Pathways to Attaining a Food Secure Philippines through a Competitive and Climate-Resilient Agri-Fisheries Sector [PDF]
, 2020 This document highlights the key messages drawn from climate adaptation efforts and events done with Philippines’ Department of Agriculture-Regional Field Offices (DA-RFOs) across the country.
Baltazar, Perla +8 more
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Agricultural mechanization perspective in Pakistan: present challenges and digital future
Journal of Agricultural EngineeringAgriculture constitutes a critical sector within the economic landscape of Pakistan, engaging 37.4% of the labour force and contributing 22.9% to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), thus functioning as an essential element of the country's economic ...
Gohar Gulshan Mahmood +2 more
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Analysis of safety regulations for mechanized spraying of agricultural crops
, 2021 V. Tymochko +4 more
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A Review on Biodegradable Materials of Sustainable Soft Robotics and Electronics
Advanced Science, EarlyView.Biodegradable materials are gaining increasing attention in soft robotics and electronics due to their environmental friendliness, showing great potential for sustainability. In this review, the classification of biodegradable materials, their applications in the field of soft robotics and electronics, as well as the challenges and future prospects ...
Yizhu Xie +8 more
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ECONOMIC BOOM, FINANCIAL BUST, AND THE FATE OF THAI AGRICULTURE: WAS GROWTH IN THE 1990S TOO FAST? [PDF]
Thailand's economic boom since 1987 resulted in absolute agricultural employment and land use declines. Both were caused by rapid wage growth due to nonagricultural investment.
Coxhead, Ian A.
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Novel Antifungal Scaffold Targeting Tubulin Overcomes Sclerotinia Sclerotiorum Resistance
Advanced Science, EarlyView.Addressing pesticide resistance, novel chromone‐acylhydrazone hybrids targeting fungal tubulin are synthesized. Compound G24 potently inhibited S. sclerotiorum (EC50 = 0.21µg mL−1) and demonstrated enhanced field performance via microencapsulation, offering a sustainable strategy against resistance and for global food security.
Lihui Shao +5 more
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Modelling the impacts of mechanized surgarcane harvest on noodsberg supply chain : Visit report to University of KwaZulu-Natal, 26 April - 4 May 2007 [PDF]
, 2007 This visit to the University of KwaZulu-Natal was part of the joint CIRAD - UKZN PROTEA project focused on Integrated supply chain modelling applied to sugar cane.
Le Gal, Pierre-Yves
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Institutional and Socioeconomic Model of Farm Mechanization and Foreign Workers [PDF]
A multi-output cost function approach to induced innovation is adopted to analyze the impact of socioeconomic variables and institutional factors on technological change in agriculture. Focusing on the impact of immigration policy and farm mechanization,
Emerson, Robert D. +1 more
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Precision Editing of NLRS Improves Effector Recognition for Enhanced Disease Resistance
Advanced Science, EarlyView.Precision engineering of plant NLR immune receptors enables rational design of enhanced pathogen resistance through mismatched pairing, domain swapping, and targeted mutagenesis. These approaches achieve multi‐fold expansion in recognition breadth while minimizing autoimmunity risks and fitness penalties.
Vinit Kumar +7 more
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A Cinderella Story: The Early Evolution of the American Tractor Industry [PDF]
The arrival of motorization, from before the beginning of the twentieth century, has changed agricultural production and the whole economy by dramatically reducing work force and improving productivity.
Soumodip Sarkar, Vanessa Duarte
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