PROFIT EFFICIENCY IN FAMILY-OWNED CROP FARMS IN EASTERN CAPE PROVINCE OF SOUTH AFRICA: A TRANSLOG PROFIT FUNCTION APPROACH

Profit efficiency in family-owned crop farms in Eastern Cape Province of South Africa: a translog profit function approach

Abstract Background Farm productivity on smallholder family-owned crop farms remains low despite several interventions to transform agriculture especially in developing countries.Farmers in rural areas face serious constraints that impede their productive capacities for the principal dietary staple, notably maize.Smallholder farmers have access to

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Myocardial B cells have specific gene expression and predicted interactions in dilated cardiomyopathy and arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy

IntroductionGrowing evidence from animal models indicates that the myocardium hosts a population of B cells that High Current Connectors play a role in the development of cardiomyopathy.However, there is minimal data on human myocardial B cells in the context of cardiomyopathy.MethodsWe integrated single-cell and single-nuclei datasets from 45 heal

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The use of ethnographic analogies in archaeological reasoning

As a methodological principle analogy is present in all scientific disciplines even though, from a logical standpoint, strictly observed, it does not Grill Dish Support Shelf satisfy the criteria which would qualify it as a reliable means of deduction.The queastion of relevacy of the analogic deduction was particularly important for archaeology whi

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Optimal Dispatch of Integrated Energy System Considering Energy Hub Technology and Multi-Agent Interest Balance

With the gradual liberalization of the energy market, the future High Temperature Sealant integrated energy system will be composed of multiple agents.Therefore, this paper proposes an optimization dispatch method considering energy hub technology and multi-agent interest balance in an integrated energy system.Firstly, an integrated energy system,

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