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The Macroeconomics of Intensive Agriculture

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2023
Developing countries employ a very large share of their workforce in agriculture, a sector in which their labor productivity is particularly low. We take a macroeconomic approach to analyze the role of agriculture in development. We construct a new database with systematic measures of inputs and outputs of agricultural production around the globe.
Boppart, Timo, Kiernan, Patrick, Krusell, Per, Malmberg, Hannes   +3 more
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Musculoskeletal disorders in labor-intensive agriculture

Applied Ergonomics, 2010
This paper gives an overview of the extent of musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) in agriculture, and a historical perspective on how ergonomics has been used to reduce the health effects of labor-intensive agriculture. A summary of exposure to MSD physical risk factors within various classes of crops, along with various administrative and engineering ...
Fadi A Fathallah
exaly   +3 more sources

Soil loss on the arable lands of the forest-steppe and steppe zones of European Russia and Siberia during the period of intensive agriculture

, 2021
An assessment of the total soil loss from cultivated land was undertaken for the Chernozems–Kastanozems belt of European Russia and Siberia, based on the results of the National Soil Survey for administrative regions and the detailed study of three ...
V. Golosov, A. L. Collins, N. G. Dobrovolskaya, O. Bazhenova, Yu. V. Ryzhov, Aleksey Yurievich Sidorchuk   +5 more
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Intensive Agriculture

Encyclopedic Dictionary of Archaeology, 2008
M. Sutton, E. Anderson
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Assessing the effects of deforestation and intensive agriculture on the soil quality through digital soil mapping

, 2020
This study was designed to evaluate soil quality (SQ) in deforested and intensively cultured lands in Mazandaran Province, Iran. For this purpose, three soil quality indices (SQIs: additive soil quality index (SQIa), nemoro soil quality index (SQIn) and ...
Mojtaba Zeraatpisheh, E. Bakhshandeh, M. Hosseini, S. Alavi   +3 more
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Knowledge intensive agriculture

Food Policy, 1978
Abstract The authors argue that a stronger scientific base is needed for agriculture in low-latitude areas of the world. Northern agricultural methods are not adequate in warmer climates and research is needed to find appropriate farming techniques and tools.
Pauline Marstrand, John Gribbin, Howard Rush   +2 more
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Exploring spatial heterogeneity and temporal dynamics of human-hydrological interactions in large river basins with intensive agriculture: A tightly coupled, fully integrated modeling approach

, 2020
Analyzing river basins as coupled human and hydrological systems is important to advance our understanding of hydrological processes, and to provide insights into policy design for water resources management.
E. Du, Yong Tian, Ximing Cai, Yi Zheng, Xin Li, C. Zheng   +5 more
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Multivariate analysis and GIS-based soil suitability diagnosis for sustainable intensive agriculture in Beni-Moussa irrigated subperimeter (Tadla plain, Morocco)

Modeling Earth Systems and Environment, 2017
Ahmed Barakat
exaly   +2 more sources

Pesticides in the real world: The consequences of GMO-based intensive agriculture on native amphibians

, 2020
Pesticide use has been suggested as one of the major drivers of the global amphibian decline. Laboratory and mesocosm studies have addressed several questions to understand the mechanism by which pesticides cause detrimental effects on amphibians ...
M. G. Agostini, Ignacio Roesler, C. Bonetto, A. Ronco, D. Bilenca   +4 more
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