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Community farmer field school animal health facilitators: hybridizing private animal health care and capacity building in remote pastoralist areas [PDF]

, 2009
This study is conducted to evaluate the inherent capacity of the Livestock Farmer Field Schools (LFFS) approach to contribute to the development goals of VSF-Belgium in Turkana, Kenya; to evaluate current strengths and weaknesses of the community-based ...
Watson, D.J.
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Markets Mitigate Land‐Use Competition From Energy Crops and Increase Farm Revenues

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Meeting the US Sustainable Aviation Fuel Grand Challenge target of 35 billion gal annually by 2050 will require an estimated 380 million–700 million dry tons of agricultural biomass feedstock. This study evaluates the implications of large‐scale biomass production for land use, crop production, and market outcomes under mature market ...
Daniel G. De La Torre Ugarte, Matthew H. Langholtz, Chad M. Hellwinckel   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Impact of Farmer Differentiation Trends on the Environmental Effects of Agricultural Products: A Life Cycle Assessment Approach

Agriculture
Farmer differentiation has led to significant differences in input behaviors, presenting new challenges for agricultural environmental governance. However, previous studies evaluating agricultural production systems often overlook the impact of farmer ...
Shuqiang Li, Qingsong Zhang, Hua Li
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Minimising medicine use in organic dairy herds through animal health and welfare planning [PDF]

, 2010
Livestock is important in many organic farming systems, and it is an explicit goal to ensure high levels of animal health and welfare (AHW) through good management. This will lead to reduced medicine use and better quality of animal products.
Brinkmann, J., Gratzer, E., Henriksen, B.I.F., Huber, J., Ivemeyer, S., Jansen, B., Leeb, C., March, S., Mejdell, C., Neale, M., Nicholas, P., Roderik, S., Rogerson, I., Smolders, G., Stöger, E., Vaarst, M., Walkenhorst, M., Whistance, L.K., Winckler, C.   +18 more
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Kenyan Farmers' Policy Priorities During Economic Crisis and Stability: Insights From a Best‐Worst Scaling Experiment

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Amid rising food and fertilizer prices, understanding farmers' policy preferences is critical for effective crisis response. We use best‐worst scaling experiment to assess Kenyan mobile‐owning crop farmers' preferences for government support under high and normal price scenarios.
Mywish K. Maredia, John Olwande, Jacob Ricker‐Gilbert, David L. Mather, Nicole M. Mason   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Farmer Health Insurance Cooperatives: An Innovative Solution for Other Americans? [PDF]

Health Economics and Policy, Labor and Human Capital,
Deller, Steven C., Sundaram-Stukel, Reka
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The prevention of potato volunteers in organic farming systems by using pigs. [PDF]

, 2006
In organic agriculture potato volunteers, presenting an important primary inoculum source for late Blight (Phytophthora infestans), are controlled by mechanical meth-ods. These may be partly replaced by ‘foraging’ livestock animals, such as cattle, sheep,
Bremer, E.G.H., Hospers-Brands, A.J.T.M., Lammerts van Bueren, E.T.   +2 more
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Implementing biosecurity measures on dairy farms in Ireland [PDF]

, 2012
peer-reviewedDairy farms in Ireland are expanding in preparation for a new era of unrestricted milk production with the elimination of the European Union (EU) production quotas in 2015.
Bermingham, Mairead L, Dillon, Pat, Good, Margaret, Grant, Jim, Mee, John F, Sayers, Gearoid, Sayers, Riona   +6 more
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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

Competition Policy and Agribusiness in the Biden Administration

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Biden Administration pursued a set of ambitious competition policy initiatives in agriculture and agribusiness, primarily aimed at livestock and poultry supply chains, farm inputs, and food retailing. The initiatives included expanded antitrust enforcement; new US Department of Agriculture (USDA) contract regulations requiring poultry ...
James M. MacDonald
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