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A new experimental approach to manipulate social identity and social norms about protective behaviors in a virtual social environment. [PDF]

BMC Psychol
Kittelberger S, Freund AM, Scholz U.
europepmc   +1 more source

Adapting to Changing Rainfall and Developing Off‐Farm Employment: Implications for the Adoption of Direct Seeding in Rice Production

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Rice is the main staple food for more than half of the world's population and the income from rice is an essential source for livelihoods of millions of households. We examine whether direct seed in rice production is an adaptation of rice farmers to rainfall changes and farm labor scarcity.
Manh Hung Do
wiley   +1 more source

Socio-cultural motives drive free-range livestock farming in Estonia. [PDF]

J Ethnobiol Ethnomed
Kalle R, Kõiva M, Molnár Z, Holm A, Kass M, Liira J.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Accounting for Substitution: Improving Estimates of GHG Reductions From Cattle‐Based Product Demand Shifts

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Estimates of reductions in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from lower demand for cattle‐based products must account for substitution effects. This study collected data through two surveys—one on ground beef and another on dairy milk—to evaluate substitution effects and potential GHG reductions.
Brandon R. McFadden, Sara Gardner Hedgecock, Lawton L. Nalley, Alvaro Durand‐Morat, Aaron Shew, Rodolfo M. Nayga Jr   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

A mixed-corpus scientometric dataset of precision livestock farming publications and patents, 2006-2025. [PDF]

Data Brief
Akinyemi BE, Siegford JM.
europepmc   +1 more source

Sustainable Productivity Growth in Agriculture: The Role of Shifts in R&D Investments and Technology

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The objective of the paper is to evaluate the long‐term prospects of sustainable productivity growth linked to plausible assumptions on public agricultural R&D investments as the key productivity driver. Second, it investigates the role of changing R&D focus from yield maximization to input saving technologies (fertilizers and pesticides). The
Zuzana Smeets Křístková, Michiel van Dijk, Robert M'Barek, Hans van Meijl, Tomas Ratinger   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Vanishing Farms? The Impact of International Migration on Albanian Family Farming

Taking advantage of new data on a high migration country, the main goal of this paper is to investigate the impact of migration on resource allocation to, and income from, agricultural production of farm households.
Zezza, Alberto, Miluka, Juna, Carletto, Calogero, Davis, Benjamin   +3 more
core   +1 more source

The association between climate-smart agriculture practices adoption and farm income and wealth of small-scale urban crop farmers in eThekwini municipality, with implications for food and nutrition security. [PDF]

Front Nutr
Khumalo NZ, Sibanda M, Mdoda L.
europepmc   +1 more source

Ban Glyphosate—Does It Affect the Swedish Farmers' Willingness to Grow Cover Crops?

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The cultivation of cover crops is one of the new Eco‐scheme practices introduced in Sweden. This study examines how the design of policy attributes of these schemes influences farmers' willingness to grow cover crops on arable land, with particular focus on the potential impact of a glyphosate ban.
Vivian Wei Huang, Anna Kristina Edenbrandt, Elin Röös   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pastoral Farming Systems in Arid Regions: Typology of Small Ruminant Farms in Southern Tunisia. [PDF]

Animals (Basel)
Laroussi A, Martin-Collado D, Atoui A, Chibani R, Ben Salem F, Abdennebi M, Doghbri L, Jaouad M, Najari S.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source