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Can outsourcing pest and disease control help reduce pesticide expenditure? Evidence from rice farmers

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract Outsourcing pest and disease control (PDC) has grown rapidly worldwide, especially in developing countries. Although numerous studies have investigated various advantages of outsourcing PDC, little is known about its impact on pesticide expenditure.
Pengcheng Wang, Wanglin Ma, Mengling Diao   +2 more
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In the Vacuum of Public Action Social Security in Orissa: A Long Way to Go [PDF]

This paper is part of a large study on the Social Protection in Rural India and China. In this paper, we attempt at a critical appraisal of the historical development and experience of social security initiatives in Orissa, India.
K P, Kannan, Pillai N., Vijayamohanan
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Wine Tourism as a Catalyst for Sustainable Performance: The Mediating Role of Corporate Legitimacy and Green Innovation

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study aims to explore the influence of Wine Tourism (WT) on the Sustainable Performance (SP) of wineries in Spain. It particularly investigates how Corporate Social Legitimacy (CSL) and Green Innovation (GI) may act as intermediary factors in this relationship.
Javier Martínez‐Falcó, Eduardo Sánchez‐García, Bartolomé Marco‐Lajara, Luis A. Millán‐Tudela   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Spatiotemporal evolution characteristics of freeze–thaw erosion intensity in the high-cold mountainous areas of Northwestern Yunnan from 2017 to 2023

Scientific Reports
Freeze–thaw erosion is a prevalent surface process in cold regions, driven by the cyclic freezing and thawing of soil and rock. This process results in land degradation, soil erosion, and a range of ecological and environmental challenges, posing ...
Hui Ye, Die Bai, Shiyin Liu, Shucheng Tan, Jinliang Wang, Fuming Xie, Yu Zhu   +6 more
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Resilience of Small Beef Packers and the USDA Meat Supply Chain Initiative

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We focus on the plant‐size resilience relationship among small beef packers during COVID‐19. Defining resilience as the ability to maintain or increase slaughter and non‐resilience as otherwise, we use survey and secondary data to estimate a logit model where resilience is a function of a plant's capacity and age in addition to labor condition
Sunil P. Dhoubhadel, Azzeddine Azzam, Binod Khanal   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ecological Risk Assessment and Ecological Security Pattern Optimization in Binzhou City

Chemical Engineering Transactions, 2018
In this research, we created an assessment model based on ecological footprint and ecological carrying capacity (EC) to detect the trend of urbanization in Binzhou city. In this model, we utilized four new indicators based on EF and EC by adding economic and social dimensions and categorized six types of ecological footprints into three main kinds of ...
Meng Zhang, Yingxue Liu, Lu Zhao, Zhaohua Lu, Yuexian Liu   +4 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Agro forestry systems and food security among smallholder farmers of the Brazilian Amazon: A strategy for environmental global crisis [PDF]

, 2008
The Amazon is known for its environmental importance for the climatic equilibrium, for its abundance and richness in biodiversity and its preservation is important to reduce global heating. Nevertheless, little research has analysed the possible positive
Abreu, Dr. Santiago de Lucimar, Watanabe, Dr. Maria Aico   +1 more
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Reconciling Techno-simplicity and Eco-complexity for future food security [PDF]

, 2015
Ecological intensification has been proposed as a paradigm for ensuring global food security while preserving biodiversity and ecosystem integrity. Ecologicalintensification was originally coined to promote precise site-specific farming practices aimed ...
Bohan, David A., Macfadyen, Sarina, Poggio, Santiago Luis   +2 more
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Assessing Agricultural Green Total Factor Productivity in Latin America

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The agricultural sector in Latin America plays a vital role in ensuring food security while impacting the environment. However, there remains a lack of analysis regarding the inputs responsible for pollution within its sub‐technologies. Hence, this article aims to assess agricultural green total factor productivity (TFP) through a novel ...
Tianxiang Li, Vanessa Ormeño‐Candelario, Xueli Chen   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Combining Approaches for Systemic Behaviour Change in Groundwater Governance

International Journal of the Commons
Over-extraction of groundwater is a prominent challenge in India, with profound implication for food security, livelihoods, and economic development. As groundwater is an ‘invisible’ and mobile common pool resource, sustainable governance of groundwater ...
Richu Sanil, Thomas Falk, Ruth Meinzen-Dick, Pratiti Priyadarshini   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source