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Economic Valuation of Environmental Benefits and the Targeting of Conservation Programs: The Case of the CRP [PDF]
The range of environmental problems confronting agriculture has expanded in recent years. As the largest program designed to mitigate the negative environmental effects of agriculture, the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) has broadened its initial ...
Feather, Peter +2 more
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Globalization and land-use transitions in Latin America [PDF]
, 2008 Current socioeconomic drivers of land-use change associated with globalization are producing two contrasting land-use trends in Latin America. Increasing global food demand (particularly in Southeast Asia) accelerates deforestation in areas suitable for ...
Grau, Hector Ricardo, Mitchell, Aide
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Advanced Science, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Mast cells (MCs), key innate immune sentinels at the host–environment interface, serve as primary responders to invading pathogens. However, their specific contribution to host defense against cutaneous Candida albicans (C. albicans) infection and their synergy with other immune and non‐immune cells remain poorly understood. Here, we show that
Yan Yuan +12 more
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Land Trusts and Beginning Farmers' Access to Land: Exploring the Relationships in Coastal California
Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 2016 This paper examines relationships between beginner farmers and land trusts in coastal California. Set within the context of land consolidation in agriculture and increasing land values, some beginner farmers have created innovative land tenure ...
Jessica Beckett, Ryan E. Galt
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Which advisory system to support innovation in conservation agriculture? The case of Madagascar's lake Aloatra [PDF]
, 2012 To promote sustainable agriculture, various development projects are encouraging farmers around Madagascar's Lake Alaotra to adopt conservation agriculture techniques of direct-seeding, mulch-based cropping systems (DMCs).
Dugué, Patrick +5 more
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Advanced Science, EarlyView.This study constructed the first spatiotemporal multi‐omics map of peach fruit and discovered a key candidate gene that synergistically regulates trichome development and drought tolerance through the jasmonic acid signaling pathway, providing insights into the coupling mechanism between development and stress resistance.
Zhixin Liu +9 more
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Participatory Ecosystem Management Planning at Tuzla Lake (Turkey) Using Fuzzy Cognitive Mapping
, 2005 A participatory environmental management plan was prepared for Tuzla Lake, Turkey. Fuzzy cognitive mapping approach was used to obtain stakeholder views and desires.
Akdogan, Asuman +2 more
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Conservation Agriculture: The role of Academia in its technology transfer [PDF]
, 2012 Today, almost all players in the different agricultural sectors know what Conservation Agriculture is about and the potential benefits CA is able to generate.
Basch, G.
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Advanced Science, EarlyView.In this study, the orange‐muscle giant abalone (Haliotis gigantea) is used as a model to identify a non‐coding SNP that disrupts the interaction between ITGA8 pre‐mRNA and the splicing factor ILF2, leading to altered ITGA8 splicing. These splicing changes promote carotenoid accumulation in abalone muscle through the regulation of tissue remodeling ...
Xiaohui Wei +17 more
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Making Sustainable Agriculture Real in CAP 2020: The Role of Conservation Agriculture [PDF]
, 2012 Europe is about to redefine its Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) for the near future. The question is whether this redefinition is more a fine-tuning of the existing CAP or whether thorough changes can be expected. Looking back to the last revision of CAP
Basch, G. +3 more
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