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Gender &History, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This research explores the adaptive strategies employed by Conversas (Christian women of Jewish origin) and Moriscas (Christian women of Muslim origin) in navigating adversity, particularly in their interactions with inquisitorial authorities in the early modern Crown of Aragon. This study analyses these women's efforts to uphold religious and
Ivana Arsić
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‘Let's Turn the Grass Into Meat’: Animal Husbandry as Women's Work in Cold War North Korea
Gender &History, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In postcolonial North Korea, the future of the nation was said to be a function of the feedlot. Unobtainable on the battlefields of the recently ended Korean War, liberation and unification of the peninsula became a question of competitive developmentalism.
Sunho Ko, Derek J. Kramer
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Organic farm incomes in England and Wales 1998/99 [PDF]
, 2001 This report presents results from research work carried out for the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF) on the financial performance of organic farms in 1998/99.
Fowler, Sue +2 more
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Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Quantifying and improving the environmental performance (EP) of agriculture has become an urgent research and policy priority. Over the past three decades, frontier‐based analytical frameworks have been widely applied to evaluate farm‐level EP.
Fissha Asmare +5 more
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AgriEngineeringThe dairy sheep, vital to the Mediterranean economy, struggles to balance productivity, sustainability, and animal welfare, especially in extensive, small-scale systems.
Maria Consuelo Mura +3 more
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Assessing economic incentives for dairy sheep farmers: A real options approach [PDF]
New policy measures have been introduced to transform Greece’s agriculture into a more modern and environmentally friendly agriculture. Adopting new technology and environmentally friendly production systems involves risk and uncertainty, which in turn ...
Alexopoulos, George +3 more
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Examining the Relative Competitiveness of Irish Agriculture (1996 – 2003/4) [PDF]
, 2007 End of Project ReportThis paper examines the competitiveness of Irish agriculture compared to that of other EU and non-EU countries. The analysis was based on two main data sources – the Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) for years 1996-2003 and the ...
Thorne, Fiona
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Response to somatic cell count-based selection for mastitis resistance in a divergent selection experiment in sheep [PDF]
, 2009 A divergent selection experiment in sheep was implemented to study the consequences of log-transformed somatic cell score (SCS)-based selection on resistance to natural intramammary infections.
Aurel, Marie-Rose +6 more
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Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.Feeding with tannin‐rich diets altered the fecal microbial composition and increased the relative abundance of tannin‐degrading microbes. We hypothesize that fecal bacteria and fungi may play important roles in helping herbivores adapt to tannin‐rich diets but respond to different tannin concentrations varies.
Di Zhu +5 more
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Reaching the Summit or a Plateau? The EU–New Zealand Relationship in the Indo‐Pacific
Global Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article examines New Zealand's perceptions of the European Union's Indo‐Pacific Strategy through interviews with government officials and foreign policy influencers. Despite viewing the EU positively as a like‐minded partner committed to the rule‐based international order, New Zealand respondents demonstrated limited understanding of the ...
Matthew Castle +4 more
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