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Assessing Government Subsidies for Reducing Pesticide Use: A Meta‐Analysis
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In the efforts being made by governments to reduce pesticide use, subsidies are an important instrument to encourage farmers to adopt more sustainable practices. Yet, their effectiveness remains uncertain due to diverse designs and contexts.
Gaëlle Leduc +3 more
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Ex‐Ante Assessment of Farm Resilience to Institutional Shocks: A Modeling Approach
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Using the agent‐based model SWISSland, we simulate farm‐level responses and interactions under two institutional shocks: tariff reductions and direct payment reductions. Using a framework we developed, we assess resilience capacities, resilience attributes, and the provision of private and public goods, following the shock.
Nadja El Benni, Gabriele Mack
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Soil Temperature Associated with Crop-Livestock Integration System
Revista Brasileira de Geografia FísicaA agricultura está em permanente busca de alternativas de produção que sejam ao mesmo tempo produtivas e ambientalmente sustentáveis. Dentre essas alternativas está a utilização do sistema integrado lavoura-pecuária, no entanto, ainda há algumas lacunas no conhecimento quando da adoção desse sistema.
Bernadete Radin +4 more
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Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The California dairy industry has experienced considerable consolidation over the past 30 years. During this period, there has also been substantial technological innovation, implementation of the state's Low Carbon Fuel Standard program, and rapid adoption of anaerobic digesters.
Michael McCullough, Jarrett Hart
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Du nomadisme à la sédentarisation
Revue d'ethnoécologie, 2012 In West and Central Sudano-Sahelian Africa, the intensification and modernisation of livestock farming promoted by environmental and livestock support services were not immediately accepted by herdsmen.
Aimé Landry Dongmo +5 more
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Cotton response to nitrogen fertilization in the integrated crop-livestock system
Scientia Agraria Paranaensis, 2020 Cotton has been widely cultivated in the Cerrado region, including the crop-livestock integration system under no-till. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of plant residues from ruzigrass [Urochloa ruziziensis (R. Germ. C.M. Evrard) Crins] and nitrogen fertilization on nitrogen use efficiency, growth, and yield of cotton crop ...
Fábio Steiner +4 more
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Crop-Livestock Interactions in Smallholders’ Market Participation: Evidence from Crop-Livestock Mixed Systems in Ethiopia [PDF]
Most studies on smallholder market participation decisions analyze crop or livestock market participation separately. However, in mixed crop-livestock farming systems, smallholders’ participation decisions in crop and livestock markets may not be ...
Jaleta, Moti, Gebremedhin, Berhanu
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Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Disruptions in global fertilizer markets and climate targets have increased interest in fossil‐free mineral nitrogen fertilizers. This study examines farmers' preferences for conventional (fossil‐based) and fossil‐free fertilizers using a labeled discrete choice experiment with 211 Swedish farmers.
Nasir Adam +5 more
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, 2020 Intercropping systems have become an interesting alternative for grain and forage production because they are sustainable systems that reduce carbon emissions in degraded pasture areas.
Charles Barbosa Santos +6 more
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No till system of maize and crop-livestock integration
Boletim de Indústria Animal, 2013 The aim of this work was to evaluate the implementation of the Integrated Crop-Livestock (ICL) in beef cattle farms where the corn was planted directly on the pasture, under no-till system, in the first year. The Crop-Livestock Integration (CLI) models evaluated consisted of Brachiaria decumbens pastures intercropped with corn in the no tillage system.
Edmar Eduardo Bassan Mendes +5 more
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