pdf Effect of quality assessment on cultivar performance in timothy variety testing in Finland Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Niskanen, Markku; Niemeläinen, O.; Jauhiainen, L.; Kurri, O. Significant differences in quality parameters among varieties were recorded for yields of both the first and second cuts. Differences in D-values reflected the differences in earliness of varieties and differences in protein content reflected differences in the yield of a particular cut. Quality assessment in cultivar trials would motivate breeders to enhance their efforts in quality improvement. Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Breeding; Genetics and propagation. Ano: 2006 URL: http://orgprints.org/15948/1/Timothy1.pdf The role of innovativeness and quality management in the improvement of competitiveness and performance in animal production enterprises in conventional and organic agriculture Provedor de dados: 21 The standardized quality systems are widely maintained in Finnish small and medium sized agro-food enterprises but the effects of quality systems upon business performance and profitability has been little examined. For that reason the study aims to provide an empirical insight into the economical effects of standardized quality systems and into the connections of innovativeness and profitability in small and medium sized enterprises in Finnish agriculture. The results of the study will be usefull particularly for entrepreneurs in their business management and education. Tipo: Project description Palavras-chave: Policy environments and social economy. Ano: 2016 Collective Reputation, Entry and Minimum Quality Standard Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Rouviere, Elodie; Soubeyran, Raphael. This article deals with the issue of entry into an industry where firms share a collective reputation. First, we show that free entry is not socially optimal; there is a need for regulation through the imposition of a minimum quality standard. Second, we argue that a minimum quality standard can induce firms to enter the market. Contrary to conventional wisdom, a minimum quality standard should not always be considered as a barrier to entry. Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper Palavras-chave: Collective Reputation; Entry; Minimum Quality Standard; Industrial Organization; L11; H41; I18; Q18. Ano: 2008 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6325 QUALITY AS A LATENT VARIABLE IN RECREATION ACCESS ANALYSIS Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Luzar, E. Jane; Gan, Christopher E.C.; Kanjilal, Barun; Messonnier, Mark L. Recreation trends indicating an increasing demand for quality recreation experiences suggest the need for special consideration of quality in analysis of fee access recreation. By viewing quality as a subjective latent variable, this paper uses a simultaneous equation framework to consider the use of subjective versus objective appraisals of quality in fee-based recreation access analysis. Tipo: Journal Article Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy. Ano: 1992 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29631 Estimating Water Quality Benefits: Theoretical and Methodological Issues Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Ribaudo, Marc; Hellerstein, Daniel. Knowledge of the benefits and costs to water users is required for a complete assessment of policies to create incentives for water quality improving changes in agricultural production. A number of benefit estimation methods are required to handle the varying nature of water quality effects. This report reviews practical approaches and theoretical foundations for estimating the economic value of changes in water quality to recreation, navigation, reservoirs, municipal water treatment and use, and roadside drainage ditches. Tipo: Report Palavras-chave: Benefits; Water quality; Economic welfare; Demand; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy. Ano: 1992 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33586 Does Price Signal Quality? Strategic Implications of Price as a Signal of Quality for the Case of Genetically Modified Food Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Hwang, Yun Jae; Roe, Brian E.; Teisl, Mario F. We add to the limited empirical literature on consumers' use of price as a quality signal by testing if the traditional downward-sloping consumption-price relationship fails to hold for GM products using data collected from a nationally representative mail survey featuring several hypothetical product choice scenarios. Statistical evidence is mixed across the three products investigated but suggests that survey respondents use price as a signal of the quality of GM products. Implications for firm strategy are discussed. Tipo: Journal Article Palavras-chave: Conjoint analysis; Genetically modified food; Pricing strategy; Price-quality relationship; Demand and Price Analysis. Ano: 2006 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8209 How do consumers use signals to assess quality? Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Gergaud, Olivier; Livat, Florine. This article analyzes the way some 6,000 European wine consumers, both connoisseurs and non-connoisseurs, use a set of available signals (price, umbrella branding, goodwill, past consumption) to assess the quality of Bordeaux wines where price is the main source of information on quality. Connoisseurs use this signal less intensively than on connoisseurs. Price represents a substitute for umbrella branding where consumers are not aware of who is beneath this umbrella, and where this signal is thus of no help to them. This could explain why such wines tend nowadays to lose market share in favor of branded wines that are easier to evaluate. Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper Palavras-chave: Wine quality; Information; Quality signaling; Wine market; Consumer/Household Economics; Demand and Price Analysis; Industrial Organization; Marketing. Ano: 2007 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37296 DEVELOPMENT OF MANAGEMENT QUALITY SYSTEM FOR METALLURGICAL ENTERPRISE BASED ON BALANCED SCORECARD WITH LIMITING FACTORS Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Pesin, Alexander; Salganik, Viktor; Ledneva, Galina. The article considers inefficiency of the existing quality management systems (QMS) based on standards ISO series 9000. The authors offer integrated QMS with limiting factors on Balanced Scorecard. The Balanced Scorecard with limiting factors helps to efficiently direct process of continuous improvement and achieve top-priority criteria in quality management domain. Tipo: Journal Article Palavras-chave: Management quality system; Priority operations in quality field; Theory of constrains; Balanced Scorecard.; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; L15. Ano: 2009 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94589 Quality and governance mode choice: a transaction cost approach to the wine industry Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Fernandez-Olmos, Marta; Rosell-Martinez, Jorge; Espitia-Escuer, Manuel Antonio. We analyze the relationship between product quality and governance mode choice using the results of a survey of DOC Rioja wineries. Wineries that produce high-quality wines are more likely to vertically integrate than are wineries that produce low-quality wines. Consistent with Transaction Cost Economics, we find evidence that asset specificity and uncertainty are important determinants of vertical integration. Finally, the size of the winery is also an important factor that affects governance mode choice in viticulture. Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Quality; Governance mode choice; Transaction cost; Industrial Organization. Ano: 2008 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44266 WILLINGNESS TO PAY FOR PUBLIC GOODS: A HEDONIC DEMAND MODEL FOR NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY, SCHOOL AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Bhattarai, Gandhi Raj; Pandit, Ram; Hite, Diane. A two-stage hedonic price and demand model was developed to estimate the willingness to pay for school quality, neighborhood safety and environmental quality in six Ohio metropolitan areas. Environmental quality and public safety were complements while school quality and house size were substitutes for them. Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Public Economics. Ano: 2004 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/34628 Reputation and Production Standards Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: McCluskey, Jill J.; Loureiro, Maria L. This paper analyzes a monopolist's behavior when consumers cannot observe the production standards. These types of products are usually known as credence goods. The steady-state level of quality with credence goods is found to be lower than that with experience goods, and perfect information goods. The finding that only perceived quality, which is effectively a filtered version of true quality, affects reputation indicates rewards for high quality production are lower in the credence good case. Further, an increase in the level of monitoring can increase the true level of product quality in the market for credence goods. Tipo: Journal Article Palavras-chave: Credence goods; Production standards; Reputation; Production Economics. Ano: 2005 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30788 The Role of Contract in Quality Assurance Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Barzel, Yoram. In recent years a debate has raged about the accuracy of the cost-of-living index. A major bone of contention regards capturing the changes in the quality of goods. Were it easy to measure quality, disputes about the magnitude of the change would have not arisen. The difficulty in pinpointing quality is not merely an academic or policy question; it also poses a major problem for exchange. When the quality of the exchanged commodities is uncertain, costly disputes about what one gives and the other receives are bound to arise. Such disputes are a matter of property rights, of who owns what. Tipo: Journal Article Palavras-chave: Contracts and Vertical Integration; Agricultural and Food Policy. Ano: 2000 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/45628 FORECASTING CROP QUALITY Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Ryland, G.J. The need for a forecasting system of biological quality arises as a result of the price-quality payment schemes in grower and processor contracts which operate in many agricultural cropping industries. The seasonal nature of the series of vertical quality height gives rise to questions as to the repetitive pattern of the shape and trend translation of the series. These hypotheses can be tested using conventional statistical methods. For non-stationary series, however, a Box-Jenkins type dynamic seasonal model is proposed. These forecasting procedures are applied to a series of sugar cane quality. Tipo: Journal Article Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries. Ano: 1975 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9159 Defining Access to Health Care: Evidence on the Importance of Quality and Distance in Rural Tanzania Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Klemick, Heather; Leonard, Kenneth L.; Masatu, Melkiory C. We examine the implications of health seeking behavior on access to quality health care using a unique dataset that combines a household survey from rural Tanzania with the location and quality of all health facilities available to households. Patients do not always visit the nearest facility, but choose from among multiple facilities, improving the quality of care they receive by bypassing low quality facilities. Recognizing this behavior alters the projected benefits to health interventions, reducing the value of focusing on the staff qualifications and increasing the value of focusing on travel time and the motivation of current staff. Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Health Economics and Policy. Ano: 2008 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6178 Water quality trading programs: A comparison between the Northern and Southern Hemispheres Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Greenhalgh, Suzie; Selman, Mindy. Water quality trading is continually being explored and implemented to improve water quality in many parts of the world. They are being used to cost-effectively reduce point and/or non-point source obligations to meet water quality goals such as nutrient discharge limits. A comparison between evolving trading programs in New Zealand and some in North America illustrate a number of differences as well as similarities in terms of the successes and hurdles. These can be used to better design more effective programs. Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Water quality; Trading; Nutrients; Market-based; Non-point source; Point source; Environmental Economics and Policy. Ano: 2008 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6028 A Hedonic Pricing Model for German Wine Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Schamel, Guenter. We develop a hedonic pricing model for German quality wine. Quality indicators for 4,141 wines are sensory awards received at the annual German wine competition and the legally required quality category as well as a set of control variables including regional origin, color, style, and their age at the time of judging. The data confirms that sensory quality awards have a significant and positive price impact. Moreover, we estimate significant relative differences between quality categories, growing regions and most of the control variables. Tipo: Journal Article Palavras-chave: Wine; Hedonic pricing models; Reputation; Consumer/Household Economics; Demand and Price Analysis; Marketing. Ano: 2003 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97975 QUALITY MEASUREMENT AND CONTRACT DESIGN: AN EXAMPLE FROM AGRICULTURE Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Hueth, Brent; Melkonyan, Tigran A. We examine agricultural contracting parties' incentives to employ quality measurement. Quality measurement will be used if on-farm production of ``quality'' is sufficiently cheap, and quality measurement sufficiently informative. We qualitatively test these predictions with empirical observation across fresh and processed commodities, and across regions for a single commodity. Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Farm Management. Ano: 2001 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20583 The ideal table grapes for the Spanish market Provedor de dados: 94 Autores: Piva,Cesar Rosso; Garcia,José Luis Lopez; Morgan,Wyn. This paper seeks to explore a survey of consumers in Spain. The survey explores the attributes of quality that consumers are seeking and promotion of grapes via "quality" marks, which are indicators of possible ways to increase demand. The reason consumers are switching to other foods, such as dairy based snacks, is that grapes are not easy to eat, can be unreliable in terms of their quality attributes, and their price more variable. Consumers are also generally unaware of the marks quality currently used. Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Table grapes; Consumer survey; Consumers' preferences; Quality attributes. Ano: 2006 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-29452006000200023 Proteomic identification of quality factors for oocytes in the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas Provedor de dados: 5 Autores: Corporeau, Charlotte; Vanderplancke, Gwenaelle; Boulais, Myrina; Suquet, Marc; Quere, Claudie; Boudry, Pierre; Huvet, Arnaud; Madec, Stephanie. We used a 2-DE proteomic approach to identify abundant proteins linked to oocyte quality in the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas, an economically important bivalve. Oocyte quality of 14 females was estimated by recording fertilisation and early developmental success until D-larval stage under controlled conditions. Proteins that were differentially expressed between females showing high or low oocyte quality were identified by nano-liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry. Twelve up-accumulated spots associated with low quality oocytes revealed 10 distinct proteins, including vitellogenin — breakdown products and metabolic enzymes. Eight up-accumulated spots from high quality oocytes revealed 6 distinct proteins, including chaperone molecules and... Tipo: Text Palavras-chave: Marine bivalves; Crassostrea gigas; Oocyte quality; Proteomics. Ano: 2012 URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00098/20925/18534.pdf Perception of quality in certified organic pineapples by farmers in Kayunga district, Central Uganda: Implications for food security Provedor de dados: 105 Autores: Jumba, Francis Richard; Freyer, Bernhard. In East Africa, Uganda is one of the major producers of organic pineapples for export. These pineapples are mainly produced in central Uganda and have to meet stringent quality standards before they can be allowed on international markets. These quality standards may put considerable strain on farmers and may not be wholly representative of their quality interpretation. The aim of this paper is therefore, to determine the Ugandan organic pineapple farmers’ quality perception, the activities they carry out in order to attain that quality and challenges (production, postharvest & marketing) faced on the same. Qualitative semi-structured interviews were carried out among 28 organic pineapple farmers in Kayunga district, central Uganda. Findings suggest... Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article Palavras-chave: Agroecology organic; Perception; Pineapple; Quality; Uganda. Ano: 2016 URL: http://www.jarts.info/index.php/jarts/article/view/2016041950134 Differences between real and perceived quality among users of school catering – survey on 40 Italian schools Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Spigarolo, Roberto; Donegani, Giorgio; Giorgi, Giulio; Sarti, Valerio. This report investigates how food quality is perceived in school canteens and to what extent this perception, influencing public opinion about the catering service quality, reflects the real quality of served meals. The objective of this work is therefore to investigate the relationships between real and perceived quality of meals in the sustainable school catering sector. The study has been built upon a survey made over a sample of 7.500 catering service users (about 6.500 pupils and 1.000 adults) concerning the knowledge of quality/sustainability of canteen products, non-food aspects of the service (e.g.: staff management, canteen environment), the satisfaction level and possible/necessary improvements. In the present work it emerges a satisfactory... Tipo: Report Palavras-chave: Food security; Food quality and human health Policy environments and social economy Produce chain management. Ano: 2010 URL: http://orgprints.org/17622/1/iPOPY_WP3_QualitySurvey40SchoolsItaly_EN.pdf Looking East Looking West: Organic and Quality Food Marketing in Asia and Europe Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Haas, Rainer; Canavari, Maurizio; Slee, Bill; Chen, Tong; Anurugsa, Bundit. This book represents a unique collection of European and Asian perspectives on the production, trade and consumption of high quality food. The rapidly growing demand for organic and quality food in Europe imposes new challenges on competing food value chains. Europe, as the biggest worldwide food importer, attracts many developing and developed countries in Asia. Prospering Chinese and Thai food markets offer new opportunities for European operators. Wealthy and informed consumers on both continents search for trustworthy high quality food products. Farmers, operators and retailers from distant cultures are coping with different standards, facing the ever increasing necessity for mutual understanding. This publication is the output of Bean-Quorum an... Tipo: Other Palavras-chave: Food security; Food quality and human health Markets and trade. Ano: 2010 Soil quality of organically managed citrus orchards in the Mediterranean area. Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Canali, Stefano. Soil quality can be defined as the capacity of a soil to function, whilst maintaining the environmental quality and promoting plant and animal health. It also refers to the capability of soil to function at present and in the future for an indefinite period of time. Soil quality is a basic concept in the sustainable management of any agricultural system aimed at producing, avoiding or reducing negative effects on the environment, preserving resources and saving energy on a medium- or long-term basis and its assessment might be considered a means for the evaluation of the environmental sustainability of agricultural systems. A study was conducted with the aim of evaluating the contribution of the introduction of organic farming system to the environmental... Tipo: Book chapter Palavras-chave: Nutrient turnover; Quality and evaluation of inputs; Farm nutrient management; Soil quality. Ano: 2003 URL: http://orgprints.org/7836/1/Soil_quality_of_organically_managed_citrus_orchards_in_the%E2%80%A6.pdf Does Wheat Cultivar Choice Affect Crop Quality and Soil Microbial Communities in Cropping Systems? Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Nelson, Alison; Frick, B.; Clapperton, J.; Quideau, S.; Spaner, Dr. Dean. Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) cultivars may have differential effects on soil microbial communities and the breadmaking quality of harvested grain. We compared six Canadian spring wheat cultivars under organic and conventional management systems for yield, breadmaking quality and soil phospholipid fatty acid analysis (PLFA) profile. Yields were lower, but protein levels were higher in the organic system. Cultivars differed for quality traits, but all cultivars had acceptable levels for processing. There were small differences in PLFA profiles for cultivars in the conventional system, but none in the organic system. More significant correlations between grain quality and PLFA measures were present in the organic system. Protein levels and breadmaking quality... Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Food security; Food quality and human health Cereals; Pulses and oilseeds Soil biology. Ano: 2008 URL: http://orgprints.org/12070/1/12070.pdf International Research Association for Organic Food Quality and Health (FQH) Provedor de dados: 21 The International Research Association for Organic Food Quality and Health aims to establish a network of research institutions specialized in the background of organic food and its effect on human health. Interdisciplinary as well as specialised investigations on organic food quality concepts and novel research methods to study the influence of organic food on human health will be promoted. activities: Activities Through a coordinating secretariat the FQH Association is implementing the following - implement joint research projects. Combining of resources e.g. by sharing samples for multiple testing as well as staff exchange among institutions to enhance more efficiency and effectiveness. - evaluate, standardise and validate new methods to... Tipo: Organization description Ano: 2016 URL: http://orgprints.org/1155/1/index.html Techniques to improve technological and sanitary quality Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: David, C.; Celette, F.; Abecassis, J.; Carcea, M.; Dubois, D.; Friedel, J.K.; Hellou, G.; Jeuffroy, M.-H.; Mäder, P.; Thomsen, I. K. Agronomical ways for better quality and safety Choice of cultivar is an efficient way to obtain higher grain quality. Intercropping legumes (grain or forage) improves weed competition and N availability for wheat crop or succeeding crop. Green manure can be an effective alternative to farmyard manure. Fertilization with readily available nitrogen improves yield and quality when water is available. Reduced tillage affects soil fertility and wheat yield but has little effects on grain quality. Technological ways for better quality and safety Milling process strongly influences flour characteristics. Stone milling improves nutritive value; characteristics remain very stable independent of the milling yield. Flour characteristics from roller milling... Tipo: Report Palavras-chave: Food security; Food quality and human health Cereals; Pulses and oilseeds. Ano: 2012 URL: http://orgprints.org/20851/1/AGTEC_general_leaflet__FVMarch12.pdf Consumer preferences and demand for livestock products in urban Bangladesh Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Islam, S.M. Fakhrul; Jabbar, Mohammad A. Also available in the ILRI Repository on Livestock Research at http://hdl.handle.net/10568/3009 Tipo: Report Palavras-chave: Demand; Quality; Safety; Livestock products; Bangladesh; Consumer/Household Economics; Livestock Production/Industries. Ano: 2010 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97972 Improving Food Quality through Institutional Innovations: Using a Free‐Rider Approach for Collective Action Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Nuppenau, Ernst-August. This paper outlines how a team work approach, recently suggested in institutional economics to overcome the problem of externalities, can be used to promote better food quality. Cost sharing as “team work” is considered a novel institution to improve food quality by giving incentives to overcome the public good character of quality. We translate the approach from negative to positive externalities. Hereby: (1) We make a reference to the current state of the discussion on how food quality depends on efforts of a food industry to get a better image and discuss how much need there is to improve quality. (2) An outline of a mathematical approach of a “team work” is presented in the provision of quality as a positive externality and (3) the approach is adapted... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Food quality; Team; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Production Economics; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods. Ano: 2010 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/100460 DEVELOPMENT AND FUTURE PERSPECTIVES FOR BULGARIAN RAW MILK PRODUCTION TOWARDS EU QUALITY STANDARDS Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Panayotova, Milena; Adler, Jens. Over the last 8 years, the transformation process with structural changes and the worsening of production technology in the Bulgarian dairy sector has led to a dramatic reduction of milk quality in Bulgaria. The improvement of the raw milk quality and the harmonisation of Bulgarian standards with EU milk quality standards is therefore on of the major conditions for the prospective integration of Bulgarian into the EU as well as for increasing the competitiveness of the Bulgarian dairy sector. This discussion paper presents the results of an in-depth analysis of the Bulgarian agriculture with special emphasis on milk production. The investigation aims to identify the basic problems of Bulgarian milk production, the main differences between the Bulgarian and... Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries. Ano: 1999 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14941 Variability in Quality and Management Practices in the Mango Supply Chain from Costa Rica Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Zuniga-Arias, Guillermo; Ruben, Ruerd. Produce quality is one of the features of any commodity that everyone has an opinion about, but quality is a complex concept. In one hand, quality is the consumer perception about a certain commodity an as well it is a relationship between all the intrinsic attributes of the commodity. It is argued that homogeneous management activities will increase the quality of the commodity. Reducing waste for example, but in a more generic way will reduce the variability of the commodity plus meeting the costumer needs and preferences. In this experimental article we try to disentangle the managerial activities that have an effect on the variability of the quality. For this purpose we have make use of the dispersion statistics... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Variability; Supply Chain; Quality; Management; Agribusiness. Ano: 2007 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9398 Consumers' Demand for Pork Quality: Applying Semantic Network Analysis Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Grebitus, Carola; Bruhn, Maike. Consideration of consumers' demand for food quality entails several aspects. Quality itself is a complex and dynamic concept, and constantly evolving technical progress may cause changes in consumers' judgment of quality. To improve our understanding of the factors influencing the demand for quality, food quality must be defined and measured from the consumer's perspective (Cardello, 1995). The present analysis addresses the issue of food quality, focusing on pork-the food that respondents were concerned about. To gain insight into consumers' demand, we analyzed their perception and evaluation and focused on their cognitive structures concerning pork quality. In order to more fully account for consumers' concerns about the origin of pork, in 2004 we... Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper Palavras-chave: Cognitive structures; Concept mapping; Food quality; Network analysis; Semantic networks; Spreading activation network model; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Livestock Production/Industries. Ano: 2006 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/18402 Do Consumers Trust the National Inspection Exemption Brands? Evidence from Infant Formula in China Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Jin, Yanhong H.; Lin, Liguo; Yao, Lan. Consumers are often uncertain about product quality and have to rely on different information, either given or pursued, to assess quality. Developing countries may lack institutional and technical resources to rigorously monitor and enforce product quality standards and/or to implement market-based instruments where market failures are common. The information-based instruments on product quality may work well in these countries as they reduce information asymmetry between firms and consumers. This study investigates one particular information-based instrument, the National Inspection Exemption (NIE) system in China. China launched the National Inspection Exemption (NIE) System in various industries in 2000 to award firms who are in compliance with the... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Brand choice; Food safety; Product quality; National inspection exemption; Quality standards; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Institutional and Behavioral Economics. Ano: 2011 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103766 Why Don't Country Elevators Pay Less for Low Quality Wheat? Information, Producer Preferences and Prospect Theory Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Adam, Brian D.; Hong, Seung Jee. Previous research found that country elevators that are the first in their area to grade wheat and pay quality-adjusted prices would receive above-normal profits at the expense of their competitors. Because of spatial monopsony, these early-adopting elevators would pass on to producers only 70% of the quality-based price differentials received from next-in-line buyers. If competing elevators also adopted these practices, profits for all elevators would return to near normal, and elevators would pass on to producers nearly all price differentials received from next-in-line buyers. However, that research could not explain why more elevators were not becoming "early adopters" by paying quality-adjusted prices. More recent research found that producers' risk... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries; Demand and Price Analysis. Ano: 2001 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/18957 Factors that determine the quality of bigeye tuna, caught in the western tropical Atlantic Ocean Provedor de dados: 45 Autores: Nóbrega,C.C.; Mendes,P.P.; Mendes,E.S. Tuna are highly prized in Oriental cuisine, and the bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus) is of great commercial importance. Quality is assessed by the tuna meat quality, freshness, texture and fat, which can be altered by factors inherent to capture, such as days of onboard storage, months of the year, whether the catch was living or dead, fish weight and year. These factors were correlated to identify those that affect quality. We obtained data from nine vessels, from January 2007 to April 2010, creating an information bank of 21,908 bigeye tuna. Fish quality and parameters were related using multiple linear regression analysis, in which the variables were included in the model by a stepwise procedure (F>4). We found that live catch, heavier fish and fewer... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Fishing; Thunnus obesus; Tuna; Sensory analysis. Ano: 2014 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-09352014000300949 An overview of preharvest factors influencing mango fruit growth, quality and postharvest behaviour Provedor de dados: 61 Autores: Léchaudel,Mathieu; Joas,Jacques. Mango, a tropical fruit of great economic importance, is generally harvested green and then commercialised after a period of storage. Unfortunately, the final quality of mango batches is highly heterogeneous, in fruit size as well as in gustatory quality and postharvest behaviour. A large amount of knowledge has been gathered on the effects of the maturity stage at harvest and postharvest conditions on the final quality of mango. Considerably less attention has been paid to the influence of environmental factors on mango growth, quality traits, and postharvest behaviour. In this paper, we provide a review of studies on mango showing how environmental factors influence the accumulation of water, structural and non-structural dry matter in the fruit during... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Environmental conditions; Fruit load; Irrigation; Shelf life; Size; Taste. Ano: 2007 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1677-04202007000400004 Beef Consumer Preferences in Chile: Importance of Quality Attribute Differentiators on the Purchase Decision Provedor de dados: 117 Autores: Villalobos,Pablo; Padilla,Carlos; Ponce,Cristian; Rojas,Álvaro. Agrifood markets worldwide have focused on searching for new quality attribute differentiators, which capture the attention of consumers and meet their needs. The purpose of this research was to determine the importance of a set of quality attribute differentiators associated with a beef cut on the choice behavior of the Chilean consumer. The evaluated differentiating characteristics were: price, origin, production method, and quality assurance. A total of 750 subjects were surveyed in the following cities: Talca, Rancagua, and Santiago. Conjoint analysis was carried out to estimate the impact of the assessed attributes on the purchase decision of the consumers polled. Findings point out that the quality attribute differentiators significantly influence... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Conjoint analysis; Country of origin; Animal welfare; Quality assurance; Differentiation; Marketing. Ano: 2010 URL: http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-58392010000100009 Adzuki beans (Vigna angularis) seed quality under several drying conditions Provedor de dados: 116 Autores: Resende,Osvaldo; Almeida,Dieimisson Paulo; Costa,Lílian Moreira; Mendes,Udenys Cabral; Sales,Juliana de Fátima. This study analyzed the drying process and the seed quality of adzuki beans (Vigna angularis). Grains of adzuki beans, with moisture content of 1.14 (decimal dry basis) at harvest and dried until the moisture content of 0.11 (decimal dry basis.) were used. Drying was done in an experimental drier maintened at controlled temperatures of 30, 40, 50, 60, and 70 ºC and relative humidity of 52.0, 28.0, 19.1, 13.1, and 6.8%, respectively. Physiological and technological seed quality was evaluated using the germination test, Index of Germination Velocity (IGV), electrical conductivity, and water absorption, respectively. Under the conditions tested in the present study, it can be concluded that drying time for adzuki beans decreases with the higher air... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Physiological quality; Drying conditions; Technological quality; Seed drying. Ano: 2012 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-20612012000100022 Lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) seed quality evaluation using seed physical attributes, saturated salt accelerated aging and the seed vigour imaging system Provedor de dados: 69 Autores: Peñaloza,Patricia; Ramirez-Rosales,Gerardo; McDonald,Miller B; Bennett,Mark A. High seed quality is essential for optimum stand establishment in lettuce. As a result, it is necessary to have seed vigour tests that permit rapid, objective and accurate evaluation of seed quality. This study evaluated physical and physiological seed quality components of four seed lots of six lettuce varieties obtained from a commercial company. Seeds were evaluated for seedling emergence under greenhouse conditions, standard germination, seed physical aspects, the Saturated Salt Accelerated Aging (SSAA) test and the Seed Vigour Imaging System (SVIS). Results indicated that large-seeded lettuce varieties had higher percentage germination, higher SSAA values, higher SVIS index and more rapid and uniform greenhouse emergence. Black-seeded lettuce... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Vegetables; Deterioration; Seedling; Performance. Ano: 2005 URL: http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-34582005000300010 REMI : French microbiological monitoring network for shellfish growing areas. Provedor de dados: 5 Autores: Amouroux, Isabelle. The microbiological monitoring and classification in Europe is based on faecal indicator E. coli monitoring in live bivalve mollusc. As a result of the implementation of the microbiological threshold defined by European legislation since 01/01/2006, almost all A quality areas have disappeared, and most areas show B quality. Percentage-wise, the C quality category is more frequently observed for areas with burrowing bivalves like clams and cockles. From these results, a few elements can be pointed out : - firstly : the contamination levels are different between the burrowing and non burrowing bivalves. Thus, it is important to examine separately the evolution for each type of species. The evolution since 1989 shows for the oyster and mussels an... Tipo: Text Ano: 2009 URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00014/12566/9434.pdf Labeling policies and market behavior: quality standard and voluntary label adoption Provedor de dados: 189 Autores: Bottega, L.; Delacote, P.; Ibanez, L. This paper focus's on the third-party certifiers' strategy when choosing a required label quality, and the consequent market outcome. We consider two different objectives of the certifier: maximizing global demand for the labeled product (wide public policy), or maximizing global quality of the market (global quality policy). In a duopoly set up with firms bearing different costs with respect to quality provision, firms always opt for differentiation strategies: only one adopts the label. However, the labeling firm is not necessarily the most efficient one. In the case of a wide public policy, the efficient firm will produce labeled products only if costs of labeling are sufficiently low. In the case of a global quality policy, the low cost firm will... Tipo: Journal Article Palavras-chave: ECOLABEL; LABEL DE QUALITE; QUALITE DES PRODUITS; CERTIFICATION LABELING; PRODUCT QUALITY; BERTRAND DUOPOLY. Ano: 2009 URL: http://www.prodinra.inra.fr/prodinra/pinra/doc.xsp?id=PROD20102bb00fb0&uri=/notices/prodinra1/2010/01/ Ontology Mapping of PATO to YATO for the improvement of interoperability of quality description Provedor de dados: 17 Autores: Hiroshi Masuya; Nobuhiko Tanaka; Kazunori Waki; Tatsuya Kushida; Kouji Kozaki; Riichiro Mizoguchi. To facilitate broad interoperability for phenotype information between different ontological frameworks, we developed a reference ontology, PATO2YATO_Quality, with the careful mapping of terms of PATO which is a quality ontology commonly used for biological phenotype annotation to the latest top-level ontology, YATO, which represents advanced modeling of quality-related concepts. As a result, YATO framework enabled to describe changes of phenotypic qualities along the courses of time in ontologically correct way and sophisticated classification and representation of interrelationships among quality-related concepts to provide fully integration of qualitative values and quantitative values obtained from phenotyping experiments and advanced representation... Tipo: Poster Palavras-chave: Genetics & Genomics; Bioinformatics. Ano: 2009 URL: http://precedings.nature.com/documents/3508/version/1 Analysis of the QC/QA survey Provedor de dados: 20 Autores: Rojas, Ricardo. A short online survey or quality control/quality assurance procedures was carried out requesting information about procedures and details of the manuals, guidelines and special software that are used by respondents for ocean profile data. This was to assist the intersessional working group established through Resolution IODE-XVIII. 4 to carry out its work that including: (i) review existing quality control procedures and software; (ii) discuss quality control issues of historical, real-time, delayed-mode and modern ocean profile data; (iii) prepare a report on (i) and (ii) above. Tipo: Conference Material Palavras-chave: Surveys; Quality control; Quality assurance; Surveys; Quality assurance; Http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_7537; Http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_35287. Ano: 2007 URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1834/2780 Parameters for apple quality - 2 - and the development of the ‘inner quality concept’ 2001-2003 Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Bloksma, Joke; Huber, Machteld; Northolt, Martin; Zanen, Marleen; Jansonius, Pieterjans. We found clear correlations between management measures, tree characteristics and fruit characteristics. This means that growers can regulate apple quality during the growing season. On the basis of the two apple experiments, we can distinguish respective sets of growth and differentiation parameters and evaluate them in the light of conventional fruit cultivation science. Our results have little new value for fruit growing in practice, however. The value of our research lies in the approach developed to draw up a quality concept and the way in which we can apply this concept to crops about which little knowledge exists regarding the relationship between management measures, crop characteristics and product quality characteristics. Our research also offers... Tipo: Report Palavras-chave: Composting and manuring; Fruit and berries; Specific methods. Ano: 2004 URL: http://orgprints.org/2716/1/gvv04.pdf Determining consumer expectations and attitudes towards organic/lo-input food quality and safety. QLIF subproject 1: Consumer expectations and attitudes Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Oughton , E. The objective of QLIF subproject 1 was to deliver in-depth analyses of consumer expectations, attitudes and buying behaviours, with respect to quality and safety of foods from organic and low-input production systems. Results of the research showed that consumer attitudes towards quality and safety are not consistent - they are changeable, and linked to a whole bundle of assorted issues such as personal health, the natural environment, and ethics. Organic consumers appear to fall into two main types: regular and occasional purchasers. Regular consumers are committed insofar as the products satisfy their quality and safety requirements, but they are suspicious of over-processed organic foods sold in supermarkets. Occasional consumers of organic and... Tipo: Report Palavras-chave: Food security; Food quality and human health Consumer issues. Ano: 2009 URL: http://orgprints.org/16588/1/folder_1_small.pdf The effect of different fertilisers on hygienic quality of lettuce Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Rattler, Sabine; Thiel, Barbara; Köpke, Ulrich. Abstract – The effect of different fertiliser types (cal-cium ammonium nitrate, fresh farmyard manure, composted farmyard manure and nettle extract) on the hygienic quality of fresh and washed lettuce was tested in two trials in summer 2004 and 2005. The hygienic quality was described by total aerobic bacte-rial count and level of coliform bacteria, Escherichia coli, Salmonella Enteritidis, Enterobacteriaceae. No Salmonella Enteritidis was detected in any sample. E. coli was isolated independent of the fertiliser type in low concentrations. The total aerobic bacterial count, the levels of Enterobacteriaceae and coliform bacteria tended to be lower after application of mineral fertil-iser but on a very low level. The washing process had no significant... Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Food security; Food quality and human health. Ano: 2006 URL: http://orgprints.org/7200/1/D%C3%A4nemark.doc Targeting occasional buyers - the need for quality related communication approaches Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Bodini, Antonella; Richter, Dr Toralf; Felder, Rudolf. Occasional organic buyers often purchase selected organic food items according to perceived added value in terms of quality and food safety issues or perceived additional ecological and social performances along the supply chain. They clearly take a more critical view of organic food and the organic farming concept in general than regular buyers do (Richter et al., 2004; Zanoli, 2004). The main barrier preventing this group from expanding its consumption of organic food is the higher price, which, in their perception, is not justified sufficiently by added quality attributes. However, in many cases the underlying problem is related to the complexity of quality profiles which are less transparent and understandable. To tackle this issue, the paper... Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Markets and trade. Ano: 2006 URL: http://orgprints.org/7640/1/JOC_2006_Bodini_Richter_Felder.pdf Technological quality of organic wheat in Europe Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: David, C.; Celette, F.; Abecassis, J.; Carcea, M.; Dubois, D.; Friedel, J. K.; Hellou, G.; Jeuffroy, M.-H.; Mäder, P.; Thomsen, I. K. The demand for high quality organic bread wheat is increasing. The quality level of organic wheat harvested in EU is mainly dependant on variety, environmental conditions and agronomic practices. In some countries, protein content and composition, influencing technological value, are equivalent to those produced under conventional practices. Beside agronomical techniques, technological processes can help to maintain a good quality. Pre-treatments before milling such as debranning were found to be efficient in reducing DON contamination. The project highlighted the necessity to redefine the methods to assess the quality of organic wheat. Tipo: Report Palavras-chave: Food security; Food quality and human health Cereals; Pulses and oilseeds. Ano: 2012 URL: http://orgprints.org/20852/1/AGTEC_technological_leaflet_April_12FV.pdf Organic Food Quality: Can it exist without Measurement? Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Ismond, Alan. Abstract - Consumers who purchase organic foods are motivated primarily by the health benefits. What assurances are there that defining organic products based on inputs, methods, and ingredients will meet or exceed consumer expectations if there are no re-quirements to define, measure, and meet product quality standards? The future of the organic industry will depend on understanding and quantifying con-sumer expectations and then defining metrics for assessing organic product quality that satisfies these expectations. After establishing quantifiable product quality targets, the next challenge will be to correlate farming and processing methods so that the product quality criteria and consumer expectations are satis-fied. Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Quality and evaluation of inputs. Ano: 2006 URL: http://orgprints.org/7090/1/Alan_Ismond_paper_final.pdf Managing Soil Quality: Challenges in Modern Agriculture Provedor de dados: 21 Soil quality is a concept that allows soil functions to be related to specific purposes. Previous books on soil quality have emphasized descriptive aspects, by focusing on e.g. soil quality indicators, indexing, and minimum data sets. This book takes a management oriented approach by identifying key issues in soil quality and management options to enhance the sustainability of modern agriculture. Topics covered include major plant nutrients (N, P, K), soil acidity, soil organic matter, soil biodiversity, soil compaction, erosion, pesticides and urban waste. Also included are in-depth treatments of the soil quality concept, its history, and its applicability in research and in developed and developing societies. The book will be of significant interest to... Tipo: Book Palavras-chave: Research methodology and philosophy Soil Values; Standards and certification Soil tillage. Ano: 2004 URL: http://orgprints.org/1511/2/A4659_Schjonning_Chap01.pdf Effect of organic and conventional crop production systems on food quality and safety Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Schmidt, Dr. Christoph S; Lueck, Dr. Lorna; Shotton, Peter; Seal, Dr. Chris J; Brandt, Dr. Kirsten; Leifert, Prof. Carlo. A range of comparative studies have recently been carried out to compare the composition of foods produced in organic, “low input” and conventional production systems. This paper will review the currently available information on nutritional differences between organic and non-organic crops. It will also describe the Nafferton Factorial Systems Experiment which was established as part of the IP Quality-LowInputFood to study the effect (and interactions between) (a) rotational design, (b) fertility management and (c) crop protection regimes on crop quality and safety. Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Crop health; Quality; Protection Food security; Food quality and human health. Ano: 2006 URL: http://orgprints.org/8099/1/SchmidtNutritional_quality_of_organic_food_%2D_Odense_2006r.pdf Quality Signaling and International Trade in Food Products Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Bureau, Jean-Christophe; Gozlan, Estelle; Marette, Stephan. Focusing on the issue of food safety, we consider a framework of repeated purchases under the scenario of imperfect information on product quality (adverse selection and experience goods). A firm in a northern country can more easily detect tainted products than can a southern one. When imports are banned, the northern firm does not always signal the actual quality of its products. Competition from imports may lead the northern firm to test the quality of its products as a way to differentiate itself from foreign competitors. Consumers benefit from the disclosure of information on quality, even though borders are open to products of uncertain quality. However, competition from imports also increases the cost of signaling high quality. This can be... Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper Palavras-chave: Adverse selection; North-south trade; Signaling; Trade; International Relations/Trade. Ano: 2001 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/18636 Effects of Price and Quality Differences in Source Differentiated Beef on Market Demand Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Lee, Young-Jae; Kennedy, P. Lynn. In order to estimate demand elasticities of source differentiated beef in South Korea, this study used the quantity of an endogenous demand system derived through maximizing the economic welfare of market participants including local beef consumers and local and foreign beef suppliers. The demand system is then weighted with respect to quality adjustment parameters to identify the effects of quality differences in source differentiated beef on market demand. As implied by the high relative price of locally produced ‘‘Hanwoo’’ beef, substitutability between local and imported beef is shown to be very weak and the own price elasticity of South Korean beef is shown to be inelastic. Related to quality differences between source differentiated beef, South... Tipo: Journal Article Palavras-chave: Beef; Quality complement; Quality difference; Quality substitute; Agribusiness; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Livestock Production/Industries; F10; F11; F13. Ano: 2009 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/48752 Modelling the impact of private quality standards on the fresh fruit and vegetable supply chains in developing countries Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Fontaine, Damien; Gaspart, Frederic; Frahan, Bruno Henry de. Stricter quality requirements and greater uses of private quality standards have a considerable impact on the fresh fruit and vegetable supply chain in developing countries. In particular, the future of small-scale production is in doubt. This paper presents a theoretical game theory model to study the impact of quality requirements on producer and consumer welfare within certified supply chains. The model shows that total producer welfare is maximized at higher quality levels where farmers who are efficient in the production of quality products participate, whilst less efficient producers are excluded. In addition, the model provides useful insights on welfare and poverty impact of increased competition and changes in private standard certification costs. Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Fruit and vegetables; Private quality standards; Game theory; Crop Production/Industries. Ano: 2008 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44378 Consumer Motivations and Cognitive Structures behind Quality Food Purchasing Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Christos, Fotopoulos V.; George, Maglaras Ch.; Anastasios, Pagiaslis P. The present paper presents a two stage research which aims to depict the motivations and cognitive structures of quality food consumers through the use of Means–End Chain (MEC) approach and laddering technique. Quality food entails both organic and local protected/traditional products. The first stage of the research involved a meta-analysis of published journal articles regarding the purported motivations and cognitive structures of consumers when purchasing quality food. The results show that the values and motivations identified by the various researches varied greatly, thus a thematic categorization followed in order to produce a useful conceptual framework for the analysis of quality food cognitive structures. In the second stage we validated the... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: MEC; Laddering; Quality food; Cognitive structures; Greece; Marketing. Ano: 2009 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58015 Beyond Water-Quality Regulations for CAFOs? Manure Management Costs to Meet Air-Quality Objectives Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Aillery, Marcel P.; Gollehon, Noel R. Federal policy on manure management has focused on water-quality protection. However, animal agriculture is an important source of ammonia-nitrogen and other air emissions, increasing attention on air-quality concerns. Policies to address air emissions would influence both the costs of meeting water-quality objectives and environmental tradeoffs. We consider hypothetical policies at a regional level. Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Manure management; Confined animals; Water quality; Air quality; Regional optimization; Chesapeake Bay; Environmental Economics and Policy. Ano: 2005 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19208 Carcass Quality and Genetic Selection in the Beef Industry Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Vanek, Joseph K.; Watts, Myles J.; Brester, Gary W. A lack of high-quality beef has been cited as one of the primary factors for the 50% decline in beef demand from the mid-1970s to the last 1990s. Cattle producers argue that appropriate price premiums are not sufficient to encourage the production of high-quality cattle. Although some improvement in carcass quality can be made by the cattle feeding and processing sectors, substantial improvements in quality must include genetic progress. A hedonic analysis of four major U.S. beef seedstock producers indicates that bull purchasers place relatively high values on a bull’s ability to produce progeny with improved carcass-quality traits. Tipo: Journal Article Palavras-chave: Beef quality; Expected progeny differences; Hedonic model; Livestock Production/Industries. Ano: 2008 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/46562 Relationship Quality and Innovation Capacity of Chains: The Case of the Traditional Food Sector in the EU Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Gellynck, Xavier; Kuhne, Bianka; Weaver, Robert D. The purpose of the paper is to explore how the perceived relationship quality is related to the innovation capacity in chains of the traditional food sector. Based on suggestions from theory and previous studies, empirical evidence is drawn from a survey of 90 traditional food chains including 270 companies from 3 European countries in 6 traditional food product categories. Heterogeneity across these chains is first examined based on cluster analysis that identifies three distinct clusters interpreted as reflecting three levels of intensity in innovation capacity: high, medium, and low. Next, we define measures of the chain relationship quality through characteristics such as trust, conflict and reputation. The quality of the chain relationship is then... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Innovation capacity; Chain relationship quality; Traditional food products; SMEs; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods. Ano: 2010 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/100498 Consumer Perception of Bread Quality Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Gellynck, Xavier; Kuhne, Bianka; Van Bockstaele, F.; Van de Walle, D.; Dewettinck, K. Bread contains a wide range of important nutritional components which provide a positive effect on human health. However, the consumption of bread in Belgium is declining during the last decades. This is due to factors such as changing eating patterns and a increasing choice of substitutes like breakfast cereals and fast foods. The aim of this study is to investigate consumer’s quality perception of bread towards sensory, health and nutrition attributes. Consumer’s quality perception of bread seams to be determined by sensory and health attributes. Three clusters of consumers are identified based on these attributes. In the first cluster, consumers’ quality perception of bread is not dependent on the health attributes it embraces, but to some extent on... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Consumer; Quality perception; Bread; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety. Ano: 2008 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43544 Factors Associated to Purchase of Quality-Labelled Beef Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Sepulveda, Wilmer S.; Maza Rubio, M.T.; Mantecon, Angel R. The aim of the present study is to identify the factors associated to purchase of quality-labelled beef. For this purpose a total of 364 surveys were carried out on buyers of beef in three Spanish cities. The sample was divided into three groups of buyers according to the beef purchasing habits with a quality label. A logistic regression analysis was used to estimate the differences between groups. The results show the importance of the production region as a quality aspect. Income level, association of quality-labelled beef with “guarantee and tradition” aspects, purchasing frequency, place of purchase, production systems and lifestyles are all variables that enabled us to establish differences between groups. Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Beef quality; Quality label; Consumer perception; Demand and Price Analysis. Ano: 2008 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43549 Consumer Demand for Quality: Major Determinant for Agricultural and Food Trade in the Future? Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Caswell, Julie A.; Joseph, Siny. The impact of consumer demand for quality on the agricultural and food system is an increased emphasis on quality differentiation but not all in the direction of upgrading quality. The more elite market segments are thriving and reaching growing numbers of consumers but the basic price/quality markets remain strong. Most recent economic studies find that consumers are willing to pay for food safety and other quality attributes, and for information about them. The magnitude of the valuations varies by food product, attribute, country, and study design. This literature and a case study of genetically modified foods suggest that consumer demand has a strong effect on agricultural and food trade. Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper Palavras-chave: Food quality; Food safety; Consumer demand; Willingness to pay; International trade; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; D12; L15; Q18. Ano: 2007 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7390 Democratic Institutions and Environmental Quality: Effects and Transmission Channels Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Romuald, Kinda Somlanare. This paper aims at analysing the effect of democratic institutions on environmental quality (carbon dioxide per capita, sulfure dioxide per capita) and at identifying potential channel transmissions. We use panel data from 1960 to 2008 in 122 developing and developed countries and modern econometric methods. The results are as follows: Firstly, we show that democratic institutions have opposite effects on environment quality: a positive direct effect on environment quality and a negative indirect effect through investments and income inequality. Indeed, democratic institutions attract investments that hurt environment quality. Moreover, as democratic institutions reduce income inequality, they also damage environment. Secondly, we find that the direct... Tipo: Presentation Palavras-chave: Democratic institutions; Air pollution; Panel data; Income inequality; Investments; Environmental Economics and Policy; O43; Q53; C23; D31; E22. Ano: 2011 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/120396 Socioeconomic Factors and Water Quality in California Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Farzin, Y. Hossein; Grogan, Kelly A. We investigate the relationships between water quality and socioeconomic factors in California at the county level for the years 1993 to 2006 using 24 water quality indicators coming from seven different types of water bodies. We estimate these relationships using three classes of models: the traditional per capita income-pollution level - Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) specifications, a more inclusive model containing main socioeconomic variables such as agricultural intensity, land use, ethnic composition, population density and educational attainment, and a model that includes the socioeconomic variables while accounting for spatial correlations too. For most water quality indicators, we do not find support for EKC specifications. For pollutants... Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper Palavras-chave: Water Quality Indicators; Socioeconomic Variables; EKC; Agriculture; Industry; Environmental Economics and Policy; Q53; Q56; Q58; C23. Ano: 2011 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/115721 VALUING WATER QUALITY MONITORING: A CONTINGENT VALUATION EXPERIMENT INVOLVING HYPOTHETICAL AND REAL PAYMENTS Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Spencer, Michael A.; Swallow, Stephen K.; Miller, Christopher J. This paper studies the preferences and willingness-to-pay for individuals for volunteer water quality monitoring programs. The study involves supporting water quality monitoring at two ponds in the state of Rhode Island. The paper uses both a hypothetical and a real-payment contingent valuation survey to directly measure individual preferences and willingness-to-pay (WTP) for volunteer water quality monitoring at the two ponds. The overall results of the study suggest that hypothetical WTP is not statistically greater than real WTP, and that the average survey respondent is willing to support water quality monitoring on one of the two ponds. The study also finds that the specified purpose of water quality monitoring and certain socioeconomic... Tipo: Journal Article Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy. Ano: 1998 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31504 WHOLESALE DEMAND FOR USDA QUALITY GRADED BOXED BEEF AND EFFECTS OF SEASONALITY Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Lusk, Jayson L.; Marsh, Thomas L. This study quantifies the differential in demand between different USDA quality grades of beef and the interaction between quality graded beef and other meats. We provide estimates of meat retailer own and cross price demand elasticities for USDA Choice and Select boxed beef. Results indicate that meat retailers have more elastic demand for lower quality graded beef. Seasonal analysis indicates demand for both beef quality grades becomes highly price inelastic during the summer "cook-out" months. The two beef quality grades are strong substitutes during the fall and winter. However, Select beef is not a substitute for Choice beef in the spring and summer. Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Beef; Chicken; Demand; Pork; Quality; USDA Choice; USDA Select; Wholesale; Demand and Price Analysis. Ano: 2000 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/36409 Land Quality and International Agricultural Productivity: A Distance Function Approach Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Malcolm, Scott A.; Soule, Meredith J. Agricultural productivity measurement has been of great interest in recent years. Although analysts have long recognized that land quality plays an important role in agricultural productivity, land quality has been difficult to quantify and include in productivity models due to d ata limitations. Poor land quality, in the form of desertification, erosion, and poor soil quality, as well as climate and precipitation may limit growth in productivity over time. A Malmquist productivity index is proposed that decomposes productivity into efficiency change, technical change and land quality components and accounts for inter-country differences in land quality. The index is then applied to a 109-country data set covering 1980 to 2003. Many countries with lower... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Land Economics/Use; Productivity Analysis. Ano: 2006 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25537 From Enterprise Activity Quality Management to Sector Initiative Quality Assurance: Development, Situation and Perspectives Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Schiefer, Gerhard. In the agri-food sector, quality and food safety concerns receive increased attention and have been the focus of initiatives on various levels of activity, reaching from enterprises to the sector as a whole on regional, national and international levels. The initiatives have to integrate the business management approach of 'quality management' (QM) with the interests of society and consumers in food safety and trustworthy safety guarantees. This paper builds on enterprise level quality management concepts, integrates food safety concerns and develops a framework for a sector-encompassing system for quality and food safety assurance. It relates the framework to present sector initiatives and develops recommendations for the design and implementation of a... Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper Palavras-chave: Food safety; Quality management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety. Ano: 2003 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15707 Markets, Institutions, and the Quality of Agricultural Products: Cotton Quality in India Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: MacDonald, Stephen; Naik, Gopal; Landes, Rip. The modern global textile industry requires cotton with strong and consistent fibers in order to produce high quality goods at the high speeds necessary to recover capital costs. The introduction of high volume instrument (HVI) measurement of cotton fiber quality has strengthened the link between cotton prices and attributes on world markets. The spread of genetically modified (GMO) cotton in India has driven India to the second ranked producer and exporter of cotton in the world. However, contamination and other quality problems are endemic to Indian cotton. Using a unique data set of Indian cotton prices and quality attributes from 5 Indian states, this study uses hedonic price modeling to demonstrate that the linkages between cotton quality and price... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries; Production Economics. Ano: 2010 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61854 Costing water quality improvements with auction mechanisms: case studies for the Great Barrier Reef in Australia Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Rolfe, John; Windle, Jill. Australian governments continue to commit significant resources to the protection of the Great Barrier Reef. Funding for the Reef Rescue Programme is focused on reducing the impact of agricultural production on water quality. Information about the costs and benefits of funding proposals is limited. As a result, the key challenge for policy makers is to identify where funding is most efficiently applied. While there is adequate information about the costs of various inputs for reducing water quality, the costs of achieving various outputs is much more limited. Water quality tenders show the opportunity costs of changing agricultural practices. They allow policy makers to better understand the potential costs of misallocating public resources. It also... Tipo: Report Palavras-chave: Auctions; Conservation tenders; Market based instruments; Water quality; Environmental Economics and Policy; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods. Ano: 2009 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94884 The International Quality Systems Environment Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Krieger, Stephanie; Schiefer, Gerhard. Enterprises in the agri-food sector are increasingly confronted with the need to adjust their production processes and operations to the requirements of quality systems and to integrate these requirements into their own individual integrated process management system. Integra- tion efforts are further aggravated by correlations of quality system requirements with other process related requirements. First initiatives have started to benchmark the requirements of different quality systems to have an analyse about the level of the same requirements. Output of this article will be a description of an advisory model (database model with computerized support), which presents a support tool for the implementation of quality, environ- mental and occupational... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Quality standards; Benchmark; Harmonisation; Advisory model; Agribusiness; International Relations/Trade. Ano: 2007 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6616 Competing conventions: The Big Branders’ struggle to incorporate new quality conceptions in the Norwegian food market Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Borgen, Svein Ole. The paper addresses recent changes in the Norwegian agrifood industry from the analytical perspective of quality conventions. Storper and Salais’ “worlds of production” plus Boltanski and Thévenots’ “orders of worth” are used as a basis for the empirical study. First, the paper discusses how the largest Norwegian branders try to strategically adapt to “novel” quality attributes like health-enhancing food, origin/terroir, environmental sustainability and ethics. Second, the paper investigates the companies’ quality signalling strategy: How are these “novel” qualities communicated to consumers? Multiple options are available: Do they attempt to systematically incorporate “novel qualities” into their private brand equity (“conventionalizing qualities”)? Do... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Food quality; Economics of convention.; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety. Ano: 2009 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57986 INVERSE PRODUCTIVITY: LAND QUALITY, LABOR MARKETS, AND MEASUREMENT ERROR Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Lamb, Russell L. Downloads May 2008-December 2009: 153 Tipo: Report Palavras-chave: Labor and Human Capital; Productivity Analysis. Ano: 2001 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57540 AGRICULTURAL PRICE, QUANTITY, AND WELFARE EFFECTS OF AIR QUALITY IMPROVEMENTS Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Ribaudo, Marc; Shortle, James S. The failure to allow for significant crop quality effects in a partial-equilibrium model can lead to misleading inferences about the price, output and welfare implications of air quality improvements. It has been observed that air pollutants such as ozone, sulphur dioxide, and nitrogen dioxide affect the yield and quality of many crops. The economic benefit from improving air quality in crop producing regions has been measured using a partial-equilibrium approach which accounts only for supply shifting yield effects. It is shown that a yield-effect only model will underestimate output increases and benefits from an air quality improvement when commodity quality improvements as well as yield increases are forthcoming. Tipo: Journal Article Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy. Ano: 1986 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28877 Quality Choice, Competition and Vertical Relationship in a Market of Protected Designation of Origin Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Bouamra-Mechemache, Zohra; Yu, Jianyu. Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) is a public label that is used by the European Union as a tool to sustain the competitiveness and the profitability of agricultural sector and in particular to maintain rural activity in less favored areas. However, in PDO supply chain, many farmers deal with relatively few processing firms. In this framework, it is not clear that producers under such protective policy would have incentive to adopt costly measures to improve their product qualities and accept the restrictions on their production practices. Taking into account the vertical structure of the PDO supply chain, we develop a model of oligopoly and oligopsony competition to investigate the conditions under which PDO producers set high quality requirements on... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Marketing. Ano: 2011 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103607 Geographical Indications and the Competitive Provision of Quality in Agricultural Markets Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Moschini, GianCarlo; Menapace, Luisa; Pick, Daniel H. The economics of geographical indications (GIs) is assessed within a vertical product differentiation framework that is consistent with the competitive structure of the agricultural sector with free entry/exit. It is assumed that certification costs are needed for GIs to serve as (collective) credible quality certification devices, and production of high-quality product is endogenously determined. We find that GIs can support a competitive provision of quality that partly overcomes the market failure and leads to clear welfare gains, although they fall short of delivering the (constrained) first-best level of the high-quality good. The main beneficiaries of the welfare gains are consumers. Producers may also accrue some benefit if the production of... Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper Palavras-chave: Competitive industry; Free entry/exit; Geographical indications; Marshallian stability; Quality certification; Trademarks; Welfare; Public Economics. Ano: 2008 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6891 Analysis of Consumer Perceptions on Quality and Food Safety in the Spanish Beef Market: A Future Application in New Product Development Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: de Carlos, Pilar; Garcia Martinez, Marian; de Felipe, Isabel; Briz, Julian; Morais, Federico. During the last years, the research of food quality perception and food safety have been issue of greater attention due to the intense existing debate on aspects related to ethical considerations relative to the new agricultural production techniques, animal welfare concerns, food scares and crises and their impact in consumer's confidence, that have brought numerous questions about quality and food safety. With the Total Food Quality Model as a point of departure, this study proposes an analysis of quality perception and food safety related to beef in Spain. The objective of this paper is to focus on the focus group technique and the qualitative research, using NVivo software for the handling, analysing and interpretation of qualitative data. Results... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Focus groups; NVivo software; Quality perception; Food choice and food safety; Consumer/Household Economics; Q13. Ano: 2005 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24456 Producer's choice of certification Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Langinier, Corinne; Babcock, Bruce A. Consumers are in general less informed than producers about the quality of agricultural goods. To reduce the information gap, consumers can rely on standards (labels, certifications, geographic indications) that insure quality and origin of the goods. However, these standards do not always fully reveal information. Some of them may just signal that the good is more likely to be of high quality. We investigate what kind of standards are most desirable for producers, and for society in general knowing that any system is costly to implement. One of our findings is that for intermediate values of certification costs, certification that fully reveals information makes high quality producers better off, but make the entire industry worse off. In this case, the... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Asymmetric information; Certification; Clubs; Quality.; Consumer/Household Economics; L11; L15; D82; D71. Ano: 2005 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19510 Vertical Product Differentiation, Entry-Deterrence Strategies, and Entry Qualities Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Noh, Yong-Hwan; Moschini, GianCarlo. Replaced with revised version of paper 10/06/06. Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper Palavras-chave: Entry deterrence; Quality choice; Vertical product differentiation; Industrial Organization. Ano: 2005 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/18410 Agro-food Quality and Safety Based on Agro-ecological Compensation Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Li, Qing-jiang; Yao, Wen-ying; Hao, Li. Reflection of the rise f agro-food production costs is analyzed based on the introduction of the quality safety situation of agricultural products in China . Firstly, rise of production cost caused by the demarcation of prohibited areas; secondly, rise of production cost caused by using environment-friendly agricultural inputs; thirdly, rise of production cost caused by quality control; rise of production cost caused by product certification. The ecological compensation mechanism which is beneficial to agro-food quality safety is set up according to the principle “the one who is benefited compensates”. Firstly, laws and regulations of agricultural production compensation are to be actively perfected. Secondly, experience of developed countries can be... Tipo: Journal Article Palavras-chave: Ecological compensation; Agriculture; Agricultural products; Quality safety,China; Agribusiness. Ano: 2010 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/102372 LOCATION, LAND QUALITY, AND RENTAL VOLATILITY Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Saak, Alexander E.; Hennessy, David A. It appears to be widely believed that returns on low quality land are more variable than on high quality land. Using Ricardian rent as the measure of returns and sensitivity to output price as the measure of volatility, we investigate this null hypothesis for three different measures of quality. These are proximity to market, output productivity, and cost efficiency. In all cases, we identify precise conditions on the production technology such that rental volatility varies in a monotone manner with land quality. A method of econometric investigation of the relationship between rental volatility and land quality is developed and applied to Iowa cash rents data collected during 1994-2000. Our preliminary findings provide partial empirical support for... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Land Economics/Use. Ano: 2001 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20747 Developing decision-making tools for improving pasture quality on deer farms in New Zealand Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Stevens, David R.; Woodward, Simon J.R.; Westbrooke, Victoria F.C. This paper describes the development of a learning package to support improved pasture quality on New Zealand deer farms. The first step has been to determine the specific requirements of deer farmers that will enable them to improve pasture quality decisions on-farm. Decision support software that interprets and demonstrates the impacts of pasture quality and animal physiology on the performance of young growing deer has also been developed. Key themes identified to aid pasture management decision-making included identifying the right pasture quality, management systems to maintain pasture quality and maximising the potential of livestock. This paper reports on the type of knowledge that deer farmers require in the learning package. Tipo: Article Palavras-chave: Decision making; Deer; Growth rate; Learning packages; Pasture quality; Software; Farm Management. Ano: 2005 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/123143 Radiographic analysis in castor bean seeds (Ricinus communis L.) Provedor de dados: 95 Autores: Carvalho,Maria Laene Moreira de; Alves,Renato Augusto; Oliveira,Luciana Magda De. Castor bean cropping has great social and economic value, but its production has been affected by factors such as low quality seeds used for sowing. The quick and precise evaluation of seed quality by x-ray test is known as an effective method to evaluate seed lots, but little is known about the interpretation between of the type of radiographic image and the seed quality correlation. The potential of x-ray analysis as a marker of seed physiological quality and as an initial process for the implementation of the use of computer-assisted image analysis was investigated using castor bean seeds of the different cultivars. The seeds were classified according to internal morphology visualized in the radiography and subjected to the germination test, emergency... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Image analysis; X-ray; Seed quality. Ano: 2010 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-31222010000100019 稻米品質功能性標誌分析 Provedor de dados: 185 Autores: 陳哲仁; 曾東海; 李長沛; 吳明哲; Jen-Ren Chen; Charng-Pei Li; Tung-Hai Tseng; Min-Tze Wu. [[abstract]]水稻是台灣重要農作物之一,而良質米品種深受生產者及消費者所喜好,因此,稻 米品質提昇是現行水稻育 種的主要目標,特別是稻米的食味及外觀品質的改良。本實驗 利用7 個不同品質相關分子標誌,針對澱粉合成、香味以 及穀粒長基因座進行調查,藉 此瞭解國內栽培品種品質性狀的遺傳組成,結果顯示日本型及印度型水稻品種呈現兩種 不同基因型組成,此外,在粒長GS3 基因座發現新的對偶基因型,調查結果有助於利用 水稻分子標誌輔助育種改良應 用。 Palavras-chave: 水稻 品質 功能性標誌 Rice; Oryza sativa; Grain quality; Functional markers [[classification]]3. Ano: 2008 Desication sensitivity from different coffee seed phenological stages. Provedor de dados: 119 Autores: SANTOS, F. C.; ROSA, S. D. V. F. da; VON PINHO, E. V. de R.; CIRILLO, M. A.; CLEMENTE, A. da C. S. Maturity stage and drying method are the factors that most influence coffee seed quality. The objective of this study was to assess the physiological quality and investigate the electrophoretic patterns of catalase and endo-ß-mannanaseenzymes and heat resistant proteins in coffee seeds harvested at different phenological stages and dried under different conditions. Physiological quality was assessed when the seeds had developed the green, greenish-yellow, cherry, overripe and dry stages after three treatments: no drying, conventional drying and fast drying. After each treatment, the physiological quality of the seeds was assessed using the germination test and electrophoretic patterns of heat resistant proteins and the activity of catalase and... Tipo: Artigo em periódico indexado (ALICE) Palavras-chave: Seed drying; Physiological quality; Protein profile; Qualidade fisiológica; Pefil proteico; Coffea arabica; Secagem; Coffea arabica. Ano: 2014 Potential of híbrido de timor germplasm and its derived progenies for coffee quality improvement. Provedor de dados: 119 Autores: SOBREIRA, F. M.; OLIVEIRA, A. C. B. de; PEREIRA, A. A.; SAKYIAMA, N. S. This work evaluated the Híbrido de Timor germplasm and the potential of its derivedprogenies as genetic resources to improve coffee quality,with focus on the specialty coffee market. Thirty eight Coffea arabicagenotypes, comprising Híbrido de Timor genotypes, their progenies and traditional cultivars were studied.The study was conducted in a non-replicated design with intercalated checksw here coffee cherry fruits were selectively handpicked and washed. Bean quality (shape and size) was assessed by a set of coffee test screens, while the sensory quality was measured using the attributes of the Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA)Cupping Protocols.Simple correlations and principal component analyes(PCA) were applied to analyze the data. There... Tipo: Artigo em periódico indexado (ALICE) Palavras-chave: Specialty coffee; Bourbon; Cup quality; Genetic resources; Flavor. Ano: 2015 Large scale real-time PCR analysis of mRNA abundance in rainbow trout eggs in relationship with egg quality and post-ovulatory ageing Provedor de dados: 4 Autores: Aegerter, S.; Jalabert, B.; Bobe, J. The mRNA levels of 39 target genes were monitored in unfertilized eggs of 14 rainbow trout sampled the day of ovulation and again 5, 14 and 21 days later. For all 56 collected egg batches, an egg sample was fertilized to estimate egg quality by monitoring embryonic development. Remaining eggs were used for RNA extraction and subsequent real-time PCR analysis. A significant drop of egg quality was observed when eggs were held in the body cavity for 14 or 21 days post-ovulation (dpo). During the same period, 8 transcripts (nucleoplasmin or Npm2, ferritin H, tubulin b, JNK1, cyclin A1, cyclin A2, cathepsin Z and IGF2) exhibited a differential abundance at one or several collection time(s). Interestingly, we observed higher levels of cyclins A1 and A2... Tipo: Journal (Paginated) Palavras-chave: QP Physiology. Ano: 2005 URL: http://phy043.tours.inra.fr:8080/archive/00000233/ Effects of genotype and environment on grain yield and quality traits in bread wheat (T. aestivum L.) Provedor de dados: 116 Autores: Kaya,Yuksel; Akcura,Mevlut. Genotype (G), environment (E) and their interaction (GEI) play an important role in the final expression of grain yield and quality attributes. A multi-environment trial in wheat was conducted to evaluate the magnitude of G, E and GEI effects on grain yield and quality of wheat genotypes under the three rainfed locations (hereafter environment) of Central Anatolian Plateau of Turkey, during the 2012-2013 cropping season. Grain yield (GY) and analyses of test weight (TW), protein content (PC), wet gluten content (WGC), grain hardness (GH), thousand kernel weight (TKW) and Zeleny sedimentation volume (ZSV) were determined. Allelic variations of high and low molecular weight glutenin subunits (HMW-GS and LMW-GS) and 1B/1R translocation were determined in all... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Bread wheat; Quality; Genotype; Environment; HMW-GS; LMW-GS. Ano: 2014 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-20612014000200025 Effectiveness of Laparoscopic Surgery for Gallstones and Common Bile Duct Lithiasis: a Systematic Overview Provedor de dados: 77 Autores: Manterola,Carlos; Pineda,Viviana; Tort,Montserrat; Targarona,Eduardo; Villegas Portero,Román; Alonso,Pablo. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the available evidence on the effectiveness of laparoscopic surgery for treating gallstones and common bile duct lithiasis (CBDL). A systematic overview was performed. Medline, EMBASE and The Cochrane Library were searched (1998-2008). Systematic reviews (SR), clinical practice guidelines (CPG), randomised clinical trials (RCT) and observational studies were included. Internal validity and overall quality of the evidence were assessed. The available evidence was classified according to the Oxford Centre for Evidence Based Medicine proposal. 87 studies were included in this review (12 SR, 23 RCT, 3 CPG, 13 cohort studies, 3 cross-sectional studies, 2 case and control studies and 31 case series). Compared with... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Cholecystolithiasis; Choledocholithiasis; Cholelithiasis; Gallstones; Laparoscopy; Cholecystectomy; Laparoscopic; Technology Assessment; Biomedical. Ano: 2010 URL: http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-95022010000300012 Water quality in recirculating aquaculture systems (ras) for arctic charr (salvelinus alpinus L.) culture. Provedor de dados: 20 Autores: Isla Molleda, M. Recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) for fish culture have been used for more than three decades. The interest in RAS is due to their have advantages such as greatly reduced land and water requirements in places where the water resources are limited; but the RAS have also disadvantages like the deterioration of the water quality if the water treatment processes within the system are not controlled properly. The water quality problems in RAS were associated with low DO and high fish waste metabolite levels in the culture water. The objective of this study was to compare water quality in a RAS with water quality in a Limited Reuse System (LRS) for Arctic charr culture taking into account the oxygen demands of the fish; the metabolites production by the... Tipo: Preprint Palavras-chave: Water quality; Fish culture; Water quality; Fish culture; Http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_16061; Http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_2918. Ano: 2008 URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1834/3102 Shelf life of organic vegetables Provedor de dados: 21 Choice of variety is more important when growing organic vegetables than when growing conventional crops since severe restrictions are placed on the treatments which organic growers can apply to maximise yield and maintain quality. In addition, shelf life can be affected by the low nutrient levels available under organic conditions as well as the slower growth and later maturity of organic produce. Organic produce may also have higher disease and pest loads which will affect crop value and shelf life. In this study, the shelf life of selected varieties of organically grown early carrots, broccoli, lettuce, novelty salads, parsnips and potatoes will be investigated under cool cabinet (20ºC, 50% relative humidity, 1200 lux lighting) and ambient (1ºC, 80%... Tipo: Project description Palavras-chave: Processing; Packaging and transportation Vegetables Technology transfer. Ano: 2016 The soil quality concept as a tool for exposing values in science and promoting sustainability considerations Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Schjønning, P. The term soil quality has mainly been used as a technical concept for grading soils. It is important that the values and goals in soil use planning and soil management are explicitly stated and related to the soil quality indicators. Such a cognitive soil quality concept may facilitate the urgent need of soil scientists to interact with stakeholders in the society. Useful approaches for such exercises have been proposed in the literature. A shift in research paradigm away from the classical, positivistic, ‘value-neutral’ approach is, however, a prerequisite for a fruitful outcome of this endeavour. The reflexive objectivity is a valuable tool in differentiating the basic scientific observations from societal priorities and personal values of the scientist.... Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Systems research and participatory research Soil quality Production systems Indicators and other value-laden measures Social aspects Crop health; Quality; Protection "Organics" in general Research communication and quality Education; Extension and communication. Ano: 2004 URL: http://orgprints.org/3357/1/ESSC_pap_Per%2DSchjonning.pdf Organic food quality: a framework for concept, definition and evaluation from the European perspective Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Kahl, Johannes; Baars, Ton; Bügel, Susanne; Busscher, Nikolaas; Huber, Machteld; Kusche, Daniel; Rembiałkowska, Ewa; Schmid, Otto; Seidel, Kathrin; Taupier-Létage, Bruno; Velimirov, Alberta; Załecka, Aneta. Consumers buy organic food because they believe in the high quality of the product. Furthermore, the EU legal regulatory framework for organic food and farming defines high quality of the products as an important goal of production. A major challenge is the need to define food quality concepts andmethods for determination. A background is described which allows embedding of the quality definitions as well as evaluation methods into a conceptual framework connected to the vision and mission of organic agriculture and food production. Organic food quality is defined through specific aspects and criteria. For evaluation each criterion has to be described by indicators. The determination of indicators should be through parameters, where parameters are... Tipo: Journal paper Palavras-chave: Food security; Food quality and human health. Ano: 2012 URL: http://orgprints.org/21652/1/1%2Dd%2Dfood_quality_Kahl_2011.pdf An Exploratory Study to Assess European Consumers' Opinion about a Beef Quality Guarantee System Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Verbeke, M.; Ueland, Wim; Van Wezemael, Oydis; Grunert, Lynn; Barcellos, Marcia Dutra de; Kugler, Jens O.; Chryssochoidis, George Klaus G. Consumer demand in relation to food is increasingly shifting towards products that are safe, nutritious, and of good eating quality. Beef consumers are demanding for experience quality that matches their quality expectations formed prior to consumption, particularly with respect to beef tenderness. The development of a beef quality guarantee system, backed up by objective knowledge obtained through muscle profiling research, can allow the beef industry to meet these consumer demands. A qualitative consumer study has been carried out to assess European consumers’ opinions about beef quality and beef related technologies. This paper reports on consumer opinions and perceptions about muscle profiling and a beef quality guarantee system. Findings indicate that... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Risk and Uncertainty. Ano: 2009 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/59113 Market Differentiation Potential of Country-of-origin, Quality and Traceability Labeling Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Verbeke, Wim; Roosen, Jutta. Product labeling has gained considerable attention recently, as a means to both provide product-specific information and reduce quality uncertainty faced by consumers, as well as from a regulatory point of view. This article focuses on whether and to what extent origin, quality and traceability labeling is an appropriate way to differentiate food products. The focus is on fresh meat and fresh fish, two mainly generic food product categories with a high degree of credence character. Insights into the potential for market differentiation through origin, quality and traceability labeling are provided and discussed using primary data collected during the period 2000-2005 by means of four consumer surveys. In general, direct indications of quality, including... Tipo: Journal Article Palavras-chave: Consumer; Country of origin; Labeling; Quality; Traceability; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; International Relations/Trade. Ano: 2009 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/48790 REPUTATION, QUALITY OBSERVABILITY, AND THE CHOICE OF QUALITY ASSURANCE SYSTEMS Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Carriquiry, Miguel A.; Babcock, Bruce A. Participants in a supply chain of agricultural value-added products face significant challenges. Many of the costly distinctive traits desired by consumers are difficult (if not impossible) to observe even after consumption. A complicating factor, addressed here, is that in some circumstances delivered quality can only be imperfectly learned and/or affected stochastically by producers. Hence, both symmetric and asymmetric informational imperfections may be present. In order for markets for these classes of goods to arise, firms touting the quality of the product need to be trusted. A repeated-purchases model is developed to explore the fundamental economic factors that lie behind the choice of different quality assurance systems and their associated... Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper Palavras-chave: Imperfect information; Product quality; Quality assurance; Repeated purchases; Reputations; Supply chain; Value-added agriculture; Production Economics. Ano: 2004 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/18524 COMPENSATING FOR WETLAND LOSS: A CASE STUDY OF MICHIGAN RIPARIAN ZONES Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Steiner, Paul. State and federal laws regulate the use of wetlands in Michigan. Under the current regulatory system, the destruction of a wetland may require the creation or restoration of a wetland to compensate for the wetland destroyed. Wetland ecosystems vary in ecological quality and type. Determining the appropriate amount of compensatory wetland creation and restoration is difficult. The number of acres restored may not adequately account for the variations and quality of the ecoservices lost in the destroyed wetlands. This paper describes an economic approach for determining the adequacy of compensatory wetland creation and restoration. Coefficient estimates and data from previous studies are used to examine four hypothetical wetland restoration scenarios. The... Tipo: Thesis or Dissertation Palavras-chave: Land Economics/Use. Ano: 2003 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/11026 OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE AND ENDOGENOUS QUALITY CHOICE Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Hoffmann, Ruben. This paper examines how ownership structure affects quality choice and the subsequent equilibrium outcomes within a duopoly framework. Specifically, investor owned firms and cooperatives are analyzed in a closed market setting where these firms may coexist in the economy. The conditions under which ownership structure matters are identified. We conclude that ownership structure matters if the cost of quality at farm level is fixed or if there is a variable cost exhibiting non-constant returns to scale. Two farm level cost functions, a fixed cost function that is increasing and convex in quality, and a variable cost function that is increasing and convex in quantity are analyzed. The two processing firms play a two-stage game where each of the firms... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods. Ano: 2002 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19869 Governance for quality management in smallholder-based tropical food chains Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: van Tilburg, Aad; Trienekens, Jacques H.; Ruben, Ruerd; van Boekel, Martinus A.J.S. The paper provides a framework that focuses on the linkages between several key dimensions of supply chain organization and performance of perishable tropical food products. The focus is on the relationship between governance regime and quality management. However, two other but related variables are taken into account because they impact on the relationship between governance and quality management. These variables are channel choice and value added distribution in the supply chain. Governance regime is reflecting how to enhance coordination and trust amongst supply chain partners and how to reduce transaction costs. Quality management is dealing with how to manage food technology processes such that required quality levels can be improved and variability... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy. Ano: 2007 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7932 Quality Function Deployment (QFD) in the Spanish olive oil sector Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Erraach, Yamna; Sayadi, Samir; Parra-Lopez, Carlos. Competitiveness and sustainability of the olive-oil sector are strongly associated with the satisfaction of customer demand and preferences towards quality, safety, and environmental issues. In product design and development, Quality Function Deployment (QFD) provides a comprehensive, systematic approach to ensure agrifood products meet or exceed customer expectations. QFD can be a powerful tool because it can reduce time to market, improve quality, and enhance customer satisfaction. Although QFD has been used in the food industry since 1987, no application has been found in the case of olive oil. In this study, after identifying customer needs or requirements of different attributes of quality olive oil, by a survey to 439 respondents to determine... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Olive-oil quality attributes; Consumer survey; Oleiculture; Quality function deployment; Agribusiness; Crop Production/Industries. Ano: 2011 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114340 What about the food quality turn in South Africa? Focus on the organic movement development Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Vermeulen, Hester; Bienabe, Estelle. This paper depicts how the general turn from mass consumption toward increased qualitative differentiation of products - the quality turn - manifest in the South African agro-food system. The strong influence of these quality trends on agro-food systems evolution has been widely discussed in Europe and North America. We show that identifying quality related dynamics is bringing an interesting perspective into understanding some of the evolution of the local agro-food system. The discussion is mainly based on the perspective of the organic sector. Most domestic retailers' food quality positioning is in line with consumer trends, being general and price orientated. However, the retail sector has been entering and driving quality related niche markets,... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Quality; Organic food; Retail sector; South Africa; Consumer behaviour; Agribusiness; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety. Ano: 2007 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7865 OPTIMAL QUALITY ASSURANCE SYSTEMS FOR AGRICULTURAL OUTPUTS Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Carriquiry, Miguel A.; Babcock, Bruce A.; Carbone, Roxana. New quality assurance systems (QASs) are being put in place to facilitate the flow of information about agricultural and food products. But what constitutes a proper mix of public and private efforts in setting up QASs is an unsettled question. A better understanding of private sector incentives for setting up such systems will help clarify what role the public sector might have in establishing standards. We contribute to this understanding by modeling the optimal degree of "stringency" or assurance in a processor's quality control system over procurement of agricultural output when there exists uncertainty about quality. Our model addresses two questions: (1) Should a buyer of agricultural outputs implement a QAS as a way to gain and provide information... Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper Palavras-chave: Food products; Price premium; Product differentiation; Quality assurance; Production Economics. Ano: 2003 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/18450 Comparing Predictors of Diet Quality in Canada Over Time Under Consideration of Altering Food Guides Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Drescher, Larissa S.; Goddard, Ellen W. Latest data on the diet of Canadians from the Canadian Community Health Survey reveals that the diet quality of Canadians needs improvement. Within this paper predictors of diet quality in Canada are identified based on two cross-sectional data sets from the Canadian Food Expenditure Survey. To measure diet quality, the Canadian Healthy Food Diversity (CanHFD)-Index is developed which is based on Food Guide recommendations. Moreover, this paper considers that the Food Guide between survey years has changed when analyzing diet quality. To track changes in demand for diet quality we use “Canada’s Food Guide 1982” to calculate CanHFD-Index for 1984 and 1996. Changes in demand for diet quality according to “Canada’s Food Guide to Healthy Eating 1992” are... Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper Palavras-chave: Diet quality; Healthy food diversity; Canada; Food Guides; Agricultural and Food Policy; Consumer/Household Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Health Economics and Policy; D12; D13; I12; Q18. Ano: 2008 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52091 Towards a Diagnostic Instrument to Identify Improvement Opportunities for Quality Controlled Logistics in Agrifood Supply Chain Networks Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: van der Vorst, Jack G.A.J.; van Kooten, Olaf; Pieternel, A. Luning. Western-European consumers have become not only more demanding on product availability in retail outlets but also on other food attributes such as quality, integrity, and safety. When (re)designing food supply-chain networks, from a logistics point of view, one has to consider these demands next to traditional efficiency and responsiveness requirements. The concept ‘quality controlled logistics’ (QCL) hypothesizes that if product quality in each step of the supply chain can be predicted in advance, goods flows can be controlled in a pro-active manner and better chain designs can be established resulting in higher product availability, constant quality, and less product losses. The paper discusses opportunities of using real-time product quality information... Tipo: Article Palavras-chave: Food Logistics; Supply Chain Management; Product Quality; Information 1; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Industrial Organization; International Relations/Trade; Production Economics. Ano: 2011 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/121848 Assessing consumer preferences for quality and safety attributes of food in the absence of official standards: the case of beef in Ethiopia Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Jabbar, Mohammad A.; Admassu, Samuel A. Conjoint analysis was applied to asses the part worth of beef quality and safety attributes using a cross sectional data from a stratified sample of 300 households in Addis Ababa city collected in June 2007. Due to the absence of official standards for quality and safety in the domestic market for beef, information on consumer perception on quality and safety attributes were derived from a rapid appraisal. These were then used for defining product profiles in the detailed survey. Results show that, freshness, abattoir stamp, fat content, hygiene of meat shop and staff, and price are significant quality and safety attributes that consumers use, in the order mentioned, in their beef purchase decisions. There are differences in the relative importance of... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Beef; Quality and safety attributes; Conjoint analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety. Ano: 2009 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/50120 DEMAND FOR CREDENCE CHARACTERISTICS IN BEEF Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Kola, Jukka; Latvala, Terhi. The recent food crises in Europe have raised public concerns about the quality and safety of food. The growing concern among the consumers towards food safety issues has increased the demand for quality attributes. Most quality properties of food products can be considered as credence characteristics, quality of which cannot be inferred before the purchase, and sometimes not even after the purchase. The aim of this study is to evaluate, both qualitatively and quantitatively, the value of new information about and the information systems set for credence characteristics of beef. Economics of information is the theoretical framework. The quantitative approach focuses to measure the ex ante value of credence characteristics, and the method of contingent... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Beef; Information; Credence attributes; Contingent valuation; Willingness to pay; Demand and Price Analysis. Ano: 2002 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19703 Use of radiograph optical densitometry to monitor bone quality in broiler breeders Provedor de dados: 89 Autores: Almeida Paz,ICL; Mendes,AA; Quinterio,RR; Vulcano,LC; Ballarin,AW; Takahashi,SE; Garcia,RG; Komiyama,CM; Balog,A; Pelícia,K; Wescheler,FS; Scudeller,PSO. This study was carried out at Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Botucatu, SP, Brazil, and evaluated bone quality in broiler breeders. Twenty-three families of Ross broiler breeders were housed in 5.0-m&sup2; pens. The families were comprised of 13 females and one male at the onset of the experimental period. The mean number of females per family was 9.34 at the end of the trial. The feeding program and management followed strain guidelines (Agroceres Ross, 2003). Bone analyses were performed in the right tibia and femur using optical radiographic densitometry at 4, 8, 12, 15, 20, 24, 30, 35, 42, 47 and 52 weeks of rearing. Trap nests were used to collect eggs from the breeders two weeks before and after the... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Bone density; Broiler breeders; Eggshell quality; Optical densitometry; Seedor index. Ano: 2006 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-635X2006000100005 Dissolved organic carbon and bioavailability of N and P as indicators of soil quality Provedor de dados: 63 Autores: Silveira,Maria Lucia Azevedo. Soil quality has become an important issue in soil science. Considerable attempts have been made to define soil quality, but a general concept has not yet been accepted by the scientific community. The selection of quantitative indices for soil quality is extremely difficult, and a considerable number of chemical, physical, and biochemical properties have been suggested as potential indicators of soil quality. Because soil organic matter (SOM) can be associated with different soil chemical, physical and biological processes, it has been widely considered as one of the best soil quality indicator. Land use can significantly influence dynamics of organic carbon and N, P, and S cycle. However, changes in total soil organic carbon (SOC) contents in response to... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Ecosystem management; Sustainability; Indicators of soil quality. Ano: 2005 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-90162005000500017 A novel 96-microwell-based high-throughput spectrophotometric assay for pharmaceutical quality control of crizotinib, a novel potent drug for the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer Provedor de dados: 60 Autores: Wani,Tanveer Ahmed; Darwish,Ibrahim Ali. Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Crizotinib/capsules/quality control 1; 2-Naphthoquinone-4-sulphonate Spectrophotometry/quality control of medicines. Ano: 2015 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-82502015000200439 Integrating genetic information into an ecophysiological model: example of peach fruit quality Provedor de dados: 189 Autores: Quilot-Turion, B.; Génard, M. Tipo: Conference Paper Palavras-chave: FRUIT QUALITY; ECOPHYSIOLOGICAL MODEL; PEACH. Ano: 2010 URL: http://www.prodinra.inra.fr/prodinra/pinra/doc.xsp?id=PROD20103a333631&uri=/notices/prodinra1/2010/04/ Breeding behavior of some grain quality characteristics in crosses with the deep-water rice RD19 Provedor de dados: 34 Autores: Srivantaneeyakul, Suree. 72 l. Thesis (M.S.) -- Kasetsart University Tipo: Thesis Palavras-chave: Rice; Plant breeding; Rice quality; Deepwater rice; RD19 (rice variety). Ano: 1988 URL: http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/1188 Grain density in relation to seedling quality and crop establishment in Oryza sativa L. Provedor de dados: 34 Autores: Arain, Muhammad Anwar. 155 l. : ill. Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of the Philippines at Los Baños Tipo: Thesis Palavras-chave: Rice; Plant physiology; Seed quality; Seedlings; Plant establishment. Ano: 1990 URL: http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/1067 The effect of temperature on the performance and stability of some grain quality component of rice (Oryza sativa L.) Provedor de dados: 34 Autores: Cruz, Normita M. de la. 90 l. : ill. Thesis (M.S.) -- Gregorio Araneta University Foundation Tipo: Thesis Palavras-chave: Rice; Temperature; Amylose; Gelatinization; Endosperm; Rice quality. Ano: 1987 URL: http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/1333 A study of the relationship between the physico-chemical properties and the eating quality of rice Provedor de dados: 34 Autores: Meyers, Hans. [viii], 90 l. : ill. Thesis (Bio-Ing. Scheikunde) -- Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Tipo: Thesis Palavras-chave: Rice; Physicochemical properties; Food quality; Sensory evaluation; Composition. Ano: 1996 URL: http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/607 Consumer demand for rice grain quality in selected rural and urban markets in the Philippines Provedor de dados: 34 Autores: Abansi, Corazon L. 108 l. : ill. Thesis (M.S.) -- University of the Philippines at Los Baños Tipo: Thesis Palavras-chave: Rice; Consumer preferences; Markets; Prices; Philippines; Rice quality. Ano: 1988 URL: http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/1255 Grain quality evaluation of world rices Provedor de dados: 34 Autores: Juliano, B.O.; Villareal, C.P. 205 p. Tipo: Book Palavras-chave: Grain quality; Proximate composition; Varieties; World. Ano: 1993 URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10269/228 Rice grain quality and marketing: papers presented at the International Rice Research Conferences, 1-5 June 1985. Provedor de dados: 34 Autores: International Rice Research Conference (1985 : IRRI).; International Rice Research Institute. 