Factors associated with the introduction of classical swine fever virus into pig herds in the central area of the 1997/98 epidemic in the Netherlands [PDF]
, 2001 A matched case-control study of 135 infected and 99 uninfected pig herds from the central area of the 1997 to 1998 epidemic of classical swine fever (CSF) in The Netherlands was undertaken to identify factors associated with the introduction of the virus.
Elbers, A.R.W. +2 more
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International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2022 Encouraging farmers to respond to climate change is very important for agricultural production and environmental governance. Based on the data of 540 farmers in Sichuan Province, China, the effects of conformity tendencies on farmers’ adaptive behavior decisions to climate change were analyzed using the binary logistic model and propensity score ...
Junqiao Ma +5 more
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Irrigation Water Costs and Management Practices Among Farms m Northern Oman
Journal of Agricultural and Marine Sciences, 1998 This paper reports on findings from an irrigation water management study conducted in northern Oman. Although numerous descriptive accounts exist, quantitative research on the management and costs of irrigation water has been limited.
W.H. Shayya, A.S. Al-Ghafry, W.R. Norman
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Explaining Regional and Local Differences in Organic Farming in England and Wales: A Comparison of South West Wales and South East England [PDF]
, 2016 Explaining regional and local differences in organic farming in England and Wales: a comparison of South West Wales and South East England, Regional Studies, Few studies explain the concentration of organic farming in specific regions of England and ...
Ilbery, Brian W +2 more
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Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2018 Missing-data problems are common in farmer surveys but are often ignored in the literature. Conventional methods to address missing data, such as deletion and mean replacement, assume that data are missing completely at random, which rarely holds.
Hua Zhong, Wuyang Hu, Jerrod M. Penn
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Vaccine coverage and determinants of incomplete vaccination in children aged 12-23 months in dschang, west region, cameroon: a cross-sectional survey during a polio outbreak [PDF]
, 2015 Inadequate immunization coverage with increased risk of vaccine preventable diseases outbreaksremains a problem in Africa. Moreover, different factors contribute to incomplete vaccination status. This study wasperformed in Dschang (West Region, Cameroon),
Biguioh, Rodrigue Mabvouna +8 more
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Farmer Education Development under the Perspective of Migrant Workers’ Intergenerational Mobility
SHS Web of Conferences, 2014 This paper argues the appearances of at least three generations’ replacement of migrant workers since the reform and open policy, which is the first generation, the new generation and the third generation.
Rong Fan
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Facing Food Risk Perception: Influences of Confinement by SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic in Young Population
Foods, 2022 A new food safety level of trust in food risk perception has been noticed, as a consequence of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. The pandemic made-up to review nutritional recommendations for the population, mainly for the young population. Here, the results of a
Fernando Cantalapiedra +2 more
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Occupational risks of esophageal cancer in Taiwanese men
Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences, 2012 This study aims to explore whether certain occupations were associated with the risk of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) in Taiwan. In a hospital-based case-control study, we collected 326 newly diagnosed ESCC patients and 386 age-matched ...
Shih-Hui Huang +10 more
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Bovine and human becomings in histories of dairy technologies: robotic milking systems and remaking animal and human subjectivity [PDF]
, 2017 This paper positions the recent emergence of robotic or automatic milking systems (AMS) in relation to discourses surrounding the longer history of milking technologies in the UK and elsewhere.
BEAR, CHRISTOPHER, HOLLOWAY, LEWIS
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