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Japanese consumer's visual marketing preferences and willingness to pay for rice produced by biodiversity‐friendly farming

Conservation Science and Practice
A market‐based approach for biodiversity conservation can promote sustainable food production, but little is known about how consumers perceive rice and organisms conserved through biodiversity‐friendly farming (BFF).
Yoshinori Tokuoka, Naoki Katayama, Satoru Okubo   +2 more
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STATE AND EFFICIENCY OF MANAGEMENT OF AGROECOSYSTEM SERVICES – THE CASE OF BULGARIA [PDF]

Annals of the University of Petrosani: Economics, 2010
This paper incorporates New Institutional Economics and analyzes the state and efficiency of management of agro-ecosystem services in Bulgaria. Firstly, it presents framework of analyses of management of agro-ecosystem services including: definition of ...
HRABRIN BACHEV
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Insect Biodiversity in Brinjal Agro-Ecosystem

Biological Sciences - PJSIR, 2019
    The experiment on insect biodiversity in brinjal (Solanum melongena L.) agro-ecosystem was conducted at village Mushtaque Kaleri near Tandojam, Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan during winter season 2015-2016. For this purpose ½ acre of brinjal crop was cultivated. Collection was done once a week through sweep net method. Data was collected by
Zehua Zhang, Farukh Asghar, Mehroz Khan, Fida Hussain Magsi, Ammara Rajput, Imtaiz Ahmed Nizamani, Aslam Bukero, Abdul Ghani Lanjar, Asif Hussain Chang, Babar Hussain Chang   +9 more
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Effects of Partial Harvesting on Napier Grass: Reduced Seasonal Variability in Feedstock Supply and Increased Biomass Yield

Plant Production Science, 2015
The production of cellulosic bioethanol from non-edible plants is receiving increasing attention for its potential to avoid food–fuel competition.
Nobuhito Sekiya, Jun Abe, Fumitaka Shiotsu, Shigenori Morita   +3 more
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Digital ecosystem of Russian Agricultural Bank as an innovative platform for sustainable development of the agro-industrial complex [PDF]

E3S Web of Conferences
The digital ecosystem for the agro-industrial complex emerged as a platform that unites agrarians from all regions of Russia and stimulates the promotion of agro-technologies in rural areas.
Fedotova Gilyan, Stepanishin Viktor, Kapustina Yuliya, Bolaev Baatr, Averina Anna, Churaev Abdurakhman   +5 more
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Cryptic divergence in and evolutionary dynamics of endangered hybrid Picea brachytyla sensu stricto in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

BMC Plant Biology
Background The visual similarities observed across various plant groups often conceal underlying genetic distinctions. This occurrence, known as cryptic diversity, underscores the key importance of identifying and understanding cryptic intraspecific ...
Shengming Lu, Lian Liu, Weixiao Lei, Donglei Wang, Hui Zhu, Qing Lai, Liru Ma, Dafu Ru   +7 more
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Modelling an ecosystem: The example of agro-ecosystems

Ecological Modelling, 2011
Abstract Methods to predict ecosystem responses to changing environmental conditions, including options for mitigation and management, are vital for scientists and policy makers. We propose that modelling ecosystems by grouping species into trophic-functional types has great utility, because it is potentially generic and applicable to any ecosystem ...
Caron-Lormier, G., Bohan, D. A., Dye, R., Hawes, C., Humphry, R. W., Raybould, A.   +5 more
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Metagenomics reveals the structure of Mastrevirus-host interaction network within an agro-ecosystem. [PDF]

Virus Evol, 2023
Claverie S, Hoareau M, Chéhida SB, Filloux D, Varsani A, Roumagnac P, Martin DP, Lett JM, Lefeuvre P.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The Global Dilemma of Soil Legacy Phosphorus and Its Improvement Strategies under Recent Changes in Agro-Ecosystem Sustainability. [PDF]

ACS Omega, 2023
Solangi F, Zhu X, Khan S, Rais N, Majeed A, Sabir MA, Iqbal R, Ali S, Hafeez A, Ali B, Ercisli S, Kayabasi ET.   +11 more
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Comparative assessment of nutritional and functional properties of different sorghum genotypes for ensuring nutritional security in dryland agro-ecosystem. [PDF]

Front Nutr, 2022
Htet MNS, Feng B, Wang H, Tian L, Yadav V.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source