The calculated averages for product and process characteristics reached an index of 3.0 for all the three farms, because they have similar products and production practices (Table 4).
In the search for new profit opportunities, firms may modify product offerings or production practices to differentiate their production from that of other firms.
The top-down approach focuses more on the end product rather than the production practices.
It allows one set of seeds, management and production practices to be maintained, with an end product of remarkably different seedlings.
"You get different production practices, different aesthetics and different politics".
The EU looks down on American food safety and production practices, and with good reason.
In May, Oxfam started to highlight harmful food production practices that contribute to climate change.
The incident could draw new scrutiny of the production practices of reality TV shows.
EF calculations have questioned the sustainability and equity of current consumption and production practices.
Of course, on the one hand, neoliberalism and so-called post-Fordist production practices involve intense exploitation.
And by addressing key emissions from agricultural production – from cows and other ruminants, from fertilizers, and from rice production practices, we can greatly reduce emissions from agricultural production".
