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Assessing Agricultural Green Total Factor Productivity in Latin America

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The agricultural sector in Latin America plays a vital role in ensuring food security while impacting the environment. However, there remains a lack of analysis regarding the inputs responsible for pollution within its sub‐technologies. Hence, this article aims to assess agricultural green total factor productivity (TFP) through a novel ...
Tianxiang Li, Vanessa Ormeño‐Candelario, Xueli Chen   +2 more
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Spartocera batatas (Fabricius) (Hemiptera: Coreidae) : newly established in Florida [PDF]

, 2005
Spartocera batatas (Fabricius) was found for the first time in the USA in Homestead, Florida, in 1995. Records from Brazil, British Guiana, Colombia, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Grenada, Jamaica, Martinique, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Saba ...
Brambila, Julieta, Halbert, Susan E.
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Charting the Path to Increased Oil Palm Output in Ghana Beyond Area Expansion: Technology or Managerial Capacity — Which Leads the Way?

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study sets out to investigate the prospects for raising oil palm output in sub‐Saharan Africa, particularly Ghana, without further expansion of cropland. Given global concerns about oil palm's role in deforestation and land use change, the focus is on enhancing productivity on existing farmlands.
Jacob Asravor, Francis Tsiboe, Ayobami Adetoyinbo, Jacob Ankamah   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Traceability of Agri‐Food Products: The Key to Conscious Trade

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Globalization and growing concerns about sustainability have led to improvements in product traceability, quality, and sustainability. Traceability contributes to environmental protection and supports sustainable development by fostering transparency in agricultural practices and encouraging the responsible use of resources.
Scarlett Queen Almeida Bispo, Fernanda Aparecida Silva, Michelle Márcia Viana Martins, Marcelo José Braga Nonnenberg, Ruan da Silva Vianna, Carla Cristina Passos Cruz   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

A first insight into tuberculosis transmission at the border of Ecuador and Colombia: a retrospective study of the population structure of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Esmeraldas province

Frontiers in Public Health
ObjectiveTuberculosis (TB) is a major public health concern in Ecuador and Colombia, considering that both countries are high-burden TB settings. Molecular epidemiology is crucial to understand the transmission dynamics of Mycobacterium tuberculosis ...
Bernardo Castro-Rodriguez, Sebastián Espinoza-Andrade, Greta Franco-Sotomayor, Greta Franco-Sotomayor, José Manuel Benítez-Medina, Natalia Jiménez-Pizarro, Camilo Cárdenas-Franco, Juan Carlos Granda, Jose Luis Jouvin, Solon Alberto Orlando, Solon Alberto Orlando, Javier Hermoso de Mendoza, Miguel Ángel García-Bereguiain   +12 more
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Seismic and Aseismic Cycle of the Ecuador–Colombia Subduction Zone

Frontiers in Earth Science, 2021
The Colombia–Ecuador subduction zone is an exceptional natural laboratory to study the seismic cycle associated with large and great subduction earthquakes.
M. Chlieh, C. Beauval, H. Yepes, J. Marinière, M. Saillard, L. Audin   +5 more
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A review of the genus Alurnus Fabricius, 1775 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae) [PDF]

, 2013
The species of the genus Alurnus Fabricius (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae) are reviewed. Twentythree species are recognized as valid. Alurnus bicolor from Colombia and A. crenatus from Bolivia are described as new species.
Staines, Charles L.
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Spheres, tears, and spears: Regulating the perimeter and circularity of millimeter‐sized alginate hydrogel beads

AIChE Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Generating hydrogel beads pertains to many engineering applications. We examined two alginate‐based fluids at three concentrations of alginate, cAG$$ {c}_{\mathrm{AG}} $$. We used the “Map of Misery” to determine which material property (viscosity, elasticity, and inertia) drives droplet formation.
Conor G. Harris, Katherine D. Bandettini, Hannah K. Gedde, Lewis Semprini, Kaitlin C. Fogg, Willie E. Rochefort   +5 more
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Amphibia, Anura, Centrolenidae Teratohyla midas (Lynch and Duellman, 1973) and Cochranella resplendens (Lynch and Duellman, 1973): First and second record respectively for Colombia [PDF]

Check List, 2013
We present the first record of the glassfrog Teratohyla midas (Lynch and Duellman, 1973) for Colombia. This species, previously known in Ecuador, Peru and French Guiana, was collected at the municipalities of Belén de los Andaquíes and Florencia, Caquetá,
César Malambo, Junner González-Ibarra, Yudi Gomez-Polania   +2 more
doaj   +3 more sources

La competencia por el control del espacio amazónico en el contexto de la diplomacia sudamericana, 1830-1998 (Estudios) [PDF]

, 2016
This article analyzes the diplomatic tension that has arisen among Brazilian, Bolivian, Colombian, Ecuadorian and Peruvian delegates to gain control of the Amazon basin region.
Garay Vera, Cristián
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