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Fertile Stones

, 2023
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Livestock Tango: U.S. and Latin America Dance Together, but Who Will Lead?

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the competitiveness between Latin American and U.S. livestock and meat sectors. We employ a computable general equilibrium modeling framework to evaluate two scenarios: coordinated improvements in Latin American productivity, transport efficiency, and market access (Scenario I), and the minimum productivity gains required ...
Taís C. Menezes, Amanda M. Countryman, Dustin L. Pendell   +2 more
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Kenyan Farmers' Policy Priorities During Economic Crisis and Stability: Insights From a Best‐Worst Scaling Experiment

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Amid rising food and fertilizer prices, understanding farmers' policy preferences is critical for effective crisis response. We use best‐worst scaling experiment to assess Kenyan mobile‐owning crop farmers' preferences for government support under high and normal price scenarios.
Mywish K. Maredia, John Olwande, Jacob Ricker‐Gilbert, David L. Mather, Nicole M. Mason   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Biochar-based microbial fertilizer improves soil fertility and rice productivity by regulating soil nutrient-microbe-metabolite interactions. [PDF]

Front Microbiol
Xiao W, Li D, Zhang Q, Chen, Zhao Z, Huang M, Huang X, Ye X.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Adapting to Changing Rainfall and Developing Off‐Farm Employment: Implications for the Adoption of Direct Seeding in Rice Production

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Rice is the main staple food for more than half of the world's population and the income from rice is an essential source for livelihoods of millions of households. We examine whether direct seed in rice production is an adaptation of rice farmers to rainfall changes and farm labor scarcity.
Manh Hung Do
wiley   +1 more source

Sudogda is a new variety of winter triticale for fodder production [PDF]

Аграрный вестник Урала
S. M. Lukin, A. M. Tyslenko, E. V. Marchuk, E. I. Zolkina, Yu. M. Klimkina   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

High-carbon bio-organic fertilizer reshapes soil carbon fractions and aggregate structure while maintaining high carbon stocks in red soil. [PDF]

Front Microbiol
Shen X, Kang Y, Wang Y, Gao J, Li X, Liu F, Li Q, Wei Y, Cai H, Wang Y, Xu Z.   +10 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Competition Policy and Agribusiness in the Biden Administration

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Biden Administration pursued a set of ambitious competition policy initiatives in agriculture and agribusiness, primarily aimed at livestock and poultry supply chains, farm inputs, and food retailing. The initiatives included expanded antitrust enforcement; new US Department of Agriculture (USDA) contract regulations requiring poultry ...
James M. MacDonald
wiley   +1 more source

Beyond mono fertilization: Mixed fertilization enhances productivity and quality of chili (Capsicum frutescens). [PDF]

PLoS One
Dalim HM, Helal MGJ, Chowdhury MK, Rahman S, Mazumder SR, Hossain MI, Sujan Chowdury MMU, Jaman MS.   +7 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
wiley   +1 more source