74 p. : ill. Tipo: Book Palavras-chave: Marketing; Grain quality. Ano: 1985 URL: http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/785 Approche protéomique de la qualité organoleptique et nutritionnelle de la tomate Provedor de dados: 35 Autores: Faurobert, Mireille; Pelpoir, Esther; Chaïb, Jamila; Pawlowski, Thomasz; Mihr, Christina; Causse, Mathilde; Tricon, David. Tipo: Other Palavras-chave: Tomato; Fruit quality; Organoleptic quality; Sensorial quality; Plant proteomic; Gene expression; Qualité du fruit; Tomate; Qualité organoleptique; Qualité sensorielle; Lycopersicon esculentum; Protéomique des plantes; Expression des gènes. Ano: 2004 URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2174/325 Maintaining high quality in liquid and recrystallized honey Provedor de dados: 35 Autores: Austin, G.H. Tipo: Journal Article-postprint Palavras-chave: HONEY; QUALITY; HIVE PRODUCT; MIEL; QUALITE; PRODUIT DU RUCHER. Ano: 1953 URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2174/387 The Impact of Irrigation on Ground Water Quality Provedor de dados: 18 Autores: Carter, D.L. Tipo: Conference or Workshop Item Palavras-chave: Water quality; Mass Import - autoclassified (may be erroneous). Ano: 1980 URL: http://eprints.nwisrl.ars.usda.gov/1018/1/445.pdf Water Pollution: Microbiological Quality Provedor de dados: 18 Autores: Smith, J.H. Tipo: Book Section Palavras-chave: Water quality; Mass Import - autoclassified (may be erroneous). Ano: 1974 Reservations regarding the soil quality concept Provedor de dados: 18 Autores: Sojka, R.E.; Upchurch, D.R. Tipo: Article Palavras-chave: Soil quality; Mass Import - autoclassified (may be erroneous). Ano: 1999 URL: http://eprints.nwisrl.ars.usda.gov/718/1/998.pdf Microbiological Quality of Subsurface Drainage Water From Irrigated Agricultural Land Provedor de dados: 18 Autores: Smith, J.H.; Douglas, C.L.; Bondurant, J.A. Tipo: Article Palavras-chave: Drainage water (see Percolation water); Mass Import - autoclassified (may be erroneous). Ano: 1972 URL: http://eprints.nwisrl.ars.usda.gov/207/1/194.pdf Microbiological Quality of Surface Drainage Water from Three Small Irrigated Watersheds in Southern Idaho Provedor de dados: 18 Autores: Smith, J.H.; Douglas, C.L. Tipo: Article Palavras-chave: Drainage water (see Percolation water); Mass Import - autoclassified (may be erroneous). Ano: 1973 URL: http://eprints.nwisrl.ars.usda.gov/230/1/242.pdf Managing soil quality: Challenges in modern agriculture Provedor de dados: 18 Autores: Sojka, R.E.; Sanchez, P. Tipo: Article Palavras-chave: Soil quality; Mass Import - autoclassified (may be erroneous). Ano: 2004 URL: http://eprints.nwisrl.ars.usda.gov/7/1/1145.pdf Irrigation water quality alters furrow erosion and infiltration Provedor de dados: 18 Autores: Lentz, Rick; Sojka, Bob. Tipo: Article Palavras-chave: Erosion; Infiltration; Erosion; Water quality; Practical farm efficiency; Mass Import - autoclassified (may be erroneous). Ano: 1996 URL: http://eprints.nwisrl.ars.usda.gov/684/1/947.pdf GTSPP real-time quality control manual Provedor de dados: 20 This manual has been produced within the context of the Global Temperature Salinity Pilot Project (GTSPP). Because of the work of assuring the quality of data handled by the Project is shared amongst data centres, it is important to have both consistent and well documented procedures. This manual describes the means by which data quality is assessed and the actions taken as a result of the procedures. Tipo: Report Palavras-chave: Temperature; Salinity. Ano: 1990 URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1834/4331 GTSPP real-time quality control manual Provedor de dados: 20 This manual has been produced within the context of the Global Temperature Salinity Pilot Project (GTSPP). Because of the work of assuring the quality of data handled by the Project is shared amongst data centres, it is important to have both consistent and well documented procedures. This manual describes the means by which data quality is assessed and the actions taken as a result of the procedures. Tipo: Report Palavras-chave: Temperature; Salinity. Ano: 1990 URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1834/4331 Lettre de l'IMROP, 6-8 Provedor de dados: 20 Autores: IMROP. Lettre trimestrielle d'information de l'Institut Mauritanien de Recherches Océanographiques et des Pêches Tipo: Other Palavras-chave: Experimental fishing; Fishery management; Fishing gear; Mathematical models; Oceanographic institutions; Quality assurance; Quality control; Shrimp; Fishery management; Fishing gear; Mathematical models; Quality assurance. Ano: 2005 URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1834/1203 Quality assurance, safety and standardisation of value added fisheries products Provedor de dados: 20 Autores: Akande, G.R.; Ayinla, O.A.; Olusola A.O.; Adeyemi, R.S.; Oramadike, C.E.; Babalola, A.F. et al. Tipo: Working Paper Palavras-chave: Standardization; Fishery products; Quality assurance; Safety; Product quality. Ano: 2012 URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1834/5334 Importance of health and environment as quality traits in the buying decision of organic products Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Mondelaers, Koen; Verbeke, Wim; Van Huylenbroeck, Guido. This paper aims to explore consumer preference for fresh vegetables labelled as organic in combination with health and environment related quality traits. The study decomposes organic farming into its main quality aspects and measures consumers’ preference structure for organic, in general, and for specific organic quality traits in particular. By means of stated choice preference modelling, the following hypotheses are tested: consumers prefer health over environment related quality traits; the organic label plays a significant role in consumers’ choice for organic products; organic farming is perceived as healthier and more environmentally friendly than conventional farming; purchase intention is mainly driven by health related quality traits; both... Tipo: Journal paper Palavras-chave: Consumer issues. Ano: 2009 URL: http://orgprints.org/18617/1/564_Mondelaers_et_al_2009.PDF Organic baby food: quality and product range requirements Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Seidel, Kathrin. Based on a study of consumers and processors within the EU project Core Organic QACCP the discussion addresses what kind of product range and quality is required for organic baby food. Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Processing; Packaging and transportation. Ano: 2008 URL: http://orgprints.org/19411/1/processor_survey_biofach_2008.pdf Dynamic controlled atmosphere for storage of organic apples Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Andersen, Lillie. Organic apples can be stored for a period of five month with a high quality after storage at dynamic controlled atmosphere, but the subsequent shelf life quality is rapidly reduced although better than a ambient air storage. Tipo: Newspaper or magazine article Palavras-chave: Food security; Food quality and human health Crop husbandry Fruit and berries Post harvest management and techniques. Ano: 2013 URL: http://orgprints.org/24966/7/24966.pdf D8.3 Multimedia presentation on methodologies for data quality improvement along the whole supply chain Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Zanoli, Raffaele. Multimedia presentation on methodologies for data quality improvement along the whole supply chain. Tipo: Report Palavras-chave: Surveys and statistics; Produce chain management; Europe. Ano: 2014 URL: http://orgprints.org/27985/1/OrganicDataNetwork_Multimedia%20presentation_%20D8_3%20%E2%80%93%20ANNEX%201.p df COMPETITION VS. QUALITY IN AN INDUSTRY WITH IMPERFECT TRACEABILITY Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Rouviere, Elodie; Soubeyran, Raphael. Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Entry; Externality; Minimum Quality Standard; Quality; Agricultural and Food Policy; Consumer/Household Economics; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Health Economics and Policy; L15; L5. Ano: 2010 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/116407 Successes and failures of EU food quality schemes: experience from the case of ‘Scent of Prekmurje’, Slovenia Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Cernic Istenic, Majda. Successes and failures of EU food quality schemes: experience from the case of ‘Scent of Prekmurje’, Slovenia Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Food quality scheme; Multifunctional agriculture; Actors; Case study; Rural Development Programme 2007-2013; Community/Rural/Urban Development. Ano: 2010 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94903 Impact of fresh grapefruit quality on demand Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Brown, Mark G.; Lee, Jonq-Ying. This study incorporates quality into the Rotterdam demand system based on utility theory. Quality was modeled through its impact on marginal utility via perceived prices, following theoretical work by Basemann and Barten, among others. Results show that the price elasticity of fresh grapefruit demand is near unitary at the retail level and juice content has had relatively large impacts on fresh grapefruit demand. Tipo: Report Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Demand and Price Analysis. Ano: 1998 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52821 Technology on Reducing Post-harvest and Maintaining Quality of Fruits and Vegetables in Kenya Provedor de dados: 185 Autores: Severino Kinge Manene. Palavras-chave: Technology on Reducing Post-harvest Losses and Maintaining Quality of Fruits and Vegetables: Proceedings of 2010 AARDO Workshop; [[classification]]6. Ano: 2010 Changes to soil quality indicators following conversion to organic vegetable production (OF0401) Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Bending, Gary. This is the final report of Defra project OF0401. The attached report document starts with an Executive Summary, from which this text is extracted. The aim of this 1 year study was to examine how key functional indicators of soil quality are affected by contrasting organic and conventional management regimes. In particular, the project investigated the impact of contrasting fertility building regimes on soil quality, focussing on the initial 5-year period following conversion from conventional to organic production. Five 0.8 ha areas at HRI-Wellesbourne were selected for study. These were: two organic vegetable rotations supporting contrasting fertility building regimes, an organic arable rotation, a grass-clover ley, and a conventionally managed cereal... Tipo: Report Palavras-chave: Crop combinations and interactions; Biodiversity and ecosystem services; Soil quality; Soil tillage. Ano: 2002 URL: http://orgprints.org/8180/1/OF0401_2178_FRP.pdf Better Organic Bread: Integrating Raw Material and Process Requirements for Organic Bread Production Provedor de dados: 21 The UK organic wheat crop, of about 15,000 hectares, is rarely able to consistently provide flour of suitable quality to meet the needs of the baking industry. As a result, more than 50% of the requirement for wheat in the organic bread market is imported. This project seeks to address the constraints to the expansion of the market for organic bread produced from wheat grown in the UK. This will be achieved by identifying the effect of agronomic practices on the protein content and quality of organic wheat. The work will optimise the interaction of raw material characteristics with formulation and processing approaches on bread quality. This will be achieved by establishing the effects of varieties and nitrogen applications in crop husbandry practices on... Tipo: Project description Palavras-chave: Crop health; Quality; Protection Cereals; Pulses and oilseeds Produce chain management. Ano: 2016 Liming and postharvest quality of carambola fruits Provedor de dados: 52 Autores: Prado,Renato de Mello; Natale,William; Corrêa,Márcio Cleber de Medeiros; Silva,José Antônio Alberto da. To determine the effects of lime application on the postharvest quality of carambola fruit, an experiment with carambola trees cultivated on an acid soil was conducted at the Bebedouro, São Paulo, Brazil. The trees were treated with increasing doses of lime during the pre-planting period. Liming led to a increase in calcium concentration of carambola leaves and fruits. Adequate nutrition of the plant with calcium improved post-harvest fruit quality, permitting a longer (~ 2 days) period of storage under ambient conditions. Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Ca; Lime; Storage; Carambola averrhoa; Fruit quality. Ano: 2005 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132005000600003 Evaluation of the quality of pet foods using fast techniques and official methods Provedor de dados: 116 Autores: Osawa,Cibele Cristina; Gonçalves,Lireny Aparecida Guaraldo; Ragazzi,Sidnei. This paper was designed to evaluate the rancidity of 18 pet food samples using the Diamed FATS kits and official AOCS methods for the quantification of free fatty acids, peroxide value and concentrations of malonaldehyde and alkenal in the lipid extracted. Although expiration dates have passed, the samples presented good quality evidencing little oxidative rancidity. The results of this study suggest that the Brazilian pet food market is replete with products of excellent quality due to the competitiveness of this market sector. Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Pet foods; Lipid oxidation; Quality; Correlation; AOCS methods; Kits. Ano: 2008 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-20612008000500034 Uso do geoprocessamento na qualidade de água superficial destinada ao abastecimento humano no Estado de Rondônia Provedor de dados: 25 Autores: Lima, Maria Lucilene Alves de. The use of geoprocessing has become a more important tool to map areas with substance concentrations above the patterns that may affect the quality of the water. The objective of such study was to evaluate the quality of the superficial waters of the rivers in Rondônia used for to the supplying. Through the espace measurement of the color and turbidity isoconcentration it was inferred that the quality of the waters are in agreement with the maximum limits allowed by the resolution of CONAMA n. 357/05. Tipo: Article Palavras-chave: Geoprocessing; Rondônia; Water quality. Ano: 2007 URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2315/100 Argo quality control manual for biogeochemical data Provedor de dados: 5 Autores: Schmechtig, Catherine; Thierry, Virginie; The Bio Argo Team,. This document is the Argo quality control manual for biogeochemical data. It describes two levels of quality control: • The first level is the real-time system that performs a set of agreed automatic checks. • The second level is the delayed-mode quality control system. Tipo: Text Ano: 2016 URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00298/40879/42265.zip A Quality Evaluation Framework for Bio-Ontologies Provedor de dados: 17 Autores: Jesualdo Tomas Fernandez-Breis; Mikel Ega&#xf1;a Aranguren; Robert Stevens. Over the past few years the number of bio-ontologies has rapidly increased. The evaluation of ontologies has long been a problematic issue. The growing number of ontologies makes the need for a strategy for evaluating quality more urgent. We propose a framework for evaluating the quality of bio-ontologies. This framework is inspired by a well-known software quality standard, which has been adapted to the needs of ontology evaluation. An example of how to use the framework, comparing two versions of the Open Biomedical Ontologies&#x27; Cell Type Ontology, is included as an illustration. Tipo: Manuscript Palavras-chave: Bioinformatics. Ano: 2009 URL: http://precedings.nature.com/documents/3479/version/1 A Quality Evaluation Framework for Bio-Ontologies Provedor de dados: 17 Autores: Jesualdo Tomas Fernandez-Breis; Mikel Ega&#xf1;a Aranguren; Robert Stevens. Over the past few years the number of bio-ontologies has rapidly increased. The evaluation of ontologies has long been a problematic issue. The growing number of ontologies makes the need for a strategy for evaluating quality more urgent. We propose a framework for evaluating the quality of bio-ontologies. This framework is inspired by a well-known software quality standard, which has been adapted to the needs of ontology evaluation. An example of how to use the framework, comparing two versions of the Open Biomedical Ontologies&#x27; Cell Type Ontology, is included as an illustration. Tipo: Presentation Palavras-chave: Bioinformatics. Ano: 2009 URL: http://precedings.nature.com/documents/3478/version/1 Improving water quality of return flows in furrow-irrigated systems using polymer-amended inflows Provedor de dados: 18 Autores: Sojka, R.E.; Lentz, R.D. Tipo: Conference or Workshop Item Palavras-chave: Erosion; Water quality; Mass Import - autoclassified (may be erroneous). Ano: 1994 URL: http://eprints.nwisrl.ars.usda.gov/1064/1/826.pdf Influence of irrigation water quality on sediment loss from furrows Provedor de dados: 18 Autores: Lentz, R.D.; Sojka, R.E.; Carter, D.L. Tipo: Conference or Workshop Item Palavras-chave: Erosion; Sediment; Water quality; Mass Import - autoclassified (may be erroneous). Ano: 1994 URL: http://eprints.nwisrl.ars.usda.gov/1065/1/827.pdf Sprinkler and surface irrigation effects on return flow water quality and quantity Provedor de dados: 18 Autores: Bjorneberg, D.L.; Westermann, D.T.; Nelson, N.O. Tipo: Conference or Workshop Item Palavras-chave: Erosion; Sprinkler irrigation; Water quality; Mass Import - autoclassified (may be erroneous). Ano: 2007 URL: http://eprints.nwisrl.ars.usda.gov/962/1/1203.pdf Studies on quality and microbiological characteristics of dry meat products Provedor de dados: 19 Autores: Serjmyadag, Dorj. 岩手大学大学院連合農学研究科生物資源科学専攻 Ano: 2009 URL: http://ir.obihiro.ac.jp/dspace/handle/10322/2462 On-farm soil quality estimations Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Palojärvi, Ansa; Myllys, Merja; Alakukku, Laura. The study aims to develop a battery of on-farm soil quality tests for use in both organic and conventional farming. The work is largely based on available on-farm test systems. Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Soil quality. Ano: 2003 URL: http://orgprints.org/11168/1/njfa.pdf The effect of irrigation method on the quality and shelf-life of strawberry fruit in organic production Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Parikka, Päivi. Organic production of strawberry was investigated at MTT Agrifood Research Finland during 2000-2002. Research topics included irrigation method and its effect on fruit quality. Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Crop health; Quality; Protection. Ano: 2003 URL: http://orgprints.org/11159/1/NJFc.pdf Bodenqualität als Grundlage für Produktqualität im ökologischen Lanbdau Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Beste, Dr. Andrea. Wie beeinflussen Fruchtfolge, Düngung und Bodenbearbeitung die Bodenqualität, die Pflanzenernährung und damit die Nahrungsmittel- und Lagerungsqualität ökologisch erzeugter Lebensmittel? Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Nutrient turnover Food security; Food quality and human health Crop combinations and interactions Soil quality Soil tillage Composting and manuring. Ano: 2005 URL: http://orgprints.org/6953/1/s%C3%A4chs%C3%96L0305.pdf A New Definition of Food Quality Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Meier-Ploeger, Angelika. Six criteria should be used to identify important components of quality (which are especially important for organic products): - Authentic - Functional - Biological - Nutritional - Sensual - Ethical Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Food security; Food quality and human health. Ano: 1996 URL: http://orgprints.org/2253/1/handbuch%2Dkein%2DDokument.pdf D5.1 Report on the methodologies for data quality improvement along the whole supply chain Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Feldmann, Corinna; Hamm, Ulrich. Depending on the availability of data, organic as well as total data for different products, a number of checks to validate the consistency of data can be carried out. Potential quality checks were described in chapter 2.2, which includes a manual for data quality checking procedures. In the results part of this report, these checks were applied to six products from Organic Data Network partners participating in the project’s case studies. Tipo: Report Palavras-chave: Surveys and statistics; Produce chain management; Europe. Ano: 2014 URL: http://orgprints.org/27940/1/feldmann-hamm-2014-OrganicDataNetwork_D5_1_Report.pdf Quality of Organic vs. Conventional Food and Effects on Health Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Matt, Darja; Rembialkowska, Ewa; Luik, Anne; Peetsmann, Elen; Pehme, Sirli. This report analyses the nutritional quality of organic and conventional food as well as the health effects of pesticide residues, nitrates, mycotoxins and artificial additives and gives an overview of animal and human experiments. Tipo: Report Palavras-chave: Food security; Food quality and human health. Ano: 2011 URL: http://orgprints.org/19504/1/Report_2011_(1).pdf Manipulating protein content in diverse populations using NIRS single seed sorting Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Borgen, Anders; Steffan, Philipp; Rasmussen, Søren K. The experiment shows that it is possible to increase protein content and baking quality in divers wheat populations by single seed sorting of the seed, and that the effect remains in the harvested crop. Selecting pure lines in a pedigree system is therefore not the only way to develop wheat with good baking quality. Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Food security; Food quality and human health Processing; Packaging and transportation Breeding; Genetics and propagation Crop health; Quality; Protection. Ano: 2014 URL: http://orgprints.org/26874/7/26874.pdf Klimaschutz auf Kosten des Bodens? Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Beste, Dr Andrea. The current cultivation practice of conventional energy plant cropping does not increase biodiversity as it was announced by politics. Beyond that it does not minimize pesticide and mineral manure application - quite the contrary. It is a great challenge for the organic production of energy plants to connect humus balance with the use of bio-energy. First of all the sustainable use of liquid biogas manure must be queried regarding the nutrition quality of soil life. Tipo: Newspaper or magazine article Palavras-chave: Crop health; Quality; Protection Nutrient turnover Soil quality Composting and manuring. Ano: 2007 URL: http://orgprints.org/13206/1/leberede_beste.pdf Effects of organic fertilizers on yield and quality of potato tubers in organic farming Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Kolbe, Hartmut. In this lecture, an overview was given over effects of organic fertilizers (compost, farmyard manure, slurry, organic commercial fertilizers) on yield and quality (DM, starch, contents of N, P, K) of potato tubers in organic farming. Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Crop health; Quality; Protection Education; Extension and communication Root crops Composting and manuring. Ano: 2006 URL: http://orgprints.org/11011/1/Vortr_orgDuengemittel_Kartoffeln_Bydgaszoz_06engl.pdf QUALITY, REPUTATION, AND IMPORTS Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Worth, Thomas. This paper develops a model of how firms determine the quality of their output in a setting of asymmetric information. In this framework, the few lowest-cost firms produce high quality output and the rest produce at low quality due to a free-rider problem. The presence of imports exacerbates this problem. Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods. Ano: 1999 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21567 FOOD SAFETY AND QUALITY ASSURANCE KEY DRIVERS OF COMPETITIVENESS Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Jatib, Ines. Under an institutional and organizational collapsed environment caused by Argentine cracked economical and political situation, farmers and producers are forced to add value through technological innovation designs in order to be competitive at the international market. Food safety and Quality Assurance systems appear as key drivers of competitiveness. Three emerging models are comparatively analyzed, evaluating real agribusiness that are developing HACCP, Quality & Origin Protocol and ISO 9001 Quality Management. As a result, the different level of success and impact of those agribusinesses immersed in the aforementioned external constraints and no less precarious internal limitations based on cultural, technological and financial limitations are... Tipo: Journal Article Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety. Ano: 2003 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/34302 Are Geographical Indications a Worthy Quality Signal? A Framework on Protected Designation of Origin with Endogenous Quality Choice Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Desquilbet, Marion; Hassan, Daniel; Monier-Dilhan, Sylvette. The paper provides a theoretical framework to analyze the welfare effects of Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) labelling and of quality choices inside and outside the label on different types of consumers and producers, depending on whether quality is intrinsically linked to the territory of production or not. Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety. Ano: 2006 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21466 VALUING WATER QUALITY CHANGES AT CONNECTICUT LAKES WITH CONTINGENT PRICE DATA Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Fishman, Kara J.; Leonard, Robert L.; Shah, Farhed A. A survey based approach is proposed to augment the property value method when historical information on water quality variation is unavailable. Data from three Connecticut lakes is used to illustrate this approach. The impact of hypothetical water quality changes on recreational and aesthetic values is assessed and analyzed. Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Contingent price; Water quality; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy. Ano: 1999 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21568 INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS FROM AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Lee, John G.; Lovejoy, Stephen B. Agriculture's impact on the environment is a complex research problem. A challenge to future economic research is to account for the interrelationship between agricultural production activities, soil productivity, erosion, and water quality. It will become increasingly important to determine not only the economic consequences, but also the environmental effectiveness of alternative policies aimed at improving resource use and quality. The application of biophysical simulation models to environmental quality problems provides a means to better understand the complex interaction between agricultural production and environmental quality. Tipo: Journal Article Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy. Ano: 1991 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28821 Input Quality in the Sugar Beet Industry Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Boland, Michael A.; Marsh, Thomas L. Using 23 years of data (1978-2000), this study examines seven vertically integrated sugar beet plants representing three different companies in the United States. The objective of this research is to identify the marginal costs of producing sugar beets for vertically integrated sugar beet processors as a way of determining the cost savings from higher quality sugar beets. In doing so, we account for quality differences in the sugar beet input that are used to manufacture the refined sugar output. The results quantify links between high quality sugar beets and lower processing costs. Tipo: Journal Article Palavras-chave: Cost function; Product differentiation; Production economics; Sugar; Crop Production/Industries. Ano: 2006 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7316 OPTIMAL GRADE DEFINITIONS FOR MULTIPLE QUALITY CHARACTERISTICS Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Lyford, Conrad P.; Starbird, S. Andrew. The growing importance of quality in agricultural markets makes effective segregation and grading essential to efficient marketing strategy. In this paper, we develop an economic model, potentially applicable to many products, to determine optimal segregation strategies based on multiple stochastic quality measures. The model is applied to Oklahoma wheat quality data. Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Marketing. Ano: 2000 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21728 BREEDING INCENTIVE PROGRAMS AND DEMAND FOR CALIFORNIA THOROUGHBRED RACING: THE TRADEOFF BETWEEN QUANTITY AND QUALITY Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Smith, Martin D. Both quantity of horses and quality stimulate demand for horse race gambling. This paper addresses the potential for a quantity/quality tradeoff due to breeding incentives for California thoroughbreds. Econometric analysis is used to assess the demand for quality and quantity of horses, and results suggest the likely net benefit of breeding incentives on the industry at large. Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries. Ano: 1999 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21711 Financial Development, Institutional Quality and Economic Performance in East Asian Economies Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Law, Siong Hook; Habibullah, Muzafar Shah. This paper examines the effects of financial development and institutional quality on economic performance in the East Asian economies using the panel cointegration and panel group mean fully modified OLS estimations. The empirical results based on the Solow growth model indicate that well developed institutional quality and financial market lead to the improved output per capita in East Asian economies. The effect of financial development on economic performance is larger when the financial system is embedded within a sound institutional framework. Thus, institutional improvements in these economies are important, not only in promoting economic development but also to deliver the benefits of financial development. Tipo: Journal Article Palavras-chave: Financial development; Quality of institutions; Economic performance; Financial Economics; G20; E44. Ano: 2006 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/50150 Valuing Beef Herd Dam Genetic Pedigree Management Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Robertson-Carolan, Jessica; Parcell, Joseph L.; Patterson, David J.; Eakins, Roger; Franken, Jason R.V. An important component of the beef cow herd is the contribution of the dam to herd profitability. Yet, no research has contributed to valuing the dam’s genetic contribution to herd quality performance or profitability. This paper examines how managing for dam genetic pedigree quality grade affected the outcome of calf crop quality, and simulates the economic impact for different levels of quality premium. The results show that managing for dam pedigree genetics beyond three generations in the herd has little economic value for producers. Tipo: Article Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries. Ano: 2011 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/118960 THE IMPORTANCE OF BRAND NAME AND QUALITY IN THE RETAIL FOOD INDUSTRY Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Apelbaum, Eidan. This paper analyzes the role of brand name recognition and product quality on the competition between national brands and private labels in the retail food industry. Theoretical and empirical evidence is provided to show that both marketing tools play a significant role, but in quite different ways. Quality improvements by one firm will intensify the competition; one firm will gain at the expense of its competitor. Whereas, increasing brand name recognition relaxes the competition, and both firms can gain. Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Private labels; Brand name; Quality; Consumer/Household Economics; Marketing. Ano: 1999 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21497 Collective Reputation, Entry and Minimum Safety Standard Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Rouviere, Elodie; Soubeyran, Raphael. This article deals with the issue of entry into an industry where firms share a collective reputation. First, we show that free entry is not socially optimal; there is a need for regulation through the imposition of a minimum quality standard. Second, we argue that a minimum quality standard can induce firms to enter the market. Contrary to conventional wisdom, a minimum quality standard should not always be considered as a barrier to entry. Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Collective Reputation; Entry; Minimum Quality Standard; Institutional and Behavioral Economics. Ano: 2008 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44465 MEASUREMENT OF GRADING ERROR COSTS IN THE BEEF INDUSTRY Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Ferrier, Peyton Michael. This paper models the market for beef products when quality production is stochastic and quality information is asymmetric between producers and consumers. Independent sorters act as intermediaries to enhance market efficiency by guaranteeing minimum quality levels. Market shares, effort levels, prices, and quality standards are obtained for general market equilibrium. Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Marketing. Ano: 2002 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19906 The Efficacy of the Grid Marketing Channel for Fed Cattle Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Fausti, Scott W.; Qasmi, Bashir A.; Diersen, Matthew A. Beef industry data suggest that carcass yield and quality grades have shown little improvement over the last six years. Trend analysis of grid market share and carcass quality suggests that grid pricing has not made sufficient progress in achieving the goals envisioned for it as a value based marketing system. Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Grid Pricing; National Beef Quality Audit; Public Livestock Price Reporting; Beef Carcass Quality; Livestock Production/Industries. Ano: 2008 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6884 Current status of peasants' quality in China and cultivation of new peasants' in the view of new countryside Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Xu, Jie-ling; Wang, Wen-xiang. This paper introduces the quality characteristics of new peasants in China, and analyzes the current status of peasants’ quality in China from 5 aspects. Finally, this paper puts forward the related countermeasures for improving the peasants’ quality. Tipo: Thesis or Dissertation Palavras-chave: New countryside of China; New Peasants; Cultivation; Labor and Human Capital; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession. Ano: 2009 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53478 Productivity differences across New South Wales rice farms: Links to resource quality Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Harrison, Scott; Chapman, Lisa. Productivity indices were calculated for rice farms across New South Wales using data envelopment analysis (DEA) techniques. These revealed distinct geographic patterns. Preliminary work showed these geographic patterns were consistent with differences in resource quality, including depth from watertables, soil types and salinity levels. If differences in measured productivity are influenced by the quality of land and water resources used to produce rice, isolating this influence may provide a way of quantifying the costs associated with resource quality issues such as rising groundwater tables and soil salinity. Tipo: Presentation Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries; Productivity Analysis. Ano: 1999 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/123812 Three-City Air Study Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Powell, Mark R. This study analyzes the local regulatory and non-regulatory determinants of ambient air quality in Allegheny, Baltimore, and Cuyahoga Counties over the period 1972-1992. Mandated pollution control investments appear to have often had a statistically significant effect in reducing maximum concentrations of suspended particulates and tropospheric ozone in these areas. The effects of regulatory air quality controls, however, generally have been overshadowed by the impacts of non-regulatory factors. In general, local regulatory and nonregulatory factors failed to account for a majority of the variation in local air quality. This underscores the importance of regional or national factors in determining local air quality. Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy. Ano: 1997 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10641 Taxes and quality: A market-level analysis Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: James, Jennifer S.; Alston, Julian M. Aconventional assumption of product homogeneity when the commodity of interest is actually heterogeneous will lead to errors in an analysis of the incidence of policies, such as taxes. In this article, an equilibrium displacement model is used to derive analytical solutions for price, quantity, and quality effects of ad valorem and per unit taxes. The results show how parameters determine the effects of tax policies on quality. The potential for tax-induced distortions in quality, and the distributive consequences of those distortions, are illustrated in a case study of the market for Australian wine. Tipo: Article Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy. Ano: 2002 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/118623 The political economy of quality measurement: a case study of the USA slaughter cattle market Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Whitley, John E. As agricultural products move from being economic commodities to qualitydifferentiated goods, price dispersion within specific markets increases and implicit subsidies from high quality producers to low quality producers are removed. The present paper examines how these distributional effects can influence patterns of support and opposition to changes in marketing arrangements. The simple model developed is calibrated using data from the USA slaughter cattle market. Estimates of the impact on prices of measuring quality more accurately are found to be similar in size to previous estimates of market power price suppression in the market. Tipo: Article Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries. Ano: 2002 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/118594 An Examination of the Tradeoff between Net Return, Risk, and Water Quality for Crop Rotations in South Central Kansas Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Langemeier, Michael R.; Nelson, Nathan; Parajuli, Prem; Perkins, Seth. This paper determined the optimal crop rotation in South Central Kansas. The model incorporated net return, risk, and water quality. In general, water quality improved as tillage was reduced within a rotation type and by adding an alfalfa rotation. The optimal crop rotation mixes included wheat, grain sorghum, soybeans, and alfalfa. Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Water quality; Optimal crop rotation; Risk and return; Farm Management; D24; D81. Ano: 2010 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56407 Natural endowments, production technologies, and the quality of wines in Bordeaux. Is it possible to produce wine on paved roads? Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Gergaud, Olivier; Ginsburgh, Victor. We study whether quality assessments made by wine experts and by consumers (based on prices obtained at auction between 1980 and 1992), can be explained by variables describing endowments (land characteristics, exposures of vineyards) and technologies (from grape varieties and picking, to bottled wines). However, since technological choices are likely to depend on endowments, the effects can only be identified using an instrumental variables approach. We show that technological choices affect quality much more than natural endowments, the effect of which is negligible. Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper Palavras-chave: Wine production; Wine quality; Crop Production/Industries; Demand and Price Analysis; Environmental Economics and Policy. Ano: 2007 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37294 How Attitudes of Important Stakeholder Groups Can Influence Effective Water Quality Management Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Popp, Jennie S. Hughes; Rodriguez, German; Gbur, Edward E.; Pennington, John. Preliminary results of a survey of Lincoln Lake agricultural and non-agricultural watershed residents as well as water quality regulators/specialists suggests discrepancies exists in different groups perceptions of water quality, the sources of water pollution, and the roles of local, county, state and federal officials in meeting water quality objectives. Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; Q25; Q53; Q59. Ano: 2007 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9994 MILL-LEVEL PRICE ESTIMATES FOR U.S. COTTON QUALITY Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Lyford, Conrad P.; Jung, Sangnyeol; Ethridge, Don E. Replaced with revised version of paper 02/11/04. Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis. Ano: 2004 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/34644 Obesity, BMI, and Diet Quality: How does the South Measure Up? Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Duffy, Patricia A.; Zizza, Claire A.; Kinnucan, Henry W. This paper examines regional differences in obesity rates, Body Mass Index (BMI) and dietary quality, using data from the 1999-2002 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), Mobile Examination Center (MEC). For women, BMI and obesity prevalence may be higher in the Deep South states, but the difference is explained by demographic characteristics. Diet quality was found to be lower in the South. Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Obesity; Diet quality; Food insecurity; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Health Economics and Policy; I10; I30. Ano: 2009 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/46558 TELEWORK ORGANIZATION MODEL AS METHOD OF DEVELOPMENT OF DISABLED PERSONS’ EMPLOYMENT QUALITY Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Bileviciene, Tatjana; Bileviciene, Egle. Problem of employment for disabled persons is partly connected with permanent changes and technical achievements in labour market. Telework in particular circumstances creates for disabled persons positive opportunity of choice. Accomplished research of authors analyzes the employment quality factors and proves that implementation of telework model for disabled persons could improve quality of employment of such persons in comparison with recent system of profession rehabilitation and disabled persons employment. Tipo: Journal Article Palavras-chave: Disabled persons; Telework; Quality of employment; Information technologies.; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; J24; J81; J83. Ano: 2010 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/92385 Establishment of seed quality control programs Provedor de dados: 63 Autores: Cicero,S. M. An efficient quality control program should lead to the production of high quality seeds. Consequently, a series of technical and administrative procedures must be adopted in a way that does not compromise this objective. Considering that, in applied terms, external control becomes less important as internal control programs advance technologically, this work emphasizes the principle factors that should be considered in the implantation of a seed quality control program, such as: work groups, physical structure and procedures to initiate the program. Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Work groups; Physical structure; Procedures to initiate the program. Ano: 1998 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-90161998000500006 Improving the quality of African robustas: QTLs for yield- and quality-related traits in Coffea canephora. Provedor de dados: 119 Autores: LEROY, T.; DE BELLIS, F.; LEGNATE, H.; KANANURA, E.; GONZALES, G.; PEREIRA, L. F. P.; ANDRADE, A. C.; CHARMETANT, P.; MONTAGNON, C.; CUBRY, P.; MARRACCINI, P.; POT, D.; KOCHKO, A. de. Coffea canephora breeding requires combining sustainable productivity with improved technological and cup quality characteristics. Beverage quality is a complex and subjective trait, and breeding for this trait is time consuming and depends on knowledge of the genetics of its components. A highly variable C. canephora progeny resulting from an intraspecific cross was assessed for 63 traits over 5 years. To identify quantitative trait loci (QTLs) controlling agronomic, technological, and quality-related traits, a genetic map comprising 236 molecular markers was constructed, and composite interval mapping was performed. Beverage quality was evaluated in relation to biochemical and cup tasting traits. QTLs were identified for almost half of the traits... Tipo: Artigo em periódico indexado (ALICE) Palavras-chave: Coffee; QTL; Beverage quality; Cup tasting; Biochemical traits. Ano: 2011 URL: http://www.alice.cnptia.embrapa.br/handle/doc/902238 Health related quality of life among patients with chronic hepatitis C: a cross-sectional study of sociodemographic, psychopathological and psychiatric determinants Provedor de dados: 55 Autores: Fábregas,Bruno Cópio; Ávila,Renata Eliane de; Faria,Marjore Novaes; Moura,Alexandre Sampaio; Carmo,Ricardo Andrade; Teixeira,Antonio Lúcio. INTRODUCTION: Chronic hepatitis C virus infection patients have higher rates of psychiatric disorders than the general population. Chronic hepatitis C virus infection is known to be associated with impaired health related quality of life. To our knowledge, there is no previous research of health related quality of life in chronic hepatitis C patients that combined structured psychiatric interview and careful psychopathological evaluation, including depression, anxiety and fatigue instruments. The aim of this study was to evaluate health related quality of life of chronic hepatitis C patients and to investigate the association with sociodemographic, psychopathological and psychiatric factors. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Eighty-one individuals with chronic... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Quality of life; WHOQOL-BREF; Hepatitis C; Depression; Fatigue. Ano: 2013 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702013000600002 Pre-incubation of porcine semen reduces the incidence of polyspermy on embryos derived from low quality oocytes Provedor de dados: 65 Autores: Brogni,Cláudio Francisco; Ohlweiler,Lain Uriel; Klein,Norton; Mezzalira,Joana Claudia; Cristani,Jose; Mezzalira,Alceu. ABSTRACT: The main cause of low efficiency of in vitro produced porcine embryos is the high polyspermic penetration rates at fertilization, which is aggravated in low quality oocytes. Experiment 1 evaluated the embryo development in high and low quality oocytes. Experiment 2 evaluated the embryo development and quality of low quality oocytes fertilized with sperm pre-incubated during 0h (control), 0.5h, 1h and 1.5h. Experiment 3 investigated fertilization and monospermic rates of the same groups of Experiment 2. Experiment 4 evaluated embryo development, cell density, fertilization and monospermic rates of high quality oocytes using semen pre incubated during the best time observed in the previous experiments. Cleavage and blastocyst rates were analyzed by... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Pig IVF; Embryo IVP; Monospermy; Fertilization; Oocyte. Ano: 2016 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-84782016000601113 Having customers share the perception of quality differences: one century of debates about quality assessments on the French wine market. Provedor de dados: 189 Autores: Teil, G. The wine market is a pretty paradoxical research object for the economical and marketing studies. In France alone, every year, hundreds of thousands of new brand differentiated products are marketed. How can so many brands survive to any rationalization process? One could think this situation to be tied to a kind of French paradox, but the number of wine brands is also increasing in all wine producing countries whether “old”, like Spain or “new” as US. Furthermore where as most of the market theories explain the existence of markets thanks to the happy meeting of a demand with a corresponding supply, how could we explain the growth of the so called quality wine market, where it is so difficult to find two drinkers, even to expert drinkers, agreeing about... Tipo: Journal Article Palavras-chave: WINE MARKET FRAMING; QUALITY DIFFERENTIATION; SOCIO-ECONOMY; CREDIBILITY; CONFIDENCE. Ano: 2007 URL: http://www.prodinra.inra.fr/prodinra/pinra/doc.xsp?id=PROD20087ea40a6c&uri=/notices/prodinra1/2010/08/ Agronomic strategies for the organic cultivation of potatoes for processing into high quality French fries and potato chips Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Böhm, Herwart; Krause, Tanja; Haase, Thorsten; Haase, Norbert U.; Loges, Ralf; Heß, Jürgen. In order to achieve the successful cultivation of potato raw material to be processed into French fries and crisps, the high quality standards set by the processing industry have to be fulfilled and high tuber yields attained. In a cooperative research project, different strategies for the cultivation of high quality potato raw material for processing were examined under the conditions of organic farming. The choice of variety was found to be the most important agronomic instrument for the organic farmer to secure high tuber yields and quality. Varieties Agria and Marena can be recommended as they gave high tuber yields of the required size grade and also high French fry quality both at harvest and after storage. With regard to processing into crisps,... Tipo: Book chapter Palavras-chave: Food security; Food quality and human health Crop combinations and interactions Root crops. Ano: 2006 URL: http://orgprints.org/16538/1/finalpaper_HBoehm.pdf Perspectives for using light quality knowledge as an advanced ecophysiological weed management tool Provedor de dados: 87 Autores: Merotto Jr.,A.; Fischer,A.J.; Vidal,R.A. The current knowledge of light quality effects on plant morphogenesis and development represents a new era of understanding on how plant communities perceive and adjust to available resources. The most important consequences of light quality cues, often mediated by decreasing in red far-red ratios with respect to the spectral composition of incident sunlight radiation, affecting weed-crop interaction are the increased plant height and shoot to root ratio in anticipation of competition by light quantity, water or nutrients. Although the concepts related to light quality have been extensively studied and several basic process of this phenomenon are well known, little applications of photomorphogenic signaling currently are related to agricultural problems or... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Critical period for weed control; Crop-weed interactions; Red/far-red ratio; Shade-avoidance; Weed thresholds. Ano: 2009 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-83582009000200025 The quality turn in South Africa: insights from a comprehensive investigation into the food quality behaviours, perceptions and knowledge of South African consumers with a focus on middle and upper socioeconomic groups Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Vermeulen, Hester; Bienabe, Estelle. Internationally, alternative food quality movements have given rise to a quality turn from the mass consumption model toward an increasing qualitative differentiation of products and demand (Allaire, 2002). While food quality trends and their implications have been widely analyzed internationally, little has been written on the local quality dynamics in South Africa, a country with clear dualistic socio-economic features. This paper aims to contribute to the understanding of South African consumers’ present food quality evaluation with a specific focus on ‘conventional’ and ‘advanced’ quality attributes associated with fresh food produce (fruit / vegetable and meat). Primary data was collected during 2009 through an extensive nationally representative... Tipo: Journal Article Palavras-chave: Farm Management. Ano: 2010 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/96194 Batch drying of potato slices: Kinetic changes of quality parameters (colour & shrinkage) in response of uniformly distributed drying temperature Provedor de dados: 111 Autores: Amjad, Waseem; Hensel, Oliver; Munir, Anjum. Uniform quality drying throughout the drying chamber of a dryer is important for a quality oriented drying process. The final quality of dried products significantly depends upon the drying temperature. A batch type dryer was developed for uniform air distribution. ANSYS-fluent was used to analyse the temperature distribution in the dryer. To assess the effect of drying temperature homogeneity on quality parameters, color and shrinkage of potato slices (6 mm thick) at 60° C were measured. The color parameters were quantified in CIELAB color space system. The shrinkage of slices (20 mm round samples) was measured using image analysis software. The rate of color change was found uniform at all sections of drying chamber with high value of R2. The kinetics of... Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article Ano: 2015 URL: http://www.cigrjournal.org/index.php/Ejounral/article/view/3265 Analysis of international competitive positioning of quality wine from Spain Provedor de dados: 118 Autores: Castillo,Juan Sebastián; García,Mª Carmen. J.S. Castillo, and M.C. García. 2013. Analysis of international competitive positioning of quality wine from Spain. Cien. Inv. Agr. 40(3): 491-501. The global vitiviniculture sector is undergoing systemic and thorough changes. Spain occupies a privileged position in the global industry, ranking first in surface area, third in production and second in export volume. In recent years, domestic consumption has experienced a clear and pronounced decline, as observed in France and Italy. Therefore, exportation has become the main commercial avenue for table and quality wine. In Spain, designated quality wine represents 50% of total production and has experienced commercial dynamics in international markets that differ from those affecting table wine. The object... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Agricultural economics; Competitiveness; Designation of origin; Foreign trade; Panel data; Quality wine. Ano: 2013 URL: http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-16202013000300003 Dynamics of an estuarine ecosystem - The Chesapeake Bay experience: Statistical approaches and water quality patterns Provedor de dados: 5 Autores: Alden, Rw. A long-term water quality monitoring program has been established in the Virginian waters of the Chesapeake Bay. To date, over eight years of data have been analyzed to characterize spatio-temporal patterns and long-term trends in water quality. Complementary multivariate statistical procedures were employed to define spatial and seasonal patterns, while a series of non-parametric trend analyses were used for determining overall, site-specific, and season-specific long-term trends for water quality variables in the tributaries and mainstem of the Bay. Particular attention was focused on determining the effect of river flow on the trends, because flow rates in some of the tributaries have changed dramatically since the beginning of the monitoring program.... Tipo: Text Palavras-chave: Water quality; Monitoring; Statistics; Trends; Flow. Ano: 1997 URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00093/20461/18133.pdf Trends in postmortem aging in fish: Understanding of proteolysis and disorganization of the myofibrillar structure Provedor de dados: 5 Autores: Delbarre Ladrat, Christine; Cheret, Romuald; Taylor, Romuald; Verrez-bagnis, Veronique. Introduction : Quality attributes of fish flesh, including food safety, organoleptic features, nutritional quality and aptitude to industrial transformation, influence consumption and acceptability of fish as food. Fish sensorial changes and texture properties are closely linked to freshness. Along with ante mortem muscle biochemistry, postmortem biochemical processes are directly linked to final quality attributes. The understanding of postmortem mechanisms is a prerequisite for an accurate control of the quality of commercialized fish by the identification of objective markers or indicators. Postmortem tenderization is one of the most important quality attributes of fish muscle. Loss of freshness is due to a complex combination of biochemical, chemical... Tipo: Text Palavras-chave: Indicator; Quality; Proteolysis; Postmortem; Fish muscle. Ano: 2006 URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2006/publication-1810.pdf Cost of Living Dictates what Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises Eat: The Importance of Prey Quality on Predator Foraging Strategies Provedor de dados: 5 Autores: Spitz, Jerome; Trites, Andrew W.; Becquet, Vanessa; Brind'Amour, Anik; Cherel, Yves; Galois, Robert; Ridoux, Vincent. Understanding the mechanisms that drive prey selection is a major challenge in foraging ecology. Most studies of foraging strategies have focused on behavioural costs, and have generally failed to recognize that differences in the quality of prey may be as important to predators as the costs of acquisition. Here, we tested whether there is a relationship between the quality of diets (kJ.g(-1)) consumed by cetaceans in the North Atlantic and their metabolic costs of living as estimated by indicators of muscle performance (mitochondrial density, n = 60, and lipid content, n = 37). We found that the cost of living of 11 cetacean species is tightly coupled with the quality of prey they consume. This relationship between diet quality and cost of living appears... Tipo: Text Ano: 2012 URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00116/22749/20551.pdf A co-viability model of grazing and bird community management in farmland Provedor de dados: 189 Autores: Tichit, M.; Doyen, L.; Lemel, J.Y.; Renault, O.; Durant, D. In European grasslands, livestock grazing is a key driver of habitat quality. However, the specific grazing regimes that favour habitat quality and ensure biodiversity conservation remain largely unknown. This paper develops a dynamic model to predict how livestock grazing may be used to sustain a bird community without penalizing cattle feeding. The model focuses on a grassland grazed by cattle which is also the breeding habitat of three wader species. It integrates the dynamics of a sward, controlled through grazing, and that of three bird populations. Viability theory and dynamic programming are used to reveal viable grazing strategies that ensure the creation of two levels of habitat quality (homogeneous and heterogeneous) whilst ensuring cattle... Tipo: Journal Article Palavras-chave: GRAZING; BIODIVERSITY; HABITAT QUALITY; DYNAMICS; VIABLE CONTROL. Ano: 2007 URL: http://www.prodinra.inra.fr/prodinra/pinra/doc.xsp?id=PROD2008e337af77&uri=/notices/prodinra1/2010/09/ Quality attributes in farmed and wild Eurasian perch Provedor de dados: 189 Autores: Thomas, M.; Gardeur, J.N.; Mairesse, G.; Brun-Bellut, J.; FUNDP, Facultés Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix (BEL). In order to satisfy the current increase of human fish consumption,aquaculture is rising along with the necessity of supplying diversifiedproducts of high quality. In this context, the domestication of theEurasian perch Perca fluviatilis opens out with in parallel the necessityto understand the multifactorial determinism of the quality building.Today, consumer’s quality reference is wild fish. Indeed it is widelybelieved that wild fish acceptability is greater than that of farmed fish.So one question of fish farmer is to know where their products are tobe placed in comparison with wild fish. Within this framework, theobjectives of this work are i) to describe the quality attributes offarmed perch by considering different rearing contexts (extensiveversus... Tipo: Conference Paper Palavras-chave: Perca fluviatilis; Farmed fish; Quality reference. Ano: 2008 URL: http://www.prodinra.inra.fr/prodinra/pinra/doc.xsp?id=PROD2010b5a9cfa7&uri=/notices/prodinra1/2010/06/ Concurrent Process Tolerancing Based on Manufacturing Cost And Quality Loss Provedor de dados: 192 Autores: M. F. Huang; Y. R. Zhong. Tipo: 18 Palavras-chave: Manufacturing the Future. Ano: 2006 URL: http://www.intechopen.com/articles/show/title/concurrent_process_tolerancing_based_on_manufacturing_cost_and_quality_loss Plant metabolimics: designing new tools for plant breeding and quality control Provedor de dados: 34 Autores: Hall, R. Powerpoint presentation: 45 slides Tipo: Presentation Ano: 2007 URL: http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/863 The survival of larval fish in the northern North Sea according to the quality of the sea water Provedor de dados: 15 Autores: Fraser, J.H. Tipo: Article Palavras-chave: QL Zoology. Ano: 1961 URL: http://sabella.mba.ac.uk/2136/ A review of production systems on watermelon quality Provedor de dados: 35 Autores: Davis, A.R.; Webber III, C.L.; Perkins-Veazie, P.; Ruso, V.; Lopez-Galarza, S.; Sakata, Y. Cultural practices have been reported to affect quality and phytonutrient content of watermelon [Citrullus lanatus var. lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai]. Knowing which cultivars perform well under various technologies and production systems, and knowing how these systems affect quality and phytonutrient content is imperative to ensure high quality fruit. Organic production and grafting are two cultural practices that are increasing among watermelon producers. Each of these technologies have the potential to interact with cultivars to influence watermelon quality. This review discusses the effects organic culture, input level, and grafting have on watermelon fruit quality. Tipo: Poster Palavras-chave: Citrullus lanatus; Lycopene; Brix; Quality; Organics; Grafting; Watermelon; Production system; Cultural practices. Ano: 2008 URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2174/279 Ecophysiologie - Modélisation – Génétique. Quel dialogue possible pour le contrôle de la qualité ? Provedor de dados: 35 Autores: Bertin, Nadia. Tipo: Other Palavras-chave: Fruit quality; Ecophysiologie; Modelisation; Genetics; Size; Weight; Quality control; Fruit; Qualité du fruit; Écophysiologie; Modélisation; Génétique; Taille; Poids; Contrôle de la qualité; Fruit. Ano: 2004 URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2174/320 Quality of Surface Irrigation Runoff Water Provedor de dados: 18 Autores: Bondurant, James A. Tipo: Article Palavras-chave: Runoff losses; Mass Import - autoclassified (may be erroneous). Ano: 1971 URL: http://eprints.nwisrl.ars.usda.gov/217/1/219.pdf Intra-Clutch Changes in Egg Composition and Shell Quality in Laying Hens Provedor de dados: 19 Autores: Miyoshi, Syunzou; Inoue, Keiichi; Luc, Kieu Minh; Kuchida, Keigo; Mitsumoto, Takatsugu; 三好, 俊三; 井上, 慶一; ルック, キィウ ミン; 口田, 圭吾; 光本, 孝次. Palavras-chave: Egg composition; Shell quality; Clutch position; Laying hen; 卵構成; 卵殻質; クラッチポジション; 産卵鶏. Ano: 1997 URL: http://ir.obihiro.ac.jp/dspace/handle/10322/453 Effects of chemical treatment and harvest date on the quality of potato tubers Provedor de dados: 19 Autores: ISHIBASHI, Ken-ichi; HIRONAKA, Kazunori; 石橋, 憲一; 弘中, 和憲. http://www.obihiro.ac.jp/~library/kenkyu.html Palavras-chave: Potatoes; Chemical desiccant; Quality; Harvest date. Ano: 1993 URL: http://ir.obihiro.ac.jp/dspace/handle/10322/3768 Water Quality Country Report: Zanzibar, Tanzania Provedor de dados: 20 Autores: Mmochi, A.J.; Khatib, A.; Mpatane, A.; Maalim, K.M. Institute of Marine Sciences, University of Dar es Salaam Tipo: Proceedings Paper Palavras-chave: Water quality control. Ano: 2004 URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1834/186 Second IODE Workshop on Quality Control of Chemical and Biological Oceanographic Data Collections, 22-24 October 2012, IOC Project Office for IODE, Ostend, Belgium Provedor de dados: 20 Supported by IOC/IODE Tipo: Report Palavras-chave: Quality control; Biological oceanography. Ano: 2012 URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1834/4763 Production and Quality Control of Carrier-based Legume Inoculants Provedor de dados: 30 Autores: J.A. Palavras-chave: Products; Rhizobium; Root nodulation; Yeasts; Legumes; Application methods; Polysaccharides; Quality controls; Yeast extracts; Nitrogen fixation. Ano: 1984 URL: http://agropedia.iitk.ac.in/openaccess/?q=node/3999 Improving fertility management and disease control in organic and low input production systems for bread making wheat Provedor de dados: 21 Improving organic bread making quality Tipo: Project description Palavras-chave: Crop health; Quality; Protection Farming Systems Composting and manuring. Ano: 2016 AGRONOMICAL AND HYGIENIC-HEALTH QUALITY OF DURUM WHEAT PRODUCTIONS FROM DIFFERENT MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENTS UNDER ORGANIC AND CONVENTIONAL CROPPING Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Camerini, M.; Taddei, F.; Bentivenga, G.; Melloni, S.; Aureli, G.; Quaranta, F. In 2009/2010, eight durum wheat cultivars were compared in organic and conventional cropping system in two different locations of south - central Italy. A huge dataset was evaluated, including quality and agronomic traits. As expected, grain protein content revealed to be the real Achille’s heel for organic productions, seen as average values were not far from the Italian national standard for durum wheat minimum value of protein content (11.5 %). Anyway, values lower than expected were obtained also in conventional management. Protein quality of organically produced grain was as good as the conventional one. No Deoxynivalenol (DON) contamination was recorded in organic durum wheat even in environments where significant DON levels (although clearly lower... Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Food security; Food quality and human health Cereals; Pulses and oilseeds Crop health; Quality; Protection Italy. Ano: 2011 URL: http://orgprints.org/19006/1/ABSTRACT_MASSIMILIANO_CAMERINI_ET_AL..doc Mitä uhkaa on elintarvikeväärennöksistä? Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Särkkä-Tirkkonen, Marjo. TV interview concerning food frauds, authenticity Tipo: Audio Palavras-chave: Surveys and statistics Indicators and other value-laden measures Food security; Food quality and human health Research communication and quality. Ano: 2015 Naturkvalitet i økologisk jordbrug Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Fredshavn, Jesper. Presentation of project Nature Quality in Organic Farming Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Biodiversity and ecosystem services. Ano: 2002 URL: http://orgprints.org/1320/1/posteroekokongress.pdf Durum wheat in conventional and organic farming: yield amount and pasta quality in Southern Italy. Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Fagnano, Massimo; Fiorentino, Nunzio; D'Egidio, Maria Grazia; Quaranta, Fabrizio; Ritieni, Alberto; Ferracane , Rosalia; Raimondi, Giampaolo. Five durum wheat cultivars were grown in a Mediterranean area (Southern Italy) under conventional and organic farming with the aim to evaluate agronomic, technological, sensory, and sanitary quality of grains and pasta. The cultivar Matt produced the best pasta quality under conventional cropping system, while the quality parameters evaluated were unsatisfactory under organic farming. The cultivar Saragolla showed the best yield amount and pasta quality in all the experimental conditions, thus proving to be the cultivar more adapt to organic farming. In all the tested experimental conditions, nivalenol (NIV) and deoxynivalenol (DON) occurrence was very low and the other mycotoxins evaluated were completely absent. These data confirm the low risk of... Tipo: Journal paper Palavras-chave: Crop combinations and interactions Food security; Food quality and human health Farm nutrient management. Ano: 2012 URL: http://orgprints.org/11378/1/TSWJ_973058_grano_duro.pdf Quality characteristics of edible linseed oil Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Nykter, Minna; Kymäläinen, Hanna-Riitta; Gates, Fred; Sjöberg, Anna-Maija. In this review the quality properties of linseed oil for food uses are discussed as well as factors affecting this quality. Linseed oil has a favourable fatty acid composition with a high linolenic acid content. Linseed oil contains nearly 60% á-linolenic acid, compared with 25% for plant oils generally. The content of linolenic acid and omega-3 fatty acids is reported to be high in linseed grown in northern latitudes. The composition of fatty acids, especially unsaturated fatty acids, reported in different studies varies considerably for linseed oil. This variation depends mainly on differences in the examined varieties and industrial processing treatments. The fatty acid composition leads also to some problems, rancidity probably being the most... Tipo: Journal paper Palavras-chave: Food security; Food quality and human health. Ano: 2006 URL: http://orgprints.org/16904/1/nykter.pdf Milk-Marketing: Impact of Perceived Quality on Consumption Patterns Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Grebitus, Carola; Yue, Chengyan; Bruhn, Maike; Jensen, Helen H. Consumers use of quality characteristics to make milk purchase decisions reveal opportunities to create successful marketing strategies. Such a strategy could concern food quality. In this case, three core areas influence consumers quality perception: the perception process, the physical product itself and the communication about it (Grunert et al., 1996). Beyond this background, this article analyzes the impact of certain quality characteristics and socio-demographics on consumption patterns regarding whole fat milk, skim milk and organic milk. These milks were chosen because of the increasing awareness of different fat contents in the meaning of lower fat contents being healthier and the increasing importance of the organic food market. Steenkamps... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Milk; Marketing; Consumption patterns; Perceived quality; Ordered logit; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Marketing; D12; Q13; M3. Ano: 2007 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7867 Contracts, Quality, and Default: Endogenizing a Buyer's Rejection Rate Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Thome, Karen E.; Sexton, Richard J. Replaced with revised version of paper 08/06/07. Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Consumer/Household Economics; Demand and Price Analysis. Ano: 2007 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9954 What does the 'New Quality' mean in view of Polish dairy cooperatives? Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Hanf, Jon Henrich; Pieniadz, Agata. This paper investigates the relationship between the chosen quality strategy and the vertical co-ordination mechanism of a focal company by using new institutional economics, as well as strategic management approaches. The theoretical findings are tested using evidence from 19 of the largest Polish dairy cooperatives, surveyed in spring 2006. The results show that all co-ops recognise the changing market requirements and are treating food quality as more than plain food safety and the ability to continuously reproduce an ex ante defined set of attributes. However, compared to investor-owned dairies, co-ops are disadvantaged in quality-based competition due to their lower flexibility and access to financial and qualified human resources. To overcome this... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Network theory; Relationship management; Quality management; Cooperatives; Poland; Agribusiness; Livestock Production/Industries. Ano: 2007 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7858 Contract farming and smallholder incentives to produce high quality: experimental evidence from the Vietnamese dairy sector Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Saenger, Christoph; Qaim, Matin; Torero, Maximo; Viceisza, Angelino. In emerging markets for high-value food products in developing countries, processing companies search for efficient ways to source raw material of consistent quality. One widely embraced approach is contract farming. But relatively little is known about the appropriate design of contracts, especially in a small farm context. We use the example of the Vietnamese dairy sector to analyze the effectiveness of existing contracts between a processor and smallholder farmers in terms of incentivizing the production of high quality milk. A framed field experiment is conducted to evaluate the impact of two incentive instruments, a price penalty for low quality and a bonus for consistent high quality milk, on farmers’ investment in quality-improving inputs.... Tipo: Working Paper Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Community/rural/urban development; Institutional and behavioral economics; Demand and price analysis; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Demand and Price Analysis; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; C93; D22; L14; O13; Q12; Q13. Ano: 2012 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/122614 Food safety and nutritional quality – Firms’ strategies and Public intervention Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Hammoudi, Abdelhakim; Nguyen, Huong-Hue; Soler, Louis-Georges. The aim of our paper is to determine the conditions under which firms tend to offer the best nutritional quality of food products, and the public regulation required to obtain this in a context where diet and nutritional status plays an important part in maintaining health and preventing disease, and with increasing pressure for public intervention on food quality in developed countries. To this end, we develop a duopoly model where products can be horizontally (variety) and vertically (quality) differentiated. We analyze the perfect Nash equilibriums in a two period competition game where in the first stage, the firms decide simultaneously on the variety and the quality of the product to be sold and in the second stage, firms set prices. The model... Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper Palavras-chave: Nutritional product; Health cost; Public regulation; Vertical and horizontal differentiation.; Agricultural and Food Policy; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Industrial Organization; L13; L15; L51; Q18. Ano: 2009 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51749 CHAIN QUALITY MANAGEMENT IN CO-OPERATIVES Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Hanf, Jon Henrich; Pieniadz, Agata. This paper investigates the relationship between the chosen quality strategy and the vertical co-ordination mechanism of a focal company by using new institutional economics, as well as strategic management approaches. The theoretical findings are tested using evidence from 19 of the largest Polish dairy cooperatives, surveyed in spring 2006. The results show that all co-ops recognise the changing market requirements and are treating food quality as more than plain food safety and the ability to continuously reproduce an ex ante defined set of attributes. However, compared to investor-owned dairies, co-ops are disadvantaged in quality-based competition due to their lower flexibility and access to financial and qualified human resources. To overcome this... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Network theory; Relationship management; Quality management; Cooperatives; Poland; Institutional and Behavioral Economics. Ano: 2007 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7604 Relationship of the Interests between the Dairy Farmer and the Company in Ecological Agriculture -A Case of the Dairy Industry in Sichuan Province, China Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Chen, Jia-Wei; Qi, Yan-bin. Development status of dairy industry in Sichuan Province, China is analyzed, indicating that how to ensure the high-quality and ecological production of peasant households has become an important issue for the safety and healthy of the masses and the development of dairy industry. Game model is established and the solution for the model is obtained. Based on analyzing the relationship of the interests between the dairy farmer and the company in ecological agriculture, two mixed strategies of Nash equilibrium are obtained. One is that when the probability is equal to , there are no differences between purchasing or not purchasing; if the probability of company purchase is equal to , there are no differences between producing high-quality milk and... Tipo: Journal Article Palavras-chave: Game theory; Equilibrium; High quality milking; Moral risk; China; Agribusiness. Ano: 2010 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97625 GRADES/CLASSES OF HARD WHEAT EXPORTED FROM THE UNITED STATES: ANALYSIS OF DEMAND AND TRENDS 1986-2003 Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Dahl, Bruce L.; Wilson, William W. Questions have emerged in the United States and Canada regarding the role and function of quality in international markets. One has been the definition and composition of different market segments, with a particular focus on higher quality customers. In this study, trends in U.S. wheat exports are analyzed by class, grade, protein, and market segment. Analysis shows trends toward increases in exports of higher grades of Hard Amber Durum (HAD) and Hard Red Spring (HRS); whereas, exports of higher quality grades for Hard Red Winter (HRW) appear to be moderate. Exports of HRS, HRW, and HAD show increases in proportion of exports shipped at higher protein levels and increases in the proportion of exports where protein is specified. Cluster analysis for... Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper Palavras-chave: Trends; Wheat quality; Grades; Classes; Protein; Hard Red Spring; Hard Red Winter; Hard Amber Durum; Market segments; Crop Production/Industries; International Relations/Trade. Ano: 2004 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23591 COLLECTIVE REPUTATION AND QUALITY Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Winfree, Jason A.; McCluskey, Jill J. Firms who sell a regional or specialty product often share a common or collective reputation, which is based on the group's aggregate quality. The dynamic problem of collective reputation is similar to the natural resource extraction problems. Therefore, for the analysis of this particular problem, we use differential games. If there is unrestricted access to a common property resource (the reputation stock), agents perceive its shadow value to be zero and extract too rapidly; i.e, they all "cheat" on quality, "milking" the rents generated by the existence of the resource (reputation stock). We show that when there exists a collective product reputation without firm traceability, the firms will extract too much from the stock of reputation. A firm is... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Agribusiness. Ano: 2003 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21927 IMPACTO DO ARTESANATO NA QUALIDADE DE VIDA DA COMUNIDADE DE PORTO DOS BARCOS, MUNICÍPIO DE ITAREMA, ESTADO DO CEARÁ Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Mera, Ruben Dario Mayorga; Cordeiro, Dolores De Brito; Souza, Isabela Cavalcante; Tabosa, Francisco Jose Silva; Mota, Maria Walkiria Guedes De. O objetivo deste artigo é analisar o impacto do artesanato na qualidade de vida da comunidade de Porto dos Barcos, do município de Itarema, Estado do Ceará. Para isso, foi construído um Índice de Qualidade de Vida, utilizando uma metodologia sugerida por Khan (2000), com o objetivo de verificar o nível de qualidade de vida nas comunidades estudadas. Os resultados mostraram que, após a implantação de um projeto de artesanato na comunidade de Porto dos Barcos, as famílias desta comunidade, passaram a ter uma melhor qualidade de vida. A comunidade controle (Barra do Farol), ainda possui uma qualidade de vida melhor que a de Porto dos Barcos, mas o crescimento da qualidade de vida de Porto dos Barcos foi consideravelmente melhor.-----------The objective of... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Artesanato; Qualidade de vida; Município de Itarema; Handicraft; Quality of Life; Itarema County; Community/Rural/Urban Development. Ano: 2008 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/107930 REPUTATIONS, MARKET STRUCTURE, AND THE CHOICE OF QUALITY ASSURANCE SYSTEMS IN THE FOOD INDUSTRY Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Carriquiry, Miguel A.; Babcock, Bruce A. Participants in a supply chain of agricultural value-added products face significant challenges. Many of the costly distinctive traits are difficult (if not impossible) to observe even after consumption. A complicating factor, addressed here, is that in some circumstances delivered quality can only be imperfectly learned and/or affected stochastically by producers. In order for markets for these goods to arise, firms touting the quality of the product need to be trusted. In response to these challenges, new (and diverse) quality assurance systems (QASs) that facilitate the acquisition and flow of information about agricultural and food products are being put in place. A repeated-purchases model is developed to explore the fundamental economic factors that... Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper Palavras-chave: Imperfect information; Product quality; Quality assurance; Repeated purchases; Reputations; Supply chain; Value-added agriculture; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Industrial Organization. Ano: 2004 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/18593 A cross-cultural study of cereal foods' quality perception Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Krutulyte, Rasa; Costa, Ana I.; Grunert, Klaus G. Cereal foods' production and use show substantial heterogeneity across Europe. For a category central in most EU diets, cereal foods' quality perception is, nevertheless, surprisingly understudied. With this in mind, 357 Danish, Lithuanian and Portuguese citizens were inquired about the importance of several cues and dimensions in their evaluation of the perceived quality of bread, cookies, breakfast cereals, pasta and vodka. Portuguese and Lithuanians consistently gave a significantly higher average importance to all the cues and quality dimensions considered, for all products, than their Danish counterparts. Nevertheless, respondents in all three samples found expected quality dimensions to be much more important than both extrinsic and intrinsic cues... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Cereal Foods; Consumer Quality Perception; Total Food Quality Model; Cross - cultural Study; Consumer/Household Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety. Ano: 2006 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10073 SUBSIDIZED CROP INSURANCE AND THE EXTENSIVE MARGIN Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: LaFrance, Jeffrey T.; Shimshack, Jason; Wu, Steven Y. A partial equilibrium model of stochastic crop production is used to analyze the influence of subsidized crop insurance on the extensive margin. The addition of a crop insurance program that is characterized by a perfectly separating equilibrium and an actuarially fair premium for each quality does not change input use or land allocation. However, Risk neutral farmers facing actuarially fair premiums are indifferent between the purchase and not purchase decision. risk averse farmers all will purchase actuarially fair crop insurance. Premium subsidies create incentives for the extensive margin to expand at the lower end of the quality spectrum leading to adverse selection. Land in production without crop insurance remains in production with subsidized crop... Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries; Risk and Uncertainty. Ano: 2000 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25018 QUALITY SORTING AND TRADE: FIRM-LEVEL EVIDENCE FOR FRENCH WINE Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Crozet, Matthieu; Head, Keith; Mayer, Thierry. Quality sorting and trade: Firm-level evidence for French wine Investigations of the effect of quality differences on heterogeneous performance in exporting have been limited by lack of direct measures of quality. We examine exports of French wine, matching the exporting firms to producer ratings from two wine guides. We show that high quality producers export to more markets, charge higher prices, and sell more in each market. More attractive markets are served by exporters that, on average, make lower rated Champagne. Market attractiveness has a weakly negative effect on prices and a strongly positive effect on quantities, confirming the sign predictions of a simple quality sorting model. Methodologically, we make several contributions to the literature.... Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper Palavras-chave: Industrial Organization; F12. Ano: 2009 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53883 Research on Reclaimed Land Quality Based on Peasant Households’ Behaviors —A Case of the Reclaimed Land in Liuxin Country, Xuzhou, China Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Li, Jing-jing; Mou, Shou-Guo; Wang, Li; Wu, Di; Ma, Meng; Lian, Ju-xia. The quality of reclaimed land not only relates to the way of reclamation, but also has close relations to farmers’ living standard and households’ behaviors. Taking the farmland in the reclamation region of the Liuxin County, Tongshan Town, Xuzhou as the survey objects, we conduct a survey on peasant households in the reclamation region by the way of questionnaire. The data collected from the survey are analyzed by using scientific statistical methods, including SPSS software and Excel. The results show that in the investigation of peasant households’ perceptual knowledge towards the quality of reclaimed land, 42.5% of them holds the satisfactory and extremely satisfactory attitudes, which take relatively high percentage. As a result of the increase of... Tipo: Journal Article Palavras-chave: Reclaimed farmland; Quality of the reclaimed land; Peasant household behaviors; Questionnaire; China; Agribusiness. Ano: 2010 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94278 CONSUMERS’ WILLINGNESS TO PAY FOR MILK QUALITY ATTRIBUTES Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Berges, Miriam E.; Casellas, Karina S. This study was financed by Project ALCUE-FOOD. Work package 3 (INTA, COPAL, EMBRAPA, CIRAD, CECYT, INIA, INAP). “From European fork to Latin American farm”: an innovative networking platform for EU–LAC partnerships in food quality and safety R&D Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Willingness to pay; Quality attributes; Fluid milk; Contingent Valuation; Agricultural and Food Policy; Consumer/Household Economics; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; C25; D13. Ano: 2009 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51746 Does School Quality Contribute to Local Labor Force Quality? Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Barkley, David L.; Henry, Mark S.; DiFurio, Tipo: Report Palavras-chave: Labor and Human Capital. Ano: 2004 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/113777 Ferdinand. Impacts of different management systems on the physical quality of an Amazonian Oxisol Provedor de dados: 90 Autores: Guedes,Elaine Maria Silva; Fernandes,Antonio Rodrigues; Lima,Herdjania Veras de; Serra,Ademar Pereira; Costa,José Ribamar; Guedes,Rafael da Silva. The physical quality of Amazonian soils is relatively unexplored, due to the unique characteristics of these soils. The index of soil physical quality is a widely accepted measure of the structural quality of soils and has been used to specify the structural quality of some tropical soils, as for example of the Cerrado ecoregion of Brazil. The research objective was to evaluate the physical quality index of an Amazonian dystrophic Oxisol under different management systems. Soils under five managements were sampled in Paragominas, State of Pará: 1) a 20-year-old second-growth forest (Forest); 2) Brachiaria sp pasture; 3) four years of no-tillage (NT4.); 4) eight years of no-tillage (NT8); and 5) two years of conventional tillage (CT2). The soil samples were... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Conventional tillage; No-tillage; S Index. Ano: 2012 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-06832012000400021 Proposal for an index to classify irrigation water quality: a case study in northeastern Brazil Provedor de dados: 90 Autores: Maia,Celsemy Eleutério; Rodrigues,Kelly Kaliane Rego da Paz. One way of classifying water quality is by means of indices, in which a series of parameters analyzed are joined a single value, facilitating the interpretation of extensive lists of variables or indicators, underlying the classification of water quality. The objective of this study was to develop a statistically based index to classify water according to the Irrigation Water Quality Index (IWQI), to evaluate the ionic composition of water for use in irrigation and classify it by its source. For this purpose, the database generated during the Technology Generation and Adaptation (GAT) program was used, in which, as of 1988, water samples were collected monthly from water sources in the states of Paraíba, Rio Grande do Norte and Ceará. To evaluate water... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Salinity; Electrical conductivity; Ionic composition. Ano: 2012 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-06832012000300013 Evaluation of physical quality indices of a soil under a seasonal semideciduous forest Provedor de dados: 90 Autores: Oliveira,Thalita Campos; Silva,Laura Fernanda Simões da; Cooper,Miguel. The concept of soil quality is currently the subject of great discussion due to the interaction of soil with the environment (soil-plant-atmosphere) and practices of human intervention. However, concepts of soil quality relate quality to agricultural productivity, but assessment of soil quality in an agronomic context may be different from its assessment in natural areas. The aim of this study was to assess physical quality indices, the S index, soil aeration capacity (ACt/Pt), and water storage capacity (FC/Pt) of the soil from a permanent plot in the Caetetus Ecological Reserve (Galia, São Paulo, Brazil) under a seasonal semideciduous forest and compare them with the reference values for soil physical quality found in the literature. Water retention... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: S index; ACt/Pt; FC/Pt; Water retention curve. Ano: 2014 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-06832014000200009 Visual soil structure quality assessment on Oxisols under no-tillage system Provedor de dados: 63 Autores: Giarola,Neyde Fabíola Balarezo; Silva,Alvaro Pires da; Tormena,Cássio Antônio; Ball,Bruce; Rosa,Jadir Aparecido. Methods for evaluation the soil structure quality based on field evaluations are useful to determine strategies for soil management, with the advantage of requirement the use of little equipment and the possibility of immediate interpretation. A new methodology was recently developed to temperate soils for this purpose, called Visual Soil Structure Assessment (Ball et al., 2007). It was tested the hypothesis that it is possible to apply and advance in the interpretation of the results from use of Visual Soils Structure Assessment in cultivated Oxisols. Therefore the goal of this study was to apply, evaluate and enhance the potential of the methodology developed by Ball et al. (2007) in two Oxisols under long-term, no-till in Parana State, Brazil, as well... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Soil physical quality; Soil morphological analysis; Soil conservation management. Ano: 2010 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-90162010000400016 Yield increasing and quality improvement of maize Provedor de dados: 106 Autores: Chutip Chanaseni. 3 tables Palavras-chave: Corn; Maize; Yields; Quality; Introduced varieties; Extension activities; ข้าวโพด; การเพิ่มผลผลิต; การเพิ่มคุณภาพ; พันธุ์นาเข้า; การส่ งเสริ ม. Ano: 1989 URL: http://anchan.lib.ku.ac.th/agnet/handle/001/4348 การควบคุมคุณภาพการผลิตมะม่ วงดองและผลิตภัณฑ์ มะม่ วงดอง Provedor de dados: 106 Autores: Montatip Yunchalad; Kanjanarat Thaveesook; Chidchom Hiraga; Rasamee Supasri. Tipo: PhysicalObject Palavras-chave: Mango; Pickled products; Quality; มะม่วงดอง; ผลิตภัณฑ์อาหารหมักดอง; การควบคุมคุณภาพ; คุณภาพการผลิต; ถังดองมะม่วง; ปุ๋ ยอินทรี ยน์ ้ า; น้ าดองมะม่วง. Ano: 2012 URL: http://anchan.lib.ku.ac.th/agnet/handle/001/5251 Breeding and genetics for the improvement of yield and quality of corn Provedor de dados: 106 Autores: Chamnan Chutkaew; Sansern Jampatong; Chokechai Aekatasanawan; Anna Saimaneerat. 20 tables Palavras-chave: Corn; Maize; Yields; Quality; Breeding; Genetics; ข้าวโพด; การปรับปรุ งพันธุ์; ผลผลิต; คุณภาพ. Ano: 1989 URL: http://anchan.lib.ku.ac.th/agnet/handle/001/4324 Breeding and genetics for the improvement of yield and quality of corn in Thailand Provedor de dados: 106 Autores: Sujin Jinahyon. 42 tables Palavras-chave: Corn; Maize; Plant breeding; Genetics; Yields; Quality; Yield trials; Variety trials; Downy mildew; Disease resistance; Thailand; ข้าวโพด; การปรับปรุ งพันธุ์; ผลผลิต; คุณภาพ; ประเทศไทย. Ano: 1975 URL: http://anchan.lib.ku.ac.th/agnet/handle/001/3822 Brief summary of Purdue University quality protein project Provedor de dados: 106 Autores: Bauman, L.F. 2 tables Palavras-chave: Corn; Maize; Proteins; Quality; Plant breeding; Purdue University; ข้าวโพด; ข้าวโพดโปรตีนสู ง. Ano: 1972 URL: http://anchan.lib.ku.ac.th/agnet/handle/001/3887 Collection and breeding for the improvement of yield and quality of pop corn in Thailand Provedor de dados: 106 Autores: Yupapan Chuthathong; Suranee Thongluang. Palavras-chave: Corn; Maize; Popcorn; Yields; Quality; Collection; Breeding; ข้าวโพด; การปรับปรุ งพันธุ์; ผลผลิต; คุณภาพ. Ano: 1989 URL: http://anchan.lib.ku.ac.th/agnet/handle/001/4327 Breeding and genetics for the improvement of yield and quality of corn in Thailand Provedor de dados: 106 2 ill., 37 tables Palavras-chave: Corn; Maize; Plant breeding; Genetics; Yields; Quality; Thailand; ข้าวโพด; การปรับปรุ งพันธุ์; ผลผลิต; คุณภาพ; ประเทศไทย. Ano: 1974 URL: http://anchan.lib.ku.ac.th/agnet/handle/001/3790 Breeding and genetics for the improvement of yield and quality of corn Provedor de dados: 106 4 ill., 36 tables Palavras-chave: Corn; Maize; Genetic improvement; Plant breeding; Genetics; Yields; Quality; ข้าวโพด; การปรับปรุ งพันธุกรรม. Ano: 1971 URL: http://anchan.lib.ku.ac.th/agnet/handle/001/3750 ตลาดข้ าวโพดส่ งออกของไทยและการปรับปรุ งคุณภาพ Provedor de dados: 106 7 tables Palavras-chave: Corn; Maize; Export market; Quality improvement; Aflatoxins; ข้าวโพด; การส่ งออก; การตลาด; การปรับปรุ งคุณภาพ. Ano: 1984 URL: http://anchan.lib.ku.ac.th/agnet/handle/001/4453 Breeding and genetics for the improvement of yield and quality of corn Provedor de dados: 106 Autores: Chamnan Chutkaew; Sansern Jampatong; Chokechai Aekatasanawan; Kittipong Tiantubtim. 16 tables Palavras-chave: Maize; Corn; Breeding; Genetics; Yield increase; Yield; Quality; ข้าวโพด; การปรับปรุ งพันธุ์; ผลผลิต; คุณภาพ. Ano: 1990 URL: http://anchan.lib.ku.ac.th/agnet/handle/001/4276 Breeding and genetics for the improvement of yield and quality of corn Provedor de dados: 106 Autores: Chamnan Chutkaew; Sansern Jampatong; Chokechai Aekatasanawan; Anna Saimaneerat; Orakit Prasertkit; Chatpong Balla; Yaudchai Petratanagool. 53 tables Palavras-chave: Corn; Maize; Breeding; Corn yields; Corn quality; ข้าวโพด; การปรับปรุ งพันธุ์; ผลผลิต; คุณภาพ. Ano: 1986 URL: http://anchan.lib.ku.ac.th/agnet/handle/001/4382 Collection and breeding for the improvement of yield and quality of popcorn in Thailand Provedor de dados: 106 Autores: Yupapan Chuthathong; Suranee Thongluang. Palavras-chave: Corn; Maize; Popcorn; Breeding; Yields; Quality; ข้าวโพด; ข้าวโพดคัว่ ; การปรับปรุ งพันธุ์; ผลผลิต; คุณภาพ. Ano: 1990 URL: http://anchan.lib.ku.ac.th/agnet/handle/001/4283 Study on quality and acceptibility of Opaque-2 maize bread Provedor de dados: 106 Autores: Kulvadee Trongpanich; Nongnuan Cheeptongkom; Klibtong Viseshsiri; Udom Kanchanapakornchai. 5 tables Palavras-chave: Corn; Maize; Opaque-2; Bread; Food processing; Quality; Sensory evaluation; ข้าวโพด; โอเพค 2; ขนมปังข้าวโพด; คุณภาพ. Ano: 1976 URL: http://anchan.lib.ku.ac.th/agnet/handle/001/3883 Breeding and genetics for improvement of yield and quality of corn Provedor de dados: 106 14 tables Palavras-chave: Corn; Maize; Genetic improvement; Plant breeding; Genetics; Yields; Quality; ข้าวโพด; ผลผลิต; คุณภาพ. Ano: 1971 URL: http://anchan.lib.ku.ac.th/agnet/handle/001/3751 Breeding and genetics for the improvement of grain yield and quality of corn Provedor de dados: 106 10 tables Palavras-chave: Corn; Maize; Plant breeding; Genetics; Yields; Quality; ข้าวโพด; การปรับปรุ งพันธุ์; ผลผลิต; คุณภาพ; ประเทศไทย. Ano: 1974 URL: http://anchan.lib.ku.ac.th/agnet/handle/001/3791 การปรับปรุงคุณค่าทางโภชนาการของขนมไทยด้ วยข้ าวกล้ อง Provedor de dados: 106 Autores: Plernchai Tangkanak; Mantana Ruamrux; Payom Auttaviboonkul; Boonma Niyomvit; Yenjai Thitatan; Somjit Onhem; Nipa Talapnak. Tipo: PhysicalObject Palavras-chave: Brown Rice; Thai Desserts; Nutritional quality; ขนมหวาน; ข้าวกล้อง; ขนมไทย; คุณค่าทางโภชนาการ. Ano: 2005 URL: http://anchan.lib.ku.ac.th/agnet/handle/001/5240 High-quality protein maize Provedor de dados: 106 Autores: Sutat Sriwatanapongse; Tawatchai Prasatsrisupab. 2 tables Palavras-chave: Corn; Maize; High quality protein; Plant breeding; Population improvement; Yield trials; ข้าวโพด; ข้าวโพดโปรตีนสู ง. Ano: 1975 URL: http://anchan.lib.ku.ac.th/agnet/handle/001/3823 High quality protein maize Provedor de dados: 106 Autores: Sutat Sriwatanapongse; Tawatchai Prasatsrisupab. 4 tables Palavras-chave: Corn; Maize; Plant breeding; High quality protein; Lysine; Triptophan; Opaque-2; Yield trials; Variety trials; Yields; ข้าวโพด; โปรตีนข้าวโพด; ไลซีน; คุณภาพ; โอเพค 2; การปรับปรุ งประชากร. Ano: 1976 URL: http://anchan.lib.ku.ac.th/agnet/handle/001/3862 Towards an ecological index for tropical soil quality based on soil macrofauna. Provedor de dados: 119 Autores: HUERTA, E.; KAMPICHLER, C.; GEISSEN, V.; OCHOA-GAONA, S.; JONG, BEN de; HERNÁNDEZ-DAUMÁS, S. Abstract ? The objective of this work was to construct a simple index based on the presence/absence of different groups of soil macrofauna to determine the ecological quality of soils. The index was tested with data from 20 sites in South and Central Tabasco, Mexico, and a positive relation between the model and the field observations was detected. The index showed that diverse agroforestry systems had the highest soil quality index (1.00), and monocrops without trees, such as pineapple, showed the lowest soil quality index (0.08). Further research is required to improve this model for natural systems that have very low earthworm biomass (<10 g m-2) and a high number of earthworm species (5?7), as it is in the tropical rain forest, whose soil quality... Tipo: Artigo em periódico indexado (ALICE) Palavras-chave: Soil quality indice; Earthworm; Model; Soil fauna. Ano: 2009 URL: http://www.alice.cnptia.embrapa.br/handle/doc/661034 Spatial influence of phisical and chemical parameters on management zone definition in apple orchards. Provedor de dados: 119 Autores: GEBLER, L.; GREGO, C. R.; VIEIRA, A. L.; KUSE, L. DA R. Precision agriculture adoption in Brazilian apple orchards is still incipient. This study aimed at evaluating the spatial variability of certain soil properties as soil density, soil penetration resistance, electrical conductivity, yield, and fruit quality in an apple orchard through digital mapping, as well as assessing the correlation between these factors by means of geostatistics, establishing management zones. Forty representative points were set within 2.5 hectares of apple orchard, wherein soil samples were collected and analyzed, besides measurements of fruit quality (Brix degree, size or diameter, pulp firmness and color) to generate an overall index quality. We concluded that the fruit quality indexes, when isolated, did not show strong spatial... Tipo: Artigo em periódico indexado (ALICE) Palavras-chave: Macieira; Fruticultura de precisão; Condutividade elétrica em pomar. Ano: 2015 Grape quality mapping for vineyard differential harvesting Provedor de dados: 52 Autores: Santos,Antonio Odair; Wample,Robert L.; Sachidhanantham,Sivakumar; Kaye,Oren. An experiment was carried out from 2005 to 2008, to calibrated NIR-based instrumentation and explore within field grape quality variability and map potential grape quality descriptors along vineyards, as a subsidy for differential harvesting,. The quality indicators (anthocyanin content, pH, titratable acidity and soluble solids) were subject to geo-spatial modeling. Subsequently, the data set was utilized to delineate "within-field" grape quality zone and to determine the timing of the harvest. Differential machine harvesting was implemented and segregation of wine grapes was done "on-the-go". The approach for field prediction of grape quality parameters and zone delineation allowed for separated fermentation for at least two wine styles. Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: NIR spectroscopy; Grape; Wine. Ano: 2012 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132012000200003 Water quality in watershed of the Jaboatão River (Pernambuco, Brazil): a case study Provedor de dados: 52 Autores: Souza,Antonio Donizetti Gonçalves de; Tundisi,José Galizia. The purpose of the present work was to evaluate anthropogenic influences on the water quality and to offer a subsidy to the establishment of water quality goals in the Jaboatão River Basin (Pernambuco State, Brazil). Eight sampling points were established and were sampled monthly during one hydrological cycle (March/98-February/99). The following variables were analyzed: temperature, pH, conductivity, chlorine, alkalinity, dissolved oxygen, biochemical oxygen demand, fecal coliforms, nitrate, total phosphorus and total solids. The most critical variables related to water quality objectives were dissolved oxygen, fecal coliforms and total phosphorus. Maps of land use, legally protected areas, area industries, and water withdrawals were utilized in order to... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Watershed; Water quality; Environmental management. Ano: 2003 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132003000400026 Educational level, socio-economic status and relationship with quality of life in elderly residents of the city of Porto Alegre/RS, Brazil Provedor de dados: 60 Autores: Colet,Christiane de Fátima; Mayorga,Paulo; Amador,Tânia Alves. The objective of this study was to verify the index of quality of life of elderly individuals belonging to groups, from different socioeconomic strata in the city of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul State. The research adopted a transversal model, used to collect data from the SF-36 questionnaire. The sampling is the intentional type and comprised: 61 elderly people in Class A, 80 in Class C, and 84 in Class E. The research was approved by the Committee of Ethics in Research/UFRGS. In relation to the quality of life, Class A presented higher scores than did Classes C and E on the pain, vitality, social aspect and mental health areas. The results also showed a significant difference in quality of life among university educated individuals versus the other... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Elderly/quality of life; Elderly/health. Ano: 2010 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-82502010000400023 Improving meat quality through natural antioxidants Provedor de dados: 117 Autores: Velasco,Valeria; Williams,Pamela. Nowadays, consumers are demanding more natural foods, obliging the industry to include natural antioxidants in foods. Natural antioxidants have been used instead of synthetic antioxidants to retard lipid oxidation in foods to improve their quality and nutritional value. This review discusses some aspects of recent research on antioxidant activity of plant extracts and natural compounds to improve meat quality. Many herbs, spices, and their extracts have been reported as having high antioxidant capacity, such as some plants of the Lamiaceae family, e.g., oregano (Origanum vulgare L.), rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis L.), and sage (Salvia officinalis L.). The antioxidant activity of these plants is attributed to their phenolic compound content, which... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Antioxidant activity; Essential oils; Phenolic compounds; Meat quality. Ano: 2011 URL: http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-58392011000200017 Characterization of commercial cooked hams according to physicochemical, sensory, and textural parameters using chemometrics Provedor de dados: 116 Autores: Los,Francine Gomes Basso; Granato,Daniel; Prestes,Rosa Cristina; Demiate,Ivo Mottin. Cooked ham is considered a high-value product due to the quality of its raw material. Although its consumption is still low in Brazil, it is increasing due to the rising purchasing power of sectors of the population. This study aimed to assess the microbiological, physicochemical, rheological, and sensory quality of cooked hams (n=11) marketed in Brazil. All samples showed microbiological results within the standards established by Brazilian legislation. Eight of the eleven samples studied met all the legal requirements; two samples violated the standards due to the addition of starch; one sample had lower protein content than the minimum required, and another one had sodium content higher than that stated on the label. The use of Hierarchical Cluster... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Microbiology; Quality; HCA; PCA. Ano: 2014 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-20612014000300021 INFLUENCE OF ASCORBIC ACID ON EGG QUALITY Provedor de dados: 116 Autores: SOUZA,Pedro Alves de; SOUZA,Hirasilva Borba Alves de; OBA,Alexandre; GARDINI,Claudio Henrique Cruz. The egg quality may be influenced by some nutrients added to laying hens diets and among these nutrients, the ascorbic acid is included. According to some researches, this acid, besides of improving the quality, it can increase the egg production and weight. In addition, it reduces the quantity of cracked eggs and food intake. In order to contribute with more information, this experiment was developed. Concentrations of 100; 150 and 200mg/kg of ascorbic acid were added to rations of laying hens during 60 days, with the objective of determining the influence of ascorbic acid on the quality of eggs kept under room temperature conditions (26.7 ± 2.2°C and 60 ± 5% moisture) for a period of 28 days. A total of 1440 eggs were used, being 720 of white shell and... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Ascorbic acid; Eggs; Quality; Laying hens. Ano: 2001 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-20612001000300004 The influence of peeling and type of drying on chemical and sensorial analysis of organic coffee Provedor de dados: 116 Autores: Fernandes,Maria de Fátima Caixeta; Silva,Adriano Bortolotti da; Oliveira,Nelma de Mello Silva; Miranda,José Messias. Organic coffee is characterized by being produced without the use of chemical products and by having a similar or superior quality in comparison to that of coffee produced by traditional methods. The production of organic coffee does not include the use of highly soluble nutrients, which makes consumers concerned with environmental issues and healthy eating habits realize its true value. This paper aims to analyze the influence of harvesting, peeling and drying on the quality of organic coffee, in order to present the best way of producing high quality coffee. Samples of organic coffee were harvested by both conventional and selective ways, and some were peeled. They were then dried on concrete patio and on suspended terraces. The beans were analyzed for... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Parchment coffee; Postharvest; Beverage; Quality. Ano: 2014 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-20612014000200002 Effect of different covering materials used during the pre-harvest stage on the quality and storage life of 'Sultana Seedless' grapes Provedor de dados: 116 Autores: Sen,Fatih; Kesgin,Metin. Covering the grapevine rows to delay the maturity and harvest date became widely practiced in 'Sultana Seedless' vineyards. The research work was conducted to test different cover materials (polypropylene cross-stitch, life pack, mogul and transparent polyethylene) in respect to their effects on grape quality and storability. Harvest was delayed for one month in covered plots. Harvested grapes were packed and transferred to storage rooms after pre-cooling. During packing, the grape clusters were sealed in PE bags with sulphur dioxide pads. The grapes were stored for 90 days in the first year and 120 days in the second year, at -0.5&#186;C and 90&#37; RH. All the grape clusters were healthy and of marketable quality after 90 days of storage period.... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Table grape; Cover type; Delayed harvest; Quality; Storage. Ano: 2014 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-20612014000400021 Phosphate fertilization on production and quality of cauliflower seeds Provedor de dados: 65 Autores: Cardoso,Antonio Ismael Inácio; Claudio,Marina de Toledo Rodrigues; Magro,Felipe Oliveira; Freitas,Pâmela Gomes Nakada. ABSTRACT: Due to the scarcity of information related to the effect of fertilizers on production and quality of vegetable seeds, mainly on species which present an increase in the cycle, like cauliflower, more studies are necessary about the influence of nutrients rates which provide high production of high-quality seeds. This research aimed to evaluate the influence of rates of phosphorus (P) on the production and quality of cauliflower seeds. Five rates of phosphorus were studied (0, 300, 600, 900 and 1200kg ha-1 of P2O5), in a randomized complete block design, with four replications. Production and quality (weight of a thousand seeds, germination test, first count of germination test and emergence in substrate) of the seeds and soil chemical... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Brassica oleracea; Seed germination; Soil chemical characteristics. Ano: 2016 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-84782016000801337 Two tank-mix adjuvants effect on yield and quality attributes of wheat treated with growth retardants Provedor de dados: 65 Autores: Miziniak,Wojciech; Matysiak,Kinga. ABSTRACT: The objective of this study was to evaluate the quality of seeds and yield of winter wheat under different retardants application. The two years field trials on winter wheat were carried out in the Institute of Plant Protection - National Research Institute in Poznan (Poland). Treatments consisted of trinexapac-ethyl, chlormequat and prohexadione calcium applied in mixtures with paraffin oil adjuvant or organosilicone surfactant in BBCH 31 growth stage of winter wheat. No lodging occurred in any experimental year. The retardants had varying effect on the quality parameters of wheat grain. The highest fluctuations in the content of protein, gluten and the Zeleny value were observed after the application of chlormequat chloride. Starch content in... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Trinexapac-ethyl; Prohexadione calcium; Chlormequat; Organosilicone surfactant; Oil adjuvant; Grain quality. Ano: 2016 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-84782016000901559 Spatial influence of physical and chemical parameters on management zone definition in apple orchards Provedor de dados: 70 Autores: Gebler,Luciano; Grego,Celia R.; Vieira,Abel L.; Kuse,Leonardo da R. ABSTRACT Precision agriculture adoption in Brazilian apple orchards is still incipient. This study aimed at evaluating the spatial variability of certain soil properties as soil density, soil penetration resistance, electrical conductivity, yield, and fruit quality in an apple orchard through digital mapping, as well as assessing the correlation between these factors by means of geostatistics, establishing management zones. Forty representative points were set within 2.5 hectares of apple orchard, wherein soil samples were collected and analyzed, besides measurements of fruit quality (Brix degree, size or diameter, pulp firmness and color) to generate an overall index quality. We concluded that the fruit quality indexes, when isolated, did not show strong... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Apple trees; Precision fruit-growing; Electrical conductivity in orchards. Ano: 2015 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-69162015000601160 Influence of distance, geometry and number of control stations on quality of local geodetic networks for the purpose of georeferencing of rural properties Provedor de dados: 70 Autores: Rosalen,David Luciano. The implementation of local geodetic networks for georeferencing of rural properties has become a requirement after publication of the Georeferencing Technical Standard by INCRA. According to this standard, the maximum distance of baselines to GNSS L1 receivers is of 20 km. Besides the length of the baseline, the geometry and the number of geodetic control stations are other factors to be considered in the implementation of geodetic networks. Thus, this research aimed to examine the influence of baseline lengths higher than the regulated limit of 20 km, the geometry and the number of control stations on quality of local geodetic networks for georeferencing, and also to demonstrate the importance of using specific tests to evaluate the solution of... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: GNSS baseline Law 10; 267/2001. Ano: 2014 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-69162014000200012 Analysis of the genetic relationships from different genetic systems between the amylose content and the appearance quality of indica rice across environments Provedor de dados: 74 Autores: Ge,Guo-Ke; Shi,Chun-Hai; Wu,Jian-Guo; Ye,Zi-Hong. The genetic relationships between amylose content (AC) and appearance quality traits of indica rice (Oryza sativa L.) were investigated using conditional analysis and unconditional analysis in present experiment. The results from the unconditional analysis indicated that AC of rice positively correlated with brown rice (BR, i.e., dehulled but unmilled rice) length (BRL), width (BRW) and thickness (BRT), but was negatively correlated with the ratio of length to width (RLW). The conditional analysis showed that weight of brown rice (WBR) negatively affected the genetic relationships between AC and the appearance quality traits of rice except between AC and BRW, while the genetic relationships between AC and most appearance quality traits were negatively... