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Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Livestock Owners and Livestock Assistants towards African Trypanosomiasis Control in The Gambia

Journal of Parasitology Research, 2022
Background. In Africa, it has been estimated that 50 million cattle and 70 million sheep and goats are at risk of animal African trypanosomiasis, and three million cattle die annually. Methods.
Alpha Kargbo, Edrisa Jawo, Amien Isaac Amoutchi, Herve Koua, Rex Kuye, Zainabou Dabre, Abdoulie Bojang, Rafael F. C. Vieira   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Linking vegetation change, carbon sequestration and biodiversity [PDF]

, 2011
1. Despite recent interest in linkages between above- and belowground communities and their consequences for ecosystem processes, much remains unknown about their responses to long-term ecosystem change.
Bansal, Sheel, Bardgett, Richard, Gundale, Michael, Jonsson, Micael, Metcalfe, Daniel, Wardle, David A.   +5 more
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Swedish farmers' approval of nudges

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract Interest in the use of behavioral policy approaches, such as nudges, has strongly increased over the past years, including in the domains of food, agricultural and environmental policies. While the approval of nudges among the general public has been studied extensively, we know little about the attitude of farmers toward nudging. Farmers may (
Liesbeth Colen, Leon Englberger, Jens Rommel   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Combining Time‐Stamped Insect Sampling With eDNA‐Metabarcoding of Guano to Reconstruct Community Interactions

Ecology and Evolution
Understanding the temporal dynamics of predator–prey interactions is the basis for predicting behavioral responses to climate or other environmental changes.
Tamara R. Hartke, Manus Wittenhorst, Martin Koch, Christoph Scherber, Sönke Twietmeyer, Sarah J. Bourlat, Michel Böhme, Ameli Kirse   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Can outsourcing pest and disease control help reduce pesticide expenditure? Evidence from rice farmers

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract Outsourcing pest and disease control (PDC) has grown rapidly worldwide, especially in developing countries. Although numerous studies have investigated various advantages of outsourcing PDC, little is known about its impact on pesticide expenditure.
Pengcheng Wang, Wanglin Ma, Mengling Diao   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assembling the Tree of Life in Europe (AToLE) [PDF]

, 2009
A network of scientists under the umbrella of 'Assembling the Tree of Life in Europe (AToLE)' seeks funding under the FP7-Theme: Cooperation - Environment (including Climate Change and Biodiversity Conservation) programme of the European ...
Alexandre Hassanin, Alfried Vogler, Erik Smets, Frederic Delsuc, Gitte Petersen, Olaf R. P. Bininda-Emonds, Ole Seberg, Susanne S. Renner, Thomas Borsch, Ulf Jondelius, Vincent Savolainen, Wieslaw Bogdanowicz   +11 more
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Wine Tourism as a Catalyst for Sustainable Performance: The Mediating Role of Corporate Legitimacy and Green Innovation

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study aims to explore the influence of Wine Tourism (WT) on the Sustainable Performance (SP) of wineries in Spain. It particularly investigates how Corporate Social Legitimacy (CSL) and Green Innovation (GI) may act as intermediary factors in this relationship.
Javier Martínez‐Falcó, Eduardo Sánchez‐García, Bartolomé Marco‐Lajara, Luis A. Millán‐Tudela   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Inference for changes in biodiversity

, 2015
23 pages, 4 ...
Willis, Amy, Bunge, John, Whitman, Thea
openaire   +2 more sources

Examining the Impact of Row Planting on Labor Use for Sustainable Food Production Among Maize Farmers in Rural Ghana

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Smallholder farmers are reverting to traditional production methods due to the high opportunity costs and unintended consequences of new technologies. This study focuses on row planting technology, which is labor‐intensive and slow without mechanized operations.
Emmanuel Tetteh Jumpah, Habtamu Alem, Abdulai Adams, Tomáš Ratinger, Miroslava Bavorová   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Staging an Experience of Cultural Heritage Preservation: Consumers' Willingness to Pay for Heirloom Rice in the Philippines

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Cordillera Administrative Region in the Philippines is home to terraced rice embedded in centuries of cultural heritage. However, weak market incentives threaten sustained production, jeopardizing indigenous communities' cultural heritage and the in situ biodiversity of rice genetic resources.
Kofi Britwum, Matty Demont
wiley   +1 more source