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Negotiating Community Values: The Franklin County Agricultural Society Premium Lists, 1844-1889 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
The creation of agricultural fairs was originally intended as a way to achieve agricultural and economic reform. Once they took shape, however, the meaning and impact of the fairs was shaped as much or more by those who attended the fairs as it was by ...
Burns, Chris
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Justice in coexistence: Pastoralism and large carnivores on the Qinghai‐Tibet Plateau

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract The conflict between livestock husbandry and large carnivore conservation presents significant challenges in grassland ecosystems worldwide. Achieving sustainable coexistence among herders, livestock and large carnivores requires reconciling diverse perspectives and interests through equitable, inclusive and fair processes that address both ...
Yufang Gao, Yue Yu
wiley   +1 more source

Organic goat and sheep dairy in the Netherlands [PDF]

open access: yes, 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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Bushmeat consumption frequency and preferences among rural households in a West African savanna landscape: Implications for food security and conservation

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract The drivers of consumer demand for bushmeat are relatively well studied in tropical forest systems, but much less so in savanna areas. This is important because differing ecological and socio‐economic conditions lead to different factors affecting the relationship between local communities and their natural resources.
Hannah N. K. Sackey   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Genomic analyses of Asiatic Mouflon in Iran provide insights into the domestication and evolution of sheep

open access: yesGenetics Selection Evolution
Background Asiatic mouflon (Ovis gmelini) consists of several subspecies mainly distributed in Armenia, southern Azerbaijan, Cyprus, northern, southern, and western regions of Iran, and eastern and central regions of Turkey nowadays.
Dong-Feng Wang   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Influence of oral environment on diet choices in goats: a focus on saliva protein composition [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
There is ample evidence that ruminants are capable of making choices between different foods that provide a more balanced diet that would be obtained by eating at random.
Baptista, ES   +3 more
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The magnitude and economic replacement value of wild meat obtained from ‘recreational’ big game hunting in the United States

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Meat production has notable benefits for food security, nutrition and various production economies, but has elicited substantial negative environmental impacts. Recreational hunting provides an alternative to agricultural meat production for over 24 million hunters worldwide.
Shane P. Mahoney, Richard D. Honor
wiley   +1 more source

Comparative Histological Study on Teat of Domestic Animals

open access: yesInternational Journal of Bio-Resource and Stress Management
The present study was executed at Department of Veterinary Anatomy, College of Veterinary Science, Sri Venkateswara Veterinary University, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India during the period of July, 2020 to October, 2021 to find the possible differences ...
T. Sai Urmila   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Varied motivations for secondary forest reclearing among landholders make forest persistence challenging

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Remote sensing studies show that ephemeral forest regeneration is widespread in the tropics, limiting the climate and biodiversity benefits from net increases in forest cover. Socioeconomic, biophysical and landscape variables can help explain the spatial distribution of reforestation reversals.
Francis H. Joyce
wiley   +1 more source

MP 2008-02 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
This publication is compiled from a three-part series of articles on muskox research in Agroborealis 38.2, 39.1, and 39 ...
Helfferich, Deirdre
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