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Integrating Perennial Groundcover in Corn and Soybean Acres: Impacts on U.S. Agriculture
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Sustainable agricultural practices such as cover cropping can improve soil health, water quality, and carbon sequestration, yet U.S. adoption remains limited due to economic and operational barriers. We evaluate market and economic impacts of integrating perennial groundcover into U.S.
Sagar Dahal, Amani Elobeid, John Crespi
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Biomonitoring for farm families in the farm family exposure study.
Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health, 2006 The Farm Family Exposure Study was conducted to evaluate real-world pesticide exposure for farmers, spouses, and children.Eligible farm families from Minnesota and South Carolina were randomly selected from a roster of licensed private pesticide applicators.
Jack S, Mandel +5 more
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Ex‐Ante Assessment of Farm Resilience to Institutional Shocks: A Modeling Approach
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Using the agent‐based model SWISSland, we simulate farm‐level responses and interactions under two institutional shocks: tariff reductions and direct payment reductions. Using a framework we developed, we assess resilience capacities, resilience attributes, and the provision of private and public goods, following the shock.
Nadja El Benni, Gabriele Mack
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Understanding U.S. Consumer Demand for Milk Production Attributes
Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2011 A choice experiment was used to examine the value of various fluid milk attributes. Respondents were surveyed regarding half or whole gallon milk purchases. A split-sample design was used to examine consumer inferences regarding food safety.
Christopher A. Wolf +2 more
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The Cordillera Administrative Region in the Philippines is home to terraced rice embedded in centuries of cultural heritage. However, weak market incentives threaten sustained production, jeopardizing indigenous communities' cultural heritage and the in situ biodiversity of rice genetic resources.
Kofi Britwum, Matty Demont
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OPTIMAL ORIENTATION OF FARMS DEPENDING ON MANPOWER AND BUILDING FACILITIES IN CATTLE BREEDING
Ekonomika Poljoprivrede (1979), 2006 An influence of available manpower and building facilities in cattle breeding, on family farm optimal production orientation, were analyzed in the study.
Ljubomir Bastajić, Biljana Veljković
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Innovation in Family Farms: The Roles of the Market, the Family, and Farm Performance
Journal of Small Business Strategy, 2022 Most farms are struggling with aggravating economic, social and ecological conditions. If family farms want to survive in the long run, they need to develop innovation strategies. In line with the resource-based view, this paper argues that market orientation and multiple family generations in management are valuable resources of a family farm, which ...
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Amidst a recent surge in US goat meat imports to meet growing demand, this study contributes to the meat demand literature by examining consumer preferences for goat meat, a relatively healthy and environmentally friendly alternative to other popular meats.
Binod Khanal +2 more
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Agricultura familiar e políticas públicas: impacto do PRONAF no Rio Grande do Sul
Revista de Economia e Sociologia Rural, 2004 A aparição do Programa Nacional de Fortalecimento da Agricultura Familiar (PRONAF) marca um momento singular na trajetória do processo de intervenção estatal na agricultura e no mundo rural do Brasil.
Flávio Sacco dos Anjos +3 more
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Using a lab‐in‐the‐field experiment, we investigate how providing information about food miles and pesticide residue influences willingness to pay (WTP) for potatoes among 407 shoppers in Taiwan, split between a supermarket and a farmers market.
Chiu‐Lin Huang +3 more
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