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Toward net-zero farming systems using diversity, integration, and perenniality in the Black Soil Zone of the Canadian prairies: A co-design approach

Soil Security
Agricultural production in Canada’s Black Soil Zone is highly productive but dependent on simplified monoculture systems that contribute to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, biodiversity loss, and soil degradation.
M.K. Carkner, J. Thiessen Martens, M. Arcand, K. Bobiwash, M.R.C. Cordeiro, M. King, Y. Lawley, K.H. Ominski, J. Goodwin, M.G. Bakker, M. Bourgault, V. Garcia, H.D.R. Carvalho, X. Gao, M.H. Entz   +14 more
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Heirloom Winter Wheat Variety Trial [PDF]

, 2017
In 2017, the University of Vermont Extension Northwest Crops and Soils Program evaluated 20 heirloom winter wheat varieties to determine which varieties thrive in organic production systems in northern Vermont.
Cummings, Erica, Darby, Heather, Emick, Hillary, Gupta, Abha, Ruhl, Lindsey, Ziegler, Sara   +5 more
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Did the Indian Green Revolution Change the Farm Size–Productivity Relationship?

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We examine the relationship between farm size and productivity during India's Green Revolution, a period of rapid technological transformation. Using a unique panel of over 5000 Indian farm households that spans the Green Revolution (1971–1999), we show that the classic (linear) inverse farm size–productivity relationship gradually evolved ...
Rabail Chandio, Leah E. M. Bevis
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HEALTH COSTS AND EXTERNALITIES OF PESTICIDE USE IN LOCUST AND GRASSHOPPER CONTROL IN THE SAHEL [PDF]

To evaluate the economic cost of classical chemical control of locusts, externalities of chemical pesticides in the Sahel are estimated through a farmer survey.
De Groote, Hugo, Houndekon, Victorin A.
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Livestock Tango: U.S. and Latin America Dance Together, but Who Will Lead?

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the competitiveness between Latin American and U.S. livestock and meat sectors. We employ a computable general equilibrium modeling framework to evaluate two scenarios: coordinated improvements in Latin American productivity, transport efficiency, and market access (Scenario I), and the minimum productivity gains required ...
Taís C. Menezes, Amanda M. Countryman, Dustin L. Pendell   +2 more
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Pesticide exposure and association with physical and hearing symptoms of rural workers

O Mundo da Saúde, 2020
hearing. The purpose of the study was to characterize rural workers in terms of sociodemographic aspects and exposure to pesticides, as well as to analyze the relationship between this exposure and the occurrence of physical and auditory symptoms.
Ângela Leusin Mattiazzi, Jaqueline Luana Caye, Jaíne Gabriela Frank, Iara Denise Endruweit Battisti   +3 more
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Development and evaluation of e-mental health interventions to reduce stigmatization of suicidality – a study protocol

BMC Psychiatry, 2019
Background Worldwide, approximately 800,000 persons die by suicide every year; with rates of suicide attempts estimated to be much higher. Suicidal persons often suffer from a mental disorder but stigma, lack of available and suitable support, and ...
Mareike Dreier, Julia Ludwig, Martin Härter, Olaf von dem Knesebeck, Johanna Baumgardt, Thomas Bock, Jörg Dirmaier, Alison J. Kennedy, Susan A. Brumby, Sarah Liebherz   +9 more
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Synergies in Agricultural Biodiversity Conservation: Decomposing the Interaction Between Nature Parks and Agri‐Environment Schemes

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Understanding how policy instruments with overlapping goals interact is crucial for leveraging their synergies. This study explores the mechanisms for regional nature parks (a form of protected areas that impose no restrictions on agriculture) to enhance the adoption of biodiversity‐conserving agri‐environment schemes (AES) in Switzerland ...
Yanbing Wang, Christian Ritzel, Antonia Kaiser, Gabriele Mack   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Community Empowerment By Shredded Catfish Production As An Effort To Revilitize Health Service Post At Gading Kulon District, Malang Regency

Journal of Innovation and Applied Technology, 2015
The aim of this community service is to optimalize the integrated health service post in increasing toddler development. We held some health education and training to its cadet about integrated health service post management and repair some Posts ...
Lilik Supriati
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[General health in Icelandic farmers].

Laeknabladid, 2009
There is a limited information on the general health of Icelandic farmers. It has been suggested that it might be worse than among other professions. This is thought to be in part because of the unique work environment of farmers.The aims of the study were to compare the general health of animal farmers with a group of non-farmers, and test the ...
Gunnar, Gudmundsson, Kristinn, Tómasson
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