Review on the possible interactions of pests, diseases & weeds in cereals grown in organic and conventional agriculture [PDF]
, 2001 Background The demand for organically produced food is outstripping the ability of UK farmers to supply it and the majority is imported. Furthermore, there is a major shortfall in home-produced organic cereals and cereal products, including straw.
Anon
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The Potential of Arable Weeds to Reverse Invertebrate Declines and Associated Ecosystem Services in Cereal Crops [PDF]
, 2020 There is global concern that invertebrate populations are declining rapidly, particularly in agricultural habitats. Declines have been attributed to the intensification of farming systems, with many studies focussing on a lack of semi-natural habitat in ...
Aebischer, Nicholas J. +5 more
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Economic Efficiency Among Small Holder Arable Crop Farmers In Kebbi State Nigeria
, 2017 The economic efficiency, determinants of production and the sources of inefficiency in arable crop production in Kebbi State are investigated using a stochastic frontier profit function which incorporates a model for inefficiency effects. Data were generated using the cost route approach from a sample of 96 farm households selected from the four ...
Tanko L, Jirgi, A. J.
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Beyond the Ban—Shedding Light on Smallholders' Price Vulnerability in Indonesia's Palm Oil Industry
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The Indonesian government imposed a palm oil export ban in April 2022 to address rising cooking oil prices. This study explores oil palm smallholders' vulnerability to the policy using descriptive statistics, Lasso, and post‐Lasso OLS regressions.
Charlotte‐Elena Reich +3 more
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Did the Indian Green Revolution Change the Farm Size–Productivity Relationship?
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We examine the relationship between farm size and productivity during India's Green Revolution, a period of rapid technological transformation. Using a unique panel of over 5000 Indian farm households that spans the Green Revolution (1971–1999), we show that the classic (linear) inverse farm size–productivity relationship gradually evolved ...
Rabail Chandio, Leah E. M. Bevis
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Factors influencing biodiversity within organic and conventional systems of arable farming – methodologies and preliminary results [PDF]
, 2002 This report was presented at the UK Organic Research 2002 Conference. This paper describes the approaches and preliminary results of a study that is designed to provide a large amount of data at a range of scales in order to investigate the potential ...
Norton, Lisa R
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Temperature and Farm Labor in Nigeria
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We estimate the impact of temperature shocks on the composition of farm labor in rural Nigeria using a nationally representative household panel survey. Leveraging plausibly exogenous year‐to‐year variation in growing season temperatures, we find that warmer temperatures significantly alter farm labor composition, prompting a substantial shift
Andu Berha
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Crop rotation on arable and livestock farms in Slovenia
Acta Agriculturae Slovenica, 2010 Despite the fact that successive sowing of maize was legally limited due to the occurrence of the corn rootworm beetle in 2003 and the integrated crop production was introduced in 2004, maize is still the most common and desired crop on arable and ...
Darja KOCJAN AČKO, Igor ŠANTAVEC
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Integrated Arable Farming Systems and their potential uptake in the UK [PDF]
, 1997 Integrated Arable Farming Systems are examined from the perspective of the farmer considering the use of such techniques, and data are presented which suggest that the uptake of the approach may expose the manager to a greater degree of risk ...
Bailey, Alison +5 more
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On diversity effects of alternative agricultural policy reforms in Finland: An agricultural sector modelling approach [PDF]
, 2003 The aim of this study is to predict diversity effects of agricultural policy reforms in which direct aid payments are disconnected from production, and compare the outcomes with effects of such a policy in which CAP support is coupled.
Hietala-Koivu, Reija +2 more
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