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Alternative Policy Designs to Help Farmers Select Profitable Conservation Practices

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Voluntary private carbon initiatives (VPCIs) promote the implementation of agricultural conservation practices that mitigate emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) via financial incentives to participating farmers. Simultaneously, an array of public policies supports the adoption of conservation practices through technical and financial ...
Oranuch Wongpiyabovorn, Alejandro Plastina   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pro-poor intervention strategies in irrigated agriculture in Asia: poverty in irrigated agriculture: issues and options: China [PDF]

Irrigated farming / Poverty / Households / Income / Irrigation management / Institutions / Conflict / Legal aspects / Water policy / Water allocation / Price policy / Water rights / Water market / Irrigation programs / Public ownership / Models ...
Biltonen, Eric, Hussain, Intizar, Jikun Huang, Jinxia Wang, Qiuqiong Huang, Scott Rozelle, Siwa Msangi, Zhigang Xu   +7 more
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Is Precision Agriculture Technology Adoption Persistently Overestimated?

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Precision agriculture is sometimes assumed to diffuse steadily over time, and industry planning frequently extrapolates early adoption trends forward. This study evaluates the accuracy of such expectations by comparing agricultural input dealers' forecasts of future service offerings with the actual levels of offerings that dealerships ...
Trey Malone, Chad Fiechter, Zanliang Meng, James Lowenberg‐DeBoer, Bruce Erickson, Jay Akridge   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Too Complex to Choose? The Role of Heuristics in Shaping Farmers' Willingness to Pay for Income Stabilization Tool in Italy

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT European agriculture is increasingly exposed to economic instability driven by extreme weather events, market volatility, and geopolitical tensions. To manage these growing risks, farmers are encouraged to adopt innovative risk management strategies such as the Income Stabilization Tool (IST), which offers protection against severe income ...
Alice Stiletto, Ruggiero Rippo, Samuele Trestini, Elisa Giampietri, Roberta Raffaelli, Simone Cerroni   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Institutional Alternatives in African Smallholder Irrigation: Lessons from International Experience with Irrigation Management Transfer [PDF]

Irrigation management / small scale systems / instituions / international corporation / sustaionable agriculture / farmers' associations / water rights / water allocations / water management / Operations / irrigation systems / labor / irrigated farming /
Babara Van Koppen, Douglas Murrey, Madar Samad, Marna de Lange, Tushaar Shah   +4 more
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Proposal of Early Drain Exchange After Pancreatoduodenectomy From the View of Reducing Postoperative Pancreatic Fistula

Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background To mitigate the progression of postoperative pancreatic fistula (POPF) after pancreatoduodenectomy (PD), appropriate drain management is required, and exchanging drainage tubes is commonly performed. However, the optimal timing of the first drain exchange has not yet been determined.
Taihei Soma, Mihoko Yamada, Ryo Ashida, Katsuhisa Ohgi, Shimpei Otsuka, Yoshiyasu Kato, Teiichi Sugiura, Katsuhiko Uesaka   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Impact of Prophylactic Cefepime on Surgical Site Infection and Severe Morbidity in Patients Who Underwent Pancreaticoduodenectomy With Preoperative Biliary Drainage

Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Although prophylactic broad‐spectrum antibiotics can reduce postoperative complications after pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD), the optimal regimen remains uncertain. This study evaluated the impact of prophylactic cefepime (CFPM) on surgical site infection (SSI) and severe morbidity after PD with preoperative biliary drainage.
Genki Watanabe, Akihiro Murata, Yu Kasamatsu, Atsushi Ishihara, Daisuke Nagashima, Tetsuzo Tashima, Shintaro Kodai, Akishige Kanazawa, Sadatoshi Shimizu   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

AN IRRIGATION MODEL FOR MANAGEMENT OF LIMITED WATER SUPPLIES [PDF]

A two-stage simulation/mathematical programming model is presented for determining the optimal intraseasonal allocation of irrigation water under conditions of limited water supply.
Bassett, Day L., Bernardo, Daniel J., Saxton, Keith E., Whittlesey, Norman K.   +3 more
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Alcohol Consumption Is a Risk Factor of Surgical Site Infection After Minimally Invasive Surgery: A Secondary Observational Analysis of a Clinical Trial

Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
Alcohol consumption was independently associated with Surgical Site Infection in the gastroenterological Minimally Invasive Surgery. Whether preoperative abstinence from alcohol prevents the occurrence of SSI warrants further investigation. ABSTRACT Background Surgical site infection (SSI) is one of the postoperative complications. Risk factors for SSI
Toshiya Akai, Makoto Takeda, Eisuke Booka, Tomohiro Matsumoto, Masayo Takaoka, Mayu Sakata, Yoshifumi Morita, Hirotoshi Kikuchi, Yoshihiro Hiramatsu, Hiroya Takeuchi   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Economic benefits of combined open ditch and subsurface drainage based on the new calculation method considering both surface and subsurface waterlogging

Agricultural Water Management
To better promote the combined surface and subsurface drainage combined drainage system, the economic benefit analysis is a crucial step. In flat plains and low-lying areas, it is difficult to remove all surface ponding solely through runoff.
Yuan Tao, Jing Liu, Xiaoyan Guan, Cui Zhou, Haorui Chen, Hejing Ren   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source