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Information flow and the adoption of soil‐improving and water conservation measures, and household welfare: Insights from a randomized controlled trial in Uganda

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Extension services are designed to facilitate the flow of information from researchers to farmers. However, information failures continue to impede the diffusion of soil‐improving and water conservation technologies in Sub‐Saharan African countries. We use a randomized controlled trial (RCT) to examine the impact of an extension‐based campaign
Esther Gloria Mbabazi, Awudu Abdulai, Enoch M. Kikulwe, Elisabetta Gotor   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The inhibitory potential of green manure return on the germination and seedling growth of Eleusine indica L. [PDF]

Front Plant Sci
Zhang Y, Liu S, Du X, Chen Z, Ma Z, Mu Y.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Farming with green manures,

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openaire   +2 more sources

The Outsiders: Principled Withdrawal, Whiteness, and Power in the Los Angeles Food Justice Movement

American Anthropologist, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article draws on understandings of whiteness and the misconstrual of South Central Los Angeles to analyze the power dynamics between “outsider” activists and residents of South Central as they worked toward a more equitable food system.
Hanna Garth
wiley   +1 more source

Long-term legume green manure residue incorporation is more beneficial to improving bacterial richness, soil quality and rice yield than mowing under double-rice cropping system in Dongting Lake Plain, China. [PDF]

Front Plant Sci
Nie J, Xie Q, Zhou Y, He F, Yousaf M, Zhu B, Liu Z.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Agroecology and Transformative Adaptation to Climate Change

Asia Pacific Viewpoint, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines transformative adaptation to climate change through the EFICAS Project (Eco‐Friendly Intensification and Climate‐resilient Agricultural Systems) implemented across 12 upland communities in northern Laos from 2014 to 2020.
Jean‐Christophe Castella
wiley   +1 more source

Assessing green manure impact on wheat productivity through Bayesian analysis of yield monitor data. [PDF]

Front Plant Sci
Gamulin N, Zorić M, Karagić Đ, Terzić S.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

A vaccination programme combining a live attenuated Salmonella Typhimurium and an autogenous inactivated Salmonella Enteritidis vaccine confers protection and reduces ovarian colonisation with the Salmonella Enteritidis isolate 7A, PT12

Australian Veterinary Journal, EarlyView.
Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis (SE) can colonise chicken ovaries and contaminate eggs, posing a global risk of human gastroenteritis, often linked to raw or undercooked eggs. Control options for SE outbreaks in Australia are limited; autogenous SE vaccines are commonly used, while live attenuated Salmonella Typhimurium (ST) vaccines are ...
JA Quinteros, TB Wilson, A Anwar, T Scott, P Shil, AH Noormohammadi, G Underwood, PC Scott   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Long-term adoption of plow tillage and green manure improves soil physicochemical properties and optimizes microbial communities under a continuous peanut monoculture system. [PDF]

Front Microbiol
Yao Y, Zhu R, Li X, Hu G, Dong Y, Liu Z.
europepmc   +1 more source

A Farewell to Arms… Manufacturing: Learning From a Landmine Producer Who Became a Deminer

Business Ethics, the Environment &Responsibility, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Certain industries—labeled “dirty,” “sinful,” “stigmatized,” or “controversial”—are under public scrutiny because of the ethical, social, and environmental concerns that they raise. Previous research has typically focused on the industry or organizational level of analysis, examining how companies in controversial industries can enhance their ...
Marco Guerci, Luca Carollo
wiley   +1 more source