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

open access: yesAgribusiness, 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   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Climate Change Mitigation in the Dairy Sector: Uncovering Heterogeneity Through Eco‐Efficiency Clubs

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Combining climate change goals with economic targets is crucial for the dairy sector, which is a significant contributor to agricultural greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions worldwide. In this paper, we assess economic and climate change implications of dairy production with panel data of Irish dairy farms from 2013 to 2021.
Doris Läpple   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ticks as vectors: taxonomy, biology and ecology.

open access: yesRevue scientifique et technique, 2015
A. Estrada-Peña
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The Role of Coordination Mechanisms and Transaction Costs Promoting Sustainability Performance in Agri‐Food Supply Chains: Evidence From Ecuador

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Social tensions and resource depletion pose significant challenges to the agri‐food sector, highlighting the need for coordinated strategies to ensure sustainability in supply chains. Despite its critical importance, the relationship between coordination mechanisms and sustainability performance remains underexplored.
Carlos Moreno‐Miranda, Liesbeth Dries
wiley   +1 more source

Editorial: Microbiota: A Consequential Third Wheel in the Mosquito-Pathogen Relationship

open access: yesFrontiers in Microbiology, 2022
Mathilde Gendrin   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Assessing Agricultural Green Total Factor Productivity in Latin America

open access: yesAgribusiness, 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   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Studies on mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) and anthropic environment: 6 - Breeding in empty conditions of rice fields in South-Eastern Brazil

open access: yesRevista de Saúde Pública
Studies on culicid breeding in empty rice fields were carried out during the cultivation cycle from May to November 1993. This period corresponded to stages 1 and 2, when empty conditions prevailed.
Oswaldo Paulo Forattini   +3 more
doaj  

Bio-ecology of malaria vectors in an endemic area, Southeast of Iran.

open access: yesAsian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine, 2016
Masoud Yeryan   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Economic Feasibility of Crop‐Livestock Integration System in Brazil

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We investigate the economic feasibility of the Brazilian crop‐livestock integration system. Under this system, the Brazilian farmer can produce soybeans, corn, and graze for cattle on the same land during one crop year. This technology can substantially increase agricultural production in the country.
Yuri C. D. Calil, Luis Ribera
wiley   +1 more source

Studies on mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) and anthropic environment: 7- Behaviour of adults Nyssorhynchus anophelines with special reference to Anopheles albitarsis s.l. in South-Eastern Brazil

open access: yesRevista de Saúde Pública
Results obtained with catches performed at several sites of the Ribeira Valley, SP (Brazil) are reported. Collections with Shannon type traps showed a concentration of An.albitarsis s.l.
Oswaldo Paulo Forattini   +3 more
doaj  

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