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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
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Spatiotemporal Evolution of Groundwater System Sustainability in Northeast China’s Transboundary River Basins Under Agricultural Expansion and Climate Variability: Insights from GRACE Satellite Observations

Hydrology
Groundwater is a critical strategic resource supporting agricultural production and ecological security in the transboundary river basins of Northeast China.
Yujia Liu, Yang Liu, Kaiwen Zhang, Changlei Dai   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effect of Hydrate on Gas/Water Relative Permeability of Hydrate-Bearing Sediments: Pore-Scale Microsimulation by the Lattice Boltzmann Method

Geofluids, 2021
As a clean energy source with ample reserves, natural gas hydrate is studied extensively. However, the existing hydrate production from hydrate deposits faces many challenges, especially the uncertain mechanism of complex multiphase seepage in the ...
Xin Xin, Bo Yang, Tianfu Xu, Yingli Xia, Si Li   +4 more
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Biomimetic Guided Bi₂WO₆/Bi₂O₃ Vertical Heterojunction with Controllable Microstructure for Efficient Photocatalysis

Molecules, 2023
To bridge the technical gap of heterojunction induction control in conventional semiconductor photocatalysts, a method of regulating the growth of heterojunctions utilizing biomimetic structures was designed to prepare a series of Bi2WO6/Bi2O3 vertical ...
Yuanbo Sun, Ziang Jia, Ning Wan, Wei Feng   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Geospatial mapping of groundwater potential zones using multi-criteria decision-making AHP approach in a hardrock basaltic terrain in India

Ecological Indicators, 2021
Among all other natural resources, groundwater is one of the most essential for environmental, biological, and socioeconomic activities. Several factors such as geology, distance from the river, geomorphology, slope, land-use, drainage density, lineament
Arjun B. Doke, R. Zolekar, Hemlata Patel, S. Das   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Wine Tourism as a Catalyst for Sustainable Performance: The Mediating Role of Corporate Legitimacy and Green Innovation

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study aims to explore the influence of Wine Tourism (WT) on the Sustainable Performance (SP) of wineries in Spain. It particularly investigates how Corporate Social Legitimacy (CSL) and Green Innovation (GI) may act as intermediary factors in this relationship.
Javier Martínez‐Falcó, Eduardo Sánchez‐García, Bartolomé Marco‐Lajara, Luis A. Millán‐Tudela   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Global Groundwater Modeling and Monitoring: Opportunities and Challenges

Water Resources Research, 2021
Groundwater is by far the largest unfrozen freshwater resource on the planet. It plays a critical role as the bottom of the hydrologic cycle, redistributing water in the subsurface and supporting plants and surface water bodies.
L. Condon, S. Kollet, M. Bierkens, G. Fogg, R. Maxwell, M. Hill, Harrie‐Jan Hendricks Fransen, A. Verhoef, A. V. van Loon, M. Sulis, C. Abesser   +10 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Sustainability Strategies in the Cocoa‐Chocolate Value Chain: An Analysis Using Stakeholder Theory, Global Value Chain Theory, and Resource Dependence Theory

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The cocoa‐chocolate value chain faces significant environmental and social challenges, driving firms to adopt sustainability strategies ranging from individual practices to third‐party certifications. This study investigates the factors associated with these strategies by analyzing 304 cocoa‐chocolate companies using firm‐level data from the ...
Stella Marschner, Luigi Orsi, Alessandro Olper, Stefanella Stranieri   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Numerical Modeling of Reactive Transport and Self-Sealing Processes in the Fault-Controlled Geothermal System of the Guide Basin, China

Geofluids, 2019
Strong chemical reactions in the geothermal systems may cause sealing of fractures, which reduces the permeability in the reservoir and subsequently affects the heat production.
Zhaoyun Hou, Tianfu Xu, Guanhong Feng, Bo Feng, Yilong Yuan, Zhenjiao Jiang   +5 more
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Resistivity method contribution in determining of fault zone and hydro-geophysical characteristics of carbonate aquifer, eastern desert, Egypt

Applied Water Science, 2018
Determination of fault zone and hydro-geophysical characteristics of the fractured aquifers are complicated, because their fractures are controlled by different factors.
A. I. Ammar, K. A. Kamal
doaj   +1 more source