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U.S. Consumer Preferences for Cage‐Free Eggs and Hen Housing Policies
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Farm animal welfare (FAW) continues to be a divisive issue in the egg industry. In the United States, 10 states and most major retailers have implemented policies or voluntary pledges to transition to 100% cage‐free egg sales. We use best‐worst scaling and discrete choice experiments to evaluate U.S.
Vincenzina Caputo +3 more
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Past growth in the global organic market has been concentrated in high‐income countries, while in middle‐income countries such as Serbia the organic market remains nascent and characterized by a sparse assortment of organic products, high retail premia and limited evidence on consumer preferences and their drivers.
Milan Tatic +3 more
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Deforestation and Efficiency: Insights From Forest Transition in the Brazilian Cerrado
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper estimates technical efficiency (TE) and environmental efficiency (EE) of agricultural production at the municipal level of the Brazilian Cerrado in 2006 and 2017, and investigates their underlying mechanisms in relation to forest transition theory.
Ricardo Muniz Simões +2 more
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Effect of goat management practices on animal nutrition and the environment in Western Odisha, India
Cogent Food & Agriculture, 2020 India has a shortage of forage and feed for its estimated 535 million head of livestock. Nutrition is the most limiting factor for goats in India to fulfill their genetic potential.
M. E. Valentine +2 more
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Improving alfalfa forage quality
, 2014 Morphological and physiological traits contributing to the nutritive value of alfalfa forage are examined at harvesting and during a productive cyce. Leaf-to-stem ratio and the dynamics of development of stem internodes appear the main factors driving the nutritive value at the plant level.
Scotti, Carla, Julier, Bernadette
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Potential of Chemical Preservation and Improvement of Forages
Journal of Dairy Science, 1977 Abstract Wilted hay-crop silages are difficult to manage for ensiling at an optimum dry matter. Even at optimum dry matter, protein degradation is considerable. If the forage becomes too dry, additional protein becomes indigestible from heat damage. Untreated direct-cut silages have low recoveries of energy and nitrogen.
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Agronomic Responses of Forages to the Effect of Acetylsalicylic Acid [PDF]
The research investigates the impact of acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) on the agronomic performance and nutritional quality of forage species under varying cutting intervals.
Santiago Eduardo Valle Baldeon +2 more
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Rural farm households continue to face significant risks from climate change, resulting in many of them diversifying their livelihood sources into other income‐generating activities to increase their incomes and improve food and nutrition security. In this study, we examine the drivers and impact of farm households' participation in livelihood
Mahwish Arshad, Awudu Abdulai
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Evolution of Physical Intelligence Across Scales
Advanced Intelligent Discovery, EarlyView.By following the evolution of physical intelligence across scales, this article shows how intelligence arises from materials, structures, physical interactions, and collectives. It establishes physical intelligence as the evolutionary foundation upon which embodied intelligence is built.
Ke Liu +7 more
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Improved forages for sustainable agriculture: Recommendations for Ethiopia
This policy brief highlights the significant potential of improved forages, specifically perennial grass-legume mixtures, in addressing key agricultural challenges in Ethiopia, including feed shortages, land degradation, and climate change impacts ...
Wickander, Niklas +10 more
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