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Assessing Agricultural Green Total Factor Productivity in Latin America

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The agricultural sector in Latin America plays a vital role in ensuring food security while impacting the environment. However, there remains a lack of analysis regarding the inputs responsible for pollution within its sub‐technologies. Hence, this article aims to assess agricultural green total factor productivity (TFP) through a novel ...
Tianxiang Li, Vanessa Ormeño‐Candelario, Xueli Chen   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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, Orkhan Sariyev, Mohammad Ariful Islam, Manfred Zeller   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Challenges for Adoption of Integrated Pest Management (IPM): the Soybean Example

Neotropical Entomology, 2020
Af Bueno, Ar Panizzi, TE Hunt, PM Dourado, RM Pitta, J. Gonçalves   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Agricultural Diversification at the Margin. Strategies and Determinants in Italian Mountain and Remote Areas

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper explores the convergence in on‐farm diversification strategies of agricultural holdings, between remote areas and more central ones. Using Italian farm‐level data, we explore the determinants of diversification strategies across farms.
Gianluca Grilli, Francesco Pagliacci, Paola Gatto   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Chromosome-level genome assembly of the large carpenter bee Xylocopa dejeanii Lepeletier, 1841 (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

Scientific Data
Xylocopinae, a diverse bee subfamily comprising over 1,000 bee species, and also a major model system for studying the pollination and evolution of sociality.
Dan Zhang, Jianfeng Jin, Zeqing Niu, Michael C. Orr, Feng Zhang, Rafael R. Ferrari, Qingtao Wu, Qingsong Zhou, Wa Da, Chaodong Zhu, Arong Luo   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Rats: an ecologically-based approach for managing a global problem [PDF]

, 2007
Many people have problems with pest rodents. Rats eat our crops, contaminate our stored food, damage our buildings and possessions and spread dangerous diseases to people and livestock.
Belmain, Steven
core  

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

Crop Health Management: Perspectives in IPM

International Journal of Economic Plants, 2016
Integrated pest management (IPM) has evolved over time through integrated crop production to integrated farming system targeted at improved crop health.
S. Bhagat, A. Birah, C. Chattopadhyay
doaj  

Urban Integrated Pest Management

, 1978
W. Olkowski, H. Olkowski
openalex   +2 more sources

Integrated Pest and Disease Management in Tomato: An Economic Analysis [PDF]

The adoption of IPM technology in tomato using African marigold as a trap crop, root dipping of seedlings in Imidacloprid, soil application of neem/pongamia cake, spraying of botanicals like pongamia soap and biopesticide like Ha NPV has been found ...
Anupama, H.L., Gajanana, T.M., Krishna Moorthy, P.N., Kumar, G.T. Prasanna, Raghunatha, R.   +4 more
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