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Amylose content; Genetic relationships; Conditional and unconditional analysis; Indica rice quality traits. Ano: 2008 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572008000400018 Aligment between quality enforcement devices and governance structures in the Agro-food vertical chains Provedor de dados: 189 Autores: Raynaud, E.; Sauvee, L.; Valceschini, E. Using a Transaction Cost Economics framework, this paper studies how supply chain governance are aligned with the type of quality enforcement mechanisms used in transactions with consumers. Specifically we compare governance of supply chains when private brand assures quality to chains where official certification assures products' quality for customers. To test our proposition, we conducted a set of 42 case studies in 3 agro-food sectors (processed meat, cheese, fruits and vegetable) from 7 European countries.We found that supply chain governance is closer to hierarchy-like modes of organization in cases where reputational capital is the main quality assurance device, whereas market-like governance is more prevalent in cases with public certification Tipo: Journal Article Palavras-chave: BRAND NAME; CERTIFICATION; GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE; QUALITY ENFORCEMENT; REPUTATION; VERTICAL CHAINS. Ano: 2005 URL: http://www.prodinra.inra.fr/prodinra/pinra/doc.xsp?id=PROD20087e77a8a6&uri=/notices/prodinra1/2011/05/ Characterization of a pig skeletal muscle microarray to study pork quality: the GenmascqChip 15K Provedor de dados: 17 Autores: Marie Damon; Fr&#xe9;d&#xe9;ric Herault; Annie Vincent; Pascale Le Roy; Pierre Cherel. Pork quality is highly variable and availability of relevant predictors of fresh meat quality at slaughter is critical to optimize carcass use and improve its valuation. High throughput gene expression studies have been widely used to describe biological mechanisms underlying variation of several traits but data are scarce regarding their use as tools for development of biomarkers. The GENMASCQ (GENomics enabled Marker Assisted Selection and Certification of Quality in Pork products ) research program was set up to select, using high-throughput gene expression screening, markers of the biological variation mostly appropriate to describe, and ultimately forecast, the sensory quality of an important meat product, accounting for nearly 40 % of meat protein... Tipo: Manuscript Palavras-chave: Biotechnology; Genetics & Genomics; Bioinformatics. Ano: 2011 URL: http://precedings.nature.com/documents/5730/version/1 Taste, Freshness and Nutrients Information to Consumers regarding Control of Quality and Safety in Organic Production Chains Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Velimirov, Alberta; Bergamo, Paolo; Lück, Lorna; Brandt, Kirsten. This leaflet provides a practical overview for consumers of what is done to secure the quality and taste of 7 types of organically produced foods, where improvements are possible and what the consumer can do to support improvements and to preserve the food quality after purchase. Other leaflets for consumers cover authenticity and fraud or safety and contamination, and separate leaflets aim at retailers or at production of specific commodities. Tipo: Book Palavras-chave: Food security; Food quality and human health. Ano: 2005 URL: http://orgprints.org/4969/1/2_consumer_quality_english.pdf Genotype and environment interaction on yield and quality parameters of organically grown winter wheat – Triticum aestivum L. genotypes Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Dashbaljir, Ichinkhorloo; Liebhard, P.; Hartl, W.; Loeschenberger, F.; Weinhappel, M. The interaction of genotype and environment upon yield and quality parameters of eight winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) genotypes was studied under organic conditions in Austria over two growing periods, 2001/2002 and 2002/2003, respectively. Two sites that have significantly different climatic conditions, Innviertel and Marchfeld, were chosen for the field experiment. Study site weather and soil conditions are important yield-affecting factors. Although the yield of Marchfeld-grown genotypes were lower, they had shown higher quality parameter values. Soil moisture conditions increase the grain yield but decrease its quality. To obtain seed with higher quality, a production site with favourable climate conditions should be chosen. Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Breeding; Genetics and propagation. Ano: 2005 URL: http://orgprints.org/4376/4/4376%2DDashbaljir_etal_4p_revised%2Ded.pdf First results with the Gas Discharge Visualisation (GDV) method (Kirlian photography) to assess the inner Quality of apples Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Weibel, Franco P.; Saikov, Aleksander; Bigler, Christoph. GDV technology can provide useful information for distinguishing healthy and stressed plants and, in some cases, it can provide useful information for distinguishing different varieties and rootstocks. It can also provide information for distinguishing fruits grown using different fertilization treatments. However, in our cases with fruit of very similar standard quality, we were not able to find complementary information to distinguish organically from conventionally grown apple fruit. Currently we are carrying out two larger and refined studies on just that topic with 5 conventional/ organic comparison pairs from harvests of two years. Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Crop health; Quality; Protection Food security; Food quality and human health. Ano: 2005 URL: http://orgprints.org/7002/1/weibel%2D2005%2DPosterFQH_GDV.pdf Quality Assessement of Organic Baby Food Made of Different Pre-Processed Raw Material Under Industrial Processing Conditions Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Seidel, Kathrin. Commercial as well as home-made baby food purée processed out of organic carrots have to warrant dietary adequacy, a high nutritive value, excellent food safety and sensory quality. The quality of baby food deeply depends on many factors within the production chain i. e. the quality of organic raw material, the pre-processing and storage treatments as well as the processing conditions. Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Processing; Packaging and transportation. Ano: 2011 URL: http://orgprints.org/19408/1/fqh2011%2DQACCP_industry_test_21%2D1%2D2011_final.doc IMPROVING FOOD QUALITY FOR THE ORGANIC POULTRY MEAT SECTOR: A QUALITY FUNCTION DEPLOYMENT APPROACH Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Naspetti, Simona; Alberti , Francesca; Solfanelli, Francesco. The paper presents results from an Italian study on the development of the food quality for poultry meat into the organic sector, using the Quality Function Deployment (QFD) technique. Results show that among the visual characteristics of poultry meat consumers assign greater importance to attributes strictly related to the animal welfare issue. Price and product appearance (colour and fat presence) come as second. To meet these needs, producers can effectively operate along the supply chain by acting on: housing type, genotype lines and stocking density (animal concentration/mq). Information about these issues (labelling) should also be provided to the consumers. Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Produce chain management. Ano: 2014 URL: http://orgprints.org/23864/1/23864_SC_MM.pdf Carcass and meat quality of different pig genotypes in an organic extensive outdoor fatting system Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Weissmann, Friedrich; Fischer, Klaus; Biedermann, Günter. Carcass, meat, and fat quality were evaluated of 37 castrates of 4 different genotypes [Pi*Du*GLR (10), Pi*AS (7), Du (10), Du*GLR (10)] kept on grass clover and fed with coarse meal made up of farm grown cereal and grain legumes without optimising the amount of amino acids and their relation to the energy content. Due to the energy surplus in the diet and in relation to the diminishing muscularity of the genotypes (corresponding to the above-mentioned sequence) lean meat contents were on a low level whereas intramuscular fat contents increased distinctly. Sensory meat quality was only at a medium level and did not differ noticeably between the genotypes. It is concluded that adipose carcasses associated with increased intramuscular fat contents do not... Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Food security; Food quality and human health Pigs. Ano: 2006 URL: http://orgprints.org/7080/2/7080_weissmann_porkquality_2.pdf Quality Assessement of Organic Baby Food Made of Different Pre-Processed Raw Material Under Industrial Processing Conditions Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Seidel, Kathrin. Commercial as well as home-made baby food purée processed out of organic carrots have to warrant dietary adequacy, a high nutritive value, excellent food safety and sensory quality. The quality of baby food deeply depends on many factors within the production chain i. e. the quality of organic raw material, the pre-processing and storage treatments as well as the processing conditions. Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Processing; Packaging and transportation. Ano: 2011 URL: http://orgprints.org/19229/1/fqh2011%2DQACCP_industry_test_21%2D1%2D2011_final.doc Improvement of seed quality of medicinal plants and herbs in organic farming Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Blum, Hanna; Fausten, Gudrun; Nega, Eva; Jahn, Marga; Gaerber, Ute; Aedtner, Ina. As in vegetable growing or grain cropping the seed quality is an important factor for the successful cultivation of medicinal plants and herbs. In spite of intensive efforts made by specialised seed producers there are recurring problems with important quality parameters (e.g. germination capacity, emergence or seed health). The lack of sufficient study results is typical for special purpose crops, also concerning the particular host-parasite relationship and its methodical verification. Few experiences with the improvement of seed quality of medicinal plants and herbs are available. The intention of the study is to test physical and biological methods of seed treat-ment for their practicability in medicinal plants and herb cultivation. Fundamental... Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Breeding; Genetics and propagation. Ano: 2006 URL: http://orgprints.org/8279/1/Microsoft_Word_%2D_Manuscriptblum.pdf Wann wird aus Lebensmittelqualität Lebensqualität? - Antworten aus Verbraucher/innenperspektive Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Baranek, Elke; Boeckmann, Tina. Different perspectives of consumers on products of organic agriculture were the focus of a project of the social-ecological research program (BMBF). First results based on empirical data show that food quality - as perceived by consumers - does not only refer to classical parameters such as freshness, ingredients or appearance. Rather, perception of food quality seems to be closely related to how consumers feel about their quality of life. Thus, product characteristics are not only derived from their ingredients - but also from information and personal experiences related to production processes, authenticity, and other aspects. Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Food security; Food quality and human health. Ano: 2005 URL: http://orgprints.org/3557/1/3557.pdf SOIL QUALITY AND CROP PRODUCTIVITY AS AFFECTED BY DIFFERENT SOIL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS IN ORGANIC AGRICULTURE "TILMAN-ORG Session" Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Willekens, Koen; Vandecasteele, Bart; De Vliegher, Alex. A multi-year trial was conducted to compare soil management strategies (tillage and fertilization) with regard to their effect on crop performance and soil quality. Two soil management systems were assessed. Farm compost application was combined with reduced non-inversion tillage, whereas animal manure was incorporated by conventional tillage with a moldboard plough. With regard to soil quality, a reduced tillage practice in combination with compost application seemed to be favorable for soil quality of the surface layer in the short term. With regard to crop productivity, an effect of soil management strategy is less clear and dependent on a seasonal variation of growth circumstances. Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Soil quality; Composting and manuring; Soil tillage. Ano: 2014 URL: http://orgprints.org/24081/1/24081_MM.pdf Assessing organic food quality: Is it better for you? Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Heaton, Shane. This report was presented at the UK Organic Research 2002 Conference. Any attempt to answer the question ‘is organic food better for you?’ requires an assessment of the safety, nutritional content and biological value aspects of food quality. Previous reviews have been unable to reach definitive conclusions after failing to ensure only valid comparisons are considered. When methodologically flawed studies are screened out and a complete assessment of nutritional quality is made, collectively, the available evidence supports the hypothesis that organically produced food is superior in terms of safety, nutritional content and nutritional value to that produced non-organically. More research is needed provide to more data further investigating the trends seen... Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Food security; Food quality and human health "Organics" in general. Ano: 2002 URL: http://orgprints.org/8361/1/Heaton_Assessing_food_quality.pdf Ökologische Milchqualität und gesundheitliche Fragen – Biologisch-dynamische Landwirtschaft Forschungsvorhaben am Fachgebiet Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Kusche, Daniel; Baars, Ton. Milk as one of the most important nutritional sources has also become one of the major food allergens. What are the reasons for differences of milk from organic and conventional origin? The ongoing research shows a high impact of management practices on milk quality and composition. Which quality characteristic marks consis-tently organic milk quality and how could quality be optimized? The planned transdis-ciplinary and participative project combines analytical and holistic methods to assess organic milk quality and to evaluate the impact on human health. Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Dairy cattle. Ano: 2007 URL: http://orgprints.org/9638/1/9638_Kusche_Poster.pdf Microbial Biomass and Numbers Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Fliessbach, A.; Widmer, F. With growing concern about the protection of soil quality and biodiversity many countries have established regional and national programmes to monitor soil quality. This book reviews the theory and practice of a range of the various microbiological methods used within these programmes. The first section gives an overview of approaches to monitoring, evaluating and managing soil quality. The second section provides a practical handbook with detailed descriptions of the methods. The methods are described in chapters on soil microbial biomass and numbers, soil microbial activity, soil microbial diversity and community composition, and plant-microbe interactions and soil quality. Finally, a census is given of the main methods used in over 30 European... Tipo: Book chapter Palavras-chave: Soil biology; Soil quality. Ano: 2005 URL: http://orgprints.org/9093/1/fliessbach%2Dwidmer%2D2005%2Dmicrobial%2Dbiomass.pdf Internet-based soil quality test for Finnish farmers Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Myllys, Merja; Palojärvi, Ansa; Alakukku, Laura. A soil quality test is available on http://www.agronet.fi/peltomaan_laatutesti to evaluate the quality of Finnish agricultural soils. The test examines chemical, physical and biological properties of soils, and thus, gives a comprehensive picture of soil quality. Soil quality means the capability of the soil to maintain its versatile processes, and produce good yields and wholesome food with minimum harm to the environment. Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Soil. Ano: 2011 URL: http://orgprints.org/19410/1/Myllys.doc Hygienic quality of head lettuce: Effects of organic and mineral fertilizers Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Wießner, S.; Thiel, B.; Krämer, J.; Köpke, U. The hygienic quality of head lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) was investigated after different fertilizer treatments (fresh farmyard manure, composted farmyard manure, stinging nettle extract and calcium ammonium nitrate) in a 2-year field experiment with two trials per year, respectively. For assessment of the hygienic quality the total aerobic bacterial counts, Enterobacteriaceae, coliform bacteria, Escherichia coli and Salmonella were investigated in soil, fertilizer and lettuce samples. Plants were washed with running tap water before analysis. The total aerobic bacterial count, as well as the levels of Enterobacteriaceae and coliform bacteria tended to be slightly higher (not significant) after organic compared to mineral fertilization. No Salmonella was... Tipo: Journal paper Palavras-chave: Soil quality Food security; Food quality and human health Vegetables. Ano: 2009 URL: http://orgprints.org/18933/1/JFCO1634_Wiesner_et_al._2009.pdf Leistungsauftrag 2004-2007 an die Stiftung Forschungsinstitut fuer biologischen Landbau (FiBL), Frick; Thema Lebensmittelqualität Provedor de dados: 21 The Food Quality Division at FiBL engages in research and provides services with the purpose of raising the quality of foodstuffs. It carries out quality assurance on organic products with regard to contamination with pesticides, GMO or human pathogens, clarifies differences in quality between organic and conventional foodstuffs, and produces verified data on the health-related effects of particular products. Another important area is keeping organic production free of genetically modified organisms. Tipo: Research Programme description Palavras-chave: Food security; Food quality and human health. Ano: 2016 Effect of organic growing systems on sensory quality and chemical composition of tomatoes Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Thybo, Anette K.; Edelenbos, Merete; Christensen, Lars P.; Sørensen, Jørn Nygaard; Thorup-Kristensen, Kristian. Tomato plants were grown in open beds, confined beds, or combined beds with compost based on clover grass hay, deep litter and peat. Due to only minor effects of growing systems on sensory quality and chemical composition of tomato fruits is was concluded that it is possible to produce tomato fruits in confined and combined soil bed systems without any loss in eating quality. Actually the results indicate, that a slight increase in quality of tomatoes from the confined and combined systems is obtained. The present result points to the fact that confined and combined growing systems may be new relevant commercial growing systems, in which the quality of tomatoes seems to be ensured, and in which nutrient loss and root diseases contamination can be reduced. Tipo: Journal paper Palavras-chave: Vegetables. Ano: 2006 URL: http://orgprints.org/4657/1/Tomato_growing_systems.pdf Towards Improved Quality in Organic Food Production Provedor de dados: 21 From 21 to 23 January 2009 the fifth QLIF training and exchange workshop took place. Inspired by the theme “Towards improved quality in organic food production” a group of 20 participants and 11 lecturers had intensive days with lectures, discussion, exchange and some practical experience in research set-up and taste experiments. Fifteen nationalities exchanged their experiences in research in product quality. Many results from comparative studies between conventional and organic products were presented and discussed. In some presentations more emphasis was laid on exploring the mechanism behind the presence or absence of certain health-influencing plant components. Comparative studies will be continued, but exploring the mechanisms behind found... Tipo: Proceedings Palavras-chave: Crop health; Quality; Protection Food security; Food quality and human health Consumer issues. Ano: 2009 URL: http://orgprints.org/15398/1/2099.pdf Sensory quality of scab-resistant apple cultivars Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Kühn, Senior Scientist Birka Falk; Thybo, Senior Scientist Anette. Twenty-two scab-resistant apple cultivars were harvested in autumn 1999 and evaluated for sensory quality the following October, November and December. Multivariate analysis was effective in describing the comblex relationships and variabillity among the numerous attributes used to characterise apple quality. Crispness, mealiness, skin toughness, apple flavour, sweetness, unripe flavour and overripe flavour were informative attributes describing the variation in the sensory quality. Texture attributes, apple flavour and overripe flavour were affected by storage. Extended storage resulted in an increase in mealiness and overripe flavour and a decrease in crispness, juiciness and apple flavour. Many potential scab-resistant cultivars were suitable for... Tipo: Journal paper Palavras-chave: Fruit and berries. Ano: 2001 URL: http://orgprints.org/1847/1/Sensory_quality_of_scab_resistant_apple_cultivars_1.pdf Spittlebug impacts on sugarcane quality and ethanol production Provedor de dados: 86 Autores: Ravaneli,Gisele Cristina; Garcia,Débora Branquinho; Madaleno,Leonardo Lucas; Mutton,Miguel Ângelo; Stupiello,José Paulo; Mutton,Márcia Justino Rossini. The objective of this work was to evaluate the impacts of spittlebug (Mahanarva fimbriolata) attack on sugarcane quality and ethanol production. Technological and microbiological parameters of juice and fermentation process were evaluated in ten fermentation cycles and two harvest seasons. Treatments consisted of different spittlebug stalk damage levels: control, with 100% of apparently healthy stalks; medium, with 15% of damaged or dry stalks (DDS); high, with 30% of DDS; and very high, with 60% of DDS. Spittlebug attack caused significant losses in cane quality, reducing total soluble solids, sucrose content, total reducing sugars, and pH, and increasing total phenolic compounds, and total and volatile juice acidity. The fermentation process was also... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Mahanarva fimbriolata; Saccharum; Cane quality; Ethanolic fermentation; Technological quality. Ano: 2011 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-204X2011000200002 Towards an ecological index for tropical soil quality based on soil macrofauna Provedor de dados: 86 Autores: Huerta,Esperanza; Kampichler,Christian; Geissen,Violette; Ochoa-Gaona,Susana; Jong,Ben de; Hernández-Daumás,Salvador. The objective of this work was to construct a simple index based on the presence/absence of different groups of soil macrofauna to determine the ecological quality of soils. The index was tested with data from 20 sites in South and Central Tabasco, Mexico, and a positive relation between the model and the field observations was detected. The index showed that diverse agroforestry systems had the highest soil quality index (1.00), and monocrops without trees, such as pineapple, showed the lowest soil quality index (0.08). Further research is required to improve this model for natural systems that have very low earthworm biomass (<10 g m-2) and a high number of earthworm species (5-7), as it is in the tropical rain forest, whose soil quality index was... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Earthworms; Models; Soil fauna; Soil quality indices. Ano: 2009 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-204X2009000800039 THE EFFECT OF QUALITY ASSURANCE POLICIES FOR PROCESSING TOMATOES ON THE DEMAND FOR PESTICIDES Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Starbird, S. Andrew. In California, acceptance sampling is used to monitor the quality of processing tomatoes delivered by growers to processors. A proposal to change the current quality assurance policy was recently put forth to reduce the growers' incentive to use pesticides. In this article we examine the effect of alternative quality assurance policies on profit-maximizing growers' demand for pesticides. The results indicate that the demand for pesticides is sensitive to changes in the quality assurance policy and that the proposed policy would reduce the optimal level of pesticide use on processing tomatoes. Disregarding the impacts of quality assurance policy may be the reason that the demand for pesticides has been underestimated so often in the past. Tipo: Journal Article Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries. Ano: 1994 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31225 MANAGING MANURE TO IMPROVE AIR AND WATER QUALITY Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Aillery, Marcel P.; Gollehon, Noel R.; Johansson, Robert C.; Kaplan, Jonathan D.; Key, Nigel D.; Ribaudo, Marc. Animal waste from confined animal feeding operations is a potential source of air and water quality degradation from evaporation of gases, runoff to surface water, and leaching to ground water. This report assesses the potential economic and environmental tradeoffs between water quality policies and air quality policies that require the animal agriculture sector to take potentially costly measures to abate pollution. A farm-level analysis of hog farms estimates the economic and environmental tradeoffs that occur when policies are designed to address pollutant flows to one environmental medium without considering flows to another medium. A national analysis addresses the broader impacts of coordinated (water and air) policies, including long-term structural... Tipo: Report Palavras-chave: Animal waste; Nitrogen; Ammonia; Water quality; Nutrient management plan; Manure management costs; Price and quantity adjustments; CAFO; Environmental Economics and Policy; Livestock Production/Industries. Ano: 2005 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33593 Willingness to Pay for Enhanced Food Quality: Rice Parboiling in Benin Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Demont, Matty; Zossou, Esperance; Rutsaert, Pieter; Ndour, Maimouna; Mele, Paul Van; Verbeke, Wim. In Benin, traditional parboiling is still widely practiced among rice processors, resulting in inferior grain quality. A new parboiler was introduced to improve the milling yield and quality of local rice. We conducted Vickrey second price auctions followed by a consensus session to elicit rural Beninese consumers’ willingness to pay for rice obtained through the new parboiler and two locally innovated parboilers. Relative to traditionally parboiled rice, consumers were willing to pay price premiums of 9–13% for rice obtained through a local parboiler using a container of which the bottom is a perforated metal, 27% for rice obtained through a local parboiler using wooden sticks at the bottom of the pot, and 25–34% for rice parboiled through the improved... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Sub-Saharan Africa; Food processing; Experimental auction; Food quality; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety. Ano: 2011 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114443 Vertical Coordination in the Evolving High Quality Beef Market (PowerPoint) Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Schroeder, Ted C. Panelists will discuss vertical aspects of vertical coordination in the beef industry. Focus will include cow herd production management and genetics, calf market price incentives, costs of producing high quality beef, and retail marketing of high quality beef and premium brands. Together this complete vertical supply chain discussion will provide a comprehensive assessment of how the U.S. beef industry can improve beef quality and enhance consumer demand. Implicit in this overview is an assessment of how the high quality U.S. beef industry can compete in the competitive global protein complex. Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Beef industry; Vertical coordination; High quality beef market; Beef production management; Livestock Production/Industries. Ano: 2010 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/93534 THE DEMAND FOR FOOD QUALITY IN RUSSIA AND ITS LINKAGE TO OBESITY Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Staudigel, Matthias. This study analyses whether Russian households differ in their choice of food quality when they differ in their number of overweight and obese members. Using survey data from the Russia Longitudinal Monitoring Survey (RLMS) for the years 1995-2005, households are classified into three weight groups. Quality elasticities of expenditures are estimated by a fixed-effects panel model regressing unit values of several food groups on expenditures and a set of household characteristics. Coefficients for each weight group are received by including interaction terms of expenditures and weight group dummies. A set of Wald tests is applied to test for slope heterogeneity across weight groups. Descriptive statistics reveal that obese households actually purchase... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Unit values; Quality choice; Quality elasticity; Obesity; Russia; RLMS; Agricultural and Food Policy; Consumer/Household Economics; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Health Economics and Policy; C23; D12; I10; I18; Q18. Ano: 2010 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/116444 Economic analysis of spatial preferences heterogeneity of water quality Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Martin-Ortega, Julia; Brouwer, Roy; Berbel, Julio. The main objective of this study is to account for spatial preference variability in the economic valuation of water quality improvements in the river basin context. This is expected to be particularly relevant for the implementation of the European WFD, as it will involve spatially differentiated perceptions of the benefits of water quality changes. A choice experiment is developed based on maps to elicit welfare measures for water quality improvements across sub-basins in the Guadalquivir River Basin in Spain. Variation is introduced simultaneously in the spatial distribution of goods and services and their beneficiaries, for the accounting of spatial preference heterogeneity (i.e. people’s different valuation of changes in environmental good provision... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Water economics; Valuation; Choice Experiment; Spatial Heterogeneity; Water Quality; Environmental Economics and Policy; Q51; Q25; H41. Ano: 2009 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/50626 Eating a Healthy Diet: Is Cost a Major Factor? Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Carlson, Andrea; Lino, Mark; Fungwe, Thomas V.; Guenther, Patricia M. We examine the association between food expenditure and overall diet quality using a model where we assumed dietary quality is a function of health conditions, life style choices, total food expenditures, and socio-economic status. We use cross-sectional data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2001-02 and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)’s Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion Food Prices Database. Diet quality is measured using the USDA Healthy Eating Index-2005. Our findings suggest that there is no statistically significant association between total diet quality and diet cost for men, but a small association for women. socio-economic... Compared with diet cost, health conditions, life style choices, and Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper Palavras-chave: Diet quality; Food expenditure; HEI-2005; Food prices data; Agricultural and Food Policy; Consumer/Household Economics; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety. Ano: 2009 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49259 Notas sobre a qualidade da produção leiteira: um estudo de caso sobre a COOPAVEL, (PR) Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Chaves, Gisele de Lorena Diniz; Boas, Erika B. Vilas; Esser, Jovir Vicentini; Alves, Pedro; Shikida, Pery Francisco Assis. The new scene of economic globalization and commercial liberalism has instigated the increase of corporative competition. For the cooperative or any other company to survive in the context of tough competition, one of the core issues to be concerned is quality. In order to accompany the present changes, the vision of cooperatives has been facing important modifications. An example of is this is Coopavel (Brazilian cooperative situated in the southern State of Paraná), which has launched a differentiated system of raw milk payment to assure the quality of its received milk, and, consequently, the improvement of its products’ quality. This paper proposes to present a case about Coopavel, analyzing its quality improvement program of milk production. Tipo: Journal Article Palavras-chave: Cooperativism; Quality; Coopavel; Milk; Livestock Production/Industries. Ano: 2004 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56815 Ist Geiz wirklich geil? Preis-Qualitäts-Relationen von Hersteller- und Handelsmarken im Lebensmittelmarkt Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Schulze, Holger; Spiller, Achim; Bohm, Justus; de Witte, Thomas. Studies which analyze price-quality relations in the consumer goods market are mainly more than ten years old and deal marginally with food products. In this survey, the sceptical findings are confirmed with a special focus on the food market. The results show that food quality, risk avoidance and increase in quality benefits are not determined by price levels. Furthermore, the findings demonstrate that private labels in general – and the private labels of the discounter in particular – have a better price-quality ratio than manufacturer brands and private labels of supermarkets and hypermarkets. Tipo: Journal Article Palavras-chave: Price-quality relations; Food market; Empirical analysis; Private labels; Discounter; Agribusiness; Demand and Price Analysis; Marketing. Ano: 2008 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97700 Food Market Value Analysis: Product Quality Improvement, Product Origin Protection and Timing Decisions in Apple Market Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Karipidis, Philippos I.; Galanopoulos, Konstantinos. In an effective quality enhancement programme of fruit production and marketing, total quality firms must include consideration of those attributes that are important to customers. In this study the hedonic model is adopted, in order to examine the effects of product quality, region of origin and time of product availability on the price structure determination in the apple market in Greece. Results suggest increased marginal shadow values (customers' interest) for physical product quality and for product origin particularly in the case of Volos region. There is no evidence that out-of-season time is an important factor determining product prices. Further, it is also shown that it is possible to use the hedonic analysis for the estimation of shadow value... Tipo: Journal Article Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Industrial Organization. Ano: 2000 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26411 Matching Diverse (Quality of) Supply with Market Differentiation Opportunities in the Pork Chain Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Trienekens, Jacques H. Currently, in most pork chains there is still a mismatch between delivered quality and expected quality, leading to unsatisfied customers and value losses because products are not sold against the best possible price. Differentiation of quality of pork starts already in the breeding stage, depends on feeding and living conditions of the animals at the farmer stage and is also influenced by the way the animals are transported and slaughtered. At the breeding stage a lot of research is being done that will eventually make it possible to use DNA technology to help guide breeding programs and to better predict the quality of animals and meat. However, because pigs are living creatures with a natural variation, 100% prediction accuracy is not to be expected and... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Marketing; Production Economics; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods. Ano: 2010 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/100470 Industry Versus Government Control of Quality Standards in the South Australian Dried Fruit Industry Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Challen, Ray; Cook, Venton. The dried fruits industry in South Australia is regulated under the Dried Fruits Act 1993 (SA). The principal effect of regulation is to impose a mandatory standards scheme on the processing and packaging of dried fruit produced in South Australia for sale in the Australian domestic market. The Act is currently under review in accordance with the requirements and principles of National Competition Policy. The economic analysis undertaken as part of the review addresses the question of who should be making decisions in respect of quality standards for dried fruit: individual industry participants, industry groups or the government. Economic theory of market failure, transactions costs and collective action suggests that the answer to such a question is an... Tipo: Presentation Palavras-chave: Agribusiness. Ano: 2000 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/123620 Assessing community values for reducing agricultural emissions to improve water quality and protect coral health in the Great Barrier Reef Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Windle, Jill; Rolfe, John. Key policy issues relating to protection of the Great Barrier Reef from pollutants generated by agriculture are to identify when measures to improve water quality generate benefits to society that outweigh the costs of reducing pollutants. The research reported in this paper makes a key contribution in several key ways. First, it uses the improved science understanding about the links between management changes and reef health to bring together the analysis of costs and benefits of marginal changes, helping to demonstrate the appropriate way of addressing policy questions relating to reef protection. Second, it uses the scientific relationships to frame a choice experiment to value the benefits of improved reef health, and links improvements explicitly to... Tipo: Report Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy. Ano: 2010 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/107583 Organic food quality & safety perception throughout Europe Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Naspetti, Simona; Zanoli, Raffaele. Many more consumer s have tried at least once organic food, but despite higher consumer awareness, they still show a great concern about food quality and safety. Recent research showed that there is still little knowledge of how organic products are produced and processed and which characteristics are fundamental for the consumer with regard to quality and safety. In this scenario, primary producers, processors and other stakeholders in the organic supply- chain have the difficult task of understanding consumers' complex and sometimes contradictory wishes with regard to organic food. The aim of this study is to examine food quality and safety issues related to buying organic products. To provide better insight on the safety and quality issues in a cross -... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Laddering; Food safety; Food quality; Cross cultural study; Values; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety. Ano: 2006 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10086 SOME IMPACTS OF ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY (ADEQ) ENFORCEMENT IN THE DAIRY INDUSTRY IN MARICOPA COUNTY, ARIZONA Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Hemmer, Ronald. Although water quality is a valid purpose for watershed projects under the PL83-566 Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act, historically very few water quality projects have ever been implemented in Arizona. This is largely due to the difficulty in measuring "non-controversial" monetary benefits associated with positive water quality impacts and to policy biased in favor of those projects with a higher monetary benefit-cost ratio. These reasons, among others, has prompted NRCS field economists to seek alternate methods to measure project benefits and costs. While the direct measurement of water quality benefits would be the preferable method to use, IMPLAN, through regional economic impact analysis, provides a way of measuring another category of... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: IMPLAN; Input-Output; Watershed analysis; Water quality; NRCS; Conservation; Regional analysis; Environmental Economics and Policy; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy. Ano: 1998 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20871 Analysis of the Impact of Urbanization and Enhanced Incomes on Demand for Food Quality in Hanoi Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Ali, Mubarik; Quan, Nguyen The; van Nam, Ngo. This study relates the demand for quality foods in Hanoi in terms of its nutritional composition, diversity, price, processing stage, source, and extent eaten outside home with urbanization and enhanced incomes. The vast differences in these foods quality parameters across different socioeconomic groups and regions in and around Hanoi city suggest the changing nature of the food quality with increased income and urbanization. One lesson learned from this analysis is that urbanization and increased income may not necessarily bring all positive changes in food quality. While the diet becomes more balanced in terms of micronutrient, the increased demand for fat-based calories, processed and restaurant foods, and drift away from fresh sources of farm and... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety. Ano: 2006 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25727 Import Demand for Quality in the Japanese Beef Market Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Miljkovic, Dragan; Jin, Hyun Joung. The case of reduction in ad valorem tariffs as a trade liberalization policy is considered in this article. It is shown that the reduction leads to a higher quality of imports, ceteris paribus. This hypothesis was tested on the case of Japanese beef imports from the United States and Australia. U.S. beef, according to the results of Gallup surveys, is considered by Japanese consumers to be a high quality product, while Australian beef is considered to be a low quality product. Empirical results support the hypothesis. Moreover, the recent domination of U.S. beef in the Japanese market is further explained by increasingly more efficient U.S. beef production relative to Australian production and a strong income effect, where an increase in per capita income... Tipo: Journal Article Palavras-chave: Ad valorem tariff; Beef imports; Japan; Quality; Trade liberalization; International Relations/Trade. Ano: 2006 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10222 Environmental lobbying with imperfect public monitoring of environmental quality Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Beard, Rodney; Mallawaarachchi, Thilak; Salerno, Gillian. In this paper we present a two stage game of political lobbying for policies designed to enhance environmental quality. Unlike previous work which has tended to assume perfect monitoring of environmental quality in lobbying games we allow for imperfect monitoring of environmental quality. We characterize perfect public (politico-economic) equilibria in the game for the case of both perfect and imperfect monitoring of environmental quality and compare these with imperfect private monitoring of environmental quality. Results are discussed with respect to farmer behaviour in the context of non-point source pollution and implications for the political consequences of farm extension programmes highlighted. Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Game theory; Public choice; Imperfect public monitoring; Imperfect private monitoring; Non-point source pollution; Agricultural extension; Public education; Environmental Economics and Policy. Ano: 2007 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10391 Quality Ambiguity and the Market Mechanism for Credence Goods Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Benner, Dietrich. With credence goods consumers cannot judge actual quality neither before purchase (ex ante) nor after purchase (ex post). Trust has to replace own examination and verification. Applying Choquet-Expected Utility theory, ageneral model of credence goods is developed wich takes the problem of trust explicitly in its view and generalizes the problem of quality uncertainty on the 'market for lemmons' of Akerlof (1970) to 'quality ambiguity' with credence goods. The model shows the market mechanism only performing well in providing credence goods when consumers' trust in given information is not too low. With trust too low, sellers of credence good will be driven out of the market by trust induced adverse selection. In market equilibrium prices will always be... Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper Palavras-chave: Credence goods; Asymmetric information; Quality ambiguity; Quality uncertainty; Adverse selection; Ambiguity; Choquet expected utility; Agricultural and Food Policy; Marketing; C72; D81; D82. Ano: 2004 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/98639 Customer Communication of Regional Quality Efforts: A Case From the Grain Sector Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Meyer, Christian H.; Fritz, Melanie; Schiefer, Gerhard. Usually, marketing communication efforts in the agrifood sector address the end consumers and concentrate on products that are processed and ready for consumption, thus quality efforts often concentrate on the final product. Moreover, there’s a widespread view that agricultural commodities like wheat aren’t suitable neither for product focused marketing nor branding. However, recent developments in the in agrifood sector challenge this view. The increasing use of biotechnology, the globalisation of markets and changing consumer demands for quality, food safety and process attributes require improved communication concepts and information sharing along whole production chains. This paper considers the development of a quality communication system to support... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Prototyping; Quality communication system; Region of origin; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Production Economics; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods. Ano: 2010 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/100595 The Strategic Use of Private Quality Standards in Food Supply Chains Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: von Schlippenbach, Vanessa; Teichmann, Isabel. This paper highlights the strategic role retailers private quality standards play in food supply chains. Considering two symmetric downstream firms that are exclusively supplied by a finite number of upstream firms and letting the upstream firms decide which retailer to supply, we show that there exist two asymmetric equilibria in the downstream firms quality requirements. The asymmetry is driven by both an increase in the retailers buyer power and the retailers competition for suppliers. The use of private quality standards induces a decrease in social welfare, which can be softened by the implementation of a public minimum quality standard. Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Private Quality Standards; Vertical Relations; Buyer Power; Food Supply Chain; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Industrial Organization. Ano: 2011 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114519 EFFECTS OF QUALITY CONSIDERATIONS AND CLIMATE/WEATHER INFORMATION ON THE MANAGEMENT AND PROFITABILITY OF COTTON PRODUCTION IN THE TEXAS HIGH PLAINS Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Britt, Megan L.; Ramirez, Octavio A.; Carpio, Carlos E. Production function models for cotton lint yields, seed yields, turnout, and lint quality characteristics are developed for the Texas High Plains. They are used to evaluate the impacts of quality considerations and of climate/weather information on the management decisions and on the profitability and risk of irrigated cotton production systems. It is concluded that both quality considerations and improved climatic/weather information could have substantial effects on expected profitability and risk. These effects mainly occur because of changes in optimal variety selection an irrigation water use levels. Quality considerations in particular result in significantly lower irrigation water use levels regardless of the climate/weather information... Tipo: Journal Article Palavras-chave: Climatic/weather information; Cotton quality; Ground water resource use; Risk and uncertainty; Texas High Plains; Crop Production/Industries; D21; D24; D61; D81; D84. Ano: 2002 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15082 The Collective-Quality Promotion in the Agribusiness Sector: An Overview Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Marette, Stephan. This paper reviews the economic effects of collective-quality promotion through a survey of the recent literature devoted to common labeling and professional groups. Benefits and costs of common labeling and professional groups for improving quality are detailed. Some empirical facts are presented, mainly focusing on some European examples, since many European countries have a long history of producer-owned marketing programs. This paper shows that in some cases the collective-quality promotion can be a successful strategy for firms/farmers. Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper Palavras-chave: Collective-quality promotion; Labeling; Marketing organization; Quality signals; Agribusiness. Ano: 2005 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/18511 Reputations, Market Structure, and the Choice of Quality Assurance Systems in the Food Industry Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Carriquiry, Miguel A.; Babcock, Bruce A. A repeated-purchases model is developed to explore the fundamental economic factors that lie behind the choice of different quality assurance systems and their associated degrees of stringency by firms. Differences in the quality discoverability of a sought-after attribute, market structure, attractiveness of a market, nature of reputations, and the value placed in the future are among the factors contributing to the implementation of widely diverse systems across participants in different markets. Close attention is paid to the role of reputations in providing the incentives for firms to deliver high-quality goods. We model three different scenarios - monopoly, duopoly with firm-specific reputations, and duopoly with industry-wide reputations - and... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Quality assurance; Reputations; Repeated purchases; Product quality; Supply chain; Value-added agriculture; Imperfect information; Marketing. Ano: 2005 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19549 The Economics of Collective Brands Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Fishman, Arthur; Finkelshtain, Israel; Simhon, Avi; Yacouel, Nira. We consider the consequences of a shared brand name such as geographical names used to identify high quality products, for the incentives of otherwise autonomous firms to invest in quality. We contend that such collective brand labels improve communication between sellers and consumers, when the scale of production is too small for individual firms to establish reputations on a stand alone basis. This has two opposing effects on member firms’ incentives to invest in quality. On the one hand, it increases investment incentives by increasing the visibility and transparency of individual member firms, which increases the return from investment in quality. On the other hand, it creates an incentive to free ride on the group’s reputation, which can lead to less... Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper Palavras-chave: Consumer/Household Economics. Ano: 2008 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/46056 How consumers link traceability to food quality and safety: An international investigation Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: van Rijswijk, Wendy; Frewer, Lynn J. It is not yet understood whether the implementation of traceability systems can contribute towards restoring consumer confidence in food quality and safety, one of the goals of the European Food Law. To date, little is known about how consumers perceive the role and potential impact of traceability within the supply chain. This paper aims to provide insight into how traceability information can offer guarantees of food quality and safety, and contribute towards increased consumer confidence. Data, collected in four EU countries, examines salient cognitions and attitudes that underpin consumer beliefs about product traceability that will influence their decision making. It will link traceability- related food attributes to perceived benefits (in terms of... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Traceability; Consumer Perception; Food Safety; Food Quality; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety. Ano: 2006 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10061 DEMAND ESTIMATION IN THE PRESENCE OF AN UNOBSERVABLE PRODUCT ATTRIBUTE: THE CASE OF MINT QUALITY Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Toro-Gonzalez, Daniel; Yan, Jia; Gallardo, Rosa Karina; McCluskey, Jill J. This article estimates the demand for mint-flavored gum products using grocery store sales data and accounting for consumers’ valuation of quality. Unobserved product attributes, such as flavor quality, are important elements to consider when estimating the demand for gum. The estimation results suggest that gum is an inelastic product. A positive relationship between willingness to pay and unobserved quality was identified, implying that gum industry should be able to command a premium for higher quality mint flavored products. Tipo: Presentation Palavras-chave: Quality Differentiation; Unobserved Product Attributes; Demand Estimation; Gum; Consumer/Household Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Industrial Organization. Ano: 2012 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/123518 LIVING STANDARD, QUALITY OF LIFE IN NORTH-EAST HUNGARY BASED ON A SURVEY Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Kiraly, Zsolt; Takacs, Istvan. living standard, quality of life, liveability, North-East Hungary, regional differences, questionnaire survey Tipo: Journal Article Palavras-chave: Living standard; Quality of life; Liveability; North-East Hungary; Regional differences; Questionnaire survey; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital. Ano: 2008 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47549 Analysis of Italian High Quality Wine Exports using the Gravity Model Approach Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: De Blasi, Giuseppe; Seccia, Antonio; Carlucci, Domenico; Santeramo, Fabio G. Italian wine firms are facing a significant reduction in wine consumption and increasing competition in international markets. In fact, markets are becoming increasingly liberalized and producers of non-EU countries adopt even more aggressive strategies to increase their competitiveness. Nevertheless, demand for high quality wine which includes a large number of Italian wines, is increasing. The aim of this work is to explain the magnitude of the trade flows for high quality wine from Italy to its main importing countries. This objective has been reached by establishing an appropriate econometric model derived from an extended form of the Gravity Model. This model has been broadly applied to the analysis of international trade because it provides robust... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Gravity Model; High Quality Wine; Export Analysis; Italian Wine; International Relations/Trade. Ano: 2007 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7901 Evaluierung der Erfolgsfaktoren des EFQM-Modells in der österreichischen Ernährungswirtschaft anhand des Analytischen Hierarchieprozesses Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Meixner, Oliver; Pochtrager, Siegfried; Haas, Rainer. Numerous companies in the Austrian food industry have already been certified in accordance with the ISO 9000 standards. However, the introduction of a quality management system in a company alone does not guarantee continuous improvement as required by the standard ÖNORM ISO 9001:2000. In order to be successful when introducing and maintaining a quality management system in a company, a number of important factors must be considered. These success factors are derived from the „European Foundation for Quality Management (EFQM) Model for Business Excellence“. The purpose of the EFQM Model is to support the internal assessment of the quality management within a company, and it can be regarded as a motor for internal improvement. In particular, for companies... Tipo: Journal Article Palavras-chave: Quality management; Success factors; Analytic Hierarchy Process; Model evaluation; Food industry; Agribusiness. Ano: 2004 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97434 Minimum Quality Standards and brand development in agrifood chains Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Giraud-Heraud, Eric; Grazia, Cristina; Hammoudi, Abdelhakim. This paper develops an original framework to better understand the interaction between the development of brands and the quality of raw materials. We consider different levels of consumer trust for a brand and we examine the incentive for firms to improve the quality of a processed product by requiring that upstream suppliers adopt a private standard. In contrast to previous literature, the incentive for firms to develop a more stringent private standard may increase with the level of the regulated minimum quality standard. Moreover, the creation of a private standard can reduce the risk of consumer dissatisfaction while increasing the marketed quantity. Unexpected positive effects of a reinforcement of the minimum quality standard may arise, in the sense... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Minimum Quality Standard; Brand; Vertical relationship; Agribusiness. Ano: 2008 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43865 Importance of EU Label Requirements: An Application of Ordered Probit Models to Belgium Beef Labels Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Verbeke, Wim; Ward, Ronald W. The objective of this paper is to determine which information cues related to quality and origin really attract consumer interest, specified as the level of attention paid to and perceived importance attached to label cues. The focus is (1) on indications of quality through quality marks, (2) on indications referring to the mandatory European beef labelling regulation, and (3) on indications reflecting origin. Data are collected from a sample of 278 beef consumers in Belgium. Ordered probit models are specified and estimated to assess the impact of household characteristics and a beef labeling information campaign. Findings reveal that consumer interest is generally low for traceability, moderate for origin and high for direct indications of quality.... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Agribusiness. Ano: 2003 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22077 Comparing a best management practice scorecard with an auction metric to select proposals in a water quality tender Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Rolfe, John; Windle, Jill. This report compares evaluation frameworks for selecting landholder proposals to improve water quality. A water quality tender performed in the Burdekin region in Northern Australia in 2007/2008 was used as a case study. Tender bids can be assessed using an inputs-based best management practice scorecard or an outputs-based auction metric. Where landholder proposals are rated by inputs-based criteria, the scorecard approach, and other variants of multi-criteria analysis are commonly applied. Output-based approaches are typically applied in water quality and conservation tenders. This approach uses an environmental benefits index to summarise the cost-effectiveness of each proposal. The case study evaluation reported in this paper shows how... Tipo: Report Palavras-chave: Water quality tender; Auction metric; Best management practice; Input-based; Output-based; Great Barrier Reef.; Environmental Economics and Policy; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods. Ano: 2009 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94939 Quality Risk and Profitability in Cattle Production: A Multivariate Approach Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Belasco, Eric J.; Schroeder, Ted C.; Goodwin, Barry K. This study evaluates quality, production, and price risk within the context of overall profit variability in fed cattle production. The approach used offers a flexible way to estimate a large system of equations with more than three jointly related censored outcomes. Trade-offs between quality and yield grade levels and production measures, such as average daily gain and feeding efficiency, are evaluated. Simulation procedures are used to assess the impact of quality risk on overall profit variability. Results make an important contribution to existing research by explaining why price signals through grid quality grade premiums may not generate intended producer responses. Tipo: Journal Article Palavras-chave: Censoring; Copula; Fed cattle; Grid pricing; Multivariate; Quality risk; Livestock Production/Industries. Ano: 2010 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97854 Firm Survival and Quality Labels in the Food Industry Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Bontemps, Christophe; Bouamra-Mechemache, Zohra; Simioni, Michel. Both industry and firm characteristics influence the survival of a firm in an industry over time. Aging, size, structure are factors often discussed in the literature, but public intervention effects -through public quality labeling for example - may also have an effect that is examined here. We use data on French firms producing cheese under public quality label or not over the period 1990-2006. We perform a nonparametric estimation using Kaplan-Meier estimators as well as proportional hazard rate models. Our results confirm existing findings on firm survival determinants. We also shed light on the effect of public intervention into that industry. More precisely, our focus on public quality labeling in the French cheese industry shows that quality label... Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper Palavras-chave: Quality label; PDO; Firm survival; Agricultural and Food Policy; Industrial Organization; Production Economics. Ano: 2010 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61377 Markets Segmented by Regional - Origin Labeling with Quality Control Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Thompson, Stanley R.; Anders, Sven M.; Herrmann, Roland. It is the objective of this paper to provide a methodological framework for the analysis of regional marketing programs which include regional-origin labeling as well as quality assurance and control. Such programs are increasingly introduced in Europe and other parts of the world as a means against quality uncertainty in globalized markets. An equilibrium - displacement model is developed for a segmented market with differential qualities that can be utilized for a broad variety of marketing programs. It is applied to one selected European case, i.e. "Gepruefte Qualitaet - Bayern". It is shown that the price impacts on high-quality and low-quality segments depend crucially on substitutive relationships between the markets and the advertising elasticities.... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Regional-origin labeling; Segmented markets; Generic promotion; Gepruefte Qualitaet - Bayern; Economic welfare; Marketing. Ano: 2006 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25530 Does More Cooking Mean Better Eating? Estimating the relationship between time spent in food preparation and diet quality Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Mancino, Lisa; Gregory, Christian A. In this study, we use a unique dataset designed by researchers at the University of Chicago and collected by Mathematica Policy Research to investigate whether there is a significant correlation between diet quality and time spent preparing food. Overall, our results indicate that, when controlling for unobserved factors that may affect both preparation time and diet quality, time spent in food preparation influences diet quality only for obese persons. However, the improvements in diet quality are minimal. Our results also indicate that foods eaten away from home play an important role in understanding the effects of time spent in food preparation on food away from home. Tipo: Presentation Palavras-chave: Determinants of diet quality; Time use; Nutrition; Consumer/Household Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety. Ano: 2012 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/124025 Alfalfa Hay Quality and Alternative Pricing Systems Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Hopper, Jared A.; Peterson, Hikaru Hanawa; Burton, Robert O., Jr. Price-quality relationships for alfalfa hay were analyzed by hedonic pricing models using 1996-2001 Wisconsin auction data. Individual nutrients included in the analysis all affected alfalfa price, with acid detergent fiber accounting for the largest impact. Alternative pricing models, based on an aggregate quality index or detailed quality information, were similar in their ability to predict price. However, disaggregating price predictions to account for differences in relative feed value (RFV) and crude protein (CP) indicate that both RFV and CP are important determinants of price and that aggregating the two into a quality index is not warranted. Tipo: Journal Article Palavras-chave: Aggregate index; Alfalfa; Auction data; Hedonic pricing models; Quality; Q11. Ano: 2004 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43462 Quality Management in Strategic Networks - Is there any Relevance in the Polish Dairy Sector? Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Hanf, Jon Henrich; Pieniadz, Agata. The most striking consequence of recent food scares was that food quality is no longer the concern of a single firm, but instead the whole food chain has to work together in order to deliver the new quality. For the agri-food business there is evidence that the majority of these more highly co-ordinated chain organisations are organised as vertical networks. The aim of the paper is to determine the degree of influence which the chosen quality strategy exerts on the vertical co-ordination mechanism. A theoretical framework has been developed based on new institutional economics and strategic management theory. The findings are used to analyse the Polish dairy sector and elaborate on the relevance of quality management for this sector. Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Network theory; Relationship management; Quality management; Polish dairy market; Livestock Production/Industries. Ano: 2006 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7770 Valuation of Water Quality Improvements in the Karapiro Catchment: A Choice Modelling Approach Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Marsh, Dan; Baskaran, Ramesh. Water pollution is widely considered to be one of the most important environmental issues facing New Zealand. Waikato region residents have reported that water pollution is easily their most important environmental concern in each of four attitude surveys conducted by Environment Waikato. Technical and regulatory mechanisms to reduce water pollution, especially non-point source pollution from agriculture are the focus of an intensive research effort both in New Zealand and internationally. This work should assist farmers and policy makers to identify the most cost effective options for achieving any given improvement in water quality. Research described in this paper aims to complement existing research projects by developing appropriate methodology for... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Water Quality; Non Market Valuation; Choice Modelling. Ano: 2009 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47951 Focussing on Consumer Attention: Price-Quality Relationships and Reputation Indicators Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Schamel, Guenter. In Germany, the focus of agricultural policy is now "the consumer". In the aftermath of the BSE crisis, farmers are encouraged to produce higher quality "ecological" food for which consumers are willing to pay more. Food is an experience good and quality signals are becoming a more important determinant of the prices received. However, given consumers' cognitive limitations, all signals can not receive equal attention. We argue that consumer attention to product quality signals increases with its producer's quality performance, and given attention spillovers (collective reputation), with the expertise of associated producers. Over time, collective reputations should have an effect on price when attention (or quality performance) is low, but should lose... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Food and beverages; Consumer economics; Regional and producer reputation; Consumer/Household Economics; L66; D83; Q18. Ano: 2002 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24933 Drinking water as a risk factor to poultry health Provedor de dados: 89 Autores: Amaral,LA do. In the poultry industry, the use of water with adequate physical, chemical and microbiological quality it is of fundamental importance. Since many birds have access to the same water source, quality problems will affect a great number of animals. The drinking water plays an important role in the transmission of some bacterial, viral and protozoan diseases that are among the most common poultry diseases. Important factors to prevent waterborne diseases in broiler production are the protection of supply sources, water disinfection and the quality control of microbiological, chemical and physical characteristics. Water is an essential nutrient for birds and therefore quality preservation is fundamental for good herd performance. The farmer may prevent many... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Microbiological quality; Poultry industry; Water. Ano: 2004 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-635X2004000400001 Egg quality in layers housed in different production systems and submitted to two environmental conditions Provedor de dados: 89 Autores: Barbosa Filho,JAD; Silva,MAN; Silva,IJO; Coelho,AAD. The production system using cages is a highly polemical issue in Europe, because of the space restriction imposed to laying hens. It is considered that the cage system might compromise important comfort movements, welfare and egg quality. This study evaluated egg quality and welfare of two strains of hens housed in a conventional system (battery laying cages) or litter system with nest and perches, and submitted to heat stress or comfort conditions. Two groups of 20 birds (10 Hy-line W36 and 10 Hy-line Brown) were submitted to two environmental conditions (26&deg;C and 60% RH or 35&deg;C and 70% RH) and two housing systems (cages or litter) in the early production phase. Egg quality was analyzed based on egg weight, eggshell thickness, specific... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Egg quality; Environment; Housing systems; Laying hens. Ano: 2006 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-635X2006000100003 Quality parameters of the tibiae and femora of ostriches Provedor de dados: 89 Autores: Almeida Paz,ICL; Mendes,AA; Balog,A; Almeida,ICL; Martins,MRFB; Vulcano,LC; Komiyama,CM. An experiment was carried out to establish mean bone quality values of the tibiae and femora of ostriches and to evaluate these bones. The right leg bones of 10 males and 10 female African Black ostriches were evaluated. Birds were radiographed immediately after slaughter (during bleeding), with the aid of a portable X-ray apparatus. The obtained radiographs were scanned and bone mineral density means were obtained using software. Bone strength, Seedor index, and dry matter percentage were evaluated and correlated to weight gain during the finishing period (3-13 months of age). Mean values of the evaluated bone quality traits, not previously found in literature, were established. There were no significant differences between males and females in... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Bones; Bone mineral density; Bone quality; Bone strength; Ostriches. Ano: 2008 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-635X2008000300005 Water quality index using multivariate factorial analysis Provedor de dados: 91 Autores: Coletti,Christiane; Testezlaf,Roberto; Ribeiro,Túlio A. P.; Souza,Renata T. G. de; Pereira,Daniela de A. The evaluation of environmental effects generated by agricultural production on water quality became essential in Brazil after the creation of policies for the use and conservation of water resources. For such, water quality indices have been considered with the purpose of showing the spatial and temporal variation of water quality in a watershed. The objective of this study was to develop a water quality index (WQI) applying the Multivariate Factorial Analysis (MFA) statistical technique, which could indicate the influence of agricultural activities in the quality of water resources. Water in a predominantly farm watershed was monitored from Sept. 2003 to Sept. 2004. Monthly water collections were carried out at six sample points, and eight parameters... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Agricultural contamination; Water resources; Watershed. Ano: 2010 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-43662010000500009 Quality of cut and basecutter blade configuration for the mechanized harvest of green sugarcane Provedor de dados: 63 Autores: Toledo,Anderson de; Silva,Rouverson Pereira da; Furlani,Carlos Eduardo Angeli. Quality control is used to evaluate processes and products, and is a powerful tool for reducing variability. The objective of this study was to evaluate the quality of green sugarcane (Saccharum spp.) cutting for mechanized harvest, using statistical quality control tools. Cutting height and damage to ratoon stalks caused by different blade and disc combinations of the basecutter mechanism were used as indicators of quality. Cutting height showed high variability with a controlled process for some treatments. However, these treatments were incapable of producing satisfactory results. The damage index was lower in treatments that used tilted blades, but above the target for all treatments, which caused significant damage to the ratoons. In general, the... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Cut height; Capability analysis; Damage index; Statistical process control. Ano: 2013 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-90162013000600002 Quality control in the production chain of herbal products Provedor de dados: 26 Autores: Groot, M.J.; Van der Roest, J. Quality control is an important tool in the production of high-quality herbal products, while lack of control can result in inferior products that may lead to health problems in the consumers. A quality system is described using Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software in a fully integrated herbal production process in The Netherlands. For each production process all success and failure factors were determined and monitored with forms that the users filled out on the computer. All data were integrated and the ERP system linked quality and knowledge management regarding traceability, cultivation and processing (including advisory capacities) and research. Although the system was only partly implemented, the results were satisfactory and suggest that this... Tipo: Conference proceedings Ano: 2006 URL: http://library.wur.nl/ojs/index.php/frontis/article/view/1237 Comparison of different criteria used to categorize technological quality of pork Provedor de dados: 65 Autores: Cazedey,Henrique Pereira; Torres Filho,Robledo de Almeida; Fontes,Paulo Rogério; Ramos,Alcinéia de Lemos Souza; Ramos,Eduardo Mendes. ABSTRACT: Pork may be classified into quality categories according to its color, texture and exudation, though no international consensus criterion has been reached yet. Thus, the aim of the present paper was to examine the relation between important meat quality traits, evaluating pork quality classification of a same data by different criteria proposed in the literature. In 60 pork loins (Longissimus thoracis muscle), initial pH (pH45min) and R-value were evaluated after 45min post mortem between the 9th and 10th ribs, and ultimate pH (pH24h), objective color and water-holding capacity were evaluated 24h post mortem in two 2.54cm thick steaks cut between the 9th and 11th ribs to be classified into PSE (pale, soft and exudative), RSE (reddish-pink, soft... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: PSE; DFD meat; Color; Exudation; PH. Ano: 2016 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-84782016001202241 Are organically grown apples tastier and healthier? A comparative field study using conventional and alternative methods to measure fruit quality Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Weibel, F.P.; Bickel, R.; Leuthold, S.; Alfoeldi, T. Since 1994 important supermarket chains in Switzerland successfully sell apples from verified organic production. However, in supermarkets customers often ask whether there are, apart from a more environmentally friendly production, objective arguments of inner fruit quality that justify the higher prices of organic apples. In a field study with the ‘Golden Delicious’ cultivar, we harvested fruits of 5 pairs of organic/integrated fruit farms. The orchards within the pairs were less than 1 km from each other and were similar in micro climate, soil conditions and planting system. Maximum distance between the pairs was 180 km. To measure inner fruit quality we investigated at the beginning and at the end of cold storage (i) standard parameters (firmness,... Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Crop health; Quality; Protection Fruit and berries. Ano: 2000 URL: http://orgprints.org/866/1/Acta_IPBio_1998_517_53_%282%29.pdf Quality Comparison of Mineral, Organic and Biodynamic Cultivation of Potatoes: Contents, Strength Criteria, Sensory Investigations and Picture-Creating Methods Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Schulz, Dr. D.G.; Koch, K.; Kromer, Prof K.-H.; Köpke, Prof. U. Nutritional quality of food can be characterized by the content of beneficial and harmful substances. For today’s consumers the most important criteria for buying potatoes are taste, quality and shelf-life. Biodynamic preparations are used by about 20% of all organic farms in Germany. These preparations do not primarily serve to increase the yield but are said to support the production of high quality food, having balanced nutrient contents and improved shelf-life characteristics. Since 1993 investigations have been carried out to evaluate the effect of mineral fertilization and organic manuring at varied intensities, combined with application of biodynamic preparations, on some of these parameters. The potatoes of the variety ´Granola´ responded... Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Food security; Food quality and human health Root crops. Ano: 1997 URL: http://orgprints.org/2512/1/SCHULZ_KOCH_KROMER_KOEPKE_1997a_e.pdf Improving baking quality, nutritional value and safety of organic winter wheat / Améliorer la qualité technologique, nutritionnelle et sanitaire du blé biologique, Principaux leviers agronomiques et technologiques Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: David, Christophe; Abecassis, Joël; Carcea, M.; Celette, Florian; Corre-Hellou, Guénaëlle; Friedel, J.; Hiltbrunner, J.; Mäder, Paul; Messmer, Monika; Narducci, V.; Peigne, Joséphine; Thomsen, I. K. The organic bread wheat market has been diversified over time through the emergence of different sale channels. Processors require organic bread wheat of higher quality and safety in order to meet the consumers’ demand. The overall objective of the AGTEC-Org project was to identify agronomical and technological ways to improve the performance of organic wheat and flour. The findings would contribute to enhanced baking quality and nutritional value of organic flour, as well as prevention of mycotoxin contamination. The project involved 9 research centers or universities from 5 European countries for a total budget of about 1.5 million €. More than 400 experimental treatments were analyzed from 23 agronomic trials and 4 lab-experiments on food technology.... Tipo: Journal paper Palavras-chave: Crop combinations and interactions Food security; Food quality and human health Composting and manuring Processing; Packaging and transportation. Ano: 2013 URL: http://orgprints.org/26013/1/David_2013_CIAG_Vol32.pdf Road Development, Economic Growth, and Poverty Reduction in China Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Fan, Shenggen; Chan-Kang, Connie. In 1978, China initiated its economic and agricultural policy reforms. The ensuing rapid economic growth led to transportation shortages and congestion problems and increased the demand for roads. Since 1985 the government has given high priority to road development, particularly the construction of high-quality roads such as highways and freeways. While the construction of high-quality roads has taken place at a remarkably rapid pace, the construction of lower-quality and mostly rural roads has been slow. This study evaluates the contribution of roads to economic growth and poverty reduction in China. It disaggregates road infrastructure into different classes of roads to account for quality, and then estimates the impact of road investments on overall... Tipo: Report Palavras-chave: Roads; Economic aspects; China Infrastructure (Economics); Government policy; Rural poor; 1976–2000; China; Economic policy; 2000 conditions; Regional disparities; Economic conditions; Food Security and Poverty; International Development; Public Economics. Ano: 2005 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37892 水稻香味及米粒品質突變體之篩選 Provedor de dados: 185 Autores: 吳永培; 柯佩怡; 曾東海; 王強生; Yong-Pei Wu; Pei-Yi Ko; Tung-Hai Tseng; Chang-Sheng Wang. [[abstract]]Rice is an important staple food in the world. Aroma and quality are two of its important high value traits. In this study, different kinds of scented rice mutants with high grain quality were selected from the mutation pools of Tainung-Chianung-yu rice 911303 induced by mutagen ethylmethane sulfonate (EMS). Mutants with strong, medium, weak and no aroma were found in approximately 1,000 of M5 and M6 mutation lines. Among the scented mutants, eight lines exhibited aroma different from the taro fragrance. The results indicated that the EMS treatment could induce wide range variations of aroma in rice progenies. Therefore, the chemical mutation can be used to induce phenotype appearance of various aromatic genes for future study and rice... Palavras-chave: 香味水稻 突變 米質 Aromatic rice; Mutation; Rice quality [[classification]]29. Ano: 2007 Effects of the orientation of the mountainside, altitude and varieties on the quality of the coffee beverage from the "Matas de Minas" region, brazilian Southeast. Provedor de dados: 119 Autores: FERREIRA, W. P. M.; QUEIROZ, D. M.; SILVAC, S. A.; TOMAZ, R. S.; CORRÊA, P. C. Based upon qualitative parameters experiments, this study aims to investigate how the elements of the environment, where the coffee is produced, contribute to the final quality of the product. For the analyses, it was used approximately one kilogram of coffee cherry samples collected in 14municipalities previously chosen on the East side of the Minas Gerais State, Brazil. The coffee cherry samples were collected and analyzed for each of the two varieties in four levels of altitude for each exposure side of the mountain in relation to the Sun. The quality of the coffee was evaluated through the analysis of its physical characteristics and sensory analysis, popularly known as "Test of drink or Cupping" carried out by three tasters that belonging to the group... Tipo: Artigo em periódico indexado (ALICE) Palavras-chave: Top Quality Coffee; Mountain Coffee; Coffee Cherry; Altitude; Altitude. Ano: 2016 Correlation between antioxidant activity and coffee beverage quality by Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopic Provedor de dados: 64 Autores: Barbosa,Jeam Haroldo Oliveira; Luna,Jorge Antonio Gómez; Kinoshita,Angela Mitie Otta; Baffa Filho,Oswaldo. Brazil is the largest producer of coffee in the world and coffee prices are directly linked to grain quality. In this work, the antioxidant activity of coffee was related to its quality through Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy (ESR), as an attempt to establish a non-subjective method to classify the grain quality. For that purpose, the IC50 and temporal monitoring of its non-oxidized fraction were determined for three bean qualities: Soft (High), Hard (Medium) and Rio (Low). Methanolic solution of 2,2-difenil-1-picril-hidrazila (DPPH), that has a stable radical and a JEOL FA-200 (X-Band) spectrometer were used for these tests. The temporal monitoring of reaction between radical and coffee was performed. The rate of reduced or of antioxidated radicals... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Classify; Method; IC50. Ano: 2013 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-70542013000600002 Quality indicators and shelf life of red octopus (Octopus maya) in chilling storage Provedor de dados: 116 Autores: GULLIAN-KLANIAN,Mariel; SÁNCHEZ-SOLÍS,María José; TERRATS-PRECIAT,Montserrat; DELGADILLO-DÍAZ,Mariana; ARANDA,Javier. Abstract There are no precedents concerning the quality of Octopus maya during chilled storage. This study evaluated the shelf life of the red octopus in chilling storage (4oC) and the correlation of the sensory quality index with microbiological counting and the biochemical indicators (hypoxanthine, histamine and volatile amines). A total of 112 whole raw octopi (average weight of 896 g) were randomly selected from seven batches and exposed to 4°C for 18, 24, 48, 72, 84, 96, and 100 h. The histamine concentration (91.7%), followed by the counts of psychrotrophic bacteria (5.5%) and hypoxanthine (2.2%), were the predictors from the redundancy analysis that better explained the changes taking place during the chilling hours. After 72 h of chilling, the... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Octopus maya; Sensory quality; Biochemical parameters; Chilled storage. Ano: 2016 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-20612016000200304 Spatial Variability of Groundwater Depth and Quality Parameters in the National Capital Territory of Delhi Provedor de dados: 28 Autores: Dash, J P; Sarangi, A; Singh, D K. The groundwater quantity and quality scenario is of much concern in the National Capital Territory of Delhi, India, which necessitates an investigation to envis- age the extent of spatial variability of groundwater depth and pollutant concentration levels in this region. Therefore, in this study, an effort was made to generate the spatial variability map of groundwater depth and quality parame- ters (viz. chloride, electrical conductivity, fluoride, mag- nesium, and nitrate). Ordinary kriging was used to analyze the spatial variability of groundwater depth and quality parameters, whereas indicator kriging was used to analyze groundwater quality parameters equal to or greater than the pollution threshold values. It was observed that the semi- variogram... Tipo: Article Palavras-chave: Agricultural Engineering; Remote Sensing; Water Resource Engineering. Ano: 2010 URL: http://eprints.iari.res.in/88/1/Sarangi-JD-ENM.pdf Modeling of Escherichia coli Fluxes on a Catchment and the Impact on Coastal Water and Shellfish Quality Provedor de dados: 5 Autores: Bougeard, Morgane; Le Saux, Jean-claude; Perenne, Nicolas; Baffaut, Claire; Robin, Marc; Pommepuy, Monique. The simulation of the impact of Escherichia coli loads from watersheds is of great interest for assessing estuarine water quality, especially in areas with shellfish aquaculture or bathing activities. For this purpose, this study investigates a model association based on the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) coupled with a hydrodynamic model (MARS 2D; IFREMER). Application was performed on the catchment and estuary of Daoulas area (France). The daily E. coli fluxes simulated by SWAT are taken as an input in the MARS 2D model to calculate E. coli concentrations in estuarine water and shellfish. Model validation is based on comparison of frequencies: a strong relationship was found between calculated and measured E. coli concentrations for river quality... Tipo: Text Palavras-chave: SWAT; Watershed; Estuary modeling; E coli; Shellfish; Water quality. Ano: 2011 URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00033/14393/11728.pdf Water quality criteria and monitoring for marine mollusc culture : the French experience Provedor de dados: 5 Autores: Heral, Maurice; Berthome, Jean-paul. The impact of the main parameters of water quality which act on the life history of molluscs are presented. Two types of parameters are examined: the first are the physical-chemical parameters as temperature, salinity, turbidity, oxygen concentrations. They can be modified by perturbations directly related to human activities such as management of physical operations, e.g. constructions of dams, dredging for channels or for extraction of materials. Particular attention is given to inputs of nutrients with as consequences eutrophication and depletion of oxygen causing anoxie conditions. Attention will he focussed on some phytoplankton species like Gyrodinium aurelum which can cause mortalities in mollusc shellfish. The action of the main pollutants... Tipo: Text Palavras-chave: Networks; Monitoring; Water quality; Molluscs culture. Ano: 1991 URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/1991/publication-3056.pdf Are growth and density quantitative indicators of essential fish habitat quality? An application to the common sole Solea solea nursery grounds Provedor de dados: 5 Autores: Gilliers, Camille; Le Pape, Olivier; Desaunay, Yves; Morin, Jocelyne; Guerault, Daniel; Amara, Rachid. Bio-indicators were measured on juvenile fish to assess the quality of eight coastal and estuarine nursery grounds in the Eastern English Channel and in the Bay of Biscay during 3 years. Growth (size and otolith daily increment width), body condition (morphometric index) and abundance of juvenile common soles were analysed together with xenobiotic concentrations (heavy metals and organic contaminants). Condition indices displayed important variations and did not allow relevant estimation of environmental quality. On the contrary, growth and density indicators showed good steadiness above years but varied among sites. In spite of difficulties of interpreting these indicators on such a meso-scale approach, analyses highlighted the estuaries of Seine and... Tipo: Text Palavras-chave: Flatfish juvenile; Essential fish habitat quality; Quantitative bio indicators. Ano: 2006 URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2006/publication-2016.pdf The retail market prices of fonio reveal the demand for quality characteristics in Bamako, Mali Provedor de dados: 189 Autores: Dury, S.; Meuriot, V.; Fliedel, G.; Blancher, S.; Bore Guindo, F.; Drame, D.; Bricas, N.; Diakite, L.; Cruz, J.F.; EAAE, European Association of Agricultural Economists (NLD). African consumers’ expectations concerning quality of food products are great. In spite of constrained budgets, we showed that market retailed prices revealed quality preferences of the consumers and not only production costs. In very poor countries like Mali, food innovation is limited by the very low purchasing power of the population. However, technological food product or process innovations are possible and sometimes valuable. Demand driven innovation may lead to open new markets, opportunities for small and medium scale enterprises and to improve consumers’welfare. Based on this assumption, technical research was done to provide new food products. In this paper, using both sensory test and a hedonic price approach, we estimated consumer demandfor... Tipo: Meeting Paper Palavras-chave: RETAIL MARKET; FONIO; QUALITY; DEMAND. Ano: 2007 URL: http://www.prodinra.inra.fr/prodinra/pinra/doc.xsp?id=PROD20088a2983a&uri=/notices/prodinra1/2010/12/ Quality Assessment of Summer and Autumn Carrots from a Biodynamic Breeding Project and Correlations of Physico-Chemical Parameters and Features Determined by Picture Forming Methods Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Hagel, I.; Bauer, D.; Haneklaus, S.; Schnug, E. Introduction: Assessment of product quality is of special significance in organic farming and includes the supervision of crop quality in different growing systems (e.g., Fleck et al. 1998) and the characterisation of different cultivars. Several methods have been developed and applied for this purpose, e.g., the physico-chemical analysis of crops, picture forming methods (PFMs) and plant observation. So far only limited information is available on the comparability of these methods. This contribution aims to compare the results of the analysis of physico-chemical parameters of summer and autumn carrots with features determined by PFMs by means of correlation analysis. Conclusions: High and significant correlation coefficients were found between... Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Food security; Food quality and human health Vegetables Breeding; Genetics and propagation Specific methods. Ano: 2000 URL: http://orgprints.org/2191/1/2191%2Dhagel%2Di%2D2000%2Dcarrot%2Difoam.pdf Produktionsaufbau und Qualitätssicherung für Bio-Jungbäume und Bio-Jungreben Provedor de dados: 21 Currently no reliable modern growing methods for high quality plantlets are available for organic fruit tree and grapevine nurseries, suitable for Swiss conditions. Such methods need to be developed. Since 2005 organic fruit and wine producers have to use plantlets from organic nurseries. Currently, prices for these plants are higher and their external quality is lower than that of conventional plants. Therefore organic growers and nurseries have expressed their urgent demand for improved production techniques to reach an “as-conventional” quality of the organic plantlets. carried out on: i) different fertilization concepts; As part of the project on-farm research trials are ii) substitution of ramification-hormones (manual methods or natural... Tipo: Project description Palavras-chave: Viticulture; Fruit and berries. Ano: 2016 Organic egg quality parameters influenced by feed, hen line and forage material Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Hammershøj, Marianne; Steenfeldt, Sanna. Organic eggs make out >15% of the Danish shell egg market. Consumers buy organic eggs based on environmental and animal welfare arguments. However, there is a need for high product quality and diversity of organic eggs to increase the market share further. The overall objective was to investigate different strategies for production of organic eggs of high and differentiable quality regarding appearance (yolk colour and carotenoid composition), sensory quality, shell strength and egg albumen protein content providing more diversified eggs compared with conventional eggs. Specific objectives were to study the effect of hen genotype (layer-type versus “dual purpose”- type), identify new protein feed sources for organic laying hens in order to improve the... Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Food security; Food quality and human health. Ano: 2009 URL: http://orgprints.org/16025/2/16025.pdf Roots and Compost, - organic crop production under reduced nutrient availability Provedor de dados: 21 With plans to phase out manure import from conventional farms, it will become increasingly difficult to secure plant nutrients for organic crops. In the RoCo project we will address this problem through three approaches: 1) study variation in root growth and root hair formation among cultivars of wheat, onion and lettuce, to identify superior cultivars and critical root traits which can be used as breeding objectives for new cultivars for organic farming, 2) study recirculation of urban nutrient sources through composting, to make them good fertilizers and study what make them acceptable for consumers and organic farmers, and 3) with wheat baking quality as example, study whether we can solve some of the quality problems caused by nutrient limitation by... Tipo: Project description Palavras-chave: Food security; Food quality and human health Composting and manuring Recycling; Balancing and resource management Nutrient turnover Breeding; Genetics and propagation Farm nutrient management Quality and evaluation of inputs. Ano: 2016 URL: http://orgprints.org/19625/1/RoCo.pdf Fluorescence-based concept of Naturalness applied to organic processed fruit and vegetables Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Bardeau, F.; Rizkallah, J.; Acharid, A.; Sivault, S.; Neugnot, B.; Kahl, J.; Birlouez, E.; Birlouez, I. Background: According to the European regulation N°834/2007, processing of organic food should preserve the essential qualities of the fresh raw material. Thus, assessment of processed food quality should include verification of the absence of additives and contaminants and preservation of the sensorial, nutritional and health values of the raw material. In this paper, a quantifiable concept of naturalness measuring global quality loss due to processing and storage of raw organic material is proposed. This indicator is based on Front face fluorescence; a global and sensitive technique able to assess in real time and non-destructively these various dimensions of the food quality. Results: A strong relationship between the naturalness levels estimated... Tipo: Journal paper Palavras-chave: Food security; Food quality and human health Processing; Packaging and transportation. Ano: 2011 URL: http://orgprints.org/19475/1/Bardeau_submitted_19475_Journal_Paper.pdf Superb and Marketable Meat from Efficient and Robust Animals Provedor de dados: 21 With the aim to increase the production and market share of organic meat (pork, poultry and young beef), an integrated research and de-velopment effort will take place along the food chain (primary production, product development and market-ing). The hypothesis is that this product segment is presently underdeveloped due to incompatibility between production costs/consumer prices and the experienced quality of the products, and that this incompatibility primarily should be overcome by adding quality in a broad sense to the organic meat products. Among the immaterial qualities are that the animals are healthy as well as robust, are free-ranged, and is more integrated in the land use (relying to a large extent on on-farm resources) than actually present. In... Tipo: Project description Palavras-chave: Food security; Food quality and human health Beef cattle Feeding and growth Breeding and genetics Markets and trade Health and welfare Consumer issues Pigs Poultry. Ano: 2016 URL: http://orgprints.org/19626/1/SUMMER.pdf QLIF Workshop 1: Product quality in organic and low input farming systems. Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Lueck, Lorna; Brandt, Kirsten; Seal, Chris; Rembialkovska, Ewa; Huber, Machtheld; Butler, Gillian; Bennett, Richard; Oughton, Liz; Nicholas, Philipa; Kretzschmar, Ursula; Sundrum, Albert; Leifert, Carlo. QLIF researchers have quantified effects on food quality and health of products such as wheat, forage, apples, milk and meat. The workshop identifies factors which cause variation of the product quality for different commodities. Experimental findings on quality of organic and low input foods will be compared with consumer expectations and attitudes. For selected quality improving measures their economic impact will be analysed. Furthermore, the role of processing in maintaining or improving specific ‘organic’ qualities will be examined. Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Food security; Food quality and human health. Ano: 2008 URL: http://orgprints.org/13376/1/qlif%2Dworkshop1%2D4p%2Dlueck%2Detal%2D2008%2Dfoodquality[1].doc The quality and safety through organic foods supply chain in Bulgaria Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Lubomirova, Miglena; Vassileva, Elka; Ivanova, Daniela; Mishev, Plamen. The organic food market in Bulgaria is newly emerging and is comparatively small. The share of realized Bulgarian organic produce in the country is below 5 %. The purpose of this article is to determine the effect of the structure, management and functioning of food supply chain upon the quality and safety of organic food regarding consumer demand. The scientific research was based on Delphi’s enquiry method and 26 Bulgarian experts were interviewed. The results show that the nature and character of organic food production is one of the most secure and sustainable agricultural productions, which determines the high quality and safety of the final produce. According to experts, food safety in addition to taste and nutritional value is the most important... Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: "Organics" in general Values; Standards and certification Bulgaria Quality and evaluation of inputs Country reports. Ano: 2006 URL: http://orgprints.org/25655/1/Italy_article_final_2006.pdf Protein quality and content of nitrite, nitrate and metals in commercial samples of organic and conventional cold meats. Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Barbieri, Giampiero; Macchiavelli, Leonello; Rivaldi, Patrizia. Twenty-six organic and conventional samples of cold meats were analysed and compared with respect to: meat protein quality, nitrite, nitrate and metal content to verify if organic products have any health advantage that may be attractive to consumers. Proteins quality was assessed by sodium dodecyl sulphate-polyacrilamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) and two-dimensional electrophoresis (2D EF). Nitrite and nitrate content were measured by the Griess reaction. Metals were detected by atomic absorption spectroscopy. Electrophoretic data show differences in the quality of water-soluble proteins in uncooked products, in contrast to thermal treatment results, which revealed no differences between the organic and conventional products, although it is... Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Food security; Food quality and human health Food systems. Ano: 2008 URL: http://orgprints.org/11600/1/Barbieri_11600_ed.doc Relationships between social forms of organic horticultural production and indicators of environmental quality: a multidimensional approach in Brazil Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Bellon, Stéphane; Santiago de Abreu, Lucimar; Valarini, Pedro J. Organic farming (OF) is increasingly considered as a possible alternative for designing a "new rural" in Brazil, where OF covers a wide range of production and certification systems. However, the ways small farmers adopt OF in green belts to meet an urban demand in organic vegetables have not been extensively investigated. Likewise, the impact of such practices on environmental quality components has not been sufficiently documented. Our objective was to relate forms of organisation to environmental assessment in a watershed where organic horticulture significantly contributes to landscape and water quality. We showed how small farmers were organised or how they organised themselves to meet urban demands and develop OF. We assumed that associated practices... Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Community development. Ano: 2005 URL: http://orgprints.org/4312/4/4312%2DBellon_etal_4p_revised%2Ded.pdf Concept for quality management to secure benefits of compost use for soil and plants Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Fuchs, J.G.; Berner, A.; Mayer, J.; Schleiss, K. Use of quality compost can have an important positive impact on soil fertility and plant growth and health. For example, it increases soil humus and improves soil structure and suppressivity towards plant diseases. To obtain these positive results, it is important that the compost quality is appropriate for each use. If used inadequately, the impact of compost can also be negative. The compost producer should be responsible for the quality of his products, and has to communicate the properties of his composts to the users. But to be successful, the compost users have to communicate to the producers the manner in which the compost is to be used. To support compost producers and users in this process, the Swiss producers of compost and digestate published a... Tipo: Journal paper Palavras-chave: Soil. Ano: 2014 URL: http://orgprints.org/26007/1/Fuchs-etal-2014-benefitscompost.pdf Determinants of competition in agro-food trade between Central European Countries and the European Union Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Bojnec, Stefan; Ferto, Imre. This paper investigates determinants of competition in agro-food trade between five transition Central European Countries (CEC-5) (Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia) and the European Union (EU-15) countries during the preenlargement years 1995-2003. We distinguish between one-way exports and imports, and two-way successful and unsuccessful price and quality competition in agro-food trade between the CEC-5 and the EU-15. The effect of trade balance on trade competition is found more significant than the effect of export-import unit values difference. Natural and human factor endowments increase price competition and reduce unsuccessful quality competition. Higher level of economic development reduces quality competition, whereas the... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Competition categories; Determinants; Agro-food trade; Central and Eastern Europe; European Union.; International Relations/Trade. Ano: 2007 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7779 Importance of standardizing raw milk quality for the enhancement of Croatian market competitiveness Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Tolusic, Zoltan; Mijic, P.; Tolusic, M. In the European Union member states (EU), it is necessary to evaluate hygienic condition of milk in order to determine milk price. Similar requirement was set by the Republic of Croatia in 2000. The Rulebook defines minimal quality criteria that fresh raw milk must have in order to be purchased. Upon completion of analysis, milk is classified into quality classes, each having a defined price. Increased value of somatic cell count (SCC) (higher than 400.000/ml) and MO (higher than 100.000/ml) directly decreases the raw milk price, while higher content of fat and protein causes its increase. Since the system of market milk price formation was established, producers have been stimulated to produce milk of higher quality: in a total of milk being purchased,... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Milk quality; Competitiveness; Market; Croatia; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing. Ano: 2006 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10060 Determinants of Dietary Quality: Evidence from Bangladesh Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Rashid, Dewan Arif; Smith, Lisa C.; Rahman, Tauhidur. Whereas a large number of empirical studies have been devoted to analyzing consumer demand for dietary energy (or dietary quantity), much less attention has been paid to the demand for dietary quality, an equally important aspect of food security. To address this gap in the literature, this paper uses data from a nationally representative household expenditure survey conducted in Bangladesh in 2000 on the food acquisition behavior of 7,440 households over a two week period. Two indicators of dietary quality are employed: household protein availability and household diet diversity. Using two-stage least squares regression to correct for the endogeneity of income, we find significant roles of income, education, gender of household head, and prices of key... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety. Ano: 2006 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21326 ESTUDIO PROSPECTIVO ALAÑO 2020 SOBRE LA IMPORTANCIA DE LA CALIDAD DE LA LECHE Y QUESO EN LA CADENAAGROALIMENTARIA LECHE EN EL ESTADO DE HIDALGO, MÉXICO Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Moctezuma Lopez, Fernando; Jolalpa Barrera, Georgel; Espinosa Garcia, Jose Antonio; Cuevas Reyes, Venancio; Romero Santillan, Jose Luis. The prospective analysis is related directly to the future vision, which cannot be guessed, but if it can be visualized and/or be constructed trought to influence that can be had inside the decision making. The prospective analysis milk and cheese quality that appears, comprises of a project financed by the Foundation Hidalgo Produce and operated by the National Institute Forestry, Agricultural and Livestock Research. The agri-food chain milk analysis, two products were selected to be put under the analysis, vision and evaluation of a panelists experts group who trought Delphi type questionnaire, were shaping their qualifications. To work decision with milk and cheese products was in regard they are most important by volume in that they are consumed and by... Tipo: Journal Article Palavras-chave: Agrifood chain; Quality; Milk; Prospection; Cheese.; Agribusiness. Ano: 2008 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/48823 Rice Miller Cluster in Ghana and Its Effects on Efficiency and Quality Improvement Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Sakurai, Takeshi; Furuya, Jun; Futakuchi, Koichi. This paper investigates the roles of industrial cluster on the efficiency of rice milling and the improvement of milled rice quality. The data were obtained in Kumasi area, central Ghana because the enhancement of domestic rice production is a urgent policy issue in this country, but little attention has been paid to the roles of clusters in post-harvest processing and marketing. Among 63 rice millers interviewed in the Kumasi area, 24 millers form a few clusters in the city of Kumasi, while others are scattered over 25 satellite towns around Kumasi, which enables us to examine the effect of the cluster. Regression analyses reveal that rice millers in the Kumasi clusters tend to adopt more advanced technology, and that the innovation increases milling... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Rice; Miller; Industrial cluster; Efficiency; Product quality; Sub-Saharan Africa; Crop Production/Industries. Ano: 2006 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25683 The Designation of Co-benefits and Its Implication for Policy: Water Quality versus Carbon Sequestration in Agricultural Soils Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Secchi, Silvia; Jha, Manoj K.; Kurkalova, Lyubov A.; Feng, Hongli; Gassman, Philip W.; Kling, Catherine L. This study investigates the implications of treating different environmental benefits as the primary target of policy design. We focus on two scenarios, estimating for both of them in-stream sediment, nutrient loadings, and carbon sequestration. In the first, we assess the impact of a program designed to improve water quality in Iowa on carbon sequestration, and in the second, we calculate the water quality impact of a program aimed at maximizing carbon sequestration. In both cases, the policy instrument is the retirement of land from agricultural production. Our results, limited to the state of Iowa, and to the case of set-aside for water quality or carbon sequestration purposes, indicate that the amount of co-benefits depends on what indicators are used... Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper Palavras-chave: Carbon sequestration; Co-benefits; Environmental benefits targeting; Iowa; Land set-aside; Water quality; Environmental Economics and Policy. Ano: 2005 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/18353 GUARANTEED TENDER BEEF: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES FOR A DIFFERENTIATED AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Carriquiry, Miguel A. Replaced with revised copy September 28, 2004 Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper Palavras-chave: Beef tenderness; Guaranteed tender beef; Imperfect testing; Niche marketing; Product differentiation; Quality uncertainty; Value-added agriculture; Livestock Production/Industries. Ano: 2004 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/18437 Impact of Land Institutional Factors on Farm Management and Soil Quality Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Shuhao, Tan. Soil quality has important implications for sustainable agricultural development and food self-sufficiency in many developing countries. A decrease in soil nutrient stocks, one of the components of soil quality, necessitates more inputs and greater management skills in order to compensate for the reduction in nutrients availability. This is why the interaction of agricultural development and soil quality management attracts widespread attention from researchers. Applying plot level data on input/output, and a selected number of soil quality indicators and farm household level information, from the three villages, this paper examines the impact of land fragmentation and land tenure on soil management, the dynamic component of soil quality, crop husbandry... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Land fragmentation; Land tenure; Farm management; Soil quality; Productivity; Farm Management; Land Economics/Use. Ano: 2009 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51662 Can German Wine Cooperatives Compete on Quality? Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Schamel, Guenter. The German Agricultural Society (DLG) manages a multi-round annual quality control scheme where wines undergo a blind, sensory testing procedure using a 5-point scale to determine superior quality wines worthy of an annual award (Bronze, Silver, Gold, and Gold Extra). We develop a hedonic model for the 2005 award competition estimating implicit prices for different product attributes including sensory awards, quality categories, and wine style. We also control for regional origin, variety, color, and age. To discern the impact of ownership structure, we distinguish cooperatives and private wineries. Silver and Bronze awards show significant price effects relative to Gold. We also estimate highly significant price effects between quality categories (e.g.... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Cooperatives; Product Quality; Pricing; Agribusiness; Demand and Price Analysis; Marketing; Q13; L15; D4. Ano: 2009 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51552 Assessment of developing-country urban consumers’ willingness to pay for quality of leafy vegetables: The case of middle and high income consumers in Nairobi, Kenya Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Ngigi, Marther W.; Okello, Julius Juma; Lagerkvist, Carl Johan; Karanja, Nancy; Mburu, John G. The improvement in income in developing countries has led to emergence of middle and high income consumers in urban centers. Improvement in income usually causes the shift to consumption of non-staples including leafy vegetables. Thus in major developing country urban centers there has been rapid expansion of the grocery sections featuring leafy vegetables in leading retail stores. Specialty stores have also emerged featuring broad range vegetables. Many middle and high income consumers shop these stores. This study examines the willing of the middle and high income consumers who shop specialized stores to pay for quality of leafy vegetables and drivers of willingness to pay for quality. The study uses contingent valuation and the payment card method in... Tipo: Journal Article Palavras-chave: Willingness to pay; Food safety; Urban consumers; Leafy vegetables; Kenya; Crop Production/Industries; Demand and Price Analysis. Ano: 2010 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/96191 EVALUATION OF QUALITY ASSURANCE SYSTEMS IN THE AGRI-FOOD SECTOR Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Canavari, Maurizio; Regazzi, Domenico; Spadoni, Roberta. The "quality issue" in the agri-food sector has been gaining importance over the past few years. Firms are continually searching for techniques and tools which permit production of goods that meet as many as possible of the characteristics demanded by the market. Quality assurance methods and techniques can provide a useful tool for approaching evolving markets in the correct way. This paper focuses on a survey conducted in certain sub-sectors (fruit and vegetable, meal and pasta, wine) and is specifically restricted to the Emilia-Romagna region. The survey found that there is extensive awareness of and widespread interest in quality systems. However, the objective of initiating a pattern of renewal which incorporates quality systems has not yet been... