THE IMPORTANCE OF PESTICIDE RESIDUE IN VEGETABLES FOR CONSUMERS IN THE UNITED STATES AND GERMANY

Chemicals used in fresh vegetable production leave residue. Although the typical residue amount is below allowable limits, producers must recognize consumer preference for less residue. Atlanta and Berlin consumer surveys showed difference in opinions about chemical residue in fresh vegetables, need for government testing, impact of residue on amount of consumed vegetables, and willingness to pay for vegetables with less residue. In general, Atlanta residents were more likely to agree about certifying vegetables as containing only allowable residue amount, while Berlin consumers were more willing to pay for government testing and vegetables with less residue. Two equations were estimated to identify factors influencing the preference for less residue. Respondents with higher incomes showed less preference for less chemical residue; similar preferences were demonstrated by older and single Berlin respondents. Growing vegetables with less chemical use offers opportunity to market fresh vegetables differentiating them from vegetables produced using traditional practices, especially given the willingness of overseas consumers to pay higher prices for vegetables with less residue.

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(179) An Overview of the Sonoran Vegetable Industry

HortScience ◽

10.21273/hortsci.40.4.999b ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 40 (4) ◽

pp. 999B-999

Author(s):

Everardo Zamora ◽

Jose Cosme Guerrero ◽

Santiago Ayala

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Winter Season ◽

Developed Countries ◽

The United States ◽

High Yield ◽

Vegetable Production ◽

Fresh Vegetable ◽

Growing Seasons ◽

Summer Squash ◽

Plastic Mulching

Sonora, Mexico, is an outstanding area for growing good quality and high-yield vegetables, fruits, and nuts for year-round exportation. Each year, Sonora produces important, large quantities of fruits and nuts for exportation, including table grape, citrus, pecan, and olive fruit. Also, fresh vegetable production in Sonora is very important. Annually, large volumes of melon, pumpkin, summer squash, chili, husk tomato, tomato, and asparagus are produced for exportation to the United States, Europe, and Japan. Throughout the year, two important growing seasons for vegetable production have been established in Sonora. The most important growing season for vegetable exportation in Sonora is the autumn-winter season, when higher prices are reached for summer vegetables in the U.S. markets. The autumn–winter season begins in August and finishes in December. In Sonora, during the 2002–03 agricultural cycle, 39,666 ha (89,000 acres) of vegetables were established in the field. Many growers in Sonora are investing in imported high technologies for protected cropping from several developed countries, such as the United States, Canada, Israel, and some European countries. Currently in Sonora, high technology is applied by growers for vegetable production, i.e., plastic mulching, low and high tunnels, greenhouses, and shadow frames, which have been frequently used on fresh vegetable commercial production to improve both quality and yield. Because of a large labor force and the attractive income from fresh vegetable exportations to the United States, fresh vegetable production is a very important industry in Sonora. In fact, growing summer vegetables for exportation during the wintertime in Sonora, Mexico, is a good business.

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Factors Influencing Land Values in the Presence of Suburban Sprawl

Journal of the Northeastern Agricultural Economics Council ◽

10.1017/s0163548400000698 ◽

1974 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. 112-124 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Bruce E. Lindsay ◽

Cleve E. Willis

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Rural Areas ◽

The United States ◽

Land Values ◽

Suburban Sprawl ◽

Factors Influencing ◽

Definition Of

The spread of suburbs into previously rural areas has become commonplace in the United States. A rather striking aspect of this phenomenon has been the discontinuity which results. This aspect is often manifest in a haphazard mixture of unused and densely settled areas which has been described as “sprawl”. A more useful definition of suburban sprawl, its causes, and its consequences, is provided below in order to introduce the econometric objectives of this paper.

