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Size‐based regulation and water quality: Evidence from the Iowa hog industry

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract The growing prevalence of animal feeding operations (AFOs) in the United States raises concerns among the public and regulators about their impact on local environmental quality. By linking historical regulatory records of AFOs in Iowa to downstream surface water pollution monitors, this paper studies the effects of the 2003 Clean Water Act ...
Chen‐Ti Chen, Gabriel E. Lade, John M. Crespi, David A. Keiser   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Optimization of moving bed biofilm reactor (MBBR) operation for biodegradation of Diuron herbicide and organic load removal from synthetic wastewater. [PDF]

RSC Adv
Shayghan Mehr A, Fazlzadeh M, Dargahi A, Mokhtari SA, Alighadri M.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Market regulation and productivity: The case of the Canadian Wheat Board

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Changes to regulatory environments influence firm‐level incentives, which can move the productivity frontier or reposition firms within an existing frontier. Estimating causal effects of policy changes requires a credible counterfactual for productivity in the absence of policy change.
Ryan Cardwell, Pascal L. Ghazalian
wiley   +1 more source

Trophic levels of decomposers in the treatment of herbicide wastewater: a mediator of positive interactions among microbial community assembly, function and stability. [PDF]

Front Microbiol
Xu F, Wu W, Teng J, Wei X, Wang J, Zhao Z, Liu M, Wang H, Kong Q.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Development and implementation of direct seeding mulch- based cropping systems in south-east asia : case studies from the Lao National Agro-Ecology [PDF]

, 2005
Chabanne, André, Lienhard, Pascal, Panyasiri, Khamkèo, Tivet, Florent, Tran Quoc, Hoa   +4 more
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What can lithics tell us about food production during the transition to farming? Exploring harvesting practices and cultural changes during the neolithic in Southwest Asia: a view from Qminas (north‐western Syria)

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examines the continuity and change in harvesting practices between the Late Pre‐Pottery Neolithic B (LPPNB) and the Early Pottery Neolithic at Qminas, north‐western Levant, through a traceological analysis of flint sickles. By combining qualitative traceological analysis with quantitative functional approaches, we demonstrate that ...
Fiona Pichon, Osamu Maeda, Juan José Ibáñez Estévez, Patricia Anderson   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Generating Broad-Spectrum Resistance to ALS-Inhibiting Herbicides in Rice by CRISPR/Cas9-Mediated NHEJ. [PDF]

Rice (N Y)
Ouyang C, Jin X, Zhao H, Chen S, Zhao G, Li D, Liu W, He X, Wu Y, Yang J, An B.   +10 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Effects of Combining Eco‐ and Social Labels on Consumer Value—Additive, Neutral or Cannibalizing? Insights From a Conjoint Analysis

Business Ethics, the Environment &Responsibility, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite research on sustainable labels, little is known about combining eco‐ and social labels and the effects on consumers. Although consumers are increasingly confronted with both socially oriented, e.g., fair trade, as well as environmentally oriented eco‐labels such as certified organic cotton, the effect on consumer value has not been ...
Lamia Arslan, Samanthi Dijkstra‐Silva
wiley   +1 more source

Silent Threats: A Narrative Review of Urinary Bladder Cancer in Dogs and Cats-Epidemiology and Risk Factors. [PDF]

Animals (Basel)
Pires I, Files R.
europepmc   +1 more source