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Marketing. Ano: 1998 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14497 Los costes de calidad en las empresas citricolas y su identificacion en el marco del sistema de costes basado en actividades Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Izquierdo, Ricardo Server; Ronco, Alicia Mateos. Resumen La posición competitiva de las empresas en unos mercados cada vez más exigentes, precisa la definición de una estrategia orientada a la capacidad de respuesta a las necesidades del cliente. Las empresas de comercialización citrícola españolas, con productos de escasa diferenciación "per se", basan en gran medida su competitividad en la calidad de sus productos y en su capacidad de adaptación a los requerimientos del cliente. Sin embargo y a pesar de constituir una de sus principales vías de diferenciación, la valoración que estas empresas realizan de los aspectos relacionados con la calidad se centra en estimaciones alejadas de los términos cuantitativos, por lo que se hace necesaria la propuesta de una metodología de evaluación y cuantificación de... Tipo: Journal Article Palavras-chave: Quality; Costs; Citrus companies; Activity based costing system.; Agribusiness; G14; Q14. Ano: 2003 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28749 Does Price Signal Quality? Strategic Implications of Price as a Signal of Quality for the Case of Genetically Modified Food Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Hwang, Yun Jae; Roe, Brian E.; Teisl, Mario F. When products are differentiated and quality is highly subjective (e.g., fashion or art), novel (e.g., a new feature), or difficult to verify prior to purchase (e.g., credence attributes), consumers may turn to price as a signal of quality. Products containing genetically modified (GM) ingredients meet each of these criteria, i.e., GM ingredients are novel, their presence is difficult to verify, and their impact on subjective quality may be viewed differently across individuals with the same knowledge. We add to the limited empirical literature on consumers' use of price as a quality signal by testing for non-monotonicity of consumer demand in price for GM products using data collected from a nationally representative mail survey featuring several... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies. Ano: 2005 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19509 PUBLIC REGULATION AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR TRUST IN QUALITY FOOD MARKETS. WHAT IF THE TRUST SUBSTITUTE CANNOT BE FULLY TRUSTED? Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Anania, Giovanni; Nistico, Rosanna. Most food products can be classified as "credence" goods and regulations exist to provide consumers with a substitute for the lacking information and trust. The paper presents an analysis of the decisions of producers and consumers about a "credence" good in three institutional scenarios, which reflect different levels of credibility of the regulation. The first scenario is a reference scenario in which the regulation is fully credible. In the second case considered there is no regulation, or, if there is, it is totally ineffective. In the third scenario a regulation only partially credible provides consumers with an imperfect substitute for the information and trust they lack. Some of the producers of "low" quality goods share with the producers of "high"... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety. Ano: 2003 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25924 Egg quality of hens fed different digestible lysine and arginine levels Provedor de dados: 89 Autores: Carvalho,FB de; Stringhini,JH; Matos,MS; Café,MB; Leandro,NSM; Gomes,NA; Santana,ES; Jardim Filho,RM. This experiment aimed at evaluating the influence of the supplementation of digestible lysine and digestible arginine at different ratios in the diet fed to layers between 24 to 44 weeks of age on egg quality. In total,320 Lohmann LSL laying hens were allotted according to a completely randomized design in a 2 x 4factorial arrangement, consisting of two digestible lysine levels (700 or 900 mg/kg of diet) and four digestible arginine levels (700, 800, 900,or 1000 mg/kg of diet). Diets contained, therefore, digestible Lys:Arg ratios of 100, 114, 128, and 142 when the diet contained 700 mg digestible lysine per kg of diet, and 78, 89, 100, and 111 when 900 mg digestible lysine per kg was supplemented. The data obtained with digestible arginine levels were... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Antagonism; Digestible amino acid; Egg components; Haugh units. Ano: 2015 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-635X2015000100063 THE ROLE OF MINERAL NUTRITION ON YIELDS AND FRUIT QUALITY IN GRAPEVINE, PEAR AND APPLE Provedor de dados: 94 Autores: BRUNETTO,GUSTAVO; MELO,GEORGE WELLINGTON BASTOS DE; TOSELLI,MORENO; QUARTIERI,MAURIZIO; TAGLIAVINI,MASSIMO. ABSTRACT Fertilization of temperate fruit trees, such as grapevine ( Vitis spp.), apple ( Malus domestica), and pear ( Pyrus communis) is an important tool to achive maximum yield and fruit quality. Fertilizers are provided when soil fertility does not allow trees to express their genetic potential, and time and rate of application should be scheduled to promote fruit quality. Grapevine berries, must and wine quality are affected principally by N, that regulate the synthesis of some important compounds, such as anthocyanins, which are responsible for coloring of the must and the wine. Fermenation of the must may stop in grapes with low concentration of N because N is requested in high amount by yeasts. An N excess may increase the pulp to peel ratio,... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Macronutrients; Micronutrients; Nutritional status; Production; Quality. Ano: 2015 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-29452015000401089 Use of chlrophyll fluorescence sorting to improve soybean seed quality Provedor de dados: 95 Autores: Cicero,Silvio Moure; Schoor,Rob Van Der; Jalink,Henk. The occurrence of green seeded soybeans [Glycine max (L.) Merrill] is a problem closely related to unfavorable climatic conditions, mainly drought, that occurs during the final stages of seed maturation. This problem causes serious losses to soybean seed quality in Brazil. In these seeds, chlorophyll is not properly degraded during maturation, drastically reducing seed quality. Using the chlorophyll fluorescence technique, it is possible to remove green seeds from the seed lot, improving seed quality in several species in which the occurrence of green seeds is also a problem. The objective of this research was to study the use of the chlorophyll fluorescence technique in sorting green seeds from soybean seed samples and its effects on quality. Five seed... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Glycine max (L.) Merrill; Green seeds; Seed maturation; Seed processing; Seed vigor. Ano: 2009 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-31222009000400017 การเพิม่ ประสิทธิภาพการผลิตเมล็ดพันธุ์ข้าวแบบมีส่วนร่ วมของกลุ่มเกษตรกร จังหวัดพระนครศรีอยุธยา Provedor de dados: 106 Autores: Surapol Chatuporn; Kritkamol Paothong; Nipon Teimhong; Alchalie Prasertsak. Research investigated riceseed production by participation of farmer group and seed production recommended by the Department of Rice in comparison with rice seed production by Ban Ma -Tub Nam community enterprise in Bangpahun district of Auyutthaya province. The experiment conducted in dry season 2011 in collaboration with three farmer representatives. Research focused on rice seed quality and economic returns. For rice seed quality, seed production recommended by Rice Department was about thesame quality as seed production by participation of activefarmer groups and quality was higher than seed production commonly practiced by farmers where it produced more number of mixed with other rice varieties and red rice seeds. Comparing rice seed quality... Tipo: PhysicalObject Palavras-chave: Rice; Participation; Productivity; Farmers; Ayutthaya province; ข้าว; เมล็ดพันธุ์; การมีส่วนร่ วม; ประสิ ทธิภาพการผลิต; กลุ่มเกษตรกร; การผลิตเมล็ดพันธุ์; คุณภาพเมล็ดพันธุ์; ต้นทุนการผลิต; ผลตอบแทน; จ.อยุธยา. Ano: 2012 URL: http://anchan.lib.ku.ac.th/agnet/handle/001/5231 ROAD DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC GROWTH, AND POVERTY REDUCTION IN CHINA Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Fan, Shenggen; Chan-Kang, Connie. Since 1978, China has adopted a series of economic reforms leading to rapid economic growth and poverty reduction. National Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew at about 9 percent per annum from 1978 to 2002, while per capita income increased by 8 percent per annum. The post-reform period was also characterized by an unprecedented decline in poverty. However, income inequality has worsened between coastal and interior provinces as well as between rural and urban areas. A number of factors contributed to this widening disparity in regional development in China, including differences in natural resources endowments, and infrastructure and human capital development. When the policy reforms began in 1978, China was poorly endowed with transportation... Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper Palavras-chave: Food Security and Poverty; International Development. Ano: 2004 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/60182 Internal quality of laying hens’ commercial eggs according to storage time, temperature and packaging Provedor de dados: 2 Autores: Guedes, Lis Lorena Melúcio; Souza, Camilla Mariane Menezes; Saccomani, Ana Paula de Oliveira; Faria Filho, Daniel Emygdio de; Suckeveris, Diana; Faria, Douglas Emygdio de. Current assay evaluates the internal quality of eggs of Hy-Line W-36 hens, according to storage time, temperature and packaging. Two equal experiments, starting one day apart, were conducted with 140 eggs each. The two experiments were divided into two phases, from 1 to 9 days and from 9 to 21 days, in a randomized block design. In the 1st phase, the treatments were arranged in a factorial 2 x 3+1, packaging (with or without), time (3, 6 and 9 days), with control on the 1st day. In the 2nd phase, treatments were arranged in a factorial design 2 x 2 + 1, packaging (with or without), cooling (with or without), and control on the 9th day. Egg weight, albumen, yolk and shell percentage, yolk index and Haugh unit were evaluated. The internal quality was reduced... Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article Palavras-chave: 5.04.00.00-2 storage of eggs; Type of packaging; Haugh unit. Ano: 2016 URL: http://periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/ActaSciAnimSci/article/view/28922 Rapid, reliable and inexpensive quality assessment of biotinylated cRNA Provedor de dados: 56 Autores: Zander,T.; Yunes,J.A.; Cardoso,A.A.; Nadler,L.M. The interpretation of oligonucleotide array experiments depends on the quality of the target cRNA used. cRNA target quality is assessed by quantitative analysis of the representation of 5' and 3' sequences of control genes using commercially available Test arrays. The Test array provides an economically priced means of determining the quality of labeled target prior to analysis on whole genome expression arrays. This manuscript validates the use of a duplex RT-PCR assay as a faster (6 h) and less expensive (<US$10) but equally accurate alternative to the Test arrays in determining biotinylated cRNA quality. Forty-one different cRNA samples were hybridized to HG-U133A microarrays from Affymetrix. Ten cRNA samples with a ß-actin 3'/5' ratio >6 were... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Microarray; Biotinylated cRNA; Probe quality; 5' Representation; 3'/5' Ratio. Ano: 2006 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2006000500004 Urban Ethnohydrology: Cultural Knowledge of Water Quality and Water Management in a Desert City Provedor de dados: 7 Autores: Gartin, Meredith; School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University;; Crona, Beatrice; Stockholm Resilience Center, Stockholm University, Sweden; Center for the Study of Institutional Diversity, Arizona State University; [email protected]; Wutich, Amber; School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University; Center for the Study of Institutional Diversity, Arizona State University ;; Westerhoff, Paul; Department of Civil, Environmental and Sustainable Engineering, Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering, Arizona State University ;. Popular concern over water quality has important implications for public water management because it can both empower water utilities to improve service but also limit their ability to make changes. In the desert city of Phoenix, Arizona, obtaining sufficient high-quality water resources for a growing urban population poses a major challenge. Decision makers and urban hydrologists are aware of these challenges to water sustainability but the range of acceptable policy and management options available to them is constrained by public opinion. Therefore, this study examines cultural models of water quality and water management, termed ethnohydrology, among urban residents. The study yields three key findings. First, urban residents appear to have a shared... Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports Palavras-chave: Cultural consensus; Cultural model; Freelist; Perceptions; Phoenix; Urban; Water quality. Ano: 2010 Quality soil management or soil quality management: Performance versus semantics Provedor de dados: 18 Autores: Sojka, R.E.; Upchurch, D.R.; Borlaug, N.E. In the past 200 years, soil science has used reductionist research to develop agricultural technologies that have unlocked the hidden potential of earth's natural systems to feed, clothe, and provide raw materials to the human population of over six billion. The soil quality paradigm seeks to change that scientific approach, the nomenclature of soil science, and institutional priorities for soil management and research. The definition of soil quality is elusive and value-laden. Concerns exist for the paradigm's policy overtones, regional and taxonomic biases, failure to reconcile conceptual contradictions, as well as its ambiguous definitions that are confounded by countless circumstance-specific, function-dependent scenarios. The paradigm does not... Tipo: Article Palavras-chave: Soil quality; Mass Import - autoclassified (may be erroneous). Ano: 2003 URL: http://eprints.nwisrl.ars.usda.gov/157/1/1099.pdf Overview on different sterilization techniques for baby food Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Särkkä-Tirkkonen, Marjo; Väisänen, Hanna-Maija; Beck, Alexander; Kretzschmar, Ursula; Seidel, Katrin. The nutritional quality of the product as well as other quality attributes like microbiological and sensory quality are essential factors in baby food industry, and therefore different alternative sterilizing methods for conventional heating processes are of great interest in this food sector. This report gives an overview on different sterilization techniques for baby food. The report is a part of the work done in work package 3 ”QACCP Analysis Processing: Quality – driven distribution and processing chain analysis“ in the Core Organic ERANET project called Quality analysis of critical control points within the whole food chain and their impact on food quality, safety and health (QACCP). The overall objective of the project is to optimise organic... Tipo: Report Palavras-chave: Food security; Food quality and human health Processing; Packaging and transportation. Ano: 2010 URL: http://orgprints.org/17236/1/Reports60.pdf Evaluation of soil fertility, soil quality, nutritional status and fruit quality in a Citrus orchard in Southern Italy. Provedor de dados: 21 The aim of the work is to evaluate on a long term perspective the effect of application of different organic fertilizers on tree nutritional status, yield, fruits quality and soil fertility in a orange [Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck, cv. ‘Valencia late’], grafted on C. aurantium (L.) orchard cultivated on sandy loam soil, sized 1.8 hectars and located in Eastern Sicily. In a randomized block experimental design with three replicates (60 trees each plot), four treatments are compared. Treatments 1 and 2 receive two different composts; treatment 3 is fertilized using dried poultry manure and the control treatment is treated by mineral/synthetic fertilizers. Every year, each plot receives the same amount of total N, matching the needs of the crop.... Tipo: Research facility description Palavras-chave: Nutrient turnover Food security; Food quality and human health Soil quality Fruit and berries. Ano: 2016 Assessment of current procedures for animal food production chains and critical control points regarding their safety and quality: preliminary results from the Organic HACCP-project Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Wyss, Gabriela; Brandt, Kirsten. Within the 5th EU-framework project “Recommendations for improved procedures for securing consumer oriented food safety and quality of certified organic foods from plough to plate“(QLRT-2002-02245; “Organic HACCP”), a systematic analysis was carried out among selected certified organic food production chains, such as eggs and milk but also wheat bread,cabbage, tomatoes, apples and wine, to investigate current procedures of production management and quality assurance. For each of seven quality and safety criteria, such as microbial toxins and abiotic contaminants, potential pathogens, natural plant toxicants, freshness and taste, nutrient content and food additives, fraud as well as social and ethical aspects the information was analysed to identify... Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Food security; Food quality and human health. Ano: 2005 URL: http://orgprints.org/4999/1/Wyss-2005-SAFO-HACCP.pdf Quality of carrots as affected by pre- and postharvest factors and processing Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Seljåsen, Randi; Kristensen, Hanne L.; Lauridsen, Charlotte; Wyss, Gabriela S.; Kretzschmar, Ursula; Birlouez-Aragone, Inès; Kahl, Johannes. The aim of this review is to provide an update on factors contributing to quality of carrots, with special focus on the role of preand postharvest factors and processing. The genetic factor shows the highest impact on quality variables in carrots, causing a 7–11-fold difference between varieties in content of terpenes, β-carotene, magnesium, iron and phenolics as well as a 1–4-fold difference in falcarindiol, bitter taste and sweet taste. Climate-related factors may cause a difference of up to 20-fold for terpenes, 82% for total sugars and 30–40% for β-carotene, sweet taste and bitter taste. Organic farming in comparison with conventional farming has shown 70% higher levels for magnesium and 10% for iron. Low nitrogen fertilisation level may cause up to... Tipo: Journal paper Palavras-chave: Food security; Food quality and human health Crop health; Quality; Protection Post harvest management and techniques. Ano: 2013 URL: http://orgprints.org/25315/1/Quality%20of%20carrots%20as%20affected%20by%20pre-%20and%20postharvest%20factors%20a nd%20processing.pdf Quality Differentiation as a Strategy for the Viability of Traditional Olive Farming in Trás-os-Montes Region Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Baptista, Alberto; Biswas, Pradip. Despite special quality of the olive oil of Trás-os-Montes (TM), producers fail to create niche market and raise price commensurate with the high cost. Some local manufacturers made some attempts to establish special brands for their oil and the association of the local producers (AOTAD) made the required efforts to bring the product of the region under PDO, designated as Azeite de Trás-os-Montes DOP. Only a small part of the marketed product is sold under PDO (4%) and a fraction of which is sold under some brand till date. The cost structure of olive oil depends on multiple factors - the type of production system (traditional or intensive), plant variety, inclination of plots and productivity, among others. The harvesting cost in general represents more... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Olive Oil in Trás-os-Montes; Quality Differentiation; Viability; Traditional Farming; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Labor and Human Capital. Ano: 2010 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95325 Contracting for Consistency: Hog Quality and the Use of Marketing Contracts Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Jang, Jongick; Sykuta, Michael E. Achieving consistency in hog quality has been one of the greatest challenges in the US pork industry. Packers, processors and retailers all ranked lack of uniformity in live hogs, carcasses, and retail cuts with regard to size and backfat as the most important quality issue facing the industry in the mid 1990s (NPPC, Pork Quality Audit, 1994), and quality consistency continues to be a leading industry concern (Martinez and Zering, 2004). The past 15 years have also witnessed dramatic changes in the organization of the US hog industry. In 1993, over 82% of hogs were sold through spot markets while 11% were sold under marketing contracts. By 2005, only 11% of hogs were sold through spot markets, with 67% sold under marketing contracts and over 20% owned... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries. Ano: 2008 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/5966 Credibility of Collective Brand as a Source of Equity: An Empirical Application for Spanish Wine Market Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Dopico, Domingo Calvo; Blazquez, F.; Tudoran, Alina. The appearance of consumers groups increasingly concerned about the quality of food products, together with an increasingly competitive environment and domestic saturated markets, has led companies to achieving differentiated quality. The wine sector is immersed in this situation. Valuation of this differentiation by consumers will not happen by complying with certain standards or technical specifications, but rather it has to be perceived by consumers. Unlike experts, consumers cannot easily know which properties are intrinsic to products, which are those that give them their quality. There is, thus, a problem of uncertainty regarding the quality of products. This problem becomes more complex when consumers are faced with many alternatives of a similar... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Collective brand; Quality; Perceived risk; Equity; Consumer Behaviour; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety. Ano: 2009 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58009 Jute Retting Process: Present Practice and Problems in Bangladesh Provedor de dados: 111 Autores: Ali, Md. Rostom; Kozan, Osamu; Rahman, Anisur; Islam, Khandakar Tawfiq; Hossain, Md. Iqbal. Jute retting process is one of the important responsible factors for quality of jute fiber. Scarcity of jute retting water in some areas of Bangladesh is one of the major issues. The main purpose of this study was provided information about the status of present jute retting process as well as mentioned the advantages and disadvantages of different jute retting processes. Data about traditional jute retting process and ribbon retting process were collected through personal interview from the jute growers. The farmers are involved in jute cultivation and majority of them use the traditional method and time consuming approach of retting in ponds/canals. The traditional method hampers the quality of the jute fiber, fish cultivation and pollutes the... Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article Palavras-chave: Post-harvest; Jute retting; Environment Jute retting; Water shortage; Environment; Ribbon retting; And Quality fiber. Ano: 2015 URL: http://www.cigrjournal.org/index.php/Ejounral/article/view/3212 Influence of grape transport and destemming systems on the quality of Chardonnay wines Provedor de dados: 111 Autores: Catania, Pietro; De Pasquale, Claudio; Morello, Giuseppe; Vallone, Mariangela. The winemaking technology plays a very important role in enology as it directly influences the characteristics of wine. In particular, grape transport and destemming are critical steps in winemaking for the wine quality. The aim of this study was to compare two different processing lines of Chardonnay grapes to evaluate their effects on the quality of the final product. In particular, grapes receiving, transporting and destemming were performed using different machines in order to evaluate their influence on the quality of Chardonnay wines. The use of a receiving hopper equipped with a belt conveyor, followed by a destemmer equipped with partially coated rubber beaters, allowed to obtain Chardonnay wines of overall higher quality than using a receiving... Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article Palavras-chave: Agricultural Mechanization; Post harvest processing belt conveyor destemmer screw conveyor winemaking. Ano: 2016 URL: http://www.cigrjournal.org/index.php/Ejounral/article/view/3581 Milk quality according to the daily range in farm production in the Mesoregion Central Mineira and Oeste of Minas Gerais regions, Brazil Provedor de dados: 45 Autores: Borges,L.R.; Fonseca,L.M.; Martins,R.T.; Oliveira,M.C.P.P. The objective of this work was to characterize milk production from the Central Mineira and Oeste Mesoregions regions in Minas Gerais State, Brazil, according to quality parameters such as somatic cell count, total bacteria count, and composition for specific production ranges. Average results for milk fat, protein, total and nonfat solids were compliant with Brazilian legal requirements (IN-62/2011) in all the production ranges selected. Average somatic cell counts (SCC) complied with the legal requirements of 600,000 cells/mL, except for the range with a daily production above 1,000 liters. However, average maximum values of 400,000 cells/mL are recommended for good milk quality. Total bacterial count was the most critical quality factor, with the... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Milk quality; Somatic cell count; Total bacterial count; Central Mineira mesoregion. Ano: 2013 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-09352013000400041 New protein sources in adults diet for mass-rearing of Anastrepha fraterculus (Diptera:Tephritidae) Provedor de dados: 52 Autores: Morelli,Renata; Costa,Karen Zamboni; Fagioni,Kenya Martins; Costa,Maria de Lourdes Zamboni; Nascimento,Antônio Souza do; Pimentel,Rodrigo Meirelles de Azevedo; Walder,Julio Marcos Melges. The aim of this study was to find alternatives to reduce the cost of mass production of the South American fruit fly (A. fraterculus) by looking for locally available products as protein source in the diet of adults to replace the imported product without changing the quality parameters. Two yeast from a Brazilian company were evaluated. The quality parameters showed that the imported hydrolyzed yeast used in the adult diet could be perfectly replaced by the local products tested, with a reduction of over 80% of the cost of the diet. The quality of the produced insects remained the same and there were improvements in some quality parameters such as the volume of eggs produced, number of adults flying and longevity under the stress. Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: South American fruit fly; Yeasts; Aminoacids; Insect nutrition; Quality control. Ano: 2012 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132012000600004 Thermocyclops decipiens (Kiefer, 1929) (Copepoda, Cyclopoida) as indicator of water quality in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil Provedor de dados: 52 Autores: Landa,Giovanni Guimarães; Barbosa,Francisco Antonio Rodrigues; Rietzler,Arnola Cecilia; Maia-Barbosa,Paulina Maria. The aim of this work was to study the possible utilization of Thermocyclops decipiens as indicator of the trophic degree and water quality of some watersheds of the state of Minas Gerais. From the beginning of the decade of 90, T. decipiens was recorded in several water collections of the state, including the basins of the rivers Paranaíba, São Francisco, Doce and Grande, within environments mainly of meso and eutrophics characteristics. Of the 28 places of occurrence of the species and according to the water quality index (WQI) used by Environmental Foundation of Minas Gerais (FEAM), 7 of these environments presented WQI good, 16 medium, 4 bad and one very bad. This classification corroborated the hypothesis that T. decipiens could be used as indicator... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Thermocyclops decipiens; Water quality; Bioindicator. Ano: 2007 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132007000400015 ATP - bioluminescence as a technique to evaluate the microbiological quality of water in food industry Provedor de dados: 52 Autores: Costa,Patrícia Dolabela; Andrade,Nélio José de; Passos,Frederico José Vieira; Brandão,Sebastião César Cardoso; Rodrigues,Carolina Gonçalves Freire. ATP-bioluminescence was used to evaluate the microbiological quality of water samples collected from the water supply, the water treatment system and from a dairy plant, including ammonia-cooling water and industrial water. For industrial water, there was relation between the ATP-bioluminescence technique and microbial count. There were no differences (p>0.05) between water supply and ammonia-cooling water samples for total and free ATP concentrations nor for the microbial counts. Different microbial ATP concentrations were found for these water samples. The results suggested that the physical chemical quality of ammonia cooling water decreased the RLU measurements slightly. It could be concluded that the total ATP concentration was the most effective... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Water quality; ATP-bioluminescence measurement; Food industry. Ano: 2004 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132004000300010 Environmental quality evaluation of lakes in the Rio Grande do Sul coastal plain Provedor de dados: 52 Autores: Pedrozo,Catarina da Silva; Rocha,Odete. The purpose of the present work was to evaluate the environmental quality of Marcelino, Pinguela, Peixoto, Palmital, Malvas and Do Passo lakes, interconnected by canals and located in the district of Osório, RS. In this context, 29 physical and chemical variables were analyzed with sampling carried out in January, May, July and October 1997 to verify the environmental quality of the system and the existence of a gradient of quality. Canonical Analysis was applied to the data of all environmental variables measured, and showed that the lakes had different characteristics as a consequence of the organic pollution received. Marcelino lake received continuous input of organic matter from the sewage treatment works in the town of Osório, whereas Peixoto,... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Castal lakes; Water quality; Environmental variables; Limnological characteristics. Ano: 2007 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132007000400013 Correlation between high molecular weight gluten subunits composition and bread-making quality in Brazilian wheat Provedor de dados: 54 Autores: Schuster,Ivan; Souza,Moacil Alves de; Cardoso,Antônio Américo; Sediyama,Carlos Sigueyuki; Moreira,Maurílio Alves. Bread-making quality is one of the most important targets in the genetic improvement of wheat. Although extensive analyses of quality traits such as farinography, sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) sedimentation, alveography, and baking are made in breeding programs, these analyses require high amounts of seeds which are obtained only in late generations. In this experiment the statistical correlations between the high molecular weight subunit of glutenin and bread-making quality measured by alveograph, farinograph and SDS sedimentation were evaluated. Seventeen wheat genotypes were grown under the same conditions, each producing about 1 kg of seeds for the evaluations. The high molecular weight (HMW) glutenin subunits were analyzed by SDS-PAGE. Statistical... Tipo: Journal article Ano: 1997 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-84551997000400019 Sleep disorder or simple sleep ontogeny? Tendency for morningness is associated with worse sleep quality in the elderly Provedor de dados: 56 Autores: Barbosa,A.A.; Miguel,M.A.L.; Tufik,S.; Sabino,F.C.; Cendoroglo,M.S.; Pedrazzoli,M. The objective of this study was to evaluate the alterations in sleep and circadian parameters during the aging process. The study sample comprises volunteers older than 18 up to 90 years of age that answered the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) and the Horne and Östberg circadian preference questionnaire. We observed that the shift to morningness with increasing age is associated with a significant worsening in sleep quality. We discuss that this sleep profile characterized by morningness and worse sleep quality observed in elderly, when compared to younger people, reflects not necessarily a pathological state, but an expected profile for this age group. Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Elderly; Sleep quality; Circadian rhythmicity; Chronotype; Sleep ontogeny. Ano: 2016 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2016001000606 Effect of microbiological characteristics of raw milk on the quality of whole milk powder Provedor de dados: 58 Autores: Oliveira,Carlos Augusto Fernandes de; Mestieri,Lucinéia; Santos,Marcos Veiga; Moreno,José Franchini Garcia; Spers,Aleksandrs; Germano,Pedro Manuel Leal. The relationship between microbiological characteristics of raw milk and the quality of high-heat whole powder made from it was investigated. To this end, 16 lots of milk standardized for fat and non-fat solids were used. Powder average levels of mesophiles and psychrotrophs were 7.8 x 10¹ and 4.0 x 10¹ CFU/g, respectively, and these values correlated positively (P < 0.05) with the corresponding raw milk counts (8.1 x 10(6) and 1.8 x 10(7) CFU/g, respectively). A significant positive correlation (P < 0.05) was also observed between raw milk psychrotroph counts and titratable acidity of milk powder (range: 0.15 - 0.19 as % lactic acid). Samples of powder produced from raw milk with higher psychrotroph levels were found to have higher insolubility... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Milk powder; Microbiological quality; Physical and chemical quality. Ano: 2000 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822000000200006 The influence of water management and environmental conditions on the chemical composition and beverage quality of coffee beans Provedor de dados: 61 Autores: Silva,Emerson A. da; Mazzafera,Paulo; Brunini,Orivaldo; Sakai,Emílio; Arruda,Flávio B.; Mattoso,Luiz Henrique C.; Carvalho,Cássia R. L.; Pires,Regina Célia M. The influence of environmental conditions and irrigation on the chemical composition of green coffee beans and the relationship of these parameters to the quality of the beverage were investigated in coffee plantations in the regions of Adamantina, Mococa and Campinas, in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. The chemical composition and physical aspects of green coffee beans produced in the three regions were related through Principal Component Analyses (PCA) to the quality of beverage, as determined by sensorial and electronic analyses. The chemical composition was affected by the environmental conditions. Some differences in cup quality were detected by the electronic method but not by cup tasting. Irrigation was not a major factor affecting chemical... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Air temperature; Beverage; Coffee quality; Nitrogen compounds. Ano: 2005 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1677-04202005000200006 Use of Enzymatic Biosensors as Quality Indices: A Synopsis of Present and Future Trends in The Food Industry Provedor de dados: 117 Autores: Serna Cock,Liliana; Zetty Arenas,Ana María; Ayala Aponte,Alfredo. Biosensors are an important alternative in the food industry to ensure the quality and safety of products and process controls with effective, fast and economical methods. Their technology is based on a specific biological recognition element in combination with a transducer for signal processing. The use of enzymatic biosensor technology in food processing, quality control and on-line processes is promising compared to conventional analytical techniques, as it offers great advantages due to size, cost, specificity, fast response, precision and sensitivity. This article reviews the development and use of some enzyme biosensors in the food industry, describes the most important application areas and analyzes the current situation and future possibilities.... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Biosensors; Enzymes; Analysis in food; Safety; Quality; Control processes. Ano: 2009 URL: http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-58392009000200017 Environmental Effects of Irrigation in Arid and Semi-Arid Regions Provedor de dados: 117 Autores: Fernández Cirelli,Alicia; Arumí,José Luis; Rivera,Diego; Boochs,Peter W. This article reviews the state of the art with respect to the environmental effects of irrigated agriculture on water and soil quality in arid and semi-arid regions on a field scale. Information is scarce and fragmentary. Examples in selected areas of other arid and semi-arid regions in the world clearly show the importance of studying the environmental impact of irrigation practices on water and soil quality. Studies mainly refer to waterlogging and salinization. As regards agrochemicals, fertilizers have been taken into account through nitrate leaching. The impact of micropollutants such as pesticides and heavy metals on water and soil quality is studied mainly by modeling. Pharmaceutical compounds emerge as pollutants when wastewater is used for... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Irrigation; Water quality; Soil quality; Agrochemicals; Micropollutants. Ano: 2009 URL: http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-58392009000500004 Water quality index in two land use situations in the Mantiqueira Range Provedor de dados: 64 Autores: Pinto,Leandro Campos; Mello,Carlos Rogério de; Ferreira,Daniel Furtado; Ávila,Léo Fernandes. The use of a large number of water quality indicators increases the costs of streamflow monitoring throughout the time. Principal Component Analysis (PCA) can be considered a promised tool for water resources management, allowing a reduction in the dimensionality of the data and facilitating their analyses. This study aimed to obtain a water quality index (WQI) to characterize the Mantiqueira Range region. Water quality indicators from a sub-basin entirely occupied by Atlantic Forest and from another predominantly occupied by pasture were normalized and used to compose the WQI. The normalized values were submitted to a PCA evaluation and the WQI was then calculated. The Indicators with greatest weight, according to the PCA, were total coliform, nitrate,... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Atlantic Forest; Springs; Environmental indicators; Principal components analysis. Ano: 2013 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-70542013000400007 Nutritional quality and bioactive compounds of partially defatted baru almond flour Provedor de dados: 116 Autores: Siqueira,Ana Paula Silva; Pacheco,Maria Teresa Bertoldo; Naves,Maria Margareth Veloso. This study aimed to investigate the nutritional quality and bioactive potential of partially defatted baru (Dipteryx alataVog.) almond flour (BAF). The flour&#8217;s proximate and mineral compositions, total phenolic, tocopherols and carotenoids contents, antioxidant capacity, trypsin inhibitor and amino acid analyses were performed. An experiment was conducted with 24 male Wistar rats in order to evaluate the flour&#8217;s protein quality. BAF has high protein, fiber and mineral contents (iron, zinc, magnesium and copper), and it is a source of calcium. BAF presented relevant amounts of total phenolics (625 mg/100g) and good antioxidant capacity (130 &#181;mol/Trolox eq). Autoclaved BAF showed essential amino acids profile, digestibility and... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Baru seed; Protein; Chemical composition; Amino acids; Antioxidants. Ano: 2015 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-20612015000100127 Influence of the addition of lupine protein isolate on the protein and technological characteristics of dough and fresh bread with added Brea Gum Provedor de dados: 116 Autores: López,Estela Patricia. The effect of protein lupine isolate (LI) and addition of brea gum (BG) on a basic bread formulation is described. The major objective of this research was to evaluate the influence of the addition of LI on the quality and quantity of the proteins of fresh bread with BG. Protein quality was determinate by the Chemical Score method corrected for protein digestibility (CSCD%). The bread dough characteristics were determined by farinograph and alveograph. Fresh bread characterization was performed by measuring the physical parameters and evaluating the crumb structure. The effect of LI and BG on available lysine, the loss of available lysine ratio, and the chemical composition of the breads were also determined. The addition of LI on the bread formulation... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Protein lupine isolate; Brea gum; Dough characteristics; Bread quality. Ano: 2014 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-20612014000100028 Peroxidase activity and sensory quality of ready to cook mixed vegetables for soup: combined effect of biopreservatives and refrigerated storage Provedor de dados: 116 Autores: Alvarez,María Victoria; Moreira,María del Rosario; Ponce,Alejandra. Enzymatic senescence processes and browning of fresh cut vegetables negatively affect their sensory properties and nutritional value and finally result in the rejection of affected products by consumers. In order to prevent quality decay, the combined effects of natural antioxidants and storage temperature on peroxidase activity and sensory attributes (overall visual quality, browning and odor) of individual and mixed vegetables for soup (butternut squash, leek and celery) were evaluated. Fresh cut vegetables were treated with antioxidant solutions as tea tree essential oil (15 &#956;l/mL), propolis extract (15 &#956;l/mL) and gallic acid (2 mg/mL) and stored at optimal (5 &#176;C) and abusive (15 &#176;C) temperature for a maximum of 14... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Ready to use vegetables; Antioxidants; Bioactive compounds; Shelf life; Preservation technologies; Quality changes. Ano: 2015 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-20612015000100086 Effect of wheat flour protein variations on sensory attributes, texture and staling of Taftoon bread Provedor de dados: 116 Autores: Salehifar,Mania; Ardebili,Mehdi Seyedein; Azizi,Mohammad Hosein. The quality of flat breads depends in part on the textural properties of breads during storage. These properties are largely affected by flour protein quality and quantity. The present study aimed to examine differences between sensory properties, textural and staling of Tandoori breads made from flours of different quality and different quantities of protein. This was implemented by using three flours with 9.4, 11.5 and 13.5% protein contents and different protein qualities shown by Zeleney sedimentation volume 16.25, 22.75 and 23.25 mL respectively. Bread strips were submitted to uniaxial compression between two parallel plates on an Instron Universal Testing machine, and firmness of the breads was determined. Results indicated the differences in the... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Flat bread; Protein; Staling; Texture. Ano: 2010 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-20612010000300041 Effect of different proportions of brea gum in the functional characteristics of wheat flour starch: impact on the physical quality of bread Provedor de dados: 116 Autores: LÓPEZ,Estela Patricia; JIMÉNEZ,Patricia Liliana. The aim of this work was to study the changes induced by BG in the behaviour of wheat starch, and observe the influence of these variations on the quality of a basic white bread. The effect of four BG addition levels in the wheat flour functional characteristics (WAI, WSI, and pasting properties) and bread quality (physical parameters, crumb grain structure, moisture and hardness) was investigated. The highest levels of BG (1% and 2%) decreased the peak viscosity, and increased the stability and setback of the flour. This was due to a lower gelatinization of the starch granules, caused by a competition for water between the hydrocolloid and starch. These changes influenced the bread quality. The loaves added with 1% and 2% of BG presented smaller alveoli:... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Brea gum; Wheat flour; Bread. Ano: 2016 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-20612016000100083 Research on the quality of the wine grapes in corridor area of China Provedor de dados: 116 Autores: Cheng,Guo; Fa,Jie-Qiong; Xi,Zhu-Mei; Zhang,Zhen-Wen. The corridor area of Gansu Province is one of the most important wine grape growing regions in China, and this strip of land results in a significant difference in terms of terroir between its regions. Chemical composition and antioxidant capacity of the main wine grape varieties (Vitis vinifera L.) cultivated in the corridor area of Gansu Province in northwest China were compared. Three regions (Zhangye, Wuwei, and Jiayuguan) were selected to explain the influence of soil and climate conditions on the quality of wine grapes. This study aims to investigate the effect of different regions on berry composition and antioxidant capacity, providing a general evaluation of red and white wine grapes quality in the corridor area of China. The results showed that... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Grape varieties; Corridor area; Berry composition; Antioxidant capacity. Ano: 2015 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-20612015000100038 Oil quality of passion fruit seeds subjected to a pulp-waste purification process Provedor de dados: 65 Autores: Regis,Suelen Alvarenga; Resende,Eder Dutra de; Antoniassi,Rosemar. Passion fruit seeds must be clean and dry before the extraction processing to obtain high-quality oil for edible and cosmetic purposes. This research studies the viability of a cleaning process of seeds by evaluating the oil quality. The research examined 2 maturation stages of the fruit and one purification process of the seeds, compared to the control. The oil quality was evaluated by fatty acid composition, acidity, peroxide value and oxidative stability. The pulp waste suffered a thermal treatment in an alkaline water solution at 60&#176;C for 10min and was further purified in an experimental decanter. In the control treatment, the pulp waste was processed using only water at ambient conditions. The passion fruit seeds were totally cleaned by the... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Passiflora edulis; Industrial processing; Seed by-products; Pulp waste. Ano: 2015 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-84782015000600977 Water quality of the reservoirs used for irrigation in São José dos Pinhais, Paraná State, Brazil Provedor de dados: 65 Autores: Jarek,Tiago Miguel; Souza,Jorge Luiz Moretti de; Favaretto,Nerilde; Ruaro,Lucimeris. ABSTRACT: Land use outside its agricultural potential and low vegetation cover in the watershed impair the quality of water used for irrigation and may contribute to the spread of pathogenic coliform bacteria. The objective of this study was to relate the quality of irrigation water with the intensity and type of land use and the rainfall in a vegetable-producing region of São José dos Pinhais, Paraná. Water samples were collected monthly in 2013 from two reservoirs and one preserved source. After collection, the samples were chilled in Styrofoam boxes and transported to the laboratory for analyses of the total and thermotolerant coliforms. Effect of land use was analyzed by probability estimation trees. High land use and weekly above average rainfall... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Coliform; Watershed; Land use. Ano: 2016 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-84782016000400626 Water use fund applied to land cover characterization and water quality analysis to support hydrographic basin committee decisions in Brazil Provedor de dados: 25 Autores: Dias, Nelson Wellausen; Batista, Getulio Teixeira; Targa, Marcelo dos Santos. Artigo aceito para apresentação no IWA International Congress, Vienna, 7-12 set 2008. 8p. Tipo: Article Palavras-chave: Geospatial environmental database; Water quality; Water resource assessment. Ano: 2008 URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2315/144 Using Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems to Study Urban Quality of Life and Urban Forest Amenities Provedor de dados: 7 Autores: Jensen, Ryan; Indiana State University; [email protected]; Gatrell, Jay; ;; Boulton, Jim; ;; Harper, Bruce; ;. This study examines urban quality of life by assessing the relationship between observed socioeconomic conditions and urban forest amenities in Terre Haute, Indiana, USA. Using remote-sensing methods and techniques, and ordinary least squares regression, the paper determines the relationship between urban leaf area and a population density parameter with median income and median housing value. Results demonstrate positive correlations between urban leaf area, population density, and their interaction with median income and median housing value. Furthermore, leaf area, density, and their interaction statistically account for observed variance in median income and median housing value, indicating that these variables may be used to study observed... Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports Palavras-chave: Leaf area index; Remote sensing; Urban forestry; Urban quality of life. Ano: 2005 Several regulations in gravity table in quality of tobacco seeds Provedor de dados: 70 Autores: Gadotti,Gizele I.; Baudet,Leopoldo; Villela,Francisco A. The use of gravity table can result in improved quality of seeds of several species, demonstrating the superiority of the quality attributes of seeds collected in the top positions in relation to the lower positions of the discharge zone of the gravity table. The availability of information on tobacco seeds, particularly on the action of gravity table, has not been addressed in the literature. The present study was to evaluate the influence of different regulations in the gravity table on the quality of tobacco seeds. The terminal edge of the machine of 50 cm width was divided into four parts plus the outlet for stones. The treatments were in the following fractions: original seed (obtained in the feed hopper), heavy seed (at the top), middle high,... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Nicotiana tabacum; Processing; Vigor; Sanity. Ano: 2012 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-69162012000200016 Pedological characterization and land use and occupation: influences on water quality in a watershed located in the zona da mata (MG) Provedor de dados: 70 Autores: Andrade,Luana C. R.; Marques,Eduardo A. G.; Felicori,Thaís de C. In order to verify the influence of class and use and occupation of land on water quality, it was performed the characterization and analyzes of land use and monitoring of seven springs inserted in a watershed located in the rural of Viçosa city - Minas Gerais (MG) state, in Brazil. Through soil analyzes, carried out in five different profiles, it was possible to identify three distinct pedological classes: Argisol, Cambisol and Latosol. Furthermore, the concentrations of Fe, Mn, Cu, Zn, Cr, Cd, Pb and Ni were identified in each of the horizons in the considered profiles. Water samples were collected and analyzed monthly, over eight months, twenty two parameters of water quality. Comparing the results of each survey, it was possible to identify a relation... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Soil characteristics; Water quality; Rural watershed. Ano: 2013 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-69162013000400021 Tabular cusum control charts of chemical variables applied to the control of surface water quality Provedor de dados: 70 Autores: Follador,Franciele A. C.; Boas,Márcio A. Vilas; Schoenhals,Marlise; Hermes,Eliane; Rech,Clovis. The aim of this study was to evaluate the application possibility of tabular CUSUM control charts in the quality control of chemical variables in surface water. It was performed bibliographic and field research to collect water samples from 2003 to 2009, totaling 30 samples, some monthly and others semi-annual in order to observe the variables that regulate water quality. It was found that these charts may be applied to control the quality of river water; showing to be effective in the perception of changes during the process, especially for small samples (n=1) which there is no repetition as in this research. It was also concluded that the Mandurim River does not presents significant levels of pollution. Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Environmental planning; Control charts; Water quality. Ano: 2012 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-69162012000500014 Plant spacing and pollen quantity on yield and quality of squash seeds Provedor de dados: 75 Autores: Lima,Márcio S. de; Cardoso,Antonio I. I.; Verdial,Marcelo F. Squash seeds yield and quality can be improved by proper population plant spacing and the pollen quantity, which influences the pollination quality and fertilization. Nine experiments were conducted as a factorial combination of three spacing between plants (0.8 x 0.3, 0.8 x 0.6 and 0.8 x 0.9 m), two quantities of pollen (50% of an anther and another entire one) and natural insect pollination. Seed and fruit production parameters, and seed quality were evaluated. A randomized complete block design, five replications, with ten plants per plot was adopted. Larger plant spacing increased the average number of mature fruits and seed yield per plant. Seed yield was directly proportional to the amount of pollen used during pollination. Higher amounts of pollen... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Cucurbita pepo L.; Pollination; Germination; Vigor. Ano: 2003 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-05362003000300005 Anais. Provedor de dados: 14 Autores: SIMPÓSIO INTERNACIONAL SOBRE TECNOLOGIA DE PROCESSAMENTO E QUALIDADE DA CARNE DE AVES, 1999, Concórdia. Recentes avancos do efeito da nutricao no crescimento especifico de componentes da carcaca de frangos de corte; Demanda de produtos nos mercados interno e externo; Relationship between broiler feed withdrawal and carcass microbiological quality; Influence of pre-slaughter events on broiler carcass quality and yields; Sistema de monitoramento para o refile de file de peito e a desossona de coxa de frango; Selection tools for the next decade; Overview of Escherichia coli (E.coli) on poultry; Practical strategies to reduce pathogens in the plant; Conceitos atuais de qualidade em produtos de frango: efeito da nutricao na fase inicial; Effects of gas and electrical stunning methods on meat quality; Atordoamento de aves em atmosfera controlada; Embalagens de... Tipo: Documentos (INFOTECA-E) Palavras-chave: Ave; Carne; Processamento; Qualidade; Congresso; Poultry; Meat; Processing; Quality; Meeting. Ano: 1999 URL: http://www.infoteca.cnptia.embrapa.br/handle/doc/436889 Definition and Application of a Quality Estimator for Multibeam Echosounders Provedor de dados: 5 Autores: Ladroit, Yoann; Lurton, Xavier; Sintes, Christophe; Augustin, Jean-marie; Garello, Rene. For modern multibeam echosounders, the use of a robust and reliable quality estimator associated with each sounding is an absolute necessity. Indeed, due to the large volume of data acquired, a lot of time is lost, both during the survey and the post-processing. This is a costly problem for hydrographers. The definition of a quality estimator based on the characteristics of the beamformed signal gives an answer to this problem. It has been successfully implemented by several sonar manufacturers and its relevance in measuring the quality of each sounding has been demonstrated. The defined Quality Factor can also be used directly in the sonar measurement process, such as in detection algorithm, in order to improve the performance of the systems. This makes... Tipo: Text Ano: 2012 URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00106/21728/20275.pdf Egg quality in domesticated and wild seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax): A proteomic analysis Provedor de dados: 5 Autores: Crespel, Amlie; Rime, Helene; Fraboulet, Erwann; Bobe, Julien; Fauvel, Christian. In order to improve Our understanding of factors determining egg quality in fish, seabass egg batches obtained from 34 females held under standard conditions, were assessed for biological performances and a fraction from each batch was subjected to proteomic analysis. Comparison of proteomic patterns from eggs of different quality revealed differential protein spots among which one was identified as Nucleoside Diphosphate Kinase, a highly conserved protein involved in cell proliferation. This study shows that molecular markers may help understand factors determining egg quality in fish. Tipo: Text Palavras-chave: Seabass; NDK; Egg quality; Proteome. Ano: 2008 URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2008/publication-6555.pdf Echinoderm egg and larval quality as a function of adult nutritional state Provedor de dados: 5 Autores: George, Sb. Differences in egg and larval quality for some sea urchins and seastars were investigated in the field acid in the laboratory. In the field, sea urchins and seastars found at sites with an abundant supply of food were larger, and they produced large numbers of large, high quality eggs. For some female seastars, nutritional history determined the response to variation in food supply in the laboratory. While an increase in food ration did not affect the size of eggs produced by females from the favorable site, an increase in food ration led to an increase in egg size for those from the less favorable site. For all the echinoderms examined, egg numbers decreased when conditions became unfavorable. Larvae from females living in favorable environments grew and... Tipo: Text Ano: 1996 URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00094/20488/18158.pdf Product differentiation and quality approach in the French market for oysters and mussels. Provedor de dados: 5 Autores: Charles, Erwan; Paquotte, Philippe. France is one of the world top producers of oysters and mussels by aquaculture with 140 000 tonnes of oysters, 60 000 tonnes of mussels and an ex-farm turnover accounting to 350 millions US$ in 1996. The French market is by far the largest one in Europe for oyster and is supplied entirely by domestic production, with very little external trade. On the contrary, the French market for mussel is a very competitive one, widely open to imports. Given the evolution of market conditions due to the development of supermarkets, to the competition of new value added products and to the modification of consumer's habits, the French oyster and mussel producers have started to implement various strategies of product differentiation and of quality approach. These... Tipo: Text Palavras-chave: Seafood market study; Product differentiation; Quality; Oyster; Aquaculture; SEM. Ano: 1998 URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/1998/acte-2523.pdf Some methods for quantifying quality in the scallop Pecten maximus (L.) Provedor de dados: 5 Autores: Maguire, Julie A.; Fleury, Pierre-gildas; Burnell, Gavin M. (Not controled OCR) Because biological systems do not work in isolation, behavioral, biochemical, and physiological tests can give an overview of an individual's vital processes and reaction to stress. Two stress gradients were applied in this study, a short acute desiccation stress and a long-term density stress. These stress gradients were used to assess the usefulness of various techniques for quality assessment: namely, a standard salinity stress test, condition index, recessing speed of the scallop, adenylic energetic charge (AEC). and percentage carbohydrate content of the striated muscle. The results showed that AEC could be used effectively to measure the effect of a short-term stress. In the striated muscle. AEC levels were useful in... Tipo: Text Palavras-chave: Density; Desiccation; Quality; Stress; Pecten maximus. Ano: 1999 URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/1999/publication-2450.pdf Are nutrition claims an adequate tool for public health? Provedor de dados: 189 Autores: Caillavet, F.; Nichèle, V.; Soler, L.G.; INRA, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (FRA). Objectives. Whether the role of nutrition claim regulations are efficient is an important public health issue. We analyzed the extent to which nutrition claims reach at-risk consumers. Methods. We used purchase data on breakfast foods in France. We first derived product substitutions from a demand system. Second, we simulated scenarios based on several combinations of prices and nutritional quality of light dairy products. The simulations aimed to assess the impact on nutrient content. Results. Nutrition claims reach at-risk people, but their consumption is limited by prices and household income constraints. Under assumptions of price and quality modifications, we show that claim regulations that are not too stringent seem to favor a healthy diet more than... Tipo: Book Palavras-chave: ALLEGATION SANTE; SUBSTITUTION DES PRODUITS; NUTRITION CLAIMS; FOOD POLICY; HEALTHY DIET. Ano: 2009 URL: http://www.prodinra.inra.fr/prodinra/pinra/doc.xsp?id=PROD2010ecc8b939&uri=/notices/prodinra1/2010/04/ Standard operating procedures (SOP) in experimental stroke research: SOP for middle cerebral artery occlusion in the mouse Provedor de dados: 17 Autores: Ulrich Dirnagl; Members of the MCAO-SOP Group. Recently, systematic reviews have found quantitative evidence that low study quality may have introduced a bias into preclinical stroke research. Monitoring, auditing, and standard operating procedures (SOPs) are already key elements of quality control in randomized clinical trials and will hopefully be widely adopted by preclinical stroke research in the near future. Increasingly, funding bodies and review boards overseeing animal experiments are taking a proactive stance, and demand auditable quality control measures in preclinical research. Every good quality control system is based on its SOPs. This article introduces the concept of quality control and presents for the first time an SOP in experimental stroke research. Tipo: Manuscript Palavras-chave: Neuroscience. Ano: 2010 URL: http://precedings.nature.com/documents/3492/version/2 Standard operating procedures (SOP) in experimental stroke research: SOP for middle cerebral artery occlusion in the mouse Provedor de dados: 17 Autores: Ulrich Dirnagl; Members of the MCAO-SOP Group. Recently, systematic reviews have found quantitative evidence that low study quality may have introduced a bias into preclinical stroke research. Monitoring, auditing, and standard operating procedures (SOPs) are already key elements of quality control in randomized clinical trials and will hopefully be widely adopted by preclinical stroke research in the near future. Increasingly, funding bodies and review boards overseeing animal experiments are taking a proactive stance, and demand auditable quality control measures in preclinical research. Every good quality control system is based on its SOPs. This article introduces the concept of quality control and presents for the first time an SOP in experimental stroke research. Tipo: Manuscript Palavras-chave: Neuroscience. Ano: 2009 URL: http://precedings.nature.com/documents/3492/version/1 Sisseton Wahpeton College Student Internship &#x2013; Learning About Water Quality Assessment, Geospatial Technologies, Landuse Classification and Statistical Analysis Provedor de dados: 17 Autores: Brendon Barker; Destinee Eastman; Steven Farmer, Jr. Three student interns from Sisseton Wahpeton College and their advisor Karla Witt worked with researchers from South Dakota State University to explore the hypothesis that satellite imagery could be used as a tool to evaluate water quality in lakes on the Sisseton Wahpeton Reservation. Interns constructed their own Secchi disks and used them to measure transparency in lakes and mark the locations with a global positioning system (GPS) on days when satellite imagery was available. A geographic information system (GIS) was used to relate field measurements to satellite images. The students also conducted monthly water quality sampling on Pickerel, Enemy Swim and Clear Lakes to determine current trophic state. Existing land use maps for Pickerel Lake were... Tipo: Poster Palavras-chave: Ecology; Bioinformatics; Earth & Environment. Ano: 2010 URL: http://precedings.nature.com/documents/5340/version/1 Productivity and forage quality of a phytodiverse semi-natural grassland &#xb;under various management regimes Provedor de dados: 17 Autores: Tatiana From; Ute K. Petersen; Johannes Isselstein. Grassland management experiment (GrassMan) was set up in 2008 on a permanent semi-natural grassland in the Solling uplands, Germany. The main research focus is on the ecosystem functioning of the phytodiverse grassland (e.g. productivity and forage quality, water and nutrient fluxes). The aim of our study was to analyse the effects of vegetation composition and functional diversity on productivity and forage quality of the semi-natural permanent grassland. Variation in sward composition was achieved by herbicide application and resulted in three sward types: control sward type (without herbicide application), monocot-reduced and dicot-reduced. Further management factors included different nutrient input levels (without fertilizer and 180-30-100 kg/ha of... Tipo: Poster Palavras-chave: Ecology; Earth & Environment; Plant Biology. Ano: 2011 URL: http://precedings.nature.com/documents/6622/version/1 Standard operating procedures (SOP) in experimental stroke research: SOP for middle cerebral artery occlusion in the mouse Provedor de dados: 17 Autores: Ulrich Dirnagl; Members of the MCAO-SOP Group. Recently, systematic reviews have found quantitative evidence that low study quality may have introduced a bias into preclinical stroke research. Monitoring, auditing, and standard operating procedures (SOPs) are already key elements of quality control in randomized clinical trials and will hopefully be widely adopted by preclinical stroke research in the near future. Increasingly, funding bodies and review boards overseeing animal experiments are taking a proactive stance, and demand auditable quality control measures in preclinical research. Every good quality control system is based on its SOPs. This article introduces the concept of quality control and presents for the first time an SOP in experimental stroke research. Tipo: Manuscript Palavras-chave: Neuroscience. Ano: 2012 URL: http://precedings.nature.com/documents/3492/version/3 Technologies to minimize water quality impacts of irrigated agriculture Provedor de dados: 18 Autores: Bjorneberg, D.L.; Sojka, R.E.; Leytem, A.B. Irrigation transformed arid land in the Pacific Northwest into productive agricultural land. However, much of this land is prone to erosion during irrigation, which can cause problems on and off of the field. Management practices have been developed to control soil erosion on irrigated land and improve the quality of water returning to streams and rivers. Applying polyacrylamide (PAM) with irrigation water can reduce erosion from furrow irrigated fields more than 90%. Using PAM in combination with other practices, such as applying straw mulch in furrows and installing small sediment ponds on fields, can virtually eliminate sediment loss from fields. Once soil runs off a field, it can be removed by settling in sediment ponds, although soluble... Tipo: Conference or Workshop Item Palavras-chave: Water quality; Mass Import - autoclassified (may be erroneous). Ano: 2005 URL: http://eprints.nwisrl.ars.usda.gov/957/1/1162.pdf Studies on storage characteristics of fish Provedor de dados: 20 Autores: Sorinmade, S.O.; Talabi, S.O.; Banwo, A. A preliminary investigation was conducted with freshly caught West African long croaker (Pseudotolithus typus). Half of the fish stored at ambient temperature (28 - 32oC) for 5, 12, 13, 24 and 36 hours were gutted. These conditions enable a high rate of fish deterioration and spoilage; thus facilitating the elaboration of characteristics which would subsequently be used to establish some sensory guidelines for fish quality evaluation in Nigeria. Several sensory deteriorative changes were observed whose application for sensory assessment may be time consuming and confusing to Fish Quality Inspectors. Hence, it is concluded from this study that the most important sensory quality indices which can be used as guidelines for the Nigerian Fishing Industry and... Tipo: Report Palavras-chave: Fishery development; Fish storage. Ano: 1984 URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1834/2388 IODE Quality Management Framework for National Oceanographic Data Centres: presented at Twenty-second Session of the IOC Committee on International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange (IODE-XXII), Ensenada, Mexico, 11-15 March 2013. Provedor de dados: 20 Autores: Reed, Greg. The IODE Quality Management Framework (IODE-QMF) provides overall strategy, advice and guidance for NODCs to design and implement quality management systems (QMS) for the successful delivery of oceanographic and related data, products and services. The IODE Committee encourages NODCs to implement a QMS but does not propose a specific standard. NODCs may seek ISO 9001 quality management certification, however this is not mandatory and NODCs can successfully implement an effective quality management system without going through formal ISO 9001 certification. Tipo: Working Paper Palavras-chave: Information document. Ano: 2012 URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1834/5549 Effect of weed management strategies on the risk of enteric pathogen transfer into the food chain and lettuce quality Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Fischer-Arndt, M.T.; Köpke, U. The hygienic quality of raw edible vegetables such as lettuce may be influenced by pathogen transfer from soil to plant, which might occur during weed control by hoeing or as splash-effects during rainfall. The hygienic quality is often discussed when farmyard manures are applied during production, as e.g. in organic farming systems. In a field experiment, the effects of weed control on pathogen transfer from soil fertilised with farmyard manure to lettuce (Lactuca sativa, var. capitata) were evaluated. First results do not confirm pathogen transfer by mechanical weeding or splash effects during rainfall. Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Food security; Food quality and human health. Ano: 2007 URL: http://orgprints.org/9789/1/Fischer-Koepke-2007-weed_management_strategies.pdf Intercropping wheat with pea for improved wheat baking quality Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Hauggaard-nielsen, Henrik; Trydeman Knudsen, Marie; Ravn Jørgensen, Johannes; Steen Jensen, Erik. Field pea (Pisum sativum L.) and wheat (Triticum sativum L.) were either sole cropped or intercropped in a complete design of five relative proportions and five density levels to determine the effects of interspecific interaction in an intercrop on wheat baking quality. It is shown how pea interspecific competitive ability for factors such as light and water results in an increase in wheat protein content without reducing other important quality parameters. Density and relative crop frequency can be used as “regulators” when specific objectives such as bread making quality are wanted Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Crop combinations and interactions. Ano: 2006 URL: http://orgprints.org/7471/1/Pea%2Dwheat_baking_proced_v5.pdf Wheat baking quality: The effect of catch crop strategies and species Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Pedersen, Lene; Thorup-Kristensen, Kristian; Loges, Ralf. Abstract - In organic farming winter wheat is typically grown after good pre-crops, as it pays well for this in terms of yield and quality. However, winter wheat develops slowly during the autumn, and much nitrate may be lost by leaching before spring. System with catch crops followed by spring wheat, or maybe catch crops intercropped with winter wheat could improve the utilization of the pre-crop effects in wheat crop-ping. In this experiment we studied wheat and catch crop root growth, crop and soil N dynamics, and ef-fects on yield and baking quality in wheat cropping systems with catch crops. The results showed that the combination of catch crops and spring wheat increased the yield and decreased the gluten content, but the bread volume was... Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Food security; Food quality and human health Crop combinations and interactions. Ano: 2006 URL: http://orgprints.org/7575/1/Paper_for_congress2006LP.doc Einfluss von Kompost und Gärgut auf Pflanzenwachstum und –gesundheit: Potential und Grenzen Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Fuchs, Jacques G.; Mayer, Jochen; Berner, Alfred. One hundred Swiss composts and digestates were investigated in order to evaluate their influence on plant growth and health. Important differences in biological compost quality and on the impact on soil fertility and on plant health were observed. The most important limiting factor of compost quality is the possible immobilization of mineralized nitrogen by some composts. However, quality composts have a good potential to protect plants against diseases. More attention should be paid to the control of the composting process in order to improve the biological quality of composts with more beneficial effects on crops. Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Crop health; Quality; Protection Nutrient turnover Soil biology Composting and manuring. Ano: 2009 URL: http://orgprints.org/14429/1/Fuchs_14429.pdf Eating quality of Holstein bull calves fed only grass or purely herbs matches that of concentrate-fed veal calves Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Therkildsen, M.; Jensen, S.K.; Vestergaard, M. Organic meat production from Holstein calves born in dairy herds require that the bull calves are raised outdoor at least 6 months a year, and on large quantities of roughage in the diet. This study aimed at elucidating if Holstein bull calves fed either purely grass or purely herbs prior to slaughter would differ in meat quality traits, fatty acid composition and sensory profile and if they differed in quality aspects from concentrate-fed veal calves. Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Farming Systems Food security; Food quality and human health Animal husbandry. Ano: 2012 URL: http://orgprints.org/22049/7/22049.pdf Disease control with quality compost in pot and field trials Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Fuchs, Jacques; Larbi, Mohamed. Quality compost can have a positive effect on soil fertility and plant growth and health. This positive effect is not only observable in the laboratory, but also by growers. Phytopathological problems could be solved with the use of compost. Durable success can only be obtained if a quality management is resolutely followed. Further research is needed to optimize the quality management of compost production and utilization. For example, very little is known about the long-term effect of the different composts on soil fertility and disease receptivity. Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Composting and manuring. Ano: 2005 URL: http://orgprints.org/4887/1/Fuchs%2D2005%2DQuality_Compost.pdf Forage quality of cultivated and natural species in semi-natural grassland Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Nielsen, A.L.; Søegaard, K. The conserve or improve floristically diverse grassland areas, there is a need for some agricultural management to avois scrub vegetation. Description of the forage quality of the most common species in these swards will make it easier to make appropriate use of the forage produced. The objective was to determine forage quality by analysing for in vitro organic matter digestibility (IVOMD) and neutral detergent fibres (NDF) of individual species commonly occurring in low lying semi-natural grasslands in Denmark. Eight species of grasses, eight herb species and one species of rush were collected in June and July under grazing and cutting. However, a large variation between species was found. The IVOMD varied from 416 to 780 g kg-1 organic matter (OM) and... Tipo: Journal paper Palavras-chave: Biodiversity and ecosystem services. Ano: 2000 URL: http://orgprints.org/4248/1/4248.pdf PICKFIBER Provedor de dados: 21 PICKFIBER is an international platform of experts on the development, testing and data managing of novel food components based on organic food fibers with specific properties to fight obesity and associated conditions. Estonian University of Life Science is leading WP1 - Compendium of organic vs conventional food. To produce a scientific review report about organic and conventional food quality studies and effects on human health for the scientific advisors of the European Safety Food Authority and innovative agro-food companies. HEALTH” will contain six chapters: Report „QUALITY OF ORGANIC vs CONVENTIONAL FOOD AND EFFECTS ON 1.Quality concept of food 2.Harmful components in food 3.Nutritional value of the organic vs conventional plant... Tipo: Project description Palavras-chave: Food security; Food quality and human health. Ano: 2016 The effect of organic management on soil quality indicators Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Rayns, Francis W; Jackson, Lorna R; Bending, Gary D; Turner, Mary K; Wood, Marting; Marx, Mare-Claude. This report was presented at the UK Organic Research 2002 Conference. A range of physical, biological and chemical parameters were measured in organic soil that had been managed in different ways and in a conventional control. Factors were identified that could be used to construct an index of soil quality. Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Indicators and other value-laden measures; Soil quality. Ano: 2002 URL: http://orgprints.org/8382/1/Rayns_management_soil_quality_indicators.pdf Quality beef from heifers - Part 1. The effect of organic wheat-common vetch whole-crop silage on the performance and carcass and meat quality of beef heifers Provedor de dados: 21 Part 1. The purpose of this experiment is to study the effects of organic wheat-common vetch whole-crop silage on the performance and carcass and meat quality of Hereford beef heifers. Four treatments in a 2 × 2 factorial arranged design consist of the two type of silages (organic grass silage vs. organic wheat-common vetch whole-crop silage) and two levels of concentrates (0 vs. 2.0 - 1.0 kg DM/day/heifer). Tipo: Project description Palavras-chave: Feeding and growth; Beef cattle. Ano: 2016 Organic vine growing: from breaking new ground to bringing back the taste of the terroir Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: TEIL, G.; BARREY, S. Organic farming certification has certainly contributed to unifying organic production, particularly by reducing the number of private charters. However, this reduction should not be misleading. Organic agriculture cannot be reduced to just a label and includes other requirements related to ethics, agronomy and economic policy whose implementation contributes to the diversification of marketing organisations that selectively ensure the marketing of organic products. Furthermore, in the case of viticulture, organic producers have recently placed more emphasis on the taste quality of their wines that they have linked in various ways to the quality of the environment. This new link between taste and environment has added a new complexity to marketing... Tipo: Journal paper Palavras-chave: Social aspects. Ano: 2009 URL: http://orgprints.org/15448/1/51%2DTeil.pdf Management-induced Soil Structure Degradation: Organic Matter Depletion and Tillage Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Kay, B.D.; Munkholm, L.J. Soil structure is an important element of soil quality since changes in structural characteristics can cause changes in the ability of soil to fulfil different functions and services. Emphasis in this chapter is placed on the role of soil structure in biological productivity of agroecosystems. Combinations of management practices in which the extent of the degradation of soil structure caused by one practice is balanced or exceeded by the extent of regeneration by other practices will help sustain the productivity of agroecosystems. Tillage and practices that change the organic matter (OM) content of soil are foremost among the many practices that influence soil structure. The links between management, OM content and soil structure and between tillage and... Tipo: Book chapter Palavras-chave: Production systems Crop combinations and interactions Crop health; Quality; Protection Farming Systems Soil quality Soil tillage Crop husbandry Soil biology. Ano: 2004 URL: http://orgprints.org/1474/1/Chapt11_tex_ref_fig_final.doc Organic Vs Conventional Winter Wheat Quality and Organoleptic Bread Test Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Mazzoncini, Marco; Belloni, Paola; Risaliti, Rosalba; Antichi, Daniele. In the frame of a long-term experiment carried out in Central Italy, conventional and organic winter wheat cropping systems were compared in 2004 and 2005 to evaluate the effect of system management on wheat grain yield and quality. The organic system showed grain and straw yield about 50% lower than the conventional system. Organic grain samples resulted 20% lower in protein content and exhibited poor bread production qualities. Despite that, organic bread, did not show differences in crust thickness, crumb volume and in crumb alveolus structure in a visual evaluation. Differences were, however, appreciated by panellists who found organic bread harder and more flavourful than conventional. Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Food security; Food quality and human health. Ano: 2007 URL: http://orgprints.org/9753/1/Mazzoncini%2Detal%2D2007%2DWheatBreadQuality.pdf Wachstum und Produktqualität verschiedener Schweineherkünfte aus ökologischer Haltung Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Küster, Simone; Baulain, Ulrich; Henning, Martina; Brandt, Horst. In order to investigate if there are differences between endangered or modern pig breeds concerning growth and product quality a total of ninety fattened pigs were housed and fed after the principles of the organic farming. During the fattening period the animals got regularly weight and measured alive with magnetic resonance tomo-graphy (MRT) in order to research tissue growth. After achieving a live weight of about 120 kilogram the pigs got slaughtered. After slaughtering the carcass quality was acquired, samples were taken for investigating the meat quality and one carcass side was measured again with the MRT. Results point out that differences exist between the breeds concerning the attributes of growth, carcass and meat quality. Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Breeding and genetics. Ano: 2007 URL: http://orgprints.org/9530/1/9530_K%C3%BCster_Poster.pdf Influence of variety and site on yield structure and quality of potatoes for processing to chips in organic farming Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Krause, Tanja; Haase, Thorsten; Böhm, Herwart; Heß, Jürgen; Loges, Ralf; Haase, Norbert U. Specific conditions of organic farming are often limited nitrogen supply and – depending on the year - early occurrence of P. infestans. In addition, genetic (variety) and environmental (site, year) factors may have strong effects on both the yield and quality of tubers with regard to their suitability for processing. This study examined the impact of variety and site on the yield structure and quality of tubers for processing to chips at three sites over two years. According to the results, the varieties Agria and Marena with high yield and good quality after harvesting and storage were interesting for organic farmers. Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Root crops. Ano: 2005 URL: http://orgprints.org/8712/1/EAPR_Krause_poster%2Dend.pdf Kaolin protects olive fruits from Bactrocera oleae (Gmelin) infestations unaffecting olive oil quality Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Perri, Dr Enzo; Iannotta, Dr Nino; Muzzalupo, PhD Innocenzo; Russo, Dr Anna; Caravita, Dr Maria Anna; Pellegrino, Mr Massimiliano; Parise, Mr Attilio; Tucci, Mr Paolo. The efficacy of the processed kaolin “Surround WP” to control olive fruit fly, Bactrocera oleae Gmelin, field infestations was investigated in east Calabria. The preliminary results showed that fruit infestation levels were significantly reduced on kaolin-treated trees compared with untreated trees. The promising results of these experiments points to the feasibility of using particle film technology composed of a non-toxic material, to avoid olive fly damage as an alternative to the applications of rotenone in organic orchards. Finally, kaolin treatment unaffected the nutritional and sensory quality parameters of the corresponding virgin olive oils obtained by a laboratory scale olive mill, thus satisfying the present quality requirements. Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Crop health; Quality; Protection Olive. Ano: 2006 URL: http://orgprints.org/10205/1/Perri_et_al_IOBC_Kaolin.pdf Ansätze zur Verbesserung der Qualitätserhaltung von regionalem Ökogemüse Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Dumdei, Dipl.-Ing. agr. Katrin; Linke, Dipl.-Ing. Manfred. For various reasons fruits and vegetables are particularly susceptible to quality losses after harvest and do not satisfy the quality demands of the consumers at purchase. The aim of the project is the optimisation of freshness-preserving provisions along the supply chain such that organic vegetables of regional cultivation reach for the consumer a surplus value through the perceived freshness. Therefore, measurement series were planned which enables the examination of the temperature of selected products along the distribution chain considering spatial and time aspects of the processing steps. Investigation of the overall temperature load allows the estimation of respiration losses by what the degree of quality reduction can be described. This analysis of... Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Processing; Packaging and transportation. Ano: 2005 URL: http://orgprints.org/3813/1/3813.pdf Vermicompost in seedling potting media can affect germination, biomass allocation, yields and fruit quality of three tomato varieties Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Zaller, Johann G. Commercial potting media often contain substantial amounts of peat that was mined from endangered bog and fen ecosystems. The main objectives of this study were to assess (1) whether the substitution of peat by vermicompost (VC) in potting substrate affects the emergence and biomass allocation of tomato seedlings (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) under greenhouse conditions and (2) whether VC amendments in seedling substrate affect tomato yields and fruit quality after plants were transplanted into equally fertilized field soil. Amended VC was produced of food and cotton waste in a windrow system by Eisenia fetida Sav.. Vermicompost amendments significantly influenced, specifically for each tomato variety, emergence and biomass allocation (root:shoot ratio)... Tipo: Journal paper Palavras-chave: Composting and manuring Crop health; Quality; Protection. Ano: 2007 URL: http://orgprints.org/18267/1/Zaller_2007EJSOBI.pdf Effect of forage legumes on milk quality – a review Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Steinshamn, Håvard. The review confirms that feeding legume silage leads to higher DMI and milk production than grass. White clover is superior to red clover and red clover to lucerne in milk yield relative to intake. Milk fat content is lower on red clover than on grass diets and red clover yield milk with lower protein content than white clover and lucerne. Red clover yields milk with higher proportion of the fatty acids C18:2n-6 and C18:3n-3 than grass and higher content og equol than grass and white clover. Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Food security; Food quality and human health Pasture and forage crops Dairy cattle Feeding and growth. Ano: 2009 URL: http://orgprints.org/16853/1/Effect_of_forage_legumes_on_milk_quality.pdf Züchterische Verbesserung der sensorischen Qualität der Pastinake (Pastinaca sativa L.) im Praxisbetrieb Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Horneburg, Bernd; Bauer, Dieter; Bufler, Gebhard. Parsnip (Pastinaca sativa L.) is one of the few cultivated plants domesticated in Europe. The crop is underutilised and the number of available varieties is small in Central Europe. On-farm management of genetic resources can be an important means to increase infraspecific diversity, and to improve the quality of crops. In the present experiment quality-improvement by progeny selection on-farm was investigated. In a first step parsnips were selected for organoleptic quality by a technique that allows to harvest seeds from the plant tested. In a second step, progenies of positive- and negative-selected plants were compared with the original population. The experiment was carried out with the varieties Aromata (2006) and White King (2008) in... Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Crop health; Quality; Protection Breeding; Genetics and propagation Vegetables. Ano: 2009 URL: http://orgprints.org/14145/1/Horneburg_14145.pdf Qualität und Ertrag von Öko-Zwiebeln: Vergleich von Pflanzung und Direktsaat Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Bufler, Gebhard; Hübner, Oliver; Funk, Rainer. Yield and quality (bulb size, sugar content and composition, pungency, initial sprout growth) of early and late transplanted and directly sown onions (cv. Sturon) were compared in field experiments (2009-2011) at different intensities of weeding (weed-free or mechanical weed control only). Early transplanting (weed-free) resulted in the highest yield and best quality performance, whereas late transplanting combined with mechanical weed control only (including harrowing weeds before transplanting onions) resulted in medium yield and quality, however, at a relatively low work-input. It is suggested that infection by powdery mildew was the key limiting factor in the development of yield and quality in late-transplanted and directly-sown onions. Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Vegetables Crop health; Quality; Protection Weed management. Ano: 2013 URL: http://orgprints.org/21314/1/21314_Bufler.pdf Classification of data collection methods (= Deliverable 3.1 of the OrganicDataNetwork project Report on collection methods) Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Feldmann , Corinna; Hamm, Ulrich. In this report, a number of evaluation and quality criteria for data collection and compilation methods were defined. The results of an online survey on all existing organic market data collection methods in Europe were compiled and assessed. Subsequently the quality of existing data collection and processing approaches was evaluated using the following data quality dimensions: relevance, accuracy, comparability, coherence, accessibility and clarity, and timeliness and punctuality. The quality assessment was carried out exemplary to determine some good examples of data collection and processing. These cases were chosen because they delivered a very holistic and comprehensive presentation of their approaches regarding data collection methods, analyses,... Tipo: Report Palavras-chave: Surveys and statistics. Ano: 2013 URL: http://orgprints.org/23010/1/OrganicDataNetwork_D3_1_Report%20on%20collection%20methods_Classification%20of%20data %20collection%20methods.pdf Bestimmungsgründe für die Präferenz von Bio- und Low-Input- Lebensmitteln Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Stolz, Hanna; Stolze, Matthias. Food quality has become an important topic in the food market. Thus, suppliers have started offering conventional products including additional quality attributes, such as “free from GMO” or “free from additives”. We analysed the preferences and buying behaviour regarding such conventional “low-input” products in competition with conventional and organic product alternatives in consumer choice experiments in Germany and Switzerland. In the experiments, we tested milk, yogurt and apples. The choice experiments were combined with face-to-face interviews in order to collect information about the participating consumers, which might explain the buying behaviour observed in the choice experiment. We found that low-input products rather compete with... Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Food security; Food quality and human health Markets and trade. Ano: 2009 URL: http://orgprints.org/14372/1/Stolz_14372.pdf Integration of quality parameters into food safety focused HACCP systems Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Brandt, K.; Lück, L.; Kjærnes, U.; Wyss, G.S.; Hartvig Larsen, A. Integration of quality parameters into food safety focused HACCP systems. Tipo: Book chapter Palavras-chave: Food security; Food quality and human health. Ano: 2007 URL: http://orgprints.org/13417/1/brandt%2Detal%2D2007%2Dhandbook%2D490%2D509_HACCP.pdf Long-term experiments as a platform for monitoring bread wheat quality Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Thomsen, Ingrid K. Both winter wheat and spring wheat have the potential for producing grain of bread wheat quality under North European conditions. The two crops may due to their different growth length respond differently to previous use of green manure and to the soil organic matter content. To compare winter wheat and spring wheat for their ability to produce quality grain for bread production, both crops are included in a long-term experiment (LTE) at Askov Experimental Station. The LTE provides a unique platform for such comparison, as the two crops can be grown under identical conditions regarding previous management, soil and climate. The bread wheat experiment is part of the project AGronomical and TEChnological methods to improve ORGanic wheat quality (AGTEC-Org)... Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Farm nutrient management. Ano: 2008 URL: http://orgprints.org/16391/1/16391_Poster.pdf The metabolomic fingerprinting and microbiological quality of winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) in different organic growing systems Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Matt, Darja; Eremeev, Viacheslav; Tein, Berit; Roasto, Mati; Pehme, Sirli; Luik, Anne. The aim of present study was to find out the influence of green manures as winter cover crops and their combination with composted cattle manure on metabolomic fingerprinting and microbiological quality of winter wheat in a crop rotation experiment in three organic systems (ORG 0, ORG 1, ORG 2) at the Estonian University of Life Sciences in 2012. Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Food security; Food quality and human health Composting and manuring. Ano: 2014 URL: http://orgprints.org/26835/1/Metabolomic%20fingerprinting%20and%20microbiological%20quality%20of%20winter%20wheat_ Darja_Matt_poster.pdf Organic Soil Management: Impacts on Yields, Soil Quality and Economics Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Koopmans, C.J.; Zanen, M. Understanding organic management practices is a key in developing sustainable organic farming systems. We report the results of four different organic fertilization strategies in a field trial on yields, soil quality and economic performance. We found highest yields and economic performance in two direct plant feeding strategies. One of these strategies, a newly developed strategy based on biowaste compost (GFT) and an additional fertilizer performed well in terms of yields but looks also very promising in terms of soil quality and biodiversity. The economic perspective of this strategy renders it promising in regions with little animal manures. Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Soil quality. Ano: 2007 URL: http://orgprints.org/9726/1/koopmans%2Dzanen%2D2007%2Dsoil%2Dmanagement.pdf Disappearing non-GM cotton - ways forward to maintain diversity, increase availability and ensure quality of non-GM cotton seed Provedor de dados: 21 Presentations: - Cotton Seed Development Strategies - CICR: Fostering linkages to support organic cotton programms Organic cotton markets and challenges - Ensuring organic cotton quality and certification today - Cotton quality requirements for the industry - Experienced challenges and solutions of Chetna - Experienced challenges and solutions of Pratibha Syntex Experienced challenges and solutions of bioRe - bioRe - FiBL research activities - bioRe - Cotton screening (on-station, on-farm) - Cotton Seed Multiplication - Perspectives and outlook for India's non-GM cotton in future Tipo: Proceedings Palavras-chave: Markets and trade Breeding; Genetics and propagation. Ano: 2011 URL: http://orgprints.org/19298/1/ProceedingNationalWorkshop_DisappearingNon-GMCotton.pdf SafeOrganic - Restrictive use of antibiotics in organic animal farming – a potential for safer, high quality products with less antibiotic resistant bacteria Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Jensen, Annette Nygaard; Aabo, S. Main research questions: Antimicrobial resistance (AR) in the food-chain is a concern due to risk of treatment failure of humans. - Do restrictions on antimicrobial (AB) usage in organic pig production lead to lower AR levels in organic pigs compared to conventional ones? - Is lower AR a quality trait of organic pork? - Does slaughtering of organic and conventional pigs together abolish this potential quality trait? - Can markers for imprudent AR use in organic pig herds be identified? Tipo: Other Palavras-chave: Food security; Food quality and human health Health and welfare Pigs. Ano: 2014 URL: http://orgprints.org/27980/7/27980.pdf The Reliability of Organic Certification: An Approach to Investigate the Audit Quality Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Jahn, Gabriele; Schramm, Matthias; Spiller, Achim. Increasing complexity and first scandals indicate that the current control structures for organic food is insufficient. The main challenges are different methods of implementation on the national level and the collaborative responsibility between the public and the private sector. Both often cause lacking clarity and disagreements. The following contribution focuses on instruments to enhance the quality of certification of organic food. Only a few of the suggested instruments have been included as necessary requirements yet. Given the risk of deficient quality assurance and at the same time increasing control costs, it seems urgent to trigger discussions on risk-oriented auditing and to improve the current certification system. Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Food security; Food quality and human health. Ano: 2005 URL: http://orgprints.org/4378/4/4378%2DJahn_etal_4p_revised%2Ded.pdf Lower nitrogen supply gave better fruit quality in organic apples Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Pedersen, Senior scientist Hanne Lindhard; Bertelsen, Senior scientist Marianne. The use of scab resistant apple varieties is the best way to prevent infections of apple scab (Venturia inaequalis). In 1995 the then 10 most promising resistant apple varieties for Denmark where planted at Research Centre Årslev, Denmark in an organic production system. Tree different cover crops where established in the allyways. Weed cleaning in the tree row was done mechanically and the trees were kept unfertilised. The annual shoot growth, nutrients in leaf sample, mineralised nitrogen in soil, content of water in the upper 50 cm soil, fruit yield and fruit quality were assessed. The best fruit quality due to colour, pest and disease damage was obtained in trees grown in permanent grass alley way system which gave a nitrogen sypply in the lower end... Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Fruit and berries. Ano: 2002 URL: http://orgprints.org/1718/1/Lower_nitrogen_sypply_gave_better_fruit_quality_in_organic_apples.pdf Relationship between sensory attributes, hidden attributes and price in influencing consumer perception of organic foods Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Brennan, Charles S; Kuri, Victor. This report was presented at the UK Organic Research 2002 Conference. Consumer attitudes to foods are mainly influenced by quality attributes. Ethical factors are important in some cases, but they may be overstated. The relationships between consumers' awareness of organic food, price and perceived quality of food were investigated by tests involving series of consumer panels and sensory evaluation. Sensory responses were also matched to instrumental analysis data. Results indicated that overall there was no relation between panellist’s views about organic foods and their sensory perceptions. Eighty percent of the panellists felt that organic products were too expensive, but would buy them if they were cheaper. However the study showed that most... Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Food security; Food quality and human health Quality and evaluation of inputs Consumer issues. Ano: 2002 URL: http://orgprints.org/8364/1/Brennan_kuri_Consumer_perception.pdf Quantitative concept tests of organic premium meat products Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Chrysochou , Polymeros; Krystallis Krontalis, Athanasios. This report is part of WP6 of the SUMMER project. The aim is to investigate how consumers perceive organic premium products and if they are willing to pay a price premium for these products. We conducted an experiment with 426 Danish consumers, in which we manipulate production method (organic vs. conventional), premium production (premium vs. non-premium) and extrinsic quality (high vs. low) across three meat products (pork, beef and chicken). Our findings show that consumers perceive organic products as of higher quality. However, they are not willing to purchase or to pay a price premium for organic products per se. What makes consumers increase their purchase intention is to a greatest extent premium production and less extrinsic quality. Premium... Tipo: Report Palavras-chave: Food systems. Ano: 2015 URL: http://orgprints.org/28187/7/28187.pdf Taste, Freshness and Nutrients Information to Retailers regarding Control of Quality and Safety in Organic Production Chains Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Velimirov, Alberta; Bergamo, Paolo; Lück, Lorna; Brandt, Kirsten. This leaflet provides a practical overview for retailers of what is done to secure the quality and taste of seven types of organically produced foods, where improvements are possible, and what the retailers can do to support improvements and ensure the best possible food quality. Other leaflets for retailers cover authenticity and fraud or safety and contamination, and separate leaflets aim at consumers or at production of specific commodities. Tipo: Book Palavras-chave: Food security; Food quality and human health. Ano: 2005 URL: http://orgprints.org/4970/1/1-retailers_english.pdf Measuring Service Quality: The Opinion of Europeans about Utilities Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Ferrari, P.A.; Salini, S. This paper provides a comparative analysis of statistical methods to evaluate the consumer perception about the quality of Services of General Interest. The evaluation of the service quality perceived by users is usually based on Customer Satisfaction Survey data and an ex-post evaluation is then performed. Another approach, consisting in evaluating Consumers preferences, supplies an ex-ante information on Service Quality. Here, the ex-post approach is considered, two non-standard techniques - the Rasch Model and the Nonlinear Principal Component Analysis - are presented and the potential of both methods is discussed. These methods are applied on the Eurobarometer Survey data to assess the consumer satisfaction among European countries and in different... Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper Palavras-chave: Service Quality; Eurobarometer; Non Linear Principal Component Analysis; Rasch Analysis; Conjoint Analysis; C33; C35; C43; L94; L95; L96. Ano: 2008 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/36758 WHOLESALE DEMAND FOR USDA QUALITY GRADED BOXED BEEF AND EFFECTS OF SEASONALITY Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Lusk, Jayson L.; Marsh, Thomas L.; Schroeder, Ted C.; Fox, John A. This study estimates wholesale demand for pork, chicken, and quality differentiated beef. We estimate meat retailer own- and cross-price demand elasticities for USDA Choice and Select boxed beef. Results indicate that meat retailers have more elastic demand for lower quality graded beef. Retail beef price has a strong positive relationship with Choice and Select boxed beef demand, and a strong negative relationship with wholesale pork and chicken demand. Seasonal analysis reveals demand for both beef quality grades becomes highly price inelastic during the summer months. The two beef quality grades are substitutes during the winter; however, Select beef is not a substitute for Choice beef in the spring and summer. Tipo: Journal Article Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis. Ano: 2001 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31163 Can Good Projects Succeed in Bad Villages? Project Design, Village Governance and Infrastructure Quality in Rural China Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Liu, Chengfang; Zhang, Linxiu; Huang, Jikun; Luo, Renfu; Rozelle, Scott. This study seeks to explain the differences in infrastructure quality across China’s villages. Using primary data on three main types of infrastructure projects in rural China, we find that a.) between-project within-village quality differences are small and project design has little explanatory power; b.) between-village variations are larger; and c.) there are strong correlations between the ways villages govern themselves and project quality. We conclude that it is difficult to make good projects work in bad communities and that there is something at the village level that is making some projects succeed in some villages, but not in others. Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Infrastructure Quality; Village; Rural China; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Public Economics; H41; H54; H71. Ano: 2009 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49944 Analogous Products and Food Quality Products: Two Poles of the Competition Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Bošková, Iveta. The globalisation of processing industry and the consolidation of the international retail trade, together with the increase of imports after the EU access, supported the competition hot up and saturation of domestic food market. Both food processors and food retailers are exposed to increasing competition. In order to maintenance on the market they are increasingly pressed to minimize their costs and/or to accomplish higher prices for products with competitive advantage. Besides of that all participants of the agri-food chain are pressed to intensify marketing support of their goods. Aiming to reduce the costs, some of processors choose the way by the substitution of part of the input material by another, cheaper one. On the other hand, the offer of... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Competition; Marketing; Quality; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Marketing. Ano: 2007 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7880 Attitudes of Maltese Consumers Towards Quality in Fruit and Vegetables in Relation to Their Food-Related Lifestyles Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Dimech, Marco; Caputo, Vincenzina; Canavari, Maurizio. www.ifama.org Tipo: Journal Article Palavras-chave: Food-related lifestyles approach; Fruits and vegetables; Consumers’ attitudes; Food quality; Maltese consumers; Agribusiness; Consumer/Household Economics; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Marketing. Ano: 2011 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/117602 QUALITY INSPECTION, ADVERSE SELECTION AND TRADE IN PERISHABLE COMMODITIES Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Dimitri, Carolyn; Lichtenberg, Erik. The quality of many goods and services may change randomly between the time of shipment and delivery, creating disputes over quality that can result in lemons-market equilibria. We investigate the potential of third-party inspections for such inefficiencies. We consider two types of inspection, ex post verification of quality in consignment contracts and ex ante certification in FOB contracts, which were instituted for fruits and vegetables in the U.S. when national markets were emerging. We show that both types of inspection can counteract misallocations of quality found in lemons-market equilibria. Buyers prefer ex post verification to ex ante certification while sellers prefer the reverse. Government provision of inspection services may be... Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade. Ano: 2002 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28579 Gestão da qualidade na cadeia produtiva do amendoim1 Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Scalco, Andrea Rossi; Machado, Joao Guilherme de Camargo Ferraz. Competitiveness is linked to the consumer guarantee of a safe product that satisfies his/her necessities, as well as to the efficiency of the managing and operational practices which aim at reducing costs and losses in the whole chain. This work contributes by analyzing quality management aspects among the agents of a peanut production chain: producer, storage cooperative and the processing industries. The objective of the work is to highlight the strong and weak points in these practices and introduce the necessary measures to guarantee the safety of the product and more efficiency in reducing losses. It can be affirmed that there was a significant difference in terms quality management practices between the agents in the peanut production chain. Some... Tipo: Journal Article Palavras-chave: Product quality; Peanut production chain; Quality management; Agribusiness; Agricultural Finance; Industrial Organization. Ano: 2009 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/90415 Environmental and Quality Improvement Practices: Their Analysis as Components of the Value Added in Horticultural Firms Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Gomez, Emilio Galdeano; Lorente, Jose Cespedes; Rodriguez, Manuel Rodriguez. This paper analyses the effect of environmental and quality improvement practices on the value added of the fruit and vegetable sector. These practices form part of the incentive-based programmes established by the Common Agricultural Policy. Taking the investment in quality-environmental activities as knowledge capital, we propose a specific analysis that evaluates the effect of the factors of the production function and of the current subsidies over the value added. In general, the share of quality environmental activities in the rise of the product's market value is quite high. The analysis reflects that the expenditure on these activities is still higher than their benefit, and that the current subsidies can hardly be considered encouraging factors for... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Quality-environmental practices; Investment incentives; Horticultural firms; Value added; Environmental Economics and Policy. Ano: 2002 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24870 Quality Pricing in U.S. Soybean Exports Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Lyford, Conrad P.; Yumkella, Kandeh K.; Mercier, Stephanie; Hyberg, Bengt. This paper examines quality-price relationship in U.S. soybean exports. Implicit prices for quality characteristics of U.S. soybean exports were estimated using a hedonic price function from a rich transaction-specific data set to major destination markets to test the efficiency of the market in transmitting preferences for quality. The results of this analysis suggest that the price of soybean export shipments was not affected by the oil and protein content of the soybeans. Moisture content was surprisingly found to positively affect price while foreign material reduced price after the 1989-1990 marketing year. These results are discussed for their implications for existing, and proposed changes to existing, soybean market regulation. Tipo: Journal Article Palavras-chave: Soybeans; Quality; Hedonic price analysis; Agribusiness; Crop Production/Industries; Demand and Price Analysis. Ano: 1997 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/90405 What Affects Consumption Patterns of Organic and Conventional Products? Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Grebitus, Carola; Yue, Chengyan; Bruhn, Maike; Jensen, Helen H. Consumers show an increased interest in organic food today and a willingness to pay premium for organic products. In addition to price, changing attitudes and beliefs about food quality affect food choice. This article analyses the impact of attitudes, quality characteristics and socio-demographics on consumption of organic and conventional pork, potatoes and milk. The concept of perceived quality provides the theoretical background. The data come from a consumer survey conducted in Germany in 2004 (n=260). An ordered logit model was used for analysing the data. We observe clear differences in consumers use of certain quality characteristics as they perceive and evaluate conventional and organic fresh foods. Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Perceived quality; Consumption patterns; Fresh food; Organic; Ordered logit model; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; D12; Q13; M3. Ano: 2007 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9819 CALIFORNIA WINE WINNERS: A HEDONIC ANALYSIS OF REGIONAL AND WINERY REPUTATION INDICATORS Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Schamel, Guenter. We hypothesize that quality signals improve over time with the quality performance of a wine producer, and that spillovers will affect other producers within the same region. For this purpose, we estimate a hedonic pricing model for premium California wine. Data source is the annual publication "California Wine Winners" accumulated over the judging years 1990-2001. Quality indicators for 19,583 wines are medals awarded during nine annual wine competitions, variety, regional origin, judging age as well as derived producer (brand) and regional reputation indicators. The data confirms that a wine's price is related to its own quality and to producer/regional reputation for quality. Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Marketing. Ano: 2002 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19864 A Bilateral Comparison of Fruit and Vegetable Consumption: United States and Canada Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Richards, Timothy J.; Patterson, Paul M. Many public programs promote diets rich in fruits and vegetables based on evidence of the derived health benefits. Still, produce consumption in the United States lags behind other nations, even its most culturally similar neighbor--Canada. This study uses a structural latent variable model to test the role played by quality and health information in explaining observed differences in produce consumption. The Alchian-Allen effect predicts that higher quality, higher absolute margin produce will be exported, suggesting quality may be an important demand factor in importing nations such as Canada. The results show that dietary health information is significant in expanding demands. Quality also promotes fruit consumption in Canada. Tipo: Journal Article Palavras-chave: Alchian-Allen effect; Fruit and vegetable trade; Health information; Latent variable; MIMIC model; Produce quality; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety. Ano: 2005 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31217 Certification of Origin and Brands Competition Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Chambolle, Claire; Giraud-Heraud, Eric. We analyse the competition in quality and quantity between a foreign firm and a domestic firm. The domestic firm can belong to a certification of origin, whereas its rival uses a pure brand strategy. We will show how the certification can allow the domestic firm to position itself as a high quality producer and improve the average quality of the products offered on the market. If, however, the certified firm offers the low quality good, the certification can permit it to guarantee a higher profit than that of its competitor and to improve the consumers' surplus by favouring product standardisation. Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Certification of origin; Quality; International competition; Demand and Price Analysis; L13; F12; F14. Ano: 2002 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24976 Quality Signaling through Certification Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Auriol, Emmanuelle; Schilizzi, Steven. This paper analyzes the problem raised by quality provision in globalizing economies. When quality is a credence attribute, there is a signaling problem and quality drops to its minimum level. A way out of this under-provision equilibrium consists to rely on certification. However certification of goods involves costs, most of which are fixed, because to credibly signal quality, the certification process has to be carry out by an independent authority above all suspicion. The certification costs, which might justify a centralized intervention, become a major force in deciding market structure. Then in a given population the rate of certification depends on the consumers' wealth and size. If the population is too poor the market for certification collapses... Tipo: Presentation Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Crop Production/Industries; D11; D21; L11; L15. Ano: 2000 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/123598 Qualidade dos empregos da carcinicultura nA Praia de Barreta/RN Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Araujo, Maria Arlete Duarte de; Okino, Michelle Yumi Felipe. This article aimed to study the quality of the jobs generated by the shrimp maturation and hatchery laboratories in Barreta Beach, RN, Brazil, in a context of informality and impoverished work conditions. The study was done among workers in two laboratories, using a questionnaire, to verify the existence of a set of aspects of the work relationship - such as shift length, social obligations, accident hazards, fringe benefits, occupational diseases, among others – and to analyze the quality of the jobs. Examining the data, it became apparent that the jobs generated were considered of good quality, as they met a number of important labor relationship requirements cited in the literature. However, this result must be seen in light of the extremely... Tipo: Journal Article Palavras-chave: Job quality; Employment relationships; Job market; Shrimp maturation and hatchery laboratories; Agribusiness; Agricultural Finance; Industrial Organization. Ano: 2009 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/62152 PRODUCER ORGANIZATIONS AND SELF-REGULATION IN AGRICULTURAL MARKETS Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Zago, Angelo M. The analysis proposed in this paper is concerned with the welfare effects of self-regulation by Producer's Organizations (PO) as an alternative to market or public intervention. Using the advances of the economics of incentives, it studies the interaction of asymmetric information and the democratic process in the quality choices of a group of heterogenous producers. With a simple model of adverse selection it presents the pricing rules and the quality provision in a group of producers facing an opportunity to gain from their collective capacity to establish a reputation for their quality products. This paper explicitly considers the democratic process through which quality-based reward schemes are decided upon and enforced in the PO. It distinguishes... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis; Industrial Organization. Ano: 1999 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21717 ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PRIVATE FOOD STANDARDS Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Giraud-Heraud, Eric; Grazia, Cristina; Hammoudi, Abdelhakim. This paper provides an original theoretical framework to better understand the raise of private quality standards in agrifood chains. Reasons for the development and conditions for the effectiveness of private quality standards are identified, by investigating firms’ strategic behaviour and, more precisely, both interactions among processing/retailing firms and upstream producers and the role of consumers’ behaviour. Considering different levels of consumers risk perception, we show that the incentive for firms to develop a more stringent private standard may increase with the level of the regulated minimum quality standard. Moreover, setting a private standard may reduce the risk of consumer dissatisfaction while increasing the marketed quantity.... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Private quality standards; Vertical relationships; Risk perception; Agricultural and Food Policy; Consumer/Household Economics; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Health Economics and Policy; L1; L15; Q13; Q18. Ano: 2010 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/116408 PRICE-QUALITY RELATIONSHIPS IN THE FRESH PRODUCE INDUSTRY IN BALI Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Batt, Peter J.; Parining, Nyoman. As the number of tourist arrivals in Bali (Indonesia) continues to increase, a greater number of opportunities are emerging for local farmers to expand production to meet the increasing demand for food. While there are various production and marketing constraints which limit the ability of small farmers to individually meet the hotels quality specifications, this paper demonstrates how collector agents and distributors are able to assemble sufficient produce to meet the quality specifications imposed by the high class hotels. Intense competition between the many distributors for a share of the hotels patronage has resulted in a significant reduction in price, so much so, that the second grade produce which fails to meet the specifications of the high... Tipo: Journal Article Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis. Ano: 2000 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/34281 Selection of Peach Varieties and the Role of Quality Attributes Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Park, Timothy A.; Florkowski, Wojciech J. Timely adoption of new varieties is critical to profitable peach production, and peach quality is a primary factor driving adoption. An adoption model for peach varieties is estimated, incorporating grower evaluations of peach quality. The model identifies the impact of farm characteristics such as the farmer's quality preferences, on-farm agronomic and orchard conditions, as well as geographic effects in Georgia peach-growing regions. The relative impact of the key external and internal peach quality attributes on adoption is assessed. Decisions on new varieties are influenced by the age distribution of the orchard, information which can be used in targeting new varieties to growers. Tipo: Journal Article Palavras-chave: Count data; Peach variety adoption; Robust standard errors; Crop Production/Industries. Ano: 2003 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30724 A Bilateral Comparison of Fruit and Vegetable Consumption: U.S. and Canada Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Richards, Timothy J.; Patterson, Paul M. Many public programs promote diets rich in fruits and vegetables based on evidence on the derived health benefits. Sill, produce consumption in the U.S. lags behind other nations, even its most culturally similar neighborCanada. This study uses a structural latent variable model to test the role quality and health information play in explaining observed differences in produce consumption. The Alchian-Allen effect predicts that higher quality, higher absolute margin produce will be exported, suggesting that quality may be an important demand factor in importing nations such as Canada. The results show that dietary health information is significant in expanding demands. Quality also promotes fruit consumption in Canada. Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper Palavras-chave: Alchian-Allen effect; Fruit and vegetable trade; Health information; Produce quality; Latent variable; MIMIC model; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety. Ano: 2004 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28538 Valoração de atributos de qualidade em pêssegos comercializados no estado de São Paulo Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Lima, Lilian Maluf de; Caixeta Filho, Jose Vicente; Kassouf, Ana Lucia; Amorim, Lilian. Econometric models were developed to estimate the implicit prices for selected quality attributes of fresh peaches commercialized in the state of Sao Paulo. Such estimation is conducted in two stages of the distribution chain, namely, wholesale and retail sales. Data on the price and quality attributes (such as color, size, varieties and types of damages) of fresh peaches were obtained from cross-sectional data in different time periods. The estimation of Hedonic Prices is proposed as a method to evaluate post-harvest price variations from wholesale to retail sales. The results obtained allowed us to identify the gains accrued in each stage, deriving from the improvement in the product quality attributes. Tipo: Journal Article Palavras-chave: Peach; Hedonic price; Evaluation; Quality; Post-harvest; Losses.; Consumer/Household Economics; Q13; C21. Ano: 2009 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/60809 Quality Labels and Firm Survival in the Food Industry Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Bontemps, Christophe; Bouamra-Mechemache, Zohra; Simioni, Michel. Both industry and firm characteristics influence the survival of a firm in an industry over time. Aging, size, structure are factors often discussed in the literature, but public intervention effects - through public quality labeling for example - may also have an effect that is examined here. We use data on French firms producing cheese under public quality label or not over the period 1990-2006. We perform a nonparametric estimation using Kaplan-Meier estimators as well as proportional hazard rate models to assess the impact of such factors on firms survival. Our results confirm existing finding on firm survival determinants. We also shed light on the effect of public intervention into that industry. More precisely, our focus on public quality labeling... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Agribusiness. Ano: 2011 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114263 THE INFLUENCE OF WATER QUALITY ON THE HOUSING PRICE AROUND LAKE ERIE Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Ara, Shihomi; Irwin, Elena G.; Haab, Timothy C. The primary objective of this paper is to estimate the influence of Lake Erie water quality on the housing price by taking spatial effects into account. The robust LM tests for spatial autocorrelation suggested that spatial error model specification is more likely model in our study. Fecal coliform counts and Secchi depth disk reading are used as water quality measures. In order to overcome the spatio-temporal aspects of Secchi depth disk reading data, Kriging was used for spatial prediction. We found the significant influences of both water quality measures on housing values. Gradient effects considering the distance from a beach and water quality variables are also observed. Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Public Economics. Ano: 2006 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21275 Microeconometric analysis of wine grape supply contracts in Australia Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Fraser, Iain. This paper examines wine grape supply contracts used in the main grape growing regions of Australia. An empirical analysis provides insight into specific aspects of contract design and implementation. Statistical analyses of sample data reveal differences between regions in contract specifications. Lower quality grape growing regions place a greater reliance on grape quality assessment to determine bonus/penalty payments compared to higher quality regions. Contracts in higher quality regions place greater emphasis on explicit winery involvement and direction in vineyard management.Results indicate that longer duration contracts are more inclusive in terms of the number of clauses included. Evidence of risk shifting (i.e., winery to grower) for high quality... Tipo: Article Palavras-chave: Contract design; Supply contracts; Wine grapes; Agribusiness. Ano: 2005 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/118435 The Quality-Quantity Trade-off in the Principal-Agent Framework Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Olmos, Marta Fernandez; Martinez, Jorge Rosell. This paper uses the principal-agent theory to analytically investigate the optimal incentive-based compensation contract that a processor should offer to a grower performing efforts in quantity and quality. In this process, we contribute to the substantive literature on multi-task principal-agent models by analyzing the quality-quantity trade-off and studying the implications of such a relationship in the principal-agent framework. One striking result of these effects is that, under appropriate incentive-based grower’s compensation, the processor may encourage grower’s effort in quality without crowding out grower’s effort in quantity. Tipo: Article Palavras-chave: Quality; Quantity; Trade-off; Incentive contract; Principal-agent framework; Uncertainty; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; D86. Ano: 2011 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/118578 ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVE PAYMENT DESIGNS FOR FARMLAND DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Hanson, Steven D. Four alternative payment rules were examined to evaluate their ability to accomplish the objectives of the development rights purchase program. Paying the true economic value for the development rights does not allow the program to target high quality agricultural land. Modifying the payment strategy by offering a minimum payment will provide some extra incentive for high quality agricultural land in areas with little development pressure, but will provide little help in areas with high development pressure. Indexing the payment to a representative agricultural-use value for an area will provide premiums to high quality agricultural land and discounts to low quality agricultural land which provides additional incentives (disincentives) for high (low)... Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper Palavras-chave: Land Economics/Use. Ano: 1999 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/11540 Farm Animal Welfare and Quality Verification Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Uzea, Adrian D.; Hobbs, Jill E. Existing empirical evidence suggests that farm animal welfare may not be a top-of-mind issue for many consumers in North America. Nevertheless, there is pressure from animal welfare groups on food retailers and processors to implement more stringent requirements for their suppliers. Is the demand for more stringent animal welfare protocols primarily determined by a subset of consumers with very strong preferences or by an underlying change in consumer and societal preferences? Who do consumers trust for credible quality assurances with respect to farm animal welfare attributes? This paper provides a basis for further analysis of these issues. The roles of different stakeholders in delivering farm animal welfare quality assurances to consumers are first... Tipo: Report Palavras-chave: Farm animal welfare; Quality assurance; Labelling; Certification; Heterogeneous consumers.; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Consumer/Household Economics; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Q13; Q18. Ano: 2008 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/45498 Food quality and product export performance. An empirical investigation of the EU situation Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Fischer, Christian. The relationship between product quality (as indicated by unit value) and export performance, both measured in absolute (per capita) and relative terms, is investigated. Five EU countries (DE, UK, FR, ES, IT), three product categories (cheese, meat preparations and wine), three export destinations (intra EU, extra EU and world) and two time periods (1995-1999 and 2000-201) are analysed. The estimation results show that the connection between quality and export performance is positive for Italy, Spain and France but depends on the product category (but not on the period), and differs (but not in all cases) according to the export destination. While the signs of the estimated slope coefficients are stable, the obtained statistical significance levels for... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Food quality; International trade; EU.; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; International Relations/Trade. Ano: 2007 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7877 Productivity and Quality-Environmental Changes in Marketing Co-operatives: An Analysis on the Horticultural Sector Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Galdeano-Gomez, Emilio; Cespedes-Lorente, Jose; Rodriguez, Manuel Rodriguez. The object of the present paper is to analyse productivity incorporating quality-environmental changes in marketing co-operatives. Firstly, it reviews competitiveness factors in the current European agri-food market, especially in relation to the fruit and vegetables sector. Secondly, the productivity trend is studied empirically using nonparametric methods (Malmquist indices) and taking as reference panel data of Andalusian horticultural co-operatives for the period 1994-2001. For this purpose productivity is decomposed into technological change, efficiency and quality-environmental change. Additionally, the correlation of these results with other economic variables is analysed. The indicators obtained show a relevant increase in efficiency for the period... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Productivity; Quality-environment; Efficiency; Marketing co-operative; Horticultural sector; Agribusiness; Productivity Analysis; D24; Q13; Q21; L15. Ano: 2005 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24698 Does Generic Advertising Help or Hurt Brand Advertising? Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Suh, Daeseok; Chung, Chanjin. The purpose of this study is to investigate whether the generic advertising helps or hurts the brand advertising within the differentiated product environments. We develop an analytical model that includes both generic and brand advertising expenditures considering vertical product differentiation. Then the analysis is devoted to examine how marginal effects of expenditure affect each other under product differentiation. To help examine the relationship, we also include a new variable, the degree of product differentiation. Analytical results show that when the generic advertising increases the product differentiation, the high quality brand tends to take benefits while the low quality brand loses. When generic advertising includes messages that do not... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Check off; Generic advertising; Brand advertising; Vertical product differentiation; Marketing. Ano: 2009 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49557 PERMANENCIA DE ANTIBIOTICOS EN LA MIEL DE TAHONAL (Viguiera dentata) Y SU IMPACTO EN ALGUNOS FACTORES DE CALIDAD Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Gonzalez Novelo, Sara; Tamayo Cortez, Gustavo Adolfo; Vargas y Vargas, Maria de Lourdes; Sauri Duch, Enrique. Beekeeping is an activity of great socioeconomic importance in Mexico, since 80% of beekeepers are resource-poor farmers; it is among the top three of the livestock subsector and is a source of foreign exchange activity, over the 80% of the production from 59.00 tons approximately, is exported. Mexican Honey is widely known for its high quality, however, due to improper use of certain medications such as antibiotics and sulfa drugs, used to control bee diseases, may become contaminated resulting in quality problems that limit international marketing, leading to the rejection of shipments of honey. International quality standards are becoming more demanding with regard to the residual concentration of these compounds in high-quality honey. The aim of this... Tipo: Journal Article Palavras-chave: Honey; Tahonal; Tetracycline.; Agribusiness. Ano: 2011 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/99473 Bidding for Complex Projects: Evidence From the Acquisitions of IT Services Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Albano, Gian Luigi; Dini, Federico; Zampino, Roberto. Competitive bidding (as auctions) is commonly used to procure goods and services. Public buyers are often mandated by law to adopt competitive procedures to ensure transparency and promote full competition. Recent theoretical literature, however, suggests that open competition can perform poorly in allocating complex projects. In exploring the determinants of suppliers’ bidding behavior in procurement auctions for complex IT services, we find results that are consistent with theory. We find that price and quality do not exhibit the classical tradeoff one would expect: quite surprisingly, high quality is associated to low prices. Furthermore, while quality is mainly driven by suppliers’ experience, price is affected more by the scoring rule and by the level... Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper Palavras-chave: Procurement Auctions; Scoring Rules; IT Contracts; Price/Quality Ratio; Demand and Price Analysis; D44; D86; H51; H57. Ano: 2008 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/46547 Quality Assurance "Down Under": Market Access and Product Differentiation Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Lawrence, John D. Australia and New Zealand are major beef producing countries and major beef exporters. Unlike the case in the United States, where less than 10 percent of beef is exported, approximately 60 percent of Australia's and 85 percent of New Zealand's beef production is exported. Because of their dependency on a diverse set of export customers, these two countries are developing quality assurance programs that differentiate their beef in the global market and assure individual customers that the product is safe and meets customer needs. The Australian government and beef industry have invested in innovative identification, grading, and quality assurance systems that can be used by processors, producers, and supply chains. New Zealand relies upon individual... Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper Palavras-chave: Beef; Quality assurance; Traceability; Value-added; Marketing. Ano: 2002 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/18707 Does On-Farm Quality Assurance Pay? A Cost-Benefit Analysis of the Grainsafe Program Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Karaca, Umit; Alexander, Corinne E.; Maier, Dirk E. Since the introduction of genetically modified (GM) crops, the commodity grain system has been under pressure to segregate GM and non-GM crops. Starting at the level of the grain handler, members of the grain supply chain have successfully used quality assurance and identity preservation programs to segregate non GM crops. Producers delivering high-value, identity-preserved crops have become interested in implementing these quality management systems at the farm level. We conduct a cost-benefit analysis that shows that quality assurance program may be profitable for producers, depending on their farm size and equipment management strategy. Tipo: Journal Article Palavras-chave: Risk; Cost-benefit analysis; Identity preservation; On-farm quality assurance; Crop Production/Industries; Risk and Uncertainty; Q12; Q16. Ano: 2007 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6057 TRADE-OFF ANALYSIS OF HERBICIDE WITHDRAWALS ON AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AND GROUNDWATER QUALITY Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Liu, Shiping; Carlson, Gerald A.; Hoag, Dana L. This study examines the trade-off between agricultural production and groundwater contamination potential for ten potential herbicide cancellations. Theoretical and empirical models are developed for estimating losses in consumer and producer benefits in the agricultural commodity market and changes in groundwater quality. Using corn and soybean production in the southeastern Coastal Plain as a study area, the analysis concludes that (1) effects of herbicide cancellations on groundwater quality can be very significant; (2) a cancellation does not guarantee groundwater quality improvement; (3) effects of a multiple cancellation are different from the summation of the effects of independent cancellations; and (4) weed density has a very strong effect on... Tipo: Journal Article Palavras-chave: Herbicide cancellations; Corn/soybean supply shifts; Groundwater quality; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy. Ano: 1995 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15330 O impacto do programa de microcrédito rural (Agroamigo) na melhoria das condições de vida das famílias beneficiadas no estado do Ceará: um estudo de caso Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Maciel, Harine Matos; Khan, Ahmad Saeed. The main objective of the study is to verify the impact of program of small agricultural credit on the quality of life of the benefited families in the state of Ceara. The data was obtained through the application of questionnaires to the benefited families in the county of Quixada. Table, graphic and descriptive analysis were used to describe the collected data. The t-student, Tukey test and Kruskall-Wallis test were used to compare the mean values of selected variables and proportions of benefited and non benefited families were used, respectively. The employment per hectare cultivated is higher on the properties having cattle breeding and hog production activities financed by the credit program. The main of income of benefited and non benefited families... Tipo: Journal Article Palavras-chave: Small rural credit; Employment; Income; Quality of life; Ceará; Community/Rural/Urban Development. Ano: 2009 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53849 Coupon Redemption and Its Effect on Household Cheese Purchases Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Dong, Diansheng; Kaiser, Harry M. By endogenizing unit value and coupon redemption, we estimate U.S. household cheese purchase, quality choice, and coupon redemption equations simultaneously. Zero purchases and missing values are taken into account in the model to correct for the selectivity bias. The correlations among the three equations are found to be significant. Empirical findings show that high quality choice significantly decreases cheese purchases, while cheese coupon usage significantly increases purchases. We find that higher income households select higher quality cheese, while larger households choose lower quality cheese. Frequent coupon redeemers are found to purchase lower quality cheese. For coupon redemption, we find that African American households redeem less while... Tipo: Technical Report Palavras-chave: Consumer/Household Economics; Marketing. Ano: 2003 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/122111 Quality Dispersion Among Organic Milk Channels Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Dong, Fengxia; Hennessy, David A.; Jensen, Helen H.; Park, Timothy A. The most widely used measure of milk hygiene is Somatic Cell Count (SCC), where low SCC values indicate more wholesome milk. Dirt, often associated with grazing, carry bacteria and these bacteria can cause mastitis. Milk from cows with mastitis generally has higher SCC levels and cows with mastitis are most readily treated with antibiotics. Milk with high SCC is penalized by distributers as it is difficult to process and is not considered as wholesome in fluid markets. Grazing cows is common for many organic farmers. However, regulators prohibit antibiotic use under organic production. Intensive management protocols, maintaining equipment, and closely managing the herd’s environment offer substitutes for antibiotics use. Organic milk carries with it a... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Milk; Organic; Quality; Quantile; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Livestock Production/Industries. Ano: 2010 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61137 Does Close Count? School Proximity, School Quality, and Residential Property Values Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Owusu-Edusei, Kwame; Espey, Molly; Lin, Huiyan. This study jointly estimates the impact of school quality and school proximity on residential property values in Greenville, South Carolina. While quality is found to be capitalized into residential property values, the degree of capitalization depends on school level and proximity to each school for which the house is zoned for attendance. In general, there is positive value associated with closer proximity to schools of all levels, and negative value associated with a significantly longer than average distance to schools. In terms of quality rankings, excellence at the elementary and high school levels has the strongest impact on property values. Tipo: Journal Article Palavras-chave: Hedonics; Park proximity; School proximity; School quality; Land Economics/Use; I21; O18; R21. Ano: 2007 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6609 Land Quality in an International Comparison: It's Importance in Measuring Productivity Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Nehring, Richard F.; Ball, V. Eldon; Breneman, Vincent E. The purpose of this paper has been to present quality-adjusted values for land in the United States and nine European countries using price and quantity data for 1990. Disregarding such differences in the quality-adjusted land input would generate biased estimates of the land input and thus of total factor productivity. Land quality adjustments could potentially be enhanced further with additional data on soil characteristics, climate, and other productivity-related characteristics. Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Total factor productivity; Hedonic techniques; Soil stress; Quality-adjusted land; Productivity Analysis. Ano: 2002 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24910 SOIL QUALITY ATTRIBUTE TIME PATHS: OPTIMAL LEVELS AND VALUES Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Smith, Elwin G.; Lerohl, Mel L.; Messele, Teklay; Janzen, H. Henry. We develop a dynamic soil quality model to evaluate optimal cropping systems in the northern Great Plains. Modeling soil quality attributes is feasible, and attribute model results apply to a wide range of soils. A crop production system with continuous spring wheat and direct planting is the most profitable system. This system has low soil erosion and high quality attributes, indicating the benefits of increased soil quality exceed the higher maintenance costs. On-site value of additional soil organic carbon (OC) ranges from $1 to $4/ton OC/hectare/year. These values for soil OC impact the optimum tillage practice, but not the crop rotation. Tipo: Journal Article Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries. Ano: 2000 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30827 Incorporating Scenic Quality and Cultural Heritage into Farmland Valuation: Results from an Enhanced LESA Model Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Mathews, Leah Greden; Rex, Art. Farmland often contributes scenic quality and cultural heritage to a region; however, these factors are challenging to incorporate into standard farmland valuation schemes because of their qualitative nature. This research develops a method for enhancing the Land Evaluation and Site Assessment (LESA) model to incorporate scenic quality and cultural heritage elements into the rating scheme. Data on the scenic quality and cultural heritage values of the community was gathered via a participatory geographic information system (PGIS) exercise and combined with traditional LESA factors to develop a GIS-linked enhanced LESA model. This method provides a holistic valuation of farmland characteristics and directly incorporates community values. When a LESA model... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Land Economics/Use. Ano: 2010 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61733 The Expected Value of Sample Information Analysis for Nonpoint Water Quality Management Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Sung, Hwansoo; Shortle, James S. There is considerable interest in watershed-based water quality protection. However, the approach can be highly information intensive, necessitating decisions about the types and amounts of data used to guide decisions. This study examines the Bayesian value of different types and amounts of sample information for reducing nutrient pollution in the Conestoga watershed of Pennsylvania, focusing on nitrogen from agricultural sources. Uncertainty is modeled from the perspective of a social planner seeking to maximize the economic efficiency of water quality control. A nested Monte Carlo procedure combined with an Evolutionary Optimization Strategy with Covariance Matrix Adaptation is used to compute resource allocation that optimizes the expected net benefit... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Water quality management; Value of sample information; Monte Carlo simulation; Environmental Economics and Policy. Ano: 2006 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21296 SCHOOL QUALITY AND PROPERTY VALUES IN GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Owusu-Edusei, Kwame; Espey, Molly. This study estimates the impact of school quality on property values within the city limits of Greenville, South Carolina. This study differs from others in its use of a relative, rather than an absolute measure of school quality. We apply a hedonic pricing model to estimate the impact of K-12 rankings on the real constant-quality housing values. Based on 3,731 housing transactions carried out from 1994 to 2000, our results suggest that those who choose to live within the city limits of the study pay a premium to live in high quality school attendance areas. Therefore, high-ranked schools have values capitalized into single-family house prices. Further, greater distance to assigned K-12 schools has a negative impact on the value of the property. Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper Palavras-chave: Land Economics/Use. Ano: 2003 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/18809 Effects of WIC Program Participation on Food Consumption and Diet Quality Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Chandran, Ram. This paper examines the effect of WIC program Participation on food consumption and diet quality of U.S. children between 2 and 4 years of age. Diet quality is assessed using the Healthy Eating Index, U.S. Department of Agriculture's instrument for measuring overall diet quality incorporating ten recommended components of dietary guidelines. The study has found that WIC program participation has significant positive influence in improving diet quality as measured by HEI and several of its components. The analysis has also indicated that the WIC program has significant positive influence in reducing sugar consumption by children. This research and the results presented have potential significance for researchers, economists and policy makers focusing on... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety. Ano: 2003 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22226 An Economic Framework for Evaluating New Wheat Varieties Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Brennan, John P.; Godyn, Dirk L.; Johnston, Brian G. Estimation of the benefits of research using changes in producer and consumer surplus following a research-induced shift in the supply curve provides a useful framework for the analysis of new wheat varieties. However, the framework assumes an homogeneous product, which is not the case for wheat where there are changes in quality as a result of research. This aspect is particularly important where there is a trade-off between quality and yield, as in the case of a higher-yielding, but lower-quality wheat variety. The aim of this paper is to incorporate these quality aspects into an analysis based on a partial equilibrium framework by separating the wheat market into segments based on wheat quality. A change in the type of wheat produced can then be... Tipo: Journal Article Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries. Ano: 1989 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/12447 Environmental Quality in a Differentiated Duopoly Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Farzin, Y. Hossein; Akao, Ken-Ichi. In a duopoly industry with environmentally differentiated products, we examine the effects of introducing a mandatory environmental quality standard on firms' environmental quality choices, profits, and the average environmental quality offered by the industry. We show that at low standard levels, both firms choose to overcomply regardless of the standard level. At intermediate levels, the mandatory standard can reduce the profit of the low-cost firm while increasing that of the high-cost firm, and that it can lower the industry's average environmental quality below what it would be without the standard. Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy. Ano: 2006 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/12183 Weather Insurance of Wine - How Quantity and Quality Regulations Affect Risks Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Phelippe-Guinvarc'h, Martial. To develop weather insurance, GROUPAMA builds a general model of agronomic crop yield density function. This approach is applied for cereal, industrial products, wine and fruits. From the density function, weather risk premium is computed. The wine-producing practices disturb our approach of risks. First, wine yields are limited by public regulations. Second, some cooperatives applied quality regulations. Then, observed crop yields are not agronomic crop yields needed by the model. The paper proposes a simulation process to estimate the agronomic parameters of areas crop yields from observed crop yields data. This process is tested on Champagne wine historical data. We measure too the impact of the quantity rules on our estimation of premium. Next, the... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Weather Insurance; Wine; Quality Insurance; Regulations impacts on Risks; Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; Risk and Uncertainty. Ano: 2007 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9258 Grid Marketing and Beef Carcass Quality: A Discussion of Issues and Trends Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Fausti, Scott W.; Qasmi, Bashir A.; Diersen, Matthew A. Beef industry data suggest that improvements in carcass yield and quality grades have stagnated recently. Empirical analysis, based on USDA market reports, indicates that the share of steer slaughter volume marketed on a grid is less than industry estimates and the growth in market share has stagnated. Trend analysis of market share suggests that grid pricing has become an important marketing channel, but has not become the dominant marketing channel. The lack of industry progress toward achieving the carcass quality goals suggests that grid pricing has not captured the level of market share needed to realize the goals envisioned for it as a value based marketing system Tipo: Report Palavras-chave: Grid pricing; National beef quality audit; Public livestock price reporting; Beef carcass quality; Demand and Price Analysis; Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing; Q13. Ano: 2008 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37149 Optimal Herbicide Strategies Given Yield and Quality Impacts of Weeds Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Pannell, David J. Prices received by Australian wheat farmers have increasingly depended on grain quality, especially protein concentration. This concentration depends on various agronomic and physical factors including weed competition. In this paper a model of weed management in the presence of grain quality premiums is presented. Two types of quality premium are examined: a continuout linear payment schedule and a discontinuous "stepped" schedule with substantial premiums for quality levels above a critical level. The model is applied to an analysis of the impact of protein premiums on optimal management strategies for a particular weed in Western Australia. It is found that the impact of protein premiums on optimal weed management is likely to be very small indeed, even... Tipo: Journal Article Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries. Ano: 1995 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/12335 Measuring Retail Service Quality in Farm Supply Cooperatives Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Wilson, Norbert L.W.; Hall, Thomas; Fields, Deacue. Based on the Retail Service Quality Scale (RSQS), we develop a tool for mangers of local farm cooperative stores to assess which customer service groups matter to their customers. Principal component analysis (PCA) reveals three customer groups. The results of the multinomial logit model showed younger patrons and homeowners are likely to deem customer service and personal interaction as important. Customers, who consider appearance and accessibility as important, are college graduates and persons dependent on farming. Older patrons and wildlife enthusiasts are likely to view the policies and reliability as important factors of service quality. Tipo: Journal Article Palavras-chave: Agricultural Cooperatives; Retail Service Quality Scale (RSQS); Service Quality (SERVQUAL); Principal Competent Analysis (PCA); Multinomial Logit.; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Demand and Price Analysis; Farm Management; Q13; M30; C25. Ano: 2011 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/100763 COMPLIANCE TO HACCP AND COMPETITIVENESS OF OMAN FISH PROCESSING Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Zaibet, Lokman. Exports of fish products are very important for the Sultanate of Oman to diversify sources of income and achieve higher standards of living to fishermen. In the past government regulations and support were sufficient to reach markets such as the European Union and the United States. During the last decade, however, there has been more focus on the application of more stringent quality regulations according to international norms namely Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP). This paper investigates the perception and compliance of Oman fish companies to HACCP and consequences for corporate success and competitiveness. The paper provides and overview of international and national fish market regulations and the development of seafood regulations... Tipo: Journal Article Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety. Ano: 2000 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/34481 ARE THE TOTAL DAILY COST OF FOOD AND DIET QUALITY RELATED: A RANDOM EFFECTS PANEL DATA ANALYSIS Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Carlson, Andrea; Dong, Diansheng; Lino, Mark. There is a common perception that healthy food costs more than less healthy food. In this study we use a demand model for diet quality, rather than the quantity of food. Since in our data, total daily cost and diet quality are both calculated from the foods chosen, we account for the fact that cost is endogenous. We find that while total daily food cost is statistically significant in relation to diet quality, the degree of association is very small. Hence, it does not appear that cost alone prevents individuals in the United States from purchasing a healthy diet. Other factors such as food culture and environment, health behaviours, and demographics are more important. Our findings suggest that the choice to consume a healthy diet is very complicated. Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Diet cost; Cost of food; Food culture; Diet quality; HEI-2005; Random effects model; Demand model; NHANES; MPED; CNPP Food Prices Database; Agricultural and Food Policy; Consumer/Household Economics; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Health Economics and Policy; D12; C3. Ano: 2010 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/116395 Family Structure, Fertility and Child Quality in Colombia Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Ribero, Rocio. This paper analyzes how family structure and fertility alter children quality in Colombia. Reduced form models to determine marital status of women and number of children ever born are estimated considering factors that affect women's bargaining powers inside the marriage. Tentative estimates of structural interdependence between these variables and children outcomes are outlined, revealing that marriage has a positive link with child quality and fertility has a negative link with child quality. Colombian national household survey data at rural and urban levels are used for the estimations. Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper Palavras-chave: Family structure; Fertility; Child quality; Consumer/Household Economics; J00; J12; J13. Ano: 2000 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28390 Market Differentials for Meat Quality Improvement: Meat Standards Australia Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Rodgers, Heidi; Griffith, Garry R.; Fleming, Euan M.; Villano, Renato A. Eating quality is one of the most important factors influencing demand for beef. Meat Standards Australia is a voluntary beef grading system aimed at improving consumer certainty about beef quality, improving overall beef quality and strengthening supply chain linkages. Since its inception in 1999/2000, substantial improvements in beef quality, as measured by the system, have been identified. An evaluation was undertaken to estimate the economic value of these improvements to the industry. It was found that MSA graded beef consistently attracted premiums above nongraded beef, with mean values of 29c/kg and 39c/kg (carcass equivalent) at the wholesale and retail levels respectively, while the food service sector received an average of 39c/kg (carcass... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries. Ano: 2007 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10423 QUALITY IMPROVEMENT AND SUSTAINABLE GROWTH IN JAPANESE AGRICULTURE Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Oniki, Shunji. As modern agricultural growth has been attained through increasing use of material input, it is discussed whether agricultural growth can be sustained in the long run within the limit of environmental tolerance. In order to investigate the possibility of growth, this study applies Aghion and Howittfs Schumpeterian growth model, and conducts empirical analyses using rice production panel data from eight regions in Japan for the period 1984 to 1999. Estimation of the translog cost function, which incorporates quality improvement effects, as well as the growth accounting estimation, reveals that the growth with quality improvement occurs, as the growth with increasing material input is stagnant. The quality-based innovation does not lead to increases in... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: International Development. Ano: 2003 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25813 Calidad y desempeño en la producción sana de productos agrícolas: examen del control de capacitación del desempeño Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Mendoza, Patricio; Valderas, Ramon; Perez, A.; Arias, Jose Luis. Published by Asociación de Economistas Agrarios de Chile Tipo: Journal Article Palavras-chave: Control; Quality; Training.; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety. Ano: 2005 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97350 QUALITY OR QUANTITY? THE SUPPLY-SIDE DETERMINANTS OF PRIMARY SCHOOLING IN RURAL MOZAMBIQUE Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Handa, Sudhanshu; Simler, Kenneth R. The role of school quality in determining educational outcomes has received much research attention in the United States. However, in developing countries, where a significant part of the school age population never attends school, policymakers must consider both quality and quantity when deciding how to maximize the impact of scarce investments. Acknowledging this difference in the policy environment in developing countries, this paper provides comparative estimates of the impact of quality versus quantity investments in school supply in rural Mozambique, one of the world’s poorest countries. Policy simulations show that improving school quality (through the pupil-teacher ratio) increases grade attainment and efficiency by approximately 9 percent with no... Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper Palavras-chave: Labor and Human Capital. Ano: 2000 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/16468 Creating an innovative environment in total quality management system within companies Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Mitreva, Elizabeta; Prodanovska, Vesna. The decision for development of the quality providing system could go in line with the company’s expansion and with the concept of the total quality management (TQM). The most diligent-untouchable assets within the companies are referring to the relation with the customers/consumers, employee’s skills and their knowledge and building an organizational culture tending towards innovations, problem solving and total working promotion. The paper discusses attitude of companies in Macedonia to promoting employees’ motivations to knowledge sharing and innovations. Tipo: Journal Article Palavras-chave: Qualities; Innovations; Organizational culture; Buyers; Quality providing systems; Total quality management.; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; M10; M12; O32. Ano: 2009 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94588 Identifying the Effect of Unobserved Quality and Expert Reviews in the Pricing of Experience Goods: Empirical Application on Bordeaux Wine Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Dubois, Pierre; Nauges, Celine. We propose a structural empirical approach à la Levinsohn and Petrin (2003) to disentangle the effect of experts’ grades from the effect of unobserved quality on the pricing of experience goods. Using a panel data set of 108 châteaux selling wine on the Bordeaux ‘en primeur’ market, we provide some empirical validation for the theoretical result that the price set by wine producers is used as a signal for wine quality. We confirm that experts’ grades affect producers’ choice of ‘en primeur’ price above the effect of unobserved wine quality. Our empirical results also show that failing to control for endogeneity caused by the omission of unobserved leads to over-estimate the influence of experts’ grades on the ‘en primeur’ price. Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper Palavras-chave: Quality signaling; Wine price; Wine market; Expert ratings; Demand and Price Analysis; Industrial Organization. Ano: 2007 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37320 ELICITING AND VALUING MARKET PREFERENCES WITH TRADITIONAL FOOD CROPS: THE CASE OF CHICKPEA IN INDIA Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Agbola, Frank W.; Kelley, Timothy G.; Bent, Martin J.M.; Rao, P. Parthasarathy. During the past decade the Indian chickpea industry underwent a dramatic structural shift following the implementation of market-oriented policies by the Government of India. This paper examines consumer attitudes to quality characteristics of chickpea in India. A linear hedonic price model is estimated using auction price and quality data of chickpea samples obtained from major markets in India. Empirical results indicate that specific physical quality characteristics and purity standards are important factors influencing the price of chickpea in India. Thus, there may be an incentive for domestic producers and sellers of chickpea and exporting countries to improve the quality of their product, if improvements in specific physical characteristics... Tipo: Journal Article Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries; Demand and Price Analysis. Ano: 2002 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/34585 Comparing a best management practice scorecard with an auction metric to select proposals in a water quality tender Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Rolfe, John; Windle, Jill. The focus of this paper is to compare different evaluation frameworks for selecting landholder proposals to improve water quality. The case study is a water quality tender performed in the Burdekin region in Northern Australia in 2007/2008 where bids could be assessed using an inputs-based best management practice scorecard or an outputs-based auction metric. The scorecard approach and other variants of multi-criteria analysis are commonly applied in grant schemes, where landholder proposals are rated by a range of inputs-based criteria. Output-based approaches are typically applied in water quality and conservation tenders, where an environmental benefits index is constructed to summarise the cost-effectiveness of each proposal. The case study evaluation... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy. Ano: 2010 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/59262 Beach Quality and Recreational Values: A Pictorialized Stated Preference Analysis of Residents and Tourists Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Penn, Jerrod; Hu, Wuyang; Cox, Linda J.; Kozloff, Lara. Much of Hawaii’s economy relies on its unique marine environments, which are threatened by degradation from stormwater runoff. Using a stated preference method of choice-based conjoint (CBC) analysis, based on stylized photographs, this study examines both residents’ and visitors’ marginal value for levels of attributes associated with Hawaiian beach recreation. Each attribute (sand quality, water quality, congestion and water safety conditions) was significant for both residents and tourists, with water quality being the single most important attribute. There is little distinction between resident and tourist marginal value, except for a greater value lost for below average water quality among tourists. Tipo: Presentation Palavras-chave: Nonmarket Valuation; WTP; Beach; Environmental Economics and Policy; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy. Ano: 2012 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/119813 Market Signals Transmitted by Grid Pricing Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Johnson, Heather C.; Ward, Clement E. Grid pricing improves the flow of information to producers, but market signals sent by grids may not be clearly understood. This study uses a two-stage Coefficients of Separate Determination process, four sets of fed cattle carcass data, and sensitivity analyses to identify market signals sent by grid pricing. Weight sends a stronger market signal than carcass quality characteristics such as quality and yield grade. Although grids are shaping production, market signals indicate that lower quality carcasses are penalized more than higher quality carcasses are rewarded. Sensitivity analyses suggest changes in quality and yield grade discounts have the greatest impact on market signals. Tipo: Journal Article Palavras-chave: Beef cattle; Coefficients of Separate Determination; Grid pricing; Market signals; Value-based marketing; Demand and Price Analysis. Ano: 2005 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30980 Double Sided Moral Hazard and Share Contracts in agriculture Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Fernandez-Olmos, Marta; Rosell-Martinez, Jorge; Espitia-Escuer, Manuel Antonio. This paper develops a double-sided moral hazard model of share contract in agriculture, with imperfect quality measurement by the agent and the principal, who contribute to the final good quality in terms of production effort and marketing effort respectively. Using this model, we analyse the implications of the share contract for quantity and quality, often ignored in previous analysis. With the help of a simulation exercise, we prove that the outcome-conditioned share generally weakens the agent´s incentive to make effort in quality input. This finding could explain the contractual evidence in some differentiated markets such as the wine market, where bottle-price conditioned contracts are rarely used. Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Share-contract; Double moral-hazard; Quality; Farm Management. Ano: 2008 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43863 Trading efficiency in water quality markets Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: McDonald, Hugh J.; Kennedy, Marianna; Ngawhika, Simon; Kerr, Suzi. A crucial factor in the success of any water quality trading market is its ability to cost-effectively reallocate nutrient allowances from initial holders to those users who find them most valuable; the market's trading efficiency. We explore causes of and solutions to trading inefficiency by assessing the impact on participant transaction costs and the tradeoffs that occur as a result of policy design decisions. Differing impacts of baseline-credit and cap-and-trade markets, the impact of trading rules and monitoring regimes are discussed in this endeavour. Possible solutions of increased information flows and regulatory certainty are also discussed. We then apply this framework to three existing water quality trading schemes; two from the US, and one... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Nutrient trading; Trading efficiency; Water quality markets; Transaction costs; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Health Economics and Policy; International Relations/Trade. Ano: 2010 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/96949 Influence of air temperature on proteinase activity and beverage quality in Coffea arabica Provedor de dados: 88 Autores: Abreu,Hellen Marília Couto de; Nobile,Paula Macedo; Shimizu,Milton Massao; Yamamoto,Paula Yuri; Silva,Emerson Alves; Colombo,Carlos Augusto; Mazzafera,Paulo. Fruits were collected from trees of Coffea arabica cv. Obatã grown at Mococa and Adamantina in São Paulo State, Brazil, which are regions with marked differences in air temperature that produce coffee with distinct qualities. Mococa is a cooler location that produces high-quality coffee, whereas coffee from Adamantina is of lower quality. The amino acid and protein contents, amino acid profile, and proteinase activity and type in endosperm protein extracts were analysed. Proteinase genes were identified, and their expression was assayed. All results indicate that temperature plays a role in controlling proteinase activity in coffee endosperm. Proteinase activity was higher in the endosperm of immature fruits from Adamantina, which was correlated with... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Amino acids; Coffee quality; Cysteine proteinase; Endosperm; Protein. Ano: 2012 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-84042012000400009 Soil water retention and s index after crop rotation and chiseling Provedor de dados: 90 Autores: Calonego,Juliano Carlos; Rosolem,Ciro Antonio. Soil compaction can be minimized either mechanically or biologically, using plant species with vigorous root systems. An experiment was carried out with soybean (Glycine max) in rotation with triticale (X Triticosecale) and sunflower (Helianthus annuus) in fall-winter associated with pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum), grain sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) or sunn hemp (Crotalaria juncea) in spring. Crop rotation under no-till was compared with mechanical chiseling. The experiment was carried out in Botucatu, São Paulo State, Brazil. Soil quality was estimated using the S index and soil water retention curves (in the layers of 0-0.05, 0.075-0.125, 0.15-0.20, 0.275-0.325, and 0.475-0.525 m deep). Crop rotation and chiseling improved soil quality, increasing the S... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Cropping systems; Soil compaction; Tillage; Soil quality. Ano: 2011 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-06832011000600009 Changes in canola plant architecture and seed physiological quality in response to different sowing densities Provedor de dados: 95 Autores: Jacob Junior,Elias Abrahão; Mertz,Liliane Márcia; Henning,Fernando Augusto; Quilón,Isabel Rodríguez; Maia,Manoel de Souza; Altisent,José Maria Duran. The aim of this study was to evaluate changes in canola yield components and seed physiological quality in response to different sowing densities. The study was made in a greenhouse at the REIPESOL Company Technological Center, Madrid - Spain, with the commercial "Toccata" hybrid variety. The initial sowing density was 360,000 plants/ha and the plant population was later thinned down to include treatments of 250 and 180 thousand plants/ha. Harvested seeds were sent to the Seed Technology Center Laboratory (CATES) at the Madrid Polytechnic University (UPM) to evaluate changes in plant architecture and yield components, as well as the seed physiological quality of different plant parts. Results demonstrated that canola plants showed changes in morphology and... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Brassica napus; Yield components; Seed quality. Ano: 2012 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-31222012000100002 Use of densimetric table to improve the quality of commercial castor bean seeds Provedor de dados: 95 Autores: Santos Neto,Antônio Lucrécio dos; Carvalho,Maria Laene Moreira de; Oliveira,João Almir; Fraga,Antônio Carlos; Souza,Ademária Aparecida de. Castor bean fruits are already used for biodiesel production but obtaining quality seeds is still a challenge. Seed cleaning improves lot quality but little is known about the effects of upgrading castor bean seed lots on a densimetric table. The objective of this study was to evaluate the influence of cleaning castor bean seed lots on a densimetric table on their physical, physiological and sanitary characteristics. Two commercial lots of the AL Guarani 2002 cultivar, separated into five categories according to their classification on a densimetric table (uncleaned and low, low intermediate, high intermediate and high outlets), were evaluated. Tests for the yield, one-thousand seed weight, germination, seedling emergence, electrical conductivity and seed... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Ricinus communis L.; Cleaning; Germination; Vigor; Seed health. Ano: 2012 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-31222012000400004 Seasonal variation in sperm characteristics of boars in southern Uruguay Provedor de dados: 96 Autores: Petrocelli,Hugo; Batista,Carlos; Gosálvez,Jaime. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of season, natural photoperiod, and room temperature at the housing facility on boar semen characteristics in Uruguay (34º66'S; 56º29'W). For this purpose, 117 ejaculates, obtained from eight adult males collected through 12 consecutive months, were assessed for sperm viability, DNA integrity, abnormalities (total, primary, and secondary), ejaculate volume, and sperm concentration. Viability, total and primary abnormalities, volume, and sperm concentration were affected by season. Sperm viability, volume, and sperm concentration were affected by natural photoperiod. In general, autumn and the decreasing photoperiod had a negative impact on most of the semen characteristics, except for volume. Housing... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Boar; Natural photoperiod; Season; Semen quality. Ano: 2015 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-35982015000100001 Identification of demand characteristics in the production of sires using a conceptual model of quality function deployment: a case study Provedor de dados: 96 Autores: Rosado Júnior,Adriano Garcia; Lobato,José Fernando Piva; Echeveste,Márcia; Gerber,Adriano Schaun; Yang,Samanta; Rossini,Karina. The objective of this study is to identify demands of customers of a sire-producing company in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, by using a methodology adapted from quality function deployment tool. The adaptation consisted on the fact that matrices are treated in an unified manner among product and services due to the high perception of inter-relationship among these business components. The results evidenced that clients priorize traits related to the product, especially genetic value of the bulls. Service items were also highlighted, and they may be presented as an opportunity of differentiation among suppliers. Customer profile influenced priority order inasmuch as farmers with no technical services prioritized performance traits over genetic traits, opposing... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Genetics characteristics; Quality demand. Ano: 2011 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-35982011000100029 Aerobic deterioration influences the fermentative, microbiological and nutritional quality of maize and sorghum silages on farm in high quality milk and cheese production chains Provedor de dados: 96 Autores: Borreani,Giorgio; Bernardes,Thiago Fernandes; Tabacco,Ernesto. Maize and sorghum silages are good sources of energy for lactating dairy cows that produce milk destined for fresh and matured cheeses. Silages are usually stored in horizontal silos with or without side walls on commercial farms throughout the world. The main microbiological and nutritional quality problems are related to harvesting time, ensiling technology, and management practices during filling and feed-out. Aerobic deterioration is a key point that must avoided on farms in order to improve the hygienic, chemical and sensorial quality of milk and cheeses. Aerobic deterioration causes large losses of dry matter (DM) and quality, and it can cause health problems for animals and humans through the transfer of pathogens and mycotoxins from feed and... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Aerobic deterioration; Management practices; Silostop; Plastic film; Spoilage microorganisms; Maize silage. Ano: 2008 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-35982008001300009 Assimilation efficiency in Bufo spinulosus tadpoles (Anura: Bufonidae): effects of temperature, diet quality and geographic origin Provedor de dados: 97 Autores: BENAVIDES,A. GONZALO; VELOSO,ALBERTO; JIMÉNEZ,PAULINA; MÉNDEZ,MARCO A. The assimilation efficiency of Bufo spinulosus tadpoles from four localities in Chile was evaluated for two different temperatures (15 and 25 ºC) and two different diets (low nutritional quality diet (LQD): 22.28 mg g N-1; high nutritional quality diet (HQD): 47.53 mg g N-1) using ash as a marker of digestion. Results showed that geographic origin did not affect assimilation efficiency, while the relationship observed between temperature and diet quality was significant. Assimilation efficiency was greater for the HQD when tadpoles were maintained at 15 °C, instead significant differences were not found between diets for tadpoles maintained at 25 °C. Our results suggest that the effect of temperature on digestive processes is more relevant than its effect... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Bufo spinulosus; Tadpoles; Assimilation; Temperature effects; Diet quality effects; Geographic origin effects. Ano: 2005 URL: http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-078X2005000200013 Characterization and delimitation of the terroir coffee in plantations in the municipal district of Araponga, Minas Gerais, Brazil Provedor de dados: 124 Autores: Silva,Samuel de Assis; Queiroz,Daniel Marçal de; Pinto,Francisco de Assis de Carvalho; Santos,Nerilson Terra. Differentiating coffees through the notion of terroirs allows us to determine potential areas for specialty coffee production and to characterize the type of coffee in these areas, exploring their potential. The objective of this work was to study spatial variability quality and to characterize and delimit terroirs in coffee crop production in Araponga municipality, Minas Gerais State, Brazil, using sensorial evaluation. The data were collected from four crops, from altitudes ranging from 770 to 1270 m, with the extract increasing from low to high. In each plot of crops, samples of cherry fruits were collected, dried, benefited, subjected to sensorial analysis and given grades ranging from 0 to 100 points for the global drink quality and relative... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Geographical origin; Sensorial quality; Spatial variability. Ano: 2014 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1806-66902014000100003 Soil loss risk and habitat quality in streams of a meso-scale river basin Provedor de dados: 63 Autores: Silva,Alexandre Marco da; Casatti,Lilian; Alvares,Clayton Alcarde; Leite,Aline Maria; Martinelli,Luiz Antonio; Durrant,Steven F. Soil loss expectation and possible relationships among soil erosion, riparian vegetation and water quality were studied in the São José dos Dourados River basin, State of São Paulo, Brazil. Through Geographic Information System (GIS) resources and technology, Soil Loss Expectation (SLE) data obtained using the Universal Soil Loss Equation (USLE) model were analyzed. For the whole catchment area and for the 30 m buffer strips of the streams of 22 randomly selected catchments, the predominant land use and habitat quality were studied. Owing mainly to the high soil erodibility, the river basin is highly susceptible to erosive processes. Habitat quality analyses revealed that the superficial water from the catchments is not chemically impacted but suffers... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Erosion modeling; Expectation of soil loss map; Riparian vegetation; Water quality. Ano: 2007 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-90162007000400004 Relationship between seed technology research and federal plant breeding programs Provedor de dados: 63 Autores: Krzyzanowski,F. C. This paper deals with the contributions seed technology can provide for soybean breeding programs for seed quality. Efforts can be placed on seed quality assurance (DIACOM) to assist the production system, from genetic up to certified seed in releasing a product of high quality. Another approach is the development of screening methods, based on seed technology tests (vigor tests), for selecting genotypes according to different traits relating to seed quality. An understanding of seed quality mechanisms, such as seed-coat properties, pod-wall permeability, seed and pod resistance to fungi infection , seed shriveling and cell wall permeability, will help to define the screening procedures for this characteristic. It has been one of the most important... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Seed; Soyabean; Plant breeding. Ano: 1998 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-90161998000500015 Technology on Reducing Postharvest Losses and Maintaining Quality Provedor de dados: 185 Autores: Abdul Hamid Al Imam. [[abstract]]The Syrian working paper includes three chapters. The first Chapter contains general information about the Syrian Arab Republic (where the site - the border - the most important cities – population). It also includes the agriculture in Syria (where importance - the distribution of land use - agricultural settlement zones – the important agricultural products, value of agricultural commodities for commercial exchange). The second chapter contains a presentation of postharvest techniques (Harvest - Pre cooling - Quality Control in the field – Packaging – Transport) and the best practices to be followed to reduce the loss and maintain the quality of fruits and vegetables. The third Chapter contains the recommendations for marketing chain and... Palavras-chave: Technology on Reducing Post-harvest Losses and Maintaining Quality of Fruits and Vegetables: Proceedings of 2010 AARDO Workshop; [[classification]]6. Ano: 2010 The Agricultural Survey and Postharvest Handling Research of Avocado in Taiwan Provedor de dados: 185 Autores: Min-Chi Hsu. [[abstract]]The technology for improving postharvest handling from growing field to consumers has been the major subject of detailed research for over a century. The cost for harvest and postharvest up to 30% to 60% of all production and marketing system during horticultural produce, and significant quality loss due to improper processing. Technologies involved in handling, packaging, precooling, transportation, which would minimize losses, maintain high quality, and enhance value-added for horticultural crops that had been extensively applied in Taiwan. For example, precooling is the most common practice, and forced air cooling and vacuum cooling are widely adapted. In this article, information of current postharvest technology in Taiwan, including value,... Palavras-chave: Technology on Reducing Post-harvest Losses and Maintaining Quality of Fruits and Vegetables: Proceedings of 2010 AARDO Workshop; [[classification]]6. Ano: 2010 栽培地點與稻米品質性狀之表現 Provedor de dados: 185 Autores: 郭益全; 劉清; 卜瑞雄; 鍾德月; Y.C. Kuo; C.Liu; R.H. Buu; T.Y. Chung. [[abstract]]以臺農67 號及臺南5 號等兩個稉型水稻品種供試,分別於宜蘭三星鄉、臺中萬豐及屏東市等三地栽培。調查 分析稻米之碾米品質、米粒外貌及烹調與食用品質等三大類品質性狀共計22 項,以檢討水稻之米質性狀在不同栽培地 點之表現。結果發現同品種在不同試區之米質性狀的表現有差異存在;但各性狀變化之趨勢則不盡相同。數據亦顯示各 品質性狀因試區不同之反應,有品種間之差異存在。就中,米粒白堊質之等級的試區變異方向與三試區稻穀粒充實發育 期間外界之氣溫和累積日照時數之試區變化方向一致,呈由南而北依次遞增。完整米率、糙米粒寬、鹼性擴散度及顆粒 澱粉含量之試區變異方向與充實發育期問各試區外界之氣溫和累積日照時數之試區變異方向相反,呈由南而北順次進減 。 Two main commercial rice varieties, Tainung No. 67 and Tainan No. 5, were grown in the northern, San Hsing, Ilan, the central Wu Feng, Taichung, and the sout-hern, Ping Tung, parts of Taiwan. A total of 22 grain quality characters relating to the milling quality, grain appearance as well as cooking and eating quality were evaluated in this experiment. Significant differences of grain quality characters existed not only within the same... Palavras-chave: [[classification]]6. Ano: 1985 ผลของสารละลายเบสต่ อลักษณะของข้ าวเหนียวหุงสุ ก Provedor de dados: 106 Autores: Kamolrut Tritawisarp; Sukanya Anupapsamosorn; Kunyarat Reepholkul; Sanguansri Charoenrein. Several Thai traditional starch-based foods use alkali treatment to improve their quality and characteristics. However, limited information is available on how alkali changes the product quality. Therefore, the objective of this research was to investigate the effect of alkali treatment on appearance and texture of cooked glutinous rice. Glutinous rice kernels were soaked in 1N sodium carbonate (Na2CO3) or potassium hydroxide (KOH) for 24 h at room temperature. Sample soaked in water was used as a control. Cooked alkali treated glutinous rice had more yellow color and lower gelatinization temperature than the control. Moreover, they also had lower hardness and stickiness than the control (P< 0.05). KOH had more pronounce effect than Na2CO3. The... Tipo: PhysicalObject Palavras-chave: Starch; Glutinous rice; Base solution; Texture; Alkali; Sodium carbonate; Potassium hydroxide; ข้าวเหนี ยว; แป้ งข้าว; สารละลายด่าง; เนื้อสัมผัส; โซเดียมคาร์บอเนต; โพแทสเซี ยมไฮดรอกไซด์. Ano: 2012 URL: http://anchan.lib.ku.ac.th/agnet/handle/001/5389 Mapping the potential beverage quality of coffee produced in the Zona da Mata, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Provedor de dados: 119 Autores: SILVA, S. de A.; QUEIROZ, D. M. de; FERREIRA, W. P. M.; CORRÊA, P. C.; RUFINO, J. L. dos S. D: Detailed knowledge of coffee production systems enables optimization of crop management, harvesting and post-harvest techniques. In this study, coffee quality is mapped as a function of coffee variety, altitude and terrain aspect attributes. The work was performed in the Zona da Mata, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Tipo: Artigo em periódico indexado (ALICE) Palavras-chave: Catuai; Cup quality; Spatial variability; Coffea arabica; Coffea arabica. Ano: 2015 Quality of umbu (Spondias tuberosa Arr. Cam.) "laranja" in four maturity stages from semi-arid of Paraíba state, Brazil. Provedor de dados: 119 Autores: LOPES, M. F.; SILVA, S. de M.; MENDONÇA, R. M. N.; HOLSCHUH, H. J.; ALVES, R. E. 2009 Tipo: Resumo em anais de congresso (ALICE) Palavras-chave: Umbu; Quality; Semi-Arid. Ano: 2009 URL: http://www.alice.cnptia.embrapa.br/handle/doc/631415 Effect of sire breed on carcass and beef quality of crossbred cattle1 Provedor de dados: 119 Autores: FEIJO, G. L. D.; MENEZES, G. R. de O.; GOMES, R. da C.; TORRES JUNIOR, R. A. de A.; FAVERO, R.; MIZUBUTI, IVONE Y.; BONIN, M. N.; SURITA, LUCY M. A. 2016 Tipo: Resumo em anais de congresso (ALICE) Palavras-chave: Effect of sire breed on carcass and beef quality of crossbred cattle1; Carcass and beef quality. Ano: 2016 HIS for quality evaluation of vitamin C content in acerola fruit. Provedor de dados: 119 Autores: MALEGORI, C.; GRASSI, S.; MARQUES, E.; AVELAR, M. F. P.; FREITAS, S. T. de; PASQUINI, C.; CASIRAGHI, E. The aim of this work is to evaluate, by HIS, vitamin C distribution in acerola fruit as discriminant quality parameter so to deliver the product to the industry according to the fruit quality. Tipo: Resumo em anais de congresso (ALICE) Palavras-chave: Vitamina C; HIS; Qualidade do fruto; Acerola; Indústria; Acerola fruit; Vitamin C distribution. Ano: 2015 PARAFAC: a powerful statistical tool for water quality evaluation of fish reservoirs. Provedor de dados: 119 Autores: RIBEIRO, F. A. L.; POPPI, R. J.; FRASCÁ-SCORVO, C. M. D.; JOÃO D. SCORVO FILHO; DONADELLI, A.; FRIGHETTO, R. T. S.; LOSEKANN, M. E.; QUEIROZ, J. F. de. 2011 Tipo: Resumo em anais de congresso (ALICE) Palavras-chave: PARAFAC; Statistical tool; Water quality evaluation; Water quality; Reservoir. Ano: 2011 URL: http://www.alice.cnptia.embrapa.br/handle/doc/919652 Physiological quality in seeds obtained by topcrosses between vegetable soybean and grain type Provedor de dados: 52 Autores: Yokomizo,Gilberto K.; Vello,Natal A. Attempts were made to study the gene introgression for high physiological quality from adapted cultivars in the vegetable soybean (exotic). Promising results were obtained for all topocrosses, with increased in germination percentage in majority. General mean of the germination percentage in topcrosses with large seeds exotic parental showed an increase from 28 to 46%, and topcrosses with small seeds exotic parental, from 54 up to 60%, both cases compared to self pollinated exotic parental. Related to variance, the topcrosses showed higher values than the self pollinated exotic parental, showing to be possible the selecion of promising materials. Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Soybean; Glycine max; Topcross; Physiological quality in seeds; Vegetable soybean. Ano: 2000 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132000000500004 The organization of Hospital Infection Control Committees and their importance in Brazil Provedor de dados: 55 Autores: El Far,Fabiane; Marino,Cristiane G. J.; Medeiros,Eduardo Alexandrino Servolo. The importance of Hospital Infection Control Committees (HICC) increases every year due to the emergence of multiresistant bacterial strains, hospital outbreaks, and other factors that cause HI. This demonstrates the fragility of the quality of hospital and medical care. Having a well-organized HICC benefits hospitals by improving quality, lowering costs and, most important, reducing patient morbidity and mortality. This review records the history of the development of HICCs, their present organizational structure, and offers recommendations for the best methods of infection surveillance. Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Hospital infection; Prevention; Committee; Control; Costs; Mortality; Surveillance; Quality. Ano: 2001 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702001000600001 Quality characteristics of Moroccan sweet paprika (Capsicum annuum L.) at different sampling times Provedor de dados: 116 Autores: Zaki,Naima; Hakmaoui,Abdelmalek; Ouatmane,Aaziz; Fernandez-Trujillo,Juan Pablo. "La Niora" is a red pepper variety cultivated in Tadla Region (Morocco) which is used for manufacturing paprika after sun drying. The paprika quality (nutritional, chemical and microbiological) was evaluated immediately after milling, from September to December. Sampling time mainly affected paprika color and the total capsaicinoid and vitamin C contents. The commercial quality was acceptable and no aflatoxins were found, but the microbial load sometimes exceeded permitted levels. Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Paprika; Nutritional composition; Physical-chemical properties. Ano: 2013 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-20612013000300029 Rede de plataformas de coleta de dados para monitoramento automático da qualidade da água do rio Paraíba do Sul Provedor de dados: 25 Autores: Magina, Flávio de Carvalho; Reis, Benedito Jorge dos; Alves, Mário Luiz; Santos, Reinaldo José Tavares de Paula. This work describes the implementation of an automated water quality monitoring network designed for operation at the Paraíba do Sul river, Brazil. Equipments, sensors and telecommunications systems, engineering solutions, site selection factors for the water-quality stations and the minimal requirements for operation were analyzed and specified. A set of preliminary data collection graphics are presented as example to demonstrate the application. Tipo: Article Palavras-chave: Data collection platforms; Qualidade da água; PCD; Plataformas de coleta de dados; Multiparameter sondes; Water quality monitoring. Ano: 2007 URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2315/107 Determinación e interpretación de la calidad del agua y del suelo en el Distrito de Riego 066 Del Valle de Santo Domingo, Baja California Sur. Provedor de dados: 32 Autores: Marín Celestino, Ana Elizabeth. La calidad del agua y del suelo en un área agrícola son factores principales que repercuten en su sustentabilidad, debido a que una baja calidad en estos recursos reduce los rendimientos y causa toxicidad en los cultivos entre otros efectos adversos, afectando la productividad de la actividad y al ambiente. En el Distrito de Riego 066 del Valle de Santo Domingo se han detectado alteraciones notables en estos recursos, por esta razón este estudio planteó como objetivo evaluar e interpretar la calidad del agua del acuífero y suelo en el DR 066 y su relación con la producción agrícola. Se colectaron muestras de agua en 600 pozos de riego y de suelo en 710 parcelas; en cada muestra se determinó los siguientes parámetros: pH, CE, RAS, cationes, aniones, metales... Palavras-chave: Calidad del agua; Calidad del suelo; Contaminación agrícola; Estándares de calidad; Hidrociencias; Doctorado; Water quality; Soil quality; Agricultural contamination; Quality standards. Ano: 2012 URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10521/1786 Evolution de la concentration en matières dissoutes en Afrique : deux exemples opposés : les fleuves du Togo et la Medjerdah en Tunisie Provedor de dados: 177 Autores: Colombani, Jacques. Tipo: Text Palavras-chave: TRANSPORT SOLIDE; MATIERE EN SOLUTION; SEL DISSOUS; VARIATION TEMPORELLE; ETUDE COMPARATIVE. Ano: 1983 URL: http://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:32815 Bio-Argo quality control manual for the Chlorophyll-A concentration Provedor de dados: 5 Autores: Schmechtig, Catherine; Claustre, Herve; Poteau, Antoine; D'Ortenzio, Fabrizio. This document is the bio-Argo quality control manual for Chlorophyll A concentration. It describes the method used in real-time to apply quality control flags to Chlorophyll A concentration calculated from specific sensors mounted on Argo profiling floats. Tipo: Text Palavras-chave: Argo; Physical oceanography; In-situ marine data; Profiling floats; Chlorophyll; Operational oceanography; Biogeochemistry. Ano: 2014 URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00243/35385/34456.pdf Copernicus in situ TAC, Real Time Quality Control for WAVES Provedor de dados: 5 Autores: Copernicus Marine In Situ Tac Data Management Team,. In April 2017, CMEMS plans to launch the WAVES NRT products. This document is focused in the automatic RTQC of the collected wave data. The validation procedure includes the delayed mode quality control of the data and will be specified in another guideline. To perform any kind of quality control to wave data, first it’s necessary to know the nature of the measurements and the analysis performed to those measurements to obtain the wave parameters. For that reason next chapter is dedicated to show the usual wave analysis and the different parameters and estimators obtained. Tipo: Text Ano: 2016 URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00355/46607/46429.pdf Genetic and genomic approach of tomato fruit quality Provedor de dados: 189 Autores: Causse, M.; Faurobert, M.; Chaïb, J.; Munos, S.; Ranc, N. Tipo: Conference Paper Palavras-chave: ANALYSE PROTEOMIQUE; ; LIGNEE QUASI-ISOGENIQUE PROTEOMIC ANALYSIS; NEAR ISOGENIC LINES; ORGANOLEPTIC QUALITY. Ano: 2010 URL: http://www.prodinra.inra.fr/prodinra/pinra/doc.xsp?id=PROD20108b7c1228&uri=/notices/prodinra1/2010/04/ Brokers as experts in the french wine industry Provedor de dados: 189 Autores: Fares, M. The increasing industrialization of the wine supply chain is often associated with a greater vertical coordination. Our paper shows that a spot market institutional arrangement like brokerage can still be a relevant coordination mechanism to mitigate the contractual hazards due to quality problems. Indeed, a broker can be viewed as an expert that can help the merchant to monitor the grower’s wine quality process. More precisely, if the merchant cannot credibly monitor the wine making process, it is Pareto improving to delegate this task to a broker. (JEL Classification: D82, L80, M12) Tipo: Journal Article Palavras-chave: WINE SUPPLY CHAIN; QUALITY PROBLEMS; BROKER; FRENCH WINE INDUSTRY. Ano: 2009 URL: http://www.prodinra.inra.fr/prodinra/pinra/doc.xsp?id=PROD2010180a1ed5&uri=/notices/prodinra1/2011/04/ Land use water level fluctuation and water quality in two reservoirs subjected to semi-arid climate (Trás-os-Montes, Portugal) Provedor de dados: 188 Autores: Geraldes, Ana Maria; Boavida, Maria José. Serra Serrada and Azibo reservoirs are located in River Douro watershed. The cLimate is continental, with warm, dry summers and long, cold winters. Precipitation occurs mainly in Autumn and Winter, although in a very irregular regime with wet winters to followed by drought ones. Tipo: ConferenceObject Ano: 2002 URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10198/3856 The role of urban green spaces in air quality Provedor de dados: 188 Autores: Feliciano, Manuel; Fernandes, A.; Nunes, Luís; Nunes, T.; Alves, P.; Gonçalves, Artur; Cortez, José Paulo; Dias, L.G. Tipo: ConferenceObject Palavras-chave: Urban forest; Air quality; Gaseous pollutants; Passive sampling; Spatial pattern. Ano: 2008 URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10198/5778 Robot-Assisted Epicardial Ultrasound for Coronary Artery Localization and Anastomosis Quality Assessment in Totally Endoscopic Coronary Bypass Surgery Provedor de dados: 192 Autores: Ricardo P.J. Budde; Cornelius Borst; Patricia F.A. Bakker; Paul F. Gruendeman. Epicardial ultrasound can successfully locate and assess the coronary arteries and assess anastomotic quality in the porcine TECAB model within a few minutes. It therefore is a promising tool to help advance TECAB, but clinical confirmation of the experimental results remains to be established. Tipo: 3 Palavras-chave: Medical Robotics. Ano: 2008 URL: http://www.intechopen.com/articles/show/title/robot-assisted_epicardial_ultrasound_for_coronary_artery_localization_and_anasto mosis_quality_assess Effect of sea water intrusion on yield and grain quality of rice in coastal regions of Korea Provedor de dados: 34 Autores: Lee, K. S.; Choi, W. Y.; Ko, J. C. p.33-34 Tipo: Article Palavras-chave: Soil salinity; Sea water; Yields; Grain quality; Republic of Korea. Ano: 2007 URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10269/109 Molecular mapping of genes/QTLs affecting resistance to Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae and grain quality traits in rice (Oryza sativa L.) Provedor de dados: 34 Autores: Arif, Muhammad. xvii, 139 l. : ill. Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of the Philippines at Los Baños Tipo: Thesis Palavras-chave: Rice; Molecular genetics; Chromosome mapping; Quantitative trait loci; Blight; Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae; Disease resistance; Rice quality. Ano: 2002 URL: http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/453 Rice grain marketing and quality issues : selected papers from the International Rice Research Conference, 27-31 August 1990, Seoul, Korea. Provedor de dados: 34 Autores: International Rice Research Conference (1990 : Seoul Korea).; International Rice Research Institute.; Korea. Rural Development Administration. 66 p. : ill., map. Tipo: Book Palavras-chave: Marketing; Grain Quality. Ano: 1991 URL: http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/784 TXD85 and Line 88: new high-yielding varieties with acceptable grain quality in Tanzania Provedor de dados: 34 Autores: Kanyeka, Z. L.; Kibanda, J. M.; Msomba, S. W. p.29-30 Palavras-chave: Varieties; High yielding varieties; Quality; Grain; Yields; Tanzania. Ano: 2004 URL: http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/761 Mapping gene(s) for grain quality in rice (Oryza sativa L.) using RAPD and RFLP markers Provedor de dados: 34 Autores: Nematzadeh, Ghorban Ali. 99 l. : ill. Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of the Philippines at Los Baños Tipo: Thesis Palavras-chave: Rice; Chromosome mapping; Plant genetics; Food quality; Random amplified polymorphic DNA technique; Restriction fragment length polymorphism. Ano: 1995 URL: http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/652 Assessing soil quality affecting N, P, and K uptake from rice-rice and rice-wheat systems Provedor de dados: 34 Autores: Sunio-Bueno, Crisanta. xv, 124 p. : ill. Thesis (M.S.) -- University of the Philippines at Los Baños Tipo: Thesis Palavras-chave: Soil quality; NPK fertilizers; Nutrient uptake; Rice; Wheat; Crop rotation; Cropping systems. Ano: 2004 URL: http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/378 Boron deficiency in calcareous soil reduces rice yield and impairs grain quality Provedor de dados: 34 Autores: Rashid, A.; Yasin, M.; Ashraf, M.; Mann, R. A. p.58-60 Palavras-chave: Boron; Calcareous soils; Yields; Quality. Ano: 2004 URL: http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/806 Effect of wild abortive cytoplasm inducing male sterility on biotic/abiotic resistance/tolerance and agronomic and grain quality in some Basmati rice hybrids Provedor de dados: 34 Autores: Faiz, Faiz Ahmad. xxiii, 181 l. : col. ill. Thesis (Ph.D.) -- Central Luzon State University Tipo: Thesis Palavras-chave: Cytoplasmic male sterility; Rice; Disease resistance; Pest resistance; Agronomic traits; Crop quality; Basmati (Rice variety). Ano: 2000 URL: http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/506 Quality of shallow water table as affected by long-term fertilizer use in the rice-wheat system Provedor de dados: 34 Autores: Behera, S. K.; Ram, N. p.29-31 Palavras-chave: Farmyard manure; Groundwater; Long term experiments; Nitrate nitrogen; Nitrogen fertilizers; NPK fertilizers; Phosphorus fertilizers; Potassium fertilizers; Water quality; Water table; Wheat; Uttaranchal; India. Ano: 2005 URL: http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/1161 Isozyme analysis, morpho-agronomic traits and grain quality of traditional rice varieties (Oryza sativa L.) of Ifugao Provedor de dados: 34 Autores: Roxas, Jose P. xv, 105 leaves : ill. Thesis (M.S.Agr.) -- Gregorio Araneta University Foundation Tipo: Thesis Palavras-chave: Isozymes; Rice; Varieties; Variety trials; Morphology; Agronomic traits; Food quality; Philippines. Ano: 1996 URL: http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/601 Genotype-environment interaction in seed physiological maturity and seed quality in relation to seed production of selected tropical legumes Provedor de dados: 34 Autores: Pun, Lakshman. 250 leaves : ill. Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of the Philippines at Los Baños Tipo: Thesis Palavras-chave: Legumes; Seed production; Genotype-environment interaction; Seed maturation; Seed quality; Rice; Crop rotation; Cropping systems; Varieties. Ano: 1992 URL: http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/839 Seed priming enhances emergence, yield, and quality of direct-seeded rice Provedor de dados: 34 Autores: Farooq, M.; Basra, S. M. A.; Hafeez-ur-Rehman. p.42-44 Tipo: Article Palavras-chave: Ascorbic acid; Branches; Calcium chloride; Crop quality; Crop yield; Direct sowing; Osmosis; Potassium chloride; Pregermination; Priming; Seeds; Seed germination; Seed hardening; Seed treatment; Seedling emergence; Pakistan. Ano: 2006 URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10269/125 Determinants of a premium-priced, special-quality rice Provedor de dados: 34 Autores: Leesawatwong, M.; Jamjod, S.; Rerkasem, B.; Pinjai, S. p.34 Palavras-chave: Quality; Characteristics; Moisture content; Aroma; Head rice yield; Translucence; Prices; Environmental factors. Ano: 2003 URL: http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/1337 Effects of zinc fertilization on physical grain quality of basmati rice Provedor de dados: 34 Autores: Shivay, Y. S.; Kumar, D.; Prasad, R. p.41-42 Tipo: Article Palavras-chave: Zinc fertilizers; Grain quality; Basmati rice; India. Ano: 2007 URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10269/111 Irrigation of Crops: Drainage Water Quality Provedor de dados: 18 Autores: Carter, D.L.; Kohl, R.A.; Jensen, M.E. Tipo: Book Section Palavras-chave: Water quality; Mass Import - autoclassified (may be erroneous). Ano: 1975 URL: http://eprints.nwisrl.ars.usda.gov/754/1/324.pdf Synthetic- and bio-polymer use for runoff water quality management in irrigation agriculture Provedor de dados: 18 Autores: Sojka, R.E.; Entry, J.A.; Orts, W.J.; Morishita, D.W.; Ross, C.W.; Horne, D.J. Tipo: Article Palavras-chave: Erosion; Runoff losses; Water quality; Mass Import - autoclassified (may be erroneous). Ano: 2005 URL: http://eprints.nwisrl.ars.usda.gov/11/1/1150.pdf Nitrogen Efects on Crested Wheatgrass as Related to Forage Quality Indices of Grass Tetany Provedor de dados: 18 Autores: Mayland, H.F.; Grunes, D.L.; Waggoner, H.; Florence, A.; Hewes, D.A.; Joo, P.K. Tipo: Article Palavras-chave: Chemistry; Forage quality; Mass Import - autoclassified (may be erroneous). Ano: 1975 URL: http://eprints.nwisrl.ars.usda.gov/285/1/328.pdf Silicon in C-3 grasses: Effects on forage quality and sheep preference Provedor de dados: 18 Autores: Shewmaker, Glenn E.; Mayland, H.F.; Rosenau, R.C.; Asay, K.H. Tipo: Article Palavras-chave: Feed preference; Chemistry; Animal preference; Forage quality; Mass Import - autoclassified (may be erroneous). Ano: 1989 URL: http://eprints.nwisrl.ars.usda.gov/510/1/673.pdf Soil quality: to regulate or to manage? Provedor de dados: 18 Autores: Price, Graham H.; Smethurst, P.J.; Sparrow, L.A.; Sojka, R.E. Tipo: Conference or Workshop Item Palavras-chave: Soil quality; Mass Import - autoclassified (may be erroneous). Ano: 2004 URL: http://eprints.nwisrl.ars.usda.gov/949/1/1128.pdf Diurnal variation in forage quality affects animal preference and production Provedor de dados: 18 Autores: Mayland, H.F.; Shewmaker, G.E.; Fisher, D.S.; Burns, J.C. Tipo: Conference or Workshop Item Palavras-chave: Feed preference; Time-of-day harvest difference; Animal preference; Forage quality; Mass Import autoclassified (may be erroneous). Ano: 2000 Seasonal changes in forage quality of C-3 grasses on sagebrush grasslands (Session 17:17-18) Provedor de dados: 18 Autores: Mayland, H.F.; Shewmaker, G.E. Tipo: Conference or Workshop Item Palavras-chave: Forage quality; Mass Import - autoclassified (may be erroneous). Ano: 2000 URL: http://eprints.nwisrl.ars.usda.gov/925/1/1006.pdf Soil quality Provedor de dados: 18 Autores: Singer, M.J.; Sojka, R.E. Tipo: Book Section Palavras-chave: Soil quality; Mass Import - autoclassified (may be erroneous). Ano: 2002 URL: http://eprints.nwisrl.ars.usda.gov/812/1/1058.pdf Diurnal variation in forage quality affects animal preference and production Provedor de dados: 18 Autores: Mayland, H.F.; Shewmaker, G.E.; Fisher, D.S.; Burns, J.C. Tipo: Conference or Workshop Item Palavras-chave: Feed preference; Time-of-day harvest difference; Animal preference; Forage quality; Mass Import autoclassified (may be erroneous). Ano: 2000 URL: http://eprints.nwisrl.ars.usda.gov/934/1/1007.pdf Forage quality, mineral constituents, and performance of beef yearlings grazing two crested wheatgrasses Provedor de dados: 18 Autores: Vogel, K.P.; Cabrielsen, B.C.; Ward, J.K.; Anderson, B.E.; Mayland, H.F.; Masters, R.A. Tipo: Article Palavras-chave: Chemistry; Forage quality; Mass Import - autoclassified (may be erroneous). Ano: 1993 URL: http://eprints.nwisrl.ars.usda.gov/603/1/815.pdf Seasonal changes in forage quality of C-3 grasses on sagebrush grasslands Provedor de dados: 18 Autores: Mayland, H.F.; Shewmaker, G.E. Tipo: Conference or Workshop Item Palavras-chave: Forage quality; Mass Import - autoclassified (may be erroneous). Ano: 1996 URL: http://eprints.nwisrl.ars.usda.gov/939/1/950.pdf Groundwater Quality: Ghana Provedor de dados: 20 This is one of a series of information sheets prepared for each country in which WaterAid works. The sheetsaim to identify inorganic constituents of significant risk to health that may occur in groundwater in thecountry in question. The purpose of the sheets is to provide guidance to WaterAid Country Office staff ontargeting efforts on water-quality testing and to encourage further thinking in the organisation on waterqualityissues. Tipo: Report Palavras-chave: Groundwater pollution; Water quality; Groundwater assessment; Http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_9000073. Ano: 2000 URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1834/706 Note sur la désinfection en industrie de poisson Provedor de dados: 20 Autores: Tall, A. Note scientifique Tipo: Other Palavras-chave: Fishery industry; Fishery products; Fishery products; Parasites; Processed fishery products; Quality assurance; Quality control; Fishery products; Fishery products; Parasites; Quality assurance; Http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_2941; Http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_5574; Http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_35287. Ano: 1988 URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1834/1188 Feeding of the brine shrimp <i>Artemia</i> on yeast: effect of mechanical disturbance, animal density, water quality and light intensity Provedor de dados: 27 Autores: Coutteau, P.; Sorgeloos, P. Details are given of experiments conducted to determine the effects of tank culture conditions on the feeding of <i>Artemia</i>. Mechanical disturbance, animal density and water quality were found to affect the feeding rate of <i>Artemia</i>. The importance of culture conditions in maintaining a rate of food consumption which does not limit the growth of the brine shrimp is stressed. Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article Palavras-chave: Brine shrimp culture; Culture tanks; Feeding; Water quality; Artemia. Ano: 1989 URL: http://www.vliz.be/nl/open-marien-archief?module=ref&refid=2811 Eating quality of filet and round from grazing Holstein bulls and Limousine x Holstein Bulls and Heifers Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Therkildsen, M.; Vestergaard, M. Crossbred Limousine x Holstein bulls and heifers may be an alternative to purebred Holstein bulls in organic beef production of young cattle because of the improved gain, carcass conformation and taste, but the fatness and texture of the crossbred bulls need to be improved through changes in the production strategy, especially feeding prior to slaughter, and in the pre and post mortem handling. Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Production systems Food security; Food quality and human health Beef cattle. Ano: 2014 URL: http://orgprints.org/27037/13/27037.pdf Evaluation of feed quality of organically grown feedstuff by near infrared reflectance spectroscopy (NIRS) Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Aulrich, Karen; Böhm, Herwart. The analytical potential of NIRS was tested for predicting the chemical composition of organically grown grain legumes and cereals and also to predict the energy values of the concentrates. Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Cereals; Pulses and oilseeds Crop health; Quality; Protection. Ano: 2007 URL: http://orgprints.org/29617/1/Aulrich-B%C3%B6hm_2007_GfE_feedstuff-nirs.pdf Mixed grazing with heifers and pregnant sows Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Soegaard, Karen; Sehested, Jakob; Danielsen, Viggo. In 1999, a mixed grazing system with heifers and pregnant soews was compared with grazing systems with heifers and sows alone. Normally, herbage quality used for sow grazing is not optimal for high herbage intake and it was therefore examined whether mixed grazing with heifers could improve the grazing system. Herbage quality and botanical composition of the sward was best where heifers grazed alone, followed by swards with mixed grazing and the poorest quality and composition were in swards where the sows grazed alone. The daily weight gain of the sows tended to be higher and the weight gain of the heifers was significantly higher for mixed than at mono grazing. The mixed grazing system seems to be a usable alternative for grazing sows. Tipo: Journal paper Palavras-chave: Animal husbandry. Ano: 2000 URL: http://orgprints.org/1753/1/Dok3.doc СМАК УКРАЇНСЬКИХ КАРПАТ Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Ohlashennyy, Yuriy; Eisenring, Tobias. This pamphlet is devoted to the Taste of the Ukrainian Carpathians Trademark, created within of the project "Organic Market Development in Ukraine" and presents food products from the Ukrainian Carpathian region. Ukrainian Carpathians Trademark stands for guaranty of proper quality of the products produced in that region and also confirms the origin, quality and taste of the goods under this trademark. Tipo: Report Palavras-chave: Food security; Food quality and human health Processing; Packaging and transportation Markets and trade Produce chain management. Ano: 2013 URL: http://orgprints.org/29277/1/CTM_leaflet_UA_2013.pdf Arbeitsbericht 2001 [Annual report 2001] Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Institut für Biologisch-Dynamische Forschung e.V., DE-Darmstadt. Dokumentation der Forschungsaktivitäten des Instituts für Biologisch-Dynmische Forschung e.V. im Jahr 2001. Tipo: Report Palavras-chave: Root crops Vegetables Crop health; Quality; Protection Farming Systems Composting and manuring Soil quality Nutrient turnover Food security; Food quality and human health Breeding; Genetics and propagation Soil biology Cereals; Pulses and oilseeds. Ano: 2002 URL: http://orgprints.org/644/1/ibdf_01.pdf SENSORY AND HEALTH-RELATED FRUIT QUALITY OF ORGANIC APPLES. A COMPARATIVE FIELD STUDY OVER THREE YEARS USING CONVENTIONAL AND HOLISTIC METHODS TO ASSESS FRUIT QUALITY Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Weibel, Franco P.; Treutter, Dieter; Häseli, Andi; Graf, Ursula. In a 3 years lasting field study with the ‘Golden Delicious’ cultivar, we compared fruits of 5 pairs of organic/integrated fruit farms. The orchards were similar in microclimate, soil conditions and planting system. To assess inner fruit quality we investigated at the beginning and at the end of cold storage: (i) standard parameters (firmness, sugar, malic acid., mineral content); (ii) sensorial quality by panel tests; (iii) health related components (23 phenolic compounds, nutritional fibres; vitamins); and (v) fruit «vitality quality» by holistic approaches (crystallisation in copper chloride, self degradation tests, feeding preference tests with laboratory rats). The most significant differences were found in year one of the study, and were by... Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Crop health; Quality; Protection Fruit and berries. Ano: 2004 URL: http://orgprints.org/14536/1/35_Weibel_185_195.pdf Mixed grazing with heifers and pregnant sows Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Søegaard, Karen; Sehested, Jakob; Danielsen, Viggo. In 1999, a mixed grazing system with heifers and pregnant sows was compared with grazing systems with heifers and sows alone. Normally, herbage quality used for sow grazing is not optimal for high herbage intake and it was therefore examined whether mixed grazing with heifers could improve the grazing system. Herbage quality and botanical composition of the sward was best in swards where heifers grazed alone, followed by swards with mixed grazing and the poorest quality and composition were in swards, where the sows grazed alone. The daily weight gain of the sows tended to be higher and the weight gain of the heifers was significantly higher for mixed than at mono grazing. The mixed grazing system seems to be a usable alternative for grazing sowas. Tipo: Journal paper Palavras-chave: Pasture and forage crops; Pigs. Ano: 2000 URL: http://orgprints.org/2973/1/Samgrasning.doc Udbytte, kvalitet og smag i økologisk grønsagsproduktion Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Thorup-Kristensen, Kristian. The article describes the work of the VegQure crop rotation study with vegetable crops, comparing effects of conventional and different types of organic production on yield, field biology, product quality, and environmental effects. Tipo: Newspaper or magazine article Palavras-chave: Crop health; Quality; Protection Farm nutrient management Vegetables. Ano: 2008 URL: http://orgprints.org/14776/1/14776.pdf Quality of lamb meat in organic vs conventional sheep farming Provedor de dados: 21 Description in project N°6568 Experimentation based on 2 flocks of 50 ewes (limousine breed), one on organic farming, the other on conventional farming; 14ha of permanent grassland are used, 6ha on conventional and 8 ha on organic. Same lambing date (end April). Measurements made only on males, fattened only with grass or only with concentrates. Tipo: Research facility description Palavras-chave: Food security; Food quality and human health. Ano: 2016 The effect of different mulches on yield, fruit quality and strawberry mite in organically grown strawberry Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Kivijärvi, Pirjo; Parikka, Päivi; Tuovinen, Tuomo. An organic strawberry field experiment was started in 2000 at MTT Ecological Production in Mikkeli to study the influence of mulching materials on the growth, yield, microbiological fruit quality and strawberry mite. Mulching materials are black plastic, flax fibre mat, green mass, barley straw, buckwheat husk as well as pine and birch woodchips. Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Crop husbandry. Ano: 2002 URL: http://orgprints.org/6188/1/berrynjf.pdf Growth and differentiation: Life processes in crops Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Bloksma, Joke; Huber, Machteld. This booklet discusses two basic life processes in nature:growth and differentiation.It uses the examples of apples,carrots and wheat to illustrate how growers can recognize these processes and can take practical measures to correct the balance between them in order to optimize the quality of their products.Thinking in growth and differentiation has proved valuable in the support,offered to growers by the Louis Bolk Instituut. It also speculates about the possible significance of these processes for human health. Tipo: Book Palavras-chave: Food security; Food quality and human health Crop health; Quality; Protection Cereals; Pulses and oilseeds Root crops Fruit and berries. Ano: 2002 URL: http://orgprints.org/4202/1/4202.pdf On farm research for quality of maize. Populations evaluation for old and new recipes in France Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Lebrun, Remy; Chable, Véronique. Participatory research in South of France aimed to create and exploit diversity on maize. Farmers and researchers have organized an on-farm experiment with traditional and new populations to assess key quality parameters. Population characteristics were evaluated through the different steps of food processes. Chef and cookers have also proposed new recipes to better exploit the diversity. Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Systems research and participatory research Breeding; Genetics and propagation. Ano: 2014 URL: http://orgprints.org/24003/7/24003.pdf The effect of pre-crop and fertilization on baking quality of organic spring wheat Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Väisänen, Jaana; Pihala, Marjo. Soil structure more than previous crop seemed to influence the development of organic spring wheat during the extremely wet growing season in 1998. However, the best soil structures and strongest wheat crops were found after clover leys and the poorest after peas. The most important determinant for the baking quality of the flour was the cultivar. Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Crop husbandry. Ano: 1999 URL: http://orgprints.org/8474/1/njf5.pdf Restricted use of antibiotics in organic pig farming Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Aabo, Søren; Jensen, Annette Nygaard. Can the restricted use of antibiotics in organic pig farming be documented to provide a safer, high quality meat product with less antibiotic resistant bacteria? The project SafeOrganic aims to document that the restricted use of antimicrobials in organic pig production leads to lower levels of antibiotic resistant bacteria compared with the level in conventional pigs. However, the project will also address the risk of losing this quality parameter, due to a widespread practice of slaughtering organic pigs together with conventional pigs,implying a risk of cross-contamination. Tipo: Newspaper or magazine article Palavras-chave: Food security; Food quality and human health Pigs. Ano: 2013 URL: http://orgprints.org/22541/13/22541.pdf Wirkung organischer Düngemittel auf Ertrag und Qualität von Kartoffeln im Ökologischen Landbau Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Kolbe, Hartmut. Für einen erfolgreichen ökologischen Kartoffelanbau müssen geeignete Düngemittel eingesetzt werden. In diesem Beitrag werden die Ergebnisse von 115 Versuchen über die Wirkung von Kompost, Stalldung, Gülle und organischen Handelsdüngemitteln ausgewertet. Tipo: Working paper Palavras-chave: Crop health; Quality; Protection Nutrient turnover Root crops Soil quality Composting and manuring. Ano: 2008 URL: http://orgprints.org/13624/1/kolbe%2D2000%2D13624%2DOrgan%2DDuengung%2DKartoffel%2Dorgprints.pdf Arbeitsbericht 2002 [Annual Report 2002] Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Institut für Biologisch-Dynamische Forschung e.V., DE-Darmstadt. Dokumentation der Forschungsprojekte u.a. Aktivitäten am IBDF in 2002. Tipo: Report Palavras-chave: Root crops Vegetables Crop health; Quality; Protection Composting and manuring Food security; Food quality and human health Soil quality Breeding; Genetics and propagation Specific methods Soil biology Cereals; Pulses and oilseeds. Ano: 2003 URL: http://orgprints.org/643/1/ibdf02.pdf RIKILT - Instituut voor Voedselveiligheid van Wageningen UR Provedor de dados: 21 RIKILT - Institute of Food Safety of Wageningen UR evaluates food quality and safety. This covers food constituents, agro-chemicals, environmental contaminants and natural toxins. Conducts fundamental-strategic and applied research for national and international governments and industries and supports the policy of the Dutch government with research and advice. RIKILT’s research includes the survey and monitoring of chemical and microbiological parameters for product composition and for product safety. RIKILT has expertise in the quality and supply chain management needed to improve production processes and product quality in the agro-industry. Contact person for organic agriculture research is Mrs. Greet Blom, head of the IBL (Innovation Centre Organic... Tipo: Organization description Ano: 2016 Qualität von Ökobrotgetreide weiter verbessern Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Brunner, Birgit. Um die Backqualität von Getreide aus ökologischem Anbau weiter zu verbessern, sollten alle Möglichkeiten genutzt werden, der der Ökolandbau zur Steigerung der Qualität bietet. Der Artikel gibt nicht nur einen Überblick über die verwendeten Getreidesorten und -arten mit ihren Vor- und Nachteilen, sondern auch Tipps zur Qualitätssteigerung durch angepasste Anbautechniken. Tipo: Newspaper or magazine article Palavras-chave: Crop health; Quality; Protection Food security; Food quality and human health. Ano: 2002 URL: http://orgprints.org/1224/1/Getreidequalit.pdf Antibiotic usage in organic pigs - Will consumers benefit from restricted antibiotic usage in organic pigs? Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Anonymous, . Spread of antibiotic resistance (AR) along the food-chain is a major food safety concern due to the risk of treatment failure of human foodborne infections. Can lower AR levels be claimed as a particular quality of organic pork due to the restrictions on antibiotic usage? Or will the current slaughtering of organic and conventional pigs together abolish this quality attribute? Furthermore,lack of registration of antibiotic usage in some EU member states necessitates methods for estimating the consumption (control of imprudent use) of antibiotics in organic herds. Tipo: Other Palavras-chave: Food security; Food quality and human health Pigs. Ano: 2012 URL: http://orgprints.org/22540/7/22540.pdf Landscape and nature quality in the development and profiling of organic farming Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Hansen, L.; Noe, E.; Højring, K. Organic agriculture has potential for making a special contribution towards nature and landscape and the farmer plays an important part as decision maker. A qualitative interview study show that the farmer's production strategy often has an inpact on how he acts in relation to nature. At the same time it is difficult for the individual farmer to express concrete expectations of nature quality. Tipo: Journal paper Palavras-chave: Soil; Denmark. Ano: 2004 URL: http://orgprints.org/4245/1/4245.doc Superb and marketable meat from efficient and robust animals Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Therkildsen, M. The present experiment shows that there are no drawbacks in finishing young bull calves for 6 weeks on purely grass sward or purely herb-based sward in comparison with concentrates when it comes to meat and eating quality › The meat of grass- and herbs-fed calves has similar colour and sensory profile › Herbs has a positive effect on the ‘health-related’ quality as herbs increase the content of vitamins A and E, linoleic and α-linolenic acid and improves the n-6 :n-3 ratio Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Food security; Food quality and human health. Ano: 2012 URL: http://orgprints.org/27293/7/27293.pdf Threats of emerging pests due to a warming climate in Finland Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Tuovinen, Tuomo; Lindqvist, Isa. The total strawberry acreage in Finland (3225 ha, 2008) is almost entirely attributed to outdoor cultivation. The prevailing weather directly influences both the quality and quantity of the yield. An increasing demand for quality berries forces growers to consider cultivation in polythene tunnels. In addition to cultivation changes, new plant protection challenges are also expected to arise as a result of a warming climate. Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Crop health; Quality; Protection. Ano: 2009 URL: http://orgprints.org/16521/1/Tuovinen.doc Monitoring Soil Characteristics in Organic Farming: A Comparison of Field vs. Laboratory Methods Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Sarapatka, Borivoj; Kouril, Milan. Soil quality plays a key role in organic farming. In practice its evaluation is not so simple because there are many indicators that could be used. In our research we used simple field methods (soil quality test kit) and compared the data with traditional evaluation used in the laboratory. Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Soil quality. Ano: 2007 URL: http://orgprints.org/9746/1/Sarapatka%2DKouril%2D2007%2DMonitoring.pdf Maintenance breeding of conservation cereal varieties Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Borgen, Anders; Grupe, Per; Larsson, Hans. The experiments shows that within the heritage material, varieties are identified with unique quality traits, including taste, colour and backing quality, which are not found in high yielding modern varieties available for organic farming. The paper presents the second year result of field evaluation of 212 Scandinavian heritage varieties grown on two sites in Denmark in 2007. Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Food security; Food quality and human health Cereals; Pulses and oilseeds Biodiversity and ecosystem services Breeding; Genetics and propagation. Ano: 2007 URL: http://orgprints.org/22140/7/22140.pdf Eating quality of bull calves fed only grass or herbs match that of concentrate-fed veal calves Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Therkildsen, M.; Jensen, S.K.; Vestergaard, M. The meat from herb calves contained less oleic acid and more linolenic acid compared with conventional calves. Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Farming Systems Food security; Food quality and human health Animal husbandry. Ano: 2012 URL: http://orgprints.org/22048/6/22048.pdf Wheat grain composition and implications for bread quality Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Emanuelson, J.; Wollenweber, B.; Jørgensen, J.R.; Andersen, S.B.F.; Jensen, C.R. Wheat grain composition and implications for bread quality Tipo: Report Palavras-chave: Cereals; Pulses and oilseeds. Ano: 2003 URL: http://orgprints.org/1442/1/DJF_rapport_Markbrug_nr_92_2003.pdf Methodologies for data quality improvement - A guide on how to check for inconsistencies in organic market data Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Zanoli, Raffaele. This multimedia presentation is an abridged compilation of the following publication: Feldmann, C. and Hamm, U. (2014). Report on the methodologies for data quality improvement along the whole supply chain. Deliverable 5.1 of the OrganicDataNetwork project. Available at: http://orgprints.org/27940/ Tipo: Other Palavras-chave: Surveys and statistics; Produce chain management; Europe. Ano: 2014 URL: http://orgprints.org/27986/1/OrganicDataNetwork_Multimedia%20presentation_%20D8_3%20%E2%80%93%20ANNEX%201.p df Agrotechnology & Food Innovations of Wageningen UR Provedor de dados: 21 Agrotechnology & Food Innovations is an organisation for strategic and applied-scientific research for the industries and national and international authorities. The market-driven research covers the whole productions chain; from optimising growing techniques via sustainable development and quality improvement to consumer product perception. A&F’s key activities are: (1) Quality in Chains, (2) Biobased Products, (3) Food Quality en (4) Agrisystems and Environment. Contact person for organic agriculture research is Mrs. Greet Blom, head of the IBL (Innovation Centre Organic Agriculture of Wageningen UR). Tipo: Organization description Ano: 2016 Workshop on collection and quality of organic market data Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Zanoli, Raffaele; Feldmann, Corinna; Willer, Helga. The aim of this workshop is discuss a number issues related to the collection and quality assurance of organic market data and to show ways of how to improve organic market data and to enhance international collaboration in this field. The workshop is organized by the research project OrganicDataNetwork (www.organicdatanetwork.net), which is being funded by the European Union under the 7th Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development. Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Surveys and statistics; Markets and trade. Ano: 2013 URL: http://orgprints.org/23599/1/zanoli-etal-data-collection-workshop.docx Annual report 2003 LBI organic fruit growing research: including plans for 2004 Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Jansonius, PieterJans; Zanen, Marleen; Bloksma, Joke. Our objectives in soil management research combine a number of issues: soil fertility, production, fruit quality, growth regulation, prevention of night frost damage, leaf decomposition (scab) and practical feasibility. This will result in different regimes of weed control, fertilisation, foliar feeding and watering for each plot. The evaluation criteria remain particularly difficult to assess. The proposed revised edition of the soil book (LF39) is combined with the final publication of the regulation project which appeared in de winter of 2003 as a hand-book “Biologische Appels en Peren – teeltmaatregelen voor kwaliteitsfruit-” (Organic apples and pears – cultivation measures for quality fruit) (LF75, ed. Joke Bloksma). Time after time our research... Tipo: Report Palavras-chave: Fruit and berries. Ano: 2004 URL: http://orgprints.org/2950/1/lf78.pdf European consumers' conceptions of the safety and quality of organic food Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Jacobsen, Eivind; Torjusen, Hanne; O'Doherty Jensen, Katherine; Kjærnes, Unni. This paper summarizes some of the research on consumers in different European countries in order to identify consumer expectations, criteria and concerns with respect to the quality and safety og organic foods. Reasons why consumer conceptions differ between countries are considered in relation to differences regarding the institutional settings of consumption. Limitations of the existing research are pointed out and focal points for future research are identified. Tipo: Working paper Palavras-chave: Consumer issues. Ano: 2005 URL: http://orgprints.org/4737/1/4737.pdf Organic Farming and food quality chains in Europe Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Sylvander, Director of Research Bertil. Out from the evolutions of the European agro food systems since the 80’ and besides Organic Farming, several other modes of production developed in parallel to the main stream system. This gave rise, during the last decades, to different research agendas and networks, which in general – and unfortunately - ignore each others. This paper intends to give some outlines to account for the diversity of those ap-proaches and give some path of convergence for the future. In the frame of the new European agricultural policy, those research networks could gain credibility and power through improving connections with each others and make their relations more intense. Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: "Organics" in general. Ano: 2006 URL: http://orgprints.org/7185/1/OF_and_quality_chains_in_europe%2Dsylvander.pdf Aliment-Qualité-Securité Provedor de dados: 21 The role of this big program is to incite research in human food quality and security. It has been set up jointly by the ministry of research and the ministry of agriculture for a 4 years period (1998-2002). Its objectives are: • to improve human food quality and security, • to facilitate the use of research results by agricultural and agro-alimentary companies, • to develop partnerships between thes companies, research organisms and post-graduate establishements , • to provide access to new approaches and methodologies to producers and companies Only a small part of this program (2 projects) concerns organic farming and is about the food system field. Tipo: Research Programme description Palavras-chave: Food systems. Ano: 2016 The Changing Face of Milk Production, Milk Quality and Milking Technology in Brazil Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Costa, Debora; Reinemann, Douglas J.; Cook, Nigel; Ruegg, Pamela L. This introductory paper gives an overview of milk production in Brazil and discusses a series of recent regulations implemented to improve milk quality with the purpose of asserting the Brazilian dairy industry as a competitor on the international market. It also points out the economic advantage of setting design guidelines for milking machines that would be best suited to Brazilian crossbred cows. Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper Palavras-chave: Brazilian Milk Quality; Brazil Dairy Industry; Brazilian Milk Production; Brazilian Milk Prices; Agribusiness; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Industrial Organization; International Development; Political Economy. Ano: 2004 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37517 THE ECONOMICS OF FLOW ENHANCEMENT VS. NUTRIENT CONTROLS IN MEETING WATER QUALITY STANDARDS Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Keeler, Andrew G.; Marbury, Leslie. This paper explores the economics of using enhanced flow as part of a strategy to meet water quality standards. We begin by briefly sketching the relevant economic theory, which we then apply to a case study of a dissolved oxygen impaired stream segment in Georgia's Flint River Basin. Results show that meeting targeted water quality standards with strategies that include enhanced flow is significantly less costly than relying only on agricultural management practices. Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy. Ano: 2004 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19909 Analysis of Supply Chain Model of Agricultural Products and Quality Safety: A Case Study of Heilongjiang Province Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Huo, Hong; Shen, Xin; Huang, Zhipeng. This paper analyses the supply chain models of four types of agricultural products, namely fruits and vegetables, poultry, aquatic products and dairy, and the food safety problems arising from the links of supply chain. In view of different models, corresponding suggestions are put forward to ensure the quality safety of agricultural products in Heilongjiang Province. Tipo: Article Palavras-chave: Agricultural products; Quality safety; Supply chain model; China; Agribusiness. Ano: 2011 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/122951 LOCATION OF PRODUCTION AND ENDOGENOUS WATER QUALITY REGULATION: A LOOK AT THE U.S. HOG INDUSTRY Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Metcalfe, Mark R. This paper examines the effect of state regulation of water quality on the location of hog production across states in the US. A qualitative measure is developed from states' water quality legislation in 1994 and 1998. No evidence is found that increased stringency is detrimental to hog production. Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Hog production; Environmental regulation; Environmental Economics and Policy; Livestock Production/Industries. Ano: 1999 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21631 ADVERSE SELECTION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRY FACTOR MARKETS: THE CASE OF FERTILIZERS IN CAMBODIA Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Schamel, Guenter; Hongen, Friederike. We analyze the presence and potential impact of low quality fertilizers, inadequate access to credit and market information on fertilizer market participation and application rates. We explain in theory and show empirically that farmers chose to abstain from the fertilizer market altogether or decrease their application rates below recommended levels because bad quality deters all buyers not willing to pay the market price for the average quality fertilizer available. Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries. Ano: 2003 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21996 Incentive Policies to Promote the Use of Enhanced Stormwater BMPs in New Residential Developments Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Huber, Matthew C.; Willis, David B.; Hayes, John C.; Privette, Charles V., III. A voluntary stormwater management program that is incentive compatible between residential developers and regulators produces an outcome that simultaneously protects/enhances water quality and increases developer profits. Developers pay a participation fee and the collected fees are used to retrofit ineffective stormwater management systems in older neighborhoods to improve water quality. Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Stormwater Best Management Practices; Economic Incentives; Urban Water Quality; Environmental Economics and Policy; Q25. Ano: 2010 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56541 A COMPUTABLE ECONOMIC THRESHOLD MODEL FOR WEEDS IN FIELD CROPS WITH MULTIPLE PESTS, QUALITY EFFECTS, AND AN UNCERTAIN SPRAYING PERIOD LENGTH Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Marra, Michele C.; Gould, Thomas D.; Porter, Gregory A. A model is developed to determine the minimum weed population where a decision to apply a postmergence herbicide would be profitable. The economic threshold model accounts for changing economic conditions, the effect of weeds on crop quality, the effect of multiple weed species on yield and quality, and uncertainty about spraying period length. The model is uncomplicated enough for microcomputer or programmable calculator applications. An example of weed threshold calculations for round white potatoes is given. Tipo: Journal Article Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries. Ano: 1989 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28804 Econometric models of the demand for quality-differentiated goods Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Hanemann, W. Michael. This paper presents several models of the demand for quality differentiated goods in which the consumer decides which brand of product to select as well as how many units to buy. The models cover a variety of preference structures and can readily be estimated using standard techniques for switching regressions. From the fitted demand equations, one can calculate monetary measures of the welfare effects of changes in the price, quality, or variety of the brands. The models are then applied to data on households' demands for recreation sites in the Boston area, and the values of the sites are calculated. Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper Palavras-chave: Consumer/Household Economics; Demand and Price Analysis; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods. Ano: 1983 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6294 VALUATION OF WATER QUALITY IN LIVESTOCK REGIONS: AN APPLICATION TO RURAL WATERSHEDS IN IOWA Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Hurley, Terrance M.; Otto, Daniel M.; Holtkamp, Janice. This paper investigates rural residents' perceptions of the risk to water quality from large confinement facilities and their willingness to pay to delay nitrate contamination from these facilities. Rural residents are concerned about the environmental impact of confinement facilities and are willing to pay as much as $82 annually to delay nitrate contamination in their water for 20 years. These contingent valuation results are consistent with the result obtained in similar studies that used hedonic valuation methods. Tipo: Journal Article Palavras-chave: Contingent valuation; Livestock production; Nitrate contamination; Rural development; Water quality; Environmental Economics and Policy; Livestock Production/Industries. Ano: 1999 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15134 MEASURING THE BENEFITS OF AIR QUALITY IMPROVEMENT: A SPATIAL HEDONIC APPROACH Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Kim, Chong Won; Phipps, Tim T.; Anselin, Luc. A spatial-econometric hedonic housing price model is estimated for the Seoul metropolitan area to measure the marginal value of improved air quality. Results showed that the spatial lag model fits best for both owner and renter households. Marginal WTP for a 4% improvement in air quality is about $3,200 for owners and $420 for renters. Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy. Ano: 1998 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20959 Price/Quality Relationships in the Malting Barley Market Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Wilson, William W.; Crabtree, John A. The relationship between prices and quality variables is an important area of research particularly for the more specialized commodities. Price quality relationships are analyzed in this study in the case of malting barley. Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis; Marketing. Ano: 1983 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23188 Breeding Quality Protein Maize (QPM): Protocols for Developing QPM Cultivars Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Vivek, B.S.; Krivanek, A.F.; Palacios-Rojas, N.; Twumasi-Afriyie, S.; Diallo, Alpha O. This manual is intended for maize breeders who would like to start developing quality protein maize (QPM) cultivars. It is a compilation and consolidation of several breeding protocols successfully used at CIMMYT over two decades of QPM development and breeding. A brief background and the basic theory of QPM genetics are explained, leading up to detailed methods and procedures of QPM development. Tipo: Report Palavras-chave: Zea mays; Plant breeding; Breeding methods; Genetic resources; Protein quality; Protein content; Application methods; Lysine; Tryptophan; Food composition; Crop Production/Industries; F30; Q04. Ano: 2008 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56179 A COUNTY-LEVEL MODEL OF MANUFACTURING PLANT RECRUITMENT WITH IMPROVED INDUSTRIAL SITE QUALITY MEASUREMENT Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Kriesel, Warren; McNamara, Kevin T. Empirical analysis of manufacturing plant location requires the use of a single industrial site quality measure. Under hedonic price theory, the price of industrial sites can be explained by their quality characteristics. The estimated site price is included with ten other location factors in an ordered, categorical logit model of plant attraction to Georgia counties. The results inform public decision-makers of the relative impact of site location factors and how changes in location factors can alter the probability of attracting a manufacturing plant. Tipo: Journal Article Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis. Ano: 1991 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30281 EFFECT OF RISK PERCEPTION ON WILLINGNESS TO PAY FOR IMPROVED WATER QUALITY Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Sukharomana, Renu; Supalla, Raymond J. A CVM survey of WTP for water quality was conducted in October 1997. Findings suggest that WTP depends logically on risk perceptions and, thus, on the amount of water quality being purchased. However, erroneous subjective risk opinions were found to bias WTP downward. Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; Risk and Uncertainty. Ano: 1998 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20869 Valuing the benefits and costs of improved food safety and nutrition Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Caswell, Julie A. Assuring the quality of food products, especially their safety and nutrition levels, is an increasing focus for governments, companies, and international trade bodies. In choosing quality assurance programs, public and private decision‐makers must assess the benefits and costs of expected improvements in food safety and nutrition. This article discusses methods for measuring these benefits and costs as well as how these valuations are related to the mix of voluntary and mandatory quality management systems used in particular countries or trading blocs. These relationships are illustrated by a short case study of safety assurance systems for meat and poultry products. Tipo: Journal Article Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety. Ano: 1998 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/117285 EXPLAINING VARIATIONS IN SHARE CONTRACTS: LAND QUALITY, POPULATION PRESSURE AND TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: James, William E.; Roumasset, James A. Substantial variations in landowner's share under sharecropping arrangements are documented. Partial relationships between landowner's share and land quality and between landowner's share and physiological population density are explained by extensions of the competitive theory of share tenancy. It is shown that high landowner's share can be expected to be associated with high land quality and or high physiological density. The tendency for increases in population to be associated with increases in landlords' shares can be ameliorated by land-saving technological change. Tipo: Journal Article Palavras-chave: Land Economics/Use. Ano: 1979 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22806 THE INSTITUTIONAL DETERMINANTS OF BILATERAL AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD TRADE Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Bojnec, Stefan; Ferto, Imre. The paper investigates the effects of the institutional determinants on trade in agricultural and food products among the OECD countries using a gravity model approach. We focus on the impact of the quality of governance and the similarity of institutions in explaining variation in bilateral agricultural and food trade patterns. Results confirmed the separate effects for the institutional similarity and the institutional quality on trade patterns. The institutional similarity has positive and significant impact on trade in a similar institutional framework for agricultural, but less for food products. The institutional quality has significant positive impact on trade in both agricultural and food products for importing countries. Tipo: Journal Article Palavras-chave: Institutions; International trade; Gravity model; Agribusiness; International Relations/Trade. Ano: 2009 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53543 Can Foreign Producers Benefit from Geographical Indications under the New European Regulation? Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Marette, Stephan. This article discusses some economic issues linked to the 2006 European regulation regarding geographical indications. Economic implications of this regulation for foreign producers are investigated. The article examines whether or not the development of a geographical indication is a profitable strategy for foreign producers. The discussion here concludes that geographical indications may allow such producers access to a high-quality segment of the market, but efficient quality management is a necessary condition for reaching such a segment. Tipo: Journal Article Palavras-chave: Geographical indications; Regulation; Quality; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; International Relations/Trade. Ano: 2009 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/48793 A review of traditional Hungarian products’ reputation with a special focus on consumer behaviour Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Popovics, Anett. The quality of traditional and regional products is essentially determined by geography, history and culture. Being protected by a distinctive quality label (based on the geographical origin, traditions and special features) may enhance traditional Hungarian and regional products’ competitiveness. Based on our survey’s questionnaire results (N = 425) (basic statistics, factor and cluster analysis) it can be proved that consumers are able to identify and appreciate Hungarian products. They also highly value traditional quality. Tipo: Journal Article Palavras-chave: Traditional Hungarian products; Consumer survey; Reputation; Value added; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods. Ano: 2007 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/107652 The Quality of Audits - A Comparative Study of Auditing and Certification Schemes in the Food Sector Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Jahn, Gabriele; Schramm, Matthias; Spiller, Achim. In spite of the increasing number of certification schemes in the food sector, there is only few research about the economics of certification. Given the rapid growth and the lack of experience the actors have to cope with different forms of opportunistic behaviour. The following paper describes the basic structure and information economics reasons why certification schemes are created. Subsequently, an institutionalistic model is presented which includes several starting points to increase quality of certification systems mainly based on analogies in financial auditing. Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Audit quality; New Institutional Economics; Certification schemes; Organic Certification; Industrial Organization. Ano: 2004 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24991 ESTIMATING IMPLICIT MARGINAL PRICES OF QUALITY CHARACTERISTICS OF TOMATOES Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Jordan, Jeffrey L.; Shewfelt, R.L.; Prussia, Stanley E.; Hurst, W.C. A hedonic price function is developed for estimating the implicit prices for selected quality characteristics of fresh tomatoes at three points in the marketing season. The estimation of this function, proposed as a method of evaluating change in the post-harvest system, is accomplished using a flexible functional form. Those quality characteristics that most affect the price of tomatoes can help determine the economic feasibility of alternative handling techniques or new technologies. Tipo: Journal Article Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis. Ano: 1985 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29990 ESTIMATING WATER QUALITY BENEFITS BY COMBINING REVEALED AND STATED PREFERENCE METHODS: AN APPLICATION IN THE MINNESOTA RIVER Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Mathews, Leah Greden. Data from a 1997 survey of Minnesota residents was used to construct a panel of revealed and stated preference data. Panel regression results yield an estimate of household willingness to pay for phosphorus reductions in the Minnesota River of $38.88 per year. Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Nonmarket valuation; Water quality; Nonmarket valuation; Water quality; Environmental Economics and Policy; Q2. Ano: 1999 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21621 THE IMPACT OF REFORMING WHEAT IMPORTING STATE-TRADING ENTERPRISES ON THE QUALITY OF WHEAT IMPORTED Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Lavoie, Nathalie. Recent surveys of wheat importers indicate that countries that import wheat via a state-trading enterprise (STE) are less sensitive to quality issues in import decision-making than countries that import wheat through private traders. This study examines conceptually and empirically the impact of the deregulation of wheat imports on the quality and source of wheat imports. Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade. Ano: 2003 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14512 A Customer Service Design Case Study: Insights on Customer Loyalty in the Brazilian Food Sector Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Florencio de Almeida, Ione Lucia; Florencio de Almeida, Luciana. Marketing managers of local and international food companies have realized that what they offer to customers go well beyond the characteristics and attributes of the products their companies manufacture and market. Service has become an integral part of the offer (Grönroos, 1993); a high service quality improves the company competitiveness, builds customer trust, supports the company brand and other product attributes (Berry & Parasuraman, 1991, p. 12). This paper seeks to investigate whether customer care service perceived quality in the food sector is truly relevant to customer satisfaction and loyalty. Tipo: Journal Article Palavras-chave: Quality service evaluation; Consumer service; Loyalty; Food industry; Agribusiness; International Relations/Trade. Ano: 2007 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44899 Chapter 19: ADDING NUTRITIONAL QUALITY TO ANALYSIS OF MEAT DEMAND Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Wang, Guijing; Chern, Wen S. This book was originally published by Westview Press, Boulder CO, 1995. Tipo: Book Chapter Palavras-chave: Nutrition; Meat quality; Demand analysis; Price/quality indexes; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety. Ano: 1995 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25975 TRADE LIBERALIZATION AND CHANGING COMPOSITION AND QUALITY OF IMPORTS IN JAPANESE BEEF IMPORT MARKETS Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Miljkovic, Dragan. We show that the reduction of an ad-valorem tariff lead to an increase in Japanese imports of higher quality US beef relative to the lower quality Australian beef. Increasingly more efficient US beef production and strong income effect further explain the recent domination of the US beef in Japanese market. Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Ad-valorem tariff reduction; Japanese beef imports; International Relations/Trade. Ano: 2004 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/34798 The Role of Stakeholders' Perceptions in Addressing Water Quality Disputes in an Embattled Watershed Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Popp, Jennie S. Hughes; Rodriguez, German. Preliminary results of a survey of agricultural and non-agricultural stakeholders in the Lincoln Lake Watershed suggests discrepancies exists in different groups perceptions of water quality, the sources of water pollution, and the roles of local, county, state and federal officials in meeting water quality objectives. Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy; Q25; Q53; Q59. Ano: 2007 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/34808 SUSTAINABLE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT: A METHODOLOGY FOR ANALYSIS Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Popp, Jennie S. Hughes; Hoag, Dana L. Resource endowments, modeled as quality indices, are placed into a dynamic production model to determine resource use adjustments to meet sustainability and production input usage changes when resource quality fluctuates. Impacts of sustainability are identified and the time path of resource quality is evaluated using substitution, reversibility and uncertainty criteria. Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy. Ano: 1998 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21008 Positioning Cotton in the Market for Quality: An Application of Market Segmentation for West Texas Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Jung, Sangnyeol; Lyford, Conrad P. This study provides guidance for cotton marketing efforts by determining major market segments with quality thresholds for West Texas. Given its present quality performance, great potential segments are from higher-end international segments with significant value-added. Moreover, the potential to serve these market segments is growing with improvements in production technology. Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Cotton economics; Market segmentation; Needs assessment; West Texas cotton; Marketing; Q130; M310. Ano: 2007 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/34989 A MODEL FOR THE ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF WATER QUALITY IN IRRIGATION Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Yaron, Dan; Bresler, E. A model for determination of the efficient combination of water quantity and quality (salinity) in irrigation is presented. The efficient combination is evaluated with respect to a predetermined threshold salt concentration in the soil solution. A leaching model, designed for tracing salt distribution in the soil profile, serves as the basis for the analysis. The optimal quantity-quality combinations are derived with the aid of a linear programming model. An illustrative application of the model concludes the presentation. Tipo: Journal Article Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy. Ano: 1970 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22814 "QUALITY" AND "ECO-LABELING" OF FOOD PRODUCTS IN FRANCE AND THE UNITED STATES Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Bertramsen, Sherry K.; Hguyen, Genevieve; Dobbs, Thomas L. "Quality" and "eco-labeling" approaches for food in France and the United States are described and compared in this paper. The paper draws on a recent MS thesis in Economics by the lead author. A subsequent paper will cover empirical analyses of the environmental impacts of farming practices for French "quality" and "eco-label" products. Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety. Ano: 2002 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32022 Perceptions of Southern Mindanao Farmers On the Quality of Temperate Vegetables Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Concepcion, Sylvia B.; Montiflor, Marilou O. In Barangay Kapatagan, Digos City, Southern Mindanao Philippines, vegetable farmers hold a specific worldview on what quality vegetables are. This paper aims to define this worldview, compare this with expectations of marketing intermediaries down the vegetable supply chain, and assess the gaps between these views. Discrepancies between and among the definitions of the different groups affect the entire chain because of incompatible decisions in production, marketing and quality management. These decisions contribute to the efficiency or inefficiency of the entire chain. Introduction Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries; Productivity Analysis. Ano: 2003 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57848 Accounting for Transaction Costs in Point/Nonpoint Water Quality Trading Programs in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Ribaudo, Marc; McCann, Laura M.J. Transaction costs are commonly identified as a major reason why so few point/nonpoint trades have occurred in water quality trading programs. We examine the transaction costs to buyers and sellers in Pennsylvania's trading program, and compare them to baseline costs. Tipo: Presentation Palavras-chave: Transaction costs; Water quality trading; Environmental Economics and Policy. Ano: 2012 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/123509 THE IMPACT OF REFORMING WHEAT IMPORTING STATE-TRADING ENTERPRISES ON THE QUALITY OF WHEAT IMPORTED Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Lavoie, Nathalie. Recent surveys of wheat importers indicate that countries that import wheat via a state trader are less sensitive to quality issues in import decision making than countries that import wheat through private traders. This study examines conceptually and empirically the impact of the deregulation of wheat imports on the quality and source of wheat imports. Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade. Ano: 2003 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21901 GRAIN QUALITY IN THE CANADIAN BARLEY SECTOR: A REVIEW OF REGULATIONS, INDUSTRY PRACTICES, AND POLICY ISSUES Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Johnson, D. Demcey. This paper provides an overview of regulations and industry practices relating to grain quality in Canada's barley sector. Special attention is devoted to malting barley. Topics include: supply and disposition of barley in Canada; role of institutions (Canadian Grain Commission and Canadian Wheat Board); grades and standards; variety registration; malting barley selection; and recent changes in handling, procurement, and marketing. Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper Palavras-chave: Barley; Grain quality; Marketing; Procurement; Canada; Marketing; Production Economics. Ano: 1999 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23408 Table and Manufacturing Quality Beef Cattle Price Relationships in Australia Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Harrison, Ian; Richardson, Bob. A derived reduced form simultaneous equation model is specified to explore the hypothesis of joint determination of prices for table quality and manufacturing quality beef cattle in Australia. Quarterly data for the period 1966 (1) to 1979 (4) are used. Estimated coefficients for the two types of cattle suggest significant price transmission effects between the two markets. This study may be viewed as an attempt to explicitly recognize the heterogeneous nature of beef cattle in the context of a formal econometric model. Tipo: Journal Article Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries. Ano: 1980 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9608 QUALITY MEASUREMENT AND RISK-SHARING IN CONTRACTS FOR CALIFORNIA FRUITS AND VEGETABLES Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Hueth, Brent; Ligon, Ethan. We hypothesize that imperfect quality measurement in contracts for fresh fruits and vegetables results in a moral-hazard problem, and that the final price of the produce provides additional information regarding quality. As a consequence, growers are not shielded from all price risk. This hypothesis is tested informally with observations on actual contracts in California. Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis; Risk and Uncertainty. Ano: 1998 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20957 Sorting and Blending Under Quality Uncertainty: Application to Wheat Protein Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Johnson, D. Demcey. Quality uncertainty is of considerable interest to the grain industry. In this paper, uncertainty is incorporated in a model of grain blending decisions. A mixed-integer, nonlinear optimization problem is developed. Simulations illustrate the effect of crop quality on blending decisions, and the effect of blending activities on the distribution of protein within a wheat marketing channel. Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Industrial Organization; Marketing; Risk and Uncertainty. Ano: 2005 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/36316 PERFECT SUBSTITUTES: A NOTE ON THE ALCHIAN-ALLEN HYPOTHESIS Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Vedrashko, Alexander; Smith, Vincent H. Alchian and Allen hypothesized that a country will export high rather than low quality goods. Here we show that if the inherent attributes of the commodities are identical the country will only export the high-quality good. Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper Palavras-chave: Transport costs; Patterns of trade; Product quality; International Relations/Trade; F1. Ano: 1998 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29245 Estimation of a Surface Water Quality Valuation Index for the Appalachian Region Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Khatri-Chhetri, Arun; Collins, Alan R. A surface water quality valuation index is developed and used to compare counties across the Appalachian Region. This index was based on a meta-analysis of non-market water quality valuation studies along with an application of benefit transfer. The results reveal that Pennsylvania, Georgia, and New York had the highest percentages of counties with high index values within the Appalachian Region. As this research was part of an inter-disciplinary team assembled by the Appalachian Regional Commission, results of this index can be compared to other indices computed for water resources in the region. Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Meta-analysis; Benefit transfer; Contingent valuation; Willingness-to-pay; Environmental Economics and Policy. Ano: 2011 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103653 OPTIMUM SOIL QUALITY ATTRIBUTE LEVELS AND VALUES Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Smith, Elwin G.; Lerohl, Mel L.; Messele, Teklay. We develop a dynamic optimal cropping systems model for the northern Great Plains, taking into account the impact of the system on soil quality attributes organic and inorganic carbon. Continuous wheat and direct planting is the most profitable system under most economic conditions. This system has low soil erosion and results in high soil quality. Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Land Economics/Use. Ano: 1999 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/35697 Thin and lumpy: an experimental investigation of water quality trading Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Suter, Jordan F.; Spraggon, John M.; Poe, Gregory L. Water quality trading schemes in the United States can predominantly be characterized by low trading volumes. In this paper we utilize laboratory economics experiments to explore the extent to which the technology through which pollution abatement is achieved influences market outcomes. Mirroring the majority of water quality trading markets, the sessions utilize small trading groups composed of six participants. To understand the extent to which abatement technology influences trading behavior, the experimental treatments vary the degree of heterogeneity in initial abatement costs and the potential for long-lived investments in cost-reducing abatement technology. Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy. Ano: 2011 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/104023 CRIME AND THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN WISCONSIN COUNTIES Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Deller, Steven C.; Ottem, Thomas D. The impact of crime on the local quality of life of a region is examined. Using the methods suggested by Roback (1982) hedonic pricing analysis is used to examine the effects of eight categories of crime on property values and wages. The hedonic results are then used to calculate the implicit prices of the various types of crime. Prices are computed for both urban and rural areas reflecting differences in lifestyle and the corresponding impact of crime. As expected, crime has a measurable negative cost and lowers overall quality of life in a region and the level of impact varies significantly by type of crime. Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper Palavras-chave: Institutional and Behavioral Economics. Ano: 2001 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/12652 QUALITY PREMIUMS FOR AUSTRALIAN WHEAT IN THE GROWING ASIAN MARKETS Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Ahmadi-Esfahani, Fredoun Z.; Stanmore, Roland G. An hedonic price function is applied to Australia's wheat exports to the growing Asian markets. The values for the quality characteristics in the wheat markets of Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, and Thailand are estimated. The data base for the study is from the Australian Wheat Board shipments over the period 1984 to 1991. The sample is divided into two separate time periods to test the consistency in demand for export wheat and to trace recent trends in quality premiums. The implications of the results for wheat marketing and trade are explored. Tipo: Journal Article Palavras-chave: Marketing; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods. Ano: 1994 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22731 HOUSEHOLD PERCEPTIONS OF THE QUALITY OF DRINKING WATER IN UGANDA Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Bukenya, James O. This paper analyzed self-reported household water quality opinions and avoidance measures used by households in Kampala, Uganda to manage health risks. The paper is based on survey data collected from four Divisions in Kampala district and analyzed using a simultaneous probit equation system. Probit results confirm the existence of strong relationships between household characteristics, opinions on water quality and the use of avoidance measures. Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety. Ano: 2006 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/35355 Creole Coffee Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Kennedy, P. Lynn; Roule, Elizabeth D. Creolé Coffee had just started to achieve regional and national success. However,recent volatility in the world coffee market resulted not only in price instabilities, but also created difficulty in procuring the high-quality product customers had grown to expect from Creolé. In examining this situation, Jim Brewer determined that the company must adapt their relationships with producers to ensure the availability of the quality and quantity of coffee needed to produce the premium blends consumers now associate with Creolé. In turn this would allow the company to provide consumers with a high quality product at a stable price. Tipo: Journal Article Palavras-chave: Vertical coordination; Strategic alliances; Risk management; International trade; Commodity procurement.; Agribusiness; International Relations/Trade. Ano: 2004 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8119 Value Added to the Beef Cattle Chain through Genetic Management Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Robertson, Jessica; Parcell, Joseph L. Genetics have a direct impact on the carcass quality of an animal. The objective of the study is to determine whether managing genetics has an impact on quality of beef carcasses. Genetic management was found to have a positive impact on quality grade and no impact on yield grade. Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries. Ano: 2006 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/35345 RECREATION DEMAND USING PHYSICAL MEASURES OF WATER QUALITY Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Egan, Kevin J.; Herriges, Joseph A.; Kling, Catherine L.; Downing, John A. This paper incorporates a rich set of physical water quality attributes, as well as site and household characteristics, into a model of recreational lake usage in Iowa. Our analysis shows individuals are responsive to physical water quality measures and WTP estimates are reported based on improvements in these measures. Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy. Ano: 2004 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19958 Diet quality and income in Rural and Urban China: evidence from the Health and Nutrition Survey Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Capacci, Sara; Mazzocchi, Mario; Liu, Y. The specific objective of this paper is the investigation of the link between an improvement in Chinese households’ wealth and the quality of their diet and the role played by this relationship on the overall nutrition transition process. Better economic conditions mean a worsening of the diet in terms of higher energy intakes from fats, only partially compensated by higher fruit and vegetable intakes. China nutrition transition is going on and the rapid economic growth may lead to adverse health consequences if the negative effects of this transition will not be contrasted. Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Nutrition; Diet quality; China; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety. Ano: 2008 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43638 UNCERTAIN RECREATION QUALITY AND WILDLIFE VALUATION: ARE CONVENTIONAL BENEFIT MEASURES ADEQUATE? Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Cory, Dennis C.; Colby, Bonnie G.; Carpenter, Edwin H. Theoretical issues and empirical approaches are discussed for benefit estimation when wildlife resource users face uncertain recreation quality. It is argued that selection of an appropriate benefit measure is predicted upon differing attitudes toward quality uncertainty, expected utility maximization, and risk. In particular, it is shown that for specific groups in the user population, conventional benefit measures do not apply, and alternative welfare measures are developed. Implications for restructuring contingent valuation procedures are discussed. Tipo: Journal Article Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy. Ano: 1988 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32110 An Analysis of the Relationships among Specific Quality Characteristics for Hard Red Spring and Durum Wheat Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Mittleider, John F.; Anderson, Donald E. The purpose of this study is to provide information dealing with the specific relationships among various quality characteristics for hard red spring and durum wheat. Grain handlers and users may use these data when actual tests of specific quality relationships are not readily available. Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper Palavras-chave: Marketing. Ano: 1977 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23367 Unit Values Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Beatty, Timothy K.M. This paper investigates the scope of the unit value problem in household level expenditure survey data. I test whether self-reported prices vary with covariates thought to be important in household demand behavior. The paper then measures expenditure elasticity of quality for 196 different food aggregates. Approximately half of the expenditure elasticities estimated are significantly different from zero. Finally, a generalization of the standard quality demand regression is proposed, in which the expenditure elasticity of quality is allowed to vary over the range of total food expenditure. Some food aggregates display significant nonlinearities. Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Consumer/Household Economics. Ano: 2006 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21108 QUALITY ADJUSTED PRICE INDICES FOR DOUGLAS-FIR TIMBER Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Brannman, Lance; Buongiorno, Joseph; Fight, Roger. The purpose of this paper is to determine if there have been systematic changes in the characteristics of Douglas-fir stumpage sold on National Forests in the Pacific Northwest that would significantly bias the price of stumpage. Four hedonic methods were used to develop indices of pure price change holding stumpage characteristics constant. None indicated a significant trend in quality over the period 1968 to 1978. Quality differences, however, appeared to play a role in the year-to-year price changes. The advantage and inconveniences of each indexing method and their use for various purposes are discussed. Tipo: Journal Article Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis. Ano: 1981 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32572 INCREASING AT AN INCREASING RATE: THE POTENTIAL CONVEXITY OF DISCRETE-CHOICE WELFARE MEASURES Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Lupi, Frank. When environmental quality enters random utility models linearly, welfare measures are convex in quality. The convexity is partly due to site substitution, and it has policy implications for whether changes in quality should be concentrated or diffuse. These functional form effects are illustrated in a model of Great Lakes fishing. Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy. Ano: 1998 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20970 SOME EFFECTS OF RICE QUALITY ON ROUGH RICE PRICES Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Brorsen, B. Wade; Grant, Warren R.; Rister, M. Edward. Quality discounts and premiums for rough rice in Texas rice bid/acceptance markets are analyzed. The most important quality factors determining the value of rough rice are head yield and peck. A one percentage point reduction in peck damage raises the price received per hundredweight of rough rice by $.13 to $.68 across markets and years. Since peck damage can be reduced by controlling the rice stinkbug, evaluation of alternative methods for better control of this pest in Texas rice fields is needed. Tipo: Journal Article Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis. Ano: 1988 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/29707 Total Quality Management Techniques Explored at Carolina Cream and Scott Specialty Foods: A Case Study Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Crank, David A. This case study examines the implementation of Total Quality Management (TOM) in two food processing firms. The two firms, which are separate divisions of a large food processor, used different implementation strategies, management leadership and employee empowerment. These strategies are compared on a strengths-and-weaknesses basis. The analysis shows that the context in which TQM is implemented is an important factor when planning such a dramatic strategic change and that the implementation of TQM or any other managerial innovation requires building teamwork and devotion of significant resources by all stakeholders in a company. Tipo: Journal Article Palavras-chave: Total Quality Management; TQM implementation; Food processing; Teamwork; Statistical process control; Management leadership; Employee empowerment; Agribusiness; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety. Ano: 1995 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/90372 VALUE OF ULTRASOUND-BASED PREDICTIONS OF CARCASS QUALITY GRADE Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Ferguson, Meagan; Anderson, John D. This paper addresses the quality and value of data derived from ultrasound technology. It attempts to determine whether or not ultrasound is a strong enough predictor of beef carcass quality grade to be an economical tool used to improve the current state of the beef industry. Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Marketing. Ano: 2001 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20620 A Note on Price Information in Commodity Markets with Evidence from the Cotton Market Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Hudson, Darren; Ethridge, Don E.; Segarra, Eduardo. Theory and analysis of price information and its importance have typically assumed that the information is correct. Additionally, most analyses have centered on general price information assuming homogeneous products. This paper examines the implications of incorrect price information on the basis of quality, with evidence from prior research on cotton prices used as an illustration. Results of a conceptual analysis indicate that quality has direct implications on the production and marketing process. Incorrect information on prices of different quality leads to distortions in the market and market inefficiency. Tipo: Report Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Demand and Price Analysis. Ano: 1997 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53174 Predicting the quality and prices of Bordeaux wines Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Ashenfelter, Orley. Bordeaux wines have been made in much the same way for centuries. This article shows that the variability in the quality and prices of Bordeaux vintages is predicted by the weather that created the grapes. The price equation provides a measure of the real rate of return to holding wines (about 2–3% per annum) and implies far greater variability in the early or ‘en primeur’ wine prices than is observed. The analysis provides a useful basis for assessing market inefficiency, the effect of climate change on the wine industry and the role of expert opinion in determining wine prices. Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper Palavras-chave: Wine quality; Wine prices; Weather; Bordeaux wine; Wine auctions; Demand and Price Analysis; Environmental Economics and Policy. Ano: 2007 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37297 ENDOGENOUS QUALITY AND AGRICULTURAL POLICY ANALYSIS Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: James, Jennifer S. The typical analysis of agricultural policy assumes that the commodity of interest is homogeneous, and that it does not change as a result of policy implementation. This paper develops a model of agricultural policy analysis when the restriction of product homogeneity is relaxed and policy-induced quality responses are incorporated. Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Agricultural policy analysis; Quality variation; Agricultural and Food Policy. Ano: 1999 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21634 Market relations in education as the factor, which has impact on the quality of human capital Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Pavlovska, Valentina. Market relations in Latvian economy increasingly develop in the field of education. Education becomes a special product and people must know how to sell and how to buy it. Graduates’ ability to fit labour market requirements is an important indicator of education quality. Consequently, the education product should meet labour market requirements. Market research data show that employers, education institutions and students have different visions of what the labour market requirements are. Tipo: Journal Article Palavras-chave: Market relations in labour market; Demand and supply of education; Labour market; Quality; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession; I2; J24. Ano: 2009 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94606 QUALITY INDICATORS AND INTERMEDIATE PRODUCTS: A NON-PARAMETRIC APPROACH Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Zago, Angelo M. In this paper we propose a methodology to measure the characteristics and composition of intermediate products using productivity indicators based on directional distance functions. We evaluate how quality attributes interact with the quantity level in grapes production, and find evidence of a trade-off between quantity and aggregate quality for Chardonnay. Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Marketing. Ano: 2002 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19591 From Product Inspection to Total Quality Management in the Food Supply Chain Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Gottlieb-Petersen, Christian; Knudsen, Susanne. The problem of defining, implementing and inspecting quality assurance schemes for all types of primary agricultural products is described and various examples from Denmark and other European countries are mentioned. The trends as to requirements, management and documentation as well as assessment are discussed from a European point of view. The authors suggest Total Quality Management in a form adapted to the food supply chain. Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety. Ano: 2002 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6944 Blueberry pollination in southern Brazil and their influence on fruit quality Provedor de dados: 94 Autores: Silveira,Tiago Madruga Telesca da; Raseira,Maria do Carmo Bassols; Nava,Dori Edson; Couto,Marcelo. Blueberry (Vaccinium ashei) is a relatively new crop in cultivation under Southern Brazil conditions. The first collection introduced in the area was formed by rabbiteye cultivars which need insect pollinators and also pollinizers. The aim of this work was to observe if there were differences between pollinizers on fruit quality of the commercial cultivar and also to observe the most effective and frequent insect pollinators, under natural conditions. It was concluded that pollen source has an effect on quality of blueberry fruits. Bumblebees are the most efficient pollinators; however the species found in southern Brazil are different from the ones mentioned in the U.S. literature. Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Pollinators; Metaxenia; Rabbiteye blueberry. Ano: 2011 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-29452011000100012 Silicon leaf application and physiological quality of white oat and wheat seeds. Provedor de dados: 119 Autores: TOLEDO, M. Z.; CASTRO, G. S. A.; CRUSCIOL, C. A. C.; SORATTO, R. P.; CAVARIANI, C.; ISHIZUKA, M. S; PICOLI, L. B. Plant nutrition can positively influence quality of seeds by improving plant tolerance to adverse climate. In this context, silicon is currently considered a icronutrient and it is beneficial to plant growth, especially Poaceaes such as white oat and wheat, thereby improving physiological quality of seeds. This study had the objective of evaluating the effects of silicon leaf application on plant tillering, silicon levels and physiological quality of white oat and wheat seeds besides establishing correlations between them. Two experiments were carried out in winter with white oat and wheat. The experimental design was the completely randomized block with eight replications. Treatments consisted of foliar application of silicon (0.8% of soluble silicon, as... Tipo: Artigo em periódico indexado (ALICE) Palavras-chave: Aveia; Cereal; Germinação; Melhoramento; Silicio. Ano: 2012 URL: http://www.alice.cnptia.embrapa.br/handle/doc/945749 Sensory quality of arabica coffee (Coffea arabica) genealogie groups the sensogram and content analysis. Provedor de dados: 119 Autores: SOBREIRA, F. M.; OLIVEIRA, A. C. B. de; PEREIRA, A. A.; SOBREIRA, M. F. C.; SAKYIAMA, N. S. This work evaluated the sensory quality of coffee genotype groups , discriminated by their genealogical origin, based on current methodology of the specialty coffee market and use of the "Sensogram" and content analysis as complementary methodologies. We assessed forty-one Coffea arabicagenotypes, comprising six groups: Bourbon, Caturra, Híbrido de Timor (HT), Catimor, Traditional Cultivars (Mundo Novo and Catuaí), and HT Derived Cultivars (Pau-Brasil MG 1, Paraíso MG H419 -1, Catiguá MG 2 and Obatã IAC 1669-20) in the randomized block design with two replications. Higher intragroup genetic variability was verified for sweetness, flavor and aftertaste on the standard grading scale. The results showed that the HT derived cultivars group was superior to the... Tipo: Artigo em periódico indexado (ALICE) Palavras-chave: Specialty coffee; Bourbon; Cup quality; Genetic resources; Coffea arabica; Flavor. Ano: 2015 Relationships between social forms of organic horticultural production and indicators of environmental quality: a multidimensional approach in Brazil. Provedor de dados: 119 Autores: BELLON, S.; ABREU, L. S. de; VALARINI, P. J. Organic farming (OF) is increasingly considered as a possible alternative for designing a "new rural" in Brazil, where OF covers a wide range of production and certification systems. However, the ways small farmers adopt OF in green belts to meet an urban demand in organic vegetables have not been extensively investigated. Likewise, the impact of such practices on environmental quality components has not been sufficiently documented. Our objective was to relate forms of organisation to environmental assessment in a watershed where organic horticulture significantly contributes to landscape and water quality. We showed how small farmers were organised or how they organised themselves to meet urban demands and develop OF. We assumed that associated practices... Tipo: Artigo em anais de congresso (ALICE) Palavras-chave: Small-scale horticultural organics; Forms of organisation; Horticultura; Agricultura orgânica; Horticulture; Organic production. Ano: 2005 Low water quality in tropical fishponds in southeastern Brazil Provedor de dados: 42 Autores: COSTA,SIMONE M.; APPEL,ELEONORA; MACEDO,CARLA F.; HUSZAR,VERA L.M. Expansion of aquaculture around the world has heavily impacted the environment. Because fertilizers are needed to raise fish, one of the main impacts is eutrophication, which lowers water quality and increases the frequency of algal blooms, mostly cyanobacteria. To evaluate whether the water quality in 30 fishponds in southeastern Brazilian met the requirements of Brazilian legislation, we analyzed biotic and abiotic water conditions. We expected that the high nutrient levels due to fertilization would cause low water quality. We also analyzed cyanotoxins in seston and fish muscle in some systems where cyanobacteria were dominant. The fishponds ranged from eutrophic and hypereutrophic with high phytoplankton biomass. Although cyanobacteria were dominant in... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Cyanobacteria; Cyanotoxins; Eutrophication; Fish culture. Ano: 2014 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652014000301181 Characterization of rainbow trout egg quality: a case study using four different breeding protocols, with emphasis on the incidence of embryonic malformations Provedor de dados: 4 Autores: Bonnet, E.; Fostier, A.; Bobe, J. The aim of this study was to set up a methodology to accurately evaluate the effects of various husbandry practices on a fish broodstock based on the developmental potential of the egg. For that purpose, long-short photoperiod manipulations (tested twice, PM1 and PM2 groups), spawning induction by injection of a GnRH analog (SI group), and a 16-day post-ovulatory ageing of eggs (POA group) were used in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). Females without any treatment were used as a control group. Survival at eying (E) and yolk-sac resorption (YSR) were recorded and malformations at YSR were monitored according to a detailed typology that included Cyclopia, torsion, incomplete YSR, prognathia, and others. Egg weight was also monitored. A deleterious... Tipo: Journal (Paginated) Palavras-chave: QP Physiology. Ano: 2007 URL: http://phy043.tours.inra.fr:8080/archive/00000227/ Influence of cutting room temperature on the microbiological quality of chicken breast meat Provedor de dados: 45 Autores: Cintra,A.P.R.; Andrade,M.C.G.; Lazarini,M.M.; Assis,D.C.S.; Silva,G.R.; Menezes,L.D.M.; Ornellas,C.B.D.; Figueiredo,T.C.; Cançado,S.V. ABSTRACT The temperature control in the processing room is one of the major factors associated with the production of safe food with a satisfactory microbiological quality. A total of 288 samples of skinless chicken breast meat were placed in a cutting room, subjected to four different temperatures (12ºC, 14ºC, 16ºC and 18ºC) and collected to evaluate the influence of the room temperature on the microbiological quality during the cutting and boning of chicken breasts. Aerobic mesophilic microorganisms were counted to evaluate the environmental contamination. In addition, coliforms at 35ºC and 45ºC and Staphylococcus spp. were counted, and an analysis for the presence of staphylococcal enterotoxins and Salmonella spp. was performed to determine the... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Microbiological quality; Environmental contamination; Chicken breast meat; Cutting room temperature. Ano: 2016 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-09352016000300814 Research on the spatial distribution characteristics of arable land economic quality composite grade and ecology environment in Yunnan Province, China Provedor de dados: 52 Autores: ZHANG,Gengjie; ZHANG,Chuan; Liu,Shuxia; Zheng,Honggang. ABSTRACT Understanding the distribution characteristics of arable land in Yunnan Province is of significant importance to make scientific decisionsto use and improve the quality of arable land. In this study, the distribution characteristics of the arable land grade including 129 counties were analyzed based on the accomplishment of cultivated land classification in Yunnan Province. The results showed that the average economic quality composite grade was 2.9, in a range of 1 to 13, which means that the economic quality of arable landof Yunnan Province is relatively lower. In excellent zone, the grade ranges from 1 to 10, and the average grade is 2.4. In good zone, it ranges from 1~13, and the average grade is 3.1. In medium zone, it ranges from 1~12, and... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Arable land; Economic quality composite grade; Distribution; Ecological environment; Yunnan Province. Ano: 2016 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132016000200201 Quality of sputum in the performance of polymerase chain reaction for diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis Provedor de dados: 55 Autores: Silva,Rosemeri Maurici da; Bazzo,Maria Luiza; Chagas,Mariana. SETTING: faster alternative techniques are required to improve the diagnosis and control of pulmonary tuberculosis. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the sample quality in the performance of PCR for diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis. METHOD: during one year, sputum samples were collected from 72 pulmonary tuberculosis patients and 12 non-tuberculosis controls, which were admitted to the Nereu Ramos hospital, Florianópolis city, Brazil. The samples were subjected to Ziehl-Neelsen-stained sputum smear microscopy and Lowestein-Jensen medium culture, which were defined as gold standard tests for mycobacteria, and polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Those samples that presented more than 40% of viable cells and less than 25% of epithelial cells were defined as high quality... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Tuberculosis; Sputum; Polymerase chain reaction. Ano: 2010 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702010000100022 Quality of life of HIV+ patients undergoing pharmacotherapeutic follow-up Provedor de dados: 60 Autores: Loureiro,Catarine Vitor; Reis,Henry Pablo Lopes Campos e; Magalhães,Karla do Nascimento; Carmo,Cristiane Policarpo; Leite,Francisca Ana Maria; Passos,Ana Cláudia de Brito; Firmino,Paulo Yuri Milen; Kheir,Nadir; Woods,David John; Ponciano,Ângela Maria de Souza; Fonteles,Marta Maria de França. The influence of pharmacotherapeutic follow-up (PTF) on quality of life was evaluated in 45 HIV+ patients, who were undergoing initial antiretroviral therapy at a specialized care center in northeast Brazil. PTF lasted nine months and quality of life was analyzed at the 1st and 9th meetings using a questionnaire validated for Brazil. The study identified 643 problems related to antiretrovirals and there were 590 pharmaceutical interventions during the PTF. The comparative analysis between the results of the 1st and the 9th meeting was statistically significant for all domains of the questionnaire. For asymptomatic patients, only one domain was statistically significant. For symptomatic patients, six domains were significant. Patients with one year of... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Pharmacotherapeutic follow-up/influence; Pharmacotherapeutic follow-up/quality of life; HIV patients/quality of life; Pharmaceutical care. Ano: 2012 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-82502012000400015 Quality evaluation of simvastatin compounded capsules Provedor de dados: 60 Autores: Marques-Marinho,Flávia Dias; Zanon,José Carlos da Costa; Sakurai,Emilia; Reis,Ilka Afonso; Lima,Angélica Alves; Vianna-Soares,Cristina Duarte. Simvastatin is commercially available as tablets and compounded capsules in Brazil. Very few reports regarding these capsules' quality, and consequently their efficacy, are available. The pharmaceutical quality of 30 batches of 20 mg simvastatin capsules from the market was evaluated by weight determination, content uniformity, disintegration (Brazilian Pharmacopeia), assay and dissolution test (USP32 tablet monograph). A HPLC method was developed for assay, content uniformity and dissolution test, and specifications were also established. Out of the 30 batches evaluated, 29 showed capsule disintegration within 45 min and individual weight variation was within ±10% or ±7.5% relative to average weight, for < or &gt; 300 mg, respectively. Only 27... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Compounded simvastatin capsules; Quality control; RP-HPLC. Ano: 2011 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-82502011000300007 Validation of analytical methodology for quantification of cefazolin sodium pharmaceutical dosage form by high performance liquid chromatography to be applied for quality control in pharmaceutical industry Provedor de dados: 60 Autores: Pedroso,Tahisa Marcela; Salgado,Hérida Regina Nunes. A reversed-phase high performance liquid chromatography method was validated for the determination of cefazolin sodium in lyophilized powder for solution for injection to be applied for quality control in pharmaceutical industry. The liquid chromatography method was conducted on a Zorbax Eclipse Plus C18 column (250 x 4.6 mm, 5 &#956;m), maintained at room temperature. The mobile phase consisted of purified water: acetonitrile (60: 40 v/v), adjusted to pH 8 with triethylamine. The flow rate was of 0.5 mL min-1 and effluents were monitored at 270 nm. The retention time for cefazolin sodium was 3.6 min. The method proved to be linear (r2=0.9999) over the concentration range of 30-80 &#181;g mL-1. The selectivity of the method was proven through... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Cefazolin sodium/determination; High performance liquid chromatography/reverse-phase/quantitative analysis; Pharmaceutical industry/quality control; Cefalosporine/quality control; Medicines/quality control. Ano: 2014 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-82502014000100022 QUALITY ASSESSMENT OF EGGS PACKED UNDER MODIFIED ATMOSPHERE Provedor de dados: 64 Autores: Giampietro-Ganeco,Aline; Borba,Hirasilva; Scatolini-Silva,Aline Mary; Boiago,Marcel Manente; Souza,Pedro Alves de; Mello,Juliana Lolli Malagoli de. Eggs are perishable foods and lose quality quickly if not stored properly. From the moment of posture to the marketing of egg, quality loss occurs through gas exchange and water through the pores of the shell with the external environment and thus, studies involving modified atmosphere packaging are extremely important. The aim of the present study is to assess the internal quality of eggs packed under modified atmosphere and stored at room temperature. Six hundred and twelve fresh commercial eggs from 38-week old Hisex White laying hens were used. The present study was conducted in a completely randomized experimental design in a 4 x 4 + 1 factorial arrangement [vacuum, vacuum with oxygen gas (O2) absorbent, vacuum with oxygen gas (O2) and carbon dioxide... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Storage; Sachet; Vacuum. Ano: 2015 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-70542015000100082 Physiological quality and amylase enzyme expression in maize seeds Provedor de dados: 64 Autores: Oliveira,Gustavo Evangelista; Pinho,Renzo Garcia Von; Andrade,Thaís de; Pinho,Édila Vilela de Resende Von; Santos,Custódio Donizete dos; Veiga,Adriano Delly. The physiological quality of maize seeds is affected by the genotype. Thus, the study of expression of genes associated with this characteristic is important in the genotype selection process in breeding programs. The aim of this research was to study the expression of amylase enzymes associated with physiological quality of maize seeds with different genotypes and seed sizes. We further sought to assess the expression of these enzymes in dry and soaked seeds The experiment was conducted in the experimental area and the Central Seed Laboratory of the Department of Agriculture of the Universidade Federal de Lavras. Seeds of four maize inbred lines were used, classified in two sizes. The physiological quality of the seeds was evaluated by means of... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Zea Mays; Seed quality; QRT-PCR. Ano: 2013 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-70542013000100005 Assessment of lettuce quality during storage at low relative humidity using Global Stability Index methodology Provedor de dados: 116 Autores: Ansorena,María Roberta; Agüero,María Victoria; Goñi,María Grabriela; Roura,Sara; Ponce,Alejandra; Moreira,María del Rosario; Di Scala,Karina. During postharvest, lettuce is usually exposed to adverse conditions (e.g. low relative humidity) that reduce the vegetable quality. In order to evaluate its shelf life, a great number of quality attributes must be analyzed, which requires careful experimental design, and it is time consuming. In this study, the modified Global Stability Index method was applied to estimate the quality of butter lettuce at low relative humidity during storage discriminating three lettuce zones (internal, middle, and external). The results indicated that the most relevant attributes were: the external zone - relative water content, water content , ascorbic acid, and total mesophilic counts; middle zone - relative water content, water content, total chlorophyll, and ascorbic... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Butter lettuce; Quality indices; Shelf life; Mathematical modeling; Weibull distribution. Ano: 2012 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-20612012000200024 Forced-air, vacuum, and hydro precooling of cauliflower (Brassica oleracea L. var. botrytis cv. Freemont): Part II. Determination of quality parameters during storage Provedor de dados: 116 Autores: Alibas,Ilknur; Koksal,Nezihe. Cauliflower heads, which were precooled using four different methods including vacuum, forced-air, and high and low flow hydro precooling, were stored under controlled atmosphere and room conditions. Controlled atmosphere conditions (CA) were as follows: 1&#176;C temperature, 90 &#177; 5% relative humidity, and 0:21 [(%CO2:%O2) &#8211; (0:21) control] atmosphere composition. Room conditions (RC) were: 22&#177;1&#176;C temperature and 55-60% humidity. Various quality parameters of the cauliflower heads were assessed during storage (days 0, 7, 14, 21, 28, and 35) under controlled atmosphere and room conditions (days 0, 5, and 10). During storage, weight loss, deterioration rate, overall sensory quality score, hardness, and colour (L, a,... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Cauliflower; Colour; Hardness; Controlled atmosphere conditions; Quality parameters; Room conditions. Ano: 2015 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-20612015000100045 Effect of different periods of pre-slaughter stress on the quality of the Nile tilapia meat Provedor de dados: 116 Autores: CASTRO,Pedro Luiz de; LEWANDOWSKI,Vanessa; SOUZA,Maria Luiza Rodrigues de; CORADINI,Melina Franco; ALEXANDRE,Alciony Andréia da Cunha; SARY,César; RIBEIRO,Ricardo Pereira. Abstract The study was carried out with the objective of evaluating the influence of pre-slaughter stress on meat quality of Nile tilapia (O. niloticus) for 10 days of storage in ice. 75 whole fish were used eviscerated, with average weight and length of 825.75 ± 101.59 g and 28.25 ± 0.81 cm, respectively. The treatments consisted of time in which the animals underwent pre-slaughter hypoxia, being 0, 3 and 6 minutes. Rigor mortis and muscle pH were assessed besides the application of the Quality Index Method and analysis of total protein and blood glucose. Rigor mortis did not differ among treatments during the storage period, and after three hours all animals were in rigor stage. The muscle pH values varied widely during the study period, observing higher... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Hypoxia; PH; Rigor mortis; Quality index method; Blood parameters. Ano: 2016 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-20612016005018104 Quality of 'Delta Valencia' orange grown in semiarid climate and stored under refrigeration after coating with wax Provedor de dados: 116 Autores: Pereira,Gerlândia da Silva; Machado,Francisca Ligia de Castro; Costa,José Maria Correia da. The effects of carnauba-based wax on the quality of 'Delta Valencia' orange produced in Ceará state, Brazil, were studied. The fruits were coated with carnauba-based wax and refrigerated (7 ± 2 ºC and 85 ± 2% R.H.) for 28 days. The quality attribute parameters assessed were weight loss, peel color (brightness, hue angle, and chromaticity), peel moisture, pH, soluble solids (SS), titratable acidity (TA), SS/TA ratio, ascorbic acid, total soluble sugars, reducing sugars, yellow flavonoids, and polyphenols. The results showed that 'Delta Valencia' oranges grown in the dry climate of Ceará state has excellent quality. The coated fruits lost mass at a lower rate than the the control fruits. No significant loss of soluble solids, titratable acidity, pH, and... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Citrus sinensis; Postharvest quality; Coating. Ano: 2013 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-20612013000200010 Calidad de planta de Enterolobium cyclocarpum y Swietenia humilis. Provedor de dados: 32 Autores: Basave Villalobos, Erickson. Con base en el contexto de que la poda aérea y la fertilización en vivero son prácticas culturales que mejoran la calidad de planta siempre y cuando la intensidad de poda y el régimen de fertilización sean apropiados; se examinaron los efectos de tres intensidades de poda aérea (0%, 25% y 50%) y de dos regímenes de fertilización (tradicional y exponencial) en plantas de Swietenia humilis mediante la evaluación de diversos indicadores morfológicos y fisiológicos de calidad, y de un ensayo de prueba de calidad. No existió una sinergia entre ambas prácticas; no obstante, de manera independiente cada factor influyó en los indicadores evaluados. La poda aérea tanto al 25% como al 50% no mejoró la calidad de planta de S. humilis. En cambio, el suministro de... Palavras-chave: Caobilla; Calidad de la planta; Poda aérea; Fertilización exponencial; Seedling quality; Top pruning; Exponential fertilization; Forestal; Maestría. Ano: 2013 URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10521/2150 Relationships Between Perceived Coastal Waterway Condition and Social Aspects of Quality of Life Provedor de dados: 7 Autores: Cox, Melanie E; Coastal Zone CRC and Centre for Marine Studies, University of Queensland; [email protected]; Johnstone, Ron; Coastal Zone CRC and Centre for Marine Studies, University of Queensland; [email protected]; Robinson, Jackie; Coastal Zone CRC and School of Economics, University of Queensland; [email protected]. Previous research has shown that the presence of natural areas is beneficial to human well-being. However, to date there have been few published studies of the effects that the condition of natural areas have on well-being. We hypothesize that coastal waterways that are perceived to be in better condition are visited more often by local residents, and as a result, residents will develop a stronger sense of place and stronger social relations with other residents, which will in turn lead to a higher quality of life. A survey was conducted to test this hypothesis in two coastal regions in Queensland, Australia. A weak relationship was found between perceived coastal quality and the number of recreational visits. In both study areas, frequency of visits to... Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports Palavras-chave: Quality of life; Waterway condition; Coastal zone management. Ano: 2006 Environmental and Management Constraints on Tourism in Varna Bay, Bulgarian Black Sea Coast Provedor de dados: 7 Autores: Moncheva, Snejana; IO-BAS; [email protected]; Racheva, Eleonora; IO-BAS; [email protected]; Kamburska, Lyudmila; EC DG-JRC, Institute for Environment and Sustainability; [email protected]. We used the systems approach framework (SAF) to study the conflict between the development of tourism and marine environmental quality in Varna Bay, a critical regional policy issue selected for study after stakeholder consultation. Water quality is of central importance to the tourism industry, as a minimum level of water clarity is required to make the water attractive for swimming and bathing. Rampant development of coastal resorts in Varna Bay has led to water-quality deterioration because the tourism capacity has expanded without concurrent increases in the capacity to collect and treat sewage. We used a numerical model to simulate the Secchi depth (as a proxy for transparency) as a function of the nitrogen loading and total suspended solids. The SAF... Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports Palavras-chave: Black Sea; Coastal tourism; Eutrophication; Simulation models; Systems approach. Ano: 2012 Effects of aroma quality on the biotransformation of natural 2-phenylethanol produced using ascorbic acid Provedor de dados: 69 Autores: Tian,Xun; Ye,Rui; Wang,Jingwen; Chen,Yifei; Cai,Baoguo; Guan,Shimin; Rong,Shaofeng; Li,Qianqian. Background Natural 2-phenylethanol (2-PE) is an important flavoring that emits the aroma of roses. During biotransformation, the aroma quality of natural 2-PE is affected by its main by-products, which include butanol, isobutyric acid, butyric acid, and isovaleric acid. Thus, controlling undesirable by-product formation can reduce the effect of odor on 2-PE aroma quality. Results 2-PE was produced through biotransformation using l-phenylalanine as a substrate and glucose as a carbon source. Ascorbic acid was added to the system to improve the redox reaction and suppress the generation of by-products. Principal component analysis of the aroma quality of 2-PE was performed using an electronic nose. Similarity analysis revealed that the effects of four... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Aroma quality; Ascorbic acid; Biotransformation; By-products; 2-Phenylethanol. Ano: 2015 URL: http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-34582015000400005 Genotype x environment interaction of agronomic and processing quality traits in potato Provedor de dados: 75 Autores: Augustin,Lizete; Milach,Sandra; Bisognin,Dilson Antônio; Suzin,Marilei. At the main crop production region of Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil, potato is cultivated in two different growing seasons: autumn and spring. The objectives of this research paper were: i) identify potato clones with high yield potential and industrial quality for Autumn and Spring growing seasons in the northern/northeastern region of the state; ii) estimate the effects of environment and of the genotype x environment interaction on the expression of agronomic and processing quality traits of potato clones in order to determine the appropriate strategy for breeding potato for the target region. One hundred and seventy clones of nine families were developed and compared to the cultivars Atlantic, Baronesa, Catucha, Ciclamen, Hertha, Lady Roseta, Macaca,... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Solanum tuberosum; Industrial quality; Chips color; Potato cultivars. Ano: 2012 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-05362012000100015 Does coastal lagoon habitat quality affect fish growth rate and their recruitment? Insights from fishing and acoustic surveys Provedor de dados: 5 Autores: Brehmer, Patrice; Laugier, Thierry; Kantoussan, J.; Galgani, Francois; Mouillot, D. Ensuring the sustainability of fish resources necessitates understanding their interaction with coastal habitats, which is becoming ever more challenging in the context of ever increasing anthropogenic pressures. The ability of coastal lagoons, exposed to major sources of disturbance, to provide resources and suitable habitats for growth and survival of juvenile fish is especially important. We analysed three lagoons with different ecological statuses and habitat quality on the basis of their eutrophication and ecotoxicity (Trix test) levels. Fish abundances were sampled using fishing and horizontal beaming acoustic surveys with the same protocols in the same year. The relative abundance of Anguilla anguilla, Dicentrarchus labrax or the Mugilidae group was... Tipo: Text Palavras-chave: Fish; Shallow water; Ecotoxicity; Lagoon; Habitat quality; Amphidromous. Ano: 2013 URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00148/25963/24083.pdf Market behavior with environmental quality information costs Provedor de dados: 189 Autores: Bougherara, D.; Piguet, V.; INRA, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (FRA). Formally, eco-labels are modeled as tools that enable to mitigate informational asymmetry on product environmental quality. We argue that even in the presence of an eco-label, markets for eco-friendly products may still be inefficient. We model eco-friendly goods as goods with environmental quality information costs. We induce buyers’ preferences in laboratory posted offer markets with information costs on products’ quality. We analyze the effect of varying information costs on market efficiency and consumer information demand. We also test for the effect of self-declared labels. We find that a low information cost introduces a friction not high enough to lead to adverse selection whereas a high information cost drives out high quality products. We find... Tipo: Meeting Paper Palavras-chave: ECONOMIE EXPERIMENTALE INFORMATION COSTS; CREDENCE GOODS; ECOLABELLING; EXPERIMENTAL ECONOMICS. Ano: 2009 URL: http://www.prodinra.inra.fr/prodinra/pinra/doc.xsp?id=PROD2010553139a7&uri=/notices/prodinra1/2010/07/ Influence of the olive storage period on oil quality in the portuguese “Cobrançosa”, “Madural” and “Verdeal Transmontana” cultivars Provedor de dados: 188 Autores: Pereira, J.A.; Casal, S.; Bento, Albino; Oliveira, M.B.P.P. Olives ( Olea europaeacv. Cobrancüosa, Madural, and Verdeal Transmontana) used for oil production were stored, in plastic containers, at 5 ( 2 °C (70% relative humidity) for three different periods before oil extraction: 0, 7, and 14 days (T0, T7, and T14, respectively). In the crop year 1997/1998 this procedure was done only for cv. Cobrancüosa and in 1998/1999 for the three cultivars. After storage, the oils were extracted from the fruits, and the acidity, peroxide value, coefficients of specific extinction at 232 and 270 nm, stability, color, p-anisidine value, fatty acids, and tocopherols compositions were determined. The results confirm that storage of fruits produces losses in the olive oil quality. Acidity and stability to oxidation indicate a... Tipo: Article Palavras-chave: Olea europaea; Olive storage; Olive oil; Fatty acids; Tocopherols; Quality. Ano: 2002 URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10198/722 Water quality modelling of the western Scheldt estuary Provedor de dados: 27 Autores: Ouboter, M.R.L.; Van Eck, B.T.M.; Van Gils, J.A.G.; Sweerts, J.P.; Villars, M.T. 1n 1987 the National Institute for Coastal and Marine Management (the Netherlands) initiated the SAWES project (Systems Analysis WEstern Scheldt). The main goals of the project were to acquire knowledge with respect to the pollution problems in the Scheldt estuary and to apply this knowledge to management issues of the Scheldt on an operational level. The main interest was to understand quantitatively the relation between inputs of polluting substances and effects on the ecosystem. In the framework of the project, a water quality model for the Scheldt estuary was made. In 1995, the model area was expanded to include the Belgian coastal region at the mouth of the estuary. The model calculates the fate of discharged substances and establishes the relation... Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article Palavras-chave: Heavy metals Modelling Pollution Water quality ANE; Netherlands; Westerschelde. Ano: 1998 URL: http://www.vliz.be/nl/open-marien-archief?module=ref&refid=7062 Improving Sustainability in Organic and Low Input Food Production Systems. Proceedings of the 3rd International Congress of the European Integrated Project Quality Low Input Food (QLIF). University of Hohenheim, Germany, March 20 – 23, 2007 Provedor de dados: 21 These proceedings document the results of the congress 'Improving Sustainability in Organic and Low Input Food Production Systems' which took place on March 20–23, 2007, at the University of Hohenheim in Germany. This congress was the 3rd in a series organized as part of the EU funded Integrated Project 'Quality Low Input Food' QLIF . The congress was convened in parallel with the 9th Scientific Conference on Organic Agriculture in German-speaking countries, entitled 'Between tradition and globalization', hosted by the University of Hohenheim. The QLIF project aims to improve quality, ensure safety and reduce cost along the organic and low input food supply chains through research, dissemination and training activities. Its subprojects cover all... Tipo: Book Palavras-chave: "Organics" in general; Research communication and quality. Ano: 2007 URL: http://orgprints.org/10417/2/leifert-etal-proceedings-qlif.pdf The consistently superior quality of carrots from one organic farm in Austria compared with conventional farms Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Velimirov, Alberta. The aim of this 5 year investigation was to compare quality parameters of differently cultivated carrots of the same cultivar grown in the same region as well as to compare the relevance of different methods of analysis to differentiate between these products. The following quality tests were applied: • Sensory tests (all harvests) • Food preference tests with laboratory rats (all harvests) • Decomposition tests (all harvests) • P-value determination (all harvests) • Single-Photon-Counting (1999) • Chemical analysis of the main components (1998 and 1999) It could be shown that carrots (var. Tarvil) grown using an organic farming method were significantly preferred by humans and laboratory rats, lost significantly less dry matter during... Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Crop health; Quality; Protection Food security; Food quality and human health "Organics" in general. Ano: 2005 URL: http://orgprints.org/9034/1/Velimirov_Adalaide_paper.pdf Effects of weed management strategies on quality and enteric pathogen contamination of organic lettuce Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Fischer-Arndt, Meike; Neuhoff, Dr. Daniel; Köpke, Prof. Ulrich. Quality requirements for raw edible produce like lettuces include nutritional value and hygienic quality. Organic lettuce is often considered to cause a potential health risk for immunocompromised individuals due to assumed pathogen transfer from organically manured soils into lettuce heads (Lactuca sativa, var. capitata). The effect of different weed management strategies (rotary tiller, mouldboard plough combined with flame weeding, plastic mulch and straw layer, resp.) on pathogen transfer from fresh and composted farm yard manure were assessed in four field experiments in 2006 and 2007. Results gave no hint on any pathogen transfer given by the assumed pathways (contaminated soil particles transported by mechanical tools and/or splash effect of rain... Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Food security; Food quality and human health. Ano: 2008 URL: http://orgprints.org/12547/1/Fischer%2DArndt_12547_ed.doc Organic food quality – axioms and ambiguities Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Rembiałkowska, prof. Ewa. During last decades the consumer trust in food quality has drastically decreased, mainly because of the growing ecological awareness and several food scandals. Consumers started to look for safer and better controlled foods, produced in more environmentally friendly system. Organically produced foods are widely believed to satisfy the above demands; up to now research studies have partly confirmed this opinion. Organic crops contain fewer nitrates and nitrites and fewer residues of pesticides than conventional ones. They contain as a rule more dry matter, vitamin C, phenolic compounds, valuable amino acids and total sugars; however the level of carotenoids is often higher in conventional plant products. Organic crops contain often more mineral... Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Food security; Food quality and human health. Ano: 2006 URL: http://orgprints.org/7594/1/Odense_Congress%2D2006_3_II_2006.doc Impact of agronomic measures on yield and quality of organic potatoes (Solanum tuberosum L.) for industrial processing Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Haase, Thorsten; Haase, Dr. Norbert U.; Heß, Prof. Dr. Jürgen. Three field experiments were conducted during 2002 and 2004 on two sites in Germany in order to examine the impact of preceding crop, pre-sprouting, N- and K-fertilization and cultivar on total tuber fresh yields, tuber DM, glucose and fructose concentration, as well as the colour of crisps and the quality score of French fries at harvest and after storage. Generally, total tuber yields depended very much on the growing season. However, highest yields were obtained when horn grits were applied along with potassium sulphate. Increasing yields after cattle manure fertilization could be attributed to K rather than N. Combined N and K fertilization may cause DM concentration to fall short of the required minimum for crisps. Pre-sprouting and storage increased... Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Root crops. Ano: 2008 URL: http://orgprints.org/12390/1/Haase_12390_ed.doc Ertragsstabilität und Qualität von Weizensortenmischungen im Ökologischen Anbau Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Finckh, M.R.; Butz, A.; Lützkendorf, K.; Greiner, E.; Schulze-Schilddorf, G. Disease development, yield and baking quality were assessed on the winter wheat cultivars Arina and Capo and their 1:1 mixture in a total of 12 sites on-farm in 2002/2003. Due to a severe drought disease severities were very low and probably had little effect on the plants. The more drought tolerant variety Capo over-yielded in mixtures on average by 21% while Arina yielded in mixtures as expected. Protein and gluten contents and baking volume in pure stands of Arina were usually higher than for Capo. Both varieties changed their quality parameters in mixtures. However, the parameters of the mixtures were not equal to the mean of the pure stands indicating some unknown interactions. The quality parameters of each variety or mixture were compared to the... Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Crop health; Quality; Protection Cereals; Pulses and oilseeds. Ano: 2005 URL: http://orgprints.org/3656/1/3656.pdf Sulfur and baking-quality of breadmaking wheat Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Hagel, Ingo. It is well known in biological science that all factors applied to living organisms (light, water, warmth, fertilizers etc.) show an optimum, when their input is increased. Healthy organisms and sus-tainable systems are, on the long run, only achieved when care is taken not to destroy this equilibrium of factors producing an optimum. With regard to the baking quality of wheat breeders and cereal scientists obviously failed to achieve this aim by breeding their cultivars on the background of ample S depositions in the ecosystems. They (involuntarily) selected plants showing definite characteristics of S deficiency (higher proportions of HMW-glutenin, stronger gluten and dough) even under conditions of ample S supply. I suppose they also selected plants with... Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Crop health; Quality; Protection Food security; Food quality and human health Breeding; Genetics and propagation. Ano: 2005 URL: http://orgprints.org/6130/1/Hagel_2005_China.pdf Pilot scale application of ozonated water wash - effect on microbiological and sensory quality parameters of processed iceberg lettuce during self-life Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Särkkä-Tirkkonen, M.; Leskinen, M.; Ölmez, H. The aim of the study was to assess the effect of ozonated water wash on the microbiological and sensory quality parameters of minimally processed iceberg lettuce in pilot scale in comparison to aqueous chlorine wash. Alternative solutions for chlorine are needed, since its use is prohibited in organic food processing. Iceberg lettuce samples were washed with three different ozone solutions and the water wash and the 100 ppm chlorine wash were used as control. Ozone generator based on corona discharge was used to produce ozone at level 7 ppm. The samples (150 g) packed in oriented polypropylene pouches were stored for 10 days at +5C and the microbiological and sensory quality was analysed on days 1, 6 and 10. There was no significant difference between... Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Processing; Packaging and transportation. Ano: 2008 URL: http://orgprints.org/13897/1/ifoam.pdf QACCP Analyse in der Verarbeitung von biologischer Säuglingsnahrung Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Särkkä-Tirkkonen, Marjo; Väisänen, Hanne M.; Kretzschmar, Ursula; Seidel, Kathrin. The aim of the study was to evaluate the quality influencing processing steps based on the processes of carrot baby food. Once the processing conditions were identified, the possibilities for alternative processing techniques will be explored to improve the overall product and process quality. Next to the food safety (hazard) in the food processing the quality aspect is getting more and more important and an analyse system to optimise the process needs to be established (QualityAnalysisCriticalControlPoint). Organic carrots (Daucus carota, Maestro variety) were processed in a pilot plant trail according a carrot puree process typical in baby food industry. The samples differed regarding the treatment of the raw material prior the sterilization... Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Food security; Food quality and human health Processing; Packaging and transportation. Ano: 2009 URL: http://orgprints.org/14586/1/S%C3%A4rkk%C3%A4Tirkkonen_14586.pdf Qualitätssicherung in der ökologischen Schweinemast Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Ebke, Marlene; Sundrum, Prof. Dr. Albert. In order to estimate animal health status and product quality in organic pig production a survey was carried out on 21 farms. Implementation of farm management and hygiene measures was assessed by using a concept based on critical control points (CCP). Animal health status was estimated by examinations of the carcass at the abattoir, taking nearly 50,000 pigs into account of which 4132 pigs derived from the assessed organic pig farms. One of the main pathological findings were “milk spots” in the liver and lung diseases. Spot sampling of blood analysed for antibodies versus mycoplasma and salmonella revealed that most of the animals had contact to the pathogen agents. Carcass quality rated in the EUROP-System was lower in organic compared to conventional... Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Food security; Food quality and human health Pigs Health and welfare. Ano: 2004 URL: http://orgprints.org/3793/1/3793.pdf Approaches Used in Organic and Low Input Food Processing – Impact on Food Quality and Safety. Results of a delphi survey from an expert consultation in 13 European Countries. Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Kretzschmar, Ursula; Schmid, Otto. The overall objective of the subproject on processing, where the Delphi expert survey was an important task, is “to develop of a framework for the design of “minimum” and “low input” processing strategies, which guarantee food quality and safety.” It should support the overall aim of the integrated QLIF Project (Quality of Low-Input Food) in improving quality, ensuring safety and reducing costs along the European organic and “low input” food supply chains through research, dissemination and training activities. The method chosen was the Delphi method. The work was carried out in the form of a two step Delphi survey. In the first round 250 experts in 13 countries in Europe were involved, and were asked to respond to a standardised questionnaire in October... Tipo: Book Palavras-chave: Processing; Packaging and transportation. Ano: 2005 URL: http://orgprints.org/7032/1/kretzschmar-schmid-2005-qlif.pdf Vegetable quality in a conventional and three organic cropping systems Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Kristensen, Hanne L.; Kidmose, Ulla; Dresbøll, Dorte Bodin; Thorup-Kristensen, Kristian. Differences in nutrient availability and methods of pest management may affect crop growth and product quality. The question is if conventional and organic cropping systems, which differ clearly in strategies for nutrient and pest management, influence the harvest and sensory quality of the products? Lettuce and onion were grown in a conventional and three organic vegetable cropping systems with different levels of external inputs and use of cover- and inter-crops for nutrient re-cycling and natural pest management in the period of 2007-2009 (VegQure project). The crop rotation consisted of 8 fields of vegetables and cereals. Onion was grown after a year of oat and iceberg lettuce after winter rye. There were 3 replicates of each cropping system each... Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Crop combinations and interactions; Vegetables; Consumer issues. Ano: 2011 URL: http://orgprints.org/19587/3/19587.pdf Pilot scale application of ozonated water wash – effect on microbiological and sensory quality parameters of processed iceberg lettuce during shelf-life Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Särkkä-Tirkkonen, Marjo; Leskinen, Marita; Ölmez, Hulya. The aim of the study was to assess the effect of ozonated water wash on the microbiological and sensory quality parameters of minimally processed iceberg lettuce in pilot scale in comparison to aqueous chlorine wash. Alternative solutions for chlorine are needed, since its use is prohibited in organic food processing. Iceberg lettuce samples were washed with three different ozone solutions and the water wash and the 100 ppm chlorine wash were used as control. Ozone generator based on corona discharge was used to produce ozone at level 7 ppm. The samples (150 g) packed in oriented polypropylene pouches were stored for 10 days at + 5oC and the microbiological and sensory quality was analysed on days 1, 6 and 10. There was no significant difference between... Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Processing; Packaging and transportation. Ano: 2008 URL: http://orgprints.org/11572/1/Saerkkae%2DTirkkonen_11572_ed.doc Control of the apple sawfly (Hoplocampa testudinea Klug) with extracts from Quassia amara L.: Quality and combination Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Kienzle, Jutta; Kopp, Barbara; Schulz, Christof. In the last years the contro I 01 the apple sawfly Hoplocampa testudinea Klug was not efficient in organic Iruit growing. This was due to quality problems 01 the "Quassia wood" used lor the treatments. First orientating criteria based on one 01 the active ingredients, Quassin, were established lor the quality 01 "Quassia" preparations. A lield test on apple sawfly showed, that the quantity 01 Quassin per ha required lor good sawfly control is about 12-18 9 Quassin. In the nex! years, more active ingredients (Le. Neoquassin) have to be included in the quality criteria and evaluated by biotests. Only this way, reliable recommendations can be given to the growers. NeemAzal-T/S was effective only against the secondary inlestation. Thus, it can be recommended... Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Crop health; Quality; Protection Fruit and berries. Ano: 2002 URL: http://orgprints.org/14592/1/kienzle_28.pdf Can water quality problems motivate conventional farmers to convert to organic farming? Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Vincent, Audrey; Fleury, Philippe. Recently, the conservation of water resources has become a major issue because of the increasing problems of water pollutions by agriculture. In this context, organic farming (OF) is seen by some institutions as a promising solution for responding to this problem because of its regulation that prohibits the use of chemical fertilisers and pesticides. Recent policies in France have focussed on promoting OF development, especially in water catchments’ areas contaminated by pesticides. Our hypothesis is that the existence of a water quality problem locally can be a motivation for conventional farmers to convert to OF. This research is based on 65 farmers’ interviews (mainly conventional farmers and a few farmers who recently converted to OF) that were carried... Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Social aspects Air and water emissions Policy environments and social economy Education; Extension and communication. Ano: 2014 URL: http://orgprints.org/24222/1/24222%20Vincent-Fleury_OWC2014_Water%20Quality_Organic%20Farmers_Revised_MM.pdf Direkte und indirekte Verfahren zur Bestimmung der Mehlqualität von Öko-Weizensorten Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Linnemann, Ludger. Direct and indirect methods for determining the technological flour quality of modern wheat varieties with high gluten quality have been assessed. Direct methods like the commonly used Rapid-Mix-Test (RMT) and an optimized baking test were compared to the indirect parameters gluten and crude protein. The results for the optimized baking test in 2007 showed more than 30 % higher loaf volume (713 ml/100 g flour) compared with the RMT (544 ml/100 g flour). In this selection of varieties, the determination of wet gluten between two laboratories showed no consistency in the results. In addition to that, very good flour quality (>660 ml/100 g flour) started on a relatively low crude protein level of flours > 9,0 %, but low correlations were obtained for... Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Food security; Food quality and human health Cereals; Pulses and oilseeds. Ano: 2013 URL: http://orgprints.org/21572/1/21572_Linnemann.pdf Implications of genotype and amino acid sup-ply on pork quality Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Sundrum, Prof. Dr. Albert; Acosta Aragon, Dr. Yunior; Schulze-Langenhorst, C.; Bütfering, L.; Henning, M.; Stalljohann, G. An experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of different feeding regimes and genotypes on growth performance, carcass characteristics, composition and eating quality of pork under organic framework conditions. 198 individually housed pigs of 4 genotypes were allocated to three dietary treatments. Feeding regimes differed in relation to the supply of limiting amino acids (AA). The genotypes used were Pi x (DL x DE); Du x DL, Pi x German Swabian Hall (Pi x SH) and pure SH breed. While Pi x (DL x DE) pigs showed the highest carcass yields, pigs of the genotype Du x DL achieved higher values in dlwg and in meat composition compared to the other genotypes. Performance traits were significantly influenced by the feeding regime. Lean meat percentage and... Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Pigs. Ano: 2006 URL: http://orgprints.org/7347/1/7347_QLIF_Pork_Quality.pdf Conventionalization or diversification? Development in the Danish organic production sector following market expansion Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Thorsøe, Martin H.; Noe, Egon. The organic food market is constantly evolving and organic products are exchanged at multiple markets constituted by particular forms of interaction between producers and consumers. The aim of this paper is to explore how the market influences organic production by looking at the relation between the market and producers engagement towards trust and quality building as well as farm level production strategy. We distinguish between four different market agencements, an arrangement of actors with agency: 1) standardizing market agencement, 2) personalizing market agencement 3) virtualizing market agencement and 4) aesthetifying market agencement. Through qualitative interviews with organic producers, several different strategies are identified. The data... Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Markets and trade; Networks and ownership; Consumer issues; Policy environments and social economy; History of organics. Ano: 2014 URL: http://orgprints.org/27706/7/27706.pdf Development of strategies to improve quality and safety and reduce cost of production in organic and ‘low input‘ crop production systems Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Tamm, L.; Koepke, U.; Cohen, Y.; Leifert, C. The overall aims of organic and low input crop production include the economically viable and environmentally sound production of high quality food and feed. Technological bottlenecks in such systems include insufficient and instable yields and in some instances unsatisfactory processing, sensory and/or nutritional quality of the final product. Recently, concerns have also been raised that the intensive use of manures may lead to increased risk for contamination of food by enteropathogenic micro-organisms. Crop production in low input systems is based on key pillars, i.e. (i) a fertile soil which provides sufficient capacity to allow for plant growth while preventing soil-borne diseases, (ii) high quality, disease-free seeds and plant material, (iii) a... Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Nutrient turnover Food security; Food quality and human health. Ano: 2007 URL: http://orgprints.org/10626/1/Tamm%2Detal%2D2007%2Dcrop_production_system.pdf PHYSIOLOGICAL QUALITY OF SOYBEAN SEEDS DEPENDING ON THE PREHARVEST DESICCATION Provedor de dados: 87 Autores: PEREIRA,T.; COELHO,C. M. M.; SOBIECKI,M.; SOUZA,C. A. ABSTRACTDepending on the cultivar, the use of desiccants in the preharvest can favor maintenance of physiological quality. The objective of the study was to assess the physiological quality of soybean seeds as due to the use of apreharvest desiccant and desiccation time in two harvests (2011/12 and 2012/13). The treatments were five soybean cultivars, two growth stages of application, a control (without desiccant application), and three desiccants (glufosinate-ammonium, carfentrazone-ethyl and paraquat) (2011/12 harvest). In the 2012/13 harvest the carfentrazone-ethyl desiccant was replaced by diquat. The physiological quality of seeds was assessed by the percentage of viability and vigor (cold test, tetrazolium test and accelerated aging test). In 2011/12... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Glycine max; Viability; Desiccant; Vigor. Ano: 2015 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-83582015000300441 Modeling Differentiated Quality Standards in the Agri-Food Sector: The Case of Meat Trade in the EU Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Rau, Marie-Luise; van Tongeren, Frank W. This paper looks at trade impacts of quality related standards from the supply side of the exporting country. We argue that food quality standards imposed by an importing country have profound effects on the market structure of the exporting industry, and hence a significant impact on the supply response. For our analysis, we develop a stylized oligopoly model that allows for the co-existence of complying and non-complying suppliers. The model is applied to two alternative policy options to explore different mechanisms an importing county may use to enhance the quality of its imports. We take the Polish meat sector as an empirical example, since after Poland's accession to the EU the tight EU food quality standards indeed apply but the process of adjusting... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Food quality standards; Trade; Market structure; Poland; Meat sector; Oligopoly; International Relations/Trade; Livestock Production/Industries; Q17; Q18; L1. Ano: 2006 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25739 FARMER-TRADER RELATIONSHIPS IN THE INDONESIAN CHILLI MARKETS: THE ROLE OF RELATIONSHIP QUALITY IN MODERN AND TRADITIONAL SUPPLY CHAINS Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Sahara; Gyau, Amos; Stringer, Randy; Umberger, Wendy J. A decade of strong economic growth, rapid urbanization and liberalization of foreign direct investment (FDI) are transforming Indonesia’s food retail sector. Modern retail markets are reorganizing how food chains operate: requiring product homogeneity, grading, sorting, packaging, and supply consistency. Current literature suggests that improving relationship quality among food chain actors enhances efficiency. In Indonesia, chillies are a priority crop commonly produced by small holders and like many other cash crops several farmer-trader issues emerging in chilli supply chains. This paper attempts to segment chilli farmers according to their perception of the relationship quality with their buyers. Data was collected through a survey of 602 chilli... