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The Journal of Ethics, 2022 AbstractBillions of animals live and die under deplorable conditions in factory farms. Despite significant efforts to reduce human consumption of animal products and to encourage more humane farming practices, the number of factory-farmed animals is nevertheless on an upward trajectory.
Moen, OM, Devolder, K
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Adaptive Vertical Farm for space farming
Mit Automatisierung gegen den Klimawandel, 2023 This work concerns a new concept of vertical farms that can be installed in orbital stations and future lunar settlements in order to produce fresh food for astronauts. The main novelty of this kind of greenhouse lies in the possibility of continuously adapting the volume assigned to each crop to the level of plant growth by automatically moving the ...
Patrizia Bagnerini +3 more
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, 2021 Contract farming is an arrangement in which buyers request farmers to provide agricultural goods under contract, as opposed to procuring these in spot markets. This chapter provides an introduction to contract farming and explains its significance and considerable expansion in contemporary agriculture.
Perez Nino, Helena, Oya, Carlos
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Female labour supply in farm households [PDF]
, 1993 Many Irish women in farm households have an input into the running of the farm; while a much smaller proportion are engaged in off-farm employment. Using cross-section household data, we analyse various models in which farm wives choose between farm work, off-farm paid work, and other (home production) activities.
Callan, Tim, Van Soest, Arthur
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Farm and Weather Summary, Central Iowa Farms
, 2004 Farm Comments The Central Iowa Farms consist of farmland in Story, Boone, and Polk counties. There are 1,963 acres farmed by local farmers as custom operators. These acres are used for large-scale research, silage production, crop rotation, and manure application. There also are 157 acres of small-scale plots.
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Farming Systems, Food Security, Dietary Intakes, and Nutrition Status Among Young Children in Rural Tanzania Before and After Harvest. [PDF]
Matern Child NutrMuhimbula H, Kinabo J, O'Sullivan AM.
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Spatiotemporal distribution trends and driving factors of avian influenza in poultry in China. [PDF]
One HealthLi F +5 more
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Factors influencing the adoption of sustainable rice farming practices in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. [PDF]
PLoS OneUllah Z, Han J, Anwar A, Sajjad A.
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To Farm or Not to Farm? Pilot Testing a Sentiocentric Ethical Framework for Farming Non-Typical Species. [PDF]
Animals (Basel)Hale H +8 more
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