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Germination Behavior and Geographical Information System-Based Phenotyping of Root Hairs to Evaluate the Effects of Different Sources of Black Soldier Fly (Hermetia illucens) Larval Frass on Herbaceous Crops. [PDF]

Plants (Basel)
Labella R, Bochicchio R, Addesso R, Labella D, Franco A, Falabella P, Amato M.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

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

Geographical Information System: Strengthening the Delivery of Medical Education.

J Pharm Bioallied Sci
Shrivastava SR, Bobhate P, Umate R.
europepmc   +1 more source

Salmonella infections modelling in Mississippi using neural network and geographical information system (GIS). [PDF]

BMJ Open, 2016
Akil L, Ahmad HA.
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

Rabies outbreak in Greece during 2012-2014: use of Geographical Information System for analysis, risk assessment and control. [PDF]

Epidemiol Infect, 2016
Giannakopoulos A, Valiakos G, Papaspyropoulos K, Dougas G, Korou LM, Tasioudi KE, Fthenakis GC, Hutchings MR, Kaimaras D, Tsokana CN, Iliadou P, Spyrou V, Tzani M, Birtsas P, Kostoglou P, Sokos C, Doudounakis S, Yon L, Hannant D, Artois M, Tsiodras S, Hadjichristodoulou C, Billinis C.   +22 more
europepmc   +1 more source

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

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
wiley   +1 more source

Application of geographical information system in disposal site selection for hazardous wastes. [PDF]

J Environ Health Sci Eng, 2014
Rezaeimahmoudi M, Esmaeli A, Gharegozlu A, Shabanian H, Rokni L.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Measuring Nutrition Security Using the Consumer Food Data System Datasets

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Nutrition security is an emerging concept lacking a consensus definition, conceptualization, or standardized measure. This perspectives manuscript synthesizes findings from two previously published analyses to assess the feasibility of using available measures of key dimensions of nutrition security from two Consumer Food Data System (CFDS ...
Vibha Bhargava, Jung Sun Lee, Travis A. Smith   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source