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Dissecting Extreme Price Fluctuations in Mineral Fertilizers: Regularities and Co‐Movements in Light of Global Food Security

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Extreme swings in food prices can put food security at risk. Fertilizer prices are among the main drivers of food prices. This work explores the recurrent behavior of the extreme global fertilizer price fluctuations underlying food price dynamics.
Massimiliano Calvia
wiley   +1 more source

Sustained benefits of long-term biochar application for food security and climate change mitigation. [PDF]

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
Yang J, Xia L, van Groenigen KJ, Zhao X, Ti C, Wang W, Du Z, Fan M, Zhuang M, Smith P, Lal R, Butterbach-Bahl K, Han X, Meng J, Liu J, Cai H, Cheng Y, Liu X, Shu X, Jiao X, Pan Z, Tang G, Yan X.   +22 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Strategic Advocacy for Higher Education Research: Insights From US Agricultural Experiment Station Funding

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Amidst dwindling state funding and the legislative withdrawal from public university research support, a heightened political process shapes the allocation of scarce tax dollars. This article explores how advocacy within the political process influences funding support for higher education from state legislatures.
Gregory M. Perry, Trey Malone, Jay T. Akridge   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Baseline assessment of microplastic contamination in agricultural soils from the coastal stretches of Karnataka and Goa, Southwestern India. [PDF]

Environ Monit Assess
Mahreen L, C A, Warrier AK.
europepmc   +1 more source

Integrating Soil Science into Agricultural Production Frontiers

, 2012
This paper integrates soil science variables into an economic analysis of agricultural output among small-scale farmers in Kenya’s highlands. The integration is valuable because farmers’ choice of inputs depends on both the status of the soil and socio-economic conditions.
Ekbom, Anders, Alem, Yonas, Sterner, Thomas   +2 more
openaire  

Designing Cost‐Effective Carbon Payments to Induce Cellulosic Feedstock Production for Sustainable Aviation Fuel

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Perennial bioenergy crops, such as miscanthus and switchgrass, and crop residues have the potential to scale up sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production and mitigate carbon emissions. However, high establishment costs, delayed returns, and risk–return profiles that diverge from those of conventional crops can hinder incentives to adopt ...
Fahd Majeed, Madhu Khanna, Ruiqing Miao
wiley   +1 more source

Analysis of Microbial Community Structure and Diversity in Different Soil Use Types in the Luo River Basin. [PDF]

Microorganisms
Dai L, Hao X, Niu T, Liu Z, Wang Y, Geng X, Cai Q, Wang J, Ren Y, Liu F, Liu H, Li Z.   +11 more
europepmc   +1 more source

International Research Journal of Agriculture and Soil Science

, 2014
Zoumana Kouyaté, Thomas Wade, Inamoud Ibny Yattara, Marc Neyra   +3 more
openalex   +2 more sources

Dollars for Drops: Abatement Cost of Water for Irrigation in the Colorado River Basin

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Colorado River is a lifeline for more than 40 million people in the western United States. However, with climate change diminishing snowpacks in the Rocky Mountains and increasing demands from agriculture and urban areas, the river's flow has become insufficient to meet all the competing needs.
Shahin Bahrami, Mani Rouhi Rad, Rodolfo M. Nayga Jr.   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Integrative approaches to nutrient management in tomato cultivation for improved sustainability and productivity. [PDF]

Front Plant Sci
Li Y, Zhang R, Zhang C, Li Q, Nie L, Wang C, Wang XX.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source