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Farmer-trader relationships; Relationship quality; Cluster analysis; Community/Rural/Urban Development. Ano: 2011 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/100706 Attributes of small-scale sugarcane contractors that influence their service quality in KwaZulu-Natal Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Ortmann, Gerald F.; Nothard, B.W.; Meyer, E. The productivity of small-scale sugarcane contractors affects not only their own profitability and sustainability, but that of other stakeholders as well, such as the small-scale sugarcane farmers they contract to and the sugar mills they supply with sugarcane. This study examines the attributes of small-scale sugarcane contractors that affect their quality of service as perceived by small-scale sugarcane growers (SSGs). Information was obtained through interviews conducted with 114 contractors sampled in ten mill group areas in KwaZulu-Natal between September 2002 and July 2003. Further interviews were conducted in the same time period with SSGs for information on contractor service quality (transport and general service timeliness, meeting of daily... Tipo: Journal Article Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries. Ano: 2005 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31725 Controlling Ozone and Fine Particulates: Cost Benefit Analysis with Meteorological Variability Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Shih, Jhih-Shyang; Bergin, Michelle S.; Krupnick, Alan J.; Russell, Armistead G. In this paper, we develop an integrated cost-benefit analysis framework for ozone and fine particulate control, accounting for variability and uncertainty. The framework includes air quality simulation, sensitivity analysis, stochastic multi-objective air quality management, and stochastic cost-benefit analysis. This paper has two major contributions. The first is the development of stochastic source-receptor (S-R) coefficient matrices for ozone and fine particulate matter using an advanced air quality simulation model (URM-1ATM) and an efficient sensitivity algorithm (DDM-3D). The second is a demonstration of this framework for alternative ozone and PM2.5 reduction policies. Alternative objectives of the stochastic air quality management model include... Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper Palavras-chave: Ambient air; Ozone; Particulate matter; Risk management; Public policy; Cost-benefit analysis; Variability and uncertainty; Stochastic simulation; Stochastic multi-objective programming; Decision-making; National Ambient Air Quality Standards; Environmental Economics and Policy; C6; Q2; Q25; Q28. Ano: 2003 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10735 The Quality of Stakeholder-Based Decisions: Lessons from the Case Study Record Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Beierle, Thomas C. The increased use of stakeholder processes in environmental decision-making has raised concerns that the inherently "political" nature of such processes may sacrifice substantive quality for political expediency. In particular, there is concern that good science will not be used adequately in stakeholder processes nor be reflected in their decision outcomes. This paper looks to the case study record to examine the quality of the outcomes of stakeholder efforts and the scientific and technical resources stakeholders use. The data for the analysis come from a "case survey," in which researchers coded information on over 100 attributes of 239 published case studies of stakeholder involvement in environmental decision-making. These cases reflect a diversity of... Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper Palavras-chave: Public participation; Stakeholder; Science; Alternative dispute resolution; Consensus building; Risk and Uncertainty. Ano: 2000 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10686 Adoption of Food Safety and Quality Standards by China’s Agricultural Cooperatives: A Way out of Monitoring Production Practices of Numerous Small-scale Farmers ? Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Zhou, Jiehong; Jin, Shaosheng. China has experienced frequently food safety scares due to pesticide residue issues in recent years. This excessive of illegal use is often tied to numerous small-scale farmers. As it is a great challenge for Chinese government to monitor production practices of small-scale farmers directly, encouraging the adoption of food safety and quality standards by China’s agricultural cooperatives serves as an alternative approach to monitor the production practices of the small-scale farmers, and thus ensure improved quality of foods they produce. Based on the survey data from 124 vegetable cooperatives in Zhejiang Province, this study is designed to analyze the factors that affect adoption of food safety and quality standards by agricultural cooperatives in... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Food safety; Food safety and quality standards; Cooperative; China; Agricultural and Food Policy; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Q13; Q18. Ano: 2009 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/50293 Trends in the Irish Beef Market During the 1990s - Identification and Analysis of Change Drivers Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: O'Reilly, Seamus; McCarthy, Mary. This paper provides a brief review of the Irish beef market during the 1990s. It sets out to identify the key factors influencing beef consumption during this period and reviews industry/ government response to consumer needs. A number of factors influencing beef consumption are identified, including: price, safety, eating quality and health. In addition to price competitiveness, industry/government response has focused on safety and quality systems. Safety emerged as an important factor during the 1990s and various traceability, quality assurance schemes and supply chain partnerships were established to reassure the consumer. By the end of the decade such systems are a pre-requisite to market entry and increasingly the focus is on using these systems to... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Irish beef consumption; Price; Food safety; Quality; Supply chain; Demand and Price Analysis; Livestock Production/Industries. Ano: 2005 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24243 The Water Quality Effects of Corn Ethanol vs Switchgrass Based Biofuels in the Midwest Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Secchi, Silvia; Gassman, Philip W.; Jha, Manoj K.; Kurkalova, Lyubov A.; Kling, Catherine L. While biofuels may yield renewable fuel benefits, there could be downsides in terms of water quality and other environmental stressors, particularly if corn is relied upon exclusively as the feedstock. In this article, we describe a modeling system that links agricultural land use decisions in the Upper Mississippi River Basin (UMRB) to economic drivers. This modeling system is then used to assess several scenarios to identify the water quality effects of alternative land uses and the impacts of introducing on the landscape alternative feedstocks, such as switchgrass, to support renewable energy goals. Specifically, a scenario that assesses the water quality effects associated with an increase in corn acreage due to higher relative corn prices provides an... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy. Ano: 2008 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53498 Creating a Geographically Linked Brand for High-Quality Beef: A Case Study Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Clemens, Roxanne; Lawrence, John D.; Hayes, Dermot J.; Babcock, Bruce A. Worldwide, a segment of consumers can afford to pay substantial price premiums for very high quality agricultural products with attributes those consumers value. At the same time, many U.S. farmers are producing these high-quality products but are not using market mechanisms that allow them to take fullest advantage of price premiums. This paper describes a pilot program developed to commercialize an origin-based collective brand for very high quality beef. We hypothesize that, if successful, the program would create potential for cattle producers to take fuller advantage of price premiums often captured elsewhere in the marketing channel. Specifically, the pilot program analyzed two mechanisms for differentiating and marketing very high quality beef: a... Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper Palavras-chave: Certification mark; Collective brands; Consumer assurance; Geographic origin; Process verification; Marketing. Ano: 2007 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8509 The Impact of Food Away from Home on Adult Diet Quality Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Todd, Jessica E.; Mancino, Lisa; Lin, Biing-Hwan. Food away from home (FAFH) has been associated with poor diet quality in many studies. It is difficult, however, to measure the effect of FAFH on diet quality since many unobserved factors, such as food preferences and time constraints, influence not just our choice of where to eat but also the nutritional quality of what we eat. Using data from 1994-96 and 2003-04, this study applies fixed-effects estimation to control for such unobservable influences and finds that, for the average adult, FAFH increases daily caloric intake and reduces diet quality. The effects vary depending on which meals are consumed away from home. On average, breakfast away from home decreases the number of servings of whole grains and dairy consumed per 1,000 calories and... Tipo: Report Palavras-chave: Food away from home (FAFH); Diet quality; 2005 Healthy Eating Index (HEI-2005); Fixed-effects; First-difference; Continuing Survey of Food Intakes by Individuals (CSFII); National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES); Health Economics and Policy. Ano: 2010 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58298 ECONOMIC LINKAGES BETWEEN COASTAL WETLANDS AND WATER QUALITY: A REVIEW OF VALUE ESTIMATES REPORTED IN THE PUBLISHED LITERATURE Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Kazmierczak, Richard F., Jr. This manuscript summarizes a total of 12 peer-reviewed studies, published from 1981 to 2001, reporting 28 separate estimates for the disaggregate2 value of water quality services provided by coastal and non-coastal wetlands. Estimates ranged across three orders of magnitude and are highly dependent on the specific geographic site providing the service, the type of water quality service provided, the measurement technique, and whether locally derived benefits were calculated to extend across all existing wetlands. Considering only coastal zone wetlands across all study categories, the value of water quality services ranged from $2.85/acre/year to $5,673.80/acre/year, with a mean and median of $825.04/acre/year and $210.93/acre/year, respectively. The large... Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper Palavras-chave: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy. Ano: 2001 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31685 Retail market prices of fonio reveal the demand for quality characteristics in Bamako, Mali. Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Dury, Sandrine; Meuriot, Djibril; Bricas, Nicolas; Diakite, Veronique; Fliedel, Lamissa; Cruz, Genevieve; Blancher, Sandy; Guindo, Fanta Bore; Drame, Jean-Francois. African consumers' expectations concerning quality of food products are great. In spite of constrained budgets, we showed that market retailed prices revealed quality preferences of the consumers and not only production costs. In very poor countries like Mali, food innovation is limited by the very low purchasing power of the population. However, technological food product or process innovations are possible and sometimes valuable. Demand driven innovation may lead to open new markets, opportunities for small and medium scale enterprises and to improve consumers' welfare. Based on this assumption, technical research was done to provide new food products. In this paper, using both sensory test and a hedonic price approach, we estimated consumer demand for... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Demand and Price Analysis. Ano: 2007 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7949 Not All DDGS Are Created Equal: Nutrient-Profile-Based Pricing to Incentivize Quality Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Fabiosa, Jacinto F. This study finds that distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) is a dominant feed ingredient in hog finishing rations, despite variability in the product’s nutritional content. The optimal inclusion rate has remained at the maximum allowable limit of 20%, suggesting that when a particular DDGS product has low nutrient content, feed compounders simply supplement with corn and soymeal, whatever deficits in nutrients are created as a result. The study examines DDGS products from 40 different ethanol plants and finds that, relative to the DDGS product with the lowest feed ration cost, the optimal feed ration costs of DDGS products from the other 39 ethanol plants are $0.002 to $0.42 more per cwt of feed. The implied price discount from this cost... Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper Palavras-chave: Biofuel; DDGS; DDGS quality; Hog feeder-finisher; Optimal feed ration; Stochastic LP.; Livestock Production/Industries; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy. Ano: 2008 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44755 Karpography: a generic concept of quality for chain analysis and knowledge transfer in supply chains Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: McRoberts, Neil. As with other areas of science, supply chain analysis suffers from the fact that practitioners of its different component disciplines often find it exchange results and methods of analysis. For fresh produce supply chains a key issue is how to unite the elegant mathematical work on the physiology of quality change with the more qualitative methods of social science that are applied to the analysis supply chain management. This paper explores the possibility of utilising approaches which are widely used in demography to unify concepts of quality modelling and supply chain efficiency in the fresh produce sector. A key feature of demographic (or karpographic) models is that they use the average properties of individuals to model the behaviour of cohorts (or... Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper Palavras-chave: Quality; Modelling; Matrix model; Variance; Supply chain; Probability; Agribusiness. Ano: 2006 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/45995 Land Use Change and Ecosystem Valuation in North Georgia Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Ngugi, Daniel; Mullen, Jeffrey D.; Bergstrom, John C. A model of land allocation at the aggregate watershed level was developed assuming profit/net benefit maximization under risk neutrality. The econometric land use model was analyzed as an equation by equation SURE model as all the independent variables were the same for both equations. In analyzing effect of land use change on water quality, we took year 2005 as our baseline and postulated three land use scenarios. We applied Benefit Transfer techniques to value water quality changes resulting from land use change and estimated lower bounds for WTP to improve water quality to meet the FCB criterion for drinking water supply and fishing waters and BOD (DO) criteria for fishing waters. Water quality modeling revealed that land use change would result in... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Ecosystem; Economic value; North Georgia; Land use; Land use change; Fish; Water quality; Structural time series; Willingness to pay; Benefit transfer; Forecasting; Vector autoregression; Upper Chattahoochee River; Environmental Economics and Policy; Land Economics/Use. Ano: 2008 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6119 Relationship Quality and Innovation Capacity of Chains: The Case of the Traditional Food Sector in the EU Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Gellynck, Xavier; Kuhne, Bianka; Weaver, Robert D. The purpose of the paper is to explore how the perceived relationship quality is related to the innovation capacity in chains of the traditional food sector. Based on suggestions from theory and previous studies, empirical evidence is drawn from a survey of 90 traditional food chains including 270 chain partners from three European countries in four traditional food product categories. Heterogeneity across these chains is first examined based on cluster analysis that identifies three distinct clusters interpreted as reflecting three levels of intensity in innovation capacity: high, medium, and low. Next, we define measures of the chain relationship quality through characteristics such as trust, conflict and reputation. Results suggest that various aspects... Tipo: Article Palavras-chave: Innovation capacity; Chain relationship quality; Traditional food products; SMEs; Different chain relationship directions; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Production Economics. Ano: 2011 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/121841 Willingness to pay for organic food in Argentina: Evidence from a consumer survey Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Rodriguez, Elsa M.; Lacaze, Maria Victoria; Lupin, Beatriz. Most food markets do not count on complete information about food quality for consumers. Quality has become a key concept in the new approaches of the Demand Theory (Lancaster, 1966; Antle, 1999), and, therefore, food quality information has turned into a crucial factor when explaining the existing differences between demand profiles. Throughout these last years, organic agriculture has undergone a notorious expansion due, among other things, to the greater interest shown by consumers aware of food safety concerns involving real or potential quality risks perceptions. (Henson, 1996) This paper aims to estimate consumers´ willingness to pay (WTP) for organic food products available in the Argentinean domestic market, with a view to providing useful... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Willingness to pay; Food quality attributes; Organic price premium; Argentina.; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety. Ano: 2007 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7873 Assessing community values for reducing agricultural emissions to improve water quality and protect coral health in the Great Barrier Reef Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Rolfe, John; Windle, Jill. Key policy issues relating to protection of the Great Barrier Reef from pollutants generated by agriculture are to identify when measures to improve water quality generate benefits to society that outweigh the costs of reducing pollutants. The research reported in this paper makes a key contribution in several key ways. First, it uses the improved science understanding about the links between management changes and reef health to bring together the analysis of costs and benefits of marginal changes, helping to demonstrate the appropriate way of addressing policy questions relating to reef protection. Second, it uses the scientific relationships to frame a choice experiment to value the benefits of improved reef health, and links improvements explicitly to... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Choice modelling experiment; Attribute definition; Input output definition; Environmental Economics and Policy; Q. 15; Q51; Q57. Ano: 2011 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/100705 Demand for livestock products in developing countries with a focus on quality and safety attributes: Evidence from case studies Provedor de dados: 31 The case studies and the synthesis papers were presented at a mini-symposium at the International Association of Agricultural Economists conference held in Beijing, Peoples Republic of China, on 18–24 August 2009. Tipo: Report Palavras-chave: Demand; Livestock products; Quality; Safety; Developing countries; Consumer/Household Economics; Livestock Production/Industries. Ano: 2010 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97973 Quality Certification by Geographical Indications, Trademarks and Firm Reputation Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Menapace, Luisa; Moschini, GianCarlo. We study firm reputation as a mechanism to assure product quality in perfectly competitive markets in a context in which both certification and trademarks are available. Shapiro’s (1983) model of reputation is extended to reflect both collective and firm-specific reputations, and this framework is used to study certification and trademarks for food products with a regional identity, known as geographical indications (GIs). Our model yields two primary results. First, in markets with asymmetric information and moral hazard problems, credible certification schemes reduce the cost of establishing reputation and lead to welfare gains compared to a situation in which only private trademarks are available. Hence, certification improves the ability of reputation... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Asymmetric Information; Certification; Geographical Indications; Quality; Reputation; Environmental Economics and Policy; D23; D82; L14; L15; Q1. Ano: 2010 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61778 The economic regulation of quality in the Italian VQPRD sector: which perspectives? Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Malorgio, Giulio; Grazia, Cristina. The Appellation of Origin system is aimed at reducing consumer's information costs, assuring a minimum quality standard and wine typicity, as well as maintaining a diversified supply in order to satisfy consumer s tastes heterogeneity. The effectiveness of the system is menaced by quantity and quality uncertainty, free riding phenomena, vertical relationships complexity and hold- up risks. The long term risk of the drop of the collective reputation of the Appellation justifies the economic regulation of the supply by the sectorial Organizations. Thus, it is necessary to evaluate ther role in the construction of the competitive advantage of the quality wine system. Then, the question that we address in this paper is that of the effectiveness of the supply... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Appellation of Origin; Collective reputation; Economic regulation of supply; Sectorial organizations; Agribusiness. Ano: 2006 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10100 The Assessment of the Production Outsourcing Strategy in the Wood Furniture Industry of the Uba Region (Brazil), through the Development of a Dynamic Model Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Almeida, Luciana Baldez De; Moura, Altair Dias de. The wood furniture industry of the Uba's region (Brazil) presents a high degree of vertical integration. Outsourcing is cited in the literature as a way of increasing a sector's competitiveness, through higher efficiency. Aiming to test this hypothesis, the research objective was to assess the process of deverticalisation in wood furniture production chains, through the identification of factors related to this process and their effects on the profitability of chosen firms in the Uba region. The research started with the development of a chain profile, through the use of a survey. This stage was followed by the development of a case study, in which the accumulated firm profitability was studied. System dynamics were the tool used in the case study. The... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Industrial Organization; Q13. Ano: 2006 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25459 Efficiency of Farmer Organisations in Supplying Supermarkets with Quality Food in Vietnam Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Tam, Phan Thi Giac; Anh, Dao The; Moustier, Paule; Binh, Vu Trong; Thi, Nguyen; Loc, Tan. The development of supermarkets in Vietnam, as in other emerging countries, goes along with an increasing concern on the part of purchasers for food quality. The paper investigates whether farmer organisations are able to help small-scale farmers get access to supermarkets, and the role that supermarkets and public support play in their emergence and development. It is based on case studies involving a number of stakeholders marketing vegetables, flavoured rice and litchi fruit in Vietnam. The interviews investigated patterns of horizontal and vertical coordination that link farmers to supermarkets, the distribution of costs and benefits between farmers and traders along the chains in relation to the strategy of quality differentiation. Eight farmer... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Industrial Organization. Ano: 2007 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9425 The role of modern retailers to ensure quality in the food sector: the case of organic strawberry consumption in Italy Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Panico, Teresa; Cembalo, Luigi; Cicia, Gianni; Del Giudice, Teresa. Major changes have occurred in the agri-food sector, generating new and more complex concepts of food quality. One of the most significant indicators of these changes is market restructuring, in terms of rapid concentration among retailers, the dominance of chain stores and their imposition of cost and quality constraints. Retailers currently play a more important role in ensuring food product quality and safety than public authorities. To analyze this new aspect in the food sector, we carried out a survey on organic strawberry consumption in Italy. This segment of the organic sector is particularly interesting because the conventional strawberry may be considered an unsafe product due to the large use of chemical inputs in the production process.... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Food quality and food safety; Organic strawberry consumption; Modern retail; Logit model.; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety. Ano: 2009 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57995 Correlations between thermal environment and egg quality of two layer commercial strains Provedor de dados: 89 Autores: Pereira,DF; Vitorasso,G; Oliveira,SC; Kakimoto,SK; Togashi,CK; Soares,NM. Heat stress limits the productivity of laying hens, as reflected by egg production and egg quality. The present study aimed at showing the correlations between egg quality parameters and environmental variables recorded on the day eggs were laid and on the previous days. Birds were housed in battery cages in a commercial poultry house. Main component analyses were used to verify associations between environmental and production variables, and Pearson's linear correlation tests were used to further investigate those associations. Analyses were carried out separately for to layer strains, Dekalb® White and Hy-Line® w36, and the variables egg weight (g), eggshell weight (g), specific gravity (g/cm³) and eggshell percentage (%) were compared with the... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Cage; Egg quality; Environment; Layer; Poultry house. Ano: 2008 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-635X2008000200002 Internal quality of conventional and omega-3-enriched commercial eggs stored under different temperatures Provedor de dados: 89 Autores: Cedro,TMM; Calixto,LFL; Gaspar,A; Curvello,FA; Hora,AS. The internal quality of conventional and &#969;-3 enriched commercial eggs stored at different temperatures was evaluated. Eggs derived from Isa Brown layers fed two different diets. In Group 1, 432 hens were fed throughout their productive life with a diet based on corn and soybean meal (production of conventional eggs). In Group 2, starting at 22 weeks of age, other 432 hens were fed a diet containing 1.5% of marine algae substrate and 1.8% of fish oil (production of &#969;-3 enriched eggs). The following parameters were evaluated: Haugh unit, yolk index, albumen pH, and yolk pH. There were no significant differences between conventional and enriched with &#969;-3 eggs as to internal quality parameters. Only the interaction between storage... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Commercial eggs; Hens; Omega-3; Storage; Temperature. Ano: 2009 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-635X2009000300007 Revisiting the S-index for soil physical quality and its use in Brazil Provedor de dados: 90 Autores: Jong van Lier,Quirijn de. The S-index was introduced in 2004 in a publication by A.R. Dexter. S was proposed as an indicator of soil physical quality. A critical value delimiting soils with rich and poor physical quality was proposed. At present, Brazil is world leader in citations of Dexter's publication. In this publication the S-theory is mathematically revisited and extended. It is shown that S is mathematically correlated to bulk density and total porosity. As an absolute indicator, the value of S alone has proven to be incapable of predicting soil physical quality. The critical value does not always hold under boundary conditions described in the literature. This is to be expected because S is a static parameter, therefore implicitly unable to describe dynamic processes. As a... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Porosity; Density; Water retention curve; Compaction. Ano: 2014 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-06832014000100001 PERFORMANCE OF GENERATIONS OF UENF/CALIMAN 01 PAPAYA AND CORRELATIONS BETWEEN GERMINATION, VEGETATIVE AND REPRODUCTIVE DEVELOPMENT Provedor de dados: 94 Autores: MENGARDA,LIANA HILDA GOLIN; LOPES,JOSÉ CARLOS; ALEXANDRE,RODRIGO SOBREIRA; FERREIRA,ADÉSIO; BRAGA,ALICE DE FREITAS. ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to characterize the seeds quality and the plant development of F1 and F2 generations of hybrid UENF/Caliman 01 papaya, and the relations between the physic-chemical and physiological quality of seeds, vegetative and reproductive development of plants in the field for 360 days, and fruit quality. The relative contribution (Cr %) to the genetic divergence for each characteristic was estimated. For those with higher importance for each group (Cr = 25%), the Pearson correlation and the canonical correlation analysis were applied. The F1 seeds showed higher physic-chemical and physiological quality, with greater length (0.55 cm), sugar and lipid levels (5.13 and 11.58 mg g-1, respectively), germination and normal seedlings... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Biometrics; Carica papaya; Plant breeding; Seed physiological quality. Ano: 2016 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-29452016000200701 Physiological quality of coffee seeds produced under different levels of solar radiation and maturation stages Provedor de dados: 95 Autores: Baliza,Danielle Pereira; Caixeta,Franciele; Pinho,Édila Vilela de Resende Von; Cunha,Rodrigo Luz da; Martins,Denize Carvalho; Rosa,Sttela Dellyzete Veiga Franco da. In Brazil, although the coffee plantations are predominantly grown under full sunlight, the use of agroforestry systems can lead to socioeconomic advantages, thus providing a favorable environment to the crop by promoting its sustainability as well as environmental preservation. However, there is a lack of information on physiological quality of the coffee seeds produced under different levels of solar radiation. Within this context, the objective of this study was to evaluate the influence of different levels of solar radiation and maturation stages on the physiological quality of coffee (Coffea arabica L.) seeds, cv. Acaiá Cerrado MG-1474. Three levels of solar radiation (plants grown under full sunlight; under plastic screens of 35% shading; and under... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Coffea arabica; Germination; Vigor; Isoenzymes. Ano: 2012 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-31222012000300008 Technical assistance and seasonality in the diet and production of dairy herds in household agriculture of Western Paraná Provedor de dados: 96 Autores: Tinini,Rodrigo Cesar dos Reis; Zambom,Maximiliane Alavarse; Pozza,Magali Soares dos Santos; Fernandes,Tatiane; Castagnara,Deise Dalazen; Radis,Ana Cláudia; Santos,Geraldo Tadeu dos; Defante,Leslié. The objective of the present study was to characterize the food sources, as well as the composition and quality of milk obtained from household farms of western Paraná State (Brazil) with and without technical assistance during the different seasons. For such, 24 properties were selected, 12 of which only received assistance and technical support. Four milk samples were taken (summer, autumn, winter and spring) to assess the physicochemical composition, somatic cell count and total bacterial count and feed supplied to the animals to assess the chemical composition (crude protein, ash, dry matter and neutral detergent fiber). The data were analyzed in a completely randomized design with a 2 × 4 factorial arrangement; the first factor was the presence and... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Dairy farming; Food quality; Milk quality. Ano: 2015 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-35982015000200067 The water quality investigation using GIS and multivariable analysis in a semiarid region reservoir Provedor de dados: 124 Autores: Alexandre,Deborah Mithya Barros; Andrade,Eunice Maia de; Lopes,Fernando Bezerra; Palácio,Helba Araújo Queiroz; Ferreira,Andrea Cristina da Silva. This study was carried out in the Serrote reservoir, sited in the Groaíras watershed at the northeastern region of Ceará State, Brazil. The aim was to investigate the temporal and spatial variability of water quality. Data investigation was processed using multivariate analysis/cluster analysis and GIS techniques. Samples were taken in four stations spreading out over the water body during five campaigns of collection (February, May, August/2007 and May, August/2008). The water quality parameters analyzed were: Electric Conductivity (EC), pH, Dissolved Oxygen (DO), temperature, chlorophyll 'a' concentration and Total Phosphorus (TP). Two homogeneous groups were identified, which expressed the inter-annual seasonality influence in the water quality. The... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Water quality; Cluster Analysis; Eutrophization. Ano: 2010 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1806-66902010000400007 Quantification of the soil physical quality of a tropical oxisol using the S index Provedor de dados: 63 Autores: Tormena,Cássio Antonio; Silva,Álvaro Pires da; Imhoff,Silvia Del Carmen; Dexter,Anthony Roger. Soil physical quality is fundamental for the sustainability of agro ecosystems. Soil physical quality assessment must be developed using parameters that describe physical behavior. S, a new soil physical parameter has recently been introduced for assessing the soil physical quality. A good soil physical quality has been associated with values of S > 0.035 in soils from temperate climates. However, S has not been evaluated in tropical soils yet. Therefore we tested the hypothesis that S is a reliable soil physical quality indicator of a Typic Hapludox cropped with maize under no-tillage (NT) and conventional tillage (CT). Undisturbed samples were collected from each tillage system in the row and interrow positions. Soil bulk density was determined in the... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Bulk density; Tropical soils; No-tillage; Soil water retention; Soil structure. Ano: 2008 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-90162008000100008 Wheat seedling emergence estimated from seed analysis Provedor de dados: 63 Autores: Boligon,Alexandra Augusti; Lúcio,Alessandro Dal'Col; Lopes,Sidinei José; Cargnelutti Filho,Alberto; Garcia,Danton Camacho. There are various vigor tests for the evaluation of seeds physiological quality, however, few studies correlate this tests with plants emergency. This study aimed at identifying wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) seed analysis variables that best predict seedling emergence. Wheat seeds (CEP 30 cultivar) were divided into two batches, one initially subjected to the accelerated ageing process and forming the low-quality batch, and the other, without application of the accelerated ageing process, to compose a high-quality batch. The following seed test variables were evaluated: (i) percentage of normal seedlings in the germination tests, (ii) initial germination counting, (iii) accelerated ageing, (iv) cold test without soil, (v) germination speed index, and (vi)... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Stepwise multiple regression analysis; Path analysis; Factor analysis; Seed quality. Ano: 2011 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-90162011000300010 Seed quality and optimal spatial arrangement of fodder radish Provedor de dados: 63 Autores: Oliveira,Andréa dos Santos; Carvalho,Maria Laene Moreira de; Nery,Marcela Carlota; Oliveira,João Almir; Guimarães,Renato Mendes. Besides the use of fodder radish (Raphanus sativus var. oleiferus Metzg.) as green manure plant cover crops and animal feed, the seeds have high oil content and low viscosity, ideal characteristics for the production of biodiesel. Studies related to the technology of seed production for this species are insufficient to define the best spatial arrangement of plants in the field that provides higher yields associated with high-quality seeds. Thus, we investigated the space and density between plants that would be ideal for the production of high quality fodder radish seeds. We evaluated the agronomic characteristics and physical, physiological and seed health quality in recently harvested fodder radish in row spacings of 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, and 0.8 m and... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Raphanus sativus L. var. oleiferus Metzg; Brazil; Production; Sowing density. Ano: 2011 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-90162011000400005 Sowing seasons and quality of soybean seeds Provedor de dados: 63 Autores: Ávila,Marizangela Rizzatti; Braccini,Alessandro de Lucca e; Motta,Ivo de Sá; Scapim,Carlos Alberto; Braccini,Maria do Carmo Lana. Considering the difficulties of producing high quality soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merrill] seeds during the traditional cropping period in some areas of the State of Paraná, Brazil, a research project was carried out with the objective of evaluating the influence of sowing dates on the physiological and sanitary quality of seeds, during the 1998/99 and 1999/00 cropping seasons, in Maringá, PR, Brazil. The experiment consisted of five cultivar competition assays, arranged in a completely randomized block design, with each assay sown at different dates (10/15, 10/30, 11/15, 11/30 and 12/15) for each cropping season. The evaluated cultivars were BRS 132 (early), BRS 133 (semi-early), BR 16 (semi-early), BRS 134 (intermediate) and FT- Estrela (late). Seeds... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Cropping; Cultivar; Germination; Health. Ano: 2003 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-90162003000200007 Oriental Pear Breeding for High Fruit Quality and Adaptation to Subtropical Lowland in Taiwan Provedor de dados: 185 Autores: Hsin-Tszu Hsu; Shue-Cheng Lin; 徐信次; 林學正. [[abstract]]The breeding objective of pear is to develop varieties with high fruit quality but low chilling requirement for table use. Hybridizations of 9 combinations started in 1976 were made from a native, very low-chilling required variety 'Hungshan' and 7 introduced varieties with high-chilling requirement but high fruit quality. Hybrid progenies were planted with a highly dense spacing of lMx4M at TARI's experimental orchard which is about 100M above sea level. Five hybrid progenies with early maturing, high fruit quality and low-chilling requirement in characters were selected out of more than 1,500 hybrid seedlings after 1 to 5 years juvernile period by the culture of single trunk training and heavy fertilization. Top-working of these selected... Palavras-chave: [[classification]]14. Ano: 1987 การศึกษาคุณภาพข้ าวโพดคัว่ เพื่อพัฒนาเป็ นผลิตภัณฑ์ เชิงพาณิชย์ Provedor de dados: 106 Autores: Sumran Srichomporn; Thamrongsilpa Pothisoong; Somchai Piyapanthawanon; Narongchai Boonsri; Kittisak Srichomporn. Five popcorn varieties were tested for their quality at the National Corn and Sorghum Research Center in 2009. The objective is to choose the high potential popcorn variety for sugar-butter flavor popcorn snack as a commercial product. The experiment laid out in RCBD, composed of 5 treatments with 4 replications. The quality under investigation including, popping percentage, expansion volume, flake size, grain moisture, germinal and abgerminal thickness, grain size, flake type, flake color and taste score. The result found that Five stars popcorn, a commercial popcorn variety gave the best quality followed by pearl popcorn composite. It had 98 percent of popping percentage, 37 mg/g of expansion volume, 7.5 ml/grain of flake size, 274 micron of abgerminal... Palavras-chave: Popcorn; Popping quality; ข้าวโพดคัว่ ; การคัว่ ; คุณภาพ; อาหารว่าง; ผลิตภัณฑ์เชิงพาณิชย์; คุณภาพทางประสาทสัมผัส ; พันธุ.์ Ano: 2010 URL: http://anchan.lib.ku.ac.th/agnet/handle/001/4686 Influence of breed and age on the quality of goat leather. Provedor de dados: 119 Autores: JACINTO, M. A. C.; SANTOS, H. S. L. dos; PUCCI, M. C. 2015 Tipo: Artigo em anais de congresso (ALICE) Palavras-chave: Age; Breed; Goat; Leather; Quality. Ano: 2015 Resistance profile and virulence of isolates of salmonella sp. from commercial layer houses. Provedor de dados: 119 Autores: MORAES, D. M. C.; ANDRADE, M. A.; JAYME, V. de S.; STRINGHINI, J. H.; DUARTE, S. C. 2015 Tipo: Resumo em anais de congresso (ALICE) Palavras-chave: Antimicrobians; Virulence genes; Salmonella; Sul 1. Ano: 2015 Influence of age on goat leather quality. Provedor de dados: 119 Autores: JACINTO, M. A. C.; JACINTO, T. B. 2014 Tipo: Resumo em anais de congresso (ALICE) Palavras-chave: Age; Breed; Goat; Leather; Quality; Skin. Ano: 2014 Axonopus parodii and Paspalum spp. Inflorescence production and seeds quality Provedor de dados: 119 Autores: SILVA, S. A. C. G. da; SANTOS, A. G. DOS; LOGES, V.; SOUZA, F. H. D. de; ROSA, R. C. T. DA. 2015 Tipo: Resumo em anais de congresso (ALICE) Palavras-chave: Paspalum notatum; Axonopus parodii; Seeds quality. Ano: 2015 Implications of soybean meal quality on swine and poultry production. Provedor de dados: 119 Autores: TAVERNARI, F. de C.; LELIS, G. R.; MANZKE, N. E.; LIMA, G. J. M. M. de. 2013 Tipo: Artigo em anais de congresso (ALICE) Palavras-chave: Qualidade da carne; Óleo de soja; Suíno; Produção animal; Swine; Animal production; Meat quality; Soybean. Ano: 2013 Postharvest quality of fresh-cut carrots packaged in plastic films containing silver nanoparticles. Provedor de dados: 119 Autores: BECARO, A. A.; PUTI, F. C.; PANOSSO, A. R.; GERN, J. C.; BRANDAO, H. de M.; CORREA, D. S.; FERREIRA, M. D. 2015 Tipo: Artigo em periódico indexado (ALICE) Palavras-chave: Daucus carota L; Food packaging; Postharvest quality; Permeability. Ano: 2015 Yield and quality of maize following the foliar application of a fertilizer based on the byproduct "shale water". Provedor de dados: 119 Autores: MESSIAS, R. da S.; GALLI, V.; SCHIRMER, M. A.; PILLON, C. N.; SILVA, S. D. dos A. e; SILVEIRA, C. A. P.; ROMBALDI, C. V. 2013 Tipo: Artigo em periódico indexado (ALICE) Palavras-chave: Maize; Shale Water; Foliar Application; Grain Quality; Biofortification. Ano: 2013 Production and quality of Paspalum forage in state of São Paulo. Provedor de dados: 119 Autores: BATISTA, L. A. R.; REGITANO NETO, A.; GODOY, R. 2001 Tipo: Artigo em anais de congresso (ALICE) Palavras-chave: Production; Quality; Paspalum forage; São Paulo. Ano: 2001 URL: http://www.alice.cnptia.embrapa.br/handle/doc/46885 Meat quality of beef from nellore steers fed yerba Mate suplemented diets. Provedor de dados: 119 Autores: VIDAL, M. P.; NASSU, R. T.; TULLIO, R. R.; BERNDT, A.; CARDOSO, D. R. 2014 Tipo: Artigo em anais de congresso (ALICE) Palavras-chave: Beef cattle; Meat; Nellore; Quality; Yerba mates; Supplement. Ano: 2014 Feed supplementation with palm kernel cake-based concentrate increases the quality of water buffalo semen. Provedor de dados: 119 Autores: SANTOS, A. X.; KAHWAGE, P. R.; FATURI, C.; LOURENÇO JÚNIOR, J. B.; JOELE, M. R. S. P.; GARCIA, A. R. 2014 Tipo: Artigo em periódico indexado (ALICE) Palavras-chave: Bubalus bubalis; Coconut meal; Palm kernel cake; Plasma membrane; Semen quality. Ano: 2014 The impact of water quality changes on the socio-economic system of the Guadiana Estuary: an assessment of management options Provedor de dados: 7 Autores: Sousa, Carlos; Centre for Marine and Environmental Research - CIMA; [email protected]; Boski, Tomasz; Centre for Marine and Environmental Research - CIMA; [email protected]; Ponce Dentinho, Tomaz; Office for Sustainable Regional Developement - GDRS; [email protected]. Tourism related to bathing has a growing economic importance in the Guadiana Estuary in southern Spain and Portugal. Polls of local public opinion showed an awareness of potential and current threats to the aquatic environment posed by regulation of river flow and untreated/poorly-treated urban sewage discharge. Because of this strong concern for water quality, it was selected as the policy issue for our application of the Systems Approach Framework (SAF). We developed an integrated simulation model of the Guadiana estuarine system in which the ecological system and socioeconomic components are linked by means of beach eco-label (Blue Flag Award) through its dependence on fecal bacterial thresholds. We quantified the socioeconomic impacts of water quality... Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports Palavras-chave: Blue flag award; Cost-benefit analysis; Economic base model; Guadiana estuary; Systems approach; Tourism; Water quality. Ano: 2012 Ecosystem service trade-offs, perceived drivers, and sustainability in contrasting agroecosystems in central Mexico Provedor de dados: 7 The ability of agroecosystems to provide food ultimately depends on the regulating and supporting ecosystem services that underpin their functioning, such as the regulation of soil quality, water quality, soil erosion, pests, and pollinators. However, there are trade-offs between provisioning and regulating or supporting services, whose nature at the farm and plot scales is poorly understood. We analyzed data at the farm level for two agroecosystems with contrasting objectives in central Mexico: one aimed at staple crop production for self-subsistence and local markets, the other directed to a cash crop for export markets. Bivariate and multivariate trade-offs were analyzed for different crop management strategies (conventional, organic, traditional, crop... Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports Palavras-chave: Agroecosystems; Avocado; Ecosystem services; Maize; Mexico; Trade-offs. Ano: 2015 Groundwater quality for irrigation purposes in Sergipe state, Brazil. Provedor de dados: 14 Autores: AMORIM, J. R. A. de; CRUZ, M. A. S.; RESENDE, R. S. 2008 Tipo: Folderes / Folhetos / Cartilhas (INFOTECA-E) Palavras-chave: Groundwater; Quality water; Sergipe; Brasil; Água; Qualidade; Folder. Ano: 2008 URL: http://www.infoteca.cnptia.embrapa.br/handle/doc/372860 Seasonal variations in water quality of a West African river (R. Jong in Sierra Leone) Provedor de dados: 177 Autores: Wright, R. Tipo: Text Palavras-chave: HYDROLOGIE; QUALITE DE L'EAU; COULEUR; TURBIDITE; CONDUCTIVITE; VARIATION SAISONNIERE. Ano: 1982 URL: http://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:02773 Measurement of the protein quality of soybean-enriched flour mixtures in growing rats Provedor de dados: 177 Autores: Mbome Lape, I.; Trèche, Serge. Tipo: Text Palavras-chave: BESOIN NUTRITIONNEL; RATION ALIMENTAIRE; FORTIFICATION ALIMENTAIRE; FARINE; MANIOC; MAIS; IGNAME; SOJA; PROTEINE; CROISSANCE; EXPERIMENTATION ANIMALE; RAT. Ano: 1986 URL: http://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:26698 The seasonality of water quality in the drainage basin of a tropical river (R. Jong in Sierra Leone) Provedor de dados: 177 Autores: Wright, Roger. Tipo: Text Palavras-chave: COURS D'EAU; BASSIN VERSANT; CHIMIE DE L'EAU; QUALITE DE L'EAU; CONDUCTIVITE; VARIATION SAISONNIERE. Ano: 1985 URL: http://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:23164 Verification of rainfall data quality and homogeneity through the method of annual rainfall indices vector Provedor de dados: 177 Autores: L'Hôte, Yann. Tipo: Text Palavras-chave: PLUVIOMETRIE; DONNEES DE TERRAIN; ERREUR; VARIATION ANNUELLE; METHODOLOGIE; HOMOGENEISATION DES DONNEES PLUVIOMETRIQUES; VECTEUR REGIONAL; CONTROLE DE DONNEES. Ano: 1986 URL: http://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:39646 Effect of soil organic matter quality on its assimilation by Millsonia anomala, a tropical geophagous earthworm Provedor de dados: 177 Autores: Martin, A.; Lavelle, P. Tipo: Text Palavras-chave: BIOLOGIE DU SOL; LOMBRIC; MATIERE ORGANIQUE; ASSIMILATION. Ano: 1992 URL: http://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:38605 Delayed mode quality control of Ovide Argo data - float WMO 6900493 Provedor de dados: 5 Autores: Lagadec, Catherine; Thierry, Virginie; Cabanes, Cecile. This report presents the delayed mode analysis of an Argo float. Real time quality control flags are checked and interesting profiles are plotted. The OW method (objective analysis) is used to detect a conductivity sensor drift and correct it, if any. Tipo: Text Ano: 2015 URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00312/42284/41609.pdf Delayed mode quality control of Ovide Argo Data. Float WMO 6900450 Provedor de dados: 5 Autores: Lagadec, Catherine; Thierry, Virginie; Cabanes, Cecile. This report presents the delayed mode analysis of an Argo float. Real time quality control flags are checked and interesting profiles are plotted. The OW method (objective analysis) is used to detect a conductivity sensor drift and correct it, if any. Tipo: Text Ano: 2015 URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00311/42204/41527.pdf Delayed mode quality control of Ovide Argo Data. Float WMO 6900395 Provedor de dados: 5 Autores: Lagadec, Catherine; Thierry, Virginie; Cabanes, Cecile. This report presents the delayed mode analysis of an Argo float. Real time quality control flags are checked and interesting profiles are plotted. The OW method (objective analysis) is used to detect a conductivity sensor drift and correct it, if any. Tipo: Text Ano: 2015 URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00311/42200/41523.pdf Delayed mode quality control of Ovide Argo Data. Float WMO 6900496 Provedor de dados: 5 Autores: Lagadec, Catherine; Thierry, Virginie; Cabanes, Cecile. This report presents the delayed mode analysis of an Argo float. Real time quality control flags are checked and interesting profiles are plotted. The OW method (objective analysis) is used to detect a conductivity sensor drift and correct it, if any. Tipo: Text Ano: 2015 URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00312/42324/41654.pdf Delayed mode quality control of Ovide Argo Data. Float WMO 6900191 Provedor de dados: 5 Autores: Lagadec, Catherine; Thierry, Virginie. This report presents the delayed mode analysis of an Argo float. Real time quality control flags are checked and interesting profiles are plotted. The OW method (objective analysis) is used to detect a conductivity sensor drift and correct it, if any. Tipo: Text Ano: 2012 URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00310/42125/41439.pdf Delayed mode quality control of Ovide Argo data - float WMO 6900494 Provedor de dados: 5 Autores: Lagadec, Catherine; Thierry, Virginie; Cabanes, Cecile. This report presents the delayed mode analysis of an Argo float. Real time quality control flags are checked and interesting profiles are plotted. The OW method (objective analysis) is used to detect a conductivity sensor drift and correct it, if any. Tipo: Text Ano: 2015 URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00312/42299/41631.pdf Delayed mode quality control of Ovide Argo data - float WMO 6900495 Provedor de dados: 5 Autores: Lagadec, Catherine; Thierry, Virginie; Cabanes, Cecile. This report presents the delayed mode analysis of an Argo float. Real time quality control flags are checked and interesting profiles are plotted. The OW method (objective analysis) is used to detect a conductivity sensor drift and correct it, if any. Tipo: Text Ano: 2015 URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00312/42300/41632.pdf Delayed mode quality control of Ovide Argo Data. Float WMO 6900449 Provedor de dados: 5 Autores: Lagadec, Catherine; Thierry, Virginie. This report presents the delayed mode analysis of an Argo float. Real time quality control flags are checked and interesting profiles are plotted. The OW method (objective analysis) is used to detect a conductivity sensor drift and correct it, if any. Tipo: Text Ano: 2010 URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00310/42119/41433.pdf Delayed mode quality control of Ovide Argo Data. Float WMO 6900641 Provedor de dados: 5 Autores: Lagadec, Catherine; Thierry, Virginie. This report presents the delayed mode analysis of an Argo float. Real time quality control flags are checked and interesting profiles are plotted. The OW method (objective analysis) is used to detect a conductivity sensor drift and correct it, if any. Tipo: Text Ano: 2010 URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00310/42133/41446.pdf Delayed mode quality control of Ovide Argo Data. Float WMO 6900492 Provedor de dados: 5 Autores: Lagadec, Catherine; Thierry, Virginie. This report presents the delayed mode analysis of an Argo float. Real time quality control flags are checked and interesting profiles are plotted. The OW method (objective analysis) is used to detect a conductivity sensor drift and correct it, if any. Tipo: Text Ano: 2012 URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00311/42185/41485.pdf Delayed mode quality control of Ovide Argo Data. Float WMO 6900451 Provedor de dados: 5 Autores: Lagadec, Catherine; Thierry, Virginie; Cabanes, Cecile. This report presents the delayed mode analysis of an Argo float. Real time quality control flags are checked and interesting profiles are plotted. The OW method (objective analysis) is used to detect a conductivity sensor drift and correct it, if any. Tipo: Text Ano: 2015 URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00311/42203/41526.pdf Delayed mode quality control of Ovide Argo Data. Float WMO 6900403 Provedor de dados: 5 Autores: Lagadec, Catherine; Thierry, Virginie; Cabanes, Cecile. This report presents the delayed mode analysis of an Argo float. Real time quality control flags are checked and interesting profiles are plotted. The OW method (objective analysis) is used to detect a conductivity sensor drift and correct it, if any. Tipo: Text Ano: 2015 URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00311/42198/41513.pdf Delayed mode quality control of Ovide Argo Data. Float WMO 6900640 Provedor de dados: 5 Autores: Lagadec, Catherine; Thierry, Virginie; Cabanes, Cecile. This report presents the delayed mode analysis of an Argo float. Real time quality control flags are checked and interesting profiles are plotted. The OW method (objective analysis) is used to detect a conductivity sensor drift and correct it, if any. Tipo: Text Ano: 2015 URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00312/42328/41658.pdf Aquaculture, protection de l'environnement et signes de qualite Provedor de dados: 5 Autores: Lorvellec, L. This paper deals with the interaction between freshwater fish farming and the environmental protection including quality assessment in regard to French and European legislation. Tipo: Text Palavras-chave: Europe; France; Legislation; Quality control; Environmental protection; Aquaculture. Ano: 1993 URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/1993/acte-1324.pdf Delayed mode quality control of Ovide Argo Data. Float WMO 5902301 Provedor de dados: 5 Autores: Lagadec, Catherine; Thierry, Virginie. This report presents the delayed mode analysis of an Argo float. Real time quality control flags are checked and interesting profiles are plotted. The OW method (objective analysis) is used to detect a conductivity sensor drift and correct it, if any. Tipo: Text Ano: 2013 URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00311/42187/41487.pdf Delayed mode quality control of Ovide Argo Data. Float WMO 6900406 Provedor de dados: 5 Autores: Lagadec, Catherine; Thierry, Virginie; Cabanes, Cecile. This report presents the delayed mode analysis of an Argo float. Real time quality control flags are checked and interesting profiles are plotted. The OW method (objective analysis) is used to detect a conductivity sensor drift and correct it, if any. Tipo: Text Ano: 2015 URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00311/42199/41514.pdf Delayed mode quality control of Ovide Argo Data. Float WMO 6900400 Provedor de dados: 5 Autores: Lagadec, Catherine; Thierry, Virginie. This report presents the delayed mode analysis of an Argo float. Real time quality control flags are checked and interesting profiles are plotted. The OW method (objective analysis) is used to detect a conductivity sensor drift and correct it, if any. Tipo: Text Ano: 2012 URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00310/42124/41438.pdf Delayed mode quality control of Ovide Argo Data. Float WMO 6900491 Provedor de dados: 5 Autores: Lagadec, Catherine; Thierry, Virginie; Cabanes, Cecile. This report presents the delayed mode analysis of an Argo float. Real time quality control flags are checked and interesting profiles are plotted. The OW method (objective analysis) is used to detect a conductivity sensor drift and correct it, if any. Tipo: Text Ano: 2015 URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00312/42330/41659.pdf Delayed mode quality control of Ovide Argo Data. Float WMO 6900404 Provedor de dados: 5 Autores: Lagadec, Catherine; Thierry, Virginie; Cabanes, Cecile. This report presents the delayed mode analysis of an Argo float. Real time quality control flags are checked and interesting profiles are plotted. The OW method (objective analysis) is used to detect a conductivity sensor drift and correct it, if any. Tipo: Text Ano: 2015 URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00311/42196/41511.pdf Delayed mode quality control of Ovide Argo Data. Float WMO 6900498 Provedor de dados: 5 Autores: Lagadec, Catherine; Thierry, Virginie; Cabanes, Cecile. This report presents the delayed mode analysis of an Argo float. Real time quality control flags are checked and interesting profiles are plotted. The OW method (objective analysis) is used to detect a conductivity sensor drift and correct it, if any. Tipo: Text Ano: 2015 URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00312/42325/41655.pdf Delayed mode quality control of Ovide Argo Data. Float WMO 6900643 Provedor de dados: 5 Autores: Lagadec, Catherine; Thierry, Virginie; Cabanes, Cecile. This report presents the delayed mode analysis of an Argo float. Real time quality control flags are checked and interesting profiles are plotted. The OW method (objective analysis) is used to detect a conductivity sensor drift and correct it, if any. Tipo: Text Ano: 2015 URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00311/42232/41563.pdf Delayed mode quality control of Ovide Argo Data. Float WMO 6900639 Provedor de dados: 5 Autores: Lagadec, Catherine; Thierry, Virginie. This report presents the delayed mode analysis of an Argo float. Real time quality control flags are checked and interesting profiles are plotted. The OW method (objective analysis) is used to detect a conductivity sensor drift and correct it, if any. Tipo: Text Ano: 2012 URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00310/42132/41445.pdf Delayed mode quality control of Ovide Argo Data. Float WMO 5902299 Provedor de dados: 5 Autores: Lagadec, Catherine; Thierry, Virginie. This report presents the delayed mode analysis of an Argo float. Real time quality control flags are checked and interesting profiles are plotted. The OW method (objective analysis) is used to detect a conductivity sensor drift and correct it, if any. Tipo: Text Ano: 2013 URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00311/42186/41486.pdf Report on the results of the fifth ICES intercomparison exercise for nutrients in sea water Provedor de dados: 5 Autores: Aminot, Alain; Kirkwood, Don. In these increasingly cost-conscious times, tax payers arc entitled to ask whether their national environmental research and monitoring programmes are delivering value for money, and it is understandable and right that they should. More people than ever are now inclined to enquire as to the quality of the results of chemical analyses before using them for their intended purpose, and 'Quality Assurance' is a phrase on everyone's lips. Tipo: Text Ano: 1995 URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00087/19868/17519.pdf Delayed mode quality control of Ovide Argo Data. Float WMO 6900497 Provedor de dados: 5 Autores: Lagadec, Catherine; Thierry, Virginie. This report presents the delayed mode analysis of an Argo float. Real time quality control flags are checked and interesting profiles are plotted. The OW method (objective analysis) is used to detect a conductivity sensor drift and correct it, if any. Tipo: Text Ano: 2011 URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00310/42127/41441.pdf Delayed mode quality control of Ovide Argo Data. Float WMO 6900637 Provedor de dados: 5 Autores: Lagadec, Catherine; Thierry, Virginie. This report presents the delayed mode analysis of an Argo float. Real time quality control flags are checked and interesting profiles are plotted. The OW method (objective analysis) is used to detect a conductivity sensor drift and correct it, if any. Tipo: Text Ano: 2011 URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00310/42131/41444.pdf Delayed mode quality control of Ovide Argo Data. Float WMO 6900452 Provedor de dados: 5 Autores: Lagadec, Catherine; Thierry, Virginie. This report presents the delayed mode analysis of an Argo float. Real time quality control flags are checked and interesting profiles are plotted. The OW method (objective analysis) is used to detect a conductivity sensor drift and correct it, if any. Tipo: Text Ano: 2010 URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00310/42121/41436.pdf Delayed mode quality control of Ovide Argo Data. Float WMO 5902305 Provedor de dados: 5 Autores: Lagadec, Catherine; Thierry, Virginie. This report presents the delayed mode analysis of an Argo float. Real time quality control flags are checked and interesting profiles are plotted. The OW method (objective analysis) is used to detect a conductivity sensor drift and correct it, if any. Tipo: Text Ano: 2013 URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00311/42190/41489.pdf Delayed mode quality control of Ovide Argo Data. Float WMO 6900190 Provedor de dados: 5 Autores: Lagadec, Catherine; Thierry, Virginie; Cabanes, Cecile. This report presents the delayed mode analysis of an Argo float. Real time quality control flags are checked and interesting profiles are plotted. The OW method (objective analysis) is used to detect a conductivity sensor drift and correct it, if any. Tipo: Text Ano: 2015 URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00311/42206/41528.pdf Delayed mode quality control of Ovide Argo Data. Float WMO 6900399 Provedor de dados: 5 Autores: Lagadec, Catherine; Thierry, Virginie; Cabanes, Cecile. This report presents the delayed mode analysis of an Argo float. Real time quality control flags are checked and interesting profiles are plotted. The OW method (objective analysis) is used to detect a conductivity sensor drift and correct it, if any. Tipo: Text Ano: 2015 URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00311/42193/41508.pdf Pisciculture et environnement au Danemark Provedor de dados: 5 Autores: Tesson, E. The author presents a brief picture of Danish freshwater fish breeding and its water legislation (laws and sanctions), including environmental impacts and quality of aquatic products. Tipo: Text Palavras-chave: Denmark; Environmental impact; Water quality; Legislation; Fish culture. Ano: 1993 URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/1993/acte-1327.pdf Delayed mode quality control of Ovide Argo Data. Float WMO 6900405 Provedor de dados: 5 Autores: Lagadec, Catherine; Thierry, Virginie. This report presents the delayed mode analysis of an Argo float. Real time quality control flags are checked and interesting profiles are plotted. The OW method (objective analysis) is used to detect a conductivity sensor drift and correct it, if any. Tipo: Text Ano: 2012 URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00310/42123/41437.pdf Delayed mode quality control of Ovide Argo Data. Float WMO 6900402 Provedor de dados: 5 Autores: Lagadec, Catherine; Thierry, Virginie; Cabanes, Cecile. This report presents the delayed mode analysis of an Argo float. Real time quality control flags are checked and interesting profiles are plotted. The OW method (objective analysis) is used to detect a conductivity sensor drift and correct it, if any. Tipo: Text Ano: 2015 URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00311/42194/41509.pdf Delayed mode quality control of Ovide Argo Data. Float WMO 6900638 Provedor de dados: 5 Autores: Lagadec, Catherine; Thierry, Virginie; Cabanes, Cecile. This report presents the delayed mode analysis of an Argo float. Real time quality control flags are checked and interesting profiles are plotted. The OW method (objective analysis) is used to detect a conductivity sensor drift and correct it, if any. Tipo: Text Ano: 2015 URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00312/42327/41657.pdf Delayed mode quality control of Ovide Argo Data. Float WMO 6900490 Provedor de dados: 5 Autores: Lagadec, Catherine; Thierry, Virginie. This report presents the delayed mode analysis of an Argo float. Real time quality control flags are checked and interesting profiles are plotted. The OW method (objective analysis) is used to detect a conductivity sensor drift and correct it, if any. Tipo: Text Ano: 2011 URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00310/42126/41440.pdf Delayed mode quality control of Ovide Argo Data. Float WMO 6900401 Provedor de dados: 5 Autores: Lagadec, Catherine; Thierry, Virginie. This report presents the delayed mode analysis of an Argo float. Real time quality control flags are checked and interesting profiles are plotted. The OW method (objective analysis) is used to detect a conductivity sensor drift and correct it, if any. Tipo: Text Ano: 2009 URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00310/42117/41431.pdf Delayed mode quality control of Ovide Argo Data. Float WMO 6900642 Provedor de dados: 5 Autores: Lagadec, Catherine; Thierry, Virginie; Cabanes, Cecile. This report presents the delayed mode analysis of an Argo float. Real time quality control flags are checked and interesting profiles are plotted. The OW method (objective analysis) is used to detect a conductivity sensor drift and correct it, if any. Tipo: Text Ano: 2015 URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00311/42213/41543.pdf Top quality embryos at day 2: a prerequisite for single blastocyst transfer? An observational cohort study in women under 36 Provedor de dados: 189 Autores: Guérif, F.; Lemseffer, M.; Blanchard, M.; Royère, D. Tipo: Journal Article Palavras-chave: REPRODUCTION HUMAINE; QUALITE DE L'EMBRYON; TRANSFERT SIMPLE DE BLASTOCYSTE CUMULATIVE DELIVERY; MULTIPLE DELIVERY; SINGLE BLASTOCYST TRANSFER; TOP QUALITY EMBRYO. Ano: 2009 URL: http://www.prodinra.inra.fr/prodinra/pinra/doc.xsp?id=PROD20093a2a79cc&uri=/notices/prodinra1/2010/11/ Seed quality recommendations Provedor de dados: 189 Autores: van der Burg, J.; Pino, S.; Schärer, H.J.; Serpolay, E.; Chable, V. Tipo: Report section Palavras-chave: QUALITÉ DES SEMENCES; ASPECT SANITAIRE DES SEMENCES SEED QUALITY; SEED HEALTH. Ano: 2010 URL: http://www.prodinra.inra.fr/prodinra/pinra/doc.xsp?id=PROD20102f708687&uri=/notices/prodinra1/2011/04/ The quality of a new sheep meat product: effect of salting and ageing process Provedor de dados: 188 Autores: Teixeira, A.; Rodrigues, M. J.; Pereira, Etelvina; Rodrigues, Sandra. Tipo: ConferenceObject Ano: 2010 URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10198/3459 Reservoirs: mirrors of the surrounding landscape? Provedor de dados: 188 Autores: Geraldes, Ana Maria; Boavida, Maria José. To assess in what extent the environmental quality of aquatic systems reflect landscape features several water quality parameters were determined in two reservoirs. Concomitantly, the surrounding landscape was characterized and the existing potential sources of phosphorous and nitrogen runoff were identified and when possible estimated. Tipo: Other Ano: 2010 URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10198/2959 A preliminary fishery quality index for Portuguese streams Provedor de dados: 188 Autores: Oliveira, João M.; Ferreira, Maria T.; Morgado, Paula; Hughes, Robert M.; Teixeira, Amílcar; Cortes, R.; Bochechas, Jorge. There is a need to quantify the multivariate quality of a recreational fishery at the site scale to better communicate the relative quality among sites to the public and anglers. Borrowing on the general approach of multimetric indices of biotic integrity (IBIs), we developed fishery quality indices (FQIs) from species quality indices (SQIs) based on measures of fish abundance and size structure for northern and central Portuguese streams. Our FQIs showed regional patterns indicating a range in fishery quality. Higher coldwater FQI scores were mostly found in the northwestern (Minho and Lima), northeastern Douro, and northern Tagus basins. Higher warmwater FQI scores occurred in the eastern Tagus basin. The species that contributed the most to warmwater... Tipo: Article Ano: 2009 URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10198/4626 The role of green spaces on urban environmental quality Provedor de dados: 188 Autores: Feliciano, Manuel; Gonçalves, Artur; Cardoso, Ana; Nunes, T.; Nunes, Luís; Cortez, José Paulo; Ribeiro, A.C.; Rodrigues, Orlando; Castro, João Paulo; Martins, Luís; Cerqueira, Mário; Castro, José; Teixeira, Amílcar; Monteiro, Maria do Loreto. Urban green areas have the potential to attenuate some of the negative effects of urbanisation, making cities a more pleasant place to live in. In addition to aesthetic value, green spaces improve air quality, reduce noise levels and generate more comfortable micro-climatic conditions, among other benefits, contributing to urban quality of life. GreenUrbe (POCI/AMB/59174/2004) – The Impacts of Green Spaces on Urban Environmental Quality – is a three year research project, started in October 2005 and aims to assess the impact of green spaces on urban environmental quality (air quality, noise and micro-climatic conditions) and social well-being, in order to formulate recommendations regarding green spaces design, as it is an essential activity in urban... Tipo: ConferenceObject Ano: 2006 URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10198/5926 Applying a Hybrid Data Mining Approach in Machining Operation for Surface Quality Assurance Provedor de dados: 192 Autores: Tzu-Liang (Bill) Tseng; Yongjin Kwon; Ryan B. Wicker. Tipo: 20 Palavras-chave: Manufacturing the Future. Ano: 2006 URL: http://www.intechopen.com/articles/show/title/applying_a_hybrid_data_mining_approach_in_machining_operation_for_surface_ quality_assurance Development of Basmati-derived rice lines for grain quality and resistance to bacterial blight Provedor de dados: 34 Autores: Begum, Shamsun N. xvii, 214 p. : ill. Thesis (Ph.D.) -- Bangladesh Agricultural University. Tipo: Thesis Palavras-chave: Rice; Plant genetics; Disease resistance; Blight; Basmati. Ano: 2006 URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10269/76 Melon fruit quality: a genomic approach Provedor de dados: 35 Autores: Katzir, N.; Harel-Bega, R.; Protnoy, V.; Tzuri, G.; Koren, E.; Lev, S.; Bar, E.; Tadmor, Y.; Burger, Y.; Lewinsohn, E.; Fei, Z.; Giovannoni, J.J.; Schaffer, A.A. Genomic resources, including large-scale sequencing, whole genome transcriptome analyses, and fine-scale genetic mapping, enable new insights into entire networks determining fruit quality. Molecular biology was introduced into melon fruit quality studies almost 15 years ago beginning with several breakthroughs: (1) the cloning and knockout of a gene involved in the regulation of fruit ripening, (2) the isolation and characterization of additional genes associated with fruit ripening and quality, and (3) the first genetic map that included molecular markers. Subsequent advances in molecular techniques led to the rapid development of genomic and metabolomic resources for melon and other cucurbits. The impact of this progress on the application to fruit... Tipo: Conference Paper Palavras-chave: Fruit quality; Melon; Cucumis melo; Genomic; QTL analysis; Genome sequence; Climacteric ripening; Expressed sequence tag. Ano: 2008 URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2174/257 Harvest management effects on alfalfa quality Provedor de dados: 18 Autores: Shewmaker, Glenn E.; Mayland, Hank. Tipo: Conference or Workshop Item Palavras-chave: Alfalfa; Mass Import - autoclassified (may be erroneous). Ano: 2000 URL: http://eprints.nwisrl.ars.usda.gov/955/1/1054.pdf Comparison of Russet Burbank yield and quality under furrow and sprinkler irrigation Provedor de dados: 18 Autores: Trout, T.J.; Kincaid, D.C.; Westermann, D.T. Tipo: Article Palavras-chave: Sprinkler irrigation; Mass Import - autoclassified (may be erroneous). Ano: 1994 URL: http://eprints.nwisrl.ars.usda.gov/612/1/829.pdf Russian wildrye nutritive quality as affected by accession and environment Provedor de dados: 18 Autores: Karn, J.F.; Mayland, H.F.; Berdahl, J.D.; Asay, K.H.; Jefferson, P.G. High-quality forage for spring and fall grazing is an important need of ranchers in the Northern Great Plains and Intermountain-West regions of the United States of America and in the prairie provinces of Canada. Russian wildrye [Psathyrostachys juncea (Fischer) Nevski] has been used to meet this grazing need, especially in Canada. However, its use has probably been limited by its reputation for seedling establishment difficulties and scattered reports of grass tetany. The purpose of this research was to characterize the variation in nutritive quality of Russian wildrye accessions used in a multi-location grass tetany project, to access the effect of environment on quality components, and to determine the relationship between forage nutritive quality... Tipo: Article Palavras-chave: Grass forage; Mass Import - autoclassified (may be erroneous). Ano: 2005 URL: http://eprints.nwisrl.ars.usda.gov/8/1/1147.pdf Seasonal trends in herbage yield and quality of Agropyrons Provedor de dados: 18 Autores: Mayland, H.F.; Asay, K.H.; Clark, D.H. Tipo: Article Palavras-chave: Grass forage; Mass Import - autoclassified (may be erroneous). Ano: 1992 URL: http://eprints.nwisrl.ars.usda.gov/574/1/769.pdf Irrigation and soil temperature effects on Russet Burbank quality Provedor de dados: 18 Autores: Kincaid, D.C.; Westermann, D.T.; Trout, T.J. Tipo: Article Palavras-chave: Mass Import - unclassified. Ano: 1993 URL: http://eprints.nwisrl.ars.usda.gov/604/1/817.pdf Sugarbeet Yield and Quality as Affected by Nitrogen Level Provedor de dados: 18 Autores: Carter, J.N.; Westermann, D.T.; Jensen, M.E. Tipo: Article Palavras-chave: Sugarbeet; Mass Import - autoclassified (may be erroneous). Ano: 1976 URL: http://eprints.nwisrl.ars.usda.gov/298/1/342.pdf Forage yield and quality trends of annual grasses in the Great Basin Provedor de dados: 18 Autores: Mayland, H.F.; Murray, R.B.; Shewmaker, G.E. Please contact the NWISRL if you have a copy of this publication. Tipo: Technical Bulletin Palavras-chave: Grass forage; Mass Import - autoclassified (may be erroneous). Ano: 1994 Yield and Quality as Affected by Early and Late Fall and Spring Harvest of Sugarbeets Provedor de dados: 18 Autores: Carter, J.N.; Kemper, W.D.; Traveller, D.J. Tipo: Article Palavras-chave: Sugarbeet; Mass Import - autoclassified (may be erroneous). Ano: 1985 URL: http://eprints.nwisrl.ars.usda.gov/458/1/576.pdf Potassium and Sodium Uptake Effects on Sucrose Concentration and Quality of Sugarbeet Roots Provedor de dados: 18 Autores: Carter, J.N. Tipo: Article Palavras-chave: Sugarbeet; Mass Import - autoclassified (may be erroneous). Ano: 1986 URL: http://eprints.nwisrl.ars.usda.gov/469/1/591.pdf Factors Affecting Yield and Nutritional Quality of Crested Wheatgrass Provedor de dados: 18 Autores: Mayland, H.F. Tipo: Book Section Palavras-chave: Grass forage; Mass Import - autoclassified (may be erroneous). Ano: 1986 URL: http://eprints.nwisrl.ars.usda.gov/769/1/581.pdf Onion Seed Yield and Quality as Affected by Irrigation Management Provedor de dados: 18 Autores: Brown, M.J.; Wright, J.L.; Kohl, R.A. Tipo: Article Palavras-chave: Onion; Mass Import - autoclassified (may be erroneous). Ano: 1977 URL: http://eprints.nwisrl.ars.usda.gov/325/1/385.pdf Soil Oxygen and Moisture in Relation to Russet Burbank Potato Yield and Quality Provedor de dados: 18 Autores: Holder, C.B.; Cary, J.W. Tipo: Article Palavras-chave: Potato; Chemistry; Mass Import - autoclassified (may be erroneous). Ano: 1984 URL: http://eprints.nwisrl.ars.usda.gov/415/1/522.pdf Development of vegetation based soil quality indices for mineralized terrane in arid and semi-arid ecosystems. Provedor de dados: 18 Autores: Blecker, S.W.; STILLINGS, L.L.; MCAMACHER, M.C.; Ippolito, J.A.; DECRAPPEO, N.M. Soil quality indices are often management driven and attempt to describe key relationships between above- and below-ground parameters. In terrestrial systems, indices that were initially developed and modified for agroecosystems have been applied to non-agricultural systems in increasing number. We developed a soil quality index in arid and semi-arid ecosystems of the Western US impacted by different types of geologic mineralization using the relationship between vegetation community parameters and soil abiotic and biotic properties. We analyzed these relations in soils associated with three different mineralization types: podiform chromite, Copper/Molybdenum porphyry, and acid-sulfate gold vein systems at four different sites in California and Nevada.... Tipo: Article Palavras-chave: Soil quality; Soil. Ano: 2012 URL: http://eprints.nwisrl.ars.usda.gov/1448/1/1413..pdf Relationships between objective evaluation value of beef carcass cross section and eating quality Provedor de dados: 19 Autores: 山口, 悠; 口田, 圭吾; KUCHIDA, Keigo. 一価不飽和脂肪酸割合などの脂肪酸組成や胸最長筋内脂肪含量などの枝肉横断面から客観的に評価可能な形質と食味 との関連性を調査し,枝肉格付時に得られる客観的な指標を用いて食味の評価を検討することを目的とした.交雑種 雌牛10頭の胸最長筋および僧帽筋を用い,脂肪酸組成分析および画像解析,官能評価を行った.全7セットについて 10-60代男女の合計280名のパネルにより,2点嗜好法で嗜好差の採点を含む評価を行った.サンプルの組み合わせは一 価不飽和脂肪酸(MUFA)割合および脂肪面積割合(MP),あらさ指数(CIM)を対象とし決定した.胸最長筋を用 いたMUFA比較2セットでは,香りおよび多汁性についてMUFAの低い方が支持された(P<0.05).胸最長筋を用いた MP比較2セットにおいてはMPの高い方が有意に柔らかく,多汁性に富む(P<0.05)結果となった.胸最長筋と同一個 体を用いた僧帽筋のMUFA割合比較およびMP比較では胸最長筋と同様の結果が得られた. Palavras-chave: Eating quality; Image analysis; Marbling percent; Monounsaturated fatty acid. Ano: 2013 URL: http://ir.obihiro.ac.jp/dspace/handle/10322/3933 Studies on the water quality of River Ramisi near a sugar factory Provedor de dados: 20 Autores: Oteko, D. The findings are presented of a study conducted to investigate the quality of the water at the Ramisi Estuary, which is affected by effluents from a sugar factory. The river was found to be polluted all year round by these wastes and the need for proper treatment of the waste before discharging is stressed. Tipo: Journal Contribution Palavras-chave: Industrial wastes; Brackishwater pollution; Freshwater pollution; Pollution monitoring; Wastes; Absorption; Wastes. Ano: 1986 URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1834/1210 Industria pesquera: guía didáctica Provedor de dados: 20 Autores: Friss, C. Como reultado del Sub proyecto sobre Practicantado en Ciencias Acuáticas se elaboraron las Guías Didácticas. Debido a la amplitud del tema industria pesquera, éste podría haber sido abordado desde distintos puntos. Los que se nombran en esta guía son solamente alguno de ellos (diseño, higiene y sanidad, líneas de producción). Tipo: Book Palavras-chave: Fishery industry; Fishery industry plants; Quality assurance; Quality assurance; Http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_35287. Ano: 2001 URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1834/1996 Lakes water quality monitoring and management programme in developing countries Provedor de dados: 20 Autores: Mutia, Silas M. Developing Countries face an array of traditional and modern lakes water quality problems ranging from faecal contamination to toxic chemicals. Moreover, they do so in an economic environment that is severely restricted, an institutional environment which is often poorly structured, and for which the modern scientific knowledge base is frequently poorly understood and applied. Agencies in many developing countries recognize this as major impediment to sustainable development, especially as water quality has become one of the leading economic issues for the purposes of development and investment. Generally water quality programmes tend to suffer from traditional approaches, both of methodology and legal/administrative. The Consequence is that many... Tipo: Proceedings Paper Palavras-chave: Water quality; Water resources; Water management; Resource development; Water pollution; Environmental monitoring; Inland waters; Water reservoirs; Freshwater lakes; Developing countries; Water quality; Water resources; Resource development; Environmental monitoring; Water management; Water pollution; Inland waters; Water reservoirs; Developing countries; Http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_16061; Http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_8325; Http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_28018; Http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_37876; Http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_8320; Http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_8321; Http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_3876; Http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_8324; Http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_2222. Ano: 2006 URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1834/1474 A review of water quality and pollution studies in Tanzania Provedor de dados: 20 Autores: Mohammed, S.M. Institute of Marine Sciences Zanzibar Tipo: Journal Contribution Palavras-chave: Water quality; Water pollution. Ano: 2002 URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1834/741 Soil organic carbon as an indicator of soil quality Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Schjønning, P.; Munkholm, L.J. Agricultural use of soil influences the content of soil organic carbon (SOC). Arable farming will reduce SOC compared with permanent grass. The crop rotation has a major influence on SOC, a high frequency of annual cash crops giving rise to a reduction compared with forage cropping including grass leys Tipo: Journal paper Palavras-chave: Crop combinations and interactions; Composting and manuring. Ano: 2004 URL: http://orgprints.org/7764/1/7764.doc Selection of Bread Wheat Varieties for Organic Farming, Baking Quality Being Emphasized Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Konvalina, Petr; Capouchova, Ivana; Moudry, Jan (Jr.); Zdrhova, I.; Sramek, Jan; Moudry, Jan; Sterba, Z. Organic methods growing bread wheat may have negative effects on the technological value, especially in the case of the crucial crude protein content. The aim of paper is to identify diferences in quality of 8 varieties recomended in conventional or organic conditions in Austria and 2 strains. Obvious effect of year on the quality, set up in statistics, was confirmed for qualitative parametres. The correlation analysis also provides similar figures. Effect of the year in a negative correlation to crude protein content (r=-0,66), whereas in a positive correlation to starch content (r=0,78) and falling number (r=0,86). Effect of the variety is represented by unclear correlation coefficients. Correlation analysis of selected qualitative parametrs of wheat... Tipo: Journal paper Palavras-chave: Crop husbandry Breeding; Genetics and propagation. Ano: 2008 The effect of preservation method of barley, maturity of grass silage, and type of protein supplementation on sensoric milk quality in organic farming Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Adler, Steffen A.; Randby, Åshild T. Three continuous production experiments and three short term cross over experiments were carried out in Northern Norway to investigate different feeding strategies for dairy cows in organic farming. This paper focuses on the effects on sensoric milk quality. Half of the 32 Norwegian red dairy cows in the production experiments were fed 40% (HC) concentrates (on energy basis per year) and the other half 10% (LC). Twelve cows (HC) participated in the short term cross over experiments. The experimental factors in the continuous production experiments were barley preservation method (P1), grass silage maturity (P2) and type of protein supplement (P3), and in the short term cross over experiments barley preservation method (C1), type of protein supplement (C2)... Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Food security; Food quality and human health Feeding and growth. Ano: 2006 URL: http://orgprints.org/10571/1/Sensoric_Adler_Randby_Skjervold_2006_short.pdf Wheat yield and quality as influenced by reduced tillage in organic farming Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Peigné, J.; Messmer, M.; Aveline, A.; Berner, A.; Mäder, P.; Carcea, M.; Narducci, V.; Samson, M.-F.; Thomsen, I.K.; Celette, F.; David, C. Organic farmers are interested in soil conservation by reduced tillage, techniques well known in conventional agriculture to protect soil quality and limit labor time and energy costs. However, organic farming and reduced tillage can modify weeds, soil structure, and thus soil nitrogen (N) mineralization which strongly influences wheat yield and quality. The main objectives of this study were to analyze how reduced tillage applied to organic wheat influenced (1) grain yield, protein concentration, and weed infestation; (2) deoxynivalenol (DON) contamination on grain; (3) technological quality parameters such as dry gluten, zeleny index, falling number, and gluten index; (4) protein composition (F1, F2, F3, F4, and F5 fractions, and UPP, gliadin/glutenin... Tipo: Journal paper Palavras-chave: Cereals; Pulses and oilseeds Soil tillage. Ano: 2014 URL: http://orgprints.org/26366/1/Peign%C3%A9_etal_2013_OA.pdf ARE HARVEST AND SENSORY QUALITY OF LETTUCE AND ONION INFLUENCED BY GROWING CONDITIONS IN A CONVENTIONAL AND THREE ORGANIC CROPPING SYSTEMS? Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Kristensen, Hanne L.; Kidmose, Ulla; Dresbøll, Dorte Bodin; Thorup-Kristensen, Kristian. Differences in nutrient availability and methods of pest management may affect crop growth and product quality. The question is whether conventional and organic cropping systems, which differ clearly in strategies for nutrient and pest management, influence the harvest and sensory quality of the products? With the aim to elucidate this question, lettuce and onion were grown in a conventional and three organic cropping systems with increasing levels of nutrient re-cycling and use of intercrops for natural pest management in the period of 2007-2009. The conventional and first organic system relied fully on external inputs in the form of NPK or liquid manure for nutrient management, respectively. In the second organic system, low external inputs of liquid... Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Crop combinations and interactions; Vegetables. Ano: 2011 URL: http://orgprints.org/19586/3/19586.pdf Effect of housing systems on biochemical composition of chicken eggs Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Matt, Darja; Veromann, Eve; Luik, Anne. The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of different production systems (organic, conventional) on the quality of chicken eggs. Tipo: Journal paper Palavras-chave: Food security; Food quality and human health. Ano: 2009 URL: http://orgprints.org/18612/1/Effect_of_housing_systems_on_biochemical_composition_of_chicken_eggs.pdf Mykotoxine im Getreide: Wie vermeiden? Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Wyss, Gabriela. Tipo: Book Palavras-chave: Food security; Food quality and human health Crop health; Quality; Protection Cereals; Pulses and oilseeds. Ano: 2003 URL: http://orgprints.org/2697/1/wyss%2D2003%2Dmykotoxine%2Dim%2Dgetreide.pdf Äppelträffen 2012 - SLU Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Sigsgaard, Lene. Møde mellem forskere, konsulenter og æbleavlere ved Sveriges landbrugsuniversitet i februar. Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Production systems Food security; Food quality and human health Crop husbandry Food systems Crop health; Quality; Protection Weed management Irrigation and drainage Post harvest management and techniques. Ano: 2012 URL: http://orgprints.org/21011/1/21011a.pdf SafeOrganic Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Aabo, S. Restrictive use of antibiotics in organic animal farming – a potential for safer, high quality products with less antibiotic resistant bacteria Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Food security; Food quality and human health. Ano: 2011 URL: http://orgprints.org/20075/1/SafeOrganic_Status_2011.pdf En ny start for dansk brødhvedeproduktion Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Borgen, Anders. Man kan godt producere god bagekvalitet i dansk hvede, men det kræver en indsats af bl.a. valg af bedre sorter. Tipo: Working paper Palavras-chave: Food security; Food quality and human health Cereals; Pulses and oilseeds Breeding; Genetics and propagation Crop health; Quality; Protection. Ano: 2008 URL: http://orgprints.org/22144/7/22144.pdf Municipal waste composts in organic agriculture, aiming to the future Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Tontti, Tiina. The Finnish study shows possibilities for using high quality municipal waste composts as fertilizers without any negative effects on soil heavy metals, hygienic quality or microbiological functions. Tipo: Journal paper Palavras-chave: Composting and manuring. Ano: 2006 URL: http://orgprints.org/10632/1/fnytt3.pdf Quality of lamb meat in organic vs conventional sheep farming. Provedor de dados: 21 The specification of ‘Organic Farming’ on a product gives guarantees on the way is has been produced, but does not give any guarantees on his quality. There is however, an increased consumer demand concerning the products quality in organic farming. The aim of this project is to compare the quality of lamb meat produced under an organic system vs a conventional system. The comparison will concern the sensorial and nutritional qualities. Another aim will concern the ability of some methodologies to be used to trace the production system (organic vs conventional) on the product or the animal. The experimental design is : -Comparison of male Limousin house-fed lambs produced under organic (12 lambs) vs conventional (12 lambs) farming. These lambs are fed... Tipo: Project description Palavras-chave: Food security; Food quality and human health. Ano: 2016 Managing Soil Quality - Synthesis Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Schjønning, P.; Elmholt, S.; Christensen, B.T. There is an urgent need to analyse the term soil quality in more detail. Most frequently, it is used to describe soil attributes. The term should be used for this purpose only when related to the sustainability concerns (i) soil productivity, (ii) impact on the environment, and (iii) effect on human health. The soil quality concept has been adopted mainly as a technical framework for grading soil and evaluating management effects. We advocate more focus on soil quality as a cognitive concept associated with sustainability. Grading of soils by indicators is difficult across soil types, climates and cropping systems. The indexing of soil quality indicators introduce a significant loss of information on the complex agroecosystem. The contributions to the... Tipo: Book chapter Palavras-chave: Research methodology and philosophy; Soil. Ano: 2004 URL: http://orgprints.org/1471/1/Chapt01_tex_ref_final.doc QACCP Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Kahl, J. Quality analysis of critical control points within the whole food chain and their impact on food quality, safety and health. Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: "Organics" in general. Ano: 2011 URL: http://orgprints.org/20105/1/COI_QACCP_Johannes_Kahl.pdf Gereduceerde bodembewerking en groenbemesters. Integreren van gereduceerde bodembewerking en groenbemesters voor duurzame biologische teeltsystemen Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: TILMAN-ORG, Partnership. Nederlandstalige flyer over het TILMAN-ORG project: doelstellingen, achtergrond, verwachte resultaten, baten, belangrijkste activiteiten, enz. Tipo: Other Palavras-chave: Soil quality Composting and manuring Nutrient turnover Soil tillage Crop health; Quality; Protection Weed management Farm nutrient management. Ano: 2013 URL: http://orgprints.org/27085/1/TilmanOrg_Flyer_dutch.pdf Improved texture of breast meat after a short finishing feeding period of broilers in an organic free-range system Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Therkildsen, M.; Horsted, K.; Steenfeldt, S. In order to develop an organic broiler product with high ethical value, high meat quality and based on locally produced feed, we tested if a long period without high quality protein feed followed by a finishing period with a high quality protein ration would affect the meat quality. Two genotypes were included in the experiment (The Hubbard breed ‘JA757’ and the Sasso breed ‘T851’), and only female broilers were included. The chickens were raised in groups in a free range system with more than 10 square meters per chicken covered with grass and herbs. The chickens were offered free access to either an optimized organic concentrate ration (HP) or an organic ration based on locally produced ingredients (peas, rapeseed, lupine, wheat and oat) (LP). The... Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Food security; Food quality and human health Poultry. Ano: 2013 URL: http://orgprints.org/24688/7/24688.pdf HOW DO WE DETERMINE PLANT QUALITY OF ORGANIC CROPS? Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Husted , S.; Laursen, K.H. Plants are photoautotrophic organisms being able to synthesize all metabolites and macro-molecules on the basis of light, CO2, H2O and 14 inorganic elements taken up from the soil. As plants are confined to the environment in which they germinate, this means that the plant ionome, metabolome and proteome are heavily influenced by soil mineralogy, climate and not least agricultural management. Organic plant products within the European Union are produced according to a specific set of regulations, which e.g. implicate that organic plants are cultivated without pesticides and synthetically produced nitrogen (N) fertilizers. In addition, N fertilizers are often used in lower amounts relative to conventional agriculture. Over more than a decade it has been... Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Food security; Food quality and human health Education; Extension and communication. Ano: 2013 URL: http://orgprints.org/23099/7/23099.pdf Innovative and eco-sustainable processing and packaging for safe, high quality and healthy organic berry products Provedor de dados: 21 Sale of organic foods is one of the fastest growing market segments within the global food industry. However, the number of processed foods made from organic raw materials is still limited. Furthermore, the EU regulatory framework for organic food defines high quality of the products as an important goal of production but evaluation of processing technologies according to the requirements of organic food production is in general lacking. Consumers buy organic food because they believe in the high quality of the product. The most important reasons are health benefits (less pesticide residues and better nutritional quality), taste, and environmentally friendly production. Since organic production in EU competes with both conventional food and global organic... Tipo: Project description Palavras-chave: Farming Systems Food security; Food quality and human health Produce chain management Environmental aspects. Ano: 2016 URL: http://orgprints.org/28568/7/28568.pdf ADAR: Food systems Provedor de dados: 21 This part of the programm (1 project) is dedicated to the evaluation of actions of sensitizing and training of the guests of the collective restoration to the interest to consume quality food. The second part is to make sure that the collective restoration is a suitable channel of distribution for quality products by the analysis of the social representations. The aim is to help the concerned organizations to develop better adapted tools. Tipo: Research Programme description Palavras-chave: Food systems. Ano: 2016 Oplæg om økologisk sortsudvikling Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Borgen, Anders. Rapporten diskuterer den aktuelle situation for sortsanvendelsen i økologisk landbrug og for perspektiverne for økologisk planteforædling. Tipo: Working paper Palavras-chave: Food security; Food quality and human health Recycling; Balancing and resource management Markets and trade Values; Standards and certification Biodiversity and ecosystem services Breeding; Genetics and propagation Crop health; Quality; Protection Policy environments and social economy Produce chain management. Ano: 2010 URL: http://orgprints.org/22171/7/22171.pdf Temadag om økologisk kernefrugt Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Lindhard Pedersen, Hanne. Temadag om økologisk kernefrugt med sidste nye forskning og rådgivning inden for udvalgte udfordringer i økologisk produktion af kernefrugt. Inspiration til at forbedre kvalitet og udbytte i økologiske frugtplantager. Tipo: Other Palavras-chave: Production systems Food security; Food quality and human health Crop husbandry Fruit and berries Crop health; Quality; Protection Weed management Irrigation and drainage Post harvest management and techniques. Ano: 2013 URL: http://orgprints.org/22881/7/22881.pdf Report on the demand for data by end users of organic market data (= Deliverable 1.1 of the OrganicDataNetwork project. Survey of the organic market data needs of end users) Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Home, Robert; Lošťák, Michal; Stolze, Matthias. High quality organic market data is desirable and important for both economic and societal reasons. Currently, important market data do not exist in most European countries, standardization is missing and data are seldom comparable within one country over time and between countries. Furthermore, detailed information on specific commodities is missing. The goals of this report are to identify the needs and demands of end users of organic market data, and to find areas of information asymmetry, which involves undertaking an appraisal of the quality of the existing available data that is used. However, many different data collection methods are currently used and the variety of agencies collecting data in the various European countries mean that gaining a... Tipo: Report Palavras-chave: Surveys and statistics. Ano: 2013 URL: http://orgprints.org/23008/1/OrganicDataNetwork_D1_1_Report%20on%20the%20demand%20of%20organic%20market%20dat a%20end%20users.pdf Flavour quality of early and late harvested tomatoes from different organic growing systems Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Edelenbos, Merete; Thybo, Anette; Christensen, Lars P. Flavour and firmness are important quality criteria for tomatoes [1]. Tomato flavour is mainly attributed to the content of sugar and acid and volatile compounds. Many factors determine tomato flavour e.g. cultivar, growing system, maturity, harvest time and post-harvest treatments [1, 2]. In Denmark, organic tomatoes are grown directly in the soil. It is difficult, however, to provide enough organic manure, to prevent leaching out of nutrients and to control soil-born diseases in a soil system. Recently, Sørensen and Thorup-Kristensen [3] reported results on two alternative systems in which plants were grown in compost and nutrients and water was re-circulated. The aim of the present study was to determine the effect of growing system (open, confined and... Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Food security; Food quality and human health Vegetables. Ano: 2005 URL: http://orgprints.org/4678/1/4678.doc Hold dine frugttræer sunde Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Korsgaard, Maren. Æble- og pæretræer kan angribes af sygdomme og skadedyr og påvirkes af klima og jordbund. Dette katalog beskriver de mest almindelige problemer i æbler og pærer, og der gives vejledning om økologiske metoder, der kan forebygge problemerne. Tipo: Other Palavras-chave: Food security; Food quality and human health Crop husbandry Fruit and berries Crop health; Quality; Protection. Ano: 2012 URL: http://orgprints.org/22241/7/22241.pdf Progetto ReSolVe Core-Organic plus Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Priori, S. Video showing the project activities and the results in Italian experimental vineyards. Tipo: Video Palavras-chave: Soil quality Soil Crop health; Quality; Protection. Ano: 2016 URL: http://orgprints.org/30610/1/watch_v%3D3c5ouC5ijsE Agribio II: Food systems Provedor de dados: 21 The aim of this part of program (2 projects) is to evaluate the quality of wheat suitable for making organic bread and the contributions to the development of nutritional and organoleptic qualities of the organic breads. The second project compares the quality of lamb meat produced under an organic system versus a conventional system (sensorial and nutritional qualities). Tipo: Research Programme description Palavras-chave: Food systems. Ano: 2016 Comparison of the meat and carcass quality of lambs raised in organic or conventional production systems. Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: PRACHE, S.; BALLET, J.; JAILLER, R.; METEAU, K.; PICARD, B.; RENERRE, M.; BAUCHART, D. The ‘organic’ label on a product guarantees that synthetic fertilisers, pesticides and hormones are not used in the production process and that the use of pharmaceutical products and drugs is limited. However, product quality is often questioned and we have to anticipate the consumer demand for product quality guarantees. This study was conducted to compare the sensory and nutritional meat and carcass qualities of lambs raised under an organic (O) or a conventional (C) production system. Comparisons were made with both pasture-fed lambs and lambs that were stall-fed indoors with concentrate and hay. The experiment was conducted over two years for stall-fed lambs (S) (group O, n=24; group C, n=24) and three years for pasture-fed lambs (P) (group O, n=36;... Tipo: Journal paper Palavras-chave: Food security; Food quality and human health Sheep and goats Production systems. Ano: 2009 URL: http://orgprints.org/15495/1/39%2DPrache.pdf Projects on fruits and berries in Denmark Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Sigsgaard, Lene. Presentation "Projects on fruits and berries in Denmark" at the Universiy in Sao Paoulo, Brazil in connection with IMBICONT kick-off meeting. Apple IPM is an focus area of the collaboration with Brazil. Tipo: Other Palavras-chave: Production systems Farming Systems Food security; Food quality and human health Crop husbandry Food systems Fruit and berries Crop health; Quality; Protection. Ano: 2012 URL: http://orgprints.org/22101/7/22101.pdf Gamle kornsorter - en rapport om deres historie og om anvendelsen i økologisk landbrug Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Borgen, Anders; Grupe, Per. Rapporten gennemgår kornsorternes historie og deres potentielle anvendelse i moderne økologisk landbrug. Tipo: Working paper Palavras-chave: Food security; Food quality and human health Cereals; Pulses and oilseeds Breeding; Genetics and propagation Crop health; Quality; Protection. Ano: 2012 URL: http://orgprints.org/22184/7/22184.pdf Development and processing of organic cheese products Provedor de dados: 21 Specific problems associated with hygiene of organic cheese production are conditions on farm, quality of milk and changes in cheese production. Risks of contamination of milk and products by pathogenic and spoilage bacteria are analyzed. Tipo: Project description Palavras-chave: Food security; Food quality and human health Processing; Packaging and transportation. Ano: 2016 På sporet af økologisk ægkvalitet Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Hammershoj, Marianne. Ny forskning undersøger, hvordan økologiske æg kan opnå en differentierbar kvalitet, som både kan smages og ses. Tipo: Newspaper or magazine article Palavras-chave: Food security; Food quality and human health Poultry. Ano: 2007 URL: http://orgprints.org/11751/1/11751.doc QUALITY PRESERVATION IN CENTRAL FRESH MEAT PROCESSING Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: de Vries, Egbert. Author states that problems of quality preservation in central fresh meat processing can be solved with existing technology and also lists ground rules for a successful operation. Tipo: Journal Article Palavras-chave: Agribusiness. Ano: 1973 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27685 Multi-level marketing of quality beekeeping products Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Sabinina, Marina. This paper goes through and analyses an example of one Russian beekeeping company which having chosen an unusual way of marketing its quality food products succeeded and now is coming to the European market. Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Russian company; Beekeeping; Multi-level marketing; Marketing. Ano: 2007 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7891 LOADING WARM NAKED-PACKED AND WRAPPED LETTUCE AND COOLING IT IN TRANSIT--ITS EFFECT ON QUALITY Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Hinsch, R. Tom; Wang, Chien Yi; Kindya, William G. Arrival and subsequent quality of lettuce that was cooled in transit was not as good as that of lettuce vacuum cooled immediately after harvest. Tipo: Journal Article Palavras-chave: Agribusiness. Ano: 1983 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27206 The Role of Farm Vision and Mission in Constructing Whole Farm Plans to Improve Water Quality Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Milligan, Robert A. Water quality and other environmental issues are often viewed as threats by farm managers. Farm managers also pride 'themselves as good stewards of the land. Assisting managers in developing their mission statement including an environment component can reduce the conflict between farm managers and society over environmental issues. Tipo: Working Paper Palavras-chave: Farm Management; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy. Ano: 1995 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/121301 The Impact of Water Quality on Southern California Beach Recreation: A Finite Mixture Model Approach Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Hilger, James; Hanemann, W. Michael. This paper uses a finite mixture logit (FML) model to investigate the heterogeneity of preferences of beach users for water quality at beaches in Southern California. The results are compared with conventional approaches based conditional logit (CL) and random parameters logit (RPL). The FML approach captures variation in preferences by modeling individual recreator choices using a mixture of several distinct preference groups, where group membership is a function of individual characteristic and seasonal variables. The FML parameter estimates are used to calculate welfare measures for improvements in beach quality through a reduction of water pollution. The FML segment specific welfare measures bound the traditional CL and RPL mean welfare estimates, and... Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper Palavras-chave: Water quality management; Water research; Recreation; Recreational use of water areas; Environmental Economics and Policy; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods. Ano: 2008 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47037 MEASURING QUALITY OBJECTIVELY AND NONDESTRUCTIVELY Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Watada, Alley E. Discusses the various tests currently used to measure quality of fruits and vegetables. Tipo: Journal Article Palavras-chave: Agribusiness. Ano: 1973 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27675 HOW TO ORGANIZE AND OPERATE QUALITY ASSURANCE OPERATIONS FOR SUPERMARKETS Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Rafson, Harold J. Discusses a series of approaches to quality assurance programs in supermarkets. Tipo: Journal Article Palavras-chave: Agribusiness. Ano: 1973 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27687 Self-Perception of Weight and Health and Dietary Quality Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Lin, Chung-Tung Jordan; Lee, Jonq-Ying. Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Perception; Dietary quality; Obesity; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety. Ano: 2010 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61266 WHAT IS FOOD QUALITY? Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Ferree, Marie. Presents the various aspects of food quality from the consumers' viewpoint. Tipo: Journal Article Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety. Ano: 1973 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27676 CENÁRIO ATUAL DA GESTÃO DA QUALIDADE NA CADEIA PRODUTIVA DA CARNE BOVINA: ESTUDO DE CASOS Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Scalco, Andrea Rossi; Queiroz, Timoteo Ramos; Machado, Joao Guilherme de Camargo Ferraz. A obtenção de características da qualidade desejáveis pelo consumidor de carne bovina está ligada ao gerenciamento da qualidade desde as propriedades rurais de pecuária de corte, frigoríficos e supermercados ou açougues. As características da qualidade da carne bovina dependem dos procedimentos adequados desde os produtores até o preparo do produto no consumidor final. Além do mais, os procedimentos adequados de gestão da qualidade corroboram para menores perdas e desperdícios, resultando em um melhor desempenho do negócio. Desta forma, esse artigo tem como objetivo analisar a gestão da qualidade na cadeia produtiva de carne bovina no Escritório de Desenvolvimento Regional (EDR) de Tupã, mais especificamente pretende-se averiguar se pecuaristas e... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Cadeia produtiva; Carne bovina; Gestão da qualidade; Supply chain; Beef; Quality management; Livestock Production/Industries. Ano: 2008 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/110015 Estimating Water Quality, Air Quality, and Soil Carbon Benefits of the Conservation Reserve Program Provedor de dados: 31 This report estimates how field and buffer practices affect the amount of soil and nutrients leaving the field. Tipo: Report Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Environmental Economics and Policy. Ano: 2007 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44777 Weight Control Strategies and Diet Quality Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Lin, Chung-Tung Jordan; Gao, Zhifeng; Lee, Jonq-Ying. Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Obesity; Diet quality; Nhanes; Consumer/Household Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; I00. Ano: 2011 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103538 WHAT PRICE QUALITY? Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Petersen, Dale. Presents a challenge to the food industry to keep up its investments in research and development to maintain quality of products. Also challenges the society to keep its research relevant to industry needs. Tipo: Journal Article Palavras-chave: Agribusiness. Ano: 1973 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/27682 Product Quality and Consumer Preference as Affected by Alternative Methods of Handling and Packaging Chicken Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Gardner, Fred; Nichols, John P. Tipo: Report Palavras-chave: Quality; Chicken; Handling; Consumer Preference; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Livestock Production/Industries. Ano: 1971 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/96410 Quality food products sector development in the NMS: The supply and demand aspect from Slovenia Provedor de dados: 31 Autores: Kuhar, Ales; Ogorevc, Kristina. Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Food quality labels; Consumer attitudes; Production; Barriers to entry; Slovenia; Agribusiness; Demand and Price Analysis. Ano: 2007 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7874 Quality assessment of marketed eggs in bassekabylie (Algeria) Provedor de dados: 89 Autores: Moula,N; Ait-Kaki,A; Leroy,P; Antoine-Moussiaux,N. Quality variations in retail eggs are widely reported. This study aims at assessing the quality of eggs according to the marketing channel in the department of Bejaia (Algeria). In spring and summer 2012, 3330 eggs were bought in 30 stores divided into 3 categories: 10 supermarkets (1146 eggs), 10 public markets (1048 eggs), and 10 shops (1136 eggs). Egg weights differed significantly between marketing channels with 58.9±0.14, 61.2±0.13 and 62.8±0.13 g for public markets, shops and supermarkets, respectively (p<0.001). Although shell thickness was similar for all marketing channels, the proportion of damaged eggs was higher in public markets (9.0%), intermediate in food shops (7.3%) and lower in supermarkets (5.7%; p<0.05). The yolk/albumen ratio was... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Bejaia; Consumer channels; Egg quality; Egg prices; Marketed table eggs; Egg grades. Ano: 2013 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-635X2013000400015 Application of Postharvest Technologies for Fruit Crops in Taiwan Provedor de dados: 185 Autores: Huey-Ling Lin; Ching-Chang Shiesh. Palavras-chave: Technology on Reducing Post-harvest Losses and Maintaining Quality of Fruits and Vegetables: Proceedings of 2010 AARDO Workshop; [[classification]]6. Ano: 2010 Best Practices for Efficient Postharvest Management of Fruits and Vegetables for Higher Value Addition and Profitability Provedor de dados: 185 Autores: Syed Mohammed Ilyas. Palavras-chave: Technology on Reducing Post-harvest Losses and Maintaining Quality of Fruits and Vegetables: Proceedings of 2010 AARDO Workshop; [[classification]]6. Ano: 2010 An Overview on Postharvest Sector in Jordan Provedor de dados: 185 Autores: Mohammad awaidah. Palavras-chave: Technology on Reducing Post-harvest Losses and Maintaining Quality of Fruits and Vegetables: Proceedings of 2010 AARDO Workshop; [[classification]]6. Ano: 2010 Some Horticultural Post Harvest Aspects in Sudan with Special Focus to Banana Provedor de dados: 185 Autores: Mohamed A. Imam; Hind A. Elbashir. Palavras-chave: Technology on Reducing Post-harvest Losses and Maintaining Quality of Fruits and Vegetables: Proceedings of 2010 AARDO Workshop; [[classification]]6. Ano: 2010 Improvement of yield and quality of corn Provedor de dados: 106 Autores: Chamnan Chutkaew; Teerasak Manupeerapan; Sakol Petchmanee; Somrak Noradechanon; Prawit Puddhanon; Permpoon Sarnthoy; Tongchai Tangpremsri; Wantana Tangpremsri; Lily Nimsung; Satit Areerak; Somsri Thaiwesna; Atcharee Rakla; Nipon Iamsupasit; Kittisri Sukapinda; Vichitr Benjasil. 