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Economic Footprint of Alberta's Irrigation Districts: An Economic Impact Analysis
Irrigation and Drainage, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Irrigation development can be an effective economic force for agricultural production, regional development and urban and rural community development. This study estimated the societal economic footprint of the Irrigation Districts on the economy in Alberta, Canada, via a variety of economic impact analysis models.
Surendra N. Kulshreshtha +2 more
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Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2017 Recurring outbreaks of bluetongue virus in domestic sheep of the US Intermountain West have prompted questions about the economic benefits and costs of vaccinating individual flocks against bluetongue (BT) disease.
Tristram R. Munsick +5 more
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Organic dairy production in the Netherlands [PDF]
, 2011 The dairy sector is the largest organic sector in the Netherlands. Cows, goats and sheep are kept to produce milk and variety of cheeses. Although a significant share of total organic dairy production is exported, domestic consumers are continuing to buy
Migchels, Gerard
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Irrigation and Drainage, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Small‐scale irrigation represents a highly effective system designed to enhance production and productivity, mitigate risks associated with rainfall variability and increase the income of rural farm households. This study was conducted to analyse small‐scale irrigation impact on household income and assess the challenges and opportunities in ...
Molla Gessesse +3 more
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Organic goat and sheep dairy in the Netherlands [PDF]
, 2011 The dairy sector is the largest organic sector in the Netherlands. Not only cows, but also goats and sheep are kept to produce milk and a variety of cheeses.
Eekeren, van, Nick
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People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Pastoral practices remain a widespread economic activity across European mountain regions. However, the viability of this activity may be threatened by the recovery of large wild vertebrates associated with passive rewilding, leading to the so‐called human–wildlife conflicts.
P. Acebes +4 more
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No silver bullet? Snow leopard prey selection in Mt. Kangchenjunga, Nepal
Ecology and Evolution, 2021 In this study, we investigated the impact of domestic and wild prey availability on snow leopard prey preference in the Kangchenjunga Conservation Area of eastern Nepal—a region where small domestic livestock are absent and small wild ungulate prey are ...
Kamal Thapa +4 more
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People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract While the return of wolves (Canis lupus) to many European countries is a conservation milestone, the negative impacts are unevenly distributed across society, placing high pressure on livestock grazing systems. For this perspective, scientists from diverse disciplines and geographical backgrounds reflect on the state of livestock–wolf ...
Emu‐Felicitas Ostermann‐Miyashita +11 more
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The First Mitogenome of the Cyprus Mouflon (Ovis gmelini ophion): New Insights into the Phylogeny of the Genus Ovis. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Sheep are thought to have been one of the first livestock to be domesticated in the Near East, thus playing an important role in human history. The current whole mitochondrial genome phylogeny for the genus Ovis is based on: the five main domestic ...
Daria Sanna +12 more
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Parasite, 2016 Sheep are highly susceptible to infections with Toxoplasma gondii and play a major role in the transmission of toxoplasmosis to humans. In the present study, 779 serum samples from sheep were collected from Henan province, central China from March 2015 ...
Nian Zhang +9 more
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