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Hemp Cultivation and Crop Diversification: Implications for Ecosystem Services in Kentucky
ABSTRACT This study examines the ecosystem benefits of expanding hemp cultivation by assessing its impact on crop diversity. Using scenario‐based simulations and fixed‐effect panel regressions with county‐level data in Kentucky, we find that increased hemp acreage tends to enhance crop diversity, improving water quality and bird diversity.
Yunsun Park +4 more
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The study was carried out during the month of June to August in the year, 2022 in the FGR field in the nursery of Institute of Forest Productivity (IFP), Lalgutwa, Ranchi, Jharkhand (835303), India to find out effective germination techniques to ...
Ayushman Malakar +3 more
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Barriers to growth in service exports: draft report [PDF]
Key points The total value of Australian service exports was $57 billion in 2013-14 and about 17 per cent of total exports. The six services sectors covered in this study — tourism, education, financial services, professional services, information ...
Productivity Commission
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Height-diameter allometry of tropical forest trees [PDF]
Tropical tree height-diameter (H:D) relationships may vary by forest type and region making large-scale estimates of above-ground biomass subject to bias if they ignore these differences in stem allometry.
Banin, Lindsay +291 more
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Ecological theory suggests that species with complementary architectural and physiological traits can optimize crown packing to improve resource efficiency and promote ecosystem productivity in forest communities.
Xiujuan Qiao +7 more
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Integrating Perennial Groundcover in Corn and Soybean Acres: Impacts on U.S. Agriculture
ABSTRACT Sustainable agricultural practices such as cover cropping can improve soil health, water quality, and carbon sequestration, yet U.S. adoption remains limited due to economic and operational barriers. We evaluate market and economic impacts of integrating perennial groundcover into U.S.
Sagar Dahal, Amani Elobeid, John Crespi
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Assessing Government Subsidies for Reducing Pesticide Use: A Meta‐Analysis
ABSTRACT In the efforts being made by governments to reduce pesticide use, subsidies are an important instrument to encourage farmers to adopt more sustainable practices. Yet, their effectiveness remains uncertain due to diverse designs and contexts.
Gaëlle Leduc +3 more
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Coal mining imposes severe ecological stress on both aquatic and terrestrial components of riparian ecosystems, which serve as biodiversity refugia, hydrological regulators, and natural buffers against landscape-scale disturbances.
Sonu Choudhary, Sharad Tiwari
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U.S. Forest Service Report Sa 3/2/maps/pt.1
Maps accompanying a Land and Resource Management Plan for the Salmon National Forest showing 12 alternative management plans for the forest. Roads, forest boundaries, trails, and other points of interest are drawn on the map using lines and symbols ...
United States. Forest Service.
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ABSTRACT The USDA's Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) delivers environmental benefits to society by enrolling cropland and grasslands to reestablish or safeguard long‐term vegetative cover. In recent years, the CRP has dramatically increased grassland enrollment while cropland enrollment has been in steady decline. This paper uses descriptive analysis,
Wesley Zebrowski +2 more
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