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Preliminary Comparative Effects of Close-to-Nature and Structure-Based Forest Management on Carbon Sequestration in <i>Pinus tabuliformis</i> Plantations of the Loess Plateau, China. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
Zhang J, Yang H, Zeng Y, Al Hassan S, Jui MA, Gu L.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

How Video‐Based Information Affects Farmers' Willingness to Pay for Drone Services

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Professional service for digital technology like agricultural drones lowers transaction costs and scope thresholds for smallholders. Meanwhile, perceptual adoption barriers remain underexplored. We conduct a two‐stage choice experiment with a randomized video‐based information treatment among 384 Chinese crop farmers to measure its effect on ...
Hua Zhang, Lena Kuhn, Hang Xiong, Zhanli Sun, Thomas Glauben   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

It is time to optimize forest management policy for both carbon sinks and wood harvest in China. [PDF]

Natl Sci Rev
Li X, Zhang H, Shang R, Chen J, Wang D, Zhu J, Huang H, Lin S, Pan B, Yuan W, Piao S.   +10 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Swedish farmers' approval of nudges

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract Interest in the use of behavioral policy approaches, such as nudges, has strongly increased over the past years, including in the domains of food, agricultural and environmental policies. While the approval of nudges among the general public has been studied extensively, we know little about the attitude of farmers toward nudging. Farmers may (
Liesbeth Colen, Leon Englberger, Jens Rommel   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Understanding rural adaptation to smoke from wildfires and forest management: insights for aligning approaches with community contexts. [PDF]

Int J Wildland Fire
Edgeley CM, Burnett JT.
europepmc   +1 more source

Do outgrower schemes enhance technology adoption and productivity? Evidence from maize farmers in Northern Ghana

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract Nucleus outgrower schemes are contractual arrangements where well‐resourced large‐scale farmers (nucleus farmers) are empowered by development support agencies to take charge of smallholder farmers, by providing them with market access and the necessary training on agronomic practices and farm inputs for production.
Dominic Tasila Konja, Awudu Abdulai
wiley   +1 more source

Local adaptation and phenotypic plasticity in two forest understorey herbs in response to forest management intensity. [PDF]

AoB Plants
Møller C, March-Salas M, De Frenne P, Scheepens JF.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Foreign labor, peer‐networking and agricultural efficiency in the Italian dairy sector

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract While the presence of immigrants in the agricultural sector is widely acknowledged, the empirical evidence on its economic consequences is lacking, especially from a microeconomic perspective. Using the Farm Accountancy Data Network panel data for Italian dairy farms in the period 2008–2018, the present study investigates the relationship ...
Federico Antonioli, Simone Severini, Mauro Vigani   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Integrating basic human values with forest ecosystem services: pathways to sustainable forest management. [PDF]

Front Psychol
Kobal Grum D, Bončina A.
europepmc   +1 more source

Determinants of local food producer participation in state‐sponsored marketing programs: Evidence from Missouri

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examines producer participation choices considering a variety of potential benefits linked to state‐sponsored marketing programs, using a real choice dataset of farmers in Missouri. Multinomial logit models are employed to predict determinants of farmer enrollment in three tiers of the Missouri Grown local food marketing program ...
Lan Tran, Ye Su, Laura McCann
wiley   +1 more source