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Beyond health protection: Estimating the impact of public health insurance on home‐based livestock raising in rural China

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Livestock often serves as self‐insurance against health shocks for rural households in developing countries. However, little is known about how public health insurance affects livestock production decisions. This paper fills the gap by examining the impact of China's New Rural Cooperative Medical Scheme (NRCMS) on household‐level livestock ...
Ran Li
wiley   +1 more source

Subsurface Banding of Poultry Manure Enhances Photosynthetic Efficiency, Yield, and Nutrient Uptake in Buckwheat. [PDF]

Plants (Basel)
Fallah S, Abedini Dastgerdi H, Kaul HP, Salehi A.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

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 archaeal and bacterial community structure in composted cow manures is defined by the original populations: a shotgun metagenomic approach. [PDF]

Front Microbiol
Romero-Yahuitl V, Zarco-González KE, Toriz-Nava AL, Hernández M, Velázquez-Fernández JB, Navarro-Noya YE, Luna-Guido M, Dendooven L.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

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

Mitigating gaseous nitrogen emissions in cotton fields through green manure and reduced nitrogen fertilization. [PDF]

Front Microbiol
Ma R, Zhang Z, Wang J, Han Y, Li K, Hou M, Lei Y, Xiong S, Yang B, Zhi X, Jiao Y, Lin T, Zhang S, Li Y.   +13 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

Performance of oat under different cutting scheduling and integrated nutrient management in Eastern Himalayan agroclimatic conditions of India. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Koireng RJ, Mary K, Konsam J, Chanu TM, Maheshwari K, Moirangthem A, Heisnam P, Phurailatpam S, Khangjarakpam G, Stina K.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Modelling Patterns of Past Inundation Processes Combining Geoarchaeology and Morphometric Hydrological Analysis in the Shashe‐Limpopo Basin, South Africa

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Riverine and valley systems across the globe have been central to the development of past urban centres. By AD 900, the Shashe and Limpopo Rivers seem to have facilitated the interaction and integration of early farming communities in southern Africa. This paper focuses on the application of geoarchaeological perspectives made available by the
B. S. Nxumalo
wiley   +1 more source

Biochar in the circular bionutrient economy. [PDF]

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
Lehmann J, Barrios E, Devault M, Li L, Nelson R, Six J, Trimmer J.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source