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Does Contract Farming Reduce Pesticide Use? Panel Data Evidence From Smallholder Farmers in China
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The inappropriate and excessive use of pesticides poses a major threat to human and ecosystem health in the agri‐food sector. While existing studies have examined the potential of contract farming to address this issue, most have focused on large‐scale farms and relied on small or transactional datasets, often leaving the role of crop‐specific
Zhihui Liang, Shan Jin, Matthew Gorton
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Other title: Kansas Insurance Department news release
, 2020 This internet resource contains news releases issued throughout the yearCommissioner Vicki Schmidt selected for NAIC Committee Leadership -- Insurance Carriers to cover COVID-19 Testing -- Insurance Commissioner issues bulletin regarding Department ...
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The derived demand for the increased demand for meat and dairy products is clearly observed in the fast‐paced growth of the Indian feed industry and its increased demand for agricultural commodities (e.g., corn, soybean, rice, wheat, broken rice, millet, etc.) as feed ingredients.
Dwiti Baruah Thapa +2 more
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Exploiting Ferroelectric and Spintronic Dynamics for Neural Network Computation
Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.Ferroelectric and spintronic devices, relying on the control of polarization and magnetization, offer intrinsically fast, durable, energy‐efficient, and low‐latency building blocks for analog in‐memory computing. The hysteretic dynamics of an order parameter are leveraged to provide nonvolatile, multistate memory and nonlinear switching. Brain‐inspired
Dashiell Harrison +4 more
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Frontiers in Sustainable Food SystemsAgricultural insurance serves as a critical arrangement for addressing extreme weather shocks and improving the agricultural risk management system.
Shuang Fu, Wen-zhong Li
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AGRICULTURAL INSURANCE IN ROMANIA [PDF]
Production risks, meaning weather and climate related risks, affecting agricultural activities could be managed through agricultural insurance. First, the paper presents the specific production risk in agriculture and the tools that are used to manage ...
Barna Flavia +2 more
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Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.As food insecurity and global food demands surge, artificial intelligence (AI)‐based technologies offer promising opportunities to reduce food loss and waste. In this perspective, current AI adoption across the food supply chain is assessed using various academic, industry, and policy sources.
Akansha Prasad +5 more
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Other title: Kansas Insurance Department news release
, 2014 This internet resource contains news releases issued throughout the yearInsurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger warns consumers about proposed legislation -- Insurance Department will allow companies to extend current policies under new HHS rules ...
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American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract Crop insurance is undoubtedly an extremely valuable element in protecting agricultural businesses, but in many cases standard indemnity‐based products have had very low uptake due to high transaction costs elevating premiums to unaffordable levels.
Amogh Prakasha Kumar +2 more
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Food insecurity and unemployment among immigrants in the United States
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract Immigrants can be more vulnerable to economic downturns and, during periods of economic hardship, more likely to experience food insecurity compared to natives. This study examines the differential effect of the unemployment rate on the probability of being food insecure among diverse groups of immigrant households relative to natives in the ...
Siwen Zhou +3 more
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