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Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology, 2017 The decomposition of a dead body is a complex phenomenon that is influenced by a wide range of factors [1]. Insects in particular have a profound influence on decomposition [2]. Facilities dedicated to the study of human taphonomic processes, known colloquially as 'body farms', must therefore acknowledge the key role of insects in the biology of death.
Burkhard, Madea, Elke, Doberentz
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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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The Path to Smart Farming: Innovations and Opportunities in Precision Agriculture
Agriculture, 2023 Precision agriculture employs cutting-edge technologies to increase agricultural productivity while reducing adverse impacts on the environment. Precision agriculture is a farming approach that uses advanced technology and data analysis to maximize crop ...
F. Marinello +11 more
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Ageing threatens sustainability of smallholder farming in China
Nature, 2023 Rapid demographic ageing substantially affects socioeconomic development^ 1 – 4 and presents considerable challenges for food security and agricultural sustainability^ 5 – 8 , which have so far not been well understood. Here, by using data from more than
Chenchen Ren +9 more
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Smart Farming: Internet of Things (IoT)-Based Sustainable Agriculture
Agriculture, 2022 Smart farming is a development that has emphasized information and communication technology used in machinery, equipment, and sensors in network-based hi-tech farm supervision cycles.
M. Dhanaraju +4 more
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The future of farming: Who will produce our food?
Food Security, 2021 Achieving SDG2 (zero hunger) in a situation of rapid global population growth requires a continued focus on food production. Farming not merely needs to sustainably produce nutritious diets, but should also provide livelihoods for farmers, while ...
K. Giller +16 more
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Sustainability, 2023 Smallholder farmers play an important role in ensuring world food security. In addition to food security, small-scale farming also provides numerous other direct and indirect environmental, social, cultural, and economic benefits by improving crop ...
Rajveer Dhillon, Qianna Moncur
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From Smart Farming towards Agriculture 5.0: A Review on Crop Data Management
Agronomy, 2020 The information that crops offer is turned into profitable decisions only when efficiently managed. Current advances in data management are making Smart Farming grow exponentially as data have become the key element in modern agriculture to help ...
V. Sáiz-Rubio, F. Rovira-Más
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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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Agriculture, 2021 Agriculture is the backbone of the Ethiopian economy, and the agricultural sector is dominated by smallholder farming systems. The farming systems are facing constraints such as small land size, lack of resources, and increasing degradation of soil ...
G. Zerssa +3 more
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