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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

Kenyan Farmers' Policy Priorities During Economic Crisis and Stability: Insights From a Best‐Worst Scaling Experiment

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Amid rising food and fertilizer prices, understanding farmers' policy preferences is critical for effective crisis response. We use best‐worst scaling experiment to assess Kenyan mobile‐owning crop farmers' preferences for government support under high and normal price scenarios.
Mywish K. Maredia, John Olwande, Jacob Ricker‐Gilbert, David L. Mather, Nicole M. Mason   +4 more
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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
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Adapting to Changing Rainfall and Developing Off‐Farm Employment: Implications for the Adoption of Direct Seeding in Rice Production

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Rice is the main staple food for more than half of the world's population and the income from rice is an essential source for livelihoods of millions of households. We examine whether direct seed in rice production is an adaptation of rice farmers to rainfall changes and farm labor scarcity.
Manh Hung Do
wiley   +1 more source

Land-Use Effects on Melliferous Woody Flora in Sudanian Agroforestry Parkland and Protected Area of West Africa. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
Kanazoe IW, Nombré I, Zoungrana A, Boussim JI.   +3 more
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Consumer Valuation of Meat Alternatives and Labeling Policies: A Comparative Perspective

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates and compares US consumer perceptions and the impact of environmental, human health, and animal welfare information related to conventional meat on preferences for meat alternatives and labeling policies. Using the best–worst scaling method across 10 different burger alternatives, our results show that the meat burger is
Daniele Asioli, Wei Yang, Jia Han, Quoc Cuong Nguyen, Massimiliano Petracci, Rodolfo M. Nayga Jr.   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sustainable Productivity Growth in Agriculture: The Role of Shifts in R&D Investments and Technology

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The objective of the paper is to evaluate the long‐term prospects of sustainable productivity growth linked to plausible assumptions on public agricultural R&D investments as the key productivity driver. Second, it investigates the role of changing R&D focus from yield maximization to input saving technologies (fertilizers and pesticides). The
Zuzana Smeets Křístková, Michiel van Dijk, Robert M'Barek, Hans van Meijl, Tomas Ratinger   +4 more
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Data gaps and outliers distort critical-slowing-down-based resilience indicators. [PDF]

Sci Adv
Liu T, Morr A, Bathiany S, Blaschke LL, Qian Z, Diao C, Smith T, Boers N.   +7 more
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Temperature Sensitivity and Adaptation of Cereal Yields: Empirical Evidence From Italy

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper investigates the evolving temperature sensitivity and climate adaptation of cereal yields in Italy from 1952 to 2023, using province‐level data for maize, common wheat, and durum wheat. Employing panel data econometric methods, we estimate yield responses to heat exposure, changes in sensitivity over time, and adaptation to climate ...
Paolo Nota, Giacomo Coughlan, Alessandro Olper   +2 more
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Prevalence and risk factors of zoonotic diseases on the human-wildlife-livestock interface in Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal Provinces, South Africa. [PDF]

Front Vet Sci
Ngcobo N, Mdoda L, Verschoor AJ, Mkhize NR, Qange S.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source