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| Tollner, Ernest W.; Prussia, Stanley E.; Florkowski, Wojciech J.. |
| A spreadsheet-based stochastic model was developed to track fruit numbers and fruit value for 1,000 individual items grown in a farmer's field, sorted at a packinghouse with and without advanced inspection technology, distributed with and without repack, and sold at a retail store. The quantities generated at each step are value per unit volume in the production field and the respective price multipliers and passing fractions at the packinghouse, distribution center, and retail store. Values of these coefficients were set to reflect experience with the onion industry. It was assumed that about 30% (with repackaging) to 40% (without repackaging) of the fruit leaving the farmer's field would reach the consumer. The initial price per unit volume and pricing... |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9086 |
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