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Exploring Differences in Precision Agriculture Adoption: New and Beginning Farmers, and Established Farmers

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper compares precision agriculture (PA) adoption between new and beginning farmers (NBFRs) and established farmers using data from a 2021 U.S. Midwest farmer survey. We focus on the human capital of two different groups of farmers in the PA adoption.
Whoi Cho, Oscar Sarasty, Tong Wang
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Les exploitations agropastorales du Nord-Cameroun confrontées au défi de la valorisation de leurs coproduits végétaux et animaux pour accroitre leur résilience

Biotechnologie, Agronomie, Société et Environnement
Description of the subject. Agriculture-livestock integration is one of the strategies adopted by agropastoralists in the North Cameroon region to reduce the risks associated with demographic pressure and climate change, in order to improve their ...
Alain Loabé Pahimi, Saadatou Djamilatou, Émile Blaise Siéwé Pougoue, Éric Vall   +3 more
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Sustainable Productivity Growth in Agriculture: The Role of Shifts in R&D Investments and Technology

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The objective of the paper is to evaluate the long‐term prospects of sustainable productivity growth linked to plausible assumptions on public agricultural R&D investments as the key productivity driver. Second, it investigates the role of changing R&D focus from yield maximization to input saving technologies (fertilizers and pesticides). The
Zuzana Smeets Křístková, Michiel van Dijk, Robert M'Barek, Hans van Meijl, Tomas Ratinger   +4 more
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Farming system archetypes help explain the uptake of agri-environment practices in Europe

Environmental Research Letters
The adoption of agri-environment practices (AEPs) is crucial for safeguarding the long-term sustainability of ecosystem services within European agricultural landscapes. However, the tailoring of agri-environment policies to the unique characteristics of
Tomáš Václavík, Michael Beckmann, Marek Bednář, Sanja Brdar, George Breckenridge, Anna F Cord, Cristina Domingo-Marimon, Arjan Gosal, Fanny Langerwisch, Anne Paulus, Stephanie Roilo, Bořivoj Šarapatka, Guy Ziv, Tomáš Čejka   +13 more
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Heavy metal and pesticide toxicity in agricultural soils across a farming intensity gradient in Central Zambia

Frontiers in Soil Science
Routine pesticide applications are an under‑recognized pathway for heavy metal accumulation in agricultural soils, particularly in sub‑Saharan Africa where synthetic pesticide use is expanding rapidly but systematic monitoring remains limited. This study
Aaron C. Siyunda, Aaron C. Siyunda, Davies Lungu, Natasha M. Mwila, Natasha M. Mwila, Jones Yengwe, Akbar A. Ganatra, Hemant Tripathi, Steven M. Sait, Rupert J. Quinnell, Martin Simuunza, Martin Simuunza, Lavel Moonga, Lavel Moonga, Xiaomei Yang, Rima Osman, Luuk Fleskens, Violet Nkhoma, Andy Dougill, Erastus Mwanaumo, Erastus Mwanaumo   +20 more
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Temperature Sensitivity and Adaptation of Cereal Yields: Empirical Evidence From Italy

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper investigates the evolving temperature sensitivity and climate adaptation of cereal yields in Italy from 1952 to 2023, using province‐level data for maize, common wheat, and durum wheat. Employing panel data econometric methods, we estimate yield responses to heat exposure, changes in sensitivity over time, and adaptation to climate ...
Paolo Nota, Giacomo Coughlan, Alessandro Olper   +2 more
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Ban Glyphosate—Does It Affect the Swedish Farmers' Willingness to Grow Cover Crops?

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The cultivation of cover crops is one of the new Eco‐scheme practices introduced in Sweden. This study examines how the design of policy attributes of these schemes influences farmers' willingness to grow cover crops on arable land, with particular focus on the potential impact of a glyphosate ban.
Vivian Wei Huang, Anna Kristina Edenbrandt, Elin Röös   +2 more
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Issues in farming systems research.

Netherlands Journal of Agricultural Science, 1984
There is growing concern about the gap between maximum yields obtained in research stations and actual farmers' yields. Farming systems research (FSR) aims to study the production constraints of small farmers in the Third World outside the research station with a view to developing technologies that fit their needs.
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Do Tax Incentives for Farmland Leases Increase Farm Supply? Evidence From Iowa's Beginning Farmer Tax Credit

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In recent decades, agriculture has become increasingly concentrated through horizontal mergers and acquisitions via corporate entities, and policy makers are concerned this will be exacerbated by the aging population of farm operators. To reduce market concentration in agriculture, many states have enacted policies to entice new prospective ...
Justin M. Ross, Wesley M. Zebrowski, Julia C. D. Valliant   +2 more
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Why Didn't I Get a Payout? Understanding Farmer Choices, Index Insurance, and Basis Risk

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Index insurance, while heralded as a potential solution to alleviate poverty and food insecurity among agricultural households, has its own set of challenges, notably basis risk. Basis risk is the discrepancy between the insurance payout and losses incurred, posing a significant deterrent to the adoption of index insurance.
S. Lucille Blakeley, Sean Posey, Kathy Baylis, Daniel Osgood, Stuart Sweeney   +4 more
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