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Coping With Production Risk: Effects of Sown Plant Diversity on the Attractiveness of Crop Insurance in Grasslands

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Increased frequency of extreme weather events, particularly droughts, threatens grassland farming by destabilizing yields and farms' economic viability. We examine, theoretically and through numerical simulations, how sown plant diversity (natural insurance) influences the attractiveness of indemnity and drought index insurance (formal ...
Nicolas Alou, Sergei Schaub, Martin Quaas, Robert Finger   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fermented Citrus as a Functional Food Matrix: Evaluating Probiotic, Prebiotic, and Postbiotic Potential

AgriFood: Journal of Agricultural Products for Food, EarlyView.
Fermented citrus transforms bioactive compounds into metabolites with probiotic and prebiotic properties, enhancing gut health, immunity, and metabolic balance. This review highlights fermentation's role in developing sustainable, health‐promoting functional foods while addressing challenges in process optimization, sensory quality, and commercial ...
Sony Kumari, Rahel Debbarma, Shakil Haque, Himalay Baruah   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

In search of Schrödinger's patch: a functional approach to habitat delineation. [PDF]

Landsc Ecol
Dennis M, Huck J, Holt C, McHenry E, Andersson E, Sharma S, Haase D.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Can outsourcing pest and disease control help reduce pesticide expenditure? Evidence from rice farmers

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract Outsourcing pest and disease control (PDC) has grown rapidly worldwide, especially in developing countries. Although numerous studies have investigated various advantages of outsourcing PDC, little is known about its impact on pesticide expenditure.
Pengcheng Wang, Wanglin Ma, Mengling Diao   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Climate Change Mitigation in the Dairy Sector: Uncovering Heterogeneity Through Eco‐Efficiency Clubs

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Combining climate change goals with economic targets is crucial for the dairy sector, which is a significant contributor to agricultural greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions worldwide. In this paper, we assess economic and climate change implications of dairy production with panel data of Irish dairy farms from 2013 to 2021.
Doris Läpple, Christian Stetter, Cathal Buckley   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Comparative Genomics Reveals Genetic Adaptations to Diving-Associated Foraging in Anseriformes. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
Xia T, Zhang L, Li Y, Li S, Gao X, Zhou S, Ding J, Sun G, Wang X, Yang X, Wu X, Zhang H.   +11 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Assessing and monitoring ecosystems – indicators, concepts and their linkage to biodiversity and ecosystem services. D4.1 Review paper on ecological indicators. [PDF]

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Bugter, R.,, Rob, de Bello, Francesco, Feld, Christian K., Grandin, U.,, Ulf, Hering, D.,, Daniel, Jones, K. Bruce, Lavorel, S.,, Sandra, Martins da Silva, Pedro, Mountford, Owen, Pardo, Isabel, Pärtel, Meelis, Römbke, Jorg, Sousa, Jose Paulo   +12 more
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Charting the Path to Increased Oil Palm Output in Ghana Beyond Area Expansion: Technology or Managerial Capacity — Which Leads the Way?

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study sets out to investigate the prospects for raising oil palm output in sub‐Saharan Africa, particularly Ghana, without further expansion of cropland. Given global concerns about oil palm's role in deforestation and land use change, the focus is on enhancing productivity on existing farmlands.
Jacob Asravor, Francis Tsiboe, Ayobami Adetoyinbo, Jacob Ankamah   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Consumer Preferences for Craft Beer: The Interplay of Localness and Advertising Language

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study explores the influence of the language of the label, origin of production, and origin of brewing ingredients on Croatian consumers' preferences and willingness to pay for organic craft beer. Employing an online survey and a choice experiment among 223 Croatian alcohol consumers, we find that while there's a willingness to pay a ...
Marija Cerjak, Claudia Bazzani, Andreas C. Drichoutis   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Microbial ecology for all: A vision of accessibility, unity, and responsibility. [PDF]

Ecology
Sorouri B, Bernardin J, Favier AI, Garces KR, McMullen JG, McGuire RM.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source