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Can outsourcing pest and disease control help reduce pesticide expenditure? Evidence from rice farmers

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, Wanglin Ma, Mengling Diao   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Monitoring land degradation by soil salinity using Sentinel-2 satellite data and GIS techniques: A case study of Sabkhat Ghuwaymid, Saudi Arabia. [PDF]

PLoS One
Alneami A, Almuthibi A, Alqahtani M, Alameen AA, Alahmadi S, Alharbi F, Almutairi S, Alshafaey M.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Foreign labor, peer‐networking and agricultural efficiency in the Italian dairy sector

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract While the presence of immigrants in the agricultural sector is widely acknowledged, the empirical evidence on its economic consequences is lacking, especially from a microeconomic perspective. Using the Farm Accountancy Data Network panel data for Italian dairy farms in the period 2008–2018, the present study investigates the relationship ...
Federico Antonioli, Simone Severini, Mauro Vigani   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Challenges to food security in a changing environment: a community-based participatory research study in Casamance, Senegal (West Africa). [PDF]

Front Public Health
Barclay-Derman N, Badji S, Sambou JF, Drummond S, Sadio A, Gueye C, Senghor A, Diatta B, Diatta JP, Manga NM, Koch S, Gottlieb GS, Kande B, Rabinowitz PM, Seydi M, Benzekri NA.   +15 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Determinants of local food producer participation in state‐sponsored marketing programs: Evidence from Missouri

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examines producer participation choices considering a variety of potential benefits linked to state‐sponsored marketing programs, using a real choice dataset of farmers in Missouri. Multinomial logit models are employed to predict determinants of farmer enrollment in three tiers of the Missouri Grown local food marketing program ...
Lan Tran, Ye Su, Laura McCann
wiley   +1 more source

Harnessing the healing power of the land: culturally appropriate treatments for Indigenous persons with a substance use disorder. [PDF]

Front Psychiatry
Wallace J, Kravtsenyuk M, Bell R.
europepmc   +1 more source

Does Contract Farming Improve Diet Quality? The Case of Senegalese Smallholders

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The institution of contract farming has gained prominence in most developing countries owing to its numerous benefits. While several studies have already highlighted the welfare benefits of contract farming, very few have investigated the effects on diet quality, despite poor quality diets being a serious challenge in most parts of the ...
Francis E. Ndip, Takeshi Sakurai
wiley   +1 more source

Land Use and Land Cover Stability Across Protection Regimes in a Tropical River Basin. [PDF]

Environ Manage
Schmitz MH, Terribile LC, Cardoso VDN, Freitas-Oliveira R, Martins PTA.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Climate Change Mitigation in the Dairy Sector: Uncovering Heterogeneity Through Eco‐Efficiency Clubs

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Combining climate change goals with economic targets is crucial for the dairy sector, which is a significant contributor to agricultural greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions worldwide. In this paper, we assess economic and climate change implications of dairy production with panel data of Irish dairy farms from 2013 to 2021.
Doris Läpple, Christian Stetter, Cathal Buckley   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Tea tree recognition based on multi-source satellite data across Southeast China. [PDF]

Front Plant Sci
Cong N, Zhao R, Qiu Y, Zhao C.
europepmc   +1 more source