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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 +2 more
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Understanding the information landscape in agricultural communities in rural Bangladesh
THE ELECTRONIC JOURNAL OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, Volume 89, Issue 1, January 2023., 2023 Abstract Knowledge sharing in rural agricultural communities is vital to the success of farmers and sustaining high yields. A range of actors in the knowledge landscape participate in knowledge sharing, and with this, a variety of complexities are introduced.
Suvodeep Mazumdar +5 more
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How Competitive Is Myanmar's Rice Sector? A Comparison of Production Costs and Efficiency
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper analyzes the cost competitiveness of rice production in Myanmar by examining production costs, cost efficiency, and the potential effect of improving cost efficiency on the country's global competitiveness. To achieve this, we conduct a comparative analysis of production costs among major rice‐producing countries and estimate the ...
Nandar Aye Chan +3 more
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San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science, 2008 The occurrence and potential effects of current-use pesticides are of concern in the San Francisco Estuary watershed but our understanding of the spatial and temporal distribution of contamination is limited.
Kathryn Kuivila, Michelle Hladik
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Evaluation of six different groups of insecticides for the control of citrus psylla Diaphorina citri (Hemiptera: Psyllidae) [PDF]
Songklanakarin Journal of Science and Technology (SJST), 2005 Studies on the efficacy of different insecticides against citrus psylla, Diaphorina citri (Hemiptera: Psyllidae) were carried out at Agricultural Research Institute, Tarnab, Peshawar, Pakistan. Six insecticides viz.
Rakhmin Gul, Hayat Badshah, Farmanullah
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Insects, 2017 First detected in Switzerland in 2011, the invasive Drosophila suzukii, spotted wing drosophila, has caused recurring costs for growers of berries and fruit.
Dominique Mazzi +4 more
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The Comprehensive Roadmap Toward Malaria Elimination Using Graphene and its Promising 2D Analogs
Advanced NanoBiomed Research, EarlyView.Material based on a diversity of graphene with chemical properties of strong strength, high mobility, high transparency, good heat conductivity, biocompatibility, and chemical stability, advanced devices demonstrating antimalarial characteristics can be used for malaria treatment at different stages of malaria development from the injection of ...
Fangzhou He +11 more
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Autonomous Agriculture Robot for Smart Farming [PDF]
arXiv, 2022 This project aims to develop and demonstrate a ground robot with intelligence capable of conducting semi-autonomous farm operations for different low-heights vegetable crops referred as Agriculture Application Robot(AAR). AAR is a lightweight, solar-electric powered robot that uses intelligent perception for conducting detection and classification of ...
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Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological and Integrative Physiology, Volume 339, Issue 1, Page 46-62, January 1, 2023., 2023 We validated a new high‐throughput system based on nanocomputers connected to cameras automatically tracking movements of single mites. Our results confirm the existence of a volatile pheromone deposited by D. gallinae and attractive to conspecifics.
Stefano Masier +8 more
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Revista de Ciências Agrárias, 2012 Com o objetivo de ter uma visão global sobre a evolução das vendas de produtos fitofarmacêuticos, no período compreendido entre 2001 e 2008, faz-se uma análise aos quantitativos de vendas de substâncias ativas de produtos fitofarmacêuticos, tendo por ...
Maria Margarida Vieira
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