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Surveying queer farmers

Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 2023
Qualitative studies have begun demonstrating how heteropatriarchy negatively affects queer farmer well-being and farm viability. However, quantita­tive surveys of farmers rarely ask questions about gender identity and sexual orientation, precluding ...
Michaela Hoffelmeyer, Jaclyn Wypler, Isaac Leslie   +2 more
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Advancing SafeWax, A Bio‐Inspired Superhydrophobic Coating, Toward Sustainable and Climate‐Resilient Crop Protection

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This study advances SafeWax, a bio‐inspired, fatty‐acids‐based superhydrophobic coating, by identifying an agriculturally compliant solvent and revealing how solvent‐controlled Fatty acid crystallization governs the coating's microscopic structure and performance.
Niv Ben‐Arie, Iryna Polishchuk, Franziska Tauber, Coralie Schneider, Elena Prudnikov, Alessia Calora, Silvia Milita, Simona Fermani, Mireia Alejandra Ibanez Revert, Ilaria Filippetti, Claudio Ratti, Matthias Kellermeier, Markus Rueckel, Boaz Pokroy   +13 more
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Strategy for coping up with post-pandemic challenges faced by livestock farmers in India

Indian Journal of Animal Sciences, 2021
This paper presents the impact of COVID outbreak on livestock husbandry sector and economic loss to dairy and poultry farmers in India. Lack of communication, shortage of inputs, poor access to veterinary care, disruption of supply chain and closure of ...
NARAYAN G HEGDE
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A Systematic Review of Factors Influencing Farmers’ Adoption of Organic Farming

Sustainability, 2021
Understanding the evidence-based factors that influence the adoption of organic farming yields benefits in terms of managing said adoption effectively. We searched relevant articles published in databases including Web of Science, Scopus, PubMed, Google ...
Ratana Sapbamrer, Ajchamon Thammachai
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Melanin's Role in Balancing Mechanical Strength and Reproductive Output in Environmentally Stressed Fungal Spores

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Melanin content directly controls fungal spore mechanical properties, with pigmented spores achieving rupture forces two orders of magnitude higher than hyaline spores. Environmental stress drives this quantity‐quality tradeoff; stressed species invest energy in melanin‐reinforced, mechanically superior thick‐walled, super‐hydrophobic spores, while ...
Atul Agrawal, Steven E. Naleway
wiley   +1 more source

Smallholder farmers’ adaptation to climate change and determinants of their adaptation decisions in the Central Rift Valley of Ethiopia

Agriculture & Food Security, 2017
The agricultural sector remains the main source of livelihoods for rural communities in Ethiopia, but faces the challenge of changing climate. This study investigated how smallholder farmers perceive climate change, what adaptation strategies they ...
Abrham Belay, J. Recha, T. Woldeamanuel, J. Morton   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

An Epigenetic Fate Converter Based on Nuclei‐Targeting Lipid Nanoparticles Drives Neuronal Programming of Stem Cells for Spinal Cord Repair

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Schematic illustration of LNP‐MPG nuclei‐targeting delivery of HMW‐FGF2 promoting histone acetylation to regulate the fate of DPSCs and treat spinal cord injury. LNPs components include pHMW‐FGF2 plasmid, DSPC, Dlin‐MC3‐DMA, cholesterol, and PEG2000, and are modified with MPG to form HMW‐FGF2@LNP‐MPG (HLM). HLM nuclei‐targets DPSCs to deliver HMW‐FGF2,
Heng Zhou, Qiang Qin, Xiqin Li, Hanyu Ding, Chun Xu, Yan He, Qingsong Ye   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Implementation of a Farmers Market Incentive Program in Maryland

Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 2020
A number of farmers markets have begun to offer matching incentive programs as a way to increase access to fresh foods for low-income families and increase sales among vendors. However, research evaluating the implementation of these programs is limited.
Caitlin Misiaszek, Amelie Hecht, Gabby Headrick, Shelley Brosius, Amy Crone, Pamela Surkan   +5 more
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Data‐Driven Materials Science for Energy‐Sustainable Applications

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Data‐driven approaches powered by artificial intelligence are transforming materials discovery for energy sustainability. This review examines how auto‐generated high‐quality materials databases and domain‐specific language models accelerate research in photovoltaics, thermoelectrics, batteries and magnetic materials. Applications involve extraction of
Jacqueline M. Cole
wiley   +1 more source

Factors Influencing Farmers' Adoption of Best Management Practices: A Review and Synthesis.

Sustainability, 2018
Best management practices (BMPs) for reducing agricultural non-point source pollution are widely available. However, agriculture remains a major global contributor to degradation of waters because farmers often do not adopt BMPs. To improve water quality,
Ting-Ting Liu, R. Bruins, M. Heberling
semanticscholar   +1 more source