30 tables Palavras-chave: Corn; Maize; Plant breeding; Variety trials; Yields; Quality; Agronomic characters; ข้าวโพด; ข้าวโพดสี เหลือง; พันธุ์เบา; ข้าวโพดสี ขาว; ข้าวโพดน้ ามันสู ง; ข้าวโพดลูกผสม; โครงการความร่ วมมือทางการวิจยั . Ano: 1982 URL: http://anchan.lib.ku.ac.th/agnet/handle/001/3749 Breeding and genetics for the improvement of yield and quality of corn in Thailand Provedor de dados: 106 Autores: Sujin Jinahyon; Sutat Sriwatanapongse; Bunpote Tasanasuwan; Weerasak Duangchantra; Tawatchai Prasatsrisupab; Suvit Panichying; Sansern Jampatong; Vichien Sakulsom. 14 ill., 18 tables Palavras-chave: Corn; Maize; Plant breeding; Yield trials; Yields; Quality; Variety trials; Agronomic characters; Downy mildew; Infection; ข้าวโพด; การปรับปรุ งพันธุ์; การทดสอบผลผลิต; ผลผลิต; คุณภาพ. Ano: 1977 URL: http://anchan.lib.ku.ac.th/agnet/handle/001/3950 Improvement of yield and quality of corn Provedor de dados: 106 Autores: Teerasak Manupeerapan; Kittisri Sukapinda; Prawit Puddhanon; Nipon Iamsupasit; Sakol Petchmanee; Prakob Jan-aram; Somrak Noradechanon; Satit Areerak; Sukapong Vayuparp; Wantana Tangpremsri; Lily Kaweeta; Vichit Benjasil. 31 tables Palavras-chave: Corn; Maize; Plant breeding; Variety trials; Yields; Quality; Agronomic characters; ข้าวโพด; การปรับปรุ งพันธุ์; ผลผลิต; คุณภาพ. Ano: 1983 URL: http://anchan.lib.ku.ac.th/agnet/handle/001/4130 อิทธิพลของ daminozide ต่ อการเจริญและคุณภาพผลท้ อพันธุ์ EarliGrande Provedor de dados: 106 Autores: Chalida Trichan. Thesis (M.Sc. in Agriculture) Tipo: PhysicalObject Palavras-chave: Peach; Prunus persica; EarliGrande; Daminozide; Fruit development; Fruit quality; Royal Agricultural Station Angkhang; Chaing Mai province; ท้อ; พันธุ์; ดามิโนไซด์; สารชะลอการเจริ ญเติบโต; การเจริ ญเติบโต; คุณภาพผล; สถานีเกษตรหลวงอ่างขาง; จ.เชียงใหม่. Ano: 1986 URL: http://anchan.lib.ku.ac.th/agnet/handle/001/5514 Breeding and genetics for the improvement of yield and quality of corn in Thailand Provedor de dados: 106 Autores: Tawatchai Prasatsrisupab; Anek Silapapun; Prapa Sripichitt; Patcharee Konghiran; Weerasak Duangchantra; Manop Subsorn; Sansern Jampatong. 38 tables Palavras-chave: Corn; Maize; Plant breeding; Variety trials; Yields; Quality; Agronomic characters; ข้าวโพด; การปรับปรุ งพันธุ์; ผลผลิต; คุณภาพ. Ano: 1980 URL: http://anchan.lib.ku.ac.th/agnet/handle/001/4006 Breeding and genetics for the improvement of yield and quality of corn in Thailand Provedor de dados: 106 Autores: Sujin Jinahyon; Sutat Sriwatanapongse; Bunpote Tasanasuwan; Weerasak Duangchantra; Thawatchai Prasartsrisuparb; Suvit Panichying; Jarong Rungchuang. 31 tables Palavras-chave: Corn; Maize; Plant breeding; Genetics; Yield trials; Varieties; Yields; Quality; Agronomic characters; ข้าวโพด; การปรับปรุ งพันธุ์; ผลผลิต; คุณภาพ. Ano: 1976 URL: http://anchan.lib.ku.ac.th/agnet/handle/001/3860 Improvement of yield and quality of corn Provedor de dados: 106 Autores: Chamnan Chutkaew; Teerasak Manupeerapan; Sakol Petchmanee; Somrak Noradechanon; Vatcharee Lertmongkol; Phermphul Sarnthoy; Prawit Puddhanon; Tongchai Tangpremsri; Wantana Tangpremsri; Somsri Thaiwesna; Sirichai Unsrisong; Atcharee Rakla; Nipon Iamsupasit; Nipa Kaewborisutsakul; Chamnan Malaithong; Anuroj Imsmai; Pratuan Sawangsri; Sompob Orndee; Vichitr Benjasil. 21 tables Palavras-chave: Corn; Maize; Plant breeding; Yield trials; Variety trials; Yields; Quality; Agronomic characters; ข้าวโพด; การปรับปรุ งพันธุ์; ผลผลิต; คุณภาพ. Ano: 1981 URL: http://anchan.lib.ku.ac.th/agnet/handle/001/4083 งานปรับปรุงคุณภาพและผลผลิตของข้ าวโพด Provedor de dados: 106 Autores: Chamnan Chutkaew; Sutat Sriwatanapongse; Sansern Jampatong; Patcharee Konghiran; Boonlum Paysuwan; Chokechai Aekatasanawan; Chirayus Laohawanich; Orakit Prasertkit; Chatpong Balla. Palavras-chave: Corn; Maize; Breeding; Yield improvement; Quality improvement; ข้าวโพด; การปรับปรุ งพันธุ์; ผลผลิต; คุณภาพ. Ano: 1984 URL: http://anchan.lib.ku.ac.th/agnet/handle/001/4456 Breeding and genetics for the improvement of yield and quality of corn Provedor de dados: 106 Autores: Chamnan Chutkaew; Somsak Sonwai; Sakol Chaisri; Suphot Iamsangsri; Vatcharee Lertmongkol; Sansern Jampatong; Anna Saimaneerat; Pratuengsri Sinchaisri; Somrak Noradechanon. 8 tables Palavras-chave: Maize; Corn; Breeding; Genetics; Yield increase; Yield quality; ข้าวโพด; การปรับปรุ งพันธุ์; ผลผลิต; คุณภาพ. Ano: 1992 URL: http://anchan.lib.ku.ac.th/agnet/handle/001/4494 Effect of extended field drying on quality of Thai maize Provedor de dados: 106 Autores: Supot Faungfupong; Nagler, Martin J.; Pipat Weerathaworn; Rungnapa Tangadulratana; Nagler, C.; Wong-Urai, A.; Tonboon-Ek, P.; Buangsuwan, D. 2 tables Palavras-chave: Corn; Maize; Corn quality; Corn drying period; ข้าวโพด; การเก็บเกี่ยว; ผลผลิต; คุณภาพ. Ano: 1986 URL: http://anchan.lib.ku.ac.th/agnet/handle/001/4393 การศึกษาผลผลิตและคุณภาพของข้ าวโพดหวานพันธุ์ลูกผสมบนดินชุ ดปากช่ อง Provedor de dados: 106 Autores: Surapol Chowchong; Supranee Ngamprasitthi. 2 tables Palavras-chave: Corn; Maize; Sweet corn; Hybrids; Yields; Quality; Pakchong soil; ข้าวโพด; ข้าวโพดหวาน; ลูกผสม; ผลผลิต; คุณภาพ; ดินชุดปากช่อง. Ano: 2003 URL: http://anchan.lib.ku.ac.th/agnet/handle/001/4534 ผลของสารคลุกเมล็ดก่อนปลูกเพื่อป้ องกันโรครานา้ ค้ าง (downy mildew disease) ที่มีต่อคุณภาพเมล็ดพันธุ์ข้าวโพดหวาน Provedor de dados: 106 Autores: Supranee Ngamprasitthi; Thomya Thongluang; Prachum Jutawantana; Sukum Chotechuangmanirat; Anna Saimaneerat. 6 tables Palavras-chave: Corn; Maize; Seed treatment; Sweet corn; Downy mildew; Seed quality; ข้าวโพด; ข้าวโพดหวาน; โรคราน้ าค้าง; สารคลุกเมล็ดก่อนปลูก; คุณภาพเมล็ดพันธุ์. Ano: 2003 URL: http://anchan.lib.ku.ac.th/agnet/handle/001/4547 การศึกษาขนาดของเมล็ดพันธุ์ข้าวโพดหวานอินทรี 2 ที่มีผลต่ อการเจริญเติบโตและคุณภาพของฝักสดในฤดูปลูกที่แตกต่ างกัน Provedor de dados: 106 Autores: Thomya Thongluang; Supranee Ngamprasitthi; Thamrongsilpa Pothisoong; Surapol Chowchong; Sangkhae Nawanich. 4 tables Palavras-chave: Corn; Maize; Seed size; Hybrids; Insee 2; Growth; Quality; Fresh ear yield; ข้าวโพด; ข้าวโพดหวาน; ขนาดเมล็ดพันธุ์; การเจริ ญเติบโต; ผลผลิต; คุณภาพ; ฤดูปลูก; ชุดดินปากช่อง. Ano: 2003 URL: http://anchan.lib.ku.ac.th/agnet/handle/001/4556 Breeding and genetics for the improvement of yield and quality of corn Provedor de dados: 106 Autores: Chamnan Chutkaew; Sansern Jampatong; Chokechai Aekatasanawan; Anna Saimaneerat; Yodchai Petratanagool; Orakit Balla; Chatpong Balla. 1 ill., 30 tables Palavras-chave: Maize; Corn; Breeding; Genetics; Yield increase; Yield quality; ข้าวโพด; การปรับปรุ งพันธุ์พืช; การเพิม่ ผลผลิต; คุณภาพ. Ano: 1987 URL: http://anchan.lib.ku.ac.th/agnet/handle/001/4236 Breeding and genetics for the improvement of yield and quality of corn Provedor de dados: 106 Autores: Weerasak Duangchantra; Prapa Sripichitt; Manop Subsorn; Sansern Jampatong; Patcharee Konghiran; Apichat Vanavijit. 5 ill., 10 tables Palavras-chave: Corn; Maize; Plant breeding; Genetics; Variety trials; Yields; Quality; ข้าวโพด; การปรับปรุ งพันธุ์; หน่วยดาเนิ นการ; โครงการข้าวโพดลูกผสม. Ano: 1982 URL: http://anchan.lib.ku.ac.th/agnet/handle/001/4085 ผลของการปลิดผลพลัมพันธุ์ Gulf ruby หลังจากดอกบาน 8 สัปดาห์ ที่มีต่อนา้ หนักผล และความแน่ นเนื้อ Provedor de dados: 106 Autores: Prem Phanphinit. Special Problem (B.S. in Agriculture) Tipo: PhysicalObject Palavras-chave: Prunus salicina; Japanese plum; Gulf ruby; Fruit thinning; Fruit quality; Quality improvement; Fruit weight; Flesh firmness; Fruit load; พลัม; พันธุ์กลั ฟ์ รู บ้ ี; การปลิดผล; คุณภาพผล; การปรับปรุ งคุณภาพผล; น้ าหนักผล; ความแน่ นเนื้อ. Ano: 1999 URL: http://anchan.lib.ku.ac.th/agnet/handle/001/5488 Improvement of yield and quality of corn Provedor de dados: 106 Autores: Chamnan Chutkaew; Sutat Sriwatanapongse; Sansern Jampatong; Boonlum Paysuwan; Chokechai Aekatasanawan; Orakit Prasertkit; Chatpong Balla; Yodchai Petratanagool. 62 tables Palavras-chave: Corn; Maize; Yields; Quality; Breeding; Elite variety; Inbred; Hybrids; ข้าวโพด; การปรับปรุ งพันธุ์; ผลผลิต; คุณภาพ; สายพันธุ์แท้; ลูกผสม; พันธุ์ส่งเสริ ม. Ano: 1985 URL: http://anchan.lib.ku.ac.th/agnet/handle/001/4563 Breeding and genetics for the improvement of yield and quality in Thailand Provedor de dados: 106 Autores: Sujin Jinahyon; Taweesak Pulum; Tawatchai Prasatsrisupab; Weerasak Duangchantra; Prapa Sripichitt; Sansern Jampatong. 33 tables Palavras-chave: Corn; Maize; Plant breeding; Genetics; Population improvement; Variety trials; Yields; Quality; Agronomic characters; ข้าวโพด; การปรับปรุ งพันธุ์; หน่วยดาเนินการ; หน่วยปฏิบตั ิการ; หน่วยคลังพันธุกรรม; หน่วยกิจกรรมพิเศษ; การสร้างประชากรข้าวโพด; การปรับปรุ งประชากรข้าวโพด. Ano: 1979 URL: http://anchan.lib.ku.ac.th/agnet/handle/001/3954 Breeding for yield and quality of maize Provedor de dados: 106 Autores: Teerasak Manupeerapan; Charas Kitbamroong; Pichet Grudloyma; Somrak Noradechanon; Sompong Tongchuay; Dowroong Khongtein; Supawan Kanla-ong. 18 tables Palavras-chave: Maize; Corn; Breeding; Genetics; Yield increase; Yield quality; ข้าวโพด; การปรับปรุ งพันธุ์; ผลผลิต; คุณภาพ. Ano: 1992 URL: http://anchan.lib.ku.ac.th/agnet/handle/001/4497 โครงการปรับปรุ งคุณภาพและผลผลิตของข้ าวโพด Provedor de dados: 106 Autores: Teerasak Manupeerapan; Prakob Jan-aram; Somrak Noradechanon; Nipon Iamsupasit; Sakol Petchmanee; Lily Kaweeta; Yosaporn Jantachum; Pichet Grudloyma; Chalaem Romphryk; Kritchai Jaiserb; Viwake Bootakoo; Amnuay Tongdee; Vichit Benjasil. Palavras-chave: Corn; Maize; Breeding; Yield improvement; Quality improvement; ข้าวโพด; การปรับปรุ งพันธุ์; ผลผลิต; คุณภาพ. Ano: 1984 URL: http://anchan.lib.ku.ac.th/agnet/handle/001/4457 Breeding and genetics for the improvement of yield and quality of corn Provedor de dados: 106 Autores: Chamnan Chutkaew; Sutat Sriwatanapongse; Sansern Jampatong; Patcharee Konghiran; Boonlum Paysuwan; Chokechai Aekatasanawan; Sumpun Sittipanuwongse. 32 tables Palavras-chave: Corn; Maize; Plant breeding; Composites; Hybrids; Yield trials; Variety trials; Yields; Quality; Agronomic characters; ข้าวโพด; การปรับปรุ งพันธุ์; โรคราน้ าค้าง; การทดสอบผลผลิต; พันธุ์ผสมเปิ ด; พันธุ์ลูกผสม; เขตกึ่งร้อน; เขตอบอุ่น; ความร่ วมมือกับซิ มมิท; ความร่ วมมือกับเอกชน. Ano: 1983 URL: http://anchan.lib.ku.ac.th/agnet/handle/001/4129 Vegetable corn breeding for yield and quality Provedor de dados: 106 Autores: Prawit Puddhanon; Sakol Petchmanee; Penkae Nattribhop; Sumitra Pinthongkum; Suvit Punsurintr; Vichit Kajornmalee. 8 tables Palavras-chave: Corn; Maize; Vegetable corn; Breeding; Yield; Quality; Baby corn; Sweet corn; Open pollinated variety; Hybrids; ข้าวโพด; ข้าวโพดฝักสด; การปรับปรุ งพันธุ์; ผลผลิต; คุณภาพ. Ano: 1990 URL: http://anchan.lib.ku.ac.th/agnet/handle/001/4280 Genetics and breeding for the improvement of yield and quality of corn Provedor de dados: 106 Autores: Tawatchai Prasatsrisupab; Prapa Sripichitt; Weerasak Duangchantra; Anek Silapapun; Manop Subsorn; Sansern Jampatong; Patcharee Konghiran. 70 tables Palavras-chave: Corn; Maize; Plant breeding; Genetics; Hybrids; Variety trials; Yields; Quality; Agronomic characters; Downy mildew; Disease resistance; ข้าวโพด; การปรับปรุ งพันธุ์; ผลผลิต; คุณภาพ. Ano: 1981 URL: http://anchan.lib.ku.ac.th/agnet/handle/001/4044 Robust Microarray Image Processing Provedor de dados: 192 Autores: Eugene Novikov; Emmanuel Barillot. In this work we have presented a complete solution for robust, high-throughput, two-color microarray image processing comprising procedures for automatic spot localization, spot quantification and spot quality control. The spot localization algorithm is fully automatic and robust with respect to deviations from perfect spot alignment and contamination. As an input, it requires only the common array design parameters: number of blocks and number of spots in the x and y directions of the array. Although fully automatic, there is no guarantee that it will perform well for any array. Therefore, we offer some interactive tools to repair grid in case if it is erroneous. Robust ratio estimation comprises two steps. First, linear regression filtering is used to... Tipo: 11 Palavras-chave: Vision Systems: Segmentation and Pattern Recognition. Ano: 2007 URL: http://www.intechopen.com/articles/show/title/robust_microarray_image_processing Geschmack- und gesundheitsrelevante Qualität von ökologisch angbauten Äpfeln: Eine 3jährige Feldvergleichsstudie mit standard- und ganzheitlichen Untersuchungsmethoden Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Weibel, Franco P.; Treutter, Dieter; Graf, Ursula; Häseli, Andi. In a 3 years lasting field study with the ‘Golden Delicious’ cultivar, we compared fruits of 5 pairs of organic/integrated fruit farms. The orchards were similar in microclimate, soil conditions and planting system. To assess inner fruit quality we investigated at the beginning and at the end of cold storage: (i) standard parameters (firmness, sugar, malic acid., mineral content); (ii) sensorial quality by panel tests; (iii) health related components (23 phenolic compounds, nutritional fibres; vitamins); and (v) fruit «vitality quality» by holistic approaches (crystallisation in copper chloride, self degradation tests, feeding preference tests with laboratory rats). The most significant differences were found in year one of the study, and were by tendency... Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Crop health; Quality; Protection Food security; Food quality and human health Fruit and berries. Ano: 2004 URL: http://orgprints.org/9100/1/Weibel%2Detal%2D2004%2DQual_Weinsberg_04.pdf The K-trial. A 33-years study of the connections between manuring, soils and crops Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Kjellenberg, Lars; Granstedt, Artur. In 1958 started a comparative fertilization trial, called the K-trial, within the frames of Scandinavian Research Circle for Biodynamic Agriculture. The trial ended in 1990. This report accounts for the results that have been collected over this 33-year long trial-period. The ambition with the trial was to develop methods of analyses that could indicate foodstuff quality. The long-term trial-period also brought along, a possibility to study the correlation of fertilization, soil and crop. The difference between a cultivation that uses organic fertilizer compared to one that uses mineral fertilizer and where both achieves comparable yield-levels can according to the results from the K-trial be summarized as: Soil - higher enzyme-activity, soil... Tipo: Report Palavras-chave: Crop health; Quality; Protection Soil biology Soil quality Composting and manuring. Ano: 2005 URL: http://orgprints.org/10765/1/K%2Dtrial.pdf Molecular genetics of chicken egg quality Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Honkatukia, Mervi. Faultless quality in eggs is important in all production steps, from chicken to packaging, transportation, storage, and finally to the consumer. The egg industry (specifically transportation and packing) is interested in robustness, the consumer in safety and taste, and the chicken itself in the reproductive performance of the egg. High quality is commercially profitable, and egg quality is currently one of the key traits in breeding goals. In conventional breeding schemes, the more traits that are included in a selection index, the slower the rate of genetic progress for all the traits will be. The unveiling of the genes underlying the traits, and subsequent utilization of this genomic information in practical breeding, would enhance the selection... Tipo: Thesis Palavras-chave: Animal husbandry. Ano: 2010 URL: http://orgprints.org/18183/1/Honkatukia.pdf Influence of genotype on the quality of sheep leather. Provedor de dados: 119 Autores: JACINTO, M. A. C.; VARGAS JUNIOR, F. M. de; MARTINS, C. F.; PINTO, G. dos S.; REIS, F. A.; OLIVEIRA, A. R. de. The objective of this study was to evaluate the influence of crossings between sheep breeds on the intrinsic quality of leather. It was used the skins of 36 lambs (18 females and 18 males), resulting from crosses between ewes of a native breed from the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul and rams of the same native breed as well as the Texel and Santa Inês genetic groups. The animals were raised in confinement until slaughter weight, from 28 to 32 kg. After slaughter, samples were taken from the skins for histological analysis. The skins were tanned with chromium, retanned and greased. It was taken from the leather samples for electromicrographs and for tests for tensile and tear strength (intrinsic quality). Morphological aspects from the skin as well... Tipo: Artigo em periódico indexado (ALICE) Palavras-chave: Ovino; Couro; Qualidade. Ano: 2011 URL: http://www.alice.cnptia.embrapa.br/handle/doc/901780 P-Values as analytical tools in probabilistic forecast assessments. Provedor de dados: 119 Autores: MAIA, A. de H. N.; MEINKE, H.; LENNOX, S.; STONE, R. Much has been written about ?quality? of probabilistic forecasts. Often, providers and users of such forecasts are unclear about what ?quality? entails, leading to confusion and misinformation. Here we try to provide some guidance and suggest a general approach to communicate aspects of probabilistic forecast quality related to discriminatory ability (DA) and skill (S). In our opinion, these two components of forecast quality should be considered independently. DA represents the additional knowledge about future states arising from some forecast system (FS) over and above the total variability of the prognostic variable while S quantifies changes in the agreement between observed and predicted values when using a specific FS instead of a FS based on... Tipo: Artigo em anais de congresso (ALICE) Palavras-chave: Avaliação da previsão do tempo; Weather forecasting; Probability analysis. Ano: 2005 The development of the viticulture for a high quality tropical wine production in the world. Provedor de dados: 119 Autores: TONIETTO, J.; PEREIRA, G. E. A lot of grapes are produced in the tropics, but only a little part is used to winemaking, what represents some million liters of tropical wines produced per year. The present industry of tropical wine production began 30 years ago. Today, there are many commercial wineries in several countries in the tropical zone of the globe, like in Brazil, India, Thailand and Venezuela. Considered a challenge in the past, producing quality wines in the tropics became reality. This article analyses the tropical viticulture for wine production, where grapevines are constantly growing. The concept of tropical viticultural climate, main characteristics and production systems in tropical zones are presented. Considering that almost everything is new in terms of viticulture... Tipo: Artigo em anais de congresso (ALICE) Palavras-chave: Viticultura; Produção; Vinho; Uva; Grapes. Ano: 2011 URL: http://www.alice.cnptia.embrapa.br/handle/doc/903535 Influence of genotype on the quality of sheep leather. Provedor de dados: 119 Autores: JACINTO, M. A. C.; VARGAS JUNIOR, F. M. de; MARTINS, C. F.; PINTO, G. dos S.; REIS, F. A.; OLIVEIRA, A. R. de. The objective of this study was to evaluate the influence of crossings between sheep breeds on the intrinsic quality of leather. It was used the skins of 36 lambs (18 females and 18 males), resulting from crosses between ewes of a native breed from the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul and rams of the same native breed as well as the Texel and Santa Inês genetic groups. The animals were raised in confinement until slaughter weight, from 28 to 32 kg. After slaughter, samples were taken from the skins for histological analysis. The skins were tanned with chromium, retanned and greased. It was taken from the leather samples for electromicrographs and for tests for tensile and tear strength (intrinsic quality). Morphological aspects from the skin as well... Tipo: Artigo em periódico indexado (ALICE) Palavras-chave: Electromicrograph; Photomicrograph; Physical-mechanical; Skin; Tanning; Lamb. Ano: 2011 URL: http://www.alice.cnptia.embrapa.br/handle/doc/899191 Appraising the shelf life of farmed cobia, Rachycentron canadum, by application of a quality index method. Provedor de dados: 119 Autores: FOGACA, F. H. dos S.; GONZAGA JUNIOR, M. A.; VIEIRA, S. G. A.; ARAUJO, T. D. S.; FARIAS, E. A.; FERREIRA-BRAVO, I. A.; SILVA, T. F. A.; CALVET, R. M.; PEREIRA, A. L. M.; PRENTICE-HERNÁNDEZ, C. Freshness is the main concern of seafood quality, and the principal method to evaluate seafood freshness is sensory evaluation. The aim of this work was to study the quality changes of cobia, Rachycentron canadum, under ice storage through sensory and physical analysis as well as bacterial counting of specific spoilage organisms (SSOs). In particular, the utilization of a quality index method (QIM) scheme was proposed. Samples stored for 0-30 d were analyzed with the QIM. Tipo: Artigo em periódico indexado (ALICE) Palavras-chave: Frutos do mar; Qualidade; Análise sensorial. Ano: 2016 URL: http://www.alice.cnptia.embrapa.br/handle/doc/1050161 Grain yield and seed quality of soybean selected for high protein content. Provedor de dados: 119 Autores: MELLO FILHO, O.L. de; SEDIYAMA, C.S.; MOREIRA, M.A.; REIS, M.S.; MASSONI, G.A.; PIOVESAN, N.D. The objective of this work was to evaluate the effects of selection for high protein on seed physiological quality and grain yield of soybean. Four populations of BC1F4 and four of F4, each from a cross between a commercial variety and a line bearing high protein seeds, were used. The high protein content selection has a tendency to affect negatively the seed physiological quality. Estimates of correlation coefficients between protein content and grain yield were mostly negative but varied among populations. It is possible to obtain lines with high protein content, keeping the grain yield and the seed physiological quality of their respective recurrent progenitors. Tipo: Artigo em periódico indexado (ALICE) Palavras-chave: Glycine max; Protein content; Progenitors; Plant breeding; Teor em proteína; Progenitores; Melhoramento de plantas. Ano: 2004 URL: http://www.alice.cnptia.embrapa.br/handle/doc/111176 EFFECT OF DIFFERENT STORAGE ENVIRONMENT ON QUALITY CHARACTERISTICS OF TOMATO AND KINNOW FRUITS Provedor de dados: 111 Autores: Singh, Yogender; Yadav, Yogender Kumar. The effect of packaging material and evaporative cooled storage environment on quality characteristics of tomato and kinnow fruits was evaluated. The experiments were carried out using complete randomized design and significant difference (P≤0.05) was observed among storage conditions and time with the observed parameters viz. plysiological loss in weight, firmness, pH, total soluble solids, acidity, ascorbic acid and overall acceptability in both summer and winter season. Packaging and evaporative cooling maintains the physico-chemical quality and shelf-life of tomato and kinnow fruits increases by more than two fold as compared to the ambient conditions. The 100 gauge LDPE (Low Density Polyethylene) bag packaging combined with evaporative cool chamber... Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article Palavras-chave: Food Engineering and Technology storage; Packaging; Evaporative cool chamber; Tomato; Kinnow. Ano: 2015 URL: http://www.cigrjournal.org/index.php/Ejounral/article/view/3040 Use of Near Infrared Reflectance Spectroscopy to Evaluate Quality Characteristics in Whole-Wheat Grain Provedor de dados: 113 Autores: Cozzolino,Daniel; Delucchi,Inés; Kholi,Moham; Vázquez,Daniel. The aim of this work was to explore the potential of visible (Vis) and near infrared reflectance (NIR) spectroscopy to measure quality characteristics in whole grain wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) as a tool in breeding programs. A total of 100 samples were analyzed by the reference methods for crude protein (CP), wet gluten (WG) and sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) sedimentation test. Whole grain samples were scanned in a NIR monochromator instrument (400-2500 nm) in reflectance. Partial least squares (PLS) were used to develop calibration equations for the quality characteristics in whole wheat. Calibration models were validated using an independent set of samples (n = 50) randomly selected from the population set. The uncertainty of the PLS models was... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Whole wheat; NIR; Protein; Wet gluten; Grain quality; SDS. Ano: 2006 URL: http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0365-28072006000400005 High quality synthetic quartz crystal growth for the information technology Provedor de dados: 42 Autores: Shinohara,Armando H. Tipo: Journal article Ano: 2000 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652000000400031 Stress and sleep quality in high school brazilian adolescents Provedor de dados: 42 Autores: Mesquita,Gema; Reimão,Rubens. OBJECTIVE: The objective of the present study is to analyze the effect of stress on sleep quality in a group of adolescents. METHOD: Two high schools in Alfenas, southern Minas Gerais State, Brazil, were chosen to participate in the study. The sample consisted of both genders (n=160) with 65.63% females. The age range of participants was 15 to18 years. The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) was applied for collection of data to quantify sleep quality. The Lipp Inventory of Stress Symptoms that objectively identifies symptoms of stress was applied. RESULTS: It was observed that 23.53% of stressed students and 45.33% of unstressed ones sleep well; 76.47% of stressed pupils and 54.67% of those unstressed do not sleep well. With regard to school... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Sleep; Sleep disorders; Stress; Sleep deprivation; Psychological symptoms. Ano: 2010 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652010000200029 Effect of the age of the pupal holotissue on the nutritional quality of artificial diets for Trichogramma spp. (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) Provedor de dados: 44 Autores: Cônsoli,Fernando L.; Parra,José R.P. The nutritional quality of artificial diets composed of pupal holotissues of Diatraea saccharalis (Fabr.) (Lep.: Crambidae) from three different age classes (1-2, 3-4 and 5-6 days old) were tested for rearing Trichogramma galloi Zucchi and T. pretiosum Riley (Hym.: Trichogrammatidae) in vitro. Pupal holotissues were added to egg yolk, bovine fetal serum, lactoalbumine hydrolysate and preservatives, and offered to the parasitoids into artificial eggs. The quality of these diets in supporting the development of both parasitoids was evaluated by assessing the acceptance and parasitism of the artificial host eggs, larval and pupal survival, size, parasitism capacity and longevity of the in vitro-reared females, and the presence of deformed adults. Diets... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Insecta; Diet suitability; Artificial host; Rearing techniques; In vitro rearing. Ano: 2000 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0301-80592000000300018 Silage quality of Brachiaria brizantha cultivars ensiled with different levels of millet meal Provedor de dados: 45 Autores: Costa,K.A.P; Assis,R.L; Guimarães,K.C; Severiano,E.C; Assis Neto,J.M; Crunivel,W.S; Garcia,J.F; Santos,N.F. The silage quality of Brachiaria brizantha cultivars ensiled with different levels of millet meal was evaluated. The experimental design was a completely randomized with three replications in a factorial 3 x 4, with three cultivars of Brachiaria brizantha: marandu, xaraés, and piatã and four levels of millet meal 0, 5, 10, and 15%. The addition of millet meal improved the quality of B. brizantha silage. The inclusion of the additive at 15% provided the best nutritional values. The piatã silage had the lowest contents of neutral detergent fiber, acid detergent fiber, and lignin and the highest content of total digestible nutrients, being a better quality silage as compared to those of xaraés and marandu grasses. Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Millet meal; Marandu grass; Piatã grass; Xaraés grass. Ano: 2011 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-09352011000100028 A Rapid and Efficient Method for Purifying High Quality Total RNA from Peaches (Prunus persica) for Functional Genomics Analyses Provedor de dados: 48 Autores: MEISEL,LEE; FONSECA,BEATRIZ; GONZÁLEZ,SUSANA; BAEZA-YATES,RICARDO; CAMBIAZO,VERONICA; CAMPOS,REINALDO; GONZALEZ,MAURICIO; ORELLANA,ARIEL; RETAMALES,JULIO; SILVA,HERMAN. Prunus persica has been proposed as a genomic model for deciduous trees and the Rosaceae family. Optimized protocols for RNA isolation are necessary to further advance studies in this model species such that functional genomics analyses may be performed. Here we present an optimized protocol to rapidly and efficiently purify high quality total RNA from peach fruits (Prunus persica). Isolating high-quality RNA from fruit tissue is often difficult due to large quantities of polysaccharides and polyphenolic compounds that accumulate in this tissue and co-purify with the RNA. Here we demonstrate that a modified version of the method used to isolate RNA from pine trees and the woody plant Cinnamomun tenuipilum is ideal for isolating high quality RNA from the... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: CDNA library; Fruit; Fruit trees; Functional genomics; Peach; Polysaccharides; Prunus persica; RNA isolation; Rosaceae; RT-PCR. Ano: 2005 URL: http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-97602005000100010 Production system and harvesting stage influence on nitrate content and quality of butterhead lettuce Provedor de dados: 53 Autores: Yosoff,Siti Fairuz; Mohamed,Mahmud Tengku Muda; Parvez,Anwar; Ahmad,Siti Hajar; Ghazali,Farinazleen Mohd; Hassan,Hamizah. Leafy vegetables such as lettuce grown under different production systems may accumulate different concentrations of nitrate which may reach to the levels potentially toxic to humans. Moreover, nitrate accumulation varies in various plant parts and physiological age of the plant. Therefore, to determine the effect of production system and harvesting stage on nitrate accumulation and quality of butterhead lettuce, a study was conducted considering two lettuce production systems namely hydroponic and organic, and four different harvesting stages such as 35, 38, 41 and 44 days after transplanting (DAT). The experimental design was complete randomized design (CRD) with four replications. Hydroponic and organic systems performed similar in terms of yield,... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Hydroponic; Organic; Harvesting time; Nitrate content; Butterhead lettuce. Ano: 2015 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0006-87052015000300322 Light spectrum on the quality of fruits of physalis species in subtropical area Provedor de dados: 53 Autores: Silva,Daniel Fernandes da; Pio,Rafael; Soares,Joyce Dória Rodrigues; Elias,Heloisa Helena de Siqueira; Villa,Fabiola; Vilas Boas,Eduardo Valério de Barros. ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to analyze the effect of colored-shade nets on the physicochemical characteristics of physalis in subtropical area. The experimental design was the randomized blocks with a 4 × 5 factorial, being four species of physalis (Physalis peruviana, P. pubescens, P. minima and P. ixocarpa) and four net colors (white, blue, red and black), besides the control under full sun. Titratable acidity (TA), pH, vitamin C, soluble solids (SS), SS/TA relation, total phenolics, anthocyanins and antioxidant capacity were evaluated. It was observed that P. peruviana and P. pubescens have more acid fruits, and P. minima shows vitamin C content higher than the other species. In general, fruits of P. peruviana and P. pubescens have better quality... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Physalis L.; Postharvest quality; Bioactive compound; Antioxidant activity. Ano: 2016 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0006-87052016000300371 Water quality assessment in piracicamirim creek upstream and downstream a sugar and ethanol industry through toxicity tests with cladocerans Provedor de dados: 52 Autores: Botelho,Rafael Grossi; Machado Neto,Luís; Olinda,Ricardo Alves de; Dias,Carlos Tadeu; Tornisielo,Valdemar Luiz. An environmental impact study was conducted to determine the Piracicamirim's creek water quality in order to assess the influence of effluents from a sugar industry in this water body. For this, toxicity tests were performed with a water sample upstream and downstream the industry using the microcrustaceans Daphnia magna, Ceriodaphnia dubia and Ceriodaphnia silvestrii as test organisms, as well as physical and chemical analysis of water. Results showed that physical and chemical parameters did not change during the sampling period, except for the dissolved oxygen. No toxicity was observed for D. magna and reproduction of C. dubia and C. silvestrii in both sampling points. Thus, the industry was not negatively impacting the quality of this water body. Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Daphnia magna; Ceriodaphnia dubia; Ceriodaphnia silvestrii; Water quality. Ano: 2012 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132012000400020 Water quality of the Canchims creek watershed in São Carlos, SP, Brazil, occupied by beef and dairy cattle activities Provedor de dados: 52 Autores: Primavesi,Odo; Freitas,Alfredo Ribeiro de; Primavesi,Ana Cândida; Oliveira,Haydée Torres de. The Canchims creek watershed in São Carlos, SP, Brazil, was chosen to evaluate water quality affected by dairy and beef cattle production systems based on tropical pasture. The water samples were collected monthly, during three years, at six sampling points: spring in a tropical forest, spring in an intensive dairy production system, two dam springs, and stream water upward and at the delta. Results showed differences (P<0.01) among sampling points for the mean parameters. True color, hardness, turbidity, electric conductivity, alkalinity, pH, chemical oxygen demand and consumed oxygen explained well differences among sampling points. According to current legislation standards, water quality fitted with most of the established parameters for class 2,... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Dairy cattle; Beef cattle; Intensive management; Pasture; Water quality; Watershed. Ano: 2002 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132002000200013 HIV/AIDS treatment and physicochemical quality control of medicines: evaluation of non-generic lamivudine + zidovudine tablets manufactured in Brazil Provedor de dados: 55 Autores: Beck,Ruy Carlos Ruver; Athayde,Margareth Linde; Cardoso,Simone Gonçalves. In this work it was evaluated the physicochemical quality of lamivudine + zidovudine tablets, whose association belongs to the list of drugs distributed by the Brazil's National Program on Sexually Transmitted Diseases and AIDS. Four non-generic products (lamivudine + zidovudine tablets) were analyzed. They were obtained from different Brazilian manufacturers, besides a reference product. The quality was evaluated by physicochemical tests described in the official codes. A validated reversed-phase high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) method was used for the assay of the active substances. All samples were in accordance to the requisites in relation to their physicochemical characteristics. Dissolution studies showed similar drug percentual... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Antiretroviral therapy; Quality control; Lamivudine; Public health; Tablets; Zidovudine. Ano: 2007 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702007000600003 Fecal Contamination of Groundwater in a Small Rural Dryland Watershed in Central Chile Provedor de dados: 117 Autores: Valenzuela,Mariela; Lagos,Bernardo; Claret,Marcelino; Mondaca,María A; Pérez,Claudio; Parra,Oscar. Research on microbiological groundwater quality was conducted in Chile in a rural watershed that has almost no other water source. Forty-two wells were randomly selected and levels of indicator bacteria - total coliforms (TC), fecal coliforms (FC), and fecal streptococci (FS) - were repeatedly measured during the four seasons of 2005. The aim of this study was to characterize microbiological groundwater quality, relate indicator levels to certain watershed features and management characteristics which are likely to affect water quality. The dynamics of seasonal temporal contamination was determined with statistical analyses of indicator organism concentrations. Nonparametric tests were used to analyze relationships between bacterial indicators in well... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Biological contamination; Bacteria; Water quality; Environmental pollution. Ano: 2009 URL: http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-58392009000200013 Critical points on egg production: causes, importance and incidence of eggshell breakage and defects Provedor de dados: 64 Autores: Mazzuco,Helenice; Bertechini,Antonio Gilberto. The occurrence of broken eggs directly depends on the quality of the shell. It is important to consider that the problem of broken eggs is not due to a single factor but a combination of factors. Shell defects, irregularities in shell shape, texture and surface are commonly observed during a regular egg laying cycle and the causes are varied. The incidence of downgraded eggs still represents an important source of economic loss for the egg industry due to products damage and need for further processing. It is possible to obtain significant reduction in the number of eggs lost due to the inferior quality of the shell attempting to an adequate nutrition, disease control, good management practices, and use of genetic lines with higher quality eggshell traits. Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Defective shell; Egg industry; Eggshell quality; Laying hens; Shell integrity. Ano: 2014 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-70542014000100001 Water retention and s index of an oxisol subjected to weed control methods in a coffee crop Provedor de dados: 64 Autores: Siqueira,Raphael Henrique da Silva; Ferreira,Mozart Martins; Alcântara,Elifas Nunes de; Silva,Bruno Montoani; Silva,Raphael Comanducci. Weed control in different crops affects the chemical, physical, and biological properties of the soil and consequently its structural quality. The objective of this study was to evaluate, using water retention characteristics and the S index, the physical quality of an Oxisol (Red-Yellow Latosol), subjected to weed control during the cultivation of coffee. The following weed control methods were evaluated: harrowing, brushcutting, residue crushing, manual weeding, post-emergence herbicide application, pre-emergence herbicide application, and maintenance of soil cover with peanut forage, Brachiaria grass, and spontaneous vegetation (no weed treatment). The following properties were determined for physical characterization of the soil: bulk density, total... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Weed management; Physical quality of the soil; Soil water retention. Ano: 2014 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-70542014000500006 PHYSIOLOGICAL AND SANITARY QUALITIES OF MAIZE LANDRACE SEEDS STORED UNDER TWO CONDITIONS Provedor de dados: 64 Autores: Stefanello,Raquel; Muniz,Marlove Fátima Brião; Nunes,Ubirajara Russi; Dutra,Cláudia Braga; Somavilla,Iana. The preservation of seed quality during the storage period depends not only on the conditions during production and harvesting but also on the storage and maintenance of appropriate storage product conditions. Thus, the aim of this study was to evaluate the physiological and sanitary qualities of maize landrace seeds stored under two conditions. The maize seed batch varieties Oito carreiras, Cabo roxo and Lombo baio were used. Tests included germination, first count, cold test, accelerated aging and sanity. Based on the results it was concluded that the physiological quality of these seed varieties decreased with the storage period. The major fungi identified in the maize seeds during storage were from the genera Aspergillus, Fusarium and Penicillium,... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Zea mays; Storage; Sanity; Germination. Ano: 2015 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-70542015000400339 Sensory quality attributes of lettuce obtained using different harvesting performance systems Provedor de dados: 116 Autores: Oliveira,Denize Cristine Rodrigues de; Leal,Paulo Ademar Martins; Honório,Sylvio Luís; Soares,Eveline Kássia Braga. The objective of this study was to determine the best lettuce cultivar (American 'Graciosa', 'Vanda', 'Marcela' and 'Lavínia') harvesting method. Therefore, quality and shelf-life were evaluated using sensory analyses. Lettuce heads was harvested with the root on by the producer, so that they were cut in different ways in the laboratory. The samples were stored in a cold chamber at 10 °C and 80% ± 2% of relative humidity for nine days, and the sensorial analyses were performed according to Qualitative Descriptive Analysis method on days 1, 3, 6, and 9 of storage by twelve trained testers. The results were evaluated by variance analysis, principal component analysis, and the Tukey test with a reliability of 95%. The results indicate that there was a... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Lactuca sativa L.; Shelf-life; Quality. Ano: 2013 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-20612013000200004 Comparative study on the quality of oil extracted from two tucumã varieties using supercritical carbon dioxide Provedor de dados: 116 Autores: COSTA,Bárbara Elizabeth Teixeira; SANTOS,Orquídea Vasconcelos dos; CORRÊA,Nádia Cristina Fernandes; FRANÇA,Luiz Ferreira de. Abstract The vast Amazon region has considerable territorial peculiarities and plant species diversity, sometimes from the same botanical family, which can exhibit significant differences in physicochemical properties. From this diversity, two species stand out &#8211; Amazonas tucumã (Astrocaryum aculeatum Meyer) and Pará tucumã (Astrocaryum vulgare Mart.). The research focus is to analyze, comparatively, these oleaginous fruits, their similarities, particularities and potentials regarding the oil quality extracted from two tucumã varieties from the states of Amazonas and Pará, obtained using supercritical carbon dioxide, under different extraction parameters. The results demonstrate the biometric particularities of each species, highlighting the... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Tucumã; Oil; Supercritical. Ano: 2016 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-20612016000200322 Methods of discard ewes carcass suspension and the quality of meat Provedor de dados: 116 Autores: Pinheiro,Rafael Silvio Bonilha; Souza,Hirasilva Borba Alves de. The objective of this study was to evaluate the carcass suspension method concerning quality of sheep meat. Ten discard ewes were used, with approximately 62 kg of body weight. After slaughtering, flaying, evisceration and removal of head and paws, carcasses were longitudinally divided into two parts. Alternated sides of half carcasses were hanged by the tendon of the gastrocnemius (Treatment 1 - T1) and by the pelvic bone (Treatment 2 - T2) in cold store for a 24-hour period. Subsequently, the Semimembranosus muscle was removed from all half carcasses for meat quality analyses. The Semimembranosus muscles from the carcasses hanged by the pelvis suspension method presented higher softness than the same muscles from the carcasses hanged by the tendon of the... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Meat softness; Sheep; Tendon of the gastrocnemius. Ano: 2011 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-20612011000100034 A comparative study among methods used for wheat flour analysis and for measurements of gluten properties using the Wheat Gluten Quality Analyser (WGQA) Provedor de dados: 116 Autores: Ferrari,Maria Cristina; Clerici,Maria Teresa Pedrosa Silva; Chang,Yoon Kil. This study aimed at comparing both the results of wheat flour quality assessed by the new equipment Wheat Gluten Quality Analyser (WGQA) and those obtained by the extensigraph and farinograph. Fifty-nine wheat samples were evaluated for protein and gluten contents; the rheological properties of gluten and wheat flour were assessed using the WGQA and the extensigraph/farinograph methods, respectively, in addition to the baking test. Principal component analysis (PCA) and linear regression were used to evaluate the results. The parameters of energy and maximum resistance to extension determined by the extensigraph and WGQA showed an acceptable level for the linear correlation within the range from 0.6071 to 0.6511. The PCA results obtained using WGQA and the... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Wheat flour; Rheological property; Gluten; Quality evaluation; Baking test. Ano: 2014 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-20612014000200003 Effect of thinning on flower and fruit and of edible coatings on postharvest quality of jaboticaba fruit stored at low temperature Provedor de dados: 116 Autores: Nascimento,Talita Pimenta do; Bettiol Neto,José Emílio; Pereira,Renato Alves; Castro,Inar Alves de; Chagas,Edvan Alves; Lajolo,Franco Maria; Cordenunsi,Beatriz Rosana. Jaboticaba is a Brazilian fruit, native to the Atlantic forest, which belongs to the Myrtaceae family. In this work we describe the effect of the thinning of "flower", "fruit" and "flower &amp; fruit" compared to non-thinned fruit (control) and of edible coatings with respect on nutritional composition, overall acceptability and shelf-life of jaboticaba &#8216;Sabara&#8217;, grown in an irrigated commercial orchard. "Flower and fruit" thinning allows fruit with higher quality as diameter, volume and mass. Non-thinned fruit shows higher yield, however fruit have lower quality. As a result of the improving quality at harvest, the shelf life was twice (~8 days) for thinned fruit. The lack of change in concentration of soluble sugar and absence of... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Jaboticaba Sabará; Soluble sugars; Shelf life; Organic acids. Ano: 2013 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-20612013000300006 Influence of chitosan addition on quality properties of vacuum-packaged pork sausages Provedor de dados: 116 Autores: García,Mario; Díaz,Raúl; Puerta,Felicidad; Beldarraín,Tatiana; González,Juan; González,Iris. The aim of the study was to evaluate the influence of the chitosan addition on the quality of vacuum packaged pork sausages. A variant of the product was elaborated with 1% (w/w) of chitosan in lactic acid solution at 1% (v/v) and it was compared to a control. Sausages were mechanically stuffed and manually conformed and vacuum packaged. Sausages were stored at 4 °C and microbiological evaluations, pH measurements, texture profile analysis and sensorial evaluation were performed. The chitosan addition in the formulation of the sausages did not reduce the microbiological counts. The pH values obtained in all samples were similar, which suggests that the chitosan addition did not influence the pH values of sausages. The added chitosan did not affect... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Pork sausages; Meat products; Chitosan; Microbiological quality; Sensory quality; Storage. Ano: 2010 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-20612010000200041 Partial substitution of nitrite by chitosan and the effect on the quality properties of pork sausages Provedor de dados: 116 Autores: García,Mario; Beldarraín,Tatiana; Fornaris,Leonid; Díaz,Raúl. The aim of the study was to evaluate the influence of partial nitrite replacement by chitosan on the quality of Ham Visking (a type of pork sausages). Five Ham Visking formulations were elaborated modifying the sodium nitrite (0.011; 0.016 or 0.0212%) and chitosan concentrations (0.25 or 0.5%) in the products. Sausages were stored at 4 ºC and physicochemical, microbiological, and sensorial evaluations were performed in order to estimate their shelf life. Chitosan can be used in pork sausages without affecting ensory attributes such as color although the panelists detected textural differences among the samples with chitosan, which suggests that there is some influence of deacetylation degree of chitosan on the textural behavior of sausages which still... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Pork sausages; Chitosan; Nitrite substitution; Microbial quality; Sensory quality; Storage. Ano: 2011 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-20612011000200031 Quality of propolis commercialized in the informal market Provedor de dados: 116 Autores: Tagliacollo,Victor Alberto; Orsi,Ricardo de Oliveira. The purpose of this research was to evaluate the quality of propolis produced and commercialized informally in São Paulo State through physicochemical analyses of ethanolic extracts of propolis (EEP). Thus, 40 samples of in nature propolis, provided by beekeepers from 32 towns, were analyzed. The EEP were prepared in a proportion of 30% (w/v), and the physicochemical tests were performed according to the Technical Regulation of Propolis Identity and Quality. The pH of each EEP sample was also evaluated. Regarding the dry extract, it was observed that 80% of the samples meet the minimum requirements established by the Brazilian legislation. With regard to the oxidizing property, 67.5% of EEP were below the maximum time allowed for oxidation. With regard to... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Bee glue; Physicochemical analyses; Inspection; Beekeepers. Ano: 2011 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-20612011000300031 Soil microbial biomass in organic farming system Provedor de dados: 65 Autores: Araújo,Ademir Sérgio Ferreira de; Melo,Wanderley José de. Agricultural production systems have to combine management practices in order to sustain soil's profitability and quality. Organic farming is gaining worldwide acceptance and has been expanding at an annual rate of 20% in the last decade, accounting for over 24 million hectares worldwide. Organic practices avoid applications of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides, rely on organic inputs and recycling for nutrient supply, and emphasize cropping system design and biological processes for pest management, as defined by organic farming regulation in the world. In comparison with conventional farming, organic farming has potential benefits in improving food quality and safety. Plant production in organic farming mainly depends on nutrient release as a function... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Soil microorganisms; Microbial activity; Organic C; Soil quality. Ano: 2010 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-84782010001100029 Comparative analysis of decision tree algorithms on quality of water contaminated with soil Provedor de dados: 65 Autores: Dota,Mara Andrea; Cugnasca,Carlos Eduardo; Barbosa,Domingos Sávio. Agriculture, roads, animal farms and other land uses may modify the water quality from rivers, dams and other surface freshwaters. In the control of the ecological process and for environmental management, it is necessary to quickly and accurately identify surface water contamination (in areas such as rivers and dams) with contaminated runoff waters coming, for example, from cultivation and urban areas. This paper presents a comparative analysis of different classification algorithms applied to the data collected from a sample of soil-contaminated water aiming to identify if the water quality classification proposed in this research agrees with reality. The sample was part of a laboratory experiment, which began with a sample of treated water added with... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Environmentalcontrol; Runoff; Wireless sensor networks; Machine learning; Data mining. Ano: 2015 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-84782015000200267 Developing a rapid, efficient and low cost method for rapid DNA extraction from arthropods Provedor de dados: 65 Autores: Mega,Nicolás Oliveira; Revers,Luís Fernando. Here, it is presented a rapid and efficient method to obtain good quality DNA from small samples of arthropod tissues generating low quantities of hazardous wastes. This new method was compared with another homemade protocol using phenol and other two commercial kits. The quality of DNA obtained was checked by spectrophotometer and evaluated by an AFLP assay. Low shearing DNA was obtained from all samples and the best readings were observed to DNA recollected with the new method. The AFLP assay indicated that DNA obtained with all methods were suitable for use in molecular biology techniques sensitive to contaminants. However, homemade protocols were more efficient in recollect DNA than commercial kits, without lose any quality of samples. Also, they were... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Arthropod DNA; High quality DNA; Molecular biology; AFLP. Ano: 2011 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-84782011000900012 Total RNA quality of lyophilized and cryopreserved dormant grapevine buds Provedor de dados: 69 Autores: García-Baldenegro,Claudia Vanessa; Vargas-Arispuro,Irasema; Islas-Osuna,María; Rivera-Domínguez,Marisela; Aispuro-Hernández,Emmanuel; Martínez-Téllez,Miguel Ángel. Background Plant tissues must be preserved in their collection state, especially for genome-wide expression profile studies. Lyophilization is a feasible, affordable tool when fresh tissues cannot be shipped at ultralow temperatures from their origin to the place of analysis. In this study, the total RNA quality of dormant grapevine buds (Vitis vinifera L. cv. Flame Seedless) of freeze-dried samples stored at room temperature conditions was evaluated and compared to that of cryopreserved (-80°C) grapevine buds. Results Good yield and quality of RNA were obtained from freeze-dried dormant buds stored at room temperature for 0, 3 and 6 weeks after they were lyophilized. Further experiments confirmed that the extracted total RNA could be used for actin and... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Freeze-dried; RNA integrity number; RT-qPCR; Vitis vinifera L; Woody tissue. Ano: 2015 URL: http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-34582015000200012 Improved isolation of good-quality total RNA from the optic stalk of Mud crab, Scylla paramamosain Provedor de dados: 69 Autores: Zhu,Houze; Jiang,Keji; Zhang,Fengying; Zhang,Dan; Pi,Yan; Ma,Lingbo. An improved and efficient protocol was developed based on the TaKaRa RNAiso Plus Kit (Code: D9108A) for isolating good-quality total RNA from the optic stalk of mud crab, Scylla paramamosain. The protocol was based on the Trizol method with modifications. The carapace overlapping the optic stalk was retained with RNA in regular protocol. In order to remove the abundant deposition correlative with the carapace which makes the isolation of RNA particularly difficult, 5M potassium acetate solution (pH = 6.0) was added before the precipitation of RNA, and the temperature of RNA deposition was also decreased to -70ºC to ensure the stabilization of RNA. Good-quality total RNA from the optic stalk of S. paramamosain could be easily isolated with this modified... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Optic stalk; Potassium acetate; RNA isolation; Scylla paramamosain. Ano: 2012 URL: http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-34582012000200005 Monitoring of mechanical sugarcane harvesting through control charts Provedor de dados: 70 Autores: Voltarelli,Murilo A.; Silva,Rouverson P. da; Zerbato,Cristiano; Paixão,Carla S. S.; Tavares,Tiago de O. ABSTRACT Statistical process control in mechanized farming is a new way to assess operation quality. In this sense, we aimed to compare three statistical process control tools applied to losses in sugarcane mechanical harvesting to determine the best control chart template for this quality indicator. Losses were daily monitored in farms located within Triângulo Mineiro region, in Minas Gerais state, Brazil. They were carried over a period of 70 days in the 2014 harvest. At the end of the evaluation period, 194 samples were collected in total for each type of loss. The control charts used were individual values chart, moving average and exponentially weighted moving average. The quality indicators assessed during sugarcane harvest were the following loss... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Quality; Agricultural mechanization; Moving average; EWMA. Ano: 2015 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-69162015000601079 Effects of drying air temperature and grain initial moisture content on soybean quality (Glycine Max (L.) Merrill) Provedor de dados: 70 Autores: Coradi,Paulo C.; Fernandes,Carlos H. P.; Helmich,Jean C.; Goneli,André L. D. ABSTRACT This study aimed to evaluate the effect of air-drying temperature and initial moisture content on volume shrinkage, physical quality and oil extraction yield of soybean grains. The grains used in this experiment were harvested at two distinct moisture levels of 19 and 25%. Then, these grains were taken to dryness at three different air temperatures of 75 °C, 90 °C and 105 °C, in a forced circulation convection oven of the air. The results showed a drying time reduction with increasing air temperatures. Regarding volume shrinkage, moisture content reductions influenced grain volume and the Rahman's model was the one that best fit the data. Moreover, the higher the air temperature, the greater the effects on soybean grain shrinkage and physical... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Extraction; Performance; Processing. Ano: 2016 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-69162016000500866 Phosphorus rates on yield and quality of lettuce seeds Provedor de dados: 75 Autores: Kano,Cristiaini; Cardoso,Antonio Ismael Inácio; Bôas,Roberto L Villas. Because of lack of information about phosphorus fertilization in lettuce from the standpoint of seed production, this study was undertaken. The work was carried out in Botucatu, São Paulo state, Brazil, from September 25, 2003 to February 19, 2004, in order to study the influence of crescents phosphorus rates on yield and quality of lettuce seeds, cultivar Verônica. The experimental design was randomized blocks with five treatments (0; 200; 400; 600 and 800 kg ha-1 of P2O5) and five replications. The following characteristics were evaluated: seed production per plant (g plant-1), number of seeds per plant and quality (percentage of germination and seed vigor). A linear increasing was observed on production and number of seeds per plant of lettuce with... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Lactuca sativa; Phosphorus fertilization; P2O5; Germination; Vigor. Ano: 2012 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-05362012000400021 Индекс «биологического качества» в оценке экологического состояния прибрежных акваторий. Provedor de dados: 13 Autores: Алемов, С. В.; Осадчая, Т. С. Приведены данные по оценке "биологического качества" донной среды с применением широко используемого западными исследователями "The Biology Quality Index" (BQI). Показана целесообразность комплексного подхода (на базе химических и биологических данных) в оценке экологического состояния донной среды любой прибрежной акватории. Tipo: Journal Contribution Ano: 2004 URL: http://repository.ibss.org.ua/dspace/handle/99011/718 La crevette rose (Palaemon serratus, Pennant) - Biologie et Pêche - Bibliographie Provedor de dados: 5 Autores: Coppin, Isabelle. Tipo: Text Palavras-chave: Water quality; Salinity; Environment factor; Biology; Palaemon serratus. Ano: 1984 URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/1984/rapport-2105.pdf A Measurement Quality Factor for Swath Bathymetry Sounders Provedor de dados: 5 Autores: Lurton, Xavier; Augustin, Jean-marie. The quality estimation associated with individual soundings measured and computed by swath bathymetry sonars is a paramount issue which is most often imperfectly addressed today by sonar manufacturers. In this paper, a unified definition is proposed for a quality factor usable for all swath bathymetry sonars; the depth-relative error is directly estimated from the signal characteristics used in the sounding computation. The basic algorithms are presented for both phase-difference (oblique incidence) and amplitude (normal incidence) detection, and can be readily implemented in any swath bathymetry system using these detection principles. This approach gives a direct access to the objective bathymetric performance of individual soundings, and hence avoids... Tipo: Text Palavras-chave: Bathymetry; Interferometry; Multibeam echosounder (MBES); Sonar. Ano: 2010 Viral contaminants of molluscan shellfish: detection and characterisation Provedor de dados: 5 Autores: Bosch, Albert; Pinto, R.m.; Le Guyader, Soizick. Tipo: Text Ano: 2009 URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00066/17768/15284.pdf The french approach to managing water resources in the mediterranean and the new European Water Framework Directive Provedor de dados: 5 Autores: Henocque, Yves; Andral, Bruno. The main content of the new European Water Framework Directive is presented. Within its river basin management approach, a special mention of coastal waters status is made. Among the issues at stake are the setting up of river basin management plans, including coastal waters, and water quality assessment system leading to an harmonized definition of quality objectives and their appropriate indicators. The Rhone-Mediterranean-Corsica Water Master Plan, launched in 1996, is considered to be well fitted to this river basin approach and the necessary tools which go with it. It shows up how a river quality assessment system (SEQ) can be adapted to the coastal waters and how it can progressively lead to an efficient set of publishable environmental and... Tipo: Text Palavras-chave: Indicators; Quality assessment; Coastal zone; River basin; Integrated management. Ano: 2003 URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2003/publication-429.pdf A comparison of growth and biochemical composition of Mytilus galloprovincialis (Lmk.) and Mytilus edulis (L.) on the West coast of Cotentin, Normandy, France 1999-2000 Provedor de dados: 5 Autores: Kopp, Joel; Cornette, Florence; Simonne, Charlotte. The blue mussel, Mytilus edulis has been reared along the Normandy coast line since the 1960s. The gonadal cycle of this mussel species shows a sharp decrease in meat quality during the winter period after spawning. This decline in meat quality is so severe that sales have to be suspended from December to July. Another species of mussel, Mytilus galloprovincialis, which is reared in the lagoons along the French shore of the Mediterranean Sea has a different spawning cycle. An experiment was undertaken to study the meat quality of M. Galloprovincialis throughout the year after the spat were transferred from the Mediterranean Sea to the Normandy coast. This species showed an immediate adaptation to the gonadal cycle of M. edulis. Despite suggestions from... Tipo: Text Palavras-chave: Meat quality; Mytilus galloprovincialis; Mytilus edulis; Gonadal cycle. Ano: 2005 URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2005/publication-422.pdf The quality of Pecten maximus sperm Provedor de dados: 5 Autores: Faure, Catherine; Devauchelle, Nicole; Girard, J.p; Cosson, J. Sperm of the scallop Pecten maximus (L.) can be collected by various methods for artificial reproduction. Characteristics such as spermiation time, fertilizing capacity, respiration and motility of the spe can be modified by collection method. In the current study, sperm was collected quickly by scarification, but its quality was only average. When thermal shock or serotonin injection was used to stimulate the release of sperm, it was collected and concentrated as "dry" as possible after exit fr the kidney. Its quality was comparable to that of diluted sperm collected after thermal shock, a technique commonly used in bivalve hatcheries. The results also showed that serotonin injection systematically decreased spermiation time and induced the production of... Tipo: Text Ano: 1994 URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00044/15547/12934.pdf Fat content and fillet shape of Atlantic salmon: Relevance for processing yield and quality of raw and smoked products Provedor de dados: 5 Autores: Morkore, T; Vallet, Jean-luc; Cardinal, Mireille; Gomez Guillen, M; Montero, P; Torrissen, O; Nortvedt, R; Sigurgisladottir, S; Thomassen, M. Relevance of fat content and fillet shape of Atlantic salmon for quality and yield during smoking processing was investigated. Fat content significantly influenced quality of raw and smoked products, although the interactions varied according to the raw material used and smoking temperature. In raw and smoked fillets, increasing fat content coincided with increasing L* and b*-values and decreasing fat holding capacity. In smoked salmon, fat content also correlated positively to the a*-value, smoke-intensity-/wood-fire flavor and fatty texture, and negatively to water holding capacity and shear-force. Weight loss during salting and smoking decreased with increasing fat content, and voluminous shaped fillets gave higher yield than slim fillets. Tipo: Text Palavras-chave: Processing; Salmon quality; Fillet shape; Fat content; Atlantic salmon. Ano: 2001 URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2001/publication-717.pdf Quality control procedures for chloride and nitrate ions analysis in plant samples by ion chromatography Provedor de dados: 189 Autores: Masson, P.; De Raemaeker, F.; Bon, F. This paper describes useful procedures to monitor quality of chloride and nitrate ions analysis in plant samples by ion chromatography. The use of certified reference materials (CRMs) provided an efficient way to verify the accuracy of the method. Data generated by the method of analysis for chloride compared favourably with certified values. The quality system included also the systematic analysis of an internal reference sample in each batch of samples routinely analysed. The performance of the method, including extraction and measurement, over a period of 3 years was reported with control charts. The yearly variation coefficients were less than 6.5% for chloride and nitrate ions. Finally, the analytical method was evaluated through the participation of... Tipo: Journal Article Palavras-chave: CHLORURE; SEL D'ACIDE MINERAL; SEL; ANION; ECHANTILLON; PLANTE. Ano: 2005 URL: http://www.prodinra.inra.fr/prodinra/pinra/doc.xsp?id=PROD2007b7aa9afe&uri=/notices/prodinra1/2010/09/ Strategies for the development of brands in the agrifood chains Provedor de dados: 189 Autores: Giraud-Héraud, E.; Grazia, C.; Hammoudi, A.; INRA, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (FRA). This paper develops an original framework to better understand the interaction between the development of brands and the quality of raw materials. We consider different levels of consumer trust for a brand and we examine the incentive for firms to improve the quality of a processed product by requiring that upstream suppliers adopt a private standard. In contrast to previous literature, the incentive for firms to develop a more stringent private standard may increase with the level of the regulated minimum quality standard. Moreover, the creation of a private standard can reduce the risk of consumer dissatisfaction while increasing the marketed quantity. Unexpected positive effects of a reinforcement of the minimum quality standard may arise, in the sense... Tipo: Book Palavras-chave: RELATION VERTICALE VERTICAL RELATIONSHIPS; STANDARD. Ano: 2008 URL: http://www.prodinra.inra.fr/prodinra/pinra/doc.xsp?id=PROD2008c4b77eb7&uri=/notices/prodinra1/2008/07/ Réflexions sur le concept de qualité dans l'agro-alimentaire. L'exemple de la filière lait fromage dans les Alpes du Nord Provedor de dados: 189 Autores: Dubeuf, B. Le concept de qualité est soumis à des interprétations variées. La définition de la qualité des produits d’une filière n’est pas dictée uniquement par l’aval, mais résulte d’un processus complexe, dans lequel les relations entre agents sont déterminantes. La mise en place d’une politique de qualité nécessite une mobilisation collective à l’échelle d’une filière. Une démarche de modélisation est proposée pour construire des outils d’aide à la décision en matière de maîtrise de la qualité. Tipo: Journal Article Palavras-chave: CONCEPT DE QUALITE; PRODUIT AGROALIMENTAIRE; FILIERE LAIT FROMAGE. Ano: 1992 URL: http://www.prodinra.inra.fr/prodinra/pinra/doc.xsp?id=PROD2008737d093a&uri=/notices/prodinra1/2011/02/ Sensory quality evaluation of Serrana Kids meat: effect of sex and carcass weight Provedor de dados: 188 Autores: Rodrigues, Sandra; Teixeira, A. The main purpose of this work is the characterization of Serrana kids carcass and meat, which is a Protected Origin Denomination product. The effects of sex and carcass weight were studied. Parameters of toughness, juiciness, flavour intensity, flavour quality, odour intensity, fibre presence, sweet intensity and overall acceptability were evaluated on sixty males and females allocated to 3 carcass weight groups: 4, 6 and 8 kg. Sensory quality of meal was evaluated by a trained taste panel of 11 experts in five sessions. Meat was previously cooked in a conventional oven until inner temperature reached 70/S00C. Then it was cut in sample pieces of2*2*0.5 cm and given to the pane l members to be evaluated following a standard methodology. Tipo: ConferenceObject Ano: 2007 URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10198/4641 Application of the regulations 2081 and 2082/92 in Portugal, their importance in the organization and valuation of the portuguese traditional products Provedor de dados: 188 Autores: Sousa, Fernando Ruivo de. In Portugal like in other Mediterranean Countries there is a group of food products which constitutes a main cultural heritage of this country due to their tradition, age, quality and importance concerning [0 consumption habits. For that reason it is important not only to keep that heritage hut al so transmit it to future generations and take advantage or the huge possibilities or some products to allow the developing or underprivileged regions where most or they come from. Tipo: Article Palavras-chave: Quality products. Ano: 1998 URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10198/6398 Lamb meat quality assessment by support vector machines Provedor de dados: 188 Autores: Cortez, Paulo; Portelinha, Manuel; Rodrigues, Sandra; Cadavez, Vasco; Teixeira, A. The correct assessment of meat quality (i.e., to fulfill the consumer's needs) is crucial element within the meat industry. Although there are several factors that affect the perception of taste, tenderness is considered the most important characteristic. In this paper, a Feature Selection procedure, based on a Sensitivity Analysis, is combined with a Support Vector Machine, in order to predict lamb meat tenderness. This real-world problem is defined in terms of two difficult regression tasks, by modeling objective (e.g. Warner-Bratzler Shear force) and subjective (e.g. human taste panel) measurements. In both cases, the proposed solution is competitive when compared with other neural (e.g. Multilayer Perceptron) and Multiple Regression approaches. Tipo: Article Palavras-chave: Regression; Multilayer perceptrons; Support vector machines; Meat quality; Data mining; Feature selection. Ano: 2006 URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10198/858 Effect of olive fruit fly infestation on the quality of olive oil from cultivars cobrançosa, madural and verdeal transmontana Provedor de dados: 188 Autores: Pereira, J.A.; Alves, M.R.; Casal, S.; Oliveira, M.B.P.P. Olives (Olea europaea L.) from cultivars Cobrançosa, Madural and Verdeal Transmontana were collected separately and divided into two different groups according to the presence or absence of infestation by the olive fruit fly (Bactrocera oleae Gmel.). These two groups were then mixed in varying percentages to create five groups of olives per cultivar with infestation levels: 0, 12.5, 25, 50 and 100%. Each group was then processed to produce olive oil. The results, regarding mainly acidity, peroxide value, and stability to oxidation, suggest that olive fruit fly infestation reduces the quality of the olive oil. The effects of infestation varied according to cultivar, but in general the total tocopherol content was always lower at the 100% infestation level.... Tipo: Article Palavras-chave: Vegetable oil; Edible oil; Cultivar; Olive oil; Quality; Infestation; Fruit; Olive. Ano: 2004 URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10198/725 Dorfak: an aromatic, high-yielding, short-duration variety with good cooking quality for the irrigated lowlands of Iran Provedor de dados: 34 Autores: Nahvi, M.; Allahgholipour, M.; Ali, A. J.; Salehi, M. S. M.; Saroush, H. R.; Dorosti, H.; Erfani, A.; Padasht, F.; Alinia, F. p.24-25 Palavras-chave: Varieties; Yields; Quality; Agronomic characteristics; Cooking quality; Iran. Ano: 2004 URL: http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/979 Kadous: an aromatic, high-yielding variety with good cooking quality Provedor de dados: 34 Autores: Soroush, H. R.; Eshraghi, A.; Salehi, M. S. M.; Ali, J. A.; Nahvi, M.; Allahgholipour, M.; Erfani, A.; Tarang, A.; Eghlidi, A.; Padasht, F.; Alinia, F.; Khush, G. S. p.16-17 Palavras-chave: Cooking quality; Crop quality; Crop yield; Disease resistance; Tillers; Magnaporthe grisea; Varieties; Iran. Ano: 2005 URL: http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/1146 Plantes et Systèmes de cultures horticoles. Equipe "écophysiologie de la qualité des fruits charnus" Provedor de dados: 35 Autores: Borel, Charlotte. Tipo: Other Palavras-chave: Ecophysiology; Fruit quality; Prunus persica; Peach; Écophysiologie; Qualité du fruit; Fruit charnu; Pêche; Prunus persica; Modélisation. Ano: 2004 URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2174/318 Utilisation des marqueurs moléculaires pour l'analyse des bases génétiques de la qualité du fruit de tomate Provedor de dados: 35 Autores: Causse, Mathilde. Tipo: Other Palavras-chave: Molecular marker; Genetics; Tomato; Fruit quality; Marqueur moléculaire; Génétique; Tomate; Qualité du fruit. Ano: 2003 URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2174/317 Analyse protéomique de la qualité de la tomate au cours du développement du fruit Provedor de dados: 35 Autores: Mihr, Christina. Tipo: Other Palavras-chave: Fruit quality; Tomato; Plant proteomic; Qualité des fruits; Tomate; Lycopersicon esculentum; Protéomique de la plante. Ano: 2004 URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2174/326 Quality of pejerrey (Odontesthes bonariensis) eggs and larvae in captivity throughout spawning season Provedor de dados: 83 Autores: Chalde,Tomás; Elisio,Mariano; Miranda,Leandro A. The aim of this work was to assess the quality of pejerrey eggs and larvae throughout its spawning season. Fertilized eggs were taken on September, October, November, and December from a captive broodstock. The egg diameter, yolk diameter, and oil droplets area decreased along the spawning season, with higher values in September. Fertilization and hatching rates decreased throughout this period, with highest values in September (88.0%; 55.2%) and the lowest values on December (43.0%; 25.2%). The larvae hatched from eggs obtained on October were the heaviest and longest (1.57 mg; 8.24 mm). The survival rate at 30 days post hatching (dph) was similar in larvae from September and October eggs (66.1%; 62.9%) with a sharp decrease in larvae from November and... Tipo: Journal article Palavras-chave: Aquaculture; Eggs and larvae quality; Pejerrey; Reproductive season. Ano: 2014 URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-62252014000300629 Comments on the Bacterial and Viral Pathogens Associated with the Land Application of Organic Wastes Provedor de dados: 18 Autores: Smith, J.H. Tipo: Article Palavras-chave: Mass Import - unclassified. Ano: 1978 強力粉・薄力粉適性の優れる強種子休眠性白粒コムギ系統の作出に向けて Provedor de dados: 19 Autores: 山本, 淳生; 三浦, 秀穂. 平成21年度年次講演会一般講演 Ano: 2009 URL: http://ir.obihiro.ac.jp/dspace/handle/10322/2739 北海道における最近の成分的乳質について Provedor de dados: 19 Autores: 鈴木, 直蔵; 有賀, 秀子; 祐川, 金次郎; Suzuki, Naozo; Ariga, Hideko; Sukegawa, Kinjiro. Ano: 1979 URL: http://ir.obihiro.ac.jp/dspace/handle/10322/1869 鶏卵形質における市販鶏種の特徴 Provedor de dados: 19 Autores: 三好, 俊三; 光本, 孝次; 鈴木, 三義; Miyoshi, Shunzo; Mitsumoto, Takatsugu; Suzuki, Mitsuyoshi. Ano: 1975 URL: http://ir.obihiro.ac.jp/dspace/handle/10322/1623 マツ科樹木の樹液の施用がトマトの生育と食味におよぼす影響 Provedor de dados: 19 Autores: 工藤, 悠; 本多, 博一; 徳橋, 和也; 秋本, 正博. 平成21年度年次講演会一般講演 Ano: 2009 URL: http://ir.obihiro.ac.jp/dspace/handle/10322/2736 糖蜜およびアルコール廃液吸着飼料のサイレージ添加効果について Provedor de dados: 19 Autores: 大原, 久友; 吉田, 則人; 安宅, 一夫; Oohara, Hisatomo; Yoshida, Norihito; Ataku, Kazuo. Ano: 1975 URL: http://ir.obihiro.ac.jp/dspace/handle/10322/1624 Studies on Quality Prediction of Chinese Yam Provedor de dados: 19 Autores: Hayakawa, Eri; 早川 絵理. Master's Course of Bioresource Science Ano: 2009 URL: http://ir.obihiro.ac.jp/dspace/handle/10322/2469 Water Availability And Chemical Water Quality As Important Factors For Sustainable Wildlife Management In The Etosha National Park And For Domestic Stock In Farming Areas Of Namibia Provedor de dados: 20 Autores: Auer, C. This study deals with the role of water availability and chemical water quality for the game species Springbok Antidorcas marsupialis, Blue wildebeest Connochaetes taurinus, Burchell’s zebra Equus burchelli and Gemsbok Oryx gazella, in order to gain knowledge of how the adapted wildlife utilises water. In detail, the study investigates the changes of the water availability and chemical quality of water at perennial and seasonal waterholes within a study area of the Etosha National Park, Northern Namibia, throughout the year 1995. It further examines how the animals react to these seasonal changes i.e. in their drinking frequency, their utilisation of perennial and seasonal waterholes, their utilisation of different chemical qualities of water, their... Tipo: Working Paper Palavras-chave: Water quality; Wildlife; Http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_8389. Ano: 1997 URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1834/549 Effects of water hyacinth on water quality of Winam Gulf, Lake Victoria Provedor de dados: 20 Autores: Osumo, W. Lake Victoria is the second largest freshwater body in the world by surface area. It is important for the livelihood of people living in the area. The lake is currently facing many problems, one of which is macrophyte encroachment mainly the water hyacinth, Eicchornia crassipes. Winam Gulf is a large inlet from Lake Victoria that extends into Kenya. In order to study the effects of water hyacinth on water quality in the gulf, measurements of water properties were made in the north-eastern corner of the gulf, when the area was covered with hyacinth in March 2000. The hyacinth was then cut and dumped on the bottom during the period June to beginning of August when all water hyacinth had been removed with measurements being made again in July. Water... Tipo: Report Palavras-chave: Eicchornia crassipes; Water quality; Hyacinth; Winam Gulf; Victoria Lake KENYA Water content Water quality control Water content Water hyacinth http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_15852 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_15267. Ano: 2001 URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1834/1260 Monitoring fish size - the use of statistical quality control chart. Provedor de dados: 20 Autores: Okpanife, M. O. NIOMR Tipo: Report Palavras-chave: Fish catch statistics; Fishery statistics. Ano: 1988 URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1834/2413 Stover fodder quality traits for dual-purpose sorghum genetic improvement Provedor de dados: 30 Autores: Blümmel, M. Palavras-chave: Nitrogen; Sorghum; Organic matter; Body weight; Bioreactors; Genetic improvement; Sampling; Aromatic compounds; Forecasting; Metabolism. Ano: 2006 URL: http://agropedia.iitk.ac.in/openaccess/?q=node/3197 Development options for local seed systems in Mozambique Provedor de dados: 30 Autores: Rohrbach, D. Palavras-chave: Pigeonpeas; Millets; Retail marketing; Grain; Seed quality; Sorghum; Weather hazards; Cowpeas; Groundnuts; Markets. Ano: 2000 URL: http://agropedia.iitk.ac.in/openaccess/?q=node/3146 Development options for local seed systems in Mozambique Provedor de dados: 30 Autores: Rohrbach, D. Palavras-chave: Pigeonpeas; Retail marketing; Millets; Cowpeas; Sorghum; Grain; Seed quality; Weather hazards; Groundnuts; Maize. Ano: 2000 URL: http://agropedia.iitk.ac.in/openaccess/?q=node/3319 Genotype × environment interactions in food-feed traits in Pearl Millet cultivars Provedor de dados: 30 Autores: Hash, C.T. Palavras-chave: Nutritive value; Millets; Grain; Heritability; Yields; Quality; Location; Nitrogen; Plant production; Arid zones. Ano: 2006 URL: http://agropedia.iitk.ac.in/openaccess/?q=node/3209 Manual of laboratory procedures for quality evaluation of sorghum and pearl millet Provedor de dados: 30 Autores: M. I. Palavras-chave: Sampling; Flours; Distilling; Husking; Grain; Sorghum; Enzymes; Millets; Bakery products. Ano: 1997 URL: http://agropedia.iitk.ac.in/openaccess/?q=node/4197 Development options for local seed systems in Mozambique Provedor de dados: 30 Autores: D. Palavras-chave: Pigeonpeas; Millets; Retail marketing; Grain; Seed quality; Sorghum; Weather hazards; Cowpeas; Groundnuts; Markets. Ano: 2000 URL: http://agropedia.iitk.ac.in/openaccess/?q=node/4224 Agricultural Input Trade Fairs and Vouchers in Mozambique:Experiences and lessons learned Provedor de dados: 30 Autores: Longley, C. Palavras-chave: Trade fairs; Farm inputs; Seed quality; Germinability; Retail marketing; Kidney beans; Seed testing; Grain; Seed production; Participation. Ano: 2005 URL: http://agropedia.iitk.ac.in/openaccess/?q=node/3683 Preliminary Observations on Livestock Productivity in Sheep Fed Exclusively on Haulms from Eleven Cultivars of Groundnut Provedor de dados: 30 Autores: Blümmel, M. Palavras-chave: Body weight; Groundnuts; Organic matter; Viruses; Aromatic compounds; Nitrogen; Germplasm; Metabolism; Quality; Biological phenomena. Ano: 2005 URL: http://agropedia.iitk.ac.in/openaccess/?q=node/3255 Evaluation of farmer-grown improved sorghum cultivars for stover quality traits Provedor de dados: 30 Autores: Reddy, K.G.,( K. Gurava Reddy ) Ramesh, S. Palavras-chave: Sorghum; Pigeonpeas; Nitrogen; Genotypes; Statistical methods; Crude protein; Farmers associations; Sampling; Grain; Nutritive value. Ano: 2005 URL: http://agropedia.iitk.ac.in/openaccess/?q=node/3239 Forage yield and quality in pigeonpea germplasm lines Provedor de dados: 30 Autores: Alexander, G. Palavras-chave: Pigeonpeas; Organic acids; Animal nutrition; Heritability; Nitrogen; Germplasm; Wet season; Dry matter; Organic matter; Biological phenomena. Ano: 2007 URL: http://agropedia.iitk.ac.in/openaccess/?q=node/3284 Food-fodder traits in groundnut Provedor de dados: 30 Autores: Blümmel, M. Palavras-chave: Genotypes; Nutritive value; Groundnuts; Forecasting; Nitrogen; Yields; Organic matter; Sampling; Quality; Breeds (animals). Ano: 2005 URL: http://agropedia.iitk.ac.in/openaccess/?q=node/3246 Guidelines for Farmer-Level Sorghum Seed Production and Marketing in Northern Somalia Provedor de dados: 30 Autores: Manyasa, E. Palavras-chave: Seed production; Sorghum; Threshing; Seed treatment; Seed quality; Purity; Capacity building; Grain; Seed dressing; Markets. Ano: 2005 URL: http://agropedia.iitk.ac.in/openaccess/?q=node/3752 Knowledge and adoption of aflatoxin management practices in groundnut farming in Junagadh, Gujarat, India Provedor de dados: 30 Autores: Kumar, G.D.S.,( G.D. Satish Kumar ). Palavras-chave: Mycotoxins; Groundnuts; Seed treatment; Biological control; Quality; Control methods; Fungi; Sampling; Oils; Tropical zones. Ano: 2007 URL: http://agropedia.iitk.ac.in/openaccess/?q=node/3296 Facility for Growing Plants in Test Tubes at ICRISAT Provedor de dados: 30 Autores: O.P. Palavras-chave: Rhizobium; Chickpeas; Pigeonpeas; Root nodulation; Temperature; Nitrogen fixation; Polymers; Iron; Tropical zones; Quality. Ano: 1984 URL: http://agropedia.iitk.ac.in/openaccess/?q=node/4025 Effect of harvest timing and postharvest storage conditions on aflatoxin contamination in groundnuts harvested from the Wonogiri regency in Indonesia Provedor de dados: 30 Autores: Rahmianna,A.A. Palavras-chave: Mycotoxins; Groundnuts; ELISA; Polymers; Retail marketing; Sampling; Storage; Harvesting; Fungi; Quality. Ano: 2007 URL: http://agropedia.iitk.ac.in/openaccess/?q=node/3358 Guidelines for planning local seed system interventions Provedor de dados: 30 Autores: R. Palavras-chave: Advisory services; Seed treatment; Seed production; Seed storage; Cowpeas; Systems; Seed quality; Crops; Grain; Markets. Ano: 2003 URL: http://agropedia.iitk.ac.in/openaccess/?q=node/4149 Groundnut cultivar Nyanda (ICGV 93437) released in Zimbabwe Provedor de dados: 30 Autores: Upadhyaya, H.D.,( Hari D. Upadhyaya ). Palavras-chave: Early maturation; Seed quality; Germplasm; Groundnuts; Wet season; Breeds (animals); Yields; Plant habit; Seasons; Research methods. Ano: 2005 URL: http://agropedia.iitk.ac.in/openaccess/?q=node/3248 ORGANIZING SEED FAIRS in emergency situations Provedor de dados: 30 Autores: W.J. Palavras-chave: Grain; Seed quality; Cowpeas; Marketing; Seed production; Distribution systems; Retail marketing; Participation; Groundnuts; Adaptation. Ano: 2003 URL: http://agropedia.iitk.ac.in/openaccess/?q=node/3748 Chickpea Kabuli Variety ICCV 2 Provedor de dados: 30 Palavras-chave: Chickpeas; Fungi; Tolerance; Tillage equipment; Tropical zones; Performance; Crops; Land resources; Yields; Quality. Ano: 1990 URL: http://agropedia.iitk.ac.in/openaccess/?q=node/3790 Chickpea Kabuli Variety ICCV 5 Provedor de dados: 30 Palavras-chave: Chickpeas; Proteins; Fungi; Tropical zones; Yields; Performance; Land resources; Quality; Research methods; Crops. Ano: 1990 URL: http://agropedia.iitk.ac.in/openaccess/?q=node/3792 Methods for assessing the impacts of natural resource management research Provedor de dados: 30 Autores: B. Palavras-chave: Watersheds; Soil degradation; Watershed management; Assets; Policies; Land resources; Water quality; Economics; Water harvesting; Investment. Ano: 2003 URL: http://agropedia.iitk.ac.in/openaccess/?q=node/4231 Comparaitive analysis of seed systems in Niger and Senegal Provedor de dados: 30 Autores: J. Palavras-chave: Millets; Groundnuts; Seed production; Seed quality; Germinability; Grain; Sowing rates; Private sector; Breeders seed; Performance. Ano: 2000 URL: http://agropedia.iitk.ac.in/openaccess/?q=node/4222 Rapport: de kwaliteit van de Schelde 1994 Provedor de dados: 27 Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/book Palavras-chave: Water quality. Ano: 1997 URL: http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/128413.pdf The influence of temperature on fish: as measured by objective quality methods Provedor de dados: 27 Autores: Vyncke, W. Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article Ano: 1967 URL: http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/277788.pdf Relationship between egg quality and fatty acid content of various turbot broodstocks (<i>Scophthalmus maximus</i> L.) Provedor de dados: 27 Autores: Peleteiro, J.B.; Lavens, P.; Rodríguez-Ojeja, G.; Iglesias, J. The paper presents the data relating to the spawning quality of 20 turbot females (<i>Scophthalmus maximus</i>L.) subjected to natural and controlled photoperiods and fed with two different types of food. A comparison is made between the data usually utilized in hatcheries for defining the spawning quality (number of viable eggs, fertilization and hatching rates, number of larvae produced) and the highly unsaturated fatty acid (HUFA) content of fertilized eggs at the two-cell stage. The results indicate that there is no correlation between the HUFA content of the eggs and any of the egg quality criteria examined. Nevertheless, significant differences (p<0,05) are found between the females fed with fresh trash fish (higher 18:3n-3, 20:4n-6,... Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article Palavras-chave: Scophthalmus maximus (Linneaus; 1758). Ano: 1995 URL: http://www.vliz.be/nl/open-marien-archief?module=ref&refid=2591 Soil biological quality in short- and long-term field trials with conventional and organic fertility input types Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Fließbach, Andreas; Schmidt, Christoph; Bruns, Christian; Palmer, Mike; Nietlispach, Bruno; Leifert, Carlo; Tamm, Lucius. Soils of the DOK trial and three other field trials with manure input were analysed for effects on soil biology. While long-term effects indicate a new steady state at the DOK trial site, differences at the other field trials suggest that fresh manure at the Bonn trial and chicken manure at the UK sites are at least temporarily advantageous, probably due to their relatively fast mineralization. Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Soil biology; Soil quality; Composting and manuring. Ano: 2007 URL: http://orgprints.org/9531/1/fliessbach-etal-2007-soil_biological_quality.pdf Production of White Cabbage Provedor de dados: 21 Control of Quality and Safety in Organic Production Chains Autores: Brandt, Kirsten; Lück, Lorna; Wyss, Gabriela; Velimirov, Alberta; Torjusen, Hanne. This leaflet provides a practical overview for producers and others involved in white cabbage production and packaging, of what can be done at these steps to improve the quality and safety of organi-cally produced cabbage, in addition to certification and general food safety requirements. Other leaflets cover production of other commodities and separate leaflets aim at consumers and retailers. Tipo: Book Palavras-chave: Food security; Food quality and human health. Ano: 2005 URL: http://orgprints.org/4922/1/11_leaflet_cabbage_with_text_box.pdf Zu einer Weiterentwicklung des Qualitätsbegriffes im Ökologischen Landbau Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Hagel, Ingo. Die Forschung zur (Produkt)qualität im ökologischen Landbau ist in eine Sackgasse geraten. Neue Konzepte statt neuer Methoden müssen entwickelt werden, um weiterzukommen. Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Food security; Food quality and human health Crop health; Quality; Protection Research communication and quality. Ano: 2003 URL: http://orgprints.org/2319/1/2319%2Dhagel%2Di%2D2003%2Dqualitaet%2Dwien.pdf Management Practices for Control of European Wireworms in Canada Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: MacKenzie, Joanna; Nelson, Jody; Hammermeister, Andy. Significant losses in crop yield, quality and marketability have been attributed to wireworms, a pest of growing concern and widening distribution in Nova Scotia and across Canada. While the Maritime Provinces harbour indigenous wireworm species, three species introduced to North America from European ship ballast cause the lion's share of damage. The destructive larvae of these three species, Agriotes lineatus, A. obscurus, and A. sputator, persist in the soil for several years, feeding on the roots of host plants and causing significant reductions in the yield and quality of economically important crops. Root crops such as potatoes and carrots are particularly susceptible because damage (holes produced by feeding larvae) to the new tubers and carrots... Tipo: Report Palavras-chave: Cereals; Pulses and oilseeds Vegetables Crop health; Quality; Protection Root crops. Ano: 2010 URL: http://orgprints.org/19290/4/19290.pdf Quality parametres of emmer wheat landraces Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Konvalina, Petr; Moudry, Jan (Jr.); Moudry, Jan. Emmer wheat, Triticum dicoccum SCHUEBL, is an old variety of cereals which has been traditionally grown in aride areas. Nowdays, it is mainly grown in Italy, Spain, Turkey, Austria and in the Czech republic. This article deals with a study of quality parametres and selected economic parametres of 6 varieties coming from the genetic resources of emmer wheat. High crude protein content in grain was proved during the trials. Nevertheless, such a characteristic is not suitable for the classical bakery processing (production of leavened products). Low figure of the harvest index is supposed to be the most problematic economic character. However, emmer wheat is a suitable variety for organic farming system. Growing of emmer wheat contributes to an extension of... Tipo: Journal paper Palavras-chave: Cereals; Pulses and oilseeds Breeding; Genetics and propagation Crop health; Quality; Protection. Ano: 2008 URL: http://orgprints.org/20775/1/JCEA_%2D_Konvalina_a_kol._2008.pdf Changes in sensory profile and microbiological quality during chill storage of cured and uncured cooked sliced emulsion-type sausages Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Lücke, Friedrich-Karl; Raabe, Christina; Hampshire, Jörg. Nine batches of cooked sliced emulsion type sausages, produced from organic meat with or without the use of nitrite, were packed under N2/CO2 (7:3) and vacuum, respectively, and stored at 8°C. During two weeks of storage, the microbiological quality was determined, as well as the sensory quality by using profile analysis. The spoilage flora consisted of lactic acid bacteria and Brochothrix thermosphacta, without clear evidence of an inhibitory effect of nitrite on the growth of these organisms. The sensory profile showed an increase of the sour and rancid aroma and flavour, in parallel to the growth of these microorganisms. These changes were more pronounced in the batches prepared without nitrite. Spots of red discolourations were occasionally observed... Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Processing; Packaging and transportation. Ano: 2007 URL: http://orgprints.org/9757/1/luecke%2Detal%2D2007%2Dsausage_storage.pdf Improvement of winter wheat baking quality in ecological cultivation by enlargement of row spacing and undersown intercrops Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Becker, Dr. Konstantin; Leithold, Prof. Dr. Günter. Under ecological crop growing conditions, considerable problems consistently arise in fulfilling the baking quality of winter wheat demanded by consumers. The “wide row” procedure shows promising potential for effectively using the nutrient supply in ecological cultivation for the production of winter wheat with high baking performance. Increasing the distance between rows of winter wheat from 12.5 cm to 50 cm proved advantageous for the indirect quality parameters sedimentation value and gluten and crude protein concentration. Either no yield decreases or low decreases only up to 10% were noted. Because of an increased tendency to erode and in order to improve of the preceding crop’s value, creation of a green zone with legumes between the rows is... Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Crop combinations and interactions; Crop husbandry. Ano: 2008 URL: http://orgprints.org/12443/1/Becker_12443_ed.doc Male chicken thigh meat quality from fast and slow growing breeds from an organic free-range system Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Karlsson, H.A.; Horsted, K.; Dufek, A. Significant effects of Genotype and Age on several of the technological meat quality attributes measured were found. In general, the meat from fast growing birds (JA) was darker, more tender, had a higher water-binding but a higher cooking loss. Birds with a higher age at slaughter was more red, less tender and had a higher cooking loss. Regarding the protein concentration of the feed, no significant effects could be found on meat quality attributes, however a high protein concentration in the feed showed a tendency towards more tender meat. Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Poultry. Ano: 2009 URL: http://orgprints.org/16342/1/16342.pdf Milk Production. Control of Quality and Safety in Organic Production Chains Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Bergamo, Paolo; Torjusen, Hanne; Wyss, Gabriela; Brandt, Kirsten. This leaflet provides a practical overview for producers and others involved in milk production and dairy, of what can be done at these steps to improve quality and safety of organically produced milk, in addition to certification and general food safety requirements. Other leaflets cover production of other commodities and separate leaflets aim at consumers and retailers. Tipo: Book Palavras-chave: Food security; Food quality and human health. Ano: 2005 URL: http://orgprints.org/4925/1/7_Milk_leaflet_english.pdf Untersuchung zu Veränderungen der Lebensmittelqualität durch Vitaminierung Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Geier, Dr. Uwe; Buchmann, Markus; Strube, Dr. Jürgen. Since 1991, European Union law prescribes minimum vitamin contents in foods for babies and small children. The prescribed level of vitamin contents requires supplementation by synthetic or isolated vitamins. Such supplementation with synthetic or isolated substances contrasts sharply with the principles of organic farming. Experiments were carried out to investigate the effect of supplemented vitamins on food quality. These included investigation of the addition of thiamin (vitamin B1) to flour of rice and spelt and L-ascorbic acid (vitamin C) to juices of carrot and apple. A set of different complementary research methods was used. Fluorescence excitation spectroscopy distinguished the treatments of carrot juice significantly. The picture forming... Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Food security; Food quality and human health. Ano: 2009 URL: http://orgprints.org/14450/1/Geier_14450.pdf Sensory evaluation of juice from different organic blackcurrant cultivars Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Kidmose, Ulla; Christensen, Lars P.; Lindhard Pedersen, Hanne; Thybo, Anette K. To ensure a high, stable production of blackcurrant juice in Denmark, it is necessary with high-yielding blackcurrant cultivars, which are resistant against pest and diseases, and that have a high sensory quality and high health value. In this experiment, blackcurrant juice processed from berries of 12 organic cultivars was screened. A trained sensory panel using descriptive sensory profiling evaluated the sensory quality of the juice samples. In addition, the aroma profile and the content of vitamin C were determined in the juice samples. The results showed that the following sensory attributes: blackcurrant aroma, blackcurrant flavour, fruity flavour, pungent flavour, sweetness and sourness varied significantly in the 12 juice samples. In addition the... Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Crop health; Quality; Protection Food security; Food quality and human health. Ano: 2006 URL: http://orgprints.org/7688/1/paper_organicjuice2006_final.pdf Production of Tomatoes Control of Quality and Safety in Organic Production Chains Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Brandt, Kirsten; Lück, Lorna; Wyss, Gabriela; Velimirov, Alberta; Torjusen, Hanne. This leaflet provides a practical overview for producers and others involved in tomato production and packaging, of what can be done at these steps to improve quality and safety of organically pro-duced tomatoes, in addition to certification and general food safety requirements. Other leaflets cover production of other commodities and separate leaflets aim at consumers and retailers. Tipo: Book Palavras-chave: Food security; Food quality and human health. Ano: 2005 URL: http://orgprints.org/4921/1/12_leaflet_tomatoes_english.pdf Strategies for enhanced microbial safety of organic fermented sausages and herbal ingredients Provedor de dados: 21 Produce fermented organic sausages and herbal, fermentation extracts with enhanced microbial safety. 1. Document the quality and microbial safety of organic fermented sausages and perform analyses of production processes with regard to microbial risks. 2. Develop protocols for producing extracts of organically grown herbs with enhanced microbial safety based on fermentation. Focus will be on optimisation of sensory properties and enhanced microbial safety. 3. Identify, select and test key process operations and parameters to improve the microbial safety of organic fermented sausages. 4. Document the microbial quality and survival of pathogenic bacteria in i) extracts of fermented and fresh herbs, and ii) fermented sausages produced by “new” recipe /... Tipo: Project description Palavras-chave: Food security; Food quality and human health Food systems. Ano: 2016 Authentizität und Sicherheit von Möhrenproben im Rahmen des CORE-Organic QACCP Projektes Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Kahl, J.; Birlouez, I.; Busscher, N.; Ploeger, A. Consumer demand for healthy, safe and high quality food is increasing. Against this background, the demand for organically grown food has been growing rapidly. Organic farming contains the whole food chain from field to fork. An analyse system to optimise the process needs to be established (QualityAnalysisCriticalControlPoint). The aim of the transnational CORE-Organic QACCP project is a chain analysis which addresses the link between farm and fork and backwards from fork to farm. The objective is to improve product related quality management in farming and processing. The results presented here are dealing with food authenticity on farm level through biocrystallization measurements and food safety through pesticide residue and nitrate... Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Food security; Food quality and human health. Ano: 2009 URL: http://orgprints.org/14187/1/Kahl_14187.pdf Züchterische Bearbeitung von Süßlupinen für den ökologischen Landbau – Erste Ergebnisse zu Ertrags- und Qualitätsuntersuchungen Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Jansen, Gisela; Jürgens, Hans-Ulrich; Kuhlmann, Josy; Flamme, Wilhelm. Lupines will be provided as feeding stuff with high quality for the organic farming. Therefore breeding selection of lupines and a complex quality analysis are necessary. In addition to agronomical characteristics quality parameters are estimated, such as protein content, amino acid composition, fat, fatty acid composition, starch and sugar as well as antinutritive substances (non-starch polysaccharides and alkaloides). On the basis of determined data, NIR/NIT-calibrations are developed as breeding relevant methods. The project serves to both opening up and use of genetic resources and breeding of lupines suitable for ecological cultivation. Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Cereals; Pulses and oilseeds Breeding; Genetics and propagation Feeding and growth. Ano: 2005 URL: http://orgprints.org/3286/1/3286.pdf The capillary dynamolysis method as a char-acterized tool for crop quality determination Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Zalecka, Aneta; Skjerbaek, Kirsten; Doesburg, Paul; Pyskow, Bent; Huber, Machteld; Kahl, Dr. Johannes; Ploeger, Prof. Angelika. The growing organic market demands for methods which can describe food quality within the organic system. With the capillary dynamolysis technique patterns are produced on thin-layer chromatographic paper and evaluated as a fingerprint of the sample as a whole. To be applied in routine analysis the method has to be standardised according to international standard norms. After the laboratory process had been documented and a visual pattern evaluation method had been developed and applied for the evaluation of the patterns, the method was standard-ized for selected carrot and wheat samples, which is described here. For standardization several factors of influence were tested and the reproducibility between 3 different laboratories in the EU was investigated.... Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Food security; Food quality and human health. Ano: 2006 URL: http://orgprints.org/7308/1/kahl1odensea.doc Nutritive quality of Finnish grown grain legumes Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Lizarazo, Clara; Santanen, Arja; Stoddard, Fred. Grain legumes have excellent nutritional quality that makes them a staple ingredient for feeding ruminants, pigs and poultry. Legumes are known for their high protein content, and although they are low in the sulphur-containing amino acids and tryptophan, they have a high content of lysine; thus they are an ideal supplement to cereal-based diets and food products (Duranti & Cius 1997). Legumes have many beneficial effects in human diet. There is potential and sufficient farmer interest to establish grain legume crops in the Nordic-Baltic region through screening imported germplasm for adaptation. There are many potential uses of legume seeds as functional ingredients, thus further research is needed to design legume-supplemented food... Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Food security; Food quality and human health. Ano: 2010 URL: http://orgprints.org/18310/1/Lizarazo.pdf Definition, Sicherung und Kommunikation Ökologischer Produktqualität - Betrachtungen am Beispiel des Tafelapfels Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Thymian, F.-J.; Kahl, J.; Busscher, N.; Ploeger, A. Organic production standards are used by actors along the organic production and supply chain as measures for quality assurance and tools for communication and differentiation of organic product and process quality. The results of a literature review show that the main aspects of organic product quality are not considered by the most significant standards for organic production in Germany and hence, these standards are not appropriate measures for the above mentioned purposes. Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Food security; Food quality and human health. Ano: 2009 URL: http://orgprints.org/14178/1/Thymian_14178.pdf Utilisation and quality of fodders from grass-lands in organic livestock production in Poland Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Jankowska-Huflejt, Dr Halina; Wróbel, Dr Barbara; Kaca, Prof. Edmund. During the years 2004-2005 the investigation of organic farms with livestock production with the questionnaire method and chemical analyses of fod-der from permanent grasslands were cared out. The structure of agriculture lands, type of livestock pro-duction, livestock density and fodders quality from grasslands were evaluated. The quality and quantity of fodders from organic farms was similar to feeds from conventional farms. Also the utilisation of grass-lands for livestock production was better on the stud-ied organic farms than on conventional farms. The high proportion of pastures suggest he proper direc-tion of grasslands utilisation and indicates better effectiveness of those lands in relation to conven-tional farms Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Pasture and forage crops. Ano: 2006 URL: http://orgprints.org/7391/1/SAFO_5_workshop%2Dwersja_angielska.doc Farming systems affect potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) tuber and soil quality Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Tein, Berit; Kauer, Karin; Eremeev, Viacheslav; Luik, Anne; Selge, Are; Loit, Evelin. The aim of this study was to investigate how different farming systems influenced tuber yields and quality (N, NO3−, P, K, Ca, Mg, dry matter and starch concentrations) of potato as well as how potato cultivation within a crop rotation under different farming systems affects soil quality (pH, Ntot, Corg, plant available P, K, Ca and Mg concentrations). Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) was part of a five crop rotation experiment in which red clover (Trifolium pratense L.), winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), peas (Pisum sativum L.), potato and barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) followed each other simultaneously on a same field. Data presented in this paper concerned the first 3 years of the rotation during 2009–2011. The experiment was performed with six different... Tipo: Journal paper Palavras-chave: Production systems; Root crops. Ano: 2014 Strategies to improve quality and safety and reduce cost of peroduction in organic and low-input crop production systems Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Lucius, Tamm. Organic crop production seeks to produce high quality foods while reducing the inputs in order to promote environmental quality and conserve resources. This necessitates optimal production systems in terms of soil fertility and plant health. Studies in QLIF subproject 3 have shown that soils may gain an improved potential to release N from badded amendments through adaptation of management practices. Likewise, long-term management strategies may influence suppressiveness of soils to economically important diseases. Application of manures and other organic soil fertility inputs do not pose any additional safety risk in ready-to-eat vegetables, such as head lettuce, if good farming practice is applied. Even under experimental worst-case conditions, pathogen... Tipo: Other Palavras-chave: Crop husbandry. Ano: 2009 URL: http://orgprints.org/16246/1/folder_3_small.pdf The role and management of herbal pastures for animal health, productivity and product quality Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Burke, Geoffrey. This review seeks to address the role and management of herbal pastures for animal health, productivity and product quality. It aims to do this by way of reviewing available Defra funded and other research and identifying key and relevant aspects. In particular the target issues are: Impact on animal health and growth • Mixtures/varieties • Meat quality • Production/yield; and • Climate change issues. There is however a clear variation in the number of papers focused on these various issues, with the majority of research being concerned with the impact on internal parasites and animal production performance primarily in sheep and deer. There is however more recently some research coming out of New Zealand concerning climate change issues with... Tipo: Report Palavras-chave: Dairy cattle; Sheep and goats; Health and welfare; Feeding and growth. Ano: 2008 URL: http://orgprints.org/13566/1/Res_review_5_burke.pdf Seed to seed - strenghtening the agricultural production in rural communities Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Deleuran, L.C.; Boelt, B. A common assumption is that the quality of the seeds used in many developing countries is poor. Yet, the factors supporting this assumption are not specifically known. Many small farmers in developing countries keep a portion of own produced seed and are very much aware of its importance. However, due to often limited resources the seeds are not given the attention it needs in terms of production, preservation and utilisation. These factors sum up to an unsatisfactory seed quality leading to low agricultural production. In times of disaster, farmers end up selling or consuming all their seeds and for their next harvest they need to be able to purchase seeds. In many rural areas quality seeds are not available. When buying seeds, the farmers are in most... Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Production systems. Ano: 2005 URL: http://orgprints.org/7962/1/7962.doc Bewertung von Pflanzenbeständen und Milchleistung in Ökobetrieben Nordwestdeutschlands Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Vormann, M.; von Borstel, U.; Leisen, E. In order to produce high quality forages, the species composition of the grass sward is of special importance. A good measure for estimating the quality of grass swards is the so-called mean Futterwertzahl of the sward by Klapp (1965) which is further referred to as Sward Quality Index (SQI). On 56 organic farms the average SQI of the farm has been calculated and the yield proportion of different species of the sward has been calculated for different regions of Northwest Germany. Within 22 organic farms with grassland farming exclusively, a comparison of the milk yields (kg ECM/cow and year) and the mean SQI of the grassland has been calculated with special regard to the concentrate rates fed to the cows. In tendency the results show lower SQI in farms... Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Pasture and forage crops. Ano: 2009 URL: http://orgprints.org/15698/1/Vormann_.pdf SOIL QUALITY AND CROP YIELDS AS AFFECTED BY MICROBIAL INOCULANTS IN NATURE FARMING Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Sangakkara, U.R.; Wijesinghe, D.B.; Attanayake, K.B. A field study evaluated the impact of Nature Farming with microbial solutions on soil quality and crop yields over one year encompassing tropical wet and dry seasons. The use of green manures or compost as organic matter was superior to using weeds for the same purpose for improving soil quality and crop yields. The microbial inoculant EM proved to have a greater beneficial impact than vermiwash or cattle manure slurries on soil properties and yields of the selected crops. The prospects of Nature Farming with EM are presented as a potential method of organic farming in the tropics Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Production systems Recycling; Balancing and resource management. Ano: 2014 URL: http://orgprints.org/24120/1/24120_MM.pdf Yield and quality of potato tubers: Effects of different intensity and kind of manuring (biodynamic or organic) Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Neuhoff, Daniel; Schulz, Dirk Gerhard; Köpke, Ulrich. Biodynamic farming is the oldest organic farming movement in Germany. Since Dr. Rudolf Steiner’s “Course on Agriculture” held in 1924, the number of biodynamic farmers in Germany has grown continuously, with 1,317 farmers currently producing on 47,592 ha. One of the most distinctive aspects of biodynamic farming is the use of the so-called biodynamic preparations, which are applied in homeopathic doses. Biodynamic preparations are supposed to improve plant growth and food quality, minimising natural variations. This paper deals with investigations of influences of these preparations and increased manure application on potato yield and tuber quality. The results are drawn from extensive research on organic potato production carried out by several institutes... Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Composting and manuring; Root crops. Ano: 1999 URL: http://orgprints.org/1214/1/1214%2Dneuhoff%2D1999%2Dpotato%2Difoam.pdf The need for a supply of high quality organic vegetable seeds Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Groot, S.P.C.; Jalink, H.; Köhl, J.; Langerak, C.J.; Michta, A.; Werner, S.; van der Wolf, J.M.; van den Bulk, R.W. Production of high quality organic vegetable seeds encounters several challenges. Research is performed to support seed companies in producing vigorous and healthy organic vegetable seeds. Examples are provided with respect to research on seed vigour, determining critical control points to avoid disease transmission to the seeds, seed treatments with natu-ral compounds, new seed sorting techniques and enhancement of the natural plant defence. It is noticed that the restrictions in EU regulation 2092/91 on organic production are at present blocking the use of promising natural and sustainable components for seed treatments. Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. Palavras-chave: Crop health; Quality; Protection Breeding; Genetics and propagation. Ano: 2006 URL: http://orgprints.org/7902/1/Odense_Groot_et_al_2.pdf Production of Bread Wheat Control of Quality and Safety in Organic Production Chains Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Brandt, Kirsten; Lück, Lorna; Wyss, Gabriela; Torjusen, Hanne. This leaflet provides a practical overview for producers and others involved in wheat production and storage, on what can be done at these steps to improve the quality and safety of organically pro-duced wheat, in addition to certification and general food safety requirements. A separate leaflet covers the milling and baking steps, and other leaflets cover other commodities and separate leaflets aim at consumers and retailers. Tipo: Book Palavras-chave: Food security; Food quality and human health. Ano: 2005 URL: http://orgprints.org/4923/1/9_leaflet_wheat.pdf Le caratteristiche qualitative negli alimenti dei bambini: un'indagine esplorativa sui piccoli consumatori Provedor de dados: 21 Autores: Vairo , Daniela; Zanoli, Raffaele. Qualitative consumer and processor surveys were carried out to identify awareness, expectations and demands regarding the quality of organic processed-vegetable baby food. The explor