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Scientific Reports, 2022 Consumer push towards open and free-range production systems makes biosecurity on farms challenging, leading to increased disease and animal welfare issues.
Yadav S. Bajagai +9 more
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Animal, 2021 The massive improvement in food production, as a result of effective genetic selection combined with advancements in farming practices, has been one of the greatest achievements of modern agriculture. For instance, the dairy cattle industry has more than
L. Brito +8 more
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Impact of Covid-19 on farming systems in Europe through the lens of resilience thinking
Agricultural Systems, 2021 Context Resilience is the ability to deal with shocks and stresses, including the unknown and previously unimaginable, such as the Covid-19 crisis. Objective This paper assesses (i) how different farming systems were exposed to the crisis, (ii) which ...
M. Meuwissen +44 more
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The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 2021 In Indo-Gangetic Plains (IGP, ~18 mha geographical area), wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is a predominant crop grown in rabi. Improving the productivity of wheat in a rice-based farming system through a suitable cultivar in IGP is necessary to evaluate ...
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Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2021 Humanity faces a triple threat of climate change, biodiversity loss, and global food insecurity. In response, increasing the general adaptive capacity of farming systems is essential.
Margiana Petersen-Rockney +17 more
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Push–pull farming systems [PDF]
Current Opinion in Biotechnology, 2014 Farming systems for pest control, based on the stimulo-deterrent diversionary strategy or push-pull system, have become an important target for sustainable intensification of food production. A prominent example is push-pull developed in sub-Saharan Africa using a combination of companion plants delivering semiochemicals, as plant secondary metabolites,
Pickett, J. A. +3 more
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Immediate impact of COVID-19 pandemic on farming systems in Central America and Mexico
Agricultural Systems, 2021 CONTEXT The COVID-19 pandemic has affected all sectors and human activities around the World. OBJECTIVE In this article we present a first attempt to understand the immediate impact of COVID-19 and the sanitary measures taken by governments on farming ...
S. Lopez-Ridaura +9 more
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Heliyon, 2022 Pathogen control is a critical issue in the layer industry. Plant-based natural products are firmly replacing the undesirable use of antibiotics in animal production.
Yadav S. Bajagai +9 more
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Sustainable integrated farming system model for small farm holders of Uttar Pradesh
The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 2022 The developed IFS model is having different components which comprise of arable crops (1.04 ha), horticulture crops (0.22 ha), fishery (0.10 ha), mushroom (0.02 ha), poultry (10 birds), vermicompost (0.02 ha) and kitchen garden (20 m2).
L R MEENA +10 more
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Agricultural Systems, 2021 Mountain regions are characterized by complex interrelations between human and natural systems. Political and socioeconomic drivers at various scales affect mountain farming systems functioning, resulting in farm structural changes (management, structure
E. Muñoz-Ulecia +5 more
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