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Framing a pig welfare assessment protocol suitable for smallholder settings in low-to-middle income countries. [PDF]

Trop Anim Health Prod
Oehlers L, Doyle R, Glatz PC, Toribio JA.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Uncovering renewable energy policy impact channels on land values, the local farm structure, and farmland heterogeneity

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Germany's Renewable Energy Sources Act (REA), enacted in 2000 and subsequently amended, subsidized national renewable energy production with fixed feed‐in tariffs for renewable energy sources (RE) from wind, solar, and biogas. Empirical studies suggest that the policy was creating windfall effects for landowners and attribute farmland use ...
Lars Isenhardt, Stefan Seifert, Saskia Wolff, Tobia Lakes, Marten Graubner, Axel Werwatz, Silke Hüttel   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Integrating natural gradients and controlled assays to reveal bacterial responses to cadmium in Theobroma cacao L., soils. [PDF]

PLoS One
Jaramillo-Mazo C, Bravo D, Villanueva-Mejía DF, Correa-Alvarez J.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Lost ground, lost value: Investigating the relationship between soil erosion and agricultural land value

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examines the impact of soil erosion on agricultural land values in the United States (US) Midwest. Based on a novel county‐level panel data set with information on soil erosion levels and agricultural land values covering five census years (1997, 2002, 2007, 2012, and 2017), we separately investigate the direct effect of two types ...
Le Chen, Roderick M. Rejesus, Hongqiang Yan, Serkan Aglasan   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Typology of Agricultural Land Systems in Germany to Support Tailoring of Agri-Environmental Schemes to Reduce Pressures on Farmland Biodiversity. [PDF]

Environ Manage
Pingel M, Sietz D, Röder N, Klimek S, Golla B.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

How cold is too cold? A theoretical analysis of the optimal trigger for index insurance for frost damage to crops

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Crop insurance is undoubtedly an extremely valuable element in protecting agricultural businesses, but in many cases standard indemnity‐based products have had very low uptake due to high transaction costs elevating premiums to unaffordable levels.
Amogh Prakasha Kumar, Laura Meriluoto, Richard Watt   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Correction: Integrated assessment of greenhouse gas emissions in extensive livestock farming systems. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Horrillo A, Gaspar P, Rodríguez-Ledesma A, Escribano M.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Seeds of change: The impact of Ethiopia's direct seed marketing approach on smallholders' seed purchases and productivity

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract While multiple factors explain low adoption rates of improved varieties by small‐scale farmers in sub‐Saharan Africa, a key supply‐side constraint is the limited availability of seed embodying new traits in the volume, quality, price, and timeliness required by farmers. This constraint is partly attributable to classical failures in the market
Dawit Mekonnen, Gashaw T. Abate, Seid Yimam, Rui Benfica, David J. Spielman, Frank Place   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Dynamics of tryptophan metabolites and microbial adaptations during corn by-product fermentation in the pig gut microbiome. [PDF]

J Anim Sci Biotechnol
Toyoshi E, Watanabe M, Namai F, Yamane K, Kashima T, Ikeda-Ohtsubo W, Agista AZ, Yoshida A, Sakuma T, Fukuda I, Suzuki K, Yoshioka G, Imai Y, Tsuchida S, Nishiyama E, Shinkai H, Muneta Y, Uenishi H, Tobe R, Shirakawa H, Maekawa M, Mano N, Kitazawa H, Nishiyama K.   +23 more
europepmc   +1 more source