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Effects of Environmental and Health Information on Willingness to Pay for Local and Organic Foods in Taiwan

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using a lab‐in‐the‐field experiment, we investigate how providing information about food miles and pesticide residue influences willingness to pay (WTP) for potatoes among 407 shoppers in Taiwan, split between a supermarket and a farmers market.
Chiu‐Lin Huang, Edward C. Jaenicke, Martina Vecchi, Sheng‐Jang Sheu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Genetics of Major Insect Vectors

, 2011
Publisher Summary Vector-borne diseases are responsible for a substantial portion of the global disease. Control of insect vectors is often the best and sometimes the only way to protect the population from these destructive diseases. This chapter reviews vector genetics of three of the most important vector-borne diseases that have much to contribute
Dorn, P.L., Noireau, François, Krafsur, E.S., Lanzaro, G.C., Cornel, A.J.   +4 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Zika virus threshold determines transmission by European Aedes albopictus mosquitoes

Emerging Microbes and Infections, 2019
Since its emergence in Yap Island in 2007, Zika virus (ZIKV) has affected all continents except Europe. Despite the hundreds of cases imported to European countries from ZIKV-infested regions, no local cases have been reported in localities where the ...
Marie Vazeille, Yoann Madec, Laurence Mousson, Rachel Bellone, Hélène Barré-Cardi, Carla Alexandra Sousa, Davy Jiolle, André Yébakima, Xavier de Lamballerie, Anna-Bella Failloux   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Traceability of Agri‐Food Products: The Key to Conscious Trade

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Globalization and growing concerns about sustainability have led to improvements in product traceability, quality, and sustainability. Traceability contributes to environmental protection and supports sustainable development by fostering transparency in agricultural practices and encouraging the responsible use of resources.
Scarlett Queen Almeida Bispo, Fernanda Aparecida Silva, Michelle Márcia Viana Martins, Marcelo José Braga Nonnenberg, Ruan da Silva Vianna, Carla Cristina Passos Cruz   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Understanding the role of trehalose in interactions between Wolbachia and Aedes aegypti

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
Mosquito-borne diseases such as chikungunya, dengue, and Zika represent a major burden on global public health. To fight against these arboviruses, vector control strategies are a priority.
Benjamin Dupuis, Nicolas Pocquet, Anna-Bella Failloux   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Editorial: Understanding how the physiology of insect vectors influences vector-borne disease transmission. [PDF]

Front Physiol, 2023
Gondim KC, Krishnan N, Damos PT, Mohamed AA, Mehrabadi M, Simões ML.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Are Haematophagous Insects Vectors for HTLV-I? [PDF]

, 1987
Melvyn F. Greaves, George J. Miller
openalex   +1 more source

Is Youth's Engagement in Agribusiness an Opportunity or a Necessity? A Closer Look at the Situation in South Kivu, Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite the broad focus on necessity‐ and opportunity‐driven entrepreneurship in research and policy, the entrepreneurial dichotomy within the agribusiness context has not been adequately addressed. This study contributes to closing this knowledge gap by examining youth's perceptions of agribusiness through the lens of the push‐pull motivation
Cool Dady Mangole, Paul Martin Dontsop Nguezet, Shiferaw Feleke, Victor Manyong, Kamala Kaghoma Christian, Zoumana Bamba, Tahirou Abdoulaye   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Interactions between insect vectors and plant pathogens span the parasitism-mutualism continuum. [PDF]

Biol Lett, 2023
Santiago MFM, King KC, Drew GC.
europepmc   +1 more source

AInsectID Version 1.1: An Insect Species Identification Software Based on the Transfer Learning of Deep Convolutional Neural Networks

Advanced Intelligent Discovery, EarlyView.
This paper describes the basis for AInsectID Version 1, a GUI‐operable open‐source insect species identification, color processing, and image analysis software. This paper discusses our methods of algorithmic development, coupled to rigorous machine training used to enable high levels of validation accuracy.
Haleema Sadia, Parvez Alam
wiley   +1 more source