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Productivity dispersion and persistence in European agriculture
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract Improving and maintaining agricultural productivity, which is pivotal to deliver private and public goods, is challenged by increasingly uncertain market and environmental conditions. Understanding differences in productivity among farms and its persistence over time helps assess the vulnerability of agricultural production to these external ...
Stefan Wimmer, Robert Finger
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The alternative uses of disused dairy factories in Taranaki : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Geography at Massey University [PDF]
, 1983 Small local dairy factories have long been a part of New Zealand's dairying heritage. No longer profitable in their original use, subsequent redundancy and abandonment has seen the appearance of the "disused dairy factory" in the rural landscape.
O'Donnell, Christine Anne
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Preliminary Investigation of the Incidence and Impact of Disability on Irish Farms [PDF]
, 2007 Farming is identified as being a hazardous occupation, resulting in disability and numerous fatalities each year. While occupational health and safety issues among farm households have been studied recently in Ireland, there has been no research directed
Connolly, Liam +3 more
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Area, EarlyView.Short Abstract This article explores dairy transitions in Aotearoa New Zealand through an ecofeminist lens, focusing on ethical and political dimensions of food system transitions. Drawing on 2022 fieldwork, it critiques feminised protein production and advocates for ethical engagement with dairy systems, highlighting the importance of place‐based ...
Milena Bojovic
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Chemical Analysis of Pottery Demonstrates Prehistoric Origin for High-Altitude Alpine Dairying
PLoS ONE, 2016 The European high Alps are internationally renowned for their dairy produce, which are of huge cultural and economic significance to the region. Although the recent history of alpine dairying has been well studied, virtually nothing is known regarding ...
F. Carrer +7 more
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, 1963 Cooperating with the United States Department of AgricultureIntroduction -- Outlook -- History -- Facilities -- Organization -- Financing -- Report of progress -- Fertilizers -- Dairying -- Grazing -- Forages -- Irrigation -- Cereals -- Weed control ...
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Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, EarlyView.Short Abstract Coercive animal labour is often state sanctioned as an ecologically friendly mode of sand mining, based on anthropocentric environmental ideology that sees animal bodies as solutions or fixes for often human‐caused environmental crises, even as, incrementally, it causes extreme ecological destruction.
Yamini Narayanan
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Technical efficiency and supply chain practices in dairying: The case of India
, 2018 operation Flood programme not only accelerated the growth of the dairy sector but also helped india to become the world's largest milk producer. The production of milk has increased many times since the which is mainly due to the increased number of live
Surender Mor, S. Sharma
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, 1965 Cooperating with the United States Department of AgricultureIntroduction -- Developmental problems -- Fertilizers -- Forages -- Dairying -- Climate and light -- Grasses -- Cereals -- Potatoes -- Vegetables, fruit -- Weed control -- Water -- Plant ...
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History and Legacy of Andean Research in Nuñoa, Peru
American Journal of Human Biology, Volume 37, Issue 6, June 2025.ABSTRACT The high‐altitude town and associated political district of Nuñoa, Peru, has served as an anthropological field research site for more than 60 years. The earliest studies were initiated by Paul T. Baker and his students from Penn State University in 1962.
Michael A. Little +2 more
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