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Factors influencing magnesium consumption among adults in the United States

Nutrition Reviews ◽

10.1093/nutrit/nuy002 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 76 (7) ◽

pp. 526-538 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Emily K Tarleton

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

The United States ◽

Factors Influencing

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Factors Influencing Covid-19 Vaccine Acceptance across Subgroups in the United States: Evidence from a Conjoint Experiment

Vaccine ◽

10.1016/j.vaccine.2021.04.044 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

S.E. Kreps ◽

D.L. Kriner

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

The United States ◽

Vaccine Acceptance ◽

Factors Influencing ◽

Conjoint Experiment

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Expansion of Groundnut ringspot virus Host and Geographic Ranges in Solanaceous Vegetables in Peninsular Florida

Plant Health Progress ◽

10.1094/php-2011-0725-01-br ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 12 (1) ◽

pp. 34 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Craig G. Webster ◽

William W. Turechek ◽

H. Charles Mellinger ◽

Galen Frantz ◽

Nancy Roe ◽

...

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

The United States ◽

Vegetable Production ◽

Viral Pathogen ◽

Geographic Ranges ◽

First Report ◽

Geographic Spread ◽

Wide Range ◽

Production Areas ◽

Solanaceous Plants

To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of GRSV infecting tomatillo and eggplant, and it is the first report of GRSV infecting pepper in the United States. This first identification of GRSV-infected crop plants in commercial fields in Palm Beach and Manatee Counties demonstrates the continuing geographic spread of the virus into additional vegetable production areas of Florida. This information indicates that a wide range of solanaceous plants is likely to be infected by this emerging viral pathogen in Florida and beyond. Accepted for publication 27 June 2011. Published 25 July 2011.

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Factors Influencing Prostate Specific Antigen Testing in the United States

Urology Practice ◽

10.1016/j.urpr.2017.10.003 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 5 (6) ◽

pp. 438-443 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Nicolas von Landenberg ◽

Matthew Mossanen ◽

Ye Wang ◽

Jesse D. Sammon ◽

Nawar Hanna ◽

...

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Prostate Specific Antigen ◽

Specific Antigen ◽

The United States ◽

Factors Influencing ◽

Prostate Specific Antigen Testing ◽

Antigen Testing

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Museums, collectors, and value manipulation: tax fraud through donation of antiquities

10.31235/osf.io/73uat ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

Donna Yates

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

International Trade ◽

Case Studies ◽

The United States ◽

Tax Law ◽

Traditional Practices ◽

Antiquities Market ◽

Tax Fraud ◽

Key Aspects ◽

Tax Deduction

PurposeTo discuss the key aspects of the international trade in antiquities and the practice of philanthropic donation of object to museums that allow for certain types of tax deduction manipulation using a case of tax deduction manipulation from Australia and a case of tax fraud from the United States as examples.Design/methodology/approachTwo thoroughly researched case studies are presented which illustrate the particular features of current and past antiquities donation incentivization schemes which leave them open to manipulation and fraud.FindingsThe valuation of antiquities is subjective and problematic and the operations of both the antiquities market and the museums sector are traditionally opaque. Because of this tax incentivisation of antiquities donations, is susceptible to fraud.Originality/valueThis paper presents the mechanisms of the antiquities market and museum world to an audience that is not familiar with it. It then clearly demonstrates how the traditional practices of this world can be manipulated for the purposes of tax fraud. Two useful case studies are presented and one of these case studies has never been academically published before, despite it being the cause for a change in Australian tax law.

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““ALL THOSE OLD ISSUES””: GEORGE W. BUSH AND THE PALESTINIAN-ISRAELI CONFLICT

Journal of Palestine Studies ◽

10.1525/jps.2004.33.2.36 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 33 (2) ◽

pp. 36-50 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

KATHLEEN CHRISTISON

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Policy Making ◽

The United States ◽

Willful Ignorance ◽

Factors Influencing ◽

Peace Initiatives ◽

President Bush

Despite an array of formulas for peace put forth during his administration, President Bush and his policy-making team have been almost totally uninterested in involving the United States in any serious effort to resolve the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. The quick demise of all peace initiatives——each of which succumbed to the administration's focus on terrorism rather than on Israel's occupation as the root of the conflict——is testimony to the Bush team's near total identification with Israel's interests. This article examines the Bush administration's bias toward Israel and the factors influencing that approach: Bush's own willful ignorance of the situation on the ground and lack of concern for Palestinian grievances, his apparent personal rapport with Ariel Sharon, and the strong domestic political pressures on him, including from the pro-Israel lobby, Congress, neoconservatives, and the fundamentalist Christian lobby. All these factors combine to make any U.S. pressures on Israel highly unlikely.

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